Mr. President, ten (10) years after the Maritime Labor Convention 2006 entered into force on August 20, 2013 with the Philippines as the 30th member state to ratify the same, we still fail to pass an enabling law to protect the rights and welfare of our seafarers. This representation filed the bill on Magna Carta…
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Mister President, distinguished colleagues of this August chamber, ladies and gentlemen, I rise today on a matter of personal and collective privilege. I rise before you with a heavy heart, encumbered by the plight of our kababayans in the remote and isolated Pag-asa Island – the largest landform of the Kalayaan Island Group which includes…
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Manifestation Speech of Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada on the Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers (SBN-2221 CRN 69) May 22, 2023 | Senate of the Philippines COPY OF SPEECH: https://bit.ly/3Oz8k9Q Video: PRIB/ Senate of the Philippines | IG: senateph
Privilege Speech of Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada Bigyan ng pag-asa ang mga nasa Pag-asa Island May 22, 2023 | Senate of the Philippines COPY OF SPEECH: https://bit.ly/3MulXo6
Mister President, with the indulgence of the good gentleman from Valuenzuela, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, I would like to be made co-sponsor of Senate Bill No. 2219 under Committee Report No. 68, entitled further amending Republic Act No. 11213, otherwise known as the “Tax Amnesty Act”, as amended by Republic Act No. 11569, by extending the…
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(MALAYA) A wage increase is a sure threat against efforts to invite more investors, according to business groups. In a May 17, 2023 letter to Sen. Jinggoy Estrada, heads of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Federation of Filipino- Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Employers Confederation of the Philippines, IT & Business Process Associationof the Philippines,…
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(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Jinggoy Estrada on Sunday said the Armed Forces of the Philippines was supportive of the proposal to collect contributions from military and other uniformed personnel (MUP) for their pension fund, which President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. warned would soon be depleted. This signals a breakthrough in the tricky issue of reforming…
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(MANILA BULLETIN) The chairman of the Senate National Defense Committee on Saturday, May 20, asked his colleagues in the 24-member Senate as well as other government officials to visit the Pag-asa island chain in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) to see its dilapidated buildings hit by storm “Odette” one and one half years ago. Senator…
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Pag-asa Island visit: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada holds a press conference at the evacuation center in Pag-asa Island shortly after landing in in Kalayaan, Palawan where he and (L) Philippine Air Force commanding general Lt. Gen. Stephen Parreño, ( R ) Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff Gen. Andres Centino and Naval Forces West…
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(ANC) Jinggoy vows more funds for vital WPS military outpost | ANC
