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Arroyo’s farewell speech

by Grace on June 23rd, 2008

Nah. She’s not stepping down from her Office. Sorry.

President Gloria Arroyo is just leaving for a 10-day “working trip” to the United States. In the aftermath of typhoon “Frank“, the President left this Saturday to meet with key Washington leaders, President Bush and the US presidential candidates.

Arroyo left orders to repair damaged structures and provide calamity funds to affected areas of the flood. The Presidential Airlift Wing was also instructed to fly mercy missions to disaster areas.

Here is a transcript of the President’s statements issued to the press before she left. It’s actually interesting, for those who want to read it. There’s a lot of $$ involved, both in grants from the US government and United Nations, and potential business opportunities with American investors. Arroyo’s goals may be lofty, but it’s to our benefit if she can secure these for the Philippines. Hopefully, the strings will not be too tightly attached.

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One Response to “Arroyo’s farewell speech”

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    jhay Says:

    Aw, she should have said her goodbyes instead. :P

    Anyways, the Phil. Blog Carnival is open again, :D

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