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                    [Title] => Miracles can come true - WHY AND WHY NOT by Nelson A. Navarro
                    [Summary] => Just when you thought Malacañang had run out of tricks, dirty or otherwise, comes this jaw-dropping declaration straight out of left field: President Estrada will soon be joining the Couples for Christ.


My first reaction, like that of many people I know, was to laugh off this announcement on the evening news the other day. Perhaps Estrada just got carried away in trying to prevent or at least postpone the resignation of Science and Technology Secretary Filemon Uriarte from the Cabinet.
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Yumanig ang Pilipinas sa ipinasabog na bomba ni Singson na si President Erap ay tumatanggap sa kanya ng P10 milyon buwan-buwan galing sa jueteng. Nabigyan din niya ng pera sina First Lady Loi Ejercito, Mayor Jinggoy Estrada at iba pang malalapit kay Erap.

Kahindik-hindik ang ginawang ito ni Singson sapagkat higit pa sa magkapatid ang pagtuturingan nila ni Erap. [DatePublished] => 2000-10-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1247482 [AuthorName] => Danny Macabuhay [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 120135 [Title] => HALA BIRA - Magpatotoo ka, Governor Singson [Summary] => MATINDI ang ginawang expose ni Ilocos Sur. Gov. Chavit Singson laban kay Pangulong Erap, Atong Ang, PNP Chief Gen. Ping Lacson at Gen. Jose Calimlim.

Sinabi ni Chavit na P10 milyong piso bawat buwan ang iniaabot niya kay Erap na nagmumula sa jueteng. Idinagdag ni Singson na kolektor lamang siya ng kinikita at ipinanlalagay kay Erap at iba pang opisyal. Ibinunyag din ng governor na tumatanggap din ng pera ang mga miyembro ng First Family at iba pang pamilya ng Pangulo.
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Ayon sa aking bubuwit, 77 days na lang at Pasko na naman.

Happy birthday muna kay Mayor Edward Hagedorn ng Puerto Princesa City; Atty. Eddie Jara, VP for Mindanao ng SSS at Director Jose Ma. Antonio Tuano ng House of Representatives.

Congratulations sa mga participants ng KBP-Metro Manila Chapter seminar workshop sa Puerto Princesa.
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Rep. Ralph Recto (LAMP, Batangas) made this confident declaration yesterday in the wake of suggestions from the opposition that the President could be removed from office through impeachment due to the jueteng scandal.

Recto, who is being rumored to be one of the administration coalition’s senatorial candidates in next year’s elections, said the mathematical probability of winning the lotto is greater than ousting Mr. Estrada.
[DatePublished] => 2000-10-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 102686 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Let the truth come out [Summary] => The nation bates its breath as it awaits Monday, when Ilocos Sur Gov. Luis "Chavit" Singson promises to tell all about alleged jueteng payoffs to the high and mighty. Singson, once one of the closest friends of President Estrada, is on the warpath after a new form of gambling muscled in on jueteng operations in his turf, with most of the proceeds going to professional gambler Charlie "Atong" Ang, now a consultant of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. [DatePublished] => 2000-10-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 120132 [Title] => EDITORYAL - Bansang pinaiikot ng mga sugarol [Summary] => MABIGAT ang ibinulgar ni Ilocos Sur Gov. Luis "Chavit" Singson na nagbibigay siya kay President Estrada ng milyong piso mula sa jueteng. Ang makagagawa lamang ng ganitong pagbubulgar ay iyong may "balls". Kabilang si Singson sa "Midnight Cabinet" ni Estrada subalit nawasak dahil sa jueteng at Bingo 2-Ball. Ang Bingo 2-Ball ay inilunsad ng Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) na galing sa ideya ni Charlie "Atong" Ang na kaibigan din ni Estrada.
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Call the Aprodicio Lacquian caper the biggest wake-up call and, by most counts, the most defining moment so far of the embattled Estrada presidency.

not_entNever before has President Estrada displayed such titanic fury, with much of the resulting fireworks spewing nonstop over radio and television all day Wednesday and well into the wee hours of the next morning.

Estrada had every reason to go ballistic. [DatePublished] => 2000-03-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1539298 [AuthorName] => Nelson A. navarro [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )

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                    [Title] => Miracles can come true - WHY AND WHY NOT by Nelson A. Navarro
                    [Summary] => Just when you thought Malacañang had run out of tricks, dirty or otherwise, comes this jaw-dropping declaration straight out of left field: President Estrada will soon be joining the Couples for Christ.


My first reaction, like that of many people I know, was to laugh off this announcement on the evening news the other day. Perhaps Estrada just got carried away in trying to prevent or at least postpone the resignation of Science and Technology Secretary Filemon Uriarte from the Cabinet.
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Yumanig ang Pilipinas sa ipinasabog na bomba ni Singson na si President Erap ay tumatanggap sa kanya ng P10 milyon buwan-buwan galing sa jueteng. Nabigyan din niya ng pera sina First Lady Loi Ejercito, Mayor Jinggoy Estrada at iba pang malalapit kay Erap.

Kahindik-hindik ang ginawang ito ni Singson sapagkat higit pa sa magkapatid ang pagtuturingan nila ni Erap. [DatePublished] => 2000-10-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1247482 [AuthorName] => Danny Macabuhay [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 120135 [Title] => HALA BIRA - Magpatotoo ka, Governor Singson [Summary] => MATINDI ang ginawang expose ni Ilocos Sur. Gov. Chavit Singson laban kay Pangulong Erap, Atong Ang, PNP Chief Gen. Ping Lacson at Gen. Jose Calimlim.

Sinabi ni Chavit na P10 milyong piso bawat buwan ang iniaabot niya kay Erap na nagmumula sa jueteng. Idinagdag ni Singson na kolektor lamang siya ng kinikita at ipinanlalagay kay Erap at iba pang opisyal. Ibinunyag din ng governor na tumatanggap din ng pera ang mga miyembro ng First Family at iba pang pamilya ng Pangulo.
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Ayon sa aking bubuwit, 77 days na lang at Pasko na naman.

Happy birthday muna kay Mayor Edward Hagedorn ng Puerto Princesa City; Atty. Eddie Jara, VP for Mindanao ng SSS at Director Jose Ma. Antonio Tuano ng House of Representatives.

Congratulations sa mga participants ng KBP-Metro Manila Chapter seminar workshop sa Puerto Princesa.
[DatePublished] => 2000-10-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1262852 [AuthorName] => Deo Macalma [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 91896 [Title] => Easier to win lotto than impeach Estrada – Recto [Summary] => It’s easier to win the lotto jackpot than to impeach President Estrada.

Rep. Ralph Recto (LAMP, Batangas) made this confident declaration yesterday in the wake of suggestions from the opposition that the President could be removed from office through impeachment due to the jueteng scandal.

Recto, who is being rumored to be one of the administration coalition’s senatorial candidates in next year’s elections, said the mathematical probability of winning the lotto is greater than ousting Mr. Estrada.
[DatePublished] => 2000-10-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 102686 [Title] => EDITORIAL - Let the truth come out [Summary] => The nation bates its breath as it awaits Monday, when Ilocos Sur Gov. Luis "Chavit" Singson promises to tell all about alleged jueteng payoffs to the high and mighty. Singson, once one of the closest friends of President Estrada, is on the warpath after a new form of gambling muscled in on jueteng operations in his turf, with most of the proceeds going to professional gambler Charlie "Atong" Ang, now a consultant of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. [DatePublished] => 2000-10-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 120132 [Title] => EDITORYAL - Bansang pinaiikot ng mga sugarol [Summary] => MABIGAT ang ibinulgar ni Ilocos Sur Gov. Luis "Chavit" Singson na nagbibigay siya kay President Estrada ng milyong piso mula sa jueteng. Ang makagagawa lamang ng ganitong pagbubulgar ay iyong may "balls". Kabilang si Singson sa "Midnight Cabinet" ni Estrada subalit nawasak dahil sa jueteng at Bingo 2-Ball. Ang Bingo 2-Ball ay inilunsad ng Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) na galing sa ideya ni Charlie "Atong" Ang na kaibigan din ni Estrada.
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Call the Aprodicio Lacquian caper the biggest wake-up call and, by most counts, the most defining moment so far of the embattled Estrada presidency.

not_entNever before has President Estrada displayed such titanic fury, with much of the resulting fireworks spewing nonstop over radio and television all day Wednesday and well into the wee hours of the next morning.

Estrada had every reason to go ballistic. [DatePublished] => 2000-03-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1539298 [AuthorName] => Nelson A. navarro [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )

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