(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday swore in a new president and chief executive officer of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. amid the string of controversies that hounded the state health insurer. The President administered the oath of office to Dr. Edwin Mercado in Malacañang on Tuesday morning, replacing Emmanuel R.…
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(UNITED NEWS) The bicameral conference committee has approved the final version of the 2025 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) which contains the P6.352 trillion national budget plan for next year. Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada said that the budget for the Office of the Vice President remained at P733 million. “As is,” Estrada said when…
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Bicam OKs final version of 2025 national budget: Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, a member of the bicameral conference committee that deliberated on the proposed P6.352 trillion 2025 national budget, joins colleagues in witnessing the signing of the panel report on the reconciled and consolidated versions from the two Houses of Congress on…
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(POLITIKO) The Senate approved on Tuesday (November 26) approved House Bill 10800 or the 2025 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) which will allocate a PHP6.352-trillion national budget for next year. With 18 affirmative votes, zero negative, and one abstention, the 2025 GAB is now set to be discussed in a bicameral conference between the Senate and…
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(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — The majority of senators will have the final say on whether or not the 2025 funding of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) will be increased, Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada said on Sunday. “My stand is, it depends on the majority. And if it will redound to the…
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(TRIBUNE) The Philippine defense sector must prepare the country’s first responders against chemical attacks, Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada said Tuesday, as he pushed for allocating a budget for countering weapons of mass destruction operations. Estrada made the recommendation as the Senate approved the P265.98 billion proposed budget of the Department of National…
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CITING the need to ensure the first responders’ readiness and capabilities against chemical attacks, Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada underscored the need to allocate funds in next year’s national budget. Estrada noted the lack of appropriation in the proposed P6.352 trillion national budget for mass casualty events involving chemical, biological, radioactive, and nuclear…
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(GMA NEWS) The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has formed a task force to look into the supposed “unusual” increase in the number of registered voters in some localities. This was divulged during the continuation of the Senate plenary deliberations on the proposed 2025 national budget after Senator Nancy Binay and Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy…
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(ABS-CBN) MANILA — Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada has flagged the certificate of candidacy for councilor that was filed with an apparently in complete address. cy for councilor that was filed with an apparently in complete address. “I have here a copy of the COC of one candidate for councilor in San Juan. Ang…
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Jinggoy raises alarm over proliferation of flying voters in San Juan City: Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada flags what he noted as a sharp and irregular increase in registered voters in San Juan City during the deliberation on the proposed 2025 budget of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on November 18, 2024. Based on documents, Estrada…
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