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Ping Lacson: Protecting Lives, Safety Must be Focus of Bridge Collapse Probe

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Protecting people’s lives by ensuring public safety must be the main focus of the investigation into the collapse of a portion of the bridge connecting Cabagan and Sta. Maria towns in Isabela province last week, former Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson said Wednesday.

Lacson said the outcome of the investigation ordered by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and the upcoming probe by the Senate should ferret out the truth behind the bridge collapse.

“The purpose of the investigation should be not just to save public funds but to ensure the safety of people’s lives,” he said in Filipino, in an interview on Bombo Radyo Philippines.

Related: Ping Lacson: Pagtiyak sa Buhay at Kaligtasan ng Publiko, Dapat Tutukan sa Pagimbestiga sa Pag-Collapse ng Tulay

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Lacson-Sotto Campaign in Isabela

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The Lacson-Sotto tandem visited Isabela on March 14, 2022. Their schedule included attending the flag-raising ceremony at Cauayan, and sectoral meetings.

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Speech of Sen. Lacson: Flag-Raising Ceremony in Cauayan City, Isabela

How time flies. Some 34 years ago, ako po in-appoint ng dating Chief PC, Gen. Ramon Montaño, na maging Provincial Commander ng PC sa Isabela… Ito ang panahon noong 1988, kalakasan ng NPA noon. Katunayan nang dumating ako rito sabi ng dati kong tauhan sa PC, ang iba city councilor na ngayon, na huwag magbibiyahe papuntang Tuguegarao kasi yan ang aming regional headquarters, ng lampas alas-kwatro kasi nag-checkpoint ang NPA sa highway. Sabi ko hindi pwedeng ganon dahil tayo ang PC di ba tayo dapat ang mag-checkpoint? So ganoon binaligtad namin, lagi kaming nag-checkpoint, natigil ang checkpoint ng NPA pero malakas pa rin sila noon. Nagtataka kami bakit ang lakas ng armas dahil nagkaroon ng pagkakasundo noon after EDSA Revolution. Ni-release ang political prisoners sina Joma Sison. At nagkaroon directly or indirectly ng coalition government. Nakapasok sila. Napansin namin ang lalakas ng armas so pag nasa gobyerno ang CPP NPA lumalakas ang pwersa nila within the government bureaucracy itself.

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