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Lacson: Higit P16-bilyong 'pork' isiningit sa 2020 budget

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Posted at Dec 13 12:16 AM

Niratipikahan na ng Senado at Kamara ang P4.1-trilyong 2020 national budget. Read more »

Senate, House ratify 2020 national budget, up for Duterte signature

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Updated as of Dec 11 10:38 PM

A bicameral conference approved the budget proposal earlier on Wednesday. Sen. Panfilo Lacson skipped the signing of the bicameral report on Wednesday due to alleged "last minute insertions." Read more »

Pondo para sa umento sa sahod ng gov't nurses aprubado na sa Senado

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Posted at Nov 28 09:19 PM

Aprubado na sa Senado ang pondo para sa dagdag-sahod ng mga baguhang nurse na nasa mga pampublikong ospital. Read more »

Lacson wants 'bottom up' solution to budget appropriations

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Updated as of Nov 27 01:34 PM

MANILA - Senator Panfilo Lacson on Wednesday said there is a need to reverse the distribution of resources from national to local for better budget appropriations.   Read more »

‘Iwas-bulungan’: Lacson wants 'transparent' bicam on 2020 budget

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Updated as of Nov 27 10:57 AM

MANILA - Senator Panfilo Lacson on Wednesday said he wants a transparent bicameral conference when the Senate and the House of Representatives convene for the approval of the proposed P4.1 trillion budget for 2020 to prevent what he calls "bulungan" Read more »

Congress' P75-B 'insertions' delayed 2019 budget: Lacson

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Updated as of Nov 27 11:28 AM

MANILA - Is the Senate partly to blame for the delay in the budget of the 30th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games? For Senator Panfilo Lacson, nothing could be further from the truth - saying it was congressmen who tried to insert P75 billion in pork barrel projects into the budget even after the bicameral report ratification. Read more »

VP Leni bumuwelta matapos sibakin sa anti-drug body

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Updated as of Nov 25 07:03 PM

Bumuwelta si Vice President Leni Robredo matapos siyang sibakin ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte bilang co-chairperson ng komiteng inatasang sugpuin ang problema sa ilegal na droga. Read more »

Mga mahuhuling gumagamit ng vape, babalaan lang, di ikukulong: PNP

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Posted at Nov 21 06:58 PM

Hindi ikukulong kundi babalaan lamang muna ang mga taong mahuhuling gumagamit ng vape sa mga pampublikong lugar, sabi ngayong Huwebes ng officer-in-charge ng Philippine National Police.   Read more »

VP Leni gustong malinawan ang sakop ng trabaho bilang anti-drug chair

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Posted at Nov 20 07:16 PM

Hiniling ni Vice President Leni Robredo kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na linawin ang sakop ng kaniyang trabaho bilang co-chairperson ng Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs.  Read more »

Lacson seeks additional funds for national ID system

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Updated as of Nov 20 09:49 AM

Under the proposed 2020 budget, only P2.4 billion was allotted for the implementation of the landmark measure, according to Sen. Panfilo Lacson.   Read more »

Lacson questions lump sum in CHED budget

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 19 01:19 AM

Sen. Panfilo Lacson questioned another “lump sum” fund in the proposed national budget for 2020.   Read more »

P2.3-B worth of vague items flagged in proposed DPWH 2020 budget

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Posted at Nov 14 11:37 PM

The DPWH is in the hot seat, as Sen. Lacson flags P2 billion worth of double appropriations and vague items in the agency's 2020 budget. Read more »

Lacson blames solons' insertions for P2.3-B in 'double appropriations,' vague items in proposed DPWH 2020 budget

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 14 04:46 PM

MANILA - Senator Panfilo Lacson on Thursday flagged around P2.30-billion worth of "double appropriations" and vague items in the Department of Public Works and Highways' (DPWH) 2020 budget proposal, saying the "very general" projects could either worsen government underspending or be pocketed by corrupt officials. Read more »

Lacson wants criminal charges filed vs Agri officials over faulty farming equipment

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 14 12:04 AM

Sec. Dar was urged to file criminal charges against the procurement officials who bought faulty equipment for farmer beneficiaries of the government's mechanization program. Read more »

'Why borrow what we won't spend?' Lacson blasts budget bloat due to 'insertions', poor planning

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Updated as of Nov 13 04:22 PM

Sen. Panfilo Lacson criticized Wednesday "insertions" made by lawmakers in the national budget that result in unused appropriations due to lack of consultation with government agencies.  Read more »

The ANC Brief: A break, a leave or a rest

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Posted at Nov 12 04:00 AM

The health of President Rodrigo Duterte is in sharp focus. Here are the stories making the headlines on ANC today: Read more »

OCD's Jalad, HUDCC's Del Rosario cool to new department on disasters

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 11 09:50 PM

Two officials of the executive branch expressed strong reservations to the creation of a new Department on Disaster Resiliency.  Read more »

‘Not too bold’: Lacson recalls teaching Gokongwei how to talk to kidnappers

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Updated as of Nov 11 01:59 AM

Sen. Panfilo Lacson on Sunday recounted his encounter with the late John Gokongwei Jr. at the time the business magnate's daughter was kidnapped. Read more »

Robredo tututok sa pagtugis sa drug suppliers bilang ICAD co-chair: Lacson

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Updated as of Nov 09 07:36 PM

Planong ilihis ni Vice President Leni Robredo ang direksiyon ng "war on drugs" ng administrasyon para matugis naman ang mga supplier ng ilegal na droga, ayon sa isang senador nitong Sabado. Read more »

Robredo to shift drug war focus to ‘supply constriction’: Lacson

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 09 02:26 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo has agreed to shift the drug war’s focus on “supply constriction” to target big-time drug lords instead of street peddlers, Sen. Panfilo Lacson said Saturday, a day after the second-in-command sought his advice. Read more »