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...
Vice President Leni Robredo will reveal the opposition’s full slate of senatorial candidates for the 2022 elections next week, her spokesperson Barry Gutierrez said. Vice President Leni Robredo and her running mate Senator Francis Pangilinan. (OVP) “Mayroon na siyang ilang mga unang kabahagi...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo's senatorial line-up for the May 2022 elections will not be Liberal Party (LP)-centric. Screenshot_20211001-135502_Chrome Robredo made this guarantee Friday, Oct. 8, even as she said that the full slate would be announced "early next week"....
Tying pink ribbons around Quezon City during their send-off for their nominees who will file their certificates of candidacy (COC), Akbayan party-list formally endorsed on Wednesday, Oct. 6, the potential candidacy of Vice President Leni Robredo for president in the May 2022 polls. Their call,...
One of the witnesses in the Senate blue ribbon committee’s investigation into the government’s procurement of allegedly overpriced COVID-19 pandemic supplies is now fearing for his life, Senator Risa Hontiveros said on Tuesday, Oct. 5. During the 11th hearing of the Senate panel, Hontiveros...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday, Oct. 4 commended the Department of Health (DOH) for suspending its transactions with Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation following the testimony of a company official who admitted to tampering the manufacturing dates of face shields procured from the firm. The...
Opposition senators on Friday, Oct. 1, slammed President Duterte's plans to block officials in his Cabinet from attending hearings in the Senate. Senator Francis 'Kiko' Pangilinan (MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Senator Francis Pangilinan said Duterte was "desperately trying to cover up" the alleged...
Senator Risa Hontiveros (Comelec) Reelectionist Senator Risa Hontiveros filed her certificate of candidacy (COC) for senator on Friday, Oct. 1. An advocate of women’s rights, gender equality, and health, Hontiveros is the current national chairperson of Akbayan Partylist. Hontiveros told...
