(Speech before the Negros Press Club delivered April 5, 2008)
The former Japanese ambassador once told me there are three most prominent lies on earth. One, when a delinquent American tenant tells his landlord the check is in the mail. Two, when a Japanese lover tells you he is more romantic than a Frenchman. The biggest lie of them all is when a Filipino politician tells you he is about to deliver a very short speech.
(Speech before the Graduating Class of 2008 delivered April 5, 2008 at the Iloilo City National High School, Molo, Iloilo City)
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Good morning.
Lubos gid ang akon kalipay nga maimbitahan liwat diri sa Iloilo, tungod ang mga Lacson halin sa Molo. Una sa tanan, palakpakan natin ang aton mga ginhikanan nga yari dri subong. Without our parents, we will not be where we are now.
I salute all of you for your accomplishments and I congratulate everyone who has supported and made this moment possible for all of you.
The world that you enter today is quite different from decades past.
You live in a time when knowledge is doubling every five years or so.
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