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Finally, hope for a shot at a better life for the youth of Pag-asa Island in the Kalayaan Island Group in the West Philippine Sea. Senator Panfilo Lacson stressed this after the Department of Education approved recently the Pag-asa Island Integrated Elementary and High School effective next school year, 2022-2023. “Thank you, Department of Education […]
Senator Panfilo Lacson is pushing for additional school facilities and teachers in Pag-asa Island in the West Philippine Sea, after learning of the plight of learners there when he visited the area recently. Lacson also pushed for added benefits for teachers, as the island has only one elementary school and two teachers catering to 34 […]
From merely doling out cash to providing sustainable livelihood and employment opportunities. This is the reinvention of social welfare programs such as the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) that Senator Panfilo Lacson envisions under his administration, should he win the presidential election in 2022. “We must invest in our human capital. It is high time […]
Senator Panfilo Lacson pushed for the digitalization of government processes to curb the smuggling of sugar and other agricultural products. Lacson said only a full automation of processes in government agencies can address smuggling, one of the most serious plagues of the sugar industry in Negros Occidental. “Ang kalaban ng sugar industry, simple lang – […]
Senator Panfilo Lacson pushed for masters courses for community planners in the country’s 1,488 municipalities so they can maximize the increased revenues from the implementation of the Supreme Court’s Mandanas-Garcia ruling starting next year. Lacson said this could be a “worthwhile investment” where local government units sign a memorandum of agreement with the Development Academy […]
Senator Panfilo Lacson withdrew his authorship of the Senate bill seeking to reinstitute the death penalty for heinous crimes. In a letter to Senate Secretary Atty. Myra Villarica, Lacson also requested that his bill, Senate Bill 27, no longer be considered for deliberation by the Senate panels concerned. The veteran legislator recently withdrew his support […]
Seventeen years of scrutinizing the national budget has saved the Filipino people at least P300 billion, Senator Panfilo Lacson disclosed. Lacson, a watchdog of the national budget, said this amount in public funds could have been lost to corruption had he not kept his guard up. “Sa loob ng 17 taon na ako senador ng […]
Better to spare the life of a criminal than to wrongly execute an innocent person. On this note, Senator Panfilo Lacson changed his stance on the death penalty for heinous crimes, even as he pushed for life imprisonment and penal reforms as a better alternative. “Mas matimbang ang ma-save ang buhay ng wrongly convicted. So […]
The COVID pandemic and its continuing effects underscore the need to have a national budget that is participatory, consultative, development-oriented and inclusive, Senator Panfilo Lacson said. Lacson, addressing the “Budget Serye 2021” of Social Watch Philippines, said the budget is the most important tool to address social, economic and political problems, which are magnified by […]
The government should prioritize setting up an emergency employment program and food terminals in each region to address the problem of joblessness, Senator Panfilo Lacson said. Lacson said these are among the interim adjustments that the government must make to cope with the effects of the pandemic on our health and economy – while continuing […]