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                    [Title] => Erap backs GMA's treatment abroad
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Former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo should be allowed to seek medical treatment abroad, former President Joseph Estrada said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097133 [AuthorName] => Jose Rodel Clapano [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 746458 [Title] => Erap to GMA: Stay, face the music [Summary] =>

Face charges in court and go to jail before seeking medical treatment abroad.

[DatePublished] => 2011-11-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097133 [AuthorName] => Jose Rodel Clapano [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 303221 [Title] => Doctor says Erap fast recovering [Summary] => Deposed President Joseph Estrada is making a speedy recovery from a knee operation he had in December, his doctor announced yesterday.

After daily one-hour exercises, Estrada is now fit to walk and may even swim, American knee specialist Christopher Mow told a press conference.

Mow flew in from Hong Kong to check in on his patient. He said Estrada has lost 40 pounds since the surgery and diligently exercises for an hour every day as part of his therapy, which includes brisk walking and riding a stationary bicycle.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1650428 [AuthorName] => Perseus Echeminada [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 267845 [Title] => Erap vows to fulfill covenant with people [Summary] => Pledging to "fulfill a sacred covenant" with his supporters, former President Joseph Estrada vowed to unite the opposition against President Arroyo upon returning yesterday from Hong Kong where he underwent knee surgery.

Estrada accused the Arroyo administration of massive corruption and failing to improve the lives of Filipinos since his 2001 ouster by a popular uprising, which he insisted was illegal.
[DatePublished] => 2005-01-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1735838 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 267515 [Title] => Erap definitely off to HK tomorrow [Summary] => Fully booked flights because of the Yuletide season have forced deposed President Joseph Estrada to defer by a day his scheduled departure today for Hong Kong, where he will stay for three weeks for knee surgery, his aides said yesterday.

Defense lawyer Jay Flaminiano said the 67-year-old former actor is booked on a Philippine Airlines flight tomorrow, though he still doesn’t know the flight time. But another source said this may be around 2:30 p.m., since all the morning flights were taken.
[DatePublished] => 2004-12-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 262625 [Title] => Erap eyes surgery in Singapore [Summary] => Prevented from seeking knee surgery in the United States with the denial of his US visa application, ailing deposed President Joseph Estrada now wants the operation done in Singapore.

Estrada asked his lawyers yesterday to petition the Sandiganbayan to allow him to have knee surgery in Singapore "within a month’s time."

Through official spokesman Rolly Ramirez, Estrada told The STAR that his knee condition had become worse and was already affecting his spinal nerves.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 259991 [Title] => Erap may seek asylum in Switzerland, prosecutors say [Summary] => State prosecutors fear former President Joseph Estrada may seek political asylum in Switzerland if the Sandiganbayan grants him a furlough to seek medical treatment there.

"Switzerland is not noted for conducting (surgical) operations but its chocolates and banking system," said Chief State Prosecutor Dennis Villa Ignacio.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 241272 [Title] => Prosecutors want Estrada back in military hospital [Summary] => Prosecutors moved yesterday to have deposed President Joseph Estrada sent back to the government-run hospital where he was previously detained, if indeed the ailing former leader is facing the risk of paralysis.

Chief Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa Ignacio pointed out before the anti-graft court that the jailed former leader really has no plans of leaving the country in order to undergo operation for his arthritic knees.
[DatePublished] => 2004-03-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 235781 [Title] => Erap: I can’t afford US doctor’s fee [Summary] => Jailed former President Joseph Estrada still wants to undergo knee surgery in the United States but is scouting for another surgeon in other countries because his American doctor is allegedly overcharging him.

Estrada, who is detained at an Army training camp in Tanay, Rizal, told the Sandiganbayan that he is negotiating to reduce the $1.2-million fee US surgeon Christopher Mow was charging him.
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 235652 [Title] => Erap to tell Sandigan today if he still wants US trip [Summary] => Ousted President Joseph Estrada will appear today before the Sandiganbayan special division to clarify whether he still intends to go to the United States on Jan. 23 for knee surgery.

"(The justices) are really confused over what he really wants," said lawyer Renato Bocar, special division spokesman.

"That’s the reason why he has been summoned to clarify, from his own mouth, what he really wants because he keeps on changing his declarations in the media," Bocar said.
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => Erap backs GMA's treatment abroad
                    [Summary] => 

Former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo should be allowed to seek medical treatment abroad, former President Joseph Estrada said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097133 [AuthorName] => Jose Rodel Clapano [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 746458 [Title] => Erap to GMA: Stay, face the music [Summary] =>

Face charges in court and go to jail before seeking medical treatment abroad.

[DatePublished] => 2011-11-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097133 [AuthorName] => Jose Rodel Clapano [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 303221 [Title] => Doctor says Erap fast recovering [Summary] => Deposed President Joseph Estrada is making a speedy recovery from a knee operation he had in December, his doctor announced yesterday.

After daily one-hour exercises, Estrada is now fit to walk and may even swim, American knee specialist Christopher Mow told a press conference.

Mow flew in from Hong Kong to check in on his patient. He said Estrada has lost 40 pounds since the surgery and diligently exercises for an hour every day as part of his therapy, which includes brisk walking and riding a stationary bicycle.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1650428 [AuthorName] => Perseus Echeminada [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 267845 [Title] => Erap vows to fulfill covenant with people [Summary] => Pledging to "fulfill a sacred covenant" with his supporters, former President Joseph Estrada vowed to unite the opposition against President Arroyo upon returning yesterday from Hong Kong where he underwent knee surgery.

Estrada accused the Arroyo administration of massive corruption and failing to improve the lives of Filipinos since his 2001 ouster by a popular uprising, which he insisted was illegal.
[DatePublished] => 2005-01-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1735838 [AuthorName] => Sandy Araneta [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 267515 [Title] => Erap definitely off to HK tomorrow [Summary] => Fully booked flights because of the Yuletide season have forced deposed President Joseph Estrada to defer by a day his scheduled departure today for Hong Kong, where he will stay for three weeks for knee surgery, his aides said yesterday.

Defense lawyer Jay Flaminiano said the 67-year-old former actor is booked on a Philippine Airlines flight tomorrow, though he still doesn’t know the flight time. But another source said this may be around 2:30 p.m., since all the morning flights were taken.
[DatePublished] => 2004-12-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 262625 [Title] => Erap eyes surgery in Singapore [Summary] => Prevented from seeking knee surgery in the United States with the denial of his US visa application, ailing deposed President Joseph Estrada now wants the operation done in Singapore.

Estrada asked his lawyers yesterday to petition the Sandiganbayan to allow him to have knee surgery in Singapore "within a month’s time."

Through official spokesman Rolly Ramirez, Estrada told The STAR that his knee condition had become worse and was already affecting his spinal nerves.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 259991 [Title] => Erap may seek asylum in Switzerland, prosecutors say [Summary] => State prosecutors fear former President Joseph Estrada may seek political asylum in Switzerland if the Sandiganbayan grants him a furlough to seek medical treatment there.

"Switzerland is not noted for conducting (surgical) operations but its chocolates and banking system," said Chief State Prosecutor Dennis Villa Ignacio.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 241272 [Title] => Prosecutors want Estrada back in military hospital [Summary] => Prosecutors moved yesterday to have deposed President Joseph Estrada sent back to the government-run hospital where he was previously detained, if indeed the ailing former leader is facing the risk of paralysis.

Chief Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa Ignacio pointed out before the anti-graft court that the jailed former leader really has no plans of leaving the country in order to undergo operation for his arthritic knees.
[DatePublished] => 2004-03-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 235781 [Title] => Erap: I can’t afford US doctor’s fee [Summary] => Jailed former President Joseph Estrada still wants to undergo knee surgery in the United States but is scouting for another surgeon in other countries because his American doctor is allegedly overcharging him.

Estrada, who is detained at an Army training camp in Tanay, Rizal, told the Sandiganbayan that he is negotiating to reduce the $1.2-million fee US surgeon Christopher Mow was charging him.
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 235652 [Title] => Erap to tell Sandigan today if he still wants US trip [Summary] => Ousted President Joseph Estrada will appear today before the Sandiganbayan special division to clarify whether he still intends to go to the United States on Jan. 23 for knee surgery.

"(The justices) are really confused over what he really wants," said lawyer Renato Bocar, special division spokesman.

"That’s the reason why he has been summoned to clarify, from his own mouth, what he really wants because he keeps on changing his declarations in the media," Bocar said.
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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