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Political leaders criticize VP Sara’s ‘outburst, drama’ By Rio Araja, Ralph Rirao and ing the lives of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, First Lady Liza Vince Lopez
VOL. XXXVIII • NO. 283 • 3 SECTIONS 16 PAGES • P20 • MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Araneta-Marcos, and Speaker Martin LEADERS from across the politi- Romualdez. House Senior Deputy Speaker Aurelio cal spectrum assailed Vice President Next page Sara Duterte for publicly threaten-
DOJ to probe VP’s ‘kill’ claim NSA says all threats vs. President ‘a matter of nat’l security’
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HE Department of Justice is investigating the statement of Vice President Sara Duterte that she contracted an assassin to kill President Marcos, First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos, and Speaker Martin Romualdez if she is suddenly murdered. “The matter is now subject to an ongoing investigation. If the evidence warrants, this could lead to eventual prosecution,” the DOJ said in a statement released by the Presidential Communications Office on Sunday. National Bureau of Investigation Director
Jaime Santiago said the Vice President’s video was not manipulated or generated using artificial intelligence. During a press conference via Zoom early Saturday morning, Duterte issued the threat Next page
NSA Eduardo Año
Justice Secretary Jesus Remulla
Ex-IBP president Domingo Cayosa
Remark on First Couple, Speaker spawned by security fears—Sara By Rachelle Tonelada VICE President Sara Duterte sought to clarify what she really meant in her online confession about plotting to murder President Marcos, First Lady Liza Marcos and House Speaker Martin Romualdez, saying her remarks were “not a threat” and were made out of
PRIZED POSSESSIONS. A resident of Isla Puting Bato in Tondo, Manila is seen on a makeshift raft with his prized possessions – statues of the Virgin Mary and the Sto. Niño as a massive fire left at least 2,000 families homeless on Sunday, November 24, 2024. (Story on A2) Norman Cruz
fear for her security. “I don’t think the volume was turned on low during my Zoom press conference. I said if I am killed… What I meant… in the first place, there is a threat against me. But they simply do not care that I am also concerned about my security because I hear things,” Next page
KEEPING WATCH. Vice President Sara Duterte is joined by Senators Bong Go and
Ronald dela Rosa in watching over Duterte’s chief of staff, Zuleika Lopez, at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City. Facebook page of Sen. Dela Rosa
Comelec eyes clearer party-list guidelines
VP supporters stage protests denouncing Lopez’s detention
THE decision to scrap retired poll commissioner Rowena Guanzon’s substitution as P3PWD party-list nominee in 2022 has paved the way for clearer guidelines on how the Party-list Law should be amended, the Commission on Elections on Sunday said. Comelec chairman George Garcia said the poll body will make use of the Supreme Court’s decision to push for amendments on the existing policies on party-list groups, specifically when it comes to the substitution of nominees. “We will make a way to push for the amendment of our existing policies on party-list groups, especially on the
By Cherrie Anne Villahermosa
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OUTSTANDING ALUMNI. Manila Standard managing editor Joyce Pañares (fourth from left) is among the three distinguished alumni of the University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication honored with the 2024 Glory Awards on Saturday, November 23, 2024. The other awardees are radio veteran Willy Inong (third from left) and advertising director Mandy Reyes (right). They are joined by UPCMC Alumni Association board member Jingjing Romero, UP President Angelo Jimenez, and UP Diliman Chancellor Carlo Vistan.
STALWARTS of the Duterte administration joined Vice President Sara Duterte in a vigil at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) supposedly intended to ensure the well-being of detained Office of the Vice President chief of staff Zuleika Lopez. The presence of the Vice President and her father’s two closest officials, Senators Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa and Christopher “Bong” Go has also caused a crowd of Duterte supporters to launch a protest action outside the hospital in North Avenue, Quezon City. A similar activity is also being held at Rizal Park in Davao City, where protesters wore black shirts to dramatize their disapproval for Next page