Independent presidential candidate Senator Panfilo M. Lacson on Thursday, March 31 blasted vice presidential candidate Rep. Joselito "Lito" Atienza for asking him to withdraw from the May 2022 presidential race. ‘’What he did is uncalled for - kabastusan (bad manners), to say the least. He...
Independent presidential candidate Senator Panfilo "Ping" M. Lacson said the big rallies and gatherings of some candidates might not necessarily be a show of support as it could be the work of operators out to make a profit during the campaign season. Senatorial candidate Dr. Minguita Padilla...
ILOILO CITY -- Senator and presidential candidate Manny Pacquiao said his running-mate, Deputy Speaker Lito Atienza, prefers Senate President Tito Sotto to replace him if he withdraws from the race due to health reasons. “Kung hindi nya makakaya, gusto niya si Sotto (If he is not capable, he...
Vice presidential candidate Vicente C. Sotto III on Wednesday, March 30 said he is humbled by a possible Paquiao-Sotto tandem floated by vice presidential candidate Representative Lito Atienza. ‘’I am humbled and will certainly appreciate such a move,’’ Sotto replied to a disclosure by...
Presidential aspirant Sen. Manny Pacquiao on Wednesday said he is not discounting the possibility of a "Manny-Sotto" tandem if his running mate, House Deputy Speaker Lito Atienza decides to quit the vice presidential race due to his medical problem. Pacquiao admitted he was supposed to meet with...
A Lacson administration will not allow outside investors to exploit Republic Act 11647, or the amended Foreign Investments Act (FIA) of 1991, at the expense of local business owners belonging to the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sector. Presidential candidate Senator Panfilo ‘Ping’...
The Senate through its Senate Public Assistance Office (SPAO) continues to provide medical and social services to the Filipino people, especially indigent patients seeking assistance for their hospitalization and medical need, Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Wednesday, March 30 said. “The...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto shared on Tuesday, March 29, his answers to a student's homework during a barangay caucus. Prior to Team “Giting ng Pasig”’s house-to-house campaign and caucus in Barangay Rosario, Pasig City, a second-year public administration student reached out to Sotto on...
They are entitled to their opinion. Thus said vice presidential candidate Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III to calls by elections watchdog ‘Kontra Daya’ that he and Senators Imee Marcos, Panfilo M. Lacson, Emmanuel Pacquiao and Francis Pangilinan inhibit themselves from participating in an...
The Pasig City local government held on Monday, March 28, its first quarter local health board meeting as the city continues to develop projects to further improve city health response to residents. Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto said that despite delays brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, the...
Presidential candidate Senator Panfilo M. Lacson wants to adopt former Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Pinol and former Senator Joseph Victor ‘’JV’’ Ejercito as his senatorial candidates. That will bring Lacson’s senatorial lineup to four. The two others are Dr. Minguita Padilla and former...
A Department of Agriculture (DA) official on Monday admitted that “big-time” personalities allegedly involved in smuggliing have called him ip when cases are being prepared against them. DA Assistant Secretary Federico Laciste Jr. confirmed this at the second hybrid hearing of the Senate...
