(MANILA BULLETIN) AT A GLANCE Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada is batting for a measure that seeks to make official “sea wardens” or “Bantay Dagat” volunteers. Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada is batting for a measure that seeks to make official “sea wardens” or “Bantay Dagat” volunteers. Under Estrada’s proposed measure, local government units (LGUs) shall be…
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(MANILA TIMES) SEN. Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada pushed for the institutionalization of “Bantay Dagat” volunteers or sea wardens as force multipliers to civilian law enforcement agencies in protecting the country’s waters from abuse and destruction. Estrada, chairman of the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security and author of Senate Bill 2464 or the proposed “Bantay…
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(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — A bill seeking to institutionalize the provision of incentives for sea wardens was once again filed in the Senate. Bantay Dagat, otherwise known as sea wardens, are people who have undergone training programs on coastal fisheries and law enforcement and who voluntarily work as deputized fishery law enforcers. Senator Jinggoy Estrada,…
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(PNA) MANILA – Every coastal local government unit (LGU) shall have its community-based volunteer group, trained by the national government and non-government organizations if a measure filed by Senator Jinggoy Estrada is passed into law. Estrada said Senate Bill 2464, or the “Bantay Dagat Welfare and Incentives Act,” seeks to mandate the Bantay Dagat or Sea…
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Jinggoy pushes for institutionalization of ‘Bantay Dagat’ volunteers: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada files a bill seeking to institutionalize “sea wardens” or “Bantay Dagat” volunteers as force multipliers to civilian law enforcement agencies protecting municipal waters of coastal municipalities from abuse and destruction. In his Senate Bill No. 2464 or the proposed Bantay Dagat Welfare and Incentives Act,…
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SENATOR Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada has filed a bill seeking to institutionalize “sea wardens” or “Bantay Dagat” volunteers as force multipliers to civilian law enforcement agencies protecting municipal waters of coastal municipalities from abuse and destruction. “While performing their duties and responsibilities, they shall be considered as agents of authority. As such, Bantay Dagat volunteers will…
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