JINGGOY PUTS TRUST IN COMELEC CHAIR Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada manifests his support for the confirmation of lawyer George Erwin M. Garcia as chairperson of the Commission on Elections (Comelec). At the Commission on Appointments’ plenary session on Wednesday, September 7, 2022, Estrada said Garcia’s extensive practice and experience with high-profile election cases would “certainly help” not…
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Supportive ‘kuya’ in the Commission on Appointments: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada stood as a “witness” in the oath-taking of his younger brother and colleague, Sen. JV Ejercito as one of the assistant majority floor leaders in the Commission on Appointments (CA) during Wednesday’s plenary proceedings. (Office of Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada/ Rey Javelosa)
TAKE PROPOSED SIM REGISTRATION INTO SERIOUS CONSIDERATION: Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, during Monday’s plenary session, September 5, 2022, expresses serious concern over the rampant text scams and raised alarm over apparent violations of data privacy and misrepresentations. Estrada, in a privilege speech, cited various incidents of scam text messages employed against several public servants by…
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Two ambassadors get CA nod — Committee on Foreign Affairs Chairperson, Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, presides over the Commission on Appointments (CA) confirmation hearing today, August 31, 2022 to tackle the ad interim appointment of Department of Foreign Affairs Sec. Luis Enrique Manalo, and the nominations of Jose Manuel Romualdez, Philippine Ambassador to the United…
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CA PANEL TACKLES APPOINTMENTS OF DFA CHIEF AND TWO AMBASSADORS: Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, chairperson of the Commission on Appointments (CA) Committee on Foreign Relations, presides over CA’s hybrid hearing to tackle the confirmation of Department of Foreign Affairs Sec. Luis Enrique Manalo. Also taken up during Wednesday’s proceedings, August 31, 2022, were the nominations…
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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: 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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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: 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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