(POLITIKO) Senate Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada said on Thursday (June 6) the country will miss veteran film director Carlo J. Caparas. “His passing is a great loss for the Philippine comics and cinema industry, and the entire nation,” reads Senate Resolution No. 1045 that Estrada filed in honor of Caparas. Estrada said “Caparas undeniably contributed…
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(MANILA BULLETIN) Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada is pushing for the revision and updating of the scope of the country’s intellectual property code to help against Philippine cinema’s greatest threat — piracy. In filing Senate Bill 2150, which aims to amend the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines, Estrada noted how piracy deeply…
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(THE MANILA TIMES) SENATE President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada sought the revision of the Intellectual Property (IP) Code of the Philippines “to quash” the piracy of Filipino-made television (TV) shows and movies. “Piracy is considered as the greatest threat to Philippine cinema,” the senator, a former action star, said in a statement on Wednesday. He…
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(MALAYA) SENATE president pro tempore Jinggoy Estrada yesterday said there is a slim chance the divorce bill will be passed in the Senate. “Dadaan yan sa butas ng karayom (It will pass through the eye of a needle),” Estrada said at the Kapihan sa Senado media forum. Estrada has conducted an informal survey among his…
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(PNA) MANILA – A bill seeking to institutionalize the requirements and procedures of delayed registration of birth was filed by Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada on Tuesday. Senate Bill No. 2703 or the Delayed Registration of Birth Act will likewise impose stricter penalties for false statements. “Through this measure, the procedure for the delayed registration…
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(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — “They are trying to avoid the Senate investigations here.” These were Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada’s words when he told reporters on Tuesday that he is convinced that Bamban Mayor Alice Guo’s father and presumed mother have begun hiding abroad. READ: Mayor Alice Guo’s presumed mother, father left PH on May…
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(GMA NEWS) A bill has been filed in the Senate which seeks to strengthen the regulations of delayed birth registration by institutionalizing its requirements and procedures. Senate Bill 2703 or the Delayed Registration of Birth Act, which was filed by Senator Jinggoy Estrada on Tuesday, seeks to amend decades-old Act No. 3753 or the Law…
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(GMA NEWS) The divorce bill will not be a priority even under the new Senate leadership. This was stated by newly installed Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada amid discussions following the House of Representatives’ approval of its version of the measure on third and final reading. “That is not our priority bill,” Estrada, who recently divulged…
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(MANILA BULLETIN) Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada said President Marcos was calm and not combative when he was at the 21st International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. Estrada said this during the Kapihan sa Senado on Tuesday, June 4, after he was asked if China will be more intense…
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(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada cussed at China’s continued bullying in the country’s territories. At Tuesday’s Kapihan sa Senado, Estrada expressed exasperation over China’s unrelenting aggression against Filipino troops. The senator believes there is already enough basis to warrant the filing of another case against China. “Binabasa natin araw-araw sa…
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