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                    [Title] => GMA, FVR, Simbahan nagsabwatan: Pinagkaisahan ako! — Erap
                    [Summary] => Inakusahan kahapon ni dating Pangulong Joseph Estrada sina Pangulong Arroyo, dating Pangulong Fidel Ramos, ang Simbahan at business groups na diumano’y nagsabwatan para mapatalsik siya sa Malacañang noong 2001.

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                    [Title] => Erap: I was too confident
                    [Summary] => Deposed President Joseph Estrada confirmed yesterday that he had advance warning from confessed US spy Leandro Aragoncillo as early as December 2000 that his then Vice President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was plotting to oust him, but he was confident that they would fail.


"That’s true. But I did not give it weight. I was confident that EDSA II would not happen," Estrada told The STAR in a telephone interview, referring to the military-backed popular uprising that toppled him in January 2001.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 266691 [Title] => Ex-DFA chief named Arroyo adviser [Summary] => President Arroyo has appointed former foreign affairs secretary Delia Albert as her presidential adviser for multilateral cooperative development.

Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita told The STAR yesterday that the details of the assignment, which would catapult Albert back into the inner circles of the Arroyo administration, are still being worked out.

But the career diplomat is expected to put her long experience in the service to handle matters related to the grants the country would receive from multilateral institutions and donor countries.
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[DatePublished] => 2004-10-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 265726 [Title] => Nene warns against whitewash in military corruption probe [Summary] => A "whitewash" of the corruption charges against top officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines could trigger restiveness among the rank and file of the AFP and lead to another Oakwood mutiny, Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr warned yesterday.

In a statement, Pimentel cited the case of former AFP comptroller Maj. Gen. Carlos Garcia, who was suspended from the service after the Ombudsman accused him of amassing millions of pesos in ill-gotten wealth.
[DatePublished] => 2004-10-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097133 [AuthorName] => Jose Rodel Clapano [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 264939 [Title] => MECO chief suspended over P3-M Kevlar helmet purchase [Summary] => The former commandant of the Philippine Marines, who is now the head of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) in Taiwan, and seven other people have been suspended by the Sandiganbayan over the alleged anomalous procurement of P3.8 million worth of imported helmets.

Ordered suspended for three months were Marine and Navy officials led by Lt. Gen. Edgardo Espinosa; Colonels Natalio Torreno and Innocencio Artajos; Majors Luciardo Obena, Godofredo Tabila and Edmund Yurong, and Commander Eduardo Loyola. Also suspended was a civilian, Iluminada Flores.
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For 2002, the budget of the country’s unofficial embassy to Taiwan is pegged at P100 million, 90% of which will come from the issuance of visas. In the past year, the cost of getting a visa has been reduced from P1,500 to P1,200. For groups, the cost is lower at P1,000.
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Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Lauro Baja said yesterday China objected to the designation of military attaches in MECO because the office is not an embassy.
[DatePublished] => 2001-12-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 133484 [Title] => Espinosa, 17 others charged for buying ‘subst [Summary] => The Ombudsman filed yesterday before the Sandiganbayan charges of graft and corruption and malversation through falsification of public documents against Lt. Gen. Edgardo Espinosa and 17 others for the alleged illegal procurement of P3.8-million substandard Kevlar helmets in 1998.

Ombudsman Aniano Desierto told a news briefing the officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) conspired with civilians to defraud the government.
[DatePublished] => 2001-09-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 90185 [Title] => Espinosa retires, gets MECO post [Summary] => Controversial Marine Lt. Gen. Edgardo Espinosa has quietly packed up and vacated his seat at the Joint Command and Staff College (JCSC) at Camp Aguinaldo preparatory to taking over as head of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) in Taiwan.

Espinosa was originally due to retire in August but was forced into early retirement by controversies, including alleged overpricing of helmets for the elite Marine Corps.
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                    [Title] => Erap: I was too confident
                    [Summary] => Deposed President Joseph Estrada confirmed yesterday that he had advance warning from confessed US spy Leandro Aragoncillo as early as December 2000 that his then Vice President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was plotting to oust him, but he was confident that they would fail.


"That’s true. But I did not give it weight. I was confident that EDSA II would not happen," Estrada told The STAR in a telephone interview, referring to the military-backed popular uprising that toppled him in January 2001.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 266691 [Title] => Ex-DFA chief named Arroyo adviser [Summary] => President Arroyo has appointed former foreign affairs secretary Delia Albert as her presidential adviser for multilateral cooperative development.

Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita told The STAR yesterday that the details of the assignment, which would catapult Albert back into the inner circles of the Arroyo administration, are still being worked out.

But the career diplomat is expected to put her long experience in the service to handle matters related to the grants the country would receive from multilateral institutions and donor countries.
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[DatePublished] => 2004-10-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 265726 [Title] => Nene warns against whitewash in military corruption probe [Summary] => A "whitewash" of the corruption charges against top officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines could trigger restiveness among the rank and file of the AFP and lead to another Oakwood mutiny, Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr warned yesterday.

In a statement, Pimentel cited the case of former AFP comptroller Maj. Gen. Carlos Garcia, who was suspended from the service after the Ombudsman accused him of amassing millions of pesos in ill-gotten wealth.
[DatePublished] => 2004-10-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097133 [AuthorName] => Jose Rodel Clapano [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 264939 [Title] => MECO chief suspended over P3-M Kevlar helmet purchase [Summary] => The former commandant of the Philippine Marines, who is now the head of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) in Taiwan, and seven other people have been suspended by the Sandiganbayan over the alleged anomalous procurement of P3.8 million worth of imported helmets.

Ordered suspended for three months were Marine and Navy officials led by Lt. Gen. Edgardo Espinosa; Colonels Natalio Torreno and Innocencio Artajos; Majors Luciardo Obena, Godofredo Tabila and Edmund Yurong, and Commander Eduardo Loyola. Also suspended was a civilian, Iluminada Flores.
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For 2002, the budget of the country’s unofficial embassy to Taiwan is pegged at P100 million, 90% of which will come from the issuance of visas. In the past year, the cost of getting a visa has been reduced from P1,500 to P1,200. For groups, the cost is lower at P1,000.
[DatePublished] => 2002-01-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488513 [AuthorName] => Margaret Jao-Grey  [SectionName] => Business As Usual [SectionUrl] => business-as-usual [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 143222 [Title] => China objects to Taiwan posting of military men [Summary] => Short of diplomatic protest, the Chinese Embassy in Manila has called the attention of the Philippine government on the designation of three military attaches in Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) in Taiwan saying it is a violation of the One China Policy.

Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Lauro Baja said yesterday China objected to the designation of military attaches in MECO because the office is not an embassy.
[DatePublished] => 2001-12-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 133484 [Title] => Espinosa, 17 others charged for buying ‘subst [Summary] => The Ombudsman filed yesterday before the Sandiganbayan charges of graft and corruption and malversation through falsification of public documents against Lt. Gen. Edgardo Espinosa and 17 others for the alleged illegal procurement of P3.8-million substandard Kevlar helmets in 1998.

Ombudsman Aniano Desierto told a news briefing the officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) conspired with civilians to defraud the government.
[DatePublished] => 2001-09-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096652 [AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 90185 [Title] => Espinosa retires, gets MECO post [Summary] => Controversial Marine Lt. Gen. Edgardo Espinosa has quietly packed up and vacated his seat at the Joint Command and Staff College (JCSC) at Camp Aguinaldo preparatory to taking over as head of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) in Taiwan.

Espinosa was originally due to retire in August but was forced into early retirement by controversies, including alleged overpricing of helmets for the elite Marine Corps.
[DatePublished] => 2001-03-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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