MANILA -- Former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo of the Philippines pleaded not guilty on Thursday to a charge that she ordered a local official to tamper with the results of congressional elections in 2007. Surrounded by dozens of police officers yelling ''Move! Move! Move!'' at a crush of reporters, the ailing former president wore a neck brace...
MANILA -- When President Benigno S. Aquino III gave his inauguration speech in June 2010, he touched on the customary broad themes of improving the economy and fighting poverty, but he also made an oddly specific comment. ''To those who have been put in positions by unlawful means, this is my warning: We will begin earning back the trust of our...
MANILA -- Not long into an interview, Ferdinand Topacio, a key member of the legal team defending Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, the former Philippine president, against corruption charges, interrupts the conversation to make a point. ''I don't idolize Adolf Hitler,'' Mr. Topacio said. It is understandable that he feels he needs to make this point....
Macapagal var senator i 1992-98 og blev valgt vicepræsident i 1998. Efter at præsident Joseph Estrada blev afsat blev hun præsident i 2001. Hun blev genvalgt i 2004.
Hun er datter af den tidligere filippinske præsident Diosdado Macapagal.