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[DatePublished] => 2007-01-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 264433 [Title] => Cushioning the impact [Summary] => At the Manila Overseas Press Club (MOPC) forum last Tuesday, GMA made it clear that she is not going to concern herself with popularity anymore and that she is going to take on entrenched interests. Well and good. We hope she does so resolutely because this time it is a question of whether she breaks up the vested interests or they break her. GMA should just forget about the ratings in the latest SWS survey because what is important now is her political will to do what needs to be done to turn things around for this country. [DatePublished] => 2004-09-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133593 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 263946 [Title] => GMA ready to take on entrenched interests [Summary] => President Arroyo vowed yesterday to take on "entrenched interests," keep a tight lid on consumer prices and go after profiteers to save the country from a looming financial crisis.
Calling herself a "non-political president," Mrs. Arroyo said she is prepared to make bold and tough decisions even if they are unpopular to avoid a possible fiscal crisis while pushing her anti-poverty program.
"Let there be no mistake: I will move this nation forward. I will take on whatever vested interests stand in my way. If these interests believe they can destabilize and sabotage our efforts, they better think twice," Mrs. Arroyo told a press forum of the Manila Overseas Press Club (MOPC) and the "Tuesday Club," both headed by STAR publisher Max Soliven, at the Ristorante La Dolce Fontana in Greenhills, San Juan.
When the moderator of the forum, Biznews Asia editor and MOPC president Tony Lopez, commented that Mrs. Arroyo sounded like she meant business, she replied: "I think I can do that, being a non-political president. In fact, I dont even have to be popular." [DatePublished] => 2004-09-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
[DatePublished] => 2007-01-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 264433 [Title] => Cushioning the impact [Summary] => At the Manila Overseas Press Club (MOPC) forum last Tuesday, GMA made it clear that she is not going to concern herself with popularity anymore and that she is going to take on entrenched interests. Well and good. We hope she does so resolutely because this time it is a question of whether she breaks up the vested interests or they break her. GMA should just forget about the ratings in the latest SWS survey because what is important now is her political will to do what needs to be done to turn things around for this country. [DatePublished] => 2004-09-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133593 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 263946 [Title] => GMA ready to take on entrenched interests [Summary] => President Arroyo vowed yesterday to take on "entrenched interests," keep a tight lid on consumer prices and go after profiteers to save the country from a looming financial crisis.
Calling herself a "non-political president," Mrs. Arroyo said she is prepared to make bold and tough decisions even if they are unpopular to avoid a possible fiscal crisis while pushing her anti-poverty program.
"Let there be no mistake: I will move this nation forward. I will take on whatever vested interests stand in my way. If these interests believe they can destabilize and sabotage our efforts, they better think twice," Mrs. Arroyo told a press forum of the Manila Overseas Press Club (MOPC) and the "Tuesday Club," both headed by STAR publisher Max Soliven, at the Ristorante La Dolce Fontana in Greenhills, San Juan.
When the moderator of the forum, Biznews Asia editor and MOPC president Tony Lopez, commented that Mrs. Arroyo sounded like she meant business, she replied: "I think I can do that, being a non-political president. In fact, I dont even have to be popular." [DatePublished] => 2004-09-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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By Marichu A. Villanueva | September 8, 2004 - 12:00am