Panfilo "Ping" Morena Lacson, Sr. (born June 1, 1948) is a Filipino

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 politician. He was Director-General of the Philippine National Police

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 from 1999 to 2001 and has been a member of the Philippine Senate

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 since 2001.
Panfilo Morena Lacson was born in Imus

Imus, Cavite

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, Cavite

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 on June 1, 1948.

He finished grade school at the Bayang Luma Elementary School in 1960, and high school at the Imus Institute

Imus institute

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 in 1964. He completed Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy

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 at the Lyceum of the Philippines University

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 and in 1967, attended the Philippine Military Academy

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.

He was commissioned in the Philippine Constabulary

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 after his graduation in 1971.