AR De La Serna’s profile image on the Mister Supranational web site/MISTER SUPRANATIONAL
When former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque’s identify received dragged within the authorities’s ongoing crackdown of POGO (Philippine off-shore gaming operations) hubs operated by Chinese language high-rollers within the nation, one other identify surfaced in the course of the investigation: his former govt assistant Alberto Rodulfo “AR” De La Serna.
Recovered by the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Fee (PAOCC) on the hub on the Fortunate South 99 compound in Porac, Pampanga, was De La Serna’s appointment papers as Government Assistant III below what was once Roque’s workplace because the Palace’s mouthpiece.
De La Serna was a former male pageant contestant who first competed on the 2015 Misters of Filipinas pageant. He later went on to grow to be the Philippines’ consultant within the first-ever staging of the Mister Supranational competitors in Poland in 2016.
This isn’t the primary time that De La Serna’s hyperlink to Roque was made identified to the general public. He was additionally seen in a number of the images of the previous official and reportedly accompanied him in a few of his earlier overseas journeys.
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Together with De La Serna’s appointment papers dated Oct. 5, 2021, additionally retrieved from the POGO hub was an affidavit of help from Roque himself, the place the previous presidential mouthpiece declared that he’ll take full accountability for all of the monetary help that his assistant can be requiring at some point of a visit to Poland, Ukraine, and Italy in October 2023.
“I’m financially succesful and keen to cowl all bills associated to De La Serna’s journey, together with, however not restricted to, transportation, lodging, meals, medical bills, and some other obligatory prices,” the affidavit signed by Roque said. The previous official stated he was invited to Europe as a useful resource individual in a discussion board on the peace course of in Ukraine, and can want a journey companion “since I’m diabetic, with coronary stent and affected by acute spinal stenosis.”
However Roque’s resolution to carry de la Serna to his travels are being questioned by netizens on social media.
Advocacy group IMPACT Management additional posted on its X a duplicate of De La Serna’s appointment paper as Roque’s govt assistant, in addition to an affidavit of help which the previous official signed, as recovered in the course of the Fortunate South 99 raid.
ROQUE’S SIGNED DOCUMENTS FOR FORMER STAFF AND ‘TRAVEL COMPANION’ RECOVERED IN PORAC POGO RAID
Based on the appointment paper, Mister Supranational 2016, Alberto Rodulfo Y. de la Serna, was appointed as Government Assistant III at Roque’s workplace with a compensation of P54,251. pic.twitter.com/rXnD6Ib51H
— iMPACT Management (@iMPACTPH2019) June 16, 2024
LOOK: Appointment paper for former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque’s govt assistant and affidavit of help signed by Roque recovered in the course of the raid on the POGO hub on the Fortunate South 99 compound in Porac, Pampanga.
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— iMPACT Management (@iMPACTPH2019) June 16, 2024
Since Harry Roque is diabetic, he wanted a journey companion who’s:
❌ Nurse
✅ Mister Supranational 2016 https://t.co/p0eCn3oV3U pic.twitter.com/RBsqX0DTKx— IG: robismore (@robismore) June 16, 2024
ROQUE’S SIGNED DOCUMENTS FOR FORMER STAFF AND ‘TRAVEL COMPANION’ RECOVERED IN PORAC POGO RAID
Based on the appointment paper, Mister Supranational 2016, Alberto Rodulfo Y. de la Serna, was appointed as Government Assistant III at Roque’s workplace with a compensation of P54,251. pic.twitter.com/rXnD6Ib51H
— iMPACT Management (@iMPACTPH2019) June 16, 2024
Harry Roque’s resolution to carry Mr. Supranational 2016 with him in his travels for purported well being help is questionable.
Is Mr Supranational 2016 skilled in taking blood stress, administering CPR, and measuring blood sugar ranges?
Normally, folks with power… pic.twitter.com/asCybROCoW
— Thea Tan (@theadtan) June 17, 2024
Diploma holder, male mannequin
De La Serna holds a Enterprise Administration diploma from the Holy Identify College in Tagbilaran Metropolis. He didn’t win in his first strive on the Misters of Filipinas contest in 2015, and solely managed a High 10 end in a area of 30 contestants. However he was proclaimed as Mister Photogenic and Mister Esplanade within the male tilt that yr.
The nationwide competitors was held a yr after cop Neil Perez introduced residence the Mister Worldwide title, which generated plenty of curiosity in male pageantry within the nation. The Misters of Filipinas pageant despatched the police officer to the worldwide tilt.
De La Serna assumed the second runner-up spot when Misters of Filipinas first runner-up Don MacGyver Cochico, one other cop, was appointed as Manhunt Worldwide Philippines by the nationwide pageant group. Kevin Fichera, who was initially proclaimed second runner-up, was elevated as first runner-up that yr.
The Boholano contender rescinded his runner-up spot to check out anew within the Misters of Filipinas pageant the following yr, a transfer that turned out to be extra fruitful as he bagged one of many six prizes at stake that yr, the Mister Supranational Philippines title.
On the inaugural staging of the Mister Supranational pageant in Poland in 2016, De La Serna completed within the High 20. The Philippine franchise for the worldwide male competitors has since modified arms. It was dealt with briefly by the Miss World Philippines group, however now the license belongs to Empire Philippines, organizer of the Mister Pilipinas Worldwide search and the Miss Universe Philippines and The Miss Philippines manufacturers.