Noy no-show in Senate’s 94th year
By Angie M. Rosales 10/15/2010Did President Aquino snub the Senate’s 94th anniversary celebration Wednesday night?
The President sent his regrets, through his appointments secretary on his being unavailable for the said yearly event, in which he would have been the guest of honor, due to a prior commitment.
Such commitment was just adjacent to the room in Hotel Sofitel Philippine Plaza, where his former colleagues in the upper chamber, erstwhile senators and former President Joseph Estrada were in attendance for a simple sit-down dinner, it was gathered.
The question arose just when some Senate beat reporters stepped out of the Mindanao function room of the hotel when they were told that Aquino had arrived.
This came as a surprise to them since they knew beforehand that Aquino will not show up. It was former president and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Arroyo who was expected that night since she committed to grace the intimate gathering, only to inform the protocol officers of the upper chamber her last-minute cancellation of her attendance..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20101015nat2.html
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