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Duterte wants China to guarantee Filipinos’ DATELINE USA Trump’s decision to end rights and safety in West Philippine Sea FROM THE AJPRESS NEWS TEAM ACROSS AMERICA

DACA to be reviewed by Supreme Court

THE U.S. Supreme Court announced on Friday, June 28 that it would be reviewing an appeal in the next term on whether the Trump administration’s ongoing plan to end protections under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is lawful. With legal arguments set to take place near the end of 2019, the highest court’s decision may likely be made by mid-2020 — peak campaigning time for presidential candidates including President Donald Trump who is eyeing re-election. Since Trump’s election in 2016, DACA has found itself at the center of political negotiations revolving around immigration and funding for a wall along the southern U.S.-Mexico border. Trump announced in 2017 that his admin-

by RITCHEL

MENDIOLA AJ Press

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte is seeking assurance from China that it will guarantee the rights and safety of Filipino fishermen in the West Philippine Sea following the June 9 sinking of a Filipino boat in Recto Bank, MalacaĂąang said Tuesday, July 2. According to presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo, Duterte made this statement during the 39th Cabinet meeting in MalacaĂąang on Monday night, July 1.

THE Supreme Court on Thursday, June 27 rejected the Trump administration’s citizenship question from being included in the 2020 Census questionnaire. In his majority opinion released after the 5-4 ruling, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. wrote that the administration’s justification and intentions for the citizenship questions “seem to have been contrived.� The decennial count of all persons living in the United States (slated for April, 1, 2020) determines the appropriation of representatives each state gets in the House as well as the al-

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Duterte recently drew flak for his rather soft stance on the Recto Bank incident, where the lives of 22 fishermen were put at risk after a Chinese vessel hit them and left them adrift until a Vietnamese vessel rescued them. He has downplayed the collision as just a “little maritime accident,â€? and told the Filipino fishermen: “Well, I’m sorry. That’s how it is.â€? Duterte was also slammed after agreeing with China’s proposition of a joint investigation into the incident. He suggested involving an independent body should the two countries’ findings fail to match but China rejected it. â–

National ID system target: 105-M Filipinos covered by 2022 by NEIL

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Supreme Court rejects citizenship question on 2020 Census

“The president wanted China’s assurance that the rights and safety of our fisherfolks are guaranteed,� the spokesperson said. Panelo also said that Duterte wants the incident to be discussed during his bilateral meeting with China. “PRRD (President Rodrigo Roa Duterte) told the Cabinet that the incident be discussed during the bilateral meetings with China,� he said. Since 2017, Manila and Beijing have been engaging in a Bilateral Consultative Mechanism (BCM) where they discuss specific issues and development in the West Philippine Sea.

ARWIN MERCADO Inquirer.net

MANILA – The government is targeting to have 105 million Filipinos enrolled in the national ID system once it is fully implemented in 2022, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary and National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) chief Ernesto M. Pernia said on Monday, July 1. Speaking at the pre-State of the Nation Address (SONA) Economic and Infrastructure Forum at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Pasay City, Pernia said the government is currently in the process of procuring the technologies needed for the implementation of the national ID system or Philippine Identification System (PhilSys). The national ID system would serve as a single identification which would benefit Filipinos, including those living overseas and resident aliens who are at least five years old.

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COURAGE. Filipino tribal leaders walk towards the gate of the United Nations Headquarters in New York City on Monday, July 1. They engaged representatives of the OfďŹ ce of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the challenges their communities are facing due to attacks by the CPP-NPA-NDFP. They are calling on the UN to help end the communist armed conict in the Philippines. MalacaĂąang photo by Mac Villarino

Canada takes garbage back from We are winning the war against illegal drugs — PNP Philippines, ending long dispute illegal drugs, the improvement of our peace and order situation, not only in Metro Manila but also PHILIPPINES National Police in the whole country),â€? he said (PNP) chief Gen. Oscar Albay- during a press briefing. Duterte’s war against drugs alde said the Philippines is winning the war against illegal drugs has continuously drawn critias President Rodrigo Duterte cisms both from local and international groups after at least marked his third year in office. According to Albayalde, the 6,000 people ended up dead durimprovement in the peace and ing official police operations. order situation across the country is a manifestation of the drug war’s success. “This is a clear manifestation that we are winning the war against illegal drugs, dahil isa ito sa resulta sa kampanya natin sa illegal na droga, yung pag-imIn this ďŹ le photo, protesters tell Canada to take back tons of garbage illegally shipped to a port in Manila from Canada two years ago. Inquirer.net photo by NiĂąo Jesus Orbeta prove natin sa ating peace and order situation dito, hindi lang sa Philippines. electronics, and household waste, Metro Manila pero buong bansa The shipment actually con- including kitchen trash and dia- yan (Because this is one of the tained a mixture of paper, plastics, u PAGE A3 results of our campaign against !.$2%7 " 3(). by RITCHEL

MENDIOLA AJ Press

VANCOUVER — Tonnes of Canadian garbage left in the Philippines for years arrived back home on Saturday, July 29, putting an end to a festering diplomatic row that highlighted how Asian nations have grown tired of being the world’s trash dump. A cargo vessel loaded with about 69 containers of rubbish docked in a port on the outskirts of Vancouver, according to an AFP reporter at the scene. The trash will be incinerated at a waste-to-energy facility, local officials said. The conflict dates back to 2013 and 2014, when a Canadian company shipped containers mislabeled as recyclable plastics to the

Palace: Filing impeachment complaint no basis for arrest

polices on Chinese fishing in Philippine waters if they try to impeach Philstar.com him. He made the remark after forCRITICS of President Rodrigo mer Foreign Affairs Secretary AlDuterte cannot be arrested for fil- bert del Rosario said Duterte may ing an impeachment complaint be impeached for failing to perover his handling of the West Phil- form his constitutional mandate to ippine Sea row, Malacaùang said defend the Philippines’ territory. Tuesday, July 2. Although the Recto Bank (Reed President Rodrigo Duterte previ- Bank) is beyond the 12-nautical ously threatened to jail critics of his u PAGE A3 by ALEXIS

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Albayalde, for his part, countered the criticisms and pointed out that the 50 policemen have been killed in action while 144 suffered injuries. “Fifty police officers killed is perhaps the painful proof that our detractors need for them to accept the fact that slain drug suspects indeed put up violent

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