Filipino businessmen must have the ability to compete freely in the global economy. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo economy global ability Change image and share on social
My responsibility as president is to take care to solve the problems we are facing now and to provide a vision and direction for how our nation should advance in the future. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo vision advance nation Change image and share on social
We have scaled the heights of Mount Everest, dominated the Southeast Asian games, we have won international beauty titles, and of course punched our way to triumph in the boxing world. Our people compete and win every day in every imaginable job throughout the world. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo triumph job title share on social
We have the hardest working people in the world, the most adaptable and the most congenial to employ. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo world work people Change image and share on social
Our educational system should make the Filipino fit not just for whatever jobs happen to be on offer today, but also for whatever economic challenge life will throw in their way. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo economic filipino system Change image and share on social
We have our own home-grown terrorism, and to the extent that we can obliterate terrorism all over the world, then our own terrorism will be much easier to neutralize. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo neutralize easy obliterate Change image and share on social
Our political system needs changing. It needs to move away from personalities and patronage to a system of party programs and consultation with the people. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo move system consultation Change image and share on social
You have 60 countries in the world with a terrorist problem. That's two-thirds of the world. We have this group in Basilan, which is a small island in the far south of the Philippines, and the island itself has a population of - what? - 300,000. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo philippine 000 population share on social
There isn't a day I do not work at my job, or a waking moment when I do not think through a work-related problem. Even my critics cannot begrudge the long hours I put in. Our people deserve a government that works just as hard as they do. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo government long relate share on social
For those who want to pick up old fights, we're game, but what a waste of time. Why not join hands instead? Join hands in the biggest challenge of all, where we all win, or we all lose: the battle for the survival and progress of our one and only country. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo game pick hand share on social
