President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo returned
this afternoon from Switzerland where she attended the World Economic Forum (WEF) at
Davos, capping three days of whirlwind meetings with leading world political and business
leaders spotlighting on the bright opportunities awaiting investors in the Philippines,
the role of the Association of Southeast Nations (ASEAN) in regional and international
affairs, and the Philippines’ success in the fight against terrorism.
The President’s chartered Philippine
Airlines Flight PR 001 landed at the Villamor Air Base in Pasay City at exactly 4:30 p.m.
Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita and
Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Hermogenes Esperon Jr. welcomed the President and her
official delegation back home.
After the President deplaned, she trooped
the line for a pass-in review of the military contingent who accorded her arrival honors.
From the tarmac, she proceeded to the
conference room of the 250th Presidential Airlift Wing of the Villamor Air Base
for a closed door meeting with Esperon and other military brass.
The President left for the WEF meeting
four days ago amid the euphoria over the confirmation of the death of elusive Abu Sayyaf
leader Khadaffy Janjalani, and only last week, the killing of Abu Sulaiman,
Janjalani’s likely successor. (full story)
released 28 Jan 2007 |
