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      <title>Pimentel seeks amnesty on estate taxes</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2016 14:16:03 +0000</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[July 24, 2016. Incoming Senate President Aquilino &quot;Koko&quot; Pimentel III today sought approval of his bill seeking a one-time tax amnesty on estate taxes, inclusive of fines, interests, surcharges, penalties and other payments. He said his proposed measure would serve as a reasonable tax relief, encourage payment...<br />
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      <title>A super-majority of 19 senators ready to elect Pimentel as Senate President</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2016 14:16:03 +0000</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[July 24, 2016. With a super-majority of 19 senators from several political parties already committed to supporting him, Senator Aquilino &quot;Koko&quot; Pimentel lll prepares to step into the Senate presidency tomorrow (Monday) when the 17th Congress opens session, promising &quot;consultation and action.&quot; A potentially...<br />
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      <title>P11.2-B Jalaur project gets DA chief go-signal, says Drilon</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2016 14:16:03 +0000</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[July 24, 2016. Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol gave his go-signal for the implementation of the P11.2-billion Jalaur River Multi-Purpose Project (JRMP), Senate President Franklin M. Drilon said today. &quot;I thank Secretary Piñol for his support and commitment to continue the implementation of the...<br />
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      <title>Christmas bonuses and more: Lacson bill seeks to uplift barangay tanods' lot with added...</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2016 14:16:03 +0000</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[July 24, 2016. Barangay tanods, the unheralded heroes who risk their lives to keep neighborhoods safe, may finally get much-needed additional benefits in exchange for their efforts, if a bill filed by Sen. Panfilo M. Lacson is passed into law. Lacson, whose Senate Bill 255 covers tanods who rendered at least one...<br />
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      <title>Recto: Use PCSO income to boost anemic gov't drug spending of 70 centavos per Pinoy daily</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2016 14:16:03 +0000</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[July 23, 2016. Latest government figures show that government drug purchases translate to P73 per capita annually, underscoring the need for the state lottery income to augment the state&#039;s measly medicine budget. &quot;It comes up to 20 centavos per Filipino a day,&quot; Senator Ralph Recto said in portraying &quot;the huge...<br />
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      <title>Pangilinan: Raise maternity leave days by 150% from 60 days to 150 days</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2016 14:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[July 23, 2016. MANILA - To ensure the health of mothers and babies as well as promote child-rearing, Senator Francis &quot;Kiko&quot; Pangilinan has proposed to increase the maternity leave by 150 percent from 60 days to 150 days. &quot;Bukod sa makakapagpahinga at makaka-recover nang husto ang mga bagong panganak, ang...<br />
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      <title>Koko, incoming Senate president, focuses on legislative priorities</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2016 14:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[July 23, 2016. With his election as the next president of the Senate already assured, Senator Aquilino &quot;Koko&quot; Pimentel III said today he was committed to shepherding the urgent reform agenda of the Duterte Administration topped by the search for peace, a shift in the system of government and an all-out war on...<br />
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      <title>Hontiveros hopes to hear health, Hague and human rights in Duterte's SONA</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2016 14:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[July 24, 2016. <br />
EXPECTATIONS OF A FILIPINO, HEALTH ADVOCATE AND MOTHER Statement of Akbayan Senator Risa Hontiveros on President Duterte&#039;s SONA I will listen to President Rodrigo Duterte&#039;s first State of the Nation Address (SONA) with an open mind and insistence on hope. I am...<br />
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      <title>Drilon seeks passage of anti-political dynasty bill</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2016 14:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[July 23, 2016. Senate President Franklin M. Drilon today sought the passage of the Anti-Political Dynasty Act to provide for an enabling law that will implement the provision of the Constitution prohibiting political dynasty. Senate Bill No. 230, filed last week, seeks to level the playing field in the...<br />
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      <title>Pimentel files Senate resolution commending former President Aquino, other patriotic...</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2016 14:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[July 22, 2016. Incoming Senate President Aquilino &quot;Koko&quot; Pimentel III today filed a Senate resolution commending former President Benigno &quot;Noynoy&quot; S. Aquino III and other patriotic Filipinos for winning the recent South China Sea arbitration case against China. Pimentel filed Senate Resolution No. 16 to also...<br />
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      <title>Poe: New law gives PWDs equal access to information</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2016 12:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[July 22, 2016. A legislative measure that requires television franchise holders or station operators and producers to use closed caption methods in their broadcasts or programs has lapsed into law, Senator Grace Poe announced today, allowing the hearing-impaired full access to information and opportunities. Poe,...<br />
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      <title>Recto: Lack of IRR bogs down PWD law's implementation</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2016 12:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[July 22, 2016. It has been four months since the signing of the law expanding the tax breaks and other benefits for persons with disabilities (PWDs) and its Senate principal author is asking the responsible agencies to speed up the release of the law&#039;s implementing rules and regulations (IRR). &quot;I hope that the...<br />
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      <title>Lacson bill boosts insurance benefits for barangay captains</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2016 12:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[July 22, 2016. Barangay captains who risk their lives as front-liners in ensuring security and rendering basic services to their communities may finally get a much-needed benefit in the form of a higher insurance coverage, if a bill by Sen. Panfilo M. Lacson is passed into law. Senate Bill 254, the &quot;Additional...<br />
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      <title>Pangilinan: Raise govt doctors' salary from P28,417 to P56,610</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2016 12:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[July 22, 2016. MANILA - Raising the minimum salary grade level of government doctors will encourage health professionals to work in public hospitals instead of seeking employment overseas, said Senator Francis &quot;Kiko&quot; Pangilinan on Friday as he filed Senate Bill 57. The bill or the Government Doctors&#039; Salary...<br />
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      <title>Bam wants businesses to give spare food to poor</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2016 12:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[July 22, 2016. A senator wants food-related businesses to donate their spare food to food-distribution charities or &quot;food banks&quot; to provide food security to our poorest Filipino families while also addressing food waste. &quot;Sa taas ng presyo ng bilihin at presyo ng pagkain ngayon, hindi makatarungan na maraming...<br />
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