Tête-à-tête of Senate leaders during plenary session: Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada engages in a tête-à-tête with Senate President Francis ‘Chiz’ Escudero during a break in the afternoon plenary session on Monday, November 25, 2024. (Joseph Vidal/ Senate Social Media Unit)
US Defense Industry SRDP workshop in Manila: Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada explains before the attendees of the US Defense Industry SRDP Workshop the newly-signed Republic Act No. 12024, also known as the Self-Reliant Defense Posture Revitalization Act (SRDP) which aims to develop the country’s defense industry by creating ways to boost the local production of…
Read more
Jinggoy raises alarm over proliferation of flying voters in San Juan City: Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada flags what he noted as a sharp and irregular increase in registered voters in San Juan City during the deliberation on the proposed 2025 budget of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on November 18, 2024. Based on documents, Estrada…
Read more
FDCP’s P404.5 million budget for 2025 breezes through Senate plenary: Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, along with officials from the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) and colleagues, posed for a group photo at the plenary hall after the FDCP’s P404.5 million budget for 2025 was approved during Thursday’s plenary session, November 14, 2024.…
Read more
Senate OKs P16M increase in CHR budget: Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada poses with colleagues and officials from the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) and the Human Rights Violations Victims Memorial Commission after their proposed 2025 budgets of P1.08 billion and P53 million, respectively, were swiftly approved by the Senate plenary on Thursday, November 14, 2024.…
Read more
GOCC body’s 2025 budget approved by Senate: Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada is joined by Majority Leader Francis “Tol” Tolentino and Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III for a group photo with officials from the Governance Commission for Government-Owned or Controlled Corporations (GCG) during Thursday’s plenary budget deliberations, November 14, 2024. Estrada presented…
Read more
Senate gives green light to MTRCB’s 2025 budget: Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada is flanked by Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) family and colleagues following Thursday’s, November 14, 2024, plenary deliberations on the agency’s proposed P44.6 million budget for 2025, which received a green light. Additionally, P116.533 million from fees…
Read more
Senate OKs OVP budget for 2025: Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada and his colleagues pose with Vice President Sara Duterte following the approval of her office’s proposed P733.198-million budget for next year during Wednesday’s plenary deliberations on the 2025 General Appropriations Bill (GAB), November 13, 2024. (Office of Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada)
OVP 2025 budget: Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada congratulates Vice President Sara Duterte during Wednesday’s plenary deliberations on November 13, 2024, after no senator came forward to interpellate or raise questions on the P733-million budget proposed by the Senate finance committee for the Office of the Vice President (OVP) for the next fiscal…
Read more
Eradicate Game-Fixing: Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada expresses his concerns about game-fixing activities especially in amateur and professional basketball leagues to Games and Amusements Board (GAB) Chairman Francisco Rivera during a lull in Tuesday night’s plenary deliberations on the proposed 2025 national budget, November 12, 2024. Estrada, who has filed a bill to…
Read more
