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                    [Title] => Palace lauds Drilon-Villar term-sharing
                    [Summary] => Malacañang hailed yesterday the term-sharing agreement forged by Senate President Franklin Drilon and Sen. Manuel Villar.


In a statement, Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye said the decision of Drilon and Villar to divide the term of the Senate presidency will preserve unity in the 14-member Senate majority.

"We see the agreement as a stroke of wisdom and statesmanship," he said.

"This will pave the way... for the speedy passage of legislative measures of urgent impact to the President’s agenda and the national interest."
[DatePublished] => 2004-07-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 257358 [Title] => Drilon, Villar agree to term-sharing for top Senate post [Summary] => For the third time in the Senate’s history, Senate President Franklin Drilon has agreed yesterday to share his term as head of the chamber, this time with pro-administration Sen. Manuel Villar.

Drilon said he and the former real estate businessman agreed on a sharing scheme to keep the peace in the Senate and the passage of necessary legislation would not be disrupted.
[DatePublished] => 2004-07-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097133 [AuthorName] => Jose Rodel Clapano [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => Palace lauds Drilon-Villar term-sharing
                    [Summary] => Malacañang hailed yesterday the term-sharing agreement forged by Senate President Franklin Drilon and Sen. Manuel Villar.


In a statement, Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye said the decision of Drilon and Villar to divide the term of the Senate presidency will preserve unity in the 14-member Senate majority.

"We see the agreement as a stroke of wisdom and statesmanship," he said.

"This will pave the way... for the speedy passage of legislative measures of urgent impact to the President’s agenda and the national interest."
[DatePublished] => 2004-07-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 257358 [Title] => Drilon, Villar agree to term-sharing for top Senate post [Summary] => For the third time in the Senate’s history, Senate President Franklin Drilon has agreed yesterday to share his term as head of the chamber, this time with pro-administration Sen. Manuel Villar.

Drilon said he and the former real estate businessman agreed on a sharing scheme to keep the peace in the Senate and the passage of necessary legislation would not be disrupted.
[DatePublished] => 2004-07-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097133 [AuthorName] => Jose Rodel Clapano [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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