Tag: Alan Peter Cayetano

Budget ng CHR ibinitin sa Senado dahil sa posisyon sa abortion

(PHILSTAR) MANILA, Philippines — Dahil sa umano’y pagsuporta sa decriminalization sa abortion kaya nabinbin ang pag-apruba ng Senado sa P934 milyon na budget ng Commission on Human Rights (CHR) para sa 2024. Ito ay matapos na ungkatin ni Senator Alan Peter Cayetano sa gitna ng budget deliberation ang report na sinusuportahan ni CHR Executive Director…
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CHR urged to make “strong statement” vs. abortion

(PNA) MANILA – Senator Jinggoy Estrada on Wednesday urged the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to issue a “strong” statement against abortion before the Senate will reconsider approving the Commission’s 2024 proposed budget. The CHR’s PHP934-million budget for next year was deferred during plenary debates on Tuesday after a previous statement by CHR Executive Director Jacqueline…
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CHR budget stalled over exec’s abortion decriminalization stand

(GMA NEWS) The Senate has deferred the approval of the Commission on Human Rights’ (CHR) P944-million proposed budget for 2024 due to the body’s stand favoring the decriminalization of abortion.advertisement It was Senator Alan Peter Cayetano who raised the issue of abortion during the plenary debates on the 2024 national budget, citing the statements madeby CHR…
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Senate delays CHR budget over lack of explicit anti-abortion stance

(PHILSTAR) MANILA, Philippines — The approval of the Commission on Human Rights’ budget once again faces a delay as senators, concerned about the CHR’s past calls to examine the impact of the country’s abortion ban on marginalized women, argued that the human rights body must first issue a strong stance against abortion before budget talks…
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CHR budget deliberation deferred until it has ‘strong stand vs abortion’

(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — The Senate on Tuesday evening deferred its deliberation on the proposed 2024 budget of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) until the agency comes up with a “strong stand against abortion.” It was Senator Jinggoy Estrada, sponsor of CHR’s budget, who made the motion to defer the deliberation on the commission’s…
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Senate defers CHR’s budget deliberation due to previous position on abortion

(CNN PH) Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, November 14) — The Senate on Tuesday suspended deliberation on the proposed 2024 budget of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) due to its previous position on decriminalizing abortion. Sen. Jinggoy Estrada, who sponsored the budget of the CHR, made a motion to defer the plenary debate “until, otherwise, this…
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