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+ Follow 17th Congress Tag
17th Congress
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                    [ArticleID] => 1995524
                    [Title] => People power for press freedom
                    [Summary] => No explanation was given by Malacañang as to why the President didn’t sign the bills and let it lapsed into law.
                    [DatePublished] => 2020-02-24 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 136417
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804833
                    [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva
                    [SectionName] => Opinion
                    [SectionUrl] => opinion
                    [URL] => 
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                    [ArticleID] => 1929323
                    [Title] => 9 of 17 ‘urgent’ bills passed into law
                    [Summary] => Nine of the 17 bills certified as urgent by President Duterte have become law under the 17th Congress.
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-06-25 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1805309
                    [AuthorName] => Alexis Romero
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2019/06/24/gen11-congress-joint-session-martial-law_2019-06-24_21-58-00_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 1925300
                    [Title] => 7 senators post perfect session attendance
                    [Summary] => The 17th Congress adjourned last June 4.
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-06-10 15:43:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 
                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2019/06/10/senate-perfect-attendance_2019-06-10_15-37-3987_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 1925277
                    [Title] => Bam Aquino: Return to a poll system where people can count their votes
                    [Summary] => “Whatever the case, we need to go back to a system where people can monitor and count their votes.”
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-06-10 11:14:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
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                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2019/06/10/bansa1-bam-aquino2018-05-1621-30-35_2019-06-10_10-38-59271_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 1924126
                    [Title] => Incumbent, incoming senators gather for 'welcome dinner'
                    [Summary] => Incoming, incumbent, and outgoing senators gathered for a dinner hosted by Sen. Manny Pacquiao Wednesday evening, the same day of the final Senate session of the 17th Congress. 
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-06-06 11:33:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
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                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2019/06/06/senators-dinner_2019-06-06_11-26-04319_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 1923990
                    [Title] => Fond send off for 6 outgoing senators
                    [Summary] => This fond farewell that Sen. Grace Poe delivered Tuesday for six colleagues leaving the Senate this month should be heard/read in full to appreciate its style, nuanced revelations, plus its hints of past and possible future alliances, but space limitation forces us to boil down its 1,500 words to fit our corner.
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-06-06 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 136322
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804858
                    [AuthorName] => Federico D. Pascual Jr.
                    [SectionName] => Opinion
                    [SectionUrl] => opinion
                    [URL] => 
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                    [ArticleID] => 1924040
                    [Title] => Sotto: Senate preserved separation of powers in 17th Congress
                    [Summary] => The Senate in the 17th Congress was able to pass over 400 laws while preserving its independence and ferreting out acts of corruption in the bureaucracy, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said on Tuesday.
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-06-06 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1805432
                    [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2019/06/05/gen8-vicente-sotto-fb-page_2019-06-05_22-02-31_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 1923889
                    [Title] => ‘Senate camaraderie at its best': Binay offers teaching post to Trillanes; outgoing senators sign off
                    [Summary] => The members of the Senate depicted “camaraderie” as they concluded the third regular session in the 17th Congress on Tuesday.
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-06-05 18:24:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804517
                    [AuthorName] => Rosette Adel
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2019/06/05/senators-17th-congress-session_2019-06-05_18-09-57654_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 1923321
                    [Title] => UN lauds Juvenile Justice law, reiterates call vs lower MACR
                    [Summary] => Maintaining the minimum age of criminal responsibility at 15, said UNICEF, is commendable as it aims to "address erring children through rehabilitation and restoration rather than imprisonment."
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-06-03 14:43:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 
                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2019/06/03/3-criminal-responsibility-geremypintolo2019-01-3123-43-12_2019-06-03_14-02-43778_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 1919414
                    [Title] => Congress can still railroad 'repressive' measures before June, rights group says
                    [Summary] => The 17th Congress may be winding down business but a human rights group said it could still pass legislation that could legitimize repression and human rights violations as it resumes session Monday.
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-05-20 14:39:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 
                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => Headlines
                    [SectionUrl] => headlines
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2019/05/20/gen3-congress-michael-varcas2019-01-1322-27-13_2019-05-20_14-00-38843_thumbnail.jpg
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