His people are saying he just didn’t have time.
“Malacañang denied accusations that President Noynoy Aquino deliberately snubbed a Filipino community in California during his trip to the United States last week,” reports Kristine Angeli Sabillo on Inquirer.net.
Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. explained, “Los Angeles was not in the itinerary from the start.”
The report noted: “Coloma was reacting to media reports that the Filipino-American community in Los Angeles was upset that Aquino did not take time to visit them despite dropping by a gun shop and a hamburger restaurant in San Francisco, also in California.”
The report added that “The Filipino American Community of Los Angeles (FACLA) told TFC’s Balitang America that they have long been trying to invite Aquino to their Facla Hall, which was one of the last places his father, the late Senator Ninoy Aquino Jr., visited before he was assassinated.”
Coloma went on to say, “During the short period of time his plane was in San Francisco, the President met with leaders of two multinational companies on entertainment and banking who expressed interest in investing or expanding their current participation in the robust economy of our country.”
Coloma likewise pointed out that “the President’s itinerary was quite hectic: 94 events in 11 days in 7 cities across continents and time zones.”
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