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Volume 26 - No. 43 • 4 Sections – 34 Pages
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Duterte, Robredo win in final official tally
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ALL votes are in and counted, and the figures show “the Punisher� is the next president of the Philippines. to serve as his partner in running the government is a young widow and political neophyte. Davao City mayor rodrigo Duterte polled more than 16 million votes in the may 9 elections, based on the official canvassing results, while Camarines
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sur rep. Leni robredo edged out sen. ferdinand “Bongbong� marcos Jr. by 263,473 votes in the tightly contested race for the vice presidency. After a swift, three-day canvassing, Congress, sitting as the national board of canvassers (NBoC), completed the count early saturday, may 28. Duterte and robredo are set to be proclaimed as winners of the presidential and vice presidential elections on monday, may 30 after a joint session of Congress
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approves the report of the joint canvassing committee, according to sen. Aquilino Pimentel III, chair of the senate panel. Duterte, called “the Punisher� by time magazine for his ironfisted rule in Davao City, where he has been mayor for two decades, got 16,601,997 votes, surpassing the 15,208,678 votes polled by President Aquino in the 2010 elections. robredo polled 14,418,817 votes, beating marcos, who got
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Key Calif. body OKs Filipino WWII role’s inclusion in textbooks
sAN frANCIsCo — A key committee of California’s Department of education last week approved all of the curriculum recommendations of the Bataan Legacy historical society (BLhs), a big step towards making high school students learn of the contributions and sacrifices of filipinos who fought side by side with Americans during the second World War. the unanimous vote of department’s In-
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WINNERS. Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte polled more than 16 million votes in the May 9 elections, based on the official canvassing results, while Camarines Sur Rep. Leni Robredo edged out Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong� Marcos Jr. by 263,473 votes in the tightly contested race for the vice presidency.
Marcos camp ‘respects’ process, Aquino to Pinoys: We can never win war against China but preparing for next move ‘Search for truth’ doesn’t end in canvassing, says counsel by YuJi
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the camp of losing vice presidential candidate sen. ferdinand “Bongbong� marcos Jr. on friday, may 27 said they respected the electoral process and the will of the filipino people, following the win of Camarines sur rep. Leni robredo in the Congress’ official tallying of votes. But George Garcia, a counsel for marcos in the canvassing, said their camp was already in an “advanced� stage in preparing for their next moves, one of which could be an electoral protest. “Ang sinasabi ko lang po, maaari ngang may hinahanda kami. What if naghahanda kami for
LUNG cancer has long been commonly associated with a history of smoking. however, more studies have shown that other factors contribute to the development of this type of cancer, including genetics, so even if you are not a smoker, you may still be at risk. About 221,200 new cases and 1.5 million deaths from lung cancer will occur in the United states this year, according to the American Cancer society.
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Duterte in favor of continuing EDCA by Alexis
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DAVAo CItY — Incoming president rodrigo Duterte is in favor of continuing the enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (eDCA) with the United states, citing the local military’s limited capabilities. “I have no problem with eDCA-sanctioned use of Philippine military bases by Us troops because we don’t have good external defense capabilities,� Duterte said in a press briefing monday night, may 23. eDCA, signed on April 28, 2014, allows
American forces to set up facilities at Philippine military installations. the supreme Court upheld its legality in January after several groups tried to block its implementation on the grounds that it would violate Philippine sovereignty and that it was not ratified by the senate. the high court ruled that eDCA is a valid executive agreement that the president can enter into under the Constitution. some lawmakers, however, believe that Duterte can easily scrap eDCA because it is just an executive agreement, not a treaty
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PH banks under attack by dAxim
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foreIGN hackers had been attacking Philippine banks since late last year, and slowed down only after the theft of $81 million from the central bank of Bangladesh was discovered, the Inquirer learned on saturday, may 28. the attacks—characterized as “probing attempts� to uncover weaknesses in banks’ computer systems—were made against many local financial institutions, according to information gathered by international cybersecurity firms quoted by a banker who spoke on condition of anonymity because the information was proprietary and confidential. “We noticed that these cyber-
attacks increased in frequency sharply starting around November 2015, and died down only toward the end of march 2016,� the banker said. the banker said the attempts to penetrate local banks’ computer systems abated when the investigation of the Bangladesh Bank heist gathered steam in the Philippines in march. In that attack, hackers stole $81 million from the account of Bangladesh Bank in the federal reserve Bank of New York and laundered the money in the Philippines through rizal Commercial Banking Corp., a foreign exchange broker and casinos. similar attacks the hackers have been linked to an attack on a bank in the Philippines, in addition to the 2014
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Aquino earlier told an audience during a campaign sortie in Caloocan City that it would be foolish of manila to even think it can match Beijing’s superior weaponry and engage in a military confrontation against a giant like China. Aquino said this was the reason the Philippine government had to bring the maritime issue with China to the international tribunal. this, he said, is where the Philippines has a better case against Beijing because the arbitral tri-
mANILA — President Benigno s. Aquino III on thursday, may 26 reminded the public that the Philippines can never win a war against China, defending his administration’s decision to hale Beijing before the International Arbitral tribunal over the maritime territorial row. “engage in hostilities? If we engage in hostilities there, can we win? obviously not. But even in that aspect, are we endangering lives unnecessarily?â€? he asked. for a country to engage another in an armed conflict – one with military might at that – it should at least have a fighting chance, he said. “It has a moral dimension, I think it was like saint thomas Aquinas who talked about just war. And part of his treatise was: if you engage in war, there has to be that possibility of winning‌If there was guarantee that you cannot win, that was one of the tenets, then exhaustion of all means,â€? Aquino told reporters shortly after the launching of the Balog-Balog multipurpose Project in tarlac. Pres. Benigno Aquino III
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