The Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) has removed Bamban Mayor Alice Guo as a member of the party following her suspension by the Office of the Ombudsman. NPC Chairman and former Senate president Vicente Sotto III confirmed this on Sunday, June 23 saying he has approved Guo’s...
Former Senate President Vicente "Tito Sotto III on Monday, October 23 welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision denying a petition filed by the Senate that challenged the constitutionality of a memorandum issued by then President Rodrigo Duterte ordering government officials to stop attending...
Former President Rodrigo Duterte has joined former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and former Senate President Vicente Sotto III during a recent dinner together with Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go. Sen. Christopher "Bong" Go (left), poses with former president and current House Deputy Speaker...
Outgoing Senate President Vicente Sotto III believes that it's a matter of perspective whether or not now is the best time to be in the minority bloc in the 24-member Senate. Sotto explained that now is not exactly ideal to be in the Senate minority in the coming administration considering that 31...
There is a reason why God made Sara Duterte the vice president of the country, outgoing Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III said. ‘’Siya ay inilagay ng Panginoon dyan, may dahilan bakit siya inilagay dyan, inaasahan ko na yun ay magiging mabuti para sa atin (God put her there, there is a...
Outgoing Senate President Vicente Sotto III and outgoing Senator Panfilo Lacson said Tuesday, June 14 that the wearing of face masks outdoors and the placing parts of the country under alert level 2 must be based on science. This was the same position espoused by Sotto and Lacson during the...
Outgoing Senator Panfilo Lacson on Monday, June 6 said he has no heavy heart in leaving the Senate. ‘’After last session (June 1), nag start na kami mag impake (we started packing up)," Lacson of his stint in the Senate. He lost in the May 9, 2022 presidential race. However, Lacson said there...
After 24 years in the Senate, Senate President Vicente Sotto III bade goodbye by banging the Senate gavel one last time as a senator Wednesday, June 1 as the 18th Congress adjourned sine die. As he thanked his colleagues in his valedictory speech delivered at the start of the Senate session, Sotto...
Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III today (May 30) said it is better for the incoming Marcos administration to decide whether the December 5 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections shall go on as scheduled or reset them. Sotto said it would be better if next Congress should get the...
The Nationalist Peoples’ Coalition (NPC) will throw its support to incumbent House Majority Leader Rep. Martin Romualdez as the next Speaker of the House of Representatives in the upcoming 19th Congress, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said on Sunday, May 15. Sotto, who ran for vice president...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III admits that he does not know what the future brings once the 18th Congress adjourns sine die on June 3. Sotto, 73, landed on third spot in the May 9, 2022 vice presidential race. He has been working for 24 years in the 24-member Senate. ‘’At the moment. I...
Vice presidential candidate and Senate President Vicente Sotto III appealed to the people to give him and his presidential candidate Senator Panfilo Lacson, the chance to implement the laws they crafted. Sotto said there have been several measures which they crafted and signed into law but noticed...
