MANILA, Philippines A former senator called on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to save the Constitution by exercising his line-item veto power on the 2025 budget billgolden palasyo, citing the unconstitutionality of the budget cut for the Department

Former Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson. INQUIRER file photo MANILA, Philippines — All public budgets, including confidential and intelligence funds, are accountable and subject to audit, former Sen. Pandfilo Lacson said Friday. Lacso

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FILE PHOTO: Panfilo Ping Lacson. On Friday, November 22, 2024, Lacson expressed his hopes that drug convict Mary Jane Veloso will be granted a presidential pardon or at least her early release from confinement based on good conduct time allowance. I

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MANILAk9win, Philippines — Former Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson has suggested that Congress make the bicameral conference committee meetings on the proposed 2025 national budget accessible to the media and the public for the sake of t

Panfilo Lacson during a press conference in Tagbilaran City, Bohol on April 5, 2022. Photo from Lacson-Sotto media bureau MANILA, Philippines — Former senator Panfilo Lacson admitted that he heard about the rewards system in the Duterte admini