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                    [ArticleID] => 823176
                    [Title] => Magsaysay confirms inclusion in LP senatorial slate
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Former Senator Ramon Magsaysay Jr. came out of retirement from politics to take another crack at the Senate after seeing the determination of the current administration to institute genuine reforms in the country.

[DatePublished] => 2012-07-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500820 [AuthorName] => Marvin Sy [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 679292 [Title] => Fertilizer fund recipients mostly GMA allies [Summary] =>

Most lawmakers and local officials who received fertilizer funds in 2004 were allies of then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, a witness in the Senate inquiry on the scam said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2011-04-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 616254 [Title] => 'P4.8 billion released by DA before polls' [Summary] =>

Sen. Franklin Drilon revealed yesterday that around P4.8 billion was released by the Department of Agriculture (DA) to the agency’s regional field units (RFUs) for farm-to-market roads and other infrastructure projects last February to March, which he suspects could have been used for the campaign in the May 10 elections.

[DatePublished] => 2010-09-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500820 [AuthorName] => Marvin Sy [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 442617 [Title] => Plunder vs Bolante inindorso [Summary] =>

Inirekomenda kaha­pon ng blue ribbon committee ng Senado ang pagsasampa ng kasong plunder laban kay da­ting Agriculture Under­secretary Jocelyn “Joc-Joc” Bo­lante at walo pang katao na isi­nang­kot sa P728 milyong fertilizer fund scam.

[DatePublished] => 2009-02-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1590360 [AuthorName] => Ni Malou Escudero [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 442726 [Title] => Palace: Findings based on inference, not evidence [Summary] =>

Malacañang welcomed yesterday the findings of the Senate Blue Ribbon committee on the fertilizer fund scam but claimed they were “based on inference, not evidence.”

[DatePublished] => 2009-02-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 424394 [Title] => LOCAL NEWS: Bolante returns to Senate; new witness surfaces [Summary] =>

Former Agriculture undersecretary Jocelyn “Joc-Joc” Bolante returned to the witness stand at the resumption of the fertilizer fund probe at the Senate this afternoon.

[DatePublished] => 2008-12-17 13:44:27 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1116774 [AuthorName] => Alexa Villano [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 415789 [Title] => Lawmakers threaten to subpoena, arrest Bolante [Summary] =>

Congressmen are threatening to subpoena and arrest former agriculture undersecretary Jocelyn “Jocjoc” Bolante even if he is under Senate custody.

[DatePublished] => 2008-11-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 413975 [Title] => LOCAL NEWS: House invites Bolante to attend fertilizer inquiry on Wednesday [Summary] =>

The House committee on agriculture invited former agriculture  undersecretary Jocelyn “Jocjoc” Bolante to its inquiry on the P728-million fertilizer scam on Wednesday.

[DatePublished] => 2008-11-10 16:54:02 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 323928 [Title] => Senate finds GMA liable in fertilizer fund scam [Summary] => President Arroyo should be held accountable for the mismanagement of the P728-million fertilizer fund.

This was the recommendation of the Senate Blue Ribbon and agriculture committees when they released their joint report on the inquiry on the alleged fertilizer scam yesterday.

Agriculture committee chairman Sen. Ramon Magsaysay Jr. said the President must explain the whole program and see to it that there is no doubt on how the funds were appropriated.
[DatePublished] => 2006-03-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 311063 [Title] => 2 DA officials ‘di paaalisin ng Pinas [Summary] => Hihilingin ng Senado sa Bureau of Immigration (BI) na ilagay sa hold departure order ang mga opisyales ng Department of Agriculture (DA) upang hindi na makaalis ng bansa at makapagtago tulad ng naunang ginawa ni DA Undersec. Jocelyn "Joc-joc" Bolante para makaiwas sa imbestigasyon tungkol sa P727 milyong fertilizer fund.

Sinabi ni Sen. Ramon Magsaysay, Jr., chairman ng Senate committee on agriculture and food, dapat ilagay sa HDO ng BI sina Undersec. Belinda Gonzales at Assistant Sec. Montes upang hindi na makapagtago at humarap sa Senate hearing.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) ) )

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