Terminator coming to RP

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Expect some “heavy lifting” in the post-“Ondoy” recovery efforts. For the “Governator” is coming.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is expected to arrive in Manila on Feb. 7 to look into Philippine rebuilding efforts after the onslaughts of Storms Ondoy (international codename: Ketsana) and “Pepeng” (Parma) last year.

During his one-week stay, Schwarzenegger will visit areas devastated by the calamities, according to Butch Meily, executive director of the Philippine Disaster Recovery Foundation (PDRF).

“We will be talking to him about the disaster recovery plan,” Meily said. He said the governor would be accompanied by former California State Assembly Speaker Willie Brown and a group of Filipino-Americans.

‘Heavy lifting’

President Macapagal-Arroyo’s deputy spokesperson, Gary Olivar, joked that Schwarzenegger would “assist in heavy lifting.” The actor-turned-politician is a former bodybuilding titlist who popularized the “Terminator” movie franchise before joining the Republican Party.

Meily said Schwarzenegger might also have an audience with the President, who earlier formed a private-public sector commission to facilitate recovery efforts.

The PDRF represents that private sector in the initiative, in partnership with the Special National Public Reconstruction Commission.

California ‘governator’ coming to RP - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos

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Schwarzenegger cancels trip to Manila | ABS-CBN News Online Beta

Schwarzenegger cancels trip to Manila

MANILA, Philippines - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will no longer push through with his scheduled visit to the Philippines, ABS-CBN learned Friday.

Philippine Consul General to San Francisco Marcial Paynor said Schwarzenegger's trip was canceled due to pressing concerns in California. The announcement was made by former San Francisco Mayor Willy Brown during a San Francisco-Manila sister city committee event Thursday.

Butch Meily, executive director of the Philippine Disaster Recovery Foundation (PDRF), earlier announced that Schwarzenegger is set to arrive in Manila on February 7 to help with reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts in areas destroyed by storms Ondoy and Pepeng last year.

Schwarzenegger, who is famous for starring in the blockbuster film franchise "Terminator" and other gun-blazing roles, has prior experience in rehabilitation efforts in New Orleans, which was battered by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Schwarzenegger has been governor of California since 2003. He is married to Kennedy scion Maria Shriver, a veteran TV journalist.

as of 01/30/2010 1:24 AM