Gilas Pilipinas (FIBA photo) The Gilas Pilipinas men’s basketball team goes high gear with its buildup for the FIBA Asia Cup after confirming its participation in the 2021 King Abdullah Cup in Jordan scheduled from July 25 to August 3 The event organized by the Jordan Basketball Federation has so...
The Senate on Wednesday, July 21, declared an early dismissal of work due to the heavy rains and flooding brought about by the southwest monsoon, or "habagat", enhanced by typhoon "Fabian". The Senate of the Philippines' building in Pasay City. (Official Gazette) According to an advisory issued by...
The upcoming election tandem of Senators Panfilo "Ping" Lacson and Vicente "Tito" Sotto III will not be campaigning against the Duterte administration but will be pushing for reforms that the current government failed or did not do enough. Senate President Vicente 'Tito' Sotto III (left) and...
They have decided. Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson and Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III will be running in tandem for the 2022 elections. Sotto confirmed to the Manila Bulletin on Tuesday, July 20, that he will run for vice president next year, with Lacson as his running mate for president....
Senate President Vicente Sotto III could not help but call out Presidential spokesman Harry Roque's "inaccuracy" in asking Congress to pass the bill addressing the abusive practice of contractualization in businesses. Senate President Vicente Sotto III (Senate of the Philippines) While he did not...
Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri on Monday, July 19, called on his fellow senators to attend their plenary sessions in person when they resume sessions next week. Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel 'Migz' Zubiri (Alexis Nueva España/Senate PRIB) "I'm encouraging my colleagues...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto said on Monday that he has no plans to run for president in the 2022 national elections. Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto "Kalokohan lang ‘yun. Una 32 (years old) lang ako. I don’t entertain those thoughts, whether now or in the future. Dapat mag-focus ako sa trabaho...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto on Monday (July 19) revealed that he will be seeking reelection next year. (Pasig City PIO) “Hindi pa naman ako nag-announce pero ‘yun naman po siguro ‘yun ( I did not formally announce yet but that’s that),” he said in a television interview when asked if he...
President Duterte jokingly called Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III as "Vice President," a position reportedly being eyed by the lawmaker and former TV host. Senate President Tito Sotto scratches his head after President Duterte referred to him as 'Vice President' in his speech at the newly...
Senator Panfilo Lacson assured his friends that he will not have any hard feelings if they would not join him in his campaign for the 2022 elections. Senator Panfilo 'Ping' Lacson (Senate of the Philippines) Lacson, who is considering running for president next year, said he believes that this...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto has been chosen as the commencement speaker for this year’s commencement exercises of the Ateneo de Manila University’s Loyola Schools. Sotto, 32, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in political science at the Ateneo in 2011, and completed his masters in public...
The Pasig City local government together with other government officials inaugurated on Wednesday, July 14, its COVID-19 step-down care facility for COVID-19 patients who are scheduled to be discharged. (Photo from Pasig PIO) Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto said that the facility will serve as a...
