Tag: Photo Release

Two ambassadors get CA nod

Two ambassadors get CA nod — Committee on Foreign Affairs Chairperson, Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, presides over the Commission on Appointments (CA) confirmation hearing today, August 31, 2022 to tackle the ad interim appointment of Department of Foreign Affairs Sec. Luis Enrique Manalo, and the nominations of Jose Manuel Romualdez, Philippine Ambassador to the United…
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CA panel tackles appointments of DFA Chief and two ambassadors

CA PANEL TACKLES APPOINTMENTS OF DFA CHIEF AND TWO AMBASSADORS: Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, chairperson of the Commission on Appointments (CA) Committee on Foreign Relations, presides over CA’s hybrid hearing to tackle the confirmation of Department of Foreign Affairs Sec. Luis Enrique Manalo. Also taken up during Wednesday’s proceedings, August 31, 2022, were the nominations…
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Estrada pushes for the passage of Senior Citizens’ Fraud Education Act (SBN-671)

Protect seniors from text scams, ‘budol-budol’: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada pushes for the passage of Senate Bill 671 or the proposed Senior Citizens’ Fraud Education Act to protect the elderly consumers from being victimized by cyber crime syndicates. SBN 671 seeks the establishment of an inter-agency centralized service to ward off scammers from carrying out…
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No Performance Bond

NO PERFORMANCE BOND: Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, during the hybrid Blue Ribbon Committee investigation Tuesday, August 30, 2022, asks former Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) chief Hermenegildo Serafica to why the agency did not require sugar importers to post performance bond in the botched importation of 300,000 metric tons of sugar. While Serafica said that the…
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Estrada: Go after agri smugglers

Go after agri smugglers: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada quizzes acting Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz on the status of cases filed against 294 importers and 76 brokers during Tuesday’s continuing hearing of the Blue Ribbon Committee, August 30, 2022. Estrada was given assurance that case build-up is ongoing to ensure not only…
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Senate Electoral Reforms and People’s Participation on the proposed postponement of BSKE

Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, addressing the Senate Electoral Reforms and People’s Participation, during Tuesday’s organization meeting and hearing, August 23, 2022, stood firm in his proposed postponement of this year’s barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections saying that the political toxicity in a close interval with the recently-concluded national and local elections would not be…
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Estrada takes oath as CA member

Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada takes his oath as member of the Commission on Appointments (CA) during Tuesday’s plenary proceedings, August 23, 2022. Estrada is among the twelve senators elected to represent the upper chamber in the bicameral constitutional body that is vested by the 1987 Constitution with the power to approve or disapprove appointments made…
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Courtesy Call: Mayors from Biliran Province and Leyte

Pagbisita ng mga kaibigan mula sa Biliran Province at Leyte na sina Mayor Rhodessa Revita ng Caibiran, Mayor Bernardino Tacoy ng Matag-on, Leyte at Mayor Joseph Canonoy Caingcoy ng Maripipi.

FAMAS Awards

Maraming salamat po sa bumubuo ng FAMAS Awards sa pag-gawad ng Fernando Poe Jr. Memorial Award. Isa po Itong malaking karangalan.Asahan po ninyo na pagsusumikapan natin na gumawa ng mga batas upang muling buhayin at pasiglahin ang industriya ng Pelikulang Pilipino. Binabati ko din ang aking kasamahan sa Senado, Manang Senator Imee Marcos na ginawaran…
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Estrada lauds INC’s religious, civic engagements

Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada commends the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) for continuously shaping the country’s moral fiber and for looking after the society in general through various civic programs as he joins in the commemoration of the religious sect’s 108th founding anniversary. Estrada, during the plenary session Wednesday, July 27, 2022, said aside from attending…
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