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                    [ArticleID] => 442979
                    [Title] => Sen. Biazon magko-congressman, anak magse-senador
                    [Summary] => 

Sa kabila ng isyu ng political dynasty kung saan halos magkakamag-anak ang pumapasok sa pulitika at hindi bumibitiw sa posisyon, balak ng mag-amang sina Sen. Rodolfo Biazon at Muntin­lupa Rep. Ruzzano Bia­zon na magpalitan ng posisyon.

[DatePublished] => 2009-02-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Bansa [SectionUrl] => bansa [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 104197 [Title] => Puno calls on government to provide incentive packages for IT education [Summary] => Former Press Secretary and Presidential Spokesman Ricardo "Dong" Puno Jr. has called on the government to push through with a plan to provide incentive packages to information technology (IT) education centers and Internet cafes in order to sharpen the country’s competitiveness rating in the new global economy.
[DatePublished] => 2001-05-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 104139 [Title] => Pursue 4-pronged jobs program, Puno urges the government [Summary] => The government should revert its focus on the economy and on implementing a four-pronged jobs program to help Filipinos cope with an impending global recession, instead of unduly focusing on political issues that only sow discord among the people and severely hurt the economy, opposition senatorial candidate Ricardo "Dong" Puno Jr. said yesterday.
[DatePublished] => 2001-05-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 104167 [Title] => Puno vows to author bills to protect, benefit newsmen [Summary] => Former Press Secretary and Presidential Spokesman Ricardo "Dong" Puno Jr. is urging media to be more vigilant against perceived ploys of certain pro-administration quarters to suppress press freedom and the responsible exercise of everyone’s right to free speech and expression.

In a short talk before members of the National Press Club (NPC) Friday night, Puno said "press freedom is a constitutionally guaranteed right and should never be curtailed. A free press nourishes our democracy."
[DatePublished] => 2001-05-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 86194 [Title] => Government urged to streamline requirements for SMEs [Summary] => The government should streamline business processing and do away with useless requirements to start commercial ventures especially for small and medium scale enterprises if it wants to attract more investors and convert SMEs into an abundant source of jobs for the masa, according to former Press Secretary and Presidential Spokesman Ricardo "Dong" Puno Jr.
[DatePublished] => 2001-04-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 95835 [Title] => Government urged to streamline requirements for SMEs [Summary] => The government should streamline business processing and do away with useless requirements to start commercial ventures especially for small and medium scale enterprises if it wants to attract more investors and convert SMEs into an abundant source of jobs for the masa, according to former Press Secretary and Presidential Spokesman Ricardo "Dong" Puno Jr.
[DatePublished] => 2001-04-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 104036 [Title] => Puno welcomes move to defer hike in SSS dues [Summary] => Opposition senatorial candidate Ricardo "Dong" Puno Jr. welcomed Friday Malacañang’s sudden decision to defer for two years its plan to raise the contributions of members of the Social Security System (SSS), but stressed that the government should conduct a thorough review of the salaries and perks received by officials not only in the SSS but in other government financial institutions (GFIs) as well to ensure that their mandate remains pro-masa.
[DatePublished] => 2001-04-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 104003 [Title] => Puno calls for more public spending on education [Summary] => Opposition senatorial candidate Ricardo "Dong" Puno Jr. has called on the government to provide healthier funding for education to optimize its role as society’s ultimate "social equalizer" and potent weapon against poverty.

Puno, a former press secretary and presidential spokesman, noted that with the latest independent survey showing the worsening incidence of poverty in most parts of the country, education should be fully tapped by the government to break the bondage of majority of Filipinos to this generational scourge.
[DatePublished] => 2001-04-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 90337 [Title] => Puno urges Palace to probe Saturday’s blackout [Summary] => Opposition senatorial candidate Ricardo "Dong" Puno Jr. is calling on Malacañang to conduct a full-dress probe of Saturday’s power outage that hit Metro Manila and most of Luzon.

Puno said the Palace should pry into the real cause of the outage, which is the third such island-wide blackout in less than two years.
[DatePublished] => 2001-04-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 104808 [Title] => Laban to push full implementation of Migrant Workers Act [Summary] => Former Press Secretary and Presidential Spokesman Ricardo "Dong" Puno Jr. has assured seafarers and other overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) that the opposition Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino will push for the full implementation of the Migrant Workers Act to put more flesh to the government’s thrust of protecting the welfare and interests of the country’s modern-day heroes.
[DatePublished] => 2001-03-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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