In a statement yesterday, Mayor Abby Binay apologized to the family of the late Senate president Gil Puyat, adding that the request to change the street signs did not reach her office.
“I apologize to the public and to the family of the late Senate president Puyat. These signs have been taken down on my instruction,” Binay said.
“If the (request for a permit) went through me, it would have been immediately rejected,” she added.
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