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                    [ArticleID] => 1544409
                    [Title] => NPC mulls overriding Noy veto of SSS bill
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Amid the uproar over President Aquino’s veto of the proposed P2,000 hike in pension for retired members of the Social Security System (SSS), the country’s second biggest political party is considering calling for an override of the presidential rejection of the measure.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-19 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/business/business-main/20150315/SSS-Social-Security-System.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1498778 [Title] => Erap to run against Mar in 2016 if... [Summary] =>

Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada will run for president in 2016 against Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas II if Vice President Jejomar Binay is ordered jailed by the Office of the Ombudsman over corruption allegations and Sen. Grace Poe is disqualified by the Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET).

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-11 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097133 [AuthorName] => Jose Rodel Clapano [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1498057 [Title] => Poe allies fear ‘dribble’ of disqualification case [Summary] =>

Allies of Sen. Grace Poe in the House of Representatives expressed fears that her disqualification case pending before the Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET) would be “dribbled” until the 2016 electoral campaign to erode her popularity.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-09 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1486368 [Title] => House panel extends Smart Communications franchise for 25 years [Summary] =>

The House committee on legislative franchises has endorsed for plenary approval a measure extending for 25 years the franchise of Smart Communications Inc., which expires in 2017.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-09 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/business/business-main/20141127/PoweSupply-4.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1485245 [Title] => ‘Citizenship suit vs Poe may backfire’ [Summary] =>

Senior administration lawmakers warned the political opponents of Sen. Grace Poe to go easy on the citizenship issue because it may backfire.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-07 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20150808/senator-grace-poe-5.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1485512 [Title] => I’m a natural-born Filipino – Poe [Summary] =>

Keeping her grace even under fire, Sen. Grace Poe welcomed yesterday the disqualification case filed against her before the Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET) seeking to unseat her over citizenship issues and insisted that she is a natural-born Filipino.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-06 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500820 [AuthorName] => Marvin Sy [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20150807/Grace-Poe-3.jpg ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1485089 [Title] => Lawmakers hit Comelec proposal to extend campaign period [Summary] =>

Lawmakers criticized yesterday the proposal of the Commission on Elections to extend the campaign period for the May 2016 elections from the current 90 days to 120.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-05 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1352576 [Title] => ‘Plunderous president can abuse new savings law’ [Summary] =>

A “plunderous president” can abuse savings from the budget, according to Deputy Speaker and Isabela Rep. Giorgidi Aggabao, who warned his colleagues yesterday against redefining savings in a separate law or in a resolution just so funds can be made readily and legally available for projects.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://wpc.e0ad.edgecastcdn.net/00E0AD/images/the-philippine-star/business/business-main/20140512/Peso-money-treasury-bond.jpg ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1319145 [Title] => ‘No need for telecom franchise, tax exemption for US forces’ [Summary] =>

There is no need for Congress to grant a franchise to US forces to operate a telecommunications system and exemption from paying local taxes under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA), legal experts in the House of Representatives said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/philippinestar/headlines/20140504/usforce-gen3.jpg ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1274951 [Title] => Lawmaker urges gov’t to consider tax amnesty [Summary] =>

With no new taxes on the horizon, the government should consider a tax amnesty to raise revenues and stabilize its fiscal position, a House leader said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img837/9703/qp4x.jpg ) ) )
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