STEALING FREE NEWSPAPER IS STILL A CRIME ! AB 2612, PLESCIA CRIME Landslides in Cebu WEEKLY ISSUE 70 CITIES IN 11 STATES ONLINE Vol. IX Issue 447 1028 Mission Street, 2/F, San Francisco, CA 94103 Tel. (415) 593-5955 or (650) 278-0692 November 2 - 8, 2017 Human rights top ASEAN-U.S. summit agenda; Duterte PH NEWS | A2 Duterte donor kicked ‘to listen’ to Trump, discuss N. Korea nuclear issue out of party By Macon Araneta | FilAm Star Correspondent Human rights will top the agenda when President Donald Trump meets with President Rodrigo Duterte in November for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and related summits, a White House official said. In a Bloomberg report, the White House official said Trump would send a clear message on human rights principles in his meeting with Duterte when he visits the country from November 12 to 13. PH NEWS | A3 “I would deal with U.S. President Trump in the most righteous way, welcome him as an important leader. As a matter of fact, the most important leader on this side of the planet and I would have to listen to him, what he has De Lima recipient to say,” Duterte said. Prize for Freedom “We move our mouths in the same cadence, for example like declaring a national emergency regarding the drug issue,” he added. In the past, Duterte rejected U.S. criticism of his human rights track re- cord, calling then President Barack Obama a “son of a whore” over the issue. Duterte, known for his fiery rhetoric, has been criticized over extra-judicial killings in the Philippines that accompanied his crackdown on the drug trade. Trump previously praised Duterte, telling the Philippine leader on a pri- vate phone call that he had done “an unbelievable job on the drug problem.” SPORTS NEWS | A4 However, Duterte has not taken to criticism well, especially from other (L-R) President Rodrigo Duterte and President Donald Trump TO PAGE A7 (Photo: www.salon.com) Sony’s AIBO robo-dog to return Eminent human rights lawyer replaces Drilon, Roxas implicated as Duterte’s spokesman protectors of drug lords By Daniel Llanto | FilAm Star Correspondent By William Casis | FilAm Star Correspondent There’s irony somewhere when President Duterte appointed pre-em- inent human rights lawyer and Ka- BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY | A8 bayan party-list Rep. Harry Roque as the new presidential spokesman for an Trump cracks down on administration under severe criticism here and abroad for its supposed lack visa after NY attack of respect for human rights. Before leaving for a three-day state visit to Japan, Duterte announced the appointment of Roque who nonethe- less complements the President’s man- ner of crude discourse. Roque replaces the sacked Ernesto Abella, the former Christian evangelist-pastor with a calm (L-R) Mar Roxas II and Sen. Franklin Drilon (Photo: www.youtube.com) WORLD NEWS| A9 Kabayan party-list Rep. Harry Roque and sober way of defending the (Photo: www.netcitizen.com) TO PAGE A7 TO PAGE A7 Ex-Trump aides charged as ‘Trainload of evidence’ vs. Ombudsman Lorenzana vows troops who looted Russia probe accelerates Carpio-Morales’ in impeachment case homes in Marawi will be punished By Daniel Llanto | FilAm Star Correspondent Morales out. The Volunteers against Crime and Corruption (VACC), which also filed an impeachment complaint against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno and former Commission on Elections chairman Andres Bautista, said Mo- rales would do better to simply resign to spare herself from the humiliation of Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales being impeached. (Photo: mobile.nation.co.ke) VACC legal counsel Manuelito Sec. of Defense Delfin Lorenzana Luna said his group has a “trainload” (Photo: www.scmp.com) An impeachment complaint will of evidence to prove Morales’ supposed be formally filed against Ombudsman mismanagement of the Office of the DAVAO CITY — Government (L-R) Paul Manafort and George Papadopoulos Conchita Carpio-Morales before the Ombudsman. troops who could be proven to have (Photos: www.twitter.com / www. nbcnews.com) House of Representatives on Novem- “More and more victims of Om- been involved in looting during the An investigation into Russian in- man, were charged. ber 20. budsman Carpio-Morales’ tyrannical five-month fighting in Marawi City terference in the 2016 election moved Ex-campaign chairman Paul The unanimous endorsement abuse of power or betrayal of public would feel “the full force of the law,” into a new and more perilous stage for Manafort and another former Trump of lawmakers concerned is expected trust approached us these past few Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana the White House Tuesday after three aide appeared in court, pleading not because of what is claimed to be a days to share information and evidence vowed on Tuesday. aides to Donald Trump’s presidential guilty to conspiracy against the United “trainload” of supporting evidence, which would further bolster the Lorenzana gave the commitment campaign, including a former chair- TO PAGE A7 not because President Duterte wanted TO PAGE A7 TO PAGE A7 A2 FilAm Star November 2 - 8, 2017 ph news 300 flee as landslides hit Cebu villages Probe urged on building constructions BOLJOON, Cebu — Land- Lower Becerril to Barangay Up- vehicles can actually pass slides triggered by the move- per Becerril because of cracks through it,” she added. obstructing flight paths in Davao airport ment of a fault line cutting caused by the ground move- Boulders and uprooted across three subvillages in ment. trees had also blocked the flow By William Casis | FilAm Star Correspondent this southern town some 105 Socorro Medelda, Lower of Lusopan River. The im- kilometers from Cebu City have Becerril barangay councilor, pounded water reached about forced at least 300 residents to flee their homes to ensure their safety, local officials said. Worst hit was Sitio Calfran- co in Barangay Lower Becerril where 17 families, or more than 200 people, fled, leaving the community deserted. Nineteen other families (100 people) left their homes in Sitio Sangi and Upper Cansiloy. Nine sitio com- pose Lower Becerril in Boljoon. No one was hurt but a house was buried by soil in Up- (Photo: cebudailynews.wordpress.com) per Cansiloy, reports said. Data from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) showed that three fault lines cut across (L-R) Sen. JV Ejercito and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte 17 areas in Cebu province. One (Photo: www.cnnphilippines.com / www. amazetify.com) is found in central Cebu, cover- Sen. JV Ejercito urged the edly obstructing air traffic. gers and aircraft?” Ejercito told ing the cities of Cebu, Naga, Senate to investigate officials She gave the ultimatum to reporters. Danao, Mandaue, Talisay and of the Civil Aviation Authority the FTC Group of Companies to He said there was “some- Toledo and the towns of Balam- of the Philippines (CAAP) for remove the crane mounted on thing fishy” in the CAAP’s ban and Compostela. allowing the construction of top of their 33-storey building inaction. The nine other towns tra- buildings that obstruct flight or the city government will do it “Speaking of Clark, they versed by the fault lines are Os- paths. at the developer’s expense. allowed a hangar to be built lob, Ginatilan, Boljoon, Alegria, “I will file a resolution to “If they won’t lower the right at the end of the runway,” Alcoy, Argao, Dalaguete, investigate because it has hap- crane, I will never allow them he added. Minglanilla and Malabuyoc in (Photo: www.philstar.com) pened, not once, but thrice,” to open their building. They will The structures have southern Cebu. said Ejercito, vice-chairman of never be allowed to do business prompted the CAAP to is- Areas close to fault lines said a crack about half a meter 12.19 meters (40 feet) deep, the Senate committee on public in Davao City,” the mayor said. sue Notices to Airmen several are prone to earthquakes and wide and 20 meters long was Ternate said. services. times, warning pilots of the slight movements in the land, found on the 15-km Becerril- He said that if the natural He was referring to the Ejercito said this is not the risks in landing and take-off. such as landslides and rock- Nug-as Road following another dam broke loose, water could almost-finished Aeon Tower in first time. Cypress Towers along The Senator said that last slides, Phivolcs said. fault movement on Monday easily wash away everything on Davao City, which is reportedly C5 was the cause of diversions year, condominium property According to Eutemio morning. its path. standing directly on the flight when the ILS (instrument land- developer DMCI Homes in Ternate, head of the Boljoon Workers from the town “We were told that they path of aircrafts landing or tak- ing system) of Runway 24 at Taguig City “constructed” municipal disaster risk reduc- government filled the crack with had successfully decreased the ing off from the Davao Inter- NAIA was not operational, so along the flight path of aircrafts tion and management office, soil and covered the surface water level by 3 meters. That’s national Airport some seven many flights were diverted to bound for NAIA. Sitio Sangi is sitting on top of a with limestone to allow motor- a relief but the clearing opera- kilometers away. Clark. “Now comes the Aeon Tow- fault line that has been mov- cycles to pass. tions there will be 24/7 until There were reports that He also said CAAP also ers in Davao which is clearly in ing, triggering the landslides. “The earth we’re standing Lusapon River can finally flow Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio allowed the construction of a the flight path of the runway.