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Volume 26 - No. 88 • 3 Sections - 20 Pages
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FBI may reopen Clinton email investigation as election tightens AFTER deciding not to press charges in September after its initial investigation on Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server, the FBI announced that it is reviewing additional emails to see if it would reopen the case. On Friday, October 28, the FBI revealed that it found a number of Clinton’s email on the laptop of disgraced former New York congressman Anthony Weiner, husband of prominent Clinton aide Huma Abedin. They were uncovered during a separate FBI investigation on Weiner’s alleged illicit online interactions with an underage girl. The bureau hasn’t officially announced a reinvestigation but is seeing if the emails are related to the bureau’s investigation into Clinton’s emails. The move shifts the election race, which had been leaning in Clinton’s favor amid favorable debate performances. Moreover, the infamous leaked audio of Trump in 2005, which pundits have said irreparably damaged his chances and ensured a Clinton win. Since news broke out in March 2015, the email scandal has been a roadblock for Clinton, and her opposers use it as a way to de-
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US stops sale of arms to PH over drug war by ERIC
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Businesses, labor groups dispute how to solve the housing crisis in Los Angeles TERRY Villasenor counts herself lucky she only has to drive for half-an-hour to get to work. Before the Angeleno managed to afford a car, she had to transfer from a train to a series of buses before hiring a driver from a ridesharing app for the last leg of her commute. She had been spending nearly $100 out of her $800 weekly paycheck for a round-trip ride from Koreatown to Beverly Hills. Between long commutes and 12-hour workdays, the Filipina caregiver struggled to find a moment to herself. “I was up at about 5:45…I wouldn’t get to bed till maybe 10:45,” Villasenor told the . “It’s always rush, rush, rush.” She and her boyfriend had looked into moving somewhere closer to work, but in a city where the average price of rent is approaching $2,000 according to a recent UCLA study, their options remain limited. They, along with over 50 percent of the people living in Los Angeles who spend more
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SHOAL HAUL. Filipino fishermen fresh from a trip to Panatag Shoal return with their fish harvest. Unlike before when they were driven away by Chinese coast guards, they now tell stories of the Chinese sharing food, liquor and cigarettes with them.
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A SENIOR U.S. senator’s opposition to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody crackdown on crime has blocked the sale of 26,000 firearms to the Philippine National Police (PNP), according to a new report. Aides for Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland -- the most senior Democrat on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee -- told Reuters on Monday, October 31, that he would oppose the transaction. The announcement reportedly prompted the U.S. State Department to halt plans for the arms deal. In the past, Cardin had introduced legislation promoting cooperation between Philippine and American law enforcement agencies. However, reports of the growing death toll linked to the Duterte administration’s efforts to curb the Philippines’ illicit narcotics trade have driven Cardin to criticize what has been a violent war on drugs. “There is a right way to approach this issue … and a wrong way,” Cardin previously said on the floor of the Senate on Tuesday, September 27. “President Duterte, in advocating and endorsing what amounts to mass murder, has chosen the wrong way.” He went on to say that the Duterte administration has refused to investigate alleged abuses and that if current trends continue, over 6,000 people could wind up as victims of extrajudicial killings by the
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Palace to Moody’s FVR resigns as PH’s special envoy to China warning on policy shifts: PH will be okay by DANA
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THE Philippines “will be okay” even if the government shifts its policies, Malacañang said on Tuesday, November 1. Moody’s Investors Service recently cautioned the Philippines that its economic growth would be affected if the country made changes in its policies. Reacting to the warning, Communications Secretary Martin Andanar pointed out that the Philippines’ economic fundamentals remain “strong.” “The poverty rate had dropped. Inflation rate is stable. Government-private contracts continue to be honored,” he said, adding the economy will withstand policy shifts. “We will be okay.” In its “Banking System Outlook--The Philippines” report, the credit watchdog stated that Philippines’
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FORMER President Fidel V. Ramos revealed on Monday, October 31, that he has resigned as the Philippines’ special envoy to China. “The moment the president came back from China from a successful state visit, I resigned as special envoy to China because the officials have taken over,” Ramos said. President Rodrigo Duterte made his first official visit to China from October 18 to 21 and announced upon his arrival in the Philippines that he secured a $24 billion deal with Beijing. According to the president, the deal, which was mostly about lion jobs for Filipinos in the next trade, investments, and maritime five years. security, would generate 2 mil“I’ve done my job to...break the
ice and to help restore the ties of goodwill and friendship,” Ramos added. Last July, Ramos accepted Duterte’s offer to become the special envoy to China in the wake of The Hague’s ruling regarding the territorial disputes in the South China Sea. The arbitration tribunal at The Hague ruled in favor of the Philippines and concluded that China’s claim of sovereignty over the waters had no legal basis. China, however, has repeatedly refused to accept the ruling. Meanwhile, the Palace said it has not yet received the former president’s resignation. “Moreover, it is not true that the former president can no longer have any role in our engagement with China. His stature and
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Sylvester Stallone: Pacquiao Lawmaker wants is better than Rocky Balboa Americans to get Philippine visa by DANA
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Manny Pacquiao trains ahead of Nov. 5 bout.
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HOLLYWOOD actor and director Sylvester Stallone has recently visited Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao during his training at the Wild Card Gym in Los Angeles. After watching the training session, Stallone shared how impressed he was with the Filipino boxing champion. “Manny, you’re the greatest fighter, better than Rocky Balboa,” Stallone remarked in an interview, referring to the main character he created and portrayed in Rocky se-
ries from the 1970s to 2015. Stallone watched Pacquiao spar against Rey Beltran for six rounds. “Thank God that I never had to fight you in the ring,” he jokingly added. The Hollywood actor later took pictures with Pacman. Pacquiao is currently on the final phase of his training as his match against World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion Jessie Vargas draws closer. The Pacquiao-Vargas bout will be held on Saturday, November 5 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. ■
SURIGAO del Sur Rep. Johnny Pimentel has backed calls for parity in administrative travel conditions between the Philippines and the United States. “There are two ways we can achieve parity. Either we obligate Americans traveling to Manila to first secure a Philippine visa, or the US removes the requirement for Filipinos to get hold of a US visa before they can travel to America,” Pimentel said. The lawmaker said requiring Americans to obtain a Philippine visa could generate $125 million (P6 billion) in revenues.
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