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Escudero loses Senate presidency to Sotto as scandal over multibillion-peso flood projects rages
Vicente Sotto III (left) and Francis Escudero exchange well wishes after the leadership change. —PHOTO FROM THE SENATE OF THE PHILIPPINES FB PAGE
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September 9, 2025September 9, 2025News

Escudero loses Senate presidency to Sotto as scandal over multibillion-peso flood projects rages

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Francis Escudero lost the Senate presidency to Vicente Sotto III on Monday, just over a month after his reelection to the post—a sign that senators are listening to public opinion, according to a political analyst.  The change in leadership in the Senate occurred in the face of growing public anger over the government’s multibillion-peso flood...

Sotto says he and Lacson will ensure no repeat of national budget ‘mangled in the Senate’
Returning senators Vicente Sotto III (left) and Panfilo Lacson. "We will be the real fiscalizers," Sotto says. —PHOTOS FROM TITO SOTTO IG PAGE
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July 20, 2025July 20, 2025News

Sotto says he and Lacson will ensure no repeat of national budget ‘mangled in the Senate’

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Whether they end up in the majority or minority bloc, Sen. Vicente Sotto III said, he and Sen. Panfilo Lacson will make sure that there will be no repeat of a “national budget” that was “mangled” last year in the Senate. The two lawmakers said they had been looking into irregularities in the ₱6.326-trillion national budget...