SULTAN KUDARAT, MINDANAO — The more than 20,000 residents of Senator Ninoy Aquino (SNA) town in Sultan Kudarat province are one in saying “Happy Birthday to Madame Eufemia Lacdo-o Ecija.”

Madame Ecija, popularly known as “Lola Fem” in the SNA, is the wife of a multi-awarded Army Scout Ranger (Retired) Staff Sergeant Rodolfo Ecija Sr. and the mother of Mayor Randy Ecija Jr. and Che-Che Ecija-Eugenio, the school administrator of Sultan Kudarat Educational Institution (SKEI) based in Tacurong City.

The residents are wishing “Lola Fem” of good health and more strength to continue serving the town’s remote areas as a registered midwife. (RAMIL H. BAJO-MINDANAO DESK/PHOTO CREDIT TO CLINTON JOHN COLCOL OF SNA)