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[Title] => Why can’t we have a plebiscite?
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During a fracas at the press conference of Speaker JDV and other congressmen/women in Dusit Hotel, I was surprised when a rather intelligent lady journalist echoed Mr. R. C. Constantino’s claim that he was speaking for the people. Well, yes then, if they claim they are the people and they have the majority, then they should insist on a plebiscite to determine once and for all what the score is.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-23 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 134199
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[AuthorID] => 1804784
[AuthorName] => Carmen N. Pedrosa
[SectionName] => Opinion
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[ArticleID] => 358952
[Title] => CDC president bids goodbye
[Summary] => CLARK FIELD, Pampanga — Clark Development Corp. president and chief executive officer Antonio Ng bade goodbye to employees of the state-run firm yesterday.
Ng, who had occupied the top CDC position for 18 months, tendered his resignation and went on leave starting last Monday.
In an e-mail to his fellow CDC officials and employees, Ng said, "We had a great ride and a great time together as we tried to create jobs and economic activity for Clark to address poverty in Pampanga and in the country."
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-20 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1804849
[AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes
[SectionName] => Nation
[SectionUrl] => nation
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[ArticleID] => 354820
[Title] => Local authority as a mediating force
[Summary] => It is unfortunate that the role of local authority in the people’s initiative now lodged with the Comelec has been so trivialized. Critics of Charter change, through their powerful media sponsors, claim that the initiative is not the people’s but the government’s because it is being helped by local authority. What better proof, they say, than it is led by ULAP (Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines). This has put local authority in the defensive. Intimidated by a television anchor, an ULAP official said Gov. Aumentado who heads ULAP was helping as a private citizen.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-27 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 134199
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1804784
[AuthorName] => Carmen N. Pedrosa
[SectionName] => Opinion
[SectionUrl] => opinion
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[ArticleID] => 354521
[Title] => ‘Initiative’ petition filed today
[Summary] => Multisectoral organization Sigaw ng Bayan, the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) and the Advocacy Commission (ad-com) will file a petition before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) today to amend the 1987 Constitution through a people’s initiative, which it said would end 60 years of "failed bicameral presidential government."
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-25 00:00:00
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[ArticleID] => 352948
[Title] => Using illegally bought poll computers is a trap
[Summary] =>
LOBBY & PR: Some boys of President Gloria Arroyo seem to have been inveigled into the campaign to have the Commission on Elections use the automatic counting machines bought by the poll body for the 2004 elections under a void, fraudulent contract.
Key sectors that might object to lending legitimacy to the irregular purchase by using the 1,991 machines in the 2007 elections are being wooed assiduously. The lobby and PR (public relations) targets reportedly include Malacañang and the media.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-15 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 135304
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1804858
[AuthorName] => Federico D. Pascual Jr.
[SectionName] => Opinion
[SectionUrl] => opinion
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[ArticleID] => 351118
[Title] => Yes, we must move on
[Summary] =>
Former Senator Ernesto Herrera should have won in the last senatorial elections, but given our present political setup he did not have a hell of a chance against Loi and Jinggoy Estrada, Jamby Madrigal, Panfilo Lacson and the rest of that ilk.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-05 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 134199
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1804784
[AuthorName] => Carmen N. Pedrosa
[SectionName] => Opinion
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[ArticleID] => 350094
[Title] => Time to settle the issue
[Summary] =>
The time has come to settle the debate between those who are for a people’s initiative to propose Charter amendments and those who are against. I would emphasize the word proposal because that is really what a people’s initiative is all about. In other words those who are fighting tooth and nail (Mayors Jejomar Binay and JV Ejercito et al) are against any proposals coming from the people. They are sporting for the wrong fight.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-30 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 134199
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1804784
[AuthorName] => Carmen N. Pedrosa
[SectionName] => Opinion
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[ArticleID] => 346598
[Title] => Constitution allows military to grab power, says Cha-cha advocates
[Summary] => The 1987 Constitution has given disgruntled members of the military the "moral license" to grab power from duly elected officials, advocates of Charter change said yesterday.
An article in the Constitution allows the military to interpret its role as the sole defender and "protector of the people and the State," Advocacy Commission for Charter Change (ad-com) chairman Lito Monico Lorenzana said.
Unless the Charter is rewritten and amended, Lorenzana said soldiers would continue to invoke this right and military adventurism will never stop.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-10 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1097368
[AuthorName] => Mike Frialde
[SectionName] => Headlines
[SectionUrl] => headlines
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[ArticleID] => 346223
[Title] => The bully boy from Makati
[Summary] => If I were a Makati tycoon, I would be worried about Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay and the way he rules the financial capital of the country. He rules as if he were a medieval lord but worse, he gets away with it. He uses the teeming poor in his city as his allies against the rich while making himself fabulously rich. He is not averse to using strong-arm tactics if anyone dares to transgress his power in his fiefdom which houses the country’s banks, luxury hotels, restaurants and the site of the most exclusive villages like the premier Forbes Park.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-08 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 134199
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1804784
[AuthorName] => Carmen N. Pedrosa
[SectionName] => Opinion
[SectionUrl] => opinion
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[ArticleID] => 346022
[Title] => Many other lands revising Charters
[Summary] => Insular Filipinos see domestic events as unique only to the islands. Unnoticed by them, for one, is that many other countries are revising their constitutions to suit changing times. Global Filipinos – 10 million or so overseas workers and emigrants – are not myopic. So they observe charter changes in other lands as similar to the objectives in the Philippines: freer economy, abler government, and greater autonomy.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-07 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 134276
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1805283
[AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc
[SectionName] => Opinion
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[Title] => Why can’t we have a plebiscite?
[Summary] =>
During a fracas at the press conference of Speaker JDV and other congressmen/women in Dusit Hotel, I was surprised when a rather intelligent lady journalist echoed Mr. R. C. Constantino’s claim that he was speaking for the people. Well, yes then, if they claim they are the people and they have the majority, then they should insist on a plebiscite to determine once and for all what the score is.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-23 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 134199
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1804784
[AuthorName] => Carmen N. Pedrosa
[SectionName] => Opinion
[SectionUrl] => opinion
[URL] =>
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[ArticleID] => 358952
[Title] => CDC president bids goodbye
[Summary] => CLARK FIELD, Pampanga — Clark Development Corp. president and chief executive officer Antonio Ng bade goodbye to employees of the state-run firm yesterday.
Ng, who had occupied the top CDC position for 18 months, tendered his resignation and went on leave starting last Monday.
In an e-mail to his fellow CDC officials and employees, Ng said, "We had a great ride and a great time together as we tried to create jobs and economic activity for Clark to address poverty in Pampanga and in the country."
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-20 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1804849
[AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes
[SectionName] => Nation
[SectionUrl] => nation
[URL] =>
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[ArticleID] => 354820
[Title] => Local authority as a mediating force
[Summary] => It is unfortunate that the role of local authority in the people’s initiative now lodged with the Comelec has been so trivialized. Critics of Charter change, through their powerful media sponsors, claim that the initiative is not the people’s but the government’s because it is being helped by local authority. What better proof, they say, than it is led by ULAP (Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines). This has put local authority in the defensive. Intimidated by a television anchor, an ULAP official said Gov. Aumentado who heads ULAP was helping as a private citizen.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-27 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 134199
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1804784
[AuthorName] => Carmen N. Pedrosa
[SectionName] => Opinion
[SectionUrl] => opinion
[URL] =>
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[ArticleID] => 354521
[Title] => ‘Initiative’ petition filed today
[Summary] => Multisectoral organization Sigaw ng Bayan, the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) and the Advocacy Commission (ad-com) will file a petition before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) today to amend the 1987 Constitution through a people’s initiative, which it said would end 60 years of "failed bicameral presidential government."
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-25 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] =>
[AuthorName] =>
[SectionName] => Headlines
[SectionUrl] => headlines
[URL] =>
)
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[ArticleID] => 352948
[Title] => Using illegally bought poll computers is a trap
[Summary] =>
LOBBY & PR: Some boys of President Gloria Arroyo seem to have been inveigled into the campaign to have the Commission on Elections use the automatic counting machines bought by the poll body for the 2004 elections under a void, fraudulent contract.
Key sectors that might object to lending legitimacy to the irregular purchase by using the 1,991 machines in the 2007 elections are being wooed assiduously. The lobby and PR (public relations) targets reportedly include Malacañang and the media.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-15 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 135304
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1804858
[AuthorName] => Federico D. Pascual Jr.
[SectionName] => Opinion
[SectionUrl] => opinion
[URL] =>
)
[5] => Array
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[ArticleID] => 351118
[Title] => Yes, we must move on
[Summary] =>
Former Senator Ernesto Herrera should have won in the last senatorial elections, but given our present political setup he did not have a hell of a chance against Loi and Jinggoy Estrada, Jamby Madrigal, Panfilo Lacson and the rest of that ilk.
[DatePublished] => 2006-08-05 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 134199
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1804784
[AuthorName] => Carmen N. Pedrosa
[SectionName] => Opinion
[SectionUrl] => opinion
[URL] =>
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[ArticleID] => 350094
[Title] => Time to settle the issue
[Summary] =>
The time has come to settle the debate between those who are for a people’s initiative to propose Charter amendments and those who are against. I would emphasize the word proposal because that is really what a people’s initiative is all about. In other words those who are fighting tooth and nail (Mayors Jejomar Binay and JV Ejercito et al) are against any proposals coming from the people. They are sporting for the wrong fight.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-30 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 134199
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1804784
[AuthorName] => Carmen N. Pedrosa
[SectionName] => Opinion
[SectionUrl] => opinion
[URL] =>
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[ArticleID] => 346598
[Title] => Constitution allows military to grab power, says Cha-cha advocates
[Summary] => The 1987 Constitution has given disgruntled members of the military the "moral license" to grab power from duly elected officials, advocates of Charter change said yesterday.
An article in the Constitution allows the military to interpret its role as the sole defender and "protector of the people and the State," Advocacy Commission for Charter Change (ad-com) chairman Lito Monico Lorenzana said.
Unless the Charter is rewritten and amended, Lorenzana said soldiers would continue to invoke this right and military adventurism will never stop.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-10 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1097368
[AuthorName] => Mike Frialde
[SectionName] => Headlines
[SectionUrl] => headlines
[URL] =>
)
[8] => Array
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[ArticleID] => 346223
[Title] => The bully boy from Makati
[Summary] => If I were a Makati tycoon, I would be worried about Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay and the way he rules the financial capital of the country. He rules as if he were a medieval lord but worse, he gets away with it. He uses the teeming poor in his city as his allies against the rich while making himself fabulously rich. He is not averse to using strong-arm tactics if anyone dares to transgress his power in his fiefdom which houses the country’s banks, luxury hotels, restaurants and the site of the most exclusive villages like the premier Forbes Park.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-08 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 134199
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1804784
[AuthorName] => Carmen N. Pedrosa
[SectionName] => Opinion
[SectionUrl] => opinion
[URL] =>
)
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[ArticleID] => 346022
[Title] => Many other lands revising Charters
[Summary] => Insular Filipinos see domestic events as unique only to the islands. Unnoticed by them, for one, is that many other countries are revising their constitutions to suit changing times. Global Filipinos – 10 million or so overseas workers and emigrants – are not myopic. So they observe charter changes in other lands as similar to the objectives in the Philippines: freer economy, abler government, and greater autonomy.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-07 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 134276
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1805283
[AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc
[SectionName] => Opinion
[SectionUrl] => opinion
[URL] =>
)
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