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SEPTEMBER 7-13, 2023 Volume 34 - No. 36 • 12 Pages
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Marcos, Harris talk about South China Sea by JEAN MANGALUZ Inquirer.net
JAKARTA, Indonesia — President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and United States Vice President Kamala Harris met on the sidelines of the 43rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit, said Palace on Thursday, Sept. 7. “President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. holds a pull-aside meeting with US Vice President Kamala Harris after the ASEAN-US Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia on Wednesday,” said Presidential Communications Office (PCO) in a social media post. Both leaders agreed to work together and with ASEAN members to foster trade and promote regional peace and progress,” it added. While the Palace did not further specify the details of the meeting, its U.S. counterpart said the two leaders spoke about maritime security.
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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. holds a pull-aside meeting with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris after the ASEAN-U.S. Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia on Wednesday, Sept. 6. Malacañang photo
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LINKED. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday, Sept. 7 reported a fruitful outcome of his participation to the 43rd ASEAN Summit and Related Summits in Jakarta, Indonesia, where he advanced the country’s interest in the regional gathering. The president said he participated in 12 Leaders’-Level Meetings, including with Australia, Canada, China, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the United States, and the United Nations. Malacañang photo
VP Duterte confirms requesting PH says ‘ready’ to P125M secret fund for OVP in 2022 chair ASEAN in 2026 by MAILA AGER Inquirer.net
MANILA — Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday, September 4 confirmed at the Senate hearing requesting the controversial P125 million confidential fund of her office last year. The amount was part of the P221.4 million budget transferred to the Office of the
instead of Myanmar
President (OP) by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) in December 2022. “The amount is correct and that is correct,” Duterte said, responding to the query of THE Philippines is ready to chair ASEAN in 2026 instead Senate Minority Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel during the hearing of the Senate committee on of Myanmar, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on finance on the OVP’s proposed 2024 budget of Tuesday, Sept. 5 as the bloc wrestles with how to engage P2.3 billion, which included a big confidential with the country’s junta rulers. Myanmar has been ravaged by deadly violence since a PAGE 2 2021 military coup deposed Aung San Suu Kyi’s government and unleashed a bloody crackdown on dissent. “It is my pleasure to announce that the Philippines is ready to take the helm and chair ASEAN in 2026,” Marcos told Association of Southeast Asian Nations leaders in the Indonesian capital Jakarta. “We will fortify the foundations of our communityThe group, while welcoming the Department building and navigate ASEAN as it embarks on a new of Justice decision to suspend the IACAT policy chapter,” he said, according to a statement from the which increases the documentary requirements presidential palace. Marcos did not say why Manila was taking over the chair for Filipino travelers, said OFWs must stay vigilant from Myanmar. to stop its revival. However, two Southeast Asian diplomats attending the “This suspension is a temporary victory of OFWs,” it said as it called on all OFWs to be on summit said the move was agreed by leaders so the crisis the lookout for efforts to revive the much-hated would not hijack the bloc’s agenda and prevent “external
Overseas Pinoys continue protest against new travel requirements Jordan Clarkson
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Jazz honor Clarkson for Gilas stint WHILE three members of its team are still participating at the 2023 FIBA World Cup, NBA side Utah Jazz has honored Jordan Clarkson for his stint with Gilas Pilipinas. “Still thinkin’ about this one,” wrote the Jazz on their social media handles on Tuesday, September 5, showing photos and PAGE 2
Biden administration proposes new standards to boost nursing home staffing THE nation’s most thinly staffed nursing homes would be required to hire more workers under new rules proposed on Friday, Sept. 1 by the Biden administration, the greatest change to federal nursing home regulations in three decades. The proposed standard was prompted by the industry’s troubled performance earlier in the coronavirus pandemic, when 200,000 nursing home residents died. But the proposal falls far short of what both the industry and patient advocates believe is needed to improve care for most of the 1.2 million Americans in nursing homes. The proposal, by the Centers for Medicare PAGE 2
by MAYEN JAYMALIN Philstar.com
MANILA — Until the revised rules are finally shelved, overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) will continue to protest against new travel requirements proposed by the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT), the labor group Migrante International vowed.
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Philippine Honorary Consulate opens in Las Vegas by AJPRESS LAS VEGAS, NV — The Philippine Consulate General in Los Angeles opened its first-ever Philippine Honorary Consulate in Las Vegas, following a commitment to make government services accessible to the Filipino community. Community leader Bella Aurora “Amie” P. Belmonte will serve as the first honorary consul in Las Vegas, under the leadership of Consul General Edgar Badajos. Belmonte, a long-time resident of Southern Nevada, traces her family roots to San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte. The president and founder of Senior Resources and Services, a geriatric care management firm serving seniors, Belmonte is active in community organizations including the National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA). The Honorary Consul took her oath of office on September 2 in a ceremony led by Consul Maynard Maleon. The ceremony coincided with the 30th anniversary of the Ilocano American Association of Nevada. The office of the first Philippine Honorary Consulate in Las Vegas was inaugurated during a ribbon cutting ceremony the following day. The
The first Philippine Honorary Consulate in Las Vegas was inaugurated during a ribbon cutting ceremony on September 3. The office AJPress photo by Robert Macabagdal
PAGE 4 is located at 4045 Spencer St. in Las Vegas, NV 89119.