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Vol. 62 No. 5 September 8-14, 2022
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MARCOS TO ADDRESS U.N. IN NEW YORK Meetings with Biden, world leaders eyed after Indonesia, Singapore visits By ALFRED GABOT, Editor-in-Chief
SINGAPORE/MANILA — After successful inaugural state visits in Indonesia and Singapore, President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.is slated to fly again, this time in New York, to address the United Nations General Assembly on PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. meets Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Singapore Prime Minister Lee Sien during his inaugural state visits to the two countries. Marcos will fly next week to New York to address the September 20. Page 9 Loong United Na�ons General Assembly
DoH: Gov’t mulls extending state of calamity over Covid-19
Another hate crime victimizes 74-yr-old FilAm
By Claire Morales True
MANILA — President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. has “recommended” extending the state of calamity in the Philippines due to COVID-19 until the end of the year, according to the Department of Health (DOH). The state of calamity, set to lapse on September 12, allows local governments to implement the coronavirus vaccination pro-
gram, tap quick response funds to contain COVID-19, and control the prices of basic necessities. Meanwhile, the country recorded 1,750 new COVID-19 cases on September 7, according to the Department of Health (DOH), raising the country’s total to 3,896,541. Forty-nine new deaths were also recorded, raisingPage 10
By Gilda Balan, Correspondent
NEW YORK - A FilAm who was minding her own business in Manhattan, New York City was assaulted by a woman last week, leaving the victim stunned and hurt. The Philippine Consulate General confirmed the report, saying that the victim – a FilAm senior citizen -- was walking
along Madison Avenue near East 52nd street when she was punched by another woman, who then fled. There was no provocation for the attack and it had all the signs of a hate crime. California and New York are the two states which have the most number of verbal Page 8
Finance secretary says helping poor Filipinos waste of funds, is jeered By Be�ng Laygo Dolor, Editor
MANILA – The claim from a member of the Marcos Cabinet that the Philippine economy has fully recovered was met with jeers, disbelief, and observations that he was out of touch with the problems of the Filipino people. Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno, who previously served as governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, said last week that the government should stop giving financial support to the poor – known as ayuda – because doing so was a “waste of public funds.” He specifically cited Filipino households which had been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic and which was receiving dole outs in various forms for the past two years. The most recent ayuda is still being given out to students from poor families by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to the tune of P1,000 for grade school students, P2,000 for high school students, P3,000 for those in senior high, and P4,000 for college and/or vocational school enrollees. Just how desperate poor families were was seen in the first of six consecutive Saturdays of distribution that saw near riots and slight injuries to families who had formed queues in various DSWD offices. Two million students had applies for the cash aid, but DSWD said it could only give funds to around 400,000. Diokno said, “On giving of ayuda in relation to the crisis, I think that should al- Page 8
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