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Lacson: Imee Marcos’ Claims at Religious Gathering were ‘Un-Filipino’

Un-Filipino. This was how Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson described on Tuesday the accusations of drug use thrown by Sen. Maria Imelda Josefa Remedios “Imee” Marcos against her brother President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at a religious gathering Monday.

Lacson said that while siblings may have disagreements, the Filipino way is to resolve them inside the home, and not before hundreds of thousands of people in a public gathering.

“That was very un-Filipino. We have seen siblings quarrel but they confine it inside the home… But to bring your conflict in front of hundreds of thousands of people at the Luneta, to me that’s unacceptable as a Filipino. We Filipinos are not like that,” he said in a mix of English and Filipino in an interview on True FM.

In Filipino: Lacson: ‘Un-Filipino’ ang Mga Pahayag ni Imee Marcos sa Religious Gathering

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Lacson: Congress is the ‘Original Sin’ Behind Flood Control Project Hell

Floods and the corruption behind substandard and ghost flood control projects have turned Filipinos’ lives into a living hell, and Congress is the “original sin” behind it all.

Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson stressed this on Monday as he said the logical conclusion to the Senate investigation on the matter must at least reach this “original sin.”

“We must make sure that the logical conclusion does not stop with Henry Alcantara, Brice Hernandez, Sally Santos or the Discayas. We must see to it that the logical conclusion reaches the ‘original sin,'” Lacson, who chairs the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee looking into the mess, said in Filipino in an interview on True FM.

“Congress is the original sin here. If congressmen and senators did not insert funds, there would be no funds for corrupt Department of Public Works and Highways officials to play with, especially in the district engineering offices. It has come to a point where corruption became systemic, where even junior functionaries invent their own money-making schemes,” he added.

Lacson is to chair the next hearing of the Blue Ribbon Committee on Tuesday, Sept. 23, at 9 a.m. He said he has asked Senate President Vicente Sotto III to slightly delay the start of the regular session to 4 p.m.

In Filipino: Lacson: Kongreso ang ‘Original Sin’ sa Impyerno ng Maanomalyang Flood Control Projects

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Ping: Independent Senatorial Bid, PhilHealth Fund Row, Barayuga Murder

In an interview on Radyo5, Ping Lacson answers questions on:
* Independent senatorial bid
* PhilHealth fund row
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On the Budget for Flood Control Projects

Bagama’t malaki ang budget sa flood control programs, paulit-ulit pa rin ang problema natin sa baha. It is because most of the budget for the flood control projects flood the pockets of the proponents in Congress in connivance with the implementing agencies and their favorite contractors.