September 8, 2025
Mr. President, distinguished colleagues:
Ang tama ay ipaglaban. Ang mali ay labanan. These words capture the essence of Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson’s public service. They are not mere slogans, but a creed he has lived by in more than fifty years of public service as a police officer, humanitarian, and legislator.
On just the twelfth session day of this Congress, while many committees were still preparing to organize, Senator Lacson had already pieced together a puzzle long hidden from the public eye. […]
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September 8, 2025
Mr. President, distinguished colleagues:
The Filipino people have always looked to the Senate as a pillar of our democracy. In times of profound challenges, when our citizens yearn for clarity and wisdom, they expect us to steady the ship and steer it with a clear compass toward safer shores. They do not ask for eloquence alone, but for proof that we can all place country above self, and that we can govern with discipline, foresight, and courage.
Discipline to resist the distractions […]
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September 3, 2025
Magandang umaga po sa lahat. Pormal na po nating binubuksan ang pagdinig ng Komite sa Kultura at mga Sining.
Noong ika-labinsiyam na Kongreso, itinatag natin ang komiteng ito upang higit na mapalakas ang ating mga pagsisikap tungo sa pangangalaga at pagpapaunlad ng ating pambansang pagkakakilanlan at pamana. Naisakatuparan natin ang dalawang mahahalagang batas.
Una, ang RA 11961 o Cultural Mapping Law. Sa pamamagitan nito, sistematikong natutukoy, nadodokumento, at nabibigyan ng suporta ang ating mga tangible, intangible, natural, and built heritage. Sa pamamagitan […]
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August 20, 2025
Mr. Chair, esteemed colleagues, distinguished guests, good afternoon.
Allow me to begin by expressing my deep gratitude to our Chair, Senator Robinhood Padilla, for designating me as one of the Vice Chairpersons of this Committee. Having served as Chairperson of this Committee in the 15th and 16th Congress, I remain mindful of the hopes of our Indigenous Peoples and Muslim brothers and sisters who look to this institution for recognition, justice, and inclusion.
That is why, across my four terms here in […]
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August 20, 2025
Good morning, Madam Chair, esteemed colleagues, and our resource persons.
At the core of our work in government is one simple but profound duty: that is to provide better lives for our people. The Sustainable Development Goals give us a set of international commitments, a guidepost and a set of targets to help measure how far we
have gone in fulfilling that duty.
But after more than two decades of experience in this Senate, I have seen a recurring challenge: agency reports […]
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