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Philippines' new vice president sworn into office
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Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo (second right) is sworn in by village chiefs Ronaldo Coner and Regina Celeste during inauguration ceremonies in suburban Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines Thursday. (AP/Aaron Favila)
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eni Robredo has been sworn in as the new vice president of the Philippines, and has promised to help bring prosperity to Filipinos on the fringes of society.
The neophyte politician who defeated the son and namesake of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos in a close vice presidential race and who ran under a different party from President-elect Rodrigo Duterte took her oath Thursday as the country's 14th vice president. Two village leaders, including the chairman of the poorest village in her home district in eastern Camarines Sur province, administered the oath.
Robredo says her work will focus on hunger, universal health care, rural development, and education. She says she plans to travel to take her office to the country's smallest villages.
