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VOL. XXXVIII • NO. 117 • 3 SECTIONS 16 PAGES • P20 • WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2024
Brace for external threats—Marcos
Heroes of Independence Megaworld townships are home to several iconic monuments, including those featuring some of the country’s heroes who fought for our independence. Unveiled in 2022, the 10.2-meter tall Bonifacio March in Uptown Bonifacio depicts revolutionary hero Gat. Andres Bonifacio ready for battle atop his warhorse. In Iloilo Business Park, a monument featuring Ilonggo revolutionary General Martin Delgado, who led the historic Cry of Santa Barbara, has also become a favorite spot for photos among locals and tourists.
Risks ‘more pronounced, more worrisome’ By Charles Dantes and Vince Lopez
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HE Philippines must brace for increased external threats due to heightened geopolitical tensions in the Asia-Pacific region, President Marcos said on Tuesday.
"The external threat now has become more pronounced, has become more worrisome. And that is why we have to prepare,” President Marcos said during his visit to the Philippine Army’s 5th Infantry Division at Camp Melchor dela Cruz. The commander-in-chief highlighted the country’s proximity to Taiwan and the resulting need for enhanced preparedness in the northern region. “So, that is the mission that you have before
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China uniforms being verified, says military By Vince Lopez, Charles Dantes, Macon Ramos-Araneta and Maricel Cruz
BALANGAY. The biggest replica of the ancient balangay boat , Florentino Das, arrives at the port near the Cultural Center of the Philippines in Manila, after sailing from Pag-asa island in the West Philippine Sea. Norman Cruz
Rody blasts KOJC raids as ‘overkill’; Risa smells rat FORMER chief executive Rodrigo Duterte condemned in no uncertain terms what he called the “excessive force” displayed by arresting officers against Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) pastor Apollo Quiboloy and five others inside KOJC Dome at Buhangin District
in Davao City on Monday. The officers were not able to serve the warrant of arrest to the fugitive pastor because they failed to locate his whereabouts. Duterte said in a statement that the warrants of arrest, served by police officers who were not even
from Davao City, were served past 5pm in a place of worship and school premises. This made it “absolutely unacceptable”. The former president took this opportunity to also criticize the current administration of President Next page
Taste of freedom: Founding fathers’ ‘high-style’ lunch
THE military and the police said they are determining the authenticity of the China People's Liberation Army uniforms recovered from a POGO hub in Porac, Pampanga even as more lawmakers raised the alarm against possible POGO links to foreign spies. The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission said they are awaiting response from China to verify the authenticity of the seized uniforms. "We need confirmation from our foreign counterparts...We don't want to spread fake news. We need to validate first," PAOCC Usec. Gilbert Cruz said. Senator Risa Hontiveros, however, said the discovery corroborates information shared by intelligence agencies establishing credible links between POGOs and foreign intelligence assets. The implications of these uniforms, Hontiveros said, should "send chills down our spine." Next page
Teves in custody of court hearing extradition case By Rey E. Requejo FUGITIVE former Negros Oriental congressman Arnolfo “Arnie” Teves Jr. is now in the custody of a Timor Leste court hearing his extradion case, his lawyer told reporters via Zoom yesterday. Lawyer Ferdinand Topacio also said Teves is being held in the court's holding area under the watch of Timor Leste's Policia Nacional . He insisted that the former
lawmaker was actually ordered release from preventive detention after a Timor-Leste court granted their petition for habeas corpus. Topacio who is now in Timor Leste, claimed that a collegial court composed of three members found his continued preventive detention illegal due to flaws on the part of the Philippine government in filing its request for the former solon’s extradition. Next page
June 12: A time for learning from our heroes
By Joyce Pañares ACCORDING to Nick Joaquin, there are two crucial documents in the birth of the Filipino nation: the Malolos Constitution and the printed menu for the Malolos banquet on Sept. 29, 1898. The “high-style” banquet was Next page
FREEDOM MENU. Invitation card to the September 29, 1898 Malolos banquet
issued by the Commission on Festivities. Retrato Collection of the Filipinas Heritage Library
"I DIE without seeing the dawn brighten over my native land. You who have it to see, welcome it—and forget not those who have fallen during the night!" Dr. José Rizal wrote these lines on the eve of his execution in Bagumbayan on Dec. 30, 1896. Scarcely did he know that
in two years’ time, independence would be declared against the Spanish conquistadores by Filipino revolutionaries. Earlier in August of the same year, Spanish authorities have gotten wind of the secret revolutionary organization, the Katipunan, under Next page