SAN DIEGO (May 1)�- Ranking Philippine officials on a tour to counter adverse publicity about the government of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said the country is "still afloat" despite the global economic crisis and that the people had grown tired of resorting to popular revolt to effect change.
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On a stopover in San Diego Wednesday night (April 29) on the last leg of a US-wide campaign, the officials claimed "democracy is alive and vibrant" in the island nation even in the face of protest rallies and agitation to oust Arroyo whom critics said was "the most corrupt" Philippine president, upstaging the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
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