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LOS ANGELES / ORANGE COUNTY / INLAND EMPIRE
September 10 - 16, 2016
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Obama ‘joins’ Duterte in drug war Obama: ‘We want to partner with PHL on issue of narco-traffickers’ By Jelly F. Musico
MANILA, Sept. 8 (PNA) – US President Barack Obama said Thursday that the United States wants to partner with the Philippines in addressing narco-traffickers, which is a serious problem not only in the Philippines but around the world. ”We want to partner with the Philippines on the particular issue of narco-traffickers, which is a serious problem in the Philippines. It’s a serious problem in the United States and around the world,” Obama said in a press conference in Laos after the 28th and 29th ASEAN Summit. “On that narrow issue, we do want to make sure the partnership we have is consistent with international
norms and rule of law. So, we’re not going to back off from our position that if we’re working with a country, whether it’s on anti-terrorism, whether it’s on going after drug traffickers, as despicable as these networks may be, as much damage as they do, it is important, from our perspective, to make sure that we do it the right way because the consequences of when you do it the wrong way See OBAMA JOINS, page 12 Channapha Khamvongsa: After War, A New Legacy of Peace in Laos: President Obama became the first U.S. president to visit Laos, where he discussed his work to address a legacy of war in the country. (White House official photo)
Friends again?: Obama says he doesn’t take Duterte’s statements personally By Azer N. Parrocha
MANILA, Sept. 8 (PNA) – In what seemed like an effort to patch things up, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and US President Barack Obama reportedly shook hands and shared a good conversation before the gala dinner at the ASEAN Summit in Laos, a senator said Thursday. Obama on Thursday said he did not take Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s controversial statements personally. The US leader indicated to PRRD that their teams should meet and Duterte’s earBoxing’s only eight-division world champion and reigning Fighter of the Decade Philippine Senator Manny Pacquiao (left) and two-division world champion Jessie Vargas were shown during Thursday’s press conference at The Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles. Pacquiao fight with the defending World Boxing Organization welterweight world champion Vargas is on November 5, at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. Photo by: GARY ESCARILLA
Vargas camp says fight with Pacquiao a ‘passing of the torch moment’ By Abner Galino
The chief trainer of World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion Jessie Vargas on Thursday said that his ward’s fight against Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao,
now a senator of the Republic of the Philippines, would be remembered as a moment of the “passing of the torch.” Dewey Cooper, addressing See PACQUIAO-VARGAS, page 12
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Sen. Gordon eyes suspension of ‘writ of habeas corpus’ to support anti-drug campaign By Azer N. Parrocha
MANILA, Sept. 8 (PNA) – Senator Richard “Dick” Gordon said Thursday he will propose a resolution that would allow President Rodrigo Duterte to suspend the writ of habeas corpus to further his all-out war against illegal drugs in the country. “Payagan na natin siya mag-declare ng suspension and privilege of the writ of habeas corpus para kung may huhulihin sila, pwede nila hulihin at siyasatin ng maigi (Let us allow him [President Duterte] to declare the suspension and privilege of the writ of habeas
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lier comments have no impact on America’s broader relationship with the Filipinos. “I don’t take these comments personally because it seems as if this is a phrase he’s used repeatedly, including directed at the Pope and others. I think it seems to be just a habit, a way of speaking for him,” Obama said. “It has no impact on our broader relationship with the Philippine people on the wide range of programs and security cooperation,” he added.
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corpus so that if they need to arrest some people, they could arrest them and examine them thoroughly),” Gordon told reporters in an interview. “I will propose it (a suspension of the writ of habeas corpus). I will create an argument in the Senate. It’s going to be a proposal,” he added. Gordon said the resolution would seek to implement courts open for 24 hours, additional penitentiaries and more guidance counselors in schools to educate the youth See SEN. GORDON, page 12
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