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Hontiveros makes her first privilege speech before the Senate in 2016. Risa Hontiveros won a Senate seat in the 2016 election, placing ninth. She was proclaimed on May 19, 2016, by the Commission on Elections and took her oath at the Cebu Provincial Capitol. [46] [47] As a senator, Hontiveros spearheaded significant legislative initiatives.
A senate committee headed by Hontiveros launched an investigation into Guo in May after a casino raid in Bamban in the province of Tarlac uncovered what law enforcers described as scams run from a ...
The Senate of the Philippines is the upper house of Congress.The Senate is composed of 24 senators, each elected to a six-year term, renewable once, under plurality-at-large voting: on each election, the voters vote for up to twelve candidates, with the twelve candidates the highest number of votes being elected in.
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was the first female senator who was elected as Vice President (1998–2001) and later installed to the presidency (2001–2010). Risa Hontiveros is the Philippines' first socialist woman senator, representing the Akbayan party.
Senator Risa Hontiveros concurred with de Lima, stating that while she respects Trillanes's proposition, such an alliance would not form a "genuine opposition". [68] On September 20, the Liberal Party announced Pangilinan's candidacy for senator.
A voter has twelve votes: the voter can vote for up to twelve candidates. Votes are tallied nationwide and the twelve candidates with the highest number of votes are elected to the Senate. The Commission on Elections administers elections for the Senate, with the Senate Electoral Tribunal deciding election disputes after a Senator has taken office.
The third hearing was held on March 5, 2024. Because of Quiboloy's continued absence, Risa Hontiveros, chair of the investigating Senate committee, cited him in contempt under Section 18 of the Rules of the Senate and sought his arrest for repeated disobedience to the panel's subpoena. Robin Padilla and Imee Marcos, however, objected.
Senator Risa Hontiveros, through Senate P.S. Res. No. 497 filed on February 21, 2023 [2] and before the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, alleged that the Sugar Regulatory Administration's Sugar Order No. 6 permitted the smuggling of four hundred forty thousand (440,000) metric tons of sugar by and in favor of three (3) only three importers under ...