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Ease of doing business in Philippines improves

New sinkhole in Tagbilaran; nearby residents to evacuate

Philippine All Saints’ Day Memories

“May Mumu”

We were going tohave a despedida party at home

and so my mom began the planning. This was the timewhen our life was settleddown and my dad’s differ-ent businesses were boom-

ing.We had a Lanzones tree

in our backyard that hadone bunch of fruit. My mom planted this tree when shewas pregnant with me. It

was the rst thing she addedto the property after acquir-ing it. It took 18 years beforethis lanzones tree began tohave owers as it is uncom-mon for this particular tree toeven survive in a place like Novaliches. Most lanzonesthrives in the provinces ofLaguna, Batangas and some-times Cavite. That is why mymother said we would not pick the fruits of our tree. Wewill just look and admire it

until it falls off or until it wastime for the party. My mom’scousin Kakang Martin Bau-tista was walking around our

backyard when he spotted thelanzones bunch. He did nothesitate picking it as it wasalready very ripe. He startedeating it and proudly an-nounced to everyone aroundof his feat. When I realizedwhat had happened I justlimped and could not utter aword. I looked at my motherand my siblings who werealso mesmerized to what wewitnessed. I was so mad butonly blamed myself for not

putting up a sign or anythingto discouraged anyone whowould get close to our lanzo-nes tree.

Kakang Martin Bautista isthe father of my cousin RosiePineda. Her husband, ManuelPineda was in the business ofraising roosters used in cockghting. He was Breeder ofthe Year several times in thePhilippines as well as ourother cousin, Fernando Reyes,who has a farm in Lipa City,Batangas. He was also Breed-er of the Year once or twice.

Our house and two resi-dential lots including all our

businesses were sold to myuncle Tayong. We were paidtwenty thousand pesos equiv-alent to ten thousand dollars

as the exchange at that timewas two to one. The contractto purchase stipulated that wehad the option of buying backour property. The main reasonour dad decided to migrate toAmerica was to give us, hischildren the opportunity fora better life. I always had the perception that in America,money grows on trees. Theother reason is that I wasalready eighteen. I could nolonger be his dependent and

I had to earn U.S. citizenshipon my own.My dad was also tired

of the way the Philippine

government was being run.Graft and corruption waseverywhere and you had toknow someone before youcould get served in any of-ce you go to unless you paysomeone. Hey wait, that isstill true today! There is nochange. It is so difcult tohear someone say, “May Ihelp you?” We were bookedon another MSTS ship. Thistime it was the USNS Gen-eral Patrick. There was one

drawback because we weretravelling on space availabil-ity only. The spaces for my

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by Quint Ramil, Jr.Chapter 8: Leaving for

the U.S.

Biggest jump among 189 coun-

tries in World Bank survey

by Paolo G. Montecillo,Inquirer.net | MANILA,10/30/2013 -- Doing businessin the Philippines improvedsignicantly last year dueto key reforms that made iteasier for businesses to getelectricity, pay their taxes andsecure construction permits,among others.

The latest World Bank“Ease of Doing Business”report, which is published an-nually, showed the Philippines jumped 30 spots to rank 108thin the world. This was the big-gest improvement for any of

the 189 countries covered bythe report.

“The Philippines was thetop performer among top performers. This is the mostthe Philippines has moved inthe 11 years that the ‘DoingBusiness’ survey has existed,”World Bank senior nancialsector specialist NatalyaMylenko said.

The country’s rank is theaverage of its score in the10 indicators tracked by theWorld Bank.

The World Bank reportshowed the Philippines madegains in seven of 10 indica-tor measured by the survey.

This was a turnaround fromthe country’s performance the previous year, when the coun-try slipped in seven of the 10indicators.

The most signicant jumpwas noted in the area of “Re-solving Insolvency” where thePhilippines improved by 65spots to 100th.

Gains were also made inGetting Credit (up 43 spotsto 86th from 129th), Get-ting Electricity (up 24 placesto 33rd from 57th), PayingTaxes (up 12 spots to 131stfrom 143rd), Trading AcrossBorders (up to 42nd to 53rd),Dealing with Construction

ABS CBN News | MA- NILA, 10/30/2013 – A spain Cebu has been named by ahotel booking website as oneof the best in the world.

Agoda.com, which de-scribes itself as Asia’s lead-

ing hotel booking site, hasincluded the Balinese-inspiredCrimson Resort and Spa Mac-tan as one of the eight “most

by Kim Luces, GMA News| LOOC, Bohol 10/30/2013-- What once was a gently

sloping area in Barangay

Anonang, Inabanga, is now a10-foot-high wall stretching

The Great Wall of Bohol: Earth-quake changes face of land

San Diego, CA October25, 2013 -- Dr. Loida Nico-las Lewis, Esq., San Diego

County Supervisor Greg Cox,Appointments Secretary of

Father and Son, USN Retired: The Life Stories of Quintin Ramil, Sr. & Jr.

by Ellalyn De Vera, Ma-nila Bulletin | MANILA, –Residents of a Tagbilaran Cityvillage in Bohol were advisedyesterday to immediatelyevacuate as they are livingon top of a newly discoveredsinkhole.

Mines and GeosciencesBureau (MGB) Director LeoJasareno said they advisedthe residents to leave the place as “tension cracks wereobserved, which could lead to possible rupture.”

The 5-meter by 4-meterwide sinkhole with a depth of2 meters was discovered afterthe 7.2-magnitude earthquake

struck Bohol last October 15.It is one of 50 sinkholes dis-covered after the quake.

Jasareno has not yet re-ceived reports on how many

households will be affected but pointed out that “only a portion of Purok 7 and 8 in

When I was growing up in the Philippines, Halloween or “Todos Los Santos” was a different kind of experience. It is a day to remember our loved ones. People go and stay inthe cemeteries to visit the graves of their departed relatives or friends, a practice hardly

done here in the United States.

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Alien Smuggling is a ground of inad-

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The U.S. Embassy denied Mariana’smother an Immigrant Visa pursuant to a212(a)(6)(E) ground of inadmissibilityfor “alien smuggling.” The Embassy’sletter of denial states that no waiver isavailable.

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attempting to help them enter the UnitedStates using documents belonging to hisown children. He is now in deportation proceedings.

Is there any hope for Sergio, Julia,and Armando to be able to overcometheir ground of inadmissibility for aliensmuggling?

A waiver may be available under212(d)(11) of the Immigration and Nationality Act in the case of an alienseeking admission as an immediaterelative or immigrant . . . if the alien hasencouraged, induced, assisted, abet-ted, or aided only an individual who atthe time of the o ffense was the alien’sspouse, parent, son, or daughter (and

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This would seem to t well withJulia’s scenario, since she was tryingto “smuggle” only an individual who ishis son. However, because the 212(d)(11) waiver is limited, neither Sergio norArmando would be able to use this par-ticular waiver to overcome their groundof inadmissibility.

A special note for Scenario 3.Because Armando is a Lawful Perma-nent Resident in deportation proceed-ings, there may be relief(s) availableto him that are not similarly availablefor Sergio and Julia. An immigrationattorney specializing in deportationdefense would be able to provide themost benecial advice in Armando’ssituation. Sergio’s family should alsoconsult with an immigration attorney toexplore what options there are, if any,

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MANILA, Oct. 25, 2013— TheCatholic Church’s social action is inten-sifying efforts to provide relief to areas badly affected by the recent earthquakein Bohol province.

Caritas Philippines launched itsmassive relief operations this week toat least ve towns with “least served”affected residents with P14.2 millionfunds from Caritas Internationalis.

Currently based in Rome, Caritas In-ternationalis is a global confederation of

165 Catholic organizations working inhumanitarian emergencies and interna-tional development.

The agency said it will provide tempo-rary shelters, food and non-food items toat least 21,750 direct beneciaries in thetowns of Maribojoc, Inabanga, Carmen,Danao and Sagbayan.

The Caritas Philippines, also knownas the National Secretariat for SocialAction (Nassa), will lead the responseand manage the overall coordination ofthe project.

The social action centers of the dio-ceses of Tagbilaran and Talibon, how-ever, will implement the interventions inmunicipalities under their jurisdictions.

On eld, the Nassa provides the tech-nical assistance and its partner Caritasorganizations: UK-based CatholicAgency for Overseas Development andthe US-based Catholic Relief Services.

Nassa said the goal is to ensure thatthe services “adhere to the internation-ally recognized minimum standards”.

“The main priority at the moment, asfamilies slowly cope from their trauma,is to provide temporary shelters whilemaking ends meet,” Nassa said.

“While aftershock was still being felt,the affected communities continue todeal with the challenges of having to re- build their lives in the face of great loss both in lives and resources,” it said.

Right after the 7.2-magnitude temblorlast Oct. 15, Nassa immediately remit-ted P400, 000 to the affected dioceses

through its Lenten fund-raising drive foremergency relief purposes called AlayKapwa.

At least 198 people were killed whenthe earthquake struck on some partsof Central Visayas, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction andManagement Council.

Authorities said more than three mil-lion people, from around 39 cities andmunicipalities, were affected by theearthquake.

The NDRRMC reported that 5,992families are housed in 51 refugeecenters, and a rst estimate of damageto infrastructure, hospitals, houses andheritage sites amount to P75.2 million.

Families displaced by the earthquakeand continuing aftershocks are crampedin evacuation centers with limited accessto potable water and sanitation facilities.

Many areas, particularly in Bohol,which is now under a state of calamity,still don’t have electricity and lack sup-

ply of potable water.“Food and shelter supplies are dwin-dling and many markets are still closed,” Nassa added. (CBCPNews)

Church steps up relief effortsfor quake-victims

By Zena Sultana Babao

My husband Narrie,widely known asGrandmaster Narrie

Babao, touched the lives ofso many people, especially inthe Martial Arts world. Heleft a lasting impression fora lifetime to remember. Welaid him to rest at the Miramar National Cemetery Tuesday,Oct. 29, 2013, on his birthday.

He would have been 68.

His Memorial/Celebration of Life wasunforgettable and emotional for all whowitnessed it, none more so than for ourthree sons – Narrison, Jack, and Kris –who all delivered touching eulogies. Allthree followed in the footsteps of their

father, my bellowed husband. The very

special salute and tribute that our sons,and our past and present students, mas-

My Sons’ Memories of theirLoving Dad

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GMA News | MANILA, 9/30/2013 -- Nationalist entrepreneurs are needed tomove the Philippine economy forward,former Finance Secretary SalvadorEnriquez said in an interview with GMA News Online over the weekend.

“The economic success of any givensociety depends on the developmentof entrepreneurs,” he said, adding thatentrepreneurial skills have much to dowith the “creation of things of value[goods or services] that people need...which makes these [things] essentiallygood.”

The absence of [good value] inentrepreneurship would bring about“lokohan, dengoyan, and why we havesituations involving loss of billions of pesos, now being associated to a caselike that of Janet Lim-Napoles.”

Also, he said creativity, daring (orfaith in the things we do), communitar-ian spirit, and hard work are some of theelements that must be present in Filipinoentrepreneurship.

“If you dedicate your efforts to thegood of the many, you will soon real-ize that people will patronize you, andyou will become wealthy and make thecountry rich,” he said.

Self-reliance is also important. “Hindika puwedeng tamad o pala asa,” headded.

He recalled that early on in his life,when he was nine or 10 years old, hehad to beg or even forcibly positionhimself among men queuing so he could buy two packs of Japanese cigarette brands Akebono or May Blossom.

As a boy, he would travel stretchesof dirt roads of Bocaue and Pulilan inBulacan province to peddle his mer-chandise. He and his father would alsosell “binilot na sigarilyo” – the localcounterpart of the Japanese brands. Thiswas his start, the element of daring andhard work and self-reliance.

He recalls that in his twenties, he wasalready an accountant, he went to the

United States not to be employed but todo business. There he traded and for-warded goods and deliveries for fellowFilipinos to the Philippines.

“We can change our lives by changingour attitudes,” he said. — Fernando dela

Cruz /LBG, GMA News

Former Secretary Salvador En-riquez.

Wanted: Nationalist entrepsto move PHL economy forward

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Named after the place of its origin,Bulacan’s Barangay Encanto—whichconnotes images of the supernaturaland magical in Filipino—the Enchanted

Farm is the canvas for Gawad Kalinga’ssecond phase of the 2024 road map toend poverty in the Philippines. Onceidle and unproductive, the area is beingtransformed into a landscape of vast potential that will sustain communitiesfor generations to come. The rst of 24CSI sites around the Philippines, TheEnchanted Farm in Bulacan followsa template that fuses three differentconcepts.

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The second component of TheEnchanted Farm is a Silicon Valley forsocial entrepreneurship where youngentrepreneurs are provided a supportive business ecosystem and an enabling en-vironment to help them launch Filipino

brands. Fifty of the most innovativesocial enterprises in the Philippineswill not only be conveniently locatedon the Enchanted Farm to showcasetheir brands, but will also share in theresources of the farm and facilities.

The third component is a Disneylandfor social tourism in which visitorsfrom other parts of the Philippines andabroad can get a rst-hand experienceof the Gawad Kalinga community, andgain insight to the social problems thatface millions of Filipinos. Through themagical stories of the Enchanted Farm,enchanting not only through stories of

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Setting the tone for innovation and possibility in the Philippines, The En-chanted Farm is a development that willforever change the future of a nationconsistently promised a better tomorrow but perpetually waiting for that day tocome. A new dawn has arrived and itwill continue to take shape in BarangayEncanto, at The Enchanted Farm.GK Enchanted Farm 2013 Social Business Summit Dylan Wilk at #SBSummit




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mother and my siblings wereonly good up to Hawaii. Mydad and I transferred belowdecks and rode with the troopsfor the trip to Port Hueneme,which is the Sea Bees base.They were returning to theirhome base after construct-ing the runways of Naval AirStation Cubi Point. Duringthis leg I met an Americannamed Joe Black, who livesin Mira Mesa. We currently both attend the same churchand he is married to a Filipina,named Connie.

My mom, Norma, Mario, Alohalindo,Gloria and Cesar, due to unavailability ofcabin space, had to disembark in Hawaii.They were met at the pier by our uncle,Mr. Ben Paraso, our dad’s cousin. Theystayed with him at their house in Kaimukiuntil they were able to book their ight toSan Francisco. When they arrived in SanFrancisco, they were met by my ninong andninang, Mr. And Mrs. Brigido Tamayo andthey stayed at their home in Vallejo, Califor-nia. Meanwhile my dad and I were berthed

with the troops below decks. With us was agroup of Philippine Boy Scouts that were toattend a Scout Jamboree somewhere in themid-west. They were given free ride by theUnited States government. I regret the factthat I did not seriously try to make friendswith any of them even though we were berthed next to each other. I later learned thatsome of these scouts would go to another jamboree in Greece. On the way home, their plane crashed. Later they were honored bythe Quezon City council by naming streetsafter them.

Upon arrival in Southern California,my dad and I boarded a Greyhound busfor Vallejo, California. We were met bymy very kind ninong Brigido Tamayo. Totell you how kind they were, our family,consisting of my dad, mom and six children,lived with them for four months, in a three bedroom one bath house. I was the only onethat slept in another bedroom with my God brother, Brig. The rest of my family stayedin one bedroom. Timing was everything.We became experts in knowing when to usethe bathroom for our daily existence, and ofcourse, we tried to be as unobtrusive as we

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by Juliet Labog-Javellana,Inquirer.net | SINGAPORE,10/26/2013 —Asian mil-lennial travelers, or young professionals aged 18 to 36,are setting the pace of globaltourism with their risingincome and their propensity totravel to different destinationsacross the globe.

Speakers at TravelRave 2013 here

projected that by 2020, half of the globaltourism spending will come from theestimated one billion millennial travel-ers in the region.

This year’s most inuential travel andtrade festival in Asia, dubbed “TradeShow for the Asian Travel Market,” wasattended by tourism industry playersfrom 73 countries.

It was reported at the trade showorganized by Messe Berlin and theSingapore Tourism Board (STB) that theAsia-Pacic region had become the larg-est travel market in the world.

“Backed by the emergence of eco-nomic powerhouses, especially China,India and Southeast Asia, the region hasconrmed itself as one of the drivingforces in world travel and has set anoth-er all-time high record. The Asia-Pacictravel market ousted Europe to becomethe world’s biggest regional travel mar-ket in 2012, earning gross bookings of$326.2 billion and the impressive gureis expected to grow another 8 percent in2013,” ITB (Internationale Tourismus-Borse) Asia said in a report releasedduring the ve-day mega-travel showthat wrapped up yesterday.

The income, in tourism bookings,is expected to reach $362.2 billion atthe end of the year, according to travelindustry research group PhoCusWright.

Industry players—from hotels to air-lines to government and private sectortourism groups—discussed the trends,challenges and opportunities facing thetravel market in Asia at the show heldat Suntec Exhibition and ConventionCenter here.

Chew Choon Seng, chair of the Sin-gapore Tourism Board, reported that the

Asia-Pacic region recorded a 7-percentincrease in international arrivals in2012, the highest growth in the world.

Morever, Seng said the World Traveland Tourism Council projects Asia’stravel and tourism sector to grow by 6 percent over the coming decade, also thefastest in the world.

“Collectively, Asia has much to offer both as destination and origin of travel,”Seng said in a speech at TravelRaveLeaders Gala held at Singapore’s newesticonic attraction, Gardens by the Bay.

The gala was attended by industryleaders, including Maan Hontiveros,CEO of Air Asia Philippines.

“There will be more travelers, ights, jobs and more consumer needs to ad-dress. But given the diversity of Asia, businesses need to be equipped with adeeper understanding of the region’smultifaceted environment,” Seng said.

Changing demands

Seng called on industry leaders to prepare for changes arising from thechanging demographics and demands ofconsumers.

STB shared the results of originalresearch ndings and key insights fromthe Travel Leaders Summit with theindustry leaders. Singapore aims to be akey regional destination for leisure and business.

A buzzword in the conference was theAsian millennial travelers and how to at-

tract them to the various Asian destina-tions. The Philippines was among the818 exhibitors from different countriesat the ITB Asia trade show.

Jeannie Lim, executive directorat the STB, said that because of thetremendous growth of Asian economiescompared to the rest of the world, Asiantourism is expected to grow by 5-6 percent, outpacing the global average of3-4 percent growth. By 2015, Lim said,Asia-Pacic will account for half of theglobal gross domestic product.

She said two out of ve travelers inthe next few years will be Asian.

Rajiv Biswas, a chief economist andauthor of “Future Asia: The New GoldRush in the East,” said a key driver of

tourism was the very rapid increase inconsumer spending by the Asian middle-class consumers.

Estimated at 500 million in 2010, theAsian middle class is expected to riseto 3 billion households in 2020, Biswassaid.

Biswas said the tremendous growthof Asian travel was also propelled bythe tourism infrastructure in differentcountries in the region and the rapidgrowth of budget airlines. In SoutheastAsia alone, Biswas reported that the

70 million tourist arrivals in 2010 willtriple by 2030.

The millennials were described in a presentation by Andrew Grant, direc-tor of McKinsey & Company, as beingmore independent than the older genera-tions on account of their rising income,more exible to do different things interms of career and travel, have thirstfor information in an Internet age andare not loyal to brands as long as theyget what they are looking for in terms oftravel experiences.

Chinese millennials, for instance,are said to be prepared to spend up totwo months salary in travel, while theSingaporean tourists are said to be themost demanding.

Filipinos love to travel as a family oras a group, according to Charles Leong,marketing director for Singapore andIndonesia of the Philippine Departmentof Tourism.

Generation Y

Rob Davidson, senior lecturer at theCenter for Events Management at theUniversity of Greenwich, presenteda study of what the millennials or theGeneration Y are all about at one of theevents in the ITB Asia, the Union ofInternational Associations Roundtable.

He said the “Gen Y,” those born be-tween 1977 and 1995, will account forabout 75 percent of the global workforce by 2025.

These young professionals, Davidsonsaid, are global citizens who are sociallyand environmentally conscious, whovalue education (were educated in morethan one country) and are extremely

mobile.They are constantly seeking work-life

balance and can blur the lines betweensocializing and work, and want the ex-ibility to do what they want.

But one thing in common amongtravelers, according to Banyan Treeexecutive chair Ho Kwon Peng, was a

“yearning for the romance of travel”— experiencing the beauty of the physicalworld around them and getting a taste ofdifferent cultures.

The ITB Asia show attracted 8,000delegates eager to know the latest trendsand insights.

“The show has evolved tremendouslyfrom when it rst made its debut in 2008and has now gained an even greaterinternational dimension. Now that theAsia-Pacic region has taken the crownas the world’s largest travel market, it becomes even more critical for us tomaintain our position as an effective platform to network and gain insightsabout the region’s travel market. Our partners rely on us to gain an up-to-the-minute overview of the Asian travelindustry’s value chain to stay at theforefront of trends and developments,”said Christian Göke, CEO Messe Berlin,organizer of ITB Asia.

The Philippines’ booth stood promi-

nently in the exhibition hall at Suntec,with blown-up posters of Coron inPalawan province, the Banaue Rice Ter-races and even Bohol’s Chocolate Hills partially damaged by the recent quake.

Young, rich Asians set the pace of international tourism

Tess Mauricio, head of the Depart-ment of Tourism’s Asia-Pacic andOceania marketing, said the TravelRaveevent boosted the Philippines’ presencein regional and even global tourism.

“We have a bright outlook despitethe tragedy in Bohol. So far, we’ve metsome agents from Europe who have not

yet included us in their destinations andwho are interested,” Mauricio said.She said Korea, the United States,

China and Australia continue to be thecountry’s biggest sources of touristarrivals, with Singapore ranking in thetop 10.

Singaporeans, as well as other tour-ists, still love Boracay as their favoritedestination, she said.

Charles Leong, DOT marketing direc-tor for Singapore and Indonesia, saidthe new branding (“It’s more fun in thePhilippines”) has helped put the country back on the tourism map.

“Awareness of the Philippines prob-ably jumped 80 percent,” Leong said,adding that Boracay and Palawan topthe inquiries.

“The downside is that tourists are stillworried about security,” Leong added.

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to attend nonetheless.It felt great to spread awareness about im-

proving one’s health. It is important to limitor to be prevented from eating unhealthyfood. People must always take care of one’s body and be aware of the food they eat. Thefree pamphlets and pedometers were a reallygood idea. It really drew people to visit the booth. There were even toys, stickers, andfun charts for the children. I liked how the booth was diverse in terms of the items thatcould be enjoyed by all ages.

I was able to see most of the booths, but Idid not check out the services being providedfor the majority of them. I saw one booththat was familiar from the SDAPI CulinaryFusion Festival: the “Malunggay” plant.There were also radio station booths. I foundthat interesting because I was curious in what

they were trying promote.I was thankful for the chance to see my

ethnic people gathered together to celebratethe Filipino American Heritage Month. Itwas astonishing to see the majority of theattendees were the youth. Families spendingtime together in a cultural festival was niceto see. Being that the United States has oneof the busiest work hours for the citizens,it’s good to see people take some time out oftheir week to enjoy and embrace their cultureand for non-Filipinos that enjoyed seeing theFilipino American culture.

The merchandise was awesome and therewas even a free offer for a massage by achiropractor! I did not take advantage of itunfortunately. Still, it was nice to see a lotof people attending and having fun withtheir friends and family. I wish I got to seethe guest performers though. Unfortunately,I did not get to eat at the festival because Ihad no money, but it was a good thing I ate beforehand. It was a hot day, but I am glad Iwas able to attend. I hope to attend next yearas well.-- AJ

Shawn is a third year student majoring inComputer Science. Jai-Lynn is a junior majoring in Sociology and Asian Studies. Princeis a second year student in Political Scienceand Sociology All are students from San Diego State University, enrolled in AS 460,“Contemporary Issues in Filipino AmericanCommunities” taught by Dr. Ofelia Dirige.

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The term Renaissanceman suggests “an indi-vidual talented in many

spheres of human endeavor,including but not limited toart, science, sports, war, phi-

losophy and music.”

Historically, Filipinos like JoseRizal and Raul Manglapus have beendescribed as Renaissance men becausethey possessed talents as writer, author, playwright, sportsman, poet, musician, philosopher, linguist, revolutionary/warhero, and socio-political reformer. Thisis aside from being a doctor in the caseof Rizal and lawyer in the case of Man-glapus. Both are recognized as patriots

and heroes.In these modern times, in the advent

of the Digital Age, we could probablysee the emergence of more Renais-sance men and women. This is due toonline and digital apps that allow greateraccess and faster acquisition of globaland local knowledge in addition to theirGod-given talents.

But in our midst and in our com-munity, we are proud to have met andwitnessed a man who could be describedas being a Renaissance man. His nameis Rodney Garcia. Like Rizal and Raul,Rodney was also a writer, author, play-wright, poet, musician, philosopher, anda socio-political reformer. Althoughnot a known linguist like the two, hisEnglish as the international languagewas perfect and his Tagalog awless ashe communicated his views and feelingsthrough songs, poems, essays, and plays.

A few days ago, Rodney joined thetwo Renaissance men in a re-birth or

renewal of life at God’s Kingdom. Our prayers go with him in this journey.

During my tenure as President of thePhilippine American Bar Association(PABA), Rodney was the association’sGeneral Counsel. As such, I called himthe “lawyer’s lawyer.” I n fact, I gavefull support in his campaign to succeedme as President of the organization.

When I heard about Rodney’s demiseI got reminded of the story that I told theaudience that included engineers duringour induction. I said,

“When Engineers die, they usuallygo to Heaven. One day an Engineerdied but was mistakenly brought toHell. Satan was very happy because theEngineer built the electrical wiring and put up air conditioning in Hell. Lateron, St. Peter realized his mistake andcalled Satan to return the Engineer. Sa-tan refused saying that there is nothingthat St. Peter could do. St. Peter toldSatan, ‘I will sue’. Satan’s immediateresponse was: ‘where will you get yourlawyer? They are all here.’

Well, that was years ago. I am surethat St. Peter is happy to receive Rodneyin God’s Kingdom. Rodney would beas glad to be the General Counsel theretoo and pursue cases against Satan. Hewould be as efcient and effective as hewas with PABA, the Philippine NursesAssociation, Philippine American Foun-dation for Charities , Inc. and othernon-prot organizations that benetedhis services.

Rodney was a great gift by God tohumanity. His God-given talents wereused for the service of God’s childrenon earth – be they hungry children, menand women; be they domestic workers; be they victims of injustice.

He is immortalized not just for hischaritable services, but also for thefoundations that he helped build; the books, plays, and songs that he wrote; but most importantly, for the childrenthat he helped bring up.

Rodney has three children with wifeElla Puno. First daughter Karla is avery talented dancer. She has appearedin Broadway plays and was, in fact, analist in the “So You Think You CanDance” TV Show. She has currentlya modeling job for a dance magazineand is seen in SMASH as part of theensemble dancers.

Second daughter Jitter works with theWall Street Journal in New York. She isalso an event planner. She used to write blogs for Living Social.

Son Rocky is an aspiring musician. Agood Saxophone player who was ascholar at the Duke Ellington Schoolof the Arts in Washington, D.C., he has been accepted by Berkelee School ofMusic in Boston. It is the school thathe has been yearning to attend. I haveseen and heard Rocky play. Once at aconcert, and at another time in the Fili- pino American Multicultural Center. Sotalented, he reminds me of Bill Clinton playing the Sax. In the WashingtonPost’s young musician tournamentwhere 6,000 contestants participated,Rocky won third place. The ten nalists

played at the Kennedy Center. Ameri-can Idol Champ Jordan Sparks wasone of the Judges. I understand that“she even wanted to toss her shoes onstage because Rocky’s playing was socompelling.”

Indeed, Rodney will forever beremembered through Rocky, Karla, andJitter!

Tina and I visited Rodney when hewas at the Mt. Vernon INOVA RehabHospital. It was the same place whereI had my rehab after I had a stroke that paralyzed half of my body. Like Rod-ney, God saved my mental capacitiesand sharpness for a reason. Like me,Rodney was as determined to use his brains to plan his recovery. We left himhappy and hopeful.

When he moved to Mother’s Touchassisted living, he sent me the following personal message: “Ben, please comeand meet me at Mother’s Touch. I wantto discuss something important withyou... I plan to do something drastic.”

Tina drove me to Mother’s Touch oneweekend. He was obviously doing bet-ter because he even discussed with mea couple of the court cases that he washandling at the time. Sometimes thesecases can stress you!

He told me about his decision to moveto the Philippines – either to Cebu or toDumaguete, Negros Oriental. He hada nurse friend in Cebu and professor/author friend in Siliman University. Ioffered my views, expressing no objec-tions but since the move would not happen until July 2014, I thought it couldstill change. But having a xed planthat included recovery was a good sign.

Before we left, he said that he wouldtemporarily move to a friend’s house.It was in that place where he spent hislast days.

In his years in Metro Washington,Rodney was always “giving back” tothe Filipino community. In his sickness,it was time for the community to “give back” to him. Never have we seenthe group so united and so helpful tohim during his hours of need. He diedknowing that he was very rich withfriends!

For what Rodney has become and forwhat he has done, he joined the Lord asgreat a gift to Him!

RODNEY GARCIA: A Renaissance Man

ters and guros (instructors), followed by my passing the baton of leadershipto our oldest son (Master Narrison inBabao Arnis) brought tears to every-one’s eyes.

In this week’s column, I am sharingthe eulogies of my sons Narrison andJack, and in next week’s column I willshare Kris’ eulogy.

Father and Son by Narrison Babao When we were kids, I remember my

brothers and I always wanted to belike my dad. When he was away onWestpac, my brother Jack and I wouldwear his clothes. I remember one timewearing his size 9 ½ boots, and when Iwore them to school, I remember kidslaughing at me because they were toolong.

My dad is superman. I remember onetime when we were pulling our clotheshanging on wires in the garage, andthe garage door fell down on my leftleg, my dad stopped the garage doorwith one arm just like superman in themovies.

I remember that during our Toast-masters meetings my dad was alwaysintroduced as a Masters in 3 arts: MasterAt Arms in the Navy, master in the Fili- pino martial arts, and a DistinguishedToastmaster. I was also introduced as a

She was a housekeeper’sdaughter

From housekeeper’s daughter to Royaltutor, master gure maker and thriving businesswoman, the life of MadameMarie Tussaud has all the ingredientsof a best-selling novel. Add in FrenchRevolution, escape from the ‘Guillotine’and a spell making the death masks offormer aristocratic friends and employ-ers, and that life has all the ingredientsof a Hollywood blockbuster. Undeni-ably, the life of Madame Tussauds’

founder was as colorful as any of thecelebrities who have been posed for theworld famous attraction in its illustrious200 year history.

Born Marie Grosholtz in 1761, twomonths after her father’s death inthe Franco-Prussian war, the youngMadame Tussaud was taught all things‘wax’ by her mother’s employer, DrPhilippe Curtius. A talented wax sculp-tor, Curtius became her mentor andguardian, and was soon introducingMarie to some of the 18th Century’sleading luminaries. Aged just 17, she

sculpted famous writer and philosopherVoltaire, and followed that with a gureof US statesman Benjamin Franklin- both gures are still on display atMadame Tussauds today.

Marie’s impressive work at a popularParis wax exhibition run by Curtius prompted an invitation to the courtof Louis XVI and his Queen, MarieAntoinette. For nine years she lived atVersailles supervising the artistic educa-tion of the King’s sister and enjoying thesplendor of court life. However, politicalunrest and social discontent was spread-ing across France, a reaction to frivo-lous, absolute monarchical rule, and soCurtius called Marie back to Paris.

Paris was actually to become the cen-ter of a bloody Revolution that wouldrock Europe. Everybody came underthe scrutiny of revolutionary leaderRobespierre and his bloody henchmen,and Marie’s connections with the RoyalFamily made her guilty by association.Both she and her mother were arrestedand imprisoned, sharing a cell withfuture Empress Josephine. Their headswere shaved in preparation for gruesomeexecution by guillotine, a fate they onlynarrowly escaped.

On release, Marie’s loyalty to theRevolution was severely tested - shewas asked to prepare the death masksof executed nobles, including formerfriends from her time at court, andher one-time employers, the King andQueen. Some of these death masks can be seen today in Madame Tussauds’notorious Chamber of Horrors.

After the revolution Life after the Revolution also presented problems. By 1800 Marie was mar-ried to civil engineer Francoi Tussaud,with two young children and an ailing business inherited from Curtius after hisdeath in 1794. Madame Tussaud madethe bold decision to take her exhibitionof gures on tour; in 1802 she left herhusband and country for Great Brit-ain. She never saw either again.For the next 33 years Madame Tussaudtravelled the length and breadth of theBritish Isles, exhibiting a growing col-lection of wax gures to curious andadmiring crowds. In these pre-TV andinternet days this was the only way most people had direct contact with high-pro-le names, and they loved it. The show permanently based itself in London(Baker Street) in 1835, moving to its present Marylebone Road site in 1884.

Alongside her sons Madame Tus-saud created one of the capital’s leadingattractions, a position that it still enjoystoday. She remained actively involved inits running almost to the end of her life;her last work, a remarkable self-portraitcurrently on show in the attraction’sAuthentic History Zone, was completed just eight years before her death in 1850,

at 89.A renaissance woman

Madame Tussaud was an incrediblewoman. She survived one of the mostturbulent ever periods in European his-tory and, at a time when women wereexpected to stay home and raise thefamily, rmly established herself as aneffective and visionary businesswoman.She tirelessly promoted, advertised andupdated her attraction, to help ensure

its relevance to the public for years tocome. That vision lives on in the 21stcentury. Madame Tussauds continuesregularly to add gures that reect con-temporary public opinion and celebrity popularity. The attraction also continuesto expand globally with popular branch-es in New York, Hong Kong, Las Vegas,Shanghai, Amsterdam and WashingtonDC – all with the same pioneering, highquality mix of interaction, authentic-ity and local appeal. After 200 years ofentertaining, Madame Tussauds remainsa truly famous day out.

Information from Madame TussaudsLondon

The amazing life and times ofMadame Tussaud

Madhuri Dixit with her wax like-ness

Shawn Rapha-El ChuaThe Filipino American Arts and Cultural

Festival (FilAmFest) is held annually dur-ing the rst Saturday of October becausethat month is Filipino American Historymonth. The festival took place in ParadiseValley Road between Woodman Street andGilmartin Avenue. It was a hot scorching dayon October 5, 2013. I felt not going outsideat all because of the heat. However, I justwithstood the heat and decided to go becauseI knew FilAmFest would be fun since I hadfun during the previous years of the event.

Once I entered the festival, I received a program schedule given out by volunteers.Many of these volunteers came from differentmiddle schools and high schools. Several ofthem volunteered for community service. Itwas lunchtime when I entered. So, the rstthing I went to in the festival was food. Iwas extremely hungry at that time. When Ireached the food section of the festival, therewere many delicious Filipino foods. Therewere the traditional lumpia and pansit. Also,there was a food section that sells Hawaiianstyle cuisine--the best selling chicken katsuand spam musubi, the kalua pork, and manyothers. There was a popcorn section. There’salso a section that sold snow cones, perfectfor the extremely hot weather.

However, the one that really captivated mewas the “fo shoko surf n turf” made by MJ’s.It was a mixture of different kinds of food.It contains salmon, burger steak, and redrice, sided with two kinds of sauces. It was aunique type of a meal and therefore I boughtit. As always, I was impressed by the foodmade by MJ’s. MJ’s makes good and deli-cious Filipino-Mexican food; they also servefrozen yogurt. They are located at 1550 E HStreet Chula Vista, California, 91913.

Afterwards, I went to check on some booths. The one that I went next was theFilipino education booth. There, I met twoof my Filipino teachers from high school. Iwas glad that I met them again. In the booth,it lists the different schools that teach theFilipino language and culture. I also learned

many things in there such as the historicalfacts of the Philippines. There were other booths that I went and quickly checked.There was the PASACAT section, an organi-zation that promotes the traditional Filipinodances. There was the Operation Samahan,another Filipino organization that promotes

health and wellness. Another section soldshirts and accessories that symbolize thePhilippines, suitable for those who want torepresent the Philippines or for those who are proud to be Filipinos. One can stay the wholeday in the festival because there were manythings to explore.

Other than these booths, there were also performances in the festival. For example,there was a traditional Filipino dance that re-quires the balancing of a glass using the head.Furthermore, there were several other singersand dancers that performed in the festival.On the other hand, there were also games inthe festival. There were food contests suchas the ice cream eating contest-- one of the best contests for the festival since it’s an ex-tremely hot day. There’s also the Harry Potterinspired game, “Quidditch.” Fil-Am Festivalhad loads of games for people to enjoy andto have fun.

FilAmFest was a fun experience. The

performances were great. The food was good.One should not miss this event because therewere many fun things there. It is a way forthe Filipinos to join together and experiencethe fun of the Filipino culture. I will go againon the next FilAmFest.

Jai-Lynn RubioOn October 5, 2013 the Filipino Ameri-

can Arts & Cultural Festival (FilAmFest) presented an event called “Unsung Heroes.”The festival took place in Paradise Hills,San Diego and was a family friendly eventthat included a variety of booths and stagesthat presented an array of aspects of Filipinoculture, including food, music, and history.Being Filipino myself, attending this festivalhelped strengthen my understanding of myheritage.

Upon arrival, the rst thing I went to wasthe Bayanihan Stage where I heard a youngFilipina girl singing some of her own originalmusic. Before performing, Amy Monzon briey discussed how personal stories suchas a heartbreak with a previous relation-ship, is reected in her lyrics and how shewanted her audience to be able to empathize

with her music. Later on in the afternoon Ialso visited the API (Asian-Pacic Islander)tent and here, a group of Filipino boys were beat boxing and break dancing together.Through these two performances, I was ableto understand the importance of expression

for both Amy and the break dancing group.Their performances showed that a desire toestablish their own identity within the com-munity was present and that they were proudof being Filipino.

The Philippines is composed of many cul-tural groups and one of them I learned aboutwas about the Igorots. At one of the stagesthe Igorots performed many traditional folk-dances. They were wearing articles of cloth-ing with tribal patterns but also, while the boys were playing an instrument similar tothe drum, the girls provided dance choreog-raphy that complemented the beat. Throughtheir performance I was able to see instilled

in them, a sense of nationalistic pride. Theywere very proud of whom they were and be-cause they had such young performers, it wasclear that many of them used the learning ofthe dance to establish identity and connect totheir blood.

To wrap up the day, the favorite tent Ivisited was one hosted by the Council forteaching Filipino language and culture,where I learned about the “Filipino LanguageMovement Bill.” This bill was credited to theFilipino American Educators Association’s(FILMEDA) President Eleanor Castillo andit requires teachers to be certied in the lan-guage through the California subject exami-nation for teachers. The importance of this bill is it develops awareness that Americaneducation is leaving behind language skillsand it does not place emphasis on native andforeign languages. Visiting this tent helpedmy understanding of Filipino identity, as Iwas able to see that Filipinos strongly want to be seen as an equal part in society, that theyhave the ability to have as much power as thedominant groups.

Reecting on this event as a whole, one

piece of art immediately caught my eyeand truly helps me understand identity. A painting at the Union of Pan Asian Com-munities (UPAC) tent read, “NO HISTORY. NO SELF. KNOW HISTORY. KNOWSELF.” Under these capitalized words was adrawing of farm workers working hard in theeld. This painting has such value becauseit stresses the importance of cultural pastin establishing one’s identity. As an annualevent, Filipinos are able to connect with oneanother every year through simple food tentsserving chicken adobo and pancit, stageswith very talented Filipino performances andhistory lessons with cultural activities that people of all ages can engage in. FilAmFesthas the ultimate goal of spreading awarenessof Filipino culture to educate everybody inthe city, essentially establishing a sense ofimportance that they belong.

Prince PableoI had the great opportunity to volunteer

for the Kalusugan booth alongside Dr. OfeliaDirige and other volunteers. I only stayedfor about two and a half hours because I hadfamily from Orange County coming to visit

us here in San Diego. The format of the SanDiego Asian Pacic (SDAPI) Culinary Fu-sion festival was similar in terms of havinga passport, but instead of food, it focused onvisiting booths and obtaining stamps. I didnot get to partake in many activities in thefestival, but I was grateful for the opportunity

Shawn Rapha-El Chua






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IMMIGRATION 911 by Atty. SusanV. Perez.

In response to clamor for immigrationreforms, the Department of HomelandSecurity on behalf of the Presidentissued series of memoranda since June17, 2011, addressing the exercise of prosecutorial discretion by ICE (Im-migration and Customs Enforcement) personnel – who are responsible for bringing removal actions against thosewho are subject to removal. The memoof June 17, 2011, from Director Mortondirected ICE ofcers, agents and attor -ney to regularly exercise prosecutorialdiscretion when it comes to enforcementof its removal powers and to focus theDHS’s resources on high-priority immi-gration cases involving crime and other public safety concerns.

What is prosecutorial discretion? In basic terms, it is the authority of anagency charged with enforcing a law todecide to what degree to enforce the lawagainst a particular individual. ICE, likeany other enforcement agency, has pros-ecutorial discretion and may exercise itin the ordinary course of enforcement.In the civil immigration enforcementcontext, prosecutorial discretion appliesto broad range of discretionary enforce-ment such as but not limited to: decidingto issue or cancel a Notice to Appear(NTA), deciding to detain or releaseon bond or other conditions, decidingwhom to stop or arrest for administra-tive violation, settling or dismissing a proceeding, granting deferred action,staying a nal order of removal, pursu-ing an appeal, agreeing to voluntarydeparture, joining in a motion to grantrelief or benet.

Anybody who is subject to removalwould like a favorable prosecutorialdiscretion by ICE which could meandeciding not to issue or to cancel NTA,dismiss a proceeding, or any action thatwill stop DHS from sending the alien back to his or her home country. Whenweighing whether an exercise of favor-able prosecutorial discretion may bewarranted for a give case, ICE considersthe following factors: the DHS’s civilimmigration enforcement prioritieswhich involve crimes and public safetyconcerns, person’s length of presencein the United States, the circumstancesof the person’s arrival in the UnitedStates and the manner of his or her entry particularly if the alien came to the U.S.as a young child, the person’s pursuit toeducation in the United States, whetherthe person or the person’s immediaterelative has served in the U.S. military,the person’s criminal history such asarrests or convictions, the person’s im-

migration history such as priori removalorder, the person’s ties and contributions

to the community which includes fam-ily relationships, whether the persons poses a national security or publicsafety concern, the person’s ties to thehome country and the condition in thatcountry; the person’s age and medical or physical condition, whether the personis the primary caretaker of a person withmental or physical disability. The list isnot exclusive. The following positivefactors should prompt particular careand consideration: veterans and members of the U.S. armed forces, long-timelawful permanent residents, minors andelderly individuals, individuals presentin the United States since childhood, pregnant or nursing women, victimsof domestic violence; trafcking, orother serious crimes, individuals whosuffer from a serious mental or physicaldisability, and individuals with serioushealth conditions.

We welcome your feedback. If youhave any immigration questions, please

feel welcome to email me at [email protected] or call 619819 -8648 to arrange for a telephoneconsultation.

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Agoda.com said the eight resorts werechosen “based on the overall experiencethey offer, which includes everything

from the design and layout of the spaitself, to the types of treatments on themenu, to the landscapes, vistas and envi-ronment surrounding the hotel.”

In a statement released by thehotel booking website on Wednesday,Crimson’s area general manager JamesMontenegro said they hope to encouragemore local and foreign tourists to visitCebu with its latest recognition.

“We’re proud to be part of Agoda’slist of best hotel spas this year, moreso that we are the only one from Cebuand, for that matter, the Philippines. It’sgreat to know and be recognized to be at par with other known spas all over theworld,” Montenegro said.

For his part, Agoda.com chief productofcer John Brown noted how Crimsonand the rest of the spas included in thelist “have been designed with the mod-ern traveler in mind.”

“Travelers these days are particularabout what a great spa should offer.People increasingly make bookingdecisions based on unique, creative spatreatments such as the imported oils inthe Silks Place Taroko, the internation-ally trained staff at the Crimson ResortMactan, or the focus on thalassotherapyat the Divani Apollon Palace,” Brownsaid.

Early this year, Agoda.com namedPhilippine beach destination Boracayas the favorite for relaxation (No. 1)and nightlife (No. 3), while AngelesBeach Club Hotel in Angeles City wasincluded in its “Over The Top” hotelsfor 2012.

master in 3 arts: an Able Toastmaster, amaster in Cacoy Doce Pares Eskrima/Eskrido, and Master in Business Admin-istration.

I started training in Filipino MartialArts much later than my brothers whostarted when they were 5 or 6 years old.When I would horse around with themartial arts equipment in the garage, mydad would tell me to go inside. I startedtraining when I was in high school andgot serious when I was in college.

My dad would always talk about be-ing respectful and “mano” to our elders.I remember as a kid going to picnicsand my dad would say “Get a chair foryour mom.” When we go out to eat, hewould ask, “Did you tell your mom?”

Whenever I see my dad he would justextend his hand for me to do the “mano”and we never hugged and never did getto say “I love you” to each other. Wewere more like Grandmaster and studentthan father and son. I don’t care about

being heir to the Babao Arnis systemif we could start all over again and bemore like father and son. I love you dad.To all the guros and students under GMBabao, we are all heirs to the BabaoArnis system as long as we continue tocarry on his art.

FootSteps by Jack Babao

Good Morning, As I stand here beforeyou I want to Thank You all for shar-ing this time with us to remember andcommemorate a wonderful man, friend,teacher, father and husband…NarcisoRequina Babao, also known to most ofyou as “Grand Master Narrie Babao”.

I am humbled and impressed at howhe has touched all of our lives. He hasseen a lot during his lifetime and lived itdoing what he truly loved…I feel that hehas lived a life that is full…and he didit “His Way” and that is exactly how Iwant to live my l ife through his “FOOT-

STEPS”…because I know that throughmy journey through life he will be bymy side as I face each and every step.

As we gather here today I want to tellyou how he has truly been an inspira-tion throughout my life from child-

hood to present. I remember as if itwas yesterday how it all began withme following his “FOOTSTEPS”….Iwas 5 years old when it all happened. Icould remember the sounds of the stickshitting together in the garage that would

echo throughout the house….the beatingof the drums with the rhythm that wouldmake you want to dance….the laughter between them all showing the passionthat my Dad had with the Art. I wouldremember walking in the garage throughsome of these practices looking at all thedifferent weapons hanging throughoutthe garage and playing with the sticksthat were in this large light blue laundryhamper that we used to store them in.Then one day while I was drying thedishes while sitting on the counter whenI looked at my Dad and told him thatI wanted to start training seriously…he looked at me and said let me seeyou “Bow”…which I did and he said“Okay”. Since that time up until mytime throughout High School I wouldremember all the different Training Ses-sions, Tournaments and Demonstrationswe would attend together. And as all therest of the Guros and Masters under himknow…I am honored to receive the title

of “Guro” in Babao Arnis.Throughout his time in the US NAVY

I remember the times when my brothersand I would go with him to his workfrom when he was a Mess Specialistto when he became a Master At Arms.There was this one time when I wasabout 14 I can remember so vividlywhen he brought me along with himto the FLEET ASW Training Centerand receiving my own white hat alsoknown as a “Dixie Cup”. I was even promised my own set of dungarees bythe sailors there which I thought wasthe coolest thing at the time…but forthose of you who were in the Navy, theyweren’t very stylish at all. So after HighSchool when my friends would go toCollege and pursue their dream job….I pursued mine, which was to follow inmy Dad’s “FOOTSTEPS” so I joinedthe US NAVY in 1991. There were 2things that really stood out in my timein. From the time when I got back from

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CBCPNews.com | QUEZON City,Philippines, Oct. 24, 2013 (CNA/EWTN News)—The rst ever Filipina-Ameri-can to be crowned Miss World revealedher traditional values in a recent televi-sion interview.

Megan Young, the 23 year-old whowas crowned Miss World on Sept. 28,said in a recent television interview thatshe is pro-life, rejecting both abortionand contraception.

Young, who was born in Virginia butmoved to the Philippines with her familyas a child, was interviewed on ANC, aFilipino news network, when she wasasked about the country’s recent adop-tion of a reproductive health law, whichwas signed by president Benigno AquinoIII on Dec. 21, 2012.

The new law mandates sex educationin middle and high schools and subsidiz-es contraceptives, including potentiallyabortion-inducing drugs.

Young indicated opposition to the law,saying, “I’m pro-life, and if it meanskilling someone that’s already there, thenI’m against that of course. I’m againstabortion.”

Asked about contraception, she addedthat, “I don’t engage in stuff like that,”going on to say she believes that “sex isfor marriage” and “should be with your partner for life.”

“I’m actually against divorce,” sheadded, “because I’ve seen that in myfamily. So I think that if you marrysomeone, that should be the person youshould be with forever, through sicknessand health, through good or through bad.”

When asked how a single woman as“gorgeous” as herself could remain ab-stinent, Young replied with a laugh, “you just say no, that’s it.”

“If they try to push you, then you stepaway because you know that that persondoesn’t value you, doesn’t value therelationship as much.”

She said that a gentleman would not pressure a woman into premarital sexin the rst place, while at the same timerecognizing that abstaining from sex before marriage takes character.

“If the guy is willing to sacrice that,”she said, “then that means a lot.”

Young said she chose to compete inthe Miss World pageant rather than MissUniverse because Miss World’s “mainfocus is charities and helping out andgiving back.”

“After you win your main focus, yourduties, will all be helping out with chari-

ties.”The newly crowned beauty queen isalso a stage performer and actress andis know for her kindness as well as hertalent.

Joke of the week: The inmate wasaware that all prison mails pass throughcensors. When he got a letter from hiswife about the family garden – “Honey,when do I plant potatoes?” – He wrote back, “Do not under any circumstances,and dig up our old garden spot. That’swhere I buried all my guns.” Withindays his wife wrote back, “Six investi-gators came to the house. They dug upevery square inch of the back yard.” Byreturn mail she got his answer: “Now isthe time to plant potatoes.”

Scriptures: First Reading: Wisdom11:22-12:2. The author, a HellenisticJew, writes about mercy as it is mani-fested in the forgiveness of sin. Godoverlooks people’s sins and grants themgrace to repent. Indeed the divine mercyis everlasting and universal. SecondReading: 2 Thessalonians 1: 11-2:2.It seems that this passage is meant tocorrect the Gnostic teaching that the dayof the Lord had already come. Gnostics believe that people are divided into“pneumatics” and “hylics”. The pneu-matics are the privileged few who have

received the true nature of the Christiangospel and are entitled to immortality.For this group the day of the Lord hadalready come and there is no need fordoing good deeds, because the resur-rection is theirs already. On the otherhand, the hylics are the less fortunateones who have not received the truenature of the Christian gospel and who belong to this world. Gospel: Luke 19:1-10. This story is consistent with theclaim of Jesus that he has come to seekand save the lost. Jesus’ association withthe outcasts of society, such as sinnersand prostitutes, shows that no one, evena hated tax collector like Zacchaeus, isexcluded from God’s kingdom.

Reection: It is said that there aretwo things that are inevitable: death andtaxes. Though many people try to dodge both, yet most of the times they are un-successful. During the time of Jesus, taxcollectors were objects of much hatredand ridicule. They were considered trai-tors to their own country, because theycollected taxes to support the Roman power. They were known public sinners,

God Allows a U-turn

because they oppressed and overtaxedfor monetary gain their fellow Jews.These business-minded Jews collectedfrom the people and paid the Romans inadvance the amount from those taxes.Zacchaeus is one of these tax collectors.Though the name Zacchaeus in Hebrewconnotes innocent and clean, yet thisman is far from being honest and pure.Once the Romans got the people’s taxes paid, they don’t care how tax collectorsget back the money that they paid themup front. Zacchaeus had people work-ing for him. These men overchargedand cheated people. No wonder whytax collectors were not only considereddishonest, but they were put in the samecategory as robbers and murderers.Indeed tax collecting in ancient time isa despicable trade. The money offering,“corban,” of tax collectors at the Templewas not welcome.

St. Luke cleverly arranged this storyof Zacchaeus in such a way that thishated public sinner embodies the three previous characters mentioned threeSundays ago: the prodigal son, the persistent widow and the humble pub-lican at prayer. Like the prodigal son,Zacchaeus was lost and is now found.Similar to the persistent widow, Zac-chaeus, in climbing a tree to see Jesus passing by, professes his relentless effortto follow the Master. In comparisonwith the humble publican, Zacchaeus isalso repentant of his sins. He gives halfof his possessions to the poor. The Torah

requires the return of the object with a20% interest as punishment to anyonefound guilty of cheating. The Romanlaw demands severe restitution from aconvicted felon. In promising Jesus togive 400 % to those he unintentionallycheated, Zacchaeus does more than whatthe Romans and The Torah require.

Even though Zacchaeus is sincerewith his conversion, of course there arealso skeptics. No doubt there are hisfellow Jews who question Zacchaeus’conversion. There are others who do not believe his true motive and who con-sider that he is a hopeless case, a mor-ally depraved and lost individual. Peopleask, “What, Zacchaeus, the despicabletax collector, following Jesus? Hypoc-risy?” And adding insult to injury, “Howcould Jesus go to that sinner’s houseand eat with him?” The lesson we learnfrom Jesus’ attitude is that we shouldnever be quick to judge or condemnanyone. For God there are no hopeless

cases, because his mercy is innite andeverlasting. For our part, our encounterwith Jesus should bring back to life theZacchaeus that is in each of us!

Quotation of the week: “It is not a sinto have riches, but it is a sin to x ourhearts upon them.” St. John Baptist dela Salle.

Makinig Ka MunaPuwede ba, makinig ka muna at huwag agad humirittanda mo ba nuong una na tayo ay naging magkalapitnang tayo’y magkakilala marami agad akong naisipat aking inakala nuon na ikaw ay napakabait.

At nang tayo’y naghiwalay iniyakan ko ito ng husto pero sandali, tahimik ka lang, dahil ito ay totookung bakit ako’y nagpakalayo iya’y inamin ko sa ‘yoang hindi mo alam gusto noun ay nadurog ang puso ko.

Malalim ang sakit na pinasan ko sa maraming panahonat hindi lang kakaunting luha ang aking ipinanaghoyngayon, ako ay nagsisimulang muli sa aking pagbangonalam ko na mahirap subali’t kakayanin kong ituloy.

Naging malaking bahagi ka nuon nitong aking buhayna dumurog sa puso ko na hindi ko pinanghinayangan

masasaya nating sandali itatago dito sa kabansana lamang tadhana ay hindi na tayo pinaghiwalay.

Ikaw ang una at tunay kong mahal, ‘di iyan magbabagosa kabila ng lungkot at pangungulilang nadarama kotanging alaala ‘tong mananatili sa bukas kong librona mababasa nilang lahat hanggang sa aking pagyao.

Dress up as saints instead, says priest

ABS-CBNnews.com | MANILA,10/31/2013 -- Don white as a famoussaint instead.

This was the suggestion of Fr. Francis

Lucas of the Catholic Bishop's Confer-ence of the Philippines (CBCP) to thosewho wish to avoid "attracting the devil"on Halloween.

The priest, who is currently the ex-ecutive secretary of CBCP's EpiscopalCommission on Social Communica-tions and Mass Media, explained that"negative images" such as the macabrecostumes usually worn on Halloween"welcome the presence of Satan."

"'Yung nagiging practice na nagma-maskara ng nakakatakot, 'yung maynakasaksak sa leeg, puro evil eh, purokasamaan," he told ABS-CBN News'Zyann Ambrosio on Wednesday.

"Dalawang bagay 'yan na parangina-attract mo, sini-seduce mo 'yungdiablo, o kaya nagbubukas ka ng pinto,'Welcome to me,'" Lucas said.

Lucas further warned: "Negative angdiablo, ang Satanas eh, at sinisira niya'yung ating consciousness para matan-gay tayo."

"Kasi si Satanas, pagkatapos niyakalabanin 'yung Diyos, na wala namansiyang kaya -- at clear naman sa gospel'yan -- na talagang tinapakan siya niKristo, [tapos] nagbubukas ka, kasi purokasamaan [ang suot mo]," he said.

'Where's the beauty?'

The priest expressed concern particu-larly for children who are active participants in Halloween activities, such asthe traditional "Trick or Treat."

"Eh sa psychology nga, 'diba,auto-suggestion, lalo na sa mga bata,"Lucas said. "Ang babata pa niyan, puro

negative na agad 'yung pinapaisip mo sakanila, sa suot, 'yung mga images. Ehnasaan 'yung beauty?"

Lucas reiterated that by "looking likethe devil" through costumes, Halloween participants unwittingly invite negativeenergy into themselves.

"The soul continues to look for beauty,

the truth, the mystique, 'yung nakakau-sap ka ng Diyos na diretso. Eh 'yungsuot mo, mukha ka nang diablo, eh paano mangyayari diyan.

"Kaya nga sinasabi ko, mag-ingat tayodahil maraming nalalason na walangkaalam-alam na ito pala ang ginagawanatin sa ating sarili," he said.

Saints as costumes

Asked what he would suggest as analternative to the traditional get-ups onHalloween, Lucas was quick to respond by emphasizing on "positive images."

"Ang solusyon nga, ang sinasabi natin,'Why don't we give children positive im-ages?' Like ang dami nating mga santo,santa na may youth na magaganda," hesaid.

He also suggested games for kids dur-ing the holiday: "O 'diba, pagandahantayo ng santo, pagandahan tayo ng suot.Tapos magpa-contest tayo kung sino

pinakamabait sa inyo. So baguhin natin'yung images."

Turning to reporters in the huddle,Lucas then urged media in general to"bring back the images of the good, thetrue and the beautiful, which is God, theimage of Jesus Christ."

"'Yung mga imahen na pag makita mo,mai-inspire ka, hindi ka madi-depress,"he said. "'Yung iba nga hindi makatulogdahil nakita niya 'yung masakara ngfriend niya dahil natakot. Why do wedo this?"

CBCP warns: Scary Halloweencostumes attract 'diablo'

ALL SAINTS DAY

All Saints Day, the day on whichCatholics celebrate all the saints, knownand unknown, is a surprisingly old feast.It arose out of the Christian tradition ofcelebrating the martyrdom of saints onthe anniversary of their martyrdom.

The current date of November 1 wasinstituted by Pope Gregory III (731-741), when he consecrated a chapel toall the martyrs in St. Peter’s Basilica inRome and ordered an annual celebra-tion. This celebration was originallyconned to the diocese of Rome, butPope Gregory IV (827-844) extended

the feast to the entire Church and or-dered it to be celebrated on November 1.





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Barangay Poblacion Uno” isaffected by the sinkhole.

“Sinkhole is a natural phenomenonin Bohol because 80 percent of its soilis made of limestone, which is watersoluble. Over geologic time or millionsof years before the limestone will bedissolved. But it becomes hazardous ifthere is a rupture because the soil covercould induce landslide,” he explained.

MGB is currently mapping out Bohol province to determine the exact locationof sinkholes and number of affectedhouseholds, Jasareno said.

“We will be able to nish the map ofthe entire province by December butas we complete a portion, we alreadyhand out the map to the respective localgovernment units,” he pointed out.

He also noted that change in the topo-graphic feature of Bohol has changedafter the earthquake.

“After the earthquake, we haveexpected cracks, which are part of the process over time. The environment willadjust to it like the soil will cover therupture,” he said.

“Also the coastline will be farther thanusual, and sinkholes will become soildepressions,” he added.

Cave InspectionsJasareno also advised local ofcials in

Bohol to inspect caves in the province before opening it to the public because“the stalagmites or stalactites may have been disturbed after the earthquake,which could lead to the collapse of partsof the cave.”

222 Quake Death TollMeanwhile, 15 days after the 7.2-

magnitude earthquake, the number ofcasualties continued to rise, with thedeath toll reaching 222, according toa report by the National Disaster RiskReduction and Management Council(NDRRMC).

Latest data released by the NDRRMCshowed the latest reported fatalities

include two in Sevilla town and two inthe municipality of Loon, bringing to208 the number of those killed in Bohol province. Thirteen other fatalities wererecorded in Cebu and one in Siquijor.


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SAN DIEGO (Sept. 30, 2013)— Betweenfaddish “Color Runs” and “Zombie Runs”there are more 5K events that you count.But none have the same level of communityimpact on breast cancer as the Komen SanDiego Race for the Cure set for 8 a.m. onSunday, November 3 in Balboa Park.

“The Race for the Cure is fun and festive, but this Race is more than just a celebra-tion,” said Laura Farmer Sherman, ExecutiveDirector of Susan G. Komen for the Cure,

San Diego. “The Race provides criticalfunding for families in San Diego Countytouched by breast cancer. 75% of the netfunds raised stay right here in San Diegoto fund vital education, screening and support services. The remaining 25% supportsgroundbreaking national research programs.”

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This year’s honorary cancer survivor,Robin Rasmussen Marella, lost her motherto breast cancer three years before beingdiagnosed with Stage II breast cancer herselfat age 47. Although she is currently cancer-free, Rasmussen Marella still struggles withthe residual effects of the illness and thetreatments. Her strength and positive outlookon life serve as an inspiration to everyonethat knows her.

“Having breast cancer is an emotional process but many positive things also comeout of it,” said Rasmussen Marella. “It bringsso many women together to the point whereI have created a huge support system full of people who share this common denomina-tor.”

The Komen Race for the Cure is a uniqueevent, designed and implemented to promote positive awareness, education and earlydetection of breast cancer. It has proved to be

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Robin Rasmussen Marella

the California Governor MonaPasquil, San Diego InterimMayor Todd Gloria, andABS CBN News Anchor GelSantos Relos head the impres-sive list of honorees at the2013 STARBlazers & TOPHATs “Give Back” AwardsGala hosted by Phil Am BID,California (Philippine Ameri-can Business Improvement& Development) / ACCESSInternational, a non-protgroup.

Phil Am BID’s prestigious award,the Benigno ‘Ninoy’ Aquino YellowRibbon, which is conferred on publicofcials who champion Filipino causes,will go to San Diego County Supervi-

sor Greg Cox. In 2012, Congress-woman Susan Davis of the 53rd Districtreceived the award for her advocacy forFilipino Veterans. California Legisla-tor and former Mayor of Chula VistaShirley Horton who authored the billthat enabled the teaching of Filipinolanguage and culture to continue inCalifornia public schools was honoredin 2010. Both Congresswoman SusanDavis and California Legislator ShirleyHorton will be conferr ing the YellowRibbon to Chairman of the San DiegoCounty Board of Supervisors, Greg Cox.

Could anyone really be offered sevendifferent scholarships from seven uni-versities? Garner a perfect 2400 on theSAT? Be a high school junior and siton the school district board? Phil AmBID’s STAR Scholars did! Meet Rol-yssa Manalac, Mary Aniecel Mosta- jo, and Rubi Rivera as they are honoredas Phil Am BID’s 2013 STAR Scholars.

Other honorees inclu de Visionary Vol-

unteers Connie Fructuoso Henry, Julia“Jhigs” Legaspi, and Daughlet BautistaOrdinario. Phil Am BI D’s Rising STARis Daphne Zubieta Skogen, Esq.

The Outstanding Professionals (TOP)

of 2013 are: San Diego Interim Mayorand President of the San Diego CityCouncil Todd Gloria, Dr. James Lee,anesthesiologist at M Beauty by Dr.Tess, Chair of the San Diego UnionTribune Editorial Board William “Bill”Osborne, ABS-CBN Balitang Americanews anchor Angelina Santos Relos, andhigh school counselor Robert Ricasa.The High Achieving Teams (HATs)are: Emilio Nares Foundation led byRichard Nares, Pacic Arts Movementled by Lee Ann Kim, Paradise ValleyInternational Medical Mission led byDr. Ben Camacho, Philippine NursesAssociation of San Diego led by MariaLuisa “Merlie” Rami ra, and the UnitedCatanduanes of San Diego led by Dr.Oscar Enriquez and Frank Enriquez.All highly successful people who alsochoose to “give back” to their communi-ties.

The Selection Board shall also an-nounce the Business Corporate of theYear and Entrepreneur of the Year dur-ing the Gala. Previous STARBlazer &TOP HAT awardees will be at the eventto welcome the 2013 honorees.

Join Phil Am BID and the event’sHonorary Chair: Philippine Ambas-sador to the US Jose L. Cuisia, Jr.,Congresswoman Susan Davis, retiredCalifornia Legislator and former ChulaVista Mayor Shirley Horton, along withPhil Am BID Founding CEO/PresidentEdna Consing Concepcion, Gala ChairBibianne U. Fell, Esq., and Phil AmBID Advisory Council member AllanCamaisa in honoring these “STARS”at the 2013 STARBlazers & TOP HATs“Give Back” Awards Dinner on Friday, November 15th 2013 at the WestgateHotel San Diego.

Contact (619) 436 9494 [email protected] www.philambid.com

IN PHOTO: Phil Am BID President/ CEO EDNA CONSING CONCEP-CION, Congresswoman SUSAN DAVIS,keynote speaker and STARBlazer 2012honoree LORNA SCHOFIELD, RetiredCalifornia Legislator SHIRLEY HOR-TON, Phil Am BID co-President/CEO

MARILYN CALANGI MESINA — at Paradise Point Resort & Spa.

Mayors’ Reception for TOP HATS & STARBlazers4:30 P.M. – 6:00 P.M.

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Alumni STARBlazers

Allan Camaisa * Hon. Tani Cantil-Sakauye – Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court *

Father Joe Carroll – Father Joe’s Villages * Senator Diane Feinstein * Ambassador Willy C. Gaa* Lucy Gonzales (U) * California Legislator Shirley Horton * Lillian Lim (CA Superior Court Trial Judge) *

Connie Mariano, M.D. (“The White House Doctor”) * Nonoy Mendoza (U) * Myrna Pascual, Esq.

* Tony Pizarro * Ceferina Ruiz, M.D. * Lorna Schofield (US Districtl Judge) *

Cesar Solis (Assistant Chief, SDPD) * Barbara Yorobe, M.D.

Benigno ‘Ninoy’ Aquino Yellow Ribbon

Congresswoman Susan Davis * California Legislator Shirley Horton

Felipe Agoncillo ‘Global Filipino’

Mary Jo Bernardo Aragon * Loida Nicolas Lewis, Esq.

Gabriela Badge of Courage

Lydia Loristo * Viña Masadao Phelps (U)

The TOP HATs Club

Ted Benito. * Beverly Bianes Pack, O.D. * Robert Brownlie, Esq. * Ofelia Dirige, DPH

* Bonnie Dumanis, Esq. (SD District Attorney) * Bobby Korn, M.D., Ph.D. * Susan Legaspi, CPA* Jerrilyn Malana, Esq. * Tess Mauricio, M.D. * Frances Muncey * Bennett Peji *

Bob Shroder * CDR. Patricia Witherspoon. * Judge Margie G. Woods * Denise Yamada

* American Center for Learning * Asian Journal, San Diego * Athletes for a Better Community

* Barona Resort & Casino * Chula Vista Physicians Group * Dynamic Teen Company (CNN Hero – Efren Peña-

florida) *

Filipino-American Lawyers of San Diego (FALSD) * McMillin Realty

* Reginald F. Lewis Foundation * San Diego Hospice & The Institute for Palliative Medicine

* Sou th Bay Community Services * Southwest Center for Asian Pacific American Law (SCAPAL)

* The San Diego Foundation *

Visionary Volunteers

Josie Calderon Scott * Josie Pimentel Isibido * Rosanna Guevarra Salcedo

Rising Stars

Corie Reedyk Aguinaldo * Fresas Flores Balistreri * Edna Turla Concepcion, DDS * Stephen Dypiangco * Zaneta Salde Encarnacion * Bibianne U. Fell, Esq.

* Filipino American Community Empowerment (FACE) * Joseph Roley-Arzaga

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By MANNY CABALLERO | AN-COP USA, 10/31/2013 -- Doing whatit always does, helping the poor andneedy, the global group of Couples forChrist and ANCOP reported they havealready given around P1 million, both incash and in kind, to the poor victims ofthe recent 7.1 magnitude earthquake inBohol province.

In a report from Manila, GeorgeCampos, CFC/ANCOP country repre-sentative to the US, said some 500 CFCfamilies were displaced in 7 townsreached so far by their eld coordina-tors..” Roads and bridges have beendamaged thereby hampering access totowns,” he said.

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For Release In Boholcollapsed were appealing for tents wherethey could temporarily stay. He saidCFC ANCOP had initially sent 15 tentsfor 15 parishes costing P300,000.

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October 22 – Sagip distributed reliefgoods to 6,204 families in municipalitiesof Loon, Tubigon, and Buenavista. Theruns were led by Erleo Bacabac, AngeloAngolo of RNG-Cebu, Regilah Geronaof BB163-Cebu, and volunteer Ame-lia Sumampong. Relief goods wereshipped from Manila to Tagbilaran viaAirAsia; from Manila to Cebu via Tiger

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October 21 – Sagip Kapamilya dis-tributed relief goods to 6,590 families inmunicipalities of Inabanga, Sagbayan,Bilar, Sevilla, Catigbian, Loon, andLoboc. The runs were led by AngeloAngolo of RNG-Cebu, Regilah Geronaof BB163-Cebu, and volunteer AmeliaSumampong of Cebu Provincial Gov-ernment. Relief goods were shippedfrom Manila to Cebu via Tiger Air; fromCebu to Tagbilaran port by the NavalForces.

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in municipalities of Antiquera, Loon,Catigbian, Sagbayan, and San Isidroin Bohol. Volunteers from AsuncionFishing and University of Bohol pro-vided vehicles going to Antiquera andLoon. Relief goods were shipped fromManila to Cebu via Tiger Air; fromCebu to Tagbilaran port by the NavalForces.

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worker and he asked if I knew how to pickfruit. I replied “yes sir”. Lucky for us it wasstill summer and there were many fruits to be picked in the nearby farms There were many jobs if you were not picky.

Joining Brig and me, was a family friend,Julius Fernandez. We had to carry a w oodenladder, reinforced with metal brackets, alongeach orchard row. It was very heavy. I wasquestioned by the eld boss if I could carry

it, as he was worried I might not be able tokeep up with the rest of the pickers. We wereassigned a row of trees and given a metalring shaped like a gure eight. The smallring would go to the middle nger and we place the big ring in the bottom of the fruit.If it did not fall through the ring, then it was big enough to be picked. This is how table pears are determined whether or not theymay be harvested. As we approach the peartree, we placed the ladder as close as possible to the center of the tree. Then we wouldclimb it and begin picking fruit and using thering to measure. If it was the right size it was placed in a bag draped over our shoulder. Iwould not bother moving my ladder as whenI got on top I could carefully move about picking most of the fruits using my talentin tree climbing. I got so good at this that Iwould even beat the group and nished rstmost of the time. I had to prove to the bossthat I could handle it. After the rst day, the boss checked my work. He wasn’t a man ofmany words, but he gave me thumbs up andI could tell he was happy with my work. Iwas accepted as a regular picker. In the eve-ning is when I would feel the pain and achesin my body. I was not really used to this kindof work. This also holds true for my father.We already had it made in the Philippines.My dad’s different businesses were doingvery well. So what made him decide to nd a better place for us in America?

In some ranches that grow prunes, theyallowed the whole family to pick. The prunetrees were loaded with fruits. It takes ashaker and a beater to get the fruits to fall tothe ground where it is gathered by the gath-erers. My dad and I would be the shakers andwe also would beat the tree with a big stickuntil all the fruits fell to the ground. This iswhere my siblings would take over. Theywould gather the plums and placed them in boxes with our number on it where it would be placed in the tractor. It was almost like agame for the children. We had fun an d got paid doing it. What a great deal!

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Karagdag, Jr., Member, State Bar ofCalifornia & Integrated Bar of the Phil-ippines | SAN DIEGO, 11/01/2013 --

Is there really such a thing as a secretmarriage in the Philippines? As ingetting married without having yourmarriage contract recorded? Our friendGerby learned the answer to this ques-tion the hard way.

Gerby’s parents are immigrants in theUnited States. They were petitioned byGerby’s sister. Although Gerby was stillone month short of his 21st birthday, hecould not be a derivative beneciary ofhis parents in the petition led by hissister (otherwise, this would circumventthe timeline for F-4 petitions). So Gerbywas left behind. The moment his parentslanded in the U.S. they led an F2-B petition for him as an unmarried childof an immigrant, since Gerby was thenover 21.

Gerby and his parents waited manyyears for his immigrant visa to become

available. After 10 years of unbearablewaiting, Gerby nally got a letter fromthe National Visa Center. The letterasked Gerby to ll out the DS-3032Choice of Agent. The NVC also sent anafdavit of support processing fee bill tohis parents in the U.S. Soon after, Gerbyreceived his interview appointment let-ter from the US Embassy.

But one thing was bothering Gerby.Before his parents left, they repeatedlyreminded him to stay single. Althoughhis parents knew that Gerby was court-ing Emmy, the beautiful daughter oftheir neighbor, they were not worried because she had many suitors who werericher and better looking. They did notthink that Emmy would fall for Gerby.Besides, Gerby had to remain singlewhile waiting for his green card, whichcould take more than ten years. Surely,with her beauty and charms, Emmycould not wait that long.

But his parents underestimated Gerby.

Through sheer diligence, Gerby wasable to endear himself to Emmy. Theykept their relationship secret becauseher conservative parents were againstGerby, not because he was neither hand-some nor rich, but because they knew hehad to remain single because of his peti-tion. They did not want Emmy to have a

relationship with a man without the ben-

et of marriage. Emmy shared the sameview and resisted all attempts by Gerbyfor them to be intimate. Desperate to letEmmy show how much she loved him,Gerby proposed marriage. He broughther to a minister who, for an extraamount, promised not to submit theirmarriage certicate to the civil registrar.Gerby was happy to have hit two birdswith one stone, and so he thought.

During the interview, the consul askedGerby many questions, which for most part focused on his civil status. Gerbyfelt uneasy which made the consulsuspicious. At the end of the interview,the consul told Gerby that he neededto submit a certication of no marriage(CENOMAR) from the National Sta-tistics Ofce. This was to prove that hehad remained single. When Gerby gotthe results from the NSO, he was devas-tated. Instead of a CENOMAR, what the NSO issued was a copy of his marriagecontract with Emmy. The minister did

not fulll his promise.Since Gerby was petitioned as an

unmarried child of an immigrant, hismarriage during the pendency of the petition automatically revoked that peti-tion. This is because an immigrant can-not petition a married son or daughter.(Only a citizen can petition a marriedson or daughter).

Hopefully, the case of Gerby willserve as a lesson to those who plan todo the same thing. There is no secretmarriage in the Philippines. Once youget married, it is recorded and the recordgoes to the local civil registrar. In turn,the civil registrar will forward it to the NSO. In Gerby’s case, the ministerwas under legal obligation to reportthe marriage within 15 days. Article 23of the Family Code of the Philippinesmandates:

Art. 23. It shall be the duty of the per-son solemnizing the marriage to furnisheither of the contracting parties the orig-

inal of the marriage certicate referredto in Article 6 and to send the duplicateand triplicate copies of the certicate notlater than fteen days after the marriage,to the local civil registrar of the place

“Secret Marriage”

Last Halloween was the second year in

a row when hardly anybody came to ourdoorstep for “trick or treat” . Not that I amcomplaining. My wife and I ignored the onlyknock we heard at the door at about seven inthe evening because, rst, we didn’t want tomiss any part of the television program wewere watching, and second, we simply didn’thave any candy to give away.

The rst thought that came to my mind,however, is that somebody, a dreadedteenager spurned by our lack of “spookyspirit” perhaps, might “egg” or vandalize mynewly-washed car parked outside. But theevening passed quietly, although I have yet tosee my car and know if I paid the price for myinsensitivity.

Last year, although we were armed witha bucketful of candies, we also didn’t haveany “trick or treaters” either. In contrast, inthe preceding years before that, out-of-neigh-

borhood children, used to even invade ourRancho Del Rey community in Chula Vista.Are times-a-changin? I am confused becauseI still see the same intensity in the observance

of Halloween outside of our house: the usualhype on television, people wearing costumesin public places and the typical Halloweendecorations in our neighbors’ front yards. Yet,

people seem to read an invisible sign in frontof our house that says: “Don’t disturb this‘kill-joy’ couple. They have no candy to give.”

Peaceful Halloween didn’t seem to be this peaceful

for us before, especially when our childrenwere growing up. It was both a pain and joyevent. Joy because I got to see my daughterswear their costumes as my wife took themaround the neighborhood to collect their can-dies. Pain because I got to get up of my com-fortable couch in front of the TV every nowand then, open the door and distribute, and ineffect return the candies my kids had taken.To this day, however, I still do not see the funof going door-to-door to get something thatcan easily be bought in the store. But maybe,

by dressing up, the kids get to enjoy livingup in the characters of the costume they wearin make-believe world they often fantasize.Especially this year’s favorite, The Spiderman.And with his girl, Kirsten Dunst, why wouldnot anyone fantasize being him?

Not practiced “Trick or treat” was not ever practiced

when I was growing up in the Philippines.Halloween had never been our experience asit is exclusively an American tradition. For me

it was simply an excuse by costume makersand merchants to make a killing in one singleday of the year in the same way Christmashas been commercialized by introducingnon-religious characters like “Santa Claus”and the likes, or Holy Week, for that matter,with the popularity of the Easter Bunny andegg-hunting tradition. However, I notice thatHalloween with its commercial avor, as weknow it in America, has lately been introducedin the Philippines.

Since a few years ago, many exclusiveneighborhoods in Metro Manila have spon-sored and encouraged the staging of “trickor treat” among the children in the area. Thisgives the rich folks an excuse to spend onthe costumes of their kids, who most likelyhave had a taste of the Halloween during theiroccasional visits in the U.S. Now, Halloweenhas become a permanent xture, a traditionin these exclusive enclaves. Pretty soon, poor

parents will be forced to spend the moneythey have budgeted for food in Halloweencostumes out of peer pressure and desire to

prevent their kids from “being left out.”When I was growing up in the Philippines,

All Souls Day or “Todos los Santos” was adifferent kind of experience celebrated on therst and second day of November. It is a day

to remember our loved ones. People go andstay in the cemeteries to visit the graves oftheir departed relatives or friends, a practicehardly done here in the United States. It wasa big event. While November 1st comes andgoes unnoticed here in America, the day is anofcial holiday in the Philippine calendar toenable the people to observe the tradition. Infact, oftentimes, the day before November 1stis also declared a holiday so that people wouldhave enough time to go back to their home-towns in the provinces and observe“Todos LosSantos” with their relatives, dead or alive.

For us, it was the day when our clan wouldgather by the gravesite of my late maternalgrandparents at the Manila North Cemeterythe whole day. There would be plenty of foodand drinks for everyone. We the childrenwould go from one gravesite to another tocollect candle wax and form them into a ball,which is then used as a polish to shine ouroors. Another pastime is to visit the graves offamous people in the area. If we were lucky,we would also have seen equally famous visi-tors, at the gravesites. These were the kin ofthe late presidents, Manuel L. Quezon, ManuelRoxas and Ramon Magsaysay, the pre-war

boxing champion Pancho Villa, movie actorFernando Poe Sr. and startlet Nelly Baylon. Itwas a festive event. Some people would even

play majong and cards. The cemetery would be lled with people and the trafc.

I remember a Radyo Patrol announcerexclaiming on the air as he described thecemetery during one All Saints’ Day in theearly seventies this way: “Katakot-takot na

patay. Opo, katakot-takot na patay ang naritosa Manila North Cemetery na binibisita ngkanilang mga kamag-anak ngayong Todos LosSantos (There are hundreds of dead. Yes, thereare hundreds, if not thousands of dead beingvisited by their relatives here at the Manila

North Cemetery!).”The trafc was usually so bad that we

would bring our stuff in the wee hours in themorning and park our car inside the cemeterythe whole day since the only time we would

be able to take out the vehicle was when ev-erybody had left the place late in the evening.During the eighties, the standstill trafc at theLoyola Memorial Cemetery in Marikina gaveway to heated arguments between two drivers.One of the driver, a businessman who boastedof a strong connection with a politician, reda shot at the vehicle of his opponent resultingto the death of the latter’s pregnant wife. Thestrongly-connected culprit is now languish-ing in jail, his livelihood in ruins and his kidsgrowing up without a father. The victim’shusband is now forced to raise his small chil-dren, one of whom was born by caesarian afterhis mom died, by himself, and is unable to go

back to his job abroad. In an instant, in onemoment of rage, many lives have been ruined

by a single gunshot during a costly All Saints’Day trafc rage.

Made a killing During this period reserved for the dead,

many people make a “killing,” business-wise,that is. Vendors selling owers, candles andfood are all over the place. There was even asmall “carnival” right by the entrance of thecemetery. Just the other day, I read an item ina Philippine newspaper about Manila MayorAlfredo Lim’s order dismantling woodenladders placed by some enterprising people onthe concrete fence surrounding the cemetery.It seems that people are charged a fee by usingthis ladder, to save them the time and effortin going around and entering through thecemetery’s gate. As they say, desperate timesrequire desperate solutions. Only in the Philip-

pines can this happen. This is similar to the practice in downtown Manila of some people placing wooden planks for people to walk onin crossing some ooded areas during rainyseason. Of course, the people responsible forthose planks would demand a “toll fee” so thatthe pedestrian’s shoes would not get wet as hecrosses the area.

During my recent Philippine visits, I noticethat some girls, impeccably dressed in theirschool uniforms, would come out of theManila North Cemetery. I realized later thatthey actually live inside the cemetery. Dueto acute poverty, many families have buildshanties and lived inside as squatters. In fact,one famous comedienne before, Moody, livedamong the dead. When she passed away, shedidn’t have to go far as she was buried right inher home turf.

In the evening of all Saints Day in the Phil-ippines, some people would stage a “Hallow-een caroling” in the neighborhood. People callthis practice “Nangangaluluwa(acting or beingsouls).” They would sing the All Saints’ Daysongs (which is only one, as far as I know)complete with guitar and other instruments.People are supposed to give money, otherwise,the “Kaluluwa” (souls) would surreptiouslysteal one’s chickens cooped in the pen. Actu-ally, it’s the carolers who do it, presumably, in

behalf of the souls. What a convenient excuse! Fondest One of my fondest, if not weirdest All

Saints’ Day experience was when I was

eleven-years-old in 1958. Unlike in the U.S.where children always have the chance to gocamping, if not with their family, denitelywith the school-sponsored weekend camp’sstay, children during our time never had acamping experience, except when one is amember of the Boy Scout. As one, I alwayslooked forward to camping inside a cemeteryon All Saints’ Day.

Our older peers would regale us with talesof how they would pitch tents among thegravesites, build a re, cook food (which issimply heating canned sardines and boilingrice), and frighten each other by sharing horrorstories by the camp re among the spookysurroundings. It took me a while before I wasable to get my over-protective mother’s per-mission to join such an activity. For her it wasa hard decision to make because I, her sicklychild, would be out of her domain for an entiresingle day, left alone to contend with the harshelements of a cemetery; cool breeze buffetingher son as he slept under the beautiful stars.

Finally, I was able to convince her that being a boy scout was not merely marchinginside our small school compound and raisingthe ag during the ag-raising ceremonies. Itwas like going abroad to a strange foreign landas my mother personally brought me, with thefamily car and all, to the campsite.

Everything went well, or so I thought. Wedid exactly what our older peers experienced

before: pitching tents, boiling rice, heating upcans of sardines, and telling horror stories bythe camp re. The cemetery was not at all iso-lated. People had already been coming in withtheir stuff and staying overnight in preparationfor the observance of All Saints’ day the nextday. Instead of being an eerie, spooky environ-ment, the cemetery had been transformed intoa festive place, with people chatting, laughing,and some boy scouts singing. It was already

past midnight when I went inside my tent tocatch some much-needed sleep. I was so tiredthat I thought I would fall into a deep slumberuntil I had a dreaded nightmare. I dreamt thatmy mother was at the opening of my tent tocheck me out as my friends were laughing at

the sight of a “mama’s boy.” As I woke up perspiring, I heard voices from outside of mytent.

“Si Simeon, si Simeon daw, hinahanap ngnanay niya (It’s Simeon, his mom is lookingfor him). It was indeed my mother outsidemaking sure that I was all right. I wanted to

bury myself under the ground six feet under just like the dead people around me. I mighthave been mad at my mother then when I waseleven-years-old. But now that I am nearingsixty, I can just look back to that moment witha smile, knowing that for one to realize howmuch his mother loved him, he had to experi-ence one of the m ost embarrassing momentsin his life, on All Saints Day. - AJ

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JARO, Iloilo, Oct. 28, 2013—The par-ish of Sto. Niño de Arevalo will hold therst ever alternative Halloween celebra-tion in Iloilo.

Arevalo parish priest Msgr. AmadeoEscañan, announced that the Holy Nameof Jesus Parish will celebrate October31—popularly known as Halloween—asthe festival of all holy men and women.

Msgr. Escañan explained that, insteadof the usual festival of ghouls, goonsand ghosts, his parish will celebrate theeve of the Solemnity of All Saints witha Procession of Saints, explaining thatHalloween, held usually in exclusivevillages and shopping malls, has become

overly-commercialized.In the Procession of all Saints that

will be held in Sto. Niño de Arevaloon October 31, people are invited toassemble in the parish grounds at 3:30 p.m. to witness the representation of thesaints. Five children from each of the 10Barangays of the parish will represent particular saints.

Msgr. Escañan noted that October 31is also the last day of the Month of theHoly Rosary. His parish will also holdon that day a Marian Procession withthe prayer of the Holy Rosary and theHoly Mass as a tting way to honorHoly Mary as the Queen of All Saints.

The Church, particularly in the provinces of Panay, has lamented the phenomenon of people falling intosuperstitious beliefs and practices.

It can be recalled that only a few yearsago, in 2006, the Archdiocese of Capizissued a statement calling for a stop tothe annual “Aswang Festival”, saying

it increases the appeal of witchcraft tomany people and that the festival makes“evil” characters appear “cool and in-nocent.”

Iloilo holds frst alternative

Halloween celebration

The same Archdiocesan statementwarned that these mystical gures, suchas the “aswang” (witch), can becomedangerous once they enter into the psyche of the (people) and form part ofthe culture of Capiz.

By celebrating the Procession ofSaints in the parish of Sto. Niño deArevalo in the eve of All Saints Day,it is hoped that the witness of youngchildren will remind the faithful of thefundamental call of all the baptized toholiness especially in the Year of Faith.

To further emphasize the teaching ofthe Catholic Faith on the Communion ofSaints, the celebration of All Saints Day

and the commemoration of the faithfuldeparted will be given their full spiritualmeaning through the celebration of theHoly Mass in the churches and cemeter-ies of the parishes in Iloilo on October31, November 1, and November 2. Thefaithful are encouraged to offer suf-frages, especially Masses, for the holy

(San Diego, CA – October 3, 2013) Noted as “One of the Top Ten Reasonsto Visit San Diego” by USA Today’sPop Traveler, Pacic Arts Movement isexcited to announce the 14th San DiegoAsian Film Festival (SDAFF), whichruns November 7-16, 2013 at various lo-cations throughout the County and at the

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Monday, November 11, is whenAmerican honors its veterans. The City

of Chula Vista is no exception and rec-ognizes these brave souls in many ways.Although all City ofces and facilitieswill be closed on November 11, ChulaVista has many permanent ways to

recognize our veterans.Veterans Park, 785 East Palomar

Street, includes a prominent “Walk ofHonor” walkway paved with bricksinscribed with the names of veterans.Memorial Park, 373 Park Way, is theCity’s second oldest park dating backto 1937 and is the site of the City’s Me-morial Monument dedicated to armedforces dating back to World War II. TheChula Vista Public Library, 365 F Street,hosts a Veterans Wing which provides

counseling space, updated veteransinformation and memorabilia, booksand media materials. In addition, over84 City streets in the communities ofSunbow, McMillin and Otay Ranch are

named to honor veterans.Chula Vista is also hom e to the Veter-

ans Home of California – Chula Vista,one of six dedicated Veterans Homes inCalifornia. The 400-bed long-term carefacility provides care to veterans in threeavenues: independent living, licensedresidential, and skilled nursing care.

On Friday, November 8, at 10 a.m.there will be a celebration honoring vet-erans and military families at VeteransElementary School, 1550 Magdalena

Avenue, following a brief parade aroundthe school featuring veterans.

Southwestern College will be having

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On CBCP being "KJ" or "kill-joy"amid the Halloween festivities, Lucasquipped, "Ang tingin ko, mas KJ 'yungtinatakot ako!"

"Mas gusto ko 'yung nai-inspire ako.KJ kayo pag hindi ako nai-inspire sainyo. Ang KJ 'yung ayaw ng saya. Tayohindi. Baguhin natin na mas magigingmasaya tayo, at magiging positive ang buhay natin," he said.

Bringing up the etymology of Hallow-een, which means "holy evening," Lucascontinued, "May alternative naman."

"We Filipinos are very creative. Wecan create positive and inspiring mes-sages and graphics at design sa mgamall during Halloween. Kaya nga 'yungHallow, 'yung 'blessed,' 'yun ang itulaknatin,' he said.

As a subscriber to the KurzweilAl.NetDaily Newsletter I receive news aboutsome new technologies. Some of thetechnologies interest my readers as well.I think the following news article should

be shared:Is invisible dark matter detectable?

A prototype device designed by theMIT team to produce a very narrow, high- powered beam of electrons for an experi-ment called DarkLight (credit: MIT)

Scientists at MIT and elsewhere havedeveloped a tool that could test to seeif dark matter is detectable.

That will be a challenge: dark matter, believed by physicists to outweigh all thenormal matter in the universe by morethan ve to one, is by denition invisible.

However, the MIT researchers havecome up with a workaround, describedin a paper in the journal Physical ReviewLetters co-authored by MIT physics pro-fessors Richard Milner and Peter Fisherand 19 other researchers.

DarkLight“We’re looking for a massive photon,”

Milner explains. That may seem like acontradiction in terms: Photons, or par-ticles of light, are known to be massless.

However, an exotic particle that resem- bles a photon, but with mass, has been

proposed by some theorists to explain

dark matter — whose nature is unknown but whose existence can be inferred fromthe gravitational attraction it exerts onordinary matter, such as in the way galax-ies rotate and clump together.

Now, an experiment known as Dark-Light, developed by Fisher and Milner in

collaboration with researchers at the Jef-ferson National Accelerator Labora-tory in Virginia and others, will look fora massive photon with a specic energy

postulated in one particular theory aboutdark matter, Milner says.

If it does exist, that would represent amajor discovery, Milner says. “It’s totally

beyond anything we understand aboutthe physical world,” he says. “A mas sive

photon would be totally different” fromanything allowed by the Standard Model,the bedrock of modern particle physics,he says.

To prove the existence of the theorized particle, dubbed A’ (“A prime”), the newexperiment will use a particle acceleratorat the Jefferson Lab that has been tuned to

produce a very narrow beam of electronswith a megawatt of power. That’s a lot of

power, Milner says: “You could not putany material in that path,” he says, with-out having it obliterated by the beam. Forcomparison, he explains that a hot oven

represents a kilowatt of power. “This is

a thousand times that,” he says, concen-trated into mere millionths of a meter.

The new paper conrms that the newfacility’s beam meets the characteristicsneeded to denitively detect the hypo-thetical particle — or rather, to detectthe two particles that it decays into, in

precise proportions that would reveal itsexistence. Doing so, however, will requireup to two years of further preparationsand testing of the equipment, followed byanother two years to collect data on mil-lions of electron collisions in the searc hfor a tiny statistical anomaly.

“It’s a tiny effect,” Milner says, but “itcan have enormous consequences for ourtheories and our understanding. It would

be absolutely groundbreaking in physics.”Probing other physics puzzlesWhile DarkLight’s main purpose is to

search for the A’ particle, it also happensto be well suited to addressing othermajor puzzles in physics, Milner says. Itcan probe the nature of a reaction, insidestars, in which carbon and helium fuse toform oxygen — a process that accountsfor all of the oxygen that now exists inthe universe.

“This is the stuff we’re all made of,”Milner says, and the rate of this reactiondetermines how much oxygen exists.While that reaction rate is very hard tomeasure, Milner says, the Da rkLightexperiment could illuminate the processin a novel way: “The idea is to do theinverse.” Instead of fusing atoms to formoxygen, the experiment would directthe powerful beam at an oxygen target,causing it to split into carbon and helium.That, Milner says, would provide anindirect way of determining the stellar

production rate.Roy Holt, a distinguished fellow in

the physics division at Argonne NationalLaboratory in Illinois, says this work is “ anovel and signicant technical develop-ment that not only opens a new windowto search for a new [particle], but alsofor new studies in nuclear physics.” Ifthe planned experiment detects the A’

particle, he says, “it would signal thatdark matter could actually be studied in alaboratory setting.”

The work, which also includedresearchers from the Jefferson Na-tional Accelerator Facility and HamptonUniversity in Virginia, Arizona StateUniversity, and MIT’s Laboratory for

Nuclear Science, was supported by theU.S. Department of Energy.

Detecting Invisible Dark

Matter

AS THE BAMBOOS SWAY By RudyD. Liporada

Is there a solution to SDGEincreasing its rates by 11%last September? Yes, many

say. You can unplug thoseappliances you are not usingor be sure to put off the lightswhen not needed. You canalso turn off or use less your

air conditioner.

Those solutions are just palliative,however. Question is why should you

suffer the heat by not turning on your airconditioner, for example, while SDGE ismaking all those prot at your expense?Somehow, there should be a way to get back at this company.

Why not go Solar?To me, however, harnessing Solar

Energy is not just saving on electric bills – practically not paying for electricityanymore. It is not just being in controland not being at the mercy of electriccompanies that raise their rates, conser-vatively, by 6.7% every year. To me, it isenhancing a calamity free environmentas derivative of providing maximumelectric services for the greater majorityat the lowest possible constant cost. Itis also a way of warding off from socialunrest as governments pursue traditionalsources of electric power.

In August 8, 2012, 67 barangays inMangatarem, Pangasinan in the Philip- pines were deluged by ash oods whenwater was released from the San Roque

Dam in San Manuel. Due to the heavy

rainfall, the Dam reached a critical point where its walls could break andreleased water through its ducts. Earlieron, upper stream, the Binga and AngatDams in Benguet had released water to prevent their walls from breaking up,adding, dangerously, their spill to theSan Roque Dam. Lives and properties,affecting 10,000 people, were lost in thecatastrophe.

In the 1970s, the Philippine Govern-ment pushed for constructing damsalong the Chico River passing throughKalinga in the Cordilleras. The Igorotsopposed the constructions citing thatthe contained water will not only delugetheir ancestral lands and source of

livelihood but also displace them untounknown lands and future. They havelearned from the fate of their Kan-kanayand Ibaloy brothers and sisters who had been displaced when the Binga and An-gat Dams were built in Benguet. Need-less to say that the Chico Dam projectsfanned the revolutionary movement inthe area resulting in continuing deaths.

But without dams, we could not har-ness energy, we could say. True, but it isnot the only way. In fact, we also havenuclear and wind as traditional sourcesof energy. The Chernobyl in Russia andFukushima in Japan disasters shouldsufce as examples of the impracticalityof nuclear plants as a sustaining sourceof energy. As for wind power, youwould need acres and acres of land forthose humongous propeller like contrap-tions to gather wind. Those acres could be used for other purposes. And what ifthere is now wind?

In spite of its growing popularity,

however, many are still reluctant to takeadvantage of the Solar Energy harnessedfrom the sun, for free. There are notionsthat the Solar Systems are expensive,dangerous, or not practical. The fact is:only less than 1% percent of the popula-tion of California are using Solar EnergySystems – But are enjoying their electri-cal blessings immensely.

Have you heard of anyone who hasa Solar Energy System complain abouttheir electrical bills?

For those who have negative notions,let’s put it this way: In 1903, peoplelaughed at the Wright Brothers who be-lieved and persisted that their airplanescould y. Rockets now can even reachMars. Who is laughing now about the possibility of ying? And computers,that are now hand held, were as hugeas an entire building just decades ago.Also, nowadays, if you do not have acell phone, you do not belong.

Moreover, before man discovered re,

Why I am passionate about theSolar Energy Movement

they had to suffer the darkness and thecold. Man, eventually, discovered reand ‘discovered’ it because it had al-ways been there. Benjamin Franklin also‘discovered’ electricity because it hasalways been there. If not for Franklin’s‘discovery’, we should still be usinglamps and torches.

And just a century ago, personalitieslike Tesla ‘discovered’ PhotovoltaicEnergy derived from the sun to provideSolar Energy captured by Solar Panelsso we can have free electr icity. For those

who may not know yet, Tesla energyoperated cars that now ply the roads(saving from the ever increasing price ofgas) are named after the ‘discoverer’ ofPhotovoltaic Energy – again, because, ithas, and the sun, has always been there.

For those saying that Solar EnergySystems are expensive, would you rath-er pay $100.00 for your electricity bill amonth or pay $70.00 a month for yourSolar Energy System (and not pay forany electrical bill) for just a period oftime and never pay for electricity again?I am just saying, if you are going to payfor electricity anyway, why not for yourSolar Energy System instead? Insteadof paying for the company’s electricity,why not produce your own?

Of course, people will still be ada-mant. Only those who believed in theWright Brothers and invested in theminitially got rich in the ying businessearly. Only those who invested withBenjamin Franklin became early mil-lionaires in the Edison business.

While most will wait when they arereally pinched by the ever increas-ing rates of electrical bills before theyconsider acquiring their Solar EnergySystems, a growing number of thosewho have already installed their Systemsare already amassing savings from thesun – that has always been there.

Besides, while benetting from yourSolar Energy System, you are also help-ing to keep the environment green and preserving the eco-system.

If, by chance, I have picked yourcuriosity about Solar Energy Systemsand your electrical bill averages at least$100.00 a month, you might want toemail me at [email protected] orcall me at 858-722-1465.

The light at the end of the tunnel isactually Solar.





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JARO, Iloilo, Oct. 28, 2013—The parishof Sto. Niño de Arevalo will hold the rstever alternative Halloween celebration inIloilo.

Arevalo parish priest Msgr. Amadeo Esca-ñan, announced that the Holy Name of JesusParish will celebrate October 31—popularlyknown as Halloween—as the festival of allholy men and women.

Msgr. Escañan explained that, insteadof the usual festival of ghouls, goons andghosts, his parish will celebrate the eve ofthe Solemnity of All Saints with a Processionof Saints, explaining that Halloween, heldusually in exclusive villages and shoppingmalls, has become overly-commercialized.

In the Procession of all Saints that will be held in Sto. Niño de Arevalo on October31, people are invited to assemble in the parish grounds at 3:30 p.m. to witness therepresentation of the saints. Five childrenfrom each of the 10 Barangays of the parishwill represent particular saints.

Msgr. Escañan noted that October 31 isalso the last day of the Month of the HolyRosary. His parish will also hold on that daya Marian Procession with the prayer of theHoly Rosary and the Holy Mass as a ttingway to honor Holy Mary as the Queen of AllSaints.

The Church, particularly in the provincesof Panay, has lamented the phenomenon of people falling into superstitious beliefs and practices.

It can be recalled that only a few yearsago, in 2006, the Archdiocese of Capiz is-sued a statement calling for a stop to the an-nual “Aswang Festival”, saying it increasesthe appeal of witchcraft to many people and

that the festival makes “evil” characters appear “cool and innocent.”

The same Archdiocesan statement warnedthat these mystical gures, such as the “as-wang” (witch), can become dangerous oncethey enter into the psyche of the (people) andform part of the culture of Capiz.

By celebrating the Procession of Saints inthe parish of Sto. Niño de Arevalo in the eveof All Saints Day, it is hoped that the witnessof young children will remind the faithfulof the fundamental call of all the baptized toholiness especially in the Year of Faith.

To further emphasize the teaching of theCatholic Faith on the Communion of Saints,the celebration of All Saints Day and thecommemoration of the faithful departedwill be given their full spiritual meaningthrough the celebration of the Holy Mass inthe churches and cemeteries of the parishesin Iloilo on October 31, November 1, and November 2. The faithful are encouraged tooffer suffrages, especially Masses, for theholy souls.

Aside from the spiritual aspect of the

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so he brought me to the 32nd Street Navy Base-DRY SIDE for those whowere stationed there and of all placeshe brought me to the bar on base…heordered beer for us and we just drank,although I didn’t like the taste …I enjoyed it because I had my rst beer withmy Dad. Another time was when I wentto choose my rst Tour of Duty af ter“A” school I selected to be on board theUSS JOUETT CG-29. Once I got back

to San Diego and reported in I found outthat this ship was actually my Dad’s lastship that he served on…the guys theretreated me just like family because theyall respected him so much as I do. I wasgiven the name of “Little Chief” by thecrew because my Dad was the ChiefMaster At Arms during his time there.One of his favorite pictures was takenonboard the USS Jouett with him in his blue jumpsuit holding the two shotguns.Although I didn’t have the privilege toserve over 23 years as he did I’m glad Imade him proud during my 8 years in.

Upon getting out in ’99 my nexttransition through life in following his“FOOTSTEPS” was to follow him intoLaw Enforcement. I went through thePhysical Exam, Written Tests and eventhe interview processes but failed whenit came to the vision exam as my righteye is partially blind. A setback ofcourse….but I know that I had sometype of Law Enforcement under my

belt with my last tour in the Militaryas a Corrections Specialist at the NASMiramar which also happened to be myfather’s last duty station with the Navy.

My father will be remembered in somany ways by each of us…but these are

just a few of how he has truly affectedhow my life has turned out and will bein the future. He will be remembered by his wisdom and knowledge in theMartial Arts Community especially withthe Filipino Martial Arts. H e will beremembered how he can make everybody smile and laugh like all the timeswhen we would do Demonstrations Iwould always remember him saying,“Who was Ferdinand Magellan… hewould wait for their respose, people inthe crowd would say he was an explorer but then my Dad would say he wasthe “First White Tourist killed in thePhilippines”. He will be rememberedas a man who is Honest, Fair, Wise and

Supportive. But most of all he will beremembered as a Loving Husband andFather. There is one thing I will VOWto you Dad…Your Legacy will NEVER be forgotten as my brothers and I willcontinue with the Art and pass the torchto the Next Generation keeping theame alive.

A man that will be truly missed by allof us…we must remember all the GoodMemories we had with him and I knowhe is looking down at us knowing how proud he is of each and every one ofhis sons, and how he truly misses beinghere with Mom to continue many morememorable memories.

This isn’t the end…this is just the be-ginning because he has now started hissecond journey of life in the Heavensabove being reunited with his Fatherand Grandmasters before him…and ofcourse singing in the Heavens with the“King of Rock and Roll” himself…El-vis. Save a spot on stage for me, Dad…

once again I will f ollow your “FOOT-STEPS” when my Second journey oflife begins.

I remember the three words he lastsaid to me…I LOVE YOU!!! I LOVEYOU TOO DAD!!!!

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Communion of Saints, parishes in Iloilo haveappealed to the faithful to help the victimsof the recent earthquake in Bohol. Donationsreceived by the parishes will be forwarded by the Archdiocese of Jaro to the dioceses inBohol. (Fr. Mickey Cardenas)




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CHAPLET OF THE DIVINE MERCY

Using the rosary beads, recite one Our Father , one

Hail Mary , and one I Believe in God .

On the Our Father beads say this prayer, which

was given by Our Lord to St. Faustina (1905-1938).

Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul

and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord

Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of

the whole world.

On the Hail Mary beads say:

For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy

on us and on the whole world.

In conclusion say three times:

Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One,

have mercy on us and on the whole world.

The Hour of Great Mercy

At three o’ clock, implore My mercy,especially for sinners; and, if only for a briefmoment, immerse yourself in My Passion,

particularly in My abandonment at themoment of agony. This is the hour of great

mercy. In this hour, I will refuse nothingto the soul that makes a request of Me in

virtue of My Passion (Diary, 1320). -- DivineMercy in My Soul: Diary of Saint Faustina

Kowalska

You expired, O Jesus, but thesource of life gushed forth for soulsand an ocean of mercy opened up

for the whole world.O Fount of Life, unfathomable

Divine Mercy, envelop the wholeworld and empty Yourself out upon

us. O Blood and Water, whichgushed forth from the Heart of

Jesus as a fount of mercy for us, Itrust in You. Amen.

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Bayaan MunaAudele

Habang lumilipas itong mga araw

Ay nadaragdagan bilang ng kawatan

Apat na ang suki si Gringo’y kabilang

Sa tatlong magigiting na magnanakaw.

Kaya si Napoles dapat ay mag-ingat

Hindi biro ang kanyang kinakaharap

Baka may magtangkang sa kanya’y umutas

Pakupkop sa taong loob ay panatag.

Si Jun Lozada ay waring naiinggit

Sa nakikitang anya’y special treatment

‘Di niya makurong nais lang masagip

Iligtas ang buhay nitong si Napoles.

Kaya naman masidhi ang pag-iingat

‘Di ibig sabihi’y kaiba sa lahat

Kapag si Napoles ay nakapaglahad

Ang dapat managot ay wala nang ligtas.

Siya ang susi niyong katotohanan

Sa imbestigasyon ay matutuklasan

Matutukoy dito, tunay na master mind

Kung itong si Janet ay ginamit lamang.

Bayaan munang Palasyo’y makialam

Padiskartehi’t humanap ng paraan

Masisilo’y utak ng katiwalian

Kakastiguhin sa matuwid na daan.

Ika-30 ng Agosto, 2013

Climbing the MountainOctober 25, 2006

Blessed Mother

Little children, you areall safe in my Immacu-late Heart. I am your

mother. In a special way I protect you during this time.I shield you from inuencesthat would lead you awayfrom your path to my Son.You must cooperate with meso that I can protect you even

more.Often a mother has information that

her children do not need to know. Awise mother shares the informationonly when it is necessary to help herchildren identify danger. I am that way.I am sharing information now because Iwant you to know where the danger toyour spirituality lies. It is good to listen

to your mother because she seeks onlywhat is good for you. I know that mySon’s beloved apostles understand thisand this is why I bring this informationto you, asking you to spread it furtherfor me.Children, our enemy wishes todraw many souls into a Godless void.This is being done in a manner that isunderhanded. If a person was askeddirectly, to reject God permanently,most would refuse. People do not wantto permanently remove a chance to bewith God, even if their faith is terriblyweak and they never serve God at all.The enemy is not forthright, however,and souls are being deceived. You knowthis to a degree. I intend to advise you ofa specic manner of conducting yourselfso that I can protect you completely. Inmy Immaculate Heart you will nd joyand peace. In my Immaculate Heart youwill nd comfort and gentle correction.

I am your mother and I will help you. --directionforourtimes.com

Written by Corazon Damo-Santiago,PhD, InGodsCompany2.Blogspot.kr |10/09/2013

AB-29 Superfortress bomber, EnolaGay, which took off from the Pacic is-land of Tinian, dropped an atomic bomb

over Hiroshima, Japan.At 8:15, the deadly atomic bombexploded with “blinding ash of bluish-white light, which seared thesky,” reached a temperature of 9,000°F(around 5,000°C) and “leveled almosteverything within a radius of more than3 kilometers.”

The bomb’s “explosive force of20,000 tons of TNT” killed outright78,000 people.

The article “When, Where, Why andHow It Happened” by Readers Digestestimated that 250,000 had either beenkilled outright or died of radiationwithin ve years.

But the deadly blast which ushered theatomic age did not affect the church ofOur Lady of Assumption near the centerof the blast.

Seven Jesuit priests also survived the blast without suffering any major injuryand radiation effects. Among them wereFrs. Hubert F. Schiffer, Hugo Lassalle

and Kleinsorge.Two-hundred scientists made inves-tigations for several years in search forscientic explanation about the phenom-enon experienced by the Jesuit priests.

Father Schiffer, during the 1976 Eu-charistic Congress in Philadelphia, saidtheir house is different. They recited therosary every day for special protection.

The Hiroshima bombing occurred onAugust 6, 1945, while that of Nagasakifollowed on August 9. The priests in theFranciscan Friary established by SaintMaximillan Kolbe were also unharmed.

‘Rosarium’ of special gracesTHE Blessed Virgin Mary made 15

promises to those who pray the rosary,to Saint Dominic and Blessed Alan de laRoche, OP.

Saint Louis de Montfort, OP, empha-sized that there is no limit to the powerof the rosary for it is “man’s crown ofmerit during lifetime, a crown of peaceduring death and a crown of glory in

heaven.”In the 12th century, the religiousorders recited together the 150 Psalmsin the Bible every day. The non-readers

Rosary: Powerful weapon withamazing results

who wanted to pray, too, made a stringof 150 knots to pray the Psalms to honorJesus and His Mother. It was called thePsalter.

To greet Our Lady, the episodes inthe Anunciation and the Visitation, Hail

Mary (Luke 1:28, 42) is recited.The salutations were considered asroses (rosarium) of spiritual graces theVirgin Mary bestows on her children.

Each Hail Mary is a salutation equiva-lent to a rose to form a crown for theLady which the Blessed Mother returnsas a crown of spiritual graces to thosewho pray the rosary fervently.

The rosary was revealed to SaintDominic in 1214, when he went into aforest near Toulose, France, for threedays of prayer and penance on how toconvert sinners and the heretical sect ofAlbigenses, who believed the “dualityof good and evil and Jesus as a rebelagainst the cruelty of an omnipotentGod.

The Blessed Mother accompanied bythree angels appeared to Saint Domi-nic, and told him to preach the AngelicPsalter.

Saint Dominic, with burning zeal,went straight to the cathedral. Unseen

angels rang the church bells to gatherthe people.During his Homily, a storm broke out,

the earth shook and the sun darkened,accompanied by thunder and lighting.

The picture of the Blessed Mothercame to life and she raised her armsthrice toward heaven.

The people of Toulose were convertedand “renounced their false beliefs.”

Saint Dominic preached about therosary and instituted the Confraternityof the Holy Rosary in his entire lifetime.However, after a century, the rosary was“like a thing buried and forgotten.”

In 1460 Blessed Alan restored devo-tion to the rosary after a reproach fromJesus.

While saying Mass, Jesus spoke to him inthe Sacred Host. “How can you crucify meagain so soon.... You have all the learnin gand understanding that you need to preachmy Mother’s rosary and you are not doingso.”

Power of the rosary

DURING the ponticate of Pope PiusV, the naval forces of Turkey threatened toinvade Europe. Alarmed by the impendingdanger, the pope prayed for enlightenment,then called all European leaders to uniteand form an army. He gave every soldier arosary.

On September 30, 1571, a eet of about5,000 men went to battle against the mighty30,000 Turkish eet in the Battle of Lepanto,which was won by the Church on October7, 1571.

Saint Pius V, to honor the Blessed Mother,established October 7 as a commemorativefeast for Our Lady of the Rosary.

The victory of Lepanto is just one of themany glorious battles attributed to the powerof the rosary.

The defeat of the Dutch in the Philippinesin 1646 is also recognized in Church historyas a “victory for the rosary.”

On March 15, 1646, a “formidable otilla”of Dutch Protestant ships arrived in the portof Manila. This brought anxiety to Spanishand Filipinos who had only two merchantships.

Fr. Jean de Conca, OP, taught the sailorshow and why they should pray the rosary inchoruses during the encounters.

From March to October they did, and whatwas humanly impossible happened: TheProtestant eets were destroyed and only 15of the 200 Christian men perished.

The victory was considered important be-cause it saved Catholicism in the Philippines.

Mystery of LightIN 2003, Year of the Rosary, Pope John

Paul II added the Mystery of Light or Lu-minous Mystery on the public life of Jesusand Mary.

Thus, there are now four mysteries; theJoyful, Sorrowful, Glorious and Luminous.

When we pray the Rosary, we pray withour Blessed Mother to honor the life ofJesus. And Mary is the only one in heavenand earth to whom Christ, our Lord, cannotsay “no.”

15 Promises of Our Lady to those whopray the rosary

1. Whoever shall faithfully serve me by

the recitation of the rosary shall receivesignal graces.

2. I promise my special protection and thegreatest graces to all those who shall recitethe rosary.

3. The rosary shall be a powerful armoragainst hell. It will destroy vice, decrease sinand defeat heresies.

4. It will cause virtue and good works toourish; it will obtain for souls the abundantmercy of God; it will withdraw the hearts ofmen from the love of the world and its vani-ties, and will lift them to the desire of eternal

things. Souls would sanctify themselves bythis means.

5. The soul which recommends itself tome by the recitation of the rosary shall not perish.

6. Whoever shall recite the rosary de-voutly, applying himself to the considerationof its sacred mysteries, shall never be con-quered by misfortune. God will not chastisehim in His justice. He shall not perish byan unprovided death; if he be just, he shallremain in the grace of God, and becomeworthy of eternal life.

7. Whoever shall have a true devotion tothe rosary shall not die without the sacra-ments of the Church.

8. Those who are faithful to recite therosary shall have during their life and at theirdeath the light of God and the plenitude ofHis graces; at the moment of death, theyshall participate in the merits of the saints in paradise.

9. I shall deliver from purgatory those whohave been devoted to the rosary.

10. The faithful children of the rosary shallmerit a high degree of glory in heaven.

11. You shall obtain all you ask of me bythe recitation of the rosary.

12. All those who propagate the holy ro-sary shall be aided by me in their necessities.

13. I have obtained from my Divine Sonthat all the advocates of the rosary shall havefor intercessors the entire celestial court dur-ing their life and at the hour of death.

14. All who recite the rosary are my sonsand brothers of my only Son Jesus Christ.

15. Devotion to my rosary is a great signof predestination (of going to heaven).

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Nevertheless, to be on the safe side, hetold his tribe that the winter was indeedgoing to be cold and that the members of

the village should collect rewood to be prepared.

But, being a practical leader, after severaldays, he got an idea. He went to the phone booth, called the Weather Network andasked, 'Is the coming winter going to becold?'

'It looks like this winter is going to bequite cold,' the meteorologist at the weatherservice responded.

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A week later, he called the Weather Net-work again. 'Does it still look like it is goingto be a very cold winter?'

'Yes,' the man at Weather Service againreplied, 'it's going to be a very cold winter.'The chief again went back to his peopleand ordered them to collect every scrap ofrewood they could nd.

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The National Competitiveness Coun-cil (NCC), which leads the multisectoreffort to improve the ease of doing business in the country, attributed the

improvement in the country’s rank tothe elimination of certain documentaryrequirements, guarantees of access tocredit information and the introductionof electronic systems for ling contribu-tions.

NCC chair Guillermo Luz also notedthe impact of laws such as the DataPrivacy Act and Financial Rehabilita-tion and Insolvency Act, which pavedthe way for electronic transactions andmade it easier for companies to closedown, respectively.

Luz said the Philippines was now ontrack to meeting the government’s goalof getting into the top-third of the list ofcountries in the report.

“We are right on the trajectory wewant to be at the moment. We wantto raise it to a steeper curve. I’m verytempted to raise the steepness of thiscurve,” Luz said.

The report showed the Philippinesslipped in two indicators, namely in

the areas of Starting New Businesses(down nine spots to 170th from 161st),and Enforcement of Contracts (downthree places to 114th from 111th). Thecountry’s rank in Protecting Investorswas steady at 128th.

Mylenko said that while the Philip- pines was able to implement reforms inthe three areas, other countries postedmore signicant gains.

For his part, Luz said he expected thePhilippines to maintain or even surpassits performance in the next two to threeyears, overtaking at least 25 countriesat a time.

“It is important for us to keep this typeof pace. While we have recorded a big jump, all the gain was this year. We need

some three kilometers acrossthe remote town.

The jutting land features are likely theresult of a newfound fault under BoholIsland which scientists are now strug-gling to map and understand—even asBoholanos are looking to turn the tragic

aftermath into a tourist attraction.The earthen wall could be as long as80-100 kilometers, according to initialscientic estimates, and could extend tothe sea.

In the wake of the magnitude 7.2earthquake that shook Bohol, most ofthe local government's (LGU's) effortshave been focused on relief and shelter.But among the LGU's plans is to makethe best of what they have, by turn-ing the damaged asites into places forgeological study and maybe even fortourism.

Turning disaster into opportunity“We plan to capture the tourism

component and the geological and geo-science opportunities of the new forma-tions as a result of the earthquake,”said Bohol Governor Edgar M. Chattoin a phone interview with GMA NewsOnline, Tuesday.

These tourist sites might include thethree-kilometer rupture in Barangay

Anonang, and some of the collapsedChocolate Hills.Phivolcs scientists are still learn-

ing about the newly discovered faultunder Bohol Island. Ofcially namedthe North Bohol Fault, it is still in the process of settling: aftershocks continueto be felt and the changes it effectedacross the provincial landscape are stillrevealing themselves.

When a reverse fault like the NorthBohol Fault moves, both sides of thefault compress, causing one side tomove up—a phenomenon called "re-verse thrust motion."

This phenomenon last happened in thePhilippines in the 1970s, according toPhilippine Institute of Volcanology andSeismology Director Renato Solidum,Jr.

Strong earthquakes like the 7.2-magnitude earthquake that hit Boholsometimes cause ruptures in the surface.These ruptures are clearly evident in

Barangay Anonang in Inabanga, leadingexperts to initially recommend namingthe fault after the town.

However, as the extent of the faultcame to light, experts agreed to name itthe North Bohol Fault.

“Displacement of originally gen-tly sloping to at ground formed anortheast- to southwest-trending wallas much as 3 meters high and extendsmore than ve kilometers long,” said theofcial Project NOAH blog post aboutthe Visayas quake.

“The length measurement of the raisedwall due to reverse faulting is cur-rently being determined in the eld andthrough lineament mapping using high-resolution imagery,” the blog entry said.The "wall" could be as long as 80-100kilometers, according to initial scienticestimates, and could extend to the sea.

In 2012, a 6.9-magnitude earthquakein an unmapped thrust fault struck Ne-gros Island but there were no physical

side effects except for uplifted ridges,Solidum said.Aside from the ruptures, the moving

of the fault caused the high-tide markin Maribojoc to move farther from theoriginal coastline, according to thePhivolcs report summary. — TJD/HS,GMA News

where the marriage was solemnized.

Proper receipts shall be issued by the lo-cal civil registrar to the solemnizing of-cer transmitting copies of the marriagecerticate. The solemnizing ofcer shallretain in his le the quadruplicate copyof the marriage certicate, the copy ofthe marriage certicate, the originalof the marriage license and, in propercases, the afdavit of the contracting party regarding the solemnization ofthe marriage in place other than thosementioned in Article 8. (68a)

Atty. Rogelio Karagdag , Jr. is licensedto practice law in both California and the

Philippines. He practices immigration law inSan Diego and has continuously been a trialand appellate attorney in the Philippines

since 1989. He travels between San Diegoand Manila. His ofce address is located at10717 Camino Ruiz, Suite 131, San Diego,CA 92126. He also has an ofce in the

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On TFC this year, Enrique Gil joinedEnchong Dee and Julia Montes in the popular teleserye, “Muling Buksan AngPuso”, a star-making turn that gave Gilthe title, “The Next Ultimate LeadingMan” of Philippine showbiz.

Together for the rst time underCruz’s direction, Dantes, Alonzo andGil are making a killing at the box ofce back in the Philippines with She’s TheOne, which had an opening day take ofP12 million a week ago and fast climb-ing. Written by the award-winning Van-essa Valdez, the lm is woven aroundthe idea of an “epiphany” – a “Eurekamoment” that could change one’s entirelife and where it’s heading. But in thisera of “it’s complicated” relationships,how far would one go toward that real-ization before it’s too late?

Co-starring with Dantes, Alonzo andGil in She’s The One are Maricar Reyes,Liza Soberano, Tony Mabesa, PerlaBautista, Pinky Amador, Guji Loren-zana, RS Francisco, Marc Solis, ErikaPadilla, Garlic Garcia, Daniel Matsu-naga, LJ Reyes and Coleen Garcia.

She’s The One opens today in the U.S.and Canada.

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an open house for their new VeteransResource Center, on November 5, from11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in room 345. Thenew Center will serve as a counselingand technological resource for the over1,000 student veterans attending theschool. Then on Thursday, November7, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., they willhave a Veteran’s Day ceremony on theVeteran’s Glen patio located in front ofthe Academic Success Center.

The City of Chula Vista also supports aVeterans Advisory Commission who pro-vides advice to the City Council on mattersregarding veterans. Each year, a Veteran ofthe Year is selected by the Commission andhonored by the City.

Trash and recycling services will be provided as normally scheduled with nodelays, and the Household Hazardous Wastefacility will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.on Wednesday, November 6, and Saturday, November 9. All City ofces will resumenormal hours on Tuesday, November 12.Chula Vista wishes to thank all veterans fortheir service.

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The improvement in the country’soverall rank put the Philippines in6th among Southeast Asian countries,ahead of Indonesia, Cambodia andLaos. However, the country still lags far behind neighbors like Singapore (1st inthe world), Malaysia (6th) and Thai-land (18th). Brunei and Vietnam wereranked 59th and 99th, respectively.

THE FIAT OF THE ETERNAL FATHER

say every morningMy Beloved Father, Thy will be

done on earth as it is in Heaven.Be Thou my Father. Be always myEternal Father. Do not leave my soul. Do not abandon me . Do not leaveme out of Your sight, my Father,forI am Your child, whom You havecreated to please You, to adore You,to honor You, living my days as Youhave given me the license to live it.(I offer up this Fiat through Mary, toJesus, to You, Eternal Father]

“Day after day, my children, say that inyour mind. That will be the way you will sayyour FIAT to your Father. And I your Fatherwill open My arms like this (and He stretchedout his arms) and I everyday will gather youin My arms and I will hold y ou and I will rockyou as your BELOVED MOTHER (BlessedMother) rocks each baby in her arms. For yes,you are My children. Remember the FIAT ofeach day as you live. As you do this from the beginning of the day, I promise you, My chil-dren, I guarantee you I will cover you in Myarms. I will send you My angel s with St. Mi-chael to protect you and all the saints of your baptisms and of your devotions to be withyou during the day to guide you and assistyou. I promise you, you will feel the powerof My great LOVE for you that I will sendyou day in and day out. But you have to offerme - everyday - as you get up in the morning- that FIAT.” -- Mary’s Call, 12400 Olive •Kansas City, MO 64146. 816-942-9783 • Fax816-942-4313 • [email protected]


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It is with purposeful intent that OneKapamilya Go 2013 was billed as theapotheosis of the TFC Sama Saya seriesin North America. Not only was it atting climax to the annual TFC eventsseason; it boldly took one big stepfurther by adding a huge East Coast legto its traditional West Coast setting inthe last ve years. Hence, screams ofecstatic fans saying that it was “totallyworth it! Here’s to a repeat!” have rever- berated on ground, on-air, and online viasocial media.

The overwhelmingly positive recep-tion by thousands who trooped to Pru-dential Center in Newark, NJ on October18 and in California’s Great America inSanta Clara, CA on October 20 is bothwelcome and deserved. If holding twolegs for the rst time wasn’t enough,it also took a miraculous alignment ofheavenly stars to assemble a truly stellarand eclectic cast for this year’s OneKapamilya Go: from the Philippines’snumber one TV reality show, The Voiceof the Philippines, were no less than LeaSalonga, Bamboo, champion Mitoy Yon-ting, runner-up Klarisse De Guzman andnalists Janice Javier and Myk Perez;from the number one romantic comedy,Be Careful With My Heart, were RichardYap, Jodi Sta. Maria, Tart Carlos andViveika Ravanes; and from the numberone variety show, ASAP 18, were YengConstantino, Gerald Anderson, MajaSalvador, Sam Milby and Cristine Reyes.

With dynamites of talent come tonsof expectations. The payload producedexplosive results via a range of musi-cal numbers that showcased the uniqueentertainment talents of this year’s performers under the direction of ABS-CBN Global Head of Theatricals John-DLazatin.

Yeng and Bamboo opened the showwith a rockin’, walk-down-memory-lane“Best of the 80s” medley, followed bythe gleefully naughty comedy duo ofTart and Viveika who adeptly served asthe thread that wove the diverse musicalnumbers together into a tightly knit, fast- paced extravaganza.

As the energy rose, so did tempera-tures, and these hit hyperventilationlevels when crowds were regaled byintricate dance numbers from Maja (whogloriously channeled J-Lo) and Cristinewho did an infectious choreographeddance clap routine to the tune of LadyGaga’s Applause.

And if there were near fainting spellsamong the audiences in both legs, theculprit had to be the Gerald-Sam duet of

Robin Thicke’s 2013 summer anthem,Blurred Lines. The hunky duo’s hotnumber spelled “p-a-r-t-y t-i-m-e” andhad the old and young alike, ladies and

gents, up on their feet, swooning andgyrating to the beat… if they didn’t faint.

The second half of the show unveiledexceptional musical musings of today’sloftiest Filipino voices. Yeng and Bam- boo’s duet of their iconic hits, Hallelujahand Hawak Kamay, was airtight vocalcraftsmanship. The on-stage chemistryof these two is undeniable. Yeng’s sing-along medley of Air Supply hits waswonderfully nostalgic. Bamboo’s solo,the anthemic, Noy-Pi, was indomitable:soaring with patriotic pride, rousing withnationalistic fervor.

The much awaited U.S. debut of theFinal Four of The Voice of the Philip- pines was worth the wait. Klarisse,Janice, Myk and champion Mitoy ser-enaded the crowd with an unforgettable“Teleserye Medley”. Then Mitoy tack-led the Freddie Aguilar classic, Anak,with the visceral dramatic intensity andrange of a screaming metal tenor. Hissure swagger completes his on-stage

character: a true larger-than-life Pinoyrock star for the times.

Fans haven’t recovered from being bowled over by the showstopping per-formances when the most awaited loveteam of Sir Chief and Maya – Richardand Jodi – raised the shriek decibellevels even several notches higher withtheir solo and duets. For New York/ New Jersey and San Francisco Bay AreaBe Careful With My Heart fans whohad prayed for the on-screen couple tograce their shores, Richard and Jodi’s participation in One Kapamilya Gowas the answer. Their numbers weresugar-coated confections, but they were precisely what the doctor ordered for thelovesick and romantic at heart.

As the audiences feasted on the soundand visual buffet – vocal reworks with aspectrum of lights and vibrant videos oncolossal screens – they were served with

One Kapamilya Go 2013 rouses thousands with world-class,coast-to-coast spectacle

a world-class entrée: a Filipina voice thathas brought the country honor and dis-tinction in the international arena. EnterLea Salonga – she with the luminousaura and vocal purity of a Greek Muse.Unerring in her musical story-telling, shehad everyone’s undivided attention, tak-ing all to a rewind journey that includedher much applauded renditions of SanaMaulit Muli, a medley of her signatureBroadway hits and the nostalgic holidayhymn, Pasko Na, Sinta Ko.

Lea’s last solo was a perfect segue tothe nale number with the entire castwho sang an appropriate medley ofFilipino Christmas songs, bringing theentire crowd to its feet, as they are takento a sentimental journey back home tothe Philippines. And when the last notewas sung, they remained on their feet,applauding with joy and pride over theFilipino entertainment event history thatthey witnessed.

One Kapamilya Go Project HeadRicky Resurreccion remarked: “Thishad been the most challenging yearfor One Kapamilya Go, but it was alsothe most rewarding. This one tooka whole village – executive manage-ment, the sterling cast and crew fromManila and North America, the Eastand West Coast Filipino communities,Ofce of the Mayor of Newark and thePhilippine Consulates General, Filipinoorganizations and media, Philippine- andU.S. based businesses that sponsoredthe event and our venue partners. AsLea aptly said, everyone realized that‘kapamilya’ is more than a tagline; itis a real connection, a solid afnity, ameaningful relation. And that’s whyeverybody gave their best. To us, that’swhat really matters.”

About ABS-CBN International

ABS-CBN International was createdalmost 20 years ago to be of service toall Filipinos. With the launch of The Filipino Channel (TFC), the companybecame the rst and most successful Filipino content distribution companyin the U.S. The company offers telecom-munication, retail, theatricals, moneyremittance and cargo services, onlineaudio and video streaming, IPTV, On Demand, along with philanthropic support for Filipinos and the communitiesthey now call home. Based in RedwoodCity, CA, ABS-CBN International is a subsidiary of ABS-CBN Corporation,the Philippines’ largest entertainmentand broadcasting company, through ABS-CBN Corporation's wholly-owned subsidiary, ABS-CBN Global Hungary Kft. For more information, visit www.tfc-usa.com.

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LAST SATURDAY pinakilig ninaPiolo Pascual at Sam Milby ang mgataga San Diego via Heartthrobs Re-loaded Concert na ginanap sa EscondidoPerforming Arts Center.

Baligtad sa napapabalita na hindikumita ang nasabing concert nakesyo,hindi raw napuno ang naturangvenue.Pero kitang-kita namin kung paa-no napuno ang napakalaking EscondidoPerforming Arts Center.Karamihan panga nagsisigawan sila habang kumakan-ta ang sina Piolo at Sam,mapamatandao bata niyayakap nila ang dalawangheartthrobs.Sa katunayan pa nga nai-

video pa namin ito at makikita nyo angtunay na reaksyon ng mga tao sa dala-wang nabanggit, sa Youtube availableito via showbiz reporter.

Siempre nakadagdag din sa kasiyahansina Pokwang( nagsuot pa ng Darna atWonder Woman Costume) at AngelineQuinton na sobrang galing pala itongkumanta ng live,yes para siyang si

Regine Velasquez sa boses.Before the night of the concert, nag-

karoon muna sila ng Meet & Greet saDouble Tree Hilton Resort. Doon naminnakita ang pagkakaiba nina Piolo at

Sam.Hindi gaanong ngumingiti si Piolosamantalang si Sam ay hanggang tengaang ngiti kaya naman hindi kami nagta-taka kung mas maraming lumalapit kaySam kaysa Kay Piolo sa Meet & Greet.Sabi nga namin,mahina na ang dating boyfriend ni KC Concepcion, na hindina masyadong pinagkakaguluhan sa-mantalang si Sam ay mukhang madalinglapitan at laging nakangiti.May isa pangfan ng babae,na halos masakal niya siPiolo,nakita namin na medyo nasaktansi Piolo kaya lang yumuko na lang ito sasakit.Pero kakaiba ang nangyari sa nightng concert,mas magaling magperform siPiolo, at siya pa rin ang sinisigawan ngmga tao habang kumakanta .Kaya langhindi na siya bumaba ng stage. Bakitkaya ?

Si Sam parang nahihiya pa

kumanta,lalo ng nung nag-duetsila ni Piolo parang hindi siyarelax,samantalang yung isa hanggangtenga ang ngiti.Yes, nakangiti na si Piolomismo sa night ng concert at mas hyper

na siya.Although si Sam ay bumaba pang stage habang siya kumakanta, doonlalo siyang pinagkaguluhan ng mga tao.

Magkaiba ng personalidad angdalawa,mas approachable ang datingni Sam in person pero mas magalingmag-perform si Piolo sa stage,totalentertainer talaga.

Basta, pinakilig nila ang mga taga-SanDiego at mabuti na lang na-invite kaming producer ng show na si Ms. CarnieBenares kaya nasaksihan namin ang buong show.Congrats !!!

QUEEN LOLA PAGEANT 2013 SUPERBONGGA NG PRESENTATION !!! Naka-aten din kami sa Queen Lola Pageant 2013na ginanap sa Richard & Karen CarpenterPerforming Arts Center Long Beach Califor-nia.Sinundo pa kami para lang masaksihanang nasabing event, na hindi naman namin pinagsisihan.

Pinakilig Nina Piolo at Samang San Diego !!!

Si Ms. Cari Ramos kasi ang nag-iisanating panlaban na taga-San Diego,hindisiya napasama sa top 5 pero napanalunanniya ang Ms. FilAm Insider. Siya ang may pinakamataas na nakuhang boto sa onlinevoting,kaya siya napili as Ms FilAm Insider. Naipakita pa nga siya sa Balitang Amerika(News Program on TFC) kung paano niyasinagot ang question and answer portion.Ang tanong kasi ,anu raw ng kulturang pinoyna hindi niya puedeng ituro sa kanyang mgaapo,ang sagot ba naman niya ay FilipinoTime kaya siguro naibalita siya sa TFC dahilsa ganda ng sagot niya.

Congratulations Ms. Cari Ramos,at leastnanalo ka pa rin at im sure pinagmamalakika ngayon ng iyong mga apo.Host pala doonsi Ms. Gel Santos Relos at nandun din si Ms.Anjannette Abayari.Sa susunod siguro naminibabalita ang encounter namin sa dalawang personalidad na ito.

SAN DIEGO FILAM HUMANITAR-IAN FOUNDATION GALA NIGHT !!!Last Sunday naman naka-aten kami sa Gala Night ng Filam Humanitarian Foundationna ginanap sa Marriott Mission Valley dahilna rin sa pagsama sa amin ni Ms. KatrinaBenfer.First time lang naming nasaksihanang annual event na ito,na dinaluhan ng mgamaraming Filam. Eto na siguro ang isa sa pinakamalaking gathering ng mga Pinoy sa

nasabing gala night.Marami ang tumanggap ng awards

na ni-recognize ang kanilang nagawa sakumunidad,hindi lang sa Pilipino Communi-ty pati sa ibang lahi na kinilala ang kanilangkagalingan.May mga youth achievers din naginawaran din ng recognition.

Guest of Honor si Ms. Maria Hellen M.Barber- de la Vega, ang ating Phil. ConsularGeneral na nakilala niya kami kaagad.Sabinga niya sa amin,nababasa daw niya kamisa Asian Journal,kaya naman nakakatuwa atnagbabasa pala ng column namin si Congen.Pati pangalan namin,alam din niya na sobranamang nakakataba ng puso.Siempre puroshowbiz ang balita namin at hindi kaminapapahuli sa news kaya siguro nagustuhanni Congen.Maraming Salamat po CongenHellen De LA Vega.

Top-grossing Filipino roman-

necessarily a novel topic in moviestoday. But in ABS-CBN Star Cinema’slatest 20th anniversary offering, She’sthe One, new life and a fresh spin wasinjected to the familiar story of romanticentanglements in this social media-driven generation.

Directed by Mae Czarina Cruz, She’sThe One is about how a long-timefriendship can change because of onecrazy circumstance that forces twofriends to re-evaluate how they feel foreach other in this new generation ofFacebook, Twitter and viral videos.

She’s The One stars three big-nameactors who have been part of two hugeFilipino box-ofce hits and one top-rating teleserye on TFC this year. InJanuary, Dingdong Dantes impressed North America lmgoers when thedrama, “One More Try” screened inmultiple theatres around the region. The

Dantes, Alonzo, Gil shine in

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