Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) stalwarts hinted at a possible withdrawal of support for the political party and allies of the Team PNoy candidate harassing Senator Loren Legarda.
Incumbent elected officials of the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) who are facing Liberal Party (LP) foes in vote-rich provinces will not be campaigning for the administration’s Team PNoy senatorial ticket, a ranking member of the NPC told the Inquirer on Thursday.
Disagreement over the age when youth criminal offenders should be penalized has marred the bicameral meeting where senators and members of the House of Representatives are ironing out kinks in a measure amending the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006.
Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III on Friday dared President Aquino to certify the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill as urgent just like what he did for the highly contentious Reproductive Health bill which was recently enacted into law.
The Senate leadership intends to make the most out of Congress’ remaining nine session days to pass crucial measures before it goes on a three-month recess ahead of the May midterm elections, Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III said on Tuesday.
“May God have mercy on their souls.” Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III made this statement as he played the “God’s mercy” card on reproductive health-bill advocates after Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago declared after last week’s period of amendments that there are enough pro-RH lawmakers to pass the contentious maternal health measure.
If I fall, you’re going down with me. Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III had to drag the dead in an effort to win an argument, calling attention to a news article insinuating that John F. Kennedy plagiarized an oft-quoted portion of his 1961 inaugural speech.
Netizens aren’t letting Sen. Tito Sotto off the hook, but the Senate majority leader is unfazed.
Senators have already argued all issues surrounding the reproductive health (RH) bill to the bone, so it’s time to put it to a vote, said Sen. Miriam Santiago, co-sponsor of the contentious bill.
Twenty-six years after he silenced political opponents as Ferdinand Marcos’ martial law administrator, Juan Ponce Enrile either still evokes fear or those hoping he would be ousted as Senate President are too disorganized to get him out of his post.
He doesn’t get it. “I can’t see the logic,” said Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III when asked to react to media protests regarding the dangers and possible unconstitutionality of extending libel laws to new social media in the new Cybercrime Prevention Act.
In defending his insertion of the online libel provision in the cybercrime law, Sen. Tito Sotto maintains that it was discussed during the plenary session last December and January this year.
The Senate now will look into the controversies surrounding the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) following the dismissal of its deputy director general, Carlos Gadapan.
