Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) chairman and Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III has wished Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso good luck as the latter takes on a new role as Aksyon Demokratiko's president. Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso (Jansen Romero/MANILA...
Seven senators have urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to push the deadline for voter registration from September 30 to October 31. A first-time voter registers at the Commission on Election (Comelec) office in Pasay City. (PNA) Senators Francis Pangilinan, Ralph Recto, Franklin Drilon,...
Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson on Monday, August 9, said he blocked around 200 troll accounts who attacked and insulted him on social media following his meeting with Vice President Leni Robredo. In an interview with ABS-CBN's Teleradyo, Lacson said he started getting insults after Robredo rejected...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Monday, August 9 said he is unperturbed with the emerging number of political parties that have pledged their support to Hugpong ng Pagbabago’s Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio. Sotto, Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) chairman, and who is expected...
Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III on Monday, August 9, said he, too, respects Vice President Leni Robredo's rejection of Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson's proposal to unify the opposition for the 2022 elections, even as he believed that the vice president should not have shot it down right...
Senator Panfilo Lacson on Sunday said he respects Vice President Leni Robredo’s decision to reject his offer of a “sure unification formula” for the May 2022 elections which he offered selflessly. “It was a selfless move on my part to offer the unification formula to VP Leni Robredo since...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian maintained on Saturday, August 7, that his vice presidential bid will depend on whether or not he will be picked by Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte as her running mate for next year's elections. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian (Office of Sen. Gatchalian) In an interview with...
With Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso's impending transfer to the Aksyon Demokratiko, the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) may have to reconsider forging an alliance with the political party for the 2022 elections. Nationalist People's Coalition chairman and Senate President...
Senator Christopher "Bong" Go maintained on Friday, August 6, that he is not yet interested to run for president in the 2022 elections, even with the prodding of his partymates in the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) for him to vie for the post. Sen. Christopher 'Bong' Go and...
Albay 2nd District Representative Joey Salceda said on Thursday, August 5, that Senator Sherwin Gatchalian should be the running mate of Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte in the 2022 election. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian (Senate of the Philippines) For Salceda, Gatchalian is the "most qualified" to be...
The meeting between Vice President Leni Robredo and Senators Panfilo "Ping" Lacson and Vicente "Tito" Sotto III may not have ended as the opposition had hoped, after all. Vice President Leni Robredo and Senator Panfilo Lacson (Office of the Vice President/Senate PRIB) This, as Lacson intimated on...
Confident that he has the "unanimous" support of his partymates, Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) chairman and Senate President Vicente Sotto III declared Wednesday, August 4, that he will not change his mind about seeking the vice presidency even if fellow-NPC member Senator Sherwin...