Senator Hontiveros reiterates her appeal to PhilHealth to continue providing for the full 144 dialysis sessions this year, as the country is still in a state of emergency in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Senator Hontiveros has opened the new "Healthy Pinas Mobile Clinic" in Pampanga to give free medical services to Filipinos in poor and far-flung locations in the country.
Senator Hontiveros urges the DOH to tap 'world-class' business processing outsourcing companies to help augment the operations of the government's centralized hospital referral system.
"Ubos na ba ang P9 billion kaya nasa provincial hospitals na ang mga taga-Maynila?" asked Senator Hontiveros as she questioned the DOH and the IATF report on the P9 billion budget allocation for hospitals and isolation facilities.
Senator Hontiveros urges the DOLE and Employees Compensation Commission (ECC) to declare COVID-19 as an occupational disease so that workers can avail of insurance and other benefits.
Senator Hontiveros sees the need for 'standby cash aid' ready for emergency release as the COVID-19 cases in the country continue to rise following the local detection of new, more transmissible COVID-19 variants.
On International Women's Day, Sen. Hontiveros files a senate bill that addresses the unique needs of women during disasters and public health emergencies.
Senator Risa Hontiveros urged the National Security Council to conduct a security audit of Dito Telecommunity before its commercial rollout on March 8.