Posted in Vantage Point on September 10th, 2003 1 Comment »
There’s a war on, and it’s not just between the government and the various armed groups that have been fighting it for decades. The war is also within the political system—between the administration and what should be its loyal opposition.
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Posted in Vantage Point on September 9th, 2003 No Comments »
No one from the police or the military is saying exactly what the connection is between the supposedly still brewing attempts to force President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo out of office, and Senator Panfilo Lacson’s claims of corruption and money laundering against Mrs. Arroyo’s husband Jose Miguel. But both Armed Forces and police sources have suggested that there is a connection, and that the people and groups involved include the usual suspects from the opposition.
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Posted in Vantage Point on September 2nd, 2003 No Comments »
If the Arroyo government doesn’t watch out, it may yet end up sounding and looking so much like the Marcos government that those old enough to remember that atrocity may think the country to be in a time warp.
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