Vicente Sotto III – Page 6

Senate won’t let Arroyo, allies tweak final budget – Sotto

March 12, 2019 admin 2019 national budget, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Headlines, Latest News Stories, Nation, Panfilo Lacson, Rodrigo Duterte, Senate, Vicente Sotto III

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 23:26:45 +0000

The Senate will not allow Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and her allies in the House of Representatives to make any modification to the final version of the P3.8-trillion proposed budget for 2019 that Congress ratified on Feb. 8, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said on Tuesday.

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No consensus yet on 2019 budget despite meeting with Duterte

March 12, 2019 admin 2019 national budget, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Juan Miguel Zubiri, Latest News Stories, Loren Legarda, Nation, Rodrigo Duterte, rolando andaya, Vicente Sotto III

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 16:02:51 +0000

Congressional leaders failed to reach a consensus on the 2019 national budget even after meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte in Malacañang on Tuesday night.

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Andaya defends itemized changes in appropriations bill

March 10, 2019 admin 2019 national budget, Headlines, Latest News Stories, Nation, Rolando Andaya Jr., Vicente Sotto III

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2019 23:23:45 +0000

“[W]hat do senators have to fear in an itemized budget,” Camarines Sur Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr. asked on Sunday as he sought to turn the tables on the Senate leadership in a still another episode in the long-running congressional row over the 2019 budget bill.

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Senate realigned P75 billion in 2019 budget – Andaya

March 10, 2019 admin 2019 national budget, buget insertions, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Latest News Stories, Nation, pork insertions, Rolando Andaya Jr., Vicente Sotto III

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2019 16:50:23 +0000

The Senate realigned P75 billion in the 2019 national budget after it had already been ratified by Congress, according to Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr., chairman of the House appropriations committee. In a statement issued on Sunday, Andaya bared the alleged “post-bicam realignment” following fresh claims by the Senate against the House of Representatives.

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Senate seeks Palace help vs House budget changes

March 9, 2019 admin 2019 national budget, budget insertions, Headlines, Latest News Stories, Nation, pork insertions, Vicente Sotto III

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2019 23:16:07 +0000

Senators have asked Malacañang officials to help ensure that congressmen does not make unauthorized changes in the government’s spending bill for 2019, according to Senate President Vicente Sotto III.

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Sotto bares P79 billion realigned in 2019 national budget

March 9, 2019 admin 2019 national budget, budget insertions, House of Representatives, Latest News Stories, Nation, pork insertions, Vicente Sotto III

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2019 12:25:43 +0000

The House of Representatives seemed to have realigned some P79 billion under the ratified 2019 national budget, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said on Saturday.

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Sotto: Duterte ‘very correct’ in rejecting medical marijuana

March 9, 2019 admin Latest News Stories, MEDICAL MARIJUANA, Nation, Rodrigo Duterte, Vicente Sotto III

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2019 10:45:02 +0000

“Correct, very correct ang Presidente,” Senate President Vicente Sotto III said this when asked about President Rodrigo Duterte’s sudden opposition to legalizing medical marijuana in the Philippines.

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