Sunday, November 15, 2009

Hillary stops over in Manila


Hillary visits Malanday National High School in Marikina City (photo: EPA/ALANAH M. TORRALBA)

Before the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Singapore jumped off over the weekend, Secretary of State Clinton spent a day in Manila. Besides visiting flood relief sites in Marikina City, speaking at a high school book fair, holding a town hall meeting at the University of Santo Tomas, and strongly suggesting to President Arroyo that the time was "ripe" to seal a peace deal with the country's largest Muslim separatist group - among other stately duties (whew), during a press conference she made a few diplomatic, yet Hillary-esque remarks regarding the Philippines' reproductive health bill.

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