Nini B. Cabaero
Beyond 30
One of the points made by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in her address to Congress on the state of the nation was on the need for fundamental change to “take the power from the center to the countryside that feeds it.”
It was a statement loudly applauded by the people in the audience, presumably [...]
MANILA — Malacañang has tossed to Congress and to law enforcers the task of making former election commissioner Virgilio Garcillano surface.
Presidential Management Staff (PMS) head Rigoberto Tiglao said in a weekly news forum at the Ambassador Hotel in Manila that the House of Representatives’ warrant of arrest against Garcillano is more powerful than a court [...]
A COLD night and a wide, lonely bed is likely to greet President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on her 37th wedding anniversary unless First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo returns from his self-exile in the US to spend time with his wife on their special day.
The President said in an interview by radio station dzRH that she herself [...]
MALACANANG sees no need for Congress to pass new tax measures because it has already passed comprehensive tax bills.
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said in an interview with radio station dzRH that newly appointed Finance Secretary Margarito Teves already has proposals on how to improve the efficiency of tax collecting agencies and a chance to implement his [...]
Bobby Nalzaro
IF PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal Arroyo did not commit any wrongdoing and the accusations hurled at her by the political opposition are baseless, then Malacañang and its allies in the House should allow the impeachment complaint to reach the Senate so a full blown trial will be held.
Arroyo’s allies should be prudent and careful in [...]
THE Gloria Step Down Movement (GSM) yesterday named President Arroyo as “best actress†and gave her a Pinocchio trophy, in its version of the film critics’ awards “Gawad Urian†at the Integrated Bar of the Philippines social hall yesterday.
The group chose the President for her “propensity to tell a lie†and for “effectively†performing her [...]
Danilo V. Adorador III
PROTESTANT denominations are resigned to the fact that Constitutional process must take place amid calls for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to step down.
United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) Bishop Hilario Gomez, the protestant representative to the Ulama Bishop Conference at the interfaith body’s general assembly Thursday made the observation.
MANILA — The days of “people power” uprisings to remove Philippine leaders are over, scandal-plagued President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said Friday, reiterating that only a shift to a parliamentary system can stop the country’s democracy from sliding into anarchy.
In a third day of interviews with local media, Arroyo-facing impeachment - lamented being subjected to trial [...]
MANILA — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Friday still refused to admit whether it was former election commissioner Virgilio Garcillano whom she talked to in the controversial wiretapped conversations.
Arroyo said she was told by her lawyers not to talk about the issue. She asked her critics to respect her rights as an accused in a pending impeachment [...]
MANILA — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo met last Tuesday with officers of the Capampangan Media Inc. (Cami) at Malacanang where she announced her plan to conduct a campaign in provinces on the proposed amendments in the 1987 Constitution that would lead to a change in government from presidential to parliamentary-federal system.
During the meeting, President Arroyo said [...]
