Senator Risa Hontiveros has filed a resolution seeking to conduct a Senate investigation into online games such as Roblox and others, citing growing concerns over risks faced by children in digital spaces. Under Senate Resolution No. 357, Hontiveros urged the Senate Committee on Women, Children,...
Senator Risa Hontiveros urged the government on Monday, March 23, to urgently respond to the mounting challenges faced by the public transport drivers and commuters as fuel prices continue to climb. “Yung isang unit ng modern jeepney ngayon, lugi na ng P1,000 kada araw ng biyahe (Drivers are...
Senator Risa Hontiveros is pushing for the passage of a measure that seeks to institutionalize healthcare proxies, allowing Filipinos to designate a trusted person to make medical decisions on their behalf in case of incapacity. Hontiveros, who chairs the Senate Committee on Health, said that many...
Senator Risa Hontiveros has pressed the government to ensure that more public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers and transport cooperatives—even those not considered “poorest of the poor”—will receive state emergency aid. I n a letter dated March 19, Hontiveros urged the Department of Budget...
Senator Risa Hontiveros has formally filed the bill seeking a P52.8-billion supplemental budget to fund the expanded subsidies for vulnerable sectors affected by the ongoing oil crisis. In filing of Senate Bill No. 1986, Hontiveros said it is imperative to address the limited amount of available...
A bill that is seen to address the impact of rising global oil prices inches closer to being felt by Filipinos after the Senate approved it on third and final reading on Tuesday, March 17. Voting 17-0-0, the Upper Chamber approved Senate Bill No. 1982 or An Act Authorizing the President to Suspend...
Teenagers as young as 13 to 15 years old have already tried vape products in different flavors such as cookies and cream, and even pistachio. Health experts disclosed this during a hearing of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography on the various pending measures that sought to either ban or...
The recent landfill collapse in Rodriguez, Rizal, has renewed scrutiny over waste management practices near the environmentally critical Sierra Madre mountain range — and Senator Risa Hontiveros says the dangers extend far beyond the immediate disaster site. According to Hontiveros, communities...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday, March 9 pushed for an emergency supplemental budget package that would be used by the government in response to the growing tension in the Middle East. Hontiveros made the call as local diesel and petroleum prices in the Philippines start to skyrocket this...
Senator Risa Hontiveros, on Monday, March 9, questioned the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) over what she described as a “mysterious delay” in endorsing to the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) the cancellation of businessman Joseph Sy’s birth certificate despite earlier findings of...
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said additional government funding may be necessary to support the repatriation of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the event of a worst-case scenario in the Middle East. During the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing on Friday, March 6, DMW...
Even a politician’s mistress or live-in partner is not off the hook in the anti-political dynasty bill, all the more if they are not legally married. This came during an interpellation by Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III of Senate Bill No. 190, or the proposed Anti-Political Dynasty...
