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Guingona: No post for me in FPJ administration
by Sammy Santos - March 16, 2004 - 12:00am
Vice President Teofisto Guingona will not accept any government position in a Fernando Poe Jr. administration. "My acceptance of his offer to serve as his adviser on governance and public policy is only good...
Guingona jumps to FPJ camp
by Sammy Santos - March 13, 2004 - 12:00am
Breaking whatever ties he has left with the Arroyo administration, Vice President Teofisto Guingona Jr. has reportedly accepted Fernando Poe Jr.’s offer to be his adviser on "governance and national policy"...
Guingona: Next president needs plenty of political will
by Sammy Santos - March 11, 2004 - 12:00am
Vice President Teofisto Guingona Jr. said yesterday the country’s next president must have the "political will" to implement the reforms needed to solve the country’s problems. Speaking to reporters...
Reyes, Corpus cleared in Davao City bombings
by Sammy Santos - March 5, 2004 - 12:00am
A five-man presidential commission has cleared former Defense Secretary Angelo Reyes and Brig. Gen. Victor Corpus, former chief of the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (ISAFP), of any involvement...
Guingona deplores use of IMF to push GMA poll bid
by Sammy Santos - March 2, 2004 - 12:00am
Vice President Teofisto Guingona Jr. chided Finance Secretary Juanita Amatong and Budget Secretary Emilia Boncodin yesterday for invoking the name of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in what he claimed was an...
There is no stopping death penalty, Barbers says
by Sammy Santos - February 22, 2004 - 12:00am
Re-electionist Sen. Robert Barbers welcomed yesterday the Supreme Court (SC) decision ordering a retrial of the kidnap-for-ransom case involving death row convicts Roderick Licayan and Roberto Lara, but said the...
Senator vows to include ‘Special K’ in list of banned drugs
by Sammy Santos - February 18, 2004 - 12:00am
Administration reelectionist Senator Robert Barbers vowed yesterday to push for legislation that would include "Special K," a substance now being used by drug abusers as an alternative of now-scarce Ecstasy...
Many Charter provisions unimplemented, Guingona says
by Sammy Santos - February 11, 2004 - 12:00am
While initiatives toward amending the Constitution are not exactly dead, Vice President Teofisto Guingona Jr. reminded constitutionalists that there are many provisions in the 1987 Charter which remain unimplemented...
Tito urges Arroyo: Listen to critics
by Sammy Santos - February 1, 2004 - 12:00am
In his harshest criticism of the Arroyo administration so far, Vice President Teofisto Guingona Jr. urged Malacañang yesterday to "listen to the people" instead of "recklessly accusing"...
Laurel, 75, dies of cancer in US
by Sammy Santos - January 29, 2004 - 12:00am
Former Vice President Salvador "Doy" Laurel — who staunchly opposed the brutal Marcos dictatorship — died of cancer early yesterday, his staff announced. He was 75. President Arroyo has directed...
Guingona mulling whether to join FPJ circle of advisers
by Sammy Santos - January 27, 2004 - 12:00am
Vice President Teofisto Guingona Jr. said he may serve as an adviser of Fernando Poe Jr., confirming news reports that he had talks with the opposition presidential contender. Some congressmen belonging to the ruling...
Alvarez goes independent in Senate bid
by Sammy Santos - January 10, 2004 - 12:00am
Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) spokesman Heherson Alvarez yesterday said he would still pursue his senatorial bid as an independent, even with the completion of the Koalisyon ng Katapatan at Karanasan...
Alvarez gets anti-Hehe memo from K-4 aides
by Sammy Santos - January 8, 2004 - 12:00am
It was supposed to be a "top-secret" memo for key strategists of the administration’s Koalisyon ng Katapatan at Karanasan sa Kinabukasan (K-4) on how to counter the public grousing of Heherson Alvarez,...
Zambo mourns death of ‘Tita Caling’
by Sammy Santos - January 4, 2004 - 12:00am
ZAMBOANGA CITY — Residents of this southern port city are mourning the loss of Mayor Ma. Clara Lobregat, who died before midnight Friday at the Medical Center Manila. She was 82. The late mayor was a mother...
Guingona still undecided on ’04 plans
by Sammy Santos - January 3, 2004 - 12:00am
Vice President Teofisto Guingona Jr. will have until Monday to decide whether to accept offers for him to run again in the coming elections despite his earlier declaration that he was no longer interested in seeking...
Guingona says he’s getting plenty of offers for ’04 polls
by Sammy Santos - December 27, 2003 - 12:00am
Despite his declaration that he is no longer interested in standing for election, Vice President Teofisto Guingona Jr. said yesterday that he has been getting various invitations from different political groups....
Guingona urges OFWs to buy bank
by Sammy Santos - December 21, 2003 - 12:00am
Vice President Teofisto Guingona Jr. reiterated yesterday his proposal to privatize the Postal Savings Bank by selling it to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who could use the bank as the vehicle for their remittances...
Ensure clean polls, Guingona urges parties
by Sammy Santos - December 10, 2003 - 12:00am
Vice President Teofisto Guingona Jr. called on all political parties yesterday to ensure that "clean and credible elections" will be held in May next year, as they are "indispensable to achieving genuine...
Guingona supports Arroyo stand on death penalty
by Sammy Santos - December 9, 2003 - 12:00am
Vice President Teofisto Guingona Jr. threw his support yesterday behind the decision of President Arroyo to lift the moratorium on the implementation of capital punishment, saying "a nation has the right to...
Resume peace talks, Guingona urges GMA
by Sammy Santos - December 5, 2003 - 12:00am
Vice President Teofisto Guingona Jr. urged President Arroyo yesterday to prioritize the resumption of peace talks between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and not allow the government’s...
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