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I was alone when I voted last Monday because my family did not want to go out and vote.

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I was in Manila this week to attend The Philippine STAR’s 23rd anniversary dinner and last Wednesday for the thanksgiving dinner hosted by National Cinema Association of the Philippines (NCAP) because finally Congress approved Republic Act. No. 9640 reducing the Amusement Taxes for Cinemas and Theaters from a high of 30% of gross down to only 10% of gross in ticket sales.

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Will someone tell Tita Cory to shut up? She’s sounding like a broken record demanding Pres. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (GMA) to resign, so that perhaps she and her unlikely pal, deposed Pres. Joseph “Erap” Estrada can be part of their proposed “caretaker” government. We know too well that Tita Cory and her motley bunch of political has-beens tried to restart another EDSA Revolt last Monday, but they failed miserably.

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                    [Title] => Fix the Barangay then we can fix our nation
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I was alone when I voted last Monday because my family did not want to go out and vote.

[DatePublished] => 2010-10-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 491404 [Title] => Congress approves reduced amusement taxes [Summary] =>

I was in Manila this week to attend The Philippine STAR’s 23rd anniversary dinner and last Wednesday for the thanksgiving dinner hosted by National Cinema Association of the Philippines (NCAP) because finally Congress approved Republic Act. No. 9640 reducing the Amusement Taxes for Cinemas and Theaters from a high of 30% of gross down to only 10% of gross in ticket sales.

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Will someone tell Tita Cory to shut up? She’s sounding like a broken record demanding Pres. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (GMA) to resign, so that perhaps she and her unlikely pal, deposed Pres. Joseph “Erap” Estrada can be part of their proposed “caretaker” government. We know too well that Tita Cory and her motley bunch of political has-beens tried to restart another EDSA Revolt last Monday, but they failed miserably.

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