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Vol. 62 No. 1 August 11-17, 2022
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BLINKEN ASSURES MARCOS ON MUTUAL DEFENSE TREATY
As Beijing-Taipeh tensions rise with military drills, OFWS brace for worst By ALFRED GABOT, Editor-in-Chief
MANILA/TAIPEH – Amid the China war drills near Taiwan, United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has concluded his two-day visit to Manila, leaving with a reassurance to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of assistance to the Philippines under the US-Philippine Mutual Defense Treaty Page 9
Cardinal Tagle named as possible next Pope
PHL Consul General backs AAPI Hate drive
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Francisco Philippine Consul ment to undertake measures to General Neil Frank R. Ferrer prevent, if not totally stop, hate incidents and/or crimes particularly on Asian Americans and acific slanders . This was reiterated by Ferrer in a meeting with Dr. Russell Jeung, co-founder of the advocacy group Stop AAPI Hate at the Sentro Rizal San Francisco. AAPI Heritage Month is celebrated in the U.S. every May. In welcoming Jeung to the Consulate, Ferrer thanked the anti-hate group leader for his advocacy work and emphasized that the Consulate is ready to collaborate with Stop AAPI Hate ANTI-HATE. Dr. Russell Jeung, co- to help prevent anti-Asian hate founder of STOP AAPI Hate (le�), and Philippine Consul General in San and foster understanding among communities. P a ge 8 Francisco Neil Frank R. Ferrer.
tagged as one of contenders for the papacy to succeed Pope Francis. Reports reaching Manila indicated that talks about the possible successor of Pope Francis surfaced due to reported health of the ontiff. Speculations are the Pope will soon step down as leader of the Catholic Church due to failing health. Speculations about the Pope’s resignation were fueled by Vatican’s announcement in June that the Pope would not be going on a trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan due to his knee ailment. Pope Francis, 85, earlier denied that he was plan- P a ge 8
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US SECRETARY OF STATE Antony Blinken assures President Ferdinand Marmer Archbishop of Manila Luis SAN FRANCISCO - San threw the consulate’s commit- cos Jr. US support to the Philippines under the mutual defense treaty of their Antonio Cardinal Tagle has been two countries. By Jun Nucum
COA unearths Duterte era laptop scam By Be�ng Laygo Dolor, Editor
MANILA – It may not be as big as the Pharmally case where officials of the uterte regime were found to have taken part in a multi-billion peso scam, but more officials of the previous administration may yet be charged for their part in a scandal involving hundreds of millions of pesos spent for nearly useless laptops. The brewing laptops for teachers scandal already has the Department of Education
ep d and the rocurement Service of the Department of Budget and anagement SB pointing fingers at each other. What has become clear is that the DepEd purchased outdated Celeron laptops at P58,300 each about , . PCs and laptops powered by Intel Celeron processors are considered as of low quality and are among the cheapest in the market. Brand new laptops P a ge 8
Ex-president FVR laid to rest at Libingan ng mga Bayani
Bribery raps vs de Lima junked, to be freed? VIEWS & COMMENTS
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PHL firm gets US funding to develop up to 3GW wind power
Jordan Clarkson playing again for Gilas Pilipinas
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