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Redeeming Sisyphus: Get Out of Control! Get More Done!
Barry Goldberg

"Walk into any company large or small and you will see employees who are suffering. These talented people hired for their breadth, imagination and initiative are not producing to their full potential. When they leave (and they do leave), their exit interviews most often cite an over controlling boss as the main reason for their departure."

Workplace 2.0: Motivating and Managing Millennials
Ron Bronson

What motivates young people isn't the promise of a distant retirement check thirty or forty years after they've given all they have to a company that doesn't let them have a piece of the pie. The first thing you need to keep in mind is the fundamental idea of ownership.

Open Innovation: Your On-Ramp to Creating a Better Product
Dwayne Spradlin

For most companies the process of creating new, innovative products and getting them out the door starts with tapping the most talented members of the R&D team. Once they have arrived at an idea and decided it is feasible, R&D moves to determining the most effective way to develop it and bring it to market. It sounds logical, but what if there was a way to reinvent the process and bring better products to market faster and

O Brave New World: Driving Profitable Growth in the New Demand Economy by Rick Kash

“For the first time in the memory of most working people, we now live in a world of contracting markets, diminished consumer demand and anemic pricing power. And that in turn means that our current and widely adopted formula for growth is now obsolete.”

Principles Under Pressure: Working in Adversarial Relationships by Aryanne Oade

“This manifesto is about how to work with such an adversarial character, whether they are your boss, peer or team member. It is about how to use the specific behavior you need to use to help you manage the unclear boundaries, ambivalent motives and occasional duplicitous conduct that characterizes adversarial working relationships.”

Don’t You Want to Do Real Marketing? by Ernan Roman

“I define real marketing as follows: treating customers and prospects the way we want to be treated, and earning the sale and the long term relationship through the value we provide.

Traditional marketing based on ‘Spray and Pray’ blasts of mail, email, phone calls, and so on, not only doesn’t work, but is also obscenely wasteful.”

Radical Management: Mastering the Art of Continuous Innovation by Stephen Denning

“Radical management focuses the entire organization on the goal of constantly increasing the value of what the organization offers to its clients. Once a firm commits to this goal, traditional command-and-control bureaucracy ceases to be a viable organizational option.”

The Era of Jack Welch is Over: Create Real Value Now, or Perish by Douglas Rushkoff

“Yes, the net has changed business as profoundly as anything since central banking. But instead of seizing the opportunity, most businesses are still so addicted to the old way of doing things that they do the very opposite: they use the net to entrench themselves even further into the Industrial Age landscape that is fast disappearing.”

The Creative Instinct: How Big Ideas Happen by Nikos Acuña

“Everything that has ever been meaningful in this world was born from someone’s imagination. Everything in this world, including us, started out as an idea, a shadow of possibility.”

How to be an Idea Guru: U.S. Department of Innovation, April 1, 2018 by Bryan W. Mattimore

“Please Note: The following is a transcript of the introductory workshop for the Department of Innovation’s, How to be an Idea Guru program, held from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM on April 1, 2018 at the Department of Innovation’s Training Center in Washington, DC.”

The Snowflake Moment: Presenting the Future Today by Scott Schwertly

“[T]he snowflake moment is just one of a countless million moments, an isolated still shot of an existence that is predominantly defined by its very motion. We are what we do every day. Nothing more.”

The Paradox of Skill: Why Greater Skill Leads to More Luck by Michael J. Mauboussin

“Greater skill doesn’t decrease the dependence on luck, it increases it. If you have an interest in sports, business, or investing, this lesson is for you.”

Death Blues: The Celebration and Opportunity of Each Moment by Jon Mueller

“What happens when we thoroughly hold and understand that our lives are finite? How does this understanding of our end shape our present? And how do we become more ‘present?’”

We Are All Artists Now by Seth Godin

“We know how much you care, and it’s a shame that the system works overtime to push you away from the people and the projects you care about. The world does not owe you a living, but just when you needed it, it has opened the door for you to make a difference.”

Why It Pays to Be Likeable by Dave Kerpen

“The speed and ease with which information travelsâ€"the good, the bad and the uglyâ€"is faster than ever before, and only accelerating. Today, the brands that succeed aren’t the ones that spend the most money on disruptive advertisingâ€"they’re the ones that spend the most money on creating valuable, meaningful products and customer service.”

Forget Today: Start at the End by Dave Lavinsky

“In business, as in everything else, you need to have a clear vision of where you want to go. Then, and only then, can you create a plan to follow to get you there. The key is to “start at the end.” Figure out where you want to go. And then you can reverse engineer the path to get there.

Youâ€"According to Them: Accelerating Career Success By Understandingâ€"and Boostingâ€"Your Reputation by Sara Canaday

“‘Reputation’ is not a line item we can find on a corporate income statement. But honestly, it should be. Instead it’s lurking in there, living pervasively below the surface of the carefully calculated revenues and expenses.”

Service Failure: Do You Really Care About Your Customer? by Jeff Toister

“Executives may claim to care about their customers, but their actions frequently suggest just the opposite. … I know what you are thinking. You’re different. You truly care about your customers … Still, do you really care about customer service?”

Overemphasis on Profit Erodes Your Bottom Line: Why Purpose-Driven Salespeople Wildly Outperform Their Quota-Driven Counterparts by Lisa Earle McLeod

“Most people believe that money is the primary motivator for top salespeople and that doing good by the world runs a distant second. That belief is wrong.”

Leapfrogging to Breakthroughs by Soren Kaplan

“Surprise is the enemy. Or, is it? Could we be overlookingâ€"even resistingâ€"one of the most essential catalysts of personal and business breakthroughs? Could we be ignoring the most fundamental tool that anyone can use to create disruptive innovation and change?”

Can Business Save The World? by Joey Reiman

“Business people are the new superheroes. And they are here to save the world. Their super power is purpose. And with it they intend to improve and save billions of lives while putting millions more dollars back into the economy.”

Being Vulnerable: Business Tips from a Former CIA Officer by J.C. Carleson

“Face it. You’re vulnerable. So is your boss. So is your client. So are your employees. And their vulnerabilities can result in decisions that leave YOU feeling betrayed.”

Making the Unconscious Conscious: How Neuroscience Can Empower (and Inspire) Marketing by Douglas Van Praet

“If we don’t understand our own preferences or the true motivations behind our own behaviors, marketers are wasting billions of dollars each year by asking questions people simply can’t know the answer to.”

Ninja Innovation: The Secrets of Today’s Top Innovators by Gary Shapiro

“After thirty years in the consumer electronics industry, I have seen my fair share of successes and failures. Applying our idea to the successes, we decided they exhibited characteristics of the feudal Japanese stealth warrior known as the ninja.”

Pause to Lead Forward: The Paradoxical Leadership Breakthrough by Kevin Cashman

“Could it be that going faster and driving harder are not the answers? … Could it be that the source of our real value as leaders might come from different thinking and different choices rather than from perpetuation of the incessant pace we strain to maintain?”

The Self-Publishing Revolution by Guy Kawasaki & Shawn Welch

“Shelf space for ebooks is infinite, and anyone who can use a word processor can write and publish a book. These changes don’t mean that books are betterâ€"no more than a democratic political system guarantees better leadersâ€"but at least the system is more accessible.”

Time Ain’t Money: Stop Punching the Industrial Age Clock, and Start Embracing the Digital Now by Douglas Rushkoff

“Living in the digital media environment changes a whole lot more than the technologies through which we do business. It has changed our relationship to timeâ€"and this is having profound effects on our businesses, our economy, and our customers.”

How to Boost Your Bottom Line … And Save the Planet, Too by Mark R. Tercek

“If you want your company to thrive, you will need to be bold, think big, and be aggressive about pursuing business opportunities that work with the environment, not against it.”

Fitting in and Standing Out: Shifting Mindsets from Taking to Giving by Adam Grant

“We face a tension between two competing motivations: fitting in and standing out. On the one hand, we want to belongâ€"to experience similarity with others. On the other hand, we want to feel uniqueâ€"to differentiate ourselves from others.”

It’s Smart to Suck (Sometimes) by Jake Breeden

“Pride pulls us to do things well, and shame pushes us away from doing things poorly. But in certain critical timesâ€"especially when it’s time to do something newâ€"these emotions push and pull us in unwise directions. Sometimes doing your very best is the very worst decision. In fact, sometimes it’s smart to suck.”

Customer Service is Not a Department by Lee Cockerell

“As an executive, you may never see or speak to a customer, but you model how they should be treated with every interaction you have, with vendors, creditors, suppliers, and especially your employees. Treat everyone with sincerity and respect and it will trickle down to your customers.”

We Are All Creators Now â€" And We Are Creating a New Indie Capitalism by Bruce Nussbaum

“Look to the edges of our economy, look to the new models and practices being developed by our young, look to energy of our entrepreneurs and look to the subtle shifts of our most progressive corporations and you can see something emerging. You can see the rise of Indie Capitalism.”

Innovation Begins Here: How to Become the Hero in the Hero’s Journey by Brian Solis

“Each of you has his or her own path to follow, and what you do next is yours and only yours to define. While that may sound either trite, abstract, or both, the future does in fact begin with you and will be defined by you.”

Lay Off Your Buildings, Not Your People! by Maynard Webb

“When I began my career, everyone “went” to work … if you weren’t inside the office, you weren’t able to work. Offices and office hours actually made sense. Now it’s an unbelievably outdated concept.”

Being “Good” Pays Off Big: 21st Century Values are a Winning Strategy in Business and Personal Life by Peter Georgescu

“Chances are that business will get even tougher and more competitive in the years ahead. So we’ve all got to man up for the brutally competitive world out there. Don’t we? Well, no.”

Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone: Taking Risks, Trusting your Gut and Becoming a Game Changer! by John Wood

“There was a time when the only types of people who took risks and voluntarily stepped out of their comfort zone were the high rollers who could afford to take a chance. Now, none of us can afford to NOT take risks.”

Chess for the Tipsy

Top 5 Benefits of Walking

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murag diha toy thread about this question: which comes first - chicken or egg.

Fire hits junk shop in Laguna's Sta. Rosa town

A fire of undetermined origin destroyed a junk shop in Sta. Rosa in Laguna province as it reached Task Force Alpha alarm early Sunday.

Source: Fire hits junk shop in Laguna's Sta. Rosa town

Student in Cebu sex video scandal seeks NBI help

A student at the center of a sex video scandal in Cebu has asked the help National Bureau of Investigation to stop the spread of the video.

Source: Student in Cebu sex video scandal seeks NBI help

Davao City rivers overflow; residents evacuated

Several residents in Davao City were evacuated to higher ground Saturday night as some rivers in the area overflowed, the city government said.

Source: Davao City rivers overflow; residents evacuated

Maguindanao massacre suspect shot dead, another arrested 

Police personnel shot dead on Friday a suspect in the 2009 Maguindanao massacre that left  57 people dead. Maguid Amil, 42, allegedly resisted arrest after being approached by policemen in Maguindanao, hurling a grenade and firing a pistol at them, Senior Superintendent Melencio Mina said on Saturday.

Source: Maguindanao massacre suspect shot dead, another arrested 

Kidnapped Canadian child, nanny freed in Pagadian

A kidnapped Canadian child and his Filipino babysitter were freed by their abductors Friday, a day after the kidnapping incident in Pagadian City in southern Philippines, police said.

Source: Kidnapped Canadian child, nanny freed in Pagadian

23 crewmembers of stranded cargo vessel rescued off Basilan

At least 23 crewmembers were rescued after their cargo vessel encountered engine trouble and was stranded off Basilan province, the Coast Guard said Thursday.

Source: 23 crewmembers of stranded cargo vessel rescued off Basilan

MNLF: Jordanian journalist Atyani still Sayyaf's captive

Jordanian journalist Baker Atyani who was kidnapped in June 2012 is still being held by the bandit Abu Sayyaf group, a Moro National Liberation Front commander said Friday.

Source: MNLF: Jordanian journalist Atyani still Sayyaf's captive

Bacolod revelers eye Guinness World Record for longest snake dance

On the eve of the Chinese New Year, revelers in Bacolod City in Negros Occidental will attempt not just to make merry but also to set a world record—for the longest human snake dance.

Source: Bacolod revelers eye Guinness World Record for longest snake dance

Cebu college student figures in sex video scandal, but allowed to graduate

A student of a private university in Cebu province has figured in a scandal over a two-year-old sex video that was recently posted online, but is getting support from her school and will be allowed to graduate.

Source: Cebu college student figures in sex video scandal, but allowed to graduate

SC allows four-term Catanduanes mayor to reclaim post

The Supreme Court has allowed a three-term mayor of a Catanduanes town to serve a fourth term, saying the three-term limit rule could not be applied to him because his second term was interrupted.

Source: SC allows four-term Catanduanes mayor to reclaim post

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Katy Perry's Wide Awake

Banks should constantly monitor and inspect their ATMs whether there are secret cameras installed in the vicinity.

Legarda supports government's ecotourism boost

February 11, 2013. Senator Loren Legarda today welcomed the government's plan to boost ecotourism through a partnership project between the Department of Tourism (DOT) and Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).
Legarda, a staunch environmentalist, said that the Philippines has already been hailed as...

Source: Legarda supports government's ecotourism boost

Legarda: PNoy's visit to MILF camp, another milestone in peace process

February 11, 2013. Senator Loren Legarda today hailed the visit of President Benigno Aquino III to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front's main camp as another milestone in the peace process.
"I support the government in its programs for the Bangsamoro people. It is a good sign that even before a formal peace agreement...

Source: Legarda: PNoy's visit to MILF camp, another milestone in peace process

Chiz asks Comelec: Enforce airtime rule strictly

February 11, 2013. Senator Chiz Escudero called on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to strictly enforce its rule on campaign ad airtime.
"While we fully support the Comelec in its ruling to shorten the airtime that a political candidate may buy for campaign ads, it must also make sure that this rule is enforced...

Source: Chiz asks Comelec: Enforce airtime rule strictly

Sotto: RH backers fear ghost of RH inutility

February 10, 2013. Having won the battle to dole out free condoms and other contraceptives is apparently not enough for the proponents and supporters of the Reproductive Health Law. Now they are peddling half-truths and outright lies to cover up for the duplicity of the new law.
Senate Majority Leader Vicente C...

Source: Sotto: RH backers fear ghost of RH inutility

Transcript of DzBB Interview of Senator Franklin M. Drilon

February 10, 2013. Q: Kayo ba ay nakokonsulta
Drilon: Kung ilang beses kaming nag-uusap kung ano po ang pwedeng gawin lalo na po at babaguhin ang Charter ng ARMM pag naimplement na itong framework agreement ay isang makasaysayan hakbang. Malaking bagay ito dahil inumpisahan ng ina ng Pangulong Noynoy ang agreement...

Source: Transcript of DzBB Interview of Senator Franklin M. Drilon

Team PNoy senatorial bets to push PNoy's peace policy in Mindanao, says Drilon

February 10, 2013. Team PNoy campaign manager, Senator Franklin M. Drilon on Sunday stressed that it is vital for the President Aquino to have a majority in Congress for the remainder of his term in order not to undermine his ongoing efforts to bring an enduring peace in Mindanao.
Drilon said the President needs his...

Source: Team PNoy senatorial bets to push PNoy's peace policy in Mindanao, says Drilon

Legarda Joins Filipino-Chinese Community in Celebrating 2013 Chinese New Year

February 9, 2013. Senator Loren Legarda expressed solidarity with the Filipino-Chinese community as she enjoined all Filipinos to share in the celebration of the 2013 Chinese New Year.
"I wish to extend my warmest greetings to all Filipino-Chinese on the occasion of the 2013 Chinese New Year. The Filipino-Chinese...

Source: Legarda Joins Filipino-Chinese Community in Celebrating 2013 Chinese New Year

Chiz hails UNHCR citation for IDP bill

February 9, 2013. Sen. Chiz Escudero lauded the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for citing the reconciled bill of the Philippine Congress protecting internally displaced persons (IDP) as a "constructive achievement of the Philippines in the resolution of the plight of IDPs."
Bernard Kerblat,...

Source: Chiz hails UNHCR citation for IDP bill

With amended OAV, Koko sees 10m votes cast abroad in 2016

February 9, 2013. Senator Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III, PDP Laban President, lauded today the Senate's ratification of the bicameral conference report on the amendments to the Overseas Absentee Voting Act which he had presented as chair of the Senate Committee on Electoral Reforms and People's Participation.
"Last...

Source: With amended OAV, Koko sees 10m votes cast abroad in 2016

Cayetano, Alan: Transcript of press conference

February 8, 2013. ASC: *opening statement* Years of legislative work so I just want to say thank you. You know how I've always viewed how Filipino media is essential to good governance. You cannot clap for yourself but let me do the clapping for you.
With your permission, I'd like to talk about 5 quick topics and...

Source: Cayetano, Alan: Transcript of press conference

Cayetano on (1) senatorial surveys; (2) Jun Lozada case; (3) enacting an FOI  policy through an EO

February 8, 2013. "Don't simply look at the surveys. Look at the candidates, what they stand for and what they can do for the country"
ASC: We cannot stop surveys because that's part of freedom of expression and for the candidates to be able to strategize about what to do, where to go and what issues to talk...

Source: Cayetano on (1) senatorial surveys; (2) Jun Lozada case; (3) enacting an FOI  policy through an EO

Cayetano: Increase jobs to end crime

February 8, 2013. Senator Alan Peter Cayetano said today that the increase in crime rates cannot be solely blamed on the Philippine National Police but must instead be attributed to poverty and a high unemployment rate.
Cayetano put the issue into perspective as the PNP gets the heat for the increase in crime rates...

Source: Cayetano: Increase jobs to end crime

Chiz in tie for top spot in Pulse Asia survey

February 8, 2013. Independent candidate Sen. Chiz Escudero was in a statistical tie for the number one spot in the latest survey of senatorial candidates by pollster Pulse Asia.
Nationalist People's Coalition candidate Loren Legarda garnered a rating of 58 percent while Escudero came in with 54.3 percent. With a...

Source: Chiz in tie for top spot in Pulse Asia survey

Pursue Amalilio turnover to face RP courts - Chiz

February 8, 2013. The government should engage the Malaysian government for the speedy transfer to the country of Manuel Amalilio, the mastermind of the wholesale Aman Futures pyramiding scam that defrauded Filipinos of an estimated P12 billion, Sen. Chiz Escudero said.
Amalilio, who was reported to have blood...

Source: Pursue Amalilio turnover to face RP courts - Chiz

Drilon: Team PNoy candidates overwhelmingly preferred to UNA

February 8, 2013. The latest survey showing the Filipinos' high preference for Team PNoy senatorial candidates is an indication of their confidence in the President and his team, said Team PNoy campaign manager, Senator Franklin M. Drilon.
"We welcome the Pulse Asia's survey in which seven of the top 12 spots were...

Source: Drilon: Team PNoy candidates overwhelmingly preferred to UNA

Pursue Amalilio turnover to face RP courts - Chiz

February 7, 2013. The government should engage the Malaysian government for the speedy transfer to the country of Manuel Amalilio, the mastermind of the wholesale Aman Futures pyramiding scam that defrauded Filipinos of an estimated P12 billion, Sen. Chiz Escudero said.
Amalilio, who was reported to have blood...

Source: Pursue Amalilio turnover to face RP courts - Chiz

PRIB: Transcript of Kapihan sa Senado with Sen. Franklin M. Drilon

February 7, 2013. On the LP campaign  
The campaign season is on. The proclamation rally of the Liberal Party will be on Feb. 12 at the Plaza Miranda, a very historical site for the Liberal Party. All the 12 candidates will be present and we will start this campaign by presenting a choice to the electorate. The...

Source: PRIB: Transcript of Kapihan sa Senado with Sen. Franklin M. Drilon

Closing Statement of Senator TG Guingona during the hearing of Malampaya Fund Mess

February 7, 2013. Bago natin pansamantalang isara ang hearing na ito ay nais ko muna magbigay ng ilang pahayag ayon sa ating mga nadinig nitong nakaraang 3 linggo.
Malinaw ang deklarasyon ni DPWH Sec. Rogelio Singson na hindi katanggap tanggap ang kalidad ng mga proyekto na pinondohan ng Malampaya Funds. Kapansin...

Source: Closing Statement of Senator TG Guingona during the hearing of Malampaya Fund Mess

Sponsorship Speech of Senator Loren Legarda on the alleged dumping of wastes in Philippine waters

February 6, 2013. Mr. President, Distinguished Colleagues:
I have the honor to report back on the results of the joint investigation conducted by the Committees on Foreign Relations and Environment and Natural Resources on the alleged dumping of wastes in seawaters by MT Glenn Guardian, a vessel owned by Glenn...

Source: Sponsorship Speech of Senator Loren Legarda on the alleged dumping of wastes in Philippine waters

Legarda: On the falsehood of negative propaganda

February 6, 2013. Mr. President,
I rise on a matter of personal privilege to put on record facts that will disprove the negative, vicious and black propaganda that has been circulating through text messages and social media.
It has come to my knowledge that certain individuals with ill motives have spread within...

Source: Legarda: On the falsehood of negative propaganda

PRIB: Senate adjourns today

February 6, 2013. The Senate adjourns today, Feb. 6, as it approves important measures of national and local application.
Congress shall go on a four-month break in preparation for the 2013 mid-term elections and will resume session on June 5 before it will adjourn Sine Die on June 7.
Earlier, the Commission on...

Source: PRIB: Senate adjourns today

Transcript of ambush interview of Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile

February 6, 2013. On the National Land Use Act
SP: Kailangan pag-diskusyonang mabuti 'yan. Maraming mga taong tatamaan. Kailangang pag-aralan mabuti.
On the AMLA Amendments
Q: Sir, satisfied kayo sa final version ng AMLA?
SP: Okay na sa akin 'yon. If we have to revise it again, we can do it in the next Congress...

Source: Transcript of ambush interview of Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile

Legarda reports results of Senate investigation on Glenn Defense

February 6, 2013. Senator Loren Legarda today reported the results of the joint investigation of the Committees on Foreign Relations and Environment and Natural Resources on the alleged dumping of wastes in seawaters by MT Glenn Guardian, a vessel owned by Glenn Defense Marine Asia Pte Ltd.
Legarda, Chair of the...

Source: Legarda reports results of Senate investigation on Glenn Defense

Cayetano: "Aim for a glitch-free, fraud-proof 2013 automated polls"

February 6, 2013. REPORTER: What is your take on the report by Comelec kung bakit nagkaroon ng glitches nung mock elections?
ASC: Siyempre ang ineexpect ng ating mamamayan ay 100% glitch free. Although walang perpekto sa mundo ang iniisip natin ay ang automation ay reresolbahin ang mga problema ng dayaan sa...

Source: Cayetano: "Aim for a glitch-free, fraud-proof 2013 automated polls"

Transcript of Interview of Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile

February 6, 2013. On the confirmation of Cabinet members
Q: Sir, ngayon na patapos na po ang session, paano po 'yung mga Cabinet members na hindi pa naco-confirm? Ano po ang status nila?
SP: Wala. It means that we did not have time to finish them all. We'll try to confirm them in June when we reconvene if they...

Source: Transcript of Interview of Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile

Guingona: Cyber-Dracula is comatose

February 5, 2013. I JOIN Filipinos in celebrating the Supreme Court decision to indefinitely extend the TRO on the implementation of RA10175, otherwise known as Cyber-Dracula.
First, the Supreme Court puts Cyber-Dracula to sleep in its tomb with a TRO that ends on February 6th. But before Cyber-Dracula is mortally...

Source: Guingona: Cyber-Dracula is comatose

Cayetano: "Manual elections should not even be an option in 2013 polls"

February 5, 2013. ASC: Blackmail ang sinasabi ng Comelec na either it's the PCOS machines we use or we go back manual elections.
Three years na ang nakakaraan mula noong 2010 election. Nakalista naman ang mga naging problema doon. Ang Comelec naman ang namili na i-exercise ang option to purchase the machine. Sila...

Source: Cayetano: "Manual elections should not even be an option in 2013 polls"

Escudero: Transcript of ambush interview in the Senate

February 5, 2013. On Juvenile Justice Law
Kasama ako sa bicam pero isa na lang isyu ang naiiwan sa JJ Law, yun yung age of discretion, kung ibababa o hindi, pero ang compromise yata papunta sa pagmamantina ng 18 anyos pero kapagka-recidivist o pagka-heinous crime ang ginawa 12 to 18 mayroong criminal responsibility...

Source: Escudero: Transcript of ambush interview in the Senate

Transcript of Interview of Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile

February 5, 2013. On the Juvenile Justice Act      
SP   Young people have the discernment already to commit crimes and it is corrupting the young. Traditionally talaga, twelve years old yan...

Source: Transcript of Interview of Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile

Villar sponsors committee report on safe toys

February 5, 2013. Sen. Manny Villar yesterday asked the Senate to approve the committee report on the bill mandating proper labeling of toys.
Senate Bill 3367 under Committee Report 525 or the Toy and Game Safety Labeling Act requires the proper labeling of toys to protect children against toy-related injuries or...

Source: Villar sponsors committee report on safe toys

February 5, 2013. PLEASE CHECK UPON DELIVERY
Ladies and Gentlemen, an increasing number of national and regional networks of concerned organizations have written to me, urging for the conduct of a senate inquiry into the massive mine waste spill at the mine...

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Osmena: NGOs ask Senate: Probe Philex mine spill



Source: Osmena: NGOs ask Senate: Probe Philex mine spill

PRIB: Bill seeking expansion of list of institutions covered by Anti-Money Laundering Council approved

February 5, 2013. The Senate has approved on final reading a bill seeking to expand the list of covered persons required to report financial transactions to the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC), a move seen as an important step in generating the necessary political will to bring about the necessary legislative...

Source: PRIB: Bill seeking expansion of list of institutions covered by Anti-Money Laundering Council approved

PRIB: Senate commends Angara's election as first Asian to head GOPAC

February 5, 2013. The Senate has adopted a resolution commending Senator Edgardo Angara for being the first Asian to be elected as Chairman of the Global Organization of Parliamentarians Against Corruption (GOPAC).
Senate Resolution No. 935, which was unanimously adopted by the Chamber, states that Angara's...

Source: PRIB: Senate commends Angara's election as first Asian to head GOPAC

Statement of Sen. TG Guingona On the passage of amended AMLA bill (SBN 3123)

February 5, 2013. THE noose has just been tightened around the necks of criminals stashing dirty and corrupt funds and properties in the Philippines.
In a unanimous 15-0 vote, the Philippine Senate has approved SBN 3123 or the amended Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA) that Senator Sergio R. Osmena III and I have...

Source: Statement of Sen. TG Guingona On the passage of amended AMLA bill (SBN 3123)

PRIB: Amendments to 38-year old Insurance Code get Senate approval



Source: PRIB: Amendments to 38-year old Insurance Code get Senate approval

PRIB: Senate seeks better health coverage for Filipinos

February 4, 2013. The Senate today approved on third and final reading a bill seeking to amend the PhilHealth Law to ensure better health insurance coverage for Filipinos, especially the underprivileged sector.
Sen. Pia Cayetano, chair of the Committee on Health and Demography and sponsor of Senate Bill 2849, said...

Source: PRIB: Senate seeks better health coverage for Filipinos

PRIB: Senate passes bill seeking to stop sale of "botcha"

February 4, 2013. The Senate today approved on third and final reading a bill seeking to minimize the proliferation of double-dead meat in markets nationwide by imposing stiffer penalties on the sale, transport and handling of so-called "botcha."
Sen. Kiko Pangilinan, chairman of the Committee on Food and...

Source: PRIB: Senate passes bill seeking to stop sale of "botcha"

PRIB: Senate proposes retirement, health, death benefits for athletes

February 4, 2013. The Senate today approved on third and final reading a bill granting retirement, health care and death benefits to professional athletes who win world championship titles in international professional sports competitions or in other equally prestigious international games.
"Many professional...

Source: PRIB: Senate proposes retirement, health, death benefits for athletes

PRIB: Senate oks bills declaring Mosque as historical landmark

February 4, 2013. The Senate today approved on third and final reading a bill declaring the Sheikh Karimul Makhdum, considered as the site of one of the oldest existing mosque in the country,  as a national historical landmark.
Sen. Edgardo Angara, chairman of the Committee on Education, Culture and Arts and...

Source: PRIB: Senate oks bills declaring Mosque as historical landmark

PRIB: Senate gives nod to bill declaring Waling-Waling as national flower

February 4, 2013. The Senate today approved on third and final reading a bill declaring the
Waling-Waling as a national flower, aside from Sampaguita.
Education, Arts and Culture Committee Chairman, Senator Edgardo Angara sponsored House bill No. 5655, authored by Representatives Garcia-Albano, Palmones and...

Source: PRIB: Senate gives nod to bill declaring Waling-Waling as national flower

PRIB: Senate approves Environmental Planning Act of 2013

February 4, 2013. The Senate today approved on third and final reading a bill seeking to amend Presidential Decree No. 1308, the existing Environmental Planning Law in the country, in order to make the law more in tune with recent  developments in the field of environmental planning. Senate Bill No. 3138, also known...

Source: PRIB: Senate approves Environmental Planning Act of 2013

Trillanes: News reports on Senate spending incomplete, misleading

February 4, 2013. Senator Antonio "Sonny" F. Trillanes IV challenged media practitioners to publish the full report of the Commission on Audit (COA) on the expenditure of the Senate in 2011.
Trillanes said the COA report, which was the basis of news reports, was "partial and misleading" because it only presented...

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Legarda hopes for passage of World Interfaith Harmony Week Bill

February 4, 2013. Senator Loren Legarda, author of Senate Bill No. 3276 or the World Interfaith Harmony Week Bill, said that the measure has been approved on third reading in the Senate and now awaits the concurrence of the House of Representatives.
"I hope that the World Interfaith Harmony Week Bill will be passed...

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Legarda bats for mandatory healthcare coverage for indigent Filipinos

February 2, 2013. Senator Loren Legarda today stressed the importance of the passage of a measure that would institutionalize mandatory healthcare coverage for poor families in the country.
Legarda, principal author and co-sponsor of Senate Bill 2849 which aims to amend the charter of the Philippine Health...

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PRIB: Parliamentarians sign historic agreement to end corruption

February 2, 2013. The 5th Global Conference of Parliamentarians Against Corruption (GOPAC) ends today with the signing of the Manila Declaration recognizing the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) as the first legally binding and internationally accepted instrument in the fight against...

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Koko seeks end to violence in PBA games

February 2, 2013. Stop the increasing incidence of violence in Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) games.
Senator Aquilino "Koko" L. Pimentel III, PDP Laban President, today urged the Senate Committee on Games and Amusement which he chairs to conduct an investigation of the rules of the PBA due to the rising...

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Koko: Rationalize creation of Oversight Committees

February 2, 2013. Senator Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III, PDP Laban President, has urged the Senate to review the creation and budgeting of oversight committees to rationalize the process and thereby save taxpayers' money.                                     In filing Senate Resolution  No. 930, Pimentel noted that in...

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