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Keynote Speech: Sampung Natatanging Kasambahay ng Pilipinas 2023

Delivered on January 25, 2023 Sampung Natatanging Kasambahay ng Pilipinas 2023 SENATOR JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA  My special thanks go to Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma for taking some time from his very busy schedule to be with us today on this momentous occasion. And also of course to my dear colleagues, for accepting our invitation to…
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Estrada calls for abolition of ‘Kafala system’ after killing, burning of OFW in Kuwait

(MANILA BULLETIN) Sen. Jinggoy Estrada on Tuesday, January 24 called on the government to press for the dismantling of the controversial “Kafala” system to protect overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Arab nations. The Kafala system, a sponsorship system being used by Arab countries monitors and restricts the movement of migrant workers, has become a set…
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PRIB PHOTO: Ensure that justice is served

ENSURE THAT JUSTICE IS SERVED Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada calls on the Department of Migrant Workers, the Department of Foreign Affairs and other concerned government agencies to make sure that justice is served and the perpetrator responsible for the murder of 35-year-old overseas Filipina worker Jullebee Ranara in Kuwait is punished. Estrada lamented that despite the existence…
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Privilege Speech: Malupit na Sinapit sa Kuwait

Privilege Speech Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada 24 January 2023 1st Regular Session, 19th Congress Senate of the Philippines “Malupit na Sinapit sa Kuwait” Mister President, distinguished colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, I rise today on a matter of personal and collective privilege. A disturbing news last night caught my attention, the discovery last Sunday of the…
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Co-Authorship and Co-Sponsorship Remarks: ARAL Program Act

Mr. President, as an advocate of quality education and brighter future for the Filipino children, this representation, with the permission of the sponsor, would like to have the honor to be a co-author and co-sponsor of Senate Bill No. 1604 under Committee Report No. 17 submitted by the Committees on Basic Education; Ways and Means;…
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WATCH | Privilege Speech: Malupit na Sinapit sa Kuwait – OFW Jullebee Ranara

Malupit na Sinapit sa Kuwait – OFW Jullibee Ranara – January 24, 2023 PRIVILEGE SPEECH: https://bit.ly/3lpM6um

After 10 years, Jinggoy wants Batas Kasambahay amended to further safeguard workers, employers

AFTER 10 years of its implementation, Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada has set his sights on further strengthening the Batas Kasambahay, this time providing safeguard measures to employers and their families from domestic workers with “criminal minds.” “The enactment of Batas Kasambahay, a landmark legislation governing the rights and liabilities of both house helps and their employers, was…
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PHOTO RELEASE: Rumblings within military

Rumblings within military: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada inquires into reported rumblings within the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to which Defense Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. answered in the affirmative during Tuesday’s hearing in the Senate, January 17, 2023. Estrada, presiding over Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification, and Reconciliation’s proceedings that…
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PRIB PHOTO: Jinggoy leads hearing on AFP professionalism

JINGGOY LEADS HEARING ON AFP PROFESSIONALISM:  Senate Committee on National Defense Chairperson Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada presides over the hybrid hearing on Senate Bill Nos. 1601 and 1603 which seek to amend the 9-month-old Republic Act (RA) 11709, or An Act Strengthening Professionalism in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Tuesday, January 17, 2023. “With the…
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