FIELDING former president Joseph Estrada as standard bearer could be a “political suicide” for the unified opposition because it might end up without a candidate if Estrada gets disqualified, election lawyer Romulo Macalintal said.
Macalintal, also President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s election lawyer, said in a statement that election laws have it that Estrada cannot be substituted if [...]
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PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo enjoined everyone, especially the Filipinos working in South Korea, to pray that peace would hold in the Korean Peninsula.
amid tensions stemming from the nuclear testing and threats of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) in the North to launch missile attacks against the Republic of Korea (ROK) in the South.
Arroyo, in [...]
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THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Authority (PDEA) was ordered to look into allegations that a powerful drug lord is behind the supply and distribution of illegal drugs in the entertainment industry.
Press Secretary Cerge Remonde, in an interview from Seoul, South Korea through Radyo ng Bayan, said President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo wants this drug lord arrested regardless of [...]
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MANILA — A Malacañang ally dropped Monday his resolution for Charter change (Cha-cha) and said he will not support any initiative to amend the Constitution.
Camarines Sur Representative Luis Villafuerte’s decision has led to a showdown with Speaker Prospero Nograles who insisted the House of Representatives will continue to exhaust all remaining efforts to amend the [...]
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WHILE she did not bring up the matter in Indonesia, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is keeping tabs on developments surrounding the case against Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Malacañang said Saturday.
Press Secretary Cerge Remonde said Arroyo is “concerned” about the developments on Suu Kyi, who is under house arrest and faces trial in Myanmar.
“Of [...]
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PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo reportedly ordered Local Government (DILG) Secretary Ronaldo Puno to dismantle a death squad blamed for the series of summary killings in Davao City.
The existence of the so-called Davao Death Squad (DDS) has yet to be proven though.
Nevertheless, people have been attributing all killings in the city that had something to do with [...]
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BAYAN Muna Representative Satur Ocampo believes President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has set her eyes on being prime minister, the very reason she pushed her lackeys to insist on Charter change.
This is indicated by the President’s campaign for a congressional seat in Pampanga and her growing number of allies in the House.
Ocampo, who hails from Pampanga, said [...]
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CEBU. President Gloria Arroyo signs Republic Act 9593 or the Tourism Act of 2009 in Cebu since it is the number one tourist destination in the country. (Allan Cuizon)
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed into law Tuesday the National Tourism Policy Act of 2009 which declares a national policy for tourism as an [...]
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PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is making a visit to Manado in Indonesia to attend the Coral Triangle Summit on May 14-15, where she would push for the preservation and protection of the marine resources not just in the Philippines but in other countries as well.
Press Secretary Cerge Remonde said the summit would be attended by the [...]
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PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will celebrate Mother’s Day this year with her family, including her children and grandchildren, Malacañang said Saturday.
“Mrs. Arroyo also wants to relay her ‘respect’ to all good Filipino mothers who bear the responsibility of raising good children,” said Press Secretary Cerge Remonde.
“Our President is a very good mother to her children and [...]
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