(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — Lawmakers on Sunday expressed concern over a police order authorizing cops to visit the homes of journalists “for their security,” following the murder of veteran broadcaster Percy Lapid in Las Piñas City. Senator Jinggoy Estrada said that while he understood the sense behind it, he questioned its purpose and tagged its…
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After calling for COA special audit, Jinggoy seeks BIR probe on DepEd’s alleged ‘favored suppliers’ et al: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, in a letter dated October 7, 2022, to Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Commissioner Lilia Catris Guillermo formally asked for a parallel investigation into the Department of Education’s (DepEd) alleged “favored suppliers” for possible…
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(GMA NEWS) Senator Jinggoy Estrada on Thursday called for a Senate investigation into the incident at the Philippine National Police (PNP) Custodial Center wherein former senator Leila de Lima was briefly held hostage. In filing Resolution 258, Estrada said the Senate has oversight powers in reviewing the security and safety measures inside the national headquarters…
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(MANILA BULLETIN) Senator Jinggoy Estrada wants a Senate probe into the hostage-taking of former Senator Leila de Lima within the custodial center of the Philippine National Police (PNP) last Oct. 9. “While our police officers demonstrated swift and decisive action during a crisis situation, the incident nonetheless reflects poorly on our police organization’s capacity to…
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(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — Senator Jinggoy Estrada has filed a resolution calling on the appropriate Senate panels to investigate the security protocols inside the Philippine National Police (PNP) Custodial Center in Camp Crame after an inmate took former senator Leila de Lima hostage last Sunday. In a resolution filed on Wednesday, Estrada said that while…
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FOLLOWING the Philippine National Police (PNP) officials’ admission of lapses in safety measures, Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada wants the Senate to probe the October 9 hostage-taking incident inside Camp Crame as part of the upper chamber’s oversight powers in reviewing the security and safety measures inside the national headquarters of the country’s police force. “While our police…
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Jinggoy wants Senate probe on Camp Crame hostage-taking incident: Citing the upper chamber’s oversight powers in reviewing the security measures inside the national headquarters of the country’s police force, Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada on Wednesday, October 12, 2022, filed Senate Resolution No. 258 calling for an inquiry into the attempted escape of three detainees and subsequent…
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(BUSINESS WORLD) A SENATOR on Wednesday said fake news creation should be criminalized after a poll by Pulse Asia Research, Inc. showed Filipinos consider it to be a problem. “Misinformation and disinformation should be taken seriously,” Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada said in a statement. “Those behind it should be held accountable for their actions. It…
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JINGGOY ON KALAHI-CIDSS PROGRAM: Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada seeks assurance from Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on the proper disbursement of funds of Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS), one of the poverty alleviation programs of the government. During Wednesday’s deliberation of the Finance Subcommittee I on the…
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