Word: arroyos
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...Please, all the men in the country, so that I won't be rude to you, do not attempt to kiss me." GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO, President of the Philippines, addressing affectionate male citizens who often greet her with kisses on both cheeks...
...Bureau of Internal Revenue has battled tax cheats and rampant corruption, trying to fix a dysfunctional tax system that is so full of holes the country's solvency is threatened. Tired of fighting a losing battle, Parayno finally gave up in late July: he called President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and resigned. "There are still many leakages that have to be plugged," he told Arroyo. "I worry that I won't be able to respond to the expectations of me." But the tough-minded President, who had just been re-elected to a new, six-year term, wasn't prepared...
...Arroyo knows better than anyone that raising government revenue is one of the crucial challenges her administration faces if she is to keep her electoral-campaign promise to improve the lives of the nation's working poor?and to avoid a potentially disastrous economic crisis. The Philippine economy has long been one of Asia's worst performers, left in the dust while neighbors Thailand and Malaysia have raced ahead. Over the past five years, Philippine GDP growth averaged 3.9%, compared with 6.5% for other developing countries across the region. Chronically high unemployment (currently 13.7%) means about one out of every...
...Breaking ranks with her international allies certainly hasn't hurt her status at home, where Arroyo is enjoying an unexpected boost in popularity following a narrow win in May's presidential election. To consolidate support, Arroyo has scheduled weekly town-hall meetings for the next four weeks, during which she promises to rub elbows with the common folk, many of whom have viewed her as ?litist. Says Ellen Tordesillas, a political analyst and newspaper columnist: "By saving Angelo de la Cruz's neck, President Arroyo saved her own neck...
...promised cash-strapped Manila this year, and U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said that the two countries "remain friends." But how the pullout "might affect our policies in the future remains to be seen," he added. Asiri Abubakar, a political scientist at the University of the Philippines, called Arroyo's decision a big gamble: "The administration may be celebrating now, but maybe not in the long run." Arroyo may have traded foreign support for cheers at home...