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NEWS / A4 VOL. XXXVII • NO. 9 • 2 SECTIONS 12 PAGES • P20 • MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2023 • www.manilastandard.net • mst.daydesk@gmail.com
DFA notes ‘daily bullying’ in SCS
Complains Chinese harassment deprives PH rightful use of its EEZ By Rey E. Requejo and Macon Ramos-Araneta
EGULAR harassment by Chinese in the disputed South China Sea has deprived the Philippines of the rightful use of its exclusive economic zone (EEZ), Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo told a security conference in Munich, Germany over the weekend.
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FLUVIAL FLORAL FLOAT. A woman waves from Entry No. 11, which eventually won second prize, of the 27th Baguio Flower Festival Fluvial Floral Float Parade at Baguio City’s Burnham Park Lake on Sunday. It was the first flower boat contest in more than two years owing to the COVID-19 pandemic but is one of the lead-up events to Baguio’s famed Panagbenga Festival, which culminates March 4. Dave Leprozo
Speaking during a panel discussion on “Defending the United Nations (UN) Charter and the Rules-Based International Order,” Manalo said these actions had hindered Manila from maximizing the resources in its 200-nautical-mile EEZ. “On a day-to-day basis, there are still many events occurring in the South China Sea, and there are daily incidents, at least as far as we see it, of cases of harassment or land reclamation, which in many cases have been depriving the Philippines of the use of our exclusive economic zone,” he said during the Munich Security Conference panel session on Saturday, a recorded video of which was released by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). “It is these challenges which the Philippines and other countries in our region face, especially those who have claims Next page
PBBM says Japan trip gains ICC gives Manila more time to appeal drug war probe indicate growth on right track By Rey E. Requejo
THE Philippines is heading in the right direction toward achieving its goal of sustaining its growth momentum, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said over the weekend. In a vlog uploaded on his official Facebook page on Saturday, Marcos said the P708 billion in investment pledges secured during his five-day working visit to Japan from Feb. 8-12 is an indication that
his administration is on the “right track.” “We all know that they are businessmen. They could not be pleased just by mere appeals. They need to see the Philippines’ potential for good operation (of businesses),” Mr. Marcos said in Filipino. “With the signing of LOIs (Letter of Intent, a document outlining the general plans of an agreement between two or Next page
Aparri vice mayor, five others died in ambush in N. Vizcaya By Abe Almirol THE vice mayor of Aparri town in Cagayan province and five of his companions were killed in an ambush in Nueva Vizcaya on Sunday, police said.
The fatalities were Vice Mayor Rommel Alameda, who was on his third term and was being groomed to run for mayor in the next elections, and his aides, initial police reports said. Next page
THE International Criminal Court has granted the Philippine government’s plea for more time to file an appeal over an ICC Pre-Trial Chamber’s ruling allowing
the investigation on the killings in the drug war in the country to resume. In a February 17 decision, the ICC Appeals Chamber gave the Philippines until Monday, March 13, 2023 at 1600 hours Central European Time (4 p.m. in the
Netherlands, 11 p.m. in Manila) to file an appeal brief that would contain the government’s arguments against the resumption of the ICC probe. “The Appeals Chamber considers that Next page
Memo on pay deduction fake news—Palace By Vince Lopez MALACAÑANG on Sunday dismissed as “fake news” a supposed memorandum circular on a two-day salary deduction for government workers to establish a relief fund for earthquake victims of Turkey and Syria. “This is not true,” Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Secretary Cheloy Garafil said in a message to reporters. Garafil said the Office of the Executive Next page
READY FOR LENT. Fr. Jerry Habunal leads the burning of dried palm leaves outside the Divine Healer Parish church in Tahanan Village, BF Homes 1, Paranaque City on Sunday. The ashes from the burned leaves will be used during Ash Wednesday on Feb. 22, the start of the Lenten season in the Catholic Church calendar. Danny Pata
Cessna plane wreck spotted near Mayon THE wreckage of a Cessna plane was found Sunday morning near the crater of famed Mayon Volcano, 32 hours after one was reported missing in Albay. The Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office of Camalig town said the Philippine Air Force was verifying whether the debris near the Mayon crater was in fact the
ANOTHER AMBUSH. Police cordon off the site where the van of Aparri Vice Mayor Rommel Alameda was ambushed by unknown assailants along the highway in Bagabag, Nueva Vizcaya on Sunday. Alameda and five companions did not survive the attack, which left their van riddled with bullets. Victor Martin FB photo
crash site of the Cessna that went missing on Saturday. In a statement, Camalig Mayor Caloy Baldo confirmed that the aircraft that crashed on the upper part of Barangay Quirangay along the Anoling gully, two kilometers from an Incident Command Post of the Forest Rangers at Mayon, was the missing Cessna. Next page
PLANE FOUND. In this handout from the Office of Civil Defense in Region 5, the missing Cessna 340 aircraft with tail number RP-C2080 is spotted 350 meters away from the crater of Mayon Volcano, on Sunday morning. The picture was taken from 6,500 feet above the volcano. Search and rescue groups are still looking for the plane’s pilot and passengers, including Australians Simon Chipperfield and Karthi Santanan (inset). Jesar Adornado/OCD 5