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	<title>raissarobles.com &#187; Presidential powers &#8211; Martial Law</title>
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		<title>Hello, General Bangit, are you aware the Supreme Court says your post as military chief is only &#8216;temporary&#8217;?</title>
		<link>http://raissarobles.com/2010/03/18/hello-general-bangit-are-you-aware-the-supreme-court-says-your-post-as-military-chief-is-only-temporary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>raissa robles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I nearly fell of my seat while reading the newly-issued Supreme Court ruling allowing President Gloria Macagapagal-Arroyo to make midnight appointments to the high court in the twilight of her presidency. Because in that same 62-page decision, the Supreme Court explicitly states that Section 15, Article VII of the Constitution: in effect deprives the President [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Part 2: FOCAP members are told how the Ampatuans became rebels instead of suspected monster murderers</title>
		<link>http://raissarobles.com/2009/12/15/part-2-the-ampatuans-are-the-type-of-rebels-that-foreign-media-have-not-encountered/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>raissa robles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before Martial Law was imposed in Maguindanao, the Ampatuans were known worldwide as the prime suspects in the deliberate liquidation of 57 people, 30 of  them journalists. This has set a world record for the worst one-day killing of media men in peace time, while covering a democratic exercise. To understand how stupefied many of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Part 1:The Philippine government may well be resorting to a rubber band lifting of Martial Law in Maguindanao</title>
		<link>http://raissarobles.com/2009/12/14/380/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>raissa robles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Philippine government may well be resorting to a rubber band lifting of Martial Law &#8211; gone today, here again tomorrow maybe. Catholic prelates are breathing a sigh of relief, but I&#8217;m one of those who aren&#8217;t. To understand why, I&#8217;ve inserted below two video clips I&#8217;ve uploaded to YouTube. The imposition of Martial Law [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yikes! President Arroyo imposed martial law  by citing the wrong Republic Act establishing a village school</title>
		<link>http://raissarobles.com/2009/12/05/yikespresident-arroyo-imposed-martial-law-using-a-law-establishing-a-village-high-school-as-one-of-her-basis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 11:35:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>raissa robles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ampatuan massacre]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Citing the wrong law as the legal basis shows that this  martial law is so sloppily put together.  I fear the suspected murderers can get away with murder by exploiting precisely this sloppiness. In this instance, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed Proclamation 1959 using the following as her basis for declaring Martial Law: the Constitution and [...]]]></description>
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