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Senate President Pro Tempore Ping Lacson renewed his call to strengthen the Philippine coffee industry not only to meet local demand but also to compete in export markets – after Brazil bared plans to expand its coffee market share in the Philippines. Lacson said some areas in the Visayas and Mindanao can be developed as […]
A bill filed by Senate President Pro Tempore Ping Lacson seeks to grant an amnesty on unpaid estate taxes covering the estates of individuals who died on or before Dec. 31, 2025, with outstanding or accrued tax liabilities as of that date. Senate Bill No. 1889 aims to broaden the tax base and accelerate revenue […]
Eradicating corruption is crucial for the Philippines to rise as an economic power like Japan, and to strengthen its military and defense capabilities including in the West Philippine Sea, Senate President Pro Tempore Ping Lacson said. Lacson cited Japan’s recent move to seize a Chinese fishing vessel and arrest its skipper off southern Japan – […]
A long-standing legal principle supports the Philippines’ ownership of the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG) in Palawan without having to argue about the nuances of international law, Senate President Pro Tempore Ping Lacson said. Lacson said the Philippines became the owner of the KIG through a mode of acquiring territory known as discovery and effective occupation. […]
Sanitation inspectors – the unsung “foot soldiers” of the Department of Health who help safeguard public health at the community level – may soon get long-overdue improvements in benefits and working conditions under a bill filed by Senate President Pro Tempore Ping Lacson. Lacson filed Senate Bill 1725, seeking to positively augment and improve the […]
Senate President Pro Tempore Ping Lacson has thrown his unequivocal support behind the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG)’s move to remove the names and images of public officials from public projects. Lacson pointed out that “epal” billboards featuring the names and faces of politicians have no place in public service and may even […]
Proposed legislation to strengthen the fight against corruption by empowering the Office of the Ombudsman will be among the partial recommendations of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee following its investigation into the flood control scandal, Senate President Pro Tempore and Blue Ribbon Committee Chairman Ping Lacson said. Lacson said these include allowing the undermanned Office […]
Senate President Pro Tempore and former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Ping Lacson congratulated PNP Chief Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. on the formal conferment of his four-star rank. Lacson, who headed the PNP from 1999 to 2001, described as “overdue” the promotion of Nartatez, who served as his police aide-de-camp when he had the same […]
Evidence, and not noise, will indict and convict those involved in the corruption behind anomalous flood control projects, Senate President Pro Tempore Ping Lacson stressed. At the resumption of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing into the issue, Lacson tore into “skeptics, detractors, and hijackers” for twisting public anger to divide the nation. “Your noise […]
Leadership by example remains the key to ensuring discipline in the Philippine National Police (PNP), former PNP Chief and Senate President Pro Tempore Ping Lacson said. Lacson stressed this is the secret that would give the PNP Chief the moral authority to tell his personnel not to extort or be involved in criminal activities. “If […]