Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III remains confident with the support of the majority bloc that put him in the Senate leadership. He said this on Monday, Oct. 6, amid coup rumors that spread over the weekend on social media. Including Sotto, there are 15 senators in the majority, while...
Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said on Sunday, October 5 that he continues to support the leadership of Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III. Lacson made the remark after he was asked if he believes Sotto’s leadership remains stable even after former and...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said on Saturday, Oct. 4, that Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III 's leadership in the upper chamber remains stable. This was after Senator Joseph Victor "JV" Ejercito 's recent pronouncement that he, along with four other senators, considered leaving...
Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri on Wednesday, October 1 debunked social media reports circulating that insinuates there is a fresh attempt to unseat Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III. Zubiri made the statement after an alleged coup is brewing aimed at unseating...
Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III on Monday, September 29 clarified that not all budget insertions can be considered illegal or bad as individual amendments or insertions made by lawmakers during Senate deliberations are part of the regular budget process. Sotto pointed this out afer...
Former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Usec. Roberto Bernardo believes almost all project biddings are rigged. Bernardo said this during the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing investigating the anomalous flood control projects in the country on Thursday, Sept. 25. He was asked by...
Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III will be meeting with the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) to discuss the government 's budget process and how insertions are made possible. "I was invited by ICI to shed light on how the usual budget process of government or of the...
Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III on Saturday, Sept. 20, said that the ongoing revelations in the flood control corruption probe point to even larger anomalies that took place 2016 to 2022 under the Duterte administration. In a radio interview over at Usapang Senado on DWIZ, Sotto...
Senator Imee Marcos, on Monday, Sept. 15, denied talks within the minority bloc regarding a supposed plan to hatch a coup and change the leadership in the Upper Chamber. "Hindi. Wala. Walang pinag-uusapan na ganoon (No. Nothing. Nothing like that is being discussed)," she said in a press...
Detained former Bulacan first district assistant engineer Brice Hernandez has been brought back to the Senate on Monday, September 15. This, after the Pasay Regional Trial Court Branch 112 heard the writ of amparo petition that his camp filed asking for a temporary protection order and to be...
Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III said on Sunday, September 14 that he will formally ask President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to certify the proposed Independent People’s Commission as urgent to expedite the passage of the bill. Sotto said Senate Bill No. 1215 primarily...
Faky Breaky News. This was how Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson branded on Sunday, September 14 a supposed report claiming that another Senate leadership change is in the works. Lacson is referring to a post by “OneTV Philippines” posted at 9:12 PM Saturday, with the...
