Tito Sotto Platforms If He Wins Vice President & Accomplishments TITO SOTTO PLATFORMS – Here are the accomplishments of Vicente “Tito” Sotto III and his plans if he wins the May 2022 Elections. Vicente “Tito” Castelo Sotto III has served the Congress for almost 2 decades. He is the running-mate of Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson. … Read more
Pangilinan Says PhilHealth Needs Leader W/ Public Health Experience PHILHEALTH – Senator Francis “Kiko” Panglinan said Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) needs a leader with public health experience. Philippine Health Insurance Corporation’s (PhilHealth) former chief Ricardo Morales resigned for health reasons amid 3 separate investigations into allegations of mismanagement and corruption. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte … Read more
Senator Sotto Proposes Full-Blown Implementation Of National ID System NATIONAL ID SYSTEM – Senate President Vicente Sotto III has proposed the full blown execution of national ID system. According to Inquirer, Sotto said that this will address the discrepancies between the databases of the national government, local government unis and DSWD. “I suggested the full-blown … Read more
Sotto Declares Anti-Discrimination Bill Has ‘No Chance’ Of Passing Senate SOTTO – Senate President Vicente Sotto III told the reporters that the SOGIE bill, also known as Anti-discrimination bill, has ‘no chance’ of passing the senate. One of the issues the Philippine Senate is facing today is about the bill Sen. Risa Hontiveros filed. The … Read more
Public Satisfaction With Robredo And Sotto In A Positive Spot In This Year’s First Quarter POSITIVE SATISFACTION – Recent opinion poll for public satisfaction shows Vice President Robredo and Senate President Sotto in a positive spot. Satisfaction ratings of Filipinos towards political bodies are being tracked and assessed for studying and applying possible readjustments. Here … Read more
President Duterte Sings Law Requiring Larger, Color-Coded Plates for Motorcycles DUTERTE – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte signed a law that would require motorcycles to have bigger and color-coded plates. Last year, Senators Richard Gordon and Vicente Sotto III proposed a Senate Bill 1397 or the Motorcycle Crime Prevention Act of 2017. The bill requires all … Read more
Senate President Vicente Sotto III Decides To Extend Senate Session Hour For 2019 Budget SOTTO – Senate President Vicente Sotto III decides to extend the Senate session hour due to the upcoming 2019 budget which amounts to ₱3.757 trillion. Previously, the Senate President pushed to make December 8 (Saturday) to be a non-working holiday. This was … Read more
Senate Strong-Arms The Economic Managers’ Suspension Of Fuel Tax Hike FUEL TAX – On Sunday (December 2), Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian confirmed that the Senate may urge the economic managers’ fuel tax hike suspension. Sen. Sonny Angara and Sen. Aquilino Pimentel III previously told the Development Budget Coordinating Council to deal with inflation first before they … Read more
Xi Jinping Expresses His Heartfelt Thanks To President Duterte After Philippine Visit XI JINPING – Following the recent visit to the Philippines of China President Xi Jinping, he expressed his heartfelt thanks to President Duterte. Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the Philippines for two days to reopen the friendship between the two countries. Jinping did … Read more
Sen. Trillanes Apologetic To Senate Pres. Sotto, Other Senate Members Over Effect of Amnesty Revocation TRILLANES – Senator Antonio Trillanes IV apologized to Senate President Vicente Sotto III and other Senate members amid the issue about his amnesty grant. While the decision of the Supreme Court is being sought, Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV chooses to … Read more