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VOL. XXXVIII • NO. 227• 3 SECTIONS 16 PAGES • P20 •MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2024 •
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VOL. XXXVIII • NO. 246• 4 SECTIONS 20 PAGES • P20 •SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2024 •
Residents of Iloilo City witnessed the Perigean Full Moon (Super Moon) Thursday evening. It was the largest and brightest Super Moon so far this year. A Super Moon occurs when the full moon or new moon happens when the moon is closest to the Earth.Arnold Almacen
INSIDE A 6-PAGE Gov’t readies TECH 8TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE SECTIONS C & D P1.48b aid as AI TODAY, 'Julian' strengthens TOMORROW PAGASA
THE government has readied P1.48 billion worth of aid for communities that may be hit hard by typhoon ‘Julian’ which PAGASA says could turn into a supertyphoon. As of 5:00 PM on Sunday, PAGASA raised Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 3 over Batanes and the northeastern portion of Babuyan Islands. “’Julian’ is forecast to continue intensifying over the next 24-36 hours as it moves towards Batanes and/or Babuyan Islands. With the current trend in its intensification, the possibility of reaching super typhoon category is not ruled out,” PAGASA said in its advisory. Meanwhile, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said that Maricel Cruzfamily food aBy total of 1.9 V. million packs worth P1.48 billion, other HOUSE frommillion, across and the food items leaders worth P276 political spectrum made clear that they non-food items (NFIs) worth P919 were notwere amused with Vice President million already prepared by SaraDepartment Duterte's of offensive remarks the Social Welfare against the President and his family and Development (DSWD). during Fridaymillion press conference. SomeherP171 in standby Viceavailable President not fund“It’s is also forDuterte, utilization President Marcos, who hasP123 failedmilas a by the DSWD, including leader. She can mismanaged public funds lion which be allotted as Quick and let theFund Department Response (QRF) of in Education the cen(DepEd) apart under her watch,” tral officefall of the DSWD. Senior DeputytheSpeaker Aurelio In Batanes, Provincial DiGonzales out. and Managesaster Riskpointed Reduction Next page ment Office (PDRRMO) advised residents to secure their roofs and install window shutters as Typhoon Julian is expected to make landfall
VP hits Marcos leadership; Solons call Sara Palace ignores 2-hour rant ‘desperate‘ after T Speaker grateful for PMA Class '83 vote of confidence in Quad Comm
By Rio N. Araja
HE Philippine National Police (PNP) is reopening its investigation into the 2020 murder of Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) board secretary Wesley Barayuga.
Sara warns to exhume, toss into WPS his father's remains
On Sunday, PNP Chief Police Vice President General Rommel Francisco MarSara Duterte bil said he ordered the reopening of the cold case after whistleblower Police Lt. Col. Santie Mendoza told the House Quad Committee that he helped carry out the killing at the behest of ex-PCSO general manager Royina Garma. Mendoza narrated before congressmen how Garma allegedly facilitated the PCSO official’s roadside assassination on July 30, 2020 by providing the necessary information about his schedule, details about his vehicle and the funding necessary to carry it out. The whistleblower also implicated incumbent National Police Commissioner Edilberto Leonardo in the planning of the murder. Barayuga was a retired police general and lawyer who supposedly threatened to expose corruption within the PCSO shortly before he was shot dead in Mandaluyong City. Garma, herself an ex-police Lt. Colonel, allegedly gained the top spot at the PCSO because of her in-
By Rachelle Tonelada and Charles Dantes
ICE President Sara Duterte on Friday attacked the leadership of President Marcos, baring her fangs at his entire family with a threat to exhume the remains of the late President Ferdinand Marcos Sr.
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"It is not my fault we are on this road to hell. Our sitting President is incompetent. How is that my fault?" she said during a two-
hour press conference where she did most of the talking. Duterte said she warned Senator Imee Marcos she will dig
up and toss the remains of the late President into the West Philippine Sea if they keep on attacking her. She also disclosed she once daydreamed of decapitating Mr. Marcos after the latter reportedly declined to give his watch to a cadet who asked for it as graduation gift. "One of these days, I will go there. I will get the body of your father and throw it in the West Philippine Sea," Duterte said. Next page
tirade vs. PBBM
ARAL law aims toPHaddress gaps lobbies UN infor education Security Next page
A WEB OF CRIME? House leaders Aurelio Gonzales and David Suarez presented this matrix during the last QUAD Comm hearing which shows the operations of a criminal syndicate allegedly led by fugitive Michael Yang, then economic adviser of former President Rodrigo Duterte, that controlled the illegal activities of the POGOs and was involved in the drug trade and extrajudicial killings.
Yang's lawyer mocks probers amid heated inquiry
Council seat
By Charles Dantes
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos on THE Philippine government on Friday signed into law the Academic Sunday publicly called for the UnitRecovery and Accessible Learning ed Nations (UN) to give it a seat on (ARAL) Program Bill which aims to the UN Security Council, highlightaddress learning gaps in the country’s ing the country’s strong record and educational system. dedication to upholding the rule of "We gather to provide every law. child in the country with the eduDepartment of Foreign Affairs cation they deserve," he said in a (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo in speech at the ceremonial signing at a speech delivered at the UN Genthe Palace. eral Assembly in New York said the The ARAL law offers support to Philippines continues to emphasize learners from Kindergarten to Grade the “importance of upholding the 10 in public schools who are strugrule of law and the integrity of the gling with essential competencies or multilateral system in the face of tore-entering the education system after day’s global challenges.” Next page a hiatus. Quoted by reports, Manalo also said: “The Philippines has consistently pursued peace, the sovereign equality of states, the rights and dignity of all persons.” He added that the country is also recognized as the “first Asian Re-
THE legal counsel of Chinese adviser of former President Rodrigo of illegal drugs and illegal activities businessman Tony Yang sought to Duterte. associated with POGOs,” Suarez said disparage lawmakers’ conclusions Fortun, a lawyer who often finds in a mixture of Filipino and English. Next page about his client’s supposedly himself at the center high-profile The solons explained how the sketchy past and his alleged ties cases, apparently sought to mock matrix details Yang’s connections to with Philippine Overseas Gaming congressmen, calling their probe other individuals involved in illicit Operators (POGOs) and even “unacceptable.” activities, including the operations of organized crime. However, House members argued illegal POGOs. Lawyer Raymond Fortun they did not come by their suspicions Among the companies implicated questioned the House Quad about Yang recklessly. are Brickhartz Technology Inc. Committee’s impartiality and its On Friday, Senior Deputy Speaker and Xionwei Technology Co. Ltd., 'ARAL' LAW. President Ferdinand R.ability Marcosto Jr.pin signs the Academic Accessible Learning ARAL Law in a ceremony Palace on Chinese nationalRecovery Yang andAurelio Gonzales Jr.Act oforPampanga which areat Malacañan being linked to alleged Friday, October 18, 2024. Standing as witness President Francis Escudero,and House Speaker Martin Romualdez, Department of Education Secretary Sonny downare forSenate ay wrongdoing in a real Deputy Speaker David Suarez of kidnapping. Angara, Senate Majority Leader Senator criminal Francis Tolentino, Roman Romulo,showing Marikina City 2nd District Stella court. Pasig City Lone District Representative Quezon presented a matrix The twoRepresentative firms supposedly Quimbo, and other government officials. PPA “I Pool am very interested in how they Yang’s first appearance and his have connections with the Baofu [Quad Comm members] can prove subsequent activities at the Quad Compound in Bamban, Tarlac, this criminal network in court. In Comm hearing. which, in turn, can be directly traced Congress, lawmakers act as both “We saw a pattern, and we tracked to disgraced ex-mayor Alice Guo. TALKS. Speaker prosecutor and judge,” he said. it toCORDIAL the top of these corporations... During Friday’s Quad Comm Romualdez Yang, who already admitted we Ferdinand stripped itMartin of itsG.layers , to get to hearing, lawmakers cited Tony Yang a cordial conversation having a fake Philippine birth the engages top andinthrough it all, we have in contempt for “lying” to about his with World Economic Forum (WEF) certificate, is the brother of Michael discovered and identified at least two businesses and business partners. President Borge Brende. The Speaker Yang, a presidential economic main actors in thelast issue Next page visited the or WEFplayers Headquarters Next page and intelligence funds (CIFs) while By Maricel V. Cruz October 16 on the sidelines of his serving as education secretary. participation in the 149th InterPoa, who resigned from the DepEd FORMER Department of Education Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly with Duterte and now serves as the in Geneva, Switzerland as head of the (DepEd) Undersecretary Michael Philippine delegation. The Speaker Office of the Vice President's (OVP) Poa admitted during Thursday’s had represented President Ferdinand spokesperson, clarified that the congressional hearing that Vice R. Marcos, Jr. during the 2023 WEF responsibility for managing CIFs President Sara Duterte had direct Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland BAUTISTA Next page control over the agency’s confidential where he showcased the economic centgains Trinidad told reporters that By Rex Espiritu of the country and promoted Manila troops did not monitor the Philippines as an ideal hub for PASKONG PINOY AT SM By Darwin Amojelar anyforeign such activity, adding that Beiinvestments. THE Philippine Navy debunked MALL OF ASIA. A Paskong Pinoy jing’s statement was meant only on Sunday the recent announceChristmas launch was held at SM Mall TRANSPORTATION Secretary Jaime for its internal audience. of Asia with the Manila Philharmonic ment by China that it conducted Bautista denied an online news report “Our troops did not observe Orchestrathat and Stell of P-Pop group military exercises off Bajo de claiming Malacañang was angry any exercise, we have to underSB19 last Thursday. From November to Masinloc, also known as Scarborwith the increase in airport fees without December 2024, enjoy weekend fireworks stand that sometimes, China is ough Shoal, in the West Philipthe approval of the Cabinet members. at SM By the Bay, meet Santa Claus, shop doing this for their internal audipine Sea (WPS). Bilyonaryo article and is join maliat “The the Pinoy Christmas Market, ence, right? For them not to look China reportedly made the ancious andofunfounded,” Bautista the Bears Joy donation drive at thesaid weak and embarrassed,” Trinidad nouncement coinciding with the inCentral a Viber message, referring the Atrium. At the launch wereto (from said. fourth Multilateral Maritime Cowebsite that SM published the Senior said story. AWARD. Hans Sy, Chairman of the Executive Committee of SM Prime Holdings, left to right)): Mall of Asia Two Chinese warships were operative Activity between the was honored by the Philippine Retailers Association (PRA) with its Outstanding Assistant ViceisPresident for Operations “Bilyonaryo inconsistent,” he added. monitored at aMarcos distance ranging Philippines, Australia, Japan, Filipino Retailers President Award forcerhis visionary retail development. Perkin So, Pasay City Mayor Emi CalixtoDuring his speech at Friday's PRESIDENT lauded Senate Bilyonaryo reported online that Byleadership MaricelinV. Cruz from eight to 14 nautical miles. (From leftsigning to right): PRA Director and Director of SM Retail Jorge T. Mendiola, PRA Rubiano, SM Supermalls President Steven New Zealand, and the United President Francis Escudero for trying emonial of the Academic “Bautista and his long-time protege in One of these up toreconcilia1,000 Vice President President and COO of Golden, ABC, Inc. (The Penshoppe Group) Tan, Santa Claus, SM Supermalls Assistant States within Manila’s exclusive to bring aboutwent "political Recovery andand Accessible Learning Philippine Airlines, Undersecretary for HOUSE of Representatives Minority Alice T. Liu, SM Prime Holdings Chairman of the Executive Committee Hans T. Sy, yards at the MMCA site but evenVice President for Special Events and economic zone (EEZ) in the re(ARAL) Law, Mr. Marcos pointed out tion" by setting up a brief exchange of Aviation and Airports Bobby Lim, are Leader and(Toby’s 4PsSports) party-list PRA President and Chairman of Quorum International, Inc. Roberto Rep. Tenant Marketing Hanna Carinna Sy, Stell tually went between away. “It wasandnot gional waters over the weekend. that the meeting Escudero arranged pleasantries himself foratofthe center of the storm after it was Marcelino Libanan yesterday S. Claudio, and PRA Director and President of Sportshouse Int’l. Leisure, Inc. and urged SB19, an d SM Supermalls Executive threatening, just normal,” accordPhilippine Navy Spokesperson mer Vice President Leni Robredo at an Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to helped soothe hurt feelings arising proponent of PRA OFR President’s Award MarsPresident C. Chua Vice President for Marketing Jonjon San for WPS Rear Admiral Roy VinNext page Next page event in Sorsogon City on Thursday. Next page Next page Agustin.
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Sara had ‘direct control‘ over DepEd intel funds—OVP spox
Navy spokes debunks China claim of military exercises in Scarborough shoal
Chiz extolled for initiative to end PBBM-Leni rivalry
Solon asks PBBM to form fact-finding body to probe EJKs