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After more than a month of vote recounts, lawsuits and allegations of skulduggery, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo finally secured a second term as President at 3 a.m. last Thursday. With her victory over challenger Fernando Poe Jr. certified by a bitterly divided Congress, Arroyo said: "To my detractors, I appeal for unity; to my supporters, I appeal for an open mind ... This is a time for forgiveness and letting go of the past...
...That remains to be seen. While Arroyo's inauguration is scheduled for June 30, Poe can still challenge the result, and street protests claiming the President fixed the elections continue to simmer. The lingering acrimony will surely hinder Arroyo as she pursues her top priority: shoring up the country's deteriorating finances. The government is projecting a budget deficit of $3.6 billion, while foreign debt has climbed to $56.7 billion?so high that the Philippines must continue borrowing just to pay off the interest, a situation that could choke the economy's recent growth. The trouble is, the President...
...electoral-law violations, incompetence and corruption, but were defeated in parliamentary polls in April by the pro-Roh Uri Party. After being reinstated, Roh apologized for the corruption scandals involving his aides. Contested Polls THE PHILIPPINES Challenger Fernando Poe Jr. contested exit polls suggesting that incumbent Gloria Macapagal Arroyo had won the presidential election, and accused Arroyo of electoral fraud. One For The Road BRAZIL The government withdrew an expulsion order against New York Times correspondent Larry Rohter. The government said Rohter had apologized for a story he wrote suggesting President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva's drinking...
...global stage. When he returned to Manila after his victory in Texas, hundreds of thousands turned out to cheer his motorcade. Since then, he's been busy shooting commercials and a movie, collecting awards, attending parties in his honor and, most recently, campaigning for his friend President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in the nation's upcoming election. If Arroyo had Pacquiao's popularity, she'd be re-elected in a landslide. "There are two things this country is hungry for: a fighter and a hero," says Ronnie Nathanielsz, a veteran journalist and member of Pacquiao's inner circle. "In Manny...
...Supreme Court; in Manila. The popular actor faced disqualification from the race, because his mother was American and not married to his father at the time of his birth in the Philippines. The latest survey by pollster Social Weather Stations shows Poe neck and neck with President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ahead of the May 10 election...