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Volume 27 - no. 25 • 2 Sections – 16 Pages
june 23-29, 2016
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Duterte: ‘Zero tolerance’ on drugs and crime PH sees rise in drug killings ahead of incoming admin by Klarize
Medenilla AJPress
following the weekend’s drug-related killings, incoming President rodrigo Duterte warned Philippine mayors who are connected to illegal drug networks that he “will catch up” to them. At an economic forum in Davao City on tuesday, June 21, he mentioned 32 mayors he suspects are involved in the illegal drug trade. though he did not mention any names, he said that these mayors recently won PAGE A2 President-elect Rodrigo Duterte
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NAVAL DRILLS. Two US Navy carrier strike groups commenced defense exercises in the Philippine Sea on Saturday, June 18. The strike groups of two of the world’s strongest warships, USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) and USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), coordinated dual carrier flight operations and conducted defense drills, sea surveillance, replenishments at sea, defensive air combat training, long range strikes and coordinated maneuvers, among others, the US Navy 7th Fleet said. Navy photo by MC3 Nathan Burke
ISIS releases first US: Arbitral court ruling won’t ease sea tensions propaganda video DATELINE USA Filipino man arrested for for Philippines by JaiMe laude and
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A filiPino man was arrested on wednesday, June 15 on suspicion of committing more than a dozen burglaries within a six-month period in las Vegas. las Vegas metro Police accuse Bernardino santiago, 41, of a string of thefts at 17 restaurants that began in January, just six months after he had been released from prison. “it was a lot of places; he was busy,” said lVmPD detective Brad feiss in a video released by the department to Youtube. “he told us he would hit every other night, if not sometimes twice a night.” A man resembling the suspect was
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mAnilA —the so-called islamic state, or isis, released a video early on wednesday, June 22 in an attempt to recruit radical fighters in the Philippines and neighboring countries. rita Katz, director of site intelligence group tracking the activities of isis, said the video targeting the Philippines was in five languages: Arabic, english, filipino, indonesian and malay. screenshots of the video taken by the agency show filipino, indonesian and malaysian fighters urging their PAGE A2
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Advocates expect favorable Supreme Court ruling on immigration policies immigrAtion activists expect to hear a ruling in favor of policies meant to protect millions of undocumented residents before the supreme Court’s term ends this month. however, they say more work will need to be done to enact comprehensive immigration reform. of immediate concern are the Deferred Action for Parents of Us Citizens and lawful Permanent residents (DAPA) program and expansions to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, both proposed by President Barack obama in 2014. the programs could protect up to 4 million people in the Us from deportation and provide work authorization for three years on a renewable basis. the policies at issue are “temporary, but essential so that people can remain with their families here,” said marielena hincapié, executive director of the national immigration law Center (nilC), during a panel discussion hosted by the Center for American Progress Action fund (CAPAf) PAGE A3
In this image taken by an Iraqi Counterterrorism Service photographer on Sunday, June 19, 2016, soldiers pose with an Islamic State militant flag in Fallujah, Iraq after forces re-took the city center after two years of IS control. Thousands of civilians are fleeing Fallujah after the city was declared liberated from the Islamic State group, the United Nations said, while an Iraqi commander reported fierce clashes as elite counterterrorism forces pushed to clear out the remaining Photo courtesy of Iraq Counterterrorism Service militants.
mAnilA—A favorable decision by an international arbitral court on manila’s maritime case against Beijing is no guarantee of an easing of tensions in the south China sea, a senior Us official said on wednesday, June 22. tension is likely to persist in the region, the official said, even if the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the hague rules in favor of manila, as China has made it clear it would not honor a verdict repudiating its expansive claim in the south China sea. reports quoting sources said China is even planning to set aside the United nations Convention on the law of the sea (UnClos). the same official, who declined to be named, also said China is using its fishing fleets with armed escorts to bolster maritime claims in disputed territory. But the official, in a teleconference in manila with journalists from Vietnam, thailand, indonesia and Beijing, said the Us is not taking sides on the issue. “we are expecting a ruling in the next several weeks in the arbitration case that’s been brought by the Philippines with respect to maritime entitlement in the south China sea… south China sea is an important maritime space for the international community. Asia is the
Reports quoting sources said China is planning to set aside the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
most populous and economically dynamic region in the world and as such, south China sea a global significance,” the senior Us state Department official said. As such, the state department official said the Us will sustain its role in ensuring regional peace by continuously enforcing freedom of navigation and overflight operations over the south China sea and east China sea regions. there were reports the Un court is handing down its verdict either before the end of the month or in early July. the Us has deployed two of its carrier strike groups to the Philippine sea ahead of the verdict.
“our freedom of navigation program globally is in that demonstrating that the Us will continue to fly, sail and operate wherever the laws allow. so in that sense, i think that it has been successful in demonstrating in east Asia that that we will continue to uphold that policy,” the Us official said while calling on China to refrain from making provocative actions. the arbitration case presents a good opportunity to go back to principles and to attempt to steer the conversation about the south China sea issue, the official said. solid backing the official added that the PhilipPAGE A2
Miss Universe Pia Wurtzbach takes public Duterte to Amb. Goldberg: HIV test, encourages global HIV testing Are you with us or not? by MoMar
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new YorK—miss Universe Pia wurtzbach took time off her busy schedule to take a public hiV test at new York City’s Apicha Community health Center monday, June 20 to get the word out and encourage others to get tested and know their status. “over one million people in the United states are living with hiV and this number continues to increase each year by 50,000. one in eight people who have hiV don’t even know it yet because they don’t get themselves tested and because of that, they are not getting the right kind of care and treatment that they deserve and should have,” miss wurtzbach said. the public test took place in advance of PAGE A4
Miss Universe 2015 Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach AJPress photo by Momar G. Visaya
DAVAo CitY—“Are you with us or are you not with us?” that was the question raised by President-elect rodrigo Duterte to Us Ambassador Philip goldberg during the envoy’s courtesy visit on June 13 here, he revealed on tuesday, June 21. speaking before business executives at the smX Convention Center, Duterte disclosed that he has asked goldberg about this concern amid our maritime dispute with China. “Because i told goldberg, are you with us or are you not with
us?,” he said, adding that he was ready to claim the west Philippine sea once the United nation’s tribunal favored the Philippine diplomatic protest. Duterte mentioned the 1952 mutual Defense Agreement between the Philippine government and the United states “desiring to declare publicly and formally their sense of unity and their common determination to defend themselves against external armed attack.” this was agreed upon “so that no potential aggressor could be under the illusion that either of them stands alone in the Pacific area.” PAGE A2