1. Jinggoy Estrada is the current president pro tempore of the Senate, having been elected for the second time in 2024 after previously holding the position from 2007 to 2013.
29 Facts About Jinggoy Estrada
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Jinggoy Estrada briefly became the acting Senate President in 2013 after Juan Ponce Enrile's resignation.
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Jinggoy Estrada was released in 2003, elected to the Senate in 2004, and was acquitted in 2007.
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Jinggoy Estrada sought reelection in the 2019 Senate election but lost.
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Jinggoy Estrada ran again in 2022 and won a Senate seat.
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In 2024, Jinggoy Estrada was convicted on one count of committing direct bribery and two counts of indirect bribery, but acquitted on charges of plunder over the use of the Priority Development Assistance Fund.
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Outside politics, Jinggoy Estrada, like his father, is an actor who has appeared in numerous films in action star roles.
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Jinggoy Estrada won the Best Actor Award in the 2007 Metro Manila Film Festival for the film Katas ng Saudi.
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Jinggoy Estrada was bestowed an honorary Doctorate in Humanities in 2007 by the Laguna State Polytechnic University.
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Jinggoy Estrada is hailed as the second most productive and prolific senator, next to Sen.
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On July 23,2007, Jinggoy Estrada was elected as Senate president pro tempore.
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Jinggoy Estrada is the principal author of the Kasambahay Law, or the law promoting the interests and welfare of the domestic workers in the Philippines.
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Jinggoy Estrada ran for a comeback to the Senate in the 2019 Philippine Senate election.
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Jinggoy Estrada was named to the Hugpong ng Pagbabago senatorial slate.
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Jinggoy Estrada sought for a comeback to the Senate in the 2022 Philippine Senate election.
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Jinggoy Estrada was named to the senatorial slate of UniTeam Alliance and openly endorsed the eventually successful candidacies of Bongbong Marcos for president and Sara Duterte for vice president.
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Jinggoy Estrada won as the 12th placer, finally earning his third nonconsecutive term, while Ejercito was successful as he placed 10th.
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On January 18,2024, Jinggoy Estrada was found guilty of one count of direct bribery and two counts of indirect bribery, as well as acquitted of plunder in relation to the utilization of the Priority Development Assistance Fund.
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Jinggoy Estrada was sentenced to eight to nine years in prison for direct bribery and two to three years for indirect bribery.
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Jinggoy Estrada was elected through a closed-ballot by the members of the Senate, which elected him to the position of President pro tempore of the Senate of the Philippines, a position he previously held from 2007 to 2013.
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Jinggoy Estrada was sworn-in by newly-elected President of the Senate of the Philippines Francis Escudero.
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On May 20,2024, Jinggoy Estrada succeeded Senator Loren Legarda, who tendered her resignation.
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Jinggoy Estrada was accused of another plunder charge at the Ombudsman relating to Janet Lim-Napoles' pork barrel scam involving in public funds.
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Jinggoy Estrada is accused of pocketing PHP183 million in kickbacks from fake projects.
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On June 23,2014, Jinggoy Estrada was arrested and detained at the Philippine National Police Custodial Center in Camp Crame, Quezon City.
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On February 22,2019, Jinggoy Estrada filed a request for a demurrer before the Sandiganbayan Fifth Division, asking the court to deviate from established procedure and to allow him to challenge the sufficiency of evidence midway into the trial.
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On May 3,2020, Jinggoy Estrada was arrested over alleged violations of the COVID-19 community quarantine rules in San Juan.
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Jinggoy Estrada said that he had been distributing relief goods to residents of the city when policemen in two patrol cars arrived at the scene and invited him to the local precinct.
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Jinggoy Estrada said that he "understood the pain being felt by many Hong Kong nationals".