Tag: Commission on Human Rights (CHR)

Senate finance panel OKs CHR’s P976.3M budget for 2024

(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Human Rights’ (CHR) proposed budget for 2024 hurdled the Senate committee on finance on Tuesday. Senator Jinggoy Estrada moved to approve the CHR’s P976.3 million budget for next year, noting that no senators would like to ask additional questions concerning the body’s spending plan. “The deliberation of the…
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PRIB PHOTO: Jinggoy refers CHR proposed 2024 budget to plenary, reschedules MTRCB deliberations

JINGGOY REFERS CHR PROPOSED 2024 BUDGET TO PLENARY, RESCHEDULES MTRCB DELIBERATIONS: Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada presides over the Finance Subcommittee O hearing to deliberate on the proposed budget of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) and the Human Rights Violations Victims’ Memorial Commission (HRVVMC), amounting to P976.3 million Tuesday, September 19, 2023. Estrada moved that the budget proposal…
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PRIB PHOTO: Jinggoy tackles CHR, GCG proposed 2024 budgets

JINGGOY TACKLES CHR, GCG PROPOSED 2024 BUDGETS: Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada presides over the Senate Finance Subcommittee hearing on the proposed 2024 budgets of the Governance Commission for Government-Owned or Controlled Corporations (GCG) and the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) and its attached agency Wednesday, September 6, 2023. Under the National Expenditure Program submitted to…
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Senators urge swift action on fresh graduates’ job hunt woes

(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines —Urgent action is needed to address the problem of fresh graduates lacking “soft skills” and practical expertise, as highlighted in a Commission on Human Rights report on challenges graduates faced during the pandemic, senators said on Wednesday. Senator Jinggoy Estrada echoed the sentiment that youth employment has always been a perennial concern…
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