GMA's $20,000 dinner in New York

That just shows you that no one is ever really remembered when they die. I think a dinner like that was uncalled for but then again the government is the government.

Ohh my, tsk-tsk-tsk! what else can I say . Thanks for the hardship, blood,sweat and tears of OFW (Overseas Filipino Workers Abroad) that keeps on sending dollars to their family back home. In that way, the President will be able to get something out of it .

I don't know but it was really a waste of our money, as they claim we are in deep neck debt. I don't see any hope it she still stays as President. This is just my opinion, I respect others opinion here.

I have not heard of that news but if that is so, could we really expect a noble act from someone who calls herself our president? I had been hurting from the many expenditures she had made from the people's money. The wound had been cut deeper by the gag order and the deception the government call rule of law. Your fight and mine is not done yet. Cory's sacrifice lives in us.

I have heard about this, but I didn't know that it was worth 20000usd.. the nerve of that woman..

No wonder, people get so much laugh on the MB article that "accidentally" put Pres. Arroyo's Funeral instead of Aquino... I'm sure many people are wishing her gone, and wishes that the article is true.

Anyway, there's only one thing I'm sure of, when she leaves this world, Filipinos won't grieve.. only those that benefits from her abuse of power...

Damn that small and terrible president of ours. I can't believe that she still has the guts to spend $20,000 for such a dinner in NY. How can she spend so much like that? Isn't she thinking that she is spending the peoples' taxes? This is what I hate, our government is full of corrupt people. Thats why I hate to pay taxes to the government though its part of our responsibility. I don't get any benefits for paying taxes and I don't see much improvements in our country either. I believe that nobody will mourn for her if ever she passes away in the future, unlike Cory Aquino.

Hi there. I read the article in the Baltimore sun website. The President and his entourage did not hold back when they where dining in Le Cirque restaurant in Manhattan. $20,000 is approximately 955,400 pesos. It's really sad when I see the taxcut in my payslip. They did not think about the million of hungry Filipinos. They did not think about the people who put them in office.

Well, the government spent the people's money again .... The President is trying to spend much as her term is about to end .. lavish dinner isn't worth.. .. had that money been spent to feed Filipino people, I'm sure a thousand could have eaten already ..

Well that's f*cked up. That money could've been used for building a small school somewhere remote. Damn her and her irritating nasal voice.

If I can afford to go to a restaurant to eat that way,I will certainly do if I earn the money through my personal business ventures.I personally try all restaurants in the metro because I want to enjoy my life.
However, in the case of Arroyo as a president who earns only about 30,000 pesos, I don't think she can explain that cash she spent.She should think about the poor who can't afford to eat thrice a day, those sick children that can't be sent to hospitals because of poverty and those who can't go to school.

I haver also heard about it too, i think $20,000 is to extravagant for just a meal to spend just for one night. Just thinking about it $20,2000 is around Php1,000,000 in our currency and think about how much people could have been helped for that amount. That amount could actually already do a lot like save lives, feed those who are hungry, buy medicines for those could not even afford to muy their medicines. I think its very unwise to spend such amount just for a one night dinner. I think as the president of the Philippines she just wants to impress the people from other country and i think it she really likes to do that she could do that in other ways where the amount spent could also be useful and benefitial to others.