Philippine President in Fresno, CA
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is in the U.S. Yesterday, June 24, 2008, she met with Filipino-Americans in Fresno, California, attending mass with them, and discussing the tragedies caused by Typhoon Fengshen. A live video conference with officials back in the Philippines occurred before the Fil-Am community. During the conference, the president proposed
1) “to make rice hoarding and profiteering economic sabotage, with disaster as aggravating circumstance”,
and 2) that “the state of calamity should include imposing a maximum of price of rice”.
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