May 1-3, 2019 Volume 29 - No. 32 • 2 Sections - 20 Pages
USA
DATELINE Los Angeles has most to lose in Census undercount, study finds FROM THE AJPRESS NEWS TEAM ACROSS AMERICA
For first time, state could lose a congressional seat and electoral college vote
Bilateral talks to resolve South China Sea ‘irritants’ - Palace by RITCHEL
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MALACAÑANG on Monday, April 29, said China is open to bilateral talks to resolve the territorial incursions raised by President Rodrigo Duterte during a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jingping last week. According to Presidential spokesperson Salvador
Panelo, Xi expressed willingness to discuss “irritants,” such as the increased presence of Chinese vessels in disputed areas, despite reiterating Beijing’s claims to the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea). “What the president mentioned [were] the irritants. [They refer] to everything there. From the presence of the ships, from the alleged harassment, all of it — the irritants,” said Panelo at a press briefing. “Both sides repeated their previous positions on the
CALIFORNIA is welcoming newcomers every day, but some regions are growing fast enough to take political power away from slower-growing ones. In today’s California, the most-populous county, Los Angeles, with more than 10 million people, is losing ground to the San Francisco Bay Area and the Inland Empire of San Bernardino and Riverside counties. In its recent report, “Winners and Losers: The 2020 Census and California’s 2021 Redistricting,” Claremont McKenna College’s Rose Institute of State and Local Government looks at population trends up and down the state and explains how changes play out in the political realm. Overall, the state is projected to show an 8.7% population increase from 2010, while within California, the San Francisco Bay Area is expected to show 11.9% growth overall, with San Francisco County growing 14%, Alameda 14.5% and Contra Costa 13.4%. San-
FOREIGN Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Monday, April 29, repeated his stand that the United States is the Philippines’ only military ally following President Rodrigo Duterte’s visit to China. Locsin made the statement after a netizen disagreed with a remark made by presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo that China and the Philippines are allies. oreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Monday repeated his stand that the United States is the Philippines’ only military ally following President Rodrigo Duterte’s visit to China. Locsin made the statement after a netizen disagreed with a remark made by presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo that China and the Philippines are allies. “Yes, they are allies of each other. It is the headline of the great Financial Times. Along with a lotta EU countries and UK,” Locsin said in a tweet.
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Mark Steven Domingo, 26, a Fil-Am U.S. Army veteran was arrested on Friday, April 26 on suspicion of plotting a massive terrorist attack in the Los Angeles area. Photos courtesy of the FBI
Fil-Am arrested on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack in LA area
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Locsin: China is a PH ally, but US is only military ally
matter, and they both agreed that whatever irritants, challenges, [these] can be resolved through negotiation,” he added. He also quoted Duterte, saying the irritants arose from the 2016 arbitral ruling that invalidated China’s claim over nearly the entire South China Sea. “And both of them agreed that the mechanism of bilateral relations will be used to resolve the conflict,”
DUTERTE LEADS PALARONG PAMBANSA OPENING. President Rodrigo Duterte bangs the gong to officially declare the opening of the 2019 Palarong Pambansa at the Davao City-UP Sports Complex on Sunday, April 28. Malacañang photo by Joey Dalumpines
More journalists seek to join Rappler’s legal challenge vs Duterte coverage ban by PATRICIA LOURDES Philstar.com
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MORE journalists and columnists sought to join online news site Rappler and its reporters in their legal challenge to the government’s ban on coverage of President Rodrigo Duterte. Journalists, represented by Theodore Te of the Free Legal Assistance Group, asked the Supreme Court to be allowed to join Rappler as petitioners. They asked the SC to hold an oral argument on the case. A total of 41 journalists across different platforms affixed their signature to signify their intent to join the news website in their
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Theodore Te of the Free Legal Assistance Group
Mark Steven Domingo of Reseda, Calif. faces federal charges in alleged plot meant to avenge the mass shootings at New Zealand mosques in March by KLARIZE
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A Filipino American Army veteran from Reseda, California was arrested on Friday, April 26 on suspicion of plotting a massive terrorist attack in Los Angeles after a lengthy investigation by the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force, according to records unsealed on Monday, April 29. On Friday night, 26-year-old former U.S. Army infantryman Mark Steven Domingo received a package from an undercover FBI informant which he believed to be a live bomb but was actually an inert explosive device (IED) that he planned to use for “retribution” for the recent terrorist attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand in which an alleged white supremacist killed dozens of Muslims in two mosques. According to the Department of Justice, Domingo is a U.S.-born citizen of Filipino descent. As stated in a criminal complaint filed by federal prosecutors on Saturday, Domingo was charged with aiding terrorists with “material support” to carry out the planned attack. An affidavit in support of the
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Pew poll: 69% of Filipinos satisfied Poe, Villar share lead in Pulse Asia senatorial survey for April with how democracy is working by PATHRICIA
ANN V. Inquirer.net
by RITCHEL
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A RECENT survey released by Washington-based polling firm Pew Research Center revealed that a majority of Filipinos are satisfied with how democracy works in the Philippines. The study, which measured satisfaction with the performance of democracy in different parts of the globe, was released on April 29 and showed that across the 27 countries polled, 51 percent are dissatisfied with how democracy is working in their country, while 45 percent are satisfied.
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Pew noted that Asia-Pacific nations tend to be satisfied with the state of their democracy — including the Philippines with 69 percent of Filipinos saying they are satisfied, while 31 percent admitting they are not. Japan seems to be the only exception as results showed 56 percent of Japanese claiming they are dissatisfied. In Europe, large majorities in Italy, Spain and Greece are dissatisfied. Meanwhile, in the subSaharan African and Latin American countries surveyed, around half or more answered they were
MANILA — Reelectionist Senators Grace Poe and Cynthia Villar share the lead in Pulse Asia’s April senatorial survey, the major pollster revealed on Tuesday, April 30. Villar and Poe shared the 1st and 2nd places, with 51.7 and 50.5 percent of votes, respectively, Pulse Asia’s April 2019 “Ulat ng Bayan Survey” said. The poll results came barely two weeks before the May 13 midterm elections, and with 11 campaign days left for the contenders. With his voter preference of
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Senators Cynthia Villar and Grace Poe shared the top spot in Pulse Asia’s April 2019 “Ulat ng Bayan Survey”
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