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(Eagle News) — Reelectionists Vico Sotto and Abby Binay dominated the mayoralty races in Pasig and Makati, with proclamations held on Tuesday, May 10. In Pasig, Sotto beat rival Iyo Bernardo, garnering over 300,000 more votes than rival Iyo Bernardo. Proclaimed the winner of the vice mayoralty race was his running mate, Dodot Jaworski. Pasig City Representative Roman Romulo, on the other hand, was proclaimed winner of the city seat in the House of Representatives. […]
(Eagle News)–The Pasig government has temporarily closed the Sto. Tomas barangay hall after a barangay official tested positive for COVID-19. According to Mayor Vico Sotto, the temporary closure is to allow barangay officials and employees to quarantine themselves. “Ipapa-PCR test din natin ang lahat ng mga ‘close contacts’ nung nag-positive. (Higit pa ito sa DOH protocol, pero gusto nating makasiguro),” he added. Those who need to get a barangay clearance or who have urgent concerns […]
(Eagle News) — Mayor Vico Sotto on Monday, March 9, confirmed Pasig’s two novel coronavirus cases. In a Facebook post, Sotto said of the two, one was not a resident but was confined in The Medical City, while the other was a resident currently confined in a private hospital outside Pasig. It was unclear if the two cases were among the four additional cases confirmed by the Department of Health on Sunday night. Sotto said […]
(Eagle News)–The second division of the Commission on Elections has ordered the dismissal of the election protest filed by former Pasig Mayor Robert Eusebio against now-Pasig Mayor Vico Sotto. Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez said the second division cited the “insufficiency in form and substance “of the election protest in its unanimous decision. “It failed to reflect a detailed specification of the acts or omissions complained of showing the electoral frauds, anomalies, or irregularities in the […]
(Eagle News)–Pasig Mayor Vico Sotto has fired a city hall official for “abusive behavior” and “some questionable practices.” Sotto made the announcement in a recent Facebook post. He, however, did not identify the city official. Pictures in his post showed that the office of the fired executive was empty. “The pictures show how some people treat the government like their private property,” Sotto said. While Sotto acknowledged that “some of the most successful transitions in […]
(Eagle News)–Young mayors Vico Sotto of Pasig and Isko Moreno of Manila pose for a picture at a fun run hosted for businessman Manny V. Pangilinan on Saturday, July 20. This was the first time the young mayors, who have so far been hailed by netizens for their innovative ideas as chief executives, met, the Manila Public Information Office said. Moreno has gotten praises for his cleanup of the Lagusnilad underpass, Divisoria, Bonifacio Shrine, among […]
(Eagle News) — Newly-elected Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto took his oath on Sunday, June 30, as he officially began his duties as mayor of a city which had previously been under the rule of Eusebio clan for 27 years. The 30-year old neophyte mayor was accompanied by his father, Eat Bulaga host Vic Sotto, and mother, actress Coney Reyes, when he took his oath before Commission on Audit chairperson Michael Aguinaldo at the […]
(Eagle News)—- Vico Sotto is the new mayor of Pasig. The former councilor and son of actor Vic Sotto ended the decades-long rule of the Eusebio family in Pasig politics after beating his closest rival to the post, reelectionist Mayor Bobby Eusebio. Sotto had 188321 votes, vis à vis Eusebio’s 109245, with a 90 percent transmittal from the vote-counting machines. The remaining 10 percent translates to only 45 precincts. Bobby is the son of Vicente […]
