Last Updated: October 06 2007
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    PGMA VISITS TAJ MAHAL -- President Gloria Macapagagal-Arroyo poses before the world-famous Taj Mahal in Agra, India on Saturday morning (Oct. 6). The President and her official delegation visited the world heritage site before they left for Manila on the last day of her fruitful three-day state visit to India. (Exequiel Supera-OPS/NIB Photo)
       
    President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo offers flowers at the Samadhi or tomb of India’s revered leader Mahatma Gandhi in New Delhi Friday (Oct.5). Among those with the President in photo are (from left) Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo, Occidental .Mindoro Congresswoman Ma. Amelita Villarosa, and India’s Minister of State for Defense Raju M.M. Palam. (Exequiel Supera-OPS/NIB Photo)
       
    President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is accorded full military honors as part of the welcome ceremonies for her at the Forecourt of the Presidential Palace Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi Friday morning (Oct. 5). The President is on a three-day state visit to India to promote economic, trade, political, cultural and other aspects of diplomatic ties between India and the Philippines. (Exequiel Supera-OPS/NIB Photo).
       
    PGMA IN NEW DELHI -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is welcomed by Indian President Pratibha Patil (left) and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh upon her arrival at the Forecourt of the Presidential Palace Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi Friday morning (Oct. 5). The President is on a three-days state visit to India to promote economic, trade, political, cultural and other aspects of diplomatic ties between India and the Philippines. (Exequiel Supera-OPS/NIB Photo)
       
    President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo witnesses the signing and exchange of a memorandum of agreement (MOA) between IP Biotech Philippines and Indian Immunologicals Limited for the manufacture and distributorship of cheap medicines and other pharmaceutical products in the Philippines. The MOA signing took place Thursday afternoon (Oct. 4) at the Taj Majal Hotel in Mumbai, India between IP Biotech Chairman Jaime Gonzales (left) and Vijay KV Balasubramaniam of Indian Immunologicals Ltd. (Exequiel Supera-OPS/NIB Photo)
       
    PGMA IN INDIA STATE VISIT—President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo addresses the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) Meeting at the Ballroom of the Taj Majal Palace and Towers in Mumbai, India Thursday afternoon (Oct. 4). The President, who is in India for a three-day state visit, invited the Indian businessmen to invest in the Philippines. Also in photo are (from left) Philippine Ambassador to India Teresita Vega Berner, Foreign Affairs secretary Alberto Romulo, and Deputy Chairman Banmali Agrawala of the Confederation of Indian Industries. (Exequiel Supera-OPS/NIB Photo)
       
    SHANGHAI, CHINA – President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo exchanges pleasantries with a delegation of Chinese businessmen led by Director-General Zhou Bo (seated at right) of the Shanghai Municipal Economic Commission who paid a courtesy call on her at the VIP Room of the Le Royal Meridien Hotel in Shanghai, China Tuesday afternoon (Oct. 2). The President earlier delivered the keynote speech at the Philippine Business and Investment Forum (PBIF) organized by the Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CPIT) and the Shanghai Overseas Chinese Chamber of Commerce and held in the same hotel. (Rodolfo Manabat – OPS/NIB Photo)
       
    SHANGHAI, CHINA – President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo poses with officials of the Council for the Promotion of International Trade Shanghai led by its chairman, Cen Furong (seated) who paid a courtesy call on her at the Le Royal Meridien Hotel in Shanghai, China Tuesday (Oct. 2). The President earlier delivered the keynote speech at the Philippine Business and Investment Forum (PBIF) organized by the CPIT and the Shanghai Overseas Chinese Chamber of Commerce. (Rodolfo Manabat – OPS/NIB Photo)
       
    SHANGHAI, CHINA – President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo receives an affectionate kiss on the check and a warm handshake from a female member of the Philippine delegation to the 2007 World Summer Games Special Olympics which opened at the Shanghai Stadium Tuesday (Oct. 2). The President, who is on a two-day official visit to the People’s Republic of China, had a photo opportunity with the Filipino athletes at the lobby of the Eton Hotel in Shanghai Tuesday afternoon. The Philippines sent its biggest ever delegation of 52 athletes to the Special Olympics. (Rodolfo Manabat – OPS/NIB Photo)
       
    SHANGHAI, China—President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo delivers her speech at the Philippine Business and Investment Forum (PBIF) organized by the Shanghai Overseas Chinese Chamber of Commerce at the Le Royal Meridien Hotel in Shanghai, China Tuesday (Oct. 2). (Rodolfo Manabat-OPS/NIB Photo)
       
    PGMA ARRIVES IN SHANGHAI—President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is welcomed by business tycoon Lucio Tan and his wife upon the Chief Executive’s arrival Tuesday (Oct. 2) at the Tan-owned Eton Hotel at Pudong New District in Shanghai where she is billeted during her two-day visit to the People’s Republic of China. While in Shanghai, the President is scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao, deliver a speech at the Philippine Business and Investment Forum at the Le Meridien Hotel, and attend the opening ceremonies of the Special Olympics International 2007 hosted by China. (Rodolfo Manabat-OPS/NIB Photo)
       
    A beaming President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo waves to a crowd of government officials, friends and well-wishers who gave her a fine send-off at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal II in Pasay City Tuesday morning (Oct. 2). The President flew to Shanghai for a two-day visit to China. (Rey Baniquet – OPS/NIB Photo)
       
    PGMA OFF FOR CHINA VISIT -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo acknowledges the salute of Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief Gen. Hermogenes Esperon Jr. during the departure honors accorded her at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal II in Pasay City Tuesday morning (Oct. 2). The President flew to Shanghai for a two-day official visit to China. (Rey Baniquet/OPS-NIB Photo)
       

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