(19 Jul 2005)
1. Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo handing out certificates of achievement to foreign ministry officials on anniversary of the ministry
2. Close-up certificates
3. Arroyo shaking hands with officials
4. Wide shot ceremony
5. Ministry employees listening
6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Philippines President:
"The task at hand is to unite and speed up economic growth, to spur investment, which is one of the main tasks of economic diplomacy, and to keep the confidence of our markets and our trading partners."
7. Cutaway journalists
8. Arroyo surrounded by ministry officials, listening to choir
9. Close-up Arroyo
10. Choir singing
11. Pan from the foreign ministry to protesters
12. Close-up of sign reading: "Oust Gloria"
13. Woman using megaphone at gate of ministry
14. Woman with sign reading: "Oust Gloria Migrante"
15. Wide shot protesters holding banners
16. Protesters shaking ministry gate
17. Policeman behind gate
19. Anti-Arroyo march going through financial district
20. Tighter shot of marchers chanting, UPSOUND: "Gloria resign"
21. People marching with "oust Gloria" placards
22. SOUNDBITE: (English) Stephanie Gonzalez, St. Scholastica School Student:
"We need to put an end to the madness. We demand that Gloria resign now."
23. People with black signs chanting, UPSOUND "Gloria resign now!"
24. Woman with anti-Gloria sign on her head
25. Women waving brooms with posters saying Gloria should be swept out
26. Effigy of Arroyo as a crocodile
27. Effigy of Arroyo as a spider with sign saying "get the pest out of the palace"
28. Close up spider effigy
29. Women in circle around poster of Arroyo with arrow through it chanting
30. Old woman chanting, UPSOUND: "Gloria resign"
13. Two other women chanting, UPSOUND: "Gloria resign"
STORYLINE:
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo repeated that she won't step down on Tuesday and announced the creation of a truth commission to look into vote-rigging allegations against her.
She called on people to unite behind her reform programme to speed up economic growth in an address to foreign ministry officials.
Arroyo spoke about electricity, water, education, health programmes - all areas the country has had problems with in the past.
The truth commission adds another dimension to the seven-week-old political standoff, as its authority is unclear.
A truth commission was one of the options that the bishops outlined on July 10 - which stopped short of calling on her to resign but said she shouldn't ignore the issues being raised.
In an open letter to the Philippines' influential Roman Catholic bishops, Arroyo repeated her refusal to quit, saying it would undercut the country's fragile democracy when she has not been formally charged with wrongdoing.
Also on Tuesday, opposition politicians said they planned to file impeachment charges against Arroyo.
They said they planned to file up to 10 criminal charges, including election fraud and corruption and they are seeking witnesses among 13 former Cabinet members and top aides who recently quit Arroyo's government - some saying they're willing to testify against their former boss.
Congress will convene next week and an impeachment trial - the second in less than five years in the deeply divided country - would be a politically explosive exercise against a backdrop of almost-daily anti-Arroyo protests and rumours about brewing coups.
Meanwhile, about 1,000 members of a left-wing women's group demanded she resign at a noisy rally in Manila's financial district.
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