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[Title] => Bill extending terms of barangay, SK officials sent to Malacañang
[Summary] => The bill extending the term of barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan officials from four to five years is now up for the president's signature, Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian said Thursday, September 4.
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[Title] => Shared values
[Summary] => This year’s National PR Congress of the Public Relations Society of the Philippines carries the theme “Steward the story: From clout to legacy.” It is a well-intentioned theme. It is also, I would argue, a symptom.
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[Title] => EDITORIAL - Leadership by bad example
[Summary] => Malacañang washed its hands of the P500 million each in “leadership funds” that allegedly went to all senators in the previous 19th Congress.
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[Title] => Media, rights groups urge Congress to junk Marcos anti-disinfo bill
[Summary] => Civil society groups and rights advocates are urging the Senate to defer pending anti-disinformation bills that they say borrow language from the Anti-Terrorism Act and hand the government powers that “may be weaponized by whoever holds office.”
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[Title] => Salceda is back in action
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[Title] => Imahe ng Kongreso at Senado nababoy na!
[Summary] => PINAGSUMIKAPAN ng mga sinauna nating mga senador na buhatin sa pagkakalugmok sa kahirapan ang bansa natin.
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[Title] => EDITORIAL - Return to work
[Summary] => The president of the republic can call Congress to a special session anytime.
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[Title] => Marcos calls for Congress special session on June 17
[Summary] => In line with his appeal to lawmakers to get back to work, President Marcos yesterday called Congress to a special session beginning tomorrow to allow the passage of priority bills and confirm appointments that are languishing because of the leadership row in the Senate.
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[Title] => Marcos, nagpatawag ng Congress special session sa Hunyo 17
[Summary] => Nagpatawag si Pangulong Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. ng isang Congress special session na isasagawa sa darating na Miyerkules, Hunyo 17.
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[Title] => Marcos calls Congress to special session on June 17
[Summary] => President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has called Congress to a special session on Wednesday, June 17, to act on key measures that were tabled amid the Senate's leadership tussle.
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[Title] => Media, rights groups urge Congress to junk Marcos anti-disinfo bill
[Summary] => Civil society groups and rights advocates are urging the Senate to defer pending anti-disinformation bills that they say borrow language from the Anti-Terrorism Act and hand the government powers that “may be weaponized by whoever holds office.”
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