FACT CHECK: Lacson did NOT admit to delivering kickbacks, video is SPLICED
A video claiming Sen. Ping Lacson admitted he delivered kickbacks from flood control projects to former undersecretaries is spliced.
Tag Archives: Ping Lacson
From lawmakers to law-evaders: A Senate in crisis
A fractured Senate is a weak Senate. If leaders are busy managing internal conflict, the chamber cannot effectively serve as a check on the Marcos administration or as a counterweight to the Dutertes. Instead of focusing on laws and oversight, senators are distracted by survival
Lacson to flood control mess probe detractors: Shut the f… up!
Sen. Ping Lacson: Your noise will not silence the truth; neither does it provide any help in our investigation. Your noise cannot convict – and won’t even indict the malefactors in this flood control mess. Only evidence does.
FACT CHECK: Escudero NOT reelected Senate president after Lacson resigned
A Facebook video claims that Sen. Francis "Chiz" Escudero was reelected as Senate president following Sen. Panfilo "Ping" Lacson's resignation as chair of the Blue Ribbon Committee. This is false.
FACT CHECK: Zaldy Co, Martin Romualdez NOT arrested
A Facebook post claims that resigned Ako Bicol partylist Rep. Zaldy Co and former House speaker Martin Romualdez have been arrested and are now facing imprisonment. This is not true.
On the road to perdition
The public is getting swamped with false, misleading, or completely fabricated information that creates confusion, anxiety, fear and distrust, aggravating the anger and stress over the rising cost of living and our daily struggles with congested traffic and inefficient government services.
Senators fight for survival, to hell with public accountability
Social media is vibrant with people voicing their outrage. (Although, malevolent forces are actively at work sowing confusion.) The public demands accountability. That’s democracy functioning! The Trillion Peso protest rallies last Sept. 21, and another one being organized on Nov. 30, are vivid demonstrations of people participating in governance.It is lamentable that the senators are taking it negatively.
FACT CHECK: Lacson is new Senate blue ribbon chair, NOT Hontiveros
A YouTube video claims that Sen. Risa Hontiveros has replaced Sen. Rodante Marcoleta as chairperson of the Senate blue ribbon committee This is false.
Panfilo “Ping” Lacson
As Ping Lacson eyes senate comeback, he wants to continue fighting all forms of corruption, particularly the abuse and misuse of congressional insertions or pork barrel.
FACT CHECK: Lacson quote card on confidential fund fiasco FAKE
A fake quote card claimed that former senator Ping Lacson spoke against revealing the people who received confidential funds under VP Sara Duterte.
