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Monday, January 19, 2009 |
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Senate scrambles to pass key bills |
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The Senate is struggling to pass 22 priority measures, including
four pending ones, before the bicameral conference committee, as it
resumes its second regular session this afternoon after a month-long
Christmas break. It has only less than five months left to devote to
meaningful legislation to ease the impact on the Philippines of the
global economic crisis.
Sen. Edgardo Angara, the longest-serving senator
in the country today, said Congress must pass all vital measures by
June 5, 2009, when the second regular session adjourns sine die.
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DOJ revives raps vs. oil ‘smuggler’
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) has ordered an automatic review of
the smuggling charges filed against controversial firm Oilink Inc.
Government prosecutors earlier dropped the charges on technicality
and insufficiency of evidence.
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CHR cites child laws in young bloggers’ case
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Officials of Quezon City Science High School might face charges of
violation of the Anti-Child Abuse Law for suspending four students
for posting criticism in a blog against the principal of the school,
Chairman Leila de Lima of the Commission on Human Rights said over
the weekend.
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Charter change may resurface – Speaker Nograles
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Charter change, or “Cha-cha,” cannot still be discounted when
the House of Representatives resumes its session today, House
Speaker Prospero Nograles said over the weekemd.
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DEAR
PAO
Persida Acosta
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Wronged wife not
obliged to support late husband’s illegitimate kids
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Dear PAO,
I am an 80-year-old woman married to a former
soldier of the Philippine Army. We, however, separated some years
ago although this separation was never...
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