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New US ambassador Economy expands to PH nominated 6.9% in first quarter PresIDeNt Barack obama has nominated an Asian American as the new ambassador to the Philippines, the White house announced on Wednesday, may 18. the announcement came a day after obama spoke to presumptive Philippine President rodrigo Duterte over the phone. obama reportedly applauded Sung Y. Kim, nominee for the country’s “vibrant U S A m b a ssa d o r to t h e democracy.” Philippines the nominee, Photo courtesy of the sung Y. Kim, is a caUS State Department reer member of the foreign service, who has served as the special representative for North Korea Policy and deputy assistant secretary in the Bureau of east Asia and Pacific Affairs at the Depart-
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Campaign seeks to get AAPIs to vote in June 7 primary As California’s June 7 primary approaches, 20 organizations plan on calling 20,000 Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) registered voters in Los Angeles and orange Counties in a campaign called “Your Vote matters.” “Primaries have lower turnout than general elections in November, which amplifies the power of those who do cast a vote this June,” said stewart Kwoh, president and executive director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice-LA, which is part of the campaign. “While we are non-partisan, the ‘Your Vote matters’ coalition believes that by working together, we can increase Asian American and Pacific Islander electoral participation and demonstrate our community’s potential as the ‘margin of victory’ on election day.” the campaign comes as Asian Americans are predicted to compromise approximately 11 percent of California voters in the 2016 presidential election. however, many AAPI
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by Ben
o. de VerA Inquirer.net
the Philippines is a star in a weak global economy: its economy grew 6.9 percent in the first quarter, making it one of Asia’s best performers, even outpacing China for the first time in 27 years. In the same period last year, the economy expanded 5.2 percent. the growth, however, did not help the Aquino administration in the may 9 elections, as its presidential candidate lost by a wide margin, an indication that growth was not trickling down to the poor, among other reasons. the Philippines outpaced the growth posted by major Asian economies, such as China’s 6.7 percent, Vietnam’s 5.5 percent, Indonesia’s 4.9 percent and malaysia’s 4.2 percent, according to the National economic and Development Authority (Neda). sustained robust domestic demand coupled with ramped up government spending for public goods and services ahead of the elections pushed economic
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Obama congratulates Duterte US reaffirms alliance with incoming PH president by Agnes
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Us President Barack obama on tuesday, may 17, personally called presumptive Philippine President rodrigo Duterte to congratulate him on his victory. “President obama noted that the successful election and record voter participation were emblematic of the Philippines’ vibrant democracy,” the White house said in a statement released tuesday, may 17. however, the Us president also emphasized the importance of protecting human rights in his conversation with Duterte, who vowed WHEN OBAMA CALLS, YOU ANSWER. On Tuesday, May 17, Pres. Barack Obama called President- during his campaign trail to execute 100,000 elect Rodrigo Duterte to congratulate him for winning the Philippine presidential race. The two criminals and dump them into manila Bay. “the two leaders affirmed their interest in reaffirmed the two countries’ strong alliance. White House photo by Pete Souza, Philstar.com photo by Miguel de Guzman
PH population hits 100.98 M by CzerizA
VAlenCiA Philstar.com
mANILA — the country’s population increased further to 100.98 million in 2015, higher by 8.64 million than in 2010 when the national census was last conducted, the Philippine statistics Authority (PsA) reported on friday, may 20. Based on the Census of Population (PoPCeN) concluded in August last year, the country’s population rose at a rate of 1.72 percent from 2010 to 2015. out of the country’s 18 administrative regions, region IV-A, comprising the provinces of Cavite, Laguna, rizal and Quezon, had the
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Duterte urged to reconsider appointment of Ampatuan lawyer by JAnViC
MAteo Philstar.com
mANILA — relatives of the victims of the maguindanao massacre urged incoming president rodrigo Duterte to reconsider the appoint-
VP BATTLE RAGES ON
Marcos camp files criminal complaint vs Smartmatic VICe presidential candidate ferdinand marcos Jr. (BBm)’s camp on friday, may 20 filed a criminal complaint against smartmatic for the technology provider’s unauthorized change in the script for the transparency server of the Commission on elections (Comelec) during the counting of the may 9 votes. the move came after lawyer Jose Amor Amorado, head of the BBm Quick Count Center, on friday said they will request the poll body for additional access to other components of the Automated election system (Aes) in addition to a system audit of the transparency server and central server of the Comelec.
IMPROVEMENT. The Philippine economy grew by 6.9 percent in the first quarter of the year. For the first time in 27 years, the Philippines outpaced China’s economic growth. Pictured is the business district in Makati City. Inquirer.net photo
In filing the criminal case before the poll body, rep. Jonathan dela Cruz, marcos’ campaign adviser, said they are holding smartmatic executive marlon accountable for alleged violation of the Automated election system (Aes) Law, particularly section 28 of republic Act 9369, which prohibits acts that include “interfering with, impeding, absconding for purpose of gain, preventing the installation or use of computer counting devices and the processing, storage, generation and transmission of election results, data or information.” Garcia was tagged as the one who introduced the script change
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ment of presidential spokesman salvador Panelo, one of the lawyers of the Ampatuans. But according to Panelo, the concerns are unfounded as he will not have any connection with the case against the Ampatuans once he
serves in the next administration. “my job will be to expound the policies of the Duterte administration,” he told the star on friday, may 20. “I cannot even make a comment on the case because it is
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Based on the Census of Population (POPCEN) concluded in August last year, the country’s population rose at a rate of 1.72 percent from 2010 to 2015. Philstar file photo