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                    [Summary] => Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago topped the list of the most prolific senators in terms of filing bills and resolutions in the 13th Congress.


With a total of 523 bills and resolutions filed as of April 5, Santiago emerged as No. 1 among the 23 senators in coming up with proposed legislation.


Sen. Manuel Villar Jr. came in second with a total of 402 bills and resolutions filed during the same period.


Third was Sen. Sergio Osmeña III with 352 bills filed, followed by Sen. Jinggoy Estrada with 303.

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Opposition members led by Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. have earlier arrived at a consensus to accept committee chairmanships, but last Wednesday, they changed their mind.


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                    [Summary] => Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago, who is straddling between the Senate majority and minority, may get to chair the chamber’s foreign relations committee. 


The majority bloc led by Senate President Franklin Drilon is dangling the committee’s chairmanship on Santiago to keep her on the administration’s side.


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                    [Title] => Joker: No way tax on text will pass
                    [Summary] => There is no way the incoming 13th Congress will approve the administration’s proposal to impose a tax on text messaging, Sen. Joker Arroyo said yesterday.


He said even if the House of Representatives, which is expected to be headed again by Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., will pass the tax, it would gather dust in the Senate.


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                    [Title] => Leave FPJ citizenship issue to SC – Joker
                    [Summary] => Sen. Joker Arroyo urged his Senate colleagues yesterday to leave to the Supreme Court the question on the citizenship of movie actor Fernando Poe Jr.


He said even the matter of whether archivist Ricardo Manapat "forged" documents relating to Poe’s citizenship should be left to the high tribunal, which has taken cognizance of the case.


The maverick senator said the nation cannot have the spectacle of the Supreme Court saying one thing on the issue and the Senate making a contrary pronouncement.


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                    [Title] => Senate decides to kill Cha-cha
                    [Summary] => The Senate blunted yesterday the late push for Charter change (Cha-cha) by Speaker Jose de Venecia, his House colleagues and President Arroyo.


The House of Representatives made the decision a day after opening floor debates on a resolution calling for Cha-cha through a constitutional convention.


Senate President Franklin Drilon told a news conference that he and his colleagues agreed with opposition Sen. Edgardo Angara, sponsor of the resolution, that there is no more time for exhaustive deliberations on the measure.


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Sen. Manuel Villar Jr. came in second with a total of 402 bills and resolutions filed during the same period.


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The House of Representatives made the decision a day after opening floor debates on a resolution calling for Cha-cha through a constitutional convention.


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Miriam tops ’em all in bill production

By Marvin Sy | May 27, 2006 - 12:00am

Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago topped the list of the most prolific senators in terms of filing bills and resolutions in the 13th Congress. With a total of 523 bills and resolutions filed as of April 5, Santiago...

News Commentary

Senate minority quarrels over panels

By Jess Diaz | August 21, 2004 - 12:00am

The nine-member opposition in the Senate is quarreling over whether to accept or reject nine committees that the majority is offering to it. Opposition members led by Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. have earlier...

Headlines

Miriam may chair foreign relations committee

By Jess Diaz | July 30, 2004 - 12:00am

Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago, who is straddling between the Senate majority and minority, may get to chair the chamber’s foreign relations committee. The majority bloc led by Senate President Franklin Drilon...

Headlines

Joker: No way tax on text will pass

June 14, 2004 - 12:00am

There is no way the incoming 13th Congress will approve the administration’s proposal to impose a tax on text messaging, Sen. Joker Arroyo said yesterday. He said even if the House of Representatives, which...

Headlines

Joker: No way tax on text will pass

June 14, 2004 - 12:00am

There is no way the incoming 13th Congress will approve the administration’s proposal to impose a tax on text messaging, Sen. Joker Arroyo said yesterday. He said even if the House of Representatives, which...

Headlines

Leave FPJ citizenship issue to SC – Joker

By Jess Diaz | February 9, 2004 - 12:00am

Sen. Joker Arroyo urged his Senate colleagues yesterday to leave to the Supreme Court the question on the citizenship of movie actor Fernando Poe Jr. He said even the matter of whether archivist Ricardo Manapat...

Headlines

Senate decides to kill Cha-cha

By Jess Diaz | January 15, 2004 - 12:00am

The Senate blunted yesterday the late push for Charter change (Cha-cha) by Speaker Jose de Venecia, his House colleagues and President Arroyo. The House of Representatives made the decision a day after opening floor...

Headlines