Word: jose
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...followers, who felt that she should show at least as much compassion for Marcos' victims as she had for Marcos. The next day Aquino ordered the release of all remaining political prisoners, subject to "certain administrative requirements." However, it was announced that four specific cases, including that of Jose Maria Sison, the 47-year-old head of the outlawed Communist Party of the Philippines who has been behind bars since 1977, would have to be carefully studied before any action is taken...
...selecting her Cabinet, Aquino demonstrated an understanding of politics that impressed even her harshest Washington critics. Except for two Marcos holdovers--Defense Minister Enrile and Central Bank Governor Jose Fernandez --the 16 men and one woman given ministerial portfolios represent the spectrum of centrist opposition that supported Aquino's candidacy. The Cabinet has a firmly middle-class, moderate cast that is so reflective of Aquino's own background and political views that a reporter at her first press conference pointedly asked whether the choices were too "elite." The Cabinet selections did not please the far left, which decried them...
...outspoken rancher, assumed the post of Minister of Agriculture. Aquino repaid debts to political independents who strongly supported her during the bitterly contested election. Among them: Jaime Ongpin, 47, the chairman of the Benguet Mining Corp. and one of her main campaign strategists, who was named Finance Minister, and Jose Concepcion, 54, a businessman and head of the National Movement for Free Elections, a citizens' watchdog group, who became Minister of Trade and Industry...
...naming Harvard-educated Ongpin her Finance Minister, the President made an especially wise choice. Ongpin promises to be a strong voice in the Cabinet. Even in his first days in office, he raised hackles among some UNIDO members by insisting that Jose Fernandez, 66, remain as president of the Philippine Central Bank. Ongpin's desire to keep Fernandez, a capable and widely respected financial expert, was eminently practical: he was a major architect of the IMF bailout scheme that saved the Philippines three years ago and will be a key player in ongoing consultations on the foreign debt...
...been able to keep up with its payments lately, thanks to a roaring economy that grew 8% last year. But the country will have to curb that feverish growth to cut inflation, which reached 233% in 1985 and appeared to be headed for 500% this year. Last week President Jose Sarney announced a "life-and-death struggle" to halt the spiral by freezing wages and prices for a year and virtually abolishing the country's cost of living adjustments in such things as rents and contracts...