PNP, BUBUO NG TASK FORCE PARA ARESTUHIN SI SEN. BATO
Bubuo ng task force ang PNP para hanapin at arestuhin si Sen. Bato dela Rosa kaugnay ng arrest warrant na inilabas ng International Criminal Court (ICC) laban sa kaniya.
Ayon kay PNP Chief Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr., tututukan ng task force ang paghahanap kay Dela Rosa hanggang sa maihatid siya sa ICC.
Bisitahin ang https://t.co/bAMF9JOAN0 para sa iba pang balita.
Following the historic expansion of Mainland Philippines, we are pleased to announce that residents of the Philippine Republic's China (#PRC), affectionately known as Big Chinatown, shall henceforth be called Chinatownians.
We warmly welcome all Chinatownians to our growing republic!
Rest assured, we respect your traditions, culture and history. We only ask that you recognize our sovereignty, respect our territorial boundaries and refrain from unnecessary provocations.
We understand that some Chinatownians may disagree with this arrangement. But our historical maps clearly show otherwise, and we trust that everyone will respect our interpretation.
There is absolutely no need for confrontation. We believe in diplomacy, mutual understanding and peaceful coexistence.
After all, we love peace!
PHILIPPINE 9-DASH LINE COVERS CHINA!
In a groundbreaking discovery from the archives of DAILY TRIBUNE's brilliant graphic artists, a newly unearthed map appears to show that the Philippines' nine-dash line covers China.
After an extensive study involving a computer, a mouse and a very talented graphic artist, we have concluded that the Philippines now has sovereign rights over China.
And since drawing lines on a map makes territorial claims legitimate, we see absolutely no reason why ours should be treated any differently.
We therefore respectfully ask Beijing to recognize our historical rights, refrain from entering our waters and settle all disputes through peaceful dialogue.
After all, we love peace.
#dailytribune #satire #China
'THAT IS NOT REASSURANCE, THAT IS A DIRECT THREAT'
Bumwelta si Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Spokesperson for West Philippine Sea (WPS) Rear Admiral Jay Tarriela sa pahayag ni Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Jing Quan na "easy win" sa China kung gagamit sila ng dahas.
"Now, we should feel fortunate enough that you have a neighbor like China in this region," naunang saad ni Jing Quan.
"Wrapping it in ‘we love peace’ does not change what it is... He says we should ‘feel fortunate’ to have a neighbor like China. Our fishermen driven away from Bajo de Masinloc do not feel fortunate," saad naman ni Tarriela.
Let us call this what it is! A foreign ambassador, on Philippine soil, before Filipino journalists, telling Filipinos that his country "may easily win" if it chooses to use force against us. That is not reassurance. That is a direct threat, and wrapping it in "we love peace" does not change what it is.
Ambassador Jing Quan is a guest in this country. We received him, accredited him, and extended to him every courtesy owed to a diplomat. A guest who reminds his host that he could easily beat him up, but has graciously decided not to, is not describing friendship. He is threatening the very country that received him and asking us to be grateful for it.
He says we should "feel fortunate" to have a neighbor like China. Our fishermen driven away from Bajo de Masinloc do not feel fortunate. Our Coast Guard personnel water-cannoned, rammed, and lasered in our own exclusive economic zone do not feel fortunate. No people feel fortunate when a larger neighbor repeatedly violates the law and then tells them to be thankful it was not worse.
The threat or use of force is prohibited under Article 2(4) of the UN Charter. China's claims in the West Philippine Sea were ruled without legal basis by the 2016 Arbitral Award.
The Philippines does not measure its rights by the size of its neighbor's military. We measure them by international law. Not using force against a country whose rights you are already violating is not peace. It is coercion by other means!
Telling an eighty-year-old woman to "check the portal" for serious biopsy results is cruelty disguised as digital efficiency.
My 82-year-old aunt had a lung biopsy done two weeks ago.
The doctor told her they’d have the pathology report ready within five business days.
Friday afternoon rolled around. No call.
She dialed the clinic’s main desk, her voice shaking with anxiety.
The receptionist cut her off before she could finish explaining:
“Doctor doesn’t give results over the phone anymore. All lab findings are automatically released to your MyChart patient portal.”
My aunt said, “Sweetheart, I don’t have a computer. I have a landline on my kitchen wall. Can the doctor just tell me if I have cancer?”
The receptionist sighed into the receiver:
“It’s hospital network policy. We can’t bypass the portal. You’ll have to have a family member create an account and view the file.”
My aunt spent an entire seventy-two-hour weekend sitting in her recliner, gripping her reading glasses, convinced she was dying.
I drove out to her house on Monday morning, set up a profile on my laptop, and pulled up the records.
The result was benign.
The pathology report had been uploaded four days earlier.
A doctor spent three minutes clicking an upload button, and an elderly woman endured four days of sheer psychological terror because the hospital decided a phone call was too expensive.
Since when did delivering medical news become a self-service task?