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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 intellectual property rights (IPR). [DatePublished] => 2000-04-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1193631 [AuthorName] => by Editorial [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 87299 [Title] => 'Cabinet revamp a continuing process' [Summary] =>

The Cabinet reorganization is a continuing process that President Estrada started last Jan. [DatePublished] => 2000-03-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 103116 [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 of the Philippine Stock Exchange faced the Senate, several lawmakers wondered why the PSE's report on insider trading and stock manipulation involving BW seemed to have left out certain heavy traders. [DatePublished] => 2000-03-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1193631 [AuthorName] => by Editorial [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 103111 [Title] => Presidential spokesman exposes bad policemen - Roses And Thorns byAlejandro R. Roces [Summary] =>

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 policeman to avoid arrest.

Barican also noted in such busy intersections, policemen are never on sight directing traffic. [DatePublished] => 2000-02-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 95080 [Title] => Gov't often run like hell - Estrada [Summary] =>

The government has often been run like hell, and undoing the damage needs a lot of work.

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 States.

Mr. [DatePublished] => 2000-02-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 94749 [Title] => Estrada leaves for Bangkok tomorrow for UNCTAD meet [Summary] =>

President Estrada leaves for Bangkok, Thailand tomorrow to attend the meeting of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) which will 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 Philippine government officials, will return to Ma [DatePublished] => 2000-02-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 94923 [Title] => Rhetoric blamed for 'destabilization' [Summary] =>

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 convicted priest killer Norberto Manero Jr. to go free. [DatePublished] => 2000-02-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 100690 [Title] => Estrada to veto 13 items in proposed budget [Summary] =>

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. [DatePublished] => 2000-02-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097308 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva1 [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 94516 [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 [DatePublished] => 2000-01-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1297981 [AuthorName] => Efren Danao [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 86768 [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. [DatePublished] => 2000-01-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )

PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESMAN FERNANDO BARICAN
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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 intellectual property rights (IPR). [DatePublished] => 2000-04-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1193631 [AuthorName] => by Editorial [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 87299 [Title] => 'Cabinet revamp a continuing process' [Summary] =>

The Cabinet reorganization is a continuing process that President Estrada started last Jan. [DatePublished] => 2000-03-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 103116 [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 of the Philippine Stock Exchange faced the Senate, several lawmakers wondered why the PSE's report on insider trading and stock manipulation involving BW seemed to have left out certain heavy traders. [DatePublished] => 2000-03-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1193631 [AuthorName] => by Editorial [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 103111 [Title] => Presidential spokesman exposes bad policemen - Roses And Thorns byAlejandro R. Roces [Summary] =>

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 policeman to avoid arrest.

Barican also noted in such busy intersections, policemen are never on sight directing traffic. [DatePublished] => 2000-02-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 95080 [Title] => Gov't often run like hell - Estrada [Summary] =>

The government has often been run like hell, and undoing the damage needs a lot of work.

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 States.

Mr. [DatePublished] => 2000-02-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 94749 [Title] => Estrada leaves for Bangkok tomorrow for UNCTAD meet [Summary] =>

President Estrada leaves for Bangkok, Thailand tomorrow to attend the meeting of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) which will 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 Philippine government officials, will return to Ma [DatePublished] => 2000-02-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 94923 [Title] => Rhetoric blamed for 'destabilization' [Summary] =>

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 convicted priest killer Norberto Manero Jr. to go free. [DatePublished] => 2000-02-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 100690 [Title] => Estrada to veto 13 items in proposed budget [Summary] =>

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. [DatePublished] => 2000-02-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097308 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva1 [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 94516 [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 [DatePublished] => 2000-01-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1297981 [AuthorName] => Efren Danao [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 86768 [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. [DatePublished] => 2000-01-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804833 [AuthorName] => Marichu A. Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )

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