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MANILA, Philippines – President Arroyo yesterday vowed to ensure a peaceful turnover of power to the next chief executive on June 30, assuring critics that she would not stay a day longer in office.
In a speech to the military, Mrs. Arroyo said she would respect the nation’s democratic process, which requires her to make way for a new president who would be elected on May 10.
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Whistleblower Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada on Tuesday reiterated warnings of a partial failure of elections that could allow President Arroyo to extend her term in Malaca ñang.
This can happen in a scenario where the local elections are successful, but the poll machines fail to transmit the results for the national seats, Lozada told Newsbreak on the sidelines of the La Liga Policy institute forum on the credibility o
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President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Monday announced a new Cabinet reshuffle affecting two departments, two months before the May 10 elections.
Education Secretary Jesli Lapus will be heading the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), while Trade Secretary Peter Favila will become a member of the central bank’s Monetary Board (MB), Mrs. Arroyo said in her speech during the celebration of International Women’s
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Some pro-administration senators are considering supporting Liberal Party presidential aspirant Sen. Benigno Aquino III, a lawmaker said yesterday.
In a statement, Sen. Francis Pangilinan said these senators are “torn between” support for Aquino and loyalty to their party.
“They were allies of the late President (Corazon) Aquino and can sense that our people truly want change and reforms,” he said.
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MANILA, Philippines – Speaker Prospero Nograles is not yet giving up on moves to amend the Constitution, saying efforts to convene a constituent assembly (con-ass) have yet to be taken up in a multi-party caucus and decided on by congressmen.
The leader of the 268-member House of Representatives clarified that each lawmaker has his or her own opinion on House Resolution 1109, which calls for a Senate-less con
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Amid criticism of her travel expenses and questions about her personal wealth, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Sunday ordered the cancellation of the planned purchase of a presidential jet that would have cost the government at least P1.2 billion.
GMANews.TV on Thursday broke the story on the Office of the President’s (OP) advertisement inviting bids to supply an aircraft for the president that had to be
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The Arroyo administration is shopping around for a used “presidential fixed-wing executive jet” worth at least P1.2 billion.
The aircraft must be “factory new, twin-engine (turbo-fan engines), pressurized, fitted with auxiliary power unit, and with VIP cabin configuration,” said an advertisement placed by the Office of the President in the Philippine Star on Thursday.
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Before the controversial New York dinner where they spent $20,000, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and her entourage dined on “lobster, steak and fine wines” in Washington and spent $15,000 for the meal, a Washington Post blog reported on Wednesday.
It also said an “unidentified woman opened a handbag stuffed with cash” and paid for the tab. The information came out in a popular blog calle
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The lawyers and spokesperson of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo have spoken, in many words saying that the 114-percent surge in her declared net worth from 2000 to 2008 could be explained.
In a press conference Monday, her lawyer Romulo Macalintal said the ongoing PCIJ report – whose part 1 was released earlier that day — was “speculative and judgmental.” He added that PCIJ must come up with proof to
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SAN RAFAEL, BULACAN – This bucolic and remote municipality just about 60 kilometers north of Manila may not inspire dreams of wealth among many people, but municipal assessor Teresa Perez remembers a time when land developers flocked here and began driving up land prices.
That was during the 1990s, she says, when the urban sprawl looked as if it would reach this area. But the investor interest was apparently shor
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Ryan Agoncillo:
Christopher Ryan Lou Agoncillo, popularly known as Ryan Agoncillo, is a Filipino Film and Television actor, model, singer, photographer, and TV host.
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Manny Pacquiao: Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao (IPA: /'pækjaʊ/; born December 17, 1978), known as Manny "Pac-Man" Pacquiao is a professional Filipino boxer. He is the former WBC li...
