congress

Array
(
    [results] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 2372376
                    [Title] => PhilHealth's transfer of P89.9 billion legal, Congress approved –DOF
                    [Summary] =>  It was a mandate from Congress that pushed the Department of Finance to order state health insurer PhilHealth to remit its unused budget of P89.9 billion back to the treasury.
                    [DatePublished] => 2024-07-23 17:18:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1808287
                    [AuthorName] => Jean Mangaluz
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2024/07/23/post-sona-talks_2024-07-23_16-11-07794_thumbnail.jpg
                )

            [1] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 2372323
                    [Title] => What Marcos said in his third SONA, from A-Z
                    [Summary] => Here, we break down the one-hour speech into easily digestible topics from A to Z.
                    [DatePublished] => 2024-07-23 08:50:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1807493
                    [AuthorName] => Cristina Chi
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2024/07/23/sona-2024-marcos_2024-07-23_08-53-15912_thumbnail.jpg
                )

            [2] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 2371682
                    [Title] => Preparing for amnesty
                    [Summary] => For decades, the president and Congress have been preaching and campaigning on the need for immigration reform.
                    [DatePublished] => 2024-07-21 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 134402
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1805111
                    [AuthorName] => Michael J. Gurfinkel
                    [SectionName] => Opinion
                    [SectionUrl] => opinion
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [3] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 2369431
                    [Title] => Makabayan bloc to field 12-member Senate slate
                    [Summary] => The Makabayan bloc will field a full 12-member senatorial slate in the 2025 elections, its representatives announced on Thursday, who also expressed willingness to work with non-Makabayan candidates with a "strong track record in standing up for the people."
                    [DatePublished] => 2024-07-11 16:59:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 
                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2023/09/29/makabayan-sona_2023-09-29_14-09-15_thumbnail.jpg
                )

            [4] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 2367201
                    [Title] => Marcos approves P6.3-trillion proposed budget for 2025
                    [Summary] => President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has set the proposed national budget for 2025 at P6.352 trillion — a record-high outlay that captures the administration's macroeconomic targets and spending priorities in an election year.
                    [DatePublished] => 2024-07-02 18:05:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1807493
                    [AuthorName] => Cristina Chi
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2024/07/02/marcos-2024_2024-07-02_22-26-0822_thumbnail.jpg
                )

            [5] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 2366489
                    [Title] => Priority measures
                    [Summary] => Just recently, leaders of both houses of Congress have committed to pass 20 priority bills within the remaining period of the current session.
                    [DatePublished] => 2024-06-30 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 134315
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1805465
                    [AuthorName] => Mary Ann LL. Reyes
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [6] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 2365682
                    [Title] => Congress to pass 20 priority bills
                    [Summary] => Lawmakers yesterday committed to pass 20 priority measures aimed at promoting development and attaining socioeconomic transformation within the remaining sessions of Congress.
                    [DatePublished] => 2024-06-26 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1805309
                    [AuthorName] => Alexis Romero
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2024/06/25/4_2024-06-25_22-37-32999_thumbnail.jpg
                )

            [7] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 2363333
                    [Title] => Batas para sa rent-free internet infra suportado ng DICT
                    [Summary] => Tiniyak ng Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) na mahigpit itong makikipagtulungan sa Kongreso para sa reclassification ng internet links bilang  “public service” na hindi na mangangailangan ng rental payments para sa broadband connection.
                    [DatePublished] => 2024-06-17 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 
                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => Bansa
                    [SectionUrl] => bansa
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [8] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 2358821
                    [Title] => Another divisive bill
                    [Summary] => Avery controversial proposed law to allow absolute divorce in the Philippines went through voting on third and final reading a few hours before the 19th Congress adjourned sine die last May 22.
                    [DatePublished] => 2024-05-29 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 136417
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804833
                    [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva
                    [SectionName] => Opinion
                    [SectionUrl] => opinion
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [9] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 2358438
                    [Title] => Lagman prefers unicameral Congress
                    [Summary] => After nearly 40 years, the bicameral Congress must be changed to a unicameral legislature, wherein gridlocks in the Senate and the House of Representatives would be done away with, according to Rep. Edcel Lagman.
                    [DatePublished] => 2024-05-28 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804868
                    [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2024/05/27/11_2024-05-27_21-40-22316_thumbnail.jpg
                )

        )

)

abtest

PhilHealth's transfer of P89.9 billion legal, Congress approved –DOF

By Jean Mangaluz | 3 days ago

It was a mandate from Congress that pushed the Department of Finance to order state health insurer PhilHealth to remit its...

Business

What Marcos said in his third SONA, from A-Z

By Cristina Chi | 4 days ago

Here, we break down the one-hour speech into easily digestible topics from A to Z.

Headlines

Preparing for amnesty

By IMMIGRATION CORNER | By Michael J. Gurfinkel | 6 days ago

For decades, the president and Congress have been preaching and campaigning on the need for immigration reform.

Opinion

Makabayan bloc to field 12-member Senate slate

July 11, 2024 - 4:59pm

The Makabayan bloc will field a full 12-member senatorial slate in the 2025 elections, its representatives announced on Thursday,...

Headlines

Marcos approves P6.3-trillion proposed budget for 2025

By Cristina Chi | July 2, 2024 - 6:05pm

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has set the proposed national budget for 2025 at P6.352 trillion — a record-high outlay...

Headlines

Priority measures

By Mary Ann LL. Reyes | June 30, 2024 - 12:00am

Just recently, leaders of both houses of Congress have committed to pass 20 priority bills within the remaining period of the current session.

Business

Congress to pass 20 priority bills

By Alexis Romero | June 26, 2024 - 12:00am

Lawmakers yesterday committed to pass 20 priority measures aimed at promoting development and attaining socioeconomic transformation...

Headlines

Batas para sa rent-free internet infra suportado ng DICT

June 17, 2024 - 12:00am

Tiniyak ng Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) na mahigpit itong makikipagtulungan sa Kongreso para sa reclassification ng internet links bilang  “public service” na hindi...

Bansa

Another divisive bill

By COMMONSENSE | By Marichu A. Villanueva | May 29, 2024 - 12:00am

Avery controversial proposed law to allow absolute divorce in the Philippines went through voting on third and final reading a few hours before the 19th Congress adjourned sine die last May 22.

Opinion

Lagman prefers unicameral Congress

By Delon Porcalla | May 28, 2024 - 12:00am

After nearly 40 years, the bicameral Congress must be changed to a unicameral legislature, wherein gridlocks in...

Headlines