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                    [Title] => And now what?
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The fall of the stock market and weakening of the peso should give the Aquino administration, still giddy from the country’s investment grade and strong growth figures, a reality check.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133252 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1807094 [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 805800 [Title] => Conundrum [Summary] =>

Call it the Greek Conundrum. Or, perhaps, the Gordian Knot.

[DatePublished] => 2012-05-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134157 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804783 [AuthorName] => Alex Magno [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 798130 [Title] => Scarborough [Summary] =>

Trust Beijing to seize upon every minor incident to nail down its foreign policy position.

[DatePublished] => 2012-04-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134157 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804783 [AuthorName] => Alex Magno [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 601005 [Title] => Options [Summary] =>

The “bombshells” that were supposed to be unleashed during President Aquino’s maiden State of the Nation Address all turned out to be policy issues that require a statement of direction from the new administration.

[DatePublished] => 2010-08-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134157 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804783 [AuthorName] => Alex Magno [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 600179 [Title] => Rice [Summary] =>

I’m happy Lito Banayo did not yield to the demand of leftist agitators who think government’s role is to give away free lunches to anyone who claims entitled to them.

[DatePublished] => 2010-08-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134157 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804783 [AuthorName] => Alex Magno [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 364841 [Title] => Officious meddlers [Summary] => They’re coming out of the woodwork, all these suddenly sanctimonious government officials presuming to lecture the Supreme Court on the "importance" of the people’s initiative case now before our Honorable Justices.
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134872 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1532162 [AuthorName] => MY VIEWPOINT By ricardo V. Puno Jr. [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 330434 [Title] => Cooptition [Summary] => It is not quite true that Meralco has yielded to the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) by allowing consumers who use at least 1 megawatt of power each month to choose its supplier from among the power generation plants.

Therefore it is not quite true that consumers stand to significantly benefit from lower power costs because of this.
[DatePublished] => 2006-04-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134157 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804783 [AuthorName] => Alex Magno [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 277217 [Title] => Cold comfort [Summary] => The markets did not exactly cheer the outcome of the protracted bicameral committee session deliberating the VAT measure.

The stock market deflated, responding mainly to news about the diminishing exports. The currency weakened, a foretaste of how the unseemly compromise on the revenue measure inspires investor interest in our economy.

No one could say we were surprised by the outcome of the bicameral committee session. It was the sort of legislative contortion widely expected to happen.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134157 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804783 [AuthorName] => Alex Magno [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 263243 [Title] => The FPJ challenge [Summary] => The President and her party are by now in Beijing, having dropped by Guangzhou (Canton) to get a briefing on the SARS problem.

It’s interesting to note whom she’s meeting.
[DatePublished] => 2004-09-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133172 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1510184 [AuthorName] => Max V. Soliven [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 185864 [Title] => ‘GMA assured of military protection’ [Summary] => New Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief Lt. Gen. Dionisio Santiago quashed persistent rumors of a coup as he assured President Arroyo yesterday of full military protection to enable her to attain her objective of building a "strong Republic."

Santiago, a member of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA)’s Class ’70, made the assurance during turnover ceremonies at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [ArticleID] => 958253
                    [Title] => And now what?
                    [Summary] => 

The fall of the stock market and weakening of the peso should give the Aquino administration, still giddy from the country’s investment grade and strong growth figures, a reality check.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133252 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1807094 [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 805800 [Title] => Conundrum [Summary] =>

Call it the Greek Conundrum. Or, perhaps, the Gordian Knot.

[DatePublished] => 2012-05-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134157 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804783 [AuthorName] => Alex Magno [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 798130 [Title] => Scarborough [Summary] =>

Trust Beijing to seize upon every minor incident to nail down its foreign policy position.

[DatePublished] => 2012-04-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134157 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804783 [AuthorName] => Alex Magno [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 601005 [Title] => Options [Summary] =>

The “bombshells” that were supposed to be unleashed during President Aquino’s maiden State of the Nation Address all turned out to be policy issues that require a statement of direction from the new administration.

[DatePublished] => 2010-08-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134157 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804783 [AuthorName] => Alex Magno [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 600179 [Title] => Rice [Summary] =>

I’m happy Lito Banayo did not yield to the demand of leftist agitators who think government’s role is to give away free lunches to anyone who claims entitled to them.

[DatePublished] => 2010-08-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134157 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804783 [AuthorName] => Alex Magno [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 364841 [Title] => Officious meddlers [Summary] => They’re coming out of the woodwork, all these suddenly sanctimonious government officials presuming to lecture the Supreme Court on the "importance" of the people’s initiative case now before our Honorable Justices.
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134872 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1532162 [AuthorName] => MY VIEWPOINT By ricardo V. Puno Jr. [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 330434 [Title] => Cooptition [Summary] => It is not quite true that Meralco has yielded to the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) by allowing consumers who use at least 1 megawatt of power each month to choose its supplier from among the power generation plants.

Therefore it is not quite true that consumers stand to significantly benefit from lower power costs because of this.
[DatePublished] => 2006-04-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134157 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804783 [AuthorName] => Alex Magno [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 277217 [Title] => Cold comfort [Summary] => The markets did not exactly cheer the outcome of the protracted bicameral committee session deliberating the VAT measure.

The stock market deflated, responding mainly to news about the diminishing exports. The currency weakened, a foretaste of how the unseemly compromise on the revenue measure inspires investor interest in our economy.

No one could say we were surprised by the outcome of the bicameral committee session. It was the sort of legislative contortion widely expected to happen.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134157 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804783 [AuthorName] => Alex Magno [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 263243 [Title] => The FPJ challenge [Summary] => The President and her party are by now in Beijing, having dropped by Guangzhou (Canton) to get a briefing on the SARS problem.

It’s interesting to note whom she’s meeting.
[DatePublished] => 2004-09-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133172 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1510184 [AuthorName] => Max V. Soliven [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 185864 [Title] => ‘GMA assured of military protection’ [Summary] => New Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief Lt. Gen. Dionisio Santiago quashed persistent rumors of a coup as he assured President Arroyo yesterday of full military protection to enable her to attain her objective of building a "strong Republic."

Santiago, a member of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA)’s Class ’70, made the assurance during turnover ceremonies at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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