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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA EDITION
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THE PREMIER FILIPINO-AMERICAN NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. SINCE 1961
Vol. 61 No. 34 March 31- April 6, 2022
NEWS AND VIEWS YOU TRUST
TENSION MOUNTS ANEW OVER WEST PHILIPPINE SEA Near collision of China, PHL ships 2 more Pinoys bared, protested; US twits Beijing attacked By ALFRED GABOT, Editor-in-Chief
NEAR COLLISION. A vessel of the Chinese Coast Guard sails close to the Philippines’ BRP Malabrigo in the disputed Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal), a Philippine territory, on March 2, 2022. (Philippine Coast Guard photo)
Riot of supporters mars Tondo rally of Marcos, is downplayed By Be�ng Laygo Dolor, Editor
MANILA – A chair-throwing incident at a Marcos-Duterte rally in Tondo, Manila over the weekend was kept from newsrooms, even after videos of the incident had gone viral. The riot occurred at a rally for presidential bet Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at the Plaza Hernandez beside the Sto Nino Church. Present at the melee was Marcos Jr’s running mate Sara Duterte, who was unharmed. Marcos had not yet arrived at the scene when two warring gangs – both Marcos supporters – began heckling each other
while a dance group was entertaining the crowd. A video clip of the incident was posted on social media, but most were removed at the behest of the Marcos camp. The video showed one young man hurling a plastic Monobloc chair over the heads of the dancers, aimed at the opposing crowd on the other side of the plaza. That’s when the chair throwing incident began. A handful of participants at the riot suffered minor injuries. No arrests were made by the police present at the Page 8
MANILA – Amid the Ukraine-Russia conflict, tension mounted anew between the Philippines and China after a China Coast Guard ship came in near collision with a Philippine Navy vessel at the Bajo de Masinloc, a part of Zambales and within the 200-mile exclusive economic zone of the Philippines. The incident prompted the Philippine government to file a diplomatic protest to China but China insisted that there is nothing to apologize because they said Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal) is theirs. Page 9
Speier, Bonta eye tighter gun control at San Mateo meeting By Jun Nucum
SAN BRUNO - The County of San Mateo has gathered together top experts at the San Mateo County Regional Operations Center (ROC) to brainstorm on ways to keep firearms out of the hands of persons barred from possessing or using them wrongly. In the event “Keeping Firearms Out of the Hands of Prohibited Persons: Focus on Ghost Guns, Restraining Orders” hosted by San Mateo County Board of Supervisors President Don Horsley and Vice President Dave Pine and the Giffords Law Center, the participants focused on challenges posed by ghost guns – untraceable firearms – and how to maximize use of restraining Page 8
ROB BONTA
in New York
NEW YORK - Two Filipinos are the latest victims of attacks in separate incidents in Midtown Manhattan in New York. In a video released by the New York Police Department Crime Stopper, a man was seen pushing a Filipino to the ground. The victim, a 73-year-old Filipino, who was attacked between 8th Avenue and 48th street in Manhattan while on his way to church on Sunday, suffered bruises on the face and is currently recovering. The suspect who was immediately arrested by responding policemen was identified as Dominick Staton, 44, a homeless man. The second victim was a 53-year-old Filipino who was attacked and beaten unconscious and robbed by another homeless man inside a McDonald’s store on 7th Avenue near 34th street in Midtown Manhattan. “The Philippine Consulate General in New York condemns in the strongest terms the latest attacks against members of the Filipino Community after two more kababayan have been added to Page 8
Latina justice named to California high court
Duterte calls out BIR over uncollected estate taxes VIEWS & COMMENTS
Is your spousal petition under investigation?
By A�y. Lozano
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SHOWBIZ
SPORTS
Willie Revillame cleared of cancer
Obiena, PATAFA settle row; pole vaulter to compete again
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