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		<title>Villar&#8217;s politics of addition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ON DISTANT SHORE
by Val G. Abelgas
 
Sen. Manny Villar, being a true Nacionalista Party stalwart, obviously believes in the political philosophy popularized by the late Mr. Nacionalista, Eulogio “Amang” Rodriguez who said: “Politics is addition.”
Having set his sight on the presidency for years, Villar picked people from various persuasions and political beliefs to form his ticket for the May presidential elections, from the extreme left to the extreme right, in pursuit of Amang’s and the Nacionalista Party’s political philosophy.
Villar would make a pact with the Devil himself and give him a ...]]></description>
		<link>http://globalbalita.com/2010/03/09/villars-politics-of-addition/</link>
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		<title>Has Villar Violated the Anti-Plunder Law or Is He Fit to be President?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FRANKLY SPEAKING
by Frank Wenceslao
I’ve held in high regard former UP President Jose Abueva, PhD since we were involved in the “Charter-Change Movement” before the appointment to the Supreme Court of Justice Antonio Eduardo Nachura, among others.
To make his point that Manuel Villar is the most qualified to be the country’s next President, Abueva dismissed the charges of corruption against Villar in one fell swoop, “For all the unrelenting damnation Manny gets for alleged misuse of his power and office, no judgment of his alleged corruption has been made by any ...]]></description>
		<link>http://globalbalita.com/2010/03/09/has-villar-violated-the-anti-plunder-law-or-is-he-fit-to-be-president/</link>
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		<title>Credibility</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Ducky Paredes
from MALAYA
“By wildly lashing out at the three, Villar puts his credibility on the line against that of Gordon. Enrile and Erap.” 
 &#8211; Ducky Paredes 
Manny Villar’s problem has always been that the image of himself that he has been projecting has always been too good to be true – a slum kid who swam in a sea of garbage whose parents were so poor that a brother died because they had no money for medicine, gets to be a multi-billionaire and now wants to be President so he can get ...]]></description>
		<link>http://globalbalita.com/2010/03/09/credibility/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;The Philippines are not for sale&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Lito Banayo
from MALAYA 
But for a few paragraphs which I deleted here for brevity’s sake, I am reprinting verbatim from a press statement issued by Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile on Thursday, 04 March this year. Every yet undecided voter must get to read Enrile’s statement. My own postscript to this episode follows after.
“I commend Senator Gordon for unmasking the real character of Senator and presidential candidate Manuel B. Villar as a man who thinks he can buy his way to the highest position in the land with his ...]]></description>
		<link>http://globalbalita.com/2010/03/09/the-philippines-are-not-for-sale/</link>
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		<title>WHAT EXPERTS SAY: When a (statistical) tie is not really a tie</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WHAT EXPERTS SAY
When a tie is not really a tie 
from Philippine Daily  Inquirer
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20100310-257739/When-a-tie-is-not-really-a-tie

MANILA, Philippines—“When our report comes out, you will see that we just say it’s a 2-point lead and we’re not calling it a tie. Now the reason I say that is because if it could be a zero lead, it could also be a 4-point lead. It could really range to as high as four. But we’re not saying that. It seems to me that the neutral thing to do is to call it as two, because that’s ...]]></description>
		<link>http://globalbalita.com/2010/03/09/what-experts-say-when-a-statistical-tie-is-not-really-a-tie/</link>
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		<title>The globetrotter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Rey O. Arcilla
from MALAYA
‘In the midst of the water and energy crises and the ballooning budget deficit, Ms. Arroyo decides to go circling the globe again.’
WE are facing a water crisis of potentially cataclysmic proportions unless Mother Nature chooses to be kind and decides to give us much needed rain before the onset of the wet season.
Partly as a consequence of the water shortage, we are also facing an energy crisis that has already resulted in blackouts in various regions in the country.
What is worse is that the energy ...]]></description>
		<link>http://globalbalita.com/2010/03/09/the-globetrotter/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;To Die Like Christ,&#8221; a Story that Begs a Different Ending</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Cup O’ Kapeng Barako
by Jesse Jose
Now and then I’d read an opinion column that would stop me dead in my tracks and say: “Wow!  That was good.  It’s a beaut. I like it.”  And this one has a beautiful ending, too, that jolted me out of my seat.  First with a chuckle, then with a roaring, hearty laughter. 
After my laughter subsided and I became more rational, I thought this story BEGS for a different ending, a much better ending that would give OTHERS a hearty laugh and a good ...]]></description>
		<link>http://globalbalita.com/2010/03/09/to-die-like-christ-a-story-that-begs-a-different-ending/</link>
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		<title>Manny Villar&#8217;s bad hair week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[AS I WRECK THIS CHAIR
by William M. Esposo
from The Philippine Star

Capped by last Friday’s release of the February 21-25 Pulse Asia survey that showed him drop by six percentage points (vis-à-vis the January Pulse Asia poll) and now trailing presidential race leader Noynoy Aquino by seven percentage points — last week could well be Nacionalista Party presidential candidate Manny Villar’s worst ever bad hair week.
After the January Pulse Asia poll showed Aquino and Villar with 37% and 35%, respectively, which is considered a statistical tie — the Villar rah rah ...]]></description>
		<link>http://globalbalita.com/2010/03/08/manny-villars-bad-hair-week/</link>
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		<title>Groups unite against &#8216;midnight Chief Justice&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by  Edmer F. Panesa and Leonard D. Postrado
from Manila Bulletin
 http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/246825/groups-unite-against-midnight-chief-justice

Civil society and militant groups joined forces Monday to urge the Supreme Court (SC) and the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) to move away from the attempt of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to appoint the successor of Chief Justice Reynato Puno despite the election appointments ban rule.
Their respective leaders gathered together at a restaurant in Ermita, Manila for the signing of a manifesto of solidarity against the appointment of a “midnight Chief Justice.” After which, the group held a solidarity march to the ...]]></description>
		<link>http://globalbalita.com/2010/03/08/groups-unite-against-midnight-chief-justice/</link>
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		<title>Mike Velarde, Manny Villar and their business ties that bind</title>
		<description><![CDATA[AS I WRECK THIS CHAIR
by William M. Esposo
from The Philippine Star
Mariano “Mike” Velarde, also known as Bro. Mike, tends to be perceived by your Chair Wrecker as being more of a businessman and a politician — who has in fact mulled running for president — rather than as a religious minister.
For perspective, your Chair Wrecker deeply admires the Christianity of Gawad Kalinga’s Tony Meloto and the late Focolare Movement founder, Chiara Lubich. They both epitomize the great commandment of Jesus Christ that “Whatsoever you do to the least of your ...]]></description>
		<link>http://globalbalita.com/2010/03/08/mike-velarde-manny-villar-and-their-business-ties-that-bind/</link>
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