Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson expressed concern on Friday, Nov. 26 about the involvement of one of the lawyers of the Dargani siblings who was said to be working for a member of the House of Representatives. Lacson raised this issue on Friday as he bared that Daryl Valles, one of the Dargani...
Senators questioned the plan of the Presidential Broadcast Staff-Radio Television Malacañang’s (RTVM) plan to buy eight laptops next year worth P2.2-million. Senate President Vicente Sotto III said the laptops would be used supposedly for video editing and for the use of the “Davao team,”...
A strong political will is needed for the national government to sell the large Muntinglupa national penitentiary and establish three regional detention centers, Senate President Vicente C. Sotto on Wednesday, Nov. 17 said. Sotto, thus, threw his support to Senate Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon...
Vice presidential aspirant Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Tuesday admitted that having Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan as an opponent in the vice presidential race in next year’s elections is a “big deal” with his family. But Sotto said he views the situation differently from that...
Vice presidential aspirant and Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Tuesday said he is not changing his campaign strategy despite the fact former Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio is now one of his opponents in the upcoming May 2022 elections. “We will still go on with what we are...
Partido Reporma chairman Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Wednesday, Oct. 6 vowed to reintroduce a more dignified approach in running the affairs of national government. Lacson made the pledge as he filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) for president on Wednesday, October 6 at the Sofitel Harbor...
Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation’s director Linconn Ong might spend the Christmas and New Year’s Eve detained if he continues to be evasive and refuse to cooperate with the Senate, Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said on Tuesday. “If he continues to be evasive, not to cooperate, I would...
Speaker Lord Allan Velasco has appealed to President Rodrigo Duterte to recall government decision to require people to wear face shields as an added protection against COVID-19. Speaker Lord Allan Velasco- coat and tie In a letter sent to Duterte on Monday, Sept. 20, Velasco cited economic and...
Former budget and management undersecretary Christopher Lao on Tuesday accused the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee of being hostile as senators questioned him about his application for the Overall Deputy Ombudsman post. At the continuation of the panel’s investigation into the alleged overpriced...
Leyte Fourth District Representative Lucy Torres-Gomez on Wednesday confirmed she talked with Senate President Vicente Sotto III and Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson about running for senator in the upcoming May 2022 elections but maintained she is a member of the Partido ng Demokratikong...
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...
Alyansa ng mga Grupong Haligi ng Agham at Teknolohiya Para sa Mamamayan (AGHAM) President Angelo Palmones chided Senate President Vicente Sotto III over his opposition to the "no vaccine, no entry" policy, which the former described as a way forward in the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19)...
