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MEXICO, Pampanga – Former overseas Filipino worker Angelo de la Cruz, whose hostage saga in Iraq in 2004 hogged the headlines, is now running for councilor in this town.


"I am now being offered an opportunity to manifest my gratitude to local folk who supported me when I was held hostage by Iraqi rebels," De la Cruz, 46, told The STAR in an interview yesterday at his home in Benjamin Subdivision in Barangay Tangle here.


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"I am now being offered an opportunity to manifest my gratitude to local folk who supported me when I was held hostage by Iraqi rebels," De la Cruz, 46, told The STAR in an interview yesterday at his home in Benjamin Subdivision in Barangay Tangle here.


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With four children to support in school and P8,000 in loan payments to shell out monthly, De la Cruz is in a fighting mood after he was fired some two weeks ago from his job as a rockloader in Clark Field that paid him P14,400 every month.


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But apparently they missed out on one thing which Buenavista residents were apparently too embarrassed to reveal: the De la Cruzes and their neighbors are virtual squatters since they don’t own their homelots.


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As the media hype on De la Cruz’s ordeal in Iraq is expected to die down soon, Barangay Captain Alfredo Pineda expressed hope that help from the government and even the private sector will now come their way.


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These are what the children of overseas contract worker Angelo de la Cruz want for their father’s homecoming in Barangay Buenavista here once he is released by his captors.


Reached by phone, Angelo’s 24-year-old son Juliesis said that, while they had not yet decided how they would celebrate their father’s safe return, the Mass and the meal were probably the first things that the family would do together.


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"I am now being offered an opportunity to manifest my gratitude to local folk who supported me when I was held hostage by Iraqi rebels," De la Cruz, 46, told The STAR in an interview yesterday at his home in Benjamin Subdivision in Barangay Tangle here.


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"I am now being offered an opportunity to manifest my gratitude to local folk who supported me when I was held hostage by Iraqi rebels," De la Cruz, 46, told The STAR in an interview yesterday at his home in Benjamin Subdivision in Barangay Tangle here.


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With four children to support in school and P8,000 in loan payments to shell out monthly, De la Cruz is in a fighting mood after he was fired some two weeks ago from his job as a rockloader in Clark Field that paid him P14,400 every month.


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Ex-Iraq hostage also running

By Ding Cervantes | March 28, 2007 - 12:00am

MEXICO, Pampanga – Former overseas Filipino worker Angelo de la Cruz, whose hostage saga in Iraq in 2004 hogged the headlines, is now running for councilor...

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Ex-Iraq hostage also running

By Ding Cervantes | March 28, 2007 - 12:00am

MEXICO, Pampanga – Former overseas Filipino worker Angelo de la Cruz, whose hostage saga in Iraq in 2004 hogged the headlines, is now running for councilor...

News Commentary

Fired from Clark job, Angelo feels aggrieved

By Ding Cervantes | September 22, 2005 - 12:00am

MEXICO, Pampanga — Angelo de la Cruz, the overseas Filipino worker who hogged international headlines when Iraqi militants seized — and subsequently freed — him in July last year, feels aggrieved these...

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De la Cruz’s family, neighbors don’t own homelots

By Ding Cervantes | July 25, 2004 - 12:00am

MEXICO, Pampanga — Since the day Iraqi militants made known that they were holding truck driver Angelo de la Cruz captive, hordes of mediamen combed Barangay Buenavista here where his family resides. But apparently...

Nation

Angelo’s townmates in Mexico, Pampanga hope for better times

By Ding Cervantes | July 24, 2004 - 12:00am

MEXICO, Pampanga —Townmates of Angelo de la Cruz in Barangay Buenavista here are hopeful that they would soon reap the benefits of the media exposure that his release has brought upon their impoverished community. As...

Nation

Mass, lechon kawali await Angelo at home

By Ding Cervantes | July 17, 2004 - 12:00am

MEXICO, Pampanga — A thanksgiving Mass and a meal of lechon kawali with his loved ones. These are what the children of overseas contract worker Angelo de la Cruz want for their father’s homecoming in Barangay...

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