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Vol.63 No.8 October 12-18, 2023
NEWS AND VIEWS YOU TRUST
House strips VP of secret funds
2 Filipinos among thousands dead; free hostages -- Pope
By Be�ng Laygo Dolor, Editor
By ALFRED GABOT, Editor in Chief
TEL AVIV/VATICAN/MANILA — Following the death of two Filipinos from Pangasinan and Pampanga and a possible third Filipino, world leaders like United States President Joe Biden and President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. condemned the Hamas militants for their unprecedented terror attacks in Israel that led to killing of hundreds of people, including Americans. Page 9
Filipinos cited as Daly City celebrate Filipino-American History Month By Jun Nucum
Philippine Consulate in San Francisco Consul General Neil Frank Ferrer DALY CITY - Filipinos and friends gathered in joyful atmosphere over the weekend at the Marchbank Park in Daly City as they celebrated Filipino-American History Month with the theme “Ka-
San Mateo County Supervisor David Canepa at the Philippine News Today booth sayahan sa Daly City.” The celebration by the city dubbed as a Filipino town because it has the biggest population of Filipinos in the San FranciscoPage 23
San Diego Superior Court Judge named most influential Filipina woman in the world
SAN DIEGO - San Prague Castle complex, Diego Superior Court a UNESCO World HeriJudge Rohanee Zapantage Site. ta will receive the presThe Foundation for tigious “Most InfluenFilipina Women’s Nettial Filipina Woman in work recognizes women the World” award from of Philippine ancestry the Foundation for who are changing the Filipina Women’s Netface of leadership in work. She will receive the global workplace. her award at a Gala They have achieved outDinner Ceremony at standing work in their the Lobkowicz Palace, respective fields and are a 16th-century palace, acknowledged for their one of the most significant cultural contributions to society, femtorship, sites in the Czech Republic in the and legacy. Page 7
MANILA – Vice President and concurrent Education Secretary Sara Duterte insisted last week that the confidential and intelligence funds (CIF) granted her under next year’s budget were necessary and anyone who contested this was an “enemy of the state.” Four top leaders of the House of Representatives, however, not only disagreed with her but also heeded the public clamor to completely remove Duterte’s CIF, which the House leadership itself had readily given her only a month ago. In stripping Duterte of her CIF, the small committee said, Page 6
CA Realtors step up to end discrimination vs homebuyers due to race. ethnicity By Gilda P. Balan, Correspondent SAN FRANCISCO - California is said to have fair housing laws, but minorities still face discrimination when it comes to attempting to buy their own real property. Specifically, one out of every six homebuyers have reported facing some form of discrimination, and the Silicon Valley Association of Realtors – comprised of four major organizations which represent diverse groups in the real Page 5
PHL, US naval ships hold anti-submarine drills QC still richest PHL city with P443-B assets VIEWS & COMMENTS
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