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Ping Lacson to PNP: Keep up Good Work on Crime Prevention Measures

Even as he congratulated the Philippine National Police for a significant decline in focus crimes nationwide, former Senator and 2025 senatorial candidate Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson exhorted the police force to keep up police visibility and other crime prevention measures.

Lacson said the PNP, which regained its glory years when he headed from 1999 to 2001, must also strengthen its intelligence efforts towards crime prevention and crime suppression.

“Congratulations to our police force. Statistics won’t lie,” Lacson said in Filipino, in an interview on DZRH radio.

“We must particularly watch out for index crimes, crimes against persons and properties, like theft, murder and homicide. This reflects the peace and order situation,” he added.

Related: Ping Lacson sa PNP: Ituloy ang Mabuting Trabaho sa Crime Prevention

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Ping Lacson: Full Gov’t Digitalization Key to Stopping Crime, Corruption

The full digitalization of the government – including the removal of human intervention in government processes – holds the key to finally stop crime and corruption, former Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson stressed Tuesday.

Lacson noted that while several laws had been passed to end corruption – including those authored or sponsored by him – these could not be implemented because of such “human intervention.”

“I am glad with the President’s pronouncement that we are aiming for full digitalization of the government. Once we achieve this, we will have not only faster transactions but also less graft and corruption because there is no human intervention and everything is online,” he said in Filipino at a press conference of the Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas senatorial slate in Pasay City.

Related: Ping Lacson: Full Gov’t Digitalization, Susi vs Krimen at Katiwalian

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Kapihan sa Senado forum | July 5, 2018

At the Kapihan sa Senado forum, Sen. Lacson answered questions on:
– Killing of Mayor Halili
– Criminals getting bolder despite anti-crime drive
– Need for PNP to clamp down on loose firearms
– irregularities surrounding PNP acquisition of Mahindra vehicles
– Inflation up to 5.2%
– TRAIN woes
– National ID bill update
– PRRD clarification he never ordered anti-jueteng operations stopped

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On the Duterte Administration’s First Two Years

Even during the 2016 presidential campaign, when he persistently pitched for a six-month deadline to solve the drug problem in the country, I already pointed out it was impossible. It remains as impossible as saying he can stop crime.

After two years, it may be wise and prudent for his top advisers to go back to the drawing board and reassess what they did wrong and what they are doing right, not only in the fight against crime and corruption, which is the centerpiece of the Duterte administration’s deliverables, but in the economic sector as well.

For one, the peace-and-order strategy is long on crime suppression and short on prevention. It should be the other way around. We prevent crimes, and those that cannot be prevented from being committed must be suppressed with solid solution through efficient investigative work and techniques.

On the revenue side, the TRAIN law needs to be revisited and amended, and the President, with all his strong influence over Congress, must put his foot down on vested interests of some members of both houses.

On the expenditure side, a.k.a. the General Appropriations Act, the same influence is suggested to minimize wastage of the government’s hard-earned resources by strictly adhering to the existing jurisprudence outlawing pork barrel, which is still evident among selected members of Congress, a few of whom enjoyed as high as nine-figure insertions during the last two budget years under the Duterte administration.

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Strong Government

Speech During the 2nd Globalaw Asia-Pacific Regional Conference, Manila Polo Club, Makati City

In my official capacity as Senator of the Republic of the Philippines, I am very happy to welcome all of you to our country. I hope that you will enjoy your short stay. You must.In my official capacity as Senator of the Republic of the Philippines, I am very happy to welcome all of you to our country. I hope that you will enjoy your short stay. You must.

We all are delighted at the degree of importance you place to your second conference as a global organization. That you selected our country to be your venue delights us no end. Let it not be the last. With Fortun, Narvasa, and Salazar Law office, you are in the best company, certainly and absolutely.

Incidentally, I happen to be one of the most celebrated clients of this law office. I honestly do not know whether the celebrity status belongs to the law office or mine. But I can tell you I am being taken care of very properly. Of course, I am also paying my legal fees very religiously.  Continue reading “Strong Government”