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New movement at Palace? Press Sec. Trixie: Not true SOCIAL media was abuzz yesterday that another Cabinet movement was in the offing at the Palace. Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles, however, denied the rumors that were being floated on socmed. “No, not true,” she said in a Viber
message. Facebook posts surfaced yesterday claiming that former Press Secretary Mike Toledo will reportedly join the Marcos administration as presidential spokesman.
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VOL. XXXVI • NO. 226 • 3 SECTIONS 12 PAGES • P20 • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2022 • www.manilastandard.net • mst.daydesk@gmail.com
Budget hurdles House scrutiny Speaker hails swift passage as collective effort to push gov’t legislative agenda By Maricel V. Cruz
President opens Clark airport terminal, eyes PH as logistics hub
By Vito Barcelo and Vince Lopez the Philippines into the logistics the airports surrounding Manila.” PRESIDENT Marcos inaugurated the new terminal building of the Clark International Airport in Pampanga Wednesday, saying it was “another building block” toward turning
center of Asia. “We need this, we need more,” the President said. “We have many plans for the airport in Manila (and) we have many plans for
He said that while some airports such as those in Bulacan and Cavite
were already being built, other existing facilities in the regions must already be open. “Let’s not compel everyone to go through Manila,” he said in Filipino. “So they can go direct to Bohol, Next page
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OTING 289 to 3, the House of Representatives on Wednesday night approved on third and final reading the P5.268-trillion proposed national budget for 2023.
The approval of House Bill (HB) 448 or the General Appropriations Bill (GAB) on second and third reading on the same day was made possible by a certification from President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for the urgent passage of the proposed budget for next year. Speaker Martin Romualdez lauded his colleagues for their valuable contributions to the swift passage of the GAB and for ensuring that every centavo “is spent wisely to implement the programs of the Marcos administration aimed at revitalizing the country’s economy amid the lingering ill-effects of the coronavirus pandemic.” “The expeditious passage of the proposed 2023 budget is the product of the collective effort of the entire House, in transparent and open proceedings where the majority accorded ample opportunity for the constructive inputs of our friends from the minority bloc,” Romualdez said. He said the House-approved budget for 2023 remains consistent with the eight-point socio-economic agenda of
POSITIVE SIGNAL. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. leads the opening of the new state-of-the-art terminal building at the Clark International Airport -- which he said signals to the world that the Philippines is open for business. Joining the President are (from left) BCDA chairperson Delfin Lorenzana, Transport Secretary Jaime Bautista, Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos, Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia-Frasco and Luzon International Premier Airport Development (LIPAD) chairperson Frederick Go.
Congress okays SIM registration bill, seen as first law under PBBM... on the SIM Registration bill which, according to Speaker Martin Romualdez, may gain the distinction as the THE House of Representatives and first law to be signed by President the Senate on Wednesday night rati- Ferdinand Marcos Jr. “This may be the first of the many fied the bicameral committee report
By Maricel V. Cruz and Macon Ramos-Araneta
legislative measures that will be signed and enacted into law by President Marcos Jr. in his six years of office,” Romualdez said. Romualdez said the approval of the measure is timely amid the continuing
proliferation of malicious text messages meant to take advantage of unwary cell phone users and could even pose danger to people’s lives and to public order. “This Act will not only help promote Next page
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GESMUNDO: SC WILL ALWAYS PROTECT JUDGES NEWS / A2
Karding death ...Also ratifies measure postponing toll rises to 10, barangay, SK polls to Oct. 2023 8 still missing By Maricel V. Cruz and Macon Ramos-Araneta
By Vito Barcelo
WARM WELCOME. Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (front left) welcomes Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio before a reception at the Asakasa State Guest House in Tokyo on September 27, 2022, following the state funeral for Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe. AFP
THE death toll from Super Typhoon Karding rose to 10 as the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported two more fatalities Wednesday, one in Baliuag, Bulacan and the other in Tanay Rizal, both from drowning. Earlier, five rescuers died in San Miguel, Bulacan, while one person drowned in Cabangan, Zambales, another died in a motorcycle accident in a flooded street in San Felipe Zambales, and another was buried in a landslide in Quezon province. The number of missing climbed to eight, five of whom were fishermen from Mercedes, Camarines Norte. Two were reported missing in Antipolo, Rizal and one was missing in Patnanungan, Quezon province. Next page
No ICC ruling yet to reopen drug war probe—SolGen By Rey E. Requejo and Macon Ramos-Araneta THE Office of Solicitor General on Wednesday said the International Criminal Court (ICC) has yet to rule on the government’s request to stop its human rights investigation into former President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody war on drugs. Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra
said while ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan had opposed the government’s bid, the ICC pre-trial chamber had not ruled on the Philippine request to deny Khan’s motion to resume the investigation into alleged human rights abuses in Duterte’s war on drugs. Guevarra, who served as secretary of the Department of Justice in the Duterte administration, pointed out that regardless of
the ruling, the government will avail itself of all legal remedies “both domestic and international” while “vigorously” pursuing its own investigation of crimes committed as a result of the war on drugs. Guevarra issued the statement after Khan said the Philippine government’s arguments against the resumption of the ICC probe have no merit. Next page
CONGRESS on Wednesday ratified the bicameral conference committee report on the bill postponing the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections, originally slated for December this year, to October 2023. With the House of Representatives and the Senate ratifying the bicameral report, the measure would be sent to Malacañang for President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. to sign into law.
Earlier, the respective bicameral conference panels of the House and the Senate met to harmonize the disagreeing provisions of House Bill (HB) 4673 and Senate Bill (SB) 1306, which both sought the postponement of the barangay and SK elections. The version of the bill approved by the House set the next barangay and SK elections on the first Monday of December 2023 while the Senate version slated it for the second Monday of December 2023. Next page
Lumpiang Shanghai: 2nd best streetfood in the world A STAPLE dish in Philippine celebrations has been recognized as the second-best street food in the world by an online travel guide. Lumpiang shanghai garnered a 4.9 rating from the audience of Taste Atlas, which revealed the 50 Best Street Foods globally as of September 2022 in a social media post on Wednesday. A crispy d e e p -f r ie d Filipino snack
that evolved from Chinese spring rolls, shanghai is the most popular variety of lumpia, according to Next page