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BUSINESS / A8 VOL. XXXVII • NO. 25 • 2 SECTIONS 12 PAGES • P20 • TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 2023 • www.manilastandard.net • mst.daydesk@gmail.com
PANAGBENGA BLAST. Fireworks erupt above Baguio City’s so-called ‘three corners’ -- Baguio City Hall, Baguio Country Club, and SM Mall Baguio – on Sunday night to mark the end of the monthlong Panagbenga Flower Festival, the first live celebration after the COVID-19 pandemic. Dave Leprozo
PPBM: PBBM:Degamo’ Degamo’ssslay slaypolitical political
Wants private armies dismantled, Rep. Teves fears being implicated Protests fizzle out on transport strike day 1
By Vince Lopez, Rey E. Requejo, and Maricel V. Cruz
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RESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday declared the March 4 murder of Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo as “purely political” even as he ordered the police to dismantle private armies and round up all illegal firearms in hotspots around the country.
Degamo and eight other people were killed when gunmen fired on them at the governor’s house in Pamplona town as he was handing out assistance to poor families. “The killing of Governor Degamo is entirely unacceptable, and it will not
By Joel E. Zurbano, Vito Barcelo, government’s program to modernize played their impact across the country. public utility vehicles (PUVs), protestHundreds of commuters still had to and Vince Lopez
ers claimed they were able to paralyze wait longer in line for fewer jeepneys, AS A nationwide transport strike got some routes in Metro Manila, even as the Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Next page underway on Monday to protest the as the Palace and its agencies down-
stand. This cannot go unpunished,” the President said. Unlike other recent attacks on politicians where the motives were unclear, he said the murder of Degamo — a campaign ally during his presidential run in Next page
Speaker says normalcy restored in Negros Or., Senate sets probe By Maricel V. Cruz and Macon Ramos-Araneta
nation of Gov. Roel Degamo on Saturday. Romualdez assured the public that the local government is in full control SPEAKER Martin G. Romualdez on of the situation and that the delivery of Monday said that normalcy has been government services is not disrupted. “We have restored peace and order restored in Negros Oriental, which was Next page gripped by tension following the assassi-
Cops file murder raps vs. suspects in ambush on Gov. Adiong’s group By Charles Dantes MURDER and frustrated murder raps have been filed against several suspects in the ambush on the convoy of Lanao del Sur Governor Mamintal Alonto Adiong Jr., Philippine National Police chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr. said Monday.
Azurin said the case is now considered “cleared.” “On March 2, 2023, SITG ‘Gov Adiong’ filed criminal complaints for four counts of murder, three counts frustrated murder, and multiple attempted murder against several sus-
STRIKE SCENES. Acting MMDA Chairman Romando S. Artes (center photo) monitors the situation across Metro Manila during the first day of the nationwide transport strike, which saw pocket actions in Quezon City, Manila, and Valenzuela (clockwise from top left). See more strike-related photos inside. Manny Palmero, Norman Cruz, Boy Bautista
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House passes resolution calling for ‘con-con’ mode for ‘Cha-cha’
Diesel leads oil price increases at P1.50/liter
By Maricel V. Cruz
that would propose amendments to the economic provisions of the 1987 THE House of Representatives on Charter to create more jobs and genMonday approved on third and fi- erate income to support the pro-poor nal reading a resolution calling for a programs of the government. constitutional convention (con-con) Next page
By Alena Mae S. Flores THE country’s oil firms raised pump prices by as much as P1.50 per liter effective 6 a.m. Tuesday to reflect the movement of prices in the world oil market. This developed as Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp. (PSPC) and Shell Energy Philippines signed a tripartite agreement with the Department of EnNext page
Sunken tanker located off Mindoro By Willie Casas and Maricel Cruz
‘KALAP’ EVENT. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. shares a light moment with Maman Buanoy Layom (left), 98, a coconut farmer from Palawan, as he and businessman Joey Concepcion (right) witness the signing of the Kapatid Angat Lahat for Agriculture Program (KALAP) at the Ceremonial Hall in Malacañan Palace on Monday. Rolando Mailo
trial fuel and threatening nearby areas in Oriental Mindoro and the Visayas. “We are pleased to report that THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources said it may have al- through the efforts of BRP Hydrograready located the sunken tanker, MT pher Ventura, we may have detected Princess Empress, that is leaking indusNext page