Month: August 2022

Two ambassadors get CA nod

Two ambassadors get CA nod — Committee on Foreign Affairs Chairperson, Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, presides over the Commission on Appointments (CA) confirmation hearing today, August 31, 2022 to tackle the ad interim appointment of Department of Foreign Affairs Sec. Luis Enrique Manalo, and the nominations of Jose Manuel Romualdez, Philippine Ambassador to the United…
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CA panel tackles appointments of DFA Chief and two ambassadors

CA PANEL TACKLES APPOINTMENTS OF DFA CHIEF AND TWO AMBASSADORS: Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, chairperson of the Commission on Appointments (CA) Committee on Foreign Relations, presides over CA’s hybrid hearing to tackle the confirmation of Department of Foreign Affairs Sec. Luis Enrique Manalo. Also taken up during Wednesday’s proceedings, August 31, 2022, were the nominations…
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CA confirms US envoy Romualdez; Lagdameo for UN post

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Appointments (CA) on Wednesday approved the nominations of the Philippines’ envoys to the United States (US) and the United Nations (UN). Before the CA’s plenary session, the Committee on Foreign Affairs deliberated on and recommended the approval of the nominations of Jose Manuel “Babe” Romualdez as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to…
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Condonation o hindi pagpapataw ng multa sa mga household employers na hindi nakapagbayad ng SSS contribution, isinulong sa Senado

Inirekomenda ni Senator Jinggoy Estrada ang pagbibigay ng condonation o hindi pagpapataw ng multa sa mga household employers na hindi nakapagbayad ng kontribusyon sa Social Security System (SSS). Ang isinusulong na ito ay pinaniniwalaan ni Estrada na isang win-win solution dahil hindi na pagbabayarin ng multa sa utang na kontribusyon sa SSS ang mga amo…
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Estrada pushes for the passage of Senior Citizens’ Fraud Education Act (SBN-671)

Protect seniors from text scams, ‘budol-budol’: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada pushes for the passage of Senate Bill 671 or the proposed Senior Citizens’ Fraud Education Act to protect the elderly consumers from being victimized by cyber crime syndicates. SBN 671 seeks the establishment of an inter-agency centralized service to ward off scammers from carrying out…
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Jinggoy pushes 350% to 488% pension hike for military vets

Senator Jinggoy Estrada, taking up the cudgels for aging military veterans bearing the rising costs of medical and other pressing needs, prodded Congress on Monday to frontload passage of an awaited remedial law “proposing to increase by 350 percent to 488 percent their disability pension.” In pressing for an upward adjustment in their pension fund,…
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No Performance Bond

NO PERFORMANCE BOND: Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, during the hybrid Blue Ribbon Committee investigation Tuesday, August 30, 2022, asks former Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) chief Hermenegildo Serafica to why the agency did not require sugar importers to post performance bond in the botched importation of 300,000 metric tons of sugar. While Serafica said that the…
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Estrada seeks increase in veterans’ disability pension

MANILA, Philippines — Senator Jinggoy Estrada is seeking an increase in the disability pension of military veterans, saying the current rate they are receiving is not enough. Estrada, who chairs the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification, and Reconciliation, filed Senate Bill No. 683 to rationalize the disability pension of military veterans…
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Bill to raise military disability pension

A SENATOR has refiled a bill that seeks to raise the military’s disability pension to as high as P10,000 from P1,700 a month.  “Since expenses currently being incurred are so high, their meager pension that was increased almost three decades ago is no longer meaningful,” Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada, who heads the Senate committee on…
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Senators honor pandemic frontliners as modern-day heroes

MANILA, Philippines – Several senators on Monday honored medical frontliners and other modern-day heroes in the commemoration of National Heroes Day. In a series of tweets on Monday, Senator Jinggoy Estrada honored essential frontline workers who served during the pandemic, risking their lives for the safety of the Filipinos. He commemorated the heroism of the…
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