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Since Arroyo’s full name — Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo — is a mouthful, she is popularly known by her initials 'GMA' in the Philippines. According to Lonely Planet: “Estrada tried a few ploys to regain power - like calling for yet another 'people's revolution' - but it was for naught.
WHEREFORE, the Court GRANTS the petitions for certiorari; ANNULS and SETS ASIDE the resolutions issued in Criminal Case No. SB-12-CRM-0174 by the Sandiganbayan on April 6, 2015 and September 10, 2015; GRANTS the petitioners' respective demurrers to evidence; DISMISSES Criminal Case No. SB-12-CRM-0174 as to the petitioners GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO and BENIGNO AGUAS for insufficiency of evidence ...
Jul 23, 2018 · MANILA, Philippines – Former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo became the first female Speaker of the Philippines’ House of Representatives, a feat that she earned in a bizarre leadership ...
Mar 23, 2023 · Twenty months into her presidency in 2002, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, the second female president of the country after Corazon Cojuangco-Aquino, was facing difficult times which she said “try men’s souls and tax a woman’s patience.”
Oct 8, 2015 · In its opinion released on October 2, the five-member UN body urged the Philippine government to reconsider Arroyo’s bail plea “in accordance with the relevant international human rights standards and to accord Ms. Arroyo with an enforceable right to compensation… for the deprivation of liberty which already occurred.”
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo During her Presidency, she refused to sign any execution order, commuted all death sentences into life imprisonment and eventually abolished the death penalty in 2006. She had already pronounced her opposition against the death penalty when she was elected Senator in 1992, a position in which she remained until 1998.
Sep 1, 2010 · Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, more popularly known by her initials "GMA," is a former First Daughter who became the President of the Republic of the Philippines under the controversial circumstances of EDSA II in 2001. Despite being flooded with criticism for snafu after snafu, GMA stayed afloat and held on to the presidency for nine years.
