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Vol. 61 No. 35 April 7-13, 2022
NEWS AND VIEWS YOU TRUST
GOV’T KEEN ON COLLECTING MARCOS HEIRS’ UNPAID TAXES
Senate readies probe – Pimentel By ALFRED GABOT, Editor-in-Chief
MANILA – “They have not paid.” Thus said Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez and Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Commissioner Caesar Dulay as they confirmed that the Philippine government is keen on collecting some P23 billion in unpaid estate tax plus penalties which has ballooned to P203 billion by the heirs of the late President FerdiPage 9 nand Marcos Sr.
Bill to hold gun industry accountable, bolster protections moves forward By Jo Erlinda Maufit
SACRAMENTO – The California Senate Judiciary Committee has passed SB 1327, private right of action legislation authored by Senator Robert Hertzberg (D-Van Nuys) and sponsored by Governor Gavin Newsom to limit the spread of assault weapons and ghost guns. Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last December allowing Texas’s ban on most abortion services to remain in
place, Governor Newsom directed his Administration to work with the Legislature to propose a measure, modeled on the structure GAVIN NEWSOM of Texas’s abortion law, to enable private citizens to hold Page 8
Robredo rises in Pulse Asia survey; Marcos, Sara, Tulfo keep lead in races By Claire Morales True, Managing Editor
$50-M fund eyed to support independent media, backed in California Senate panel
Historic Filipinotown Eastern Gateway installed, inauguration scheduled on May 7
HISTORIC FILIPINOTOWN – The much-anticipated Historic Filipinotown Eastern Gateway By Sunita Sohrabji, EMS has been installed, rising 30 feet SACRAMENTO - SB 911, high and spanning 82 feet across which would create a $50 million the width of Beverly Boulevard fund to support independent meat the eastern entrance into Hisdia — including the ethnic metoric Filipinotown in Los Angedia sector — passed through the les. California state Senate GovernOfficially called “Talang mental Organization committee Gabay - Our Guiding Star,” the on March 29, on an 8-4 vote. monument was designed by FiliSpecifically, SB 911 would pino artist Eliseo Art Silva with create an 11-member state board Celestino Geronimo, Jr. — California Board for the Fund“This past weekend, we ining of Public Interest Media — California state Senator Steve stalled the beautiful new gateway which would administer a public Glazer, D-Contra Costa. in Historic Filipinotown, and I fund to distribute $50 million in and principal co-authors Sens. have one thing to say:Page 10 grants to bona fide news organi- Ben Allen, D-Santa Monica and zations and reporters, over a five- Josh Newman, D-Fullerton, now Duterte still refuses year period. moves to the Senate Appropria- to endorse Marcos Jr The ethnic media sector is tions committee. part of the bill, which also covCalifornia state Senator Steve By Be�ng Laygo Dolor, Editor ers mainstream and non-profit Glazer, D-Contra Costa. media. Brittany Barsotti, general MANILA – With the election The bill, sponsored by Sen. counsel for the CaliPage 8 to succeed him only a month away, Steve Glazer, D-Contra Costa President Rodrigo Duterte continued to refuse to endorse Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Mr. Duterte said this week that he would only vote for Marcos Jr.’s vice presidential running mate, his daughter Sara. e are more than pleased to note that SB 911, which “I am not supporting any candicreates a $50 million fund to support independent date except, of course, my daughmedia, among other worthwhile goals, recently ter,” the president said in an interpassed through a key committee in the California view with local media in Batangas Senate Page 10 Page 11 province.
EDITORIAL
SB 911: A much-needed boost for ethnic media
W Villar still richest Filipino with $8.3 B
MANILA — Presidential candidate Vice President Maria Leonor Leni Robredo has posted the biggest increase in voter pref-
erence among presidential candidates in the latest Pulse Asia noncommissioned survey, buoying her hopes and that ofPage 10
PHL nat’l debt rises to record P12 trillion VIEWS & COMMENTS
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FilAm Wesley So wins FIDE Grand Prix Berlin
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