The Philippines in a Holiday Mess
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was busy part of this week filming her annual holiday message to the nation. Clad in a pink pants suit, she posed in a life-size manger on the grounds of the Presidential Palace, complete with Mary and Joseph and the Three Wise Men.
Surrounded by Christmas kitsch, Arroyo may be hoping that her sins of commission and omis…
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