Malaysian Navy detains three Filipino fishermen in South China Sea

A Malaysian naval patrol has detained three Filipino fishermen for encroaching in territorial waters in the disputed Spratlys this month, according to the Philippine military. This is the first incident involving the Southeast Asian neighbors.

The Philippines and Malaysia have overlapping exclusive economic zones in the disputed South China Sea. Many experts believed that the South China Sea is rich in deposits of oil and gas. The South China Sea is almost entirely claimed by China.

But Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam also claim the sea, through which about $5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes every year.

According to reports, on May 9, 2016 a Philippine vessel was about 18 miles (29 km) southwest of Commodore Reef, one of nine Philippine-held territories in the South China Sea, when a Malaysian patrol boat intercepted it for encroaching in territorial waters.

The Filipino vessel attempted to flee, however the Malaysian patrol vote gave chase and was able to caught up with the Philippine vessel. The Filipinos fishermen were detained and after a couple of hours they were turned over to Philippine troops stationed on Commodore Reef, a Philippine navy spokeswoman said.

"The Western Command is saddened by the incident involving our fellow Filipinos," Captain Cherryl Tindog said in a statement, adding that the fishermen received medical treatment. "They are in stable condition, except for some bruises."

The fishermen complained of having been punched and kicked during questioning by the Malaysian Navy after being apprehended, Tindog added.

"We were treated like criminals," Nelson Plamiano, one of the fishermen, told broadcaster GMA 7.


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Duterte Plan To Give Marcos A Hero’s Burial

Presumptive president-elect Rodrigo Duterte wants to  give late dictator Ferdinand Marcos a hero’s burial. Duterte who won the 2016 presidential election by a landslide vote, said on Monday that he would allow Marcos to be buried at the Heroes’ Cemetery in Manila, in what would be another big win for the dictator’s family as it cements a remarkable political comeback.

Duterte said “I will allow the burial of President Marcos sa Libingan ng mga Bayani not because he is a hero but because he was a Filipino soldier, period.”

“Yang issue sa burial ni President Ferdinand Marcos sa Libingan ng mga Bayani has created division among our people… I am sure that I will erase among our people one hatred,” he added.

Since he was campaigning for the presidency, Duterte has expressed his approval to bury Marcos in the said burial grounds.

Five Dead at Close Up Forever Summer Concert

Five party goers of the Close Up Forever Summer Concert after they collapsed on the open parking area of a mall in Pasay City early Sunday morning.

According to a report from Pasay City Police Ariel Leal, 22; Lance Garcia, 36; Bianca Fontejon, 18; Ken Migawa, 18, and American national Eric Anthony Miller, 33 were found unconscious while the “CloseUp Forever Summer” concert at the Mall of Asia open parking grounds was going on. According to witness, Leal collapse first, followed by Fontejon, Garcia, Migawa and Miller.

Leal, Garcia and Migawa were brought to San Juan De Dios Hospital; the first two were declared dead hours later. Migawa died Sunday afternoon.

Fontejon and Miller were brought to Manila Doctor’s Hospital, where they were declared dead on arrival. Pasay police investigation section, said reports coming from the hospital showed that two of the victims suffered heart failure.

About 14,000 pary-goers attended the concert that was headlined by Belgian DJ duo Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike late Saturday.

Investigator Giovanni Arcinue said “They just collapsed individually. They did not know each other. They were all in different places at the time.”

Closeup issued a statement about the incident: “We regret that despite the very stringent measures and precautions that we have put in place to ensure the safety and security of all attendees involved, this incident still transpired.”

Those who attended the concert posted messages on social media claiming to have witness drug-laced drinks being distributed to the party-goers during the event.

First international act of the night #CloseUpForeverSummer

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Former Comelec Chairman Sixto Brillantes castigated "presumptuous" Robredo for claiming victory

Former Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. chastise the overconfident camp of vice presidential race front-runner Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo for claiming victory in the hotly-contested race for the Vice-president position.

Brillantes, post on Twitter castigating Robredo’s camp for claiming the vice presidency “without a single canvass document being opened.”

He then lambaste very "presumptous" Robredo for asking Marcos to concede.

“How can Robredo claim victory when not a single official canvass document has been opened? Congress has not even convened as canvass body."

“Now Robredo wants BBM to concede based on alleged small unofficial lead. She cannot be that presumptuous,” Brillantes posted on his Twitter.

Brillantes had earlier said that he will represent Marcos during the canvassing of votes for the vice presidency.

Congress will convene as the national board of canvassers to declare the country’s next president and vice president on May 25.

On Sunday, Robredo said that it is “mathematically impossible” for Marcos to win the vice presidency and catch up with her lead.

Robredo’s camp said that even if all 168,988 registered voters from the nine remaining municipalities which have not transmitted their certificates of canvass would go to Marcos, they will still emerge victorious as the lawmaker is enjoying a lead of 257,567 votes as of Sunday afternoon.

According to the latest partial and unofficial tally provided by the Comelec’s transparency server, Robredo trumps Marcos with more than 219,000 votes.

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Marcos Son Tweeted "Dayaang Matuwid"

Sandro Marcos, son of vice-presidential candidate Sen. Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., has accused the Aquino administration of cheating in the elections.

Sandro tweeted asking why the total number of votes for president and vice president do not match with the hash tag #DayaangMatuwid

He also tweeted about the a one-hour break in the transmission of election returns.

source: http://news.abs-cbn.com/halalan2016/nation/05/09/16/dayaang-matuwid-marcos-son-alleges-cheating

Philippines Presidential Election 2016 Partial Unofficial Results

PPCRV - Presidential Election 2016 Partial unofficial count from the watchdog Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting at a quarter past 5pm, the close of polling precincts, showed Rodrigo Duterte and Bongbong Marcos leading the presidential and VP races.

It excludes the overseas absentee voting (OAV).

For President, the first result coming into the unofficial tally is:


For VP, the initial results:



For Senators:




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Trillanes and Palace False Accusation No Effect On Duterte, Still Leads Lates Pulse Asia poll

Despite being hit by false accusations from Senator Antonio Trillaness, President aspirant Mar Roxas, President Noynoy Aquino, and other for having large deposit in his BPI account, Rodrigo Duterte is still leading the poll numbers of Pulse Asia.

In the latest Pulse Asia poll sponsored by ABS-CBN Duterte maintains a 33% rating leading the pack. Mar Roxas is in second place with 22%, Poe in third with 21%. Vice President Binay in fourth place with a 17% rating, while Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago in dead last at 2%.

The survey has a sample of 4,000 registered voters with a margin of error of ±1.5%.

In the vice presidential race, Camarines Sur Rep. Leni Robredo and Senator Bongbong Marcos shared the top spot at 30% and 28% respectively they were statistically tied.  Senators Francis Escudero got 18% and Alan Peter Cayetano has 15%. Senators Antonio Trillanes has 3% and Gringo Honasan, 2%.

Meanwhile, to crush the false accusation of Trillanes, Duterte shows his BPI Julia Vargas bank records before the media in a press conference at The Star

His bank account shows that from March 2014 his deposit is just Php 17,816.98 and not Php211,000,000.


The document showed a deposit of $10 made at the New Farmers branch of the bank. Roxas last week presented as proof of Duterte's dollar account a transaction slip depositing the amount.


Bank certification of Duterte's dollar account

Duterte's dollar account remained stagnant since December 2013

Trillanes should honor his promise to resign!