(BUSINESS MIRROR) A SENATE inquiry, presided by Sen. Jinggoy Estrada as chairman of the Committee on Labor, Employment, and Human Resources Development, on Wednesday tackled the current state of enforcing judicial decisions in brewing labor disputes. Estrada said the panel’s probe aims to “identify challenges” in the enforcement of judicial decisions in labor disputes in…
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(PHILSTAR) MANILA, Philippines — Kinastigo ng ilang senador si Philippine Retirement Authority (PRA) chief Cyntia Lagdameo Carrion dahil sa walang tigil na pagte-text sa mga senador para hilingin na gawing prayoridad ang deliberasyon sa panukalang 2024 budget ng Department of Tourism (DOT). Sinabi ni Senador Jinggoy Estrada, walang kahit sino ang may karapatan na sabihan…
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(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — Senators, who were up until the wee hours of Tuesday, were furious after a Department of Tourism (DOT) official told them to stop asking more questions to cut short the deliberation of the proposed 2024 budget of several agencies. Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri said that Cynthia Carrion, general manager of…
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(GMA NEWS) Senators on early Tuesday morning called out Philippine Retirement Authority (PRA) General Manager Cynthia Lagdameo Carrion for texting several senators and demanding that they prioritize her agency’s proposed 2024 budget. During the Senate plenary deliberations on the proposed budget for next year of the Department of Tourism (DOT), Senator Jinggoy Estrada disclosed that Carrion…
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(PHILSTAR) MANILA, Philippines — Dahil sa umano’y pagsuporta sa decriminalization sa abortion kaya nabinbin ang pag-apruba ng Senado sa P934 milyon na budget ng Commission on Human Rights (CHR) para sa 2024. Ito ay matapos na ungkatin ni Senator Alan Peter Cayetano sa gitna ng budget deliberation ang report na sinusuportahan ni CHR Executive Director…
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(GMA NEWS) The Senate has deferred the approval of the Commission on Human Rights’ (CHR) P944-million proposed budget for 2024 due to the body’s stand favoring the decriminalization of abortion.advertisement It was Senator Alan Peter Cayetano who raised the issue of abortion during the plenary debates on the 2024 national budget, citing the statements madeby CHR…
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(PHILSTAR) MANILA, Philippines — The approval of the Commission on Human Rights’ budget once again faces a delay as senators, concerned about the CHR’s past calls to examine the impact of the country’s abortion ban on marginalized women, argued that the human rights body must first issue a strong stance against abortion before budget talks…
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(ABS-CBN NEWS) MANILA — The Senate on Tuesday deferred the deliberation on the Commission on Human Rights’ (CHR) P934 million budget next year after senators asked for a clear stand on the issue of abortion. During the plenary debates, Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano asked CHR budget sponsor Sen. Jinggoy Estrada about an alleged statement made…
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(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — The Senate on Tuesday evening deferred its deliberation on the proposed 2024 budget of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) until the agency comes up with a “strong stand against abortion.” It was Senator Jinggoy Estrada, sponsor of CHR’s budget, who made the motion to defer the deliberation on the commission’s…
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(CNN PH) Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, November 14) — The Senate on Tuesday suspended deliberation on the proposed 2024 budget of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) due to its previous position on decriminalizing abortion. Sen. Jinggoy Estrada, who sponsored the budget of the CHR, made a motion to defer the plenary debate “until, otherwise, this…
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