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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deporting the 48, 782 foreign employees of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) whose license to operate have been revoked by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp.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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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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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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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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Parang may ‘favoritism’: Jinggoy Estrada says supplier bagged P6B in DepEd contracts

(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — One of the alleged favored suppliers of the Department of Education (DepEd) has cornered close to P6 billion in contracts for its information and communications technology (ICT) requirements. Senator Jinggoy Estrada disclosed this Thursday during the ongoing investigation of the Senate blue ribbon committee on the P2.4 billion “pricey but outdated”…
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Jinggoy endorses DFA chief appointment

Jinggoy endorses DFA chief appointment: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada recommended the confirmation of the ad interim appointment of Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Sec. Enrique Manalo and 23 other DFA officials during Wednesday’s Commission on Appointments (CA) plenary session, September 28, 2022. Estrada, Chairperson of the CA Committee on Foreign Affairs said Manalo is a…
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More Cabinet officials, diplomats secure CA confirmation

(PNA) MANILA – The ad interim appointments of Secretaries Amenah Pangandaman of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), and Enrique Manalo of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) were officially approved on Wednesday by the Commission on Appointments (CA). As the chair of the CA’s Committee on Budget and Management, Senator Grace Poe said the committee…
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