Jinggoy wants to ensure credit assistance to small firms: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada files Senate Bill No. 2632, which aims to reinstate the legal mandate that provides mandatory credit assistance to micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs). The provision under RA 6755 has already lapsed, and this bill seeks to ensure sustained credit assistance to eligible MSMEs.…
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Jinggoy pushes PGH upgrade: Senator Jinggoy Estrada has filed Senate Bill No. 2634 urging Congress and Malacañang to upgrade the services and facilities of the Philippine General Hospital (PGH), the country’s premiere government-run hospital. Under SB 2634, Estrada is seeking to increase PGH’s current 1,500 bed capacity to 2,200 beds to accommodate more patients. (Office…
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Jinggoy proposes financial literary program for workers: To help workers make sound financial decisions, Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada has filed a bill requiring employers nationwide to provide a free financial literacy program for all its employees. “This will benefit the employees and workers because it will give them the knowledge and skills to effectively and…
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Jinggoy seeks probe on the ambush of 4 soldiers in Maguindanao del Sur: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada condoles with the families and loved ones of the four Army soldiers who were ambushed last March 17 by terrorist group Daulah Islamiyah in Datu Hoffer, Maguindanao del Sur. During his visit on March 21, 2024, in Cotabato City, the Chairperson…
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Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, Labor Committee Chairperson, expresses optimism on the passage of the proposed Eddie Garcia Law, a landmark legislation that will protect the welfare of workers engaged in the movie and television industry in the country before Congress adjourns sine die on May 24, 2024. (Office of Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada/ Rey Javelosa)
Jinggoy honors combat-wounded soldiers during a visit to AFP hospital: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, Chairperson of the Committee on National Defense and Security personally handed over the P10,000 financial assistance from the Saludo Kawal Pilipino Foundation Inc. to wounded soldiers currently recuperating at the V. Luna General Hospital (also known as Armed Forces of the…
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The Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development, chaired by Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, discusses bills seeking the grant of discount to indigent job applicants on charges for certain government-issued documents. The panel is also set to tackle bills providing for accident and life insurance coverage for construction workers. (Joseph B. Vidal/Senate Social Media…
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One million new jobs for Filipinos: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, during Monday’s plenary session, March 18, 2023, expresses his full support for the approval on final reading of Senate Bill No. 2572 or the proposed Bulacan Airport City Special Economic Zone and Freeport Act, saying the much-touted ecozone could potentially generate one million additional jobs…
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𝗕𝗨𝗭 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗢𝗕𝗦: Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, in defending his affirmative vote for the third reading approval of Senate Bill No. 2572 (SBN 2572), or the proposed Bulacan Special Economic Zone and Freeport (BuZ) Act, said he supported the measure because he believes that it could generate more than a million jobs for Filipino…
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