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Sunday, 18 February 2007 |
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February 18, 2007 – “Pointing to need for money as reason in perpetuating an immoral act is a most dangerous form of corruption,” says Citizens’ Battle Against Corruption (CIBAC) Party-list Representative Joel Villanueva. Congressman Villanueva is issuing this statement in anticipation of the adoption of the bill seeking for the extension of the PAGCOR franchise for another 25 years during the Special Session of Congress starting tomorrow, February 19.
PAGCOR has long been perceived as among the breeding grounds of corruption in this country. Its franchise gets renewed all the time by using as alibi the government’s dire need of money for projects.
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Friday, 16 February 2007 |
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SEPTEMBER 19, 2006
REP. VILLANUEVA. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Your Honor. Distinguished colleague, I would like to first of all, congratulate our distinguished colleague for raising this very important and, I would say, alarming issue. We can live without food for a while, but when we talk about water, we cannot live for long without water. Mr. Speaker, Your Honor, the World Bank has continuously identified corruption as among the greatest obstacles to economic and social development. It undermines development by distorting the rule of law and weakening the institutional foundation on which economic growth depends.
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Friday, 16 February 2007 |
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OCTOBER 11, 2006
REP. VILLANUEVA. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Your Honor. Before I interpellate, Mr. Speaker, may I just make a short manifestation regarding what happened yesterday. I just want to put on record that this Representation is ready to ask questions in any department and I am not here just to ask for a quorum. In fact, I will be interpellating even without enough warm bodies. But, Mr. Speaker, I just want to put on record that we have studied carefully the budget and we are ready to interpolate and even if all members of the Minority come here, we are not going to – we will never be able to muster quorum but we have half the members of the Majority, we already have a quorum.So Mr. Speaker, with that, let me know if the distinguished Sponsor, my good friend from Quirino, would yield to some questions.
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Thursday, 15 February 2007 |
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OCTOBER 12, 2006
REP. VILLANUEVA. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, thank you very much, Mr. Majority Leader. The Office of the Ombudsman is closest to this Representation’s heart, and before I ask my first question to my distinguished colleague, let me read Galatians. Chapter 6, Verses 8 and 9: “Be not deceived, God is not mocked. For whatever a man soweth that shall he also reap for he that soweth of the flesh reap corruption but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.” May I know if my distinguished colleague would yield to some questions.
REP. ABANTE. Of course, Mr. Speaker. I would like to tell my colleague, Congressman Joel, that I know that verse by heart.
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Tuesday, 13 February 2007 |
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“Rep. Joel Villanueva of Party-list CIBAC, together with his supporters, silently walks in an attempt to remind people that there is hope and that the fight against corruption still deserves a chance”
February 10, 2007 – With the theme “Lahat ng daan ay hahantong sa Mayo” (ALL ROADS LEAD TO MAY), Members of Party-List Citizens’ Battle Against Corruption (CIBAC) holds a walkathon today from the Luneta Park to the grounds of the CCP Complex to begin its series of activities to increase awareness of their fight against corruption leading to the mid-elections in three months.
“This is only the beginning, we will be very active in the days leading to May to ensure the people are reminded of the negative effect of corruption as they begin to ponder on who to support this May,” says Rep. Villanueva.
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