(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) should look into “dummy” Filipino owners of recruitment agencies, Senator Jinggoy Estrada said. “Let’s just request the DMW to scrutinize the recruitment agencies, whether the proprietors of these recruitment agencies have the financial capability to run its operations,” Estrada said in a hearing on Wednesday.…
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(MANILA BULLETIN) Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada has put to task the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) to look into reports that some recruitment agencies are owned by foreign nationals. Estrada pointed out foreign ownership of placement agencies is a matter prohibited in the licensing and regulation rules of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) and…
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SENATOR Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada today rang the alarm bells on alleged “dummy” Filipino owners of placement agencies recruiting land-based overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). Estrada called out officials of the to the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) on the matter in the wake of the recent case of slain OFW Jullebee Ranara and the cancellation of…
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ENHANCE OFW ORIENTATION: Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada reiterates the need to improve the orientation process for overseas Filipino workers (OFW) before they are sent to their host country. During the public hearing of the Committee on Migrant Workers on the privilege speech of Estrada on the murder of Jullebee Ranara, a 35-year-old OFW in Kuwait,…
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(MANILA BULLETIN) Sen. Jinggoy Estrada on Tuesday, January 24 called on the government to press for the dismantling of the controversial “Kafala” system to protect overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Arab nations. The Kafala system, a sponsorship system being used by Arab countries monitors and restricts the movement of migrant workers, has become a set…
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ENSURE THAT JUSTICE IS SERVED Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada calls on the Department of Migrant Workers, the Department of Foreign Affairs and other concerned government agencies to make sure that justice is served and the perpetrator responsible for the murder of 35-year-old overseas Filipina worker Jullebee Ranara in Kuwait is punished. Estrada lamented that despite the existence…
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Privilege Speech Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada 24 January 2023 1st Regular Session, 19th Congress Senate of the Philippines “Malupit na Sinapit sa Kuwait” Mister President, distinguished colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, I rise today on a matter of personal and collective privilege. A disturbing news last night caught my attention, the discovery last Sunday of the…
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Malupit na Sinapit sa Kuwait – OFW Jullibee Ranara – January 24, 2023 PRIVILEGE SPEECH: https://bit.ly/3lpM6um
ANC News: Estrada backs total deployment ban to Kuwait after Jullebee Ranara slay – January 30, 2023 Dateline Philippines: Karmina Constantino talks to Sen. Jinggoy Estrada Video: ANC News
Manifestation of Support for the nomination of DMW Secretary Susan “Toots” Ople – November 29, 2022
