Published February 16, 2021, 3:35 PM
The truth has prevailed.
This is the message of the various members from the camp of Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday after the Supreme Court, sitting as Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), unanimously dismissed the election protest of former Senator Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. who lost to Robredo in the 2016 vice presidential race.
(Aika Robredo FACEBOOK / MANILA BULLETIN)
In a Facebook post, Aika Robredo, the vice president’s eldest daughter, shared a photo of her mother with her back turned from the camera with the words: “Sa huli, ang tama ang laging mananaig (In the end, the truth shall always prevail).”
Published February 14, 2021, 9:38 AM
Nine years on, she couldn’t imagine to be with another person.
Vice President Leni Robredo shared an old photo of her with late husband and Interior secretary Jesse Robredo on Sunday, February 14.
(Photo from Aika Robredo)
“Feels both like yesterday and a lifetime ago,” she said in a Facebook post.
This is the vice president’s ninth Valentine’s Day without Jesse. Though not holiday, Valentine’s Day is widey celebrated by couples in the country.
Jesse, who was also a six-term Naga City mayor, was killed in a plane crash in August 2012. He left behind his wife and their three daughters Aika, Tricia, and Jillian.
Vice-President Leni Robredo
(OVP / Facebook / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)
Social media posts by Robredo supporters suggested Jessica Marie, or Aika, should be vying for the gubernatorial post so her mother could focus on her presidential bid.
“VP Leni Gerona Robredo for president. Aika for (Camarines Sur) governor,” Richard Arce, who hails from Naga City, wrote.
“Aika Robredo..Please run for governor in Camarines Sur. We support you 100
percent. We need new and decent young politician like you,” Rudz Dee Madrigal said.
“Naga City needs you, but the country needs you more,” another supporter said, referring to the elder Robredo.
They were commenting in a Facebook post by the vice president who shared a Manila Bulletin article about her eldest daughter carving her own path in public service.
Published February 10, 2021, 7:26 PM
• Jessica Marie “Aika” Robredo has chosen to do NGO work after finishing a Masters in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School in Cambridge, Massachusetts
• She heads the Restart Micro-Enterpirse Inc. which helps people in disaster-prone areas get back on their feet through livelihood opportunities.
• RestartME has extended help to victims of typhoons, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, the Marawi Siege, and the Rice Tariffication Law and its impact to rice farmers. Recently, it has also been active in supporting those impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
• Growing up in the presence of public servants, Aika has no shortage of lessons in the value of the work one does and what it means to serve.