Go with a planeload
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
The Palace recently announced that Gloria Arroyo will be leaving for the yearly summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Thailand starting this week with a “lean” team.
The announcement was obviously meant to preempt criticisms of another costly presidential junket in the face of a looming economic crisis. But this yearly meeting of Asean leaders is not the right occasion to think about cost-saving.
