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MANILA, Philippines – To prevent possible lawless violence, President Gloria Arroyo declared a state of martial law in Maguindanao, executive secretary Eduardo Ermita announced this morning . “After the national security council meeting and several consultations, the proclamation was crafted and signed by the president, 9p.m. last night,” s […]

MANILA, Philippines – President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will not only stay away from administration candidate Gilbert Teodoro's sorties, but will give him free rein to mount his own campaign, Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said Thursday. "I don't think she will do that [join Teodoro's sorties],'' Ermita said. "As […]

LAKAS-Kampi-CMD standard bearer Gilberto "Gibo" Teodoro Jr. told an election forum among presidential candidates Wednesday night that he "would not be dictated upon" and "would do the right thing" as president. "It is the job of the president to lead. The president has two jobs – to head the executive department with […]

MANILA, Philippines - Presidential hopefuls were grilled about their character during last Wednesday’s forum, with mostly students in the audience looking for the leader they could trust. Former defense secretary Gilbert Teodoro Jr. declared he would not become a puppet of President Arroyo, Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III swore he had neve […]

Four in 10 Filipinos, or about 40 percent, think that the automation of the polls will result in clean elections with credible results while less than 2 in 10, or about 16 percent, think otherwise, results of the latest Pulse Asia survey revealed. A bigger proportion, or about 43 percent of those surveyed, said they were undecided when asked about the automa […]

The camp of former President Joseph “Erap” Estrada on Thursday echoed the calls for President Gloria Arroyo to resign in the light of her filing her certificate of candidacy for a congressional seat in the Second District of Pampanga. Former President Fidel Ramos earlier called on President Arroyo to resign because, he said, her congressional bid […]

Charging President Gloria Arroyo with supposed lack of delicadeza for running for Congress despite being the head of State, six presidential aspirants vowed that they would not let her get away with alleged corruption and fraud when one of them was chosen to succeed her through the 2010 elections. Facing each other for the first time since the filing of thei […]

President Gloria Arroyo vowed to deliver justice to the 30 journalists who were among the 57 people slain in the Maguindanao massacre on November 23 in Mindanao in southern Philippines. President Arroyo, dressed in black, condoled with the grieving families of six of the murdered journalists at a funeral home in General Santos City on Thursday. She spoke wit […]