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                    [Title] => Gibo umangat
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Umangat si Lakas-Kampi-CMD standard bearer Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro Jr. sa isang survey na isinagawa matapos ang pagsusumite ng kanilang mga certificate of candidacy.

[DatePublished] => 2009-12-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 359700 [Title] => SC asked to consider Cha-cha survey [Summary] => Two congressmen urged the Supreme Court yesterday to consider what they described as the "growing support for Cha-cha (Charter change)" when it resolves the issue on the amendments of the Constitution through a people’s initiative.

Representatives Mauricio Domogan of Baguio City and Exequiel Javier of Antique said the recent survey conducted by Center of Issues and Advocacy "affirms that there is an overwhelming support for Cha-cha."
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 356637 [Title] => Poll: Pinoys disenchanted with Senate favor shift to parliamentary system [Summary] => Opinion has dramatically swung in favor of changing the present system of government because of the increasing perception that the Senate has been unable to perform its lawmaking mandate.

In the survey made by the Center for Issues and Advocacy (The Center), around 47 of Filipinos have expressed support for a change to unicameral parliamentary system of government as practiced in most countries today, as against 36 percent who still wanted to retain the US-style presidential bicameral system.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1165072 [AuthorName] => Bebot Sison Jr. [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 353173 [Title] => Senate-House gridlock forcing Pinoys to favor Cha-cha — survey [Summary] => The number of Filipinos supporting Cha-cha or Charter change continues to increase because of the gridlock between the Senate and the House of Representatives that has stalled lawmaking and jeopardized approval of legislation vital to economic development, a survey showed.

The Center for Issues and Advocacy said a public opinion poll involving 840 respondents nationwide from July 24 to 31, 2006 showed a high 49 percent of respondents that agreed when asked, "Do you agree or disagree, with the proposal to amend, change or alter the 1987 Philippine Constitution?" [DatePublished] => 2006-08-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1165072 [AuthorName] => Bebot Sison Jr. [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 350961 [Title] => Cha-cha opponents asked to agree to referendum [Summary] => They want to bring the arguments for and against Charter change to the people in a referendum.

Charter reform opponents were asked to agree to a nationwide referendum so Filipinos may decide, once and for all, whether to approve or reject the proposed shift to a parliamentary system of government.

"The final choice is with the Filipino people. It’s time to make them decide on the proposed Charter amendments in a national referendum," Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) president and Bohol Gov. Erico Aumentado said yesterday.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1165072 [AuthorName] => Bebot Sison Jr. [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 350772 [Title] => Nograles: House to produce Cha-cha miracle [Summary] => Charter Change or Cha-cha advocates in the House of Representatives may yet produce a miracle to get their constitutional amendment initiative moving, Majority Leader Prospero Nograles said yesterday.

He told a news conference that Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. has been holding "back-channeling" talks with senators on how to resuscitate Cha-cha.

He said he and Cagayan de Oro Rep. Constantino Jaraula, chairman of the committee on constitutional amendments, are helping their House boss in such talks.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 349046 [Title] => More Pinoys want to vote directly for their president — survey [Summary] => Nine out of 10 Filipinos want to directly vote their president in a unicameral parliamentary government under a term-sharing setup, results of a nationwide survey released by the Center for Issues and Advocacy (The Center) showed yesterday.

The Center reported that 6 out of 10 respondents also favor the lifting of term limits for public officials.

The survey was conducted from July 1 to 15 among 1,200 respondents.

Seven of 10 interviewed are for the return of the term of office of elective officials to four years from three years.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 347651 [Title] => Sigaw slams SWS survey on Cha-cha [Summary] => Charter change proponent Sigaw ng Bayan lambasted yesterday a recent survey by Social Weather Stations (SWS) showing that more Filipinos are against Cha-cha or Charter change.

Sigaw spokesman Raul Lambino said more than nine million Filipinos have already signed up for the people’s initiative as a mode of amending the Constitution and effecting a shift to a parliamentary system of government.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 341544 [Title] => Survey: People’s initiative is favored Cha-cha mode [Summary] => Half of Filipinos now prefer the people’s initiative mode of amending the 1987 Constitution, according to The Center for Issues and Advocacy (The Center) May 2006 survey.

The Center, an independent research group, also bared that only 30 percent of respondents favor the constituent assembly (con-ass) mode while 20 percent approve of the constitutional convention (con-con) mode in rewriting Constitution.
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1165072 [AuthorName] => Bebot Sison Jr. [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 340349 [Title] => Con-ass is dead, ad-com chairman says [Summary] => Charter Change Advocacy Commission (ad-com) chair Lito Monico Lorenzana agreed yesterday with Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. that the proposed constituent assembly (con-ass) mode of amending the 1987 Constitution was no longer feasible.

"I tend to agree this time with Senator Pimentel that con-ass is dead. It is both understandable that if Senate refuses to act on a Charter change vote, (Charter amendments through) con-ass and con-con (constitutional convention) are dead," Lorenzana said.
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097368 [AuthorName] => Mike Frialde [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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Umangat si Lakas-Kampi-CMD standard bearer Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro Jr. sa isang survey na isinagawa matapos ang pagsusumite ng kanilang mga certificate of candidacy.

[DatePublished] => 2009-12-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 359700 [Title] => SC asked to consider Cha-cha survey [Summary] => Two congressmen urged the Supreme Court yesterday to consider what they described as the "growing support for Cha-cha (Charter change)" when it resolves the issue on the amendments of the Constitution through a people’s initiative.

Representatives Mauricio Domogan of Baguio City and Exequiel Javier of Antique said the recent survey conducted by Center of Issues and Advocacy "affirms that there is an overwhelming support for Cha-cha."
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 356637 [Title] => Poll: Pinoys disenchanted with Senate favor shift to parliamentary system [Summary] => Opinion has dramatically swung in favor of changing the present system of government because of the increasing perception that the Senate has been unable to perform its lawmaking mandate.

In the survey made by the Center for Issues and Advocacy (The Center), around 47 of Filipinos have expressed support for a change to unicameral parliamentary system of government as practiced in most countries today, as against 36 percent who still wanted to retain the US-style presidential bicameral system.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1165072 [AuthorName] => Bebot Sison Jr. [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 353173 [Title] => Senate-House gridlock forcing Pinoys to favor Cha-cha — survey [Summary] => The number of Filipinos supporting Cha-cha or Charter change continues to increase because of the gridlock between the Senate and the House of Representatives that has stalled lawmaking and jeopardized approval of legislation vital to economic development, a survey showed.

The Center for Issues and Advocacy said a public opinion poll involving 840 respondents nationwide from July 24 to 31, 2006 showed a high 49 percent of respondents that agreed when asked, "Do you agree or disagree, with the proposal to amend, change or alter the 1987 Philippine Constitution?" [DatePublished] => 2006-08-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1165072 [AuthorName] => Bebot Sison Jr. [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 350961 [Title] => Cha-cha opponents asked to agree to referendum [Summary] => They want to bring the arguments for and against Charter change to the people in a referendum.

Charter reform opponents were asked to agree to a nationwide referendum so Filipinos may decide, once and for all, whether to approve or reject the proposed shift to a parliamentary system of government.

"The final choice is with the Filipino people. It’s time to make them decide on the proposed Charter amendments in a national referendum," Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) president and Bohol Gov. Erico Aumentado said yesterday.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1165072 [AuthorName] => Bebot Sison Jr. [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 350772 [Title] => Nograles: House to produce Cha-cha miracle [Summary] => Charter Change or Cha-cha advocates in the House of Representatives may yet produce a miracle to get their constitutional amendment initiative moving, Majority Leader Prospero Nograles said yesterday.

He told a news conference that Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. has been holding "back-channeling" talks with senators on how to resuscitate Cha-cha.

He said he and Cagayan de Oro Rep. Constantino Jaraula, chairman of the committee on constitutional amendments, are helping their House boss in such talks.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 349046 [Title] => More Pinoys want to vote directly for their president — survey [Summary] => Nine out of 10 Filipinos want to directly vote their president in a unicameral parliamentary government under a term-sharing setup, results of a nationwide survey released by the Center for Issues and Advocacy (The Center) showed yesterday.

The Center reported that 6 out of 10 respondents also favor the lifting of term limits for public officials.

The survey was conducted from July 1 to 15 among 1,200 respondents.

Seven of 10 interviewed are for the return of the term of office of elective officials to four years from three years.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 347651 [Title] => Sigaw slams SWS survey on Cha-cha [Summary] => Charter change proponent Sigaw ng Bayan lambasted yesterday a recent survey by Social Weather Stations (SWS) showing that more Filipinos are against Cha-cha or Charter change.

Sigaw spokesman Raul Lambino said more than nine million Filipinos have already signed up for the people’s initiative as a mode of amending the Constitution and effecting a shift to a parliamentary system of government.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 341544 [Title] => Survey: People’s initiative is favored Cha-cha mode [Summary] => Half of Filipinos now prefer the people’s initiative mode of amending the 1987 Constitution, according to The Center for Issues and Advocacy (The Center) May 2006 survey.

The Center, an independent research group, also bared that only 30 percent of respondents favor the constituent assembly (con-ass) mode while 20 percent approve of the constitutional convention (con-con) mode in rewriting Constitution.
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1165072 [AuthorName] => Bebot Sison Jr. [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 340349 [Title] => Con-ass is dead, ad-com chairman says [Summary] => Charter Change Advocacy Commission (ad-com) chair Lito Monico Lorenzana agreed yesterday with Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. that the proposed constituent assembly (con-ass) mode of amending the 1987 Constitution was no longer feasible.

"I tend to agree this time with Senator Pimentel that con-ass is dead. It is both understandable that if Senate refuses to act on a Charter change vote, (Charter amendments through) con-ass and con-con (constitutional convention) are dead," Lorenzana said.
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097368 [AuthorName] => Mike Frialde [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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