Another mail-order bride victim rescued

Dalipe agreed, saying: “Why include questions that people don’t want and are not related to the ongoing process in Congress? Is this black propaganda?”

“Including unrelated questions in the survey only serves to confuse and mislead the public,” the Zamboanga City representative also said.

He said Filipinos would ultimately decide on the proposed amendments in a plebiscite and not through surveys.

But for RBH 7 to be put to a plebiscite, the Senate must first pass its own RBH 6, the template of the House measure.

The Senate, however, has maintained the position that there is no need to rush constitutional amendments.

The House has been adamant to see the amendments put to a plebiscite before Congress adjourns on May 25, to give enough lead time before the midterm elections next year.

A suspected victim of a mail-order bride scam has been rescued by the Bureau of Immigration from a said on Friday from syndicate that sends Filipino women to China disguised as spouses of Chinese nationals. Citing a report from the immigration protection and border enforcement section, Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco in a statement said the female passenger was intercepted at Ninoy Aquino International Airport on March 15 before she could board a flight to Guangzhou, China. The victim reportedly showed a marriage certificate as proof of their civil wedding, which allegedly took place at the Pasig City hall in January. The victim later admitted that the marriage was fake and that it was arranged by a fixer who is in the business of recruiting Filipino women willing to become brides to Chinese nationals.