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Jinggoy slams Zamora over aid distribution

Cecille Suerte Felipe – The Philippine Star  September 3, 2024 | 12:00am Estrada described Zamora’s order as “ridiculous, unreasonable, preposterous, whimsical and capricious.”Senate of the Philippines Facebook page MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada yesterday slammed San Juan Mayor Francis Zamora’s directive to impose fines on people or groups distributing relief goods in…
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Jinggoy Estrada to gov’t: Sue China for sea aggression

POLITIKO | politiko.com.ph September 2, 2024 Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada has urged the government to sue China for its aggressive actions in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). “We have all the reasons and enough evidence to bring the repeated and unprovoked dangerous actions of the Chinese Coast Guard before international courts,” he said.…
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Muhlach narrates ordeal; Santos names ‘rapist’

(PHILSTAR) MANILA, Philippines — Actor Sandro Muhlach was emotional when he recalled yesterday the alleged sexual abuse done against him by two GMA Network independent contractors in July. During the hearing of the Senate committee on public information and mass media, Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada asked Muhlach, who attended the proceeding virtually, if…
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PCG says it will not pull out BRP Teresa Magbanua from Escoda Shoal

(ABS-CBN NEWS) MANILA — The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) was forced to abort a resupply mission bound for BRP Teresa Magbanua in Escoda Shoal Monday, its spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea confirmed. According to Commodore Jay Tarriela, food supplies and provisions for the over 10 crewmen on board the BRP Teresa Magbanua are at…
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‘Hiwalay na muna, Ate’: Shiela Guo says she doesn’t know where Alice is

(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — Where did dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo go? Even her sister, Shiela Guo, said she doesn’t know where Alice is after they parted ways in Indonesia. In her testimony in the Senate hearing on Tuesday, Shiela said she and her siblings, Alice and Wesley, left the Philippines by sea to…
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Estrada tells Nones to get court order for release

(GMA NEWS) Senator Jinggoy Estrada on Tuesday said that independent contractor Jojo Nones should remain detained after he refused to answer questions during the resumption of the Senate hearing into actor Sandro Muhlach’s reported rape incident. During the hearing of the Senate public information and mass media committee, Estrada asked Nones if he and another…
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Shiela Guo says she and her siblings Alice and Wesley left the Philippines via a small white boat

(PHILSTAR LIFE) Shiela Guo, the sister of dismissed Bamban mayor Alice Guo, explained how she and her siblings left the Philippines amid the Senate investigation on the alleged illegal activities of POGO hubs, saying they were able to escape through a small white boat. Shiela made the revelation during a Senate hearing on Tuesday, Aug. 27, a day after…
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China’s use of flares on BFAR plane ‘irresponsible, dangerously provocative’ – Estrada

(MANILA BULLETIN) Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada has condemned China’s latest use of flares, calling it irresponsible and dangerously provocative. For the third time in two weeks, China launched flares on a Philippine aircraft, this time on a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) plane.  “It is deeply concerning and must be condemned…
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Senate detains independent contractor involved in Sandro Muhlach’s case

(GMA NEWS) The Senate Committee on Public Information and Mass Media on Monday cited in contempt Jojo Nones, one of two independent contractors of GMA Network who are accused of sexually assaulting Sparkle artist Sandro Muhlach. Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada made the motion at the continuation of the Senate hearing where Nones repeatedly…
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One of Sandro Muhlach’s alleged abusers ordered detained by Senate

(INQUIRER) One of the TV independent contractors tagged in the alleged sexual abuse of actor Sandro Muhlach was ordered detained by the Senate on Monday. Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada cited for contempt Jojo Nones, an independent contractor of GMA, for denying that he offered to donate money to Sandro’s father, former child actor Niño Muhlach‘s charity…
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