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RG Cruz

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MANILA - The word war between Senator Panfilo Lacson and Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano has continued.Lacson on Tuesday said he and his team uncovered a &quot;cauldron of worms&quot; involving &quot;ghost&quot; slope protection projects and alleged illegal reclamation of portions of Laguna Lake.In a press release from his office, Lacson said his team&#x27;s findings were validated after a meeting Monday evening with officials of the Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA), including harassment tactics employed by Cayetano.Lacson also pushed for the forfeiture of the illegally reclaimed land in favor of the government.&quot;&#x27;MALULUNOD SA KATOTOHAHAN&#x27; ... Our Taguig City case study has opened a &#x27;cauldron of worms&#x27; after my meeting with Philippine Reclamation Authority officials last night - from ghost slope protection projects to illegally reclaimed tracts of land covering Laguna Lake,&quot; he said on X.&quot;Aside from the PRA and the Ombudsman, we will closely coordinate with the DPWH central office, LLDA and other concerned agencies not only to jail the crooks behind these grossly anomalous and patently illegal activities but also forfeit the already reclaimed Lakeshore areas in favor of the national government. There is no turning back!&quot; he added.&quot;The same officials likewise disclosed physical intimidation when they conducted on site inspection along C6 in the Lakeshore area where the illegal reclamation activities are taking place,&quot; he said.Previously,, Lacson cited evidence linking Cayetano to reclamation projects along Taguig’s lakeshore development that lacked the required permits from agencies including the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).Last week, Lacson and his team turned over to the Ombudsman the evidence they gathered from at least five case studies on anomalous infrastructure projects in Taguig City.Cayetano addressed the allegations in a livestream.&quot;Dito po sa Bicutan, for a few kilometers, yan po ay gobyerno lahat po. Hindi totoo po yung mga marites na nagkakalat na may reclamation daw dyan na private. Yan po ay gobyerno lahat at yan po ay ginawang series of parks. Iba&#x27;t iba pong mga parks na para lahat sa tao na libre po ang mga paggagamit nila. Iniibitahan ko po kayo kasi yung meron pong isang Senator-Judge troll. Yan.&quot;&quot;Yung Senator-Judge Troll na yun ay trinotroll ako halos araw-araw pero panay marites or panay inconclusive ika nga, argumentative, hearsay. Lahat ng narinig niyo po dito, objection, vague, objection, argumentative. Objection, hearsay, ang mga pinagsasabi rather than iiwan na sa tamang ahensya ang pag-iimbestiga. So ngayon naman po ang sinasabi ay yung mga part na yan ay kukunin ng national government. So I have had the blessing po ng aking ama ay naging assemblyman ng Taguig-Pateros Muntinlupa ng 1984.&quot;Cayetano said he welcomes an investigation.&quot;So kung gustong tignan po ni Senator Lacson, ang ating pong Senator-Judge Troll ang development dyan sa lake, he is most welcome. Kung gusto niya medyo kalkalin yung ginagawa ng LLDA, why not po? In fact, ‘di ba, tinatanong ko sa DPWH at DPWH at DOTr, bakit yung Lakeshore na road na in-approve, I think sa Koreano inutang ngayon, bakit walang railway? At kumpleto ba ito sa mga environmental impact di ba? Pero dito po sa side ng Taguig, naka tatlong administrasyon na po yan: Aquino, Duterte, Marcos. Gobyerno po ang gumagawa. So the coordination is government to government. Mostly po yan ay national government. So huwag kayong mag-alala mga taga-Taguig, hindi po kayong mawawalan ng park.&quot;&quot;Pagka yan po&#x27;y inungkat, makikita po na dahil po sa local government from the barangay to the city, to the national government, naprotektahan yung lugar na yan kasi naagaw po yan. Kung hindi po mga sindikato, may mga informal settler din nung araw, pero meron din po mga sindikato, whether there marami pa isa-isang tao na kinakamkam ang lupa diyan sa may lakeshore, kaya minabuti po ng napakaraming ahensya.&quot;&quot;Hanapin niyo yung pondo, hanapin yung project, nandun po talaga. So dinadaan tayo sa hearsay, sa vague, sa argumentative. Pagbigyan na po natin kasi medyo siguro masama pa loob sa mga pangyayari the last few weeks. &quot;

The word war between Senator Panfilo Lacson and Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano has continued.

The word war between Senator Panfilo Lacson and Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano has continued.

Lacson flags Taguig 'ghost' slope protection projects, Laguna Lake illegal reclamation

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Lacson flags Taguig 'ghost' slope protection projects, Laguna Lake illegal reclamation

RG Cruz,

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Published August 04, 2026 05:12 PM PHT

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