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The Manila Times
April 1, 2018
ILIGAN CITY, LANAO DEL NORTE: The provincial government here celebrated the Lanao Month of Peace in Nunungan town, considered a hotbed of “rido” or clan feud. “This year's celebration was held in Nunungan, a hinterland town known for its family feuds,” Lanao del Norte Gov. Imelda Dimaporo saidÃâà...
Rappler
March 31, 2018
Meantime, we elected another plundering president – Joseph Estrada. We got him out of office soon enough, in midterm, even got him convicted and detained, only to be pardoned by his successor, Gloria Arroyo, who had stepped up from vice president. After serving out Estrada's leftover term, ArroyoÃâà...
The Economist (blog)
March 29, 2018
This may not be a uniquely American phenomenon. Beppe Grillo, a comedian, launched the Five Star movement, now Italy's biggest party. Silvio Berlusconi cultivated the celebrity style. George Weah, a footballer, has just been elected president of Liberia. Joseph Estrada, a movie star, was president of theÃâà...
Inquirer.net
March 29, 2018
The former senator was previously accused of receiving dirty money from the operators of the illegal numbers game “jueteng,” but he was acquitted in the plunder case in the 2007 decision that led to the conviction of his father, former President Joseph Estrada. The elder Estrada was later pardoned byÃâà...
The Standard
March 24, 2018
Ejercito, son of former president and now Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada and his partner, incumbent San Juan Mayor Guia Gomez, said he was a principal author of the measure since he was a member of the House of Representatives. His half-brother, former senator Jinggoy Estrada, the Manila mayor'sÃâà...
Manila Bulletin
March 24, 2018
El Nido is part of the El Nido-Taytay Managed Resource Protected Area, a 90,321-hectare key biodiversity area protected under Presidential Proclamation 32 signed by then president Joseph Estrada in 1998. Local DENR officials said the stilt houses do not have toilets and waste is disposed directly intoÃâà...
New Straits Times Online
March 23, 2018
He was succeeded by the popular, but, politically disastrous Joseph Estrada, who was ousted in what was described as People Power II, mid-term. Estrada was in turn succeeded by Gloria Arroyo whose nearly a decade in power was again mostly wasted as she struggled and was hobbled by a series ofÃâà...
iPolitics.ca
March 22, 2018
In the Philippines, President Duterte remains hugely popular among voters, who have a disturbing history of relishing bad-boy leaders. In the late 1990s they loved the gloriously corrupt and obsessive womanizer Joseph Estrada, apparently believing that his image from his movie actor career as a defenderÃâà...
ABS-CBN News
March 22, 2018
MANILA - Senator JV Ejercito on Thursday admitted that he did not ask his father Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada's permission when he pushed for the passage of a bill banning political dynasties. Ejercito is one of the authors of Senate Bill No. 1765, which prohibits spouses and relatives up to the secondÃâà...
Davao Today
March 17, 2018
He cited the all-out combat offensives of Joseph Estrada and Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo who waged war against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) during their terms. For his part, Iligan City Mayor Celso Regencia raised the BBL provision on “contiguous territory” and wanted BBL proponents to make aÃâà...
Manila Bulletin
March 17, 2018
President Joseph Estrada signed the treaty in December, 2000, but President Gloria MacapagalArroyo refused to forward it to the Senate for ratification. In March, 2011, the Aquino administration ratified and endorsed the Rome Statute to the Senate. Five months later, the Senate passed the resolutionÃâà...
Rappler
March 17, 2018
That was the unconducive land in which the Americans planted the seed of their democracy and, on their own terms, tried to grow it – the same land that Ferdinand Marcos seized for himself as a dictator for 14 years, that Joseph Estrada plundered, and that Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo took over on a riggedÃâà...
Sun.Star
March 16, 2018
Then president Joseph Estrada signed the statute in December 2001 but failed to submit it to the Senate for concurrence as he was ousted a month later in what was known as Edsa 2. His replacement, then vice president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, refused to complete the ratification process of the RomeÃâà...
Philippine Star
March 15, 2018
"They have been campaigning for its ratification since 1998, when Erap (Joseph Estrada) was the president," Etta Rosales, former PCICC chair and former head of the Commission on Human Rights, said. "They lobbied with him and he signed the Rome Statute in 2000. Then the campaign continued untilÃâà...
Journal Online
March 14, 2018
Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada na iwasan ang Manila Bay at ang tinatawag na Baseco Beach. “Iwasan na n'yo ang (maligo sa) Manila Bay at sa Baseco Beach. Ito ay gawin n'yo kung gusto n'yong may fecal bacteria ang pinaliliguan n'yo,” sabi ni Estrada. “Kaya iwasan ang paliligo sa dagat ng Manila BayÃâà...
Inquirer.net
March 14, 2018
Davide, who presided over the impeachment trial of former president Joseph Estrada, also called on everyone in the judiciary “to respect the rights of the Chief Justice to fairness, justice, due process and the rule of law.” The call for Sereno's resignation even before the House of Representatives could voteÃâà...
Inquirer.net
March 14, 2018
In observance of Holy Week, Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada has declared Holy Wednesday, March 28, a non-working holiday for employees of the local government of Manila. “Honorable Mayor Joseph Estrada has declared March 28, 2018, Holy Wednesday as a non-working day in the City Government ofÃâà...
Inquirer.net
March 12, 2018
The Coconut Palace used to host the Office of the Vice President, but Vice President Leni Robredo had instead opted to hold office in the Quezon City property previously dubbed as the “Boracay Mansion,” which former President and now Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada supposedly owned. For most otherÃâà...
Rappler
March 12, 2018
He was an appointee of former president Joseph Estrada. Davide warned the judges and the court employees that their resignation call will portray the judiciary as one that is unwilling to follow constitutional processes. “The call is condemning without evidence, judging before hearing, applying additionalÃâà...
ABS-CBN News (blog)
March 11, 2018
All this talk about Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno being forced to take a “wellness leave” – which some equate with ousted President Joseph Estrada's “constructive resignation” in 2001 – made me trawl through the 1987 Constitution. In the decades I've covered politics and governance, it was the firstÃâà...
Rappler
March 7, 2018
... and Associate Justices Presbitero Velasco Jr, Diosdado Peralta, Mariano del Castillo, Noel Tijam, Samuel Martires, and Alexander Gesmundo attended the PWJA's 30th anniversary Thursday morning. Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada and Batangas 6th District Representative Vilma Santos shared the stageÃâà...
Inquirer.net
March 6, 2018
It was not political payback for her rulings adverse to deposed President Joseph Estrada, she said. Rather, her joining the Court was “God's will.” In the light of the Court's own history, Sereno's religious understanding of her office is not out of the ordinary. How can it be, when most appointees to the CourtÃâà...
The Manila Times
March 6, 2018
SENATE President Aquilino Pimentel 3rd on Tuesday said that he was willing to listen to the Supreme Court (SC) in case it would decide that it has jurisdiction over the quo warranto petition filed against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno but added that as of the moment, he did not see any legal basis forÃâà...
The Manila Times
March 6, 2018
The four are President Joseph Estrada (impeached but the trial was aborted); Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez (resigned before the House could dispense with the charges); Corona (impeached, convicted and removed) and Comelec Chair Andres Bautista (impeached on the same day he resigned).
Manila Bulletin
March 3, 2018
He was elevated to the rare rank and title of National Scientist by President Joseph Estrada in 2000. Another significant dimension to Ben Juliano's contribution is the number of organic chemists he advised and mentored. Among them are three members of the NAST — Academician Lourdes Cruz, herself aÃâà...
Inquirer.net
March 2, 2018
The high-profile lawyer handling the drug charges against alleged Customs fixer Mark Taguba is now the new legal counsel of alleged Visayan drug lord Kerwin Espinosa. Lawyer Raymond Fortun confirmed the appointment to the Inquirer, saying Espinosa asked for his contact details from Taguba lastÃâà...
Inquirer.net
March 1, 2018
Senior citizens in the cities of Manila and Malabon have something to look forward to in their city councils. In Manila, there's a proposed ordinance exempting registered senior citizens from the color coding scheme and from parking fees in all establishments in the city. City Hall on Wednesday said itÃâà...
Rappler
February 28, 2018
In an interview here on Wednesday, February 28, Luistro said Duterte is better than previous Presidents Joseph Estrada, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Benigno Aquino III when it came to implementing disaster response. “For so many disaster operations we've been through as a mayor, this is the first timeÃâà...
Rappler
February 15, 2018
Gomez was in a relationship with former president and now Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada, the mother of his son Senator Joseph Victor "JV" Ejercito. Destroying the Estrada family's hold of San Juan is one of Zamora's key campaign vows in 2016. Zamora himself is a former ally of the Estrada family, theÃâà...
Inquirer.net
February 15, 2018
Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada on Thursday announced his intention to seek a third and final term in elections next year. “Definitely, I will run again,” Estrada said in a statement. The 80-year-old mayor and former president said he might be pitted against former Senator Manuel Villar, former Mayor AlfredoÃâà...
Inquirer.net
February 3, 2018
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The Manila Times
December 31, 1999
FIRST ROUNDTABLE Former senator Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada joins The Manila Times editors in his first roundtable meeting with the press since being freed from detention. The son of former president and now Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada had been detained since June 2014. He is now looking at gettingÃâà...
The Manila Times
December 31, 1999
Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada distributed wheelchairs to senior citizens in select areas in District 3 recently. Estrada said the distribution of wheelchairs is an extra treat for the senior citizens to go around anywhere. “There will be more wheelchairs to come in the succeeding weeks,” he added. Earlier, sixÃâà...
GMA News
December 31, 1999
There will be half-day work for Supreme Court and Court of Appeals employees on Holy Wednesday despite Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada's suspension of work in government offices. This was according to Supreme Court Public Information Office chief Theodore Te, who said in an official tweet thatÃâà...
Rappler
December 31, 1999
During the Forum on the Role of Women in Media at the University of the Philippines in Diliman on Thursday, March 8, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) Executive Director Malou Mangahas asked the 4 journalists to rate former presidents Corazon Aquino, Fidel Ramos, Joseph Estrada,Ãâà...
Rappler
December 31, 1999
But his lawyer Joseph Estrada explained to Rappler that Sanofi gave the USB to Co because DOH Francisco Duque III wanted an advance copy of the company's presentation regarding the re-labelling application of Dengvaxia. "No'ong pumunta doon 'yong taga-Sanofi to hand in the USB that day,Ãâà...
Inquirer.net
December 31, 1999
In 1998, President Fidel Ramos supported Jose de Venecia, but Joseph Estrada won. In 2004, elected (but ousted) President Estrada supported Fernando Poe Jr., but Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo won. In 2010, President Arroyo supported Gilbert Teodoro, but Benigno Aquino III won. In 2016, President AquinoÃâà...
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