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Aquino: Body to probe Arroyo
Win first, Palace twits LP candidate
By Philip Tubeza
Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines—If elected president, Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III Monday said one of his first acts in office would be to set up a commission that [...]

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Who can be a party-list rep?
By Fr. Joaquin G. Bernas, S.J.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

WHEN word went around that Rep. Mikey Arroyo, anticipatedly displaced by his mother from his seat in Pampanga, might run for a position in Congress as party-list representative, true [...]

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DepEd chief eyes party-list seat
By Jess Diaz
The Philippine Star

MANILA, Philippines – Another member of President Arroyo’s Cabinet is eyeing a congressional seat through the backdoor – the party-list system.

A source in the House of Representatives told The STAR yesterday that [...]

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Party-list system being abused
By Neal Cruz
Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANY people worry that the automated poll machines will fail, or at least there will be glitches in some of them (Murphy’s Law: “If anything can go wrong, it will go wrong”), or there [...]

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Mikey Arroyo’s wife ‘grants’ US house to firm
By Vera Files
Philippine Daily Inquirer

Vera Files is the work of senior journalists taking a deeper look at current issues. Vera is Latin for “true.”)

MANILA, Philippines—The controversial $1.32-million house at 1655 Beach Park Blvd. [...]

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GMA consulting with Congress on power crisis session
The Philippine Star

MANILA, Philippines – President Arroyo is trying to convince both chambers of Congress to muster a quorum and pass a joint resolution authorizing government power utilities to increase their generating capacities to address the [...]

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NP bets: No to emergency powers for Arroyo
By Michael Lim Ubac, TJ Burgonio
Philippine Daily Inquirer

DAVAO CITY, Philippines—Nacionalista Party candidates on Saturday warned that giving President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo emergency powers to deal with the power crisis in Mindanao would be a repeat [...]

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Arroyo supports proposal on Mindanao power crisis
GMA News

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will heed the recommendation of Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes to declare an energy crisis in Mindanao so the government can take further steps to generate more electricity for the region, which has been [...]

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Mike Arroyo’s cousin new PNP chief prober
By Marlon Ramos
Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines—A relative of First Gentleman Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo has been designated chief investigator of the Philippine National Police (PNP).

Chief Supt. Francisco Don Montenegro now heads the Criminal Investigation [...]

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Public works scam eyed in Mayor’s slay
By Niña Calleja, Marlon Ramos, Mar S. Arguelles
Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inquirer Southern Luzon

MANILA, Philippines—Investigators Tuesday vowed to look into allegations that anomalies in public works projects may have been behind the murder of “jueteng” whistle-blower [...]

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