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Ilang senador kontra sa posibleng pagkalas ng PH sa UNHRC

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 16 09:23 PM

Ilang senador ang tutol sa umano ay plano ni Pangulong Duterte na kumalas sa United Nations Human Rights Council.  Read more »

Lacson nixes UN rights council resolution on PH drug war

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 12 01:25 PM

MANILA - Sen. Panfilo Lacson on Friday rejected the move of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to adopt a resolution seeking a comprehensive report on the human rights situation in the Philippines, including alleged extrajudicial killings in government's drug war. Read more »

Theater's wonderkid Ed Lacson Jr. takes the 'Stop Kiss' challenge

Totel V. de Jesus
Posted at Jul 12 06:46 AM

Ed Lacson Jr. is up to the challenge in the re-staging of Diana Son's "Stop Kiss," which was presented 16 years ago by New Voice Company at the old Music Museum in Malate, Manila. Read more »

Locsin on death penalty: It doesn’t work, it only degrades society

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 10 04:21 AM

As a few senators work to legislate capital punishment, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. believes the death penalty will not work the way lawmakers imagine it would. Read more »

Lacson on execution by firing squad: ‘Brutal naman masyado’

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 09 10:46 PM

Senators Lacson and Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa have filed their respective bills seeking to reimpose the death penalty. Read more »

Lacson: Cayetano as Speaker doesn’t exactly mean ‘pork insertions’ will end

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 09 09:45 PM

Lacson is among the hardliners in the Senate against the presence of discretionary funds in the budget.  Read more »

Colleagues slam Bato's remarks on kid's death

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 05 06:13 PM

MANILA – Senators on Friday slammed their colleague, Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa, for dismissing as mere accident the death of a 3-year-old girl in a buy-bust operation in Rodriguez, Rizal earlier this week. Read more »

Panukalang death penalty muling binuhay sa Senado

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 04 09:24 PM

Isinusulong ng 4 na senador ang pagbabalik ng parusang kamatayan. Read more »

Lacson files measure encouraging public participation in budget proposals

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 03 12:13 PM

A measure seeking the direct participation of the public in the national budget deliberation has been filed at the Senate. Read more »

Lacson wants gov't officials, workers stripped of bank secrecy protection

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 03 11:51 AM

Sen. Panfilo Lacson has sought the exemption of government employees and officials from a law that prohibits the disclosure of bank accounts, saying this has been used to hide ill-gotten wealth. Read more »

Mga isda sa West PH Sea nasa 5 taon na lang ang itatagal: eksperto

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 02 08:39 PM

Nasa 5 taon na lang ang itatagal ng mga isda sa West Philippine Sea, ayon sa isang maritime expert.   Read more »

Senators seek transparency on Duterte-Xi deal

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 02 03:12 PM

Duterte earlier said he could not bar Chinese fishermen from the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) due to a "mutual agreement" he made with Xi. Read more »

LOOK: Lacson congratulates 'mistah' Honasan, shares old cadet photo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 01 11:16 PM

MANILA - Senator Panfilo Lacson took to social media to congratulate his fried and colleague Gregorio "Gringo" Honasan on his new role as secretary of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT). Read more »

Jail impeachment filers? Duterte won't do it - Lacson

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 28 03:33 PM

MANILA - Sen. Panfilo Lacson on Friday said he doubts whether President Rodrigo Duterte would make good on his threat to send to jail those who would dare file an impeachment complaint against him over his recent pronouncements on the South China Sea issue. Read more »

Lacson seeks 'balance of power' in S. China Sea

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 27 12:00 PM

MANILA - Sen. Panfilo Lacson on Thursday said the United States must keep China in check in the South China Sea in order to maintain the “balance of power” in the region, as the Asian power continues to assert its dominance over other claimants in the resources-rich waterway. Read more »

'Ako ba pumatay?': Dela Rosa says won't inhibit if Senate probes drug war anew

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 25 07:05 PM

MANILA - Senator-elect Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa on Tuesday said he would not inhibit from any hearings that would center on the issue of extrajudicial killings (EJKs). Read more »

Panelo blasts Lacson; says Duterte 'wise tactician' on Reed Bank

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 24 08:45 PM

MANILA - Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Senator Panfilo Lacson has "a fertile imagination" after the lawmaker criticized the government's handling of the Recto (Reed) Bank incident.  Read more »

Lacson denies '2022 posturing' after criticism of gov't Recto Bank action

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 24 08:58 AM

Sen. Panfilo Lacson on Monday rejected accusations that he was "posturing for 2022", following his recent criticism of President Rodrigo Duterte’s response to the ramming of a Chinese vessel of a Filipino fishing boat in Reed (Recto) Bank.  Read more »

Joint probe of Recto Bank incident may weaken PH claim: Lacson

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 23 11:32 PM

Senator Panfilo Lacson on Sunday warned that a joint investigation with China and a third party of the sinking of a Filipino fishing boat by a Chinese vessel "may be interpreted as a waiver of our right of ownership of Recto Bank." Read more »

Lawyering for China? Panelo twits Lacson's 'shallow analysis'

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 21 02:25 PM

Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo rejected Friday the statement of Senator Panfilo Lacson that he was speaking like China's defense counsel over the allision of a Chinese ship and a Filipino fishing boat. Read more »