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                    [ArticleID] => 1239039
                    [Title] => EDITORIAL - Right to Know Day
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Today the nation joins other countries in celebrating International Right to Know Day as the long wait continues for the passage of the Freedom of Information Act.

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Who do the people in Congress think they are?

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Why was Raymond Dominguez allowed to post bail 19 times for numerous carjacking cases? Because this is allowed by law. Unlike robbery in band or kidnapping for ransom, where the accused can be denied bail, the law against stealing cars allows bail.

[DatePublished] => 2011-01-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/8913/startoonthumbs.gif ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 374642 [Title] => Optimistic [Summary] => Stock analysts are telling us that the market has largely dismissed as "noise" the political carnival that threatens to erupt as a consequence of the decision of the congressional majority to push ahead with the effort to renovate our constitutional order.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134157 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804783 [AuthorName] => Alex Magno [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 341541 [Title] => Favila backs limit on income tax holidays [Summary] => Trade and Industry Secretary Peter B. Favila is supporting a proposal in Congress to temporarily limit the grant of income tax holidays so the National Government can strengthen its fiscal position and achieve a balanced budget.

The limitation of tax incentives, however, would only be temporary and a sunset provision must be included in the bill so that once government has regained its fiscal strength, it can again aggressively compete for investments through the grant of incentives, he said.
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 235656 [Title] => Senate to tackle budget today [Summary] => The Senate is set to start tackling the proposed P864-billion 2004 national budget today.

Deliberations on the measure will begin with a sponsorship speech by finance committee chairman Sen. Manuel Villar Jr.

Senators are allotting five days for debates and approval of the budget, which is considered the most important piece of legislation that lawmakers enact each year.

On Friday, they are scheduled to pass the measure on third and final reading so it can be sent to a Senate-House conference committee that will determine its final shape.
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Oreta was reacting to a proposal by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) that Congress should stop passing new economic laws as a big number of reform measures have yet to be implemented due to budgetary constraints.

"They are barking up the wrong tree. They should train their guns on Malacañang and not on the legislature!" she said.
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WHILE CONGRESS
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                    [ArticleID] => 1239039
                    [Title] => EDITORIAL - Right to Know Day
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Today the nation joins other countries in celebrating International Right to Know Day as the long wait continues for the passage of the Freedom of Information Act.

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Who do the people in Congress think they are?

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Why was Raymond Dominguez allowed to post bail 19 times for numerous carjacking cases? Because this is allowed by law. Unlike robbery in band or kidnapping for ransom, where the accused can be denied bail, the law against stealing cars allows bail.

[DatePublished] => 2011-01-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/8913/startoonthumbs.gif ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 374642 [Title] => Optimistic [Summary] => Stock analysts are telling us that the market has largely dismissed as "noise" the political carnival that threatens to erupt as a consequence of the decision of the congressional majority to push ahead with the effort to renovate our constitutional order.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134157 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804783 [AuthorName] => Alex Magno [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 341541 [Title] => Favila backs limit on income tax holidays [Summary] => Trade and Industry Secretary Peter B. Favila is supporting a proposal in Congress to temporarily limit the grant of income tax holidays so the National Government can strengthen its fiscal position and achieve a balanced budget.

The limitation of tax incentives, however, would only be temporary and a sunset provision must be included in the bill so that once government has regained its fiscal strength, it can again aggressively compete for investments through the grant of incentives, he said.
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 235656 [Title] => Senate to tackle budget today [Summary] => The Senate is set to start tackling the proposed P864-billion 2004 national budget today.

Deliberations on the measure will begin with a sponsorship speech by finance committee chairman Sen. Manuel Villar Jr.

Senators are allotting five days for debates and approval of the budget, which is considered the most important piece of legislation that lawmakers enact each year.

On Friday, they are scheduled to pass the measure on third and final reading so it can be sent to a Senate-House conference committee that will determine its final shape.
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Oreta was reacting to a proposal by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) that Congress should stop passing new economic laws as a big number of reform measures have yet to be implemented due to budgetary constraints.

"They are barking up the wrong tree. They should train their guns on Malacañang and not on the legislature!" she said.
[DatePublished] => 2001-11-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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