(PHILSTAR) MANILA, Philippines — It was “unacceptable” for former presidential spokesman Harry Roque to claim that former president Joseph Estrada made a deal with Beijing to remove the BRP Sierra Madre from the Ayungin Shoal, according to Sen. Jinggoy Estrada. “I once asserted in a privilege speech that there was no agreement or promise that…
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(PNA) MANILA – Senator Jinggoy Estrada, who sponsored the Senate version of the bill seeking a PHP100 minimum wage hike in the private sector, said Monday that he is looking forward to adopting the House of Representatives’ version of the measure. This came after the announcement of House Majority Leader Manuel Jose Dalipe saying their members…
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(PHILSTAR) MANILA, Philippines — Making both houses of Congress vote jointly and not separately on amending the 1987 Charter would be “unconstitutional,” Sen. Jinggoy Estrada said yesterday. Speaking to reporters on Viber, Estrada also said congressmen might be setting up a trap for the senators with their insistence that the two chambers jointly tackle Resolution…
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(POLITIKO) Senator Jinggoy Estrada challenges House claims, advocating for separate Senate voting on economic charter change as constitutional. Senator Jinggoy Estrada contests House representatives’ claims, defending the Senate’s approach to economic charter change as constitutional. The House alleges the Senate’s resolution for separate voting on constitutional amendments is unconstitutional, preferring a joint Congress vote. Estrada…
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(ABANTE) Nagpahayag ng pagkadismaya si Senador Jinggoy Estrada matapos igiit ng ilang lider ng House of Representatives ang kanilang posisyon sa isyu ng pagboto sa Charter Change. Ito’y matapos sabihin ni Senior Deputy Speaker at Pampanga 3rd District Rep. Aurelio Gonzales Jr. at Tingog party-list Rep. Jude Acidre na hindi katulad ng Resolution of Both…
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(MANILA BULLETIN) Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada expressed his disappointment after leaders of the House of Representatives insisted on their stand on the issue of voting on Charter change. This after Senior Deputy Speaker and Pampanga 3rd District Rep. Aurelio Gonzales Jr. and Tingog party-list Rep. Jude Acidre said that unlike the Senate’s Resolution of Both Houses…
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(ABANTE) Nagpahayag ng pagkadismaya si Senador Jinggoy Estrada matapos igiit ng ilang lider ng Kamara de Representantes ang kanilang posisyon sa isyu ng pagboto sa Charter change (Cha-cha). Ito’y matapos sabihin nina Senior Deputy Speaker at Pampanga 3rd District Rep. Aurelio Gonzales Jr. at Tingog party-list Rep. Jude Acidre na hindi katulad ng Resolution of…
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(GMA NEWS) Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada said Friday that amendments to the 1987 Constitution should be voted on separately by both Houses of Congress and not jointly. In an online interview, Estrada said “no way” amendments would be voted on jointly, as “Congress” refered to the entire legislative branch, not just the House of Representatives. “It…
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(POLITIKO) In a heartfelt tribute, Senator Jinggoy Estrada honors the six valiant soldiers who fell in a fierce encounter with Maute terrorists in Munai, Lanao del Norte, underscoring their supreme sacrifice for national security and the continuous fight against terrorism. Senator Jinggoy Estrada pays homage to six soldiers killed in a clash with Maute terrorists…
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(INQUIRER) COTABATO CITY—The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity is initiating an investigation into allegations that Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) leaders are getting “cuts” from the P100,000 cash assistance for every decommissioned combatant, even as it considered the incident as “isolated.” The scheme was revealed during Tuesday’s hearing by the…
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