(PHILSTAR) MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Jinggoy Estrada is calling for Senate hearings into false advertising for food and supplements that claim endorsements by doctors and online personalities to sell these products. Estrada said in a press release that he filed Senate Resolution No. 666 in response to the “alarming proliferation” of ads and fake social…
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(PHILSTAR) MANILA, Philippines — Active military and uniform personnel (MUP) rejected the proposed five percent contribution for their pension as proposed by the administration’s economic managers to address fiscal collapse, Sen. Jinggoy Estrada said yesterday. During the Kapihan sa Senado forum, Estrada said stakeholders have a lot of concerns with the five to nine percent…
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(PHILSTAR) MANILA, Philippines — Comments on a seeming lack of decorum at the Senate should be seen as constructive criticism, Sen. Jinggoy Estrada said Sunday while also stressing that lapses in protocol reflect the diversity of the upper chamber of Congress. Estrada, a former Senate president pro tempore and who was often presiding officer at…
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(PHILSTAR) PAG-ASA ISLAND, Kalayaan, Philippines — Senate national defense committee chairman Jinggoy Estrada visited yesterday this tiny island-community in Palawan to see for himself what needs to be done to beef up its defenses and protect the livelihood of its citizens being threatened by encroaching Chinese coast guards and militia ships. The senator arrived on…
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(PHILSTAR) PAG-ASA ISLAND, Kalayaan — Sen. Jinggoy Estrada committed Thursday to push for an increase in the budget of the Armed Forces of the Philippines as it requested additional equipment to detect and monitor foreign incursions into the country. “I’ve always been supportive of their needs,” Estrada told reporters here in Pag-asa Island. “Whatever they…
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(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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(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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