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                    [Title] => Romualdez: Unity is theme of incoming Congress
                    [Summary] => Expect unity to be the theme of the incoming 19th Congress, which is likely to be headed in the House of Representatives by Majority Leader and Leyte 1st District Rep. Martin Romualdez, who encourages harmony among opposing power blocs in the next administration.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-05-16 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1804868
                    [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla
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                    [ArticleID] => 2175117
                    [Title] => Probe on utilization of Bayanihan funds pressed
                    [Summary] => A senior administration lawmaker has urged his colleagues in the House of Representatives to verify the fund utilization of the two Bayanihan laws that Congress approved during the pandemic so as to prevent a repeat of “project hitches.”
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-04-19 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1804868
                    [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla
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                    [ArticleID] => 2174853
                    [Title] => EDITORIAL - Vetoed
                    [Summary] => In a much belated epiphany, Malacañang has expressed concern about “dangerous state intrusion and surveillance” that threaten “many constitutionally protected rights.”
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-04-18 00:00:00
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                    [ArticleID] => 2174402
                    [Title] => Vargas to push Jobs Next bill in Congress
                    [Summary] => Quezon City Councilor Patrick Michael Vargas has vowed to push for the passage of the Jobs Next bill in Congress if he wins as representative of the city’s fifth district.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-04-14 00:00:00
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                    [Title] => Cebu's biggest and richest congressional district
                    [Summary] => The first legislative district of Cebu used to be the third congressional district, minus Sibonga. 
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-03-30 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 136164
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1148714
                    [AuthorName] => Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez
                    [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion
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                    [Title] => Sentry duty
                    [Summary] => By now many of our readers and netizens may have seen the videos involving a homeowner in the BF-Homes community who tried to bully his way through the BF-Homes outpost without the proper village sticker.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-03-25 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133943
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804831
                    [AuthorName] => Cito Beltran
                    [SectionName] => Opinion
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                    [Title] => Council seeks insurance for unemployed
                    [Summary] => The Cebu City Council has urged Congress to pursue the possibility of enacting a legislative measure which will provide comprehensive unemployment insurance to all employees in the private and government sectors.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-03-20 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1806525
                    [AuthorName] => Mary Ruth R. Malinao
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                    [ArticleID] => 2165074
                    [Title] => EDITORIAL- An experiment gone awry
                    [Summary] => Framers of the 1987 Constitution have said the party-list system was meant to give marginalized sectors a voice in Congress. 
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-03-05 00:00:00
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                    [ArticleID] => 2164940
                    [Title] => Gatchalian: Legislation for Philippine nuclear energy policy up to next Congress
                    [Summary] => After President Rodrigo Duterte signed an executive order committing the country to nuclear power development, Senator Win Gatchalian said there is no more time to pass legislation related to nuclear power since the 18th Congress ends in less than a week.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-03-04 16:40:00
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                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1807337
                    [AuthorName] => Angelica Y. Yang
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                    [Title] => 1-Pacman vows topursue fight vs poverty
                    [Summary] => The 1-Pacman party-list group has vowed to pursue its fight for poverty alleviation in the country as it officially launches its campaign for reelection in Congress, where it filed about 800 measures, including 57 bills that had been enacted into laws.
                    [DatePublished] => 2022-02-20 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1804827
                    [AuthorName] => Edu Punay
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Romualdez: Unity is theme of incoming Congress

By Delon Porcalla | 6 days ago

Expect unity to be the theme of the incoming 19th Congress, which is likely to be headed in the House of Representatives by...

Headlines

Probe on utilization of Bayanihan funds pressed

By Delon Porcalla | April 19, 2022 - 12:00am

A senior administration lawmaker has urged his colleagues in the House of Representatives to verify the fund utilization of...

Headlines

EDITORIAL - Vetoed

April 18, 2022 - 12:00am

In a much belated epiphany, Malacañang has expressed concern about “dangerous state intrusion and surveillance” that threaten “many constitutionally protected rights.”

Opinion

Vargas to push Jobs Next bill in Congress

April 14, 2022 - 12:00am

Quezon City Councilor Patrick Michael Vargas has vowed to push for the passage of the Jobs Next bill in Congress if he wins...

Nation

Cebu's biggest and richest congressional district

By Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez | March 30, 2022 - 12:00am

The first legislative district of Cebu used to be the third congressional district, minus Sibonga.

Freeman Opinion

Sentry duty

CTALK - By Cito Beltran | March 25, 2022 - 12:00am

By now many of our readers and netizens may have seen the videos involving a homeowner in the BF-Homes community who tried to bully his way through the BF-Homes outpost without the proper village sticker.

Opinion

Council seeks insurance for unemployed

By Mary Ruth R. Malinao | March 20, 2022 - 12:00am

The Cebu City Council has urged Congress to pursue the possibility of enacting a legislative measure which will provide comprehensive unemployment insurance to all employees in the private and government sector...

Cebu News

EDITORIAL- An experiment gone awry

March 5, 2022 - 12:00am

Framers of the 1987 Constitution have said the party-list system was meant to give marginalized sectors a voice in Congress.

Opinion

Gatchalian: Legislation for Philippine nuclear energy policy up to next Congress

By Angelica Y. Yang | March 4, 2022 - 4:40pm

After President Rodrigo Duterte signed an executive order committing the country to nuclear power development, Senator Win...

Headlines

1-Pacman vows topursue fight vs poverty

By Edu Punay | February 20, 2022 - 12:00am

The 1-Pacman party-list group has vowed to pursue its fight for poverty alleviation in the country as it officially launches its campaign for reelection in Congress, where it filed about 800 measures, including 57...

Nation