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                    [ArticleID] => 724614
                    [Title] => WikiLeaks: Arroyo gov't quizzed US on 'Garci' tape
                    [Summary] => 

Malacañang had asked Washington in 2005 if it was the source of the “Hello, Garci” tape that linked the Arroyo administration to election fraud or if it felt offended by the Philippines’ cozying up to China, a US diplomatic cable released by whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks revealed.

[DatePublished] => 2011-09-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 724249 [Title] => WikiLeaks: Arroyo officials thanked US for 'calming the waters' [Summary] =>

Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, through high-level officials of her administration, thanked the United States government for its role in “calming the waters” amid scandalous accusations of electoral fraud, corruption and protests calling for her ouster in June 2005, according to a US diplomatic cable published by whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks.

[DatePublished] => 2011-09-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 298922 [Title] => They believed their own lies [Summary] => Apart from hinting of the Opposition, the FBI has yet to divulge the three past and present Philippine officials who conspired with an insider to steal secret files. But from press leaks a picture has emerged – that of an Opposition that took off from the purloined papers as their script to depose Gloria Arroyo.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 290250 [Title] => Mussomeli ends 3-year stint in RP [Summary] => Concluding his three-year tour of duty in the Philippines, United States Embassy Chargé d’ Affaires Joseph Mussomeli left the country yesterday as retired US ambassador Darryl Johnson formally took his place.

Mussomeli and his family departed yesterday morning after his nomination as the next ambassador to Cambodia was approved by the US Congress.

Johnson, who retired as US ambassador to Thailand last January after a distinguished career in the US foreign service, replaced Mussomeli as acting chargé d’affaires effective yesterday.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 290127 [Title] => Mussomeli to GMA: Don’t sweep under the rug RP’s problems [Summary] => In bidding farewell to the Philippines yesterday, outgoing — and outspoken — US Embassy Chargé d’ Affaires Joseph Mussomeli expressed confidence that President Arroyo would be able to hurdle the political and legal challenges besetting her administration and left her with a bit of parting advice.

Mussomeli advised Mrs. Arroyo not to sweep the nation’s problems and injustices "under the rug," adding that she will have to seek the right alliances and coalitions because she cannot solve the country’s troubles alone.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 289903 [Title] => Meddlers [Summary] => Since last April, two framed Philippine souvenirs had greeted visitors to the embassy office of US Chargé d’Affaires Joseph Mussomeli.

One was a note verbale from Manila, assailing him for saying Mindanao could find itself in an "Afghanistan situation" if both the Philippines and the United States lost their focus on the war on terror. Another was the original of a newspaper editorial cartoon that generally agreed with his assessment.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133252 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1807094 [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 289578 [Title] => Is it over when the Fat Man sings? [Summary] => There’s an old American quip about operas – no doubt a swipe at the rather . . er, plump Brunhildes and formidably overweight Valkyries (badly in need of the South Beach Diet) who seem to dominate Wagnerian opuses – which goes: "The opry ain’t over till the Fat Lady sings."
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133172 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1510184 [AuthorName] => Max V. Soliven [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 289611 [Title] => Keep out of RP affairs, Mussomeli asked [Summary] => Joseph Mussomeli, the top American diplomat in the country, was urged yesterday to stop meddling in the nation’s domestic affairs.

The US Embassy’s Chargé d’ Affaires came under fire from party-list representatives in the House of Representatives for saying that President Arroyo can still recover from the political crisis she is facing and for discouraging people power efforts to remove her from office.

Rep. Satur Ocampo of the militant group Bayan Muna said Mussomeli should not dictate what Filipinos can or cannot do to oust Mrs. Arroyo.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097047 [AuthorName] => Jess Diaz [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 289691 [Title] => Controlled anarchy has taken over [Summary] => The Philippines loves to make the claim that it is the showcase of democracy in Asia. The claim, however, is one big farce. Nowhere in the democratic world right now have the rights upon which all popular democracy is founded become so shaky and trod and spat upon.

In the Philippines at this very moment, the rights of even no less than the president, the highest official of the land, are not worth a worthless centavo. Her ability to protect her name, as a public servant and as a private citizen, has been blatantly snatched from her.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136063 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1382205 [AuthorName] => Jerry Tundag [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 289409 [Title] => ‘Pinoys too forgiving, loyal’ [Summary] => Filipinos are forgiving, loyal and resilient. And this might be what’s preventing them from moving forward, United States Embassy Chargé d’Affaires Joseph Mussomeli indicated yesterday.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) ) )
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