JOEY says no other contender will be considered for the prez because GMA has a lock on it.
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Summit was designed to reduce too much political confrontation and create a climate of tolerance. After 3 days of speechifying, they're back to square 1.
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Lakas will start searching for a Veep to GMA in 2004. Is Tito Guingona in the list?
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Summit is proposing an election in 2004 to choose delegates to a constitutional convention. The campaign line: Elect Gloria while we do the Cha-cha.
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Some of our leaders are bent on imposing a parliamentary form of gov't if not a federal system.
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A South African millionaire spent $20 million for the privilege of becoming the 1st tourist in space. He flew into space in a Russian rocket last week and is back on the ground, poorer in pocket but richer in spirit.
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13 pipe bombs sent through the mail were found in cities in middle America. 1st it was anthrax, now it's an explosion in the mailbox.
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Prez Jacques Chirac was reelected in a landslide victory over extreme right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, after a dramatic race that shook Franco to its foundations.
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Analysts say that most French voters don't like Chirac, who has been linked to corruption, but they would rather vote for the crook rather than the fascist.
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France's much-admired democracy had to survive on negative voting this time around.
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The DepEd and the DoH continue to hold the Nos. 1 and 2 spots as the dep'ts with the best approval ratings in the latest polls of SWS and Pulse Asia.
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The polls reveal how education and health services are so close to the heart of Pinoys in the grassroots and how much they like the work due in these areas.
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The work of the 2 dep'ts should spur other parts of Prez GMA's gov't. Now if only the grandstanding trapos will let serious public servants do their jobs.
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Newly-approved drugs are riskier than the older ones and patients should avoid them when equally effective old drugs are available, says a study reported in the Journal of American Medical Association.
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Among the recent drugs taken off the market with harmful side effects were a heartburn drug, a diabetes pill and an irritable bowel syndrome treatment.
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The JAMA study shows that only half of the serious side effects are detected in 7 years of drug use. Millions are exposed to potentially unsafe drugs each year. Buyer beware.
