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6 NEWS Tuesday, 9 April 2019 Daily Tribune THE Death March that showed Filipino and American soldiers’ valor is remembered in this Tarlac monument built near the site where they were interned as World War II prisoners. Araw ng Kagitingan is being commemorated by the nation today. YUMMIE DINGDING IRR will fix ‘moto’ law flaws CLEAR vision and safety get thrown to the wind as this rider plies his trade along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City. ANALY LABOR Panelo said that while President Rodrigo Duterte had stated suspending the Motorcycle Crime Prevention Act, the Chief Executive might have also been misled into reconsidering the law barely a month after signing it From page 1 Presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo said that while President Rodrigo Duterte had stated suspending the Motorcycle Crime Prevention Act, the Chief Executive also might have been misled into reconsidering the law barely a month after signing it. The law was met with criticisms from thousands of motorcycle riders who argued that bigger license plates may endanger their lives. They claimed these could fly off at high speeds or when driving against strong winds and may cause injuries to the riders. “President Duterte may have been misled into believing that the putting of (those) plates will endanger the rider,” said Panelo. “Well, in fact, Senator Richard Gordon said that it’s not even a plate, but a decal. So, the fear that it may hit the driver’s face is baseless.” The Palace official assured motorists that their concerns would “certainly” be addressed in the IRR of the law, and, if necessary, the President can ask Congress to amend certain provisions, adding that they would also ask for recommendations from Gordon and the Land Transportation Office. Since some motorcycle drivers complained on the basis of that provision then the feeling of the President is maybe so, so let’s just suspend it, let’s study it first. “If it’s dangerous, he will ask Congress to amend it. Yes, maybe that’s what he means,” said Panelo. “You cannot implement that without the implementing rules and regulations. Maybe that’s what he means, that they should study it carefully.” Panelo also said it’s possible the President only realized there were problems with the law when he heard the complaints of motorcycle drivers. “Since some motorcycle drivers complained on the basis of that provision, then the feeling of the President is maybe so, so let’s just suspend it. Let’s study it first,” said Panelo, adding that Duterte’s primary reason for signing the measure is “for the protection of the general public.” The law was supposedly recommended to the President by the Philippine National Police, which has been in the frontlines of dealing with crimes committed with the use of motorcycles. To recall, Duterte wants to scrap the requirement of number plates in front and instead increase the size of the rear plates. The Palace official assured motorists that their concerns would “certainly” be addressed in the IRR of the law. He was also mulling the lowering of the fine for drivers who will be accosted not using the enlarged number plates to P10,000 to P15,000 from what the law prescribes (P50,000 to P100,000). Motorcycle Crime Prevention Act or Republic Act 11235 aims to prevent crimes by making number plates more readable from a distance. The plates will be also color-coded based on the country’s regions. Following the President’s statements, Gordon appealed to the public on Monday to give the new measure a chance, saying “license plates” in front of motorcycles could also be in the form of stickers and decals. Under the new law, a motorcycle owner must register his motorcycle within five days after purchase, and failure to do so would result in imprisonment or a fine of not less than P25,000. ‘China loans boost Phl’ You have to look at the big picture, these loans are going to be paid back in a long period of time From page 1 of China is “misplaced” as Manila increasingly taps Beijing for loans and investments over the years. He added Filipinos should look at the “big picture” of the country’s partnership with China and the benefits both countries earn from it. “The distrust is really misplaced if you ask me,” said Lim. “You have to look at the big picture. These loans are going to be paid back in a long period of time.” Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry president Henry Lim Bon Liong stressed that distrust of China is misplaced. Lim, whose businesses include Sterling Paper and hybrid rice producer SL Agritech, added that as long as the loans are used to build infrastructure, “it’s going to be fine. It’s going to pay us handsomely.” Lim takes over as president of the 65-year-old federation midpoint through the term of President Rodrigo Duterte, who sought closer economic and diplomatic ties with China instead of highlighting disputes in the South China Sea. The third-generation Filipino-Chinese likened his situation to having China as a “biological father” and the Philippines as a “foster father” and added that one challenge is preventing “friction” between Filipino-Chinese and incoming businessmen from mainland China. A recent Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey released on Thursday disclosed that four in 10 Filipinos do not believe that China wants what’s “good” for the Philippines. Concerns have also been raised about the terms of the loans from China for infrastructure projects and the influx of Chinese workers in offshore gaming and construction. The foreigners, some working in offshore gaming operations, are employed for their Chinese-language skills, something Filipino workers can’t match at the moment, officials said in explaining the arrival of Chinese workers into the country. Roughly half of the 169,000 Alien Employment Permits issued by the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) in the last three years went to Chinese nationals and a third are in support services, including offshore gaming, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III told a Senate hearing on 21 February. Bello previously noted that his agency had no power to deport workers with BI permits. He said he was consulting with Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra to revoke a DoLE order that gave the BI the power to issue such permits. The Philippines, as well as other Southeast Asian countries, are disputing islands they claim to own with China. China, however, has been actively making its presence felt in the regional waters as it is fast rising to become a challenge to the US as a world economic and military power. This explains the Filipino sentiment against the country, which is a new major ally of the Philippines since President Rodrigo Duterte won the presidency in 2016. The Philippines used to rely only on the US as EDDIE Monreal, general manager of Manila International Airport Authority, conducts an inspection at the MIAA with Port Operation Division chief Grifton Medina and MIAA Media Affairs head Jess Martines. AL PADILLA a major military and economic partner in the past. Meanwhile, the Department of National Defense (DND) has no plans of increasing military presence on the Philippine-owned Pagasa Island and other occupied areas in the disputed West Philippine Sea. Manila increasingly taps Beijing for loans and investments over the years. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said the Armed Forces of the Philippines will continue maintaining its normal presence on nine occupied areas in the Kalayaan Islands Group or the Spratlys in the West Philippine Sea. “No such plan. We will maintain our normal presence in Pagasa and the other eight features we own,” Lorenzana said. “In all islands belonging to us, we have troops,” Lorenzana added. The Defense Chief, however, refused to reveal the exact number of troops deployed to the Philippine-occupied areas in the West Philippine Sea. “It’s confidential,” he stressed. Recently, President Duterte told China to lay off the Pagasa Island after reports that about 275 Chinese vessels were sighted near the Philippine territory. Pagasa Island serves as the seat of government of Kalayaan town in Palawan. The Department of Foreign Affairs already filed notes verbale to protest the heavy Chinese presence near Pagasa Island, where the DND is conducting improvements on existing facilities. With Mario J. Mallari
Tuesday, 9 April 2019 Daily Tribune NATION 7 Contraband Cocaine bricks keep washing ashore in various areas off Philippine waters. More ‘mystery’ cocaine bricks wash ashore The bricks were brought to the Burgos municipal police station By Miguel Togonon Police authorities yesterday reported that another cocaine stash was discovered on Philippine waters, this time, in Burgos, Surigao del Norte. Initial reports from the Police Regional By Alvin Murcia The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the Manila City Regional Trial Court Branch 5 to reinstate the criminal case for reckless imprudence against a ranking official of the Sulpicio Lines Inc. (SLI), in connection with the 2008 M/V Princess of the Stars tragedy that killed 227 passengers. The ill-fated M/V Princess of the Stars owned by SLI capsized off the coast of San Fernando, Romblon at the height of Typhoon Frank on 21 June 2008. In a 20-page decision penned by Justice Jose Office-13 revealed that at least 40 bricks of suspected cocaine floating in the waters were recovered by fishermen around 4:30 p.m. Sunday. Probers noted that the recently recovered bricks had the same markings with those that were found in Barangay Pacifico in Reyes, Jr., the Court’s Third Division granted the consolidated petitions of the victims’ and their families. It also reversed and set aside the 22 March 2013 decision and the 8 January 2014 resolution of the Court of Appeals (CA) that ruled in favor of respondent Edgar Go, SLI first vice president for administration and team leader of the company’s crisis management committee. The ill-fated M/V Princess of the Stars owned by SLI capsized off the coast of San Fernando, Romblon at the height of San Isidro, which were wrapped with fishnet. The bricks were brought to the Burgos municipal police station and will later be turned over to the provincial crime laboratory office. To recall, authorities had been recovering millions of pesos worth of cocaine in the waters off several provinces, especially in the eastern seaboard of the country, which prompted President Rodrigo Duterte to order an Justice for sunken ship’s victims proceeds typhoon “Frank” on 21 June 2008. At least 227 died and 592 were still missing and only 32 survived from the 849 persons on board at the time of the tragedy. “In this case, the criminal action instituted against respondent involved exclusively the criminal and civil liability of the latter arising from his criminal negligence as responsible officer of SLI,” the decision said. “The civil action against a shipowner for breach of contract of carriage does not preclude criminal prosecution against its employees whose negligence resulted in the death of or injuries to passengers,” the High Court held. immediate investigation. The President previously disclosed that international drug syndicates were behind these cocaine bricks that are being discovered floating in waters across the country The Philippine National Police said it was in close coordination with international counterparts to track the source of the drug packages. “The news that you hear every day about the floating drugs all around the By Mario Mallari The government has allotted a whooping P46 billion for the implementation of Republic Act 10931 or the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act this year. The amount will be used for tuition and miscellaneous fees of students in 112 state universities and colleges, 78 local universities and colleges and all government-run technical-vocational schools nationwide. country is that really we have confirmed that (Sinaloa) and the Medellin cartels are in the trade now. And it’s cocaine. It has always been cocaine from Mexico,” Duterte said in a speech in Malacañang. The Sinaloa drug cartel was formerly led by Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, who was found guilty by a US court last week of operating a criminal enterprise. The Medellin cartel of the late drug lord Pablo Escobar, meanwhile, was based in Colombia. P46B stimulates free tertiary education The amount is the biggest budget for free college education in the country’s history. Reelectionist Sen. Sonny Angara, chairman of the Senate Committee on Ways and Means and vice chairman of the Committee on Finance, said the amount is the biggest budget for free college education in the country’s history. Stressing that education is the great socioeconomic equalizer, Angara urged students to take advantage of the free education by studying hard to become productive citizens in the future. “As students, your responsibility is to study hard because that’s your passport to employment and good life,” he said. “Education is a great socioeconomic equalizer and a stepping stone to something higher and brighter,” Angara added. Star-crossed Families of the victims who perished in the ill-fated M/V Princess of the Stars still have a chance to obtain justice for their loved ones. By Hananeel Bordey The recent clash between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the police commando forces in Lanao del Sur will not affect the implementation of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) in the restive Mindanao region. Administration senatorial bet and Maguindanao Rep. Zajid “Dong” Mangudadatu issued the LOCAL METRO MANILA 35°C 26°C METRO CEBU 31°C 25°C METRO DAVAO 33°C 25°C INTERNATIONAL Tokyo JAPAN 16°C 9°C LIGHT RAINS Lanao clash won’t affect BOL implementation Hong Kong CHINA 28°C PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WEATHER CLOUDY W/RAINSHOWER & THUNDERSTORMv CLOUDY W/RAINSHOWER & THUNDERSTORMv CLOUDY W/RAINSHOWER & THUNDERSTORM Taipei TAIWAN 24°C 25°C 21°C CLOUDY SKIES statement yesterday even as he stressed that the said incident will undergo appropriate and thorough investigation. “From my point of view, we have due process, there’s ongoing investigation. It will all depend on the outcome of the investigation of the Philippine National Police and the Armed Forces of the Philippines,” he told Native food This meat display is among the featured indigenous delicacies in an ongoing food exhibit in Baguio City. AQuitasol the reporters. Mangudadatu clarified the framers of BOL had considered the MILF along with the preferences of different groups in Mindanao. He added the implementation of the BOL should come with the execution of the devolution of power under the Republic Act 9054 as this By Aldwin Quitasol will be advantageous to the newlyestablished Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. Under Section 3, Article III of RA 9054, the regional government is mandated to adopt policies on local autonomy where regional powers shall be decentralized to local government units particularly in areas of education, health, human resource, science and technology and people empowerment. Food exhibit features highland delicacies The Department of Tourism-Cordillera yesterday opened a food exhibit dubbed Mangan Taku in Baguio City, featuring native Igorot dishes and traditional menus that were preserved and nurtured through generations. The cook will process the meat then boil it adding only ginger and salt. One of the main features in the exhibit is the pinikpikan which is a regular menu in every table of the region’s indigenous peoples whether during special occasions or ordinary days. It is also the “ritual food” of the natives in which the elders lead in prayers and chanting while a chicken was being presented as the sacrificial offering to their gods and spirits. In preparing the pinikpikan, the chicken has to undergo an ordeal in which its body and joints are hit hard until blood clots are visible, before being placed in an open fire to remove its feathers. The cook will process the meat then boil it adding only ginger and salt.
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