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                    [Title] => Maraming OFW ang pursigidong makaboto
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MARAMING overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) ang nagpa-register para makaboto sa 2010 presidential elections. Hindi raw makapaniwala ang Comelec na maraming OFW ang gustong makilahok sa pagpili ng bagong pinuno next year.

[DatePublished] => 2009-09-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134291 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1247482 [AuthorName] => Danny Macabuhay [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 305986 [Title] => Fil-Ams welcome easing of dual citizenship requirements [Summary] => Filipino-Americans welcomed yesterday the easing of requirements under the Dual Citizens Act, as they vowed to invest their retirement dollars back in the Philippines.

Loida Nicolas-Lewis, chairwoman of the National Federation of Filipino-American Associations, said the number of Fil-Ams who will seek dual citizenship would now likely increase with the relaxation of the terms.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500820 [AuthorName] => Marvin Sy [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 253732 [Title] => 22 bagong korte inaprub ng Senado [Summary] => Nakakasiguro na ng mabilis na prosesong hudikatura ang bansa matapos na aprubahan ng Senado ang may 22 bagong korte sa kapuluan.

Bukod sa pagbuo ng mga korte, ipinasa rin ng Senado ang Judiciary Compensation Act, Anti-Money Laundering Act, Anti-Trafficking of Women Act of 2003, Dual Citizenship Act, at ang 2004 Absentee Voting Law.

Ayon kay Senate Majority Leader Francis Pangilinan, malaking tulong ito upang mabawasan ang mga nakabinbing kaso sa mga korte lalo na sa mga malalayong lalawigan.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 225933 [Title] => Drilon asks Senate to stop debate on DFA’s budget [Summary] => Senate President Franklin Drilon asked yesterday the Senate committee on finance to stop its deliberations on the proposed P4.8-billion budget of the Department of Foreign Affairs because the DFA is blocking the implementation of the Dual Citizenship Act.

At a press conference, Drilon said the DFA issued a memorandum requiring the registration of applicants for dual citizenship as absentee voters before they can re-acquire their Filipino citizenship under the Dual Citizenship Act.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097133 [AuthorName] => Jose Rodel Clapano [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 225984 [Title] => Budget ng DFA haharangin ni Drilon [Summary] => Hindi palulusutin ni Senate President Franklin Drilon ang budget ng Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) para sa susunod na taon hangga't hindi nagsasagawa ng reporma ang nasabing ahensiya sa pagpapatupad ng Dual Citizenship Act.

Ito ang tahasang sinabi ni Sen. Drilon matapos hindi maayos na maipatupad ang Dual Citizenship Act ng DFA na inaasahang magdadala ng karagdagang P2.5 bilyon sa pananalapi ng ating kaban.
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Ang lagdaan ng dalawang bagong batas ay isinagawa sa Palasyo at dinaluhan nina House Speaker Jose de Venecia, Senate President Franklin Drilon at maging sa oposisyon na sina Senators Vicente Sotto at Aquilino Pimentel.

Sa kanyang pahayag, sinabi ng Pangulo na ang Dual Citizenship Act ay kakambal ng Absentee Voting Law na bahagi ng electoral reforms.

Ayon sa Panguo, inaasahang mas marami pang Pinoy sa ibayong dagat ang makakabahagi sa absentee voting.
[DatePublished] => 2003-08-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [6] => 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] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 157320 [Title] => Senate, House set priorities as Congress resumes session [Summary] => After a month-long Lenten recess, the Senate and the House of Representatives have set their priorities as the 12th Congress resumes its regular session today.

The Senate will focus its attention on 10 priority measures identified by the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC), while the House will focus on economic measures.

Senate President Franklin Drilon expressed confidence that the Senate would approve all 10 measures before the first regular session adjourns in June.
[DatePublished] => 2002-04-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1297981 [AuthorName] => Efren Danao [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
DUAL CITIZENSHIP ACT
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                    [ArticleID] => 502914
                    [Title] => Maraming OFW ang pursigidong makaboto
                    [Summary] => 

MARAMING overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) ang nagpa-register para makaboto sa 2010 presidential elections. Hindi raw makapaniwala ang Comelec na maraming OFW ang gustong makilahok sa pagpili ng bagong pinuno next year.

[DatePublished] => 2009-09-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134291 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1247482 [AuthorName] => Danny Macabuhay [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 305986 [Title] => Fil-Ams welcome easing of dual citizenship requirements [Summary] => Filipino-Americans welcomed yesterday the easing of requirements under the Dual Citizens Act, as they vowed to invest their retirement dollars back in the Philippines.

Loida Nicolas-Lewis, chairwoman of the National Federation of Filipino-American Associations, said the number of Fil-Ams who will seek dual citizenship would now likely increase with the relaxation of the terms.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500820 [AuthorName] => Marvin Sy [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 253732 [Title] => 22 bagong korte inaprub ng Senado [Summary] => Nakakasiguro na ng mabilis na prosesong hudikatura ang bansa matapos na aprubahan ng Senado ang may 22 bagong korte sa kapuluan.

Bukod sa pagbuo ng mga korte, ipinasa rin ng Senado ang Judiciary Compensation Act, Anti-Money Laundering Act, Anti-Trafficking of Women Act of 2003, Dual Citizenship Act, at ang 2004 Absentee Voting Law.

Ayon kay Senate Majority Leader Francis Pangilinan, malaking tulong ito upang mabawasan ang mga nakabinbing kaso sa mga korte lalo na sa mga malalayong lalawigan.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 225933 [Title] => Drilon asks Senate to stop debate on DFA’s budget [Summary] => Senate President Franklin Drilon asked yesterday the Senate committee on finance to stop its deliberations on the proposed P4.8-billion budget of the Department of Foreign Affairs because the DFA is blocking the implementation of the Dual Citizenship Act.

At a press conference, Drilon said the DFA issued a memorandum requiring the registration of applicants for dual citizenship as absentee voters before they can re-acquire their Filipino citizenship under the Dual Citizenship Act.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097133 [AuthorName] => Jose Rodel Clapano [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 225984 [Title] => Budget ng DFA haharangin ni Drilon [Summary] => Hindi palulusutin ni Senate President Franklin Drilon ang budget ng Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) para sa susunod na taon hangga't hindi nagsasagawa ng reporma ang nasabing ahensiya sa pagpapatupad ng Dual Citizenship Act.

Ito ang tahasang sinabi ni Sen. Drilon matapos hindi maayos na maipatupad ang Dual Citizenship Act ng DFA na inaasahang magdadala ng karagdagang P2.5 bilyon sa pananalapi ng ating kaban.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 219159 [Title] => Excise tax at dual citizenships,batas na [Summary] => Pormal nang isinabatas kahapon ni Pangulong Arroyo ang Automotive Excise Tax at Dual Citizenship Act.

Ang lagdaan ng dalawang bagong batas ay isinagawa sa Palasyo at dinaluhan nina House Speaker Jose de Venecia, Senate President Franklin Drilon at maging sa oposisyon na sina Senators Vicente Sotto at Aquilino Pimentel.

Sa kanyang pahayag, sinabi ng Pangulo na ang Dual Citizenship Act ay kakambal ng Absentee Voting Law na bahagi ng electoral reforms.

Ayon sa Panguo, inaasahang mas marami pang Pinoy sa ibayong dagat ang makakabahagi sa absentee voting.
[DatePublished] => 2003-08-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [6] => 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] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 157320 [Title] => Senate, House set priorities as Congress resumes session [Summary] => After a month-long Lenten recess, the Senate and the House of Representatives have set their priorities as the 12th Congress resumes its regular session today.

The Senate will focus its attention on 10 priority measures identified by the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC), while the House will focus on economic measures.

Senate President Franklin Drilon expressed confidence that the Senate would approve all 10 measures before the first regular session adjourns in June.
[DatePublished] => 2002-04-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1297981 [AuthorName] => Efren Danao [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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