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                    [Title] => Hope for solo parents: A new bill that provides more benefits and financial aid
                    [Summary] => Solo parents are some of the strongest people in the world, but they can’t do it alone—especially during the current COVID-19 crisis.
                    [DatePublished] => 2021-02-22 16:52:00
                    [ColumnID] => 136561
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1806995
                    [AuthorName] => Jing Castañeda
                    [SectionName] => Health And Family
                    [SectionUrl] => health-and-family
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2021/02/22/prenatal-care-solo-parents-philippines_2021-02-22_16-53-51_thumbnail.jpg
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                    [ArticleID] => 1903746
                    [Title] => Gridlock
                    [Summary] => Congress can be quite breathtaking in prowess as when it enacts landmark legislation like the BBL, laws on Reproductive Health and the various statutes alleviating the situations of different sectors.
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-03-23 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 135492
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1805107
                    [AuthorName] => Ernesto P. Maceda Jr.
                    [SectionName] => Opinion
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                    [ArticleID] => 1889881
                    [Title] => So what then is their  basis for legislation?
                    [Summary] => Odd was the excuse of two House officers and one at the Senate to lower to 9 or 12 the age of criminal liability. 
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-02-01 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 134276
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1805283
                    [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc
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                    [Title] => Duterte signs 2018 national budget, tax reform bill
                    [Summary] => President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, December 19, signed into law the P3.8-trillion 2018 national budget, and the first package of the much-awaited tax reform program that seeks to raise P130 billion in revenues to bankroll his administration’s economic agenda.
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                    [AuthorID] => 1805247
                    [AuthorName] => Ian Nicolas Cigaral
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                    [Title] => Japan enhances military role
                    [Summary] => 

Japan’s parliament approved early yesterday contentious legislation that enhances the role of the country’s military by loosening post-World War II constraints, after the ruling bloc defeated opposition parties’ last-ditch effort to block a vote.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-19 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20150920/philippines-festival-2.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1386874 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Lost dignity in Senate proceedings [Summary] =>

The Senate, like its counterpart the House of Representatives, has the mandate and the power to conduct hearings and investigations, and to invite anyone to these hearings and investigations. The underlying reason for these hearings and investigations, and for inviting anyone thereto, is so it can be aided in the pursuit of its primary duty and obligation, which is legislation.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-freeman/opinion/20141101/freemantoon.gif ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1380629 [Title] => Murder complaint filed vs US Marine [Summary] =>

As investigators piece together the circumstances that led to the death of transgender Jeffrey Laude, his family has filed a murder complaint with the Olongapo City Prosecutor’s Office against US Marine Private First Class Joseph Scott Pemberton.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-16 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/20141016/_JosephScottPemberton-1-.jpg ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1379526 [Title] => The 16th Congress – Did our tax money go to waste? [Summary] =>

When a friend asked me over coffee to rate the performance of the present Congress, my immediate reply was “Is there anything to rate?”

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Senate President Franklin Drilon yesterday defended the Blue Ribbon committee’s move to conduct hearings on the alleged overpriced Makati City Hall building after the camp of Makati Mayor Jejomar Erwin Binay expressed plans to bring the case before the Supreme Court.

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Turkish lawmakers debated legislation yesterday to restart a stalled peace process with the Kurdish rebels — a development that could also help Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan win Kurdish votes as he seeks election as president next month.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-09 05:52:07 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1759661 [AuthorName] => Suzan Frazer [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) ) )
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