Malacañang confirmed on Saturday there have been talks between President Benigno Aquino III and Sen. Panfilo Lacson about a watchdog body to combat oil smuggling that the former national police chief might lead.
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson denied anew Friday that he’s gay as he threatened to tell the “cruel truth” about Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago if the feisty lawmaker spreads “lies” about him.
Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago attacked her political enemies anew on Friday, calling one “gay” and “stupid.”
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson accused on Thursday a senator for allegedly using Senate funds to pay her maids’ salary, grocery and even the rental of a satellite office at a property owned by this legislator.
Even with the reported 10-percent decrease in crime volume for the entire country from 2011 to 2012, President Benigno Aquino III is worried.
Senator Panfilo Lacson admitted on Wednesday receiving P300,000 in additional funds from the office of Senate President Juan Ponce-Enrile but denied that it was a bribe.
“I will never forget that name Arroyo.” So said Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson, referring to former President and now Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson welcomed the reported appointment of Transportation Secretary Manuel “Mar” Roxas as the next chief of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and congratulated him even before the news came out this Friday.
Acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio topped the short list of eight candidates that the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) announced on Monday, but a senator said he believed the next Chief Justice would either be Associate Justice Lourdes Sereno or Solicitor General Francis Jardeleza.
Not a coup plot, but a coup plan was how Senator Panfilo Lacson described on Wednesday the alleged ouster moves against President Benigno Aquino III.
The story of how copies of Chief Justice Renato Corona’s bank documents reached House prosecutors has gotten so complicated that one senator believes it now warrants its own Senate investigation.
Senator Panfilo Lacson is seeing a looming constitutional crisis when the questions on the subpoena issued by the Senate to bank officials or bank accounts allegedly owned by Chief Justice Renato Corona are raised before the Supreme Court.
Sen. Panfilo Lacson is unhappy with the numerous objections lodged by the defense at Chief Justice Renato Corona’s impeachment trial and considers these a deterrent to swift justice.
