VOL. 10 ISSUE 30 • SUNDAY - MONDAY, MAY 14 - 15, 2017
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MADONNA AND CHILD. A young Badjao mother lovingly admires her 10-day old baby girl while she stares back at her at their shanty in Brgy. 23-C, Isla Verde, Davao City on Saturday, a day before the celebration of Mother’s Day. Lean Daval Jr.
ATTY. ANGELA LIBRADOTRINIDAD: “Motherhood teaches me it’s okay to stop and smell the flowers”
MOTHER’S DAY FEATURE
The (M)other side of Angging By NEILWIN JOSEPH L. BRAVO
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HE answers come quick and almost stereotyped whenever one asks, “Angela Librado-Trinidad, who?”
Passionate lawyer. Feisty women’s advocate. Devoted public servant. Member of the GRP peace panel. And oh, yes. Lovely daughter of the late labor leader Nonoy Librado. It goes around those descriptions. But not much has been said about the other side of Angging. To be exact, the mother side of Angging. Atty. Angela “Angging” Librado-Trinidad’s typical day begins with the alarm on her mobile phone set at 5:30 in the morning. But don’t let her fool you, that alarm gets off three times and set back to snooze before even the smartest of phones could finally kick her out of bed. Once she does though, she’s an energizer bunny brought to life. With a steaming cup of coffee in tow, she puts on her armor and begins the day in the kitchen. She cooks breakfast for the kids with boiled eggs as a regular fare on the menu. She takes the kids—Karina, 12; Lorenzo, 8; Kristina, 6; and Conrad, 4—off to school then goes back home for a halfan-hour nap.
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DEADLY PURSUIT 3 killed, 9 injured in AFP-NPA skirmishes A
RMED encounters between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the communist New People’s Army showed no signs of slackening as government troops pressed pursuit operations of rebels that attacked and burned facilities of Lapa-
nday Foods Corporation late last month in Davao City and Panabo City. Captain Rhyan Batchar, chief information officer of 10th Infantry (Agila) Division, said a series of skirmishes took place from May 6 to 11 resulting in the killing of two NPA
members, a soldier and the wounding of nine government troopers. The armed confrontations took place in Davao City, Davao del Sur and Davao Occidental, Batchar reported. Government troopers also recovered a calibre .38 revolv-
er, an M14 rifle and various war materials from the rebels. The army believes more NPA rebels were wounded during the gun battles based on reports of civilians who saw fleeing rebels with their wounded comrades.
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