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                    [Title] => SC to ombudsman: Reply to petition on ‘pork’ probe
                    [Summary] => 

The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the Office of the Ombudsman to answer a petition seeking more extensive investigation and prosecution of officials behind the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) and the misuse of the pork barrel or Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) of lawmakers.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-09 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096875 [AuthorName] => Edu Punay [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1413066 [Title] => Palace, Congress ordered to answer another GAA petition [Summary] =>

The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the executive and legislative branches to answer a petition seeking to void this year’s General Appropriations Act (GAA).

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096875 [AuthorName] => Edu Punay [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1412727 [Title] => SC junks petition questioning P2.6-T 2015 budget [Summary] =>

The Supreme Court (SC) yesterday junked the petition filed by former Iloilo Rep. Augusto Syjuco assailing the P2.606-trillion national budget for this year over alleged lump sum appropriations.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096875 [AuthorName] => Edu Punay [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1412381 [Title] => SC to tackle petitions vs LRT, MRT fare hike today [Summary] =>

Justices of the Supreme Court will resume session today after a month-long holiday recess and tackle petitions seeking to stop the fare increase in the Light Rail Transit (LRT) and Metro Rail Transit (MRT).

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096875 [AuthorName] => Edu Punay [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20150113/LRTMRTFarehike-9 ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1392195 [Title] => Old enemies [Summary] =>

With the Commission on Elections set to bid out the contract for the supply of an additional 40,000 precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines for the use in the 2016 elections, it seems that critics of automation are lining up once again to question the country’s decision to leave the archaic manual poll system in favor of an automated election system (AES) which these critics may have forgotten, registered and successfully counted the votes for President Noynoy Aquino as well as a number of the present crop of legislators.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134315 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1378785 [Title] => The young take up the cause of Bayanko and National Transformation Council [Summary] =>

Some of us often say we are getting old as political activists and yet this country needs constitutional reforms more than ever since President Aquino III became president.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134199 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804784 [AuthorName] => Carmen N. Pedrosa [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1377428 [Title] => One man now decides our elections? [Summary] =>

Before I forget, allow me to remind our fellow Catholics that October is the month dedicated to the Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary. As the Blessed Virgin Mary revealed to St. Dominic, “Preach my Rosary and there will be much fruit.”

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1331965 [Title] => House OKs PhilHealth coverage for seniors [Summary] =>

The House of Representatives has approved on second reading a bill providing for mandatory PhilHealth coverage of all senior citizens that will expand the scope of Republic Act 9994 or the Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140607/philippine-congress-5.jpg ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1259223 [Title] => House bill grants P100k to Pinoy centenarians [Summary] =>

A House member has filed a legislation that will grant a cash gift worth P100,000 to Filipino senior citizens who will reach the age of 100.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-21 13:12:13 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1473499 [AuthorName] => Louis Bacani [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/6471/seniors.jpg ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 770089 [Title] => 'Movement 188' formed vs CJ [Summary] =>

Lawmakers who supported the impeachment of Chief Justice Renato Corona yesterday formed a group called “Movement 188” to help push his conviction by the Senate impeachment court.

[DatePublished] => 2012-01-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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