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Sunday, September 17, 2006
Arroyo meets with Pinoys workers in London
PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo met with members of the Filipino community including nurses working at the St. Mary's Hospital during her visit to London last Sept. 14.
Aside from meeting overseas Filipino workers, the President met for an afternoon tea with Prince Andrew at the Buckingham Palace where they discussed potential British investments in the Philippines particularly in manufacturing and power.
Prince Andrew, the second son of British monarch Queen Elizabeth II and holding the title Duke of York, expressed interest in establishing a manufacturing plant for Roll Royce engines at the Clark Economic zone.
Arroyo also invited Prince Andrew to visit the country urging him to push through with his plan to visit the world famous posh Amanpulo resort in Palawan.
It can be recalled that during the earlier visit of the British Prince in 2004, his scheduled visit to Amanpulo was called off due to bad weather.
Before meeting with the British royal, the President met with the Filipino community in London. Shortly after arriving at Heathrow airport, the President proceeded to St. Mary's hospital in Paddlington London where she met about 350 Filipino nurses.
Afterwards she motored towards Sheraton Park Lane Hotel in Picadilly where a throng of Filipinos migrant workers warmly cheered her.
The stop at St. Mary's turned out to be a lively get-together for the nurses and the Philippine President, as the Filipino nurses jostled to have their souvenir pictures taken with the chief executive.
During her visit to the Hospital the President paid tribute to the Filipino health workers who are highly admired for their efficiency, professionalism and dedication to their work. The Filipinos have won praise for their hard work following in the aftermath of the London terrorist bombing on July 7, 2005.
"We are proud of you," Arroyo tells Filipinos at the historic hospital where in its academic research and medical education department Sir Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928, a feat, which revolutionized the field of antibiotics.
The hospital is also famous as the place where the late Princess Diana gave birth to both Princes William and Harry.
Presently 10 percent of the hospital's nursing staff are composed of Filipino nurses. St. Mary's chief executive Julia Nettel spoke highly of the Filipino nurses for being "outstanding and caring." (PIA 11)
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