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Jinggoy to BI: Immediately deport POGO workers whose visas were cancelled

(MANILA BULLETIN) Senator Jinggoy Estrada on Monday, October 3 took to task the Bureau of Immigration (BI) in deporting the 48, 782 foreign employees of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) whose license to operate have been revoked by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (PAGCOR). As of now, the BI has begun processing the visa…
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Statement on the VISA cancellation of 48,782 POGO workers

The move of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) is aligned with my earlier pronouncement urging for a crackdown on illegal or unlicensed offshore gaming operations in the country. There are no economic gains whatsoever in the continuing stay of unlicensed POGOs and their workers insofar as the government is concerned.  It would be unfair, to…
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Jinggoy dumalaw sa burol ng nasawing Bulacan rescuers

(REMATE) MANILA, Philippines- Binisita ni Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada sa KB Gym sa Malolos, Bulacan nitong Biyernes ang mga labi ng apat sa limang rescue workers na namatay sa San Miguel Bulacan sa kasagsagan ng pananalasa ng bagyong Karding. Kabilang sa mga rescuer sina George E. Agustin, Troy Justin P. Agustin, Marby B. Bartolome, Jerson…
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WATCH | Relief Operations: Brgy. Calargan, Burdeos, Quezon

Relief Operations in Brgy. Calargan, Burdeos, Quezon

Ayuda sa binayo ni ‘Karding’

(ABANTE TONITE) Marami ang nagpasalamat at humina ang Super Bagyong ‘Karding’ nang manalasa ito sa Central Luzon last week. Kung nagkataon na hindi nabawasan ang kanyang lakas, maraming mamamayan ng nasabing rehiyon, pati na ang Metro Manila, ang iiyak sa pagkawasak ng kanilang kabahayan at posibleng pati na ang pagkawala sa ilang mahal nila sa…
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Jinggoy distributes DSWD cash assistance to Typhoon Karding victims; visits wake of 5 Bulacan rescuers

Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada distributed the government’s cash assistance to an estimated 400 families in typhoon-ravaged areas in Quezon province and personally assessed the damage caused by Super Typhoon Karding. “Dinamayan natin ang mga pamilyang naninirahan sa Burdeos, Quezon na matinding hinagupit ng bagyong Karding at ipinamagi natin ang Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) ng Department of Social…
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DepEd okayed laptop purchase for fear P2.4B will revert to Treasury

(MALAYA) A Department of Education official yesterday said the agency finalized the laptop contract with the Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management even without a final Memorandum of Agreement for fear that the P2.4 billion allocated funds will revert to the National Treasury if not used on time. DepEd Undersecretary for Finance…
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Estrada: ‘Favored’ supplier bagged P6B in DepEd contracts

(JOURNAL NEWS) SENATOR Jinggoy Estrada bared Thursday that one of the alleged “favored” suppliers of the Department of Education (DepEd) has cornered close to P6 billion in contracts for the agency’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) requirements. Estrada said the IT supplier was awarded DepEd contracts several times, with the aggregate amount of these deals totaling…
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Heads to roll over laptop mess

(MANILA STANDARD) Sen. Tolentino says ‘revealing and explosive’ evidence unearthed Heads will roll over the controversial P2.4-billion purchase of overpriced laptops for the Department of Education, Sen. Francis Tolentino said Thursday, guaranteeing that “many” will face charges following what he described as “revealing and explosive evidence” unearthed in yesterday’s Blue Ribbon Committee hearing. Tolentino declined…
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Jinggoy questions DepEd on allegedly favored contractors

(GMA NEWS) Senator Jinggoy Estrada on Thursday questioned the Department of Education’s award of its computer and other information technology contracts to a few suppliers. At the continuation of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee’s inquiry into the procurement of expensive and outdated laptops, Estrada said one of them, Advance Solutions Inc., had bagged close to…
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