Reports on the recent arrangement between our government and China reached through consultations regarding resupply missions to BRP Sierra Madre stationed at Ayungin Shoal represent a significant step in ensuring peace and stability in the West Philippine Sea. This is a pragmatic solution as it will now ensure our troops stationed aboard our grounded naval…
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(MANILA BULLETIN) AT A GLANCE The Commission on Appointments (CA) has approved in plenary session the ad interim appointments of 16 foreign service officials of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). The Commission on Appointments (CA) has approved in plenary session the ad interim appointments of 16 foreign service officials of the Department of Foreign…
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Jinggoy endorses appointments of 16 career DFA Officials: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, Chairperson of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Commission on Appointments (CA), endorses the ad interim appointments of 16 career foreign service officials from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). During committee deliberations leading up to the plenary session scheduled for Wednesday,…
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Mr. Chairman, honorable members of the Commission on Appointments, this representation as your Chairperson of the Committee on Foreign Affairs is privileged to sponsor the ad interim appointments of sixteen (16) career foreign service officials from the Department of Foreign Affairs. Following a public hearing this morning which considered and deliberated on their appointments, your Committee found them all…
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(ABS-CBN NEWS) MANILA — The Commission on Appointments (CA) approved on Wednesday the ad interim appointment of 16 foreign service officials of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), including a former priest. “Following a public hearing this morning which considered and deliberated on their appointments, your Committee found them all to be fit and qualified,…
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I stand in solidarity with the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Philippine Coast Guard in urging China to stop harassing our vessels en route to the resupply mission to Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea. Makailang beses nang nangyari ang mga ganitong banggaan sa karagatan na kinasasangkutan ng barko ng PCG at ng…
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Sponsorship Speech on the ad interim appointments of 49 officials of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) 12 December 2023 Official Social Media Accounts: Facebook & Youtube: @jinggoyestrada Instagram, Tiktok & Twitter: @jinggoyestrada_ Website: www.jinggoyestrada.ph Video: Senate of the Phillippines | IG: senateph COPY OF SPEECH: https://bitly.ws/35K9G
SPONSORSHIP SPEECH SENATOR JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA Chairperson, Committee on Foreign Affairs Commission on Appointments 12 December 2023 Mr. Chairman, honorable members of the Commission on Appointments, ladies and gentlemen, this representation as Chairperson of the Committee on Foreign Affairs has the distinct privilege to sponsor the ad interim appointments of forty-nine (49) officials of the Department of Foreign Affairs. …
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49 FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICIALS FACE CA PANEL: Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada presides over the meeting of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Commission on Appointments on the ad interim appointments of 49 foreign service officials of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Tuesday, December 12, 2023. After entertaining clarificatory questions from its members, the committee recommended…
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(THE MANILA TIMES) SEN. Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada has stressed the need to recall the country’s ambassador to Beijing to discuss strategies on how to seek “redress” for China’s continued harassment of Filipinos in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Estrada made the proposal on Monday to recall Ambassador Jaime FlorCruz amid the “recurring acts of aggression…
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