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Bill to double subsidies to state workers

A BILL doubling the monthly subsidy given to government employees, military and uniformed personnel to P4,000 has been filed at the Senate.  “With the worsening inflation rate or the increasing costs of some common services and products purchased by consumers, the amount of personnel economic relief allowance received by government workers is no longer significant,”…
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Kulang! Economic relief for gov’t workers not enough, Jinggoy says

Senator Jinggoy Estrada has proposed to double the amount of subsidy being given to government personnel to help them cope with the rising cost of living. “Sa pagtaas ng inflation rate o ang pagtaas ng presyo ng ilang pangkaraniwang serbisyo’t produktong binibili ng mga konsyumer, hindi na makabuluhan ang halaga ng Personnel Economic Relief Allowance…
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P2K economic relief allowance for gov’t workers not enough

MANILA – Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada pressed the need to double the amount of government subsidy to state workers to augment their earnings amid the continuing rise in the cost of living, aggravated by the spike in oil prices. “Sa pagtaas ng inflation rate o ang pagtaas ng presyo ng ilang pangkaraniwang serbisyo at produktong binibili…
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Economic relief allowance ng gov’t workers kulang – Jinggoy

Dapat umanong doblehin ang halaga ng subsidiya ng mga manggagawa sa gobyerno upang mapunan ng kanilang buwanang pinagkakakitaan ang pagtaas ng presyo ng mga pangunahing bilihin na pinalala pa ng sumisirit na presyo ng langis, ayon kay Senador Jinggoy Estrada. “Sa pagtaas ng inflation rate o ang pagtaas ng presyo ng ilang pangkaraniwang serbisyo’t produktong…
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Jinggoy urges gov’t: Double amount of subsidy to state workers

Senator Jinggoy Estrada on Sunday, September 11 urged the government to double the amount of financial subsidy to state workers to help them augment their income amid the continuing rise of oil and basic necessities. Estrada, who chairs the Senate Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development said the current relief allowance given by…
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Philippine senators mourn death of Queen Elizabeth II

‘AN END OF A SIGNIFICANT CHAPTER IN WORLD HISTORY’ MANILA, Philippines — Philippine senators on Friday mourned the death of Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch who died at Balmoral Palace on September 8 at age 96. In separate Twitter posts, Senators Joel Vlillanueva, JV Ejercito, Nancy Binay, Raffy Tulfo, Francis Tolentino, Sonny Angara, Jinggoy…
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Phone scammers also target Filipino lawmakers

Spam messages and phishing have become “personalised” with the target victims or owners of phone numbers being addressed by their names in text messages. And the would be victims included members of the Philippine Senate who got the surprise of the lives by receiving text messages sent through their personal phone numbers which are supposedly…
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WATCH | Jinggoy saksi sa oathtaking ni JV sa CA

Tumayong saksi si Senador Jinggoy Estrada sa panunumpa ng pinakamamahal na kapatid nasi Senador JV Ejercito bilang naitalagang majority leader ng makapangyarihang Commission on Appointment. -Politiko News

Senators alarmed as they too become targets of text scams

MANILA, Philippines — Senators on Monday expressed concern over the growing cases of text scams after they too became targets of messages bearing their names. Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva, in a statement, said: “This [development] not only brings up trust issues against the telecommunications companies but… all other firms to whom we give our…
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Senators push for immediate passage of SIM Card registration bill

MANILA, Philippines — Senators on Monday sounded the alarm on the increasing number of spam and scam text messages, prompting them to push for the immediate passage of the SIM Card registration bill. The call came after several senators during the Senate regular session noted having received text scams themselves, including Senator Jinggoy Estrada, who…
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