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                    [Title] => RH bill ginawa nang RP bill para matanggap ng simbahan
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Magkakasalungat na opinyon ukol sa RH bill mula sa mga lider ng Simbahan ngayong Linggo sa Hamon sa Pagbabago ng TV5.

[DatePublished] => 2011-08-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Showbiz [SectionUrl] => showbiz [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 258737 [Title] => House members allocate P15-B ‘pork’ for anti-poverty program [Summary] => President Arroyo’s anti-poverty program is expected to get a P15.3-billion boost after 201 of the 236 members of the House of Representatives agreed to allocate the "bulk" of their pork barrel funds to a more specific cause, Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. said yesterday.

"This will show our people that we can commit the pork barrel to a decisive purpose," said De Venecia, whose fourth bid for the speakership was backed by the President last Friday night.
[DatePublished] => 2004-07-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 86858 [Title] => `Pork' chops blamed for `slow' Congress [Summary] =>

Tit for tat.

President Estrada said Friday congressmen have "an ax to grind" against him for scrapping their pork-barrel allocations and are allegedly hitting back by sitting on Palace-certified bills.

"They have an ax to grind because I scrapped their pork-barrel funds," the President admitted.

He was referring to the so-called Countrywide Development Funds of previous administrations and the congressional initiative allocations which he removed from the annual budget when he assumed office in June 1998.

Mr. [DatePublished] => 2000-01-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )

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                    [Title] => RH bill ginawa nang RP bill para matanggap ng simbahan
                    [Summary] => 

Magkakasalungat na opinyon ukol sa RH bill mula sa mga lider ng Simbahan ngayong Linggo sa Hamon sa Pagbabago ng TV5.

[DatePublished] => 2011-08-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Showbiz [SectionUrl] => showbiz [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 258737 [Title] => House members allocate P15-B ‘pork’ for anti-poverty program [Summary] => President Arroyo’s anti-poverty program is expected to get a P15.3-billion boost after 201 of the 236 members of the House of Representatives agreed to allocate the "bulk" of their pork barrel funds to a more specific cause, Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. said yesterday.

"This will show our people that we can commit the pork barrel to a decisive purpose," said De Venecia, whose fourth bid for the speakership was backed by the President last Friday night.
[DatePublished] => 2004-07-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 86858 [Title] => `Pork' chops blamed for `slow' Congress [Summary] =>

Tit for tat.

President Estrada said Friday congressmen have "an ax to grind" against him for scrapping their pork-barrel allocations and are allegedly hitting back by sitting on Palace-certified bills.

"They have an ax to grind because I scrapped their pork-barrel funds," the President admitted.

He was referring to the so-called Countrywide Development Funds of previous administrations and the congressional initiative allocations which he removed from the annual budget when he assumed office in June 1998.

Mr. [DatePublished] => 2000-01-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )

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