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Since the day he was declared the winner, our president Gloria Macapaga-Arroyo has made countless attemps to get in touch with the US president Barack Obama. As we all know, those were all in vain. Of course, with a lot of detractors, those attempts did not look good on her image.

However, last Saturday morning, President Arroyo was finally able to talk to President Obama, and for the record, as Palace official’s would like to point out, it was Obama who sought after Arroyo.

Obama made the surprised telephone call early Saturday morning (Friday evening in the United States). The two presidents reaffirmed each other’s support for the long-standing relationship between the two countries.

Also mentioned in the conversation was the controversial Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), which has been the focus of lots of protest rallies lately, to which the two leaders affirmed commitment to.

Press Secretary Cerge Remonde reported the surprised call in a recent radio interview.

With the signing of Proclamation No. 1699 declaring the official list of Philippine holidays for 2009, I can’t help but ask, how was EDSA Revolution omitted from the list?

Correct me if I am wrong, but was it in the time of Cory Aquino or Fidel Ramos that February 25 was already included in the official list of Philippine holidays? Or was it just being declared a special holiday every year then?

At any rate, we all know that EDSA Revolution is a significant part of our country’s history. How come it was not included in the list signed by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. This is not the first time that she did not honor the memory of that day by not declaring it a holiday.

Is it too insignificant for her?

Was it intentional?
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