Asian Journal June 17, 2011 edition

A Journey of Discovery .. p 4

In Praise of Fatherhood .. p 15

Complicated Aff airsThe artworks of 10 re-

nowned artists in the country will soon dot the walls and fl yover pillars of the 28-kilo-meter Epifanio delos Santos Ave. (EDSA).

Dubbed the “EDSA Proj-ect,” the yearlong initiative by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and paint manufac-turer Boysen will help give commuters and motorists “a refreshing contrast” when they’re stuck in traffi c.

Participating artists are Jose Tence Ruiz, Neal Os-hima, Asuncion Imperial, Damiene Anne, Virgilio Avi-ado, Brisbane-based Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan, the art department of the advertising agency TBWA, Singaporean Erika Tan and Finnish archi-tect Tapio Snellman.

MMDA said the 8 artworks of these artists will cover 1,000 square meters and will be sequentially executed on EDSA’s high walls, fl yover pillars, undergirdings and MRT and LRT walls and pil-lars, with one art exhibit every one-and-a half months start-ing May 7 this year until early next year.

The project not only aims to improve EDSA aestheti-cally, it will also lessen air pollution through the use of a local breakthrough air-clean-ing paint called Knox-Out by Boysen.

The paint uses sunlight to transform poisons in the air, particularly nitrogen oxide, into a harmless residue that is easily washed away by rain.

MMDA said the project will be launched on May 7, 2011 at Barangay San Loren-zo, Makati City to coincide with the village’s Community Day celebration.

MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino said that with the total of 8,000 square meters size coverage of the proposed 8 artworks, the toxins in the exhaust of 80,000 cars and public utility vehicles can be neutralized by the painted surfaces for 3 to 5 years.

The target sites for the EDSA Project include Brgy. San Lorenzo to Mantrade bus stop, southbound; Edsa-Or-tigas interchange pillars; the

Artworks of 10 renowned artists to beautify EDSA

by Simeon G. Silverio, Jr.Publisher & Editor in Chief, Asian Journal

The fi rst and original Asian Journal in America

Chapter 18

“What bad news?”Danny asked his friend Raymond.“Your girlfriend had been framed!” “What?” Danny was surprised, although he knew she had been

set up since he did not believe Margie was on drugs or deal-ing them. But still, he could not believe somebody would take the time and trouble to frame her. She was just a simple girl. A poor one. Uneducated. Somebody who had never dealt with anyone. A person who had led a simple, uncomplicated life.

“Why would somebody do that to her?”

“I don’t know,” Raymond re-plied. “I called up the chief of police of that town, but he seemed to be avoiding me. The case could not be settled, even by a colleague like me, someone of equal rank with the police chief.”

“How did you know she was framed?”“My informant told me.”“Why?” Danny asked again.“I do not know,” Raymond responded. “Check to

see if she has offended anybody in the past, especially someone powerful or with connections.”

Danny thought it over but could not come up with an answer. In fact, it was Margie who was offended and had something to complain about. A few years ago, a policeman had raped and impregnated her when she was sixteen. A parish priest took pity of her and referred her to a free legal clinic. A volunteer lawyer was assigned and prosecuted the culprit, who, de-spite his strong connections, was convicted and jailed.

“That’s it,” Raymond cried when hearing of the incident. It was as if a bright idea popped out of his mind like a “eureka moment.”

“That’s the reason for the set-up. It must have been done by the colleagues of the convicted offi cer with blessings from the higher-ups. You know, in our police culture, everybody protects each other. We even commit acts of revenge for our people.”

“Even if the mastermind is in jail? Even if he had committed and was convicted of a crime?” Danny asked in disbelief.

“Sadly, yes,” Raymond glumly admitted. “We are in deep shit. The corruption in the police force is so bad there’s nothing I can do about

it. I cannot rock the boat but have to play along. Remember the movie ‘Serpico?’ I would not want to mess with my colleagues and play a dead hero. You can ask me for help on anything else, but not on this one.”

Danny was back to square one in helping his girlfriend get out of jail. It was doubly diffi cult for him to help

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San Diego, CA - 13 June 2011 – The Philippine Ameri-can Business Improvement and Development Association (Phil Am BID) in cooperation with ACCESS International and

the San Diego County Bar Association, hosts the 3rd An-nual “STARBlazers and TOP HATs

Give Back” Awards Banquet on Thursday, July 7th, at the US Grant Hotel in San Diego, starting at 5:00 P.M. The Hon-orable Tani Cantil-Sakauye, fi rst Asian Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court and fi rst Filipino American Head Justice is this special event’s keynote speaker and STAR-

The Honorable Tani Can-til- Sakauye, California Chief Justice, is keynote speaker at Awards Banquet.

Blazer 2011 honoree. The evening will include a

(Continued on page 22)

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The Man Who Saved The Noli

‘I did not believe that the Noli Me Tangere would ever be published. I was in Berlin, weakened and discouraged from hunger and deprivation. I was on the point of throw-ing my work into the fi re as a thing accursed and fi t only to die.’ – Rizal

The novel which brought fame and death to Jose Rizal and resulted to the awaken-ing of the Filipinos might not have been published without the help of a man who has

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A client came to my office last week because he had been “wrong-fully terminated,” and wanted legal representation. After spending several hours interviewing him, it became clear that he was laboring under a misconception of what the term actually means in a legal sense. Like the word “discrimina-tion” and the phrase “hostile envi-ronment,” “wrongful termination” is used loosely by laypersons. But what does this term actually mean? When is a termination “wrongful”?

There are a number of distinct causes of action that can le-gitimately be characterized as a “wrongful termination” case. Each has a different statute of limita-tions and procedural requirements, so consulting with an attorney who understands the differences is critical to bringing a successful lawsuit.

The confusion between the dif-ferent “wrongful termination” sce-narios stems from the fact that they all have the same starting point: an employee has just lost his or her job. From there, however, a case can go in any number of directions.

A classic “wrongful termination” case is simply a breach of con-tract claim. Union employees, for example, have a collective bargain-ing agreement (CBA), which is a contract that governs the relation-ship between an employer and union employees. If the employer fails to follow the terms of the CBA when firing a union member,

it has breached this contract. The termination is “wrongful” because of such breach.

For non-union employees, the claim is known as a breach of the implied covenant not to terminate except for good cause. Simply stated, an employee will only be fired if the employer has a good reason to do so. Unfortunately, this type of case is difficult to prove because of the “at-will” employment rule, which I wrote about in a previous article. Such a case will generally succeed only if the employee can establish that the “at-will” rule does not apply.

Terminations can also be consid-ered “wrongful” if, for example, an employee is fired or laid off on account of his or her race or other protected characteristic, such as national origin, gender, or dis-ability. But rather than calling this a wrongful termination case, the lawsuit would be one for discrimi-nation, which requires an employee to pursue administrative remedies first before going to court.

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Fr. Shay Cullen, PREDA | OLONGAPO, 6/17/2011 -- There is perhaps nothing as painful as the smirking face of an accused mass murderer, killer and ethnic cleanser, Ratko Mladic, Bosnian Serb com-mander, almost laughing at the world that has finally brought him to judgment at the Inter-national Criminal Court in The Hague, The Netherlands. Munira Subasic was weeping outside the court as she saw the face of the alleged killer of her son, one of almost 7000 men and boys that were rounded up by him, General Ratko Mladic in 1995 and massacred at Srebrenica. It was a horrific act of genocide and one of many alleged crimes against humanity he is said to have ordered and even partici-pated in. While the evidence is overwhelming, he showed no compunction, remorse, sadness, no realization of his alleged crime but military defiance as he gave salutes to the court and the media as if he was still a power-ful general and not an accused criminal on trial for horrific acts of murder.

“He lied to me and took my son to his death” Munira Suba-sic told reporters, “I come here today to see the butcher again and to see if his eyes are bloody, because they were bloody in 1995,” she said. It is a great encouragement for all who hunger and thirst for justice that the International Criminal Court has the support and the power to bring some of these accused mass murderers to trial. There are many more who pulled the triggers and may never be brought to justice but at least a few of the masterminds have. At the time, 1995, and even now, it is hard to believe that such

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From: alexander lacson To: Jr. Publisher & Editor San Diego Asian Journal Simeon (Sim)

Silverio Sent: Fri, Jun 10, 2011 3:50 amSubject: My Speech

Dear Sim, Hope this email reaches you good health and excellent spirit. My family and I are back in Manila now, since last week actually,

after 32 days for me since April 28. The whole trip was rejuvenating, but also pleasantly tiring for me.

Thank you so much for that wonderful article you wrote about me

in the front page of Asian Journal. My wife loves that article! I feel much humbled but honored by it. I hope that it would goad me to do even more to deserve it.

Tony Olaes invited me to pass by San Diego but, due to time con-

straints, I was not able to go. But I hope to visit it next time I go to the US. I hope to have coffee with you then and exhange ideas and dreams again.

My best wishes to you and your family. always,Alex Lacson

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It took me awhile to write this piece about Manny Pacquiao.

I waited for the euphoria of his May 7 victory to settle down so focus can be given instead to his startling an-nouncement on his May 4 press conference about fi ght-ing poverty because, true to what he said, this could be the better part of his career and the biggest challenge of his life, and he needs help, much more than what the best coach like Fred Roach can do for him in the ring. He needs to surround himself with life coaches who have pas-sion for the game of ending our people’s suffering though sus-tainable ground up development and authentic nation-building initiatives.

This is a harder fi ght but one that every Filipino must strive to win, not just Manny. We need to take on this fi ght with all seriousness so that the words of the most popular Fili-pino in the world will not be empty nor allow him to fall fl at on his face. His failure in this arena will be ours as well though it is still the unfortunate poor and the hapless weak who will bear the consequences, as usual, when the rich and the powerful break their promises to better their lives.

I am deeply grateful though to Manny for the courage to take it on, for the wisdom to wear yellow gloves in his latest fi ght as a symbol of hope and solidar-ity and for the humility to join the countless ordinary heroes of Gawad Kalinga who are making extraordinary sacrifi ces every

The Bigger And Brighter StarBy Tony Meloto

Founder, Gawad Kalinga

day to make it happen.

I hope those who heard him will take seriously what he said.

“The biggest fi ght of my life is how to end poverty in my coun-try. This Saturday I am wearing yellow gloves as a symbol of unity and hope to end poverty. I am joining Gawad Kalinga to help build homes and provide livelihood for the poor.”

Some friends asked when they head this on prime time news “is that for real?” My standard reply was “ I believe it is.”

Yes, I took the message very seriously. To me, it is about the greatness of the Filipino spirit that is waiting to break forth. I saw it as a sincere desire to serve his country, after I fi rst heard the video clip he sent to us at the GK Hope Ball in Las Vegas last April 30 addressed to patriots and nation-builders in North America.

“Gusto ko ring maging bayani para sa mahirap katulad ninyo sa Gawad Kalinga.”

That message, matched by the presence of Vice President Jejo-mar Binay and Camsur Gover-nor LRay Villafuerte, moved an overfl ow crowd of successful Filipino Americans at Monte Carlo ballroom that raised $350,000 to help 150 home-less families in Bagong Silang, Caloocan City. Manny has the power to inspire greatness in oth-ers, when used for trustworthy and transcendent causes.

To be champion of compassion for the homeless and the hungry will raise him to a higher level of greatness in our country and in the eyes of the world where two thirds of the population suffer from poverty, with dire conse-quences on the environment, health and peace and many are looking for effective solutions.

Even his opponent Mosley ap-plauded his noble intention and showed admiration, when the norm is to engage in trash talk to provoke anger as adversar-ies. USA Today devoted one full page to Manny’s noble gesture of kindness; Paris Hilton ran to his side because this makes him the bigger and brighter star (aside from the fact that he probably earns more than her now at $30 million per fi ght). Putting his heart into poverty busting will make him greater than Muham-mad Ali, who showed great cour-age in the ring and in fi ghting Parkinson’s disease. This is not a fi ght that can be faked or one for the faint-hearted. I have no doubt in Manny’s courage in the ring. Nation-building however, is another thing, demanding blood, sweat and tears without fi nancial or political reward.(Continued on page 6)


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by Zena Sultana Babao

I love journeys!

Journeys are almost always exciting, mostly satisfying, yet at times, terrifying. Like the jour-ney I’m about to tell you. What I love best about journeys are the twists and turns that confront you as you go along.

Where did I journey to? Not an actual place in the map! My destination was not reachable by car, boat or plane. It was a journey of discovery – a search for the fulfi llment of a dream.

As far as I can remember, I have always feared public speaking. I feared it more than death. Truly, I’d rather die than deliver a speech. So my dream was to get rid of that fear that haunted me. The question was … “How?”

Then Zig Ziglar came into my life. Ziglar is one of the world’s top mo-tivational speak-ers. He is also the author of bestsell-ing books such as See You at the Top, Over the Top and Ziglar on Selling. I attended one of his seminars and I was impressed. Ziglar is a speaker par excellence!

After the seminar, I joined the throng of people who wanted to talk to him. I shared with him my fear and my dream. He said to me, “Young lady” (I guessed I looked young then), “Join Toastmasters International!” I have heard of toasters, but not Toastmasters,

A Journey of Discovery

and I said so. Mr. Ziglar ex-plained to me that Toastmasters is an international organization that trains people to become speakers and leaders.

He looked at me and smiled, and said the words that opened the door: “I guarantee that you will overcome your fear.” With such a guarantee, I have to become a Toastmaster. There’s an old Indian adage that says: “When the student is ready,

the teacher appears.” The week after I met Zig

Ziglar, I read about a Fil-Am Toastmasters meeting here in Asian Journal. Fil-Am Toastmasters is one of the 130 Toastmaster clubs in San Diego County, and one of the 12,500

clubs in 106 countries. TI has a membership of over 250,000 people worldwide.

At the meeting, guests were asked to introduce them-selves. When my turn came, I stood up and I froze! You know, like a deer … I tried to remem-ber my name, but I couldn’t. Talk about fi rst impressions! It was so embarrassing!

Nobody laughed at me though. Everyone was warm, friendly and very supportive. Some of them have prob-ably gone through what I went through that evening. Instead, they welcomed me with open arms. So I signed up as a new member, and my journey of dis-covery begun.

After I became a little bit familiar with speaking short sen-tences in front of an audience, I was scheduled to deliver the 3-5 minutes “Ice Breaker” – the fi rst speech in the Beginner’s Manual. This speech is designed to break the ice between the new member and the long-standing members. The new member does that by giving a speech about his/her background, interests, fears, dreams and goals.

Let me tell you about my Ice-breaker. It was hilarious! As I approached the lectern, I

was burning ... but not with enthusiasm and excitement! You guessed it, I was burn-ing with fear. Sweat was dripping down my face. As I faced the audi-ence, my knees were shaking, my heart was pounding, and my throat was dry.

Fear was clutching at every fi ber of my being. I tried hiding under the lectern, but the Toastmaster emcee pulled me up. “I can’t do this!” I said. And he said, “Yes you can! Breathe, relax, you can do it!” I said, “That’s easy for you say … I’d rather die!”

After more agonizing moments, I broke the ice. It was a baptism by fi re!

After that, my journey was no longer that terrifying!

I learned, little by little, some aspects of public speak-ing – like answering impromptu questions (much like interview-ers’ questions in a job search), speaking off-the-cuff, speaking with a prepared text, and even delivering jokes. God knows I’m no Leno, Letterman or O’Brian, but I was open to new experiences. No pain, no gain!

Not only did I get trained in speaking before an audience, I learned some leadership skills. Every six months we had an election for Club offi cers, and through the years I held the of-fi ce of Secretary, Treasurer, Vice-President of Public Relations, Vice-President of Membership, Vice-President of Education, and President. From being a Club offi cer, I became an offi cer in the Area level. I was appointed as an Area Governor three times in three different areas. I even became the District PRO.

In the Toastmasters organiza-tional chart, the Club is the fi rst level, followed by Area, Divi-sion, and District. Higher than the District is the Regional level, with the International level as the highest. So much to learn, but I was excited to learn more!

At this point in my journey, I was a member and offi cer of three more clubs: the Sweetwater Valley Toastmasters Club in Bo-nita, the ABC (Advanced Boot Camp) Toastmasters Club in La Mesa, and the Excelsior Toast-masters Club in Old Town.

Later on I competed in Speech Contests. There are several contest categories: In-ternational Speech, Humorous Speech, Tall Tales, Table Topics and Evaluations. At fi rst it was terrifying for me, but as time passed, I loved the challenge. I won some and lost some, and in the process accumulated tro-phies, plaques and awards that now adorn my home’s “I Love Me” wall.

My mental horizon also expanded by learning listening skills, critical thinking, time management, planning and implementation, organizing and delegating, facilitation, motivat-ing people, and team building. I am in no way an expert in any of these – I am still a student and I will always be!

Buddha said that a journey of a thousand miles begins with the fi rst step. In order to travel, we must embark. We must commit to movement and action to effect change. Change has to occur to improve. I am so thankful that Toastmasters International is an expert teacher and guide in this journey and process of change.

Along this journey and pro-cess of change is probing deep into the heart of our dreams and goals. It is in probing deep that we fi nd answers – and discover new horizons and new ways of seeing the world.

The poet William Blake wrote: “To see a world in a grain of sand, And a heaven in a wild fl ower, Hold Infi nity in the palm of your hand, and Eternity in an hour.” Whatever goal we pursue wholeheartedly brings us to-wards the realization of that goal.

IN JANUARY 15, 2007 I WAS AWARDED THE TITLE OF DTM OR DISTINGUISHED TOASTMASTER, the highest educational rank that a Toast-master member can attain. At the District Conference that year, I was presented with the Plaque of Recognition, the DTM ribbon, and the DTM badge.

Engraved in the plaque, and signed by TI Executive Direc-tor Donna H. Groh, were these words: “Distinguished Toast-master recognition is given to ZENA SULTANA BABAO by Toastmasters International for outstanding accomplishments and leadership excellence in the pursuit of the mission of Toast-masters International.”

As with any journey, there are rivers to cross and mountains to climb. It is so rewarding and satisfying to fi nally discover that my long-held dream is now a reality.

Public speaking is no longer my No. 1 fear!

Los Angeles, 24 May 2011 – The Philippine Consulate General in Los Angeles wishes to remind all Filipinos, Filipi-no-Americans and the general public who would need con-sular services from the Consul-ate to transact business directly with its offi cers and Consular staff within the premises of the Rizal/Community Hall of the Consulate General.

The Consulate also wishes to

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since he was thousands of miles away in the United States. He had no money and could hardly make phone calls to Margie, who had limited access to a phone inside the jail. He was helpless, real-izing there was nothing more he could do but let things run their course. He hoped people around Margie would pity her and help. That the offenders would take heart and realize the injus-tice they were doing to a poor person. That their eyes would be opened and the fear of God and Divine retribution would be instilled in their hearts; thus, they would cease their injustice towards the poor and helpless unwed mother of two young children. Danny was even told by a friend that his being a U.S. immigrant might have aggra-vated Margie’s pitiful situation. The culprits might have thought he could bribe them to settle the case. All Danny could do was to send what little money he could get hold of to Margie’s sister to buy milk for his child.

Danny thought all along the poor would be spared from being victimized by the police or the military. They were poor enough with nothing else to give; however, it did not matter to the tormentors. He thought only the rich would be the milking cow of the corrupt police and military people. He knew of a rich businessman from Cavite, a cousin of his sister-in-law, who had been kidnapped and released after a ransom was paid. Every-body suspected that military men were involved, for kidnapping

had become one effective way for generating revenue. They had the means to commit those crimes. They had the firearms and the training, which ironically the government provided so they could help the public. And yet they were the ones victimizing the public. Who would prosecute them? After all, their colleagues in the military were the ones as-signed to investigate the crimes. The colleagues were the offend-ers’ partners-in-crime too; they could easily turn a blind eye to protect their kind and share the bounty. The victims’ relatives were afraid to report the matter to the authorities lest their loved ones, the victims, were killed. It was like reporting the offense to the perpetrators of the crimes themselves. In the Philippines, this was called ”bantay salakay (guarding and attacking).” As was the case of his sister-in-laws’ cousin, people mostly ignored the crime, for the victim was very rich. But for a poor girl like Margie? The tormentors must have to be evil enough to com-mit such an injustice. And why would the convicted policeman who had raped Margie still nurse such a deep hatred towards her? Didn’t he realize Margie was the mother of his child, that what-ever misfortune Margie suffered would also be shared by his own daughter, that Margie loved and took care of the baby despite its being the result of a rape? Did he not understand he was hurting his own blood if Margie were jailed? It goes to show how misguided, if not evil, a person

could be!Danny was forced to let the

injustice run its slow, grind-ing course. Weeks passed and Margie continued to suffer the discomfort of being incarcer-ated. Even the volunteer lawyer attending to her defense had to incur expenses, and Danny had to send whatever money he could afford. The fact Margie was innocent and on the right side of the law was irrelevant. The wheels of justice ran so slow in the Philippines that most of the time, the accused, even those innocent, were forced to settle as the experience would take a toll on their time, money and health. After two months, the offer for settlement came.

“The fiscal asked for 500,000 pesos, and the case will be dis-missed,” Margie told Danny.

“What about your lawyer? What did he say?”

“He said in the ideal world, he could have me acquitted as I am innocent. But in reality, he ad-vised I bribe the fiscal and settle the case.”

“Could you haggle for a lower price? Tell them we cannot af-ford it.”

But the counter-offer was turned down.

“He found out you are in the States and thought you could af-ford their demands.”

“But I am poor as a rat!” Danny cried.

“The fiscal also said he had to share the money with several people, including the judge and the police force,” Margie added.

Danny simply did not have the money to pay off the demand. He did manage to raise two thousand dollars (100,000 pesos) from friends, promising high in-terest rates, and sent it to Margie.

“Tell them that’s all I can af-ford,” Danny told his girlfriend. “They have to take it or leave it.”

After a week, the case was dis-missed: Margie was released.

Danny thought it was the end of his troubles. A week later, his son JR told him: “Dad, there is this girl from Tijuana who con-tacted me through Facebook. She wrote that I am her father!”

Danny was not surprised. He

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marking the link www.asianjournalusa.com/complicatedaffairsIf he takes good counsel he will

join the world of stars with big causes like Oprah Winfrey for Africa. He can be the bigger star for the Philippines with the chal-lenging mission of uniting Filipi-nos everywhere to fight poverty together, instead of fighting each other. When armed with concrete proof of concept, he can show other poor countries that it can be done: that solidarity of the best with the least to achieve justice and peace, to build empowered communities for productivity and prosperity can end poverty.

His greatness as a boxer is unques-tioned. There’s nothing for him to prove in the ring anymore. He can retire anytime, though the money is still good, especially if he uses it to fund his mission and to inspire his legion of admirers with deep pockets and big hearts to match his generos-ity.

If he stops at being the world’s greatest boxer, he will be in the sports history books but a fickle world will soon forget him. How-ever, if he uses his current status as the greatest reigning and the highest earning boxer to help end poverty, the world will continue to listen and hold him in the highest esteem. He can also tell his global admirers about our deepest aspiration to rise as a nation - that we have poverty and corruption in the Philippines but we are seriously doing something about it. That is why he supports the effort of our People Power President Noy Aquino to address these twin issues by wearing yellow gloves.

He now has the gravitas together with our President to make yellow the color of hope to end poverty as pink is for cancer and red is for HIV. Tita Cory made yellow the color of courage to mount a peaceful revolution in 1986; Gawad Kalinga adopted it as the color of its people power over poverty movement in 2003; PNoy won the Presidency

The Bigger And Bright-

er Star(Continued from page 3)

hands down with his yellow army. Yellow power is still our President’s greatest weapon in his current battle against corruption which is a diffi-cult and dangerous mission. Man-ny’s decision to wear yellow gloves was a wise and generous gesture of solidarity with our President.

TOGETHER, A COURAGEOUS AND COMPASSIONATE interna-tional boxing star and a bold and honest President can use yellow to win the war against poverty and corruption in our country. Both have tremendous power and popularity to be a transcendent force of unity and hope if they continue to seek the good of the nation above self-interest and beyond partisan politics. I hope they will not allow any politi-cal issue to divide them for the sake of the suffering poor.

I have great faith in their power together to inspire the poor to hope and the rich to be generous.

My trust in PNoy is steadfast because he has the guts to pursue change in a system that has institu-tionalized, rewarded and protected dishonesty, despite the risks to his life and popularity. Change will not come easy or happen overnight and critics are a dime a dozen. He is far from perfect but so am I and, more so, many hopeless cynics who see no hope in this country or in him. I do not agree with some of his deci-sions but fully support the many things he has done right or want to accomplish.

But above all, PNoy is my President who deserves my respect, loyalty and total support until he ends his term or breaks my trust. I am a senior citizen who is sick and tired of partisan politics and want to change mind-sets that protect vested interests and perpetuate injustice. If we can be less self-serving and more just ourselves, then we can work with him and whoever will succeed him after his term to achieve our goal of ending poverty in our coun-try by 2024.

This is a clear vision and an open agenda which I shared with Manny when I visited him last April 21 in his home in Los Angeles in the com-pany of rabid GK advocates and Pacquiao fans Tony Olaes and Rick Munda. The meeting was arranged by GK USA head Tony 0laes with Rob Peters(Manny’s head of secu-rity) and Atty Frank Gacal (his Chief

of Staff in congress), two people who impressed me with their loyalty to Manny as a friend and a boxing legend and their wisdom to under-stand his potential to be a bigger star by becoming a great patriot and hero, one who will build homes for the homeless and provide jobs and food for the jobless and the hungry.

Our meeting was brief as he cham-pion had to catch mass with his wife that Holy Thursday, but we stayed on with his team for another hour to discuss the value of this cause to the poor, to our country, to the world... and to Manny.

This cause will show the world the good qualities in the boxing icon that I have seen up close - his intelli-gent heart that can understand nobil-ity and greatness beyond money, his kindness that extends beyond family and his generosity that will not end with charity and dole out. He has strong intuition to understand higher value and good instinct to rise above people and issues that can destroy everything that he has built.

It was not difficult for Manny Pac-quiao to see clearly that the Gawad Kalinga path of nation-building - of caring and sharing - is his path as well.

Now, hopefully, we can begin our fight together to end poverty.

* We can start with round one in Saranggani by building sustainable communities, homes, schools, farms, hospitals and health care to create a platform for good citizenship and productivity in his home province. Then also help other poor provinces in the country in round 2.

* He can champion the Volun-teerism for Nation-building House Bill 4374 with its main proponent, Speaker Sonny Belmonte.

* Use his star power to inspire Filipinos everywhere to hope for our country and to care for our people.

The list of great things we can do together to end poverty at home and make our country great is endless.

One thing is very clear to me, and hopefully, to Manny as well who was an askal like me. It is not enough that we are out of poverty ourselves; we have to help an entire nation rise with us. We must leave no one behind.

It is in bringing our people out of darkness that will make every Fili-pino a bigger and brighter star.

That is true greatness.

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June 14, 2011 – San Diego, CA– San Diego County Supervisor Greg Cox and Vice Chairman Ron Roberts joined Financial Market-ing Concepts Inc. on June 14 in a press conference to formally launch a new prescription drug discount program. The press conference was held at 12:30 in Ralph’s 1030 University Avenue, San Diego, California. The pro-gram was approved unanimously by the Board of Supervisors on May 10. The June 14 event celebrated the roll-out of the cards to pharmacies, health care centers and other public places throughout the county.

The new Coast2Coast Rx card will allow all county residents, re-gardless of income, age, or health status to participate in the program and save on the cost of their medi-cations. Last year this program saved cardholders throughout the nation an average of 45 percent on the cost of prescription drugs.

The Rx card will be distributed free of charge and may be used at all pharmacy chains and most independent pharmacies in San Diego County and includes over 60,000 drugs in its formulary.

“With healthcare costs on the rise, prescription drug discounts will help ease some of the fi -nancial burdens individuals and families are facing,” said Supervi-sor Greg Cox of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors.

Supervisor Ron Roberts agreed, noting that “Because there are no eligibility requirements, the Rx card will be especially benefi cial to uninsured residents or those facing high insurance deductibles. If a particular drug isn’t covered

San Diego County to Launch New Prescription

Drug Savings Programunder a person’s health plan – they can use the card to save on those prescriptions.”

Providing savings for residents through the Rx program will come at no expense to the county. In

fact, FMC will pay the County of San Diego a royalty of $1.25 per prescription and the royalty does not increase cardholder cost. Be-side the discount on prescriptions, the card also provides savings of up to 60 percent on dental, vision and hearing and discounts of 50 percent to 80 percent for lab and imaging tests.

Cardholders also can save mon-ey on medications for their pets.

Martin Dettelbach of Financial Marketing Concepts, Inc., of Pon-

te Vedra Beach, Florida, the issuer of the Coast2Coast Rx free dis-count card, said “We are pleased to work with San Diego County to help individuals, their families and pets combat the rising cost of healthcare. We appreciate all that the County and local pharmacies are doing to help those in need.”

The Coast2Coast Rx card will be available for residents at partici-pating pharmacies, governmental offi ces, libraries and County health clinics. Residents also will be able to print the Rx card, check their prescription prices and view

the nearest participating locations at www.coast2coastrx.com/sd.

The Coast2Coast Rx card will provide residents with a valuable tool to help maintain their health and wellbeing at an affordable cost. San Diego is the 15th county in California to have the program. California residents already are saving more than $1 million a month with the program.

The Coast2Coast Rx Card Application webpage at www.coast-2coastrx.com/sd

OTAY MESA, Calif. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection offi cers and import specialists at the Otay Mesa port of entry seized more than 100,000 base-ball caps and remote-controlled toy cars for intellectual property rights violations.

In mid-April, CBP offi cers pro-cessing trucks exporting goods out of the United States pulled aside a shipment of baseball caps, offl oaded the cargo and presented a sample to a CBP im-port specialist for examination.

The import specialist deter-mined that the many of the baseball caps violated several different trademarks for luxury clothing labels, cartoon charac-ters, and sports teams, including the San Diego Padres. Some of the counterfeit caps sported U.S. military or law enforcement in-signias. The baseball caps were of generally poor quality and lacked any licensing information, despite using the same logos as legitimate baseball caps.

The baseball caps had an esti-mated domestic value of more than $200,000 the value of the baseball caps to the company, and an estimated manufacturer’s suggested retail price of more than $1 million, the approximate price of what the baseball caps would sell for to consumers in the United States if they were the real thing.

In late April, CBP offi cers processing trucks exporting goods out of the United States pulled aside a shipment of toys.

CBP Seizes More Than 100,000

Baseball Caps and Toys for Intel-

lectual Property Rights Violations

Offi cers offl oaded the cargo, and found more than 100 boxes of toys that appeared to possibly violate the “Jeep” trademark. CBP offi cers presented a sample of the remote-controlled toy cars to a CBP import specialist for examination.

The import specialist deter-mined that the remote-controlled cars violated the Jeep trademark. The toys were of generally poor quality and lacked any licensing information, despite using the Jeep logo.

The toys had an estimated domestic value of about $11,000, the value of the toys to the company, and an estimated manufacturer’s suggested retail price of more than $100,000, the approximate price of what the toys would sell for to consumers in the United States if they were legal products.

An important part of the CBP mission remains the facilitation of legitimate trade. In addition to its own regulations, CBP enforces more than 400 laws on behalf of more than 40 other U.S. government agencies. A large number of these import

restrictions and requirements are designed to protect the American people from dangerous and il-legal goods, and protect the U.S. economy, which is based on the premises of fair trade.

CBP has designated intellectual property rights enforcement as a priority trade issue. The strategic approach to intellectual property rights enforcement is multi-layered and includes seizing fake goods at our borders, pushing the border outward through audits of infringing importers and coop-eration with our international trading partners, and partnering with industry and other govern-ment agencies to enhance these efforts.

For more information about CBP enforcement efforts target-ing intellectual property rights, please see: http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/priority_trade/ipr/

A remote-controlled toy car seized by the CBP.

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Normally, I’m not too fond of vacations. It’s not that I don’t like the idea of them - it’s just that they so rarely, if ever, live up to ex-pectations. So many destinations can be overly-crowded, overly-expensive, and overly-tired. Plus, whenever you try to tell someone what you did, they invariably did something much better.

The last time I went to Key West, my sister went to the French

Riviera. The first time I went to Catalina, a friend went to Tahiti. You get the idea.

Vacations are supposed to be memorable. Mine always are, but usually for the wrong reasons. That Key West trip mentioned above, a trip that we anticipated, planned for, saved for, was taken three days after Hurricane Hugo hit South Florida. There is nothing quite like driving on roads that

are using National Guard troops instead of traffic lights.

The areas of South Miami to below the northern Keys looked like a war zone. Trees were ripped out of the ground by their roots, utility poles were toppled, signs had been flung for blocks. Roofs had been blown off homes and buildings. Indeed, entire structures had been flattened. One particular shopping mall had stores where outside walls had been stripped and you could look inside and still see clothes hanging from racks. It was bizarre.

A large number of tents had been erected by the Red Cross, Florida National Guard and others to speed food, medical aid and government assistance to individu-als and businesses.

Fast food restaurants were some of the first businesses to reopen. McDonald’s, Burger King, Pizza Hut and others began serving food as soon as their floors and parking lots had been cleared. Some of the restaurants remained open twenty-four hours a day with the help of generators so that rescue workers and displaced residents would have a place to go. Yes, people really do help each other when the odds are against them.

Here we go again

Ever the optimist and not one to learn real easily from my mistakes, I’m going to try it again. Another vacation.

I’ve checked the international, national, and state weather reports. No hurricanes or other horrific storms in sight.

So we’ve rented a motor home, purchased supplies, toys, games, and iP-ods, iPads, and lap-tops. We’re good to go. Sure. This used to be so simple...

Well, not exactly good to go just yet. First I have to visit Vons, Costco, and Trader Joe’s to stock up on food and vari-ous drinks. Don’t think that we’re go-ing to actually cook

in the motor home - why bother going if you’re doing the same kind of work and eating the same food? Reminds me of travelers who go to a foreign country and then eat at only familiar US res-taurants. Why bother? No, we’re eating local but bringing stuff for snacks, small meals, and to help quiet teen-angst.

The things that we do need, the things that travel with me are:

1. Diet Pepsi (very cold)2. Cookies (assorted varieties)3. M&M’s (plain and peanut)4. Potato chips5. Fruit (I don’t actually eat the

stuff, but if I ever did, I would want it in a car in the middle of nowhere)

6. Sangria7. Cocktail mixes8. And whatever else strikes me

as I wander up and down the aislesThere are various other things

I take with me such as books and clothes, laptops, tablets, phones, iWhatevers and more. This time I’ll also have a TV, ice-maker, BBQ, and a generator to power it all when the motor home isn’t running. Now that’s civilization. And yes, I suppose some people consider the way I’m traveling this time sacrilegious, anti-earth, and banal. They might be right. But how would I know without trying?

So, what the heck, I’ll try a vaca-tion again, and I’ll try it this way. One more year, one more vacation. Wish me luck. I’m gonna need it if I lose the charger when the iPods out of power.

VacationsIt’s that time of year again, but this time its gonna be different

22’ Vista Gulfstream: roughing it my way

Some of you may have heard about the DASH Diet for hypertension

(medical term for high blood pressure) but really don’t know what it is. One of the recom-mended steps to prevent high blood pressure (HBP) is to follow a healthy eating plan. During the previous issue, I outlined one of the healthy diet plans recommended by the Dietary Guidelines, i.e., the USDA Food Plan. This article focuses on the second healthy diet plan or DASH that can reduce blood pressure by eating the recommended foods. Other plans include the Medi-terranean and the vegetarian diet that will be discussed at a later time.

HBP or hypertension has dropped between 1960 to 1991. However, due to increasing obesity, HBP is once again on the rise. An estimated 29% of American adults or more than 58 M have HBP, up from 25% in the early 1990s. More than one out of four adults – and one of 2 people over age 60 have HBP.

Among Asians, Filipinos

have the highest rates of hyper-tension. Thirty percent of them don’t know they have it, 25% are on medication but their BP is still above safe levels, and 10% are doing nothing to lower it. KCS’s volunteer nurses, Leony Pamintu-an and Doreen Felicitas have been going to senior citizen places (Tooma Park, Granger Apart-ments, Summercrest) conduct-ing blood pressure screenings at least once a month. Their records showed that at least 85-95% of those screened have HBP. They are counseled and referred to their physicians for follow-up. This figure is very alarming and KCS plans to do something about this such as educating the public about the DASH diet, and conducting workshops to prevent HBP.

HBP is dangerous because it makes the heart work too hard and contributes to atherosclero-sis (hardening of the arteries). It

increases the risk of heart disease and stroke which are the second and third causes of death among Asians including FilAms. It can also result in congestive heart failure, kidney disease and blind-ness.

The good message is that HBP can “almost always” be prevented if you follow these important steps such as:

Maintain a healthy weight.• Be physically active• Follow a healthy eating • plan, such as DASHEat foods with less sodium • or salt

Drink • alcohol in modera-tionTake • prescribed drugs as directed

DASH EATING PLAN

What you eat affects your chances of getting HBP. A healthy eating plan can both reduce your risk of developing HBP and lower a BP that is already too high. The DASH eating plan have been tested in clinical trials and found to lower BP, improve blood lipids (fat) and reduce heart disease risk compared to the typical Ameri-can diet. It also reduced sodium, prevents teen obesity, and lowered death rates.

You can reduce your BP by eat-ing foods that are low in saturated fat, total fat, and cholesterol, and high in fruits, vegetables, and low

fat dairy foods. The DASH plan limits saturated fatty acids and cholesterol and focuses on in-creasing foods rich in potassium, calcium, and magnesium as well as protein and fiber. It is rich in fruits, vegetables, fat-free or low-fat milk and milk products, whole grains, poultry, fish, seeds and nuts. It has less sodium, sweets, added sugars, and sugar contain-ing beverages, fats, and red meats than the typical American diet.

Several tips to follow in the DASH:

It has more daily servings of fruits, vegetables, and grains that you are normally eating. These foods are high in fiber and may cause temporary bloating or diar-rhea. To get used to this eating plan, gradually increase your servings of fruits/vegetables and grains.

If you are trying to lose weight, choose foods that are lower in calories.

Use low fat or fat free • products such as fat free salad dressings. Eat smaller portions- cut • back gradually. Read food labels to • compare fat content of pro-cessed foods. Limit foods with lots of • sugars such as pies, candy bars, ice cream. Eat fruits canned in their • own juice. Snack on fruits, veggie • sticks, bread sticks, unbut-tered/unsalted popcorn Drink water or club • soda

Keep a diary of your current eat-ing plan noting what you eat, how much, when and why.

This will give ideas on where you can start changes.

Below is a sample eating plan for a 2,000 calorie diet (for fe-male, age 31-50 yrs, moderately active). To know what is your caloric level and have a person-alized plan, go to www.choos-

emyplate.gov and click on the right, “Get a personalized plan”. You record your age, weight, height, and physical activity level. From the food group recommen-dation, distribute it throughout the day such as breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks and you will have an eating plan similar to the one below.

CONCLUSION: Making changes in one’s diet takes time

DIETARY APPROACHES TO STOP HYPERTENSION (DASH)

7th of a Series on the Dietary Guidelines

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A fraudulent or sham marriage is one in which one or both of the parties enter into the mar-riage primary for the purpose of obtaining legal resident status of the foreign spouse. While one of the motivations for getting married can be a desire for an immigration benefit, it cannot be the sole or primary reason. As long as the parties intended, at the time of the marriage, to establish a life together, the mar-riage shouldn’t be considered fraudulent or sham. What are the criminal consequences of sham or fraudulent marriage? Under the United States Code any individual who knowingly enters into a marriage for the purpose of evading any provision of the immigration laws shall be imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or fined not more than $250,000, or both. It is also a crime to give a false statement under oath in any document required by the immigration laws or regulations. False representa-tion may also constitute perjury and may be enough for a convic-tion of making false statements to government officers. What are the civil consequences of sham or fraudulent marriage? If the U.S. Citizenship and Im-migration Services (USCIS) determines that the marriage was entered into to evade immigra-tion laws, our immigration laws bar the approval of any subse-quent petitions filed on the immi-grant’s behalf. That includes visa petitions by employers, future spouses, and other relatives. There is no waiver available if there is a finding of marriage fraud.

There is no magic formula to determine what and how much evidence is necessary to prove a bona fide or true marriage. Some adjudicators are not much interested in documentation and instead rely on questioning ---usually about how the couple met and how the relationship developed – to reach a judgment

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How To Avoid Such A Findingabout the marriage. Unconven-tional or nontraditional marriage will typically raise the suspicion of the adjudication officer. The USCIS Adjudicator’s Field Manual lists ten red flags that the officer should look for, to wit: large disparity of age, inability of petitioner and beneficiary to speak each other’s language, vast difference in cultural and eth-nic backgrounds, family and/or friends unaware of the marriage, marriage arranged by a third party, marriage contracted im-mediately following the benefi-ciary’s apprehension or receipt of notification to depart the United States, discrepancies in answers to questions of which a husband and wife should have common knowledge, no cohabitation since marriage, beneficiary is a friend of the family, and petitioner has filed previous petitions on behalf of aliens especially prior foreign spouses.

In the case of that Filipino guy the red flags were, to name a few: 1) discrepancies in an-swers to basic questions such as: whether he wears pajama or boxer short at night, what is his favorite breakfast, and what time do they go to bed; 2) they married after a few weeks from meeting each other face to face; 3) and USC spouse was unem-ployed. I felt sorry for the guy because I couldn’t offer him a solution to his problem.

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”The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” ---- Eleanor Roosevelt

Last night, I again dreamt about the sweetness of the rose, but I was totally oblivious that a rose is full of thorns! I still dream almost every night, even at my age as a “senior” citizen grandpa. Many of these dreams are unfathomable, weird dreams, some appeared almost real, while others are just plain fantasies of an unconscious fertile mind. Some nights I dream flying in strange places with hard to describe creatures or animals around me. Some nights I dream being lost in the wilderness or in massive sea of people. Some-times I dream addressing a huge universe of students. Often, I am very happy or ecstatic in some dreams. On rare occasions, however, I also find myself fighting in my dreams. Some-times, I even talk in my dreams too. (so far after 30 years of marriage those vivid dreams were never self-incriminating which makes my wife happy and me luckier!) Sometimes, I wished that I would not wake up as some dreams are to “die for” as they are quite sweet and full of joy. Those kinds of dreams could be the perfect fulfillment of some suppressed desires!

The capacity to dream is one of the greatest gifts that our Almighty Creator has endowed upon us, human beings. I pray that this unique gift will be with me until I breathe my last breath of life.

Dreams take so many forms and images. They are the center-piece and the heart of immortal speeches like “I Have a Dream” of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. he delivered in 1963 at the height of the Civil Rights Movement, 5 years before his assassination in 1968. Dreams are also the essence of many magical songs like “The Impossible Dream” from the musical “Man of La Mancha” written by Joe Darion sang by many famous enter-tainers like Andy Williams and Frank Sinatra, or the “Dream Dream Dream” sung by the Everly Brothers. Some songs like R. Kelley’s “I believe I can Fly” obviously refer to dream-ing as it is only in dreams that the writers and singers can do it with ease.

Even the Good Book con-tains many stories about bible characters dreaming that often guided their decisions. For in-

Dreams: Fertilizer for Life’s Journey

stance, the three Kings from the East, the Magi, who visited the infant Jesus in Bethlehem, decid-ed not to go back to the Pharaoh despite his request for them to go back to him, so he too can pay homage to the newly born Jesus. Instead they went back home through another route because they were instructed to do so in a dream. Because of a dream, Joseph brought his family, consisting his spouse Mary and his infant son Jesus, to Egypt to avoid Herod’s persecution by killing all first born sons.

Another Joseph, the son of Jacob, through divine inspira-tion interpreted the dream of the Pharaoh of a forthcoming severe famine that will visit Egypt. With Joseph’s right interpreta-tion, it enabled the king to avert this extreme famine by storing plenty of surplus grains in their granaries. As the story goes, (Genesis chapter 37-45) the famine persisted for seven years that compelled the brothers of Joseph to go to Egypt and “beg for food” without any knowl-edge that their young brother Joseph whom they have sold to some merchants because of their jealousy has risen to prominence in the Pharaoh’s palace. The saga of Joseph, the dreamer, is an interesting story of the human condition ---- from jealousy to conflict resolution to forgiveness ------ that still afflicts us, human beings, to this day. What a story that needs to be retold to our children and their children too!

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Fast forward to the 2lst century, do people still dream? Do they still dream for a better future? For a more progres-sive, ethical and more peaceful world? Many people who stop dreaming, are actually “dead” at 40, maybe, but physi-cally buried physically in their 70’s or 90’s maybe. Sadly many people just accept what life’s cards were dealt to them and just go on with the mundane routine of life, without dream-ing and working for a better day. One can observe many lonely seniors bereft of zest for life, just socializing and major-ing in minor topics every day in their homes or some senior citizen housing somewhere. The high point of their week is their regular casino trips or weekend mad jong games for hours. Their capacity to dream has ceased the day they stopped their employ-ment. They no longer wake up excited to do something new that

stimulates their stagnant mind. As their mind stagnates, the body degenerates and soon, their main weekly activity is to visit their doctor for more prescriptions to numb themselves in their boring lives. I feel real pity for these kinds of people as there is so much to do even past 65, like volunteering in church or in schools and in many non-profit organizations like United Way, Habitat for Humanity or Gawad Kalinga rather than silently cry-ing in quiet desperation.

As I also enter into this so-called senior stage of my life, I shudder to think to be just an ordinary senior citizen who can no longer dream for another beautiful morning to re-create some new things or indulge in mentally or physically stimu-lating activities like writing this column, or planting tiny seeds, that in due time becomes a robust plant blooming with multicolored flowers that may turn into some edible fruits for humans as well as the birds (and even some “wild” animals) that occasionally visit our forest-like backyard now. Many plants like eggplants, zucchinis or tomatoes live only for one season and they dried up. In their death, how-ever, they leave their seeds that will regenerate their own species for the next season. What a beau-tiful mystery of God’s creation: one has to die to give a new life again!

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Parallel to dreaming, I had a serendipitous discovery that I truly enjoy and that was my active interaction with col-lege students at the University of California, Irvine. For about three years now, I am in regular contacts with these college stu-dents who are in their late teens or early twenties. Due to my position as the Youth Director of my Rotary Club of Newport Irvine, I was instrumental in the founding and chartering of the Rotaract Club of UCI about two years ago, after almost a year of preparation. Now, the UCI Rotaract Club has its life by its own. Dozens of the members have since graduated but many of us still communicate with each other nurturing our mean-ingful relationships that were established the last few years, courtesy of FaceBook and the internet. Some are now in many places all over the USA, like in Beverly Hills, San Francisco, Honolulu and Washington D.C, as well in China, Korea and even in Europe. Others are pursuing their graduate studies, to become doctors, lawyers or PH D’s.

Despite the socio-economic condition of the country and the world these days, many of them continue to dream for a better future for themselves and the world! Their zest for life is fu-eled by their optimism and love for life’s adventure. In a “Meet Different Professionalsl and Businesspeople” dinner that they hosted recently, where 10 adults like me were invited, several



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Through hard work and proper management of their fi nances, Ser-

gio and Sylvia were able to acquire a couple of apartment properties in Manila.

Although they were already enjoying a comfortable life there, Sergio and Sylvia migrated to the United States two years ago to join their only child. The plan was for them to stay in the United States and man-age their apart-ment prop-erties by “re-mote control”. They were not worried because Lisa, one of their ten-ants, had agreed to administer the properties in exchange for staying free in one of the units. They had no doubts that Lisa would do well because she is well educated and works as an account offi cer in a reputable bank. The couple thought that if the bank could trust Lisa, why could they not?

The fi rst year passed by with-out any problems. The rents were regularly fl owing in into their bank account. The units were properly maintained by the same carpenter who had been taking care of them for many years. No complaints were being heard from the tenants. In other words, it is as if Sergio and Sylvia were personally managing their apart-ment units.

But things became problem-atic in recent months. Lisa had a serious fi ght with her husband and decided to leave home, only to transfer to the adjacent unit. She was able to convince Sergio and Sylvia to also let her occupy the second unit free of rent. After all, she reasoned out, she was managing two apart-ment properties, so it was only fair that she gets two units free. Then, Lisa replaced the carpen-ter with her relative. From that point, the apartment units began experiencing more than the usual maintenance problems. After a few months, Lisa convinced them to replace the entire roofi ng of both apartments which cost them quite a fortune. Next, Lisa told them that the taxman visited their place and questioned their income tax payments, but told them not to worry because she knew somebody from the Bureau of Internal Revenue who could fi x their problem. They were forced to cough up six fi gures for it. Finally, the turnover of tenants became more frequent. Worse, according to Lisa, those leaving did not bother to pay their rental arrears.

When it came to a point that Sergio and Sylvia were practical-ly getting nothing from the apart-ments, they decided to come to us for advice. They suspect that Lisa had been taking advantage of their trust. They now realize that they should either go back to the Philippines to personally manage their properties, or hire someone else who they can re-ally trust. Selling the properties was not an option for them.

When we examined the documents they showed us, we learned that they did not have any system in place to ensure transparency. Lisa was in charge of everything. In fact, the tenants were depositing their rents to the accounts that Lisa opened in her bank. Sergio and Sylvia did not have access to the back

Managing Your Properties in the Philippines

accounts. They were merely relying on the reports submit-ted by Lisa, but they received confl icting accounts from Lisa and the tenants. The same was true with the repairs, which Lisa could do without Sergio and Lisa surely knowing the actual extent of the repairs or if they were re-ally being done. They had no one to dispute Lisa, certainly not the new carpenter who was Lisa’s relative.

We explained to Sergio and Sylvia

that owning proper-ties in the Phil-ippines carries with it certain respon-sibilities. They

should register their business, secure the necessary permits and licenses, and pay the correct taxes. They should also actively involve themselves in their busi-ness through adequate monitor-ing, accounting and consultation. For instance, the tenants should have lease contracts and receipts for their rental payments. Sergio and Sylvia should also have full access to the bank account and monitor the rental income. Repairs should be consulted with them before being undertaken.

Since Lisa has refused to render proper accounting and liquidation of funds, she may be criminally liable for estafa.

As an agent, Lisa was hold-ing the rental income in trust for Sergio and Sylvia. She is under obligation to remit the payments to them under the terms of their agency or at least when told to do so. Article 315 (1)(b) of the Revised Penal Code of the Philippines says that estafa is committed, among others:

“By misappropriating or converting, to the prejudice of another, money, goods, or any other personal property received by the offender in trust or on commission, or for administra-tion, or under any other obliga-tion involving the duty to make delivery of or to return the same, even though such obligation be totally or partially guaranteed by a bond; or by denying having received such money, goods, or other property.”

On top of that, Lisa may also be evicted from the premises on notice from Sergio and Sylvia that her right to stay has expired. There are two bases for the eject-ment suit. First is that Lisa stays free in the two units by sheer tolerance or permission of Sergio and Sylvia. Once that permission is withdrawn, the right to stay ceases. Second is that, even if we assume that Lisa is paying rent, her oral lease contract expires at the end of the month, so all Sergio and Lisa needs to do is to notify Lisa that her lease will expire at month’s end.

This case should serve as a lesson to both sides. Sergio and Sylvia now realize that they should have involved them-selves more actively and adopted stricter monitoring measures in their business. For her part, Lisa will be blaming herself for abus-ing their trust. Not only does she stand to lose the benefi t of free rent; worse, she faces the possi-bility of spending time in jail.

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Atty. Rogelio Karagdag , Jr. is licensed to practice law in both California and the Philippines. He practices immigration law in San Diego and has continu-ously been a trial and appellate attorney in the Philippines since 1989. He travels between San Diego and Manila. His offi ce ad-dress is located at 10717 Camino Ruiz, Suite 131, San Diego, CA 92126. He also has an offi ce in the Philippines at 1240 Apacible Street, Paco, Manila, Philippines 1007, with telephone numbers (632)522-1199 and (632)526-0326. Please call (858)348-7475/(858)536-4292 or email him at [email protected]. He speaks Tagalog fl uently. Articles written in this column are not legal advice but are hy-potheticals intended as general, non-specifi c legal information. Readers must seek legal consul-tation before taking any legal steps.

brutal atrocities could and did happen in our modern times. But they do, in Rwanda, in Darfur, in Maguindanao, Philippines last November 2009, and today in Syria and Libya. There, innocent, non-violent protestors are being shot by the dozens every day on the streets. They are demanding the end to the Assad family dic-tatorship. That family has ruled Syria for more than thirty years, they are a minority group, the Alwite, the majority of the Syr-ian people and the rank and fi le of the army are Sunnis Muslims. One day, may the whole family stand trial at the Hague for their crimes against humanity.

In the Philippines, the Ampat-uan family clan, led by patriarch Andal Ampatuan and his eldest son former governor Zaldy Ampatuan and eight members are among the 197 accused. They ruled the province of Maguin-danao as an independent state with the blessing and support of the former discredited Ar-royo administration. They are charged with the multiple murder of 57 people, among them many journalists and members of a rival clan. Their assets have been ordered frozen and when the trial proper begins it will be shown live on television to the nation. The transparency will be wel-come.

These are signs of hope and will give encouragement to all especially the families of the victims, the human rights work-ers and all who have suffered injustice. But they are all too few and still there are killings and assassinations that are never solved and few suspects are brought to trial. But a little jus-tice is better than none at all. We must continue to work for justice especially for the abused and murdered children like the raped and murdered child, 7 year-old Mikey Prado that I wrote about previously. Justice Secretary Leila de Lima has ordered the crime reinvestigated by the na-tional police.

There are the many young people murdered by death squads believed to be secret police. Recently, three street boys were found bound, gagged, tortured and mutilated by a suspected maverick police squad in Zam-boanga City. We appeal for read-ers to send email, write letters to the newspapers and support the Justice Secretary De Lima in her quest for justice for victims of human rights abuses.

For Christians, seeking justice is at the heart of the mission of Jesus who called blessed all who hunger and thirst for justice. He gave himself as a living sacri-fi ce to save the world from such evils. It is His spirit that lives on in the quest for justice by all who seek it. (Preda @ info.com.ph)

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“Mga Gintong Ala-Ala Kahapon, Ngayon” (Golden Memories: Yes-terday, Today), is the title of Lirio Vital’s album - a very fitting title for my ar-ticle, as it aptly describes fond memories of Lirio’s life - past and present.

Lirio Vital (Lirio Sebastian

Lalata in real life) was born on February 8 in Manila but spent her growing years in Makati. Her screen name Vital came from the last name of her pater-nal grandmother. Her father, Victor Lalata had his roots from Pangasinan, while her mother, Feliciana Sebastian from Virac,

Lirio Vital: Mga Gintong Ala-Ala Kahapon, Ngayon

Catanduanes lived most of her life in Manila.

Lirio finished high school at the Pio Del Pilar High School in Makati. She took a 2-year course in Communication Arts at the Philippine Women’s Univer-sity. She was later on inspired to further her studies at the Univer-sity of the Philippines Conserva-tory of Music, upon the advise of her mentor, Armida Siguion-Reyna.

Her Showbiz Career

Lirio knew even when she was just a young child, that she was destined to be a singer. In my interview with her, she confided, “Maliit pa lang ako mahilig na

akong kumanta,” Lirio said. “I remember when I was a little girl, para akong radio. Pag sinabi ng mga kapatid ko at ng mga auntie ko, kanta ka Lir, para naman akong radio, kanta ako ng kanta.”

When she was about 11 years old, Lirio started to join singing contests. She remembers win-ning second place in “Tawag ng Tanghalan,” a TV show hosted by Patsy and Lopito. Lirio hardly remembers the details of her early career in showbiz but one thing that stands out in her memory are those days when her dad used to take her to the National Press Club. Her dad

used to work at the National Media Production Center, about the same time when Doroy Valencia’s popularity was also at its peak. Valencia was a well known journalist who was the president of the National Press Club at that time. Lirio used to take the bus to go to her dad’s office and together they would go to the National Press Club on Friday nights. She was often asked to sing during those nights and she never hesitated, even if it meant singing in her school uniform.

Eventually, her talent was dis-covered during one of the sing-ing contests she joined. ABS-

CBN recog-nized the young and fresh voice of Lirio and invited her to join the TV’s tal-ent pool. It was during this time when

movie idols Nora Aunor and Vilma Santos domi-nated the silver screen, the TV and radio. It was an appropriate time for ABS-CBN to introduce a new breed of young stars who can follow the footsteps of Nora and Vilma. Lirio found herself as one of the upcoming talents of ABS-CBN, together with other fresh talents, Rhodora Silva, Eva Vivar, Darius Razon, Walter Navarro and Geraldine. She became a regular favorite as a child star among TV shows like “Oras ng Ligaya” star-ring Sylvia la Torre, Oscar Obligacion and Chichay. She appeared in big shows like Wow Generation, Stop, Look, and Listen, a sitcom with Panchito and Jimmy Morato. It was in the show “Oras ng Ligaya” that Ar-mida Siguion-Reyna noticed her talent.

LIRIO REMEMBERS HER FIRST ENCOUN-TER with Armida’s mother, Purita Ponce Enrile. At the taping of Aawitan Kita, the young Lirio would often play around the studio and typical of kids her age, was really “malikot”. “Takbo ako ng Takbo. Sa kalikutan ko, nabangga ko si Mama Purita Ponce-Enrile (the brain behind Aawitan Kita). Nag-apologize naman ako and she told me, “Hey, pag matigas, tao yun!” After that incident Lirio was invited to guest in Aawitan Kita. “Aawitan Kita” was a popular evening television show of Philippine music, hosted by Armida Siguion-Reyna, the “Reyna ng Kundiman”. The show was widely recognized for reviving the lost Kundiman and Balitaw songs of yesteryears. Armida was the lead interpreter of songs. Boy Decena, (a talent

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Lirio Vital with Armida Siguion-Reyna and children, Roland and Christopher

coordinator of Channel 9 then but used to work for ABS-CBN) often booked Lirio for the show, until she became a mainstay singer, together with Leo Val-dez. (I remember how I enjoyed watching the performances of the show’s impressive special guests like Roberto Natividad,, Ric Manrique, Jr.,, the late Diomedes Maturan, Aurelio Estanislao, and the Mabuhay Singers).

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Galit pala matawag na mataba si Charice, dahil may ilang nag-comments sa kanyang twitter account at pati sa facebook tung-kol sa huling labas niya sa Glee Show. Kesyo tumaba raw ng husto si Charice at nagmukhang siopao ang hugis ng mukha nito.

Dinamdam daw ni Charice ito, kaya ang ginawa niya nai-delete niya ang kanyang facebook ac-count dahil sa mga comments na yun. Pero hindi naman lahat negative comments, marami pa rin siyang tagahanga na patuloy na hinahangaan ang kanyang gling sa pagkanta pati ang pana-nagumpay niya sa Amerika.

Kaya lang maraming nagtataka bakit kailangan niyang i-delete ang kanyang facebook ,nagalit si Charice dahil sinabihan siyang mataba.Patulan ba ang mga Fans Charice?

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No for Divorce Si Pacman !!!

Manny Pacquiao

Charice Sarah Geronimo

KC Concepcion Maricel Soriano

Winners of Mrs. Phil-Am 2011 and Mrs. Phil-Am 2010

Chairman Mrs. Amelia Sivage of Phil-Am Cultural Association of Oceanside North San Diego County

Samantala,international singer-composer David Foster mentor of Charice,approved sa pagsasa-ma sa isang duet sina Charice at Sarah Geronimo nang minsang mainterbyu ito sa Belo Clinic sa La, USA.Kesyo maganda raw na idea ang pagsasama ng dalawa, at tiyak maganda raw ang kalala-basan nito.

Hinahangaan daw rin niya si Sarah dahil sa kakaibang boses din nito tulad ni Charice at naim-bita pa nga niya ito na masama sa isang concert niya pero sched-ule ng Popstar Princess ang hindi magtugma.

Balita pa rin about Sarah,maraming mga negative write-ups ngayon sa kanya, ke-syo caused daw ng mga delayed kaya hindi matapostapos ang mga project nito sa Star Cinema.Kesyo namomoblema daw ito sa marriage status ng kanyang magulang kaya laging late na lang ang sikat na singer dahil masyadong dinadamdam ang

nangyayari. Ang huli marami raw hiling ang naturang singer, kung sino ang gustong makasa-ma nito at hindi.

Pero buwelta naman ng kampo ng singer,hindi raw totoo ang mga negative write-ups na ito kaya lang daw naglalabasan ang mga ganitong balita dahil ililipat na si Sarah sa Happy Network Channel 5 at iiwan ang kapami-lya network.Ang Viva Entertain-ment pa rin ang magdidisisyon tungkol dyan, dahil talent nila si Sarah Geronimo.Anu ba ang totoo Mr. Vic Del Rosario?

KC CONCEPCION, TINANG-GIHAN ANG MC DONALDS COMMERCIAL ???Laman ngayon ng blind item ang mag-inang sina Sharon Cuneta at KC Concepcion,kesyo raw nagma-makaawa raw ng husto si Sharon

kay KC para gawin ang naturang commercial pero tumanggi ang naturang dalaga na kilala bilang isang vegetarian.

Ayaw ng dalaga ni Sharon at Gabby Concepcion ng mga Junk food kaya hindi raw ito map-ilit ng Megastar.Pero nililinaw namin na blind item lang ito at walang katiyakan ang nasabing balita o pag-amin sa kampo nila.

Ayaw siguro tumaba ni KC tulad ng kanyang Nanay,puwes abangan na lang natin ang pag-amin ng pagtanggi ng anak sa Megastar kung may katotohanan ang naturang balita.Di ba, Ms. Cristy Fermin?

Ang may katiyakan, success ang premier night ng movie nila ni Sam Milby kamakailan at dumating pa nga si Piolo Pascual para suportahan ang naturang movie ni KC Concepcion.

Si Pokwang pa raw ang lumalabas na ka-date ni Piolo dahil sila ang magkatabi habang sina KC at Sam naman busy sa panonood ng kanilang movie.

NO FOR DIVORCE SI PAC-MAN ! Konserbatibo talaga si Manny Pacquiao kahit sabihin pa ng isa na siya sa pinakamaya-mang Pilipino sa Pilipinas.Ayaw pa rin niya ng Divorce tulad din ng pag-ayaw niya ng paggamit

ng Reproductive Health Bill.Para raw si People champ,

ang pinagsama raw ng diyos ay hindi raw puedeng paghiwalayin ng tao o ng isang batas.Habang patuloy na pinag-uusapan na sa kamara ang tungkol sa bill ng Divorce, na pagbobotohan din sa mga susunod na araw sa Pilipi-nas. Eto nagsalita na si Pacman, it’s a no for Devorce si Manny Pacquiao.

TAGUMPAY ANG 113th PHIL. INDEPENDENCE DAY CEL-EBRATION SA OCEANSIDE !!!Pinagdiwang last Saturday, June 11 ang Phil Independence

day ng Fil-Am Cultural Associa-tion of North San Diego County.

Naging mahaba ang kanilang programa, at ang pinakatampok nga nila ay ang pagpili sa kanil-ang Mrs. Fil-Am 2011 na nilahu-kan ng maraming kandidato. Si Mrs. Rose Wallace ang kanilang Mrs. Fil-Am 2010 at ang nanalo naman sa taong ito ay walang iba kundi si Mrs . Lilia Pickens.Na-kausap nga namin ang chairman ng Phil-Am Association of San Diego na si Mrs. Amelia Sivage,

tuwangtawa siya sa nangyayari celebration at marami talaga ang nanonood sa kanilang celebra-tion.

Every year daw nila ginagawa ito, sabi nga namin sana mag-karoon ang San Diego ng isang celebration ng lahat ng taga-San Diego ay magsamasama sa isang celebration ng Independence Day pero sa laki ng naturang lugar, mukhang imposible.

MARICEL SORIANO IS BACK !!! Natutuwa kami sa muli naming napanood sa isang show si Maricel Soriano sa “Party Pilipinas” last Sunday.



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(Continued from Asian Journal 6/10/2011 issue, page 14)

“That could be true, you know,” said Sonny who sat on my right side around a square table a time I retold the story about my son. “You know that the Brahmans believe that their ancestors could be spirits that are in ani-mals.”

“Really?” Kuya Romy said, sorting his Russian poker hands. He sat on my left.

“Why do you think they avoid eating meat specially beef and pork?” said Sonny. “They even revere their cows.” He slump his cards upside down, ready for our showdown.”

“And that makes them healthy,” I said, trying to uplift a rather melancholic mood as I also reconfi gured my cards to make the best showing I could have.

“Healthy or not, everybody dies, anyway,” Kuya Romy said, projecting a superior voice masking an inferiority although he was our eldest brother-in-law.

The Card GamePusoy (A Russian Poker)

“As they say, una una lang tayo,” Ernest, who sat across me, said, as if to console himself, agreeing that everybody dies. “It’s just a question of who goes fi rst.”

“True,” I said. “One of my only regrets is I was not able to bring my father here before he died so he could have had, at least, a good time in Las Vegas or even

Tijuana.” Ernest managed a dry smile.

He appeared not needing to be consoled although we just came from the cemetery to bury his fa-ther. Now at my youngest sister-in-law’s place, we were having

the post funeral lunch. “My father must have been happy in

that regard,” he said. “You know the saying: A girl in every port.”

“Of course you know that,” Sonny said as if also to boost Ernest. “You were in the navy, too.”

“Shhhh! Mely might hear you,” Kuya Romy said.

We all glanced at my sister-in-law. She had just gestured at a couple, welcoming them towards the table across us. The table had mushroomed with Filipino traditional ethnic delicacies.

Both the deep fried and fresh, stout with vegetables and beef, lumpias huddled high on a square serving dish. The pork-blood-boiled pork dinuguan, perked in a ten quartz roaster. Ironically, though it signifi ed wishing one a long life, pansit noodles also wiggled on trays on this feast for the dead.

“Oh! She must know about that. Almost all navy wives know,” I said. “At their ports, in their loneliness, their husbands must plant their fl ags.”

Everyone around the table and the onlookers, anticipating how our card battles would develop, laughed.

“So, everybody, ready?” asked Sonny itching to lay down his cards.

“No, wait,” Joe, our brother-in-law, who stood behind me,

said. “Why don’t you place this instead up here and this down here,” he said while pointing at several cards on my hands.

“Gosh! Why didn’t I see that,” I said as I rearranged my cards.

When we bared our hands, my cards beat up all the three other hands and Romy, Sonny, and Ernest shoved me a chips worth three dollars each.

“Its all Joe’s fault,” Sonny said, kidding.

“Nah! Rodel would have seen it, himself,” Joe said. “He just waited for the last second want-ing to see if I would see it.”

I smiled.

PUSOY, IN FILIPINO VER-NACULAR, IS CHINESE OR RUSSIAN POKER OF LUCK AND SKILL. Luck is how 13 cards from a 52 decked card are dealt each to four players. Skill is how the players arrange the cards into three poker hands of two fi ve card and a three card hands. As in life, one could be dealt with the unluckiest traits but could be skillful to turn such traits to better one’s life. Nothing could, of course, beat two royal fl ash hands with a three nine hand except another two royal fl ash hands with a three nine hand.

Such hands, however, though possible to be dealt with, would be almost improbable to come by in one’s Pusoy lifetime. Invari-ably, one receives a combination of great and lousy cards which one has to arrange the best he could to confront life at a given moment. And while luck plays a part, skill is always paramount.

“I would say that my father died a very unlucky man,” Er-nest said.

“Why do you say that?” Sonny asked.

“Well, you know. He worked so hard, had prepared for it but died without savoring his retire-ment plans.”

We all knew that Ernest’s father sank in 22 years with the US Navy, retired, hauled a postal bag for another 20 years, and had a two dipper retirement. He squeezed his savings into a two storey mansion in the Philip-pines, had lined up servants whom he could not have af-forded in the United States, and had set himself to be pampered toward his senility. At 62, how-ever, his fat-lined cardiac artery blocked his dreams.

For us, tsismis gossipers, we also concluded that Manong Ricardo had also been unlucky with regard his sons. Though with a doting wife, with his be-ing overseas most of his navy life, he had not guided his sons during their formative years. Two of his sons hauled them-selves into prison - one for mur-der, the other for drug dealing.

Ernest himself, at a very young age of 40, underwent dialysis for

a failed kidney due to alcohol-ism. Life dealt him, lucky for him, my youngest sister-in-law who, like a modern Samaritan, plucked him from his waylaid state.

“I’m ready,” said Kuya Romy, projecting that he had very strong hands from the newest deal.

“A second, please,” Sonny said, stabbing his cards in between each other for fi nal ar-rangements.

“Shall I read a newspaper fi rst?” Kuya Romy said, kidding.

When showdown came, how-ever, Sonny bombed with the strongest hands to Kuya Romy’s chagrin. After shoving a dollar chip to Sonny, I, in turn collected a dollar from Kuya Romy who said “I really thought I had a very strong lay.”

At least he collected a dollar from Ernest who also slid me a dollar.

THE BATTLING OF THREE HANDS AGAINST OPPO-NENTS’ THREE IN PUSOY IS CONSISTENT. The one with better two hands against another wins. If one beats one with three hands, it is a prime Pusoy and, depending on house rules, the defeated would have to triple pay the unit amount agreed.

The payment battles could vary.

Often, a banker battles ev-eryone and pays and collects according to how his hands fare against his three opponents who are independent from each other. We, of the Samson clan, battle against one another – everyone against the other three. This way there is no animosity against a banker, which, to us, is gam-bling.

Cynthia, my wife, used to be against my playing Pusoy for she hates gambling of any kind. I argued that we actually do not gamble. We play only among clan members during birthdays, christenings, weddings, an-niversaries, graduations or any occasion which the clan did not have any shortage of. Besides we just passed money around. One who wins today will pass on his winnings to another on the next birthday or whatever.

“Plus,” I said, “I want to play to exercise my brain and avoid boredom with all the clan stories repeated in various angles and tweaks.” Although my parents-in-law have nine children who have now borne them twenty-fi ve grandchildren, nineteen great-grandchildren, and fi ve great-great-grandchildren, and growing, new stories about any-one become old quick during the next occasion. And most stories revolved around the life of who-ever in the old country.

At least when we play Pusoy, the reruns became tolerable.

Although the death of Ernest’s father is new, the theme of one’s passing where the living should be happy for the departed for his soul is already in the after-life with no woes to injure, is a recurring theme. That it is we,

the living, who suffer for miss-ing the departed especially if the departed did depart without any insurance, is also a recur-ring story. Manong Ricardo’s not fulfi lling his dreamt retirement life is also common among many who strived hard in the United States. In this sense, though the event is new, the theme is old.

“How about daddy,” I glanced at Joe. “Do you think he would still want to go home?”

.NOW HEMMED IN BE-

TWEEN CYNTHIA AND MY MOTHER-IN-LAW WHO WERE TUNED TO THE FILI-PINO CHANNEL in the receiv-ing room, my father-in-law’s weight contributed most to their being sank at the sofa. He had a Lakers hat on and had his mouth open in a blissful snore, unmind-ful of grandchildren darting to and front of him.

He, too, was in the navy whose eyes still sparkle at his claim that he took part in the victory over the Japanese in World War II. As chief petty offi cer, he lorded over chefs and servers of Admiral Chester Nimitz. “I also person-ally served his wine, salad, and rare steak,” he says as if to thump his chest. After all, Nimitz is just the hero of Midway which churned the naval war in favor of the USA that ended Japanese dominance in the Pacifi c.

Although, he now wonders why he lost or won a roll of dice, we would still shuttle him to Las Vegas just for him to squander his pension craps money at the table. On alternate basis, we, brother-in-laws, would also zoom to the nearest Indian ca-sino just for him and my moth-er-in-law deposit their social security money to the last penny unto the slot machines. After all, all their monies are now just for their near senile therapy. Every-one in their family and extended clan had live off them when they responsively did. Now, they lived off their twilight years, shuffl ing from home to home, with their nine children when they are not in any of the rooms or fl oors of a casino.

To be continued…

(Publisher’s Note: Pusoy is Rudy D. Liporada’s second novel and third book being serialized in Asian Journal. One can get a copy of the book through Ama-zon.com – input A Russian Poker - or by calling the author at 858-722-1465.)

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Magandang malaman mong walang dudurog ng 'yong pusoat kung magkaganoon man, pupulutin niya itopagdidikit-dikiting lahat para muling mabuosiguro 'di tulad ng dati, pero 'to'y para sa 'yo.

Magandang malaman mong gusto niyang maramdaman mona ang lahat ng pagsisikap niya'y para sa iyohindi man ito marinig ng lahat sa buong mundoang mahalaga ay naiparamdam niya ng husto.

Joke of the week: An irate husband disgusted over his wife’s action addressed her reproachfully, “Believe me, I certainly would give anything to know why God made you women so beautiful and yet so dumb.” “Well, I’ll tell you, my dear,” answered the wife, “God made women beautiful so you men would love us, and he made us dumb so we could love you men.”

Scripture: First Reading: Exodus 34: 4-6; 8-9. After the debacle of the golden calf and Moses breaking the original tablets of the Commandments, God ordered him to come to the mountain alone. In reverence for God’s presence Moses bows down in worship. In rewriting the Commandments, God renews the covenant with Israel and symbolizes a new beginning for the people of Israel to start afresh their relationship with their God whom they had offended. At the same time God gave Moses His name which Israel would use in worshiping Him. Israel should call on God as their “Lord.” Sec-ond Reading: 2 Corinthians 13: 11-13. A true believer should not let any suffering hinder his faith in God. Paul’s own experience of suffering strengthens his own faith and he wishes the Corinthi-ans to do the same. Paul endures further pain in knowing a group of Corinthians believed him to be weak and a poor preacher. In response to his critics, Paul ad-monishes them to test their faith whether it is true or not.

Gospel: John 3: 16-18. God’s love for us motivates Him to send His only Son as an Incar-nate Love to save the world. Salvation does not occur in a vacuum. Belief in God’s Incar-nate Love coupled with good deeds assures one of salvation.

Reflections: Earthly father: My biological father was a man of humble beginning. He raised a big family (7 sons and 1daugh-ter) through hard work. He was a tailor by trade and an excel-lent one. He helped train in that occupation two of my brothers and a few cousins. He was also a good fisherman and supplied our family meal with fresh fish. I watched him a number of times mending fishing nets. When the invading Japanese force was about to enter our town, my father’s main concern was the safety of his family. So he took all of us by boat in the middle of the night to seek refuge at a relative’s residence that was kilometers away from the town proper. My father was a disci-plinarian. He made it a point

In Praise of Fatherhoodthat we obeyed his wishes, but he was at the same time lov-ing and forgiving. He had also been a good Christian-Catholic. He always observed Sunday as a holy day of obligation by going to Mass and abstaining from manual work. What helped me most in my vocation to the priesthood, next to God’s grace, is my mother’s abiding love of God and my father’s presence in my life because they both believed that their presence in my life was crucial to my growth and development. I am what I am: a priest of God, because of my mother and father. They re-ally put into practice their gifts of faith, mercy and love. May God bless them!

Spiritual father: I am a spiri-tual father for countless spiritual children who call me “father.” It is not easy to be a priest nowa-days, because of the devastating impact of secularism in our soci-ety. In spite of my vulnerability to human frailties, God supports me with His grace since He very well knows I cannot lead the priestly life alone and unaided. I draw my strength from God’s grace and communion with the Him. As priest, my life and pres-ence for my spiritual children must remind them of the Source of all fatherhood toward which we journey. I pray that I would continue doing the priest’s mis-sion: to receive God’s love and return that love with men to God. Lacordaire wrote that priests go from men to God and offer Him their prayers and return from God to men to bring pardon and hope. As priest my breastplate should also include “a heart of fire for Charity, and a heart of bronze for Chastity;” and be able “to teach and to pardon, console and bless always.” My God, what a blissful and awesome life; and it is mine as priest of Jesus Christ. Thanks be to God.

Heavenly Father: St. Ignatius of Loyola’s Spiritual Exercise emphasizes two directives: “The first is that love ought to manifest itself in deeds rather in words. The second is that love consists in a mutual sharing of goods, for example, the lover gives and shares with the be-loved what he or she possesses ... and vice versa, the beloved with the lover.” The epitome of shar-ing is exemplified for us by God, the Father, who shares Himself with us through His Son, Jesus Christ. Much about God is hid-den from us since He is infinite and incomprehensible. But God speaks to us through Jesus who is His incarnate Love. In today’s Gospel Jesus asks Nicodemus

to understand more deeply the Father’s gift of love to us: Jesus himself. Jesus teaches us not only the love of his Father, but how we should love and share that love with one another as God’s children!

Quotation of the week: “God took the strength of a mountain,

The majesty of a tree,The warmth of a summer sun,

The calm of a quiet sea,The generous soul of nature,The comforting arm of night,The wisdom of the ages,

The power of the eagle’s flight,The joy of a morning in spring,The faith of a mustard seed,The patience of eternity,The depth of a family need,Then God combined these

qualities,When there was nothing more

to add,He knew His masterpiece was

complete,And so, He called it ... FA-

THER.” Author Unknown

by Michael Brown, Spirit Daily

Anyone with doubts about the effectiveness of traditional Catholic prayer and relics need only look at Pope John Paul II -- whose life, as it turns out, was even more prayerful, self-sacrificing, and mystical that previously related.

Let’s start with the self-sacrifice:According to Monsignor Sla-

womir Oder, who has written an international bestseller, Why He Is A Saint (published in New York, London, and Milan), the late pontiff constantly helped the needy and as a priest literally gave shirts, jackets, and coats off his back, even in frigid weather. That generosity continued as he was promoted up through the hierarchy. On one oc-casion, the future saint gave a poor family in Brazil his very cardinal’s ring -- which had been presented to him by Pope Paul VI! Blessed John Paul II even gave away his shoes -- his only pair, in another case (forcing him to ask for a pair before celebrating Mass).

That unselfishness and his mysti-cal side drew even the most worldly to appreciate his unique presence. This is a Pope who would often upset travel schedules by halting to pray, at great length, in front of a tabernacle or at a Marian shrine. In fact, he promised the Madonna to visit a shrine for every vocation added to one particular monastery that suddenly boomed with new vocations. He walked five miles to one.

He readied for the morning ser-vices the night before, reciting the preparatory prayers in Latin. When he awoke, he remembered the intention for which he was to cel-ebrate Mass. When he arrived in the sacristy, he would kneel and pray for fifteen to twenty minutes. The Pope once was heard to say, “They try to understand me from without. But I can only be understood from within.”

Those working at the Vatican or other offices would be shocked to find him praying in a closet, or spread out -- for hours -- on a cold marble floor, his arms outstretched to form a Cross. Here is the “charisma” -- the presence -- that drew presidents and even Mikhail Gorbachev!

One aide even found him praying in a washroom, kneeling in front of a sink. Every morning, when he emerged from the refectory after breakfast, he would walk through the sacristy and kiss all the relics kept on a table next to the altar.

“So many times I saw his face, after contemplation and Adoration,

Revealing new boojk on John Paul documents mystical side, including a transfigured face

visibly changed and happy,” said one person close to him. “During prayer he seemed to be in continual conversation with God, like Moses who spoke with God Face to Face. During prayer, Wojty’a did not no-tice anything that happened around him. He seemed to lose all sense of time, to the extent that his secretary at a certain point would have to shake him out of this extraordinary state of concentration because other commitments awaited him.”

Long intellectual debates upon which he was to base a decision often were left hanging as he con-cluded that he would pray about the answer.

At one point, when martial law was declared in Poland, John Paul II -- “with the greatest of tranquil-ity” -- told assembled Polish mon-signors, “We must pray greatly and wait for a sign from God.”

It certainly affirms what many Marian, charismatic, and tradition-alist Catholics likewise practice.

During Mass, he elevated the Host for very long periods, carefully showing it to each side of the altar. On Good Fridays, he was greatly relieved at three p.m. because the Lord was then off the Cross.

He had a particular reverence for the saints. He read files on them constantly. He invoked especially the Blessed Mother as “Queen of Poland, Virgin of Jasna Góra, Vir-gin of Kalwaria, Virgin of Mylen-ice, Virgin of Rychwald, Virgin of Ostra Brama, along with the Virgin of Fatima. Monsignor Slawomir -- who is postulator of John Paul’s cause -- documents a particular fondness of the Pope’s for the as-yet unapproved site of Medjugorje in Bosnia-Hercegovina, where the author says John Paul II sent one archbishop incognito to report back. Did John Paul II -- as many have speculated -- actually see Mary himself? Asked this by a member of his entourage, the Pope had said, “No, I’ve never seen the Madonna, but I sense her.”

And then there was Padre Pio.

The famous stigmatic winked at Fa-ther Wojty’a when he arrived in San Giovanni Rotundo as a priest and some time later described to a semi-narian a Polish pope who would be “a great fisher of men” (followed by one who would “amply confirm the brothers,” which some now say was a reference to the current pontiff). While it is well-known that the future Pope met St. Pio in 1947 -- and that several healings were effected by the requests of Wojty’a to the monk on behalf of the infirm (including a spectacular cure of “incurable” cancer) -- what has not been widely revealed is that John Paul II, as that younger priest, once discussed the stigmata with St. Pio (who allegedly told him his shoul-der wound was the most painful -- an interesting comment in light of recent accounts that state, at least in the initial years, that Pio did not have the shoulder wound, but one on his side).

Slawomir documents other “unusual episodes” in the life of the great Wojty’a, including the recollection of a witness who had an audience with the Pope after tak-ing part in his private chapel Mass. “At a certain point in the conversa-tion,” says Slawomir, “[the witness] had the impression that the pon-tiff’s face wavered and vanished, replaced by the benevolent image of the face of Padre Pio. When he revealed his experience to the Pope, he heard the simple reply, ‘I see him, too.’”

“His devoted love for Mary only

grew and flourished when the con-nection between the third secret of Fatima and the assassination at-tempt of May 1981 became clear,” writes the postulator. “In connection with the dramatic event, extrajudi-cial sources confirm, John Paul II also saw a link with the apparitions of the Queen of Peace in Medjugor-je, in the former Yugoslavia, which began at the end of June of the same year. The Pope spoke of it in very favorable terms and said, ‘To say that nothing is happening at Med-jugorje means denying the living and praying testimony of thousands of people who have been there.’ To Monsignor Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, archbishop of Florianopo-lis in Brazil, who was going for the fourth time on a pilgrimage, he con-firmed, ‘Medjugorje is the spiritual center of the world.’”

“The intensity and the rapt con-centration with which he addressed Mary conferred upon the Pope, in the eyes of those who observed him, an almost supernatural aura,” adds the postulator.

“A guest at Castel Gandolfo dur-ing the summer holidays recalled that after regularly reciting the Ro-sary with him in the garden, ‘John Paul II went over to the statue of the Madonna of Lourdes and asked me to step away. He spent at least another half hour praying there, and it was as if his person were also physically transformed.”

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From Antique to America: Memoirs of a Filipino American Doctor

Family RelationshipsMy father was a pious man. He

taught me that if I didn’t know how to be a boon to mankind, I shouldn’t be a bane either. He taught me to be helpful to the poor. I consider him a believer in the wisdom and words of Billy Graham, “God has given us two hands — one to receive with and the other to give with. We are not cisterns made for hoarding; we are channels made for giving.” My father taught me to live a simple and straightforward life. The greatest thing I have learned from my father is respect--to treat people kindly and with respect, and to work hard to achieve my goals. I respected my father so much. He was very intelligent. Why he did not con-sider running for mayor, as his father and his younger brother did, I have no clear explanation. Did he have a political praxis? No pun intended, everyone call him for short Praxis, for his name Praxides. I suppose it was that he simply could not afford the substantial costs in run-ning for the election. Perhaps it was due to his dedication as a teacher that he avoided politics. I remember him waking up early in the morning everyday during school days to write his lesson plan.

One funny thing that his grandchildren enjoyed very much, and humorously so, was when my father had requested to be a temporary babysitter for his grandchildren. He always had his cigar with him and would chew it. He told the grandchildren to bury his cigar with him when he died. Indeed, his grandchildren seriously inquired whether his cigar was buried with him. His last will and testament is still in the minds of his grandchildren up to this writing, and they enjoy laughing about it.

My close relationship with my sisters and brother remained magnanimous as I grew older. I brought my younger sister Rho-dora to San Diego with her hus-band for treatment when she got ill in Manila. She recovered and went back to the Philippines in good health after being treated at the Mercy Hospital and Medical Center. My good friend, the late Dr. Ralph George, a hematolo-gist and president of the Medi-cal Staff at Mercy, treated her. However, three years after her

treatment in the U.S., she passed away from her long-standing hematologic illness.

In 1981, my youngest sister Josephine, who was working in Chicago, Illinois, at the Bio-Science Clinical Laboratory, was a victim of an unsolved homicide in her car that was parked at a shopping mall. This was another devastating ordeal that we had to face with deep sorrow and grief. I tried my very best, even spent thousands of dollars on lawyer fees to solve the circumstances of her death, but to no avail. She left a six-year-old son, Bobby, whom we lost contact with for about fourteen years. Fortunate-ly, he came back to me when he was about twenty, and I consider him my adopted son. He legally changed his name to Robert Candari. He is now a family man with a college degree.

To close this chapter, I mention in passing all the children of my sisters and brother.

· Anthony Baclig and Jane Baclig Tompkins from my sister Eden and husband Sam

· Three daughters and one girl - four beautiful Candaris: Eva, Gina, Cecile, and Dinah from my brother Marcelo and Fely.

· Loyd and Benjamin ‘BJ’ Calomay from my sister Loida and her former husband Ben.

· Chona and Joan from my sister Rhodora and her husband Socrates.

· Robert Candari from my youngest sister Josephine.

The latest reunion of our family and all the first-degree cousins and other relatives and friends was held in San Diego last February 13, 2010. It was during the baptismal party of our grandson Caleb Coyle, a four-month-old baby boy of Arleen and David. Although they live in San Francisco, we all decided the memorable occasion should be celebrated in a place not too far from the Candari clan. C&A Consulting, LLC, rented a 6,000 square-foot posh, illustrious home on a hill overlooking Point Loma Bay, where Arleen is the principal consultant and owner. The home was available for three days with all the modern ameni-ties to accommodate the entire family. The Coyle family was there: three from Ireland (Da-vid’s mother Elizabeth, Rebecca, and her boyfriend), and David’s

dad Peter, who resides in San Francisco.

The impressive party of gourmet Filipino native cuisine, culinary adventure that satisfied everyone’s discriminating taste, beer, and wine lasted through the afternoon and up to midnight with all the fun and frolic. The children’s dancing and sing-ing seemed unending. Could one conjure up the image of fried shrimp tempura and fried chicken wings served with lav-ish accouterments of fruits and vegetables? Mahjong was on the lighter side. Two doctors and a nurse (Candari brothers, Mar-celo and me, and sister Loida) entertained ourselves by singing English and native songs of the fifties, while I also played along on the Roland keyboard. Such was the beauty of getting togeth-er and singing all our hearts out. I never dreamt we would come out this way. How I became to be ala virtuoso is another story from my youth.

“This world demands the qualities of youth: not a time of life but a state of mind, a temper of the will, a quality of imagina-tion, a predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the life of ease.” - Robert Kennedy

To go over in the lighter side of my life during my youth stage, I developed an interest in music and would like to become a good musician. I started to learn playing the trumpet with Lolo Genaro Villamon, my mentor. He was the founder and leader of the Kahirup Band, well known in the province of Antique. Learn-ing from him was difficult, for he was strict and a perfectionist--any mistake you made would result in his baton striking your instrument or your upper ex-tremities. I learned the basics and started to play with a group. Things did not go along well so I finally gave it up.

I became a bugler in my secondary school years. There are no marches when you are a bugler. My interest in music did not stop there. I had been play-ing with the harmonica since I was a wee bairn. I was a superb harmonica player, home - made bamboo flute, a guitar player and singer. At one time, when “combo” was a common and popular group of music enter-

tainer, I organized one to lead as a harmonica player. We had a guitarist, a drummer, a percus-sion player and we all sang. You might call us “Combacheros”, as we enjoyed doing it. Perhaps this was the very first time I had ever shown some modest leadership qualities.

I happened to have two good friends during this youthful stage, one an extremely excel-lent pianist Dr. Manolo Catalan, the other a superb violinist, the late Dr. Boni Gamo. Of course I was so envious that I dreamt to be like one of them. As of this writing, I play the piano with a singer and have been com-pared to a professional keyboard player.

We are the music makers, the dreamers of the dream. The Caleb baptismal party could be compared in a saying by Gioac-chino Rossini: “Eating, loving, singing and digesting are, in truth, the four acts of the comic opera known as life and they pass like bubbles of a bottle of champagne. Whoever lets them break without having enjoyed them is a complete fool”.

By Marissa Acierto

SAN DIEGO - A visit to meet an all time great boxer on May 2011, right at the heart of Downtown, a former WBC International Minimum Weight Champion (December 18, 1999 - October 14, 2000) and former IBF Minimum Weight Champion (September 6, 1992 - December 10, 1992), no other than Manny "Cabalay" Melchor. Mr. Melchor was one of the highlights of boxing champions and a Filipino descent first generation representing the Philippines. Manny retired from boxing in 2003. Other boxers were in the sports within the time he was champion in his division such as all time favorites: "Sugar" Ray Leon-ard, Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier and many others.

Mr. Melchor was born in Mansa-

Fil-Am Manny Melchor former champion boxer now a SD trainer

lay, Oriental Mindoro. He has four sisters and four brothers. Manny has one sister, Minda Melchor-Lomae from Chicago. Manny informed SC-CPress.com that one of his brother, Renato was an amateur boxer before he decided to go into the same profession.

Manny Melchor at 42-years-old trains youth and promising box-ers. As a professional trainer, anyone who is an aspiring boxer are fortunate to train under him due to notably at one point being recogn-ised as one of the best. Manny said, "I developed my own style through careful observation and nobody taught me." Mr. Melchor has achieved champion titles that others can only hope to be one day. The good side is that it may turn to be an accomplishment of glory, fame and personal achievements.

Eddie Enriquez an SCCPress.com Reporter asked, "Manny...what got you interested in boxing?" Although, Manny prefers to speak in Tagalog but practiced his English instead and said, "I saw the struggles my mom was going through and wanted to help out financially so I decided to take up boxing at 15-years-old since in the Philippines amateur boxers got paid." He also quickly noted that in America, box-ers that are amateurs do not get paid.

In 1989, for amateur boxing in the Philippines, the boxers got paid fifty pesos which Mr. Melchor received. In 1990, when Manny Melchor turned professional, his pay increased and ranged from four hundred pesos. That entailed him to fight a total of four rounds.

In 1993 at Lake Tahoe, Nevada, his first boxing match in United States was at Caesars Palace with Ricardo Lopez from Mexico. Manny Melchor was knocked out by his opponent on the 11th round. Ricardo Lopez retained the WBC Strawweight Title.

Oscar Sa. Garcia who is the Founder of the Oscar Sa. Garcia Foundation and co-founder of the Concerned Filipino American Club (CFAC) said, "It is a great honor to meet a man with his caliber." Re-gina Ong-Garcia an SCCPress.com Reporter said, "I had no idea that we have several Filipino descent profes-sional boxers in San Diego County."

For further info on how to train with Manny Melchor and other professional trainers contact City Boxing Gym, 1059 14th Street, San Diego. The center has trainers that specialize in Muay Thai Kickboxing, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) and Mixed Martial Arts (MMA).

Courtesy Photo By E. Enriquez/SCCPress.com

Picture of Manny Melchor, Trainer at City Boxing Training Center. Background photo on wall is when Manny was former WBC and former IBF Champion.

The Police Brotherhood(Continued from page 6)

Dreams: Fertilizer for

Life’s Journey

dozen students had a chance to have intimate dialogues with us. They thanked us profusely as they learned a lot from us. But in reality, we also learned from them as they rejuvenated our aging cells. In solitude after that dinner, I had a secret dream that I wish I were a twenty year old student again, even without the nice cars and a big house. That was another fantasy-dream, reliving my faded youth!

Another dream that I am now excitedly looking forward for its fulfillment during the next Rotary year is our EDSA (En-trepreneurship Development for Socioeconomic Advancement) Training seminars for the youth (college students and high school seniors) in the Philippines. With a Rotary Foundation grant of at least $30,000 initially with a potential maximum amount of $300,000, in succeeding years, we hope to educate/train/mentor a million students by 2020 for them to become entrepreneurs or job creators and not simply job seekers. This big, noble but very ambitious project stir the souls of many Rotarians and dreamers like me writer. Whatever hap-pens to this dream of ours, I will update you, dear readers, with the hope that it can also inspire or stir your hearts to help our GKe-Rotary Club (www.gkero-taryclub3780.org) attain it!

When one stops dream-ing, life stops! So DARE TO DREAM AGAIN, as dreams are still free!

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(Continued from page 10)thought JR, although was a responsible family man, was a playboy like him, a chip off the old block.

“How old is the girl?” Danny asked.

“Twenty.”“How could she be your

daughter when you are only in your thirties?”

“I know,” JR replied. “But the girl thought I was you, since we have the same name.”

“You mean she’s my daugh-ter?”

But Danny did not have to answer his own question. He remembered the baby girl with his girlfriend in Tijuana he had left behind after escaping to the Philippines nineteen years ago.

(To be continued)(Editor’s Note: To read the pre-

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Most likely it started with an innocent tag-along with your best friend or co-worker to a local Indian casino. It was a first time and you‘re tempted to try the delicious free buffet dinner. Later, while your friend was gambling, you went to investi-gate the colorful slot machines. How hard could it be to play this game? After watching others,

you picked a colorful looking machine and inserted your $20 bill.

Well, it was exciting and it did not take much time for you to become comfortable. You have picked a machine that lets you win more credits than you lose. You left the penny slots and move to larger bets and dug more money from your purse. It was hard to quit when you’re ahead so you kept playing with-out regards to time. There was this feeling of excitement burn-ing inside you.

Maybe, it was “Beginners

Luck” and, somehow you hit a big jackpot before spending all your cash money. The $5,000 winning made you tremble with excitement. You decided to quit, looked for your friend and went home with a smile.

That winning money was spent quickly. The more you think about what happened, the more you were convinced that you’re

a lucky gambler. It was so easy and now you got the itch to try your luck again. You drove to the casino on your next day off and imagined what you could do with your next big gambling winning.

The next trip was not good but, you remembered the phrase “Winners don’t quit and quitters don’t win”. Also, you worked hard so you need time for your-self to have fun.

Once you became addicted to gambling, it will be hard to quit. Like any normal human being, you find ways to justify

The Gambling Itch

your actions. You will find time and money to gamble. The itch kept coming back and it’s hard to resist. You started lying to your spouse and your family. What used to be a fun diversion is now an obsession. Most Filipino gam-blers will deny their addictions.

Like any other types of ad-dictions, the only person who can really help, is you. When I was on active military service, I smoked cigarettes for about 2 years. I picked up the nasty habit out of boredom and nobody forced me to do it. It was on my birthday 23 years ago when I quit “cold turkey” and never smoked again. I did it for the sake of my health. I also realized it was a very bad influence to my children.

There are many Filipino couples who ended up in divorce because of gambling. It could be the husband or wife who cleared out bank accounts and maxed out credit card limits to feed the addiction. Most retirement funds were depleted and even kids college funds were cashed out. Homes were lost and many ended up filing for bankruptcy.

It’s funny when people told you how lucky they were in gambling. They’ve convinced themselves that they know how to win. They forgot to tell you about their huge losses.

Lately, more Filipinos went gambling. Maybe, they were hoping to win big to solve their own financial crisis. In most cases, they ended up in a much deeper hole financially.

It is common sense. Why are Indian casinos getting bigger?

In an excellent report befitting a great journalist, Facebook friend Raissa Robles wrote that President Fidel Ramos and Imelda Marcos had a deal regarding the burial of Ferdinand Marcos. The following link:

HYPERLINK “http://raissarobles.com/2011/06/09/marcoses-broke-promise-to-bury-fms-body-at-once-in-ilocos-fidel-ramos/” http://raissarobles.com/2011/06/09/marcoses-broke-promise-to-bury-fms-body-at-once-in-ilocos-fidel-ramos/ shows that Ramos agreed to the return of Marcos’ remains to the Philippines on three pre-conditions:

Marcos will be flown directly to Ilocos for burial there;

Marcos will be buried immediately; and

Marcos will be buried with military honors befitting the claimed Marcos’ rank as a Major.

Ramos claimed that nos. 1 and 3 were fulfilled but no. 2 was not.

This report was sent to me by Raissa as a comment to my note entitled “Letter to President Noynoy Aquino” HYPERLINK “http://www.facebook.com/notes/benjamin-maynigo/letter-to-president-noynoy-aquino/10150268975819804” http://www.facebook.com/notes/benjamin-maynigo/letter-to-president-noynoy-aquino/10150268975819804

In response to her comment I wrote;

“Hi Raissa,Thanks for the info on President

Ramos’ agreement with Imelda which the latter failed to fully fulfill. Ramos is still alive. It would be good to get confirmation from him. If he confirms:

PNoy either agrees with the Ramos deal or not.

If he agrees with it, he can seek specific performance – meaning ask Imelda and her family to bury Marcos as soon as possible in a place of their choice in Ilocos Norte per agreement. Since Ramos claimed that the military had already given him military honors befitting Marcos’ rank, then there is no need to provide him further military honors.

If PNoy disagrees, he can consider it invalidated by virtue of Imelda violat-ing the terms or just disregard it.

He can also seek to modify the terms. He definitely cannot upgrade the honors to Full Military Honors as Binay is recommending. Ramos correctly interpreted the military rules by saying that Marcos is being given the honors befitting of his “claimed” rank, Major. What he was really saying was that only Commanding Officers of military units (Army Colonel or Navy Captain and above) are entitled to receive Full Military Honors. Since Marcos claimed he was an Army Ma-jor (which is still a mystery as to how and when he got promoted from 2nd Lieutenant at the beginning of the war to Major at the end, and who promoted him), then he qualifies only to receive the Standard Military Honors. The exception would have been if he died in combat. Ramos also knew that a 2nd Lieutenant also gets Standard Military Honors which Marcos supposedly got. Befitting indeed!

PNoy can also just say to the Marcos family, please go ahead and bury Mar-cos the way you want, organize and initiate whatever ceremonies you wish with no State intervention or sanction. He just can not add anything more substantively or ceremonially to what Ramos had already given – no more no less.

He must be warned. Ramos proved that Imelda and her family cannot be trusted. This could be extended to some loyalists like Congressman Escudero who said, “Whatever PNoy decides now, so be it. But it can always be changed in 5 or 10 years.” In short, we see a scenario whereby Marcos’

PNoy and the Battle of Expectations

remains could be transferred from one place to another depending on who is in power. With a family and friends like he has, Marcos will never rest in peace.”

Most recently, as a result of Raissa’s reporting President Ramos phoned her and talked to her for about two hours. She is still awaiting the transcripts of their conversation and will write more details later. However, the initial comment of President Ramos was Raissa’s report was “fairly accurate.” HYPERLINK “http://raissarobles.com/2011/06/11/fidel-ramos-phoned-me-to-shed-light-on-his-role-in-ferdinand-marcos-non-burial/” http://raissarobles.com/2011/06/11/fidel-ra-mos-phoned-me-to-shed-light-on-his-role-in-ferdinand-marcos-non-burial/ .

I told Raissa that I can’t wait for her next article re details of her conversa-tion with President Ramos.

The terms of this deal which are “fairly accurate” were reached with the following background:

President Ramos is an Ilocano;President Ramos is a relative of

Marcos; andPresident Ramos is a soldier who

served as AFP Deputy Chief of Staff of Marcos and Chief of the Philippine Constabulary (now Philippine National Police).

It was therefore expected that Ramos was a little more biased in favor of granting Marcos satisfactory if not bet-ter benefits. Hence, the agreed terms.

PNoy is now called upon to negoti-ate or decide a deal with Imelda and her family with the following back-ground:

PNoy is not an IlocanoPNoy is not a relative of Marcos;PNoy is not a soldier;PNoy’s father, Ninoy Aquino, was

illegally detained for several years by Marcos;

PNoy’s father helped prove that Mar-cos was no hero and no be-medaled soldier;

PNoy’s father was murdered under the very noses of Marcos’ military;

PNoy saw his mother suffer, mourn and shed tears;

PNoy witnessed Marcos exiling Ninoy and the Aquino family;

PNoy witnessed Marcos cheating his mother in the Presidential elections;

PNoy witnessed his mother, Ramos, Erap, GMA refusing to bury Marcos at the Libingan Ng Mga Bayani as a hero;

PNoy knows that he got elected as President to uphold his parents’ ideals; and

PNoy knows that he has been man-dated to continue the unfinished People Power Revolution led by his mother.

PNoy is therefore expected to be biased as he has already admitted publicly. It would not be surprising therefore, that he will rule strictly against any more honor or benefits to be bestowed on Marcos. In fact, he is

even expected to reverse, if empow-ered, and to recover whatever material, financial, and immaterial benefits that accrued to the Marcoses as a result of their corrupt, cruel and brutal dictato-rial regime.

Most importantly, PNoy should act as the principled and uncompromising leader his parents inspired him to be, and the majority of the Filipino people expected him to be.

been relegated to obscurity, a mere footnote to history. The man who helped publish the Noli Me Tangere was Maximo Viola, a patriot and physician. Viola was an active member of the Propaganda Movement in Madrid. Without his generous help, the Noli might never have seen print. On 21 February 1887 at eleven thirty in the evening, Rizal wrote the last page of the novel. He completed the novel in Leipzig, 90 miles southwest of Ber-lin, Germany. Rizal was delighted to have completed his first novel but disappointed that his dream will end there. He had no funds with which to publish the manuscript. His brother Paciano has not sent his allowance. He was extremely disheartened, hungry and ill. Telling a friend about the situation, Rizal said: ‘I did not believe that Noli Me Tangere would ever be published. I was in Berlin, weakened and discouraged from hunger and deprivation. I was in the point of throwing my work into the fire as a thing accursed and fit only to die...’

Then came the good news. His good friend Maximo Viola, a scion of a Bulacan wealthy family was visiting Berlin to see him. Maximo Viola was born on 17 October 1857 in barrio Sta. Rita, San Miguel, Bu-lacan. His parents were Don Pedro Viola, a son of an affluent family, and Doña Isabel Sison, who came from an equally prominent family in Malabon, Rizal, now part of Metro Manila. Viola was the only son, and was brought up as anilustrado.

He completed his elementary edu-cation in Bulacan, then went to Ma-nila for his high school studies at the Colegio de San Juan de Letran. After taking his Bachelor of Arts degree at the same institution, Viola enrolled in the pre-medicine course at the University of Santo Tomas. Because of the discrimination against non-mestizo students, however, Viola was not happy at the university. Like Rizal and other middle-class youths who were dissatisfied with the conditions in the country, Viola sailed for Spain in 1882, the same year Rizal left the country.

In Spain, Viola entered the Univer-sity of Barcelona and graduated with a degree in medicine in 1886. It was in Barcelona that Viola met Rizal. Their acquaintance soon developed into friendship. Both were active in the Propaganda Movement, whose main objective was to make the authorities in Spain realise the need for reform in the Philippines. Viola’s attitude towards his native land was greatly influenced by Rizal, though he came from a patriotic fam-ily. Viola’s father and uncles were pioneers in the struggle against the Spaniards in Bulacan.

While in Barcelona, Viola learned that Rizal was having difficulty with

The Man Who Saved the Noli



Health

Eating Mistakes that Age YouMistake #1: You avoid all ani-

mal protein.Why it’s aging you: You may

lack of vitamin B12. which is essential for energy.

Found only in foods that are derived from animals, this nutrient helps regulate your metabolism and energy produc-tion and is key to maintaining a healthy brain and nervous system. “Fatigue is a classic sign of B12 deficiency, which usually occurs in people who don’t eat very much animal protein,” says Danine Fruge, MD, associate medical director of the Pri-tikin Longevity Center & Spa in Miami. Chewing a lot of antacids to relieve heartburn can also lead to B12 deficien-cy because antacids interfere with B12 absorption.

Food Fix: Have two serv-ings of nonfat dairy foods, such as fat-free milk or nonfat yogurt, and 3 to 4 ounces of lean protein daily. Good sources of B12 include seafood such as fish, clams, oysters, and mussels, as well as lean beef and pork, chicken, and fortified cereal.

Supplement SolutionTake 500 to 1,000 mcg of

vitamin B12 in tablet form every day to raise and maintain your B12 levels.

Mistake #2: You avoid supple-ments.

Why it’s aging you: You miss manganese and copper, which help prevent joint pain.

Because manganese and copper are both essential for maintain-ing joint cartilage and flexibility, “in most cases, supplementing these nutrients reverses the joint deterioration and eliminates the pain,” says Dale Peterson, MD, director of the Comprehensive Wellness Center in Sapulpa, OK. “The body can actually repair a

significant amount of damage if it’s given the proper support.”

Food Fix: Nuts, beef, and spinach are good sources of these nutrients, but you won’t be able to eat enough to get all your copper and manganese, so opt for a supplement, Dr. Peterson advises. Take 2 mg of copper and 5 mg of manganese each day. Within 2 to 3 months, your joints should feel less painful.

Mistake #3: You avoid fish and fat.

Why it’s aging you: Fish and

healthy oils (like olive) offer the best source of omega-3 essential fatty acids ,which help prevent memory loss.

“These fatty acids are part of the brain’s building blocks,” explains Andrew Weil, MD, director of the Center for Inte-grative Medicine at the Univer-sity of Arizona. “If you’re not getting enough in your diet, the architecture of the brain becomes weak, and brain function, includ-ing memory, suffers.” But it’s not only the amount of omega-3s that’s important; the balance between omega-3s and omega-6s is equally crucial. “Our diets are flooded with omega-6 fatty acids, mostly from processed foods,” says Dr. Weil. “The more omega-6s you eat, the more omega-3s you need to balance your levels. Most of us aren’t

eating enough omega-3s and are eating too many omega-6s.”

Food Fix: First, reduce your consumption of refined and processed foods much as pos-sible, and cook with olive or canola oil. Then, eat 3 1⁄2 ounces of wild salmon and 3 1⁄2 ounces of herring, sardines, or halibut each week. Add 2 tablespoons of freshly ground flaxseed to ce-real, whole grain side dishes, or shakes daily, and garnish salads or cereal with 1 tablespoon of walnuts 5 days a week. Finally,

enjoy 9 to 12 almonds 4 times a week.

Supplement SolutionTake at least 2,000 mg of fish

oil daily.Look for 1,000 mg capsules

of combined docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapen-taenoic acid (EPA).

Mistake #4: You favor pack-aged foods over whole.

Why it’s aging you: Packaged foods are high in blood pres-

sure–spiking sodium—and fresh fruits and veggies contain blood pressure–lowering potassium.

“Having too little potassium in your diet magnifies the toxic effects of excessive salt intake,” Dr. Fruge says. Most processed foods have added sodium but no extra potassium, so if your meals come from boxes, you’re likely at risk. Worsening the situation, when your kidneys try to flush out the salt, you lose even more potassium. “The imbalance dam-ages blood vessels, driving up blood pressure,” Dr. Fruge notes. “Eating better can correct the problem—I’ve seen people drop thirty points in three days.”

Food Fix: Cut your sodium consumption to no more than 1,500 mg per day, and eat seven to nine servings of fruits and vegetables every day.

Medical science is re-vealing the danger of unforgiveness.

As Christians, we already know that we are commanded by God to forgive. Jesus stressed this in His ministry. So we know to be spiritually healthy, we must forgive.

But did you know that to be physically healthy we must forgive? Many of us are not surprised by this because some of us are convinced that the spirit and the body are affect one another.

FORGIVENESS HAS BEEN A PROVEN HEALER IN EVEN THE MOST DIRE CASES. In fact, it is now part of cancer treatment in some circles. For example, at the Cancer Treatment Centers of America, For-giveness Therapy is a must for people with cancer.

Jayne Garcia Valseca went through Forgiveness Therapy, and turned her Stage 4 breast cancer around. It also opened the door to the joy she had lost.

If you think you can’t forgive whatever wrongs were done to you, take a look at Jayne. If she can forgive, we all can. Further-more, all things are possible with Christ. So if you’re thinking you can’t forgive, please understand that is simply not true. You can do it with God’s help and with some instruction.

Jayne and her wonderful husband Eduardo were living a blissful existence in Mexico with their three beautiful children when, out of nowhere, Eduardo was kidnapped. All the details of the horrific ordeal are chronicled in her new book, “We Have Your

Forgive for Your HealthHusband.”

He was ruthlessly tortured for eight months while Jayne negoti-ated his release. She was having great difficulty raising the mil-lions of dollars the kidnappers were demanding. With every delay came a picture of her hus-band being shot, being starved, being injected with poisoned blood (or so she was told).

He was finally released, weighing 80-some pounds. Not long after that, the stress Jayne endured during his capture began

to take its toll on her body. She was diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer.

Her cancer treatment wasn’t doing much, and her doctors gave her no hope. That is, until she went to the Cancer Treat-ment Centers of America. It was there she met Dr. Michael S. Barry, author of “The Forgive-ness Project.”

Together they discovered her seething anger toward her husband’s kidnappers and her unwillingness to forgive them for what they did to her family. But she came to understand that her enemies would have yet another victory by taking her life with cancer if she didn’t learn to let go of her hatred toward them.

Negative emotions, like for-giveness, hate, grief, depression all put our bodies into a state of chronic anxiety. When that hap-

pens our bodies release adrena-line and cortisol. As a result, our bodies aren’t able to fight-off disease properly.

Jayne made the monumental decision to forgive. Once she did that, she learned how. She wrote a letter to her husband’s kidnap-pers, which she never sent, but which outlined how she felt about what they did to her.

THROUGH PRAYER SHE ASKED GOD TO HELP HER FORGIVE. And she found em-pathy for her enemies by imagin-ing what trauma they must have endured to get them to a point where they could inflict such

pain on other people.She said when she finally

found true forgiveness....the kind from the heart...it was light a weight being lifted. Dr. Barry says his patients often describe feelings of lightness when they for-give. Not surprising, when you consider what a heavy burden unforgiveness puts on us.

DR. BARRY HAS AU-THORED A PROGRAM FOR CHURCHES, CALLED “RE-LEASE.” He travels the country conducing seminars teaching church leaders how to conduct forgiveness therapy in their own congregations. I would highly recommend this!

Also, stay tuned... I will be interviewing Dr. Caroline Leaf who has also done extensive research on how toxic thoughts negatively affect our health.

So more evidence continues to mount about how important it is to forgive. -- Lorie Johnson

CBN News Medical Reporter

Link: blogs.cbn.com/healthyliv-ing/archive/.../forgive-for-your-health.aspx

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3. 315 entries in Webster’s 1996 Dictionary were mis-spelled.

4. On the average, 12 new-borns will be given to the wrong parents daily.

5. Chocolate kills dogs! True, chocolate affects a dog’s heart and nervous system. A few ounces is enough to kill a small sized dog.

6. Ketchup was sold in the 1830’s as a medicine.

7. Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.

8. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out dur-ing World War II were made of wood.

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As she matured, Lirio’s singing career started to blossom. She became a contract star of Alpha Record, which was also the same recording company that launched the singing career of Nora Aunor. Lirio made her first record, “Beautiful Love” with Alpha. A few years later, she joined Vicor Music Entertainment Company, a Black Record affiliate.

Her career peaked during the early 70’s. As that period was quite turbulent, the talents who were launched the same time she was did not survive the times. Among her contemporaries, Lirio was the only artist who sur-vived the 70’s and who was able to move on towards other fields in the business. With Mina Ara-gon, Head of Vicor Music En-tertainment as her manager, she was able to start a new recording career with Black Record.

Part of Lirio’s singing career was her participation in “Balik Saya” together with Bert “Tawa” Marcelo.” “Balik Saya”, was organized by Lilia Andolong as a project to promote Philippine Tourism under the leadership of Doroy Valencia. “Balik Saya” was an outreach pro-gram – aimed to reach out to the Filipino communities in the dif-ferent parts of the world. They toured the Middle East, Europe, and the United States. She also belonged to the ASEAN Artist Exchange, where she represented the Philippines.

Lirio has performed with Larry Gibbs and Billy Preston, and a trio performance with Pilita Cor-rales and Carmen Soriano at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

Her Movie Career

Lirio shuttled back and forth between stage and films. She started doing movies while she was a recording artist of Al-pha Record. “Nung araw uso ang young stars na lumabas sa pelikula,” Lirio said, “During my Alpha Record days, lahat kaming young stars (she’s refer-ring to Rhodora Silva, Darius Razon, et. al) gumagawa kami ng movies.” Lirio did several movies with musical themes but she could not remember them all. Some of the movies she could recall were “Sweet, Sweet Love” with Vilma Santos, “Apat na Maria” with Charo Santos as the headliner. She also appeared in the blockbuster movie, “Tapat na Pag-ibig” with leading stars Nora Aunor and Eddie Peregrina. She appeared in this movie with

another of her contemporaries, Jimmy Morato. Lirio also ap-peared in “Anino ng Araw” star-ring Fernando Poe, Jr. and Boots Anson Roa. She would later on be nominated for her role in the movie, “Indio” where she co-starred with Chiqui Hollman and Dante Varona. Lirio was nominated as Best Supporting Actress in this movie, Indio.

Lirio speaks highly of Dolphy, Fernando Poe, Jr., Joseph Estra-da, Jose Mari, and Lloyd Samar-tino. In an interview with Arthur Quinto many years ago, she said, “Hanga ako sa versatility ni Dol-phy. Very affectionate naman si Kuya Ronnie. Natural naman kumilos sa harap ng kamera si Erap, at palagay na palagay ang loob ko sa kanya. At si Lloyd, may acting potential. Lirio still has the same admiration about the movie stars she mentioned in the interview even now, many years after.

For movie directors, Lirio has kind words and admiration for Lino Brocka and Maryo de los Reyes. In the same interview with Quinto, Lirio said, “Ma-husay si Lino. Meron siyang magic para mabigyan niya ng buhay ang isang actor. Tulad ni Maryo, mahusay si Lino sa characterization. Maryo, on the other hand, is not biased when it comes to characterization. Na-papagalaw niya ang maraming cast no matter how insignificant their roles are. Naander na ko kay Maryo sa “Apat na Maria” kaya alam ko ito.”

The Theater

Lirio’s entertainment career was not only confined to recording music and acting on movies. She also had the op-portunity to showcase her acting abilities on stage. She consid-ers her legitimate stage appear-ances as memorable parts of her singing career. Her first solo performance was at the Metro-politan Theater, when she played the lead role of the remake of the zarzuela, “Ang Kiri,” starring Atang de la Rama, one of our National Artists. Lirio was the best choice to play Atang’s role as their careers prospered in both genres – theater and film.

“Ang Kiri” is a zarzuela in three acts written by Servando de los Angeles in 1926. This was restaged at the Main Theater of the Cultural Center of the Philip-pines in 1974 and also at the Metropolitan Theater in Manila in 1979. “Ang Kiri” had 351 performances.

In an interview with Arthur Quinto, Lirio said:

“Oh, I love the theater very much, Ang tanghalan ay kato-tohanan. Nasa stage ang fulfill-ment ng isang aktres. Makikita mo agad ang resulta ng iyong pag-arte. Sa mga palakpak ng mga tao. Sa kanilang pagtang-gap sa iyo. Ibang- iba ang

acting sa stage. Hindi ka nakiki-pag-usap sa kamera. Dumating pa nga minsan si Atang de la Rama sa performance ng “Ang Kiri” and I was touched.

Buti na lang at okey ang lahat. For six solid weeks, nag-rehearse kami. Si Tommy Abuel nga ang partner ko nuon. Well I liked him. He coached me on what to do and I like working with him.”

After “Ang Kiri,” Lirio did two other stage plays at the Metropolitan Theater: (MET), “Maalala mo Kaya” and “Hindi kita Malimot.” The shows at the MET were under the leadership of Conching Sunico, the orga-nizer of the famous “Karilagan” series of shows. The 100-mem-ber Philharmonic Orchestra ac-companied Lirio’s performances. Lirio also did “Pilipinas Circa 1907,” a period musical that was held at the Raja Solaiman Theater in Intramuros. Today, it is still considered as one of the longest running plays in Philip-pine theatre.

When Lirio was asked to ap-pear on stage again in “Aawitan Kita Sa Amerika,” she was overwhelmed with joy. She was again given the opportunity to do stage plays, to sing the well loved ballads and kundimans in front of a live audience. She looked forward to every perfor-mance and gave each one her very best.

After the US tour schedules of “Aawitan Kita sa Amerika” Lir-io felt a “withdrawal syndrome” when she returned to Texas, now her home for the past years. When she wakes up in the morn-ing, she would often ask herself “what will I do next?” The cast with Armida, had the opportunity to travel to different parts of the United States and rekindled fond memories of Aawitan Kita. It was a nostalgic experience for the whole group particularly to Lirio who grew up in that era.

Her Love Life

Lirio did not divulge a lot of details about her love life, but she did share with me how she met her husband, Robert Arre-dondo, Jr. In 1988, she was booked by her agent to perform at the Yokosuka military base during Christmas and New Year. During one of her performances, Robert, who was then a Senior Chief Officer of the U.S. Navy detailed at Yokosuka, was in the audience. She would often ask volunteers from the audience to join her onstage. That night, with the spotlight blocking her view, she pointed to the guy sitting next to Robert, oblivi-ous of the intent smile Robert was already flashing her. As she stepped away from Robert’s table, Lirio’s eye briefly glanced his way and sparks flew! That glance towards Robert was a fortunate one. “Buti na lang, tumunggo ulit ako sa lugar ni Robert,” Lirio said. “That’s the time I noticed Robert. Pogi pala. Ayun, eventually, naging hus-band ko siya.”

Robert is a Hispanic, who was born and raised in Hous-ton. Lirio, being a firm believer of marriage sanctioned by the church, tied the knot with Robert on August 1989 at the Union Church of Manila in Makati. Vice-President Jejomar Binay (who was the Mayor of Makati that time) and Armida Siguion-Reyna were their principal spon-sors. Friends and relatives later on feasted at Nikko Hotel (used to be Manila Garden), where the couple’s Reception was held. Robert and Lirio are blessed with two children - Roland, 21 years old and Christopher, 18 years old.

It was in October 1990 when the couple migrated to the United States. They lived in San Diego, California for six years. Robert’s military career required them to move from one place to another. From San Diego, they moved to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and lived there for four years. From Hawaii, they moved to Japan for another four years. In Japan, Lirio had a chance to perform live in hotels. Lirio performed with a Filipino band in Prince Yokohama Hotel for several years.

Today

In 2004, Robert retired from the military service and the family decided to permanently stay in Houston, Texas. It was in Texas when Lirio decided to secure a license as a realtor to keep her busy. She has become a successful realtor, although that has not kept her from enjoying occasional singing stints here and there.

Lirio lives happily with hus-band, Robert, and children, Roland and Christopher. Her husband Robert is a Baptist while Lirio is a born-again Christian. She has dedicated her musical talent to God and is now an active member of the Lake-wood church choir.

Jon Sarpong describes Lirio Vital as the epitome of a Filipino artist - charming, sweet and tal-ented. Out of her solid and pow-erful voice comes magic to bring every fond memory to life. She was then again well appreciated as a nightingale as she brought back to life our well loved Filipino Kundimans during the recent “Aawitan Kita sa Ameri-ka” concert series. Her timeless renditions of these musical gems will resonate in the memories of many US-based Filipinos who long for those nostalgic moments back home.

Lirio Vital: Mga Gintong Ala-Ala Kahapon, Ngayon

Matagal din kasi siyang nawala, at walang makapagsabi kung nasaan si Maria.

Sari-sari chismis ang nagla-basan, tungkol sa depression at basement ng isang hospital.Pero marami ang sumigla lalo na nang makita muli nila sa TV si Maria, at takenote sumayaw pa si Mari-cel ng Rico Mambo.

Ayon sa kapatid ni Maricel na si Mel Martinez, masyado raw dinibdib ng Diamond Star ang pagkawala ng kanilang ina kaya sobra raw ang depression nito kaya ayaw muna nito lumabas sa anumang show. Eto ang naging paliwanag ng kapatid nung mga isang buwan ng nakakaraan.

Buti na lang ,last Sunday lumabas na si Maricel sa TV sa GMA 7 at ang balita namin si Ms. Malou Chua Fagar ang kan-yang bagong manager sa ngayon.Umaten siya sa birthday celebra-tion ni Geleen Eugenio sa “Party Pilipinas”, nag-iyakan pa nga sila on screen.Medyo malungkot ang mukha ni Maricel na parang may pinagdadaanan pa siya hanggang sa ngayon.May nang-yari pa nga raw na iyakan,after the show kaya lang hindi namin puedeng sabihin kung anu pa ang nangyari.Secret Daw!

Basta natutuwa kami sa One of the Greatest Actresses of Phil. Movies na si Maricel Soriano.Sana nga matuloy-tuloy na siya dahil matagal na siya na-miss ng kanyang mga tagahanga.Seny-ales na nga kaya ito na magiging kapuso na si Maria, at gagawa na rin siya ng movie sa mga susunod na araw.

Samantala, ibinuking naman ni Snooky Serna ang kanyang kaibigan na mayroon daw itong bagong boyfriend.Sana nga muling sumigla ang career ng Diamond Star at bigyan siya ng isang show sa channel 7.Basta maraming sumaya sa paglitaw ni Maricel Soriano!!!

No for Divorce Si Pacman !!!



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Tinubos Na PabaonMarami ang nalulungkot sa balitang kumalat na,Na ang kaso ng PABAON ay malamang magtagal pa.Sa dami ng masasangkot, MAJOR, MAJOR na problema,Inako ng isang taong ang PABAON maantala. Ngayong wala na si A.R., paano na, paano na?Saan kaya ihahantong ang usiging parang DRAMA?Hindi kaya magmatigas ang SANGKOT at bawat isa,Tanggihan ang akusasyon at matapos ang SARSUWELA. Sana naman’y ‘wag lumabo ang lahat ng pagsisikap,‘Di na muling maulit pa, GENERAL na puro PALPAK. Magbago na, magbago na, ayusin na ang palakad,Na ‘di laging sa SALAPI, mga MATA, dumidilat. Payo ko lang sa sino mang mamahala sa AFP,Na sa lahat ng “Tansaction”, ang “cash money” ‘wag isali.Nararapat na gamitin, “document” nang ‘di mahuli,At kung TSEKE, “documented”, ang nag-issue at nagtabi. Sa panahong “computerize”, mahirap na ang mandaya,Na tanggihan ang halagang, ‘di tinanggap, ‘di ginawa.Lumundag mang parang ASO, sa pagtanggi sa masama,Huli rin sya’t WALANG SABLAY, sa PABAON, siya na nga. Katulad ng mga kaso, ang nasangkot may tungkulin,Kung sila’y NAGSAPAKATAN, ‘ tagal itong malilihim.Ganyang-ganyan ang katulad, ng HALALAN dito satin,Buti na lang, tinanggap na, “computer’ na ang gamitin. Ang “PABAON”, kahit kailan sa Militar ay ‘di angkop,Lalo’t ito’y KAKALTASIN sa sundalo’t buwang SAHOD.Pati ARMAS na bibilhin, napahinto, kinurakot,Ngayon, heto, at TINUBOS, sa PABAON ay natakot.

Batikos No. 8Romeo S. Nicolas2//10/2011

resource and staffing com-pany that most recently won a 10-year, $250 million annual contract to provide labor for national technology, defense and aerospace giant Lockheed Martin Corp.

The US Small Business Adminis-tration named her company the small business of the year for California and the Sacramento district’s small business subcontractor of the year.

“We were in complete shock,” says Ramos of winning the bid. “I re-ceived calls from all over the nation of people congratulating us and in the same sentence would ask, ‘who are you and how did you get one of the largest Aerospace company in the world to give you an exclusive con-tract?’”

It’s easy to see why SearchPros landed the contract, especially after speaking to Ramos.

Ramos is driven and dedicated; motivated by the years of watching her parents struggle to make ends meet and provide for their family. She knew there was a better way and worked hard at achieving her goals.

“My family migrated to the US when I was seven years old to follow the ‘American Dream,’” she says. “I remember living in a one bedroom flat with my grandparents, parents and my other siblings. I thought to myself I don’t want to live like this all my life. I don’t want to live life just to get by. So I began to work hard.

“I got tired of being the poor immi-grant,” she adds. “Being in the US is a blessing. If you work hard, no one will put any labels on you. The only way to succeed is to educate myself and work hard.”

Working hard has become second nature for Ramos.

Originally from the Bulacan Prov-ince, from an early age Ramos was on the fast track to success.

She says at the age of four, she was already holding a clipboard and pen “marking things down.”

“I have always been a serious child,” she says. “As the eldest and the only girl in the family I just took care of everyone and everything.”

Taking care of her family was evident from the moment she be-gan working in high school with her mother.

While most high school students worried about dating and going out, Ramos worked with her mother as a housekeeper. Everyday after school, she would go to the hotel where her mother was working and help her out.

From there, in a period of 10 years, she would juggle high school and col-lege with work. She says she worked at every department in a hotel from housekeeping, catering, reservations, front desk, and concierge to assistant General Manager.

She went to school at San Francis-co State University from 8am to 3pm, drive to work and begin her shift at the hotel from 4pm to midnight.

“It was worst than that,” she re-calls. “When I was promoted to assis-tant general manager, I had to work 12-hour shifts from 7am to 7pm then turnaround and go to school. I would close my eyes and fall asleep in the parking lot before waking up and saying ‘holy cow I missed my class.’ I was so tired.”

But she persevered the days and nights of work and homework and graduated with honors in Industrial Psychology and minor in Business Administration at SFSU.

Building relationships

After graduating from college. Ra-mos was recruited by one of the top Staffing Agencies in the world to help open their office in San Mateo, CA.

It was a perfect job for her. She says she loved helping people get jobs.

After 10 years on the job, Ramos moved on. Six years ago, she part-nered with friends Rayna Pearson and Heather Kocina and they began their own company called, Search-Pros Staffing. The company is unique in the sense that it is 100 percent mi-nority and women-owned.

The guiding principle and founda-tion of the company is “Relationships Built on Success.”

“We wanted avoid the typical fill ‘em and bill ‘em environment of many corporate and national staffing firms, instead our focus would be in understanding the needs and goals of each client, providing each one a unique service and through that suc-cess foster solid business relation-ships,” she says.

“We realize that each company was entrusting us to deliver candidates that would become a part of the com-pany’s critical success, understand-ing each business’ culture became paramount to placing individuals that would be a perfect fit.”

Starting a company was exciting but it also had its downfall. When the recession hit, SearchPros, fell on hard times. Nine of the 10 firms they knew in the area did not make it.

“It is the worst time to have a staff-ing agency, imagine, in this reces-sion with the highest unemployment figures in decades and our job is to charge companies to look for work-ers – its an oxymoron,” she says. “We are extremely proud that we survived let alone receive the recognition for our successes this year.”

Ramos also says the company has faced other issues as well. Being a woman-owned company, it’s some-times tough to get some respect around the corporate bigwigs, she says.

In an article with the Sacramento Business Journal (when she was hon-ored in its 2010 class of 40 under 40), Ramos explained one scenario when she walked into a conference room full of older professionals and some of them asked why she didn’t bring the bagels, a common misconcep-tion that women don’t belong in the boardroom and are only there to run errands or take notes.

But she thrives on proving those people wrong.

“I love this misconception [people have about women in the corporate world],” she says. “My father always tells me, ‘never forget your humble beginnings’ and I would rather be underestimated and then exceed all their expectations. And absolutely, we are very fortunate that we live here in America where perseverance and hard work can help you obtain


Filipina suc-ceeds in US

through hard-work & perse-

verance

anything.”Hardwork has paid off for Ramos

and SearchPros. The company won The Northern California Minority Supplier Development Council (NC-MSDC) Supplier of the Year award for 2010. Every branch of the Cali-fornia State government has awarded Ramos its 2010 Recognition for En-trepreneur of the Year Award. She received the US PanAsian Chamber of Commerce 2010 Top Asian Amer-ican Award for California and the Roseville Chamber awarded her its Business Person of the Year/Entre-preneur of the Year for 2010.

Celebrating Filipino heritage

One thing Ramos attributes to her success is her Filipino heritage.

She says being a Filipina has made it easier to assimilate in the corporate world. Rather than shunning her cul-ture and Filipino values to become more “Americanized” and fit in cor-porate life, she celebrates it.

“I don’t want to lose my Filipino identity,” she says. “I have found that I navigate my way in both my worlds smoothly, in fact the values of both culture complement and often com-plete one another.

“As a businessperson, the Ameri-can trait of orderliness, processes and procedures was complimented by our Filipino trait of a nurturing and respectfulness that has set us apart from the competition,” she explains.

“After more than 400 years of western rule, we Filipinos are a racial mix that defy categorization and have the ability to be open-minded about diversity and new experiences, this dual identity puts me at home in a cor-porate boardroom full of aerospace engineers discussing their corporate governance or in the kitchen eating tuyo and sinigang with my family. I attribute a lot of my success because I have incorporated positive American values with the rich Filipino heritage and traits to enrich my life.”

She says it pains her to see Filipi-nos turn away from their own race. Her advice to Filipinos who are conflicted about fitting in corporate America and being Filipino is to ap-preciate where they come from.

“Being a Filipino is understand-ing and looking back and appreci-ating our family and culture,” she says. “We have the opportunity here, to have the balance of both worlds. You’ll be much happier when you do that.”

(Poem No. 9)

I wish I was a shooting star streaking through the night sky

Being here and there in brief flash of light

And really nowhere to be foundMe in your life being caught

in your universeRunning around in circles, ever nearing your space

Seeking the face by which I am doomed to certain death

Like a flash, like a bang, I am nowhere to be foundMe in your life caught in your universe

streaking aimlesslytowards destruction envying

the celestial dance between Moonand Sun, Sun and earth, earth and heaven, seeking freedom from my desolate journey,

in you I found destruction, throughmy destruction I found my freedom.

Wish


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by Joe Son

Last Thursday and Friday some of my Mc Buddies friends, my wife and I paid our last respect to the late Ruben Encarnacion of Cavite, Philippines for his final viewing at Humphrey Mortuary in Broadway, Chula Vista. We would like to extend our deepest sympathy and condolences to his family and friends especially

Manny and Rita Encarnacion. The main culprit of his demise is pancreatic cancer. I remembered that my primary doctor, Dr. Robert Sartor, once mentioned that cancer of the pancreas and the throat has no cure. I knew for a fact, that any form of cancer is a dreaded disease, but maybe curable for an early detection.

I strongly believed that knowl-edge is power, but little knowl-edge is also dangerous. So I was intrigued by what my doctor said about cancer of the pancreast, and being unfamiliar with human anatomy, specially the internal organs I did a little research on what and where is pancreas in our stomach system because at least I already know about the throat. Pancreas is a large fleshy gland situated under and behind the stomach, close to the spine, secreting a digestive fluid: called sweetbread when used as food

Your health and youand its primary functions as part of our digestive system are pro-ducing insulin and enzyme that break down and process food.

I also learned that having pan-creas problem may complicate and trigger your Type 1 diabetes though there maybe other factors to cause it. Reasearch indicated

that the body makes insulin in special cells called beta cells. Type 1 diabetes starts because the body destroys beta cells, though experts don’t have logical explanantio why this happens. Being diabetic myself means, I have this to say, “You’ll have to make complete adjustments in your lifestyle, but it’s worth the effort.” Staying in control may help prevent or delay other health delima like heart disease, and damage to nerves, kidneys, eyes and blood vessels.

Contrary to some beliefs, to be a diabetic is not the end of the world, though to be one is not easy. At first, it may make you feel confused, sad and angry.

You may be overwhelmed by how much effort for you to change. Mind you, we’re not alone. Millions of adults and even children are living with dia-betes, maybe more complicated

and severe than we do, of course, most people go through the same emotions when first diagnosed. It’s normal for people to feel this way, but believe me, you can still live a happy and normal life with diabetes. Just team up with your doctor and follow strictly his advice, then stay close to your family and friends and talk about your feelings and they will be there for you.

Since you and your health is far more important than anything else, lets talk more about manan-ging diabetes and us. This begins with a few special health checks. Think of it as remedies for daily self-care which means to help us achieve blood sugar balance, feel better, and live life as free from diabetes-related complica-tions. To start with, you have to monitor your blood sugars for approximately three months and then maintain subsequently a recording chart. For adults, American Diabetes Associa-tion (ADA), highly recommend an A1C goal of 7% and should have a test at least twice a year. A healthy blood pressure should have a goal of less than 130/80. Healthy cholesterol levels should be checked at least once a month and LDL (bad cholesterol) should be less than 100 if you don’t have heart disease, but with a heart problem should be lower than 70 and the triglycer-ides should be less than 150.

the Noli due to financial reasons. Rizal, as a matter of fact, had rewritten the novel and shortened it (one chap-ter was eliminated from the final form when it was printed). Viola sought Rizal and offered to help get the novel published. He gave Rizal P300 which financed the printing of the first 2,000 copies of the novel. In acknowledg-ment of Viola’s help, Rizal gave him the galley proofs of the Noli as well as the pen he had used to write the manuscripts. The first copy which came off the press also went to Viola. Rizal wrote a dedication to Viola on one of the pages of the Book: ‘To my dear friend, Maximo Viola, the first to read and appreciate my work.’

After the Noli was published, Rizal invited Viola to accompany him on a tour of Europe. At the time, Rizal was in a position to travel, since his broth-

er Paciano had just sent him P1,000. Rizal used P300 of the amount to re-pay Viola. Then two were inseparable during the tour. Among the places the two friends visited were Potsdan, Mu-nich, Dresden, Leitmeritz (Bohemia), Vienna, Laussane and Geneva. While on tour, they visited Professor Ferdi-nand Blumentritt, the Austrian friend of Rizal who lived in Leitmeritz.

On 13 May 1887, at half past one in the afternoon, Rizal and Viola arrived in Leitmeritz via Dresden with the whole Blumentritt family at the train station to welcome the two Filipinos. The visitors stayed Room No. 12 at Hotel Krebs, the most elegant hotel in town. After taking a rest at the hotel, the duo proceeded to the Blumentritt house where a sumptuous banquet was waiting.

For four days, Rizal and Viola could not believe on what were served them during the banquet and following din-ners they were served in the middle of Bohemian Leitmeritz: adobo, lechon, lumpia, pancit, kare-kare and paella. Every morning, Professor Blumen-tritt appeared at the hotel to discuss the schedule for the day and took his friends to the museum, to places of interests in the city and introduced them to prominent citizens of the city. Every night, the two friends would be taken back to their host’s house to dine with the whole Blumentritt fam-ily.

Rizal and Viola’s visit in Leitmeritz made them a sort of celebrities as seen in the Leitmerits Newspaper which published their arrival and departure: ‘Today, two gentlemen from the Phil-ippines, Dr. Jose Rizal and Maximo Viola, arrived for a visit to Professor Blumentritt. Both belong to the Taga-log branch of the Malayan race, and might be the first ones among their people to step on Leitmeritz soil. Un-der the able supervision of Professor Blumentritt and naturalist Professor Robert Klutschak, they saw places of interest in our city and signed their names in the memorial book of the city after they had been introduced to Mayor Gebhardt.

‘On Saturday evening, the gentle-men attended a board meeting of the Leitmeritz Mountaineering Club. The chairman welcomed the guests who

came from afar. Mr. Rizal, who is not only an excellent poet but also an art-ist, responded in a speech which was as witty as it was thoughtful. It was received with approval by the audi-ence. The two departed from here for Prague on Tuesday from where they will proceed to Switzerland through Vienna; there the two will go their separate ways: Don Maximo Viola will travel to Spain; Don Jose Rizal, who has been staying for 15 months on German soil, Heidelberg, Leipzig and Berlin, the capital city of the Ger-man Empire, where he was designat-ed a member of the Anthropological Society there, will return via Naples, Suez and Singapore to his beautiful motherland.’ During the tour, Rizal served as interpreter, since his friend Viola was unfamiliar with the lan-guages of the countries they visited. The two parted ways in Geneva: Vi-ola returned to Barcelona and Rizal went to Italy.

Much later, Viola returned to the Philippines to practice his profession. However, he had difficulty adjusting to the situation in the colony. All Fili-pinos who had studied abroad were put under surveillance by the gov-ernment. The atmosphere was tense and oppressive. A few years after he returned, Viola married Juana Roura of San Miguel, Bulacan. The mar-riage was a happy one and the couple was blessed with five children, two of whom unfortunately died in infancy.

In the meantime, Rizal had returned to the Philippines. In June 1892, Rizal invited Viola to Manila. He accepted and visited Rizal at the Oriental Ho-tel in Binondo. When Viola returned to Bulacan, he discovered that his house had been searched by Spanish authorities. He later learned that after his visit, Rizal was arrested and taken to Fort Santiago. Rizal was sentenced to exile in Dapitan in July.

When the Philippine revolution broke out, Viola extended a great deal of help to the Katipunan. He supported the revolution and treated the wounded and sick revolutionists. During the Filipino-American War, Viola was arrested and confined at the Malate Military prison. Later he was transferred to the barracks of Olon-gapo, where he was held as a politi-cal prisoner for about a year. While in Olongapo, Viola continued to prac-tice his profession, thus helping his sick countrymen, since the American doctors were unfamiliar with tropical diseases. His assistance given to Dr. Fresnell resulted to his freedom.

Viola also helped in the attempts to alleviate agrarian problems in Bu-lacan. When the Manila railway line was extended to Cabanatuan, the rail-road office proposed that certain areas in San Miguel, Bulacan, be expropri-ated to accommodate the tracks. Viola led the opposition to the expropria-tion of the lands without proper com-

The Man Who Saved the Noli


pensation. La Liga de Propietarios, an organisation of rice-land own-ers, became powerful during Viola’s term as president. He championed the cause of the people against the poli-ticians who exploited the tenants for their votes. He instituted proceedings against some politicians in the Court of First Instance in Malolos, Bula-can.

Viola’s life was certainly an active one. Aside from his numerous civic activities, he designed and built fur-niture as a hobby and winning honors for his designs at the Exhibition in Manila in the 1920s. He also served as municipal councillor of his town for a time. He wrote in Spanish the memoirs of his friendship and travel with Rizal in 1913. The man who saved the Noli died of cancer in San Miguel, Bulacan, on 2 September 1933 at the age of 76.

___And as the story goes, with the

P300 from Dr.Viola, Rizal’s great novel, the famed Noli Me Tangere was saved. What a generous and com-passionate man! Reading this inter-esting historical events reminds me also of my great-grand aunt, Gliceria Marella-Villavicencio, known to us grandkids as “Lola Eriang” (she was the older sister of my grandmother, Josefa Orosa), who also gave mon-etary donations to Rizal to help his propaganda movement as well as ma-terial aid and financial support to the Katipunan including the “Bulusan”, the first Filipino warship commanded by Captain Simplicio Orosa. The ship was heavily armed, fitted with arma-ments and loaded with guns and am-munitions and was made available to the revolutionary forces to patrol our coastal shores. She also provisioned the ship with food, medicines and other war materials needed for the well-being and maintenance of the crew and soldiers fighting in Luzon and Visayas. - dpo

Please read the links below. 1.http://www.orosa.org/GLICERIA%20MARELLA-VILLAVICENCIO.htm

2.http://orosa.org/Captain%20Sim-plicio%20Orosa.htm

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73. Men can read smaller print than women, but women can hear better.

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76. The name of all the con-tinents ends with the same letter that they start with.

77. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.

78. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row

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87. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987, 654,321

88. If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle.

89. If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds re-ceived in battle.

90. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

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92. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

93. A snail can sleep for three years.

94. All polar bears are left handed.

95. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.

96. Butterflies taste with their feet.

97. Elephants are the only animals that can’t jump.

98. In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domes-ticated.

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100. Shakespeare invented the word ‘assassination’ and ‘bump’.

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106. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

107. Most lipstick contains fish scales.

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