00:00While Senate President pro-tempore Panfilo Lacson expressed candor on his take over Senator Aimee Marcos' disgraceful and jaw-dropping remarks yesterday at the INC rally in Luneta,
00:11Senate President Vicente Soto III showed restraint in articulating himself over his colleague's shocking remarks as our Luisa Erispe reports.
00:19Senator Panfilo Lacson called Senator Aimee Marcos' allegations against President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. as un-Filipino.
00:30According to Lacson, what Senator Aimee did was unbecoming of a Filipino who values close family ties.
00:49Senator Lacson sympathizes with the President. For him, this may hurt the President's feelings considering that his very own sister lambasted him in front of thousands.
01:18of people in a public venue and during a religious activity.
01:23I was afraid of him. I was afraid of him. I was not afraid of him. I was afraid of him. I was afraid of him.
01:28I was afraid of him. I was afraid of him. I was afraid of him. I was afraid of him.
01:32Imagine the pain that he was undergoing watching his own sister lambasted him like that.
01:40Lacson sees only one motive behind the actions of Marcos. No other than politics.
01:47Wala akumakitang ibang motivo other than politics.
01:52Senate President Vicente Soto III doesn't want to give a lengthy statement regarding Senator Marcos' allegations.
01:59His only reaction was...
02:01It could be a defining moment of her political career.
02:06Senator Marcos has yet to comment on Laxon and S.P. Soto's reaction, but on her social media, she talked about another issue, saying she is willing to take a DNA test to disprove allegations that she is not a real relative of the president.
02:22Meanwhile, the budget deliberation continues. Despite the unexpected cabinet revamp yesterday, Senator Wyn Gatchalian said this has no direct effect on the debates for the 2026 General Appropriation Bill.
02:37We just need to adjust a little bit. Nung sinabit yung NEP, ang DBM Secretary ay si Secretary Mina. At lahat along the way, Secretary Mina.
02:50So syempre ngayon, iba naman ang desisyon ng bagong nakaupo. So yun ang kailangan adjustment na dapat naming malampasan.
02:58Wala tayong adjustment sa timeline. Mag-i-extend lang tayo ng one day instead of 27 to 28 tayo matatapos. So yun lang naman, the rest on track tayo.
03:11He has reservations on the resignation of Secretary Amena Pangandaman and Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin.
03:18Pinahinayang rin ako kay E.S. Bersamin dahil nakatrabaho ko siya, very professional, napakabait at kung kanyang pasensya mahaba, nakakahinayang na wala na siya sa government.
03:34Luisa Erispe from the National TV Network for a new and better Philippines.
