Senators take drug tests
By VANNE TERRAZOLA Four senators, led by Senate President Vicente Sotto III, joined employees in undergoing surprise drug tests yesterday. ...
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Sotto backs campaign to reduce drug users
Senate President Vicente Sotto III yesterday maintained his support for the government’s efforts to reduce drug dependents in the country.
A more assertive, more forceful Senate
THE Senate elected a new president last Monday in the person of Sen. Vicente Sotto III of the Nationalist People’s ...
Pimentel bows out; Sotto in
Sen. Koko Pimentel yesterday stepped down as Senate President and nominated Sen. Vicente "Tito" C. Sotto III as his successor ...
Senate president ready to be replaced
Senate President Koko Pimentel reiterated yesterday he has no qualms about relinquishing his post to Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto ...
Koko willing to yield as Senate President
Sen. Koko Pimentel said yesterday that he is willing to vacate his post as Senate President but clarified this has ...
Senate leadership change coming; Sotto in, Koko out
Members of the Senate majority bloc has closed ranks and agreed to support a resolution supporting a leadership change and ...
Night of Helen, night of songs
The night of Helen Gamboa, who recently celebrated her birthday was, as expected, a night of songs. After all, early ...
Poll automation issues raised once again
BEFORE automated elections began in the presidential election of 2010, the most common complaints of electoral fraud revolved around vote ...
Justice for a young man cut down in his prime
THE death of a neophyte of the Aegis Juris law fraternity of the University of Santo Tomas (UST) – Horacio ...
Pimentel: Trillanes’ tattoo query a ‘waste of time’
Senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s colleagues in the Senate found his line of questioning of Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte ...
Risa slams Sotto for sexist remarks
Sen. Risa Hontiveros yesterday slammed Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III for his sexist remarks against solo mothers.
Senators called for emergency meeting
Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III has called for an emergency meeting to discuss President Duterte’s proposal to postpone this year’s ...
Drilon KO’d from Senate post after Pacquiao motion
A few days after Sen. Leila M. de Lima was arrested on drug charges, the 24-man Senate led by Senate ...
Vestiges of PDAF seen in nat’l budget
The national budget for 2017 has already been approved by Congress and signed by President Duterte but suspicions remain that ...
Senate: EJKs not State-sanctioned
The Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights has belied the existence of the infamous Davao Death Squad and allegations ...