May 5-8, 2018 Volume 28 - No. 37 • 4 Sections – 30 Pages
‘STRONGMEN ERA’ IS HERE
Duterte lands TIME magazine cover anew for tough leadership by CHRISTINA
M. ORIEL AND RITCHEL MENDIOLA AJPress
KNOWN for his tough rhetoric, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has been named among the world’s “strongmen” in an upcoming cover of TIME Magazine’s international edition, which will be released on May 14. Alongside Duterte on the magazine’s cover are Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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DATELINE Two Fil-Am educators among 2018 Social Justice Activist of the Year Award finalists FROM THE AJPRESS NEWS TEAM ACROSS AMERICA
TWO Filipino-American high school teachers have been nominated to receive the National Education Association (NEA) 2018 Social Justice Activist of the Year Award, which commends educators who have shown leadership on social and racial justice issues both in and out of their classrooms. Gabriel Tanglao of Bergen County, New Jersey and Erica Viray Santos of San Leandro, California are among the seven educators from around the U.S. nominated for the
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Fil-Am father shot to death by SFO worker Prosecutors said the shooter was in love with the victim’s fiancée, acted out of jealousy A FILIPINO-AMERICAN man was shot and killed last week by a San Francisco International Airport (SFO) employee who was reportedly in love with the victim’s fiancée, who also worked at SFO. Mark Mangaccat, 31, was picking up his fiancée, Thandel Seinn, from her job at SFO on Wednesday, April 25, when Seinn’s coworker, 31-year-old Kevin Prasad — who was allegedly in love with her — followed the
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The cover story written by Ian Bremmer, entitled “The ‘Strongmen Era’ Is Here. Here’s What It Means for You,” examines the rise of populism across the globe — not just “confined to the U.S.” “In every region of the world, changing times have boosted public demand for more muscular, assertive leadership. These tough-talking populists promise to protect ‘us’ from ‘them,’” Bremmer writes. “Depending on who’s talking, ‘them’ can mean the corrupt elite or the grasping poor; foreigners or members of racial, ethnic or religious minorities. Or disloyal politicians, bureaucrats,
bankers or judges. Or lying reporters.” These populists with a more muscular, assertive leadership are hence called “strongmen.” Bremmer noted that the most prominent strongman is Putin who “promised to wave away Western vultures that would pick Russia clean by making trouble in neighboring states like Ukraine.” Strongmen can also be seen across Asia — China’s Xi Jinping, Thailand Prime Minister General Prayuth Chan-o-cha, and Duterte.
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The cover of TIME Magazine’s international edition on May 14 features four of the world’s “strongmen.” Photo from Twitter/@Ian Bremmer
PH favored to host Miss Universe 2018 pageant in Boracay by RITCHEL
MENDIOLA AJPress
AN organizer of the 2016 Miss Universe in the Philippines shared that the Miss Universe Organization (MUO) has approached them again for a possible restaging of the beauty pageant’s 2018 edition in the country. Requesting to be anonymous as he is representing a private company that helped stage Miss Universe 2016 in the country, the organizer confirmed that the MUO asked their company to be ready in helping to restage the pageant, should the Philippine government give it the green light. Tourism Undersecretary Kat De Castro said that there is a good chance the country is hosting the pageant once again. “It’s just me and the Miss Universe Organization trying to iron out a few details,” she said. Tourism Secretary Wanda Corazon TulfoTeo said in April that President Rodrigo Duterte talked about restaging the Miss Universe pageant in Boracay — which was closed
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PROMISES WERE MADE. President Rodrigo Duterte gestures as he reiterates that he has a sworn duty to protect the Filipinos as he delivers his speech during the 37th Principals Training and Development Program and National Board Conference at SMX Convention Center in Davao City on Friday, May 4. Malacañang photos by Toto Lozano
Palace sees no reason for Cayetano to quit DFA by RITCHEL
MENDIOLA AJPress
fused to respond to the calls for Cayetano’s resignation, saying that it is entirely up to the secreMALACAÑANG on Thursday, tary to answer concerns about his May 3 said there is no reason for leadership. Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Pe“That call is addressed to Secter Cayetano to resign despite the retary Cayetano. He should addiplomatic row between the Phil- dress it. As far as the Palace is ippines and Kuwait. concerned, there is no reason for “Every Cabinet member, un- him to resign,” he said. less they are fired, enjoys the trust The Palace official also exand confidence of the President,” pressed the belief that the row Presidential Spokesman Harry with Kuwait will soon be reRoque Jr. said in a statement. solved. In the press briefi ng, Roque re“I think what we have in KuPhilippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano Inquirer.net photo
wait is something that can be overcome eventually… sooner or later,” he said. On Wednesday, Cayetano said he is willing to step down from his post if President Rodrigo Duterte asks him to. “If the president tells me to go, I will go happily and I will continue to support him. If a majority in the DFA says ‘we cannot follow you’, I have no business being there,” Cayetano told reporters at the Ninoy Aquino International
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Patricia Fox: Deportation case lacks merit Early humans lived in the Philippines by EVELYN
MACAIRAN Philstar.com
Sister Patricia Fox shows her counter-affidavit at the Bureau of Immigration on Friday, May 4. Philstar.com photo by KJ Rosales
MANILA — Australian nun Patricia Fox on Friday, May 4 asked for the dismissal of the deportation case filed against her for lack of merit. Fox argued her activities in the country were part of her duty to engage in missionary work and not in partisan politics as alleged. The 71-year-old nun, accompanied by her lawyers, went to the Bureau of Immigration (BI) office in Manila and submitted her 26-
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about 700,000 years ago, study finds
Hundreds of thousands of years earlier than previously thought by RAE
ANN VARONA AJPress
UP until now, the earliest evidence pointing to early human activity in the Philippines dated back to 67,000 years ago, when archaeologists found a single foot bone in Callao Cave in the Philippines’ northern Luzon. A new study now suggests that early humans have been
on the archipelago country even earlier — thousands of centuries earlier. Researches revealed in the journal Nature on Wednesday, May 2, that an early human may have had a meal on the island some 700,000 years ago. Archaeologists unearthed dozens of abandoned artifacts next to a butchered rhinoceros carcass in Luzon’s Cagayan Valley province
of Kalinga. The 57 artifacts were made out to be tools, and included 49 knife-life flakes and two possible hammers. Along with the crisscross cut marks on the rhinoceros’ ankles and ribs, researches said the findings showed “clear signs of butchery.” Much to researchers’ delight, 75 percent of the rhinoceros was complete.
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