MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / May 22, 2013) – The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines praised the courage of Filipina comedienne Ai-Ai de las Alas for coming out in public with her ordeal in the hands of her husband amid growing trend showing more women with the same situation prefer to keep silent.
De las Alas, whose real name is Martina Aileen de las Alas, was reportedly abused by her husband Jed Salang, whom she married in Las Vegas just this year.
“She is one brave woman. Ai-Ai’s courageous act of coming out in the public and narrate her ordeal will embolden other Filipinas with the same fate but are poor and who felt powerless to come out in the open and confront a growing social problem,” TUCP’s Gerard Seno said in a statement sent to the Mindanao Examiner.
Salang went into hiding following a stream of criticisms in social media. (Mindanao Examiner)
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