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==Doomed Pinoy lives in Bataan== | |||
*Source: http://www.tempo.com.ph/2011/doomed-pinoy-lives-in-bataan/#.TtygUFZ8-Fo | |||
*By: MAR T. SUPNAD | |||
*''December 05, 2011'' | |||
ORION, Bataan – The Filipino sentenced to die in China on December 8 for drug trafficking is a native of this coastal and agricultural town. | |||
And his bedridden mother still does not know his fate, the mayor here said. | |||
“When the news broke out sometime in 2008, his mother suffered from a heart attack and has been bedridden since. She might die if we inform her that her son will be executed. So we are asking that the privacy of his family would be respected,” said Mayor Jose “Pepe” Santos. | |||
Despite his constituent’s misery, Santos said he has to face the consequences of his action. | |||
“The people of Orion are religious individuals and I do not want our town to be known as hometown of drug mules. We are silent and Godfearing. We do not want our town to be known worldwide due to drug trafficking,” he said. | |||
The identity of the Filipino remains unknown to many because of the refusal of the Office of the Vice President and the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). | |||
But his identity has been the talk of the town and among employees of the municipal government who were once his colleagues. | |||
One of his cousins said that his family is silent and lonely. “Siyempre, malungkot kami lahat na kamag-anak niya, pero hindi pa alam ng nanay ni kuya,” she said. | |||
“Nakakahiya nga e, pero nandiyan na, di natin alam ang tunay na nangyari,” she added. | |||
Meanwhile, Malacañang vowed yesterday to exhaust other diplomatic means to save the life of the Filipino after Beijing refused a planned mercy mission by Vice President Jejomar C. Binay. | |||
Deputy presidential spokeswoman Abigail Valte said the government respects the decision of China to reject the visit of Binay but will still look for other ways to seek mercy for the Filipino. | |||
“While we were informed that the Chinese side is unable to arrange the visit of Vice President Binay, we respect that decision,” Valte said over government radio. | |||
“We are still exhausting some other means to have access for the Vice President to make his appeal in our behalf in the death sentence of the Filipino national,” she added. | |||
==‘Jeepers’ to reenact Battle of Bataan== | ==‘Jeepers’ to reenact Battle of Bataan== | ||
*Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/local-news/2011/12/02/jeepers-reenact-battle-bataan-193708 | *Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/local-news/2011/12/02/jeepers-reenact-battle-bataan-193708 |
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