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Senator cites big disparity between HTPs, cigarettes

Senate President Vicente Sotto III said Monday the Food and Drug Administration should consider the huge difference between combustible cigarettes and heated tobacco products...

Senate seeks more time to asses Visiting Forces pact

Senate President Vicente Sotto III yesterday asked the executive branch to give Congress time to review, rethink and assess the country’s defense relationships amid...

Chairmanship 101 for Secretary Duque

"He is one of the major causes of the PhilHealth disaster."     The hearings conducted recently by the Senate Committee of the Whole into the corruption...

Terror in our hearts

"For checks and balances, are we simply to put our faith in a council made up of the President’s loyal and trusted men?" Perhaps if...

Defunding implants: Sotto vs. women

"Is this a case of not knowing all the facts about contraceptives?"     Senate President Vicente Sotto III, the foremost anti-women’s rights legislator, strikes again. This...

Learning our lesson

The inauspicious start of this year’s Southeast Asian (SEA) Games is quickly becoming a lesson for Filipino officials. Two things need to be done. First,...

Solons back Sotto’s call for budget debates

An administration lawmaker on Friday supported the call of Senate President Vicente Sotto III for transparent discussions on the 2020 national budget. “We praise Senator...

‘BuCor Mafia’ exposed

Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Friday said convicted drug lords have allegedly paid P1.5 million each for their release on good behavior, while...

No rush to judgment

The unfortunate case of the transgender woman who was harassed by a janitor then detained by police in Quezon City earlier this month when...

Sotto says he continues to oppose divorce

Despite his wife, veteran actress Helen Gamboa, and two of their daughters favoring divorce, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said Tuesday he would not...

Tongue in a cheek

Called out for his remarks on how difficult it was to determine the exclusivity of the country’s exclusive economic zone in the West Philippine...

SGMA makes solid pitch for Rody’s agenda

In the last three weeks of the 17th Congress, Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is making last-ditch efforts to push the legislative agenda of President...

Sotto wants ‘toll-free’ days on certain public holidays

Senate President Vicente Sotto III proposed to declare certain public holidays as “toll-free” days to ensure smooth travel in the North Expressway and South...

Sick and tired of ’insertions,’ Sotto changes budget tune

Senate President Vicente Sotto III said Wednesday he will push for a reenacted budget for 2019 because he was “sick and tired of the...
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