Month: February 2024

Houses divided: Jinggoy insists on Separate Voting on Cha-Cha Reso

February 24, 2024

(POLITIKO) Senator Jinggoy Estrada challenges House claims, advocating for separate Senate voting on economic charter change as constitutional. Senator Jinggoy Estrada contests House representatives’ claims, defending the Senate’s approach to economic charter change as constitutional. The House alleges the Senate’s resolution for separate voting on constitutional amendments is unconstitutional, preferring a joint Congress vote. Estrada…
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Jinggoy: Mga Cha-cha proponent sa HOR, mali interpretasyon sa Konstitusyon

February 23, 2024

(ABANTE) Nagpahayag ng pagkadismaya si Senador Jinggoy Estrada matapos igiit ng ilang lider ng House of Representatives ang kanilang posisyon sa isyu ng pagboto sa Charter Change. Ito’y matapos sabihin ni Senior Deputy Speaker at Pampanga 3rd District Rep. Aurelio Gonzales Jr. at Tingog party-list Rep. Jude Acidre na hindi katulad ng Resolution of Both…
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House Cha-cha proponents mistaken in their interpretation of Constitution, senators insist

February 23, 2024

(MANILA BULLETIN) Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada expressed his disappointment after leaders of the House of Representatives insisted on their stand on the issue of voting on Charter change. This after Senior Deputy Speaker and Pampanga 3rd District Rep. Aurelio Gonzales Jr. and Tingog party-list Rep. Jude Acidre said that unlike the Senate’s Resolution of Both Houses…
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Jinggoy binutata ‘werpa’ ng Kamara sa Cha-cha

February 23, 2024

(ABANTE) Nagpahayag ng pagkadismaya si Senador Jinggoy Estrada matapos igiit ng ilang lider ng Kamara de Representantes ang kanilang posisyon sa isyu ng pagboto sa Charter change (Cha-cha). Ito’y matapos sabihin nina Senior Deputy Speaker at Pampanga 3rd District Rep. Aurelio Gonzales Jr. at Tingog party-list Rep. Jude Acidre na hindi katulad ng Resolution of…
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Sen. Estrada on joint Cha-cha voting: ‘No way’

February 23, 2024

(GMA NEWS) Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada said Friday that amendments to the 1987 Constitution should be voted on separately by both Houses of Congress and not jointly. In an online interview, Estrada said “no way” amendments would be voted on jointly, as “Congress” refered to the entire legislative branch, not just the House of Representatives. “It…
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Statement on Congress voting on Cha-Cha separately

February 23, 2024

I respect the opinions and role of my colleagues from the House of Representatives but I believe that they are mistaken in their interpretation of the Constitution. The power to propose amendments to the Constitution was given not to a unicameral body, but to a bicameral body – which is what we have today —…
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PHOTO RELEASE: Honoring PH’s Father of Sanitary Engineering

February 23, 2024

Honoring PH’s Father of Sanitary Engineering: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada leads the unveiling of the portrait of his grandfather, the late Emilio Ejercito Sr. – hailed as the Father of Sanitary Engineering in the Philippines – at the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Medical Center Department of Pathology and Laboratory (DPL) on February 15, 2024. The…
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Jinggoy honors 6 soldiers slain in Lanao clash

February 22, 2024

(POLITIKO) In a heartfelt tribute, Senator Jinggoy Estrada honors the six valiant soldiers who fell in a fierce encounter with Maute terrorists in Munai, Lanao del Norte, underscoring their supreme sacrifice for national security and the continuous fight against terrorism. Senator Jinggoy Estrada pays homage to six soldiers killed in a clash with Maute terrorists…
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PHOTO RELEASE: Saludo sa Kawal Pilipino Foundation

February 22, 2024

Saludo sa Kawal Pilipino Foundation: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada poses with wounded soldiers currently recuperating at the V. Luna General Hospital (also known as Armed Forces of the Philippines Medical Center) and recipients of P10,000 financial assistance from the Saludo Kawal Pilipino Foundation Inc., during a visit on February 15, 2024. SKPFI, a non-profit organization established by…
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Gov’t to probe ‘cuts’ in cash aid for ex-MILF fighters

February 22, 2024

(INQUIRER) COTABATO CITY—The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity is initiating an investigation into allegations that Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) leaders are getting “cuts” from the P100,000 cash assistance for every decommissioned combatant, even as it considered the incident as “isolated.” The scheme was revealed during Tuesday’s hearing by the…
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