I join my distinguished colleagues in expressing support to the ad interim appointment of Benjamin Estoista Diokno as Secretary of the Department of Finance. His stellar reputation in the field of fiscal management and public finance is well known, if not legendary. Very few people can boast of earning the trust and confidence of multiple…
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IN recognition of their remarkable achievements in international competitions that brought great honor and pride to the country, Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada seeks Senate commendation for the latest batch of achievers in the field of sports. Estrada, on Monday, filed Senate Resolution Nos. 309 commending and congratulating Tokyo Olympics silver medalists Carlo Paalam and Nesthy Petecio and…
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(ABANTE) Hinimok Senador Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada ang kanyang mga kasamahan sa Senado na repasuhin ang pensyon ng mga beteranong may kapansanan na tatlong dekada nang hindi nababago. Sabi ni Estrada, isang matinding kawalan ng hustisya para sa mga benepisyaryo ang buwanang pension na ang kasalukuyang halaga ay naglalaro lamang sa P287. Ang P1,000 hanggang P1,700…
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(POLITIKO) Sen. Jinggoy Estrada on Tuesday called on the government to increase the monthly pension of World War II veterans, who have been receiving only P1,000 to P1,700 a month for defending the country from the Japanese invaders in the 1940s. Estrada said the benefit that the living military veterans and their families had been…
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(MANILA BULLETIN) Senators on Tuesday, November 22 called for an increase in the disability pension of disabled veterans which has remained stagnant for almost three decades already. Sen. Jinggoy Estrada said there is an urgent need to upgrade the 28-year old disability pension of disabled veterans, noting that the P1,000 to P1,700 monthly pension for…
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Jinggoy calls on colleagues to pass a bill increasing veterans’ disability pension: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, on Tuesday, November 22, 2022, sponsors on the floor a measure proposing a 350% to 488% increase in the disability pension of disabled veterans. Estrada, Chairperson of the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification, and Reconciliation, said…
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SPONSORSHIP SPEECH Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada Chairperson, Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification and Reconciliation Senate Bill No. 1480 under Committee Report 11 Rationalizing the Disability Pension of Veterans Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished colleagues of this august body, as your Chairperson of the Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification and Reconciliation, it is…
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CALLING it a grave injustice to war veterans, Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada has enjoined his fellow senators to upgrade the 28-year-old disability pension of disabled veterans, the value of which under the current cost of living is only worth P287. The P1,000 to P1,700 monthly pension for military veterans and their dependents under RA 6948…
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Co-Sponsorship Speech on Senate Bill No. 1410 under Committee Report No. 8, “National Hijab Day” – November 21, 2022 Seeking to institutionalize the declaration of the National Hijab Day in harmony with the annual February 1 World Hijab Day celebration. SPEECH
Mr. President, it is my honor to co-sponsor Senate Bill No. 1410 under Committee Report No. 8 entitled An Act Declaring the First Day of February of Every Year as National Hijab Day. It is my intent as principal author of this measure, having filed Senate Bill No. 805, to institutionalize the declaration of the…
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