A bill mandating the establishment of polling precincts exclusively for senior citizens and accessible for persons with disabilities (PWDs) has been filed in the Senate. Senate Bill No. 1642, filed by Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada specifically seeks to amend Republic Act No. 10366,...
Senator Ronald ‘’Bato’’ dela Rosa chided on Friday, March 3, groups and individuals who called for the scrapping of the bill reviving the mandatory Reserved Officers Training Corps (ROTC) following the death of an Adamson University chemical engineering student to hazing. Sen. Ronald...
Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada on Friday, February 24 expressed his support to proposals that seek to declare as unlawful the policy of a "no permit, no exam” in all public and private schools. Estrada reiterated that a learner’s inability to pay his or her tuition and other school fees...
The foreign affairs committee of the powerful Commission on Appointments (CA) deferred Wednesday, February 22, deliberations on the nomination of an envoy to Papua New Guinea. Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, committee chairman, deferred the nomination of Bienvenido Tejano until the sexual...
The Commission on Appointments (CA) on Wednesday, February 22, confirmed the nomination and ad interim appointment of 15 senior officials of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) including the country's ambassador to New Zealand. The CA confirmed Kira Azucena as Philippine ambassador to New...
Senator Jinggoy Estrada on Tuesday, February 21 said the Optical Media Board (OMB) has outlived its purpose and would best be abolished. Estrada made the statement as he filed Senate Bill No. 1904, which calls for its abolition. “The significant technological advancements in the media landscape...
Senator Jinggoy Estrada has filed a resolution expressing the Senate’s opposition to the continuation of the International Criminal Court’s (ICC's) probe into the alleged crimes against humanity committed during former president Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs. In filing Senate Resolution No....
Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada has put to task the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) to look into reports that some recruitment agencies are owned by foreign nationals. Estrada pointed out foreign ownership of placement agencies is a matter prohibited in the licensing and regulation rules of...
Senator Jinggoy Estrada on Sunday, February 6, called for the establishment of mental health offices (MHOs) in the campuses of all state universities and colleges (SUCs) as a means to curb the rising incidence of Filipino students struggling with mental health issues. “There have been a lot of...
Senator Jinggoy Estrada has filed a measure seeking to make all information about sex offenders in the Philippines available to the public. In filing Senate Bill No. 1291 or the proposed “National Sex Offender Registry Act,” Estrada said it is necessary for the government to establish a...
The Senate Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development on Wednesday, January 25 honored 10 outstanding household workers as part of the 10th year anniversary of the “Batas Kasambahay,” also known as the Domestic Workers Act or Republic Act No. 10361. Sen. Jinggoy Estrada,...
Sen. Jinggoy Estrada on Tuesday, January 24 called on the government to press for the dismantling of the controversial “Kafala” system to protect overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Arab nations. The Kafala system, a sponsorship system being used by Arab countries monitors and restricts the...
