Give the man a break. He barely has any hair to keep his scalp warm as it is.
“Unlike some Philippine government officials, President Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III won’t take the ice bucket challenge,” reports Louis Bacani on Philstar.com.
In an interview with Bombo Radyo on Thursday, August 28, the President was quoted as saying, “Huwag na muna nating pag-usapan dahil una kong ivo-volunteer si Rey Marfil. Lalo ngayon may sipon ako medyo (Let’s not talk about that because I’ll volunteer Rey Marfil first. Especially now that I have a bit of a cold).”
The report explaied: “The ice bucket challenge is a viral campaign that aims to raise funds and awareness for ALS or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a neurodegenerative disease that causes paralysis and death.”
The report further noted: “The basic rules of the dare are: Someone issues a challenge — that you allow yourself to be doused with a bucket of ice and water. Then, the challengee has 24 hours to make a $100 donation to the ALS Association or submit to the water torture. Or do both. And then you challenge someone else.”
Screengrab from Palace video
