Confused? You should be

Philippine House Speaker Manny Villar brilliantly delays his ouster, and edges Estrada''s impeachment a step further.
November 13, 2000
In what can only be described as an act of political genius, Philippine Speaker of the House of Representatives Manuel Villar Jr., adroitly escaped a plan to remove him as speaker and instead shocked the nation by transmitting the articles of impeachment against President Joseph Estrada.

A congressman punched a former general and another shouted at the top of his lungs at the visitors in the gallery to stop them from jeering. Such was just another day in the Philippines. Meanwhile, those who shorted the peso and the PHISIX should be forewarned and forearmed when the market resumes on Tuesday.

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