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Opposition Rep. Teofisto Guingona III claimed yesterday that so-called “crocodiles” or corrupt government officials are raking in millions of dollars in commissions on rice importations.

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The House appropriations committee restored yesterday the P300 million that had been “unconstitutionally” removed by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) from the downgraded P12.9-billion budget of the judiciary for 2010.

[DatePublished] => 2009-09-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 490551 [Title] => (UPDATE) GMA vows not to seek fresh term [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines (AP) - President Arroyo, faced with the prospect of civil unrest unless she steps down at the end of her term, vowed today not to try to extend her time in office.

[DatePublished] => 2009-07-27 23:00:27 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 441048 [Title] => Stimulus fund only P10 billion, not P330 billion, says opposition lawmaker [Summary] =>

Opposition Rep. Rufus Rodriguez disclosed yesterday that the much-publicized economic stimulus fund is worth only P10 billion and not P330 billion as administration officials claim.

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Games and Amusement Board (GAB) chairman Eric Buhain told congressmen during a budget hearing yesterday that his agency ...

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Opposition Rep. Roilo Golez thanked President Arroyo yesterday for selecting his brother as the new flag-office-in-command (FOIC) of the Philippine Navy (PN).

[DatePublished] => 2008-08-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 347130 [Title] => Impeachment: Political exercise in futility — CBCP [Summary] => GANYAN inilarawan ng Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) ang ikalawang impeachment case laban kay Presidente Arroyo. Political exercise in futility. Di nila ito susuportahan ayon sa kanilang pastoral letter. Ayaw man natin kay Presidente Arroyo, ang impeachment ay pambubulabog sa gobyerno. Hadlang sa mga proyekto para sa kapakanan ng taumbayan.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133395 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804793 [AuthorName] => Al G. Pedroche [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 323886 [Title] => Direk Joey: ABS-CBN should change gears [Summary] => It’s about time ABS-CBN shifts gears after what it went through in the Wowowee stampede. So thinks director Joey Javier Reyes in his capacity as creative consultant of Sharon Cuneta’s comeback show in the station airs every Sunday night after Rated K.
[DatePublished] => 2006-03-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 192172 [Title] => Con-con bill filed in House today [Summary] => A bill calling for the election of an "austere, non-partisan and time-bound" constitutional convention (Con-con) to propose Charter changes (Cha-cha) will be filed at the House of Representatives today.

A similar measure is also expected to be introduced in the Senate.

Opposition Rep. Abraham Mitra (LDP, Palawan) announced yesterday that he will file the bill to arrest initiatives by allies of President Arroyo bent on pursuing their Cha-cha initiative through Congress converting itself into a constituent assembly.
[DatePublished] => 2003-01-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 178618 [Title] => No funds to pay 4,000 cops, lawmakers told [Summary] => Congressmen found out yesterday that the 4,000 new policemen, for whom they had appropriated P300 million in this year’s budget, cannot be recruited due to lack of funds.

Philippine National Police officials told the House appropriations committee chaired by Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr. (Lakas, Camarines Sur) that not a single centavo of the money allotted for the hiring of 4,000 additional policemen this year has been released to them.

They said they have started screening the recruits but cannot hire them because the money for such purpose is not available.
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                    [Title] => Guingona: DA, NFA executives making millions
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Opposition Rep. Teofisto Guingona III claimed yesterday that so-called “crocodiles” or corrupt government officials are raking in millions of dollars in commissions on rice importations.

[DatePublished] => 2010-03-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 506292 [Title] => House panel restores P300-million judiciary budget [Summary] =>

The House appropriations committee restored yesterday the P300 million that had been “unconstitutionally” removed by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) from the downgraded P12.9-billion budget of the judiciary for 2010.

[DatePublished] => 2009-09-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 490551 [Title] => (UPDATE) GMA vows not to seek fresh term [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines (AP) - President Arroyo, faced with the prospect of civil unrest unless she steps down at the end of her term, vowed today not to try to extend her time in office.

[DatePublished] => 2009-07-27 23:00:27 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 441048 [Title] => Stimulus fund only P10 billion, not P330 billion, says opposition lawmaker [Summary] =>

Opposition Rep. Rufus Rodriguez disclosed yesterday that the much-publicized economic stimulus fund is worth only P10 billion and not P330 billion as administration officials claim.

[DatePublished] => 2009-02-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 402887 [Title] => GAB fears mismatch for Manny vs Hoya [Summary] =>

Games and Amusement Board (GAB) chairman Eric Buhain told congressmen during a budget hearing yesterday that his agency ...

[DatePublished] => 2008-09-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 76980 [Title] => Golez thanks GMA for naming brod to head Navy [Summary] =>

Opposition Rep. Roilo Golez thanked President Arroyo yesterday for selecting his brother as the new flag-office-in-command (FOIC) of the Philippine Navy (PN).

[DatePublished] => 2008-08-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 347130 [Title] => Impeachment: Political exercise in futility — CBCP [Summary] => GANYAN inilarawan ng Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) ang ikalawang impeachment case laban kay Presidente Arroyo. Political exercise in futility. Di nila ito susuportahan ayon sa kanilang pastoral letter. Ayaw man natin kay Presidente Arroyo, ang impeachment ay pambubulabog sa gobyerno. Hadlang sa mga proyekto para sa kapakanan ng taumbayan.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133395 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804793 [AuthorName] => Al G. Pedroche [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 323886 [Title] => Direk Joey: ABS-CBN should change gears [Summary] => It’s about time ABS-CBN shifts gears after what it went through in the Wowowee stampede. So thinks director Joey Javier Reyes in his capacity as creative consultant of Sharon Cuneta’s comeback show in the station airs every Sunday night after Rated K.
[DatePublished] => 2006-03-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 192172 [Title] => Con-con bill filed in House today [Summary] => A bill calling for the election of an "austere, non-partisan and time-bound" constitutional convention (Con-con) to propose Charter changes (Cha-cha) will be filed at the House of Representatives today.

A similar measure is also expected to be introduced in the Senate.

Opposition Rep. Abraham Mitra (LDP, Palawan) announced yesterday that he will file the bill to arrest initiatives by allies of President Arroyo bent on pursuing their Cha-cha initiative through Congress converting itself into a constituent assembly.
[DatePublished] => 2003-01-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 178618 [Title] => No funds to pay 4,000 cops, lawmakers told [Summary] => Congressmen found out yesterday that the 4,000 new policemen, for whom they had appropriated P300 million in this year’s budget, cannot be recruited due to lack of funds.

Philippine National Police officials told the House appropriations committee chaired by Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr. (Lakas, Camarines Sur) that not a single centavo of the money allotted for the hiring of 4,000 additional policemen this year has been released to them.

They said they have started screening the recruits but cannot hire them because the money for such purpose is not available.
[DatePublished] => 2002-10-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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