1. Estrada is the first Philippine president to be impeached, though impeachment motions have been raised and defeated in the past. 2. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, the Philippine president, is waging a lonely campaign to expand the international campaign against terror to fight poverty as well. 3. Last month, the Philippine president, Joseph Estrada, traveled to the United States to meet with President Clinton and to seek high-technology investment. 4. Mrs. Aquino Sends a Message Eleven years ago Corazon Aquino mobilized huge rallies to help drive Ferdinand Marcos, then the Philippine president, from office. 5. Past Philippine presidents have faced impeachment charges, but no one has ever stood trial while in office. 6. President Bush offered troops in a White House meeting with the Philippine president before his aides knew where Basilan was. 7. Philippine presidents often push for large construction projects as their legacies. 8. The daughter of a former Philippine president, she studied economics in the United States. 9. The impeachment trial of the Philippine president, Joseph Estrada, was thrown into disarray on Tuesday when the Senate voted against allowing crucial evidence and the prosecutors resigned. 10. The Philippine president is scheduled to meet with President Clinton on Friday to discuss the Asian financial crisis. |