Floirendo, the second of six children of the late ‘banana king’ Antonio Floirendo Sr., represents the second congressional district of Davao del Norte province. Tadeco, its flagship company, is a major exporter of fresh Cavendish bananas to Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, China and the Middle East. But it is only now that I am coming out to refute the charges because news about this was released just recently,” he says. ”The letter cited three violations which were attributed to me without even asking in writing my side on the issues. ”But despite this unstatesman-like demeanor of a few, let me just reiterate that my full support is still with our President and I shall keep within me the true ideals and virtues of PDP Laban,” says Floirendo.

Source: The Standard October 28, 2017 11:03 UTC