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Volume 29 - No. 21 • 2 Sections – 16 Pages
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Study: Some early stage breast cancer patients may forego chemotherapy A new study shows that many people in the early stages of breast cancer with lower likelihoods of recurrence may safely abstain from chemotherapy A MAJORITY of early-stage breast cancer patients may opt to skip chemotherapy which could result in a sharp decline for the treatment option, according to a massive, highly-anticipated new study on the disease published on Sunday, June 3. The study — conducted by the New England Journal of Medicine — found that patients who in the early stages of invasive breast cancer may skip chemotherapy if they score in the mid to low range for risk as measured by a widely-used genomic test. According to the decade-long study, patients who fall within the “intermediate risk zone” are likely to do as well with hormone therapy alone as they would with both chemotherapy and hormone therapy post-surgery. This was the most extensive breast cancer treatment trial conducted thus far and demonstrated that low-risk patients, through a genomic test of their tumors, can skip che-
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US military provides new equipment to Philippine marines THE U.S. military has provided new equipment worth P178 million to the Philippine marines, which will provide increased protection for their operations. The U.S. turned over 525 sets of ballistic vests, lightweight ballistic plates, tactical ballistic helmets and accessories to the Philippine Marine special operations group (MARSOG) and inshore boat battalion at Fort Bonifacio in Taguig City last May 31, according to the U.S. Embassy. The personal protective equipment were turned over through the Counterterrorism Train and Equip Program. “The recent force protection equipment delivery will fill critical equipment gaps for Marine Operators within MARSOG, a key Counterterrorism and Special Operations unit within the Philippine Marine Corps,” the U.S. Embassy said in a release.
Citing public order, Duterte says ‘radical changes’ to happen soon by RITCHEL
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FOLLOWING his trip to South Korea this week, President Rodrigo Duterte warned that he will “make radical changes in the days to come.” “There will be changes in the coming days including public order and
security. There are simply too many crimes and too many claiming to be this and that,” he said on Wednesday morning, June 6. The warning came with the implication of martial law. “Well, remember that there is — there’s no difference actually between martial law and a declaration of national
emergency. So I’ve been warning all. I’m warning all including the Human Rights, it’s either we behave or we will have a serious problem again,” Duterte said. Duterte declared Mindanao a state of national emergency due to lawless violence in September 2016 and placed the entire island group under martial law on
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THE Philippines is not yet capable of defending its territory in the disputed South China Sea amid China’s continuing aggressiveness in the disputed area, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Monday, June 4. In an exclusive interview with ABS-CBN News, the defense chief said it may take some time for the Philippines to acquire the ships, weapons and equipment needed to defend claimed areas in the South China Sea. “At present, we don’t have capabilities to even just demonstrate to others that we are capable, because we are not ca-
May 2017 despite criticisms from rights groups and opposition figures. Article VI, Section 23 of the Constitution says: “In times of war or other national emergency, the Congress may, by law, authorize the President, for a limited period and subject to such restrictions as it may prescribe, to exer-
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PH Supreme Court orders gov’t to answer petition against ICC withdrawal by RITCHEL
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MALACAÑANG is being ordered by the Supreme Court (SC) to answer the petition filed by six opposition senators last month challenging the administration’s withdrawal of the country’s membership in the International Criminal Court (ICC). The SC also ruled to hold the case for oral arguments on July 24. The respondents — Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, chief presidential legal counsel Salvador Panelo, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano and Philippine Ambassador to the UN Teodoro Locsin Jr. — are required to submit their comment to the petition within 10 days from receipt of the resolution. Senators Francis Pangilinan, Franklin Drilon, Paolo Benigno Aquino 4th, Leila de Lima, Risa Hontiveros and Antonio Trillanes IV, in their petition filed last May 16, BUSINESS VENTURE. President Rodrigo Duterte and Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon Lopez pose for a photo with the officials from various Korean asked the SC to invalidate the decision of the executive companies following the exchange of signed business agreements during the Philippines-Korea Business Forum and Luncheon at the Lotte Hotel in
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Seoul, Republic of Korea on Tuesday, June 5.
Malacañang photo by Ace Morandante
Former President Aquino: I can’t Philippines’ $14 billion stop thinking I’ll be jailed too ‘pollution-free’ city will be by RITCHEL
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larger than Manhattan
FORMER President Benigno Aquino III on Monday, June 4, urged the Department of Justice (DOJ) to junk the criminal complaint brought against him by President Rodrigo Duterte’s supporters over the P3.5-billion Dengvaxia controversy. After attending the preliminary investigation man-made disasters. at the DOJ, Aquino said in a press briefing that by KLARIZE MEDENILLA But the Bases Conversion and “the only weapon we have is the truth” and AJPress Development Authority (BCDA), that “with the help of God, we will overcome ANYONE who has been to the the Philippines’ government these challenges.” Aquino, assisted by lawyers, appeared be- Philippines has experienced the agency responsible for driving u PAGE A3 Former President Benigno Aquino III Philstar.com photo u PAGE A2 country’s crowded population the economy through constructand its overwhelming pollution. ing developments and building Like many other global coun- projects, has a solution: building tries battling low air quality and a new city that promotes sustainintense population density, the ability in all areas of city life. The green municipality, called Philippines is becoming increaspable,” Lorenzana said. ingly at risk for both natural and According to him, Manila is u PAGE A3 looking at upgrading the runway on Pag-asa Island, which is part of the Palawan province. “Our sole airstrip in Pag-asa is still very short, and it’s still unpaved. We’re trying to pave that so that we can bring in our aircraft anytime,” he said, adding that it will take the runway five days of sunny weather to be hard enough for aircraft to land on. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Friday, June 1, met with his American and Southeast ‘Nothing we can do’ The Philippines cannot do any- Asian counterpart at the sidelines of the annual Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. The Shangrithing about China’s claims in the La Dialogue, hosted by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, is Asia’s premier defense summit. Philstar.com photo South China Sea, according to can do,” he said, citing China’s disputed sea. Lorenzana. “But since China won’t accept Photo shows a mock-up of New Clark City, a green municipality located 75 miles outside of “I think all we can do now is refusal to honor the ruling of the (file a) diplomatic protest, and arbitral tribunal invalidating Bei- it, what can we do? And China, in Manila that is slated to be larger than Manhattan. Photo courtesy of the Philippine Bases Conversion and Development Authority talk to them. There is nothing we jing’s nine-dash line claim in the u PAGE A2
‘PH not capable of defending territories’ — defense chief by RITCHEL
JUNE 7-13, 2018
The sustainability-driven New Clark City will be the answer to Metro Manila’s escalating pollution problem