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                    [Title] => Old wine in old bottles - Why And Why Not
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The opposition Lakas-NUCD Party, not too long ago the pariah of pariahs, is on
a high roll these days.

Proof of the pudding was that last week, former President Fidel Ramos, Mr.
Lakas himself, came home from one of his foreign speaking engagements much like
a conquering hero. A belated birthday party awaited him at his Makati
headquarters and there was heady talk of a return to power much sooner than
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                    [Title] => Erap and Gloria - Why And Why Not
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They're the oddest couple of Philippine politics. Coming from two different
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it out and gone separate ways a long time ago. But they're still together after
21 long months of official bliss, still with no sign of impending break in the
horizon.

Of course, the BW insider-trading scandal and the Philippine Charity
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Vice President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo sticks out like the sorest of sore
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Gone are the days when she could play footsie with President Estrada, keep her
Lakas-NUCD handlers at bay and glibly mumble that mantra about 2004 being too
far into the future to worry about. She could have her political cake and eat
it, too, avoiding every tricky shoal or unpleasant experience on her
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                    [Title] => Erap's pawn or Dadong's daughter? - Why And Why Not
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Perhaps President Estrada just got carried away last Saturday when he said he
was thinking of "anointing" Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as his successor in 2004.
Or this could have been nothing less than a calculated indiscretion to stir up
trouble between the playing-safe Vice President and her antsy partymates in the
Lakas-NUCD coalition; perhaps also among Estrada's restive allies in the LAMP
organization he is said to disdain.

His exact motives apart, the President appears to be resorting to the old
reliable method of poking at some other hornet's nest in order to shift
merciless
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Proof of the pudding was that last week, former President Fidel Ramos, Mr.
Lakas himself, came home from one of his foreign speaking engagements much like
a conquering hero. A belated birthday party awaited him at his Makati
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it out and gone separate ways a long time ago. But they're still together after
21 long months of official bliss, still with no sign of impending break in the
horizon.

Of course, the BW insider-trading scandal and the Philippine Charity
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Gone are the days when she could play footsie with President Estrada, keep her
Lakas-NUCD handlers at bay and glibly mumble that mantra about 2004 being too
far into the future to worry about. She could have her political cake and eat
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Or this could have been nothing less than a calculated indiscretion to stir up
trouble between the playing-safe Vice President and her antsy partymates in the
Lakas-NUCD coalition; perhaps also among Estrada's restive allies in the LAMP
organization he is said to disdain.

His exact motives apart, the President appears to be resorting to the old
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merciless
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Ramos rides again - WHY AND WHY NOT by Nelson A. Navarro

October 4, 2000 - 12:00am

Fidel Ramos, you could always tell, never wanted to leave Malacañang. From Day One of his presidency in June 1992, it was evident that he thought of the Cory Constitution’s provision for a one-term presidency...

Opinion

Old wine in old bottles - Why And Why Not

By Nelson A. navarro | April 3, 2000 - 12:00am

The opposition Lakas-NUCD Party, not too long ago the pariah of pariahs, is on a high roll these days. Proof of the pudding was that last week, former President Fidel Ramos, Mr. Lakas himself, came home from...

Opinion

Erap and Gloria - Why And Why Not

By Nelson A. navarro | March 27, 2000 - 12:00am

They're the oddest couple of Philippine politics. Coming from two different worlds and so obviously dancing to different music, they ought to have slugged it out and gone separate ways a long time ago. But they're...

Opinion

The sorest thumb of all - Why and Why not

By Nelson A. navarro | March 22, 2000 - 12:00am

Vice President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo sticks out like the sorest of sore thumbs in the nation as the Estrada presidency sinks ever deeper into the mire. Gone are the days when she could play footsie with President...

Opinion

Erap's pawn or Dadong's daughter? - Why And Why Not

By Nelson A. navarro | February 21, 2000 - 12:00am

Perhaps President Estrada just got carried away last Saturday when he said he was thinking of "anointing" Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as his successor in 2004. Or this could have been nothing less than a calculated...

Opinion