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                    [Title] => Protect intellectual property rights
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They're cheap, they're available, and Filipinos have the machines to run them.
But those pirated digital video discs, video compact discs and CD-ROMs now
proliferating in Metro Manila are also getting the Philippines in trouble. The
country has already been included in an annual "Special 301" list prepared by
the US Trade Representative, meaning the Philippines could face trade sanctions
from the United States if no reforms are made to improve protection of
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                    [Title] => 'Cabinet revamp a continuing process'
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The Cabinet reorganization is a continuing process that President Estrada
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                    [Title] => Speed up the BW probe
                    [Summary] => 

The market hit another 15-month low yesterday, plummeting nearly 79 points as
foreign investors continued to flee. Traders agreed that the continuing scandal
over Best World Resources Corp. triggered the flight. Last Monday, as officials
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                    [Title] => Presidential spokesman exposes bad policemen - Roses And Thorns byAlejandro R. Roces
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It took a street-wise person like Presidential Spokesman Fernando Barican to
observe that traffic lights in busy intersections like Paseo de Roxas and
Makati Avenue are being tampered with, not to relieve a bad traffic situation,
but to confuse the motorist into unwittingly breaking the law thus giving
crooked policemen the opportunity of stopping motorists who have to pay the
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                    [Title] => Gov't often run like hell - Estrada
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The government has often been run like hell, and undoing the damage needs a lot
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This was President Estrada's response yesterday to a call from World Bank
president James Wolfensohn to address corruption and promote transparency and
public accountability in government.

The response was borrowed from Commonwealth President Manuel L. Quezon, who
once said he preferred "a government run like hell by Filipinos to one run like
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Quezon at the time was negotiating for Philippine independence from the United
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Mr.
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                    [Title] => Estrada leaves for Bangkok tomorrow for UNCTAD meet
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President Estrada leaves for Bangkok, Thailand tomorrow to attend the meeting
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be participated by the other heads of the Association of Southeast Asian
Nations (ASEAN).

Presidential Spokesman Fernando Barican announced yesterday the decision of
President Estrada to accept the invitation to attend the UNCTAD luncheon
meeting with the ASEAN this Saturday to be held in Bangkok.

Barican said President Estrada, accompanied by a "very small delegation" of
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                    [Title] => Rhetoric blamed for 'destabilization'
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So who's really rocking the boat?

Presidential Spokesman Fernando Barican denounced an administration congressman
yesterday for issuing "unnecessary rhetoric" that only creates perceptions of
destabilization.

Barican was specifically addressing his statement to Rep. Ernesto Herrera
(LAMP, Bohol), who earlier accused some of the President's officials of
destabilizing the government themselves.

The congressman claimed such  instability was evident when Mr. Estrada allowed
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                    [Title] => Estrada to veto 13 items in proposed budget
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President Estrada vowed yesterday to veto at least 13 items contained in the
"special provisions" of the proposed 2000 General Appropriations Act (GAA)
which he said were congressional encroachment into the powers of the Executive
Branch.

Mr.
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                    [Title] => Ople opposes lifting of bank law
                    [Summary] => 

Senate President Blas Ople opposed yesterday renewed proposals to lift the Bank
Secrecy Law, saying this would create mistrust and harm the country's image as
an Asian Switzerland.

"Government policy must be to encourage more Filipinos to save and put their
money in banks, not scare them and prompt them to hoard their money under
pillows," he said.

Presidential Spokesman Fernando Barican has announced that Malacañang
was seeking an amendment to the law to allow supervisors access to "vital
information under certain circumstances."

The amendment would empower the B
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                    [Title] => Media fatigue? Estrada turns radio-shy
                    [Summary] => 

Suddenly, President Estrada has become radio-shy.

The President, who earlier said he preferred radio to print media in giving
interviews, is seriously considering plans to cut down his air time on his
weekly programs.

The Office of the Press Secretary is now working out a schedule that would
allow Mr.
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proliferating in Metro Manila are also getting the Philippines in trouble. The
country has already been included in an annual "Special 301" list prepared by
the US Trade Representative, meaning the Philippines could face trade sanctions
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                    [Title] => Speed up the BW probe
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foreign investors continued to flee. Traders agreed that the continuing scandal
over Best World Resources Corp. triggered the flight. Last Monday, as officials
of the Philippine Stock Exchange faced the Senate, several lawmakers wondered
why the PSE's report on insider trading and stock manipulation involving BW
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Makati Avenue are being tampered with, not to relieve a bad traffic situation,
but to confuse the motorist into unwittingly breaking the law thus giving
crooked policemen the opportunity of stopping motorists who have to pay the
policeman to avoid arrest.

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This was President Estrada's response yesterday to a call from World Bank
president James Wolfensohn to address corruption and promote transparency and
public accountability in government.

The response was borrowed from Commonwealth President Manuel L. Quezon, who
once said he preferred "a government run like hell by Filipinos to one run like
heaven by the Americans."

Quezon at the time was negotiating for Philippine independence from the United
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Mr.
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                    [Title] => Estrada leaves for Bangkok tomorrow for UNCTAD meet
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be participated by the other heads of the Association of Southeast Asian
Nations (ASEAN).

Presidential Spokesman Fernando Barican announced yesterday the decision of
President Estrada to accept the invitation to attend the UNCTAD luncheon
meeting with the ASEAN this Saturday to be held in Bangkok.

Barican said President Estrada, accompanied by a "very small delegation" of
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So who's really rocking the boat?

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destabilization.

Barican was specifically addressing his statement to Rep. Ernesto Herrera
(LAMP, Bohol), who earlier accused some of the President's officials of
destabilizing the government themselves.

The congressman claimed such  instability was evident when Mr. Estrada allowed
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which he said were congressional encroachment into the powers of the Executive
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Mr.
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Senate President Blas Ople opposed yesterday renewed proposals to lift the Bank
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an Asian Switzerland.

"Government policy must be to encourage more Filipinos to save and put their
money in banks, not scare them and prompt them to hoard their money under
pillows," he said.

Presidential Spokesman Fernando Barican has announced that Malacañang
was seeking an amendment to the law to allow supervisors access to "vital
information under certain circumstances."

The amendment would empower the B
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                    [Title] => Media fatigue? Estrada turns radio-shy
                    [Summary] => 

Suddenly, President Estrada has become radio-shy.

The President, who earlier said he preferred radio to print media in giving
interviews, is seriously considering plans to cut down his air time on his
weekly programs.

The Office of the Press Secretary is now working out a schedule that would
allow Mr.
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