Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
FRONTLINE 03/03/2010 Win or lose their senatorial seats, chances are high that the next president, whoever he will be, will either pardon the military rebels running for elective positions facing cases in the civilian courts and the military court or even better for them, the new president will seek from Congress an amnesty for these rebels.
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
ZOOMING IN 02/24/2010 At the outset, the opposition to Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo consisted of partisans of the man she succeeded as President and those who did not like the manner in which she obtained the highest position in the land. The latter group of Filipinos was not necessarily pro-Joseph Estrada, but because of the highly unconstitutional nature of the Jan
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
HE SAYS 02/22/2010 The script called for a few tears to fall but Mikey Arroyo could not deliver. He is, after all, a bad actor, and his past forays in the movies (even when he was paired, for a fee of course, with a very fine actress like Judy Ann Santos) can attest to that. He could not deliver believable lines, he could not deliver even crocodile tears.
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
FRONTLINE 02/20/2010 Can an incumbent president bind her successor to what she agrees to with an Islamic secessionist group, by way of a package of obligations? The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), which has nixed a peace accord with Gloria Arroyo, apparently thinks so, as the rebel group is now saying that the peace deal it seeks with the government can push through with the incoming government as long as whatever is promised by Arroyo to them before she leaves Malacañang, will be binding on the next president.
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
FRONTLINE 01/29/2010 With some five months to go before she departs Malacañang, Gloria Arroyo is still pushing through with a peace pact with the Moro secessionists, which will still give them the so-called ancestral homeland they have been demanding from this government. Malacañang says that the new peace pact, or the second Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MoA-AD) for the Bangsa Moro people, which is really the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels, will follow the constitutional path, unlike the first one, which was struck down by the high court for being unconstitutional. The idea apparently is to divide…
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
By Ronald RoyCOMMENT 01/28/2010 I agree that its nice to have our streets back, clean and quiet, but I disagree because the militants have given up their cause.
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
NO HOLDS BARRED 01/22/2010 Its the talk of the town, these various scenarios: Theres no way automated elections will push through, well be back to the manual system that takes days and days on end to count so therell be cheating, the voting may not even take place so by June 30 well find out that Gloria Arroyo is still president and will be forever and ever, amen. Activists say this, but it would first do us good to realize there are activists and there are activists
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
FRONTLINE 01/13/2010 It wont be admitted publicly by opposing camps, but the issue of who should appoint the next chief justice is all about politics, not only being played by those opposing the move for Gloria Arroyo to name Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno, but also within, and among the SC justices. The highest ambition of an SC associate justice is to become the chief justice. Thats normal, by the way, and no one should begrudge any justice in the high court for aiming for that position
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
By Juan Mercado
CEBU
President Gloria Macapagal -Arroyo’s legacy has been indelibly stained by a bucolic Maguindanao hillside turned into Khmer Rouge-style killing field.
In Amaptuan town, 64 (official tally is 57) bodies — civilians, journalists and passer-bys — were exhumed from mass graves. Genitals of 22 women-were shattered by gunshots, Justice Secretary Agnes Denavadera revealed. Some were [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
FRONTLINE 12/11/2009 There is hardly any doubt that the Congress, filled with Gloria Arroyos allies, will uphold her martial law (ML) proclamation for the given 60 days. This was never in question, despite the fact that there are really no constitutional and legal grounds for such a declaration, since the Constitution is clear on a declaration of ML ground on an actual rebellion, which was clearly absent when Gloria imposed martial rule. Filipinos now look to the high court to rule on this issue, hoping against hope that the high court will not let them down and for once, have the majority of the Supreme Court justices most of whom are beholden to Gloria do…
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
DIE HARD III 11/16/2009 Moro-moro is a unique Filipino theater genre for the show battles between Moors and Christians. It also perfectly describes the show staged last week between Gloria Arroyo and Hillary Clinton. With them, a bevy of supporting cast provided the backdrop: From the kidnap and beheading of a high school principal in Sulu, allegedly by Abu Sayyaf bandits, giving the evil characters, the bad guys, another opportunity to strike fear; to the kidnap of an Irish Catholic priest by unknown elements, prompting certain quarters to ask the country to pray for the good old clergyman all these have culminated with the GRP-deemed good MILF helping secure the priests release in..
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
MANILA - President Arroyo can run for an electoral post next year and doesn’t even have to campaign due to overwhelming public support for her in Pampanga, Malacañang said Oct. 20.
Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Lorelei Fajardo however said President Arroyo has not yet divulged her political plans for 2010 when her term as president ends as [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
FRONTLINE 11/08/2009 With Secretary of State Hillary Clinton coming to the country for a 24 stopover visit, Malacañang says that the issue of clean elections will be assured by Gloria Arroyo, if this topic crops up. Yet how can a certified electoral cheat assure clean polls? Is it because she isnt running for the top post, being barred from seeking a re-election
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
FRONTLINE 11/02/2009 | More If Gloria Arroyo is indeed seeking a seat in the House of Representatives and end up as its Speaker, the one sure thing is that she may believe that this move is a guarantee to her continued protection against lawsuits after she leaves Malacañang. Yet she, as well as all the others, knows that once she steps out of Malacañang, and even as a member of Congress with the exalted position of Speaker, she is not immune from suit. Her position in Congress, therefore, is no guarantee against her being charged in court
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
MANILA - Even before typhoon Ondoy and Pepeng hit the Philippines, President Arroyo’s dropped further to a negative 38. Twenty three percent satisfaction against 62 percent saying they were dissatisfied with her performance, the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey covering the third quarter showed.
The result of the survey, fielded over Sept. 18 to 21, [...]