Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday urged the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Land Transport Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to include public utility vehicles (PUV) drivers and operators in the government’s service contracting program. Hontiveros said that while she supports a...
Senator Risa Hontiveros is calling for a Senate inquiry into the "propriety" of allowing a single private entity to control almost all of the nation's strategic fossil energy assets in the West Philippine Sea. Senator Risa Hontiveros (Senate PRIB) Hontiveros said on Friday, Nov. 18 that she has...
A shared outrage with Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. was expressed by Senator Risa Hontiveros to the actions made by the Chinese Coast Guard vessels who blocked and water cannoned Philippine boats that were on their way to supply food for military personnel....
Senator Risa Hontiveros has filed a measure seeking to declare the first Monday of August as National Lineworker Appreciation Day. Hontiveros, in filing Senate Bill No. 2451, said it is necessary to recognize and reward the country’s lineworkers for their valuable contribution to the...
Two opposition senators on Monday lauded the Senate leadership and the Office of the Senate Sergeant-at-Arms (OSAA) for successfully arresting two of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation’s top officials in Davao City which is known to be President Duterte’s “territory.” “Good job sa OSAA...
Her new book is a guide for Filipinas during the new normal and beyond “When you educate a woman, you set her free,” icon, author, and famous TV presenter Oprah Winfrey said. Throughout history, women, who were once deprived of reading and education, change the world with books in their hands....
Malacañang simply brushed aside on Thursday, Nov. 11 the claim of Senator Risa Hontiveros that the Duterte administration is now "feeling the heat" of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee's continuing investigation on the controversial Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. 20211111_145931 Presidential...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday said she believes President Duterte is now “feeling the heat” that is why he is now changing his stance on Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. as the Senate blue ribbon committee deepens its probe into the government’s questionable spending during the COVID-19...
Opposition Senator Risa Hontiveros said Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio’s recent withdrawal from the Davao City’s mayoral race really “sounds familiar.” Hontiveros said she finds it similar to what President Duterte—then Davao City mayor—pulled off during the May 2016 national...
Re-electionist Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday urged the government to make sure that a majority of the population would get vaccinated against COVID-19 before Christmas. Hontiveros made the call as she expressed her support to the government and private sector’s initiative to conduct a...
Senator Risa Hontiveros has urged the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to allow more traditional buses and jeepneys to ply the usual routes in Metro Manila and provinces as the nation slowly slips back to normal under Alert Level 2. Hontiveros said the DOTr should increase the number of public...
Senators on Sunday shot down a proposal of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to exclude beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps who refuse to get vaccinated against COVID-19. In separate interviews on Radio DZBB, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon...
