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TABON MAN continued on p. 14ANCOP continued on p. 12

RP targets to removerice imports by 2013

MANILA-- The Philippines seeks to drastically remove rice imports altogether by 2013 through the use of certi-fied seeds, expansion of upland areas planted to rice as well as the promotion of indigenous crops.

At the same time, the gov-ernment said it has heightened its rice conservation drive to help save P10 billion in rice imports.

Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) director Ronilo Beronio said that “it’s high time that rice must be ful-ly utilized to meet the basic hu-

man needs and steer economic growth through increased pro-ductivity at less cost and with minimal damage to the envi-ronment.”

In a survey of Food and Nutrition Research Institute of the Department of Science and Technology, it said each Fili-pino wastes three tablespoons of rice everyday, registering at least P23 million worth of daily rice wastage.

PhilRice said those who pledged to conserve rice vowed to cook rice properly to avoid undercooked or burned rice, recycle leftover rice into other

dishes, and order or cook rice that the pledgers and his family could consume.

It said for the rice workers’ part, they pledged to discour-age the drying of palay on pub-lic roads and highways as this decreases the quality of the grains.

Farmers also committed to encourage farmers to sow right amount of seeds and to ensure safe storage and sanitation of grains to avoid infestation, PhilRice added. (With files from GMANews TV)

Arnel Pineda gives an all-out performance for his fans in Toronto at the John W.H. Bassett Theatre at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. The international performer gave a personal experience to his fans of his live performance living to the playbill of the event, “Arnel Pineda Loves to Rock” -- typical of his many videos that, not until his Toronto appearance, his fans could only experience in YouTube. As every-one knows, Arnel Pineda was discovered through YouTube in 2007 by American rock band “Journey” (formed with former members of “Santana”) and en-gaged his services as its new lead singer. The event adds another feather in the cap of JREM Entertain-ment -- the producers of the show, as one of the few credible production companies satisfying the thirst and hunger of the community for the delivery of great Filipino talents. JREM Entertainment is involved in the marketing initiative to bring to Toronto the Philip-pine dance company, “Bayanihan” at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, November 1, 2010. (Photo: Miguel Caducio/FMC Services)

Participants prepare to lace up their shoes for ANCOP Walk 2010

Participants to ANCOP Walk 2010 prepare to lace up their walking shoes for the big-gest fundraiser this year of Fili-pino charity ANCOP Canada.

An estimated 1,000 people are expected to participate again in ANCOP Walk 2010, which will converge at the Nathan Phillips Square and Armoury Street in downtown T.O., Sunday, August 29, at 1 PM.

Interested parties, volun-teers, sponsors and donor groups on the 5-kilometer walk may call for more information at (905) 564-8539.

Temi Pangilinan, president of ANCOP Canada, speaks before donors, sponsors and guests during the recent launching of ANCOP Walk 2010 in Toronto, where he updated them on the devel-opments of ANCOP Cana-da’s work in the Philippines through the auspices of the sponsors and donors of the international Filipino charita-ble organization. (Courtesy: Front Page Philippines TV Video Still)

Meanwhile, ANCOP Can-ada has announced that dona-tions to build new ANCOP homes will now be directed to CFC ANCOP-Tekton Founda-tion.

This follows after ANCOP Canada, through its president Artemio ‘Temi’ Pangilinan, signed an agrement to this ef-fect in Manila recently with CFC ANCOP Tekton Founda-tion Inc.

CFC Ancop Tekton is man-aged by Couples For Christ, a faith-based Vatican-recognized

Researchers discover fossil of human older than Tabon Man

Evidence has emerged that the islands comprising the Philippines could have been in-habited by humans more than a dozen millennia before the so-called Tabon Man of Palawan, long thought to be the archipel-ago’s earliest human remains. Sdo, move over Tabon Man. Callao Man is here.

A team of archaeologists led by Dr. Armand Mijares of the

University of the Philippines-Diliman has confirmed that a foot bone they discovered in Callao Cave in Cagayan prov-ince was at least 67,000 years old. Tabon Man’s remains were a relatively young 50,000 years old.

The human bone was found

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‘‘Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost

how it feels about dogs. - Christopher Hampton

Pilgrimage to Martyrs ShrineOn Saturday, August

7th, 2010, Filipino pil-grims, with their families and friends, will gather together at the Martyrs’ Shrine in Midland, On-tario, for the 30th con-secutive year. Under the auspices of the Archdi-ocesan Filipino Catholic Mission, headed by Fr. Ben F. Ebcas, Jr., it is a yearly celebration of our faith, of the lives of the Martyrs and Saints who inspire us in our lives and our spiritual journey. Among those whose lives we celebrate are those of San Lorenzo Ruiz and Blessed Pedro Calungsod. In addition, it is also a cultural fel-lowship where Filipino talents, music, arts, and regional delicacies are shared. This annual Fili-pino pilgrimage includes praise and worship and the celebration of the Eu-charist.

This year’s pilgrimage is hosted by the Filipino

Canadian Catholic Char-ismatic Prayer Commu-nities under the leader-ship of its Head Servant, Bro. Don Quilao.

This year’s theme is: “The Migrant Workers and Refugees – Witness-es and Mission for the World”. The theme is in conjunction with the Ro-man Catholic Church’s 96th World Day of Mi-grants and Refugees this year. In his message, His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI stated that this cel-ebration “touches an as-pect that Christians view with great attention, re-membering the warning of Christ who at the Last Judgement will consider as directed to himself everything that has been done or denied “to one of the least of these” (cf. Mt 25:40, 45).

For most of us who ex-perience their struggles, the migrant workers and refugees are witnesses for the world by the good

work and sacrifice that they do for the families they serve and their own. They are also our “mis-sion”, deserving of our pastoral care and support, that they may experience the grace of our merciful God in the midst of their sub-standard working conditions, separation from their families, and human rights abuse.

We are inviting all of you, your families and friends, to join us in this celebration. Bus trans-portation to and from the Shrine will be available with numerous pick-up points all over the GTA. You can also organize your own group, either with your own bus or car pool brigades. For more information please call: Teri Gutierrez - (416) 456-0381; Zeny Uy - (416) 292-4354; Nora - (416) 787-4547; Don Quilao - (416) 903-3453 or Email us: [email protected]

We hope to see you all at the Shrine on August 7th. May we all be blessed with continued good health, peace, joy, prosperity, and an enduring love for one another and our Almighty God. (Press Release)

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“Tanganing kita gabos magkasara-ro”..on August 21, 2010, the Bicol Cana-da Community Association shall hold its annual pot luck picnic at the Earl Bales Park Area 1 from 9am till 9pm. This will be a whole day of karawatan,karakanan asin kaogmahan for all bicolanos and bicolanas with games for adults and children as well, and featuring the Bicol Cup Volleyball tournament participated by teams from the different provinces and cities of the Bicol Region. BCCA is calling on all Bicolanos and Bicolanas to participate in this Annual Pot Luck Picnic. This will be a great opportunity to meet your long time no see fellow Bi-colanos and Bicolanas. Bring your fam-ily and friends and enjoy a whole day of karawatan, karakanan asin kaogmahan, the BICOL Way. Bring your special gi-nataan dish, the Bicol dinuguan, the fa-mous Bicol Express and Laing with lots of “ sili ” and the “gata”. Bring any of your bicol special dish, be proud of it and you will be recognized.

We are therefore calling on all Bi-colanos and Bicolanas from Sorsogon, Masbate, Albay Camarines Norte, Ca-marines Sur , and Catanduanes to join this picnic. Bring your association ban-

ners and identifications and be proud of the Bicol province you are from.

Let us altogether make this picnic, THE BICOL PICNIC 2010. Viva la Vir-gen !

Last year’s volleyball champions are the Nabua Association Men & Women Teams. For those interested to join the volleyball teams, please contact Noli Aquino (Event Chairman) Tel#416 226-5286 and/or Rafael Nebres (Overall-Chairman)Tel# 416 618-1362 or any of the following:

For Sorsogon and Masbate – Toti Gutierrez (416) 751-9437

For Albay, Jaber Diaz (647) 435-4037 and Bobby Achacon (416) 265-2085

For Naga, Tony Cecilio (647) 345-2902 andEdgar Recon (905) 683-3553

For Iriga, Tess Filio (905) 542-2601 and Esther Carpenter (416) 795-5785

For Nabua, Lourdes Bautista (416) 264-1849 & Totoy Nardo (416) 564-6903

For the Rinconada Group Ely Olayon (416) 783-6654

For Catanduanes - Felix Reyes (905) 896-4958

For Camarines Norte, Susan Llanera at [email protected]

Calling all BICOLANOS ASIN BICOLANAS !!!KARAWATAN, KARAKANAN ASIN KAOGMAHAN 2010 sa Earl Bales Park!

Clem Cabillan of Re/Max Realty Specialists, Inc. at the Mabuhay Festival and Trade Show.(Front Page Philippines Video Still)

Certified Gem-ologist/Jewel-ler Leomer Alon with wife, Bibet, s h o w c a s e s gold and silver jewellery of La-guna Jewellers, located at 922 Pape Avenue, Toronto.(Front Page Philippines Vid-eo Still)



At the Mabuhay Festival...

A C E A L V A R E Z

On July 26 – the Monday after Saturday’s Mabuhay Fes-tival, Philippine Press Club-Ontario (PPCO) president Peter Paul de la Cruz sent an e-mail to members as follows:

“Dear Colleagues,”During the Mabuhay Festi-

val we attracted a lot of people to our booths; we had three.”

PPCO member Raymond Santos replied something like a lot of people? Three?

Uh – oh! You can’t do that nowadays, Raymond. You’ve got to apologize to Paul. (Oh, okay, I saw that, indeed, you apologized.)

***Of course, the “three” re-

ferred to the number of booths that the Philippine Indepen-dence Day Council (PIDC) provided the PPCO.

When I visited the booths later in the morning, only PPCO member Jojo Taduran

was there, to whom I said, “Oh, three booths; one for the leftists, the rightists,” and Jojo finished it off with, “the cen-trists”.

***Let’s play a little game pat-

ternmed after those cartoon drawings of artist Larry Alcala. In photo number 1, can you lo-cated where Larry Alcala is?

Answer: of course, Larry is not there. That’s not a cartoon drawing, but a photo (by Mike Caducio/FMC Services) of the audience at the Mabuhay Fes-tival.

***Meanwhile, at the press con-

ference for the GMA artists, my admiration goes to the two gentlemen in photos 2 and 3, PIDC Adviser Jun Enverga and Philippine Courier Publisher/editor Mon Datol. Always, the two are ladies’ men; and I have no further comment!

Photo 3

Photo 2

Photo 1


2010 Kalayaan Centre Golf Classic, Saturday, August 28th, 2010

Kalayaan Centre is holding its 2010 Golf Classic on Saturday, August 28, 2010 at the Lionhead Golf and Country Club in Brampton, Ontario.

KCCC announces that the tourna-ment will be playing the legends course this year which is nestled in the beauti-ful Credit River Valley and offers a chal-lenge to all golfing abilities. Green fee, golf cart, plus awards dinner in one of the beautiful clubhouse rooms is: $130 (if paid before August 1st, 2010) and $145 (if paid after August 1, 2010). The day of fun also includes prizes! Tee off time is at 12:30 p.m. Trophies will be awarded to the Low Net Score champion, Low Net Score Runner-up, Low Gross Score Champion, Low Gross Score Runner-Up. This year, for the first time, there will be teams playing the 4 team Best Ball Divi-sion with trophies to Best Ball Team Low Net Score Champion, Best Ball Team

Low Net Score Runner up, Best Ball Team Gross Score Champion and Best Ball Team score Runner-Up. In addition to this competition, cash prizes will be awarded to the Longest Drive, Most Accurate Drive, Closest to the Pin and Hole in One.

The money the the KCCC raises from this event will help finance Ka-layaan Centre’s mortgage and oper-ating expenses aimed at enabling it to offer programs and activities that benefit the community. There are sponsorship opportunities available as well.

Please contact Kalayaan Centre for more information or to register at: [email protected] or 905-602-0923. Or visit us at: www.kalayaancentre.ca/golf.

Members of the Filipino media for a photo op with the GMA Pinoy TV art-ists who graced the Mabuhay Festival. Seated: (L-R) Mark Herras, Katrina Halili, Iza Calzado, Wendell Ramos, John Nite and Kuya Germs Moreno.(Courtesy: Raymond Santos)

Before the artists arrive at the venue, media reps huddle together. From left are Philippine Press Club-Ontario (PPCO) Secretary Riza Khamal, PPCO member Chito Sarabia, Balita columnist Tenny Soriano, Philippine Courier publisher/editor Mon Datol and Front Page Philippines’ and Manila Media Monitor’s Ace Alvarez. (Raymond Santos)‘‘

An education isn’t how much you have commit-ted to memory, or even how much you know. It’s being able to differentiate between what you do

know and what you don’t. -Anatole France


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Manifestations of “His righteousness”

In praise of Plan Philippines’ selfless work

for kids

RoundaboutM A G C R U Z - H A T O L

13 years of dedicatedcommunity service

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In the three years that we have seen them on the ground, we have proved to ourselves that the people running Plan Philippines are modern day missionaries for the Filipino child and his community.

From the country director to the most humble community worker, the zeal is infectious, the selflessness, unparalleled. Yet they all do their work with hardly any fanfare, ensuring that the most deprived child in the communities where they operate is served well.

What struck us in recent visits to Plan communities in the poorest areas of the Visayas was that there were a lot of men in positions traditionally occu-pied by women in other NGOs. In fact, gender is never an issue at Plan, the organization being a vocal advocate for gender equality. It does not matter whether a man or woman is the supervisor or manager, or rides a motorbike. They both keep long hours with nary a com-plaint that they are spending more time with children other than their own.

Real heroesOne late night, Elvie Subang

quietly and dutifully wrapped up her work in Liloan, South

Leyte before she motored to her home about an hour away. She had to be absent the next day: her own child was rushed to the hospital because of con-vulsions. Even at the hospital, Subang kept in constant touch with her colleagues, passing instructions while anxiously looking after her four-year-old.

A program unit manager, Erly Ocasiones, is the picture of calm and confidence, de-spite the crutches she depends on to keep mobile. Her physi-cal condition, brought about a few years ago when she met a motorbike accident while on field duty, is not a handicap to Erly. She makes sure peo-ple remember her disarming smile, not her disability. She awes mothers in communities at what she can do despite the

crutches. Victims of recent ty-phoons in Bicol and Rizal were dumbfounded seeing her lead the relief and reconstruction efforts in their communities, so displaced children can bounce back to normalcy faster.

The way Plan employees make a fuss over children is a sight to behold. Sincerity is palpable and there is no ef-fort to impress. Media is never around to cover what they do and they have chosen to brave the most deprived communities where no NGO operates.

They have phased out their Pangasinan and Bicol opera-tions after they saw that the communities they served can already stand on their own. The lovely island of Camotes, two hours by pumpboat from Cebu mainland, will soon bid goodbye to Plan after it has

transformed the place from a decrepit island to one of prom-ise and development.

Totch dela Cruz gave up a rising career in public edu-cation after witnessing what greater difference his grass-roots involvement with Plan could do. He toiled hard for years, bringing with him the culture of meticulous effi-ciency and sacrifice. Today, he juggles time among challeng-ing administrative matters, an ailing family patriarch, a smart son who seems inclined to fol-low his footsteps and a 24/7 advocacy that keeps him miles away from his family for days on end. Asked how he manages to keep his composure despite the kilometers of difficult trav-el and gargantuan work pres-sures, Totch beams with pride and gratitude: “Serving my fellowman is the best psychic income one can ever get.”

The scores of schools and waterworks systems Plan has built in their many areas to help children and their families are testament to the organiza-tion’s desire to help without fame or favor. A school build-

Our heartfelt congratula-tions to the darling of many in Toronto’s Filipino media, Rosemer Enverga, who was appointed by the management of GMA Pinoy TV as its Con-sultant for Eastern Canada.

As many of us know, Rose-mer is one very visible volun-teer in various community ef-forts around us. With her plate full, she did not need to look for another undertaking. A couple of days, however, after July 24th’s Mabuhay Festival, she was invited over by Jush Andowitt – who is an affiliate Development and Marketing executive of GMA Pinoy TV and GMA Life TV for North America, over for late lunch. Rosemer did not have a hint that she was being considered for the plum GMA TV posi-tion for Eastern Canada. With hesitation at first, she finally accepted the position.

Rosemer’s track record in handling special events from the ground up spoke for itself and over the years, this did not escape GMA TVs attention.

Filled with apparent hap-piness (and who would not?), Rosemer said that originally, she was to seat with Jush, and another GMA executive, Tony Rulloda, the evening before the late lunch with the two GMA TV executives. But because she had a meeting at the “Our Lady of Assumption Parish”

on the forthcoming “Pistahan sa OLA” for August 14 and 15, the dinner had to wait un-til the following day for late lunch. She said that for her, her volunteer work at the church comes first before anything else -- which reminded me of the all-time truth as mentioned again by Rev. Fr. Ben Ebcas, Jr., Pastor of the “Our Lady of Assumption (OLA)” parish and director of the Archdioce-san Filipino Catholic Mission.

Fr. Ben talked about the bib-lical verse from Matthew 6:33: “Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all the things shall be add-ed unto you.,” even humoring (my choice of word regardless of the truth in Fr. Ben’s state-ment) the faithful by saying, “so, before you buy your Lotto tickets, attend mass and pray first.”

Along this passage from the Holy Scripture, Fr. Ben ex-plained why the biggest annual gathering of Filipinos and their guests in this part of Canada

-- the Mabuhay Festival, has always been opened with the celebration of the Holy Mass.

Our best wishes to Rosemer on her (not really new, as she has always been familiar with the nature of her) additional work!

***Gie and I got an invitation

one recent afternoon to drop by a location on Milner Av-enue in Scarborough, Ontario so that our host could show us around.

When we got to the place, our host showed us around, briefing us where the recep-tion area would be located, our host’s office, a huge floor area and what would we see there in the next three or four weeks.

The location is the personal training gym and nutrition cen-ter that, already, two hockey teams from local leagues have signed in and are waiting for their routine physical training sessions in time for the hockey season come September.

Because of the expenses in-volved and not having sought financing anywhere, four weeks ago, he was thinking of how he would be able to finish priming and painting the loca-tion – which he does himself with occasional help from his boyhood friends, in time for his target opening date.

At that time, in the mean-time, in Pickering, Ontario, his girlfriend was having a conver-sation with her dad and casu-ally mentioned her boyfriend’s predicament.

When our host went later to his girlfriend’s home, the latter’s father said, “I heard you’re building a gym. How many gallons of paint do you still need?

“Here is the name and ad-dress of a hardware store. Go there, please, and tell them that you are from my company. They are on me. The wall-tow-all mirrors on your gym will likewise be on me.”

Citing what her dad said, our host’s girlfriend said to him later that her dad is doing it to return to another person the many help that he him-self had when he was starting his own business, and that he saw one great success story on his daughter’s boyfriend. Our host’s benefactor is the owner of the largest real estate de-

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Philippine English I

Fast Food ForThought

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Dare to Standout

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The Philippines is the third largest speaking country in the world, percentage wise placed at 83 million out of 92 million, behind that of the United States and United Kingdom -- unless you are pretty keen on the Fili-pino accent and colloquialism. India comes fourth with 150 million out of one billion. But the Filipinos are notably more proficient than their Asian neighbors both in accent and pronunciation.

No matter how the Philip-pines is ranked, however, the fact remains that Filipinos can speak proper English which is “impressive and functional sometimes even better gram-matically than the American and British English” according to Expedia whose call center in the Philippines is its hub in Asia. And that is a statement.

By virtue of the 1898 Treaty of Paris after the Battle of Ma-nila Bay where the American fleet vanquished the Spanish Armada Spain ceded the Phil-ippines to the United States. Thus started the “American-ization” of the Philippines with the US military taking over.

Pres. William McKinley or-dered the gradual implementa-tion of English as the medium of instruction in the schools. This ushered in the coming of American educators called “Thomasites” to establish a nationwide system of public education. Their linguistic task involved the imposition of English as a medium of in-struction over Spanish, then the spoken language through 377 years of Spanish rule.

In 1935, the country became

a Common-wealth of the United States as envisioned in the Tydings-McDuffie Law with a ten-year transition pe-riod to full in-

dependence and sovereignty. American Governors-General composed the officialdom with a bicam-eral legislature patterned after that of the US with English the language of deliberation.

The Stars and Stripes and the Philippine flags flew side-by-side in all public buildings. School children sung the Star-Spangled Banner upright and with gusto and with equal zest “Land of the Morning”, then the Philippine national an-them, which has been evolved into “Bayang Magiliw.” Then came the recitation of the oath of allegiance.

To ensure the effective use of English in the schools, speaking in the vernacular was strictly forbidden with fines or demerits meted to violators specially in exclusive private schools.

When MacArthur’s liber-ating forces landed to liberate the country, English suddenly became a necessary tool of communication for grateful Filipinos who came to embrace the GIs welcoming them with “Victory Joe” and flashing the V sign, and the Americans in turn flash their chocolates, Lucky Strikes and their chew-ing gums.

In 1936, the National Lan-guage Institute was tasked to

study Philippine dialects for the purpose of evolving and adopting a common national language. The institute recom-mended Tagalog, which was widely spoken in all regions of the country, as the basis of a “Wikang Pambansa” or na-tional language.

In 1959 the Department of Education called Tagalog-based national language Pilipino to dissociate it from the Tagalog ethnic group. Thus Pilipino became the medium of instruc-tion in the primary up to the secondary levels in all public and private schools. The Cory Constitution finally designated Filipino to replace Pilipino as the Wikang Pambansa and the Philippine Congress took steps to sustain its use as a medium of official communication and a language of instruction in the educational system.

Thus the Philippine national language had evolved from Ta-galog to Pilipino to Filipino in order to instill nationalism and to sink in the Filipino psyche and as a unifying concept of national identity as do the Jap-anese with Nippongo and Chi-nese with Mandarin.

And to obliterate any ves-tiges of American presence, Independence Day is now cel-ebrated on June 12 instead of

July 4. Dewey Blvd. was re-named Roxas Blvd., Camp Murphy became Fort Bonifacio, and the name changes went on. The Ameri-cans left Clark

and Subic and Camp John Hay in Baguio.

Through the years, this na-tionalism issue had exacted a price and this is the decay of English spoken in the schools. What is tragic and funny is the deliberate cross-breeding that resulted into a fractured pidgin called “Taglish” that further di-minished the purity of our Eng-lish. As a consequence, many present-day college graduates are found deficient in speaking and writing correct English.

School authorities, or the whole of Philippine official-dom, are to blame. Where before the teaching profes-sion was the most revered and noble of all professions, when teachers were look up to as molders of youth, they now enter the global village as tu-tors in English of the children of the world, or as governess or nannies of rich families in Eu-rope, Singapore and Hongkong where their salaries, when con-verted, amount to a princely sum compared to their salaries as school teachers.

Leaving their teaching jobs to go abroad did not construe they were unpatriotic. They do so out of economic neces-sity. They do not mind the loneliness and depraved life abroad as long as they can put

their kids to school, put body and soul together and enjoy little luxuries. They are called “modern heroes” by a grate-ful government because their dollar remittances buoy up the Central Bank reserves with-out which the economy would have collapsed.

However, take heart my dear kababayans. Be that as it may, the quality our present English is not that bad compared to the English written or spoken in other countries, especially written. Consider the follow-ing, albeit funny, to prove our point:

Sign outside a Parish dress shop: “Order your summer suite. Because is big rush, we will execute customers in strict rotation.”

On the door of a Moscow hotel room: “If this is your first visitor to the USSR, your wel-come to it.”

In a Bangkok temple: “It is forbidden to enter a woman, even a foreigner if dressed as a man.”

An instruction booklet in a Japanese hotel how to use the A/C: “Cool and Heats. If you want just condition of warm in your room pls. control your-self.”

Outside a Rome laundry: “Ladies, leave your cloth here and spend the afternoon having a good time.”

Hello, Yugoslavia?: “The flattening of underwear with pleasure is the job of the cham-bermaid.”

Hotel in Japan: “You are in-vited to take advantage of the

Human eyes have that em-bedded curiosity that draws them to whatever visually jumps out of their line of vision. They zero-in on the subject, focus on it and shift our train of thought to the re-composed perspective that now becomes the focal point.

Whether you like it or not, whatever it is in you that grabs the eye, would most certainly pull you into the spotlight. You could be the best, the worst or perhaps just simply differ-ent from the rest, the attention would be on you. There is no escape.

Here is a story of a fourteen-year old ambitious girl who ran for Junior Representative for her high school Student Coun-cil. She was up against the other candidates who were not only popular, but also had in-fluential friends campaigning for them. Being unknown and the underdog in gaining votes,

one would think that the odds of get-ting elected would be a futile at-tempt. But although the chance of winning was stumpy, she was not discouraged. Quite persistent and unrelenting, she dared to standout.

With her clever and well calculated strategy, she turned the table around to her advantage. She capital-ized on the uniqueness of her name that had some stu-dents laughing at it because it was unheard of and hard to pronounce. She used it in the catchy slogans and taglines of her campaign. Fur-thermore, she had one edge that her competition did not have -- a supportive father who strongly believed in her. Her

father fuelled her confidence. Together, they worked on her powerful campaign posters and banners with eye-grabbing graphics and well-coordinated colors. Her highly effective

signs drew so much atten-tion. Curios-ity infected the entire school. Everybody was asking, “Who is this girl?”

Halfway to the election date, students in hallways, parking lots, gymnasium and the caf-eteria, were cheering for her, pronouncing her name the proper way. It was a sure thing, she was gaining grounds. She was on her way to victory.

She won the position, paving the way to more achievements. In her senior year, she stood before her fellow graduates with her

emotionally inspiring valedic-tory speech. The audience was electrified and acknowledged her with thundering applause and a standing ovation. She

could be likened to a penny surrounded with silver quar-ters. She stood out among the crowd. And just like a penny that appears worthless on its own, is actually a dollar when added to 99 cents.

There is always a penny in every dollar, but never a dollar in a penny. We are all like pen-nies. Let us all be the 100th cent of every dollar. No matter how simple and how insignificant we think we are, we can make a difference in this world.

When Jesus formed his dis-ciples, he picked out the seem-ingly insignificant men. After guiding them, they stood out and became outstanding within the circle of Christian faith. Except for Judas, he also stood out, but out of the circle. And outside -- he stood.

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Focus on the Important vs. the Urgent

(Don’t wait for the train to run you over)

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Mano po, opo…those re-spectful words; and if we could only translate them into English, we will have a better world, at least in our commu-nity.

When a group of young Pinoys, myself included, was forming the Lucena City As-sociation more than ten years ago, we declared that anyone who were above fifty could not be elected as an officer of the fledgling organization. In-stead, all of them would be our advisers.

We believed back then, that anyone over 50 had a different view of life, less invigorating and would rather sit and relax than do legwork for the orga-nization. We silently placed those over 50 under a category: thinkers and retired. We placed some under a sub-category as “Cranky”!

The plan worked. The or-ganization flourished into one outstanding organization that has accomplished half a mil-lion times more than what everyone expected. We were able to help more of our poor kababayan in the Philippines, as compared to old organiza-tions under the tutelage of old school leadership.

Our elders and not so old advisers applauded and sup-ported all our efforts; after all, the accomplishments of the or-ganization were their accom-plishments, too. They were our “advisers”. The arrangement worked because everyone recognized that whatever des-

ignation they had, the focus was on the or-ganization and the needy.

We are for-tunate to have senior citi-zens, retired and advanced-aged individuals who believed in us.

Gaining their support and attention was easy. All we had to do was almost always to engage them, request for their input and value their presence in all our activities and most important of all, pay them the respect and recognition they deserve.

***I am not saying that be-

ing over 50 is a hindrance to good leadership. Our corpo-rate world has all kinds of se-nior citizens at the helm; and they are actually the best in the business! However, in order for organizations to succeed, they hired the young graduates to lead new developments and ideas. The Company’s Board of Directors are usually the investors, the bureaucrats, the retirees and the inheritors. The bulk of the day to day activi-ties and decision-making how-ever, are being initiated by the lower echelons of the compa-ny, the key guys are mostly the younger ones. The operation is simple because the young ones are paid to do the job.

In a non-profit and volun-teer-run organization, how-

ever, the rules are different. The rules of engagement and decision-making are different. Human and cultural dynam-ics play a major role even in basic decision-making. Yes, those organizations have their basic operating laws – their constitution. Add to it their job descriptions. There are written rules to be followed. For the leaders of this volunteer-run organizations, the unwritten rules most of the time are the most effective way of putting people to action.

It has never been in any written form or constitution for a leader to earn respect and credibility first before request-ing volunteers to do their job for the organization. Neither was it ever written to gain re-spect by paying respect to oth-ers. Credibility and respect do not come with one who has just landed a position. One has to work for it!

I have worked with numer-ous organizations in the com-munity, and in most of the or-ganizations who have leaders in place for the reason that he or she is the oldest, or most ma-ture, or has been in the organi-zation the longest, tended to be

less productive and stagnant, compared to organizations

lead by young energetic lead-ers who are rar-ing to showcase their talents and fresh ideas.

Time for a change for most of them, I say!

***Why are some leaders with

advanced aged not advancing the cause of their organiza-tions? Could they be too ma-ture to be able to bend to the changing of priorities? Could they be too stubborn to accept that they have made a mistake to a younger peer? Have they retired alread, such that they have nothing better to do, but want to keep the designation? All these are causes of dis-connect and discontentment among the members, hence, causes the organization to lan-guish.

Of course, there are excep-tions. I heard of an organiza-tion wanting to keep its leader for as long as they may. But for a leader, be wary of this kind of membership. If you think about it, leaders have a life, too, and they could not baby sit forever.

The truth is that, there is no age limit to effective lead-ership as long as everyone respects one’s leader; and for as long as the leader has the stamina and enthusiasm of a kid, and … as long as the lead-

er has the patience and under-standing of the Dalai Lama, I am pretty sure the organization will flourish.

Recently, I e-mailed the following to a group in disar-ray:

“Let everyone meet with an open mind, let everyone have an open heart

Let us not focus on the who, but focus on why?

Let us not focus on our differences but focus on our strengths

Let us not focus on person-alities but focus on the results

Success is not for anyone to claim! Success is for every-one to share!

Do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing!

Remember what we do to-day will affect tomorrow!”

The key to be effective and to get results is to have respect and understanding for each other, We are Filipinos. Let us say “opo” and “mano po” to our elders, or say “totoy or nene, ano ang gusto mo?” to our younger generation.

***On another note: Since I am

now past the age of 50, I am quite sure some of my young friends in organizations have already placed me under the category “thinker” (but not retired).I guess I am still fine as long as they do not place me yet under “Cranky!” Grrrr!

These are just my opinions and you are entitled to them. ([email protected])

Too often we rush through life without taking the time to really understand what is going on around us. Like a juggler on the railroad tracks focused on his juggling, we are sometimes so immersed in the urgent that we miss the important. The balls are urgent, demanding your constant attention, but the train, … well the train, is a life altering and important event. Pay attention to the train!

It is the little things which, at the time, seem urgent that grab us. They shout and scream and demand our atten-tion. They are little chicks in the nest, mouths always open, wanting to be fed. And what a racket they make. It is no won-der we do everything we can to quiet them down.

But it takes a strong will to look past all the noise and

really focus on what is im-portant. I must admit I am not immune to this trap either.

And what is important? Well, that’s going to be different for each of us. But the important -- that which needs to be done, that which must be attended, for each of us there is a common thread. It is a long-term investment in our future.

Deciding what is important and what is urgent (but not important) is not always easy. And often times, the important is also urgent. It is a life skill we have to learn and master. I

have learned that the first step to mastering this skill is to take a deep breath, step back and do an honest evaluation of your life. Resist the temptation to fix everything now. Resist the noise of the urgent. Ask your-self, “what if I don’t fix this now”. What are the real conse-quences. Be honest.

You might find that many of

the burdens you carry during the day need not be burdens at all. You might find your load getting lighter and your head clearing. You might discover that you have been wasting a lot of time on things that are

not really all that important (just loud loud loud: maybe I need ear muffs to mute the noise).

As you strip away all the loud noisy demands, the re-ally important things begin to emerge. With a clear head you begin to understand what es-sential strategies and tactics you will need to put in place to

deal with the future. And you gain the strength to make the necessary decisions.

I cannott tell you what’s important for you. No one can. I cannot even tell you how to figure out what is important instead of simply urgent (and loud loud loud). Only you can do that. What I can tell you is what I have learned for my-self: Too often, we focus on the urgent as a way to put off having to confront the really important things. It is a way of keeping busy. It is a way of not having to make tough deci-sions.

Don’t wait for the train to run you over. Put down the balls and focus on the impor-tant event. It will not go away simply because you ignore it! ([email protected])


Everywhere in the world, Philippine cul-tural dance presentations are always a crowd drawer ...

...and the same is true at the Mabu-hay Festival, with Culture Philip-pines Ontario’s (top photo) and Fiesta Filipina Dance Troupe’s p a r t i c i p a t i o n (Courtesy Mike Caducio – FMC Services)

NEWS

“… increasing publicity about the plight of nannies under this program will bring change.”

Global Television tackles plight of Canada’s imported caregivers in summer documentary series

Global Television has pre-sented “The Nanny Business” as part of its summer documen-tary series “Currents” on July 7 (Please check your local list-ings for re-airing schedule).

An estimated 5000 women arrive in Canada every year to serve as caregivers. These women, mostly escaping pov-erty in the Philippines, need to support the families they left

behind and dream of a starting a new life in Canada.

For many, that becomes a reality, but others become victims of fraud, exploitation and abuse. THE NANNY BUSINESS, a documentary by Emmy Award winning film-maker Shelley Saywell, pro-files a few of the nannies and the ordeals they endured after arriving.

The nannies arrive in Can-

ada under the government’s Live- In Caregiver Program that gives them temporary visas but stipulates that they must spend a minimum of two years work-ing and living in the homes of Canadian families before they can qualify for residency sta-tus. For many of these women that two year-period can be a nightmare locking them into households where intolerable

work demands are made, in-cluding inhumanly long work days for below minimum wage, and subjected to verbal and even physical abuse.

THE NANNY BUSINESS traces the story of Edelyn Pine-da who left her three children behind and paid thousands of dollars to a recruitment agency in Canada to make the arrange-ments and book her with a family. She arrived to discover

that the agent had taken her fee but the “employer” who signed her contract was not interested in her services.

“I can’t believe this has hap-pened to me,” Edelyn told the filmmakers the day after she arrived, with no money and no place to stay. “I will never get over this.”

Joelina Maluto came to Canada after working in Hong Kong and the Middle East be-cause, “I heard Canada was a good country, and after two years I could bring my chil-dren here.” Instead, she ar-rived to find she had no job and was forced to live in her agent’s basement with sixteen other nannies for the next 2 and a half months. When the agent finally got her a job, the employer forced her to work eighteen-hour days.

Edelyn and Joelina were among several nannies brave enough to go public about their experiences in the hope of forcing change. Their stories

are put into wider context by journalist Susan McClelland, whose own search for a nanny led her to this story, and who’s subsequent article, “Nanny Abuse” for Walrus Magazine won an Amnesty Award.

Susan hopes that increas-ing publicity about the plight of nannies under this program will bring change. “I’ve writ-ten about sex trafficking, but caregiver trafficking is some-thing we are now finding out

about too,” she says. “These women are put in very vulner-able situations and we need to protect them from exploitation and cruelty----they need to have the same rights that ev-ery employee in this country enjoys.”

THE NANNY BUSINESS is a Bishari Films production commissioned by Global Tele-vision. It was written and di-rected by Shelley Saywell and produced by Deborah Parks.


ANCOP from p.1Fourth seminar for Philippine-trained teachers

Firmly believing and realizing the universal precept that “learning is a lifelong process”, the Philippine Teachers As-sociation of Canada ( PTAC), in co-operation with Kababayan Commu-nity Centre Multicultural Services (KCC) is holding its “4th Annual Seminar on Access to the Profes-sion for Internationally-Trained Teachers”, Sat-urday, September 18th, at 9 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Toronto Public Library, Parkdale Branch Audi-torium, # 1303 Queen Street West, (Cowan & Brock Avenues),Toronto.

The free seminar aims to provide up-to-date in-formation and insights to more than 60 partici-pants who are interested in Ontario teacher cer-tification and also those who are seeking employ-ment in education and/or education-allied sectors. The theme for the whole

day event is aptly titled: “ Restarting and Continu-ing a Teaching Career in Ontario”.

The targeted attend-ees are newcomers, im-migrants, work permit holders, permanent resi-dents or citizens who are

professionally-trained teachers and considered under Bill 124 as those teachers “educated inter-nationally or trained out-side the province” who need to restart and prac-tice their profession in the province. Participants shall receive a “Certifi-cate of Achievement”.

Guest speakers and presenters are noted edu-cation professionals and practitioners in Ontario. They will be discussing topics on Ontario teacher certification procedures, building and increasing self-esteem in adults, ca-reer opportunities and al-ternatives for immigrant teachers, and teaching

strategies and challenges in a multicultural learn-ing environment.

This outreach initia-tive is a joint project of the Kababayan Com-munity Centre Multicul-tural Services ( KCC), a 32- year old settlement and integration service agency in the GTA with Flor Dandal as Executive Director, and the Philip-pine Teachers Associa-tion of Canada ( PTAC), a four-year old organi-zation of Philippine and OCT-registered teachers headed by Tony A. San Juan, OCT.

Interested parties are requested to regis-ter with any of the fol-lowing PTAC officers: Joan Ang (Director) Tel. 416- 822-5616 /email:

[email protected] or Bernadette Gapuz ( Secretary) Tel.416-880-3437 / email : [email protected]. (Jennifer S.J. Ma-cLean)

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international lay organi-zation of the faithful that has worldwide member-ship and active in 107 countries.

The new arrangement was brought about by an-other agreement signed by ANCOP Canada with Philippine- based GK Community Develop-ment Foundation Inc. (GKCDFI) to continue remitting funds to com-plete GK villages in ac-cord with earlier agree-ments directed by donors, or for future donations when donors signify their preference to donate to GKCDFI for its shelter projects.

The agreement with GKCDFI, however, does not include a brand agree-ment, which means that ANCOP Canada will no longer promote, nor in-clude GK name or brands in its marketing and pro-motional activities.

Under the terms of the two agreements reached with ANCOP Canada, the latter will

continue its child educa-tion program in both GK villages and CFC AN-COP sites through CFC ANCOP-Tekton. How-ever, ANCOP Canada, being a Christian-based and managed charity, its preference is to work with CFC ANCOP-Tek-ton in its future shelter and child education pro-grams. This follows after the Couples For Christ let go of GK governance in 2009 when the GK lead-ership decided to move into a different and more aggressive and expansive development approach. CFC used to manage GKCDFI.

Meanwhile, during Pangilinan’s most recent visit to the Philippines, he visited the first batch of ANCOP Homes in Las Pinas City called, “Markham Village-Villa Monique Ancop Homes”.

The first ten homes were completed in a re-cord time of two months and were turned over to beneficiaries last May 29.

The “Markham Vil-lage-Villa Monique An-cop Homes”will consist of a total of 52 homes and being funded by Markham, Ontario Coun-cillor Alex Chiu’s Annual Golf Tournament.

ANCOP Canada also announced other ground-breaking milestones, held last June, located in Ag-dangan, Quezon with the CFC Mississauga Ancop Village (Villa Gracia); the CFC Edmonton support-ed village, Our Lady of Banneux Ancop Homes in San Mateo, Rizal; and, the CFC Ottawa Banay-Banay Ancop Homes in Lipa City.

There are ten Ancop Home villages with com-pleted Community De-velopment Plans (CDPs), consisting of a total of 1,157 home units or families. These include five villages in Lipa City where the amiable Gover-nor Vilma Santos and her husband Senator Ralph Recto. Together with the


By Norman Hillmer

In April 1982, in a public ceremony on Par-liament Hill in Ottawa, Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau signed the Con-stitution Act, marking the end of a process that was so unusual that a word had to be invented to de-scribe it. The Canadian constitution had been “patriated” — brought home from Great Britain.

From its beginning, Canada had a constitu-tion, but it did not belong to Canada. The British North America (BNA) Act, an 1867 law of Brit-ain’s Parliament, was Canada’s founding docu-ment, yet it could only be

changed with the permis-sion of the British Parlia-ment.

Trudeau believed pas-sionately that Canada’s long journey from the embrace of the British Empire was incomplete without constitutional independence. However, Canada is a federal state where political author-ity was shared between the national and provin-cial governments. Prime ministers and provinces had been trying for more than half a century to find a consensus solution that would make it possible to Canadianize the BNA Act. Trudeau’s own at-tempts in the 1970s had been unsuccessful.

After 1980, Trudeau

was determined to patri-ate the constitution, no matter what. He invited the provincial premiers to Ottawa in September 1980, but rapidly con-cluded that they were demanding far too much in return for their back-ing. Trudeau warned the premiers that he would ask London to pass the necessary legislation to bring the BNA Act home to Canada without pro-vincial consent, adding to his request a charter defining the inalienable rights and freedoms of every Canadian citizen.

“I am telling you now,” Trudeau angrily told the provinces, “we’re going to go it alone. We’ll go to London, and we won’t

even bother asking a pre-mier to come with us.”

The Supreme Court ruled that Trudeau had the legal right to do this but the court warned that to proceed this way would contradict Cana-dian history and custom. The British themselves gave hints that they might not be willing to send the constitution to Canada unless they had an as-surance that there was strong provincial support for patriation.

Trudeau then decided on another federal-pro-vincial conference. In November 1981 he met with provincial leaders in Ottawa, knowing that a coalition of eight of the 10 provinces was against him. The “gang of eight,” as they were called, in-cluded René Lévesque,

the separatist premier of Quebec and Trudeau’s longtime adversary.

Trudeau and Lévesque had clashed in the 1980 Quebec referendum, in which a proposal for Que-bec independence was defeated by a large mar-gin. That gave Trudeau another incentive to re-model the constitution, as he had promised he would if his fellow Que-beckers rejected indepen-dence.

As the participants in the November 1981 constitutional confer-ence bargained, the gang of eight broke apart. Lévesque found himself alone. He woke up on the final morning of the conference unaware that the Canadian govern-ment and the other nine provinces had reached an

agreement the previous day and night without his knowledge and participa-tion. He left Ottawa feel-ing outmaneuvered, be-trayed and humiliated.

The government and legislature of Quebec did not agree to the patriation of the constitution, and they haven’t yet. Two subsequent efforts to re-negotiate the constitution with Quebec’s coopera-tion, the Meech Lake and Charlottetown Accords, ended in failure.

The British North America Act of 1867 was the basis of the new constitution that Trudeau signed in April 1982, along with all of the amendments to the BNA Act that had gone

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The Constitution Act, 1982


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in the town of Peñablanca, Cagayan in an excavation site where Mijares had started dig-ging four years before.

“We were initially frustrated that during the excavation we were only finding animal re-

mains. But when my colleague Dr. Phil Piper, our team’s zoo-archaeologist, was looking at the finds, he said to me, ‘Man-dy, this is a human bone,’” Mi-jares said. “When we verified that it is a human bone, I knew that we discovered something very important.”

The presence of the remains

of butchered animals in the same layer of sediment, but no stone tools, raises interesting questions about how Callao Man killed them.

“We can only speculate that they were using different tools. From our initial analysis of the cut marks on the animal bones, they could have used organic

tools such as bamboo which is ubiquitous in the region,” Mi-jares said.

Where there is a single hu-man bone there could be more, so Mijares and his team intend to continue digging. Additional discoveries of remains of Callao Man could be enough to show with more certainty that he was

of an earlier species than homo sapiens, which could mean that the first modern humans in the archipelago did not sail here but evolved here. (With files from GMANews)

NEWS

Filipino expats avail of Oman amnesty

MANILA - At least 140 Filipinos have availed of an amnesty given by the Oman government to suspected ille-gal foreign expatriates.

A report of the United Arab Emirates news site Khaleej Times said the 140 Filipinos were among 25,000 expatri-ates who took advantage of the government amnesty.

Khaleej Times reported that there are around 100,000 sus-pected illegal foreign expa-triates in Oman but majority did not take advantage of the amnesty despite warnings of stringent penalties including imprisonment and fines.

“Figures released by vari-

ous embassies in Muscat show some 25,000 people have cho-sen to benefit from the pardon, including about 14,000 Indi-ans, 3,400 Pakistanis and 140 Filipinos,” the report said.

The Oman government’s amnesty period that ended last Saturday allowed overstaying foreign workers to regularize their status or leave the country without paying fines.

Authorities will now inten-sify inspection campaigns to detain those who continue to live without proper papers.

Illegal residents as well as companies who employ them would be penalized. (VVP, GMANews.TV)

ANCOP from p. 1

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Philippine Chamber of Commerce-Toronto president Rafael Nebres (center) and PIDC Adviser Jun Enverga (right) are among those who led the recep-tion team for Progressive Conservative Provincial Party Leader Tim Hudak at the PIDC Mabuhay Festival and Trade Show 2010, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, July 24. MPP Hudak sent his, and his party’s congratulatory mes-sage to the Filipino community. (Manila Media Monitor Photo)

Arnel Pineda with the staff of Prestige Club in North York, Ontario during an evening dubbed by the club as Fans Night. (Courtesy: thenannyexpert.com)


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Ban on Filipinos going to Iraq remains, says RP official

MANILA -- Recruit-ment agencies and busi-ness groups have called on the government to re-move the ban on Filipinos working in Iraq, saying it translates into a loss of livelihood opportunities for Filipinos.

Labour Secretary Ro-salinda Baldoz said Fili-pinos continued to slip into Iraq despite a restric-tion imposed by the gov-ernment in 2004.

The Philippine gov-ernment banned Filipinos from taking up jobs in the Middle East in an attempt to prevent overseas Fili-pino workers from being kidnapped or falling vic-tim to bomb attacks.

Baldoz said thousands of Filipinos had defied the restriction by work-ing for firms contracted by American companies, to perform services at US military camps in Iraq.

She said the number of Filipinos working in Iraq was around 15,000, most of whom entered the country via other parts of the Middle East.

Recruitment agencies and business groups have called on the government to remove the ban on Fil-ipinos working in Iraq, saying it translates into a loss of livelihood oppor-tunities for Filipinos.

The government dis-patched Ambassador Roy Cimatu, a special envoy to the Middle East, to

assess if the restriction could be lifted, especial-ly in the light of the US’s ongoing withdrawal of troops from Iraq.

Carmelita Dimzon, ad-ministrator of the Philip-pines’ Overseas Workers Welfare Administration

(OWWA) confirmed

that mili-tary authori-ties at the US Central Command

began to send home

thousands of Filipino workers re-cently.

Dimzon said Filipi-no workers were being sent back to their home country at the expense of their

American contractors.

“No sanc-tions will be imposed on these work-ers,” media reports quot-ed Dimzon as saying.

On July 20, the US military au-thorities in Iraq directed private con-tractors and

subcontractors to identify within 20 days all foreign nationals working there in violation of the laws of US, Iraq, or their respec-tive home country. They were also to develop a plan for their repatria-tion.

Thousands of Filipino workers are employed by the US military as truck drivers, craftsmen and la-bourers, and to man din-ing rooms and laundries.

The Philippine gov-ernment imposed the travel and deployment ban to Iraq in July, 2004 after Filipino truck driver Angelo dela Cruz was kidnapped.

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learn. You just need people with the desire to better themselves.

- Adam Cooper and

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MANIFESTATIONSfrom p. 8

ENGLISHfrom p. 9

PHILIPPINESfrom p. 8Parish community holds

Pistahan sa OLA, August 14 and 15

The Archdiocesan Filipinos Catholic Mis-sion (AFCM ) is holding “Pistahan sa OLA” on August 14 and 15 -- a celebration in honor of the feast of Our Lady of the Assumption (OLA) on August 14 and 15 at the grounds of the Our Lady of the Assumption Church, 2565 Bathurst St. in Toronto.

A daylong and eve-ning entertainment for everyone are planned.

Canadian Idol Martha Joy and the parish com-munity’s favorite priests from the “Alay” concert fame will be participat-ing to entertain everyone. A giant Bargain Hunters Bazaar will be available for everyone’s shopping pleasure.

Organizers are expect-ing huge crowds; very limited vendor and ex-hibitor spaces are avail-able:

For more information, please contact Bing (905) 472-3194, Alex (905) 420-8875, Rosemer (416) 284-2810 or Fidel 647 893 0605 or email

[email protected] (J.E.)

PEOPLE & EVENTS

velopment company in Pickering, Ontario.

The narration above reminded me of the lyr-ics of a song, “Men With Broken Hearts”, by country singer Hank Williams, Sr. (Sept. 17, 1923 -- Jan. 1,1953): “You never stood in that man’s shoes and saw things through his eyes, or stood in watch with helpless hands while the

heart inside you dies, so help your brother along the way, no matter where he starts, for the same God that made you, made him, too.”

While I know that our host is always a grateful person, and although un-solicited, I reminded him again before Gie and I left the location, not to forget the people who helped him along the way in his trek to his target destina-tion.

Our host walked us to

the door, gave Gie and I a peck on the cheek and said, “I can’t thank you enough for everything. You two are my first mentors. I love you mom … dad.”

Beaming with pride as a father, I said to Gie, “Congratulations, you reared our children properly,” to which Gie replied, “… and so did you.”

Our son Christian has accomplished so much at his young age of 27. At

times when I thought he was sleeping in his room, it turned out that he was there praying and talking to the Lord.

“Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all the things shall be added unto you.” ([email protected])

ing can be constructed with only P800,000, re-plete with adequate ven-tilation, safety provisions and segregated, working toilets for boys and girls and school supplies and desks thrown in for good measure. (We found that a building of similar structure and features erected by government would cost triple!)

Plan is too busy with work in the grassroots that trumpeting their achievements is always

ignored. The many mod-est Plan satellite offices dotting the countryside always have provisions and safety utilities ready for use or distribution when disaster strikes, school supplies for the neediest kids in the com-munity, and even medical and hospital equipment. Each item is carefully accounted for. Global donations keep pouring because of the organiza-tion’s decades of integ-rity and efficacy. Tucked not too conspicuously in each satellite office are effusive plaques and certificates from scores of officials and organi-zations who could not contain their delight, ap-preciation and gratitude to Plan Philippines.

After 18 years, Plan is poised to move out of Camotes. The devel-

opment indicators have been satisfactory and the people are gung ho about their own capabilities, thanks to Plan’s numer-ous training programs and community inter-ventions. Its Philippine country director, Michael Diamond, is eyeing Rom-blon and parts of Mind-anao as the next areas to penetrate.

When boxer turned parliamentarian Manny Pacquiao got wind of it, he asked for an au-dience with Diamond, hoping to convince Plan International to adopt Sa-ranggani, a province left behind in development. Pacquiao’s fervor to get Plan to help his constitu-ents is a loud endorse-ment of the kind of work it does for the Filipino child. ([email protected])

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donkey rides in Thailand: “Would you like to aride on my ass?” Araaay!

What do you think, guys? Without bias, we think the Filipino English is not that bad after all. We can write better Eng-

lish than them and can be more understood, or speak better English than them even with our pro-nunciation and misplaced accent. ([email protected])

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CONSTITUTION from p. 13

GOLFERS WANTED:Unity Cup Golf Tournament open for registration

Family and close friends gave entertainer and singer Josie de Leon a sur-prise beach party at M Studio in Mississauga recently in celebration of her birth anniversary. (Courtesy: Chat Bautista)

Who will be this year’s winner? Will the Ateneo Golf Team retain its 2009 Unity Cup?

Alumni of distin-guished universities/col-leges compete for one common goal: to help build ANCOP Village for Bicol-Canada Associa-tion. Register now and-make your alma mater proud! Registered teams and groups include Ate-neo, La Salle, UPAA,

Mapua, San Beda, Don Bosco, Philcan Golf, PCCT, ACEP, etc.

Add your name to this list for an exciting event unifying our community.

Tournament format is individual and team competition. Participa-tion fee of $145.00 in-cludes golf, use of driv-

ing range, shared power cart, lunch bag, dinner, trophies and prizes. Hole In One Prize for a 2010 Honda courtesy of Paeng Nebres, general manager of Action Honda.

3rd Annual Unity Cup sponsored by Milan Group will be held on Sunday,

August 15, 2010 at Li-onhead Golf and Country Club Legends course, 8525 Mississauga Rd, Brampton, ON, L6Y 0C1, 1:20 PM shotgun start. www.golfinlionhead.com

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through the British Par-liament over the years as the country grew and changed. The most im-portant innovations in the 1982 Constitution Act were a series of pre-cise formulas for amend-ing the constitution, Trudeau’s Charter with landmark guarantees of rights and freedoms and enhanced powers for the provinces in the area of natural resources.

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Parliament and seven of the 10 provincial leg-islatures; the provinces that agree to any amend-ment must in turn make up at least 50 percent of the overall population of Canada.

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The Home Karaoke Members Multi-Language Singing Show will be live to tape by Home Karaoke tv crew for later airing on Front Page Philippines, Sundays 10 PM (EST, starting September 2010) with alternative viewing, Thursday, 4 PM, OMNI 2 Rogers OMNI Television, Cable 14, Channel 69, CJMT.

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Wildred Fabroa (in the rostrum), president of the St. Mary’s University (Nue-va Viscaya) Alumni Abroad, introduces his team who worked efficiently to gather in Toronto from across North America alumni members for this grand reunion at the Delta Chelsea Hotel in downtown T.O. Some members from the Philippines likewise flew into town for this big event. In photo, whom the association president referred to as the “A Team”, are (not in order) Melchor Ambatali, Jr., Justice of Peace for and in the Province of Ontario delano Eu-ropa, Leticia Gurat-Europa, Mayette Piscoso-Reyes, Lal Perez-Bautista, Lita Butac-Lachina, Walter Fabroa, Luz Butac-Rose, Arceli Bautista, Luz Rome-ro-Sucilan, Elsa Almendra cailin and Janilyn Acosta Reginaldo. Fabroa told Manila Media Monitor that a portion of the funds realized from this gathering will be sent to their alma mater as part of its general funds for future proj-ects. (Front Page Philippines Video Still)


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PIDC’s Bing Marasigan (left) and Rosemer Enverga (right) with GMA artist Katrina Halili. (Manila Media Monitor Photo)

L-R: Front Page Philippines tv’s Gie Alvarez, City TV News’ Kris Reyes, GMA Pinoy TV Consultant for Eastern Canada Rosemer Enverga, Warner Music Canada Marketing Manager Anthony Reyes and PIDC Adviser Jun Enverga. (Manila Media Monitor Photo)

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26 Manila Media Monitor July 2010 ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT

Filipino actor and model Wendell Ramos disembarks from the stage to join fans during the GMA Pinoy TV live performance at the Mabuhay Festival, July 24.Wendell Ramos was flown in to Toronto by GMA Pinoy TV as part of its primary sponsorship of the annual Mabuhay Festival celebration in To-ronto, together with Katrina Halili, Mark Herras, John Nite and Kuya Germs Moreno. (Mike Caducio/FMC Services)

Toronto-based entertainer Martha Joy and GMA Pinoy TV’s John NIte sing a duet ... (Ramond Santos)

Kuya Germs Moreno, Iza Calzado and John Nite ... (Miguel Caducio/ FMC Services)

Manila Media Monitor managing editor and Front Page Philippines tv producer Ace Alvarez (left) exchanges notes with Arnim Joop, publisher and editor of “The Albertaner” and “Millwoods Mosaic” on community media work during the latter’s recent visit to Toronto. “The Albertaner” is published and circulated in Edmonton catering to the German Canadian commu-nity and “Millwoods Mosaic” is a magazine serving the multi-cultural communities in the urban district of Millwoods in Edmon-ton.


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Gie Alvarez, Front Page Philippines program host

Front Page Philippines moves to primetime in September

Television program Front Page Philippines moves to primetime broadcast for the new fall season.

The Independent Produc-tion Development Department of Rogers OMNI Television in-formed the program’s producer that starting September this year, Front Page Philippines will air Sundays at 10 PM.

In North America, the hours traditionally taken as constitut-ing primetime are 6 to 11 PM, Eastern and Pacific Standard Time.

The alternative viewing time remains at 4 PM on Thursdays., according to Rogers OMNI TV fall schedule.

The move to the prime block of tv programming coincides with Front Page Philippines’ 8th season on air.

Airing in English and Filipi-no, Front Page Philippines is a magazine-style program with a community perspective affect-ing Filipino Canadians, and of-fers news and current affairs, together with information on culture and entertainment.

Hosted by veteran broad-caster Gie Alvarez, Front Page

Philippines aired for the first time on September 21, 2002.

Looking back, the date that the program started airing on Canadian television was so meaningful to independent pro-ducer Ace Alvarez, who said that September 21 is one date in the calendar that he would always remember.

Ace narrates:“For one, it was on this date

38 years ago, while attending J school in Manila, Philippines that my future from practicing what I was being trained for was marred with the issuance of Proclamation 1081 by then Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, placing the whole country under martial law.

“That September 21 of 1972 was a time of uncertainty for journalism students and all those in specialized field of mass communications, consid-ering that every political scien-tist would tell one that the first thing that a state leader would do when he, or she, declares martial law is to close down all media outlets. So, there goes my future down the drain, and not a single soul knowing, but President Marcos himself, when Philippine martial law was to last.

“By the time the Philip-pine President lifted martial law nine years later on January 17, 1981 under Proclamation NO. 2045, I was already gain-fully employed — and with my second employer along the af-filiated discipline I was trained for, debunking the fears I had that September 21, 1972.

“Thirty-one years later af-ter 1972, I had to face another September 21st uncertainy in that in 2002, a medium was

born on Canadian television for which I would have an oppor-tunity to practice further what I was trained for — the birth of “Front Page Philippines TV”!

“September 21, 2002 was yet another date that I had to face another of those fears: if at all, “Front Page Philippines” would last even a year on air, aware of the past experiences of several people before me who produced independently a tv program and proved that keeping afloat was a very dif-ficult task.”

“I credit my wife, too, Front Page Philippines program host, Gie Alvarez, for the success of the program in that Gie has good rapport with our program viewers, without which, Front Page Philippines would have long ago been gone from the air. In addition, productionwise (please read as ‘businesswise’), Gie is very familiar with the broadcast (radio-television) and audio-visual business in general learned from her con-tinuous professional broadcast practice in various media ca-pacities for the last 34 years. (Please pray for me as I wrote that magic number and my pro-gram host reads this part.)

“During seminars, meetings, events or simply chanced con-versations with my fellow in-dependent producers at OMNI Television — the airing station for ‘Front Page Philippines’, several among them would oc-casionally express their envy for me in that I have an ‘in-house’ host for the program, unlike most of them who have to shell out a handsome amount of money to pay for talent fees for their program hosts. Gie re-

phrases this as ‘several among them would occasionally ex-press their envy for me in that I have an in-house host, whom I could exploit, for the pro-gram.’.

“In 2009, and again, another September 21 – a Sunday, at 10:30 AM (Alberta local time), ‘Front Page Philippines’ aired over OMNI Television sta-tions, CJCO Calgary and CJEO Edmonton (collectively known as OMNI Television-Alberta), and gained fast regular follow-ing, as we gauged from e-mails sent to us by viewers.

“Of course, this would not have been possible without the continuous support of PNB Re-mittance Company (Canada) Inc., Forex Parcel Delivery Inc. (in other locations, also known as UMAC), Manila Media Monitor, Marshayna Trading Company, Inc./Hendersoon Weekes of North York Chev – and who, over the past years, and regardless of which GM dealership he moved, stayed with us on air.

“Special thanks also to our seasonal event partners, name-ly, the Philippine Independence Day Council (PIDC), Culture Philippines-Ontario and dur-ing the recent years, ANCOP Canada Inc.

“Special mention is also deserved by Roland Chan and Lilia Tanchoco and Liland Insurance Inc. – which had, for the first five of the eight years were regular sponsors of the program; Action Honda, through its General Manager Rafael Nebres, for more than five years; Jess/Tess Mallari of Mabini Express Remittance for two years, Mr. Lovely and his wife, Surjit and Lovely Travel & Tours for two years; Bert and Cora de la Cruz and Delamarc Travel – who for one year in the past was the pro-gram’s travel segment sponsor;

of course, thanks also to the various Ontario government agencies and departments, spe-cially to the Ontario Ministry of Health, which consistently were on board the program. Thanks also to Lastman’s Bad Boy, and to the numerous short-term contract advertisers that we had over the years – includ-ing those fortune tellers that we had as advertisers for which we had to constantly ask for ad-vance payments before broad-cast, otherwise, we would nev-er see their payments. For the short-term advertisers whom I failed to mention here, please pardon me as it is so hard to dig from memory (which means that they did not advertise long enough to have their products and services on my personal brand recall, much more, those of viewers’), every company who boarded the program as advertisers at one time, or an-other – including the program’s seasonal (please read this as “election-time”) clients.

“Most recently, the follow-ing have also boarded Front Page Philippines: Viva Manila Parcel Services and Old Mill Cadillac Buick GMC.

“To all of our sponsors, thank you so much. Of course, foremost, to all regular viewers of Front Page Philippines in Ontario, Calgary and Edmon-ton, and elsewhere in Canada who watch the program via the services of either one of the three satellite providers, name-ly StarChoice, Bell Express-vue and Look TV, allowed by the Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commis-sion to operate across the coun-try. Many thanks also to those viewers who have written/e-mailed and/or phoned us on our programming.”

Airing and Channel Infor-FRONT PAGEcont’d on p.29

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‘‘Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the dif-

ference. - Voltaire (1694 - 1778)

mation on Front Page Philippines

IN ONTARIO, Front Page Philippines airs cur-rently every Sunday at 11 AM, with alternative viewing on Thursdays at 4 PM in communities be-ing served by Toronto’s Rogers OMNI 2 Televi-sion (CJMT-Toronto) and its re-transmission. The program is SIMULCAST ACROSS CANADA to Starchoice subscribers on channel 395, and to ExpressVu subscribers on channel 216. LOOK TV carries OMNI. 2 on channel 74. Subscribers to Rogers Digital Cable can access OMNI.2 on channel 509.

ROGERS OMNI.2 TELEVISION in South-ern Ontario is on the fol-lowing cable channels: Rogers Cable (serving

Toronto)- Cable 14; Au-rora Cable (serving Auro-ra)- Cable 23; COGECO (serving Oakville/ Bur-lington)- Cable 29; In Hamilton- and in house-holds being served by COGECO, including Fergus, Georgetown and Grimsby,y, OMNI .2 TV is on Cable 18; In Hamilton, and in house-holds being served by Mountain Cable, OMNI 2 is on Cable 20; In the Niagara and the St. Cath-erines area, OMNI.2 is on (COGECO) Cable 15; In Peterborough on COGECO, Channel 19; In Ottawa, OMNI.2 TV is on Rogers, Cable 14; In London, Ontario, OMNI.2 is, likewise, on Rogers 14; In the St. Thomas, Strathroy area- on Rogers, Cable 14; In Tillsonburg and Wood-stock, OMNI.2 TV is on Rogers, Cable 14; In the Georgian Bay area,

including Collingwood, Midland and Owen Sound, OMNI.2 TV is on Rogers 14.

“FRONT PAGE PHIL-IPPINES” IS THE ONLY PROGRAM AIMED AT FILIPINO CANADI-ANS AVAILABLE ON BROADCAST OVER THE AIR.

OMNI.2 could be ac-cessed over-the-air on Channel 69 by close to one million viewers who rely on antenna systems. (Len Mahoney with files from Front Page Philip-pines)

An “August Dream” for PAGBy Romi C MananQuil

Rising above the grief resulting from their recent loss over the passing of master artist Rol P. Lampitoc, Sr., the Philippine Artists Group is embarking in its first art activity in Coaticook, Quebec in August, communing with nature, such as in Parc de la Gorge above, among other places.

The Philippine Art-ists Group of Canada, with the passing of an ac-knowledged master artist in their midst, paid trib-ute to Rol P. Lampitoc, Sr. in their latest annual art show called “Alay kay Manong Rol”. The grieving widow, Mrs. Cecilia ‘Manang Inday’ Lampitoc, together with her children and grand-children, were presented with the first PAG “Gin-tong Pinsel” Lifetime Achievement Award in honor of her late artist husband.

The unique award plaque was in the shape of the PAG’s symbolic palette held by a mini ea-sel, with a Golden Brush above the logo and per-sonally signed right there at the gallery by all the members in attendance.

Rising above this re-cent grief, the PAG is embarking on its first art activity in French Que-bec, in the scenic town of Coaticook this August. Ably organized by its president, Omel Masa-lunga and PAG’s only member in Quebec and

a respected artist in Coa-ticook, Koni Marcoux, the three-day series of art events (August 3-7, 2010) is amply called Rêve d’août or August Dream. The Philippine Artists Group delegation is led by Omel and com-posed of Rolly Abarilla, Jun Afable, Teody Asun-cion, Cobie Cruz, Frank Cruzet, Romi Manan-Quil, Koni Marcoux, Toots Quiachon and their families and guests will be joined by Coatic’Art, Coaticook’s own group of artists, and the U.S. based Connecticut River Artisan Group (CRAG) from New Hampshire and Vermont..

The visiting group of Filipino-Canadian artists will be exhibiting their works at Coaticook’s Francoise-Maurice Li-brary from August 5 to 7, with no less than Mayor Bertrand Lamoureux cut-ting the ribbon for the Vernissage. The PAG art exhibition compliments the Histoi’Art collection in the Arts and Culture Pavilion. Expected to at-tend this historic art event

are important personages and art lovers from Coa-ticook, St-Venant and other surrounding mu-nicipalities.

Promenade des Ar-tistes or Artists Walk hap-pens the following day. The PAG, together with the two other art groups and joined by other artists in the area and the U.S. will be doing plein air or on-the-spot paintings at five different scenic spots of the community. The public will be invited to

move around from spot to spot and watch the art-ists as they capture the beauty of the local land-scapes on their canvases right before their eyes. Likewise, the artists and the public will join to-gether to participate in the production of two 3’ X 4’ Pop Art paintings featuring Toronto and New Hampshire scenes at the Parc Chartier.

On Saturday, the last day, St-Venant-de-Pa-quette Tribute to sculptor

Roger Nadeau will hap-pen with two artist groups spreading out around the church and along the ‘Poet Trails’ (‘Le Sentier poetique’) to show and explain their art to the audience. After which, the public will be invited again to join the artists in producing another 3’ X 4’ Pop Art painting showing the famous sculptor and his two giant masterpiec-es, ‘Village Guardians.’

This weeklong so-journ of Toronto’s Phil-

ippine Artists Group and their participation in a three-day series of events with two other art groups, one Canadian, the other American, marks a first in Coaticook’s artistic history. It is part of the program launched by Coaticook’s new Coun-cilor for Art and Culture, Luc Marcoux.


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PRE PRODUCTION MEETING: Andrew Cheng (left), president of Home Ka-raoke Ltd. in Scarborough, and Television Producer Lanny Shum brief their artists who are performing at the multi-language Home Karaoke Members’ Singing Show on August 29th at the Rembrandt Hall, 930 Progress Avenue in Scarborough. The event will start with a bazaar at 5 PM; SHOW PROPER AT 7 PM. The Home Karaoke Ltd. executive promises another good produc-tion as it did in all its past productions. The event -- in celebration of the company’s 20th anniversary and the promotion of local talents, will be live to tape for later airing on Front Page Philippines tv program, airing on OMNI 2 Television, Channel 69, CJMT. (Manila Media Monitor photo)


EarthTalk®

From the Edi tors of E /The Environmenta l Magazine

Listen to your car but talk to a mechanic!

Car OwnershipMade Easy

R A F A E L N E B R E S


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ENVIRONMENT

An average working person who lives within 30 kilometres from work spends approximately 20 to 25 minutes in the car, either listening to his, or her favourite radio sta-tion, or violating the law that prohibits using the cell phone while driving.

Another possibility is that he, or she maybe contemplating life: what-ever happened in the past, what is happening at present, which may de-termine the future. May-be, even just listening to himself, or herself about what to do today at work,

with friends or with the fam-ily. We do this every day to and from work, spending ap-proximately an hour.

Let us make a plan. As part of our desire to make our “car ownership easy ”, let us start by making a resolution: “That we will resolve to spend the first 10 minutes inside our car, on our way to work and on our way from work to ‘listen to our car’.”

In detail, with our cell phone turned off, our radio turned off and our ears engaged, start to lis-ten to our car.

Start the engine, listen to any change in the noise of your engine, differ-

ent from what you usu-ally hear every time you start your engine. Note it down.

Listen to the noise of your tires while driving; listen to squeaks when you hit the brake ped-

als; listen to unusual

squeaks from front and rear of your car; and, rattles while you are driving.

Whatever unusual

noise you hear, note them down and then after all this lis-tening, resolve to talk to a mechanic.

When relaying to your mechanic what you heard, be specific and detailed for a qualified

interpretation and advice. Definitely, this will pre-vent or cure the mounting problem on your car.

Listening to your car is compared to listening to your body -- that by ignoring what you hear could lead you into big trouble. Likewise, talk-ing to a mechanic about your car is compared to talking to your doctor about your body -- that ignoring the advice given could lead to big trouble.

Another simple way “to make your car owner-ship easy”. ([email protected])

Dear EarthTalk: I’ve noticed that wildflower blooms in the mountains have been coming earlier and earlier in recent years. Is this a sign of global warming? And what does this mean for the long term survival of these hardy yet rare plants?

-- Ashley J., via e-mail

As always, it’s hard to pin specific year-to-year weather-variations and related phenom-

ena—including altered blooming schedules for wildflowers—on global warming. But longer term analysis of seasonal flow-ering patterns and other natural events do indicate that global warming may be playing a role in how early wildflowers begin popping up in the high country.

University of Mary-land ecologist David In-ouye has been studying wildflowers in the Rocky Mountains near Crested Butte, Colorado for four decades, and has noticed that blooms have indeed begun earlier over the last decade. Aspen sun-flowers, among other charismatic high country wildflowers, used to first bloom in mid-May, but are now are doing so in mid-April, a full month

earlier. Inouye thinks that smaller snow packs in the mountains are melting earlier due to global warming, in turn triggering early blooms.

Smaller snow packs not only mean fewer flow-ers (since they have less water to use in photo-synthesis); they can also stress

wildflower populations not

accustomed to exposure to late-spring frost. Accord-ing to Inouye’s research, between 1992 and 1998 such frosts killed about a third of the Aspen sun-flower buds in some 30 different study plots; but more recently, from 1999 through 2006, the typical mortality rate doubled, with three-quarters of all

buds killed by frost in an average year thanks to earlier blooming.

Inouye’s worrisome conclusions are backed up by experiments con-ducted by fellow re-searcher John Harte, who over a 15 year period used overhead heaters in nearby wildflower study

plots to accelerate snow melt. The results were the same: Wildflowers bloomed early and not as vigorously.

Several studies in Europe have shown that some species of wild-flowers there may be able to migrate north and to higher elevations as the

climate warms, but Inouye fears his be-loved Aspen sunflow-ers and many other American wildflowers may be lost forever as they are not able to migrate as quickly as

needed in order to survive wide-spread surface temperature in-creases and es-cape extinction.

Harte is also gloomy about the prospects for Colorado’s mountain wild-flowers. He predicts that the wildflower fields he and Inouye have been studying will give way to sagebrush des-ert within the next 50 years, whether or not the governments of the world can

get a grip on greenhouse gas emissions.

As a hedge against such dire predictions, the nonprofit Center for Plant Conservation is spear-heading seed collection efforts on thousands of rare wildflower species across the U.S. for in-clusion in the Colorado-

based National Center for Genetic Resources Pres-ervation, a repository for both common and rare “prized” American plant seeds. The “banked” seeds, useful if not solely for preserving the ge-netic makeup of species that may go extinct in the wild, can also be used for future restoration proj-ects on otherwise com-promised landscapes.

CONTACTS: David W. Inouye, http://chem-life.umd.edu/facultyre-search/facultydirectory/

davidwinouye; Center for Plant Conservation, www.centerforplantcon-servation.org; National Center for Genetic Re-sources Preservation, www.ars.usda.gov/main/

site_main.html.mode-code=54-02-05-00.

SEND YOUR ENVI-RONMENTAL QUES-TIONS TO: EarthTalk®, c/o E – The Environ-mental Magazine, P.O. Box 5098, Westport, CT 06881; [email protected]. E is a non-profit publication. Sub-scribe: www.emagazine.com/subscribe; Request a Free Trial Issue: www.emagazine.com/trial.

“Aspen sunflowers, like the one’s pictured here, used to first bloom in mid-May, but are now are doing so in mid-April, a full month earli-er. University of Maryland ecologist David Inouye thinks that small-er snow packs in the mountains are melting earlier due to global warming, in turn triggering early blooms.”(beautifulcataya, courtesy Flickr)

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Rafael Nebres, president of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce-Toronto (4th from left), draws the winning raffle tickets for an exhibitor (2nd from left)at the PCCT Trade Show at the Mabuhay Festival, July 24. Others in photo from left are PCCT Trade Show chair Oswald Tugadi, Edgar Gonzales, Mrs. Sylvia Nebres and Manila Media Monitor managing editor and Front Page Philippines tv producer Ace Alvarez. (Ray-mond Santos)

L-R: Jush Andowitt -- the Affiliate Development and Marketing executive of GMA Pinoy TV and GMA Life TV for North America, Rosemer Enverga, GMA Pinoy TV Consultant for Eastern Canada and Deo Moreno of M Studio. (Ray-mond Santos)


‘‘This paperback is very interesting, but I find it will never replace a hardcover book - it makes a very poor doorstop.- Alfred Hitchcock

Bayanihan Philippine National Dance Company performs in T.O.

The Bayanihan Philippine National Dance Company per-forms at the Sony Center for the Performing Arts on No-vember 1.

This was announced recent-ly by the Philippine Consulate General in Toronto.

Founded in 1957 by Dr. Helena Z. Benitez, Bayanihan was the first Filipino group to perform on Broadway and in Russia, as well as the first non-American company to dance at New York’s Lincoln Center.

The company has appeared in international events and fes-

tivals in 55 countries, and the Philippine government rec-ognized its role as an interna-tional ambassador by naming Bayanihan the nation’s official dance company in 2000.

The company has inspired the growth of numerous folk dance companies in the Phil-ippines and has encouraged other countries to showcase their own folk tradition on the international stage.

Bayanihan will demonstrate all the charm and grace of the Philippines’ 7,100 islands. With brightly costumed and en-

ergetic performances inspired by the Philippines’ diverse indigenous, Chinese, Spanish and Islamic influences, the 45 performers of Bayanihan has delighted audiences and critics around the world for more than 43 years.

Single tickets and packages are available by calling 416-872-2262 or on-line at www.sonycentre.ca. Media Contact: Karen Lorenowicz, KL Stra-tegic Communications, 416-243-0168, [email protected]. End

Minda Neri (left), president of the Philippine Indepen-dence Day Council (PIDC) -- organizers of the the annual Mabuhay Festival, address-es the media during a press conference hosted by her or-ganization for the GMA art-ists flown in by PIDC’s major event sponsor, GMA Pinoy TV. (Raymond Santos)

Front Page Philippines TV’s Gie Alvarez with Edmonton, Alberta-based journalist Arnim Joop and his wife, Susan, at the St. Mary’s University Alumni Abroad Grand Reunion in downtown T.O. Gie -- together with Manila Media Monitor’s Ace Alvarez are colleagues at the Canadian Ethnic Media As-sociation. (Manila Media Monitor photo)


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SILAYAN GET-TOGETHER

PARTY ON AUGUST 21, 2010

Leomnora Dabu Tacula, president of the Silayan Community Centre is inviting

its’ new and old members of the first ac-quaintance party on Saturday, August 21, 2010, at 20 West Lodge Ave. (Robinson Apartment) , located at the major inter-

section of Queen St.. West and Lansdowne Avenue.

from 5:00 PM to 11:00 PM.

A donation of $10.00 per person is grate-fully accepted. This year’s dinner and dance will be hosted by SCC birthday celebrants from January to June, 2010.Taculad is hoping that this get together

will give her a chance to renew her friendship and camaraderie. She is ex-pecting that all members, old and new, to attend SCC’s already “existing and alive organization”.(Dindo Orbeso - St.

Jamestown News Service)

Toronto-based entertainers Jenifer Camacho and Chyrell Samson belt out a number at the Mabuhay Festival.

Broadcast journalist Kris Reyes of Rogers City TV is the mid-after-noon emcee ...

... and so did, “The Champions”, namely Glenn Monterra, Emilio Zarris, Candace Santos and Roy Tugbang. (Photos: Mike Caducio / FMC)


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Comedian Redford White has passed away at 54

Redford White

Comedian Redford White passed away at 6:47 a.m., July 25. He was 54.

According to Tweets from his friends, Redford died from complications of brain cancer. APO Hiking Society’s Jim Paredes, a close friend of Red-ford, said in his Tweet that the comedian died “peacefully.”

Redford was first seen in the TV sitcom Iskul Bukol of Tito, Vic & Joey in the late ‘70’s. He played Mang Temi’s (Bing Angeles) helper in the school cafeteria.

Because of his unique brand of comedy, Redford became one of the top comedians in the ‘80s starring in a string of hit movies like Boni & Klayd (1981) with Pia Moran, Dar-akula (1982), Wrong Mistake (1983) with Chiquito, Hee-Man: Master of None (1983) with Roderick Paulate, Billy the Kid and the Sunshine Gid (1984) with Jess Lapid Jr., Sekreta Ini (1984), S.W.A.K. (1985), Johnny Rambo Tan-go (1984), No Return No Exchange (1986), The Un-touchable Family (1988) with Regine Velasquez, and Captain Yagit (1989).

In the ‘90s, his tandem with Eric Quizon in the sitcom

Buddy En Sol became so suc-cessful that they also made a series of films based on their TV characters.

Redford continued doing lead roles in movies in the ‘90s, like Neber 2 Geder (1996) with Andrew E, Pablik Enemi 1 N 2 (1997) with Dennis Padilla, Ala Eh Con Bisoy (1998) with Leo Martinez, Tong Tatlong Tatay Kong Pakitong Kitong (1998) with Babalu, and Haba Baba Doo! Puti Puti Poo! (1998).

On TV, his last two shows were GMA-7’s Daddy Di Do Du (2001-2007) and ABS-CBN’s Kokey (2007).

The comedian, Cipriano Cermeno in real life, is sur-vived by his wife Elena.

Fall in love with the little girl with a big, golden heart on GMA Pinoy TV’s ‘Trudis Liit’

Welcome into your homes the cutest, most lovable, and most vibrant little girl who will surely touch your lives with her wit, beauty and big heart –“Trudis Liit.”

Part of GMA Net-work’s anniversary of-fering, “Trudis Liit” in-troduces the newest child sensation that will make the classic film-turned-TV series the newest craze to watch out for - Jillian Ward as Gertrudes Capili or Trudis Liit!

Aside from Jillian, the series takes pride in bringing together a star-studded cast

from veteran artists to the new-est child stars in the indus-try led by

Maxene Magalona,

Pauleen Luna, Ian Veneracion, Mike Tan, and Ms. Gina Alajar together with Cris Vil-lanueva, Jao Mapa, Maricel Morales, Dex-ter Doria, Ar-chie Adamos, Marc Acueza,

Francheska Salcedo, and Jamaica Oli-vera.

Created by Mars Ravelo, “Trudis Liit” remains to be one of the most

popular child wonders in the history of Philip-pine cinema and comics since 1963. The movie was the first film role of award-winning-actress-turned-politician Star for All Seasons Vilma San-

tos, wherein she was award-ed her first-ever FAMAS award.

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Out with the Old, In with the New: Bank of Canada

OTTAWA, July 16 - In the not-too-distant future you will step up to an ATM, withdraw cash to buy lunch, and be sur-prised at what the machine dispenses. No, it will not be a much larger amount than you requested. It will be brand new polymer bills.

Your first experience han-dling polymer notes will no doubt be exciting. You’ll keep

running your fingers across the smooth, light-weight film.

The introduction of polymer notes will mark the end of an era. Beginning late in 2011, the bank of Canada will start to bid farewell to paper bills. As the polymer series is phased in and older notes are removed from circulation, paper money will become less and less common. There is one for the Canadian

history books. Someday, you will tell your

grandchildren, “Back in my day, money was printed on paper,” and they will react in disbelief.

Paper has served us well for a very long time. The Bank of Canada’s notes have been printed on paper since its first series was issued in 1935. As continual improvements were

made to security printing from one series to the next, the paper held up.

Current Canadian Journey series bank notes incorporated new security features right into the paper. For the first time ever, Canadian notes contained a ghost image (watermark) and a woven security thread that appeared as metallic dashes on the back of the notes. The other new and most visible security feature was a colour shifting metallic stripe.

Since the current series was introduced, counterfeiting rates have dropped dramatically. In

2009, the number of counter-feits passed in Canada dropped by 88 per cent when compared to 2004 levels. The security in the Canadian Journey notes, combined with increased note verification at the cash register, are largely responsible for halt-ing the fraudster’s ability to re-produce a passable fake.

But in the Bank’s efforts to stay several steps ahead of counterfeiters, change is com-ing; and great for Canadians. (CNW Telbec)

MONEY

Fourteen years as the Top Managing General Agent of Industrial Alliance, Liland Insurance is a yearly participant as exhibitor at the Philippine Chamber of Commerce-Toronto Trade Show at the Mabuhay Festival. The corporate booth was busy all-day responding to visitors who were seeking information on life insurance. (Front Page Philippines Video Still)




MONEY

New Immigrant Home Buying GuideCanada has been a popular

country for immigrants due to the low cost but high stan-dard of living. The Real Estate Market in Ontario Canada has been very strong and although the property values continue to rise, we can still consider the Real Estate Market inexpen-sive.

A lot of people believe that purchasing a property in Can-ada is a difficult and stressful process. The fact is, buying a property here is actually sim-ple provided that you are well prepared for it. A good realtor

is the key to making this hap-pen. This article will focus on the province of Ontario.

The major factors in buying a property in the province of Ontario are:

• Proof of income• Savings • Employment• Landed Immigrant status • Have at least 5% down

payment available. Although 0% down payment is still avail-able, I would only recommend this option as a last resort; due to the considerable difference

in interest rates. Renting a property has al-

ways been the most popular choice for new comers. It is possible to rent a property be-fore coming here but this may be challenging as Landlord’s find that risky. With the right financial plan in place, it may be best to buy a property soon-er rather than later; therefore giving you head start at having your largest investment now without compromising your lifestyle.

There is a program that is currently in place called “Wel-

come to Canada Plan”; this is available for new immigrants who want to buy a property as soon as they arrive to Canada. This program requires you to buy within 3 years upon ar-rival. This may seem daunting at first, but with proper plan-ning, this goal can be easily achieved. My team consists of Financial Planners, Law-yers, Insurance Brokers, and Mortgage Brokers. Each team member has an important role in making your goals a reality; and they are also well known and reputable in the industry.

Lighten your debt load -- strategies for eliminating debtIt’s such a slippery and

subtle slope – sliding into debt, that is. A little here, a little there and before you know it, most of your money is going to servicing debt instead of en-joying life now or saving for a financially secure tomorrow.

If you have a life partner, debt can be a symptom of a larger problem – like poor communication, differing goals and life expectations, or if one of you is a saver and the other a spender. If that sounds like your situation, you’ve got plenty of company. Only 15% of Canadian couples have nev-er disagreed about money and one in ten Canadians have left a relationship due to disagree-ments over money.*

That’s why it’s important to look beyond your debt symp-toms – spending too much, watching your debt mount – to uncover the real reasons for you debt issues, like identifying the behavior that got you into debt in the first place, and tak-ing steps to resolve the issues so your slide into debt doesn’t cause even bigger problems down the road.

Start with a detailed finan-cial review and by establish-ing financial life goals that both of you share, understand, and agree to. Focus on reduc-ing your debt load by targeting ‘bad debt’ first – high interest rate credit or retail cards, for example –

and through a debt consoli-dation/monthly debt reduction plan.

Then, look longer term with a realistic financial strategy for saving toward your kids’ edu-cation, your retirement, paying down your mortgage … and/or other life goals that are impor-tant to you.

Your strategy could in-clude:

• Establishing an emer-gency reserve using Tax-Free Savings Accounts (TFSAs).

• Protecting your fam-ily with life, critical illness and disability insurance.

• Funding your chil-dren’s education with Regis-tered Education Savings Plans (RESPs).

• Funding your retire-ment (and/or your partner’s retirement) with Registered

RetirementSavings Plans (RRSPs).Depending on your per-

sonal situation, there are other debt-reduction, money-saving strategies that will help allevi-ate stress and get you debt-free and on track for financial secu-rity. Your profes-sional advisor can provide both the third-party perspective and the financial planning exper-tise to develop The Plan that will work for you.

*PayPal sur-vey – March 2009

This column, written and pub-lished by Inves-tors Group Fi-nancial Services Inc. (in Québec – a Financial Services Firm), presents general

information only and is not a solicitation to buy or sell any investments. Contact a finan-cial advisor for specific advice about your circumstances. For

more information on this topic please contact your Investors Group Consultant

We have a plan specifically created for New Immigrants regardless of what your current financial situation is. Our goal and operating values are based around “making it happen” and to provide services in the most professional and friendly manner. Feel free to contact me by any means if you have any questions or concerns at Homelife Dreams Realty Inc., Brokerage, Telephone (416) 806.9225 or at the office (905) 477.5200.

Century Properties’ firm starts energy efficiency project

MANILA -- Century Properties Management Inc. (CPMI) recently embarked on a mission to make its managed portfolio of over 40 buildings around the Philippines more

energy efficient.The commitment was

marked by a ceremonial sign-ing of the implementation contract last June 10 between Century Properties Manage-ment Inc., acting on behalf of the Pacific Star Condominium Corporation, and Trane Philip-pines, with the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) serving as guest witness.

Work has begun on the Pa-cific Star Building, the 20 year-old, 600,000 square foot office building located in the center of Makati. By replacing exist-ing chillers with new high-ef-ficiency units from Trane, the

building’s total energy con-sumption will be reduced by 20 percent, while carbon diox-ide emissions will be reduced by 350 tons each year. The company has guaranteed that its chillers will reduce energy use and will run on a refriger-ant that is in line with global environmental standards set in the Montreal Protocol.

The energy savings will enable the Pacific Star Build-ing to pay back its investment in less than four years. CPMI plans to fit energy efficient equipment in its remaining managed buildings across the Philippines, in cooperation

with each building’s condo-minium corporation, over the next two years.

The CCI, a project of the William J. Clinton Foundation, is assisting Century Properties on the project through its ‘En-ergy Efficiency Building Ret-rofit Program’. CCI advices the company on the various tech-nologies and financial mecha-nisms available, using global best practice examples, to help improve the building’s energy efficiency.

CPMI, a subsidiary of the Century Properties Group, is one of largest property man-agement companies in the

Philippines. It manages 47 buildings. Incorporated in 1989, CPMI was the first inde-pendent property management company to introduce inter-national standards to the local property market.

Some of the buildings it manages are the Asian De-velopment Bank, Philippine National Bank Headquarters, Globe Telecom Office and Technical Hubs in Makati and Cebu, BPI Buendia Center, Pa-cific Star Building and Essensa East Forbes. (Manila Bulletin)


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Sagot sa PUZZLEJudy Tan (2nd from left), Deputy Country Manager of PNB Remit-tance Company (Cana-da), leads the compa-ny’s rapid remit team in personally responding to questions from ex-isting and new clients of the company on the new products and ser-vices of the Philippine government money remittance subsidiary. Photo was taken at the 2010 Mabuhay Festival at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.

The Western Union booths are among the busiest at all times during the Mabuhay Festival with ongoing games, contests and give-aways.

Officers and directors of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce-Toronto (PCCT) are on hand to take care of members’ needs at the PCCT Trade Show 2010 at the Mabuhay Festival.

Ryan Ferrer and Jackson Cheng (1st and 3rd from left) lead the Times Telecom team reaching out to the public to offer the tele-communications company’s various prod-ucts.

Joseph Pineda, Sales and Marketing Manager of Body Bliss Concepts, responds to inquiries from visitors on the company’s products and ser-vices.


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