Word: arroyos
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...there no one else?" EDMUNDO REYES, Filipino congressman, pleading for the six signatures necessary to pursue a call for impeachment against Philippines president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Her congressional allies successfully blocked moves to impeach her last week...
...continues to spend an estimated $1 billion a month on fuel subsidies, as it's currently doing, a rerun of the 1998 financial crisis isn't entirely out of the question. In the Philippines, the fallout from higher oil prices only deepens the troubles of embattled President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. A four-day work week and gas rationing are among the economically dubious coping strategies that Manila is now mulling. Arroyo, who has stopped flying and reduced the number of SUVs in her presidential entourage as a symbolic step, pleaded with her nation last week to conserve energy. "We must...
...attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean 67% Percentage of American workers who intend to keep working past retirement age, according to a Rutgers University survey 4,628 Number of pending bills shelved by the Philippine Congress while it deals with the political and financial scandals embroiling President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo With bureau reports. Numbers sources: AFP; A.P.; Reuters
Former Philippine President Fidel V. Ramos says the cure to his country's instability is a switch to a parliamentary system within a year. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who is fighting possible impeachment, endorses the idea, but without committing to a time frame. TIME's Anthony Spaeth and Nelly Sindayen asked Ramos recently if his solution can work...
...When President Arroyo seemed in danger of losing her job about Five weeks ago, you joined her in a press conference in Malaca?ang palace and stabilized the situation. Some people are now calling you the co-president. are you? I'm not exerting any power from here. If the President has benefited from my appearing in Malaca?ang, well and good. My support of the President is only secondary to my support of the people and the integrity of the republic. I must emphasize: I'm no stooge of anybody's, and nobody is a stooge of mine...