{"id":77058,"date":"2016-06-08T06:29:13","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T10:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=77058"},"modified":"2016-06-08T06:29:13","modified_gmt":"2016-06-08T10:29:13","slug":"no-place-country-im-afraid-go-neglected-pres-aquino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/06\/08\/no-place-country-im-afraid-go-neglected-pres-aquino\/","title":{"rendered":"No place in the country that I\u2019m afraid to go to because we neglected them \u2013 Pres. Aquino"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III at the Landing Ship Dock in South Harbour, Manila City.
(Photo: Benhur Arcayan\/Malaca\u00f1ang Photo Bureau)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA \u2013 With only 23 days left before he steps down, President Benigno Aquino III on Tuesday said he can go anywhere in the country without fear of being blamed for not helping the countryside throughout his six-year presidency.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no place in the country that I\u2019m afraid to go to because we neglected them,\u201d Aquino said in an exclusive interview with Rappler.com. founder Maria Ressa.<\/p>\n

President Aquino said his administration has implemented numerous infrastructure projects, including a skyway that will connect the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) and South Luzon Expressway (SLEX).<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can talk about multiples of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) families and so many other achievements,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The beneficiaries of the 4Ps or the Cash Conditional Transfer (CCT) program have increased significantly from over 700,000 in 2010 to 4.4 million active household-beneficiaries, including 570,056 indigenous households.<\/p>\n

The outgoing leader of the country believed that his administration has eliminated \u201ca lot of these problems.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve planted the right seeds and it\u2019s for you to nurture so that we will have the real growth or the complete growth that we all aspire for,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Under the Aquino administration, the Philippines\u2019s label as the \u2018\u2019Sick Man of Asia\u201d has been eradicated, thanks to the anti-corruption campaign that made the country\u2019s economy as one of the fast growing in Asia.<\/p>\n

President Aquino said he was very honored to serve the Filipino people for the last six years.<\/p>\n

He will step down on June 30 as the country\u2019s 15th President, hoping incoming President Rodrigo Duterte will continue the good programs that the Aquino administration have started.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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