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The ANC Brief: Duterte and the water companies

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 10 04:01 AM

The President is still railing against water concessionaires. Read more »

Hontiveros urges probe into Chinese 'threat' to power grid

Reuters
Posted at Nov 26 08:26 PM

Hontiveros said a country capable of aggression should not have the means to destabilize a neighbor "with the flick of a switch." Read more »

Public health crisis looms if PH fails to solve health emergencies: Hontiveros

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 04 10:14 AM

The Philippines could face a public health crisis in a few years should it fail to address the current multiple health emergencies, a senator said Monday. Read more »

Aquilino "Nene" Pimentel binigyang-pugay sa Senado

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 23 07:52 PM

Naging pangalawang tahanan ni Nene Pimentel ang Senado sa loob ng 17 taon. Read more »

Hontiveros proposes to change name of Malasakit Centers

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 02 03:49 PM

MANILA - Minority Sen. Risa Hontiveros suggested that the name of Malasakit Center, a pet project of Sen. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go, be modified to reflect its functions. Read more »

Sotto: No transgender, trans woman, trans man in dictionary

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 30 08:43 PM

MANILA - Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity or Expression (SOGIE) Equality Bill advocate Sen. Risa Hontiveros on Monday said her proposed measure has enough supporters in the upper chamber, but Senate President Vicente Sotto III believes otherwise. Read more »

PH envoy wary of US senators’ ban call vs De Lima jailers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 28 02:51 PM

MANILA - Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel Romualdez has expressed concern over the proposal of two US senators to ban Philippine officials involved in the detention of opposition Sen. Leila de Lima.    Read more »

It's complicated: The battle for divorce law in Catholic Philippines

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 25 04:45 PM

Committee hearings on an “absolute divorce” bill began last week, a first in the Senate.  Read more »

Divorce is 'pro-family, pro-children,' says Hontiveros

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 17 02:59 PM

MANILA - Legalizing absolute divorce in the Philippines would allow individuals to start new lives, its main proponent in the Senate said Tuesday, as she sought to debunk the opinion that it would destroy the family as an institution. Read more »

Senate urged to probe 'irresponsible' military, Chinese-linked telco deal

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 17 01:42 PM

Opposition Sen. Risa Hontiveros has filed a resolution urging the Senate to investigate the agreement of the Armed Forces and Dito Telecommunity Corp. to construct facilities inside military camps. Read more »

Palace bats for general anti-discrimination bill

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 12 03:05 PM

A proposed law against discrimination should cover all forms of prejudice and not just bigotry, Malacañang said Thursday. Read more »

Hontiveros: Duterte vow, Palace clarification on SOGIE bill show ‘policy confusion'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 11 03:03 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte and Malacañang's differing statements on the chief executive's stand on a measure seeking to protect the LGBT community from discrimination shows government's "policy confusion," Sen. Risa Hontiveros said Wednesday. Read more »

Duterte says to certify SOGIE Equality bill as urgent

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 10 09:18 PM

MANILA - (UPDATE) President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday said he would certify as urgent a bill seeking to protect LGBT rights.  Read more »

Bill filed in Senate to protect interns from exploitation

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 10 04:05 PM

MANILA - A senator has filed a bill that seeks to protect interns from abuse and other "horror stories." Read more »

‘Get a dictionary’: Hontiveros scoffs at Duterte calling Faeldon ‘upright’

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 07 06:31 PM

Sen. Hontiveros (left) says Duterte can't describe Faeldon as upstanding after Bilibid convicts were released mistakenly under the former BuCor chief's term. Read more »

OSG tries but fails to introduce new witnesses in sedition probe vs Trillanes et al

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 06 09:11 PM

The OSG on Friday tried to introduce new witnesses and evidence in the sedition complaint against former Senator Antonio Trillanes et al pending before the DOJ. Read more »

'It’s dangerous': Groups say SOGIE equality bill discriminatory

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 04 04:01 PM

MANILA - Several groups on Wednesday denounced efforts to pass a measure that protects individuals from discrimination based on their gender identity and expression, but the proposed law’s lead author stressed it is meant to protect everyone. Read more »

Good conduct credits for sale?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 03 12:07 PM

In this edition of #MattersofFact, Philippine senator Risa Hontiveros calls for a review of the implementing rules and regulations of the now controversial good conduct time allowance (GCTA) law. She says a strict monitoring system must also be in place to make sure the GCTA law is implemented well. Read more »

'GCTA for sale' practice started before 2013: Hontiveros

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 03 10:01 AM

The alleged practice of jail officials selling freedom to inmates began even before the application of the good conduct time allowance (GCTA) law, a senator said Tuesday.   Read more »

Faeldon says he won't resign as BuCor chief

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 02 03:41 PM

MANILA - Embattled Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) chief Nicanor Faeldon on Monday said he “believes” he should not resign, as outrage grows over his role in the order to have convicted rapist-killer Antonio Sanchez released from jail. Read more »