TBTK delegates to meet GMA in Palace

DELEGATES to this year's Tigurn Bol-anon sa Tibuok Kalibutan (TBTK) are set to meet President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in Malacanang on July 18. Congressman Edgar Chatto said this as he who sought the Presidents availability for the activity.

Chatto met over dinner with PGMA in Malacañang Friday night upon his arrival from a successful gathering of Boholanos in Los Angeles where he was guest speaker and inducting officer of the Boholanos of Southern California, Inc. Cong. Chatto said that meeting the president in Malacañang is being requested by TBTK organizers led by New York based Betty Veloso-Garcia due to the success of the previous presidential audience in 2003. Chatto added that TBTK delegates are all looking forward to visit historic Malacañang and museum and meet the President in person. This will open the weeklong grand Boholano reunion.

On the same day, a dinner and dance is also being arranged for the delegates, Chatto said thru the Department of Tourism with Sec. Ace Durano as guest. While in Manila , the TBTK delegates will be taken cared of by the officers and members of the Boholano Association in Metro Manila Inc. (BAMMI) led by lawyer Bernie Calibo together with the other Boholano associations and groups. A motorcade from Ninoy Aquino International Airport to Malacañang will also highlight the one day Manila event organized by BAMMI.

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