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When asked who my candidate for president is, I answer without any hesitation – Rodrigo Duterte.

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Like everyone else this column is against term extension for President Aquino. And more. He should be removed now because of his wayward and unpredictable reactions to crisis that can be disastrous for the country.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134199 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804784 [AuthorName] => Carmen N. Pedrosa [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 288961 [Title] => Democracy and federalism [Summary] => Democracy is a word often bandied around but hardly understood. This is true not only here but also in more sophisticated countries. With the debate on charter change heating up, it is worthwhile to examine the meaning of the word we are fighting about because it has been so misused. Some use it to describe public massing even if we know that the crowds were gathered by ‘hakot’. We also use it to describe the election of popular actors and broadcasters no matter why and how they were chosen by the ‘people’ as ‘democratic’. [DatePublished] => 2005-07-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134199 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804784 [AuthorName] => Carmen N. Pedrosa [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 216263 [Title] => SNC-Lavalin to invest $1B in LRT project [Summary] => Canada-based SNC-Lavalin will invest more than $1 billion in the Philippines to help the government finance the expansion of the Light Railway Transit (LRT) system in Metro Manila.

This was revealed yesterday by Filipino-born Canadian Secretary of State Dr. Rey Pagtakhan during a press briefing in Malacañang following his courtesy call on President Arroyo.

Pagtakhan said the project, which was approved in principle by the President a year ago, would give a strong signal to the world that the Philippines is a safe country to invest in.
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DR. REY PAGTAKHAN
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When asked who my candidate for president is, I answer without any hesitation – Rodrigo Duterte.

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Like everyone else this column is against term extension for President Aquino. And more. He should be removed now because of his wayward and unpredictable reactions to crisis that can be disastrous for the country.

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This was revealed yesterday by Filipino-born Canadian Secretary of State Dr. Rey Pagtakhan during a press briefing in Malacañang following his courtesy call on President Arroyo.

Pagtakhan said the project, which was approved in principle by the President a year ago, would give a strong signal to the world that the Philippines is a safe country to invest in.
[DatePublished] => 2003-08-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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