San Francisco Edition -- November 4 -- 10, 2016

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US stops sale of arms to PH over drug war DATELINE USA

Obamacare premiums to increase in 2017 FROM THE AJPRESS NEWS TEAM ACROSS AMERICA

PREMIUMS for health care plans under President Barack Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will rise 22 percent for mid-level plans in 2017, according to a recent report from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). HHS Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell defended the program and the premium hike on CNN, saying that controversial law — commonly known as Obamacare — has had a record of benefiting all Americans. “The Affordable Care Act was about three

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by ERIC

ANTHONY LICAS AJPress

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 op-

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“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 end of the year. The senator has yet to issue a state-

ment regarding the terminated deal. In a statement released on Tuesday, November 1 Philippine Senator Panfilo Lascon called Cardin’s position “his opinion and nothing more,” according to ABS-CBN News. He said there were plenty of other countries that could probably offer the PNP a better deal. Duterte brushed off the impact of the deal’s cancellation even further on Tuesday evening. “Susmaryosep! … Is that all they

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Palace confirms FVR resignation by CATHERINE

S. VALENTE ManilaTimes.net

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

pose 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.

Former Pres. Fidel V. Ramos

MALACAÑANG on Tuesday, Nov. 1, confirmed that former President Fidel V. Ramos had resigned as the Philippines’ special envoy to China. Presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella said Ramos informed him that he has submitted his resignation letter but President Rodrigo Duterte is yet to accept or

reject it. “According to FVR, the letter has been submitted to the Office of the Executive Secretary, but it will be up to PRRD [Duterte] whether to accept it or not,” Abella told reporters in a text message. Ramos said he resigned because his job was over.

FINALLY HOME. Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay and other government officials welcomed five Filipino seafarers — Arnel Pregillana Balbero, Elmer Salvador Balbero, Ferdinand Jacinto Dalit, Akes Tiningal Edwas Jr. and Antonio Auxetero Libres Jr. — last Oct. 28 when arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) after four years of being held hostage by Somali pirates. Photo by Rudy Santos/Philstar.com

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Duterte breaks his Pacquiao arrives in vow to not curse again Las Vegas: ‘This is going to be a historic fight’ by DANA

SIOSON AJPress

by DANA

SIOSON AJPress

EIGHT-division world champion Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao received a warm welcome from fans upon his arrival in Las Vegas, a few days before his upcoming match with World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion Jessie Vargas. “I’m very thankful for all my fans for all the support they’ve been giving me. And on November 5, I wanna be successful with a great win,” the Filipino champ said.

Pacquiao, who was also elected senator in May 2016, expressed his determination to make another record in boxing history as the first senator to win a world championship. “I’m so interested to win convincingly and get the belt because this is my first fight since being elected as senator,” he said. Pacquiao, 37, has a record of 58 wins in 66 fights. Meanwhile, Vargas, 27, has fought 28 times and only lost once in 2015. While the odds of the match

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PACQUIAO VS. VARGAS. Eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao and World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight world champion Jessie Vargas both arrive at the Wynn Las Vegas on Tuesday, Nov. 1. The two boxers will face off on Saturday, Nov. 5 at the Thomas & Mack Center. AJ Press photos by Robert Macabagdal

A FEW days after promising that he would stop cursing, President Rodrigo Duterte broke his vow. Duterte, known to usually use profane words in his speeches, earlier shared that he promised to God and to the Filipino people that he would avert himself from cursing. But the president returned to his old habit when he warned police officers to not engage themselves in illegal drugs. “Huwag kayong magkamali pumasok diyan. T*** i** tatapusin ko talaga kayo. Sinabi ko na sa inyo (Don’t make a mistake by entering into illegal drugs. S** of a b****, I will kill you. I’m telling you),” he expressed on Monday, October 31, in Davao City. Last week, Duterte said he vowed not to swear again after his encounter with God on his way back to the Philippines from his state visit in Japan.

President Rodrigo Duterte

“I was looking at the skies as I was coming over here. And... everybody was asleep snoring. A voice said that you know, ‘If you don’t stop, I will bring this

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