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The Philippines cannot reverse the termination of the visiting forces agreement (VFA) with the United States since the government already sent a formal notice to Washington, Senator Panfilo Lacson said Sunday (February 16).

Senator Panfilo Lacson welcomed Saturday (February 15) the Duterte administration's decision to lift the travel ban on Taiwan amid the new coronavirus (COVID-19) scare.

Senator Panfilo Lacson expressed dismay at Health Secretary Francisco Duque III Tuesday (February 4) for blaming other government agencies for the slow pace of the Department of Health's (DOH) contact tracing, or or monitoring of the…

Senator Panfilo Lacson has urged the government Saturday (February 1) to take a more decisive action regarding the threat of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) following the confirmation of one case in the country recently.

Senator Panfilo Lacson is scratching his head over President Rodrigo Duterte's threat to cancel the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States (US) after it cancelled the 10-year tourist visa of Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa.

Congress will have "nothing to renew" if the Supreme Court revokes ABS-CBN's existing franchise, Senator Panfilo Lacson said Monday (January 20).

Erring cops can run but they can't hide.

President Rodrigo Duterte is just waiting for top police officials to retire so he will be left with a wider pool of cops from which to choose the next Philippine National Police chief, Senator Panfilo Lacson said.

Senate President Vicente Sotto III has signed the proposed P4.1-trillion national budget for 2020 despite Senator Panfilo Lacson's allegation it contains billions of pesos in pork barrel funds

Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III has asked Senator Panfilo Lacson to submit a list of the House of Representatives' alleged last minute insertions in the proposed P4.1-trillion budget for 2020 so they can "gloss it over."

Senator Panfilo Lacson has urged the Senate to look into the controversies surrounding the country's hosting of the 2019 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games despite the record high medal haul of Filipino athletes.

Some 117 “flood-control” projects worth P3.17 billion were allegedly inserted under the ratified version of the proposed P4.1-trillion national budget for 2020, Senator Panfilo Lacson said.

Senator Panfilo Lacson snubbed the ratification of the proposed P4.1-trillion national budget for 2020 Wednesday (December 11) after exposing the multibillion-peso insertions made by members of the House of Representatives in the bill.

Senator Panfilo Lacson believes it has become untenable for Vice President Leni Robredo to remain as drug czar after President Rodrigo Duterte said he doesn't trust her.

Senator Panfilo Lacson sees nothing wrong with President Rodrigo Duterte's warning to fire Vice President Leni Robredo if she shares confidential information related to the drug war.

Senator Panfilo Lacson sees nothing wrong with Senator Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr.'s rumored showbiz comeback.

Despite being the biggest appropriations in the country’s history, the proposed P4.1-trillion national budget for 2020 was a product of poor planning, Senator Panfilo Lacson said Thursday (November 14).

Tired from quarreling with congressmen over the alleged illegal insertions in the general appropriations bill (GAB) every year, Senator Panfilo Lacson said Thursday (November 14) he will refrain from mentioning which lawmaker has pork…

The daughter of the late tycoon John Gokongwei Jr. didn’t think he was joking when he told kidnappers in 1981 that he won’t pay a ransom for her release since he has five other children anyway.

Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III urged Vice President Leni Robredo Monday (November 11) to read up on the functions of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD) before asking Congress to raise its budget for next…

Senator Panfilo Lacson has finally uttered what netizens have been keeping to themselves all these years: That Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo looks like a lizard.

Senator Panfilo Lacson has advised Vice President Leni Robredo to watch her back and work closely with people she trusts now that she oversees the administration’s drug war.

Vice President Leni Robredo has accepted Senator Panfilo Lacson's offer to share with her his experience in fighting illegal drugs to help in her new job as anti-drug czar.