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                    [Title] => Ate Glo fears she herself may not be able to vote
                    [Summary] => While bad weather may prevent President Arroyo from going to her hometown of Lubao, Pampanga to cast her ballot, she urged the public yesterday to go out and vote in today’s synchronized barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections.
                    [DatePublished] => 2002-07-15 00:00:00
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                    [ArticleID] => 168337
                    [Title] => Afable: No regrets as Press Secretary
                    [Summary] => Acting Press Secretary Silvestre Afable said yesterday he looked forward to resuming his old job as chief of the Presidential Management Staff (PMS) when former Muntinlupa mayor and congressman Ignacio Bunye assumes his new post as press secretary.


Bunye, who was appointed to the post last Friday, is expected to report to Malacañang tomorrow but Afable said he was not aware of the instructions President Arroyo gave the new press secretary.
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Ito ang reaksyon ni Acting Press Secretary Silvestre Afable sa akusasyon ni Council for Philippine Affairs COPA) secretary general Pastor "Boy" Saycon na kaya umano siya napag-initan ng Pangulo ay dahil sa mga bumubulong dito at nagbibigay ng maling impormasyon.
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Sa isang panayam,sinabi ni Acting Press Secretary Silvestre Afable na hindi na bago ang sinasabi ni Senador Edgardo Angara hinggil sa kundisyong panlipunan, kahirapan at kawalan ng empleyo at lalong hindi tama na sabihin nitong may nagaganap na krisis sa liderato ng bansa.
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Ayon kay Acting Press Secretary Silvestre Afable,walang implikasyong pulitikal kung dadalo ang Pangulo sa misa at dapat pa ngang ikalugod ang prosesong ito.

Subalit sinabi ni Afable na wala siyang impormasyon kung dadalo ang Pangulo o hindi sa misa sa paanyayang ginawa ni Bishop Socrates Villegas sa pakiusap ng Council for Philippine Affairs (COPA).
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At the Senate, Sen. Rene Cayetano lauded the decision of the President to proceed with the scheduled execution of the three death convicts.
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At Malacanang, Acting Press Secretary Silvestre Afable welcomed yesterday Guingona’s statement that he will be a "vocal, constructive" critic of the administration.
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Vice President Teofisto Guingona Jr., who officially steps down on Monday as foreign affairs secretary, has sounded out overtures of his desire to become the ruling party’s "political czar" in Mindanao in apparent preparation for a sensitive slot in the administration ticket in the 2004 national elections.
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Acting Press Secretary Silvestre Afable maintained that the reported back channel talks held by Presidential Adviser on Media Affairs Dante Ang with Ople was not authorized by President Arroyo.

"In the first place, this is not the official position of the President. This was done by friends of the President on informal basis," Afable told reporters.
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Malacañang vehemently denied yesterday the accusation by the opposition that the Cabinet Review Committee investigating former President Fidel Ramos on the controversial contracts he entered with independent power producers (IPPs) is trying to whitewash the case.

Acting Press Secretary Silvestre Afable said the accusation was "very absurd."

"That’s really very absurd because the inquiry was done in a very transparent way," he said.
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