President
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo arrived today at 3:30 A.M. from her historic attendance in the 10TH
Session of the Organization of Islamic Conference in Putrajaya, Malaysia.
The President, garbed in a fuschia-colored Malaysian
dress and black pants, flew in aboard a chartered Philippine Airlines plane at the
Villamor Air Base in Pasay City.
Mrs. Macapagal-Arroyo was the first Philippine
president invited to the summit of the OIC, which is composed of 57 Muslim countries.
Accompanying the President on the flight home were
Defense Secretary Eduardo Ermita, Presidential Assistant on the Peace Process Teresita
Quintos-Deles, Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye, and Presidential Management Staff
(PMA) chief Secretary Silvestre Afable.