Sa balitang lumabas sa Pacific Daily News ng Guam nung nakaraang June 7 na magkatulong na sinulat nina Valerie Lynn M. Maigue at Daynor Dumat-ol Daleno, naka-banner sa kanilang istorya ang "AVANZADO ARRESTED ON THEFT-RELATED CHARGES".
Narito ang nilalaman ng balita na lumabas sa PDN:
A former Philippine mayor was arrested in Guam yesterday on three theft-related charges stemming from a Saipan land deal.
Fidelito Avanzado, 58, was arrested - on three counts of theft of property held in trust - and detained, according to the Guam police blotter.
He was being processed for release yesterday afternoon, and the case investigation continues, according to information from the attorney general’s office.
His arrest stems from complaints from three Guam business people who alleged they invested a combined $50,000 for Saipan land several years ago, but never saw Avanzado again, said Guam Police Department spokesman, Officer Allan Guzman.
The investors went to police after they found out Avanzado was in Guam. They gave their statements to police before Avanzado’s arrest, Guzman said.
The investors have Filipino roots and would be unable to own land in Saipan, where land ownership is restricted to people of Northern descent.
Fidelito Avanzado is a former town mayor of Siquijor island and is occasionally mentioned in Philippine media as the father to Filipino actor and singer Ferdinand Avanzado, more commonly known by his celebrity name Dingdong Avanzado.
Philippine Consul General Teresita Mendiola said she received a call from Dingdong Avanzado around 1:00 p.m. yesterday about his dad’s arrest.
Mendiola said she immediately sent her vice consul to meet with Fidelito Avanzado, who was held at the Hagatna Detention Center yesterday afternoon.
"We will be assisting their family," Mendiola said. "They are Filipinos here in Guam, and we will do whatever we can so long as we are not violating any laws."
Samantala, sinubukan naming kontakin si Dingdong para kunin ang kanyang panig na may kinalaman sa kaso ng kanyang ama pero kasalukuyan itong nasa Amerika.
Bukas ang pahinang ito sa anumang panig o pahayag mula sa kampo ng ama ni Dingdong na si G. Fidelito Avanzado.