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Ongpin fi rm got $90M DBP loan w/o application— Osmeña

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‘Please say you’re proud of me,’ Charice tells dad

The Revillas’ tragedy, out of Shakespeare Marcos used ‘Thrilla in

Manila’ fi ght as distraction

Max Soliven: The Man and the Journalist

Thrilla in Manila, the epic fi ght between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, took place on October 1, 1975 -- 36 years ago -- during the peak of the Marcos regime

BABE’S EYE VIEW By Babe Romualdez (The Philippine Star) Up-dated November 06, 2011 -- This coming Thursday, November 10, will be the book launching of Maximo V. Soliven: The Man and the Journalist. It took almost fi ve years for Nelson Navarro and Max’s daughter Sarah Soliven de Guzman to put this book together. Now

friends and loyal readers of “Sir Max” will have the opportunity to get to know the man behind the hard-hitting columns, with behind-the-scenes accounts on a number of signifi cant episodes in our country’s his-tory. Max who person-ally knew most of the 15 Philippine presidents had the distinct advantage of knowing about criti-cal developments even before they unfold in the

By Maricar Cinco, Inquirer Southern Luzon | 11/6/2011 --

‘IN THE ARMS OF AN ANGEL’. Charice Pempengco hugs a portrait of her slain

father as friends and relatives offer fl owers during the fu-neral at the Pasture in Heaven in Cabuyao, Laguna, on Saturday. Charice sang to her

father at the wake. RICHARD REYES

SAN PEDRO, Laguna—Charice’s single, most lucid memory of her fa-ther had something to do with ice cream.

“Si daddy kon-sintidor (Dad doted on me). My mother never allowed me to eat ice cream but daddy took me to a store to buy one. I remember that

By Bayani San Diego Jr., Marinel R. Cruz Philippine Daily Inquirer | MANILA ,

11/6/11 -- The current series of unfortunate events seems like a Shakespearean trag-edy crossed with the fam-

ily patriarch Ramon Revilla Sr.’s fantasy caper “Nardong Putik.” But for the show-biz-

and-politics Bautista-Revillas, it’s all too real.

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By Maila Ager, INQUIR-ER.net | MANILA, Philippines – The Development Bank of the Philippines has allegedly approved a $90 million loan (P3.8 billion) for a company owned by businessman Rober-to Ongpin despite the absence of a loan application, a senator revealed on Thursday.

Global Air Services (GAS), Senator Sergio Osmeña said, was not licensed to do business in the country and had a capital of only $2.

Osmena said the loan was granted to the company in December 2008 and released three weeks later.

GAS used the money, he said, to buy securities related to the Metro Rail Transit, in-cluding those held by two other companies, Ashmore and Pre-sidio, both linked to Ongpin.

“This is criminal, outra-geous, and utterly brazen with the participants casually breaking several laws as if they do not exist. They used public money to buy assets for them-selves and from themselves. It is Philex all over again,” said Osmeña, chairman of the com-mittee on banks.

“While this transaction is revolting, I welcome it because they became too cocky and reckless,” he added.

Osmeña said he would delve deeper into the GAS deal when the Senate resumes its inquiry Monday into the P660 million given to Ongpin’s Delta Ventures Resources Inc. (DVRI) in 2009.

Ongpin, former trade secre-tary under the Marcos govern-ment, is expected to attend the hearing for the fi rst time.

Roberto Ongpin. Rudy Espe-ras/Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines—The epic 1975 Thrilla in Manila focused the world’s attention on boxing greats Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali.

But for the host, Philippines strong-man Ferdinand Marcos, it was a way to distract from a brewing revolution in a nation stricken by poverty, cor-ruption and insurgency.

Eleven years later, Marcos fell victim to the “people power” uprising and died in exile.

Marcos brought the fi ght to Ma-nila to show he was in control of the Philippines during opposition to his 3-year-old martial law government. Communist rebels were recruiting at

universities, and Muslim insurgents were gaining ground.Just weeks after the fi ght, workers at a liquor factory, La Tondena, staged the

fi rst illegal strike in open defi ance of his one-man rule.Marcos paid for many international events during his fi rst decade of military

rule, and attempted to beautify Manila by boarding up squatters’ shanties that lined the roads where visitors passed.

A year before the Ali-Frazier fi ght, Manila hosted the 23rd Miss Universe pag-eant. That was followed by the Thrilla in Manila, which went down in history as one of the most brutal fi ghts in boxing.

The Marcos government paid for the extravagant fi ght purse and other expens-es.

Ali was promised $4.5 million, including $3 million from the government of a country where the annual salary of 70 percent of the work force was less than the price of an upper box seat — then $133 — at the Araneta Coliseum in suburban Quezon City.

Ronnie Nathanielsz, a veteran boxing commentator who worked for the Infor-mation Ministry, said Marcos “wanted to show that the Philippines was stable, they had no peace and order problem, and the country was moving forward eco-nomically.”

“He succeeded, actually, because there were hordes of newsmen who came here and spent about two-three weeks in the Philippines,” he said.

Ali’s antics and frequent taunting to irritate Frazier, even in front of Marcos at the Malacanang presidential palace, received publicity around the world.

Nathanielsz said Frazier, who died on Monday after a brief battle with liver cancer at age 67, took all the verbal abuse from Ali.

“You could sense the bitterness within him over the abuse he suffered at the mouth of Ali, not the hand so much, but the mouth,” he said.

Nathanielsz recalled Ali poking fun at Frazier with a toy pistol. Ali kept screaming outside Frazier’s Hyatt hotel window to wake him up in the middle of the night and make him come out. When Frazier appeared on his hotel room bal-cony, Ali pointed his toy gun and screamed, “I am going to shoot you.”

“Ali was sort of mean to him and you felt a little sorry for Joe Frazier because he was such a nice man, he was a really nice man,” Nathanielsz told The Associ-ated Press.

Ali won when Frazier could not answer the bell for the 15th round, and Ali retained the heavyweight crown.

“The surprising thing was after the fi ght he was quite gracious to Ali. I recall him saying, ‘My man fought a good fi ght,’ referring to Ali,” Nathanielsz said. “The sad thing about that fi ght was both Ali and Frazier suffered so much that their careers went down.” -- By Oliver Teves, Associated Press

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public’s perception. On several occasions, many of us close friends of Max would sug-gest that he write his life story but he would always decline, saying he’d rather have other people take up the challenge. Actually, one of Max’s close hermanos, Pepe Rodriguez, offered to write his authorized biography but Max never really gave it serious thought.

There was really only one Max, and I say

this not because he was a close friend but because he had that certain character that drew people to him, aside from the fact that he had a great sense of humor. His knowledge on world history and politics was impressive, and the journalist in him reflected this in his writings so rich with information culled from his read-ings, travels and personal experiences, having rubbed elbows with so many powerful people who helped shape the history not only of the Philippines but other parts of the world.

If there is one thing Max would always tell me, it is that there is nothing like the power of knowledge and how this would help in writing

a column. It is no surprise he was a voracious reader, read not only by his loyal fans but I bet even by those who had the misfortune to be the subject of his writings — like the former German Ambassador to the Philippines Wolf-gang Göttelman who made the crucial mistake of being on the wrong side of the fence. Got-telman eventually had to leave the Philippines after Max incessantly wrote about him and his country’s history.

More than just the story of Max, the young people of today can learn a lot just by reading his biography and his insights. To Nelson and Sarah — well done!

was my favorite, pinipig (an ice drop covered with rice crisps).”

“As we walked, he told me that I should be a soldier someday. I didn’t know why he said that. But if I did become a soldier, I’d most probably be the shortest one,” she quipped in Filipino with a strong Laguna accent, drawing laughter from the pews.

But Charice Pempengco, 19, speak-ing as a daughter, rather than as the international pop star she has become, eventually brought people to tears as she delivered a moving eulogy in honor of her father at the Divine Mercy Cha-


Charice Pempengco

pel in Muntinlupa City.Ricky Pempengco, 43, was killed

in a drunken street fight in San Pedro, Laguna, on Monday. His remains were laid to rest at the Pasture of Heaven in Cabuyao, Laguna, on Saturday.

Charice was the last to speak at the chapel, which gathered about 70 close relatives and friends. At some points she broke down in tears.

“I was asking people how it felt like to have a father. We looked for him,” she said.

“We just could not find him,” she continued.

‘See me, hear me, talk to me’“I wanted to see him, but not like this.

I wish he could stand, hear me, talk to me,” Charice said.

It was during her father’s wake that Charice said she and her brother learned a lot about the father they barely knew.

One story, she said, was about the times her father watched her on televi-

sion. “They said he would only keep his head down, teary-eyed.”

“Guide me. I know you’d be there to see my achievements. I might not hear you answer back, but please tell me you’re proud of me,” Charice called out.

Charice was only 3 when her parents, Ricky and Raquel, separated.

Raquel said jealousy was among the many causes of their misunderstandings as a couple.

Earlier reports said Ricky used to beat her up and got hooked on drugs and alcohol.

“I tried looking for him but for some reason we never had the chance to meet again,” Raquel said.

Raquel also gave a short message. “If I didn’t do what I did, Charice wouldn’t be here. I only chose to balance my

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Ulysses met the beautiful Penelope while vacationing in the picturesque island of Guimaras. It was love at first sight for the young couple. Against the wishes of her parents, Penelope eloped with Ulysses and they fled to Manila to start a new life. Soon thereafter, Penelope gave birth to a son they named Ulysses II whom they fondly called Junior. When Junior was in first grade, his teacher also happened to be from the island of Guimaras and knew Penelope. This paved the way for Pe-nelope to be reunited with her parents who after seeing their grandson, could not but forgive their daughter. Howev-er, Penelope’s parents were horrified to learn that Ulysses and Penelope were not married.

Ulysses explained to Penelope’s parents that his father was a lawful permanent resident (“LPR”) in the United States and had cautioned him not to marry since this will affect the immigrant petition he filed for Ulysses. He assured them that he loves Penelope and not marrying her is ultimately for their future. This in no way appeased her parents who adamantly insisted that they marry. However, Penelope was not swayed by her parents’ displeasure. Ulysses promised to come back and marry her and for Penelope, his word was good enough.

Ten years later, Ulysses immigrated to the United States promising to return as soon as he had saved up enough money. Unfortunately, when Ulysses arrived in the United States, his father suffered a stroke and he became his primary caregiver until his father passed away. After his father’s affairs were settled, Ulysses found as job as a janitor. His hard work, diligence and ability to learn quickly paid off and Ul-ysses became a maintenance supervisor in no time. He saved up his money and finally after three long years returned to the Philippines and married Penelope. Upon his return to the United States, Ulysses filed an immigrant petition for Penelope and Junior. At the time he filed the immigrant petition, Junior was already 20 years old. The immigrant petition was approved with a priority date of October 2003. In 2009, Pe-nelope immigrated to the United States. Junior who was over 21 by then was no longer deemed a derivative beneficiary and was left behind.

In our practice, we have encountered a countless number of LPRs who filed immigrant petitions for their sons or daughters (over 21 years old) in the Philippines and while waiting for priority dates to become current, these children “secretly” marry. Unfortu-nately, the marriage of an LPR’s son or daughter automatically revokes the immigrant petition filed by the LPR parent since there is no preference category for a married son or daughter of an LPR. Note, however, that this is not the case for unmarried sons or daughters of U.S. citizens. Unmarried sons and daughters of U.S. citizens are accorded an F1 preference clas-sification. If the U.S. citizen’s son or daughter marries while waiting for a

visa to become available, his or her preference classification is automati-cally converted from an F1 (unmarried some and daughters of U.S. citizens) to an F3 classification (for married sons and daughters of U.S. citizens). While the conversion will result in a longer wait for an immigrant visa, the son or daughter gets to keep the priority date when he or she was still in the F1 preference category. In the case of an LPR son or daughter (over 21 years old) who marries, the LPR parent will first have to become a U.S. citizen, file a new immigrant petition for his or her now married son or daughter and a new priority date will be assigned. Thus, had it not been for Penelope’s faith in Ulysses and had she insisted on marriage to appease her parents, the immigrant petition filed by Ulysses’ father would have been wasted.

As to Ulysses since he was an LPR when he filed the immigrant petition for Penelope, the latter was accorded F2A preference classification (as a spouse of an LPR) and Junior who was then below 21 years old was included as a derivative beneficiary. Unfortu-nately, by the time the immigrant visa under the F2A preference category became available for Penelope, Junior was over 21 years old. He is deemed to have aged-out and can no longer immigrate together with the principal alien parent. However, all is not lost - the USCIS regulations provide that if the child reaches the age of 21 prior to the issuance of a visa to the principal alien parent and a separate petition is subsequently filed, the original priority date will be retained provided the same petitioner files the subsequent immi-grant petition.

In this case, what Ulysses will need to do is file a separate immigrant peti-tion for Junior as an unmarried child of an LPR (21 years or older). Junior will be accorded F2B preference classifica-tion as an unmarried son of an LPR and will get to keep his original priority while he was a derivative beneficiary of the immigrant petition originally filed by his father which in this case is October 2003. If the subsequent im-migrant petition is filed now, based on the current visa availability for the F2B preference classification for November 2011, Junior is looking at approxi-mately 2 years before he can join his parents.

Also, Junior is now in the same pre-dicament as his father was many years ago. He has to remain single to qualify for the immigrant visa under the F2B preference classification.

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A Man of Honor$25,000 Cash Awards Honor Unsung Heroes of Violence

PreventionSan Francisco – Ray Balberan

is an expert at bringing together San Francisco city leaders, law enforcement officials, caseworkers and community members to create programs that save lives. Dedicating her life to helping the underserved, Priscilla Carrasquilla oversaw a tattoo removal program that gives youth a second chance in San Jose. A small farm educator and agricul-tural researcher, Manuel Jimenez uses his passion for growing plants to prevent violence by putting youth to work creating community gardens in Woodlake.

On November 17, The California Wellness Foundation (TCWF) will honor these three community leaders with its 19th annual California Peace Prize at a ceremony in San Francis-co. In recognition of their efforts to

The California Well-ness Foundation Announces 2011 California Peace Prize Honorees


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Fara Polintan-Ramos, is graduating from the Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Pasadena, California. She finished her associate degree in Patisserie & Baking where she graduated with honors. Fara is the daughter of Chito & Marge Polintan who are visiting from Seattle, Washington to attend her graduation. Fara is currently working as a Pastry Cook at the Resort at Pelican Hill in Newport Coast, CA. Fara is happily married to Thomas Ramos. They are currently residing in Irvine, California..

Fara Polintan-Ramos Merits Le Cordon Bleu

Rain did not deter several alumni of Arellano High School Class of 1964 who braved the stormy weather in Los Angeles over the weekend for an impromptu reunion welcoming their classmate Chito Politan of Seattle, Washington to Southern California. Photo shows the alumni with their guests, from left to right: Sm Silverio, Cora Ilano Gawaran, Ray Paner, Sonny Del Rosario, Ed Gawaran, Percy Cruz, Madeline Tizon Velasco, Chito Politan, Thomas Ramos, Dinah Aquino Paner, Dimples Ramos and Lili Cruz.

What Rain?

Students Can Win Up to $1,000 in National Essay Competition Focused on the Constitution

Arlington, VA – The deadline for

high-school students and their teachers to submit essays for the Bill of Rights Insti-tute’s national Being an American Essay Contest is fast approaching. The Contest asks students to explore the Founding

‘Being an American’ Essay Contest Deadline Approaches


The prestigious 2011 America’s Cup is back in The Bay after 16 years. The event was last held in San Diego in 1995. Team Korea’s AC45 wing-sailed cata-maran named White Tiger (shown above) will be competing with teams from China, New Zealand. Spain, France, Sweden and the United States. The new boat design is reported to be highly maneuverable and quicker than past mod-els. The event is scheduled for Nov 12-13 and Nov 19-20, 2011. During the se-ries event in Plymouth, England, Team Korea ousted Oracle in match racing.

The 2011 America’s Cup Comes to San Diego Bay

principles outlined in the Constitution by answering the question: “How does the Constitution establish and maintain a culture of liberty?”

The Contest, which has quickly become the largest high-school essay competition of its kind, totaling over 80,000 submit-ted essays, is administered by the Bill of

Rights Institute, a non-profit educational organization in the Washington, D.C. area devoted to educating young people about the Constitution and Founding principles.

“This contest is unique in that it gives students the opportunity to think about

USS Midway Welcomes Its Own: 41 New U.S. Citizens from Austria to Venezuela; Finland to Somalia

They came to the United States from all continents to find the American Dream. That Dream came to fruition this week, two days shy of Veterans Day, on the deck of the USS Midway as 41 servicemen and women, who come from 23 nations around the world, were finally sworn in by the country they choose to serve, the United States of America.

The Honorable Michael M. Anello holding court on the USS Midway administered the oath of citizen-ship . Congressman Darrel Issa of the 39th Congressional District and USN Vice Adm. Gerald R. Beaman delivered keynote speeches.

“We are a people of many but we


New U.S. Citizens in military service on deck of USS Midway. Many are from the Philippines and Mexico.


The San Diego Passport Agency recently opened its doors this past April. U.S. citizens will no longer have to take a 4 hour trip to Los Angeles for a passport, one can be issued locally. San Diego is next to the busiest land port of entry in the U.S. The passport agency has filled the gap in providing service for trav-elers with immediate travel plans.

The agency is conveniently located in the heart of downtown San Diego, just 17 short miles from the U.S. – Mexico border and only blocks from the San Diego International Airport at 401 West “A” Street. Thanks to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, a new facil-ity has been fashioned on the tenth floor of the Pacific Western Bank building, a beautiful downtown San Diego landmark. As you approach Old Town heading south on “the 5,” you’ll notice a large American flag flying atop Columbia Center. At this location, you can now receive expe-dited passport service if you require a passport book or passport card for imminent travel. Did you happen to get roped into a last-minute business trip to Tijuana, only to realize your passport had expired? Don’t worry -- the agency has nearly 30 employ-ees ready to serve you at 15 public counters.

In his remarks at the agency’s opening, Under Secretary of State for Management Patrick Kennedy pointed out, “For many U.S. citizens in the southern part of the state, crossing the border can be a daily occurrence.” Our job at the San Di-ego Passport Agency is to facilitate the cross-border travel that is so vital to both the U.S. and Mexican economies.

We expect to issue approximately 200,000 passport books and passport cards and assist more than 45,000 customers in our first year, augment-ing the passport network that issued 1.9 million passports to Californians last year.

Whether you’re studying abroad, heading out on your honeymoon, or simply visiting family in another country, you’ll need a passport. If you need it in a hurry, don’t waste your precious time sitting in bum-per-to-bumper traffic on the 405.

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Lolit Solis, manager of actor-turned-senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr., on Saturday likened the ongoing family drama involving his half-siblings to “a teleserye … a triple tragedy”—Ramgen Bautista was murdered, his brother Ramon Joseph (RJ) and sister Ramona were tagged as suspects, and RJ is now in jail and Ramona has fled overseas.

Revilla Jr. said the whole thing was “a nightmare.”

And it was not the first time for Ramona to break their father’s heart, he said, add-ing that at the time of Revilla Sr.’s first heart attack in November 2008, Ramona married a Turkish national without the old man’s permission.

Three years later, Ramona has again caused their father’s distress.

“Umiiyak ang puso ni Daddy (His heart is broken),” Revilla Jr. told the Philip-pine Daily Inquirer. “Tulala siya (He’s often staring into space). He’s trying to be strong, but he’s hurting. One child is dead, while two are accused.”

‘We’re solid’The senator’s own siblings are also try-

ing to cope, he said, adding:“The entire clan has been hit hard. Mab-

igat ito (This is a heavy burden). But we’re solid. I love all of my brothers and sisters. Among Revillas, there’s no such thing as half-brother or half-sister.”

But Revilla Jr. distanced himself from his half-siblings after news broke that Ra-mona had left for Hong Kong. He went so far as to say that her act could be perceived as “a sign of guilt.”

He said he expected that Genelyn Magsaysay, the mother of Ramgen, RJ and Ramona, would be upset with him again.

“I have no choice. I’m caught in the middle. I have to balance my role as a son, a brother and a legislator of the country. I feel for Genelyn and her children, but I cannot interfere or initiate a whitewash,” he said.

Revilla Jr. said that among Magsaysay’s nine children, it was Ramgen to whom he was closest.

“My mom [the late actress Azucena Mortel] took care of Ramgen for a time,” he said.

He recalled that Ramgen wanted to seek public office as councilor last year, and sought his counsel.

“I told him that he was too young. (He was only 22 then.) I asked him to wait for the 2013 elections. I was impressed because he listened. He was an obedient kid,” Revilla Jr. said.

Jealousy

“Genelyn used to get jealous because Ramgen would often hang out at the com-pound [in Imus, Cavite,] with Bong’s sons Jolo and Brian,” Solis said.

“They grew up together. They were like a barkada (gang). Ramgen looked up to Bong,” she said.

Revilla Jr. said he did not know Ram-gen’s siblings too well. “I only saw RJ and Ramona occasionally, during family gatherings and at Christmastime.”

In their limited time together, “RJ was always quiet and seemed well-behaved,” he said.

Solis said Magsaysay was unhappy with Revilla Jr.’s handling of the family problem: “Genelyn got mad at Bong for allowing the police to arrest RJ.”

Revilla Jr. admitted that the crisis had strained his relationship with Magsaysay. “It’s sad, but the rule of law should pre-vail,” he said.

Revilla Sr., himself a former actor and senator, is said to have fathered at least 80 children, nine of them with Magsaysay.

In her Facebook account two years ago, Magsaysay wrote: “To have nine children is not simple. I just get my strength from our God almighty.”

She said of her children: “They have dif-ferent attitudes. Different likes and dislikes and you need to adjust. Especially [since] I’m the only one who’s facing the little troubles given us by the Lord.”

Twice her ageAt the time of Magsaysay’s musings on

Facebook, Revilla Sr., who is twice her age, had just suffered a stroke.

“I am acting not only as a mother, but as a father as well. Because of the stroke, he has to rest from real troubles and concen-trate on having an intimate fellowship with the Lord,” Magsaysay wrote.

But she remained optimistic: “This is the best time after so many years of search-ing. Finally, he found Him, his Savior and redeemer.”

In another Facebook posting, Magsay-say described herself as “a God-fearing Christian, simply loving the Lord. Com-mitted to the Lord in every given situation. Surrounded by the angels of Christ as my protector.”

The last big family gathering was daughter Ramlyn’s graduation party held at the Manila Hotel in April. Revilla Sr. and Magsaysay, along with RJ, were present.

Ramona is not seen in most of the pictures in the Facebook account because she was already based in Turkey then, ac-cording to Revilla Jr.

Among the photos are those of the young Magsaysay with Revilla Sr. and with then teen stars Sharon Cuneta and Gabby Con-cepcion on the set of a TV show.

Never an actressMagsaysay, who belongs to the clan of

the late President Ramon Magsaysay, was never an actress and has been confused with teen star Jenny Lynn in earlier reports.

“It was Genelyn’s mom, Linda Madrigal, who was in show biz. She was a sexy star in the 1970s,” Solis said. “But I think Genelyn also wanted to join the movies.”

Said host German Moreno: “She’s not the Genelyn of ‘That’s Entertainment.’ Our Jenny Lynn is already based in the United States. I got confused.

“But Genelyn used to visit the set of my old TV shows ‘Germspesyal’ and ‘GMA Supershow.’ I also guested Ram and RJ on my current show ‘Master Showman.’”

Recalled Solis: “I think Genelyn and Ramon Sr. met when she was in her teens. She became a mother at a very young age.”

According to a source who asked not to be named, “at family gatherings, Genelyn kept a low profile.”

“She didn’t call attention to herself. I appreciated that she knew her place as second wife,” the source said.

Open familyIf there’s such a thing as an open mar-

riage, there’s also a thing called an open family.

While only 40 children are acknowl-edged in a book found at the MemoRevilla Gallery/Museum in Cavite, Revilla Sr.’s family said more of his children had come forward through the years.

MemoRevilla, which officially opened in the town of Bacoor in March, showcases Revilla Sr.’s old photographs, newspaper clippings, and film memorabilia like his anting-anting (amulets) and “Panday” sword.

Rowena Bautista-Mendiola, Revilla Sr.’s eldest daughter with Azucena Mortel, said it was to her that their father revealed the names of all 40 kids. But she and her fam-ily have welcomed to their home some of the others, she said.

“I know all of the 40 children. Most of them lived in our house in Cavite. My mom took care of them until she died,” Mendiola told the Inquirer on the phone Saturday.

She said all of their father’s children were welcome to visit him, especially when he fell seriously ill in 2008.

Paulo Bautista, 34, who left to live in the United States with his mother, Maria Luisa Abacan, when he was 10, finally met his father in 2007 when he came to the Philippines for a short vacation. (Abacan was an “extra” in one of Revilla Sr.’s films in the 1970s.)

The meeting of the two men was held at the Revilla home and lasted for an hour, Bautista’s cousin, Maan Escala, recalled.

“They first had small talk,” Escala said. “He asked Paulo how his mother was do-ing. It was good that he still remembered

her. Their conversation was easy and light, but also very touching.”

Escala said that Bautista sought Revilla Sr. for his signature on birth documents, and that the meeting was arranged by Men-diola’s sibling, Andrea Bautista-Ynares.

Differences unavoidableMendiola said there had been similar

cases.“We’re open to this. It’s no problem for

us as long as they’re really our dad’s chil-dren. I think his other kids should come out now that he is still alive,” she said.

Asked whether the family had developed a method to prove Revilla Sr.’s paternity in certain claims, Mendiola said their father was keeping a DNA sample at the National Bureau of Investigation.

“I don’t know when and why he submit-ted it, but it’s there. It can be used to verify these people’s claims,” she said.

Mendiola, who comanages the film outfit Imus Productions with her siblings Marlon and Andrea, said her family had been close to Ramgen Bautista because the latter wanted to pursue a career in show biz.

“We hardly get to see our other siblings because they already have families of their own,” Mendiola said. She said differences within the family were unavoidable, “but our mothers raised us well.”

“We all try to get along. In fact, when Daddy is angry with a particular sibling, we try to pacify him.” she said.


Being An American Essay Contest Deadline

the important Founding principles com-municated in our Constitution,” said Dr. Jason Ross, Bill of Rights Institute Vice President of Education Programs. “This contest is vital to helping students see the Founding principles as a meaningful part of the American experiment of self-government.”

The top three student winners from each of five geographical regions will be awarded cash prizes of $1,000 (First Place), $500 (Second Place), and $250 (Third Place). Teacher sponsors of each student winner will also receive a cash prize of $100.

Essays must be submitted online at www.BillofRightsInstitute.org/Contest by 11:59 P.M. PST on December 15, 2011. Supporting contest materials, including lesson plans meeting Common Core stan-dards, are provided at no cost to teachers who want to incorporate the Essay Contest into their classroom.

The Contest is sponsored by the His-tory Channel. “We are pleased to support the Bill of Rights Institute’s Being an American Essay Contest,” said Dr. Libby O’Connell, SVP, Corporate Outreach and Chief Historian, History Channel. “The contest encourages students to think criti-cally and truly makes the past relevant in their lives today.”

The Essay Contest serves as a key part of the Bill of Rights Institute’s mission to educate young people about the words and ideas of America’s Founders, the liberties guaranteed in our Founding documents, and how our Founding principles continue to affect and shape a free society. Com-plete contest details can be found below.

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CONTEST 2011-2012 SCHOOL YEAR PARTICIPATING REGIONS:

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Southern Region: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennes-see, Virginia, Washington, D.C., West Virginia as well as Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands Mid-Western Region: Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Wisconsin Central Region: Colo-rado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming Western Re-gion: Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington as well as Guam, American Samoa, and American Armed Forces Schools Abroad (APO)

SPONSORING ORGANIZATION: Bill of Rights Institute, Arlington, VA.

The Bill of Rights Institute, founded in 1999, is a nonprofit educational organiza-tion. The mission of the Bill of Rights Institute is to educate young people about the words and ideas of America’s Founders, the liberties guaranteed in our Founding documents, and how our Found-ing principles continue to affect and shape a free society.

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CONTEST GOAL: To help promote dialogue among students and teachers about American Founding principles. The Essay Contest serves as a key part of the Bill of Rights Institute’s mission to educate young people about the words and ideas of America’s Founders, the liberties guaranteed in our Founding documents, and how our Founding principles continue to affect and shape a free society.

ESSAY QUESTION: “How does the Constitution establish and maintain a culture of liberty?”

ELIGIBILITY: Students in grades 9-12 who are U.S. citizens or legal residents and are either attending public, private, religious, or charter schools, being home-schooled, or participating in a GED or correspondence school program but are no older than 19 years of age. Military bases and U.S. territories are also invited to participate.

ESSAY LENGTH: No more 1,000 words.

JUDGING CRITERIA:Adherence to Essay Question

Originality Organization Writing Style Depth of Analysis JUDGES: High school teachers

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Third Prize: $250 each

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CONTEST START DATE: September 17, 2011

DEADLINE FOR ESSAY SUBMIS-SIONS: December 15, 2011 at 11:59 p.m. PST. All essays must be submitted at www.BillofRightsInstitute.org/Submit.

WINNERS ANNOUNCED: February 2012

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SAN DIEGO, Nov. 08, 2011 – The holidays are right around the corner and San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) wants to help San Diegans become more energy efficient this holiday season. For the sixth year, SDG&E will be offering complimentary light-emit-ting diode bulbs (LEDs) to customers throughout San Diego County during the company’s annual LED Holiday Lighting Exchanges.

SDG&E customers will have the opportunity to exchange up to three strands of incandescent holiday lights for an equivalent number of energy-efficient, multi-colored LED holiday lights at any of the six lighting events. Participation in the exchange is easy; customers simply need to bring their old lights and present a copy of their current SDG&E bill or their California ID.

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Compared to traditional incandescent holiday lights, LED lights can save customers up to 90 percent in holiday lighting costs. SDG&E is also en-couraging customers to sign up for My Energy Charts on www.sdge.com to see how much energy they are using and saving by the every hour, day, week and even month. My Energy Charts is one of SDG&E’s new tools to help custom-ers manage their energy use and help them make smart energy decisions.

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Holiday Guide

It’s no secret. When it comes to celebrations, community parties among Filipino American groups often come in two flavors, a North County version and a South County version. It happens each June around

For friends who live in opposite ends of San Diego County, Jade Thai & Mandarin Cusine offers the perfect location for a holiday celebration

Filipino Independence Day. It also happens during the holidays.

One restaurant in Mission Gorge thinks two is good but one is even better when celebrations -- and the

flavors and memories that come with it -- especially during the holiday season come to mind.

The centrally-located restaurant might just be the answer. Located along Friars Road East in Mission Gorge, between Admiral Bakersfield and Kaiser Permanente Hospital on Zion Street, its location just might be the tie breaker. Jade Thai & Mandarin Cuisine can bring together family, good food and camaraderie from North and South County for a singular festive celebration over the holidays.

Located within walking distance of one of the best hospitals in San Diego, Kaiser Permanente on Zion

Avenue, and the perennial picnics grounds and the exclusive golf course of Admiral Bakersfield on Friars Road East, Jade Thai & Mandarin Cuisine offers a strategic location for events and banquets that does not come with the pricey frills of a hotel tab.

“Compared to other venues in the area, our restaurant offers far more value when it comes to food selec-tion and prices and is large enough for gatherings of up to 100 people,” according to manager Ying Qiu Su. “We also offer a sumptuous family special dinner. Tax free.”

The restaurant is under new man-

agement and boasts of a selection of hundreds of Thai and Chinese dishes on its website www.thaiplusman-darin.com. The dishes are prepared fresh daily by its experienced chef who joins Jade from another popular restaurant in another part of town.

Along with the excellent cuisine, the restaurant is beautifully ap-pointed with white linen tablecloths and elegant Asian-inspired chairs for parties of up to 100 people. Wood carvings and decorative paper fans complement the diffused glow of its warm interior lighting to lend the venue a relaxed and intimate atmosphere.

The restaurant accepts credit cards

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ASIAN JOURNALThe fi rst Asian-Filipino weekly in Southern California

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by Miles Beauchamp

by Dr. Ofelia Dirige Founder, President & CEO Kalusugan

Community Services. www.fi lamwellness.org

Contemporary Asian American Issues

KALUSUGAN COMMUNITY SERVICES HIGHLIGHTS OF 2011:

by Dr. Ofelia Dirige, President & CEO, KCS

Perspectives

It’s always a bigger project that you imagine

Picture it: I was innocently remov-ing dishes from the dishwasher one bright, sunny morning last week. This particular dishwasher has a small tower that sat on the top rack that sprayed water. Well I hit it with a glass and it broke. The next day I tried to fi nd one of those little tow-ers. And I did. And that 8” tall piece of plastic, with shipping, was going

to cost over $100. Excuse me? Not a chance. If I’m going to spend that to fi x a 10 year old dishwasher, I’ll just get a new one (and yes, I realize how much like my father I sounded as I said that).

So the next day my daughter and I

were out looking for a new dish-washer.

Buying a dishwasher is easy, right?

There are probably a hundred places in the area to get one, right? Just

go to a store and buy a dishwasher, right? Yeah, right. And yes, that last sentence is dripping with sarcasm.

We went to appliance stores, we went to Lowe’s, Home Depot, and who knows where else. We saw lots of dishwashers but there was always a problem. The selection wasn’t good, the prices were too high, the sales people either didn’t exist or didn’t know anything about dish-washers. If I didn’t want to talk with someone knowledgeable, I’d just buy it online. But that wasn’t going to work this time. I needed that dish-washer soon…very soon.

What’s up with that?

We were on the verge of buy-ing one, even had the Home Depot credit card pulled out, when I found out that it would be 3-4 days before it was delivered and only then could we schedule the installation which would be about two weeks later. Um, no.

We walked out of Home Depot a

bit dejected. My daughter was tired (bored) with the whole thing, and I was just getting more impatient by the minute. As we drove out of the parking lot we saw a Long John Silver’s and decided to have lunch. While munching on fi sh, chips and hush puppies, I spied a Sears across the street.

I haven’t been in a Sears in prob-

ably 20 years. But we’re tired, and they do sell dishwashers, so I decide to go. Guess what? We bought a dishwasher at Sears. The appliance section wasn’t teeming with people gnashing their teeth, and the selec-tion was good. The salesperson who helped us actually helped us. Seri-ously.

In 15 minutes we had purchased a machine on sale, scheduled it for de-livery and installation two days later, and were out the door. I’m walking on clouds, my daughter is ecstatic the whole thing is over.

In two days it was delivered and installed and life is so much better. What can I say, I’m spoiled. I’ve gotten used to germ-free dishes. Dishwashers – a (really) short his-tory

Buying the dishwasher got me far more interested in them than anyone who doesn’t build them should ever be. So I started researching them and the history behind dishwash-ers is actually pretty interesting. “Josephine Garis Cochran invented the fi rst useful dishwasher in Shel-byville, Illinois and received patent # 355,139 on December 28, 1886. Cochrane, a wealthy woman who was the granddaughter of John Fitch, the inventor of the steamboat, never washed dishes herself and only invented the dishwasher because her servants were chipping her fi ne china. She entertained often, and wanted a machine that could wash dishes faster than her servants, and without breaking them (the dishes, not the servants). When she couldn’t fi nd one, she built it herself.

She measured the dishes fi rst, then she made wire compartments, each designed to fi t plates, cups, or saucers. The compartments were placed inside a wheel that lay fl at within a copper boiler. A motor turned the wheel while hot soapy water squirted from the bottom of the boiler and rained down on the dishes. Her invention worked. She showed the dishwasher at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, but only res-taurants and hotels showed interest in it. Cochrane founded a company to manufacture her dishwashers, which eventually became Kitch-enAid®. It wasn’t until the 1950s, however, that dishwashers started to become a standard household kitchen appliance.

Models installed with permanent plumbing arrived in the 1920s. In 1924, William Howard Livens invented a small dishwasher suitable for domestic use. It had many of the features of a modern dishwasher, including a front door for loading, a wire rack to hold crockery and a rotating sprayer. Livens’ invention was not, however, a commercial suc-cess. Electric drying elements were added in 1940.”

Appliances

The dishwasher naturally spurred me on to doing the ridicu-lous, like counting how many appli-ances we own. I don’t really need to know that of course. Knowing it

won’t change anything, or make life easier. So, that makes it a perfect thing for me to think about at 3am.

The total? Eight. Well, eight large ones plus, oh, I don’t know, maybe 12 small kitchen appliances. Go fi gure.

I’ve been buying appliances for quite a few years now and it doesn’t get any easier. Doesn’t get any harder easier, but you’d think that in the 21st century it would somehow be easier. Nope.

I hope it does get easier someday. I’d hate to think that my daugh-ter will be doing the same thing with her daughter that we did. Then again, we did have fun and, all things considered, Long John Silver’s isn’t a bad place to grab a quick lunch with your daughter while looking for a dishwasher.

Source: Wikipedia

It’s just a dishwasher!

It has been almost 20 years when Kalusugan Community Services (KCS) was founded here in San Diego (1992) and nine years since the establishment of the Filipino American Wellness Center (FWC) in 2002. We are happy to celebrate the 9th anniversary of KCS/ FWC and rejoice that we have reached another milestone in our existence. We would like to update the community of the progress of KCS, introduce staff and board members, recognize our donors and volunteers, renew our friendships, meet new acquaintances, and learn something new.

There were several milestones in this long journey. First of course, is the founding of KCS/FWC and its subsequent “GOLDEN YEARS” from 1992 to 2009. From the begin-ning consisting of a small group of Filipino American community leaders with no home offi ce and a budget of $50,000 we have grown in number of programs, staff, volunteers and a total budget of more than $4 million in 17 years. This was spent building the Center, implementing programs, em-powering and training the community, and building the capacity of KCS.

The years 2010 to the pres-ent is a transition period for KCS as we have lost our Founder, Dr. Riz Oades in 2009 who had been our leader, mentor and guide. It was also the years of the start of the ongo-ing economic recession that brought many changes not only individually

“Stepping Up and Getting in Shape: Collaboration and Volunteerism”

but also organizationally. People lost their jobs, home, income and hope for the coming years. As an organiza-tion we also lost our major source of funding which are grants from state and private foundations. But we go on. So what do we do to cope with this situation?

The year 2010 was a year of “NEW BEGINNINGS” for us and 2011 is a continuation of our plans formulated in 2010. We have to blend in with the changes that are happening in our community, nation, and the world. We have to change and KCS is slowly moving in that direction in terms of its mission, goals & objectives, structure, programs, staff, funding, collaborations, and image. We are “stepping up and getting in shape” but we don’t know yet what it will be. However, we know it will be a change for the better—a more dynamic orga-nization!

For start in 2010, we recruited new staff and board members and elected board offi cers. A Strategic Plan for 2010 to 2013 was formulated as guide for the coming years which were monitored constantly to see whether we have progressed. It includes a fi nancial goal of sustaining the orga-nization; enhancing organizational capacity; developing and expanding communication strategies; providing effective programs; and expanding the current facility.

KCS ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR 2011

This year, we continued our “baby steps” and conducted our programs that consisted of Community Ser-vice, Community Development and Advocacy, Research and Training (CCRT). We were involved with so many activities. Our emphasis in 2011 was to increase our collaboration and recruit more volunteers to cope with the fi nancial recession.

A.Programs1.Community Services & Educa-

tion- This is the biggest component of our program.

Dissemination of Information- we inform the community about cur-rent health and social issues through the Center library, health fairs, and articles in the media such as Asian Journal, Filipino Press, and Philippine News and World Report.

Blood Pressure Screening and Referral- this is conducted by two of our volunteer nurses, Ms. Doreen Felicitas and Leony Pamintuan at Tooma Park, Granger Apartments and Summercrest. Those with high blood pressure are counseled and advised to see their physicians.

Health Education workshops- We conducted 7 workshops that included the following topics: Physical Activity for Seniors; Health Reform conducted by ACCESS, Inc; Taste of Healthy Filipino Mexican Cuisine; Financial Literacy, “ How to be a Billionaire”; Mexican-Philippine Connection, a Memorial Forum for Dr. Riz Oades; Women’s Issues: Breast Cancer and Domestic Violence; and Food Safety.

Intergenerational Arts and Cul-tural Festival (FilAmFest)- This is an annual event held the fi rst Sat-urday of October (October 1) at the Paradise Hills area of District 4 that showcased the culture, heritage and history of the FilAm community. It featured Filipino artists and other ethnic groups, commercial and food vendors, exhibits of Philippine handi-crafts and educational booths and performance space for traditional and modern dance and music. Approxi-mately 12,000 attendees participated at this event.

FilAmFest was funded by the SD Commission for Arts & Culture

and the SD County Enhancement Program; sponsors such as Opera-tion Samahan, Cox Communications, SEMPRA, Barona Casino, Union Bank; individual donors; and fund-raising, i.e., commercial and vendor booths.

2. Community Development and Advocacy- Our staff collaborates with many organizations in terms of programs and grant writing; and conducts leadership training and organizational development in the community. We participated in redis-tricting meetings giving testimonies to the Commission to group together communities with a large percentage of Asian Americans so that their is-sues can be represented and heard. We also participated in the City Council hearings not to cut the budget of the SD Commission for Arts & Culture to continue FilAmFest.

3. Research- Dr. Dirige, Dr Clau-dio (board advisory member), and Dr. Adel Ruiz, presented a poster session on the “Healthy Eating Campaign” at the annual meeting of the American Dietetic Association Convention in San Diego, September 27, 2011. A paper on the research project, “Sig-lang Buhay: Food Fitness and Cancer Prevention” conducted several years back will be submitted for publica-tion in a peer- reviewed journal to highlight the positive results of the program.

4. Teaching- KCS continues to ac-cept high school, college and graduate students to volunteer for special proj-ects at the Center. We also provide internships and fi eld work for students in graduate school. FilAmFest gives scholarships to needy students every year.

B. Other Activities: Volunteers- We have become a

volunteer organization and none of our staff has been paid a salary this year. We have 20 KCS volunteers consisting of board members, com-munity leaders, and students from UCSD. We have a list of volunteers and their profi le in our souvenir pro-gram. Not listed were the more than 100 students and community volun-teers with Filament.

Volunteers are usually recruited at the beginning of each year but they are accepted anytime during the year.

They are oriented and given train-ing. At the annual KCS anniversary celebration they are recognized and given a certifi cate of appreciation for their services.

Fund Raising- We continually try to raise funds every year through diverse mechanisms to support our programs. We still pursue grant writing although this well has dried up. One of our new strategies this year is to start a “Donor Solicitation Program” in which letters are sent out to prospective donors to contribute to the operations of the Center. This method was found to be successful and will be continued in the coming years.

Other activities with donations are the “Taste of Filipino Mexican Cui-sine” and the 9th anniversary celebra-tion. We also did a rummage sale and we plan to continue this activity next year. Our prospective ideas in fund-raising is to conduct a “Riz Oades Golf Tournament” in March 2012 in collaboration with a par shooters Group; a trip to the Acorn Casino; and another rummage sale.

Collaborations- One of our most avid collaborators this year is Op-eration Samahan (OS). We started a referral process where individuals seeking treatment were referred to them for care and we were informed about it; KCS is part of the Asian Pacifi c Islander Network represent-ing the Filipino population working on special projects such as healthy eating; and OS was a title sponsor of FilAmFest this year that strengthened the Health and Wellness Program of the event.

Some of our new collaborations include the following:

Kuya Ate Mentorship Program (KAMP)- KCS became a fi scal sponsor for this group led by Paul Valen, one of our board members and volunteer. It was founded in 2007 by a small group of FilAm community members. KAMP is a grassroots organization of high school gradu-ates, students and young professionals who educate themselves about FilAm history & culture. They are mentors who formulate lesson plans that are implemented once a month in the Tagalog language classes in local high schools.

Rejoice Fellowship- A newly estab-

lished Filipino church that is renting the Center for church service. The pastor is Glen Lubao and they meet every Sunday from10:30 AM to 1:00 PM and every Wednesday from 5:30-6:30 PM for bible study.

Villynaire’s Energy Group- A group of energetic men who are designing an energy effi cient device that will be used in the future. They are renters and meet every Wednesday morning at the Center.

Other Collaborators:American Cancer SocietyAsian Cultural FestivalCosmopolitan Lions ClubCouncil of Philippine American

Organizations (COPAO)Filipino American Community

Empowerment (FACE)Filipino American Women’s ClubGawad KalingaNational Federation of Filipino

American Associations (NaFFAA)Nutrition Network for Healthy

CaliforniaPhilAm BidSalad MasterSamahan Performing ArtsSan Diego Humanitarian Founda-

tion, IncSan Diego Water Authority

Conclusion: KCS is moving for-ward every year, making changes here and there. Pretty soon, we will see a changed, dynamic, creative organiza-tion that refl ects and blends in with the overall community environment in the US, Philippines and all over the world.

***

“PISTA SA NAYON”9TH Anniversary Celebration

of the Founding of the FilAm Wellness Center

and Fundraising

November 12, Saturday, 10:30 AM – 2:30 PM

FWC 1419 East 8th Street, National City, CA 91950

Theme: “Stepping Up and Getting in Shape: Collaboration

and Volunteerism”

Speaker: Lenore Lowe,

Executive Director Nonprofi t Management

Solutions

Recognition of Sponsors and Volunteers

Lunch buffet (LECHON donated by

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FASHION SHOW!!!!!!!($10 donation)

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IMMIGRATION 911 by Atty. Susan V. Perez | SAN DIEGO, 11/11/11 -- The law defines an individual in “B” classification as an alien who is visiting the United States for business or temporarily for pleasure. Visitors for business use the B-1 visa classification while visi-tors for pleasure use the B-2 classi-fication. In this article, we will talk about the B-1 classification only. A B-1 visa applicant will undergo two separate stages of interview. The first interview occurs at the U.S. embassy or consular office while the second interview occurs at the U.S port of entry and is conducted by the U.S. Customs and Border Protec-tion or CBP. Both consular officer and CBP will use the same standard in approving or denying your B-1 visa application and admission. They have to balance two compet-ing factors such as: (1) promotion of international travel and the free movement of all individuals to the United States for cultural, social, and economic purposes; and (2) the general presumption that all visa applicants are intending immi-grants. At the port of entry, the CBP further checks against fraudulent or incorrect visa issuance. The con-sular officers and CBP must use the Department of State regulations and the Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM) as source of authority or reference in making their decisions. How-ever, there is no uniform practice or policies among the consular offices. The Manila U.S embassy is known among immigration lawyers as one of the strictest U.S. consular office. Various factors may have affected the Manila U.S. Embassy’s visa issuance policies such as: high rate of fraud or overstays for Filipinos, poor economic condition, and the unreliability of government issued documents.

Going back to the question of whether or not a B visa holder can work in the United States, the an-swer is “NO”, generally. However, there are permitted business activi-ties from which the B visa holder can derive income. B-1 business visitors may be admitted for the pur-pose of engaging in business, but not for the purpose of local employment or labor for hire. The test is whether the principal place of business and actual accrual of profits are in the foreign country. Under FAM, activi-ties of a commercial or professional nature that are permitted under the B-1 status include but not limited to: negotiating contracts, consulting with business associates, litigating, undertaking independent research, participating in scientific, and educa-tional, professional or business con-ventions, conferences or seminars. Applicants who intend to work may be issued B-1 visas and be admitted into the United States if they fall under one of the following catego-ries: ministers or evangelical tour; members of charitable organizations and participants in voluntary service programs; members of boards of directors of U.S. corporations to attend a meeting of the board or

to perform functions derivative of board membership; personal or domestic servants of U.S. citizens residing abroad or temporarily as-signed to the United States; personal or domestic servants of certain aliens in nonimmigrant status; investors seeking an investment in the United States, which would qualify them for E-2 visa. Other permitted business activities classifiable as B-1 include: commercial or industrial work-ers coming to the United States to install, service, or repair commercial or industrial equipment or machinery purchased outside the United States or to train U.S. workers to perform such activities; applicants coming to the United States merely and exclusively to observe the conduct of business or other professional or vocational activity; certain foreign medical school students pursuing an elective clerkship at a U.S. medical school hospital.

At the port of entry, the CBP’s questions will focus on the nature of intended activities in the United States. The inspecting officers are required to use a three-prong test that consists of the following ques-tions: 1) will the alien be compen-sated from a U.S. source; 2) will the alien perform services for which a U.S. worker would have to be hired; and 3) are the services primarily benefiting the U.S. entity as local work or hire. A “yes” to any of these questions would disqualify the applicant from B-1 admission to the United States.

Good documentation is the key to approval for any visa application. B-1 visa applicants should have the following documents: proof of adequate funds available to avoid his or her unlawful employment in the United States; if presenting assurance of financial support from sponsoring relatives or friends in the United States, proof of significant ties that would show great weight to the sponsor’s undertaking; specific and realistic plans for the entire period of the contemplated visit; sufficient ties to his or her home country in terms of employment, family ties and other strong commit-ments; and such other documents that may be relevant to the activities that the applicant intend to do in the United States.

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are also a people of a common ideal e plurubus unum (from many one),” remarked Congressman Issa whose own parents came to the U.S. from Lebanon. “What makes America special is the gift we give as one people -- unity is a gift we give to ourselves and a gift to the people of the world. America will remain great as long as there are people like you who have a willingness to give to your country.”

He also commended the service-men for making a decision to serve the country.

“A majority of immigrants come for a better life and to pursue the liberties that America has to offer.” However, he said, by joining the service, these men and women have made the conscious decision to limit their liberties so as to protect the lib-erties the citizens of America enjoy as a right today.

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by Peter Wallace I have often wondered why the

Philippines is so poorly regarded internationally (the lowest levels of foreign investment and smallest number of tourists confirm this).

There’s so much that is attractive about the Philippines-but it’s not known. The image of the Philippines is of bungling cops unable to break down a bus door so eight tourists die. The image of New Zealand is of a country that rescues, nurtures and sends a penguin back home to Antarctica. A country that cares is not careless.

You have an image of a country from minor events, not from in-depth knowledge. Well, the Philip-pines is not a land of bungling cops (Incidentally, I’d almost guarantee that the promised properly, pro-fessionally equipped, intensively trained rescue team has not been created. If it is, I’d like to see a dem-onstration), but of talented people who perform as well as, or better, in many cases, than anyone else.

The situation is so bad that at many events the Philippines is not compared poorly to elsewhere, it

isn’t compared at all. It’s not on the list.. I really have no simple an-swer to why this is so, despite I’ve thought and thought about it over the years. Here is a country with a warmth, hospitality and friendship you won’t find anywhere else.

Multinational corporations tell me that their operations here are ranked up at the top on performance, ef-ficiency, profitability amongst their subsidiaries around the world. That’s reality. I can tell you loyalty of staff is incredible. My team thinks noth-ing of working way beyond eight hours if the client or project needs it. Of working years for us in a belief in what we do. That’s a loyalty repli-cated in numerous companies Texas Instruments doubled its investment here because after a typhoon that devastated Baguio and many of TI’s employees’ houses, the employees were all back at work the next day.

I wrote a booklet some years ago to help foreigners new to, or think-ing about investing and living, here understand what they’re getting into. I listed the country’s best features based on various surveys, as: 1) English language proficiency; 2) Labor availability, quality and reli-

ability; 3) Adaptability to Western culture and practices; 4) Market potential and size; 5) Educational attainment; 6) Low cost environ-ment; 7) Positive Filipino attitude; 8) Quality and quantity of middle management and technical people; 9) Comfortable local lifestyle; 10) Strategic location; and 11) Good telecoms infrastructure.

Note how much of it is people: it’s the Filipino. Close to 9 million of them around the world tell you that, too. The global shipping industry experienced a great slump during the recent world economic meltdown, yet Filipino seamen didn’t lose their jobs. Other nationalities did

But note too how two of the most important features (English capability and education) are being thrown away. My wife was taught in English, her home spoke English, English was the language of choice.. Tagalog was placed alongside it. Today, misplaced nationalism seems to think Tagalog must be spoken as it’s the language of home so it’s easier for kids to learn in it. Yes, the language of home is the easiest lan-guage to use to impart knowledge, but 40 years ago, that language was English.

The other argument is that Taga-log identifies the nation. Well I speak English, not Aboriginal; Americans speak English, not some red Indian language. Language doesn’t define a nation, language is for one purpose, and one purpose only: Communica-tion.

The world speaks English. More than 300,000 Filipinos have jobs in call centers because they speak Eng-lish. Another 200,000 are employed in other business process outsourc-ing sub-sectors like transcription & digital content/game development where English is also the primary language used. Most of the nearly 9 million Filipinos around the world have jobs because they speak Eng-lish. None is there because he or she speaks a Filipino dialect The inter-connectivity of the world, the explo-sion (the only word) of globalization makes English essential if we are to

A Great People - The Philippine Advantage be a leader in the IT industry where we’ve done so well already. So it must be taught equally with Tagalog, not as a second language.

It also means education is ever more essential, yet we’ve just lost all our universities out of the world’s Top 300. Some 35 percent of kids never finish primary school, another 27 percent drop out from secondary. Of 100 primary school entrants, only 14 earn a college degree. The dete-rioration of the educational system is heart breaking and is becoming a major deterrent to new investment. There are still enough Filipinos to meet industry needs, but it won’t continue. The BPO industry, where the Philippines is a world leader, can find enough people now, but soon it won’t be able to. Not having enough money to fund education is not an excuse. There is enough money-if corruption is stopped as the President wants; if schools are built, not monumental government offices (go see the opulent monstros-ity in Calamba to satisfy someone’s ego); if tax effort (taxes as a share of GDP) is brought up to the 17-18 percent as elsewhere in Asia; if tax changes are pushed through (sin tax amendments and fiscal incentive reforms could add about P95 billion that could be put into education and health). The money is there. Lack of money is not an excuse.

The other human factors that make the Philippines so attractive remain strong, so how do we get the world to know about them? Spend money, that’s how. Market the Philippines aggressively. Create the image (based on what is the real-ity). It’s a job that Tourism Secretary Mon Jimenez and Trade Secretary Gregory Domingo must be tasked to do. And that, Congress should agree, should be liberally funded-the returns will be multiples of what is spent.

We can’t sit around and wait for the world to discover the real Philip-pines, we have to tell the world. But forget the stereotyped, unimagina-tive ways: Rescue a penguin. Get the world to stand up and take notice.

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Bel Vino marks new beginning for Stuart Cellars Wines

Temecula, CA (November 3, 2011) – Two new signs inscribed “Bel Vino – featuring Stuart Cellars Wines” now mark the entrance to an award winning hilltop winery on Rancho California Road. The family operation of Stuart Cellars Vine-yard & Winery has been purchased by a Salt Lake City investor, who renamed the winery Bel Vino (an Italian translation for fine wine). The new owner, Mike Janko said the name change comes with a list of property improvements, some of which had been future aspirations on the Stuart’s long term plans for the past two decades.

Janko discovered Temecula Wine Country on a leisure trip two years ago. As a successful investment fund manager, he had recently begun looking into real estate and other businesses for diversification. “Because of my interest in the wine

industry,” said Janko, “Stuart Cellars was a natural fit for the diversifica-tion of the investment portfolio.”

Janko plans to enhance the hilltop winery with Tuscan flair. Mediter-ranean design elements will be in-corporated throughout the property, complementing its natural beauty. Amidst the plans for the next 18 months – exterior makeover for the winery building; interior expansion of the tasting room, including ample space for a retail gift store; outdoor covered patio seating; permanent indoor event space; and an impres-sive outdoor venue for weddings and special events.

Since their split two years ago, Marshall and Susan Stuart have been amicably and successfully co-managing the operations of the family winery. The property was not for sale when Janko first approached them; however, the opportunity to enter a new era separately appealed to them.

Marshall is continuing his role as Artisan Winemaker, handcrafting fine wine under the Stuart Cellars la-bel, while at the same time develop-ing a line for the new Bel Vino label. Thriving in guest relations, Susan’s new role as Vice President of Sales & Marketing is an ideal position for her. Under her direction, all staff members will continue employment under the new concept, as the winery employees were a major part of the overall appeal to Janko.

About Bel Vino

Bel Vino is a premier winery in Temecula Valley Southern Califor-nia Wine Country. The Bel Vino Wine Tasting Room is open daily from 10am to 5pm. The winery is conveniently located off Interstate 15 at 33515 Rancho California Road in Temecula, CA. For more informa-tion please call (951) 676-6414 or visit www.BelVinoWinery.com.

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Same Vision

the unique feature of the Philippines is the Filipino. I’d sell the Filipino, concentrate on getting the message across that the reason to invest or visit is because the people are great.

No one wants to see a church, they want to see a temple. Beautiful beaches abound around the world, but people that make for a wonderful experience don’t. Workers that go beyond what is expected elsewhere in the world are as scarce as hen’s teeth (I presume hens have no teeth, I’ve never looked).

What must go hand-in-hand with this, though, is a change in the lead-ership of the country. Over the past 40 years, China has leaped past the Philippine, as I explained last week, for only one reason: better, more focused, more idealistic, national-istic leadership. Nothing else was


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different, it can be the only logical conclusion. Three of the country’s past four leaders have been accused of corruption, of putting themselves before the nation. And many of the people below them have replicated that attitude. So the Philippines sank off the map.

Can it be made to surface again? Can we get a truly patriotic leader-ship? This is the challenge for Presi-dent Noynoy Aquino. It’s a chal-lenge he seems to have accepted, but can he bring the other leaders along with him?

That’s his real challenge. Can he change the wang wang culture at all levels?

Can Filipinos truly care for their country, not themselves. After 333 years in a monastery and 45 years in Hollywood – close to 400 years of foreign domination – who wouldn’t want to think only of themselves and protect their families? But 113 years of independence is surely enough for Filipinos to realize it’s their coun-try now and they must care for it, genuinely care for it – in action, not words.

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Recently, on April 1, 2008 to be exact, the United States became a signatory to The Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Inter-Country Adoption (Hague Adoption Convention). It applies to adoptions between the United States and the Philippines, as well as other coun-tries that have joined it.

The HAC is an international agreement that establishes certain safeguards to ensure that inter-coun-try adoptions take place in the best interests of the child. Child smug-gling is a primary reason why the U.S. signed the HAC. Unfortunately, in certain instances, the HAC has proven to be a stumbling block in

uniting a family.

The HAC is a very complicated process and applies on a case-to-case basis. There are numerous possible scenarios that it is impossible to discuss everything in this article. Nonetheless, we will try our best to explain the usual situations as simply as possible.

We start with comparing adoption before and after April 1, 2008. Prior to April 1, 2008, what was required for bringing an adopted child from the Philippines was the adoption decree which should be at least two years old, and physical custody by the adopting parent over the adopted child for at least two years. (Please see our previous article entitled “Adoption: The Two Year Rule”). For certain petitioners, especially those who has taken care of the child since birth, it was easy to comply with the two-year physical custody requirement.

Adoption: Hague or Not?

Under the HAC, there is no more need for the two-year physical custody. However, the process is quite tedious. Instead of the usual Form I-130, other forms are re-quired. Also, the petitioner has to go through adoption agencies in the Philippines and in the United States, which translates to higher expenses. Unless the child is a relative within the fourth degree, you cannot choose whom to adopt and there must not have been any contact between the petitioner and the child prior to the starting the HAC process. Clearly, the HAC contemplates of a situation where the petitioner and the child are total strangers, ala-Angelina Jo-lie. But for many Filipinos, adoption is a way of bringing in their neph-ews, nieces and even grandchildren. Obviously, it would be impossible for them not to have had any contact at all prior to the adoption, as in fact it is their closeness that impels the petitioner to adopt.

As mentioned, the HAC covers adoptions beginning April 1, 2008. In a previous article (Adoption: Success Story, USCIS Recognizes Retroactivity of Philippine Adop-tion), we expressed the view that Philippine adoption should be reckoned from date when the adop-tion petition was filed in conformity with Philippine law. For example, an adoption petition filed in 2006 but decided only in 2009 should not be covered by HAC. The problem is when the adoption has not been filed yet. For instance, if a potential client comes to us and asks us if he can do domestic adoption now, our answer will be no because the adoption has to go through the HAC. A sub-scenario here is if he is not a U.S. resident, e.g. he has long resided in the Philippines, in which case he may be exempt from HAC.

Again, there are other scenarios which we have not covered in this article. Inter-country adoption under the Hague Adoption Convention is complicated. This article is not a substitute for a legal advice from a competent attorney which you should seek before pursuing adop-tion.

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We will be in Manila during the first three weeks of December. If your loved ones are interested in consulting with us there, please tell them to contact our Manila office at 522-1199 or 526-0326 to schedule

an appointment. We will also have the chance to personally attend to your legal concerns in the Philip-pines such as real estate transactions and other legal matters.

Atty. Rogelio Karagdag , Jr. is licensed to practice law in both Cal-ifornia and the Philippines. He prac-tices immigration law in San Diego and has continuously been a trial and appellate attorney in the Philip-pines since 1989. He travels between San Diego and Manila. His office address is located at 10717 Camino Ruiz, Suite 131, San Diego, CA 92126. He also has an office in the Philippines at 1240 Apacible Street, Paco, Manila, Philippines 1007, with telephone numbers (632)522-1199 and (632)526-0326. Please call (858)348-7475/(858)536-4292 or email him at [email protected]. He speaks Tagalog fluently. Articles written in this column are not legal advice but are hypotheticals intended as general, non-specific legal information. Readers must seek legal consultation before taking any legal steps.

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The protestors that are camping on the steps of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London and on the streets of cities around the world are part of a protest movement that hungers and thirsts for justice and equality and an end to corruption. It began in Spain a year ago when the central plaza was occupied. That sparked the Chilean student sit-ins in Santiago demanding justice in education and then came the “Occupy Wall St.” protest in Manhattan against the corrupt bankers and global financial manipula-tors. The inequality and ever widening gap between the poor and rich in developed and poor nations is the root of the problem. It al-ways has been especially since the globaliza-tion of trade and neo-liberal capitalism, that is, business without a conscience, took over the world.

New sit-down and ‘occupy’ protest groups

are springing up around the world to protest and change this. It is a reawakening or a con-tinuation of a world-wide protest movement


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LIGHT & SHADOWS By Zena Sultana Babao | SAN DIEGO, 11/11/11 --

It was the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918 when armistice was declared, and the deaf-ening sounds of the First World War came to an end. Today, 93 years af-ter that cessation of hostilities – we pause in remembrance and gratitude to all those who served.

In 1954, President Eisenhower offi cially changed Armistice Day to Veterans Day, a holiday dedicated to American veterans of all wars. Every year since then, we pay tribute to our fi ghting men and women, liv-ing or dead, who have devoted their lives defending liberty and freedom at great cost.

Millions have given the ultimate sacrifi ce of all – their lives! Wars have been fought and lives have been lost for the sake of liberty.

During the American Revolu-tion in 1775, Patrick Henry deliv-ered a speech which still resounds until today. He said: “Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains or slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take but as for me; give me liberty or give me death!”

Here are some of the major wars that our country and our mili-tary were involved in. Info about these wars was excerpted from The Military Press, a Department of Defense publication, and I give them thanks.

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War, was a global military confl ict lasting from 1939 to 1945,

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which involved most of the world’s nations, including all of the great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis.

It was the most widespread war in history, with more than 100 million military personnel mobi-lized. The major participants placed the entire economic, industrial, and scientifi c capabilities at the service of the war effort, erasing the distinc-tion between civilian and military resources. Marked by signifi cant events involving the mass death of civilians, the Holocaust, and the only use of nuclear weapons in warfare, it was the deadliest confl ict in human history. It resulted in 50 million to over 70 million fatalities.

World War II ended with the total victory of the Allies over Ger-many and Japan in 1945. This war left the political alignment and social structure of the world signifi cantly altered. The Soviet Union and the United Sates emerged as rival su-perpowers, setting the stage for the Cold War, which would last for the next 46 years.

The Korean War

The Korean War was a mili-

tary confl ict between the Republic of Korea supported by the United Na-tions, and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and People’s Republic of China (PRC), supported by the Soviet Union. The war was the result of the political division of Korea by agreement of the victori-ous Allies at the conclusion of the war in the Pacifi c.

The United Nations, particu-larly the United States, came to the aid of the South Koreans in repelling the invasion of the North Korean forces. During this war, both North and South Korea were sponsored by external powers, thus facilitating the war’s metamorphosis from a civil war to a proxy war between powers involved in the larger Cold War.

From a military science per-spective, the Korean War combined strategies and tactics of WWI and WWII – swift infantry attacks fol-lowed by air bombing raids. The initial mobile campaign transitioned to trench warfare, lasting for three years until 1953.

The Vietnam War

The Vietnam War was the longest war in American history, and the most unpopular war of the 20th century. It resulted in nearly 60,000 American deaths and 350,000 ca-sualties, and an estimated 2 million Vietnamese deaths.

Efforts were made to end the confl ict through diplomacy, and an agreement was reach in 1973, when the U.S. forces were withdrawn from Vietnam and the American POWs were released. In April 1975, South Vietnam surrendered to the North, and Vietnam was reunited.

Gulf War/Operation Desert Storm

The Persian Gulf War, com-monly referred to as Gulf War, was a war waged by a U.N.-authorized coalition force from 34 nations led by the United States and United Kingdom against Iraq. This war was also referred to by former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein as the “Mother of all Wars.”

What triggered the Gulf war was the invasion of Kuwait by Iraqi troops in August of 1990. The invasion of Kuwait was met with international condemnation, and brought immediate economic sanc-tions against Iraq by members of

the UN Security Council. President George H.W. Bush deployed Ameri-can forces to Saudi Arabia almost 6 months afterwards, and an array of forces joined the coalition.

A decisive victory was achieved by the coalition forces in 1991 following an aerial bombard-ment and ground assault. Kuwait was liberated and the coalition forces advanced into Iraqi territory. Aerial and ground combat was con-fi ned to Iraq, Kuwait, and areas on the border of Saudi Arabia. How-ever, Iraq launched Scud missiles against coalition military targets in Saudi Arabia and against Israel.

Operation Iraqi Freedom

This war had at least two distinct phases: the invasion and the occupation. Though Saddam’s regime fell fairly quickly, the insur-gency was able to gain strength in large part because the United States and Coalition leadership was slow to recognize that they had a na-scent guerilla movement underfoot. Though the Iraqi people have elected a government featuring a Kurdish president, the situation changed from a war against the occupier, to a civil war among Iraqis.

Honoring Those Who Served

In honoring those who served our military forces, there are of-fi cial and national ceremonies today, Veterans Day, November 11, 2011. At 11:00 a.m., a color guard, made up of members of each of the military services, will render honors to America’s war dead during a tradition-rich ceremony the Tomb of the Unknowns. The ceremony takes place inside the Memorial Amphi-theater.

THE TOMB OF THE UN-KNOWNS at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, is also known as the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and stands atop a hill overlooking Washington, D.C. The Tomb is guarded 24 hours a day 365-days a year, rain or shine, by specially trained members of the 3rd United States Infantry, also known as “The Sentinels.”

The President, or his repre-sentatives, will lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns to symbolize America’s tribute to our dead. The Veterans Day National Committee will coordinate the ceremonies at Arlington and all over the country. XXX

Veterans Day 11-11-11: Honoring All Who Served

At this time of the year I would be watching the NBA games. I would also be enjoying my subscription to the NBA League Pass (Broadband) which allows me to watch games not shown on TV from anywhere through my computer and Internet access.

My barber does the same so we get to discuss, analyze and sometimes wager a few bucks to make it more exciting. Others in the barbershop more often than not also join the fun.

I am also reminded of a standing invitation by a friend in Los Angeles to visit and watch the Laker games. He is a season ticket-holder.

Well, it is not happening now! Why? The NBA Lockout is going on and no agreement between the own-ers and the players is in the offi ng. There is now several weeks’ delay in the schedule and if a solution is not found soon, the season could be totally cancelled.

While the effect on me, my barber, and others in the barbershop has a defi nite impact, it is not really as bad and as signifi cant as the unintended consequences to certain people in particular, and the society in general.

One example was cited by Michael Lee of the Washington Post; “Had the Washington Wizards started the season on time last Wednesday, Donte Hance would have arrived at Verizon Center about three hours before tip-off, stocked the ice cream, pretzels and cotton candy, and cleaned and set-up equipment in preparation for a busy evening. But since the game against the New Jersey Nets was canceled, Hance was at his home in Baltimore, mostly “sitting around, doing nothing,” but also contemplating whether he should fi nd a part-time job or seek unemployment to make up for mon-etary losses that will incur as a result of the NBA lockout.”

That’s just one small concession-aire in one NBA franchise. Multiply that by the number of concession-aires in Verizon Center, which is 200, and by the number of NBA franchis-es and the impact is ever greater.

The Wizards, according to the Lee’s report, “employ between 120 and 170 part-time workers – ushers, security guards, custodians, etc. – for each game at the Verizon Center.”

Again, multiply the number of

employees by the number of games and by the number of franchises and you see how big the impact is. If you consider the fact that these people affected have families and kids, the consequences could be devastating.

Indeed, there are economic and social effects to reckon with. Add-ing more people to the ranks of the unemployed, increasing unemploy-ment benefi t claimants and decreas-ing consumption (sales of tickets, novel items, league passes, and other basketball related income plus the sales in sports bars) are unnecessary additions to the current economic crisis in the United States.

The NBA and other professional sports provide, not just entertain-ment, but also healing and psy-chological distractions to the sick, disabled and elderly. Go to hospitals and homes for the aged and the sick. See how watching sports has been providing invaluable entertainment and respite from their pain and suf-fering.

Owners and players of the NBA have a social responsibility. The greater the resources and the power available, the greater the responsibil-ity is expected of them.

Lockout is a powerful tool made available to the owners used by them to strengthen their bargaining posi-tion. Already considered billion-aires, they expect more money added to their pockets. To the owners who claim to be losing money, they can always sell their respective franchises and make a lot more money. There are always ready buyers. The Golden State Warriors, for example, was sold for $450 million, thus netting the for-mer owner a hefty profi t.

The NBA Players union is given collective bargaining rights to fi ght for the interest of the players. Already considered millionaires, the latter also expect more money added to their pockets. To those who are dissatisfi ed with the NBA they can always go to another league, right?

Wrong. There is no other one in the United States. There is a virtual mo-nopoly by the NBA in this country. If the players decertify their current union, they would have the right to sue the NBA owners for violating the Anti-Trust Law.

While they would have a good cause, this would take months to have a fi nal verdict, thus – guaran-teeing the cancellation of the entire season. Such a cancellation means everybody is a loser – the owners, the players, broadcast companies, suppliers of novelty items and programs, concessionaires (at the arena and in team-identifi ed stores), parking providers, team sponsors, team promoters, full and part-time employees, contractors and most importantly the FANS.

Cancellation should not and could not be an option. Even for the selfi sh and the greedy, it cannot be. Avoid-ing it is a virtual obligation for all who could lose or benefi t. A Solo-monic solution should be sought. Social responsibility must be shaped and shared.

Under the current agreement, which is due to expire, the share of the players of all Basketball-Related Income (BRI) is 57%. Because many of the owners claim to have incurred losses, the players offered to lower it to 52%. The owners had initially offered a 57-43 split in their favor but eventually gave a fi nal offer of a 50-50 split on the BRI.

We have seen NBA superstar players agreeing to lower their salaries to accommodate the hiring of other players to strengthen the competitive position of their team. We should also see super profi table NBA Teams sharing revenues and/or profi ts directly or indirectly with the weaker ones to enhance the fi nancial viability of each team and the value of the league.

Either through mediation, arbitra-tion if necessary, or negotiation all the parties have the opportunity to shape and share social responsibility in sports making it easier to seek a Solomon-like solution.

Some showing of self-less, sacri-fi cial, and sacred service should be seen!

SPORTS: Seeking a Solomonic Solution; Shaping and Sharing

Social Responsibility



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©2011 Virginia H. Ferrer. All rights reserved.

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

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Spiritual Life

Ang Tatlong Puno (3)Make Today Blessed

for Tomorrow Joke of the week: A fellow

bumped his head and went into a twenty-year coma. Awaking refreshed and clearheaded in 20050, the fi rst thing he did was to call his broker. The broker reported that his hares of 100 of AT&T were now worth $8.5 million, and his shares of General Motors were now worth $5.5 mil-lion, and his holding in Xerox had increased to an amazing $15 million. “Good Lord,” exclaimed the man, “I’m rich.” The telephone operator came on the line, “Your three minutes are up, sir. Would you please deposit a million dollars?”

Scripture: First Reading: Prov-erbs 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31. This last chapter from the Book of Proverbs is made up of poetic lines which begin with Hebrew letters. This poem is believed to have been from the teachings of King Lamuel’s mother and its verses summarize the wisdom contained in the book. The chapter for this Sunday’s reading considers a wise person as one who follows and lives faithfully the Wisdom of the Jewish tradition. Works of charity, care and fi delity to duty are not just womanly responsibilities, but faith-motivated traits that are rooted in wisdom. Second Reading: 1 Thessa-lonians 5:1-6. St. Paul was respond-ing to the question of the

Thessalonians who wondered about the date and time of Christ’s second coming. His answer can be briefl y summarized in an “as if” fashion. Live “as if” the end-time is just around the corner. At the same time, Christians should not be so concerned

about the second coming, because as children of light, they should conduct themselves today on the promise of future glory that is already theirs through sharing in the death and resurrection of the Lord. For Paul the future starts today, tomorrow begins now.

Gospel: Matthew 25:14-30 or 25:14-15, 19-21 According to rab-binic law one who buries the talent in the ground to protect the money from thieves is doing the safest way and is free from liability. But why is it that the third servant has been punished for doing just that - the safest way? The fi rst two servants are considered faithful, because they are resource-ful and productive, whereas the third servant did nothing while his master was away - this servant is lazy and unfruitful.

Refl ections: Very often the parable of the talents is interpreted in the light of capitalism or usury. For instance, the two servants who invested the talents and earned more are considered perfect models for investors or profi teers. Though some commentators might lean toward that insight, but the parable is more about the end of time when we will be judged by how much we have used or not used at all the talents, wealth, capabilities, and gifts God has given us for the furtherance of his glory, his kingdom and for the salvation of all.

God’s kingdom does not only grow through prayers, miracles, and preaching. It also spreads through ordinary acts, such as compassion, kindness, humility. God has bestowed

on each of us gifts and talents. It is unfortunate that some people excuse themselves for doing nothing with those gifts. We hear them saying, “I don’t have the time or strength; give me some time and I’ll do it later; I’m too busy.”

THE DAY OF THE LORD’S SECOND COMING IS GOING TO HAPPEN. When and how? Paul re-fused to speculate. Matthew’s advice to his community around the year 80 C.E. was to behave well while it awaits his imminent second coming. Christians should not be passive, lazy and worthless. In other words, when it comes to preparedness, the risk of cleverness is preferable to security of doing the proper thing according to rabbinic law, or “playing it safe.” Pre-paredness does not take away one’s responsibility to give glory to God, to further his kingdom and save people. To act on this responsibility is risky. But “playing it safe” or hiding our talents is a riskier business indeed!

Our talents are God-given. When we use them responsibly, we just don’t make the world brighter; we also give glory to God. The following story tells us why. In the primitive districts of India there are no lights in the streets or houses. In one of these areas is a temple. And hanging from the roof of it there is a great brass structure with one hundred different places in it into which little lamps may fi t. There are no lamps in them, and until lamps are put in, the temple is dark. When the people come in the dark to worship, each of them comes with his little lamp to guide him along the dark roads and streets. When they come to the temple, they each take their own lamps and carry them to the great brass fi tting and fi x them into a place there. At fi rst the temple is dark; but as each worshiper comes and places his lamp, bit by bit the temple grows brighter. The ques-tion for us to ponder is, “What talents do we bring to our parish to make it more Christ-centered? What use do we make of our talents to make the world brighter?”

Quotation of the week: “Usefulness is the rent we pay for living on the earth.” Robert Baden-Powell

Wala namang akong ispesyal na kailangang gawindito sa napakataas na punong ‘king puputulinkaya ang isang ito ay puwede na ito akinat kapagdaka’y inumpisahan na siyang lagariin.

Nang dinala ang unang puno sa mga karpinteroginawa s’yang isang malaking sabsaban ng kabayoinilagay sa isang luma at madilim na kuboat siya ay tinambakan ng napakaraming damo.

Kailanman ay hindi ito ang kanyang naging dasalkaya’t malungkot siya sa sinapit na kapalaran.Ang ikalawang puno ay naging bangka sa pantalanmahihirap na mangingisda ang naging kaulayaw.

At hindi rin natupad ang kanyang malaking pangarapna maging malaking barko sa dagat ay maglalayag.Samantalang ang ikatlong puno ay pinagsisibakat sa isang madilim na bodega lang itinambak.

Minsa’y isang lalaki’t ‘sang babae ang napadaan ang nagpalipas ng gabi sa madilim na sabsabansa pagod ng babae ay doon na niya naisilangang kanyang anak na siyang hari ng sangkatauhan.

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Last year we brought you word of Stanley Villavicencio, a man from Cebu, Philippines, who reportedly was in a deep, death-like coma for three days in 1993, during which he encountered Christ, Who allegedly told him to spread devotion to Divine Mercy (a task en-dorsed by the nation’s bishops). He has traveled the world doing just that, and for a while last year drew crowds in the U.S., but since has largely faded from view. What’s he up to now? What’s new? A viewer named Mike Dial and his companions caught up with Stanley and fi le this interview:

Mike: We spent a few days in the nearby island of Bohol. Now we are on our way to Manila and then back to California. We wanted to stop by here in Cebu to get an update on what has been happening with you. Many people must be wondering since you are not travel-ing anymore and you even cut your tour short when you were in California.

Stanley: I was supposed to be in the United States this October and Novem-ber, but it was cancelled because of what happened in New York.

Sylvia: Are you allowed to speak about any messages that Jesus is giving you?

Stanley: I have some of my latest messages printed here which I will give you.

Sylvia: Are we just fortunate to fi nd you here at this time?

Stanley: Yes, because I am always out. I am supposed to be in America right now. ( October), but it was cancelled be-cause of what happened there. So many are asking for my schedule. Tomorrow I will be going to General Santos city in Mindanao.

Mike: General Santos City is a known troubled city in the South. That is where the Muslim terrorist are. Maybe you can bring peace there through the Divine Mercy.

Stanley: I hope so.Sylvia: Is there any book that contains

any of your messages?Stanley: There is a book titled “

Miracles of the Divine Mercy” that has my story.

Mike: Oh yes, I think you mentioned that when you were in Santa Maria, California, the last time we saw you there. Anything else after that?

Stanley: No, because I travel all the time. Before going to Europe last June, I had a very good experience in mainland China. It’s a Communist country there and they don’t believe in God. If they fi nd anything religious on your body they will put you to prison immedi-ately. I was actually in Hong Kong when the fl ight stewardess of Cathay Pacifi c Airlines heard my testimony and they invited me to enter mainland China because they are from there. As I entered the mainland, there was a com-munist guard at the border. As I said, if they fi nd anything that is religious on your body they will put you to prison immediately. But then as I entered the, mainland, I was just wearing this Divine Mercy t- shirt with a large crucifi x around my neck. I was carrying that large Divine Mercy icon, and also a bag-ful of Divine Mercy posters…another bag full of Divine Mercy novenas…an-other bag full of Divine mercy chaplets. The guards looked at me and opened my bags but then they closed it and they let me in…meaning, they saw nothing…meaning, Jesus blinded them.

Sylvia: What a miracle! That’s beauti-ful!

Mike: What happened after that? Were you able to talk to the Chinese people?

Stanley: Yes. When I was in the mainland, I asked them if they can understand English. They said they can

Filipino Man Who ‘Rose’ From The Dead Quotes Jesus As Saying Only

Prayer Will Avert Another ‘Big’ Disaster

Stanley Villavicencio



Profi lesFirst Miss Universe and former Philippine resident Armi Kuusela-Hilario

lives among us here in San Diego, CaliforniaArmi Kuusela Had to Give up her Crown to Marry Filipino Businessman Virgilio HilarioIt is a common knowledge in the

world - especially for those who are beauty fanatics - that the fi rst Miss Universe, Miss International and Miss

Asia were all married to Filipinos. Coincidence? Or is it because the Filipinos are one of the great lovers in the world?

The fi rst Miss Earth also from Den-mark had a Filipino boyfriend in the name of Jomari Yllana but they did not end up marrying each other.

Let’s pay tribute to the fi rst ever Miss Universe, Armi Kuusela from Finland who married a handsome Filipino busi-nessman, Virgilio Hilario, in Tokyo, Japan.

I was able to dig up a topic written by a Filipino writer, Ricardo F. Lo of The Philippine Star. The article was pub-lished on 28 June 2006 for his column, The Funfare.

A misty-eyed look at Armi Kuusela, the 1st Miss Universe

Fifty-nine years ago, a beautiful 17-year-old girl from Finland was crowned (by Hollywood actress Piper Laurie) the fi rst Miss Universe at a glit-tering ceremony at The Municipal Au-

ditorium in Long Beach, California, with a court of honor composed of Hawaii’s Elza Kananion-apua Edsman (fi rst runner-up), Greece’s Daisy Mav-raki (second runner-up), Hong Kong’s Judy Dan (third runner-up) and Germany’s Renate Hoy (fourth runner-up).

Her name: Armi Helena Kuusela.

Nobody could have imagined that Armi would become an adopted daugh-ter of the Philippines when she married

Virgilio Hilario. Their love story was immortalized in a movie entitled Now and Forever.

On March 9, 1953, nine months after she won the Miss U title, Armi was invited by the Philippine International Fair Committee to crown that year’s

Armi Kuusela, the fi rst Miss Universe, and husband Virgilio Hilario

Armi as she looks today, with second husband Albert Williams. Below is her coronation photo as Miss Universe.

Miss Philippines. During her stay (until April 11, same year), Armi paid a courtesy call on then President Elpidio Quirino, Supreme Court justices, sena-tors and congressmen; laid a wreath at the Bonifacio Monument; visited Maryknoll College (now Miriam Col-lege), UP, Ateneo de Manila, the Balara Filtration Plant and Baguio City where she met Virgilio through a blind date.

Funfare’s “other beauty expert” Celso Caparas (now working in the Middle East) recalls the rest of Armi’s memorable stay in the Philippines:

On March 12, the lawmakers

discarded their usual “parliamentary sobriety” when Armi called on then Senate President Eulogio Rodriguez and Speaker Eugenio Perez. Smitten by Armi’s beauty, then Rep. Ferdinand E. Marcos (Ilocos Norte) introduced himself as the only eligible bachelor in the House and confessed that his knees gave way after meeting her up close and personal.

Prior to the Miss Philippines corona-tion night, Armi had a personal appear-ance in the Show of Shows topbilled by Dolphy, Katy dela Cruz, Bayani Casimiro, Chichay and Tolindoy at the Rizal Memorial Stadium. On March 20, Armi crowned Cristina de Leon


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SHOWBIZ WATCHER By Ogie Cruz, Asian Journal | SAN DIEGO, 11/11/11 -- Habang sinusulat namin ito, dumating na pala si Manny Pacquiao sa Las Vegas Nevada, at sa kanyang Grand Arrival Ceremony sa MGM Hotel pinagkaguluhan ang people champ, hindi lang ng mga Filipino pati ibang nationality sa naturang event, pati different Ameri-can networks nakatutok sa kanyang pagdating.

Bago pa sa kanyang arrival cer-emony, pumunta muna siya sa UNLV track para mag-jogging para maka-ad-just kaagad siya sa weather doon.Dis-idido kasi si Pacman na i-knock-out si Juan Marquez sa kanilang laban,’yun din ang forecast ng kanyang coach sa 9 round.

Tiyak hihinto ang pag-ikot ng

mundo ng mga Pinoy sa Nov. 12 sa gabi rito ng sabado ,linggo naman ng umaga sa Pilipinas para sa fight nina Pacquiao-Marquez.Maraming Pay per view ang magaganap sa ibat-ibang parte ng San Diego California. Dito sa National City, hindi pahuhuli ang Little Dimsum sa E. Plaza near Seafood City. $20 lang ang purchase ng ticket para manood ito, at takenote unlimited ang drinks at foods nila ayon sa kanilang manager.Siempre doon na rin siguro kami manonood, tiyak gagana naman ang dugong pinoy natin para manalo si Pacman sa naturang laban na ito.

So kita kits na lang tayo sa Little Disum sa Nov 12, sana po manalo po si Pacman.Sabi nga namin, TIYAK PANALO NA SI PACQUIAO !!!

KASO NI RAM-GEN, SINO BA TALAGA ANG MAY SALA? !!!Umalis na ng Pilipinas si Ramona Bautista, isa mga sus-pects sa pagpatay kay Ramgen at nasa Turkey na raw ito.Samantalang ang nanay nila na si Jenelyn Magsaysay puro pagpapalabas ng mga masasakit na salita laban kay Sen. Bong Revilla.

Sa kulungan na-man dinalaw ni Lyn Madrigal ang isa sa mga suspects, apo niya ito, Ramon Joseph.Hinawakan pa nito ang mga kamay nito at nagsabing hindi sila pababayaan ng diyos at makakalabas din ito sa kulungan.Sina Nartea at Tolisora naman ay patuloy ang pagsabing ang na sina Ramona at RJ ang pagkana ng pagpatay kay Ramgen.May missing link pa sila na hinahanap sa ngayon, etoy si Glaiza Vista na siyang kumontak sa mga suspects na sina Nartea at Tolisora.

Kesyo matagal na raw na may plano patayin si Ram pero hindi natuloy dahil natakot ang mga ito, natuloy ito pero sinasabi ng dalawa na hindi sila naroon sa pangyayaring ‘yun.

Samantala nakakuha kami ng larawan ng pamilya ni Jenelyn Magsaysay kasama ang ibang anak niya at pati ang dating Sen. Ramon Revilla Sr. nuong pumupunta pa ito sa bahay nila, kita nyo naman nandun si Ramgen at si Ramona.

Pabayaan na lang natin ang batas, kung sino talaga ang pumatay kay Ramgen na pilit naman itinatanggi ng kampo nina Jenelyn na may kinalaman ang mga kapatid ni Ramgen.

IM NOT FLIRTING WITH JOHN LLOYD CRUZ, SABI NI RUFFA!!!Nakakaloks ang mga sinabi ni Ruffa Guti-errez sa kanyang inter-view

about sa issue na may kinalaman kina John Lloyd Cruz at Shaina Magdayao.

Hindi raw totoo na siya ang unang nag-txt sa kampo nina Shaina, hinaha-mon nga nito na ipakita ang cell para kung anu ang totoo.” Ako nga ang sinabotahe nila, im not flirting with John Lloyd Cruz. Im inspired right now with someone else,”sabi pa ni Ruffa.

Isinawalat pa ni Ruffa na lasen-ggo itong si John Lloyd, dahil yung nangyari yun,lasing na lasing na raw ang binata at binuhat pa ito ng bouncer,brother ni John at shaina.Ganon daw talaga si John kapag nala-lasing, nakakatulog ito at kinabukasan na ito magigising.

“I’l be the

hap-pi-

Tiyak Panalo Na Si Pacquiao !!!

est person pag-ikaw talaga ay naging lalaking-lalaki na, in the true sense of the word.Shaina, you have nothing to worry about . I just wish you would tell the truth next time,”pahayag ni Ruffa.

JOEL MENDOZA & LANI MISALUCHA,BIG SUCCESS SA VIEJAS CASINO !!!Naka-aten kami sa concert ni Joel Mendoza’s Miracles and Dreams concerts sa Viejas Casino last Thursday Nov 3, halos mapuno ang venue.

At least hindi namin na miss ang duet nina Lani at Joel, “Bakit Ngayon Ka Lang Dumating”, akala nga namin si Willie Revillame ang ka-duet ni Ms. Misalucha.

Si Lani, grabe ang boses.First time lang namin siya napanood

sa isang concert, no. 1 talaga ang boses niya sa pag-kanta walang puedeng itapat.

Kumanta rin ang si Dra. Tess Mauricio,wellknown

Dermatologist sa amerika, may ibubuga rin.Sana ma-

inteview pa namin siya sa susunod.Medyo nadismaya lang ang ibang

fans doon dahil hindi nila nakita si Lani after the show para magpa-pic-ture at autograph, pero Joel nandun.Ayon kay Joel kaya pala nawala si Lani dahil nasa interview portion ni Dra. Mauricio para sa show niya sa TFC.kahit kami hindi namin nakita si Lani, laking panghihinayang namin.At least naliwanagan kami, na hindi inisnab ni Lani ang mga tao roon, kaya wala siya after the show.Anu kaya ang paliwanag ni Dra. Tess Mauricio tungkol dito?

RAMONA REVILLA, IKINASAL NA SA PILIPINAS!!! Last Nov 4, ikinasal na ang Sexy Star na si Ramona Revilla kay Eng’r Frederick Farrell.Mismong taga-San Diego ang dalawa kaya naman mga kaibigan namin ang dalawang ito.

Pumunta pa nga sila sa office ng Asian Journal, para bisitahin kami.Best Wishes na lang kina Ramona at Frederick !!!

Dr. Tess Mauricio, Lani Misalucha and Joel Mendoza at Viejas Casino



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prevent violence and promote peace, the honorees will each receive a cash award of $25,000. [Visit CalWell-ness.org for more information, in-cluding a newsroom section devoted to the 2011 California Peace Prize and the three honorees. High-resolu-tion photos are also available.]

“These honorees are leading the way with innovative programs that help young people while preventing violence in their communities,” said Gary L. Yates, president and CEO of TCWF. “They represent the thou-sands of unsung heroes dedicated to improving the health and well-being of California’s youth.”

Ray BalberanNow retired, Ray Balberan serves

as a community elder — build-ing on more than three decades of achievement in violence prevention and public health through advocacy and mentorship. Currently, Bal-beran consults for Arriba Juntos’s Northwest Community Response Network, a San Francisco collabora-tive that coordinates street outreach, health, re-entry and other services for youth and families. He also consults with La Clínica de la Raza, a community-based clinic with loca-tions throughout Alameda, Contra Costa and Solano counties.

“Community-based services are critical to stopping violence and must be developed and driven by the community,” Balberan said.

Priscilla CarrasquillaPriscilla Carrasquilla deeply

values forgiveness and providing support to young people who are ready for change. For 15 years, she ran the Clean Slate Tattoo Removal Program at Santa Clara Valley Medi-

cal Center (SCVMC) in partnership with the city of San Jose. The pro-gram removes gang tattoos, which can often inhibit young people from trying to get ahead or search for jobs.

“My nursing career is dedicated to bringing Jesus’ love to the needy,” Carrasquilla said. “Our tattoo removal program brings that love as a second chance.”

Manuel JimenezManuel Jimenez is an agricul-

tural expert and lifelong Woodlake resident who provides direction to youth by teaching them about responsibility, leadership, confi dence and respect through gardening. His efforts have helped reduce violence in Tulare County. Jimenez is a farm advisor for the Small Farms Program

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chaotic. President Lino Ma-jeras’ promise to get rid of graft and corruption in the government was easier said than done. Although his heart was in the right place, the wrong values embedded in the members of the bureaucracy made his campaign diffi cult.

To eliminate the cancer that had af-fl icted Fantasyland for generations, he had to suspend the freedoms guaranteed by the democratic consti-tution and impose his iron rule. Both were impossible to do.

The previous president had astutely covered her tracks to avoid prosecution for her crimes. She had packed the Supreme Court and other key posts in the judiciary with allies. Even the chief prosecutor was a classmate of her husband, thereby guaranteeing her exoneration from future charges. Moreover, Majeras could not get rid of all the anomalies in the govern-ment alone. The democratic com-position of the government neces-sitated that he had his own allies, so he could be protected from impeach-ment. If majority of the members of Congress were his enemies, he could very well be impeached. Although Congress was dominated by his allies, they, having been traditional politicians, had their own skeletons in the closet. As such, any can of worms Majeras might have opened might lead to other anomalies involving his own friends. He had to tread carefully to avoid stepping on some friendly toes. Normally, he found his hands tied and could only helplessly ignore the past corrup-tion committed, especially those involving his supporters. This was why he wanted to impose martial law or govern as a dictator—so that he could completely overhaul the bureaucracy at every level. Without doing so, the most he could do was to prevent corruption from fl ourish-ing in his own administration; then again, some of his men were brazen enough not follow his lead. At the rate corruption was fl ourishing, he was afraid he might end up with nary a friend as he continued to expose and prosecute even his own appointees. But there was nothing else he could do, especially towards the members of the Supreme Court, the fi nal arbiters of all Fantasyland cases. The Constitution protected their positions, and they were equal with the executive branch of the government. Impeaching them was hard, if not impossible, as it would require the support of the majority members of Congress, who were corrupt themselves. Almost all of them had vested interests to pro-tect; thus, the new president could not just wantonly impose laws and policies that would guarantee the eradication of graft and corruption.

Ideally, he would have been placed in offi ce through a revolution and then rule as a benevolent dictator. That way, he would not have to ask Congress to pass any law necessary to eliminate graft. “Let the chips fall where they may” as they say. But a revolution, especially a bloody one, and a one-man rule would not be possible without international censure. And without favorable international sentiment, especially in these days and age, they were bound to fail.

The next alternative was for the president to be elected together with his own supporters who were as committed as he was in cleaning the government. The supporters would not be greedy or take advantage of their position to amass material wealth. They would put the welfare of the country before their own. These supporters would be pure and sincere just like the new president.

The reality was that many of the president’s allies did not share

his vision for a clean government. They were with him for the ride, to partake with the spoils of war, not accomplish his mission for a better future for Fantasyland. Hence, Presi-dent Lino Majeras found himself in a catch 22 position. Dumb if you do, dumb if you don’t. He needed people with clean conscience, like Max Dullesco, to accomplish his goals. But one Max Dullesco was not enough. He needed thousands, if not millions, more like him. The most the president could do was ride along, accomplish whatever little clean up he could do, and be strong enough to withstand the attacks of his critics.

And the critics’ attacks were un-relenting. They were well-fi nanced

by people who would be affected by his reforms. These people wanted for the status quo to remain, not only to enable them to illegally partake of the resources of the govern-ment and take advantage of their powers and positions, but also to protect themselves from prosecutions. With many of the media in the hands of the opposition, keep-

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Initially, Majeras’s administration was like a ship transversing turbu-lent water, passing through a violent storm. It was grateful for whatever reform it could accomplish.

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9/24/2011 -- Words like “sustain-able,” “eco-friendly,” and “green” have become commonplace in our vernacular.

Today, eating, living, breathing and being with a greater awareness of how our actions affect not only ourselves, but our community and planet has never been so urgent. It is the small actions we do regu-larly that accumulate to a greater and more long-lasting benefi t, the choices you make in your daily eat-ing and cooking practices can have a profound effect on the health of our bodies and planet.

1. Eat the whole vegetable. Rather than tossing out the stems of broc-coli, Swiss chard, or the greens attached to beets, eat them. Sautee these greens, which are edible and very nutritious, with a bit of olive oil and salt or add them to just about any dish you are making.

2. Turn your basement into a food cellar. If you have a basement, clear off one area and designate it as your food cellar. Squashes, potatoes, root vegetables, onions, and jars of homemade canned summer peaches or tomatoes will stay perfectly fresh for up to six months.

3. Befriend a farmer. At your farm-ers market, get to know your farmer. Ask them how they grow their crops and what their favorite recipe is for rutabagas or other seasonal produce.

4. Shop for Number 9. At the gro-cery store, look at the PLU code on produce. Codes that begin with nine are organic.

5. Buy local bread. Eliminate excess packaging and cross-country delivery journeys by sourcing your

10 Ideas for a More Sustainable Dietbread from a local bakery where the bread is made on-site. Or better yet, bake fresh bread at home.

6. Forego canned beans. Buy dried beans, like kidney, black and lentils, in bulk to cut down on cost, energy use and packaging.

7. Become an effi cient baker. Ovens require a lot of energy. So the next time you’re baking banana bread, turn the afternoon into a bake fest and make a lasagna, casserole or just simply toss sweet potatoes in the oven along with the bread. You’ll see the difference in your utility bill and your meal-planning just got a lot more effi cient.

8. Be picky about meat. Not only should you try to eat less meat, but aim to be an eco-friendly meat-eater. Only buy additive- and antibiotic-free meats, and purchase domestic and seasonal meats when possible.

9. Use less toxic cookware. Many pots and pans contain potentially cancer-promoting toxins. Since cooking further unleashes these chemicals, opt for stainless steel, cast-iron or ceramic cookware, which are much safer and more durable.

10. Replace cloth with paper. Whether you’re keeping bread warm, dusting crumbs off your mouth or cleaning a spill, ditch the paper towels, plastic wrap, or aluminum foil and instead use dish-towels. You can buy piles of these at discount stores and just wash them as they become dirty. -- Posted by pooja at 12:12 AM www.refreshing-news9.blogspot.com

ScienceDaily (Sep. 9, 2011) — A possible link between what a mother eats during pregnancy and the risk of her child developing allergies has been identifi ed in new research pub-lished in this month’s The Journal of Physiology.

The research found that if a moth-er’s diet contains a certain group of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) -- such as those found in fi sh, walnut

oil or fl axseed -- the baby’s gut develops differently. The PUFAs are thought to improve how gut immune cells respond to bacteria and foreign substances, making the baby less likely to suffer from allergies.

Until now, several clinical trials have shown that fi sh and walnut oil supplementation in pregnant women reduces the risk of allergy in their children, but the mechanism was

Mother’s Diet Infl uences Baby’s Allergies, Research Suggestsunknown.

“There is intense research interest in maternal diet during pregnancy. In the western diet, the group of polyunsaturated fatty acids that we have shown to help gut function are actually disappearing -- our dietary intake of fi sh and nut oils is being replaced by corn oils which contain a different kind of fatty acid.” Said Dr Gaëlle Boudry, of the INRA re-search institute in Rennes, France.

“Our study identifi es that a certain group of polyunsaturated fatty acids -- known as n-3PUFAs -- causes a change in how a baby’s gut devel-ops, which in turn might change how the gut immune system develops. These changes are likely to reduce the risk of developing allergies in later life.”

The team found that supplement-ing a mother’s diet with n-3PUFA caused the newborn’s gut to become more permeable. A more perme-able gut enables bacteria and new substances to pass through the lining of the gut into the bloodstream more easily. These new substances then trigger the baby’s immune response and the production of antibodies.

“The end result is that the baby’s immune system may develop and mature faster -- leading to better

immune function and less likelihood of suffering allergies,” added Dr Boudry.

This research adds to previous studies which have shown that an in-take of n-3 PUFAs during pregnancy increases gestational length and mat-uration of the central nervous system of a baby and that their performance on mental tasks also seemed to be improved in childhood.

“Other studies have found that a diet containing fi sh or walnut oil during pregnancy may make your baby smarter -- our research adds to this, suggesting such supplements also accelerate the development of a healthy immune system to ward off food allergies.”

In terms of next steps, the team’s fi ndings were based on piglets so research will continue to see if they translate to humans. The porcine intestine is an excellent model of the human gut however, so they are hopeful that the fi ndings can be extrapolated. The team also plans to investigate whether the appar-ent gut function-boosting effects of n-3PUFA that they have identi-fi ed in newborns extends into later life.-- http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110908161444.htm

ScienceDaily (Aug. 24, 2011) — Coriander oil has been shown to be toxic to a broad range of harmful bacteria. Its use in foods and in clini-cal agents could prevent food-borne illnesses and even treat antibiotic-resistant infections, according to the authors of a study published in the Journal of Medical Microbiology.

The researchers from the Universi-ty of Beira Interior in Portugal tested coriander oil against 12 bacterial strains, including Escherichia coli, Salmonella enterica, Bacillus cereus and meticillin-resistant Staphylococ-cus aureus (MRSA). Of the tested strains, all showed reduced growth,

and most were killed, by solutions containing 1.6% coriander oil or less.

Coriander is an aromatic plant widely used in Mediterranean cui-sine. Coriander oil is one of the 20 most-used essential oils in the world and is already used as a food addi-tive. Coriander oil is produced from the seeds of the coriander plant and numerous health benefi ts have been associated with using this herb over the centuries. These include pain re-lief, ease of cramps and convulsions, cure of nausea, aid of digestion and treatment of fungal infections.

This study not only shows that

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Resistant Infections

coriander oil also has an antibacte-rial effect, but provides an explana-tion for how it works, which was not previously understood. “The results indicate that coriander oil damages the membrane surrounding the bac-terial cell. This disrupts the barrier between the cell and its environment and inhibits essential processes in-cluding respiration, which ultimately leads to death of the bacterial cell,”

explained Dr Fernanda Domingues who led the study.

The researchers suggest that coriander oil could have important applications in the food and medical industries. “In developed countries, up to 30% of the population suffers from food-borne illness each year. This research encourages the design


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Saan nga ba tayo ngayo’y tumatahak?Ang gulo ng bansa’y nagiging talamak.Ang mga patayan daig pang HIMAGAS,Na ‘di makatigil sa taglay na SARAP.

Desisyong gobyerno ay tila PUMALPAK,LIMANG MILYONG PISO sa IBA ginawad.SUNDALONG pinatay, naiwang KAANAK,Ngayo’y BASANG SISIW na IYAK NG IYAK.

Ang kaso ni Ligot ay parang laruan,Na pasiklot-siklot na hindi malaman.Nagkasala nga ba o dapat hayaan,“Finally” nag-BAIL OUT, ano nga ba iyan?

Itong mga pulis tuloy sa trabaho,Agad nahuhuli ang sankot sa gulo.Sumaksak sa ama ni Charice Pempengco,Dal’wang libong piso, huli, kalaboso.

Ang kaso ni Ram ng mga Revilla,Medyo magtatagal, DATUNG ang problema.Ganyan namang lagi ang ating HUSTISYA,Kapagka MAGATAS, mahinay ang DRAMA.

Kaso ng PNP, nu’ ng “nineteen ninety two”Sa mga gastusing ‘di nagkatotoo.Siyam na opisyal, sangkot, kalaboso,Ngayong lang luminaw, ngayong taong ito.

Ang nakaiinis, ‘tagal ng panahon,Mga kasamahan ‘laon ng NABAON.Sa KINARMAang hudas, ADIOS and SO LONG!!!Sa mga natira SAMPUNG TAONG kulong.

Ngayon ay balikan itong AMPATUAN,Tila nanahimik, ano ba ang lagay?Naubos na kaya “witness” na kaaway,O ‘dami pang DATUNG na kayang gumalaw.

“Casual” na gawain ang gawang PUMATAY,Laging agrabiyado’y buhay na naiwan.Ang pangungulila, walang katapusan,At ang nagkasala ay BUHAY NA BUHAY.

Kailan magigising itong ating bayan,Mga PUMAPATAY, “preserved” sa kulungan.Pataw KAMATAYAN ang s’yang kailangan,Nang hindi dumami ang mga KRIMINAL.

Papayag ba kayong, kayo’y manirahan,Na naliligiran ng mga kriminal?Buhat sa BARANGAY, PNP, KAAWAY,DRUGISTA’t iba pang may utak PUMAPATAY.

Ang Medical Mission nitong Philippine Army,Sa parte ng Albay, malas, inatake.Samahang NPA ang siyang dumali,Ito ang samahang “Endangered Species”.

Sobrang dumarami ang laban sa bayan,Na KINUKUNSINTI nitong PAMUNUAN.Mga likhang gulo ay SIGE, SIGE LANG.‘Pagkat ito’y DRAMA sa sariling bayan.

Ang DAANG MATUWID ay ‘di ko matanggap,‘Pagkat nangyayari’y DAANG PABALIGTAD.Gulo sa ating bansa, sa Malaysia ang usap,Baligtad na ang mundo, TAMA si SATANAS.

Tuligsa ni:Romeo NicolasBocaue, Bulacan

Ang Daang Matuwid At Daang Baligtad(Poem No. 2)

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It did not matter whether the errant officials were longtime friends or relatives. He prepared himself to be friendless upon leaving office as he realized his was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reform the society.

The main thorn in Majeras’s side was the office of the chief prosecu-tor. The occupant was a long-time ally of the former president, a law school classmate of her husband. Judging from the prosecutor’s previous action, it was obvious she was appointed to the post chiefly to protect the former president from charges heaped against her after her term.

A word war erupted between her and the office of the president, with her integrity and independence continually questioned. Majeras was intent on getting rid of her to the point his allies in Congress initiated impeachment proceedings against her. Public opinion was galvanized until the chief prosecutor succumbed to pressure. She realized the fight to keep her post was not worth the crit-icisms and the impending impeach-ment. She quit her post suddenly, paving the way for the president to appoint a replacement. Well-inten-tioned Fantasylanders were relieved. For weeks, the nation held its breath awaiting the appointment of a new chief prosecutor, one tasked in get-ting rid of corrupt officials in the government. Various names of men with integrity, experience and legal expertise were put forward. Finally, the office of the president released the name of the new appointee: Pablo Nolasco.

Everyone in Fantasyland asked: “Who is he?” – AJ

(To be continued)

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that began twenty years ago in the “March Against Poverty, Make Poverty History” campaigns that called for justice and debt forgiveness for poor nations. These young generations of protesters are not marching; they are sitting down and refuse to move. They are inspiring millions to act for justice and that gladdens the hearts of all who have worked all their lives to bring about global equality. The spirit lives on, the hope remains, the love of justice will overcome evil.

The protesters are expressing the worldwide disgust with corrupt politicians of the G20 nations who made promises to end poverty and suffering but did not keep them. Famine grips East Africa, food prices soar, the US oil giants are turning corn into ethyl-alcohol to fuel more cars instead of providing food for the hungry. Sex slavery thrives and human trafficking continues with impunity. The mil-lennium goals to reduce poverty and disease and increase education will not be met. These are the challenges that must be confronted.

The Middle East is in protest and rebellion too against tyrants and their backers. some have won liberation. These are great signs of hope yet thousands have been killed in Syria as the people demand freedom.

The resurgence of that voice of compas-sion for the poor and the demand for global social justice and is once again challenging those most responsible for world hunger and inequality, namely the super rich bankers, currency manipulators and corrupt politicians. Nothing new in that line up of suspects but what’s new is the globalization of the protest.

Thanks to the internet and web sites like Facebook, Twitter and Youtube, the protest action is relayed around the world in a flash. The demand for a “Robin Hood” Tax is gaining worldwide popular support by which every large scale global financial transaction will pay a tax to fight global poverty, hunger and disease. It is opposed by the money mo-guls of Manhattan, the wizards of Wall Street that make pension funds and taxpayers money disappear into their pockets – a conjuring act of global proportions.

The “occupiers” want radical change, a peaceful revolution that will change how the world economy is managed and struc-tured. They are calling for an end to elitist crony capitalism and a structural change so that economic power and wealth is more democratically shared and regulated and not concentrated in the hands of a greedy elite of billionaires who buy elections, and fix the legal and trading system in their favor and exclude the majority .

This is best illustrated in the way the ruling elite of the Philippines (where I have worked for forty years), are grabbing the mineral rich lands of the indigenous tribal Filipinos for destructive open-pit mining. They do it in partnership with multinational mining and investment corporations and because their family members, relatives and cronies are the lawmakers, justices, enforcers and bankers the get away with it.

The local elite in pseudo-democracies get their relatives or friends in government to approve loans of foreign borrowings or tax payers’ money (seldom repaid) sign environ-mental clearances and mining permits. They bypass requirements like community accep-tance and eliminate opponents and proceed to devastate the land with open-pit mining, the result is flooding, toxic waste, logging and land slides on ancestral lands.

Italian Missionary Father Fausto Tentorio in Mindanao and many more journalists, envi-ronmentalists, priests and pastors, have been killed for speaking out and opposing the cor-rupt system. There is no greater love than this than to give their lives for others. They are the true courageous Christians and while they die for the farmers and the forests, for the poor and the oppressed people those protesting in the plazas or on the footpaths are united in the same just cause. We too are part of this work for justice through prayer, action and giving support. [email protected]

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Akala ng mga tao na nasa Pilipinas ka-pag nasa America ka akala nila madami ka ng pera.

Ang totoo, madami kang utang, dahil credit card lahat ang gamit mo sa pagbili mo ng mga gamit mo. Kailangan mo gu-mamit ng credit card para magka-credit history ka, kase pag hindi ka umutang o wala kang utang, hindi ka pagkakatiwa-laan ng mga kano. Pag wala kang credit card, ibig sabihin wala kang kapasidad magbayad.

Akala nila mayaman ka na kase may kotse ka na. Ang totoo, kapag hindi ka bumili ng kotse sa America maglalakad ka ng milya-milya sa ilalim ng init ng araw o kaya sa snow.

Walang jeepney , tricycle o padyak sa America ...

Akala nila masarap ang buhay dito sa America. Ang totoo, puro ka trabaho kase pag di ka nagtrabaho, wala kang pang-bayad ng bills mo sa kotse, credit card, ilaw, tubig, insurance, bahay at iba pa.

Hindi ka na pwedeng tumambay sa kapitbahay kase busy din sila maghanap buhay pangbayad ng bills nila.

Akala nila masaya ka kase nagpadala ka ng picture mo sa Disneyland, Sea-world, Six Flags, Universal Studios at iba pang attractions. Ang totoo, kailangan mo ngumiti kase nagbayad ka ng $70+ para makarating ka dun, kailangan mo na naman ang 10 hours na sweldo mong pinangbayad sa ticket.

Akala nila malaki na ang kinikita mo kase dolyar na sweldo mo. Ang totoo, malaki pagpinalit mo ng peso, pero dolyar din ang gastos mo sa America . Ibig sabihin ang dolyar mong kinita sa presyong dolyar mo din gagastusin. Ang P15.00 na sardinas sa Pilipinas $1.00 sa America, ang isang pakete ng sigarilyo sa pilipinas P40.00, sa America $ 6.50, ang upa mo sa bahay na P10,000 sa Pilipinas, sa America $1,000++.

Akala nila buhay milyonaryo ka na kase ang ganda ng bahay at kotse mo. Ang totoo milyon ang utang mo. Ang bago mong kotse 5 taon mong huhulu-gan. Ang bahay 30 taon mong huhulugan. Ibig sabihin, alipin ka ng bahay at kotse mo.

Madaming naghahangad na makarating sa America . Lalo na mga nurses, mahi-rap maging normal na manggagawa sa Pilipinas. Madalas pagod ka sa trabaho. Pag dating ng sweldo mo, kulang pa sa pagkain mo. Pero ganun din sa ibang bansa katulad ng America. Hindi ibig sabihin dolyar na ang sweldo mo, yaya-man ka na, kailangan mo ding magbanat ng buto para mabuhay ka sa ibang bansa. Isang malaking sakripisyo ang pag alis mo sa bansang pinagsilangan at malung-kot iwanan ang mga mahal mo sa buhay.Hindi pinupulot ang pera dito o pinipitas. Hindi ako naninira ng pangarap, gusto ko lang buksan ang bintana ng katotohanan.

Ang bottom line para sa akin ay THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME, PHILIPPINES MY PHILIPPINES, BABALIK KA RIN PAGTANDA MO AT DUON MO UUBUSIN ANG NATITIRA SA BUHAY MO SA ATING BANSANG SINILANGAN.

Pero pag retired ka na at dala mo dolyar mo sa Pilipinas, mas maganda lalo kung palainum ka ng kape. Dun sa Pinas, voice activated ang coffee maker. Mag salita ka lang ng “Inday, kape nga dyan!” Lumalapit ang kape sa iyo at alam na alam pa nga timpla mo!

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DITO SA ‘MERIKA, MAY MEDI-CARE AT MEDI-CAL. Sa Pinas, mahal ang MEDICINES. SA GAMOT PA LANG, baka DAW matuluyan ka na as it is really very expensive. At may pera ka man DAW, uubusin ng gamot at pa-ospital mo!!!!!!

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Pusoy (A Russian Poker) By Rudy D. Liporada | Chapter 17

The red flag of the Communist

Party of the Philippines blanketed the center of the wall of the underground house where I and Simon took our oath to become cadres of the Party. We had already organized Kabataang Makabayan cells in the different col-leges in Baguio City, had mobilized rallies on various issues that relate to the tripartite evils that beleaguered our country. We had been jailed, truncheoned, and tempered in the street struggles enough to be worthy. Upon the recommendation of Jenny, we deserved to be inducted into the Party.

For the two weeks that we were in the underground house, two mem-bers of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee churned on us the theoretical foundations of the revolu-tion. They hammered on us that the current struggle is but a continuation of the failed 1896 revolution of the Filipinos against the Spanish regime. It is further a continuation of the failed struggle of the revolutionar-ies against the American colonialists during the first decade of the 1900s.

The class outlooks of the leaders of the past struggles had predestined the failures of the revolutionary movements. For the current struggle to succeed, the cadres emphasized that we should learn from history to avoid the past mistakes.

We understood that the propaganda movement which the ilustrados, such as Jose Rizal, fermented before

the 1896 revolution was not for the liberation of the broad workers and peasants against Spanish oppression.

The ilustrados comprised the elite Filipinos who owned lands. They lorded over the other Filipinos but still thumbed down by the Spanish colonialists. Using the maltreatment of the Spanish friars and colonialists on the broader Filipinos, the ilustra-dos clamored not for armed revolu-tion but for equality with the Spanish colonialists. They requested from the king of Spain, foremost, representa-tion in the Cortez, the governing body of Spain on all its colonies. In their illusion that the Spanish crown would give in, the ilustrados dreamed that they would rise from being mere Filipino landed elites into, perhaps, being governors or anybody that held the Island’s government. In short, they launched their propaganda not to benefit the most oppressed but to advance their middle class interest.

Such an illusion led Jose Rizal to even abhor the armed uprising ban-nered by Andres Bonifacio, fearing that it would earn the ire of the colo-nialists and endanger the ilustrados’ request for equalization. And rightly so, for, although Rizal did not advo-cate revolution, his expose’ of the Spanish exploitation of the masses became seditious enough from the perspective of the colonialists. When the revolution erupted, the Spaniards blamed Rizal as instigator and had him shot.

Andres Bonifacio, on the other hand, had no qualms in raising arms against the Spanish regime. A mere

worker, he had nothing to loss un-like the landed elite. A proletariat, he represented the vanguard of the revolutionary forces.

Unfortunately, Bonifacio had not realized, although he founded and led the Katipuneros’ uprising, class outlooks on the revolution. When the uprising forged ahead with victories, opportunist ilustrados like Emilio Aguinaldo rode the winds of the revolution.

Aguinaldo, another educated landed elite, ambitious and an oppor-tunist, wrested the leadership from Bonifacio, declaring him not worthy to continue as the leader of the revolution for he was not educated. He also declared Bonifacio a traitor when Bonifacio refused to recognize him as supremo and had Bonifacio shot.

Disillusionment reeked among the ranks of the revolutionaries upon the death of Bonifacio. The Spanish guardia civil inflicted defeat after defeat on the revolutionaries.

Longing for the comfort that he once had, amidst the misery of defeats, the vacillating Aguinaldo forged the Pact of Biak-na-Bato, a euphemism for surrender, with the colonialists. He agreed to exile him-self to Hong Kong.

When he did sail to Hong Kong, Aguinaldo had, in his pocket, a 400,000 pesos check from the Span-ish Governor with another 400,000 pesos forthcoming.

At about this time, Admiral George Dewey, already in Hong Kong, awaited orders for him to attack the Spaniards in the Philippines.

The United States had just declared war against Spain. The US had been on a recession and had surplus prod-ucts they did not have other consum-ers to dump on. This caused unem-ployment in the mainland. Moreover, they needed raw materials to process into finished products. The US had no recourse but to grab countries from other colonialists.

Spain became the target. Aside from the Philippines, Cuba,

Puerto Rico, Mexico, and other Spanish colonies had already raised the banners of revolution against the Crown. The US coined it their Manifest Destiny to help free those

oppressed from the yoke of Spanish exploitation.

The mysterious explosion and sinking of the USS Maine in Havana, Cuba ignited the Spanish American war.

Under the auspices of Admiral Dewey, Aguinaldo returned to the Philippines to lead the revolution again against the Spaniards. Dewey would later on say “Later I said to Aguinaldo, ‘there is the enemy; you pursue your course and we will pursue ours.’ I think that is the wisest thing I ever said. They were assisting us and at the same time fighting their own battle. I had in mind in dealing with the Filipinos the assistance that the negroes had given the Fed-eral forces during the civil war. We availed ourselves of that assistance, and I thought we could accept the aid of the Filipinos in the same way.”

In short, Dewey defeated the Span-iards without shedding the blood of Americans by letting the Filipinos do the fighting against the Spaniards who surrendered not to the Filipinos but to the Americans.

In spite of declaring Philippine independence on June 12, 1898 from Spain but “under the protection of the Mighty and Humane North American nation,” Aguinaldo would soon realize that the Americans came not to liberate the Filipinos but to be-come the new colonialists. They had refused to recognize his presidency and his government.

The Philippine American war ensued where Aguinaldo was mostly on the run. Captured and unable to stand the rigors or war by virtue of his class outlook, Aguinaldo once again capitulated and declared that his surrender and call to cease the uprising was for the Filipinos to have peace “through the magnanimity of the great American nation.”

Although the broad masses still wanted to fight, ilustrados like Agui-naldo had the propensity to vacillate and to negotiate using the sentiments of the masses for themselves.

Petty-burgis errors also riddled the Communist Party established in 1935. When the Japanese invaded the Philippines, the Party’s army, called Hukbong Laban sa Hapon, limited its struggle against the Japanese and welcomed the return of the Ameri-cans. The leaders, the Lavas, tired of a long struggle, wished to be accom-modated in the government.

Branded as communists, however,

Petty Burgis


“I SAW HISTORY UNFOLD”By Arturo G. Valenzuela13th in a series of articles

Tatay Marcial documented signi� cant momentsIn Philippines history � om 1927 to 1968, a span of 41 years

In 1927, when Tatay Marcial snapped his very fi rst news pho-tos for the La Defensa (a Spanish newspaper) and the Philippines Free Press, people in the newspaper business In Manila started to take notice of his style, bravado and skill so much so that according to Daily Mirror columnist Joe Quirino, and I quote: “On the day he was hired, Marcial was told by the late Jose G. Claudio, chief of the TVT (Tribune-La Vanguardia-Taliba) photo section to cover a “special assignment.” Dave Boguslav, Tribune editor, Manuel Villa-Real, La Vanguardia editor, and Deo del Rosario, Taliba editor, began congratulating Valen-zuela for his photo coverages.”

Even the Americans took notice of his skill that Tatay Marcial was hired sometime in the 1930s to handle a photo assignment which photo served as a cover for one of the American textbooks that was circulated and used in schools in the entire Philippines from 1935 to the 1950s.

Tatay Marcial had devoted his professional career to Philip-pine photojournalism from the time he started taking news pictures in 1927 until he retired in January 1, 1968---a span of 41 long years----most of which landed on page one of the iconic The Manila times, always

above the fold. Here then are some of the pictures that had con-tributed to the shap-ing of this nation; the pictures that spoke a thousand words. These were moments in Philippine history that were frozen in time for us in our generation and for generations to come after us. Some of the photos are “still life,” which are of hu-man interest which won awards for Tatay Marcial in prestigious photo contests, notably the annual Elizalde Photo Contest.

TATAY MARCIAL’S FEAT IS ONE TOUGH ACT TO FOL-

LOW.

His passion to capture events as they happen have brought Tatay Marcial to places and situations he might not have imagined being in as a highly professional and well-achieved photojournalist, from the Babuyan Islands at the northernmost tip of the Philippines bordering Formosa (now Taiwan) to the Turtle Islands in the southernmost tip of the Philippines bordering Malaysia; from shooting battle scenes of mili-tary campaigns against bandits and insurgents, to erupting volcanoes

spitting out deadly lava in open terrain, to politi-cians in the “halls of power,” to the Gatsby-like social gatherings of the VIPs, the elites and the rich and famous. “Been there, done that,”

was one of the favorite expressions of Tatay Marcial when he was at the tail-end of his illustrious career.

If only Tatay Marcial’s cameras could talk, it would tell of a string of great, memorable, and wonderful events---both in his offi cial capacity as photojournalist and as a caring patriarch that made his life one to admire and emulate. And it would be a challenge to have his children, his grandchildren or descendants in coming and future generations duplicate his feat----as a cameraman par excellence, a photojournalist extraordinaire.

Here then are some of the most historic and best photos snapped by my father during his 41-year career as one of the country’s foremost photojournalists, pictures that he took when most of us were still in knee pants and the beautiful girl next door was in her pony tails.

For your information I have pro-

vided captions based on research and my personal knowledge.

WAR MEMO OF DECEMBER 1941 I consider the picture on the left as one of the most historic photos taken by Tatay Marcial in his career. President Manuel L. Quezon is photographed by Tatay Marcial for the last time on December 22, 1941at Mala-canang Palace as he was handing Executive Order 390 to Interior Sec. Man-uel Roxas which established a new line of succes-sion, that is, for Roxas to assume the position of President should he (Quezon) and Vice Pres. Sergio perish in the war. Sadness is written on the face of Quezon and that emotional moment was captured and frozen in time by Tatay Marcial be-fore the president boarded the plane that took him and Osmeña fi rst to the Visayas to drop off the vice president , hence to the island fortress of Corregidor. When Quezon stepped out of the Palace after this photo was taken,

he would never return to “walk the corridors of power” once again as he would succumb to tuberculosis at an American “cure cottage” in Saranac Lake, New York on Aug. 1, 1944. Tatay Marcial photographed the fi rst president of Philippine Common-

wealth for almost a decade.

TWO GREAT ASIAN PRESI-DENTS MEET AS YOUNG REPORTER JOSE DE VENECIA LOOKS ON

Tatay Marcial snaps away as

President Carlos P. Garcia greets Indonesian President Sukarno (Kusno Sosrodihardjo Bung Karno) who was then on a state visit to the Philippines some time in 1955-57.

The familiar profi le of former Rep. Jose de Venecia (who was visionary fi ve-time Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines) is cast at right. De Venecia was then a young, talented and resourceful reporter covering the Malacañang Palace as his beat. Today, JDV is considered the “Global Filipino” having accomplished so much to the building of a good reputation for the Philippines among leaders of the world since the 1980s to the present.

THE GOOD OLD PHILIPPINE

SENATE It was on the fl oor of the Philippine Senate that Tatay Marcial would highlight his talents as photojournalist once again after suffering from a stroke in 1954, until he punctuated his career and retired in 1968. Tatay Marcial had a knack for pressing his camera shutter at the right moment, so much so that whenever he would move around the senate fl oor, the senators knew that when his Rolleifl ex camera clicks the resulting picture would most likely land on the front page of

The Manila Times with their names on the caption, and the credit line saying -- "Timesphoto by Marcial S. Valenzuela."

LEFT PHOTO shows some of the leading senators of that era, from left: Sen. Arturo Tolentino who was later “elected” vice president of President Marcos during the last few days of the Marcos era in 1986; Sen. Gerry Roxas whose son, Mar Araneta Roxas also served as sena-tor; Sen. Sergio Osmeña, Jr., son of the then Commonwealth Vice Presi-dent Sergio Osmeña, Sr. (1935); and Sen. Gil Puyat, who became one of Tatay Marcial’s personal friends for many years.

RIGHT PHOTO shows Senators

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Asian Journal - (619) 474-0588 Visit our website at http://www.asianjournalusa.comNovember 11-17, 2011Fernando Lopez and Ferdinand Mar-cos. Marcos later rose to the posi-tion of Senate President that he used as a springboard in his campaign for president (with Lopez as his vice presidential candidate who also won) in 1965 when he trounced incumbent President Diosdado Macapagal, fa-ther of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Lopez and Marcos later had a falling out. Marcos was president from 1965 until 1986 presiding over an allegedly corrupt and reportedly ruthless and dictatorial Martial Law form of government that he imposed with an iron fist from 1972 until 1981. He lifted Martial Law in 1981 prior to the visit of the then Pope John Paul II, but retained the suspen-sion of the "writ of habeas corpus." Marcos was eventually overthrown in a revolution staged in 1986 by the military and supported by the people.

THIRD PHOTO shows Marcos “stepping into the corridors of power” with his family. Tatay Mar-cial was ending his illustrious career just as when Marcos was starting his controversial presidential term.


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only understand one language, and that is Chinese. So, I was worried because I cannot speak Chinese. So, I am thinking that if I give my testimony in English, I would be putting more effort. So, I decided to give my testimony in my own local dialect of Cebuano. And then as I was giving my testimony, they were crying. They said they could understand every word I said.

Sylvia: Isn’t that beautiful!Mike: Wow! What a miracle!Stanley: Before I left mainland China,

they were asking me, “Is it necessary to be baptized a catholic to have a devo-tion to the Divine Mercy? “ I answered, “No, it is not necessary. Just have first a devotion to the Divine Mercy, then let the Holy Spirit guide you. “ That was in June. In August, I arrived back in the Philippines. They called me to let me know that more than 200 people were baptized Catholic.

Sylvia: Isn’t that beautiful!Stanley: They are all hungry.Mike: They just imprisoned the bishop

there.Stanley: Yes, There are so many

Catholics there and their bishops are under ground. And I have also another good experience during my flight from Hong Kong. Our aircraft suddenly depressurized. When that happened, the aircraft suddenly nose-dive. All the passengers were crying and shouting, calling the name of the Lord. They were all crying, shouting, and praying. Then just near me was a priest and a nun that was also crying, praying, and shouting. I was the only one not praying. I was just looking at each one of them, observ-ing them. When the nun noticed that I was not praying, she got so very angry with me. When the aircraft normalized, she confronted me. “Why are you not praying?” she shouted at me. Then she said, “Are you not afraid to die? “ Then I answered her, “ Why should I, I’m already ready.“

Sylvia: Ha-ha, you’ve already been there once.

Stanley: Then I continued and I said to her that it is written in the Bible that Jesus said, ‘Some day some many

will be calling my name, crying and praying, but I cannot hear them.“ You know why? Because what you are doing is that you are not praying and calling the name of the Lord because you love Him, but because you are afraid to die!

Sylvia: That’s beautiful, that’s a good one.

Stanley: Then they cannot answer anymore. Even the priest cannot answer. They just bowed their head down. Meaning that they are not yet ready.

Clyde: We have to keep praising God.Mike: When Jesus appears to you, is it

like an apparition?Stanley: It’s through a dream, and

confirmed by my spiritual director.Sylvia: Does your Spiritual Director

have dreams too?Stanley: No, interlocution only.Mike: When Jesus gives you mes-

sages, does He ever allow you to have visions of future events?

Stanley: No. We just talk, and He explains to me. Just like after the New York incident, Jesus said to me, that we should multiply our prayers. He said that if the people do not pray, something big will happen. We are to pray… only through prayers.

Mike: Is that part of the message given to you in a dream?

First Miss Universe


Galang (1953 Miss Philippines), with Benigno Aquino Jr. as her escort. Cris-tina’s court of honor included Violeta Villamor (1953 Miss Visayas and Pearl of the Orient), Gilda Gruet Walstrom (Miss Mindanao), Norma Jimenez (Miss Manila) and Imelda Trinidad Romualdez (Muse of Manila).

Two days before her departure, Armi danced the rigodon de honor with the winners of the Miss Philippines contest and prominent social figures during the Farewell Ball held at the fair’s open auditorium. Shedding tears, Armi left the country on April 11 for Hong Kong and Japan with a heavy heart. She expressed her desire to stay in the Phil-ippines because of the warm hospitality accorded to her.

Indeed, she won the hearts of the Filipinos particularly then 25-year-old Virgilio “Gil” Hilario who studied banking, marketing and foreign trade in Columbia University and at the same time worked with the Philippine National Bank in New York. Friends in the know believe that one of the reasons why Armi was swept off her feet by Gil was because of his dancing skills. Gil was an expert in mambo, samba, rumba and other ballroom steps.

Gil followed Armi on her trip to Tokyo where they arrived on April 26 on separate planes. Their romance blossomed in Tokyo until they mutu-ally agreed to get married on her 19th birthday on Aug. 20. He gave her a three-carat diamond engagement ring. But love couldn’t wait. On the wee hours of May 3, Gil was involved in a scuffle when he defended Armi from a drunken American newspaperman who tried to harass Armi inside the Cosmo-politan Nightclub.

Before the incident, Armi chose to give up her Miss Universe crown and title, her plans to take up physical education and language and make more

movies but decided to marry that day instead. Gil was sporting a black right eye when he exchanged marriage vows with Armi (who wore a blue nylon lace gown and carried a small bouquet of roses), officiated by Rev. Fr. Bruno Blitter, at the St. Ignatius Church in Yatsuya, Tokyo, with her sister Irma Kyromies as matron of honor and Ro-berto Villanueva (then VP of Chronicle Publications) as best man, Gil’s close friend. She received a brand new 1952 Cadillac as a wedding gift.

After their two-month honeymoon in the US and Europe, the couple settled in the Philippines. Their love story was immortalized into a movie, Now and Forever, which was shown on Dec. 29, 1953 at Center and Palace theaters.

Back home, Armi had a film under her name, Maailman Kaunein Tyttö (or The Most Beautiful Girl in the World). In 1955, Armi (with Gil) visited Fin-land for the first time since 1953, and the couple did a Finnish documentary film, Pohjolan Tähtitaivaan Alla (or Under The Northern Stars).

They had five children and six grand-children who now live in different parts of the globe, namely: Arne, Anna-Lisa, Jose/Jussi, Eva-Maria and Miguel/Mikko (the only one based in Manila).

Gil and Armi were active in the Bar-rio Leaders Association of which Gil was the president. Gil was even named the Honorary Consul of Finland which elated Armi no end. From 1954 to 1956, Gil played the role of John in the passion play, Martir sa Golgota, staged at the Manila Grand Opera House, with Gloria Romero as the Virgin Mary. Armi became a Camay Girl and she posed with her family for print and commercial ads.

Virgilio Hilario died of a heart attack on 7 September 1975, and Kuusela married an American diplomat Albert Williams on June 8, 1978. They are now living in La Jolla, a community in San Diego, California. As of 2011, she

and her husband were still living there. She is now active in her community, participating in charities and involved in cancer research at the Sanford-Burn-ham Medical Research Institute.

Armi Kuusela-Hilario from Finland greeted the President of the Philippines that time Elpi-dio Quirino. Together with her is Miss Philippines 1951 Teresita Villareal.

THE FIAT OF THE ETERNAL FATHERsay every morning

My Beloved Father, Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven .Be Thou my Father. Be always my Eternal Father. Do not leave my soul . Do not abandon me . Do not leave me out of Your sight, my Father,for I am Your child, whom You have created to please You, to adore You, to honor You, living my days as You have given me the license to live it. (I offer up this Fiat through Mary, to Jesus, to You, Eternal Father]

“Day after day, my children, say that in your mind. That will be the way you will say your FIAT to your Father. And I your Father will open My arms like this (and He stretched out his arms) and I everyday will gather you in My arms and I will hold you and I will rock you as your BELOVED MOTHER (Blessed Mother) rocks each baby in her arms. For yes, you are My children. Remember the FIAT of each day as you live. As you do this from the beginning of the day, I promise you, My children, I guarantee you I will cover you in My arms. I will send you My angel s with St. Michael to protect you and all the saints of your baptisms and of your devotions to be with you during the day to guide you and assist you. I promise you, you will feel the power of My great LOVE for you that I will send you day in and day out. But you have to offer me - everyday - as you get up in the morning - that FIAT.” -- Mary’s Call, 12400 Olive • Kansas City, MO 64146. 816-942-9783 • Fax 816-942-4313 • [email protected]

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by Joe Son love for your father and for you. He will always be in my heart,” she said, addressing Charice and her brother Carl, 16.

Carl, who also gave a message, said he barely remembered his dad.

“All I wanted before was to find you so I could avenge mommy and Ate (Charice). But that has all changed now. I promise you I’ll take care of them,” he said.

Ricky’s funeral drew a thousand or so onlookers, sympathizers and fans of Charice.

Ricky’s five sisters all said their brother was a good man and was not capable of hurting anybody.

In earlier interviews, his relatives said Ricky stayed in San Pedro and moved from one relative or friend to another after his separation from Raquel.

“Mababaw lang ang kaligayahan niyan. (He was easy to please.) All he wanted was coffee and P20,” Ricky’s sister, Rizalina Soriano, told the In-quirer.

Raquel appeared to be hysterical at one point as she asked onlookers to step back and give her family some room to grieve.

Charice, weeping quietly in a chair with her mother, stood and joined their relatives as they placed stems of white roses on Ricky’s casket as they bade him goodbye.

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So are a lot of retired people which are dubbed as paycheck to paycheck or jobless people depen-dent on meal vouchers. Since 2008, the worst effect of the economic downturn since the Great Depres-sion has dramatically changed the way millions of American families managed their lives and lifestyles. Due to economic uncertainty some people cut credit cards usage and even resorted to clipping coupons, and suddenly remembering, the old saying, that you really need to save for a rainy day.

What we are living through was a downpour of financial troubles. Now, more than three years after the collapse of big financial institu-tions, stock prices and real estates, is a strong signal for a new age of austerity, and may leave a question to you and me, which of our habits and values we have to keep, even if the economy will recover. It is a fact, what goes up goes down and vice versa.

Economists say, the Great Depres-sion or Recession, (whatever they call it), officially ended in 2009. Signs indicates perhaps that econ-omy is now recuperating but in a slow pace, as we saw it. In fact,

most Americans believe the country is still very anemic and unhealthy. This is the reason why radical ele-ments are marching on the streets, in Wall Street and neighboring states and some even want to take over government offices in Oakland, including here in our own backyard. But this is not only happening in our soil, this include the British, the Ger-mans, and other European countries, not to mention the on going atroci-ties and upheaval in Eastern estates.

As a result, many young people

experienced the hardships of what their parents undertook, like losing their jobs or their homes, pay cuts, or suffer big drops in home values and retirement accounts. These kinds of setback leave emotional scars and more likely would place a lasting value on a more moderate living with an emphasis on thrift and savings than the material gains, in their lives to come and for their future.

None of this is to minimize linger-

ing pain. Median or even average household earnings have fallen three years in a row , accordding to the Census Bureau, and the poverty rate is the highest it’s been in nearly 20 years. Survey says, only 34%were optimistic about the President’s ability to completely restore growth with our economy, while only about 17% were optimistic what Congress can do. This means, people are still pessimistic about economic recovery while election year are just around the corner. Is this not a an alarming wake up call for the administration?

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the government had nothing to do with the Lavaites. Vacillating as they were, the Lavas would again go underground with the wishful think-ing that they would muster enough armed strength for them only to be worthy to represent the people in the government.

Such are the petty-burgis – vacillat-ing, ready to negotiate – never reso-lute in a protracted arduous struggle for the interest of the workers and peasants.

Simon and I, said the cadres from the Politburo who lectured on us, “are the modern version of ilustra-dos, called petty-burgis.” Unless we adopt the proletarian outlook and practice, we would also be bound to capitulate because we have comfort-able beds to return to. Between me and Simon, if we do not embrace the proletarian ideology, I would be more prone to vacillate for I am more of a petty-burgis than he is for he comes from the peasant class.

The cadres of the Politburo in-grained in me and Simon that we had to divest ourselves off the vestiges of our petty-burgisness. We were actu-ally in the process of rectifying the errors of the old Party and rebuilding it. Rectifying means, including our-selves - unless we cleanse ourselves of our middle class outlooks, we could not be worthy leaders of the revolution. Only the workers are the most worthy for the proletarian blood are already infused in their veins.

As such we had to immerse ourselves with the masses to truly absorb the class outlooks that they have. Organizing in the cities and leading demonstrations, although crucial, were not enough. After mass actions, we go home, eat our rice, and be cozy on our beds. Workers and peasants do not have these kinds of luxury. We could not be worthy to lead them if we do not infuse their misery into our souls.

To be continued…

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Stanley: No, it’s through interlocution when I was praying.

Mike: You mean you hear His voice internally, aside from the dream?

Stanley: Yes. Also, several weeks ago, I had a conversation with Jesus, because so many people are asking me… people who are very religious and also evange-lists. They are asking me: Brother Stan-ley, I pray the chaplet everyday, I pray the rosary everyday, I attend mass every Sunday. Why is my family still far from the Lord? Even if I force them, still they refuse. I presented this to Jesus, and Jesus answered, “Do not force them, because you cannot change a person.


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W.P. Carey School of Business | ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, 10/25/2011 -- Part D, the federal government’s prescription drug insurance program for Medicare enrollees, relies on competition be-tween private insurers to create sav-ings for consumers. This “managed competition” model offers consum-ers dozens of coverage options with the goal of enabling them to reduce unnecessary out of pocket expenses.

Critics of the plan have argued that Part D is too complicated and confusing for its target audience of senior citizens, especially those with dementia. Some have argued that the plan is so convoluted that even the insurers that participate in the plan don’t fully understand how it works. In fact, the New York Times reported in 2006 that 22 percent of calls made to Part D providers about the plan resulted in the delivery of inaccurate information.

Jonathan Ketcham, an associate professor in the marketing depart-ment of the W. P. Carey School of Business, saw the ongoing worries about Medicare Part D as a win-dow into a wider debate about the wisdom of consumers. When faced with important economic decisions, can they make the "right" choice, fi nancially speaking, and navigate through the diverse choices to fi nd the one right for them?

"As a researcher, I'm interested in why people do what they do—and specifi cally how people decide which products and services to buy," Ketcham says. "Whether people can make choices that are best for them-selves is one of the deep, controver-sial questions in marketing, econom-ics, psychology and public policy. And this broad question is especially relevant to Part D: can elderly con-sumers make sound decisions about complicated insurance products, or would greater government restric-tions make people better off?”

Several previous studies have highlighted ways in which Part D has succeeded, including total program costs far below projections, high participation rate and high con-sumer satisfaction. But the remain-ing controversy hinges on whether consumers are confused and make bad choices in ways that create profi t opportunities for companies.

In a paper published recently on-line by The American Economic Re-view called “Sinking, Swimming, or Learning to Swim in Medicare Part D,”, Ketcham and his research part-ners show that consumers dramati-cally reduced the amount of money they left on the table between 2006 and 2007, the fi rst and second years of the program. This contradicts widely-held beliefs that consumers in general can be taken advantage of because they are easily confused and stick with products that were not ideal for them.

Making the right choice

Working in conjunction with researchers at Cornell University, the University of Texas, and the University of Maryland Baltimore County, Ketcham dove into mas-sive datasets from CVS Caremark (one of the private insurers selling and administering Part D plans), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and several other sources. In total, the research team looked at 71,399 individuals who were enrolled in stand-alone Pre-scription Drug Plans (PDPs) in 2006 and 2007. Ninety-fi ve PDPs were included in the 2006 data, and 154 in the 2007 data.

Can Medicare Patients Decipher Prescription Benefi t? "We were the fi rst researchers to

get access to data showing how indi-viduals’ actual choices and spending changed over time," he said. "Some researchers have previously con-ducted telephone surveys or ana-lyzed data from only the fi rst year. But those approaches don’t allow for the possibility that people learn. It’s a big question for Part D, for health care reform, and for research and policy on consumer choice more broadly.”

The goal, Ketcham said, was fairly simple: to determine if, over a two-year period, consumers who may have spent too much in 2006 would adjust and make different choices in 2007 -- eliminating wasteful spend-ing.

"Even the `old-fashioned’ models of consumer decision making don’t assume that everyone makes the best choice in the fi rst year of a brand new market. So as a researcher, I felt that we needed to look at changes over time rather than considering the matter settled from the fi rst year alone." he said. “Some of the prior work, primarily from surveys and lab experiments, suggested that we are overwhelmed by too many choices as consumers, and these fears were especially high given the complexity of health insurance and the age of the Medicare population. But other previous work showed that in actual markets, consumers learned from past mistakes and quickly cor-rected them.”

In the case of Medicare Part D, consumers did respond, and they adjusted their coverage. In so doing, they not only saved them-selves money, but also proved that consumers—even those with cogni-tive limitations—can face up to the challenges of choosing from many complex products.

Learning to swim

According to the team's results, overspending on PDPs fell sharply from the fi rst to the second year. On average, consumers saw their out-of-pocket costs drop by $300 in the fi rst year, with over 4 out of 5 people in the study sample achieving some improvement.

Additionally, even those with Alzheimer’s disease or other types of dementia achieved large gains. The study states that those initiat-ing medications for Alzheimer's disease in 2007 improved by more than average, and those taking such medications in both years did not signifi cantly differ from the average improvement. Further, the oldest populations improved the most. "These improvements,” Ketcham says, “suggest that these individuals were being assisted in their health

care planning by others such as fam-ily, friends and health care provid-ers.”

"I think some researchers will consider this fi nding especially sur-prising," he said. "Most of the prior work was conducted in a lab setting that prevented respondents from re-lying on support tools or the help of others. But most of us, regardless of our education or age, would have a hard time making hard decisions that require things like calculating com-pounding interest, in a lab without an adviser or a calculator—things that we would use when making real, important choices. But that's an important angle for policy makers and researchers to consider."

Finally, and perhaps most notably, Ketcham and his team found that those consumers who overspent the most in Year 1 of their PDP experi-ence realized the greatest savings in Year 2. This suggests that consumers do know when they are being over-charged, do understand marketplace dynamics, and do know how to real-ize savings if need be.

"Plus, we found that people who saw that their plans were about to get worse were much more likely to switch out of those plans," he said. "They were looking both backward and forward—asking themselves if they could do better, and also won-dering if their plan will get worse compared to the others."

Smart enough

In sum, Ketcham argues that the fi ndings support the argument that consumers are capable of making smart decisions, even in health care, and even when faced with many, complex options. The work also challenges the common assumption

that Medicare Part D itself is far too complicated, and far too confusing, for its vulnerable target audience.

"This is evidence against the conventional wisdom that consumer inertia allows private companies to take advantage of them," he says. "This is an ongoing debate that ap-plies to a large number of contexts, and I don’t claim that this study has settled the issue. For Part D, I’d want to know how consumers even outside of the CVS Caremark plans fared, and what has happened since 2007. But I hope this work gives pause as policy makers consider how to reform Medicare, how to design the new state health insurance exchanges, and whether to further restrict the types of mortgages and credit cards that Americans can buy. These results suggest that consum-ers may not be gripped by confu-sion, even in a context where people expected it to be a big problem. So restricting choices may not be neces-sary and may even be harmful.”

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) an-nounced that Medicare Part B premiums in 2012 will be lower than previously projected and the Part B deductible will decrease by $22. While the Medicare Trustees predicted monthly premiums would be $106.60, premiums will instead be $99.90. Earlier this year, HHS announced that average Medicare Advantage premiums would de-crease by four percent and premiums paid for Medicare’s prescription drug plans would remain virtually unchanged.

Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, people with Medicare also receive free preventive services and a 50 percent discount on covered pre-scription drugs when they enter the prescription drug “donut hole.” This year, 1.8 million people with Medi-care have received cheaper prescrip-tion drugs, while nearly 20.5 million Medicare benefi ciaries have received a free Annual Wellness Visit or other free preventive services like cancer screenings.

“The Affordable Care Act is help-ing to keep Medicare strong and affordable,” said HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. “People with

Medicare are seeing higher quality benefi ts, better health care choices, and lower costs. Health reform is also strengthening the Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and cracking down on Medicare fraud.”

Medicare Part B covers physicians’ services, outpatient hospital services, certain home health services, durable medical equipment, and other items. In 2012, the “standard” Medicare Part B premium will be $99.90. This is a $15.50 decrease over the standard 2011 premium of $115.40 paid by new enrollees and higher in-come Medicare benefi ciaries and by Medicaid on behalf of low-income enrollees.

The majority of people with Medicare have paid $96.40 per month for Part B since 2008, due to a law that freezes Part B premi-ums in years where benefi ciaries do not receive cost-of-living (COLA) increases in their Social Security checks. In 2012, these people with Medicare will pay the standard Part B premium of $99.90, amounting to a monthly change of $3.50 for most people with Medicare. This

Medicare Part B premiums for 2012 lower than projected

Affordable Care Act helps keep Medicare affordable


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“The souls that say this chaplet will be embraced by My mercy during their lifetime and especially at the hour of their death (754).” -- Words of Jesus in the Diary of St. Faustinaespecially at the hour of their death (754).” -- Words of Jesus in the Diary of St. Faustina

CHAPLET OF THE DIVINE MERCYUsing 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 o�er 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 brief moment, immerse yourself in My Passion,

particularly in My abandonment at the moment of agony. This is the hour of great mercy. In this hour, I will refuse nothing to

the soul that makes a request of Me in virtue of My Passion (Diary, 1320). -- Divine Mercy in My Soul: Diary of Saint Faustina Kowalska

You expired, O Jesus, but the source of life gushed forth for souls and an ocean of mercy

opened up for the whole world. O Fount of Life, unfathomable

Divine Mercy, envelop the whole world and empty Yourself out upon

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

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

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Prayer to the Holy Spirit

Holy Spirit, You who made me see everything and showed me the way to reach my ideals, You, who gave me the divine gift to forgive and forget the wrong that is done to me and You who are in all in-stances of my life with me, I want to thank You for everything and confi rm once more that I never want to be separated from You no matter how great the material desire may be. I want to be with You and my beloved ones in Your perpetual glory. Thank You for favors granted. Amen.

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Only God can change a person, and only prayers can move God.”

Clyde: I guess we just have to set good examples for our children to fol-low.

Mike: We hear the same questions being asked in the United States and elsewhere, that despite of the parents be-ing prayerful and religious, why are the children not following the Lord?

Stanley: That’s why Jesus said to me, we have to multiply our prayers for sin-ners because the sinners do not pray for themselves anymore, and their salvation depends upon us. That’s why Jesus said, if we stop praying for them, it is as if we are throwing them into the fi re. Jesus promised that if we continue praying for them, before that person dies, he will go back to the Lord.

Sylvia: That’s confi rmation on what we have been talking about. Praise the Lord.

Clyde: The doctor that examine you after you have risen from the dead, he converted and became a priest. What happened to him?

Stanley: He is with the bishop in Af-rica doing missionary work. He is still able to continue his medical practice as a priest.

Mike: Are there any more additions to your family?

Stanley: I now have 15 kids, the two additions are adopted. I used to have only 13.

Sylvia: That’s beautiful, and they are all here with you?

Stanley: Yes. All of them are in school.

Mike: Knowing what happened to the United States and the recent bombing of Afghanistan as a response of that terror-ist attack, what would be you message to the American people or to anyone concern about this incident?

Stanley: Jesus said just to pray, and we must multiply our prayers. Only prayers can change, no other.

Mike: I don’t know if Jesus mentioned anything to you about making penance and sacrifi ces in addition to prayer.

Stanley: It’s much stronger I know, but Jesus also said, “You must pray with the heart.“ Jesus said he does not need prayers in quantity, He wants quality prayers. Meaning, we have to pray with the heart. I told some of my friends when you pray, think that it is your last.



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Christmas artist of all time and one of the top fifty best-selling artists of the last two decades, outselling prominent artists such as Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Sting, REM, Barbara Streisand and Bon Jovi. Composer and creator Chip Davis started Mannheim Steamroller more than 30 years ago with his Grammy Award-winning Fresh Aire series. With almost 40 albums sold, an annual Christmas tour that is consistently ranked as the best selling of any art-ist, a successful Mannheim Steamroller gourmet food line, and a new audio technology that helps hospital patients in the recovery process (Ambi-ence Medical), Chip Davis is one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the music industry.

WHEN: Tuesday, December 6, at 7:30pmTICKET PURCHASE:Tickets On Sale Friday

October 28, Civic Theatre Ticket Office; 1100 Third Avenue(619) 570-1100; Monday – Friday, 10AM - 6PM

Ticketmaster (800) 982-2787Ticket prices vary. For current prices, please

visit www.ticketmaster.com

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(SAN DIEGO/October 21, 2011)–Mannheim Steamroller continues to be America’s favorite Christmas music artist with their spectacular and beloved holiday show. The group will perform live for a one night only performance at the San Diego Civic Theatre on Tuesday December 6th at 7:30. Tickets go on sale October 28 at BroadwaySD.com, through Ticketmaster, and on location at the Civic Theatre.

Grammy Award® winner and mastermind behind the group, Chip Davis will direct and co-produce the performances with Magicspace En-tertainment. There are now two tour ensembles of Mannheim Steamroller to meet the continued and increasing demand for the annual holiday celebration. The shows will feature the favorite Christmas music of Mannheim Steamroller along with state-of-the-art multimedia effects in an intimate setting.

In 1984, Mannheim Steamroller released Mannheim Steamroller Christmas, an album that changed the entire music industry. Already a multi-platinum recording artist through its Fresh Aire series, founder Chip Davis decided to record an album of Christmas music combin-ing the group’s signature mix of Renaissance instruments with rock & roll beats. The resulting album was a runaway hit and not only propelled Mannheim Steamroller to become the biggest selling Christmas music artist in history, but also one of the top 50 biggest selling musical acts ever (they’ve sold almost 40 million albums). The group’s annual Christmas tour has become a tradition right along with decorating the tree, exchanging presents and spending time with friends and family.

While Mannheim Steamroller is known worldwide, the story of founder Chip Davis is a true-life tale of a modern day “Renaissance Man.” From founding his own record label American Gramaphone, which has been ranked by Billboard as the #1 independent label, to creating the Mannheim Steamroller “lifestyle” of food, apparel and other products. Chip’s accomplishments have been extraordinary. His latest achievement is creating a cutting edge psychoacoustic technology that is being used in major medical institutions such as Mayo Clinic and is also being studied by NASA for potential use in space.

About Magicspace Entertainment

Principals Lee D. Marshall, Joe Marsh, John Ballard, Steve Boulay and Bruce Granath have

been producing and presenting shows worldwide for more than 30 years. Broadway producing credits include Hello, Dolly! Starring Carol Channing; Jekyll & Hyde; The Who’sTommy; Cabaret; American Idiot; Donny &Marie: A Broadway Christmas; and Rain: ATribute to the Beatles on Broadway. National tour credits include The 101 Dalmatians Musical, Ann-Margret starring in The Best LittleWhorehouse in Texas, West Side Story, Grease,A Chorus Line, Jesus Christ Superstar and concert tours by Janet Jackson, Cher, Fleetwood Mac, Styx, Britney Spears and *NSYNC. Special tours and events produced or presented on the road include Tom Stoppard’s Every GoodBoy Deserves Favour starring Patrick Stewart, Van Cliburn, the

Mannheim Steamroller Will Perform At The San Diego Civic Theatre For A One Night Only Appearance On December 6th

A Family Tradition Continues!

Alexandrov Red Army Chorus, Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs exhibition, Titanic: The Exhibition, Diana: A Celebration and St. Peter and the Vatican: The Legacy of the Popes exhibition. MagicSpace Entertainment manages Broadway subscriptions in nine cities and hundreds of events each year across the U.S. and Canada. MagicSpace Entertainment is cur-rently touring The Magic of David Copperfield, Michael Flatley’sLord of the Dance, Rain: A Tribute to theBeatles and The Christmas Music of MannheimSteamroller by Chip Davis.

About Mannheim Steamroller

Mannheim Steamroller is the #1-selling

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WHERE: San Diego Civic Theatre, 3rd and B Street, Downtown San Diego

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