Manila Standard - 2016 September 11 - Sunday

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Pinoy film in Venice fest VENICE—Another Filipino film was among the movies to be featured in the world’s oldest and coveted Golden Lion film festival. The film, “The Woman Who Left,” directed by renowned director Lav Diaz, is about a wrongly convicted schoolteacher plots revenge against the exboyfriend who framed her, disguising

herself in a bid to get close to her quarry. Other films in the 73rd edition of the Venice film festival are: Ana Lily Amirpour (US), “Bad Batch”: In this cannibal love story with Jim Carrey and Keanu Reeves, a young girl wanders a desert wasteland in a futuristic United States before getting Next page sliced up limb by limb.

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Duterte: Beware of more bombings By Sara D. Fabunan and Francisco Tuyay

COLORS OF PHILIPPINE WATERS. A young lady marvels at a colorful display of corals at the Manila Ocean Park aquarium in Manila on Saturday. Danny Pata

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday warned the public of more bombings as Philippine National Police chief Ronald dela Rosa confirmed that a group linked to the so-called Islamic State was behind the Davao night market blast that killed 14 people and hurt 70 others. “There will be more [bombings] because of retaliations, reprisals,” Duterte said upon his arrival at the Davao International Airport after his working visit to Indonesia. The President did not reveal details because of ongoing investigations and said the matter was an issue of national security. “But there will be a day of reckoning. Wait for it,” the President said as Dela Rosa confirmed that the suspect in the Davao blast was a member of a group that has pledged allegiance to the terrorist Islamic State. “They share the same faith as that of the Abu Sayyaf group. They both pledged allegiance to ISIS,” Dela Rosa said at the Mimaropa regional police office which celebrated its anniversary on Saturday. Next page

Rody: PH no lackey Asserts ‘independent’ foreign policy stance

Digong: Criticism a media obligation

By Funny Pearl Gajunera

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AVAO CITY—Returning from an overseas trip where he insulted both the president of the United States and the secretary-general of the United Nations, President Rodrigo Duterte declared here Saturday that the Philippines will pursue an independent foreign policy.

“In our relations with the world, the Philippines will pursue an independent foreign policy. I repeat: the Philippines will pursue an independent foreign policy,” Duterte said in his arrival statement early Saturday. “We will observe and must insist on the time-honored principles of sovereignty, sovereign equality, non-interference, and the commitment of a peaceful settlement of disputes. Let us serve our people and protect the interests of our country,” Duterte explained. Duterte made the pronounce-

ment after the 28th and 29th summits of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Vientiane, Laos and a working visit to Indonesia. Duterte reported he had bilateral meetings with Japan, Laos, New Zealand, Russia, Singapore and Vietnam at the sidelines of the Asean summit and he said he raised concerns on peace, security and stability in the region. “I expressed the Philippines’ concern over the developments of South China Sea. I stressed our Next page

By Sara D. Fabunan

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. President Rodrigo Duterte holds two thumbs up as he reported on his first appearance on the world stage upon his arrival at the F. Bangoy International Airport in Davao City early Saturday.

DESPITE the blame the Duterte administration has heaped on media, President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday urged journalists to criticize him if he is doing something wrong in his job because it is their duty to the public. “Do not hesitate to attack me, criticize me, if I do wrong in my job,” Duterte told reporters, after being asked if he is angry at journalists for reports that caused tension between him and some foreign leaders. “I am not at liberty to be angry at anybody. It is your sworn duty to ask questions. It is also my obligation to my people for the money spent in this trip and Next page

Cops nab vice mayor in matrix

154 Sinos arrested in Pampanga

Lawmaker revives bill on new disaster agency

By Sara D. Fabunan and Francisco Tuyay

AGENTS of the Bureau of Immigration arrested 154 Chinese nationals for possible violation of immigration laws and alleged involvement in illegal online gambling in Pampanga. Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente said the foreigners were apprehended during a raid of the suspects’ rented unit at the 2nd and 3rd floors of the Dong Gwang annex bldg. in Clark Field, Angeles City. Members of the BI Intelligence Division and Angeles City Police Office, led by Sr. Supt Sidney Villaflor, conducted the raid. The arresting agents were armed with a mission order from the BI chief after the aliens’ presence in the building was confirmed

LEYTE Rep. Yedda Marie K. Romualdez has revived a proposal in Congress to create a Department of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management which shall have its own budget and technical expertise to handle disaster response situations. In filing House Bill 344, Romualdez, wife of former House Independent Bloc leader and exLeyte Rep. Martin Romualdez, stressed the need to enact a measure that advocates disaster preparedness and effective emergency response protocols to ably help victims of disasters and calamities. “The Philippines is one of the countries that is often visited by strong typhoons. Around 19 tropical storms enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility in a typi-

ONE of the local government officials in President Rodrigo Duterte’s matrix of drug lords and protectors was brought to the Department of Justice for inquest on Saturday after he was arrested on drug and gun charges and suspicion of involvement in the Davao City bombing last week. Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II confirmed that Talitay, Maguindanao Vice Mayor Abdulwahab Sabal, his wife Mohanna, his bodyguard Nasser Maulana and driver Norodin Abas, faced inquest proceedings shortly after they were arrested in Awang Airport in Maguindanao. Next page

INQUEST. Talitay, Maguindanao Vice Mayor Abdulwahab Sabal and his wife Mohanna are escorted to the Department of Justice for an inquest proceeding after he was arrested at the Awang Airport in Maguindanao. Danny Pata twitter.com/ MlaStandard

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cal year and, of these, usually 6 or 9 make landfall,” Romualdez said in the bill’s explanatory note. She said that the story of devastation brought by super typhoon “Yolanda” (international code name Haiyan) and the story of recovery and rebuildung in the aftermath of the typhoon should move leaders of Congress to create an appropriate agency. “Notwithstanding all the disaster preparation and coordination plans, there were still significant losses of life, injury, and damage to property when Typhoon Yolanda, considered as the world’s strongest typhoon ever recorded, hit the Philippine Territory,” she said. “Despite the government’s efforts and preparations, thousands of people perished. Damage to business, property and agriculture Next page

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