VP Leni Robredo begins her week with a first-time casual talk with President Rodrigo Duterte in Camp Aguinaldo. Before the week's over, she turns out to be a part of duterte's Cabinet.
CAVITE, Philippines – She didn't have a Cabinet portfolio immediately like her predecessors, yet Vice President Leni Robredo hit the ground running amid her first week in office.
Robredo circumvented the nation for a several talking, engagements, examining her arrangements and trusts in the new administration, which she pledged to completely bolster.
Her first-week plan mirrored her advocacies: a visit to a home for the elderly and for persons with inabilities in Manila, and a keynote address at the tradition of the Philippine Association of Nutrition, Incorporated and Philippine Society of Nutritionist-Dieticians, Incorporated. As an official, Robredo documented the National Food Security Bill that means to check hunger for children's lack of healthy sustenance.
Outside Manila, Robredo joined the general population of Lanao del Sur in observing "Araw ng Lanao" and the end of Ramadan. Lanao del Sur is among the territories in the Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) that conveyed big time for the Liberal Party candidates amid the elections.
Robredo got 51.5% of the votes there – 130,486 versus her hardest opponent, then Senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr, who got 46,854 votes.
Week 1 would have all been about her stately capacities as the nation's second top authority. but, because of the new president's unpredictability, she would be in for an astonishment on Day 7 of her vice presidency.
This could be followed back to her first entire day in office – July 1 – when she was welcome to the turnover service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines to be keynoted by the President.
It was their initially meeting since they won the election, which turned out much superior to anything Robredo had expected. Duterte had before said that he was not inclined to give Robredo a Cabinet position as they were from inverse sides of the political wall and he needed to consider the sentiments of Bongbong Marcos, his companion.
The sincere meeting prepared for Robredo's civility approach Duterte in Malacañang, where the Philippine pioneers had an opportunity to warm up to each other.
The best sign that the President and Vice President were set for a decent start was Duterte's invitation to Robredo to visit the Palace all the more regularly in light of the fact that she is a part of the administration. He even looked for her assistance in running the nation.
Little did Robredo realize that a couple days after the fact, the President would offer her a Cabinet position the Duterte way – startling and extremely easygoing.
In a taped interview with PTV4 later publicized on the station, Duterte was approached around a position for Robredo. This was said to be an inquiry sent in by the Malacañang Press Corporation. Accordingly, he called Robredo. He offered her the position of housing secretary on the spot.
Robredo promptly acknowledged the position to seat the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC), already drove by her two quick predecessors, previous VP Jejomar Binay and Noli de Castro.
Robredo said that she was content with the assignment given to her, saying public housing "is an issue near my heart." The HUDCC is among the anti-poverty agencies of the government.
As she set out on her second week in office, she met with HUDCC authorities who advised her on the work ahead. In view of the records she has assessed, there is an overabundance of 1.4 million homes which she needs to determine in the following 6 years.
CAVITE, Philippines – She didn't have a Cabinet portfolio immediately like her predecessors, yet Vice President Leni Robredo hit the ground running amid her first week in office.
Robredo circumvented the nation for a several talking, engagements, examining her arrangements and trusts in the new administration, which she pledged to completely bolster.
Her first-week plan mirrored her advocacies: a visit to a home for the elderly and for persons with inabilities in Manila, and a keynote address at the tradition of the Philippine Association of Nutrition, Incorporated and Philippine Society of Nutritionist-Dieticians, Incorporated. As an official, Robredo documented the National Food Security Bill that means to check hunger for children's lack of healthy sustenance.
Outside Manila, Robredo joined the general population of Lanao del Sur in observing "Araw ng Lanao" and the end of Ramadan. Lanao del Sur is among the territories in the Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) that conveyed big time for the Liberal Party candidates amid the elections.
Robredo got 51.5% of the votes there – 130,486 versus her hardest opponent, then Senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr, who got 46,854 votes.
Week 1 would have all been about her stately capacities as the nation's second top authority. but, because of the new president's unpredictability, she would be in for an astonishment on Day 7 of her vice presidency.
This could be followed back to her first entire day in office – July 1 – when she was welcome to the turnover service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines to be keynoted by the President.
It was their initially meeting since they won the election, which turned out much superior to anything Robredo had expected. Duterte had before said that he was not inclined to give Robredo a Cabinet position as they were from inverse sides of the political wall and he needed to consider the sentiments of Bongbong Marcos, his companion.
The sincere meeting prepared for Robredo's civility approach Duterte in Malacañang, where the Philippine pioneers had an opportunity to warm up to each other.
The best sign that the President and Vice President were set for a decent start was Duterte's invitation to Robredo to visit the Palace all the more regularly in light of the fact that she is a part of the administration. He even looked for her assistance in running the nation.
Little did Robredo realize that a couple days after the fact, the President would offer her a Cabinet position the Duterte way – startling and extremely easygoing.
In a taped interview with PTV4 later publicized on the station, Duterte was approached around a position for Robredo. This was said to be an inquiry sent in by the Malacañang Press Corporation. Accordingly, he called Robredo. He offered her the position of housing secretary on the spot.
Robredo promptly acknowledged the position to seat the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC), already drove by her two quick predecessors, previous VP Jejomar Binay and Noli de Castro.
Robredo said that she was content with the assignment given to her, saying public housing "is an issue near my heart." The HUDCC is among the anti-poverty agencies of the government.
As she set out on her second week in office, she met with HUDCC authorities who advised her on the work ahead. In view of the records she has assessed, there is an overabundance of 1.4 million homes which she needs to determine in the following 6 years.
