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                    [Title] => Biliran thanks Albay, Valenzuela for typhoon aid
                    [Summary] => 

Gov. Gerardo Espina of this province thanked Albay and Valenzuela City which donated P500,000 each for the victims of Typhoon Yolanda which ravaged Biliran, along with Leyte and Samar, last November.

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"The con-com is just simply proposing to Congress. In the final analysis, it will be them (members of Congress) who will be changing the Constitution. They seem so very serious about it. Let us call for sobriety and let us not accuse people of making motivations," former con-com secretary general Lito Monico Lorenzana said.
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"People will rise again if elections are cancelled in 2007," former Maguindanao congressman Didagen Dilangalen told the weekly Kapihan sa Sulo Hotel forum in Quezon City.
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The Citizens for Con-Com (C4CC) slammed the proposal to scrap the 2007 midterm elections saying the extension of terms of all elected officials "is indecent, self-serving and disgusting."
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1650428 [AuthorName] => Perseus Echeminada [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 259207 [Title] => Rep. Escudero ayaw kilalaning minority leader; botohan hirit [Summary] => Sa halip na magkaisa, nahati sa tatlong grupo ang oposisyon sa House of Representatives matapos na hindi kilalanin nina Negros Oriental Rep. Jacinto Paras at San Juan Rep. Ronaldo Zamora si Sorsogon Rep. Francis "Chiz" Escudero bilang bagong minority leader.

Ang tatlong mambabatas ang nakalaban ni Speaker Jose de Venecia sa Speakership kung saan pumangalawa sa bilangan si Escudero.

Nais ng grupo nina Paras at Zamora na muling magkaroon ng botohan para sa minorya upang malaman kung sino ang uupong minority leader.
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Speaking at the weekly Balitaan sa Rembrandt Hotel in Quezon City, Biliran Rep. Gerardo Espina said the pro-administration party and its allies will still dominate the incoming 13th Congress.

"The LP has only 27 (congressmen) so they will become the minority party if they challenge De Venecia," he said.
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Pimentel made the statement as he chided Congress for abruptly adjourning on Tuesday instead of officially transmitting the articles of impeachment to the Senate.
[DatePublished] => 2003-11-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097133 [AuthorName] => Jose Rodel Clapano [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 223787 [Title] => House leaders join calls for Lacson to surface [Summary] => Senior lawmakers called on Sen. Panfilo Lacson to surface and disprove reports he is trying to evade arrest following the Supreme Court’s decision to reopen the May 1995 Kuratong Baleleng multiple murder case.

In a joint statement, Surigao del Sur Rep. Prospero Pichay, Davao City Rep. Prospero Nograles and Biliran Rep. Gerardo Espina said Lacson, as a member of the Senate, should be the first to abide by any Supreme Court order.

Pichay said that Lacson, as a former police chief and in his capacity as a lawmaker, should be the last person to go into hiding.
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Gov. Gerardo Espina of this province thanked Albay and Valenzuela City which donated P500,000 each for the victims of Typhoon Yolanda which ravaged Biliran, along with Leyte and Samar, last November.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 315058 [Title] => Former con-com sec-gen to lawmakers: Stop grandstanding [Summary] => A former official of the presidential consultative commission appealed to lawmakers to refrain from utilizing the con-com’s proposals for amendments in the Constitution for political mileage and grandstanding.

"The con-com is just simply proposing to Congress. In the final analysis, it will be them (members of Congress) who will be changing the Constitution. They seem so very serious about it. Let us call for sobriety and let us not accuse people of making motivations," former con-com secretary general Lito Monico Lorenzana said.
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097368 [AuthorName] => Mike Frialde [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 314574 [Title] => Erap spokesman warns of social unrest if polls scrapped [Summary] => The spokesman for detained former President Estrada warned yesterday that "people will rise again" if the proposal of the presidential constitutional commission (con-com) to cancel the 2007 election is approved.

"People will rise again if elections are cancelled in 2007," former Maguindanao congressman Didagen Dilangalen told the weekly Kapihan sa Sulo Hotel forum in Quezon City.
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 313413 [Title] => New group begins campaign vs Cha-cha [Summary] => A new group has emerged to launch a nationwide campaign against the proposal of the presidential consultative commission (con-com) to extend the terms of all elected officials and push for the conversion of Congress into a constituent assembly (con-ass) to introduce amendments to the 1987 Constitution.

The Citizens for Con-Com (C4CC) slammed the proposal to scrap the 2007 midterm elections saying the extension of terms of all elected officials "is indecent, self-serving and disgusting."
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1650428 [AuthorName] => Perseus Echeminada [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 259207 [Title] => Rep. Escudero ayaw kilalaning minority leader; botohan hirit [Summary] => Sa halip na magkaisa, nahati sa tatlong grupo ang oposisyon sa House of Representatives matapos na hindi kilalanin nina Negros Oriental Rep. Jacinto Paras at San Juan Rep. Ronaldo Zamora si Sorsogon Rep. Francis "Chiz" Escudero bilang bagong minority leader.

Ang tatlong mambabatas ang nakalaban ni Speaker Jose de Venecia sa Speakership kung saan pumangalawa sa bilangan si Escudero.

Nais ng grupo nina Paras at Zamora na muling magkaroon ng botohan para sa minorya upang malaman kung sino ang uupong minority leader.
[DatePublished] => 2004-07-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 253538 [Title] => ‘JDV expected to retain speakership’ [Summary] => Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. will likely retain his post in the next Congress, an outgoing congressman from the Visayas said yesterday.

Speaking at the weekly Balitaan sa Rembrandt Hotel in Quezon City, Biliran Rep. Gerardo Espina said the pro-administration party and its allies will still dominate the incoming 13th Congress.

"The LP has only 27 (congressmen) so they will become the minority party if they challenge De Venecia," he said.
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Pimentel made the statement as he chided Congress for abruptly adjourning on Tuesday instead of officially transmitting the articles of impeachment to the Senate.
[DatePublished] => 2003-11-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097133 [AuthorName] => Jose Rodel Clapano [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 223787 [Title] => House leaders join calls for Lacson to surface [Summary] => Senior lawmakers called on Sen. Panfilo Lacson to surface and disprove reports he is trying to evade arrest following the Supreme Court’s decision to reopen the May 1995 Kuratong Baleleng multiple murder case.

In a joint statement, Surigao del Sur Rep. Prospero Pichay, Davao City Rep. Prospero Nograles and Biliran Rep. Gerardo Espina said Lacson, as a member of the Senate, should be the first to abide by any Supreme Court order.

Pichay said that Lacson, as a former police chief and in his capacity as a lawmaker, should be the last person to go into hiding.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 216102 [Title] => House leaders kay Honasan: Lumantad at magpaliwanag [Summary] => Hiniling ng mga lider sa Mababang Kapulungan ng Kongreso kay Senador Gringo Honasan na lumantad, magpaliwanag at harapin ang pagkakasangkot nito sa tangkang kudeta ng Magdalo group para makatulong na maibalik sa normal na sitwasyon ang bansa at matanggal ang deklarasyon ng State of Rebellion.
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