MEETING THE BASIC NEEDS OF FILIPINO FAMILIES Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada begins panel deliberations on the proposed legislated across-the-board wage hike and other measures regarding the implementation of wage increases in the private sector. Estrada, Chairperson of the Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources, cites the need to come up with pieces of legislation…
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BILL RATIONALIZING VETERANS’ DISABILITY PENSION HURDLES 2ND READING: Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada shepherds the passage on second reading of Senate Bill No. (SBN) 1480 which seeks to rationalize the disability pension of veterans. Estrada introduced several individual amendments to the measure during Monday’s plenary session May 8, 2023 before securing the upper chamber’s approval. In amending Republic…
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NO NEED FOR A LAW TO CHANGE PNP PROTOCOL VS. PRESENTING SUSPECTS: Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada sees no need for legislation to lift the Philippine National Police (PNP) policy against parading suspects. Estrada, reacting to the suggestion made by Pamplona, Negros Oriental Mayor Janice Degamo during the continuation of the Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs’…
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JINGGOY MOVES TO CITE POLICEMAN IN CONTEMPT: Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada moves to cite in contempt a police officer in Bayawan City, Negros Oriental PSSgt. Renevic Rizaldo, for claiming he can’t remember refusing to blotter an attempted killing of Juwin Estiñoso sometime last year. Estiñoso’s parents told the Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs inquiry…
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JINGGOY WANTS POLICE TO RESOLVE BLOTTER DENIAL ISSUE: Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada asks the Police Director of Negros Oriental, Col. Alex Recinto, to address the alleged police inaction on cases of assassination attempts and killings in the province. During Monday’s Senate hearing on the killing of Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo April 17, 2023, Estrada raised the…
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JINGGOY SPONSORS BICAM REPORT AMENDING FIXED TERM OF AFP OFFICERS: Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, chairperson of the Committee on National Defense and Security, seeks the support of his colleagues for the ratification of the bicameral conference committee report on the disagreeing provisions of Senate Bill No. (SBN) 1849 and House Bill No (HBN) 6517 which…
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CONTINUATION OF CHA-CHA HEARINGS: Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada consults with Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile during the public hearing of the Committee on Constitutional Amendments and Revisions of Codes Wednesday, March 22, 2023 on the importance and the need to amend the 36-year-old 1987 Constitution of the Philippines. Enrile, whom Estrada fondly refers to as…
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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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ESTRADA CONSULTS TATAD ON CHA-CHA: Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, during the public hearing of the Committee on Constitutional Amendments and Revision of Codes Monday, March 20, 2023, asks former Sen. Francisco “Kit” Tatad if is it time yet to tinker with the Constitution. Responding to Estrada, Tatad expressed the belief that the Constitution’s ratification was questionable from the…
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CA PANEL SUBMITS NOMINATIONS OF 3 DFA OFFICIALS, DEFERS TEJANO ANEW: The Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Commission on Appointments chaired by Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada endorses the appointment of Manuel Antonio Javier Teehankee as the country’s representative to the World Trade Organization based in Geneva, Switzerland. The panel, however, deferred anew the nomination of Bienvenido…
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