(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — Former Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) investigation agent Jonathan Morales “believes in what he assumes as true,” according to the agency’s Investigation Service Acting Director Martin Francia. Francia gave this description before the upper chamber’s ongoing probe on PDEA’s leaked operational documents from March 11, 2012, that linked certain personalities to…
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(POLITIKO) Senator Jinggoy Estrada on Monday (May 6) expressed support for the stance of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. not to use water cannons against Chinese vessels trespassing in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). “I express my solidarity with the President regarding his firm decision to abstain from employing water cannons or any other offensive weapons…
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(GMA NEWS) At least three senators gave different views on President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s rejection of the idea to use water cannons to retaliate against aggressive actions in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III, who is among the senators who suggested the use of water cannon against those…
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(MANILA BULLETIN) Senators expressed support for President Marcos’ pronouncement that the Philippines has no plan to put any kind of cannon on its ships. Sen. Francis Tolentino said it’s a “pragmatic” and “responsible” decision made by the President to consider the prevailing situation calculated to maintain the current moral high ground of the Philippines. He…
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(GMA NEWS) Senator Jinggoy Estrada on Monday insisted on the need for a new round of salary hike for government workers and suggested the issuance of an executive order (EO) if his proposed Salary Standardization Law VI is not approved by Congress. The chairman of the Senate labor, employment, and human resources development committee issued…
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(MANILA BULLETIN) Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada on Monday, May 6 expressed confidence there is sufficient time to study the proposal seeking a new round of salary increases for government workers. Estrada pointed this out after the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) reiterated that any proposed wage increase for government employees would have to be…
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(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — Can government workers expect a wage hike next year? According to Senator Jinggoy Estrada, the country’s economic managers “have already anticipated the need to allocate funds for salary restructuring in the 2025 national budget due to the escalating cost of living.” “I was informed that there is a study on this…
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When the budgetary deliberations begin, it is expected that the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) will be adequately prepared to present its comprehensive study on the feasibility of providing an additional round of salary increments for government workers in the upcoming years. Regardless of the President’s directives, our economic managers have already anticipated the…
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I express my solidarity with the President regarding his firm decision to abstain from employing water cannons or any other offensive weapons as a countermeasure against China’s persistent aggressive actions in the West Philippine Sea. Instead, it is our responsibility to remain steadfast in safeguarding our maritime and sovereign rights through a rule-based approach. We…
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(POLITIKO) Senator Jinggoy Estrada has brushed off the allegations of Manila Times columnist Rigoberto Tiglao that the Senate is subservient to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Estrada was reacting to Tiglao’s May 3 column where the latter accused the Senate of being “under Marcos Jr’s thumb” because the senators “boycotted” Senator Ronald Dela Rosa’s public order…
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