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...assistance, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo described Tropical Storm Ketsana, which hit Manila on Sept. 26, as a "once-in-a-lifetime typhoon." A month's worth of rain deluged the city in the space of 12 hours. "The system is overwhelmed, local government units are overwhelmed," said Anthony Golez of the state's National Disaster Coordinating Council at a press conference on Sept. 28. (See pictures of the storm...
...make her resign. But a real risk exists that in declaring emergency rule on the eve of the People Power anniversary, the President may have overplayed her hand and given her fractured opposition a unifying cause. "It could result in more political hemorrhage and security risk," says Representative Rolio Golez, formerly Arroyo's national-security adviser. Former President Fidel Ramos, whose support helped save Arroyo's presidency during a crisis last July, told reporters on Saturday he was "appalled and dismayed" by the declaration of emergency rule. Though he stopped short of calling for her resignation, as Aquino did, Ramos...
...President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's National Security Adviser, Roilo Golez, emphatically denies that 600 JI members are present in the Philippines. "That's wrong," he tells TIME. "Very, very wrong. I can bet my future, my career and my life that it's not true." The government has made similar assertions in the past. Arroyo herself denied for months that the JI problem was serious. Then in an about-face in November, she announced that her administration now regards JI as the country's biggest national security threat...
...shown their idealism," Sin told listeners over Radio Veritas. "I would be very happy if you could support them now." The station, owned and operated by the church, broadcast the names of prominent Marcos officials who, emboldened by Ramos and Enrile, announced their resignations. Among them: Postmaster General Rogelio Golez and General Ramon Farolan, the Philippine Customs Commissioner. "I don't think the government can function," said one high-ranking Marcos aide. "It's a very tenuous situation...
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