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Volume10 – Issue 3 • 16 Pages
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400 businessmen to join Duterte in China
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US, UK post reminders on assistance to PH
AmID President rodrigo Duterte’s pronouncements that he intends to shrug off aid from the United states and the United Kingdom, the two countries’ embassies sent out social media posts referring to their assistance to the Philippines. Using hashtag #friendsPartnersAllies, the Us embassy last october 7 posted photos of personnel from the Us military and the Us Agency International Development helping internally displaced persons in Zamboanga City in 2013. “We were here to help. We are still here to help,” the embassy said. the Us embassy’s post came a day after Duterte dared the Washington and the european Union to pull out their aid to the Philippines, saying filipinos are not beggars. British Ambassador to the Philippines Asif Ahmad also posted a list of countries which extended their hand after supertyphoon Yolanda ravaged the Philippines in 2013. the United Kingdom was the top foreign donor, followed by the Us on the third place. “the world came to help the Philippines,” he said. replying to a netizen, the ambassador
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Controversy overshadows substance at second presidential debate stArK differences of temperament and perspective between hillary Clinton and Donald trump — as well as present and past scandals — characterized the second presidential debate at Washington University in st. Louis on sunday, october 9. the two candidates did not shake hands at the outset of the debate and repeatedly went past their allotted response time as they defended themselves against sensational and oftentimes personal attacks on each other’s character and fitness for the presidency. moderators martha raddatz and Anderson Cooper were quick to broach emerging controversies and struggled to contain the reactions of both nominees and the audience. trump offered a fleeting apology in response to a wave of outrage resulting from the release of what has been dubbed the “trump tape.” In a conversation recorded back in 2005, the republican nominee told former Access hollywood reporter Billy Bush that the billionaire’s celebrity status had enabled him to sexually assault women. the republican has attempted to brush the explicit language in that video as “locker
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Inquirer.net
DUTERTE MASKS. Industrial engineer John Tan makes high quality vacuform plastic halloween masks of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte. He sells each mask for P700 at the University of the Philippines Diliman Campus, Quezon City on Thursday, October 13. Inquirer.net photo by Nino Jesus Orbeta
Duterte: No joint drills with US troops next year said stopping of the military exercises is in line with his aim to chart an independent foreign policy. mANILA — he may not be cut“I insist that we realign, that ting ties with the United states but there will be no more exercises President rodrigo Duterte has in- next year,” the president said durstructed the Defense department ing the 115th anniversary of the not to prepare for joint military Philippine Coast Guard in manila drills with American troops next on Wednesday, oct. 12. year. “Do not prepare. I told Defense Duterte, who has been at odds secretary (Delfin) Lorenzana: ‘do with the Us because of its critical not make preparations for next stance on his bloody war on drugs, year.’ I do not want it anymore. by alexiS
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And I will chart an independent foreign policy,” he added. Duterte issued the statement a day after Philippine and American marines concludes the PhIBLeX amphibious exercises a day ahead of schedule. the president has said that the exercise would be the last under his term. the Philippines’ relationship with the Us has been strained by the rift between Duterte and
WIth about a month before election Day, a new survey shows that Democratic presidential nominee hillary Clinton holds a staggering 41-point lead over republican nominee Donald trump with Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) voters. the National Asian American survey (NAAs) released the first half of their 2016 fall survey of AAPI called the “Asian American
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In this September 14 photo, President Rodrigo Duterte meets with former President and Special Envoy to China Fidel Ramos in Malacañan’s Orchid Room. Malacañang photo by Toto Lozano
Ramos: Duterte’s first New petition calls for cancellation 100 days a let-down of Miss Universe in the Philippines by Dana
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DesPIte the Philippine Department of tourism (Dot)’s efforts to quell rumors that the upcoming miss Universe pageant will be cancelled, a new petition is calling for the latter organization to reconsider hosting the event in the country. the letter, which was addressed to the miss Universe organizing committee, asked the organization to “not reward a regime that is trying to turn back the clock as far as women’s causes are concerned.” It was also posted on facebook over the weekend by Annie serrano, who has previously DOT Secretary Wanda Teo
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Miss Universe Pia Wurtzback
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Clinton beats Trump among all AAPI groups by 41 points meDenilla AJPress
reGIstrAtIoN for President Duterte’s state visit to China next week is oversubscribed. Initially only about two dozen filipino entrepreneurs were to accompany mr. Duterte but the number had ballooned, according to trade Undersecretary Nora terrado. At least 400 businessmen have signed up to join mr. Duterte’s trip, according to francis Chua, chair emeritus of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Business deals Chua said the business delegation would be a mix of small and big businesspeople looking for opportunities in what he expected would be a “reawakening” of trade and investment ties that went into hiatus due to rising tension in the south China sea. “We expect to have a bounty of business opportunities from this visit, especially with a President willing to explore the limits of a fruitful partnership
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AAPI survey: Filipinos comprise the highest support for Trump by Klarize
DoriS Dumlao-abaDilla Gil C. CabaCunGan
Voices in the 2016 election” on Wednesday, october 5. the survey explored AAPI voter identification, party preferences, civic engagement and ethnic media consumption. A significant takeaway was that 55 percent of AAPI registered voters are more likely to vote for Clinton compared to the 14 percent who plan to vote for trump. moreover, the survey found that 67 percent of the participants harbored “very unfavorable” or “unfavorable” opinions of trump while
Clinton received 36 percent from the same categories. Both candidates have made efforts to reach out to AAPIs, considered a fast-growing electorate with the potential to swing elections. Last month, trump formally announced his 30-member Asian Pacific American (APA) advisory committee. five fil-Ams were named to the group, which is tasked with advising the republican nominee’s campaign on AAPI issues, as previously reported by the Asian Journal. Clinton has also held many
events targeting the AAPI community through her “AAPI for hillary” outreach program. several grassroots organizations have also dedicated themselves to garnering support for the Democratic presidential nominee. Among the registered filipino voters surveyed, a majority said that Clinton was their “presidential vote choice” at 54 percent. But a quarter of filipinos prefer trump for the presidency, the highest trump favorability rating among all surveyed
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WhILe Pres. rodrigo Duterte got a “very good” satisfaction rating from the public, former President fidel ramos said the Philippines has been ‘losing badly’ during the first three months of the current administration. “In the overall assessment by this writer, we find our team Philippines losing in the first 100 days of Du30’s administration—and losing badly,” ramos said in the first installment of a twopart column published in the manila Bulletin on saturday, october 8. the former president — who served the country from 1992 to 1998 — wrote that Duterte’s leadership is a “huge disappointment” and “letdown to many of us.” According to ramos, Duterte’s remarks about the similarities between the holocaust and his drug war was one of his “most unfortunate gaffes.” “In the case of his recent ‘hitler quip,’ no amount of apology could mollify the long-suffering Jews who have done well for the Philippines,” ramos said. the former president also criticized Duterte’s threats to sever ties with the U.s.: “Are we throwing away decades of military partnership, tactical proficiency, compatible weaponry, predictable logistics, and soldier-to-soldier camaraderie just like that?” ramos, however, noted flaws of the current administration can still be corrected so that the Philippines can fully rise as a competitive country. “the outcome aspired for by the majority of us is to insure the better future of our younger generations, who in due time — will assume the mantle of leadership over our nation’s political, security, cultural, economic and other interests,” he said.” n