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Press Release HONTIVEROS SEEKS SENATE INQUIRY INTO VIGILANTE KILLINGS IN 2020 Senator Risa Hontiveros has called for a Senate investigation into the spate of unlawful killings in the Philippines, filing the resolution a few days after the murder of Dr. Mary Rose Sancelan and her husband, Edwin, in Negros Oriental. The senator's proposed Senate Resolution No. 599 seeks to attain justice for the Sancelans and other slain victims of unlawful and vigilante killings. The resolution, which also aims to restore law and order in the country, was co-signed by Senators Frank Drilon, Ralph Recto, Richar...

Press Release Good afternoon Mr. President, I rise on a matter of personal and collective privilege. In last Wednesday's session here in the Senate, during the interpellations on the bicameral conference committee report on the 2021 National Budget, Senators Ralph Recto, Frank Drilon, and Dick Gordon, among others, asked a series of pointed questions on the 72.5-billion-peso budget allocation for the purchase of Covid vaccines and the government's rollout plan. Questions such as the following: How safe are the vaccines? How much funds will be needed to vaccinate 70 percent of the population a...