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GATCHALIAN SAYS POGOS HAVE TURNED PH INTO ‘MONEY LAUNDERING HUB’ By Macon Ramos-Araneta
VOL. XXXVIII • NO. 150• 3 SECTIONS 16 PAGES • P20 •MONDAY, JULY 15, 2024 •
THE presence of illegitimate online gaming operations has apparently turned the Philippines into a “money laundering hub,” Senator Sherwin Gatchalian lamented Sunday, after billions of pesos in suspicious transactions entered the country’s financial system. Gatchalian issued the statement following the Anti-Money Laundering Council’s (AMLC) revelation that billions of pesos from several
Trump hurt but defiant after failed slay attempt 20-year old shooter, 1 supporter killed; 2 others hurt
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UTLER, United States— Donald Trump was hit in the ear in an assassination attempt by a gunman at a campaign rally Saturday, in a chaotic and shocking incident set to supercharge political tensions ahead of the polarizing US presidential election.
Marcos sends well wishes to injured Trump PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. joined world leaders in extending his well wishes to former US president Donald Trump who survived an assasination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler, United States. “It is with great relief that we receive the news that former President Donald Trump is fine and well after the attempt to assassinate him,” President Marcos said on his official X account (formerly Twitter). “Our thoughts and prayers are with him and his family,” the President added. President Marcos said the Philippines condemns all forms of political violence. He emphasized the supremacy of the voice of the people. “Together with all democracy loving peoples around the world, we condemn all forms of political violence. The voice of the people must always remain supreme,” he said.
By Rio N. Araja THE ‘Young Guns’ bloc of the House of Representatives called for an investigation into the reported manufacturing of fake birth certificates in Davao del Sur that allegedly serves the interests of Chinese nationals. In a statement on Sunday, the group stressed that “there must be no fake Filipinos.” They expressed outrage over a report from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) about an office churning out fake birth certificates for Chinese nationals that sprouted in a Davao del Sur town. Next page
DEFIANT ONE. A defiant Former President
Donald Trump raises his clenched fist as Secret Service agents swarm around him after he was shot by a 20-year old assassin during a rally. AFP
WAGE HIKE OUTSIDE NCR PRESSED NEWS / A7
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PH Navy supports the filing of fresh petitions vs. China A PHILIPPINE Navy official said the service is fully supporting the government's plan to file new petitions against China’s aggression in the South China Sea before the United Nations. Rear Admiral Roy Vincent Trinidad, spokesperson, Philippine Navy for the West Philippine Sea, said they support the government's plan as a reaction to Chinese harassment. “The government has been receiving advice to file new petitions aginst China before the UN for their ongoing harassment and it is considering this China instead is telling us not to but talk instead, ” Trinidad said In an interview with Super Radyo dzBB on Sunday. The navy official said he believes that whatever issues there are between the two countries should be brought to a court of law. “If it were up to me, we should file a petition. Because China is afraid of us filing it. They would be embarrassed by it,” Trinidad added. Former Supreme Court Justice
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‘Young Guns’ probing bogus birth cert mill
The 78-year-old former president was rushed off stage with blood streaked across his face after the shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania, while the shooter and a bystander were killed and two spectators critically injured. The Republican candidate raised a defiant fist to the crowd as he was bundled away to safety, and said af afterward: "I was shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear." President Joe Biden, who is set to face Trump in November's deeply polarized election, said the incident was "sick" and added that there was "no place in America for this kind of violence." Biden later spoke to Trump, the White House said. 20-year old gunman The FBI has identified
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entities based in China allegedly flowed into the 36 bank accounts under the name of suspended Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo or Guo Hua Ping. The bulk of the funds were deposited from 2019 to 2022, the period when the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) hub—which authorities raided last March—was being constructed. Gatchalian said the AMLC should have reported these transactions sooner.
Francis Jardeleza has advocated filing a second arbitral case against China in the West Philippine Sea, specifically for destruction of the environment in seven reefs. “Among the main conclusions of the arbitral tribunal award of July 2016 was that China caused, through its land reclamation and construction of artificial islands, installations, and structures, severe, irreparable harm to the coral reef system at Mischief Reef, Cuarteron Reef, Firefly Cross Reef, Gaven Reef (North), Johnson Reef, Hughes Reef, and Subi Reef," said Jardeleza who was solicitor general when the Philippines filed the case against China in 2013. “There is nothing therefore for us to prove insofar as the arbitral court is concerned because we have shown that China has caused irreparable harm to the coral reef system in seven reefs and destroyed their natural condition... We have different views of how much the damage is. The important thing is we should collate all of these,” he said. Next page
House committed to pass P6.3-t budget– Speaker By Rio N. Araja A WEEK before President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) and the resumption of sessions, Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Sunday assured that the House of
Representatives is committed to passing the 2025 national budget. At the same time, the House will also be addressing the remaining Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council priority bills and possible additional key SONA measures. Next page
KREMLIN REJECTS US MISSILES IN EUROPE WORLD / A6
PH ramps up rice imports to fill supply gap By Othel V. Campos
SONNY ANGARA FITS THE EDUCATION CHIEF TO A TEE BUSINESS/ A4
THE Philippines has ramped up rice imports in the first five months of 2024, reaching 2.3 million tons, according to data from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS). The surge in imports comes alongside a strategic shift in sourcing, with the Philippines looking for other sources other than the traditional supplier, Vietnam. While Vietnam remains the country's largest supplier with 1.8 million metric tons (MT), Thailand, Myanmar, and Pakistan have collectively contributed over 430,000 tons of rice to the Philippines' import total, so fa, this year. Next page