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                    [Title] => YEARENDER: House bows to SC ruling on ‘pork’ abolition, but...
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Bowing to public pressure and a Supreme Court (SC) ruling, the House of Representatives abolished the congressional pork barrel, officially known as the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF), this year.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1386277 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz and Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img513/8229/ou8s.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1272326 [Title] => Noy open to amending economic provisions of Constitution – lawmaker [Summary] =>

President Aquino is open to amending the restrictive economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution to create more jobs and boost growth with the influx of more investments, a senior administration lawmaker said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1269967 [Title] => Drilon: Senate open to discuss Cha-cha [Summary] =>

Senate President Franklin Drilon said the chamber is open to discussions on the proposed Charter change while Malacañang reiterated President Aquino's opposition to the move.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-19 17:03:15 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1473499 [AuthorName] => Louis Bacani [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img4/16/cde9.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1044061 [Title] => House leaders vow to pass key eco bills [Summary] =>

Leaders of the House of Representatives have assured officials of Moody’s Investors Service that the chamber would pass key economic reform measures over the next 18 months to strengthen the country’s fiscal position and attract more investments.

[DatePublished] => 2013-08-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 902639 [Title] => Cayetano insists on ‘people’s audit’ [Summary] =>

There’s a difference between “case closed” and “case resolved,” according to Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano as he sought yesterday a parallel “people’s audit” of the chamber’s funds.

[DatePublished] => 2013-01-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img690/4747/gen4s.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 901893 [Title] => Senate barred COA from fund scrutiny [Summary] =>

From the utilization of public funds to the exact number of people on the payroll of each lawmaker, Congress has kept state auditors in the dark.

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The Department of National Defense (DND) has readied a panel that will process the amnesty applications of rebel soldiers after Congress approved the amnesty proclamation issued by President Aquino.

[DatePublished] => 2010-12-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805309 [AuthorName] => Alexis Romero [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 250194 [Title] => Calling for unity is in vain [Summary] => Sharing power. At the heart of constitutional reform is the question of sharing power. Will politicians give up power and the largesse it brings voluntarily? I don’t think so. More especially after a hard won fight to win in the kind of elections we have just had. The real struggle is between the few stakeholders at the core of present system who want to continue with a system that benefits them and the larger citizenry on the periphery who are unaware of their power to effect change. [DatePublished] => 2004-05-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134199 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804784 [AuthorName] => Carmen N. Pedrosa [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 223313 [Title] => House gets Consa ball rolling [Summary] => The House of Representatives got the Charter change (Cha-cha) ball rolling yesterday after 187 congressmen signed another resolution calling for Congress to convene into a constituent assembly (Consa) to amend the 1987 Constitution. [DatePublished] => 2003-10-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1643794 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero and Sammy Santos [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 204943 [Title] => Joker: Cha-cha initiative off to a poisoned start [Summary] => The move of the House of Representatives for Congress to convene into a constituent assembly to amend the Constitution took off to a poisoned start, according to Sen. Joker Arroyo.

Blasting what he said was Speaker Jose de Venecia’s "relentless quest to be Prime Minister under a new Constitution," Arroyo questioned the manner of passage of House Concurrent Resolution No. 16 which is now pending before the Senate.
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