Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, Aug. 9 expressed concern over the arrest of former vice presidential candidate and activist Walden Belllo for cyberlibel, as she said "critical voices like his are essential to any democracy". Hontiveros, an opposition lawmaker, called on President Ferdinand...
Senator Risa Hontiveros has called out Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian for supposedly imposing a foreign policy that the country should pursue in light of the recent diplomatic tension involving the United States (US), China, and Taiwan. In a statement on Friday, Aug. 5,...
Senator Risa Hontiveros has filed a resolution seeking a probe in aid of legislation on the reported unused and expired Covid-19 vaccines, saying such error must not be tolerated. The opposition senator made the move amid reports that billions of pesos worth of Covid-19 vaccine, which were beyond...
Senator Risa Hontiveros has questioned President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s decision of not making the Philippines rejoin the International Criminal Court (ICC), saying there is "nothing to be afraid of, if there is nothing to hide". "Why is there hesitance?" Hontiveros asked on Monday, Aug....
Facebook's Meta and Philippine law enforcers on Wednesday, July 27, agreed to fight against online abuse and exploitation of children by immediately taking down exploitative online content. This came after Meta, the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) met...
The Senate minority bloc is sharpening its pruning knife to be used on the 18 bills of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., which he revealed on Monday’s State of the Nation Address (SONA). Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. said the 18 legislative measures of the President...
Senators of the minority bloc on Tuesday, July 26, expressed dissatisfaction with President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s first State of the Nation Address (SONA) as they compared it to an act of "window shopping" that had "no objective" and "no vision". Sen. Risa Hontiveros said Marcos fell...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delivered on Monday, July 25, his first State of the Nation Address (SONA)—a speech that was 73 minutes long, and marked by 90 rounds of applause. House Speaker Martin Romualdez and Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri applaud President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as he...
Minority Senators Koko Pimentel and Risa Hontiveros have filed a resolution urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to withdraw the remaining drug charges against former Senator Leila de Lima and release her from detention. ​Pimentel and Hontiveros signed and filed Resolution No. 27 "in light...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, July 19 renewed her call for the signing into law of the Anti-Online Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children (OSAEC) Law as she discovers more Facebook groups that are created to prey on children. Senator Risa Hontiveros (Senate PRIB) As a mother, Hontiveros...
Senator Risa Hontiveros has filed a resolution urging the Senate to investigate the reported culture of abuse, harassment and violence at the Philippine High School for the Arts (PHSA). The resolution is directed at the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality which...
Learn to live with the Covid-19 virus. Don’t be talkative. Former Senate President Aquilino Pimentel gave this advice as there are reports now that even those who get sick from the existing new Covid-19 variants are not even immune from the other variants out there today. Sen. Aquilino...
