Arroyo government sponsors "Thank you's" to itself

**chua_riwap** · August 27th, 2009 06:10 PM

Ayos talaga itong admin. ni Pandakekok. Nagpagawa ng sarili nyang tarps para sa Baguio visit nya..........

Ibang klase talaga!

http://www.gmanews.tv/story/170835/a...u39s-to-itself
27 Aug 2009

When President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo visits Baguio City on Friday, she will be greeted by large tarpaulins with “thank you" messages from an assortment of citizens groups.

But a memo that first circulated through Facebook reveals that her administration ordered the tarps and is paying for the printing.

In the memo dated August 26 addressed to Philippine Information Agency (PIA) chief Secretary Conrado Limcaoco Jr., PIA Cordillera Director Helen Tibaldo requested "the printing of the tarps along the route" of the President's visit.

Tibaldo also requested Limcaoco’s approval for a series of thank you messages for various projects. Those supposedly thanking the president include such amorphous groups as "displaced OFWs" and "Baguio City urban poor."

Contacted by phone by GMANews.TV, Tibaldo confirmed that the memo indeed came from her office. "Yes, we sent a fax message to Sec. Limcaoco," she said.

However, she declined to discuss the memo in any detail or give information about the groups thanking the president.

"Please call again later, I'll answer that," she said. When GMANews.TV tried to reach Tibaldo again, she was not answering the calls.

Portions of Tibaldo’s memo: