Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 02:55:14 +0000
“Scrutinizing” President Rodrigo Duterte is to “exact accountability,” and this is different from the attacks on those who criticize the Pres
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 03:30:53 +0000
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday lashed back at Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio for insulting her when she demanded the resignation of Public Attorney’s Office chief Persida Acosta.
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Read moreCredit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 08:27:14 +0000
European civil society organizations and parliamentarians awarded Senator Hontiveros for her social justice and solidarity work.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 08:40:56 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — The proposal to lower the minimum age of criminal liability, whether it be nine or 12 years old, is “immoral, unscientific and ineffective,” opposition Senator Risa Hontiveros said.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 08:12:10 +0000
The country will be “sliding downwards” and going against scientific data if it lowers the minimum age of criminal responsibility (MACR), opposition Senator Risa Hontiveros said Tuesday.
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Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 04:18:52 +0000
Instead of going after children, the government should “get tough” on big-time drug lords, smugglers and plunderers, Opposition Senator Risa Hontiveros said Monday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2019 07:49:27 +0000
“The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) owes the entire country an explanation.”Senator Risa Hontiveros issued this statement after Foreign Affairs Secretary Teddy Locsin Jr. disclosed that the agency’s previous outsourced passport maker “took all” the data after its contract was terminated.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 04:50:21 +0000
Law enforcement agencies should rely on the 1987 Constitution on the fulfillment of their duties, and not on military rule, Senator Risa Hontiveros said on Wednesday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 04:13:26 +0000
Senator Risa Hontiveros praised Rappler chief executive officer and executive editor Maria Ressa on Wednesday for being named among TIME’s Person of the Year.
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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 03:15:16 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — On the commemoration of the International Human Rights Day, opposition Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday called President Rodrigo Duterte as the “single biggest threat to human rights” in the country. “The President has singlehandedly rolled back human rights safeguards and made the country a haven for human rights violators,” Hontiveros said in […]
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