ould it be possible for someone, a neophyte in politics like Attorney Alex Lacson to win a seat at the Senate without spending 300 million pesos? Pragmatics amongst us would say no. I say a resounding YES. I say Alex Lacson will win this year’s Senatorial elections. It takes great courage and fortitude of [...]

Its just a few months before Mrs. Arroyo says adieu, yet, her bootlickers, says Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson is still on the vendetta and a warpath. Lacson and several other police officials were charged with kidnapping and serious illegal detention for an alleged crime that happened eight years ago. For Lacson, this is plain and [...]

Okey. So Attorney Adel Tamano, the former opposition spokesperson and now, one of the Nacionalista’s so-called ” Villar Honor Guards” is running for the Senate.  He announced that as soon as he crossed over from Erap’s camp to Villar’s.  And because he’s terribly so low in the surveys, understandable for him to do all sorts [...]

Another more disturbing fact–news about the double insertion of Manny Villar has been relegated to the inside pages of major newspapers. Latest update is the filing of charges against Villar before the Ombusman. After that, nothing.  Was there a compromise between Villar’s camp and the camps of Senators Ping Lacson and Jamby Madrigal? Is Lacson backing [...]

A Congressional insertion is not illegal per se. Senate president Manny Villar can do hundreds of insertions if he wants, and that’s not why Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson is now going around town harping like a town barker. No. What Ping wants to know is why Villar inserted two (2) 200 million peso budgetary provisions in [...]

The ongoing spat between Senate President Manny Villar and Senator Ping Lacson seems to be getting out of hand. Lacson dared Villar to get out of his post as Senate president to avoid tainting a possible Senate probe into Villar’s alleged complicity with the double insertion scam. Senator Jamby Madrigal meanwhile asked Villar to explain [...]