Ping Lacson had an encounter with the Discaya couple
Senator Ping Lacson explained the photo he had with government contractors Curlee and Sarah Discaya.
The Discaya couple was among the resource persons in the Senate inquiry on anomalous flood control projects. Reportedly, they own several construction companies involved in this controversy.
Lacson is leading the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee’s investigation into flood control projects. Previously, he stated that almost all senators had P100-billion budget insertions in 2025.

Amid the probe, Cavite’s fourth district representative Kiko Barzaga shared Sen. Ping Lacson’s photo with Curlee and Sarah Discaya. In his Facebook post, the congressman said that an investigation should be done into the validity of this image, implying that the senator and the contractors had a “private meeting.”
DZBB reporter Nimfa Ravelo shared the explanation that Lacson released regarding this photo with the Discayas.

The senator said that the photo was taken in the last week of April. It was during the time when the campaign period for the 2025 midterm elections was about to end.
He explained that it was Mr Fred Villaroman who brought the son of Discayas to his office because he was a nominee of a party list group. Then, the Discaya couple joined them. Last elections, Sarah Discaya also ran for mayor in Pasig.
“I begged off — first, out of respect for my friend SP Tito Sotto whose nephew, Mayor Vico Sotto was running against Mrs. Discaya for the mayorship of Pasig City, and second, there were other party list groups who were including my name in their sample ballots,” Lacson said.
He also thought at that time that it was not a smart move for him to join a rally of any party list group.
Sen. Ping Lacson stressed he does not know the Discayas personally, and that their photographed encounter was the first and only time he met them outside of the Blue Ribbon committee hearings.
He also shared that the meeting with the Discayas only lasted for 15 to 20 minutes. “I hope this clarifies whatever insinuations are being attached to this said photograph,” the Senator said.
