Estrada filed his COC a day after his half-brother, ex-Sen. JV Ejercito. They both lost in the 2019 senatorial race | @meltlopez
@meltlopez Estrada cites track record as a former 2-term senator, saying he’s among the ‘most prolific’ lawmakers next to Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago in terms of the numbers of bills filed and passed into law.
He wishes brother JV luck: I hope both of us will win | @meltlopez
@meltlopez Estrada on what he wants to do if elected as senator: Job generation, we need to involve the private sector.
He says he will leave it to the courts to decide on his pending plunder case over allegedly misused pork barrel funds, ghost beneficiaries | @meltlopez
@meltlopez Senatorial aspirant Jinggoy Estrada says his "problems" with sibling and fellow 2022 Senate bet JV Ejercito will not do anything to solve the country's problems | @dtdyumol
Estrada, a two-term senator from 2004-2016, vows to enact laws that will provide more jobs to Filipinos especially those who are affected by the pandemic if he will be elected again in the Senate | @dtdyumol
Samira Gutoc makes it to the filing venue past 5pm. Her COC is accepted by Comelec as staff still processing 2 other sets of documents from party-lists
THREAD: The Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality conducts a hearing into the reported cases of Apollo Quiboloy | LIVE bit.ly/3U6JeC9
Sen. Risa Hontiveros likens Kingdom of Jesus Christ leader Apollo Quiboloy to Socorro 'cult' leader Jey Rence ‘Senior Agila’ Quilario.
THREAD: The Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs tackles issues on the alleged drug den and child violence and abuse surrounding the Socorro "cult" | LIVE
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@eimorpsantos @fywragasa Sen. Bato dela Rosa leads the legislative probe as chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Order & Dangerous Drugs | @eimorpsantos
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@eimorpsantos @fywragasa Sen. Dela Rosa filed a resolution seeking a probe on the alleged operations of a shabu laboratory and heavily-armed private army in Socorro, Surigao del Norte | @eimorpsantos
THREAD: The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) today presents Jhed Tamano and Jonila Castro, the two missing environmentalists who surrendered recently to the Philippine Army in Dona Remedios, Bulacan. | @EJgomezzzz
Present in today’s media briefing include Plaridel, Bulacan Mayor Jocell Aimee Vistan, NTF-ELCAC Secretariat Director Alexander Umpar, and Lt. Col. Ronnel dela Cruz, Commanding Officer of the 70th Infantry Battalion. | @EJgomezzzz
On Friday, the NTF-ELCAC said the two environmentalists surrendered to the 70th Infantry Battalion in Doña Remedios Trinidad, Bulacan on Sept. 12—ten days after they went missing. | @EJgomezzzz
HAPPENING NOW: The House appropriations panel conducts a hearing for the proposed 2024 budget of the Department of Public Works and Highways. | LIVE
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DPWH Sec. Manuel Bonoan presents the agency's proposed 2024 budget of ₱822.2 billion, the second-highest allocation for next year.
"Build Better More" is the Marcos administration's infrastructure program.
Rep Marcelino Libanan presses for additional funding for the rehabilitation of the Samar section of the Maharlika Highway: Ito 'yong pinakabugbog na kalsada, dito makikita ang performance kung magaling tayo magtrabaho.
BREAKING: The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court rejects the Philippine government's plea against the court's move to resume its investigation into the Duterte administration's war on drugs.
The International Criminal Court will continue to investigate the Duterte administration's war on drugs after the Appeals Chamber of the court rejected the plea of the Philippine government against the resumption of the probe. bit.ly/3rE4rqD