(MANILA BULLETIN) Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada has filed a bill seeking to modernize the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), whose current assets are not enough to patrol the country’s territorial waters and protect Filipino fishermen against foreign aggressors. Estrada said given the recent developments in the maritime sector, Estrada said he finds it necessary to modernize…
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Jinggoy heeds PCG’s plea for modernization: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada has filed Senate Bill No. 2016, proposing a 15-year modernization program for the country’s oldest and only humanitarian armed service, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG). “With the colossal task of enforcing regulations in accordance with maritime international conventions, treaties, and national laws within the country’s jurisdiction,…
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RECENT developments in the maritime sector, the massive oil spill from a sunken tanker in Oriental Mindoro that has already affected four provinces, and the continued Chinese incursions and aggressions in waters within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone highlight the need to modernize the fleet of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to make it more…
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‘Best option’ to address the unintended consequences of a new law: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada ( R ) confers with (L to R) Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) assistant deputy chief-of-staff for personnel Brig. Gen. Rommel Roldan and colleagues Senators Christopher Go, Ronald dela Rosa and Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III (seated) during Tuesday’s Bicameral…
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ROTC is more than just military training: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada underscores the significance of his Senate Bill No. 468 or the proposed Revitalized Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Act. Prior to the press conference Saturday evening, March 25, 2023, in Davao City where he inducted the newly-elected officers of Kawal Atenista Association Inc. (KAAAI), Estrada emphasized that ROTC training…
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(MANILA STANDARD) Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada sponsored a bill seeking to institute policies to protect the rights and promote the welfare of caregivers. In endorsing the approval of the proposed Caregivers’ Welfare Act, Estrada, who is the chairperson of the Senate Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development, laid down an array of benefits…
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JINGGOY SPONSORS BICAM REPORT AMENDING FIXED TERM OF AFP OFFICERS: Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, chairperson of the Committee on National Defense and Security, seeks the support of his colleagues for the ratification of the bicameral conference committee report on the disagreeing provisions of Senate Bill No. (SBN) 1849 and House Bill No (HBN) 6517 which…
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PUBLIC HEARING ON CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS AND REVISION OF CODES Did the framers of the 1987 Constitution overlook the issue of the two Houses of Congress voting separately during the Charter change (Cha-cha) process? Sen. Jinggoy Estrada posed this question to Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile in a Senate hearing Wednesday, March 22, 2023.…
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