FDCP’s P404.5 million budget for 2025 breezes through Senate plenary: Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, along with officials from the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) and colleagues, posed for a group photo at the plenary hall after the FDCP’s P404.5 million budget for 2025 was approved during Thursday’s plenary session, November 14, 2024.…
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Senate OKs P16M increase in CHR budget: Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada poses with colleagues and officials from the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) and the Human Rights Violations Victims Memorial Commission after their proposed 2025 budgets of P1.08 billion and P53 million, respectively, were swiftly approved by the Senate plenary on Thursday, November 14, 2024.…
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GOCC body’s 2025 budget approved by Senate: Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada is joined by Majority Leader Francis “Tol” Tolentino and Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III for a group photo with officials from the Governance Commission for Government-Owned or Controlled Corporations (GCG) during Thursday’s plenary budget deliberations, November 14, 2024. Estrada presented…
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Senate gives green light to MTRCB’s 2025 budget: Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada is flanked by Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) family and colleagues following Thursday’s, November 14, 2024, plenary deliberations on the agency’s proposed P44.6 million budget for 2025, which received a green light. Additionally, P116.533 million from fees…
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OVP 2025 budget: Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada congratulates Vice President Sara Duterte during Wednesday’s plenary deliberations on November 13, 2024, after no senator came forward to interpellate or raise questions on the P733-million budget proposed by the Senate finance committee for the Office of the Vice President (OVP) for the next fiscal…
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Eradicate Game-Fixing: Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada expresses his concerns about game-fixing activities especially in amateur and professional basketball leagues to Games and Amusements Board (GAB) Chairman Francisco Rivera during a lull in Tuesday night’s plenary deliberations on the proposed 2025 national budget, November 12, 2024. Estrada, who has filed a bill to…
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Jinggoy urges GAB to address game-fixing in basketball tourneys: Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada urges the Games and Amusement Board (GAB) to address game-fixing schemes in basketball tournaments proactively. During the Senate’s budget deliberations on November 12, 2024, Estrada called on GAB Chairman Francisco Rivera to investigate reports of alleged game-fixing in both…
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Jinggoy questions anew the continuing existence of the Optical Media Board (OMB) : Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada once again raised his proposal to abolish the Optical Media Board (OMB) during Tuesday’s continuing budget debates on November 12, 2024,arguing that the agency’s objectives, duties, and responsibilities have been rendered obsolete by significant technological advancements in the…
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Courtesy visit: Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada warmly welcomes (L-R) Philippine Carabao Center’s Aimee Fulgencio; Executive Dir. Liza Battad; Executive Committee members Directors Ester Flores and Eric Palacpac as they pay a courtesy visit on Monday, November 11, 2024, at his Senate office. The PCC officials thanked Estrada for co-authoring Senate Bill 2558, the proposed “Livestock,…
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Jinggoy backs P64-B judiciary budget: Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, while presiding over the resumption of plenary debates on House Bill No. 10800, or the 2025 General Appropriations Bill (GAB), which contains the proposed P6.352-trillion national budget, on Monday, November 11, 2024, expresses full support for the passage of the P64-billion allocation for the judiciary—an…
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