(ABANTE) Isang panukala ang inihain sa Senado na titiyak magsisiguro ng pagkakaroon ng eksklusibong polling precincts para sa mga senior citizen at persons with disabilities (PWDs) tuwing araw ng halalan. Bagama’t mayroon nang batas na nagtitiyak ng presinto para sa mga PWDs at senior citizens, sinabi ni Senador Jinggoy Estrada na kailangang maging mas malinaw…
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(ABS-CBN) Pasado na sa ikatlo at huling pagbasa ang panukalang batas para sa fixed term ng Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff at ilan pang opisyal. Sa inaprubahang Senate version, ibinalik sa 56 years old ang retirement age maliban sa Chief of Staff at commanding generals ng tatlong major services and superintendent ng…
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(GMA NEWS) The Senate on Monday approved on the third and final reading the bill limiting the coverage of the three-year fixed term in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).advertisement Senate Bill 1849, which seeks to amend Republic Act 11709, garnered 17 votes, zero negative votes, and zero abstentions. Under SB 1849, the fixed terms in…
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(POLITIKO) The Senate on Monday approved on third and final reading the proposed measure seeking to address the concerns of senior military officers on the three-year fixed terms of the chief of staff and other top officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Sen. Jinggoy Estrada, the author of Senate Bill No. 1849,…
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(ABANTE) Inaprubahan na sa ikatlo at pinal na pagbasa ang iang panukala na siyang reresolba sa ‘term of office’ ng Chief of Staff at ilang pangunahing opisyal ng Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Inaprubahan na sa ikatlo at pinal na pagbasa ang iang panukala na siyang reresolba sa ‘term of office’ ng Chief of…
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(MANILA BULLETIN) Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri and 14 other senators strongly condemned the recent spate of killings and attacks against government officials through Senate Resolution No. 517. The resolution was sparked by the assassination of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo by armed assailants last Saturday. In Senate Resolution 517 introduced today, Monday, March…
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(NET25) Mahigpit na ipinagbabawal ang hazing at anumang criminal acts sa ilalim ng mandatory Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC). Ito ang pahayag ni Senator Jinggoy Estrada kasabay ng pagtitiyak na nakapaloob sa panukalang mandatory ROTC ang pagpapataw ng maximum penalty kung masasangkot sa hazing. Iminungkahi ni Estrada na dapat mahigpit na ipatupad ang Anti-Hazing Law…
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(PhilStar) MANILA, Philippines — Some senators defended Friday the administration-backed measure to make the Reserve Officers Training Corps program mandatory again in the face of calls from some groups and other lawmakers to drop this plan following the hazing death of Adamson University student John Matthew Salilig. Sen. Ronald dela Rosa, who is leading committee…
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(POLITIKO) Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim took time off from his packed schedule Wednesday (March 1) to see an old friend, former President Joseph Estrada, in Makati City. Senator Jinggoy Estrada said his father and Anwar had a private dinner with him, former Trade Secretary Jose Pardo and the lawmaker’s brother, Jude. Jinggoy described the…
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(ABS-CBN) MANILA (2ND UPDATE) — Senators condemned Wednesday the alleged hazing death of chemical engineering student John Matthew Salilig, whose body was found Tuesday in a vacant lot in Cavite more than a week after he went missing. I urgently call on our law enforcement to immediately hunt down and arrest the suspects behind the…
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