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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA EDITION
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Vol. 60 No. 44 June 10-16, 2021
NEWS AND VIEWS YOU TRUST
NO DUTERTE-DUTERTE TANDEM?; SARA-GIBO, LACSON-SOTTO EYED Daughter-dad slate ‘crazy,’ says ex-solon World Bank slashes PHL growth forecast yet again
By ALFRED GABOT Editor in Chief
By Be�ng Laygo Dolor, Editor
MANILA – With the Philippines making little headway in controlling the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, the economy will continue to suffer this year. In a report released this week, the World Bank said the country cannot expect to fully recover this year due to the continuing effects of the COVID-19 pan-
demic. The WB again lowered its expected growth of the Philippines to 4.7 percent for 2021, down from the 5.5 percent forecast of last March. WB economist Kevin Chua said the Philippines’ road to recovery was “fragile and challenging.” The Duterte ad- Page 8
Daly City raises flag to start PHL independence rites in Bay Area Mayor Sara Duterte
Gibo Teodoro
Sen. Ping Lacson
Sen. Tito So�o
By Jun Nucum
MANILA — The political cauldron continues to heat up in the Philippines and if political pundits plus the opposition are to be the gauge, there will be no Sara Duterte-Rodrigo Duterte for president-vice president tandem in the May 9, 2022 elections as the proposed slate appeared to have drawn flak, with some proclaiming a “daughter-dad” ticket as a “crazy” proposition. Page 9
Pinoys, SanFo cheer as Yuka Saso wins US Women’s Open SAN FRANCISCO/MANILA – Filipinos in the Philippines and elsewhere, specially in the San Francisco Bay Area, cheered as one as Filipina-Japanese Yuka Saso won in historic fashion the 76th U.S. Women’s Open golf championship at the Olympic Club in San Francisco on June 6.
Saso, 19, who was born in San Ildefonso, Bulacan, bounced back from two early double bogeys and held off Japan’s Nasa Hataoka in the third hole of a sudden death playoff to romp off with the champion’s trophy and $1 million in cash prize. A sizable Filipino Page 8
PROCLAMATION. FilAm Daly City Mayor Juslyn Manalo (2nd from le�), Vice Mayor Rod Daus-Magbual (3rd from right), Councilmembers Ray Buenaventura, Pam DiGiovanni and Glenn Sylvester present a Proclama�on to Consul General Ferrer declaring the 7th of June as Philippines Day in Daly City.
DALY CITY - It is not the actual day to commemorate and celebrate the 123rd Philippine Independence Day and yet cit-
ies around the San Francisco Bay Area have started raising the Philippine flag to begin the celPage 8 ebration.
US names PHL as COVID vaccine recipient
Dual citizenship applications put on hold VIEWS & COMMENTS
‘Tact, finesse, and the finest hour’ Page 13 By A�y. Liangco
SHOWBIZ
John Lloyd Cruz teary-eyed in showbiz comeback via GMA Page 19
SPORTS
Pole vaulter Obiena wins silver in Netherlands Page 21
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