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VOL. XXXVIII • NO. 132 • 3 SECTIONS 16 PAGES • P20 • THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 2024
PH protests China’s illegal actions in WPS We have the law on our side—DFA
Lucky Chinatown
Manalo said the note verbale has already been sent to the Chinese Embassy in Manila. He likewise confirmed that he has already spoken with Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian regarding the deliberate ramming that cause one Filipino soldier to lose his thumb, but declined to provide details of the conversation. "We are committed to peace and stability and we will do whatever we can to promote that without sac sacrificing our sovereign rights,” he said. NEWS / A2 “We have the sign of the law on our side, that is why I am optimis optimistic,” Manalo added. Manalo said the Philippines has remained consistent in its maritime claims in the South China Sea. Next page
By Rachelle Tonelada and Rex Espiritu
The country’s first and only museum dedicated to the world’s oldest Chinatown, the Chinatown Museum, is located at Lucky Chinatown. It sits on the fourth level of the mall, right across Hotel Lucky Chinatown, and features a total of 18 galleries containing replicas, photos, and a variety of art installations— including a life-sized tranvia—that chronicle the transformation of Binondo, Manila into a bustling commercial district.
HE Philippines filed a diplomatic protest over a brutal incident in Ayungin Shoal between ‘Monster’ ship Filipino troops and China sails near El Nido Coast Guard (CCG) and maritime militia personnel on June 17, Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo said Wednesday.
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Marcos okays P16.1 b digital infra project By Charles Dantes
ZERO HUNGER. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is joined DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian in honoring 10 LGUs for their outstanding anti-hunger initiatives
during the Walang Gutom Awards ceremony at the Ceremonial Hall of the Malacanang Palace on June 26, 2024. The award aims to recognize and replicate successful practices addressing food security and nutrition challenges, contributing to the goal of eradicating involuntary hunger by 2027. Each winning LGU will recieve a PhP2 million funding allocation from the DSWD's Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP). The award criteria include impact on food security, community engagement, innovation, resilience, sustainability, and service delivery efficiency. In his speech, the President said that he wanted zero hunger as his administration's legacy. Yummie Dingding / PPA Pool
Duterte trio’s Senate run gets mixed reviews By Macon Ramos-Araneta and Maricel Cruz THE unexpected disclosure by Vice President Sara Duterte of the Senate
plans of her father and two siblings has drawn mixed reactions. Senate President Francis Escudero on Wednesday said it is the right of former President Rodrigo Duterte and his two sons- Davao City Rep. Paolo
Risa discovers another ‘Alice Leal Guo’ By Macon Ramos-Araneta SENATE Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday raised the possibility that Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Leal Guo could have
stolen another person’s identity after investigations revealed a woman bearing the same name, birthday, and birthplace with the suspended local chief executive.
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IDENTITY CHECK. These two photos are purportedly those of Alice Leal Guo which were presented during the Senate committee hearings held by Senators Risa Hontiveros and Sherwin Gatchalian.
HEMODIALYSIS FACILITY AT NKTI
EALA BOOSTS WIMBY STINT
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SPORTS / A8
Duterte and Davao City Mayor Sebastian Duterte to run for senators in next year's elections. Escudero also said it is the right of the public to choose the candidates
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos has approved the flagship P16.1-billion digital infrastructure project that aims to complete the national fiber backbone and enhance internet connectivity down to the grassroots. In a press briefing, Department of Information and Communications Technology Secretary Ivan Uy said the initiative is the largest of its kind in the country, The government previously launched the first phase of the project in April, connecting Baler to Laoag and Metro Manila. This year, phases two and three will extend the fiber backbone from Metro Manila to Southern Luzon, and the project will further involve laying submarine cables to link the Visayas and Mindanao regions. In addition to expanding the national fiber backbone, the loan will
No plans to run for Senate, will focus on district—Speaker By Maricel V. Cruz
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Chiz says Bato can decline invite to EJK hearing SENATE President Francis Escudero on Wednesday said it is up to Senator Ronald Dela Rosa to heed the House invitation to attend the hearing on the bloody drug war during the administration of former President Rodrigo Duterte. Escudero noted that inter-chamber courtesy dictates that the House may issue invites to members of the Senate. However, Escudero emphasized that the House cannot and should not issue a compulsory process against a member of a co-equal chamber. The same rules, Escudero said, apply to the Senate vis-a-vis House members. "It is an invite, and the invitee may voluntarily go or decide not to," Escudero said. Next page
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FUTURE HEMODIALYSIS BUILDING.
Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez leads the ground breaking ceremony of the new 13 Story Hemodialysis building inside the National Kidney Transplant Institute (NKTI) compound in Quezon City Wednesday morning (See story on Page 2). Ver Noveno
SPEAKER Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez said he has no intention of running for the Senate in the 2025 midterm elections. 'Maybe I’ll just stay in the 1st district of Leyte. I’ll just do my work because there’s still a lot to be done in the district,” he told reporters in an impromptu interview after the groundbreaking ceremonies for the new hemodialysis building at the National Kidney Transplant Institute (NKTI). The House leader is on a third and final term as Leyte 1st district representative next year. Romualdez also shrugged off questions about the possibility of running for President in the 2028 elections. "That's still far," he said.