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                    [Summary] => A Bulacan congressman asked the House of Representatives yesterday to investigate one of its former members, Dante Liban, for the "widescale corruption" in the government agency that he now heads.


In a privileged speech, Rep. Willie Buyson Villarama said the Technical Skills Development Authority (Tesda), headed by Liban as director general, can be a "fitting launching pad" for President Arroyo’s renewed campaign against corruption.


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                    [Title] => Solons, Cabinet urged: Fund absentee voting bill
                    [Summary] => A pro-administration congressman urged his colleagues in Congress and members of the Cabinet yesterday to help fund the proposed absentee voting bill so it can be enacted this year.


Rep. Willie Buyson Villarama (Aksyon Demo—kratiko, Bulacan) issued the appeal in the wake of the reluctance of some lawmakers to act on the measure because there is no money allocated for its implementation in the 2003 budget.


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                    [Title] => Solon urges OFWs to form own party
                    [Summary] => A pro-administration congressman urged overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) yesterday to organize their own political party so they can effectively protect their interests and rights and work on legislation that would benefit them.


Rep. Willie Buyson Villarama (Aksyon Demokratiko, Bulacan) made the call in a meeting with leaders of the International Coalition of Overseas Filipinos for Voting Rights, an umbrella organization of various OFW groups all over the world that is lobbying for the passage of the Absentee Voting Bill.


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                    [Title] => Disband Kampi, GMA urged
                    [Summary] => A Bulacan congressman urged President Arroyo yesterday to disband the erstwhile dormant Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino (Kampi), the political party she formed in 1998 as the vehicle for her quest for the presidency.


"She should scuttle it, she has no use for it since she has Lakas, the biggest political group in the country," said Rep. Willie Buyson Villarama, who was Mrs. Arroyo’s chief of staff when she was senator and later vice president.


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                    [Title] => Solon favors Cha-cha through con-con
                    [Summary] => A Bulacan congressman said yesterday he favors Cha-cha (Charter change) through an elected constitutional convention.


Rep. Willie Buyson Villarama said members of Congress should not do the rewriting of the Charter because people will see the job "as a victory of personal and partisan interests over the national good."


He said a Constitution revised by incumbent lawmakers risks rejection by the electorate.


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Lawmaker urges probe of TESDA head

By Jess Diaz | January 22, 2003 - 12:00am

A Bulacan congressman asked the House of Representatives yesterday to investigate one of its former members, Dante Liban, for the "widescale corruption" in the government agency that he now heads. In a...

Headlines

Solons, Cabinet urged: Fund absentee voting bill

By Jess Diaz | September 24, 2002 - 12:00am

A pro-administration congressman urged his colleagues in Congress and members of the Cabinet yesterday to help fund the proposed absentee voting bill so it can be enacted this year. Rep. Willie Buyson Villarama...

Nation

Solon urges OFWs to form own party

By Jess Diaz | September 18, 2002 - 12:00am

A pro-administration congressman urged overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) yesterday to organize their own political party so they can effectively protect their interests and rights and work on legislation that would...

Headlines

Disband Kampi, GMA urged

May 23, 2002 - 12:00am

A Bulacan congressman urged President Arroyo yesterday to disband the erstwhile dormant Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino (Kampi), the political party she formed in 1998 as the vehicle for her quest for the presidency. "She...

Headlines

Solon favors Cha-cha through con-con

April 10, 2002 - 12:00am

A Bulacan congressman said yesterday he favors Cha-cha (Charter change) through an elected constitutional convention. Rep. Willie Buyson Villarama said members of Congress should not do the rewriting of the Charter...

Headlines