Pia Cayetano

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Pilar Juliana "Pia" Schramm Cayetano (Tagalog: [ˈpija kajɛˈtano]; born March 22, 1966), also known as Pia Compañera Cayetano, is a Filipino politician, lawyer, economist, and television host serving as a senator since 2019, a position she previously held from 2004 to 2016. She was also the representative of Taguig's 2nd district from 2016 to 2019 and was one of the deputy speakers. Cayetano is a member of the Nacionalista Party. Cayetano was born to a political family currently based in Taguig. Her father was the late former senator Rene Cayetano; her younger brother, Alan Peter, is a fellow incumbent senator who formerly represented the Taguig–Pateros district and became Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines during the 18th Congress; another younger brother, Rene Carl, is a former councilor of Muntinlupa; her youngest brother, Lino, was mayor of Taguig; and her sister-in-law, Lani, is the incumbent mayor of Taguig. Cayetano authored the Expanded Senior Citizens Act, Expanded Breastfeeding Promoting Act, the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012, and the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) Law. She earned her economics (cum laude) and law degrees at the University of the Philippines, where she played volleyball for the UP Lady Maroons team that won the 1983 UAAP title. She has also played for the national women's volleyball team. Cayetano is also a triathlete. She is currently one of the hosts of the GMA public service program Cayetano in Action with Boy Abunda. She has been embroiled in various controversies, becoming one of the largest pork barrel spenders during the pork barrel scandal, a known protector of President Duterte's controversial Philippine drug war policy which killed thousands of civilian women and children, a defender of Duterte's misogynystic remarks against women,, the chief architect in the Senate for the legalization of...