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                    [Title] => House to prioritize P20-B rehab fund in 2014 budget amendment
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Amending the proposed P2.268-trillion General Appropriations Act (GAA) for 2014 to include a P20-billion rehabilitation fund for provinces devastated by Super Typhoon Yolanda and other recent calamities tops the agenda of lawmakers as Congress resumes session tomorrow, leaders of the House of Representatives said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img27/4096/6kjo.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 897037 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Last chance for the FOI bill [Summary] =>

When the 15th Congress returns to work on Jan. 21 after a month-long holiday break, it will have only nine session days left to pass the Freedom of Information bill.

[DatePublished] => 2013-01-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img824/5197/startoon.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 888034 [Title] => Bicam passes RH bill [Summary] =>

The Reproductive Health (RH) bill is now ready for President Aquino’s signature, possibly before Christmas, after Congress ratified last night the bicameral report on the  measure.

[DatePublished] => 2012-12-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500820 [AuthorName] => Marvin Sy [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img22/9152/gen2newthumb.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 884458 [Title] => Senate, House approve sin tax bill [Summary] =>

Lawmakers on Monday approved during a bicameral conference the sin tax reform bill, which was seen to bring nearly P40 billion in revenues next year.

[DatePublished] => 2012-12-10 17:28:55 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 875101 [Title] => Moody’s keeps close watch on sin tax measure [Summary] =>

Moody’s Investors Service is keeping a close watch on the sin tax measure and the forthcoming discussions at the bicameral conference committee meetings, its lead analyst for the Philippines said.

[DatePublished] => 2012-11-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804708 [AuthorName] => Iris Gonzales [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 871371 [Title] => Bicam on sin tax set next week [Summary] =>

The Senate and the House of Representatives will begin their bicameral conference committee meeting on the sin tax reform bill next week, Sen. Franklin Drilon said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2012-11-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 732323 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Again, Cha-cha [Summary] =>

For over a decade now, there have been several efforts to introduce changes in the Constitution.

[DatePublished] => 2011-10-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/391/startoonthumbz.gif ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 638788 [Title] => Truth body budget intact [Summary] =>

The bicameral conference committee crafting the final version of the P1.645-trillion General Appropriations Bill for 2011 retained yesterday the P83-million budget of the Truth Commission that was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court (SC) last week.

[DatePublished] => 2010-12-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 433321 [Title] => Bicam OKs budget with P50-billion economic stimulus [Summary] =>

The bicameral conference committee of the Senate and the House of Representatives approved yesterday the P1.415-trillion national budget for this year, including P50 billion for the “economic stimulus package.”

[DatePublished] => 2009-01-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 382278 [Title] => Anxiety pervades at Clark as lawmakers decide ecozone’s fate [Summary] => CLARK FIELD, Pampanga — Anxiety pervades at the Clark special economic zone as a bicameral committee decides today what stakeholders here have described as a "zoom or doom" scenario for them.

A contingent from the Clark Development Corp. (CDC), the Clark Investors and Locators Association (CILA) and other local groups is attending today’s hearing of the bicameral panel at the Senate building to lobby for a "freeport status quo" for the Clark ecozone.
[DatePublished] => 2007-01-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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