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Allies of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo captured the leadership of Congress yesterday. Pro-administration Senator Franklin Drilon was elected president of the Senate, the upper house of the bicameral Congress and Jose de Venecia, party-mate of the president, was elected House Speaker.

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed into law the newly approved anti-money laundering bill minutes after the bicameral Philippine Congress ratified their joint version of the new measure.