Lanao matriarch Soraya Alonto-Adiong dies

MANILA, Philippines — Former Lanao del Sur Gov. Soraya Alonto-Adiong, mother of Lanao del Sur Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong, died on Dec. 27, just days before she was to turn 81 on Jan. 7. In a statement, Speaker Martin Romualdez said Adiong’s passing was “a profound loss not only to her family but to the