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                    [ArticleID] => 1397976
                    [Title] => Law experts tell Senate: EDCA needs Senate concurrence
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Faced with a dilemma that Malacañang will not transmit the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA), Senate foreign relations committee chair Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago said on Monday that she would ask her colleagues to adopt a resolution that will express the Senate’s views that the agreement should be concurred by the Senate.

[DatePublished] => 2014-12-01 19:11:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140828/MiriamSantiago-GEN9.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 700387 [Title] => UP professor clarifies value of ODA [Summary] =>

Former dean of the University of the Philippines College of Law and International Law expert Merlin Magallona recently emphasized that Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) funding is essential to moving the Aquino administration’s Public Private Partnership (PPP) infrastructure programs forward, being the country’s “only source” of infrastructure funding.

[DatePublished] => 2011-06-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 623049 [Title] => 'SC ruling on plagiarism issue a violation of international convention on copyright' [Summary] =>

An international law expert claimed yesterday that the decision of the Supreme Court (SC) that cleared an associate justice of plagiarism could be considered a violation of the international convention on copyright.

[DatePublished] => 2010-10-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1673868 [AuthorName] => Reinir Padua [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 58405 [Title] => Miriam to kill baseline bills [Summary] =>

After one hearing, Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago said yesterday she would kill the baseline bills pending before the Senate and file a committee report before the plenary next week calling for the establishment of a commission that would study the problems on national territory and recommend appropriate action.

[DatePublished] => 2008-04-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 168339 [Title] => 2 Guingona men in DFA quit too [Summary] => Taking the cue from the boss, two undersecretaries of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) have voluntarily stepped down to give President Arroyo a free hand in reorganizing the agency.

Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs Merlin Magallona and Undersecretary for International Economic Relations Sixto Roxas submitted their courtesy resignations to the President last Wednesday, two days before Vice President Teofisto Guingona Jr. was considered to have officially vacated his concurrent post as secretary of foreign affairs.
[DatePublished] => 2002-07-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 168264 [Title] => 2 Usec ng DFA nag-resign na rin [Summary] => Naghain na ng courtesy resignation ang dalawang undersecretaries ng Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) kasunod ng pormal na pagbibitiw ni Vice President Teofisto Guingona Jr. bilang kalihim ng DFA.

Sa isang panayam, noon pang nakalipas na linggo naghain ng courtesy resignation sina DFA undersecretaries Sixto Roxas at Merlin Magallona. Ang dalawa ay inappoint ni Guingona nang siya ay maupo noong Pebrero 2001 sa DFA bilang kalihim.

Bagaman mga co-terminus ni Guingona ang dalawang nabanggit na opisyal ay inihayag ng huli na nagsilbing mga asset ang mga ito.
[DatePublished] => 2002-07-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 164081 [Title] => Embassies told to estimate cost of absentee voting [Summary] => The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has instructed Philippine embassies and consulates abroad to submit cost estimates on facilities and resources to be utilized for the implementation of the proposed absentee voting law.

Merlin Magallona, undersecretary for migrant workers’ affairs, said the proposed law will not require the nearly eight million overseas Filipinos to pay for any consular services when they register and vote as absentee voters.
[DatePublished] => 2002-06-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 161670 [Title] => Embassies not ready for absentee voting — DFA [Summary] => Many of the Philippine embassies and consulates are ill prepared for the first absentee voting because of limited budget and resources, the Department of Foreign Affairs acknowledged yesterday.

DFA Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs Merlin Magallona expressed concern that lack of equipment and budget may keep government officials overseas from handling the voting effectively.
[DatePublished] => 2002-05-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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