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There is no need to legalize medical marijuana because it is already legal, Senate President Vicente Sotto said Tuesday.
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Senator Vicente Sotto III offered a solution as he defended Budget Secretary Diokno from claims he was behind the P75 billion insertion in the 2019 budget.
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Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto has counted at least 10 of 23 senators who may have had “issues” with former President and now Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
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Bangsamoro Organic Law is a good “test case” for federalism, Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III said Thursday as he stressed that the country should not rush the shift to federalism.
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The Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) can be repealed if it becomes ineffective and if there will be cessation or hostility that will prevail in the region, Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III said on Thursday.
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Congress can pass a law to move the date of the 2019 midterm elections but it can’t do that to extend the term of its members just so they can revise the 1987 Constitution.
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Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III paid a quick visit to Sen. Leila de Lima on Thursday in Camp Crame where she is being detained. Sotto spoke with De Lima at the Camp Crame Custodial Center for 37 minutes.
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Senate President Vicente Sotto III doubts that the country is on the brink of martial law following the police’s strict implementation of law and order against violators of ordinances.
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There’s still hope for the antigender discrimination bill in the Senate—but only if its “controversial provisions” are resolved, according to Senate President Vicente Sotto III.
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