Its the turn of Senators Panfilo Lacson and Vicente Sotto III to file their certificates of candidacy (COCs) for the May 2022 polls. Sen. Ping Lacson (Screenshot/Comelec) The tandem filed their COCs for president and vice president, respectively, on Wednesday, Oct 6, before the Commission on...
Senators on Tuesday, Oct. 5 sought the revocation of the memorandum issued by President Duterte that bars Cabinet officials from attending the Senate probe on the government’s procurement of alleged overpriced COVID-19 pandemic supplies from Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation. At the...
Senator Panfilo Lacson on Tuesday, Oct. 5, took to the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee to belie the claim of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation regulatory affairs head Krizle Mago that she was "pressured" into admitting that they tampered the production certificates of face shields that they...
United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) stalwarts former Vice President Jejomar Binay and her daughter Senator Nancy Binay met Senators Panfilo Lacson and Vicente Sotto III amid the filing of certificates of candidacy (COCs) for the 2022 elections. Senator Panfilo 'Ping' Lacson, Senate President Vicente...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III has expressed confidence that the Lacson-Sotto tandem will have a fighting chance in the 2022 elections with their expected alliance with the National Unity Party (NUP). Senators Panfilo 'Ping' Lacson and Vicente 'Tito' Sotto III bump their fists during the...
Senator Panfilo Lacson has questioned the proposal of the Department of National Defense (DND) to transfer some P35 billion from the budget of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to an appropriation whose release will depend on the President. Senator Panfilo 'Ping' Lacson (Senate of the...
President Duterte could cause a constitutional crisis should he pursue his order to members of his Cabinet and law enforcers to ignore the legislative hearings of the Senate. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Senators Richard Gordon and Panfilo Lacson both raised the possibility after...
Deputy Speaker and Antique Rep. Loren Legarda was the earliest bird to file the certificate of candidacy for a national position, hoping to return to the Senate after a three-year hibernation in the House of Representatives. Antique Rep. Loren Legarda readies filing of COC at Comelec tent Legarda...
As the filing of certificates of candidacy (COCs) is set to start Friday, October 1, Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson reminded Filipinos that the Philippines needs a president that would have a different "brand of leadership" to respond to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the country's...
Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III expressed elation over the latest Pulse Asia survey showing him as the top choice for vice president in the 2022 elections. Senate President Vicente 'Tito' Sotto III (Joseph Vidal/Senate PRIB) Sotto emerged as the top vice presidential candidate with 25...
The National Unity Party (NUP) is poised to sign a "cooperation agreement" with the Partido Reporma and the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) for the 2022 national and local elections. Nationalist People's Coalition chairman and Senate President Vicente 'Tito' Sotto III leads the political...
The LIberal Party and the Nacionalista Party, the oldest political parties in the country, are losing key men in the House of Representatives who have reportedly joined other groups as the filing of candidacies for all elective posts nears. Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Newly-revived Aksyon Demokratiko...
