Tag: Francis Tolentino

Co-Sponsorship Speech in Committee Report No. 170 Motu Proprio Inquiry Into the Severe Battery and Maltreatment by Employer of Kasambahay Ms. Elvie Vergara Resulting in Her Partial Blindness and Other Injuries

Co-Sponsorship Speech in Committee Report No. 170 Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada Motu Proprio Inquiry Into the Severe Battery and Maltreatment by Employer of Kasambahay Ms. Elvie Vergara Resulting in Her Partial Blindness and Other Injuries  Mister President, it is an honor to co-sponsor Committee Report No. 170 regarding the motu proprio inquiry into the severe…
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Senate probes maltreatment of ‘kasambahay’ Elvie Vergara

(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — The Senate on Tuesday began its motu proprio investigation into the severe maltreatment of Elvie Vergara, a maid in Occidental Mindoro who was reportedly subjected to physical and emotional abuse by her employer since 2020. The upper chamber’s committee on justice and human rights, presided by Senator Francis Tolentino, led the…
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Gobyerno dapat consistent ang posisyon sa WPS – Estrada, Tolentino

(ABANTE) Dapat manindigan ang gobyerno ng Pilipinas sa kanilang claim at pagdepensa sa interes sa West Philippine Sea (WPS). Ito ang sinabi ni Senador Jinggoy Estrada kasabay ng pagdiriwang ng ikapitong anibersaryo ng pagkapanalo ng makasaysayang desisyon ng Hague na pinaboran ang Pilipinas sa alitan sa China sa South China Sea. “It was not only…
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Immigration officer ginisa sa Senado ukol sa umano’y human smuggling

(ABS-CBN) MAYNILA — Ginisa sa Senado nitong Lunes ang isang Bureau of Immigration (BI) official na kinukuwestiyon dahil umano sa isang kaso ng human smuggling sa NAIA noong Pebrero 13. Sa ikalawa at huling pagdinig ng Senate Blue Ribbon Committee ukol sa isyu, humarap ang Immigration officer na si Jeff Pinpin, na nakuhanan sa cellphone…
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Immigration officer ginisa sa Senado ukol sa umano’y human smuggling

(ABS-CBN) MAYNILA — Ginisa sa Senado nitong Lunes ang isang Bureau of Immigration (BI) official na kinukuwestiyon dahil umano sa isang kaso ng human smuggling sa NAIA noong Pebrero 13. Sa ikalawa at huling pagdinig ng Senate Blue Ribbon Committee ukol sa isyu, humarap ang Immigration officer na si Jeff Pinpin, na nakuhanan sa cellphone…
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