Senate OKs P16M increase in CHR budget: Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada poses with colleagues and officials from the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) and the Human Rights Violations Victims Memorial Commission after their proposed 2025 budgets of P1.08 billion and P53 million, respectively, were swiftly approved by the Senate plenary on Thursday, November 14, 2024.…
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(PNA) The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said Wednesday it supports the filing of a bill that safeguards the fundamental rights of Filipino workers and promotes fair labor practices. Senate Bill (SB) 2735, also known as the Strengthening the Freedom of Association of Workers Act, was filed by Senator Jinggoy Estrada to prohibit restrain, harassment…
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Opening statement of Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada on the 2025 proposed budget of the Governance Commission on GOCCs and Commission on Human Rights (CHR) 11 September 2024 Official Social Media Accounts: Facebook & Youtube: @jinggoyestrada Instagram, Tiktok & Twitter: @jinggoyestrada_ Website: www.jinggoyestrada.ph Video: Senate of the Philippines
First of all, I would like to thank you for zealously working with this Representation last year for the passage of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 budget of GCG and CHR. As then a neophyte Chairperson of a Subcommittee of the Committee on Finance, I learned a lot from our collaboration and I am hopeful…
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(MANILA STANDARD) THE Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Wednesday lauded Senator Jinggoy Estrada for filing Senate Bill No. 2633 or An Act Providing for the Magna Carta of the Out-of-School Youth to recognize, protect, and promote the rights of out-of-school youth. The proposed measure aims to empower and encourage children unable to attend school to contribute…
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(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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(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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Presscon sa Senado ukol sa ibiniting 2024 budget ng Commission on Human Rights (CHR) dahil sa posisyon sa abortion 15 November 2023 Official Social Media Accounts: Facebook & Youtube: @jinggoyestrada Instagram, Tiktok & Twitter: @jinggoyestrada_ Website: www.jinggoyestrada.ph Video: Office of Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada/ Eyan Talavera
(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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(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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