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  Ping vows to continue to work while in isolation Partido Reporma chairman and standard-bearer Panfilo “Ping” Lacson vowed that he will continue serving his functions both as an incumbent senator and political party leader via remote work while observing quarantine. Lacson gave this assurance to his party mates and supporters late Friday as the reply and comments section of his official Facebook and Twitter accounts were flooded with well-wishers for his fast recovery shortly after announcing via social media that he tested positive for COVID-19. Netizens meanwhile expressed support to Lacson on social media. “Pls (please) stay safe po, Sir. We need you as our leader,” wrote one of his followers on Facebook under the username Li Mo. “Get well soon, Mr. Lacson. Stay safe always. Our country needs (you). God please heal this man,” said Nenita Aniz Abiera, who commented on another post. “Wish you the best of health, sir. God Bless,” netizen FRCBen wrote on Twitter followed by a praye...

  Lacson thanks supporters for kind messages With the country facing a new wave of coronavirus cases these days, sparing no one even government officials, it warms Partido Reporma chairman and standard-bearer Panfilo ‘Ping’ Lacson’s heart that all Filipinos including politicians are showing solidarity to fight the pandemic. In an interview with dzRH radio Sunday, Lacson took the opportunity to publicly thank his friends, colleagues and supporters for sending him ‘get well soon’ messages and expressions of concern that lifted his spirits following his recent COVID-19 diagnosis. “You know, it really warms my heart, especially when you have no one to talk to because you’re isolated in a room to receive those kinds of personal [‘get well soon’ messages] that sometimes were sent directly to me,” he said. Lacson revealed that among those who sent their well wishes to him were fellow presidential aspirant Manila Mayor Francisco ‘Isko’ Moreno Domagoso, Senator Christopher Lawrence ‘Bong’ G...

  Ping backers inspire 'most qualified presidentiable' to recover swiftly from COVID-19 Messages of concern and support over Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson’s battle against COVID-19 have flooded the social media prompting the Partido Reporma party standard bearer to assure supporters that the dreaded disease will not stop him from doing his job as lawmaker and political party leader. Sen. Panfilo Lacson rostrum2 The Partido Reporma camp disclosed that Lacson has continued to work via remote while on self-quarantine which he started days before RT-PCR test found him positive for COVID-19. Prior to the release of his test result on Friday, Lacson started informing individuals he came into contact with of the possibility that he could have been infected by his chief of staff and eldest son who both tested positive to COVID-19. Thousands of well-wishers and supporters took to the social media to air their concern and assurance of prayers for the senator’s swift recovery. “Pls (please) ...

  Jsjs Presidential aspirant Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Sunday urged Filipino voters to scrutinize a candidate’s track record instead of keeping tabs on their promises that are made to be broken. Lacson said the sad reality among Filipino voters these days is that there are people who easily fall for the empty promises of some candidates. But the senator, a known anti-pork barrel advocate, said he refuses to attribute this frustrating situation to lack of communication. “Because we choose not to take (corruption issues) seriously anymore. It’s like saying, ‘well, it is what it is. The system has always been like that.’ If we keep that kind of attitutde, then we really have nowhere else to go. It is really difficult. Because we know what the basic problems are, we know how big of a problem it is),” Lacson said in a recent interview over Radio DWIZ. “The reason why we never seem to get out of our (national) debt is because we never learned to appreciate (small victories in the ...

  Lacson to voters: Track record matters MANILA, Philippines — Presidential aspirant Sen. Panfilo Lacson has appealed to voters not to fall for promises of candidates, but instead look at their track records before casting votes in the May 9 elections. Lacson lamented that apathy among Filipino voters these days is palpable as he acknowledged the sad reality that there are people who easily fall for empty promises of some candidates. “At the risk of making more enemies, I have been guarding against corruption. Most of the privilege speeches I (have) delivered ever since were about the reckless spending of public funds, right? … Track record is important,” Lacson said in Filipino when asked over dwIZ about the seeming lack of interest of Filipinos in addressing corruption as no politician in the history of the country was able to solve the problem. The three-termer, who has a long history of exposing widespread corruption in the government through his privilege speeches at the Senat...