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Speaker brings biggest Bagong Pilipinas caravan to Tacloban By Ronald O. Reyes VOL. XXXVIII • NO. 168• 3 SECTIONS 16 PAGES • P20 •FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 2024 •
PH won’t block Interpol arrest
TACLOBAN CITY—The Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fair, a flagship project of the Marcos Administration, will be held in Tacloban City on August 2-3 to serve residents of the six provinces of Eastern Visayas. House Speaker Martin Romualdez earlier said that with the opening of the 3rd regular session of the 19th Congress, they will also start a new chapter in the launching of Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Caravan all over the country.
He will spearhead the fair’s opening ceremonies today (Friday), which is touted as “the biggest and grandest staging of the service caravan in terms of the total value of services to be delivered [and] in the number of lawmakers attending the event.” For his part, Tacloban City Mayor Alfred Romualdez urged the public to take advantage of the services being offered at the fair, which is being held at the Leyte Normal University campus. “I invite you to participate and Next page
DOJ: Manila has duty to cooperate if body runs after Rody, others in bloody drug war
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USTICE Secretary Jesus Remulla said the country is duty-bound to help Interpol in case it serves an arrest warrant against former President Rodrigo Duterte and others named in the International Criminal Court's investigation into the drug war deaths during the past administration. "We respect Interpol's actions 99.9 percent of the time," Remulla said, referring to the International Criminal Police Organization that facilitates worldwide police operation and crime control.
"If a problem arises, they (ICC) will bring it to Interpol. We are members of Interpol, and we do not block any movement of Interpol unless a policy contradicts our international commitments. The future issue at
hand now is that if a warrant of arrest is issued – it's Interpol's job to serve it, and we have a duty to Interpol," he added. Remulla said under the principle of comity, the government will not obstruct anything as long as it does not violate the country’s laws. "The principle of comity dictates that we remain friendly and do not block any legal actions they undertake. If they engage in illegal activities, then we will not tolerate that if they violate our laws," he said. Next page
EYES ON THE QUARTERFINALS. Filipina boxer Nesthy Petecio seeks to
secure a place in the quarterfinals during her bout against French competitor Amin Zidani in the women's 57kg preliminaries Round of 16 on Friday (Saturday dawn, Manila time). Photo shows Petecio celebrating after winning against India's Jaismine Lamboria at the North Paris Arena on July 30, 2024. AFP
Petecio seeks quarterfinals slot in bout vs. hometown bet By Riera U. Mallari
Jaismine Lamboria to school in a masterful 5-0 triumph on Tuesday. She is expected to encounter some resistance PARIS (Via PLDT Home) – The Philipthis time from pines’ Nesthy PeZidani – and tecio tries to build the hometown on her impressive crowd – when opening-bout win she shoots for a as she shoots for a second straight place in the quarvictory in these terfinals when she games. takes on homeThe 30-yeartown bet Amin Frenchold French NEWS / A2 Zidani in a Round feathwoman, a feath of 16, 57-kg bout erweight gold at the North Paris medallist at the 2023 European Games, Arena at 8 p.m. (12 midnight Saturday, where she earned qualification for the Manila time). Paris 2024 Olympic Games, is a sixLooking every inch like the Tokyo time French national champion from Olympic silver medalist that she is, the Next page 2016 to 2021. 32-year-old Petecio took Indian foe
Megaworld offers P24-m condo each to Filipino Olympic gold medalists
THIRD TANKER. Members of the Philippine Coast Guard and PDRRMO-Bataan conduct a shoreline assessment in
the vicinity waters of Sitio Quiapo in Mariveles, Bataan where minimal oil sheens were seen after MV Mirola 1 ran aground near the shore on Wednesday. MV Mirola is the third tanker to sink nearby after MT Terra Nova sank off the waters of Limay and the motorized tanker 'Jason Bradley' sank near Barangay Cabcaben also in Mariveles.
Tanker’s oil siphoning delayed for 2 weeks By Vince Lopez, Dennis Abrina and Othel Campos THE Philippine Coast Guard on Thursday said siphoning operations of the oil from the sunken vessel MT Terra Nova will begin "not later than two weeks from now."
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources also reported that preliminary results from its fish sampling indicate some degree of petrochemical tainting in fish samples from Noveleta and Rosario in Cavite following the oil spill. However, fish samples from Tanza, Cavite City, and Naic remained
free from contamination at this time. In a statement, the PCG said that all valves and “high-level alarm pipes” of the tanker, which was carrying approximately 1.4 million liters of oil, have been capped while the working barge and receiving tanker to be used in the recovery operation have been positioned on site. Next page
‘PUV modernization on track despite Senate bid to delay it‘ By Darwin G. Amojelar, Rio N. Araja and Macon Ramos-Araneta THE Department of Transportation (DOTr) said it will push through with the nationwide Public Transport Modernization Program despite senators’ efforts to suspend its implementation, saying most of the transport sector members have already signed up for the program. Transportation Undersecretary for Road Transport and Infrastructure Je-
sus Ferdinand Ortega said the agency would enforce President Marcos’ directive to proceed with the PTMP after the deadline for consolidation lapsed last April 30. “All transport sector stakeholders who wish to take part in the program are already on board. No one was left behind. On the part of DOTr, we were given a marching order by the President… we are 100 percent ready to go (ahead with modernization),” he said. He said the issue of modernization is focused on commuter-safety and comfort. Next page
Comelec to file misrepresentation case vs. suspended Mayor Guo By Vito Barcelo, Maricel V. Cruz, Macon Ramos-Araneta and Joel E. Zurbano THE Commission on Elections is set to file criminal cases against suspended Bamban Mayor Alice Guo after the poll body found sufficient evidence for alleged misrepresentation in her certificate of candidacy. According to the Comelec panel investigating the embattled mayor, the fingerprints of Guo and Chinese national "Guo Hua Ping" matched. The poll body's chairman, George
Garcia, said the Comelec en banc could issue a resolution concerning the case this week. “[The Comelec] finds sufficient factual basis to proceed with the preliminary investigation and thus respectfully recommends that this department be directed to file a motu proprio complaint and conduct a preliminary investigation against Mayor Alice Guo/Guo Hua Ping for material misrepresentation in violation of Section 74 in relation to Section 262 of the Omnibus Election Code,” Garcia said. As this developed, a joint inquiry by the House Committees on Public Next page
ANNIVERSARY MASS. BPI celebrates its 173rd anniversary with a mass presided over by Manila Archbishop Jose Advincula. Beside him are BPI chairman Jaime Augusto Zobel De Ayala (left) and BPI President and CEO TG Limcaoco (right).