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We Must Take Steps in Ensuring That Accidents Are Curbed and Prevented From Happening Again – EJERCITO

  Senator JV Ejercito wants to impose stiffer penalties for overloading vehicles after an overloaded bus in Nueva Ecija, which fell into a 100 feet ravine, killed 31 and injured 46 people last week. Ejercito, as Vice Chair of the Public Services Committee, said the Nueva Ecija bus accident was so tragic that major steps […]

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It is Time to Amend the Juvenile Justice Act – EJERCITO

  Senator JV Ejercito is supporting the call of President Rodrigo Duterte to amend the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act, which provides that youth criminals aged 15 years old and below should not be imprisoned or punished even for a heinous crime. Ejercito said that the law had good intentions but was used and abused […]

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Smart Communications to Improve and Upgrade Its Services – EJERCITO

Senator JV Ejercito said he will get the commitment of Smart Communications to improve and upgrade its services for the next five to ten years. The senator, as Vice Chairman of the Public Services Committee, said the extension of the telcos giant’s franchise could have been easily renewed for another 25 years had it refined […]