Month: November 2024

Phl defense must prep against chemical terror attacks – Solon

(TRIBUNE) The Philippine defense sector must prepare the country’s first responders against chemical attacks, Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada said Tuesday, as he pushed for allocating a budget for countering weapons of mass destruction operations. Estrada made the recommendation as the Senate approved the P265.98 billion proposed budget of the Department of National…
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PHOTO RELEASE: US Defense Industry SRDP workshop in Manila

US Defense Industry SRDP workshop in Manila: Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada explains before the attendees of the US Defense Industry SRDP Workshop the newly-signed Republic Act No. 12024, also known as the Self-Reliant Defense Posture Revitalization Act (SRDP) which aims to develop the country’s defense industry by creating ways to boost the local production of…
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Jinggoy underscores need to fund PH readiness vs chemical terror attacks; upgrade of V. Luna Hospital

CITING the need to ensure the first responders’ readiness and capabilities against chemical attacks, Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada underscored the need to allocate funds in next year’s national budget. Estrada noted the lack of appropriation in the proposed P6.352 trillion national budget for mass casualty events involving chemical, biological, radioactive, and nuclear…
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Estrada flags COC of councilor candidate for incomplete address

(ABS-CBN NEWS) MANILA — Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada has flagged the certificate of candidacy for councilor that was filed with an apparently in complete address. cy for councilor that was filed with an apparently in complete address. “I have here a copy of the COC of one candidate for councilor in San Juan.…
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Comelec task force to probe ‘unusual’ registered voter hikes in some cities

(GMA NEWS) The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has formed a task force to look into the supposed “unusual” increase in the number of registered voters in some localities. This was divulged during the continuation of the Senate plenary deliberations on the proposed 2025 national budget after Senator Nancy Binay and Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy…
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Jinggoy Estrada raises concern over San Juan City’s ‘flying voters’

(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — Alleged flying voters in San Juan City took the center stage of the Senate’s deliberations on the proposed funding of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) held Monday. Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada couldn’t help but utter a curse at San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora, claiming that no candidates from…
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Estrada flags COC of councilor candidate for incomplete address

(ABS-CBN) MANILA — Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada has flagged the certificate of candidacy for councilor that was filed with an apparently in complete address. cy for councilor that was filed with an apparently in complete address. “I have here a copy of the COC of one candidate for councilor in San Juan. Ang…
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PHOTO RELEASE: Jinggoy raises alarm over proliferation of flying voters in San Juan City

Jinggoy raises alarm over proliferation of flying voters in San Juan City:  Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada flags what he noted as a sharp and irregular increase in registered voters in San Juan City during the deliberation on the proposed 2025 budget of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on November 18, 2024. Based on documents, Estrada…
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Senators flag uptick in number of voters in some areas

(ABS-CBN) MANILA — Some senators on Monday flagged the supposedly ballooning number of voters in parts of the country ahead of the May 2025 elections. During the budget hearing for the Commission on Elections (Comelec), Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada and Senator Nancy Binay drew attention to cases in their home areas of San…
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Jinggoy questions ‘irregular’ 32% surge in San Juan voters

(PHILSTAR) MANILA, Philippines — Despite being the second least populated city in the National Capital Region, San Juan City saw a dramatic increase of voters in 2022 with 109,640 people casting their ballots: which is around 86.77% of the city’s population based on the 2020 census.  Local politics found its way into the upper chamber…
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