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“Do what your heart desires,” she advises the young. “Don’t let nay-sayers stand in your way. Follow your dreams – and you don’t have to be in your early 20s to do it! No matter your age, no matter your situation, with a little planning and hard work, only you have the power to make it happen for you. Even if it takes years to do it, the time will pass quickly – and soon you too will be living your dream.”

By Ashley SilverioAssistant Editor

San Diego Asian Journal

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10News general assignment reporter Jennifer Jensen. (Photo compliments of Tomasita Butler.)

Filipino-Americans and their friends join the Gawad Kalinga 5K walk in TY Park, Hollywood, Florida this weekend. Gawad Kalinga has already built 2,000 villages in the Philippines and all over the world for the poorest of the poor, not just homes, but holistic, productive, sustainable communi-ties. MICHAEL WARO/ PNS

A Gawad Kalinga StoryThere are no “sliding doors” for Tony Olaes

The “sliding doors” did not have any effect on

Tony Olaes’ decision to help the poor. Despite his initial negative ex-perience of witnessing a military coup attempt and seeing fi rst-hand

the political instability of the country, he still

stuck it out and became one of the most ardent

advocates of Gawad Kalinga, a noble mission he continues to pursue to

this day.

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PNS, 6/5/09 -- ASK anyone who grew up with Sharon Cu-neta and Gabby Concepcion movies and they will tell you

how hot and popular their l o v e t e a m was . Th i s would ex-plain why up to now, they want them back on the big screen. The positive response of

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PHILIPPINE NEWS SER-VICE, 6/05/09 -- THERE are only two serious pres idential candidates for 2010, according to a known politi-cal analyst.

Ramon Casiple, founder of Institute for Political and Electi on Reform, said that if resources, party affi liation and surveys are the basis, only Sen. Manny Villar and Sen. Mar Roxas can be con-sidered serious candidates.

Vice President Noli de Cas-tro can be the third if he will be endorsed by the newly-merged Lakas-Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino-CMD.

Casiple said a presiden-tial candidate needs huge resources, machinery and political group to win.

Of the many presidential candidates, only Villar and Roxas have the money sus-tain an expensive campaign.

“Marami ang tatakbo this election, but only few could be considered as serious can-didates. Ilan lang sa kanila ang may P8 billion to sustain the campaign, at ilan lang ang may matatag na political party,” Casiple said.

Villar will be the standard

Only Villar, Roxas have cash to mount campaign

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GK Villages built now 2,000

Extra-curricular activities in college

While academics come fi rst to Rosel Aquino

Zobel, his extracurricu-lar ac-tivities reveal a great deal about him. As a junior, he closely looked at the available

options on campus, exploring those activi-

ties that would give him the promising range of

options afterward. You will grow a lot during your college

years, which can be pret-ty engaging. Involve-

ment in activities, such as leadership develop-

ment programs and com-munity serv-ice projects, will greatly complement and enhance your overall educational experience. “One should take advantage of extracurricular activities that provide opportunities for learning, personal growth, and career enhancement,” Rosel

declared.

By Riz A. OadesSee page 6

Close friends against Sharon-Gabby reunion movie

For Filipina American 10News reporter Jennifer

Jensen, pursuing her dream was never too late

FEU has a dance troupe that recruits volunteer students. It is one of the available extracur-ricular activities available to students on campus.

PHILIPPINE NEWS SER-VICE, 6/5/09 -- The economy registered a measly 0.4 per-cent growth for the fi rst quar-ter of 20 the year, prompting National Statistical Coordina-tion Board Secretary General Romulo Virola to admit that the country may soon be in recession.

The dismal growth rate is way below the 3.9 percent growth rate reported during the same period last year.

However, Malacañang is optimistic that the Philippines will not experience a negative GDP. He said no less than So-

RP on brink of recession

PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE, 6/2/09 -- SENATE Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri yesterday advised Vice President Noli de Castro “to reach out” to administration party leaders and “increase his diplomatic skills” if he wants to be drafted as the ad-ministration candidate in next year’s presidential elections.

At a press conference, Zubiri also announced his resignation as Lakas-CMD secretary general ahead of the party’s merger with Kampi slated today at the Manila Hotel.

“To pave the way for the election of the new set of offi -cers of the unifi ed party, I am now tendering my resignation as secretary general of Lakas Christian Muslim Democrats.

“I know that out of the

Migz quits Lakas postcom-bined talents of the two will emerge a lead-ership which can win elec-tions on both strength and num-bers and force of ideas, and who can dominate the battle for (poll) precincts, as well as principles,” Zubiri said.

Despite consistently topping the presidential surveys, Zubiri reminded De Castro that the administration party would not select its presidential bet based on “winnability” alone as indi-cated in survey results.

cioeconomic Planning Secre-tary Ralph Recto has assured the Cabinet that the country will be in an “upswing” in the next quarter.

“We have our own eco-nomic projections but ev-eryone knows the trend in the world about the reces-sion especially in developed countries is known all over. We should be thankful that we haven’t been hit hard because we continue to be above water so to speak and everything is being done by the administra-tion to mitigate the impact of the recession,” he said.

Senator J.M. Zubiri

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10 Abus killed in encounter

PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE, 6/02/09 -- TEN suspected mem-bers of Abu Sayyaf were killed while more others were believed to be wounded following encounter with forces of Philippine Marine in Sumisip, Basilan.

According to Task Force Trillium Spokesman Captain Neil Anthony Estrella, the encounter started at about 3 p.m. on Tuesday in Sumi-sip, Basilan.

Estrella said there were already ten cadavers recovered in the en-counter site.

“Ten bodies of Abu Sayyaf kid-nappers were recovered in the encounter site and we believed they suffered more casualties,” Estrella said.

The official said members of First Marine Brigade encountered the group of bandits Tuesday after-

RP planning to deploy

more female peacekeepersPHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE

6/02/09 -- THE Philippine govern-ment is looking20at increasing the deployment of female peace-keepers in support of the foreign missions to maintain peace and stability in the world.

This is in accordance with this year’s International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers theme of greater involvement by women in UN peacekeeping missions.

Meanwhile, in honor of the dedi-cated service of Filipino peace-keepers, the Department of For-eign Affairs (DFA) is hosting the inaugural inter-agency Philippine celebration of the International Day of United Nations Peacekeep-ers today (May 29).

The Philippines is the third largest troop contributor in South-east Asia and ranked 30th in the world.

Foreign Affairs Secretary Al-berto G. Romulo, who sits as chair of the Philippine Inter-Agency Council on UN Peacekeeping Op-

erations, will deliver the keynote speech.

Dr. Soe Nyunt-U, the acting UN resident coordinator, will convey a message from UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon.

High-ranking offi cials from the Department of Defense (DND) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), nearly 80 former UN peacekeepers from the Armed Forces of the Phil-ippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP), as well as members of the diplomatic corps, including ambassadors and repre-sentatives from Troop and Police Contributing Countries, will grace the event.

During the event, the Dag Ham-marskjold Medal will be presented to Immaculate Batalla, the widow of Philippine Army officer Lt. Col. Renerio Batalla who died of malaria on October 24, 2008 while serving in the UN Mission in Sudan.

The Dag Hammarskjold Medal is a posthumous award to members of peacekeeping operations who lost their lives during service with a peacekeeping operation under the operational control and author-ity of the United Nations.

On April 16, 2009, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed Proclamation No. 1755 declaring May 29 of each year as the “In-

ternational Day of United Nations Peacekeepers in the Philippines” as designated in Resolution 57/129 by the United Nations General As-sembly of 2002.

Over the years, Philippine peace-keepers have earned the respect and recognition of the United Na-tions because of their outstanding performance and tireless commit-ment to maintain global peace and security.

The Philippines has sent peace-keeping missions all over the world beginning with the air force deployment in support of the UN

noon and early morning yesterday as they attacked their hideout, resulting in heavy damage and casualties for the ASG.

Estrella claimed that right af-ter the bandits freed their three kidnapped teachers, 1st Marine Brigade commander, Brig. Gen-eral Rustico Guerrero, immedi-ately ordered an strike operation against the kidnappers.

It can be recalled that Tuesday morning the Abu Sayyaf released victims; Freirez Quizon, Rafael Mayonada and Jeannete delos Reyes, both teachers of Landang Gua Elementary School in Mo-hamad Ajul.

Estrella said the slain bandits were members of Abu Sayyaf Commander Pula Muntong, Ben Mungkay and Furuji Indama who were responsibl e in the series of hostage incident in Basilan.

Aside from the recovered ten dead bodies, the military believe that there were more bandits in-jured in the encounter.

Imelda to have eye surgery

PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE,

6/02/09 -- THE Sandiganbayan allowed former First Lady Imelda Romualdez-Marcos to travel to Sin-gapore to undergo eye operation.

Marcos was granted a 10-day travel permit from June 2 to 12.

She was scheduled to undergo pre-operation procedures and actual eye surgery at the Singapore National Eye Center and the Singapore General Hospital. Her lawyer Robert Sison said that since November, Mrs. Marcos had started complaining about her blur-ring vision and visual distortion on her left eye.

Mrs. Marcos will be accompanied by her children former congress-woman Imee Marcos and Ilocos Norte Rep. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. and grandchildren Borgy and Michael during her Singapore trip.

Mission in the Congo in 1963. Subsequent mission were sent in Afghanistan, Burundi, Cambodia, Cote d’Ivoire, Georgia, Haiti, Iraq, Kosovo, Liberia, Nepal, Sudan and Timor-Leste.

In October 2008, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and Secre-tary of Foreign Affairs Albert G. Romulo jointly signed a memo-randum of understanding allowing the Philippines to participate in the UN Standby Arrangement System (UNSAS) to provide resources for peacekeeping operations within agreed response times.

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6/02/09-- The police force of Boracay has been dragged into the controversy involving a land dispute after the island’s police chief was removed from his post for alleged partiality.

Aklan police director Senior Superintendent Clarence Guinto said he had directed Superinten-dent Anthony Ma ghari to replace Supt. Arnold Ardiente as chief of the Boracay Special Tourist Police Offi ce (BSTPO) effective Monday.

Boracay police chief sacked for doing right in land dispute

In a telephone interview on Thursday, Guinto said Ardiente was facing a complaint for par-tiality and illegal arrest fi led by security guards of Winace Hold-ings Philippines Inc.

Guinto said Ardiente was re-lieved to pave the way for an impartial investigation of the complaint filed by the security guards.

The BSTPO arrested two secu-rity guards of Winace last May 19 after a guard shot and wounded two workers of property claim-ant Ruth Tirol-Jarantilla dur-ing a confrontation in Barangay

Balabag at the northern end of the 1,032-hectare island.

The workers were putting up fence on a disputed 700-square meter lot when a security guard allegedly shot at them, according to an earlier report of the BSTPO. The two workers were wounded in the leg and were hospitalized.

Ardiente, who was reassigned to the police regional offi ce in Iloilo City, denied any irregularity in the

arrest of the security guards.“I was just doing my job and I

was not taking sides,” Ardiente said by phone.

He said he hoped the investiga-tion would clear him.

Two teams of policemen have been assigned to the disputed property to prevent further vio-lence, according to Guinto.

Police also initiated dialogues between the feuding parties.

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REDWOOD CITY, CA, June 1, 2009 – Adobo Nation, the Sunday evening magazine talk show that has become a weekend staple for TFC viewers in North America, recently celebrated its first year with an anniversary episode and a barrio fiesta chock-full of Philip-pine culinary delights.

Nineteen successful Filipino restaurants in the U.S. took part in the anniversary barrio fiesta held at ABS-CBN North America’s corporate office in Redwood City, California. These are: Alimango, Auntie Em’s Fine Foods and Pastries, Bistro Luneta, Boracay Garden & Grill, Chicken D’Lite, Gerry’s Brill, Goldilocks, House of Silvannas, Intramuros, Jollibee, Kadok’s, Kuya’s Asian Cuisine, Ling Nam, Mana, Patio Filipino, Philippine Grocery, Poleng, Red Lantern and Tribu.

The fiesta was attended by media, longtime Adobo Nation advertis-ers that included Western Union, Goldilocks, and Dublin Toyota, and a host of other supporters. They were joined by ABS-CBN executives and managers led by ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corpora-tion Chairman and CEO Eugenio “Gabby” Lopez III, ABS-CBN Global COO Raffy Lopez and ABS-CBN North America Manag-ing Director Chinky De Jesus.

“Adobo Nation” turns one!

Adobo Nation has attracted a loyal following not only for its wildly popular Lasang Pinoy (Fili-pino Flavor) segment that features Filipino food and restaurants, but six other highly interesting seg-ments: A-List, a discussion of the week’s hot topics; Big Time Ka Na (You’re Big Time) that has featured the likes of two-time Dancing with the Stars champion

Cheryl Burke, Olympic swimming gold medalist Natalie Coughlin, and handbag and ladies shoes designer Rafe Totengco of Rafē New York; Sari-Sari, Etc. which showcases What’s In and What’s Out; Well Well Wellness which tackles the health of the Filipino American mind, body and spirit; ATM Ano’ng Tanong Mo (What’s Your Question) which talks about tough financial questions; and Barangay USA, a fast-paced and humor-filled interactive public service and community news bits segment.

“When we were trying to come up with a title of a show about the lives of Filipinos in the U.S., the word ‘adobo’ first came to mind,” recalls Ging Reyes, ABS-CBN North America’s News Bureau Chief and Adobo Nation’s Overall in Charge of Production. “’Adobo’ is a popular dish that has become an iconic representation of Filipino culture. And just as this tasty dish draws Filipinos to the table, Adobo Nation has also become a TV show for Filipinos to hang out, to learn new things, to discover and rediscover our rich heritage.”

At Adobo Nation’s Anniversary Barrio Fiesta at the ABS-CBN North America corporate office are, from left, ABS-CBN North America’s Media Production & Events Group Head John-D Lazatin, Ad Sales Director Ricky Resurreccion, Adobo Nation co-host Jaja Bolivar, News Bureau Chief & Adobo Nation’s Over-all Head of Production Ging Reyes, co-host Michi Val-eriano, North America Managing Director Chinky De Jesus, co-host Karmina Constantino, and ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation Chairman & CEO Eugenio “Gabby” Lopez III. (Photo by Rio Gache-Hernandez)

The one-stop pop culture pro-gram with a Filipino American twist is currently hosted by the powerful female troika of brains, banter and beauty – Karmina Constantino, Jaja Bolivar and Michi Valeriano. Original male co-host JC Gonzales will continue to make occasional appearances through special segments.

Catch Adobo Nation on TFC every Sunday at 6:40pm PST. For more information, please visit www.adobonation.tv.

ENGLEWOOD, CO, 6/02/09 – Joy Rojas, a 44-year old woman, is the first Filipina attempting to run across the United States in a period of 100 days and is being sponsored by The West-ern Union Company (NYSE: WU), a world leader in global money transfer services. The company is proud to sponsor Rojas’ Trans America run as it fits well with the company’s spirt of yes! - the new global brand campaign introduced earlier this year.

Rojas has completed her first leg to Las Vegas, NV. Joy Rojas began her journey in the Eagle Rock plaza in Los Angeles, California on May 10. Two weeks later, Rojas, a journalist from Manila, Philippines, has run more than 300 miles to Las Vegas, NV.

“It’s been the most colorful 12 days of my life,” said Rojas in a press conference during Western Union’s Customer Appreciation Day outside of

Filipina Woman Running Across the U.S. to Raise Awareness of TB Makes First Stop in Las Vegas

The Palace Station Hotel and Casino on May 23. “It’s been a very difficult task to do but we have no regrets. In the 12 days since we ran from the Glendale, CA area to Nevada, we have seen and done things that we never thought we’d ever see and do in our lifetime. We’ve crossed the Mojave Desert. We have climbed up Mount Baldy. We have seen snow for the first time in our lives and ate cactus.”

Since sprinting out of the Eagle Rock Plaza in Los Angeles, CA two weeks ago, Rojas has run 30 to 35 miles a day. She runs from 5 a.m. to 11 a.m. before taking a brief lunch break. Her break goes from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. so she can beat the desert heat, then continues running from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. She is running with her trainer, Mat Macabe, who is running and biking on the journey, and Chuck Crisanto, the TransUSA Director, in the support van.

Rojas plans to run more than 3,000 miles across the United States of America in 100-days. Rojas plans to reach her goal by arriving at the Phil-ippine Consulate in New York City on September 8. A survivor of tubercu-losis, Rojas’s is also running for her beneficiaries: Division of the Philip-pine Heart Center and the Anti-TB Program of the Inner Wheel Club of Quezon City, District 378. Her trainer and life partner, Macabe, underwent open-heart surgery last year.

Silvia Eliat, Marketing Director of Ethnic Segments for Western Union, said that Rojas is an inspiration not

only to the Filipino community but to everyone.

“This is the first time ever that we have sponsored a transcontinental runner. We are proud to support such great causes and also build an aware-ness about our great services. She is an example of our yes! campaign. Again, we want to ignite the spirit of the Filipino community.”

After resting on Sunday, Rojas is back on the road.

Crisanto said that this week, Rojas would be running northwest of Las Vegas to Mesquite before going on Route 66 straight to Utah.

About the Western Union yes! Campaign yes! is Western Union’s first global brand initiative of this magnitude. The campaign creates an emotional connection that is cultur-ally relevant to consumers worldwide and leverages some of the world’s most creative minds to bring the brand to life. The new global brand campaign will broaden and align the iconic Western Union brand in more than 200 countries and territories in which Western Union operates. It is the embodiment of an ambitious and forward-looking new vision for the company. This repositioning human-izes the brand and focuses on the con-sumer rather than the transaction.

About Western UnionThe Western Union Company (NYSE:WU)

is a leader in global money transfer ser-vices. Together with its Vigo and Orlandi Valuta-branded money transfer services, Western Union provides consumers with fast, reliable and convenient ways to send and receive money around the world, as well as send payments and purchase money orders. It operates through a com-bined network of 379,000 Agent locations in 200 countries and territories. Famous for its pioneering telegraph services, the original Western Union dates back to 1851. For more information, visit www.westernunion.com.

Joy Rojas (left) with partner Mat Macabe in front of the Western Union yes! Campaign bus during their stop in Las Vegas, NV

L to R: Diana Zuniga, Country Development Manager, Sylvia Eliat, Integrated Marketing Communica-tions Director, Joy Rojas, Mat Macabe (Trainer), Chuck Crisanto, Tans USA Manager and Lynn Thomas, Owner of Pack and Mail, Western Union Agent.

TFC North America’s weekly magazine talk show celebrates with anniversary episode and barrio fiesta


PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE, 6/02/09 -- A contrite-looking Dr. Hayden Kho yesterday told a tale of sex and drugs at the Senate hearing on the sex video scandal involving him with several women including actress Katrina Halili.

Kho claimed that Halili intro-duced him to drugs.

He told Sen. Jinggoy Estrada on Halili’s instiga tion he took ecstasy before they had sex.

“Everytime we see each other there was no conversation. It was all drugs and sex,” Kho added.

Halili denied Kho’s claim and A few weeks ago, I had the opportu-nity to sit down

with Jennifer Jensen, gen-eral assignment reporter for 10News in San Diego. I feared that I was already pushing the bounds of her hospitality by arriving to our interview at 6:20 pm (Jensen shows up to work at 3:30 am to prepare for the 10News morning edition). Nonetheless, Jensen was a gracious host and shared her story as one of the few Filipina-Americans in broadcast news in San Diego.

What are some of your memories of growing up in San Diego?

I grew up in Fletcher Hills and attended schools in La Mesa. My brother and I were active with Star-light Musical Theater. Although he always had the starring roles, I was more or less an extra. May-be that gave me incentive to push myself to do more as I got older!My parents were very active with Samahan... every dance performance, every luncheon, every fundraiser, every ball: I would be there… Even though I am hapa, everyone always treated me kindly and over-whelmed me with tradition and praise. Being born and raised in San Di-ego, I was able to witness tremendous

growth not only in my own communi-ty but also in the county as a whole…Even though it would take about three or four hours to drive to all four corners of San Diego County, I have some kind of memory either as a child or from my job in television news that I can recount from every city I pass through along the way.

When did you realize that you wanted to go into journalism?

When I was about 9 years old, I was doing a play at theSpreckel’s Theater in downtown San Diego. Our group was invited to perform on the local, early morning television program “Sun Up San Di-ego.” When I walked into the KFMB television studios, I had an “aha” mo-ment with the lights, the cameras… I knew it was what I wanted to do. I ended up studying journalism at SDSU… I wanted to do journal-ism, but after graduation I went into public relations instead… I liaised with various media outlets in San Diego, but after several years in public relations, I asked myself if it was really what I really wanted to do. I realized that it was never too late to pursue my dreams, so I went to San Diego City College and en-rolled in their television program. I fi nished the program after a year and a half and got an internship at Channel 10. As an intern, I par-ticipated in every role of broadcastjourna l i sm, f rom wr i t ing to producing. I paid my dues.

What was your f i r s t j ob in broadcas t journal i sm?

After fi nishing at City College, I went to Yuma, Arizona to explore job opportunities. I had two small children at the time, so I wanted to stay in the area [close to San Diego]. I contacted prospective employers and they said

that I could mail my tapes to them. But I insisted that I wanted to drive out to them and shake their hands. I gave my tapes to two channels in Yuma. There weren’t any open-ings at one, but the other gave me an interview. I was hired by KSWT in Yuma and I worked from 10 am to 7 pm for nine months. I liked the job, the people, and the town. But then, my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. My brother was teaching English in Singapore at the time andI needed to be with her... [So] I r e s igned my pos i t ion and c a m e b a c k t o S a n D i e g o … I anchored the news and reported with a ‘mom and pop’ news station in Temecula... It was a great job, but my dream was to work in San Diego. Then one day, Sean Kennedy [from Channel 10] called me regard-ing an opening. I was in disbelief. I didn’t even believe it really was someone from Channel 10! He of-fered me a freelance job starting the following week… As soon as I got off the phone, I think I started to hyper-ventilate. It was a dream come true. I told Carol LeBeau (Channel 10’s veteran news anchor who, until her retirement last week, had worked at Channel 10 for 28 years) that as a child I would stand in front of the bathroom mirror with a hairbrush and pretend to do interviews, like her. I couldn’t believe that I was working with these anchors and reporters who I always admired, like Steve Fiorina, Bob Lawrence, and Hal Clement.

What has been your most memo-rable experience reporting?


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Jensen, pursuing her dream was never too late

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Kho refuses to name bigtime ecstasy source for fear of

family’s safety

that she uses drugs but Kho dared her to take a drug test using her hair which the doctor said would be bet-ter because it would show residue of prohibited substance even a year after it was taken.

The cosmetic surgeon however refused to name his supplier of illegal drugs saying his family’s safety was at stake. He said his supplier was a “big man” with connections in gov-ernment.

”Hindi ko po masasabi ang source ko. I cannot compromise the safety of my family. May threat sa aking pami-lya,” Kho told the senators.

“Kapal ng mukha mo! Nakukuha mo pang tumingin sa akin!”

A distraught and angry Halili threw the barbed words at Kho.

After her outburst, Halili, 23, broke down. The actress’ mother and sister were present at the hearing so was Kho’s mother, Irene, who was dressed in white like her son.

Halili, dressed in green body hug-ging blouse, was responding to the query of Sen. Ramon Revilla Jr. how she has been following her discovery of a sex video with Kho which the latter made without her knowledge. “Hindi ako makalabas ng bahay,” sh e said.

In between sobs, the actress gave a very emotional statement wherein she admitted committing a grave mistake in falling in love with Kho. But at the same time she vowed to get justice for what Kho had done to her and to the doctor’s other victims, whom he also videotaped while having sex with him.

”Wala akong malay na ang bawa’t yakap at halik ay scripted. Buong-buo kong binigay yung puso at ang kalu-luwa ko sa isang lalaking gumagawa pala ng sariling pelikula. Ang tanga ko. Imbes na doktor, direktor pala. Inaamin ko ang pagkakamali ko. Ang pagkakamali ko ay minahal ko siya. At naniwala ako na minahal nya rin ako ng lubusan,” Halili said.

”Ako raw ang prinsesa niya sa ikalawa niyang mundo. Bata po ako madali niya ako napaniwala. Ako ang biktima rito. Araw-araw biktima ako habang pinapanood ang nasabing video. Hangad ko po ang hustisya at hukuman kahit alam kong habang buhay ko nang dadalhin ang ginawa sa akin,” she stressed.

Halili added:”Sana sa publiko itigil na natin ang pagtangkilik ng mga sex videos at malalaswang panoorin. Kung walang tumatangkilik wala ring gagawa ng mga sex video. Sana ang pangalang Katrina Halili na lamang ang huli sa mga sex videos. Sana wala ng susunod pa.

At the start of the hearing, Abner Afuang, a former policeman and a tabloid columnist, threw water at Kho,29, which forced her lawyer Lorna Kapunan to reiterate the need to hold the hearing in an executive session.

Sen. Jamby Madrigal, chairperson

of the panel conducting the probe, to ordered Afuang’s arrest. Kapunan earlier threatened that she and her client, Kho, would walk out of the hearing if the panel would not hold the hearing in an executive session.

Senate Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada and Sen. Ramon Revilla Jr., who made the privilege speech condemning Kho’s videotaping of his sexual intercouse with Halili, objected to Kho’s motion.

Lawyer Adel Tamano, who repre-sented Dr.Vicky Belo, Kho’s former boyfriend, attended the hearing to present his client’s affi davit. Belo admitted that she was the one who ordered Kho’s friends — Erik Chua and Herbert “Bistek” Rosario — to retrieve the computers and hard drive from Kho’s apartment last Dec.9 because she knew that she also have a sex video with Kho.

Hayden Kho and Karina Halili


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have the honor of announcing the marriage

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San Diego, CaliforniaJune 5, 2009

During a meet-ing of Filipino Americans in

San Diego, California, I invited all present to visit the Philippines with their families so that they could share the beauty and cul-ture of our beloved coun-try with their children.

One woman, a friend who lives in a million-dollar mansion in South San Diego, told me that she could not convince her children to go back after their initial visit to the Philippines years ago.

“Why?” I asked her, surprised that her children would have such a nega-tive reaction when my daughters enjoy their stay every time they visit.

As it turns out, they stayed at their sister’s in Payatas, which has become a dumpsite in Quezon City. Many squatter families live in the area and adults and children alike search for recyclables as their sole means of livelihood. To top it off, my friend and her family stayed there most of their vacation. Her children had to contend with poor living conditions and no hot showers, air conditioning

A Gawad Kalinga Story:There are no “sliding doors” for Tony Olaes

and other conveniences that they were used to in the United States. With fl ies swarming all over them every time they ate and slept, they vowed never to return to the country of their parents’ birth.

The experience reminds me of another story of a second-generation Filipino American in San Diego. His father, a U.S. naval retiree from Cavite, convinced him to visit the country with his family. The son is a self-made man who raised his fam-ily with his American-born wife in the U.S. Although he and his family were not used to the living conditions in a Third World country like the Philippines, they stayed in his father’s ancestral house in Cavite instead of a luxury hotel. During the last few days of their stay, he decided to leave his children with relatives and book a room in the luxurious Shangrila Hotel in Makati with his wife.

“We had a nice dinner at the ho-tel restaurant,” he told me. “We watched a show and then retired to our room.”

When he looked out of the window the next morning, he saw military tanks passing by the front of the hotel.

“They must be shooting a movie,” he told his wife.

When he turned on the television, however, he found out that rebel mili-tary personnel took over the Oakwood Hotel across the street and were trying to stage a coup. Pretty soon, the entire area was blocked.

He was alarmed and afraid that he and his wife would be caught in the

crossfi re.He called the front desk and was

advised not to leave his room. How-ever, afraid for his safety, he packed their bags and checked out despite the warnings of the hotel personnel. He and his wife forced their way through the blockade and fl ed to the safety of Cavite where his relatives and children were staying.

Such a bad experience during one’s visit would be enough to discourage one from returning to the Philippines for good. However, after he was introduced to the charitable works of Gawad Kalinga, Tony Olaes not only kept returning, but has become one of the most ardent advocates of the movement, donating and raising thousands of dollars and personal time to the cause.

In the movie “Sliding Doors” star-ring Gwyneth Paltrow, two possible versions of a girl’s life was shown. When she caught a ride on a train, she

met a charming man and got home to fi nd her evil boyfriend in bed with another woman. She ended up living a happy life with the man she met at the train. In an alternate version, she missed the train as its sliding doors closed infront of her. She ended up getting mugged, did not discover the infi delity of her loser boyfriend, landed a crummy waitress job and lived a miserable life.

In Tony Olaes’ case, however, the “sliding doors” did not have any ef-fect on his decision to help the poor. Despite his initial negative experience of witnessing a military coup attempt and seeing fi rst-hand the political in-stability of the country, he still stuck it out and became one of the most ardent advocates of Gawad Kalinga, a noble mission he continues to pursue to this day.

Next week, from June 12 to 14, Tony Olaes will once again inspire the

“We had a nice dinner at the hotel restaurant,” he told me. “We watched a show and then retired to our room.” .. .When he looked out of the window the next morning, he saw military tanks passing by the front of the hotel.

Top Photo: Tony Olaes spoke before a gathering of GK residents and advocates in October 2008 during the awarding ceremony of GK homes in a village he built with the help of other FilAms of San Diego. Lower Photo: God Little Acre Village in Cavite, Philippines.



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SHARE WITH LOVELove God with all your heart and soul

Obey Him and love your fellowmen

Love your parents for the care, love and education they gave

you

Love your peaceful, friendly neighbors

Love tender-hearted people who help, especially the poor

Love compassionate millionaires

Not selfi sh, stingy, avaricious greedy

But cheerfully joining the Gawad Kalinga

To help the poorest of the poor

Together with other donors and volunteers

Built 25,000 cottages with provisions

For health, education and program for livelihood

Making 25,000 families so happy

Their program is ongoing

They need voluntary support great or small

Drop by drop a bucket gets full

Be glad you do not need a Gawad Kalinga

Instead be a part of it with your drop, drop now and then

Who said, “The more you give, the more you receive?”

Then added, “It’s more blessed to give than to receive.”

Oh, I would like to be the giver!

©2009 copyright by Family of Soledad O. Bautista. All rights reserved.

I’ve got a question for you. It’s a serious question even through the topic is humor. So here it is: At what age did you quit laughing? Now if you’re like most people to whom I ask that question, you said something like, “What are you talking about? I still laugh!”

But you know what? You prob-ably don’t. Now please understand that I’m not talking about “adult laughter” that kind where we chuckle, we snicker a bit, or we cover out mouths when we have to laugh at something. Nope, I’m talking about the kind of laugh-ter that wells up deep within us,

LaughterWhere did all the laughter go and when did it leave?

comes barreling out, and we can’t hold it in. The kind where you cut loose with a laugh that is loud, raucous, and won’t stop. The kind of laughter we had as kids. The kind of laughter we had when we weren’t shy about laughing, we didn’t need to be grownup, we weren’t afraid to laugh.

Remember that laughter? That wonderful laughter? What hap-pened to it? When did you stop that kind of laugher?

Most of us stop that kind of laughing in our teen years. It’s then that we start to try to look cool, be cool. And for some reason, we

never think it’s very cool at all to laugh very much. Well you know something? Laughing is indeed cool.

A cool time of year This time of year is always

wonderful. It’s graduation time – a time of a whole lot of laughter! The students I teach graduate, my kids graduate, I love being in it all. The faces look so smart and learned. The eyes sparkle and the step has a pronounced bounce. These women and men have graduated!

From where did your child graduate; was it from pre-school to kindergarten or from elementary to middle school? Or, perhaps, your child went from middle to high school. Could it be that this week your son or daughter fi nally graduated from high school? Or, just possibly, your child is now graduating from college.

From wherever your child is graduating, it is defi nitely a big deal! “Look at me, mom! Look at me, dad! Look at me, world! I graduated!”

I see people graduating from many different places. My son is fi nishing his fi rst year at middle school and my daughter gets to move to elementary school. She’s happy and nervous at the same time. She’s happy because now she’s so “grown up” and nervous because the school is so big.

One more success in life

I like graduations, they are wonderful success stories. There are, after all, many things that can hinder education. Just a few of the obstacles that can get in the way of a complete education include poverty, health, lack of motivation, peer pressure, drugs, violence, pregnancy, and lack of a role model. Yet millions of people around the world are graduating this month. Millions more adults who raised these kids are seeing their own hard work pay off.

Graduations are never some-thing to be taken lightly. The world of the graduate will never again be the same. Some of the people with whom great and won-derful friendships were forged will never be seen again. Some people will change careers while others will start new ones. Some people are continuing with education

while others are fi nally fi nishing. Some individuals came to

the school as children and left as adolescents. Others came as adolescents and are leaving as adults. All are leaving a bit wiser, a bit more mature (even if it is a fi fty-fi ve year old college graduate or a fi ve year old nursery school graduate), and will never look at themselves in quite the way they did before they walked on stage to get that diploma.

We all made a difference Sometimes we hear about the

impact a teacher had on a student. Well you know what? I have never met a teacher whose life was not changed by their students, either.

Here is something you might think about. At some point in the distant future you will think wistfully about a teacher. Perhaps that instructor smiled at you dur-ing a depressing morning; maybe she truly made algebra not just understandable, but so much fun that you made computer science your career. It might be that he taught you what good writing actually looked like; or he helped you further your own understand-ing of the cosmos. Maybe she just took the time to hear you.

This is the interesting part: that teacher you may think about years from now will have also thought about you. You have had an impact on your school and on your instructors. And for myself, I thank you. I am a better person for knowing you, for teaching you, for learning from you. To the graduating class at Alliant Inter-national University, you have my congratulations and my gratitude. Now the world is yours, treat it well.

To the teachers who nurtured and taught my children I offer my deepest thank you. I entrusted that which is most precious to me and you handed them back better than when they fi rst came to you. Thank you, thank you.

And fi nally, thank you to the students I worked with this past year. It was fun, it was diffi cult, it was challenging, and it was wonderful. I have grown and become better for having known you. Now, go do good things and never forget to laugh while you’re at it!

hundreds of attendees at the annual Gawad Kalinga Summit to be held in the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He will

share his story with them, so that they too may be encouraged to follow his example by helping the poor of the Philippines, with or without “sliding doors” in their lives. - AJ

No “sliding doors” for Tony Olaes(Continued from page 5)

While academics come fi rst to Rosel Aquino

Zobel, his extracurricular activities reveal a great deal about him. As a junior, he closely looked at the available options on campus, exploring those activities that would give him the promising range of options afterward.

You will grow a lot during your col-

lege years, which can be pretty engag-ing. Involvement in activities, such as leadership development programs and community service projects, will greatly complement and enhance your overall educational experience.

“One should take advantage of extracurricular activities that provide opportunities for learning, personal growth, and career enhancement,” Rosel declared.

He combined his academic studies with newfound leadership pursuits. It’s pretty easy to fi nd out about ac-tivities available on campus. Once you start exploring, sometimes the challenge is fi guring out how much time you can devote to them.

By the end of his sophomore year, Rosel had taken classes that would give him communication skills and exposure to networking. These classes

included Argumentation & Debate, Public Speaking and Speech & Drama. “Such courses had improved my skill in presentations before a large crowd and membership in such campus organizations as the debating club and dramatic guild,” he said.

“Such involvement had propelled me as the ‘Most Outstanding Debater’ in one of the Institute’s sponsored contest debate events,” says Rosel.

“The essence of those courses is they develop eloquence in expressing student’s opinion and being fi rm about it. He learns the power of dialogue and persuasion, a skill that would be useful in his teaching career.

“Much I was aware that I worked full-time,” relates Rosel, “I sought a balance in college life – a mixture of social and academic happenings. I didn’t tip the balance in either direc-tion – not until my senior year. There

is some validation in the motto, ‘study hard so one can play hard.’”

Junior Year In his junior year, Rosel had al-

ready some insights why so many promising students did not make it in the university. “Apart from family’s

lack of funds, a big problem for a lot of new students is a combination of homesickness and a feeling of alienation.”

We don’t know all the answers. But we do know some of the im-portant ones, based on his personal experiences. Not all of them apply to everyone of the college drop-outs, according to him. But, taken together, they explain why:

• Students are not trained to work on their own, to set their own goals, to plan and manage their lives.

• They can’t read fast enough or well enough to handle the college’s demanding reading program. They couldn’t keep up with their assign-ments.

• They don’t know how to study, how to take notes, how to use the library.

• They don’t know what to do with

their new freedom. They think that freedom means having nothing to do and all the time in the world to do it.

• They spent too much time on social activities, not enough on their stud-ies. Inability to balance studying and leisure time sensibly and effectively.

• There are lot of temptations or opportunities to get into trouble in college -- booze, women, parties, and gambling. And interestingly, the more sheltered and protected the student has been for 17 years, the greater the stress and strain of the college years.

• They are in the wrong col-lege or in the wrong course. They or parents choose it for them with-out knowing what it was like. For them it is too hard, or too easy, too uninteresting, lacking in cultural experiences and activities.

• They came to college for the wrong reasons: family pressure, friends going, and the prestige of college, low tuition, closeness to home, desire to meet boys or girls, or “the right people.”

College is not right for all people. And a failure at a fi rst attempt is not the last chances. .Some people return to college after trying the job market and maturing a little, and succeed. Some, on the other hand, will fi nd that college is not for them after all.

“I’m convinced though that most drop-outs need never have dropped at all,” he said. “They could have found success, if they had only known what college would really be like, what it would demand of

them, and how they could solve them.”

“The problems that students meet in college are old ones. They have been around for a long time. When they meet them for the fi rst time, they seem fresh, new, challenging, and sometimes disturbing. Most of the answers that people will supply these students are old too. They won’t fi nd the answers to all their problems. They must fi nd out for themselves which answer is best for them,” according to him.

“The point is: unless you, college-boy-to-be, have some purpose in at-tending college, some strong drive that comes from within, you are not likely to have the full and rich ex¬perience that you deserve,” he said.

Leadership DevelopmentInvolvement in leadership devel-

opment activities can enhance the students’ application for scholarships, graduate school and employment. Far Eastern University (FEU) offers many opportunities for the students to have a hands-on experience on leadership and politics. Most students who took part in such exercises have delved into the political environment in the “real world” at various levels.

There were a number of campus stu-dent associations one can participate, notably the FEUCSO (The Council of Student Organizations.) Here resolu-tions were authored, amended and passed by student leaders from dif-ferent organizations; university-wide and institute-based.

“The student shouldn’t worry about being president of this student body,” says Rosel. “The key is whether you’ve done something signifi cant, center stage or behind the scenes.”

Rosel run as an Institute’s delegate to FEUCSO in that year. “Unfortu-nately,” says Rosel, “I had a trau-matic experience during that cam-paign. Gene Floresca, a candidate for FEUCSO president and I had met in one of the student’s canteen or kiosks on Morayta Street, just outside of the campus, to plan out campaign strat-egy; and got into a heated argument with a barkada (teen peer group).

“This confrontation evolved into a fi st fi ght,” relates Rosel. “Since the two of us were outnumbered, we fl ed back to the campus.

“As we approached the gate of campus. with a security guard on sight,” Rosel continued telling. “Gene sat on the curb and motioned me to go ahead, saying he was okayed. I then proceeded to my hospital offi ce and asked the outpatient resident on duty to treat my bruises.”

The following day, Rosel received the shocking news that Gene died of stabbed wound, using an ice pick, the previous night. “I still can not imag-ine,” says Rosel, why he didn’t tell me and why I didn’t notice any blood in his outfi t.”

Why Join the Fraternity?Rosel joined two fraternities: the

Epsilon Gamma Phi and the Delta Sigma Lambda, which he helped to establish. The former is a fraternity of scholars; whereas the latter is a group of student leaders.

If the student’s goals include be-coming a leader in his fi eld of choice and an in-dividual of great accom-plishment, then “I would strongly urge

you to join a fraternity that could be benefi cial to your university career,” Rosel suggested.

Rosel learned great things in his involvement with fraternities – such as dealing with people, trouble-shooting problems, taking the lead and setting positive examples, and working to-gether as a team.

You gain a lot of knowledge in your fraternity experience, but retain the friends and contacts that you make in the brotherhood. The bond of brother-hood is very unique in the fraternity, one that will last a lifetime.

Humanitarian Impulse One campus club that appealed

to Rosel was the Sociology Club, whose purpose was to encourage informal interaction among faculty and students, provide opportunities for students interested in sociology to meet one another, and provide a forum for relevant activities.

Its activities included fi eld trips and informal lectures were organized. Member-ship is open to all students who have social concerns and are interested in volunteer community services.

For two consecutive college years, Rosel organized in-kind donation events and fi eld trips to public and private institutions that include the Tala Leprosarium, National Mental Hospital at Mandaluyong, and Boys Town. The last is a special place for Manila’s abandoned, forgotten, and voluntarily surrendered children, and teenagers.

Having my work on campus was a privilege, apart from earning money, I had vir-tually unlimited access to the university resources – library, scholar-ships, networks, orga-nizations, and infl uence.

Study shows that students who par-ticipated in extracurricular activities had higher grades, higher academic aspirations, and better academic at-titudes than whose who were not in-volved at all. Through such activities, Rosel succeeded in initiating long-term relationships. Some of his very good friends today have been people he met during his university years.

Also, the university experience is the building block for the achieve-ment of Rosel’s life ambitions. There is truism, “Life in the university is a golden experience everyone should feel.” – Riz

(To be continued)

wrong reasons: family pressure, friends going, and the prestige of college, low tuition, closeness to home, desire to meet boys or girls, or “the right people.”

And a failure at a fi rst attempt is not the last chances. .Some people return to college after trying the job market and maturing a little, and succeed. Some, on the other hand, will fi nd that college is not for them after all.

drop-outs need never have dropped at all,” he said. “They could have found success, if they had only known what college would really be like, what it would demand of

college -- booze, women, parties, and gambling. And interestingly, the more sheltered and protected the student has been for 17 years, the greater the stress and strain of the college years.

lege or in the wrong course. They or parents choose it for them with-out knowing what it was like. For them it is too hard, or too easy, too uninteresting, lacking in cultural experiences and activities.

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SAN DIEGO, 6/05/09 -- The 2009-2011 Energy Efficiency Plans submitted by local utility company, San Diego Gas & Elec-tric were held up to public scrutiny during the public hearings on en-ergy efficiency on Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at the Al Bahr Shriners Center in Kearny Mesa.

The hearings were sponsored by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and presid-ed over by CPUC Commissioner Dian Grueneich.

Mabuhay Alliance CEO Faith Bautista encouraged local con-sumers from minority communi-ties to participate in the hearings. Bautista, a respected consumer activist, is the recipient of the 2009 API Heritage Award for Ex-cellence in Civil Rights from the California State Assembly Asian Pacific Islander Caucus headed by Assemblymember Ted Lieu.

During the outreach, Bautista and her team encouraged consum-ers to speak up. “Don’t miss your opportunity to voice the Energy Efficiency needs of your fam-ily and community at an official Public Participation Hearing sponsored by the California Public Utilities Commission. Let Com-missioner Dian Grueneich know what you want in the 2009-2011 Energy Efficiency Plans submit-ted by SDG&E.”

Mabuhay Alliance also pre-sented a fact sheet about energy efficiency in light of the CPUC hearings on the SDG&E Energy Efficiency Plans.

The talking points included the following:

2009-2011 Energy Efficiency Program Plans. Utility-Managed Energy Efficiency programs are funded through a fee collected on every monthly electric and gas bill from customers of the

four Invester–Owned Utilities: Edison, SoCal Gas, SDG&E, and PG&E. The four utilities propose to collect and spend $4 .2 bil-lion for energy efficiency during 2009–2011. Edison’s share is $1.34 billion. SoCal’s share is $542 million. SDG&E’s share is $514 million.

Stockholder Incentives. The CPUC awarded $82 million in unearned stockholder bonuses to Edison, SoCal Gas, SDG&E, and PG&E even though the CPUC Energy Division staff conducted an independent study document-ing that the utilities had failed to achieve their Energy Efficiency performance benchmarks for the 2006–2007 program. SoCal Gas was the only company who received a passing grade and earned $3.6 million in bonuses. The utilities have never returned the $78 million overpayment to ratepayers.

Administrative Overhead. Only 60 cents out of every rate-payer dollar for the 2009-2011 Energy Efficiency programs will be used to make higher efficiency equipment and appliances more af-fordable through rebates and other forms of cash incentives. 40% of the $4.2 billion will be spent on utility administration and general overhead, marketing and outreach, and other labor costs such as rebate processing.

Home Energy Audits. Utility companies have not prioritized on–site Home Energy Audits, which help homeowners, renters, and small businesses identify low-cost solutions that yield large energy savings, as a regular part of the Energy Efficiency program.

Home Weatherization. Utility companies have not prioritized weatherization, which helps to retain heat in the winter and cool in

the summer—drastically reducing heating and air conditioning bills, as a regular part of the Energy Ef-ficiency program.

Community Economic De-velopment. Utility companies have done little to partner with community-based organizations and minority-owned contractors to provide Energy Efficiency services in low-income communities where they are based and have earned the trust and confidence of residents.

Green Community Jobs. Util-ity companies have done little to create and promote green jobs in low-income communities install-ing weatherization or conduct-ing energy audits as part of their Energy Efficiency program. En-ergy Efficiency programs have a tremendous potential to provide green job opportunities in com-munities most in need of these programs. -- AJ

Mabuhay Alliance weighs SDG&E plans for energy

efficiency in CPUC hearingBy Marissa Acierto | SAN DIEGO-

On June 5, 2009, Friday, members of PTE-HOPE, Inc. will be participating in a collaborative measure with Green-lining Institute and sponsorships from the U.S. Bank on workshops that will be a time-tested model for non-profit innovation.

Our President Mateo Camarillo is a member of the Greenlining Insti-tute. He is also a Co-Founder and President of PTE-HOPE, Inc. As the only multi-ethnic organization in existent in San Diego County which comprised of core members who were Co-Founders of the mecha of the underserved communities which consist of African Americans, La-tino’s, Filipino’s and Caucasians and others. Co-Founder’s such as Eddie Enriquez, Lydia Loristo and Marissa Acierto (Filipino Community); Ma-teo Camarillo (Latino Community) and Maxine Sherard, Ph.D. (African American Community and currently the Interim Executive Director for The

PTE-HOPE, Inc. participate in Greenlining Institute event

Girls Club Association of San Diego County) and members that are of all multi-ethnic communities.

Many members of the Filipino American communities feel that even though we may have a representatives that is involved in the Greenlining Institute the individuals giving us full

knowledge of the programs that are available for all communities and to participate actively with them with no strings attached is our Latino counter-part, President Mateo Camarillo.

The U.S. Bank invited all who works with nonprofit and philan-thropic sector to an in-depth seminar

and workshop which is supposedly well practiced by the Caster Family Center for Nonprofit Research at the University of San Diego.

The session will present field-tested models of how organization throughout the nation are functioning


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Phil - Am Law 101

“Power tends to cor-rupt”, Lord Acton wrote in 1887, “and

absolute power corrupts absolutely.” More than a century later, his fa-mous words remain as absolutely accurate as it was when he uttered them. But what does this phrase really mean? In what ways does absolute power corrupt? Does it simply refer to our usual understanding of corrup-tion, which is the abuse of power for private gain? Or is it something more penetrating and pervad-ing? Webster defines corruption as an “impair-ment of integrity, virtue, or moral principle”. If we may add, power corrupts the senses, making public officials listen only to the voice within, but insensi-tive to the clamor of their people.

History – Philippine history in par-ticular – gives us a better understand-ing of what Lord Acton had warned us about. First, there was Marcos whom many consider to be the most brilliant President the Philippines ever had.

Corrupting the Philippine Constitution

Now, we have Arroyo, whom people power put in office to replace a dis-graced predecessor. These two presi-dents started out well, but somewhere along the way, they got blindsided and completely forgot about the Filipino people who had great hope and trust for them. True or not, evidence sur-faced about their illegally amassed wealth; that they enriched themselves while in public office.

But what really makes these ex-future great presidents corrupt is their incredible temerity to trifle with the Constitution. For Marcos, it was putting up citizen assemblies to ratify his 1973 Constitution. A brilliant lawyer, Marcos found a loophole in the 1935 Constitution which had not been clear enough on how the people should ratify the amendments. A divided Supreme Court agreed with Marcos’ novel interpretation and gave its imprimatur. When Cory Aquino assumed the presidency, she made sure that the 1987 Constitution would clearly say that ratification should be done only through a plebiscite.

For Arroyo, who is not a lawyer, the way to amend the Constitutional is a little bit more brutal. Courting a future disaster in the Supreme Court, Arroyo’s allies in House of Represen-tative passed House Resolution (HR) No. 1109 in the dead of the night, while conveniently sweeping under the rug such more important pending matters as the extension of the Com-prehensive Agrarian Reform Law. In gist, HR 1109 says that Congress may constitute itself into a Constitutional Assembly (aptly, Con-Ass), in which members of the House and the Senate would vote jointly—not separately—to propose amendments to the 1987 Constitution.

Now, back to basics. Under the 1987 Constitution, there are three ways to propose an amendment. First is by Congress itself “upon a vote of three-fourths of all its Members.” Second is through a constitutional convention,

a separate body elected by the people for the sole purpose of drafting the amendments. Finally, directly by the people through initiative.

The Senate, of course, objects to HR 1109. There are 24 senators and more than 240 house representatives. The Senate would be rendered inutile as the house membership could easily over-ride any Senate objections to the proposed amendments. The problem, again, is the vague wording of the 1987 Constitution, which says:

Section 3. The Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of all its Members, call a constitutional convention, or by a majority vote of all its Members, submit to the electorate the question of calling such a convention.

What does “three-fourths of all its members” mean? For Arroyo and her allies, it means counting together the House and the Senate members, and then multiplying it by three-fourths. As of last count, there are 242 con-gressmen and 24 senators. That’s a total of 266, and three-fourths of that will be 200. This may be a high num-ber, but the way the administration is ramming the amendments, it seems that it has the votes to carry them through. Concerned, the opposition argues that the House of Represen-tative and the Senate should vote separately. That means Arroyo needs 182 congressmen and 18 senators. The 182 congressmen may be attainable, but the 18 senators?

Notwithstanding such vagueness, if ever the matter reaches the Supreme Court, chances are It will rule accord-ing to the spirit of the Constitution, which is to give each house of Con-gress the power to make an indepen-dent determination of matters pending before Congress, much in the same way as how a bill turns into a law. Otherwise, we might as well have a unicameral house.

In this regard, the house is expected to propose a unicameral congress under parliament. Presently, what we have is a presidential form of government. We have three branches in government, the executive headed by the President; the legislative com-posed of both the Senate and House of Representatives; and the judiciary composed of the Supreme Court. The legislative makes the laws; the execu-

tive enforces them; while the legisla-tive says what the law means in case of conflict. Under a parliamentary form, there will be only two branches. The legislative and the executive will be merged under a unicameral congress called the parliament to be headed by the Prime Minister.

But why the rush to amend? What makes this endeavor more pressing for the House than the important leg-islative matters before it? In the same breadth, why are the senators against if not lukewarm about it? A simple look at the presidentiables lineup will give us the answer. None of them come from the House. Most are from the Senate. When we look farther back

in the House’s history, we learn that only the Speaker has run for Presi-dent, but the current one has no has no presidential ambitions, at least for the moment. The Senate is the breed-ing ground for future presidents, so they say, so even those not yet in the presidentiables list may have a secret ambition to join it in the near future. It is to their better interest to oppose a unicameral congress.

Since the congressmen do not have presidential ambitions, why are they pushing hard to amend the constitu-tion, aside from the very obvious pur-pose of allowing Arroyo to perpetuate herself in power? There is a more self-ish side to it, of course. There ought to be. Politicians are not known to press for something from which they will get nothing for themselves. Perhaps, one is a possible No-El (no election) scenario, which will mean a lot of savings and no risk of losing. Perhaps, another is to have equal stature with senators. A third possibility may be pecuniary. Or all of the above. But whatever their motivation is, Arroyo and her house helpers have confirmed what Lord Acton had said.

Just one thing to remember, though.

The Filipino people will still have the last say on this. Any amendment must be put to a vote in a plebiscite. It will be up to the electorate to accept the amendments and make themselves slaves to the selfish ambitions of corrupted politicians.

Atty. Rogelio Karagdag, Jr. is licensed to practice law in both California and the Philippines. He practices immigration law in San Diego and has continuously been a trial and appellate attorney in the Philippines since 1989. He travels between San Diego and Manila. His office address is located at 16486 Bernardo Center Drive, Suite 228, San Diego, CA 92128. He also holds office in National City inside the S&S Travel Agency at 2409 E. Plaza Blvd. Please call (858)348-7475 & (619) 475-3262 for your free consultation. We also encourage readers to write us questions about both U.S. immigra-tion and Philippine laws to be future topics in this column. Our email is [email protected]. Articles written in this column are not legal advice but are hypotheticals intended as general, non-specific legal information.

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By: Conrad I. Reloj, Jr. The basic nature of “thumbs up”

gesture is feeling good about oneself and with others. There is something inherently, optimistic, positive, domi-nant and pleasant that’s clearly appar-ent in the following pictorials taken during the recent welcome gathering in San Diego and the AOUCC’s First Grand Reunion in North Hollywood, California last weekend.

Records however have shown that hand gesture started during the ancient times. Its origin hails from gladiatorial combat in ancient Rome when a decision has to be made at the end of fi ght. The clenched hand is extended with the thumb vertically erect get used by ancient Romans to pass judgment on a defeated gladia-tor. During the Middle Ages, “thumbs up” became a custom signal used to seal basic business transaction, progressing to the modern usage of a handshake after the legal document is signed. Ask any aspiring politician if he or she is running for public offi ce in the forthcoming election, and their quick response is usually the all too familiar “thumbs up” sign.

World wide, the ‘thumbs up’ gesture is generally recognized: In Spain – ariba! Also means O.K.; France - it means champion, bang on. Portugal – fi xe, excellent, right on! Greece -O.K. ready to go, solid; Austria –superb, tops; Italy – va bene, very good, victory, you’ve done well; Egypt – means it’s perfect, Austra-lia - terrifi c; United Kingdom –its a farewell gesture, replacing the more traditional wave, and in China, “teng hao de” means very good, you’re No.1, and high Chinese offi cials see it as a sign of respect.

WWII pilots on U.S. aircraft carriers fi rst adopted the “thumbs up”

Thumbs up to the Asinganians - for Unity, Solidarity and

Teamwork!

sign to alert the deck crew that they are ready to go and that the wheel blocks on airplane could now be removed. During the Vietnam War, according to Frank G. Lagula, a U.S. Navy veteran Ret), “it’s still being used as a direct communication between pilots and the fl ight deck personnel when launching planes on modern nuclear powered aircraft carriers.” He added, “To the Filipinos it means – Mabuhay! All’s well, O.K., excellent, long live! It symbolizes kind feelings, group ac-cord and harmony.”

A “Thumbs Up” for Unity, from the general membership of the Asin-gan Association of San Diego, to its past and current offi cers now led by Mrs. Gloria B. Aspiras; and to its past offi cers, former presidents: Lily Gam-boa, Vicky Lagula, Greg Manipon, Gil Ong, Corazon Balat; Current offi cers: Treasurer Aurora Gamboa, Senaida Velasco, Leonardo Pita, Corazon Balat and Linda Diamzon. ‘Thumbs Up’ for Solidarity to Asingans’ entrepreneur-ship to help “Jump Start” the Real Es-tate Business in San Diego; kudos to Linda Esperon Olivar’s E & C Realty, and to the Aspiras’ Aspire Realty & Mortgage in National City, WILROC, and Valley Mortgage & America’s Realty. And fi nally congratulations, (‘Thumps Up’) for Teamwork - a well-coordinated Welcome Party for General Hermogenes C. Esperon, Jr. in San Diego spearheaded by Norma and Jaime C. Esperon at their resi-dence in Poway, California.

“I congratulate the Organizing Committee led by “Tiger” Raphy Agsalud for gathering us together here in L.A.…and his staff for their hard work and sacrifice” -Fidel V. Ramos, 12th President of the Republic of the Philippines. “I commend the organization, not only for the com-

ing together and maintaining fi lial ties among the sons and daughters of Asingan in North America, but also for espousing philanthropic activities that benefi t your constituents in the Philippines “ -Mary Jo A. Bernardo-Aragon, Philippine Consul General. “Here’s a ‘thumbs up’ to our unifi ca-

The basic nature of the “thumbs up” gesture is feeling good about oneself and with others.

I was working as a freelancer with Channel 10 for three months before the wildfi res hit [in 2007]. I was sent to Escondido early that fi rst morning with a cameraman. I remember that people were fleeing in one direc-tion and [we were] running into it. [During the live broadcast] I just informed people how close the fi re was coming, how they could get in touch with loved ones. After that fi rst evening of reporting, I couldn’t sleep and kept thinking about the fi res. The next day, I was in Rancho San-ta Fe and broadcast live for 22 straight minutes…The fi res were surrounding these mansions [and we were] only separated by the length of a football fi eld... As residents returned to take what belongings they could, they thanked the news teams for keeping them informed. I received letters andemails days after the fires and I knew that my job made a difference.

As a reporter for the 10News Morning ed i t ion , what i s a typical day like for you? I wake up at 2:20 am, Monday through Friday. I arrive at the sta-tion by 3:30 am and talk with the Executive Producer. I never know what story I am going to cover until I walk in the door, and most of the time, it is breaking news from overnight … I broadcast one and a half minute stories several times during the hour at 5, 6, and 11 am. [In the fi eld] the cam-eraperson works on the editing laptop and I work on the news laptop in our ‘mobile offi ce’- the news van. We’re done with the live shots by noon. I leave work by 1:30 or 2 pm and then I start my most important role as a mother. I get to pick up my children from school every day. My schedule is a compromise, but I get to spend time with [my family] in the afternoons, so it’s worth it. The night before work, I always set my coffee on a timer, pack my lunch, set aside my clothes and jewelry, and wash my hair. I’m in bed by 7 or 7:30 pm, ideally…

What is the best part of your job? The best part of my job is meeting people. I enjoy telling their story

or how they play a role in the story I am covering that day. What they saw or heard, or how they are mak-ing someone’s life better. When I don’t enjoy what I’m doing each day, I’ll do something else. Quality of work is more important than money.

What is the worst part of your job? Hearing my back up alarm!

What keeps you motivated? Family is most important to me. I’m enjoying each day and I don’t want to take anything for granted. I feel blessed. My mom, Paz, wakes up at 4:30 am each day and watches my broadcasts. She’s working while the broadcast is on, but she still sends me comments via text. Most are positive, but I can’t help it if less positive comments are the ones I remember (like fi x your necklace or your hair!) [But] she is my friend, not just my mom. We talk every day!

My dad usually watches the mid-day news…he’ll give me feedback on everything from my stories to my outfi ts!

How do you see reporting the news changing in the next few years? As for television news... I defi -nitely see a change from when I fi rst wanted to pursue a career in the busi-ness to where it is today. Especially with the Internet, local news is now on the spot, and at your fi ngertips. It’s no longer “wait until 5 pm.” If you are looking for what’s happening now, locally, you can fi nd in on the web. And if you can’t, then shame on the station. That’s one of the things I love about 10News… I know that people on the go, families and students on the move, [and] professionals walking out the door can click onto our website and know what is happening in their own backyard...even if it’s happening at that moment or it is developing right as they are reading the story.

What kind or stories or projects would you like to get involved in? My goal is to continue to learn something new everyday… It doesn’t have to be fact-based or histori-cal. It can be about a person, a new

program in San Diego, [or] a new way to see something that I have never seen before. And then relay that to the viewer. My goal is to keep enjoying reporting each and every day, as I am doing now. Yes,it’s hard. Yes, it’s a lot of work. And mind you, I am starting each day at 3 30 in the morning. But it keeps me going, keeps my brain ac-tive and challenges me like nothing else ever has before. And I love it!

What advice would you have for someone who wants to get in-

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For Filipina American 10News reporter Jennifer Jensen, pursuing her dream was never too late

volved in broadcast journalism?Whether it’s broadcast journalism or

astro-physics, my message would be the same. Do what your heart desires, and don’t let naysayers stand in your way. Follow your dreams – and you don’t have to be in your early 20s to do it! No matter your age, no matter your situation, with a little planning and hard work, only you have the power to make it happen for you. Even if it takes years to do it, the time will pass quickly – and soon you too will be living your dream.

Asinganians

bearer of the Nacionalista Party while Roxas is the bet of the Liberal Party.

Villar is the richest senator with more than P1 billion net worth with no liabilities while Roxas is fourth with P110.6 million with20P61.7 million liabilities.

On the survey, Villar is always in top three while Roxas is 7th or 8th.

While De Castro always leads in surveys, he still needs a strong politi-cal party, Casiple said.

“If he runs as an independent, I think he cannot make it,” he told reporters.

Those eyeing the presidency in-clude Senators Loren Legarda, Richard Gordon, Francis Escudero and Panfi lo Lacson, Pampanga Gov. Ed Panlilio, Defense Secretary Gil-bert Teodoro, Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay, MMDA Chairman Bayani Fernando and former President Jo-seph Estrada.

Only Villar, Roxas...


tion festivities and humanitarian en-deavor for supporting the Pura Ramos Memorial Puericulture Center and the “Lebreng Gamut Para Sa Mahihirap” Charity Drive….”- Raphy R. Agsalud, Chairman, One Asingan Unity and Coordinating Council, Los Angeles, California.

Photos from Top. Left L. to R.: (1) The Espirons’ Family Souvenir Photo; Gen. Esperon (in yellow shirt) 2nd row 4th from left. (2) L to R. Linda Esperon Oliver, Nancy Ignacio, Gen. Esperon, Gloria Aspiras (3) L. to R. Seated: Purita Dagang, Pres. Asingans of California, Los Angeles, Consul Mary Jo A. Bernardo-Aragon, Guest of Honor: - President Fidel V. Ramos, 12th Pres. of the Philippines; Raphy R. Agsalud, Chairman, One Asingan Unity and Coordinating Counsel, Dr. Cornelio Manzano, Jr.; Standing: Henry Aspiras, Gloria Aspiras, Pres. of Asingan Association of San Diego, Guests and friends, and Frank G. Lagula. (4) L. to R. Ted Delgado, Seated: Gen. Jun Esperon, VADM Virgilio Q. Marcelo AFP (Ret), Gil Ong; Standing: Retired U.S. Navy Vets Jaime C. Esperon & Noli Sarabia. (5) Middle Photo L. To R.: Gloria Pita Aspiras, Pres. Fidel Ra-mos, Grace O. Pascua, & Frank G. Lagula, Founder of Asingan Association of San Diego. (6) L. to R.: Vicky Lagula, Aurora Gamboa, Treasurer Asingan Assn of San Diego, Vicky Lagula, Former Assn President, Frank Lagula; Standing: Henry & Gloria Aspiras; (7) L. to R. Vicky Lagula, Lily Gamboa, Pres. Fidel Ramos, Frank Lagula & Henry Aspiras; (8) Asinganians in Los Angeles welcoming the Honored Guests Pres. Fidel Ramos; (9) L. to R. Seated: Linda Diamzon, Linda Esperon Olivar, Nancy Ignacio, Gen. Esperon, Gloria Aspiras, Standing: Lily Badua, Planeta Canaveral, Susan Antonio, Cora Balat, Gil Ong, Cecilia Manipon.


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What does Marilyn Monroe, Pat Bone, Dean Martin, Henry the VIII, Tony Curtis, Lena Horne, Peter the Great, Donald Trump, and Francisca dela Cruz have in common? They were all born in the same month of June with Francisca being the young-est of the group.

Francisca’s 75th Birthday celebra-tion will be held at Bernardo Heights Community Center , 16150 Bernardo Heights Parkway , in San Diego , California on June 6 at 4:00 p.m. Also celebrating on this day are: Josh Jericho for his 7th (born June 12th); Claire Padua’s 74th (born June 8th); th e twins Del and Liza Raros’ birthday (June 12th), Dr. Manuel Ocampo’s 48th (born June 14), and the 1st year anniversary of her eldest son Rolando June 7th.

Francisca was born on June 3, 1934, at Lactawan, Solano, Nueva Viscaya

HAPPY, HAPPY 75th BIRTHDAY FRANCISCA!

in the Philippines . She is the only child of the late Sgt. Pedro Cruz and Magdalena Andaya. She married Engineer Rodolfo Vergara de la Cruz, Sr. and they were blessed with five children: Rolando (deceased), Fely dela Cruz-Quines, Arlyne de la Cruz-Ocampo, Rodolfo Jr. (who just arrived from the Philippines to attend this event).

There will be brightly lighted candles, birthday cakes, food and gifts on this momentous day. According to tradition

of birthday parties, which started in Europe a long long time ago, it was feared that evil spirits were particu-

larly attracted to people on their birthdays. So to protect them from harm, friends and fam-ily would come to be with the birthday per-son and bring good thoughts and wishes. Giving gifts brought even more good cheer to ward off the evil spirits. People are cautioned when ask to speak on their 75th birthday celebration, “don’t lie about your age, just say, I’m 18, with 57 years of won-derful experiences in life, and with your monetary “CD card” gifts I’ll be fine, VENI, VEDI, VISA, I came, I saw and tomorrow, I’ll be doing a little shop-ping, THANK YOU”.

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The average age of the military man is 19 years. He is a short haired, tight-muscled kid who, under normal circumstances is considered by soci-ety as half man, half boy. Not yet dry behind the ears, not old enough to buy a beer, but old enough to die for his country. He never really cared much for work and he would rather wax his own car than wash his father’s, but he has never collected unemploy-ment either.

1/2 boy 1/2 man He’s a recent High School graduate;

he was probably an average student, pursued some form of sport activities, drives a 10-year old jalopy, and has a steady girlfriend that either broke up with him when he left, or swears to be waiting when he returns from half a world away. He listens to rock and roll or hip-hop or rap or jazz or swing and a 155mm howitzer.

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Sex, lies & videotape. Katrina Halili and Hayden Kno (right) before Senate hearing.

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PNP sex scan-dal: General

goes on leavePHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE,

6/02/09 -- AN embarrassing sex scandal involving two rookie police-men who allegedly raped a female applicant inside the quarters of Central Mindanao police director Chief Supt. Fidel A. Cimatu prompted the one-star general to fi le a 30-day leave of absence yesterday.

Cimatu yesterday met with Philip-pine National Police chief Director General Jesus A. Verzosa to explain the matter and fi le a leave of absence to erase suspicions of any whitewash in the investigation of the case that took place inside Camp Fermin G. Lira, the PRO12 headquarters in General Santos City.

Cimatu’s two security escorts — Police Offi cers 1 Paul Untal and John Ripdos —were accused of raping an unnamed female police applicant on May 20. A PRO12 press statement is-sued by Senior Inspector Alexander A. Sarabia said both have been charged

criminally and administratively and were detained in a local police jail.

However, Cimatu said Ripdos was only charged with acts of lascivious-ness and is out on bail. “Ang report sa akin ay pinaghihipuan nitong si Ripdos yung alleged victim,” Cimatu said.

Untal remained inside the General Santos City Police Station 1 Jail after he was charged with rape. Cimatu said invest igation showed that Untal is the complainant’s boyfriend.

“Mukhang nag-uusap sila sa text at nagpasyang magkita sa quarters kung saan nangyari ang alleged rape,” he said. Cimatu would not comment on reports that the alleged rape was fi lmed by one of the suspects using his cellphone.

Cimatu told the Journal Group that the alleged rape victim and Untal have agreed to get married. “Nag-usap na daw yung dalawa at naghahanap na ng paring magkakasal sa kanila,” he said.

Cimatu condemned the actuations of the two policemen and ordered them stripped of their guns and badges and locked up in jail.

“They have brought shame on the PNP organization, stained our badge of honor and have ill- treated the


PNS, 6/02/09 -- GUESS who got alarmed when she heard that Richard Gutierrez fi gured in a car accident? KC Concepcion, that’s who. She was in Las Vegas when informed about it by her manager, Shirley Kuan. She got so worried especially when she learned that his P.A. Nomar Pardo perished in the accident. Nomar was with them in Club P a r a d i s e i n Palawan where they shot part of “When I Met U” for more than a week. It was only af-ter she finally got the chance to speak with Richard and he himself assured her that he’s re-ally okay that she felt more at peace. When she and he r mom Sharon

KC worried about RichardCuneta did their concert in Las Vegas at the Paris Hotel, she in-formed the fans of their love team who were there that Richard is recovering well in the hospital.

Last night, the Gutierrez fam-ily offered a thanksgiving mass

at 6 p.m. at the Christ the King C h u r c h in Green Meadows, i n v i t i n g a l l t h e i r f r i e n d s and fans of Richard to attend the mass. His b r o t h e r Raymond r e t u r n e d yesterday m o r n i n g f rom h i s trip to Eu-rope so he was able to attend the affair.

PNS, 6/02/09 -- THOSE who’ve seen Hayden Kho’s sex videos say his perversion started way before he met Katrina Halili. His video with Maricar Reyes was shot before Katrina’s when he was younger, sporting much longer hair. So how can his mom, Irene Kho say that Katrina started it? We know that being the mom, it’s natural for her to defend her son, but as Wilson Lee Flores (editor of S Magazine) said in his talk with the Philippine Medical Asso-ciation and Philippine Psychiatric Association last Tuesday about the sex video scandal, it’s not right for Hayden’s mom to blame Katrina or Lolit Solis. He said: “There’s no one else to blame but Hayden himself and his mom for wrong upbringing.”

Meantime, Katrina’s lawyer, Raymund Palad, says she never gave Hayden any drugs. “Hayden is already 29 now. Katrina is only 22 and she’s willing to undergo a drug test to prove wala siyang kinalaman sa drugs. When the sex video was taken, 20 lang si Katrina and Hayden was 27. His mom says lulong na si Hayden sa droga. When you say lulong, that means addict na sa drugs. Baka naglalaro pa lang si Katrina, lulong na siya sa droga. With his own mom’s admission na lulong sa droga si Hayden, why is he allowed to practice medicine? Kung alam niyang lulong na, bakit hindi pina-rehab? Hindi siya dapat nagsasalita ng ganung state-ment sa TV. Sana, naisip ni Mrs. Kho na meron ding ina si Kat na nasasaktan din pero nananatiling tahimik dahil may legal process na sinusunod. Nakita na natin kung paano binaboy ni Hayden ang tatlong babae on video. As if that’s not enough, here comes his mom na inalipusta pa si Katrina on TV and became very personal. She says pinalaki niya nang maganda ang anak niya. Pero nakita natin kung paano magsalita ang nanay ni Hayden sa TV. So kayo na ang humusga kung bakit ganoon si Hayden. Yung tungkol sa drugs, malaking kalokohan ‘yan. You cannot justify you did something wrong kasi naka-drugs ka. ‘Yung allegation ni Hayden about drugs might just aggravate the penalty on him. About Lolit Solis script-ing the whole thing, never naming nakausap si Lolit when we fi led the case. Legal matters ‘yan. When Kat appeared on TV, it’s not an arranged thing. Nasa sen-ate offi ce lang siya then sa NBI then reporters interviewed her. After that, we never allowed her to be interviewed again, which is why she was absent at the Flaw-less launch. So it’s very unfair for Lolit Solis to be accused that she’s orchestrating everything. Mas magaling gumawa ng script si Hayden, pati sa pagse-set up ng video.”

How did Katrina react to the interview with Hayden’s mom? “She was shocked. Hindi niya akalain ganun ang family back-ground ni Hayden, but she said she’ll just let the public be the judge. But we’re still thinking if we’d fi le another case against the mom for making defamatory remarks about Katrina.”

Lolit Solis herself says in “Unang Hirit” that the interview with Mrs. Irene Kho is part of a

More revelations about Hayden

demolition job against Katrina. “Natuwa ako nang lumabas siya sa TV kasi nakita ng tao kung kanino nagmana si Hayden Kho. Nakita mo kung paanong ang dami-daming ibang tao ang sini-sisi niya sa nangyari sa anak niya. Ang issue lang dito, si Hayden at yung video, pero kung sino-sino ang sinisisi nila. Si Kat daw ang naglulong kay Hayden sa droga. Sino ba ang doktor sa kanila? Sino ba ang may alam tungkol sa droga? Di ba si Hayden? Kung totoong lulong nga si Hayden sa droga, aba e hindi ako nagtataka sa nabalita noong may pasyente raw na namatay sa kamay niya. Kung nagdodroga siya, ganun nga ang mangyayari. At anong scripted ko ang mga nangyayari? Puede ko bang ini-script ‘yung video e doon nagsimula ang lahat ng problema? Kung hindi ginawa ‘yon ni Hayden, di sana walang ganitong gulo ngayon at maayos ang buhay ng lahat. ‘Yung mother ni Hayden, parang okay lang sa kanya ang ginawa ng anak niya. E, di ba kapag nanay ka, dapat i-guide mo ‘yung anak mo. Babae rin siya, dapat may feelings siya para sa mga kapwa niyang babae. Sana, inimbestigahan niya ang anak niya. Mula October, wala nang trabaho ang anak niya, pero nakatira sa Pacifi c Place condo sa The Fort, may bagong kotse, nakakapunta sa mga five-star hotels, naka-fi rst class na airline? Anong ibig sabihin niyon? Saan kinukuha ni Hayden ang pang-gastos dun? P300,000 a month kasi ang sustento sa kanya ni Dr. Vicki Belo. Ang ibig kong sabi-hin, lalaki ka, ang nagbabayad ng condo mo, kuryente, tubig, lahat, si Dr. Vicki Belo. Tapos doon mo pa dinadala ang mga babaeng binababoy mo, sharing the same bed that you share with Dr. Belo sa pambababoy. Anong klase kang tao? Anong klase kang lalaki, kahit bulag sa pag-ibig si Dr. Belo? Kaya Mrs. Kho, huwag nang kung sino-sino ang sisihin nyo. Isipin mo na lang mabuti kung ano ang ginawa ng anak mo para malaman mo kung sino mo siya dapat tulungan. Gumawa na nga ng masama, tapos parang kinukunsinti mo pa.”

Lolit revealed that several peo-ple who know Hayden’s family from way back in Marinduque are willing to talk about them. “Sila mismo ang tumatawag sa akin. I will share what they told me pag-dating ng tamang oras.”

As for Hayden, it was reported on “24 Oras” that he person-ally went to Optical Media Board Chairman Edu Manzano to say he

has nothing to do at all with the uploading of his sex videos on the internet and on DVD. “I think it’s important to know the main rea-son kung bakit siya lumabas,” he says. “I don’t think it’s just mon-ey. I think it has something to do with my relationship with Vicki. The main target here is actually me. The main prey is me.”

How come it’s said his friends Dr. Bistek Rosario and business-man Erik Johnson Chua are the ones who posted the videos?

Erik Chua, in another statement, denies he has anything to do with the spread of the videos. Hayden says a certain Chris called him on May 16 to blackmail him. “I don’t know him. He’s just a middleman. He said there’s a group asking for money to prevent uploading the videos. Hindi ako pumayag.”

Hayden says he’s willing to co-operate fully in the OMB’s inves-tigation to fi nd out who uploaded the videos.

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PNS, 6/02/09 -- LORNA Tolentino will end her year of mourning for her beloved husband, the late Rudy Fernandez, on June 5. His memory will forever remain in her heart but she has managed to move on and is now20 taping a new teleserye with Christopher de Leon, Jericho Rosa-les, Kristine Hermosa and Karylle on ABS-CBN. This is the show where ABS reportedly required her to take a workshop four times before taping started, even if she and Boyet are al-ready veterans in the field of acting.

LT looked radiant as she walked down the ramp at the Flawless re-launch last Sunday as their epitome

LT ends mourningof Timeless Beauty. What can she say about the controversy that her friend Dr. Vicki Belo, part owner of Flaw-less, is now involved in? “She’s really a good friend as she helped our family at the time we were going through some trials in life. She was an angel na talagang dumamay sa amin at the time we needed help, so I really care for her. Nang magkausap nga kami, I told her that I’ll always be here for her sa anumang pinagdaraanan niya ngayon.”

Will the scandal affect Flawless? “As an endorser, I don’t think so. Flawless has been operating since 2001 and we’re getting more and

more satisfied clients. May mga is-sues na dumarating, but they fade

Lorna Tolentino (Photo by Ver Paulino)

away. So I’m confident malalampasan ni Dr. Belo at ng Flawless ang issue na ito.”

What’s her opinion about the Katrina-Hayden video? “Babae ako, siyempre, I will side sa kapwa ko babae na siyang mas naapi. Also, I’m an actress like her kaya kami sa KAPP (local actors guild), we’ve already issued a statement that we will stand behind her.”

And what about Hayden who’s now being called ang Pambansang Manyak? “Yes, I know him, but he’s not the one who’s my friend but Dr. Belo. Ayokong mag-judge kasi, lahat naman tayo, tao lang at may kanya-kanyang pagkakamali sa buhay. Sabi nga ni Jesus, he who is without sin, cast the first stone.”

Yasmien Kurdi (Photo by Dominique James)

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berates Baron

PNS, 6/02/09 -- THE latest devel-opment in the Yasmien Kurdi-Baron Geisler controversy is that Yasmien will no longer sue Baron after she filed a formal complaint against him at the PNP last Monday. In “24 Oras,” Yasmien said she has no plans of mak-ing a big issue out of it. “Sabi ko nga sa lawyer ko, tigilan na po natin,” she says. “Okay na po na nakuha ko ‘yung seguridad. ‘Y un lang ang kailangan

ko. Hindi ko na kailangang mag-down pa ng tao. Nag-sorry na po si Baron sa text. Pero mas maganda po siguro kung magbibigay po siya ng public apology.”

She says she’s willing to work with Baron again. “Basta after the take, tantanan na niya ako, wala na ‘yung anything. As of now, tama na ‘yung napa-blotter ko siya, pero kung uulitin niya at wawalanghiyain na naman niya ako, tutuluyan ko na siya ng demanda.”

Those who’ve seen Baron’s misbehavior on the set of “Suspetsa” say that Yasmien has a big chance of winning a case against him as there are many witnesses and what Baron did was even recorded on a cellphone. A source says it’s Baron’s manager, Director Maryo de los Reyes, who requested Yasmien (his star in “Saan Darating ang Umaga”) not to push through with the case. Yasmien, out of respect for the director, decided not to sue anymore.

Earlier, it was reported that Baron was terminated from his role in “Suspetsa,” which was to be expected since Yasmien is GMA’s regular contract star whereas Baron was just accommodated to be a guest star because his current manager requested GMA management to give him a chance. It’s said Direk Maryo already gave Baron a dressing down. “Hindi mo na ako binigyan ng kahihi-yan?” he reportedly told Baron. “Ako pa naman ang nagrekomenda sa iyo tapos ganyan ang g inawa mo.”

Baron has apologized to Yasmien, but in the eyes of those who saw him sexually harrassing Yasmien, the damage has already been done.


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Scriptures: First Reading: Deuteronomy 4: 32-34, 39-40. In this passage Moses is telling his people how God reveals himself to them and what their response should be to this revelation. First,

God revealed himself in the act of creation. Second, in the midst of fi re God gave the Law on Mount Sinai. Third, God delivered his people from slavery in Egypt. The people’s experience of God’s

The Trinity. The Da Vinci Code: Truth or Fiction?

mighty signs and wonders demands their keeping his commandments. Second Reading: Romans 8: 14-17. As God had revealed himself in the past through his mighty works, he again does so in three different ways. First, the people received the Spirit of adoption. Second, they become “children of God … joint heirs with Christ.” Third, they can call God, “Abba, Father.” The new experience of God’s mighty deeds demands that his new people suf-fer with Christ. Gospel: Matthew 28: 16-20. Why would God even care to create, redeem, and adopt us who have turned away from him in sin? God the Father’s plan since the time of creation, his plan

to redeem us in Christ Jesus, his plan to guide us through the Holy Spirit are rooted in his love for us. The best way to share with others these mysterious and mighty deeds of God is to recognize and serve

Christ in every person. Refl ections: Today is Trinity

Sunday. The Christian faith in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spir-it, is not only a creedal and doctri-nal profession but also a reminder of the mystery that Christ reveals to us. We experience this mystery through the saving presence of Christ Jesus that gives thanks to the Father through the power of the Holy Spirit. Mystery is also understood in its incomprehensi-bility. In saying that the Trinity is a mystery, we are admitting that no human language can ever fully express its reality, and no matter what, it always remains beyond all knowledge. This divine mystery is the ultimate answer to man’s ques-tions about the ground of his being or his quest for meaning. Though incomprehensible, and beyond the limits of human language and knowledge, yet it is possible to experience and encounter the Tri-une God who reveals himself to us. Mystery in the Christian sense is closely connected with the hid-den plan of God that is revealed according to his own will. It is an open secret. Christians believe that God’s plan for mankind has been revealed in Jesus Christ who reveals God to man and reveals man to himself. Therefore, in sharp contrast with the esoteric and se-cret pagan mysteries, the Christian mystery is open to all.

On the Da Vinci Code:To un-derstand the myths and erroneous elements of the Da Vinci Code, we must fi rst understand the mystery cult that is called “Gnosticism.” Gnosticism, from the Greek word “gnosis” for “knowledge,” claims that salvation is based on secret knowledge given only to the chosen elect by a heavenly mes-senger. Some scholars contend that Gnosticism has its Eastern origin in the religions of India. Not only fabrics and gems, but also sacred writings were traded between India and the Mediterranean world. It is believed that there are some simi-larities between Gnosticism and Buddhism. For example, for the Gnostics the world is a defi ciency, for the Buddhists, it is an illusion. Later on, Gnosticism’s early con-tact with Judaism and Alexandrian thoughts resulted into its formation of esoteric ideas, such as those

mentioned in its Apocryphal Gos-pels and Acts, and Apocalypses. Gnosticism has one deep root-principle: its philosophical and religious pessimism. Gnosticism believes that the unknowable and good God has nothing to do with the material universe that is evil. Though this good God is unde-tectable by human senses, yet he created Aeons, a series of lesser divinities or intermediary beings. One of these is Sophia, the god-dess of wisdom, who gave birth to an inferior god, the Demiurge, the evil creator-god of the Old Testa-ment, called Jehovah. With its em-phasis on the goddess Sophia, the Da Vinci Code tries to further the “sacred feminine” or “divine god-dess” by deceptively insinuating that Mary Magdalene holds the key to man’s spiritual destiny. Is Mary Magdalene a representative of the sacred feminine? The Da Vinci Code claims, “the Priory’s (Sion) tradition of perpetuating goddess worship is based on a belief that powerful men in the early Christian church ‘conned’ the world by propagating lies that devalued the female and tipped the scales in favor of the masculine” (p. 124). Is this claim true or false? Find out the answers in my next column.

Quotation of the Week: “Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by si-lence.” Henri Frederic Amiel.

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Huwag TumigilAno pa ba ang halaga ngayon nitong aking buhay

sa iyong biglaang pag-alis at ako ay nilisanpawang mga pighati itong sa akin ay iniwan

at luha na lamang ang siyang tangi kong kaulayaw.

Nagbabaka-sakali pa rin na ikaw ay makita sa ilang mga lugar na minsan tayo ay nagpunta ngunit ang lahat malulungkot lamang na alaala kasabay ang patak ng luha sa aking mga mata.

At muli kong binuksan itong aking mga paninginat sa isang iglap biglang nagliwanag ang madilimna ang gulong ng buhay tuloy-tuloy huwag titigil

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1. Applications for Machine Readable Passport (Cost: $50) and returned to the applicant by mail at an additional cost of $6.

2. Applications for the retention and re-acquisition of Philippine citizenship pursuant to Republic Act 9225 or Dual Citizenship Law (Cost: $50). Oath-taking will be scheduled on the same day for qualifi ed applicants.

3. Notarization of documents (Cost: $25) will be accepted but this will be processed in Los An-geles and returned to the applicant by mail at an additional cost of $6.

4. Overseas Absentee Voting (OAV) Registration. (Gratis)

The Consulate will only accept payments in cash, postal money order or cashier’s check. Personal checks will not be accepted.

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3, 2009, either through fax (213) 639-0990 or through email at [email protected].

2. Passport Applicants should send an advance copy of their passport application forms and data page (bearing the name and photo) of their passports to the Consulate either by fax or by email. Incomplete forms will not be processed.

3. Dual Citizenship Appli-cants should send an advance copy of their application forms and supporting documents. Incomplete forms will not be processed.

4. OAV Registrants should also send an advance copy of their application forms and sup-porting documents. Incomplete forms will not be processed.

5. Confi rmed appointments of all applicants will be posted at the Consulate’s website (www.philippineconsulatela.org). Per-sonal appearance is required for all applicants.

6. While walk-in applicants may also be entertained, prior-ity will be given to those with

confi rmed appointments with the Consulate, as posted in the website. All walk-in applicants are advised to transact their business directly with Consulate offi cials and not through travel agencies. Walk-in applicants are by defi nition those who did not pass through travel agencies.

For general information, inter-ested parties may wish to call the Consulate - Tels: 1-213-639-0980 to 85. E-mail: [email protected] or Merly Ferrer of COPAO – Tel: 619-606-6475.

For the information of the pub-lic, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has required its member states, including the Philippines, to issue Machine Readable Passports (MRPs) not later than 1 April 2010. As a re-sult, the Philippine Embassy and Consulates General in the U.S. started to accept and to process applications for MRPs on June 2, 2008.

Since applications received by the Philippine Foreign Service Posts in the U.S. will be sent to the Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila via diplomatic pouch, it will take six weeks for a passport to be released to the applicants, from the time the application is accepted. Personal appearance for all will be required for data verifi cation, fi nger-printing and

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The Santacruzan is a popular religious festival held in many towns and cities throughout the Philippines highlighting the month-long celebration of Flores de Mayo (Flowers of May) during the month of May. Traditionally, the festivity is usually celebrated by devotees with a parade of deco-rated floats and costumed char-acters, representing the Blessed Virgin Mother and other religious relics. The festival was first intro-duced to the Philippines during the Spanish period and continued to be practiced by Filipinos around the world.

In San Diego, the Samahan Se-nior Center spearheaded by Ms.

Flowers of May: A Santacruzan Festival

Aurora Cudal, coordinated by Pol Carpio and hosted by Boogie Arce, presented a significant ver-sion of a historical and colorful Santacruzan last Friday at the FAVA Hall on Market Street. As outlined by the original Flores de Mayo celebration, Reina Elena was portrayed by the lovely and beautiful Alice Bailey escorted by his nephew portraying Con-stantine the Great. The smiling couple who were entrenched by a well decorated arch bearing the sign “Reyna Elena,” was briskly carried by Flor Navarro and Joe Son.

The colorful pageant presenta-tion that started inside the build-

ing was arranged in the order led by the Hermana Mayor followed by some of the ripened beauties of the Samahan Senior Center mem-bers and friends especially dressed in various costumes of characters they were depicting, in contrast to the traditional selection of young women among the townspeople. All the participants were carrying multicolored flowers and sung a song of praise, “Dios Te Salve” with the duration of the parade.

Individually, they were inside a decorated arch down to the star of the show, Reina Elena and Con-stantine which paraded around the spacious parking lot and back to the building. Reina Elena and her entourage were offered flowers and a song from a cutie, 3 year old girl; Joshleen Alyssa Son Quimbo to the delight and admiration of everyone in the affair.

According to popular legend, the festivity commemorates the search of the Holy Cross by Queen Helena and her son, the newly converted emperor Constantine. After the Holy Cross was found in Jerusalem and brought back to Rome, there was a joyful celebra-tion for thanksgiving.

During the Spanish period until today in the parishes, the Parish Council sanctioned by the Parish Priest would choose a “Hermana


Standing among the Giants

By Marissa Acierto | SAN DIEGO, 5/30/09 -- Saturday was a day that the sun just didn’t want to come out. Even with the failure of the weather many Filipino Americans were dress up in their barong tagalog, the beautiful na-tive costume of the Philippines. At 9 a.m. procession continued whether rain or shine, the Santacruzan must go on which was led by the second term President elected once again, Joe Quintanilla and the status quo of more than two hundred Filipino American senior members that are proud to be part of this group.

After the display of the procession of queens and so forth with their colorful flowers that they placed on wires, the members and guest formed a line waiting for all the Filipino and Chinese cuisine feast from the Man-darin Restaurant in National City. All types of food was served from hot and spicy chicken wings, kung pao chicken, chow mein noodles, the whole lechon, white rice, assorted sushi and pancit. Native desserts

such as bibingka, puto and malagkit matamis (sticky and sweet desserts), etc.

Meanwhile, the women in color-ful and sash gowns line danced to their hearts content. One of them was Fe Rivero, Secretary for the organization who is originally from Olongapo City. Another one is Beth Dalindin who’s husband, Mr. Dalindin was the previous President of the organization at one point, and they are originally from Zambales. The active and supportive spouse of President Joe Quintanilla was sashed as Cleopatra.

Meanwhile, other guest or mem-bers sighted was Lydia Loristo, Ed-die Enriquez, Isabel Ball (an active journalist and author), Lily Mia, Naring Sheffield and a columnist for the Mabuhay News.

The Tooma Park Filipino Ameri-can Senior Association meet almost daily in the Bay Terrace Community Park located at Tooma Street in the North Bay Terrace area. Being in

this park in the early mornings is like a reminiscent walk to a vivid memory of life in the rural countries of the Philippines where local fresh vegetables or fruits are sold. Line dancing for seniors and light snacks of early breakfast being served. It is a wholesome gathering of dedicated retirees or immigrants enjoying what life has to offer.

The organization has plans to go on a weekly funfare cruise possibly for a week. Tentative plans are still in the works.

Santacruzan at Bay Terrace Community Park

more effectively through collaborative inter-organizational relationships or the innovative use of technology. The participants will have the opportunity to discuss ideas in small groups with presenters over lunch. During the presentation breakfast and lunch will be provided.

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PHOTO ON LEFT: Reyna Elena Alice Bailey with escort entrenched by a multicolored flower laden arch during the Santacruzan parade carried by Flor Navarro and Joe Son.

PHOTO ON RIGHT: Reyna Elena, Alice Bailey and her escort smilingly posed right after the Samahan Senior Center Santacruzan parade at FAVA Hall, in Market St., San Diego.

In light of the CA Supreme Court up-holding of Prop 8

last Tuesday, May 26, a rally celebrating marriage dubbed as “Marriage: One Man-One Woman” was held Sunday, May 31st, at 3:00-5:00 p.m., at the west side of the San Diego County Adminis-tration Building in front of the historic Star of India.

The rally to support the ban on same-sex marriage attracted hundreds, where ministers from the Christian, Catholic and Jewish religions, plus leaders of various civic and political organizations, were the speakers. Al-most everyone quoted from the Holy Bible and drew the applause of the large crowd.

One of the speakers, Rev. Mi-chael Robinson of the Good Shepherd Church in Mira Mesa said, “Jesus did not allow for the redefinition of mar-riage. The marriage of one man and one woman … mirrors the love of God for his people.”

I was at the rally after our Senior Pastor, Dr. Jim Garlow, invited me Saturday evening to be one of the speakers. I was at church last Satur-day evening and I gave him a copy of Asian Journal where my latest article was about the California Supreme Court’s decision upholding the ban on gay marriage.

He handed me a flyer about the rally and said I want you to speak and talk about your support for traditional marriage, and then he asked me, “Can you do it?” Without hesitation I an-swered, “Yes.” He then asked again, “Are you sure you will be there?” And again, I answered “Sure, I’ll be there.”

When I got home I took a look at the flyer, and found out that the speak-ers were among the top religious, civic and political leaders of San Diego County. I said to myself, “What am I getting into? I’ll be standing among

the giants! Can I really do it?” And then I assured myself, “Yes, I can! After all, I had a lot of training as a speaker from Toastmasters Interna-tional.”

On the day of the rally, there were more or less 20 to 25 speakers in all, including myself. Dr. Garlow emceed the program. Among the speakers were: Andy Pugao, Chief Legal Counsel, Yes on Prop 8 Cam-paign; Miles PcPherson, Senior Pas-tor, The Rock Church; Ron Prentice, ProtectMarriage.com; Chris Clark, Senior Pastor, E. Clairemont So. Bap-tist Church; Brian Brown, Executive Director, National Organization for Marriage; Chuck LiMandri, General Counsel, National Organization for Marriage; Dr. Timothy Winters, Se-nior Pastor, Bayview Baptist Church; Bishop George McKinney, Senior Pastor, St. Stephens’s COGIC; Bishop Roy Dixon, Senior Pastor, Faith Chapel COGIC; Sergio de la Mora, Senior Pastor, Cornerstone Church of San Diego; David Hoffman, Co-Pastor, Foothills Christian Church; Dr. Grace Lee Chair, Asian Heritage Coalition; Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, President, The Ruth Institute; and Brad Dacus, President of the Pacific Justice Institute.

I was called to speak halfway in the program, and Pastor Garlow in-troduced me as a columnist for Asian Journal, a very good one at that, and I was there to represent the Filipino-American and Asian-American com-munities of San Diego County. I

prepared something to say, but mostly my speech was off-the-cuff. I didn’t want to repeat what the other speakers have already said. I was moved and impressed by their depth of expertise and knowledge of the issues of tradi-tional marriage. Bishop McKinney of St. Stephens Church was indeed great, and the audience rewarded him with a standing ovation.

My first line was from the Bible, with humor added: “If God had in mind gay marriage, when he said it is not good for a man to live alone, he should have presented Adam with another man.” The entire audience laughed at my joke, and I think I con-nected with the audience, because I got applause after applause. When I

went down the stage, a lot of people said to me: “Great speech! You were fantastic!”

Of the few hundred people in the audience, I recognized a few: Bruce Ruff, who is running for Sherriff of San Diego County; Vince Bumanglag, of the Fil-Am Republicans and Asian Heritage Foundation; and Femie Cu-pit, Mrs. Philippine Faire 2009. There were a few Filipino-American women that I have met for the first time that day; unfortunately I wasn’t able to get their names.

The rally was marred somehow when around 50 to 60 gay activist pro-testers kept interrupting the speeches by booing and yelling, and repeatedly chanting slogans in support of same-sex marriage. Using a megaphone, they shouted over and over again, “Gay, straight, black, white, marriage is a civil right!” However, there was no incident because the police kept the two groups apart to prevent face-to-face altercation.

Rev. Miles McPherson urged everyone at the rally not to give negative comments against the gay activists by saying “Get in their faces in a loving way. They will get your message when you have God in your heart.” Dr. Garlow also told everyone that, “The gay and lesbians are not the enemy. The enemy is the enemy.” The rally ended with prayers for the people in support of Proposition 8 and those who are against it, and asking God’s help and guidance in the days ahead.

PHOTO ON LEFT: Dr. Jim GArlow, senior pastor of Skyline Church in La Mesa, and one of the top propo-nents of Proposition 8 in California, who became a guests in a lot of TV programs nationwide, was the emcee of the rally. He is show here introducing Asian Journal’s Zena Sultana Babao as one of the speakers. PHOTO ON RIGHT: Zena giving her speech in front of a crowd of several hundreds. There were 20 to 25 speakers all together for the rally celebrating traditional marriage.


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Customarily, in the parishes, the Parish Priest and devotees hold a nine day novena prayers with songs of praises performed by a children’s choir highlighting young girls dressed in white car-rying a basket of fl owers as gift of Virgin Mary culminated by a procession. Participants on the procession bring lighted candles reciting the rosary and songs of praises until its back to the church for the evening mass.

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Cimatu said he has ordered the PRO12 Regional Investigation and Detective Management to conduct pre-charge investigation on the two suspects, independent of the criminal case for rape fi led against them before a local prosecutor’s offi ce.

He also asked the PNP Internal Af-fairs Service to try the two accused administratively to avoid suspicions of any whitewash and partiality.

“There will be an impartial and ex-peditious trial of this particular case,” Cimatu vowed.

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Villar warns vs porn in campuses

PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE, 6/2/09 -- With the spotlight on various forms of pornography, Nacionalista Par ty president Senator Manny Vil-lar warns school authorities and the education department anew to ensure that schools and its vicinities are free from pornographic materials or access to them.

“Classes in many schools will start next week already. As in past school openings, we should prepare not only school facilities and supplies, but I also urge parents and school

authorities to watch out for sources of pornography inside the schools, particularly libraries with Internet facilities,” says Villar.

He adds, “In the past, there were even instances that school supplies such as notebooks and even books contain pornographic images, these should not be allowed. The authorities should be stricter in their monitoring and inspection procedures.

While he was still chairman of the Senate committee on public order and illegal drugs, Villar focused on preventing the proliferation of

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Villar has earlier fi led Senate Bill 751 that aims to protect the people from being exposed to pornography and violence in the Internet. The bill seeks to protect students by requiri ng libraries of private and public educational institutions with Internet access to install a software technol-ogy for blocking Internet websites displaying obscene and violent materials.

Villar also fi led Senate Bill 752 that seeks to protect Filipinos from obscene and indecent materials trans-mitted through computers by amend-ing Article 201 of the Revised Penal Code and imposing the penalty of prision mayor plus a fi ne of between P6,000 and P12,000 to violators.

“The Internet has become a very powerful medium for learning and information. Unfortunately, obscene and violent materials can also be accessed online. We should regu-late Internet access or usage inside classrooms or even outside, in public Internet shops, which students fre-quent,” cites Villar.

Villar also proposed the creation of

a Student Internet Protection Task Force to enforce the rules on Internet access in educational institutions. According to Villar, monitoring of video arcades or Internet cafes es-pecially those near school campuses should be tightened.

“Most of these establishments do not block pornographic websites and allow even grade-school pupils to their premises. You can see young children viewing lewd images or even chatting with strangers online,” further cites Villar.

Sharon who can now men-tion Gabby’s name during in-terviews with ease has nothing but good wishes for the actor. She is open to the idea provided that the material or story is re-ally good.

“We are working actors but my biggest worry are our respective spouses who are non-showbiz people. My main worry ay baka kalkalin pa ang lumipas and they are not used to this. I am fi rst and foremost protecting my family,” she said.

While 80 percent are in favor of a Sharon and Gabby movie (plus, of course, KC Concepcion) there are loyal friends of the megastar who are against the idea. “Huwag na lang,” says a close friend of Shawie from Viva which made the megastar remark with laughter, “Ay naku , hindi ka pa nakapag-move on.”

Should this project push through, Wenn Deramas should direct it and it must be a comedy. It could start where “Best Friends Forever” left off.

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Lakas, Kampi merge

PHILIPPINE NEWS SER-VICE, 6/02/09 -- THE merger of the two biggest political parties in the country — Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats and the Kaba-likat ng Malayang Pilipino — did happen as planned but obviously without the unanimous blessings of the parties’ elders.

The merged parties are now formally known as the Lakas Kampi CMD.

Former Lakas-CMD’s chairman emeritus and former president Fidel Ramos; former vice presi-dent for National Capital Region and Metro Manila Development Authority Chairman Bayani Fer-nando; and former Kampi presi-dent Rep. Luis Villafuerte did not attend the formalization of the merger held at the Manila Hotel yesterday.

Vice President Noli de Cas-tro and Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro, though not members of either Lakas or Kampi, were pres-ent because they were invited.

A source close to Ramos

said the former president decided not to attend the merger meeting because he was “not happy with the process.” Ramos is expected to hold a press confere nce today to explain his absence.

Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita and Presidential Adviser on Political Affairs Gabriel Claudio said they were expecting Ramos’ presence as the latter even notified them of his arrival shortly before the start of yesterday’s event.

Claudio said the joint meet-ing of the merged party was even reset from May 21 to May 28 to ensure that Ramos, who had pre-vious commitments abroad would be able to grace the event. Ramos just arrived from the United States early yesterday morning.

Ermita said Fernando, being a

Lakas official need not be invited and was also expected to attend the event. But Fernando was hav-ing his program at government-run Radyo ng Bayan simultaneous with the Manila Hotel event. His wife Marikina Mayor Marides Fernando was present.

On the other hand, Villafuerte who had previously resigned as president of Kampi, had expressed his opposition to the merger.

Fernando had made known his intention to seek the presidency under the administration party. But it seems the more resounding clamor is to field either De Castro or Teodoro as the merged party’s standard bearer.

Yesterday also marked the first joint meeting of the merged party during which at least five resolu-

tions were approved. These are the resolutions declaring the merger of Lakas CMD and Kampi to give rise to unified political party called Lakas-Kampi CMD; approving and ratifying the Constitution and by-laws of Lakas Kampi and declaring its immediate effectiv-ity; affirming the authority of the national chairperson, President Macapagal-Arroyo to appoint the interim members of the national executive committee of the Lakas Kampi CMD; and committing to abide by and support the party’s choice and selection of national candidates to lead the party to victory on the 2010 synchronized national and local elections.

A resolution commending the President for successfully stirring the country towards economic resiliency amidst the global eco-nomic crisis and expressing strong support for her continuing efforts to achieve sustained national progress and development was also passed.

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