‘Addicts are useless slaves’
TO WARN Filipinos about the evils of illegal drug abuse in the country, President Rodrigo Duterte compared drug addicts to ...
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Solon’s bill to strengthen anti-deposit law
SENATOR Risa Hontiveros, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Health, vowed on Monday to investigate possible violations to the Anti-Hospital ...
Read moreDebt audit ‘historic first’ in PH budget system
“A HISTORIC first in the history of the Philippine budget system.” This is how Akbayan Senator Risa Hontiveros described the ...
Read moreSenate approves PH membership in AIIB
THE Senate on Monday approved on its final reading the ratification of Articles of Agreement of the China-led international financial ...
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Holding up the light
Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III and Senator Risa Hontiveros lead Senate employees in a torch lighting rite during the Senate’s ...
Read moreHeighten anti-Zika steps – Risa
AKBAYAN Senator Risa Hontiveros called on Tuesday for an intensified government prevention and detection drive against the Zika virus after ...
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