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Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 173637 [Title] => P2-billion pork released this week [Summary] => The Department of Budget and Management promised yesterday to release at least P2 billion this week in congressional pork barrel funds to appease pork-hungry House members.
Budget Secretary Emilia Boncodin made the promise in a closed-door meeting with congressmen which Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. arranged to quell a brewing revolt over delayed releases of pork barrel funds.
The complaining lawmakers were threatening to hold President Arroyos proposed P804-billion 2003 budget hostage unless their funds were released.
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When the chamber finally mustered a quorum yesterday afternoon since floor debates on the 2002 budget opened last week, Deputy Speaker for Visayas Raul Gonzalez ordered the sergeant-at-arms to close all exits.
[DatePublished] => 2001-10-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
DEPUTY SPEAKER GONZALEZ
Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 173637 [Title] => P2-billion pork released this week [Summary] => The Department of Budget and Management promised yesterday to release at least P2 billion this week in congressional pork barrel funds to appease pork-hungry House members.
Budget Secretary Emilia Boncodin made the promise in a closed-door meeting with congressmen which Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. arranged to quell a brewing revolt over delayed releases of pork barrel funds.
The complaining lawmakers were threatening to hold President Arroyos proposed P804-billion 2003 budget hostage unless their funds were released.
[DatePublished] => 2002-08-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 137601 [Title] => House detains solons to ensure quorum [Summary] => Like schoolchildren being prevented from leaving the classroom, congressmen were "detained" by House leaders yesterday to keep them in the session hall and ensure a quorum for budget deliberations.
When the chamber finally mustered a quorum yesterday afternoon since floor debates on the 2002 budget opened last week, Deputy Speaker for Visayas Raul Gonzalez ordered the sergeant-at-arms to close all exits.
[DatePublished] => 2001-10-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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By Jess Diaz | August 27, 2002 - 12:00am
By Jess Diaz | October 23, 2001 - 12:00am
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