Real talk vs fantasy [Manila Times]

From Ben Kritz’s column in The Manila Times: Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson (said that) the government needs to take decisive and perhaps even “extreme” action to come to grips with skyrocketing oil prices. Rather than just leave it at that, Lacson went on to specify the legal tools and funds that are already in place to do that.

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Letter to the Editor: Lacson office ‘sets record straight’ on March 8 Manila Times editorial

To The Manila Times: We write to rectify several misconceptions in your March 8, 2026 editorial regarding the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee’s draft partial report on the flood control project scandal, which characterized the draft report’s non-release to the public at this time as “lip service to transparency” and even suggested that it smacks of “whitewashing.”

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Letter to the Editor: Senator Lacson’s office: Tiglao’s ‘three stooges’ columns say ‘nothing of value’ [Manila Times]

To The Manila Times: PLEASE allow us to disabuse the minds of your readers amid the national gaslighting (a.k.a. the unfounded attack on being pro-Philippines) that Rigoberto Tiglao is passing off as a column.

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Letter to the Editor: Manalo column’s claims ‘long on insinuation, short on facts’ – Lacson office [Manila Times]

To The Manila Times: WE like to set the record straight on the misleading and baseless claims made by Charlie V. Manalo against Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson, in his Manila Times column, titled “From bravado to childish tantrums,” on Dec. 19, 2025.

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Letter to the Editor: Lacson’s office calls out Tiglao’s ‘malicious, false’ column [Manila Times]

To The Manila Times: THIS is in reference to the opinion piece of Rigoberto Tiglao, titled “Lacson defense of Marcos Jr. so stupid, so sickening” and published in The Manila Times on Nov. 21, 2025. The article contains assertions that exceed the bounds of fair political comment and responsible journalism and is, hence, highly actionable.

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