Pia Cayetano remembers Palaro
By Senator Pia S. Cayetano

Reposted from rappler.com
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In the school year 1982-83, I was 16 years old, a sophomore in the University of the Philippines (UP) and a varsity volleyball player. That year, my UP team won the University Athletic Associat...

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News Release
24 April 2012

Bills requiring public disclosure of hospital charges, banning nurse ‘OJT’ fees to be tackled at Senate

The Senate Committee on Health and Demography chaired by Senator Pia S. Cayetano will conduct a joint public hearing on several health measures on Tuesday, including bills seeking to require public and private hospitals and healthcare facilities to publicly disclose the cost...

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News Release
11 April 2012

‘Operation Smile Train’ brings cheers to Aurora

Twenty-four children and youths born with cleft lip and palate in Aurora Province can now flash their newfound smiles after undergoing free cleft lip and palate operations recently, courtesy of ‘Operation Smile Train.’

‘Operation Smile Train-Aurora’ is a joint program of Gabriel’s Symphony and the Pinay In Action...

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News Release
11 April 2012

Sen.Pia cited at HealthJustice Awards

Senator Pia S. Cayetano has been recognized for her legislative work seeking to further tighten government regulations on tobacco products at the recent HealthJustice awards.

Organized by the public health policy group HealthJustice, the awards are given out to individuals and groups who have made noteworthy contributions to effo...

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News Release
10 April 2012

Sen. Pia ‘adopts’ an estero

The rehabilitation of our rivers and esteros plays a key role in ensuring the sustainability of our cities and urban centers amid rapid urbanization and the threat of unhampered pollution to public health and the environment.

With this objective, Senator Pia Cayetano, the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) and the local government un...

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PRIVILEGE SPEECH

WOMEN, WATER AND FOOD
In celebration of World Water Day and International Women’s Month
By SEN. PIA S. CAYETANO
March 20, 2012

Mr. President, today I rise on a matter of individual and collective privilege, as a woman, a member of the Philippine Senate, and the Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Youth, Women and Family Relations and the Joint Oversight Committee on the Cle...

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News Release
12 March 2012

Impeach trial goes ‘green’: Bottled water out, water dispensers in

People who have been religiously following the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona may be surprised to find a more environment-friendly ‘Season 2,’ when the defense panel starts its presentation of evidence at the widely watched proceedings beginning Monday.

In a memorandum subm...

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