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Pornographic NO HOLDS BARRED Armida Siguion-Reyna 02/09/2010 The last few days saw a flurry of denials regarding the supposedly developing —if not already developed —political alliance between presidential- wannabe-so-badly Manny Villar and Gloria Arroyo. A reaction, perhaps, to the text message that flew from cell phone to cell phone shortly before the week ended: “Now the cat’s out of the bag... Manny Villar is the secret candidate of President GMA... Mike Arroyo himself met with Manny Villar at the house of Mike Defensor last Jan. 7... Villar secretly agreed to make GMA Speaker of the House and protect her should Villar win the presidency... Villar agreed to GMA’s offer of massive logistical support in GMA’s commissioners in the Comelec who will assure Villar’s victory... please pass para di tayo maloko ulit.” Not true, said Nacionalista Party (NP) spokesman and senatorial candidate Gilbert Remulla: “Realizing that the C-5 mud has not stuck on Villar, no matter how hard they try in besmirching him, the newest LP lie is to link the good senator to the Arroyo administration, when it is the Liberals who were once ‘BFF’ (best friends forever) with Mrs. Arroyo.”.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20100209com5.html

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