Month: November 2024

PH courts have almost 1M unresolved cases

(HEAD TOPICS) The number of unresolved cases from the Supreme Court down to the lower courts has reached nearly one million.The number of pending cases was disclosed by Senate finance committee chairperson Grace Poe as she defended the proposed 2025 budget of the Judiciary on the Senate plenary on Monday.It was Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada who inquired…
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PH courts have almost 1M unresolved cases 

(GMA NEWS) The number of unresolved cases from the Supreme Court down to the lower courts has reached nearly one million. The number of pending cases was disclosed by Senate finance committee chairperson Grace Poe as she defended the proposed 2025 budget of the Judiciary on the Senate plenary on Monday. It was Senate President…
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PHOTO RELEASE: Courtesy visit of Philippine Carabao Center officials

Courtesy visit: Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada warmly welcomes (L-R) Philippine Carabao Center’s Aimee Fulgencio; Executive Dir. Liza Battad; Executive Committee members Directors Ester Flores and Eric Palacpac as they pay a courtesy visit on Monday, November 11, 2024, at his Senate office. The PCC officials thanked Estrada for co-authoring Senate Bill 2558, the proposed “Livestock,…
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PHOTO RELEASE: Jinggoy backs P64-B judiciary budget

Jinggoy backs P64-B judiciary budget: Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, while presiding over the resumption of plenary debates on House Bill No. 10800, or the 2025 General Appropriations Bill (GAB), which contains the proposed P6.352-trillion national budget, on Monday, November 11, 2024, expresses full support for the passage of the P64-billion allocation for the judiciary—an…
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Jinggoy Estrada turns over P20-M community park project in GenSan

(POLITIKO) Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada on Thursday led the turnover of the newly developed community park in Barangay Labangal, General Santos City.  The P20-million project was funded by the office of the senator.  “Bukod sa Community Park, naglaan si Senator Estrada ng kabuuang P45 milyon na pondo para sa iba pang mga proyekto.…
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Co-Sponsorship Speech on Senate Resolution No. 1247 Congratulating and Commending the Appointment of His Excellency, Most Reverend Pablo Virgilio Siongco David, Bishop of the Diocese of Kalookan, as New Cardinal of the Catholic Church

“Keep watch over yourselves and over all the flock, of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the Church of God that he obtained with the blood of his own son” – these are the holy words from the Book of Acts, Chapter 20, Verse 28 that His Excellency, most reverend Pablo…
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Executive Order laban sa POGO, pagpapahalaga sa kapakanan ng taumbayan, ayon sa mga Senador

(DZME) Ikinalugod ng mga senador ang pagpapalabas ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ng Executive Order para sa tuluyang pag-ban sa mga POGO sa bansa. Sa kabilang dako, sinabi ni Sen. Risa Hontiveros na marami pang dapat linawin sa kautusan. Una aniya ay kung exempted ang mga PAGCOR-operated and licensed casinos sa pagpapatakbo ng offshore online…
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‘Samu’t sari ang masamang epekto at pagsamantal’: Estrada lauds Marcos EO on POGO ban

(POLITIKO) Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada has lauded President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for following through with his promise to ban Philippine offshore gaming operations (POGO) that became a front for organized crime. Estrada thanked the President for signing Executive Order No. 74, which outrightly banned Philippine offshore gaming, internet gaming, and other offshore gaming…
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Senators hail new PH laws on maritime zones, archipelagic sea lanes

(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — “A crucial step in asserting the country’s rights over the resource-rich West Philippine Sea.” These were the words used by Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada when he was asked to comment on the recent signing into law of the Philippine Maritime Zones Act and the Philippine Archipelagic Sea Lanes Act.…
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Senators laud signing of laws on maritime zones, sea lanes 

(MANILA STANDARD) Several senators on Friday praised President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s signing of two landmark laws that assert the country’s territorial integrity and rights over all its maritime zones, including the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Earlier, Marcos signed the Philippine Maritime Zones Act (Republic Act 12064) and the Archipelagic Sea Lanes Act (RA 12065).…
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