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By MaricelDonald V. Cruz PRESIDENT Trump’s calls that and Vito Barcelo Greenland should become part of the United States was met with international THE HouseMonday of Representatives condemnation as the autonotransmitted theterritory’s Articles ofprime Impeachment mous Danish minister against Vice President Sara Duterte to putting his foot down on the issue. the Senate last night. Next page
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Dantes, Katrina Manubay, US Secretary of State Marco on Vince Lopez, and Pot Rubio Chavez tinue to enforce an existing “oildela quaranSENATOR Ronald “Bato” Rosa WORLD / A6 tine” against Venezuela. on Wednesday rejected mounting Next page calls from minority senators and
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Washington’s military intervention in Venezuela has reignited fears for Greenland, which Trump has repeatedly said he wants to annex, given its strategic location in the Arctic. THE government While aboard has Airreadied Force P1.48 One billion worth of aid for communiBy Ram Superable, Vince Lopez, enroute to Washington, Trump reiterties that may Rex be hitEspiritu, hard by typhoon Charles atedDantes, his proposal. ‘Julian’ which PAGASA says Pot Chavez, JoelGreenland Zurbano and “We need from the could standturn into a supertyphoon. Rolando III pointNg of national security, and Denmark Asgoing of 5:00 ondoSunday, PAis not to bePM able to it,” he said in GASA raised Tropical Cyclone response to a reporter’s question. RESIDENT Ferdinand Wind Signal No. 3 over Batanes Next page Marcos Jr. said there will beBaand the northeastern portion of abuyan jointIslands. investigation of the “’Julian’ is forecast to continue Senateintensifying and the Philippine National over the next 24-36 Policehours after as Wednesday night’sBatanes it moves towards and/or Islands. With the exchange of Babuyan gunfire in the Upper current trend in its intensification, Chamber. the possibility of reaching super typhoon category is not ruled out,” Mr. Marcos called for calm even as he did said in its not rule PAGASA out any possibility thatadvisory. may explain the Meanwhile, the National almost 20 gunshots that triggered chaosDisasat the ter Risk Reduction and ManageSenate. ment Council (NDRRMC) thatIs “We will find out who is behind thissaid mess. a an total of 1.9 or million family food this really encounter, is this part of a destab worth P1.48 other or effortspacks to trigger unrest?” the billion, commander-infood items worth P276 million, and chief said in a video message. non-food items (NFIs)this. worth P919 “The government is not behind No soldier, million were already prepared by no personnel of the National Bureau of Investigathe the Department Social Welfare tion entered Senate,” Mr.of Marcos added. The and President categorically denied the Development (DSWD). governmentSome ordered the arrest of Senator Ronald P171 million in standby “Bato” dela amid a standing from fundRosa is also available forwarrant utilization the International Criminalincluding Court. P123 milby the DSWD, Mr. Marcos said he ordered the NBI stand lion which can be allotted as to Quick down after the Supreme Court issued resolution Response Fund (QRF) ina the cenWednesday parties to comment tralafternoon office ofdirecting the DSWD. on Dela Rosa’s petition to stop implementation In Batanes, the the Provincial Diof the ICC arrestRisk warrant. saster Reduction and Manage“I toldment the NBI to leave and they complied. Office (PDRRMO) advised So when I spoke with NBI Director Melvin residents to secure their roofs and Matibag, he said the NBI is no longer in the Senate,”install he said.window shutters as Typhoon Julian is expected make landfall The President noted theto identity of all uniformed personnel seen inside theNext Senate page-police on crowd control and security duty and A WEB OF CRIME? House leaders Aurelio Gonzales and David Suarez presented this matrix during the last QUAD Marines permanently assigned to the Senate. CommAhearing shows the operations a criminalR.syndicate fugitive Michael then economic identified a third Hall group NEWwhich BEGINNING. Presidentof Ferdinand Marcos Jr.allegedly presentsled theby signed copy of theYang, 2026 General AppropriationsHe Actalso (GAA) at the Ceremonial of seen in adviser of former President Rodrigo The Duterte, thatbudget, controlled the illegal activities the12314, POGOsamounts and wasto involved in the drugRevoli civilian Malacanang Palace yesterday. national enacted as Republic ActofNo. Php6.793 trillion. Cortezclothing carrying long firearms as trade and extrajudicial killings. personnel from the Senate Office of the Sergeant-at-Arms (OSAA). “’So everyone that you saw who are uniformed or armed are assigned to the Senate,” he said. Mr. Marcos said he has already spoken with ARRESTED. Retired Major Senate President Alan Cayetano, who also General Romeo V. Poquiz is talked toTHE Interior Secretaryafter Jonvic Remulla who handcuffed being arrested Philippine government on arrived Sunday at the Upper Chamber around past 8 p.m. yesterday at the Ninoy Aquino publicly called for the UnitTHE legal counsel of Chinese adviser of former President Rodrigo of illegal drugs and illegal activities Cayetano confirmed the conversation with International Airport (NAIA) ed Nations (UN) to give it a seat on businessman Tony Yang sought to Duterte. associated with POGOs,” Suarez said the President. Terminal 3 in connection with the UN Security Council, highlightdisparage lawmakers’ conclusions Fortun, a lawyer who often finds in a mixture of Filipino and English. “(Defense) the Gibo rebellion and sedition Teodoro called ing theSecretary country’s strong record and us said due process was observed in the about his client’s supposedly himself at the center high-profile The solons explained how the charges filed against him before and President Marcos called us, assuring us it By Pot Chavez dedication toa upholding the ruleAtty. of implementation of the warrant. sketchy past and his alleged ties cases, apparently sought to mock matrix details Yang’s connections to Quezon City court. wasn’t government, and asking us how we are... and Philippine Rex Espiritu law. FerdinandNext Topacio ‘‘The case was investigated and with Overseas Gaming congressmen, calling their probe other individuals involved in illicit page Department of Foreign Affairs pieces of evidence were referred and Operators (POGOs) and even “unacceptable.” activities, including the operations of Retired Philippine Air Force Major (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo in forwarded to House the prosecution, the organized crime. Poquiz was arrested However, members and argued illegal POGOs. General Romeo a speech delivered at the UN Gencourtdid found This was LawyerAquinoRaymond Fortun they not probable come by cause. their suspicions Among the companies implicated at Ninoy International Airport eral Assembly in New York said the a result of the work of the prosecuquestioned House Quad about Yang recklessly. are Brickhartz Technology Inc. Terminal 3 on the charges of inciting to Philippines continues to emphasize tion service and now he will be tried. Committee’s impartiality and its On Friday, Senior Deputy Speaker and Xionwei Technology Co. Ltd., sedition but was later released after the “importance of upholding the That’s theGonzales process; there’s perability pin Chinese national Yang Aurelio Jr. ofnothing Pampanga which are being linked to alleged postingto bail. rule of the lawPeople’s and theRepublic integritytoofanthe sonal,’’ a police official said.Suarez down for posted ay wrongdoing in a real and Speaker David kidnapping. Poquiz bail of P48,000 as US Deputy President Donald Trump saidofhe pated summit between Trump and Xi. bring even multilateral system in faceon of toPoquiz said police force should criminal Quezon presented a matrix showing The two firms focus supposedly set by thecourt. court and was subsequently would ask Xithe Jinping to “open up” In a sign of Trump’s on busihigher level!” Trumpthe wrote social day’s global challenges.” follow due process and enforce the “I am very interested in how they Yang’s first appearance andheaded his have withJensen the Baofu freed. China to American firms as he ness, connections Nvidia chief Huang media after departing Washington. disinformation and alleged financial Quoted by reports, Manalo also is law without on fear or favor.at the [Quad Comm members] canwarrant prove subsequent activities Quad Compound in Bamban, Tarlac, He has a standing arrest to Beijing Wednesday for a highboarded Air Force One during a stopOther topics the US president demands under the guise of media or said: “The Philippines has consisHe underwent booking procedures this network City in court. In Comm hearing. which, in turn, can with be directly issuedcriminal by the Quezon Regional stakes summit that will also bring up over in Alaska, Tesla’straced Elon expected to discuss with Xi include public commentary. tently pursued theand sovereign attheCamp Crame after and his we arrest and Congress, lawmakers as both “We saw a pattern, tracked toMusk disgraced ex-mayoron Alice Guo. 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National Police RESIDENT (PNP) is reopening Ferdinand Marcos its investigation intolaw Jr. signed into the this2020 year’smurder P6.793 of trillion Philippine Charity national budget, vetoing Sweepstakes Officein almost P92.5 billion (PCSO) board secretary unprogrammed funds while Wesley Barayuga. putting tighter controls on On Sunday, PNP including Chief Police public spending, General Rommel Francisco Marbarring politicians from bil said he ordered the reopening of distributing other the cold case cash after and whistleblower Police Lt. Col. Santie Mendoza told forms of “ayuda.” the House Quad Committee that he
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DBCC cuts growth target to 5-6% Yang's lawyer mocks probers amid heated inquiry Poquiz held on inciting sedition amid headwinds Next page
Isaac Espanol THE country is expected to post solid growth in the medium term even as economic managers lowered targets amid global and domestic headwinds, Department of Economy, Planning, and Development Secretary Arsenio Balisacan said. Balisacan said the Development Budget Coordination Committee now expects gross domestic product to expand 5 percent to 6 percent this year, lower than theV. previously By Maricel Cruz set 6 to 7 percent. "The reasonparty for the scaling down CROSSING lines, a total of of 41 growth rose from the realities we have lawmakers have filed House Resolution seen, globally anda domestically," (HR)both 1006 seeking congressional Balisacan saidalleged during robbery a Palace extortion briefing inquiry into yesterday, citing recent assessments activities involving Peanut Gallery from theNetwork, International Monetary Fund, Media or PGMN, following World Bank Asianplatforms Development concerns thatandonline may Bank. page be used for intimidation, Next coercion,
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By Darwin Amojelar
THE Philippine Navy debunked on Sunday the recent announceTRANSPORTATION Secretary Jaime ment by China that it conducted Bautista denied an online news report military exercises off Bajo de claiming that Malacañang was angry Masinloc, also known as Scarborwith the increase in airport fees without ough Shoal, in the West Philipthe approval of the Cabinet members. pine Sea (WPS). “The Bilyonaryo article is maliChina reportedly made the ancious and unfounded,” Bautista said nouncement coinciding with the in a Viber message, referring to the fourth Multilateral Maritime Cowebsite that published the said story. operative Activity between the “Bilyonaryo is inconsistent,” he added. Philippines, Australia, Japan, Bilyonaryo reported online that New Zealand, and the United “Bautista and his long-time protege in HEALTHCARE AGENDA. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. meets with the Private States withinIva Manila’s exclusive Philippine Airlines, Undersecretary for VICTORIOUS. Rising stars Alex Eala American Jovic Sector Advisory Council Healthcare Sector Groupand at Malacañan Palace yesterday to discuss economic zone (EEZ) in the reAviation andaimed Airports Bobby Lim, are delivery each other after beating tennis veterans Venus key congratulate reforms at improving healthcare for Filipinos. TheWilliams meetingand focused on gional waters over the weekend. Svitolina, 7-6 (7), 6-1, in the doubles opening round of the ASB Classic in atplans theElina center of the storm after it was to accelerate PhilHealth’s digital transformation to reduce out-of-pocket medical Philippine Navy Spokesperson Auckland, New Zealand. WTA expenses, expand access to medicines, and encourage the growth of healthcare facilities for WPS Rear Next page through adaptive regulations and public-private partnerships. PCOAdmiral Roy Vin-
President Donald J. Trump waves goodbye as he sets off to Beijing yesterday for the first state visit of a U.S. centpresident Trinidad sincetold his reporters that Manila 2017 troops did not monitor trip. AFP
any such activity, adding that Beijing’s statement was meant only for its internal audience. “Our Atencio troops did not observe By Peter any exercise, we have to understand that sometimes, THE PHILIPPINES' Alex EalaChina began is thisjust forastheir internal audithedoing new year she ended the last ence, right? For them not to look —with a significant victory. weak andher embarrassed,” Trinidad Fresh off gold-medal clinching winsaid. at the 33rd SEA Games in Thailand, Two that Chinese Eala carried winningwarships momentumwere to monitored at a distance ranging the center court in the opening round of eight to 14 nautical miles. thefrom women’s doubles action at the 2026 One of these wentTennis up to 1,000 ASB Classic of the ASB Center yards at the MMCA site but evenin Auckland, New Zealand, where she “Itpulled was offnot andtually doubles'went partneraway. Iva Jovic threatening, just normal,” accordNext page Next page
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However, Martinez declined to identify the specific flood control projTHE Department of Justice (DOJ) on ect involved so as not to preempt the Monday confirmed that former Ako panel of prosecutors. Bicol Party-list Representative Zaldy While no of counsel appeared for the AWARD. Hans Sy, Chairman of the Executive Committee SM Prime Holdings, Cowas is facing a plunder complaint filed Association former(PRA) lawmaker, Martinez clarified honored by the Philippine Retailers with its Outstanding byFilipino the National ofAward Investigathat leadership the proceedings not be susRetailersBureau President for his visionary in retailwould development. tion (NBI). (From left to right): PRA Director and Director pended. of SM Retail Jorge T. Mendiola, PRA In an interview justice Vice President andwith President andreportCOO of Golden,‘‘We ABC, Inc. Penshoppe are(The working with Group) a timeline T. Liu,Department SM Prime Holdings Chairman of the Executive Hans T. Sy, they ers,Alice Justice spokesperson here. Any Committee respondent, whether PRA President and Chairman Quorum (Toby’s Robertoin acAttorney Polo Martinez said ofthe DOJ International, appear orInc.not, we Sports) will proceed S. Claudio, PRA Director and President Int’l.the Leisure, Inc. and received oneand additional plunder case of Sportshouse cordance with timeline under the proponent C. Chua against Co. of PRA OFR President’s Award Marsrules,’’ he said. Next page