PH should keep a database of sex offenders: To monitor and track sex offenders in the community, Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada files Senate Bill 1291 proposing the establishment of a national database of sex offenders, a piece of easily available and accessible information to local law enforcement agencies and their foreign counterparts. Under the proposed “National…
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Rumblings within military: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada inquires into reported rumblings within the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to which Defense Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. answered in the affirmative during Tuesday’s hearing in the Senate, January 17, 2023. Estrada, presiding over Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification, and Reconciliation’s proceedings that…
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Senate defense committee to take up bill seeking to amend fixed AFP tenure law, other related measures: In taking up the bills proposing to lift the fixed term for some military officials on Tuesday, January 17, 2023, Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada assures the public that his Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification,…
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SAVE NAIA FROM BECOMING NATIONAL DISGRACE: Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada underscores the need for sophisticated technologies and competent manpower and experts at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) to save it from becoming a national disgrace. Estrada, who filed Senate Resolution No. 392 urging the appropriate Senate committee to conduct an inquiry into the January…
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JINGGOY TACKLES MEASURES ON CAREGIVERS AND RESERVISTS: Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development Chairperson Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada presides over a hybrid hearing on measures seeking to institutionalize policies for the protection and welfare of caregivers along with bills on proposed employment rights of military reservists. “The two clustered bills in our agenda today seek…
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Caregivers protection package bill gets rolling in the Senate: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada on Thursday, December 8, 2022, says his Committee on Labor, Employment, and Human Resources Development will get the ball rolling on bills seeking to protect caregivers against abuse, harassment, violence, and exploitation and requiring the grant of benefits, including the monetization of unused…
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A PERFECT CHOICE: Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada expresses his support for the appointment of Sec. Maria Susana “Toots” Ople to the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) saying she is the “perfect choice” to lead the department. At the meeting of the Committee on Labor, Employment, Social Welfare, and Migrant Workers of the Commission on Appointments, Estrada admitted…
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A legal titan and intellectual heavyweight occupies ‘Little President’ post: In expressing his unequivocal support to the confirmation of the ad interim appointment of former Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin as Executive Secretary, Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada said his legal acumen and brilliant mind can help the administration fulfill its mandate and promise of a better…
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It’s no joke being Diokno: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, in seconding the nomination to the Commission on Appointments (CA) of Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Sec. Benjamin Diokno during Wednesday’s plenary session, November 23, 2022, highlighted the latter’s brilliance and caliber that earned him the trust and confidence of multiple administrations to take the…
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Jinggoy files twin resolutions commending PH youth chess champions, boxer-medalists: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada files Senate Resolution Nos. 309 and 308 commending Filipino boxers who won titles in the Asian Boxing Confederation (ASBC) and the National Youth Chess Team for being the overall champion in the 2022 Eastern Asia Youth Chess Championships respectively. (Office of Senator…
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