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After huge win by Philippines in Int’l tribunal ruling on Maritime dispute
CHINA IGNORES RULING,
REMAINS DEFIANT
Only a few days after the
Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), an international court based in the
Hague Netherlands, rejected China’s maritime
claim on almost 90
percent
of
the
South China sea
and awarded the
Philippines
an
historic and legal
victory, the Chinese government
ignored all calls
from the international
community to abide
with the decision.
Other Southeast Asian nations such as Malaysia, Vietnam and Taiwan have
Former President
Arroyo acquitted on
plunder case
overlapping claims in the
area too.
It has also continued its
harassment of Filipino fishermen with its superior
naval power, driving
away fishing boats
from the contested
Baja de Masinloc,
also known as Scarborough shoal, a
very rich fishing
ground that is located within the territory of the Philippines or
the so-called exclusive
(Continued on page 4)
Enverga vs. Balita defamation case: Tess
Cusipag to seek appeal (see COUNTERPOINT pg 4)
The "teflon Queen" is free. Former resident Gloria
Macapagal Arroyo, known for dodging or squeezing out of
tight situations, has done it again.
The Philippine Supreme Court has cleared her of any
wrongdoings in the plunder case against her in connection
with the Philippine charity sweepstakes funds estimated
at P365 million, setting the way for her freedom from hospital detention after four years.
SEE RELATED STORY
MIXED REACTIONS FROM SENATORS page 3
Filipino Centre Toronto
up for sale
SEE FULL STORY ON PAGE 8
President Ordinary
JUST CALL ME RODY, NOT
'YOUR EXCELLENCY'
By Manny Piñol
President Rodrigo R. Duterte presides over a cabinet meeting at the
State Dining Room in Malacañan Palace. KING RODRIGUEZ/PPD
A funny thing happened
Monday night when I made a
presentation before the Cabinet on the planned preparation for the expected onslaught of La Nina, the climatic phenomenon which
brings unusually heavy
rains.
Following protocol, I started
my presentation with the
usual courtesies for President Rody Duterte and the
members of the Cabinet.
(Continued on page 6)
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SC ruling to SAF commandos raid Bilibid
acquit Arroyo on first day of deployment
draws mixed Philippine National
Special Action
reactions Police
Force troopers deto National
from senators ployed
Bilibid Prison have
By Joel Dizon
By: Maila Ager
Former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. INQUIRER FILE
PHOTO
Senators have mixed reactions over
the Supreme Court’s (SC) junking of
the remaining plunder case against
former President and now Pampanga Representative Gloria MacapagalArroyo as one expressed disbelief
while another was supportive, citing
humanitarian consideration.
“What’s happening? These are trying times and why did they have to
wait for the change in administration to issue that ruling?” newly
elected Senator Leila De Lima said
in an interview at the Senate on
Tuesday.
De Lima, former head of the Department of Justice, said she was disappointed with and “disheartened” by
the ruling, noting how the Sandiganbayan had repeatedly dismissed
Arroyo’s plea for bail and demurer
to evidence.
But she said she had already foreseen the favorable decision for Arroyo after the SC allowed former
Senator Juan Ponce Enrile to post
bail in a plunder case due to health
reasons.
“It also crossed my mind (before)
when the Supreme Court also granted bail to former Senator Enrile…
sabi ko baka isunod nila yung (I
thought they would also do the
same to the) case of the former
President ’cause we’re seeing their
situations and the Supreme Court
seems to assume the role now of
trier of facts,” De Lima said.
“Kasi yung Sandiganbayan several
times na yang ni-reject, the plea for
bail and then demurrer to evidence
etcetera (Sandiganbayan has rejected the the plea for bail and then demurrer to evidence etcetera several
times) because Sandiganbayan is
the trier of facts ganun din sa case
nun ni former Senator Enrile na imbes na ipaubaya sa Sandiganbayan
ang decision (the same as the case of
Senator Enrile that instead of letting
the Sandiganbayan decide) whether
or not to grant the bail for the former senator, the SC assumed that
role, citing failing health or old age,
for health reasons which is not even
a ground because the only ground
recognized by the Constitution and
the law is the evidence of guilt is not
strong.”
“Now here’s the Supreme Court
based on the news reports saying
that the evidence of guilt is not
strong, now supplanting again the
assessment of the Sandigabayan as a
trier of facts. So it’s disappointing,”
the senator added.
De Lima said she was disheartened
by the decision pointing out how the
previous administration fought hard
against corruption.
Akbayan Senator Risa Hontiveros,
one of the petitioners in the plunder
cases against Arroyo in connection
with the alleged misuse of Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office
(PCSO) fund, also expressed shock
and disappointment with the SC ruling.
Continued on page 6
raided prison cells on
the first day of their
mission. They seized
cash, suspected shabu
and signal boosters
among others which
were presented to the
Justice Secretary and
the PNP Chief, the PNP said.
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Around 300 highly trained and well equipped elite cops will be guarding the
said penitentiary. The police commandos will stay at the NBP for two to
three months and will be assisted by members of Philippine Marines.
The turn-over ceremony was attended by Department of Justice Secretary
Vitaliano Aguirre II and PNP Chief Police Director General Ronald Dela Rosa.
In his speech, PDG Dela Rosa reminded the SAF troopers to perform their
duties with honesty and not to involve themselves in the act of corruption .
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CHINA IGNORES RULING, REMAINS DEFIANT
COUNTERPOINT
economic zone (EEZ). The EEZ covers at least 200- nautical mile of a country under the United Nations Convention
on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) of which both the Philippines and China are signatories.
The UNCLOS is a binding treaty among the UN member
nation signatories recognizing the limits and boundaries
of each signatory state. As a signatory, China is duty
bound to abide by this UNCLOS agreement but which now
refuses after the landmark ruling in favour of the Philippines.
The area is a traditional fishing ground for Filipinos as
well as Chinese and other nationalities but was seized by
the Chinese government in 2012.
Television footage taken days after the July 12 court decision against China, showed huge Chinese Coast guards
vessels chasing away a crew of Filipino fishermen from
Zambales, a Philippine province that has jurisdiction over
the contested shoal.
The bellicose action of the Chinese government has led to
continued call for the Chinese government to abide by the
tribunal’s ruling.
Meanwhile, the Philippine has acted with “restraint and
sobriety” despite the stunning victory against its giant superpower neighbor, opting for a diplomatic resolution and
negotiation on a bilateral basis.
China, while recently offering to open talks with the Philippines, wanted negotiations to commence but on the condition that talks should “disregard” or not include the UNbacked tribunal’s ruling.
The Philippine foreign affairs secretary Perfecto Yasay
quickly rejected the offer made by Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi saying, “it is not consistent with our constitution and our national interest”.
The international tribunal said, “Beijing (China) had violated the Philippine sovereign rights to exploit resources
in waters up 200 nautical miles beyond its coasts or what
is called as the EEZ”.
New Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has offered to
send former Philippine president Fidel V. Ramos, a former
military man and elder statesman, as a special envoy to
China to break the impasse between the two countries.
Ramos is considered as an excellent negotiator and a well
respected Asian leader but regarded as a US ally, having
been trained in the US West Point.
There is widespread belief that while China has remained
stubborn and a tough nut to crack, its reputation as an
emerging superpower and potential Asian leader has been
tainted.
Hongkong columnist Frank Ching in his column titled,
“Behind the bluster, China nurses a wound”, he wrote,
“The tribunal’s ruling has also brought legal clarity to the
various South China sea claimants. In their future dealings with China, countries such as Vietnam and Malaysia
will know that China’s claim in fact have little or no legal
validity and they have a stronger moral position objecting
to Chinese actions in their exclusive economic zones.”
(Continued on page 8)
Tenny F. Soriano
INSCRUTABLE CHINA AND
INTERNATIONAL MORALITY
As a student of international law, I find it confusing if
not a mystery why China
signed the 1996 United Nations Convention on the
Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)
that defines among others
each country’s exclusive
economic zones (EEZ)
within the 200 nautical
miles from its coastal areas.
In agreeing to that treaty,
China had in effect given up
its historic rights to waters
beyond its 200 mile limit
under the UNCLOS.
The Philippines, along with
China and some 165 other
nations comprise the signatories.
But then, when it claimed
some 90 percent of the
South China seas, in dispute
with other contending parties including the Philippines, it was encroaching
on the 200 mile EEZ of other nations such as in the
case of the Philippines’ Bajo
de Masinloc or Scarborough shoal, clearly a
part of the municipality of
Masinloc in Zambales province.
What it was claiming, according to the decision
handed down by the UNbacked Permanent Court of
Arbitration (PCA) was a
territory or an EEZ within
the Philippines area.
Why in heavens name did
Beijing’s military seized
Scarborough shoal as its
own when it is located remotely and far from China’s
nearest coastline well beyond its 200 mile limit.
As a result, the so-called
nine-dash line covering a
wide swath of maritime
areas in Vietnam, Malaysia
and the Philippines that it
calls as its territories was
rejected by the international court and described as
“having no validity”.
It meant a huge victory of
the Philippines and also for
other claimant nations if
they were to pursue a similar case against the Asian
giant in the near future.
But it has ignored, rejected,
refused to acknowledge or
even participate in the international tribunal, a clear
contradiction of it being a
signatory to the UNCLOS
and as a member of the
peace loving community of
nations.
It has even harassed Filipino fishermen in the South
China seas through its superior navy, and then made
a 360 degree turn after its
humiliating defeat in the
international court by saying it is ready to talk or negotiate with the Philippines.
However, it set a condition
for talks to become a reality: no talks if the international court’s ruling would
become a basis for such
negotiations.
It also warned of a
“confrontation” if such ruling would be used in proposed talks. To many, this
is a veiled threat.
self from the rest of the
world on this issue, China is
edging towards becoming a
pariah state, one without a
sense of International morality and an adherence to
international law.
In using its power through
bullying, grabbing territories not in accordance with
international law, China has
lost its international morality and is therefore malfunctioning in maintaining
good relations with other
nations.
Even the charter of the
United Nations “reflects
international morality in
many of its provisions” i.e.,
respect for human rights
(China has a poor track record on human rights), the
desire for peace with war
being recognized as immoral.
But pundits predict that the
maverick attitude of Beijing
won’t last long in the face of
international pressure and
world opinion.
It wants to save face on its
billion citizenry by projecting an image of strength as
an emerging power to inspire widespread sense of
patriotism even among its
dissidents and rabid oppositions within and without
the communist party apparatus.
A David stood up to Goliath
and it is now licking its
wound.
But Hongkong columnist
Frank Ching commented in
the Globe and Mail that despite China’s brave face and
declaration that dozens of
countries are on its side in
the current South China sea
dispute,“so far those that
have commented on the
ruling, including the United
In continuing to isolate it-
(Continued on page 10)
The Philippine foreign affairs secretary stood pat, he
rejected the offer and conditions set by the Chinese
Minister Wang Yi.
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Sudden Impact:
President Rodrigo Duterte’s
first 15 days in office
Narco-trafficking has suddenly
screeched to a screaming slow
-down in these shores of ours.
In just two weeks after Rodrigo Roa Duterte officially assumed the role of President
and Commander-in-Chief of
the Republic of the Philippines, 135 drug-related killings were reported, 60,000
self-confessed and suddenly
afraid drug addicts, pushers
and drug lieutenants surrendered to police authorities en
masse all across the country, 5
top-ranking generals named
and some 23 local government
officials were already tagged
as big-time drug lord protectors. Still unconvinced to his
central election campaign
promise to stop the unbridled
illegal drugs trade and real
social cancer that the previous
administrations lamely addressed and allowed to fester?
Many spines shivered and cojones shriveled as the daily
reports and accounting of the
statistics on the seriousness of
Duterte’s war against drugs
unravel in the press and social
media go higher with each
passing day.
The peoples’ reactions mostly
varied from “dapat lang”, “sofar-so-good”, “it’s-about-time”
to “change-is-really-coming”
and the general public gave
PRRD an overwhelming +79%
rating in the latest SWS survey
for what his 15-day old administration is doing not only in
the way the nasty narcobusiness is being dealt with
but also in the no-nonsense
direction his new appointees
in the Cabinet are charting
government programs and
policies towards change in
their respective turfs.
A very impressive start? The
ordinary people we have
talked to believe it is the beginning of something beyond
mere impression. In his first
two weeks in office, President
Rody (as he prefers to be
called) has transmitted his
message that he is here to
work for the interest of all
Filipinos:
He promised to streamline all
processes in government
agencies to make things easier
for all of us; he instructed the
Department of Education to
improve drug literacy with
drug education to start with
Grade 4 students and make it
more practical so students can
understand better; the Department of Agrarian Reform
opened its gates to rallyists
after nearly two decades of
being padlocked; the President gave Vice President Leni
Robredo the Cabinet post to
head the Housing and Urban
Development
Coordinating
Council to close the gap between them and killed the
“laglag bala” for good at NAIA
instructing the Aviation Security Group not to arrest, detain
and file charges against passengers who were found possessing ammunition without
the obvious means to fire it.
For many of our countrymen,
the impact of Duterte’s first 15
days as our Chief Honcho is
sudden and hey, as our favorite barber Mang Inar agreed, it
is for real. But the waves of
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change have not yet reached
nor intimidated the “loyalist”
of the yellow “Daang Matuwid”
regime it seems. The paid
hacks in the mainstream press
and the con”trolls” in the social media have been unrelenting in their rabid dirty-dartshoot-fest against the “Digong
scoreboard”.
Crying out loud in the battlefront of the Duterte Drugs
War, Senator Leila De Lima is
suddenly grabbing the news
for her stand on human rights
violation, extrajudicial killings
and vigilantism as more and
more drug peddlers fall on the
alleys and waysides of their
trade. She is intent and prepared to conduct the Senate
investigation on the Philippine
National Police (PNP) handling of the situation despite
the haul of illegal drugs operators and billions of pesos
worth of “shabu” confiscations
during these past weeks by
PNP Chief Ronald “Bato” de la
Rosa.
Many of our countrymen have
long believed that the illegal
drugs trade has corrupted the
military, police ranks, the judiciary and politicians in Congress as well as local government officials. Even in the far
flung islands and coastal
towns in our archipelago, people are aware that the Philippines has become a “haven”
for drug smugglers. With all
those big-time drug lords and
syndicates now being exposed
and their protectors in high
government positions unmasked the reality becomes
clear and the long suspecting
public agreed that their new
President is really really angry.
The pressure of the on-going
serious war against drugs may
have addled some brains, inspired conscience and sudden
compassion and induced paranoia for those convicted and
serving prison terms at Bilibid
prisons to start “ratting” and
squealing about who’s who in
the “drug-protection” scheme.
But for the public, the graphic
news of lavish parties, the opulence, the pampered life and
brisk business of drug lords
inside Bilibid during the watch
of Senator De Lima as Justice
Secretary remain vivid and
raise unordinary questions
from ordinary people here at
home invoking memories the
Manguindanao media massacre, the fallen PNP SAF 44 at
Mamasapano and those protesting farmers killed by police dispersal team in North
Cotabato that have remained
pending cases and end of justice still unserved.
As Clint Eastwood in the film
“Sudden Impact” said in his
character as cop Dirty Harry
said: “Suck fish heads.”
* * *
The netizens of the social media are all abuzz by the
“victory” of the Philippines in
its arbitration case filed during the BS Aquino presidency
against China on the nine-dash
-line claim it held on over
there in the waters (PAC) in
The Hague has released its
decision last July 12 invalidating the demarcation line in the
rocks that China has insisted
as its own and started
“improving” on these as “made
-by-China” islands by building
an airstrip, wharfs and fortifications thereat.
We are no lawyer and our legalese are as bare as some of
the reefs in question there but
we are reacting on the overreaching and over-euphoric
“high” of the minions or, well,
“trolls” who have become
“belligerent” in their postings
because China refused to accept the PAC’s decision.
All of a sudden, many have
become immediate experts in
foreign policy and maritime
sovereignty.
From tricycle
and jeepney drivers, manicurists, balut vendors, meat dealers and fish mongers have
strongly opinionated on the
issue.
Of course we too are happy
with the PAC ruling that the
China’s “Nine-Dash-Line” is
nada and that the Tribunal
upheld most of the arguments
(15 in all) of our country, notable of which is that the NDL
is not in accordance with the
United Nations Convention on
the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)
and has no basis in law, and it
was not right for China to prevent Filipino fishermen for
engaging in traditional fishing
at the Scarborough Shoal
which has been a traditional
fishing area as well for other
fishermen in neighboring
countries that are also claimant in that marine expanse.
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Passages: In Remembrance
Bong Daza: Not just Isabelle's father
ple – especially the younger
generation – would think.
For one, he was known as a
gourmand and a food entrepreneur, following in the footsteps of his mother, culinary
icon Nora Daza, who passed
away in 2013.
BONG DAZA. Isabelle Daza's father, Bong Daza, dies on July 14,
2016. Bong is photographed with Belle and his former wife Gloria
Diaz. Screengrab from Instagram/isabelledaza
MANILA – Fans of Isabelle
Daza were shocked on Thursday after the actress announced that her father, Bong
Daza, has passed away.
ed that the elder Daza was
brought to the ICU of Makati
Medical Center. According to
The Philippine Star, he was
suffering from hypertension.
Isabelle’s
announcement
came days after it was report-
Mr. Daza was not just another
celebrity father, as many peo-
Senator Helena Benitez.
INQUIRER FILE PHOTO
Benitez’s remains arrived at
the main entrance of the Senate building shortly before
10:00 a.m. After a short ceremony, her remains were
brought to the session hall of
the chamber.
Aside from food, Bong also
dabbled in politics as councillor of Makati City.
He was formerly married to
Miss Universe 1969 Gloria
Diaz, who is Isabelle’s mother.
They eventually separated.
SC RULING TO ACQUIT...
“I am shocked with the high
court’s ruling. But we will
not lose hope. Tuloy ang
laban para sa katarungan
(Let us continue to fight for
justice),” Hontiveros said in
a statement.
The ruling of the high court,
she said, was a “sad day for
justice.”
“The case we filed is strong.
In fact, it was one of the two
PCSO plunder cases admitted by the Office of the Ombudsman under Conchita
Carpio-Morales, and subsequently filed before the Sandiganbayan,” said the senator.
Hontiveros said the Ombudsman had already confirmed the alleged diversion
of funds from PCSO’s operating budget to the confidential or intelligence fund,
which could be withdrawn
or accessed any time and
with few restrictions.
The Ombudsman, she said,
had also confirmed that the
said funds were “converted,
misused
and
illegallytransferred the funds for
their own use in the guise of
fictitious expenditures.”
On the other hand, Senator
Panfilo Lacson backed the
ruling, saying Arroyo has
already suffered enough
“having spent six years in
detention under an extremely difficult physical
condition.”
“Even for purely humanitarian consideration, I support
the SC ruling to free her and
accord her some comfort for
the remaining years of her
life which are not really that
many considering her age,”
Lacson said in a text message to reporters,
“As I have repeatedly said,
while I will never forget
who they are, I have forgiven all my tormentors for the
past 9 years under her administration,
living
or
dead,” he added.
Senator Francis “Chiz” Es-
MANO PO. President Rodrigo R. Duterte gives respect to Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle when the latter visited PRRD at the President’s
Study Room in Malacañan Palace on July 19. KIWI BULACLAC/PND
the necrological services for
the late senator were Senate
President Franklin Drilon,
and Senators Vicente “Tito”
Sotto III and Risa Hontiveros,
former Senators Santanina
Rasul , Wigberto Tanada, Letecia Ramos-Shahani, family
members and friends.
Rasul, Tanada and Shahani
were among those who delivered their eulogies for the
late senator.
Among those who attended
(Continued from page 3)
Images of Respect
and Humility from
Rodrigo Duterte,
Philippines’ most
powerful man
His siblings are also part of
the country’s culinary scene –
Sandy Daza is a TV host, food
columnist and restaurateur;
Nina is the editor-in-chief of
Appetite Magazine; Mariles is
a cookbook author; and Stella
is a chef.
Sen. Helena Benitez returns to
Senate for last time
Past and incumbent senators
attended on Tuesday the necrological services at the Senate for former Senator Helena
Benitez, who passed away
last Thursday at the age of
102.
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cudero said he respects the
SC decision, saying that
“respect for the rule of law
demands nothing less.”
“I respect the decision of the
Court as everyone else
should, whether they agree
with it or not. Respect for
the rule of law demands
nothing less,” Escudero said
in another text message.
He was quick to dismiss,
however, that the court’s
decision was influenced by
President Rodrigo Duterte’s
previous statement that he
was willing to pardon the
former leader.
“I don’t think the statements
of President Duterte have
anything to do with it as I
believe in the independence
of the Court,” Escudero said.
Senator Antonio Trillanes IV
believed otherwise, noting
that Arroyo’s release was
one of Duterte’s campaign
promises.
“At least, he (Duterte) did
not need to do much to fulfill this one,” Trillanes said.
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ECONOMY FLIGHT. President Rodrigo Duterte travels from Manila
to Davao City in an ordinary commercial flight of the Philippine Air
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dent said.
JUST CALL ME RODY
I chuckled and told him:
"Sorry, Mr. President."
"Your Excellency, members
of the Cabinet ...," I said as I
began to explain why, in the
face of the unpredictability
of climate, the country must
strive to attain not only rice
self-sufficiency but establish
a 6-month buffer stock.
While he simply wanted me
and the other members of
the Cabinet to call him
"Rody," protocol dictates
that we address him using
his title "Mr. President."
Halfway through my presentation and as I kept repeating
"Your Excellency" to address
President Duterte, I noticed
that he pulled a piece of paper and a ballpen from Finance
Secretary
Sonny
Dominguez.
Sec. Dominguez sits between
me and the President.
After scribbling something
on the piece of paper, President Duterte pushed it to
Sec. Dominguez who passed
it on to me.
Pausing from my presentation to read the Presidential
note, I saw the message:
"Stop addressing me Your
Excellency. Just call me Rody," the note from the Presi-
This is how simple this President is.
This is the President who
told airport authorities not
to
suspend
commercial
flights whenever he uses the
airport.
This is the President who has
instructed his Cabinet members to travel economy class
and to use ordinary vehicles
without the No. 6 plate reserved for Department Secretaries.
He leads by example in living
a simple lifestyle.
President Duterte is President Ordinary.
Actually, by being very ordinary he has in fact become
President Extra-Ordinary. ⦿
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Sandigan issues hold departure order vs ex-VP Binay, son
Carolyn Bonquin
The Office of the Ombudsman
earlier filed four counts of
graft, nine counts of falsification of public documents and
one count of malversation
charge against Binay for
awarding the phases 1, 2 and
3 of the construction of the
carpark building without
proper public bidding.
Former Vice-President Jejomar Binay. ABS–CBN FILE PHOTO
MANILA - The Sandiganbayan
3rd Division on Tuesday issued a hold departure order
against former vice-president
Jejomar Binay and his son,
former Makati Mayor Junjun
Binay, after the two were
charged in connection with
the construction of Makati
City Hall Building 2.
Binay's son, former Makati
Mayor Junjun Binay, faces
additional two counts of graft
and one count of malversation. Binay Jr. was already
charged with two counts of
graft and six counts of falsification for the 4th and 5th
phase of the project last February.
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Binay Sr., whose six-year term
as vice-president ended last
June 30, was the Makati
mayor when the first three
phases of the project rolled
out in 2007.
Binay Jr. continued the remaining phases of the building construction when took
over his father's position in
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The cases against the elder
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P599.395 million for the third
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Binay's legal counsel, Daniel
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the hold departure order is a
"necessary consequence of
the mere filing of an Information in the Sandiganbayan.
It is applicable to all."
"However, it has no bearing at
all on the merits of the case.
We are confident that these
frivolous cases will be dismissed," he added.
The former vice-president
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FCT UP FOR SALE
Amid rising cost of maintenance
and debt obligations, the Filipino
Center of Toronto (FCT), the centerpiece of the Filipino community
in the early 2000s has been put up
for sale.
Dr.Francisco Portugal, one of the
earliest officer of the FCT said an
offer has been dangled to the board
of officers led by its president
Lynda Javier for the amount of
some $5.9 million.
The proposal was bared during a
meeting last July 20 at its
Cabbagetown headquarters in Parliament street in downtown Toronto.
Portugal said he is in favour of the
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sale “for as long as nobody will
benefit from the sale other than the
community.”
The decision to put the center on
the “block” was due to what Portugal said were rising maintenance
costs and mounting debts owed to
“some personalities” whom he did
not identify.
For instance, the air conditioners
and parts have to be replaced to
the tune of some $200,000.
He said the FCT will move to another location that will possibly include a sports facility and other
amenities.
The FCT has been at the center of
acrimonious and expensive court
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By a.f. soriano
battles between the group of Portugal and its president Lynda Javier
but this has been ironed out and
settled only after close to a million
dollars was spent in lawyers and
other legal fees.
That bitter controversy dragged for
a number of years as both sides
traded accusations of rigged elections, mismanagement and as well
as charges of libel including some
from the media sector.
As the first and biggest Filipino
community centre ever established
here in the greater Toronto area,
the facility had hosted a plethora of
events, seminars and fora - all
geared towards community devel(Continued on page 9)
WAVES FROM HOME...
We must admit that we have to read
the full decision and that our understanding of the whole issue and repercussions is still limited to news reports and the taunts of the trolls (of
all colors and interests) in the social
media for careless and unfounded
drastic if not war-mongering action
they want the Duterte administration
to push just because we “won”.
In our respected Alex Magno’s column
(Phil. Star, July 14), he wrote that “the
matter of possession has to be tackled
in another court: The International
Court of Justice”. Because of China’s
refusal to abide by the PCA’s ruling
and may become springboard for
more arbitration, Professor Magno
added that it would be “a long and
winding process” that “may not be
completed in a generation, under the
best of circumstances.”
President Duterte rises to his being a
lawyer and statesman by saying that
diplomacy and peaceful talks should
be the road to take and stressed that
war is “not an option”. He wants consultations with many people on the
issue and consider neighbor countries
and other Western allies’ views as
well. As we write this column, Duterte
has requested former President Fidel
Valdez Ramos to go to China and start
the talks.
No, kabayans. The trolls may start
their own version of and personal
wars on the Internet against China,
but we are not on a battle footing.
And we agree with another respected
columnist Ted Locsin that President
Duterte is right on his position. Digong keeps his calm and not “rocking
the boat” in the maritime dispute of
the moment. Our Tata Joven Custodio,
a veteran and seasoned journalist
posted on his Facebook account on
the Arbitration Tribunal’s decision:
“Let us be magnanimous in victory, let
us not be a war freak in asserting our
He added that “underneath its brave
face, China knows that by defying
the world it has wounded itself “.
The prestigious Globe and Mail said
“Beijing has repeatedly acted as if it
considers itself above international
law desp being a signatory to the
UNCLOS. Beijing has consistently
ignored the law’s territorial limits
and its neighbors’ territorial claims,
in a series of aggressive actions, including the construction of artificial
islands that aim to assert sovereignty over the crowded sea lanes of the
resource-rich South China sea far
from China’s shores”.
Incidentally, the title of the Globe’s
editorial: “China’s international
problem is as wide as the sea.” ⦿
have a new vision and action direction under the Duterte administration. Secretary Mamondiong revealed
that TESDA skills training will reach
out to every municipality and barangays in the whole country through a
National Registration for Skills Training and Development that will be conducted.
(Continued from page 5)
We agree with many of our columnists here at home that we stopped
making exaggerations of “tsunamic”
proportions on the “victory” as if the
rocks are already ours because of the
Tribunal’s decision or to be correct
“Award” on our claim because the
PAC has “no power to decide on possession”.
EDITORIAL: CHINA IGNORES
RULING
We congratulate Secretary Gene Mamondiong as well as newly-appointed
Undersecretary Emily Padilla of the
DILG whom we missed during the
occasion.
Tesda Director and Secretary Gene Mamondiong (with microphone) and PNMFed
president Dante Liban
right, let no one become a stranger in
his own land.”
We have yet to prove in this life that
“No rock is an island.”
* * *
We have been invited to attend and
participate in the First Trainors
Training of the Peoples’ National
Movement for Federalism (PNMF)
headed by former Quezon City 2nd
District Congressman and also former
TESDA Director Dante Liban which
was held recently at the NAPOLCOMDepartment of the Interior and Local
Government’s Jesse M. Robredo Hall.
The movement for the transformation
of the Philippines from unitary to federal form of government which is one
of the strongest advocacies and part
of the Real Change platform during
the 2016 National and Local Elections
campaign of President Rody Duterte
has started and is fast gaining momentum.
The PNMF adhere to the principles of
“Shared Rule, Self-Rule and Shared
Governance”. Federalism is seen to
bring about balanced socio-economic
development, inclusive growth, foster
competitive spirit between and
among local governments, and promote quality leadership in local governance.
Present at the Trainors Training and
also the formal induction of members
of the PNMF which included former
governors, mayors, barangay officials
and civil society stakeholders was
newly-designated TESDA Director
and Cabinet Secretary Gene Mamondiong who told us that skills development in the entire archipelago will
Yes, kabayans, Change Is Really Coming. ⦿
July 2016
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A Research Study on Filipino Gay Seniors in Canada
Toronto, ON (July 2016). – The
Canadian population is aging. However, little is known about seniors
who are racialized minority and
gay as they cope with aging.
Fritz Pino, a doctoral student from
University of Toronto, is conducting a qualitative study on Filipino
gay seniors in Canada. He aims to
understand their experiences in
order to better create programs,
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FCT UP FOR SALE
opment.
To sustain the facility, some spaces
were put up for lease including a
banquet hall type rented out for
special occasions like weddings,
birthdays, debuts and community
organization events.
But these were not enough to sustain the expenses such as mortgages and other arrears incurred by
the center.
In a past interview, Felino Javier,
services, and policies for this marginalized population. Fritz will explore participants’ lived experiences, including their migration history, struggles, needs, meaning of aging, and strategies of survival.
Fritz is seeking participants for his
study. To qualify, participants have
to be (1) at least 60 years old, (2)
of Filipino ancestry, and (3) identify as gay. They will participate in
husband of president Javier said he
had volunteered his services to the
center in the maintenance of the
facility. He had shown this writer
the improvements they have made
without requiring the services of
private commercial handymen and
technicians to save up on cost.
He had personally installed a remote CCTV camera system that
could monitor the premises even
from the comfort of his home in far
away Oakville. The system, he said
is wired directly to the police in the
event of any break-ins or other untoward occurrences within the
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individual interviews and participant observation, where the researcher immerses in the daily activities of the participants. The research adheres to the ethical guidelines of the university on confidentiality, privacy, and data security.
According to Fritz, “through my research, I aim not only to understand
the experiences of Filipino gay seniors in our community, but also to
advocate for relevant resources and
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COUNTERPOINT: INSCRUTABLE CHINA...
States, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and India,
have all called on both sides to respect the decision. Not a single leader has joined China in calling
the tribunal (PCA) illegitimate. Underneath its
brave face, China knows that by defying the world
it has wounded itself.
*******
IRONIC TIMING: Secretary of Environment and
Natural Resources Gina Lopez has warned at least
four Chinese mining operators in Zambales to “get
their act together or I’ll tell them to go home.”
The four companies were warned that they will be
kicked out if they continue to pollute the environment. She also hit at the destruction of marine corals in the West Philippine sea by Chinese fishing
activities saying they “reflect what has become of
their culture” and which she said used to be spiritual.
“They’ve become materialistic”, she said, “all they
think of is money and they’re bullies” referring to
the recently favourable ruling of the Permanent
Court of Arbitration (PCA) for the Philippines.
******
President Rodrigo Duterte expressed surprise why
Chinese citizens are exporting and manufacturing
shabu in the Philippines.
He was referring to the spate of arrests of Chinese
and Taiwanese nationals caught in buy bust operations recently. Hmmmm
The Philippines: a nation high on Chinesemanufactured “Shabu”?
Hmmmm….looks like “Lutong Macao”, as they say.
******
THE CASE BETWEEN ENVERGA VS. BALITA/
CUSIPAG: I just received news that a Superior
Court of Justice, through The Honorable Judge Sidney Lederman,has found Balita Media and its publisher Tess Cusipag liable for defamation.
A press release emanating from the office of sen.
Tobias Enverga also said the judge awarded Enverga “general and aggravated damages, in addition to punitive damages”. It did not specify the
amount that Balita Media Inc. or Cusipag has to
pay.
This was in connection with a case filed by senator
Tobias Enverga, citing among others, published
statements made by the newspaper way back in
2010 on allegations of fraud against the senator on
behalf of the Kalayaan Cultural Community Centre
in 2000.
With the decision comes a permanent injunction
imposed upon Cusipag. It simply means that it is
“a final court order that a person or entity take
certain actions or refrain from certain activities. “A
permanent injunction is typically issued once a
lawsuit has been resolved. It may be in the form of
a “gag order” meaning a person is to refrain from
issuing any statements publicly, such as in the media or writing any pieces or articles about the case
or issues related to the case.
Ms.Cusipag is reportedly in consultations with her
lawyer in preparations to seeking an appeal on the
court decision.
As a media colleague of plaintiff Cusipag, we reserve our right to comment on this case by saying
the courts has spoken and we abide by such decision.
The decision to cite Cusipag and her newspaper for
defamation can only mean that there is indeed a
free press and such legal proceedings or actions
are only part of the day to day hazards that the
media and journalists encounter in their constant
pursuit of the truth or what is perceived as the
truth.
As journalists, we stand by the rule of law and this
particular decision is no exception.
As an editor of this newspaper, I can only urge our
colleagues to exercise our profession with dedicated truth and vigilance no matter what the consequences would be, whether it be incarceration,
public censure or ultimately paying for one’s life,
as in the case of our hundreds or thousands of colleagues who perished in the pursuit of truth and
justice.
May I remind our readers that opinions expressed
in this column are solely the personal views and
beliefs of the writer or author and not that of the
publisher or owners of this newspaper.
May we assure our reading public too that your
newspaper, Waves News, has always espoused and
will continue to espouse fair and objective reporting of national international and community
events as we see it through our honest and impartial eye. ⦿
High cholesterol fare
awaits Sona guests
Banana fritters (maruya) won’t be on the menu, after
all.
Instead, guests for afternoon snacks during President
Rodrigo Duterte’s first State of the Nation Address
(Sona) next Monday might want to take their maintenance medication before partaking of the cholesterol
-packed fare.
On the menu are Filipino-inspired lethal dishes such
as penne with aligue sauce or crab fat, balut pate in
profiteroles (pastry shells), native chips with salted
duck egg dressing, and chicken skin chicharon.
Balancing these off are healthier offerings such as
fresh lumpiang ubod (coconut pith spring rolls),
monggo (green bean) soup with smoked fish and
alugbati, flaked chicken adobo, and pan de sal with
native white cheese and beef steak.
An official at the House of Representatives earlier
said that Congress had slashed the budget for the
post-Sona snacks with simpler dishes, following the
example set during the inaugural of President Duterte where fried bananas were served.
Dietary nightmare
The official said an estimated P200,000 had been set
aside for the VIP guests invited to after-Sona snacks.
As of press time, it was not clear who will cater Monday’s afternoon snacks.
During the Aquino administration, The Plaza was the
favored caterer for official Malacanang functions.
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The calorific and cholesterol-laden offerings might be
a dietary nightmare for Mr. Duterte’s Cabinet members, most of whom are senior citizens and heirs to
age-related malaise such as hypertension and high
cholesterol.
According to the website of the College of Family
Physicians of Canada, “too much cholesterol in the
blood can raise the risk of having a heart attack or
stroke.”
It added: “The extra cholesterol in your blood may
be stored in your arteries (large blood vessels) and
cause them to narrow. Large deposits of cholesterol
can completely block an artery. If an artery that supplies blood to your heart becomes blocked, a heart
attack occurs. If an artery that supplies blood to your
brain becomes blocked, a stroke occurs.”
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Taste of Manila Aug 20-21 festival features Philippines’ iconic beer
San Miguel Beer celebrates 125 years
Welcome to San Miguel Beer, one of
the largest-selling beers globally and
among the Top 20 Brewers worldwide. With a long history across Asia,
it has consistently ranked as the top
beer company in Southeast Asia. For
over a hundred years, San Miguel
Beer has been the beer of choice for
people who truly want authentic connections. Brewed from a tradition of
high product quality that dates back
to over a hundred years, San Miguel
has captured the hearts, minds and
tastes of beer drinkers all over the
world.
Established in the Philippines in
1890, La Fabrica de Cerveza San
Miguel and later renamed San Miguel
Brewery, Inc., Southeast Asia’s first
brewery, produced and bottled what
would eventually become one of the
best-selling beers in Asia. Very early
on, the company’s pioneering spirit
led the brand to cross oceans and
open new markets in Asia and the
Pacific by the turn of the century. By
1914, San Miguel Beer was already
being exported from its headquarters
in Manila to Shanghai, Hong Kong
and Guam. By the 1930s, it would
eventually become the only brewer
outside of Europe to own and operate
a brewery and have its product
brewed locally in the US Mainland,
the world’s largest beer market, well
before the Second World War. As
one of the pioneers in Asia, San Miguel established a brewery in Hong
Kong in 1948. In the early 1950s,
San Miguel crossed continents, paving the way for the creation of San
Miguel Fabricas de Cerveza y Malta,
S.A. and helped put up its first brewery in Lerida, Spain. By 1957, the
first bottle of San Miguel Especial
was produced and enjoyed in the
Spanish beer market. San Miguel
underwent rapid expansion in the 80s
and 90s as licensing agreements,
sales offices, joint ventures and new
breweries were opened in Nepal, Taiwan, Cambodia, China, Indonesia,
Vietnam and Thailand. In doing so,
San Miguel has also shared beer
manufacturing technology and innovation to local people for the past 125
years, helping build a “beer culture” to
both traditionally beer and non-beer
markets.
Today, San Miguel Brewery Inc. remains as the undisputed leader in its
home market, with total market share
of more than 90%. Outside the country, it continues to build and strengthen its presence globally, making its
products available in over 40 countries and territories worldwide in North
America, South America, Europe,
Africa, the Middle East, Australia and
the rest of Asia.
From a single brewery churning out a
single beer, the San Miguel Beer family has grown into a formidable array
of popular beer products enjoyed in
different parts of the world, which include world-renowned San Miguel
Pale Pilsen, San Mig Light, San Miguel Cerveza Negra and Red Horse
Beer.
The company’s unwavering commitment to product quality and excellence manifested itself in numerous
awards and citations that the prestigious Monde Selection, and the Australian International Beer Awards
have bestowed on San Miguel Beer
products and its breweries over the
years.
These citations speak volumes about
San Miguel’s continuing commitment
to product quality and excellence.
Throughout its remarkable 125 year
existence, San Miguel has travelled
the world and has been absorbed and
embraced in the historical, social and
cultural fibre of the markets it serves.
San Miguel has forged bonds that
have spanned centuries, continents
and cultures. It has brought people
together to celebrate diversity, enjoy
fun and cultivate friendships.
San Miguel is now working with Pacif-
ic Ark, Inc. to expand distribution in
Ontario, Canada.
Celebrating life for 125 years….
this is the world of San Miguel.
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Get ready to dance!
The Taste of Manila Festival 2016
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York Centre
Toronto City Councillor James
As the Toronto City
Councillor for Ward 10,
York Centre, it is truly a
great privilege to work
with Toronto's Filipino
community on a number
of exciting cultural and
economic
initiatives,
highlighted by the Taste
of Manila Festival.
3-time Aliw awardee for Best Performing Group will headline ‘I-Baile Mo, I-Disco
Mo!”, street dancing on Bathurst Street at the Taste of Manila, August 20-21.
2016 ANCOP WALK at Taste of Manila
We are honoured to host
the Taste of Manila festival in Ward 10 at Bathurst Street and Wilson
Avenue. Since 2014, the
festival has been a remarkable success that
has attracted tens of
thousands of people to
our neighbourhood with
visitors coming from
across the city, the province and even as far as
the United States. Festivals such as this are one
of the reasons why Toronto is such a great
place to live and work.
Pasternak
Working closely with the
Philippine Cultural Community Centre and all of
the festival's organizers,
I have seen first-hand
the enormous amounts
of time and energy that
go into making the event
possible. This is why I
am committed to offering whatever resources
are available from the
City of Toronto to ensure that the Taste of
Manila festival continues
to grow and thrive. I
look forward to seeing
everyone at the festival
this year in August.
Taste of Manila is just
one of the many important initiatives we
have worked on with
members of Toronto's
Filipino
community.
These include organizing a fundraising concert
for the victims of Typhoon Haiyan, working
to form a Business Improvement Area along
Wilson Avenue and
showcasing
Filipino
musicians at cultural
events.
We are also investing
into the Bathurst and
Wilson neighbourhood
including enhancements
to the Bathurst-Wilson
Parkette,
streetscape
and public realm. The
Bathurst-Wilson bridge
is also finally being repaired with new lighting
and sidewalks planned.
This is in addition to the
$2.5 Million project completed last year to repave Wilson Avenue.
As always, please do not
hesitate to contact me
anytime for assistance at
416-392-1371 and visit
www.jamespasternak.
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ANCOP CANADA’s president Ricky Cuenca signs an agreement with PCCC Chair Rolly
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Saving Lives in the Filipino Community
FIDO Joins ToM as Gold Sponsor
Canadian Blood Services paid a courtesy visit at the Philippine Consulate to introduce the need for Filipino donors. Clockwise: Consul Bolivar Bao, Cultural Officer
Janet Hizon, Lilet Raffinan, Territory Manager and Judy Compton, Assoc. Director.
PCCC welcomes FIDO wdna as Gold Sponsor for 2016 Taste of Manila festival. Present are Teresa Torralba, Rolly Mangante, Daniel & Layla Blaza, Marketing Manager
PCUAA’s SummerFest
Friendly rivalry games fought; sense of brotherhood enhanced
By Willie Jose
It was awesome and inspiring to see
the friendly rivalry shown by the alumni of the various colleges and universities during the SummerFest of the Philippine Colleges & Universities Alumni
Associations (PCUAA) held recently in
the Mississauga Valley Community
Park.
These alumni both young and old, together with their friends tried their
very best to win in every game they
joined in: it was uplifting to witness
their grim determination, exerting all
their mental and physical strength to
pull some sort of victory.
More than winning these friendly
games, these alumni, two-thirds of
whom are seniors, the sheer joy of seeing their friends and having a brief chat
with some alumni from other schools,
have motivated them to keep on regularly attending this gathering and be
counted.
These alumni had their own places of
operation where they could put up
their banners and set up the park’s
wooden tables for their food and
drinks.
To put some order in this gathering,
some alumni groups had been given
their assigned spots, setting up their
schools’ banners on tables under the
trees, while the others positioning
their spots right under the covered
roof of the Centennial Park site.
So noticeable were the many people
clicking their cameras, cell phones and
tablets to take photos; I saw a guy volunteering to take the shots, saying “ Oh,
I’ll be the one to take the shots so everyone will be here in the picture “. And
as expected the poor fellow was then
asked to take the pictures from other
people’s smartphones and tablets.
It was heartwarming to see the way a
number of alumni crisscrossing the
imaginary “boundary”
separating
schools’ designated spots-- hopping
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Bianca Manlapaz is PIDC Little Miss Philippines 2016
LEFT PHOTO: PIDC President Norma Carpio places the crown on BIANCA MANLAPAZ, Little Miss Philippines PIDC 2016 as Aurora Ticzon Elefano, Overall Pageant Chair and Samantha Gavin, former Little Miss Philippines assists. RIGHT PHOTO: Little Miss Philippines PIDC 2016 and her entourage with PIDC's organizing & working Committee. PHOTOS
BY FLORO VIRTUCIO.
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chatting with their friends.
FRIENDLY RIVALRY….
I remember a conversation I
had with some alumni from
Mapua and UST—their tables
were just beside our Pamantasan alumni group and out of
the blue we discussed ways in
improving the traffic mess in
Metro Manila.
from one table to the other to
have some taste of the variety
of dishes laid on the picnic
tables.
There was one guy who went
around the picnic areas to
share some free scoops of
Taho to people sans the sweet
syrup and sago.
So, this annual event is not just
a sporstfest, it’s also a way of
striking friendship and doing
some networking to expand
their professional and social
contacts. While some were
simply watching the games,
the other seniors’ alumni were
One suggestion was why not
construct hanging cable cars
to ease the traffic, I broached
an idea why not simply improve the train system--the
PNR-- and it’s more practical
since the infrastructures such
as these tracks are already in
place; so it would be a matter
of adding more coaches.
Another guy told us these
manufacturing
industries
could be relocated elsewhere
in the metropolis just like
what they had done before,
transferring some big manufacturing companies in Sta
Rosa, in Laguna, thereby the
workers don’t have to go to
Manila to work.
Well, having a sumptuous
lunch or dinner is what could
define a Filipino gathering;
and of course with the ubiquitous “Litson” menudo, adobo
and laing, what more could we
ask for. And the hot weather
was not even an issue because
sago and gulaman were within
one’s reach, always ready to
quench everyone’s thirst.
I would dare guess that maybe
about a third of those who
attended were seniors, so after the lunch, I saw some of
them napping while some light
games were going on. And
because the picnic park is not
near the site’s parking lot,
many of these alumni were
seen pulling their carts loaded
with bags, containers, cases of
water, going to their respective places.
I asked some alumni about
the Lyceum of the Philippines,
the alma mater of President
Duterte where he’s said to be a
former student of Prof. Jose
Maria Sison but nobody could
say anything, so I simply assumed maybe, these alumni
are not organized yet in Toronto.
In the game tug of war, strong
voices of “pull, pull, go, go, go”
could be heard among various
alumni, their way of showing
their support to their teams,
and the participants in this
games were moving heavens
and earth, giving all their
strength to pull a victory.
During the start of the program, the UP alumni sang “O
Canada” the national anthem
of their adopted country and
the country of their birth, Lupang Hinirang or “Bayang
Magiliw” but even without
saying it, these alumni though
they are thousands of miles
away from home, the Philippines is still very much close
to their hearts, because when
they sang this anthem, their
right hands were on their
chests – and almost everyone
joined them in singing these
patriotic songs.
After a while, an elderly alumnus approached me and told
me: have you not noticed, in
singing O Canada, there’s a
word God, ‘ God keep our land
glorious and free ‘ but why is it
our own national anthem does
not have God in it.”
Well, I could not utter anything because I didn’t know
about the absence of God in
Bayang Magiliw.
When the program ended at
4:30 p.m. these alumni before
they left, they had cleaned the
area of all the garbage—so we
Filipinos are very disciplined
lot, we obey the rules and we
are a clean people. With some
parting words, everyone was
saying: OK, see you again, next
year here”.
Well, surely my wife, Lilia and
I will be there again next year
simply because we enjoyed
the camaraderie our PLM
alumni friends— the couples,
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Happy 13th Birthday Presley!
Flanked by his # 1 fans, Presley may be a child no more but he’s still
mom Onette and dad Philip Mendoza’s baby and Grandma Cynthia
Lagac’s darling. Also in photo is big sister, Kaitlin.
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Justin Trudeau's 'sensible' Canada is the envy of the
world after Brexit
It’s been a remarkable year so far for the leader of the Liberal Party
While the world is reeling from terrorist attacks, the rise of Donald Trump,
anti-LGBT discrimination and the
UK’s monumental decision to leave
the European Union without an exit
plan, there is one major developed
country that arguably remains a bastion of objectivity and rationality.
The person leading the charge is Justin Trudeau, a man who regularly
“breaks the internet”, a champion of
gender-equality and diversity who
cleared his schedule in May to celebrate his wedding anniversary.
Mr Trudeau has not completely escaped global turmoil as he faced
pressure following Brexit to clarify
under what circumstances Quebec
could separate from Canada.
Yet political waters remain as calm as
a millpond compared to neighboring
nations.
His Liberal party has managed to retain the new support they captured
after the election last year, and he
has even featured as a hero in a new
Marvel comic - his late father Pierre
also made an appearance in 1979.
According to a CBC poll in June, the
Liberals have averaged 46.7 per cent
support, an increase of 7.2 per cent
since the 19 October election.
He has continued to forge friendly
and strong international relations,
prompting remarks of a “bromance”
between him and US president
Barack Obama.
At a conference this week with Mr.
Obama and Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto, he vowed to
strengthen relations between the
three countries, hinting their unity
was ever important in the face of a
possible president Donald Trump.
Canada, once viewed as “dull and
boring”, is now the enviably sensible
nation where gender equality rules,
cannabis is semi-legal and politics
are pleasingly pragmatic.
In the short time since the leader of
the Liberal party was elected prime
minister in October 2015, he has instated the first ever gender-balanced
cabinet, because, as he explained, “it
is 2015”.
“As many of you know I’m a feminist
and am proud to call myself one,” he
said at the annual Catalyst conference in March. “Men need to speak
out in support of gender equality.
And men, we need to get comfortable
with identifying ourselves as feminists.”
He has regularly talked about the
importance of educating his children
about feminism, and has praised his
wife for his success.
“Sophie inspires me every day to be
better. I wouldn’t be here tonight if it
weren’t for her leadership and her
example,” he said. “Merci mon
amour.”
Mr. Trudeau is not afraid of poking
fun at himself, however, doing strip
teases for charity, showcasing his
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau welcomes the President of the United States, Barack
Obama, on Parliament Hill. PMO PHOTO BY ADAM SCOTTI
dancing skills and balancing babies
on one hand.
In the land where the national anthem has recently become genderneutral, Mr. Trudeau’s every move
has become a photo opportunity,
from his yoga plank to his family
trips in a canoe.
The 44-year-old has pledged to accept 25,000 Syrian refugees and has
gone to the airport to personally
greet families. He has shut down sarcastic reporters questioning his
knowledge on quantum computing,
he has established friendly terms
with the British monarchy and he
vowed to step up Canada’s commit-
ments to climate change.
His leadership has not completely
escaped controversy. He was forced
to apologise this year for accidentally
elbowing a female MP during a bizarre squabble in parliament, and his
wife faced criticism when she told a
French publication that she “needed
help” to look after her family and carry out her duties as the prime minister’s wife.
Yet Mr. Trudeau is still enjoying higher popularity ratings than his rivals,
and will not battle another general
election until October 2019. Rachael
Revesz New York/Independent
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National Shrine of our Mother of Perpetual Help
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
131 McCaul St, Toronto
(416) 598-3269
WEEKLY WEDNESDAY MASS & DEVOTIONS:
7:30 am * 9:30am * 12 noon, * 2:30pm * 5:05pm * 7:00pm
On August 6, 2016, the 36th
Annual Filipino Pilgrimage
to the Canadian Martyrs’
Shrine in Midland, Ontario
will be hosted by the Movement for Marriage Enrichment
(MME). It is spearheaded by
the Archdiocesan Filipino
Catholic Mission (AFCM) based
in Our Lady of the Assumption
Church located at 2565 Bathurst Street, Toronto under the
Spiritual Director, Fr. Ben P.
Ebcas Jr. . . . The pilgrimage
attracts approximately 8,000
Filipino and non-Filipino pilgrims, based on last year’s attendance.
This year’s pilgrimage is focused on the Jubilee Year of
Mercy which was declared in
the Pope’s April 2015 papal
bull of indiction, Misericordiae Vultus (Latin: “The Face of
Mercy”). Like previous jubilees, it is seen by the Church as
period for universal, spiritual
and moral conversion, but this
time focusing particularly on
God’s forgiveness and mercy.
The Holy Celebration will start
from 8:30am with Rosary
Prayer, Procession and Concelebrated Mass by our own Filipino Priests. Benediction and
procession to the Filipino Mar-
tyrs, San Lorenzo Ruiz and
San Pedro Calungsod, will
follow after the Holy Mass.
Family picnic, game shows and
concert at the park will begin
at 12:30pm. An entertainment
taking you back from the 70’s
80’s, 90’s and old-time favourite OPM songs to be performed
by EZ Rock Band, a very wellknown band in the FilipinoCanadian Community.
The MME Family, together
with our Spiritual Director,
Rev. Fr. Joel Pabilona, would
like to invite everyone to join
us for this annual Filipino Pilgrimage.
Special
Pilgrims
T-shirts
(designed by Fr. Joel) will be
available ($10).
There will be several coordinated Bus Transportations at
the following pick-up points:
Our Lady of the Assumption
Church (OLA) Parking Lot
Bus#1 – call Sheila Dublin
#647-894-1718 or Betty #647
-714-9424
Bus#2 – call Gergina Lera
#647-239-4742 or Leny
Bus#3 – Elise Maesa or Hanna
36th Annual Filipino
Pilgrimage – Martyrs’
Shrine in Midland,
Ontario “Be Merciful –
Like my Father”
(focusing on Bicol group)
Bus#4 – Rose Resos #416-454
-4733 or Bhel #647-865-6578
Bus#5 - Elvie Macadangdang &
Cesar #416-949-9284 Bathurst at No Frills parking
lot
Bus#6 – Marissa Cabarong
#416-398-2557 and Teresita
focusing on Devotees of Our
Lady of Piat
Bus#7 – Linda Llovit #647726-4972 (focus on CFCFFL)
Agincourt Area
Bus#8 – Arturo Cotrall – focusing on CFCFFL
A big appreciation to our Major Sponsors: Energetic Feet
Care, FV Foods, TFC – The Filipino Chanel, Randy MuereThe Mortgage Centre , Maria
Luisa Diaz Law Office and Dr.
Arla A. Rondilla
Big thanks to our Media Partners, Pinoy News, Pinoy World
TV and TFC.
Please mark your
calendars.
Blessings to all!
Damian Carter
Mendoza’s Baptism
Proud parents Cheska and Myles Mendoza presents their prince,
Damian Carter, for baptism. PHOTO BY TONY MENDOZA
Installation of KC #9144
officers at Prince of
Peace
Installed were Chaplain Rev. Fr. Lorenzo Salandanan, Grank Knight SK
Gregory Saldanha, Deputy Grand Knight Rocky Hsiung, Chancellor Bro
Rudolf Pinto, Financial Secretary, Bro. Bob Caldwell, Recorder, Bro.
Ryan Lee, Advocate, SK Johnny Cabildo, PGK, Treasurer SK Andrew
Anyaele, Lecturer SK Jaime Marasigan, PGK, Warden, Bro Ramo Harricharran; Trustees: SK Ed Prillo, PGK, FDD, SK Keith Coutinho, PGK, SK
George R. Poblete, PGK, FDD, PFN; Guards: Bro. Charles Michael, Bro
Aguiar Nolasco, Bro. Pedro Chu, Denis Mascarenhas, Bro. Willie
Wong, Bro. James Martinez, Bro. Jude Selvanayagam; Other Directors
installed: Bro. Steve D'Souza, Bro Rommel Acayan, Bro. Allan Figureido
L-R: Grandparents Tony & Cecil, Tito Ninong Chuck, mom Cheska, dad Myles, baby Damian, Fr. Paul
Dobson (officiating priest), Tita Chloe, grandparents Nancy & Tony Mendoza and Tito Cole.
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Pacquiao’s return fight targeted for
November 5, says Arum
It's official: Kobe Paras
signs with Creighton
'The Fighting Senator' has narrowed down his potential opponents, with 3 locations in
Las Vegas being eyed for the venue
Nissi Icasiano
division world champion last March
by claiming the available vacant
WBO welterweight title at the expense of Sadam Ali.
Arum added that Pacquiao is entertaining the idea of moving down to
junior welterweight, which has a
weight limit of 140 pounds.
Pacquiao only competed once at
140 pounds when he scored a second-round knockout victory over
Ricky Hatton to bag The Ring magazine lineal junior welterweight title
in May 2009.
MANILA, Philippines – Manny
Pacquiao’s return to the ring appears to be inevitable as Top Rank
chief Bob Arum has already penciled in the Filipino boxer for a November 5 fight date.
Pacquiao’s long-time boxing promoter told the LA TIMES that the
aforementioned date was first consulted to Pacquiao, who won a senate seat in the recently-concluded
general elections.
Arum also revealed that the October 29 date has been ruled out after
discussions with both location representatives and Pacquiao’s camp.
According to Arum, MGM Grand,
Mandalay Bay or the Thomas and
Mack Center in Las Vegas could
serve as the venue for Pacquiao’s
comeback bout.
Pacquiao announced his retirement
this past April after winning a 12round unanimous decision over
Timothy Bradley Jr in their rubber
match.
The 37-year-old southpaw from
General Santos City said that he
would not be taking a break from
politics to compete, but would instead discuss with Senate President Franklin Drilon how he can find
time to train once the budget has
been settled in mid-October, Arum
told The Guardian.
With Adrien Broner and Danny Garcia out of the equation, Arum has
WBO welterweight champion Jessie
Vargas and the winner of the title
unification bout between Terence
Crawford and Viktor Postol in mind.
Vargas holds a record of 27-1 with
10 knockouts and became a two-
Crawford and Postol, who are both
undefeated with identical win-loss
slates of 28-0, will duke it out for the
WBC and WBO junior welterweight
titles on Saturday, July 23 (Sunday
Manila time).
“A lot depends on if Manny wants to
go down to 140. If he decides to go
to 140 and Crawford wins, that
could be the fight, but if he says no,
says, 'Because of the Senate, I'm
not going to be able to get down to
140 comfortably,’ then he'll fight
against Vargas," Arum was quoted
by LA Times.
Pacaquiao’s longtime trainer Freddie Roach also trains Postol, but
the 7-time BWAA “Trainer of the
Year” awardee has made it clear
that he will be in the Pinoy pugilist’s
corner if his two pupils cross paths.
–Rappler.com
OMAHA, Nebraska — Creighton says Kobe Paras has
signed an agreement to play basketball for the Bluejays.
Coach Greg McDermott announced the signing on Monday (Tuesday in Manila), calling Paras a "versatile, scoring wing forward."
Paras had signed a national letter of intent with UCLA
last November but later withdrew after the school said he
failed to meet academic conditions that were part of his
admittance. He will have four years of eligibility with the
Bluejays.
The 6-foot-6 Paras spent the last two years in Los Angeles after growing up in the Philippines. He attended Cathedral High School but played last season for Middlebrooks Academy.
Paras helped lead the Philippines to a gold medal in the
FIBA Asia Under-18 3x3 championship in May 2013. He
won the slam dunk contest at the FIBA 3x3 championships in June 2015 while representing the Philippines.
Paras' father, Benjie, played in the PBA.
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'ANG PROBINSYANO' BEATS
PILOT OF NEW RIVAL SHOW
MANILA -- Coco Martin still reigns on
primetime after his ABS-CBN series
"Ang Probinsyano" defeated the pilot
episode of its newest rival program on
Monday, according to data from Kantar
Media.
Coleen, Arci, Jessy
to play masseuses in
new film
Dreamscape took to Instagram to report
that "Ang Probinsyano" garnered a nationwide rating of 42.4% against 21% of
"Encantadia" on GMA-7.
In Monday's (July 18) episode of "Ang
Probinsyano," a festive celebration
turned tragic after Police Insp. Hector
Mercurio (Cesar Montano) gunned
down General Delfin S. Borja (Jaime Fabregas) as he was celebrating his birthday with his family. ⦿
Edu Manzano asked about Angel,
Jessy
“Actually, bagama’t I would
like to be able to answer
'yung kanilang mga katanungan, wala talaga [akong
alam].”
Manzano said Luis gives him
a call from time to time but
only to invite him for dinner
or when he wants to go on a
vacation with him.
Does he know Mendiola personally?
“To be honest, I met Jessy
batang bata pa, kasisimula
pa lang. Na-meet ko siya
kasama ang kanyang mother
many, many years ago,” he
said.
Luis and Edu Manzano
MANILA – Actor Edu Manzano confessed that he does
not know anything about the
love life of his son, TV host
Luis Manzano.
Speaking exclusively to ABSCBN News’ MJ Felipe on
Wednesday, Manzano said
he is not the type of father
who meddles with his son’s
personal life especially when
it concerns his relationships.
“Sa amin kasi ng aking anak,
kung may kailangan ka, tawagan mo lang ako. Kung
wala kang kailangan, okay
lang. Basta ang importante,
nagte-text
paminsanmisnan,” he said.
Asked if he is aware that Luis
is now courting actress Jessy
Mendiola, Manzano said:
“Pati ako nagugulat eh. Hindi
ako nakakapanood ng free
TV. Hindi sa ano pa man pero
I’m spending a lot of time sa
farm sa Batangas. Wala rin
kaming diyaryo doon. Kaya
nagugulat ako kanina, kung
anu-ano ang mga tinatanong.”
Saying he is not the best person to ask about Luis’ love
life,
Manzano
quipped:
Meanwhile, Manzano also
shared his thoughts about
his son’s failed relationship
with actress Angel Locsin,
who has already gotten close
to their family.
“Ganyan talaga ang buhay.
Lahat naman tayo we wish
na lahat ng ating mapasukan
na relasyon will be the last.
But then, hindi tayo bahagi
ng kanilang buhay. So importante na huwag muna
tayo makialam dahil hindi
natin alam ang puno’t dulo,”
he said.
For people speculating about
his son, Locsin and Mendiola,
Manzano only has this to say:
“Huwag na.”
MANILA – Three of the
country’s sexiest stars will
join forces in Star Cinema’s
upcoming action-comedy
film “Extra Service,” which
is slated to be released
within the year.
In a press conference on
Sunday, Coleen Garcia, Arci
Munoz and Jessy Mendiola
said they are all excited to
do something different.
“It’s something new for all
of us actually. Lahat kami
hindi pa nakakagawa ng
action. It’s something na
talagang
pag-aaralan
namin. Nabasa ko na 'yung
script. The story is very
cute pero ayaw ko masyado magbigay muna ng detalye para abangan nila,”
Garcia said.
The three actresses shared
that they will also undergo
martial arts training for
their stunts.
“Magte-training kami for
fight scenes. Gusto ni direk
(Chis Martinez) i-combine
'yung style ng massage and
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FRIENDLY RIVALRY...
Ping and Dani, Gil and Ofy,
Evelyn and Rusty, Gani and
Linda, Myrna and Ador, Tita
and Mira, Shierly and her children and Recsie.
Congratulations to all alumni
of Mapua, UST, San Beda College, UE.De La Salle University,
Adamson University, Ateneo
martial arts,” Munoz said,
revealing that they play
masseuses in the movie.
Asked if they will also show
some skin in the film, Garcia said: “Siyempre may
sexy factor pa rin pero
kampante din naman po
kami kasi 'yung director
namin, we are very sure it’s
going to come out very
tasteful and maganda pa
rin ang pagkakagawa.”
Without revealing other
details, Mendiola said they
are scheduled to begin
shooting their film soon.
Aside from the film, Mendiola is also busy with another movie with JC de Vera
and with the Sunday gag
show “Banana Sundae.”
Garcia, on the other hand,
has just finished taping an
episode for “Maalaala mo
Kaya.”
As for Munoz, she is also
busy taping her upcoming
series with Jericho Rosales.
⦿
University, University of San
Carlos, PUP, UP, Feati, College
of the Holy Spirit, Central Philippine University Centro Escolar University Far Eastern University and the Pamantasan ng
Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM) for
making our get together a big
success.
See you all again in the 2017
Summer Fest!
Sundays
8:30 pm - 9:00pm
Catch the WAVES
every Sunday at www.pinoyradio.com
(Waves of our Lives)
Host:
KUYA NESTOR
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