News: Duterte seeks comeback as Davao mayor

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Duterte seeks comeback as Davao mayor

October 8, 2024

OPEN DISCUSSION Presidents Marcos and Yoon Suk-yeol at the start of their bilateral meeting on Monday where they discussed regional security, trade and other issues of mutual concern between their countries. —PPA POOL

Hi there. Duterte seeks comeback as Davao mayor

He kept saying he was already weak and would rather retire—but there was former president Rodrigo Duterte at the Comelec office in Davao City on Monday, filing his COC and seeking to recapture the city mayoralty he had held for a total of 22 years.

Following the resignation of Benhur Abalos as DILG Secretary to run for senator, Cavite Governor Jonvic Remulla is replacing him as the new head of the department, according to Remulla's older brother, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla.

Fresh woes for OFWs in the Middle East: Many of them are now anxious to leave Israel and Lebanon as violence continues to escalate in the region, "although it's still voluntary repatriation at Alert Level 3," said the Department of Migrant Workers.

In a surprise announcement on Sunday night (Manila time), Pope Francis named Kalookan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David, one of the most vocal critics of the brutal Duterte drug war, as one of 21 new cardinals or "Princes of the Church."

It would be ideal for the US and China to help SE Asia "with a 'rising tide that lifts all boats' so that the wide inequalities" among and within Asean countries could somehow be narrowed, writes columnist Cielito Habito in Opinion. But it's "wishful thinking" at this point.

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BUSINESS

BIZ BUZZ: Kevin Tan now helms Megaworld

Next-generation tycoon Kevin Andrew Tan has taken over the reins of most of the key businesses founded by his father, Andrew Tan. Rising to the top of flagship Megaworld Corp. doesn't come as a surprise.

By Tyrone Jasper C. Piad

REGIONS

Espinosa seeks justice for slain dad

TACLOBAN CITY—Confessed drug lord Rolan "Kerwin" Espinosa appealed to President Marcos to give their family justice for the death of his father, former Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. of Albuera town in Leyte, who was killed at the height of the drug war of the Duterte administration.

By Joey A. Gabieta

SPORTS

Springboard Loss

Basketball coaches usually take a day or two processing a botched campaign. But that wasn't quite the case for Converge's Franco Atienza, whose squad nearly toppled mighty San Miguel Beer in the deciding Game 5 of the PBA Governors' Cup quarterfinals.

By Denison Rey A. Dalupang

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Lost in a new Palo Alto

My refusal to accept that change is life's only immutable variable was swiftly met with lessons one September afternoon when I boarded a Marguerite in Palo Alto, California. The first lesson went like this: "In searching for the familiar, you'll be confronted with the unfamiliar."

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INQUIRER PLUS-EXCLUSIVE

'Sari-sari' stores continue to dominate business registrations in PH

While business name registrations and renewals filed was up just 2 percent so far this year, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is confident of surpassing last year's numbers. Available data from the government agency showed that filings reached 923,383 as of Oct. 6, more than the 902,595 recorded for the whole 10-month period in 2023.

By Alden M. Monzon

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