Sotto, may isang kondisyon sa pagtakbong VP

ni Mary Gutierrez Almirañez | May 31, 2021

Bukas ang posibilidad sa pagtakbo bilang bise-presidente ni Senate President Tito Sotto sa parating na 2022 national elections, batay sa naging panayam sa kanya ngayong umaga, May 31.

Ayon kay Sotto, "I have to admit I’m thinking about it unlike other politicians who say they’re not running but on the day of registration, nangunguna… What will make me run? If we can upgrade the vice-president into something. For example if the vice-president will be handling the problem in illegal drugs and drug abuse."

Sinabi rin ni Sotto na si Senator Panfilo Lacson ang gusto niyang maging runningmate.

Aniya, “If I do consider it, the number 1 on my list would be Senator Lacson, I know his capabilities. I know what he can do for the country. If he runs for president, I will support him."

Samantala, kinumpirma naman ni Senator Imee Marcos na nakipagkita sila ng kapatid na si former Senator Bongbong Marcos kay Davao Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio.

Paglilinaw naman ng senadora, pumunta silang magkapatid sa Davao City kahapon, May 30, upang batiin ito ng "advance happy birthday" at hindi para pag-usapan ang 2022 national elections.

Sabi pa ni Senator Imee, "Nah, walang pulitika. ‘Yung posisyon, ‘di ko alam kasi 'di pa kami nag-uusap... Pero alam ko, tatakbo siya.”

"BBM (Bongbong Marcos) and I went to greet her an early happy birthday yesterday. Atty. Mans (Manases Carpio), her hubby, treated us to lunch," giit niya.

Ugali ni P-Du30, malaking problema ng 'Pinas — Lacson

ni Mary Gutierrez Almirañez | May 11, 2021

Maituturing na malaking problema ng bansa ang pagiging unpredictable ng ugali ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte, ayon sa panayam kay Senator Panfilo Lacson ngayong Martes, Mayo 11.

Aniya, "We may have a big problem here because we don’t know at what point he was joking, at what point he was serious. We don’t know any more when he is joking, when he was not."

Paliwanag pa ni Lacson, "That’s a problem because he said he was just joking during the campaign debate that he would ride a jet ski to the West Philippine Sea. After that, he said he actually ordered a secondhand jet ski. At what point was he joking? At what point was he serious? We don’t know anymore, so we have a big problem in our hands."

Sa ngayon ay hindi pa rin daw malinaw kung kailan nga ba nagbibiro si Pangulong Duterte at kung kailan ito seryoso sa mga sinasabi.

Matatandaan na ilang pahayag na rin nito ang nabigyan ng ibang kahulugan ng iba’t ibang kritiko dahil sa ugaling ito ng pangulo.

Lacson sa DOH: Covid vaccines, masasayang lang!

ni Mary Gutierrez Almirañez | May 2, 2021

Hinihikayat ni Senator Panfilo Lacson na paigtingin pa ng Department of Health (DOH) ang ‘information campaign’ hinggil sa mga bakuna kontra-COVID-19 upang mahimok magpabakuna ang publiko.

Aniya, "What our officials including Health Secretary Francisco Duque III should do is to improve the public's trust in vaccines, instead of just announcing when the vaccines will arrive.”

Matatandaang iniulat kahapon ang pagdating ng initial 15,000 doses ng Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines. Kamakailan lang din nu’ng dumating ang mga bakunang Sinovac at AstraZeneca. Sa kabuuang bilang ay 4,040,600 doses ng mga bakuna na ang nakarating sa bansa.

Samantala, mahigit 1,809,801 indibidwal pa lamang ang mga nabakunahan kontra-COVID-19, kung saan 246,986 ang mga nakakumpleto sa dalawang doses at 1,562,815 naman para sa unang dose.

Paliwanag pa ni Lacson, "If very few Filipinos are willing to be vaccinated, the vaccines that actually arrive may go to waste."

“Kausapin natin ang mga kababayan natin, magkaroon tayo ng information campaign. Magtiwala kayo sa bakuna kasi sa ngayon, wala tayong ibang makakapitan kundi ang bakuna," panawagan pa niya.