Manila Standard - 2019 June 15 - Saturday

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Raptors win NBA crown, dump Warriors 114-110 OAKLAND—An upstart Toronto Raptors squad dethroned defending champion Golden State on Thursday, defeating the Warriors 114-110 to win the NBA Finals and capture the first crown by a club from outside the United States.

Kyle Lowry and Pascal Siakam each scored 26 points while Kawhi Leonard and reserve Fred VanVleet both had 22 as Toronto won the best-of-seven series four games to two. Leonard was named the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player for the second time in

his career after the first in 2014 with San Antonio, which traded him to Toronto last July. “Last summer I was going through a lot. I just kept working hard and had my mind set on this goal

Kawhi Leonard

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VOL. XXXIII • NO. 121 • 3 SECTIONS 16 PAGES • P18 • SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2019 • www.manilastandard.net • mst.daydesk@gmail.com

By Vito Barcelo and Macon Ramos-Araneta

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HE Philippines and China on Friday traded barbs over the sinking of a Filipino fishing boat by a Chinese vessel in the Recto Bank, with Manila saying the act was “barbaric” and Beijing criticizing the former for “politicizing” the issue.

PH, China trade barbs Manila: barbaric act; Beijing: politicizing issue

Malacanang described the sinking as a violation of international law, but said President Rodrigo Duterte has been silent on the issue because he is a “very cautious man” who makes “calibrated responses.” President Duterte’s office said the abandonment of the Filipino crew was “barbaric,” while Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana condemned the Chinese trawler’s “cowardly action.” Reports said a Chinese vessel collided with the FB Gimver1 while it was Next page

SAILING HOME. The first batch of

22 Filipino fishermen, rescued by the Vietnamese in the waters off Recto Bank (Reed Bank), abandoned after their fishing vessel F/B Gemver (inset, showing the destroyed fantail) was hit by an alleged Chinese vessel on the night of June 9. The rescued fishermen are now aboard BRP Ramon Alcaraz of the Philippine Navy for medical treatment before they go back to their respective families. Philippine Navy Photo

DOJ issues lookout bulletin vs. Kapa execs, incorporators, raps up By Rey E. Requejo

officers of Kapa Community Ministry International Inc., and three officers of THE Justice department on Friday is- the Alabel-Maasim Credit Cooperative. The issuance of the ILBO came as the sued an immigration look out bulletin against eight incorporators and eight National Bureau of Investigationa was pre-

paring the filing of criminal charges against the incorporators and officials of Kapa for violating the Securities Regulation Act. “Immigration officers are directed to monitor within all ports of exit and en-

try the movement of those covered and verify if legal basis exists to prevent them from leaving Philippine jurisdiction,” Justice Undersecretary Mark Next page

Joel Apolinario who? Ministry founder ex-DJ

By Maricel V. Cruz THE Sandiganbayan on Friday decided to conduct a full trial of the plunder case against former Senator Jinggoy Estrada and the alleged pork-barrel scam mastermind Janet Napoles. In denying separate motions from Estrada and Napoles asking that their cases be dismissed for lack of evidence, the anti-graft court said the evidence from the Ombudsman was strong enough to warrant the holding of a full trial involving the alleged misuse of P183 million of Estrada’s Priority Development Assistance Fund or pork barrel. “This court is convinced that the prosecution presented sufficient evidence, both testimonial and documentary, which established each element of the crime of plunder against the accused. This, if unrebutted by contrary evidence, is sufficient to support a conviction,” the court said. Estrada, who is out on bail, ran for senator but lost in the May 13 elections. In his motion, Estrada said the Ombudsman failed to prove that he allegedly misappropriated his P183 million Priority Development Assistance

By Jimbo Gulle FROM inside an ordinary provincial FM radio station disc jockey, where the eventual Kapa Community Ministry International was born, the man who founded it has knocked down front page headlines in the country’s major broadsheets. In between his hours at the turntable and fixing technical difficulties confronting the electronic equipment, Joel Apolinario thought of a project to, up on his mind, uplift the poor in his community in Bislig City in Surigao del Sur―and he named his project Kabus Padatoon, loosely translated to mean enrich the poor. Apolinario, reported to be no stranger to estafa case, had said his claimed 10 million members were all happy with the 30-percent return of investment. Next page

Graft court sets plunder trial of Jinggoy, Janet

BLOODY BATTLE. In the mountains of upland town Cervantes, 369 kilometers from Manila, Filipino soldiers serving the US Army Forces in the Philippines fought from Jan. 9 through June 14, 1945 in Cervantes, an extensive bloody clash against Japan’s occupying forces, which resulted in victory for the Filipino. (Story on Opinion page).

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Rody’s Speaker bet known today

MILESTONE MARKED. Leyte 1st District Rep.-elect Martin Romualdez (right), former

Davao Rep. Anton Lagdameo, join birthday celebrator Senator-elect Christopher Go in thrusting the President Rodrigo Duterte signature fist sign during a celebration at Bugoy’s Bar and Restaurant in Davao City earlier this week. Ver Noveno

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte will break his silence on his choice for House Speaker from among the three PDP-Laban aspirants on Saturday before Senator Manny Pacquiao leaves for the United States. The President told Pacquiao during last Wednesday night’s meeting in General Santos City that he will call the senator Saturday. He directed Pacquiao to wait for his call, during which he would identify his pick for Speaker. Next page

Armstrong’s moonwalk most watched event Spell ‘Wales’ the Trump way: ‘Whales’ WASHINGTON—There he blows again. President Donald Trump’s erratic spelling habits on Twitter spouted again Thursday when he Next page

PARIS—When Neil Armstrong walked on the Moon, he became the biggest live television star in history. Next page


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