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                    [Title] => Burden of proof on Magtubo - Villar
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The burden of proof is on sectoral Reps. Renato Magtubo of the leftist group Sanlakas and Loreta Ann Rosales of Akbayan.

Speaker Manuel Villar Jr. [DatePublished] => 2000-05-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => 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] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 87612 [Title] => Mojica all alone in fight vs Desierto? [Summary] =>

CEBU CITY - There are no other anti-graft officials supporting the complaint of Deputy Ombudsman Arturo Mojica against his superior, Ombudsman Aniano Desierto.

This was the clarification issued yesterday by Office of the Ombudsman Visayas officer-in-charge Nicanor Cruz Jr. [DatePublished] => 2000-04-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 100307 [Title] => Bill seeks ban on cancer-causing sugar substitute [Summary] =>

Deputy Speaker Erico Aumentado (LAMP, Bohol) has filed a bill seeking to prohibit the sale and serving by any establishment of any sugar substitute containing the sweetening agent saccharine.

not_entAumentado said House Bill 8758 has become imperative in light of medical findings that saccharine is a carcinogen and thus, a health hazard to consumers.

A carcinogen refers to any substance that produces cancer.

Saccharine is a white, crystalline coal tar compound about 550 times sweeter [DatePublished] => 2000-03-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 95239 [Title] => Bill to decriminalize vagrancy pushed [Summary] =>

Members of the House minority agreed yesterday to fasttrack the passage of a bill decriminalizing vagrancy following the alleged interference of Quezon City Rep. Michael Defensor in the "illegal arrest" of four suspected vagrant women in Quezon City.

"To put an end to the Defensor issue, the minority is pushing for a bill that will decriminalize vagrancy," House minority leader Feliciano Belmonte Jr. said. [DatePublished] => 2000-03-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1461198 [AuthorName] => Liberty Dones [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 95252 [Title] => House junks initiative to override budget veto [Summary] =>

The House of Representatives doused cold water yesterday on an opposition initiative to override President Estrada's veto of several special provisions in the P629-billion 2000 budget.

The decision was arrived at in a caucus held by members of the ruling Lapian ng Masang Pilipino (LAMP)-dominated majority led by Speaker Manuel Villar.

"It's a lose-lose situation for us, especially when election time is fast approaching," Rep. [DatePublished] => 2000-03-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 95200 [Title] => Defensor dares CPD policemen: Let's undergo lie detector tests [Summary] =>

Quezon City Rep. Michael Defensor challenged anew police officials yesterday to a lie detector test to prove who among them is telling the truth in the controversial case involving four young women arrested by police on suspicions of prostitution.

"I have been telling them to join me in taking a lie detector test," Defensor told the weekly Cypress news forum. "The case they filed against me at the Ombudsman will take a long time. [DatePublished] => 2000-03-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1708612 [AuthorName] => Romel Bagares [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )

DEPUTY SPEAKER ERICO AUMENTADO
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                    [Title] => Burden of proof on Magtubo - Villar
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The burden of proof is on sectoral Reps. Renato Magtubo of the leftist group Sanlakas and Loreta Ann Rosales of Akbayan.

Speaker Manuel Villar Jr. [DatePublished] => 2000-05-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => 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] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 87612 [Title] => Mojica all alone in fight vs Desierto? [Summary] =>

CEBU CITY - There are no other anti-graft officials supporting the complaint of Deputy Ombudsman Arturo Mojica against his superior, Ombudsman Aniano Desierto.

This was the clarification issued yesterday by Office of the Ombudsman Visayas officer-in-charge Nicanor Cruz Jr. [DatePublished] => 2000-04-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 100307 [Title] => Bill seeks ban on cancer-causing sugar substitute [Summary] =>

Deputy Speaker Erico Aumentado (LAMP, Bohol) has filed a bill seeking to prohibit the sale and serving by any establishment of any sugar substitute containing the sweetening agent saccharine.

not_entAumentado said House Bill 8758 has become imperative in light of medical findings that saccharine is a carcinogen and thus, a health hazard to consumers.

A carcinogen refers to any substance that produces cancer.

Saccharine is a white, crystalline coal tar compound about 550 times sweeter [DatePublished] => 2000-03-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 95239 [Title] => Bill to decriminalize vagrancy pushed [Summary] =>

Members of the House minority agreed yesterday to fasttrack the passage of a bill decriminalizing vagrancy following the alleged interference of Quezon City Rep. Michael Defensor in the "illegal arrest" of four suspected vagrant women in Quezon City.

"To put an end to the Defensor issue, the minority is pushing for a bill that will decriminalize vagrancy," House minority leader Feliciano Belmonte Jr. said. [DatePublished] => 2000-03-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1461198 [AuthorName] => Liberty Dones [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 95252 [Title] => House junks initiative to override budget veto [Summary] =>

The House of Representatives doused cold water yesterday on an opposition initiative to override President Estrada's veto of several special provisions in the P629-billion 2000 budget.

The decision was arrived at in a caucus held by members of the ruling Lapian ng Masang Pilipino (LAMP)-dominated majority led by Speaker Manuel Villar.

"It's a lose-lose situation for us, especially when election time is fast approaching," Rep. [DatePublished] => 2000-03-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 95200 [Title] => Defensor dares CPD policemen: Let's undergo lie detector tests [Summary] =>

Quezon City Rep. Michael Defensor challenged anew police officials yesterday to a lie detector test to prove who among them is telling the truth in the controversial case involving four young women arrested by police on suspicions of prostitution.

"I have been telling them to join me in taking a lie detector test," Defensor told the weekly Cypress news forum. "The case they filed against me at the Ombudsman will take a long time. [DatePublished] => 2000-03-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1708612 [AuthorName] => Romel Bagares [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )

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