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Today’s News… Malacañang urges public to maintain

vigilance in guarding against outbreaks of dengue

Government closely monitoring possible impact of US downgrade to Philippine economy

Palace congratulates Philippine Dragon Boat Team for winning gold in World Championship in Florida

Aquino meets with leadership of Moro Islamic Liberation Front in Japan

Privatization of RPN, IBC in the works, says Coloma

Lingig town mayor abducted Mayor abducted by NPA in his own

home Surigaonon News: Bag-ong chief of

police sa Surigao City, milingkod na Cebuano News: Aquino mipasidungog

sa 2011 awardees sa Ten Outstanding Students of the Philippines

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Malacañang urges public to maintain vigilance in guarding against outbreaks of dengue

espite the fact that dengue cases from January to July this year decreased by over 25% as compared to the same period last year, Malacanang appealed

on Saturday for the public to avoid complacency in dealing with said disease.

In an interview over

government-run dzRB Radyo ng

Bayan, Deputy Spokesperson

Abigail Valte said “We should not

let our guards down in terms of

fighting dengue. Kasi ang

nangyayari po kapag tumataas ang

cases we become diligent and we

become aware of the situation. Pero

‘pag bumababa na nakakalimutan

na po natin ang fight against

dengue.”

Valte said the latest report

from the Department of Health

(DOH) indicated that cases of

dengue from January to July 23 this

year reached 38,876 which is

25.85% lower compared to the

same period last year (52,428) as

outbreaks that hit the country have

now been contained.

While the government with the

cooperation of the public has

succeeded in bringing down the

cases of dengue, Valte noted that

the good work in combating

dengue should be maintained.

“The fight against dengue

must be done all year round, hindi

lang po tag-ulan, kahit po tag-init.

Let’s keep our areas clean. If we

take charge of our own

surroundings, then that goes a long

way para po hindi magkaroon ng

dengue sa ating community,” she

said.

Dengue is a disease

caused by the bite of the Aedes

aegypti mosquito. These

mosquitoes bite during daytime.

The disease is characterized by

headaches, fever, muscle and joint

pains and skin rashes. In extreme

cases, bleeding of the gums and

nose may occur.

Health Secretary Enrique

T. Ona reported on Thursday that

most dengue cases this year came

from the National Capital Region

(9,229), and the rest from Central

Luzon (6,365), the

CALABARZON (5,649),

Ilocos Region (3,432), and

Cagayan Valley (2,737).

In the National capital

Region, Quezon City (2,574) and

Manila (1,040) had the most

number of cases followed by

Caloocan (1,104), Pasig (804), and

Valenzuela (664).

While dengue outbreaks

were also detected in Basco,

Mahatao, Sabtang,Taal, Uyugan,

and Itbayat in Batanes and

Dingalan in Aurora, health

authorities confirmed that said

outbreaks have already been

contained.

Government closely monitoring possible impact of US downgrade to Philippine economy

alacañang made an assurance Saturday that the government will closely monitor the recent credit rating downgrade of the US by Standard

& Poor’s (S&P) so that it could respond to whatever impact it might have on the country’s economy.

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Deputy presidential

spokesperson Abigail Valte said in

a radio interview on Saturday over

state-run dzRB

Radyo ng Bayan that it’s

too early to tell the effect of the

downgrade to the Philippines

because it

happened just the other night.

“So what we can say right

now is sigurado po tayo na

nagbabantay na iyong mga

economic managers natin sa naging

downgrade na ito sa US at mapag-

uusapan po iyan in the next few

days,” Valte said.

Aside from assessing and

monitoring the effects of the US

downgrade, Valte said the

government will be taking the

necessary steps to address the

possible effects on the Philippines.

For the first time in

history, Standard & Poor

downgraded the US government’s

credit rating Friday saying the

recent plan worked out to raise the

federal debt ceiling doesn’t

sufficiently address what’s needed

to be done to stabilize the nation’s

longer-term finances.

At the same time, S&P

also said the partisan stalemate in

the US Congress that put the

country on the brink of default did

not bode well for efforts to reduce

the nation’s skyrocketing debt.

With the downgrade, the

US debt will now have a rating of

AA-plus instead of the coveted

AAA, dropping it into the same

category as Japan, Taiwan, China,

Slovenia and Spain.

Aside from a possible

increase in the US borrowing costs

as the government bonds become

more risky, the downgrade is a

major blow to the country’s

reputation.

Palace congratulates Philippine Dragon Boat Team for winning gold in World Championship in Florida

alacañang on Saturday congratulated the Philippine Dragon Boat Team for bringing pride to the country by winning gold in the World

Championships in Tampa, Florida.

“Allow me to extend our

congratulations to our Philippine

Dragon Boat Team. Nag-compete

po sila sa Florida and I understand

they broke the world record to get

the world title,” Deputy

Spokesperson Abigail Valte said.

The Philippine Dragon

Boat Team won gold in the

International Dragon Boat World

Championship in Tampa, Florida.

The team won the 1,000-meter

men's event against Australia and

Hungary.

“Meron pa po silang

several competitions coming up in

the next few days in Florida,” Valte

said during an interview over

government-run radio station dzRB

Radio ng Bayan on Saturday.

“We wish them well. We

wish them good luck and we exhort

our kababayans to support our

Philippine Dragon Boat Team in

the same way that we have

supported our Azkals and all our

other teams,” she added.

The deputy spokesperson

also urged the Filipino people to

continue to support the team,

noting that most of the 12-man

Philippine Dragon Boat Team are

members of the Armed Forces of

the Philippines.

Aquino meets with leadership of Moro Islamic Liberation Front in Japan

resident Benigno S. Aquino III had a historic meeting with the leadership of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Japan Thursday night aimed at

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showing sincerity and fast-tracking the ongoing peace talks with the Muslim rebel group. In a press briefing in

Malacanang on Friday, government

chief negotiator Marvic Leonen

said the President met with MILF

Chair Al Haj Murad Ibrahim in

Tokyo for two hours.

He described the informal

meeting between the President and

Murad as “cordial” and an

opportunity for a candid exchange

of views about the frames of the

continuing peace talk and possible

approaches for both sides to take to

achieve lasting peace in Mindanao.

Both parties also agreed to

implement any agreement within

the Aquino administration, Leonen

said.

“The President’s agenda

in Mindanao has been very clear

and he wants all places in the

Philippines to be developed and

that every place in the country to be

out of poverty at the soonest

possible time. The urgency is

because we are truly serious about

the peace process,” Leonen told the

media.

Going to Japan in full

force with members of his cabinet

accompanying him indicated the

government’s sincerity in the peace

negotiations, Leonen added.

“The sincerity, the confidence that

the President is not here to use the

peace agreement for any other

agenda except to do what is just for

the people in Mindanao,” he said

when asked by reporters about the

message that the government

conveyed to the rebel group.

At the same time, Leonen

made an assurance that there was

no “secret deal” forged between the

government and the MILF during

the meeting adding that the

government will not commit the

same mistakes made by the past

administration, particularly the

crafting of the memorandum of

agreement on ancestral domain

(MOA AD).

Leonen noted that,

coincidentally, August 4 was the

same date the Supreme Court

issued a temporary restraining

order against the MOA AD three

years ago.

The government chief

negotiator underscored that based

on current negotiations, the MILF

has abandoned seeking

independence and has been asking

to be recognized as Bangsamoro as

its national identity.

Leonen said it was agreed

by both sides to have the meeting

in Japan prior to the government’s

submission of its own agenda for

the talks last June. The meeting is

the first time that a President meets

with the chair of the MILF since

the negotiations commenced 14

years ago.

The President was

accompanied by the secretaries of

National Defense, Budget and

Management, Finance as well as

the Presidential Adviser on the

Peace Process, the Presidential

spokesperson, National security

adviser and the chair of the

government negotiating panel.

Chair Murad on the other

hand was accompanied to the

meeting by some members of the

Central Committee, the chair and

some members of the MILF’s

Negotiating Panel and some base

commanders.

The Japanese government

ensured the security of the

participants and provided the

necessary

environment for the informal

meeting, Leonen said adding the

meeting took place in the suburbs

of Tokyo.

The President arrived in

Japan at about 6 p.m. of August 4,

Thursday and left to return to

Manila at about 10 a.m. of August

5. The President’s unofficial

meeting took place at about 8:30

p.m., according to Leonen.

The MILF has been

fighting Philippine government for

decades to establish a self-rule

Muslim state in Mindanao.

Privatization of RPN, IBC in the works, says Coloma

he privatization of the broadcast networks the RPN 9 and IBC 13 will happen within the term of President Benigno Aquino III, Presidential

Communications Operations Office Secretary Herminio “Sonny” Coloma Jr. said Friday.

During an interview on

Friday over dzIQ Radyo Inquirer,

Coloma said that the government is

committed to privatize RPN 9 and

IBC 13, adding that it is only man-

dated to operate one network--the

People Television 4 (PTV 4).

RPN 9 and IBC 13 were

sequestered after the 1986 EDSA

People Power Revolt, which

toppled the then strongman

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Ferdinand Marcos and catapulted

the late President Corazon “Cory”

Aquino.

“Ang patakaran po ng

Aquino administration ay iisa lang

talaga ang tinuturing nating

government network that will be

operated as such but with the new

concept of public service network,”

Coloma said.

“Yung dalawa [RPN 9 and

IBC 13] ay tiyak na mapa-privatize

within the Aquino administration.

In

sequence, gusto ng Pangulo tapusin

muna yung RPN pagkatapos ay

yung IBC,” the secretary added.

Coloma said that the government

only owns 20.8 percent stake of

RPN 9. “Yung 80 percent po ay

nasa pribadong kamay na, 34

percent nito ay hawak nung Solar

group,” the secretary added.

He said that the

privatization management office of

the Department of Finance is now

working out the sale of the

government’s share in the

sequestered television networks

RPN 9 and IBC 13.

“Na-forward na po namin

sa kanila yung mga rekomendasyon

hinggil dito at sinasagawa po nila

yung mga nararapat tulad ng

pagsasagawa ng audit ng

Commission on Audit at yung

pagsusumite ng mga libro,” he

added.

Meanwhile, Coloma said that his

department is set to submit their

proposed amendments to the

charter of NBN 4. He said NBN 4

was only allowed to get

“commercial revenues” during the

first 10 years since its charter was

signed in 1992.

“So hanggang 2002 ay

nangalap po siya ng commercial

revenues. Simula po noon

hanggang sa kasalukuyan ay hindi

na maari. Ang pwede lang gawin

ay mangalap ng institutional

revenues katulad ng Pagcor at

PCSO,” he said.

“Meron nga po kaming

isusumiting proposed amendments

to the PTV law at sana kung ito ay

mapapagkasunduan na sa Gabinete

at ma-approve na finally ng

Pangulo maari pong masabay po ito

sa LEDAC,” he added.

Lingig town mayor abducted by Robert E. Roperos BUTUAN CITY, August 6 (PIA) – The chief executive of the municipality of Lingig, Surigao del Sur was abducted at around 5:30 am in his residence, thus confirmed by Tandag City Mayor Alexander Pimentel and Surigao del Sur Governor Johnny Pimentel in an interview with a local radio station here this morning.

According to Mayor

Pimentel in a phone-patch

interview who is in Manila, town

officials of Lingig as well as

officials of the provincial and

regional police in Caraga informed

him on the incident.

He said Mayor Henry

Dano along with his two escorts

who are members of the Philippine

Army were abducted by

unidentified group on board two

vans used as their exit vehicles.

The report was also

confirmed by Governor Johnny

Pimentel, minutes after the

interview of his elder brother

Mayor Pimentel.

The provincial chief

executive said the exit vehicle was

reported to have been heading

towards the direction of Davao

Oriental province.

Meanwhile, reports from

the Regional Office of the

Philippine National Police (PNP)

here revealed thatPolice Regional

Office 13 Regional Director

ReynaldoRafal has ordered Surigao

del Sur Police Provincial Office

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Provincial Director PSSupt Julito

Diray to exhaust all efforts and

coordinations for the immediate

release of the victims.

The report added the

abductorswhoare suspected CPP/N

PA/NDF (CNN) pretended to be

members of National Bureau of

Investigation (NBI) wearing

camouflage uniform.

Further, PCSupt Rafal said

that coordinations with PRO 11 and

the 75th Infantry Battalion of the

Philippine Army are currently

being made who have jurisdictions

over the area.

Furthermore, PSupt Diray

has already made the coordination

with Gov. Pimentel and has

activated the Provincial Crisis

Management Committee headed by

the governor.

It can be recalled that the

former Mayor of the town and now

Vice-Mayor Roberto Luna was also

abducted by members of CNN last

year. During that time, Mayor

Dano is the Vice-Mayor of the

town, it was learned. (PIA-Caraga

with reports from PNP-PRO 13)

Mayor abducted by NPA in his own home by Lt Charlene Gabatin

SURIGAO DEL SUR, August 6 – According to the report of the 401st Brigade in Surigao del Sur, Hon Mayor Henry S Dano of Lingig Municipality in Surigao del Sur was abducted by undetermined number of fully armed NPA, believed to be members of Guerilla Front 20, in his own home on 06 August 2011 6 o’clock in the morning together with his two (2) close-in bodyguards.

Said NPAs disguised

themselves as NBI agents and are

wearing color green NBI t-shirts.

The kidnappers were seen heading

towards Boston, Davao Oriental

area using two (2) van vehicles;

one (1) Toyota Hi-ace van color

blue with plate number VDE-690

and one (1) Hundai STAREX van,

color green with plate number 213.

The ultimate motive for the

abduction is yet to be determined

by the military together with the

PNP in the area.

Immediately after the

abduction of Lingig Mayor Dano,

75th

Infantry (Marauder) Battalion

deployed troops in hot pursuit to

the kidnappers but were ambushed

by NPAs at Sitio Mahogany, Brgy

Pagbakatan, Lingig Surigao del

Sur. Firefight ensued for 30 min

where one (1) soldier was killed

and six (6) others were wounded.

Their names are withheld prior to

the notification of their immediate

family.

MGen Victor Felix,

Commanding General of

4th

Infantry (Diamond) Division

was saddened by these and calls for

everybody to help put a complete

stop to these senseless atrocities

perpetrated by the NPAs.

Furthermore, he ordered no let up

pursuit operations against these

armed groups.

Col Romeo Gan, the

401st brigade commander is

currently coordinating with all

government forces including

civilian organizations to help

facilitate the safe release of Mayor

Dano.

The provincial government of

Surigao del Sur activated a Crisis

Management team headed by no

less that the governor himself,

Honorable Johnny T Pimentel,

purposely for the safe release of

Mayor Henry S Dano.

These NPAs are now getting

frustrated caused by our successes

with Internal Peace and Security

Campaign Plan “BAYANIHAN”.

The NPAs continuously focus on

soft targets only, capitalizing on

those who cannot fully defend

themselves. (401st Brigade/PIA-

Caraga)

MGen Victor Felix, Commanding General of the 4th Infantry (Diamond) Division was saddened by the abduction of Lingig, Surigao del Sur Mayor Henry Dano and the killing of one soldier and wounding of six others. MGen Felix calls for everybody to help put a complete stop to these senseless atrocities perpetrated by the NPAs. Furthermore, he ordered no let up pursuit operations against these armed groups.



Surigaonon News: Bag-ong chief of police sa Surigao City, milingkod na ni Dandy Lapura

SURIGAO DEL NORTE, August 6 (PIA) – Milingkod na ang bag-ong Chief of Police sa Surigao City sa pagkatawo ni Police Supt. Alfonso Pagkaliwagan, Jr., nga gikan nadestino isip Deputy Officer sa PNP Provincial Office sa probinsya sa Dinagat Islands. Pagkahuman sa pila ka bulan nga

pagserbisyo ni Officer In Charge

Police Senior Inspector Dick Cale,

nagmando ang PNP Higher

Headquarters nga magbutang na

gyud ug permanenteng Chief of

Police sa pagkatawo ni Supt.

Pagkaliwagan.

Si Supt. Pagkaliwagan usab ang

gipili ni Surigao City Mayor

Ernesto Matugas nga molingkod

gikan sa lima ka pangalan nga

gipili-an.

Sa paglingkod ni Supt.

Pagkaliwagan, iyang gihatagan ug

importansya na ipalawig ang

kampanya batok sa tanang illegal

na aktibidadis sama sa ilegal nga

sugal ug druga, ug apil na ang

paghatag sa mga solusyon sa

sunod-sunod na pagpangawat ug

uban pa.

Gipamahayag usab niya, na iyang

ibalik ang orihinal na sistema na

diin mahimong sentralisado na ang

pama-agi sa City PNP.

Ibalik na ang duha ka namugna nga

police precinct sa Brgy. Taft

ug Washington para sa pagdawat sa

mga reklamo sa Central PNP

kauban ang paglista sa mga blotter

ug magpabilin sa pagbantay sa mga

presinto ang mga kawani sa

kapulisan para mohimo sa

pagresponde sa mga krimen na

mahitabo.

Gihatagan ug dakong importansya

ni Supt. Pagkaliwagan nga walay

iyang pilion sa iyang kampanya

batok sa ilegal na aktibidadis ug

bisan unsa na mga pulis na

mahimong protektor ug iya kining

pagadakpon ug ipahamtang ang

saktong silot alang kanila. (PIA-

Surigao del Norte)

Cebuano News: Aquino mipasidungog sa 2011 awardees sa Ten Outstanding Students of the Philippines ni Susil D. Ragas SURIGAO CITY, August 6 (PIA) - Gipahalipayan ni Pangulong Benigno Aquino III ang awardees sa Ten Outstanding Students of the Philippines (TOSP) karong tuiga, siya miingon nga ang Pilipinhong nasod dako ang paglaom kanila alang sa ilang kontribusyon sa nasodnong kalamboan.

“We have the highest

hopes for all of you here today,

finalists and awardees alike. For

everything you have already

achieved, allow me to give you my

most heartfelt congratulations,” ang

Pangulo miingon sa iyang

pamahayag nga gipaabot pinaagi

kang Executive Secretary Paquito

Ochoa Jr. atol sa simple awarding

ceremonies didto sa Malacanang

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kagahapong adlawa Huwebes,

Agosto 4, 2011.

Ang Pangulo usab

mipasalig nga ubos sa iyang

liderato adunay maayong

pagdumala nga makapabag-o sa

paglaom alang sa maayong

kaugmaon sa tanan. Ang mga

Pilipino, siya miingon, labi na gyod

ang mga batan-on, dili na mopili

pag-adto sa laing nasod tungod sa

maayong oportunidad nga anaa

dinhi sa atong nasod.

Ang nasod nagsugod na

pagkita sa positibong mga resulta

sa reporma nga gisugdan ubos sa

bag-ong liderato, ang Pangulo

miingon.

Kini nga mga reporma

nagpugong ug direktang tubag sa

korupsyon sa burukrasya ug

nagapasiugda sa kultura sa

transparency ug accountability sa

serbisyong gobyerno, dugang pa

niya.

“Through good governance and a

clear blueprint for national

development that will produce

more jobs in the coming years, we

are slowly turning working abroad

as an option, instead of the

necessity it has become for some of

those who want to attain better

lives,” siya miingon.

Karong tuiga nga TOSP

awardees mga modelo sa tanang

mga kabataan sa tibuok nasod, mga

lideres ugma damlag sa nasod nga

dako ang matabang pag-uswag sa

nasod, dugang pa niya.

Ug sa samang bahin ang

Pangulo mipadayag sa iyang

pagkamapasalamaton ngadto sa

katawhan nga nagpaluyo sa TOSP

awards alang sa ilang

makanunayong paglimbasog

pagselebrar sa kontribusyon sa mga

kabatan-onan sa pagpalambo sa

nasod.

Ang mga midawat karong

tuiga sa TOSP awards naglakip nila

Geminn Louis Apostol (medicine

and health-related profession),

Ateneo de Manila University;

Christopher Millora (medicine and

health-related profession), West

Visayas State University; Kendrick

Nigel Tan (medicine and health-

related profession); Centro

Escolar University; Sean Vincent

Aquilino (agriculture, science and

math), University of the

Philippines-Diliman; Julius Paul

Juen, (agriculture, science and

math), University of St. La Salle;

Jonathan Andro Tan (agriculture,

science and math), Siliman

University; Sittie Norha-

ne Lao (humanities,communication

and social sciences), Mindanao

State University-main campus;

Maria Angelica Reyes (humanities,

communication and social

sciences), De La Salle University-

Lipa City; Arleen delos Reyes

(teacher education), University of

Nueva Caceres; ug si Athena Plaza

(business, entrepreneurship,

economics, industry, criminology

and law), University of San Carlos.

Mitambong usab atol sa

maong kalihokan sila

Jose Concepcion Jr., chairman of

RFM Corp. ug RFM foundation,

Maria Victoria Concepcion-Young,

president of RFM Corp., Jose

Maria Concepcion III, president ug

CEO of RFM Corp. ug si Alfred

Ramos, president ug CEO

of National Bookstore.

Ang TOSP usa ka awards

ug formation program nga gitukod

ni businessman Jose Concepcion Jr.

isip usa ka paagi aron pagdasig sa

kabatan-onan aron molihok alang

sa nasodnong pag-uswagKini

nagpasidungog sa mga estud-

yanteng mogradwar sa kolehiyo

nga milabaw dili lamang sa

akademiko apan nagpuyo usab sa

kinabuhing gihalad sa pagserbisyo

sa katawhan nga dili kasagaran

kaysa uban sa ilang tagsa-tagsa ka

larang nga mga interes. (PIA-

Surigao del Norte)

PO2 Darlin Cabalinan-Migullas

PNP-PRO-13 WANTED PERSON

Elements of Cabadbaran

City Police Station apprehended a

certain Dario C Handayon, 23 years

old, single and a resident of P-5,

Brgy.Sanghan, Cabadbaran City on

August 5, 2011 at around 10:00

AM at the aforesaid place. Said

person was apprehended by virtue

of Warrant of Arrest issued by

Hon. Judge Dax Gonzaga Xenos of

RTC, Branch 34, Cabadbaran City

charged for the crime of Rape

docketed under criminal case

number CR-09-78 with no

recommended bail bond.

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Police REPORTS

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ROBBERY INCIDENT One Abdon Pendejeto

Aparacho, 37 years old, a resident

of Brgy. Cubi-Cubi, Nasipit,

Agusan del Norte and a Security

Guard of ISENGARD Security

Agency reported to Butuan City

Police Office that his issued

Shotgun Armscor make with serial

number YJ12-10038264 was

allegedly taken by an unidentified

person around 1:15 AM, August 5,

2011 at Josephine Homes

Subdivision, Km.3, Brgy.

Libertad, Butuan City.

Accordingly, the victim

took a nap covering his face with a

towel after conducting a roving

around the subdivision when

unidentified suspect struck his head

with a hard object and forcibly took

the said firearm. Further

investigation is being conducted by

BCPO. Victim was advised to

undergo medical check up.

SHOOTING INCIDENT A second year

Criminology student of Saint

Joseph Institute of Technology

(SJIT) identified as one Jessie

Martin Sumbidan y Pandac, 18

years old, single and a resident of

Brgy. Los Angeles was shot by two

(2) unidentified suspects around

6:50 PM, August 4, 2011 at P-1

Cebuano, Brgy. Sumilihon,

Butuan City.

Investigation revealed that

while the victim was on his way

home on board an XRM

motorcycle, said suspects also on

board a motorcycle overtook and

commanded the victim to stop but

the victim did not stop, instead he

accelerated his speed that prompted

the suspects to shot him hitting his

left thigh. Victim was brought

to Butuan City Medical Center for

medical treatment. Recovered from

the crime scene was one shell of

caliber .45 pistol. Case is still under

further investigation fro possible

identification and apprehension of

the suspects.

PHOTO FOCUS

EVENTS CAPTURED IN LENS

Presidential Event

President Benigno S. Aquino III converses with End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography & Trafficking of Children for sexual purposes (ECPAT-Philippines) president Amihan Abueva during the hand-over ceremony of the Petition to Stop Trafficking of Children and Young People Project (SST) at the Heroes Hall of the Malacañang Palace on Wednesday (August 3). The SST signature campaign has obtained a total of 473,489 signatures, the highest among the 41 countries that participated in this global campaign. (Photo by Rolando Mailo / Malacañang Photo Bureau / PCOO)

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