September 9-12, 2017 Volume 27 - No. 71 • 4 Sections – 34 Pages
USA
DATELINE What’s next for DREAMers after Trump’s termination of DACA FROM THE AJPRESS NEWS TEAM ACROSS AMERICA
Fil-Am DREAMer shares her experience growing up undocumented, the importance of program
TWENTY-four-year-old Jennifer* is not unlike most young people in America. She has a job, enjoys going out with her friends and has dreams of success. But Jennifer isn’t like any other young person in America. Jennifer is undocumented. When she was four months old, Jennifer’s family relocated from Quezon City, Philippines to the United States. The family settled in Rowland Heights, California, where Jennifer lived a “normal” childhood. But Jennifer always knew something was different. Her parents told her that because she wasn’t U.S.-born, she would have to be cautious and err on the safe side of things: keep her citizenship a secret, don’t fill out ap-
‘We are being sabotaged’ - Duterte by ALLAN
NAWAL Inquirer.net
DIGOS CITY – President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, September 8 blamed supposed saboteurs for the deaths of teenager Carl Arnaiz – whom he described as a relative – and other innocent victims. Speaking during the 17th anniversary of the city, Duterte said the efforts were aimed at bringing down his administration. He said he had directed Philippine National Police Chief Ronald dela Rosa to look into the matter.
“That’s why I have said to, the PNP Chief is here, to closely look into this because we are being sabotaged,” he said. Duterte said the killings “were intentional” and were definitely aimed against his government. He then said that if ever it was true that policemen would shoot at suspects, they would not bother to wrap the victims in plastic anymore. “The police would not wrap (victims). That is not the job of the police to…you wrap, that’s foolishness. So there are saboteurs,” he
said. Duterte said he could not also possibly order the police to just kill anybody, including Arnaiz. “I am telling you, one of those killed was my relative. Carl Arnaiz. He was my relative I you want you to know that. Would I allow the police to kill my relative?” he asked. Duterte did not say how he was related to Arnaiz, who was killed after allegedly shooting it out with Caloocan policemen who were responding to a report of a taxi robbery. His companion, 14-year-
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Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte (left) and his brother-in-law Atty. Manases Carpio take an oath before testifying at the hearing on the P6.4 billion worth of shabu shipment conducted by the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee on Thursday, September 7.
US vows to return church bells but unsure when
THE United States is committed to returning three church bells seized by American forces as war spoils from the Philippines more than a century ago, the U.S. ambassador said Tuesday, Sept. 5, raising the prospects of a resolution of a thorny issue between the allies. Ambassador Sung Kim said the two governments have discussed the return of the Balangiga bells, named for the Philippine village from which they were taken in the
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President Rodrigo Duterte blames supposed saboteurs for the deaths of teenager Carl Arnaiz – whom he described as a relative – and other innocent victims. VIDEO GRAB/RTVM
PNA photo by Avito C. Dalan
Trillanes, Paolo Duterte face off at Senate probe by DANA
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missing for 20 days. His head was covered with packaging tape and cloth, and according to the initial investigation, he had 30 stab wounds on his body. De Guzman was the last person seen accompanying 19-year-old Carl Arnaiz, who was killed by policemen in an alleged shootout along C3 Road in Navotas after allegedly robbing a taxi driver on August 18. Forensic reports, however, suggested that Arnaiz was kneeling when he was initially shot, then was killed with more shots after he was lying on the ground. “This case and those of other young people makes it even more urgent that an international level investigation takes place,” Gonzales said.
DAVAO City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte has denied “baseless accusations” linking him to the P6.4-billion worth of shabu smuggled from China into the Philippines. During a hearing before the Senate on Thursday, September 7, Senator Antonio Trillanes IV accused Duterte of being a member of the Chinese triad, a notorious group engaged in criminal activities, including drug smuggling. Citing “foreign intelligence information,” the senator claimed that Duterte’s membership in the syndicate can be proven by the “colored and a dragon-like figure” tattoo on his back. Duterte confirmed that he has a tattoo on his back but declined to provide details on what it looks like, invoking his right to privacy. The vice mayor stressed that he would not answer any allegations “based on hearsay.” “The proof of his membership is the tattoo on his back. That is what will explain all this, and there is a competition among syndicates. That is the physical evidence of his membership in the triad. The tattoo,” alleged Trillanes. According to the senator, the triad tattoo has “secret digits” that can only be decoded by experts. “If Vice Mayor Duterte is willing, we’ll take a
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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, Sept. 6, met with the family of 19-year-old Carl Angelo Arnaiz, who was killed by police in August. Malacañang has guaranteed a thorough and impartial investigation into the death of Arnaiz. In a speech on Friday, Sept. 8, Duterte said the recent killings “were intentional” and are allegedly aimed at sabotaging his administration. Presidential photo by Ace Morandante
Amnesty Int’l calls for international probe on killings of children in PH by DANA
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HUMAN rights group Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday, September 7 condemned the recent slay of 14-year-old Reynaldo de Guzman in the Philippines. AI Director for Southeast Asia and the Pacific James Gonzales insisted that de Guzman’s death is not an isolated case or a mistake but the “latest atrocity” in the series of extrajudicial killings in the Philippines. “How many more children must die in the Philippines to end this horrific and LOOKING INTO KIAN’S DEATH. The Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs, heartless violence?” Gonzales said in a chaired by Senator Panfilo Lacson (2nd from left), on Tuesday, Sept. 5, resumed its inquiry statement. into the death of Kian Loyd delos Santos, 17, who was fatally shot by police officers during Also known as “Kulot,” De Guzman was an anti-drug operation in Caloocan, Metro Manila. Also in photo are (from left) Senators Risa found dead on Tuesday, September 5, in a Hontiveros, Grace Poe, and Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino IV. Senate photo by Cesar Tomambo creek in Gapan, Nueva Ecija after he went
Pimentel: Immunity won’t absolve PH gov’t ready to assist Marcoses from criminal raps Filipino immigrants in US MANILA, Philippines - Granting immunity will not absolve the Marcos family from their criminal liabilities, former Senate President Aquilino “Nene” Pimentel Jr. said on Thursday, September 7. According to Pimentel, who is also the former chairman of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee which investigated the Marcos wealth, the possible immunity
will only cover the civil liabilities of the family. “On the immunity, that will depend on the outcome of the negotiation for the return of the Marcos wealth because returning the ill-gotten wealth only covers the civil aspect of the cases,” Pimentel said. There are at least 120 cases pending before the Sandiganbayan and the Supreme Court in
connection with the Marcoses’ allegedly plundered cash and assets during the late President Ferdinand Marcos’ two-decade control. “Under our laws, you can settle the civil aspects [of the cases]. But as to the criminal aspect, that’s another thing. That would depend on evidence,” Pimentel added.
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by ALEXIS
ROMERO Philstar.com
MANILA — The government is ready to assist Filipino illegal immigrants who may be deported after the program that permitted them to stay legally in the U.S. is scrapped, Malacañang said on Thursday, September 7. President Donald Trump has announced plans to revoke the
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which shields illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. when they were children from deportation. Presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella said the Department of Foreign Affairs is working closely with members of the Filipino community in the U.S., especially those that would be directly af- Palace spokesperson Ernesto Abella
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Malacañang photo