Inirekomenda ni Senator Jinggoy Estrada ang pagbibigay ng condonation o hindi pagpapataw ng multa sa mga household employers na hindi nakapagbayad ng kontribusyon sa Social Security System (SSS). Ang isinusulong na ito ay pinaniniwalaan ni Estrada na isang win-win solution dahil hindi na pagbabayarin ng multa sa utang na kontribusyon sa SSS ang mga amo…
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Protect seniors from text scams, ‘budol-budol’: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada pushes for the passage of Senate Bill 671 or the proposed Senior Citizens’ Fraud Education Act to protect the elderly consumers from being victimized by cyber crime syndicates. SBN 671 seeks the establishment of an inter-agency centralized service to ward off scammers from carrying out…
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Senator Jinggoy Estrada, taking up the cudgels for aging military veterans bearing the rising costs of medical and other pressing needs, prodded Congress on Monday to frontload passage of an awaited remedial law “proposing to increase by 350 percent to 488 percent their disability pension.” In pressing for an upward adjustment in their pension fund,…
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NO PERFORMANCE BOND: Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, during the hybrid Blue Ribbon Committee investigation Tuesday, August 30, 2022, asks former Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) chief Hermenegildo Serafica to why the agency did not require sugar importers to post performance bond in the botched importation of 300,000 metric tons of sugar. While Serafica said that the…
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MANILA, Philippines — Senator Jinggoy Estrada is seeking an increase in the disability pension of military veterans, saying the current rate they are receiving is not enough. Estrada, who chairs the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification, and Reconciliation, filed Senate Bill No. 683 to rationalize the disability pension of military veterans…
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A SENATOR has refiled a bill that seeks to raise the military’s disability pension to as high as P10,000 from P1,700 a month. “Since expenses currently being incurred are so high, their meager pension that was increased almost three decades ago is no longer meaningful,” Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada, who heads the Senate committee on…
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MANILA, Philippines – Several senators on Monday honored medical frontliners and other modern-day heroes in the commemoration of National Heroes Day. In a series of tweets on Monday, Senator Jinggoy Estrada honored essential frontline workers who served during the pandemic, risking their lives for the safety of the Filipinos. He commemorated the heroism of the…
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Go after agri smugglers: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada quizzes acting Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz on the status of cases filed against 294 importers and 76 brokers during Tuesday’s continuing hearing of the Blue Ribbon Committee, August 30, 2022. Estrada was given assurance that case build-up is ongoing to ensure not only…
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In order to help military veterans shoulder the high cost of medicines and their basic needs, Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada filed a bill seeking to increase their disability pension by 350 percent to 488 percent. Estrada noted that the current pension rates being received by military veterans are no longer realistic and have been made…
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A BILL seeking to protect senior citizens from cybercrimes such as text scams has been filed by Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada. In a statement yesterday, Estrada said he filed Senate Bill No. 671 or the “Senior Citizens’ Fraud Education Act” amid the “continuing proliferation of online crimes which increased at the height of the Covid-19…
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