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| Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, Philippines | Saturday, July 14, 2007 |
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Silay airport ready, SILAY CITY -- The P4.3 billion New Bacolod-Silay Airport here is finished, but there is still a debate on when to open it, President Gloria Arroyo said yesterday. The President said she would have come to inaugurate the Silay airport the same time she inaugurated the Iloilo International Airport last month if not for the debate. "This is what I would like to consult the people of Bacolod and Negros Occidental about. This airport is finished but when shall we open it?" she asked. "It
can be opened now if you want to, technically, but, on the other hand, there are
those who say from Bacolod that we should wait, at least, until the completion
of the access road…in November," she said. | ||||
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Gloria wants revised SILAY CITY -- President Gloria Arroyo yesterday said she would like to see a revised land reform law that will promote higher productivity, provide greater access to credit and address existing conflicts effectively. She asked congressmen to submit an appropriate bill for study by all stakeholders, Presidential Adviser for Western Visayas Rafael Coscolluela said yesterday. The president made her position known in a brief meeting with Negros officials and sugar leaders at the Bacolod airport.
Arroyo pointed out that her father, President Diosdado Macapagal, was the father
of land reform and she was not about to kill it, Coscolluela said. | ||||
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next generation President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo yesterday urged the Negrense youth to be part of "the next generation of successful entrepreneurs." Arroyo, who gave the awards for the 11 most inspiring Bacolod entrepreneurs at the Go Negosyo Caravan at the University of St. La Salle Coliseum, said the awardees are "icons and role models" for entrepreneurship. "Kag
tani sa mga kabataan diri sa aton (And I hope that for the young people in this)
gymnasium, the day will come when you also will be the objects of adulation and
you could be the next generation's successful entrepreneurs," she told the Bacolod
crowd that included about 5,000 students from various high schools, colleges and
university in Negros Occidental. | ||||
