(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — Senator Jinggoy Estrada said on Thursday that he is “hopeful” and nervous at the same time about the outcome of his pending plunder case before the Sandiganbayan anti-graft court. The promulgation of Estrada’s case is set on Friday, January 19. “I hope it will be favorable. I’m keeping my fingers crossed,”…
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(THE MANILA TIMES) SEN. Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada has filed a bill seeking to allow the public to participate in every step of the legislative process, whether to amend or enact new laws, through online platforms. “Under this proposal, they can participate in the legislative process — from the First Reading, Second Reading, and Third Reading…
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(BUSINESS MIRROR) Senator Jinggoy Estrada, moving to allow netizens to participate in lawmaking, asked Congress to pass an enabling legislation that will “allow the public to participate in every step of the legislative process, whether to amend or enact new laws, through online platforms.” As proposed, the Estrada bill provides individuals or groups will allow…
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(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — A bill seeking to allow netizens to participate in amending and enacting new laws has been filed in the Senate. Senator Jinggoy Estrada on Wednesday said under his Senate Bill No. 2344, otherwise known as the Crowdsourcing in Legislative Policymaking Act, social media users may participate in the legislative process — beginning with…
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(GMA NEWS) A proposed measure allowing netizens to participate in the legislative process has been filed in the Senate. Under proposed Senate Bill (SB) No. 2344 or the “Crowdsourcing in Legislative Policy Making Act,” Senator Jinggoy Estrada said Filipinos may submit input, suggestions, recommendations, and objections on certain laws through crowdsourcing. Crowdsourcing is defined as…
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Jinggoy’s bill allows ‘netizens’ to participate in amending, enacting new laws: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada has filed a bill that allows the public to participate in every step of the legislative process, whether to amend or enact new laws, through online platforms. Estrada’s Senate Bill No. 2344, or the proposed Crowdsourcing in Legislative Policymaking Act…
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SENATOR Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada has filed a bill that allows the public to participate in every step of the legislative process, whether to amend or enact new laws, through online platforms. “Sa ilalim ng panukalang ito, maaari silang lumahok sa legislative process – mula sa First Reading, Second Reading at Third Reading – sa pamamagitan…
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(CNN PHILIPPINES) Senate Bill no. 2344, or the proposed Crowdsourcing in Legislative Policymaking Act, “seeks to broaden the reach of the Congress in considering the inputs, suggestions, recommendations, and objections of the people on a particular legislative proposal,” its author Senator Jinggoy Estrada said in the explanatory note. The participation of the public will be…
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(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — Senator Jinggoy Estrada sees no reason why newly appointed Finance Secretary Ralph Recto would not get the nod of the Commission on Appointments (CA). As part of the CA, Estrada noted the traditional parliamentary courtesy being accorded to former members of Congress when they are subjected to the confirmation process. “By…
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There is a traditional parliamentary courtesy accorded to former colleagues in Congress when they are subjected to confirmation process. By and large, it ensures the appointee a smooth-sailing confirmation process at the Commission on Appointments. However, as a member of a collegial body, I can only speak for myself. I cannot predict the proceedings or…
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