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THE Philippine Supreme Court on Tuesday, Jan. 12, upheld the constitutionality of an executive agreement between the Philippines and the United States that permits increased rotational presence of US military troops in the country. In a 10-4-1 vote, the top court ruled in favor of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA), which was signed by the Philippines and US in 2014 but was not implemented due to legal challenges. The agreement, which has a 10-year lifespan, also allows troops access to Philippine military
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bases. Furthermore, the US will be allowed to store and pre-position weapons, defense supplies, vessels, and aircraft, among other things. The decision comes amid the ongoing dispute between the Philippines and China regarding conflicting claims in the South China Sea involving six Asian governments competing for control of small islands in the region. It will also support US efforts to reassert its presence in Asia, the Associated Press reported. The US has also indicated it opposes China’s claims in the disputed territory, citing the need for freedom of navigation in the area, GMA News reported.
The Court’s ruling is based on Article 18, Section 25 of the Philippine Constitution, “which allows the president to enter in an executive agreement on foreign military bases if it is not an instrument that allows foreign military bases or it aims to implement existing law or treaty holding that EDCA is one such agreement,” Supreme Court spokesman Theodore Te said, according to GMA News. Among those in agreement with the decision was the Department of Foreign Affairs, stating the Philippines and US can finalize the full implementation of an agreement that is key in efforts to bolster G8>< 8)
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In last State of Union speech, Obama has hopeful message for America’s future
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Hillary Clinton seeks support from Fil-Am, AAPI voters
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and beyond,” Obama said. ”I want to focus on our future.” In a roughly hourlong primetime speech — one of his last chances to capture Americans’ attention before the November election — the president remarked that it is “a time of extraordinary change,” a condition that has “made the progress of these past seven years possible.” Some of the accomplishments he chose to highlight early on were: economic recovery, the passage of the landmark Afford-
able Care Act and the historic Supreme Court ruling on samesex marriage. Obama took a swipe at opponents who have undermined the state of the economy under his tenure, asserting “a basic fact” that the United States has the “strongest, most durable economy in the world.” He reported that over 14 million jobs have been created and the once failing auto industry had a record year in 2015. G8>< 8*
PRESIDENT Barack Obama delivered his seventh and final State of the Union address on Tuesday, HUNDREDS of Asian American and Jan. 12, in which he focused Pacific Islanders (AAPIs), including elected on the country’s future and his officials and busloads of Filipino-Americans legacy as president, rather than from across California and Nevada, flocked urging Congress to pass specific to the San Gabriel Hilton on Thursday, Jan. proposals. 7 to rally their support behind Democratic “For my final address to this presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton. chamber, I don’t want to talk just Part of her two-day campaign stop in Southern California, Clinton’s appearance Gi\j`[\ek 9XiXZb FYXdX [\c`m\ij _`j j\m\ek_ Xe[ ÔeXc JkXk\ f] k_\ Le`fe X[[i\jj about the next year. I want to focus N_`k\ ?flj\ g_fkf Yp G\k\ JflqX on the next five years, 10 years, at the launch of AAPIs for Hillary was an fe Kl\j[Xp# AXe% ()% effort to appeal to that population, which is considered the fastest-growing minority group in the country that could be the critical swing vote in the next several presidenby FRANCES MANGOSING tial election cycles. He said the group on the in Mindanao. Inquirer.net And what better place to reach them “The video may be authen- video is merely riding on the than in the heart of the San Gabriel Valley, THE Armed Forces of the tic, kinuha yun ng mga tunay popularity of the international where over half of its residents are of Asian Philippines has denied anew the na tao na andun. But sa back- terror group. descent. “Those are propaganda. We existence of the Islamic State ground nun, kung meron ba taTaking the stage after an introduction jihadists in the Philippines. laga silang pinanghahawakan consider them as propaganda. by Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif.) — the first ChiThis was after a video circulat- sa likod, wala. You can just They are not ISIS,” Detoyato nese-American woman elected to Congress ing online showed consolidated gather a group of people, let said. — Clinton said being in the area holds a militant groups in Mindanao them wear black and say ISIS He said the Abu Sayyaf, G8>< 8+ with black flags claiming their kami. That does not mean may Ansar al- Khalifa and the links to the IS. A report said ISIS dito,” AFP public affairs Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom that it suggested that the IS may chief Colonel Noel Detoyato Fighters are sympathizers of soon put up a satellite extension said on Monday, Jan. 11. G8>< 8) ;i% I_`^\c 8c]fihl\ KXe `j jnfie `e Yp ?fefiXYc\ Al[^\ :_\ipc Dfjj Xj Gi\j`[\ek f] k_\
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Trump: Syrian refugees ‘could be ISIS’ Binay’s vow: No Filipino will be forced to work abroad Silent Muslim protester by NESTOR
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GOP frontrunner Donald Trump said Syrian refugees are “probably” ISIS during a campaign rally in South Carolina that was quickly disrupted by protesters, including a Muslim woman wearing a traditional head covering. Refugees from Syria “could be ISIS ... and by the way, it is turning out that they probably are ISIS,” said Trump at a Winthrop University rally in Rock Hill, South Carolina. “There’s so many men, they’re so young, they are very strong. Where are the women? Where are the children?” During his speech, a woman wearing a traditional hijab stood in silent protest and was swiftly escorted by police, along with a few other anti-Trump hecklers, NBC News reported. Some Trump supporters jeered and booed the woman, who was identified as 56-year-old Rose Hamid. She was wearing a T-shirt that read “Salam, I come in peace.” G8>< 8*
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WORKING abroad will become “a matter of choice and not necessity” was how Vice President Jejomar Binay assured overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) if elected president in the 2016 elections. Binay was in a three-day visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which started on Tuesday, Jan. 12, to strengthen bilateral ties with Middle East countries, home to over 2.7 million OFWs. Binay said that this will be achieved by his projected administration by providing more jobs in the Philippines. “Mahirap higitan ang uri ng pagmamahal na araw-araw ninyong inaalay. Ang paglaban sa lungkot at pangungulila sa inyong pamilya at sariling tahanan, ang G8>< 8)
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Filipino-American Dr. Rhigel Jay Alforque-Tan took oath as president of the Nevada State Board of Nursing on Jan. 6, in a ceremony presided by Honorable Judge Cheryl Moss and joined by Honorable Judge Bill Henderson. Tan’s election makes him the first Asian American male elected to the position in the 92 years of the board’s existence. Originally from Cebu, Philippines, Tan came from humble beginnings, making ends meet by peddling bananacue (caramelized bananas on sticks) and boiled eggs. He had dreams of going to medical school to
become a doctor, but given his financial situation, he took nursing instead. At the Cebu State CollegeCebu City Medical Center College of Nursing (CCMC), he graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s of science in nursing in 1990, then migrated to the United States years later. “Being educated in the Philippines brings with it the responsibility to influence the nursing profession in a global perspective,” Tan previously told the Asian Journal. “Beyond just making a living, [nurses] should also be involved in promoting public safety through participation in regulatory
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