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                    [Title] => Manong Johnny
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I first saw Juan Ponce Enrile in person when he crossed from Camp Aguinaldo to Camp Crame, escorted by heavily armed soldiers, the day after he withdrew support from the Marcos regime.

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Drumbeaters for last Sunday’s "prayer rally" raised expectations for up to a million people turning up. In response, the police brought in reinforcements from nearby provinces to ensure the security of the gathering.

Text messages were circulated to help buildup excitement for that event. The messages warned that government would declare martial law in order to prevent the rally from happening.
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I refer to the likes of Cory Aquino, Ping Lacson, Teofisto Guingona, Imee Marcos, that irredeemably angry head of the La Salle brothers, that group of resigned Cabinet officials that has become so nondescript they continue to be named after a hotel and the limelight-hungry lawyers from a minuscule leftist faction. Obsessed with re-creating the 1986 Edsa Uprising, they convinced themselves that a minor spat at the Philippine Marines was the beginning of yet another pointless upheaval.
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EDSA UPRISING
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I first saw Juan Ponce Enrile in person when he crossed from Camp Aguinaldo to Camp Crame, escorted by heavily armed soldiers, the day after he withdrew support from the Marcos regime.

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Drumbeaters for last Sunday’s "prayer rally" raised expectations for up to a million people turning up. In response, the police brought in reinforcements from nearby provinces to ensure the security of the gathering.

Text messages were circulated to help buildup excitement for that event. The messages warned that government would declare martial law in order to prevent the rally from happening.
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I refer to the likes of Cory Aquino, Ping Lacson, Teofisto Guingona, Imee Marcos, that irredeemably angry head of the La Salle brothers, that group of resigned Cabinet officials that has become so nondescript they continue to be named after a hotel and the limelight-hungry lawyers from a minuscule leftist faction. Obsessed with re-creating the 1986 Edsa Uprising, they convinced themselves that a minor spat at the Philippine Marines was the beginning of yet another pointless upheaval.
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