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                    [Title] => Senate turns 100, remembers great members
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As the Senate celebrates its centennial, Senate President Franklin Drilon cited the role its great members have played through the decades in protecting the country’s democracy.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-12 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1489561 [Title] => ‘Manuel L. Quezon: How he secured the independence law from the United States’ [Summary] =>

I write about Manuel L. Quezon (the president of the Philippine Commonwealth) for two reasons.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-18 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133940 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1336383 [AuthorName] => Gerardo P. Sicat [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 957604 [Title] => The 10th senatorial district [Summary] =>

From 1916 to 1935, senators were elected by districts.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133848 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1236815 [AuthorName] => Clarence Paul Oaminal [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 912820 [Title] => The Philippine Senate [Summary] =>

Abe Lincoln, in his Gettysburg Address, defined a democracy as “a government of the people, for the people, and by the people.

[DatePublished] => 2013-02-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133536 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804832 [AuthorName] => Sara Soliven De Guzman [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 830737 [Title] => SONA history and then some [Summary] =>

While it was only in 1936 that an official state of the nation address (SONA) was delivered by a president of the Philippines, President Emilio Aguinaldo delivered the closest thing to a state address on September 15, 1898.

[DatePublished] => 2012-07-23 09:13:24 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1728501 [AuthorName] => Ruth Sindico [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 454045 [Title] => Yearning for a classroom language [Summary] =>

Five days from now the academic world will recall the saga of our 109-year-old yearning for a classroom language.

[DatePublished] => 2009-04-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1325596 [AuthorName] => Frank Grego, PhD, EdD [SectionName] => Education and Home [SectionUrl] => education-and-home [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 341482 [Title] => Angara: Archaic government setup hindering RP development [Summary] => Sen. Edgardo Angara said yesterday the country’s "archaic governmental setup" has hindered development and had kept the nation from reaping the benefits of genuine independence. [DatePublished] => 2006-06-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 341503 [Title] => Unicameral long a Filipino dream [Summary] => Filipinos had always wanted a unicameral legislature. They in fact twice set up one-chamber parliaments, which framed Constitutions and efficiently passed laws. But American colonizers also twice imposed a second "upper chamber". This is contained in no less than the website of the Philippine Senate. Excerpts:
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 341594 [Title] => Parliamento dating mithing Pilipino [Summary] => ANG unang lehislatura sa Pilipinas ay anyong unicameral. Hinangad ng Malolos Constitution nu’ng Enero 1899 na bumuo ng National Assembly of Representatives, na babalangkas ng mga batas ng bagong Republika. Hindi nga lang tumagal ang lehislatura dahil sumiklab ang Philippine-American War nu’ng sumunod na buwan.
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135482 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 301071 [Title] => Senate marks 89th anniversary [Summary] => The Senate marks today its 89th anniversary.

The Senate was convened on Oct. 16, 1916 by virtue of the Jones Law — the country’s basic law or constitution from 1916 to 1935 — of that year.

A month-long celebration will start today amid a rift with Malacañang caused by President Arroyo’s issuance of Executive Order 464, barring civilian and military officials from appearing before congressional inquiries without her clearance.
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