Ermita: Martial law proclaimed without actual rebellionSource: Yahoo! News
MANILA, Philippines - Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita admitted on Wednesday night that President Arroyo proclaimed martial law in Maguindanao without an "actual" rebellion taking place in the province as required by the Constitution.
Hillary Clinton danced the moro-moro with Gloria ArroyoSource:
[Manila, Philippines] Moro-moro is a unique Filipino theater genre for the show battles between Moors and Christians. It also perfectly describes the show staged last week between Gloria Arroyo and Hillary Clinton.
Bail allowed for plunder caseSource: The Daily Tribune (Without fear or favor)
[Manila, Philippines] The Sandiganbayan (the anti-graft court) has allowed several persons who were ordered arrested in connection with the sensational P365-million Cebu lamppost scandal to post P30,000 bail to secure their temporary liberty.
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TimingSource: The Daily Tribune (Without fear or favor)
[Manila, Philippines] "I just want Manny Pacquiao to win, sir. Miguel Cotto at fight time will easily outweigh Manny by five pounds, and that's supposed to be a huge advantage for him. I hope Manny wins because he is a Filipino.
Law abiding and lawlessSource: Luis Teodoro Site
[Manila, Philippines]A conference among lawyers and journalists from several Asian countries including the Philippines is concluding in Cebu.
UN official says Philippine poverty `unacceptable'Source: Taiwan News
Poverty in the Philippines remains at an "unacceptable" level years after it joined dozens of other countries in pledging to reduce the number of impoverished people by half by 2015, a U.N. official said Tuesday.
Philippine 'President' Gloria Arroyo: Anatomy of a fraud? (Part 1 of 2)Source: Philippine Online Chronicles
Part 2: Philippine 'President' Gloria Arroyo: Anatomy of a fraud? (Part 2 of 2)
[Manila, Philippines] Newsvine's Jesusa Bernardo opined that "Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is seen by the Filipino masses as a bogus, evil leader who has 'stolen the Presidency not once, but twice.'"
Q3 2009 Performance Rating of RP's Arroyo 'Bad' AgainSource: Social Weather Stations
[Manila, Philippines] The Third Quarter 2009 Social Weather Survey, fielded over September 18-21, 2009, found 23% satisfied and 62% dissatisfied with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's performance, for a net rating of -38 (% satisfied minus % dissatisfied, correctly rounded), w …

(Updated Oct 5, 2009 4:30 AM GMT+12 )
VIDEO: Philippine Court martial face-offSource: VERA Files Site
[Manila, Philippines]THE mutiny case against the 28 officers in connection with the alleged February 2006 plot to withdraw support from President Gloria Arroyo is on its final stretch.
The Political ChurchSource: Luis Teodoro Site
[Manila, Philippines] We could charitably grant that some of them were genuinely grieving. But the attendance of politicians of various stripes, including Mrs.
Ping Lacson??!?Source: Ducky Paredes Site
[Manila, Philippines]Could he be making a deal with only God-knows-who to save himself from these raps in exchange for again dividing the opposition?"
by Ducky Paredes
Is Ping Lacson with the opposition? If he is, whom is he opposed to?