Tag: Senate Committee on National Defense

Senate defense committee to take up bill seeking to amend fixed AFP tenure law, other related measures – Jinggoy

January 15, 2023

SENATOR Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada assured the public today the Senate committee on defense will thoroughly scrutinize proposed bills seeking to remove the fixed term for some military officials before presenting it for plenary deliberations. Estrada, Chairperson of the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification, and Reconciliation, said the committee has set a hearing on…
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Jinggoy Estrada vows to scrutinize bill seeking to remove fixed term for AFP officials

January 15, 2023

(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — Senator Jinggoy Estrada on Sunday assured the public that the Senate will thoroughly scrutinize the bill seeking to remove the fixed term for some Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) officials. Estrada — who heads the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification, and Reconciliation — said this in…
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PHOTO RELEASE: Senate defense committee to take up bill seeking to amend fixed AFP tenure law, other related measures

January 15, 2023

Senate defense committee to take up bill seeking to amend fixed AFP tenure law, other related measures: In taking up the bills proposing to lift the fixed term for some military officials on Tuesday, January 17, 2023, Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada assures the public that his Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification,…
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Jinggoy commends Metrobank Foundation’s outstanding Filipino soldiers

September 13, 2022

SENATOR Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada gave a special citation to the soldier-awardees in this year’s Metrobank Foundation Outstanding Filipinos for being torchbearers of exemplary service and for their faithful performance of their sworn duties and responsibilities. “Saludo po ang inyong lingkod sa inyong angking galing, tapang, malasakit sa kapwa, at pagmamahal sa bayan na siyang ipinamalas…
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AFP chief pays a courtesy visit

September 6, 2022

AFP chief pays a courtesy visit: Newly-installed Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief-of-staff Lt. Gen. Bartolome Vicente Bacarro (second from right) pays a courtesy visit to Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada at the Senate on Tuesday afternoon, September 6, 2022. Estrada is the Chairperson of the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification,…
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Jinggoy files bill increasing veterans’ disability pension

August 29, 2022

In order to help military veterans shoulder the high cost of medicines and their basic needs, Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada filed a bill seeking to increase their disability pension by 350 percent to 488 percent. Estrada noted that the current pension rates being received by military veterans are no longer realistic and have been made…
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Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada Convenes Senate Defense Committee for 19th Congress

August 10, 2022

ESTRADA CONVENES SENATE DEFENSE COMMITTEE FOR 19TH CONGRESS Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, chairperson of the Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification, and Reconciliation, on Wednesday, August 10, 2022, presides over the organizational meeting of the panel and briefing by the Department of National Defense and the Armed Forces of the Philippines on their…
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WATCH | Presscon ukol sa hearing ng Komite ng National Defense (AFP Modernization, US-China, NTF-ELCAC, etc.)

August 10, 2022

MAY NAKITA KANG CONCERN DUN SA IBINIGAY NA BRIEFING? “Yung mga briefing na sinabi nila sa amin yung mga priority legislative agenda. And base sa State of the Nation Address ni President Marcos, and we will act on it right away, I already assured the OIC of the National Defense, si Secretary Faustino that we…
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China-Taiwan tension ‘something to be concerned about’ — Jinggoy

August 4, 2022

Senator Jinggoy Estrada, chairman of the Senate Committee on National Defense, on Thursday, Aug. 4 expressed worries about the brewing tension between China and Taiwan, considering that many Filipinos are working and living in both countries. In a statement, Estrada said “The reported tension in the region is something to be concerned about.” He said…
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