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  Bongbong parrots Duterte on West PH Sea: We don’t stand a chance vs China MANILA, Philippines—Former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., who is inclined to run for a national post in the 2022 elections, on Friday (Sept. 24) parroted President Rodrigo Duterte’s line on Chinese aggression in the West Philippine Sea, saying the Philippines can’t afford to go to war with the Asian giant. At an online news forum, the son of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos said the Philippines will lose in no time should war break out. “‘Yung policy of engagement na ginagawa ng Duterte government, although it is criticized, it is the right way to go. Dahil kahit anong gawin natin, hindi naman natin pwede gyerahin,” he said. (The policy of engagement which the Duterte government is implementing, although it is criticized, it is the right way to go. Because whatever we do, we can’t go to war.) “May nagsasabi bumili tayo ng patrol boats, ‘yung mga jets, para kung sakali mapalaban tayo. Bakit natin...

  "Ping Lacson is a decent man" – Cebu Gov Gwen Garcia Presidential candidate and Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson (right) pays a courtesy call on Cebu Governor Gwendolyn “Gwen” Garcia (left) at the Cebu Provincial Capitol Friday afternoon, September 17, 2021. (Calvin D. Cordova/Manila Bulletin) CEBU CITY  — Senator Ping Lacson drew praises from Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia when he paid a courtesy call at the Capitol on Friday. While Lacson has already announced that he is running for president in the 2022 elections, Garcia said the former police general did not try to convince her to support his candidacy. “That is not his nature,” Garcia said. Garcia said even her father, the late Pabling Garcia, was impressed with Lacson. Garcia recalled that when Lacson ran for president in 2004, he no longer asked for the support of Pabling, who at the time was supporting Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. “I remember before when he also ran for president, my father was the governor and I was a con...

Lacson: Pharmally Bagged 26.39% of P42B Contracts with PS-DBM September 24, 2021  - Pharmally Pharmaceuticals Corp. bagged more than one-fourth of some P42 billion in contracts with the Department of Budget Procurement Service (PS-DBM) for medical supplies to address the COVID-19 pandemic, Sen. Panfilo M . Lacson bared Friday. Lacson cited DBM documents indicating that of 45 suppliers, Pharmally grabbed 26.39 percent of the P42 billion transferred by the Department of Health to the PS-DBM. "Out of 44 other suppliers, Pharmally ang No. 1, and you bagged 26.39% of the P42 billion transferred by DOH to the PS-DBM even with a P625,000 initial capitalization," Lacson told Pharmally Director Linconn Ong at the Senate hearing on the matter. "We’d like to find out from PS-DBM. Ito ba ang kultura sa PS-DBM, ang bulk more than 26% of contracts napunta sa Pharmally? Or this is unusual? Or this is very special (Is this the culture in PS-DBM to award the bulk of contracts to Pharmall...