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                    [Title] => Solons urge moratorium on debt payments with foreign creditors
                    [Summary] => A House leader urged the country’s finance and economic managers yesterday to seek a moratorium on debt payments with foreign creditors, including international lending institutions.


"We won’t task them to condone our debts, just give us a break until our economy is back on its feet," said Assistant Majority Leader Rodolfo Albano III (NPC, Isabela).
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[DatePublished] => 2000-12-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 89088 [Title] => Estrada’s House allies out to weaken prosecution [Summary] => Allies of embattled President Estrada in the House of Representatives are out to weaken the 11-member panel prosecuting him in his impeachment trial in the Senate, opposition congressmen said yesterday.

They said "Erap quarterbacks" in the chamber have mounted a two-pronged move to undermine the prosecution, depriving it of private lawyers and denying it the balance of its operating budget.
[DatePublished] => 2000-12-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 88893 [Title] => New House shakeup looms [Summary] => Where there’s smoke, there must be fire.

There is grumbling among members of the new majority bloc in the House of Representatives, and the discontent could lead to a new shakeup.

Rep. Carlos Padilla (LDP, Nueva Ecija), who is a supporter of ousted Speaker Manuel Villar Jr., told reporters yesterday that many of those in the majority who did not get the committee assignments they were promised are now complaining.
[DatePublished] => 2000-11-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 88824 [Title] => Give up House posts, Villar’s men urged [Summary] => Supporters of former speaker Manuel Villar Jr. were urged yesterday to give up their House posts to pave the way for a smooth reorganization of the chamber.

Assistant Majority Leader Rodolfo Albano III (LAMP, Isabela) made the appeal in the wake of the decision of Nueva Ecija Rep. Pacifico Fajardo, chairman of the committee on justice, to set the impeachment complaint against Vice President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for hearing tomorrow.

Fajardo is among the 93 congressmen who supported Villar.
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"We still have the numbers to unseat him next week when we resume session," Assistant Majority Leader Rodolfo Albano III (LAMP, Isabela) told reporters yesterday.

He said LAMP loyalists number at least 110, or more than a majority of the 218 House members.
[DatePublished] => 2000-11-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 88523 [Title] => House sets vote of confidence [Summary] => Congressmen belonging to the administration Lapian ng Masang Pilipino (LAMP) are set to give their embattled party boss, President Estrada, a vote of confidence.

The vote is contained in a resolution that Rep. Danilo Suarez (LAMP, Quezon), chairman of the House ways and means committee, is now circulating among coalition members for their signatures.

Suarez told reporters yesterday that more than 80 LAMP congressmen have already signed the resolution.
[DatePublished] => 2000-10-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 91896 [Title] => Easier to win lotto than impeach Estrada – Recto [Summary] => It’s easier to win the lotto jackpot than to impeach President Estrada.

Rep. Ralph Recto (LAMP, Batangas) made this confident declaration yesterday in the wake of suggestions from the opposition that the President could be removed from office through impeachment due to the jueteng scandal.

Recto, who is being rumored to be one of the administration coalition’s senatorial candidates in next year’s elections, said the mathematical probability of winning the lotto is greater than ousting Mr. Estrada.
[DatePublished] => 2000-10-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 87857 [Title] => Albano urges Magtubo to attend ethics probe [Summary] =>

A House leader urged sectoral Rep. Renato Magtubo of the leftist group Sanlakas yesterday to attend the projected ethics committee inquiry into his bribery allegations.

Assistant Majority Leader Rodolfo Albano III (LAMP, Isabela) said Magtubo should prove before the committee his claim that congressmen were each given P500,000 in connection with the approval of the controversial Omnibus Power Bill.

"Rene should not be afraid of the investigation because he is a member of this institution. [DatePublished] => 2000-05-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 87602 [Title] => Estrada allies belittle Lakas impeach plan [Summary] =>

Allies of President Estrada in the House of Representatives belittled yesterday the purported plan of the opposition Lakas to move for the impeachment of the Chief Executive.

"Any Lakas impeachment initiative against the President won't take off. They simply don't have the numbers," Assistant Majority Leader Rodolfo Albano III (LAMP, Isabela) told reporters.

He said Mr. Estrada continues to enjoy the trust and confidence of the House, which is dominated by the ruling Lapian ng Masang Pilipino.

"Besides, there is no ground to oust the President. [DatePublished] => 2000-04-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )

ASSISTANT MAJORITY LEADER RODOLFO ALBANO
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                    [Title] => Solons urge moratorium on debt payments with foreign creditors
                    [Summary] => A House leader urged the country’s finance and economic managers yesterday to seek a moratorium on debt payments with foreign creditors, including international lending institutions.


"We won’t task them to condone our debts, just give us a break until our economy is back on its feet," said Assistant Majority Leader Rodolfo Albano III (NPC, Isabela).
[DatePublished] => 2001-01-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 89274 [Title] => Stop raising economic fears, House leaders warn Makati Business Club [Summary] => House leaders cautioned members of the Makati Business Club yesterday not to stoke fears that the economy may likely experience "stagflation" next year, when all important indicators show the Philippines will likely continue to experience modest growth in step with the rest of the world.
[DatePublished] => 2000-12-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 89088 [Title] => Estrada’s House allies out to weaken prosecution [Summary] => Allies of embattled President Estrada in the House of Representatives are out to weaken the 11-member panel prosecuting him in his impeachment trial in the Senate, opposition congressmen said yesterday.

They said "Erap quarterbacks" in the chamber have mounted a two-pronged move to undermine the prosecution, depriving it of private lawyers and denying it the balance of its operating budget.
[DatePublished] => 2000-12-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 88893 [Title] => New House shakeup looms [Summary] => Where there’s smoke, there must be fire.

There is grumbling among members of the new majority bloc in the House of Representatives, and the discontent could lead to a new shakeup.

Rep. Carlos Padilla (LDP, Nueva Ecija), who is a supporter of ousted Speaker Manuel Villar Jr., told reporters yesterday that many of those in the majority who did not get the committee assignments they were promised are now complaining.
[DatePublished] => 2000-11-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 88824 [Title] => Give up House posts, Villar’s men urged [Summary] => Supporters of former speaker Manuel Villar Jr. were urged yesterday to give up their House posts to pave the way for a smooth reorganization of the chamber.

Assistant Majority Leader Rodolfo Albano III (LAMP, Isabela) made the appeal in the wake of the decision of Nueva Ecija Rep. Pacifico Fajardo, chairman of the committee on justice, to set the impeachment complaint against Vice President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for hearing tomorrow.

Fajardo is among the 93 congressmen who supported Villar.
[DatePublished] => 2000-11-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 88737 [Title] => LAMP solons keen on ousting Villar [Summary] => The remaining members of the administration Lapian ng Masang Pilipino (LAMP) coalition in the House of Representatives are plotting the ouster of Speaker Manuel Villar Jr.

"We still have the numbers to unseat him next week when we resume session," Assistant Majority Leader Rodolfo Albano III (LAMP, Isabela) told reporters yesterday.

He said LAMP loyalists number at least 110, or more than a majority of the 218 House members.
[DatePublished] => 2000-11-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 88523 [Title] => House sets vote of confidence [Summary] => Congressmen belonging to the administration Lapian ng Masang Pilipino (LAMP) are set to give their embattled party boss, President Estrada, a vote of confidence.

The vote is contained in a resolution that Rep. Danilo Suarez (LAMP, Quezon), chairman of the House ways and means committee, is now circulating among coalition members for their signatures.

Suarez told reporters yesterday that more than 80 LAMP congressmen have already signed the resolution.
[DatePublished] => 2000-10-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 91896 [Title] => Easier to win lotto than impeach Estrada – Recto [Summary] => It’s easier to win the lotto jackpot than to impeach President Estrada.

Rep. Ralph Recto (LAMP, Batangas) made this confident declaration yesterday in the wake of suggestions from the opposition that the President could be removed from office through impeachment due to the jueteng scandal.

Recto, who is being rumored to be one of the administration coalition’s senatorial candidates in next year’s elections, said the mathematical probability of winning the lotto is greater than ousting Mr. Estrada.
[DatePublished] => 2000-10-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 87857 [Title] => Albano urges Magtubo to attend ethics probe [Summary] =>

A House leader urged sectoral Rep. Renato Magtubo of the leftist group Sanlakas yesterday to attend the projected ethics committee inquiry into his bribery allegations.

Assistant Majority Leader Rodolfo Albano III (LAMP, Isabela) said Magtubo should prove before the committee his claim that congressmen were each given P500,000 in connection with the approval of the controversial Omnibus Power Bill.

"Rene should not be afraid of the investigation because he is a member of this institution. [DatePublished] => 2000-05-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 87602 [Title] => Estrada allies belittle Lakas impeach plan [Summary] =>

Allies of President Estrada in the House of Representatives belittled yesterday the purported plan of the opposition Lakas to move for the impeachment of the Chief Executive.

"Any Lakas impeachment initiative against the President won't take off. They simply don't have the numbers," Assistant Majority Leader Rodolfo Albano III (LAMP, Isabela) told reporters.

He said Mr. Estrada continues to enjoy the trust and confidence of the House, which is dominated by the ruling Lapian ng Masang Pilipino.

"Besides, there is no ground to oust the President. [DatePublished] => 2000-04-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )

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