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MANILA, Philippines - Oil firm Petron said that it has not found any leaks from its pipeline
at its depot in Rosario, Cavite that might have caused the oil spill. In a statement, the Petron
management said it has tested its pipelines of any possible leaks after receiving reports of
oil spill in the area. "Test results show that the pipeline is intact and has no leaks," Petron
said. "To ensure safety and product integrity, we always conduct pressure tests for all our
pipelines before we receive any fuel product. This is part of Petron's standard operating
procedures," it added. The oil company said it has launched an operation to contain the oil
slick and probe on the incident, which has affected coastal barangays in Rosario and Tanza
towns. "We immediately deployed our oil spill response team to see the extent of the oily
sheen and begin containment and recovery operations of what we suspect is diesel," Petron
said. Mayor Jose Ricafrente of Rosario has declared the town under a state of calamity as 19
of its 20 coastal barangays have been affected by the oil spill.

Close Petron oil depot, DENR urged

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MANILA, Philippines - Fisherfolk group Pamalakaya on Friday called on the Department
of Environment and Natural Resources to shut down the Petron oil depot in Rosario town,
Cavite to prevent another oil spill in the province. Pamalakaya said DENR Secretary
Ramon Paje should immediately issue an administrative order calling the owners and
management of Petron to close their oil depot in Barangay Poblacion. "The removal of
Petron oil depot in Barangay Poblacion is a necessity to avoid such kind of environmental
mishap to be repeated again and again with impunity, " the group said in a statement.
Pamalakaya also pressed Petron Corp. to provide immediate damage compensation package
to thousands of fishing families affected by the oil spill at the height of typhoon Basyang
three years ago.
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CAIRO - THE Islamiic Slate group on saturday claims respo nsibility for a wiave of atttacks
in France,Paris that killing 127 peoples and said Frence will remains at the "top of the list"
of its targets
An ownline state ment said eight militants armeds with
explosion belts and auto matic wepuns attacked care fully chooosen targets in the
"capitalist of adultiry and
vice," including a succer stadium where Fran ce was playing Germany, and the Bataclan
concert hall, where an American rack band was pla ying, and "hundreds of apostates were
attending an adulterous party.

" The state ment said France and its supporters "will remain at the top of the list of targets
of the Islamic State."
The stench of death will not leave their noses as long as they remain at the forefront of the
Crusaders' campaign, dare to curse our prophetise, boast of a war on Islam in France,
and strike Muslims in the lands of the caliphate with warplanes that were of no use to them
in the streets and rotten alleys of Paris it said. France is part of the U.S.-led coal ition that
has been
striking the Islamic Stale group in Syria and Iran for the past years, and have ben targeting
by jjihadistss in the past becoz of its per ceived toolerant of speech deemed offensive to
Islam.
The claim was made in state ments in Arabic and Franch released on line and circulation by
supporters of thegroup.
San Fernando to host training on campus
journalism
July 8, 2018

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- The Teachers Education Academy (TEA) will be hosting a regional
training for Campus Journalism Coaches and Advisers on July 25 to 26.

The event dubbed “The Press Briefing” is a training for student paper advisers and coaches in preparation
for the upcoming competitions in the upcoming cluster, district, division and regional and national press
conference competitions in high school and elementary levels. The hosting of such competitions are
pursuant to Republic Act No. 7079, otherwise known as the Campus Journalism Act of 1991.

In line with this, TEA aims to provide a more rigorous training program for teacher coaches in handling
and training their respective student writers. The training sessions include copy reading and headline
writing, pag-uulo at pagwawasto ng sipi (editing), science reporting, and feature writing.

The event will also include a training on opinion writing, a new category in this year’s competitions.

There will also be a bonus lecture on tips and training programs that could be employed on students for
them to win in the various levels of the competition.

The event will be held at the Audio Visual Room of the University of the Assumption.

A separate journalism training will be hosted for students on July 27

Paris Attack Leaves 1 Dead and 4 Wounded by Knife-Wielding

Terrorist
PARIS — A man armed with a knife attacked five people in a neighborhood near the Paris Opera,
according to the French police, killing one and wounding four, two of them seriously.

Hours later, the Islamic State claimed responsibility, describing the attacker as a “soldier of the Islamic
State.” President Emmanuel Macron called the assailant, who was killed by the police, a “terrorist.”

The Paris prosecutor’s office, which handles all terrorism cases, is taking over the investigation. The
prosecutor, François Molins, gave a brief news conference near the scene of the attack. He confirmed that
the attacker, whose name has not yet been released, had shouted “Allahu akbar,” Arabic for “God is Great,”
during the assault.

On Sunday morning, a French judicial official said that the suspect had been a naturalized French citizen
who was born in 1997 in the Russian republic of Chechnya, and that his parents had been taken into
custody for questioning.

The attack happened about 600 yards from the Palais Garnier, the home of the Paris Opera, on the right
bank of the Seine, an area popular with both tourists and Parisians, especially on a Saturday night when the
bars and restaurants there are often full until the early morning hours.

A waiter, Amine Belkacem, 50, who was serving diners in a Moroccan restaurant, said he saw young
people running away from the scene. He asked them what was going on, and they told him they had heard
shots and fled.

Application, nominations for SC justice now open

MANILA - The Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) has opened the period of applications and nominations for
the second Supreme Court Associate Justice post vacancy in light of the appointment of Justice Teresita
Leonardo-De Castro as Chief Justice.

The JBC set on October 1 the deadline for applications and nominations, along with the documentary
requirements.

Nominated candidates must formally accept the nomination prior to the deadline to be considered an
applicant.

“All incomplete applications and/or out-of-date documentary requirements and those submitted beyond the
deadline shall not be given due course,” a JBC bulletin stated.

The JBC said it will not advise applicants of any incomplete or out-of-date documents. Those sending their
applications and documents through courier should make sure their submissions are complete and updated.

Among the documentary requirements are the applicants’ duly sworn Statement of Assets, Liabilities and
Net worth (SALN) for the last 10 years, for those in government service. Those in government service for
less than 10 years must submit their SALNs for the years they have worked in government.

Those from the private sector also need to submit a duly sworn SALN as of December 31, 2017.

De Castro's predecessor, ousted Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, was removed through a quo warranto
petition that accused her of failing to file consistently her SALN during her 2-decade teaching stint at the
University of the Philippines College of Law.

Sereno, whose ouster was made final last June, was also found to have failed to submit the required 10
SALNs when she applied for chief justice in July 2012.

The rationale for the minimum 10-year SALN submission is that the law requires government repositories
to keep the hard copies of the SALNs only for a decade.

Under the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials, any SALN shall be available to the
public for 10 years after receipt of the statement.

"After such period, the statement may be destroyed unless needed in an ongoing investigation," the law
adds.

De Castro submitted 20 SALNs upon her application for chief justice.

Duterte 'very supportive' of women's rights, concedes body that hit rape
joke
President Rodrigo Duterte has been "very supportive" of women's rights, even when he was still mayor of
Davao City, the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) conceded Sunday after criticizing his joke on
rape.

Duterte last week drew ire for saying in jest that Davao City, which he ruled for 22 years, has the highest
number of rape cases in the country because it has many beautiful women.

 Palace on Duterte's new rape joke: He is 'mature enough' to know limits

As mayor, Duterte organized Davao City's Gender and Development Office which gives legal assistance to
victims of sexual assault and mounts information campaigns at the community level, said PCW
Chairperson Dr. Rhodora Bucoy.

Duterte's initiative "has been looked up to by different local government units," she told DZMM
Teleradyo.
Bucoy, however, maintained that those in the country's highest offices should be circumspect on the issue
of rape, which she said is "a crime and never a woman's fault."

A rape joke "trivializes something very serious" and "tramples upon the dignity of women victims," she
added.

65 Cebu cops sacked, to undergo retraining

TALISAY, Cebu - Sixty-five policemen from this city were temporarily relieved from their post effective
Sunday, some 2 months after President Rodrigo Duterte claimed that some of its police officers were
involved in the narcotics trade.

The officers will be assigned to the Regional Public Safety Battalion (RPSB) in neighboring Sibonga town,
where they will undergo a basic internal security course for 4 months and a moral recovery program for 15
days, said Central Visayas police director Chief Supt. Debold Sinas.

After their training, the relieved officers will undergo an assessment to determine if they can be reinstated
in Talisay, said Sinas.

The group also took a drug test after their new assignment was announced.

Some 70 RPSB personnel will temporarily take over the duties of the sacked officers.

An investigator of the Talisay police, meanwhile, is being probed for allegedly manipulating drug
evidence, Sinas said.

Duterte in June claimed that Cebu was poor because of the proliferation of illegal drugs. He did not clarify,
however, whether he was referring to the entire Cebu province or just Cebu City.
Mccoy de Leon, solo ngayon sa ABS-CBN Ball?

MAYNILA - Puspusan na sa paghahanda ang ilan sa mga bituin ng Kapamilya network para sa nalalapit na
2018 ABS-CBN Ball.

Isa ang Hashtag member na si Mccoy de Leon sa maagang nag-hahanda ng kanyang susuotin para sa
inaabangan na kapamilya event.

Ayon kay de Leon, dati ay pangarap lang niya ang mapabilang at lumakad sa engrandeng Kapamilya event.

“Ang bilis ng panahon po, nakakatuwa po kasi napabilang pa din ako dito ngayon naalala ko po dati na
dream ko din po ito dati na makasama ako dito noong hindi pa ako artista,” ani Mccoy.

Matatandaan din na isa ang tambalan ng "McLisse" sa mga inabangan sa Star Magic ball noong mga
nakaraang taon.

 'PBB' sweethearts Mccoy, Elisse charm Star Magic Ball

Pero, hindi rin itinanggi ng Hashtag member na hindi pa sigurado kung sino ang kanyang makakasama sa
Kapamilya event.

“Tingnan na lang po natin kasi hindi ko pa po alam, abangan natin. Hindi ko din masabi ngayon talaga,
sabi ko nga mabilis lang ang panahon. Mabilis lang din ang mga mangyayari siguro doon,” paliwanag pa
niya.

Aminado si Mccoy na willing din siya na maglakad ng solo sa red carpet.

“Siyempre malungkot mag-isa, pero andun din naman po yung mga ka Hashtags ko and siguro mas
madadagdagan pa ang “Showtime” family na andoon pero tingnan nalang po natin,” pahayag pa niya.
Matatandaan na nitong taon naging usap-usapan ang paghihiwalay umano ng McLisse tandem.

Barko nasunog sa karagatan sa Cebu

Mga tripulante patuloy na sinasagip
ARGAO, Cebu - Nasunog ang isang passenger-cargo vessel sa karagatan malapit sa Taloot Wharf sa bayan
na ito, Linggo ng umaga.

Dadaong na sana ang M/V Lite Ferry nang masunog ito 200 metro mula sa pantalan, ayon sa Cebu Port
Authority.

Nailigtas na ang lahat ng pasahero nito sa tulong ng isa pang barkong nakadaong sa pantalan, sabi ni Kent
Rizon, hepe ng municipal disaster office.

Gayunman, patuloy pa aniya ang rescue operations para sa mga tripulante ng Lite Ferry, dakong alas-12 ng
tanghali.

Nagtulungan na ang disaster response teams at mga bumbero ng Argao at kalapit na bayan ng Sibonga para
maapula ang sunog.

Makikitang nababalot ng makapal at maitim na usok ang barko sa video ng Argao disaster office.

Mula sa pantalan, tanaw naman ang sunog at ang pagtalon ng ilang tripulante mula sa kanilang nasusunog
na barko.

Wala pang opisyal na impormasyon ukol sa bilang ng mga nasagip na pasahero at sanhi ng sunog.

Pepe Herrera, nagsalita ukol sa pagkumpara sa

kanila ni Empoy Marquez
MAYNILA - Hindi itinatangi ng komedyanteng si Pepe Herrera na minsan ay naikukumpara siya sa kapwa
komedyanteng si Empoy Marquez, pero hindi naman raw ito isyu para sa kaniya.

Sa panayam kay Herrera ng media sa press conference ng kaniyang upcoming movie na “The Hopeful
Romantic”, ibinahagi ng komedyante ang kanyang saloobin tungkol dito.

“Hindi po kasi ako competitive sir e, tsaka magkakaibigan po kami nila Empoy [Marquez] kami po kasing
mga komedyante para kaming isang tribo e,” ani Herrera.

Pagdating naman sa pagkakaroon ng magandang leading lady, hindi rin daw ito isyu sa kaniya.

“Siguro po ang pananaw ko dyan, hindi ko po tinitingnan kung sino ang susunod na makakasama ko when
I’m working on a project,” paliwanag niya.

Aniya, masaya rin daw siya sa naging magandang kinalabasan ng kaniyang maituturing na first lead movie
project.

“Ang importante po sakin ang mapalitaw ang story bilang actor, kaya para po sakin itong “The Hopeful
Romantic” proud po kami kasi naipakita mo namin ang tunay na kuwento ng pelikula,” pahayag pa niya.

Mapapanuod ang “The Hopeful Romantic” simula Setyembre 12.

Mayor slain inside Cebu town hall
MANILA (UPDATE) - The mayor of Ronda town in the southwestern part of Cebu province was shot
dead by unidentified men inside the town hall on Wednesday dawn.

Mayor Mariano Blanco III was pronounced dead on arrival at 2:25 a.m. after being rushed to a hospital in
nearby Barili town.

Senior Insp. Junior Falcon, the town's police chief, confirmed the news to ABS-CBN News.

SPO2 Rafael Alvero of Ronda Police Station said the shooting took place inside Blanco's office at 1:28
a.m.

Armed men disembarked from a van and barged into the mayor's office. Following a burst of gunfire, the
assailants immediately left the premises.

Blanco was stripped of authority over local police in 2017 for his alleged involvement in the illegal drug
trade.

He was also among the 3 local chief executives who were not invited to a meeting with President Rodrigo
Duterte in Cebu last May. Duterte is currently in Israel for a 4-day visit.

Blanco's nephew, Ronda Vice Mayor Jonah John Ungab, was killed in February.

 Cebu town vice-mayor shot dead after court hearing

Ungab was shot by unidentified men after attending the court hearing of his client, self-confessed drug
distributor Kerwin Espinosa.

Ungab represented Espinosa, son of slain Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr., for a Comelec gun
ban case. The younger Espinosa is facing charges of murder and illegal possession of firearms before a
lower court.

Inflation zooms past forecasts as underemployment rises

MANILA -- (UPDATE) Inflation hurtled past forecasts to 6.4 percent in August, as food prices rose during
the monsoon season and as more Filipinos wished they could work more hours, official data released
Wednesday showed.
The 6.4-percent print smashed the 5.9 percent predicted by the Department of Finance and polls from
Bloomberg and Reuters. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Nestor Espenilla said it was his
"expectation" that it would not breach 6 percent.

Inflation stayed at its fastest in nearly 10 years and moved closer to 6.6 percent last recorded in March
2009. The release of inflation data was delayed by an hour, with the Philippine Statistics Authority citing
technical issues.

PLDT denies termination of 12,000 employees

MANILA – PLDT Inc said Wednesday it did not terminate 12,000 workers and that it had not received a
notice of strike from one of its unions.

Contractors cited by the labor department have complied with regularization orders and stopped deploying
workers to PLDT, the telecommunications company told the stock exchange.

"Any claims of alleged terminations by PLDT of 12,000 workers is absolutely baseless, untrue and
malicious. PLDT has not undertaken any such mass termination," it said.

Unemployment eases, underemployment rises in July

MANILA -- (UPDATE) Unemployment eased in July compared to the same period in 2017, while
underemployment rose, the Philippine Statistics Authority said Wednesday.

The unemployment rate declined to 5.4 percent from 5.6 percent while underemployment rose to 17.2
percent from 16.3 percent, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority's Labor Force Survey.

"It does concern all of us. Its not just the quantity of jobs but it's the quality of jobs that's important,"
Ateneo Graduate School of Business professor Wilfrido Arcilla.

"If your underemployment is increasing, that tells you that a lot of our employees are looking for more
work in order to augment their incomes especially in the context of rising inflation that will erode their
purchasing power," he said.

Powerful typhoon kills 9, shutters airport in Japan

Damaged traffic boards and telecommunication relay poles are seen after they were brought down by
strong winds caused by typhoon Jebi in Osaka on September 4, 2018. The strongest typhoon to hit Japan in
25 years made landfall on September 4, the country's weather agency said, bringing violent winds and
heavy rainfall that prompted evacuation warnings. Jiji Press, AFP

TOKYO, Japan - The toll in the most powerful typhoon to hit Japan in a quarter century rose Wednesday to
nine, with thousands stranded at a major airport because of storm damage.

Typhoon Jebi slammed into the west coast of Japan around noon on Tuesday, bringing maximum winds of
216 kilometers (135 miles) an hour and heavy rain.

The powerful gusts ripped sheeting from rooftops, overturned trucks on bridges and swept a 2,591-ton
tanker anchored in Osaka Bay into a bridge leading to Kansai International Airport.

The damage to the bridge left the airport, which is on an artificial island, cut off from the mainland, and
around 3,000 people were stranded at the facility overnight, a transport ministry official told AFP.

Parts of the airport's runways and basement were also flooded after high waves whipped up by the storm
washed into the facility.

On Wednesday morning, a boat service was ferrying people from the airport to nearby Kobe, the transport
ministry official said.
But there was no indication yet when the airport, which runs over 400 flights a day, might reopen.

"We had a blackout so there was no air conditioning. It was hot," a woman transported Wednesday by boat
to Kobe Airport told public broadcaster NHK.

"I'd never expected this extent of damage from a typhoon."

NHK said the toll in the storm stood at nine, with Jiji news agency saying five of the dead were in Osaka
prefecture.

Hundreds more were injured, mostly by flying debris, local media said.

Evacuation advisories were issued for more than 1.22 million people as of Wednesday morning, while
another 29,600 people under stronger, though still not mandatory, evacuation orders, the Fire and Disaster
Management Agency said.

And 16,000 people spent the night in shelters across 20 prefectures, Jiji reported.

- Winds bring down roof –

The fast moving typhoon left land on Tuesday night, moving offshore from the central Ishikawa region, but
it left a trail of destruction in its wake.

In Kyoto, it brought down part of the ceiling of the tourist magnet's main station, and in Osaka, the high
winds peeled scaffolding from a multi-story building.

Footage on NHK showed a 100-metre (328-foot) tall ferris wheel in Osaka spinning furiously in the strong
wind despite being switched off.

"I've never seen such a thing," a 19-year-old man at the scene told NHK.

Up to some 2.3 million households suffered blackouts and businesses, factories and schools in the affected
area shut down while the storm crossed the country.

Nearly 800 flights were cancelled, including several international flights departing and arriving at Nagoya
and Osaka, along with ferries, local train services and some bullet train lines.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had urged people to evacuate early and ordered his government to take all
necessary measures to protect residents.

"I urge the Japanese people to take action to protect your lives, including preparing and evacuating early,"
he said.

Japan is regularly struck by major storms during the summer and autumn.

The country has been sweating through a record deadly heatwave that followed devastating rain in parts of
central and western Japan that killed over 200 people.

The sustained rain caused widespread flooding and landslides in July, devastating entire villages and
forcing thousands from their homes.

The flooding and landslides proved so deadly in part because many people did not heed evacuation
warnings, which are not mandatory.

Since the disaster, authorities have urged people to take the warnings more seriously and prepare to leave
home immediately they are issued.

Trillanes gears for legal fight from Senate

sanctuary
Senator Antonio Trillanes delivers a privilege speech at the Senate on Sept. 4, 2018. The lawmaker faces
arrest after President Rodrigo Duterte voided amnesty that he secured in 2011. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-
CBN News

MANILA -- Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and his lawyers worked overnight on a petition to stop President
Rodrigo Duterte from withdrawing amnesty that absolved him of charges over 2 failed military uprisings,
his office said Wednesday.

Facing arrest, Trillanes was holed up in his Senate office and was working until 4 a.m. He is expected to
meet his staff over breakfast of spam, eggs and rice, said his media relations officer Adette Romero.

Trillanes could not be arrested in the Senate premises while it is in session, Senate President Vicente Sotto
III said. Sen. Leila de Lima, a Duterte critic like Trillanes, was arrested on drug-dealing charges in
February 2017.

"I'm confident, having gone through even worse acts of persecution. 'Yung ganitong darkest moment
normally susunod nito ang liwanag. I can feel malapit na itong si Duterte," Trillanes told reporters late
Tuesday.

(I'm confident, having gone through even worse acts of persecution. These darkest moments are normally
followed by light. Things will catch up with Duterte.)

 Trillanes amnesty voided; senator faces charges, arrest

 Trillanes: From hot-headed Navy lieutenant to Duterte nemesis

Trillanes was with his family and supporters late Tuesday, but only his staff and security stayed in the
Senate overnight, Romero said.

Duterte administration officials said Trillanes failed to properly apply for amnesty, which the lawmaker
secured in 2011 from then President Benigno Aquino III.

Trillanes was among the leaders of the Magdalo band of junior officers and soldiers who took over the
Oakwood luxury apartments in Makati on July 27, 2003 to protest alleged corruption under then President
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

In 2007, the group walked out of their coup d'etat hearing and took over the Manila Peninsula hotel, also in
Makati, in another protest against Arroyo.

During the 2016 presidential elections, Trillanes accused Duterte of keeping secret bank accounts, which
the then Davao City mayor denied.

Typhoon Jebi leaves trail of destruction in Japan

Tokyo (CNN)The strongest typhoon to hit Japan's mainland in 25 years smashed a tanker into a bridge,
forcing one of the country's largest airports to close and hundreds of flights to be canceled.

At least 10 people have died since Typhoon Jebi slammed into western Japan Tuesday, bringing strong
winds and lashing rain.
Seven of those killed were in Osaka Prefecture and the others in Mie, Aichi and Shiga, where police said a
man in Higashiomi City died after the warehouse he was working in collapsed.

High waves hit breakwaters at a port in Aki, Kochi prefecture, in western Japan.
Typhoon Jebi landed with "very strong" force in Tokushima prefecture Tuesday afternoon, the strongest
typhoon to hit the country's mainland since 1993, said Akihiro Kikuchi, from Japan's Meteorological
Agency.
Winds lashed buildings and whipped up the sea, yanking an 89-meter-long tanker, the Houunmaru, from its
anchorage and ramming it into the bridge connecting Kansai Airport with the mainland.
Images showed the ship's upper decks smashed against bridge, dislodging a portion of the road and forcing
authorities to close it to traffic.
Eleven crew members were on board, but no one was injured in the incident, Coast Guard spokesman Keita
Sakai said.

A tanker rests after slamming into the side of an Osaka bridge that connects the airport to the mainland,
damaging part of the bridge and the vessel.
The bridge reopened on Wednesday but not before around 3,000 passengers spent a night trapped in the
airport. Some were evacuated on buses Wednesday morning to Izumisano Station in Osaka City.
Hundreds of others planned to leave on high speed boats dispatched to Kansai Airport Wednesday to ferry
passengers to Kobe Airport to catch alternative flights.
Each boat was capable of carrying 110 passengers, and would go back and forth until all passengers were
evacuated, Mami Yamaguchi from the New Kansai International Airport Company told CNN.

Building scaffolding lays collapsed after a powerful typhoon hit Osaka, in western Japan.
All flights were canceled Wednesday, adding to the traffic chaos caused by hundreds of domestic and
international flight cancellations on Tuesday.
"Equipments and machines were damaged by the flooded water in a part of the terminal. We don't know
when we can re-open," Yamaguchi said.
Storm surges also swamped runways at Kansai Airport, with water washed in from Osaka Bay. Flight
cancellations also affected Itami Airport in Osaka and Chubu Centrair International Airport in Nagoya.
Aerial images of the damage showed rows of cars that had been consumed by flames at an auctioneer's lot
in Nishinomiya, Hyogo prefecture.

Local police said the fire might have been sparked by wires short circuiting.
It's not clear what caused the blaze, but police suspect wires could have short-circuited in the rain. Local
police said a total of 187 cars caught fire.
Firefighters weren't able to reach the area due to flooded streets. They eventually put out the flames at 9:35
p.m. local time after spraying water from the sea.

Strong winds in Kobe left cars piled in a heap.

Kansai International Airport is partly inundated following a powerful typhoon in Izumisano, in Japan's
Osaka prefecture.
The Fire and Disaster Management Agency said Wednesday that more than 400 people had been injured
across 20 prefectures.

Pedestrians try to hold their umbrellas while struggling with strong winds in Yokohama, near Tokyo.
More than 8,000 residents had sought shelter in 1,667 evacuation shelters in 24 prefectures, it added.
Social media users posted videos that showed the force of the storm.
On Japan's main island of Honshu, nine cities and towns issued compulsory evacuation orders. A further 53
issued non-compulsory evacuation orders.
Towns and cities in the prefectures of Gifu, Aichi, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyogo, Nara and Wakayama on Honshu,
along with Tokushima, Kagawa and Kochi on the island of Shikoku were affected.

Trillanes seeks Supreme Court reprieve vs

amnesty nullification
MANILA - Senator Antonio Trillanes IV is asking the Supreme Court on Thursday to block President
Rodrigo Duterte's nullification of his amnesty.

NFA rice importation won't tame market prices

for now: spokesman
MANILA - The importation of some 250,000 metric tons of rice would not immediately impact the market prices, a
spokesperson for the National Food Authority said Thursday.

The Philippines is importing an additional 250,000 tons of rice via an open tender on top of the 133,500 tons to be brought in to
address the thin supply in southern provinces.

Duterte withdrawal of Trillanes amnesty a basis

for impeachment: expert
MANILA - (UPDATE) President Rodrigo Duterte's withdrawal of amnesty for Senator Antonio Trillanes
is a basis for impeachment, a legal and governance expert said Thursday.

Duterte voided amnesty for Trillanes, his most vocal critic, citing failure to express guilt over failed
military uprisings against former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in 2003 and 2007.

He also ordered Trillanes' arrest and the resumption of administrative and criminal proceedings against the
former Navy lieutenant.

Trillanes, hihingi ng TRO sa pagpapawalang-bisa ni Duterte sa

kaniyang amnestiya
Kukuwestiyunin ng kampo ni Sen. Antonio Trillanes ang Proclamation 572 ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na nagpapawalang-
bisa sa amnestiyang ibinigay ng nakaraaang administrasyon sa kaniya, pati na ang utos na arestuhin siya. Naniniwala ang
abogado ni Trillanes na panggigipit at pagkitil lang sa boses ng oposisyon ang ginagawa ng administrasyon. Hanggang ngayon
ay nasa Senado pa rin si Trillanes. I-Bandila mo, Mike Navallo. - Bandila, Martes, 4 Setyembre, 2018

elected official killed under the Duterte administration.

Alkalde sa Cebu, patay nang pagbabarilin sa sariling

opisina
Patay ang alkalde ng bayan ng Ronda sa probinsiya ng Cebu matapos pagbabarilin ng mga hindi pa
nakikilalang salarin sa loob mismo ng munisipyo.

Dead on arrival na sa ospital si Mayor Mariano Blanco III bandang 2:25 ng madaling araw Miyerkoles,
kumpirmasyon ng hepe ng Ronda Police Station na si Senior Inspector Junior Falcon.

Pasado ala-1 ng madaling araw nang salakayin sa loob ng kaniyang opisina ang alkalde at doon na
pinagbabaril.

Nagluluksa ngayon ang buong Ronda, Cebu sa pagkamatay ng kanilang alkalde.

Si Blanco ang ika-16 elected official na pinatay sa ilalim ng administrasyon ni Pangulong Rodrigo
Duterte.

 Mayors and Vice Mayors killed under Duterte administration

Tinanggalan ng awtoridad si Blanco sa kapulisan noong 2017 dahil umano sa pagkakadawit niya sa ilegal
na droga.

Titingnan din kung matutuloy pa ang fiesta sa bayan na gaganapin mula Setyembre 14 hanggang 15.

Naka half mast rin ang watawat sa labas ng munisipyo.

-- May ulat ni Leleth Rumaguera, ABS-CBN News

5 nagnakaw ng baterya ng mga sasakyan, tiklo

ANGADANAN, Isabela - Arestado ang 5 lalaki na sangkot sa pagnanakaw ng baterya ng mga sasakyan sa
bayang ito Linggo ng madaling araw.

Ayon sa pulisya, nakatanggap sila ng sumbong mula sa isang residente na tinangay ang baterya ng
kaniyang sasakyan.

Agad nagsagawa ng hot pursuit operation ang pulisya at nasakote sa Barangay Centro 2 ang mga suspek na
sina Rey Tapaoan, Erap Encarnacion, Jeric Ramirez at dalawang menor de edad habang sakay ng kolong-
kolong.

Narekober sa mga suspek ang tatlong nakaw umanong baterya na libu-libo ang halaga.

Nahulihan rin ang suspek ng kalibre 5.56 pistol at .22 revolver na kapwa homemade.

Inaalam na din kung sangkot ang mga naaresto sa operasyon ng ilegal na droga matapos makumpiska sa
kanila ang limang paketeng hinihinalang shabu at 10 nakarolyo na marijuana.

Lalaking mag-iisang taong laya, patay sa pamamaril

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan - Patay ang isang lalaki matapos pagbabarilin nang hindi nakilalang
salarin sa Riverside, Barangay Centro 10, Martes ng gabi.

Sa paunang imbestigasyon ng pulisya, nakaupo sa isang tindahan si Gilbert Lavadia, 48 anyos, nang
dumating umano ang dalawang lalaki na magka-angkas sa motorsiklo. Isa sa mga ito ang bumunot ng baril
saka pinaputukan ng ilang beses ang biktima.

Nadala pa sa ospital ang biktima pero idineklarang dead-on-arrival ng attending physician.

Ayon kay Superintendent George Cablarda, hepe ng Tuguegarao City Police, nahuli ng Philippine Drug
Enforcement Agency o PDEA Region 2 si Lavadia dahil sa ilegal na droga noong 2016. Pero nakalaya siya
noon lang Oktubre 2017.

“Balik operation siya. Actually sa may pinagkukuhanan ng shabu nga siya napatay eh,” ani Cablarda.

Iniimbestigahan naman kung may kinalaman sa ilegal na droga ang pagpatay sa biktima.

Patuloy din na iniimbestigahan ang pagkakakilanlan ng dalawang salarin.

Trillanes, hinamon si Duterte na ipag-utos ang

pag-aresto sa kaniya sa kamera
Hinamon ni Sen. Antonio Trillanes si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na ipag-utos ang pag-aresto sa kaniya sa harap mismo ng
kamera para malaman kung susunod umano sa ilegal na utos ang militar at PNP. Naalarma naman ang ilang mga senador sa
presensiya ng mga militar at pulis sa labas ng Senado. Ito'y kahit wala pang arrest warrant laban kay Trillanes. Mula sa Senado,
i-Bandila mo, Mike Navallo. - Bandila, Miyerkoles, 5 Setyembre, 2018

Binata na umano'y nagbebenta ng marijuana sa

mga bar sa QC, tiklo
MAYNILA - Arestado ang isang 20-anyos na lalaki sa buy-bust operation sa Barangay Laging Handa,
Quezon City Miyerkoles ng gabi.

MANILA (UPDATE) - The mayor of Ronda town in the southwestern part of Cebu province was shot
dead by unidentified men inside the town hall on Wednesday dawn.

Tokyo (CNN)The strongest typhoon to hit Japan's mainland in 25 years smashed a tanker into a bridge,
forcing one of the country's largest airports to close and hundreds of flights to be canceled.

MANILA -- (UPDATE) Inflation hurtled past forecasts to 6.4 percent in August, as food prices rose during
the monsoon season and as more Filipinos wished they could work more hours, official data released
Wednesday showed.

MANILA – PLDT Inc said Wednesday it did not terminate 12,000 workers and that it had not received a
notice of strike from one of its unions.
MANILA -- (UPDATE) Unemployment eased in July compared to the same period in 2017, while
underemployment rose, the Philippine Statistics Authority said Wednesday.

Damaged traffic boards and telecommunication relay poles are seen after they were brought down by
strong winds caused by typhoon Jebi in Osaka on September 4, 2018. The strongest typhoon to hit Japan in
25 years made landfall on September 4, the country's weather agency said, bringing violent winds and
heavy rainfall that prompted evacuation warnings. Jiji Press, AFP

Senator Antonio Trillanes delivers a privilege speech at the Senate on Sept. 4, 2018. The lawmaker faces
arrest after President Rodrigo Duterte voided amnesty that he secured in 2011. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-
CBN News

MANILA - Senator Antonio Trillanes IV is asking the Supreme Court on Thursday to block President
Rodrigo Duterte's nullification of his amnesty.

MANILA - The importation of some 250,000 metric tons of rice would not immediately impact the market
prices, a spokesperson for the National Food Authority said Thursday.

The Philippines is importing an additional 250,000 tons of rice via an open tender on top of the 133,500
tons to be brought in to address the thin supply in southern provinces.

MANILA - (UPDATE) President Rodrigo Duterte's withdrawal of amnesty for Senator Antonio Trillanes
is a basis for impeachment, a legal and governance expert said Thursday.
MAYNILA - Hindi itinatangi ng komedyanteng si Pepe Herrera na minsan ay naikukumpara siya sa kapwa
komedyanteng si Empoy Marquez, pero hindi naman raw ito isyu para sa kaniya.

Sa panayam kay Herrera ng media sa press conference ng kaniyang upcoming movie na “The Hopeful
Romantic”, ibinahagi ng komedyante ang kanyang saloobin tungkol dito.

“Hindi po kasi ako competitive sir e, tsaka magkakaibigan po kami nila Empoy [Marquez] kami po kasing
mga komedyante para kaming isang tribo e,” ani Herrera.

Pagdating naman sa pagkakaroon ng magandang leading lady, hindi rin daw ito isyu sa kaniya.

“Siguro po ang pananaw ko dyan, hindi ko po tinitingnan kung sino ang susunod na makakasama ko when
I’m working on a project,” paliwanag niya.

Aniya, masaya rin daw siya sa naging magandang kinalabasan ng kaniyang maituturing na first lead movie
project.

“Ang importante po sakin ang mapalitaw ang story bilang actor, kaya para po sakin itong “The Hopeful
Romantic” proud po kami kasi naipakita mo namin ang tunay na kuwento ng pelikula,” pahayag pa niya.

Mapapanuod ang “The Hopeful Romantic” simula Setyembre 12.