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[Title] => Gatchalian points to Landbank signature transfer as proof of Senate control
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[Title] => Escudero denies political favors behind Senate bloc switch
[Summary] => Sen. Francis Escudero has dismissed claims that his attendance at the June 3 Senate session and his subsequent move to the bloc headed by Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian were motivated by political favors.
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[Title] => EDITORYAL - Hindi malilimutang ‘drama’ sa Senado
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[Title] => Storming the gates of heaven
[Summary] => Immediately after he was installed last May 11 as new Senate President, former Senate minority leader Alan Peter Cayetano invoked a biblical passage from the prophet Jeremiah in his acceptance remarks. By doing so, he justified the chase incident involving Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa who delivered the 13th swing vote in the ouster of then sitting Senate president Vicente “Tito” Sotto III.
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[Title] => Divine BSP pay, hellish economy
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[Title] => Remulla seeks to enforce Villanueva's dismissal over 2016 case
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