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                    [Title] => Asian parliament seen in five years
                    [Summary] => Leaders of six Asian nations have agreed to work for the establishment of an Asian parliament within five years.


The consensus was reached during the first-ever meeting last Tuesday of the senior advisory council of the Association of Asian Parliaments for Peace (AAPP) chaired by Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr.
[DatePublished] => 2005-04-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 180886 [Title] => GMA has enough powers to deal with terrorist threats — JDV [Summary] => Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. and other House leaders opposed yesterday the proposal to give President Arroyo emergency powers to enable her to deal with terrorist threats in Metro Manila and other parts of the country.

"The President has adequate powers to deal with the unfolding situation. The time has not yet come to give her special powers to confront these threats," De Venecia said.

At the same time, he called for greater vigilance on the part of the citizenry in combating terrorism.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 166062 [Title] => JDV raises P350 M for El Niño fund [Summary] => Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. has been able to raise P350 million for the P1-billion El Niño fund that the House had decided to create before Congress adjourned session last June 4.

Some 70 members of De Venecia’s Sunshine Coalition have each pledged P5 million of their pork barrel allocations to the fund. They made the decision in a caucus held Monday night.
[DatePublished] => 2002-06-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 158986 [Title] => Heads of major political parties reject military junta [Summary] => Heads of various political parties led by Lakas national chairman and Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. have rejected the proposal of President Arroyo’s enemies for the setting up of a military-civilian junta or some form of collective leadership.

The political party leaders conveyed their sentiments to Mrs. Arroyo in a meeting with her in Malacañang on Friday night.

De Venecia said yesterday political parties participating in next week’s first Political Summit are against any extra-legal or extra-constitutional means of replacing the present administration. [DatePublished] => 2002-04-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 154876 [Title] => Morocco to help RP on MILF problem [Summary] => MARRAKESH — The Moroccan government assured President Arroyo yesterday that it will help the Philippines solve the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) secessionist problem in Mindanao.

Moroccan officials gave this assurance to Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. who is here for the 107th conference of the International Parliamentary Union (IPU).

"Our government supports the Philippine request for assistance (on the Mindanao problem)," Ambassador Abdelsalam Jaidi, special envoy and adviser to King Mohammed VI, quoted the king as telling De Venecia.
[DatePublished] => 2002-03-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 153476 [Title] => Comelec officials must settle differences — JDV [Summary] => Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. and other political leaders are scheduled to meet today with feuding members of the Commission on Elections to try to mediate their differences.

De Venecia told reporters yesterday that he and his colleagues have to do all they can to end the feud so that the Comelec can function as one and can be effective in supervising the combined barangay and youth elections in July and future voting exercises.

"It is in the interest of the nation that internal coherence be restored in the Comelec," he said.
[DatePublished] => 2002-03-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 150704 [Title] => All-party summit set May 3-5 [Summary] => Three major parties agreed yesterday to hold the first political summit on May 3 to 5.

The agreement was reached during a meeting among leaders of the ruling Lakas-NUCD, the opposition Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP) and the pro-administration Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC).

Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., Lakas national chairman, said the political summit aims to get political groups to work together for the common national development agenda.
[DatePublished] => 2002-02-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 149912 [Title] => Cyber Forum to honor FVR [Summary] => DAGUPAN CITY — Former President Fidel Ramos will receive a special award from information technology (IT) leaders in Northern Luzon for his contributions to making cyber technology a key to national growth.

Councilor Vladimir Mata, one of the organizers of the Grand Cyber Forum 2000, a five-day IT convention/exhibition here on March 12-17, said the former president will join President Arroyo, Senate President Franklin Drilon and Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. at the opening day of the forum at the People’s Astrodome here.
[DatePublished] => 2002-02-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Technology [SectionUrl] => technology [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 90888 [Title] => 140 solons now backing JDV’s speakership bid [Summary] => The number of congressmen supporting the speakership bid of former Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. has grown to 140 from 126 last week, Rep. Joey Salceda (Lakas, Albay) said yesterday.

Salceda, De Venecia’s principal campaigner, said nominees of party-list groups that won in the May 14 elections comprise the latest group that expressed support for the once and future speaker.
[DatePublished] => 2001-06-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 92755 [Title] => 140 solons now backing JDV’s speakership bid [Summary] => The number of congressmen supporting the speakership bid of former Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. has grown to 140 from 126 last week, Rep. Joey Salceda (Lakas, Albay) said yesterday.

Salceda, De Venecia’s principal campaigner, said nominees of party-list groups that won in the May 14 elections comprise the latest group that expressed support for the once and future speaker.
[DatePublished] => 2001-06-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => Asian parliament seen in five years
                    [Summary] => Leaders of six Asian nations have agreed to work for the establishment of an Asian parliament within five years.


The consensus was reached during the first-ever meeting last Tuesday of the senior advisory council of the Association of Asian Parliaments for Peace (AAPP) chaired by Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr.
[DatePublished] => 2005-04-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 180886 [Title] => GMA has enough powers to deal with terrorist threats — JDV [Summary] => Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. and other House leaders opposed yesterday the proposal to give President Arroyo emergency powers to enable her to deal with terrorist threats in Metro Manila and other parts of the country.

"The President has adequate powers to deal with the unfolding situation. The time has not yet come to give her special powers to confront these threats," De Venecia said.

At the same time, he called for greater vigilance on the part of the citizenry in combating terrorism.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 166062 [Title] => JDV raises P350 M for El Niño fund [Summary] => Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. has been able to raise P350 million for the P1-billion El Niño fund that the House had decided to create before Congress adjourned session last June 4.

Some 70 members of De Venecia’s Sunshine Coalition have each pledged P5 million of their pork barrel allocations to the fund. They made the decision in a caucus held Monday night.
[DatePublished] => 2002-06-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 158986 [Title] => Heads of major political parties reject military junta [Summary] => Heads of various political parties led by Lakas national chairman and Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. have rejected the proposal of President Arroyo’s enemies for the setting up of a military-civilian junta or some form of collective leadership.

The political party leaders conveyed their sentiments to Mrs. Arroyo in a meeting with her in Malacañang on Friday night.

De Venecia said yesterday political parties participating in next week’s first Political Summit are against any extra-legal or extra-constitutional means of replacing the present administration. [DatePublished] => 2002-04-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 154876 [Title] => Morocco to help RP on MILF problem [Summary] => MARRAKESH — The Moroccan government assured President Arroyo yesterday that it will help the Philippines solve the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) secessionist problem in Mindanao.

Moroccan officials gave this assurance to Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. who is here for the 107th conference of the International Parliamentary Union (IPU).

"Our government supports the Philippine request for assistance (on the Mindanao problem)," Ambassador Abdelsalam Jaidi, special envoy and adviser to King Mohammed VI, quoted the king as telling De Venecia.
[DatePublished] => 2002-03-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 153476 [Title] => Comelec officials must settle differences — JDV [Summary] => Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. and other political leaders are scheduled to meet today with feuding members of the Commission on Elections to try to mediate their differences.

De Venecia told reporters yesterday that he and his colleagues have to do all they can to end the feud so that the Comelec can function as one and can be effective in supervising the combined barangay and youth elections in July and future voting exercises.

"It is in the interest of the nation that internal coherence be restored in the Comelec," he said.
[DatePublished] => 2002-03-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 150704 [Title] => All-party summit set May 3-5 [Summary] => Three major parties agreed yesterday to hold the first political summit on May 3 to 5.

The agreement was reached during a meeting among leaders of the ruling Lakas-NUCD, the opposition Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP) and the pro-administration Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC).

Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., Lakas national chairman, said the political summit aims to get political groups to work together for the common national development agenda.
[DatePublished] => 2002-02-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 149912 [Title] => Cyber Forum to honor FVR [Summary] => DAGUPAN CITY — Former President Fidel Ramos will receive a special award from information technology (IT) leaders in Northern Luzon for his contributions to making cyber technology a key to national growth.

Councilor Vladimir Mata, one of the organizers of the Grand Cyber Forum 2000, a five-day IT convention/exhibition here on March 12-17, said the former president will join President Arroyo, Senate President Franklin Drilon and Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. at the opening day of the forum at the People’s Astrodome here.
[DatePublished] => 2002-02-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Technology [SectionUrl] => technology [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 90888 [Title] => 140 solons now backing JDV’s speakership bid [Summary] => The number of congressmen supporting the speakership bid of former Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. has grown to 140 from 126 last week, Rep. Joey Salceda (Lakas, Albay) said yesterday.

Salceda, De Venecia’s principal campaigner, said nominees of party-list groups that won in the May 14 elections comprise the latest group that expressed support for the once and future speaker.
[DatePublished] => 2001-06-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 92755 [Title] => 140 solons now backing JDV’s speakership bid [Summary] => The number of congressmen supporting the speakership bid of former Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. has grown to 140 from 126 last week, Rep. Joey Salceda (Lakas, Albay) said yesterday.

Salceda, De Venecia’s principal campaigner, said nominees of party-list groups that won in the May 14 elections comprise the latest group that expressed support for the once and future speaker.
[DatePublished] => 2001-06-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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