Meeting with Pinoy community, scholars part of PNoy’s itinerary during US visit

A reception with members of the Filipino-American community and a meeting with Filipino scholars of the foundation named after his parents will be part of the itinerary when President Benigno Aquino III visits the United States later this week.

According to a statement from the Philippine Consulate General in New York, Aquino, who will be in the US from Sept. 20 to 24, will meet with members of the Filipino-American community in New York and Boston, with the latter hosting a meeting between him and scholars of the Benigno and Corazon Aquino Scholarship Foundation.

Aquino will also visit "old friends" in Boston, according to Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary Maria Andrelita Austria, in the statement. The President is expected to arrive in Boston, Massachusetts, on the evening of September 20 from Berlin, Germany.

Aquino is currently on a four-nation tour of Europe, visiting Spain and Belgium. He will then proceed to France and Germany, his last stop in European trip.

On September 22, Aquino will meet with Representative Joseph Kennedy III (4th District, Massachusetts), who recently visited the Philippines and invited the President for a meeting when he visits Boston.

Later in the afternoon, Aquino will receive three big American companies. Austria said this will be followed by an interview with the National Public Radio station.

He will then deliver a policy speech at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and then proceed to New York.

While in New York, Aquino will have a series of media interviews with major print and television companies, Austria said.

After that, he will join other world leaders for the UN Climate Change Summit at the UN Headquarters.

After this, he will have a business roundtable with the US Chamber of Commerce, the US-ASEAN Business Council, and the US-Philippines Society.

Later in the afternoon, Aquino will speak at the World Leaders Forum of Columbia University, and have a coffee meeting with the media.

On September 24, the President will depart New York for San Francisco.

“This was supposedly only a technical stop but we have had requests from big business companies to meet with the President. So we have arranged for at least two business meetings in San Francisco,” Austria said.

He then leaves for Manila and arrive on the evening of Thursday, September 25. —Rie Takumi/KBK, GMA News

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