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Si Drilon sa pakighinabi sa mga sakop sa media nagkanayon nga dili personalay ang pagbuwagsa Liberal Party sa kampo ni Arroyo kundili gumikan kini sa nakita sa ilang grupo nga nawad-an na og salig ang kadaghanan sa pangulo gumikan sa kapakyas niini nga mapatuman ang gipangitang reporma.


Ang maong gihulagway nga repormang gipangita matud pa ni Drilon mao untay makapahaw-as kang Arroyo sa gikahimutangan niini.


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Ang maong gihulagway nga repormang gipangita matud pa ni Drilon mao untay makapahaw-as kang Arroyo sa gikahimutangan niini.


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True prosperity

By A LAW EACH DAY (KEEPS TROUBLE AWAY) | By Jose C. Sison | January 4, 2008 - 12:00am

Opinion

Farce

By A LAW EACH DAY (KEEPS TROUBLE AWAY) | By Jose C. Sison | March 19, 2007 - 12:00am

Even without official government admission, almost all Filipinos already know and even experienced corruption in government. This pernicious and perennial problem of every administration has been with us...

Opinion

Extreme bias

By A LAW EACH DAY (KEEPS TROUBLE AWAY) | By Jose C. Sison | January 29, 2007 - 12:00am

A preliminary investigation is suppose to "secure the innocent against hasty, malicious and oppressive prosecution and to protect him from an open and public accusation of crime, the trouble, expense...

Opinion

Immaterial

By A LAW EACH DAY (KEEPS TROUBLE AWAY) | By Jose C. Sison | July 21, 2006 - 12:00am

In challenging the authority of the Ombudsman to investigate them for possible criminal prosecution, the Comelec Chairman and Commissioners cite the case of Lecaroz vs. Sandiganbayan (L-56384). Their...

Opinion

Drilon di makig-uli ni Glo

By Edwin Ian Melecio | August 2, 2005 - 12:00am

Dili gyud makig-uliay sa buot si Senate President Franklin Drilon kang Presidente Gloria Arroyo kun dili kini makapakitag repormang gipangita sa mga tawo. Si Drilon sa pakighinabi sa mga sakop sa media nagkanayon...

Banat Balita