Month: August 2023

Manifestation on Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago Avenue bill

“When I was a neophyte senator, she was my first mentor. If my memory serves me right, I was the one who called up her husband, Undersecretary Jun Santiago, to set an appointment with me. And she was very, very accommodating when I first met her in her residence and I asked her what to…
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Jinggoy, JV refute Tiglao’s claim that Erap made promise to China

(RAPPLER) ‘I don’t know where he got his information,’ Senator Jinggoy Estrada says of Roberto Tiglao’s claim that it was former president Estrada who made the promise to China to remove BRP Sierra Madre from Ayungin. This was what Senator Jinggoy Estrada said on Monday, August 14, as he refuted the claim that it was…
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Sen. Estrada dares China to reveal who made promise about leaving Ayungin

(ABS-CBN) MANILA – Senator Jinggoy Estrada on Monday dared China to name the Philippine official who allegedly promised the government will remove BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal. In a Senate press briefing, Estrada said he talked to former senator Orly Mercado, who told him there was no such agreement made between China and the…
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Statement on PH’s promise to remove BRP Sierra Madre from Ayungin Shoal

President Bongbong Marcos Jr. has already spoken and declared last week that he had “rescinded” that arrangement or agreement, “if there was such an agreement,” concerning the removal of BRP Sierra Madre from Ayungin Shoal. This renders the debate about a possible promise made during former President Joseph Estrada’s tenure to the Chinese government irrelevant. …
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Sen. Estrada: No deal to remove BRP Sierra Madre during my father’s presidency

(CNN) Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, August 14) — Senator Jinggoy Estrada said the administration of his father, former President Erap Estrada, never made any deal with the Chinese government to remove the BRP Sierra Madre from Ayungin Shoal. The BRP Sierra Madre is a World War II-era ship that was deliberately grounded at Ayungin Shoal in…
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PRIB PHORO: Jinggoy grateful to Sen. Miriam

JINGGOY GRATEFUL TO SEN. MIRIAM: Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada remembers how the late Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago guided him when he was still a neophyte senator during Monday’s plenary session August 14, 2023. In his manifestation following the passage of House Bill No. 7413 on third and final reading, Estrada revealed that Santiago imparted valuable skills to…
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WATCH | Senators JV, Jinggoy defend father from allegations that Erap made promise to China

(PTV) Senators JV Ejercito, Jinggoy Estrada defend father from allegations that former President Joseph Estrada promised the removal of BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal

Estrada says proposal for joint patrols in WPS with foreign allies must be studied

(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — Senator Jinggoy Estrada said proposals for West Philippine Sea joint patrols with foreign allies must be “studied” intricately as it could send wrong signals to China. Estrada, who currently sits as the chairperson of the Senate’s committee on national defense and security, peace, unification, and reconciliation, admitted that he does not…
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PANOORIN | Panayam ni Cely Bueno ng DWIZ ukol sa pambu-bully ng China at usapin sa West Philippine Sea

Panayam ni Cely Bueno ng DWIZ ukol sa pambu-bully ng China at usapin sa West Philippine Sea August 12, 2023 | Senate of the Philippines Official Social Media Accounts: Facebook & Youtube: @jinggoyestrada Instagram, Tiktok & Twitter: @jinggoyestrada_ Website: www.jinggoyestrada.ph Video: dwizam.com | FB: /dwiz882

CA gives nod to two ambassadors

(MANILA TIMES) THE Commission on Appointments (CA) on Wednesday confirmed the nomination and ad interim appointment of two ambassadors and one senior Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) official. The CA confirmed the nomination of Mersole Mellejor as ambassador to Nigeria, with concurrent jurisdiction over Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Ivory Coast, Equatorial…
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