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Poster Girl: Roxanne Guinoo

The Filipino Migrant Center (FMC) is happy to announce that it will be holding a "Know Your Rights Training" on October 29,

2011 from 2:00 - 5:30 PM at the Manila Terrace's Social Hall, 2328 West Temple Street, Los Angeles, CA 90026.

The training aims to give information and enlighten the com-munity, especially the migrant and immigrant workers about their labor rights. Through this training, it hopes to bring out common issues and problems affecting the workers sector in the community.

Said training will have the following as resource persons:1) Kimchi Bui, Disrict Director of LA District Office, Wage and

Hour Division of the US Department of Labor2) Justin Emerick, LA District Office, Wage and Hour Division of

the US Department of Labor3) Atty. Reuben J. Felstiner, a pro-worker attorney-at-law special-

izing on Workers Compensation4) Tony Dorono, President of Filipino Migrant Center We urge you to participate in this important gathering. We also

ask you to encourage others, especially migrant and immigrant workers to attend as well. Knwledge and learning is power. We can assert more our rights if we know them. We attach the "Know Your Rights" flyer so you can help us disseminate the word about this gath-ering so many people in the community will know.

Informational materials will be given and snacks will be free. Please RSVP to FMC at this number: 562-438-9515 or email: fmc-sc09@gmail.com.

Know Your Rights Training

Homer’s Iliad spoke of Helen as the face who launched a

thousand ships, when fetched by the troops of her husband Mene-laus. Shamcey Gurrea Supsup would’ve created the same scenar-io, if not for the fact that we are in the 21st century.

Instead, hers came in the form of a million tweets, status messages and comments that re-verberated throughout the Web, speaking of her loss at the 2011 Miss Universe crown at the com-petition held in Sao Paolo, Brazil.

But judging by the very warm welcome she received in the coun-try, it can be said that Shamcey was already every inch the winner among her kababayans.

ChildhoodThe daughter of Marcey and

Timoteo Supsup, Shamcey was born on May 16, 1986 in Iligan City. But at three years old, the family moved to Brgy. Katanga-wan in General Santos City with her father, as her engineer mother worked abroad.

In GenSan, which is also the hometown of Filipino boxing champ Manny Pacquiao, she fed chickens and goats and rode a cart pulled by a carabao around a farm owned by her father. Admittedly, she was a Daddy’s Girl.

Supsup is known to be a hard-

working student who also loved reading books. It then comes as no surprise that she gradu-ated valedictorian from her grade school. and she moved to Makati to live with her mother, she was the same diligent student, who was then hailed salutatorian at Makati High School.

Unassuming colegiala turned beauty queen

Shamcey was not only a com-bination of beauty and brains - she was also a simple, unassum-ing lass.

At the prestigious University of the Philippines where she took up Architecture (and graduated Magna Cum Laude), she usu-ally went to class in a shirt-jeans-sneakers ensemble and was said to be one of the boys. She went on to top the 2010 Architecture Licensure Examination.

And without any prior mod-eling experience, the 5’7 stunner joined the Binibining Pilipinas competition, and bagged the crown, and the rest is history.

‘Robbed of the Miss Uni-verse crown’

When she joined this year’s Miss Universe pageant, Sham-cey received thunderous support from among Filipinos here and abroad. She was a consistent fan

Shamcey Supsup: 2011 Miss Universe 3rd Runner-up.

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Senate minority leader Alan Peter Cayetano expressed

serious doubts whether Com-mission on Elections (Come-lec) Chairman Sixto Brillan-tes can institute reforms as he pledged for as long as the Comelec officials who were implicated in various scams in the past remain in their sensi-tive posts.

"How can there be reforms in Comelec if the scalawags are the ones assigned to imple-ment these?" he asked.

The senator said the chair-man could not even point to any single major reform in the agency that has impressed the people that finally a credible Comelec is in the making .

He also pointed out that the Comelec chief has yet to adequately respond to allega-tions of former Comelec law department head Ferdinand Rafanan regarding his unethi-cal conduct.

"I'm not saying that Di-rector Rafanan is right. But the allegations he brought up against Chairman Brillantes are very serious to be ignored or to be taken lightly. We re-ally have to get to the bottom of this," he said.

The minority leader urged groups advocating clean and honest elections to come for-ward and air their thoughts on the allegations and his ap-pointment.

He also urged Chairman Bril-lantes to use the time before the next Commission on Appoint-ments (CA) confirmation hear-ing scheduled on October 5 to directly address these issues and to make a stand.

"If Brillantes is the man to re-form Comelec, okay. But he has to show us why and how he can do it," he said.

COMELEC CHAIR: Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada (right), Chair-man of the Committee on Con-stitutional Commissions and Of-fices, and Hon. Sixto Brillantes, Jr. engage in a brief conversation during a break of the hearing of the Commission on Appoint-ments which tackles the ad in-terim appointment of the latter as Chairman of the Commission

Cayetano to Sixto: How can there be reforms in Comelec if he expects scalawags to be the implementers?

on Elections (Comelec) Wednes-day afternoon. Due to unresolved issues on his nomination, the committee is set to continue its hearing next week, September 21, 2011.

Meanwhile, Sen. Chiz Escu-dero takes on the issue exposed by the US Ambassador. He said "Whether it is 1% or 40%, it is a serious issue that the government must address. However, I would like to know the source of and basis of the good Ambassador for his claim and assertion. I task the Department of Foreign Affairs to make the necessary representa-tions and inquiries with the US Ambassador where these figures came from.

It is unfortunate that he made such a public statement on the heels of President Benigno

Aquino III's visit to the United States. The timing of the state-ment is in bad taste or uncalled for. It could have been prop-erly channeled to the Depart-ment of Tourism, the National Bureau of Investigation or the Bureau of Immigration but cer-tainly not through a press con-ference.

While it is true that we are recipients of certain aids from the US government and with-out making excuses for the misgivings of our law enforce-ment, it is not for foreign en-tities to rate us or grade us or whether we pass their bench-mark or not, especially when no bases are given.

We are not their students and they are not our teachers to say the least."

Aquino to appear in Google-Youtube interview seriesPresident Benigno S. Aquino

III will be the first Asian Head of State to participate in the Google-YouTube World-view interview series on No-vember 4 paving the way for the people all over the world to ask questions directly to the Chief Executive, a Palace official said on Thursday.

"President Aquino has agreed to take part in the Google-YouTube WorldView interview series, which has seen different world leaders and luminaries answering se-lected questions from people all over the world, during live interviews aired on YouTube," Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Secretary Ramon A. Carandang said during the YouTube Philippines launch on Thursday at Fort Bonifacio in Taguig.

Carandang said President Barack Obama of the United States (US)., Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom, and Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero of Spain are some of the lead-ers who have participated in the worldview interviews.

He invited the Filipinos from all over the world to par-ticipate in the event. "You can do so by submitting your ques-

tions via www.youtube.com/worldview and by voting for the questions that you want answered beginning October 21st, or more simply you can watch the Presi-dent’s interview as it airs on No-vember 4," Carandang said.

Carandang attended the You-Tube Philippines launch on be-half of the President to share his message.

"YouTube Philippines aggre-gates Philippine-based content on YouTube—in effect custom-izing the YouTube experience for Filipinos. Category browse pages and featured videos will make it much easier to access content from and for Filipinos and for that matter, anyone in the world who is interested in the Philip-

pines," the President said in his message read by Sec. Caran-dang.

"This is another affirma-tion the Filipino people have a strong presence in the cyber universe, and this innovation will allow us to more effectively share the things that matter to us with the rest of the world, from funny and touching mo-ments in our lives, to eyewitness reports and testimonies of im-portant events, to political and social matters," the President said.

In his message, the President announced that his administra-tion is launching two premium YouTube Channels: the RTVM and the Official Gazette in a bid

COMELEC CHAIR: Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada (right), Chair-man of the Committee on Constitutional Commissions and Offices, and Hon. Sixto Bril-lantes, Jr. engage in a brief conversation during a break of the hearing of the Commission on Appointments which tackles the ad interim appointment of the latter as Chairman of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Wednesday afternoon. Due to unresolved issues on his nomination, the committee is set to continue its hearing next week, September 21, 2011.

to make our government more accessible to the Filipino people by providing them with an on-line library of audio and video coverage of government activi-ties, among other things.

"There’s an estimated 90 million Filipinos living in our country and another 10 million scattered all over the world. As much as the President would like to personally reach out to them all, this simply is not physically possible. But through social media, most particularly the new RTVM and Official Ga-zette channels, Filipinos around the world can see and hear their government in action, and just as importantly, they can have another channel to make their voices heard," the message said.

"These two channels will al-low us to more effectively com-municate what the Philippine government is doing, while we are doing it. Open and trans-parent governance has always been one of our priorities, and we have been actively exploring the ways through which social media can deepen democracy and make it more meaningful in our everyday lives. And so, knowing that it can be difficult for the ordinary Filipino to view his government as accessible and transparent, we are taking the first step in coming to you," he said.

P-Noy is surrounded by the officers and members of the For-eign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (FOCAP) for a snap shot during the FOCAP’s Annual Presidential Fo-rum at the Ballroom, Mandarin Oriental.

Malacanang noted the con-siderable development in

the government’s weather fore-casting system and its efforts to avert any untoward effects of nat-ural calamities saying it could be attributed to systems upgrade and reforms in the country’s official weather bureau.

In a media briefing at the Palace on Monday, Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said that as instructed by Presi-dent Benigno S. Aquino III, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geo-physical and Astronomical Ser-vices Administration (PAGASA) has been meticulously focusing on its responsibilities to ensure accuracy in its forecasts on the weather disturbances coming in and out of the country.

Lacierda said that the bureau has been accurate in its forecasts that enable other concerned agen-cies that include the National Di-saster Risk Reduction and Man-agement Council (NDRRMC), Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to pre-position the neces-sary supplies and actions for the benefit of the people.

“The instructions of the Presi-dent have always been there, we’ve updated and upgraded the quality of forecasting of PAGASA and I think that’s a sea change... we’re now - I think to put it humbly we’re very accurate with respect to weather forecasting and for that reason we are able to preposition the goods properly and also the NDRRMC has been on the ball in every storm, in every situation, we have always relied on them,” Lacierda said.

“They have been very, very updated in whatever it is, whether it’s a storm, whether it’s a tsunami alert, the NDRRMC, the DSWD, the MMDA for instance in Metro Manila also has been very, very vigilant with respect to concerns in Metro Manila, DILG also… so all the agencies are working in tandem to make sure that we are able to address any natural calam-ity,” he added.

Lacierda also said that the President, who is currently in Ja-pan for a four-day working visit, has been constantly updated on the situation in the country.

“President Aquino is con-stantly updated with what’s hap-pening in the country not only with weather updates but also the situation here in the country,” Lacierda said.

At 4:00 a.m. today, Tropical Storm "Pedring" was estimated, based on satellite and surface data, at 260 kilometers East Northeast of Virac, Catanduanes with maximum sustained winds of 110 kilometers per hour. As it gained more strength, “Pedring” was upgraded into a typhoon threatening the provinces of Isa-bela-Aurora area.

Malacañang lauds improved weather forecasting system

of PAGASA

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Social Wel-fare and

Development Secretary Din-ky Soliman said that some P1.5 million worth of relief assistance have been provided by the DSWD to local gov-ernment units affected by typhoon “Pe-dring.”

“Our con-cerned regional offices are con-tinuously co-ordinating with the affected local government units on the extent of typhoon “Pedring” and for the release of additional relief assis-tance,” Secretary Soliman said.

As of 6:00 am, September 28, some 40,699 families with 195,705 persons from the Nation-al Capital Region, Regions I, II, III, IV-A and B, V and the Cordil-lera Administrative Region have been affected.

To date, 190 evacuation cen-ters in the affected regions contin-ue to serve 13, 169 families while 1,181 families outside evacuation centers are also being provided with relief assistance.

Reports from DSWD regional offices showed that some 4, 024 damaged houses with 761 totally damaged while 3,263 were par-tially destroyed.

In Region I, a tidal wave hit Pasungol, Bucalag, and Tabucu-lan in Santa Ilocos Sur at 7:30 am today affecting 250 families. A forced evacuation was done and DSWD Region I sent family food packs.

In the National Capital Re-gion, 7,133 families composed of 30, 413 persons were affected. These families came from the 65 barangays, 11 cities and the mu-nicipality of Pateros. Eighty-eight (88) evacuation centers were opened and are providing tempo-rary shelter to 7,058 families with 30, 113 persons. DSWD social workers continue to assist local social workers in the manage-ment of evacuation centers and the provision of hot meals and distribution of relief goods to the evacuees.

The DSWD-NCR has provid-ed P612,000 worth of relief assis-tance to the affected LGUs.

In Region II, some 3,454 families with 16,841 from the 21 barangays and 7 municipalities in Isabela and Nueva Viscaya. The number of affected families is ex-pected to increase as the DSWD are validating reports from other provinces. The 11 evacuation centers set-up at the onset of the typhoon continue to serve 216 families with 881 persons. The DSWD in the region provided P950,000 worth of augmentation assistance to the affected LGUs.

In Region III, some 5,994 families with 27,959 from the 60 barangays, 15 municipalities of Aurora, Nueva Ecija , Zambales, Bulacan, Pampanga and Bataan have been affected. The region

set-up 28 evacu-ation centers serving 1,097 families with 5,295 persons.

In Region IV- A some 1,924 families composed of 10,205 persons from Rizal, Que-zon and Cavite were affected.

In Region IV-B 1,996 fami-lies composed of 9,980 persons from Occidental Mindoro and Romblon were

displaced.In Region V, some 18,179

families with 88, 525 persons from Albay, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, and Catanduanes were affected. To date, 30 evacua-tion centers remain serving 2,471 families. Almost 13, 094 families with 66,099 persons who took temporary shelter inside evacu-ation centers at the height of ty-phoon “Pedring” have already returned home.

In CAR, some 2,474 families with 12,871 persons were affect-ed. Three evacuation centers con-tinue to serve 43 families.

“We assure the affected LGUs that the DSWD has enough standby funds and relief goods which we can immediately release to them when necessary,” Secre-tary Soliman said.

Bacolod-based green activist builds own green house

Binas , a global advisor of Holland-based develop-

ment agency CORDAID in its program of Community-managed Disaster Risk Reduc-tion (CMDRR), is building a a house in Marapara Heights that combines the basic elements of green architecture and stone-age architectural concepts.

His own concept of a green house is not really new, but it does offer a lot of unique sys-tems. For one, it reduces con-struction costs by introducing the use of volcanic rocks, clay, mud and pebbles. For another, it utilizes its rooftop for rain water catchment and for po-table water storage.

Natural aesthetics is another unique feature of the house de-sign as it makes use of stones and rocks for the columns, foundations and ceilings, mak-ing it appear like a stone house in the neolithic period dating some 4000 BC.

Each main column has a built-in drip water system, which complements the gravi-tational water pressure from

the roof-top water c a t c h -m e n t . This is w h a t keeps the c o l u m n wet, al-l o w i n g moss to develop on it and, in the process, harden and strengthen it over time.

To maximize a natural cool-ing system, Binas employed the concept of a house design that has less walls and covers for its rooms, kitchen, living room. This allows fresh air to flow freely through all all parts of the house even as it maximizes daylight. The house also comes with an automatic closure system during wind and rain surges. Even the comfort room is without roof-ing to allow maximum light and fresh air, but it does have an auto-matic canopy system that can be used during rainy periods. With it, the house needs no air-condi-tion units and fans; neither does

it use lights during daytime.Another feature of this unique

green house is the utilization of green energy through solar pow-er for its lightings, water system, few AC facilities, and for power charging needs.

So even with long brown-outs in the neighborhood, residents of the Binas house need not worry about light or temperature set-tings because the house will pro-vide for itself with the help of na-ture.

Binas believes that like any other green architecture, his green house model will ensure the well-being of his family and other occupants.

When asked about the costs of building the house, Binas refused to answer. He said, however, that

Green house architecture being built in Bacolod.(Photo by Karl G. Ombion / bulatlat.com)

he had done away with many expensive materials and un-necessary conventional de-signs.

“One doesn’t need to have the technical knowledge of engineers and architects to guess the building cost of the house,” he said. Binas travels the world regularly especially in Asia, India and Africa and helps governments and non-government organizations de-velop sustainable and resilient communities.

He said that being in the environmental advocacy and disaster risk reduction pro-gram, “one must simply walk his talk, ”: he has to be true to what he preaches, hence his creation of his green house.

Secretary Soliman Assures LGUs of enough relief support for victims of typhoon Pedring

Karl Ombion / Bulatlat

Irresponsible fuel use, cause

of climate change—physicist

Pinay gives birth on PAL flight to SF

The irresponsible use of fossil fuels is the primary cause of

climate change.This was the statement of Dr.

Giovanni Tapang, physicist from the University of the Philippines-Diliman, who currently serves as the national chair of the pro-gressive scientists’ organization, AGHAM. The group and other pro-environment organizations planted trees in Sitio Pasinugin, Brgy San Joseph, Antipolo City last September 24, the Interna-tional Moving Planet Day.

“It is the irresponsible use of fossil fuels that cause a significant emission of carbon dioxide to the environment that have to be ad-dressed through the concerted efforts of peoples regardless of country, race or religion.

The over-all goal of this world-wide initiative is to bring into the streets many people to show strength in demanding for the re-duction of the emission of carbon dioxide,” said Tapang referring to the simultaneous protests and demonstrations in different parts of the world.

A Filipina passenger of Philip-pine Airlines passenger gave

birth to a baby boy while on board PAL's B747 flight from Manila to San Francisco last Sept. 19 (Sept. 20 in Manila).

PAL said in a statement that three nurses who happened to be on board and several cabin crew led by flight steward Francis Lloyd Lobo Aida assisted Alamil-lo, a passenger of PAL PR flight 104, with seat number 83J.

PAL said passengers "cheered as the baby boy filled the cabin with his cries."

The PAL flight departed Ma-nila at 10:24 p.m. and arrived at San Francisco at 7:27 p.m. Actual time of birth was at 3:25 p.m.(US time).

Flight Purser Antonia Casta-ñeda described the baby as having "good skin color."

Castañeda’s Flight Incident Report (FIR) said the "baby start-ed to breast feed" and gave a "loud cry" after being born.

The mother was described to have had "minimal pain."

Alamillo, 41, was supposed to give birth on September 28.

The mother told her 13-year-old son Kenji who was traveling with her, to call the flight atten-dants who helped her give birth.

Baby Kevin was born at 3:25 in the afternoon, weighing 6 pounds, 6 ounces.

The mother and child were immediately brought to the Mills Peninsula Hospital in Burlin-game.

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Algae for fuel

ONE LAPTOP PER CHILD: Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile joins Mayor Juan Sanchez of Lubang, Mindoro, and Occidental Mindoro Governor Josephine Ramirez-Sato as elementary school students demonstrate how to use their newly-acquired XO Laptops during the second launching of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project, which was held Friday, October 7, 2011 at the Poblacion Plaza in Lubang, Occidental Mindoro. XO Laptops are developed by the OLPC non-profit organization, which aims to empower children of developing countries to learn by providing one connected laptop to every school-age child. (Photo by Joe Arazas)

Senator Edgardo J. Angara urged the agricultural and en-

ergy sectors to focus their efforts on tapping the potential of algae as a biofuel and as a source of ani-mal feeds.

Angara, Chair of the Sen-ate Committee on Science and Technology, noted that accord-ing to the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2011, pro-biofuel policies--particularly those from the US government in support of corn ethanol--were a major factor in food price spikes that exacerbated world hunger.

"The report called for the re-moval of the biofuel subsidies that had made prices more volatile. For sure, any effort to find alter-natives to fossil fuels should not jeopardize any attempt at staving off hunger," explained Angara.

"But this makes the case for more algal R&D for biofuels given algae does not immediately draw away from the arable lands used in growing food," said the veteran lawmaker, Chair of the Congres-sional Commission on Science, Technology and Engineering (COMSTE).

Earlier this month, Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almen-dras made pronouncements that PNOC-Alternative Fuels Corp. (PNOC-AFC) had scrapped its

plans to cultivate jatropha as a biofuel source. He expressed that the government is looking into al-gae as a possible substitute.

"A lot of research still needs to be conducted before algal biofuels can be as cheap as fossil fuels. But algae are already utilized for nu-traceuticals and animal feeds for their proteins and omega-3 fatty acids. We may not have to put up subsidies for algal R&D in biofu-els, because a processed algae in-dustry in the country may already be lucrative in itself," said Angara.

COMSTE proposed the estab-lishment of the Philippine Insti-tute for Algae Research and Com-mercialization (PINARC), which will become an innovation clus-ter--a three-way partnership be-tween government, the academe and industry--in algal R&D.

During their respective Senate budget hearings, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) pledged to devote funding to the creation and operations of PINARC.

"Our climate is literally ripe for an algae industry. But the only way for such an industry to grow is through synergy among our government agencies, universi-ties and private sector players," stressed Angara.

DOLE-led convergence to help typhoon victims in Mega Job and Trade Fair

Department of Labor and Em-ployment (DOLE) Secretary

Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz yes-terday commended the DOLE-NCR CAMANAVA Field Office for ‘converging’ national govern-ment services and resources to provide emergency assistance, livelihood opportunities, and em-ployment to affected workers in the typhoon-hit Valenzuela City. The convergence resulted to the Mega Job and Trade Fair at Valen-zuela City Astrodome.

As guest at the job and trade fair, the labor and employment chief said the event reflected the common commitment and con-scious effort of national govern-ment agencies and local govern-ments to help alleviate the plight of distressed workers in the after-math of typhoon Pedring.

“I am pleased that our partner agencies and LGUs have joined and converged with the DOLE to effectively utilize available re-sources for faster implementation of programs and efficient delivery of services to our workers,” Bal-doz said.

In her report to the labor chief, DOLE CAMANAVA Director Andrea Cabansag said the DOLE, in coordination with the Valen-zuela Workers Affairs Office, Va-lenzuela City Public Employment Service Office, and Valenzuela City Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (VTIPC) facilitated the whole-day Mega Job and Trade Fair in line with the celebration of VTIPC’s 3rd and the Civil Service Commission’s 111th year anniver-saries.

Fifty six (56) direct local em-ployers, six (6) overseas agencies, and three (3) manpower agen-

cies opened 5,310 local and 2,960 overseas vacancies at the Job Fair to 1, 656 jobseekers, of which 186 were hired on the spot.

Making the fair an accessible one-stop shop to jobseekers, Ca-bansag said government agencies and local offices, which included the Social Security System, Phil-Health, Bureau of Internal Rev-enue, Pag-Ibig, National Bureau of Investigation, Philippine Na-tional Police, and Barangay desks offered a converged array of pre-employment services.

Meanwhile, the Trade Fair re-flected a unified hub participated by the Department of Trade and Industry, POEA Workers Educa-tion Division, Valenzuela Busi-ness Club, Valenzuela Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Va-lenzuela Polytechnic College, and the Valenzuela City government.

One of the event’s highlights was the provision of emergency employment to 200 typhoon-hit workers under the DOLE’s Tu-long Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged Workers (TU-PAD) program.

The convergence of the local government of Valenzuela and the DOLE-CAMANAVA will ensure the program’s successful implementation.

The emergency workers will work for ten days in declogging canals and cleaning the streets of eleven Valenzuela barangays heavily affected by the typhoon.

Another highlight of the twin event was the awarding by Secre-tary Baldoz of P300,000 worth of livelihood assistance in the form of materials, tools and equipment to 29 beneficiaries of the Water Hyacinth Processing Project, a

community-based enterprise in Barangay Coloong, Valenzuela City.

The livelihood assistance will augment the production of bags, slippers, gifts and novelty items, seminar bags, christmas decors, and other items made out of wa-ter hyacinth by the members of the project.

“The livelihood grant is the DOLE’s help to the beneficiaries since Barangay Coloong was one of the major areas heavily affect-ed by the recent typhoon, which damaged the properties and live-lihood of the residents.” Baldoz said.

Subsequently, Baldoz also awarded P10,000 worth of self-employment package to 36 wom-en OFW returnees under the Balik Pinay, Balik Hanapbuhay Project. The packages which in-clude start-up kits on cell phone repair, dressmaking, rice retail-ing, e-loading, gift shop, beauty parlor, gloves and rug making and other livelihood activities.

Elated with the results of the local convergence, Baldoz said that the realization of strength-ened partnership and alliance with other agencies and the local government will hasten the effec-tive delivery of accessible and ef-ficient programs and services to workers, especially in the event of natural calamities.

“We need to consciously ex-tend our efforts and forge a com-mon strategy with our partners to ensure the efficiency, viability, and sustainability of our programs and to directly make an impact to the lives of affected workers,” Bal-doz said.

Rosales to push for Bishop Obviar’s beatification

Now that he is retired, Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Ro-sales said he would devote more time in pursuing the cause

for the beatification of a Filipino prelate.Rosales said that he wants that more Filipinos get to know and

appreciate the life of the late Lucena Bishop Alfredo Obviar who is being evaluated in Vatican for possible beatification.

In fact, the cardinal said he was also planning to write a book about the life of Obviar, who was declared Servant of God in 2001.

A native of Lipa, Batangas and founder of the missionary cat-echists of St. Therese of the Child Jesus, Obviar might become the first Filipino priest-saint.

Rosales also revealed that the crosier or pastoral staff he is us-ing ever since he was ordained to the episcopate used to belong to Obviar.

“Since 1974, I never used any staff except this one,” he said, adding that the staff was personally given to him by Obviar.

The crosier is the symbol of the governing office of the bishop.Rosales added that although it is still a mystery to him why

Obviar chose to give him his staff, he is thankful for the “gift” that he received where he drew his strength aside from God.

“That’s really precious to me,” he said. “When I’m sick, I even put it near my chest for me to get well.”

Obviar died on October 1, 1978. His body was interred at the Mother House of the Congregation in Tayabas, Quezon and nu-merous miracles are said to have happened through his interces-sion.

Last December, Rosales formed the Bishop Alfredo Ma. Obvi-ar Foundation, Inc., which aims to promote the cause of the beati-fication and canonization of the prelate.

The foundation will also gather, verify, prepare and present the testimonies and documents for the diocesan and canonical inves-tigations. [CBCPNews]

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the Philippines

Manila, Philippines - On the anniversary of the Sep-

tember 11 attacks of 2001 which claimed nearly 3,000 lives in the United States, the Bagong Aly-ansang Makabayan (Bayan, New Patriotic Alliance) said that “there have been more killings and other atrocities committed in the name of fighting terror than the original 9-11 attacks.”

“We join the peoples of the world in observing the 10th an-niversary of the September 11 at-tacks in the US. We continue to condole with the victims of this great tragedy, and we continue to condemn this unacceptable act of violence against civilians,” said Bayan secretary general Renato M. Reyes, Jr. during a memorial service held by various political and faith-based groups at Plaza Miranda in Manila for the victims of 9-11 and the US-led “war on terror”.

“The continuing tragedy how-ever is that the 9-11 attacks in New York and Washington were used by the United States government to justify wars of aggression and the so-called “global war on ter-

ror.” The 9-11 attacks continue to be used to justify US intervention worldwide, including the Philip-pines. Fighting terror has become synonymous with advancing US economic, military and politi-cal interests in all corners of the globe,” Reyes said.

In its statement, Bayan said US-led troops invaded and oc-cupied Iraq and Afghanistan soon after 9-11, resulting to more deaths of civilians and combat-ants alike. It said the global “war on terror” gave rise to repressive laws, illegal prisons such as Guan-tanamo and Abu Grahib, secret detention facilities operated by the CIA, as well as “terrorist” list-ings of groups and individuals, including legitimate liberation movements.

US troops use the 9-11 justi-fication for their direct involve-ment in military operations in Mindanao, while establishing their “permanent and continuing presence” in Southern Philippines under the Joint Special Opera-tions Task Force-Philippines.

More than 600 US Special

Forces personnel stay in the coun-try for a “secret war that involves high-profile assassinations, low-level targeted killings, intelligence gathering, training missions and direct combat involvement,” Bay-an warned.

Bayan added that the US helped formulate then lobbied for the passage of the Human Secu-rity Act of 2007 during the Ar-royo government, even though some of its provisions violate hu-man rights and civil liberties. The Aquino government, meanwhile, supports US military presence under the Visiting Forces Agree-ment and seeks to give the Philip-pine “anti-terror law” more teeth.

Human rights groups said the Philippine military’s Oplan Ban-tay Laya, which claimed the lives of hundreds of ordinary Filipinos, was also a US-supported counter-insurgency campaign within the framework of the “war on terror.”

The groups present in the commemoration activity also sought justice for the victims of the “war on terror” and called for an end to the US-led borderless wars.

WHILE countless Filipi-nos still believe in the

American dream, the big names in local entrepreneurship have proven that dreams can come true even here at home.

“I have confidence in the countless opportunities that is available in the country,” Erramon I. Aboitiz, president and chief ex-ecutive officer (CEO) of Aboitiz Power Corp., said.

Aboitiz, who was recently named Entrepreneur of the Year Philippines 2011, believes the Philippines is a great place for up and coming entrepreneurs.

“People ask me why not go abroad; I said what for?” he re-lated. “We have a lot of opportu-nities here, if we just look hard, we can make it big in the Philip-pines.”

Aboitiz also won the Master Entrepreneur Award 2011, a cat-egory award that is given to the entrepreneur who best represents a great deal of management in finance, marketing, human re-sources and sales.

He will represent the Philip-

pines in the World Entrepreneur of the Year Awards in Monaco in 2012.

His success in transforming Aboitiz Power Corp. from a re-gional power distributor into a national power industry player, with generation and distribution assets throughout the country made him a run-away winner of this year’s award.

Aboitiz was chosen for em-bodying the entrepreneurial val-ues of leadership, strong vision, innovation and strong financial expertise and performance.

The Entrepreneur of the Year program was founded and pro-duced by Ernst & Young in 1986 in the United States. SGV Foun-dation, Inc. established it in 2003 in the Philippines.

For eight years now, Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year has given awards to recognize ex-ceptional entrepreneurs who, col-lectively and individually, build and lead successful, growing and dynamic businesses that drive the Philippine economy, and inspire other aspiring entrepreneurs to

follow their leadership, vision, success, and achievements.

The theme for this year’s search is “Shine,” in recognition of Filipino entrepreneurs who shine and inspire other entrepreneurs with their commitment to uplift their communities, their people and eventually the country.

This year’s Social Entrepre-neur Award went to Anna Melo-to-Wilk and Camillie D. Meloto, president and creative director of Gandang Kalikasan, Inc., respec-tively, for applying practical and innovative and market-oriented approach to their business and pushing social change for the poor with livelihood projects.

Reynaldo T. Paulino, manag-ing director of Kraftika Filipina, won the Small Business Entre-preneur Award. He best demon-strated management excellence in his business with an asset less than 100 million pesos. He hopes to make Kraftika Filipina one of the best native fashion producer.

The Woman Entrepreneur Award was given to Maria Fe P. Agudo, president and CEO of Hyundai Asia Resources, Inc. Her outstanding leadership and community development was recognized in a male-dominated industry. She’s involved in Gawad Kalinga Center for Social Innova-tion Program that guides upcom-ing social entrepreneurs.

Ferdinand Y. Marañon, presi-dent and CEO of Sagrex Cor-poration, bagged the Emerging Entrepreneur Award. Marañon exemplifies the start-up process and plans to make the Philippines the world’s biggest source of card-aba bananas.

Bienvenido V. Tantoco III, president of Rustan’s Supercenter, Inc., was given the Innovation Entrepreneur Award. He demon-strated an innovative approach and business solution that re-sulted in turning around his com-pany, which previously had huge debts, and making it grow.

Raul Anthony D. Concepcion, president and CEO of Concep-cion Durables Inc., got the Busi-ness Excellence Award for show-ing an exceptionally consistent and systematic application of total quality management principles.

“The quality of this year’s fi-nalists has shone through in the work they have done and they have been deemed role models in their respective industries,” SGV Foundation Inc. Chairman Cirilio P. Noel said.

The other finalists were: Fran-cisco M. Bernardo III, president and founder of LET’S GO Foun-dation; Bernard Faustino M. Dy, school vice president of Univer-sity of Perpetual Help System; Prudencio S. Garcia, president of Mekeni Food Corporation; Jaime Enrique Y. Gonzalez, CEO of IPVG Corp.; Pacita U. Juan, mar-keting director of Earth Life Store Supply, Inc.; Ronnel C. Rivera, president of Gensan Shipyard &

Machine Works, Inc.; Genevieve Ledesma-Tan, chief executive mentor of Southville Interna-tional School and Colleges; Win-ston S. Uy, president of Universal Leaf Philippines, Inc.; and Francis Glenn L. Yu, president and CEO of SEAOIL Philippines, Inc.

Past winners of the Entrepre-neur of the Year Philippines were: Tony Tan Caktiong, president and CEO of Jollibee Foods Corpora-tion, Entrepreneur of the Year Philippines 2003 & World Entre-preneur of the Year 2004; Socorro Cancio-Ramos, founder of Na-tional Bookstore, Entrepreneur of the Year Philippines 2004; Lance Y. Gokongwei, president and CEO of Cebu Air Inc., Entrepre-neur of the Year Philippines 2005; Senen C. Bacani, chairman and president of La Frutera Inc., En-trepreneur of the Year Philippines 2006; Wilfred Steven Uytengsu, Jr., president and CEO of Alaska Milk Corporation, Entrepreneur of the Year 2007; Ambassador Je-sus P. Tambunting, chairman and president of Planters Develop-ment Bank, Entrepreneur of the Year Philippines 2009; and Tenny-son G. Chen, president of Bounty Fresh Food Inc., Entrepreneur of the Year Philippines 2010.

REPORTING THE RESULTS OF THE BLUE RIBBON INVESTI-GATION: Senator Teofisto “TG” Guingona, chair of the Blue Ribbon Committee, together with senators Ping Lacson and Koko Pimentel at-tend the weekly Kapihan sa Senado today, October 13, 2011, to present to media the results of the Committee’s investigation into the alleged anomalous sale of second hand helicopters to the Philippine National Police. The three senators also showed copies of the Complaint that they will file at the Office of the Ombudsman later this afternoon. (PRIB Photo by Edward Ganal)

SENATE HONORS MISS UNIVERSE THIRD RUNNER-UP: Miss Uni-verse Third-Runner Up Shamcey Supsup stands gracefully as she poses with the Senators

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E D I T O R I A L Salungguhit / Bulatlat

Over the past months, Filipinos faced different economic hard-ships. The price of oil increased many times, resulting in the ris-

ing prices of commodities. A hundred pesos may have been more than enough to feed a family of five years ago; now it's just enough to buy a kilo of rice, at P40, and half a kilo of chicken, at P60. Toll fees have also been raised, and MRT/LRT’s too, if not for the strong public backlash.

Calculations by the umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabay-an (BAYAN) placed the accumulated overpricing of local petroleum products since 2008 at P9.00. Rollbacks take too long before being implemented, and yet at the slightest hint of ‘increase’ in the world market price, and especially over-milking the Middle East situation, the local oil firms announce price hikes.

Anakbayan discusses three ways through which the oil cartel in the country dupe Filipinos: 1) When there is news of global market price increase (and indeed, even when there is none), the companies increase rates even for the old stock, as firms typically have oil good for a quarter; 2) Local oil companies buy not from the world market, but from their mother company, e.g. Pilipinas Shell purchases from Dutch Royal Shell and 3) mother companies overprice when selling crude oil to local branch.

Of course, this crisis and practice have been going on for decades, but the situation becomes eerie when the government response is tak-en into account. Addressing the possibility of strikes, Noynoy Aquino even threatened to revoke the licenses of those who would join the protests, in the same way Arroyo told militant transport groups off. A closer analysis, however, would reveal that the groups are left with no choice.

Historically, and just like labor protests, strikes are an expression of disgust, and provide the bargaining power of public transport driv-ers and operators in the negotiations with the government and oil companies. They lose a day's income, which to a poor family means everything, in the hopes of paralyzing traffic to call the attention of the government. In other words, transport strikes are a legitimate form of seeking redress of grievances, and it is ironic, if not ridiculous, that the government would label one as ‘illegal’ because a permit was not granted.

Sadly, this regime does not appear to be true to its promise of ser-vice to the people. Despite the clear impact of the hikes to the people, it has been largely silent, apparently being the great supporter of the Oil Deregulation Law (ODL).

ODL is very much a legacy of the laissez faire logic that says com-peting companies would strive to lower their prices as they fight for patronage. Sadly, it has been shown to work the other way around, as far back as centuries ago. As in the case of oil pricing, the big three oil firms actually speak amongst themselves for the opportune moments to implement hikes and maximize profits.

Capitalists are of course expected to do this, but supposedly, the government exists to check on the public welfare and protect us from this greed. If it does nothing and instead even sanctions those who speak for the suffering people, then it clearly abandons its mandate, and does not deserve its post.

Among the immediate steps that need to be taken would be scrap-ping the ODL, to allow the Department of Energy to actually regulate prices instead of acting as spokespersons of the cartel. Another would be to suspend the collection of VAT on fuel purchases, as it is a heavy burden for the common people.

These may also be extended to the VAT on toll fees, which effec-tively subject Filipinos to double taxation. To elaborate, expressways are supposedly the projects of the Department of Public Works and Highways, for which the government collects income tax for. And when projects are completed courtesy of private contractors, the gov-ernment passes on the expenses to the motorists.

It’s all a vicious cycle that must be stopped. And the government who says it is of the people, by the people and for the people should take action.

Abandonment of mandate

Margaret P. YarciaFeatures Editor

Joe ArciagaBusiness Manager

‘Bib-gotry’Faith in Context

Pastor Eric Terradoroeterr@sbcglobal.net

One day, without saying any-thing, my daughter hit my

back with her umbrella. Just be-fore that, she had used it to protect herself from the very first rain in September as she went to school. Her mother asked her what is an umbrella was for.

I know what an umbrella is for. If you are Asian, especially Filipino, you use it to protect yourself from the heat of the sun. But, generally, an umbrella is to protect us from the rain. It was in-vented for protection and not for hurting people.

I believe we do the same with the Bible. Using the name of our Lord, some parade their religios-ity by becoming rigid in their un-derstanding the Bible. The Bible was used by whites to enslave blacks. Hitler orchestrated the killing of more than six million Jews using the name of the Lord. In his writing, Mein Kampf ("My

Struggle"), he wrote, " I believe that I am acting in accordance with the will of the Almighty Cre-ator: by defending myself against the Jew, I am fighting for the work of the Lord."

James Henry Hammond of South Carolina alluded in 1836 to Genesis 9: 20-27 in his speech in the House of Representatives

to support slavery, “The doom of Ham has been branded on the form and feature of his African Descendants. The hand of fate has united his color and destiny.” Genesis 9 is the story of Noah’s na-kedness after having drunk wine. Ham, his youngest son, did not cover his father’s nakedness, as did the older brothers Shem and Japheth. Since these were the first men of an entirely new human race following the biblical flood, Noah’s “curse” of Ham appeared significant. “Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants he shall be to his brothers.” This passage has been interpreted throughout the centuries to refer to those of Af-rican descent as well as, perhaps, the beginning of slavery.

These are just few of the ex-amples in history of ignorance in interpretation of the Bible and using the name of the Lord in

Boy VillasantaShowbiz Editor

Joe Arciaga

Business NotesIf there is any one thing I have learned in 30 years of serv-

ing the various communities of Los Angeles, it is the realiza-tion that true leaders- in ev-ery sense of the word- remain committed to an established Cause- if the cause is righteous and worthwhile, and if it truly serves the community, the peo-ple, or the Nation as a whole. A true leader has a vision of what is achievable and what is right, and his or her dedication never falters. Where would Filipinos be if Bonifacio had wavered in the face of seemingly- insur-mountable opposition, if Rizal had taken the easy way out and gave in to his persecutors, or if Lapu- Lapu shirked that mo-mentous confrontation with Magellan? Philippine history is rich with examples of people… heroes, who were determined to see things through and who believed in doing what was needed to accomplish their goals.

We have many leaders in our own communities, partic-ularly our LA Fil- Am Commu-nity, who are worthy of praise- yet time and again, when the going gets a little rough, some of our Kababayans who don’t “get their own way” start to get ideas and leave the parent or-

True Leaders Stay Committed to the Cause

ganization to form their own; this is when the ugly heads of greed, envy, self- aggrandizement and vanity show themselves in these so- called “leaders of the com-munity”, in the form of defections and mutinous re- organizations, much to the chagrin of those left behind to clean up the mess. These defections often divide the membership or community and leave deep rifts, wounds that can last for years.

In the past few years I have witnessed many Pinoy commu-nity organizations here endure treachery and deceit, with reports of disgruntled former members absconding with membership lists, starting copycat groups, confusing the public, and put-

ting the original organization in a bad light while haughtily branding themselves as “mov-ers and shakers”; I have wit-nessed people enduring verbal assault- inside a church rectory, no less- because their detrac-tors believed in hearsay and innuendo. I have seen long- standing members of a par-ticular parish being ostracized, shut out of the group they themselves founded, because certain members of that group (whose terms were ending) held a “snap” election and ef-fectively “voted” their spouses and friends as the new officers. I have even learned of people having to spend hard- earned money to defend themselves from lawsuits- this is not even in the workplace, but in a com-munity service setting!

Many people assume that leadership equals popular-ity. That is just not the point of being a leader. Just because someone takes pictures with prominent people, politicians or beauty queens, doesn’t mean he can already run for public office. Just because one thinks he sounds better being referred to as “Mr. President” doesn’t mean he can actually perform those duties. And just because

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Tax Work

Angel Y. DayanEA, CPA, ABA, ATA

“Tax increases must be a part of any major tax reduction pack-age,” my weekly taxnews source would report as our beleaguered President Obama ponders on his ideas to increase taxes for the upper income levels, i.e., those earning over $250,000 dollars a year. Their tax bracket would be up to 40%. Ouch! Their itemized deductions would also be reduced to 28% plus a surtax of 11.6% to more income. As if not enough, their estate tax exclusion would likely be limited to $3.5 million dollars, and the highest estate tax rate would be 45%---all these to take effect in 2012 and 2013 when the appropriate tax laws are passed. To raise more revenue for IRS, the Administration is hiring more IRS agents by increasing the audit budget. They realize the tax economics that $6 dollars more of revenue is collected for spending the extra $1 dollar on tax collec-tion enforcement. So, watch out folks, there will be more tax audits coming up.

There is a bill that proposes to limit the power of the States to tax out-of-State companies doing business in another State. These companies it is believed should not be taxed if they simply just sent business solicitors to another State and have transacted busi-ness in less than 15 days, let alone has done its business over the in-

ternet. These companies are not domiciled nor have a physical presence in that State.

There is a new IRS Due Pro-cess to withdraw the tax lien when you owe less than $25,000 dollars. A withdrawal expunges the IRS records as if the tax lien has never occurred or has not been filed. It is a much better process credit-record-wise than normally releas-ing the lien after paying the tax liability in full. A lien withdrawal will be granted even if the tax li-ability has not been completely paid in full. But there are simple payment conditions to be met.

It is always important to tell the IRS where to apply any tax payment. Failure to do so will cause the IRS to exercise discre-tion where to put it as credit, i.e., usually to the oldest tax debts

owed, the statutory penalties and interests that my not necessarily be advisable. Old tax debts could expire and can be resolved non-collectible after a while, or they could be discharged in a tax bank-ruptcy process.

The Labor Department and the Internal Revenue Service are now sharing leads for “misclassi-fied workers” (employees) being treated illegally as “outside con-tractors.” Be careful in treating your staff as “contractors” when “in-fact and by-law” they should be paid as employees. It is not worth saving on payroll taxes by avoiding it this way precariously. You will end up paying more and suffer the headache of an IRS em-ployee reclassification audit. This kind of audit I have seen could also close your business.

The IRS is allowed only a pe-riod of three (3) years to add more taxes to your filed tax return but it has been successful to add an-other three (3) years more if the taxpayer has failed to report 25% more of “unreported taxable in-come” by its straight definition. The IRS would like to look to six (6) years of tax past retroactively as well. We could think that three (3) years is already bad enough but the IRS is getting worse. It needs money. There were four (4) decided cases in court where

Keeping Up with Taxes

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Musings

Meg Yarciamegyarcia@yahoo.com

Ang kagandahan ng ating wika*Weeks ago (yes, he dared do

it on Buwan ng Wika), an Ateneo de Manila student named James Soriano wrote for a national broadsheet an article that invited a lot of criticism, which unfortu-nately for him, would include this one. I will, of course, refrain from using the invectives in the vernac-ular which many found to be the perfect response to his controver-sial statements, one of which said, “Filipino is what you use to speak to the people who washed your dishes.” He went on to thank his mother and his middle class edu-cation for allowing him to think and speak in English.

I’d like to focus not on the misguided man, but on the un-derlying issue of language and learning. I thank UP Integrated School, which used Filipino as the medium of instruction in all subjects except English. Contrary to the ridiculous popular belief, it did not mean attempting to trans-late words like square root or as-ymptote or oxidation or friction for Algebra, Geometry, Chemis-try or Physics classes, respectively. Instead, it taught us the possibil-ity of analyzing problems while thinking in Filipino, which is how we confront our day-to-day expe-riences. It lets us avoid translating our thoughts to be able to opera-tionalize and create solutions. I can imagine how many young minds would have been allowed to flourish if Filipino were strictly used in teaching, especially grade schoolers.

Of course, Filipino has limita-tions, but I’d like to think of them more not as hindrances to becom-ing a language for learning, but as the venues for possibilities, which

Latin, for all its status, can no longer lay claim to. No, Filipino would not be a dead language pre-cisely because we could enrich it by taking advantage of our melt-ing pot of a culture. As a friend pointed out, Filipino, whose base language is Tagalog is borne of our animist past. We have the same word for the sun and day (araw), and the moon and month (buwan), which can be explained by our peasant forefathers who made sense of the world based on what they readily experience. We use pula even when referring to brown, as in the case of sugar, or violet, for rice, or yellow, for egg yolk, because it’s how we dif-ferentiate from the typical white variety or part. ‘Sa pula, sa puti’ indeed.

Nonetheless, and I speak without bias: I believe Filipino is a beautiful language. I learned French in college (I forgot many of the words but I remember the fundamentals) and I can say ours is a romantic one as well. It uses soft and hard sounds, and can give goosebumps especially if spoken in the ‘taal’ (native – of-

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Turning Point

noel Bartolomenrbarto@gmail.com

China is now the second largest economy in the

world next only to the United States.

A Chinese official was once asked if the world could now consider China as a developed country following its economic miracle, and the Chinese of-ficial answered, “no, not yet we still have to know how to respect the rule of law because there is still too much corrup-tion in the mainland.”

Philippine President Be-nigno S. Aquino III who vis-ited New York and Washington DC from Sept. 18 to 21, is also struggling like the Chinese of-ficials to stop rampant corrup-tion and enforce the rule of law that has been bastardized by previous administrations.

Fordham University con-ferred a Doctor of Laws, Hono-ris Causa to President Aquino

Let the rule of law prevail

at the Rose Hill Campus in Bronx, New York. His mother, former President Corazon Aquino was also bestowed with the same hon-or on September 21, 1986.

The current President’s slogan is to travel the “matuwid na daan” or straight path to reform Philip-pine society and eradicate graft and corruption in the govern-ment.

In his speech at Fordham, Aquino said that the task he faced upon assuming the presi-dency is to renew the coun-try’s institutions in order “to strengthen the principle of a nation of laws and not merely the whims of men; where the population not only abides by the law, but insists on its imple-mentation.”

He added that after a decade of political turbulence, the Phil-ippines had entered an era of re-newed stability and confidence.

“The Filipino people have truly discovered that power is theirs: that the People Power that faced down tanks and ar-tillery, truncheons and teargas, can be the dynamo for prog-ress and the lasting mortar for a government that applies its laws fairly,” the President said.

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What about our local Elections?

The 2012 election season is well underway. Most, if not

all of the attention has been di-rected to the National Scene. Who is running or not running for President.

What about our local elec-tions? The questions are as basic as which district am I now in to who is running for what seat.

There are several factors which make the need for educa-tion and information on the vot-ing process more important this year than in the past.

The first and most important are the new Districts for Con-gress, a Federal Office, and the State Assembly and State Senate, both State elected positions.

Following the last Census and new district lines drawn by a Commission, the district lines have change drastically. Many of the current elected officials have found themselves in new dis-tricts. Some have found them-selves running against fellow politicians from the same party.

The residents of Panorama City, Van Nuys, Arleta, North Hollywood, Mission Hills, Sun Valley, Pacoima, Sylmar, Valley Village, Valley Glen and the City of San Fernando are in the new

29th Congressional District.In addition to a new number,

there will be no incumbent in office at the time of the election. The election is June 5, 2012.

This year a new open voting process is in place. Any regis-tered voter can vote for any can-didate running in their district. There is no primary election.

The top two vote getters go to a run off in November 2012. If there are only two candidates, the one with the most votes wins in June.

Without a doubt, this year, your vote is better than gold and must not be wasted by not vot-ing.

Neighborhood

David Hernandez

I had set my alarm to 8:00 a.m. on the last day of my

summer internship in NYU to go to Dunkin Donuts. This was not because I had a donut craving that needed to be sati-ated, but rather, I had left-over campus cash that would soon expire. I had planned to buy food and bottled beverages with it and hand them to the homeless that I saw on my dai-ly morning commute. It was meant to be a simple gesture, but the experience had given me a valuable tool to become an effective writer.

While my arms were

Three Homeless Men

weighed down with plastic bags of bagels, muffins, and bottles of Ga-

torade, I worked my way in the crowded streets, and scanned every corner for the homeless, but they seem to have sought refuge from the heat, as they were not in their usual places around 14th St.

When I did find a homeless man near there, I offered him a Gatorade which I figured was much needed in the 108 de-grees of heat. The man shook his head.

“Are you sure?” I asked, “It’s really hot out here today.” But again, the man shook his head “no”.

Journey

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G o o d o l d B a G u i oIt may be named the country's

Summer Capital, but the truth is, Baguio is great to visit any time of the year.

A six-hour bus ride (of around P600) away from Manila, Baguio is the coldest part of the country, the land of strawberries and cau-liflower and broccoli and other homegrown vegetables. It also boasts of the Cordillera culture that was able to resist the Spanish colonizers.

High and cold Baguio has a population of

over 300,000 as of 2007, and is the seat of the Cordillera Au-tonomous region. Located in the North in a plateau almost 5,000 feet above sea level, its average temperature ranges between 15 to 23 degrees Celsius.

This is why it is the favorite of those seeking to escape the sum-mer heat, although it is also a top destination for the Christmas holidays.

Indeed, aside from its thriving businesses including knit cloth-ing, computer and electronics, handicrafts, vegetable farming and food sectors, it is a prime tourist spot.

Traveler's havenFrom the scenic trip (despite

the zigzag roads on the way) through Kennon Road, Baguio of-fers the perfect getaway from the harried Metro life. Yes, it is a city, but with the vibe of a small town.

One feels this especially walk-

markets.For food-tripping, there's also

Cafe by the Ruins and 50's Diner, where, like all restaurants in Ba-guio, food is good but cheap. Cafe by the Ruins is especially great for dinners, with their tsokolate, cof-fee or tea, and the sweet treats. Or for lunch, they are famous for

bagnet, that sinful pork dish with crispy layers of flavorful fat and meat.

50's Diner, meanwhile, is an American-cuisine inspired resto with interiors featuring huge post-ers of Hollywood icons like Au-drey Hepburn and Jean Harlow. Burgers come with huge slabs of meat, but are small on the pocket.

As for the ukay-ukay, the 'best-quality' second-hand clothes bearing such known brands as Burberry or Dior are in the city, with two-storey shops housing racks and racks of clothes.

Vince Marin

Other popular places to visit include Camp John Hay, the Phil-ippine Military Academy and the Botanical Garden. The Burnham may not be as clean, but boating through it still attracts a lot, espe-cially families and friends, some with guitars in tow.

PasalubongAs popular as its tourist at-

tractions would be Baguio’s good-ies. These include chocoflakes, strawberry jam, lengua de gato, peanut brittle, and Good Shep-herd’s creamy ube jam, sundot-kulangot, mushrooms and for the mothers and grannies, ingre-dients for chopsuey: sitsaro, cau-liflower, sayote, carrots, bell pep-per, young corn, and of course, Baguio beans.

The market is also known for its wide array of handicrafts, from woven shawls, home décor, sil-ver accessories, to tribal-themed bracelets and necklaces. The city is also home to many antique places featuring old chests, China, coins and jewelry, and furniture.

Truly, Baguio has a treat for everyone to enjoy.

ing along the Session road, which is lined by restaurants, bookstores, marts and shops. There are pizza and pasta houses, but the well-loved ones are the Oh My Gulay cafe owned by the artist Kidlat Ta-himik, and Don Henrico's.

OMG especially offers a Pinoy home-like feel, with the artist's works all over the place. Plates and glasses are not of the same size and design, there's an option to eat cross-legged on the floor, and the CR uses bao (empty co-conut shells) to hold soaps! The vegetarian dishes are healthy but delicious treats as well.

Around the cityThe sinews of Baguio City of-

fer all sorts of experience: from the churches for different reli-gious denominations, and which also leads to alleys to the famed ukay-ukay stores and vegetable

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Kidlat with a friend

Strawberries

The sun has been up at least two hours. Yet hardly any-

one in the remote village of Kanapawan, Camarines Norte–an eight-hour bus drive from Manila–seems poised for farm work. This is unusual for a community used to rising at the crack of dawn.

At this time of day, many of the farms folk are still in their homes, the memories of the recent four-day festivity still vivid in their minds while their

bodies are still sore from end-less merrymaking that includ-ed dancing and singing at the community plaza.

On other days, many of the community residents, particu-larly the women, would already be awake just when the roosters have begun to crow, or before

the sun casts its first rays.“I wake up early in the morn-

ing, prepare my kids for school, then leave for the field by 7 or 8 a.m.,” Cherry Esperas said.

But today Esperas, a mother of three and one of the women farmers in this village, is tak-ing a much-deserved break from farming, as do many others in her community.

The almost weeklong cel-ebration held in mid-August and unprecedented in Barangay

Kanapawan’s history, was a fit-ting cap to a relatively bountiful season of harvests, not so much of their traditional major crop co-conut, but of the cogon-like citro-nella grass.

Farmers now plant citronella grass by the hundreds of tillers, often in between coconut trees to maximize land use. Lands deemed

unsuitable for other crops are also planted to citronella.

Citronella, once thought to be a nuisance by the farmers, is now a significant alternative source of income in this marginal upland community, usually prone to soil and water loss and moisture defi-ciency that adversely impact soil yields.

The tropical grass belongs to the same family as the lemon grass. The essential oil extracted from this plant—through a pro-cess called steam distillation—is a popular natural ingredient for insect and animal repellents. It is also widely used in soaps, air fresheners, skin lotions, scented candles, and perfumes.

Today, at least 43 hectares are devoted to the cultivation of this perennial grass in Kanapawan, which has an estimated popula-tion of 3,000. Those without lands to till still earn through any one of a number of ways—from haul-ing the harvested grass to extract-ing oil in the extraction facilities built by the Kooperatiba ng Mali-liit na Magniniyog ng Barangay Kanapawan (KMMBK). This cooperative is spearheading the citronella enterprise in the com-munity with the help of a nongov-ernment organization.

The Lion head landmark along Kennon road

Citronella grass: A boon to farmers, environment

Home-based citronella processing

An average of 15 to 20 kilo-grams of citronella oil are pro-duced weekly at Kanapawan’s oil extraction facilities, according to Jonalyn Crisostomo, techni-cal and research assistant of the Philippine Federation of Environ-mental Concern (PFEC) which is assisting the community with its citronella production aside from helping them explore the sustainable use of its agricultural resources.

Citronella can withstand cli-mate change, Dr. Roger Guzman, executive director of PFEC, said. Unlike coconut trees, it grows even under extreme tempera-tures, with or without rain. It’s very suited to marginal lands, he

added.When the idea of planting

citronella was introduced in Kanapawan in the late 1990s by a consultant from the Universi-ty of the Philippines Los Baños whom the KMMBK invited in one of its seminars, nobody be-lieved it was feasible. Coupled with inadequate resources and technological knowhow, it took many years before that idea took root and began to flourish.

In those good old days the climates were friendlier to their crops and harvests aplenty. “Ang pananim namin talagang madami—kamoteng kahoy, saging (We had an abundant farm produce—cassava, ba-nana),” 70-year-old Jovita Espe-ras recounted.

Not anymore, she quipped. It’s a good thing she said they now plant citronella, which as-sures them of a steady income, especially on days when coco-nut production or harvests of other crops are inadequate to meet their basic needs.

“Halos lahat ng ka-barangay me trabaho (Almost everyone in the barangay has work),” ba-rangay chairman Larry Esperas enthused.

Cherry Esperas said she earns P100 to P150 a day as a citronella harvester. Others

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Boy Villasanta

Ano nga kaya ang tsansa ng “Ang Babae sa Septic Tank” sa Oscars?

Sa anim na pinagpilian ng mga miyembro ng iba’t ibang guild

ng Film Academy of the Philip-pines, ang namukod-tangi ay ang pelikula ni Eugene Domingo na “Ang Babae sa Septic Tank” na idinirek ni Marlon Rivera.

Kaya ito para sa mga taga-FAP ang dapat maging opisyal na kala-hok sa pagpili ng AMPAS sa Best Foreign Language Film ng Oscars sa ikawalumpu’t apat na taon nito.

Nakakapagtakang anim na obra lang ang pinagpilian ng FAP at nakakaintrigang wala ang “Busong (Palawan Fate)” sa listahan ng anim na pagpipilian samantalang ang pelikula ay nai-palabas na sa nakaraang Cannes International Film Festival Direc-tors Fortnight.

Ang “Busong (Palawan Fate)” ay opisyal na kalahok din sa ika-7 Cinemalaya Independent Film

Festival sa Directors Showcase category kalaban ng “Bisperas” ni Jeffrey Jeturian, “Patikul” ni Joel Lamangan at “Isda (Fable of Fish)” ni Adolf Alix, Jr.

*****Ipinapanalangin ni Eugene na

mapasama sana sa limang limita-dong nominasyon ng Oscars sa Best Foreign Language Film ang kanyang pelikula.

Kahit sa hanay ng FAP ay natutuwa silang ang “Ang Babae sa Septic Tank” ang ipinadala ng bansa sa Hollywood.

Maski ang mga prodyuser nito na sina Chris Martinez at Joji Alonso ay nagdarasal na sana’y makalusot ang kanilang produkto sa mahigpit na kompetisyon sa ibang bansa.

Si Chris ang sumulat ng dulang pampelikula nito katulong si Marlon na siyang nagdirek na-man nito nang lubusan.

Si Rivera ay bagong direktor na naging mapanlikhang traba-hador din sa Nation Broadcasting Network o NBN Channel 4.

*****

Ano nga kaya ang tsansa ng “Ang Babae sa Septic Tank” sa Os-cars?

Ang sabi ni Brillante Men-doza, ang nagwaging 2009 Palm d’Or Best Director ng Cannes International Film Festival, kai-

langang kilala na ang di-rektor sa Hollywood para mapansin sa Oscars.

Kailangan din ani Bril-lante na ang pelikula ay may tatak, may dating at marami nang nakapanood sa buong mundo lalo na yaong mga miyembro ng Oscars para mapuna at mapanood agad.

Kaya nga nagkuku-mahog ang mga taga-FAP at ang mga nasa likod at harap ng kamera ng “Ang Babae sa Septic Tank” na maikampanya ang kanilang proyekto sa Hollywood at nang may makapansin.

Mahuhusgahan ito sa darating na mga buwan sa

paglalabas ng AMPAS ng mga li-mang obrang ilalaban sa Oscars.

*****Aminado si Leo Martinez,

ang Pangkalahatang Direktor ng FAP na kailangan ng kanilang

organisasyon ang malaking pun-do para sa pangangampanya sa buong Hollywood para iboto ng mga taga-Oscars ang pelikula.

Nag-iisip ngayon ang pama-halaan na kinakatawan ng FAP at Film Development Council of the Philippines kung saan makakaku-ha ng mga karagdagang pundo para maikampanya ang obra sa ibang bansa.

Kaya aabangan ngayon ng bu-ong Pilipinas ang kapalaran ng pelikula ni Eugene.

*****Samantala, walang pelikulang

Filipino na nakapasok sa idinaos na Venice International Film Fes-tival sa Italy. Usap-usapan kung ano na ang kapalarang naghihin-tay sa “Prey” ni Dante Mendoza pero kampante lang ang interna-tional director dahil marami pang mga international film festival na puwedeng pagpalabasan ng kan-yang obra tungkol sa Abu Sayyaf abduction ng mga turistang ban-yaga at lokal at maging ng mga residente ng katimugang Pilipi-nas.

Linda Rapadas

Chikadora

Kung mabibigyan raw ng pa-nahon at pagkakataon, gusto

rin ni Batangas Governor Vilma Santos ang magkaroon ng saril-ing TV show (mala VIP noon) na once a week lang siyang aapir sa show. Hindi raw kakayanin ng kanyang schedule ang paglabas sa isang teleserye na kailangang mag-teyping ng tatlong beses isang lnggo. Sa dami ng inaasika-so niya sa araw-araw sa lalawigan ng Batangas, mahirap nang isingit pa ito at umagaw ng kanyang oras maging ang movie nila ni Kim Chiu sa Star Cinema na ididirek ni Chito Rono ay inihanap rin nila ng panahon. Week-ends lang siya magsu-shooting. Maayos rin siyang nagpa-alam sa kanyang mga constituents para gumawa ng pelikula before the year ends. Ngayong October nakatakda si-lang mag-shoot ni Kim Chiu ng pelikulang "Tha Healing". Aliw na aliw si Gov. Vi sa pagkukuwento sa first meeting nila ng tsinitang young actress. Na-starstruck daw sa kanya si Kim Chiu at hindi agad nakapagsalita. Pero, in time, alam niyang masasanay rin ito sa kanya. Samantala, bukod sa pagiging Gobernadora, aktres at pagiging Mother and wife, hindi pa rin nawawalan ng panahon si Governor Vilma Santos sa kan-yang product endorsement. Ad-

Aunor, Christopher de Leon at Tirso Cruz III sa isang project. Well, for sure, ang istorya/script ang unang konsiderasyon nina Boyet de Leon at Tirso Cruz III upang tanggapin ang pelikulang alok ng Regal Films.

*****May demo-

lition job raw kay Congressman Manny Pacquiao, kaya naglalabasan ngayon ang isyu at mga tsismis tungkol sa kanyang mga "itinatagong chicks" ngay-on? Kung kailan pa naman na-lalapit na ang laban niya kay Juan Manuel Marquez ay saka naman

nahahalukay ang kanyang pri-vate affairs na makakasira rin sa kanyang reputasyon bilang isang public servant. Dapat ay kumiki-los ng ang kampo ni PACMAN upang huwag ng lumaki ang isyu.

Dapat ay sagutin at idepensa na niya ang kanyang sarili, lalo na't ini-idolo siya ng libu-libong kabataan ngayon. Ang may-bahay niyag si Jinkee ay ape-

ktado rin at nagre-react kapag may tsismis na may bagong

siyang babae. Ayon kay Jin-kee siya mismo ang

makakaramdam at nakakatunog kung "naglalaro" at may milagrong gi-nagawa ang kan-

yang mister. Aminado si Jinkee na totoong "natukso" at nagkaroon noon ng affair sa ibang babae

Ate Vi gustong magkaroon ng TV showvocacy rin niya ang nutrition ed-ucation sa mga batang mag-aaral sa Batangas.

*****Nagpahayag na ang Superstar

na si Nora Aunor a nakatakda na siyang pumirma ng 3-year contract sa TV-5. Nanganga-hulugan itong hindi lang sa isang programa mapapanood ang pre-myadong aktres, kundi may mga shows pang nakalinya sa kanya sa panahon ng kanyang kontra-ta. Nagbibigay ito ng assurance kay La Aunor na pagkatapos ng mini-serye niyang Sa Ngalan Ng Ina, ay may follow up project pa siya sa Kapatid Network. At da-hil sa ang TV-5 rin ang network na nagtiwala, nag-aruga at nag-pakita ng pagmamalasakit at pag-mamahal sa kanyang pagbabalik showbiz, naging madali sa pag-babalik showbiz, naging madali sa loob ni Guy na tanggapin ang offer ng CINCO for 3-year con-tract. Ngayon, certified Ka-pam-ilya na ang isang Nora Aunor at magdaragdag siya ng prestige at ningningsa TV-5. Sobra-sobra sa inaasahan ni Nora Aunor ang bonggang production value ng Sa Ngala Ng Ina, na halos katumbas na ng isang pelikula. Kahit isang buwan lang itong mapapanood sa ere. Sulit na sulit ang pag-ganap ng main cast tulad nina Nora, Boyet, Eugene Domingo, Rosanna Roces, Bembol, Ian, Na-dine, atbp. Still on Nora Aunor, kumpirmadong gagawin niya ang pelikulang HOTOTAY na entry sa darating na Metro Manila Film Festival 2011, na joint venture ng Regal Entertainment at TV-5 Productions. Malalaking artista ang magsisiganap sa pelikulang ito, na bale comeback movie ng premyadong actress. Kaya tuloy-tuloy ang pagsasaya ng libu-li-bong tagahanga ng one and only Superstar. Bukod sa HOTOTAY, balak rin ni Mother Lily Monte-verde na pagsamahin sina Nora

ang Pound for Pound King. Pero, nangako na raw at sumumpa sa kanya si PACMAN na hindi na niya ito uuitin at magiging faith-ful na sa kanya. Samantala, ang loyal supporters naman ng Pound for Pound King na si Manny Pac-quiao ay nanatiling nasa panig ng Boxing ICON. Sanay na sanay na sila sa mga paninira sa People's Champ. Kaya sa halip na masir-aan ng loob ay todo depensa sila sa Pambansang Kamao. Maging si Congressman Manny Pacquiao ay nasanay na sa mga ibinabatong paninira sa kanya ng mga detrac-tors. Bahagi na ito ng kanyang pagiging celebrity. Kaya hindi niya papayagan na maapektuhan ang kanyang nalalapit na laban sa Mexican Boxer na si Juan Manuel Marquez. Lalo niyang pinagbubu-ti ng kanyang pagte-training.

Boy Villasanta

Sapakan nina Matteo at Coco nang dahil kay Maja, pakulo lang?Matunog at maugong ang

balitang nagsuntukan sina Matteo Guidecelli at Coco Martin nang dahil kay Maja Sal-vador.

Pagkatapos na pagkatapos ng Star Magic Ball ng ABS-CBN sa Manila Peninsula Hotel sa Makati City ay naiulat agad ang insidente.

Marami ang nagsulat at nag-balita sa iba’t ibang midyum ng kaganapan at marami ang nagreak sa istoryang ito.

Pati si Maja ay iyak nang iyak sa panayam sa kanya ni Boy Abunda sa TV.

Pero ayon naman sa batang aktor na si Sam Concepcion na kasali rin sa Star Ball, wala na-man siyang nasaksihang babag o bakbakan sa pagitan nina Martin at Guidecelli pero nalu-

lungkot siya sa nagaganap na ito sa pagitan ng kanyang mga dapat o disin sana’y kapatid niya sa hanapbuhay at kasama pa sa Star Magic.

Bastat napikon lang umano si Guidecelli kay Coco sa paghalik nito sa kanyang syotang si Maja kaya nang magkita sila ay binana-tan agad niya ang mas panganay na aktor.

May mga eksena umano sa

Matteo Guidecelli, Maja Salvador and Coco Martin

“Minsan Lang Kitang Mamaha-lin” ng ABS-CBN na naghaha-likan sina Maja at Coco at may naganap pa umanong halikan sa pribadong lugar

Nagkataon kasi na may ipa-palabas na pelikula si Maja na “Thelma” nang maganap ang “marahas na suntukan” kaya gimik lang umano ang lahat ng ito. Gaano katotoo ito? Magsalita kayo, Matteo, Coco at Maja.

11October 2011http://kapitbahaynews-sfv.com Showbiz

Roxanne Guinoo:Innocently Seductive

Roxanne Guinoo-Yap (born Febru-ary 14, 1986, Rosario, Cavite) is a

Filipina actress.In 2004, Guinoo joined the popular reality search Star Circle Teen Quest via ABS-CBN and made it to the Top 5 finalist or much known as the "Magic Circle of 5", along with co-questors Hero Angeles, Sandara Park, Joross Gamboa, and Melissa Ricks. On June 2004, the Grand Questor's Night was held in Araneta Coliseum, and she won 2nd Runner up. She was launched

as one of the newest member of ABS-CBN's Star Magic. She was also paired, as a love team, with Joross Gamboa, even before Star Circle Quest ended. Her first show with ABS-CBN was with the youth oriented drama SCQ Reload, with co-former SCQ finalists.

She is half German. She is married to Elton Yap and have a beautiful daughter name Rain Eliana Guinoo-Yap. Elton and Roxanne got married this year on January 23, 2011.

. . .FROM PAGE 1 / LIFE AS A SInGLE PAREnT

Shamcey Supsup

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Shamcey (right) with Miss Puerto Azul (left) and Miss Peru (middle).

favorite, which was taken into account in the judging for the first time. Back in her hometown, the gymnasium in Brgy. Katangawan was jam-packed, with her fa-ther among the audi-ence who watched the pageant live.

Contending with 88 contestants, Sham-cey placed 3rd run-ner-up, and second in the long gown and swimsuit competi-tion. But aside from her beauty and grace, what endeared her more to the Filipi-nos was her answer to the controversial question “Would you change your religious beliefs to marry the person that you love? Why or why not?”

Shamcey an-swered promptly in English, without the benefit of a few more seconds to rethink unlike all her com-petitors in the Top Five with interpreters, “If I had to change my religious beliefs, I would not marry the person that I love because the first person I love is God, who created me. I have my faith and my principles, and this is what makes me who I am. And if that person loves me, he should love my God, too.”

It has since become an iconic state-ment that spawned placards of “I love your God!” during her motorcades.

To many Filipinos, including President Noynoy Aquino, this was the embodiment of the values and character that the Philip-pines was proud of.

Just like her predecessor Venus Raj, who was unfortunate to have been given a damned if you do, damned if you don’t question about the biggest mistake in her life, Shamcey may have lost the crown – but made an entire country beam with pride. If that is not the essence of winning, what is?

Diether Ocampo, kinompronta ni Kris AquinoUsap-usapan ang pagkumpronta ni

Kris Aquino kay Diether Ocampo sa isang pampublikong lugar.

Ayon sa mga saksi, kasama ni Kris ang kanyang tagapagbantay na Presiden-tial Security Guard nang maglakad ito sa isang mataong lugar.

Biglang nakita ng aktres si Diether at agad na hinarap.

Ang isyu umano ay ang hindi pagti-text back ni Ocampo kay Aquino.

Nais lang namang malaman ni Kris ang kinalalagyan at kondisyon ng kan-yang kasintahan kaya siya ay nagti-text at hindi sa kung ano pa man.

Gusto lang ng bituin na malaman kung siya ay may halaga sa isang tao sa pamamagitan ng hindi pagbabale-wala sa kanyang mga komunikasyon.

Wala namang masamang nasa isip si Kris kundi ang kabutihan lang ng kanilang relasyon kaya siya ay nagha-

hangad na sagutin siya agad ng kanyang boyfriend.

Pero ang katwiran naman ni Diet ay abalang-abala siya sa kanyang trabaho sa telebisyon at pelikula kaya wala nang pana-hon para mag-text back pero si Kris pa rin ang nasa puso niya.

Nang dahil sa kumprontasyong ito, para hindi malantad sa publiko ay tinakpan na lang umano ng mga PSG si Kris habang na-kikipag-usap nang masinsinan sa katipan.

Pinalibutan ng mga PSG ang eksena nina Aquino at Ocampo, isang tagpo ng prosesong panlipunan ng kahit na sino sa atin.

Pero nang mag-guest naman si Diet sa isang show ay ikinuwento niya nang buung-buo ang pangyayari kaya naman nagpapasalamat si Kris na nagsabi nang totoo ang aktor.

Ayon kay Ocampo, talagang wala si-yang masamang intensyon sa hindi pag-

sagot agad sa text ng aktres.Ang mahalaga ay nagkakasundo ang

dalawa at napaplantsa ang mga gusot sa pagitan nila.

Diether Ocampo and Kris Aquino

Star Power In Star Magic Games 2011

Star Magic stars headed to Colegio de San Agustin in Makati last July 31 for the

2nd Star Magic Games. As early as seven in the morning, the Kapamilya stars were all dressed up in their respective uniforms before the official team parade at CSA gym.

Opening Ceremonies started in a prayer led by Star Magic’s prime man Piolo Pascual after which sportsmanship oath was led by Enchong Dee. ABS-CBN Pub-lishing Head Ernie Lopez officially opened the 2011 Star Magic Games. Host in the opening ceremonies were Megan Young and Drei Felix.

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. . .FROM PAGE 7 / AnGEL DAYAnthe IRS had won and the six-year statute applied. But it lost three (3) cases attempting furiously to apply the six-year statute. Today, there is an interesting case that has reached the Supreme Court (Home Concrete & Supply vs. U.S.) over this issue of “doubling the time” for what was deemed to be for the “substantial understate-ment of income.” In this instant, it was no “unreported income” or the understatement on funds the IRS found recorded in the bank statements. The taxpayer, how-ever, overstated the “cost-basis” of a property to the tune of 25% more of the reported income. The circumstances are quite different and the Supreme Court agreed to hear this case if the IRS is indeed entitled to “double time.” We will know its outcome sometime in

January or February, 2012. (Angel Y. Dayan, EA, CPA,

ABA, ATA is an Enrolled Agent, America’s Prominent Tax Expert licensed to practice before the IRS in all 50 States. He is a CPA in Texas, an Accredited Business Ac-countant (ABA) and Accredited Tax Advisor (ATA).

He has a Masters Course in Tax Defense Representation and a Graduate Fellow in Tax Practice and Procedures with the National Tax Practice Institute in Wash-ington, D.C.

He is a member of the Ameri-can Institute of CPAs, and the prestigious American Academy of Tax Practice in Belleair, Florida.

He could be reached at (213)-365-1040 or you can visit his website at: www.taxwork.com or email at: angel@taxwork.com)

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INFO TIDBITS: THE SF VALLEY POLITICAL REPRESEN-TATION. The Los Angeles city section of the valley is divided

into seven city council districts: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 12. Of the 99 neighborhood councils in the city, 34 are in the Valley. The valley is represented in the California State Legislature by seven members of the State Assembly and five members of the State Senate. The valley is divided into five congressional districts. It is represented in Con-gress by senior figures from both parties including Representative

Henry Waxman (D), Representative Howard Berman (D), and Rep-resentative Howard McKeon (R). In the Los Angeles County Board

of Supervisors, it is represented by two supervisorial districts.The San Fernando Valley is for the most part, a politically divided region, swinging between Republicans and Democrats in national and state elections. However, in local elections, along with the Los Angeles Harbor district, it tends to support Republican candidates.The Los Angeles satellite administrative center for the valley, The Civic Center Van Nuys, is in Van Nuys. The area in and around

the Van Nuys branch of Los Angeles City Hall is home to a police station, municipal and superior courts and Los Angeles city and county administrative offices. Northridge is home to California

State University, Northridge (originally named San Fernando Valley State College).

…FROM PAGE 7 / nOEL BARTOLOME

ing to revive People Power and the so-called Spirit of EDSA that topple in 1986 the dicta-tor Ferdinand Marcos who had institutionalized corruption in the country for almost 20 years.

Now Aquino had proposed additional budget for the Wit-ness Protection program of the people to come out and act as state witnesses to convict cor-rupt officials that robs the coun-try of billions of funds needed to develop the countryside, cre-ate jobs for the poor citizens, and attract foreign investment.

The Filipino people are al-ready tired of corruption that keeps the country poor and the citizens are losing moral ascen-dancy.

Let us support the new ad-ministration’s struggle against corruption, let the rule of law prevail, and become a model for the Chinese, Asian nations and the rest of the world.

…FROM PAGE 7 / MEG YARCIA

ten making use of the highfa-lutin or ‘malalim’ words) way. It is also complicated in that while it sounds like Bahasa and other Malayo-Polynesian languages, we do have tenses and plural and singular forms (although no masculine and feminine forms like ‘he’ or ‘she’, which might also be good). I still laugh about how the French like using letters that they wouldn’t want us to pronounce, like the t in ballet or z and s in rendezvous. On the other hand, Filipino lets us speak words the way it is spelled. Or: Kung anong bay-

bay, siyang bigkas.I can only say so much in

this short space for a column but if you’re not convinced, my dear reader, try download-ing an MP3 of Gaano Ko Ikaw Kamahal or Dahil sa Iyo or ask-ing your grandparents to sing them to you. I guarantee you’ll understand what I’m talking about. #

*I meant to write in Filipino because of the irony of defend-ing the language using English, but I might end up alienating my readers. To those who can’t understand the title, it says: The beauty of our language.

…FROM PAGE 6 / JOE ARCIAGA

…FROM PAGE 15/ RIzAL MOnUMEnT PROJECT

some people think they are bet-ter served by starting their own organization, doesn’t mean they should self- righteously do so. Will that action be true to the Cause? Will it benefit the com-munity or organization? Or will it rip it apart?

True leaders know that a Cause is not born overnight. Leaders know that patience is a virtue, that change may come slowly, and that true service begins with the heart; it is nurtured by hard work and thrives in caring hands. True leaders know that when one is really committed, one puts the Mission first and his/her personal gain, last. Serving the commu-nity does not mean exploiting its members or the organization. Those who serve know that true leadership is incompatible with indulging in excessive self- pro-motion or self- aggrandizement. The enlightened leader has the

ability to forgo popularity, to be able to share or even recuse one-self from the spotlight. True lead-ers motivate people, they do not belittle or put people on the spot. Effective leaders include people, not exclude them. Leaders share their vision with all their mem-bers, they do not hide in little groups, gossiping in closed quar-ters like rats in the attic.

To reiterate, true leadership involves the capability to stay the course and believe in the Mis-sion and Vision of one’s organiza-tion or community. If the Cause you serve is righteous and ben-eficial in the first place, and if all the members believe in it, there should never be a need for mem-bers to leave and start a whole new organization or group.

This may elude some from the current generation of leaders… but one can only hope and pray for the best.

. . .FROM PAGE 6 / PASTOR ERIC TERRADOvain. Slavery in this country is gone, Hitler and his cohorts are dead. But many Christians are still using the same old tactics. We use the Bible to hurl insults and hurt other people. Isn’t the whole point of the Bible love? Then why do we hurl hate and division and discrimination? Why are we using the name of our Lord to hate others?

I received an email from a Christian lady and immedi-ately responded to her ranting. She was reacting to a newly ap-proved law by spewing hatred against illegal immigrant stu-dents who will now have access to financial aid for college. She quoted Mark 7: 24:

24 Jesus left that place and went to the vicinity of Tyre He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it; yet he could not keep his presence secret. 25 In fact, as soon as she heard about him, a wom-an whose little daughter was possessed by an impure spirit came and fell at his feet. 26 The woman was a Greek, born in Syrian Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter. 27 “First let the children eat all they want,” he told her, “for it is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.” 28 “Lord,” she replied, “even the dogs un-der the table eat the children’s crumbs.” 29 Then he told her,

“For such a reply, you may go; the demon has left your daugh-ter.” 30 She went home and found her child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.

At the time of the gospel, Jews considered all gentiles to be dogs. When you think about dogs, don’t think about the priv-ileged dogs here in the US; think about our "asong kalye". The original reader of the passage would expect Jesus to put the well being of the Jew first and foremost. The lady who emailed me is now suggesting that Jesus should put US citizen first and never the dogs (illegal) . I didn’t argue with her. I replied that it’s good that she sees herself as a priority but I wondered, if Jesus is looking after her good, which is looking out for the “dogs”. Do you think your father is im-pressed by your attitude towards the illegal foreigners? What do the “dogs” think of you, some-one who claims to be a child of God? What do they think of God if you use our sacred text to validate your un-Christian claim?

We may differ in our beliefs about what to do with our so called illegal immigrant broth-ers and sisters. I can respect that. But to use our sacred scrip-ture to hurt and sow hatred and to support a very unchristian belief is ‘bib-gotry’. (bible big-otry).

Perplexed by the man’s re-sponse, and frustrated for not finding other homeless people in that area, I decided to board the Q train to further my way to work. I reflected on what just happened. Maybe the man didn’t trust me because he didn’t know me, I questioned myself. I looked down at the bags of food as I shifted them on the floor be-tween my feet, and wondered if I was going to be stuck with them.

The exit 32nd and Broadway was my exit and also the corner where the homeless man acci-dentally stepped on my foot the other day. I was rushing to the subway entrance while the tall man, staring off into the distance and sort of staggering about, ac-cidentally stepped back onto my foot.

Sure enough, the man was there again, looking up at the

…FROM PAGE 7 / KAYLAnothingness, in the middle of a crowd. When I first called out “sir?” he didn’t respond, as if he wasn’t used to people talking to him. When I finally got his atten-tion, he turned to me and waited. I offered him the Gatorade. He looked at the drink in my hand and finally took it carefully into his hands. With a very faint voice, he mumbled “Thank you.”

There was one more person that I could think of giving the food and drinks to on my way to work. He resided on 33rd St., where my work was located. He had a sign that he had lost his five-year-old son and his wife. He seemed fairly recently homeless. His clothes were less worn and he didn’t have a hopeless look about him.

As I rounded the corner, he was getting up and leaving. I quickly sped up and called to him. He turned and I offered the drink.

He said he would love one and took it. After thanking me, he shared his view that it was prac-tically illegal to be homeless in the city.

Not knowing what he meant, I responded with a question-ing look, but he seemed to have quickly given up on explaining, and just waived it off.

Within those two hours, I had a brief encounter with three homeless men who responded differently to my offer.

It wasn’t as biblical as it may sound, but the three men re-minded me that in any culture, there is individuality. They may be homeless, but they don’t all share the same feelings, thoughts, or lives.

Even the depths of poverty can’t take away their individual-ity.

Each of them has their own individual story, just as I have mine.

earn between P210 and 280 daily by extracting oil.

“Part of our strategy (in Kanapawan) is not to have huge (citronella) plantations,” Kathleen Ramilo, PFEC enterprise devel-opment officer, explained. “We didn’t want to replace with citro-nella those (crops) that are other-wise sources of their food.”

Early this year, Kanapawan’s major citronella buyer, Human Nature, turned over P973,000, representing 100 percent profit from its Citronella Bug Spray

product, to the community as part of its advocacy to help lo-cal farmers. Part of the money was used to provide the citro-nella farmers with the socialized Philhealth insurance and expand their oil extraction facilities.

Kanapawan today is a breath-taking sight of lush green hills and free-flowing, meandering rivers.

Clump after clump of tropi-cal grasses once thought worth-less are now gleaming under the sun–a joyful demonstration of man and nature in harmony.

…FROM PAGE 8 / CITROnELLA

Consul General. The monument will be located in the City of Car-son’s International Sculpture Gar-den. Initially meeting resistance from other non- Filipino Ameri-can members of the local com-munity, Chito labored hard and enlisted the aid of local Fil- Am community leaders. Mayor Dear chose the highest, most promi-nent point in the eastern section of the park for the monument site.

The monument celebrates Rizal as Reformer, Hero and Mar-tyr. Mayor Dear stated that the 7- foot bronze statue commemo-rates Dr. Rizal’s achievements as “a great hero of the world, not just the Philippines.”

The Groundbreaking Ceremo-ny is slated on November 5, 2011, 10 A.M., Saturday at the Con-gresswoman Juanita Millender-McDonald COmmunity Center, City of Carson.

For more info, please call (310) 952-1740.

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1. Gawa sa pangako5. Pera ng Slovenia10. Idi ng Uganda noon11. Pananakot12. Pagpapahid ng pintura14. Tabing sa Teatro15. Artistang lalaki16. Ilubog: Ingles17. Batang lalaki: Kastila18. Industrial engineer19. Isabel Granada20. Palayaw ni Diomedes21. Ambrosio Padilla24. Bachelor of Arts25. Lisya28. Ugali31. Ilabi32. Walang hangin34. Patong 35. Langkas36. Pangalang pambabae37. Pases38. Pilipina: ibang anyo

1. Sinsero2. Umikli 3. Galaw ng puso4. Badya ng hikab5. Tit for ___6. Mataba: Ingles7. Uri ng isda na kulay dilaw8. Galaw ng dagat9. Mga taong bumubuo sa puwersang military: Ingles13. Amoy ng kape18. Sandaling tulog21. Linisin ang baba22. Tulisandagat23. Tanong ng dahialn24. Magkakatabing mga gusali na ligid ng mga kalsada26. Igapos27. Pigil29. Kandado30. Nakalalasing33. Bayakan: Ingles

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The value of US dollar against the Philippine peso is going down. The currency exchange rate is now $1 to Php43 (Source: Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas / 26 September 2011). For the Philippine economy back

home, the present rate of the peso against the US dollar is a sign of good economy. It means that PNoy's economic managers are not sleeping on their jobs. With the low exchanghe rate, the FIlipino businessmen have more dollars to import raw materials and products, passing on the benefits in terms of low prices for consumers. The Fil-Ams, on the other hand, though they also want a healthy Philippine economy, they are not comfortable that the value of their US dollars continue to shrink.

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Si Juan ay bumisita sa isang mental hospital at siya'y nag-usisa para sa kanyang school assignment.

Juan: Papaano nyo po ba nalalaman kung talagang me sayad ang pasyenteng dinadala sa dito?

Doktor: Ganito yun. Pinupuno namin ng tubig ang isang bath tub. Tapos, iaabot namin sa pasyente ang kutsara, tasa, at balde at uutusan namin siyang limasin o tanggalin nya ang tubig sa bathtub. Titingnan namin ngayon kung ano ang gagamitin niya sa tatlo.

Juan: Magaling, siguradong pipiliin ng normal na tao ang balde para mabilis na maubos ang tubig!

Doktor: Mali! Kapag normal ang isang tao, tatang-galin lang niya ang plug (yung tapon na nakabara sa butas) ng bathtub!

*****PNoy at Shamcey

Kung si Shamcey Supsup, ang 4th runner-up sa nakaraang Mis Universe, ay may tinatawag na "Tsunami Walk," ano naman ang meron si PNoy?

"Earthquake Walk."*****

Sa C.R. Pumasok sa banyo ang isang lalaki..habang naka-upo na siya may nagsalita sa kabilang banyo...TAO1: pre, kumusta?TAO2:(sumagot) ok lang...TAO1: ano gawa mo dyan?TAO2: e2...dumudumi...di na makayanan eh...TAO1: pre tawag na lang ako ulit sayo..may sagot kasi ng sagot dito eh...di naman kinakausap.....

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nalulunod, ok ka na! Pero na-kakalungkot, nagbigti rin siya sa banyo.Sonia: Hindi po siya nagbigti, sinampay ko po siya dun para matuyo!!!

***** Verb Lesson

Teacher: Verb is an action word. John give me an example.John: wentTeacher: Use it in a sentence.John: Sarah go went to the mall.Teacher: Wrong, pag may went wala nang go.John: Tama po ako, kasi yung Go apelyido ni Sarah, Chinese siya!

*****Bakit pandak si Juan

Si Pedro at Juan Ay nag-uusap sa school.Pedro : Bakit ang pandak mo Juan?Juan : Kasi maaga ako naulilaPedro : Anu naman connection dunJuan : Siyempre walang nag-palaki sa akin.

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JFAV Lobby Chalks Up 69 Co-Sponsors for HR 210

Los Angeles- Right on the mark!The Justice for Filipino American Veterans (JFAV)

reported today that HR 210 or the Filipino Veterans Fairness Act of 2011 had gained 69 co-sponsors as of today, October 10, 2011. The JFAV projects it will reach 75 before the end of October 2011 and 100 co-sponsors before the year end.

The JFAV volunteer lobby group reported the result of their to lobby the House of Representatives from Sep-tember 10 to 14, 2011. They visited more than 40 offices of the lower house and personally met with Reps. Karen Bass and Maxine Waters of California.

Most notable of the lobby result was the support of Democratic leader and former Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi from San Francisco. Others who co-sponsored the bill were Reps. Karen Bass, Maxine Wa-ters, Jim Moran, Berkley.

Rep. Jackie Speier introduced HR 210 last January 6, 2011. Since then the all volunteer JFAV lobby group has been in the US Congress for three times.

The 3rd JFAV lobby, Sept 10-14, 2011 The group was composed of JFAV National Coor-

dinator Arturo P. Garcia and Augustus Pedalizo of JFAV San Francisco, Violy Reyes of AWARE-San Francisco and Chevy Evangelista of Ugnayan Youth Group of New York .

JFAV San Francisco Coordinator Ago Pedalizo ,Veteran Celestino Almeda and MHC Executive Direc-tor Atty. Arnedo Valera spoke at the El Shaddai group at the St. Stephen Church in Maryland last September 11, 2011. More than 100 El Shaddai members attended the meeting and wholeheartedly supported the veterans lobby.

Gov. signs bill requiring accurate collection of info on Asian-Americans

Bishop Oscar Solis was the main Celebrant at the 3rd Regional Feast Day Mass celebration of first Filipino

Saint San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila, held at Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church Sept. 17th, in Canoga Park, California. The event was very well attended, with Filipi-no- Americans from all over the Greater Los Angeles area packing the local Valley church, Associate Pastor Leo Del Carmen at the helm, successfully orchestrating the festive event. The Mass was co- celebrated by other Pinoy priests, including Rev. Father Albert Avenido, the head of the LA

SFV Filipino Catholics Celebrate Feast of San Lorenzo

Archdiocese Filipino Ministry. San Lorenzo Ruiz De Manila was born in Binondo, Ma-

nila between the year 1600- 1610, to a Filipina mother and a Chinese father. He endured persecution at the hands of the Japanese serving as a missionary in 1636 with the Do-minicans. On September 23, 1637 he was “hung in the pit” for refusing to denounce his faith. On October 18th, 1987, he was canonized and officially declared a Saint. The official feast day of San Lorenzo is September 28th. ~ J. Arciaga (photo by Terra Verde Photography)

Seated, left to right: Archbishop Oscar Solis, Monsignor Paul Griesgraber, Pastor, St. Catherine & St. Bridget parishes. Standing, left to right: Roselyn Arciaga and Aida Solis, Simbang Gabi Coordinators, St. Bridget of Sweden Parish; guest; Alex Quadra, Couples for Christ- St. Bridget; Father Hernan, St. Bridget of Sweden Associate Pastor.

Legislation requiring key state agencies to collect and post information about

job programs participation and employ-ment and housing discrimination faced by Asian and Pacific Islander ethnicities was signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown late last night.

Assembly Bill (AB) 1088, introduced by Assemblymember Mike Eng (D-Monterey Park) and co-sponsored by the Asian Pa-cific American Legal Center (APALC), a

member of Asian American Center for Ad-vancing Justice; Asian Americans for Civil Rights and Equality (AACRE); and Asian and Pacific Islanders California

Action Network (APIsCAN), requires two key state agencies to include the full spectrum of Asian American (AA), as well as Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Is-lander (NHOPI) ethnicities, in their data collection, consistent with those groups re-ported by the U.S. Census.

CRUSTED FISH WITH SInGKAMAS FOUR CHEESE

Pizza i s

an all t i m e favorite e s p e -cially if it has c h e e s e in it or f o u r cheeses in it. It is ac-t u a l l y easy to prepare and even your kids can dish this up in no time. Quat-tro formaggi of course means four cheese, and traditionally those four cheeses include mozzarella, Gorgon-zola, Parmesan, and a fresh creamy cheese such as Robiola or Stracchino. Bravo Ristorante Italiano whipped up favorite Italian dishes at The Maya Kitchen recently. Chef Edgar Nama deftly prepared buttery Risotto Bravo, creamy Raviolli Con Spinachi, vel-vety PannavCotta, fall-off-the-bone Osso Buco, thin and crispy Quattro Formaggi Pizza, healthy Minestrone Alla Milanese and rich Pasta with Tuna Tuscan. I will share these other recipes in another entry.

Here is the recipe. Remember you can always buy pizza dough at the

Here is the recipe for the day from pinoyfoodblog.com. If you are

looking for a particular recipe, click the link, pinoyfoodblog.com and use the search feature on the right sidebar near the top . I’m sorry if I don’t get to send you a recipe every day of the week. Fol-low me in twitter @momblogger.Every month I look forward to the cooking demonstrations and recipes from Maya kitchen. For the month of July, Maya Kitchen inspires you , my dear readers to take on a healthier lifestyle with ap-petizing and easy to prepare recipes you can do right in your own kitchen. One recipe I will share is the Herbed Crusted fish with Jicama (singkamas) salad mix. Thyme, tarragon and rosemary add zing to Herbed Crusted Fish with Jicama Salad. Jicama is otherwise known as singkamas.

250 grams, fish fillet, cut into serving pieces

2 tablespoons lemon juice salt and pepper to taste 1/4 cup MAYA ALL Purpose

Flour 2 pieces eggs, beaten 1 cup Japanese bread

crumbs, combine with 1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme 1 teaspoon chopped fresh tarra-

gon 1 teaspoon chopped fresh rose-

mary oil for frying

Salad:1 cup jicama strips (3 x 1/4 inch)1 cup halved fresh strawberries1/2 cup pineapple chunks

Dressing:2 tablespoons lime juice1 tablespoon honey2 teaspoons canola oil

Preheat oven to 350°F / 177°C. Lightly grease a medium baking sheet. Rub fish fillet with lemon juice then season with salt and pepper, coat with flour then dip into beaten eggs then roll in herb crumbs mixture. Heat skil-let and pan-fry fish.

Transfer to baking sheet then bake for 5-10 minutes. Set aside. In a bowl, combine jicama, strawberries and pineapple chunks.

In another bowl mix together all dressing ingredients then drizzle into salad mixture. To serve, arrange salad in a plate then top with herbed crusted fish.

frozen section of the supermarket. You can always make your own pizza dough . This recipe uses gorgonzola, parme-san, mozzarella and cream cheese. You can always use other cheeses such as stracchino, fontina or ricotta

120 g Pizza dough, prepared or make your own pizza dough

10 g cheese, cream24 g cheese, gorgonzola12 g cheese, parmesan grated74 g cheese, mozzarella62.5 g olive oil

1. Pre heat the oven to 400°F or 205°C.

2. Top the pizza dough with all the cheeses and place into oven.

3. Bake for 10-15 minutes in a reg-ular oven.

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ARBE CONSTRUCTION INC, a General Contractor was founded by Arnold Bejasa in 2000. Arnold, a Civ-

il Engineer by profession, graduated from Luzonian Uni-versity in Lucena City. Art Castro joined as his partner a few years ago; a B.S. Architecture graduate from Adamson University, Art spent his early years practicing his profes-sion in Singapore before migrating to the U.S. in 1998. Art is proud to be a Bagacenio from Bagac, Bataan.

ARBE Construction’s main business is residential, com-prising 80% of their portfolio. As General Contractors the

Entrepreneur Spotlight: ARBE Construction

Rizal Monument Project Finally Advances in the City of Carson

services they provide include: Complete Architectural/Structural Design, from schematic design to building per-mits; New Homes, Remodeling, Room Additions, Repairs, Kitchen, Bathrooms, Window/Door replacement, etc. They are also Engineering consultants. Their office is lo-cated in Burbank but they offer services for all of Southern California. ARBE’s clients include State Farm Insurance and Banco de Oro Remittance. With 30+ years of com-bined of experience in Design and Construction, ARBE CONSTRUCTION is the right choice as your Builder!

Rissy Lombos is a lovely 23 year old singer who is fast becoming a favorite of Pinoy- Ams who are

fans of the LA karaoke supper club scene. She is a member of the girl group, The Amazing Asian Dolls. Born in Paranaque, Metro Manila, she grew up in Tanay, Rizal and at the tender age of 11 moved to Chi-cago, Illinois. Rizzy went to Schaumberg High School and Harper Community College in the Windy City, majoring in Fashion Design and Merchandising.

Rizzy now resides in North Hollywood, California and sings at the Bamboo Bistro Restaurants in Panora-ma City and in West Covina, owned & operated by Mr. Dan Belen. Besides her vocal skills, her other talents include Hosting and dancing, performing in different venues with The Amazing Asian Dolls and as a solo artist. Rizzy started singing at the Kapistahan Grill in LA May 2010. Proving she has not forgotten her roots, Rizzy loves sinigang na baboy but also admits to crav-ing In & Out burgers, as well as professing her love of cheesecake, “but only from The Cheesecake Factory!”

Rizzy is an amazing singer and will be touring San Diego, San Francisco and Fairfield CA in November, and performing with The Amazing Asian Dolls at the PALA Casino November 11th, 2011. (Joe Arciaga / Tera Verde Photography)

Art Castro (L), Arnold Bejasa (Middle) with Dave Hernandez (Right), a community leader in San Fernando ValleyRissy Lombos

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Left to Right: Carson Mayor Jim Dear, Consul General Mary Jo Aragon, Carson Councilmember Elito Santarina

Rizal Monument Project Guests

A high- profile Press Con-ference was held recently

to inform the community about

The Dr. Jose Rizal Monu-ment Project, chaired by Mr. Chito Mandap. Local com-munity leaders from different LA area organizations, includ-ing the United Pampangueno Leaders, Filipino- American Chamber of Commerce- LA, Lions Club, Kalayaan Execu-tive Council and FilamARTS

attended the conference at the LA office of the Philippine Consul General on October 5th 2011.

Luminaries included LA Consul Gener-al Mary Joe Aragon, City of Carson Mayor Jim Dear and City of Carson Councilmem-ber Elito Santarina, who all spoke about the project, the challenges it faced, praising Mr. Mandap for his hard work and dedication.

The Dr. Jose Rizal Monument Project Chair, Chito Mandap stated that after 7

long years of actual “blood, sweat and tears”, the project is finally moving forward, thanks to the support of Mayor Dear and the

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same Air Force One that flew President Reagan over 660,000 miles – to 26 foreign countries and 46 U.S.states – and you will learn how he changed the face of global diplomacy.

This Flying White House, tail number 27000, served seven U.S Presidents from 1973 to 2001, in-cluding Presidents Nixon, Carter, Ford, Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Clinton and George W. Bush. For Ronald Reagan, this was the plane in which he hand-wrote many of his speeches, signed important legislation and even officially started the Daytona Beach, Flor-

ida NASCAR race via phone.But the Air Force One Pavilion

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The Air Force One Pavilion at the Reagan Library is one of Southern California’s “must-see” destinations!

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