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(Eagle News) — Senator JV Ejercito on Wednesday warned against railroading the planned shift to a federalist form of government. In a Twitter post, he said that a process that would “fundamentally alter our system of government” should, after all, not be expedited. Ejercito added that “the most important issue” for him was that Congress also vote separately on the issue. “I am not prepared to support a process that would diminish the power and […]
(Eagle News) — Senator JV Ejercito on Thursday said that he respects President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to appoint former Bureau of Customs chief Nicanor Faeldon to the Office of the Civil Defense. But in a text message, Ejercito said he “would rather that appointees or those who intend to run for public office (do) not have any derogatory record or blemish in their track record.” According to Ejercito, this was because they were “entering public service.” “Public […]
(Eagle News) — Pinuri ng ilang senador ang ginawang pagbibitiw ni Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte. Para kay Senate Majority Leader Tito Sotto, karespe-respeto ang ginawa ng bise alkalde at pagpapakita na hindi siya kapit tuko sa pwesto. Dagdag pa ni Sotto, naniniwala din ang batang Duterte sa salitang “delicadeza.” Gayundin ang paniniwala ni Senador JV Ejercito. Aniya, katapangan ang ginawa ng vice mayor sa pagbibitiw. Ito aniya ay upang hindi na niya maidamay […]
(Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan has acquitted Senator JV Ejercito of the technical malversation case filed against him over the allegedly anomalous use of P2.1 million in calamity funds in 2008, when he was San Juan mayor. In its 32-page decision, the sixth division also acquitted Ejercito’s 14 co-accused–Leonardo Gonzales Celles, Andoni Miguel Lopez Carballo, Vincent Rainier Manago Pacheco, Dante Espiritu Santiago, Grace Cortes Pardines, Francis Keith Peralta, Edgardo Velarde Soriano, Jannah-Altarejos-Surla, Joseph Christopher Torralba, […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV may face an ethics complaint in the Senate after he issued what his colleague said were “disrespectful and unparliamentary” comments. “Maybe it is high time that we refer to the Senate ethics committee Senator Trillanes’ actions since he is becoming damaging to the institution and becoming damaging to the country,” Senator JV Ejercito said in a statement on Tuesday. Ejercito was referring to Trillanes’ “disrespectful and unparliamentary” comments […]
(Eagle News)– With a vote count of 18-0-0, the Senate on Monday (May 15) approved on third and final reading Senate Bill No. 1365 or the Philippine Passport Act extending the validity of Philippine passports from five years to 10 years. The bill was authored by Senators Richard Gordon, Cynthia Villar, Ralph Recto, JV Ejercito, Loren Legarda, Sonny Angara, Joel Villanueva, Grace Poe, and Alan Peter Cayetano. Under the bill, regular passports shall be valid […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Fifth Division of the Sandiganbayan dismissed the graft charges filed against Mayor Joseph Victor Ejercito. The graft charges were connected with the purchase of firearms made by Ejercito when he was still the Mayor of San Juan City, with said purchase made with the city’s calamity funds. https://youtu.be/8VGJkKw47b4
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Lalo pa umanong titindi ang problema sa trapiko sa bansa sa susunod na dalawa o tatlong taon. Ito ang pangamba ni Senator JV Ejercito kung hindi maisasakatuparan ng Duterte administration ang modernong railways system sa bansa. Ayon sa Senador, interesado ang Japan International Cooperation Agency o JICA at iba pang mga negosyante sa Japan na tumulong at isagawa ang railways system.
Ipinag-utos ng sandiganbayan fifth division ang siyam na pung araw na suspensyon laban kay senator “JV” Ejercito. Kasunod ito ng kinakaharap na kasong graft ng senador dahil sa umanoy maanomalyang pagbili nito ng mga armas noong sya pa ang alkalde ng San Juan City gamit ang calamity funds. Sa kanilang mosyon ay ginamit na argumento ng prosekusyon ang nakasaad sa Section 13 ng Republic Act 3019 na ang mga public official na may kinakaharap na […]
(Eagle News)– A 90-day suspension order was ordered by Sandiganbayan to Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito due to the graft case he is facing over the alleged anomalous purchase of firearms in 2008. The anti-graft court’s Fifth Division said Ejercito is suspended “from his position as Senator of the Republic of the Philippines, and from any other public office which he may now or hereafter be holding for a period of ninety (90) days from […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Senator JV Ejercito and his co-accused asked the Sandiganbayan 6th Division to dismiss the technical malversation case filed against them due to the lack of the element of application of said public funds in a purpose that is not provided in the law. His co-accused filed a separate motion to dismiss said case due to lack of probable cause. The Sandiganbayan 6th Division asked the prosecution to answer said motion within […]
Neophyte senator, JV Ejercito challenged Energy secretary Jericho Petilla to resign if he cannot solve the electricity problems in the country.
