DEBATES ON P100-DAILY PAY HIKE FOR MINIMUM WAGE EARNERS: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada rationalizes to colleagues during Tuesday’s plenary debates on Senate Bill No. 2534, February 13, 2024, the need to legislate a P100-daily increase for minimum wage earners saying that the workers’ actual daily pay which ranges from P306 to P610 had already been eroded by…
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𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗗𝗔 𝗗𝗘𝗙𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗦 𝗣𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝗗𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗬 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗠𝗨𝗠 𝗪𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗟: Committee on Labor chairperson Sen. JinggoyEjercito Estrada responded to questions from his colleagues in defending Senate Bill No. 2534, the proposed P100 Daily Minimum Wage Act, Tuesday, February 13, 2024. Estrada, the sponsor of the measure, said the proposed P100 daily pay hike is seen to help alleviate the…
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Eddie Garcia bill up for final reading: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada says the proposed Eddie Garcia Law which seeks to provide protection to the rights and ensure the welfare of movie and television industry workers has made progress in the Senate and is now due for third and final reading next week. The Chairperson of…
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A BILL seeking to provide protection to the rights and ensuring the welfare of movie and television industry workers has made progress in the Senate and is now due for third and final reading next week, Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada said. “Even after his passing, Eddie Garcia, widely regarded as the greatest Filipino actor of…
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Eddie Garcia bill hurdles second reading: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada (center) is in a celebratory mood after steering the approval on second reading of the proposed Eddie Garcia Law on Monday, February 12, 2024. Estrada, sponsor of Senate Bill No. 2505, the measure that will ensure the protection of the welfare of workers in the…
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(MANILA BULLETIN) Senators are proposing stiffer penalties and even jail time to players, coaches and others who will be involved in game fixing schemes. In an interview on Wednesday, Feb. 7, after the hearing of the Senate Committee on Sports joint with Games and Amusement, Sen. Bong Go said that those involved in game fixing…
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(MANILA STANDARD) Instead of a jail term, Senator Jinggoy Estrada wants just a fine to be imposed on any journalist found guilty of libel, thus removing the penalty of imprisonment. Saying civil damages are enough, Estrada filed Senate Bill No 2521, or an Act Abolishing the Penalty of Imprisonment in Libel cases Against Community Journalists,…
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(POLITIKO) Senator Jinggoy Estrada proposes changes to how libel offenders are penalized in the country. Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada has proposed the imposition of a fine instead of imprisonment as a penalty in libel cases. In Senate Bill No. 2521, Estrada also pushed for limiting the venue of filing libel cases involving community journalists, publications,…
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(PHILSTAR) MANILA, Philippines — A senator proposed replacing imprisonment with fines as the penalty for libel cases involving journalists. In Senate Bill No. 2521, submitted by Sen. Jinggoy Estrada on January 22, the lawmaker expressed concern that the existing legal framework, which poses the threat of imprisonment for journalists while they carry out their duties,…
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(ABS-CBN NEWS) MANILA — Sen. Jinggoy Estrada is seeking to abolish imprisonment for libel cases involving journalists. ‘No real, visible action’ from Marcos to prevent attacks vs press: CMFR In the explanatory note of his Senate Bill No. 2521, Estrada noted the challenges faced by journalists in the Philippines. Philippines improves to 132nd place in 2023…
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