The Soul of the South
On her first day in office as governor of the province of Cebu, Gwen Garcia did something that caught the eye of every reporter in the area: She climbed to the top of the Provincial Capitol building. She had heard the complaints about the leaks on the roof and she wanted to check the situation herself.
Ignoring warnings from the provincial engineer, she proceeded upstairs, stopping for a moment to shout at the reporters not to follow her to the roof, as it was dangerous.
“I guess that, in a sense, defined how my administration was going to be,” the governor muses.
As the daughter of Pablo Garcia, the outgoing governor, and as the first woman ever to assume the highest position in the province, the 50-year-old Garcia and her victory represent, as pundits say, “a major shift in the political landscape [of Cebu].” A lot of people commented on how the province spelled the difference for President Arroyo’s victory at the polls. More…
January 15th, 2007 at 11:38 pm
oh, yes, i can agree to this article on the Cebu governor. she is a gem and a “lady luck” for Cebu !
ed diva
vancouver, canada
here since june 15, 2006.