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‘PH trial first for Quiboloy before extradition’ DATELINE USA from the AJPress NEWS TEAM across America
Fil-Am woman killed in DUI crash in Oakland
OAKLAND — A Filipino American woman was killed in a multi-vehicle crash allegedly caused by a suspected drunk driver on Sunday, September 1 in Oakland, Calif. Criscel Dela Rosa suffered fatal injuries after a freightliner box truck crashed into the back of her Tesla Model Y along the I-880 North Embarcadero. “I received the worst news of my life,” Criscel’s husband, Michael Dela Rosa, said on a GoFundMe page. Dela Rosa said he was awakened by a call about the accident. He then “tried desperately to call her and find out what happened, to see if she was okay.” There was no answer. Dela Rosa said he rushed to the crash site and saw his wife’s mangled Tesla. “It hurt me to see how devastating the car crash was and I can only imagine what pain she went through with that car crash,” Dela Rosa wrote on the GoFundMe page. Criscel usually had Sundays off, but had decided to work that day, he said. The crash happened on her way to work around 5:30 a.m. near the Embarcadero exit. u PAGE 3
Breast cancer rises among Asian American and Pacific Islander women Christina Kashiwada was traveling for work during the summer of 2018 when she noticed a small, itchy lump in her left breast. She thought little of it at first. She did routine self-checks and kept up with medical appointments. But a relative urged her to get a mammogram. She took the advice and learned she had stage 3 breast cancer, a revelation that stunned her. “I’m 36 years old, right?” said Kashiwada, a civil engineer in Sacramento, California. “No one’s thinking about cancer.” About 11,000 Asian American and Pacific Islander women were diagnosed with breast cancer in 2021 and about 1,500 died. The latest federal data shows the rate of new breast cancer diagnoses in Asian American and Pacific Islander women — a group that once had relatively low rates of diagnosis — is rising much faster than that of many other racial and ethnic groups. The trend is especially sharp among young women such as Kashiwada. About 55 of every 100,000 Asian American and Pacific Islander women u PAGE 4
by Alexis Romero Philstar.com
MANILA — There is no request from the U.S. for the extradition of Apollo Quiboloy, but even if one were to be sent, the alleged sex abuser and human trafficker and leader of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) would be made to undergo trial first in the Philippines before such request can be granted, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Monday, September 9. “The extradition request is not yet there,” Marcos told reporters in Taguig City, adding that Quiboloy would first have to deal with several criminal complaints he is facing in the Philippines.
Quiboloy is on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s wanted list for sex trafficking, fraud and money laundering. “We will have to look at that,” Marcos said, referring to a U.S. request for extradition. “But for the moment, we are not looking at extradition. What we are looking at are the cases and complaints filed in the Philippines and he needs to face them first,” he said. “What has been done is that we have implemented and enforced an arrest warrant that was issued by the court. And therefore it is now in the court’s hands, it is no longer in the executive,” the president said. Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla also said Quiboloy “may have to face the music here” even
if the U.S. can be expected to file a request for the religious leader’s extradition. “He made it very difficult for the police to find him, he also caused suffering to the country. He should be tried here,” Remulla said in Filipino. He added he would instruct prosecutors to prepare all the evidence against the controversial religious sect leader and his co-accused so they could ask for a continuous trial. But he would discuss with Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin a possible U.S. request for Quiboloy’s extradition. In a separate statement, the Department of Justice u PAGE 2
The enormous power of the untapped AAPI independent vote
The percentage of Asian Americans who identify as Independents has grown to 31%, according to AAPI Data by Sunita Sohrabji Ethnic Media Services
The large, largely untapped bloc of Asian American Independent voters could deliver the win to Democratic Presidential candidate Kamala Harris or her opponent, Republican Donald Trump in an extremely tight race. The New York Times/Siena College poll, released one day ahead of the much-anticipated Sept. 10 debate, showed Trump leading Harris by 1 point, with a margin of error at +/- 2.8 points. The two are in a tie in the critical swing states of Pennsylvania, Nevada, and Arizona. Harris edges out Trump by the slimmest of margins in Wisconsin, Michigan, and North Carolina, while Trump prevails by 1 point in Georgia. The critical swing states are home to about 1.75 million MEANINGFUL DAY. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. visits the Philippine Children’s Medical Center in Quezon City on Tuesday, September Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders 10 and turned over a donation of PHP150 million. In return, the president received a birthday cake days before he turns 67. PNA photo by Joan Bondoc u PAGE 4
Two US senators denounce ‘escalating’ Chinese aggression in West Philippine Sea Senators Chris Coons and Pete Ricketts introduce a resolution celebrating the 73rd anniversary of the signing of the Mutual Defense Treaty between US and Philippines
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) have denounced the “escalating” Chinese aggression in the West Philippine Sea as they introduced a resolution celebrating the 73rd anniversary of the signing of the Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) between the United States and the Philippines. The resolution reaffirms U.S. commitment
to defending the Philippines under the treaty “particularly in the wake of persistent and escalating aggression” by China in the West Philippine Sea, the senators said in a joint statement released this week. “Chinese harassment against Filipinos simply trying to uphold their territorial sovereignty threatens global trade and security u PAGE 2 Sen. Imee Marcos
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‘I am Alice’: Guo insists on Philippine nationality Imee slams plan to impeach VP by Jean Mangaluz Philstar.com
Alice Guo
MANILA — The collective temper of the Senate flared anew on Monday, September 9 upon former Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo’s insistence on her Philippine identity, despite being presented with her alleged Chinese passport. Guo and Sen. Risa Hontiveros, the Chair of the Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality, faced off for the first time in three months since the former mayor’s disappearance. Faced with the simple question Philstar.com photo
of who she was, Guo immediately invoked her right to selfincrimination. “Hindi ko kino-confirm at may kaso na po sa aking sinampa, sasagutin ko po sa korte,” Guo said. (I do not confirm it and there is already a case filed against me, I will answer it in court.) Guo maintained her identity throughout the more than fivehour long hearing. However, Hontiveros said that Guo was not incriminating herself because she was not the one who filed for her late birth certification. u PAGE 3
by Bernadette Tamayo and Reina Tolentino ManilaTimes.net
SE N ATOR I m e e M a r c o s warned on Monday, September 9 some members of the House of Representatives that impeaching Vice President Sara Duterte would be seen as a direct challenge to the 32 million Filipinos who elected her to become the country’s second top leader. Senator Marcos slammed HOR members who are “eager” to file an impeachment case against Vice President Duterte. “Let this serve as a reminder that you’re playing with democracy.” “Are you challenging the 32
million [who voted for Duterte in the 2022 vice presidential elections]?” Senator Marcos said. “Or are you looking for trouble to divide the nation amid the many problems at present?” the senator added in her post on X (formerly Twitter). Furthermore, “These steps disrespected the nation’s decision and the results of the [2022] elections — a rejection of the voice of the people and their right to choose their leader.” But Makabayan bloc lawmakers u PAGE 2