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                    [Title] => Opposition succeeded in tainting GMA victory, Joker says
                    [Summary] => Sen. Joker Arroyo said yesterday the political opposition  succeeded in tainting the victory of President Arroyo in the May 10 presidential election.


Arroyo, a member of the Senate-House joint committee canvassing the votes for president and vice president, said he believes that Mrs. Arroyo won in an election that was "on balance, on the whole, fair, except for some anomalies here and there."
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 249967 [Title] => Estrada rejects Arroyo’s call for unity [Summary] => Jailed former President Joseph Estrada echoed yesterday calls from the political opposition for street protests to denounce alleged cheating in the just concluded elections.

Estrada accused Mrs. Arroyo of cheating and manipulating election surveys that showed she was leading over Poe, the opposition standard-bearer.

"They stole the seat from me, now they’re stealing the victory from FPJ," Estrada told reporters by phone from his detention cell, referring to Poe’s initials.
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 246760 [Title] => Abalos: A narrow win of just over 1 M votes for either GMA, FPJ [Summary] => The Commission on Elections (Comelec) predicted yesterday that either President Arroyo or actor Fernando Poe Jr. will win by a margin of no more than a million votes.

Comelec Chairman Benjamin Abalos expects a 75-percent voter turnout in the May 10 polls, possibly the highest turnout in recent years.

"We are aiming for at least 75 percent. That would be an improvement of about three or five percent," he said.

Abalos made the prediction over the weekend although the Comelec has yet to give a definite estimate on the number of registered voters.
[DatePublished] => 2004-04-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1413632 [AuthorName] => Jose Aravilla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 245524 [Title] => GMA to get slight poll lead if Roco withdraws [Summary] => President Arroyo would have a slim lead over Fernando Poe Jr. in the May presidential election if Raul Roco withdraws from the race, according to an independent opinion poll.

However, Mrs. Arroyo would remain statistically tied with the opposition front-runner.

But if Sen. Panfilo Lacson pulls out, Poe will regain his commanding lead over Mrs. Arroyo, the poll showed.

Roco and Lacson are consistently far behind Mrs. Arroyo and Poe in opinion polls. Christian preacher Eddie Villanueva barely has voter support.
[DatePublished] => 2004-04-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 244155 [Title] => If Ronnie had met Gloria... [Summary] => A cordial greeting wouldn’t have hurt.

Opposition front-runner Fernando Poe Jr. said he would’ve said "hi" to President Arroyo, his main rival in the May elections, if they had bumped into each other in Cebu City yesterday.

Mrs. Arroyo and Poe both had a campaign stop in Cebu, the first time their campaign sorties met on the road.

The press were expecting the two to meet by chance after it was initially reported that they would be billeted in the same hotel.
[DatePublished] => 2004-03-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1620721 [AuthorName] => Nikko Dizon [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 243269 [Title] => Roco casts doubts on rivals’ qualifications [Summary] => Saying he is the best choice for president, Alyansa ng Pag-asa standard-bearer Raul Roco described President Arroyo as a "bad experience," actor Fernando Poe Jr. as someone with "no experience" while Sen. Panfilo Lacson has "limited experience."

Roco, during an interview on the television show "Debate" aired over GMA-7 Thursday night, said Mrs. Arroyo is a "bad experience" the country can ill afford to have for the next six years.
[DatePublished] => 2004-03-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 242388 [Title] => Pinoy seafarers start voting for May polls [Summary] => Filipino seafarers throughout the world began voting yesterday for the May elections, among about 360,000 citizens overseas casting absentee ballots for the first time in the hotly contested race between incumbent President Arroyo and movie star Fernando Poe Jr.

Commission on Elections (Comelec) spokesman Ferdinand Rafanan said about 2,300 Filipinos registered as sailors or other shipbound workers have until May 10 to vote at more than 70 Filipino embassies and consulates. They can also mail ballots in Britain, Japan and Canada.
[DatePublished] => 2004-03-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 241890 [Title] => Bro. Eddie rejects coalition with Roco [Summary] => Presidential aspirant Raul Roco kept the door open yesterday for rival candidates President Arroyo and actor Fernando Poe Jr. to join a "coalition government" that he plans to put up to curb corruption and incompetence in the government.

Asked how Mrs. Arroyo and Poe will fit in the unified government, Roco said: "If the shoe fits, let her walk away with it… It’s just like Cinderella, whoever fits in the shoes, it’s hers."
[DatePublished] => 2004-03-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 241772 [Title] => GMA warns voters: Learn from the past [Summary] => President Arroyo warned that the Philippines could become the laughingstock of the world if voters fail to learn from the mistakes of the past.

The President made the statement during a radio interview when she was asked what will happen to the country if she doesn’t win in the elections this May.

"If we will not learn our lesson from the past, we will become the laughingstock of the world," she said.
[DatePublished] => 2004-03-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500820 [AuthorName] => Marvin Sy [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 241211 [Title] => GMA elated by SWS survey [Summary] => Exuding newfound confidence following her improved poll ratings, President Arroyo credited her lead over actor-turned-politician Fernando Poe Jr. to what she has been saying all along since the start of the campaign: Filipino voters want someone with experience to run the country.

"I’m very grateful. This proves I was right in giving more time to governance than my campaign," she told reporters after a campaign sortie in San Fernando, La Union yesterday.
[DatePublished] => 2004-03-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
MRS. ARROYO AND POE
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                    [Title] => Opposition succeeded in tainting GMA victory, Joker says
                    [Summary] => Sen. Joker Arroyo said yesterday the political opposition  succeeded in tainting the victory of President Arroyo in the May 10 presidential election.


Arroyo, a member of the Senate-House joint committee canvassing the votes for president and vice president, said he believes that Mrs. Arroyo won in an election that was "on balance, on the whole, fair, except for some anomalies here and there."
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 249967 [Title] => Estrada rejects Arroyo’s call for unity [Summary] => Jailed former President Joseph Estrada echoed yesterday calls from the political opposition for street protests to denounce alleged cheating in the just concluded elections.

Estrada accused Mrs. Arroyo of cheating and manipulating election surveys that showed she was leading over Poe, the opposition standard-bearer.

"They stole the seat from me, now they’re stealing the victory from FPJ," Estrada told reporters by phone from his detention cell, referring to Poe’s initials.
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 246760 [Title] => Abalos: A narrow win of just over 1 M votes for either GMA, FPJ [Summary] => The Commission on Elections (Comelec) predicted yesterday that either President Arroyo or actor Fernando Poe Jr. will win by a margin of no more than a million votes.

Comelec Chairman Benjamin Abalos expects a 75-percent voter turnout in the May 10 polls, possibly the highest turnout in recent years.

"We are aiming for at least 75 percent. That would be an improvement of about three or five percent," he said.

Abalos made the prediction over the weekend although the Comelec has yet to give a definite estimate on the number of registered voters.
[DatePublished] => 2004-04-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1413632 [AuthorName] => Jose Aravilla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 245524 [Title] => GMA to get slight poll lead if Roco withdraws [Summary] => President Arroyo would have a slim lead over Fernando Poe Jr. in the May presidential election if Raul Roco withdraws from the race, according to an independent opinion poll.

However, Mrs. Arroyo would remain statistically tied with the opposition front-runner.

But if Sen. Panfilo Lacson pulls out, Poe will regain his commanding lead over Mrs. Arroyo, the poll showed.

Roco and Lacson are consistently far behind Mrs. Arroyo and Poe in opinion polls. Christian preacher Eddie Villanueva barely has voter support.
[DatePublished] => 2004-04-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 244155 [Title] => If Ronnie had met Gloria... [Summary] => A cordial greeting wouldn’t have hurt.

Opposition front-runner Fernando Poe Jr. said he would’ve said "hi" to President Arroyo, his main rival in the May elections, if they had bumped into each other in Cebu City yesterday.

Mrs. Arroyo and Poe both had a campaign stop in Cebu, the first time their campaign sorties met on the road.

The press were expecting the two to meet by chance after it was initially reported that they would be billeted in the same hotel.
[DatePublished] => 2004-03-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1620721 [AuthorName] => Nikko Dizon [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 243269 [Title] => Roco casts doubts on rivals’ qualifications [Summary] => Saying he is the best choice for president, Alyansa ng Pag-asa standard-bearer Raul Roco described President Arroyo as a "bad experience," actor Fernando Poe Jr. as someone with "no experience" while Sen. Panfilo Lacson has "limited experience."

Roco, during an interview on the television show "Debate" aired over GMA-7 Thursday night, said Mrs. Arroyo is a "bad experience" the country can ill afford to have for the next six years.
[DatePublished] => 2004-03-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 242388 [Title] => Pinoy seafarers start voting for May polls [Summary] => Filipino seafarers throughout the world began voting yesterday for the May elections, among about 360,000 citizens overseas casting absentee ballots for the first time in the hotly contested race between incumbent President Arroyo and movie star Fernando Poe Jr.

Commission on Elections (Comelec) spokesman Ferdinand Rafanan said about 2,300 Filipinos registered as sailors or other shipbound workers have until May 10 to vote at more than 70 Filipino embassies and consulates. They can also mail ballots in Britain, Japan and Canada.
[DatePublished] => 2004-03-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 241890 [Title] => Bro. Eddie rejects coalition with Roco [Summary] => Presidential aspirant Raul Roco kept the door open yesterday for rival candidates President Arroyo and actor Fernando Poe Jr. to join a "coalition government" that he plans to put up to curb corruption and incompetence in the government.

Asked how Mrs. Arroyo and Poe will fit in the unified government, Roco said: "If the shoe fits, let her walk away with it… It’s just like Cinderella, whoever fits in the shoes, it’s hers."
[DatePublished] => 2004-03-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 241772 [Title] => GMA warns voters: Learn from the past [Summary] => President Arroyo warned that the Philippines could become the laughingstock of the world if voters fail to learn from the mistakes of the past.

The President made the statement during a radio interview when she was asked what will happen to the country if she doesn’t win in the elections this May.

"If we will not learn our lesson from the past, we will become the laughingstock of the world," she said.
[DatePublished] => 2004-03-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500820 [AuthorName] => Marvin Sy [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 241211 [Title] => GMA elated by SWS survey [Summary] => Exuding newfound confidence following her improved poll ratings, President Arroyo credited her lead over actor-turned-politician Fernando Poe Jr. to what she has been saying all along since the start of the campaign: Filipino voters want someone with experience to run the country.

"I’m very grateful. This proves I was right in giving more time to governance than my campaign," she told reporters after a campaign sortie in San Fernando, La Union yesterday.
[DatePublished] => 2004-03-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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