Bicam panel OKs bill amending the law on AFP officers’ fixed term: Following more than four-hour deliberations, the bicameral conference committee managed to thresh out the disagreeing provisions of Senate Bill No. 1849 and House Bill No. 6517 which seeks to amend the law on the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) officers’ tour of duty.…
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Jinggoy takes notice of airport officials’ apparent breach of protocol: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada takes notice of the apparent breach of protocol by some airport officials in screening some foreign travelers who boarded a private jet that departed at the NAIA Terminal 1 last February 13. Estrada berated airport authorities who acknowledged the lapses in failing…
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Jinggoy files resolution lauding Dolly de Leon’s successes in global film circuit: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada joins Senate colleagues in introducing a resolution commending and congratulating actress Dolly Earnshaw de Leon for winning acting trophies from various international award-giving bodies, scoring historic nominations, and her successes in the global film circuit. De Leon’s standout performance in…
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High-level UAE delegation pays a courtesy call on Jinggoy: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada receives a gift from Brigadier Staff Pilot Khalifa Butti Thani Alshamsi who led the 20-man National Defense College of the United Arab Emirates (NDC UAE) delegation that paid a courtesy call to the Committee on National Defense and Security Chairperson at the…
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Courtesy call of National Defense College of the United Arab Emirates (NDC UAE) delegates: Members of the National Defense College of the United Arab Emirates (NDC UAE) delegation paid a courtesy call on Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, Chairperson of the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, at the Tolentino and Quezon Rooms in the…
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Better salary scale for gov’t social workers: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada seeks to amend the Magna Carta for Public Social Workers in hope of providing for a better salary scale for government social workers who he says are overburdened and underpaid. In filing Senate Bill No. 1922, Estrada said those passionately working hard to alleviate…
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‘Great friends just pick up where they left off’: It’s been five years since former President Joseph Ejercito Estrada last saw his friend, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. The two are seen catching up and trying to pick up where they left off when they last saw each other in September 2018 when the former…
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Jinggoy joins call in postponing jeepney phaseout: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, in his manifestation during Tuesday’s plenary session, February 28, 2023, joins colleagues’ call to the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to postpone the planned phase out of all traditional jeepneys by June 30 this year. “Although we believe that it is imperative…
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‘Let us support our students who strive to finish their studies’: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada backs bill that will make unlawful the practice of “no permit, no exam policy” in public and private schools saying that a learner’s inability to pay tuition and other fees should never be a hindrance to the completion of their…
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Jinggoy files resolution expressing the Senate’s strong opposition vs ICC probe: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada files Resolution No. 492 expressing the Senate’s strong opposition to the decision of the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) to resume its investigation into alleged crimes against humanity in the country related to the war on drugs of the Duterte administration.…
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