Aika Robredo–Leni’s secret campaign weapon
THE THREE daughters of Camarines Sur Rep. Leni Robredo cried when Leni told them she was considering accepting the Liberal Party’s (LP) offer to run for vice president.
THE THREE daughters of Camarines Sur Rep. Leni Robredo cried when Leni told them she was considering accepting the Liberal Party’s (LP) offer to run for vice president.
Thank God, Rep. Leni Robredo’s birthday is on April 23… she will probably zoom to victory as vice president by virtue of her being on her first cycle.
The specter grows with every affirming poll, yet we remain unprovoked, unmoved. But then, again, it’s very much in our character.
As election day draws nearer, it gets more and more interesting to watch who is campaigning for whom.
I don’t think I enjoy anything more than spending time with family. They say: “Cousins are usually the first friends we have as children. No one will ever understand your crazy family like your cousins do, even if you haven’t talked too much lately. ”
SOMETIME in 2013, I had the chance to spend an afternoon with Leni Robredo and daughters Aika and Jillian, most of it in a van driving around Naga, then in the airport, waiting for President Aquino to finish his tour of the province and take off for Manila.
Rep. Leni Robredo turned 50 yesterday. On the eve of her birthday, she conquered one of her greatest fears: getting on a zipline. Amazing. I
“There is a classroom in one of the poorest barangay in my district—with 38 students and only nine chairs,” began Leni Robredo, keynoting a ceremony not too long ago giving
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.
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.
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