Neil Etheridge, Anton del Rosario and Simon Greatwich, three of the four Azkals members who are involved in the rape controversy, are supposed to date 3 lucky girls who will win Love Republik’s raffle promo. This is in conjunction with their role as endorsers of the newly launched dating website.

But a certain Allison Conde who identified herself as a PR manager for Love Repulik.com has released a statement announcing the discontinuation of the promo called “Win a Date with an Azkal”.

Here is the statement:

Hello,

We’d like to thank you for sharing this to your readers. And with that, we also take into responsibility to share with you the latest update on the promo.

In our personal experience dealing with Simon Greatwich, Anton del Rosario and Neil Etheridge, we found them to be a bunch of fun-loving and good-hearted young men. The professionalism they displayed during the production stage is commendable. We hope to believe that nothing of the severe allegations posted about them are true. We sincerely hope that the boys will rise above this issue.

We at www.LoveRepublik.com feel very sorry about the recent crisis the three of our friends and endorsers are going through. These personalities were recently launched as brand ambassadors of LoveRepublik, the first Philippine online social network that guarantees a safe and trustable dating environment. The brand lives by its philosophy of “Finding True Love.”

The recent “scandal” that our current endorsers are going through runs opposite to the very DNA of our website. Though pure speculation for now, our company feels than any taint of doubt on the integrity of our platform may not be healthy for our brand.

Effective today, we are discontinuing our tactical promotion, “Win a Date with an Azkal”.

To our valued subscribers and friends, a new promotion will be launched very soon in lieu of the latter. Mechanics are currently being drafted so we will have a suitable and more exciting program in the next couple of days.

We would like to believe that this issue will be resolved soon and we are hoping for the best for everyone.

Sincerely,
ALLISON CONDE
PR Manager LoveRepublik.com

We contacted LoveRepublik.com’s office which is located at Antel 2000 in Salcedo Village, Makati but no one is answering the phone.