QC Trowel Club inducts officers

RW. Santiago Gabonza was named guest of honor, speaker and inducting officer in the 6 p. m. February 7 QC Trowel Club’s 3rd induction of officers at the Hotel Rembrandt in Quezon City.

President Tony D. Ong leads the Club officers to be sworn into office, including internal affairs vice president Noel S. Ferrer; external affairs vice president Cesar Cabral; secretary Dario T. Añasco Jr. and asst. secretary Arnulfo Macatangay; treasurer Bonifacio Alaiza and asst. treasurer Elmer Sagatsat; auditor Voltaire Padilla and asst. auditor Lenie Allen Sampayan; PROS, Victor Ong and Elpidio de Chavez; chaplain Benjamin D. Elenzano Jr., and board members Reynaldo A. Garcia, Daniel Chua, Victor Ace Espejo, Wesley Chua, and Freddie Lilagan.

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hinahayaan na po niya sa the foundation’s 20th year program. Launched on February 3 at the Lima Technology Center in Malvar, Batangas and dubbed as “Project 20/ 20: A Search for 20 Innovative Public Schools in Batangas,” the project aims to provide assistance to deserving schools in North Batangas and profile needs and requirements of these schools. Inquiries about the project may be sent to ( 02) 892- 5462.

PAY SOUGHT FOR JAILED NEWSMAN

THE United Nations Human Rights Committee ( UNHRC) wants the Philippine government to compensate a Davao City- based journalist who has been imprisoned for criminal defamation. The UNHRC believes that the imprisonment of Alexander Adonis violated his right to free expression, according to an international media rights group. The case stemmed from a 2001 radio broadcast in which Adonis reported on an alleged affair between then House Speaker Prospero Nograles and a married woman, the International Press Institute ( IPI) said on Friday. The UNHRC said the nearly 5- year prison sentence imposed on Adonis was “incompatible” with Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The committee reported that Nograles filed a libel complaint against Adonis in response to the story.

SEX RING BUSTED, 13 WORKERS RESCUED

THE Criminal Investigation and Detection Group ( CIDG) and the Justice Department’s Inter- Agency Council Against Trafficking ( IACAT) is hot on a trail of a certain “Nikki” who runs a Laguna- based escort service ring following an antihuman trafficking operations in Biñan that resulted in the rescue of 13 sex workers including two minors. CIDG chief, Police Director Samuel D Pagdilao Jr. said elements of the CIDG’S Women and Children Protection Division ( WCPD) led by Police Superintendent Emma Libunao and the IACAT launched an entrapment operation at Frezco Resort located at Almamanso St., San Antonio, Biñan, Laguna