This is to express my sincerest gratitude to my dear colleagues for lending support to this measure, which I truly feel is long overdue. Our veterans who sustained disabilities and injury in the line of duty have long waited for this legislation to update the monthly disability pension rates which have remained unchanged for 29…
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WITH 21 affirmative and zero negative votes, the Senate approved on third and final reading the bill proposing a 350 to 488 percent rate increase in the disability pension of veterans and their beneficiaries. Principally authored by Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, Senate Bill No. 1480 will upgrade the monthly entitlement to veterans who have been…
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Ngayon po ay sisimulan natin ang pagtalakay at paghimay sa masalimuot na usapin ng pensyon ng ating Military and Uniformed Personnel o MUP. As far as I know, efforts to rationalize pension and retirement schemes of our uniformed personnel have been included as a priority legislation of the LEDAC as early as the 13th Congress…
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(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — Days after a mess involving the unauthorized deductions from several GCash accounts, Senator Jinggoy Estrada proposed a law that would impose prison time and a fine up to P5 million to cyber criminals who target digital financial services. Estrada filed Senate Bill No. 2171, or the proposed Bank Accounts, Electronic Wallets,…
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(PHILSTAR) MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Jinggoy Estrada is seeking the imposition of a jail term and fine of up to P5 million on cyber criminals in his Senate Bill 2171, the proposed Bank Accounts, Electronic Wallets and Other Financial Accounts Regulation Act. “If the authorities have the capability to trace those behind hacking or unauthorized transactions, scamming…
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(PHILSTAR) MANILA, Philippines — After reports of alleged cybertheft attempts on the users of e-wallet GCash this week, a senator has proposed imposing penalties to the tune of P5 million and imprisonment against those behind similar cybercrime schemes. Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada has filed Senate Bill No. 2171, or the proposed Bank Accounts, Electronic Wallets,…
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SENATOR Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada is eyeing the imposition of a jail term and fine amounting to as much as P5 million against cyber criminals engaged who target virtual or electronic wallets and similar platforms used for digital financial services. Estrada recently filed Senate Bill No. 2171, the proposed Bank Accounts, Electronic Wallets, and Other Financial…
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WE ARE HERE TO FERRET OUT THE TRUTH: Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada assures all concerned parties in the ongoing inquiry of the Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs into the assassination of Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo and other killings in the province that the panel is serious in its investigation and would never take sides.…
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(PHILSTAR) MANILA, Philippines — Despite warnings from employers about business closures and consequent job losses, the Senate aims to pass in June a bill granting an across-the-board daily minimum wage hike of P150, claiming it would improve worker productivity, reduce crime and provide long-term economic benefits. The committee on labor and employment, chaired by Sen.…
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Legislated wage increase bill gains traction in Senate: Labor Committee Chairperson Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, along with Majority Leader Joel Villanueva (seated, left) and Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri (seated, middle), posed with labor leaders (standing L to R) Unyon ng mga Manggagawa sa Agrikultura (UMA) Pilipinas acting chairperson Ariel Casilao, Sentro ng mga Nagkakaisa at…
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