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Sen. Risa Hontiveros called out a person who sent an unsolicited penis video during a forum

Posted on October 9, 2019October 9, 2019
Renee San Juan

In Sen. Risa Hontiveros’ “Bawal Bastos Law Forum” at Ateneo De Manila University last Tuesday, one person sent an unsolicited penis video via Airdrop using the senator’s name. She addressed…

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Sen. Sotto refuses to pass SOGIE bill because he can’t find the words “trans woman” and “trans man” in the dictionary

Posted on October 1, 2019October 1, 2019
Sofia Santelices

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity or Expression (SOGIE) Equality Bill advocate Sen. Risa Hontiveros said that her proposed measure has enough supporters in the upper chamber–but Senate President Vicente Sotto…

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Sen. Risa Hontiveros isn’t here for this netizen’s slut-shaming

Posted on July 23, 2019
Jacqueline Arias

The SONA had several problematic moments, like Pres. Duterte pushing for the death penalty and objectifying women in Boracay. But some people had more pressing matters to attend to—specifically, Sen. Risa Hontiveros’ skirt.

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Sen. Risa Hontiveros is giving out “mom-hugs” at the Pride March

Posted on June 17, 2019June 17, 2019
B. del Rio

Sen. Risa Hontiveros is one of the well-known allies of the LGBT community. Though the SOGIE Bill failed to pass in this congress, she remains optimistic that the next one…

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Best of: Government-related topics we weren’t mad about

Posted on May 31, 2019
Jacqueline Arias

We’re just gonna say it: The month of May was a wild ride for politics and other government-related topics.

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Sen. Risa Hontiveros isn’t happy with the lowering of the age of criminal liability

Posted on January 21, 2019January 21, 2019
Tisha Ramirez

Inquirer.net reported that “The House of Representatives justice panel approved on Monday a bill lowering the age of criminal liability from 15 to nine.”

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Sen. Risa Hontiveros pushes for divorce law

Posted on January 17, 2019January 17, 2019
B. del Rio

Good news: Undeterred by Pres. Duterte’s refusal to support the former divorce bill by the House of Representatives, Sen. Risa Hontiveros continues to push for the measure by filing the…

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Sen. Risa Hontiveros responds to Preen.ph regarding the porn ban

Posted on September 6, 2018September 6, 2018
Jacqueline Arias

Yesterday, Preen.ph released a commentary regarding Sen. Risa Hontiveros’ recent statement to remove all pornographic materials during an interpellation on Senate Bill 1888 or the “Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy Act of…

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We didn’t expect Sen. Risa Hontiveros to ban porn to curb teenage pregnancy

Posted on September 5, 2018
Jacqueline Arias

Welcome to the Philippines. Here, we lack sex education, contraception can only be accessed by people 18 and up (despite having an age of consent of only 12 years old),…

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Sen. Risa Hontiveros called out a person who sent an unsolicited penis video during a forum

Sen. Sotto refuses to pass SOGIE bill because he can’t find the words “trans woman” and “trans man” in the dictionary

Sen. Risa Hontiveros isn’t here for this netizen’s slut-shaming

Sen. Risa Hontiveros is giving out “mom-hugs” at the Pride March

Best of: Government-related topics we weren’t mad about

Sen. Risa Hontiveros isn’t happy with the lowering of the age of criminal liability

Sen. Risa Hontiveros pushes for divorce law

Sen. Risa Hontiveros responds to Preen.ph regarding the porn ban

We didn’t expect Sen. Risa Hontiveros to ban porn to curb teenage pregnancy

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