Vice presidential aspirant and Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Tuesday called on members of the Senate and House of Representatives to expedite the passage into law of the measure that seeks a separate facility for prisoners convicted of heinous crimes. Sotto said Senate Bill No. 1055, or the...
The Senate will resume sessions on Monday, January 17, and tackle more than 30 measures that are either pending for approval on third and final reading, for interpellation and for sponsorship. Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri said that among the priority measures that the Upper...
President Duterte and Senate President Vicente Sotto III got high approval ratings in the recently conducted survey by Pulse Asia on the performance ratings of top government officials. President Rodrigo Duterte and Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III. (MANILA BULLETIN/Malacañang/Senate...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III has signed the commitment order directing the transfer of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation officials Linconn Ong and Mohit Dargani from their detention cell at the Senate to the Pasay City Jail. The commitment order, signed by Sotto and Sen. Richard Gordon,...
Senators questioned the plan of the Presidential Broadcast Staff-Radio Television Malacañang’s (RTVM) plan to buy eight laptops next year worth P2.2-million. Senate President Vicente Sotto III said the laptops would be used supposedly for video editing and for the use of the “Davao team,”...
A strong political will is needed for the national government to sell the large Muntinglupa national penitentiary and establish three regional detention centers, Senate President Vicente C. Sotto on Wednesday, Nov. 17 said. Sotto, thus, threw his support to Senate Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon...
Vice presidential aspirant Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Tuesday admitted that having Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan as an opponent in the vice presidential race in next year’s elections is a “big deal” with his family. But Sotto said he views the situation differently from that...
Vice presidential aspirant and Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Tuesday said he is not changing his campaign strategy despite the fact former Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio is now one of his opponents in the upcoming May 2022 elections. “We will still go on with what we are...
Partido Reporma chairman Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Wednesday, Oct. 6 vowed to reintroduce a more dignified approach in running the affairs of national government. Lacson made the pledge as he filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) for president on Wednesday, October 6 at the Sofitel Harbor...
Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation’s director Linconn Ong might spend the Christmas and New Year’s Eve detained if he continues to be evasive and refuse to cooperate with the Senate, Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said on Tuesday. “If he continues to be evasive, not to cooperate, I would...
Speaker Lord Allan Velasco has appealed to President Rodrigo Duterte to recall government decision to require people to wear face shields as an added protection against COVID-19. Speaker Lord Allan Velasco- coat and tie In a letter sent to Duterte on Monday, Sept. 20, Velasco cited economic and...
Former budget and management undersecretary Christopher Lao on Tuesday accused the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee of being hostile as senators questioned him about his application for the Overall Deputy Ombudsman post. At the continuation of the panel’s investigation into the alleged overpriced...
