Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 06:37:44 +0000
THE passage of the rightsizing bill to streamline government functions and reduce the bloated bureaucracy will be a priority in the Senate, its President Vicente Sotto 3rd said on Tuesday. The…READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Fri, 17 May 2019 05:56:35 +0000
THE SENATE will focus on the passage of three important bills when the 17th Congress resumes session on May 20, Senate President Vicente Sotto 3rd said. In the weekly Kapihan sa Senado…READ
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Read moreSENATE President Vicente “Tito” Sotto and Sen. Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan 2nd on Monday led over 300 officials and employees in undergoing random drug testing. Sotto assured the staff that the results of the tests would be confidential as guaranteed by Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. Sotto announced the random drug testing […]
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Read moreTHE House of Representatives cannot use the people’s initiative option as a means of making changes in the constitution because no law has been passed yet by Congress that would allow such an exercise, Senate President Vicente Sotto 3rd said on Thursday. Speaking to reporters during the Kapihan sa Senado news forum, Sotto said that while […]
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Read moreSENATE President Vicente Sotto 3rd and Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon expressed opposing views on the deletion of the anti-dynasty provision in the proposed final draft of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL). The bicameral conference committee tasked to finalize the proposed BBL on Tuesday resumed its session on Tuesday to tackle the contentious provisions in the BBL, […]
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