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NOVEMBER 3-9, 2023 Volume 17 - No.4 • 16 Pages
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FROM THE AJPRESS NEWS TEAM ACROSS AMERICA
Dangerous sea actions: Blinken raises US concern with Chinese counterpart MANILA — The United States’ top diplomat underscored with his Chinese counterpart China’s dangerous and unlawful actions in the West Philippine Sea and reaffirmed commitments to the Philippines. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Foreign Minister Wang Yi, director of the Chinese Communist Party Central Foreign Affairs Commission, during his official visit to Washington on Oct. 26. State Department spokesperson
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Año hits China claim PH intruding into Panatag by Frances Mangosing Inquirer.net
NATIONAL Security Adviser Eduardo Año on Tuesday said China was “creating unnecessary tensions” with the Philippines and was “overhyping” a recent incident where a Philippine Navy ship entered the waters of Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea. “Under international law, the Philippines has every right to patrol the length and
breadth of the West Philippine Sea, which necessarily includes Bajo de Masinloc, which is well within the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ),” he said in a statement, using the shoal’s name in ancient maps. Año was reacting to China’s accusation that the Philippine Navy corvette BRP Conrado Yap (PS-39) “illegally entered” the waters near Panatag Shoal, a small ring of reefs located within the country’s EEZ that has been controlled by China since a tense standoff in 2012.
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Marcos, Sara ratings continue to plunge by Kristina MaraLite ManilaTimes.net
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte saw their satisfaction ratings dip again in the latest survey conducted by OCTA Research. In the September 30 to October 4 poll, the president’s rating dropped by 6 percentage points from the second to the third quarter of 2023, although 65 percent of the respondents remained content with his performance. The decline was biggest in Metro Manila, a 12-percentage-point drop across all socioeconomic classes. The president’s trust rating nationwide was 73 percent, lower than the 75 percent in OCTA’s second-quarter survey in July. Only 7
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This file photo shows people arriving to mark All Saints’ Day at Manila North Cemetery in Manila. Inquirer.net file photo
“It did not illegally enter any space under Chinese sovereignty because Bajo de Masinloc is part of the Philippine archipelago and EEZ. Chinese vessels, as usual, conducted shadowing on the movement of PS-39,” he said. “China is again overhyping this incident and creating unnecessary tensions between our two nations. Nonetheless, the AFP (Armed Forces of the Philippines) and PCG (Philippine Coast Guard) will not be deterred
BLESSINGS. Security forces from the Philippine National Police, Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine Coast Guard and Philippine Navy, as well as officials of the Commission on Elections and the Department of Education, are sent off with a chaplain’s blessings during the sendoff and turnover ceremony of personnel and resources for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections at Camp Crame, Quezon City on Monday, October 23. The elections will be held Oct. 30. PNA photo by Robert Oswald P. Alfiler
Sleeping at cemeteries Former diplomat Leandro Lachica Bids and other Filipino All More American carriers Souls Day traditions flying to Manila likely – envoy for Hudson County commissioner post ALL Souls Day is a very meaningful holiday in the Philippines. Filipinos put a premium on family and tradition, which means even those who have already passed are still remembered and honored—especially on this day. Undas, as it’s called in the Philippines, is held annually on Oct. 1st and 2nd, lining up with the Catholic celebrations of All Saints and All Souls Day. For most families, it’s a reunion of sorts. People usually return to their home provinces in order to spend the day (and sometimes night) with
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by Pia Lee-Brago Philstar.com
MANILA — More U.S. airlines may be flying to the Philippines following the arrival on Monday, October 30 of the first nonstop flight by an American carrier from mainland U.S. to Manila. In a post on X, U.S. Ambassador MaryKay Carlson said the arrival of United Airlines Flight UA 191 in Manila from San Francisco
was a “momentous” event in trans-Pacific travel – one that is “accelerating opportunities and strengthening connections between the two countries.” A water cannon salute welcomed Flight UA 191 at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 on Monday, October 30. Carlson said the United flight would be the “first
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by MoMar g. Visaya AJPress
LEANDRO “Lindy” Lachica, an accomplished lawyer and former diplomat, is running for election to the Hudson County Board of County Commissioners to represent District 1 in New Jersey. Lachica, known for his advocacy for the rule of law in immigrant communities is challenging Democrat incumbent Ken Kopacz who assumed his post
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Leandro Lachica