Sotto agrees in canceling Senate probe on ‘Bikoy’

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Wed, 08 May 2019 04:29:54 +0000

Sotto agrees in canceling Senate probe on 'Bikoy'

Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III agreed with Senator Panfilo Lacson in a decision to cancel Friday’s Senate hearing on “Bikoy.”

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Sotto: ’Bikoy’ should reveal himself to prove drug claims 

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 04 May 2019 08:35:57 +0000

Sotto: ’Bikoy’ should reveal himself to prove drug claims 

Senate President Tito Sotto thinks that “Bikoy” should reveal himself to prove his claims in the “Totoong Narcolist” exposé. 

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Senators eye performance audit of 4Ps program

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 03:31:04 +0000

Three senators, including Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III, are planning a Senate inquiry into government’s implementation of the “4Ps” program

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Duterte vetoes amendments to survivorship benefits bill — Sotto

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 06:13:34 +0000

Duterte vetoes amendments to survivorship benefits bill -- Sotto

President Rodrigo Duterte has vetoed the bill that grants survivorship benefits to children of deceased retired officials of constitutional offices, Senate President Vicente Sotto III confirmed on Saturday.

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Sotto: A reenacted budget will erase all ‘pork’

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 00:52:09 +0000

Sotto: A reenacted budget will erase all ‘pork’

he President Rodrigo Duterte will have Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto’s support should the Chief Executive decides to veto the budget.

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Senators rebuke American lawmakers: Philippines no longer US colony

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 21:20:54 +0000

Saying the country is no longer a United States colony, three Philippine senators have filed a resolution

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Sotto to seek Duterte’s veto of entire 2019 budget bill if…

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2019 11:30:19 +0000

Sotto to seek Duterte's veto of entire 2019 budget bill if...

MANILA, Philippines – Senate President Vicente  Sotto III is ready to ask President Rodrigo Duterte to veto the entire 2019 General Appropriations BIll (GAB) if indeed the Senate also made realignments even after it was ratified by Congress.

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Andaya downplays Sotto’s ‘strong reservations’ on 2019 budget bill

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2019 04:47:57 +0000

Andaya downplays Sotto's 'strong reservations' on 2019 budget bill

House appropriations committee chair Rolando Andaya Jr. downplayed Wednesday Senate President Vicente Sotto III’s “strong reservations”

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