FACT CHECK: Lacson is new Senate blue ribbon chair, NOT Hontiveros
A YouTube video claims that Sen. Risa Hontiveros has replaced Sen. Rodante Marcoleta as chairperson of the Senate blue ribbon committee This is false.
Tag Archives: Risa Hontiveros
FACT CHECK: Hontiveros errs on reversal of ‘unanimous’ SC rulings
The decision in the League of Cities case saw four different reversals by the Supreme Court from the first ruling in 2008 until the final decision in 2011. None of the decisions were decided on unanimously.
FACT CHECK: HINDI kinulong si Hontiveros nang dahil sa panunuhol sa isang testigo
Hindi ikinulong si Sen. Rise Hontiveros dahil sa umano'y panunuhol sa isang Senate witness para magsalita laban kay KOJC Leader Apollo Quiboloy.
FACT CHECK: Hontiveros NOT jailed for bribing witness
Sen. Risa Hontiveros has not been jailed for allegedly bribing a Senate witness to testify against KOJC Leader Apollo Quiboloy.
FACT CHECK: Hontiveros urging to build condos where the poor live NEEDS CONTEXT
A Facebook user claimed that Senator Risa Hontiveros urged the building of condos on land where the poor live.
FACT CHECK: Alice Guo quote card on 2025 budget report FAKE
A fake quote card circulating online claims that dismissed mayor Alice Guo challenged Sen. Risa Hontiveros to investigate the alleged blank items in the bicameral report of the 2025 national budget.
FACT CHECK: Claim that Hontiveros walked out of Duterte Senate hearing FALSE
A TikTok video falsely claiming that Sen. Risa Hontiveros walked out of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on the previous administration's drug war after a heated exchange with ex- president Rodrigo Duterte.
Who degraded, who exalted the Senate?
It was the sign that Rodrigo Duterte had succeeded in outmatching (naisahan) the senators when he came to the Senate and brought it down to his level of gutter talk and bullying:
FACT CHECK: NO court sentenced Hontiveros over PhilHealth bonus mess
An erroneous YouTube video has revived a claim that Sen. Risa Hontiveros has been sentenced by a court for being involved in PhilHealth's illegal issuance of bonuses.
Opposition needs ‘proactive’ leader, not reluctant ‘gimmick’ – Trillanes
Trillanes said the opposition needs a leader who is in the thick of things, not someone who is invisible.
