AFTER nearly three decades, disabled veterans can now look forward to getting a higher monthly pension as the Senate ratified today the reconciled bicameral conference committee report on the measure that will standardize and upgrade the benefits due to military veterans and their dependents. “Para sa mga beterano nating mga sundalo at kanilang pamilya, malaking…
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SPONSORSHIP SPEECH Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada Bicameral Conference Committee Report on the disagreeing provisions of Senate Bill No. 1480 and House Bill No. 7939 Rationalizing the Disability Pension of Veterans Mr. President, distinguished colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, as your Chairperson of the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification and Reconciliation, I have…
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SPONSORSHIP SPEECH Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada Chairperson, Committee on Foreign Affairs Mr. President, distinguished members of the Commission on Appointments, this representation, as your Chairperson of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, presided the very first public hearing of the C.A. for the 19th Congress last August 31, 2022. This morning, this representation presided one of the…
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Courtesy call with Canadian Ambassador: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada welcomes the new Canadian Ambassador to the Philippines David Bruce Hartman when the envoy paid a courtesy call on the veteran lawmaker at the Senate on Wednesday, May 31, 2023. Hartman told the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security Chairperson that Canada is looking at…
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Jinggoy receives a courtesy visit from EU Ambassador Luc Véron: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada receives a token from Ambassador and head of the delegation of the European Union to the Philippines Luc Véron during the latter’s courtesy visit at the Senate, Tuesday, May 30, 2023. As they discussed matters of mutual interest, the EU Ambassador…
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Sa pagpapatuloy ng hearing ng Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs, ginisa ni Sen. Jinggoy ang mga pulis na sangkot sa kontrobersyal na pagkakahuli sa halos isang toneladang shabu para mapanagot ang mga may sala.
RESTORING PUBLIC TRUST IN PNP: Citing the continuous decline of public trust in the police, Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada asks PNP chief Gen. Benjamin Acorda Jr., during Tuesday’s continuation of the inquiry of the Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs, May 30, 2023, on the reforms he plans to take to regain people’s trust to the…
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(MANILA STANDARD) Senator Jinggoy Estrada wants a law against the unauthorized use, sale, and manufacture of police, military, and Coast Guard uniforms. Estrada said violators should be fined P20,000 and serve 10 years in jail. He also said persons who will be found to be engaged in the unauthorized manufacture and sale of these uniforms…
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(POLITIKO) Senator Jinggoy Estrada wants to raise the penalties against those illegally using uniforms of the Philippine National Police, (PNP), the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) or the Philippine Coast Guard. In Senate bill No. 2151, Estrada said violators must pay a fine of as much as P20,000 and be sent to jail for…
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Courtesy call from the Malaysian Ambassador to the PH: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada receives a courtesy call from the newly-appointed Malaysian Ambassador to the Philippines Dato’ Abdul Malik Melvin Castelino bin Anthony on Monday, May 29, 2023, at his office in Senate. They discussed the ways to boost further the bilateral ties between the two governments and…
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