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Vol.62 No.51 August 3-9, 2023
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EX-CABINET SECRETARY SAYS COMELEC CHIEF CONFIRMED 2022 POLLS MASSIVE CHEATING By Be�ng Laygo Dolor, Editor
Californians told to brace for yet another hot summer
MANILA – By his latest statements coupled with his actions, Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Garcia virtually confirmed that massive cheating took place in last year’s presidential polls. Page 9
By Jun Nucum
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FilAm wins lone US gold in French kickboxing tilt (First of 2 Parts) By CHERIE M. QUEROL MORENO
SAN FRANCISCO - Although the last years of summer in California have been at times unbearable, no real relief is in sight yet from possible heat waves that are usually even are characterized by forest fires that devastate many cities in the Golden State. In fact, according to the National Centers for Environmental Information, temperatures in California have risen almost Page 8
Elderly AsianTyphoon ‘Egay’ death toll hits 53; American women at great risk of state of calamity proclaimed assault in SF
Ex-Secretary Eliseo Rio Jr.
Comelec Chairman George Garcia
By ALFRED GABOT, Editor in Chief
QUEZON CITY – Typhoon Egay battered Northern Philippines, including President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s home province of Ilocos Norte, Central Luzon, Metro Manila and surrounding areas during the past days and left in its wake massive destruction to infrastructures, agriculture and other sectors to the tune of over P5 billion and killed at least 53 persons,
By Gilda P. Balan, Correspondent
including 26 passengers of a boat SAN FRANCISCO - One of which sunk in the Rizal province the most despicable of all hate side of Laguna Lake at the height crimes are physical assaults on the of the typhoon. elderly, often causing injury and in The National Disaster Risk Re- one recent case, death. duction and Management Council Three such attacks took place said 52 people were also reported last month in San Francisco, home injured in over 849 typhoon-related to one of the biggest Asian and incidents. Asian American communities in The destruction triggered by the country. heavy rains and winds Page 8 Two of the victims Page 8
Max and Susan Diño and their Logan delivers a high kick, a sigson Rayden traveled to Slovenia nature savate move. to cheer Logan.
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Southern California teen stunned herself, her family and her coaches by bagging the gold medal at the Savate Boxing Youth World Championships June 22-24 in Podcetrtek, Slovenia. Fourteen-year-old Logan Elle Diño, who is of Filipino Vietnamese parentage, literally
kickstarted her way to sports celebrity status by winning the first and only US gold in the competition. Her team was the first ever to represent the United States in the ages 13-17 class, making history all around. “We were in disbelief when the referee raised Logan’s Page 11 arm,” the champ’s
US Embassy airs fears over Manila Bay reclamations PHL debt further climbs to P14.15 trillion as of end-June VIEWS & COMMENTS
SHOWBIZ
SPORTS
May Conditional Permanent Residence file a petition?
Maine, Arjo are married, on tour in Europe
After World Cup, hopes high for Filipinas
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