Word: mercado
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Jantzen’s victory in the finals came a day after he pinned semifinal opponent Jason Mercado of Brown in 1:26, recorded a 19-4 technical fall over Navy’s Pat Lukanich, and blanked Lehigh’s Troy Minarovic...
Jantzen had no trouble with Brown senior Jason Mercado, nearly pinning him 30 seconds into the match and settling for a 12-0 whitewash. Griffin was similarly in control against Brown junior Jesse Savage in his 11-3 victory. El-Hayek, for his part, totally dominated Bears senior Rob Apgar, who despite hoisting Harvard’s captain way up in the air managed only one point in a 6-1 loss...
Manila In her first full week as leader of the Philippines, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was faced with both the resignation of the country?s Defense Secretary and persistent rumors of possible coup attempts by at least three military factions. Analysts say the decision of Defense Secretary Orlando Mercado to step down over policy differences with a newly appointed official both underscored the deep political divisions within the Philippines and reinforced the perception that Arroyo is having difficulty reconciling the interests of various pressure groups. The new President did, however, take an aggressive stance toward the whispers that she might...
...were focused on the rallies - and the commentators became lost in reveries about People Power revisited - behind-the-scenes negotiations had been going on nonstop between military factions loyal to Estrada and those who advocated a quick coup to depose the President. Chief of Staff Reyes and Defense Secretary Mercado had made their fateful call to Estrada after a luncheon attended by all the top commanders. The officers agreed that renouncing Estrada was the best course, in part because some commanders were urging more drastic resolution. If the military did not come to a consensus, there loomed the possibility...
...moment of truth for Joseph Estrada came abruptly at 1 p.m last Friday, when Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Angelo Reyes and Defense Secretary Orlando Mercado informed him that the military was withdrawing its support from him. Concerned that Estrada had not fully understood the finality of the call, Reyes asked his deputy, General Jose Calimlim, to follow up the phone call with a personal visit. Calimlim, a trusted former aide-de-camp to Estrada, was a person who could perhaps coax him through pakikisama (camaraderie), the gentle pressure of "a friend, not an enemy...