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                    [Title] => 'Wednesday Group' reunites
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After going their separate ways before the May elections, the so-called Wednesday Group at the Senate reunited during a Christmas party for the media.   
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                    [Title] => Senate Wednesday Group to hold reunion with media
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The five original members of the Wednesday Group at the Senate have agreed to hold a reunion with the media on Friday.
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                    [Title] => Joker: Other side had no clear agenda
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It was the political opposition’s lack of a clear agenda other than to stage the political comeback of deposed President Joseph Estrada, that split the Senate’s Wednesday Group and prompted Senators Joker Arroyo and Ralph Recto to finally join the administration’s Team Unity.


After a series of discussions, Arroyo said the Wednesday Group had to part ways because they did not agree on a number of issues. 


The Wednesday Group was composed of Arroyo, Recto, Senate President Manuel Villar and Majority Leader Francis Pangilinan.  


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                    [Title] => Joker, Ralphjoin ‘Team Unity’
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Re-electionist Senators Joker Arroyo and Ralph Recto, two members of the "Wednesday Group" in the Senate, have decided to run under the administration ticket, completing the "Team Unity" as of yesterday.


Highly placed sources said Arroyo and Recto made the decision to part ways with their fellow Wednesday Group member Senate President Manuel Villar Jr., who decided to run under the United Opposition.


The sources, however, failed to mention the position taken by Senate Majority Leader Francis Pangilinan, the fourth member of the group.


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                    [Title] => Sen. Villar kinonsulta na si Erap
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Personal nang pinuntahan kahapon ni Senate President Manuel Villar si dating pangulong Estrada sa kulungan nito sa Tanay, Rizal upang ikonsulta ang hinggil sa problema ng Wednesday Group sa hindi matuloy na pagpasok sa senatorial slate ng United Opposition (UNO).


Subalit dahil sa umano’y banta sa buhay ni Estrada ay pinigilan si Villar ng pulisya na makapasok sa loob ng compound kaya sa harap na lamang ng gate sila nag-usap ni Estrada na inabot lamang ng ilang minuto.


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                    [Title] => 4 re-electionist senators still undecided  on alliances
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Four reelectionist senators who belong to the so-called "Wednesday Group" at the Senate have not reached a final consensus on whether they will run on one ticket or go their separate ways for the May elections.


With barely 36 hours before Feb. 12, the deadline for the filing of candidacies for those running for national positions, Majority Leader Francis Pangilinan said he and his colleagues still "failed to reach an agreement as a group at this time." They met at an undisclosed place very near the Senate until 1 a.m. yesterday.


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                    [Title] => Drilon confirms talks on LP-NP coalition for 2007 polls
                    [Summary] => Senate President and Liberal Party head Franklin Drilon confirmed yesterday that talks are underway for a possible coalition between the LP and the Nacionalista Party (NP) in the 2007 elections.


Drilon said the proposal was first broached by LP chairman Senate Majority Leader Francis Pangilinan, who suggested that the LP under


Drilon and the NP under Sen. Manuel Villar could form a "political third force" to help move the country past its present political stalemate.


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                    [Title] => LP makikipag-alyansa sa NP
                    [Summary] => Tapos na ang tradisyunal na pagtutunggali ng Liberal Party at Nacionalista Party para sa kanilang party platform matapos ihayag ni outgoing Senate President Franklin Drilon ang posibleng pakikipag-alyansa nito sa Nacionalista Party sa ilalim ng pamumuno ni incoming Senate President Manuel Villar matapos itong unang ipanukala ni LP chairman Sen. Francis Pangilinan upang magsilbing "third force" sa kasalukuyang pulitika sa bansa.


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                    [Title] => Term sharing eyed for Drilon, Villar
                    [Summary] => Allies of President Arroyo in the Senate are eyeing a term-sharing arrangement between Senate President Franklin Drilon and Sen. Manuel Villar Jr., who has launched a quest for the chamber’s top post, the third highest in the land after the presidency and the vice presidency.


"That formula worked before; it should work now," Sen. Ralph Recto said yesterday.


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                    [Title] => Keep off Senate presidency contest, Villar tells Palace
                    [Summary] => Sen. Manuel Villar Jr. urged President Arroyo yesterday to stay away from the fight for the Senate presidency between him and the incumbent occupant of the post, Sen. Franklin Drilon.


"We in the majority can settle this matter among ourselves," Villar said in a radio interview. He said the majority intends to meet way before the convening of the incoming 13th Congress on July 26 to resolve the issue involving the Senate leadership.


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                    [Title] => Joker: Other side had no clear agenda
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It was the political opposition’s lack of a clear agenda other than to stage the political comeback of deposed President Joseph Estrada, that split the Senate’s Wednesday Group and prompted Senators Joker Arroyo and Ralph Recto to finally join the administration’s Team Unity.


After a series of discussions, Arroyo said the Wednesday Group had to part ways because they did not agree on a number of issues. 


The Wednesday Group was composed of Arroyo, Recto, Senate President Manuel Villar and Majority Leader Francis Pangilinan.  


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                    [Title] => Joker, Ralphjoin ‘Team Unity’
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Re-electionist Senators Joker Arroyo and Ralph Recto, two members of the "Wednesday Group" in the Senate, have decided to run under the administration ticket, completing the "Team Unity" as of yesterday.


Highly placed sources said Arroyo and Recto made the decision to part ways with their fellow Wednesday Group member Senate President Manuel Villar Jr., who decided to run under the United Opposition.


The sources, however, failed to mention the position taken by Senate Majority Leader Francis Pangilinan, the fourth member of the group.


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                    [Title] => Sen. Villar kinonsulta na si Erap
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Subalit dahil sa umano’y banta sa buhay ni Estrada ay pinigilan si Villar ng pulisya na makapasok sa loob ng compound kaya sa harap na lamang ng gate sila nag-usap ni Estrada na inabot lamang ng ilang minuto.


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                    [Title] => 4 re-electionist senators still undecided  on alliances
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Four reelectionist senators who belong to the so-called "Wednesday Group" at the Senate have not reached a final consensus on whether they will run on one ticket or go their separate ways for the May elections.


With barely 36 hours before Feb. 12, the deadline for the filing of candidacies for those running for national positions, Majority Leader Francis Pangilinan said he and his colleagues still "failed to reach an agreement as a group at this time." They met at an undisclosed place very near the Senate until 1 a.m. yesterday.


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                    [Title] => Drilon confirms talks on LP-NP coalition for 2007 polls
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Drilon said the proposal was first broached by LP chairman Senate Majority Leader Francis Pangilinan, who suggested that the LP under


Drilon and the NP under Sen. Manuel Villar could form a "political third force" to help move the country past its present political stalemate.


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                    [Title] => LP makikipag-alyansa sa NP
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                    [Title] => Term sharing eyed for Drilon, Villar
                    [Summary] => Allies of President Arroyo in the Senate are eyeing a term-sharing arrangement between Senate President Franklin Drilon and Sen. Manuel Villar Jr., who has launched a quest for the chamber’s top post, the third highest in the land after the presidency and the vice presidency.


"That formula worked before; it should work now," Sen. Ralph Recto said yesterday.


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                    [Title] => Keep off Senate presidency contest, Villar tells Palace
                    [Summary] => Sen. Manuel Villar Jr. urged President Arroyo yesterday to stay away from the fight for the Senate presidency between him and the incumbent occupant of the post, Sen. Franklin Drilon.


"We in the majority can settle this matter among ourselves," Villar said in a radio interview. He said the majority intends to meet way before the convening of the incoming 13th Congress on July 26 to resolve the issue involving the Senate leadership.


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