Cash assistance to students and senior citizens in Navotas: Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada extended P3,000 to 1,075 Navoteños under the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Thursday, August 22, 2024. The beneficiaries comprised students and senior citizens from 18 barangays of Navotas City. (Office of…
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(PHILSTAR LIFE) Shiela Guo, the sister of dismissed Bamban mayor Alice Guo, explained how she and her siblings left the Philippines amid the Senate investigation on the alleged illegal activities of POGO hubs, saying they were able to escape through a small white boat. Shiela made the revelation during a Senate hearing on Tuesday, Aug. 27, a day after…
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I urge all concerned government agencies to explore all legal avenues, including the possibility of having an international arbitration to step in to hold China accountable for its repeated and dangerous maneuvers against our vessels. Paulit-ulit na nalalagay sa panganib ang kaligtasan at buhay ng ating mga kababayan. Sobra na. Nanadya na talaga sila para…
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(MANILA BULLETIN) Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada has condemned China’s latest use of flares, calling it irresponsible and dangerously provocative. For the third time in two weeks, China launched flares on a Philippine aircraft, this time on a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) plane. “It is deeply concerning and must be condemned…
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It is deeply concerning and must be condemned in the strongest terms the firing of flares by China at a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) aircraft conducting a lawful mission over Zamora reef. Such actions are not only irresponsible but also dangerously provocative. Deploying flares multiple times at a dangerously close distance is…
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Para sa kaalaman ng lahat, ang tiktok video na kumakalat ay patungkol sa isang insidenteng nangyari nitong April 18, 2024 kung saan nagtungo ako para ipabatid sa mga nasunugang residente ng Brgy. Batis, San Juan City na pansamantalang namamalagi sa isang gymnasium na mamimigay ako ng cash assistance sa kanila kinabukasan. Ang simpleng pag-aanunsyo na…
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I am deeply relieved of the Sandiganbayan Special Fifth Division’s decision finding merit in my motion for reconsideration and acquitting me of the direct and indirect bribery charges. This ruling reaffirms the innocence I have consistently maintained throughout the ordeal, which spanned a decade, as I sought to prove the baselessness of the accusations against…
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SENATE President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito urged the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to revoke the passport issued to dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo and request the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) to put her on its red notice list. Estrada made the call following the statement of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) that…
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(BANDERA) DUMALO sa pagdinig ng Senado si Sandro Muhlach kahapon hinggil sa isinampa niyang reklamo laban sa dalawang independent contractors at writer ng GMA 7. Sa pamamagitan ng zoom, humarap ang Sparkle artist at panganay na anak ni Niño Muhlach, sa mga senador upang sagutin ang mga tanong patungkol sa naranasan umanong panghahalay. Ito’y bahagi pa rin ng…
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Senate Special Oversight Committee on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Agreement Our hearing today is called in accordance with the Government’s commitment to ensure that the promised economic benefits from the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) will be fulfilled. RCEP, a free trade agreement between the 10 ASEAN Member States and 5 of…
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