Erap turns 74, kicks off birthday with gifts for the masses
04/19/2011Former President Joseph Estrada may no longer be in power, but he has not forgotten his natural constituents, the masses, who have never let him down.
Yesterday, the eve of his birthday, Estrada gave away 10,000 bags filled with canned goods, noodles and milk to indigent communities in Quezon City and Manila.
The gift giving ceremonies started in Payatas, followed by North Triangle in Quezon City then Baseco and Tondo in the afternoon.
At noontime the former President had lunch with the orphans at the Asociacion de Damas de Filipinas, an orphanage his late mother Mary Ejercito co-founded and which he helped rebuild when it burned down years ago. He has celebrated his birthdays and Christmases with orphans for the past 20 years..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
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