(GMA NEWS) The Senate committee on national defense and security, peace, unification and reconciliation will tackle the measures seeking to reform the military and uniform personnel (MUP) pension system in May. This was disclosed by Senator Jinggoy Estrada, the panel’s chairman, days after Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno said that President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is “okay” with…
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(SMNI NEWS) BINIGYANG-diin ni Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada na dapat nang ipasa ang panukalang Philippine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) para sa pagtugon sa mga public health emergency sa bansa. Bagama’t patuloy na bumababa ang mga kaso ng COVID-19 sa bansa, lalo na sa National Capital Region (NCR), iginiit ni Estrada na nananatili pa rin itong…
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I, along with some of my colleagues, have filed proposed legislation to address the fiscal hemorrhage that the current pension system for military and uniformed personnel retirees is causing our government coffers. Indeed, we are facing a ballooning pension requirement without viable funding sources. The MUP pensions are way higher than the budgetary requirement for…
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(MANILA BULLETIN) Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada on Friday, March 31 called on the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) to conduct a thorough probe into the fire that engulfed the ferry M/V Lady Mary Joy 3 off Baluk-Baluk Island in Basilan province late Wednesday night. At least 31 persons were killed and 230 were rescued in the…
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(ABANTE) Makatutulong sa pagpapahusay ng koordinasyon at patakaran ng mga ahensya ng gobyerno ang panukalang Philippine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) para sa pagtugon sa mga public health emergency sa bansa, ayon kay Senador Jinggoy Estrada. “Ayaw man natin na maranasan uli ang pandemya, hindi natin maikakaila na totoo namang pwedeng maulit ito…
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(JOURNAL NEWS) COORDINATED efforts of government agencies will facilitate a “proactive response” to public health emergencies, Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada said on Friday as he underscored the importance of creating the proposed Philippine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). “Ayaw man natin na maranasan uli ang pandemiya, hindi natin maikakaila na totoo namang puwedeng maulit…
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Our country has had a string of maritime accidents, the most tragic of which was the Doña Paz which claimed the lives of more than 4,000 passengers and series of oil spill incidents, the most recent is yet to be contained. We call on our concerned agencies, particularly MARINA to conduct a no-nonsense probe on…
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COORDINATED efforts of government agencies will facilitate a proactive response to public health emergencies, Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada today said as he underscored the importance of creating the proposed Philippine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). “Ayaw man natin na maranasan uli ang pandemya, hindi natin maikakaila na totoo namang pwedeng maulit ito at…
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Jinggoy backs business groups’ push for e-commerce growth in PH: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada rallies behind the business groups’ efforts in pursuing programs to accelerate the use of e-commerce in the country. Increasing the uptake of digital transactions and facilitating knowledge exchange to advance e-commerce will help maximize the growth prospects for the digital economy, the…
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(MANILA TIMES) RECENT developments in the maritime sector, the massive oil spill from a sunken tanker in Oriental Mindoro that affected four provinces, and the continued Chinese incursions and aggressions in waters within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone highlight the need to modernize the fleet of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to make it more…
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