Hontiveros, Aquino, Tulfos lose Senate committee chairmanships

MANILA, Philippines— Four members of the new minority  bloc in the Senate  have been stripped of committee chairmanships, a week after voting against Senate President Alan Peter  Cayetano. Sen. Risa Hontiveros was removed as head of the Senate committee on health and replaced by  Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go while Sen. Bam Aquino was replaced by Sen.