AID FOR SURFERS, BOATMEN. Presidential son William Vincent Marcos and Andrew Romualdez, the son of House Speaker Martin Romualdez, lead the distribution of financial assistance to 150 surfers and 150 boatmen in General Luna, Siargao Island in Surigao del Norte province on Sept. 3, 2022. A total of PHP900,000 cash aid was released through the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development. (Photo courtesy of Gen. Luna LGU) BUTUAN CITY - The local government unit (LGU) of General Luna in Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte, has expressed its gratitude to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and House Speaker Martin Romualdez for sending out cash aid intended for surfers and boatmen in the area. In a statement Wednesday, General Luna Mayor Sol Matugas said the beneficiaries are considered the most affected sectors in the town during the onslaught of Typhoon Odette in December last year. Some 150 surfers and 150 boatmen received a t
EAGER TO LEARN. Rizalde Bisalona, 30, from Glan, Sarangani, inspired netizens after enrolling as a Grade 1 student Tamala Elementary School for the school year 2022-2023. An online video post on Bisalona being interviewed by his teacher on Sept. 2, 2022 has gathered more than five million views to date. (Screengrab from Anne Patigayon - Department of Education Sarangani) GENERAL SANTOS CITY - A 30-year-old man from Glan, Sarangani, has inspired netizens after enrolling as a Grade 1 student in the same school as his son in kindergarten. As of Wednesday, the video of Rizalde Bisalona sitting inside a classroom of the Tamala Elementary School in Glan has garnered 5.1 million views, 671,000 likes, and 17,100 comments. The video, posted by a certain Anne Patigayon on Sept. 2, showed Bisalona answering questions of his teacher. Bisalona attends the same school as his eldest son who is currently in kindergarten and goes to class with children aged 6-7 years old, roughly a fifth of his age. De
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