(MANILA BULLETIN) Senator Jinggoy Estrada wants a Senate probe into the hostage-taking of former Senator Leila de Lima within the custodial center of the Philippine National Police (PNP) last Oct. 9. “While our police officers demonstrated swift and decisive action during a crisis situation, the incident nonetheless reflects poorly on our police organization’s capacity to…
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(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — Senator Jinggoy Estrada has filed a resolution calling on the appropriate Senate panels to investigate the security protocols inside the Philippine National Police (PNP) Custodial Center in Camp Crame after an inmate took former senator Leila de Lima hostage last Sunday. In a resolution filed on Wednesday, Estrada said that while…
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FOLLOWING the Philippine National Police (PNP) officials’ admission of lapses in safety measures, Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada wants the Senate to probe the October 9 hostage-taking incident inside Camp Crame as part of the upper chamber’s oversight powers in reviewing the security and safety measures inside the national headquarters of the country’s police force. “While our police…
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Jinggoy wants Senate probe on Camp Crame hostage-taking incident: Citing the upper chamber’s oversight powers in reviewing the security measures inside the national headquarters of the country’s police force, Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada on Wednesday, October 12, 2022, filed Senate Resolution No. 258 calling for an inquiry into the attempted escape of three detainees and subsequent…
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(BUSINESS WORLD) A SENATOR on Wednesday said fake news creation should be criminalized after a poll by Pulse Asia Research, Inc. showed Filipinos consider it to be a problem. “Misinformation and disinformation should be taken seriously,” Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada said in a statement. “Those behind it should be held accountable for their actions. It…
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JINGGOY ON KALAHI-CIDSS PROGRAM: Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada seeks assurance from Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on the proper disbursement of funds of Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS), one of the poverty alleviation programs of the government. During Wednesday’s deliberation of the Finance Subcommittee I on the…
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(PNA) MANILA – Senators Nancy Binay and Jinggoy Estrada emphasized on Wednesday the need to take the fight against the proliferation of fake news to another level. This was after a recent Pulse Asia survey showed that nine out of 10 or 90 percent of Filipinos recognize fake news as a problem in the country. Estrada…
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(MANILA BULLETIN) Senator Jinggoy Estrada on Wednesday, October 12 said he finds as “disturbing” Pulse Asia’s latest survey result showing that a high number of Filipinos is acknowledging the severity of the prevalence of fake news in the Philippines. “Misinformation and disinformation should be taken seriously. Those behind it should be held accountable for their…
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(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — For Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada, it is “disturbing” that close to 90 percent of adult Filipinos believe fake news is a problem in the country as shown in the latest survey of Pulse Asia. The same survey conducted from September 17-21 indicated that social media influencers, bloggers, and/or vloggers (58 percent)…
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