(MANILA BULLETIN) Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada on Monday, April 8 urged the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to provide some flexibility to workers who need to work despite the scorching hot weather. Estrada made the appeal after the DOLE issued Advisory No. 17-2022 giving workers an option not to report for work to avoid…
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(MANILA BULLETIN) Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada expressed his disappointment after leaders of the House of Representatives insisted on their stand on the issue of voting on Charter change. This after Senior Deputy Speaker and Pampanga 3rd District Rep. Aurelio Gonzales Jr. and Tingog party-list Rep. Jude Acidre said that unlike the Senate’s Resolution of Both Houses…
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(MANILA BULLETIN) Dingdong Dantes, Marian Rivera, among others behind the film “Rewind,” were at the Senate recently. They were honored there through Resolution No. 909 as issued by Senator Robin Padilla, as part of an effort to recognize the success of “Rewind,” now considered the highest-grossing Filipino film of all time, earning 902 million pesos…
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(MANILA BULLETIN) The Senate on Monday, February 19 approved on third and final reading the bill mandating a P100-daily pay increase for daily minimum wage earners estimated to be around 4.2 million nationwide. Twenty (20) senators voted in favor of the approval of Senate Bill No. 2534 or the proposed P100 Daily Minimum Wage Increase…
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(MANILA BULLETIN) Senators are proposing stiffer penalties and even jail time to players, coaches and others who will be involved in game fixing schemes. In an interview on Wednesday, Feb. 7, after the hearing of the Senate Committee on Sports joint with Games and Amusement, Sen. Bong Go said that those involved in game fixing…
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(MANILA BULLETIN) The Senate Committee on Labor and Employment is keen on investigating the alleged violations on labor and employment of a certain garbage hauler firm that services various cities in Metro Manila. Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, chairman of the Senate labor panel, said it is imperative for the committee to look into the reported…
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(MANILA BULLETIN) A measure seeking to recognize the outstanding accomplishments of the late Avelino “Samboy” Lim has been filed at the Senate. Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, in filing Senate Resolution No. 911, said Lim merits the recognition of the Senate for showing his boundless passion for the sport and exhibiting the ideals of sportsmanship on…
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(MANILA BULLETIN) The move to overwhelm the Senate’s 24 votes with the House of Representatives’ over 300 votes is nothing short of an affront to the principles of bicameralism, Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada said. That is why, Estrada said insisting on a People’s Initiative (PI) as the mode to amend the 1987 Constitution is considered…
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