Senate OKs P16M increase in CHR budget: Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada poses with colleagues and officials from the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) and the Human Rights Violations Victims Memorial Commission after their proposed 2025 budgets of P1.08 billion and P53 million, respectively, were swiftly approved by the Senate plenary on Thursday, November 14, 2024. CHR’s budget for next year reflects an increase of P16 million from the proposed allocation in the General Appropriations Bill (GAB). The increase endorsed by Senate Finance Subcommittee, O led by Estrada, is for CHR’s Human Rights Protection Program, which provides financial assistance to victims of grave human rights abuses involving violation on child rights, gender-based violence, right to life, security case involving disappearances, arbitrary arrests, and detentions. (Office of Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada)