(GMA NEWS) The Senate has deferred the approval of the Commission on Human Rights’ (CHR) P944-million proposed budget for 2024 due to the body’s stand favoring the decriminalization of abortion.advertisement It was Senator Alan Peter Cayetano who raised the issue of abortion during the plenary debates on the 2024 national budget, citing the statements madeby CHR…
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(PHILSTAR) MANILA, Philippines — The approval of the Commission on Human Rights’ budget once again faces a delay as senators, concerned about the CHR’s past calls to examine the impact of the country’s abortion ban on marginalized women, argued that the human rights body must first issue a strong stance against abortion before budget talks…
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(ABS-CBN NEWS) MANILA — The Senate on Tuesday deferred the deliberation on the Commission on Human Rights’ (CHR) P934 million budget next year after senators asked for a clear stand on the issue of abortion. During the plenary debates, Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano asked CHR budget sponsor Sen. Jinggoy Estrada about an alleged statement made…
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Jinggoy defers CHR’s P934 million proposed 2024 budget: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, finance vice chairperson, halts in defending before colleagues the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) P934-million proposed budget after learning of commission’s previous statement supporting the decriminalization of abortion in the country. Estrada, during the plenary debates on the proposed national budget on Tuesday, November 14,…
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During the marathon plenary session on Tuesday, November 14, 2023, Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada answered questions from colleagues while defending the proposed 2024 budgets of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) and the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), amounting to P130 million and P215 million, respectively. Estrada took just over…
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(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — The Senate on Tuesday evening deferred its deliberation on the proposed 2024 budget of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) until the agency comes up with a “strong stand against abortion.” It was Senator Jinggoy Estrada, sponsor of CHR’s budget, who made the motion to defer the deliberation on the commission’s…
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(CNN PH) Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, November 14) — The Senate on Tuesday suspended deliberation on the proposed 2024 budget of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) due to its previous position on decriminalizing abortion. Sen. Jinggoy Estrada, who sponsored the budget of the CHR, made a motion to defer the plenary debate “until, otherwise, this…
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(THE MANILA TIMES) SEN. Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada has stressed the need to recall the country’s ambassador to Beijing to discuss strategies on how to seek “redress” for China’s continued harassment of Filipinos in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Estrada made the proposal on Monday to recall Ambassador Jaime FlorCruz amid the “recurring acts of aggression…
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(ABANTE) Hinimok ni Senador Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada ang Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) na atasan ang Philippine ambassador sa China na pabalikin sa bansa para konsultahin tungkol sa West Philippine Sea. “Given the recurring acts of aggression against our countrymen in the West Philippine Sea, I urge DFA Secretary Enrique Manalo to direct our ambassador…
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(ABS-CBN) MANILA (UPDATE) — At least 2 senators want Malacañang to recall the Philippine ambassador to China in protest of the latest incident of harassment by Chinese ships in Philippine waters. Speaking to ANC’s Dateline Philippines, Sen. Francis Tolentino said recalling the envoy would be higher than the usual route of filing diplomatic protests against…
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