Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday, August 18, hit Health Secretary Francisco Duque III's wailing about being flagged by state auditors for his agency's deficiencies in spending COVID-19 funds. Senator Risa Hontiveros (Senate of the Philippines) At the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee's hearing,...
President Duterte cannot exempt government agencies from auditing procedures or encourage them from defying the Commission on Audit (COA) which is performing its sole mandate of being the state auditing agency. “The COA is an independent, constitutional body designed to check on the president and...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, August 17 said she is not at all surprised at the criticisms hurled against DUMPER-PTD Partylist Rep. Claudine “Dendee” Bautista who held a “lavish” wedding ceremony at the five-star Balesin Island Resort in Polilio, Quezon amid the COVID-19 pandemic....
Two senators on Tuesday deplored the Department of Energy’s (DOE) indifference in arresting any possibility of rotational brownouts happening in the upcoming May 2022 national elections. “This is unacceptable! Kaya tayo merong DOE ay para siguraduhing meron tayong kuryente (The reason why we...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday, August 16 vowed to continue pressing the National Security Council (NSC) to conduct a security audit on Dito Telecommunity, the country’s third player in the telecommunications industry, amid spying concerns. Hontiveros said she would not be surprised if...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Sunday, August 15 decried the audacity at which the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) warned of future increases in electricity rates if it continues to contract suppliers for larger power reserves. Hontiveros said she is wondering how the NGCP is bold...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday, August 12 said she is not surprised at the Commission on Audit’s (COA) findings of deficiencies in the Department of Health’s (DOH) handling of some P67.32-billion worth of COVID-19 funds, saying there has always been strong indications of neglect and...
The Duterte administration should stop undermining the autonomy of local government units (LGUs) and proceed to rationalize the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines to expedite the country’s full recovery from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Senator Risa Hontiveros made the call as she slammed...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday reiterated her call for authorities to suspend any power rate increase until the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is able to provide a clear and justifiable reason on the rising cost of electricity and investigation on the rotational blackouts is completed....
Two senators on Monday, August 9 urged the National Task Force for COVID-19 to come up with a realistic approach in its plan to vaccinate minors. Senator Nancy Binay pointed out that at this point, only Pfizer-BioNTech is the vaccine that is recommended for the use of children, but the amount of...
Senator Risa Hontiveros is seeking to honor Filipino athlete Nesthy Petecio after bagging a silver medal in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Hontiveros filed Senate Resolution No. 822 to commend Petecio "for making history as the first Filipina boxer to win an Olympic silver medal". Silver...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) should do overtime work during weekends to cover for the two-week suspension of the voter registration due to the reimposition of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said on Wednesday, August 4. Gatchalian said...
