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PH, US SIGN PACT ON CLASSIFIED INFO SHARING By Rex Espiritu and Charles Dantes of Military Information Agreement foundational agreement for other poTHE Philippines and the United States signed a landmark agreement to streamline the real-time sharing of classified information and defense technology cooperation amid China’s growing influence in the region. On Monday, the General Security
(GSOMIA) was signed at Camp Aguinaldo by U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his counterpart, Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr., during the former’s visit to the Philippines. The GSOMIA establishes a legal framework for protecting Classified Military Information and serves as “a
tential security agreements,” the Department of National Defense (DND) said in a message to reporters. “While it does not obligate either nation to share information, it simplifies and accelerates the process when necessary. The agreement does not expire Next page
VOL. XXXVIII • NO. 277 • 3 SECTIONS 16 PAGES • P20 • TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2024
COURTESY CALL. President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. poses with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd James Austin III who called on the President at the Malacanang palace after signing an information sharing and defense technology agreement with Defense Secretary Gibo Teodoro. Revoli S. Cortez
8 dead in super typhoon’s wake Not unusual? ‘Marce,’ ‘Nika,’ ‘Ofel,’ ‘Pepito’ also hit PH in 2020
By Rio N. Araja, Rex Espiritu, and Vito Barcelo
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IGHT people died as Super Typhoon “Pepito” barreled across Luzon over the weekend befor it left the Philippine area of responsibility Monday afternoon. Seven people – including an 8-year-old child – died and three were injured when a landslide buried their house in Nueva Vizcaya province in Luzon, Christian Sevilla,from the Nueva Vizcaya Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office told dzBB. Sevilla said all the victims were members of the same family after heavy rains caused their house at Sitio Hukhukyong in Barangay Labang to collapse. A 79-year-old man was also killed in Camarines Norte after his motorbike was caught in a power line, police said. “Pepito” was the sixth storm to hit the country in a span of three weeks, and the fourth to simultaneously hit the area Next page
ILAGAN DELUGE. Heavy rains spawned by Super
Typhoon ‘Pepito’ left scores of homes submerged (top right photo) in Ilagan, Isabela. The flooding was exacerbated by the reported release of water by Magat Dam. In Bagabag, Nueva Vizcaya, the flooding drowned cattle (botoom left photo) while residents of Hiyop, Pandan, in Catanduanes appealed for help as they begin to recover from Pepito’s wrath. AFP, Francisco Eugenio Bayatan, Papadan Bagay.
Series of storms make life harder for over 1m Pinoys By Rex Espiritu
Lawmakers demand appearance of VP’s elusive staff By Maricel V. Cruz
In a press conference on Monday, the House Committee on Good Government HOUSE leaders are resorting to extreme and Public Accountability warned that it measures to compel real or imagined staff would order the arrest of Duterte’s chief of members of Vice President Sara Duterte to staff, lawyer Zuleika Lopez if she continues to snub the panel’s summons. appear before an investigating panel.
DOJ task force probing Rody’s drug war eyes criminal raps THE Department of Justice (DOJ) is eyeing the possibility of charging former President Rodrigo Duterte with a violation of Republic Act No. 9851 or the International Humanitarian Law. DOJ Secretary Crispin Remulla also confirmed that the Gov’t seeks extradition DOJ task force tapped to inof Garma from US vestigate the previous administration’s so-called “war on NEWS / A2 drugs” is specifically investigating the former president. The DOJ task force was created to prosecute the perpetrators of extrajudicial killings during the war on drugs. Remulla, quoted by ABS-CBN News, stressed the “spirit of complementarity,” as the International Criminal Court (ICC) is also conducting its investigation into the possible crimes against humanity in Next page
However, lawmakers still expressed hope that Lopez would show up voluntarily to shed light on the alleged misuse of P612.5 million in confidential and intelligence funds of the Office of the Vice President Next page
THR EE consecutive tropical cyclones in a span of 10 days have made life harder for over one million Filipinos across several provinces. Storms “Nika,” “Ofel,” and “Pepito” affected a total of 1,145,942 people or 295,576 families, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. The series of weather disturbances to pummel the country also displaced at least 685,071 individuals, forcing them to seek temporary shelter in many Luzon regions, including Ilocos, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, Mimaropa, Bicol, and the Cordillera Administrative Region. When Tropical Storm “Nika” made landfall in Dilasag, Aurora on November 11, strong winds damaged several houses. Next page
OFFICIAL VISIT.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet welcomes Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez at Raffles Grand Hotel D’Angkor in Siem Reap Cambodia where they held a meeting yesterday afternoon. Speaker Romualdez is on a two-day official trip to Cambodia to pursue the commitment of both countries to enhance cooperation in rice trade, tourism, security, and defense.
Oil firms lower prices by as much as P.90/l By Alena Mae S. Flores THE oil firms cut pump prices by as much as P0.90 per liter effective 6am Tuesday to reflect the movement of prices in the world oil market. The oil firms implemented a price rollback of P0.90 per liter for kerosene, P0.85 per liter for gasoline and P0.75 per liter for diesel, driven by several factors such as the decision of Next page