Vice President Leni Robredo is looking at the “silver linings” of being in a pandemic after recording multiple graduation messages and speeches from the comforts of her office.
“Pre-pandemic, I can only accept a few and, most of the time, I needed to travel long distances, fly, stay in hotels just to attend a graduation,” she said in a Facebook post Thursday, June 3.
“Now, I can be in many all at the same time and do not have to spend for travel expenses. These are some of the silver linings in this time of great difficulty,” she added.
The vice president shared her photos while recording messages and speeches for this year’s graduates since face-to-face graduation rites are still not allowed due to COVID-19.
Robredo noted she has recorded 20 messages and 27 speeches for different universities and colleges.
Last week, she was a guest speaker of an online public policy forum hosted by the students of the Filipino Society at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.
She talked about the challenges of being an opposition leader and of being a woman holding a government top post like hers. She also gave insight about the maritime disputes in the West Philippine Sea.