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Washington Think Tank Urges Bush to Act Vs. Arroyo?s ?Dictatorial Methods?

But despite ?waning? U.S. support of her, Arroyo not on shaky footing, says analyst

DAVAO CITY ? The United States government should now review how its military aid and security assistance to the Philippines are being spent by the Arroyo administration, a policy analyst of a major American think tank said this week.

Washington should also pressure President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo into ensuring that killers of Filipino journalists are brought to justice, said Dana R. Dillon, a senior policy analyst at The Heritage Foundation, a respected and influential American think tank, in an op-ed piece published last Sunday by Fox News.

Dillon criticized the Arroyo administration for, according to him, resorting ?to the methods many dictators use to silence criticism.? Arroyo, he said, ?appears to have given up on convincing her constituents of her competence.?

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PSA Weekly Analysis

Pacific Strategies & Assessments, a leading Asia-based business risk consultancy, produces a weekly report for its clients in the Philippines. Its reports stand out for their intelligent, informed and candid assessment of Philippine business and politics. PSA, which operates in Manila and other key Asian cities, provides business intelligence, investigations, public affairs, security, and crisis management services.

In its report this week, PSA takes a look at these issues:

1) the ?state of decay? at Napocor

2) the similarities betwen Fidel V. Ramos?s Pirma initiative and Arroyo?s Charter-change campaign

3) the whitewashing of the Mayuga report

4) how the government is scaring off investors

5) how the strengthening peso is actually bad for many Filipino businesses

6) the Philippine tourism boom

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    ?Commander Dante? Surrenders

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    By Cheryll D. Fiel
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    DAVAO CITY ? ?Commander Dante,? the most wanted man in this city who have been blamed for terrorizing residents in Paquibato District the past months, is now in the hands of the authorities.

    Police identified ?Commander Dante? as Dante Lumuyod, a 38-year-old resident of Gumitan, a village in Paquibato.

    Lumuyod was presented to Mayor Rodrigo Duterte Monday afternoon after he surrendered to the police and the military last Saturday in Paquibato, a hinterland district of the city, known for being the battleground between the military and the communist New People?s Army.

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