During the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee (BRC) hearing on the controversial overpriced laptops procured, Senator Jinggoy Estrada on Thursday (September 15) revealed that there had been a practice of “repeat orders” and “split contracts” in the procurement of the Department of Education (DepEd). Estrada noted that it could violate the Republic Act (RA) 9184 or the Government Procurement Act. “In the case…
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MANILA, Philippines — Senator Jinggoy Estrada uncovered on Thursday the practice of “repeat orders” and “split contracts” in the procurements of the Department of Education (DepEd). During the Senate blue ribbon committee hearing, presided by Senator Francis Tolentino, on the DepEd laptop purchase through the Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management, Estrada inquired…
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MANILA, Philippines — Senators sent their greetings to President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. who is celebrating his 65th birthday on Tuesday. In separate Twitter posts, Senators Raffy Tulfo, Jinggoy Estrada, and Sherwin Gatchalian greeted the president. Tulfo and Estrada wished for Marcos’ good health, among others. “Ang aking patuloy na panalangin para sa inyong kaarawan…
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MANILA, Philippines — Senators commended teenager tennis star Alex Eala for recently capturing the United States (US) Open girls singles title, a first in Philippine sports history. Eala became the first Filipino to win a tennis Grand Slam singles title after defeating World No. 3 Lucie Havlickova of the Czech Republic on Sunday (Manila time) in…
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A BILL doubling the monthly subsidy given to government employees, military and uniformed personnel to P4,000 has been filed at the Senate. “With the worsening inflation rate or the increasing costs of some common services and products purchased by consumers, the amount of personnel economic relief allowance received by government workers is no longer significant,”…
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Senator Jinggoy Estrada has proposed to double the amount of subsidy being given to government personnel to help them cope with the rising cost of living. “Sa pagtaas ng inflation rate o ang pagtaas ng presyo ng ilang pangkaraniwang serbisyo’t produktong binibili ng mga konsyumer, hindi na makabuluhan ang halaga ng Personnel Economic Relief Allowance…
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MANILA – Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada pressed the need to double the amount of government subsidy to state workers to augment their earnings amid the continuing rise in the cost of living, aggravated by the spike in oil prices. “Sa pagtaas ng inflation rate o ang pagtaas ng presyo ng ilang pangkaraniwang serbisyo at produktong binibili…
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Dapat umanong doblehin ang halaga ng subsidiya ng mga manggagawa sa gobyerno upang mapunan ng kanilang buwanang pinagkakakitaan ang pagtaas ng presyo ng mga pangunahing bilihin na pinalala pa ng sumisirit na presyo ng langis, ayon kay Senador Jinggoy Estrada. “Sa pagtaas ng inflation rate o ang pagtaas ng presyo ng ilang pangkaraniwang serbisyo’t produktong…
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Senator Jinggoy Estrada on Sunday, September 11 urged the government to double the amount of financial subsidy to state workers to help them augment their income amid the continuing rise of oil and basic necessities. Estrada, who chairs the Senate Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development said the current relief allowance given by…
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