(PHILSTAR) MANILA, Philippines — In a 21-0 vote, the Senate passed Monday on final reading a bill seeking to increase by 350 to 488 percent the disability pension of veterans and their beneficiaries. Senate Bill No. 1480 proposes a raise in the monthly disability pension base rate to P4,500 from the current P1,000. Those receiving…
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(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — Days after a mess involving the unauthorized deductions from several GCash accounts, Senator Jinggoy Estrada proposed a law that would impose prison time and a fine up to P5 million to cyber criminals who target digital financial services. Estrada filed Senate Bill No. 2171, or the proposed Bank Accounts, Electronic Wallets,…
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(BUSINESS MIRROR) A LAWMAKER is pushing to have all copies of textbooks and reference materials in public elementary and secondary schools digitized. This, as Senator Jinggoy Estrada is moving to realize the ideal 1:1 textbook-student ratio in public-learning institutions, which for him is facing major delays. Estrada said in Filipino that having digital copies accessible…
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(PHILSTAR) MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Jinggoy Estrada is seeking the imposition of a jail term and fine of up to P5 million on cyber criminals in his Senate Bill 2171, the proposed Bank Accounts, Electronic Wallets and Other Financial Accounts Regulation Act. “If the authorities have the capability to trace those behind hacking or unauthorized transactions, scamming…
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(PHILSTAR) MANILA, Philippines — After reports of alleged cybertheft attempts on the users of e-wallet GCash this week, a senator has proposed imposing penalties to the tune of P5 million and imprisonment against those behind similar cybercrime schemes. Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada has filed Senate Bill No. 2171, or the proposed Bank Accounts, Electronic Wallets,…
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(PHILSTAR) MANILA, Philippines — Despite warnings from employers about business closures and consequent job losses, the Senate aims to pass in June a bill granting an across-the-board daily minimum wage hike of P150, claiming it would improve worker productivity, reduce crime and provide long-term economic benefits. The committee on labor and employment, chaired by Sen.…
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(PHILSTAR) MANILA, Philippines — The Senate labor panel approved “in principle” on Wednesday a proposal for a P150 across-the-board daily minimum wage hike after just one public hearing. Labor panel chairperson Sen. Jinggoy Estrada ended Wednesday’s hearing on proposals for a legislated wage hike by sending it to a technical working group, indicating that committee…
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(MANILA BULLETIN) The Senate Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources has “approved in principle” the bill seeking for a P150 across-the-board wage increase for all private sector workers in the country. The panel, which is headed by Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, will now discuss the proposed graduated increase scheme for micro, small and medium enterprises…
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(ABS-CBN NEWS) MANILA — PLDT Inc on Tuesday said it has its own refund mechanism in place to compensate consumers in the event of service disruptions. In a statement, PLDT said it is also willing to continue working with lawmakers to refine to proposed measure that aims to refund subscribers for outages and service interruptions.…
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(POLITIKO) A digital shift in public education has been proposed by Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada. Estrada made the latest proposal to digitize textbooks and reference books in public elementary and secondary schools in a bid to attain an ideal 1:1 textbook-student ratio. The senator has filed Senate Bill No. 2075, also known as the proposed…
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