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A pet owner holds her dog which is dressed in a headless costume during the Scaredy Cats and Dogs Halloween costume competi-tion at Eastwood mall in Quezon city, metro Manila October 26, 2013. (MNS photo)

MANILA, Oct 28 (Mabuhay) – Security forces were on high alert across the Philippines on Monday as millions of voters went to the polls to choose barangay leaders, with 22 people killed in pre-elec-tion violence.

Poll offi cials said about 336,000 barangay chief and councilor posts were up for grabs in the country’s dynamic but corrupt brand of de-mocracy, where politicians are infamous for employing private armies to kill or intimidate rivals.

While barangays are the small-est government units, they are hotly contested because they serve as the connection for major political parties to cultivate their grassroots network and widen their support base. President Benigno S. Aquino III casts his ballot for the 2013 Barangay Elections at the

Central Azucarera de Tarlac Elementary School in Barangay San Miguel, Tarlac City on Monday (October 28). (MNs photo)

22 killed in PHL poll-related violence

MANILA, Oct 28 (Mabuhay) – The Commission on Elections en banc decided to suspend Monday the impending proclamation of more than 300 candidates who are subject of a nuisance petition, are not on the list of registered voters and have a criminal conviction.

Poll chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr said, based on their list, there are eight candidates who are sub-ject of a petition to be declared as nuisance, 300 candidates who are unregistered voters and three to four candidates who have crimi-nal conviction.

“Baka manalo ‘yung nuisance candidate. We are suspending the proclamation of those with peti-tion for declaration of nuisance candidates. We already directed the concerned Board of Canvass-ers not to proclaim those with nuisance petitions against them,” he said at a press conference after the en banc meeting.

Present during their meeting were Brillantes, Commissioners Elias Yusoph, Lucenito Tagle,

Luie Guia, and Christiam Robert Lim.

Commissioners Grace Padaca and Al Parreno are supervising the elections in Cebu and Cota-bato City, respectively.

Brillantes said they also have a list of candidates who run despite being an unregistered voter.

“If you are not a registered vot-er, you are not eligible to run, you are not qualifi ed to run,” he said.

He said they will have to hear fi rst the side of the candidates.

“Isu-suspend lang namin be-cause we have to give them the necessary due process, saka na lang namin ihi-hear (‘yung kaso),”he said.

He said the proclamation of those who were convicted by the Ombudsman, for example, will also be suspended.

“Kung ang conviction ay fi nal and executory, wala nang prob-lema ‘yun. Mino-motu propio na naming i-disqualify ‘yun. But in cases where the Ombudsman de-

Augmentation soldiers arrive Friday at the Manila Police District, with Commanding Offi cer Col. Ferozaldo Paul T. Regencia of the Civil-Military Operations Battalion giv-ing fi nal instructions to the 90 troops a little over two days before the political (MNS photo)

BY CAROL HUANGBEIJING, October 28, 2013

(AFP) – Five people including a Philippine tourist were killed and 38 were injured after a vehicle ploughed into crowds in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on Monday and caught fi re, police said.

The blaze sent clouds of smoke billowing into the air near a giant portrait of Mao Zedong that hangs at one end of the square, the site of pro-democracy protests in 1989 which were brutally crushed by the authorities.

Witnesses and reports said the SUV vehicle drove along the pave-ment outside the Forbidden City, the former imperial palace, before crashing – prompting speculation the incident was intentional.

Immediately afterwards a se-curity operation swung into force on the vast plaza, the symbolic centre of the Chinese state.

“I saw a car turn a bend and suddenly it was driving on the pavement. It happened fast but looked like it knocked people

over,” one eyewitness, who did not want to be named, told AFP.

“I heard an explosion and saw fi re. The scene was very frighten-ing,” he added. “There were para-military police who told people to get back into their cars and stop taking pictures.”

Images posted on Chinese so-cial media sites showed the blaz-ing shell of the SUV and a plume of black smoke rising near a por-trait of communist China’s found-er that hangs on the Forbidden City’s towering wall, while crowds looked on.

Several pictures posted online were deleted within minutes, streets leading to the square were blocked off and barriers were erected.

Two AFP reporters were tem-porarily detained close to the site and images were deleted from their digital equipment.

“The incident led to fi ve deaths and 38 injuries,” Beijing police said on their verifi ed account on

MANILA, Oct 28 (Mabuhay) – Justice Secretary Leila de Lima on Monday said Senator Jinggoy Estrada personally assured her that he will return to the Philip-pines after accompanying his wife to the United States for a sched-uled checkup.

De Lima said Estrada, who is being implicated in the alleged P10-billion pork barrel scam,

called her up last Friday to ask permission for his trip abroad.

“Sinabi niya na may balak siya na umalis dahil ipapacheck up niya ang misis niya. Sinabi ko na pwede pa po siyang umalis kung talagang gugustuhin dahil wala pa namang grounds to prevent his departure,” De Lima said.

The Cabinet offi cial added that she advised Estrada to publicly

pledge his intention to return to the country after his wife’s check-up.

“Sinabi naman niya, babalik ako. Ang sabi niya talaga namang nakaschedule na ipapa-checkup ang kanyang misis. Ang sabi ko, you should publicly manifest iyan para alam ng taumbayan,” De Lima said.

Gokongwei plans ‘one of largest-ever’ PHL IPOs

MANILA, October 25, 2013 (AFP) - A retailer is set to raise $622 million in one of the largest-ever initial public offerings in the Philippines, its main local underwriter said Friday, as more companies sell shares to capitalize on the nation’s surging economy.

The leading Robinsons Retail Holdings Inc. plans to use the money to boost its store chain from 940 to 1,400, said Dennis Du, executive director of Maybank ATR Kim Eng Capital, the IPO’s domestic underwriter.

“This will be one of the biggest IPOs ever in the Philippines,” Du told AFP.

Robinsons, owned by Chinese-Filipino tycoon John Gokongwei, told the Philippine Stock Exchange this week it will sell at least 461.9 million com-mon shares to the public on October 29 at 58 pesos ($1.35) a share, or 26.79 billion pesos ($622 million) in total.

The country’s main business groups have taken to selling shares to raise capital to take advantage of robust economic growth that saw the Philip-pines’ gross domestic product rise by 6.8 percent last year and 7.6 percent in the fi rst half of 2013.

The Philippine Stock Exchange index is up 13.3 percent this year, after a 33 percent surge last year.

The country’s biggest IPO launched in April when the LT Group Inc. of Lucio Tan, the country’s second-wealthiest man, raised 37.72 billion pesos.

Seventy percent of the Robinsons shares are to be sold to investors abroad and the balance will be sold in the Philippines on Tuesday, according to its

MANILA, Oct 28 (Mabuhay) – Swiss companies are giving the Philippines a closer look as the Southeast Asian place to invest in, lured by the investment grade rating awarded by major debt-watchers earlier this year.

“The Philippines is now on the radar screen as it continues to attract more Swiss investments while those already invested have been expanding their operations,” Swiss Ambassador to the Philip-pines Ivo Sieber said in an inter-view with reporters Monday.

Meteomedia, a Weather Sta-tion Measurement Network com-pany, which operates in Germany Switzerland, is expanding in the Philippines, according to the am-bassador.

MANILA, October 27, 2013 (AFP) – Philippine conservation-ists hit out Sunday at a wakeskat-ing “stunt” that took place at an ancient mountain rice terrace, ac-cusing sponsors of exploiting the UNESCO World Heritage site.

Professional wakeskaters Bri-an Grubb of the United States and Dominik Preisner of Germa-ny are shown on a video on You-Tube skimming on the waters of the Banaue rice terraces in the Philippines’ northern mountain region.

Wakeskating is similar to the popular water sport wakeboard-ing but users are not bound to the board.

“I noticed that on the back of the bills here, you could see all these rice terraces and tonnes of water,” Grubb says in the video,

which was uploaded Thursday and already viewed over 241,000 times as of Sunday.

“It’s just a wakeskate paradise but no one even knew it was here.”

Although they said they ob-tained permission from local tribal leaders, the video quickly spread on social media, drawing mixed reactions from Filipinos.

“Wakeboarding at the terrac-es? It is a stunt totally inappro-priate to the site. And stunt it is,” Augusto Villalon, president of the Heritage Society, told AFP.

“The world heritage property and the local residents should not be exploited.”

Sponsors Red Bull defended the event, saying in a statement attached to the video: “Respect for the environment was a priority from

Comelec en banc suspends proclamation of candidates with pending cases

De Lima: Jinggoy vows to return to PHL after accompanying wife to US

PHL now under Swiss investors’ radar – Ambassador Sieber

Stunt’ at Banaue Rice Terraces draws ire

Pinoy, four others killed in China Tiananmen Square car crash

MANILA, October 25, 2013 (AFP) - A retailer is set to raise $622 million in one of the largest-ever initial public offerings in the Philippines, its main local underwriter said Friday, as more companies sell shares to capitalize on the nation’s surging economy.

The leading Robinsons Retail Holdings Inc. plans to use the money to boost its store chain from 940 to 1,400, said Dennis Du, executive director of Maybank ATR Kim Eng Capital, the IPO’s domestic underwriter.

“This will be one of the biggest IPOs ever in the Philippines,” Du told AFP.Robinsons, owned by Chinese-Filipino tycoon John Gokongwei, told the

Philippine Stock Exchange this week it will sell at least 461.9 million com-mon shares to the public on October 29 at 58 pesos ($1.35) a share, or 26.79 billion pesos ($622 million) in total.

The country’s main business groups have taken to selling shares to raise capital to take advantage of robust economic growth that saw the Philippines’ gross domestic product rise by 6.8 percent last year and 7.6 percent in the fi rst half of 2013.

The Philippine Stock Exchange index is up 13.3 percent this year, after a 33 percent surge last year.

The country’s biggest IPO launched in April when the LT Group Inc. of Lucio Tan, the country’s second-wealthiest man, raised 37.72 billion pesos.

Seventy percent of the Robinsons shares are to be sold to investors abroad and the balance will be sold in the Philippines on Tuesday, according to its prospectus.

Robinsons will list at the Philippine Stock Exchange on November 11, it added.

Gokongwei plans ‘one of largest-ever’ PHL IPOs

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MANILA, Oct 26 (Mabuhay) – Malacañang on Saturday allayed fears of any immediate threat from an oil spill spotted off Pan-glao Island in Bohol province, but added the Philippine Coast Guard is in the area to address any dan-ger it may pose.

Deputy presidential spokesper-son Abigail Valte cited the initial assurance of the Coast Guard that the area is still safe.

“Naag-assure ng Coast Guard, safe for swimming and fi shing ang lugar (pero) nag-dispatch sila

ng tao para siguraduhing patu-loy hindi ito makapinsala o hindi ito tumuloy,” she said on govern-ment-run dzRB radio.

She cited the Coast Guard’s re-port to the Palace indicating the oil sheen could have been from a ship that sank off the area as early as 1994. The oil may have leaked from the sunken vessel fol-lowing the Oct. 15 quake, which has so far killed more than 200 people, she added.

Bohol is the area hit hardest by last week’s quake.

Bill aims to have PHL tourist spots printed on stamps

No immediate threat from oil spill in Bohol island – Palace exec

Palace has yet to see Enrile bill for quake-hit areas

MANILA, Oct 25 (Mabuhay) – In an effort to attract more visitors to the Philippines, a lawmaker is proposing a bill that would require the printing of postage stamps depicting some of the country’s top tourist attractions.

Parañaque Rep. Eric Olivarez fi led House Bill 2417 or the Philippine Tour-ism Stamp Act of 2013, which man-dates the Philippine Postal Service to release stamps featuring local tourist spots in different denominations.

Olivarez said the move will “further accelerate” the country’s tourism pro-

motion efforts, particularly the “It’s more fun in the Philippines” campaign.

“Tourism authorities in the world concede that the Philippines has an abundance of tourist areas of unspeak-able beauty, some of them have been developed and others are already beau-tiful in their natural state,” he said in a statement released Friday.

The lawmaker added that the stamps can advertise Philippine tour-ist spots without extra cost to the gov-ernment.

“Surely, this could trigger interest

for more information about the tourist areas which our Department of Tour-ism (DOT) and Tourism Promotions Board (TPB) can provide that would surely attract foreigners to visit the Philippines,” he said.

If passed, the bill will require DOT and TPB to help in the identifi cation, illustration and labeling of tourist ar-eas to be depicted in the stamps.

The budget for the creation of the stamps will be taken from the appro-priations of the Philippine Postal Ser-vice. (MNS) Rep. Eric Olivarez

MANILA, Oct 26 (Mabuhay) – Malacañang on Saturday said it has not yet seen a bill by Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile to create a commission to undertake the im-mediate rehabilitation of areas in Central Visayas devastated by the Oct. 15 magnitude-7.2 earth-quake. But deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said President Benigno Aquino would normally identify areas that need help.

“Hindi pa umabot sa atin ang proposal nila (His proposal has not reached us yet),” she said on government-run dzRB radio.

But she said Aquino would usually form a task force to deal with the effects of disasters and calamities, if the need arises.

“Normally ang ginagawa ng pangulo, ina-identify niya ang needs na matugunan sa lugar at pinapakilos niya ang department na merong pangsolusyon sa prob-lema,” she said.

Enrile had fi led Senate Bill 1872, which seeks to create a “Central Visayas Assistance, Resettlement and Development Fund” that will allocate P10 bil-lion to help victims of the quake.

The bill calls for a Central Vi-

sayas Assistance, Resettlement and Development Commission, which is patterned after the Mount Pinatubo Commission.

Under Enrile’s bill, the pro-posed body will formulate poli-cies and plans, and coordinate the project implementation among concerned agencies and monitor the progress of the projects.

The proposed commission will have a six-year term and will include the secretaries of Public Works and Highways, Education, Health, Social Welfare and Devel-opment and Disaster Risk Reduc-tion and Management Council.

MANILA, Oct 29 (Mabuhay) – Facing the Makati court anew on Tuesday, pork barrel scam whis-tleblower Benhur Luy reiterated that alleged scam mastermind Ja-net Lim-Napoles was in cahoots with her brother, Reynald “Jojo” Lim, in detaining him for three months.

During Luy’s cross-examina-tion at the continuation of Na-poles’ bail hearing, defense coun-sel Alfredo Villamor asked Luy if he personally heard Napoles ordered Lim to threaten him and his family.

Luy said he did not hear Na-poles give the order, adding it was Lim himself who claimed that the instructions came from his sister.

“Upon the instruction po ni madam,” Luy said, referring to Napoles. “Kasi yun ang sinasabi ni Madam sabi ni Kuya Jojo.”

Villamor also questioned Luy regarding his notes and the two

letters he wrote to his family, say-ing these do not contain any indi-cation that he was under deten-tion and wanted to be rescued.

Luy said the fi rst letter, dated December 19, was only dictated to him by Lim while the second let-ter, dated February 21, was his attempt to let his family know his situation.

“In-experiment ko po yun, kung makarating sa kanila, eh di gaga-wa ako ng isa pang letter na mag-sasabi na nasa Magallanes (Vil-lage) ako,” he said, referring to the Napoles-owned Bahay ni San Jose where he was detained.

“Kung ilalagay ko sa sulat, hindi naman ilalabas nina Mad-am na ebidensiya ba naka-detain ako,” he told Makati Regional Tri-al Court branch 150.

Luy also said he fi led the seri-ous illegal detention case against Napoles and Lim because of “love” for the controversial business-

woman, who was also his kin.Recalling a past conversation

with Villamor, Luy said the law-yer asked him if he is determined to fi le the case against Napoles and Lim. Luy said: “Mahal ko si Madam kaya gagawin ko ito sa kanya.”

He said the conversation took place while they were waiting at St. Luke’s Medical Center in Taguig for the inquest pro-ceedings against Lim, who was brought there after Luy was res-cued on March 22, due to chest pain.

Villamor also asked Luy to have pity on Napoles and her fam-ily, to which Luy replied, “Attor-ney, naawa ba sila sa akin? Tat-long buwan po nagmakaawa ang pamilya ko sa kanila.”

In his testimony, Luy con-fi rmed the earlier testimony of NBI agent Dante Berou that he initially resisted to be rescued on

the night of March 22.Luy said he thought the NBI

agents who went to Lim’s house were armed men sent by sena-tors and mayors who were alleged hunting him, as claimed by Lim.

“Mamang, ano ba to? Wala akong ginawang masama, Kuya Jojo,” Luy recalled as saying.

He said he was trembling in fear when he saw the NBI agents.

“Akala ko pulis sila na tauhan ni Madam, tauhan ng mga may-or at senador, hinahunting ako, pinapaligpit,” Luy told the court.

He only calmed down when his mother Gertrudes assured him that the men were their com-panions and they will rescue him from Napoles and Lim.

Luy also learned after he was rescued that his bank accounts were either debited or closed.

On March 25, he called Me-trobank Julia Vargas branch and was informed by the bank

manager that his P800,000 were transferred to the account of Na-poles-owned JLN Corporation on December 20.

The bank manager told him that they received a document re-questing for a fund transfer with Luy’s signature on it, and they also called his phone for confi rma-tion. Luy said he never signed any fund transfer document.

He was also informed by Metro-bank that his $13,761 dollar ac-count was closed on December 27. He said the branch manager told him that a person went to their bank armed with withdrawal slip with his signature and passbook.

Luy’s account with UCPB Glob-al City with a fund of P306,088 was also closed on February 8, 2013.

Judge Elmo Alameda asked if he has the documents of the said bank transactions, to which Luy said he was able to secure them.

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ABOARD THE USS GEORGE WASHINGTON, October 25, 2013 (AFP) – The United States has signifi cantly in-creased its warships and aircraft deployed in Asia despite Washington’s budget woes, adding punch to its “pivot” to the region, a senior naval commander said.

Rear Admiral Mark C. Montgomery, commander of an aircraft carrier strike group homeported in Yokosuka, Ja-pan, said the expanded military presence would have a calming effect on simmering tensions and territorial dis-putes in the region.

“The strategic rebalancing has resulted in an extremely higher number of surface combatants, cruisers and destroy-ers that support the strike group,” Montgomery told AFP in an interview on Wednesday aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington in the South China Sea.

“What we’ve seen is an increase in surface combatant presence here in the Western Pacifi c...so these ships are spread throughout those areas,” he said, in the interview at the fl ag bridge of the nuclear-powered supercarrier as fi ghter jets took off and landed on the deck as part of drills.

“Having more ships gives us more presence. It allows us to have a greater force.”

Montgomery said US defence budget cuts and the recent 16-day partial US government shutdown have not affected his command.

The shutdown forced President Barack Obama to skip two Asian summits this month, triggering concerns about the extent of US commitment to the region as China be-comes more assertive.

“Operations and maintenance decisions have not affect-ed us. The strategic rebalance is continuing in earnest,” the admiral said.

“We have suffi cient funds for our operations... there is in fact a strategic rebalancing in place that has resulted in more ships and aircraft being out here.”

Last year, then US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said in Singapore that the Pentagon would shift 60 percent of US naval assets to the Pacifi c region by 2020 as part of an Asian “pivot” announced by Washington.

Montgomery, a 25-year veteran in the US Navy, said ships and planes from San Diego, California and Pearl Harbor in Hawaii are being deployed to Asia for up to eight months as part of the rebalancing.

“That gives me a lot more fl exibility, a lot more pres-ence,” he said.

US presence has ‘calming effect’—Montgomery commands Carrier Strike Group Five from

the the nuclear-powered George Washington, which was in international waters in the South China Sea on Wednes-day when journalists and other visitors were fl own in from Singapore.

A carrier strike group packs a powerful punch as it com-prises an aircraft carrier, backed by at least one guided missile cruiser, a destroyer, a supply ship and a fast attack submarine.

It is a key element in the US strategy of projecting its military power across the world.

The George Washington heads the US Navy’s largest carrier strike group and the only one homeported outside the US. It operates in three theatres, including the waters off the Korean Peninsula where tensions between North and South Korea are simmering.

It also operates in the sea off Japan where Tokyo and Beijing are locked in a territorial dispute, and in the South China Sea, where China and four Southeast Asian states as well as Taiwan have overlapping claims over territories.

Montgomery’s carrier strike group held military exer-cises with South Korea and Japan off the Korean penin-sula this month, sparking a sharp rebuke from Pyongyang which denounced the drills as a “serious military provoca-tion” and an “attack on our efforts for peace”.

This week the group was cruising the South China Sea while holding smaller military exercises with the Malay-sian navy and air force and later in the month with its Sin-gaporean allies.

“I’m an element of any contingency response. I think a carrier strike group is always a critical element of it,” Montgomery said, when asked about the role of his com-mand in any military confl ict in the region.

China claims almost all of the waters in the South Chi-na Sea, including those approaching the shores of smaller countries like the Philippines, a former US colony with which Washington has a mutual defence treaty.

Manila, which is the most vocal in criticizing China’s al-leged aggressive moves in the sea, and Washington are in talks over a deal that will expand US military presence in the Philippines, which evicted fi xed US military bases in the early 1990s.

Montgomery said the increased US military presence in the region is a stabilising factor.

“Presence always has an assuring and calming effect,” he said.

“I think the fact that we’re here (now) says a lot whether or not we will be here if there was a crisis.”

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MONTEVIDEO, October 26, 2013 (AFP) – Unions representing domestic workers met here Saturday to urge countries to ratify a year-old international convention that sets minimal labor standards for do-mestic workers.

So far only 10 countries have ratifi ed the Interna-tional Convention on Domestic Workers, which went into effect a year ago in September.

But Myrtle Witbooi, president of the Internation-al Domestic Workers Network, said, “We are enter-ing a new era for domestic workers.”

Witbooi’s organization, which represents 300,000 domestic workers worldwide, is promoting the con-vention, which gives domestics the right to a mini-mum wage, daily and weekly rest hours and freedom to choose where they live and how they spend their leave.

“The International Labor Organization conven-tion is for everyone, but if people don’t know about it, it can’t be invoked,” she told AFP.

“We need to educate (workers) and we need to fi nd those countries that don’t even have national laws, so they can pass laws and ratify the convention,” she said.

Uruguay, which was the fi rst country to ratify the convention in 2012, is hosting the fi rst international conference on domestic work.

“It’s already in force here, and has been approved by more than 10 countries, and there are four or fi ve countries in the process of approving it,” said Uru-

guay’s Labor Minister Eduardo Brenta.He said salaries of domestic workers in Uruguay

have risen 400 percent over the past eight years, and about 66 percent have a formal status now.

The ILO estimates that domestic workers – house-keepers, cooks, gardeners, and babysitters – account for between four and 10 percent of the workforce in developing countries, and 2.5 percent in industrial-ized countries, or about 52.6 million people overall.

But the ILO believes the numbers employed as domestics could be as high as 100 million people, be-cause of undercounting by some countries.

Reports presented at the conference said 60 per-cent of underage domestic workers were found in Asia, including an estimated 1.5 million in Indone-sia, one million in the Philippines, 420,000 in Ban-gladesh and 100,000 in Sri Lanka.

Legal protections for domestic workers are mini-mal in Asia, according to the ILO, which said 797 cases of torture have been reported by media over the past 10 years in Bangladesh.

In Indonesia, 472 cases of violence against domes-tics have been reported and in Malaysia 13 domes-tics were killed in 2011 alone.

Moreover, in 97 percent of Asian countries, do-mestic workers have no legal right to weekly rest or annual vacations. In Latin America, ILO estimates that there are more than 14 million domestic work-ers, and that it is the principal occupation of women in the region.

Washington — Today, Congressional Asian Pa-cifi c American Caucus (CAPAC) Chair Judy Chu (CA-27) and Chair Emeritus Mike Honda (CA-17) released the following statements condemning the Kids Table segment aired on Jimmy Kimmel Live:

Representative Judy Chu (CA-27), CAPAC Chair:“I understand the jovial nature of a comedy show,

but jokes about killing over 1 billion Chinese peo-ple are no laughing matter. This type of xenophobic rhetoric can cause dangerous ramifi cations for the Asian American community. Although the show’s producers could not have predicted how the children would respond, Jimmy Kimmel and the ABC Net-work should not have allowed the segment to air. Comments referring to genocide should not be re-peated, laughed at, or tolerated. I am disappointed Mr. Kimmel and ABC chose to air a segment that clearly crossed a line and the Asian American com-munity deserves an apology.”

Representative Mike Honda (CA-17), Chair Emeritus:

“The ABC network recently allowed comedian Jimmy Kimmel to air a skit in which a group of chil-dren suggested that “we kill everyone in China” to avoid paying back the national debt. Some things are funny, but racial hatred is not one of them. These statements, left unchecked, promote intoler-ance, and I am concerned that the producers of Mr. Kimmel’s program allowed this to air. Children may not know better, but producers and ABC’s manage-ment should.

An apology must be issued, and I sincerely hope the network uses better judgment in the future. As a Japanese-American who was put in an internment camp during World War II, I have fi rsthand expe-rience of this country’s discriminatory intolerance, prejudice, and hysteria. Having worked hard in Congress to promote diversity and acceptance, I be-lieve Mr. Kimmel’s program is an affront not only to the Chinese, but to all who promote human dignity.”

Background:On October 17, 2013, comedian Jimmy Kimmel

ran a segment on his show called “Kids Table,” where he spoke with four children about various po-litical issues. When asked about the debt owed to China, one of the children suggested that the Unit-ed States “kill everyone in China.” The audience laughed and Mr. Kimmel acknowledged the com-ment with “That’s an interesting idea.” He repeated the suggestion one more time before concluding the segment.

CAPAC will send a letter to ABC regarding this issue.

The Congressional Asian Pacifi c American Cau-cus (CAPAC) is comprised of Members of Congress of Asian and Pacifi c Islander descent and Members who have a strong dedication to promoting the well-being of the Asian American and Pacifi c Islander (AAPI) community. Currently chaired by Congress-woman Judy Chu, CAPAC has been addressing the needs of the AAPI community in all areas of Ameri-can life since it was founded in 1994.

WASHINGTON, October 28, 2013 (AFP) – The United States Monday said it must better weigh the risks and rewards of its spying activities, as Europe fulminates over reports it eavesdropped on German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other world leaders.

In its most comprehensive response yet to the allegations, albeit using heavily nuanced lan-guage, the White House said that the fact it had the technical expertise to carry out certain espio-nage missions, did not mean that it should.

“With new capabilities, we recognize that there needs to be additional constraints on how we gather and use intelligence,” White House spokesman Jay Carney said.

Earlier, President Barack Obama’s national security advisor Susan Rice wrote on Twitter that Washington was seeking a “proper balance between security concerns of our citizens and allies and the privacy concerns that all people share.”

The comments followed a Wall Street Journal article which quoted unnamed senior offi cials as saying that Obama did not know US spies were bugging Merkel’s cellphone and that when he found out, he ordered it stopped.

The more conciliatory language also came as the Obama administration prepares to meet two teams sent from Europe to discuss the diplomatic fallout from the claims, one from the European parliament, another including senior German government and intelligence agency offi cials.

New allegations meanwhile that US spy agen-cies tracked 60.5 million Spanish telephone calls in a single month led to more embarrassing ex-changes between Washington and a European ally.

The White House stuck to its refusal to discuss the case of Merkel and other alleged operations specifi cally, but did speak in a way that may be designed to appease allies over National Security Agency (NSA) activities.

Carney said that internal reviews into US in-telligence gathering would ensure surveillance programs include proper “accounting for both the security of our citizens and our allies and the pri-vacy concerns shared by Americans and citizens around the world.

“We also need to ensure that our intelligence resources are most effectively supporting our for-eign policy and national security objectives, that we are more effectively weighing the risks and rewards of our activities,” Carney said.

In the fog of unspecifi c language and hints

that characterize the way offi cials talk about in-telligence matters, it was not clear whether Car-ney was hinting at a curtailing of certain spying operations.

While stressing that US spies must focus “above all” on threats to the American people, his words did however seem calculated to offer some recognition to US allies who believe US es-pionage activities overstepped the mark.

“We need to ensure that we are collecting in-formation not just because we can, but because we should, because we need it for our security,” Carney said.

The careful White House repositioning came after days of outrage in Europe over reports ap-parently based on disclosures by fugitive US security analyst Edward Snowden and evasive statements from the top American offi cials.

Carney, however, refused to comment on the Wall Street Journal article which said the NSA ended a program to spy on Merkel and other world leaders after an internal review revealed it to White House offi cials.

The review alerted offi cials to the monitoring of 35 world leaders, the paper said quoting an unnamed senior offi cial.

Merkel protested about claims the NSA had intercepted her cellphone messages in a tele-phone call to Obama last week.

US claims that it is not and will not tap her phone left open the possibility that American spies had done so in the past.

Carney also said on Monday that any infor-mation gleaned by US intelligence agencies was used purely for national security reasons and not to get a commercial or economic leg-up on Amer-ica’s competitors.

Some observers have wondered whether the US government, seeing Merkel as the key fi gure in charting Europe’s response to the Euro crisis, has been keen to access intelligence on the Ger-man government’s inner deliberations on eco-nomic matters.

The visiting EU parliamentarians will meet offi cials from the departments of State, Com-merce, Treasury, Homeland Security as well as intelligence offi cials and national security staff, said State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki.

She also said that US ambassador to Madrid, James Costos, summoned to the Spanish foreign ministry to explain the latest revelations earlier Monday, underscored the importance of “open communications” between the US and Spanish governments.

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to all attending media cor-respondents on the opening day of the 2013 Korean Food Fair. The event proceeded with the holding of the “B2B” consultations between buy-ers from U.S., Canada, and South America and food companies from Korea.

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The United Batangueños of Southern California Inc. will hold their Masquerade Ball on Saturday, November 2, 2013 at the Almansor Court in Alhambra. Music will be provided by The Midnight Motion Band. For further details please call Cely Anuran (805) 530-2836, Zenny Zole-ta (909) 732-9589 - Chairpersons or Boy Castillo at(805) 308-1244- Gov-ernor of the association.

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Chef Bernard Guillas shares his past and present experience of Hansik (Korean Food). Chef Bernard Guillas also shares his knowledge and experience of applying French techniques with traditional Korean ingredients. This technique is also demonstrated with his creation of Korean and French fusion appetizers. These appetizers will be available to sample after the Discussion and Q&A Forum.

Cathlyn is currently the CEO for CNE Manage-ment, a professional event production and marketing fi rm in San Diego. She is the co-owner of Carma Media & Entertainment special-izing in providing pro-fessional digital media and event production services. Deemed as “Korean Food Ambassador”, Cathlyn is the only Korean chef on TV hosting a Korean cooking show in English in the US.

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tion. You get an invite to this fabulous party. But you don’t have much time. You’re working on a budget. Tough.

Well, you can still come up with a good Halloween look that can impress or delight, without spending too much on costumes by using your regular makeup.

Here are my TOP 5 MAKE UP Tricks you can do for your Halloween event:

1. Red lipstick: Use vampire blood red. Apply around the lips. As we all know, vampires have blood-stained lips because of all that nocturnal feeding. If you’re going all-vampire, take note of the hallmarks: slick black hair, dark circle under the eyes and pale, gaunt look (because they don’t get much sleep at night and avoid the sun).

2. Black eyeshadow: Perfect if your after the zombie look that’s so much in vogue these days. Apply around the eyes. For the Walking Dead look, get a foundation in white/gray, purple or green, and eyeshadow, eyeliner or baby powder. Cover your face in foundation. Apply eyeshadow or eyeliner around and under the eyes and cheeks or other areas where there’s shadow. Darken those. Then apply baby powder for that deathly pale look. Then practice your zombie walk, more like a lumbering trudge. Try dragging one leg.

3. White foundation: Go gei-sha. Apply this all over the face. Then draw thin brows. Put some pink on the cheeks. Use red lip-stick and draw red small lips. Don’t forget to bundle up your hair. If you have short hair, you can get a geisha wig from a cos-tume store. Slap on a robe and you’re set. One more thing: A geisha is a good listener, and is schooled in singing and dancing. Be ready to entertain.

4. Avant-garde: This style

pushes make-up to the edge. With avant-garde, you are not going for normal. Think cool. Dramatic. And fun. For example, for a Cleopatra look, use black eyeliner for thick eyebrows; for the eye area, apply thick upper liner and lower lid liner. Be cre-ative and playful.

5. Clown make-up: Buy it from a costume or novelty store. It comes in a kit. Apply white powder on the face. Put on the red nose. Generously apply red lipstick on the lips for that big fat clown lip look. Finally, draw thin brows and pink eyeshadow. Slip on that huge curly wig and

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Line Dancing which has gained popularity all over the world has produced several choreographers and groups that can be seen on YouTube regularly.

Among these groups is one particular club in Orange County that teaches not only how to do the basic line dance but also do it with style and fl air.

The group is called the Vogue Dance Club, which in a short time has become one of the popular dance groups in the line dancing arena. In fact, one of their videos is being shown on TV in France for the latest music of the popular French pop singer, Sylvie Vartan – I like it, I love it.

Vogue Dance Club is headed by its teachers Jim and Mar-ilou Betham and their DJ & AV/IT Specialist Jimmy and Monica Tan. Classes are held every Friday from 8-12 p.m. at Cedarbrook Dance Studios located at 12812 Garden Grove Blvd. Garden Grove CA 92843.

Their students learn to line dance to rumba, waltz, cha cha, bachata, tango, and all other ballroom dances, whose styling and technique are incorporated in the dances they learn.

Vogue Dance Club’s next event is a workshop for Beginner Line Dancers with internationally renowned choreographer Ira Weisburd. He is known for his popular line dances, among which are caballero, summer celebration, shuffl e boogie soul and cumbia semana.

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Vogue Dance Club in Orange County: Where line dancing is done in style

Vogue Dance Club is known to teach participants the line dance with style and fl air. Photo: ROBERT GAMO


MANILA, Oct 28 (Mabuhay) – Some of the usual election-related problems again cropped up on Election Day Monday, ranging from violence to miss-ing names in the voters’ list.

In a press briefi ng, the Com-mission on Elections said it has recorded 18 election-related in-cidents out of 42,000 barangays nationwide.

“Eighteen out of 42,000 con-tests all over the country is very, very minimal. Halos wala ho. Medyo masaya kami ng kaunti hindi dahil birthday lang ni Commissioner Luie Guia but so far, the ongoing vote seems to be okay except for some minor inci-dents,” Comelec Chairman Sixto

Brillantes said.In Buldon, Maguindanao, the

polls were delayed in some areas after armed men prevented the delivery of election parapherna-lia. Maguindanao is one of the areas where teachers refused to serve as election inspectors due to security threats.

Comelec said there were strafi ng incidents in Mariveles, Bataan and Barangay Mati in Digos City as well as shooting incidents in Region 6.

The polls were also held up in the Calayan Group of Islands in Cagayan since election materi-als have yet to arrive there. Elec-tions in 6 clustered precincts in Vinzons, Camarines Norte were

delayed after election materials fell into a river while being de-livered.

The Comelec also received re-ports of ballot snatching in An-tonio, Catubig, Northern Samar.

Election watchdog Lente or the Legal Network for Truthful Elections said the opening of the barangay elections was gener-ally smooth and peaceful but also reported incidents of vote-buying in Ilocos Sur, Palawan and Jolo.

Polling precincts closed at 3 p.m. and there will be no exten-sions.

The Comelec is expecting a 70%-75% turnout of 54 million registered voters.(MNS)

MANILA, Oct 28 (Mabuhay) – Bad or non-performing loans of banks have been on the decline over the past three despite a li-quidity-laden fi nancial system.

“I am pleased to share there-fore that even with the high level of liquidity in the banking sys-tem and our own push towards a more inclusive banking industry, our banks, in general, adhere to high standards of credit disci-pline,” Bangko Sentral Governor Amando Tetangco Jr. said during the 3rd Asian Banker Philippine International Banking Conven-tion over the weekend.

The central bank chief noted the level of bad loans declined by over P11 billion from December 2009 to March 2013, while the banking industry’s loan portfolio rose by more than P1 trillion.

At the same time, the industry raised the allowance for possible losses on bad credit by over P11.6

billion, he said. “The result is a declining NPL ratio and an NPL coverage ratio above 100

percent,” Tetangco added.Based on a twice-a-year stress

tests, Bangko Sentral found out the balance sheet of banks can withstand credit shocks of up to a 50-percent write off. “All of these indicators suggest that Philip-pine banks manage their credit exposures quite well,” Tetangco noted.

“They observe a degree of con-servatism needed to stay within the so-called ‘discipline of target markets.’

“This is evident by the declin-ing levels of NPLs, high coverage ratio and moderate credit expo-sures vis-à-vis GDP.

What makes these numbers even more impressive is the fact that banks have available liquid-ity that they can deploy, if they so choose,” he added. (MNS)

MANILA – More than 150 were arrested overnight during the implementation of the 24-hour liquor ban for prior to the holding of barangay elections.

The Philippine National Po-lice (PNP) said that as of 7:41 a.m. Monday, a total of 153 per-

Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon inspects the P16.3 million worth of Toluene Diisocynate, a chemical used by trucks and motorbikes that were earlier seized by Customs operatives at the Manila International Container Port (MICP) after its misdeclara-tion was discovered on Thursday (Oct. 24). According to Biazon, the 160 packages of extremely toxic Toluene Diisocyanate from Hong Kong consigned to Mythian Trading were misdeclared as food ingredients. “These are the type of shipments we are closely monitoring as we will never allow the safety of the Filipinos to be compromised,” he said. (MNS photo)

MANILA, Oct 28 (Mabuhay) – Elections for the barangay offi cials are over but Malacañang wants the general public to maintain its vigi-lance as the votes are being tallied to ensure the success of this year’s vil-lage polls.

Presidential Communications Operations Offi ce (PCOO) Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. issued this statement on Monday, shortly after the Philippine National Police (PNP) declared this year’s conduct of the ba-rangay elections “generally peaceful.”

“Bagama’t may mga naitalang in-sidente ng ballot snatching sa mga ilang lugar, kasama ito sa napaghan-daan ng COMELEC (Commission on Elections) at may nakalaang mga improvised ballots sa mga presin-to upang tiyaking matutuloy ang eleksyon. Natunton din ang ilang insidente ng pamimili ng boto at pa-nanagutin ang mga nahuli,” Coloma said.

According to PNP’s report as of 10 a.m., 64 incidents of election-related violence were recorded but this num-ber is considered much lower than in the previous village polls last 2010. Even the elections conducted in 210 detention facilities nationwide have

also been peaceful.Coloma said they are still await-

ing reports with respect to the situ-ation in Lanao del Norte and Magu-indanao, which are among the areas of critical concern in the Autono-mous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).

“Umaasa tayong wala nang gaanong magiging problema sa bi-langan ng mga balota, bagama’t patuloy na nakaantabay ang pama-halaan. Maaaring makita ng mama-mayan ang malinaw na resulta ng halalan hanggang bukas,” Coloma said. The Commission on Elections has declared a total of eight nuisance candidates, 300 unregistered candi-dates, while three to four candidates were found to have criminal convic-tion. The COMELEC may fi nish its proclamation of the winners before noon of November 30.

“Nanawagan kami sa sambay-anan na ipagpatuloy ang pagmama-sid at pagtutok sa bilangan ng boto upang matiyak na magiging ganap ang tagumpay ng halalang ito bilang proseso sa pagpili ng mga karapat-dapat mamuno at manungkulan sa mga barangay na siyang pundasyon ng demokrasya,” Coloma said. (MNS)

MANILA, Oct 26 (Mabuhay) – Malacañang on Saturday hailed as “fortunate” the Supreme Court’s non-issuance Friday of a temporary restraining order against the controversial Dis-bursement Acceleration Program.

Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said issuing a TRO against the DAP would have affected programs of the executive department.

“That’s fortunate, there’s no TRO that was issued against the policy or program that is DAP. May maapektuhan talagang programa as far as executive is concerned,” she said on govern-ment-run dzRB radio.

Valte also said the government’s lawyers through the Offi ce of the Solicitor General are preparing for the oral arguments for November.

On Friday, the Supreme Court convened to tackle petitions questioning the constitutionality of the DAP, but did not issue a TRO against its implementation.

But the high court scheduled a separate oral argument for the issuance of a TRO against the DAP for November 11. The main petitions are set for another oral argument on November 19.

“Naghahanda na naman ang OSG (Offi ce of the Solicitor Gen-eral) para sa na-set na oral arguments,” Valte said.

When asked if the Palace is optimistic the oral arguments for the DAP will stand, she said the government’s lawyers are ready.

“Handa tayong ipagtanggol ang basehan ng DAP in the same way handa tayo tuwing tinatawag ang Sol-Gen na ibigay ang panig ng pamahalaan,” she said.

DAP is a discretionary fund released to several senators last year after the conviction of former Chief Justice Renato Corona.

Some senators reportedly received between P50 and P100 million under the DAP.

But the administration and its allies argued the DAP was created to accelerate government spending, and is based on the President’s power to realign funds. (MNS)

MANILA, Oct. 28 (Mabuhay) – Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Sixto Brillantes said the pilot implementation of the ac-cessible polling place for senior citizens and person with disabilities (PWDs) was successful.

This after 36 out of the 37 registered that they will vote in the spe-cial polling places inside SM malls in four areas nationwide. “I think it was successful dahil isa na lang hindi dumating, umuwi daw ng probinsya,” he said in a press briefi ng.

The poll body has set up four accessible polling places in SM malls in Metro Manila, Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.

“Kaya nga pilot e. pinag-aaralan natin ito for 2016. Dapat ba gu-mawa kami special listing? Sino ba dapat pumunta sa mall at sino ba dapat pumunta sa precinto nila?” he said.

The four pilot areas are: Barangay 659, Manila (5th District); reg-ular polling center: Manuel Araullo High School, accessible polling place: SM Manila (NCR); Barangay Sabang, Lipa City, Batangas, reg-ular polling place: G. B. Lontok Elementary School, accessible polling place: SM City Lipa (Luzon).

The special polling places in Visayas and Mindanao are Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City, regular polling place: Mabolo Elementary School, accessible polling place: SM City Cebu and Barangay Lagao, General Santos City, regular polling place: Lagao Central School, accessible polling place: SM City General Santos, respectively.

However, the poll body chief did not give any details on the imple-mentation of the program in the three other areas.

Strafi ng, snatching, delays: Usual poll problems return

Liquor ban nets 151, gun ban violators reaches 593

Bad loans declining since Dec. 2009, says central bank chief Tetangco

Keep exercising vigilance as counting of votes in the barangay polls begins, Malacañang appeals

Palace: SC’s non-issuance of TRO vs DAP ‘fortunate’

Pilot implementation of accessible polling place for PWDs, Senior Citizens successful - Brillantes

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sons were arrested in various areas in the country during the implemen-tation of the alcohol ban.

The breakdown showed that the largest number of violators came from Davao region with 51 arrested followed by Metro Manila having 42.

The arrested liquor ban violators

will face possible imprison-ment up to six years for vio-lation of the Omnibus Elec-tion Code.

Meanwhile, almost 600 were caught violating the ongoing gun ban by the Com-mission on Elections (Com-elec). NP Public Information Offi cer Senior Superinten-dent Reuben Theodore Sin-dac said 593 persons were apprehended in various op-erations and checkpoints placed nationwide. Among those arrested were 551 ci-vilians, seven policemen, eight from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in-cluding three CAFGUs, 21 security guards, and four government offi cials.


34th SPCP High School Batch of 1979 USA Grand Reunion

These are the CA-USA core group that put together the SPCP High School Batch of 1979 reunion that was held at the Courtyard by Marriott - Cypress, CA on October 12, 2013. Sitting from left: Marissa Colmenar, Rowena Arichea-Valdellon, Dr. Melanie Sarino, Linda Serrano, Nancy Solomon-Trinidad, Cecilia Moscardo

With Nancy Solomon-Trinidad, Diona Joyce Trinidad and Elizabeth Joyce Lachica from Honolulu, Hawaii. Dessert Table by Chef Ryan Jaranilla from Dream Events by RJ.

Our Memory Table is a compilation of class pictures from Kindergarten to 4th Year H.S. where Father Paul Failon was the Parish priest of Saint Andrews Church of Paranaque, who now is retired in his hometown in Belgium. His coffee table book was put together by Andreans and Paulians of Paranaque, where Cynthia P. Allanigue from SPCP Batch '79 is one of the editors.

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Our Memory Table

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35 SPCP HS Batch of 1979 attendees, Dancing to the beat of “Dem Jeans” with Line Dancing choreographer Monica Tan from Vogue Dance Club.

1. First To Like the Event announcement in Facebook: Inez Ria Alcantara-Esparago from Valencia, CA2. Effort Award - Elizabeth Joyce Lachica from Honolulu, Hawaii (inspite of her illness she made it to the event.3. First to RSVP in our reunion event: Jiggs Silva-Madlangbayan from Salem, Oregon.4. Talent Award - Ms. Salome Ann Dia for presenting her Belly Dancing.5. Last to RSVP Award: Gima Crisologo from Manila, Philippines6. Farthest Attendee: Juliet Ramos-Asahi from Tokyo, Japan7. TeamWork Award: Ann Domingo and Paz Quilala Jamillano from Alberta and Edmunton, Canada8. Miss Congeniality Award - Angeli Maranan-Cho for her biscotti treats9. Double Loyalty Award - Elizabeth Cousart-Arroyo, attended SPC from Kindergarten to - College10. I Found You Award - Arminda Salud-Lozano, Sign-up in Facebook 1 week before the event.

Specials Awards Presentation

Dancing! Dessert Table

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It’s confi rmed: Actor Richard Gomez will reunite with for-mer girlfriend Dawn Zulueta in the upcoming series “You’re My Home.”

Gomez and Zulueta said they are happy to work again together for their fans after the success of their love team’s reunion in last year’s phenomenal hit series “Walang Hanggan.”

“Right after ‘Walang Hanggan’ maraming may gusto na gagawa kami ng soap pero it took a while. So ngayon pagpasok ng 2014 mayroon silang mapapanood na Richard and Dawn,” Gomez said.

“Siyempre gusto na naming i-announce sa mga fans na mata-gal nang naghihintay, to give

them an idea kung anong klase na magkakaroon kami,” Zulueta said.

The two said the upcoming se-ries is a family drama.

“This time we start off as a married couple and what a mar-ried couple goes through – con-fl icts (and) differences,” Zulueta said.

“Then along the way kung ano ‘yung mga romantic, ‘yung mga sweet moments doon na lang pa-pasok. Ang importante ay makita nila ‘yung value nung soap. It’s really about family, how they cope up with struggles,” Gomez added.

According to Gomez and Zulu-eta, they both have the support of their respective partners.

“In fact, matagal na niyang gustong masimulan dahil mada-mi nang naghihintay na mga fans na magkaroon ng follow up ‘yung Richard and Dawn,” said Gomez, who is married to 4th District of Leyte Rep. Lucy Torres.

“Matagal na niyang alam na mayroon kaming project (ni Rich-ard),” said Zulueta, who is mar-ried to Davao Del Norte Rep. An-ton Lagdameo.

Joining Gomez and Zulueta in the new series are Iza Calzado, Ella Cruz, Francis Magundayao, Shaina Magdayao, Enchong Dee and Cherry Pie Picache.

Apart from the series, Gomez and Zulueta are also set to do a movie.(MNS)

Actress Bea Alonzo admitted that she was ini-tially not attracted to actor Zanjoe Marudo, who is now her boyfriend.

And that feeling was mutual, Alonzo shared as she recalled how she and Marudo started out as friends.

This changed, however, when they both realized how they have been sharing a lot of happy moments together.

“Friends lang talaga kami. Siguro na-develop. To be honest, hindi ko siya type, hindi niya ako type eh, noong nag-uumpisa,” she said.

“Tapos parang nasa same page kami na pare-hong we wanted to go out, we wanted to have fun. In the process, you’re having fun with this person, nare-realize mo na ang dami mo nang happy mo-ments with him. Tapos looking back, ‘yung lahat ng moments mo with him, lahat happy,” she said.

Alonzo and Marudo are set to celebrate their third year as a couple on March 16, 2014.

Asked if she thinks that Marudo is “the one,” she said: “’Di ko alam. I hope he’s the one.” (MNS)

“My Husband’s Lover” star Den-nis Trillo denied causing the recent breakup of Luis Manzano and Jen-nylyn Mercado, with whom he had a nearly one-year relationship until March 2011.

Speaking with reporters shortly after a recent press conference for his new fi lm “Sapi,” which hits the-aters on November 6, Trillo said he found rumors tagging him in the split amusing.

He noted this isn’t the fi rst time he was accused of being a third party in a former partner’s new re-lationship. “Ang masasabi ko lang, kailangan ba talagang madawit ako sa mga hiwalayan ng mga ex ko? Kasi bakit ako, ‘di ba?” he said. The 32-year-old actor was referring to earlier rumors saying he caused another recent breakup between a celebrity couple – his former girl-friend, Cristine Reyes, and actor

Derek Ramsay.Turning serious, Trillo stressed

that he had nothing to do with Mer-cado and Manzano’s split. “Pero sa totoo niyan, hindi ko na lang pina-pansin dahil wala naman talaga akong kinalaman diyan,” he said. “At sana, kung anuman ‘yung prob-lema nila, huwag na lang nila ako idamay dahil tahimik ako, masaya na ako, masaya ako sa nangyayari sa career ko. Wala, wala akong kinalaman,” he said. Manzano, in an interview on Wednesday, said he and Mercado had an amicable breakup.

The “Minute to Win It” host also stressed that there was no third party involved in the separation. Asked how he feels about being re-peatedly linked to his former part-ners, Trillo quipped, “Kawawa na-man ako, ang tahimik ko na. Lalaki na nga inaatupag ko, eh!”

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(Relaxnews) – Research by indepen-dent US thinktank the Eno Center for Transportation claims that even with adoption rates of just 10 per-cent, autonomous vehicles could help save $25 billion annually, while 50 percent of crashes and related inju-ries could be avoided.

In the US alone, over 30,000 peo-ple die in road traffi c accidents every year and in 90 percent of cases, driv-er error is a factor. The result -- 2.2 million injury or death-inducing car crashes annually at an economic cost of $300 billion.

As the report stresses: “Over 40% of these fatal crashes involve alcohol,

distraction, drug involvement and/or fatigue. Self-driven vehicles would not fall prey to human failings, sug-gesting the potential for at least a 40% fatal crash-rate reduction, as-suming automated malfunctions are minimal and everything else remains constant.”

According to its fi gures, even if only 10 percent of cars on the road were autonomous vehicles, it could lead to 211,000 fewer serious crash-es and 1,100 fewer deaths per year but that to eradicate all accidents in which human error is proven to be a factor, a full 90 percent of vehicles would need to be autonomous.

And while the logic of the think-tank’s central statistics and central arguments are very simplistic—“AVs can be programmed to not break traf-fi c laws. They do not drink and drive. Their reaction times are quicker and they can be optimized to smooth traffi c fl ows, improve fuel economy, and reduce emissions”—that doesn’t mean that they aren’t accurate.

An in-depth study by MIT and Audi (published in June) designed to understand the impacts of stress and strain on drivers under different con-ditions found that getting behind the wheel of a car can be more stressful than skydiving for the fi rst time. “We

Volvo Adaptive Cruise Control with steer assist technology: Car companies such as Volvo are moving closer to fully autonomous vehicles.

Self-driving cars could prevent 90% of road traffi c accidents

found that certain driving situations can be one of the most stressful activities in our lives,” said Kael Greco, project leader, MIT SEN-SEable City Laboratory of the results.

Likewise the annual distracted driver survey, published by State Farm Insurance to coincide with Thanksgiving Day week-end, consistently shows that driver distraction lev-els are climbing, thanks to smartphones and the mo-bile web. Almost half (48%) of 18-29-year-old drivers in the survey said that they surfed the net via their handset while driving (up from 29 percent in 2009), while more than one in three said they checked so-cial media sites and 30 per-cent admitted to updating their status while behind the wheel. But the most popular activity was check-ing email, which 46 percent of respondents admitted to doing.

Therefore, the sooner that human distraction can be removed from the driv-ing equation, the better. However, despite massive technological advances, there are still a number of issues that will need to be addressed before autono-mous vehicles become a common sight. Chief among these is price. Currently the sensors, lasers, cameras and GPS modules needed to make a car autonomous cost a combined $100,000 and that’s without adding in the cost of the car itself.

“This is u n a f f o r d -able for most Amer icans , with 2012 sticker prices for the top 27 selling vehi-cles in Amer-ica ranging from $16,000 to $27,000,” says the re-port. The hope is that as technolo-gies come down in price and that as adop-tion rates increase, the ticket price of a self-driving car will fall to between $50,000 and $25,000 over the fi rst de-cade..

But as well as cost, systems will need to be suff ic iently robust that they can be trusted to perform in all conditions and laws will need to be changed as in the US and in Europe; a car cannot be al-lowed on the road unless an adult is in full control.

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TORRANCE, Calif. – Fuel prices can be scary, but the EPA-rated 50 mpg1 city 2014 Accord Hybrid will take some of the fright out of going to the gas pump when it debuts at U.S. dealers nationwide on Hallow-een (October 31). With a host of standard equipment, the manu-facturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) ranges from $29,155 for the well-equipped Accord Hy-brid to $34,905 for the luxurious Accord Hybrid Touring model, plus a destination and handling charge2 of $790.

“With advanced technologies standard on every Accord Hybrid we’ve given customers an incredible combination of fuel effi ciency, technology and value,” said John Men-del, executive vice president of sales at American Honda. “The addition of the Accord Hybrid to the lineup will fur-ther advance Accord’s position as America’s most popular passenger car with individual buyers.”

Every new 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid is equipped with numerous standard features including Honda’s ex-clusive Lane Watch blind spot display system, a premi-um feature not even available on any competitive hybrid models. Additional standard features include a rearview camera, LED daytime running lights (DRL), an Expand-ed View Driver’s Mirror, Bluetooth Hands FreeLink,

USB/iPod integration, Pan-dora compatibility, SMS text message function, dual-zone automatic climate con-trol, alloy wheels, a driver’s seat with 10-way power ad-justment, and a 160-watt AM/FM/CD audio system. The Accord Hybrid EX-L is equipped with advanced safety technologies such as Forward Collision Warning (FCW) and Lane Departure Warning (LDW) along with leather-trimmed and heated

front seats and the Honda Link cloud-based media and connectivity system featuring Aha compatibility. Power driver’s seat memory, front passenger seat with 4-way power adjustment and one-touch moonroof are also stan-dard on the EX-L trim.

The top-of-the-line Accord Hybrid Touring adds the Honda Satellite-Linked Navigation System with voice recognition and FM traffi c data, LED headlights with blue tinted chrome bezels, Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) and hard disk drive (HDD) audio memory.

With EPA fuel-economy ratings1 of 50 mpg city / 45 mpg highway / 47 mpg combined, the 2014 Accord Hy-brid is the top rated 4-door sedan in America in the EPA city cycle. Highlighting both form and function, it blends the sophisticated exterior styling and spacious interior

packaging of the Accord Sedan with a highly effi cient two-motor hybrid system from Honda’s Earth Dreams™ Technology advanced powertrain series. The 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid is the fi rst Honda hybrid vehicle produced in Ohio, at the company’s Marysville Auto Plant, and joins the Greensburg, Indiana-built Civic Hybrid as the second Honda hybrid model built in the U.S., using do-mestic and globally sourced parts. Honda invested $18.8 million in a 94,000-square-foot expansion of the Marys-ville Auto Plant, along with the addition of 50 new full-time jobs to handle the special processes specifi c to the production of this advanced hybrid model.

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(Relaxnews) - As one of the most popular cars for import tuners it makes perfect sense that the Jap-anese carmaker should choose the world’s largest car customization show to show off its latest Civic.

Although Honda is keeping many details a secret for the mo-ment, the company has confi rmed that the 2014 Civic will have improved, more angular exte-rior styling cues and a number of under-the-hood engine enhance-ments.

Although it has a reputation in Europe as a safe reliable car for young families and retired couples, in the US, it became an accidental trendsetter when – be-cause of the same reliability – it became one of the must-have cars for the import tuner movement which sprung up in the 1980s and today is so huge and all-encom-passing that it has spawned six installments of “The Fast and the Furious” movie franchise.

As such it is now the platform

of choice for those that want to take personalization to the next level but don’t want to do so while blowing up the engine in the pro-cess. In order to say thank you to its tuner fans and to help get their creative juices fl owing, Honda has chosen the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show in Las Vegas to unveil the new car and will do so alongside a range of suitably customized models.

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(AFP) – The Mini Cooper, Audi R8 Coupé, BMW 1 Series Coupe and Lamborghini Aventador star in the latest garage gallery for Xbox One launch title “Forza Mo-torsport 5.”

Mini’s mobile John Cooper Works, the sleek 2013 Audi R8 V10, and the Baby Bimmer are shown off as part of the “Forza” showroom feature, building on a similar concept found in “Forza 4.”

And if you want to let people know you’ve got serious cash, why not craft a wedge of silver into the shape of a low-slung supercar, call it a Lamborghini and shatter a couple of eardrums as you gen-tly coax the throttle?

The “Forza” team at Washing-

ton state’s Turn 10 Studios have been revealing a new cohort of cars each week in the lead up to their latest release on November 22, due as a launch title alongside the Xbox One—Microsoft’s con-verged gaming, music, and gen-eral digital media machine—in 13 countries including Australia, Brazil, the US and Canada, and a decent portion of Central and Western Europe.

On the other side of the console divide, while proposed PlaySta-tion 4 launch title “DriveClub” has been delayed into early 2014, “Gran Turismo 6” is coming to the PlayStation 3 in December, while “Need for Speed: Rivals” will be available on 360, PS3, XB1, PS4 and PC to boot.

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(Relaxnews) – The fi rst of-fi cial long-wheelbase SUV to be offered by the company for 20 years will be offi cially unveiled at the Dubai motor show in November alongside the Range Rover Autobiogra-phy Black bespoke specifi ca-tion package.

The standard Range Rover is not exactly small, nor does it lack for creature comforts or exclusivity. How-ever, the new model has been specifi cally designed to cater to what the company calls a “growing group of consum-ers looking for the ultimate SUV.”

As such it will offer rear passengers an extra 140mm of leg room and seats that re-cline to 17°, a panoramic sun-roof and powered side door blinds for enhanced privacy. Adding to this sense of luxu-ry and all-around vehicular wellbeing is the Autobiogra-phy Black specifi cation.

Ticking that particular op-tion box will bestow the long-wheelbase SUV with a unique seat cover design inspired by fi rst-class travel – it features a number of massage settings and 18-points of adjustability – and built around a center console complete with elec-trically operated leather-cov-ered tables, a chiller compart-ment to keep the champagne at exactly the right tempera-ture, and all of the multimedia connectivity ports that modern life demands.

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cided against a particular candi-date, the rules of the Ombudsman is this is an executory judgment. However the respondent can still go up to the Court of Appeals or fi le a motion for reconsideration before the Ombudsman,” said Brillantes.

“Since hindi pa fi nal, hindi pa namin idi-disqualify but we would rather suspend the proc-lamation. We will give them the

necessary due process, hear them before they are proclaimed or they are actually disqualifi ed,” he add-ed.

The poll chairman said they will decide on the cases before No-vember 30 when the term of the incumbent barangay offi cials end.

He said the candidate with the second highest number of votes will be the one to be proclaimed as winner. (MNS)

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The driver of the vehicle and two passengers were killed, along with two tourists, one a woman from the Philippines and the oth-er a man from Guangdong prov-ince in southern China, they said.

Three Philippine tourists and one Japanese were among the in-jured, police added, saying the ve-hicle had crashed into the guard-rail on Jinshui Bridge, which crosses the moat around the For-bidden City, and then caught fi re.

The Southern Metropolis Dai-ly quoted an injured Philippine woman named Francesca as say-ing: “I heard the car’s horn honk-ing, but I noticed it too late. My mind went completely blank, and when I woke again I was com-pletely on the ground.” Philippine government offi cials said they had been informed of the death of one of their nationals.

“Beijing’s public security bu-reau informed our embassy that a Filipina was one of those killed in the car crash in Tiananmen

Square earlier today. Three other Filipinos, a male and two females, were also injured and brought to the hospital,” foreign affairs spokesman Raul Hernandez told AFP.

‘Is this a self-immolation inci-dent?’

One 58-year-old Italian tourist said he was touring the Forbidden City when offi cers came in around noon and ushered everybody out.

Tiananmen Square is general-ly kept under tight security, with both uniformed and plainclothes personnel deployed. Many are equipped with fi re extinguishers.

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“There has been violence due to intense political rivalry with emo-tions running high on the ground between rivals,” Philippine Na-tional Police spokesman Reuben Theodore Sindac said.

He said 22 people had been killed in the four-week run-up to the polls, half of them incumbent offi cials running for re-election.

Twenty-seven other people were hurt in election-related vio-lence, including two police offi cers and two election offi cers who were

ambushed by unidentifi ed gun-men in the central island prov-ince of Masbate on Sunday.

Despite efforts by President Benigno Aquino to curb the pow-er of political warlords and their private armies, Sindac said this year’s violence was worse than the last village polls in 2010, when 15 people were killed.

“We have intensifi ed our ef-forts to protect the security of ev-eryone,” Sindac said.

Police were guarding polling

booths across the country, while the military was called in for back-up in well-known hotspots such as the restive southern re-gion of Mindanao. Unlike the May 2013 national and local elections, where vote tallying was done au-tomatically, Monday’s polling re-verted to manual counting.

The automatic polling had been widely considered a success in re-ducing violence, as it largely took away the opportunity for politi-cians to tamper with ballot boxes.

The DOJ moved to cancel the passports of 37 individuals linked to the pork barrel scam, including Estrada, last week after fi ling plunder complaints against them last September 16.

Estrada, as well as Senators

Juan Ponce Enrile and Ramon Bong Revilla Jr., are accused of pocketing millions in kickbacks from the alleged scam suppos-edly engineered by controversial businesswoman Janet Lim-Na-poles.

Over the weekend, Estrada revealed his plan to leave the country this week to accompany his wife to seek a second opin-ion from doctors in the US for a breast lump.(MNS)

The company is expanding partnerships with Globe Tele-com, Smart Communications and SM Prime Holdings. Meteomedia provides custom-made weather forecasts for telcos, mining com-panies, and retailers, using data processed from over 17,000 sta-tions across the globe.

Apart from Meteomedia, Swiss companies are keen on investing in business process outsourcing (BPO).

However, many issues have emerged in the process of placing the Philippines under a magnify-ing lens, the ambassador noted, saying Swiss businessmen are particularly wary of the Patri-mony Law which limits foreign

investors from full ownership of businesses and properties.

The private sector in Switzer-land – as well as in Europe – is watching how the Aquino admin-istration is doing with corruption.

“A lot of companies are tak-ing note of these issues as well as the passage of important pending bills such as the Anti-Trust bill to improve the competition in the Philippines and the Mining Law,” Sieber said.

In terms of the transportation infrastructure, investors consider the Philippine situation as “re-mote” because of the diffi culties in traveling around the archipel-ago.

The Swiss envoy said the Phil-

ippines’ transport infrastructure is still being viewed as by the Swiss and European investors due to the diffi culty in moving around the archipelago.

Still, the positive points in-clude the usual accolades given by foreign investors – a well-educat-ed, English-speaking and young workforce.

In addition, Sieber noted the growing economy that churns with a sizeable number of con-sumers are major to lures that make the heads of investors turn.

The P6.31-trillion economy, which grew 6.8 percent in 2012, is expected to expand by 6 percent to 7 percent this year after growing 7.6 percent in the fi rst half.(MNS)

the beginning of this project!“The team has assured that the

plants and wildlife have neither been damaged nor disturbed at any time during the project.

“All agreements have been made together with the locals and under respect of their traditions and culture.”

But heritage conservation ar-

chitect Joycelyn Mananghaya said the terraced paddies were carved out on the slopes of the If-ugao mountain region by ancient people

“for the prime purpose of plant-ing rice”.

“If the intent is to attract tour-ists and assist in improving the economic conditions of the people,

it remains as an activity that is grossly out of place and if encour-aged and continues will signifi -cantly remove from it the values by which the site has been in-scribed in the world heritage list,” she said.

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