Mr. President, my dear colleagues, Allow me to co-author and co-sponsor a very important piece of legislation that will ultimately benefit the poor especially in their time of grief, stress and financial hardship. Senate Bill No. 2965 seeks to grant free funeral services to indigent Filipino families who cannot afford a proper burial for their…
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SENATE President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada is seeking the amendment of a law on school-based feeding programs to also include undernourished high school students, saying that proper nutrition significantly impacts a student’s overall performance. “Mahirap tumutok sa isang gawain, lalo na sa takdang aralin kung kumakalam ang tiyan. Paano matututo ang bata, kahit araw-araw…
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(THE MANILA TIMES) SENATE President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada sought the revision of the Intellectual Property (IP) Code of the Philippines “to quash” the piracy of Filipino-made television (TV) shows and movies. “Piracy is considered as the greatest threat to Philippine cinema,” the senator, a former action star, said in a statement on Wednesday. He…
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