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                    [Title] => ‘Opposition has no bet for 2004 yet’
                    [Summary] => DAGUPAN CITY — Sen. Teresa Aquino-Oreta said the disunity of the opposition in its endorsement of Sen. Panfilo Lacson’s presidential bid is merely a media concoction.


"I believe the media just put that version (that the opposition is not united)," Oreta said. "Of course, they want to heat up the situation."


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                    [Title] => Cha-cha agreement seen in Congress
                    [Summary] => Senate and House leaders said yesterday they are close to an agreement on the contentious issue of Charter change (Cha-cha).


They made the announcement after a three-hour meeting at a Makati hotel on possible constitutional changes and the mode of effecting them.


"We are moving towards a consensus," Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. told reporters after the meeting.


"This is just an exploratory dialogue. A few more meetings and we will be there," he said.


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                    [Title] => Senate urged to scrutinize OWWA investments
                    [Summary] => The Senate opposition bloc is pressing for an immediate scrutiny into the reported P1.2-billion "bad" investments of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), Sen. Edgardo Angara said yesterday.


The inquiry, Angara said in a statement, is vital as the government needs to raise money to assist thousands of distressed overseas Filipino workers.


The Senate minority, he said, has filed Senate Resolution 330 seeking the creation of an ad hoc committee on government trust funds.


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                    [Title] => Senate to probe P200-B trust fund
                    [Summary] => The Senate opposition called yesterday for an investigation of the P200 billion in government trust funds held by various state agencies amid reports of massive corruption, misuse of funds, losing investments and a revenue loss of as much as P1 billion a year.


"These funds are imbued with a public character since they are drawn from the retirement, insurance, health and pension funds of both public and private employees," said Sen. Edgardo Angara in explaining the need for an investigation.


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                    [Title] => Angara pushes P15,000 pay for public school teachers
                    [Summary] => Opposition Sen. Edgardo Angara said yesterday that Congress should make a commitment to pass with urgency a measure that seeks a P15,000 monthly salary for more than 400,000 public school teachers.


"This should be a congressional commitment for Labor Day," he said.


Angara noted that the present P10,000 monthly pay of public school teachers is drastically reduced after tax and other deductions, and scores of teachers are forced to go to loan sharks to tide their families over till the next pay check.


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AQUILINO PIMENTEL JR. AND VICENTE SOTTO

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                    [Title] => Angara pushes P15,000 pay for public school teachers
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"This should be a congressional commitment for Labor Day," he said.


Angara noted that the present P10,000 monthly pay of public school teachers is drastically reduced after tax and other deductions, and scores of teachers are forced to go to loan sharks to tide their families over till the next pay check.


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‘Opposition has no bet for 2004 yet’

By Eva Visperas | May 5, 2003 - 12:00am

DAGUPAN CITY — Sen. Teresa Aquino-Oreta said the disunity of the opposition in its endorsement of Sen. Panfilo Lacson’s presidential bid is merely a media concoction. "I believe the media just put...

Headlines

Cha-cha agreement seen in Congress

By Jess Diaz | April 30, 2003 - 12:00am

Senate and House leaders said yesterday they are close to an agreement on the contentious issue of Charter change (Cha-cha). They made the announcement after a three-hour meeting at a Makati hotel on possible constitutional...

Headlines

Senate urged to scrutinize OWWA investments

September 18, 2002 - 12:00am

The Senate opposition bloc is pressing for an immediate scrutiny into the reported P1.2-billion "bad" investments of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), Sen. Edgardo Angara said yesterday. The...

Nation

Senate to probe P200-B trust fund

By Efren Danao | June 2, 2002 - 12:00am

The Senate opposition called yesterday for an investigation of the P200 billion in government trust funds held by various state agencies amid reports of massive corruption, misuse of funds, losing investments and...

Headlines

Angara pushes P15,000 pay for public school teachers

May 2, 2002 - 12:00am

Opposition Sen. Edgardo Angara said yesterday that Congress should make a commitment to pass with urgency a measure that seeks a P15,000 monthly salary for more than 400,000 public school teachers. "This should...

Headlines