Senate President Vicente Sotto III frowned upon the suggestion to have President Duterte and Vice President Leni Robredo in a single public service announcement to boost public confidence in vaccination. Senate President Vicente Sotto III (Senate of the Philippines) In a radio interview Saturday,...
Senators do not find anything wrong with giving incentives to encourage people to get vaccinated against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). A resident of Parañaque City gets vaccinated against COVID-19 on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/MANILA BULLETIN) This, as Las Piñas City Representative...
Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III is seeking a P500 increase in the current monthly social pension of indigent senior citizens. Senate President Vicente 'Tito' Sotto III Sotto on Thursday, May 27, filed Senate Bill No. 2243, to amend the Senior Citizens Act (Republic Act No. 7432) and...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III and Senator Sherwin Gatchalian are now pushing a bill that would integrate a drug abuse prevention program in the curriculum of Grades 7 to 12 under the K -12 basic education system. The senators filed Senate Bill No. 2236 or the proposed Drug Abuse Prevention...
Danica Sotto-Pingris and Marc Pingris Danica Sotto-Pingris paid tribute to her husband Marc Pingris who retired from basketball after 16 years in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). On Facebook May 25, Danica recalled how her husband would prepare for his basketball games. "Every...
The Pasig City government launched on Tuesday its “Malusog na Batang Pasigueño” (M-B-P) program that will provide the city students with nutrition food packs to help them get proper nutrition amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo from Mayor Vico Sotto Facebook) Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto posted...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto announced on Saturday that he received his first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. (Photo from Mayor Vico Sotto Facebook) "Kaninang hapon, ako po ang naging ika-57,858 na Pasigueño na nabakunahan! (Earlier this afternoon, I am the 57,858th Pasigueño vaccinated)." Sotto...
Danica Sotto recently opened up on her relationship with her mother, Dina Bonnevie, growing up. In an Instagram post, Danica made clear her admiration for Dina whom she described as "strong, smart and beautiful..." View this post on Instagram That said, she admitted to them having a lot of...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Saturday, May 22, received his first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Sotto disclosed that he has been vaccinated against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) amid the ongoing inoculations of the Upper Chamber's employees. Senate President Vicente 'Tito' Sotto III...
The government should launch a massive information campaign to overcome hesitancy on COVID-19 vaccines, Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III said on Friday, May 21. Senate President Vicente Sotto III (Senate of the Philippines) Sotto joined his colleagues who found the Department of Health's...
Pasig City has been chosen as the pilot city for the new contact tracing system created by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) and Aboitiz Foundation. (Photo from Mayor Vico Sotto Facebook) Dubbed as Project Connect, Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto and officials from Aboitiz...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Tuesday announced that 73 percent of the Senate’s employees are already vaccinated. “As of today, the Senate has all the employees vaccinated at 73 percent. In other words, 73 percent of the Senate employees are already vaccinated, for the record,” Sotto...