(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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Bill on legislated wage hike, approved in principle: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources, carries the motion of Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri to conduct a technical working group (TWG) meeting and come up with a committee report on the bills proposing a legislated wage increase.…
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(PHILSTAR) MANILA, Philippines — The Senate labor panel approved “in principle” on Wednesday a proposal for a P150 across-the-board daily minimum wage hike after just one public hearing. Labor panel chairperson Sen. Jinggoy Estrada ended Wednesday’s hearing on proposals for a legislated wage hike by sending it to a technical working group, indicating that committee…
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MEETING THE BASIC NEEDS OF FILIPINO FAMILIES Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada begins panel deliberations on the proposed legislated across-the-board wage hike and other measures regarding the implementation of wage increases in the private sector. Estrada, Chairperson of the Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources, cites the need to come up with pieces of legislation…
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