The first thing that Rhoupheline Aya Cadiz wants to do after topping the architecture board this year is to broaden her knowledge so she could return to her native Batanes and give back.
Far from the chaos and frenzy that attended the first day of filing of certificates of candidacy (COCs) at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Manila, the provincial election office in this northernmost Luzon province was quiet on Monday.
Residents here are not starving due to a food shortage, contrary to the impression generated by an appeal made by their church leader this week.
