At the World Down’s Syndrome Congress in Dublin, Ireland, in August, Deanna Sipaco was recognized as a “great advocate for people with Down’s Syndrome” for her contribution to mainstreaming people with the illness through her art.
Farmers belonging to the United Luisita Workers Union (Ulwu) vowed to continue planting palay and cash crops instead of sugarcane, the vast estate’s traditional crop, to stave off hunger and “break the monopoly of the powerful Cojuangco family in our lives.”
The bodies of three of four slain members of the Alvin Flores robbery gang, including that of Flores, had been cremated on the request of relatives who came here to claim the remains.
The military turned over four farm-to-market roads and 24 deep wells to village officials in Gumaca, Quezon Saturday, a regional military spokesperson said.
