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                    [Title] => Nancy raises fear over BIR chief's bid to lift bank secrecy
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Opposition Sen. Nancy Binay slammed on Monday the proposal of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to lift the back secrecy law for tax purposes to bring the Philippines in line with countries establishing a single and global standard in tracking tax fraud.

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-24 16:03:14 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140324/kim-henares.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1267631 [Title] => From seed to smoke, Uruguay testing legalized pot [Summary] =>

Uruguay's drug control chief, Julio Calzada, is a nervous man.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-13 02:01:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1459259 [AuthorName] => Leonardo Haberkorn and Michael Warren [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/7989/coei.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1245611 [Title] => Senate allies confident Noy trust ratings will recover [Summary] =>

Senators allied with President Benigno Aquino III on Tuesday expressed confidence that the chief executive will be able to regain the points he lost in the recent trust ratings surveys conducted by major firms, Social Weather Station and Pulse Asia.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-15 17:53:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096615 [AuthorName] => Christina Mendez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 575728 [Title] => GMA swears in Corona [Summary] =>

Outgoing President Arroyo swore in a new chief justice today whose appointment has been questioned by her apparent successor, sparking fears of a constitutional crisis.

[DatePublished] => 2010-05-17 20:03:59 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 573401 [Title] => Automated polls a test of democracy [Summary] =>

Despite scattered violence and a scramble to fix a computer glitch, officials said today that the Philippines' first automated presidential and local elections this week will be a successful test of its fragile democracy.

[DatePublished] => 2010-05-09 17:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 572520 [Title] => Comelec scrambles to fix glitch before vote [Summary] =>

Election officials scrambled Thursday to fix a computer glitch that sparked fears of a chaotic failure of the country's first automated presidential polls and calls to postpone next week's vote.

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Election officials scrambled Thursday to fix a computer glitch that sparked fears of a chaotic failure of the country's first automated presidential polls and calls to postpone next week's vote.

[DatePublished] => 2010-05-06 14:56:34 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 551538 [Title] => 'Extending Ibrado's term could be GMA's last admirable act' [Summary] =>

Opposition Sen. Rodolfo Biazon urged President Arroyo to extend the term of Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief Gen. Victor Ibrado, which could be her “last admirable act” as commander-in-chief.

[DatePublished] => 2010-02-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805309 [AuthorName] => Alexis Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 529266 [Title] => Chiz rues sports not among government priorities [Summary] =>

Opposition Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero yesterday said the ugly cycle of conflicts between the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) and the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) would not stop unless government puts sports among its top priorities.

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MANILA, Philippines - Opposition Sen. Francis Escudero has earned the ire of Church officials over his recent statement that "there are no angels and saints in politics."

[DatePublished] => 2009-11-08 17:00:22 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1262583 [AuthorName] => Dennis Carcamo [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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