Courtesy of Isko Moreno Campaign Team.
MANILA, Philippines — Veteran broadcast journalist and former Vice President Noli De Castro has taken his oath as a member of Aksyon Demokratiko on Thursday after announcing his plans to run again for senator in the 2022 national elections.
De Castro took his oath at the Manila City Hall at around 10 am with presidential aspirant and Manila mayor Isko Moreno, who is also the president of the party.
“I am honored and happy that despite, [my being] 46 years old, it is the sensible politicians who are joining us,” Moreno told reporters after the oath taking ceremony.
For his part, De Castro said in an Aksyon Demokratiko live feed: “Yung mga programa ni Mayor Isko, iyon na ho ang susuportahan ko, basta para sa mga kababayan natin.”
(I will support the programs of Mayor Isko, as long as it’s for the public.)
Earlier, De Castro bid farewell to his radio program in Teleradyo to seek his senatorial bid.
De Castro, who served as vice president from 2004 to 2010, will return to politics after an 11 year break, this time as a senator.
He topped the senatorial elections in 2001, garnering more than 16 million voters.
Aside from being a politician, De Castro is also a broadcast journalist by profession.
He is one of the leading anchors in ABS-CBN, having played key roles in Teleradyo radio’s Kabayan program, as well as the news magazine show Magandang Gabi Bayan and news and public affairs program TV Patrol.