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Ping Lacson Bares ‘Lessons’ from 90-Day Campaign

Independent senatorial candidate Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson is taking to heart – and possibly to the Senate – the lessons he learned from ordinary Filipinos he interacted with during the 90-day senatorial campaign.

Lacson said in a radio interview Saturday that he learned many realities that would guide him in crafting legislation for issues affecting sectors such as agriculture, education, and local government units (LGUs).

“During our campaign, we visited areas where we met with LGU officials, down to the barangay chairmen. While we explained to them our campaign platform, we also drew not just inspiration but also lessons from their real-life experiences,” he said in Filipino in an interview on Bombo Radyo Philippines.

“If we did not meet with people on the ground like this, we would not have known about their situation, much less how to help them,” he added.

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Ping Lacson to Make Free Tertiary Education Act More Accessible to Poor Students

Should he earn a seat in the Senate in May, independent senatorial candidate Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson wants to revisit and review the Free Tertiary Education Act of 2017 to make it more accessible, especially to students from poor families.

Lacson said that during the campaign period, he learned of problems with the implementation of the law, including the Commission on Higher Education’s requirement for parents of scholars to pay tuition first and wait for a rebate.

“As we went around the country during the 90-day campaign, we saw problems in the implementation of the law. One is the requirement for some parents to give advance payments, and wait for the rebate. In some cases the CHED is delayed in paying the rebate. In other cases, the rebates do not come at all,” he said.

“This is wrong. The scholarship should be available and the parents should not be made to give advance payments. We should revisit this law in the Senate in the exercise of oversight,” he added.

Related: Ping Lacson, Gagawing Mas Abot-Kaya sa Mahihirap ang Free Tertiary Education Act

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Ping Lacson to Revisit Free Tertiary Education Act to Streamline Its Procedures

Should he earn a Senate seat in May, former Senator and 2025 senatorial candidate Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson plans to revisit the Free Tertiary Education Act to streamline its procedures, after receiving information that applicants are having difficulty meeting the requirements for it.

Lacson, whose scrutiny of the national budget triggered the initial funding for the law, said the procedures may need to be simplified so that poor but deserving students will not be denied an opportunity for free education.

“We will revisit the Free Tertiary Education Act and streamline it if needed. If the information is true that many requirements are imposed on applicants, it indicates the program does not want beneficiaries. The requirements may need to be simplified,” he said in a recent interview with vloggers in Pangasinan, when told about the issue.

“The law decrees that it be simple. Could it be that the implementing rules are complicated? We must revisit it and if needed, make the needed amendments. So we will visit the Free Tertiary Education Act,” he added.

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Ping Lacson Helps Capas Local Officials’ Efforts to Boost Education Access

CAPAS, Tarlac – Former Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson on Wednesday helped local officials of this municipality to boost access to education by doing their part in the process of crafting the national budget.

Lacson said that local officials should include the establishment of schools – including the Lyceum of Capas – in their local development plans, so this will be considered in the proposed national budget for next year.

“It would be better that they include the schools in their local development plans, since the crafting of the national budget starts with the local government units. The consolidated local development plans will then be sent eventually to the national government level,” he advised Mayor Roseller “Boots” Rodriguez and Vice Mayor Alex Espinosa in Filipino, during a program here.

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Pagtaas ng Sahod ng Govt Nurses, Posible Next Year: Interpellation of the DOH’s Budget for 2020

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During his interpellation of the 2020 budget of the Department of Health, Sen. Lacson proposed a solution to address the clamor of government nurses for their salary upgrade.

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