A book on friendship to be distributed under a 2025 project of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) sparked a hostile exchange between VP Sara Duterte and Senator Risa Hontiveros during the budget deliberations of a Senate finance subcommittee on Tuesday, Aug. 20. Vice President Sara...
The camp of dismissed mayor Alice Leal Guo or Guo Hua Ping should show actual proof she has not left the Philippines, two senators said on Tuesday, August 20. Senate deputy minority leader Risa Hontiveros said the Senate is simply doing its lawful job when it issued the arrest order...
Dismissed Bamban mayor Alice Leal Guo or Guo Hua Ping has already left the Philippines, and is now in Singapore, Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros confirmed on Monday, August 19. Hontiveros disclosed this development in a privilege speech during the Senate...
Although there are no formal candidates yet, the opposition released a video teaser for the candidacy of human rights lawyer Chel Diokno and former senators Kiko Pangilinan and Bam Aquino. Senator Risa Hontiveros, the lone candidate from former vice president Leni Robredo’s 2022 “Tropang...
State economic managers should find time to consolidate the Marcos administration’s economic strategy and be cohesive about it, Senate Deputy Minority leader Risa Hontiveros said. Hontiveros noted that the current plans of the Department of Finance (DOF), Department of Budget and...
Two senators welcomed the Office of the Ombudsman’s order for dismissal from service of suspended Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo for grave misconduct over her “willful attempt to violate the law” as a public official. Guo has been linked to the illegal activities of Philippine...
Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, August 13 called on lawmakers to observe full transparency in the upcoming deliberations on the proposed 2025 national budget. Hontiveros made the call during the Senate Committee on Finance’s first briefing on the proposed...
Senators on Monday, August 12 welcomed the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) new approach to the country’s anti-illegal drugs campaign which is now focused on demolishing drug supply chains than targeting street-level pushers and users. “I agree and support this new strategy,”...
Senator Risa Hontiveros welcomed on Thursday, August 8 the Court of Appeals (CA) issuance of a freeze order against the properties of Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) founder Apollo Quiboloy and other persons involved in the criminal cases filed against them by the government. “Deserve....
Senator Grace Poe noted on Monday, August 5, the decrease in text scams when President Marcos ordered the ban of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs), raising the need for legislation for the latter. "From that time on actually a little before that time until the present, kung mapapansin...
Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros on Sunday, August 4 raised the call for more doctors that would venture into mental, neurological and developmental health to address the growing number of cases in these fields. Hontiveros made the call during her keynote address at the...
It is horrifying that a Chinese national succeeded in winning in the country’s elections and assume a local government seat, Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros said. Hontiveros made this assessment following the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) discovery that the...
