By Cherrylin Caacbay Around 215 street sweepers will get a salary increase starting January 2022, the Pasig City local government announced on Monday, Dec. 27. During Monday's (Dec. 27) flag ceremony, Mayor Vico Sotto said the street sweepers from the City Environment and Natural Resources...
The Duterte administration can tap over P20 billion that are under the proposed national budget for 2022 to help victims of Typhoon Odette. Senator Sonny Angara, chair of the Senate Committee on Finance, made the statement in response to President Duterte’s statement the government may be having...
The sheer volume of smuggled and misdeclared fruits flooding the country’s wet markets has reached alarming proportions, Albay 2nd District Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda has stated. Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda2 Salceda, chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Made, expressed dismay over the unabated...
Presidential aspirant Panfilo Lacson Sr. (left) and senatorial bet Monsour del Rosario (Facebook) Senatorial aspirant athlete-actor Monsour del Rosario has endorsed the tandem of Panfilo Lacson and Tito Sotto in the May 2022 national elections. "Patay tayo nito sa susunod na six years. Lunod na...
Kai Sotto (Photo from Adelaide 36ers) Kai Sotto officially made his debut in Australia’s National Basketball League during the Adelaide 36ers’ 93-67 road loss Saturday, Dec. 18 to the Cairns Taipans. The 7-foot-3 scored one point, grabbed three rebounds, dished out two assists and blocked two...
All 82 provinces should expect a minimum additional national government allocation of P1 billion each for their development and livelihood projects, Partido Reporma chairman and standard bearer Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson and running mate Senate Vicente “Tito” Sotto vowed if they win in the...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto was recognized by United States (US) Secretary of State Anthony Blinken for his contributions towards transparency and anti-corruption during Blinken’s speech in Jakarta, Indonesia on Dec. 15. Blinken featured Sotto and his leadership of Pasig City in his speech about...
Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr. has emerged as the most preferred presidential candidate for the upcoming elections in a survey recently conducted by a campaigns management firm. In a survey conducted by Publicus Asia among 1,500 respondents from Dec. 6 to 10, 51.9 percent of the total respondents...
Partido Reporma chairman and standard-bearer Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson and running mate Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III have vowed to unmask the personalities behind the multibillion-peso smuggling of agricultural products into the country even in their remaining five months...
Presidential aspirant Senator Panfilo Lacson warned voters against accepting bribes from candidates and their camps in exchange for their votes in the upcoming May 2022 elections. Lacson, who is Partido Reporma’s standard bearer in next year’s polls, pointed out succumbing to vote-buying...
The adamant stand of several senators against the grant of a legislative franchise to internet gambling via cockfighting won praises from lawmakers opposed to the franchise applications. Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano2 Led by former Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano, congressmen lauded Senator Grace Poe,...
Former Pasig Mayor Robert “Bobby” Eusebio said on Thursday, Dec. 9, that unauthorized access to his Facebook page was detected since last week and that the post on his alleged tirade against the lack of Christmas decorations in the city was a result of hacking. “Batay sa aming pagsasaliksik,...
