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                    [Title] => Pro-Arroyo Vizcaya politicians to unite vs opposition
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BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya — Contrary to what is happening elsewhere, the allies of President Arroyo in Nueva Vizcaya who were virtually at odds during the last elections are now prepared to bury the hatchet just to ensure that the candidates of the opposition fail in their bids to capture the congressional, gubernatorial and other posts in the province.

[DatePublished] => 2007-01-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1220725 [AuthorName] => Charlie Lagasca [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 253044 [Title] => Lacson: I was offered Cabinet post to concede [Summary] => Independent opposition pre-sidential candidate Sen. Panfilo Lacson said yesterday two Malacañang emissaries separately offered him a Cabinet post in exchange for conceding defeat in the May elections.

Addressing a forum of the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines, Lacson also said he and House Minority Leader Carlos Padilla, his lone senatorial candidate, spent between P200 million and P300 million for their campaign.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 250101 [Title] => Ping open to joining FPJ, others in proving poll fraud [Summary] => The camp of independent opposition presidential candidate Sen. Panfilo Lacson is open to joining the three other opponents of President Arroyo in proving cases of election cheating and other fraud.

House Minority Leader Carlos Padilla, Lacson’s lone senatorial candidate, told journalists yesterday that they are in fact in the process of documenting cheating in areas where they find it.
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 249598 [Title] => Ping: I leave it all up to God [Summary] => IMUS, Cavite — Independent presidential hopeful Sen. Panfilo Lacson said yesterday he did his best to win the people’s support and is now leaving his fate to God.

"I am always fatalistic in everything I do," he told journalists after casting his vote at the Bayang Luma Elementary School here.
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 249508 [Title] => Ping confident of victory despite poor survey standing [Summary] => Opposition presidential hopeful Sen. Panfilo Lacson expressed confidence yesterday that he would make it in today’s elections.

He said judging by what he described as the "intense" reception he and his lone senatorial candidate, House Minority Leader Carlos Padilla, got from the people in the 88 days that they campaigned, he has no doubt that he would win the presidency.

"I’m oozing with confidence. We will defy the odds, we will prove the surveys wrong," he said.
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 247844 [Title] => Lacson’s camp claims surveys ‘massaged’ to favor Arroyo [Summary] => The camp of opposition presidential hopeful Sen. Panfilo Lacson accused Social Weather Stations (SWS) and Pulse Asia yesterday of "massaging" their surveys to favor President Arroyo.

Lito Banayo, Lacson’s spokesman and political strategist, made the accusation after three witnesses spoke in a press conference about how the poll-taking groups were allegedly manipulating their surveys.

"Based on these testimonies, it is clear that the pollsters are massaging or manipulating their polls to create a bandwagon effect for Mrs. Arroyo," he said.
[DatePublished] => 2004-04-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 247306 [Title] => Ping rejects FVR advice to slide down [Summary] => Thanks, but no thanks.

This was the reaction of the camp of presidential aspirant Sen. Panfilo Lacson to the statement of former President Fidel Ramos that it should be movie actor Fernando Poe Jr. who should slide down to vice president in the wake of the opposition’s move to unify its ranks.

Lacson though refused to impute malice on Ramos’ statement, saying that it only shows that "former President Ramos loves his country more than the KNP officials who keep on urging FPJ to stay and run for the presidency."
[DatePublished] => 2004-04-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 246466 [Title] => Lacson-Poe unity talks set anew [Summary] => IBA, Zambales — With the elections less than a month away, Koalisyon ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino (KNP) standard-bearer Fernando Poe Jr. and independent presidential candidate Sen. Panfilo Lacson are set to finalize plans of forming a united opposition against the administration.

Who would give way remained unclear, however, as both candidates insisted they would not slide down to vice president.
[DatePublished] => 2004-04-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1643684 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero and Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 245483 [Title] => SWS fabricating surveys — Lacson [Summary] => Opposition presidential hopeful Sen. Panfilo Lacson accused the Social Weather Stations (SWS) yesterday of fabricating its survey of presidential aspirants last month.

He told journalists covering his campaign sortie here that he and House Minority Leader Carlos Padilla, his lone senatorial candidate, have talked to an Iglesia ni Cristo district minister in this province who told them that INC members do not participate in surveys to avoid giving an impression of disunity in their ranks.

"In the SWS poll before the latest one, the respondents allegedly included INC members. Since they don’t participate in opinion polls as the INC district minister told us, it is obvious that the results were manipulated or fabricated. Plucked out of thin air yung resulta," he said. [DatePublished] => 2004-04-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 245419 [Title] => Ping’s wish for GMA: Happy life after retirement [Summary] => Opposition presidential hopeful Sen. Panfilo Lacson wished President Arroyo yesterday a happy life "after retirement."

"She should enjoy life beginning on July 1, 2004. She’s good (for the presidency) only up to June 30," he said on the occasion of Mrs. Arroyo’s 57th birthday.

He said the President should have peace of mind in retirement.

"Everybody who is going out of public service deserves that. I, too, deserve that when I quit politics," he said.
[DatePublished] => 2004-04-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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