Dota team wins P24m By John Paolo Bencito
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A FIVE-MAN Philippine team finished their campaign at a computer game tournament as millionaires as they return to the country with half a million US dollars, or more than P23.8 million. The squad, called TNC, composed of players Marco Polo Fausto, Carlo
Palad, Samson Solomon Hidalgo, Jimmy Ho, and Nico Barcelon finished eighth in The International 6 (TI6), the world’s biggest Defense of the Ancients (Dota) competition at the Key Arena in Seattle, Washington. But TNC had earlier beaten other groups from around the world, including China’s Vici Gaming Reborn Next page
GOTTA CATCH ‘EM ALL. Pokemon players braved the heavy monsoon rain to attend ‘lure parties’ at 50 SM malls all over the country. At the SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City, the globe in front of the building was turned into a giant Poke ball to celebrate the latest digital craze to hit the country.
Cop who tagged generals shot dead By Jun David A POLICEMAN who has linked two retired generals to the illegal drugs trade was found dead in Lapu-Lapu City in Cebu late Friday evening. The decomposing body of PO2 Ryan Casiban, 37, bore a gun shot wound in the head. He was reported missing on Wednesday after he left the Cordova police station at around 3 a.m. Close to five hours after, his uniform, M-16 armalite rifle, and motorcycle were found abandoned in Barangay Babag II. In his last entries on the police station’s blotter, Casiban wrote that retired Deputy DirectorGeneral Marcelo Garbo and retired Chief Supt. Vicente Loot “protected” drug syndicates.
Two-track system explored—Ramos By Francisco Tuyay and John Paolo Bencito
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ORMER President Fidel Ramos and his Chinese counterparts discussed the formation of a “two-track” system that will allow both countries to implement confidencebuilding measures while allowing separate discussions on contentious issues. In a briefing at Camp Aguinaldo a day after arriving from informal talks in Hong Kong, the former leader met with Fu Ying, chairman of the foreign affairs committee of the National People’s Congress, and Professor Wu Shicun, president of China’s National Institute for South China Studies. Ramos, who was named spe-
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5 groups probing jailbreak By Joel E. Zurbano FIVE separate groups of investigators are looking into the grenade blast that killed 10 inmates at the Parañaque City Jail to allay fears of a rubout. The Department of the Interior and Local Government has directed the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology to immediately investigate Thursday night’s grenade blast inside the jail. Interior Secretary Ismael “Mike” Sueno gave specific Next page
LET’S GET PEACE GOING. Peace Process Secretary Jesus Dureza greets Moro Islamic Liberation Front chairman Murad Ebrahim before the start of peace talks in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. AFP PHOTO
MILF welcomes Nur to peace talks By John Paolo Bencito THE Moro Islamic Liberation Front welcomed the involvement of Moro National Liberation Front founder Nur Misuari in the peace process as the MILF and the government resumed talks in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. “We welcome the inclusion
of MNLF Chairman Nur Misuari in the process. The MNLF and MILF share one common objective which is to establish a self-governing unit for the Moro people in Mindanao,” said MILF Chairman Ebrahim Murad. “There must be a final closure to this cycle of conflict in Mindanao. The time to do so is now, not
later,” Murad said, stressing the urgency of ending four decades of fighting in Mindanao that has claimed 100,000 lives. Peace Process Secretary Jesus Dureza said they are looking forward to have a meeting with Misuari “but he is still under legal constraint because of the pending case Next page
cial envoy by President Rodrigo Duterte, described the talks as “very, very hospitable” and “very encouraging in the sense that [we have] common interest.” “We talked about fishing, [returning to the] status quo ante [and] fishing according to the rights accorded by tradition and that means [the] Philippines, China and VietNext page nam,” he said.
Govt tightens watch vs entry of jihadists By Vito Barcelo THE Bureau of Immigration has tightened the screening of all foreign nationals arriving in the Philippines in connection with President Rodrigo Duterte’s order to arrest all jihadist indoctrinators headed for Mindanao. Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente ordered Associate Commissioner and current Fugitive Search Unit intelligence chief Carlitos Licas to tighten security and step
up the monitoring of all foreign nationals arriving in the country. “It is important to ensure that persons from countries friendly with ISIS will not use the Philippines as their hiding place and jump-off point to their targets,” he said. BI spokesperson Antonette Mangrobang told reporters the bureau will be coordinating with other law enforcement and security agencies to monitor and track down suspected members of ISIS. Next page
2 more BI officials appointed
Habagat seen until midweek
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THE Department of Justice has named Al Argosino and Mike Robles as new deputy commissioners of the Bureau of Immigration, but Malacañang has yet to name another associate commissioner to replace Gilbert Repizo. Former BI-Fugitive Search Unit chief lawyer Carlitos Licas was earlier named as officer-in-charge associate commissioner replacing Abdullah Mangotara. Next page
HEAVY rainfall because of the prevailing southwest monsoon, or the habagat, intensified by a low-pressure area outside of the country will likely cause heavy flooding in most parts of Luzon and Western Visayas until Wednesday, the state weather bureau warned Saturday. Disaster officials, meanwhile, said necessary preparations for possible floods and evacuation of flood-prone areas are now
THAT MONSOON RAIN AGAIN. Motorists and pedestrians hang out at a street corner in Valenzuela City which was inundated by strong monsoon showers that are expected to last until Wednesday. In Manila, a building in the Santa Cruz district collapsed, injuring several residents. Danny Pata and Andrew Rabulan twitter.com/ MlaStandard
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