All official affairs that require the personal attention of the Mayor go through the Office of the City Mayor. The office is also responsible for transmitting correspondences from citizens, local and national officials or organizations, and handle the Mayor’s schedule for courtesy calls or meetings. The office is also responsible for all memorandums, ordinances, and documentation that needs the Mayor’s signature, seal, and response.
The Office is directly involved with the management of auspicious events and celebrations in the city where the Mayor’s presence is required. This includes everything from special holidays to officiating civil weddings.
Representatives of this office may also get tasked to appear in in the Mayor’s stead to crucial meetings that discuss issues and concerns in the LGU.
About the Mayor
(current Mayor: Victor "Vico" Sotto)
Elected Positions
- Pasig City Council (2016-2019)
- City Mayor (2019-present)
Education
Vico Sotto graduated in 2011 from Ateneo de Manila University with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. He went on graduate from the Ateneo School of Government with a Master’s degree in public management.
He also won the 2018 YSEALI Professional Fellowship Award and had a residency in the Iowa Public Information Board as part of this fellowship. Mayor Sotto also taught at Arellano University for a semester as a professor of Social Sciences.
Political History
Mayor Sotto’s Five-Point Agenda placed priority in five aspects of LGU management: universal healthcare, anti-corruption/good governance, housing, education, and transparency with public consultation.
Through Mayor Sotto’s tenure, he pledged the simplification of the application process for scholarships, enabling more students to become Pasig City scholars, giving them access to education. For housing, his tenure has seen the establishment of multiple relocation and housing projects in and outside the city, giving thousands of informal settlers their own homes away from hazardous areas.
One of the most significant changes he has made is pushing for complete transparency, ensuring that the public is consulted with regards to various concerns and LGU processes. He has pushed for full compliance with the Freedom of Information bill. One of his first acts as mayor is to open a citizen’s informaton desk called Ugnayan sa Pasig, where Pasiguenos can ask for public information regarding LGU transactions and processes, and act as a tipline where anyone can report anomalies, corrupt behavior, infrastructure problems, complaints, etc.
Moreover, Mayor Sotto has been actively addressing and resolving instances of corruption, taking a stance on picket lines incidents, cracking down on illegal businesses and improving the city infrastructure.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which took hold roughly a year after he first took office, Mayor Sotto pledged to use city funds for a data-driven COVID-19 response, addressing the city’s most pressing needs. From purchasing santization drones, distributing supplemental SAP, to providing students doing remote learning tablets, his policies in response to the pandemic has placed the citizens first.
Available Services:
- Issuance of Endorsement Letter for PAGCOR and Office of the President
- Issuance of Certificate of Appearance
- Receiving of Communications and Letters
- Request for Scheduled Meeting or Courtesy Call With the City Mayor
- People’s Day
- Walk-in Documents for City Mayor’s Signature (Payroll, Vouchers, Overtime Request, Approval of the Mayor, Certificates, Clearances, Permits, Ordinance, Resolution, Service Contract, Office Order, Executive Order, Etc.)
- Letter of Request for Approval (Other Internal Correspondences Requests and Memos)
- Employment Application (Walk-in)
- Phoned-in Queries
- Request for Civil Wedding Schedule
Download the full Citizen’s Charter of the Office of the City Mayor’ services here.