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If the House of Representatives has really come up with a “new” RH bill as recently reported, then said bill should pass through the usual legislative process by first referring it to the proper committee/s that will conduct hearings before it is submitted to the floor for first, second and final reading.

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ILANG taon na ang nakararaan, pero naalaala ko pa yung dalawang magkahiwalay na burol na dinaluhan ko noon.

[DatePublished] => 2011-02-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133427 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804732 [AuthorName] => Roy Señeres [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 638623 [Title] => The Palace-Supreme Court plot thickens - II [Summary] =>

As earlier opined, the Palace motion for reconsideration of the Supreme Court (SC) decision slapping down the Truth Commission under Executive Order 1 as unconstitutional, has very slim chance of passing through the proverbial eye of the needle.

[DatePublished] => 2010-12-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133156 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1471332 [AuthorName] => Lorenzo Paradiang Jr. [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 611232 [Title] => Palace urged to wait for Supreme Court ruling on truth commission [Summary] =>

Malacañang was urged yesterday to take back its order for the Truth Commission to start this week its duty of investigating major anomalies that hounded the nine-year administration of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

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Malacañang reiterated yesterday that the allies of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo have nothing to fear about the Truth Commission if they did nothing wrong in the nine years of the past administration.

[DatePublished] => 2010-09-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 546447 [Title] => Euthanasia by absentia [Summary] =>

While everybody was paying more attention to the C-5 controversy at the Senate, Congressman Mark Cojuangco of Pangasinan was busy working himself towards a heart attack.

[DatePublished] => 2010-02-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133943 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804831 [AuthorName] => Cito Beltran [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 496585 [Title] => The controversial RH Bill [Summary] =>

For the first time, a Cabinet official of the Arroyo administration has publicly admitted that the reason why economic benefits are not trickling down to the poor is due to the country’s high population growth.

[DatePublished] => 2009-08-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135879 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 486546 [Title] => Alleged support for RH bill called 'wishful and fanciful' [Summary] =>

The executive director of the Bishops Legislators Caucus of the Philippines (BLCP) has described as “completely wishful and fanciful” a claim attributed to Congressman Edcel Lagman saying that 130 congressmen now support the “patently unconstitutional” House Bill 5043, otherwise known as the Reproductive Health bill.

[DatePublished] => 2009-07-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Letters to the Editor [SectionUrl] => letters-to-the-editor [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 445038 [Title] => Naked butts Part 1 [Summary] =>

For five long seconds international attention was drawn to the inability of the Arroyo government to deal with the right to quality education on the CNN World Report.

[DatePublished] => 2009-03-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133943 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804831 [AuthorName] => Cito Beltran [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
CONGRESSMAN EDCEL LAGMAN
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                    [Title] => Outside pressure
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If the House of Representatives has really come up with a “new” RH bill as recently reported, then said bill should pass through the usual legislative process by first referring it to the proper committee/s that will conduct hearings before it is submitted to the floor for first, second and final reading.

[DatePublished] => 2012-10-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133340 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 765838 [Title] => The great debate in Congress [Summary] => In all the hearings that I have attended on prospective bills in both houses of Congress, parliamentary rules were observed. [DatePublished] => 2012-01-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1737651 [AuthorName] => Santiago A. Del Rosario, M.D., Commissioner, PMA Ethics, Commissioner, PMA Legislation [SectionName] => Letters to the Editor [SectionUrl] => letters-to-the-editor [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 658795 [Title] => Dalawang bata ni Gloria [Summary] =>

ILANG taon na ang nakararaan, pero naalaala ko pa yung dalawang magkahiwalay na burol na dinaluhan ko noon.

[DatePublished] => 2011-02-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133427 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804732 [AuthorName] => Roy Señeres [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 638623 [Title] => The Palace-Supreme Court plot thickens - II [Summary] =>

As earlier opined, the Palace motion for reconsideration of the Supreme Court (SC) decision slapping down the Truth Commission under Executive Order 1 as unconstitutional, has very slim chance of passing through the proverbial eye of the needle.

[DatePublished] => 2010-12-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133156 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1471332 [AuthorName] => Lorenzo Paradiang Jr. [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 611232 [Title] => Palace urged to wait for Supreme Court ruling on truth commission [Summary] =>

Malacañang was urged yesterday to take back its order for the Truth Commission to start this week its duty of investigating major anomalies that hounded the nine-year administration of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

[DatePublished] => 2010-09-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096875 [AuthorName] => Edu Punay [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 610913 [Title] => 'Who's afraid of the truth body?' [Summary] =>

Malacañang reiterated yesterday that the allies of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo have nothing to fear about the Truth Commission if they did nothing wrong in the nine years of the past administration.

[DatePublished] => 2010-09-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 546447 [Title] => Euthanasia by absentia [Summary] =>

While everybody was paying more attention to the C-5 controversy at the Senate, Congressman Mark Cojuangco of Pangasinan was busy working himself towards a heart attack.

[DatePublished] => 2010-02-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133943 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804831 [AuthorName] => Cito Beltran [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 496585 [Title] => The controversial RH Bill [Summary] =>

For the first time, a Cabinet official of the Arroyo administration has publicly admitted that the reason why economic benefits are not trickling down to the poor is due to the country’s high population growth.

[DatePublished] => 2009-08-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135879 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 486546 [Title] => Alleged support for RH bill called 'wishful and fanciful' [Summary] =>

The executive director of the Bishops Legislators Caucus of the Philippines (BLCP) has described as “completely wishful and fanciful” a claim attributed to Congressman Edcel Lagman saying that 130 congressmen now support the “patently unconstitutional” House Bill 5043, otherwise known as the Reproductive Health bill.

[DatePublished] => 2009-07-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Letters to the Editor [SectionUrl] => letters-to-the-editor [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 445038 [Title] => Naked butts Part 1 [Summary] =>

For five long seconds international attention was drawn to the inability of the Arroyo government to deal with the right to quality education on the CNN World Report.

[DatePublished] => 2009-03-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133943 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804831 [AuthorName] => Cito Beltran [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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