Display of Callousness, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and her entourage engaged in a display of callousness when they paid exorbitant amounts for dinners in Washington DC and New York City recently, during Arroyo’s state visit to the US last month. (By Flon Faurillo)
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In Their Behalf I Beg Your Indulgence
By ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat.com The economic downturn hasn’t persuaded everyone to pinch pennies. Philippines President Maria Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was at Le Cirque the other night with a large entourage enjoying the good life, even though the former comptroller of her country’s armed services, Carlos Garcia, was found guilty earlier this year of perjury and…