(GMA NEWS) A bill seeking to institutionalize Technical Education and Skills Development Authority’s (TESDA) technical-vocational education and training and livelihood programs for rehabilitated drug dependents has been filed in the Senate. Senator Jinggoy Estrada filed Senate Bill 2276 to provide rehabilitated drug dependents with a holistic support system for their reintegration into society. Under the…
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(MANILA BULLETIN) Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada has filed a bill seeking to ensure gainful employment for rehabilitated drug users and grant incentives to companies who hire them. In filing Senate Bill No. 2276, Estrada said it is imperative for the government to provide incentives to establishments that would employ rehabilitated drug dependents who are graduates…
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(RMN) Sen. Estrada, iginiit na dapat may matanggal o maparusahan sa isyu ng isang high-profile detainee ng NBI na nakakalabas ng kanyang kulungan. Iginiit ni Senator Jinggoy Estrada na dapat may matanggal sa pwesto o maparusahan dahil nakakalabas sa detention facility ng National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) ang high-profile inmate na si Jose Adrian “Jad”…
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(MANILA STANDARD) When it comes to workers’ wages in the Philippines, how much is enough? Well, as far as labor groups are concerned, it’s never enough—and apparently will never be adequate to keep body and soul together. The recent decision of the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) in Metro Manila grants a P40…
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(BUSINESS MIRROR) More senators weighed in on the issue of banning the live-action film Barbie from cinema exhibition in the Philippines, a day after Vietnam announced a decision to ban it over a segment showing China’s controversial nine-dash-line map that other South China Sea claimants deem an excessive claim. Senators Francis Tolentino, a lawyer, and…
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(BUSINESS MIRROR) SENATORS weighed in on Tuesday on calls to ban the cinema exhibition of the movie “Barbie” for showing an image of the 9-dash line map that China has been using—amid objections by other claimants—to illustrate its claim over most of the South China Sea. Two senators, Jinggoy Estrada and Francis Tolentino, asked the Movie Television Review and Classification Board…
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(ONE NEWS) Medical doctors with a social media following, like Willie Ong and Anthony Leachon, have filed cases with the National Bureau of Investigation’s cybercrime division, but fake advertisements persist. The Department of Health (DOH) will instruct the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to probe the online proliferation of fake celebrity endorsements of unregistered drugs…
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(MANILA BULLETIN) Senators on Wednesday, July 5 said the controversy surrounding the “Love the Philippines” campaign of the Department of Tourism (DOT) should not diminish the accomplishments made by Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco in promoting the country to the world. Sen. Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara said it was a good move for the DOT to…
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(MALAYA) SEN. Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada has filed a resolution urging the appropriate Senate committee to conduct an investigation on what he said were the deceptive online advertisements of various unregistered products using well-known personalities as endorsers. In filing Senate Resolution No. 666, Estrada said: “The names and pictures of famous Filipino personalities and celebrities such…
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(BUSINESS MIRROR) MAJORITY and minority senators denounced the latest reported incident of aggression by China naval militia within the West Philippine Sea. Sen. Jinggoy Estrada promptly deplored initial reports even as “we have yet to receive confirmation” from Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) or the Department of National Defense (DND) regarding the June 30 incident where…
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