Shalani Soledad to run for Congress under Aquino’s coalition in 2013
By Gil C. Cabacungan Jr.
President Aquino’s ex-girlfriend is running for Congress under his administration-led coalition.

President Aquino’s ex-girlfriend is running for Congress under his administration-led coalition.

President Benigno Aquino’s visit with the huddled masses in temporary shelters around Metro Manila on Thursday took him to Gen. T. de Leon High School in Valenzuela City where, all of a sudden, the sun that had been hiding since Monday shone and the sky that had since been gray turned blue.

Imagine a variation of “tapsilog” as well as “dirty ice cream” in the dinner menu of what promises to be the wedding of the year.

In one of those half-serious moments when talk strays into his love life, President Benigno Aquino III on Wednesday said he was not sure if he would be able to attend the January 22 wedding of his former girlfriend, Valenzuela City Councilor Shalani Soledad, and Pasig City Representative Roman Romulo.

NEW YORK—As his favorite singer David Pomeranz puts it, “maybe the old songs will bring back the old times” for the country’s most powerful bachelor. Maybe a full moon was out in this city that never sleeps but over coffee with reporters on Tuesday, President Benigno Aquino III once again allowed talk to stray from [...]
President Benigno Aquino III smiled when he was told of Valenzuela Councilor Shalani Soledad’s engagement to Pasig Representative Roman Romulo, his spokesman said Thursday.
DUMAGUETE City—In the end, this city proved too small for them. After much speculation whether they would cross paths here where they spent almost a day, President Aquino and his former girlfriend Valenzuela City Councilor Shalani Soledad bumped into each other at the airport a few minutes before their respective flights back to Manila. Sources [...]

President Benigno Aquino III is making no fuss over the fact that his visit here on Wednesday coincided with that of his former flame, Valenzuela City Councilor Shalani Soledad.