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SC declares illegal the joint SCS oil survey by PH, China, Vietnam By Rey E. Requejo THE Supreme Court on Tuesday declared as unconstitutional the 2005 Tripartite Agreement for Joint Marine Seismic Undertaking (JMSU) among China National Offshore Oil Corp.
(CNOOC), Vietnam Oil and Gas Corp. (PETROVIETNAM), and the Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) covering 142,886 square kilometers in the South China Sea. Voting 12-2 with one associate justice
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VOL. XXXVI • NO. 331 • 3 SECTIONS 12 PAGES • P20 • WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2023 • www.manilastandard.net • mst.daydesk@gmail.com
9 more DND execs resign Faustino claims last to know of AFP changes, Palace says not true
By Joyce Pañares, Vince Lopez, Macon Ramos-Araneta and Nash Maulana
MAPPING OUT PLANS FOR 2023. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. leads the first Cabinet meeting for the year on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023, in Malacañang.
T LEAST nine officials of the Department of National Defense -five undersecretaries and four assistant secretaries -- have also quit their posts following the resignation of acting Defense Secretary Jose Faustino Jr., DND spokesman Arsenio Andolong said Tuesday.
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Faustino, for his part, disclosed yesterday that he resigned from his post after learning about the leadership change in the Armed Forces of the Philippines only in the news and on social media -- a claim that the Palace immediately denied. “The President as the Commanderin -Chief has the sole prerogative to appoint the AFP Chief of Staff. According to Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, former DND OIC Jose Faustino Jr. knew of the developments with regard to the appointment of Gen. Andres Centino, who is the Next page
DepEd to present revised curriculum for K-12 by Jan. 30 THE Department of Education (DepEd) is expected to present a revised Kinder to Grade 12 (K-12) curriculum by Jan. 30, beating a July deadline set by the Palace. Malacañang press briefer Daphne Oseña-Paez said this was among the topics raised during a Cabinet meeting presided over by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday. “The Department of Education, the Secretary VP [Vice President] Inday Sara Duterte-Carpio presented the plans for inclusive learning, support for teachers, and improving the curriculum. Next page
GOING FOR GOLD.
With four days left before the 71st Miss Universe competition, Miss Universe Philippines 2022 Celeste Cortesi attends a gala dinner at New Orleans, Louisiana wearing a sleek golden dress by designer Michael Leyva. Facebook page of Miss Universe Philippines
Transportation chief may ask some CAAP officials to go on leave By Darwin G. Amojelar and Maricel V. Cruz TRANSPORTATION Secretary Jaime Bautista on Tuesday said he may ask some officials of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) to go on leave as the government investigates the New Year’s Day air traffic fiasco that
closed Philippine airspace for hours and grounded more than 300 flights. During a hearing before the House committee on transportation, Bautista said his department would lead an investigation into the power outage and technical glitch that caused chaos at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport
(NAIA) on Jan. 1. “We are doing a fact-finding [probe]... getting all the documents. The investigation is continuing, and we will be considering asking those people involved to take a leave of absence,” Bautista said during the hearing. Next page
Ranking PNP officers to face lifestyle check By Joel E. Zurbano and Ronald O. Reyes HIGH-RANKING police officials will undergo a lifestyle check as part of efforts to cleanse the ranks of the Philippine National Police (PNP), its chief, Police Gen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr., said Tuesday. In an interview on radio dzBB, Azurin said a lifestyle check is among the ways that the five-member panel responsible for reviewing the records of police generals and colonels who have been asked to submit their courtesy resignations. Baguio Mayor Benjamin Magalong, the only member of the five-person panel to be identified so far, also said a lifestyle check would be part of the screening process. The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said on Monday that only 3 to 4 percent of 900 colonels and generals of the Next page
NEW PCO CHIEF. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. administers the oath of office to lawyer Cheloy Garafil as secretary of the Presidential Communications Office.
DA, FTI on carpet for buying onions at P537/k, Ombudsman sets probe The Ombudsman said it would investiBy Maricel V. Cruz, Macon Ramos-Araneta, gate the DA and the FTI’s procurement of onions worth P537 per kilo from the BoneVito Barcelo, na Multipurpose Cooperative. Vince Lopez Ombudsman Samuel Martires said and Othel V. Campos THE Office of the Ombudsman on Tuesday said it would investigate officials of the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Food Terminal Inc. (FTI) for buying onions worth around P500 per kilo even as a lqwmaker called for a congressional inquiry into the alleged cartel behind the scarcity and high prices of onions.
he will send notices to DA and FTI officials, who will be made to explain why they bought onions at that price when the commodity is sold in Kadiwa stores at P170 per kilo. Meanwhile, in a resolution, Marikina Rep. Stella Luz Quimbo urged the House committees on economic affairs and trade and industry to conduct an inquiry, in Next page
Marcos names Garafil as new PCO Secretary By Vince Lopez and Willie Casas PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday swore in lawyer Cheloy Velicaria-Garafil as Secretary of the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) as Malacanang also disclosed new appointments for the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP), Philippine Competition Commission (PCC), Social Security System (SSS), and the Office of the President. Next page