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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA EDITION
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Vol. 60 No. 37 April 22-28, 2021
GROUPS PLOT TO OUST DUTERTE?
NEWS AND VIEWS YOU TRUST
Padilla bill offers citizenship path for millions of migrants By Jenny Manrique, EMS
By ALFRED GABOT Editor in Chief
President, AFP shrug off reports on troops withdrawal of support
MANILA – Several groups, including some memAnother doctor bers of the military, are reported again to be workdies of Covid; ing on a plot to discredit and oust President Rodrigo cases near 1-M Duterte due to various reasons, foremost of which is the Chief Executive’s supposed failure to defend the By Claire Morales True Philippine territory in West Philippine Sea which By Be�ng Laygo Dolor, Editor MANILA - After declining has been swarmed by Chinese warships and militia MANILA – Malacanang ini- for three days, new coronavirus Page 9 tially denied all reports about junior infections went up again as the vessels.
Reports of unease within AFP persist
FilAms push for quick vax delivery to PHL
By Cherie M. Querol Moreno SAN FRANCISCO - Filipino Americans are joining forces to help protect their Philippine kith and kin from the deadly coronavirus by urging United States lawmakers to respond expeditiously to the Philippine government’s order of Moderna vaccine. A webinar April 21 informed Consul General Neil Ferrer conFilAms about and rally them to firmed upcoming shipment of 20 million doses of Moderna vaccine join a concerted effort to hasten delivery of the Mod- Page 11 to the Philippines. PCG-SF
and senior officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) planning to withdraw their support for President Rodrigo Duterte, but later admitted that there were indeed “destabilizers” in the military. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana this week warned the unidentified destabilizers to “cease from propagating malicious statements especially at a time when our people should be coming together in the face of the challenges we are currently facing.” The shadowy group originally called themselves the “Viber 300” but said their numbers had ballooned to close to 500 after other officers and enlisted men became aware of their exis- Page 8
Department of Health (DOH) reported 9,277 new cases and 124 deaths, raising the total cases to 962,307 and deaths to 16,265. One of the latest Covid-19 fatalities was the chief pathologist of the Makati Medical Center, Dr. Jose Maria Avila, 62, who had had a first dose of vaccine. He is the second MMC doctor who succumbed to the deadly virus, the first was Dr. Roberto Anastacio, a cardiologist. Avila was a former resident at the Philippine General Hospital and a fellow at The Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. This developed as President Rodrigo Duterte said Page 8
Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA)
WASHINGTON - Five million essential workers, who have put their lives at risk during the pandemic working in more than a dozen vital industries such as healthcare, agriculture, childcare and domestic service, could become citizens if the first piece of legislation introduced by Senator Alex Padilla, is approved. On January 20th, Alex Padilla was sworn in as California ́s Junior Senator, the first Latino in that position in the state’s history. Governor Gavin Newsom appointed him to the vacant seat left by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. Today, Padilla is the Chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship and Border Safety and his first bill wants to honor not only the efforts of those frontline workers during COVID-19, but those of his own parents who migrated from Chihuahua, Mexico to the US in the 1960s. “For 40 years my father worked as a short order cook while my mom was cleaning houses,” said Padilla during an exclusive interview Page 8
PHL extends travel ban on foreigners, some exempted
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