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EU ready to bolster security ties with PH DATELINE USA by Jerome Aning
FROM THE AJPRESS NEWS TEAM ACROSS AMERICA
White House seeks greater investment in AAPI mental health care AFTER anti-Asian hate and violence escalated during the COVID-19 pandemic, leaders of the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) have spent the last few years rallying for greater investment in AAPI mental health and safety. On Thursday, July 21, the White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (WHIAANHPI) led an in-person summit that zeroed in on improving the accessibility and quality of mental health care for the vast AAPI community. The summit comprised several sessions that unpacked the impact of hate crimes, violence, and microaggressions on collective and individual mental health as well as brainstormed ideas on how best to expand access to these communities. “Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders face unique barriers
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MANILA — The European Union is “ready to strengthen cooperation with the Philippines on maritime security,” the head of the organization’s executive branch said on Monday, July 31 when she arrived in Manila for bilateral talks with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. In a joint press briefing with Marcos on Monday morning, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said: “Today, I’m here to accelerate a new era of cooperation between us. We share so many values and interests. We both want to work toward strengthening our democracies. We believe in the international rules-based order and we believe in the need to promote and to defend it.”
She tackled, in the following order, the areas of trade, climate change, digital connectivity, partnership on critical raw materials, and security — in which “it [has made] sense to strengthen our ties across the board,” she said. “We are ready to strengthen the cooperation with the Philippines on maritime security in the region by sharing information, conducting threat assessment, and building the capacity of your National Coast Watch Center (NCWC) and your Coast Guard,” von der Leyen said. The NCWC is the implementing arm of the National Coast Watch Council, an inter-agency body on maritime security chaired by the executive secretary. The EU leader also emphasized the importance of security cooperation not only in Europe but in
Asian Americans face lower cardiac arrest survival despite equal CPR efforts
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REUNITED. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. met with former President Rodrigo Duterte at the Malacañang Palace on Wednesday, August 2 where they discussed the latter’s recent meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. Malacañang photo
FILIPINOS are some of the happiest in Asia, so despite watching our beloved ‘Filipinas’ come up short in the FIFA Women’s World Cup on July 30, Sunday, we’ll surely be back—harder, better, stronger, faster (to quote Daft Punk, no less). With the weight of the entire nation resting on their shoulders, the skillful Filipinas never failed to show us their unrelenting spirit and passion for the sport. The team’s World Cup debut all started with the dream of competing against the world’s best on the global stage. On Jan. 31, 2022, the Filipinas began weaving this aspiration when they won over Chinese Taipei in India, setting the stage for their World Cup hopes. And at the heart of this inspiring journey is FilipinoAmerican striker Sarina Bolden, who opened the
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Ex-President Duterte fit to be special envoy to China – Cayetano by Charie Abarca Inquirer.net
MANILA — The Marcos administration should appoint former President Rodrigo Duterte as special envoy to China, Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano said in an ambush interview on Monday, July 31. Citing the former president’s “good standing” with the Chinese government, Cayetano pointed out that Duterte would be a good for the post. “If ever we know someone who can go to the highest levels of the Chinese government that the Chinese government trusts and the Filipino trusts, [it is] President Duterte. But then we have to come out with
a strategy that is both comprehensive and that will work in the short and long term,” Cayetano said. Cayetano, who served as secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs chief under the Duterte administration, said that he “never” once saw Duterte compromise and sell out the Philippines despite “gaining the trust” of China. “I have never seen President Duterte compromise and sell the Philippines. His eloquent mouth is different and he speaks differently, but he never sold out and he will never sell out the Philippines,” Cayetano said in Filipino. Despite this, Cateyano stressed that
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Philippine peso weakens, House panel approves bill on internet voting returns to 55:$1 level for overseas Filipinos by Ronnel W. Domingo Inquirer.net
MANILA — The Philippine peso weakened to the 55:$1 level, closing at 55.19 to a dollar on Aug. 2 after 15 trading days below the threshold. The local currency lost 42 centavos to the U.S. dollar, from 54.77:$1 on Aug. 1. The peso traded at as strong as 54:84:$1 and as weak as 55:20:$1. Wednesday’s closing rate was the weakest for the peso since July 11, when it hit 55.19 against the greenback. Michael Ricafort, chief economist at
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Filipinas’ World Cup dream cut short, but Sarina Bolden’s message inspires football fans
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A HEARTBEAT is just a normal thud—until it becomes abnormal and suddenly stops. If this is the case, it might be cardiac arrest. Just recently, the son of NBA star LeBron James suffered from cardiac arrest but is now in stable condition. Bronny James is only 18 years old, so what are the odds? You might want to watch out for your carb intake and unhealthy diet as a groundbreaking study reveals that Asian Americans are less likely to survive a cardiac arrest than white people. Cardiac arrest or heart attacks happen when the heart suddenly stops beating. If this occurs, blood will also stop flowing to the rest of the body, which can result in a more severe condition. This new study published in the Journal of American Heart Association found alarming disparities in the cardiac arrest survival rates of Asian and white adults in the U.S. A team of researchers evaluated nearly 279,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests, and the results were astonishing: Asian adults are eight percent less likely to survive a heart attack and have a fifteen percent lower
the Indo-Pacific region—as another European body, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, has also asserted time and again. “Security in Europe and security in the IndoPacific is indivisible. Challenges to the rules-based order in our interconnected world affect all of us. Our societies pay through higher energy bills through higher food costs. This is why we are concerned about the rising tensions in the IndoPacific,” von der Leyen said. Russia, China “The European Union has been very supportive of a free and open Indo-Pacific, because an IndoPacific free of the threats of coercion is key to all our stability, to our peace, and to the prosperity of our peoples,” she added.
the Rizal Commercial Banking Corp., said the exchange rate was still stronger than the “immediate high” of 56.44:$1 posted on May 30, 2023, but already weaker than the 54.30 posted on July 17, which is considered as the nearterm low. Ricafort said the peso’s depreciation was also partly due to the latest decline or profit-taking in the Philippine and global stock markets, which led to some shift to the U.S. currency. n
by John Eric Mendoza Inquirer.net
MANILA — The House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms approved on Tuesday, August 1 the proposed Overseas Voting Act of 2023 (House Bill No. 6770) that would allow overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to vote via the internet. “Our OFWs and overseas Filipinos, including seafarers, constitute a significant segment of our society, with their economic contribution and the national honor that
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In this handout photo from Mountain Province Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (DRRMO) on July 26, 2023, vehicles are seen submerged as water rises along Chico River in Bontoc, Mountain Province as Super Typhoon Doksuri passes close to the northern tip of Luzon Island. Handout / Mountain Province Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (DRRMO) / AFP
Nearly 200 towns under state of calamity due to ‘Egay’ — NDRRMC by Gaea Katreena Cabico Philstar.com
MANILA — Almost 200 cities and municipalities were placed under a state of emergency due to Typhoon Egay (international name: Doksuri) and the southwest monsoon, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council reported Thursday, August 3. The NDRRMC said in its latest bulletin that 196 areas were placed under state of calamity. This allows the provincial government to use quick response funds and control prices of basic goods. The council added that around
2.9 million individuals from across the country have been affected by the powerful storm and the southwest monsoon. Of those, over 288,000 people remain displaced. The death toll stood at 27. Meanwhile, 13 people remain missing and 140 others were injured. The combined effects of Egay and the southwest monsoon also wreaked damage in the agricultural sector. In a separate bulletin on Wednesday, August 2, the Department of Agriculture placed the agricultural losses due to Egay at P3.17 billion. The initial damage to infrastructure was estimated at
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