{"id":46530,"date":"2015-04-09T14:35:24","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T06:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=46530"},"modified":"2015-04-09T14:35:24","modified_gmt":"2015-04-09T06:35:24","slug":"bill-gates-secretly-visited-rice-institute-in-laguna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/04\/09\/bill-gates-secretly-visited-rice-institute-in-laguna\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Gates secretly visited rice institute in Laguna"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_39459\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39459\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/shutterstock_155863793.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-39459\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/shutterstock_155863793-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Microsoft founder and CEO Bill Gates (JStone \/ Shutterstock)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/shutterstock_155863793-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/shutterstock_155863793.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39459\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Microsoft founder and CEO Bill Gates (JStone \/ Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"line-height: 22.85pt; margin: 0in 0in 20.55pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: #141412;\">MANILA &#8212; Forbes&#8217; richest man, Microsoft cofounder Bill gates, visited the headquarters of the International Rice Institute (Irri) in Los Banos, Laguna on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 22.85pt; margin: 0in 0in 20.55pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: #141412;\">Gates, named as the world&#8217;s richest man by Forbes with a net worth of $79.2 billion, is a major grantee of the foundation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 22.85pt; margin: 0in 0in 20.55pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: #141412;\">Sources cited in a Philippine Daily Inquirer report said that Gates was seen inside the compound of the University of the Philippines where the Irri is located.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 22.85pt; margin: 0in 0in 20.55pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: #141412;\">He was seen wearing a &#8220;violet shirt and a pair of khaki pants&#8221; as he arrived in the compound, 66 kilometers away from Manila.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 22.85pt; margin: 0in 0in 20.55pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: #141412;\">\u201c(He looked) just how he looked like in his pictures. Low-profile lang (only),\u201d the source said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 22.85pt; margin: 0in 0in 20.55pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: #141412;\">Sources also added that Gates visited the institute&#8217;s boardroom, experimental rice fields and gene bank. He also had lunch inside the compound and left at around 3 in the afternoon.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 22.85pt; margin: 0in 0in 20.55pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; color: #141412;\">Gates has been in the country since April 4. 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