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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA EDITION
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Vol.62 No.45 June 22-28, 2023
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EX-CABINET SECRETARY REVIVES CLAIM ON ‘FAKE’ MARCOS WIN Upside
Retired AFP general raises questions on May 2022 presidential poll results
Robredo, Canepa urge unity vs anti-Asian hate
By Be�ng Laygo Dolor, Editor
MANILA – A former Cabinet secretary of the Duterte administration has revived talks on allegations that there was no way then candidate Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr could have won the May 9, 2022 presidential elections. Page 9
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Filipino bayanihan spirit cited at Daly City Philippine Independence Day celebration DALY CITY – Amid the city’s characteristic summer fog and cool weather, the Philippine national flag was raised at the City Hall of Daly City, California on June 13 in celebration of the 125th Anniversary of the Proclamation of Philippine Independence from Spain.
Former VP Leni Robredo and SMC Supe. David Canepa keynote ALLICE 14th annual Our Family, Our Future. (VOLTAIRE YAP photo)
CLIMATE ACTION. Governor Gavin Newsom joins President Joe Biden in visi�ng Consul General Neil Ferrer the Baylands Nature Preserve with volunteers.
led the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco in the annual Philippine flag-raising ceremony at the Daly City Hall, the nineth such ceremony, hosted by By CLAIRE MORALES TRUE, Managing Editor the city government and the FiliPALO ALTO – Governor ceive $67 million in federal fundpino community group Pilipino Bayanihan Resource Page 8 Gavin Newsom joined President ing to help build power lines and Joe Biden and a California Cli- transmission infrastructure, supmate Action Corps volunteer in porting the state’s transition to Palo Alto as the President visited 100% clean electricity by 2045. a San Francisco Bay Area marshPresident Biden and Governor land where he announced more Newsom toured the Baylands Nathan $600 million in new federal ture Preserve, one of the largest grant to combat the U.S. climate tracts of undisturbed marshland crisis. remaining in the San Francisco The grant will fund climate re- Bay. silience projects across the counThe Preserve is part of the try that includes better protection Strategy to Advance Flood proof the nation’s power grid from tection, Ecosystems and Recreextreme weather, helping commu- ation along the San Francisco Bay nities prepare for sea level rise and (SAFER Bay) Project, a flood and reducing fossil fuel emissions.. sea-level resilience project that Philippine Consul General Neil Ferrer speaks during the ceremony to mark the President Biden also an- will protect almost 1,600 proper125th Anniversary of the Proclama�on of Philippine Independence in Daly City. nounced that California will re- ties and will enable the Page 7
Biden, Newsom unveil $600-M grant in climate initiative and clean energy
IN unequivocal terms, former Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo and San Mateo County Supervisor David Canepa decried hate attacks against Asian AmericansPage 11
Las Vegas DA opts to file hate crime charges vs racist who attacked senior FilAm By Gilda P. Balan, Correspondent
LAS VEGAS - Reversing the recommendation by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department that 44-year-old Christian Lentz should only be charged with residential burglary after he severely beat up 75-year-old FilAm Amadeo Quindara, the Clark County District Attorney opted to file hate crime charges against Page 8
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