(ABANTE) Isang panukala ang inihain sa Senado na titiyak magsisiguro ng pagkakaroon ng eksklusibong polling precincts para sa mga senior citizen at persons with disabilities (PWDs) tuwing araw ng halalan. Bagama’t mayroon nang batas na nagtitiyak ng presinto para sa mga PWDs at senior citizens, sinabi ni Senador Jinggoy Estrada na kailangang maging mas malinaw…
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(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — Senator Jinggoy Estrada has filed a bill to make the special polling precincts for persons with disabilities (PWDs) and senior citizens a standard component in election sites. Emphasizing the need to ensure that polling places nationwide are easily accessible, the legislator filed Senate Bill No. 1642 to amend Republic Act No.…
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(ABANTE) Isang panukala ang inihain sa Senado na titiyak magsisiguro ng pagkakaroon ng eksklusibong polling precincts para sa mga senior citizen at persons with disabilities (PWDs) tuwing araw ng halalan. Bagama’t mayroon nang batas na nagtitiyak ng presinto para sa mga PWDs at senior citizens, sinabi ni Senador Jinggoy Estrada na kailangang maging mas malinaw…
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STATEMENT OF SENATOR JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA ON CHINA WARNING PH OVER EDCA 13 March 2023 China’s misgivings over the designation of four new EDCA sites are inevitable because there is rising tension between the Chinese government and the US. In agreeing to expand the EDCA locations, Pres. Marcos said that he does not want this issue to…
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SENATOR Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada has filed a bill mandating the establishment of precincts exclusively for senior citizens and accessible for persons with disabilities (PWDs). Although a law already exists ensuring such to PWDs and senior citizens, Estrada said there is a need for “clearer language” in RA 10366 regarding the necessary infrastructure, additional features, and special venues…
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JINGGOY DEFERS NOMINATIONS, AD INTERIM APPOINTMENTS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OFFICIALS: Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada leads the Commission on Appointments’ (CA) Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing Wednesday, March 8, 2023 on the nominations of Bienvenido Tejano as Ambassador to Papua New Guinea and Manuel Antonio Javier Teehankee as the country’s representative to the World Trade Organization…
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Mr. President, it is an honor to be a co-sponsor of Senate Bill No. 1594 under Committee Report no. 14 submitted by the Committees on Trade, Commerce and Entrepreneurship; Local Government; and Finance which provides for the “OTOP Philippines Act of 2022”. This representation filed Senate Bill No. 286 with a vision to promote the…
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Mister President, with the indulgence of the author and sponsor, I would like to ask to be made co-author and co-sponsor of Senate Resolution No. 480 taking into consideration Senate Resolutions Nos. 483, 487 and 498. I am one with my colleague/s in the expression of our profound sympathies in the death of thousands of…
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(ABS-CBN) Pasado na sa ikatlo at huling pagbasa ang panukalang batas para sa fixed term ng Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff at ilan pang opisyal. Sa inaprubahang Senate version, ibinalik sa 56 years old ang retirement age maliban sa Chief of Staff at commanding generals ng tatlong major services and superintendent ng…
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(RMN) Lusot na sa ikatlo at huling pagbasa ng Senado ang Senate Bill 1849 o ang panukalang batas na nag-aamyenda sa fixed-term ng Armed Force of the Philippines (AFP) Chief-of-Staff at iba pang matataas na opisyal ng Hukbong Sandatahang Lakas. Sa inaprubahang bersyon ng Senado, ibinalik sa 56 na taong gulang ang retirement age ng…
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