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File photo dated July 27, 2016 shows President Duterte during a National Security Council meeting attended by four former presidents including (from left) Joseph Estrada, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Fidel V. Ramos and Benigno Aquino III. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque says Malacanang is inclined to ask the four ex-presidents to attend a meeting on issues besetting the West Philippine Sea. NSC file
Work, classes suspended today as storms boost ‘habagat’ rains By Charles Dantes, Othel V. Campos, Joel E. Zurbano, and Rio N. Araja VOL. XXXVII • NO. 199• 3 SECTIONS 12 PAGES • P20 • FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2023 • www.manilastandard.net • mst.daydesk@gmail.com
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
declared the suspension of government work and classes in public schools in Metro Manila on September 1 (Friday) due to the continuous rainfall the country is currently experiencing.
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PH rejects 10-dash China map DFA cites UNCLOS, arbitral ruling in nixing ‘attempt to legitimize sovereignty’ By Rey E. Requejo and Macon Ramos-Araneta
HE Philippines on Thursday rejected the 2023 standard map of China, which includes the West Philippine Sea as part of its territory, and became the third nation to assail Beijing's attempt to assert sovereignty over disputed maritime territories in the South China Sea.
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Earlier, India and Malaysia dismissed China’s newly-released map, which features a 10-dash line that signifies its claim of ownership over the entire South China Sea, encompassing the exclusive economic zones (EEZs) of the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Brunei. The new map also lays claim to the Indian State of Arunachal Pradesh and the Aksai Chin Plateau. "The Philippines rejects the 2023 version of China’s Standard Map issued
by the Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China on Aug. 28, 2023, because of its inclusion of the nine-dashed line (now a 10-dashed line) that supposedly shows China's boundaries in the South China Sea," the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. "This latest attempt to legitimize China's purported sovereignty and jurisdiction over Philippine features and maritime zones has no basis under Next page
PBBM eyes ASEAN statement on sea code, WPS incursions By Rey Requejo and Charles Dantes THE completion of the Code of Conduct in the South China Sea – which has been under negotiation since 2002 or more than two decades ago – will still take some time, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. This as President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is expected to make a strong push for a statement on recent Chinese incursions
in the West Philippine Sea during the 43rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit in Indonesia next week, DFA ASEAN Affairs Assistant Secretary Daniel Espiritu said. "It [COC negotiation] has been happening for a long time. I think it will take a little bit longer to finish it,” Espiritu said. He said discussions on the issue should not be rushed. "There's a lot [of impediments], Next page
10-DASH LINE MAP. This image from China's Ministry of Natural Resources shows the 2023 edition of the country's Standard Map, including its claimed territories in the South China Sea as marked by a 10-dash line (lower right of photo). The Philippines has rejected this map of China, which includes the West Philippine Sea as part of its territory, and became the third nation to assail Beijing's attempt to assert sovereignty over disputed maritime territories.
DOJ suspends revised travel guidelines
Musk: X to offer video, audio calls NEWS / A2
‘Registered SIMs shouldn't be sold’
By Rey E. Requejo and Macon Ramos-Araneta
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Coronel-Ferrer among Magsaysay awardees NEWS / A4
Iraq to PH: Lift deployment ban NEWS / A4 FATAL FIRE.
Officers of the Bureau of Fire Protection and Quezon City DRRMO recover the body of one of at least 15 persons who died in a fire at Gloria Avenue in Barangay Tandang Sora on Thursday morning. Manny Palmero
EV TRANSFORMATION FLEET. Aboitiz Power Corp. presents its Electric Vehicle (EV) Fleet Transformation Program in support of the country's Electric Vehicle Industry Development Act on Thursday in Quezon City. Photo shows (from left) Aboitiz Power Distribution Chief Technology Officer Mark Valencia, AboitizPower Head of Corporate Services Jokin Aboitiz, Cotabato Light President and COO Val Saludes, AboitizPower Distribution Utilities COO Anton Perdicesm, AboitizPower President and CEO Emmanuel Rubio, Davao Light President and COO Rodger Velasco, and Visayan Electric Company President and COO Engr. Raul Lucero.
BPOs ‘disturbed’ by abuse of Filipino AI workers regulated business process outsourc- Thursday. ing (BPO) companies are "shamelessly This may depict a negative image of THE Philippine IT-Business Process abusing" Filipino workers working in the how unprofessional and unskilled FiliManagement (IT-BPM) industry is dis- lowest rung of the artificial intelligence pino workers are in the IT-BPM space, turbed by how unregistered and un- (AI) subsector, an industry leader said Next page
By Othel V. Campos
THE Department of Justice (DOJ) has put on hold the revised travel guidelines for Filipinos leaving the country after the new requirements, initiated by the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT), drew strong criticism from lawmakers. The suspension came after the Senate adopted two resolutions urging the IACAT to suspend and review the new guidelines and authorizing Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri to seek a Next page
Petron hiking LPG price by P6.65/kg, At least 15 dead in QC home biz blaze others to follow
By Rio N. Araja AT LEAST 15 people were killed, including a minor, after a fire broke out inside a house that was being used as a commercial establishment within a subdivision in Quezon City Thursday morning. Mayor Joy Belmonte ordered city legal officer Orlando Casimiro to file appropriate charges against the four living incorporators of MJC Warehouse Inc. on Kennedy Lane, Pleasant
View Subdivision in Barangay Tandang Sora for violation of the labor law and fire safety code. “The MJC Warehouse Inc. is a family corporation with four members still alive. They are liable,” Belmonte said. “The owner, one Michael J. Cavilte, his wife, as well as his niece and her child died in the fire,” she added. Casimiro said the incorporators “can be charged with reckless imprudence resulting in homicide.” Next page
By Alena Mae S. Flores PETRON Corp. said Thursday it is increasing its liquefied petroleum gas or cooking gas prices by P6.65 per kilogram, or P73.15 per 11-kg tank, effective today to reflect the higher contract price of LPG in the world market. Petron said it will also increase the price of auto LPG by P3.70 per liter (VATinclusive) by 12:01 a.m. on Sept. 1. The country's lone refiner said in Next page