Senators on Thursday, Nov. 4 have agreed to come up with a resolution that seeks to denounce the harassment of resources persons invited to the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee’s inquiry into the anomalous concerning the government’s purchase of COVID-19 pandemic supplies in 2020. Senator Francis...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday, Nov. 4 said she is not backing down against her accusers who filed sedition charges against her and her staff before the Office of the Ombudsman over alleged bribery, saying she is happy to confront her accusers “before a court of law.” “I am happy to...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Wednesday, Nov. 3 questioned the Commission on Elections (Comelec) decision to hand over the contract on the delivery of the 2022 election paraphernalia to Dennis Uy’s F2 Logistics, a known supporter of President Duterte smacks of cronyism. De Lima said Uy is...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday downplayed the filing of a sedition and perjury case against her by an employee of the beleaguered Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. who now allegedly admits to being bribed and ordered to lie by the lawmaker. Hontiveros is referring to the complaint filed before...
Senator Risa Hontiveros has joined other lawmakers in prodding the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to settle the reimbursement claims of private hospitals as some of them threatened to cut ties with the health state insurer. Hontiveros said it is necessary for private hospitals to...
Members of the House Committee on Information and Communications Technology have been advised to monitor the recent action of the Federal Communications Commission against the operations of China Telecom in the United States. Telecommunications tower2 Copies of written information on the issue were...
The alleged photo showing President Duterte together with a certain Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group (XCMG) official named Wang Min doesn't prove anything, aside from the existence of such photo. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque (MANILA BULLETIN) This was basically Presidential Spokesperson...
Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno and reelectionist Senator Risa Hontiveros were among the opposition senatorial candidates who made it into the so-called “Magic 12” in the latest survey conducted by PUBLiCUS Asia Inc. Senator Risa Hontiveros and human rights lawyer Chel Diokno (Albert...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Friday, Oct. 22 said executives of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation should just produce the documents the Senate blue ribbon committee has ordered subpoenaed. Hontiveros issued the remark after Mohit Dargani, Pharmally’s corporate secretary and treasurer released a...
Senators on Tuesday grilled Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation officials why they sold medical supplies to the government at a higher price when their items under its price catalog are at a lower cost. Senator Risa Hontiveros, during the continuation of the Senate blue ribbon committee hearing...
Some senators have urged the Department of Health (DOH) to include hospital janitors and other frontline health workers to be included in the distribution of Special Risk Allowance (SRA) benefits. Senator Panfilo Lacson said it is imperative that the DOH also consider the plight of other workers in...
Senator Risa Hontiveros has filed a resolution urging the Senate to recognize veteran journalist Maria Ressa’s Nobel Peace Prize as mandated under Senate Adopted Resolution No. 110. The said Senate Resolution No. 110 states that recipients of a Nobel Peace Prize are to automatically receive a...
