THE LEADERS WE NEED IN 2022

Tuesday, November 9, 2021

On the Slash in the NTF-ELCAC's 2022 Budget

On the Slash in the NTF-ELCAC's 2022 Budget

November 9, 2021 - Use it or lose it, as former Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno once said.

Misused funds are far worse than unused appropriations. If the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee himself asserts that those entrusted to utilize the NTF-ELCAC funds cannot even provide the details on how they spent the same, they have no business asking for more.

That being said, not only do I support the slash in the NTF-ELCAC's proposed budget for 2022, if such misuse was indeed committed - the officials concerned must be made accountable, if not criminally liable.

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Lacson Withdraws Death Penalty Bill

Lacson Withdraws Death Penalty Bill

November 9, 2021 - Sen. Panfilo "Ping" Lacson withdrew this week his authorship of the Senate bill seeking to reinstitute the death penalty for heinous crimes.

In a letter to Senate Secretary Atty. Myra Villarica, Lacson also requested that his bill, Senate Bill 27, no longer be considered for deliberation by the Senate panels concerned.

Last week, Lacson withdrew his support for the death penalty for heinous crimes, saying it is better to spare the life of a criminal than to wrongly execute an innocent person.

"Mas mainam na ang guilty ikulong habang buhay sa halip na inosente ma-execute dahil sa pagkakamali (Better that the guilty be imprisoned for life than to have innocents executed because of a wrong judgment)," he said.

He also pushed for life imprisonment and penal reforms as a better alternative, even as he supported Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III's suggestion to confine drug lords in a "super max" penitentiary, with no means of communication with the outside world.

Lacson and Sotto earned praise from the Commission on Human Rights and the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines for their stance on the issue.

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On Ramon Ang's Willingness to Sell Petron Back to Government

On Ramon Ang's Willingness to Sell Petron Back to Government

November 9, 2021 - If there is one patriot among the country's leading business leaders, Mr. Ramon Ang is definitely up in the ranks. His willingness to sell back Petron to the government is one proof of that.

He has displayed his philanthropic acts many times in the past. I can mention many other names whom I had the privilege of working with, especially when I was given the difficult task to coordinate rehabilitation efforts after Typhoon Yolanda struck and devastated Central Philippines in November 2013, leading up to the crafting of the Comprehensive Rehabilitation and Recovery Plan in a record time of just six months.

Mr. Ricky Razon, Ms. Tessie Sy-Coson, the Ayalas, the Aboitizes, the late George Ty and sons are just some of the big names in the Philippine business sector who unselfishly volunteered their resources and more when they were needed most. They continue to be very consistent in this regard.

They are the unsung heroes of our time.

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Enrico Calderon's Post

Enrico Calderon's Post

A steady rise in Senator Lacson's rating is beginning to show as a result of the collective grassroots effort by its volunteers under the leadership of Michael Ray Aquino.

#weneedaleader2022 

#PingLacson2022 

#PingLacsonForPresident 

#PartidoReporma

On the Three-Day National Vaccination Drive

On the Three-Day National Vaccination Drive

November 9, 2021 - Late is never too late as long as it is for the greater good of the Filipino people.

A three-day national vaccination drive is a welcome development, para tuluyan na nating maabot ang herd immunity at sana lagpas pa roon.

Ang pagbubukas ng ekonomiya ang pinakamimithi ng sambayanang Pilipino para makaahon na tayo sa pagkakalugmok ng ating bansa - sa hirap, gutom, kawalan ng trabaho at negosyo at pagkabaon sa utang.

While the government may have made mistakes early on in dealing with the pandemic, what is important is that it makes up and makes good while it is not too late.

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