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In the story of Jack and the beanstalk, Jack may not have had enough street smarts to know the comparative value of his cow versus a handful of beans.

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 Elections chairman Sixto Brillantes underscored yesterday the need to immediately fill the posts to be vacated today with the retirement of commissioners Nicodemo Ferrer and Gregorio Larrazabal.

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"This is unacceptable," he said.

"The budget is the most important piece of legislation that Congress is duty bound to enact. But for two straight years, Congress, that is, the Senate and the House failed to do so."
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President Arroyo has asked Congress to pass the Palace’s priority bills — a list that does not include proposed measures to amend the 1987 Constitution.

Mrs. Arroyo and leaders of Congress yesterday agreed to give priority to the passage into law of at least 14 Palace-certified bills during the remaining 16 session days before both the Senate and House of Representatives adjourn on June 6.
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Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Alfredo Benipayo said yesterday the continuing registration will be held until 120 days before the next elections in 2004.

Benipayo said he has asked the poll body’s education and information division (EID) to come up with a more effective information campaign on the registration of new voters.

"Maybe our EID will have to come out again with press releases on this (information campaign on the new continuing registration)," he said.
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Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Alfredo Benipayo said yesterday the continuing registration will be held until 120 days before the next elections in 2004.

Benipayo said he has asked the poll body’s education and information division (EID) to come up with a more effective information campaign on the registration of new voters.

"Maybe our EID will have to come out again with press releases on this (information campaign on the new continuing registration)," he said.
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 Elections chairman Sixto Brillantes underscored yesterday the need to immediately fill the posts to be vacated today with the retirement of commissioners Nicodemo Ferrer and Gregorio Larrazabal.

[DatePublished] => 2011-02-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 378020 [Title] => Joker says Senate, House failure to pass budget ‘inexcusable’ [Summary] => Sen. Joker Arroyo described yesterday as "inexcusable" the failure of Congress to pass the P1.126-trillion national budget for this year.

"This is unacceptable," he said.

"The budget is the most important piece of legislation that Congress is duty bound to enact. But for two straight years, Congress, that is, the Senate and the House failed to do so."
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President Arroyo has asked Congress to pass the Palace’s priority bills — a list that does not include proposed measures to amend the 1987 Constitution.

Mrs. Arroyo and leaders of Congress yesterday agreed to give priority to the passage into law of at least 14 Palace-certified bills during the remaining 16 session days before both the Senate and House of Representatives adjourn on June 6.
[DatePublished] => 2003-05-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 195302 [Title] => EDITORIAL – A long way to go [Summary] => Lawmakers are patting themselves on the back for the eleventh-hour approval of amendments to the Anti-Money Laundering Act or AMLA. In the coming days — especially with the absentee voting measure enacted into law — expect a lot of credit grabbing among legislators angling for the votes of millions of overseas Filipino workers in May 2004. [DatePublished] => 2003-02-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 90990 [Title] => Continuing registration of new voters starts July 1 [Summary] => The registration of new voters will start on July 1.

Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Alfredo Benipayo said yesterday the continuing registration will be held until 120 days before the next elections in 2004.

Benipayo said he has asked the poll body’s education and information division (EID) to come up with a more effective information campaign on the registration of new voters.

"Maybe our EID will have to come out again with press releases on this (information campaign on the new continuing registration)," he said.
[DatePublished] => 2001-06-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097645 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 92827 [Title] => Continuing registration of new voters starts July 1 [Summary] => The registration of new voters will start on July 1.

Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Alfredo Benipayo said yesterday the continuing registration will be held until 120 days before the next elections in 2004.

Benipayo said he has asked the poll body’s education and information division (EID) to come up with a more effective information campaign on the registration of new voters.

"Maybe our EID will have to come out again with press releases on this (information campaign on the new continuing registration)," he said.
[DatePublished] => 2001-06-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097645 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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