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As in the campaign, the opposition still isn’t speaking with one voice. Rival opposition candidates Fernando Poe Jr. and Panfilo Lacson remain hopelessly divided. One stalwart of Poe’s Koalisyon ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino said the actor no longer appeared interested in filing an election protest with the Presidential Electoral Tribunal. On the other hand, another KNP stalwart says Poe is still considering filing a protest.
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                    [Title] => Winners & losers alike must heed the message
                    [Summary] => HOMETOWN PRECINCT: It seems the more exciting things always happen to other people. But seeing what some voters had to go through just to participate in yesterday’s elections, most of us should consider ourselves lucky.


Most of us did not have to waste hours waiting for the opening of precincts whose paraphernalia arrived late, or to jostle with sweaty crowds scanning list after list to locate our names and precincts, or to get shot on the way to performing a patriotic duty.


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                    [AuthorName] => Federico D. Pascual Jr.
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                    [Title] => Poe-Lacson meeting still uncertain
                    [Summary] => LIBMANAN, Camarines Sur – Any unification talks between presidential candidates Fernando Poe Jr. and Panfilo Lacson would depend on the campaign schedule of the standard-bearer of the Koalisyon ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino (KNP).


Speaking at the residence of supporter Mat Soriano here, Poe said he has yet to finalize his appointments next week before he could confirm a meeting with Lacson on Monday.


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                    [Title] => ‘Raul Roco’ returns
                    [Summary] => Back so soon and looking hale and hearty?


The arrival of a "presidential candidate" wearing a red polo shirt with white printed flowers caused a stir yesterday at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).


Airport personnel and Filipino passengers rushed to get a closer look at the candidate who was shaking hands with everyone.


It was not Raul Roco back from Houston in his trademark floral shirts though, rather comedian and presidential impersonator Willie Nepomuceno imitating the candidate to the amusement of everyone.


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                    [Title] => Peso closes at 3-mo high of 55.62: $1
                    [Summary] => The peso closed at its strongest level in nearly three months yesterday,  buoyed largely by strong  dollar inflows from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs)...
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                    [Title] => Erap wins, whether it’s Poe or Lacson
                    [Summary] => Barring any missed calls, Fernando Poe Jr. and Panfilo Lacson will meet today at the rest house of deposed president Joseph Estrada. The tete-a-tete is significant for its impact and implications. This would be their last chance to attempt to unite their opposition forces against Gloria Arroyo’s snowballing campaign for a full presidential term. Should one of them agree to slide off the race, their combined strength can thwart Arroyo’s bid. More than that, their main backers’ long-cherished aims for political and economic comeback would be achieved.


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                    [Title] => Crunching out poll numbers
                    [Summary] => Any election is a numbers game. Decisions on whether to repeatedly stump a province, which station to place political ads, and what campaign line to use are all aimed at vote margins. Polls pinpoint where candidates numerically stand at certain stages of the campaign. A third of party funds are reserved for the canvassing to protect – or manufacture – leads. 


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                    [Title] => Futile
                    [Summary] => For the life of me, I could not understand why Fernando Poe Jr. and Panfilo Lacson inflict these so-called "unity talks" on themselves.


It seems that each time they try to meet, blood is drawn. This is a ritual of self-laceration, a pointless ceremony of masochism.


When they did manage to meet, after much painful effort, both parties gave contradictory versions of what transpired. When the meetings fall through, such as the one scheduled for last Tuesday, they blame each other. Their respective pages trade barbs. 


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                    [Title] => KNP still hopeful on opposition unity
                    [Summary] => An alliance between Fernando Poe Jr. and Panfilo Lacson could still be sealed even after the latter had shut out unification talks with the standard-bearer of the Koalisyon ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino (KNP).


Poe told reporters yesterday his communication lines with Lacson remained open for them to discuss unifying the opposition before the May 10 presidential elections.


"It’s still open," Poe said in an interview after the launching of the Kilos para sa Bagong Umaga movement at the University of the Philippines in Quezon City.


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                    [Title] => Philippine pre-poll wars risk alienating investors
                    [Summary] => Seasoned investors expect a fair degree of volatility from the Philippines, but paralyzing political infighting before next May’s election threatens to push the country off the radar of acceptable risk. 


The peso steadied yesterday after being pounded to its lowest close on record the previous day. But it still stands close to its all-time low of 55.75 to $1, making it harder for the government to pay ever-mounting debt and ramping up an already costly oil import bill. 


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FERNANDO POE JR. AND PANFILO LACSON

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Most of us did not have to waste hours waiting for the opening of precincts whose paraphernalia arrived late, or to jostle with sweaty crowds scanning list after list to locate our names and precincts, or to get shot on the way to performing a patriotic duty.


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Airport personnel and Filipino passengers rushed to get a closer look at the candidate who was shaking hands with everyone.


It was not Raul Roco back from Houston in his trademark floral shirts though, rather comedian and presidential impersonator Willie Nepomuceno imitating the candidate to the amusement of everyone.


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It seems that each time they try to meet, blood is drawn. This is a ritual of self-laceration, a pointless ceremony of masochism.


When they did manage to meet, after much painful effort, both parties gave contradictory versions of what transpired. When the meetings fall through, such as the one scheduled for last Tuesday, they blame each other. Their respective pages trade barbs. 


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Poe told reporters yesterday his communication lines with Lacson remained open for them to discuss unifying the opposition before the May 10 presidential elections.


"It’s still open," Poe said in an interview after the launching of the Kilos para sa Bagong Umaga movement at the University of the Philippines in Quezon City.


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                    [Title] => Philippine pre-poll wars risk alienating investors
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