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Vol.63 No.17 December 7-13, 2023
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Marcos, Duterte continue to drift apart
Red alert raised in Mindanao, Metro Manila tightens security By ALFRED GABOT Editor in Chief
By Be�ng Laygo Dolor, Editor
MARAWI CITY/QUEZON CITY -- At least four people, one of them a teacher, were killed and 72 people were injured and rushed to hospitals following an explosion last Sunday at the Dimaporo Gymnasium inside the Mindanao State University campus as a Catholic mass was being celebrated prompting the military, police and other agencies to go on red, full or heightened alert in Page 9 Mindanao and Metro Manila .
US Commission on Civil Rights notes steady rise in anti-Asian Hate crimes By Cesar Antonio Nucum Jr.
S A N FRANCISCO The plague that the COVID-19 pandemic itself has caused has not been limited to respiraUnited States tory ailments Commission on to many people Civil Rights logo worldwide but more importantly to Asian Americans, has caused an alarming in anti-Asian sentiments in many places in the United States that also correspondingly led to continual increase anti-Asian hate crimes. In an epidemiological update United States Commission on Civil as of October 22, 2023, the World Rights Chair Rochelle M. Garza Health Organization re- Page 9
4 dead, several hurt in bombing in Mindanao State University gym in Marawi
MANILA – Their claims to the contrary notwithstanding, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr and Vice President Sara Duterte are no longer as united as they say they are. Marcos has been widely praised for extending the hand of friendship even to parties considered as enemies of the state, as what happened last month when he granted amnesty to current and former members of such groups as the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) – the umbrella organization of the underground com- Page 6
Pew Research Prepare for strong quakes study finds Asian up to magnitude 8.2: Phivolcs Americans still face By Jeanne Michael Penaranda
QUEZON CITY – A series of strong earthquake jolted Mindanao and Luzon, including Metro Manila, the past days causing damages to buildings and infrastructures, prompting the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) to warn the people to always be prepared for strong temblors up to magnitude 8.2. “The Manila Trench and the Philippine Trench are both capable of generating magnitude 8.2 earthquake,” Phivolcs Director Teresito Bacolcol said in an interview. Bacolcol added that the Philippine Fault Zone in Gabaldon, on the
other hand, is capable of generating a magnitude 7.9 earthquake. Last Saturday night, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake shook Surigao del Sur and parts of Mindanao. The quake’s epicenter was traced 29 km. northeast of Hinatuan. The earthquake has so far generated 1,898 aftershocks with magnitudes 1.4 to 6.6 as of 1 p.m. Monday. At least 355 of these aftershocks were plotted or located, while 19 were felt. Meanwhile, Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna has ordered the City Engineer’s Office to conduct a thorough check on the Manila City Page 7
prejudice, discrimination
By Gilda P. Balan, Correspondent SAN FRANCISCO - For most Asian Americans, facing prejudice and discrimination are considered an all-too-familiar part of life in the US, according to a recently released report from the Pew Research Center. According to an article in VOANews based on the report, roughly one in three Asian Americans have been told to go back to their home country. Forty-four percent of Asian Americans between the ages of 18 to 29 said Page 5
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