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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA EDITION
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Vol. 60 No. 33 March 25-31, 2021
NEWS AND VIEWS YOU TRUST
FILAM ROB BONTA NAMED CA’S ATTORNEY GENERAL
Newsom lauded for appointment to replace Housing Sec Becerra By ALFRED GABOT, Editor in Chief
SACRAMENTO/SAN FRANCISCO – California Governor Gavin Newsom has announced that he has chosen Filipino American California Assemblymember Rob Bonta as Page 9
Governor Newsom
Rob Bonta
PHL sets stricter rules as Covid cases surge By CLAIRE MORALES TRUE, Managing Editor
Neil Ferrer, China hit for incursion in West new PHL Consul Philippine Sea, US airs warning General in SFO MANILA – The Philippines fect claimants of islands, reefs and By Jun Nucum S A N FRANCISCO - A Philippine Consul General in San Francisco has assumed office without much fanfare
and China are in a “dangerous” standoff after about 200 Chinese ships have swarmed in the Julian Felipe Reef, part of the Kalayaan group of islands well within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone, and refused to leave despite calls for them to leave and stop incursing into Philippine territory. Observers have warned that if the standoff worsens, this may lead Page 8 to a military conflict that could af-
MANILA – Due to a new spike in Covid-19 cases, especially in Metro Manila, the national government has imposed additional restrictions in Metro
Manila and other areas even as it re-imposed the stricter general community quarantine (GCQ) from March 22 to April 4, 2021 in the metropolis and Page 8
Neil Frank Ferrer
WA S H I N G T O N / S A N FRANCISCO/LOS ANGELES – US President Joe Biden condemned anew what he called “vicious hate crimes” committed against Asian Americans calling
such acts “un-American” and demanded they stop. This as various groups in key cities in the country like Daly City led by Mayor Juslyn Manalo, Los Angeles and others, and
celebrities, staged rallies or meetings or issued strong statements protesting the crimes and attacks as they called for unity against hate toward Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
shoals in South China Sea like the Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei. China is claiming almost all of South China but it was rejected by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague which was created under the United Nations Convention on the Laws of the Sea (UNCLOS). The United States, a long-time ally of the Philippines, joined the fray and accused China Page 8
Biden, celebrities condemn attacks on Asian Americans Biden deplored the attacks in his first primetime address at the White House on March 12 and again in Atlanta, Georgia where at least six people were killed. “Too often, we’ve turned
against one another,” Biden said as decried “vicious hate crimes against Asian Americans” many of whom, he said, are on the front lines of the pandemic trying to save lives “and still Page 9
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