Money well spent?

PRESENCE. "We are a small country and 'no big deal' in the conclave of world powers that is why there is need for our leaders to attend world or even just regional conferences to make our presence felt," thus said a UP professor on international conventions. "We have to spend money to be known we exist," she added.

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WELL SPENT. She told an Ear informer, her fellow professor, that the "few dollars" used by the President in international conferences is "money well spent." She stressed: "We got to let the world know we exist and we need to be counted."