Manila, April 25 -- With less than three weeks until the May 12 midterm elections, senatorial bets from the administration-backed Alyansa Para sa Bagong Pilipinas on Friday vowed to intensify campaign efforts and rally support, not just for individual runs but for the entire coalition slate.

"Ipaalam (natin) sa ating mga kababayan ika nga what we stand for and what we plan to do... Ako nga ang plano ko nga, anim na taon di ko kukunin sweldo ko. Ibibigay ko sa mahihirap na estudyante para sa pag-aaral nila (Let's inform our fellow Filipinos, so to speak, about what we stand for and what we plan to do... As for me, my plan is to given my salary for six years to poor students to support their education)," former Senate President Tito Sotto ...