Sen. Jinggoy Estrada visits HPA to discuss benefits of military personnel, veteransThe Chairperson of Senate Committees on National Defense & Security, Peace, Unification & Reconciliation and Labor, Employment and Human Resource Development Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada visited the troops of the Headquarters Philippine Army to discuss the benefits of military personnel, veterans, and their families…
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Sa padinig ng Senado sa kaso ng pagpatay kay Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo nitong Martes, ginisa ni Senador Jinggoy si Police SSgt. Renevic Rizaldo kaugnay sa pagtanggi niya diumano na i-blotter ang tangkang pagpatay sa isang konsehal dahil “guni-guni” lamang ito ng complainant. Aniya, hindi kapani-paniwala ang pahayag ng noo’y officer-on-duty na pulis na…
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NO NEED FOR A LAW TO CHANGE PNP PROTOCOL VS. PRESENTING SUSPECTS: Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada sees no need for legislation to lift the Philippine National Police (PNP) policy against parading suspects. Estrada, reacting to the suggestion made by Pamplona, Negros Oriental Mayor Janice Degamo during the continuation of the Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs’…
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JINGGOY MOVES TO CITE POLICEMAN IN CONTEMPT: Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada moves to cite in contempt a police officer in Bayawan City, Negros Oriental PSSgt. Renevic Rizaldo, for claiming he can’t remember refusing to blotter an attempted killing of Juwin Estiñoso sometime last year. Estiñoso’s parents told the Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs inquiry…
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(TRIBUNE) The Department of Foreign Affairs on Monday said contingency plans are in place for the 150,000 overseas Filipino workers in Taiwan should war erupt between the United States and China. “We have a contingency plan that has been in place for some time. We know where they are, we have records,” DFA Undersecretary for…
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JINGGOY WANTS POLICE TO RESOLVE BLOTTER DENIAL ISSUE: Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada asks the Police Director of Negros Oriental, Col. Alex Recinto, to address the alleged police inaction on cases of assassination attempts and killings in the province. During Monday’s Senate hearing on the killing of Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo April 17, 2023, Estrada raised the…
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(MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippine government has enough funds to cover for the repatriation of about 150,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Taiwan in case the China-Taiwan situation deteriorates. Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, chairman of the Senate Labor Committee, said two-thirds of this year’s budget of the newly-established Department of Migrant Workers (DMW)–equivalent to P10.6 billion–had…
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Two-thirds of this year’s budget of the newly-established Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) or P10.6 billion had been earmarked for welfare services of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), including the Emergency Repatriation Program. This is more than enough to cover the repatriation of an estimated 200,000 OFWs currently in Taiwan, if the government is forced to…
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Even without the enactment of a law, our police force can and should make it a requirement to have those involved in anti-drug operations use body-worn cameras since the Supreme Court already promulgated a ruling in 2021 necessitating law enforcement agents to have these recording devices when serving arrest and search warrants. Kung sa mga…
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Delivered at Ricarte Hall, PAOC, FBMM, Headquarters, Fort Bonifacio, April 17, 2023 Maraming salamat sa imbitasyong ipinaabot ninyo sa inyong abang lingkod upang makadaupang palad kayo ngayong araw na ito. Isang karangalan ang pagkakataong makaharap kayo. At bilang sukli sa pagpapahalagang ibinigay ninyo, iniimbitahan ko po kayo na pagsaluhan natin ngayong tanghali ang ihihanda ko…
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