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Inconvenient questions
by Amando Doronila
MANILA, Philippines -- The noose is tightening around the neck of Malacañan Palace as evidence mounts to fill the gaps on what happened at the breakfast meetings inside the Palace on Thursday last week when cash, ranging from P200,000 and P500,000, was distributed to 190 congressmen and several provincial governors.
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Where did all that money come from?
by Amando Doronila
MANILA, Philippines--Last Thursday, Malacañan Palace resembled a feeding trough of a pig farm when 190 congressmen and 48 provincial governors assembled to receive cash gifts, ranging from P200,000 to P500,000 each, for what purpose it is unclear.
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Confidentiality of information
by Amando Doronila
MANILA, Philippines--An epic collision between the Senate and the press over the issue of compelling journalists to disclose their sources of information obtained in confidence appears inevitable.
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Probe turns into bizarre witch-hunt, cover-up try
by Amando Doronila
The stymied Senate investigation of the $329-million telecoms deal with China has claimed two casualties -- Benjamin Abalos, who resigned as chair of the Commission on Elections, and the contract, which President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo canceled to blunt mounting criticism of the transaction.
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Asean double talk
by Amando Doronila
MANILA, Philippines -- When the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) expressed “revulsion” at the brutal crackdown of protesters calling for the end of Burma’s military dictatorship, the statement was hailed as the strongest condemnation yet by Asean of the repressive Burmese junta.
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Life is cheap in Burma
by Amando Doronila
MANILA, Philippines--The condemnation of the international community of the brutal slaughter of monks and common people demanding an end to four decades of Burmese military dictatorship is resonant with sound and fury but has not softened the mailed fist of the ruling junta.
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Burma protest movement has not been smothered
by Amando Doronila
MANILA, Philippines -- The temptation to draw contrasts between the carnage in Rangoon (Yangon) last week as Burmese security forces brutally cracked down on peaceful protesters demanding an end to military rule and the Philippines’ 1986 People Power revolution is hard to resist.
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