Noynoy Skeds Naga, Camarines Sur Visit
October 22nd, 2009
NAGA CITY --- Liberal Party presidential aspirant Noynoy Aquino will be in town on Saturday, October 24, to witness the formal unveiling and blessing of the ?Ninoy and Cory Avenue?, the main thoroughfare fronting the SM City Naga at the city?s Central Business District II.
The Sangguniang Panglunsod here passed Ordinance No. 2009-060 naming the street that stretches from corner Panganiban Drive to corner Roxas Avenue (Diversion Road) in recognition of the significant contributions to the restoration of Philippine democracy of couples former Sen. Benigno ?Ninoy? Aquino, Jr. and former Philippine President Corazon ?Cory? C. Aquino, Noynoy?s parents.
Compared to other areas in the country, Naga City and the Bicol region in general gave the widest margin to Cory in the 1986 elections that saw the toppling of Martial Law helmsman Ferdinand Marcos.
Arriving at the Naga airport in the morning of Saturday, the young senator will immediately proceed to the Archbishop?s residence for a courtesy call on Archbishop Leonardo Z. Legazpi. He will then make another call to Monsignor Zosimo Sanado at the nearby Naga Metropolitan Cathedral grounds for a similar call and brief conference with members of the local media.
Local organizers said Noynoy and his entourage of top LP leaders and senatorial hopefuls will be welcomed by Naga City Mayor Jesse Robredo, local city and barangay officials and representatives of various civic, academic, and sectoral organizations. He is also expected to attend a series of consultation meetings with local officials and stakeholders in the towns of Calabanga and Libmanan in Camarines Sur.
In Libmanan, Noynoy will drop by the official residence of Bishop Jose Rojas before the consultation meeting while in Calabanga he will be met by the parish priest there, Fr. Antonio de los Santos, and former Municipal Mayor Ruben Medroso.
Since he announced his plan to run as president in the upcoming 2010 elections, Noynoy has been topping the surveys. In the latest survey by the Social Weather Station for the third quarter of 2009, Noynoy took the top spot with a commanding 60 percent of the respondents who preferred him to be the next president.
In that same survey, second-running Manny Villar of the Nacionalista Party took 37 percent, followed by former President Erap Estrada with 18 percent. Bicolano senator and presidential aspirant Chiz Escudero took the fourth slot with 15 percent.
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