Array
(
    [results] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 512021
                    [Title] => Lawmaker proposes 8-month total gun ban
                    [Summary] => 
A maverick congressman urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) yesterday to impose an eight-month total gun ban in connection with the May 2010 elections.
                    [DatePublished] => 2009-10-09 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1097047
                    [AuthorName] =>  Jess Diaz
                    [SectionName] => Nation
                    [SectionUrl] => nation
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [1] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 499806
                    [Title] => Casiño wants Charter change issue left to GMA's successor
                    [Summary] => 
President Arroyo’s allies in the House of Representatives should leave the issue of amending the Constitution to her successor, according to Rep. Teddy Casiño of Bayan Muna.
                    [DatePublished] => 2009-08-28 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1097047
                    [AuthorName] =>  Jess Diaz
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [2] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 467251
                    [Title] => House threatens telecommunications companies with financial audit
                    [Summary] => 
MANILA, Philippines - The House of Representatives threatened telecommunications companies (telcos) yesterday with a financial audit if they don’t reduce the cost of text messaging by half to 50 centavos per text.
                    [DatePublished] => 2009-05-15 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1097047
                    [AuthorName] =>  Jess Diaz
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [3] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 420795
                    [Title] => RP won't slip into recession - analyst
                    [Summary] => The country is not likely to go into an economic recession next year even in the face of the global financial crisis, a stock market and financial analyst said yesterday.
                    [DatePublished] => 2008-12-05 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1097047
                    [AuthorName] =>  Jess Diaz
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [4] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 416754
                    [Title] => LOCAL NEWS: Lawmaker suggests for Bolante to take lie detector test
                    [Summary] => If senators and congressmen believe that former agriculture undersecretary Jocelyn “Joc-joc” Bolante lied to them in his testimonies, why not subject him to a lie detector test?
Pro-administration Rep.
                    [DatePublished] => 2008-11-20 14:59:55
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1097047
                    [AuthorName] =>  Jess Diaz
                    [SectionName] => 
                    [SectionUrl] => 
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [5] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 372683
                    [Title] => Opposition to derail Cha-cha
                    [Summary] => 




Opposition congressmen vowed yesterday to derail what they described as the "administration’s Cha-cha (Charter change) bullet train."


"We will fight tooth and nail to block Cha-cha every step of the way, and I think we still have the numbers to frustrate this hasty and mindless effort to tinker with the Constitution that is driven by greed for power," Minority Leader Francis Escudero told a news forum in Quezon City.


"They will try to do it by hook or by crook, but I believe they will fail," he said.


                    [DatePublished] => 2006-12-01 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1097047
                    [AuthorName] =>  Jess Diaz
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [6] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 337403
                    [Title] => House set  to OK drug price control bill
                    [Summary] => The House of Representatives is set to approve a bill regulating the prices of certain drugs for chronic illnesses to make these products affordable to those needing them.  


Iloilo Rep. Ferjenel Biron, the bill’s principal author, told a news forum at the Serye Café in Quezon City that the House committee on health would endorse the measure next week.  


He said he expects smooth sailing for his proposal since it is supported by a majority of House members.  


                    [DatePublished] => 2006-05-19 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 
                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [7] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 323054
                    [Title] => ‘No budget for Cha-cha’
                    [Summary] => There are no funds for Cha-cha (Charter change) in the proposed P3.3-billion budget of the Commission on Elections for this year, Comelec Chairman Benjamin Abalos said yesterday.


"There is none, not even a centavo," Abalos told a news forum at Serye Café in Quezon City.


He said if Congress is bent on pursuing Cha-cha this year, the legislature would have to allot at least P2 billion for the conduct of a plebiscite before the ratification of proposed constitutional amendments.


                    [DatePublished] => 2006-02-24 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 
                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => 
                )

        )

)

SERYE CAF

Array
(
    [results] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 512021
                    [Title] => Lawmaker proposes 8-month total gun ban
                    [Summary] => 
A maverick congressman urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) yesterday to impose an eight-month total gun ban in connection with the May 2010 elections.
                    [DatePublished] => 2009-10-09 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1097047
                    [AuthorName] =>  Jess Diaz
                    [SectionName] => Nation
                    [SectionUrl] => nation
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [1] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 499806
                    [Title] => Casiño wants Charter change issue left to GMA's successor
                    [Summary] => 
President Arroyo’s allies in the House of Representatives should leave the issue of amending the Constitution to her successor, according to Rep. Teddy Casiño of Bayan Muna.
                    [DatePublished] => 2009-08-28 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1097047
                    [AuthorName] =>  Jess Diaz
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [2] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 467251
                    [Title] => House threatens telecommunications companies with financial audit
                    [Summary] => 
MANILA, Philippines - The House of Representatives threatened telecommunications companies (telcos) yesterday with a financial audit if they don’t reduce the cost of text messaging by half to 50 centavos per text.
                    [DatePublished] => 2009-05-15 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1097047
                    [AuthorName] =>  Jess Diaz
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [3] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 420795
                    [Title] => RP won't slip into recession - analyst
                    [Summary] => The country is not likely to go into an economic recession next year even in the face of the global financial crisis, a stock market and financial analyst said yesterday.
                    [DatePublished] => 2008-12-05 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1097047
                    [AuthorName] =>  Jess Diaz
                    [SectionName] => Business
                    [SectionUrl] => business
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [4] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 416754
                    [Title] => LOCAL NEWS: Lawmaker suggests for Bolante to take lie detector test
                    [Summary] => If senators and congressmen believe that former agriculture undersecretary Jocelyn “Joc-joc” Bolante lied to them in his testimonies, why not subject him to a lie detector test?
Pro-administration Rep.
                    [DatePublished] => 2008-11-20 14:59:55
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1097047
                    [AuthorName] =>  Jess Diaz
                    [SectionName] => 
                    [SectionUrl] => 
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [5] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 372683
                    [Title] => Opposition to derail Cha-cha
                    [Summary] => 




Opposition congressmen vowed yesterday to derail what they described as the "administration’s Cha-cha (Charter change) bullet train."


"We will fight tooth and nail to block Cha-cha every step of the way, and I think we still have the numbers to frustrate this hasty and mindless effort to tinker with the Constitution that is driven by greed for power," Minority Leader Francis Escudero told a news forum in Quezon City.


"They will try to do it by hook or by crook, but I believe they will fail," he said.


                    [DatePublished] => 2006-12-01 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1097047
                    [AuthorName] =>  Jess Diaz
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [6] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 337403
                    [Title] => House set  to OK drug price control bill
                    [Summary] => The House of Representatives is set to approve a bill regulating the prices of certain drugs for chronic illnesses to make these products affordable to those needing them.  


Iloilo Rep. Ferjenel Biron, the bill’s principal author, told a news forum at the Serye Café in Quezon City that the House committee on health would endorse the measure next week.  


He said he expects smooth sailing for his proposal since it is supported by a majority of House members.  


                    [DatePublished] => 2006-05-19 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 
                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => 
                )

            [7] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 323054
                    [Title] => ‘No budget for Cha-cha’
                    [Summary] => There are no funds for Cha-cha (Charter change) in the proposed P3.3-billion budget of the Commission on Elections for this year, Comelec Chairman Benjamin Abalos said yesterday.


"There is none, not even a centavo," Abalos told a news forum at Serye Café in Quezon City.


He said if Congress is bent on pursuing Cha-cha this year, the legislature would have to allot at least P2 billion for the conduct of a plebiscite before the ratification of proposed constitutional amendments.


                    [DatePublished] => 2006-02-24 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 
                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => 
                )

        )

)

abtest

Lawmaker proposes 8-month total gun ban

By Jess Diaz | October 9, 2009 - 12:00am

A maverick congressman urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) yesterday to impose an eight-month total gun ban in connection with the May 2010 elections.

Nation

Casiño wants Charter change issue left to GMA's successor

By Jess Diaz | August 28, 2009 - 12:00am

President Arroyo’s allies in the House of Representatives should leave the issue of amending the Constitution to her successor, according to Rep. Teddy Casiño of Bayan Muna.

Headlines

House threatens telecommunications companies with financial audit

By Jess Diaz | May 15, 2009 - 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines - The House of Representatives threatened telecommunications companies (telcos) yesterday with a financial audit if they don’t reduce the cost of text messaging by half to 50 centavos per...

Business

RP won't slip into recession - analyst

By Jess Diaz | December 5, 2008 - 12:00am

The country is not likely to go into an economic recession next year even in the face of the global financial crisis, a stock market and financial analyst said yesterday.

Business

LOCAL NEWS: Lawmaker suggests for Bolante to take lie detector test

By Jess Diaz | November 20, 2008 - 2:59pm

If senators and congressmen believe that former agriculture undersecretary Jocelyn “Joc-joc” Bolante lied to them in his testimonies, why not subject him to a lie detector test? Pro-administration ...

Opposition to derail Cha-cha

By Jess Diaz | December 1, 2006 - 12:00am

Opposition congressmen vowed yesterday to derail what they described as the "administration’s Cha-cha (Charter change) bullet train." "We will fight tooth and nail to block Cha-cha...

Headlines

House set to OK drug price control bill

May 19, 2006 - 12:00am

The House of Representatives is set to approve a bill regulating the prices of certain drugs for chronic illnesses to make these products affordable to those needing them. Iloilo Rep. Ferjenel Biron, the bill’s...

Headlines

‘No budget for Cha-cha’

February 24, 2006 - 12:00am

There are no funds for Cha-cha (Charter change) in the proposed P3.3-billion budget of the Commission on Elections for this year, Comelec Chairman Benjamin Abalos said yesterday. "There is none, not even a...

Headlines