Are judges Bush's most lasting imprint?

- It was no accident that the first piece of major legislation the House of Representatives passed last week was a rebuke of one of the two justices President George W. Bush put on the Supreme Court, Samuel Alito.

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Ex-'CHiPs' star Estrada to patrol with Ind. police

Erik Estrada has returned to Muncie to take part in overnight police patrols in the city where he starred in the short-lived reality series "Armed & Famous." The former star of the 1970s motorcycle cop drama "CHiPs" is a reserve officer on the Muncie Police Department.

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Estrada to Train Again As Indiana Cop

Erik Estrada is back in Muncie this week for training to keep up the reserve police officer status he earned as part of the canceled CBS reality show "Armed & Famous."

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Philippines' Ex-Prez Estrada Is Released

Ousted President Joseph Estrada was a free man Friday for the first time in 6 1/2 years after his successor pardoned his graft conviction in a move touted as an effort to bridge the Philippines' deep political rifts.

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Philippines' Ex-Prez Decries Conviction

Facing life in prison, deposed President Joseph Estrada decried his graft conviction Wednesday, calling it a politically motivated sham by "a kangaroo court."

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'Officer' Estrada, Man Trade Obscenities

Former "CHiPs" star Erik Estrada got into an expletive-laced shouting match with a man who called him Emilio Estevez amid the filming of a reality television series.

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Estrada Denies Stashing Illegal Funds

Ousted Philippine President Joseph Estrada denied on the stand in his corruption trial Wednesday that he stashed millions of dollars of illegal funds in a secret bank account, but admitted having signed the account documents.

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Unless something entirely unforeseen happens, confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor will be a lovefest for the Democrats who run the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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The [Philippine] "legal system" allowed GMA to run for president in 2004. Is it fair not to allow PJEE to run for president in 2010? In short, former President Estrada can still run for president in the May 2010 elections:

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Some 70 student and youth leaders nationwide trooped together in an unprecedented move to express their unified effort toward an advocacy for reform and progress as the 2010 elections near.

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A homage to Samuel Ong, hero of the 'Hello Garci' expose

R.I.P., Samuel Ong. Be in peace where your soul will traverse. Your noble efforts to inform your Filipino compatriots of the terrible crime and farce behind the presidency of the incumbent through your dissemination of the "Hello, Garci?" tapes will not be in vain.

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The man who exposed the "Hello, Garci" tapes linking President Arroyo to alleged fraud in the 2004 elections, died of cardiac arrest at the Chinese General Hospital in Manila yesterday...

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Is there anyone among the lead pack of candidates capable of standing up to the pressure that is expected to be exerted on the next president of the country [the Philippines] on this issue, assuming we do have elections and change in 2010.

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Everywhere Estrada goes, he is continuously mobbed by the masses, who believe he was unjustly removed from his rightful seat in 2001 and don't believe, despite his plunder conviction, that he had enriched himself while he sat as President.

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Joseph Marcelo Ejercito Estrada was born on April 19, 1937, in Tondo, Manila. His parents, Engr. Emilio Ejercito and Maria Marcelo, moved to San Juan where he grew up and where he continues to reside to this day.

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Former President Joseph Estrada Tuesday declared that his final decision "to be or not to be" a contender in next year's presidential elections will be dictated by an opposition party "in unity," or "in disarray," and "never on the say-so of a church bishop."

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Is Pacman a hero of the Philippines?

Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao, aka Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao. The legendary Filipino boxing champion currently rated as the No. 1 pound-for-pound boxer in the whole world, so says the Ring Magazine.

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From the onset, police Supt Franklin Mabanag, who initially handled the case and led the operation to invite — nay, arrest without warrant — Pam Arteche, Trina's sister, had seemed to impress upon the media that foul play was involved in the death of Trina from a gunshot wo …

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Former [Philippine] President Joseph Estrada yesterday said he would not be vindictive toward President Arroyo in case he is again elected president in next year's general elections.

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Most Filipinos are convinced the May 2010 elections will be held as scheduled and believe that there will be much trouble in the country if the elections are not held

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The sad reality, of course, is that if we had let Joseph Estrada be, we [Filipinos] might actually have made some dent on poverty. If we had allowed to let Erap do what he wanted to accomplish, we might have had a better society by now.

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Apo Aguila, a computer programmer, moved to Singapore in 2005, frustrated with the news that Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo had allegedly cheated in the 2004 presidential election.

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This is an important Constitutional question looming over the 2010 elections because former President Joseph Estrada has said he would seek the Presidency in 2010 if the Opposition fails to unite under a single standard bearer.

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Senate President Juan Ponce-Enrile, who ranks third in the line of presidential succession, yesterday pressed former President Joseph Estrada to run for the presidency in 2010 and reportedly told Estrada that if he decides to run for the post, he (Enrile) will for a seat in the S …

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Comparing the 'Idiot Heir' and the 'Wicked Heir'

Every 20th of January following the quadrennial presidential elections, the United States of America holds the inauguration of its new chief executive.

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The editor of this paper is a workhorse, one flanked by almost only home and office.

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[Philippines'] Sandiganbayan "kangaroo court" Judge Diosdado Peralta (named after Diosdado Macapagal, by Peralta's own claim) joins his Sandiganbayan "kangaroo court" colleague Teresita de Castro in the Supreme Court.

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As expected, [Philippine] President Arroyo appointed Sandiganbayan Special Division Justice Diosdado Peralta to the high court seat, replacing the seat vacated by now retired SC Associate Justice Ruben Reyes, who is now currently embroiled in a scandal linking him to the leakage  …

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Maria Marcelo Ejercito, mother of former [Philippine President] Joseph Estrada, died yesterday at the age of 103.

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Anyone who dared humiliate George W. Bush at the height of the latter's international popularity and the global support given to his war on Iraq is capable of daring to do anything.

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As we usher in a new challenging year, we can't help but bask in whatever good 2008 had for a tailender, one of which is the "sorry of the year." It was, in fact, the best news for the year that was.

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Daily Tribune editorial on the blunder of Edsa 2: Everybody knows that the elite Edsa ll was a major mistake, but not everybody who joined the elite mob rule who knows it was a big mistake is willing to publicly apologize for it.

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