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Eventful start for 'P Noy'

So the first two days under the much anticipated new government have come and gone, and what a start it’s been.

Newly installed President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino’s first order was to pretty much get rid of all non-career appointees of the previous government.

As heads were still reeling from the whiplash and Filipinos were preparing for the possibility of having the entire administrative structure collapse, the memorandum was recalled and "revised".

It needed to be “fine-tuned”, the new officials explained, as sighs of relief echoed through the emptying government hallways.

The first official presidential order was then reissued with a more detailed definition of who could stay and who would go. 

Then there was the matter of arriving late for the leadership turnover rites at the armed forces headquarters.

No sirens, please

Just as he promised at his inauguration, President Aquino, aka P Noy, remained