P12B for new Senate building; P50M for defending KIG 'sovereignty'

NOTHING reveals the hypocrisy of the Senate in defending Philippine sovereignty and maritime rights in the South China Sea than its construction starting in 2019 of its offices at the posh Bonifacio Global City.

When I first wrote about this monument to 24 super-egoists, then senator Panfilo Lacson, whom the Senate tasked to implement the project, in a press release, corrected my figure that it would cost P8 billion. "It will just cost P4.58 billion," he declared.