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24 unusual facts about arroyo


Adrian Cristobal

In 2005, Cristobal's son, Adrian Jr., was appointed by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as the Director-General of the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines.

Alexandra Braun

During her Miss Earth reign, she met the President of the Philippines Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo at the Malacañan Palace, which she considered as one of her most memorable experiences.

Anthony Stevens-Arroyo

During his term, he was instrumental in the conduct of a SAC testimony in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania in 2009.

He is also a staunch traditionalist Roman Catholic who has publicly espoused the proposed controversial canonizations of Queen Isabella of Spain and Pope Pius XII.

Ate Glow

Rene Boy Facunla, better known under the moniker Ate Glow, is a Filipino comic best known for his transvestite routine impersonating Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, the 14th President of the Philippines.

Bagong Alyansang Makabayan

On August 7, 2002, the secretary-general of Bayan, Teodoro A. Casiño, claimed that under the Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo presidency, soldiers murdered at least 13 Bayan and Bayan Muna members.

Banco de Oro–Equitable PCI Bank merger

On May 6, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said that she will support the current stance of the SSS in avoiding any sale negotiations regarding its stake in Equitable PCI until all underlying disputes at the Supreme Court have been resolved.

Corazon Soliman

She once held the position under former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo but later resigned in 2005 as a result of the Hello Garci scandal.

Diosdado Macapagal–Arroyo

His mother, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, is the daughter of the late former President Diosdado Macapagal whose ancestry can be traced to Lakandula.

Diosdado Ignacio Macapagal Arroyo, known as Dato Arroyo is a politician and the youngest son of the three children of former First Gentleman Mike Arroyo and former President of the Philippines and current congresswoman from second district of Pampanga Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

Edilberto de Jesus

He was appointed Secretary of Education on 16 September 2002 by then-President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

Edmund A. Walsh

Heads of state educated at the School have included King Abdullah of Jordan and Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of the Philippines.

Eric Buhain

In 2001, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo appointed Buhain as the chairman of the Philippine Sports Commission after learning the Philippines poor international ranking in Sports.

Gedeon G. Quijano

Garcia, and Macapagal (President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s father).

Jojo Acuin

In 2004, Acuin also predicted that a presidential candidate will die before the election year itself ends, which turned out to be popular actor and Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's chief rival Fernando Poe Jr.

Las Virgenes Cristianas Expuestas al Populacho

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was present during the opening ceremony and viewing of Hidalgo’s masterpiece.

Le Cirque

In July 2009, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, the former President of the Philippines was highly criticized for her supposed outlandish dinner at Le Cirque with the Philippine delegation during her visit to the United States.

Manila Headline

With the recognition of the 14th President of the Philippines Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Manila Headline became a well-known publication in the Philippines and a well trusted source in finding news items in the state of Texas.

Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific

Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo attended the event, as had other interested parties from Japan and the Philippines.

Metro Manila Skyway

On July 23, 2007, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo announced in her State of the Nation Address (SONA) that the Metro Manila Skyway will be extended and link the missing segment from Bicutan to Alabang, also called the Metro Manila Skyway Phase 2.

Native Guns

Both American President George W. Bush and Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo are often criticized in their songs for their treatment of working-class citizens.

NCAA Season 85 basketball tournaments

However, on July 27, 2009, ABS-CBN, through UHF channel Studio 23 did not air the scheduled NCAA games to give way for the State of the Nation Address of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

Sub-Parish Church of Sto. Cristo

Willie Buyson Villarama, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's former chief of staff, from Bacolor, Pampanga stated that "his great-great-great grandfather is Don Julian Buyson, who served as a gobernadorcillo, xxx".

Z Gorres

In February 2010, Gorres was well enough to fly home to the Philippines, where he was greeted at the airport by Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.


Abel Julien Pagnard

Abel Julien Pagnard (July 3, 1859 – November 16, 1913) was a French engineer and was the architect of the Commercial Port of Arroyo (now Puerto Rosales) near the city of Punta High in the south of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Aiguá

The city is situated on the east bank of the stream Arroyo de Aiguá, one of the main tributaries of Cebollatí River.

Ángel Arroyo

In stage 17 of the 1982 Vuelta a España, while leading the race, Arroyo was tested positive for Methylphenidate, and got a 10 minutes time penalty.

Ángel Villoldo

Ángel Gregorio Villoldo Arroyo (16 February 1861 -14 October 1919) was an Argentine musician and one of the pioneers of tango.

Arroyo Concepción

On the southeastern outskirts of Arroyo Concepción is the border crossing, which links Puerto Suárez and Puerto Quijarro with the city of Corumbá on the Brazilian side.

Arroyo Seco Parkway

Though the common name used by the public had become "Arroyo Seco Freeway" over the years, it was officially a "Parkway" until November 16, 1954, when the California Highway Commission changed its name to the Pasadena Freeway.

Citadel of Saigon

It was of substantial elevation, with three sides bordered by natural waterways at right angles: the Saigon River, Arroyo Chinois and the Arroyo de l'Avalanche.

Corral Hollow Creek

Named Arroyo de los Buenos Ayres or Aires by the Spanish, the creek retained this name despite the arrival of the Americans and the 49ers for some time.

Danilo Aceval

Danilo Vicente Aceval Maldonado (born 15 September 1975 in Arroyo, Paraguay) is a retired Paraguayan football goalkeeper.

Danilo Lim

Chief Justice Reynato Puno, who had just arrived from Guam, stated that he would not head a caretaker government if President Arroyo was removed from power, for he wants to insulate the judiciary from politics.

Dante Canlas

Currently a professor at the University of the Philippines School of Economics, he served as Socio-Economic Planning Secretary and concurrently Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority from 2001 to 2002 under then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

El Pinar, Uruguay

Its south limit is the coastline of the Río de la Plata and it shares borders with Lomas de Solymar to the west, with Neptunia to the east, with the stream Arroyo Pando separating the two, and with Country Villa Juana to the north.

Fallout 2

The player frees both his fellow villagers from Arroyo and the Vault 13 dwellers from Enclave control and subsequently destroys the Enclave's oil rig, killing the President of the United States Richardson as well as a genetically-modified Secret Service enforcer Frank Horrigan.

Galeana, Nuevo León

Galeana shares borders with the states of Coahuila and San Luis Potosí to the west; with the municipalities of Aramberri and Doctor Arroyo to the south; Rayones to the north; and with Linares, Montemorelos, Rayones and Iturbide to the east.

General Enrique Martínez

The village is located at the east end of Route 17, and the south end of Route 91, situated on the north bank of Cebollatí River and west of the mouth of the stream Arroyo del Parao.

Guadalupe Valley Creek

The Guadalupe Creek watershed begins on the northeast slope of the peak of San Bruno Mountain as Devil's Arroyo, which descends quickly northwards to the head of the Guadalupe Valley.

Joker Arroyo

Arroyo participated in the trials of political detainees such as Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr., ABS-CBN Executive Eugenio Lopez, Jr., Cebu politician Sergio Osmeña III, Communist Party of the Philippines founder and University of the Philippines Professor Jose Maria Sison, Senators Jovito Salonga and Eva Kalaw, lawyers Aquilino Pimentel Jr., Renato Tañada, Eduardo Olaguer and many others.

KLFF

KIHC, a radio station (890 AM) licensed to serve Arroyo Grande, California, which held the call sign KLFF from 2001 to 2013

Liberalism in the Philippines

2006: The Philippines' ruling political party, Lakas-CMD, with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as its supremo, was influential in "hijacking" the Liberal Party by way of overthrowing the presidency of Sen. Franklin Drilon from the party through a rump Liberal meeting at the Manila Hotel.

Loreto Garza

Working his way up the ranks he got his opportunity, in 1988, Garza won the WBC Americas light welterweight championship with a spectacular first-round knockout of former world champion Harry Arroyo, Arroyo was knocked down three times in the fight.

Michael Ray Aquino

Aquino was then accused of helping Aragoncillo transmit classified United States documents regarding President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to her opponents in the Philippines, including both Joseph Estrada and current opposition leader Panfilo Lacson, who had been Aquino's superior in the police force.

Mikey Arroyo

He is the eldest son of the three children of former First Gentleman Mike Arroyo and former President of the Philippines and current congresswoman from second district of Pampanga Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

Nonoy Marcelo

Marcelo often used the strip to caricature political figures from Ferdinand Marcos and Cory Aquino to Joseph Estrada and Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, re-imagining them as mice.

Olds Hall

The Olds Hall (also known as the Arroyo Gardens Hotel or Daytona Terrace Hotel) is a historic site in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States.

Puerto Rican Commission

The Commission or "volunteers", as they were otherwise known, that landed at Arroyo on 1 August 1898 consisted of: Pedro Juan Besosa, José Budet, Domingo Collazo, Mateo Fajardo, Emilio González, Antonio Mattei Lluberas, Rafael Marxuach y Abrams, Rafael Muñoz, and Warren Sutton (the only American in the group).

Puerto Rico Highway 53

It will connect the cities of Fajardo, Ceiba, Naguabo, Humacao, Yabucoa, Maunabo, Patillas, Arroyo, Guayama and Salinas, thus bordering the entire eastern and southeastern coasts of Puerto Rico.

Rio Pueblo de Taos

It is joined by Rio Grande del Rancho, which flows from the south through Ranchos de Taos, Arroyo Seco, from the north, then Arroyo del Alamo, from the south, after which it reaches the Rio Grande in the Rio Grande Gorge a few miles south of the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge.

Rufino Santos

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was to lead the event by unveiling a historical marker and a 6-foot statue of Santos (sculpted by Edillardo Paras) and donated by Cesar L. Villanueva's wife, Arlyn Sicangco-Villanueva, president of Holy Angel University in Angeles City, Pampanga.

San Leandro Creek

San Leandro Creek was formerly named Arroyo de San Leandro, likely named by the Spanish for St. Leander, 6th-century archbishop of Seville, "Apostle of the Goths".

Texas Fight

Another version used at the annual Texas-OU game is "Give 'em hell, give 'em hell! OU sucks!" In a commercial for ESPN's College GameDay, Kirk Herbstreit improvised "Yeah, we're Texas, just north of Mexico. Home of the armadillo, black gold and El Arroyo..." before Longhorns coach Mack Brown says, "we don't freestyle 'Texas Fight', Big Boy."

Timeline of the Hello Garci scandal

June 6 - In a press conference Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye plays two recordings of telephone conversations supposedly between President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Election Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano.

Ramon Isberto of Smart, said - "This first came out two to three years ago. The company has not participated in any efforts to monitor conversations." Speechless wiretappers: Doble said he and everybody else involved in "Project Lighthouse" were shocked to hear President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo speak with former Virgilio Garcillano about the rigging of poll results.

Truth and reconciliation commission

; Philippines: In 2010, President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino announced that a Philippines Truth Commission will be formed to investigate unresolved issues concerning the previous administration of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

Wilson Lee Flores

He studied AB Management Economics (where one of his economics professors was future Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo) and later shifted to BS Legal Management at the Ateneo de Manila University, since he found the law subjects of this course more interesting and he was then planning to go afterwards to law school.