(GMA NEWS) The Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality ordered Tuesday the issuance of subpoenas against former Bamban, Tarlac mayor Jose Antonio Feliciano and others. Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada moved for the issuance of the subpoena, noting that Feliciano declined the invite due to a prior commitment. “According to…
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(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero is not about to suffer the same fate as his predecessor, Sen. Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri, who stepped down as Senate president a few days before Congress went on a legislative break in May, according to the chamber’s second in command, Sen. Jinggoy Estrada. Estrada on Monday…
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(MANILA STANDARD) Three senators of the 24-member upper house on Monday denied being part of a plot to unseat Senate President Francis Escudero. In separate statements to the media, Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada and Senators Loren Legarda and Cynthia Villar quashed rumors they were out to remove Escudero who was elected to the…
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(POLITIKO) The proposed 2025 budget of the Office of the President (OP) is “deemed submitted” to the Senate plenary after being approved by the Committee on Finance in less than 10 minutes of deliberation on Monday (September 23). Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada moved for the approval of the P10.5 billion proposed budget of…
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(HEAD TOPICS) The Senate might wrap up this week the hearings on dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo and her alleged link to illegal Philippine offshore gaming operators activities in the country, said Senate Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada on Monday.“I think that will be the last hearing,” said Estrada, noting the senators failed to get all the information…
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(PNA) The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said Wednesday it supports the filing of a bill that safeguards the fundamental rights of Filipino workers and promotes fair labor practices. Senate Bill (SB) 2735, also known as the Strengthening the Freedom of Association of Workers Act, was filed by Senator Jinggoy Estrada to prohibit restrain, harassment…
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(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada revealed on Tuesday that dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Guo (real name: Guo Hua Ping) attempted to purchase a P95 million house in Baguio City. This was raised in the Senate panel on women, children, family relations, and gender equality hearing shortly after Estrada quizzed Sual,…
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(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — A former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief allegedly received a bribe to help dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo and her siblings escape the country despite being under an immigration lookout bulletin. This information was revealed during the Senate panel on women’s ongoing investigation into illegal Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogos)…
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(MANILA STANDARD) Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada expressed doubts on the Filipino heritage of Cassandra Li Ong, who appeared for the first time in the joint public hearing of the upper chamber regarding allegations of human trafficking linked to Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs). Ong, the representative of Lucky South 99 POGO hub in…
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(GMA NEWS) The birthplace indicated in the birth certificate of Cassandra Li Ong, the authorized representative of the POGO firm Lucky South 99, does not exist, Senator Jinggoy Estrada said Tuesday.advertisement Estrada questioned the details in Ong’s birth certificate during the continuation of the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations, and Gender Equality with…
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