“Nature did not gift us with a mighty Mekong like Thailand and Vietnam, with their vast and naturally fertile plains. Nature instead put our islands ahead of our neighbours in the path of typhoons from the Pacific.”

Filipino academic and politician

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is a Filipino academic and politician who served as the 14th president of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010. Born Maria Gloria Macaraeg Macapagal-Arroyo, she is also known as PGMA or GMA, and has 88 quotes on the site. Before the presidency, she was senator from 1992 to 1998 and vice president from 1998 to 2001 under Joseph Estrada, becoming the first woman to hold that office. After leaving Malacañang, she was elected to represent Pampanga's 2nd district in 2010. She later served as House speaker from 2018 to 2019 and as deputy speaker in two separate periods. She is also one of only two Filipinos to have held at least three of the country's four highest offices.