The Pasig City local government held on Wednesday, March 23, the groundbreaking ceremony for its newest barangay hall as it promoted the importance of transparency and fairness in its government transactions and projects. (Photo from Mayor Vico Sotto's Facebook) Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto,...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto countered on Wednesday, March 23, false claims on social media pertaining to a supposed rejection of permits for campaign activities of a national candidate. In a Facebook post, Sotto said: “May mga gumawa ng kwento na hindi daw ako nagbigay ng permit, pero meron naman...
Presidential candidate Panfilo M. Lacson on Tuesday, March 13 sought a central financial facility for micro-, small-, and medium-enterprises (MSMEs) badly hit by the pandemic instead of several government agencies offering various assistance packages. Lacson, Partido Reporma standard bearer, said...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto said on Tuesday, March 22, that his refusal to endorse any national candidate in the upcoming elections is driven by a commitment to fight against a system or culture of patronage politics in the city. In an interview with CNN Philippines, Sotto said this “extreme”...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto on Tuesday, March 22, contested the cyber libel case filed against him by Vice Mayor Iyo Bernardo, denying that his comments were libelous. “Obviously I don’t think I said anything libelous...I didn’t post anything online, say anything online. That was...
The Pasig City local government relaunched on Tuesday, March 22, its Malusog na Batang Pasigueño (MBP) initiative to ensure that all its public school students will receive adequate nutrition especially amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and in preparation for the slow return of face-to-face...
CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija- Senator Panfilo ‘Ping’ M. Lacson on Tuesday, March 22 emphasized that he and running mate Senate President Vicente ‘Tito’ C. Sotto III would stay in contention for the next president and vice president of the Philippines as he refuted anew fresh disinformation...
Senate leaders on Tuesday, March 22 supported the decision of President Duterte to increase the P200 monthly ‘ayuda’ (financial assistance) to needy families. Presidential candidate Senator Panfilo M. Lacson said the P200 monthly ‘ayuda’ is ‘’pathetically too little’ and P500 is still...
A total of 2,809 employees of the City Government of Pasig were honored with loyalty awards for their continued service of 10 or more years during the flag raising ceremony held on Monday, March 21, at the city hall. Loyalty awardees during the flag raising ceremony on Monday morning, March 21....
Vice presidential candidate Vicente Sotto III is leaving it to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to deal with the tandem of Bongbong Marcos and Sara Duterte for skipping the first Comelec-sponsored presidential and vice presidential debates over the weekend. Of the 10 presidential bets, nine...
Vice presidential candidate Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III vouched for the incorruptibility of his May 2022 poll partner, Partido Reporma standard-bearer Panfilo "Ping" Lacson. Sotto said Lacson’s leadership style would be enough to eliminate the culture of corruption in government. In...
Vice presidential candidate and Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Sunday vouched for his decades-long experience in public service as he urged voters to choose him during the ending of the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) first vice presidential debates. Sotto, who is running in tandem with...