(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — Senator Jinggoy Estrada is pushing for the abolition of the Optical Media Board (OMB), saying it is no longer relevant. Estrada lodged Senate Bill No. 1904 to abolish the OMB. “Through the years, significant technological advancements in the media landscape rendered the use of video tapes and compact discs as obsolete,”…
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(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Jinggoy Estrada filed on Monday another Senate resolution seeking to protect former President Rodrigo Duterte from the drug war probe of the International Criminal Court. Senate Resolution No. 492 expresses the Senate’s “strong opposition” against ICC’s resumption of itsinvestigation into alleged crimes against humanity filed against Duterte for his bloody drug war. “It is…
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(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) should look into “dummy” Filipino owners of recruitment agencies, Senator Jinggoy Estrada said. “Let’s just request the DMW to scrutinize the recruitment agencies, whether the proprietors of these recruitment agencies have the financial capability to run its operations,” Estrada said in a hearing on Wednesday.…
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(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines —The Philippines’ military has some concerns about RA No.11709, and the Senate is responding by proposing a bill that would make five changes to it. Senate Bill 1849 has been reported by Committee Report 23, and its purpose is to amend the Act Strengthening Professionalism and Promoting the Continuity of Policies and…
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(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — Senator Jinggoy Estrada filed a bill seeking the establishment of mental health offices (MHOs) in the campuses of all state universities and colleges (SUCs) amid the worsening mental health problem among students. “There have been a lot of studies that have come out on the worsening mental shape of our youth…
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(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — At least two former cashiers at a department store and supermarket chain have complained that money earned in a day from their checkout counters was not counted in front of them, with shortages being reported just days after, making them vulnerable to abuse when they are forced to pay for the…
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(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — Senator Jinggoy Estrada has filed a bill seeking the creation of a database for sex offenders to keep the public informed and to monitor such criminals in the community. According to Estrada in a statement on Sunday, Senate Bill No. 1291 or the proposed “National Sex Offender Registry Act” aims to…
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(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — Senator Jinggoy Estrada on Sunday assured the public that the Senate will thoroughly scrutinize the bill seeking to remove the fixed term for some Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) officials. Estrada — who heads the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification, and Reconciliation — said this in…
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(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — Senator Jinggoy Estrada has filed two separate resolutions praising the Filipino kickboxing team and debaters who triumphed against other nations. Estrada lodged Senate Resolutions No. 393 and 416, hailing the 14-man kickboxing team and the two debaters from Ateneo de Manila University, respectively. “The Filipino fighters and warriors in the elite…
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(INQUIRER) Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada said that the better unemployment rate is a sign that the government may no longer need to provide aid to citizens. According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the country’s unemployment rate eased to 4.2 percent while the underemployment rate grew to 14.4 percent in November 2022. “Sa sitwasyong ganito, matutukan na ng…
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