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Patriotic Filipinos who truly care for their country, especially the Justices of the Supreme Court, should not take that “moot and academic” attitude towards Presidential Proclamation (PP) 1959 (imposing martial law in Maguindanao) despite its termination last Saturday.

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The growing clamor for Senator Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III to pick up the mantle of leadership from his mother, the late beloved icon of democracy, Cory C. Aquino, is owed largely to Filipino loss of trust in their present crop of leaders.

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Chair Wrecker readers may have gotten the impression that this writer cannot say anything favorable about Madame Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (GMA).

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“Cory is God’s gift to the Filipino people” was how the late Jaime Cardinal Sin described former president Cory C. Aquino when we met with him in his Palace while forming the COPA (Council on Philippine Affairs) in 1998.

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They have been partying late into the night — too engrossed with the lifestyle of the rich and infamous that they have been enjoying since taking to the beach.

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The merger of the Lakas-CMD and Kampi parties last Thursday can be considered a union of Harlots.

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Patriotic Filipinos who truly care for their country, especially the Justices of the Supreme Court, should not take that “moot and academic” attitude towards Presidential Proclamation (PP) 1959 (imposing martial law in Maguindanao) despite its termination last Saturday.

[DatePublished] => 2009-12-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133540 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1790869 [AuthorName] => William M. Esposo [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 496666 [Title] => Rep. Suarez as face saver, Jamby as president and Erap as Ninoy [Summary] =>

The growing clamor for Senator Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III to pick up the mantle of leadership from his mother, the late beloved icon of democracy, Cory C. Aquino, is owed largely to Filipino loss of trust in their present crop of leaders.

[DatePublished] => 2009-08-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133540 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1790869 [AuthorName] => William M. Esposo [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 493132 [Title] => After mourning for Cory, it's sympathies for Gloria [Summary] =>

Chair Wrecker readers may have gotten the impression that this writer cannot say anything favorable about Madame Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (GMA).

[DatePublished] => 2009-08-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133540 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1790869 [AuthorName] => William M. Esposo [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 492006 [Title] => Cory is God's gift to the Filipino people [Summary] =>

“Cory is God’s gift to the Filipino people” was how the late Jaime Cardinal Sin described former president Cory C. Aquino when we met with him in his Palace while forming the COPA (Council on Philippine Affairs) in 1998.

[DatePublished] => 2009-08-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133540 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1790869 [AuthorName] => William M. Esposo [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 479302 [Title] => The beach revelers who don't see the mega tidal wave about to hit them [Summary] =>

They have been partying late into the night — too engrossed with the lifestyle of the rich and infamous that they have been enjoying since taking to the beach.

[DatePublished] => 2009-06-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133540 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1790869 [AuthorName] => William M. Esposo [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 474031 [Title] => Resources can't compensate for political and moral bankruptcy [Summary] =>

The merger of the Lakas-CMD and Kampi parties last Thursday can be considered a union of Harlots.

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