Contact Details

Rm. N-411, House of Representatives, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
+63 2 931 5497, +63 2 931 5001 local 7370
  • Rep. Edcel C. Lagman
  • Tel No. 4155455
  • Mobile No. 0916-6406737 / 0918-9120137
  • 04 July 2011

  

          I have not requested nor received any ambulance from the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) for my personal or exclusive official use as a Representative of the First District of Albay.

           I have no PCSO ambulance for my personal or official disposal.

           The report of the PCSO which includes my name as among the 29 Members of the House of Representatives who got PCSO ambulances is completely wrong and baseless.

           Neither have I emblazoned any PCSO ambulance with my image or name or used it for non-medical purposes.

           Either somebody must have used my name or the PCSO has erroneous records.

           I challenge the PCSO management to produce any document which evidences my having received a PCSO ambulance.

           The PCSO leadership must make the necessary public rectification to correct the false report.

  • Rep. Edcel C. Lagman
  • Tel No. 4155455
  • Mobile No. 0916-6406737 / 0918-9120137
  • 03 July 2011

  

          The revelation that some Catholic Bishops received motor vehicle and cash gifts from the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) has shattered the moral ascendancy of the clergy.

           The varying defensive responses of the Bishops from contrived denials to deodorized admissions have aggravated their fragile position.

           Moreover, while the claim that the leaders of other religious denominations who may have also received similar donations should also be exposed, the Catholic hierarchy should be reminded that solace in numbers is not a balm for guilt.

           No smokescreen should be tolerated to conceal or camouflage the naked truth of moral depravity.

           While the self-probe to be conducted by the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) is welcomed, an independent investigation should be ordered by the President so that the guilty parties could be held accountable and the innocent clerics spared.

 

  • Rep. Edcel C. Lagman
  • 01 July 2011
  • Cellphone No. 09189120137
  • Tel. No. 4155455, 9315497

 

 

              Senator Francis Escudero is wrong when he said that I am critical of President Aquino and his administration because it is my role as House Minority Leader. It is my duty as a Representative and citizen to speak for countless Filipinos whose sentiments are not articulated and conveyed to Malacañang on the President’s lack of leadership and resolve to address pressing problems like the deterioration of economic and social indicators on human development.

 

              Senator Escudero fails to see or refuses to acknowledge the inadequacies of the President because of his alliance with the Aquino administration.

 

              The President’s incumbency of only one year is not a justification for a lackluster performance and failure to deliver his 16-point agenda relative to his so-called social contract with the people.

 

              Senator Escudero, like President Aquino, cannot keep on blaming the past administration for current failures. President Aquino inherited a sound and growing economy which he failed to sustain.