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READ: China hits, US backs new PH maritime law
NEW laws defining the country's maritime zones and archipelagic boundaries drew fire from China while eliciting support from the United States late Friday. Beijing summoned the Philippine ambassador to China to lodge formal protests over the enactment of the "Maritime Zones Act" and the "Archipelagic Sea Lanes Act," which it said includes territories claimed by China. In a ceremony in Malacañang, the President signed the Republic Act (RA) 12064, the Philippine Maritime Zones Act, and RA 12065, or the Philippine Archipelagic Sea Lanes Act. In his speech, Marcos said the two new laws would assert the country's rights as an archipelagic state while fulfilling its obligations under international law.
READ: No radical shift seen in PH-US alliance
THERE will be no radical shift in the alliance between the Philippines and the United States under the administration of US President-elect Donald Trump, a geopolitical analyst said Saturday. In a Saturday news forum in Quezon City, De La Salle University professor Don McLain Gill said that the Philippine-US alliance has become consequential to the interests of both countries.
READ: Nika to make landfall Monday
TROPICAL Storm Nika, moving west at 35 kilometers per hour (kph), is expected to gradually intensify into a severe tropical storm before landfall over Isabela or Aurora on Monday afternoon or evening, the state-run weather bureau said Saturday. In its 5 p.m. bulletin, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) noted that the storm's center was estimated at 1,005 kilometers east of Southeastern Luzon with maximum sustained winds at 65 kph near the center and gustiness of 80 kph.
READ: Rejoin ICC, Marcos urged
SENATE Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III urged President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to reconsider his position and get the country to rejoin the International Criminal Court (ICC). Pimentel made this appeal before members of the diplomatic community during a foreign policy address at the Department of Foreign Affairs on Friday.
BUSINESS: DTI inks deal with retailers, suppliers
Topping business, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), the Philippine Retailers Association (PRA), and the Supply Chain Management Association of the Philippines (SCMAP) entered into an agreement on Friday to address challenges and lay out a roadmap for the wholesale and retail industry. The memorandum of understanding (MoU), signed by Trade Secretary Ma. Cristina Roque, PRA President Roberto Claudio and SCMAP President Dennis Llovido at the DTI office in Makati City, aims to address the policies and regulatory challenges that impact wholesale and retail operations and the entire supply chain.
SPORTS: Chot: TNT's PBA title 'satisfying'
CHOT Reyes can't help but describe TNT's championship conquest of the PBA Governors' Cup as "satisfying," personally and as a team. Just over a year ago, Reyes went through a tumultuous and challenging coaching stretch while preparing Gilas Pilipinas and, eventually, handling the national squad's stint in the 2023 FIBA World Cup. Basketball fans had high expectations for a Philippine team that first regained the Southeast Asian Games men's gold in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in May 2023, while months later, ended with a close defeat to the Karl-Anthony Towns-led Dominican Republic, Angola and Italy, bowed to South Sudan in the classification round before closing the tournament with a 96-75 victory over China. Shortly after beating the Chinese, Reyes announced that he was leaving the Gilas coaching post, which later paved the way for Tim Cone to be appointed the new head coach. Cone would win the gold medal at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China later that year.
READ: Opinion and editorial
Marlen Ronquillo is today's front page columnist, as he criticizes Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel's "roadmaps of folly".
Today's editorial says there's no rush in joining the Brics alliance of nations. Read the full version in the paper's opinion section or listen to the Voice of the Times.
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