From Nick V. Quijano Jr.’s column in the Daily Tribune: Lacson’s proposal merits serious attention now that the EDSA busway is to be upgraded at the end of this month, prior to its eventual privatization.
Editorial: Walking dead pork [Tribune]
From Daily Tribune: While the Supreme Court ruled in 2013 that the Priority Development Assistance Fund and similar discretionary lump sums in the budget that gave legislators authority to implement government projects were illegal, the pork barrel has been resurrected in different forms over the years.
Editorial: Undying hunger for pork [Tribune]
From Daily Tribune: “It is not the obligation of congressmen and senators to distribute these subsidy programs. (The) mandate of Congress in the budget process is to authorize and legislate and not to implement,” said former Senator Ping Lacson, who was known as a budget watchdog.
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Editorial: AKAP’s suspicious origin [Tribune]
From Daily Tribune: “What happened with AKAP was that it was concealed and was sneakily inserted. It was included in the DSWD’s budget, but it was placed (before) the Quick Response Fund,” Lacson revealed.
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Letter to the Editor: Not his style [Tribune]
December 23, 2021 – To The Daily Tribune: This is to set the record straight regarding the insinuations in your 22 December 2021 commentary that Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson will relegate constitutional rights to the backseat should he be elected president in 2022.
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