A representative firmly aligned with President Rodrigo Duterte asked Sen. Richard Gordon to repress himself from the Blue Ribbon Committee’s investigation into insufficiencies in pandemic spending initially hailed by state inspectors. This comes after Gordon, Blue Ribbon director, disclosed to Senate media before Tuesday that the board’s test could prompt a different morals council examination on Duterte and his previous …

METRO MANILA  – Senator Panfilo Lacson agrees that that the so-called “mafia” at the Philippine Health Insurance Corp is actually the executive committee itself as alleged by its former anti-fraud officer. According to the Senator, based on the documents he read, as early as April, it is maneuvering everything including the movements of funds and overpricing, the executive committee is …

President Rodrigo Duterte is not authorized to designate groups as terrorist organizations under the new Anti-Terror Law, says Senator Panfilo Lacson According to the senator, Under the new act, Only the Court of Appeals or the Anti-Terrorism Council (ATC) will have the authority to declare if one organization is a terrorist group. Lacson made the comments after Duterte declared that …

Malacañang and the Department of Budget and Management have withheld at least P80bn in congressional realignments, Senator Panfilo Lacson said Wednesday. Advertisement Lacson said some legislators tried to realign at least P80 billion from the “Build, Build, Build” flagship program of the administration to the “Pet Projects” of their districts within the national budget for 2020. He praised President Rodrigo …

The travel ban on Taiwan was also rooted in politics, both Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon and Senator Panfilo Lacson said Saturday, reportedly part of the effort to prevent the spread of Coronavirus Disease-2019. Lacson held the same opinion, arguing that the explanation behind the ban could only be a political one. Lacson also pointed out that, given its 23 …