+ Follow DRILON AND SOTTO Tag
DRILON AND SOTTO
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[Title] => Noy eyes closer work ties with Congress
[Summary] => With three years left in his term, President Aquino asked his party mates yesterday to help ensure a closer working relationship between Malacañang and the 16th Congress to push his reform agenda.
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[AuthorName] => Delon Porcalla
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[Title] => Trial taking toll on senior judges
[Summary] => The impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona, with all the work that it entails, is taking its toll on several “senior” members of the Senate.
[DatePublished] => 2012-02-01 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Marvin Sy
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[Title] => LP members hold meet, but stay mum on FVR-Drilon meeting
[Summary] => Senate President Franklin Drilon presided over a meeting of the Liberal Party (LP) yesterday but his recent meeting with former President Fidel Ramos and opposition leader Vicente Sotto III was not the major topic of discussion.
Drilon, the LP president, met with Senate Majority Leader Francis Pangilinan, former education secretary Florencio Abad and Tarlac Rep. Benigno Aquino Jr.
They met at Drilon’s office at the Senate, shying away from reporters seeking comment on the meeting.
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-13 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Christina Mendez
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[Title] => FVR suggests GMA cut short her term in 2007
[Summary] => Former President Fidel Ramos is not joining the political opposition or abandoning President Arroyo. But he says a "better solution" would be for her to step down by 2007, "declare her intentions" to relinquish power and join the race for parliament.
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-10 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Paolo Romero
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[Title] => FVR a psy-war expert but a peacemaker — JDV
[Summary] => DAGUPAN CITY — Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. said here the other day that while former President Fidel Ramos "is a master practitioner of psywar," he is also "a major peacemaker."
De Venecia told local journalists at his Bonuan Binloc residence that Ramos "is trying to capture the opposition," citing reports that the former president held secret meetings with opposition leaders like Senate President Franklin Drilon and former senator Vicente Sotto III.
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[Title] => ‘FVR also met with Guingona’
[Summary] => Former President Fidel Ramos had more secret meetings with other opposition figures, some retired and active military generals as well as influential religious leaders.
Ramos, who is scheduled to disclose the details of his meetings today, will also reveal how some Malacañang officials waged an effort to discredit him.
Sources close to the former president said apart from the Jan. 2 meeting with Senate President Franklin Drilon and former senator Vicente Sotto III, he also had met with another administration critic, former vice president Teofisto Guingona Jr.
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-09 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1805432
[AuthorName] => Paolo Romero
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[Title] => Malacañang defends Bunye from Sotto tirades
[Summary] => Malacañang officials defended Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye yesterday from criticisms lobbed by former President Fidel Ramos and former senator and opposition leader Vicente Sotto III.
Ramos and Sotto earlier denied Bunye’s statement that what transpired in their Monday meeting with Senate President Franklin Drilon wasn’t "flattering" to Sotto and Drilon.
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-08 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Aurea Calica
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[Title] => Angara slams FVR’s ‘media ploy’ involving Erap, Cory
[Summary] => Sen. Edgardo Angara thinks former President Fidel Ramos’ meeting with the opposition last Monday was all a "media ploy" to grab the limelight for himself and "unfortunately, some naive people fell into his trap."
Ramos’ meeting with Senate President Franklin Drilon and former senator Vicente Sotto III sparked speculation that ties between him and President Arroyo were fraying.
Angara was irked by Ramos’ refusal to disclose what they discussed at the meeting.
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-08 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1097277
[AuthorName] => Manny Galvez
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[Title] => An alliance of 3 former presidents or a party triumvirate?
[Summary] => I first learned of the meeting between former President FVR, Sen. Frank Drilon and former Sen. Tito Sotto from a Manila-based foreign bank. The story came from Reuters and had bankers worried. Is this true? Maybe the opposition just wants to blunt the headline of that day on the strength of the peso. Still, you never know about Philippine politics…
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-07 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 134199
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[AuthorID] => 1804784
[AuthorName] => Carmen N. Pedrosa
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[Title] => Protestant Church, groups pledge support to GMA
[Summary] => The Protestant church declared its support for President Arroyo and the administration, joining other religious sectors in appealing to the country’s political leaders to work together for the good of the nation.
Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches (PCEC) chairman Bishop Efraim Tendero said Arroyo’s critics should allow the President to finish her term and lead the country to progress.
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-07 00:00:00
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[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1096875
[AuthorName] => Edu Punay
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January 10, 2006 - 12:00am
