In A Global Arena, What Our Businessmen

I Feel That If I Am Freed Of The Burden Of Politics, Then I Can Do More And I Can Take More Unpopular Decisions. I Can Have As My Guidance For Decision Whatever Is Right, Not Whatever Is Popular.

The Philippines Was With The U.s. In The Second World War, In The Korean War, In The Vietnam War, And Now In The War Against Terrorism.

Before September 11, We Were Fighting Terrorism In Our Southwestern Philippines, And It Was A Lonely Fight. However, We Were Able To Contain It Now In One Island In That Part Of The Philippines. But After September 11, And After The Creation Of The Global Coalition Against Terrorism, Now We Have Allies, And I Believe Now It Will Easier With Allies.

The People Want Government That Works For Them At Every Level. They Want Good Government That Begins At Their Doorstep In The Barangay, And Does Not End Before The Closed Door Of A Bureaucrat In Metro Manila.

In 1995, We Had Evidence Of The Brother-in-law Of Osama Bin Laden Being In The Philippines, Living In The Philippines. We Had Evidence Of Front Organizations Set Up In The Philippines. And We Uncovered Evidence About, Which Would Help The U.s. With - About The Perpetuators Of The World Trade Center Bombing.