Tag: 19th Congress

PHOTO RELEASE: FDCP’S P404.5 million budget for 2025 breezes

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.…
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PHOTO RELEASE: Senate OKs P16M increase in CHR budget

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.…
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Sa atin to! Jinggoy tells gov’t to take China’s Bajo de Masinloc claim to arbitration court

(POLITIKO) Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada on Thursday (Nov. 14) urged the government to raise before the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) China’s decision to declare baselines around Bajo de Masinloc. “Malinaw na malinaw na atin ito at mismong ang PCA, sa kanilang inilabas na desisyon noong 2016 na nagpawalang-bisa sa pag-angkin ng…
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GOCC body’s 2025 budget approved by Senate

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…
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Senate gives green light to MTRCB’s 2025 budget

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…
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Statement on China’s drawing of baselines around Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal)

In response to China’s recent efforts to reinforce its claim over the West Philippine Sea by declaring the baselines of its territorial sea around Bajo de Masinloc, the government’s actions should extend beyond merely filing diplomatic protests and summoning Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian. I urge our government, the Department of Foreign Affairs, and the Office…
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PNP probe shoed no cops, politicians involved in Alice Guo’s escape

(GMA NEWS) The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Wednesday said the results of their investigations showed that there were no police officers and politicians that were involved in the escape of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo in July. This was relayed by the PNP through Senate Majority Leader Floor Leader Francis Tolentino who defended…
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WATCH | Deliberation on the proposed 2025 budget of the Bureau of Immigration

We called again the attention of the Bureau of Immigration during the deliberation of their 2025 budget. Alice Guo might have escaped using a small airport. Madaming PRIVATE AIRPORTS sa ating bansa na wala namang bantay na CAAP, BI. If we continue to neglect this problem, dadami ang fugitives sa ating bansa. Something must be…
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PHOTO RELEASE: Senate OKs OVP budget for 2025

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)

PHOTO RELEASE: OVP 2025 budget

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…
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