So Mrs Arroyo is straining to be seen doing something: posing for photos at state grain warehouses and promising a crackdown on the widespread fiddling of subsidised rice supplies.

• 阿罗约总统自然也会有所行动，在国有粮仓拍照，承诺打击那些蔓延的口惠而实不至的粮食供给补贴。