Good morning, Madam Chair and fellow members of this Committee. Barely two weeks ago, talks have become rife that Alice Guo—or Guo Huaping—was a Chinese state security agent after Al Jazeera came up with a documentary that interviewed a China-born gambling tycoon, who is currently being detained in Thailand. In that documentary, the businessman has…
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Opening statement of Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada on the 2025 proposed budget of the Governance Commission on GOCCs and Commission on Human Rights (CHR) 11 September 2024 Official Social Media Accounts: Facebook & Youtube: @jinggoyestrada Instagram, Tiktok & Twitter: @jinggoyestrada_ Website: www.jinggoyestrada.ph Video: Senate of the Philippines
First of all, I would like to thank you for zealously working with this Representation last year for the passage of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 budget of GCG and CHR. As then a neophyte Chairperson of a Subcommittee of the Committee on Finance, I learned a lot from our collaboration and I am hopeful…
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Good morning, Madam Chair. We have fake Filipino citizens in our midst. These foreigners, mostly Chinese nationals, are able to apply for passports using legitimate government documents which may have been fraudulently obtained. Using these legitimate documents, they are able to enjoy rights granted to Filipino citizens such as rights to purchase large tracts of…
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Senate Special Oversight Committee on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Agreement Our hearing today is called in accordance with the Government’s commitment to ensure that the promised economic benefits from the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) will be fulfilled. RCEP, a free trade agreement between the 10 ASEAN Member States and 5 of…
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Ngayon po ay sisimulan natin ang pagtalakay at paghimay sa masalimuot na usapin ng pensyon ng ating Military and Uniformed Personnel o MUP. As far as I know, efforts to rationalize pension and retirement schemes of our uniformed personnel have been included as a priority legislation of the LEDAC as early as the 13th Congress…
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