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Happy Thanksgiving .. p. 8

To Reign Is to Give Thanks .. p. 11

P-Noy takes swipe at China’s insuffi cient investment

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How did Pacquiao earn more points to get the Judges’ nod?

Pity Her, Or Pity Us

“What is that idiot (Bongbong Marcos) screaming about?” – Raffy Alunan

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Pacquiao Fights 2 Battles; Wins Both By Majority Decision

by Benjamin Maynigo

By Raïssa Robles | RaissaRobles.com -- This is just too delicious to pass up.

And also unexpected.Former Local Governments

Secretary Rafael Alunan – the person assigned to deal with Imelda Marcos on the return of her husband Ferdinand’s body for burial in 1992 – commented on my piece entitled Did VP Jojo Binay mislead PNoy on the Marcos burial issue?

I’m reproducing below what Alu-nan wrote with all the mis-typing so you can get the fl avor of his com-ment:

Raissa, your account is accurate as

screaming about?” – Raffy Alunanfar as I know. i think the word negotiate is a misnomer. “Offi -cial position” is more like it. I delivered the Ramos administra-tion’s position as follows in 1992:: the late-FM’s body to be fl own directly to Ilocos Norte; it would have to be buried there immediately; and that mlitary honors due a major in the Armed Forces would be rendered. These were contained in a MOA signed between Mrs

Footage of Marquez stepping on Pacquiao’s foot

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I did not plan to write about the Pacquiao-Marquez fi ght but after talking to my barber, reading the post-fi ght comments and lis-tening to some friends including Filipinos, I felt compelled to join the discussions. I also watched the bout twice.

Climbing into the ring, Pac-quiao had one goal in mind – to win the boxing bout. Like all boxers, he knew that according to the rules, he must convince the Judges to declare him the win-ner. To be declared the winner he must do either any of the follow-ing:

He must knockout Marquez;He must beat Marquez lopsidedly to leave no doubts; orHe must score more points than Marquez.

Based on the results, he did not do any of the fi rst two, but he did the third one. One Judge

scored it 114-114, another one scored it 115-113 in Pacquiao’s favor and the third one gave Pacquiao the win scoring it 116-112. For this offi cial results, Pacquiao was declared the winner.

How did Pacquiao earn more points to get the Judges’ nod? Boxing is about throwing punches and landing them either softly or hardly legally in any of the opponent’s face or body parts. Offi cial statistics show that Pacquiao threw 578 punches while Marquez did throw 435.

The more important statistic, of course, is how many of the punches thrown landed.

By Ryan Ponce Pacpaco | Journal.com

HONOLULU, Hawaii (VIA PLDT) — President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III yesterday took swipe at China’s insuffi cient investment to the country after a Chinese national accused his gov-ernment during a business forum here of not taking care of the so-called “Big Brother” China.

President Aquino just respond-ed from a question of a Chinese national during the business forum moderated by Diane Brady, senior editor of Bloomberg, with a theme Commodity Security for Economic Growth.

“I think it would be unfair to say that the Philippines has not been a good brother to the big brother. I think we have demon-strated time and enough,” said President Aquino who was aided by a language translator system when asked by the Chinese na-tional from the crowd.

The forum was held at Sheraton Waikiki here and part of the activities of the 19th Asia-Pacifi c Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders Meet-ing.

President Aquino said the country made huge contributions to China in terms of more Fili-pinos who visited their country compared to the number of their nationalities who went to the Philippines.

When it comes to direct in-vestment, President Aquino said Filipino businessmen invested $2.5 billion to China while Chi-nese leaders only invested $600 million to the country.

“If you look at tourism, we sent about 800,000 Filipinos out of our population of 95 million to China. China reciprocates by sending us 200,000. So in terms of balance of trade and tourism, we’ve sent a lot more than China sends to us,” President Aquino pointed out.

“In terms of direct invest-ments, we have 2.5 billion dollars in direct investment to China, we get 600 million dollars so far from China. So I think we have in-vested more in China than China invested in us although China’s economy is way, way beyond ours,” President Aquino stressed.

It will be recalled that Philip-pines and China are still engaged in a spat triggered by the tensions in the West Philippine Sea.

By Beth Celis Philippine Daily In-quirer -- I’ll bet you didn’t catch this one—a fl ash report from GMA 7’s Chino Trinidad in Las Vegas during Jessica Soho’s TV program “State

fi ght was not disclosed, although Chino described Manny as “very angry.”

The report didn’t say if somebody got hurt. Only cell phones were

damaged according to Chino.I imagine the two—or three—

hurled their Blackberrys at each other in the heat of the feud. An expensive table glass top was also

Sidelights: Manny vs Jinkee, Manny vs Alex

CITIZEN Y By Yoly Villanueva-Ong | The Philippine Star

The tragic alleged fratricide of 23-year-old Ramgen Re-villa, in the hands of younger siblings Ramona, 22 and Ra-mon Joseph 18 , educe layers of Whys. The primary question of motive has been answered and refuted as a fi ght about cars and the P290k-a-month allowance among nine children with Genalyn Magsaysay. A nagging inquiry is why women like her marry men old enough to be their grand-father in the fi rst place?

Reading some of Genalyn’s posts can make your hair stand. She calls herself

a simple God-fearing-Christian who is both mother and father to a brood that she describes as “Church kids”. But some ex-classmates of Ram Revilla disclosed why he was kicked out from school. He allegedly threatened a teacher with a gun, and beat-up a classmate who trounced him at an online game. Ramona skipped the country purportedly to join her husband in Turkey

who declared, “We are untouchable here.” Ramon Joseph supposedly sold the family pick-up to buy himself a new

Ramona

Glimpses By Jose Ma. Montelibano | PDI --

The problem when one loses credibility is that even the purest truth becomes suspect. I remember in Feb-ruary of 1986 when the dictator Marcos showed three military offi cers on television and accused them of an assassination or coup de etat plot. The public did not believe him, of course. Most Filipino thought it was anoth-er zarzuela like the 1972 stag-ing of an assassination against then Defense Secretary Juan Ponce Enrile.

I also remember the vio-lent clash in Mendiola early

in the Cory presi-dency. At that time, the Left who had been buoyed by the resentment of aggrieved and op-pressed Filipinos against Marcos. But the Left were sud-denly pre-empted by the Ninoy assas-sination, the Cory campaign against

the dictator, the miraculous People Power, and moved to abort this journey of govern-ment goodwill and a main-stream alternative for change. They pushed their people towards Malacanang until se-curity forces had to stand their

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Manny Pacquiao and wife Jinkee (photo by girlyana.com); Alex Ariza tones up the champ for a bout

reported to be broken, hopefully not from being hit by Manny’s fi st.

A sullen-looking Jinkee arrived in the United States some days ago. She refused to grant even a short interview to members of the media who were waiting for her at the airport.

of the Nation” Friday night.

An associate said Chino reported that there was an ongoing imbroglio between Manny and Jinkee Pacquiao inside their hotel room in Las Ve-gas at that moment.

At the same time, he said there was also a confl ict between Manny and condition-ing trainer Alex Ariza.

The cause of the

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The offi cial counter counted 176 landed punches for Pac-quiao and 138 for Marquez.

Oh yeah, but how many of these were power punches? Well, the offi cial counter also answered that question. Pacquiao attempted 274 and landed 117 power punches. Marquez had 254 attempts and landed 100.

How about jabs thrown and connected? Pacquiao’s jabs according to the offi cial counter numbered 304 and connected 59 while Marquez’ was 182 but connected 38. The latter’s accuracy refl ected in percentages (21% for Marquez and 19% for Pacquiao) is higher than the former in this particular case. Unfortunately, what is counted is the number of actual jabs in absolute fi gures and not the percentages. 1 out of 1 is 100% and 5 out of 10 is 50%.

The latter obviously wins.Even analyzing them on a per round

basis, Compubox reported that Pacquiao averaged 49 punches (578/12) and landed 14 (176/12) per round while Marquez 36 punches (435/12) and landed 11 (138/12).

No matter how you look at it then, the offi cial numbers dictated who the winner should be. The Judges had no choice but declared him as such – still the best in the world, MANNY PACQUIAO!

That made me proud!But why is there an apparent controver-

sy? Let me start with some Filipinos. Un-fortunately, Pacquiao, had to fi ght another battle – the Battle of Expectations.

Filipinos expect Pacquiao to win. Some expect him to win by a knockout. Others expect him to win lopsidedly scoring a unanimous decision. And many put their

By Dennis E. Chua, Esq.

A common mistake made by many legal permanent residents is that they still apply for naturalization not knowing that they are already US citizens by operation of law. This would end up very costly for the naturalization applicant since the US Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) will eventually deny the naturalization application and forfeit the $680 fi ling fee that has been paid by the applicant.

Instead of fi ling for a naturaliza-tion application, the legal permanent resident should have applied for a cer-tifi cate of naturalization as evidence of his or her US citizenship. In lieu of a certifi cate of naturalization, the legal permanent resident may opt to fi le for a US passport directly with the US Passport Offi ce.

With the enactment of the Child Citizenship Act on February 27, 2001, a child derives US citizenship if he or she meets the following requirements: (1) one parent is a citizen by birth or naturalization; (2) the child is under 18; (3) the child is a legal permanent resident of the United States; and (4) the child is residing in the U.S. in the legal and physical custody of the citizen parent. The law also extends these provisions to adopted children of US citizens.

However, the Child Citizenship Act does not have any retroactive

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effective. Thus, if a child meets all the requirements prior to February 27, 2001 – which is the date the law came into effect, he or she may not be considered a US citizen as the laws before the enactment of the Child Citizenship Act were very much dif-ferent. The law in force at the time will govern as to whether a child derives US citizenship from his or her parent(s).

Before fi ling for an application for naturalization, it would be advisable to check with the provisions of the Child Citizenship Act and the prior laws if a child has derived US citizen-ship, so as not to waste time, effort and money.

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car, igniting the family feud. So far, it is hard to see the Christian values. Is there a need for a reality check and possibly some therapy?

One tough question to answer is why he who sired 72 children from 16 women, is shocked and heartbroken that some of them turned out blighted? There is no charm that converts prolifi cally-propagated children into upstanding and productive citizens. The tale of the Revilla clan has been likened to a Shakespearean telenovela, with so many scandals involving offspring from dif-ferent mothers. Before this last heart-break, domestic helpers accused Senator Bong’s sister, Princess, of physical abuse. Rumors that his brother Strike is a druglord refuse to go away. But by far, this is the biggest blow that hopefully serves as a wake-up call.

The Revillas are not the only clan in the same leaky boat. The Quizons are more contained counting just 18 scions fathered by the King of Comedy from six women. But nobody thought it was funny when one of them burned down the home of a showbiz mogul, setting ablaze the wife and children. Another son was in drug rehab, a younger one was involved in an accident that got his girlfriend killed. Recently, a grandson was charged with attempted murder.

But the top cuckoo clan award goes

to the Ampatuans. Their pathology is best described as “the family that kills together, stays together [hopefully in jail]”. November 23 is the 2nd anni-versary of the massacre of 57 victims, including 30 journalists. All were killed by M16 bullets, with 21 females bearing presumptive evidence for sexual abused. Twenty-two were found sprawled on the ground while thirty- fi ve were dumped in three shallow graves. Some of the victims were shot in the genital area, others were mutilated, many were shot in the face making them unrecognizable. Used for digging and dumping the bod-ies, a yellow backhoe bears black letters stamped on its engine casing, “Property of the province of Maguindanao—Gov. Datu Andal Ampatuan Sr.”

The Maguindanao Governor has four wives and over 30 children. He is the family patriarch and namesake of the prime suspect, Andal Ampatuan Jr., mayor of Datu Unsay who was report-edly present at the site of the abduction. The senior Andal was legendary in his brutality. The chainsaw was allegedly his favorite weapon for anyone who caught his ire, decapitating and cutting-off parts of offenders that displeased him. Evidently this cruel streak was passed on to his progeny.

The 1987 Constitution attempted to disband private armies. But in 2006, em-boldened by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s EO 546 which allowed local offi cials to deputize barangay tanods as “force mul-


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San Diego, CA -- The 14th Annual Parol Philippine Lantern Festival on December 3, at the Jacobs Center’s Celebration Hall, 404 Euclid will be highlighted by the Parol Competition where the general public and students are invited to compete.

There are two competitions for the general public and students to participate. The Grand Competition will award $250 for First Place, $150 for Second Place and $100 for the Third Place Winner. Participants in the Grand Competition will be required to submit a registra-tion fee of $10 by December 1.

The School Competition is open to all students from Elementary, Middle and High Schools. No registration fee is required. The top winner in each category will receive $50.00.

RULES & REQUIREMENTS:Submit Registration Form by December 1 and ap-

plicable fees.Parol must be decorated by applicant listed on Parol

Competition Registration Form.Parol must be a three - dimensional lantern.Parol dimensions are a minimum 12 inches height/12

Parol Competition at Philippine Lantern Festival December 3inches wide/ 2 inches deep.

Parol must be a fi ve points star at a minimum: one pointing upward, two outward, two downward.

Parol must have two traditional tails on the two bottom points.

Parol material to be used maybe of crepe paper, cel-lophane wrap, tinsel, metal, shell or fabric.

Parol frame to be made of bamboo or other suitable material.

Lights are optional but recommended.Applicants must participate in Parade of Parols or have

another designated person to participate in the parade with created parol on December 3, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM.

Winners will be announced on December 4, 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM. CRITERIA FOR ADJUDICATION Design: 10 pts Craftsmanship: 10 pts

With December less than two months away, it is one the most exciting times in the Philippines, a predominant-ly Catholic nation, whose celebration of Christmas brings many Filipino diaspora wonderful memories of “home.” Included in that is the parol, a fi ve-point star-lantern symbolic of the Star of Bethlehem, which lead the Three

Kings to the infant Jesus, Mary and Joseph. It is a Fili-pino symbol of their strong faith as Christians and fond memories of the family making a parol each Christmas.

PASACAT Executive Director, Anamaria Labao Cabato shared, “Growing up, I remember my mom re-papering the parol every Christmas, with the trimming on the outline of the star and the beautiful tassels.” Cabato

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continued, “Mom said that they used to place candles in the parols, but often times caused fi res.” Filipino’s now use the intricately capiz shell parols which provides a kaleidoscope of lights in different patterns and styles.

PASACAT hopes to inspire and encourage families to rekindle the tradition with Parol Making Workshops and a Parol Competition to be held at the 14th Annual Philippine Lantern Festival on December 3, 100 PM to 500 PM at the Joe and Vi Jacobs Center’s Celebration Hall. The winners will be announced at the end of the

Parol Festival.Free workshops are also be conducted by the House of

the Philippines on Saturday, November 19, 10 am – 1 pm at the Hall of Nations, Balboa Park and on Wednesday, November 30, 4 pm – 6 pm at Skyline Hills Library, 460 South Meadowbrook Drive, San Diego. Light refresh-ments will be served at both workshops.

Tickets to the Parol Festival are $12.00 for General Admission and $8.00 for students and seniors.

PASACAT is a non-profi t cultural arts organization founded in 1970. The Parol Philippine Lantern Festival is funded in part by the Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation, San Diego County Community Enhancement Fund and the City of San Diego’s Commission for Arts and Culture. For more information, contact PASACAT, 102 East 16th Street, National City, CA 91950, 619-477-3383, E-mail: [email protected], website at www.pasacat.org or Facebook PASACAT Philippine Perform-ing Arts Company.


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Jo Ann Fields, San Diego, CA: Accord-ing to the U.S. Census Bureau, Filipinos are the largest population of all Asian Pacifi c Islanders in San Diego County. However, our political clout has yet to match our numbers. To improve our status, a group of concerned community advocates, business owners, educators, members of the military, media, medical doctors and nurses, 1st to 3rd genera-tion Fil-Ams convened the 1st of a series of “20/20 Clear Vision Breakfast Meetings” at the University Club atop the Symphony Tow-ers in downtown San Diego.

The purpose of the 20/20 Clear Vision Breakfast Meetings is to have an opportunity to meet, ask questions and hear San Diego Mayoral Candidates give a clear vision of what the City San Diego will look like in the near future under their leadership. Most importantly, learn how we can engage the Filipino community in the political process so that we may improve our quality of life. A set of questions will also be sent to each of the mayoral candidates so that we can better in-form our voters before the upcoming election with a series of write-ups and op-eds to share the opinions of San Diego Filipino residents. These articles will roll-out at the end of the 20/20 Clear Vision Breakfast Meeting series.

The inaugural breakfast launched with San Diego Mayoral Candidate Congressman Bob Filner, sponsored by Dr. Gil Ungab, hosted at the University Club by Burt & Debbie Espe and organized by the Filipino American

Caucus of San Diego County. In attendance, Dr. Valarie Altavaz, Pilipino

Medical Association of San Diego County; Vince Bumanglag, President, Filipino Ameri-can Chamber of Commerce of San Diego County; Dr. Ben Camacho, Medical Director, Paradise Valley Medical Missions; Susan DeLos Santos, Publisher, Filipino Press; Debbie Discar-Espe, President, San Diego Institute for Community Development; Burt Espe, Interim, Executive Director, Naval Of-fi cer Mentorship Association; JoAnn Fields, Government & Community Liaison, Imagine Media Group, LLC; Vic Garcia, President, Fil-Am Caucus of San Diego County; Mike Lapid, Assistant Director, Fil-Am Fest; Frank Lagula, President, Emeritus, Asingan, Pangasinan Association of San Diego County; Victoria Lagula, President, Filipino American Women’s Club of San Diego County & Secretary, Samahan Pilipino American Senior Citizens Association; Jackie Magat, Vice-Chairperson, Filipino Educators Association of San Diego County; Tony Olaes, CEO, ODM; Bennett Peji, Principal, Bennett Peji Design & Commissioner Arts & Culture, City of San Diego; Willy Santos, Business Owner & Professional Skater, Willy’s Workshop; Dr. Gil Ungab, CEO, Ungab Medical Group and JR Chantengco, Principal, TriWest Group.

The next scheduled breakfast is with

20/20 Clear Vision for the Future of Filipinos in San Diego

Filipino Americans quiz Mayoral Candidate and U.S. Congress-man Bob Filner about his vision for the City of San Diego

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SAN DIEGO – With more rain ex-pected across the region this weekend and with the fall season’s shorter days, the City of San Diego Public Utilities Department reminds homeowners, gardeners, landscape contractors and

Let the Rain Do the Watering City Reminds Residents and Businesses to Turn Off Irrigation Systems While It Rains

facility managers to adjust irriga-tion systems to reduce wasted water. When it rains, let the rain do the watering. Outdoor irrigation accounts

Expert humanitarian organization launches 2012 gift-giving catalog to promote worldwide health and economic empowerment programs

San Diego, CALIF,- PCI (Project Concern International - www.pciglobal.org) launched its 2012 symbolic gifts catalog, Gifts of Life. The catalog allows the public to give unique gifts that support PCI’s global programs and the people they reach in some of the most impoverished regions of the world.

The catalog is available online in order to browse and purchase gifts. Through the col-lection of unique and creative gifts, the public to shop online for gifts that will support PCI’s life-saving programs. Also, purchasers have the unique option of creating their own gift. Once gifts are purchased, buyers send eCards to their recipients to let them know a gift has been given in their honor.

For easy browsing, gifts are separated into three categories that represent the major categories of PCI’s programs: Gifts of Hope,

Health and Nutrition. PCI guarantees that gifts given will be sent all over the world to help their programs and the people they support. For example, one of the symbolic gifts is a Bolivian llama, which could be used to help carry crop loads and other products, made by families, to markets in order for them to create income for sustainable living. Another gift available is ensuring the safe deliveries of newborns and their mothers in Guatemala. With this gift, a mother will receive clinical care, services, counseling and education on health and nutrition, along with food and lodg-ing during and after delivery.

We invite companies and individuals to share the link to the online catalog with their networks. To learn more about PCI and its impact of global health and humanitarian work, please visit www.PCIglobal.org or please contact Annette Gregg, Senior Director of Marketing & Communications, at (858)279-9690.

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by Dr. Ofelia Dirige, CEO KCS

The celebration of Kalusugan’s 9th anniversary last October 12, Saturday, from 10:30 AM to 2:30 PM was truly a success! Despite the rain, we just had the right number of people come and the food was enough and delicious especially the best lechon I have tasted donated by Sam Samson and the sauce made by Alice Legaspi. The entertainment was terrifi c with The Professionals as DJ and singers Nita Barrion and Pastor Glen Lubao. The dancers were RMX featuring modern dance and Maharlika with their lovely costumes and traditional dance.

Most of all we had the best crowd ever. Congressman Bob Filner, candidate for Mayor of San Diego, Tony Young, City Council President, and Ron Morrison, Mayor of National City, graced the occa-sion. Several community leaders as well as the younger generation and children were also present to join in the festivities.

The theme for the year was, “Stepping Up and Get-ting in Shape: Collaboration and Volun-teerism” The program was from at AM to 12 noon and the emcee was Rudy Lipo-rada. It started with welcome remarks by Dennis-Michael Broussard, KCS Vice-Chair of Operations; KCS Highlights of 2011 by Dr. Ofelia Dirige, President & CEO; Recognition of Spon-sors and Donors by Jay Montenegro, Vice-Chair of Finance and Treasurer, and Recognition of Volunteers by Dina Ellorin, Executive Secretary, and Joyce Temporal representing Assembly Member Marty Block.

The main speaker was Lenore Lowe, Executive Director of Nonprofi t Manage-ment Solutions who spoke about “Neigh-bors, Volunteers and Collaborations” Lenore has more than twenty-fi ve years experience in nonprofi t management and governance. For her, being aware of oneís neighbors became important to her during San Diegoís blackout a month or two ago

when for the fi rst time she encountered her neighbors. I think that was interesting. She mentioned that the U.S. is a country that makes use of many volunteers. She also spoke about the important benefi ts of volunteerism that includes better health and looking younger.

The program ended with closing remarks by Wai-Ling Rubic, Board Chair, and Paul Ones, Co-Founder of KCS. This was followed by a buffet lunch consisting of lechon, butterfl y fi sh, lumpia shiang-hai, pancit bihon, chicken chop suey, vegetable salad, fruits, white and brown rice, bibingka, guinataan, anniversary cake and drinks. Entertainment were music and dance followed by a modern fashion show put together by Boodgie Arce and her fi ve models. It truly was an entertaining and relaxing event.

Economic recession started in 2008 and continues to the present. One of our

strategies to cope up with reces-sion is to recruit and train volunteers since we have lim-ited funds to pay staff salaries due to loss of funding. This year we are fortunate to have 20 dedicated volunteers who serve

KCS in different capacities such as being a receptionist at the Center, updating our contact list and mailing letters of solicita-tion, helping man the booth at health fairs, taking blood pressure, assisting in workshops, disseminating information, and analyzing questionnaires.

Volunteers are recruited any time during the year, given orientation, and recognized by giving a certifi cate during the annual anniversary celebration. The Volunteer Program will be formalized next year and so anyone who would like to volunteer can do so by contacting Dr. Dirige at (619) 477-3392 or sending email to [email protected] .




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right. I understand that’s not a techni-cal term, but parents and grandparents everywhere understand exactly what it means.

So I made an appointment with my physician. It usually takes a few days to get in to see him, but a broken bone got me an appointment that day. Heck, the next time I need an appointment for something I may just break another toe – it gets me in faster.

Bet that hurts

He took a look at the x-rays and said, “Yeah, you shattered it. Bet that hurts when you walk.” We’ve known each other for years – I’m his one patient he gets to say the things to he wants to say to everyone else. And I get to razz him back. We have a great patient / doctor relationship.

He gave me a referral to a specialist. Well, he submits the referral. It will take a few days to get the info (this because he put urgent on it; otherwise we’re looking at a week or so). What do I do until the referral comes? I head home, stay off my feet, take Tylenol, and ask the kids to bring poor, injured daddy another Pepsi. I think they got tired of it fairly quickly but how can you refuse an injured father? Especially when he still controls the allowance.

A couple of days later I get the refer-ral and make an appointment with the specialist. He looks at the x-ray, take a couple more, and tells me that about all that can be done is to put a round rubber bandage around the toe and then “buddy-wrap” it to the two toes on ei-ther side of it. And see him in a month. Okaaaaaay. But, I want more. I want casts and braces - anything that says Stay off Feet. No chores or work allowed. But no such luck. All I get is the goofy buddy-bandage and a weird, large, fl at sandal to wear. Sure the sandal keeps the toes straight, but it also lets in cold air and water. Remember the recent rains? Well my sandal and I were in those cold rains watching my daughter play soccer. And you know what? It was worth it; her team won 4-0.

ground and take as aggressive steps to counter the aggres-sion from protestors. The bloody violence that resulted became a counter battle cry of a cause that was losing its acceptability.

History will show that Cory Aquino died as the most beloved president of Philippine history. The Mendiola incident did not matter much except to those who orchestrated it. Even then General Alfredo Lim went on to become mayor of Manila, a Presidential candidate, an elected senator of the Republic, and now is serving again as mayor. The Left, however, has to employ fear, forced taxation, and lick their political wounds after their losing alliance with Manny Villar and the continuing defeats of their senatorial candidates. It is a matter of credibility, or the serious lack of it.

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Toes are small, quiet, and just hang out on the end of your foot doing their job. That is, until you stub one of them, or even worse, break one. Well I‘ve stubbed plenty of toes in my years on this earth, but until last week I had never broken one. Can’t say that any-more.

Yep, I broke a toe. The one next to the little toe, right foot. Do you know what toes are called? Yes, toes have an offi cial name. According to answers.com, “Toes are known as phalanx (or

Broken Fourth ToeOw, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, and I mean ow

individually as phalanges) made up with three phalanges for all the toes except the big toe which only has two (distal and proximal) not the middle phalanges. They are simply referred to by number, starting from your big toe (also known as the hallux): First, Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth.” So it was my fourth toe I had the pleasure of breaking.

The scream of a child

How did I break it? I was quietly sitting at a computer, minding my own business, checking over a kid’s homework when my daughter yelled, “daddy!” Those of you with kids understand that yell and know what parents do when they hear it. We jump and run toward the screamer. We don’t know what the problem is, but we know we need to get there.

So I jumped up from the chair and swung my legs out from under the desk and promptly hit the corner of a wall. Ouch.

I ran into the kitchen where my daughter showed me the dribble of milk that she had spilled. I wanted to yell, “You spilled a few drops of milk? That’s it?

For that I slam a toe against a wall?” But I didn’t scream anything. I just told her don’t worry about it, let’s clean it up and then let daddy dance around with his toe.

Naturally, I just thought I had stubbed it. I thought that for a few days until I learned better.

My break was a traumatic fracture as opposed to a stress fracture. According to the American College of Foot and

Ankle Surgeons (ACFAS), “Traumatic fractures (also called acute fractures) are caused by a direct blow or impact, such as seriously stubbing your toe. Traumatic fractures can be displaced or non-displaced. If the fracture is displaced, the bone is broken in such a way that it has changed in position (dislocated).

Signs and symptoms of a traumatic fracture include:

You may hear a sound at the time of the break.“Pinpoint pain” (pain at the place of impact) at the time the fracture occurs and perhaps for a few hours later, but often the pain goes away after several hours.Crooked or abnormal appearance of the toe.Bruising and swelling the next day.It is not true that “if you can walk on it, it’s not broken.” Evaluation by a foot and ankle surgeon is always recom-mended.”Well I could walk on it, and Tylenol held the pain down so I didn’t mess with it for a few days. But the pain didn’t get any better, the swelling didn’t go down, and it just didn’t seem

money where their mouth is. There lies the issue.

Online betting was that Marquez would not get beyond 10 and ½ rounds. Others were even willing to bet that Pacquiao would knock him out much earlier. If this happened, some Filipino gamblers would have won a lot of money.

Another betting is that Pacquiao would win by unanimous decision. This was very tempting and many followed this route.

Las Vegas puts the odds at 10-1 for Pacquiao winning regardless of how. This means your $10,000 wins only $1,000. To win $10,000, you have to bet $100,000.

If I were a real gambler, or one of the 26 Filipino Congressmen traveling to Las Vegas to watch Pacquiao, what were my options to recover my expenses and still make money? The Las Vegas 10-1 odds for Pacquiao would require too much in-vestment. This would leave me either the knockout route or the lopsided unanimous decision one.

Many Filipinos went through that process in some small ways. Many got disappointed and lost.

Fortunately, there are more Filipinos who are non-gamblers. The majority just wanted Pacquiao to win and like me they are just as proud. President PNoy praised him for his victory on behalf of the major-ity of the Filipino people. Senator Lapid sponsored a Senate resolution also prais-ing and congratulating him. I still have to hear from the 26 Congressmen who went to watch him. A win is a win is a win!

Now, briefl y, let us deal with Marquez and the Mexicans. Marquez is the chal-lenger and must take away the belt from Pacquiao, the current champion. To win he had to be declared by the Judges as the offi cial winner. He had the same options as Pacquiao: knock Pacquiao out; obtain a lopsided unanimous decision; or get at least a majority decision from the Judges.

He failed to do any. The best he could get was a draw from one Judge. Even if the two other Judges decided it as a draw, the incumbent champion would remain. As a challenger, he had the greater bur-den. He should have been more aggres-sive and be on the offensive. He cannot dethrone a champion by receiving 14 punches for every 11 that he lands. Or since he is supposed to be a great counter-puncher, he cannot counter with 11 punches for every 14 infl icted upon him. For a possible knockout, his best chance was to throw more power punches but he also lost there. To obtain more points, his best chance was to land more jabs, again the numbers tell a different story.

Marquez failed in fulfi lling the great burden of a challenger. His team and his countrymen proceeded on false expecta-tions. He decided to be defensive in the last round based on the false assessment of his coach. But he fought well and deserves another chance.

Financially, Pacquiao and Marquez were winners. A rematch would give Pacquiao about $25-30 million while Marquez should be able to command at least $10 million. For Marquez who is thinking of retiring at his age, that’s more than the golden parachute of some CEOs or several times more than the 401-Ks of many retiring managers.

Looking forward to Pacquiao-Marquez IV. Mayweather will have to wait.

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Demy Din- MPH- A Community Health Initiative Director for the Ameri-can Cancer Society, San Diego with an MPH degree in Public Health major in Health Promotion from SDSU. Her health education outreach and other projects provide a great service to Community Clinics, SD Unifi ed School Districts, Access to Cancer Care, Health Educa-tors and Promotoras. As Director for the American Cancer Society for the past 6 years, Demy has built successful relations and continues to pursue and build formi-dable alliances with key organizations to promote health and wellness to needy communities. Demy also volunteers as a board member of KCS and advocate for the Healthy Eating Campaign to promote a healthy environment and healthy eating behavior in SD County.

Lydia Duro, RN- She is from San Fernando City, La Union and lives in Rancho Penasquitos. A retired nurse from Pomerado Hospital, active member of Cosmopolitan Lions Club, Paradise Val-ley Medical Mission and active volunteer of KCS.

Doreen Felicitas, RN- Graduated from St. Catherineís College of Nursing in 1971 and worked as a registered nurse at Scripps Hospital in Chula Vista for 25 years. She currently volunteers at KCS taking blood pressure of seniors at Tooma Park, Granger Apartments, and Sum-mercrest. She is also an active member at Corpus Christi Church in Bonita, California.

Alice Legaspi- RN- A registered ICU Care Nurse from Imus, Cavite and now a resident of Bonita, CA. She is a mem-

ber of the Cosmopolitan Lionís Club, Paradise Valley International Medical Mission to the Philippines and an active KCS volunteer.

Rudy & Au Liporada- Currently a dealer of Salad Master with an offi ce in National City. Formerly lived and worked in Oxnard California. Active member of the community such as Chair of Coun-cil of Philippine American Organiza-tions (COPAO) Philippine Faire 2011, member of Baguio City Association and staff member of KCSís Healthy Eating Campaign.

Ben & Tess Macayan- Ben retired in 1986 after serving 20 years in the Navy. Two months later he was hired by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service in downtown San Diego District Offi ce. He is one of the Founding mem-bers of Homeland Security established in March 2003. He is a recipient of a letter from the fi rst Secretary of Homeland Se-curity, the Honorable Tom Ridge. He re-tired in August 31, 2007 after completing 41 years of combined federal government services. He lives in El Cajon with his wife Tess; enjoys playing golf, traveling and helping the Filipino community. He is past President of FilAm Toastmaster, past Vice-Chairman of Samahan Filipino American Heritage and board member/volunteer of KCS

Elvie Magsarili, BSN, RN- Worked in Nursing Administration at Kaiser Perma-nente for 25 years. She was Past President of the Philippine Nurses Association of San Diego County and the Filipino American Womenís Club of San Diego County. She is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Operation Samahan Inc. Health Clinic and Owner of a State Licensed Adult Residential Facility for the Developmentally Disabled L3. She is also a volunteer at the KCS Wellness Center.

Paul & Aida Ones- Three times Presi-dent of COPAO and was Co-Founder of KCS during one of those years and active member of UPM-FACC, San Diego

Scripps Lions Club, Knights of Columbus Council No. 13688, and COPAO. He was named “Mayor of San Diegoís FilAm Communityî because of his popularity in so many associations. He has been in and out of the country and has been transi-tioning for the past 12 years to help others in the Philippines, especially in Indang, Cavite where he came from originally. He and his wife Aida, a registered nurse, are active volunteers of KCS.

Leony Pamintuan, BSN, RN- Gradu-ated from the University of Santo Tomas College of Nursing in Manila, 1960. She is member of the Philippine Nurses Asso-ciation and a retired nurse from Scripps Mercy Hospital in Chula Vista. She is a volunteer nurse at KCS taking blood pressure and giving health information to seniors at Tooma Park, Granger Apartments and Summercrest. She is also Co-Coordinator of the Health Re-source Ministry at Mater Dei Catholic Church Parish in Chula Vista.

Bette Ponce-Poblete - She is from Santiago, Ilocos Sur, a Centro Escolar Univer-sity high school and University of the East BA graduate. Secretary to the Base Industrial Re-lations Offi cer, US Naval Base, Subic Bay, PI; Secretary to the Chief Adminis-trative Offi cer and Contract Admin-istrator, County of SD, retiring in 2000 after 30 years. Chaired the fi rst Philippine Faire of CO-PAO; President/Offi cer of several com-munity organizations and current board member of KCS. Husband Alby from Olongapo City, retired from the US Navy as Master Chief; Children Patrick, Paul and Pamela; Grandkids Patrick, Lauren, Ian & Bette Jr. When not cruising, she tend to her orchid and vegetable garden.

Fe R. Rivero- Secretary, SD Cosmo-politan Lionís Club; Vice-President of Subic Bay Complex-FilAm Association of SD; Treasurer of SBTFASA, Tooma Park; and former KCS Healthy Eating Advocate. Currently, a board member and

KCS Power House (L-R) A. Legaspi, Alice Legaspi RN, Demi Din, Doreen Felicitas, E. Dalandin,

Elvie Magaril, Fe Rivero, L.Pamintura, Lydia Duro RN, Oscar Baterina Jr, Paul Valen

Paul and Aida Ones, Rudy and Au Liporada, Bette Ponce-Poblete, Parinda Sukavivatanachi


volunteer of KCS. She is a BSBA gradu-ate in Accounting in the Philippines.

Paul Valen- He has been a board member and volunteer with KCS since 2007. He is one of the coordinators of the Kuya Ate Mentorship Program (KAMP), a youth education program that explores Filipino American history and culture. He is also an organizer with Anakbayan SD- an organization working for the rights and welfare of Filipinos worldwide.

University of California San Diego Volunteers:

Oscar Baterina Jr- Fourth year student majoring in Biochemistry and Cell Biol-

ogy, Revelle College, UCSD. From 2010-2011, he was a Health Corps Principal Member and from 2011ó2013, he is a Health Corps Program Coordinator and Research Scientist at UCSD GPL Cellular and Molecular Medicine.

Alice Jan- She is a Third year student majoring in Human Biology, Muir Col-lege, UCSD. From 2010-2011, she was Health Corps Principal Member and from 2011-2012, an Emergency Room Vol-unteer at Thornton Hospital, and UCSD Muir College Mentor.

Jeannette Soriano- She graduated in 2011 from Thurgood Marshall College with a degree in Biochemistry and Cell

Biology. From 2010-2011, she is a Health Corps Program Coordinator and from 2011-2012, a Health Corps Community Advisor, Clinical Care Extender at Palo-mar Pomerado Hospital and Thurgood Marshall College Student Dean Intern.

Parinda Sukavivatanachi- She is a third year Pre-Med student at Sixth College, UCSD, majoring in Cognitive Science with Specialization in Clinical Aspects. In 2010-2011, she is Health Corps Principal Member; and from 2011-2012, a Health Corps Program Coor-dinator, UCSD Sixth College Student Ambassador, and Santa Barbara Eastside

Neighborhood Clinic Volunteer.CONCLUSION: “Volunteers are

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My client’s daughter asked me the other day if she can petition for his married siblings in the Philip-pines. I asked her when she became a naturalized U.S. citizen. She said in 1989. I told her that she should have filed the petition as soon as she got her citizenship. She said she did not know that a married person can be petitioned by a sibling. Had she done this, her siblings could have been in the United States by now. For Filipino citizen, it takes normally 20 years for a beneficiary of a sibling petition to get the immigrant visa. Currently, the processing time is 23 years because of the retrogression. I received an email from a friend. She was ecstatic that her I-130 petition filed by her sister was approved. My friend asked when her immigrant visa will become available so she can start disposing her properties. I told her not until 20 years because her priority date is 2010. There’s misconception that once the petition was approved, the visa will follow immediately. They have to determine which category they belong and consult the visa bulletin. The visa bulletin is issued by the Department of State every month and is available online at HYPERLINK “http://travel.state.gov/visa/bulletin/bulletin_5452.html” http://travel.state.gov/visa/bulletin/bulletin_5452.html.

Only a U.S. citizen who is 21 years of age or older may file a petition for a brother or sister. It must be established that the petitioner and beneficiary are or once children of a common parent. A blood relationship between the petitioner and benefi-ciary is not required. To illustrate by example, Jane Brown married Jose Cruz. At the time of the mar-riage, Jane Brown had a 19-year-old son, Jerry, while Jose Cruz had a 16-year-old daughter, Marie and a 21-year-old son, Arnold. Jerry was the legitimate child of Jane’s prior marriage, and Marie and Arnold were the legitimate children of Jose’s prior marriage. Both prior marriages have been legally dissolved. Jerry is a U.S. citizen while Marie and Arnold are neither U.S. citizens nor Legal Permanent Residents. Jerry is not considered a stepson of Jose because Jerry was over 18 years old when his mother and Jose got married. Arnold is not also a stepson of Jane because he was over 18 years old when his father and Jane got married. Marie is a stepdaughter of Jane because Marie was under 18 years old when her father and Jane got married. Jerry and Marie are children of Jane Brown and are therefore siblings through Jane only, but not through Jose. Jerry is not Jose’s son and Arnold is not Jane’s son. Therefore, Jerry and Arnold are not siblings because they do not have a common parent. Jerry may file a petition for his sister Marie once he turns 21 even if Jerry and Marie are not related by blood. Their common parent is Jane. Jerry may not file a petition for Arnold. But Marie may petition for Arnold once she immigrates to the U.S. and later becomes a U.S. citizen. What docu-

ments does Jerry need to establish the sibling relationship? Jerry would need his birth certificate, marriage certificate of Jane and Jose, Marie’s birth certificate, decree of dissolution of prior marriages of Jane and Jose.

If Jose Cruz was not legally mar-ried to Marie’s mother and, therefore, an illegitimate child, can Jerry still petition for Marie. The answer is “NO”. The rules are different if either sibling is illegitimate. If one or both of the siblings is (are) the illegit-imate child(ren) of a common father, the petitioner must show that they are the natural children of the father. This means that the petitioner and beneficiary must be related by blood. A good example would be: Alex and Donna are married. They have a son, Sonny. Before Alex immigrated to the U.S. and met Donna, he had a live-in partner, Suzette. Alex and Su-zette had a daughter, Angel. Sonny can petition for Suzette provided it can be established that Alex had a bona fide parent-child relationship with Angel while she was unmarried and under twenty-one years of age. Such a relationship will be deemed to exist or have existed where the father demonstrates or has demonstrated an active concern for the child’s support, instruction, and general welfare. There should be evidence that the fa-ther and child actually lived together or that the father held out as being his won, that he provided for some or all of the child’s needs, or that in general that father’s behavior evidence a genuine concern for the child. Docu-mentary evidence to establish a bona fide parent/child relationship may include: money order receipts show-ing financial support, correspondence between the father and child, pictures of father with child, school records, and notarized affidavits of friends and neighbors. Pictures of father with child from the child’s infant years thru adult years are very persuasive evidence for establishing a bona fide parent/child relationship. Affidavits, school records, and money orders can be manufactured while pictures cannot.

If the common parent was the mother, the relationship between the siblings is not illegitimate. As such, the petitioner need not establish that there was bona fide parent/child relationship. For example, Nora was 18 years old when she gave birth to Cora. She was born out of wedlock. When Nora was 25 years old, she immigrated to the United States and married John Smith. They had a daughter, Dora. Once Dora turns 21, she can petition for her half-sister, Cora. Dora needs to submit her birth certificate and Cora’s. Dora does not need to establish that a bona fide par-ent/child existed between her mother and Cora.

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It is hard enough to raise good children with a complete set of parents. But without the a watchful mother and father, what are the odds that mass-produced kids will ever reach their full potential? Patriarchs who use their descendants like trophies that attest to their manhood better rethink their legacy while they still can. While they live there could be a truce that suspends hostilities. But the moment they die, it’s a free-for-all among the spawns. Generous stipends and luxury toys do not make them Father of the Year. Nothing makes up for the missing guidance that parenting requires. The open-hand is a poor substitute for a fi rm hand.

Children who grow up untended like mushrooms are likely to repeat the cycle of broken and dysfunctional family life. They know no other model, unable to break the pattern— becoming fathers at an immature age, impregnating young girls equally unpre-pared for motherhood, losing count of wild oats sown—babies having babies.

The nature-versus-nurture debate is one of the oldest issues in psychology. The discussion centers on how much genetic inheritance as against environmental factors contribute to human development. Plato and Descartes believe that certain factors are inborn. Thinkers like John Locke deem that all that we are is determined by experience. So if Andal Jr. did mastermind the slaughter of 57 victims, did he do so because he was genetically predisposed to sadism or was


Cuckoo Clansit caused by the augmented reality of his environs?

Most experts believe that behavior and development are infl uenced by both nature and nurture. In that case, the children of the lie are severely handicapped on both sides. In this bestseller The Road Less Travelled psychiatrist Scott Peck prescribed discipline as the means for spiritual evoution as well as emotional, spiritual and psychologi-cal health. He described the four aspects of discipline as: 1) Delayed gratifi cation, sacrifi cing present comfort for future gain; 2) Acceptance of responsibility for one’s own decisions; 3) Dedication to truth, honesty in word and deed; and 4) Balancing, prioritiz-ing different confl icting requirements.

Discipline is the titanic challenge of par-ents, impossible to achieve while missing-in-action. It is pure lunacy to multiply through dangerous liasons. Indiscriminate breeders should consider vasectomy. The cuckoo clan maybe the best argument for a coherent population policy.

By Zena Sultana Babao

“The Lord has done great things for us, and we are fi lled with joy.” – Psalms 126:3

All of America will celebrate Thanks-giving Day Thursday next week (Nov. 24, 2011) to carry on the tradition that the Pilgrims started – a tradition that had its beginning in Massachusetts, a part of our country which has been, from its founding, a leading force in culture and tradition.

Thanksgiving is the story of people of different races bound together by one of the greatest human needs – the need for survival. During their fi rst winter in this country, the Pilgrims lived aboard their ships and suffered the loss of 47 colonists, victims of the same epidemic that decimated thousands of Indians.

The arrival of the Pilgrims was signifi cant in creating America, and yet we must not forget that the native Indians found this cor-ner of the country hundreds of years earlier.

When the Pilgrims at last decided to go ashore for food, they were welcomed by Samoset, a Pemaquid Indian from Maine. Samoset introduced his friend Massassoit, chief of the Wampanoags, and other Indian braves to the Pilgrims. Early settlers had long feared the hostile Indians, but relative peace prevailed because of Massassoit.

Their common effort of survival gave rise to the feast of Thanksgiving, the fi rst and most characteristic celebration of the American people.

In 1621, Massachusetts Governor William Bradford invited the neighboring Indians for a three-day festival in gratitude for the bounty of the season. By the end of the 19th century, Thanksgiving Day had become an institution throughout America and was offi cially proclaimed a national holiday by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863. Since then, America celebrates Thanksgiving Day every fourth Thursday of November.

Thanksgiving is always a tender time, a unifying ritual. It brings family and friends together for a reunion complete with a traditional feast of turkey, ham and pumpkin pie. It is the day of giving thanks to our Almighty God for His continued blessings.

It’s also a day of rejoicing because the seeds of democracy sown on our shores almost four centuries ago continue to take

root and fl ourish in this beloved country. Our beautiful fl ag is still here, and long may she wave!

This past few years, though, has not been a year of plenty. Most people from across the nation, and especially here in California, have lost their investments, homes, and jobs. Businesses struggle to stay afl oat. People affected are stressed to the breaking point, not knowing what to do.

Some of us think that America has be-come a desolate land with nothing beyond the horizon but darkness and tears. We keep on tightening our belts, struggling to make ends meet. Our checkbook balances are inching towards the panic level; most of us don’t even have any checkbook at all. Hope and opportunity seems to have vanished into thin air.

Yet there is always hope. One day this searing loss would end, and there will be plenty again. Opportunities are still out there, waiting for us to enjoy them. Op-portunities are sometimes disguised as problems, and we have to be discerning enough to recognize opportunity when we see it. And be courageous enough to take action and claim it.

We have many blessings we can be thank-ful for, and counting our blessings is by far the best way of observing Thanksgiving. Here are many things I am thankful for this Thanksgiving Day:

Family and relatives, especially my loving children, who through thick and thin stick together for love, support and encourage-ment. So many people are without family, and no one to turn to when trouble comes.My positive and loving friends who bless my life so richly. They provide a relaxing company in the best and worst of times.The freedom I enjoy as an American citizen.Our brave men and women in the U.S.

Armed Services who serve our country and are ready to sacrifi ce their lives for the freedoms we enjoy.My health, a great gift from the Lord.Plenty of good books to feed my passion for reading.A roof over me and my family, a comfy bed, and hot food. My heart goes out to those who have lost their homes and their jobs. I pray that they will fi nd a place to stay and food to eat especially during these winter months.Writing, another passion of mine. I am so blessed to be writing a column for Asian Journal. And I am so blessed to be writing for some of the most prestigious magazines in this country, and in Canada. Writing gives me the opportunity to make a differ-ence in the lives of people.The wonderful climate here in San Diego, where there is no snow, smog and hurri-canes.My church, the Skyline Church in La Mesa, and our wonderful pastors and congrega-tion.And most of all, Almighty God, Giver of life and blessings.

It has been said that of all the qualities we possess, the trait which brings the most contentment is gratitude. If we are a keen observer of people, we can see that those who enjoy life the most are those who show gratitude for their blessings. They exhibit peace and contentment despite the daily struggles they have to contend with.

And they are givers – not just of money, since not many have money. But we always have something we can give away: like time, a helping hand, a shoulder to lean on, caring, support – and most especially, love.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

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Members of the AHS batch 61 held a reunion on 10/10/2011 aboard the Paradise Cruise ship on a 4 days Catalina/Ensenada Cruise. Everyone was so excited to see each other again and reminisce happy moments during high school days. Most en-joyable and full of laughter was the

sharing of funny incidents that have happened after high school. Camara-derie, fun and laughter that permeat-ed throughout the cruise lingered on days after the cruise giving everyone a hangover of fond memories.

Below are comments from some of the happy cruisers, a testament to a successful reunion:

Edel Antiniw- Wow! What a great reunion cruising together as ONE BIG FAMILY and enjoying each other’s company. How nice to spend time and know you all. Hope we’ll have another one soon.

Linda Castro- we had a great time, awesome cruise, looking forward to the next get together.

Lita Celso- It was extra thrilling

for me (so with Hazel) since this was the very fi rst time that I saw any classmates or batch mates in the state. It was never ending of bond-ing, laughing, exchanging of memo-ries, taking pictures and EATING.

Gloven de la Cruz- It’s been an amazing experience and reconnect-

ing with all of you and having loads of fun. We all look great in pictures as much as in person, despite all the years that went by. I thought I’m not a sentimental person, but I already miss our togetherness and all of you.

Roger Castuciano volunteered to put together all the pictures taken on and off the cruise ship and put them to a DVD along with everyone’s favorite songs of the 1950s and ‘60s. A copy will be sent out to all batch mates when completed.

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SAN DIEGO, Nov. 10, 2011 – For the third year in a row, San Diego Gas & Elec-tric (SDG&E) has been named the Most In-telligent Utility in the U.S. by IDC Energy Insights and Intelligent Utility Magazine.

“We are fortunate to live in a community that embraces new technologies,” said Jessie J. Knight, Jr., chairman and CEO of SDG&E. “SDG&E made a commitment to develop a smarter grid to support our customers’ desires for cleaner energy, and greater use of rooftop solar and electric ve-hicles. These technologies require a smart grid so we must act now, we can’t wait.”

Intelligent Utility Magazine’s UtiliQ survey measures utilities’ progress toward intelligent operation and the development

of a smart grid. UtiliQ rated 78 American utilities on operational effi ciency, integra-tion of renewables, smart-energy initia-tives, demand response/energy effi ciency programs and IT investments.

“The commitment to fully develop a smart grid is in SDG&E’s DNA and evident in every part of our utility,” said Knight. “We must be forward-thinking about the development of a sustainable energy future, and we work every day to put that forward-thinking vision into action.”

SDG&E was among the fi rst utilities to fi le a detailed Smart Grid Deployment Plan. This plan lays the foundation and lists smart grid technology projects the utility is already implementing, and how

SDG&E Named Most Intelligent Utility For 3rd Year In A Rowthey will allocate energy resources more effi ciently. It also describes how the utility is deploying new technology to give cus-tomers a much greater level of control over their energy usage – like its recent comple-tion of its smart meter deployment and the online tools available for customers to access the meter’s energy usage and make changes to lower their consumption.

Many of SDG&E’s successes in the smart grid space come as a result of partnering with organizations throughout the world and working together on what the future of the smart grid will look like.

“Our partnerships with groups like Global Intelligent Utility Network Coali-tion, Gridwise Alliance, Smart City San

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SDG&E is a regulated public utility that provides safe and reliable energy service to 3.5 million consumers through 1.4 million electric meters and more than 850,000 natu-ral gas meters in San Diego and southern Orange counties. The utility’s area spans 4,100 square miles. SDG&E is committed to creating ways to help customers save energy and money every day. SDG&E is a subsidiary of Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE), a Fortune 500 energy services hold-ing company based in San Diego.

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No, at least not in the meantime, says the Philippine Supreme Court when It issued the temporary re-straining order against Malacanang yesterday. The TRO is an order issued by the court at the beginning of the case to stop one party from doing something while the Court is reviewing the case.

By its nature and nomenclature, the TRO is supposed to be only temporary. But in many instances, the TRO by itself partakes the nature of a decision disposing of the case altogether. A good illustration of a TRO not really being temporary is the Arroyo case itself. The Novem-ber 15, 2011 Resolution enjoined Justice Secretary Leila De Lima and Immigration Commissioner Ricardo David “from enforcing or imple-menting DOJ Department Circular No. 41 and Watchlist Order Nos. ASM-11-237.”

In telling Malacanang to stop in stopping the Arroyos from leaving the country, some lawyers believe that the Supreme Court has in effect

Can Malacanang Stop the Arroyos from Leaving?

disposed of the controversy in favor of the Arroyos. It is notable that the TRO decision is not unani-mous. Five justices have dissented, so there is a chance that the fi nal decision may still be against the Arroyos. Come to think of it, what will happen if later on the Supreme Court determines that Malacanang’s position is valid? Will the Supreme Court be able to bring the Arroyos back, assuming that Malacanang’s fears are correct?

(We are of course not express-ing any opinion on the issue of the validity of the watchlist order, which is after all subjudice, other than to say that it is subject to abuse as a friend of ours experienced. The poor guy had a quarrel with his ex-wife in the Philippines. While he was on temporary vacation in the Philip-pines, his ex-wife fi led a criminal case for abandonment against him in the fi scal’s offi ce. Using her connec-tions, the ex-wife was able to put her ex-husband’s name in the watchlist which prevented him from leaving the country. As a U.S. citizen, he

sought help from the U.S. Embassy but it refused to interfere on what it perceived to be a domestic matter (alas, he was not a Daniel Smith). Realizing that it would be futile to fi ght the case administratively and expensive to pursue it judicially, our friend properly addressed the problem by having his case dis-missed in the fi scal’s offi ce. It turned out he has his own connections too, aside of course from the fact that the criminal charge had no basis at all.)

The Supreme Court has imposed certain conditions for the TRO. The Arroyos must post a bond of two million pesos. They must have a le-gal representative in the Philippines to receive court notices. Finally, they must report to the Philippine embassies abroad. Some may fi nd this baffl ing. If the Supreme Court thinks that the watchlist is prima facie invalid, why do the Arroyos have to be burdened with these restrictions? There should be no ifs and buts against an illegal act. Remember, the Court is letting the Arroyos leave without any pend-ing court case against them, so their situation should be contrasted from an accused who may rightfully be imposed with restrictions on his bail.

Which brings us to wonder why the government is taking its time to fi le a court case against the Arroyos, especially the DOJ who is conduct-ing the preliminary investigation? If Sec. De Lima is hell-bent on stop-ping the Arroyos from leaving the country, wouldn’t it be simpler if the DOJ expedited the fi ling of the cases against them in court? When that happens, the DOJ will probably have a stronger legal basis to hold the Ar-royos, and we doubt if there would

be a judge who would allow them to be free on bail – much more to leave the country – given the serious nature of the offenses and the very, very high risk of fl ight.

Announcement : Consultation in Manila

We will be in Manila during the fi rst three weeks of December. If your loved ones are interested in consulting with us there, please tell them to contact our Manila offi ce at 522-1199 or 526-0326 to schedule an appointment. We will also have the chance to personally attend to your legal concerns in the Philip-pines such as real estate transactions and other legal matters.

Atty. Rogelio Karagdag , Jr. is licensed to practice law in both Cal-ifornia and the Philippines. He prac-tices immigration law in San Diego and has continuously been a trial and appellate attorney in the Philip-pines since 1989. He travels between San Diego and Manila. His offi ce address 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 hypotheticals intended as general, non-specifi c legal information. Readers must seek legal consultation before taking any legal steps.

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Phil - Am Law 101

What’s the difference between the United States and the Philippines brand of politics? For sure, our politics is more or less constitution-ally patterned in the United States having national or federal, state and local levels, while the Philippines has also the national, provincial and local levels, both with the judicial branch as an independent entity to the executive and the legislative branches, composing the senators and house of representatives, to the governors, mayors and local of-fi cials.

Of course, the difference is how elections are lawfully constituted and how elected offi cials performed its tasks and functions. Philippine elections are always manipulated by administration candidate’s political machinery, and incumbent erring elected offi cials are usually above the clutches of the law, even high ranking non-elected government of-fi cials, are also untouchables mainly due to the “padrino system”, while traditional politician’s control the political arena in all levels to the det-riment of new comers.

As the 2011 calendar year clos-es, political hopefuls in 2012 are now trying their best to court voters and raising some money for the political campaign. In San Diego’s mayoral race, four candidates are now all smiles and group visits to San Diegan’s in their mayoral bid; leading the pack in fund raising is Assemblyman Nathan Flethcer who reportedly raised more or less $320,000, coming in closely is San Diego’s Councilman Carl DeMaio reportedly raised $271,000, while District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis came in third who reported raisng $150,000 and Congressman Bob Filner is comettereing in fourth who reported to raise $ 150,000, but this

was since last September, and keep on counting.

In our brand of election, more campaign funds the better and a plus factor for candidates, but not really a deciding factor here in the United States. Hopefuls need a good political think-tank who can deliver political tricks attuned to voters needs. In last years election, Mayor Jerry Sanders easily won re-election, knocking out his challenger, Steve Francis, who only got 34% of the vote, despite his huge campain spending of more or less $5 million. Political experts say, hopefuls don’t really need more money than your counterpart, you just need enough to run your campaign.

Next years election, is regarded as one of the best mayoral race in this town considering four promi-nent hopefuls to qualify for the race who raised at least $100,000 as pot money to be in the race. These candidates, are now trying to sell their political prowess to run the city with their platforms when elected to San Diegan’s. Fletcher is a former Marine who wants San Diego to em-brace a bright new future that would build infrastructure to save ailing economy. DeMaio has a vast knowl-edge of the city’s fi nances and the problems it faces, as an insider. He seems to focus on fi nancial reforms and employee’s benefi ts and union problems. Political veterans like Filner and Dumanis are dependent on their various endorsements and experience as incumbents.

Joe [email protected] Diego, CA

In the political front

Who’d ever imagine that The War of the Pacquiaos would be a virtual undercard to the third fi ght between Manny and Juan Manuel Marquez.

Some oddsmakers had predicted that Marquez won’t last three rounds this time. I wonder how Manny fared in the undercard. * * *

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Spiritual Life

Ang Tatlong Puno (4)To Reign Is to Give ThanksJoke of the Week: The little old lady

being examined for jury duty in a small country town was asked if she knew the defense lawyer. “Yes,” she snapped, “he’s a crook.” “And the plaintiff’s lawyer?” “Yes, - he’s a crook too.” With that the judge called both lawyers over for a conference. He whispered, “If you ask her if she knows me, I’ll fi ne you for contempt of court.”

Scriptures: First Reading: Ezekiel 34: 11-12; 15-17. The prophet offered a harsh indictment against the Hebrew leaders (the shepherds) who had used the power of their offi ce to exploit and oppress. In contrast, God will protect his sheep. He will punish the guilty shepherds. Yet God will not spare those sheep that misused also selfi shly their power and oppressed other sheep.

Second Reading: 1Corinthians 15: 20-26, 28. In highlighting the importance of Christ’s resurrection, St. Paul uses two comparisons: fi rst fruits/full harvest, fi rst Adam/second Adam. The universal impact of the fi rst Adam’s sin requires a universal salvation brought about by the second Adam. Though Christ has fi nally con-quered death, yet this victory is not fully realized in the believers. Some Corinthi-ans believed in the resurrection of Christ, but rejected the resurrection of believers. Others contended that their resurrection had already taken place and there was no need to wait for the fi nal judgment.

Gospel: Matthew 25: 31-46. The gospel amplifi es that God’s Kingdom lies on a religion and an economy: feeding the hun-gry, clothing the naked and visiting those in prisons. Some biblical scholars consider that this passage from St. Matthew’s is an indictment against the Gentiles who were hostile to the early Christians. God’s Kingdom is not an opposition between the spiritual and the earthly realm. The reign

of God is about the triumph of the power of service and selfl essness over the power of evil and selfi shness.

Refl ections: Today is the last Sunday of the liturgical year. It is also the Feast of Christ the King. This King is not like any other kings. He is a King who is God, became man, lived in solidarity with the poor and sinners, and worn a crown of thorns. He is also a kind and merciful King. Mercy is a virtue that is geared toward the alleviation of our neighbor’s misfortunes. According to the Scholastics, mercy because of its relational charac-teristic is closely connected with justice. Because it is a relational power, mercy is meant to heal or alleviate the involuntary condition of one’s neighbor. Quoting Isa-iah, Jesus announced to his listeners that he was anointed “to bring glad tidings to the poor... liberty to captives... recovery to the blind... release to prisoners.” In effect, Jesus was saying that through him the Father heals our broken body and spirit. The power that Jesus was anointed with is in opposition to the power that destroys, breaks our body and spirit, and that causes people’s misery. When power is used the way Jesus did, it is a virtue. But when power is used apart from God, it becomes destructive. It destroys rather than heals, and divides rather than unites.

When power, such as to own things, is abused, there is misery. Senseless waste of food and water and inordinate acquisition of clothes go against the corporal works of mercy of feeding the hungry, giving drink to the thirsty, and clothing the naked. Another corporal work of mercy is to harbor the stranger. It is estimated that one million people in the US are homeless. The twenty-year decline in real wages for workers is one of the major contributors to the present housing affordability. Another reason for this housing problem is rental

fee. Rents have soared to sky-high prices in the last few decades. Most renters pay more than fi fty percent of their income for housing. Also, housing discrimination re-mains widespread against people of color, immigrants, disabled, gays and lesbians, and families with children.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder. In some cases, absence comes as loss of home and job, as death, and defeat. In those cases, absence, if not properly dealt with, is traumatic. Today, absence is more apparent in the lives of the sick in hospital, the elderly in nursing homes, and the prisoners in correctional institu-tions. The absence of relatives and friends in their life is terrifying to those who are bedridden in nursing homes and hospital, and confi ned in prisons. However, when the power of God shines through the health caregivers and correctional offi cers, absence gives way to a divine presence that heals physical and spiritual wounds.

Jesus begins his public ministry with the proclamation that “the Kingdom of God is at hand.” It is clear from today’s gospel that our actions toward the poor, the sick, the homeless and the prisoners, establish or frustrate God’s Kingdom. This Kingdom depends more on our interior disposition. It is a realm that is founded on personal conversion and commitment rather than on territorial sovereignty. This kingdom is a “kingdom of truth and life, a kingdom of holiness and grace, a kingdom of justice, love, and peace.” Its subjects do not only worship the King of kings, but also promote his justice, love and peace. “On this earth that Kingdom is already present in mystery. When the Lord returns it (the kingdom) will be brought into full fl ower.” (Church in the Modern World)

Quotation of the Week: “How marvelous is this King who renounces all the signs of power and instruments of do-minion, force and arrogance, and wishes to reign only with the power of truth and love, with the power of interior conviction and sheer abandonment.” John Paul 11.

On Thanksgiving

Joke of the week: Mothers have Mother’s Day to celebrate; fathers have Father’s Day. But Catholic priests have two days to celebrate: Independence Day (Catholic priests are not married) and Thanksgiving Day (the problem doesn’t go to bed with priests and doesn’t wake up with them either).

Refl ections: Some holidays, such as New Year’s Eve, the Fourth of July, and Halloween, when people tradition-ally go out somewhere to celebrate, HYPERLINK “http://christianity.about.com/od/thanksgiving/p/creativethanksg.htm”Thanksgiving, in comparison, is most usually celebrated at home, with family and friends. According to histori-ans, thanksgiving was primarily observed by pilgrims with prayer and HYPER-LINK “http://christianity.about.com/od/whatdoesthebiblesay/a/spiritualfasting.htm”fasting, not feasting. Though this harvest feast was never called Thanksgiv-ing by the pilgrims of 1621, it is now the model for the traditional Thanksgiving celebrations in the United States.

Jesus Christ very often gave thanks to His Father, most importantly during the momentous events of His life. Before his agony in the Garden of Olives, He thanked His Father for His disciples and prayed for their deliverance from all evils. At the institution of the Holy Eucharist He gave thanks for the bread and wine. Grate-fulness to God for His love should also permeate the entire life of every Christian who truly follows the Lord.

I Thank Thee

O Thou whose bounty fi lls my cup, With every blessing meet! I give Thee thanks for every drop—The bitter and the sweet. I praise Thee for the desert road, And for the riverside; For all Thy goodness hath bestowed, And all Thy grace denied. I thank Thee for both smile and frown, And for the gain and loss; I praise Thee for the future crown And for the present cross. I thank Thee for both wings of love Which stirred my worldly nest; And for the stormy clouds which drove Me, trembling, to Thy breast. I bless Thee for the glad increase,

And for the waning joy; And for this strange, this settled peace Which noth-ing can destroy.

-- Jane Crewdson (1860)

Quotation of the week : “Thanks-giving Day comes, by statute, once a year; to the honest man it comes as frequently as the heart of gratitude will allow.” Ed-ward Sandford Martin

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SHOWBIZ WATCH-ER By Ogie Cruz | SAN DIEGO, 11/18/2011 -- Isa na kumakalat ngayon sa Facebook ay ang 10 Greatest Pinay Actresess na gawa mismo ni Mr. Roy Bozzing , na naka-tagged sa amin.Ayon sa kanyang design si Nora Aunor ang lumalabas na no. 1 Pinoy Actress pagdating sa pag-arte at nangangalawa lang si Gov. Vilma Santos.

Naka-tagged din ito sa mga kilala sa showbiz, at karamihan sa kanila ay sang-ayon sa pagka-sunodsunod ng mga nasabing actress.Hindi na kami nakipagtalo, at kung bakit nangalawa lang ang Star For All Seasons ayon na rin sa opinion na karamihang nagbigay ng comments kung baga respetu-han na lang.

Pangatlo si Lolita Rodriguez na kasama na rin sa movie ng Superstar, pang-apat naman si Hilda Koronel na ayon sa aming balita e sa Los Angeles California na nama-malagi.Panglima naman ang namayapang Charito Solis na kasama naman ni Vilma sa “Modelong Tanso”, pang-anim si Gina Alajar na talaga namang napakagaling na aktres at pangpito ang Diamond Star na si Maricel Soriano na nagpakita na ngayon sa media.Isa rin si Maricel sa mga favorite

naming aktres na di matatawaran ang pag-ganap ng ibat-ibang roles sa movie, im sure ayaw ito nga mga fans ni Sharon Cuneta.

Si Gina Pareno na-man ang puwesto sa pang-walo, gumaling kasi si Gina etong mga nakalipas na sampung taon at kung anu-anung award pa ang na-kuha niya bilang Best Actress.Pangsiyam naman si Jaclyn Jose na dati pang magaling at hanggang ngayon hindi pa rin kumu-kupas ang galing sa pagganap, lalo na sa pag-deliver ng kanyang mga litanya sa movies niyang nagawa.At ang panghuli si Charie Pie Picache na parang lalong gumagaling sa kasalukuyan.

May mga nagtanong pa Bakit wala ang names nina Gloria Romero,Amy Austria, Rita Gomez,Charie Gil ,Nida Blanca at Dina Bonnevie.Bakit kaya hindi matanggap ang galing naman ng Megastar na si Sharon Cuneta?

Kayo sino sa palagay n’yo ang 10 Great-est Pinoy Actresess, pero kung kami ang

10 Greatest Pinay Actresess !!!


Inaapakan ni Marquez ang paa ni Pacman

tatanungin mukhang tanggap na namin ang pagkasunodsunod ng mga naturang aktres?

MALA-TELESERYENG TAGPO NI GMA SA NAIA AIRPORT !!! Naging tam-pok din na balita sa Pilipinas, ang tagpong si ex-Pres. Gloria Arroyo pinigilan ang pag-alis sa airport patungong Singgapore ng Immigration roon.

Nakakagulat ngayon ang hitsura ng dating presidente kung makikta nyo sa Picture, na tipong nangangayayat dahil sa kanyang sakit.Napaiyak pa raw ito, dahil pinigilan sila ng ilang tauhan doon ng Immigration ayon na rin sa utos ni DOJ Chairman De Lima.

First time lang naming nakita na napiyak ang dating pangulo, dati kasi parating nakataray ang hitsura niya noong president pa siya kaya nga parang naging kaawa-awa ang kalagayan niya sa ngayon.Ewan lang namin kung drama lang niya ito o anu, ba-hala na kayo kung anu sa palagay n’yo.Pero sa survery ng TV Patrol last Wednesday, sa

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Indeed, the newly appointed chief prosecutor, Pablo Nolasco, was a com-plete unknown. No one in the Office of the President, except for President Lino Majeras himself, knew who he was.

“Who is he? Where did he come from? What is his background?” every-one asked. The intense public interest was understandable. The position of the chief prosecutor was critical in the elimination of government graft and corruption. It needed a brave person, with no vested interests and was be-holden to no one, to prosecute corrupt government officials, no matter their influence. Since the resignation of the former chief prosecutor, who had been considered beholden to the former presi-dent, the media had speculated whom the president would appoint. Several names of people of high integrity were bruited. Well-meaning and respected people had their own ideas on who could perform this very critical task. Even the church joined the fray. It rec-ommended people belonging to its flock who had manifested the utmost integrity and religious involvement. But everyone was aware that even if a saint were ap-pointed to such a position, his becoming incorruptible was not guaranteed. They had learned the bitter lesson of electing a saintly candidate to a post only to see his eventual corruption.

Even the president did not give much information about Pablo Nolasco, which would satisfy the curiosity of the press and the public. The bits and pieces of information that eventually came about through diligent research by the press was that he was a law graduate of the prestigious University of Fantasyland. Surprisingly, he was not even a good student He flunk in the bar exams the first time he took it. He barely passed during his second try. He was one of the very few graduates of the prestigious university to fail in the exams. As a law-yer, he practiced little. He had migrated

to the United States and worked as a paralegal. He did not attempt to take a bar exam in the U.S., content with just renewing his Fantasyland Law license every year. Pablo had hoped eventually to return to his native land and practice law as his parents had dreamt for him. In order to survive, he took up nursing, passed the board, and worked as a nurse in Seattle, Washington.

“Whenever I go to work, I do not care whether I am wearing matching pairs of socks or not,” he once told a friend. Pablo was then working as a nurse in a mental institution during the grave-yard shift. “This is because my patients would not care what I am wearing for they are all crazy.”

When the press learned about this little bit of information, they began making frantic, heaping criticisms against the president.

“Is this the kind of mediocre person he is going to appoint to such an impor-tant position in Fantasyland? A position that could dictate the success of his anti-corruption campaign? What kind of an immature and inexperienced president could he be?” they all asked.

But President Lino Majeras stood pat with his decision, even though there were people in his inner circle express-ing the same doubts.

Unknown to all, the president had a hard time in coming up with the right appointee. For weeks, he had been agonizing whom to appoint. He scruti-nized the list of recommendations from all sectors of the society but simply could not find one suitable for the job, one who would sacrifice and doggedly pursue and prosecute the corrupt public officials. But it was his own decision to make. Even the recommendations of well-meaning friends and experts, including the church, had unacceptable skeletons in their closets. Those who came up clean were unknown to him; he could not trust their integrity and

determination to carry the very critical tasks. He asked for help from above. He prayed to come up with the right choice. He asked his martyred parents to intercede in his behalf so God would give him a clue.

During those weeks of agony, the name “Pablo Nolasco” kept coming up in his mind. The president knew him as “Uncle Pabling,” a short, stocky man who used to visit them in their home in the U.S. when his family was in exile. The former dictator had been prosecut-ing his father for being the voice of the opposition to his martial law regime. President Lino Majeras remembered his Uncle Pabling talking to his father during the wee hours in the morning whenever he was asked to stay for the night.

“If there is a person I can completely trust, it would be Pabling,” the president once overheard his father telling his mother. “He is so honest and loyal as a friend that if ever I become a president, I would appoint him as the chief pros-ecutor of Fantasyland. That way, I could be assured my administration would be able to get rid of the graft and corrup-tion in the country.”

The president remembered this inci-dent after agonizing whom to appoint as a chief prosecutor in Fantasyland. He thought it was the answer to his prayers. Despite Pablo Nolasco’s mediocre career as a lawyer, the president consid-ered him for the demanding position. Majeras was banking on Nolasco’s good moral character, hoping it would be good enough for Pablo to carry on the job and the difficult responsibilities of the office.

Ten years ago, Pablo was diagnosed with cancer. He was expected to die in a matter of months, but he survived through sheer determination and prayers of relatives and friends, including President Majeras’ mother. Although the complete elimination of the cancer was not guaranteed, he was optimistic he would remain healthy. This close call made the president more determined to believe Nolasco could be fit for the job, as he would have nothing to lose. In fact, he might even be willing to sacrifice his life since God had given him a second chance and he had seen the Promised Land. – AJ

(To be continued)(Editor’s Note: To read the previous and

weekly installments of this series, visit www.asianjournalusa.com. Once there, click the “Editorials” heading, then click “Fantasy Land by Simeon G. Silverio, Jr.” title to see the list of all previous chapters of the series. Click the title of the chapter you want to read and the article will appear.)

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PILIPINAS…SA GITNA NITONG HIRAP! (1)1.Dapat kayang si Lapu-Lapu ay tanghaling bayani,Dahil naipagtanggol nya’ng kanyang katribo’t kalipi?Ang dayuhang si Magellan sa laba’y kanyang naputiIpinagbunyi’t ikinagalak ng mga kalahi.2.Nasa puso naman kaya ng katutubong MactanAng dalisay na pag-ibig at pagiging makabayanHindi kaya bunsod lamang ng likas na katinuanAng bukal na ugaling sarili ay ipagsanggalang?3.Ating minalaki itong kay Lapu-Lapung nagawaAt kinilala pa bilang isang bayaning pambansaSa atin bang kasaysayan ay mayroong napatalaAng tunay niyang layuning mapipilan ang banyaga?4.Sinugo ng Bansang España si Fernando MagellanSa Silanga’y napadako, mga Isla’y nasumpunganAng lihim na adhikain sa malayong paglalakbayKapangyariha’y mapalawig, kapulua’y makamkam.5.Sa loob ng tatlong siglo, tatlong dekada’t tatlong taonKatutubo’y nagsagawa ng daan-daang rebelyonSa himagsikang inihasik kabiguan ang nilamonAno nga ba’ng magiging laban nitong itak sa kanyon?6.Ang pagkabaril kay Rizal, mga mata ay nangamulatNaging susi ang nobelang Noli’t Fili na nasulatSa dalawa nyang aklat, pagmamalabis ay nabunyagNg dayuhang Kastila sa mga Indiong tinatawag.7.Kay baba n’yaring antas, inalipusta’t kinawawaSa sariling lupain inaglahi at inalilaSa bawa’t pagkakamali kapalit ay pagkawalaNg buhay ng kahabag-habag sa kamay ng banyaga.8.Ang lihim na samahan na Katipunan kung turinganItinatag ni Bonifacio na patagong kilusanNang dahil sa mapagmapuri’t taksil na kasamahanIto ay nalantad, pag-asang lumaya ay naparam.9.Sa pagkakatuklas , di natigatig, di naging hadlangManapa ay nag-ibayo ang sidhi ng kagitingan Palibhasa’y matatapang, kahit gulok yaong tanganWalang takot, nakihamok, sinuong ang kamatayan.10.Ang kawikaang kalawang ang sa bakal ay sisiraYaong inggit sa kapwa ay naghari at naganap nga Hidwaan sa pamumuno, sanhi ng pagkariwaraNg kilusang sana ay muog na di kayang magiba.

(abangan ang susunod na kadugtong)

Isang “Kuwentula” ni Audele (Ika 1-10 ng 53 Berso)tanong na tama ba ang ginawa ng DOJ sa pagpigil sa dating presidente na makalabas ng bansa,mas marami ang sumang-ayon na tama mahigit 70%, samantalang mga 23% lang ang hindi sang-ayon.Ibig bang sabihin nito,hindi nakakuha ng simpatiya ng sam-bayanan si GMA?Ano ang sa palagay n’yo?

MARICEL SORIANO,NAGPAKITA NA SA MEDIA !!!

Sa wakas nagpakita na rin ang magal-ing na aktres sa isang presscon kung saan gagawa siya ng isang movie sa Regal Films na kasali sa Metro Manila Film Festival this December.

Pero iwas pa rin si Maricel sa mga ques-tions about Physical Abuse sa isa niyang katulong na inireklamo siya.Aminado siya na may unos siyang pinagdadaanan sa kasalukuyan kaya lagi raw siyang nasa tabi ng panginoon, I mean lagi siyang nagdarasal para maging matatag siya sa mga unos na ito.

Aminado rin siya na naapektuhan siya ng husto sa pagkamatay ng kanyang pinaka-mamahal na ina, na kahit paano raw ngayon nakakaagapay na siya sa pangyayaring yun.Nasa tabi lang niya si Mother Lily na halatang umaalalay sa Diamond Star sa mga binabatong questions sa kanya ng Media.

Bago na pala ang kanyang manager si Vic Del Rosario ng Viva Films, eto na ang hahawak sa kanyang movie career.Tiyak papasok na rin si Maricel sa TV5 kung saan may connection ang kanyang manager.Basta Goodluck Maricel sa pagbabalik mo, marami ang nag-aantay sa iyong pagbabalik at dahil marami pa rin ang nagmamahal sa iyo dahil napakagaling mong aktres.

PACMAN BINALEWALA SA PAG-APAK SA KANYA NI JUAN MANUEL!!! Naglabasan sa facebook ang mga videos at pictures kung ilang beses inapakan siya ni Juan Manuel Marquez.

Dati marami ang nag-question sa kanyang pagkapanalo, pero nang makita nila ang ginawa ni Marquez na pandaraya ang pag-apak sa kanya, ayun si Pacman daw dapat ang tunay na champion.

Nakita na rin Pacquiao ang mga pictures at video na ito, pero binalewala lang niya ito at naghahanda siya o sang-ayon sa muli nilang pagtutuos sa boxing sa ikaapat na pagkakataon.

Sa isa pang nakaagaw pansin din sa amin, kamukha raw ngayon ni Jinkee Pacquiao itong si Krista Ranillo dahil sa new hairstyle nito na naglabasan sa ilang social network lalo na sa Facebook.

Ganon,magkamukha sila!!!.Basta kung may mga question kayo tungkol sa mga artista, email nyo na lang ako sa [email protected] o kaya tungkol sa 10 Greatest Pinay Actresses kung may apila kayo para bigyan naming kayo ng espasyo sa aming column.


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Prayer to St. Jude

O Holy St Jude! Apostle and Martyr, great in virtue and rich in miracles, near kinsman of Jesus Christ, faithful intercessor for all who invoke you, special patron in time of need; to you I have recourse from the depth of my heart, and humbly beg you, to whom God has given such great power, to come to my assistance; help me now in my urgent need and grant my earnest petition.

I will never forget thy graces and favors you obtain for me and I will do my utmost to spread devotion to you.Amen.

St. Jude, pray for us and all who honor thee and invoke thy aid.

(Say 3 Our Father’s, 3 Hail Mary’s, and 3 Glory Be’s after this.)

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Prayer to the Holy Spirit

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

Mention your request while making the request, please promise to publish the prayer or circulate the favor.

This prayer should be said for 3 consecutive days and after the 3rd day, expect your prayer to be answered.

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Marcos and me. The conditions were met or carried out except for the requirement for an im-mediate burial, which Mrs Marcos decided that it be an interment instead ala Stalin. Bongbong Marcos, then a Congressman, called for a hearing to demand an explanation why his father was be-ing prevented from being buried at the Libingan. I told him that FM’s regime was overthrown just six years earlier antd that the wounds inflicted by the dictatorship on society were still fresh. To allow it would heighten the probabilitty of bloodshed and as Interior Secretary I said that I would never allow that to happen, not on my watch. It didin’t happen and still hasn’t. (So what is that idiot screaming about?).

Hmmm. Idiot.I don’t recall Alunan ever using the word

“idiot” when he was a cabinet secretary. He was quite diplomatic then.

Well, me, I would use the word manipulative.The Marcoses have been manipulating that

corpse since 1992.And notice that not one of them has publicly

spoken out to deny the preconditions that Presi-dent Fidel Ramos gave them.

After PNoy spoke before FOCAP rejecting a hero’s burial for Marcos, his only son lambasted him and put this up on his site:

Sen. Bongbong also told Senate reporters:Noong kampanya, ang ipinangako niya nang

siya’y nangangampanya sa northern Luzon ay isang bagay—sabi nya, pag-upo niya ay pag-aaralan niya ito at nagpagawa pa siya ng study kay Vice President Binay. Pero ang puno’t dulo ay ganun din pala. Ang ang bagsak ay hindi na-man pinagbasehan ang lahat ng sinasabi ng iba’t ibang grupo. Balik din pala tayo doon sa dati.

According to Sen. Bongbong,PNoy only promised to have a study made. That’s all.

Is it possible PNoy managed to put one over Bongbong? Naisahan?

Commenters have asked me why I am wasting precious time over this long dead issue over a cadaver.

My answer is that the Marcoses have been practicing necropolitics all these years: If daddy is declared a hero, Sen. Bongbong can package himself for the presidency as the son of the hero. And we’ll be in deep shit because most Filipino voters never knew how evil the Marcos dictator-ship was. (To Be Continued In Next Issue)


What is that idiot Bong Bong...

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PROBLEMA, PROBLEMA,Suliranin nitong bansa, sugat na ‘di naghihilom,Pagkat lahat ng ahensya nilamon na ng KURAPSYON.‘Di pa yata tayo tao, pagabuso’y nagpatuloy,Patuloy na nagpasasa sa ginhawang nakaw nuon.

Unti-unting lumulutang, ito’y inyong maiino,Balita sa pahayagan kasamaa’y laging bago.Wala namang natatapos sa dami ng mga kaso,Puro palpak na husgaan, daig pa ang mga kuwento.

Kung ang isang nasasakdal o akusado’y laging “big shot”,Laging kapiling ay “cellphone”, panay pa rin yaong tawag.Kahit na nasa KULUNGAN, “in-touch” pa sa mga KUMAG,Nagagawa ring mag-plano, makiugnay kay SATANAS.

Sa dami ng pinapatay, wala daw syang kasalanan.Gayong angkan ng napatay abot langit yaong sigaw.Ngayo’y nais ng MATANDA na payagang maka-BAILOUT,Ang WALANGHIYA’Y may lakas pang, ambunan ng AWA’T HABAG.

Baka naman ang hustisya, may TATOO na yaong UTAK,Igagawad yaong HABAG kung malaki itong KICKBAK.Maghihintay na lang tayo at sundan ang hinaharap,PALPAK rin lang ang hustisya sa bayan kong PILIPINAS.

Paano ba masusugpo, ubusin ang kasamaan?Kahit sabihing SUGOD NA sa tunay na TUWID NA DAAN.Sinagupang mga kuta, ang totoo ay KUBO lang,Na ang UGAT, ga-palasyo’t mga BIG SHOT, nagtaguan.

‘Di ba ninyo napapansin kapag kaso’y napadikit,Sa kilalang mayayaman ang usapi’y iniipit.“Delaying Time” ang paraang palamigin yaong init,Hanggang halos malimot na, patay na ang mga “witness”.

Ang PABRIKA nitong DROGA, nasakote ng PDEA,Mga Intsik ang promotor nagmula sa bansang China.Ang pabrika o SHABU LAB, sa KEMIKAL, kumpleto na,At sa libo-libong Pinoy, tiyak ang UTAK, ‘tataranta.

Wala namang pakinabang kahit sila’y mahuli na,Katiting mang impormasyon wala silang nakukuha.Takot silang ipaalam, takot na ang lahi nila,Ubusin ng bansang China, pagkat ito ang parusa.

Bakit kaya ‘di pa dalhin, sa sarili nilang bansa,“Just pass the buck”, bahala na, sila’y tudasin ng kapwa.Wala tayong “Death Penalty”, ang masama, lumalala,Siksikan na at ang amoy, di na kayang masikmura.

Pilantik ni:Romeo S. Nicolas, Bocaue, Bulacan, 6/27/2011

PICNICPusoy (A Russian Poker) By Rudy D.

Liporada | Chapter 18 -- It is said that revolution is not a picnic.

It was for Jenny, me and Simon the first time we went to the hills when we had to attend the First Conference of the Com-munist Party of the Philippines – Northern Luzon.

Although it took us a week to reach the site, marching deep into the mountainous hinterlands was, to me, a leisurely hike like in the boy scouts on summer breaks.

The peasants we met along the way fed us and lodged us on their bamboo floors. Their eyes sparkled with realizations as we related with them how the government had neglected them and the only way out of their misery is through armed revolu-tion. They have listened intently. They had no choice but to listen. Our New People’s Army bodyguards were armed with Browning Automatic Rifles and M16s.

When we reached the conference site, there was a feast. An NPA had just shot a buck for our lunch. Spread on a long lashed bamboo table, rice sprawled on banana leaves. The deer’s meat, splashed with salt and vinegar, and grappled with bare hands, made it, to me, a picnic, indeed.

The feast fitted the event, a celebra-tion of organizing the Regional Party that would carry out the revolution in Northern Luzon. It occurred to me that rebuilding the party really meant that we were, again, at a revolution’s infancy. We had to pick up from where Aguinaldo vacillated. We had to pick up from where the Lavaites failed. This time, however, we believed that the Party would not fail. We had his-tory to learn from, the ideology to guide us, and the resoluteness of comrades to wage an arduous protracted struggle.

The conference established the strategy and tactics to be forged in the region. The Northern Luzon guerilla battlefront would be on an inverted ‘Y’ range of mountains. The leg of the ‘Y’ would be the Cordille-ras that extend from the northern most tip

of Luzon. It is the enclave of the Igorots likened to the Montanards of Vietnam. The West fork, the Caraballo, fans out to the lowland peasants of Pangasinan; the Sierra Madre, in the East, overlooks the Pacific.

We assigned personnel to the different bureaus that would organize the sectors of workers, youth, women, and special groups. The Regional Command of the New People’s Army would take care of the peasantry. Under the educational de-partment, I headed the instructors’ bureau with Simon as my assistant.

Simon and I would make sure that Party members recruited from the workers and student ranks would undergo the complete theoretical foundation curriculum of the party. We would make sure that each unit of the New People’s Army from the squad to the battalion levels would have a political officer, although there were no battalions to talk about at that time, not even solid companies.

We did not even have enough arms for the fledgling NPA but we had to make sure that each member would be armed with the ideology that would guide the Party, the NPA, and the people in the armed struggle. The ideology would temper the heart. The heart would produce the arms.

Going back to the City after the confer-ence, I took my leave of absence from the school. I married Cynthia, promising her that I will see her from time to time until she goes into the mountains herself if she wanted to. It did not matter to me what Mr. Samson thought for I have fulfilled my promise that his daughter will gradu-ate before we get married. Going to the United States would be up to her. By all appearances, she opted to stay.

To further our immersion and deepen our practice in the revolution, Simon and I returned to the hinterlands.

This time, it was no picnic. We entered the mountains in the midst

of two battalion size encirclement cam-paign of government soldiers.

We held classes on the run with who would be political officers. In this run, the command issued me a shot gun with a crooked nozzle. I did not know if it would fire or not. To me, it was more of a baggage worthy only as a baseball bat which I would use if it came to a close quarter combat. I consoled myself with the thought that a regular mobile force was assigned to escort us in the run.

The military had plunged two battalions to constrict on the NPAs. We could not go to the barrios for the peasants to accom-modate us with food and simple lodging because the government soldiers were out there to harass them.

We had to escape gauntlet after gauntlet of the enemies’ encirclement. The mobile force could not ambush isolated squads of the enemy because they could not afford to catch the enemy’s attention on us. We were a group of around 40 people with 30 non combatants.

We lived off on whatever the forest could spare. At one time, in our hunger, we grappled at sour balimbings. It turned my stomach, making me bring out more than I chewed in. At another, we feasted on what the locales called saba iti unggoy - monkeys’ bananas. The fruit had more seeds, which appeared like a swarm of baby gun bullets, than the bananas. At first, we spitted out the seeds and patiently licked out the sliver of bananas. However, to beat the fangs of hunger, we ingested the seeds as well. They excreted looking exactly as we ingested them.

We marched even at night when dark-ness provided a safety blanket in terms of cover but not a shield against the malaria bearing mosquitoes. At one of the rests, I just could not get up. My heart, lungs, everything inside me rattled in my trem-bling. My fever shut me up to immobility except for tremors that jolted my whole being. Comrades had to carry me for the rest of the night.

The sun’s heat the following day never seemed to have been most invigorating for me. We had also reached a barrio, out and far from the military’s cordon. Everyone in our group was safe.

A villager caught a monkey and offered it for our lunch. Like knowing that it would be butchered, the monkey knelt and with hands clasped, cried, pleading for its life. A kasama severed its head to silence its shrieking. I pitied the monkey but ate of its flesh that tasted like chicken anyway.

Assessing the situation, we learned that the military gauntlet caught other comrades; some killed; one, I knew from the city.

It dawned on me that the revolution is truly not a picnic.

The run also tempered me in my resolve but I had to run back to the City to rest,

justified with holding classes for new recruits in the City.

Plus I missed Cynthia.

To be continued…

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and early 1950s. My father and his reporter were on their way to Pampanga province where they would be embedded with foot soldiers in covering the government’s drive against the insurgents in Central Luzon. (I have photos of these in 4”x4” negatives which I shall order printed in due time.)

THIS ONE DIDN’T MAKE IT Members of the defunct Philippine Constabulary, precur-sor of the integrated National Police and much later the Philippine National Police (PNP) lift rather clumsily a victim of a road accident from the wreckage of what appears to be a passenger bus that must have missed the curve and turned turtle in this undated photo taken by my father.

“THE GUY” ON HORSEBACK T o my mind, there were only two presidents of the Philippines who were fond of horseback riding: Pres. Manuel Quezon and Pres. Ramon Magsay-say who is shown in this iconic photo as he was preparing to review ROTC cadets. Magsaysay almost mobilized ROTC cadets nationwide in a display of urgency in solving the communist menace during his presidency. I should know be-cause my brother, Manuel, received mobilization instructions as an ROTC cadet informing them which mother unit to report to and what personal items to bring. Magsaysay changed tact and im-plemented a solution that was very successful----land for the landless.


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Tatay Marcial documented significant momentsIn Philippines history from 1927 to 1968, a span of 41 years

First Among PeersThe Official Biography of Marcial Valenzuela

Chapter 9

COMMONWEALTH GAMES OF THE 1930s My father, Marcial S. Valenzuela (kneeling at center, front row) is shown in this photo clutching what appears to me as a 135mm version of the German-made Leica camera which was introduced in a horizontal format in 1913. He poses with four other news photographers (2 of them Chinese or Japanese) during the Commonwealth Games of the late 1920s or early 1930s at the Rizal

Memorial Coliseum in Manila. Notice the “big box” camera displayed by another photographer (standing at the center) which was then a professional status symbol. But my father’s bosses at the photo department knew what he should bring in covering fast-paced activities like competitive games and sporting events.

At that time Leica was the only smallest camera brand in the business at 135mm (prob-ably single-lens reflex), a format that would not gain prominence until the 1960s. Today, this format has been retained by almost all of the semi-professional DSLR camera-makers in the market.

HE ALSO SHARED GREAT MOMENTS WITH GREAT LEADERS, FRIENDS AND PLAIN PEOPLE

ANIMATED CONVERSATION IN THE SENATE Left photo shows one of the many dramatic pictures frozen in time by Tatay Mar-cial with his camera that showed the leading politicians of that time, Senator Fernando Lo-pez (left) in an animated conversation with Sen-ate President Amang Rodriguez. Lopez later rose to become Vice President of the country under the administration of President Marcos. Among the many business interests of the then Vice President were the country’s foremost pow-er energy supplier the Meralco, the radio-tele-vision giant network of ABS-CBN, the Manila Chronicle Publishing company, sugar mills in the Visayas, holdings in a shipping company and a bank, and others. On the other hand, Amang Rodriguez is best remembered for his “practical English,” like saying, “The airplane is suffering from many pickpockets,” when he actually meant “air pockets.”

MAKING A POINT WITH HIS FINGER Senator Claro M. Recto, who is considered one of the brightest and most prominent figures that ever occupied a seat in the Philippine Senate, stresses a point during a break in the afternoon ses-sion of the Philippine Senate. Shown with him are Senators Eulogio Balao, standing, and Soc Rodrigo, seated at right. At left, based on my knowledge of that profile, is Senator Fernando Lopez.

THEN SEN. FERDINAND E. MARCOS examines a photographer’s 135mm camera during a senate hear-ing wherein a newspaper photogra-pher took the witness stand.

THE NUCLEAR BOMB IN MANILA After the US pulverized Hiroshima and Nagasaki with two Atomic (nuclear) bombs, in what is the first and only application so far of the deadly device of death in the history of mankind, the Ameri-cans had one or two more in reserve as shown in this dramatic photo. My father snapped this A-bomb after the war (c. 1946) as it is being loaded in the belly of a USAF bomber at the old Manila International Airport to be shipped back to the US. Notice the “relaxed” security measures as dozens of civilian mill around the tarmac. A boy is shown crossing the path of the rear of the truck that apparently transported the historic cargo.

UP CLOSE AND DANGEROUS His daring-do in covering breaking news earned for him the respect and admiration of his superiors and peers in newspaper circles. This is a photo of Hibok-Hibok volcano on Camiguin Islands in Northern Mindanao that my father documented in a full-blown eruption in 1949. He would later hire a horse to draw nearer to the crater and to hasten his mobility amidst sticky molten lava, mudslides and lahar. In the 1930s, my father was embedded with government soldiers as he covered the fire-fights between government troopers and the rebel group, Sakdalistas, in Sta. Rosa town in Laguna province where more than 100 rebels were slain. “I have never seen so many dead bodies piled on top of each other in my whole life,” he was quoted by columnist and TV Host Joe Quirino as saying in an interview on Oct. 10, 1955.

SHOOTING THE PRESIDENTS OF THE PHILIPPINES President Manuel L. Quezon is shown here about to deliver his inaugural ad-dress after reviewing a composite battalion of Fil-Am officers and soldiers who gave him mili-tary honors. MLQ was the most photographed of the presidents that my father covered followed in succession by Presidents Manuel Roxas, Elpidio Quirino, Ramon Magsaysay, Carlos Garcia, Di-osdado Macapagal and the last was Ferdinand Marcos---from 1935 to 1965, a span of 30 years. (My father served as a news photographer, or photojournalist as they would be called later, from 1927 to 1968, a span of 41 years.)

WITH GENERAL DOUGLAS MACAR-THUR The acknowledged Liberator of the Philippines in World War II, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, with wife Jane, poses with enthu-siastic photojournalists who covered his sen-timental journey to the Philippines in 1961. Tatay Marcial will not miss his spot and is shown behind the general. During his visit, McArthur went back to the “war theatres” in the provinces, particularly in Lingayen, Pan-

gasinan where he pre-sided over the unveiling

of a landmark that named the 228-kilometer stretch of the national road from the Lingayen Capitol to the Andres Bonifacio Monument in Caloocan City as “MacArthur Highway”. It will be recalled that Tatay Marcial photo-

graphed the famous military tactician in the mid-1930s many times when he, MacArthur, was military adviser to Pres. Manuel Quezon.

The general died on April 5, 1964, three years after the above photograph was taken.

WITH COMMUNIST HUK SUPREMO LUIS TARUC The Supre-mo of then Hukbalahap Luis Taruc is greeted by Tatay Mar-cial upon the former’s surrender to military au-

thorities in the 1950s. Tatay Marcial covered the military campaign against the communist insurgents as the embedded photojournalist for The Manila Times. “After Huk Supremo Luis Taruc was elected con-gressman (of Pampanga province in Central Lu-zon), he went into hiding because he was wanted by the authorities. Times Reporter Callanta and photographer Valenzuela scored a scoop and were the first to interview the elusive Huk leader at his hideout in Lubao, Pam-panga. Since the launch-ing of the anti-dissident campaign, Marcial has been in the field several

times taking photos of actual combat operations. He was with Major General Mariano Casta-ñeda when the latter was directing the anti-dissident drive in Bulacan, Pampanga and Nueva Ecija provinces.” (From the interview with news-paper columnist and TV Host Jose “JQ” Quirino. Read the full text in Chapter Two.)


her? She was supposed to have won the 2004 presi-dential elections. Who believes that? There was a survey commissioned by Readers Digest on 80 known personalities who were trusted by Filipinos. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was # 78, meaning only two more personalities were trusted less.

The credibility of Gloria is so low that there were debates if she was ever operated on the fi rst time she went under the knife in St. Lukes Hospital earlier this year. If Filipinos don’t believe that Gloria tells the truth as a matter of character, or habit, it hardly matters whether she, in fact, happens to be telling the truth in an instance. Marcos was telling the truth when he displayed three military offi cers whom his security forces intercepted before they could make aggressive moves in Malacanang, but nobody believed him. Gloria may really be very sick and is on a life-threatening status, but why would Filipinos believe her?

Government has denied Gloria’s request to travel abroad, purportedly to seek expert medical help, be-cause of the several plunder accusations fi led against her. In the countries she indicated where she wanted to go, Gloria listed several countries which did not have extradition treaties with the Philippines. The prospect of Gloria, and husband Mike of the used he-licopter controversy, not returning to face whatever plunder cases that may be fi led is very high – for the simple reason that she is seen as not trustworthy. It does not help her that a reputable doctor who now serves as the Secretary of Health certifi ed that Gloria does not have a life-threatening situation, that, in fact, she was improving.

The case of Gloria is worth paying attention to. In fact, all politicians and priests, as representatives of Church and State, should take lessons on how the people believe or not believe them, and why. If there is one virtue that needs to be taught again, to recover its august position in our value system, it is honesty. It is no wonder that corruption thrives in the Philippines.

Gloria now runs to the Supreme Court. She puts the Supreme Court in a very delicate position

because most are her appointees and the Chief Justice was appointed by her in a most controversial manner – last minute, unnecessary, and smelled like a sweetheart midnight deal. She could have waited for P-Noy to be president, a matter of only weeks, but she forced the appointment and branded forever her choice as her future protector against cases that she knew would be fi led against her. If the Supreme Court overrules the decision of the Department of Justice to deny her request for foreign travel, many if not most Filipinos will assume that this is how she gets repaid by justices who owe their position to her.

Filipinos are not suffering the ignominy of being the most corrupt in the region, or of hunger inci-dence affecting 20 million citizens, it has two past presidents awarded as among the most corrupt in the world. Gloria, after plunder cases are fi led against her and tried publicly, may be make it as the third past president judged by the world to be among the most corrupt.

We can pity Gloria. She does have a medical problem. But we can pity ourselves more. We have allowed thieves in the highest offi ce rob us blind, and get away with it.

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Life is a Gift

ALLEGATIONSIn a cabinet meeting ERAP (galit na galit) :THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF ALLEGATIONS

THESE DAYS AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHO THE “ALLIGATORS’ ARE.

ERAP IN LIBRARY“What time does the library open?” Erap on the phone

asked.“Nine A.M.. “ came the reply. “And what’s the idea

of calling me at home in the middle of the night to ask a question like that?”

“Not until nine A.M.?” Erap asked in a disappointed voice.

“No, not till nine A.M.!” the librarian said. “Why do you want to get in before nine A.M.?”

“Ha, who said I wanted to get in?” Erap sighed sadly. “I want to get out!”

IN LABOROne particular day many years ago, Erap’s wife was

having labor pains.Erap panicked so, he called their doctor.Erap: Hello, doc. My wife is in labor!Doc: Is she in a lot of pain?Erap: Yes, doc!Doc: Is this the fi rst baby?Erap: No, doc. This is Erap!ANOTHER EXAMPLETeacher: (talking to ERAP) Can you give me an example

of a beast of burden?

ERAP: Carabao, ma’am!Teacher: Very good. Can you give another example?ERAP: How about another Carabao?WA CLASSReporter to Erap alighting from a PAL fl ight: “Mr.

President, what can you say about the economy?”Erap: “I don’t know, kasi nasa fi rst class ako.”KAMUKHA DAWJingoy: Dad, sabi nila pagnakaharap ako kamukha ko

si Jose Rizal, pag-nakaside view kamukha ko naman si Manuel Roxas. Anong ibig sabihin yon?

Erap: Mukha kang pera.CEASEFIREERAP to MNLF : Sumuko na kayo!MNLF: Di kami susuko pag di mo maispel ang

CEASEFIRE.ERAP : Tangina! Tuloy ang giyera.AIR PRESSUREPa-landing na ang presidential plane. Napansin ng

stewardess na parang sumasakit ang tenga ni President Erap dahil sa air pressure kaya lumapit ito.“Sir, chewing gum para hindi sumakit ang tenga ninyo sa

fl ight,” sabi ng stewardess.Tinanggap ni Erap ang chewing gum. Ilang sandali pa, lumapag na ang eroplano. Kinausap ni Erap ang stewardess.“Miss, paano ko tatanggalin ang chewing gum sa tenga

ko?” tanong nito.

There was a blind girl who hated herself because she was blind.

She hated everyone, except her loving boy-friend. He was always there for her.

She told her boyfriend, ‘If I could only see the world, I will marry you.’

One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to her. When the bandages came off, she was able to see everything, including her boyfriend.

He asked her, ‘Now that you can see the world,will you marry me?’

The girl looked at her boyfriend and saw that he was blind. The sight of his closed eyelids shocked her. She hadn’t expected that. The thought of looking at them the rest of her life led her to refuse to marry him.

Her boyfriend left her in tears and days later wrote a note to her saying: ‘Take good care of your eyes, my dear,for before they were yours, they were mine.’

This is how the human brain often works when our status changes.

Only a very few remember what life was like before, and who was always by their side in the most painful situations.

Life Is a Gift

Today before you say an unkind word - Think

of someone who can’t speak. Before you complain about the taste of your

food - Think of someone who has nothing to eat. Before you complain about your husband or

wife - Think of someone who’s crying out to GOD for a companion.

Today before you complain about life - Think of someone who went too early to heaven.

Before you complain about your children - Think of someone who desires children but they’re barren.

Before you argue about your dirty house someone didn’t clean or sweep - Think of the people who are living in the streets.

Before whining about the distance you drive - Think of someone who walks the same distance with their feet.

And when you are tired and complain about your job - Think of the unemployed, the dis-abled, and those who wish they had your job.

But before you think of pointing the fi nger or condemning another - Remember that not one of us is without sin and we all answer to one MAKER.

And when depressing thoughts seem to get you down -Put a smile on your face and thank GOD you’re alive and still around.

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