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Music and Me .. p 6Not Just Ordinary Food and Drink .. p 15

Complicated Aff airs

World Bank ranks Phl among the best in services exportsLong Lost Daughter

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Are you practicing Filipino Time? (How to Make the World Respect Filipinos)

It was weird that Danny would forget about his own daugh-ter. Although the little girl,

whom he had left behind when he returned to the Philippines years ago, did cross his mind on occasion, he never felt guilty about her growing up without him a few miles away from where he was staying in San Diego whenever he was visiting.

Any regular guy would wonder how his own daughter was through all those years, what she looked like, or whether she had been sick or doing well. But not Danny. He felt comfort-able knowing she was being well taken care of, not only by her mother, but also by her

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wealthy grandparents. They, after many years had passed, could not still accept him as their daughter’s boyfriend. His Mexi-can daughter was one problem he had set aside and considered solved, for he had more serious problems to tackle: his girlfriend Margie and their newly-born baby girl; his deteriorating rela-tionship with his wife Mindy; and their daughter Carol’s desire to settle in the United States to be with her half-siblings. He treated his daughter in Tijuana just like how he treated his four children from his fi rst marriage who all grew up without him. He hardly ever worried about their well-being, although he wished he could be there for them. The lack of resources prevented him from being the father they needed. Regardless, his children had nurtured a natural love for their absentee father. Perhaps, this was human nature working. No matter what one had done, at the end of the day, he was still their father.“Don’t tell her I am here,” Danny told his son JR, referring to his long-lost daughter in Tijuana. “Tell her I am still in the Philippines and you had lost contact with me.”

By Jef Menguin, Good News Philippines

Some Filipinos have the habit of put-ting down Filipinos. It is as if they become better persons when they point to us our fl aws as a people. They generalize and make us think that Filipinos are

not as good as the oth-ers. They have muddy spec-tacles.

To label is

to libel. “Filipino Time” is a label grounded on ignorance and contempt.

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After A Distinguished Naval Career, Oscar Garcia Renders Exemplary

Community Service

A distinguished offi cer and a gentleman. Oscar Sa. Garcia, CWo4, US Navy Ret., is one of a few Fili-pino good men, who during and after retirement from the service, shared their blessings with the San Diego community and his hometown where he established the Oscar Sa. Garcia Foundation Library. He and his wife Veronica donated money and books to the Iligan City East Central School and Barangay Hall of Hinaplanon, Iligan City. The couple also plans to extend scholarships to poor students in Iligan City.


The World Bank has ranked the Philippines among the best performers in the ser-vices exports, particularly in the business process outsourc-ing (BPO) sector.

World Bank senior trade economist Sebastian Saez said in a report that the services sector depends on human capital, the quality of the tele-

communications network, and the quality of institutions.

“The experience of ex-porting outsourced business services in the Philippines shows that by creating an en-abling environment where the private sector can deploy its creativity, developing coun-tries can reap the benefi ts that services exports opportunities are opening,” Saez added.

The Philippine experience shows that services are a vi-able option for export diver-sifi cation, he said, adding that trade in goods is no longer the only vehicle to diversify exports for developing coun-tries.

Services exports as a percentage of total exports increased from nine percent in 1999 to 21 percent in 2009 in the Philippines. Its services exports rose 3.6 percent on average per year during the period, higher than that of Asia as a group, which aver-aged 1.5 percent per year. Unlike many developing countries, the Philippines had been a net exporter of services since 2006.

The Philippines is current-ly the third largest player in BPO in the world, accounting for 15 percent of the global BPO market, after India (37

During diffi cult times like when North America’s econo-my collapsed in the 1930s and 1940s, the lifestyle of everyone had changed. During and after World War II, the Philippines was in shambles, and some of the country’s elders scampered to faraway places to fi nd new homes and seek their fortune.

Severo P. Garcia of Mi-nalin, Pampanga, ventured to Mindanao, the so-called “Land of Promise,” and settled in the small town of Iligan (now a city of more than 400,000 people and called the “Indus-

trial City of the South”). He met and married Lucila M. Sanchez, from Consolacion, Cebu, who also came to Iligan for the same reason. They were blessed with two sons and two

The Filipinos of San Diego

President Oscar Sa. Garcia, CWO4,US Navy Ret., of the MOAA Sweetwater Chapter receives a 5-Star Level of Excellence Award, 2 years in a row from no other than MOAA chairman of the board, 4-Star Gen. Richard Neal, USMC Ret., in Coro-nado (2009) and Washington DC 2010, respectively

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Caesar D. CandariHeading: Brief History of Filipino Immigrants: How I Came to

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Opinion:-------The US Navy’’s relationship with the Filipinos dating as far back

as the 60’’s has a tremendous impact on how the communities grow around military bases today.

My dad, my father in law, and 90% of all my Filipino high school mates’ fathers have come across through the US navy. San Diego’’s roots are prominent of filipino navy history and it is extended through their children who have decided to serve in the United States Navy.

appointment, people are quick to say that that is Filipino Time. And when the person is on time they call it “American time”. Hasty generalization. I know many Americans who come late to appointments. Not only that many of them do not always come on time, many of them do not also make the most out of their time.

But forgive me, an American who is always late, or who keeps you waiting is not practicing American Time. An action of one American should not be attribut-ed to all Americans. Do you not wonder why Americans have to invent “Time Management’ and why productivity blogs sell?

I made appointments with Italians, Germans, Canadians, Polish, Malaysian, Chinese, Singaporeans, etc. Some of them came on time, some of them came late. Being late has noth-ing to do with race. And though I have limited vision as I have not traveled around the world, I must speak. The problem with time is true for all peoples. Neither does DNA make “latecomers”.

Filipino Time as the phrase connotes is not an attribute that all Filipinos practice and value. A little reading of Philippine history will show the opposite. Travel around the country, and you will find many Filipinos who value their time and respect yours.

When we say Filipino Time with contempt, we slander against Filipinos who make the most of their time.

To change our perspective about Filipinos, we need to have another set of eyes. Look for their flaws and you will find many. Find their strengths and it will not take you long to discover their beauty. Then you will understand why people from other countries decided to stay.

If you are a Filipino, you better

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From: Richard A JensenDate: Sun, May 29, 2011 at 9:51 AMSubject: Re: ASIAN JOURNAL: Latest Edition for: 5/27/2011To: ASIAN JOURNAL <[email protected]>Sim:While your articles of current politics are well written, I still enjoy

your stories of life situations more; glad you got back to your ongo-ing saga this week; with your very busy work schedule you can not do both in the same week, as you have to have some time to enjoy life also, as we are not getting any younger and as I predicted that you will work until you pass on, never retiring. I also look foreward to Rudy’s articles as well as Bill’s, after his two months absence or more. I know that his greatest problem was that he was running out of new things to write about. I was glad to read that he and his wife had such a great vacation. ...

by Jean S. Tinsay, Esq. | SAN FRANCISCO, 6/22/2011 -- Several months ago, we devoted several articles discussing the ap-plicability and coverage of Public Law 111-83. The new law while it provides a much welcome relief to many still excluded many more surviving relatives whose visa petitions or applications are still deemed automatically revoked or denied by virtue of the death of their relative petitioner.

To recap, Public Law 111-83 which was enacted into law on October 28, 2009 permits the approval of a visa petition or adjustment of status application and related applications even if the petitioner dies provided the alien beneficiary (i) resided in the United States when the qualifying relative dies; and (ii) continues to reside in the United States on the date his or her petition or applica-tion is decided.

Unfortunately, there are plenty of alien beneficiaries who were not residing in the United States when their U.S. citizen or perma-nent relative petitioner dies. For them, the new law’s reach is not far enough. For these alien ben-eficiaries, relief may still be avail-able to them under a long standing

Humanitarian Reinstatement

USCIS regulation that provides the USCIS with the discretion to decide not to revoke the approval of an approved immigrant petition for “humanitarian reasons.”

Thus, for alien beneficiaries who were not residing in the United States when their petitioner rela-tive dies, a “humanitarian rein-statement” maybe the last recourse available -- the only remaining hope they have that the immi-grant petition filed on their behalf survives. To request for hu-manitarian reinstatement, the alien beneficiary must submit a written request for reinstatement of the revoked petition to the USCIS service center or field office that approved the petition. The grant of reinstatement is discretion-ary. The factors that the USCIS considers in deciding whether to approve requests for humanitarian reinstatement are the following:

The impact of revocation on the family unit in the United States, especially on the beneficiary’s U.S. citizen or lawful permanent relatives living in the United States;

The beneficiary’s advance age or poor health;

The beneficiary’s having resided in the United States lawfully for a

lengthy period;The beneficiary’s ties to his or

her home country; andSignificant delay in process-

ing the case after approval of the petition and after a visa number has become available, if the delay is reasonably attributable to the Government, rather than the alien.

THE GRANT OF HUMANI-TARIAN reinstatement by the US-CIS does not do away with other eligibility requirements. For ex-ample, the alien applicant still has to wait for the visa number to be available in his or her preference category and in cases of immedi-ate and family-based preference immigrant petitions that require the submission of an affidavit of support, the alien beneficiary will be required to submit an affidavit of support from a substitute spon-sor.

To qualify as a substitute spon-sor, the sponsor must be related to the alien beneficiary as his or her spouse, parent, mother-in-law, father-in-law, sibling, child (if at least 18 years of age), son, daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, grandparent, or grandchild.

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Atty. Jean S. Tinsay is a partner in The Law Firm of Chua Tinsay and Vega (CTV) - a full ser-vice law firm with offices in San Francisco, San Diego and Manila. The information presented in this article is for general information only and is not, nor intended to be, formal legal advice nor the formation of an attorney-client relationship. The CTV attorneys will be holding regular free legal clinics at the Max’s Restaurant in Vallejo, California. Call or e-mail CTV for an in-person or phone consultation to discuss your particular situation and/or how their services may be retained at (415) 495-8088; (619) 955-6277; [email protected]

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Proud to be an AmericanSAN DIEGO, 6/23/2011

-- PCI’s California Border Healthy Start (CBHS) pro-gram is having a graduation ceremony for its pregnant and postpartum women who participated in the piloting of an Obesity Prevention pro-gram. The celebration will be held on June 23, Thursday, at the Jacobs Market Creek Plaza Community Room on Euclid and Market from 10 AM to 12 noon.

The women have attended a 6 week course on cutting-edge strategies for obesity preven-tion. The curriculum was based on the book titled “Legacy of Health” by Dr. Philip Nader, UCSD Profes-sor Emeritus of Pediatrics. Funding for this project was provided by the California Endowment.

Obesity is currently a national health crisis, described alternately as a “health time bomb,” and a “pub-lic health disaster.” The Legacy of Health curriculum connects health behavior change efforts with simul-taneous community engagement, targeting local barriers to behavior change, as well as social and institu-tional policy-level support. The cur-riculum has been linguistically and culturally adapted into Spanish.

The platform for this project was

PCI’s CBHS program serving preg-nant and post partum women and their children in 11 continuous zip codes in Central, East and South San Diego (including the City Heights area). These areas have the highest levels of infant mortality and pov-erty.

Since it was established in 1961, PCI has implemented a broad range of culturally and linguistically com-petent health programs that target marginalized and difficult-to-reach vulnerable populations, including immigrants, refugees and the unin-sured in the San Diego area. PCI with programs in 16 countries celebrates its 50 years of Positive Community Impact this 2011. -- Kristen Staples, CBHS, 619-791-2610 ext. 313

“Obesity Prevention for the Next Generation” Program Graduation

By Ardee Lee | SAN DIEGO, 6/24/2011 -- “The Kalingas-North America Network, Inc. (KaNA) will hold its “Amung” 2011 on July 8-10, 2011 in San Diego, California.” This was announced by Modesta G. Amil-ing, president of the KaNA last week.

“This will be the sixth year that the organization is holding the three day feast. ‘Amung’ in our vernacular means reunion.” The activities will be held at the Crowne Plaza San Di-ego Hotel at 2270 Hotel Circle.

“This will showcase the various traditional arts of the Kalinga indig-enous people of the Philippines,” says Lydia W. Allan, a member of the BIBAK organization of San Diego. Kalinga is one of the provinces under the umbrella of the BIBAK which stands as acronym for the Igorot provinces of Bontoc, Ifugao, Ben-guet, Apayao, and Kalinga.

The ‘Amung’ is held every two years and is a medium to promote,

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preserve and perpetuate the art and culture of the Kalingas in the USA. The feast will feature a seminar on the natives’ customs and traditions. There will also be hands-on learn-ing, both for the youth and adults, on indigenous music and dances. There will also be exhibits and sale of na-tive crafts; and description of social practices and tourist destinations in the hinterlands.

Kalinga (Tagalog pronuncia-tion: [kɐɐliɐɐ]) is a landlocked

province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Its capital is Tabuk and bor-ders Mountain Province to the south, Abra to the west, Isabela to the east, Cagayan to the northeast, and Apa-yao to the north. Prior to 1995, Ka-linga and Apayao used to be a single province named Kalinga-Apayao, until an ethnic/tribal war prompted separation.

For more information on the Inter-national Festival of Kalinga Tradi-tional Arts & Culture & International Kalingas Reunion, call Jakie D. Fi-anza at 619-948-9929; Modesta G. Amiling at 619-267-1479; and Lydia W. Allan at 619-420-7874.

NaFFAA Renews Call to Congress to Pass the DREAM ActWASHINGTON, June 22

— The National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA) is calling on the U.S. Congress once again to pass the Development, Relief and Educa-tion for Alien Minors Act, com-

monly known as the DREAM Act. Recently reintroduced in the US Senate on May 11, 2011, the mea-sure passed in the U.S. House of Representatives last year, but failed in the U.S. Senate.

The bill would provide con-

ditional permanent residency to illegal alien students who graduate from US high schools, are of good moral character, and have been in the country continuously for at least five years prior to the bill’s enactment if they complete two years in the military or two years at a four year institution of higher learning.

NaFFAA’s renewed call to get the bill passed comes in the heels of today’s announcement by Jose Antonio Vargas, a Filipino un-

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Jose Antonio Vargas, a Fili-pino Washington Post staff writer who is undocumented, launched the “Define American” Cam-paign” supported by NaFFAA

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In celebration of the 150th year of Rizal’s birth, John Nery’s

Revolutionary Spirit, an exhaustive study of Rizal, his works, and his influence in Southeast Asia, has been pub-lished by the Ateneo de Manila University Press, in cooperation with Singapore’s Institute of

Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS).

In collecting material for and working on this book’s engag-ingly written chapters, Nery sought to discern Rizal’s im-pact on Asia and among Asian intellectuals by studying Rizal himself, getting to know him more, and finding out how his contemporaries saw him. In the

process he encounters and dis-cusses at length many influential

misreadings. Noted historian Fr. John N.

Schumacher, SJ, finds that Nery “breaks much newer ground in the larger part of the book, dem-onstrating the role Rizal played in inspiring Indonesian national-ists.” Malaysian author Shaha-ruddin Maaruf likewise recog-nizes Nery’s contribution to an

Hero’s revolutionary spirit reclaimedinsightful examination of a great life as well as to an enriched “Southeast Asian philosophy of history.”

In his preface, the author cites a Social Weather Stations survey that reports Rizal’s “preeminence in the Philippine pantheon with

unprecedented clarity, 150 years after his birth” among its

respondents. The author contends that while this finding would not have surprised Rizal’s contemporaries, including Boni-facio, many college-educated Filipinos have been “taught that Rizal was

insufficiently nationalistic, a patriot compromised by his class, a separatist undone by his scruples” according to the most influential history texts of the second half of the 20th century.

Through an impressive bibli-ography in Spanish, Indonesian, Dutch, English and Tagalog, the author rigorously shows that this

interpretation is seriously inadequate. Further the author likewise proves that Rizal’s status as foremost Filipino hero can also be discerned in how the Indonesians and Malaysians

appropriated him in the move-ment for independence, and in how he figures in the region’s intellectual, political and literary discourse.

John Nery, PDI senior editor, is a visiting research fellow at the

ISEAS, and the first Sandra Burton Nieman Fellow in Jour-nalism at Harvard University (2011-2012). He has been cited for his investigative reports and opinion journalism.

Revolutionary Spirit: Jose

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On August 20, the Walk venues are: Jersey City, New Jersey; San Francis-co, Milpitas, San Dimas, and Vallejo, California; Coconut Creek, Jackson-ville and Tampa, Florida; Albany, Georgia; Hoffman Estates, Illinois; Waxhaw, North Carolina; Greenville, South Carolina; Houston, Texas and Virginia Beach, Virginia.

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From the Novel, Pusoy (A Rus-sian Poker) by Rudy D. Liporada

“I want to be with the US Navy,”

Kudiamat had said. “Why would you want to do that,”

his uncle said. “You will earn the same as a farmer here.”

“I want to see the world.” He had read a poster on the school’s bulletin board that said ‘Join the Navy and See the World.’

“Why won’t you be a pensionado instead. You should qualify for it. You are smart.”

Pensionados studied in the United States on scholarship programs in the early 1910s. Only those smart could pass the qualifying tests. The US educated them in the rudiments of government so they would apply whatever they learned for Filipinos to govern themselves.

“Pensionados are highly paid.”“But I want to be with the US

navy.”Kudiamat sprouted from a hardy

stock of Igorots who carved the Cordillera Mountains of Northern Luzon, Philippines. As late as the 1900s, the hinterland people slew time and, in turn, time ravaged them - confined in their undulating enclaves while the world beyond their mountains ticked into progres-sive strides. Said to be of Indone-sian descent who sailed the seas to become the second wave of people that populated the northern flat-lands of the archipelago during the Bronze age, they were shoved by the Malays, who had more mod-ern weapons of destruction, up the hinterlands.

Though boars, deer, and other games crisscrossed the forests; and fishes wiggled, splashed and darted through the rivers, they were not enough for the tribesmen’s appetite. The Igorots decided to sculpture faces of the mountains into payyew rice terraces where they could plant and harvest rice like they did when they still occupied the lowlands.

Contented with the bounty from their payyews and the blessings from the forests and rivers, the Igorots let the sun and the moon pass by without them changing their ways as the roosters crowed at their unfet-tered time. They also ferociously battled the lowlanders with their crude bows and arrows to protect the blessings endowed upon them by the great Lumawig and their anito gods. Knowing the contours of the moun-tains, every bend, and when the shades would blanket every blade of grass – with their mastery of the terrains, they successfully thwarted their adversaries. They decapitated the Spaniards who had nothing but evil intentions on their silver, cop-per, and gold.

But the Americans proved to be of a different breed. Their guns smashed bodies where the Igorots’ arrows could barely plunge. Claim-ing to have ended the Spanish three centuries of stranglehold on the islands with a short skirmish, the Americans trampled upon the Filipi-nos, including the Igorots.

With the combined strategy of backbiting one tribe against another and proper enticements, the Ameri-cans penetrated the mountains, transforming into patriots those who took their side and leaving bodies of those who did not kowtow to rot along the mountainsides. Protestant ministers and teachers from the mainland also came to plant other versions of the Christian cross unto the Igorots’ minds and let flutter the US flag into their hearts.

Nonetheless, mainland Americans then did not have any idea where the Philippines was or why the Ameri-cans should be there. Many also thought that Igorots were body-tat-tooed monkeys without tails. It took a Jinke Albert who dragged a couple of Igorots in a 1904 World Fair Exposition in St. Louis to exhibit that the Igorots were normal human beings worthy of the Benevolent Assimilation doctrine of President McKinley even if the Igorots were displayed in a zoo-like cage.

No one is really sure if Kudiamat

was born in 1908 or 1909 in Bontoc. It could even be 1913.

Fire lapped at the records when the church got gutted, he claims.

Nonetheless, he goes by the date – September 18, 1913 - of when he got baptized as Jovencio Samson.

He reminisced playing with other boys his age where they hurled stones and sticks with other boys across the river simulating war games of turf defense.

He also fished along the river using the sarop system where they would pile up stones on a shallow side of the river, erecting a dam a foot high and two meter sides perim-eter. That would dry up that por-tion as the dam bars the water from sipping into that area. All wriggling creatures – fish, tadpoles, crabs, and even spiders – left will be gathered in a lime pot. They would be then balled up, wrapped in long vine leaves from rono sticks and tossed unto a fire. They would sizzle and,

at an opportune time, they would be harnessed from the fire. Unwrapped, they could appear like puke but sumptuous to eat.

Kudiamat’s favorite story, how-ever, entailed a “biggest deer I ever saw.”

He had gestured a quiet shhh! to silence his dog. His back and legs glistened under the morning sun. Even his loin cloth fell silent in its swishing flap. Across curtains of bushes, the biggest deer he had seen grazed on still dew drenched grass. Kudiamat motioned the dog and both of them stealthily crept from bush to bush to flank the deer on its left. On a predetermined spot, he started to yell in chorus with his dog’s blood snarling bark. After a momentary freeze, the deer sprang towards a constricted pathway, op-posite from Kudiamat and his dog.

Kudiamat pounded the ground with his thick bare feet as he pursued the deer while howling on top of

his lungs. His bolo in its scabbard slapped on his leg in the frenzy of the chase. His dog has gone ahead of him barking like a monster. The deer leaped, bounded, crashed and vanished from the top of the ground.

Kudiamat had earlier dug pit traps along the pathway praying to Lumauig that anyone of them be honored with his blessings. Lumauig answered his prayer with the deer now slumped at the pit with its eyes cowering in confusion and fear. Unsheathing his bolo, Kudiamat jumped into the pit. Mumbling, he thrust the bolo from the deer’s throat toward its heart. “That, my friend is for you not to suffer as you join your ancestors.” As if to agree, the deer snorted its last breath, tremors fad-ing from its limbs, and shuddering into a limp.


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Up to 200 SDG&E customers will receive in-home displays that allow them to monitor their energy use this summer. Approxi-

Beth of SDG&E at the CCSE Sustainability Fair

Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. (Metrobank) has partnered with lead-ing global payments company, Mon-eyGram International, to extend its money transfer service to Filipinos abroad.

Metrobank was the fi rst Money-Gram agent in the Philippines to im-plement AgentConnectR, a platform integrating the money transfer service with the Bank’s system. With this platform, benefi ciaries receive cash more quickly and conveniently at any Metrobank branch.

“With our tie-up with Metrobank, our total network has more than 8,100 locations in the Philippines,” said Nick Cunnew, senior regional director of MoneyGram Asia Pacifi c region. “And with AgentConnect, Metrobank now provides the fastest possible pro-cessing time for MoneyGram transac-tions. Customers are able to receive international money transfers within minutes, based on the Bank’s operat-ing hours.”

“As the trusted banking partner of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), we aim not only to understand but provide solutions to their needs,” said Richard So, senior vice president and head of the International Offi ces and Subsidiaries Group of Metrobank. “Being away from their loved ones, it is important to OFWs to be able to send money to the Philippines easily and securely without giving their ben-efi ciaries added hassle. One of the key advantages of this partnership is that the benefi ciaries using the Money-Gram service may conveniently claim their proceeds at any of the hundreds of Metrobank branches nationwide.”

For easy remittance through Money-Gram, OFW benefi ciaries only to need to complete and submit a “receive”

Metrobank ex-pands remit-

tance service with MoneyGram

International


ABS-CBN’s TFC North America honored with top industry awards in New York and Las Vegas

REDWOOD CITY, CA, June 20, 2011 – True to its continu-ous commitment to excellence, ABS-CBN International’s The Filipino Channel (TFC) received national recognition for fi ve industry awards it won recently in the U.S.

Its entry of “Streets of My Lolo” won silver for Best in Art Direction & Design: Public Ser-vice Announcement at the 2011 PromaxBDA Local Awards held in the PromaxBDA Station Sum-mit in Las Vegas on June 9. (The gold award went to NBC Miami Media/Mother New York for “Earth Week”). Announced this month from New York are ABS-CBN International’s victories at the 32nd Annual Telly Awards where it won three bronzes for the same video, “Streets of My Lolo”, in the categories of Social Issues, Use of Graphics and Ed-iting. Another Telly bronze was captured for “Bayaning Pilipino: Little Manila Foundation” in the

ABS-CBN International scores big in Telly, PromaxBDA 2011

Documentary category.

“Streets of My Lolo” is a short piece that was created for and shown at the 2010 Filipino American His-tory Month Celebration at the San Francisco City Hall, co-presented by the Offi ce of then Mayor Gavin Newsom, the Philippine Consulate General of San Francisco, Filipino American Arts Exposition, SOMA Pilipinas and ABS-CBN Interna-tional. It highlighted the efforts of SOMA Pilipinas to preserve Filipino

WORLD-CLASS: (Left) ABS-CBN International TFC’s Silver award from PromaxBDA for Best in Art Direction & Design: Public Service Announcement; (Right) Flashing their Telly trophies are the members of the winning production and design team of, from left, Jeremiah Ysip, Mitos Briones, Pia Lopezbanos-Carrion, Mike Car-rion and Danny Manansala. (Photos by Mike Carrion and Bryan Reynoso)

history and heritage in the streets of South of Market, San Francisco which served as an early settle-ment for many Filipino immi-grants.

“Bayaning Pilipino: Little Manila Foundation” was aired on TFC via Bayaning Pilipino sa America 2010, chaired by now ABS-CBN Corporation’s Senior Vice President for News & Cur-rent Affairs Ging Reyes


World renowned Filipino product designer Kenneth Cobonpue has cre-ated the world’s fi rst and only biode-grable car made out of bamboo and rattan called the Phoenix.

Cobonpue is known for his signa-ture designs using natural fi bres and materials. The Phoenix is his latest venture in partnership with design apprentice Alberth Birkner which is created using rattan, steel, bamboo and nylon. Showcased for the fi rst

time at the “Imagination and Innova-tion” exhibit at Milan, the Phoenix is a testament of high quality crafts-manship to create an environmental friendly solution to transport.

Cobonpue collects and tinkers with vintage cars and is an ardent car lov-er. However, his concern for the en-vironment is the true inspiration be-

Filipino designer creates World’s 1st Biodegradable car



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Fr. Shay Cullen PREDA | OLON-GAPO, 6/24/2011 -- In hospitals and in the hovels of the poor vulnerable, impoverished illiterate mothers are hoodwinked into parting with their children under a pretext and many never see them again. Here is one true ongoing story of a court battle in which a brave and determined mother is fighting to get back her twins taken from her when they were barely one year old.

On August 17, 2007, Teresita Legaspi gave birth to twin boys in a hospital in Olongapo City, Philip-pines. She being a poor illiterate mother and abandoned by the father of the children, she could not pay the hospital bill.

Riza Mendoza visiting the hospital offered to pay the bill if Teresita gave her one of the twins as col-lateral. Desperate and afraid of the police, she did. By November 2007, the baby was not returned so Teresita begged for help from Lourdes Sarm-iento, the Olongapo Regional Trial Court Social Worker. Within two weeks the child was returned. Teresi-ta was overwhelmed with joy.

Then the babies fell sick and Teresita had no money for a doctor but Lourdes Sarmiento and her hus-band Romeo offered to help. Before taking the twins to the hospital they made Teresita sign a paper she could not read or understand. That was the last she saw of her babies.

When she challenged the Sarm-iento couple, they told her she had no right to the babies because she had signed an Affidavit of Consent to Adoption. The twins, Joshua and Justine were given to a couple by the name of Rico and Erlinda Amparo in Makati City. Teresita was devastated and in shock for a few days but then she rose up with determination to save her children she found the cour-age to go to the authorities and the media. Eventually with the help of Raffy Tulfo, a well known broad-caster who referred her to the Manila Public Attorney’s Office, they filed a petition for Habeas Corpus against the Sarmiento couple for the twins to be presented to the Olongapo Court. Branch 73 ,then under Judge Con-suelo Bocar( now Judge Pamintuan) where Lourdes Sarmiento is a social worker.

The Sarmiento couple failed to present the twins to the court, yet nothing happened to them, Lourdes Sarmiento being a Social Worker of that same court. However, accord-ing to Teresita, after office hours Mr. Rico Amparo appeared with Chito Santos and Teresita was brought to the Public Attorneys Office close to the court room and offered Php100,000 (€1,633, £1,413) to withdraw her petition. She adamant-ly refused it was tantamount to sell-ing her twins. The Olongapo court

A Loving Mother Fights for Her Babies

issued a subpoena for Rico Amparo at his address in Cityland Condo-minium, Makati. The subpoena was not served.

Teresita was now desperate. By November 2008 Rico Amparo and Rosa Erlinda Amparo filed a petition to the Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 144 for the adoption of Joshua and Justine Legaspi using the affidavit of consent which Lourdes Sarmiento got Teresita to sign alleg-edly under a pretext. By December the Makati court wisely denied with-out prejudice that petition for adop-tion saying in effect that the affidavit of consent was null and void.

Yet there was nothing further Teresita could do. All the forces of the law, money and power were working against her. It looked like there was no justice in the Philip-pines. But she would not give up. She took courage and filed Kidnap-ping and Failure to Return a Minor under Article 270 of the Revised Penal Code against the Sarmiento couple on September 20, 2010. Later, Olongapo City Prosecutor Melani Fay T. Banarez, ruled in favor of Teresita and the case was filed in court.

It went to Court Branch 73 where the same case for Habeas Corpus had been filed and heard and where the accused Lourdes Sarmiento was, and is still is the Court Social Worker. The odds were stached agaisnt Terisita .On April 25, 2011, the judge Norman Pamintuan did not inhibit himself but dismissed the kidnapping charges. He has dis-missed up to seven child rape cases based on affidavits of desistance.

Judge Pamintuan ruled in favor of Sarmiento, his own accused social worker saying “probable cause to issue a warrant of arrest against the accused-spouses is wanting” and because the mother did not get hystrical or emotional in the court and demand back her children and because she signed an affidafit of consent of adoption according to Judge Norbert Pamintuan.

Terisita denied she ever gave consent,a mother giving away her new born is highly unlikely and she is illerate not have reach grade 5 and cant read English legal documents.She has been fighting for her chil-dren for almost four years. Besides the judge should have inhibited himself and not pass judgement on his own social worker who is the accused. By now in May 2011, the dedicated Prosecutor Ria Sususco, a special prosecutor from the Depart-ment of Justice, is fighting the case for Teresita. However the judge has ruled against the prosecuter and denied all her motions for reconsid-eration and the mother was never allowed to testify on her own behalf. Is that Justice denied?

What, am I crazy?

In a motor home with two kids

I haven’t always been insane. Really, I haven’t been. But lately it seems that perhaps that’s the way I’m heading.

I’m in a motor home with two kids. Did you get that? TWO KIDS. TWO. A six-year-old and a fourteen-year-old. Kids.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh-hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Take a breath. A deep breath.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh-hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Where is the sanity? What hap-pened to the fun, restful, educa-tionally stimulating vacation I had planned?

Don’t get carried away

Okay, okay. It’s not that bad. We’re having fun…except for that part when I woke up Monday morning and felt a large lump. The first thought was that I haven’t done anything, and I mean any-thing, strenuous enough to give me a hernia. Believe me, I would remember that.

So I found an urgent-care facility attached to a hospital and called a cab. What – I’m going to drive a motor home through an unfamiliar town looking for a hospi-tal? No.

Now I’m sure that the place I found is a great facility filled with caring, competent people. But after spending three hours in the urgent care rooms I truly no longer cared. I checked out after promis-ing to see my family doctor. The physician’s assistant who saw me said I shouldn’t be so impatient – it was Monday after all. I agreed that it was Monday but since they obviously knew the day of the week they should plan for it – it was their hospital not mine after all. But by that time I was telling it to the hall as the PA walked away.

The PA wanted to do an ultra-sound and that would have been fine. Except that once I saw how this facility defined “urgent” I hon-estly just didn’t have the time – I want to be able to see my six-year-old daughter graduate high school.

I was never going to be able to do that if I waited for an ultrasound in that hospital (especially since it meant being transferred from the urgent care division to the hospital and then back to the urgent care af-ter completion. And there was more paperwork to be done – someone would be in to see me.

No thank you very much. I live in a city with world-class medical facilities. I’m going to let a place that was obviously having prob-lems understanding what urgent care really means do anything to

me? Uh, no. So I checked myself out,

called a cab and went back to the hotel. We packed the motor home, I checked out, and we hit the road.

I’m begging you, please stop

After all the hospital nonsense we didn’t manage to get back on the road until after 1pm. We

needed to make up some time if we were going to see some

redwoods during day-light. And we were

going to see those damn trees.

The kids were in good

form for awhile fighting about who was going to sit where. I started in with my usual:

Stop itStop itStop itStop it

Stop itStop itStop itStop itStop itStop itStop itStop it, I’m begging you, please

stop

And eventually they did stop – they both fell asleep. After that I made great time until we paused to look at those trees when darling daughter and son started up again. Ride or walk? Gondola or no gon-dola? Shuttle or no shuttle?

Are you kidding me? Put me on the shuttle to the tram, then in the gondola to the top. Spin me in a 360, let me glance at a few trees and stuff and then put me back in the gondola. At the base have the shuttle waiting for me to take me to the gift store and then the parking lot.

But no. They wanted to hike and look at trees, take photos in front of trees, and climb trees (luckily that last one was absolutely off limits by the state). So we hit the trails (yes, even I hiked a bit).

Okay, the trees and nice – very big and ancient and beautiful. Now can I go to a comfy hotel with a three-star restaurant and spa?

Introduction:

In my Asian Studies course, “Contemporary Issues in FilAm Communities”, I require my students to write at least three mini papers on current issues or something per-sonal that I would like to know more about them. Since they are mostly college students and 95% are FilAms, it is a great opportunity for me to learn about current behaviors, activities, attitudes, and what makes young people tick.

The most common topics are cultural identity, cultural values, inter-racial relationships, youth & women’s issues, family relationships & parenting, health and nutrition, and language & communication. Less popular topics that I explore since there is not much known about it and therefore will give me some clue on what the young people are engaged in are: entertainment, education, religion, and their views on FilAm organizations. Several of these issues have been published especially on cultural identity and acculturation, education, and inter-

Music and Me Guest Writer: Nuineb Ziaweet

racial relationships.This issue features one of the top-

ics that my students wrote about, “ My Favorite Entertainment”. They described their favorite entertain-ment, why it is their favorite, whether they have engaged on it since childhood or teen years, and

the benefits they derived from it. There were 37 students in the class that sub-mitted papers. Majority were FilAm college students. The top sources of entertainment ranked from top to bottom

are: sports, music, reading, and oth-ers such as movies, video games, art work and cooking.

This article features the role of music in Nuineb’s life. This is so because Filipinos are lovers of music since the beginning of time. The early songs (kundiman) played with the indigenous musical instruments are soothing to the soul and express-es the deep feeling of emotions in their hearts. Even today music plays a big role in family life and enter-tainment. You can go to an event and there will always be a DJ, singersor performers.

Nuineb Ziaweet

Music is an integral part of my life. It helps accentuate whatever mood I am in and if I am not feeling well, sometimes a good song will pick me up. It has helped me learn and guided me throughout my life.

From the moment I wake up in the morning I have one of my favorite songs wake me up as an alarm clock. It helps me keep that good feel-ing throughout the day. When I get into a car I always have one of my favorite cd’s playing. When I am tired from the day, I turn on the TV, not to watch, but to listen to music as I put it on one of my favorite music stations. Some-times when I work I have music playing, sometimes to help inspire, put me in a certain mood, or just have background music. Some-times during the day, a certain tune, melody, or lyric will pop in my head, either randomly or because some-thing reminded me of it and I feel an urge to hear that song as soon as possible. Music is a constant fixture in my life.

I can enjoy listening to music by myself or share it with others. Technology has gotten smaller and smaller and more powerful and por-table so it is easier to listen to music whenever I want on my own, but now I can also reach others and can share the experience. It is one thing to enjoy it with oneself but to see a lot of people feel the vibe of the music is a different level of enjoy-ment because now you get to share the feeling with everybody. People begin to move to a certain rhythm in sync with the music. I guess that is what you call harmony. I share it with everybody from family to friends and a lot of times, acquain-tances I share music with become good friends of mine because of the connection we have through music. Most if not all of the people that are close to me share this common bond through music.

Listening to music is one of the most therapeutic activities I can do. As Bob Marley said, one good thing about music, when it hits you feel no pain. I am selective with the types and genres of music I listen to on a regular basis but music in general makes me feel good. I listen to music because it gives me peace of mind no other way can. Some songs offer stories to help express certain emotions or certain ideas like books and movies do but it is very different because it requires critical listening more than anything else. This way, I am able to understand certain con-cepts that some books or documents take enormous amounts of pages to explain while a song may take 4 or 5 minutes to relay a message. While it is a form of entertainment, it can also be used as a tool for education and a starting point for investigation.

When I was younger I was a fan of a lot of songs my parents played but I did not really have a favorite type of music. I knew I liked Michael Jackson though. His moves and his music were something that im-mediately caught my attention and so I imitated his moves at dances and parties. As I got older, I got introduced to b-boying and Hip Hop music and I immersed myself in the culture through dance. I had always liked dancing and the stuff Michael Jackson did was similar to a lot of the moves the b-boys did so it was a natural transition. As I entered my high school years, I matured and grew and so did my appreciation for Hip Hop music and culture. I got into more of the lyrics of songs be-cause there were so many songs that spoke about the struggles of life and finding out that you were as a person which coincided with a lot of what I was going through at the time.

The music guided me through my formative years as it taught me life lessons. Now in college, the student life is very busy. Whether through studies or organizing with groups, it is difficult to find time for your-self to relax. I still listen to music when I get the chance but rather than exploring new types and songs, I am



give a new meaning to Filipino Time. One that you will be proud of. I can say the same if you are an American, Italian, Polish, German, Malaysian, etc. You will see the world the way you want to see it. You may need a new set of eyes.

Because making the best use of time is an attitude.

Let us play a game.Set a goal to be always on time

for all of your appointments for the next fi fteen days. Then think of a reward you can give your-self when you succeed.

Encourage your friends and co-employees to play this game too.

If you are a boss in your com-pany, treat your employees to a free merienda if they observe punctuality for the next fi fteen days.

Jef Menguin is a Filipino inspi-rational speaker. He encourages leaders to make the best use of their time in his leadership work-shops. Visit his blog – < http://jefmenguin.com/?cat=259> – or email him through [email protected]. --

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Filipino Time ...

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ing commerce, culture and community by creating business improvement districts that will be catalysts for positive change and revitalization.

Phil Am BID envisions gifting the com-munity with a socio-cultural, educational, and commercial complex, Plaza Pilpinas, that will honor, celebrate, and promote Filipino culture, thereby enabling a better understanding of and appreciation for its wealth and legacy. For more information about Phil Am BID, please go to facebook.com/PhilAmBID.


Honor & Celebrate Those Who Make a Difference in Your Community!

San Diego, CA - 13 June 2011 – The Philippine American Business Improvement and Development As-sociation (Phil Am BID) in coopera-tion with ACCESS International and the San Diego County Bar Associa-tion hosts the 3rd Annual

“STARBlazers and TOP HATs Give Back” Awards Banquet on Thursday, July 7th at the US Grant Hotel in San Diego commencing at 5:00 P.M. The Honorable Tani Can-til-Sakauye, fi rst Asian Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court and fi rst Filipino American Head Justice is this year’s keynote speaker and a STARBlazer 2011 honoree.

The evening includes a VIP recep-tion where guests meet & greet with Honorable Tani Cantil-Sakauye fol-lowed by an awards dinner banquet. To reserve seating, please RSVP to [email protected] or call #619.730.5053 before June 27th, 2011.

Phil Am BID initiated the STAR-Blazers and TOP HATs (The Outstanding Professionals & High Achieving Teams) Give Back Awards to recognize and honor out-standing achievement in professions, business and organizations coupled with a generous volunteerism in the true sense of “giving back.”

2011 STARBlazer honorees include Cantil-Sakauye and Nonoy Mendoza (posthumous), founder and publisher of the Filipino Image Magazine.

This year’s TOP HATs honorees include District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis, Jerrilyn Malana, Esq.; Frances Muncey; Robert Shroder; Denise Yamada; Asian Journal; Dynamic Teen Company; Filipino-American Lawyers of San Diego (FALSD); Reginald F. Lewis Foun-

Phil Am BID Hosts Its 3rd Annual Starblazers & Top Hats Give Back Awards Banquet July 7th, 2011

dation; San Diego Hospice and The Institute for Palliative Medicine; The San Diego Padres; and, the Southwest Center for Asian Pacifi c American Law (SCAPAL)

2011s Rising Stars honorees include Corrie Reedyk Aguinaldo; Fresas Flores Balistrer, MPA; Edna Turla Concepcion, DDS; and Zaneta Salde Encarnacio, MPA.

And, Lydia Loristo will be hon-ored with the 2011 Gabriela Badge of Courage.

WHERE: The US Grant Hotel326 Broadway, San Diego CA

92101WHEN: Thursday, July 7th 20115:00 – 5:55 p.m. Private Recep-

tion/Silent Auction (Palm Court)6:00 – 8:30 p.m. Dinner & Awards

Banquet (Presidential Ballroom)

ADMISSION:Friends & Guests: $225.00 for

VIP Reception and Awards Banquet $125.00 for

Awards BanquetPhil Am BID/SDCMA members:

$100.00 for VIP Reception and Awards Banquet

+Deadline to RSVP for this Event

is Monday, June 27th.+Limited space available. To

charge by phone, please call 619.730.5053

For more information about this

Event, please call Marilyn Mesina at 619.730.5053.

About Phil Am BID Philippine American Business Improve-

ment and Development was founded in 2005 and consists of a diverse group of business leaders, entrepreneurs, profession-als, community advocates, military offi cers, and public offi cials whose good character, integrity, leadership, kindness of heart, and strong love for the community unite them in their advocacy.

Phil Am BID is committed to connect-

SAN DIEGO, CALIF. - May 31, 2011 - Senior Community Centers cel-ebrates the one-year anniversary of the Gary and Mary West Senior Wellness Center in downtown San Diego (1525 4th Avenue). The comprehensive pro-grams provided in the facility by the Senior Community Centers’ team has earned recognition nationally as leaders in improving the lives of at-risk seniors, providing wrap-around health, wellness and meals at little or no-cost.

“Senior Community Centers is a unique jewel and has been in the fore-front in San Diego community in the provision of aging services,” says Dr. Jong Won Min, associate professor, School of Social Work, San Diego State University. “As a researcher and educa-tor in the fi eld of gerontology, I cannot think of any better agency in this grow-ing fi eld that provides the innovative array of comprehensive services to low-income seniors faced by multi-faceted challenges of hunger, chronic health and extreme poverty like those offered by Senior Community Centers.”

Testifying before the U.S. Senate, Assistant Secretary for Aging Kathy Greenlee called the Gary and Mary West Senior Wellness Center a “nation-al model in senior care.” Elder care pro-fessionals from all over the world and throughout the United States interested in replicating the model have toured the facility and met with staff, as they are eager to learn about what’s working and how they can implement their programs and services in their communities.

“The Gary and Mary West Senior Wellness Center has allowed us to fully implement our vision of what healthy aging can be,” says Paul Downey, presi-dent and CEO, Senior Community Cen-ters. “Blowing apart the negative senior stereotypes and fi ghting ageism at every turn is at the core of what we are achiev-ing.”

Downey notes that since opening a year ago, the number of meals served

More Asian Seniors Turn to Senior Community Center Downtown

SB 718 would authorize counties to establish confi dential internet report-ing system

SACRAMENTO, CA (June 21, 2011) - The State Assembly Com-mittee on Aging and Long Term Care today voted (5 - 0) in support of Senator Vargas’ Senate Bill 718, which would authorize the County of San Diego and counties across the State of California to offer a confi -dential internet system for reporting instances of elder abuse. SB 718 is now headed to the Assembly Floor.

Currently, mandated reporters, such as licensed health practitioners, must report instances of abuse in a timely manner. Due to the high volume of callers and a recent decrease in personnel due to budget cuts, there can be a lengthy wait before a call is answered on the county’s main elder abuse reporting phone line which handles calls from mandated reporters and the general public. In November 2010, it was determined that 27 percent of callers hung up rather than waiting on the line to report abuses, leaving seniors and dependent adults at further risk of abuse. The secure internet system would require that mandated report-ers provide the same information as required in writing or over the phone. This service would be made available at no additional cost to the State of California.

Vargas represents the 40thCali-fornia State Senate District which includes the southern portion of San Diego County, portions of Riverside County, all of Imperial County and California’s entire US/Mexico border.

Vargas represented the 79th Cali-fornia State Assembly District from 2000- 2006 and served on the San Di-ego City Council from 1993 - 2000.

Senator Vargas’ Bill to Encourage

Reporting of Elder Abuse Heads to Assembly Floor daily at the center has increased 50 per-

cent, to more than 750. It is one of the few facilities in the country where meals and clinical services are provided 365 days per year. More seniors are taking advantage of the services and programs the center provides, which demonstrates the need to build collaborative partner-ships with community and educational organizations to extend and enhance the programs seniors need. National and state funding for health and human service organizations, such as Senior Community Centers, has not increased and in many cases funding has been cut completely, so collaborative part-nerships help bridge budget gaps, save money and continue to provide a high level of service.

One such partnership is with SDSU’s College of Health and Human Services. Students completing their master’s de-gree work in tandem with center staff to provide regular health and wellness screenings at no charge for low-income seniors help prevent illness; thus, lower-ing the cost of emergency medical ser-vices to the state of California. The goal of the program is to help students better understand the importance of providing an integrated system of care for older adults to achieve optimal health and well-being while helping train the next generation of geriatric professionals.

Partnerships are not just limited to college-level students. High school stu-dents from six area schools (Monarch, Hoover, Crawford, San Diego, Lincoln and High-Tech High) visit the Gary and Mary West Senior Wellness Center to teach seniors how to access health and social security benefi ts online and also assist with setting up email accounts and accessing government and social service resources online.

In the past year, more Asian seniors have come to the Gary and Mary West Senior Wellness Center seeking assis-

In the past year, more Asian seniors have come to the Gary and Mary West Senior Wellness Center seeking assistance. Currently this group represents 25 percent of the seniors served, and the largest increase is among Chinese seniors, who now represent 15 percent of the seniors they serve.



“But she said she didn’t want anything from you. All she wanted was to meet you since you are her father,” said JR who, although younger, seemed more mature. He could not understand the evasive behavior of his fa-ther. If he were Danny, JR would be eager to see his own daugh-ter, especially since he hadn’t seen her since she was a toddler. Didn’t Danny wonder what she was like as an adult? Even JR was wondering about it. He was interested in this newly-discov-ered half-sibling from across the border.

Contrary to what his son JR thought, Danny really wanted to meet his Mexican daughter. His lack of resources was prevent-ing him from doing so. He was worried her mother would sue for back child support. She must have spent her thousands of dollars by now, considering he had not contributed a single cent since he left.

“But she said she didn’t want anything from you. All she wanted was to meet you!” his friend Bobby reminded Danny after hearing about his problem.

“But still, I have to give her something,” Danny replied. “And I don’t even have a single cent to spare. All the money I’ve been getting from my ex-wife’s pension goes directly to my debts.”

His childhood friend was aware of Danny’s predicament, includ-

ing his problem with Mindy and the incarceration of his girlfriend Margie. Danny had never kept a secret from Bobby, whom he considered like his own brother. In fact Bobby had been his source of financial help through all the years.

DAYS PASSED AND DANNY DID NOT LOSE SLEEP about his daughter in Tijuana. His other problems, such as his lack of money, overshadowed his desire to meet her. His friend Bobby felt guilty for Danny. Be-ing a responsible guy, Bobby felt sorry for Danny’s Mexican child. She must be wondering about her long-lost father; now that she had a chance to see him, he would not meet with her. It was a simple problem that could easily be solved by money, and Bobby, being a successful doctor, had the means to do so.

“Here,” Bobby handed Danny a hundred dollar bill. “Call up your daughter and give this money when you meet with her.”

Danny followed Bobby’s advice. He arranged a meeting with the girl and her mother at a nearby mall.

“Would you like to come with me?” Danny asked Bobby. “I do not want to see them alone.”

He was worried the girl’s mother or her grandfather might send some Mexican thugs and beat him up for all the trouble he had caused them through all those years.

“ONCE YOU SEE YOUR

DAUGHTER, YOU MIGHT WANT TO GIVE HER AT LEAST A HUG,” Bobby advised Danny.

They were seated by a table in-side the Applebee’s Restaurant at the Bonita Mall near the border of San Diego and Tijuana. The mother and child would cross the border from Tijuana just to see Danny. They were able to do so despite being non-US citizens, as longtime Tijuana residents were usually given passes to go into the U.S. for at least a day. The two friends were looking at ev-erybody entering the restaurant, anticipating the arrival of the girl and her mother. After a few min-utes, Danny saw his ex-girlfriend with a beautiful girl beside her. His ex-girlfriend, Mercedes, was still beautiful. Her silky white skin, sharp nose, long eye-lashes and pretty eyes were still evident, although she aged a bit. Danny and Mercedes’s eyes met, and she walked towards him with her daughter it tow.

It was an awkward moment for the four of them: Mercedes, her daughter, Danny and Bobby.

“Hi, como esta?” was all Danny could say.

Mercedes did not answer. She turned to her daughter and slight-ly pushed her toward her father. Her anger at her ex-boyfriend for abandoning her years ago, with nary a contact, was still evident. In effect, Danny had destroyed her life. She never married and devoted her attention to her daughter, although she had a few boyfriends. Her own father, who had a flourishing restaurant busi-ness in Tijuana, provided for the mother and child.

As instructed by Bobby, Danny gave his daughter a hug. He thought it would just be a token hug, a short one. But he found himself holding on to her much longer than he planned. He hugged her tighter and tighter, and all the years of longings, which came from his absence in her life, just flowed down freely like a waterfall. He was overcome by emotion. He found himself shaking and crying unabashedly, as were the girl and her mother. After a while, he let

her go and looked at her.“Esta es muy bonita,” he said

with tears still in her eyes. The girl did not reply. Instead,

she hugged her father again. Once they were seated, Bobby

felt Mercedes and her daughter were acting awkwardly in his presence. He stood up and asked his friend Danny to talk to him in private.

“Here,” Bobby gave Danny another hundred dollar bill. “Use this to pay the restaurant bill. I need to go. You are now safe with your mother and child. They didn’t bring along some Mexican thugs to beat you up.”

Danny smiled. “Thank you very much,” he

gratefully told his friend. Once again, his loyal childhood friend came to his rescue. - AJ

(To be continued)

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Business Processing As-sociation Philippines (BPAP) chairman Fred Ayala said that the BPO sector currently em-ploys close to 500,000 people and generated about $9 billion worth of exports in 2010.

The industry’s target in terms of annual revenue is $25 billion by 2016 and a di-rect workforce of 1.3 million.

“There is an urgent need to de-velop supervisors, middle man-agers, and more skilled workers to respond to increasing market demand for a broadening array of knowledge-based, complex services,” Ayala said.

The World Bank report also highlights the importance of de-veloping the travel and tourism sector if the country intends to sustain growth moving forward.

Tourism accounts for about nearly seven percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), and directly employs about 3.5 million people. But the report said that tourism could

contribute more to help address poverty should reforms outlined in the National Tourism Devel-opment Plan (NTDP) are effec-tively implemented.

The study said major impedi-ments to tourism competitive-ness are largely associated with weak ground and air transport infrastructure – roads, railways, ground transport network, and airports. Weak physical infra-structure, it says, lowers acces-sibility to tourism destinations and discourages private sector investments in accommodation facilities.

Tourism Undersecretary Daniel Corpuz said the government has already started to put in place important reforms that will increase tourism arrivals in the country. The Philippines imple-mented a liberalized air policy in selected international airports outside Metro Manila to pro-mote greater tourism flows to the country.

“More reforms are underway to transform the Philippines into a ‘must experience destination in Asia,’” Corpuz added.

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Oscar Garciadaughters, where Oscar San-chez Garcia is the eldest.

Through incessant hard work and perseverance, Severo and Lucila raised their family to an above-average existence. Oscar finished his elementary educa-tion at Tambo Elementary School (now called Iligan City East Central School) and graduated from Iligan City High School. He was, for three years, a Mechani-cal Engineering student at St. Peter’s College, Iligan City, Cebu Institute of Technology and the University of Southern Philip-pines in Cebu City, when he was forced to leave school and seek employment due to his bleak financial situation stemming from his father’s sudden death.

At nineteen years old, Oscar

landed a job as a general time-keeper at the Pillsbury Flour Mill in Iligan City during its con-struction. Once the project was finished, Oscar was hired to be in charge of one of the Emergency Employment Administration’s projects. While still with EEA at age twenty-one, he was hired

as a patrolman at the Iligan City Police Department. He was first assigned to a clerical job; after three months, he joined the two seasoned criminal investigators as the third shift criminal investiga-tor. While in that position, Oscar pursued his quest for a degree in Liberal Arts with a major in Political Science at St. Peter’s College. He was then selected as a trainee at the Police Train-ing Course, which the National Bureau of Investigation and the United States Agency for Interna-tional Development both spon-sored. With a few more minor subjects to complete his AB degree, he took the written and physical exams and secured other prerequisites for enlistment with the United States Navy. He got lucky and was enlisted on Octo-ber 21, 1966, to serve in the most powerful naval force in the world. It completely changed the life of a

small town boy.He started as a steward. His first

ship, the USS Mispillion (AO-105), was stationed for six months in the U.S., then another six months in Subic Bay, Philippines. It became easier for Oscar to visit his hometown every now and then to see his family and beautiful sweetheart, Veronica Ramilo. Af-ter two years, Oscar and Veronica got married on October 2, 1968.

Oscar grew more motivated and determined to become a com-missioned officer. He started as a fireman and worked his way up to the post of senior chief electri-cian’s mate. Later, he became the senior advisor to the senior chief of the command onboard the USS Hermitage (LSD-34), where he was also commissioned to CWO2 on October 1, 1983. He was then assigned on board the USS Cape

Cod (AD-43) as the electrical re-pair officer and, for a short period of time, the planning officer. He served aboard this ship for two tours (six years), advancing to the ranks of CWO3 and CWO4. During the tours, Oscar served as an officer recruiter at the Los An-geles Recruiting District where he

was awarded the Navy Achieve-ment Medal, the Navy Commen-dation Medal and four Commo-dore’s Cups for having hired a record of eight recruits selected for the Aviation Officer Candidate School and Officer Candidate School. The recruits were com-missioned to officer rank after their successful completion of AOCS and OCS schools. These were all accomplished in fewer than four weeks. Oscar’s final billet was as an electrical division head at the Shore Intermediate Maintenance Activity, where he was awarded the second Navy Commendation Medal for spear-heading the SIMA 2000 project, a methodical process improve-ment that emphasized strategies and tactics. The result: a con-siderable reduction of electrical jobs rework, thereby saving the Navy a considerable amount of money. He was told other naval

repair facilities had adopted it. He retired after twenty-eight years of illustrious service in the United States Navy.

While still in active military service, Oscar was already involved in business, socio-civic and political undertakings. He was the vice president, Fil-Am Republican Club of San Diego County from 1993-1996; presi-dent, Filipino American Military Officers Association (1994-1996); president, FAR Club (1997-2002); a board member of the Fil-Am Chamber of Commerce (1996-1997); speaker of the House of Delegates, Council of Pilipino American Organizations (1997-1998); member, Advisory Board, Strategic Planning on Water Supply, City of San Diego (1997-1998}; vice chairman, COPAO (1998-2000); chairman, COPAO (2001 and 2002); co-founder, The Alliance-Empower the Filipinos (1998-1999); president, South Bay Filipino American Asso-ciation (2000-2002); president, Friends of Cebu (1998-2006); member, International Friendship Commission, City of Chula Vista (1998-2006); and president, FAR Club of San Diego County (2009-to date). He is also an active member, a Scottish Rite Mason, a member of the Knights of St. Andrew. He has been a member of the Masonic Fraternity since 1986. He is currently the presi-dent of the Military Officers of America Association, Sweetwater Chapter (2009-present). He is a California Highway Patrol senior volunteer since May 2011after

Dr, Lapena, principal of the Iligan City East Central School (not facing the camera) received money and library books from Oscar Sa. Garcia, Veronica R. Garcia, (back). Others in photo are two uniden-tified teachers, Andy Kuan and Luz Kuan.

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Oscar and his wife Veronica donated money and books to the Iligan City East Central School in 2007 (formerly Tambo El-ementary School), where they both finished their elementary education. During their last visit from January to March 2011, they donated books to the barangay in the area and partnered with the

Barangay of Hinaplanon, Iligan City, for the establishment of the Oscar Sa. Garcia Foundation Library. The Oscar Sa. Garcia Foundation plans to give scholar-ships to the poor students from their hometown.

Oscar is proud to showcase on his “I Love Me Wall” his multi-colored and beautifully arranged mementos, award certificates, medals and other paraphernalia’s

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From time to time, the group lobbies Congress and hold dem-onstrations to achieve its goals. Under Oscar’s leadership, the chapter earned a 2009 and 2010 5-Star Level of Excellence Award from the MOAA Chairman of the Board himself in Coronado and Washington DC, respectively, during the annual convention of the organization.

Oscar considers the acquisition of the COPAO building as his most significant contribution to the Filipino American community of San Diego County. Although he kept saying it was the product of good teamwork, it was during his term as Speaker of the House that the purchase of the building was initiated. For a long time, the project was discussed, but nothing was done. Oscar helped motivate others to make it a real-ity. As chairman of the Friends of Cebu and member of the Inter-national Friendship Commission in the City of Chula Vista, Oscar also spearheaded the move to make Chula Vista a sister city of Cebu City in the Philippines in 1999, with the full support of then Chula Vista Mayor Shirley Horton, Rita and Emilio Legaspi, Joe Son, the late Greg Alabado and some members of CEBOLEY, USA (Cebu, Bohol and Leyte) and South Bay Fil-Am Organiza-tion. This advocacy earned Oscar the Medal of Circle of Distin-guished Volunteer in Washington DC awarded in July 12-15, 2006, by the Sister City International. In spite of his hectic schedule as a community leader, Oscar still finds time to further his educa-tion, earning degrees in General Studies and Business Adminis-tration with a concentration in Human Resources Management from Southwestern College and National University, respectively. - AJ


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How To Go About Selling Your Philippine Property

Arnold and his wife first came to the United in the 1980’s

and have long been U.S. citi-zens. They have been working tirelessly and spending their money wisely. They seldom pamper themselves, preferring instead to put their money in the bank. You see, they were building a huge house in their hometown of Sipocot, Cama-rines Sur and filling it with the nicest furniture and fixtures they could find. They hired a caretaker who goes to the house once a week to clean it. They will be retiring in five years and had planned to spend the rest of their lives in their palatial residence.

However, things did not go as they had expected. Arnold has been diagnosed with diabetes and hypertension and has been taking medications for them. These twin ailments have affected his kidney functions. The endocrinologist told him that he might have to undergo dialysis in the future.

This unfortunate turn of events made the couple reconsider their future plans. If they were to retire in the Philippines, Arnold may not be able to get the proper medical attention that he needs, particu-larly if he undergoes his dialysis. Somebody told Arnold that unlike in the United States, his dialysis

sessions in the Philippines will not be covered by insurance. That alone will eat up their pension. This is why some Filipinos die of kidney failure because they can-not afford dialysis.

Arnold and his wife have now abandoned their plan of retiring in the Philippines. Instead, they

will live in the United States the rest of their lives. Thus, they have decided to sell their house in Sipocot. Aside from being con-cerned about Arnold’s ailments, they want to buy a house either in Murrieta or Las Vegas while prices are still cheap. They now come to us for guidance on the proper procedure to do it.

The first step, of course, is for Arnold and his wife to have a representative in the Philippines who will represent them through-out the transaction process, from finding a buyer to transferring the title to the buyer’s name. They may prefer a relative to do this, but he or she must be knowl-

edgeable about Philippine real property laws and regulations. There are numerous laws involve, from the buyer’s qualifications (e.g. a foreigner), the necessary documentation, payment of taxes, clearances, land titling, and even environmental issues. This is why many sellers (and buyers), even those in the Philippines, engage the services of a trusted attorney. With the many challenges against the integrity of land titles in the Philippines, getting a reputable attorney will help assure the prospective buyer that the sale is aboveboard.

The next step is to find a reputa-ble real estate agent to market the property. While their townmates will be the ones most interested to buy their house, Arnold and his wife realize that very few of them can afford it. They have to market their property to buyers from outside their town, and they

need a good agent to do that. The agent’s commission ranges from 3% to 5%.

Once a buyer is found, negotia-tions will take place regarding the purchase price, the terms of payment, and the expenses of sale. The law requires the seller to shoulder the capital gains tax of 6% and t he agent’s commission, while the buyer shoulders the 1.5% documentary tax, the trans-fer tax, and the registration fee. However, nothing prevents the parties from reaching a different expense sharing arrangement.

After the terms are finalized, the attorney prepares the deed of sale. Taxes must be paid first and all clearances secured before the

registry of deeds will allow title to pass to the buyer. This is one more advantage of having an at-torney who can also take care of handling this intricate process.

Often, the buyer does not have the cash to pay the purchase price in full, and needs to get a loan from the bank to finance part of the purchase price. In that case, the seller will provide the original title and other documentation to the bank, who then issues a letter guaranteeing that the bank will pay the balance to the seller at a certain point in the future. In the meantime, the seller will be asked to sign an absolute deed of sale and transfer the title to the buyer. The bank then annotates the loan mortgage on the title, before releasing the money to the seller. Understandably, some sellers are reluctant to sign the deed of sale without first receiving the full purchase price, but the letter of guarantee should be enough as-surance that payment will indeed be made. The seller’s attorney may suggest a side agreement to further protect his client.

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Kudiamat snatched the animal by its hooves up above the pit and clambered up. He snapped the deer unto his shoulders and proceeded to a nearby tree followed by the dog wagging its tail and yelping with glee. Reaching the tree, he smacked the deer unto the ground, its antler pinging on his golden-copper ganza. The gong’s sound, though just hit in a single note, reverberated within the forest.

From his pasiking rattan woven backpack, Kudiamat grabbed his set of pangki. He had earlier balled up cotton like fibers from nearby herbs and he briskly rubbed the iron unto the quartz of the pangki over the ball of fibers. Soon sparks flew unto the fibers and Kudiamat had a tiny flame which he placed underneath a tiny pyramid of dry sticks. When the flames lapped on the sticks, he packed thicker twigs and soon had a blazing fire.

Unsheathing his bolo again, Ku-diamat slashed the abdomen of the deer and yanked out its liver, kidney, and heart and splashed them unto the fire. After slurping the blood that covered his hands, he snatched his ganza and pounded on the gong in a rhythm that made him spring into a dance around the fire and chant in his ifuntok tongue not only to thank again Lumauig but to summon all the anito gods and his ancestors to partake of the blessings he had just received.

Soon the aroma of the crisp in-nards enthralled Kudiamat and enhanced further his chanting and dancing. After a while, he feasted on the crisped liver, kidney, and heart.

Not bothering to rest after the hearty meal, he smacked the deer over the fire. The aroma of burn-ing flesh as the fur sizzled off the deer’s skin filled the forest. Soon, he hacked the animal into sections which he laid on a grassy mat. He threw a limb still blanketed with choice flesh for the dog which gin-gerly savaged the meat and snapped on the bones.

His village folks rejoiced over his catch.

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LIGHT & SHADOWS By ZENA SULTANA | SAN DIEGO, 6/24/2011 -- (Photos by Narrie)

Keeping the memory of the “Greatest Entertainer of All-Time” alive keeps Elvis Tribute Artists (ETAs) busy by doing tribute shows, joining contests and con-ventions, and participating in Elvis-related events.

Elvis occupies a special place in our hearts. A performer of magnetic dimen-sion and a singer of incredible brilliance, he captured and held us with his music and his songs, his voice and his charisma, his vibrancy and his good looks.

An internationally-acclaimed contest that draws scores of ETAs, as well as thousands of Elvis fans, is the Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artists Contest sponsored by the Elvis Presley Enterprises. Now in its fifth year, this contest highlights Elvis Week in Memphis, and attracted more than 70,000 fans from all over the world last year. More are expected this year.

Preliminary contests started soon after Elvis Week ended last year, and they are still going on right now. I attended the two-day (May 6-7) 2nd Annual Las Vegas Ultimate Elvis Tribute Contest at the world-famous Fremont Street Experience in Vegas’ historic downtown. The contest was again hosted and produced by Leg-ends in Concert.

After a grueling two days and three rounds of competition, the Top 3 winners

2011 Las Vegas Ultimate ETA Contest

Keeping the Memory Alive :

were: Johnny Fortuno, 1st place; Leo Days – 2nd place; and Travis Allen – 3rd place. As first place winner, Johnny was awarded $2,500 prize money, a Graceland getaway prize package, and the right to represent Las Vegas during Elvis Week in Memphis this August.

Johnny’s rendition of “My Way” during the final round captivated the audience and gained for him the judges’ nod. Gifted with a compelling voice, his contemporary approach to the celebrated music of Elvis and his ability to sing any type of Elvis’

song – whether traditional, rock, pop or romantic ballads – endears him to Elvis fans.

Johnny’s remarkable talent was recog-nized early on by the legendary Don Ho, who featured this young performer in Don’s concert shows in Honolulu, Hawaii. After six years with Don Ho, Johnny was selected as a headliner act by the Legends in Concert, and was the youngest Elvis artist hired by the company. He now lives in Las Vegas.

Second place winner Leo Days of Las Vegas, originally from Michigan, is also a tribute artist with the Legends in Concert in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. He portrays Elvis as accurately as possible. His electric performance of “Polk Salad Annie” at the final round of competition was so dynamic and powerfully moving that the audience rewarded him with a standing ovation.

A charismatic performer, Leo’s raw energy and captivating performance, as well as his humility and unique style, makes him a favorite everywhere he performs. Leo’s chooses to perform the ’68 Comeback Special in his tribute shows, and names “If I Can Dream” as his favorite song.

Third place winner Travis Allen holds an enviable record of winning three preliminaries this year: 1st place at the Rockin’ ‘E’ Jamboree at Oneida Casino; 3rd place at the Las Vegas Ultimate ETA Contest in Fremont; and again 1st place at the Pechanga Ultimate ETA Contest in Temecula, California. The runner-up at Temecula, Lee Birchfield, will represent Pechanga in Memphis.

Travis grew up in Temecula, California, where at the age of 12, he began writing and composing his own music and playing guitar, piano and drums. His dad, GK, played a big role in his becoming an ETA. When Travis, who now calls Las Vegas home, was laid off as an electrician, his dad inspired him to fulfill his dream as an entertainer. At the final round in Vegas, this superbly talented ETA was clad in the ’68 Comeback Special black leather outfit and sang “If I Can Dream.”

The Legends in Concert Band came all the way from Memphis for the final round to provide live music. In the three pre-

liminary rounds, pre-recorded track music was used. The members of the band are: Joe Escriba, Music Director; Steve Flora, bass; Rich Taylor, guitar; Mark Pardy, drums; Matt Green, keyboard; Toni Lee, Kate Steele and Hunter Gerard, back-up singers.

The Top 10 winners, in no particular or-der, and the song they sang, were: Johnny Fortuno – “It’s Now or Never”; Travis Al-len – “Hound Dog”; Dale Kenny – “Walk a Mile”; Bryant Scott – “You Gave Me a Mountain”; Leo Days – “Don’t be Cruel”; Eli Williams – “Polk Salad Annie”; Mark Anthony – “Hurt”; Jimmi Ellis – “I Can’t Stop Loving You”; James Kruk – “Burn-ing Love”; and James King – “Impossible Dream.”

The ten other contestants were: Chris Luna – “Suspicious Minds”;, Shane Peterson – “Bridge Over Trouble Waters”; Seve Botello – “You’ve Lost that Loving Feeling”; Mark Stevenz – “My Way”; Craig Glanville – “See See Rider”; Jason Baglio – “If I Can Dream”; Elvirino – “That’s All Right”; Jim Anderson – “Blue Suede Shoes”; Chris Johnson – “Little Less Conversation”; and Jessie Ray – “Can’t Help Falling in Love”.

There were two emcees at the contest: Brian Brigner, Chief Operating Officer of On Stage Touring, a subsidiary of On Stage Entertainment and creators of the world’s longest-running celebrity tribute shows for Legends in Concert (thank you, Brian, for all your help); and George Trullinger, a legendary tribute artist for Legends in Concert with an uncanny gift for mimicry. He impersonates Buddy Holly, Ed Sullivan and Mick Jaggers.

The contestants were judged on the “best representation of the Elvis legacy” based on talent, appearance, performance, stage presence and over all tribute to Elvis.

The contest judges were: Gene Lubas, Sam Thompson, Cynthia Pepper, Doug Elfman, John Katsilometes and Nellie Norris. -zs

(Note: This article will also appear in the July 2011 Collectors Edition of the El-vis International Magazine, as well as the upcoming issues of the international web-sites www.ladyluckmusic.com in Canada, and the ETA Zone here in the U.S.)

This magazine ad for the 2011 Las Vegas Ultimate Elvis Tribute Contest features JUSTIN SHAN-DOR, the “2010 Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist World Champion” who won the First Las Vegas Ul-timate ETA Contest last year.

Photo on Left: The Top 3 winners in this year’s Las Vegas Ultimate ETA contest: (L-R) LEO DAYS - 2nd place; TRAVIS ALLEN - 3rd place; and JOHNNY FORTUNO, 1st place. Johnny will go on to Memphis to represent Las Vegas during Elvis Week this coming August.

Photo on Right -- The Top 10 (in no particular order): Johnny Fortu-no (does not appear in the picture), James Kruk, Travis Allen, Eli Williams, Leo Days, Mark Anthony, James King, Dale Kenney, Jimmi Ellis and Bryant Scott.

Photo Above: JUSTIN SHANDOR of Las Vegas, 2010 Ultimate ETA World Champion, gave a special performance at this year’s contest.


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SHOWBIZ WATCHER By Ogie Cruz | SAN DIEGO, 6/24/2011 -- Ayon sa reliable source ni Ms. Cristy Fermin, hindi na raw magdi- dimanda si Nora Aunor sa

Nora Aunor, Hindi Na Magdidi-manda Sa Surgical Clinic !!!

isang surgical clinic sa Japan na siyang naging dahilan at kung bakit nawala ang kanyang boses sa pagkanta.

Ayon sa report ni Ate Cristy, nakatanggap daw ng malaking halaga ang one and only Super-star at isang Filipino Doctor daw ang namagitan kaya naayos ang lahat.

Walang exact amount kung magkano ang natanggap ng La Aunor, pero ayon sa chismis puede na raw magbuhay maya-man na si Nora sa kanyang natanggap,puede raw bumili ng kahit ilang mansion sa Pilipinas ang halaga.

Eto na kaya ang hudyat para bumalik sa Pilipinas si Ate

Guy na matagal na ring inaantay ng hindi lang ng Noranians maging mga tao sa showbiz industries.Ilang beses na

rin naudlot ang chismis na uuwi na raw ang Superstar

noon, pero hanggang ngayon nandito pa rin ang Superstar sa

LA.

Pilit nga namin hinahanap si Nora sa LA, huling balita namin nasa Sta. Monica siya nakatira nakausap rin namin si Steve Angeles, ang fi eld reporter

ng Balitang Amerika.Ayon sa kanya ninang pala niya si Ate Guy, hindi rin niya alam kung saan exact nakatira ngayon ang kanyang Ninang Guy although taga LA rin siya.

Mailap talaga sa reporters si Guy ngayon,maaring hindi pa siya handang humarap sa anu-mang interview.Marami pa ring katanungan na dapat masagot ng Superstar, dahil nag-aalala ang kanyang mga tagahanga sa Pilipinas at maging dito sa San Diego California.

Wala pa ring malinaw kung bumalik na ang dati niyang boses sa pagkanta o hanggang ngayon ay nagpapagamot pa rin siya basta isa lang ang malinaw,miss

na siya ng Phil. Movies Indus-tries.

Nandyan pa rin ang pangako ng kanyang kumare at kanyang pinagkamahigpit na kalaban sa pagka-superstar noon na si Gov. Vilma Santos na sakasakaling uuwi si Guy sa Pilipinas, mis-mong si Ate Vi ang susundo sa

kanya sa Airport.

Basta welcome ang column namin para ma-interview namin si Nora, anytime kahit sa phone lang.Sana mapagbigyan din niya kami sa aming radio show , 1450 KFSD sa am band na every Tuesday mapapakinggan 7pm to 8pm on June 28 ang launching nito.

MGA REYNA NG PELI-KULANG PILIPINO, HINDI MARUNONG MAGTARAY !!! Isang blind item ang sinabi ni Tita Swarding sa kanyang radio program sa DZRH, ayon sa report niya isang tagakapuso na sobrang taray sa ngayon dahil isang fan daw ang nagpapapirma rito at ang ginawa hinihagis ang notebook dahil marumi raw ang pipirmhan kaya naman imbyerna sa kanya ang kawawang fan.

Kaya tuloy galit na galit si Tita sa hitad na ito, hindi pa na-man sikat e kung umasta super yabang na at mahilig magtaray.Nasabi niya tuloy na kung sina Vilma Santos at Nora Aunor,

nungka na nagtaray kahit kailan to think na pinaka reyna na itong dalawa sa history ng Phil. Mov-ies.

Agree kami sa sinabi ni Tita Swarding, hindi marunong mag-taray sina Guy at Vi kailanman.Minsan pa nga na-intebyu namin si Guy kahit alam niyang Vilma Santos Writer kami noon, hinarap niya kami at sinagot ang lahat ng tanong namin sa kanya.Ni hindi kami hinirapan ni Guy, kaya naman matapos ang interview na ‘yun, niyakap namin ang Superstar sa kanyang ipinakita sa aming ugali.

Mag-kaiba ang ugali nina Vilma at Nora, medyo sweet si Ate Vi kapag kausap naming samantalang si Guy, tahimik na tao.Ang natatandaan naming ma-

taray na salita ni Ate Guy na di naman masasabing nagtaray siya e yung tungkol sa awards night noon ng Metro Manila Film Festival na pareho silang kasali ni Ate Vi sa nomination para sa Best Actress.Atsay noon ang panlaban ni Superstar samanta-lang ang Star For All Seasons naman ay Rubia Servios.

Marami kasi humula noon na si Ate Vi ang mananalo, kaso nga si Nora ang nanalo at nagsalita

ito ng ganito habang tinatang-gap niya ang kanyang award “Mamay mali ang hula nila”, isang parinig sa kampo ni Vilma.Yun lang ang pagtataray na natatandaan naming, pero hindi naman ganon kataray.

Sayang at wala ng sumunod sa generation nina Nora at Vilma , puede sana sina Sharon Cu-neta at Maricel Soriano kaso hindi masyadong napukpok ang labanan nilang dalawa.Hanggang ngayon nga hindi pa nagsasama sa isang movie sina Megastar at Diamond Star, although 10 yrs ago pa na yata nang tanungin naming si Maria kung payag siyang makasama sa isang movie si Megastar. Siempre payag ang Diamond Star.

Nakaka-miss din ang labanang Nora-Vilma, pati na rin ang labanang Sharon at Maricel.Sana nga umuwi na si Nora sa Pilipinas para gumawa siya ulit ng movies at Tv show.Bumalik ulit sa limelight si Maricel na matagal rin nawala sa eksena, sana ang GMA 7 ang bumuhay sa kanyang career.Si Sharon nandyan lang naman sa channel 2, tuloy pa rin ang show niya samantalang si Gov. Vi, baka gu-mawa ng movie sa Star Cinema at may offer pa ito sa channel 5 para sa isang Tv show.

Sana mabuhay muli ang labanang Vilma at Nora, pati na rin ang labanang Maricel and

Gov. Vilma Santos

Sharon Cuneta

Nora Aunor

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ABS-CBN’s TFC North America honored with top industry awards in New York and Las Vegas

REDWOOD CITY, CA, June 20, 2011 – True to its continuous com-mitment to excellence, ABS-CBN International’s The Filipino Channel (TFC) received national recogni-tion for fi ve industry awards it won recently in the U.S.

Its entry of “Streets of My Lolo” won silver for Best in Art Direction & Design: Public Service Announce-ment at the 2011 PromaxBDA Local Awards held in the PromaxBDA Station Summit in Las Vegas on June 9. (The gold award went to NBC Miami Media/Mother New York for “Earth Week”). Announced this month from New York are ABS-CBN International’s victories at the 32nd Annual Telly Awards where it won three bronzes for the same video, “Streets of My Lolo”, in the categories of Social Issues, Use of Graphics and Editing. Another Telly bronze was captured for “Bayaning Pilipino: Little Manila Foundation” in the Documentary category.

“Streets of My Lolo” is a short piece that was created for and shown at the 2010 Filipino American His-tory Month Celebration at the San Francisco City Hall, co-presented by the Offi ce of then Mayor Gavin Newsom, the Philippine Consulate General of San Francisco, Filipino American Arts Exposition, SOMA Pilipinas and ABS-CBN Interna-tional. It highlighted the efforts of SOMA Pilipinas to preserve Filipino history and heritage in the streets of South of Market, San Francisco which served as an early settlement for many Filipino immigrants.

“Bayaning Pilipino: Little Manila Foundation” was aired on TFC via Bayaning Pilipino sa America 2010, chaired by now ABS-CBN Corpo-ration’s Senior Vice President for News & Current Affairs Ging Reyes and produced by ABS-CBN Inter-national’s News Production Head Vivian Zaldivea Araullo. The video narrated the struggles and triumphs of Filipino American pioneers who built their community south of Main Street in Stockton, California.

Both award-winning video seg-ments were written and produced by Pia Lopezbaños-Carrion who heads the Ad & Promo unit of ABS-CBN International under North America Media Events and Production Group & Global Customer Engagement Head John-D Lazatin. Her team in-cluded videographer Jeremiah Ysip, editors Danny Manasala and Mitos Briones, with Mike Carrion provid-ing art direction.

“We were thrilled by these twin distinctions,” said Lopezbaños-Carrion. “We set out producing these videos inspired and enamored by the great miracles being done by unsung heroes for our Filipino community in the U.S. To be recognized for the passion and work behind these videos is a true positive reinforce-ment and validation that we’re doing something good and right.”

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BEST POEM IN THE WORLD

I was shocked, confused, bewildered as I entered Heaven’s door, not by the beauty of it all, nor the lights or its decor.

But it was the folks in Heaven who made me sputter and gasp-- The thieves, the liars, the sinners, the alcoholics and the trash.

There stood the kid from seventh grade who swiped my lunch money twice.

Next to him was my old neighbor who never said anything nice.

Joe, who I always thought was rotting away in hell, was sitting pretty on cloud nine, looking incredibly well.

I nudged Jesus, ‘What’s the deal?

I would love to hear your take.

LIFE HAS NO POINT – IF …………??????

How’d all these sinners get up here?

God must’ve made a mistake.

‘And why is ev-eryone so quiet, so somber - give me a clue.’

‘Hush, child,’ He said,

‘They’re all in shock.

No one thought they’d be seeing you.’

JUDGE NOT!!

Remember...Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian

Any more than standing in your garage makes you a car.

Every saint has a PAST...

Every sinner has a FUTURE!

Life without God is like an unsharpened pencil...

It has no point!

During the last Presidential elections I had this to say as I announced my support for Noynoy Aquino: http://benmaynigo.blogspot.com/2010/05/noynoy-hope-honesty-humilty-honor.html

“I belong to what I call 4H and E-Generation. I am one of those who want a President who brings Honesty, Humil-ity, Honor and Hope to his job. I am one who is deeply concerned with Educa-tion, Economic growth (employment, entrepreneurship, equity expansion), Electronic media or communications, Environment, Empowerment, Enlight-enment, Energy Independence, Excel-lent Health Care, Electoral Reforms and Effective Security Force.

My horse has the breeding I want. From Cory, he inherited Honesty and Humility. From Ninoy, he got Hope and martyrdom. From both, he will bring Honor to his country. On the reforms needed to satisfy the E-Generation, he has a built-in Platform of Government. It is a product of the People Power revo-lution, written by wise men personally chosen by CORY, and approved, ratifi ed and therefore, co-owned by the Filipino people. It is clear, brief and concise. It is executable, enforceable, mandatory and supreme. It is backed by implementing statutes, adhering legislation, accompa-nying executive orders, regulations and jurisprudence. It is protected and de-fended by the Armed Forces and police agencies as well as adhered to by every executive, legislative and judicial offi -cer. It is the CORY CONSTITUTION. Others are encouraged to adopt it too but at this point of our history, the best

PNoy: 4 H and the E-Genperson trusted to execute, enforce, obey, protect and defend it, is Cory’s son, NOYNOY.”

Noynoy is now PNoy – a name that carries major responsibilities, endowed with tremendous powers and resources but requires the greatest, noblest and an almost infi nite, indefi nable commit-ment.

Indeed, the hopes and aspirations of an almost desperate people lie on a leader who is perceived as honest, humble and honorable.

Such hope and expectation was refl ect-ed initially in a favorable rating so high it is impossible to hold. After about a year at the Presidential helm, understandably his ratings came down to 64%.

The political critics or what my bar-ber calls, “negativists” focused on the fact that it came down - from “extremely high” to “very high”. The latter differs from a “positivist” who claims that based on the latest survey, the chances of a politician improved from “none” to “slim”.

When President Barack Obama an-nounced the killing of Osama Bin Lad-en, his favorable went up to 52% after a few days. The Democrats and his politi-cal consultants were ecstatic. The media was predicting Obama to be unbeatable in his re-election campaign.

PNoy gets 64% and his critics say he is failing? Viewed another way is, with ratings like that, his chances of failing changed from none to slim.

PNoy’s presidency did not really start in full gear from Day 1. He had to form a team beset with initial problems caused

by intense lobbying and pressure from all sectors and interest groups. He also had to deal with a bureaucracy and a ju-diciary that were installed and nurtured by the corrupt previous administration and protected by civil service and other laws.

The fi rst few months were mostly learning experiences that generated good achievements. He formed a team com-posed of mostly honest, humble, honor-able and dedicated men and women. His Justice team led by Secretary de Lima is incorruptible; his Finance and Economic team of Secretaries Purisima (Finance), Panderanga (NEDA), Abad (Budget) and Domingo (Trade) are all men of un-questioned integrity and honesty; his In-frastructure team of Secretaries de Jesus, now Roxas (DOTC) and Singson (Public Works) also have a record of honest and untainted performance; his Local gov-ernment team led by Secretary Robredo, a Magsaysay Awardee has a reputation for honesty and integrity; and his Social Services Team of Secretary Soliman and PCSO Chief Juico are also known as dedicated and honest public servants.

Of course, his Education team of Secretaries Luistro (Education) and Li-cuanan (CHED) are undeniably compe-tent and honest. Even the Chair of COA (which is an independent Constitutional Commission) Heidi Mendoza is a cou-rageous and honest fi ghter; the team in PCGG composed of idealistic young lawyers is led by incorruptible Dean Bautista.

I do not know the other members of the PNoy team personally but if those that I mentioned are any indication, I trust that they are of the same caliber.

But my point really is, with a team like the above, there is a greater probability of achieving the goals of “Walang Cor-rupt, Walang Mahirap”.

Let us look at the economic front under PNoy. Former NEDA Secretary Cielito Habito under the Ramos Admin-istration coined the word “Aquinom-ics” to describe the economic situation under Aquino. He says that “econom-ics of business confi dence” is currently driving the economy under Aquino’s leadership. Over the past four quarters, growth in private domestic investment has been consistently surging, based on the quarterly National Income Accounts. This investment surge comes after many years of relative stagnation.........What is remarkable about the investment growth we are seeing lately is that it comes in the face of a signifi cant drop in foreign direct investments (FDI). And yet, over-all investment has jumped 37 percent, implying that domestic investments must have jumped by much more, far overcoming the foreign investment de-cline. What makes it even more remark-able is that the public component of domestic investment (government con-struction) also suffered a deep decline of 37.3 percent. Again, private domestic in-vestments must have increased so much that not even this steep fall prevented total investment from surging the way it did.”

Habito, who was a very successful Economic Secretary of Ramos further says that Aquinomics could also stand for “economics of fi scal responsibility”. He went on to explain that Aquino’s gov-ernment has been on an “underspend-ing” spree resulting in a rare budget sur-plus instead of the usual budget defi cit. “They have found that they don’t have to spend as much as the former government would have, to accomplish as much. He specifi ed Secretary Rogelio Singson’s Public Works and Highways depart-



Spiritual Life

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Lower Your Nets

Joke of the week: An official in the former Communist Rus-sia asked a peasant how the new potatoes plan was working. The peasant boasted, “Under our glorious leader, Stalin, our potato crop is like a miracle. Why, if we could put all our potatoes on one pile it would reach right up to God.” “Very good,” com-mented the official, who added, “of course you know there isn’t any God.” To which the peasant added, “Of course you know that there aren’t any potatoes either.”

Scriptures: First Reading: Deuteronomy 8: 2-3; 14-16. The Hebrew people feel comfortable and safe in the Promised Land. The author reminds them of God’s generosity and protection while they were in the desert. He gave them food and drink during their desert journey for forty years. This instruc-tion is a caveat so that in their comfortable life the Hebrews would not attribute their success to themselves and thereby forget God’s benevolence. Second Reading: 1 Corinthi-ans 10: 16-17. The cup of blessing makes all Chris-tians share in the blood of Christ. The bread that they eat unites them to Christ and to one an-other. There is no empty symbol.

Gospel: John 6: 51-58. This passage is an exposition of Jesus-as-Bread-from-heaven theme. First, Jesus is the bread from heaven that feeds those who believe in him. Sapiential feed-ing: he is the bread of wisdom that nourishes all those who ac-cept him in faith. Secondly, Jesus asks all to eat and drink not his physical flesh and blood, but his Spirit-filled flesh and blood: the Eucharistic feeding.

Reflections: We are different from other creatures, because as human beings we need to nour-ish not only our body, but also our soul. We have a need for something spiritual, because as sons and daughters of God we are have been created to live and

share in his eternal life.

MOSES REMINDS THE PEO-PLE THAT THEIR HUNGER was not only a response to their complaint to God about the lack of food, but also a test whether they would obey his command-ments and follow his directions. In spite of having failed to com-pletely trust in God and believe

that he is true to his promise about not leaving them to die of hunger

and thirst in the desert, the people

however started gathering manna more than what they needed.

When there is a scarcity of prime commodities, such as food, water, clothes, and medicine, other people’s tendency is to hoard or to stack up for the time when supply runs dry. This sort of attitude betrays not only their selfish intention but more so their lack of faith in God who feeds “his people with the finest wheat and honey;” Who satisfies also the hungry hearts. This attitude was clearly discernible from the way the Israelites “hoarded” up manna.

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There are those in the spiritual walk who when the devil comes

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They have a point.But perhaps there are better ways

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ing the devil -- darkness -- but of giving him and demons energy.

We are in the midst of a war; ignoring it is unfruitful; we have to be careful, however -- in waging that war -- not to put faith in a negative.

When we focus too much on something dark and worrisome, when we hover over it, when we don’t let a negative go (once we have recognized it) we bear risk of lending evil forces the power to function yet more powerfully (say “glory” if you choose).

“Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil,” says Psalms 37:8.

A delicate balance, this: know-ing when we need to speak of the negative and demonic and when we should ignore it; knowing when we should be concerned and when concern is just anxiousness.

It’s like a pain: the more you concentrate on it, the more you focus on it, the worse the pain gets. How many times have you seen a problem grow as you obsess on it -- as if you are drawing darkness?

Ignoring evil can be as bad or even worse than focusing too much on it. Yes indeed. But the point is that spirits -- all sorts of negative spirits (demonic and earthbound) -- feed off what emanates from us. It’s their power. It’s the juice they need to manifest.

What do they especially like? Emotions that create frenzy. Emo-

Anger, Fear, Jealousy Are Among Emotions That Attract And Empower Negative Spirits

by Michael H. Brown, Spirit Daily

tions that create hatred. They love hysteria. Fear. These offer the great-est force. They draw from chaos like a buzzing neon light consumes electricity. This is why you often see “poltergeist” outbreaks around teens who are going through the stressful period of puberty.

And we give them power when we’re angry. This is probably the most common way we empower darkness. They gravitate to that. It is one reason they are growing so quickly in our society. Hear the way everyone talks! They like this energy so much that they seek to try to pro-voke it so they can consume more of it. We all know that, don’t we -- the

power of fear, the power of anger (both often related)? It actually feels like it is searing -- buzzing, sawing -- through us! “Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath!” advises that same passage from Psalms.

MEANWHILE, FEAR IS AN EMOTION RIFE -- OVERFLOW-ING -- WITH DARK ENERGY. In fact, some of those in deliverance ministry say that spirits try to scare us (with sounds or apparitions) in order to draw from the energy of that fright. They need this power. It grants them more of a medium to manifest. Fear of the devil is faith in him! A vicious circle this is! “And which of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life’s span?” asked Jesus (Luke 12:25). “The worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful,” says Matthew 13:22.

As stated, they also seek earnestly to draw from jealousy (which is even more powerful that hatred and wrath); they search for lust. Lust

gathers and releases the essence of darkness. Look what power sex can unleash -- the spark of life itself. They feed on morbidity (over-sad-ness -- hovering in grief).

Any extreme emotion of the nega-tive kind has the crackle of a neon sign that says to wandering spirits (Matthew 12:43): Fill Up Your Tank Here.

Haughtiness? This feed on it like ants feed on sugar.

And so keep your emotions -- and thoughts -- in check. Pray, hope, and don’t worry. Don’t hover of what is negative around you or others.

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secondary … Fears of spillage and disease also played a role. Complicated theological disputes eventually resulted in a decision at the Council of Trent in 1562 to avoid further misunderstanding and to withhold the cup from the laity … Good liturgy demands respect for the power of our symbols. Wine calls to mind not only the joys of heavenly banquet table, but also the price of the covenant which led to Jesus’ suf-fering and death. We neglect the power of such images when we ignore the cup … The Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta have not found it necessary to recom-mend that the church abandon its ancient practice; however, out of courtesy, a communicant with a contagious illness, whether a mild cold or something more serious, may wish to refrain from drinking from the cup.”

Quotation of the week:

“The Eucharist is the Church at her best.” Gabriel Moran.




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In the Monthly Newsletter, the Li-ons COURIER had been established under the editorship of Lion Victor B. Ortega.

“We have another year to plan for our annual medical mission to the Philippines and to other countries. We wish to thank our benefactor, the Paradise Valley Hospital Adventist Health, for its continuing generous support.

Last but not the least, I have another dream. I dream about achieving unity in the world of Lionism, particularly among Filipino Americans. We are proud to tell you that Paradise Valley Lions Club works as a team and in harmony and solidarity with our vi-sion for the future.

My fellow Lions, Lions Internation-al President Frank Moore III said “…. leadership must be nourished and sus-tained in every Lions Club.” We, par-ticularly the Filipino Americans, can do this only if we observe the values of tolerance. Concern, mutual com-mitment, and above all, unity in our hearts is required. We must not en-courage or tolerate a leadership that is cultivating vacuous posturing or mo-tives centered on personal glory and aggrandizement. We must be guided by ETHICS, HONESTY, INTEGRI-TY, and enlightened PRINCIPLES.

Let us remember that in unity we could achieve social and political empowerment, an attractive platform that could encourage a stronger and dynamic image for Filipinos in Amer-ica. There is a saying: ‘Hundreds of people may be banded together to carry out a project, but these indi-viduals are sure to fail if there is no solidarity in their purpose and objec-tives.’ Lionism is providing us such an opportunity. With the outstanding leadership of Lion District Governor Morman and his officers, we can con-tinue and sustain the onward thrust of Paradise Valley Lions Club in our avowed service to the community all around the world.”

Medical Mission to AntiqueOn March 3, 2002, I wrote my mes-

sage that was published in the Lion

Courier, Volume 11, NO. 3. I have just returned from a medi-

cal mission to the province of Antique in the island of Panay in the western Visayas sponsored, which the Texas Association of Philippine Physi-cians sponsored. The mission was held from January 21st to the 25th at the provincial capital of San Jose de Buenavista, continued on to the town of Culasi, and finally ended in my hometown in Pandan. Since the plac-es where the mission was held were among the most impoverished, I find it gratifying and spiritually uplifting to have served the poor constituencies of my birthplace. I wish to thank the Paradise Valley Lions Club for help-ing purchase the much-needed medi-cines that I brought to the Philippines. It was a very successful mission. Two thousand five hundred seventy-six pa-tients were seen in consultations and treatments, 156 received minor and major surgeries in a span of 5 days. The delegation was composed of twenty-six physicians of various spe-cialties, ten Registered Nurses, and local volunteers. Sixty-nine major and minor surgical procedures were performed in San Jose, thirty-nine major and forty-two minor surgical procedures in Culasi and eight minor surgeries in Pandan. The common major cases operated were thyroidec-tomies, hernia repairs, hysterectomies and gall bladder resections.

The principal sponsor of the mis-sion was the Antique Circle of USA (ACUSA) and assisted by the Pandan Antique Foundation, Inc. (PAF) and Pagtatap USA in the Pandan mission. All three organizations are based in California.

Drs. Leonidas Andres and Adel-fa Yap Andres of Anahuac, Texas, planned and chaired the medical mis-sion. Its sole purpose was to help alle-viate the physical ailments and health problems of the needy, poor and in-digent populations of the province of Antique. The Andreses are originally from Barbasa and Culasi of Antique.

Unfortunately, Dr. Andres had to return back home to Texas for per-sonal reasons and could not join the mission. Dr. Arsenio Martin, presi-dent of the association, took over the

chairmanship instead. As a resident of San Diego, California, and originally from Pandan, Antique, I also assisted in coordinating the Pandan mission.

The missionaries transported to the Philippines a total of twenty-eight balikbayan boxes of medicine and medical surgical supplies worth hun-dreds of thousands of dollars, all of which were donated by different drug companies in the U.S. In addition, the team purchased thousands of dollars of medicines in the Philippines dur-ing the mission. The Paradise Valley Lions Club of San Diego donated the medicines that I brought to Pandan as well.

Our reception in Pandan was headed by Mayor Sanchez, care of Vice May-or Arthur Dionela and coordinated by Sonnyboy Alojipan.

The medical mission was a hectic activity. The missionaries traveled from one place to another that cov-ered a total of about 250 kilometers of rugged road. They ministered a myriad of needs to hundreds of sick children and adults.

The surgeons from Manila, led by Drs. Archie La Madrid and Vivianne La Madrid who volunteered to assist the mission, extended their working hours up to late at night everyday during the five day mission. Despite the exhausting endeavor, the medi-cal mission was a satisfying experi-ence for everyone. RN Loida Candari said about our patients: “These are the very people who, in one way or another, would not have seen a doc-tor. The project could not have been a success without the undying support of ACUSA and many volunteers in Antique. The professional coordina-tion of the overall project coordinator Marilyn Tan of Manila with the assis-tance of Jinky Lerios made this mis-sion logistically a smoother one.

Leaving Lions Club

I said the following to the PVLC: “After recovering from the rigors of the medical mission trip, I have come to realize that in barely three months, my second term as president will come to an end. Looking back at the past two years, I feel humbled

by the achievements during my two successive terms. I am most appre-ciative of the harmony and unifying spirit prevailing among the members of our club. To me, this spirit is piv-otal in the shaping up of our plans, the carrying out of the varied projects that we have carefully discussed and nurtured, and the successful comple-tion of all of them. Naturally, we owe everything to the selfless devotion of our officers and members, and their relentless pursuit for perfection. I am grateful because we have not only survived, but through everybody’s collective effort we have become the Lions Club of the Year of District 4-L6. Our struggle and determination to undertake the medical missions yearly to third world countries have been recognized, and we are happy that we have created a niche for our-selves in Lionism for our humanitar-ian endeavor.”

The late Lion Dr. Eduardo Man-aig interrupted me: “I would like to extend thanks to President Lion Dr. Cesar Candari, for having success-fully carried out club programs whose magnitude and importance will be felt by Paradise Valley Lions Club for a long time. Chiefly, Lion Cesar’s term will be credited for the medical mission last year, the cool and calm

exercise of his leadership. Suffice to say that Dr. Candari has already cre-ated for himself a niche in the halls of outstanding achievements in Para-dise Lions Club. Lion President Ce-sar’s term of office shall be cut three month short due to his appointment as Chief Pathologist of El Centro Re-gional Medical Center – a lucrative and challenging proposition difficult to refuse. For that matter, I, along with my fellow-medical practitio-ners, envy him for the extraordinary fortune and luck. Bon voyage in your new undertaking, Lion Cesar!”

I continued on: “In more ways than one, Paradise Valley Lions Club and myself in particular, have been truly blessed and for which I am very thankful, first to God our Almighty, to you, my fellow-Lions, and to all our patrons and benefactors who have perseveringly supported our ef-forts through all these years. When the time comes to pass on the torch of leadership to the incoming leader-ship, I will yield the gavel of author-ity with a sense of pride of accom-plishment. I promise to remain active in the club.”

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Student: “OK. So I’d like to ask you a question. If you can give me the correct answer, I will accept my marks as it is. If you can’t give me the correct answer, however, you’ll have to give me an “A”.

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After high school, he wanted to be with the US Navy.

He crossed a river from Trinidad, walked a winding road, trudged up Session Road in Baguio City, and traversed a pine scented stretch of hills to reached Camp John Hay where he enlisted. He became


The Ifuntok among the first Filipinos who could only be then cooks and food servers in the US navy and who doubled up to be shoe shine boys of admirals and who also washed the panties of officers’ wives and walked their dogs.

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Vic Ortega, the editor of the Lions COURIER monthly newsletter had this to say: “After an emotion-fi lled farewell which Lion Dr. Cesar Can-dari delivered to fellow members in the Paradise Valley Lions Club dur-ing the March 26th Tuesday meeting, former President Lion Carl Batuyong equally delivered and bade an emo-tion-fi lled response by saying that when the Club’s integrity was being questioned by former members whose agendas were to cause mischief, Lion Cesar was the president; when the Club’s harmonious relationship among the member was being tested and its unity was being harangued by groundless imputations from the same jealous hate-promoters, Lion Cesar was the president; and when courage to forge ahead was needed with cool determination to succeed, Lion Cesar provided the quality leadership.”

I believe in Martin Luther King, Jr. who said: “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in mo-ments of comfort, but where he stands

at times of challenge and controver-sy.” This is my response to those no-table anontations.

With all these involvement of time and energy, and expenses, in these missions, my friends and townmates have called me Dr. Candari, added the cognomen- (aka) “Lion King.”

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Four months before the end of my second term as president of Paradise Valley Lions Club, in March 2002, I was offered a position as Director of the Pathology Department of El Centro Regional Medical Center, in El Centro California. Of course this mean I would have to come out of retirement and head back to work. It presented more of a challenge.

El Centro Regional Medical Cen-ter is an acute-care medical center serving the healthcare needs of the Imperial Valley since 1956. It was a 107-bed hospital until a $44 million expansion let it grow to 165 beds. The expansion project allowed for a state of the art facility, including a new trauma center and rooftop heliport for superior trauma care.

In my fi rst three months, the College

of American Pathologist inspected the laboratory for accreditation under my directorship and passed without any problem.

Unfortunately, I started to have double vision symptoms in my left eye. In 1981, I had been diagnosed with a small congenital benign cyst in my left cerebello-pontine angle. Nothing was done and was followed closely by my physician for more than twenty years. A diagnosis of Cho-lesteatoma (benign epidermoid cyst) was made. I continued to be healthy and functioned very well—a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being.

MY HEALTH I tendered my resignation from El

Centro Hospital after six months . Four months later I had brain surgery to remove the cyst. Since 2003 my activities in civic, social, humanitar-ian, and community involvement had been curtailed. A second brain surgery was successfully done in Las Vegas, Nevada, in April 2008 and thank God Almighty, I survived and recovered. Currently, I am legally blind in my left eye and my hearing is impaired. Despite all these affl ictions, I still have the stamina, vigor, vitality, san-ity and mental prowess to write this story.

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more focused on things like loops and where the breaks and samples of my favorite songs are from. I am also still very much into the old school Hip Hop music. Digging into the past and history of the music I have so much passion for mirrors what I am doing in my life in learn-ing and researching more about my own culture and the traditions of my ancestors.

To dream of something else to do is nice but only a futile exercise for me. I like where I am in life and I like the work that I do. It may be diffi cult at times but it is those chal-lenging times that defi ne a person. In terms of music, I would like to be more involved with producing songs as I still have that passion for it. I am trying to balance that aspect with the rest of my life but I have put it on the backside more recently.

As I dream to entertain myself, I would really want to make music that reaches the Pinoy diaspora to really encourage them to return and relearn their traditions and to shift their paradigm and perspective to one that is more culturally inclined, not only to the youth who have been detached from their original culture and values, but also the older gener-ations who have become accustomed to western ideals and have become complacent in preserving our iden-tity as a people and more accepting of the outcomes of colonization.

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Filipino artists are lighting up the international stage once again, with seven Filipinos drawing raves for their performances in the current production of “The Lion King” at the Marina Sands in Singapore.

Artists from ten countries make up the international cast; seven of them are Filipinos, including six children alternating in the roles of the young Simba and Nala. Leon Matawaran, Lance Reblando and Warren David Saga alternate in the role of the young Simba while Nikki Samonte, Cristina de Leon and Myka Torre take on the role of the young Nala.

Lance and Nikki told STAR-week that playing the roles of the young Nala and Simba is an honor.

“We’re so happy and honored. After all, we are Filipinos,” says Lance in Filipino.

“Happy and having so much fun,” adds Nikki.

Theater actress and former Bayanihan Philippine Dance Company member Yael Pineda al-ternates in the roles of Rafiki and Shenzi, one of the hyenas.

Being the only Filipino adult

around is a responsibility Pineda takes seriously. Even with the parents around, she takes care of the children during rehearsals and performances.

“We are like family. The Pinoy kids are amazing artists and we’re so proud of them, they’re full of fun and we cook or swim together on our day off, which is on Mon-days. It’s just great that my Lion King family is growing. Bond-ing is strong – they even call me Mama,” says the mother of three.

Being part of the Singaporean production is nothing new for Pineda, since she has been part of the production since 2003 when it opened in Sydney. She also toured with the cast in Melbourne (2005-2006), Shanghai (2006) and London (2008-2010). She also took part in the Festival of The Lion King in Hong Kong Disney-land from 2007 to 2008.

“All Lion King productions around the world are different even if we practically do the same show. It’s the ‘feel’ and the voices that make it different. Of course each actor will have his or her own touch in interpreting a char-acter on stage. For me as an artist, I learn a lot from. Of course, there are certain things we need to do to stick to its standards and to keep the show fresh,” Pineda tells STARweek via email.

Based on the Walt Disney movie, The Lion King tells the story of Simba, the heir of Pride Rock. When his father Mufasa dies trying to save him from a stampede, he blames himself for his father’s death and runs away. Initially reluctant to go back and face the past, he soon regains his confidence and goes back with his

friends to face Scar and the hyenas and reclaim his right as king and part of the circle of life.

Originally directed by Julie Taymor with music and lyrics by Elton John and Tim Rice, the Sin-gaporean production opened last March 10 at the Marina Sands Bay Theater. The Lion King has won various awards such as the Tony for best direction of a musical and best costume in 1998. It also received three Moliere awards as well as the Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Drama League awards for Taymor’s direction and costumes.

For Michael Eckel, resident director of the Singaporean pro-duction, bringing to life The Lion King is a big responsibility as he makes sure to stick to Taymor’s concept.

“It is an honor and a challenge to lead the unique vision of Julie Taymor in the Singapore produc-tion. Having such fantastic mate-rial in your hands is an incredible responsibility. I stay awake figur-ing ways to bring out the best in this production!” says Eckel.

Knowing the challenges of theater, Eckel is happy that the audience appreciates what they see on stage.

“With each show being a live performance, slight differences are expected every day. That is what makes live theater so thrilling and keeps it alive. There are bits of freedom for our actors in the per-formance frame, but in the end, it will still be the show our audience wants to see,” he adds.

Jean-Luc Guizonne as Mufasa in the Paris production

Pineda echoes Eckel’s senti-ments.

Pinoy performers roar in Asian production of “The Lion King”

Known as the fashion capital of the world, Paris has become the planet’s greatest fashion authority. Paris fashions quickly find their way around the world where they are ea-gerly embraced by fashion trendset-ters. In the world of Paris fashion, one Filipina has made a name for herself, first as an outstanding mod-el and then as a brilliant designer of haute couture jewelry. Maritess Da-mian Vivier.

Tess, as friends call her, is a for-mer ramp model who now has a well-known and very classy jew-elry line called Tess and Tasha (her daughter’s name). Her clients are the rich and famous in Paris society which include the likes of the former First Lady of France Danielle Met-tirrand and Cecilia Sarkozy, ex-wife of President Nicolas Sarkozy, and rock star Lenny Kravitz.

The tall, slim and very beautiful Tess Damian caught the attention of Paris fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld while she was doing a fashion show in Singapore. Lagerfield offered her a modeling job in Paris which she read-ily accepted. For more than a decade, Tess modeled for fashion shows and fittings of haute couture designers like Gianni Versace, Yves Saint Laurent, Hubert Givency, Jean- Loius Scher-er, Gianfranco Ferre, Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel, Stella McCartney and Babouche. Her years of hobnobbing with the high patrons of French soci-ety as a fashion model later helped her in the next chapter of her life.

In 2001, Tess was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. But her strong faith in God gave Tess the strength and de-termination to battle the disease. “In every dark situation, there’s always the light,” Tess said in an earlier inter-view. Her disease forced Tess to slow down and say goodbye to fashion

modeling. She prayed and asked the Lord to guide her as to what to do for the rest of her life.

“I kept on writing and writing, and there was always the cross, the key and the heart. I said, what is this? The third day, I had answers and I was just drawing jewelry. I told myself if ever I’m going to start working again, I don’t want to be stressed. I want to create something that will last, some-thing that is real. I want to propagate the values and the good things that God gave me,” she explained when she was interviewed by ABS-CBN recently.

Tess admits that God guided her to design and make inspiring jewelry pieces. Her signature designs are the key, the cross and the heart, sharing that the cross of Christ is the key and the heart of life. She opened up Tess and Tasha, which has become quite famous in Paris for its unique jewelry

designs.“My main sources of inspiration

are life and nature and the heart is my symbol. I adopt the same simplicity of our past when jewelers were all beau-tifully hand-made,” said Tess, who describes her jewelry as “modern, simple, and accessible. Through my collection I hope to convey to every-one a symbol of unconditional love.”

Tess and Tasha’s jewelry pieces are a testament to the owner’s ingenious talent, hard work, unbending spirit and great faith in God.

Proudly Pinay, Tess said that when-ever people ask her where she is from, she proudly admits she’s from the Philippines. Even though she has been a French national for years, she always says, “I’m from Manila.”

Though very successful in Paris, Tess Damian remains very modest. She advises her kababayans, “Al-ways be humble. Don’t think you are big time. Never let it go to your head.”

This philosophy has guided her in her jewelry business. Tess shared that “the business is just an instru-ment for me to share the blessings

of the Lord. I think this is a mission. My clients come here because there is something special. They see the bond between the product and the Creator and it is reflected in the pieces. It’s very fulfilling.”

Though Tess Damian continues to fight cancer, she does not let the dis-ease stop her from making the most of her life. “I’m bigger than cancer. I will overcome it. It’s all in the mind. My doctor tells me it’s the last stage but until God tells me it’s your time, I will never close my eyes. Till the day that I can still talk and share, I will do it,” she said in an interview.

An inspiration to fellow Filipinos. That’s what Tess Damian wants her life to be. And with God’s help and grace, that’s exactly what she is. Gal-ing Pinay! (AJPress) Link: http://www.femalenetwork.com/news-features/maritess-damian/page/2

Filipina-French Jewelry Designer makes it big in Paris

Maritess Damian Vivier. Strut-ting for Pierre Balmain’s 1995 haute couture collection in Paris. (Female Network photo archives)

Yael Pineda as Rafiki in the Lion King

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