Word: unidos
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...point last year, when my opposition colleagues told me not to go to the UNIDO convention, I made it clear to them, "Look, you people are probably all smarter than I am. You may even be right 95% of the time. But I think that maybe 5% of the time I may have some of the right answers. And I am not going to allow myself to be coerced into not doing something I believe I should do. You always say I am very important to you. If I'm so important, why can't I do what I want...
...traveled to the U.S. two months ago, she designated Arroyo, not Laurel, as the government caretaker. Laurel had plainly expected much more when, last December before the elections, he abandoned his own presidential ambitions to form a unified opposition slate with Aquino, throwing the weight of his political party UNIDO behind their ticket. He has complained that UNIDO members have not been appointed to enough national and local posts...
...aside his own ^ presidential ambitions last December to become Aquino's running mate in the Feb. 7 election. As her part of the deal, Aquino, who had no party affiliation, agreed at the time to run on the ticket of Laurel's party, the United Nationalist Democratic Organization (UNIDO). The compromise ensured a united opposition ticket but angered leftists, who distrust Laurel and what they describe as his pro-American views...
...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...
Radio reports said a policeman was wounded inBacolod, 300 miles south of Manila. In thecapital, workers for Aquino's UNIDO party chargedthat armed men from Marcos' New Society Movementabducted and beat an Aquino supporter, whosewhereabouts were unknown...