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When Leni Robredo was proclaimed Vice President-elect in the joint session of Congress, in the tradition of our young democracy, only then did I feel that the elections were finally over.
“There is a classroom in one of the poorest barangay in my district—with 38 students and only nine chairs,” began...
As election day draws nearer, it gets more and more interesting to watch who is campaigning for whom.
At 8:08 a.m. Saturday, the Lunar New Year of the Fire Rooster begins.
Except for the wave of her hand that was still rather demure, there was nothing about Leni Robredo to suggest that she wasn’t used to crowds. Getting off the van that took her to the campaign rally that Friday in Calabanga, Camarines Sur, she waded right straight into the crowd, greeted people and graciously posed with some for pictures.
MANTRA for the week: “Positive changes are now occurring in my life.”
YOUR mantra for the week: When I feel I am worthy, my blessings find me.
During her Philippine visit from Aug. 29 to Sept. 11, Alexandra Cousteau swam with turtles in Apo Island, spoke before students at Silliman University in Dumaguete and the University of Cebu, met with (and obtained commitments from) government officials such as Vice President Leni Robredo and Environment Secretary Gina Lopez, and checked out an artificial reef installed by the El Nido Foundation in a previously dynamited area in Tres Marias, El Nido.
Leni Robredo will tell you that it’s a lot easier to be a mother than to be Vice President of the country.
After making the decision to run for Congress, Leni Robredo, a widow at 47, now stands on the cusp of history wondering if she can indeed cross into the world her husband had inhabited.
