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                    [Summary] => The ruling People Power Coalition (PPC) is virtually assured of a clear majority in the 24-member Senate, with three incumbent senators identified with the opposition having sent signals of crossing to the other side.


In a press briefing at Malacañang, President Arroyo revealed that Senators Ramon Revilla and his son-in-law, Robert Jaworski, have indicated their desire to regain membership in the pro-administration Lakas-NUCD party.

She said Sen. John Osmeña had also sent word that he would support the administration.
[DatePublished] => 2001-05-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 90641 [Title] => Estrada arraignment moved to May 31 [Summary] => The Sandiganbayan pushed back by two weeks yesterday the arraignment of former President Joseph Estrada on charges of perjury and the illegal use of an alias after prosecutors cited election-related security concerns.

Justice Narciso Nario of the anti-graft court’s fourth division decided after a hearing to grant a plea by the Philippine National Police (PNP) to reschedule Estrada’s court appearance for the perjury case from today to May 31.
[DatePublished] => 2001-05-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1165072 [AuthorName] => Bebot Sison Jr. [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 90646 [Title] => ‘Victory does not mean exoneration’ [Summary] => Being elected senator doesn’t get you off the hook.

Justice Secretary Hernando Perez said yesterday three opposition hopefuls could still be charged with rebellion even if they land in the top 13 of the Senate race in last Monday’s elections.

Perez was referring to re-electionist Senators Miriam Defensor-Santiago, Gregorio "Gringo" Honasan and former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Panfilo Lacson, who are accused by the Arroyo administration of instigating the Labor Day siege of Malacañang.
[DatePublished] => 2001-05-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 99745 [Title] => ‘Victory does not mean exoneration’ [Summary] => Being elected senator doesn’t get you off the hook.

Justice Secretary Hernando Perez said yesterday three opposition hopefuls could still be charged with rebellion even if they land in the top 13 of the Senate race in last Monday’s elections.
[DatePublished] => 2001-05-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 90604 [Title] => JPE denies involvement in assassination plots [Summary] => Re-electionist Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile denied involvement yesterday in reported plots to assassinate President Arroyo and former President Joseph Estrada and install a civilian-military junta.

Enrile, in a press statement, said "the circulating rumors on the possible Arroyo and Estrada assassinations are desperate attempts to fracture the unity of the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Puwersa ng Masa coalition."
[DatePublished] => 2001-05-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 90390 [Title] => Two F-5 jets to stop Estrada flight [Summary] => If former President Joseph Estrada is planning to escape, he’d better forget about taking to the skies.

Philippine Air Force (PAF) officials said yesterday at least two F-5 fighter planes are on 24-hour standby to intercept any aircraft that may attempt to sneak the deposed leader out of the country.

PAF spokesman Col. Lino Horacio Lapi-nid presented three scenarios to deal with an aircraft that has Estrada on board.

"First, the fighter jets would scramble, intercept the target and order the pilot of the private aircraft to land," he said.
[DatePublished] => 2001-04-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1202457 [AuthorName] => by Rey Arquiza [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 89975 [Title] => 79 ‘hot’ cars sold for P79 M [Summary] => Thirty-nine "hot" cars, which ousted President Joseph Estrada assigned to his officials and later recalled when they became too hot to handle, have been sold for P79.7 million.

In a report sent to Rep. Magtanggol Gunigundo (Lakas, Valenzuela), the Bureau of Customs said the smuggled vehicles that have been sold through public auction are mostly expensive V8 4x4 Toyota Land Cruisers and Prados.

It said the vehicles had been forfeited in favor of the government.
[DatePublished] => 2001-03-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 89576 [Title] => Jinggoy resigns as president of mayors’ league [Summary] => San Juan Mayor Jinggoy Estrada has resigned as president of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP), saying he no longer has the clout to lead the mayors’ organization.

"Nag-resign na ako bilang president ng LMP (I have resigned as LMP president)," Estrada said in an interview. "I’m useless as its leader. I do not have connections anymore."
[DatePublished] => 2001-01-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805358 [AuthorName] => Non Alquitran [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 91543 [Title] => Impeachment woes cancel Estrada family’s New Year ball [Summary] => Apparently because of impeachment woes, there will be no partying this New Year’s Eve for President Estrada and the Ejercito clan at the Manila Hotel.

First Lady Luisa Ejercito said the President may instead get together with their relatives at their residence on No. 1 Polk st. in Greenhills, San Juan.

Mr. Estrada and his family have traditionally celebrated New Year’s Eve at the hotel, where guests are required to don red dresses or shirts for good luck.
[DatePublished] => 2000-12-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 89189 [Title] => Estrada’s wish: Early end to trial [Summary] => All President Estrada wants for Christmas is not his two front teeth, but his impeachment trial to end as soon as possible.

If he had his way, he would have preferred that he be acquitted before the Christmas holidays, but now that’s simply out of the question.

"My Christmas wish is that I hope this impeachment trial will be finished as soon as possible so that we will not prolong this feeling (of gloom), of course of our people, especially of families," the President said.
[DatePublished] => 2000-12-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
FIRST LADY LUISA EJERCITO
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                    [Title] => GMA gets 3 more allies in Senate
                    [Summary] => The ruling People Power Coalition (PPC) is virtually assured of a clear majority in the 24-member Senate, with three incumbent senators identified with the opposition having sent signals of crossing to the other side.


In a press briefing at Malacañang, President Arroyo revealed that Senators Ramon Revilla and his son-in-law, Robert Jaworski, have indicated their desire to regain membership in the pro-administration Lakas-NUCD party.

She said Sen. John Osmeña had also sent word that he would support the administration.
[DatePublished] => 2001-05-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 90641 [Title] => Estrada arraignment moved to May 31 [Summary] => The Sandiganbayan pushed back by two weeks yesterday the arraignment of former President Joseph Estrada on charges of perjury and the illegal use of an alias after prosecutors cited election-related security concerns.

Justice Narciso Nario of the anti-graft court’s fourth division decided after a hearing to grant a plea by the Philippine National Police (PNP) to reschedule Estrada’s court appearance for the perjury case from today to May 31.
[DatePublished] => 2001-05-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1165072 [AuthorName] => Bebot Sison Jr. [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 90646 [Title] => ‘Victory does not mean exoneration’ [Summary] => Being elected senator doesn’t get you off the hook.

Justice Secretary Hernando Perez said yesterday three opposition hopefuls could still be charged with rebellion even if they land in the top 13 of the Senate race in last Monday’s elections.

Perez was referring to re-electionist Senators Miriam Defensor-Santiago, Gregorio "Gringo" Honasan and former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Panfilo Lacson, who are accused by the Arroyo administration of instigating the Labor Day siege of Malacañang.
[DatePublished] => 2001-05-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 99745 [Title] => ‘Victory does not mean exoneration’ [Summary] => Being elected senator doesn’t get you off the hook.

Justice Secretary Hernando Perez said yesterday three opposition hopefuls could still be charged with rebellion even if they land in the top 13 of the Senate race in last Monday’s elections.
[DatePublished] => 2001-05-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 90604 [Title] => JPE denies involvement in assassination plots [Summary] => Re-electionist Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile denied involvement yesterday in reported plots to assassinate President Arroyo and former President Joseph Estrada and install a civilian-military junta.

Enrile, in a press statement, said "the circulating rumors on the possible Arroyo and Estrada assassinations are desperate attempts to fracture the unity of the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Puwersa ng Masa coalition."
[DatePublished] => 2001-05-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 90390 [Title] => Two F-5 jets to stop Estrada flight [Summary] => If former President Joseph Estrada is planning to escape, he’d better forget about taking to the skies.

Philippine Air Force (PAF) officials said yesterday at least two F-5 fighter planes are on 24-hour standby to intercept any aircraft that may attempt to sneak the deposed leader out of the country.

PAF spokesman Col. Lino Horacio Lapi-nid presented three scenarios to deal with an aircraft that has Estrada on board.

"First, the fighter jets would scramble, intercept the target and order the pilot of the private aircraft to land," he said.
[DatePublished] => 2001-04-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1202457 [AuthorName] => by Rey Arquiza [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 89975 [Title] => 79 ‘hot’ cars sold for P79 M [Summary] => Thirty-nine "hot" cars, which ousted President Joseph Estrada assigned to his officials and later recalled when they became too hot to handle, have been sold for P79.7 million.

In a report sent to Rep. Magtanggol Gunigundo (Lakas, Valenzuela), the Bureau of Customs said the smuggled vehicles that have been sold through public auction are mostly expensive V8 4x4 Toyota Land Cruisers and Prados.

It said the vehicles had been forfeited in favor of the government.
[DatePublished] => 2001-03-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 89576 [Title] => Jinggoy resigns as president of mayors’ league [Summary] => San Juan Mayor Jinggoy Estrada has resigned as president of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP), saying he no longer has the clout to lead the mayors’ organization.

"Nag-resign na ako bilang president ng LMP (I have resigned as LMP president)," Estrada said in an interview. "I’m useless as its leader. I do not have connections anymore."
[DatePublished] => 2001-01-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805358 [AuthorName] => Non Alquitran [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 91543 [Title] => Impeachment woes cancel Estrada family’s New Year ball [Summary] => Apparently because of impeachment woes, there will be no partying this New Year’s Eve for President Estrada and the Ejercito clan at the Manila Hotel.

First Lady Luisa Ejercito said the President may instead get together with their relatives at their residence on No. 1 Polk st. in Greenhills, San Juan.

Mr. Estrada and his family have traditionally celebrated New Year’s Eve at the hotel, where guests are required to don red dresses or shirts for good luck.
[DatePublished] => 2000-12-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 89189 [Title] => Estrada’s wish: Early end to trial [Summary] => All President Estrada wants for Christmas is not his two front teeth, but his impeachment trial to end as soon as possible.

If he had his way, he would have preferred that he be acquitted before the Christmas holidays, but now that’s simply out of the question.

"My Christmas wish is that I hope this impeachment trial will be finished as soon as possible so that we will not prolong this feeling (of gloom), of course of our people, especially of families," the President said.
[DatePublished] => 2000-12-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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