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Why a Person Must Save and Invest .. p. 9

The True Light and the Dracula Hormone .. p. 11

“Phl is perfect place to study faith and globalization” -- Tony BlairCarpenter’s son from Batangas

is top PMA graduate Contempt

by Mary Ann LL. Reyes, The Philippine Star | MANILA, 3/13/2012 -- No to in-laws.

This is the fi rst of 10 unwritten commandments which John Gokongwei, founder of the Gokongwei group of compa-nies, followed in running the family business “the Gokong-wei way.”

Lance Gokongwei, presi-

dent of JG Summit Group, shared his and his father’s secrets in running a successful conglomer-ate and in

effectively transitioning from a company that is basically family-owned to one publicly-owned and listed.

At an Ateneo forum yester-

Lance Gokongwei

Tom Puertollano (in front) with the PMA Class of 2012 Top 10 Cadets (PDI photo)

Ernie Delfi nMsgr. Gutierrez Ben MaynigoDefending the Crown .. p. 4

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Tyranny and Disorder in the Corona Impeachment Hearings

10 commandments of the Gokongweis

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Philippines featured in History Channel’s ‘Hidden Cities’

Japan envoy thanks Filipino nurses in Fukushima

Good News Pilipinas | MA-NILA, 1/11/12 -- History Chan-nel host Antho-ny Morse spent two weeks here last August to shoot an hour-long episode of “Hidden Cities,” a show that aims to take a look at a country’s forgotten trea-sures.

The episode, which aired on the History Channel at 9 p.m. on Wednes-day (January 4), featured Manila, Corregidor, Pala-wan and Kalinga, and an interview with former First Lady Imelda Mar-cos.

Ivan Man Dy of Old Manila Walks,

by Vincent Cabreza, Inquirer Northern Luzon | FORT DEL PILAR, Baguio City—A son of a carpenter from Lipa City in Batangas will receive the Presidential Saber from President Aquino on March 18 as this year’s top graduate of the Philippine Military Academy.

Cadet First Class Tom Puertollano ranked fi rst among the 187 members of the PMA “Bagwis” Class of 2012. Puertollano, 21, is join-ing the Philippine Army.

The only woman in the top 10 is Cadet First Class Ange-line Esmeria of Taguig City,

who placed fourth. The class has 19 women members.

The other graduates in the top 10 are: Cadets First Class Jose Mari Cabrera of Cebu City, second, and the top graduate joining the Philip-pine Air Force; Lucien Jay Caiman

By Christine O. Avendaño, Kristine L. Alave, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 3/12/2012 --

Filipino nurses have stayed put in Fukushima, Japan, site of one of the worst nuclear di-sasters in history, to help their elderly patients.

In a speech marking the fi rst anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake, Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Toshinao Urabe on Sunday gave thanks to the Philippines and its citizens who had helped in the after-math of the disaster.

Urabe specifi cally thanked the Filipino nurses who have

stayed in nursing homes to help care for elderly patients, despite the threat of nuclear contamination and after-shocks.

“Just last week, I was visiting Fukushima. I wanted to pay tribute to the Filipino nurses. They stayed on despite the nuclear disaster because they couldn’t leave the help-less elderly people,” Urabe said at a ceremony on the campus of the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City.

Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Toshinao Urabe. IN-QUIRER PHOTO/ MARIANNE BERMUDEZ

By: Conrado de QuirosPhilippine Daily Inquirer1:44 am | Monday, March 5th,

2012

History repeats itself yet again, fi rst as tyranny,

second as travesty.

Miriam Santiago did it before, in Erap’s impeach-ment trial. She interro-gated a witness, a young lawyer named Jasmin Banal, who resigned from a law fi rm after she found it to be setting up dummy corporations for Erap and his cronies. Santiago tried to shoot down Banal’s credibility by showing irrational behavior on her part. She got Banal to admit that she was getting a higher salary from the fi rm she left than from the one she subsequently joined. Santiago concluded: “So you deviated from the usual career path, since you and I and all UP law graduates virtually pursue the same career path after graduation. Isn’t that so? We try and get the highest salary we can get.”

When Raul Roco’s turn came, he asked Banal what the motto of the UP law school said, and she replied, “It is the business of a law school to teach law in the grand man-ner.” Roco asked, “So that means we as lawyers should be motivated by a sense of ideal-ism, would that be correct?” Banal said yes. “And when you transferred from a higher-paying job to a lower-paying job, that could be motivated by a sense of idealism?” Banal said yes. Roco concluded: “I thought (I should raise that point) because I was surprised

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by Tony Blair, Good News Pilipinas | 9/5/2011 -- The Philippines is in many ways the perfect place to explore the complexities surround-ing the relationship between faith and globalization, both past and present. As a society deeply infl uenced historically by Spanish, Indonesian, Ma-laysian and indigenous cul-tures, it fi nds itself in the 21st century occupying a delicate and profoundly important role in both Asian and Western trade and foreign affairs. I am therefore pleased to announce that the Tony Blair Faith Foundation (TBFF) has just established a deep and exten-sive partnership in the Phil-ippines: A schools initiative to make inter-faith dialogue a part of social education, a program presently in 17 other nations; and a consortium of universities that will join the global Faith and Globaliza-tion course that was begun at Yale in the USA and is now in eight countries around the world.

Enormous possibilityThe Philippines is a great

place to have such ideas. It is a fascinating country on the move, facing big challenges but with enormous possibility which it is starting to fulfi ll. It has a new president with a strong mandate and the de-termination and capability to succeed and a people behind him willing him on. It is a na-tion of 100 million, situated in the middle of the rising East, with resources, culture and beauty to exploit. Its people are hard-working and smart. Its poverty remains real, but so does its potential.

Faith is also a big part of the coun-try. It is predominantly Christian and Catholic; but it has a signifi cant Muslim population. In the past years the Philippines has witnessed a trag-ic dispute in its Mindanao region, where the majority of the Muslim

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day, the younger Gokongwei said that during his father’s generation, his aunts (married to his dad’s brothers) and his mother were involved in the business, but the elder Gokon-gwei soon discovered that this was not always ideal.

“There were situations where some of the marriages did not work. Loy-alties change. Sometimes relation-ships between the different in-laws from the second generation become strained. Feelings get hurt. It is tricky deciding which in-law is more deserving, which is smarter, which would do a better job,” he said.

And so for the second generation, led by Lance, the rule of no in-laws was instituted – with some excep-tions.

The second commandment is no moonlighting. Lance said the family rule is that if one is working for JG Summit, one can only own passive assets that do not require their atten-tion such as property, shares, bonds and the like.

“If you work for the company, you must be either fully in the busi-ness or completely out. In running

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Norman, is a 19 y/o high school senior and a legal permanent resi-dent for 4 years. One evening, he and his friends decided to go on a “dare,” and his friends dared him to go inside a Target store and “pick up” a video game and a packet of gum. He was charged with, and pled guilty to, theft. He was convicted and granted three years probation with no jail time.

Mitchell, a permanent resident for 6 years, is a freshman in college and has decided to join a fraternity. During pledge-week, one of his tasks was to wash the cars of the senior frat brothers, and deliver each car to their respective owners. While driving one of the cars, he inadvertently ran a red light and was pulled over for a traffi c stop. The cop had a police dog with him, and the police dog was alerted for the scent of marijuana. Upon frisking him, the police found a small plastic of marijuana in his front pocket. Further investigation showed that Mitchell had a prior conviction three years ago for possession of stolen property (a wallet), for which he got sentenced to 10 days and three years probation. This time, he was only charged with and pled guilty to pos-session of marijuana.

Both Norman and Mitchell, being still permanent residents and not yet United States citizens, are subject to removal (deportation) for their said convictions. However, they may be eligible for discretionary relief.

Under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) § 212(a), “any alien convicted of acts which constitute the essential elements of a crime involving moral turpitude . . . [is inadmissible].” Likewise, under § 237(a), “any alien who at any time after admission is convicted of two or more crimes involving moral turpitude, not arising out of a single scheme of a criminal misconduct, regardless of whether confi ned therefor and regardless of whether the convictions were in a single trial, is deportable.”

Once an alien in proceedings is found to be removable or inadmis-sible, s/he, if eligible, may request one or more types of discretionary relief. The alien has the burden of proving that s/he is eligible for relief under the law, and usually that s/he deserves such relief as an exercise of discretion.

Waiver of Inadmissibility. Section 212(h) of the INA provides that the Attorney General may, in his discre-tion, waive the application of sub-paragraph 212(a)(2)(A)(I) (crimes involving moral turpitude), 212(a)(2)(B) (multiple criminal convic-tions), 212(a)(2)(D) (prostitution and commercial vice), 212(a)(2)(E) (cer-tain aliens who have asserted immu-

nity from prosecution), and 212(a)(2)(A)(i)(II) (an offense of simple possession of 30 grams or less of marijuana). The 212(h) waiver provides that certain grounds of inadmissibility may be waived in the case of an alien who demonstrates that: 1) the activities for which he is inadmissible occurred more than fi fteen years before the date of the alien’s application for a visa, admis-sion, or adjustment of statues; 2) the admission would not be contrary to the national welfare, safety, or security of the U.S.; and 3) the alien has been rehabilitated. INA 212(h)(1)(B) provides that certain grounds of inadmissibility under section 212(a)(2)(A)(i)(I)-(II), (B), (D)-(E) of the Act may be waived in the case of an alien who demonstrates that his removal from the United States would result in extreme hardship to his United States citizen or lawful resident parent, spouse or child.

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the business, you must be actively involved, with full-time commitment and focus,” he explained.

No confl ict of interest is the third commandment. As a family mem-ber, one cannot set up a business involved in supplying or transacting with the JG Group of Companies.

“Around 20 years ago, my family learned this lesson. In one of the family manufacturing companies we acquired, one sibling was involved in an outside business supplying the company. Another was involved in a business that sold the fi nal product for commission, and another was involved in a business that sold the scrap. As each party was concerned with his own interests, nobody was thinking of the interest of the family business,” Lance said.

The fourth commandment is “no work, no pay from the company.”

“The family member must work to receive a salary. There should be no fake pay. You must have a real, full-time position in the company. In my family, we do not receive allow-ances after graduating from college. If as a parent you want to give your child money from your own salary or dividends, that’s your prerogative. But the family is not going to pay for this,” he pointed out.

Fifth is that personal assets should be kept separate from company as-sets.

Lance said that personal expenses should be paid from one’s own

pocket – including personal trav-els via the family-controlled Cebu Pacifi c and personal hotel stay at the family-owned RLC hotels, and even shopping at the Robinsons retail stores.

Sixth is pay must be based on contribution to the business. He said that in order for the family member to live and think independently, the family business must pay the right salary for the right job, but the pay must be adequate enough so that the family member will not be depen-dent on the parents for support.

“The amount you will receive is based on merit and not who you are in the family totem pole,” Lance added.

The seventh commandment of the Gokongwei group is that being fam-ily is no guarantee of employment.

“There comes a time when there is not enough jobs for everyone in the family. Oftentimes, professionals may even be better in running the day to day operations,” he said.

Eighth is avoiding working direct-ly under one’s parents, specifi cally at the start of a career.

“When I fi rst started, I did not report to my father. I worked for my uncle and another manager. If you are too close to the person, you usu-ally won’t get good feedback. The parent might spoil the child or he may be too harsh. There is also dan-ger of bringing issues and arguments home,” he noted.

Ninth is “give the next genera-tion wings.” Also part of this rule is “have a fi xed retirement age” for the business.

“I have seen many families where the patriarch passed on the respon-sibilities to the next generation suc-cessfully and some passed it on too late,” Lance cited.

The tenth and the most important rule is that “there can only be one boss.” He explained that this rule is related to succession. The role of the family and owners is to prepare a board to appoint a successor.

“You must establish a process to appoint the leaders. My dad and his brothers established a clear process on who can decide who the next leaders will be. They created an out-side board whose role is to appoint and fi re the CEO. This is critical so that a business can smoothly pass on from generation to generation, and achieve longevity,” Lance stressed.

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SAN DIEGO — U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists at San Diego area ports of entry last week stopped prohibited agriculture items from entering the U.S. undeclared: ten pounds of raw bird carcasses; 57 mangoes; and fl ower seeds embedded in jewelry pack-aging. At about 6:45 p.m. on Monday, March 5, a 27-year-old male U.S. citizen and resident of San Diego arrived at the San Ysidro port of entry driving a 2008 Jeep. The CBP offi cer conducting his inspection noticed a large ice chest with seafood in the vehicle, and made a referral for further inspection. Dur-ing the intensive inspection, a CBP agriculture specialist with an agriculture detector dog screened the ice chest and

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The defense of Chief Justice Renato Corona will be on its 3rd day

as I write this column. So far, his lawyers have presented 3 witnesses:

Congressman Tiongco to disprove the validity of the complaint fi led by the House Of Representatives;Demetrio Vicente, a second cousin of CJ Corona who claims to have bought, hence-owns a property in Marikina that the latter failed to de-clare in his SALN in 2002-2010; andAn SC employee Aracelli Bayuga, who testifi ed on the salaries and allowances that CJ Corona received to allegedly prove that he had the fi nancial capacity to buy real estate properties and deposit substantial amounts of savings.

No. 1 witness was USELESS. The Senate Impeachment Court had already declared the complaint to be valid: having been signed and veri-fi ed by 188 Congressmen; legally forwarded by the House Speaker; and the Senate acquiring jurisdic-tion. That’s the reason they pro-ceeded with the trial, the prosecution presenting and closing its case, and now the defense presenting its side.

No. 2 witness’ credibility is in question. He claims to own the Marikina property because he alleg-edly bought it in 1990 as evidenced by a Deed of Sale supposedly nota-rized by a certain Beatriz Mantoya.

The following brings the doubts:The Torrens Certifi cate of Title re-

mains in the name of Cristina Roco Corona. As far as the whole world, the Senator Judges and other third parties are concerned, the owner of the Marikina property is Cristina Roco Corona. If she sells it to Sena-tor Santiago and the latter registers it at the Register of Deeds, she be-comes the rightful owner and could claim it against the whole world. Co-rona’s cousin would not have rights over the property that he supposedly bought. But, of course, he could go after the seller, Cristina Corona. Knowing what has been happening to the Basa clan, it could take more than 20 years to obtain justice from

the Chief Justice. Unless, the sale is really a fi ctitious sale.All receipts for the real estate prop-erty taxes paid after the alleged sale were in the name of Cristina Corona except in March 2012 when Vicente fi nally became the taxpayer. There is a presumption that the taxes were paid by the person named in the re-ceipts, which says, “Received from”.While the property was allegedly sold in 1990, Corona declared it as his own in his SALN in 1992. As a good (vs. incompetent and vs. evil) lawyer, Corona should have recognized the ownership of his cousin because of the Deed of Sale or should have advised his cousin to register and obtain a Torrens Certifi -cate of Title to protect his cousin’s heir and himself against third par-ties. Declaring it in his SALN, under oath, negates the existence or valid-ity of such a document.The Notary Public named Beatriz Mantoya is now turning out to be an unlicensed Notary Public in Makati City where it was supposed to have been notarized. If notarized legally, both Cristina Corona and Demetrio Vicente would have signed the Deed of Sale under oath indicating the date they signed the document. If so, both could be liable if the sale proves to be fi ctitious, or if the contents therewith are proven to be untrue. Quite convenient to have a fake notary public!Vicente’s reason for not transferring the title to his name for his protec-tion and that of his heir was that he could not afford to pay the transfer taxes. He has been allegedly paying the annual real estate taxes that cost one certain year more than P66,000. Yet, he could not afford to pay less than P3000 in transfer taxes? He could not afford it for more than 20 years? He could have easily bor-rowed money using the Deed of Sale as collateral just to transfer the title to his name. And with the Title un-der his name, he could have actually raised more money. Didn’t he have a cousin - a smart lawyer and a future Chief Justice who used to work for banks, who could have advised him?

No. 3 witness was called to prove

that the salaries and allowances that Chief Justice Corona received over the last 10 years (2002-2011) enabled him to have millions depos-ited in the bank and to purchase real estate properties worth millions.

Aracelli Balugay testifi ed that, from 2002-2011, CJ Corona received salaries and allowances totaling P21.63 million. Included in the total is P5,872,859.82 in salaries.

The periods in question are only from 2002-2010, so 2011 was obviously added to increase Co-rona’s total income. The salary and allowances in 2011 amounting to P2.163-M may be deducted from the totals.

The devil is in the details. What are the NET allowances considered disposal income of CJ Corona?

Under the law, some of these al-lowances are reimbursable and to be used only for purposes related to work, and must be supported by receipts or expense reports showing that they were actually spent. Trans-portation allowance, for example, has to be for transport or travel. The same thing is true for offi cial enter-tainment, Public Relations, Educa-tional, athletic and cultural activities, per diem, etc.

There is no provision for “pur-chase of property” or for “deposit in bank”.

Let us assume that 50% of his sala-ries and allowances are disposable, hence – could be saved and used to purchase real properties while main-taining a life style that suits their economic class.

Let us examine some of the details. I will cite 3 examples:

1. In 2003, CJ Corona’s total salaries and allowances was about P2,236,646.85 which means P1,118.323.425 was disposable. For that, he acquired P14-M worth of properties in CASH payment and P1,210,000 worth in installment. He also declared P3,300,000 in Cash and Investments that year. Even if all his salaries and allowances went to the purchase of properties (which could not be), they would not be enough.

2. In 2008, CJ Corona’s total salaries and allowances was about P2,379,309.85 or a disposable income of P1,189,654.925. Yet he purchased in Cash, a property worth P6,100,000 and still main-tained P2,500,000 as Cash in Bank and Investments. Like in 2003, even the entire salaries and allowances would not be enough.

3. In 2009, CJ Corona’s total salaries and allowances amounted to P2,397,199.85 or a disposable income of P1,198,599.92. That year,

Defending The Crown


San Diego News

SAN DIEGO, CALIF.- On April 4, 2012, PCI (Project Concern Interna-tional) will be co-hosting the San Diego Microfi nance Summit at the University of San Diego. The San Diego Microfi nance Alliance - a group of local microfi nance practitioners, donors, educators, students and professionals - will be attending this event. Some of its many members include ACCION San Diego, Founda-tion for Women, UCSD, La Maestra, and Grameen Foundation. The alliance’s overall mission is to “encourage business growth and create positive change in the San Diego community and beyond.” PCI operates many microfi nance programs, and is considered an authority in the fi eld. Sean Carpenter, PCI’s Senior Technical offi cer for Agribusiness and Micro-enter-

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SAN DIEGO - On March 24, 2012, Filipino American Community Empowerment (FACE) is going to host the Fil-Am community’s fi rst ever mayoral debate from 9:00-11:00 a.m. at the Verne Goodwin Mira Mesa Senior Center. The pur-pose of this forum is to give the top four candidates for mayor: Hon. Carl De Maio, Hon.

Bonnie Dumanis, Hon. Bob Filner, and Hon. Nathan Fletcher, an op-portunity to address a wide range of issues that affect local community sustainability and livability within our city. This debate is aimed for the candidates to explain their positions on important policy issues that may involve a range of crucial matters that include, but are not limited to: community planning, land use, in-frastructure, economic development, cultural enhancements, and public health and safety.

The moderator, Melissa Mecija from 10 News and Jen Kuhney from

San Diego’s Second Largest Minority Group to Have Mayoral Candidate Debate

the Union Tribune will ask each candidate the same opening ques-tion, which has been submitted in advance, followed by a series of questions.

FACE’s President, Jay Montene-gro, warmly invites all members of

the community stating, “We believe this is a great opportunity for you, our many members, and all the vot-ers of San Diego County to come together and give a voice to what you believe matters most!”

Elections 2012

Congressman BOB FILNER and his hardworking supporters walked together from the Campaign Headquarters to San Diego City Hall to turn in his offi cial nominating petitions as a candidate for Mayor. The Grassroots Walk formally kicked-off the aggressive campaign of BOB FILNER, who can stand up to the powerful downtown special interests and fi ght for the middle class of San Diego.

Washington, D.C. (March 12, 2012) – The US Pan Asian American Cham-ber of Commerce Education Founda-tion (USPAACC) is now accepting applications/nominations for its “Fast 50 Asian American Businesses” awards that put the spotlight on the outstanding achievements of Asian American-owned businesses. The deadline is Friday, March 23, 2012.

To qualify, companies must be owned (at least 51 percent) and man-aged by one or more Asian Americans

(U.S. citizens or permanent residents) and with at least $1 million in annual revenue in the immediate past 3 fi s-cal years of operation. The Com-pany President/CEO must be able to receive the Award in person at the cer-emony. Through direct applications/nominations, selection is determined by percentage revenue growth over the past three years. Finalists are inde-

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Anakabayan San Diego and the National Federation of Filipino American As-sociations will be presenting a lecture entitled “Ang Ating Kalagayan: The Social and Economic Profi le of U.S. Filipinos” based on a book by Dr. Peter Chua, associate professor of sociology at San Jose State University on March 25, 2012 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm at the Kalusugan Community Services.

Dr. Chua will be presenting the recent demographic profi le (2008/2009) for Filipinos in SD area as an update to the Ating Kalagayan book.

Ang Ating Kalagayan presents the often invisible social conditions of Filipinos in the United States and their need to build an equitable future in a multiracial country and rapidly chang-

ing world. This book brings to-gether the most comprehensive demographic data available on U.S. Filipinos, unique tabulated information on economic classes and social groups of U.S. Filipinos, and knowledge and analysis from ordinary people, academ-ic researchers, and members of grassroots

organizations.Peter Chua is an associate professor

of sociology at San José State Univer-sity, San José, CA, USA. He has written widely on global inequalities, gender justice, and Third World sociology. He was a co-convenor of the Critical Fil-ipina/Filipino Studies Collective. Pres-ently, he is member of a local Filipino educators organizing group.

Kalusugan Community Services is located at 1314 E. 8th Street, Suite A, National City, CA 91950.

Dr. Peter Chua to Present Demographic Profi le of Filipinos in San Diego in Lecture at KCS

San Jose State U Professor is Author of “Ang Ating Kala-gayan The Social and Economic Profi le of U.S. Filipinos”



Verizon Wireless has been ranked No. 1 in the telecommunica-

tions sector of Fortune Maga-zine’s 2012 list of the World’s Most Admired Companies.

Why? No doubt many reasons, but here are a few:

“Verizon received the top ranking in six out of nine reputation catego-

ries: Innovation, People Manage-ment, Use of Corporate Assets, Quality of Management, Long-Term Investment and Quality of Products/Services. Fortune’s Most Admired Companies list is based on surveys of executives, directors and analysts who were asked to rate companies in their own industry.

“As we bring the awesome power of our superior networks and tech-

nologies to people around the world, we work hard every day to be a positive force for our customers and society,” said Tom Tauke, executive vice president - public affairs, policy and communications at Verizon. “It’s especially pleasing to note that our efforts have made an impact with our peers and competitors, and we’re honored by this recognition.”

As a leader in mobility, broadband and global connectivity, Verizon’s products help enable the relation-ships that make society possible. In 2011, the company formalized a strategy called “Shared Success,” under which it will create long-term business and social value by bring-ing the transformational power of technology and innovation to the needs of its customers and commu-nities.

Giving made easy:

Verizon Charitable Organizations Collect Mobile Donations through Text-to-Donate Campaign

Verizon Wireless has implemented a mobile giving program for custom-ers looking for a simple way to con-tribute to relief and recovery efforts supporting communities affected by tornado and fl ood disasters. The company said today that customers can use their mobile phones to make $10 donations to a variety of non-profi t organizations responding to the needs of citizens in the aftermath of the recent Midwest and Southeast destruction, including The Com-munity Foundation of the Ozarks, American Red Cross, The Salvation Army and World Vision.

“The residents in the Midwest and Southeast have experienced severe devastation and we are mobilizing assistance for them,” said Marquett Smith, vice president of corporate communications for Verizon Wire-less. “We’re making it easy for our customers wanting to donate funds to nonprofi ts helping with disaster recovery by implementing a simple text-to-donate campaign. We are also proud to match employee donations to further support relief efforts.”

Customers can choose from four different nonprofi t organizations and make a $10 donation by sending a text message. Donating is easy –

Verizon Wireless, one of the world’s most admired companies

customers simply text the specifi c word to the organization’s desig-nated short code:

• American Red Cross Re-lief: Text REDCROSS to 90999

• The Community Founda-tion of the Ozarks: text BRANSON to 41010 (raises funds specifi cally in support of tornado survivors in Branson, Mo.)

• The Salvation Army: Text STORM to 80888

• World Vision: Text WV to 20222

Verizon Wireless waives text-messaging fees for disaster relief, so text messages are free when used to make donations to any of these organizations, and 100 percent of each $10 donation goes to the relief organization. For Verizon Wireless customers who pay monthly bills, the $10 donations will appear on the next regular monthly bill. For customers using the company’s pre-paid services, the $10 donation will be taken from customers’ prepaid balances.

Matching donations

To help survivors of the devastat-ing tornadoes, the Verizon Founda-tion will match online credit-card donations of $25 or more from U.S.-based Verizon employees to the American Red Cross and the Salva-tion Army, which have launched re-lief efforts spanning nearly a dozen states. To qualify for the company match through March 30, Verizon employees should log in at www.verizonfoundation.org/donor.

About Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless operates the na-tion’s largest 4G LTE network and largest 3G network. The company serves nearly 108 million total wire-less connections, including 92.2 mil-lion retail customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with nearly 82,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications.”

So what does all this mean? Well, if you’ve lived through a disaster, quite a lot. It also means that here is another example of a company doing something for the greater commu-nity in which it operates and all of us live. Sometimes it’s nice to hear another side of a corporation.

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In Pursuit of ExcellenceEugenio “Ego” Osin, (1946 - 1994)

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by Dr. Ofelia Dirige Founder, President & CEO Kalusugan

Community Services. www.fi lamwellness.org

Contemporary Asian American Issues

Perspectives


Contempt(Continued from page 1)

Guest Writer: Dr. Riz A. Oades*

In 2005, Kalusugan Community Services (KCS) sponsored a Grant writing workshop entitled, “Looking for Money: How to write winning proposals.”

The purpose of the workshop was to give community leaders an over-view of the techniques and methods in developing and writing winning proposals to enable them to write one and perhaps obtain a grant to fund a specifi c project. The speakers were: The late Dr. Riz Oades, Dr. Ofelia Dirige, and Dr. Aurora Cudal. It was well attended and two individuals wrote proposals that we had a chance to look at but was not submitted for funding.

This coming Saturday, March 17, 2012, KCS will again sponsor an interactive workshop on two topics that offer key sources of fi nancial support for individuals and organiza-tions: sponsorships and grants. It will give participants tips on what it takes to get corporations and businesses to sponsor one’s event and learn how a write a winning sponsor letter. Den-nis-Michael Broussard, Founder of Silk Road Productions and Vice-Chair of KCS, will be the main speaker on “Winning Sponsorships that Work.” He will share tips learned from the varied experiences he has as event producer, marketing and conference director, as well as a successful solici-tor of sponsors for major events, i.e., the Filipino American Arts & Cultural Festival (FilAmFest), Asian Cultural Festival, Asian Business Association,

“Going For The Gold! - Tips For Successful Grant Writing”

An Undeveloped Filipino Skilland others.

The second part of the workshop is on, “Winning Grants that Work”, the purpose of which is to inform the community about current trends in giving, what funders are looking for, tips in writing a competitive grant, steps in writing a grant, sources of funding, and how KCS can help the community in writing proposals. We all know and as KCS experienced due to the economic recession, getting grants has become so competitive, becoming more diffi cult each year. Minority groups are at a disadvantage as most of the funds are usually being given to large institutions, those who squeak the most, and those who have connections to the funders. So let’s learn more tips so we can be competi-

tive.The speakers are Dr. Ofelia Dirige,

President and CEO and primary grant writer for KCS. Throughout its 19 years of existence, it has garnered approximately $4 million+ in grant funding from state, private founda-tions, and individual donations but lately has trickled down to almost none during the last two years. But we are hopeful because money is starting to come in slowly and in small amounts. We just got funded for a small grant from The California En-dowment to do outreach on the Health Care Reform Act and through a sister agency in the east coast, Kalusugan Coalition, to conduct education on preventing hypertension in FilAms.

Fe Seligman, primary grant writer for Operation Samahan, will share some tips on writing winning grants. They have been submitting propos-als to the federal government that has been approved to fund many of their clinics and private foundations to conduct the Asian Pacifi c Islander Community Health Network (API-CHN). They are constantly writing grants that we hope will get funded so we can all benefi t. This workshop will provide opportunities for the audience to ask a lot of questions, to practice writing sponsorship letters, looking at Request for Proposals, and funded proposals.

Below is an excerpt of an article written by the late Dr. Oades on grant writing in 2005, published in the Asian Journal.

GUEST WRITER: Dr. RIZ A. OADES

In language, clarity is every-thing.

Effective grant writing is an art that is developed and refi ned. But why grant writing? The grant proposal is the basic document that enables applicants to get money from the government, fi nancial agencies and foundations. They are key sources of fi nancial support for individuals and nonprofi t organizations. Writ-ing and winning them is a learned skill and an inexpensive way to raise money to enrich your personal and professional life.

Some sources of funding: Know-

ing where to look for money is key. Researching funders that are likely to give money to carry out your program or activity requires time, patience and perseverance. It is tedious but is an essential task. Always remember to look at the funder’s current guidelines because the funding criteria changes frequently.

Use the Internet to look for funders. You are likely to fi nd the most current information available online simply because websites are easier to update than print publications.

For example: visit the federal gov-ernment’s new website: www.grants.gov, the central source for locating and applying for federal grants. State and local governments administer many federal and private grants and will list them as well.

Foundations are the best sources of funds for community projects. Google the Foundation Center and others to fi nd useful information on various foundations and technical assistance.

Components of a grant proposal: Includes a cover letter ( 1 page max); executive summary ( 1-3 paragraphs or 200-300 words), introduction ( 1/ 2 to 1 page), statement of need (why), project description or what and how (goals, objectives, methods, staffi ng, evaluation, sustainability); budget, organizational information and con-clusion.

This outline is an orderly way of organizing your thinking on a project that you plan to do. Sometimes other funders have their own outline and you need to follow these. The prob-lem statement or why you are doing this is the most critical section of the proposed project. It should be related to the purpose and goals of your organization, supported by evidence from experience or observation, and of reasonable dimension—a concern that you can realistically do over the course of time. An essential part of the process is budget development. Learn how to apply indirect or admin-istrative costs to your overall costs – it can be 10-25% of direct costs (personnel and operating costs).

Steps in preparing a grant pro-posal:

Agree on the problem.Describe what you hope to achieve.Design your project.Locate funding sources.

Write your draft proposal.Some tips on fundable proposal:Follow the instructions.Study the criteria.Use a checklist to make sure your

application is complete.Edit carefully.Give your proposal a “Cold

Reader” for review and feedbacks.Meet deadlines.Why grants are declined?Organizations do not meet priori-

ties.Organization is not located in the

geographic area.Proposal does not follow the pre-

scribed formatThe proposal was poorly written

and diffi cult to understand.Proposal is not within the funding

range.Proposal does not seem urgent.Objectives and plans of action ex-

ceed the budgets and timelines.No evidence the program will

become self-suffi cient after the grant is completed.

All the money for the grant cycle has been allocated.

What Happens Next? - Submitting the proposed project is not the end of the grant writing process. Grant review by panelists can take from a few weeks to 6 months or more. During this review process, program offi cers may ask for more information from you. Be patient, cooperative, and persistent. If you

Get lucky your hard work may re-sult in an award so write a thank you letter to the funder.

Conclusion: Lists and Links for funding and grant writing are numer-ous. There is no magic answer or single way to approach a successful grant application. You need to start by knowing yourself (or your organiza-tion) and by understanding a particu-lar funder’s priorities. Knowing to look for money is extremely impor-tant. Every document you submit to the funder says something about you. Keep submitting your well-written proposals to funders and sooner or later you will win the “pots of gold” for much-needed projects in your underserved communities-- Riz

***Learn new trends and more tips on

sponsorship and grant writing. ATTEND the:

WORKSHOP “WRITING GRANTS AND

SPONSORSHIPS THAT WORK”Dennis-Michael Broussard,

Silk Road ProductionsDr. Ofelia Dirige, KCS

Fe Seligman, Operation SamahanMarch 17, Saturday, 9 AM -12 noon

Filam Wellness Center1419 E. 8TH St., National City,

CA 91950Lunch Donation: $10.00

***ANNOUNCEMENT

The scheduled grocery tour at the Island Pacifi c Supermarket for March 24, Saturday, 9 AM to 12 PM has been postponed. Will let you know of the new schedule. Thanks!

to learn that the usual career pattern of lawyers is going from lower-paying jobs to higher-paying jobs.”

Stung by this, Santiago turned her fury on the gallery. Complain-ing of heckling, she demanded that three people who sat near front row be thrown out of the court, and got Hilario Davide to do it. The three turned out to be Dante Jimenez, Bet-tina Aboitiz, and Rosanna Tuason-Fores.

Vitaliano Aguirre’s provocation was nowhere near as lofty as that of Roco’s, but it produced roughly the same effect. Aguirre covered his ears at Santiago’s by-now routine harangue of the prosecution, which drove Santiago to even greater heights of ballistic-ness, and blood pressure. Santiago demanded that Aguirre be cited for contempt, and got Juan Ponce Enrile to do it.

In fact, Aguirre merely did what most everyone in this country has wanted to do in a long time. If not more: Not everyone wants, like Odysseus, to cover his ears with wax at the wailing voices that drive the hardest of men to madness, some would rather go forth into the lair like Perseus and cut off the head of the person with a headful of hiss-ing snakes. It’s bad enough that we have to stand the sight of Santiago on TV every day, it’s worse that we have to stand the sound of her on TV every day too. Fortunately for us, we can always mute the TV, or switch to Cartoon Network whenever she takes to the fl oor. The prosecutors cannot. How can you cite anyone for contempt who has just shown an instinct for survival, or a refl ex for self-preservation?

Santiago’s antics during the Erap trial would already have shown how the provocation tends to lie com-pletely with her. It’s a good reminder that her pretensions to brilliance, which is where she gets off think-ing she has a right to lecture others on the fi ner points of law or ethics, are just that: pretensions. It’s neither borne by her legal nor political life. Getting a grade of 76 in the bar ex-ams is not a masterful legal achieve-ment, and I don’t know why the lawyers she waylays in the impeach-ment court do not demur by saying, “I’m sorry, Madame, but having gotten 77 in the bar exams, I do not

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ATLANTA, GA…The Carter Center’s annual Winter Weekend auction, held March 10, 2012, in San Diego, Ca., raised $1,347,550 to benefi t the not-for-profi t Center’s initiatives to advance peace and health worldwide. The highest bid item at the fundraiser was an origi-nal painting by former U.S. Presi-dent Jimmy Carter (“Live Oak at Sunrise”), which sold for $250,000. More than 150 items were offered for public auction, including original artwork by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, rare Camp David Accords memorabilia, and celebrity-autographed guitars.

“I want to thank all of our sup-porters who bought items at Winter Weekend and whose generosity will help improve lives for millions of people around the world,” said President Carter. “Together with our

Winter Weekend Auction Raises $1,347,550 for Carter Center Peace and Health Programs

partners, we can help some of the world’s poorest and most isolated communities build a more hopeful future.” Other top bids in the live auction included:

Fly Fishing Fantasy Vacation, $100,000

Nobel Peace Prize Books Collec-tion, $100,000

Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty Signing Collection, $25,000

President and Mrs. Carter par-ticipate each year in the four-day retreat with friends and supporters—held this year at San Diego’s Hotel del Coronado—culminating in an auction to benefi t The Carter Center. View all winning bids for the silent and live auction catalog items.

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By Cai U. Ordinario, BusinessMir-ror | MANILA, Philippines , 3/15/2012 - Here's something for the stakeholders in the mining industry to chew on: The collective contribu-tion of Filipino household helps to the country’s economy may have far exceeded that of the entire mining industry in 2011, according to local research group Ibon Foundation Inc. In 2011 Ibon said Filipino domestic household workers in the Philip-pines and abroad contributed at least P167.4 billion in services and remit-tances to the economy compared to the mining industry’s P122.1 billion in gross production value. “While labor export and low-paying jobs manifest severe jobs scarcity in the country, household help contributes more to the economy than mining—highlighting how problematic the export-oriented and liberal mining industry is in the country,” Ibon said in a statement. Ibon also said one of the reasons household helps con-tribute larger to the economy is that there are 15 times more Filipinos who work as domestic household workers than those employed in the mining industry. Ibon said there were 3.25 million domestic help employed in the country and abroad in 2011, compared to only 211,000 Filipinos employed in the mining industry. “Mining fi rms do not just employ fewer people, but at most, give only short-term benefi ts to lo-cal communities which last only as long as mines are operating,” Ibon said. Ibon said mining causes the long-term loss of Philippine mineral resources and this is irreversible and does not provide any value-added to impact the local manufacturing industry. The group said benefi t-ing from the sector fully could only happen if the country has a domestic industry that processes minerals. These processed minerals can then be used as inputs for manufacturing higher-value intermediate and fi nal goods. Currently, mining fi rms ex-tract the country’s mineral resources and export these minerals. Ibon said that as a rough indicator, in 2011 the $43.3 million or P88.5 billion in mining exports was equivalent to 89 percent of mining gross value-added (GVA). “While some of the coun-try’s minerals return in fi nal prod-ucts imported by Filipinos, this is likely to be disproportionately small compared to Philippine mining ex-ports because the country has a thin market for goods compared to many other countries,” Ibon said. Ibon

said the value of services rendered by domestic household workers was estimated by multiplying their num-ber by their P140.89 average daily basic pay, taken from the Labor Force Survey (LFS), by 365 days of the year. This resulted in an average daily basic pay worth P100.3 billion. This was used by Ibon as a proxy of the economic value of their services. The remittances from domestic household workers overseas was estimated by multiplying Ibon’s esti-mate of 1.3 million working abroad by an assumed remittance of $100 or P4,300 per month, for a total of P167.4 billion. On the contrary, it is estimated that the mining industry only posted P99.2 billion in GVA, according to the Mines and Geosci-ences Bureau. Mining and quarrying only accounted for 1.5 percent of gross domestic product in 2011.

Maids contribute more to PH economy than mining

MANILA, Philippines – The Phil-ippine Rapid Response Team (RRT) deployed to Syria is searching for more Filipinos in the mountains of Homs, DZMM reported Thursday. “Nandirito sa bundok sa paligid ng bundok ng Homs. Dito sila nagta-tago ngayon dahil hindi pa lubos na tahimik sa siyudad ng Homs,” said Ambassador Ricardo Endaya, who is still in Syria for a special mission to assist the RRT in locating and repa-triating Pinoys. Endaya said most of the employers with Filipino work-ers are no longer in Homs and have fl ed to the mountains to avoid the violence. “Iniisa-isa po namin ang malalaking villages dito at kapag may impormasyon po kaming na-kukuha sa mga Pilipino na mayroon isa pang Pilipino na nakatira sa lugar na yun, pinupuntahan po namin,” Endaya said. Endaya said they have sent several note verbale to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs but the Syrian government is just too busy fi ghting the rebels. Based on their record, there are at least an estimated 7,000 Filipinos still in Syria. As of March 12, the Embassy repatriated some 1,120 Filipinos from Syria. The team, he said, is doing its best to convince employers to release the OFWs. But in some cases, Endaya said they bring the matter before

‘Homs employ-ers, OFWs fl ee to mountains’

the Bureau of Immigration if the employer still refuses to issue exit visas to their workers. “Sila na ho nagde-decide kung masyadong unreasonable ang terms and condi-tions na hinihingi ng amo,” he said. "Mahirap po ang exit visa dahil po may mga employer na mayaya-man ayaw nilang i-release ang mga Pilipino worker nila. Yung employer naman na talagang mapipilayan sila kapag wala ang Pilipinong worker kaya ayaw nilang pakawalan. Ito ho ang pinakikiusapan namin ng husto,” he explained. On December 22, the Philippine government raised crisis alert level 4 in Syria in light of escalating tensions in the country. The alert level calls for a mandatory repatriation of all Filipinos in Syria. But even with this, many Filipinos are still being recruited and have managed to slip into the country to work. “Ang balita namin may nakakalusot pa din dumadaan ng Malaysia. From Malaysia nagpupun-ta ng Abu Dhabi o kaya ng Jordan, and from there dumederetso na dito sa Syria,” he said. dzMM


Date: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 Time: 6:30-8:30 p.m.Location: Courtyard Marriott Airport/

Liberty StationKeynote Speaker: Jeanne BlissWe look forward every year to the

evening when we honor San Diego women business owners who’ve established them-selves as leaders and role models. This gala evening will begin with a no-host cocktail hour, followed by a gourmet meal and an exciting program, headed by keynote speaker Jeanne Bliss, founder of Customer Bliss.

Our venue is the Courtyard Marriott Air-port/Liberty Station, a beautiful facility that features free parking. In addition to attending what promises to be an unforget-table event, you have the chance to participate in BRAVO! 2012 in several other ways.

Submit a NominationWe'll be honoring women business own-

ers in six categories this year, so be sure to nominate deserving candidates for our con-sideration. Download the Nomination form at http://nawbo-sd.org/images/stories/pdfs/nomination%20form-2012%20bravo%20awards.pdf

Become a SponsorYour support of the 2011 BRAVO!

Awards will help us produce a fantastic

event, the proceeds of which will benefi t NAWBO San Diego and go toward fund-ing a scholar-ship for a woman busi-ness student at San Diego

City College. Sponsorship OpportunitiesDonate a Silent Auction ItemGain publicity and support a good cause

by donating items worth at least $50 for the cocktail hour silent auction. Contact

Helna Correll at [email protected] or 877-866-2926 to

learn more.Register to Attend

Don’t miss out on this spectacular evening!

Individual seats and tables are now avail-able. As noted in the table below, early bird pricing ends on May 8 and the deadline to save your place is May 18. Register Now at http://www.prestoregister.com/cgi-bin/order.pl?ref=NAWBOsandiego&fm=4&rd=&rdf=&error=Please%20select%20an%20event%20below:

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Western Union Introduces “$50 for $5” A Convenient Gift-Giving Solution for the Philippines

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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – (March 5, 2012) – To facilitate long-distance gift giving solutions, The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU), a leader in global payment services, recently introduced “$50 for $5,” its new promotion from the United States to the Philippines.

Starting today, consumers can send up to $50 from participating U.S. Agent locations to loved ones in the Philippines for a $5 transfer fee.*

As part of the Western Union Moving Money for Better global program, the new transfer fees help facilitate gifting solutions for consumers who send money more often and to more loved ones, no matter the occasion or how small the amount, to the Philippines.

“MOVING MONEY FOR BET-TER” branding concepts focus on Western Union® products and services as solutions to create ‘mo-

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ments of better.’ While sustaining the company’s 160-year history of innovation and helping people improve lives, the new branding elements depict visual timelines that invite consumers to be a part of the worldwide campaign.

Shirleen Velasquez, director of product management, Western Union, said, “The Filipino market is very family-focused and with the new Western Union money transfer fees, consumers can send the gift of cash more often to celebrate life’s milestones -- from birthdays and baptisms, to school fees, regular support or emergency situations, and even graduations, weddings, and anniversaries.”

The gift of cash through Western Union is the perfect present for all occasions. This new pricing also enables consumers to send the gift of cash and show their love to

more family members and friends -- whether for a graduation pres-ent to a niece, a birthday present to an aunt, a wedding gift to a high school friend or a gift to a younger brother to buy clothes for his fi rst day at work. With more than 44,000 Agent® locations in the U.S. and more than 8,000 Agent locations in the Philippines, Western Union is close to loved ones who want the gift of cash.

For more information or current exchange rates, call 1-877-PERA-ITO or visit www.westernunion.com.

* Western Union Also Makes Money From Currency Exchange.

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Filipino Night returns to the San Diego Padres on June 2nd, to kick off all the Philippine Independence Day celebrations happening through-out June!

This year will be bigger and bad-der than all the past years, as the Padres are dedicating the night to Filipino-Americans in San Diego.

This does NOT mean you have to be Filipino - this just means you have to like having a good time!

Silk Road Productions will be producing the pre-game entertain-ment for the third straight year, and we have all kinds of surprises for you this year.

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Pregame entertainment begins at 230pm and game begins at 415pm!

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The Nationwide Rally for Reli-gious Freedom is being held Friday, March 23 at noon, local time, out-side federal buildings, Congressional offi ces and historic sites across the country. The theme for the Rally is “Stand Up for Religious Freedom—Stop the HHS Mandate!”

In San Diego, the rally will be held at the San Diego County Admin-istration Building at 1600 Pacifi c Highway San Diego.

Thousands of Americans of all faiths will be participating in these peaceful rallies, organized by the Pro-Life Action League and Citizens for a Pro-Life Society to oppose the new mandate from the U.S. Depart-ment of Health and Human Services (HHS) that requires all employers provide free contraceptives, steril-ization and abortion-inducing drugs through their health plans, even in violation of their consciences.

Religious leaders and other public fi gures will speak out against the HHS Mandate at each Rally site. Holding signs reading “Stand Up for Religious Freedom” and “Stop the HHS Mandate,” participants will of-fer hymns and prayers for our nation and pass out literature to the public about why the HHS Mandate is un-constitutional and Un-American.

The Nationwide Rally for Reli-gious Freedom will be a peaceful, family-friendly, non-partisan, ecu-menical event. For more informa-tion, please see the Rally Guidelines

Over 100 Cities to Rally Against Obama’s HHS Mandate on March 23

and Protocols, below.If you don’t see a city near you

listed below and would like to volunteer to organize a Rally for Re-ligious Freedom, please contact the Rally Team for more information.

Cities Listed Now 102

The March 23 Rally for Religious Freedom is now two weeks away and just today our list of cities taking part just reached 102!

It’s been years since I’ve seen people as fi red up as they are about standing up for their First Amend-ment rights against this egregious Mandate. We expected a great response to these rallies, but rallies in the triple digits shows a level of enthusiasm we never could have predicted.

From Portland, Maine to Port-land Oregon and all the way out to Hawaii the American people are sending a message to the Obama Ad-ministration: We will not stand idly by while you destroy the freedoms that make this country great.

Check out the Locations Page to see all the cities taking part and fi nd a Rally near you. Don’t see one in your area? Time is getting short, but there’s still time to get one going if you act fast. Contact the Rally Team today to fi nd out how.

Link: http://standupforreligious-freedom.com/

Please join us at our Spon-sor & Special Guest Tent at our 4th Annual PCI Walk

For Water! PCI thanks you for your support

and extends an invitation for you and a guest to join us at this year’s Walk for Water on Sunday March 18th at 10:00 a.m. at Tecolote Shores. PCI’s Walk for Water gives students, their families, and the community the opportunity to step into someone else’s shoes and experience the daily journey made by millions around the world who must walk in search of water each day. This 5k event helps to raise awareness about the global water crisis as well as our own water issues facing San Diego. Come enjoy live music from local bands, booths featuring interactive games and giveaways, and promotions from local radio stations. We look for-ward to having you join us for this impactful and interactive event!

Sunday, March 18th Tecolote Shores in Mission Bay, San Di-ego Sponsor/Special Guest Tent Open 9:00 – 1:00 Sponsor & Special Guest Check-In T-shirts Cof-fee and Breakfast Please RSVP to Annette Gregg: [email protected] or (858) 279-9690 x 368

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SAN DIEGO (March 8, 2012) – Master-planned community Del Sur started the year strong by selling 20 homes in eight weeks. In January and February combined, Del Sur sold more homes than any other new home community in the SR-56 corridor region. Del Sur builders California West Communities, Davidson Communities, Shea Homes and Standard Pacifi c Homes all welcomed new residents to their neighborhoods.

“January was a strong month for home sales throughout San Diego, and we’re happy to say this carried into February at Del Sur,” said Bill Ostrem, president and CEO of Black Mountain Ranch LLC, developer of Del Sur. “I’m asked daily if I think consumer confi -dence is restored. I’m not convinced it’s

Del Sur Starts Year Strong, Sells 20 Homes in Two Months

totally back, but I am seeing an uptick in interest at Del Sur.”

Beyond offering home shoppers many distinct neighborhoods to choose from, Del Sur is equipped with six neighbor-hood parks, fi ve with year-round swim-ming pools heated with solar panels. The North San Diego neighborhood also offers 18 miles of shared trails accessible by Del Sur residents; three

school sites; and future commer-cial, retail, offi ce and employ-ment space. Area schools Del Sur Elementary School and Del Norte High School have both been named No. 1 schools in the Poway Unifi ed School District.

Located in the coastal hills of San Diego – between interstates 5 and 15 and just north of SR-56 – the North County community has seven new home neighbor-hoods now selling. Prices range from the high $400,000s to $1

million. Six model complexes – featur-ing attached, detached, single-level and multi-story fl oor plans– are open for tours.

To learn more about Del Sur, visit www.delsurliving.com or call 858-432-8770. To see what residents have to say about the community, visit https://www.facebook.com/DelSurLiving.


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The Metamorphosis

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Our education, experi-ences and memories are three things that

we cannot bequeath to our heirs.

When we die, all these “precious” things die with us and are gone forever. After living over a half century on this planet Earth, as a precocious child of God, I have learned so much from the University of Hard Knocks --- many valuable life’s lessons which at this stage of my life, I feel now the urge to share with those I love dearly, including my many clients, friends and loyal readers. Had I started from a higher socio-economic ground and had I known and applied these time-tested Principles of Success (in all of Life’s quadrants: physical, social, mental and spiritual) much earlier in life, I would have been a better, happier and more fulfi lled successful person today. However, considering my humble beginnings in a progressive

Why A Person Must Save And Invest

farming village in the Philippines, versus Orange Country where I am today, I feel that it is not really that bad life’s journey after all.

I used to say I am a self-made man, but it is now more appropriate (with humility) to say that I did the best I can with the tal-ents that That Somebody Up There has given me and He graciously blest my human efforts that brought me and my family to where we are today. Indeed, our life is our gift from God, and what we do with our life is our gift to God.

Among the things I have learned early in life that became more valuable every year I’ve lived in America is in the area of savings and investments. As workers, employees, laborers and breadwin-ners, young and old are pre-occupied with the business of living, I feel the extreme importance, like a parent to a child, to convey and leave some gems of wisdom so that the child can have a better life than his parents. To the young people of the world,

I plead you to read and heed this fi nancial advice on savings which everyone who is earning a living has the power to create and control its continued existence or cause its premature death.

You must start believing that sav-ings have that profound value that becomes more apparent with the passage of time. The growth of your savings is somewhat analogous to the invisible yet magical rewards of responsible parents in witnessing their children metamorphose into good citizens and becoming their own successful and fulfi lled human being.

With that emotionally charged introduction, Let me now share you my TOP TEN REASONS why a person must save (and invest):

1. Your savings affect the way you stand, the way you walk, and even the tone of your voice. In short, your physical well being and self-confi dence. A person without savings is always running. He must take the fi rst job offered, or nearly so. He sits nervously on life’s chairs because any small emergency throws him into the hands of others.

2. Without savings, a person must be too grateful. Gratitude is a fi ne thing in its right place. But a constant state of gratitude is a horrible place in which to live. A person with savings can walk tall. He may appraise opportunities in a more relaxed manner, have time for judicious estimates and not be rushed by economic necessities.

3. A person without sav-ings is always prone to react often displaying more form than sub-stance. Without savings, a person’s confi dence is easily eroded as his daily chores revolve around tension-relieving activities instead of indulg-ing in income producing endeavors while surrounded with more relaxed, happier and productive people.

4. Without savings, a person delays decisions that are good for him and his family and often misses opportunities in his lifetime, like associating or running with true win-ners in life. For lack of savings, he is relegated to the backseats of life, envying the gaiety and camaraderie of those who have.

5. A person with savings can afford to resign from his job when his principles so do dictate. And for this reason he will never need to do so. A person who can afford to quit is much more useful to his company, and therefore more promo table as he can afford to give his company the benefi t of his most candid judg-ments. He does not need to kiss somebody’s you-know-what.

6. A person with savings can

afford the wonderful privilege of being generous to this family or to his neighborhood’s emergencies. He can take the level stare of any man, friend, stranger, or even his enemies. This priceless commodity adds to his personality and character.

7. With savings, a person can afford to order from “left to right” in expensive hotels or resorts without being

nervous with the bill. Man without savings is forced to stay with friends and relatives’ homes when he is out of town.

8. With savings, you do not have to feign your happiness or con-tentment; you do not have to live in a far-away fantasyland. While it is true that money (savings) can never buy true happiness, it defi nitely serves as a nice down payment! Be-lieve it or not, it is more fun to suffer in comfort than to agonize in misery.

9. The ability to save, fortu-nately, has nothing to do with the size of one’s income. Many high-income people spend it all. They are on the treadmill, darting through life like minnows. In his classic book, The Riches Man of Babylon, Clay-son admonishes strongly that every person must affi rm and declare, “I must pay myself fi rst because a part of my earnings is mine to keep!”

10. Lastly, heed the advice given by the Dean of American bankers, J.P. Morgan, to a young broker, “Take waste out of your spending; You’ll drive the enjoyment out of your life!”

Perchance some of us no longer need more money for college, a home, retirement or vacation in a nice resort, and then we must just save for self-confi dence, and as a role model for others. The state of our savings does have a lot to do with how tall we (or a nation, for that matter) talk or walk in this world.

After all, next to our personal rela-tionship with our own God, faithful action in taking care of our families is our primary responsibility and this can be fortifi ed by habitual savings and investing them wisely. Religiously doing this habit builds not only our character but increases a comfortable nest egg. What we do now, not tomorrow, is the beginning of what we do next. Our savings are the seeds of what we can harvest tomorrow.

THEREFORE SAVE NOW AND INVEST !!




The present fi nancial crisis in the United States has taken its toll among many of us, including the elderly who now fi nd it diffi cult to land a job and to just depend on their modest pensions. Because of this, many of them are thinking of going back to the Philippines where they can stretch their few dollars and enjoy a more comfortable life.

Take the case of Byron, a United States citizen. After his retirement from the U.S. Navy, Byron was able to land a decent job at a medical distribution company. Byron has just married his new wife last month in the Philippines and he is now in the process of preparing the immigrant petition to bring her here. However, his employer informed him last week that the company has to lay off some workers. Unfortunately, Byron’s name is in that list. Sure, he will be getting unemployment pay, but it will be much less than what he is now earning. At his age of 55, Byron also knows that it will be ex-tremely hard for him to land another job. Time will come when he will have to rely only on his retirement income which is not really much considering the high cost of living in San Diego. So, Byron is now think-ing of going back to the Philippines where his modest monthly retire-ment will allow him to live comfort-ably.

Actually, Byron has a stronger reason why he wants to return to the Philippines. He misses his bride so much, that he has found his recent debacle as a good excuse to be with her. Why struggle in America, he said to himself, when I can enjoy life in the Philippines with my young wife? He was impressed by how even the poor are able to enjoy life in the Philippines. After working hard all his life, Byron now wants to experience that state of relaxed existence.

But what about the petition? There may be a problem there. While Byron’s being unemployed will not be a reason to deny the petition since the law allows another person to be a joint sponsor, the petition may be denied because of Byron’s absence in the United States before his wife’s arrival.

Generally, U.S. Immigration law requires the petitioner to be do-miciled or to reside in the United States. The reason behind this is not hard to understand. The purpose of family-sponsored immigrant visas

is to reunite family members. So, if Byron will be going to the Philip-pines, he will already be reuniting with his new wife. On the other hand, if the new wife migrates to the United States, she will be leaving Byron behind in the Philippines, which is not exactly consistent with family reunifi cation.

Therefore, during her interview, Byron’s wife must convince the con-sular offi cer that Byron lives in the United States. According to the U.S. Embassy Manila, the wife can prove this by presenting (1) a photograph of Byron holding a recent newspa-per while at a location that clearly is in the United States, such as a U.S. Post Offi ce (b) current mort-gage or bank statements showing Byron’s U.S. address (c) certifi cates of employment, pay stubs, or utility bills in Byron’s name (phone, power, water, cable, internet, etc.).

But what if Byron insists on leav-ing the U.S. for the Philippines? Again, the U.S. Embassy informs us that there is still a chance for his wife to get an immigrant visa, if Byron provides a letter of intent to return with her to the United States. This means that Byron can stay in the Philippines while his wife is waiting for her immigrant visa but once the visa arrives, his wife cannot leave for the U.S. without him. Take note that this leniency is extended only to U.S. citizens. The rule is stricter when the petitioner is a legal permanent resident, because the law requires them to be physically pres-ent in the United States.

Atty. Rogelio Karagdag , Jr. is licensed to practice law in both California and the Philippines. He practices immigration law in San Diego and has continuously been a trial and appellate attorney in the Philippines since 1989. He travels between San Diego and Manila. His offi ce address is located at 10717 Camino Ruiz, Suite 131, San Diego, CA 92126. He also has an offi ce in the Philippines at 1240 Apacible Street, Paco, Manila, Philippines 1007, with telephone numbers (632)522-1199 and (632)526-0326. Please call (858)348-7475 or email him at [email protected] for your free consultation. He speaks Tagalog fl uently. Articles written in this column are not legal advice but are hypotheticals in-tended as general, non-specifi c legal information.

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Global Filipino

Good News Pilipinas | MANILA, 10/12/2011 -- What the Philippines lacks in international ad campaigns, it makes up with good old Filipino hospitality.

Given the government’s limited resources for lavish television ad cam-paigns, it’s looking into other strate-gies like travel trade events where Filipinos shine best, thanks to their warm smiles and genuine congeniality.

“I can say with confi dence that the Philippines is a strong crowd drawer in travel fairs, especially when we

have Filipino performers,” said Benito Bengzon Jr. Assistant Secretary for International Tourism Promotions. “We Filipinos smile with our eyes, it’s very genial, something foreign buyers easily gravitate to.”

Travel trade events are promotional and marketing activities participated in by tour operators, wholesalers, and travel agents.

Bengzon explained that apart from conceptualizing a new brand cam-paign, the Department of Tourism (DoT) continuously focuses on partici-

pating in these international travel fairs and organizing sales missions because it’s easy for the Philippines to compete pound for pound against its competi-tors in the said events.

“When you talk about traditional advertising, especially in the area of TV ads, the other countries defi nitely have a huge advantage over us. So, we might as well not compete in that arena. Let’s choose our own battle-fi eld,” said Bengzon.

He added that the DoT is look-ing at approximately R466-million

budget for the international market and promotions for 2012. Given its limited resources, the agency needs to rationalize its funds judiciously.

“During trade fairs, exhibitors reach out to the same people whether travel trade or consumers. The only visible difference would be the size of the booth. It’s just a question of who is able to make the best and most excit-ing proposition. The Philippines can be very competitive there,” reiterated Bengzon.

During the past months, the DoT has

participated in the 14th Busan Interna-tional Travel Fair in South Korea, the 18th Beijing Wedding Expo in China, and the International Travel Expo in Hong Kong, among others.

“Travel trade activities are very important because we are dealing with travel buyers who will include the Philippines in their portfolio. They will bring the tourists to us,” Bengzon said.

Recently, the DoT was reprimanded by the Commission of Audit (CoA) questioning its policy to shoulder the travel expenses of legislators included

in its delegation in foreign missions. The CoA said tagging along legislators as observers in these events appear to be unnecessary.

In DoT’s defense, Bengzon ex-plained, “Including members of the House Committee on Tourism in DoT trade activities abroad is part of our correspondence with the House for them to have a greater appreciation of our marketing activities and check the allocation of our funds.”

Bengzon reiterated that it is im-portant that the House Committee

Promoting the Philippines with a smileby Willy Arcilla, Good News

Pilipinas | MANLA, 4/25/2011 -- Amidst the vicious spiral of end-less turmoil, the world needs a new brand of leaders. And Filipinos are well-qualifi ed to fulfi ll that role. The vast major-ity of books and literature, seminars and conferences on “Leadership” have been based hitherto on western philosophy and experience.

Little has been written about the “Filipino” brand of leadership. Yet there are countless examples of ef-fective Filipino leadership being exercised throughout the world through our ubiquitous OFWs and immigrants who have not only excelled in their pro-fessions and careers, but have also exemplifi ed the qualities of good leaders.

Against the plethora of skills, attitudes and principles that defi ne good leadership, there are a few distinctive traits of Filipino leaders that have been found exemplary by the global village.

One is the HEART of the Filipino – beyond passion, compassion or “pagmamalasakit”.

Two is the SOUL as evidenced in the devotion and faith of the Filipino

in the Almighty God, the Creator of heaven and earth.

Three is his MIND. Educated in English, the global lingua franca, the Filipino has learned much and adapts quickly, able to compete and lead effectively in diverse situa-tions. But the Filipino does not just mimic western leadership styles. The

Filipino brand of Leadership in a Global VillageFilipino is unique for his ability to balance western individualism with eastern collectivism, due in large measure to the innate nobility of the Filipino race enriched by the infl u-

ence of Christianity.Fourth is his SPIRIT, as

evidenced by his much-vaunted resiliency in the face of seemingly insur-mountable hardship and diffi culty. This is also mani-fested in his sense of humor and musical talent as a form of individual and collective expression.

Fifth is in his STRENGTH, as epitomized by the Hon. Congressman Manny Pacquiao, who not only defeated all his tough-est opponents in the ring —

with grace and humility, compassion and mercy — but more importantly, he has defeated the evils of poverty and destitution, hunger and malnu-trition.

members are there to observe so they will have an idea how the Philippines stacks up against its competitors. After all, the committee’s job is to oversee the development and promotion of the tourism industry, both domestic and international.

Likewise, Filipinos don’t only emerge in trade fairs abroad. Even lo-cally organized trade activities like the Philippine Travel Exchange (PHITEX) and the Philippine Travel Mart (PTM) are both very successful travel events visited by foreign and domestic travel traders every year.

“We just had the best PHITEX ever,” said Bengzon, citing the consensus of many of the 155 foreign buyers and 207 local sellers of travel products and services who participated in the recently concluded PHITEX 2011.

Bengzon also lauded the quality of foreign buyers and the number of local

sellers in the event, whose one full day of Travel Exchange (TRAVEX) involving business-to-business transac-tions were seen to yield the biggest volume of inbound visitors in the months to come.

On the other hand, the PTM, orga-nized by the Philippine Tour Operators Association (PHILTOA), is a favorite trade event for the domestic market where the most affordable tour and travel packages are offered.

“Foreign and domestic markets are complementary markets,” said PHIL-TOA president Cesar Cruz during the 22nd PTM held at the SMX Conven-tion Center early this month. “We believe that a strong domestic market sustains the destination and the prod-uct while the foreign market gives it a higher value. This is why members of PHILTOA also do trade shows abroad to tap the foreign market.”

Foreign media and trade invitations are also important promotional tools that the Philippines excels on. “We are known for our warm hospitality, mak-ing people feel genuinely at home is our expertise,” Bengzon said.

“We also have a very supportive private sector if we needed discounted rooms, ground arrangements; even the airlines are very cooperative when we host familiarization trips to the coun-try,” he added.

Bengzon clarifi ed that pushing these activities doesn’t suggest that the DoT can entirely do away with traditional advertising, “We’ll roll out a new marketing campaign in the next two to three months. We may not have the funds to advertise on TV 24/7, but we’ll get there. Let’s be creative and continue smiling for now.”


Sunday March 11, 2012 To listen is very hard, because it

asks of us so much interior stabil-ity that we no longer need to prove ourselves by speeches, arguments, statements, or declarations. True listeners no longer have an inner need to make their presence known. They are free to receive, to wel-come, to accept.

Listening is much more than al-lowing another to talk while waiting for a chance to respond. Listening is paying full attention to others and welcoming them into our very be-ings. The beauty of listening is that, those who are listened to start feel-ing accepted, start taking their words more seriously and discovering their own true selves. Listening is a form

of spiritual hospitality by which you invite strangers to become friends, to get to know their inner selves more fully, and even to dare to be silent with you.

Text excerpts taken from Bread for the Journey, by Henri J.M. Nouwen, ©1997 HarperSanFrancisco. All Scripture from The Jerusalem Bible ©1966, 1967, and 1968 Darton, Longman & Todd and Doubleday & Co. Inc.

Daily Meditation: Listening as Spiritual Hospitality

Spiritual Life

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Lower Your Nets Balintataw

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About the Author: Virginia H. Ferrer is a Filipino Language Teacher at Otay Ranch High School in Chula Vista.

March 18: Fourth Sun. Of Lent

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Joke of the Week: After a major religious revival had ended, three religious ministers were discuss-ing the results with one another. The Methodist minister said, “The revival worked out great for us. We received four new members.” The Baptist pastor said, “We did better than that. We baptized six new mem-bers.” The Presbyterian preacher said, “Well, we did even better than that. We got rid of our ten biggest troublemakers!”

Scriptures: First Reading: 2 Chronicles 36: 14-16, 19-23. In the Hebrew order of the Old Testament, this is the last book. A later editor has added the last three verses so that the Hebrew story would not end on a sad note. The book was concerned with the failure of the priesthood and the monarchy, and the destruction of the Temple. Those failures took place because the people preferred to live in darkness than in light. Yet the light prevailed, because God who is merciful and compassionate loved the world. Through the pagan rulers like the kings of Persia and Babylon God had shown his love to the Chosen People. Their Exile was about to end. Second Reading: Ephesians 2: 4-10. The author, a disciple of St. Paul and a member of the Pauline school, cautioned the Ephesians against taking credits for their salva-tion. “By grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not from you; it is the gift of God.” Through the richness of God’s mercy and the

abundance of his love, man is able to perform good and ethical works. This is the right way of accepting salvation through Jesus Christ – a grateful response to God’s love through good works. Doing what a true believer is supposed to do -good works- demonstrates God’s

benevolence wrought in Jesus Christ. Gospel: John 3: 14-21. Faith is man’s response to God who gave us his only Son, the Light of the world. Failure to respond positively to God’s love is to live in darkness. Just as the Hebrews who looked upon the bronze serpent had been healed, so all who look upon Christ and his Cross will fi nd eternal life. In both cases the means that caused

death became the means for heal-ing and life. The impact of Christ’s redeeming death, a sign of God’s love, is seen in the lives of those who respond in faith.

Refl ections: According to The Catechism of the Catholic Church, “In giving us his Son, God spoke everything to us at once – and he had no more to say.” We can spend our whole life reading all books in the world and buy all treasures on earth; our life is in vain if we have not found Christ. At the same time, even if we have found Christ as our Way, the Truth and the Life, yet we can never exhaust the unfathomable riches of God’s love for us. St. John of the Cross wrote, “He is like a rich mine with many pockets contain-ing treasures; however deep we dig we will never fi nd their end or their limit.”

Some behavioral scientists relate the secretions of the hormone mela-

tonin to depression. This hormone, also called Dracula hormone, is secreted by the brain’s pineal gland when the surrounding is dark. When there is a heightened mela-tonin secretion, human beings slow down, have less activity and energy. This increased melatonin secretion is important for animals, because it has the effect of slowing them down and allows them to hibernate

during fall and winter when nights are longer and days are shorter. For some humans, the absence of light, especially during the winter months, results into seasonal affective disor-der (SAD), a form of depression that is commonly characterized by a big appetite, weight gain, oversleeping, and tiredness. If the absence of light is the cause of this psychological dysfunction, one of its most effec-tive treatments is light therapy or phototherapy, an exposure to intense light for a lengthy period of time every winter day.

ST. JOHN PRESENTED JESUS AS THE LIGHT THAT CAME INTO THE WORLD. It is worth noting that the world celebrates Christ’s birth during the cold month of December, a time when days are shorter and thus in need of physi-cal light and the Light from God, Jesus Christ. That Light should continue shining intensely otherwise the world would be in misery and “spiritual depression,” that is char-acterized by grievous sin, spiritual dryness and fatigue. Yet the impact of Christ shining as the Light of the world depends primarily on God’s grace and secondly on people who respond to God’s love by the lives they lead. If we can let the light of Christian life shine in our little corner of the world, God’s saving light would prevail over the darkness of evil.

PLEASE JOIN ME AND THE PARISH OF ST. MICHAEL FOR A TWO-DAY LENTEN RETREAT-REFLECTION (March 20-21, Tues-Wed., 6:00-7:30 p.m.) as we refl ect on the Parable of the Prodigal Son. The church is located at 2643 Homedale St. (between Rancho Hills Dr, & Seascape Dr.), San Diego, CA 92139. Ph. (619) 470-1977 - (619) 470-1977. “Coming home,” the topic of the retreat, is letting God to fi nd us again, to allow Him “to come home,” and to say to us once more, “he was lost and is found.”(Luke 15:24). Join me in prayers so that it would be a grace-fi lled experience for all participants.

Quotation of the Week: “God does

not give heed to the ambitiousness of our prayers, because he is always ready to give to us his light, not a visible light but an intellectual and spiritual one, but we are not always ready to receive it when we turn aside and down to other things out of a desire for temporal things.” St. Augustine.

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Naging bahagi si Ramon sa buhay ng asawa momagkaibigang matalik hanggang sa siya’y yumaokaya nga’t nais mong ialay itong mga kamay mosa pakikiramay n’ya, pag-asa ang siyang simbolo.

Isang mabangong liham ang natanggap nitong si Adaat para sa kanya ito’y isang malaking sorpresa kung kanino nagmula palaisipang nadaramaang natitiyak niya ito ay magandang pag-asa.

Talos kong si Efren ngayo’y may masamang dinaramdamsanhi ng matagal at mabigat niyang karamdamankaya ngayon ay pipilitin kong siya ay madalawdahil may pag-asa akong bubuti ang kanyang lagay.

Sana naman hindi dito ang lahat ay magwawakas itong sinimulan nating samahan tunay at wagassadyang may mga dahilang sa atin ay nagaganapnaririto pa rin ang pag-asa kong maayos ang lahat.

Nais ni Candida na siya ay makapagbakasyon dalawin ang tahimik ang kanilang munting nayonat muling n’yang sariwain mga nagdaang panahonkalakip ang pag-asang sa problema ay makaahon


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by Ogie Cruz

By Ogie Cruz

How True itong nabalitaan namin tungkol kay American Idol contes-tant Jessica Sanchez na ayaw daw itong magpa-interview sa mga pinoy media?

Ayon sa nakaabot na balita sa

amin ,off limit si Jessica kapag mga pinoy media ang ii-interbyu sa kanya.Kaya pala kahit ang isa sa pinakamalaking Tv network na TFC , hindi pa naii-interbyu ang nasabing Phil-Am. Kung napupuna nyo wala pang interbyu na lumalabas sa TV Patrol o ibang pinoy netwoks sa Pilipinas kay Jessica kahit kailan.

Napakasikat ngayon si Ms. San-

chez hindi lang dito sa Amerika maging sa Pilipinas dahil pinag-mamalaki siya ng buong bansang Filipino dahil sa naabot niya sa nasabing singing contest.Kino-com-pare na nga siya kay Charice o siya ang susunod sa yapak ng naturang international singer pero bakit ganito

na kumakalat na balita na nakarating sa amin.Sana naman, hindi totoo ito at chismis o intriga lang na maitutur-ing.

Naisip namin marahil ayaw magpa-interview pa si Jessica dahil busy pa siya at kailangan niya mag-concentrate sa paglaban sa ‘Ameri-can Idol’.Kaya ang intrigang ayaw niyang magpa-interview sa mga

Pinoy Media ay wala pa kaming kumpirmasyon kung totoo ito, dahil hindi pa naman niya kami na-turn down.

Aminado kami na maraming pinoy dito sa San Diego ang gusto siyang mabasa kahit sa Pinoy Newspaper dito specifically ang Asian Journal dahil ito’y taga-Chula Vista.

Basta, bukas ang espasyo namin sa kampo ng mahusay na singer na si Jessica Sanchez para linawin ang tungkol sa isyu na ito.

Still naniniwala kami na siya ang tatanghalin na ‘American Idol’ this year.Actually napanood namin ang last performance niya last Wednes-day although hindi gaano maganda ang comments sa kanya ng mga Judges kagaya ni Jennifer Lopes but still isa siya sa may pinakamalakas na palakpak ng tao.

Infairness naman napanood namin siya sa ‘Tv Patrol ‘ last Thursday at nainterbyu naman siya ng taga-ABS CBN at nagpasalamat pa naman siya sa mga Pinoy na sumusuporta sa kanya.

Alam nyo bang more than 5million views na sa youtube dahil sa pag-kanta niya ng ‘I will Always Love You’?Sana patuloy nating iboto ang si Jessica, biro nga ni Korina San-chez 10 beses bumoboto ang pinoy kaya puede siya ang manalo.

FLOPTSINA RAW ANG LAST CONCERT NI CHARICE SA PILIPINAS ? Anu itong nababa-

litaan namin na hindi gaanong pinasok ng tao ang last concert ni Charice sa Smart Araneta ? Eto ang chika sa amin ng aming kaibigan na si Tita Swarding.

Mabuti pa raw sina Vice Ganda at Anne Curtis napuno ang nasabing venue, hindi raw sikat talaga si Charice sa Pilipinas sabi pa sa amin ni Tita Swarding.

Naging usap-usapan pa ang pag-babago ng hairstyle at pananamit ni Charice ngayon,kesyo nag-mukha raw itong tomboy at kahawig na ngayon ni Aiza Seguerra.May nagla-basan pa nga sa mga social network kagaya ng Facebook na kamukha raw ito ni Maverick, isang kom-edyante sa kapatid Network.

Ang chika naman kaya raw hindi kumita ng malaki ang last concert ng International Singer dahil hindi raw ito nakapag-promote ng husto.

Basta kami,pinagmamalaki namin si Charice dahil ipinakilala niya sa buong mundo ang Pilipinas dahil sa galing niya sa pag-awit.Although hindi rin namin gusto ang hairstyle niya sa ngayon at pananamit pero sabi nga namin, magbabago pa rin ‘yan dahil 19 yrs old lang ang naturang singer.Ang mahalaga hindi nagbago ang boses niya sa pagkanta, hanggang ngayon tinitingala ng sinumang makarinig.

Goodluck Charice,ipagpatuloy mo ang pagpapakilala sa buong mundo ng galing ng Pinoy !!!

WINNERS OF 28th STAR AWARDS FOR MOVIES !!! Last Wednesday March 14, idinaos ang 28th Star Awards for Movies ng PMPC, Siempre dagsa ang mga movie stars na dumalo sa Meralco theatre at hindi natin maitatanggi sa Best Actress lagi ang inaantay natin kung sino ang nanalo. Movie Actress of the Year is Angel Locsin from the movie ‘In the name of Love’, Aga Mulach ( In The Name of Love’ ka-tie si Jeorge Estregan (The Asiong Salonga Story) ang Movie Actor of the Year.

Movie of the Year : Manila Kingpin: The Asiong Salonga Story,Digital Movie of the Year :Thelma,Movie Director of Year: Darryl Dela Cruz, Digital Director of the Year: Paul So-

How True ? Jessica Sanchez Ayaw Magpa-interview Sa Mga

Pinoy Media !!

Jessica Sanchez

Charice Pempengco (left) and copy cat on right

riano, Movie Supporting Actress of the Year: Lovie Poe ( Yesterday, Today,Tomorrow), Movie Support-ing Actor of the Year: Tie sina Jake Cuenca ( In the Name of Love) at Baron Geisler (Asiong Salonga Story).

Darling of the Press: Atty. Persida Acosta, Ulirang Artista Awardee: Eddie Gutierrez. Male Star of the Year: Aga Mulach and Female Star of the Year: KC Concepcion.Mr. Great Shape naman si Derek Ramsay at Ms. Great Shape si Angel Locsin.Ulirang Alagad ng Pelikula sa Likod ng Kamera iginawad na-man kay Direk Marilou Diaz-Abaya.

28th Star Awards for Movies ng PMPC

Face of the Night: Valerie Concep-cion and Derek Ramsay.Radian Skin of the Night : Iwa Moto at Jeorge Estregan.Yung ibang winners puede abangan nyo na lang sa TFC, tutal ipalalabas yan dito sa Amerika.

Basta Congrats sa bagong pamu-nuan ng PMPC !

PATOK NA PATOK SA FACE-BOOK : Patok na patok ngayon yung aso na nakatali sa likod ng sasakyan na kumakalat sa Facebook , animal cruelty ang nangyari.Paano ba naman nakatali rin ang bunganga ng aso at nakalagay lang ito sa sako.

Animal lovers on Facebook slam dog cruelty


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03/09/12 -- Accountants have been woven into the fabric of the FBI since its creation in the sum-mer of 1908, when a dozen bank examiners were included among the original force of 34 investigators. Today, around 15 percent of agents employed by the Bureau qualify as special agent accountants.

Post-9/11, the criminal landscape changed again with large-scale corporate frauds and a multitude of other complex fi nancial schemes. And once again, we adapted by add-ing new resources and skills. One key element was the creation of a standardized, professional investi-gative support position known as a forensic accountant in 2009.

At the FBI, our forensic accoun-tants conduct the fi nancial inves-tigative portion of complex cases across a wide variety of Bureau programs—investigating terrorists, spies, and criminals of all kinds who are involved in fi nancial wrongdo-ing. Through their work, forensic

accountants contribute to the FBI’s intelligence cycle. They testify to their fi ndings in court. And they keep up to date with FBI policies and procedures, federal rules of evidence, grand jury procedures, and national security protocols.

Responsibilities of FBI forensic accountants include:

Conducting thorough forensic fi nancial analysis of business and personal records and developing fi nancial profi les of individuals or groups identifi ed as participating in suspicious or illegal activity;

Participating in gathering evidence and preparing search warrants/af-fi davits associated with fi nancial analysis;

Accompanying case agents on interviews of subjects and key wit-nesses in secure and non-confronta-tional settings;

Identifying and tracing funding sources and interrelated transactions;

Compiling fi ndings and conclu-sions into fi nancial investigative

reports; andMeeting with prosecuting attor-

neys to discuss strategies and other litigation support functions and testi-fying when needed as fact or expert witnesses in judicial proceedings.

FBI-centric training. On top of the extensive accounting qualifi cations they bring to the job (see sidebar), FBI forensic accountants take a six-week training course that focuses on Bureau programs and systems, available investigative resources, fi nancial investigative topics and techniques, legal training, and expert witness testifying techniques.

Forensic accountants are located in every FBI fi eld offi ce. Larger offi ces might have one or more forensic accountant squads comprised of both forensic accountants and fi nancial analysts, while smaller offi ces might just have one or two forensic ac-countants. Then there’s our Forensic Accountant Support Team (think SWAT for accountants), based out of our Washington, D.C. Headquarters,

that responds quickly—either in per-son or often electronically—to sig-nifi cant, high-profi le investigations anywhere in the country involving large amounts of fi nancial data.

FBI forensic accountants have been involved in a number of major cases over the past couple of years, including a $200 million Medicare fraud case involving two Florida corporations, the largest hedge fund insider trading scheme in history, and a $200 million fraud by execu-tives of an Indiana fi nancial com-pany.

If you’re interested in a career as an FBI forensic accountant, check the www.fbijobs.gov website peri-odically for open positions.

Link: http://www.fbi.gov/news/

stories/2012/march/forensic-accountants_030912/forensic-accountants_030912

FBI Forensic Accountants: Following the MoneyCareer Trends

Tech ITfrom My Barber

by Benjamin Maynigo

Science and Technology News

TECH IT FROM MY BARBER by Benjamin Maynigo | McLEAN, VA, 3/16/2012 -- I was with my barber the other day and he saw me again with my iPAD 2. I asked him if he had bought the iPAD as he had planned.

He said that he was waiting for the iPAD 3 or HD to be displayed at the Apple store. He is considering buying the latest one since he had budgeted the same amount anyway. Good point!

I told him that I am sure the applica-tions used in the IPAD 2 would also be functional in the new iPAD.

Then, he saw me using the Goo-dReader app in my iPAD 2. I told him before that it was one of my favorite apps but he never actually saw me using it.

This time he saw me open it and access some fi les from a couple of sources.

I told him that the app is a good reader of fi les. Like any other tablet or computer I can access and read my documents that are stored in my iPAD 2 offl ine anywhere. If I want to read fi les that are not in my device but stored online I can also access them anywhere provided there is Internet via WiFi or a Data Plan.

Online, I store fi les in Google Docs and in Drop Box. I specifi cally store the ones that I know I want to access later. I also use them for temporary storage for quicker transfer to my iPAD 2 when I go to a place like the

gym where there is no Internet access. The GoodReader app allows me

to retrieve and read the downloaded documents or access photo albums.

As I was showing the display in my iPAD 2 screen to my barber, it has a split view (both in portrait and landscape) mode. On the left are your fi les, which you can browse, and on the right pane is where you can per-form various actions.

By various actions I mean Pre-view, Find Files, Manage Files, Web Downloads, Browse the Web, Enter URL, Connect to Server (in this case, Drop Box or Google Docs) and other actions.

I use the Find Files, Manage Files, and Connect Server often for obvi-ous reasons. One is for quick search. Two is to organize my fi les. Three

is precisely to access either Google Docs or Drop Box to retrieve any fi le stored there online or download one for offl ine use.

Preview gives you a graphical representation of the fi le selected on the left. Web downloads is integrated whereby you can browse and even enter URLs directly to fi les. You can even save websites for offl ine reading.

For me, the most important feature of GoodReader is really the Connec-tion to Servers. Although I par-ticularly use Drop Box and Google Docs, there are other servers that the GoodReader can access such as Box.Net, FilesAnywhere, FTP, WebDAV, MobileMe and mail servers.

In the case of mail servers you can confi gure, which I did, popular mail servers such as Gmail or your own IMAP or POP server to browse mail messages that contain attachments and save them into the GoodReader app.

I showed the wonders of the ap-plication. My barber is more than convinced to buy the IPAD 3 pro-vided that the GoodReader app can be installed. I assured him it can.

Here are some of the screen photos of my iPAD 2 as I demonstrated to my barber the use of the application.

GoodReader App for a Barber Up and Up

From KURZWEIL NEWSLET-TER

1. New generation bionics — wireless and touch-sensitive

Neural interfaces would be em-bedded in nerve trunks to read and transmit signals (credit: Centre for Brain Repair, Cambridge University)

A new generation of bionics that can connect wirelessly with the ner-vous system are under development.

Animal tests have already been conducted in which devices are implanted directly into the nerve to process and transmit signals wire-

lessly to an external device.Other researchers are develop-

ing prosthetic skin that might wrap around a bionic limb and feed back sensory information to the nervous system, in theory enabling users to detect and feel objects.

The current generation of bionic hands can pinch or grasp using two or more electrodes fi tted inside the portion of the prosthetic which fi ts over the stump.

These electrodes are positioned to pick up signals from the user’s peripheral nerve system that are naturally amplifi ed by muscles in the stump.

German company Otto Bock has developed a hand incorporating multiple electrodes that can drive wrist fl exing and rotation. Scot-

tish company Touch Bionics builds hands that use software to control individual fi nger movement, so that the hand can clasp around objects.

The surgical rewiring of nerves in an amputee can also offer a great deal, enabling those with no arm at all, for example, to drive bionic arms with elbow and hand movement.

Wireless bionicsScientists such as Prof James

Fawcett, of the Centre for Brain Repair at Cambridge University, are meanwhile developing neural inter-faces whereby prosthetics will com-municate wirelessly with implants fi tted directly into the nerve fi bers in a stump.

Once the device is inserted into the nerve, nerve fi bres grow through it. Nerve signals associated with par-ticular movements are then selected, and these signals transmitted wire-lessly to a receiver in the prosthetic.

Researchers in Italy are also work-ing on wiring bionics to the periph-eral nerve system, and have already conducted trials in which electrodes temporarily connected to the nerves were used to drive an unattached prosthetic hand.

Prosthetic skinElsewhere, researchers are looking

to make more responsive prosthet-ics with many looking to fl exible electronics or “prosthetic skin” to do the job.

Eventually, such sensors might feed information back to the brain via neural interface devices.

In Switzerland, researchers are testing a thought-controlled wheel-chair that uses electrodes placed on the skin in a skullcap to drive the chair.

2. The future of space

Dragon and Falcon 9 Second Stage, post Second Stage Separation Event (credit: NASA)

In the new book Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier, Neil

deGrasse Tyson says America is at a critical moment for future space exploration, as he explained toThe Atlantic.

Give NASA the money it needs, he argues, and the agency will stimulate the economy and inspire students to pursue innovative, ambitious projects. (Say, for example, a way to thwart a wayward asteroid that could threaten to wipe out human-ity.) Continue to fund NASA at its current rate — about $18.7 billion in 2011— and the country will lose an ongoing space race to the Chinese and European space agencies of the world.

“But, I can tell you that when everything aligns, this is a nation where people are inventing the future every day,” he says. “And that future is brought to you by scientists, engineers, and technologists. That’s how I’ve always viewed it. … Peo-ple need to stop thinking that NASA is some kind of luxury project that can be done on disposable income that we happen to have left over.

“To make any future that we dreamt up real requires creative sci-entists, engineers, and technologists

to make it happen. If people are not within your midst who dream about tomorrow — with the capacity to bring tomorrow into the present — then the country might as well just recede back into the cave because that’s where we’re headed.”

That future will depend on coop-eration with the private sector, Dr. Simon Worden, director at NASA Ames Research Center, told The Register, citing cooperation on the Dragon capsule being developed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX team as a good example. The future of space exploration is going to be depen-dent on a mix of public and private money, and it’s likely that the fi rst Mars colonization missions will be commercial operations.


Health and Wellness

Groups call for Overhaul of Federal TSCA Regulations Short Video of Study Results at

HealthyStuff.org(Ann Arbor, MI)-- The Ecology

Center today released new research on toxic chemicals in low-cost children’s and adult jewelry at www.HealthyStuff.org. Researchers tested for chemicals -- including lead, cad-mium, arsenic, mercury, bromine and chlorine (PVC)-- which have been linked in animal and some human studies to acute allergies and long-term health impacts such as birth defects, impaired learning, liver toxicity, and cancer.

Over half (57%) of the products test-ed had a “high” level of concern due to the presence of one or more hazardous chemicals detected at high levels. Four products contained over 10% cadmi-um, a known carcinogen. Fifty percent contained lead, with over half of these containing more than 300 ppm of lead in one or more components, exceeding the Consumer Product Safety Commis-sion (CPSC) limit of lead in children’s products.

“There is no excuse for jewelry, especially children’s jewelry, to be made with some of the most well stud-ied and dangerous substances on the planet,” said Jeff Gearhart, Research Director at the Ecology Center and founder of HealthyStuff.org. “We urge manufacturers to start replacing these chemicals with non-toxic substances immediately.”

Ninety-nine pieces of jewelry were tested from 14 different retailers, including: Ming 99 City, Burling-ton Coat Factory, Target, Big Lots, Claire’s, Glitter, Forever 21, Walmart, H&M, Meijers, Kohl’s, Justice, Icing and Hot Topic. Samples were collected from 6 different states, including Ohio, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New York and Vermont.

HealthyStuff.org measured the presence of these chemicals with an X-ray fl uorescence (XRF) analyzer, a proven, accurate indicator of elements in products. Anyone concerned about these jewelry products can visit www.HealthyStuff.org and search by brand, jewelry type and chemical detected.

Highlights of Study Results:OVERALL -- 59% (58) of products

tested were rated with a HIGH level of concern due the presence of one or more hazardous chemical detected at high levels.

LEAD -- 27 of 99 (27%) of jewelry contained greater than 300 ppm lead in one or more components. 300 ppm is the CPSC limit of lead in children’s products.

CADMIUM -- 10 of 99 (10%) of jewelry contained greater than100 ppm cadmium in one or more components.

CHROMIUM -- 92 of 95 (93%) of jewelry contained greater than 100 ppm chromium.

NICKEL -- 30 of 95 (30%) of jew-elry contained greater than 100 ppm nickel.

BROMINATED FLAME RETAR-DANTS -- 7 of 95 (7%) of jewelry contained brominated fl ame retardants (greater than 1,000 ppm bromine).

CHLORINE -- One-third, 11 of 95 (12%) of jewelry contained PVC (greater than 25,000 ppm chlorine).

Other chemicals analyzed include mercury and arsenic.

According to the CPSC, parents and caregivers should not allow young children to be given, or to play with, cheap metal jewelry, especially when unsupervised. The CPSC states that: “Swallowing, sucking on or chewing a metal charm or necklace could result in exposure to lead, cadmium or other heavy metals, which are known to be toxic at certain levels of exposure.”

However, in 2010, the CPSC declined to regulate cadmium in chil-dren’s products, and instead has sup-ported an industry developed voluntary standard. In response, six states have moved to regulate cadmium in the absence of federal leadership, includ-ing California, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington State. In addition, a wave of consumer pressure is propelling a rewrite of the Toxics Substance Control Act (TSCA), the federal law that regulates chemi-cals in commerce. The TSCA reform bill, the Safe Chemicals Act (S. 847), was introduced by Senator Lautenburg in 2011 and now has 15 co-sponsors.

“Toxic jewelry is just one symptom of the complete failure of our federal chemicals regulatory system,” said Gearhart. “Our children will never be safe until we reform our laws to ensure products are safe before they arrive on store shelves.”

Since 2007 researchers at the Ecology Center have performed over 20,000 tests on 7,000 consumer products, including pet products, vehicles, women’s handbags, jewelry, back-to-school products, children’s toys, building products and children’s car seats. All of this research is avail-able at the consumer-friendly website: www.HealthyStuff.org.

Over Half of Low-Cost Jewelry Ranks HIGH for Toxic Chemicals Including Lead, Cadmi-um, Nickel and Chromium, New Study Says

FBI.gov | 02/10/12 -- At the beginning of her summer break in June 2005, a 15-year-old Florida girl logged onto her computer and received a startling instant mes-sage. The sender, whom the girl didn’t know, said he had seen her photo online and that he wanted her to send him pictures—of her in the shower. When the girl didn’t comply, the sender showed he knew where she lived and threatened to hurt the girl’s sister if she didn’t agree to his demands.

Worried and hoping to avoid alarm-

ing her parents, the girl sent 10 black-and-white images. When her harasser said they weren’t good enough, she sent 10 more, nude and in color. Then he wanted more.

“Once these individuals have pic-tures, they want more,” said Special Agent Nickolas B. Savage, who interviewed the girl after she and her mother contacted authorities. “They are then able to say, ‘I want you to do x, y, and z. And if you don’t, I’m going to take these photographs, and I’m going to send them to people in your school. I’ll send them to your family.’”

Savage, who at the time managed the Innocent Images National Initia-tive Task Force in the FBI’s Orlando offi ce, spent the better part of the next four years chasing the phantoms that had hacked the 15-year-old’s computer. The winding path eventu-ally led to two assailants—Patrick Connolly and Ivory Dickerson—who jointly terrorized adolescent girls by compromising their computers, demanding sexual photos or videos, and scouring their social networks. The pair also reached out to the girls’ friends—who were duped into down-loading malicious software because the e-mails and messages appeared to come from trusted sources.

Connolly and Dickerson, both in prison now, victimized more than 3,800 kids through this “sextortion” technique that duly preyed on kids’ innocence about the Internet and their fear of being exposed to their friends and family.

“Oftentimes children are embar-rassed, especially thinking they have somehow contributed to their victimization,” said Savage, who now helps lead the Strategic Outreach and Initiative Section in the Cyber Division. “So fearing they will get in trouble if they report it, they will con-tinue with the victimization and send individuals what they are requesting. What often happens is the victimiza-tion never stops.”

In this case, some girls were terror-ized over a span of as many as seven years. Some attempted suicide. One dropped out of high school because she was always looking over her shoulder.

To uncover the scheme, the FBI cloned one of the victim’s computers and carried on a two-year undercover correspondence with the hacker, who turned out to be Connolly—a British citizen who was at times in Saudi Arabia and Iraq, where he worked as a military contractor and evidently carried out parts of his extortion scheme. The trail also led to North Carolina, where Dickerson was amassing a huge portfolio of pictures and video and secretly recording the webcams of compromised computers. Dickerson was found to have about 230 gigabytes of material, and Con-nolly had four times that. Dickerson was sentenced in 2007 to 110 years in prison. Three years later, Connolly was sentenced to 30 years.

Savage says locking up the hack-ers was one of the most rewarding moments in his career. But he knows there are more victims, some who may not know their tormentors are

Don’t Let It Happen to You

Here are a few precautions that can keep you from being victimized by “sextortion”:- Don’t take for granted that your computer’s anti-virus software is a guarantee against intrusions.- Turn off your computer when you aren’t using it.- Cover your webcam when not in use.- Don’t open attachments without independently verify-ing that they were sent from someone you know.- It’s okay to be suspicious. If you receive a message with an attachment from your mother at 3 a.m., maybe the message is not really from your mother.- If your computer has been compromised and you are receiving extortion threats, don’t be afraid to talk to your parents or to call law enforcement.

FBI Cyber Alerts for Parents & Kids Tip #2: Beware of ‘Sextortion’

off the streets.“The thing was, a lot of these kids

are just some folder somewhere,” Savage said, illustrating the cold nature of the crimes and punctuating that once material is posted online it’s out there for all. “No name. Just pic-tures and videos in a folder. I know that there are so many more victims out there that are wondering, ‘What ever happened to those guys?’ or, ‘Do I still need to be afraid?’”

This story is the second in an occasional series aimed at provid-ing practical web advice and tips for parents and their kids. -- Link: http://www.fbi.gov /news/ stories/ 2012/february/sextortion_021012/sextortion_021012

Have Information on the Case?Hacker Patrick Connoly used a

variety of screen names and e-mail addresses, which are listed below. If you have information regarding the case—there may be other victims—please contact your nearest FBI offi ce or submit a tip online.

Screen Names:- casperlovesya- cucumbersn- 1-1Geo-1-1- Bigbucks- billie_wiz- busted633- CT Chris CT- GBreathe - kamberto3- kambert0e- meme816

- Mrfrost20005- Mythbuster- Nowammies- o0ompalo0mpaz - Onehotguy_101- only_a_bad_dream_2002- Quewhiffl e- Stealthisalbum- xlxl_chris_xlx- xlxlx_paddy_xlxlx- yummy_yummy45

E-mail Addresses: - [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] - [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Refreshing News, 8/5/2011 -- When it comes to cleansing your body of harmful toxins, food really is the best medicine. You’ll be amazed to learn that many of your favorite foods also cleanse the body’s detoxifi cation organs like the liver, intestines, kidneys, and skin, preventing harmful toxic buildup. Help ward off the harmful effects of pollution, food additives, second-hand smoke, and other toxins with delicious fruits, vegetables, nuts, oils, and beans.

Apples. Because apples are high in pectin, a type of fi ber that binds to cholesterol and heavy metals in the body, they help eliminate toxic build up and to cleanse the intestines.

Avocados. We rarely think of avocados as a cleansing food but these nutritional powerhouses lower cholesterol and dilate blood vessels while blocking artery-destroying toxicity. Avocados contain a nutrient called glutathione, which blocks at least thirty different carcinogens while helping the liver detoxify synthetic chemicals.

Beets. Time to whip up some deli-cious borscht soup since its main ingredient, beets, contain a unique

mixture of natural plant compounds that make them superb blood puri-fi ers and liver cleansers.

Blueberries. Truly one of the most powerful healing foods, blueberries contain natural aspirin that helps lessen the tissue-damaging effects of chronic infl ammation, while lessening pain. Blueberries also act as antibiotics by blocking bacteria in the urinary tract, thereby helping to prevent infections. They also have antiviral properties and help to block toxins from crossing the blood-brain barrier to gain access to the delicate brain.

Cabbage. Cabbage contains nu-merous anticancer and antioxidant compounds and helps the liver break down excess hormones. Cabbage also cleanses the digestive tract and neutralizes some of the damag-ing compounds found in cigarette smoke (and second-hand smoke). It also strengthens the liver’s ability to detoxify.

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Labis akong humahanga sa utak ng MAGNANAKAW,Kahit malayo nang bansa lusot din ang KASAMAAN.Ngunit ngayong NASAKOTE, katulong pa ang FBI,Naku! Lintik ang ATUNGAL, abot NGALNGAL sa DRAMAHAN. Paano ba ‘to kababayan, nasaan ang TUWID NA DAAN?Ang HEADLINE sa kasamaan, nadagdagan ng NAKAWAN.Kung dati ay pagnanakaw, sa may tabi-tabi riyan,Ngayo’y tila sumisikat, NAKAW pa-INTERNATIONAL. Ano naman kayang muli ang sisiput na KABUTI?Na bigla lang sumusulpot na ang dala’y ‘di mabuti.Sama dito, sama doon, kasong DRAMA, niretoke,Na ang puno’t dulo nito, silang lahat, sinusuwerte. Ang lahat ng kasamaan, lalo’t ito’y SAMANG BIGTIME,Asahan nyong mga UGAT, POLITIKONG matatapang.Kahit itong akusado, KUMANTA na’t INAWITAN,Ang lahat ng nasasangkot, babagsakan, KUWENTO lamang. ‘Di ba tamang sabihin lang, tayo’y pugad ng masama?Kasamaang nalilikha, “superb” ito, PAMBIHIRA.Sampung taong mga kaso, tila ito bale-wala,Ibang bansang dalay sama, sa PINAS na nagkukuta. Ang digahan sa asunto kapag sangkot ay MAYAMAN,Katulad ng tinatawag, isang RULETA MUSIKAL.Tagisan ang bawat panig, ABOGADO’Y dakdakan lang,Malingat ka ng pakinig, itong kaso, ‘pinagliban. Sadyang itong “TUWID NA DAAN” ay MAKITID, KASABIHAN,Wala itong ibubuti kung proseso’y sakdal BAGALMatapos na maibaba, hatol na kay tagal-tagal, Sampung kasong kasamaan, nakapila na’t nakaabang. Ganyang-ganyan tayong lagi, dumarami ang USAPIN,Nagugulat na lang tayo sa USAPING dumarating.Wala namang natatapos, kahit ating napapansin,Ang GUNGGONG na paglilitis madalas ay NABIBINBIN. Hindi patas itong batas sa MAHIRAP at MAY KAYA,Kapag ika’y walang kuwarta, iglap lamang, kulungan ka.Ang MAYAMANG binilanggo,masasaya, may PARTY pa,Naku! Lintik na kulungan! Anong klase ‘tong ahensya? Sadyang kagulat-gulat nga, araw-araw na balita,Na sa samang nagaganap, mga PINOY walang sawa.Sa kaso na suson-suson, gumugulong –gulong na ngaNa singbagal nitong PAGONG, sa pahinga ay SAGANA. Kagulat-gulat na nga itong bayang sinilangan,Marami ang natatakot na sa gabi ay mamasyal.Mayrong “CURFEW’ ang Baranggay upang sama’y mabawasan,Patuloy din itong samang parang walang katapusan. Babala sa BALIKBAYAN, magiingat sa paguwi,Umiikot ang panahon, dadatnan mo’y ibang GAWI.Nuong taong 2004 ay dolyar ay bawing-bawi,Ngayo’y US PRICE ang lahat, ang mahirap, tumitili. Ingat kayo BALIKBAYAN bilang “center of attraction”,Ang mata ng masasama, nakamatyag sa inyo ngayon.Mag-LOW PROFILE, magiingat, sadyang iba ang panahon,Lalo na sa tulad ninyong sandalian ang BAKASYON. Tunay ito, nagbago na, nabago ang ating bayan,Mga DROGA at NAKAWAN, lumalalang kasamaan.Mga PULIS at BARANGAY, kasabwat sa KALOKOHAN,Wala ka ng mapipili, na dapat pagtiwalaan. Kagulat-gulat nga ito, sating baya’y nagaganap,“ECONOMY” naghihirap, ang DOLLAR ay bumabagsak. Ang bilihin TUMATAAS, REMITTANCES ngayo’y BAWAS,Ang masama’y nag-multiply, ang PATAYA’Y lumaganap.

Hirit ni: Romeo S. Nicolas5/22/2011

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of Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City, third; Jethro Olavidez of Zamboanga Sibu-gay, fifth; Aron Lessler Regimen of Tanauan, Batangas, sixth; Dyan Karl Cabigas of Caloocan City, seventh; Fel Saguin of Zamboanga del Sur, eighth; Rone Jo Manganaan of Rosa-les, Pangasinan, ninth; and Christo-pher Juan of Tagum City, tenth.



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ni Audele Gaano mang pagsisikap ipagbawal ang paputokPatuloy na sinusuway ang ipinag-uutosKahit na mapanganib ay ‘di naman natatakotKibit-balikat na tinatanggap ang pinsalang dulot. Kay raming mga daliri, kamay at brasong nalagasSa lakas ng pagsabog salamin ng tainga’y nawasakAng buhay na mahalaga ay dagliang nagwawakasKay sakit alagatain ang pagpanaw ng kaanak. ‘Di naman sinasansalang bagong tao’y salubunginIwanan ang lumang taon, ipagbunyi ang dumatingKung mayroong kalungkuta’t ibayo ang paninimdimLimutin na ang kahapon, bagong pag-asa’y tanawin. Nguni’t bakit nangangakong maling gawi’y babaguhinPangako ay napapako, tahasang di tutuparinHindi kaylan man matutong sinalita ay mahalinKaya naman may ugaling maturinga’y talusaling? Araw-araw sa lansangan mga taong naglalakadNag-uunahang mga paa’y tila ‘di sumasayadTakdang tawira’y ‘di gamit, basta na lang bumabagtasKautusang pang trapiko’y pikit-matang nilalabag. Mga upos ng sigarilyo’t balat ng pinagkananKahit saa’y ‘nihahagis parang walang basurahanMga duming nangagkalat sumasalalak sa kanalNa siyang nagiging sanhi ng pag-apaw ng imburnal. Doon sa gilid ng riles barung-barong’y nagsiputanKund bakit nagsusumiksik ligaya na ang manahanAt sa pagdaan nitong tren sa mahabang daang bakalAnaki’y lumilindol, nayayanig ang kabahayan. Sa ilalim ng mga tulay at gilid ng esteroNagtitiis na tumira ang pangkaraniwang taoSa pag-apaw nitong ilog kung panahong ula’t bagyoAng buhay ng buong angka’y nabibingit sa peligro. Hindi naman nagkukulang ang nasa pamahalaanSila’y may libreng pabahay sa ligtas na pamayananNgunit sa tuwi-tuwina ay binabalik-balikanTila buhay na panganib ang kanilang kagustuhan. Sa lungsod, kapatagan, kabundukan at karagatanAy sari-saring sakuna ang mga nararanasanSino ang dapat na sisihin at bigyang-kasalananSa trahedyang nangagaganap sa buong kapuluan? Libu-libo ng mga buhay ang mga nangawalaNg dahil sa mga baha, bagyo’t pagguho ng lupaAng lahat ng mga iyan ay tao ang nagpabayaHindi matutong magmahal sa biyaya ng LUMIKHA. Ika-6 ng Enero, 2012

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“I hope that they will have more features on the country’s history and culture,” he added.

Asked how it was working with Morse and the rest of the production staff, Dy said: “It was fun… It’s a very popular show, it has a huge fol-lowing… It’s not really that formal. It shows an insider’s perspective. It’s one of my favorite shows.”

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“Don’t you worry, you’ll be safe while in Japan,” he added.

The nuclear plant in Fukushima sustained damage after the 9-magni-tude quake triggered a tsunami that swamped the northeastern coast of Japan’s Honshu island. The tsunami knocked out the plant’s main power system and back-up generators that were supposed to pump water to cool its nuclear reactors.

Japan has been scrambling to cool the crippled power plant, which was rocked by explosions and fires that raised radiation levels in the coastal region and compelled the govern-ment to draw a 20-kilometer exclu-sion zone around the site.

Indelible markThe Filipinos’ unforgettable sup-

port has left an indelible mark on the Japanese government, Urabe said as he thanked the Philippine govern-ment and volunteers for their help.

“Countless individuals, compa-nies and organizations from vari-ous parts of the Philippines offered their support through our embassy, the Philippine Red Cross, and other channels,” the ambassador said.

“The Philippine government sent a medical team to Japan to provide medical assistance. President Aquino visited Ishinomaki City and of-fered $1 million, saying, ‘Japan has helped the Philippines so much, it is our turn to help Japan in difficult times,’” Urabe said.

RebuildingAlthough Japan faces a difficult

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“Postdisaster reconstruction, disaster-risk reduction, energy-saving and environment-friendly ‘green economy,’ aging society as an economy, will be pursued creating new opportunities. We will build a new Japan,” Urabe said.

At the ceremony attended by Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr., Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. said Filipinos could not help but find inspiring the strength shown by Japan.

Ochoa also conveyed Manila’s “sincere condolences” over the destruction and death caused by the disaster.

ProverbIn a speech, Ochoa said a Japanese

proverb—keizoku wa cikara nari—“captures how Japan has bounced back after this crisis.”

“Literally translated, this phrase means ‘perseverance is strength’ and this tragedy has taught us and those in the international community that the Japanese are a strong people whose capacity to persevere and triumph over adversity serves as an inspiration to us Filipinos who, like our Japanese friends, live in areas that are particularly prone to devas-tation from severe weather events and geological hazards,” he said.

More than 15,000 Japanese were killed in the quake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.

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Chapter 32Ambush

After the class, I took more pic-tures of the NPAs in various states of rest with most under the shades of canvass structures. A group sang revolutionary songs to the strum-ming of a guitar. Their new songs made the ones I knew like old single 45s. Others cleaned their rifl es, have haircuts or just lie down under shades of trees. Some of the Paki-stanis were trying to learn Filipino terms.

The editor of the Ventura County Star would be happy with the ar-ticles, most certainly a series which I would be able to come out with. I had so much material that I could also contribute to the Filipinas Mag-azine and the Northern Dispatch.

It would be nice if I could also write about the Pakistanis and other nationals in the camp. Simon, how-ever, requested that I not write about them for security reasons. Maybe, sometime, I would in the future. I would just fi le my notes, videos and photos.

Yes, I had all the materials for which I took the trip for.

Yes, tomorrow, I would be bound home from the mountains.

Yes, it seemed that the rustles of the trees mingling with the twitting of the Mayas, darting from tree to tree, only spiced the lazy afternoon.

Until…From the thickets sprang out an

Igorot boy in mere loincloth. He was wailing as he rushed into the camp.

In a short while, a throng of NPAs crowded over the boy who appeared to be shaken.

“The pasistas came…” he sobbed.Simon handed the boy a fl ask of

water which he gingerly grabbed and drank from, almost drowning as his staccato breathing confronted the water in his throat.

Amidst his sobs and falters of breathe, the boy continued. “Yes, the pasistas came…they killed every-one…I escaped…they burned the whole village…”

Simon pointed at two NPAs. “You go check what happened and see where the kabusors are right now if you could. Meet us at Bat-bato.”

The two hurried to the direction of where the boy sprang out from the forest.

“Everyone, be ready to move out quick,” Simon said.

To one of the NPAs, Simon or-dered, glancing at me, “Give him an M16 just in case.”

To me, he said, “You could use it, right?”

In a fl ash, the whole camp was empty.

In a short while, at Bat-bato, the two NPAs ordered by Simon to investigate what had happened at the village reported. After their report, Simon convened the throng of NPAs.

“This should be an easy one,” he said, scratching a line on the earth with a stick. “The squad of kabu-sors that had just burned the village is now slowly going down the river here.” Pointing to what he depicted as a mound, he continued, “I will be with the striking force here.” Glanc-ing at the Pakistanis, he said, “Here is your chance to have a taste of

battle. You could join the blocking force.” He pointed from where the soldiers would have passed.

“Alah-o-akbar,” said the Pakistanis in dissonant voices.

He pointed at another two NPAs and glanced at me. “You escort him to Sitio San Miguel and prepare him for his trip back home tomorrow.

“Rodel, I wish we could say good-bye more properly but there is this task at hand. It was nice to have seen you again. I look forward to seeing you again. You have to go now.”

“No,” I said, slapping the M16 given to me. “I want to go with you.”

At the ambush line, Cynthia fl ashed into my mind.

How will she know if I die?I tightened my grip on the M16.

My wedding ring slapped on the neck of the rifl e. “Your love for each other,” the priest had said, “should be like this ring. It has no beginning and has no end. Your love for each other should be forever.”

I loved Cynthia so much that I married her again in the movement. Our backs then were entwined, blan-keted with a silken red fl ag smacked with the hammer and sickle of the Communist Party of the Philippines. We exchanged bullets pledging that our love should be subsumed within our love and service for the people.

My love for the people, however, had weakened. Her love for the movement seemed to have vanished from when I was incarcerated.

But we love each like forever as symbolized by the ring that slapped on the neck of the rifl e.

I aimed the rifl e towards the river whose ripples fl owed in a rhythm of sounds dominating the stillness of the afternoon. The chirps of birds, darting from one twig to another, harmonized with the brass of ripples of the river and the rustle of the branches above as commanded by swishing mellow winds.

The ripples, chirping, and the rustles hid any of the careful sounds guarded by us on the mound pa-tiently waiting with our line of fi re for those who are about to die.

I tried to control my breathing. I did not want to add to the gentle breeze brushing on the bushes. My eyes waded through the blades of grass which would also help shield me, no matter how fl imsy, from those who are about to die.

My breathing, however, could not

Ambush

contain the strong beating of my heart. I was afraid that my presence at the mound would be betrayed by the loud thumping if ever it could be heard from across the mound. I was not used to this anymore. I wondered what had provoked me to request that I participate in the annihilation of those who are about to die.

And what if I die, too?

Four decades ago, I was not reluctant about death. Death had a deeper sense of offering oneself for a collective endeavor to paint what heaven should be like on earth – no oppressors, no oppressed. Blood would be the paint on the brush-strokes of war that would bring forth the beauty of freedom in the canvass of life – even if my blood, too, be spilled. For then, one’s death is felt to be heavier than a mountain when offered in martyrdom for the service of the people and lighter than a feather when spilt in the service of the enemy.

But that was long ago.

Now, close to the death of those who are about to die and with me, possibly dying, too, I thought, why did I really even come back here?

Was it for the cleansing of my soul from my guilt of long time past? But I have already been forgiven even if I did not have to be here. Maybe I really longed to have done this like my life would not be complete if I never did this again?

I had professed to be with them. How could I really be one of them if I do not do this?

They came. Led by a lieutenant, they came. Those who are about to die came. At paces apart they walked stealthily, trying not to disturb the pebbles along the river bank. Their eyes darted in all directions trying to penetrate any movement that could signal their last days on earth. They strained, trying to hear beyond the rhythmic ripples of the river. They groped for sounds, any sound, that could signal probable death.

The lieutenant’s Polaroid sunglass-es shielded his eyes from the mid-afternoon sun. With his holstered 45 pistol fl apping on his side, his fi nger was on the trigger of his M-16. He must be coaxing his ears, even the bandaged one, to hear beyond the rhythmic ripples of the river on his left and the breeze that brushed the bushes on the mound to his right.

They had been in the village. They had burned down all the huts in the village. They had mowed to death the Igorots in the village.

They, too must die and are now about to die.

One by one, they entered the sights of guns, my gun, our line of fi re.

“Fire! Fire!” Simon had yelled on

top of his lungs as his M-16 rattled its song of death. The staccato of his rifl e was joined by the baritone and tenor of fi ring guns across the mound as if a blazing choir rendered music to our ears. The ripples of the river and the whizzing wind exuded insignifi cant humming as back-ground to the dominant rhythm of fi re. It became another celebration of our hatred for the kabusor, elements of which are now being ripped by zinging fuselage from fl aming bar-rels of death.

Kabusor – the hatred is how we brand the enemy. Those kabusor, now falling, dying, in front of our line of fi re should not really be kabusor for most of them are also from the oppressed, but, since, by ignorance or by choice, they allowed themselves to be used by the oppres-sors, they are kabusor. They deserve to die and are helplessly dying. Even the lieutenant with sunglasses and bandaged ear slumped and is no longer moving.

“Cease fi re!” shouted Simon after a while. Soon, the ripples of the river and the breeze brushing on the bushes again exerted their dominant sounds.

As swiftly as we executed the ambush, the NPAs rushed to gather the weapons of the fallen Philippine government soldiers.

“So how many did we get?” asked one of the comrades.

“Eight Armalites, a 45, two shot-guns, 16 grenades. Bandoliers of ammo. Enough to arm another squad of new recruits,” said Simon.

“Allah-O-Akbar,” said the Paki-stani.

To be continued…

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hopeglances of eternityfrozen in timewith you in mindcaptured snapshotsof candid photographsperfect picture images of youbeing strong...glowing...beaming with strengththis i will set up in my minds' eyefor you to be forever strong...alive...living life!to be riveted in my memoryset forth railed in my presentto be like this...in a never ending journeyreeling movies in the theaters...theaters of my mindnow showing...no reruns...just a continuing now...the always present nowin my minds' eyethis will bealways will beglances of eternityfrozen in timewith you in mindbeing strong...glowing...beaming with strength..being.alive...living life!

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STORY OF THE MIRACULOUS DIVINE MERCY PICTURE IN FRONT OF THE BOOKLET

Enclosed please fi nd the image taken from the sign language teacher, cellphone during Bro .Stanley’s talk at the Holy

Redeemer Hall on the 2nd of August 1009 in the afternoon. His name is Hugo Narong Thanomlek who was acting as a sign translator for the deaf-mute group during the testimony of’Bro. Stanley. Would yo u please transfer this miracle image to Bro. Stanley so that he could see the marvellous sign of JESUS not

only to the deaf-mute but also to all of us who were present during his testimony. Th e message I gal from this miracle picture taken by a sign translator is conveyed to all of us and especially me. who are deaf-mute spiritually: we did not listen to His Words and we did not proclaim His Words .

There were great blessings to man) people who have had a chance to listen 10 the testimonies of Bro.Stanley.The rnovement of Divine Mercy inThailand has a new impulse fromJesus in the mission of the proclamation of the Divine Mercy messages. Many priests .according to Mr Peter Larsen (Chairman of Divine Mercy Thailand) have dedicated more to the Divine Mercy missions...

So many great blessings from JESUS.There fore. we have to ask

JESUS to send again Bro . Stanley to Thailand soon.

God bless us all to continue to proclaim His Divine Mercy

messages.

Yalln

READ, SHARE AND SPREADGOD’S MERCY AND LOVIlll

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LETTER FROM MSGR. CRISTOBAL GARCIA & CARDINAL VIDAL

Peace be with you!!God has so generously

strengthened us in our efforts to spread the Devot ion to His Divine Mercy through the testimony of Bro . STANLEY C. VILLA VICENCIO. a member of the Divine Mercy Crusade in the Archdioce se of Cebu, on his personal encounter with Jesus Christ of the Divine Mercy. His testimony and sharing has touched many and have brought them back to the Lord and the Sacraments.

In our desire to offer also to other Diocese. the opportunity to listen to. and benefi t from the testimony of Bro . Stanley C. Villavicencio. we are sincerely requesting your permission to allow Bro . Stanley C Villavicencio to speak on various occasions and/or places in the Parishes within your Diocese.

Your kind permission on this behalf. will be highly appreciated.

Rev. Msgr. Cristobal E. Garcia, SAP, HP

Spiritual Director

Divine Mercy Crusade, Visayas Chair

Commission on WorshipArchdiocese of Cebu

Noted by:

Ricard J. Cardina Vidal, D.D.Archdiocese of Cebu

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INTRODUCTION

Brother Stanley Villavicencio. a Filipino lay man from Mambaling, Cebu City. Philippines. is a man who

experienced God ‘s love and mercy through a life changing

miracle that happened to him .

Because of his obedience to God’ s call and his childlike trust in God. he left his job right after his miraculous experience. entrusted his family completely to God’ s merciful love and care and started giving his life testimony to people all over

the world. His testimony which was investigated by no less than Ricardo Cardinal Vidal of the Archdiocese of Cebu has been declared as authentic. He was allowed by CBCP to give his testimony through a signed letter of endorsement by MSGR. Pedro Quitorio.

The testimony of his encounter with Jesus Christ the Divine Mercy happened on March 2. 1993. To this day he has received 34 messages and has not stopped spreading

God’s messages of mercy to the world. Everytime he received a message from Jesus, his spiritual director Msgr. Cris Garcia of the Archdiocese of Cebu would know that he received messages through internal locution.

By reading this compilation of his testimony, some testimonies of people who have listened to his talks, as well as the messages from Jesus. we hope and pray that Jesus will be alive again in people’s hearts. We hope that this will give people hope, peace and the knowledge that God ‘ s love for us is truly unfathomable: that we can beg for as much mercy as we can because God has an ocean of mercy: that He is aching to pour out His mercy to us if we ask for it.

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MESSAGES OF JESUS THE DIVINE MERCY TO BRO. STANLEY

As of this account. Stanley has had 36 encounters with Jesus of the Divine Mercy in his dream where he has received several messages. Msgr. Cris Garcia, his spiritual director who has been endowed with the gift of internal locution. is made aware of each encounter with Jesus. Stanley writes down the message and submits it to Msgr. Cris who in turn confi rms the message and clears the message with Cardinal Vidal.

The original messages are written by hand to ensure no alterations are made.

Stanley reports that during the 2nd to the 7th encounter with him. Jesus just smiled and remained silent before him.

In the 8th dream. Stanley was shown that Msgr. Cri s was to be his spiritual director.

Jesus blessed Stanley in the 9th dream before Stanley’s fi rst stint to Mindanao where he was guided to go by boat.

Before the trip . Cebu was under storm warning no. 3 yet from the time they sailed from Cebu and arrived in Mindanao, the sea remained calm.

In his 10th dream, Jesus brought Stanley to a beautiful garden. Jesus then fl ew him around the world to see all races of people from different nations.

Stanley’ s 11th dream encounter happened early in the morning when due to the heat, he took off his shirt and sleepily (almost falling asleep) said his 3:00 a.m. prayers . When Jesus appeared. He spoke out loud, “don’t I deserve respect?” Stanley apologized profusely, dressed up and prayed attentively.

No. 12: Marbel , South Cotobato . 3:40 am.. 31 August 94

Please attend Mass • everyday.Please do not let Satan • disintegrate your team.My son, you will witness My • Final Coming.

No. 13: Kabasalan. Zamboanga del Sur, 3:30 a.m., 09 October 94

Pray, pray, the Chaplet .• Don’t worry, your sacrifi ce • will not be for long.I’m with you always.•

No . 14: Tabada , Mambaling. Cebu City. 3:45 a.m., 15 January 95

a. Congratulations! For your team have already saved so many, so many that it enrages Satan so much.

Multiply your effort because the time is coming so fast and so near.

I’m always with you.

No. 15: Davao City . 3: 15 a.m., 14 July 95

I am so happy and satisfi ed, • keep up , the fi eld is ripe and the harvest is ready.Healing needs deep and • constant prayer not in a fl ash at all times.Pray, pray, the Chaplet • unceasingly.I’m with you always.•

No.16. Banmyan Island, Cebu (Benny Mo1a residence), 3.15 am, 26 October 95

My Lord , my God, I love you with all my soul with all my heart and mind.

He smiles.Thank you my Lord my God and

please increase Your Mercy and Compassion to the world my Lord .

My Mercy is immeasurable but still many do not trust in My Mercy. 1 love you my son.

My Lord, my God. So many bring

and entrust their problem to me. Please help.

Just let them pray the Chaplet without ceasing and they will be guided. People who are dishonest, who take advantages of their positions and power, who do not look for the interest of the poor, rarely go to heaven.

He smiles and hugs me. I will be with you always.And He blesses me and He is

gone.

No. 17: Tabada , Mambaling, Cebu City, 3:50 a.m.. 1 April 96

My Lord, my God, so many do not want the convention to be held this year, only Fr. Cris, Sis. Mellie. and my team are in favor. What shall we do?

J: Go on with the gathering and proclaim My Mercy to all souls, the days of the earth is so short now, so the duration of this devotion will soon come to end. The thrust of this convention is “He who saves a soul, saves his own.” And I will keep that promise.

J : I love you my son and thank you for the sincerity you have shown to accomplish your mission.

I’m with you always.He blesses me and He is gone.

No, 18: Tabada.Mambaling,Cebu City,3:10 a.m.., October 4, 1996. (First Friday)

You do not have to worry, • just do your best and I do the rest.He who believes in you • believes in me because it is I who sent you.Blessed are those who take • advantage of My Mercy while it is still the Day of Mercy, but beware the Day of Judgment is sooner than everyone thinks.Give the Chaplet with love • and out of love, without a heavy heart as I have given you all you have now, so it is proper for you to return some of My blessing.Encourage the people to • pray the Chaplet without ceasing. I love you my son.•

And He blesses me and He is gone.

Note: Important messages only.

No. 19: Surigao City (Monico Asane residence).3:05 am.. January 27. 1997

My son, my son, thank you for being always obedient and consistent in doing your mission. But I tell you this, “I’m your strength because this is My own personal crusade to fulfi ll what is written.” Blessed are those who are pure in heart for the gates of heaven are so wide open for them. So, now is the time for them to cleanse and reconcile because of them I am prolonging the time of mercy, but I cannot hold it for long.

I love you my son. He smiles and hugs me. He

blesses me and he is gone.

No. 20: Pann-ay. Prosperi dad . Ag/lsGn del Sur, J:30aJII., August 12, 1997

My Lord. my God. thank you for loving us.

I love you my son, as I have loved all that My Father created.

My Lord, my God. so many are in trouble about the building of the shrine, what shall I do?

My son, my son, build Me a shrine in each and everyone’s heart, I need a living shrine, full of love with a trusting soul. Their trust should be how to save souls in so short a time, not in a lifeless stone.

They can serve me better by promoting my unfathomable mercy to all souls with humility.

Pray, pray, the Chaplet without ceasing , it will be their shield against the enemies.

He smiles and hugs me. He blesses me and He is gone.

No . 21: Cagayan de Oro City (Bro. Ali & Sis. Vicky Baguio res.), 3:15 pm. March 2. 1998

My Lord, my God, thank you for giving me the privilege to serve you and help spread your own personal devotion.

My son, my son, we have commissioned you for this task, and thank you for being faithful in your mission before God. We have called so many, yet so few responded. Attachment to the world hinders their confi dence in Me. Sins of distrust wound Me most painfully, If only they knew how to gather eternal treasures, they will not be judged on Judgment Day.

Please include in your mission the importance of the Sacraments. The signifi cance of this Institution is so much abused and made useless. Pray, pray, the Chaplet and recommend it to all , as the Last Hope of Salvation. I love you my son.

He smiles and hugs me and He is gone.

No. 22: Taytav, Rizal (Bro. Crispin & Jocelyn Misanes res.), 3:00 am.. 19 October 1998

My son, my son, heaven rejoices as your team are leading so many souls to salvation. It consoles My Mother. Keep up , be strong, it won’t be long.

After this, Era of Peace comes, as what is written.

But before it, struggle of great magnitude unseen before , takes place. All the signs are already present.

So now is the time for them to choose between Mercy or Justice. Between Heaven or Hell no other.

As the time comes let them pray the Chaplet and the Rosary unceasingly as their last shield.

To those who propagate My Mercy I promise to be merciful to them as the time comes, but they have to put mercy into action. I love you my son.

He smiles and hugs me and He is gone.

No. 23: Tin Lok Lane, Wan Chai, Hong Kong (Sis. Cora Joya’s fl at).

3: 15 am.. 17 June 1997

My son, my son, thank you for loving your mission. It gives you more strength and stamina to preach the truth ofMy Infi nite Mercy. But man loves so much the world that so many refuse 10 relurn to

1e, and repent for th eir sins. If only they realize how it is to suffer in Hell , th ey will open their ears and listen to Me. They should trust I\ly Mercy and be ashamed of their sins. And I will not remember their sins anymore. They must repent now before it is too late. But my son


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I love you my son. I will be with you always .

He smiles and hugs me,He blesses me and He is gone.

No. 24: Daughters of St. Dominic, Tagaytay Citv, 3:15 a.m., 19 Sept 99

My son, my son , you have been anointed to preach My Mercy and call sinners to repentance, so you have to do My Will and I will work with you.

Yes. my Lord. my God. and thank you my Lord for the wonderful graces and blessing you showered us especialIy to my family.

My son, my son. my generosity knows no limit to those who trust Me. But man become lovers of themselves and preferred the lust of the fl esh , much more than the love of the Living God. As if they want to ignore the existence of Hell.

My Lord. my God, so many claimed receiving messages from Mama Mary yet refuse to be controlled or studied by Your Church.

My son, my son, obedience is more than sacrifi ce.

If you cannot obey those in authority then all your efforts will be put into waste. Spiritual pride lead sso many to perdition. with out even knowing it . So let them pray the Chaplet and the Rosary unceasingly and ask for the gift of discernment for guidance. I love you my son. I will be with you always.

He smiles and hug me. He blesses me and He is gone.

No . 25 : Tabada, Mambaling Cebu Citv, 3:30 am.. 30 June 00 (Feast of the Sacred Heart)

My son , my son. thank you for being always trustful and obedient to the Will of Heaven. And please encourage the faithful to multiply their prayer for my beloved priests, because they are my precious jewel, although some of them cause My’ Heart to bleed .

But still I will bless them abundantly. in time and in eternity. Much more if they stay longer in the confessional.

Because that is where mercy fl ows greater than all the sins committed by any living creature.

So, please exert more effort to proclaim that Satan is real and that Hell really exists. You cannot

serve two masters at the same time. So, now is the time to turn to My Mother and to My Unfathomable Mercy, there is no other choice, time is running out.

I love you my son.He hugs me. He blesses me and

He is gone.

No . 26: St. John the Evangelist, Dublin Ireland . 3:30 a.m.., Julv 3. 2001

My son, My son, thank you for being always faithful to your mission and obedient to the will of heaven. My son if only man would realize the disastrous effect of sin, which wreak havoc suffering and threatens so many souls to damnation they would go back and unite with Me. Souls will never have peace until they turn to the abyss of My Mercy, and it is only through My Mercy that they will fi nd comfort and feel the presence of My Love.

They should not be afraid to go back to Me even if their sins be as plentiful as the stars in the sky. All will be forgiven in the ocean of My Mercy because this devotion is God’s gift to mankind.

All they need is to trust Me.I love you My sonI will always be with you!He hugs me. He blesses me and

He is gone.

No. 27: Tabada Mambaling, Cebu City, 3:/0 a.m., AUgli Sf 22. 2007

My Lord. my God. so many ask me. I pray the chaplet everyday, 1 pray the rosary everyday. I attend mass everyday. but why is my family very far from the Lord. Even if I force them. still they refuse. Even if I force them. still they refuse.

My son, my son, do not force them. Do not force them, because you cannot change a person.

Only God can change a person and only prayers can move God. So, multiply your prayers for the sinners, because the sinners do not pray for themselves anymore. And if you stop praying for them, it is as if you are throwing them to fi re. But if you continue praying for that person before that person dies , he will go back to the Lord ... before that person dies, he will go back to the Lord.

I love you my son. He hugs me He blesses me and He

is gone.

No. 28: Tabada Mambaling Cebu City. 3:30 a.m., Julv 23, 2002

My son, My son, please do not be upset. It is just an acid test. Because satan is so afraid souls will hear about My Unfathomable Mercy. He is so afraid that so many, so man y would immerse in the ocean of My Mercy.

So please go on with the gathering and proclaim My Mercy to all souls. I am not weighing on how successful your mission but on your loyalty to heaven. So, just double your prayers, do your best and I do the rest.

I promise to be there. I will run that convention personally beca

use this is My own personal battle.I love you my son. He blesses me and He is gone.

No. 29: Tabada. Mambating, Cebu City. 3:05 a.m .. October 4. 1002

My son, my son, please proclaim to all souls that now is the time of mercy. Now is the time for you to reconcile with the Lord. J ow is the time for you to reconcile with your family. ow is the time for you to reconcile with everybody, not tomorrow, because when tomorrow comes, that is today. .. when tomorrow comes, that is today. So why wait for tomorrow. You should be ready now.

I love you my son.He hugs me. He blesses me and

He is gone.

No. 30: SF Homes Paranaque City (Roms Residence], 3:30 a.m.,

Julv 14. 2003

My son, My son, thank you for being always obedient. Heaven is very happy with your mission .They please My Heart and My Mother’s. We can see your sincerity to serve and save souls. So I not only work with you, but I work in you. Please do more to help strengthen My Church, beca use so many are just playing with the Sacraments . How can they love Me if at the same tim e hurts Me?

They should realize that a sin is a sin. No compromise, no double standard. They should and must correct their lives now, before it would be too late. The door of Mercy won’t be for long...

I love you My son.He blessed me and He was gone.

No. 31: Shizuoka-Ken, Ki nkueawa-Sni Narano. Japan (Bro. Tovoaki &: Sis. Remy Suzuki. Residence s, 3:15 a.m .. February 22. 2005

My Lord. my God. thank you for being always merciful. But my Lord. my God. why it is so hard to sell your devotion’ So many can’t just accept your Mercy. And even some commented. “It is just too good to be true .” And it hurts me very much every time I hear it.

My son, My son, just go on proclaiming My Mercy. Time is so ripe, it wont be long. They can refuse or reject My Mercy, but I assure you, nobody, nobody, can escape my justice. So, please persevere .. . I Love You my son.

He blesses me. He hugs me and He is gone.

No. 32: Banette Stunohara. Adactu-Ku, Umejma3·28·4, Rm. 103. Tokyo, 3:15 a.m , September 02. 2006

My son, my son, please tell your Japan team, “thank you very very much for helping spread My own personal devotion .” It leads so man y souls back to salvation.

Heaven is so happy.. .So, I promise to be merciful to them when the time comes...As I said before. “He who saves a soul , saves his own.”

Please beg them to persevere. Time is so short now.

I love you my son. He hugs me. He blesses meand He is gone.

No. 33: Place: Bro . Paul/Sis Tricia Roxas . SF Paranaque 3:33 am., December 5. 2007

My Lord My God. it is a privilege and an honor to serve you.

My son, my son, you have been chosen to help clear the way. You are the walking icon of God’s mercy for the world . Because after mercy I will rule as a King. But I am a just judge. So, please persevere. It won’t be long. I love you my son.

He embraces me. He blesses me and He is gone.

No. 34: Place : Charles and Marita Morgan Residence. 810 Schirra Drive. Oradell, New Jersey 07649. 3:45 a.m., March 8, 2009

My Lord My God. so many are begging me to ask you what is the difference between the healing mass and an ordinary mass?

“My son, my son all masses are the same because I am really present in all masses celebrated in the world. And what you receive during holy communion is My real Body and Blood not just an ordinary bread. But healing starts at the confessional. So please encourage the faithful to go back to the sacrament of confession. Because I Myself act on the soul. I am just waiting for you there. So please persevere. I love you my son.”

He embraces me. He blesses me. and He is gone.

No. 35: Bro. Reuben / Sis Tanya Ortiz. 11608 Arroyo De Visla, NE. Albuquerque. New Mexico 87111 USA. 3:15 a.m. March 2, 2010

My son, My son, thank you very much for your unwavering efforts to spread My unfathomable mercy. It lead so many lost souls back to salvation.

Heaven is rejoicing. But please encourage the faithful to give more respect to the sacrament.

And be modest when they enter My church because inside the church they don’t please the eyes of men but the eyes of God. If they believe that I am God then they should trust Me.

And congratulation my son. Today is your 17th year when I called you.

I love you My son and always be assured I work in you.

He embraces me. He blesses me. And He is gone.

No. 36: Bro Bernard / Sis Theresa Tan. 211/3-13 Orchard Ave. Breakfast Point Sydney. Australia . 3:30 AM. August 13. 2010

My Lord . My God. why some of your workers can’t spread mercy without returns?

My son, My son , they should have help spread mercy to all souls with love and out of love without asking for return. As I have given them all they have now, so it is proper for them to return some of my blessings. If only they knew how to gather eternal treasures, they will not be judge on judgement day. Blessed are those who are pure in heart for the gates of heaven are so wide open for them.

So, please persevere. I love you My son. I’m with you always.

He smiles and hugs me. He blesses me and He is gone.

Internal Locution:

On the day brother Stanley came to One Heart Family he received internal locution from Jesus on

February 8. 2003 at 3:30 a.m.

My Lord, my God. why some of your workers fi nd it hard to put mercy into practice?

Jesus said: “My son, my son, spiritual pride

lead so many souls to damnation with out even knowing it. So please encourage them to proclaim My mercy with utmost humility, so they can obtain greatness in the eyes of God, not of the world .”

(to be continued)

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people live. Largely ignored by the outside world, this confl ict has re-sulted in the death, in recent decades of 150,000 people, displaced two million and inhibited what could be huge investment in the southern part of the islands which is rich in deposits of oil, gas and minerals. It is actually the second oldest confl ict on earth after North/South Sudan.

Faith-based programsHence the need for, and the impor-

tance of faith-based programs that promote peaceful coexistence. Of course, here, as in all such situations there are a myriad of political and territorial issues that complicate. However, here also, we cannot hope to establish peace without accepting that religion is part of the problem and therefore must become part of the solution. To its great credit the government is prepared to recognize this and help make it happen.

The TBFF will be working closely with the government on two levels. In the fi rst place, we will be working with the Department of Education to bring our “Face to Faith” program into Filipino public schools. This program will provide the next gen-eration of Filipino leaders with the opportunity to learn essential com-munication skills while also gaining greater understanding of inter-faith dialogue and the role of religion in the world. Second, we will work with the Commission for Higher Education, the Offi ce of the Peace Process and a consortium of univer-sities in our “Faith & Globalization Initiative,” which gives university students from around the world the opportunity to learn more about religion’s complex relationship with the forces of globalization.

Pervasive and complexFrom this example, we can see a

wider truth about the way we live and work today. The role of religion in today’s world can be described in two words: Pervasive and complex.

Religion extends its infl uence over a myriad of aspects of our daily lives in the globalized 21st century, whether or not we have religious faith ourselves. Religion can claim responsibility for some of the most profoundly positive and important events and movements the world has ever known. Yet it has also been associated with some of the most heinous and horrible crimes against humanity.

Unstoppable forceGlobalization is an unstoppable

force, driven partly by technology and partly by people. Its impact is to thrust people online and physically together through mass travel and mi-gration. So today people are aware of, mix with and compete with those of a different faith. There are then two responses. One is to make sense of this interaction by establishing ways and means of living together, learning from each other and coex-isting in mutual respect.

The other is to react against the changes such a process brings and use religious faith as a badge of identity in opposition to those of another faith. The world over, this struggle is being played out. There is a risk that extremism grows un-checked except by security methods whereas what is needed is a combi-nation of hard and soft power. But the other side effect is that faith itself is discredited, seen as the cause of the world’s problems not a vital civilizing force for its future.

This would be sad; because the single most compelling fact about faith and the reason those of faith are still growing in numbers not diminishing, is that amongst all the potential for confl ict, it still does immense good for the people of this world, in caring for them, support-ing them when weak and counsel-ing them when strong. This, not the extremism is the true Face of Faith.

Tony Blair is the founder and pa-tron of the Tony Blair Faith Founda-tion (www.tonyblairfaithfoundation.org).


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from the Gibson Guitar Company in Nashville for “Best Concert Elvis.” He was named the “World’s Greatest

Elvis” by 6.5-million international viewers on BBC1 TV in the United Kingdom. He also portrayed Elvis in the hit mini-series “Shake, Rattle and Roll” which aired on CBS and VH1.

For the past two years Shawn began headlining at the Las Vegas Hilton in the EPE show called “The Las Vegas Elvis Fest (Heart of the King)”. At the 2011 event, Shawn was named as the “Heart of the King” Worldwide Ambassador of Elvis. This show promises to be a top draw in Vegas, just like Elvis’ sold-out concerts at the then named International Hotel.

Shawn has released 3 CD’s and a CD single. He has performed with

Elvis’ closest friends, musicians, and singers such as JD Sumner, the Stamps Quartet, The Jordanaires, The Imperials, DJ Fontana, Charlie Hodge, Jerry Scheff, The Sweet Inspi-rations, Joe Guercio, Jerry Schilling, and Joe Esposito.

Cody Slaughter is the youngest trib-ute artist ever to win the title of “Ul-timate ETA World Champion.” Only 20, he has accomplished what people twice his age can only dream of! Charismatic and good-looking, Cody has the looks, the moves, the voice, and the showmanship of the young Elvis. His passion for excellence has earned him the title of “the best of the best!”

Cody is in his element as a “young Elvis.” He looks so much like his idol that according to some, he is the young Elvis shown in the billboards advertising Graceland. He has that stunning resemblance to the king! And he was not even born yet in 1977 – the year that our loved “Entertainer of the Century” left the narrow bonds of earth to touch the face of God!

This talented young man began his entertainment career at the age of 13. Born and raised in Harrison, Arkan-sas – gateway to the Buffalo National River and the beautiful Ozark Moun-tains – Cody’s true passion for Elvis’ music has directed his career path.

Cody landed multiple performances in many theaters in Branson, Mis-souri and in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. He was the headliner at the 1,000-seat resort complex “The Tennessee Shindig”, where he performed for a year when he was just 17. He also appeared in MTV’s “My Super Sweet 16” in 2008, and has been performing at special events, corporate functions, and entertainment venues throughout the United States.

Some of Cody’s accomplishments include: winning “The People’s Choice Award” at the “Images of the King” contest during the 2008 Elvis Week; placing 3rd in the “Images of the King Contest” in August 2009; 2nd place winner of the Ultimate ETA Contest in Tupelo, Mississippi, in June 2010; and 1st place winner of the Memphis Hard Rock Ultimate ETA Contest in 2010. Cody turned 20 on the day he won the Tupelo Elvis Fest.

Cody also performed as one of the Elvis tribute artists in the “Mil-lion Dollar Quartet” which toured the country in the last few months of 2011. Now this young performer belongs to that elite group – the top Elvis Tribute Artists in the world.

Cody says, “My greatest joy is when I am paying tribute to Elvis and his music in keeping his memory alive.”

This incredible concert and celebra-tion will give fans the opportunity to see the best of the best performing the entire aspect of Elvis’ music along with special guests throughout Elvis’ career. -zsb

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the canine alerted. The CBP agriculture specialist discovered that inside the ice chest, underneath the seafood, was about ten pounds of raw bird carcasses. CBP agriculture specialists seized the car-casses, which were incinerated on site, and assessed the driver a $300 penalty for failing to declare the prohibited items. Raw avian products can be a host of foreign animal diseases, such as exotic Newcastle disease, that can be contagious and fatal to poultry. Transporting these products from Mexico is prohibited by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and enforced at the border by CBP. At about 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday, March 6, a 71-year-old male legal permanent resident of the U.S. arrived on foot to the Otay Mesa passenger port of entry. As part of his inspection, CBP agriculture specialists had the man submit the package he was traveling with, a milk crate full of food items, for an x-ray inspection. During the x-ray, the CBP agriculture specialist noticed several anomalies and decided to physically inspect the crate and its con-tents. The agriculture specialist found 57 mangoes hidden inside the crate beneath layers of cheese and papers. Agricul-ture specialists seized the mangoes and inspected them before destroying them, and issued the man a $300 civil penalty for failing to declare the prohibited items. Mangoes from Mexico are pro-hibited from being brought by travelers because they are hosts for exotic fruit fl ies, like the Mexican fruit fl y.

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by Joe Son

Sibling rivalry is a type of competi-tion among children, blood-related or not. As a retired grandparent, I thought, everything goes well after raising my two kids, Jeff and Johanna, until they got married and raised a family of their own. I was wrong. As an average-income family in the Philippines where I raised them, I believed, my wife Linda and I treated these kids fairly and gave them all the attention they deserve because there were no rivalry between them when they were growing up, but now, doing my apostolate with my four grandkids, I believed you can call me now an expert or may be just a specialist on this subject.

Siblings generally spend more time together during childhood than they do with parents. The sibling bond is often complicated and is infl uenced by factors such as parental treatment, birth order, personality, and people and experiences outside the family. As I noted, sibling sibling rivalry is particularly intense when children ar very close in age and of the same gender, especially where one child is intellectually gifted, as in the case of my two grand-daughters, Joshelle, 8 yrs. old and Joshleen, 6 yrs. old. My grandson, John, now a14-yr.

old and another grand-daughter now 10-year old, at their age, may also have a slight rivalry but not as intense than my younger grandkids.

However, according to some behav-ioral studies made public by the real experts, children are sensitive from the age of one year to differences in parental treatment. From 18 months on siblings can understand family rules and know how to comfort and be kindd to each other. By 3 years old, childdren have sophisticated grasp of social rules, can evaluate themselves in relation to their siblings, and know how to adapt to circumstances within the family.

Sibling rivalry often continues throughout childhood and can be very frustrating and stressful to parents. Fighting with siblings as a way to get parental attention may increase in adolescence and may even continue into adulthood and sibling relationships can change dramatically over the years. Sib-ling rivalry may also trigger an isolated but serious rivalry sometimes straining relationships between parent-in-laws and son-in-law or daughter-in-law. This

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BY VIVIEN STEWART, ASIA SOCIETY | 3/14/2012 -- Hundreds of reforms are introduced into American school systems every year. Unfortunately, most fail to achieve the substantial im-provements that their advo-cates hoped for and, overall,

U.S. educational perfor-mance has been fl at for the

past 20 years.We now

know that a number of other coun-tries — pri-marily Asian nations — have gotten a lot better than the U.S., accelerat-ing educa-

tional improvement in a short time and on a large scale. Their success in improving hundreds of schools is inspiring. But what exactly has enabled them to raise their game and become global high perform-ers? And are there lessons for U.S. schools?

My new book, A World-Class Education: Lessons from Interna-tional Models of Excellence and Innovation, tells the stories of fi ve very different systems: Australia, Canada, China (Shanghai), Finland and Singapore. Despite differences in policy details and practices, as well as in the cultural contexts and political systems in these countries, there are clearly some common driv-ers of success.

Here are the fi ve big lessons from some of the world’s top-performing systems:

1. Long-Term Vision

The political leaders of countries

with high-performing education systems share a conviction about the centrality of education to their dreams for their society: To raise people from poverty, achieve greater equality, develop a well-functioning multi-cultural society and, certainly, create a thriving economy and a growing number of good jobs.

Each of these systems has a long-term vision for how education can achieve this, which is widely shared in-side and outside the education system. In Singapore, for example, the vision helped to propel their economy from third world to fi rst; China’s 2020 vision was developed with online input from millions of people and includes universal high school graduation and world-class universities; Alberta asked all its citizens to contribute to a dialog on what the educated Albertan of 2030 should look like; Finland’s vi-sion was to become a modern society and economy, free from domination by larger powers.

2. Sustained Leadership

Major reforms are often triggered by an economic, social, or political crisis and may be led by a single strong leader. Such reform efforts can bring about signifi cant improve-ment within a three- to fi ve-year period, but substantial changes in performance or closing achieve-ment gaps on a large scale require a longer time frame than most political

cycles. Therefore high leadership turnover is a fundamental barrier to sustaining change.

Understanding this, the premier of Ontario regularly brought together all the key stakeholders — teach-ers, parents, business, students — to get buy-in, iron out problems as

they arose, and maintain sustained support for Ontario’s reforms over a period of many years.

U.S. states and districts could likewise bring together a group of key stakeholders to defi ne a vision for what the educated American should look like in 2030 and to build momentum towards this vision through political cycles and leader-ship turnover.

3. Ambitious StandardsCountries that excel set ambitious,

universal, and clear standards for all their students, typically at the national or state/provincial level. The fundamental problem with lo-cally set standards is that they lead to wildly varying expectations of

performance and lower achievement overall.

More countries are now creating com-mon standards across all jurisdictions. In the United States, the Common Core State Standards are follow-ing international best practice in establish-ing fewer, clearer, and higher standards in some academic areas, but high-performing systems have standards in all subjects to avoid narrowing the curricu-lum.

4. Commitment to Equity

Leaders in every country proclaim their commitment to equity, but successful educa-tion systems focus on achieving equity in a strong and deliberate way.

The U.S.’s mediocre performance on inter-national assessments is due in part to the large percentage of students scoring at or below

basic levels.High-performing systems use a

variety of approaches to minimize

Five Things U.S. Schools Can Learn from the Rest of the Worldthe impact of social background on student achievement. These include system wide policies like equitable funding, having common high expectations for all students, and en-suring high-quality teachers in every school. They also include classroom-level interventions like focused early literacy and math support and a variety of family and community supports outside of school.

These policies don’t eliminate the gap between the children of par-ents with widely varying education levels, but they do signifi cantly level the playing fi eld to create a society that is open to talent from wherever it may come.

5. High-Quality Teachers and School Leaders

Vision, leadership, high standards, and commitment to equity are cru-cial starting points, but unless they affect teaching and learning in the classroom, they won’t bring about signifi cant change.

There is broad agreement among high-performing and rapidly improv-ing countries that no matter what re-form strategy they are pursuing, the quality of an education system rests on the quality of its teachers. These systems adopt policies to attract, prepare, support, reward, retain, and advance high-quality teachers.

In general, high-performing sys-tems put the energy up front in re-cruiting and supporting high-quality teachers rather than on the back end of reducing attrition and fi ring weak teachers.

All countries face challenges in adapting their education systems to the vast transformations taking place around the world. No nation has a monopoly on excellence.

None of these lessons is rocket science and many of these elements can indeed be found in districts and states around the United States, but rarely all of them together. Many of the high-performing countries have, in fact, studied the peaks of Ameri-can research and innovation and then adapted them, often more systemati-cally, to their own systems.

The United States is a very resourceful country. If it combines its own assets with the world’s best practices, it could indeed develop a world-class education system for American children and grandchil-dren.

THE 2012 INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT ON THE TEACHING PROFESSION will be held March 14-15 in New York City. Asia Society is proud to partner on this event along with the U.S. Depart-ment of Education, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Devel-opment (OECD), Education Interna-tional (EI) the global federation of teacher unions, American Federation of Teachers (AFT), Council of Chief State School Offi cers (CCSSO), Na-tional Education Association (NEA), and public broadcaster WNET. The summit will be hosted by U.S. Sec-retary of Education Arne Duncan. A report on the summit, written by Vivien Stewart of the Asia Society, is forthcoming. You can watch live webcasts of the summit here.

Vivien Stewart is Senior Advisor to Asia Society. She promotes interna-tional studies and language learning in schools, and convenes U.S. and Asian education leaders around critical issues. Follow Asia Society on Twitter at @AsiaSocietyPGL

Link: http://asiasociety.org/blog/asia/fi ve-things-us-schools-can-learn-rest-world

Good News Pilipinas | New York, 3/10/2012 -- The International Monetary Fund praised the Philippines for sound monetary and fi scal policies, while saying the central bank could let the peso rise further if needed in response to capital infl ows.

“Prudent policies…have under-pinned a strong recovery and supported confi dence,” the IMF said in its annual Article IV report on the Philippines, released Tuesday in Asia.

“The outlook for the near term is broadly favorable, but subject to signifi -cant external risks,” the lender said. “In this context, the key policy challenge is to safeguard macroeconomic stabil-ity while building the foundations for stronger and more inclusive growth over the medium term.”

The National Statistics Offi ce said Tuesday that infl ation decelerated to a 29-month low in February, as price increases in food, beverages and most

WSJ Report: IMF praises the Philippines economic policiesother commodities moderated,

The consumer-price index, the country’s main infl ation barometer, rose 2.7% in February from a year earlier, its slowest pace since September 2009, when infl ation stood at 2.2%. Annual infl ation in January was revised up to 4.0% from the initial estimate of 3.9%, and was 4.7% in February last year.

The central bank projected infl ation in February settling within the 2.7%-3.6% range, while the median forecast of 10 economists polled by Dow Jones Newswires tipped the annual increase in the CPI at 3.3%.

Despite the easing infl ation, econo-mists doubt the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas will lower policy rates further, given the two 0.25 percentage point rate cuts it has implemented this year and the three-percentage-point reduction in banks’ reserve requirement effective next month.

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propriately supportive” of the economy, the IMF said in its report, with infl a-tion “fi rmly in the middle of the target range,” while fi scal policy is “appropri-ately focused” on supporting growth in the near term while curbing the budget defi cit over the medium term.

The lender expressed support for the Philippine central bank’s policy of “allowing orderly adjustments of the ex-change rate to market pressures.” It said, however, that the bank has “scope for further fl exibility of the exchange rate in response to sustained infl ows” and could draw down its ample foreign reserves, suggesting Manila could intervene less to curb rises in the peso when investors pile into Philippine assets.

The IMF said the report was based on discussions with the Philippines that ended Dec. 13.(Story courtesy of Wil-liam Mallard of the Wall Street Journal)



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The teacher said, "Let's begin by reviewing some American History.

Who said 'Give me Liberty , or give me Death'?"

She saw a sea of blank faces, except for Little Hodiaki a bright foreign exchange student from Japan , who had his hand up: 'Patrick Henry, 1775' he said.

'Very good!'

Who said, 'Government of the Peo-ple, by the People, for the People, shall not perish from the Earth?'

Again, no response except from Little Hodiaki, 'Abraham Lincoln, 1863'..

'Excellent!', said the teacher continuing, 'let's try one a bit more diffi cult...'

Who said, 'Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country?'

Once again, Hodiaki's was the only hand in the air and he said;

'John F. Kennedy, 1961'.

The teacher snapped at the class, 'Class, you should be ashamed of yourselves, little Hodiaki isn't from this country and he knows more about our history than you do.'

She heard a loud whisper: 'F' the Japs,'

'Who said that? I want to know

right now!' she angrily demanded.

Little Hodiaki put his hand up, 'General MacArthur, 1945.'

At that point, a student in the back said, 'I'm gonna puke.'

The teacher glares around and asks, 'All right!!! Now who said that!?'

Again, Little Hodiaki says, 'George Bush to the Japanese Prime Minister, 1991.'

Now furious, another student yells, 'Oh yeah? S**k this!'

Little Hodiaki jumps out of his chair waving his hand and shouts to the teacher, 'Bill Clinton, to Monica Lewinsky, 1997!'

Now with almost mob hysteria someone said, 'You little shit. If you say anything else, I'll kill you.'

Little Hodiaki frantically yells at the top of his voice, 'Michael Jack-son to the child witnesses testifying against him, 2004.'

The teacher fainted.

As the class gathered around the teacher on the fl oor, someone said, 'Oh s**t, We're Screwed!'

Little Hodiaki said quietly, 'the American people, November 4, 2008.

Before middle age – Do not fear!

After middle age – Do not regret!

Enjoy Your Life While You Can

Do not wait till you cannot even walk just to be sorry and to regret.

As long as it is physically possible, visit places you wish to visit.

When there is an oppor-tunity, get together with old classmates, old colleagues & old friends.

The gather-ing is not just about eating; it’s just that there is not much time left.

Money kept in the banks may not be really yours.

When it is time to spend, just spend, & treat yourself well as you’re getting old.

Whatever you feel like eating, just eat! It is most important to be happy.

Food which are good for health – eat often and more - but that is not everything.

Things which are not good for health – eat less but once in a while do not abstain from them totally.

Treat sickness with optimism. Whether you are poor or rich,

Everyone has to go through the birth, aging, sickness and death.

There is no exception, that’s life.

Do not be afraid or worried when you are sick.

Settle all the outstanding issues before hand and you will be able to leave without regret.

Let the doctors handle your body,

God handles your life & loves you, but be in charge of your own moods.

If worries can cure your sickness, then go ahead and worry.

If worries can prolong your life, then go ahead and worry.

If worries can exchange for hap-piness, then go ahead and worry.

Our kids will make their own fortune.

Look After Four Old Treasures

1. Your old body – pay more at-tention to health, you can only rely on yourself on this.

2. Retirement funds – money that you have earned, it is best to keep them yourself.

3. Your old companion – trea-sure every moment with your other half, one of you will leave fi rst.

4. Your old friends – seize every opportunities to meet up with your friends. Such opportunities will become rare as time goes by.

WITH FRIENDS, EVERYDAY YOU MUST LAUGH, DANCE & BE HAPPY !!!

Running water does not fl ow back.

So is life, make it happy!

ENJOY EVERY MOMENT OF YOUR LIFE

The Secrets of Old Age

by James Robison, 3/2/2012

For too long those who profess to have faith in the living God and claim to be-lieve marriage, family, and freedom are important have hidden the light of truth under the covering of personal comfort, compromise, and unfruitful conformity. Now is the time to raise high the standard of liberating truth while standing together as one with the Father and other believers who love God in order to truly become the shining city on the hill that cannot and must not be hidden. INDIVIS-IBLE is our attempt to inspire all people of faith to fi nd common ground for our common concerns. Together we can help correct our nation’s perilous course.

In its fi rst week of release, INDIVIS-IBLE reached #1 on both Amazon.com and BarnesandNo-ble.com (non-fi ction). We were informed this week that it will be listed #5 on the New York Times non-fi ction bestseller list to be posted March 11. To God be the glory!

With gratitude we share the follow-ing review from Ken Hagerty, Vice President, Policy for Renewing American Leadership (ReAL) and ReAL Action in Washington, D.C.

This is a book we’ve needed for a long time. Other conservative books provide useful analyses of various social and fi s-cal issues facing our country. This is the book that combines that information with a unique understanding and explanation of the crucial spiritual dimension.

Indivisible offers a unique fusion of Evangelical and Catholic scholarship in theology, culture, economics, science and history on a range of the most pressing issues in America today. This is the book that will equip pastors and priests to speak out knowledgably and effectively on the issues that are threatening our society. It will also arm lay church mem-bers to help educate their own clergy and to encourage them to provide the leadership we need to restore our Judeo-Christian values in this country.

High quality research and reasoning, combined with clear writing make this book unusually valuable. Indivisible ana-lyzes and explains a host of the most ur-gent social, political and economic issues facing this country, yet it’s still accessible and easy to read. Those of us who try to write about these topics understand what a rare achievement that is. If Friedrich Hayek had been able to present his views this clearly, it could have changed his-tory. But this book pulls together much of what we’ve learned in science, econom-ics and culture since Hayek’s time.

The thesis is that there is no way to separate so-called “fi scal” issues, from so-called “social” issues, and we shouldn’t try. You can’t have free markets without free men. Economics should serve human freedom in all its dimensions—political, social, physical, spiritual. Our freedom, in other words is indivisible. (p. 211)

This is exactly the worldview that informed the American founders and al-lowed them to create the greatest charter of government for a free people in world history.

Now, after more than a century of progressive education, our political dis-course has become so secular that a high percentage of our fellow citizens have no understanding of the relevance of the Judeo-Christian worldview to their lives. Indivisible offers a series of principles that explain the political relevance of our moral values. Two examples really struck home for me.

First, I was surprised by the power and simplicity of the principle that God wants us to be free. I had never recognized that our free will refl ects the fact that God intends for mankind to be free. “God valued our freedom so much that he has given us the power to reject him. And we did… But God has also revealed ways for societies to restrain evil and achieve some measure of freedom. In free societ-ies the government both protects and submits to the rule of law…Free societies protect private property. They allow their citizens to participate in the political process, to make basic economic choices, and to freely exercise their religious faith. These freedoms are indivisible. (p. 319)

Second, I have wondered all my life why and how the secular progressives and socialists can possibly continue to assert, and base their policies on the inherent goodness of man, when all of history, and especially the hideous record of the twentieth century demonstrate that the opposite is irrefutably the case. Well,

now I fi nally understand.The myopia of the secular progressives

is caused by the simple and profound fact that they reject the concept of sin. I now recognize that the evil and selfi shness of men simply does not enter into their calculations. In the absence of human sin, all their faith in the state, and their totali-tarian ideas, make a lot more sense—but not in the real world. In the real world, the consequences of those ideas are the ones honest people see in the coercive

“peoples’ paradises” around the world—and yet the progressives and social-ists stubbornly refuse to acknowledge the horrors that inevitably fl ow from their utopian fi xations.

The reason I haven’t confronted this simple, but totally foundational explana-tion before, is that we’ve all adopted secular conventions pushed by the progressives to such an extent that our “political science” and even our conservative media no longer acknowledge funda-mental principles like human

sin. Sin is something in the “religious” realm, and we reserve that for Sundays.

But once again the American found-ers knew better. The reality of sin was clear to them. Sin explains the need for limited government, for the separation of powers and for checks and balances. (p. 316) In James Madison’s famous words: “If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be neces-sary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great diffi culty lies in this: You must fi rst enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself. (p. 25)

Yet this is an optimistic book. The au-thors offer hope for restoration and trans-formation for America in our politics, our economy and certainly in the spiritual life of our people. They point out that almost all American politicians still profess some version of Judeo-Christianity today. That shows that faith is not marginalized in this country. (p. 167)

They document the dramatic accelera-tion of technological innovation that is underway, and explain its implications. (p. 268) The authors refute the doomsay-ers who have been falsely predicting the starvation and impoverishment of the world for two hundred years by pointing out that the fi nite amount of anything in nature is less important than the ingenu-ity we put into new ways to access and exploit it. The Stone Age didn’t come to an end because we ran out of stones. And the oil age will end, but not because we ran out of oil. (p. 301) We create resources. (298) Man, not matter, is the ultimate resource. (p. 304)

But the transformation they say is possible can only occur if people of faith will stand up and return our nation to its founding values. As the great German pastor, theologian and martyr, Dietrich Bonhoeffer said: “Not to stand is to stand. Not to speak is to speak.”(p. 7)

My only quibble with this outstand-ing book is for abbreviating one of the greatest quotes in the pantheon of liberty, a powerful and prophetic statement by Edmund Burke, which summarizes so much of what the book is about. The fi rst edition of Indivisible uses only the fi rst of Burke’s four sentence statement. (p.31) That’s worth fi xing in the next editions. [To this suggestion both James and Jay say “Amen!” We agree.] Here is Edmund Burke’s complete statement:

“Men are qualifi ed for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains on their own appetites...Society cannot exist unless a control-ling power upon the will and appetite is placed somewhere; and the less of it there is within, the more there must be without. It is ordained in the eternal con-stitution of things that men of intemper-ate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters.” [How true. Meditate a moment on Burke’s statement.]

This review is typical of the encour-aging feedback coming to us. Get your copy of INDIVISIBLE today. Read it and discover how you can make a difference in your home, community and nation!

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The Filipino’s physical superiority is not only seen through the power of the world’s best pound-for-pound boxer but in the pulchritude of our women, the progeny of racial diver-sity and intermarriages; and not only in the fi eld of sports competitions or beauty pageants, but in the sinews of our workers.

His Heart and Soul, his Mind, Spirit and Strength must be what combine to give the Filipino leader his unique qualities suitable for helping to lead the world. The best Filipino leaders understand that ultimately, “Leadership is Disciple-ship” and this perhaps is the brand of Filipino leadership that the global village needs.

see myself as needing your hectoring to pass this test.” And goading the unshod, or rubber-sandaled, masa to sugod-sugod Malacañang, and defying the authorities to arrest her afterward, gun on table, only to turn to the other side faster than you can say “Brenda,” is not a sign of ethical behavior, let alone a sane one.

Indeed, the way Santiago ha-

rangued Banal, if not Aguirre, would already have shown the stuff she’s made of: “You and I and all UP law graduates virtually pursue the same career path after graduation—we try and get the highest salary we can get.” I wonder what the other UP graduates, of law or not, would have to say to that. But that she did, that she keeps doing, turning to the high-est bidder faster than the speed of her mouth. It’s the story of her life. Her post in an international juridical body, which has made her even more insufferable than she already is, is

not a measure of her ability to show a mastery of the law, it is a measure of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s ca-pacity to reward slavish behavior.

But even if Santiago were an ex-

emplar of law or a paragon of ethical behavior, it still would not justify the kinds of eruptions she is now rou-tinely given to at the slightest provo-cation, or at the slightest sight of the prosecution, which—to her—are one and the same thing. It’s not merely that you have to wonder how she’ll comport herself in the international court, the thought alone is enough to make you cringe. It’s also that you know there are exemplars of law and paragons of ethical behavior who do not do what she does. Which is why they are exemplars of law and paragons of ethical behavior in the fi rst place.

Ka Pepe Diokno was such a one, topping the bar exams (and the ac-counting exams at the same time) but forswearing the career path of trying to get the highest salary a lawyer could get and embracing instead the career path of getting the lowest pay, if not nothing at all, for the highest good of serving the weak and powerless. He was not given to arrogance, he was given to humility. For good reason: Arrogance is not feistiness, it is bad manners. Humil-ity is not weakness, it is strength.

Before she was through with Aguirre last week, Santiago went on to rant about the prosecution as a whole: “Ang yayabang niyo! Mga gago naman (kayo)!” What can one say?

A perfect summation, of one so

deserving of contempt.

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relief, reconstruction and rebuild-ing,” Ochoa said.

He reiterated Mr. Aquino’s “pledge” during his offi cial visit to Japan a few months after the quake that the country was ready “to ex-tend assistance.”

Ochoa expressed hope that the funds donated by Mr. Aquino to Ishinomaki had helped the local gov-ernment and public facilities there.

Noting how both Manila and Tokyo were vulnerable to natural disasters, Ochoa thanked Japan through its overseas development assistance (ODA) which had helped the country in putting up disaster readiness and response programs.

Doppler radarThrough Japan’s ODA, the Philip-

pines has improved its disaster prevention and response capabilities through its Doppler radar and fl ood warning systems, emergency shel-ters and river channel-improvement projects, Ochoa said.

The executive secretary said the government would inaugurate next month a new radar station in Cat-anduanes, courtesy of funding from the Japan International Cooperation Agency.

The radar station will “substantial-ly improve” the accuracy of weather forecasts and will therefore, enable authorities to provide early warning to people, he said.

Ochoa expressed hope that the two countries would be able to sustain their cooperation when it came to disaster management.

Cleaner, saferEnvironment groups said the

disaster in Fukushima should remind governments to pursue a cleaner and safer form of energy.

Greenpeace, in a report, said Fuku-

shima became a bigger disaster not because of the forces of nature, but because of the past and tragic predis-position of industry and government regulators to secure the interests of the nuclear industry, instead of ensuring public welfare and safety.

Greenpeace is calling for a global phaseout of nuclear power by 2035.

It warned that such a disaster could happen at any nuclear plant in the world, noting that major meltdowns had taken place every decade for the past 50 years.

pendently verifi ed by the accounting fi rm of Ernst and Young.

“We always take pride in high-lighting the robust growth of Asian American–owned companies over the years—yet another indicator that through innovation, hard work and ingenuity, Asian Americans are at the forefront as engines of growth and resurgence in our national economy,” said Susan Au Allen, USPAACC National President & CEO.

Last year, over $3.8 billion sales and up to 500 percent growth rate were generated by USPAACC’s Fast 50 Asian American Businesses. They represented a wide range of industries nationwide — supply chain manage-ment, healthcare, professional staff-ing, food wholesale, IT, environmen-tal, green energy, media, etc. — in eight ethnic groups: Chinese, Filipino, Indian, Japanese, Korean, Malaysian, Taiwanese and Vietnamese.

The fi nal ranking will be offi cially revealed at the black-tie Excellence Awards Gala & Dinner during US-PAACC’s fl agship event, CelebrAsian Business Opportunity Conference, the only national Pan Asian Ameri-can business conference in the U.S., on June 4 – 6, 2012 at the Marriott Bethesda North Hotel & Conference Center in Bethesda, Maryland.

CelebrAsian 2012 will feature unique programs to help businesses of all sizes thrive in today’s global economy—including USPAACC’s signature pre-scheduled one-on-one business matchmaking meetings between suppliers and buyers from Fortune Corporations and Govern-ment Agencies.

Kyle McSlarrow, President of Comcast/NBC Universal and Ravi Saligram, CEO of Offi ceMax, are this year’s Conference Co-Chairs. Mar-riott International, PepsiCo, and Wells Fargo are the Corporate Co-Chairs.

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Founded in 1984 as a non-profi t and non-partisan organization,

USPAACC (http://www.uspaacc.com) is the single unifi ed voice for equal opportunity for Asian American businesses. USPAACC promotes and propels economic growth by opening doors to business, educational and professional opportunities for Asian Americans and their business partners in corporate America, government at the federal, state and local levels, and the small and minority business com-munity. For over 25 years, USPAACC has served and will continue to serve as the gateway to large corporate and government contracts, top-caliber Asian American and small and minor-ity suppliers, key information about Asian Americans and business oppor-tunities in the dynamic Asia-Pacifi c market.

Event Contacts: Janice Tu, US-PAACC, 202-378-1130, [email protected]; Mihyun Yun, 202-378-1133 [email protected]

he purchased in Cash a property worth P14,500,000 and still main-tained P2,500,000 in Cash and Investments. Again, even if all the salaries and allowances were used, they would not be enough.

There are actually more examples but I will wait for the cross-ex-amination of Ms. Bayuga by the prosecution and for other defense witnesses to be presented.

The property testifi ed to by the cousin of CJ Corona is just ONE property. There are several more that need explaining. He has to recruit more cousins to show a similar pattern but hopefully without the discrepancies. Something similar would show a pattern that does not bode well for a Chief Justice.

In defense of the crown (Corona), a Knight not unlike Sir Galahad who has a heart of gold is wished.

Being in the other side of Sister Flory, that would be hard to envi-sion.

type of rivalry between in-laws may be caused by close-bonding by siblings and parent-in-laws against the real parents which may heal over a period of time, especially during an illness of one of the in-laws.

As a grandparent treating these guys fairly is tough enough and very chal-lenging, I always refuse to compare my grandkids, instead I teach them positive ways to get attention from each other and from their parent, planning fun fam-ily activities together, and making sure each child has enough time and space of their own. I have to show to them that I am giving them individual attention , encourage teamwork, refuse to hold up one child as a role model for the others, and avoid favoritism. If I buy them toy or dress, it should be the same style with different colors or their own choice, so no one can claim that she has better than her sister’s.

The easiest way I did to let my grandkids know how they are important to me, is to spend time alone with him or her. It doesn’t really matter what I do. Just make sure you’re getting some pri-vate space to talk and share mutual feel-ings, always value and appreciate all the good things they have done, support and develop their own interests, be sincere and be honest with them. All these will develop an everlasting bonding relation-ship with the kids and you.

In my observation, sibling rivalry, just like any other problem should have a solution, may not be overnight night but it can be reduced and in a right time and place can be eliminated. However, sib-ling rivalry is normal and in moderate doses, is a healthy sign or indication that a child is assertive enough to express his or her differences with other siblings.

Joe [email protected] Diego, CA


Arts & Culture

On Thursday, May 3 at 7:30PM!

Enjoy an evening of grace and elegance as the Stars of the Russian Ballet company dance the night away in “Stars of the Russian Ballet” at the Historic Balboa Theatre on Thurs-day, May 3, 2012 at 7:30PM! From Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella to Don Quixote, Pas de Quatre, Paquita and more, this engaging repertory program will feature numerous fan favorites and highlights from some of the world's greatest ballets.

Experience these engaging and vibrant performances preformed by some of the world’s most renowned and respected dancers in the inter-nationally, critically acclaimed Stars of the Russian Ballet company. Each star brings a level of skill and talent to the stage that is unmatched. From

The “Stars Of The Russian Ballet” Sashay Their Way To The Historic Balboa Theatre

the beauty of the ornate costumes to the perfect execution of pirouettes, “Stars of the Russian Ballet” will not disappoint.

Don’t miss this opportunity to see this amazing program featuring the Stars of the Russian Ballet company performing pieces from your favorite ballets. It will truly be a beautiful eve-ning of dance at the Historic Balboa Theatre!

Tickets can be purchased online at: http://www.sandiegotheatres.org/eventstickets/eventdetails.cfm?eventID=2360; at the San Diego Civic Theatre ticket offi ce or by calling 570-1100 (619/760/858 area codes). For more information, visit: www.SDBalboa.org.

*LIMITED Gold Circle Seating available...Buy Early!*

WHEN: Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 7:30PM

WHERE: Balboa Theatre, 868

Fourth Avenue, downtown San DiegoTICKETS: $30 - $64 (including

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Ticket Purchase: Civic Theatre Ticket Offi ce, 1100 Third Avenue

Day of Event Purchase:Balboa Theatre Ticket Offi ce, 868

Fourth Avenue, (619/760/858) 570-1100; Monday – Friday, 10AM-6PM

THEATRE ADDRESS: 868 Fourth Ave, San Diego 92101PARKING: Paid parking avail-

able in the NBC Building Garage at 225 Broadway. Enter Broadway Circle from 2nd Ave. and Broadway; to garage entrance down-ramp on the left, directly across from Levi's Store.

WEBSITE: www.SDBalboa.org

This year marks FUSO's 19th annual Pilipino Cul-

tural Night and it is themed around the question:

What does it mean to be a true Filipino?

Come watch and explore the sto-ries of 3 Filipinos as they go through obstacles trying to identify what it means to be "Filipino enough". Does respecting your elders make you Filipino enough? Does knowing the Filipino language make you Filipino enough? Does being born from the Philippines make you Filipino enough here in America? We will try to fi nd answers to these questions and see how the lives of 3 Filipinos

come crashing together as they seek to the fi nd the truth of what it means to be a true Filipino.

Directed and Written by: Jayme Ross Eva

Shout outs to all the cast mem-bers, the FUSO Executive Board, CAPCOM (Creative Arts Production Crew of Overwhelming Masculin-ity), dancers, singers, USD Associ-ated Students and the United Front Multicultural Center for making everything possible!

FREE PARKING!FREE ADMISSION!FREE FINGER FOODS!

Doors open: 5:30PMPre-show: 6:00PM to 7:00PMShow begins: 7:00PM

WhenSat, March 24, 5:30pm – 10:00pm

GMT-08:00WhereShiley Theatre @ the University of

San Diego

FUSO Presents Its Annual Pilipino Cultural Night: "Patunayan Mo"





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