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                    [Title] => Cabinet should tender courtesy resignations, Drilon says
                    [Summary] => Senate President Franklin Drilon urged Cabinet members and other top officials yesterday to tender their courtesy resignation to give President Arroyo a free hand in forming a new and credible government.


"Let us give the President wide leeway in appointing new members of her Cabinet and other officials. Concerned officials should tender their courtesy resignation instead of waiting to be replaced," he said in an interview over radio station dzBB.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 254399 [Title] => A day’s work: Only 5 COCs counted [Summary] => The opposition lawmakers’ questions on the authenticity of the certificates of canvass (COCs) and their insistence on tallying precinct-level statements of votes or election returns delayed what should have been a speedy canvassing in Congress yesterday.

The 22-man joint committee resumed canvassing at 2:30 p.m. instead of the usual 10 a.m. upon the request of opposition senators before they suspended the proceedings Wednesday night.

Administration lawmakers said the opposition agreed to make up for the lost time by helping speed up the proceedings.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 237307 [Title] => Palace refuses to counter FPJ’s attack on GMA [Summary] => After repeatedly questioning Fernando Poe Jr.’s qualifications to seek the presidency, Malacañang yesterday avoided getting into a word war with the political neophyte. [DatePublished] => 2004-02-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500820 [AuthorName] => Marvin Sy [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 235998 [Title] => FPJ seeks to calm businessmen’s fears [Summary] => Movie actor and presidential candidate Fernando Poe Jr. met business leaders in public for the first time yesterday and sought to calm their fears but failed to offer concrete policy details.

Poe met with the Philippines Inc. at the Manila Polo Club in Makati City as House Deputy Speaker Raul Gonzalez urged him to withdraw from the presidential derby as his camp has failed to prove that the actor is a natural-born Filipino.
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 221966 [Title] => Choosing Lakas presidential bet may cause split? [Summary] => Backing only one standard-bearer could cause a three-way split in the ruling coalition, a party insider said yesterday.

The ruling Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (CMD) may be splintered if the new coalition policy of supporting only one presidential candidate is implemented next month, the insider said.

The Lakas-CMD official said party leaders identified with President Arroyo created the policy to prevent Lakas members from backing other presidential aspirants.
[DatePublished] => 2003-09-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097133 [AuthorName] => Jose Rodel Clapano [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 221575 [Title] => NPC asks Drilon, colleagues to agree to Charter changes [Summary] => The push for Charter change by convening the House of Representatives and the Senate into a constituent assembly is back on the front burner.

The Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC), the second largest political party in the country, yesterday asked Senate President Franklin Drilon and other senators anew to exercise statesmanship and "give premium to national interest" by heeding the growing clamor for constitutional reform for a shift to a "less divisive" parliamentary system via a constituent assembly.
[DatePublished] => 2003-09-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 220765 [Title] => Originals pinasusumite kay Lacson [Summary] => Hinamon kahapon ni Sen. Aquilino Pimentel Jr. ang kanyang kasamahan sa oposisyon na si Sen. Panfilo Lacson na ilabas nito ang mga orihinal na dokumento kaysa mga photocopies lamang ang iharap nito kaugnay ng kanyang akusasyong si First Gentleman Mike Arroyo ay si Jose Pidal.

Ginawa ni Sen. Pimentel ang panawagan kay Sen. Lacson matapos umapela ang mga kongresista sa senado na huwag nitong upuan ang nakabinbin na mga national at local bills dahil sa kanilang pagtutok sa Pidal.
[DatePublished] => 2003-09-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 220274 [Title] => Senado nag-aaksaya lang ng oras sa Pidal probe [Summary] => Hinikayat kahapon ni House Deputy Speaker Raul Gonzalez ang Senado na magpakita ng matibay na ebidensiya kaugnay sa Jose Pidal account upang hindi masayang ang kanilang oras sa isinasagawang imbestigasyon laban kay First Gentleman Mike Arroyo.

Ayon kay Gonzalez, dapat na suspindihin na lamang muna ng Senado ang imbestigasyon hanggat wala silang pinanghahawakang matibay na ebidensiya na magdidiin kay Arroyo sa Jose Pidal accounts.

Hinamon din ni Gonzalez si Sen. Panfilo Lacson na magbitiw sa kanyang puwesto kapag napatunayan na mayroon itong mga bank accounts sa Amerika. [DatePublished] => 2003-09-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 215220 [Title] => ‘Mutiny best argument to amend charter’ [Summary] => House Deputy Speaker Raul Gonzalez said yesterday the uprising of junior military officers is the "best argument" to amend the Constitution.

Gonzalez said the provision stating that "the Armed Forces is the protector of the people" should be deleted as it has become a justification for military adventurism.

‘This (provision) is being used as a smokescreen for their adventurism," he said. "In all coups, it is the one being used (to justify coups)."
[DatePublished] => 2003-07-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 211703 [Title] => Arroyo happy with latest approval rating [Summary] => President Arroyo thanked the Filipino people for their trust and support, as evidenced by her 14 percent net approval rating in the latest survey results of the Social Weather Stations (SWS).

The President, in an official statement, also brushed aside the results of another SWS survey that showed her trailing behind three popular presidential candidates for the May 2004 elections.

Mrs. Arroyo expressed satisfaction over her 14 percent net performance rating for the second quarter of 2003, from a record low of —14 in the first quarter.
[DatePublished] => 2003-06-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
HOUSE DEPUTY SPEAKER RAUL GONZALEZ
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                    [Title] => Cabinet should tender courtesy resignations, Drilon says
                    [Summary] => Senate President Franklin Drilon urged Cabinet members and other top officials yesterday to tender their courtesy resignation to give President Arroyo a free hand in forming a new and credible government.


"Let us give the President wide leeway in appointing new members of her Cabinet and other officials. Concerned officials should tender their courtesy resignation instead of waiting to be replaced," he said in an interview over radio station dzBB.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 254399 [Title] => A day’s work: Only 5 COCs counted [Summary] => The opposition lawmakers’ questions on the authenticity of the certificates of canvass (COCs) and their insistence on tallying precinct-level statements of votes or election returns delayed what should have been a speedy canvassing in Congress yesterday.

The 22-man joint committee resumed canvassing at 2:30 p.m. instead of the usual 10 a.m. upon the request of opposition senators before they suspended the proceedings Wednesday night.

Administration lawmakers said the opposition agreed to make up for the lost time by helping speed up the proceedings.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 237307 [Title] => Palace refuses to counter FPJ’s attack on GMA [Summary] => After repeatedly questioning Fernando Poe Jr.’s qualifications to seek the presidency, Malacañang yesterday avoided getting into a word war with the political neophyte. [DatePublished] => 2004-02-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500820 [AuthorName] => Marvin Sy [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 235998 [Title] => FPJ seeks to calm businessmen’s fears [Summary] => Movie actor and presidential candidate Fernando Poe Jr. met business leaders in public for the first time yesterday and sought to calm their fears but failed to offer concrete policy details.

Poe met with the Philippines Inc. at the Manila Polo Club in Makati City as House Deputy Speaker Raul Gonzalez urged him to withdraw from the presidential derby as his camp has failed to prove that the actor is a natural-born Filipino.
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 221966 [Title] => Choosing Lakas presidential bet may cause split? [Summary] => Backing only one standard-bearer could cause a three-way split in the ruling coalition, a party insider said yesterday.

The ruling Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (CMD) may be splintered if the new coalition policy of supporting only one presidential candidate is implemented next month, the insider said.

The Lakas-CMD official said party leaders identified with President Arroyo created the policy to prevent Lakas members from backing other presidential aspirants.
[DatePublished] => 2003-09-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097133 [AuthorName] => Jose Rodel Clapano [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 221575 [Title] => NPC asks Drilon, colleagues to agree to Charter changes [Summary] => The push for Charter change by convening the House of Representatives and the Senate into a constituent assembly is back on the front burner.

The Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC), the second largest political party in the country, yesterday asked Senate President Franklin Drilon and other senators anew to exercise statesmanship and "give premium to national interest" by heeding the growing clamor for constitutional reform for a shift to a "less divisive" parliamentary system via a constituent assembly.
[DatePublished] => 2003-09-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 220765 [Title] => Originals pinasusumite kay Lacson [Summary] => Hinamon kahapon ni Sen. Aquilino Pimentel Jr. ang kanyang kasamahan sa oposisyon na si Sen. Panfilo Lacson na ilabas nito ang mga orihinal na dokumento kaysa mga photocopies lamang ang iharap nito kaugnay ng kanyang akusasyong si First Gentleman Mike Arroyo ay si Jose Pidal.

Ginawa ni Sen. Pimentel ang panawagan kay Sen. Lacson matapos umapela ang mga kongresista sa senado na huwag nitong upuan ang nakabinbin na mga national at local bills dahil sa kanilang pagtutok sa Pidal.
[DatePublished] => 2003-09-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 220274 [Title] => Senado nag-aaksaya lang ng oras sa Pidal probe [Summary] => Hinikayat kahapon ni House Deputy Speaker Raul Gonzalez ang Senado na magpakita ng matibay na ebidensiya kaugnay sa Jose Pidal account upang hindi masayang ang kanilang oras sa isinasagawang imbestigasyon laban kay First Gentleman Mike Arroyo.

Ayon kay Gonzalez, dapat na suspindihin na lamang muna ng Senado ang imbestigasyon hanggat wala silang pinanghahawakang matibay na ebidensiya na magdidiin kay Arroyo sa Jose Pidal accounts.

Hinamon din ni Gonzalez si Sen. Panfilo Lacson na magbitiw sa kanyang puwesto kapag napatunayan na mayroon itong mga bank accounts sa Amerika. [DatePublished] => 2003-09-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 215220 [Title] => ‘Mutiny best argument to amend charter’ [Summary] => House Deputy Speaker Raul Gonzalez said yesterday the uprising of junior military officers is the "best argument" to amend the Constitution.

Gonzalez said the provision stating that "the Armed Forces is the protector of the people" should be deleted as it has become a justification for military adventurism.

‘This (provision) is being used as a smokescreen for their adventurism," he said. "In all coups, it is the one being used (to justify coups)."
[DatePublished] => 2003-07-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 211703 [Title] => Arroyo happy with latest approval rating [Summary] => President Arroyo thanked the Filipino people for their trust and support, as evidenced by her 14 percent net approval rating in the latest survey results of the Social Weather Stations (SWS).

The President, in an official statement, also brushed aside the results of another SWS survey that showed her trailing behind three popular presidential candidates for the May 2004 elections.

Mrs. Arroyo expressed satisfaction over her 14 percent net performance rating for the second quarter of 2003, from a record low of —14 in the first quarter.
[DatePublished] => 2003-06-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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