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50 cops, including 2 generals, face graft raps over P6.7-b shabu haul By Joel E. Zurbano
VOL. XXXVII • NO. 119 • 3 SECTIONS 12 PAGES • P20 • WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 2023 • www.manilastandard.net • mst.daydesk@gmail.com
Marcos expands food stamp aid
THE Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Tuesday announced that 50 police officials have been charged with graft and other criminal cases in connection with the
alleged cover-up bid in the P6.7-billion drug bust in October last year. “Last Friday, the National Police Commission and the Philippine National Police (PNP) filed the criminal cases with the Office of the
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Now covers solo parents, pregnant women By Vince Lopez
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RESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is including single parents, pregnant women, and lactating mothers among the beneficiaries of the government’s food stamp program to address the problem of malnourished and stunted children born in the country.
YOUNG ADVOCATES.
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rexlon “Rex” Gatchalian said this on Tuesday during a Palace press briefing as the President approved the pilot run and the implementation Next page
Mayon Volcano unrest can last for ‘a few months,’ says Phivolcs
La Paz Elementary School pupils form a human ribbon during a school-based immunization of the vaccine against HPV in Makati City on Tuesday, June 13, 2023. A girl who is vaccinated against HPV can avoid contracting cervical cancer. Danny Pata
By Rio N. Araja, Maricel V. Cruz, Charles Dantes and Vince Lopez
can remain restive for “a few months.” Phivolcs director Teresito Bacolcol sai Mayon could continue rumbling for LAVA from Mayon Volcano flowed months, forcing residents who had been down its south and southeast gullies to moved to evacuation centers to stay about one kilometer from the crater as there for an extended period of time. scientists warned Tuesday the volcano Next page
DOH chief open to allowing foreign doctors in PH FOREIGN doctors may soon be allowed to practice locally for a limited period amid a push for the Department of Health to give the greenlight as it would benefit the country not only with the exchange of ideas, but also on the transfer of technology. In response, Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa told Sen. Francis Tolen-
tino he will talk to the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) to possibly relax the current licensing rules to allow foreign doctors to temporarily practice their profession in the country. The PRC, under Republic Act No. 8981, has the power to supervise foreign nationals who are authorized by existing laws to practice their professions,
either as holders of a certificate of reg registration and a professional identification card or a temporary special permit in the Philippines. In a statement, Tolentino said there are plenty of doctors abroad signifying to conduct medical practice in the country, but the current protective Philippine Next page
‘LGUs near Taal, Kanlaon ready to evacuate residents if needed’ By Charles Dantes
ue showing dangerous activity. But in a briefing, the deputy spokesDISASTER officials said on Tuesday person of the National Risk Reduction that local government units near Taal and Management Council (NDRRMC) and Kanlaon are ready to evacuate Diego Mariano said that evacuation was Next page residents if the two volcanoes contin-
DNA matched Senators seek suspension of ‘unfair, four Degamo unjustifiable’ hike in NLEX toll rates slay suspects By Macon Ramos-Araneta
North Luzon Expressway due to worsening traffic conditions and the burden SENATORS on Tuesday called on of inflation borne by Filipinos. “In behalf of the hundreds of thousands government regulators to suspend the Next page provisional increase in toll rates at the
By Rey E. Requejo
PRELIMINARY PROBE. Suspects in the killing of former Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo arrive at the Department of Justice to attend the preliminary investigation on Tuesday, June 13, 2023. Norman Cruz
DNA testing has confirmed that four of the suspects in the killing of Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo and nine others last March 4 were at the crime scene, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla confirmed Tuesday. The DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) testing conducted by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) confirmed the involvement of some of the suspects, Remulla said. Lawyer Levito Baligod, the counsel of the Degamo family, also revealed that the DNA analysis confirmed the participation of four of the detained suspects: Rogelio C. Antipolo Jr., Winrich B. Isturis, John Louie L. Gonyon, Next page
‘Final Beatles record’ out this year with AI help A “FINAL Beatles record,” created with the help of artificial intelligence, will be released later this year, Paul McCartney told the BBC in an interview broadcast Tuesday. “It was a demo that John (Lennon) had, and that we worked on, and we just finished it up,” said McCartney, who
turns 81 next week. The Beatles – Lennon, McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr – split in 1970, with each going on to have solo careers, but they never reunited. Lennon was shot dead in New York in 1980 aged 40 while Harrison died of lung cancer in 2001, aged 58.
McCartney did not name the song that has been recorded but according to the BBC it is likely to be a 1978 Lennon composition called “Now And Then”. The track – one of several on a cassette that Lennon had recorded for McCartney a year before his death – was Next page
CHAMPIONS AT LAST. Nikola Jokic #15 of the Denver Nuggets smiles after winning Game Five of the 2023 NBA Finals against the Miami Heat on June 12, 2023 at Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado, securing the franchise’s first-ever NBA championship. 2023 NBAE Nathaniel S. Butler / AFP
NUGGETS BAG 1ST EVER NBA TITLE, MALONE SEEKS DENVER DYNASTY SPORTS / C1