Philippines President apologises to Kissing Bandit

Manila - The President of the Philippines, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, has apologised to a fan who was stopped from kissing her by her bodyguards.

Ms Arroyo was on a visit to Kuwait when the man, dubbed the "Kissing Bandit" was shoved away by one of her security team.

She apologised after arriving back in the Philippines following her two-day trip.

Arroyo said: "Maybe you saw a picture of a male Filipino worker who tried to steal a kiss from me, but was stopped by my aide.

"If he is your relative, please tell him sorry. But it is not really part of our culture that a man just gives a kiss to a woman."

The president thanked Kuwait's Emir Sheik Jaber Al Ahmed Al Sabah for pardoning 20 Filipino prisoners in Kuwait, and for allowing 200 Filipino workers to return home after they abandoned their employers in violation of their contracts. -- Annanova News

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