A female overseas Filipino worker (OFW), who was maltreated in a Middle East country where she worked as a domestic helper, on Saturday thanked a party-list group and a local businessman for helping her safely go back home. Marilou Santos, a resident of this town, tearfully recounted her ordeal in the foreign country and expressed gratitude to the Alliance for Community Transformation and Service (ACTS–OFW) and local businessman Alex Acuzar. Acuzar is a mayoralty candidate running against reelectionist Mayor Aida Macalinao in this town. Santos said she experienced maltreatment and abuse from different employers and was nearly sexually molested. “Kung
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has expressed hope that his successor is someone who is “compassionate and decisive.” “First, the president should be a compassionate one, ‘yung para sa tao talaga (He should be pro-people),” he said in a prerecorded exclusive interview with Pastor Apollo Quiboloy aired Saturday on SMNI. “Second, you must be decisive.” Apart from the two qualities Duterte cited, he said the next president should be someone who served as a “mayor” and a lawyer like him. He added that his successor should be competent enough to address several issues confronting the country, including the Philippines’ South China
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte said new Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairman Saidamen Balt Pangarungan is good and has vast experience in public service. In a prerecorded interview with Pastor Apollo Quiboloy aired Saturday on SMNI, Duterte acknowledged issues over Pangarungan’ appointment because they both graduated from San Beda University. “Ang inaano is ini-issue lang nila sa akin diyan (They’re making an issue out of it) because he’s from San Beda also. Sa totoo lang hindi ko nakita ‘yan. Hindi ko nakita. Ni hindi ko nakita na… Hindi ko talaga nakita (But in reality, I’ve never met him),” he said. “I
Defending champion George Oconer and 2018 winner Ronald Oranza of Navy Standard Insurance made their presences felt after a slow start and bounced back strong in the 179.8-kilometer Stage Four of the 11th LBC Ronda Pilipinas at the Provincial Capitol here Sunday. Oconer unleashed his full might in a wet and wild finish that saw him claim his first stage win this year with a clocking of four hours, 10 minutes and 12 seconds while catapulting him straight to the top 10 from 13th. Oranza, the 29-year-old new Navy skipper, likewise made his move in the overall race as he
The Philippine Army’s 91st Infantry “Sinagtala” Battalion (91IB) has warned students of Lyceum of the East-Aurora (LEA) in Maria Aurora town, this province against being swayed by false ideologies of leftist organizations, many of which have links to communist terrorist groups (CTGs) under the Communist Party of the Philippines – New People’s Army – National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF). During the lecture to some 58 LEA students on the CTG’s infiltration efforts in the youth sector on Saturday, 91IB Civil-Military Operations Officer Capt. Candidato Paduman cited the need to educate young Filipinos on the propaganda of the CPP-NPA to avoid being
Cagayan de Oro’s Eljay Pamisa has barged into the finals of The Asian Boxing Confederation (ASBC) Junior and Youth Championships at the Al Hossein Sports City in Amman, Jordan. Pamisa, 17, hammered out a spectacular win over Iran’s Nima Beygi Thursday, using effective counter attacks and deft footwork enroute to his golden showdown on Monday. He faces tough Abduvali Buriboev of Uzbekistan in the gold medal round of the event which drew 305 boxers from the region. Pamisa was to take on the other semifinal winner, Anand Yadav of India, in the final. But a protest launched by Buriboev’s camp
