(ABS-CBN) MANILA — Some senators on Monday flagged the supposedly ballooning number of voters in parts of the country ahead of the May 2025 elections. During the budget hearing for the Commission on Elections (Comelec), Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada and Senator Nancy Binay drew attention to cases in their home areas of San…
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(PHILSTAR) MANILA, Philippines — Despite being the second least populated city in the National Capital Region, San Juan City saw a dramatic increase of voters in 2022 with 109,640 people casting their ballots: which is around 86.77% of the city’s population based on the 2020 census. Local politics found its way into the upper chamber…
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(PTV NEWS) Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada on Thursday urged the government to take stronger actions against China’s recent reinforcement of its claim over Bajo de Masinloc, including considering legal options, such as bringing the matter to an international body like the United Nations. Estrada insisted that the government’s actions should extend beyond merely…
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SENATE President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada is seeking a Senate commendation for Olympian Margielyn Didal for her recent triumphant return to the global skateboarding arena. Didal captured the championship title in the women’s division at the Red Bull Buenos Aires Conquest, a prestigious and unconventional street skateboarding competition held in Argentina last November 9.…
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(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — China’s drawing of baselines around Bajo de Masinloc merits more than filing a diplomatic protest and summoning Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian, said Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada. In a statement on Thursday, the Senate’s second-top official said the Philippine government should consult international bodies in response to China’s recent efforts…
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(MANILA BULLETIN) Senator Jinggoy Estrada urged the Philippine government to consider bringing China’s baseline claim before the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague or even to the United Nations. Estrada said this in response to China’s recent efforts to reinforce its claim over the West Philippine Sea by declaring the baselines of its…
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Deliberation on the proposed 2025 budget of the Department of National Defense November 18, 2024 Official Social Media Accounts: Facebook & Youtube: @jinggoyestrada Instagram, Tiktok & Twitter: @jinggoyestrada_ Website: www.jinggoyestrada.ph Video: Senate of the Philippines
(MANILA BULLETIN) A consumer group renewed its push for the upper chamber to pass the Site Blocking Bill to protect the creative industry and the digital security of Filipinos. In a recent statement, Bantay Konsyumer, Kalsada, Kuryente (BK3) Convenor Atty. Karry Sison said that the Senate continues to ignore the challenges on intellectual property. “Ang…
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FDCP’s P404.5 million budget for 2025 breezes through Senate plenary: Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, along with officials from the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) and colleagues, posed for a group photo at the plenary hall after the FDCP’s P404.5 million budget for 2025 was approved during Thursday’s plenary session, November 14, 2024.…
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Senate OKs P16M increase in CHR budget: Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada poses with colleagues and officials from the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) and the Human Rights Violations Victims Memorial Commission after their proposed 2025 budgets of P1.08 billion and P53 million, respectively, were swiftly approved by the Senate plenary on Thursday, November 14, 2024.…
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