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                    [Title] => Stalemate on Cha-cha, quite steamy
                    [Summary] => No better picture depicts the partisan political stalemate on charter change than the contrasting postures of Senate President Franklin Drilon and House Speaker Jose de Venecia during GMA's SONA.


Flamboyant Joe D was all ears - no pun intended - leading the boisterous clapping like an uninhibited cheer leader, while the stoic Frank D was a wet joker of the deck.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133156 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1471332 [AuthorName] => Lorenzo Paradiang Jr. [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 277571 [Title] => IMF presses government to amend BSP charter [Summary] => The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is pressing for amendments in the charter of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to strengthen its regulatory powers over Philippine banks.

IMF deputy managing director Agustin Carstens visited the country last week and held meetings with Philippine authorities, including President Arroyo, Senate President Franklin Drilon and House Speaker Jose de Venecia.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 277711 [Title] => IMF presses government to amend BSP charter [Summary] => The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is pressing for amendments in the charter of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to strengthen its regulatory powers over Philippine banks.

IMF deputy managing director Agustin Carstens visited the country last week and held meetings with Philippine authorities, including President Arroyo, Senate President Franklin Drilon and House Speaker Jose de Venecia.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 267661 [Title] => LEDAC meeting this week [Summary] => President Arroyo may call for the first meeting of the Legislative—Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) for 2005 as early as next week.

The meeting is expected to focus on the passage of this year’s national budget and seven tax bills pending in Congress.

Presidential adviser on political affairs Gabriel Claudio told The STAR yesterday that the exact date of the meeting would depend on the outcome of the special session of Congress later this week.
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In separate letters to Senate President Franklin Drilon and House Speaker Jose de Venecia, the President said an extension of the terms of office of the barangay officials is needed to ensure the continuity of their programs.
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In separate letters to Senate President Franklin Drilon and House Speaker Jose de Venecia, American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (Amcham) president George P. Henefeld expressed the chamber’s desire to see the "relaxation and removal from the Constitution of current restrictions on foreign equity and professionals."
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 201555 [Title] => ‘Congress should allot funds for absentee voting’ [Summary] => Malacañang asked Congress yesterday to appropriate an additional P1 billion in the supplemental budget for the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to be used in implementing the Absentee Voting Law.

Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye told reporters yesterday the amount earmarked for the Comelec in this year’s national budget was for the computerization of next year’s national and local elections.
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The bill, which has drawn multi-partisan support, in effect will amend Commonwealth Act No. 63 by recognizing that expatriate Filipinos who have acquired the citizenship of their host countries did not mean "they had given up their country of birth."
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In a letter to Senate President Franklin Drilon and House Speaker Jose de Venecia, Binay argued that the move to include the popular drug Ecstacy in the list could be facilitated by giving the DDB the power to add or remove substances from the list.
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                    [Summary] => No better picture depicts the partisan political stalemate on charter change than the contrasting postures of Senate President Franklin Drilon and House Speaker Jose de Venecia during GMA's SONA.


Flamboyant Joe D was all ears - no pun intended - leading the boisterous clapping like an uninhibited cheer leader, while the stoic Frank D was a wet joker of the deck.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133156 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1471332 [AuthorName] => Lorenzo Paradiang Jr. [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 277571 [Title] => IMF presses government to amend BSP charter [Summary] => The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is pressing for amendments in the charter of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to strengthen its regulatory powers over Philippine banks.

IMF deputy managing director Agustin Carstens visited the country last week and held meetings with Philippine authorities, including President Arroyo, Senate President Franklin Drilon and House Speaker Jose de Venecia.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 277711 [Title] => IMF presses government to amend BSP charter [Summary] => The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is pressing for amendments in the charter of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to strengthen its regulatory powers over Philippine banks.

IMF deputy managing director Agustin Carstens visited the country last week and held meetings with Philippine authorities, including President Arroyo, Senate President Franklin Drilon and House Speaker Jose de Venecia.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 267661 [Title] => LEDAC meeting this week [Summary] => President Arroyo may call for the first meeting of the Legislative—Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) for 2005 as early as next week.

The meeting is expected to focus on the passage of this year’s national budget and seven tax bills pending in Congress.

Presidential adviser on political affairs Gabriel Claudio told The STAR yesterday that the exact date of the meeting would depend on the outcome of the special session of Congress later this week.
[DatePublished] => 2005-01-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 250797 [Title] => From No-El to No-Proc [Summary] => Jose Cojuangco Jr. had pointed out the constitutional blur as far back as 1987. Winning a seat in the Congress that the Charter had restored, he was brushing up on the provisions when he noticed it: Presidential elections were to be held every six years on the second Monday of May starting 1992. Congress was then to canvass the votes and proclaim the winner. On the following June 30 at high noon, the outgoing President was to hand over power to the new one. The terms of all congressmen and half of the senators also would expire on that day. [DatePublished] => 2004-05-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 237946 [Title] => Barangay league hails Arroyo for backing term extension [Summary] => The Liga ng mga Barangay has lauded President Arroyo for certifying as urgent a bill extending the terms of office of barangay officials and resetting the barangay elections.

In separate letters to Senate President Franklin Drilon and House Speaker Jose de Venecia, the President said an extension of the terms of office of the barangay officials is needed to ensure the continuity of their programs.
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 223669 [Title] => American traders urge entry of more foreign investors [Summary] => American businessmen are asking the government to ease the restrictions on the entry of more foreign equity and professionals.

In separate letters to Senate President Franklin Drilon and House Speaker Jose de Venecia, American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (Amcham) president George P. Henefeld expressed the chamber’s desire to see the "relaxation and removal from the Constitution of current restrictions on foreign equity and professionals."
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 201555 [Title] => ‘Congress should allot funds for absentee voting’ [Summary] => Malacañang asked Congress yesterday to appropriate an additional P1 billion in the supplemental budget for the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to be used in implementing the Absentee Voting Law.

Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye told reporters yesterday the amount earmarked for the Comelec in this year’s national budget was for the computerization of next year’s national and local elections.
[DatePublished] => 2003-04-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 161393 [Title] => House to start debate on dual citizenship bill [Summary] => The House of Representatives opens plenary debates this Tuesday on the sensitive measures to be known as the "Philippine Citizenship Retention Act of 2002" or the Dual Citizenship Act that both Senate President Franklin Drilon and House Speaker Jose de Venecia said will be passed by Congress this year.

The bill, which has drawn multi-partisan support, in effect will amend Commonwealth Act No. 63 by recognizing that expatriate Filipinos who have acquired the citizenship of their host countries did not mean "they had given up their country of birth."
[DatePublished] => 2002-05-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 161052 [Title] => Binay: Give drugs board more power [Summary] => Makati City Mayor Jejomar Binay has asked the House of Representatives to allow the Dangerous Drugs Board (DBB) to determine what new substances to include in the list of prohibited drugs.

In a letter to Senate President Franklin Drilon and House Speaker Jose de Venecia, Binay argued that the move to include the popular drug Ecstacy in the list could be facilitated by giving the DDB the power to add or remove substances from the list.
[DatePublished] => 2002-05-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) ) )
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