(MALAYA) Senate president pro tempore Jinggoy Estrada has filed a resolution expressing the Senate’s sympathy and condolences on the death of veteran film director Carlo J. Caparas, who passed away on May 25. Estrada, who is an actor before entering politics, said Caparas’ passing “is a great loss” not only for the country’s comics and…
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(MALAYA) SEN. Jinggoy Estrada yesterday urged the Moro Islamic Liberation Front leadership to investigate reports that its leaders have been getting a 50 percent “cut” on the P100,000 cash grant given to rebel returnees. Estrada, during the hearing of Senate Committee on National Defense on the decommissioning of MILF fighters and weapons, said he learned…
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(MALAYA) A BILL granting a P100-increase in the daily minimum wage of workers in the private sector was approved by the Senate on third and final reading yesterday. The measure, seen to benefit some 4.2 million minimum wage earners, was passed amid opposition from business groups that said a P100 salary hike is not the…
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(MALAYA) SEN. Jinggoy Estrada yesterday sponsored a proposed measure seeking to grant a legislated wage increase of P100 a day for an estimated 4.2 million employees and workers in the private sector receiving the minimum daily salary. From the original proposal of a P150 daily wage hike, Estrada, who chairs the Committee on Labor, Employment,…
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(MALAYA) SEN. Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada has filed a proposed measure seeking to give duly-appointed barangay watchmen a monthly hazard pay due to the “hazardous duty they perform in ensuring peace and order in the community.” Senate Bill No. 796 that he filed in August last year proposes the grant of P1,000 per month in hazard…
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(MALAYA) THE Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights yesterday ordered the detention of the former female employer of an alleged battered housemaid after she was cited in contempt for “continuously evading the questions propounded” by members of the committee. Sen. Francis Tolentino, panel chairman, said France Garcia Ruiz will be detained at the Senate…
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(MALAYA) PRESIDENT Marcos Jr. yesterday urged Filipinos to unleash the heroes within themselves for the sake of their family and community and dedicate it to building a new Philippines that is strong, prosperous, resilient, and secure for present and future generations. In his National Heroes’ Day message, the President paid tribute to the “unsung champions”…
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(MALAYA) THE Senate yesterday adopted a resolution “strongly condemning” the continued harassment of Filipino fishermen” and “persistent incursions in the West Philippine Sea” by the China Coast Guard and militia vessels, and urging government to take action to assert the country’s rights to its exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea. Senate Resolution No.…
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(MALAYA) SEN. Jinggoy Estrada has asked the Senate Committee on Education to study the viability of his proposal to include foreign language as an elective course in higher educational institutions (HEIs) nationwide to enhance the communication skills of college graduates, “This will make Filipino students adequately equipped to be 21sit-century learners. They would be able…
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(MALAYA) SEN. Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada has filed a resolution urging the appropriate Senate committee to conduct an investigation on what he said were the deceptive online advertisements of various unregistered products using well-known personalities as endorsers. In filing Senate Resolution No. 666, Estrada said: “The names and pictures of famous Filipino personalities and celebrities such…
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