Arroyo visits resettlement site for China quake victims

By Veronica Uy INQUIRER.net BEIJING, China -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo visited Thursday the resettlement site for the May 12 earthquake victims in Sichuan province. Arroyo, accompanied by First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo and Philippine government officials, gave away four truckloads of Oishi products donated by Special Envoy Carlos Chan, Malacañang officials said. Sichuan, home province of Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, was the site of a magnitude 8 earthquake, which killed 70,000, injured 370,000, caused 18,000 to be listed as missing, and caused 1.48 million to be relocated. As of this posting, the President and her official entourage were on their way to... [read full story]                    

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