Kai Sotto scores double-double in Adelaide 36ers’ preseason loss

Lance Agcaoili - @inquirerdotnet 09/10/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Kai Sotto posted a double-double of 11 points and 11 rebounds in limited action as Adelaide yielded to Perth, 98-87, in a preseason game on Friday at Eaton Recreation Center. The 7-foot-3 was solid…

Jordan Clarkson ‘sure to play’ in Fiba World Cup, says SBP

Lance Agcaoili - @inquirerdotnet 07/22/2022

MANILA, Philippines — The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) said Jordan Clarkson has committed to play for Gilas Pilipinas in the Fiba World Cup 2023. The federation released a statement on Friday, saying the Utah Jazz guard…

Kai Sotto vows to keep going despite going undrafted: ‘The dream is always the NBA’

Lance Agcaoili - @inquirerdotnet 06/24/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Being undrafted won’t stop Kai Sotto from chasing his ultimate dream of playing in the NBA. The 20-year-old center’s name was not called after 58 picks in the 2022 NBA Draft on Friday, but there remain…

Kai Sotto goes undrafted in 2022 NBA Draft

Lance Agcaoili - @inquirerdotnet 06/24/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Kai Sotto was not selected in the 2022 NBA Rookie Draft on Friday (Manila time) at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. No NBA team took a chance on drafting the 7-foot-3 center as…

Kai Sotto works out with Sacramento Kings as NBA Draft nears

Lance Agcaoili - @inquirerdotnet 06/16/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Kai Sotto worked out with the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday and met former Philippine men’s basketball team star-turned-coach Jimmy Alapag. The Kings posted the highlights of their pre-draft workouts, which included the 7-foot-3 Filipino…

Sotto gets support of Cebu 7th District mayors

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/29/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Vice Presidential candidate, Senate President Vicente Sotto III, has received the support of mayors of Cebu’s 7th District who are mostly members of the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC). Seven municipal mayors including Dumanjug…

The guns of 1924

Ambeth R. Ocampo - @inquirerdotnet 04/29/2022

The late Aquilino Pimentel Jr. once related how he accompanied a group of Mindanao warlords to Malacañang for a symbolic surrender to the government through then President Corazon Aquino. When media was called in for the photo-op,…

Sotto promises aid to CNU, VSMMC for rehab of damage caused by Odette

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/07/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Vice Presidential candidate, incumbent Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III, said he would find ways to help the Cebu Normal University (CNU) and Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMCC) for the cost of…

Sotto on mandatory vaxx: Senate can’t violate human rights

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/07/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto thumbed down the call of Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, for legislators to make COVID-19 vaccines mandatory. Sotto, who is in Cebu for his vice presidential campaign trail,…

Lacson-Sotto tandem to be in Cebu on April 6-7 

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/03/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Presidential and Vice tandem of Senators Panfilo “Ping” Lacson and Vicente “Tito” Sotto III, will be coming to Cebu in April 6-7 for their campaign tour.  Sotto confirmed their schedule to the…

Pulse Asia survey: Sara Duterte is top choice for VP

John Eric Mendoza - @inquirerdotnet 02/13/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio has topped a voter preference survey conducted by Pulse Asia for the vice presidential race with Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto placing second. Pulse Asia, in a survey conducted…

Warning: Lacson

John Nery - @jnery_newsstand 08/10/2021

  Sen. Ping Lacson ran for president in 2004, and lost badly. He received about 3.5 million votes, some 10 percent of all votes cast, placing a distant third. In the eyes of some, he cost movie…

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