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(415) 593-5955 or (650) 278-0692 July 30-Aug 05, 2020 PH rejects claim Sabah 1 year visa-free entry now part of Malaysia to Taiwan includes PH By Macon Araneta By Daniel Llanto FilAm Star Correspondent FilAm Star Correspondent FILIPINOS and nationals from three other countries can continue THE PHILIPPINES’ top diplomat rejected claims that Sabah is to enjoy traveling to Taiwan without visa for one year starting August now part of Malaysia as the Malaysian foreign ministry announced 1, 2020 until July 31, 2021. that Kuala Lumpur stopped paying cession money to the heirs of Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)made the decision in a the Sultanate of Sulu to indicate that Sabah is now its full- bid to promote its New Southbound Policy which allows visa-free entry to fledged territory. foreign nationals from the Philippines, Thailand, Brunei and Russia.. Foreign Affairs Sec. Teodoro Locsin Jr. on July 27 slammed In a statement, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office a photo caption issued by the US Embassy in Manila that (TECO)in the Philippines stressed that the extension is intended to designates Sabah as part of Malaysia, negating the strengthen Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy. Philippine’s historical claim to Sabah. Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein (Photo: Facebook) ■ TO PAGE A7 (Photo: Wikipedia) ■ TO PAGE A7 Duterte says no to US bases’ return to Subic TRUMP UNLEASHES COVID-19 CURE US NEWS | A3 PH BEHIND ASIAN COUNTRIES IN RECOVERY PH NEWS | A4 Subic Bay (Photo: Youtube) Pres. Rodrigo Duterte (Photo: Facebook) By Daniel Llanto to do nothing on the maritime row with FilAm Star Correspondent China over the West Philippine Sea, the reason cited in the US plan to re-claim its presence in the Philippines. ADOPTING what seemed to be a Duterte lately eased up on his an- hardline stance, President Duterte shot US, Australia, Japan ti-US rhetoric as he ordered the process down a reported plan in Washington of abrogating the bilateral Visiting Forc- to bring back the US bases to Subic, es Agreement suspended but said allow- saying this would lead to a war that ing US bases at this time would “ensure warships to deter may result in the “extinction of the that a war breaks out because there will Filipino race.” be atomic arsenals to be brought in.” NEW HOROSCOPE COLUMN In his fifth state of the nation ad- HEALTH & LIFESTYLE | A13 dress (SONA) on July 27, Duterte said ■ TO PAGE A7 China in Indo-Pacific he won’t allow US bases in Subic Bay By Macon Araneta destroyer for a “trilateral exercise” with the same air of finality as his intent FilAm Star Correspon- as an effort to improve cooperation 4 protesting state prison death dent in keeping international waters “free and open.” It follows maritime drills IN EFFORTS to keep interna- toll, immigration detention between a US Navy carrier strike tional waters “free and open,” five group, led by USS Nimitz, and Australian warships have joined Indian warships near the vital Ma- American and Japanese navies in arrested at Governor’s mansion lacca Strait trading route, sending a conducting military exercises in the strong signal to Beijing against the FAIR OAKS – A group of 14 people COVID in detention. Philippine Sea in a reciprocal show backdrop of a violent India-China were arrested at the suburban man- Dozens of additional supporters of strength as tensions grow over border stand-off last June 15. sion of California Gov. Gavin New- also rallied, painted a street mural China’s maritime ambitions in the The fatal face-off took place som. reading “Newsom: Free Them All,” Indo-Pacific region. when soldiers from the Indian The group, organizing under the chanted and played drums on site. An Australian Joint Task Army clashed with troops from the banner of the California Liberation As of press time, those arrested Group, led by HMAS Canberra, People’s Liberation Army close to Collective, includes several commu- were still being held in the Sacramen- joined the USS Ronald Reagan Car- nity organizers who are undocument- to jail. California Highway Patrol, the rier Strike Group and a Japanese ed, as well as immigration attorneys ■ TO PAGE A7 Gavin Newsome (Photo: Facebook) whose clients are at risk of contracting ■ TO PAGE A7 A2 FilAm Star July 30-Aug 05, 2020 July 30-Aug 05, 2020 FilAm Star A3 US News Trump bets on Trump national COVID-19 vaccine for security advisor tests political shot in arm positive for COVID-19 US PRESIDENT Donald Trump vowed to defeat Katie Miller, and Kimberly Guilfoyle, a top fund- the coronavirus by “unleashing American scientific raiser for the Trump campaign and his elder son’s DONALD Trump’s national security advisor and Moderna. genius” as he toured a COVID-19 vaccine facility in girlfriend. tested positive for COVID-19 Monday, as the The government is buying up stocks of their the swing state of North Carolina on Monday. president prepared to visit a North Carolina facil- vaccines even before they are proven to work or Trump appears to have pinned his hopes on Results by November? ity where one of the leading vaccine candidates is be effective, in order to remove financial risk for the swift emergence of a successful vaccine to both The US has spent more than $6.3 billion since being manufactured. the firms involved and speed up their delivery. contain the country’s still raging epidemic and March to fund vaccine development efforts under Trump has placed his hopes in the emer- Operation Warp Speed aims to deliver 300 revive his faltering re-election hopes. Operation Warp Speed. gence of a successful vaccine by this fall to both million doses of a vaccine by January 2021 -- and “We will achieve a victory over the virus by The program is unabashed in its aims to pro- contain the country’s still raging coronavirus Trump has made no secret of the fact that his goal unleashing American scientific genius,” he told cure vaccines for the American people first -- unlike outbreak and revive his faltering election hopes. is to immunize America first. reporters at Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies in European leaders who have called for COVID-19 National security advisor Robert O’Brien is This is far from the rhetoric coming from Morrisville, hours after it was revealed national drugs to be a “global public good.” the latest and most senior White House aide to European officials, who have called for a vaccine security advisor Robert O’Brien had tested positive. Pharmaceutical newcomer Moderna, which, contract the virus. to be a “global public good.” The facility has been awarded a contract to alongside AstraZeneca and two Chinese firms is He “has been self-isolating and working from Last week, the US signed a $1.95 billion mass produce an experimental vaccine developed among those furthest in its development timeline, a secure location off site,” the White House said deal with US pharma giant Pfizer and Germany’s by Novavax, as part of a multi-billion dollar govern- began the final stage of its clinical trial Monday. in a statement, adding that there was “no risk of BioNTech for 100 million doses of their vaccine, ment initiative dubbed Operation Warp Speed. The trial is being co-conducted by the National exposure to the president or the vice president.” the biggest deal to date. The plan involves investing heavily in leading Institutes for Health (NIH) across the United States Others who have been previously infected “Hopefully the approval process will go very pharmaceuticals to aid their development and man- and is expected to enroll approximately 30,000 include Vice President Mike Pence’s spokeswom- quickly, and we think we have a winner there,” ufacturing efforts, with the goal of delivering 300 adult volunteers. an Katie Miller, and Kimberly Guilfoyle, a top Trump said. million doses of vaccine by January 2021. Participants will get two doses of the vaccine fundraiser for the Trump campaign and girlfriend “We also think we have other companies It’s “never been done before, but we suspect it’s given 28 days apart. of Donald Trump Jr. right behind that are doing very well on the vac- going to work, and work very well,” added Trump, The first volunteer, a Black woman identified The United States is by far the worst-hit cines, long ahead of schedule.” who later donned a black mask and toured the lab. as Robyn, participated in a video chat hosted by the country in the world, with more than 4.2 million The United States is by far the worst-hit coun- NIH on Monday, telling viewers her friends and confirmed cases and nearly 150,000 deaths. Results by November? try in the world, with more than 4.2 million con- relatives had initially told her “it was a bad idea.” Though the number of new cases has leveled Moderna, one of vaccine makers that is firmed COVID-19 cases and nearly 150,000 deaths. “And the reason for that was because in the Af- off for the past few days, the US has so far failed furthest ahead in its development timeline, Though the number of new cases has leveled rican American community, we are all familiar with to push its curve down, as other nations have began the final stage of its clinical trial Monday off over the past few days, the US has failed to push the Tuskegee experiments,” she added, referring to done through lockdowns and physical distancing.