Ejercito: Every budgeted peso must count
‘We do not want farm-to-market roads where there are no farms.’
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Ejercito pushes 50-year Philippine infrastructure blueprint
Sen. JV Ejercito is renewing his push for the MIND Act, which seeks a 30- to 50-year integrated infrastructure masterplan designed to ensure continuity across…
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Ejercito seeks P10K across-the-board pay hike for public school teachers
Sen. JV Ejercito is pushing a P10,000 across-the-board increase in the monthly basic salary of all public elementary and secondary school teachers.
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JV: No last-minute budget insertions
Senate Finance chairperson JV Ejercito vows to block last-minute insertions in the proposed P7.2-trillion 2027 national budget and push for greater…
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Ejercito backs flood control budget reinstatement but calls for stricter safeguards
Meta Description: Senate finance panel chair JV Ejercito supports reinstating DPWH flood control funding for key projects while pledging no last-minute budget…
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Ejercito vows no last-minute insertions in P7.2-T 2027 budget
Senate finance committee chair JV Ejercito vows to block last-minute insertions and open bicameral deliberations to the public as the Senate begins scrutiny of…
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JV pushes faster socialized housing
Senator JV Ejercito backed a bill seeking to improve land identification for socialized housing projects, saying better access to suitable land will help…
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Ejercito pushes faster rollout of socialized housing
Senate Senior Deputy Majority Leader JV Ejercito backs Senate Bill 1992 to fast-track socialized housing in the Philippines by easing land identification,…
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EPIRA A FAILURE? Ejercito seeks overhaul to lower power costs
Senator JV Ejercito pushes a major overhaul of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) to cut high electricity rates in the Philippines. Learn how his…
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JV seeks tax-free pay for workers
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JV Ejercito seeks tax-free pay for workers earning up to P50K a month
Senator JV Ejercito’s new bill seeks to exempt workers earning up to ₱50,000 a month (₱600,000 a year) from income tax, boosting take-home pay for millions of…
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JV Ejercito files bills to scrap system loss, VAT on electricity
Sen. JV Ejercito has filed Senate Bills 2342 and 2343 to scrap system loss charges and remove the 12% VAT on electricity, aiming to lower power rates for…
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Ejercito warns against ‘empty rhetoric’
Ejercito urged Marcos to expand PhilHealth benefits so the state insurer could shoulder 60 percent to 70 percent of hospital bills.
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Budget hearing, impeachment trial, malaking problema kapag nagpang-abot — Sen. JV Ejercito
Nangangamba si Sen. JV Ejercito na magkulang ang oras sa 2027 budget hearing kung magsasabay ito sa impeachment trial laban kay VP Sara Duterte. Alamin ang…
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Ejercito seeks EPIRA review over soaring power rates
Senator JV Ejercito urges a full review of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) as the Philippines records the highest electricity rates in Southeast…
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Ejercito weighs brotherhood against public service
Sen. JV Ejercito grapples with the arrest of his brother, Sen. Jinggoy Estrada, balancing family ties with his duty to uphold the law. He calls for due…
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