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Think tank tells Duterte: Admin should strengthen ties with US, other allies by Patricia Lourdes Philstar.com
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mANILA—the incoming administration of President-elect rodrigo Duterte should strengthen its alliance treaties with the United states and other countries such as Australia and Japan, a think tank said. stratbase Albert del rosario Institute (ADri) said that the Armed forces of the Philippines (AfP) needs to shift its stance from internal security to FLAVORS OF THE PHILIPPINES SHINE IN WASHINGTON, DC. Acclaimed chef Claude Tayag and his bringhe dish, paired with mixologist Enzo Lim’s territorial defense. special cocktail for the evening won the People’s Choice Award at the 8th Annual Embassy Chef Challenge at the Ronald Reagan Building “We believe the AfP should now develop a cred- and International Trade Center on Wednesday, May 25. See full story on Page A4. Contributed photo/Philippine Embassy ible defense position that would make a potential adversary think twice before using force against the Philippines,” stratbase ADri President Dindo manhit said in a statement released on monday, may 23. manhit suggested forming a trilateral armed forces consisting of the Army, Air force and Navy hANoI—Us President Barack u PAGE A2 obama on tuesday called for terby agnes constante ritorial disputes in the south China AJPress sea to be resolved peacefully and not through bullying as Vietnam A fILIPINo man from Los Angeles balks at Chinese actions in the bitwanted for the murder of his pregterly contested waters. nant girlfriend last month has been “Big nations should not bully named to the fBI’s ten most Wanted smaller ones, disputes should be fugitives list. by Jaime r. PiLaPiL and LLanesca t. Panti resolved peacefully,” obama told Philip Patrick Policarpio, 39, was The Manila Times an audience in hanoi, referring to charged with first-degree murder on Lawyers for sen. ferdinand “Bongbong” marcos Jr. the disputed maritime region. April 22 in Los Angeles. Authorities his remarks won loud applause have questioned the unusually high number of “underhave issued local, state and federal votes” in the vice presidential race as shown in Certifi- from more than 2,000 delegates warrants for his arrest, and are offercates of Canvass (CoCs) opened on Wednesday, the first including top Vietnamese leaders. ing a reward of up to $100,000 for Washington and hanoi have day of the official tally by Congress. information leading to his arrest and Philip Patrick Policarpio Photo from FBI “We have accounted ‘undervotes’ Your honor, that’s been drawn closer together conviction. totaling the votes cast for the Vice President vis-à-vis through their mutual concern at “his pattern is one of violence, and the votes cast by the voters, it would appear that such Beijing’s increasing assertiveness he is always armed,” said special Agent scott garriola, a memnumber was discovered from the CoC Your honor that in the strategic waterway sea, ber of the fBI’s Los Angeles fugitives task force. “he is the totals 623,174,” one of the lawyers, george garcia, said through which $5 trillion in shipdefinition of a continuing threat to the community.” on thursday. borne trade passes each year. the fBI said the filipino fugitive may have traveled to Las Vethe discovery confirmed marcos’ earlier complaint China, which claims almost all gas and has family ties to the Philippines. that 3.3 million “undervotes” were discovered in their the south China sea, has rattled During a card game last month with associates and friends, own quick count, garcia added. neighbors with a series of recPolicarpio got into an argument with his girlfriend who was 17 Because of questions involving the “undervotes,” only lamation and construction projweeks pregnant. garriola said Policarpio, in front of everyone, 45 of the 48 opened CoC were officially included in the ects—including airstrips—on began beating her with his fists, then pulled out a gun and shot canvass. reefs and islets. her in the head, killing her and her unborn child instantly. garcia said the three questioned CoC were from the Vietnam and four other counWitnesses at the scene said he fled and has not been seen provinces of Laguna, Ilocos sur and Davao del Norte. tries—the Philippines, malaysia, since. these were found to have differences with the elec- Brunei and taiwan—also have on may 16, Policarpio was charged with a second count of tronically-transmitted CoC. claims to parts of the sea. u PAGE A2 As part of the investigation, the Joint Canvassing Freedom to fly, sail Committee ordered the Provincial Board of Canvassers the United states takes no po(PBoC) in the three provinces to explain the discrepansition on the competing territorial cies. Citing as an example, garcia said the first electroni- claims but asserts freedom of navcally-transmitted CoC from Davao del Norte did not con- igation and flights in the sea and has sent warships near Chineseform with the succeeding printed four CoC. u PAGE A2 ing senators u PAGE A2 by LeiLa B. saLaVerria this year. Inquirer.net the feisty After braving the campaign l a w m a k e r trail, sen. miriam Defensor san- has come to tiago has become weak due to the end of the anorexia caused by one of her second her anticancer medications, and s i x - y e a r by giL c. caBcaungan Jr. will continue with her medical term. Inquirer.net leave until her senate term ends. she ran santiago wrote senate Presi- for presifrom three to nearly 300. dent franklin Drilon on tuesday, dent in the the Partido Demokratikong may 24, to inform him that she r e c e n t l y Sen. Miriam Santiago Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDPwill continue to be on medical concluded Laban), the political party of preleave for cancer. elections, despite battling lung sumptive President-elect rodri“one of the medications has cancer, diagnosed in 2014. go Duterte, has cobbled together produced a side effect of anorexBut prior to the discovery that a “supermajority” coalition in ia (inability to eat), which ren- she had lung cancer, she had althe incoming 17th Congress less ders me physically and mentally ready been on medical leave due than three weeks after the may 9 weak,” santiago said in her brief to chronic fatigue syndrome. elections. letter. Amid questions on her fitness Incoming Davao del Norte But she said she and members to head the country given her rep. Pantaleon Alvarez said PDP-Laban was close to achiev- Incoming Davao Del Norte Rep. Pantaleon “Bebot” Alvarez, the anointed of her staff will nevertheless be health condition, she had said ing its goal of creating one of the Speaker of presumptive President-elect Rodrigo Duterte, on Friday said half ready to vacate their senate of- she had beaten the disease, as her anticancer medications had biggest coalitions in Congress’ of the Liberals are jumping ship to the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng fices by June 30. santiago is one of the graduat- proved effective. n Inquirer.net photo by Marc Jayson Cayabyab u PAGE A2 Bayan (PDP-Laban).
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Report finds Asians in US are healthier than other groups A NeW study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has found that Asian adults – particularly Chinese adults – are physically and psychologically healthier than other Us adults. overall, Chinese adults reported better health in five measures included in the report: likelihood for fair or poor health, chronic conditions, psychological distress, work limitations and limited social participation. the study, based on data from the 20102014 National health Interview survey (NhIs), took into account the six largest Asian subgroups: Chinese, filipino, Asian Indian, Japanese, Vietnamese and Korean. for other groups, no clear patterns were observed for the measures.
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New campaign raises awareness of lung cancer in Asian Americans
Lung cancer is the no. 1 cause of cancer death among demographic 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. Within the Asian American community, lung cancer is the number one cause of
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Marcos questions high number of ‘undervotes’
Ailing Miriam on sick leave until her term expires on June 30
From 3 to 300, PDP-Laban forms ‘supermajority’ in House