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Lacson Turning Up Heat on Corruption in 2026, Hopes President to Do the Same

In the Year of the Fire Horse, Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson will turn up the heat against corruption, even as he hopes President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will bring the same fire to the fight.

Lacson said the Filipino people expect no less from their public servants, as they have become more awake and angry after learning how their hard-earned tax money was plundered.

“On a personal note, I thank 2025 for bringing me back all my staff that I left behind in 2022, plus a few assets more. With renewed tenacity and hard work, I am even more encouraged to expose more corruption issues that are similar to what has become the most blatant and unprecedented misuse and abuse of the national budget since I left the Senate three years ago,” he said.

“With a more awakened and angrier citizenry who have never been exposed before to more detailed acts of corruption and plunder of their hard-earned tax money, our national leaders have to brace themselves to address more corruption issues in 2026,” he added.

In Filipino: Lacson, Lalong Paiinitin ang Laban vs Korapsyon sa 2026, Umaasang Ganoon Din ang Gagawin ng Pangulo

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Flooded Gates of Hell: Privilege Speech on Corruption Involving Flood Control Projects

Mr. President, esteemed colleagues, I rise today on a matter of personal and collective privilege.

BEFORE I START MR. PRESIDENT AND WITH THE INDULGENCE OF OUR DISTINGUISHED COLLEAGUES – LET ME PUT THIS ONE ISSUE AWAY FIRST. THE USEC THAT I MENTIONED TO HAVE OFFERED OUR SENATE PRESIDENT TO MAKE “INSERTIONS” IN THE 2026 NEP VEHEMENTLY DENIED IT TO HER NEW BOSS, DPWH SEC VINCE DIZON, AND TO HIS FACE AT THAT – WAS ACTUALLY LYING THROUGH HER TEETH. DAPAT ALAM NIYA NA HINDI AKO BASTA NAGSASALITA NANG WALANG KATIBAYAN.

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Flooded Gates of Corruption: Privilege Speech on Flood Control Projects

Mr. President, my distinguished colleagues, I rise on a matter of personal and collective privilege — to uncover schemes surrounding a systemic problem in our country – one that submerges our nation not just in flood waters, but in depths of corruption.

In the course of our research and investigation, we encountered several words – their meanings, we could not find in the dictionary. So we looked somewhere else. Alas! We found them – in the ‘corruptionary’.

We have a saying: A leaky roof today is a ruined home tomorrow.

Fortunately, President Bongbong Marcos himself has taken decisive steps to plug the leaky roof as a determined follow-through on his striking rebuke and appeal to conscience with his resounding admonition: “Mahiya naman kayo!”.

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Privilege Speech on the National Vaccination Program

Mr. President, distinguished colleagues, I rise before you on a matter of collective and personal privilege.

Looking back to last week’s Committee of the Whole 2-day hearings, I couldn’t help but think that we’ve been had. Instead of having the information needed to aid us in our legislative work mainly because some people in the panel of our resource persons who are in charge of the vaccine program were not forthright and honest in their responses to the questions raised by the members of this august chamber.

Nevertheless, we find comfort from the wise words of Winston Churchill, who said and I quote: “Truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it and ignorance may deride it, but, in the end, there it is.”

At the center of the firestorm that had almost consumed the two-day long hearings and had consumed us the most was the Sinovac vaccine for a number of reasons.

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At a Glance: PhilWealth and Department of Wealth

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“Here’s the paradox: the financial health of PhilHealth is fast deteriorating, and in fact, in a state of coma. The policies in place engender fraud and corruption and the crooks exploit the system.” – Sen. Panfilo M. Lacson, in his privilege speech on July 29, 2019

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