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Four Filipinos missing in Myanmar after quake But Embassy denies report of 10 Pinoys killed in Thailand By Rex Espiritu and Rio N. Araja
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OUR Filipinos, including a couple living in a collapsed residential building, remain unaccounted for in Myanmar following Friday's powerful earthquake, an official from tthe Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported on Sunday.
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Gov’t assisting Rody supporters jailed in Qatar THE government yesterday assured it is extending the necessary assistance to Filipinos who were arrested in Qatar for allegedly taking part in an unauthorized public demonstration. In a statement, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said it is “closely in touch” with Qatari authorities to monitor the case and ensure the welfare of the detained Filipinos. DMW Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac assured the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) of the department’s full assistance. “We assure you that we are continuing to serve and assist, under the leadership of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., to ensure the welfare and future of our OFWs and their families,” Cacdac said in Filipino. Cacdac reminded all OFWs to conform to the laws and customs Next page
"According to the latest data, four are unaccounted for,” DFA Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs Eduardo de Vega said in a radio interview. ""Two are husband and wife. Their residence was in a building that collapsed," he said. The four missing Filipinos are all professionals, either working as teachers or office workers, the DFA official noted. Meanwhile, the death toll in Myanmar from the earthquake has already exceeded 1,700 individuals and more than 3,000 injured, according to several reports. But the true scale of the disaster remains unclear in the isolated military-ruled state, and the toll is expected to rise significantly. Anti-junta fighters in the country Next page
PBBM thanks UAE for pardoning 115 Filipino convicts PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. extended his government’s gratitude to United Arab Emirates (UAE) President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan for granting clemency to 115 Filipino convicts during the Holy Month of Ramadan and Eid-Al-Fitr. In a statement released on late Saturday, Mr. Marcos said he was personally informed by the UAE Ambassador in Manila, Mohamed Obaid Alqataam Alzaabi, that 115 convicted Next page
WAITING GAME. Monks wait during search and rescue operations yesterday at a damaged temple in Mandalay, two days after an earthquake struck central Myanmar. Inset shows a destroyed temple on Inle Lake, taken and posted by Facebook user Sue Sue a day after an earthquake. AFP
It’s market, grocery items in VP Sara’s confi funds list—solon By Rio N. Araja HOUSE Deputy Majority Leader Paolo Ortega V of La Union on Sunday disclosed a new set of fictitious names allegedly listed as beneficiaries of Vice President S a r a
Duterte’s P500-million confidential funds. The development has further fueled suspicions that large sums of public money were allegedly funneled to fictitious individuals, he said, adding the new names bore an uncanny resemblance to food items
commonly found in the wet market and neighborhood groceries. Topping the list is Beverly Claire Pampano, referencing a popular fish sold nationwide, followed by Mico Harina whose surname translates to flour, Patty Ting and Ralph Josh Bacon which evoked burger staples,
and Sala Casim referring to kasim, a pork shoulder. “It seems this is a list of items in the market or grocery,” he said. The names of Pampano, Harina, Patty Ting, Bacon and Casim were submitted by the OVP to the Commission on Audit, he Next page cited.
Lack of victims’ names will not sway ICC in Rody’s favor By Rex Espiritu HUMAN rights lawyer Kristina Conti pushed back against Vice President Sara Duterte’s assertion that the International Criminal Court (ICC) case against former President Rodrigo
Duterte would fail due to the alleged lack of specific names of 30,000 victims. In her Facebook post, Conti argued that such perspective oversimplifies how international courts assess crimes against humanity.
“VP Sara has an incredible platform and huge opportunity to raise the level of the discussion to more than this,” Conti stated. “But this is a simplistic view that will convince many, but unfortunately, will not convince the court.” Next page
NO SURVIVORS. A two-seater Cessna plane lies in a swamp after it crashed near barangay Libsong East, Lingayen, Pangasinan yesterday morning. The pilot and a student pilot died instantly in the incident, according to police. Contributed photo
Pilot, trainee killed in Cessna plane crash By Joel Surban A TWO-SEATER Cessna crashed in the vicinity of Barangay Libsong East, in Lingayen, Pangasinan
around 8 a.m. on Sunday, March 30. The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) confirmed that a Cessna training aircraft with Next page
THE STANDARD CUP. The White Team whips the Orange Team 6-2 in the High Goal event of the Standard Cup yesterday in
Makati City. Inigo Zobel (4th from left), Marty Romualdez, Congressman Sandro Marcos, Ignacio O’Dwyer, Andrew Romualdez receive the winner's cup during the awarding ceremonies held at the Enrique Zobel Field of Manila Polo Club. Manny Palmero