Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson slammed Senators Alan Peter and Pilar Juliana Cayetano for ganging up on Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) General Manager Leopoldo Parumog by grilling him with questions unrelated to the agency’s proposed 2027 budget during its budget hearing Monday.
Lacson noted the Cayetano siblings took turns interrogating Parumog and turned the budget hearing into what he described as a “full-blown” inquiry in aid of legislation.
“DINUMOG SI PARUMOG: They took turns interrogating the hapless LLDA general manager with questions totally unrelated to the agency’s proposed 2027 budget as if it were a full-blown Senate inquiry in aid of legislation,” he said in a post on X.
Lacson’s post included a video clip of the Cayetanos grilling LLDA officials, questioning them on what they claimed was a “special interest” in Taguig, their political bailiwick.
They also questioned Parumog on why the LLDA did not publicize its actions in other areas with the same “blow-by-blow” detail.
Lacson earlier cited reports that officials of other agencies, including the Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA), had been harassed while taking action on reclamation activities on the Taguig side of Laguna Lake.
He also noted that the PRA’s earlier investigation into the reclamation was stalled after Sen. Alan Cayetano pressured the agency’s representatives during the November 2025 deliberations on the Office of the President’s budget. The PRA is under the OP.
Earlier this year, Lacson suggested that agencies including the LLDA and PRA, along with the Office of the Ombudsman, Land Registration Authority (LRA), Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) combine their efforts to address the problem.
A composite inspection team sent Lacson videos of the continued illegal reclamation at the Taguig Lakeshore area. The inspection team, composed mainly of lawyers and engineers, sought assistance from police for security as the dumping of garbage continued.#
