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S EPT EM BER 13-19, 2019 Volume 12 - No. 47 • 16 Pages 133-30 32nd Ave., Flushing, NY 11354 • 2500 Plaza S. Harborside Financial Center, Jersey City, NJ 07311 • Tel. (212) 655-5426 • Fax: (818) 502-0858
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Duterte: Energy deal OK with China if PH drops claim by DONA AND
President Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping Malacañang photo
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Criminal investigation is underway over deadly Santa Cruz Island boat fire that killed 34, including Fil-Am family The Labor Day tragedy becomes one of California’s worst maritime disasters AFTER the tragic Labor Day fire on the diving vessel Conception that claimed 34 victims, a joint investigation conducted by federal and state authorities has gone underway, a law enforcement source said on Monday, Sept. 9. Initial reporting from the Los Angeles Times and the Associated Press said that the Dept. of Justice; the Coast Guard; the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office are leading the investivation. The criminal probe follows a search of the company that owns the 75-foot vessel, Truth Aquatics, on Sunday, September 8. “No criminal charges have been filed at this time,” a source close to the investigation told
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PAZZIBUGAN JULIE M. AURELIO Inquirer.net
MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday, September 10, that Chinese President Xi Jinping had offered the Philippines a controlling stake in a proposed joint energy venture in the West Philippine Sea if it would set aside an international arbitral ruling award that went against China. The president said Xi told him during their meeting in Beijing in August that if he ignored the 2016 ruling of the UN-backed Permanent Court of Arbitration, China would agree to be the
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SPECTACLE. Republic of Singapore President Halimah Yacob looks on as a Philippine Eagle flies by during her visit to the Philippine Eagle Center in Davao City on Wednesday, September 11. Singapore is eyeing to forge various partnerships with the city government, especially on infrastructure developments, Yacob said. Yacob said Singapore and Davao City have many things in common and that increasing city-to-city links can be beneficial for both areas in terms of business and other areas of partnership. Malacañang photo by Robinson Niñal Jr.
Robredo hits Duterte’s ‘disappointing, irresponsible’ remarks on arbitral ruling by PATRICIA LOURDES Philstar.com
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MANILA — Vice President Leni Robredo has expressed dismay over the pronouncement of President Rodrigo Duterte to “set aside the arbitral ruling to pursue joint exploration with China. The president earlier said China has agreed to a 60-40 sharing scheme in
the possible joint oil and gas exploration in the West Philippine Sea. “Kasi ‘yang (because that) exclusive economic zone is part of the arbitral ruling which we will ignore to come up with an economic activity,” Duterte said Tuesday night. Robredo said Duterte’s recent declaration on “ignoring” the arbitral ruling In this September 5 photo, Vice President Leni Robredo speaks at the 13th Toronto
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Global Forum in Canada.
Photo from Office of The Vice President
Napoles in custody despite ‘erroneous’ Duterte to certify anti-discrimination, inclusion in good conduct law release list not SOGIE, bill as urgent - Palace by KRISTINE JOY
Philstar.com
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MANILA — Plunder convict Janet Lim Napoles remains in correctional facility despite her inclusion in a list of prisoners set for early release because of the good conduct and time allowance, the Department of Justice said on Thursday, September 12. Justice Undersecretary Markk Perete, spokesperson Businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles is believed to be the brains behind the multi-billion peso Priority Development Assistance for the department, told reFund barrel scam.
Philstar.com photo by Michael Varcas
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by RITCHEL
MENDIOLA AJPress
MALACAÑANG on Wednesday, September 11, clarified that President Rodrigo Duterte will certify as urgent the proposed law against discrimination, not the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity or Expression (SOGIE) bill. On Tuesday, September 10, Duterte said he will certify as urgent the SOGIE bill, which seeks to shield the LGBT community against hate and
prejudice. “Yes, whatever would make the mechanisms, what would make them happy,” he answered when asked about the bill. However, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, in a text message, clarified that Duterte was not talking about the SOGIE bill. “He was referring to an anti-discrimination bill, not SOGIE bill much like the anti-
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