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DECEMBER 8-14, 2023 Volume 17 - No.9 • 16 Pages
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President Marcos vows to go after DATELINE USA terrorists behind Marawi bombing FROM THE AJPRESS NEWS TEAM ACROSS AMERICA
Desperate families search for affordable home care
IT’S a good day when Frank Lee, a retired chef, can slip out to the hardware store, fairly confident that his wife, Robin, is in the hands of reliable help. He spends nearly every hour of every day anxiously overseeing her care at their home on the Isle of Palms, a barrier island near Charleston, South Carolina. Robin Lee, 67, has had dementia for about a decade, but the couple was able to take overseas trips and enjoy their marriage of some 40 years until three years ago, when she grew more agitated, prone to sudden outbursts, and could no longer explain what she needed or wanted. He struggled to care for her largely on his own. “As Mom’s condition got more difficult to navigate, he was just handling it,” said Jesse
by CATHERINE S. VALENTE ManilaTimes.net
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. vowed to go after foreign terrorists involved in the bombing attack at the Mindanao State
University (MSU) in Marawi City that killed at least four people last Sunday, December 3. The extremist group Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for the bombing, saying in a statement its fighters “detonated an explosive device on a large gathering of
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Pope sets prayers for blast victims by EVELYN MACAIRAN Philstar.com
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CHRISTMAS IN THE AIR. Holiday decors like miniature Christmas trees and lanterns attract shoppers in Pasay City on Monday, Dec. 4. The public is urged to report traders and vendors who do not follow the government’s suggested retail price and safety regulations. PNA photo by Jess M. Escaros Jr. ACT Teachers Rep. France Castro and former President Rodrigo Duterte Inquirer.net photos
Christian disbelievers in Marawi City.” In a statement, the president said that the government is now working closely with the regional government of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
MANILA — Pope Francis expressed his intention to pray for the victims of the bombing attack that occurred during a mass inside a university campus in Marawi City on Sunday, December 3. In @Pontifex, which serves as the pope’s official page on X, formerly Twitter, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church said that he is close to the people of Mindanao. “I wish to assure my prayer for the victims of the attack that occurred this (Sunday) morning in the Philippines, where a bomb exploded during mass. I am close to the families and the people of Mindanao, who have already suffered so much,” said the pontiff from his residences
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PH wins 4 major awards in Ex-President Duterte Reef in West Philippine Sea World Travel Awards 2023 skips preliminary probe Felipe the “illegal presence” of at F M L C least 111 Chinese ships on the of grave threats case reef located 324 kilometers Chinese militia ships swarm Julian by RANCES
ANGOSING Inquirer.net
MANILA — The preliminary investigation of the complaint of grave threats filed by ACT Teachers Rep. France Castro against former President Rodrigo Duterte was reset to Dec. 15 after he failed to appear before the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office on Monday, December 4. Only his lawyers, Penrose Ann Valles and Kristia Lorraine Caringal, showed up and said they had yet to receive any complaint or subpoena against their client. They
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MANILA — At least 135 Chinese militia ships were seen “swarming” Julian Felipe (Whitsun) Reef in the West Philippine Sea during a patrol by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Saturday, December 2. Separate patrols carried out by the PCG and the Armed Forces of the Philippines in mid-November had observed
by UISA
ABATO Inquirer.net
(175 nautical miles) west of Bataraza, Palawan province, well within the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ). This prompted National Security Adviser Gen. Eduardo Año, who also chairs the National Task Force on the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS), to order another
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MANILA — The Philippines bagged four major tourism recognitions from the prestigious World Travel Awards (WTA) 2023, the Department of Tourism (DOT) said on Tuesday, December 5. According to the DOT, the country was once again named the World’s Leading Dive Destination and the World’s Leading Beach
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(From left) Department of Tourism (DOT) Undersecretary Shahlimar Hofer Tamano, World Travel Awards (WTA) President and Founder Graham Cooke, and DOT Assistant Secretary Rica Bueno hold the Philippines’ awards from the preeminent WTA in a ceremony held in Dubai on December 1. DOT photo