WHILE most mortals have to deal with running away from their own shadow, Benigno Simeon Aquino III had this problem four-fold. In the public eye, he seemed to have a lot more integrity that his predecessors Joseph Estrada and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo combined. When we returned to our seats, the inquisitive Thelma San Juan asked what we talked about and whether Aquino knew I had worked for nine years under the Arroyo administration. I don’t remember what that first conversation was about, but I requested Thelma to arrange a meeting. We didn’t get far enough into the textbook to arrive in Spain, but we both knew “jugo de naranja” (orange juice).

Source: The Star June 27, 2021 00:22 UTC