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Tag: sotto

  • 070121-false-tito-sotto-vs-duterte-for-vp.png
    Categories FACT CHECK PHL Vote 2022

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Tito Sotto has not confirmed run for VP in 2022 elections

    By VERA Files  |  Jul 02, 2021 2:45 PM

    While Sotto said he is open to run as vice president, he has not confirmed this decision.

    Duterte, Lacson, Ping Lacson, president duterte, sotto, Tito Sotto

  • screenshot of title of Sotto anti-fake news bill.jpg
    Categories Commentary

    International non-profit law group warns Sotto bill will kill free speech

    By Ellen T. Tordesillas  |  Sep 16, 2019 7:49 AM

    The anti-fake news bill filed by Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III violates international law and , if passed, will “effectively silence and prohibit any speech” the government does not like, the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law said in its analysis of “Anti-Fake Content Act” filed on July 1, 2019.

    anti-fake news bill, sotto

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    Categories FACT CHECK News

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Are condoms just for birth control?

    By Vera Files  |  Jan 25, 2017 7:05 AM

    Comedian-turned-senator Vicente Sotto III thinks condoms are solely for contraception. Invoking science, he said a condom does not block the entry of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) into one’s system.

    AIDS, Condom, Contraception, DOH, hiv, Seguerra, sotto, WHO

  • Categories Top Stories

    The real joker in the Senate

    Sep 08, 2012 1:08 AM

    Editorial cartoon by JB URIETA

    IT’S the biggest joke in the country today but no one is laughing. Former comedian and now Senator Vicente Sotto III has been caught plagiarizing parts of his speeches from various sources during the deliberations on the reproductive health bill now pending before the Senate.

    commentary, editorial, plagiarism, reproductive health, sotto

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