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                    [Title] => Palace tells voters: Learn from past
                    [Summary] => Malacañang repeated its warning to voters to learn from the mistakes of the past.


Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye told the government-run Radyo ng Bayan yesterday that the country could again be perceived as corrupt if candidates associated with detained former President Joseph Estrada are elected.

Bunye was reacting to the 2004 Global Corruption Report of the United Kingdom-based Transparency International which listed former presidents Estrada and Ferdinand Marcos as among the top 10 most corrupt leaders in the past two decades.
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"I would like to report to you the nation that I had a very productive trip," Arroyo said in remarks on her return.

"Together with my delegation, we brought the cause of peace, security and development to important venues and events," said Mrs. Arroyo, who was welcomed by military chief Gen. Narciso Abaya and Cabinet members.
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Mrs. Arroyo is expected to take up the issue when she meets Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York on Sept. 25, said Eduardo Ermita, presidential adviser on the peace process.
[DatePublished] => 2003-09-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 219974 [Title] => GMA off to US, Europe Sept. 25 [Summary] => President Arroyo is to fly to the United States to address the UN General Assembly this month, and then travel on to the Vatican and France, her spokesman said yesterday.

Mrs. Arroyo flies to New York on Sept. 25 to address the 56th session of the assembly and meet with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye told reporters.

While in New York, she is also due to meet Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, ministers of the Organization of the Islamic Conference and officials of the US Institute for Peace, he said.
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Mrs. Arroyo would become only the fourth head of state outside the 57-member Muslim block to attend an OIC summit, after Russia, South Africa and Ghana, Bunye told reporters.

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad extended the invitation to Mrs. Arroyo and "the President has accepted the invitation," Bunye said.
[DatePublished] => 2003-08-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 215798 [Title] => Mahathir may personally witness RP-MILF pact, Bush via video [Summary] => Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad may be present at the signing of the peace agreement between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), though US President George W. Bush can watch the live video coverage of the event, President Arroyo said Thursday night.

"Our country would be honored to have Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad witness the signing of the (MILF peace) accord," she said.
[DatePublished] => 2003-08-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 214494 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Stepping up the pressure [Summary] => Last month the Association of Southeast Nations surprised the world by demanding the release of Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. It was a notable departure from ASEAN’s policy of non-intervention in the internal affairs of member states. [DatePublished] => 2003-07-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 210565 [Title] => GMA urges rebel groups to seize the moment and talk peace [Summary] => President Arroyo told Muslim and communist rebels yesterday to get serious about negotiating peace or risk being sidelined into irrelevance.

Mrs. Arroyo’s comments came after the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rejected last Monday her demand that its leader Hashim Salamat sit as the secessionist group’s chief negotiator in proposed peace talks sponsored by neighboring Malaysia.
[DatePublished] => 2003-06-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 209278 [Title] => Malaysia committed to broker peace talks [Summary] => Malaysia remains committed to helping broker a political settlement between the government and the Muslim separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) despite a flare-up of hostilities in the south, President Arroyo said yesterday.

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad assured Arroyo of his government’s support when they met earlier this week in Japan while attending a regional conference, the President said.
[DatePublished] => 2003-06-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
MALAYSIAN PRIME MINISTER MAHATHIR MOHAMAD
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Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye told the government-run Radyo ng Bayan yesterday that the country could again be perceived as corrupt if candidates associated with detained former President Joseph Estrada are elected.

Bunye was reacting to the 2004 Global Corruption Report of the United Kingdom-based Transparency International which listed former presidents Estrada and Ferdinand Marcos as among the top 10 most corrupt leaders in the past two decades.
[DatePublished] => 2004-03-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500820 [AuthorName] => Marvin Sy [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 225997 [Title] => Peace talks with MILF snagged anew [Summary] => The peace talks between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the government could face another delay as the leaders of the secessionist group demanded a new set of preconditions before the resumption of the talks in Malaysia. [DatePublished] => 2003-10-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500820 [AuthorName] => Marvin Sy [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 222646 [Title] => Arroyo back from US, Europe trip [Summary] => President Arroyo returned yesterday after a trip to the United States and Europe where she lobbied for global aid to restore peace to the Muslim rebellion-wracked southern Philippines.

"I would like to report to you the nation that I had a very productive trip," Arroyo said in remarks on her return.

"Together with my delegation, we brought the cause of peace, security and development to important venues and events," said Mrs. Arroyo, who was welcomed by military chief Gen. Narciso Abaya and Cabinet members.
[DatePublished] => 2003-10-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 220984 [Title] => Gov’t wants peace talks before OIC summit [Summary] => President Arroyo is to push for the resumption of peace talks with Muslim rebels ahead of next month’s summit of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) in Malaysia, a senior aide said yesterday.

Mrs. Arroyo is expected to take up the issue when she meets Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York on Sept. 25, said Eduardo Ermita, presidential adviser on the peace process.
[DatePublished] => 2003-09-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 219974 [Title] => GMA off to US, Europe Sept. 25 [Summary] => President Arroyo is to fly to the United States to address the UN General Assembly this month, and then travel on to the Vatican and France, her spokesman said yesterday.

Mrs. Arroyo flies to New York on Sept. 25 to address the 56th session of the assembly and meet with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye told reporters.

While in New York, she is also due to meet Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, ministers of the Organization of the Islamic Conference and officials of the US Institute for Peace, he said.
[DatePublished] => 2003-09-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 217760 [Title] => GMA to attend OIC summit [Summary] => President Arroyo will attend the opening session of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) summit in Malaysia in October, Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye said yesterday.

Mrs. Arroyo would become only the fourth head of state outside the 57-member Muslim block to attend an OIC summit, after Russia, South Africa and Ghana, Bunye told reporters.

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad extended the invitation to Mrs. Arroyo and "the President has accepted the invitation," Bunye said.
[DatePublished] => 2003-08-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 215798 [Title] => Mahathir may personally witness RP-MILF pact, Bush via video [Summary] => Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad may be present at the signing of the peace agreement between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), though US President George W. Bush can watch the live video coverage of the event, President Arroyo said Thursday night.

"Our country would be honored to have Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad witness the signing of the (MILF peace) accord," she said.
[DatePublished] => 2003-08-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 214494 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Stepping up the pressure [Summary] => Last month the Association of Southeast Nations surprised the world by demanding the release of Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. It was a notable departure from ASEAN’s policy of non-intervention in the internal affairs of member states. [DatePublished] => 2003-07-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 210565 [Title] => GMA urges rebel groups to seize the moment and talk peace [Summary] => President Arroyo told Muslim and communist rebels yesterday to get serious about negotiating peace or risk being sidelined into irrelevance.

Mrs. Arroyo’s comments came after the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rejected last Monday her demand that its leader Hashim Salamat sit as the secessionist group’s chief negotiator in proposed peace talks sponsored by neighboring Malaysia.
[DatePublished] => 2003-06-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 209278 [Title] => Malaysia committed to broker peace talks [Summary] => Malaysia remains committed to helping broker a political settlement between the government and the Muslim separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) despite a flare-up of hostilities in the south, President Arroyo said yesterday.

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad assured Arroyo of his government’s support when they met earlier this week in Japan while attending a regional conference, the President said.
[DatePublished] => 2003-06-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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