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                    [Title] => Editoryal - Huwag lituhin ang taumbayan
                    [Summary] => LITUNG-LITO na ang taumbayan. Nang mag-blackout kamakalawa ay lalo pang sinakmal ng takot at nalito ang taumbayan at hindi na malaman kung ano ba talaga ang nangyayari sa bansa. Ideneklara na raw ang martial law at ang sabi ng iba ay may kudeta. Sa gitna nang  sumakmal na blackout, lumabas si Senator Juan Ponce Enrile at naghain ng resolusyon sa Kongreso na magdaos ng snap election sa lalong madaling panahon. Ayon kay Enrile ito ang pinakamabisang paraan upang malunasan ang krisis na nangyayari sa bansa. Labindalawang senador naman ang kumontra kay Enrile.
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                    [Title] => Party loyalty ends where country loyalty begins - ROSES AND THORNS  by Alejandro R. Roces
                    [Summary] => A ranking House official was recently quoted as saying that "it would be mathematically and politically impossible to impeach President Estrada, considering that there are only about 37 oppositionists in the House, where the whole process begins." This is not a statement that could have come from a statesman. 

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The omnibus power reform bill has good intentions but some of its provisions will bring added woes to consumers and assure cronies of a new source of added wealth, Senate Minority Leader Teofisto Guingona said yesterday.

Guingona said the Senate minority will fight tooth and nail against the bill's provision that would pass on to consumers the stranded cost in the privatization of the National Power Corp. [DatePublished] => 2000-05-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1297981 [AuthorName] => Efren Danao [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 87550 [Title] => Guingona accuses DENR of receiving, disbursing funds for firms'ECCs [Summary] =>

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is receiving and disbursing illegal funds in exchange for the issuance of environmental clearance certificates (ECCs), Senate Minority Leader Teofisto Guingona charged yesterday.

In a privilege speech, Guingona said that the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB), an agency under the DENR, receives funds from firms seeking ECC for honoraria for personnel, resource persons and support staff who assess and review the environmental impact statement.

"This is legalized bribery!" he said.

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The Estrada administration has failed to prepare a road map for Philippine development because it is more interested in pushing for the development of gambling, Sen. [DatePublished] => 2000-04-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1297981 [AuthorName] => Efren Danao [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 94794 [Title] => 'Coco levy constitutes public funds' [Summary] =>

Senate Minority Leader Teofisto Guingona said President Estrada erred when he stated that the coconut levy was paid by landlords and presumed that the funds are privately owned and thus, can be sold to private investors.

Guingona said the coconut levy collections, which started in 1972 pursuant to several presidential decrees during martial law, "constitute public funds for the benefit of the farmers."

"They were not paid by the landlords or millers but exacted from the farmers from the first sale of the coconut products to the millers and the traders," he said.

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Keep the spirit alive.

Senate Minority Leader Teofisto Guingona said this yesterday as he urged Filipinos to keep the spirit of people power alive not only during the annual celebration of the bloodless EDSA revolt this month but every day of their life.

In his weekly radio program, Guingona said the EDSA revolt culminated only on Feb. [DatePublished] => 2000-02-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1650428 [AuthorName] => Perseus Echeminada [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 94617 [Title] => Smugglers, not farmers, gain from agri growth - Guingona [Summary] =>

Senate Minority Leader Teofisto Guingona said yesterday that rice and sugar smugglers, not farmers, benefitted from the growth in the agriculture sector reported by the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA).

not_entGuingona, in a statement, said the growth posted by agriculture last year did not reflect the real condition of the sector.

"Rampant smuggling of sugar and rice into the country largely contributed to the seeming growth of agriculture. [DatePublished] => 2000-01-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1650428 [AuthorName] => Perseus Echeminada [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 93575 [Title] => Minority to block new taxes [Summary] =>

The Senate minority will oppose the imposition of any new tax by the government, Senate Minority Leader Teofisto Guingona declared yesterday.

not_entHe issued the statement following proposals to impose new taxes on idle lands, land conversion, reclassification of motor vehicles, cellular phones, road use, reformed value-added tax, motels, and even on bottled water.

"They are not even collecting the current tax. Now they want to impose new taxes. [DatePublished] => 2000-01-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1297981 [AuthorName] => Efren Danao [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )

SENATE MINORITY LEADER TEOFISTO GUINGONA
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                    [Title] => Editoryal - Huwag lituhin ang taumbayan
                    [Summary] => LITUNG-LITO na ang taumbayan. Nang mag-blackout kamakalawa ay lalo pang sinakmal ng takot at nalito ang taumbayan at hindi na malaman kung ano ba talaga ang nangyayari sa bansa. Ideneklara na raw ang martial law at ang sabi ng iba ay may kudeta. Sa gitna nang  sumakmal na blackout, lumabas si Senator Juan Ponce Enrile at naghain ng resolusyon sa Kongreso na magdaos ng snap election sa lalong madaling panahon. Ayon kay Enrile ito ang pinakamabisang paraan upang malunasan ang krisis na nangyayari sa bansa. Labindalawang senador naman ang kumontra kay Enrile.
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                    [ArticleID] => 102701
                    [Title] => Party loyalty ends where country loyalty begins - ROSES AND THORNS  by Alejandro R. Roces
                    [Summary] => A ranking House official was recently quoted as saying that "it would be mathematically and politically impossible to impeach President Estrada, considering that there are only about 37 oppositionists in the House, where the whole process begins." This is not a statement that could have come from a statesman. 

[DatePublished] => 2000-10-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 102686 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Let the truth come out [Summary] => The nation bates its breath as it awaits Monday, when Ilocos Sur Gov. Luis "Chavit" Singson promises to tell all about alleged jueteng payoffs to the high and mighty. Singson, once one of the closest friends of President Estrada, is on the warpath after a new form of gambling muscled in on jueteng operations in his turf, with most of the proceeds going to professional gambler Charlie "Atong" Ang, now a consultant of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. [DatePublished] => 2000-10-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 87817 [Title] => 'Good-intentioned power bill has pitfalls' [Summary] =>

The omnibus power reform bill has good intentions but some of its provisions will bring added woes to consumers and assure cronies of a new source of added wealth, Senate Minority Leader Teofisto Guingona said yesterday.

Guingona said the Senate minority will fight tooth and nail against the bill's provision that would pass on to consumers the stranded cost in the privatization of the National Power Corp. [DatePublished] => 2000-05-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1297981 [AuthorName] => Efren Danao [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 87550 [Title] => Guingona accuses DENR of receiving, disbursing funds for firms'ECCs [Summary] =>

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is receiving and disbursing illegal funds in exchange for the issuance of environmental clearance certificates (ECCs), Senate Minority Leader Teofisto Guingona charged yesterday.

In a privilege speech, Guingona said that the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB), an agency under the DENR, receives funds from firms seeking ECC for honoraria for personnel, resource persons and support staff who assess and review the environmental impact statement.

"This is legalized bribery!" he said.

The firms applying for ECCs al [DatePublished] => 2000-04-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1297981 [AuthorName] => Efren Danao [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 87513 [Title] => Gov't priority is gambling not national dev't - Roco [Summary] =>

The Estrada administration has failed to prepare a road map for Philippine development because it is more interested in pushing for the development of gambling, Sen. [DatePublished] => 2000-04-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1297981 [AuthorName] => Efren Danao [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 94794 [Title] => 'Coco levy constitutes public funds' [Summary] =>

Senate Minority Leader Teofisto Guingona said President Estrada erred when he stated that the coconut levy was paid by landlords and presumed that the funds are privately owned and thus, can be sold to private investors.

Guingona said the coconut levy collections, which started in 1972 pursuant to several presidential decrees during martial law, "constitute public funds for the benefit of the farmers."

"They were not paid by the landlords or millers but exacted from the farmers from the first sale of the coconut products to the millers and the traders," he said.

Thus, [DatePublished] => 2000-02-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 94975 [Title] => Continue EDSA fight - Guingona [Summary] =>

Keep the spirit alive.

Senate Minority Leader Teofisto Guingona said this yesterday as he urged Filipinos to keep the spirit of people power alive not only during the annual celebration of the bloodless EDSA revolt this month but every day of their life.

In his weekly radio program, Guingona said the EDSA revolt culminated only on Feb. [DatePublished] => 2000-02-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1650428 [AuthorName] => Perseus Echeminada [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 94617 [Title] => Smugglers, not farmers, gain from agri growth - Guingona [Summary] =>

Senate Minority Leader Teofisto Guingona said yesterday that rice and sugar smugglers, not farmers, benefitted from the growth in the agriculture sector reported by the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA).

not_entGuingona, in a statement, said the growth posted by agriculture last year did not reflect the real condition of the sector.

"Rampant smuggling of sugar and rice into the country largely contributed to the seeming growth of agriculture. [DatePublished] => 2000-01-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1650428 [AuthorName] => Perseus Echeminada [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 93575 [Title] => Minority to block new taxes [Summary] =>

The Senate minority will oppose the imposition of any new tax by the government, Senate Minority Leader Teofisto Guingona declared yesterday.

not_entHe issued the statement following proposals to impose new taxes on idle lands, land conversion, reclassification of motor vehicles, cellular phones, road use, reformed value-added tax, motels, and even on bottled water.

"They are not even collecting the current tax. Now they want to impose new taxes. [DatePublished] => 2000-01-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1297981 [AuthorName] => Efren Danao [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )

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