22 Setyembre 2024, Linggo

Thank you father God for another year.

Register now and vote in midterm polls

Aspirants file your certificate of candidacy on October 1-8,2024

Substitute candidates must be with same surname and political party

Partylist must file Certificate of Nomination and Acceptance

No to Divorce!!!

Get well soon Nanay Angelita Santiago-Lopez

No to SOGIE bill

PM for any hospital discharge problem

Good night Mam Ruth Ramirez, see you in the morning!!!

Headlines

AQ alleged gifting of KOJC women to Duterte, others prfobe

By Nidz Godino

“We are now in the process of documenting all these allegations and revelations and we’re ready to file cases against anyone who may have violated  law, regardless of whoever he is,” Philippine National Police (PNP) spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo said at  briefing in Camp Crame PNP is investigating reports that Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) leader Apollo Quiboloy gifted women from his congregation to former President Rodrigo Duterte and other officials.

Fajardo said they are looking into  revelation of former KOJC worker Arlene Stone  Quiboloy offered women who were members of his “pastoral” or inner circle to people close to him, including Duterte.

Stone is now  spokesperson for former KOJC members residing in United States.

Asked if Duterte and other officials who received women as gifts from Quiboloy could be held liable, Fajardo said investigators should coordinate first with alleged victims and secure from them sworn statements for purposes of filing more criminal cases against Quiboloy and other personalities.

Fajardo said allegation, if proven true, is serious as this would fall under qualified human trafficking , non-bailable offense.

Asked if there is already  move to reach out to Duterte, Fajardo  has no information from their people on the ground.

“All our efforts right now will depend on information coming from victims,” she said.

Quiboloy,  self-styled preacher who calls himself  “appointed son of God,” is detained at  Camp Crame custodial center on charges of qualified human trafficking and child abuse filed before Pasig City and Quezon City courts.

In  text message to reporters,  office of Sen. Risa Hontiveros, chair of the Senate committee on women, children and family affairs, is preparing public hearings on  alleged sexual abuse cases against Quiboloy.  Date  of  hearing has yet to be determined.

Hontiveros earlier told Quiboloy that he could not outrun law after he was taken into police custody on September 8.

“You will be held responsible, Apollo Quiboloy…you cannot outrun the law…you will not further delay justice, justice is within reach of  victim-survivors, thanks to their courage to tell the truth” Hontiveros said, addressing Quiboloy after his arrest at KOJC compound in Davao City.

22 Setyembre 2024, Linggo

Thank you father God for another year.

Register now and vote in midterm polls

Aspirants file your certificate of candidacy on October 1-8,2024

Substitute candidates must be with same surname and political party

Partylist must file Certificate of Nomination and Acceptance

No to Divorce!!!

Get well soon Nanay Angelita Santiago-Lopez

No to SOGIE bill

PM for any hospital discharge problem

Good night Mam Ruth Ramirez, see you in the morning!!!

40plus POGOs to shut down opns voluntarily – DOJ

By J.Lo

“Harm and danger fueled by illegal POGO activities have undeniably placed public safety and national security at risk for quite some time and justice will never take these matters sitting down…with  President’s guidance, we can now unleash  full consequences of  law against these undesirable elements of society,” Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said in  statement  total of 41 licensed Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGO) expressed their intention to leave  country following President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s call to ban online gambling hubs

This was revealed by  Department of Justice (DOJ)  after its meeting with  “Task Force POGO Closure,”  involved different government agencies dealing with POGO operations in the country.

DOJ said all specialized visas issued to foreign POGO workers will be downgraded to  tourist visa starting October 16 in order for them to leave  Philippines within 60 days. 

After  visa downgrade, failure to leave the country will result into an involuntary repatriation.

Task force includes representatives from  DOJ, Department of Labor and Employment, Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission, Bureau of Immigration and Philippine Amusement Gaming Corp.

“Task force aims to establish  clear, organized and streamlined set of guidelines for  total prohibition of POGO operations throughout the country by  end of  year without sacrificing  welfare of workers who will be affected by  Presidential directive. 

Marcos called for  total ban of POGOs during his State Of the Nation Address in July as response to  alleged unlawful activities of online gambling hubs in certain areas.

illegal  activities in POGOs  discovered in Bamban, Tarlac and Porac, Pampanga allegedly involved torture, debt bondage, kidnapping and human trafficking.

22 Setyembre 2024, Linggo

Thank you father God for another year.

Register now and vote in midterm polls

Aspirants file your certificate of candidacy on October 1-8,2024

Substitute candidates must be with same surname and political party

Partylist must file Certificate of Nomination and Acceptance

No to Divorce!!!

Get well soon Nanay Angelita Santiago-Lopez

No to SOGIE bill

PM for any hospital discharge problem

Good night Mam Ruth Ramirez, see you in the morning!!!

AG transfer to Pasig jail reset to Monday

By J.Lo

“As per  Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG), maybe on Monday,” Philippine National Police (PNP) spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo said on Viber, referring to dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo ,court-ordered transfer of Guo to Pasig City Jail will take place tomorrow after its postponement on Friday due to incomplete “documentary requirements.”

Guo, whose real identity as  Chinese national named Guo Hua Ping was unmasked during  Senate hearing, is currently detained at  PNP Custodial Center at Camp Crame.

She said  CIDG also had to return  warrant of arrest issued by Pasig Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 167 Judge Annielyn Medes-Cabelis, who ordered Guo’s transfer to  Pasig City Jail.

Superintendent Jayrex Joseph Bustinera, spokesman for  Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), said PNP was still completing  requirements needed for Guo’s transfer.

“According to  PNP, they were unable to complete documentary requirements needed for  transfer, as well as medical requirements,” Bustinera told reporters.

He said they had been told that results of her X-ray and electrocardiogram examination were not yet available.

While it is their policy not to allow prisoner transfers during weekends, Bustinera said they could make  exemption for Guo if requirements are completed.

BJMP also has to validate  authenticity of  documents before taking in Guo, according to Bustinera.

“There’s no office during Saturdays and Sundays, and we also have to check other documentary requirements,” he said.

In  Pasig City Jail, Guo will share cell space with 44 other detainees.  Cell  has 10 triple deck bunk beds.

Pasig City court set Guo’s arraignment on charges of qualified human trafficking on Sept. 27 at 8:30 a.m. through videoconferencing.

Guo on Friday posted  bail bond of P540,000 at  Valenzuela City RTC Branch 282 for her graft charges.

Judge Elena Amano moved  arraignment to Sept. 30 at 1 p.m. to allow  prosecution to respond to her lawyer’s motion to quash  case against her by Sept. 25.

22 Setyembre 2024, Linggo

Thank you father God for another year.

Register now and vote in midterm polls

Aspirants file your certificate of candidacy on October 1-8,2024

Substitute candidates must be with same surname and political party

Partylist must file Certificate of Nomination and Acceptance

No to Divorce!!!

Get well soon Nanay Angelita Santiago-Lopez

No to SOGIE bill

PM for any hospital discharge problem

Good night Mam Ruth Ramirez, see you in the morning!!!

Headlines

FMJ vows to double efforts to protect journalists

By Nidz Godino

“We celebrate not just pages that you have printed, but  values you upheld with every word, every story and every truth you fought hard to tell,” President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.said  government is “doubling down” on its duty to protect Filipino journalists and uphold press freedom in the country.

In his speech at  50th anniversary of  Publishers Association of the Philippines Inc., Marcos acknowledged  role of the organization as “vigilant” vanguards of communities and “tireless” defenders of press freedom.

 “After all,  true measure of journalism is not just about telling stories and writing headlines, it is about standing firm even when  ground beneath you begins to shake,” he said.

Marcos also paid tribute to Filipino journalists who were killed in the last two years, including Percival “Percy Lapid” Mabasa, Juan “DJ Johnny Walker” Jumalon and Cresenciano Bundoquin.

“They are not just names in report; they are faces with families, colleagues and communities that grieve their loss, all our efforts to bring them justice are  testament to  belief that no story, however dangerous, is too small or too insignificant to be told,” Marcos said.

Philippines slipped two places on World Press Freedom Index for 2024 by Paris-based organization Reporters Without Borders, ranking 134th out of 180 countries and territories.

Marcos also emphasized  crucial role played by journalists in the fight against “ different kind of enemy.”

“Misinformation, cyber libel threats,  relentless pressures of  digital age have added layers of complexity in ensuring press freedom…every post, every share, every careless click, the new battlegrounds in anonymous troll farms to  deliberate spread of conspiracy theories, this fight has evolved far beyond the newsroom, it is now in the palm of every hand that scrolls through social media,” the President said.

Marcos said journalists have  duty to protect sanctity of facts even as he urged media workers not to waver in the face of challenges.

“Let us stand together for truth,” he said.

Government , he said, has initiated  media and information literacy campaign to equip  public, especially  youth, with  skills to critically evaluate  information they consume to help fight misinformation and disinformation.

“Together, let us foster responsible journalism, for we know that more than  democratic ideal, it is  necessity for an informed and empowered citizenry to make  proper, intelligent, well-informed decisions about their leaders, about their situation, about their condition, as we mark this golden milestone, I urge you to keep pushing  boundaries of what it means to be  journalist…innovate…adapt…but never compromise your principles,” the Chief Executive said.

21 Setyembre 2024, Sabado

Thank you father God for another year.

Register now and vote in midterm polls

Aspirants file your certificate of candidacy on October 1-8,2024

Substitute candidates must be with same surname and political party

Partylist must file Certificate of Nomination and Acceptance

No to Divorce!!!

Get well soon Nanay Angelita Santiago-Lopez

No to SOGIE bill

PM for any hospital discharge problem

watch for the coming “Gamefowl Quest” 

Workers coalition for 2025 polls

By J.Lo

“As  party focused on improving  rights and conditions of workers, expanding  middle class, and advocating for key labor reforms,  WPP recognizes  collaboration is essential to achieving its goals for common good,” Newly elected Workers’ Party Philippines (WPP) president Sonny Matula said group of workers is actively negotiating with several political parties to form  coalition for  coming May 2025 midterm elections.

Matula said they are discussing with leaders of  Liberal Party and Bagumbayan for  formation of its senatorial slate.

“To make real change, we need to ally ourselves with other parties that share our vision for uplifting Filipino workers and marginalized… collective effort,” he noted.

Matula,  also heads  Federation of Free Workers (FFW), intends to run in  senatorial elections.

 WPP is also considering its Muslim leaders in  south for inclusion in their senatorial, regional and local slates.

Around 100 trade union and party leaders attended  recent WPP Convention in Quezon City.

Workers’ Party is poised to present  strong and united platform for  2025 elections.

Meanwhile,  Commission on Elections (Comelec) is again offering to donate old precinct count optical scan (PCOS) and vote counting machines (VCM) to interested government agencies.

Comelec Chairman George Garcia said it is renewing its offer to  Department of Education (DepEd) or Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) to take custody of  old machines to save storage costs.

“Comelec is very much willing to donate all of  80,000 PCOS and 97,000 VCM machines to  DepEd or even to  PRC, we are reiterating our offer, especially since  offer was made to previous DepEd secretary…we want to make  same offer to  new DepEd secretary” Garcia said in  recent press briefing.

DepEd personnel under then secretary and Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio, Garcia said, have already inspected  PCOS and VCM units and were impressed at how  Comelec maintained their good condition.

Although they could no longer use them, Garcia noted that  Comelec needs to pay for  warehouse storage  occupies  big space.

Comelec initially leased  PCOS from Smartmatic-TIM for P7.2 billion for  2010 elections, and then purchased them at P1.8 billion for May 2013 midterm polls.

For  May 2016 elections, Comelec decided to lease  VCMs,  later on purchased and used until  May 2022 elections.

21 Setyembre 2024, Sabado

Thank you father God for another year.

Register now and vote in midterm polls

Aspirants file your certificate of candidacy on October 1-8,2024

Substitute candidates must be with same surname and political party

Partylist must file Certificate of Nomination and Acceptance

No to Divorce!!!

Get well soon Nanay Angelita Santiago-Lopez

No to SOGIE bill

PM for any hospital discharge problem

watch for the coming “Gamefowl Quest” 

Taylor Swift got 2024 VMAs

By Cynthia Montojo

Taylor Swift won  most Moonpersons up for grabs that evening. This piece of news is starting to get boring. Girl is talented, hardworking and likeable. Most  importance at  VMAs where fans vote for their favorites to win and she really has millions of them.

 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) was held last Sept. 12 at UBS Arena in New York. It was  fun, entertaining star-studded event  honored  best of music and  accompanying videos of  past 12 months.

Taylor who had 12 nominations brought home seven trophies,  biggest haul of the night and also broke some records. She now has 30 VMA Moonpersons at home, the most by any other artist. Beyoncé also has 30 but two of them are for her work with Destiny’s Child and two for The Carters. Taylor was again Artist of the Year and for Fortnight, her collaboration with Post Malone, she won  top plum,  Burger King Video of the Year Award. She also won this last year for Anti-Hero and for All Too Well,  long version, in 2022.

Fortnight also won for Best Direction, Taylor’s second after Anti-Hero; Best Collaboration; Best Pop Video; Best Cinematography and not surprisingly, for Song of the Summer. Thanks to Fortnight, Malone also got  most awards for  male artist at this edition of VMAs.

Downplayed by Taylor’s wins is the fact that VMAs is marking its 40th anniversary this year. That is why show featured nods to memorable performances and images from the past.

Opener Eminem did medley of his hits surrounded with hundreds of his Shady look-alikes just like he did in 2000.  Special  category named Iconic had Video Vanguard of the Year winner Katy Perry besting Madonna’s Like a Virgin; Taylor’s You Belong with Me; Miley Cyrus twerking with Robin Thicke; and Michael Jackson kissing Lisa Marie Presley.

Rapper-turned-actor LL Cool J,  first Vanguard winner was also present to perform  rousing hip-hop number with classic acts Def Jam and Public Enemy. Then  event’s able host Megan Thee Stallion paid homage to Britney Spears with I’m a Slave for You draped in  albino python.

Kids  were also treated to something they love. This year’s first time winner Sabrina Carpenter performed  effervescent medley of her hit songs, Espresso, Taste and Please Please Please with aliens and  Moonman in tow.

Check out the rest of 2024 VMA honor roll.

Song of the Year: Espresso by Sabrina Carpenter.

Best New Artist: Chappell Roan.

Best Group Video: SEVENTEEN

Best Hip-Hop Video: Eminem, Houdini.

Best Rock Video: Lenny Kravitz, Human.

Best Alternative Video: Benson Boone, Beautiful Things.

Best R&B Video: SZA, Snooze.

Best Latin Video: Anitta, Mil Veces.

Best K-POP Video: LISA, Rockstar.

Video for Good: Billie Eilish, What was I Made for from the soundtrack of the Barbie movie.

Push Performance: LE SSERAFIM from June 24, 2024, Easy.

Best Cinematography: Ariana Grande, we can’t be friends (wait for your love).

Best Choreography: Dua Lipa, Houdini.

Best Visual Effects: Eminem, Houdini.

Best Art Direction: Megan Thee Stallion, BOA.

Trending Video: Mamushi by Megan Thee Stallion and Yuki Chiba.

Iconic VMA Performance from the past 40 years: Katy Perry, Roar.

Will  Taylor Swift be again big winner at  2025 VMAs? There is no sign yet that she will be. So, the wait is now on for whatever recording she will drop next.

20 Setyembre 2024, Biyernes

Thank you father God for another year.

Register now and vote in midterm polls

Aspirants file your certificate of candidacy on October 1-8,2024

Substitute candidates must be with same surname and political party

Partylist must file Certificate of Nomination and Acceptance

No to Divorce!!!

Get well soon Nanay Angelita Santiago-Lopez

No to SOGIE bill

PM for any hospital discharge problem

watch for the coming “Gamefowl Quest” 

Pinky Webb tandems Korina Sanchez in Bilyonaryo’s primetime newscast

By Cynthia Montojo

“Agenda Setters” presents  straightforward style of questioning stakeholders on issues affecting the nation as  main agenda of the program.
Broadcast journalist Pinky Webb  join Korina Sanchez in Bilyonaryo News Channel’s “Agenda Setters.”

News  channel is set to make its major television debut Monday, September 9.
 
Award-winning journalist Korina Sanchez-Roxas, whose last newscast was almost  decade ago, was earlier announced to return to news anchoring. Sanchez-Roxas has been  name and face that have been synonymous with Philippine media for almost five decades anchoring major news programs and lifestyle shows.

 
Webb has over three decades of experience in the industry anchoring various programs for major news channels. Her gentle demeanor on outside balances her relentless style of journalism. 

Jam Alindogan, international correspondent and co-founder of aid organization Sinagtala, also joins Bilyonaryo’s news desk. She will be  channel’s Foreign Affairs Editor responsible for weekly special reports on pressing concerns across globe.

Another veteran lending insight into regular news presenting is journalist Nancy Carvajal, who will be with  “Agenda Setters” twice a week to file special reports.
 
“Agenda Setters” joins  daily primetime newscast from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m… Bilyonaryo News Channel’s main platform to push back against  propaganda of those in power and  proliferation of fake news.

Show  identifies  biggest issue of the day that has  greatest impact on the nation and the lives of  citizens, and tackles all angles and aspects through in-depth reporting and no-nonsense, hard-hitting interviews with principals and major stakeholders.
 
Bilyonaryo News Channel is available over free-to-watch television channel BEAM TV 31 (through digital TV boxes in Metro Manila, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Baguio, Zamboanga, and Naga), and leading cable TV provider, Cignal Channel 24.

19 Setyembre 2024, Huwebes

Thank you father God for another year.

Register now and vote in midterm polls

Aspirants file your certificate of candidacy on October 1-8,2024

Substitute candidates must be with same surname and political party

Partylist must file Certificate of Nomination and Acceptance

No to Divorce!!!

Get well soon Nanay Angelita Santiago-Lopez

No to SOGIE bill

PM for any hospital discharge problem

watch for the coming “Gamefowl Quest” 

Copy of declaration of Philippines independence auctioned for P11.4 M

By J.Lo

“Leon Gallery may be smaller than  big American auction houses, but that works to our advantage, to stay nimble and to be able to read  pulse of  market,” Ponce de Leon noted amid international slump,  appetite for Filipino art is as voracious as ever.

Leon Gallery Magnificent September Auction last weekend broke several world records, contrary to  mood elsewhere, led by  highly coveted works of National Artist Fernando Amorsolo and  one-of-a-kind copy of  1898 Philippine Declaration of Independence.

Amorsolo’s 1929 “Under the Mango Tree” bested  world record for the artist set by Leon Gallery itself by bringing in  eye-watering P58 million or just over $1 million. It had sat in  Edward J. Nell mansion in  billionaire enclave of Atherton, California for 95 years until owners were ready to part with it. Nell was  Manila business titan, building his fortune on having brought air conditioning to Philippines in  1920s. Father   of Jose Concepcion, aka JoeCon, in fact, was his chief accountant and his family today continues to control  Carrier brand.

Similarly  themed work titled “Mango Gatherers” held  previous record at P47 million. It was owned by  fourth Count of Peracamps, Don Antonio Melian Zobel and was inherited by his son,  5th Count, Don Leopoldo Melian, whose wife was Doña Natividad Ugarte Aboitiz, all Filipino aristocrats.

Leon founding director Jaime Ponce de Leon opined  zest for  top-tier artwork is enduring. While US elections and interest rates may have resulted in  recently reported 25 percent fall in American auction sales, he explained that “in the Philippines, when  important painting with impeccable provenance comes to market, collectors will always line up for that.”

History also made another world record with  highest price ever paid for  single document, with  only known copy of  “Acta de la Proclamacion de Independencia del Pueblo Filipino” (otherwise known as the Philippine Declaration of Independence) hitting P11.4 million. It was more than double the benchmark paid for the previous record holder, letter of Andres Bonifacio to Emilio Jacinto which was written just days before  Katipunan Supremo’s trial and demise. That, too, was auctioned by Leon Gallery.

Juan Luna’s delightful depiction of  society princess Adele della Rocca,  winsome Italian niece of the King of Italy’s chief aide-de camp, also set  world record for Luna portraits at over P31 million.  Alfonso Ossorio from his brother’s personal collection and reminiscent of his best friend Jackson Pollock’s abstract expressionist style brought in P33.6 million.

Other art stars were  Amorsolo of “Ifugaos at Mines View Park,” from age of  Benguet gold rush,  topped P18 million, and  Bencab titled “I No Longer Worry” at P15 million,  latter theme encapsulating  mood of  Filipino auction scene.

19 Setyembre 2024, Huwebes

Thank you father God for another year.

Register now and vote in midterm polls

Aspirants file your certificate of candidacy on October 1-8,2024

Substitute candidates must be with same surname and political party

Partylist must file Certificate of Nomination and Acceptance

No to Divorce!!!

Get well soon Nanay Angelita Santiago-Lopez

No to SOGIE bill

PM for any hospital discharge problem

Good night Mam Ruth Ramirez, see you in the morning!!!

2 German naval ships in Manila tour

By J.Lo

“This visit is not only  testament to  enhanced defense cooperation between Germany and  Philippines, but also underscores how politically significant  Indo-Pacific region has become for Germany,” German Ambassador Andreas Pfaffernoschke said two German naval ships are in Manila for  four-day visit, first in over 20 years, as part of their Indo-Pacific Deployment 2024.

Port call of FGS Baden-Württemberg and FGS Frankfurt am Main, docked at Pier 15 of  Manila South Harbor from Sept. 16 to 19, comes as  international rules-based order in  South China Sea is constantly being challenged.

Rear Admiral Axle Schulz led German Navy and was welcomed by Philippine Navy Commodore Emilio Orio and Pfaffernoschke.

Presence  of Germany’s navy ships in  Indo-Pacific, Pfaffernoschke said, underlines German readiness to stand up for  United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and international law, as well to uphold  right to free navigation and affirm its commitment to  stronger security engagement in  Indo-Pacific.

19 Setyembre 2024, Huwebes

Thank you father God for another year.

Register now and vote in midterm polls

Aspirants file your certificate of candidacy on October 1-8,2024

Substitute candidates must be with same surname and political party

Partylist must file Certificate of Nomination and Acceptance

No to Divorce!!!

Get well soon Nanay Angelita Santiago-Lopez

No to SOGIE bill

PM for any hospital discharge problem

Good night Mam Ruth Ramirez, see you in the morning!!!

Sadorra pulls off upset win, Fils gain share of 7th place in Chess Olympiad

By J.Lo

Philippines’ Julio Catalino Sadorra, busy with work and responsibilities, knew his time with  national team was ticking.

Reason  38-year-old United States-based Filipino Grandmaster is making every game in  45th FIDE Chess Olympiad  counts as if it is his last wearing  national colors.

It showed in Sadorra’s spectacular 53-move shocker over super GM Vladimir Fedoseev  sealed  2.5-1.5 upset of  mighty Slovenians and sent  Filipinos leapfrogging from obscurity to  share of seventh place after five rounds on this cold, rainy at sprawling BOK Sports Hall in  Hungarian capital.

Sadorra’s recent magnificence reverberated back home, being one of the biggest, if not  biggest, victory of his life and one of the most fantastic triumphs in recent times for Philippine chess.

It reflected  quality Filipinos are known for  resiliency  as Sadorra battled back from what appeared like  hopelessly losing position and into winning one when he pounced on  series of blunders from Fedoseev,  Russian émigré.

When he got  chance, he unloaded  flurry, sacrificing almost everything at his disposal like typhoon leaving  trail of devastation behind him.

Attack  was so fierce he left Fedoseev’s scampering king widowed.

Newly minted GM Danuel Quizon, will be rewarded P100,000 by National Chess Federation of the Philippines head Butch Pichay for his GM feat on top of  P1 million bonus from Dasmarinas, Cavite, and International Masters Pau Bersamina and Jem Garcia drew their matches in lower boards to complete one of the most sensational wins of the round.

That sent Filipinos in  22-nation tie at No. 7 with eight match points apiece, or just two behind leaders India, China, host Hungary and Southeast Asian rival Vietnam with perfect 10 points.

Filipinos, trip is being financed by  Philippine Sports Commission through chair Richard Bachmann and commissioner Ed Hayco, will take on 17th ranked Armenians, boast four super GMs on their roster, in  sixth round hoping for more glory.

Win  also soothed  broken hearts of Filipinas, who fell to  fancied Italians, 2.5-1.5, that was exacerbated by  end of Shania Mae Mendoza’s fairytale run at board one following  stinging defeat to IM Marina Brunello.

Games  of Janelle Mae Frayna, Ja Jodilyn Fronda and Ruelle Canino all ended up with draws.

India, Mongolia and Armenia were pacing  women’s section with pristine 10 points apiece.