Tag: Senate Committee on National Defense

Sen. Jinggoy Estrada, personal na ininspeksiyon ang kalagayan ng Pag-Asa Island

(RADYO PILIPINAS) Bumisita si Senate Committee on National Defense Chairperson Senador Jinggoy Estrada sa Pag-Asa Island sa Kalayaan, Palawan para personal na tingnan ang sitwasyon ng military troops na naka-deploy doon at ng mga residente sa lugar. Matapos ang pag-iikot sa isla, ipinangako ni Estrada na isusulong niya ang pagpapataas ng budget ng Armed Forces…
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PHOTO RELEASE: Former Pres. Joseph Estrada’s aides de-camp are now one-star generals

Former Pres. Joseph Estrada’s aides-de-camp are now one-star generals: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada gives a warm welcome to Presidential Security Group (PSG) chief Brig. Gen. Ramon P. Zagala (L) and Brig. Gen. Antonio Z. Francisco Jr. Philippine Air Force (PAF) Wing Commander, 710th Special Operations Wing (R) Wednesday afternoon, May 17, 2023, shortly after receiving the…
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PH ARMY: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada visits Philippine Army

Sen. Jinggoy Estrada visits HPA to discuss benefits of military personnel, veteransThe Chairperson of Senate Committees on National Defense & Security, Peace, Unification & Reconciliation and Labor, Employment and Human Resource Development Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada visited the troops of the Headquarters Philippine Army to discuss the benefits of military personnel, veterans, and their families…
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Senate defense panel to tackle MUP pension reform bills in May − Estrada

(GMA NEWS) The Senate committee on national defense and security, peace, unification and reconciliation will tackle the measures seeking to reform the military and uniform personnel (MUP) pension system in May. This was disclosed by Senator Jinggoy Estrada, the panel’s chairman, days after Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno said that President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is “okay” with…
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PRIB PHOTO: Jinggoy defends bill upgrading disabled veterans’ pension

JINGGOY DEFENDS BILL UPGRADING DISABLED VETERANS’ PENSION: Senate Committee on National Defense and Security chairperson Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estradaanswers questions from colleagues as he defends in the plenary Senate Bill No. (SBN) 1480 which seeks to rationalize the disability pension of veterans, amending for the purpose Republic Act No. 6948 or an Act Standardizing and Upgrading…
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PHOTO RELEASE: High-level UAE delegation pays a courtesy call on Jinggoy

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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PHOTO RELEASE: Courtesy call of National Defense College of the United Arab Emirates (NDC UAE) delegates

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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PHOTO RELEASE: Rumblings within military

Rumblings within military: Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada inquires into reported rumblings within the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to which Defense Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. answered in the affirmative during Tuesday’s hearing in the Senate, January 17, 2023. Estrada, presiding over Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification, and Reconciliation’s proceedings that…
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PRIB PHOTO: Jinggoy leads hearing on AFP professionalism

JINGGOY LEADS HEARING ON AFP PROFESSIONALISM:  Senate Committee on National Defense Chairperson Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada presides over the hybrid hearing on Senate Bill Nos. 1601 and 1603 which seek to amend the 9-month-old Republic Act (RA) 11709, or An Act Strengthening Professionalism in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Tuesday, January 17, 2023. “With the…
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