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Vol.62 No.43 June 8-14, 2023
NEWS AND VIEWS YOU TRUST
TEODORO FIRM PHL HAS RIGHT TO BOOST DEFENSE CAPABILITIES Takes pot shot at China, others questioning military build up
NYC woman nabbed for serial hate crimes vs By Jun Nucum SACRAMENTO - Filipino Asian-Americans
Bonta decries presidential wanna-be’s ‘drama’ sending migrants to California
By ALFRED GABOT, Editor in Chief
CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City – Bar topnotcher and former congressman Gilberto Teodoro Jr. is back as Secretary of the Department of National Defense and immediately took a pot shot at China as the Philippines boosts its defense posturing in the wake of growing tension in South China Sea and the Indo Pacific region. Page 9
Acclaimed documentary film director invites FilAms to be featured in his film By Jun Nucum
AG Rob Bonta
Top academicians, more lawmakers, NGOs lambast Maharlika fund By Be�ng Laygo Dolor, Editor
Film Director Tony Shyu speaking before pre-screening audience.
SAN JOSE, California - The celebrated director of the documentary film that highlights how Asian American pioneers shape and enhance local, national, and global economy by exploring the
experiences of Asian American entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley invites Filipino Americans to be a part of and be featured in his film “Builders of The Silicon Dream.” Page 17
MANILA – The Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) may become a reality when the bill creating it is signed into law by the president, possibly this week. But a growing number of opponents are still bent on stopping what they say is a flawed law that contains numerous landmines, symbolically speaking. For one, a group of 21 faculty members from the UP School of Economics – considered as one of the top institutions of Page 8
American California State Attorney General disclosed he believes that one of those 2024 Republican presidential “wanna-bes” may be involved in what the AG has compared to State sanctioned kidnapping after migrants arrived in Sacramento by planes on Friday. AG Rob Bonta deplored that a total of 36 migrants from Venezuela and Colombia on two planes – one with 16 migrants Page 7
By Gilda P. Balan, Correspondent
NEW YORK - Whatever her reasons are, this 29-year-old woman’s seemingly non-stop assaults on persons of Asian descent may have finally come to an end. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg says she will have to pay for multiple attacks on people in New York City committed over the last Page 8
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SSF champions healthy, safe homes, communities By Cherie M. Querol Moreno
SOUTH San Francisco’s Philippine-born Mayor Flor Nicolas exemplifies residents’ quest for quality of life in her personal life and her elected role. This spring her city joins San Mateo County cities Colma and Daly City as champions of safe communities by hosting ALLICE Alliance for Community Empowerment’s 14th annual Our Family, Our Future, a free event 2-4 pm, Saturday, June 17 to promote elder care, prevent elder abuse SSF Mayor Flor Nicolas, 2023 and stop AAPI hate. Page 11 Outstanding Mapuan.
US Embassy hikes nonimmigrant visa fees FilAm cum laude graduate addresses SFSU class of 2023 VIEWS & COMMENTS
SHOWBIZ
Requirements for petitioning Caregivers
Tito, Vic and Joey, Eat Bulaga moves to TV 5, to air by July
By A�y. Lozano
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SPORTS
NBA’s Clarkson, Sotto lead Gilas 21-man pool for FIBA Page 19
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