MANILA – Four former Senate presidents on Friday called on incumbent senators to swiftly resolve the leadership dispute hounding the chamber, warning that the country cannot afford an unstable Senate amid pressing national concerns. In a joint…
MANILA, Philippines – Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Monday said the impeachment trial proper could begin by mid-June once the Articles of Impeachment are transmitted to the Senate. “Kung matanggap namin, kinabukasan tatawag agad ako na ma-convene…
MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III said on Monday that Individual or institutional amendments or insertions made during Senate deliberations were part of the regular budget process. Sotto said, in a statement, “it is…
MANILA, Philippines — Senator Rodante Marcoleta’s request for contractor Pacifico “Curlee” and Cezarah “Sarah” Discaya to be placed under the Witness Protection Program (WPP) did not get Senate President Vicente Sotto III’s approval as the latter refused…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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,…
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…
