Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2019 05:30:46 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – Senate President Vicente Sotto III and Senator Panfilo Lacson had a perfect 17th Congress attendance record, appearing in all 61 plenary sessions of the third regular congressional session, the Senate said in a statement Sunday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2019 07:53:59 +0000
Senate President Vicente Sotto III will be safe from ouster in the 18th Congress, Senator Panfilo “confidently” said Tuesday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 26 May 2019 07:53:21 +0000
It would be better if Senator Vicente “Tito” Sotto would continue his term as the Senate president for the 18th Congress given his leadership style.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 04:38:49 +0000
A bill, granting a 25-year legislative franchise to Solar Para sa Bayan (SPSB) owned by Senator Loren Legarda’s son, has hurdled the second reading in the Senate.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 01:58:55 +0000
Senate President Tito Sotto III slammed the “fools” who believed Peter Joemel Advincula when he first surfaced and claimed to be “Bikoy.”
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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 19 May 2019 09:34:45 +0000
Sen. Vicente Sotto III warned of “karma” as he questioned Sunday why some people were “obsessed in wanting” President Rodrigo Duterte sick.
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 16 May 2019 21:26:10 +0000
The Senate in the 18th Congress will approve the proposal for the return of the death penalty and other bills based on their own merits
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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Thu, 16 May 2019 06:01:01 +0000
The passage of the proposed death penalty for high level drug trafficking is now possible with the entry of new senators supporting the measure, Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III said on Thursday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Fri, 10 May 2019 14:43:52 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – “Let’s work together in the Senate.”This was the message of senatorial aspirant and former Special Assistant to the President Christopher Lawrence “Bong ” Go to Senate President Vicente Sotto III who endorsed his senatorial bid recently.
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Read moreCredit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 09 May 2019 21:36:06 +0000
The boxing-champ-turned-senator has apparently quickly learned that one key way of thriving in traditional Philippine politics is to create alliances.
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