BUSH VISIT TIMELINE

8:45 p.m. -- Air Force One bearing US President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush leave the Philippines.

8:33 p.m. -- President and Mrs. Bush arrive in Villamor Air Base. Boards Air Force One for Bangkok.

8:22 p.m. -- President and Mrs. Bush leave Malacañang Palace for Villamor Air Base.

8:01 p.m. -- State dinner for US First Couple ends. Bush, First Lady to leave Malacañang Palace, proceed to Villamor Air Base

6:33 p.m. -- State dinner for US First Couple in Malacañang Palace starts

5:10 p.m. -- President Bush leaves Batasan Pambansa. Returning to Malacañang Palace

5:07 p.m. -- President Bush finishes speech; joint session adjourned

4:53 p.m. -- President Bush says Abu Sayyaf, Jemaah Islamiyah must go

4:51 p.m. -- President Bush pledges money, training for Philippine military

4:45 p.m. -- President Bush speaks before Philippine legislators

4:35 p.m. -- President Bush arrives in Congress

3:05 p.m. -- President Bush and President Arroyo issue joint statement, answer questions of journalists in joint media conference

1:25 p.m. -- President Bush arrives in Malacañang

1:15 p.m. -- President Bush arrives at Luneta Park, lays wreath on Rizal monument

1:00 p.m. -- President Bush visits US embassy in Manila

12:35 p.m. -- President Bush heading toward Luneta Park

12:20 p.m. -- US President George W. Bush arrives at Villamor Airbase in Manila

Sunday, October 19, 2003 (Philippines)

Mikaela steals show at Bush welcome rites MANILA -- Presidential granddaughter Mikaela Gloria Arroyo stole the show Saturday during the welcome ceremony at Malacañang for visiting United States President George W. Bush. Mikaela was among the elementary schoolchildren waving Philippine and American flags and cheering President and Mrs. Bush when President Arroyo took the opportunity to introduce her granddaughter to the American leader. "This is my granddaughter Mikaela," she told President Bush. Then and there, Bush picked her up and planted a grandfatherly kiss on Mikaela's forehead. Mikaela, wearing a light pink dress, gazed at President Bush and smiled pleasantly. The schoolchildren, mostly coming from public schools around Metro Manila, were cheering the American presidential couple shortly after the arrival honors accorded to the foreign head of state. Mikaela first stole the show during the President's latest State of the Nation Address (Sona) at a joint session of the Philippine Congress in Quezon City where Mrs. Arroyo introduced her grandchild to the public.

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