Merry-Go-Round: Floro L. Mercene
FARMERS wanted to storm Malacañang but are stopped. They will try again.
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CPR will stay. Complete People Repression is my other name.
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FVR reiterates his suggestion for GMA to reduce her term.
He could succeed where Cory and the others failed.
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EDSA-type protests will not dislodge the administration because of the absence of military support, according to FVR.
GMA herself is saying she will not be cowed by mob rule. Gentle persuasion could be the ticket.
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By allowing a switch to a parliamentary system to take place before her term ends in 2010, GMA could have a graceful exit.
Give the post of prime minister to the others.
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The Jesuits have joined the clamor for resignation. Also El Shaddai and the Iglesia.
The Catholic church is lost as usual.
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Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines said neither the protesters nor the police were to blame for the violent dispersal of rallyists near Mendiola bridge last week.
The blame goes to those three bishops who joined the demonstration without the permission of the CBCP.
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Mark Jimenez will be deported back to Manila after serving three years in a US prison. Palace is worried he will talk on who got $l4 million from Argentine company that rehabilitated a hydroelectric complex in Laguna.
He could be the one to put the last nail on the coffin.
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Dom Basilisa, a prominent businessman in Los Angeles, counts with a lot of clout with the Republican Party in the US. He is visiting Manila soon to survey business prospects.
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Gasoline will go up to
R40 per liter and electricity will rise by 52 centavos per kilowatt hour when EVAT is applied on All Saints’ Day.
People will be going to the cemeteries and will want to stay there.
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Government appeals to the public to give it a chance to implement EVAT on the promise it will take measures to control increase in prices.
Have you heard of a government that kept its promise?
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From Archbishop Gaudencio Rosales: A leader without a vision is treason and I could die for it.
Amen.
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Philippines is No. 4 most corrupt country in ASEAN. But why are we always left behind in these things?
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Bird flu has erupted in China, Taiwan, and Thailand. Its appearance in the Philippines is only a matter of time. DoH will come to our rescue.
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The city of Wuhu near the birthplace of Confucius in the People’s Republic of China will be exporting cars to the United States beginning next year, a historic first.
The Chinese have been buying cars at a dizzying rate, but they are not taking long trips because expressway tolls are expensive and many drivers are inexperienced.
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Dick Gordon is cautioning customs and the PNP against harassing buyers of converted right-hand drive vehicles. He is only going after the big smugglers.
He explained that during the time of President Garcia, the Supreme Court ruled that a vehicle once released from customs and issued a certificate of registration by the LTO is not liable to any accountability.
