News: AFP to China: Pay P60M for June 17 attack

Thursday, July 4, 2024

AFP to China: Pay P60M for June 17 attack

July 5, 2024

CATCHING UP Pupils at Aurora Quezon Elementary School in Manila line up before their teacher on Thursday for the three-week National Learning Camp, a program to recover time lost due to adjustments in the current school calendar and class suspensions due to extreme heat. Attendance is voluntary and the classes focus on English, science and mathematics. —MARIANNE BERMUDEZ

Hi there. AFP to China: Pay P60M for June 17 attack

Following the June 17 attack at Ayungin Shoal where the Chinese coast guard

confiscated firearms, destroyed naval equipment, and wounded a Filipino sailor who lost his right thumb in the skirmish, the Philippine military said

China should pay P60 million in damages.

Agricultural and farmers' groups have petitioned the Supreme Court for a temporary restraining order against the implementation of Executive Order No. 62, which reduces the import duties on rice and other products from 35 percent to 15 percent.

Count Leonardo di Caprio among the celebrities and personalities who have called on Malacanang to "intervene" to protect the Masungi geopark in Rizal province. The DENR, locked in a tiff with the NGO handling Masungi's conservation, fired back: 'No one is above the law."

Per a recent Pulse Asia survey, Pinoys prefer a diplomatic solution to the sea row with China: 64 percent want Beijing to "agree to a code of conduct," and 61 percent say China should "remove" its coast guard and maritime militia from Philippine waters and EEZ.

Today's editorial asks, in light of the recent P35 wage hike: "Why the paltry increase when the Senate, in February, passed a law mandating a P100 wage hike, while the House proudly hoisted its plan to pass a legislated pay increase of from P150 to P350 for private sector workers?"

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PNP bent on finding Pampanga couple

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By Jun A. Malig and Frances Mangosing

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