Who is the best senator for you? Choose three (3).

Risa Hontiveros
Deputy Minority Floor Leader
Term of office: 2016-present

Educational Background
● 1983-1987- Ateneo De Manila University- Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in
social sciences
Awards
● 1994 Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas Golden Dove Awards for Best Female
Newscaster
● 2001 Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) Award for Peace and Advocacy
● 2005 Nobel Peace Prize nomination
● 2017 Love Gala Ripple Award for HIV-AIDS awareness
● 2018 Lagablab Network Equality Champion Award
● 2019 Silver Rose Award for social justice
Legislation
● RA 9502 – Cheaper and Quality Medicines Law
● RA 9700 – Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program Extension With Reforms
(CARPER) Law
● RA 10932 – Act Strengthening the Anti-Hospital Deposit Law
● RA 11036 – Philippine Mental Health Law
● RA 11166 – HIV and AIDS Policy Act of 2018
● RA 11313 – Safe Streets and Public Spaces Act – protects Filipinos (notably women)
from catcalling, groping, persistent requests, and other forms of street harassment.

Why do you consider him/her as your best senator?

She is one of the vocal opposition of Extra judicial killing of the former President Duterte. She is
also one of the proponents of the SOGIE Equality Bill which I agree with. She also authored the
Act strengthening the Anti-Hospital Deposit Law which increases the penalties for hospitals that
demand deposits or advance payments before administering basic emergency services. She’s
also a very admirable female figure that represents women in the government.
Win Gachalian
Term of office: 2016 - PRESENT
Educational background:

1991 - 1995 Bachelor of Science Major in Finance and Operations Management- Boston
University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
1988 - 1991 Secondary Education- Grace Christian High School
1982 - 1988 Elementary Education- Grace Christian High School

Professional achievements/laws/bills/awards

PERSONAL AWARDS

● INTERNATIONAL PEACE LAUREATE FOR PUBLIC SERVICE (2019)

● SILVER HUMANITARIAN SERVICE CROSS AWARD (2014)
● MANILA 40 UNDER 40 INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEADERS (2013)
● BEST AMONG BEST PRACTICES, LOCAL CHIEF CATEGORY (2013)
● PUBLIC SERVICE HONOREE, THE OUTSTANDING YOUNG MEN, TOYM (2011)
● BEST MAYOR IN CAMANAVA (2008)

SOME LAWS AUTHORED AND SPONSORED

● RA 11510- Alternative Learning System Act (December 23, 2020)
● RA 11480- An Act to Lengthen the School Calendar from Two Hundred (200) Days to Not
More Than Two Hundred Twenty (220) Class Days (July 17, 2020)
● RA 11361- Anti-Obstruction of Power Lines Act (June 30, 2019)
● RA 11371- Murang Kuryente Act (June 30, 2019)
● RA 11039- Electric Cooperatives Emergency and Resiliency Fund Act (June 29, 2019)

Why do you consider him/her as your best senator?

Aquilino Martin “Koko” dela Llana Pimentel III
Minority Floor Leader
Term of office: 2011-present

Educational background
● University of the Philippines- Honoris Causa, Doctor of Laws (June 2017)
● Polytechnic University of the Philippines- Honoris Causa, Doctor of Humanities (May
2012)
● University of the Philippines, College of Law (Bachelor of Laws) Member, UP Chess
Team (1985 – 1990)
● Ateneo de Manila University, College of Arts and Sciences (Bachelor of Science, Major
in Mathematics) Member, Ateneo Chess Team (1981 – 1985)
● Ateneo de Manila University: High School Member, Ateneo Chess Team (1977 – 1981)
● Ateneo de Manila University, Claret School, Xavier University (Ateneo de Cagayan):
Elementary Education and Kindergarten (1969 – 1977)

Legislation
● Local Government Code of 1991
● The Cooperative Code
● The Philippine Sports Commission Act
● The Act Creating the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
● The People’s Small-Scale Mining Act
● Generic Drugs Act
● Act Establishing the Philippine Police under a Reorganized Department of Interior and
Local Government.

Why do you consider him/her as your best senator?