“It would be unconscionable to hold a child criminally liable when it is their environment, home or community that exposed them to anti-social behavior” – Deputy Speaker Pia Cayetano
Deputy Speaker Pia S. Cayetano is pushing for ‘more intelligent discussions’ on the importance of government’s immunization program, which aims to protect Filipino children from vaccine-preventable diseases. Cayetano made the call during her speech at the Vice Mayors’ League of the Philippines (VMLP) Academy of Presiding Officers Graduation Ceremony at the Century Park Hotel on…
Kicking off her bid to return to national politics, Taguig City representative Pia Cayetano rode a bike on Tuesday, October 16, to file her certificate of candidacy (COC) for senator. Cayetano, who is also Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, was joined by supporters from Taguig for the bike ride that started from Kilometer…
House Deputy Speaker Pia S. Cayetano on Friday urged her fellow public servants in Metro Manila to set the bar for good leadership, while noting that other countries primarily look to the National Capital Region (NCR) as the ‘face’ of the nation. Speaking before the second general assembly of the Metro Manila Councilors League held…
House Deputy Speaker Pia S. Cayetano on Thursday (September 6) addressed the assembly of the Philippine Councilors League (PCL) in the province of Occidental Mindoro, where she emphasized the importance of effective leadership. Cayetano, who also represents the second district of Taguig City, told the assembly composed of provincial board members, vice mayors, councilors, barangay…
The regional political party Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP) has endorsed House Deputy Speaker Pia S. Cayetano as one of its prospective ‘senatoriables’ for the national and local elections in 2019. A former two-term senator and the current second district representative of Taguig City, Cayetano has consistently placed among the top preferences for senator in nationwide…
House Deputy Speaker and Taguig City Representative Pia S. Cayetano on Thursday personally visited a coastal community in Davao City where some 300 families lost their homes to separate fire incidents earlier this month. Cayetano, who was in Davao City over the weekend to attend the convention of the Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP) regional party,…
Deputy Speaker and Taguig City Representative Pia S. Cayetano took part in the celebration of the 33rd Kadayawan Festival in Davao City over the weekend. Kadayawan is an annual festival that celebrates the culture and diversity of Davao’s indigenous people’s groups or tribes. Every year, during the third week of August, local and foreign…
Deputy Speaker and Taguig City Representative Pia S. Cayetano on Saturday joined 317 mothers in Cebu City who simultaneously breastfed their babies in celebration of World Breastfeeding Week. The principal author of the Expanded Breastfeeding Promotion Act (RA 10028), Cayetano relayed her support to the organizers and participants of the ‘Big Latch On’ (BLO) for…