President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo inspects the P20-million Jipapad-Lapinig Circumferential Road project in Eastern Samar as she sees it through her sun glasses during her visit to the area Friday (November 9). The road project is a 5.22 km project which is funded by the President's Social Fund. It is aimed at spurring the full econmic development and progress of Eastern Samar and its neighboring towns. (REY BANIQUET/OPS-NIB)

President GLoria Macapagal-Arroyo addresses the residents of Jipapad in Eastern Samar before she personally inspected the Jipapad-Lapinig Circumferential Road Project which is designed to spur the full economic development and progress of Eastern Samar and its neighboring towns following her arrival Friday (November 9) at the Jipapad Elementary School in Eastern Samar. The P20-million Jipapad-Lapinig Road Project in Eastern Samar is a 5.22 kilometer road project funded by the President's Social Fund. (REY BANIQUET/OPS-OPS)

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo listens to a briefing conducted by Col. Rudival Cabading of the 53rd Engineering Brigade of the Philippine Army on the P20-million Jipapad-Lapinig Circumferential Road Project in Eastern Samar during her visit there Friday (November 9). The Jipapad-Lapinig road project is a 5.22 kilometer project which is funded by the President's Social Fund. (REY BANIQUET/OPS-NIB)

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is mobbed by residents of Jipapad in Eastern Samar upon her arrival Friday (November 9) at the Jipapad Elementary School where she delivered her message to the people in the area. Later, the President personally inspected the P20-million Jipapad-Lapinig Circumferential Road project which is designed to spur the economic development and progress of Eastern Samar and its neighboring towns. The project is a 5.22 km. road project which is funded by the President's Social Fund. (REY BANIQUET/OPS-NIB)