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QLP Conference on Issues of
Cultural Communities
MORE THAN 600 QLP MEMBERS MEET
TO FIND WAYS TO MOVE QUEBEC FORWARD
Montreal, October 14, 2006 – In the
presence of the leader of the Quebec Liberal
Party and Premier of Quebec, Mr. Jean
Charest, and the Minister of Immigration and
Cultural Communities, Ms. Lise Thériault,
more than 600 active members of the Quebec
Liberal Party attended a conference focusing
on the needs and interests of cultural
communities. The conference was entitled «
cultural communities in the Quebec of
tomorrow – what role will they play and what
contribution will they make to our future? »
During this event, the participants took part in
discussions centering on three main themes:
the Quebec of tomorrow, the real and potential
contribution of cultural communities to
economic development and demographic
concerns, and the rights of visible minorities
as they related to the ability of such
communities to be truly involved in the
institutions of our society.
« Quebec’s future is dependent on
citizens from all walks of life getting involved
and playing a part in our development. Today,
hundreds of ordinary citizens made
themselves available in order to identify
priorities and express their ideas. The results
of these discussions will determine how the
Quebec Premier Jean Charest making his speech which was roundly applauded by all members.
He said that there is only choice to make - to make Quebec go forward.
Quebec Liberal Party positions itself on issues
affecting cultural communities. Together we
will face the challenges that await us and
continue to develop and strengthen Quebec”
the Premier stated.
According to Minister Thériault: “By
participating in this conference in large
numbers, the Quebec Liberal Party’s active
members have demonstrated once again the
importance that they attach to the aspirations
of their fellow citizens from cultural
communities. The important discussions that
we had today will allow us to pursue our
dream of a truly inclusive society”
Aside from the Premier and the Minister of
Immigration and Cultural Communities, more
than a dozen Cabinet ministers and MNAs
were also present at the conference.
The co-chairs of the conference, Ms.
Yasmine Alloul and Mr. Saul Polo, felt that the
success of the event demonstrated that the
Quebec Liberal Party is sensitive to the needs
and interests of Quebecers from cultural
communities : « This conference has allowed
us, as members of visible cultural
communities, to continue to take our rightful
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CDN residents face intercultural commission
Mr. Marvin Rotrand, City Councilor
of Snowdon district presided over the
public meeting with the Intercultural
Commission which works to foster
tolerance and understanding among
the diverse ethnic groups of our
Borough. He invited some community
organizations
to
address
the
Commission and alert them to their
plans for the new year. The
Commission also acts as a conduit to
explain community needs to the
various municipal services. The
meeting was held at 7:00 p.m. on
Wednesday, October 18, 2006 at the
Intercultural Library on 6767 Cote des
Neiges.
Other citizens
also made
presentations
and
share
their
observations as well as pose questions
See Page 4
Intercultural Commission
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The North American Filipino Star
October 2006
Is Osama dead or alive? Does it really matter? Makati mayor ends sit-in after suspension ruling
Editorial
BY PHILLIP KNIGHTLEY
Special Reporter
October 20, 2006
As the war in Iraq goes from bad to
worse — it looks as if the moment is
rapidly arriving when pressure on the
USA and Britain to get out will become
irresistible — the one subject President
Bush steers resolutely clear of is
Osama bin Laden. Recently a single
uncorroborated French intelligence
report quoting Saudi security sources
had had the whole world briefly asking:
is Osama bin Laden alive or dead? But
surely this is the wrong question.
A more illuminating one would be:
does it matter? And the short answer
is, no. Since Osama bin Laden’s
stunningly successful attack on the
United States on 9/11 we have
mistakenly believed that killing or
capturing him was central to the war on
terror. This was because an important
emotion in the American psyche is
revenge (see the plots of most
Hollywood westerns) and the US was
denied the catharsis that revenge on
the 9/11 attackers would have brought,
because they were all dead anyway.
But their leader and planner was still
alive, so President Bush rode out after
him.
The President’s language was
deliberately Hollywood: "We’re coming
to get ya", and the reward was for
Osama bin Laden "dead or alive". But
he was nowhere to be found. The
President of Pakistan, General
Musharraf, speculated in 2002 that the
Al Qaeda chief had probably died of
kidney failure because he had taken a
kidney dialysis machine with him into
the wilds of Afghanistan but there was
nowhere that a man on the run could
plug it in. Since then long periods of
silence — which revive rumours of his
death — have been punctuated by the
release to Arab TV networks of audio
and video tapes on the thoughts of the
leader, the most recent being on June
29.
But President Bush, from being
obsessed with bin Laden, now seldom
mentions him because his advisers say
it is unwise to draw public attention to
the fact that the most powerful military
force in the world appears unable to
capture an elderly, ailing terrorist who
hides in caves. But there could be
another reason. The US administration
may well have decided that Osama bin
Laden no longer matters. The threats
October 19, 2006
The mayor of Manila's financial
district, a fierce critic of Philippine
he made against the United States
President Gloria Arroyo, ended a
after the attacks on the World Trade
defiant sit-in after winning a court ruling
Center have turned out to be empty.
against his suspension.
Homeland Security, admittedly at
the sacrifice of civil liberties and the
moral high ground, has worked. In the
five years since 9/11 not a single life
has been lost to terrorism on American
soil. Professor John Mueller of the Ohio
State University, who believes it is time
to look at the threat from terrorism
realistically, says that the number of
people worldwide who are killed by
international terrorists each year is not
many more than the number who
drown in bathtubs in the United States.
Think carefully about that.
Yes, Iraq is a dreadful mess and
thousands of innocent civilians have
died as a result of the American
invasion; some sources say as many
as half a million. (The war has also
produced a terrible toll of journalists
with 48 killed since January, the
deadliest year since the start of
hostilities in 2003.) And it is true that, as Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay speaks briefly
American intelligence admits, the war conference, Thursday Sept. 17, 2006 in Makati.
there has brought Jihadists from all
A jubilant but visibly exhausted
over the world, to fight the West.
Jejomar Binay emerged from Makati
City Hall where he had been holed up
for two days to meet his supporters
and vowed the "fight will continue" to
clear his name.
"Will anyone be happy with what I
have been through?," Binay said when
asked what he felt of the decision by
But we should consider that
Washington might have planned just
this — if the terrorists are fighting in
Iraq then they are not trying to attack
the American mainland. There is also
the likelihood that Osama bin Laden
himself has gone as far as he feels he
needs to go. His place in the history of
Islam is secure and dead or alive he
will remain a hero to millions of
Muslims throughout the world. What
more could he want? He has said he
wants Christians out of the Muslim holy
lands and a settlement of the PalestineIsrael question. Both are underway and
inevitable. Dead or alive? Probably still
alive and in a part of Afghanistan the
Americans do not know about and are
even less likely to be able to reach,
resting content with his achievements.
the Court of Appeals to issue a 60-day
injunction against his suspension.
Binay, his deputy and entire
council were suspended on Tuesday
after the government accused the
leading opposition figure of having 500
to the media during an impromptu news
non-existent employees on the city
payroll.
Arroyo's officials, who have
criticized the mayor for allowing
opposition groups to hold antigovernment rallies in Makati, said they
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October 2006
Milenyo Typhoon final death toll pegged at 184
October 19, 2006
Government
officials
on
Wednesday asked for international and
local assistance in the rehabilitation of
areas devastated by typhoon Milenyo
and affected over a million persons.
In a press briefing, the National
Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC)
reported that Milenyo left 184 people
dead, injured 536 others and 46
persons missing.
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Manila wants 11,000 more troops to defeat rebels
The typhoon battered with heavy
downpour and strong winds at least
seven regions, including Metro Manila.
Relief and disaster officials identified
the provinces of Sorsogon and Albay
as the areas worst hit by Milenyo.
NDCC executive officer and
concurrent Office of the Civil Defense
(OCD) administrator Glenn Rabonza
said the typhoon has left at least P6.53
billion in damages to infrastructure and
to the agriculture sector.
October 20, 2006
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
has ordered the recruitment of an extra
11,000 troops to step up the fight
against communist rebels and Islamic
militants, the military's chief of staff said
on Friday.
General Hermogenes Esperon
said additional forces were needed to
check the expansion of the communist
New People's Army (NPA) into urban
centres and reduce the fighting
capability of the rebels by 50 percent
See TYPHOON page 7 within the next three years.
The Philippines, a close ally to the
United States, now has about 118,000
members of the military but has been
hampered in its security operations by
underfunding, corruption, low morale
and a lack of modern equipment.
Since 1969, the Philippines has
been battling the Maoist-led NPA,
which has about 7,000 fighters and is
active in 69 of 79 provinces in a conflict
that has killed more than 40,000
people.
Peace talks with the NPA, brokered
by Norway, stalled in 2004 and both
sides appear reluctant to resume
negotiations due to the military's
offensive in rural areas outside Manila.
In June, Arroyo declared "all-out
war" against the communist movement
after some NPA leaders conspired with
rogue troops and some political foes in
an alleged plot to oust her in February.
Esperon said the offensive against
hundreds of Muslim rebels with ties to
Jemaah Islamiah (JI), a Southeast
Asian group that seeks a pan-Islamic
state in the region, would continue until
"our high-value targets are finished off".
He said three fresh battalions
would be sent to the remote
southwestern island of Jolo to join
about 6,000 troops trying to flush out
Abu Sayyaf, the most violent of four
See TROOPS page 6
Jan. 15 deadline set for people’s initiative
October 20, 2006
The people’s initiative to amend
the Constitution must be approved by
Jan. 15 if the 2007 elections are to be
for an interim parliament, a ranking
Palace official said yesterday.
“The filing of the certificates of
candidacy [for the 2007 elections
A downed and bended steel frame made for roadside advertisement crashed an SUV and a bus
begins] on Jan. 15, so we must beat
plying the EDSA route in Makati after typhoon Melenyo hit Metro Manila with winds up to 140
the deadline and have a plebiscite
kms/hour. President Arroyo, who visited the site to oversee its removal, ordered illegally
before Jan. 15,” Executive Secretary
constructed billboards be removed after several structures of this type were toppled.
Facts revealed about over the counter
medication: You have a healthy choice!
In light of recent violent events, we
are all thinking about what is important to us
and what our priorities are. As the people
and the city heal we wonder about how we
can improve on those priorities.
If you ask people what their top
priority in life is the majority will tell you their
health is their top priority and that means that
is the area that we should be spending our
energy on to cherish and to improve.
However it is also known that people that
their health for granted and unless we are
forced by some unfortunate crisis we really
do not do much to improve it. The statistics
reveal that 1 out of 3 people die of cancer, 1
out of 3 die of heart attack and the other
third die of the treatment for these diseases.
Personally, I had the misfortune of
losing my mother to cancer and my father to
heart attack. If I knew what I know now that
these diseases are 100% preventable, things
would have been different for my parents.
As we get on with our busy lives, our bodies
try to tell us when something is not right and
the body eventually perceives those
messages as pain. That pain can manifest
itself in numerous ways, at various levels of
intensity such as back pain, insomnia,
asthma and fatigue. This is how our bodies
communicate with us. Most people think that
is bad and they try to take painkillers to ease
their pain and solve the problem.
Here’s what the latest research on
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1)
People who take analgesic drugs
frequently are at an increased risk of
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with drug overdoses and accounts for 40%
of patients with acute liver failure.
The reason the body gives the
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When winter comes,
spring is not far behind.
Eduardo Ermita said.
He said that if the Supreme Court
ruled favorably next week on the
people’s initiative petition, preparations
for a plebiscite would go into full swing.
The Supreme Court is expected to
rule on a petition from Sigaw ng Bayan
and the Union of Local Authorities of
the Philippines to reverse the
See CONSTITUTION page 7
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place among QLP members and within
Quebec society »
Since its founding in the 1970s, the
Quebec Liberal Party’s Commission on
Cultural Communities has played a major role
in the task of finding appropriate solutions for
the problems involved in fostering Quebec’s
development. The Quebec Liberal Party has
always given a major place to its standing
committees, composed of active party
members who have dedicated themselves to
moving Quebec forward.
During the open question period, many
people lined up in front of the microphone to
pose questions to the panelists. Zenaida
Kharroubi made an attempt to ask the Minister
Hon. Lawrence Bergman, Minister of Revenue, poses with Zenaida Kharroubi, and his
political assistant, during the QLP’s Sector conferences with cultural communities.
October 2006
of Immigration and Cultural Communities,
Mme Lise Thériault, if she has been made
aware of the problems of live-in caregivers.
She replied that there were already some
representations made and that she would
have one of her assistants, Viviane Moreno,
call her to provide more details about the
progress being made in this dossier.
There are many other interesting and
urgent issues raised but as usual, there is no
time to have the full answers to the questions
except to say that they would be brought up in
the deliberations of the party when the time
comes for policy deliberations.
Salve Desprez, Riza Esmeralda, Zenaida Kharroubi with the Quebec Premier
Jean Charest before the conference began.
Marvin Rotrand, introducing all the members of the Intercultural Commission
which is composed of 10 members, 1 vacancy at present.
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community organizations that made
presentations were: the Montreal
Marquis, the Philippine Folk Art
Society, Laging Handa Scout Group,
Jamaican Association, CDN Residents
Association
and
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to explain it. The dialogue with the
community will help the Commission
establish its priorities and work plan for
2007. Mr. Rotrand said that he is
certain the Commission would
appreciate hearing of the community
plans so that it can assure a successful
cooperation between the association
and the Borough and its services
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time that the Commission will meet
with the community. Other types of
cooperation, particularly with regards
to the twinning agreement with Manila
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Isacc T. Goodine
“We all know the positive contributions of immigration to our
culture, our economy, and our society as a whole. We must
integrate immigrants more quickly and more efficiently, yet we
still haven’t achieved that goal.”…Isabelle Hudson, President
and CEO, Montreal Board of Trade.
“Why
must we continue to stress the
importance of immigration?
We, at the Filipino Star, are in complete
agreement with Isabelle Hudson who says that the
Board of Trade is proud to contribute to this cause
through its active participation in Quebec’s
Intercultural Week and that she is “convinced that,
together, we will succeed not only in accelerating
the employment integration of new arrivals but also
in ensuring their long-term integration in our
society and, in particular, our diversified and
thriving job market.”
For the past few months I have been referring,
in this column, to issues related to immigration and
the need to educate Canadians to the opportunities
that are open to attract immigrants who will
contribute to our mutual well being and help
promote a more peaceful world by sharing in
prosperity. This can only be achieved when we
realize that there can be unity in diversity. Last
month’s issue pointed out that the “New Canadian
Government” has engaged the Association of
Canadian Community Colleges to implement the
Canadian Immigration Integration Project that will
include field offices in the Philippines, China and
India. The Pilot Project is under the auspices of
Human Resources and Social Development,
Canada, and its purpose is to provide counseling
services to facilitate smoother integration of
immigrants into Canadian society and the
workforce. It is aimed primarily at immigrants who
have been selected for employment in Canada
because of their job-skills and is part of the overall
scheme that accepts that there are significant gaps
in the Canadian labour market that can only be
filled by skilled workers from abroad. The success
of this pilot project will rely heavily on truthful
information being shared openly so that the
process will be fully transparent.
However, much still need to be done to
educate and inform Canadians, as well as
Immigrants, on how they can work together more
effectively to achieve mutual benefits. It is in that
regard that we applaud the news that EmploiQuebec is providing financial support for “speedjobbing” sessions with Greater Montreal
immigrants and employers. In addition, the Board
of Trade is planning a trade fair giving community
organizations working with immigrants an
opportunity to network, exchange information, and
forge ties with members of the business
community.
As employers become increasingly aware of
the importance and necessity of hiring immigrants,
so too, will the necessity for inter-cultural and
specific on-the-job training be better understood,
and then, the cost-effectiveness of investments for
this approach to human resource and social
development will be realized. In that regard Quebec
has shown foresight in announcing a program
providing incentives for small and medium-sized
businesses to hire immigrants and members of
visible minorities.
It is with the foregoing in mind that I take this
opportunity to congratulate Ms. Zenaida FerryKharroube, on the occasion of celebrating 17 years
of successful operation of Gilmore International
College, in Montreal. In October 2004, I had the
pleasure to present a certificate of appreciation to
Ms. Kharroubi in recognition of her extraordinary
contributions to community unity and leadership.
The citation reads as follows:
With the experience of the past 17 years to
“As the incumbent Chair of Human Relations,
within the World Academy of Letters. I am
delighted to present this award to Zenaida
Ferry-Kharroubi. Once an immigrant herself,
she exemplifies achievement of unity in
diversity within international society. As an
inspirational teacher, publisher, and
community leader, she has guided many young
adult immigrants through their transition to
Canadian society. I am thrilled that this
honorary certificate will be added to a list of
honors, giving her the recognition she
deserves.”
…Isaac Thomas Goodine,
Chair of Human Relations, World Academy of
Letters
build upon, Gilmore International College is well
placed to work with the Board of Trade and others
to help integrate immigrants into the workforce as
well to draw upon Alumni resources that include
those who have gone through the trying efforts to
adjust to a culture and environment that often
seems uncaring and cold. Five years ago the
unemployment rate for immigrants who had arrived
in the previous five years was 22 percent,
compared to 6 percent for people born in Canada
and even more troubling is the fact that when those
who were established for several years were
included with the more recent arrivals, the overall
unemployment rate for “immigrants” between the
ages of 15 and 64 was at 12 percent. Associated
with this situation is a need to redouble efforts to
unlock cultural resources that immigrants bring
and to use vast talents that now lie dormant or
untapped within our diverse society.
This situation can and must be improved by
finding new ways of doing things together.
October 2006
Montrealer receives award as one of the 10
outstanding Flipino-Canadians in Toronto
Albert Gutierrez
Last September 30, 2006, the Binibining
Pilipinas of the World Beauty Pageant held
their annual awards night in the International
Plaza Hotel in Toronto. One of the ten
outstanding Filipino-Canadians awarded is
from Montreal, Mr. Alberto Gutierrez,
chairman of the Kalinangan Dance Troupe.
A native of Taal, Batangas, Philippines,
Albert graduated from Lyceum of the
Philippines, Manila with a bachelor of science
degree in Foreign Service and first worked
with FBA Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of
Bayer Leverkusen, Germany. He was also
employed as an Administrative Assistant to
the Vice President of
the Bancom
Development Corporation, a subsidiary of
Bankers’ Trust, New York. In his desire to
broaden his horizon and seek new adventures,
he immigrated to Canada in 1971.
Upon arrival in Montreal, he got involved
with the Filipino community. He was elected
as a member of the board of directors of the
Philippine Association of Montreal & Suburb
(FAMAS).
With the depth of his love for the Filipino
culture and tradition, he founded the Philippine
Dance Theater of Montreal in 1973. He
developed and discovered talents for his
dance troupe and began performing in various
cultural functions around Montreal most
notably during the 1976 Montreal Olympics.
The group was also invited to perform during
Canada Day and in Man and His World.
In 1980, he choreographed the Bb.
Pilipinas Canada Beauty Pageant which was
held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Montreal,
Quebec.
He was one of the founding officers of
the Federation of Filipino Canadian
Associations of Quebec. While he was with
the Federation he introduced and
choreographed
the
very
first
debutante/cottilon Ball in Montreal which was
held at the Sheraton Centre Hotel.
From 1988 to 1990, he served as a
member of the board of directors with the
Philippine Folk Arts Society of Quebec where
he directed the debutantes’ ball held at the
Chateau Champlain.
He was a member of the board of
directors of the Association of Oriental
Cultures of Montreal and also served as a
member of the Canadian Folk Art Council of
Canada.
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MAKATI MAYOR
Muslim rebel group in the southern
Philippines
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blasts in five urban centres this month.
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would abide by the decision of the
courts.
"We are for the rule of law and we
are awaiting a copy of the temporary
restraining order (injunction) and we
will act accordingly," said presidential
spokesman Ignacio Bunye.
Hundreds of people have turned
up outside Binay's office buildings to
show their support for the lawyer and
Marine colonel reservist.
The court ruling delaying the
suspension for 60 days looks to have
averted a potential political crisis and
the prospect of mass street protests
threatened by Binay supporters, who
had vowed to protect their mayor.
Earlier Thursday, Bunye said the
government was working to "exhaust all
fair and even handed means" to defuse
the crisis.
"We appeal for calm and sobriety
and urge all concerned not to politicize
this issue or use it for media
grandstanding," Bunye said.
Opposition figures, including
former president Corazon Aquino, have
expressed their support for Binay, and
warned that the crisis could explode
into wider unrest on the streets if he
was forcibly evicted by police.
Appointed mayor by Aquino in
1986, Binay has steadily built Makati
into one of the wealthiest cities in the
Philippines, with revenues last year in
excess of 6.66 billion pesos (133 million
dollars).
He mouths a populist line and is
known to be close to urban poor
communities living in the shadow of
Makati's skyscrapers.
The mayor is also a staunch ally of
deposed president Joseph Estrada,
who is under house arrest while being
tried for corruption after he was ousted
by a popular revolt in 2001 and
a
replaced by Arroyo.
From Page 3
7
October 2006
TYPHOON
Rabonza said the typhoon has
affected at least 1.02 million people or
825,493 families in the regions. Of the
number, Rabonza said 2,524 families or
15,711 persons are still housed in
evacuation centers.
Defense Secretary Avelino Cruz,
who is concurrent NDCC chairman,
said the typhoon destroyed 117,000
houses, which is way above the houses
damaged by four typhoons that hit
Quezon province in 2004.
"(We) would want to bring to higher
level of consciousness the damage that
was caused by the typhoon so that we
can ask our compatriots, Filipino
citizens and the business community in
the Philippines and the international
community to help in giving materials
and tools to people in order to repair
their houses," said Cruz.
Cruz wrote to Nileema Noble, the
United Nations resident coordinator
and UN Development Project resident
coordination,
seeking
similar
assistance, which the international
body has extended in past calamities.
"These (damages) present a
challenge
for
the
Philippine
Government as we at the NDCC begin
to map out rehabilitation plans. A
particular challenge is how to address
the suffering brought about by the total
destruction of some 117,000 houses,"
Cruz told Noble.
"For this reason, the Philippine
Government is appealing once again
for international assistance. Recalling
the timely and valuable assistance
extended by the UN and international
agencies during the flashfloods of
November/December 2004 (Quezon
flooding) and the Guinsaugon,
Southern Leyte landslide of February
2006, we trust that the same help shall
be forthcoming," Cruz added in the
letter.
The Ginsaugon landslide has left at
least 140 people dead and close to
1,000 others missing. The landslide
was trigged by a continuous heavy
downpour, burying the entire village,
including an elementary school
building.
Senator Richard Gordon, chairman
of the Philippine National Red Cross
(PNRC), said the damage caused by
Milenyo was bigger compared to the
damages incurred from the Quezon
flashfloods and the Guinsaugon
landslide combined. Typhoon Milenyo
is the strongest to hit the Philippines
capital in a decade a
Imelda Marcos wins one of many corruption cases
October 6, 2006
Former Philippines first lady Imelda
Marcos wept after a court acquitted her
of graft charges, though many more
cases against her are still pending.
Marcos, 76, broke down in tears
when the verdict was read in the
special anti-corruption court known as
the Sandiganbayan.
floral scarf, told reporters Friday.
A Marcos subordinate, former
human settlements deputy minister
Conrado Benitez, was also acquitted.
Imelda Marcos was chairman of
the foundation while Benitez was its
president when it did work for the
human settlements ministry in 1977.
Imelda Marcos called on President
Former first lady Imelda Marcos of the Philippines speaks with reporters outside a courtroom
after an anti-graft court's ruling finding her innocent of corruption in one of dozens of civil and
criminal cases against her in Quezon City, north of Manila, October 6, 2006
The court ruled that her presence
in 1977 on the board of a non-profit
foundation that did consultancy work
for the now defunct human settlements
ministry, which she headed, did not
constitute corruption.
The graft case is one of more than
500 civil and criminal suits filed against
the former first family and the estate of
the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos,
who was toppled in a bloodless coup
in 1986.
The Marcoses are accused of
embezzling up to 10 billion dollars from
state coffers during their 20 years in
power.
"I thank the Lord for my acquittal
and the vindication of the Technology
Resource Center Inc., a truly
humanitarian and compassionate
program, for the Filipino people," the
widow, in a purple dress and a silk
Gloria Arroyo to order a government
audit of the funds of the foundation,
which was taken over by the
government after the fall of the Marcos
regime.
She alleged its original funds of
400 million pesos (eight million dollars)
have been dissipated by managers
appointed
by
subsequent
governments.
She
meanwhile
dismissed
suggestions that her acquittal was part
of a deal with the Arroyo government,
which has offered to settle the
hundreds of cases against the
Marcoses out of court.
"I'm cordial to everybody. I have
always said that I don't want a
compromise. I wanted a legal
resolution because I believe in the
courage and integrity of our courts,"
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Arellano High Reunion
The Arellano (Public) High School
Class 1957 will celebrate its Golden Jubilee in
February 2007 in Manila. The U.S.-Canada
group of Class ‘57 is in full gear preparing for
the golden jubilee, and will have its third
meeting this year on September 30 at the
residence of Servodeo Reyes in Oxnard,
California.
Arellano (Public) High School is the
former Manila North High School of the preWorld War II era. It is located on Teodora
Alonzo Street in Santa Cruz, Manila. The
graduating class of 1957 had 1500 students.
The jubilarians’ intended legacy to their alma
mater is a new stage in the inner court.
The weeklong celebration for Class
’57 will start on January 28, 2007, with a
dinner party at the Canyon Woods Resort in
Tagaytay, to be hosted by Herman and Lita
Gamboa.
Lita Eugenio-Gamboa is the
President of the Class ‘57 Alumni Association.
The other activities planned for the week are
excursion to Villa Escudero in Tiaong, Quezon,
or Corregidor, and a city tour of Binondo,
Manila.
The celebration will culminate with a
general homecoming dinner at a hotel in
Makati on February 4. The Most Distinguished
Alumnus and the Most Outstanding Golden
Jubilarian will be announced at the grand
reunion. Certificates of Recognition will be
awarded as well.
Erlinda Waddell-Taylor and Lucille
Po-Deniega, coordinators for the U.S.-Canada
Group, are in continuous search for Class ’57
members in the United States and Canada, so that
no alumni will miss this once-in-a-lifetime golden
event.
For update on the Arellano Class ‘57
Golden Jubilee, please contact Linda at
(626)-284-9553 or Lucille at (949) 5871394.Please contact Nora Espiritu 514-932-
The successful activity resulted in one
hundred and five (105) new passports issued,
notarization of sixty-four (64) documents,
issuance of twenty (20) fingerprint forms for
National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) clearances,
four (4) visa applications, four (4) Balikbayan
stamps, as well as seven (7) Oaths of Allegiance
for the reacquisition/retention of Philippine
citizenship.
A much-awaited and well-appreciated
service by the Filipino community in Quebec, the
consular outreach program is a regular project of
the Embassy aimed at serving the consular needs
of kababayans, primarily caregivers, who only
have weekends to attend to the renewal of their
passports and other consular needs.
The team assisted applicants in
renewing their passports, taking of fingerprints for
NBI clearances, as well as with various notarial
services. Members of the team also fielded
queries from the public regarding the reacquisition
or retention of Philippine citizenship, the
Balikbayan program, as well as other programs of
the Philippine Government.
The team was headed by Consul
General Joseph Gerard B. Angeles, with Consul
Shirley E. Banquicio, Vice Consul Rhenita B.
Rodriguez, Mrs. Angela R. Conag, Mr. Al E.
Rosales, Mrs. Elizabeth A. Alberto and Mrs.
Josephine L. Gonato. They were assisted by
officers of the Philippine Association of Montreal
and Suburbs, Inc. (FAMAS).
During the consular clinic, the
team likewise took the opportunity to invite
qualified Filipinos who have not registered
as overseas absentee voters (OAV) to do
so before the deadline for OAV
registration, to enable them to participate
in the May 2007 national elections.
The Embassy team will return to
Montreal on Sunday, 26 November 2006,
for its final bimonthly consular outreach for
the year.
Opinion-Ed
September 27, 2006
Conservative Cuts Hurt
Average Canadians
By: The Honourable John McCallum, Liberal
Official Opposition Critic for Finance
Canada is enjoying a time of
unparalleled prosperity. Thanks to 13 years of
Liberal government, our country’s debt is under
control, our economic growth is high and for the
ninth year in a row, the Government of Canada has
reported a near-record surplus.
But despite our prosperity, this week, the
Conservative government chose to slash $1 billion
in federal funding to Canada’s social programs.
These mean-spirited cuts targeted our most
vulnerable and marginalized citizens: low-income
families, Aboriginal Canadians, immigrants, youth,
the disabled and the illiterate.
Treasury Board President John Baird
told us the cuts were necessary in the name of
“responsible spending.” Finance Minister Jim
Flaherty told us that these cuts were essential so
that the government could give Canadians “value
for money.” But in reality, the only thing these Mike
Harris hold-over ministers have done for average
Canadians is to raise their income taxes while
cutting their social programs.
That doesn’t sound much like value for
money to me.
Status of Women Canada will now have
40 percent less money to help bridge the gender
gap so that all women –regardless of income or
ethnicity –can fully participate in Canada’s labour
force.
The Youth Employment Strategy, which
helped 50,000 young people find work this past
October 2006
summer has also been axed, as has the Youth
International Internship Program, which gives
young people the chance gain international work
experience and make our country more dynamic
and prosperous in the decades to come.
The Harper government also has plans
to eliminate the $11 million First Nations and Inuit
Tobacco Control Strategy, despite the fact that
cancer is quickly becoming the number one cause
of death among First Nations people and the Inuit.
The list of cuts goes on and on: $18
million cut from adult literacy programs, $45
million cut from affordable housing initiatives, and
$39 million cut from regional economic
development programs that create jobs where
they’re needed most.
If you look closely you can see a pattern
emerging. The Harper government’s funding cuts
only seem to target people who don’t tend to vote
Conservative anyways. In fact, the only minority
groups the Conservatives seem to be interested in
supporting is the minority of Canadians who
supported them in the last election.
While the Conservatives continually
claim to be standing up for Canada, the truth is
they are only interested in standing up for those
who support their narrow policies: their core
constituency of voters.
Through this latest round of spending
cuts, the Harper government has sent a message
to Canadians: if you don’t fit the profile of a
potential Conservative voter, you are out of luck.
For more information:
David Hurl
Office of John McCallum
(613) 996-3374
8945.
Press Release No. 19-2006
25 September 2006
PHILIPPINE EMBASSY IN
OTTAWA REACHES OUT
ANEW
TO FILIPINOS IN
MONTREAL, QUEBEC
Ambassador Jose S. Brillantes sent a
team from the Philippine Embassy to Montreal,
Quebec, on Sunday, 24 September, to conduct
another consular outreach program at the
Philippine Centre on Van Horne Avenue.
Hundreds of Filipinos, FilipinoCanadians and Canadians in Montreal and nearby
cities in the province of Quebec flocked to the
Embassy’s ‘passport-on-wheels’ program
yesterday to avail themselves of the consular
services offered by a team from the Embassy.
You are invited to join us in
our 17th anniversary and
graduation ceremony on
Saturday, October 28,
at Ruby Rouge Restaurant
1008 Clark St.
Montreal (Chinatown)
Dr. Jesus Pelausa cracking jokes and making everyone laugh at his birthday party,last
October 15, 2006 at Bill Wong Restaurant.
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The celebrant dances with his wife to open the dance during his birthday party.
9
October 2006
Historically
yours
particular date, July 1969, when I was then
preparing to leave the Philippines, to fly to
Seattle Washington USA, holding a visitors visa as
my passport. I was then very busy attending to
my flight and with my luggage in my bedroom.
My mother came in and told me to bring a copy
little prayer booklet with her signature in it, a
Mother of perpetual help amulet and again a
bunch of pictures neatly placed in a nicely
decorated plastic bag. Yes, more pictures, Filipino
costumes, to my surprise a photo of Dr. Jose
Rizal, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Manuel Quezon,
of our family pictures and other pictures,
worthwhile remembering. Since I was so eager
and still am I very nervous about my first flight
to a far away country I hardly knew, and had
only read in books and saw in pictures, my
answer was; “Mama, those pictures are black
etc. were included. Before I could say anything ,
she looked me straight in the eye “Where ever
you go or where ever you may be, you must keep
in mind that you are still a Filipino, heart and soul
Lina V. Fernandez
A Blast from the Past
A picture, they say, is worth a thousand words
and a lifetime of memories, and we all tend to
believe it. But we must be careful to define what
we mean by “worth.” How many words are there
in a picture? Who took the picture and why ?
Miss Felicidad Rosales
ure. My great mistake was that I had been so
excited giving away my memorable pictures for
people to see and forgot to save a copy for
myself. It is always best to save the most
The Way We Were. The date of the picture was taken in the early ‘80s during the Filipino Canadian
Friendship Society of Quebec Anniversary party. Mrs. Fely R. Cariño was the Founder and first
President. Photo shows from left: Mrs. Estela Lim, Dr. Emilo Lim, Dr. Jaime Cariño, Fely R. Cariño,
Puring de la Cruz and Almario Bamba. What makes this picture worth remembering? I asked Fely for
a picture from the past and she gave me this photo above. Analyzing the worth of this picture, it
dawned to me that this picture has a deep meaning to Fely as well as Estela.
Where was the picture taken and how it was
taken , who loved the picture and who hated it.
Love it or hate it , every picture tells a story, it
recalls history and brings out the image of the
way we were. Photographs are the ultimate
testament of the past. Even a simple snapshot can
ometimes trigger a host of memories.
One author wrote, “ And through stories of
holidays long past, places now completely
changed and people once young but now grayhaired and wrinkled, families connect to the past
through pictures, memorabilia’s and historical
facts that weave a connection between the
generations.”
Today with families now separated and
scattered around the globe most of them
looking for greener pastures as well as for
economic reasons or education that it can be
difficult to preserve these unique pictures and
stories. But in this day of computer imaging
a little preparations, a few tools and the desire to
create a lasting legacy, anyone can gather and
record their own precious memoirs and diaries..
Speaking of Pictures, I think it would be best
to write the names, date and place at the back of
the photos and a little info. It comes in handy for
future references. There was a times when I have
to call long distance and asked the person at the
other end of the line, to help me identify the pict
memorable photos to look back and reminisce the
past specially when it comes to family pictures.
Miss Felicidad Rosales
UNIVERSITY OF MANILA (UM)
Student Leader Delegate - 1955
Society Editor of UM Official Organ
“The Campus Leader”,
University of Manila’s Singing Sweetheart
Memories Of You. Photo - Lina and Tony
Fernandez. Our happy years together in Seattle,
Washington, USA. Tony is the one person I will
never forget for the rest of my life. We were
together for almost 35 years. Two years ago in
2004, my husband joined his parents and my
parents in heaven.
Tony P. Fernandez
Lyceum University Manila Student Leader
Delegate 1955; Spanish Writer - Student
Council, Spanish to English Translator
University Publications and Library
Spanish Reporter, El Debate
I have a story to tell you. It is back in those
years gone by. I still can clearly remember that
and white and looks very old, I don’t need old
pictures, I can have better and beautiful colored
pictures in America.” My Mother just gave me a
sweet and loving smile, but unknowingly, she
already had sneak some pictures and some
Filipino costumes inside one of my luggage.
We had to drive to Manila from Baguio City
to catch my 3:00 pm flight. When my father,
mother and some members of my family and
friends were at the Manila International Airport, to
bid me good bye, and while I was about to board
my 3:00 pm flight, my mother was the last in line
to kiss me goodbye. She hurriedly handed me a
and family comes first. My prayers will always
protect you, take care, I love you. I hugged and
kissed my beloved Mother goodbye.
Knowing my mother, quite well, I’d say she was
a character. As an English, music and history
teacher she was a fair disciplinarian. Off course, I
won’t forget my l dear Father, who was a great
Dad and a gentleman. As a Government employee
auditor, he also audits his family’s expenses pretty
well.
Little did I know that this trip to Seattle
Washington, USA, was a stepping stone for me to
enter Canada. Three years after staying in Seattle,
and still on a student visa , my brother Eddie
Valdez, a nurse by profession, was able to sponsor
me as a relative. Upon receipt of my Canadian
visa, I dropped all my school subjects, I bid
goodbye to my dear aunt Mary, my Uncle,
cousins, my teachers and all my friends then
hurried to the airport and scheduled a flight to
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Pork Dinuguan Recipe
2. In a 2-quart stainless steel or porcelain
saucepan heat oil and saute garlic and
onions for a few minutes. Add pork liver
patis salt and MSG. Saute for 5 minutes
more.
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October 2006
Serves 4
Sangkap
Panimpla
konting black fungus
1 lb patola
8 oz karne ng baboy
1 kutsarang nahiwang luya 1 kutsaritang
toyo (light) 1/2 kutsaritang asukal 1
kutsaritang arina konting paminta
black fungus and ginger. Boil again. Parboil
for 10 minutes. Put in lean pork and angled
luffa. Parboil until cooked. Season with salt.
Serve.
Seasonings
black fungus pinch
angled luffa 1 lb
lean pork 8 oz
shredded ginger 1 tbsp
sugar 1/2 tsp
cornflour 1 tsp
pepper pinch
light soy 1 tsp
Black Fungus
Pamamaraan
4. Add broth. Simmer for 10 minutes. Stir in
blood and sugar; cook until thick stirring
occasionally to avoid curdling.
This dish is so named bacause the sauce is
made with the blood of a freshly-slaughtered
pig. tropical island destinationsmore recipes
Yield: 4 Servings
1 lb Pork diced 1 ts Salt
2 tb Oil 1/4 ts MSG (optional)
2 Cloves garlic minced 1 1/2 c Broth
1 Onion diced 1 c Frozen pigs blood
1/4 lb Pork liver diced 2 ts Sugar
1/2 c Vinegar 3 Hot banana peppers
2 tb Patis (fish sauce) 1/4 ts Oregano
(optional)
5. Add hot banana peppers and oregano and
cook 5 minutes more. Serve hot. Preparation
Time: 15 minutes Cooking Time: 50 minutes
Sopas na may patola
(Soup with angled lufta)
1. Ibabad ang black fungus. Gutay-gutayin.
Ilublob sa kumukulong tubig at hugasan sa
malamig na tubig.
2. Hugasan ang karne ng baboy at hiwain.
Ibabad sa seasonings nang 20 minuto.
3. Hugasan ang angled luffa. Hiwain nang
palihis at makapal.
4. Magpakulo ng tbig. Ilagay ang black
fungus at luya. Pakuluan sa mataas na init
nang 10 minuto. Ilagay ang baboy at angled
luffa. Ituloy ang pagpapakulo hanggang
maluto. Lagyan ng asin. Ihain.
Angled Lufta
PORK
Method
1. Soak black fungus well. Tear into
flowerets. Scald and rinse in cold water.
2. Wash lean pork and slice. Marinade with
seasonings for 20 minutes.
3. Peel and clean angled luffa. Cut
diagonally into thick pieces.
4. Bring 4 cups of water to the boil. Add
1. Cover pork with water and simmer for 30
minutes. Remove from broth and dice. Save
1-1/2 cups of broth.
Shredded ginger
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Earth Talk
Dear EarthTalk: What are so-called “debt-fornature swaps” and how do they work?
-- Howard W., via e-mail
A debt-for-nature swap is an agreement by
which a wealthier, developed nation like the
United States forgives debt owed to it by a
developing country in exchange for a promise
to use some or all of the money instead to
preserve critical environmental areas. Typically,
such deals are brokered by international nonprofit organizations like The Nature
Conservancy or Conservation International,
which sometimes contribute additional funds to
provide grants to local community
organizations participating in the projects.
One of the largest debt-for-nature swaps to
date occurred just recently, in October 2006,
when the U.S. agreed to forgive $24.4 million in
debt from Guatemala to free up the money for
use in forest conservation efforts there. The
Nature Conservancy and Conservation
International were instrumental in putting that
deal together, and each committed $1 million
toward Guatemalan conservation initiatives as
well. A similar deal will allow Botswana to
repurpose $8.3 million in debt payments owed
to the U.S. for conservation and restoration of
its tropical forests in the Okavango Delta and
Chobe National Park regions.
To date, the U.S. has arranged a dozen
debt-for-nature swaps (one under President
Clinton and the rest under George W. Bush),
forgiving $135 million worth of loans for
conservation’s sake from not only Guatemala
and Botswana, but also Bangladesh, Belize,
Colombia, El Salvador, Jamaica, Panama,
Paraguay, the Philippines and Peru. Under the
terms of the Tropical Forest Conservation Act,
enacted in 1998, developing countries with a
tropical forest of global or regional significance,
a democratically elected government and plans
for economic reform are eligible for debt
forgiveness from the U.S. as long as they are
willing to undertake conservation efforts
accordingly. They also must cooperate with the
U.S. on international narcotics control
measures while neither supporting terrorism
nor violating human rights.
While the U.S. has been the leader in
encouraging debt-for-nature swaps, other
developed countries are starting to get in on the
act as well. Germany has forgiven tens of
millions of Euros owed it by the governments of
Indonesia and Bolivia, among others, for the
benefit of the environment. And last June,
France joined the fray by forgiving $25 million
in debt from Cameroon in the name of
protecting still pristine stretches of the Congo
River Basin, the world's second largest tropical
forest after the Amazon.
Debt-for-nature deals have not all taken
place without some controversy. According to
the Uruguay-based World Rainforest
Movement (WRM), last September Canada
forgave $680,000 in debt from Honduras in
exchange for that country’s establishment of
tree planting and forest conservation programs.
Arranged primarily within a debt-for-nature
framework, Canada will actually get credit in
the deal toward the greenhouse gas emissions
reductions it promised under the international
Kyoto Protocol. Says WRM, “The powerful
hand of industry is behind this project… this
allows a major carbon dioxide-producing
country…to be able to avoid implementing real
measures to either reduce carbon emissions at
their source or to implement the conservation
of its own forests.”
CONTACTS: Conservation International,
www.conservation.org;
The
Nature
Conservancy,
www.nature.org;
World
Rainforest Movement, www.wrm.org.uy.
Dear EarthTalk: My grandmother was a home
canner, and I'm interested in getting involved
myself. Where do I learn about the benefits to
my health and to the environment?
-- Sylvia Fragiband, Indianapolis, IN
For more than a century, home canning has
been a popular way to preserve and enjoy
homegrown fruits and vegetables, not to
mention fresh-caught seafood and other
delicacies. One of the key benefits of home
canning is limiting exposure to the chemicals
and pesticides used on most commercially
available produce and seafood. Also, most
commercially prepared spreads and sauces
contain added sugar, salt and preservatives
which are unnecessary in most diets and can
even be harmful for people suffering from
health problems like diabetes or hypertension.
Also, by preserving produce when it is at
its peak of ripeness, home canners can indulge
in flavorful spreads and sauces all year long,
even if the backyard harvest is just a distant
memory. And according to Jennifer Wilkins, a
nutritional scientist in Cornell University’s Life
Sciences department, foods at peak ripeness
offer superior nutritional advantages, even
when preserved. She cites the example of
Vitamin C content in tomatoes increasing when
the vegetables are allowed to fully ripen on the
vine.
Yet another benefit of home canning is
self-reliance. “If there is a natural disaster and
supplies are short, you will have your own
food,” says master gardener and home canner
Connie Densmore, who teaches an online
course in home canning through the
UniversalClass.com website. She adds that
home canned foods can last for years without
refrigeration (especially useful if the power
goes out) while retaining the same taste as the
day they were harvested.
Prior to the days of widespread use of food
preservatives and refrigeration, home canning
was one of only a few ways to safely preserve
foods from decay at the hands of naturally
occurring microorganisms. The home canning
techniques developed in the late 1800s to
Home-canned foods like these tomatoes will last for
years without refrigeration, while retaining the same taste
and vitamin content as the day they were harvested."
(Getty Images)
other illnesses are still effective and in wide
use today.
Those looking to learn how to home can
should consult the U.S. Department of
Agriculture’s “Complete Guide to Home
Canning,” available free online. The guide
details the principles of home canning as well
as how to select, prepare and can a variety of
foods. The website HomeCanning.com also
offers a wealth of information as well as lots of
recipes for canning fruits, vegetables and
meats. The site is produced by Jarden Home
Brands, one of the leading suppliers of home
canning jars and equipment. Some other
leading purveyors of home canning supplies
include the Canning Pantry and Home Canning
Supply and Specialties.
For more hands-on instruction, would-be
home canners should check out the University
of Georgia Cooperative Extension’s “So Easy
to Preserve” video series. Eight shows, each
20 to 35 minutes long, contain the most up-todate recommendations for home canning,
pickling and making jams and jellies.
CONTACTS: Canning Pantry,
www.canningpantry.com; Home Canning
Supply & Specialties,
www.homecanningsupply.com; “So Easy To
Preserve,” www.uga.edu/setp; “Complete
Guide to Home Canning,”
www.uga.edu/nchfp/publications/publications
_usda.html.
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it to: EarthTalk, c/o E/The Environmental
Magazine, P.O. Box 5098, Westport, CT
06881; submit it at:
www.emagazine.com/earthtalk/thisweek/, or
e-mail: [email protected]. Read past
columns at:
www.emagazine.com/earthtalk/archives.php.
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The North American Filipino Star Photo Gallery
Laging Handa Scouts group went on a fall camping trip last
Friday, October 6 to Sunday, October 8, 2006 at Tamaracouta
Scout Reserve. As can be seen, the weather was beautiful and
the leaves are magnificently colorful. See Tagalog version of
camping trip on page 23 by Scout Volunteer Anna May Tappan.
October 2006
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U N I O N
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Situated on the northwestern coast
of Luzon, La Union is the gateway to
the Ilocos Region. With its strategic
location, the province has become the
business, education, and government
center of the Ilocos. Not only is La
Union the region’s center for trade but
also of religious devotees who flock to
one of the country’s popular pilgrimage
destinations, especially during Lent.
Agoo, the oldest town of La Union,
was once the site of the much
publicized divine visitations of the
Virgin Mary. The Agoo Apparition Site
in San Antonio has established the
town as a destination of choice for
Marian devotees. Agoo comes alive
most on Semana Santa, or the Holy
Week, which is the week before Easter.
Yearly, the townspeople bear witness to
ardent devotees relentlessly pulling lifesize statues depicting the 14 Stations of
the Cross along the processional roads
in Agoo during the Good Friday
procession on Semana Santa.
But the province is not wanting of
natural
attractions,
thanks
to
seascapes that make it a watersports
paradise. The surf fronting Monaliza in
Urbiztondo, San Juan is the best site
for board surfing from November to
February; other good sites are in
Carlatan and Wallace in San Fernando.
Scuba diving is ideal in Fagg Reef,
which is adorned by sharks, barracuda,
sea snakes, Moray eels, and other
friendly sea creatures, and Research
Reef, which is endowed with several
tunnels, caverns, and crevices.
HISTORY
The natives of what is now La
Union were already trading with the
Japanese when the Spaniards came to
the Philippines, the area of Agoo was
then known as "Puerto de Japon".
Captain Juan de Salcedo explored the
region in 1572, followed by Augustinan
missionaries who founded the towns of
Balaoan, Bauang, and Agoo in the late
decades of the 16th century.
The province was created on
March 2, 1850 out of towns then
belonging to Ilcos Sur and Pangasinan.
Luciano Almeda headed the provincial
government for a time during the
Philippine Revolution while General
Manuel Tinio occupied San Fernando
in May 1898. After the battle in Aringay
River on November 19, 1899, the
American troops took controll of the
province.
A civil government was established
in La Union in 1901. A year later, La
Union ceded a narrow strip of land to
Amburayan which later became a subprovince of the old Mountain Province.
The majority of the population are
Ilocanos. Some Pangasinenses are
found in the southern part of the
province, while a substantial group of
Chinese Filipinos are in San Fernando,
the commercial center. Ilocano is the
predominant language of the people.
La Union has 20 municipalities which
are subdivide into 576 barangays. The
Northern towns of Sudipen, Bangar,
Luna, Balaoan, Santol, San Gabriel,
Baonatan, San Juan and San Fernando
comprise the First District. Belonging to
the Second District are Bagulin,
Naguilian, Burgos, Bauang, Caba,
Aringay, Agoo, Tubao, Sto. Tomas,
Rosario and Pugo. San Fernando is
moving forward to become a
component city.
October 2006
products are rice, corn tobacco, garlic,
sugarcane and cassava. Grapes are
extensively grown in Bauang. The rich
Lingayan Gulf is the main fishing
ground. Cottage industries include
blanket-weaving, basketry, shellcraft,
pottery and furniture-making. La Union
is also well known for its basi-making
industry, the Ilocano native wine made
from fermented sugarcane juice.
Points of interests in La Union
La Union's favored beaches
include Bauang Beach, the San
Fernando beach area and San Juan
Beach which is known worldwide for
its year-round surfing waves
One of the beaches in the San Fernando area
Agoo Basilica, La Union - It enshrines the miraculous image of Our Lady of Charity. This
imposing structure of Mexican-Baroque architecture is the venue of religious rites, foremost
of which is the Semana Santa.
La Union has predominantly hilly
terrain which gradually rises eastward
from the shore.The western border is a
coastal plain of raised coral and alluvia
(sand or clay deposited by flowing
water) overlaying older sediments. East
of this palin are rolling hills parallel to
the coast covering a wide portion of the
central area. The province has two
pronounced seasons - dry from
November to April and from May to
October.
From its inception as a province up to
the Second World War, La Union
experienced transformations in the
socio-cultural and politico-economic
aspects. After the War, rehabilitation
and reconstruction were done,
eventually propelling the province as
the center of commerce and trade and
the administrative center of Region I.
The main sources of livelighood
are farming and fishing. The main
Bacsil Ridge
Located 9 kilometers northeast of San
Fernando town proper through the San
Fernando-Bagulin Road, Bacsil Ridge
was the last bastion of the retreating
Japanese Imperial Army in the
province. Later, the Ridge constituted
the East Flank of the 121st Infantry of
the United States Armed Forces in the
Philippines, Northern Luzon (USAFIP,
NL) during the Liberation in 1945.
Filipino-Chinese Pagoda
The Macho Temple at San Fernando is
believed to be the only one built with
five gates. It enshrines the image of the
Virgin of Caysasay, the patroness of the
Filipino-Chinese residents.
Museo de La Union
Located at the Provincial Capitol
ground in San Fernando, the Museum
showcases archeological finds in La
Union of the Pre-Spanish period.
Luna Watchtower
This rotund structure built along the
shore in Luna during the pre-Spanish
time was used as lookout point for
impending attacks by pirates.
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Angel getting ready for role in ‘Robin’
boyfriend, the late young actor Miko
Sotto
died
in
a
mysterious
circumstance. In the movie, her
boyfriend, played by Miko's cousin,
Oyo Boy Sotto, who is now her real-life
boyfriend, died and refuses to leave
her. Seems like a true-to-life role?
“Not really,” she counters. “In the
story, Oyo and I only had a short
romance before he died. But he scared
me to the max.”
Angel's leading man in “Txt” is
Dennis Trillo. Also in the cast are Julia
Clarete, Dante Rivero, Perla Bautista
and Eugene Domingo. “Txt,” a coproduction of Regal Entertainment, Inc.
and APT Entertainment, opens October
18. a
October 2006
complications from a massive stroke he
suffered in 2004. He was 68. Once
dubbed “Frank Sinatra of the
Philippines,” Mercado was one of the
leading television hosts during the
sixties up to the eighties. His wife
Marivic described him as “the country’s
best [TV and events] host, a legendary
broadcaster and a loving father and
husband.” a
It's Cesar Montano
This Time
Maui Bares All
There is no iota of doubt that Angel
Locsin is among the top favorites
among our young actresses.
Oozing with sex appeal, Angel
perks up men even if she doesn't really
bare her soul and all. In fact, in her socalled sexy pictorials which came out
in men's magazines, she hardly
showed flesh. Still, she's considered
one of the sexiest among her peers.
And women and children adore
her as a superheroine in fantasy series
like “Mulawin,” “Darna,” and “Majika.”
Even in her dramatic roles in the
movies like “Kuya,” “Singles,” “Let The
Love Begin,” “I Will Always Love You,”
among others, Angel comes as
someone one could emphatize with.
She's good at almost everything
she does. The audience shivered with
her in the horror film, “Sigaw,” that we
are almost sure, the same thing will
happen with her new thriller, “Txt”
which is showing next week.
“My role is so difficult here,” says
Angel. “After every shoot, I feel groggy
as it seems every take was real.”
Everyone knows that her former
No, Maui Taylor didn’t shed off her
clothes this time. But her recent radio
interview was no less delectable than
her bold flicks and pictorials.
Guesting on a radio showbiz talk
show, the former Hot Babe, revealed a
few secrets about her love life, career
and some showbiz personalities. While
supposedly strapped to a lie detector
machine, Maui gamely answered
questions from listeners. She revealed
that there’s indeed a sex video of her
and ex-boyfriend Brian Revilla, which
they made while they were still on. The
tape is with Brian but she is not worried
at all that that he would leak it.
She also admitted she had
undergone breast augmentation as
well as surgery on her chin and nose.
Then she spilled the beans on an
alleged gay relationship between one
of her male friends who now lives in
Australia and singer Erik Santos, the
current boyfriend of sexy comedienne
Rufa Mae Quinto. Maui said her friend
broke off with Erik upon learning of the
singer’s affair with Rufa Mae. a
Eddie Mercado, 68
Cesar Montano is the latest in a
string of showbiz personalities being
hounded by the taxman. The Bureau of
Internal Revenue has charged
Montano, the president of movie outfit
CM Films, before the Quezon City
prosecutor’s office for failing to
produce his firm’s accounts books and
other financial records for 2004.
The charge is similar to the one
lodged against ABS-CBN executive
vice president for entertainment Charo
Santos-Concio over her alleged failure
to present account records of Franmar
Corp. Montano said, “As far as I am
concerned, I have no problem with the
BIR. I’ve always had the reputation of
being a good taxpayer, that’s why I was
surprised when I was told about the
case.”
His manager, Norma Japitana, said
Montano was “the fourth biggest
taxpayer among entertainers” in 2001.
He said he had also heard rumors that
his tax woes were “politically
motivated” because oppositionist
Senator Panfilo Lacson is reportedly
eyeing him as his vice mayoralty bet in
Manila. “Maybe the administration feels
threatened,” he said, but the thing is, I
am not yet sure if this will push through
because I’ll be busy making three
movies, including the ‘Ninoy’ (Aquino)
biopic, next year.” a
Meryl at Bernard Kasal Na
Isa pang isyu na ikinakabit kay
Veteran TV host Eddie Mercado
passed away on September 18 due to Willie ay ang pagtutol daw nito sa
October 2006
pagpapakasal ng kanyang anak na si
Meryl Soriano sa kanyang boyfriend na
si Bernard Palanca. Tila biglaan kasi
ang desisyong pagpapakasal nina
Meryl at Bernard Palanca. Isang linggo
ang nakaraan matapos sabihin nila
Meryl at Bernard sa publiko kung
gaano nila kamahal ang isa’t isa ay
agad naming nabalita na nagpakasal
sa huwes ang dalawa. Ayon sa mga
chika na aming nasagap, naiyak daw
itong si Willie nang malaman na
nagpakasal ang kanyang anak habang
siya ay nasa Las Vegas. Mukha raw
hindi pa talaga handa si Willie na magasawa na ang kanyang anak. At
iniintriga pa na ayaw daw ni Willie kay
Bernard bilang manugang. Si Mayor
JV Ejercito ng San Juan ang nagkasal
sa dalawa. Isang simpleng civil
wedding ang naganap at ilan lang ang
nakasaksi sa seremonya. Pero kung
tutol nga itong si Willie sa kasalan,
bakit ang balita ay ang kanyang wife na
si Liz ang siya raw nag-asikaso ng
gown ni Meryl? a
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"plenty people made kontra," including
her mom, former President Cory
Aquino, who told Kris to choose a
Christian name instead. TitaCory
reportedly told Kris, "What if when the
child grows up, Oprah is not anymore
as popular as she is now?” a
Ruffa
to
Anchor
Model Search
Brother Celebrity Edition,” the former
escort girl is besieged with movie
projects as well as romantic proposals.
Keanna is busy promoting her first
starrer, “Binibining K,” produced by
Reality Entertainment.
At the same time, she is shooting
Viva Films’ “Reyna.” Moreover, she is
the current object of affection of two
(yes, two) Frenchmen -- a model
named Safian and a businessman
named Jacques. “I met them at the
Embassy Bar,” Keanna said. “I hang
out there a lot with my friends. One of
the owners of the bar introduced me to
Safian.”
Keanna still vividly recalls the times
she was down and out not too long
ago. “My career couldn’t take off
despite the gimmicks my former
manager had cooked up,” she said. “I
was down and out and feeling very
sorry for myself,” she admitted. She
said she turned to God during those
days. “Until now I go to Baclaran
church every Thursday to hear Mass,”
she said. “No matter how tired I am, I
find time for that.” a
Juday Nag-aaral Maging Chef
Don't Tease Me, I
Might Just Run
Ruffa Gutierrez sign a contract with
Solar Entertainment to host the
"Philippines’ Next Top Model," the local
version of the US reality show hosted
by supermodel Tyra Banks. "When we
thought of bringing the show here, we
had no else in mind but Ruffa to host it,"
said Solar big boss Wilson Tieng. "Of
course, I got excited when I learned I
was the personal choice of Tito Wilson,"
said Ruffa. "I look forward to the beauty
and glamour of the show. Buti na lang
Yilmaz (her husband) watches the
show in Turkey and he likes it, kaya
pumayag for me to host the local
version here."
Ruffa’s coming and going has
sparked rumors that her marriage is on
the rocks. "Sorry to disappoint my
detractors but Yilmaz and I are okay.
We are happy where we are. If some
people believe otherwise, that’s their
That's Kris Aquino’s reaction to a
problem. Basta kami ni Yilmaz, wala
newspaper columnist’s claim that the
kaming problema." a
Queen of Talk had supposedly received
the blessings of her mother, former Keanna is On Top of
President Cory Aquino, to run in the
May 2007 senatorial elections. The the World
columnist further said that Kris’s
alleged senatorial ambition was one
good reason for abolishing the Senate
and amending the Constitution. Kris
was obviously piqued by the write-up.
“I will not run,” she said. “But if you are
pushing for Charter change, don’t step
on other people. Why are you always
underestimating us? People love
artists.”
She said some people are just
threatened by her fame. Kris herself
has confirmed that per her ultrasound
test, she is “100 percent pregnant.”
She is due to deliver her second child
in May.Kris says that if the baby is a
boy, he will be named James Jr. after
her husband, basketball player James
Yap. The couple has not decided on a
Keanna Reeves is making the most
girl’s name yet. Kris initially wanted
Oprah (after her idol Oprah Winfrey). of her newfound celebrity status. After
emerging big winner in “Pinoy Big
But she changed her mind because
Pagkabalik ni Judy Ann Santos
mula sa kanyang successful shows sa
abroad ay kaagad na nag-enroll si
Juday sa isang Culinary School para
mag-aral ng Culinary Arts.
Pangarap kasi ni Juday na maging
isang chef. Isa pa, magagamit niya ang
kanyang mga matututunan sa
nasabing kurso para sa kanyang
business, ang Café Havana. Matagal
na talagang balak ni Juday na magaral ng Culinary Arts. Hindi lang niya
magawa noon dahil nga sa hectic
schedules niya. Habang nasa Amerika
si Juday ay kasama niya ang kanyang
family at ang kanyang lovey dovey na
si Ryan Agoncillo.
Sa
Amerika
daw
napag
desisyonan ni Juday na mag-aaral
pagbalik niya sa Pinas. Habang nasa
Amerika itong sina Juday at Ryan ay
masinsinang nag-usap ang dalawa
tungkol sa pag-aaral ni Juday.
Pinayuhan ni Ryan si Juday na kung
gusto talaga niyang mag-aral ay hindi
na dapat pa niyang ipagpaliban pa.
Bukod sa mga shows at
pagliliwaliw nina Juday at Ryan ay
dumalaw din sila sa kani-kanilang mga
relatives sa Amerika. Ipinakilala ng isa’t
isa sa kani-kanilang Getting to know,
ika nga. Marami tuloy ang nag-iisip na
nagbabalak na talagang magpakasal
ang dalawa. a
Luis at Sam: Sino ang Malapit Sa Puso Ni Toni?
Congratulations
kina
Toni
Gonzaga at Luis Manzano sa
magandang premiere telecast ng
kanilang teleserye, “Crazy For You.”
Noong September 11 ang unang
episode ng bagong show sa ABS-CBN
See Crazy For You page 18
18
People’s initiative: Last hope to Cha-cha
BY By Christine Avendaño, Juliet Labog-Javellana
Inquirer
October 20, 2006
Should the Supreme Court decide
next week to shoot down the people’s
initiative to amend the Constitution, it
will spell the end to the campaign for
Charter change, according to a leader
of one of the proponents of the
signature drive.
Eastern
Samar
Gov.
Ben
Evardone, spokesperson of the Union
of Local Authorities of the Philippines
(Ulap), yesterday said this was his
personal assessment of the situation.
He said he did not think another mode
for
Charter
change—convening
Congress into a constituent assembly
to tackle the proposed amendments—
would be able to take off.
“Con-ass (constituent assembly)
will be a lost cause if we lose this
[court] battle because the momentum
will die down, election fever will set in,
the campaign will already be in the
people’s minds,” Evardone told
reporters during a birthday lunch at the
Palace for Gabriel Claudio, President
Macapagal-Arroyo’s political adviser.
Evardone was referring to
preparations for the May 2007 midterm elections, which include the
senatorial race.
“We are hoping the Supreme Court
will render a decision soonest because
we are running out of time,” the
governor added.
He also denied that Ulap—which is
composed of governors, mayors and
other local officials—had been
pressuring the high court to decide in
favor of a people’s initiative.
6.3M signatures
Ulap and the citizens’ group Sigaw ng
Bayan had asked the Supreme Court
to reverse the Commission on
Elections’
decision
in
August
dismissing their petition to amend the
Constitution through the direct initiative
of the people.
The two groups had claimed to
have gathered 6.3 million signatures
from citizens seeking a shift from the
bicameral-presidential
to
the
unicameral-parliamentary system of
government, in compliance with the
requirement that the petition should
have the signature of at least 12
percent of all registered voters and
representing at least 3 percent of
voters in each congressional district.
They had also asked the Comelec
to immediately schedule a plebiscite
so that the changes could be
submitted to the people for approval.
‘Some pressure’
But the Comelec had junked the
petition, citing the high court’s 1997
ruling in Santiago versus Comelec that
Congress had yet to pass an enabling
law for a people’s initiative.
Chief Justice Artemio Panganiban
said early this week that the high court
was under “some pressure” from
interested parties now that it was
preparing to issue a decision on the
petition for a people’s initiative.
Panganiban said, however, that the
high court was used to pressure and
would not let this affect its
independence.
He said the high court would hold
an en banc session on the petition next
week.
Malacañang, which supports either
a people’s initiative or a constituent
assembly to amend the Constitution,
had denied pressuring the high court.
Nevertheless, the President said in
a speech on Thursday night before the
Global Forum that she was determined
to have the Constitution amended in
order to “build a modern Philippines.”
The Global Forum is composed of
Panganiban
and
his
foreign
counterparts in 33 countries, as well as
jurists, law experts and members of the
law academe.
Inhibition
Senate Majority Leader Francis
Pangilinan said the justices aspiring to
replace Panganiban on his retirement
at the age of 70 on Dec. 7 should
inhibit themselves from deliberations
on the people’s initiative petition.
He said inhibition was the correct
action for these justices to take “in the
light of the so-called pressure brought
to bear on the Supreme Court justices,
the President’s announcement before
the [Global Forum] that she wants
Charter change to succeed, and [the
fact] that a new chief justice is to be
appointed by her on Dec. 7.”
Pangilinan is the Senate’s
representative in the Judicial and Bar
Council, which screens nominees for
the judiciary. The council submits its
final choice to the President, who
makes the appointment.
“By recusing themselves, the
[justices] would be spared the
awkward situation wherein the
appointment of the new chief justice
would be perceived as a reward for
taking a stand in favor of Malacañang,
whether or not the petition is granted,”
he said, adding:
“If any of the aspiring justices who
may have voted in favor of
Malacañang’s position is appointed
chief justice on Dec. 7, it may have an
adverse effect on the credibility of the
Supreme Court.
“Inhibition is an available option
that should be seriously considered by
those who are interested in the post of
chief justice.”
Beating the deadline
Executive Secretary Eduardo
Ermita acknowledged that time was
running out on the campaign for
Charter change.
He reminded reporters that Jan. 15
was the last day for those running in
the May elections to file certificates of
candidacy.
“We must beat the deadline [to
make Charter change happen] before
Jan. 15,” he said. a
From Page 3
October 2006
CONSTITUTION
Commission on Elections’ decision
rejecting their people’s initiative for
Charter Change.
Ermita said President Gloria
Macapagal
Arroyo
remained
committed to Charter Change despite
the setback from the Comelec.
Sigaw ng Bayan spokesman Raul
Lambino said there was still enough
time to conduct a plebiscite.
“If the Supreme Court releases [a
favorable] decision on Oct. 25, the
Comelec will have at least 60 to 90
days to call for a plebiscite,” Lambino
said.
But
Comelec
Commissioner
Resurreccion Borra said it was no
longer possible to embark on a
plebiscite as the poll body had already
started preparing for the local and
congressional elections in 2007.
Borra said the commission needed
at least three months to prepare
assuming that the Supreme Court
upheld the petition for people’s
initiative.
House Majority Leader Prospero
Nograles criticized Senator Joker
Arroyo’s claim that the House was
pressuring the Supreme Court to rule in
favor of Sigaw ng Bayan. The people’s
initiative had no bearing on the move
by a majority of congressmen to
amend the Constitution through a
constituent assembly, he said.
Leyte Rep. Eduardo Veloso
threatened a nationwide campaign
against politicians opposing Charter
Change.
Eastern Samar Gov. Ben Evadone
slammed the Senate, saying it had
always opposed proposals to shift to a
parliamentary form of government.
“It is their bloated egos and selfish
political agenda that are preventing
Charter Change,” he said of the
a
senators.
IMF urges Philippines to
keep up reforms, lower debt
October 12, 2006
The International Monetary Fund said
on Thursday the key challenge for the
Philippine economy is to maintain
momentum in reforms, which will
bolster market confidence and insure
against market volatility.
In its mid-year assessment of the
Philippine economy, the IMF said under
current policies, economic growth is
likely to increase to 5.5 percent in 2007.
It said this could be higher if public
debt was lowered further, which would
boost investor confidence and
investment.
"Although on a declining path, the
public debt is still higher, with external
commercial borrowing requirements
continuing to be sizeable," the IMF
said.
"(IMF) directors encouraged the
authorities
to
sustain
fiscal
consolidation and other reform efforts
to ensure debt sustainability, maintain
the confidence of markets, and spur
investment and the rate of growth," the
a
fund added.
Atienza pushes Anti-Terror bill
Manila
Mayor
Lito
Atienza
yesterday urged for the early passage
of the Anti-Terror Bill in Congress as
soon as it reconvenes after the threeweek recess on Nov. 6.
Atienza said the approval of the
final version of the Bill will enable
President Arroyo to sign it into law and
have it put into effect to safeguard the
country against terrorists.
"This will give us the capability to
protect ourselves from terror attacks,"
Atienza told journalists in the regular
Newsstand media forum at the
Ambassador Hotel.
The Philippines is set to host a
series of major international events
which require adequate security
preparations that an Anti-Terror Bill
enacted into law will enhance, he
added. "Surely, we do not want to
create a very wrong perception that we
coddle terrorists," Atienza said.
He cited studies that our security
laws are now outdated and need to be
restrengthened to keep up with modern
terrorist tools and tactics to eliminate all
types of terrorist threats.
It would be recalled that Manila fell
victim to terrorist attacks in 2000 on
Dec. 30, Rizal Day, when suspected
members of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI)
affiliated elements bombed Plaza
Ferguson fronting the US Embassy and
the LRT at the Blumentritt Station killing
innocent lives.
Atienza said "these are incidents
we do not want repeated. That is why
we are appealing to the senators to
pass the Anti-Terror Bill." a
From Page 17
a
Crazy For You
na pinalabas din sa lahat ng The
Filipino Channel (TFC) abroad. Ang
first episode ay talaga naman
nagpatawa at nagpaiyak sa mga
nanood, lalo na sa ating mga
kababayang OFW. Nauna dito ay
pinagtambal sina Toni at Sam Milby sa
pelikulang “You Are The One” na
naging hit sa takilya. Ngayon ay
aabangan natin kung magiging hit din
ang tambalan nina Toni at Luis sa
telebisyon.
Marami ang nagsasabi na mas
click daw ang tambalan Toni at Sam
kaysa sa Toni at Luis. Hmmm,
mukhang hindi lang sa love magkaribal
kay Toni sina Sam at Luis kundi pati sa
showbiz. Pero alam n’yo ba na kung
marami ang may gusto kay Sam na
maging kapareha o ka-loveteam ni
Toni, sa tunay na buhay naman ay tila
mas pabor ang madir ni Toni na si Luis
ang maging boyfriend ng kanilang
anak. Ayon daw kasi sa mommy ni
Toni, mas kilala raw niya si Luis kaysa
kay Sam. Well, hindi natin masisisi si
mommy kung si Luis ang mas type
niya. Ito kasing si Sam ay mukhang
takot umakyat ng ligaw kay Toni. We
heard na hindi pa pala nakakapunta
itong si Sam sa bahay ni Toni.
Mukhang nahihiya o natatakot
itong si Sam sa parents ni Toni. In
fairness to Toni’s mom, hindi daw siya
nakikialam sa kung sino ang dapat
gustuhin ng kanilang anak. Na kay Toni
pa rin daw ang desisyon kung sino ang
kanyang mamahalin. Ay naku Toni
ha…ang haba ng buhok mo!
October 2006
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Arroyo can’t make up mind on nurse tests
Nurses who benefited from leakage may face license revocation
October 11, 2006
Where the nursing exam leak is
concerned, the Arroyo administration
flipped, then flopped, then flipped
again. The nurses are not amused.
After announcing the other week
that everyone who took the nursing
board exams last June would have to
retake two of the five tests,
Malacañang late last week hedged
on its solution to end the controversy
by saying it would wait for a court
ruling before making a final decision.
The exam had been tainted with
allegations that test questions had
been leaked and was used by the GA
Lapus review centers in Manila and
Baguio City.
The
National
Bureau
of
Investigation
(the
Philippine
equivalent of the FBI) investigated
the leak and was supposed to submit
its report to Malacañang on Monday
(Sunday, U.S.) but at the start of the
week asked for more time.
Meanwhile,
the
nursing
graduates who took the exam and
passed it have been grumbling, as
have their parents.
Presidential Chief of Staff Michael
Defensor admitted that his cell phone
had been swamped with text
messages protesting President
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s plan to
issue an executive order calling for a
nationwide retake.
From all over the country, said
Defensor, complainants argued,
“Why they should have to suffer
when those who benefited from the
leakage of the test questions were in
Manila and Baguio.”
Defensor could only say that the
Palace was still looking for ways to
“resolve the issue fairly.”
Over the weekend, the brewing
scandal took a turn for the worse
when nursing board reviewer Joel
Dumdum said he believed the
leakage was more widespread,
possibly
reaching
Davao
in
Mindanao and Tacloban in the
Visayas.
He, however, admitted that the
stories had been based on hearsay
and that he had no actual knowledge
of the leak. Dumdum also said that
his statement “was hypothetical.”
The NBI’s request for more time
to conclude its investigation may be
due to the heavy penalties the guilty
parties are likely to face. Under the
PRC (Professional Regulation Act)
Modernization Act of 2000, anyone
involved in the manipulation of board
exams faces imprisonment of up to
12 years, as well as a fine of between
P50,000 and P100,000 (around
$1,000 to $2,000).
Sources at the NBI say that two
members of the Nursing Board, two
review centers and one nursing
school in Metro Manila will be named
as co-conspirators in the distribution
and dissemination of the test
questions for profit.
But they have been complaining that
numerous hospitals refuse to hire
them. To top it off, the possibility that
they would fail the exam that they
had passed fair and square was
putting undue pressure on them,
Nursing examinees shout slogans during a rally in Manila October 10, 2006. They opposed the
proposal for a retake of the 2006 nursing licensure examination after a leak in the examination
was reported.
Roughly 17,000 of the 42,000odd examinees who took the
controversy-marred exam passed.
according to one of the June exam
topnotchers.
See NURSES EXAM page 22
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Dual Citizenship
For Immediate Release
October 19, 2006
Is this a common scenario? You
have a project to do and you
urgently need a computer to
complete it. As you start working on
your application you notice that
browser on the internet is slow, your
printer and scanner does not
respond as quickly as it is use to be
and any rendering on any media
files are impossible. You check your
main hard drive and it indicates a
considerable memory left. So what
is the problem?
Your computer might be
infected by computer viruses. First
thing is to acquire anti-virus
program. I would download and run
Ad-aware or Spybot Search and
Destroy. They will find and delete
spyware. Update these programs
before you run them. Both are free.
I want to say again how pleased
I am that you have made the effort
to protect your computer. This isn't
difficult if you take the time to grasp
it Most of it is free. First and
foremost, you need anti-virus
protection. The link is below. If you
are not comfortable with a
computer, you may be better off
paying for a program. That should
get you more handholding. There
are many pay programs. Three I like
are McAfee, Panda and Symantec.
Those Web sites are, respectively:
You also need a firewall.
Personally, I like ZoneAlarm. It
works well & it's free. Another good
& free, firewall is Outpost.
Don't forget about spyware and
adware. These are programs
downloaded to the unwary by
advertising companies. Some of
this stuff is so intrusive that it can
cause computer problems. You can
eradicate most of it with Ad-aware or
Spybot-Search & Destroy.
Spybot also will block most
spyware and adware programs from
roosting on your computer. All of
these programs, with the exception
of the pay anti-virus products, are
available. That address is:
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variety of flavors
By: Raymonde Folco, Liberal Critic for
Citizenship and Immigration
Although
the
federal
government has not specifically said it
is looking
into revoking dual citizenship, a
spokeswoman in the office of the
Minister of Citizenship and Immigration
recently told the Globe and Mail
that a review is under way.
"We will be reviewing the rights
and responsibilities of citizenship in
the upcoming months," said Pema
Lhalungpa, in minister Monte Solberg's
office.
Ensuring Canada remains a
destination of choice for immigrants
requires policies that recognize the
modern realities of immigration.
Immigrants seek our opportunities, our
security and our way of life. We, in
turn, welcome them, recognizing the
culture and diversity they bring to
our communities, and the expertise
and energy they bring to our economy.
In one very important way, Canada's
citizenship laws acknowledge that
reality.
Canada is one of 59 countries
in the world which recognize dual
citizenship.
In
essence,
dual
citizenship allows new Canadians the
right to
retain the citizenship of both this and
their mother country. Similarly,
Canadian citizens residing beyond our
borders are not required to
relinquish their Canadian citizenship in
exchange for the citizenship of
their new home.
Dual citizenship is one of the
many reasons Canada remains a
model for the international community.
It affords Canadians the right to travel
and live abroad, in order to share the
Canadian experience with the
international community. Not only do
they have an opportunity to explore
the world, but the skills and knowledge
that they gain can be brought
back and shared with their fellow
Canadians.
Though it is certainly a
progressive and open approach to
citizenship, it is also a reflection of the
new global community.
The fact is, reversing this
policy and forcing new Canadians to
renounce the citizenship of their
previous country, or forcing Canadians
to renounce their citizenship when they
decide to live abroad, would make
Canada a less attractive choice for
immigrants. This would impede
Canada's ability to attract those
immigrants we need to stimulate
population
October 2006
growth and expand our economy.
The fact remains that a
Canadian citizen is a Canadian citizen,
regardless of where they are from, or
where they live.
As such, the Liberal Party of
Canada does not support any action
which seeks to undermine this right to
citizenship, simply because someone
chooses to live abroad. Further, we do
not believe that new Canadians
should be forced to abandon their
connection to their country of origin in
order to enjoy the same rights and
responsibilities afforded to Canadianborn citizens. With this conviction
comes the understanding that the
Canadian
government
has
an
obligation to protect its citizens
abroad, particularly in instances of
humanitarian conflict or crisis - as
witnessed this summer during the
conflict in southern Lebanon, and last
year during the tsunami in South East
Asia, in the United States in the wake
of Hurricane Katrina, and the
earthquake in Pakistan and India.
If
the
Conservative
government truly believes in standing
up for Canada, it will unequivocally
defend our current citizenship laws,
and the rights of our citizens - both in
and outside our borders. Canadians
should expect nothing less.
Researchers find new species
in box at US museum:
Philippine fossil said to be an extinct
dwarf buffalo
October 20, 2006
Researchers say a box of bones
left at a museum in Chicago a decade
ago by a curious layman have turned
out to contain the only known fossil
remains of a dwarf water buffalo that
roamed the Philippines in the last ice
age.
The new species, described in the
October issue of the Journal of
Mammalogy, has been named Bubalus
cebuensis after the Philippine island of
Cebu, where the bones were first
discovered by a mining engineer in
1958.
That engineer, Michael Armas, held
onto the bones for nearly 40 years,
showing them to a series of people
who were stumped by his find.. Finally,
in 1995, he showed them to a Chicago
doctor, Hamilcar Intengan, who
suggested Armas let him take the
bones home and bring them to
researchers at the city's lakefront
museum.
When Intengan, a Filipino native,
brought the bones to the Field,
however, he was kept waiting by
museum staff. So he left the box, along
with a brief description of where the
bones were found and his business
See FOSSIL page 23
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charge accumulates on the tips for
sparking to take place. The irregular and
rough edges of cut aluminum foil give the
same effect. Interestingly, spoons with
their rounded edges don’t have as much
tendency to spark. Dishes with metal trim,
particularly the ones with elaborate trim will
spark, again based on the principle that
electrons will rush to the tips of the metal
figures and jump or spark to the next. The
sparking or the rushing electrons generate
enough heat to potentially cause a fire.
You would have seen this if you
unintentionally left a metal wire tie-wrap or
a metal staple in the container you placed
in the microwave oven.
This brings us to the subject of
“microwave-safe” utensils. Microwavesafe means that the utensil or container
has very little moisture, if any, and therefore
will not be heated up by microwaves.
Microwave-safe can also mean that the
The Microwave: Is it Safe?
Sometime ago, someone asked me if
there was any danger in using plastic
containers to heat food in a microwave
oven. The question, I suppose, was
motivated by an internet email message
that in 2002 started making the rounds
claiming that plastics exposed to
microwaves release cancer-causing toxic
substances. The email message in its
various forms recommended that glass or
ceramic be used instead to prepare or
reheat food in microwave ovens in order to
avoid contaminating the food with
undesirable substances that come from
heated plastic. The short answer is that
while there is a small grain of truth to this
circulating email message, contrary to its
dire claims, the microwave oven is indeed
safe to use with plastic containers that are
labelled “microwave-safe.” In this article, I
will briefly explain how a microwave works,
what the potential risks might be, and why,
when used properly, this convenient
kitchen appliance is compatible with all
food vessels labelled “microwave-safe,”
plastics included.
First, what are microwaves? Some
people still use the expression “nuke the
food” when they mean heat the food in the
microwave. Although microwaves are a
type of radiation, they have nothing to do
with radioactivity. Radiation is a general
term that covers everything from the
powerful cosmic rays and X-rays to visible
light, to infrared used in a type of space
heater, and to radio waves used to carry
radio and television signals. Microwaves
are in-between the warm infrared and the
useful radio waves. Those ubiquitous
television satellite dish-antennas use
microwaves to transmit information. Radar
uses microwaves. Cellular telephones
receive and emit microwaves, but the
microwave energy they emit is so low there
is no danger of cooking your ears or your
brains, in a manner of speaking.
The idea of using microwaves as a
heating device for food came to – you
guessed it – a radar engineer in the 1940s.
It is said that when he came too close to a
radar device, the chocolate bar in the
oven. For example, it is not safe to
microwave food in margarine plastic tubs.
The plastic used for margarine tubs melt at
a lower temperature than microwave-safe
plastic. Therefore, there is a strong
likelihood that the margarine plastic tub will
melt and deform in the microwave oven.
Coming full circle to the subject of the
safety of microwave plastics, the email
message and its various forms that started
circulating in the internet in 2002 originated
from a concern that the intense heat
generated by microwaves might release
chemical plasticizers from the plastic
container into the food. Plasticizers are
incorporated into the starting material used
to manufacture flexible plastic products.
Without plasticizers, these products would
be rigid and even brittle. It is a safe bet that
all plastic products that flex have
plasticizers.
It happens that the
plasticizers are known carcinogens.
Therefore, the safety of plastics in
microwave situations depends on whether
plasticizers are in fact released into food
upon heating, and to what extent. This is
an area about which very little has been
published in the scientific literature. What I
have found through the databases of
medical literature is that plasticizers do
leach out of plastic containers heated in
the microwave, but that the quantities
released are way below the levels that
would be considered problematic. As an
pocket of his pants melted. The idea of
inventing a microwave oven then occurred
to him. I cannot verify the truthfulness of
this story, but in fact, the first microwave
ovens sold in the late 1940s carried the
name “Radarange.” It is said that the
original Radarange microwave oven was 6
ft tall, weighed more than 300 kg, watercooled and produced 3000 watts of power.
Eventually,
through
advances
in
technology, the microwave oven evolved
into what it is today, a sideways rectangular
metal box small enough to fit on a normal
kitchen countertop.
How do microwaves heat food?
Microwave radiation causes water
molecules to rotate and vibrate. The
friction caused by this motion generates
heat. The more power the microwaves
nteresting aside, plasticizers are soluble
have, the more friction it causes, and the
in fatty substances, and therefore, fatty
more intense the heat generated. From
foods heated by microwave in plastic
this, you can see that microwaves will not
containers will tend to absorb these
be able to generate heat in a completely
substances, but again at extremely low
dry substance. At the same time, this also
levels that do not pose danger.
means that the microwave oven will take
Health Canada advises that the
longer to generate intense heat when the
consumer should use only microwavefood has much water in it. Furthermore,
just like a regular oven, and contrary to
safe plastic ware in microwave ovens.
what some may think, microwaves heat
This is not to say that other types of
from the outside in. Water on the outer
material making up the utensil or container food-grade plastic are not safe to use in
layers of the food absorbs the microwaves
can withstand high temperatures that may the microwave from a toxicological point
and get hot, and this heat is transferred to
Microwave
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October 19, 2006
Defense Secretary Avelino Cruz on
Wednesday downplayed the latest
travel advisory issued by the British
government warning its citizens in
going to the Philippines as terrorist
groups could be in the final stages of
planning more attacks.
In a press briefing, Cruz said the
threat of terrorism is not only faced by
Philippines. "In all places worldwide,
the threat of terrorism is part of the
peoples lives. It's not only here in the
Philippines but also outside... in all
countries."
Britain on Tuesday said the
Philippines is facing a serious threat
from terrorist groups. The Britist
government made the warning days
after bombings struck four cities and
towns in the South, resulting in the
killing and wounding of scores of
people.
Cruz said this is not the first time
the country faces a terrorism threat
even as he assured that the holding of
the Association of Southeast Asian
Nation (Asean) summit in Cebu this
December would not be affected by
the threat.
"I believe we can respond to such
scenarios. This (threat from terrorists)
is not the first time that we are in a
From Page 19
situation like this. We've been in worse
situation and weve been able to
manage (them)," he said.
Cruz also noted that the military
and police are on a high state of alert in
the South following reports that the
Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) and the
Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) are planning to
launch diversionary attacks there.
Government forces are presently
pursuing JI operatives Dulmatin and
Omar Patek and Abu Sayyaf chieftain
Khadaffy Janjalani in the outskirts of
Sulu since Aug. 1. "The pursuit
operations will continue so that they
(terrorists) cannot regroup and plan,"
said Cruz, referring to the offensive
against the ASG and JI operatives in
Sulu dubbed Oplan Ultiman.
Meanwhile, the Defense chief
expressed gladness over the seizure of
some 200 kilos of ammonium nitrate
(use in making bomb) at the
Zamboanga City pier last Tuesday.
"Fortunately, we intercepted 200
kilos of ammonium nitrate which they
(terrorists) are going to use in the
bombing," he said.
He also reiterated his appeal for
Congress to pass the anti-terrorism bill.
"It's important to pass the anti-terrorism
bill so well have a legal tool to fight
terrorism," he added. a
From page 21
MICROWAVE
iof view, but that the microwave-safe
plastic has the advantage of having
been tested to withstand and retain its
form even when exposed to high
temperatures
generated
by
microwaves. Health Canada advises
against the use of Styrofoam
containers in microwave ovens as
these are more prone to leach out
plasticizers. We are also advised not to
re-use the plastic trays used for
convenience foods as I suppose
repeated heating will cause a
disintegration of the material and may
result in greater contamination of food
by plasticizers.
In conclusion, as with all other
things, it is indeed helpful and useful to
know and to understand the principles
behind what we do, so that we can
make correct decisions. With respect
to the story concerning the safety of
NURSES EXAM
The expectations of her had become
“too high,” she told mediamen at a
forum Monday. Although a graduate of
the World Cit College, added pressure
came from the fact that she had taken
review classes at the Gapud center,
she said.
But typical of those who passed in
areas where no cheating has been
discovered is Gerard Gumban of
Davao City. He did not hide his
disappointment at the announced plan
of the government by saying all
licensed nurses should take another
exam.
“The issue of leakage has been
there for a long time now,” he said,
“Unluckily, it is our batch that has been
dragged into this controversy.”
He said all nurses as well as deans
of nursing colleges should take the
exam.
When reports of the leak first came
out, President Gloria Macapagal
Arroyo announced a “no-retake”
policy. She then took a 180-degree
turn when she announced that she
would issue an EO ordering a retake.
Then she appeared to change her
mind again when she said that the
administration would wait for the court
to decide.
Still pending before a local court is
a bid to nullify the results of the June
2006 exam.
Besides the examinees, the other
group of people deeply affected by the
controversy are the parents of the
would-be nurses. One group of
parents have formed the Alliance of
Parents of Nursing Board Passers.
The head of that organization, Dr.
Raul Grageda, said their stand would
be to oppose the planned EO.
President Arroyo justified the need
for a retake by saying the nursing
profession had been stigmatized by
the allegations of cheating.
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plastics in microwave ovens, knowing
that very minute amounts of
plasticizers
leach
out
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that it is wiser not to use plastic ware or
any other house ware for things they
were not intended for. Who knows?
That margarine tub that you have used
repeatedly to heat food in the
microwave might have deteriorated so
much it is in fact starting to leach
plasticizers into your food. Be advised
accordingly. a
Ang Camping ng Laging Handa Scouts Group,
6-8 ng oktubre 2006
Ni Anna May Tappan
Nagpunta ang grupo ng tagatuklas hindi
na
LAGING
HANDA
sa
napakagandang
lugar
ng
Tamaracouta. Ang lugar na ito ay
nanggaling sa salitang Tamara na
kumakatawan sa kasaganaan ng puno
ng Tamarack at Couta na ibig sabihin
23
October 2006
mo ito malalanghap sa
kabihasnan. Pinagmasdan namin ang
mga tanawing kay-ganda, mga iba'tibang
kulay
ng
dahon,
ang
napakagandang lawa na nagbigay
saya sa aming lahat. Damang-dama
namin ang kaligayahang hindi
Philippine delegation biggest ever as Doha gears up for Asia Games
October 15, 2006
Despite a tight budget and modest
goals, the Philippines is fielding its
biggest Asian Games delegation ever
in Doha (Qatar) this December and will
see action in most sports disciplines in
all its Asiad stints.
lights to defend the 9-balls doubles
gold Bustamante and Nikoy Lining
won in Busan.
Bowling great Paeng Nepomuceno
will also miss his partner RJ Bautista in
Qatar when the Filipinos try to retain
the men’s doubles championship they
H.E. Sheikh Joaan Bin Hamad Al-Thani (2nd L), official 15th Asian Games Doha 2006 Torch
Relay ambassador, passes a torch to Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo at the
maipaliwanag sa mga mukha ng bawat Malacanang Palace in Manila October 18, 2006. The relay is the longest in the history of the
isa lalo na sa mga kabataan, mga Games, travelling 50,000 km to 15 countries and regions in 55 days returning to Doha for the
tagatuklas ng LAGING HANDA. Ang opening ceremony of the 15th Asian Games.
Hiking in the forest, posing for photos, finding a nice spot, everyone posed for souvenir.
ay katawan ng tubig. Sa madaling
salita ang pook na ito ay puno ng
Anna May and Zenaida Kharroubi found this
wooden structure used like a chapel.
kakahuyan at pinalilibutan ng tubig na
siyang nagbibigay saya sa mga taong
dumadayo
sa
lugar
na
ito.
Masisislayan mo lamang ito kung ikaw
ay kabilang sa grupo ng tagatuklas ng
Canada o kabilang sa grupo ng
LAGING HANDA. Nagsimula ang
aming paglalakbay noong gabi ng ikaanim ng Oktubre . Noong umaga ng
ika-pito ng Oktubre,aming nasilayan
agos ng tubig sa tabi ng lawa ay amin
ding nasilayan, ang mga punongkahoy
na nagsilbing inspirasyon sapagkat ito
ay ginawang napakagandang tahanan
ng ating Poong Maykapal. Kung
makakarating lamang kayo sa lugar na
ito tiyak na kayo ay masisiyahan
sapagkat inyong masisilayan ang
kagandahang nilikha ng ating Poong
Maykapal. Bilang kasapi ng tagatuklas
na LAGING HANDA maraming mga
bagay
silang
natutunan,
ang
pagmamalasakit sa nilikha ng Diyos,
pakikipagtulungan ng bawat isa,
pagmamahal sa Diyos at pagiging
handa sa lahat ng ano mang oras.
kaya kung gusto ninyong masilayan
ang lugar ng Tamaracouta at maging
kabilang ng Laging Handa at
magkaroon ng bagong kaalaman,
halina at sumali sa amin ito ay
ginaganap sa Mckencie Park tuwing
The Philippines will send 267
athletes in Qatar, slightly more than its
previous all-time high of 259 in
Bangkok in 1998. The Filipinos will also
take part in 31 of the 40 events on tap,
one more sport than the 2002 Busan
edition.
Philippine Olympic Committee
president Peping Cojuangco was
upbeat over the large contingent,
saying the entire delegation—400
including coaches and officials—are
on the right track.
He, however, refused to make a
forecast though the POC’s partner
Philippine Sports Commission had
earlier predicted the country to
duplicate if not surpass the three gold
medals, seven silvers and 16 bronzes it
won four years ago.
“Let us not get distracted over our
Asian Games preparation,” said
Cojuangco,
whose
daughter
equestrian champ Mikee CojuangcoJaworski won one of the three golds in
individual show jumping.
Django Bustamante and Efren
“Bata” Reyes won’t see action this time
but RP billiards are counting on lesser
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FOSSIL
card, with a security guard, who
ultimately got it to Heaney.
Heaney said he knew he'd been
handed a significant find "within 15
minutes." The bones were, for starters,
those of a mammal, and no mammal
bones had ever been found on Cebu.
Further investigation made it clear
the bones were those of an adult water
buffalo, but much smaller than any
Mababait na bata natutong magluto ng almusal sa umaga - Mathew, Kurt, Kevin, Tommy, at Kristian.
seen before.
ang bukangliwayway. Sa aming
Still, it took Heaney and his
paglalakbay nalanghap namin ang sabado alas 3:00 ng hapon. Narito ang colleagues years to track down Armas,
sarap ng sariwang hangin na siyang buong kasapi ng LAGING HANDA at double-check that the remains were in
nagbigay lakas sa aming paglalakad, ang napakagandang tanawin ng fact unique and try -- unsuccessfully -ang hangin na ito ay kakaiba sapagkat Tamaracouta.
to carbon date the fossils.
copped in Busan.
Big delegations don’t usually have
big yields, though, as proven in
Bangkok where the country sent 259
athletes in 28 sports disciplines. Of the
entire contingent, cue masters Gandy
Valle and Snooky Villanueva were the
only ones who brought home a gold.
The Philippines’ strongest showing
in the quadrennial event was in 1954
when it was held in the country. The
Philippines won 14 golds, 14 silvers
and 17 bronzes. In our home turf, we
won four gold medals in swimming,
four in shooting, five in boxing and one
in basketball.
The worst was in 1974 Tehran
Games where the country went home
with just two silvers—both from
swimming great Ral Rosario—and 11
bronzes.
There won’t be a basketball squad
this year, once again prolonging the
country’s quest of its first Asian Games
gold since the 1952 Jakarta Asiad. In
that edition, the country amassed
seven golds, including one from boxer
Manfredo Alipala who recently passed
away. a
Heaney believes the dwarf water
buffalo is descended from an ancestor
of the much larger Asian water buffalo
still common today. He says it probably
lived sometime during the last ice age,
when sea levels were 400 feet lower
and many of the islands that make up
the Philippines were closer together or
attached.
The dwarf water buffalo is 20-25
percent smaller than the Tamaraw
(Bubalus
mindorensis),
the
endangered dwarf water buffalo that
lives on Mindoro island, only a few
hundred of which remain today. a
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