Manila, Jan. 2 -- Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson on Friday vowed to intensify his campaign against corruption in 2026, expressing hope that President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. would bring the same fire to the fight.

"On a personal note, I thank 2025 for bringing me back all my staff that I left behind in 2022, plus a few assets more. With renewed tenacity and hard work, I am even more encouraged to expose more corruption issues that are similar to what has become the most blatant and unprecedented misuse and abuse of the national budget since I left the Senate three years ago," Lacson said in a statement.

"With a more awakened and angrier citizenry who have never been exposed before to more detailed acts of corruption and plu...