Merry-Go-Round: Floro L. Mercene
CALIBRATED preemptive response is illegal. Clobber the protesters without the fancy jargon and you’re still on safe ground.
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CPR and EO464 are unconstitutional. One more strike and you’re out – in baseball, that is.
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It’s okay to hold rallies but please get a permit. Where do the soldiers get a permit, from their superiors or from City Hall?
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The Supreme Court is exercising independence.
If it shoots down EO l0l7 also, people will be convinced they have a great Supreme Court led by a great Chief Justice in Art Panganiban.
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Justice Panganiban is being criticized for publicly saying the death penalty law is unconstitutional.
The Chief Justice was only reiterating what he had previously said. He should not be constrained from expressing his honest personal views.
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With Supreme Court shooting down EO464, senators will resume inquiries into corruption and other wrongdoings by the administration.
They are a bunch of bloodthirsty pirates, says Malacañang. Amen.
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Senate and Malacañang heading for a showdown. Moment of truth will come on May l5 when Congress resumes session.
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Half a million protesters, including rebel soldiers, will take to the streets on Labor Day.
Ignore the civilians but worry about the soldiers.
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PNP officials will not appear at Senate inquiries without approval by the President in spite of Supreme Court ruling on EO464.
Don’t appear at the budget hearings if you know what’s good for you.
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Anti-government forces will launch another overthrow attempt on May l.
The military is ready for them. Alert the hospitals.
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The President won’t be in Malacañang on May l. Probably in Davao or Iloilo distributing Philhealth cards.
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Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines led by Bohol Governor Erico Aumentado is launching a nationwide information campaign on the need to amend the Constitution.
l.7 million members of ULAP will take part in information drive in 42,000 barangays — A tremendous undertaking anyway you look at it.
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Malacañang and AFP refuse to make full disclosure of the contents of the Mayuga Report, insisting that the generals accused of poll cheating must be protected at all costs.
They are afraid of the generals, that’s all.
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Filipinos can no longer speak good English — Survey. They should switch to Chinese, the language of the future.
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UP chancellor to members of the graduating class: Remember we did not teach you to be exported.
We’ll take that to heart, sir, and bid you goodbye just the same.
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Positive indicators show that the bold economic measures undertaken by the Arroyo administration have strengthened our macroeconomic fundamentals to the point that the economy has remained insulated from the shocks generated by last month’s political turbulence. Consider the following:
– Foreign economists and institutions like ING Asia (one of the world’s 20 largest financial institutions) and DBS (Southeast Asia’s biggest bank) announced that they remained upbeat on the Philippine economy because the GMA-introduced fiscal improvements have offset political risks.
– The decline in government borrowings in February due to the increased capability of the Bureau of Treasury to pay maturing loans.
– A .03-billion balance of payments surplus for the first two months of 2006, which is thrice the figure for the same period last year.
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