Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Francis Tolentino was two-and-a-half hours late to the official announcement of the 39th Metro Manila Film Festival’s (MMFF) eight official entries for 2013, but he tried his hand at wit to apologize for his tardiness.

Apparently, Tolentino was held up at a meeting with President Benigno Aquino 3rd for hours regarding the horrendous traffic caused by the floods in Metro Manila on Monday evening, and was even called back to return to the Palace when he had already left for the press conference in Quezon City.

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