DepEd should be headed by an education expert – Hontiveros

May 12, 2022 | Top Stories

Following the possible appointment of presumptive vice president Sara Duterte as the head of the Department of Education (Deped), Senator Risa Hontiveros said the role should be handled by an education expert. “I don’t know what the incoming, the presumptive vice...

Lone opposition Hontiveros aims to survive in the Senate

May 12, 2022 | Nation

Sen. Risa Hontiveros, the lone opposition candidate likely to win the Senate race, said that the minority bloc must survive, explaining that they play a crucial role in a democratic country. Re-electionist Hontiveros is set to clinch a spot at the lower end of the...

Diokno thanks Hontiveros for law increasing sexual consent age to 16

Mar 7, 2022 | Nation

Image from Chel Diokno’s FB page.  Senatorial aspirant Chel Diokno thanked Senator Risa Hontiveros for authoring the recently signed law that increases the sexual consent age to 16 years old. Hontiveros is Diokno’s fellow senatorial candidate under the slate of...

Hontiveros wants to investigate e-sabong like POGO

Mar 7, 2022 | Nation

Senator Risa Hontiveros proposed that the operations of online sabong or e-sabong be inspected like the Philippine offshore gaming operations (Pogo).Hontiveros said that e-sabong might be more severe than the Pogo industry. “The urgent matter is siguruhin ang buhay at...

Senate probe on Dumaguete’s ‘Smart City’ reclamation project pushed

Jul 29, 2021 | Regions

A Senate inquiry is now being called on the proposed 174-hectare reclamation project off the shores of Dumaguete City.Senator Risa Hontiveros filed Tuesday Senate resolution number 807, urging the appropriate committees to investigate the Dumaguete Smart City...