MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Panfilo Lacson said that the crowd’s applause for Senate President Pro Tempore Sherwin Gatchalian during Friday’s Independence Day rites reflected public approval of his Senate leadership. The senator said in a post on…
MANILA, Philippines — A minority bloc member said on Friday that Sen. Vicente “Tito” Sotto III was unable to retain the Senate presidency because he lacked the multibillion-peso resources available to his predecessor to “look after” fellow…
MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson said Saturday that he will reject and vote against any motion that will stop or delay the Senate from convening as an impeachment court. If the impeachment complaint…
MANILA, Philippines — Senator Rodante Marcoleta, despite a lot of things he said in his recent privilege speech, failed to deny the existence of an alleged handwritten letter containing his request for P500 million worth of allocables from…
MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan is being eyed as an impeachment manager in the possible trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, according to Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson on Wednesday. As a lawyer, Pangilinan could not…
MANILA, Philippines — Only 14 of the 421 initially tagged as ghost flood control projects have so far been verified to be truly non-existent, said Fredderick Vida, acting chief of the Department of Justice (DOJ). The update…
MANILA, Philippines – Bicol Saro Rep. Terry Ridon urged the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) to look into the personalities linked to the anomalous flood-control projects during the Senate and House investigations, following the resignation of Senator…
MANILA, Philippines – Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson stepped down as the chairman of the Senate blue ribbon committee on Sunday following criticisms on his leadership of the Senate’s ongoing flood-control probe. “Rightly or wrongly, when quite a…
MANILA, Philippines – Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson on Sunday said he is considering stepping down from his post as chair of the Senate blue ribbon committee (BRC). “If my colleagues are no longer trusting me…
MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson and Sen. Rodante Marcoleta engaged in a heated exchange just minutes after the blue ribbon committee resumed its probe into the flood control projects scandal on Tuesday. Marcoleta,…
MANILA, Philippines — The unprecedented bombing of nuclear facilities in Iran by the Trump administration could trigger a world war. Sen. Ping Lacson, who sees it that way, sounded the alarm on Monday via tweet. Lacson said…
The Senate should convene itself into an impeachment court, let the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte cross over to the next Congress and determine whether she is guilty as the chamber has no “legal authority”…
