(ABANTE) KAHIT na nagnakaw si Elvie Vergara, dapat pa ring parusahan ang kanyang mga employer sa matinding pagmamaltrato na dinanas ng kasambahay. Inilabas ni Senator Jinggoy Estrada ang pahayag hinggil sa 44-anyos na kasambahay na nabulag at nagtamo ng maraming pinsala matapos umanong abusuhin ng kanyang mga amo sa Occidental Mindoro. “The people Elvie served…
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(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — A Senate panel on Tuesday approved the issuance of a subpoena against the employers of household help Elvie Vergara. The summon directed Pablo Ruiz, his wife France, and their children Jerry and Danica to attend the Senate committee on justice and human rights inquiry into Vergara’s supposed maltreatment. No member of…
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(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — The Senate on Tuesday began its motu proprio investigation into the severe maltreatment of Elvie Vergara, a maid in Occidental Mindoro who was reportedly subjected to physical and emotional abuse by her employer since 2020. The upper chamber’s committee on justice and human rights, presided by Senator Francis Tolentino, led the…
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(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — Even if Elvie Vergara has committed theft, her employers must still be sanctioned for the severe battery and maltreatment the helper suffered. Senator Jinggoy Estrada issued the statement about the 44-year-old maid who became blind and suffered multiple injuries after being allegedly abused by her employers in Occidental Mindoro. “The people…
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(POLITIKO) Senator Jinggoy Estrada on Monday vowed justice for 44-year-old househeld Elvie Vergara, who lost her teeth and was blinded after allegedly being beaten up by her employers in Occidental Mindoro. “Walang puwang sa lipunan ang mga taong pinagsilbihan ni Elvie ng anim na taon,” said Estrada of Vergara’s employers, Jerry and France Ruiz. Estrada,…
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(SMNI NEWS) BILANG tugon sa nakababahalang kaso ng pang-aabuso na sinapit ng kasambahay na si Elvie Vergara, nangako si Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada na kaniyang gagawin ang lahat para panagutin ang mga amo nito sa umano’y marahas at hindi makataong pagtrato sa biktima. “Walang puwang sa lipunan ang mga taong pinagsilbihan ni Elvie ng anim na taon.…
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(THE MANILA TIMES) SENATE President Juan Miguel Zubiri on Thursday welcomed the appointment of former Foreign Affairs secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. as special envoy to China for special concerns. “I believe Amb. Teddyboy Locsin is perfect for that job. Being a former DFA (Department of Affairs) secretary, as well as the former ambassador to the…
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(MANILA BULLETIN) Senators on Thursday, August 17 welcomed President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s decision to appoint Teodoro Locsin Jr. as the Special Envoy to the People’s Republic of China for Special Concerns. Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada said he finds it an “interesting move” of the President to choose Locsin. “Although we have yet to be…
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(GMA NEWS) Senator Jinggoy Estrada floated the idea of summoning former Palace official Rigoberto Tiglao to the Senate to “shed light” on his claim that the senator’s father, then-President Joseph Estrada, promised to remove the BRP Sierra Madre from Ayungin Shoal in 1999. In his Manila Times column on Wednesday, Tiglao said he had enough…
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