(POLITIKO) Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada has questioned the existence of the Optical Media Board (OMB), saying it is time to abolish the agency. During the OMB budget deliberations in the Senate plenary on Tuesday (Nov. 12), Estrada said the OMB’s mandate of cracking down on film piracy is no longer needed in the…
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(MANILA BULLETIN) Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada on Tuesday, November 12 urged the Marcos government to approach the imminent policy shift in the United States calmly instead of agitating undocumented Filipinos that would be facing an imminent immigration crackdown. “Instead of sounding alarmist, our government officials should focus on creating a comprehensive contingency plan…
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(POLITIKO) Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada slammed officials for causing alarm about the deportation of an estimated 300,000 undocumented Filipinos once President-elect Donald Trump assumes office. Estrada said the Philippine government should instead come up with a contingency plan to assist the mass exodus of undocumented migrants back to the Philippines. “Instead of sounding…
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(ABS-CBN) MANILA — Amid fears of mass deportation of illegal immigrants in the United States under a second Trump administration, Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada said the Philippine government must prepare a “comprehensive contingency plan” to help undocumented Filipinos in the US return to the country. “Madaling sabihin, pero mahirap gawin. Madaling sabihin na…
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(HEAD TOPICS) The number of unresolved cases from the Supreme Court down to the lower courts has reached nearly one million.The number of pending cases was disclosed by Senate finance committee chairperson Grace Poe as she defended the proposed 2025 budget of the Judiciary on the Senate plenary on Monday.It was Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada who inquired…
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(GMA NEWS) The number of unresolved cases from the Supreme Court down to the lower courts has reached nearly one million. The number of pending cases was disclosed by Senate finance committee chairperson Grace Poe as she defended the proposed 2025 budget of the Judiciary on the Senate plenary on Monday. It was Senate President…
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Courtesy visit: Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada warmly welcomes (L-R) Philippine Carabao Center’s Aimee Fulgencio; Executive Dir. Liza Battad; Executive Committee members Directors Ester Flores and Eric Palacpac as they pay a courtesy visit on Monday, November 11, 2024, at his Senate office. The PCC officials thanked Estrada for co-authoring Senate Bill 2558, the proposed “Livestock,…
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Jinggoy backs P64-B judiciary budget: Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, while presiding over the resumption of plenary debates on House Bill No. 10800, or the 2025 General Appropriations Bill (GAB), which contains the proposed P6.352-trillion national budget, on Monday, November 11, 2024, expresses full support for the passage of the P64-billion allocation for the judiciary—an…
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(POLITIKO) Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada on Thursday led the turnover of the newly developed community park in Barangay Labangal, General Santos City. The P20-million project was funded by the office of the senator. “Bukod sa Community Park, naglaan si Senator Estrada ng kabuuang P45 milyon na pondo para sa iba pang mga proyekto.…
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“Keep watch over yourselves and over all the flock, of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the Church of God that he obtained with the blood of his own son” – these are the holy words from the Book of Acts, Chapter 20, Verse 28 that His Excellency, most reverend Pablo…
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