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(Eagle News) — Opposition senator Risa Hontiveros said President Rodrigo Duterte failed to assert Philippine sovereignty and the Constitution when he signed a framework agreement with China on joint maritime oil and gas exploration. Hontiveros made the statement after she read what she said was a draft of the pact that was leaked to the media. “Dehadong-dehado ang Pilipinas sa ‘kasunduan,’” she said. For instance, based on the document she read, she said there was […]
(Eagle News)–The Senate has passed on third and final reading a measure that penalizes those who resort to cat-calling, stalking, and other forms of sexual harassment on the streets. Senate Bill 1558, or “Safe Streets, Workplaces and Public Spaces Act of 2017” which consolidates Senate Bill 1326, or An Penalizing Gender-Based Street and Public Spaces Harassment, Senate Bill 1250, or the Anti Sexual Harassment Act of 2016, and Senate Bill 1254 filed by Senator Grace Poe, […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Risa Hontiveros on Friday, Oct. 5, urged President Rodrigo Duterte to focus on the country’s economic problems, including inflation, rather than “waste (his) time chasing non-existent destabilization plots.” “The president should stop looking for phantom plots against him when the real problem is right in front of him,” Hontiveros said in a statement issued after the Philippine Statistics Authority reported inflation had surged to 6.7 percent in September. According to Hontiveros, “if there […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday, Oct. 3, said Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson’s resignation was “too little, too late,” noting that the Presidential Communications Operations Office already had “a badly tarnished reputation.” “It is an extremely belated gesture rendered insignificant in the face of gross incompetence, state-sponsored vulgarity and the proliferation of fake news. It has come very late in response to the public’s demand for accountability. Aanhin pa ang resignasyon kung […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Friday, Sept. 21, slammed Senator Risa Hontiveros for her comment President Rodrigo Duterte was a “destabilizer-in-chief.” In the first place, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said “it (was) ironic” Hontiveros made such a statement as she “spends so much of her time undermining the efforts of this administration..” He noted that the President has made “significant strides” in his fight against drugs, criminality and corruption. In fact, he said “there is high […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday, Aug. 1, lashed out at the Department of Foreign Affairs after it made the suggestion for the Philippines to conduct a joint exploration with China in the West Philippine Sea. In a statement, Hontiveros said the suggested 60-40 joint exploration was “preposterous and treacherous,” and “reverses our historic victory at The Hague and signs away Philippine sovereignty in the West Philippine Sea.” According to Hontiveros, the Permanent […]
(Eagle News) –Senator Risa Hontiveros lashed out at Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, as she called on the government to heed the calls of 38 states for the Philippines to put an end to drug killings and to collaborate in a United Nations probe into the drug war. “I find Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano’s remark, saying that the 38 countries are simply biased and misinformed, ridiculous. So ibig sabihin biased ang Montenegro […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a bill providing basic mental health services in the grassroots level. It was Senator Risa Hontiveros, an opposition senator, who pushed for the passage of Republic Act 11036, or the Philippine Mental Health Law, that will essentially integrate mental healthcare in the country’s public healthcare system. “The Mental Health Law cements the government’s commitment to a more holistic approach to healthcare: without sound […]
(Eagle News)–Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre said he was slated to file a libel complaint against Senator Risa Hontiveros “very soon.” Aguirre made the announcement after she called him a “manufacturer and peddler of fake news,” “a cook of fake cases,” and a “reliable friend of criminal masterminds, extrajudicial killers and drug lords” in a statement she issued on Monday. The statement was released following the Department of Justice’s National Prosecution Service’s dismissal of drug charges […]
(Eagle News) — Davao Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio on Sunday said the threat of destabilization was “as real as terrorism,” noting that information on the matter came from reliable sources, even “from inside the offices of the people identified with the opposition.” She also dismissed claims her father, President Rodrigo Duterte, was “insecure and paranoid,” calling Tindig Pilipinas, the group that staged a rally recently against him, “power-hungry.” Key members of this group include opposition figures […]
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre on Monday filed criminal charges against Senator Risa Hontiveros for supposed violation of the Anti-Wiretapping Law. Aguirre personally filed the charges that stem from Hontiveros’ public display of what the justice secretary said were his private messages with a certain Jing during a Senate hearing on the death of Kian Loyd delos Santos. In the messages, Hontiveros said Aguirre urged former Rep. Jacinto Paras to file cases against […]
(Eagle News) — Former Rep. Jacinto Paras on Thursday said he would file charges against Senator Risa Hontiveros for making public what he said should have been private text messages between him and Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre without their consent. Hontiveros said in a privilege speech on Monday that Paras–now affiliated with the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption–was the recipient of Aguirre’s “Let us expedite your cases against (Hontiveros)” text, which she was able to […]
