US MAKES NOKOR PRE-SUMMIT OFFER SINGAPOREâThe US has offered North KoThe talks were advancing faster than expectrea âuniqueâ security guarantees to try to per- ed but were still ongoing with little more than suade it to give up its nuclear arsenal, Secretary 12 hours to go before Kim Jong Un sits down of State Mike Pompeo said Monday ahead of with Donald Trump, Pompeo told reporters. Tuesdayâs crucial summit in Singapore. The meeting, long sought by Pyongyang,
PIONEERING DISH. This photograph, taken on June 6, 2018, shows a man taking a photograph of a poster offering a âTrumpKim Chiâ nasi lemak, a popular local dish, outside a restaurant in Singapore, ahead of the June 12 summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. AFP
will be the ďŹrst ever between a serving US president and a North Korean leader, and will focus on the nuclear bombs and ballistic missiles the North has spent decades developing. Next page
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PH deals China rare rebuke Demands stop to unacceptable acts vs fishermen By Vito Barcelo, Macon Ramos-Araneta and Maricel V. Cruz
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HE Philippines on Monday demanded that China stop confiscating the catch of Filipino fishermen in the disputed South China Sea, calling the practice âunacceptable.â The remarks by President Rodrigo Duterteâs spokesman were a rare public rebuke from Manila, which has taken a non-confrontational approach with Beijing over the resource-rich waterway. China controls several reefs in the sea including Scarborough Shoal, which Beijing seized from Manila in 2012 and which is just 230 kilometers from Luzon. China claims almost the entire resourcerich sea, through which $5 trillion in Next page
LOUD AND CLEAR. Filipino fisherfolk and members of the militant Akbayan gather in front of the Chinese Embassy in Makati City under a cloudy sky on the eve of Philippine Independence Day to protest the recent incidents involving Chinese and local fishermen in Scarborough Shoal. Norman Cruz
Golez, ex-NSA, passes away ROGELIO âRoiloâ Golez, a former Navy captain, congressman and national security adviser who became an outspoken authority on the West Philippine Sea, died Monday of a heart attack. He was 71. Next page
Another Ecija priest shot dead, 3rd in 6 months By Ferdie G. Domingo ZARAGOZA , Nueva EcijaâA parish priest here was shot dead Sunday afternoon before celebrating mass inside a chapel in barangay Mayamot here, police reported.
Senior Superintendent Eliseo Tanding, Nueva Ecija police director identiďŹed the victim as Fr. Richmond Nilo of Diocese of Cabanatuan . He suffered multiple gunshot wounds in different parts of their bodies that caused his instant death.
Investigation disclosed that the shooting took place at 5:00 pm yesterday, while he was ofďŹciating mass in the chapel of Barangay Mayamot here when the suspects shoot. The suspect ďŹed after the shooting to Next page unknown direction.
Morales: Backlog of PDAF cases âoverpoweringâ By Rio N. Araja
Airline heiress under scrutiny SEOULâThe matriarch of the troubled Korean Air dynasty was grilled Monday over allegations she used company resources to illegally hire foreign housekeepers, as a probe into the scandalhit family widened. Next page
OMBUDSMAN Conchita Carpio-Morales said she would be unable to investigate and ďŹle charges against those involved in the third batch of pork barrel scam suspects before she retires in July because of her heavy case load. âUnfortunately, given the volume of cases that the ofďŹce is handling, I am afraid we may not be able to ďŹnish all PDAF cases,â she said, referring to allegations of the misuse of pork barrel, ofďŹcial known as Priority Development Assistance Fund. Morales said there are over 6,000 docketed cases as of Dec. 31 last year, and said the heavy workload was âoverpowering.â Next page
BUDGET Secretary Benjamin Diokno on Monday blamed higher prices of goods on the âincompetenceâ of the National Food Authority. At the Samahang Plaridel forum at the Manila Hotel, Diokno said higher inďŹation could not be completely blamed on the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Law, but on higher world oil prices, over which the government has no control, and the NFA, which declared a rice shortage. âThe price of rice went up, not because of TRAIN, but due to the incompetence of the people at the NFA,â Diokno said in Filipino. In April, the NFA said its rice buffer stock had been depleted and called for imports. But the NFA did not heed the advice of economic managers to let Next page
Police warning: 1000 rogue cops armed, dangerous DRESS REHEARSAL. Members of the Philippine Marines hoist the tricolors during the Independence Day dry run at the Luneta Park on Monday. (Story on A2) Norman Cruz
15 BIFF men killed; bomb expert arrested PIKIT, CotabatoâComposite government troops and the extremist Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters clashed on Sunday, leading to the capture of a bomb expert and the killing of 15 suspected terrorists in South Liguasan
Diokno: NFA incompetence sent prices up
Marsh, the military said Monday. Brig. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, commander of the Sixth Army Infantry Division in Maguindanao, said the military accounted for the 15 terrorists killed, eight wounded and the arrest of a bomb
expert and his wife after a pre-dawn raid on the terroristsâ lair. Sobejana said the operation backed by a satellite-guided air strike resulted in the destruction of a workshop producing Next page
ABOUT 1,000 policemen are deemed âarmed and dangerousâ as the Philippine National Police have them under surveillance for suspected illegal activities like protecting crime rings or engaging in extortion. Meanwhile, the PNP wants to publish names of its new recruits to allow the public to report those with pending criminal cases who still want to join the force, Director General Oscar Albayalde said Monday. The PNPâs Counter-Intelligence Task Force said it received complains through text messages of supposed ârogueâ cops, who Albayalde said he would give a chance to surrender peacefully if they are indeed being arrested. Next page