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Estrada pushes for the passage of Senior Citizens’ Fraud Education Act (SBN-671)

Protect seniors from text scams, ‘budol-budol’: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada pushes for the passage of Senate Bill 671 or the proposed Senior Citizens’ Fraud Education Act to protect the elderly consumers from being victimized by cyber crime syndicates. SBN 671 seeks the establishment of an inter-agency centralized service to ward off scammers from carrying out…
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No Performance Bond

NO PERFORMANCE BOND: Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, during the hybrid Blue Ribbon Committee investigation Tuesday, August 30, 2022, asks former Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) chief Hermenegildo Serafica to why the agency did not require sugar importers to post performance bond in the botched importation of 300,000 metric tons of sugar. While Serafica said that the…
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Estrada: Go after agri smugglers

Go after agri smugglers: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada quizzes acting Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz on the status of cases filed against 294 importers and 76 brokers during Tuesday’s continuing hearing of the Blue Ribbon Committee, August 30, 2022. Estrada was given assurance that case build-up is ongoing to ensure not only…
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Seek clearance

SEEK CLEARANCE: Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada grills former Agriculture Undersecretary Leocadio Sebastian on his issuance of a special order authorizing the importation of 300,000 metric tons of sugar during Tuesday’s Blue Ribbon hearing, August 23, 2022. Estrada asked Sebastian why he signed Sugar Order No. 4 (SO4) without the prior consent of President Ferdinand “Bongbong”…
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Senate Electoral Reforms and People’s Participation on the proposed postponement of BSKE

Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, addressing the Senate Electoral Reforms and People’s Participation, during Tuesday’s organization meeting and hearing, August 23, 2022, stood firm in his proposed postponement of this year’s barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections saying that the political toxicity in a close interval with the recently-concluded national and local elections would not be…
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Estrada takes oath as CA member

Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada takes his oath as member of the Commission on Appointments (CA) during Tuesday’s plenary proceedings, August 23, 2022. Estrada is among the twelve senators elected to represent the upper chamber in the bicameral constitutional body that is vested by the 1987 Constitution with the power to approve or disapprove appointments made…
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Panayam ni Sass Rogando Sasot ng Statecraft ng SMNI News

Diskusyon ukol sa mga panukalang batas na isinusulong ngayong 19th Congress kasama si Sass Rogando Sasot ng Statecraft.

Estrada backs Work From Home Setup

ESTRADA BACKS WORK FROM HOME SETUP: Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada expresses his gratitude to Sen. Grace Poe for bringing up the issue of hybrid work in her privilege speech during Tuesday’s hybrid plenary session, August 16, 2022. Estrada, a staunch advocate of labor, employment and human resources, noted that the work from home arrangement has…
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Honoring Asia’s Fastest Woman

HONORING ASIA’S FASTEST WOMAN: Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada pays tribute to sports legend Lydia De Vega during Monday’s plenary session, August 15, 2022. Co-sponsoring a resolution expressing the Upper Chamber’s sympathies and condolences on De Vega’s passing, Estrada cited the athlete’s record-breaking achievements that “put the Philippines in the world map.” “In a world traditionally…
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Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada Convenes Senate Defense Committee for 19th Congress

ESTRADA CONVENES SENATE DEFENSE COMMITTEE FOR 19TH CONGRESS Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, chairperson of the Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification, and Reconciliation, on Wednesday, August 10, 2022, presides over the organizational meeting of the panel and briefing by the Department of National Defense and the Armed Forces of the Philippines on their…
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