Filipino Star - November 2010 Issue

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Vol. XXVIII, No 11 November 2010
Pacquiao wins 8th championship
(AP) Manny Pacquiao more than
made up with speed what he lacked in size.
Giving away both pounds and
inches, boxing's little superstar turned
Antonio Margarito into a bloody and nearly
blind fighter with a dizzying array of
punches Saturday night in a lopsided
decision victory that wasn't close from the
opening rounds on.
In a spectacular performance
before a delighted crowd of 41,734 at
Cowboys Stadium, Pacquiao cemented his
claim to being the best fighter in the world
by dominating the bigger but slower
Margarito almost from the opening bell.
Pacquiao won round after round, opening a
cut on Margarito's cheek, closing his right
eye, and turning his face into a bloody
mess.
The punches came quickly, and
they came often. Margarito was plenty
game as he tried to stalk Pacquiao around
the ring, but every time he got close
Pacquiao would land a four- or five-punch
combination that snapped his head back
and stopped him in his tracks.
The beating was so thorough that
the congressman from the Philippines
turned to referee Laurence Cole several
times in the 11th round, imploring him to
stop the fight. It went on, though, even
though Margarito had no chance to win.
"I can't believe that I beat
someone this big and this strong,"
Pacquiao said. "It's hard. I really do my best
to win the fight."
Pacquiao moved up in weight yet
again to take on Margarito, a natural
welterweight with a reputation for
ruggedness in the ring. And rugged he
was, though he took a beating all night
long at the hands of a faster and seemingly
more powerful opponent.
See Page 4
Pacquiao
Manny Pacquiao, right, lands a punch against Antonio Margarito during the third round of their WBC light middleweight
title boxing match, Nov. 13, 2010, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
FAMAS denies proposing ban on adulterers
By Budz Sarmiento
MONTREAL, Quebec - In an
article that has infuriated the Filipino
Association of Montreal and Suburbs
(FAMAS) Executive Board and the
FAMAS Constitution and Bylaws
Committee (FCBL), F. C. Magallanes,
the publisher and editor-in-chief of the
Filipino Forum, erroneously and
maliciously reported that FAMAS would
ban adulterers from its membership.
According to Ms. Aurora Osdon,
president of FAMAS, and Mr. Leandro
Tolentino,
chairman
of
FCBL
Committee, the article, which appeared
in the September 16-October 15, 2010
edition of said newspaper and titled
“FAMAS
PROPOSES
BAN
ON
ADULTERERS”, is rife with the kind of
falsehood and misinformation that its The FCBL committee from left: Au Osdon, president of FAMAS; Melle Lugod; Paz
Guloy; Denie Guloy; Shinette Khoury, FAMAS vice-president; Felix Salazar; Alicia
Bustamante; Maggie Calcetas and Marlene Birao Schachter. Not in this photo are
See Page 4
FAMAS denies
Leandro Tolentino, FCBL chairman, Erlinda Baltazar and Bernardo Sarmiento.
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The North American Filipino Star
Guest Editorial
And he calls himself editor-in-chief
As the leader of any journalistic
organization, the editor-in-chief is
depended upon for guidance. A
person in this position is expected to
set a good example for the rest of the
group. He is depended upon to guide
his staff with integrity and impart them
with high journalistic standards.
That is where F. C. Magallanes,
the editor-in-chief of the Filipino Forum,
has failed quite miserably. He has been
found guilty by the Quebec Press
Council
for
irresponsibility
in
journalism and for breach of the
journalistic code of ethics. For many
other editors-in-chief who went though
similar regrettable lapse in judgment,
that experience should be enough
wake-up call for them to change their
ways for the better. Unfortunately, it
does not have that kind of positive
effect on Magallanes. He refuses to
learn from the lessons the Press
Council has tried to impress on his
mind on several occasions. If anything,
he has gotten worse and more
irresponsible than ever. In our opinion,
only a person with troubled mind
would allow that to happen without
even a tittle of remorse.
As an editor-in-chief, Magallanes
is supposed to be the vanguard and
herald of truth, not the first one to tell
outright lies and malign innocent
people or entities in the process. With
Magallanes, it is the other way around
as editions upon editions of his own
publication will bear witness to that
assumption. We do not just make this
up to make him look bad. He does not
need us to do that; he has been doing
it to himself, and all by himself.
In his latest editorial (September
16-October 15, 2010, Filipino Forum)
devoted to Mrs. Zenaida F. Kharroubi,
he asked, “Whatever happened to
responsibility in journalism?” We
wonder why he has directed that
question to Mrs. Kharroubi and not to
himself who should know all the
answers to that question already since
he is the one devoid of any sense of
responsibility in journalism. Not only
that, he even lectures us on a particular
rule of journalism. He wrote, “First rule
of journalism: get your facts straight.”
That is the height of hypocrisy since he
has always been the one who does not
get
his
facts
straight.
One
incontrovertible evidence that he does
not follow what he preaches is right
there in his article titled “FAMAS
proposes
ban
on
adulterers”
appearing on the front page of the
aforementioned edition of the Filipino
Forum. The Filipino Association of
Montreal and Suburbs (FAMAS) has
never considered such a preposterous
proposal.
He has failed to ensure that the
content of his article is accurate, fair
and complete. He has also failed to
edit a Page 1 story that his article on
FAMAS alleged proposal is before
publication and other stories as
needed. He has failed to review
feedback or evaluations of that
particular article and other content and
take steps to avoid future mistakes,
and holds stories that are not ready for
publication.
And he calls himself editor-inchief. If someone else outside of his
family or small circle of friends owned
the Filipino Forum, F. C. Magallanes
would never have been its editor-inchief, not even a delivery boy.
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F. C. Magallanes: a serial character assassin
Shinette Salcedo-Khoury is one of his latest victims
By Bernardo “Budz” Sarmiento
Shinette Salcedo-Khoury was
once hailed by Fred Magallanes “the
next valued honorary consul.” She did
not pay attention to the warning of
friends who said: “The very people
who want you there will be the very
people who will bring you down.” It
was only when Magallanes began
calling her ineligible FAMAS director
that she had a grasp of what her
friends were getting at.
In June 2007, a letter of
recommendation with a petition of over
2,000 signatures recommending
Salcedo-Khoury as honorary consul
was submitted to Ambassador Jose
Brillantes, then Philippine Ambassador
to Canada. For months, she graced the
pages of the Filipino Forum,
sometimes in the headline – “Shinette
to be named consul”, other times
hailed as an active community leader.
The favored honorary-consul-to-be
was put on a pedestal, and lavished
with praise and impressive credentials.
Call her naive, call her stupid
and call her idealistic, Salcedo-Khoury
simply went about her ways according
to what her mind, her heart, her better
judgment and what the answer to her
prayers would guide her to regardless
of what others would suggest or expect
of her. She has not changed. She will
be the same person once valued to be
the next honorary consul.
Unfortunately,
SalcedoKhoury's
appointment
did
not
materialize. Her failed appointment
was due to misfortune of being backed
up by Magallanes who eventually
brought her down. Unknown to her,
Magallanes’ endorsement was a kiss of
death. And when it became obvious
that Ambassador Brillantes would not
appoint an honorary consul in
Montreal, Julita Parado asked her to
run for the directorship of FAMAS to
serve the community. It took about six
months for her to accept the offer. After
winning the election, Magallanes
began calling her ineligible vice
president of FAMAS. The truth was that
she met all the requirements to run.
Magallanes made an issue of SalcedoKhoury’s
failure
to
pay
her
membership fee in 2007 because all
the candidates he supported lost the
election.
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When Salcedo-Khoury , who
was once valued future honorary
consul, became an ineligible vice
president of FAMAS, she found out
Magallanes’ real character. Magallanes
has a pattern of building up people he
wants, then destroying them if they
refused to be manipulated or
controlled by him and his toadies.
Magallanes is a serial character
assassin.
In 2001, Magallanes endorsed
and promoted Benny Parial who he
wrote was the most qualified among
the FAMAS presidential candidates
that included Jay Jay Villanueva, Ding
Castillo and Mel Domingo. But when
Parial refused to be manipulated by
Magallanes, troubles began for Parial.
Magallanes wrote that FAMAS was
impoverished because Parial used the
money of FAMAS to hire a lawyer when
a case was filed against San Tino.
Magallanes' next victim was Tino who
ran for presidency in 2005. In the
beginning, Tino was Magallanes'
“Flavor of the Month.” He even
dismissed the propaganda that Tino
was just an orderly. But when Tino
refused
to
be
controlled
by
Magallanes, Tino was in trouble.
Magallanes mercilessly attacked Tino.
In the wake of his attack against Tino,
Magallanes was banned from the
Center. Magallanes then called Tino
bigot and fascist. He even wrote a story
on the front page of the Filipino Forum
that Tino was handcuffed by the police
for slapping his girlfriend.
In 2007, Magallanes wrote that
Albert Floresca, who won the FAMAS
election for presidency, got off to a
good start and was on his way to
achieve something great. But after a
year, he started writing negative stories
about Floresca. He said that the July
2005 Pista sa Nayon was the least
attended in its five-year history. In the
January-February issue of the Filipino
Forum, he wrote that Flor Rillo would
run for FAMAS president. It was
obvious he was favoring Rillo. Glowing
rave reviews kept coming from
Magallanes’ pen. He even wrote "Chris
Bautista is a possible candidate but he
lacks the support of Samahang
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From Page 1
FAMAS denies
author has gained notoriety from.
Osdon, in a tearful reflection during the
FCBL meeting on October 23, 2010,
vigorously denied that her organization
had proposed banning adulterers from
its membership. Tolentino, for his part,
not only concurred with Osdon but also
emphatically repudiated that banning
adultery was ever discussed in any
committee meeting, and vehemently
denounced all the outright lies that
Magallanes wrote in his article.
Tolentino, a graduate of the University
of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon
City and known in the Filipino
community for his composure, could
not hide his indignation over
Magallanes’ unfounded and unfair
characterization of the former and the
former’s
committee.
Tolentino
declared, “I cannot take Magallanes’
transgression lying down. I will tell
him in the strongest terms possible
that he does not have the right to
malign
me and
my committee,
particularly
by
telling
lies.”
Ms. Alicia Loyola-Bustamante,
commenting on Magallanes’ assertion
that she was appointed by Tolentino as
chairperson of the committee to
exclude
adulterers
from
the
association, said, “Nothing can be
farther from the truth. No such
appointment was made since no such
committee was created, let alone
discussion on banning adultery ever
took place.” Visibly trembling with
emotion and tears starting to well down
her eyes, she added, “My hunch was
right that he would give us problem; he
should not have been allowed to be in
our meeting in the first place. I warned
you that he was shameless and evil,
but you would not listen.” In hindsight,
the entire FCBL Committee agreed with
Bustamante and rued the day they
allowed him to take photos during that
particular meeting.
Even Ms. Marlene BiraoSchachter and Mr. Denie Guloy, known
friends and close associates of
Magallanes, would not conceal their
displeasure with Magallanes’ action
and the lies he had published in his
newspaper. When asked if they would
sign the open letter of protest Tolentino
would write to Magallanes, they said,
“Yes, we will, definitely! What
Magallanes did is wrong.”
Mr. Felix Salazar, an FCBL
Committee member and the source
who, Magallanes claimed, supplied all
the information through a phone
interview, denied that he ever
discussed adultery and adulterers with
Magallanes. Salazar promised that he,
too, would sign the protest letter being
drafted by Tolentino.
The FAMAS
Executive Board, through its president,
intends to write similar letter to
Magallanes.
It will be remembered that
Magallanes was found guilty of
breaching the journalistic code of
ethics. He was also reprimanded by the
Quebec Press Council on several
occasions for irresponsible and
malicious reporting.
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From Page 2 Character assassin
Makabayan.” But when Rillo refused to
comply with Magallanes' unsolicited
suggestions, he was attacked by
Magallanes who wrote about Rillos'
marital affair.
The bottom line is that
Magallanes is a cancer of society.
According to the Webster dictionary,
cancer is something evil and malignant
that spreads destructively. On the other
hand, Family Binders (Readers' Digest)
defines cancer as malignancy, plague,
rot. For example, in the 1920s, the
cancer of Hitlerism was widespread in
Germany. In Montreal, the cancer of
Magallanesism has been wreaking
havoc in the community, like tsunami,
for many years.
The cancer of
Magallanesism has to be “surgically”
removed before it can metastasize.
From Page 1
Pacquiao
"There was no way I was gong to
quit. I'm a Mexican, we fight until the end,"
Margarito said.
Pacquiao won every round on one
scorecard, 120-108, and was ahead 119109 and 118-110 on the other two. The
Associated Press had it a 120-108 shutout.
"We didn't lose a round," said
Pacquiao's trainer, Freddie Roach. "I wish
they would have stopped the fight."
That almost happened, but Cole
allowed it to go on even as Margarito kept
taking a beating. There wasn't any way
Margarito was going to win the fight, but he
could still see out of one eye and wanted to
continue.
"I told the referee, `Look at his
eyes, look at his cuts,"' Pacquiao said. "I did
not want to damage him permanently.
That's not what boxing is about."
Ringside punch stats reflected
Pacquiao's dominance, showing him
landing 474 punches to 229 for Margarito.
But it wasn't just the sheer volume of
punches, but the power in which they came
at almost every angle.
Roach predicted before the fight
that Pacquiao would carve Margarito apart
because he was simply much too quick for
his opponent. He did just that, starting from
the first round when he landed an early
flurry up the middle that seemed to set the
tone for the fight.
It wasn't entirely easy, though.
Pacquiao said Margarito hurt him in the
middle rounds with shots to the head and
the body, though he was unable to land
more than one of two punches at a time.
When he did manage to land, more often
than not Pacquiao was there to fire right
back with volleys of his own that found their
mark almost every time.
"Manny is the best fighter in the
world," said Margarito's trainer, Robert
Garcia. "He is just too fast - very, very
quick."
While there was no controversy in
the ring, there was a dispute in the dressing
room before the fight when a member of
Pacquiao's camp saw a weight-loss
supplement in Margarito's gear and
demanded his blood be tested immediately
for possible banned substances. Texas
boxing officials ruled that would not be
necessary, and the fight went on.
Roach also made sure he was in
the dressing room to watch the hands of
Margarito, who is still banned in California
for a hand wrapping scandal, get wrapped.
But it was Margarito's corner who
demanded Roach also rewrap his fighter's
hands in a display of gamemanship.
Once the fight started it didn't
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Pacquiao
Proof that it's so easy to doctor a photo that even a computer illiterate can do it.
minds. Instead, you and your wife stayed
OPEN LETTER TO MAGALLANES
there for a short time and did not raise
any interest in clarifying or verifying
these concerns or issues that could
November 1, 2010
generate interest to the FAMAS
membership; but shockingly after that,
Mr. F. C. Magallanes
you have vilified and/or negatively
Publisher
commented through your publication
The Filipino Forum
the goings-on in the discussion --- that
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which the bases had not happened on
Ville Saint Laurent, Quebec H4R 1T3
the FCBL table.
Thus, the following
never happened:
Dear Mr. Magallanes:
a.
“FCBL has approved a proposal
banning adulterers from the association
The FAMAS Constitution and Bylaws
membership.” (paragraph 1)
Committee 2009-2011 (FCBL) agreed
b.
“An overwhelming majority of
unanimously
to
address
your
FCBL
members
said
removing
irresponsible and malicious actions
adulterers from the rolls of FAMAS was
regarding the following concerns: a) the
constitutional.” (paragraph 2)
article you wrote in The Filipino Forum
c.
“Shinette
Salcedostating on “FAMAS PROPOSES BAN ON
Khoury…said ‘I think it is not against the
ADULTERERS”; and b) the distasteful
Constitution.’. She did not specify
placing of said edition at the back page
whether she was talking about the
of the souvenir program of the
constitution of FAMAS…” (Paragraph 3).
Federation of the Filipino-Canadian
d.
“Bernardo Sarmiento concurred
Associations of Quebec (FFCAQ).
with Mrs. Salcedo-Khoury.” (Paragraph
A.
The irresponsible content of
4).
“FAMAS
PROPOSES
BAN
ON
3.
You have expressed biases or
ADULTERERS” (The Filipino Forum,
misinterpreted the following issues or
September-October 2010, page 4).
concerns based on your side interviews
1.
There was no discussion on the
with the following persons:
table regarding the issues on adultery or
a.
Mr. Felix Salazar denied that
adulterers. We abide by the principle of
your telephone interview with him was
respect and privacy among individuals,
discussion on adultery. He has
even more so with the FAMAS
specifically told us on the table that he is
membership;
not a dissenter on the processes, but he
2.
You requested to take pictures
is the person who is concerned on
of FCBL Committee meeting on August
human rights issues and right to privacy.
28, 2010. Mrs. Pat Magallanes and you
In this regard, either you misinterpreted
were graciously welcomed by all the
Mr. Salazar’s
“expressed fears”
Committee members present. However,
(paragraph 8) or you would like to
in your and your wife’s presence, neither
highlight that Mr. Salazar broke the code
did you signify the intention to observe in
the discussion nor did you comment or
Open Letter
put on the table lingering issues in your See Page 14
nOVEMBER 2010
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Any Which Way
Bernardo “Budz” Sarmiento
Magallanes makes his name more apt by
changing it from Fred to Fraud
While many Filipinos’ blood
simmered when they read the
malicious
articles
shameless
Frauderico C. Magallanes published in
the September 16-October 15, 2010
Edition of his Filipino Forum, I simply
shrugged it off as yet another offshoot
of
his
patented
inanity
and
impertinence. His front-page article,
bearing a screaming and uppercased
headline “FAMAS PROPOSES BAN
ON ADULTERERS,” contains nothing
but utter lies, something that he says
and writes quite instinctively.
Frauderico is probative that the
saying “Nobody is perfect” is not
always true as he is a perfect liar. He is
someone
who
can
lie
with
consummate ease. Propensity for lying
is what Fraud, a Narcissistic
Personality Disorder (NPD) sufferer,
always has. Obviously, his NPD has
gotten worse, and his family might
have to take him to the Douglas Mental
Hospital in Verdun for lobotomy much
sooner than many people he has
sadistically maligned have been
praying for.
As an FCBL Committee
member with a perfect record of
attendance in said committee’s
meetings prior to the publication of
said article, I can categorically say that
the Committee never considered, let
alone proposed, banning adulterers –
or anyone else with morality problem,
for that matter – from membership in
the Filipino Association of Montreal
and Suburbs (FAMAS). We, as a
group, will never uphold such a
ludicrous idea no matter how much
we, either individually or collectively,
disapprove of adultery.
FIRST RULE OF JOURNALISM:
GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT –
Is it not peculiar and hypocritical of
someone who does not always get his
facts straight to lecture me to get my
facts straight? And guess who is
audacious enough to do that?
Frauderico C. Magallanes! Who else?
He wrote, in reference to my
unfavorable comment about the photo
that appeared on the front page of his
tabloid, “First rule of journalism: get
your facts straight.” He added, “He
doesn’t even know that you can’t bring
your own camera to take pictures
inside Malacañang Palace. Only
palace photographers are allowed to
do that.” Maybe, but he didn’t say that
one could buy any photo he liked from
any of those photographers at the right
price, and then doctor it with a
computer. I believe one could. Sa
Manila pa!
Apparently, he is too dumb to
realize that I only expressed an opinion
regarding the photo purportedly taken
at Malacanang Palace during the
inauguration of President Noynoy
Aquino last July, and printed on the
front page of the August 16-September
15, 2010 issue of the Filipino Forum.
Since it was merely an expression of
personal opinion and not a news item,
there was no need to gather facts since
a mere ocular inspection of said photo
was enough to opine on it.
One unassailable proof of his
hypocrisy is the article he wrote about
Ms. Shinette Salcedo Khoury –
“Shinette to be named Consul” in the
July 2007 issue of the Filipino Forum.
Frauderico wrote in that article that
Khoury was appointed Honorary
Consul despite the fact that no such
appointment was made yet at the time.
He jumped the gun – as he is wont to
do - and reported an event that had not
materialized yet. And then he has the
gall to tell me to get my facts straight.
Tsk, Fraud, you are dreadfully
irredeemable!
WHATEVER
HAPPENED
TO
RESPONSIBILITY
IN
JOURNALISM?
– That’s the
question Frauderico had the temerity
to ask Mrs. Zeny Kharroubi, the
publisher and chief editor of this
newspaper, in his most recent editorial
(Page 6, September 16-October 15,
2010
Edition,
Filipino
Forum)
suggesting that Mrs. Kharroubi was an
irresponsible
journalist.
He
conveniently forgot, as he often does,
that it was he, and never she, whom
the
Quebec
Press
Council
reprimanded several times for, what
else but, irresponsibility in journalism.
And it was he, not she, who was found
guilty of breach of journalistic code of
ethics. It reminds me of dumping that
Fraud, an NPD-afflicted person, always
resorts to when criticized.
Magallanes
asking
Mrs.
Kharroubi whatever happened to
responsibility in journalism is like
Judas Iscariot asking St. Peter
whatever happened to loyalty to Jesus
Christ.
The outright lies and half-truths
contained in the two articles that he
wasted time for just to spite me are
very typical of someone afflicted with
NPD. However, I must admit that he got
my blood pressure rise when he lied
that my daughter flung rocks onto my
car during my romantic adventurism
years ago. She never – in fact, none of
my children – did such a thing to me
despite their resentment towards me
for my peccadillo. Yes, they were
understandably angry with me for what
I did to their mother like most children
would in similar circumstances, but
they were too disciplined, too wellbrought up and too decent to damage
their father’s properties or belongings.
Patria Magallanes’ family is not
without sin. She has a brother, let’s call
him Mr. T, who was similarly situated as
I was. Mr. T. was seeing another
woman, who was also a caregiver,
while still married to DR, a registered
nurse. Mr. T. and the same caregiver
are still together. He’s now divorced
like I am with three children by his
former wife DR. I won’t mention their
full names, even though I can, out of
respect to their children and concern
for those children’s welfare.
I also considered writing about
Patria’s own alleged affair, particularly
while Fraud was still languishing in the
Philippines and his wife was alone
here, but I decided to save it for later in
case Fraud invented and publishes
another salacious story about me. If he
doesn’t, I don’t. It’s his call.
MAGALLANES, WEASELS AND
OTHER VERMIN – Admittedly, I
never really gave it serious thought that
Frauderico would actually stoop that
low to bring both my daughter and my
ex-wife into the mix. I guess I have
forgotten that he is an NDP sufferer
and therefore quite capable to do
things without shame, without guilt and
without empathy. But now that he has
involved them, nobody can blame me
if I even the score. I will even follow him
under the rocks – the natural habitat of
Magallanes, the weasels and other
vermin – to shove it to him.
In his article titled “BS: not an
abbreviation for Boy Scout” (Page 26,
September 16-October 15, 2010,
Filipino
Forum),
Frauderico
gratuitously found “it offensive when
he (referring to me) wants to appear to
be a man who is above sexual
shenanigans while attacking a certain
JT – which could stand for Jerry Tugas
– as a Lothario, a man who makes love
to many women.” Obviously, Fraud
was referring to that particular portion
of the September 2010 Edition of my
Any Which Way column titled “Illicit
Affairs: Sign of the Times.”
In that piece, I only mentioned
that
there
were
inappropriate
relationships going on in our
community. I didn’t mention any name,
just that particular initial. Still, I didn’t
attack or denigrate JT who could be
anyone in our community. That “JT” is
also Jerry Tugas’ initial is purely
coincidental. I didn’t mention anyone’s
name in my article, but Frauderico did
mention Jerry Tugas’ name in his. It
could also be for Juan Tamad. And
yes, Justin Timberlake! It cannot be
Jun Timbol or my fellow Mapua
alumnus Joji Tapia. I personally know
Joji to be a decent and religious guy
and faithful husband. In any case, I
simply stated the facts about the
original JT’s philandering ways. No
more, no less. Nowhere in that spiel
did I make myself appear that I was
morally superior to JT or the others.
But we all know Fraud; he always
wants to put his perceived enemies in
the worst light possible.
WHAT IF PATRIA’S WORSE
HALF’S NAME WERE NOT FRED
– Hey, Fraud, I have a question: Which
do you think is more embarrassing,
denigrating and painful – husband
cheating on his wife or wife cheating
on her husband? How about making it
your next editorial? If you have any
clue what’s going on around you, you
can write a limpid editorial on that
subject. If you don’t, then you are a
bigger dolt than I thought.
Just for curiosity, do you think
your wife Patria would stick with you if
your name weren’t Fred? She seems to
love that name very much, doesn’t
she? By the way, I took the liberty of
tweaking your name a little bit. I
honestly thought that “Fraud” fits you
more than “Fred” does. The problem
with this alteration is, Pat might not like
it and might start to find another Fred,
if she hasn’t already found one, and
then she would ask you for divorce.
And should it happen, you would
surely blame me, or worse still, dump
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While Merino undergarments have
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She adds that the armed forces have
enough purchasing power to create
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clothing without sacrificing comfort, style
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American forces generate some 750,000 tons of toxic waste annually - more than the five largest U.S. chemical
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“hot spots” on some 8,500 military properties right here on America (Photodisc)
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-- Anthony Gomez, New York, NY
As the world’s largest polluter, the
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According to the nonprofit watchdog
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on me, wouldn’t you? You know, Fraud,
you’re becoming too predictable
already.
ANOTHER RED HERRING FROM
FRAUD — Fraud had no comments
about my story that the Ogerio sisters
had committed fraud, and des Parado
had no transparency. Instead, he
retaliated by publicizing my personal
life. That’s what journalists call a “red
herring,” something that draws
attention away from the central issue.
Although Fraud’s spiteful revelation of
my infidelity came like a dark cloud
hanging over me at the outset, I was still
able to see a silver lining behind it. In
fact, I now consider it a blessing in
disguise. So instead of fuming, I am
now thanking him for it because he has
put me – inadvertently (or stupidly?), I
am sure – in a better position to expose
his hypocrisy and to disclose without
any qualm that members of his family
are not what he makes them out to be.
TRUE FILIPINO CRAB – That’s the new
title Fraud has given me in addition to
“King of Comedy.” He wrote: “He’s a
true Filipino crab who’s out to pull the
Magallaneses down, denigrating them
rather than letting them get ahead.
That’s ill will at another’s good fortune.”
[Page 28, September 16-October15,
2010 Edition, Filipino Forum]
Good fortune? What good
fortune? No matter how much I cudgel
my brains, I cannot think of any good
fortune that Fraud has ever had except,
perhaps, being married to a woman
who is willing to support a lazy bum and
freeloader. Hoping that they knew, I
asked many Filipinos in Montreal what
good
fortune
Magallanes
had.
Unfortunately, they couldn’t cite any
either. At any rate, is it good fortune to
be booted out of the College of Law of
the University of the Philippines after
just one semester for not meeting the
minimum grade requirement? Is it good
fortune to be evicted from his apartment
several times for his inability to pay his
rent? Is it good fortune to resort to
outright lying if only to pass himself up
as a person of many impressive
achievements? Is it good fortune not
only to be reprimanded several times
by the Quebec Press Council for
irresponsibility in journalism but also
found guilty of breach of journalistic
code of ethics? Is it good fortune to
have a son, Paul Magallanes, who was
reportedly fired from his job for
allegedly stealing the money and other
belongings of the patients under his
care?
Listen, Fraud, you don’t need
me to pull the Magallanes down. You
have been doing that all along all by
yourself. But in spite of all that, you
called
me
gaffe-prone.
What
Narcissistic Personally Disorder can do
to a guy! I beg you, Fraud, go see a
psychiatrist. It’s for your, and for your
family’s, own good.
In point of fact, Frauderico C.
Magallanes is the true and ultimate
Filipino crab. Here’s a partial list of
people he tried – or still desperately
trying – to pull down, but to no avail:
James de la Paz, Salvador Cabugao,
Zenaida F. Kharroubi, Aurora Osdon,
Shinette Salcedo-Khoury, Alice LoyolaBustamante,
Myrna
MarananFrancisco, Reuben T. Santos, Alberto
Baens Santos, Alberto Floresca, Benny
Parial, Flor Rillo, Santiago Tino, this
writer and, lately, Leandro Tolentino.
THERE’S NOTHING LIKE IT –
That’s
how
Fraud
conceitedly
described his Filipino Forum on the
back cover of the souvenir program for
the 30th Anniversary and Debutants’
Ball of Ogerio’s Federation held last
October 16. Come to think of it, he’s
right. There’s really nothing like the
Filipino Forum. Tell me, what other
Filipino newspaper in the province not
only was reprimanded by the Quebec
Press Council several times for
irresponsibility in journalism but was
also found guilty of breaching the
journalistic code of ethics? What other
Filipino newspaper in the province has
a pathological liar for its editor-in-chief?
What other Filipino newspaper in the
province whose editor-in-chief is so
asinine to have the latest issue of his
publication carrying the blaring
headline in uppercase “FAMAS
PROPOSES BAN ON ADULTERERS”
printed on the back cover of a souvenir
program that was supposed to be a
classy lifetime memento which those
pretty young women would remember
their formal introduction to society by?
Frauderico
Crass
Magallanes
heartlessly robbed those lasses and
their respective families of their
otherwise joyful and unforgettable
evening by placing his inappropriate
and vulgar advertisement on the back
cover of the souvenir program. And
worse yet, the Ogerio Federation
condoned such poorly thought of idea.
I guess birds of the same feather crass
together.
The Filipino Forum is indeed a
league of its own. The Filipino Forum:
there’s nothing like it!
PARADO SHOULD HAVE BEEN
GIVEN THE BULISIK AWARD
INSTEAD – Ogerio Federation has
substantially cheapened the Maharlika
Award by giving it to Julita des Parado,
a person with a checkered past and
who lost whatever little nobility she had
for having been found guilty of unfair
business practices by a consumers’
protection agency. Has anyone ever
wondered why she hasn’t been actively
and openly selling airline tickets
anymore lately? Well, wonder no more.
Her license to sell was revoked for
illegal practices. If I were a previous
recipient of the Maharlika Award, I
would immediately return the honor in
protest, similar to what several pro-life
members of the Order of Canada did
several years ago when the Order
honored Dr. Morgentaler, an abortionist,
with a membership to the said
prestigious organization.
In anticipation of readers
asking what “bulisik” is, here’s a
concise explanation: In the ancient
class system in the Tagalog Society,
people were ranked as follows:
maginoo, timawa, maharlika, and alipin.
There are two kinds of alipin, namely
aliping namamahay and alipin sa
gigilid. A sa gigilid of an aliping
namamahay was called bulisik, which
meant vile and contemptible. There is
only one class lower than bulisik, and
that was called bulislis, which meant
“lifted skirt.”
Now that you know, isn’t Bulisik
Award much more fitting for Julita des
Parado than the Maharlika Award? If
there isn’t any such award yet, the
Ogerio Federation should create one.
And I respectfully nominate des Parado
to be its first ever recipient.
Speaking of the Maharlika
Award 2010, if you would take into
account the president of the
organization that sponsored it, and who
composed the panel of judges, you
would readily say that it was a big farce.
In Tagalog, “lutong macaw.”
The president of the Federation
of Filipino Canadian Associations of
Quebec, Inc. (FFCAQ) is Angelita
Ogerio, the rumored “wife” of des
Parado. And reportedly, among the
judges were Frauderico C. Magallanes,
Riza Esmeralda and Svetlana Suarez,
all known to be close to des Parado.
You do the math.
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believe: F. C. Magallanes, a well-known
community liar and favorite butt of jokes
since the 70's or Mrs. Zeny Kharroubi and Mr.
Budz Sarmiento who pull no punches and
always tell the truth? Let us know.”
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MAHARLIKA and the ancient class system
Compiled by Budz Sarmiento (with
permission from the author Paul Morrow,
www.pilipino-express.com)
We don’t hear the word
MAHARLIKA very much anymore. Its origin
goes all the way back to the ancient
language of India called Sanskrit, from the
word, maharddhika, meaning, "a man of
wealth, knowledge or ability." Today it is
generally accepted to mean "nobility or
aristocracy." The venerable Tagalog
dictionary of Leo James English gives us
this example: Ang mga harì at prinsipe ay
kabilang sa mga maharlikâ. [Kings and
princes belong to the nobility.]
That’s the modern definition, but
back in the days when there really was a
maharlika class in the Philippines, it was
actually a lower class of nobility that served
the datus, or chiefs, in times of war. The
maharlikas belonged to the “kings and
princes” and not the other way around.
MARCOS’ MAHARLIKA
We can thank former dictator
Ferdinand Marcos, mainly, for our
misunderstanding of this word today.
“Maharlika culture” was his propaganda
tool for promoting nationalism during the
days of the “New Society.” The word
became very fashionable and was used in
naming streets, buildings, banquet halls,
villages and cult0ural groups. Marcos
named a highway, a broadcast company
and the reception area of Malacañang
Palace, Maharlika. He even toyed with the
idea of renaming the whole country as
Maharlika.
Marcos’ fascination with the term
apparently began in World War II when he
claimed to have commanded a guerrilla
force of over 8000 men that he called the
Maharlika unit. His claims were proved
false in 1985.
It’s ironic that Marcos’ first use of
the word maharlika was quite appropriate
because he only used it to name a group of
soldiers (albeit fictitious soldiers) rather
than an entire aristocracy or country.
The maharlikas were just one rank
in the ancient class system of the Tagalogs,
which was a little more convoluted than our
Western idea of aristocrats and
commoners. This class system was the
norm in other parts of the Philippines, too,
though the names of the classes varied
slightly.
MAGINOO – During the precolonial era, the maginoo class was the top
of Tagalog society. Men and women of this
class were generally referred to with the
respectful title of Ginoo. Individually, the
terms, Gat, meaning Lord, or Dayang,
meaning Lady, preceded names as in, Gat
Buka (now a town in Bulakan) and Dayang
Angkatan who was mentioned in the
Laguna Copperplate Inscription.
A PANGINOON was an especially
wealthy maginoo who owned much
property and valuable land. A panginoon
was addressed with the shortened
honorific, poon, which could be translated
into English as milord or milady. Aba poon
meant, “Greetings, milord/milady” and Oo,
poon meant, “Yes, sir/ma’am.” Poon
survives to this day as the term of respect,
po.
A DATU, or CHIEF, was a maginoo
who had followers and who ruled beyond
his immediate household, over whole
communities. This term was used in the
Visayas as well as Luzon. A datu with
power over a large area held the title
LAKAN or RAJAH, a Hindu word brought
from Malaysia. When the Spaniards arrived
in the Manila area in 1570, there was a
Banaw Lakan Dula in Tondo and an Ache
Rajah (Ladyang) Matanda in Manila.
TIMAWA – The timawa class were
free commoners of Luzon and the Visayas
who could own their own land and who did
not have to pay a regular tribute to a
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maginoo, though they would, from time to
time, be obliged to work on a datu’s land
and help in community projects and
events. They were free to change their
allegiance to another datu if they married
into another community or if they decided
to move.
MAHARLIKA – Members of the
Tagalog warrior class known as maharlika
had the same rights and responsibilities as
the timawa, but in times of war they were
bound to serve their datu in battle. They
had to arm themselves at their own
expense, but they did get to keep the loot
they won – or stole, depending on which
side of the transaction you want to look at.
Although they were partly related to the
nobility, the maharlikas were technically
less free than the timawas because they
could not leave a datu’s service without first
hosting a large public feast and paying the
datu between 6 and 18 pesos in gold – a
large sum in those days.
ALIPIN – Today, the word alipin (or
oripun in the Visayas) means slave and
that’s how the Spaniards translated it, too,
but the alipins were not really slaves in the
Western sense of the word. They were not
bought and sold in markets with chains
around their necks. A better description
would be to call them debtors. They could
be born alipins, inheriting their parents’
debt, and their obligations could be
transferred from one master to another.
However, it was also possible for them to
buy their own freedom. A person in
extreme poverty might even want to
become an alipin voluntarily – preferably to
relatives who saw this as a form of
assistance rather than punishment.
There were two kinds of alipins:
ALIPING NAMAMAHAY – or a
house-holding alipin, could hardly be
called a slave at all. He was more like what
we call a serf in English. A namamahay was
usually an alipin who had received a piece
of land from his maginoo master. In return,
he was required to hand over a portion of
what the land produced as a tribute and to
occasionally work on his master’s land.
ALIPIN SA GIGILID – The people
near the bottom of society were known by
the scornful term, alipin sa gigilid. In precolonial times the gilid was the area behind
and below the house where the toilet was
located. These alipins were single men and
women who worked in their master’s
homes, tending the gilid, among other
chores. They were completely dependent
for food and shelter, but if they could make
some money on the side, they were
allowed to keep some of it, and if they
managed to save enough, they could buy
their way up to namamahay or even timawa
status. If a man wanted to get married, his
master would usually set him up as an
aliping namamahay with his own home and
a patch of land, though this was rarely
done for women.
The people who bore the greatest
stigma in society were the alipins who were
indebted to other alipins. A sa gigilid of an
aliping namamahay was called a BULISIK,
which meant vile and contemptible. Even
lower was the bulislis who was a sa gigilid
indebted to another sa gigilid. The vulgar
name meant that these alipins were so
vulnerable that it was like their genitals
were exposed. In modern terms we might
say they “had their pants down,” though
bulislis really means, “lifted skirt.”
The only people lower than the
bulislis were slaves who were brought from
other communities or who were captured in
war. They were considered non-persons
until they were accepted into the
community. Once accepted, they had the
same rights as other alipins.
Philippines plans to lift rice
import restrictions
The government is considering
reducing the tariff and removing the
volume restrictions on imported rice
as it moves away from granting
subsidies to the grain through the
National Food Authority, Budget
Secretary Florencio Abad said
Tuesday.
“There is a recommendation to
remove the quota system and
replace this with just the usual tariff,
but I don’t know what level [the tariff
will be],” he told reporters.
The Philippines has increasingly
been importing rice from neighbors
such as Thailand and Vietnam over
the years to plug its production
shortfalls.
The NFA imports the bulk of the
rice that it sells at lower prices to
make it affordable to Filipinos, but
the Aquino administration has said it
wants to stop subsidizing those
imports.
The administration’s first move
away from subsidies came when it
cut the NFA’s budget for buying rice.
It then sent the money to the Social
Welfare Department for a straight
dole to the poor.
Abad said lowering the tariff on
rice would encourage private
companies to import the grain and
then sell it at lower prices.
The high tariff on the commodity
and the restrictions on how much of
it may be imported are the reasons
private importers are not buying
much of it.
But a source from the National
Economic
and
Development
Authority says the administration is
considering lowering the rice tariff to
30 percent from 40 to 50, since the
government would still gain from it.
Another reason for dropping the
quotas on rice imports is the
government’s commitment to the
World Trade Organization to remove
the barriers to trade in farm goods.
Under a deal it negotiated with
nine WTO countries, the Philippines
granted other trade concessions to
extend its quotas on rice, considered
a political commodity, to 2012.
The Philippines, the world’s
biggest rice importer, bought a
record 2.45 million metric tons this
year following a decline in its firstquarter production on drier-thannormal weather.
The country usually imports
about a 10th of its annual rice
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Wikang Pambansa: Nanganganib na Sari
Naliligalig
marahil
ang
kaluluwa ng mga ninuno nating
Manuel L. Quezon, Lope K. Santos,
Nieves Baens del Rosario at marami
pang iba dahil sa takbo ng panahon
ngayon.
Nagulat ako sa naging resulta
ng survey na ginanap namin ni Bb.
Melle Lugod, isa sa masipag na
kagawad ng FAMAS. Nagtanong siya
nang minsang magpulong ang
kanilang samahan, at ako naman ay sa
mga dumalo sa isang pagdiriwang. Sa
loob ng limampung sumali ay tatlo
lamang ang nakasagot ng wasto. Ang
dalawa ay mag-asawa pa na
magkatabi ng upuan kaya maaaring
kindatan na nangopya ang isa. Ang
pangatlo ay kararating lang buhat pa
sa Puerto Princesa, Palawan at kaya
raw tiyak ang sagot niya tinuturo na
ngayon sa mga paaralan doon. Ilagay
natin sa 5% lamang ang nakakaalam
ng tamang sagot sa mga kababayan
natin dito.
Ang tanong? Ilan ngayon ang
ginagamit na titik sa ating Wikang
Pambansa?
Nakakatuwang nakakalungkot
ang mga sagot: 15, 18, karamihan ay
ang dating 20, at ang iba ay 25 at 26.
May isang sumagot ng 31 at
tama siya sa isang banda. Dahil sa
pagbabago sa alpabetong Filipino
noong 1976 sa pamamagitan ng Mga
Tuntunin sa Ortograpiyang Filipino ng
Surian ng Wikang Pambansa ay
labing-isang (11) bagong letra ang
idinagdag sa dating dalawampung
(20). Kasali na ngayon ang ch, ll at rr sa
c, f, j, ñ (enye), q, v, x, at z. Sa dami ng
mga letra ay binansagan itong
"pinagyamang alpabeto."
Muling binago ang alpabeto
noong 1987 nang ilathala ang Alfabeto
at Patnubay sa Ispeling ng Wikang
Pilipino. Inalis ang mga digrapo o
kambal-katinig na ch, ll at rr sa
katuwirang ang mga letrang c, h, l, at r
ay bahagi na ng alpabeto at maaari
namang pagtambalin kung kailangan.
Tinawag ang pagbabagong ito na
"pinasimpleng alpabeto."
Hanggang sa kasalukuyan
ang opisyal na mga titik ay ang dating
dalampu (20) na inaawit nating
'Abakada...' at ginawang popular ng
nasirang Yoyoy Villamel. Niyapos na
natin ang mga titik ng c,f, j, q, v, x at z
at ang ñ na kung isulat ay may tila kitikiti sa ibabaw at ang bigkas ay en-ye.
Kaya ang tumpak na sagot ay
dalawampu't walo (28) silang lahat.
Tinanong ko ngayon sa magasawang tama ang sagot, Ilang titik
naman mayroon ang bagong Wikang
Jejemon?
Kapwa sila nagulat at
ngayon lang nila narinig ang
lengguwaheng ito na may pitong taon
nang umiiral sa Pilipinas at ang mga
kabataan dito ay ginagamit na ito sa
pakikipag-usap sa kompyuter sa
naiwan nilang kaibigan sa Pilipinas.
Hindi na kami magaaksaya ng
panahon ni Bb. Lugod sa isa pang
survey. Natitiyak ko na pagkabasa
ninyo nito ay mag-uunahan ang may
mga kompyuter sa pag-Google kung
ano ang Wikang Jejemon na may
dalampu't anim na titik:
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4, b, c, D, 3, f, 6, h, 1, j, k, 7, m, N, O, p,
Q, r, 5, t, u, v. w, x, Y at z
Ipagpapatuloy ko ito sa
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Abangan ninyo ang pagpapalitan
namin ng kuru-kuro ni G. Aris
Bonifacio, tituladong Jejemaster at
taga-pagsalin ng mga salita sa Wikang
Jejemon buhat sa Wikang Pambansa,
ang nanganganib na sari.
gustong magdawit sa Banal na Ngalan
ng Diyos ay basahin natin ang sinabi ni
Hesus tungkol dito, "Ang hindi panig sa
akin ay laban sa akin, ang hindi
tumutulong sa aking mag-ipon ay
nagkakalat." Mateo 12:30, Bagong
Tipan.
Kanino ba tayo papanig: sa
kasamaan o sa kabutihan?
Common mistakes
Ang Sinungaling at and confusing
Kasinungalingan
words in English
Tulirung-tuliro
na
ang
mambabasa ng mga nangungunang
pahayagan ng mga Filipino rito sa
Montreal at karatig-lungsod,
ang The North American Filipino Star ni
Gng. Zenaida Ferry Kharroubi at The
Filipino Forum ni Federico C.
Magallanes.
Naubusan na tila ng putik na
ipupukol ang isang katunggali at ang
inilathala na ay pati pribadong buhay
ng may buhay tulad ng pagdidiborsyo
at pag-aasawang muli.
Hindi pa nasiyahan at ginawan
pa ng malaking usapin ang FAMAS,
katangi-tangi at isa sa nalalabing
samahan ng mga Filipino na
nakakakitaan ng pinakamaraming
kapulungan
at
pagkakaisa
ng
komunidad.
Ang
nakakahiyang
kasinungalingan: 'FAMAS PROPOSES
BAN
ON
ADULTERERS.'
Nagmungkahi diumano ang FAMAS
naipagbabawal ang mangangalunya
sa pagsapi.
Hindi ko na tatalakayin ito dahil
sa magkakaulit-ulit lang ang mga
katuwiran
na
ito
ay
walang
katotohanan.
Ang
mahalaga
ay
ang
magiging dulo ng usaping ito sa
dalawang pahayagan. Kung alin ang
paniniwalaan ng madla.
By Budz Sarmiento
tract vs. track
tract is an unmeasured expanse of
land or water, or a measured area,
especially of land
track is a path or road, especially one
made by the continual passing of
people or animals or one specially
created for some purpose
In the October 2010 edition of my Any
Which Way column, I wrote “… some
community leaders had bought big
houses and vast track of land in the
Philippines ….” The “track” there was
supposed to be “tract.”
convince vs. persuade
Contrary to common belief and use,
there is a subtle and important
distinction between the two.
We are convinced by evidence or
arguments made to the intellect
We are persuaded by appeals made
to the will, moral sense or emotions.
'Convince' suggests intellectual
reasoning while 'persuade' suggests
emotional reasoning.
I’d also add a further subtle distinction
that we are convinced to think
something; persuaded to think and do
something.
The implication of this for marketing is
significant. I couldn’t care less if you
were convinced that my idea is better
May mga taong mahilig magpari-parian than the other guy’s idea if I haven’t
o magpastor-pastoran sa labas ng also persuaded you to do something
about it – buy it, support it, donate to
simbahan. Hindi ko minamasama ito
kung makakatulong sa isyu sa halip na it, tell your friends about it.
makagulo. Ang puti ay puti at ang itim
ay itim.
Walang kalahati sa Usage Note: According to a traditional
kasinungalingan.Kabulaanan
kung rule, one persuades someone to act
kabulaanan. Totoo kung totoo. Tama o but convinces someone of the truth of a
mali. Masama o mabuti. At kung may See Page 10
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Standard Definition:
When most people think of
consumer camcorders, they think of
SD camcorders. These units have flipout LCD screens and/or eyepiece
viewfinders, optical zoom lenses and
better quality microphones, and as few
or as many customizable features as
you are willing to pay for. Recording
can be done to internal/removable flash
memory or internal hard drives.
Depending on the quality you are
willing to pay for, the final result can be
Christmas is just around the
very impressive. Prices for SD
corner and we can’t wait to get these
camcorders start under $300, and go
gadget and toys for men items!
Camcorders are becoming ever popular up a few hundred dollars from there.
Before you buy an SD
as one in the shopping list orders. But
the big question is, what model shall I camcorder, however, ask yourself one
buy? In the beginning of 2005 we have question: Are you going to buy a new
SDTV in the near future? Or will your
seen the rise of new tapeless
next TV and every TV after it be HD? If
camcorders on the market using
memory cards or sticks as we call it and its HD, then it doesn't make sense to
buy an SD camcorder when the world
able to record in high definition. This
year more features were added such as is moving to wider screen, higher
mp3 players and powerful digital zoom. resolution HD video - no matter how
good the price.
This makes your choice more
complicated. According to Videomaker Panasonic SDR-S26K SD
magazine there are four basic classes of Basic High Definition:
This is the basic HD entry-level
camcorders. They are Flip-Style, Basic
High Definition (HD), Standard Definition product camcorder for anyone who like
their video a bit better. I mean a
(SD) and Premium High Definition.
camcorder that handles all basic
Flip-Style:
This is an entry-level camcorder, functions automatically; such as white
balance, focusing and audio.
in all senses of the word. A Flip-style
Such models cost less than
camcorder comes in a MP3 player-like
package with a digital zoom lens, one premium HD camcorders - from $800
up to about $1,000 - and often come in
on/off Record button, a basic audio
microphone, and the ability to record to lightweight plastic cases that need to be
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Buyer’s Guide
internal and/or external flash memory.
The videos are usually downloaded
using a built-in USB that plugs into your
computer. From there, you can burn
them to DVD or post them directly to
YouTube. At around $200 or less, Flipstyle camcorders are fine for fun shots,
but not for serious videography.
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handled with care. But for the money, you
can usually count on getting an HD
camcorder that shoots excellent images,
offers optical zoom (a must, since digital
zoom makes your video look grainy) and
can be used to create prosumer-quality
videos when used with a computer-based
editing system. Depending on what you
buy, basic HD camcorders can record to
tape, optical disks and removable flash
memory.
If you are relatively new to
shooting video, I suggest you buy with a
quality basic HD camcorder that does
much of the thinking for you. Experiment
and play around with this camera to
practice and learn the features before you
move up to the next level. Some models
offer hybrid SD/HD format to give more
versatility such as the Panasonic
HDCCH20K.
Panasonic HDCHS20K
Premium High Definition:
Premium HD camcorders are
expensive but are worth the money. These
units allow you to have manual control of
your settings, offer extra shooting features
and use multiple CCD/CMOS image
sensors (professional video cameras use 3
CCD) to capture better-quality video. By
offering this degree of versatility, premium
HD camcorders give the shooter real
control in selecting light levels and
shooting styles.
Premium HD camcorders can
be used by beginners, thanks to their
automatic features. However, the
versatility and performance these units
offer comes with a suitable price tag;
just as a BMW costs more than a
Chevrolet. Expect to pay around $1,000
or more for one of these units.
Sony HXR-MC50U AVCHD
What Should I Buy?
The trick to buying the right
camcorder begins by deciding what
you want to use it for. Do you want
videos that offer high quality visuals, a
variety of shots (wide angle, close up,
zoom) and steady images? Then a
basic HD camcorder is a good choice:
It is difficult to hold a Flip-style camera
rock steady.
On the other hand, do you
value portability and ease of use above
all else? If so, then a Flip-style
camcorder might be right for you;
especially if you want a camcorder that
can be carried in your coat pocket or
purse for immediate use and
uploading.
Once you know what you want,
shop around for the best mix of
features and price. Remember that
nobody ever regretted spending
money on quality, but many have
wished that they hadn't sacrificed it to
save a buck. Like a musical instrument,
a camcorder is a creative tool that must
be capable of meeting your
requirements while also fitting your
style and level of skills. This comes
right down to how well the camera fits
in your hand and how much you enjoy
using it.
One last piece of advice: Brand
names count when it comes to
camcorders. Buy from a manufacturer
you trust, after reading reviews and
trying out many makes and models.
After all, this camcorder is your chief
creative tool: It has to be just right for
you!
Happy shooting!
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statement or proposition: By convincing
me that no good could come of staying,
he persuaded me to leave. If the
distinction is accepted, then convince
should not be used with an infinitive: He
persuaded (not convinced) me to go. In
an earlier survey, a majority of the Usage
Panel held that this distinction should be
maintained, but the use of convince with
an infinitive has become increasingly
common even among reputable writers,
and it is unlikely that this stricture can be
maintained for much longer
reciprocate vs. retaliate
Both those terms denote giving back
something for something.
However,
“reciprocate” has positive connotation,
“retaliate” has negative one.
When someone gives you a gift on your
birthday, you reciprocate by giving her a
gift on hers. But when a person said
something nasty about you, especially
behind your back, you retaliate by giving
her a tongue-lashing.
stingy vs. frugal
According to dictionary.com, frugal
means "economical in use or expenditure;
prudent saving or sparing; not wasteful".
Stingy, on the other hand, is defined as
"reluctant to give or spend; not generous;
penurious".
In other words, frugal means using your
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whereas stingy means being so tightfisted
with your money that you're not willing to
help others out.
There are two types of people out there in
the world (among others). There are those
who are generous, giving people who don't
have much money to pass around, but are
willing to assist in whatever way they can
afford. Then there are people who may or
may not have money, but these people are
cold hearted and self absorbed. The
thought of taking away from themselves to
give to others is simply more than they can
bear.
The former are frugal, the latter stingy.
Frugality is a virtue, stinginess a vice.
Philippines in top 3 of BBC World Challenge
slander vs. libel
Both slander and libel are defamation of
character. However, slander is used when
the defamation of character is spoken. This
can be person to person or a person
speaking to many people.
Libel, on the other hand, is the defamation
of an individual's or an entity's character
which is published in a written medium,
such as a newspaper. However, any written
communication can be libelous as long as
it's transmitted to a third party.
Now, most courts consider defamation of
character made during a radio or television
broadcast to also be libel, even though the
defamation was spoken.
If a person says or writes something that is
true, his statement cannot be considered
slander or libel. If he says or writes a
personal opinion or an allegation, he
cannot be held liable, either, even if the
allegation turns out to be false.
The Philippines’ entry to the BBC
World Challenge 2010 – an indigenous
hydraulic ram pump – has been voted
as one of the top three projects among
12 finalists worldwide.
Auke Idzenga, the founder and
executive director of the Negrosbased
Alternative
Indigenous
Development Foundation, Inc. (AIDFI),
broke the news in an email to the
Manila Bulletin, disclosing that the
Philippine invention received over
167,000 votes from all over the world
to earn a spot in the top three projects.
“We thank all the people who cast
their vote for AIDFI, the only Philippine
entry in the Challenge and the support
given during the campaign,” Idzenga
wrote.
The awarding ceremony for the
winner and two runners-up of the BBC
World Challenge 2010 will be held in
Amsterdam on November 29.
The awards ceremony will be
broadcast on December 4 on BBC
World News and announced on the
website on the same day and profiled
in Newsweek magazine in the
December 21 issue which will be on
sale starting December 14, 2010.
The hydraulic ram pump project,
called “The Only Way is Up,” does not
use fuel to spur it into action but uses
instead the kinetic energy of the river.
Custom-made from door hinges, car
tires, pipes, and steel, the AIDFI pump
model which was invented by Idzenga
could raise 20 to 40 liters of water
directly to elevated communities. The
pump can last up to three years if
properly maintained.
The pump, according to Idzenga,
has already supplied water to about
170 villages, giving relief to some
50,000 beneficiaries all over the
country.
A Dutchman who has made
Negros Occidental his home for 25
years now, Idzenga, 42, said he
invented the pump out of necessity
seeing that the province lacked water
supply.
“Before we introduced the pump,
people in our community were only
getting 20 to 40 liters of water. Now,
they receive about 500 to 1,000 liters a
day,” Idzenga told Manila Bulletin in an
earlier interview.
While the hydraulic ram pump
already existed in the 1700’s, Idzenga
explains their model was cheaper by
P300 to P500 compared to
commercial brands which cost about
25,000 euros, but still works as
efficient.
“Our models are much sexier
looking,” Idzenga said, comparing his
invention to the bulky types of
imported pumps. “It is also made from
local materials so communities will be
able to maintain it,” he added.
Idzenga’s invention earlier won an
Ashden award for Sustainable Energy
in London. Since then, AIDFI has
received inquiries on the application of
their technology for irrigation in other
countries like Afghanistan, Cambodia,
and Columbia.
Asked why he chose to help the
local provincial communities and
represent the Philippines, Idezenga
cited the determination and passion of
Filipinos which he admired.
“Puti ang panit pero corazon ang
puso (I have a white skin, but I have
Pilipino heart),” Idzenga said in Ilongo,
the native dialect he has learned to
adopt very well.
“We are on the top of the world in
this kind of low-cost technologies. Let
us show the world what the Filipinos
can do,” Idzenga said. a
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nOVEMBER 2010
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Open Letter
of ethics among FCBL Committee
membership when he stated: “They
always make me feel I’m breaking a
wedding promise to stick together for
better or worse, for richer or poorer. But
I can’t see how an association in a free
country can possibly outlaw them.”
(Paragraph 9).
b.
Ms. Marlene Birao-Schachter
“asked whether the proposal was meant
only for FAMAS Officers” (Paragraph 11).
“The chair said it applied to all FAMAS
members” (lone Paragraph 12 -sic).
Either Ms. Birao-Schachter or you
misinterpreted it as adultery issue, when
in fact we were talking at another time
the integrity of FAMAS members in filing
candidacy to the FAMAS Nominating
Committee/Committee on Elections.
On this instance, we have to clarify that
the issue is on filing of candidacy (where
some personal information are divulged,
like marital status.
4. Policies, procedures and glossary of
FCBL terms, as an offshoot of the review
of the FCBL, were to be recommended
by the FCBL Committee members to the
Executive Board. In light of this, it was
delegated not only to Mrs. Alice
Bustamante, solely, but to the team of
Ms. Bustamante that included Mrs.
Maggie Calcetas and Mr. Bernardo
Sarmiento. Thus, your statement on
paragraphs 6 and 14 are erroneous and
insulting to Mrs. Bustamante.
In
addition, the Chairperson did not
appoint Mrs. Bustamante “as chairman
of the committee to exclude adulterers
from the association.”
Again we
reiterate, neither committee ever existed
nor an appointment had ever happened.
5.
You claimed that “overwhelming
majority of FCBL members said
removing adulterers from rolls of FAMAS
is constitutional.” Then in paragraph 13,
you have stated that “other FCBL
members---Birao-Schachter,
Maggie
Calcetas, Denie Guloy, and Paz Guloy—
offered no opinion on the adultery ban.“
These are two contradicting statements,
which have both fallacies, if we abide by
the traditional concise reporting (in
journalism). If the four (4) you had
mentioned offered no opinions; and then
you claimed Mr. Salazar is a dissenter,
then that makes five (5) people already
having no action on issues of adultery.
The FAMAS representative (Shinette
Khoury, replacing Ms. Aurora Osdon at
that time) has no vote and the
Chairperson (Leandro Tolentino) votes
only in cases of tie. Ms. Erlinda Baltazar
was on leave at that time. That left, in
your mind, Ms. Melle Lugod, Ms. Alice
Bustamante and Mr. Bernardo Sarmiento
to support this issue. Therefore, there
were only three as opposed to five that
could overwhelmingly sway a majority in
the committee. We would then request
your reflection on this: where is the
overwhelming majority if this has really
happened? Or were you just trying to
pin down particularly two of these three
people because you begrudged them?
6.
On paragraph 5, regarding
observer Mr. Willie Quiambao’s views: it
was clearly a misinterpretation on your
part, as Mr. Quiambao emphatically said
that the legitimacy issues discussed
were regarding the right to privacy of the
individuals. His examples mentioned on
his proposed revision (submitted prior to
this said meeting) were not pertaining to
FAMAS
but
rather
to
another
organization.
This resolution of
“legitimacy issues” was just a statement
of precaution by him as a concerned
member who was there to inform and
enlighten FCBL Committee members.
7.
Mrs.
Pat
Magallanes’
statements on paragraphs 15, 16, 17,
and 20 were solely her opinions, based
on erroneous facts. She seemingly
lacked the objectivity in providing her
statements to you, which you readily
printed as opposed to consulting any
FCBL Committee member regarding the
matter. She also didn’t bother to consult
any of the FCBL Committee, but she
gave an outright subjective conclusion.
This is risky to your newspaper, because
she is one of your publishers; and this
may reflect on how your publishers may
rush to irresponsible conclusions
without regard to clarifying issues. We
stand in the FCBL Committee that we do
not propose anything that “control
personal relations, and is discriminatory”
as she claimed in your article.
From Page 4
Pacquiao
matter. Pacquiao landed some big left
hands early, cutting Margarito beneath the
right eye and causing it to swell. By the
middle of the fight he couldn't see out of
that eye and his left eye began closing, too.
The fight was for the WBC 154pound title even though the contract weight
was 150 pounds. Margarito weighed 150 at
Friday's weigh-in, but was 165 on the
unofficial HBO scale before the fight while
Pacquiao, who had been 144.6, was 148
pounds.
Pacquiao also gave away 4½
inches in height and was at a six-inch reach
disadvantage, but that didn't matter either.
Pacquiao earned a guaranteed
$15 million, though he is likely to make
millions more on his cut of the television
revenues. He planned to give a concert at
Lake Tahoe on Tuesday and then return to
his political duties in the Philippines.
"I have another job after this,"
Pacquiao said. "I'm going back to the
Philippines to do my other job and be a
The malicious placing of The public servant."
B.
Filipino Forum’s advertisement on the
outside back cover of FFCAQ Souvenir UN poisons its human
rights mission
program
1.
There seemed to be a malicious Irwin Cotler
intent to put the said edition of The From: The Australian
October 04, 2010
Filipino Forum in back page of the
THE UN Human Rights Council is the
souvenir program under the pretext of mandated UN body responsible for the promotion
advertising your newspaper. The and protection of international human rights.
It was intended to improve on its
members of the FCBL Committee have
discredited predecessor, the UN Human Rights
unanimously agreed that it is Commission, which former UN secretary-general
inappropriate and distasteful, and think Kofi Annan critiqued for its "politicised" and
that your action was deliberate to malign "biased" decision-making, but it appears to have
inherited and compounded the flaws of its
FAMAS.
predecessor.
2.
It also appeared that there was
The election of Libya -- one of the
collusion between FFCAQ and The world's worst human rights violators -- to the UN
Filipino Forum on the printing of this Human Rights Council as it commences its new
edition where FAMAS was obviously session is an affront to the case and cause of
maligned. It couldn’t possibly be an
oversight on your part, for you always
prided yourself on competence and
efficiency. Your vulgar poorly-thought of
idea may have an adverse influence on
any future collaboration between FAMAS
and FFCAQ. Thus, we perceive this as a
malicious action that creates disunity
among the Filipino community, and
specifically, bannered under a federation
that claims unity among organizations.
We, the members of the FCBL
Committee, strongly advise you to
review your newspaper’s policies human rights. Libya's Gaddafi regime is notorious
thoroughly regarding its contents. We for its systematic and widespread violations of
further suggest that you validate or verify human rights, including its patterns of arbitrary
arrest and detention, torture and persecution of
your sources of information, refrain from minorities, let alone the 1998 bombing of Pan-Am
biases, and abide by the rules of flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
Indeed, what is most disturbing is that
responsible journalism. You have
sensationalized issues that were not an overwhelming majority of UN member states
elected Libya to the council notwithstanding its
even put on the agenda of the FCBL international criminality, such that a global
meetings. Your editorial page stated: coalition of 27 non-governmental human rights
“Whatever happened to responsibility in groups -- joined by victims of Libyan human rights
journalism?” On this premise of yours, violations -- has now launched a campaign to
remove Muammar Gaddafi's Libya from the
we ask for your immediate action to council.
rectify or retract the contents of your
This is but the latest in a series of
article; and act accordingly based on breaches by the UN Human Rights Council of its
mandate
to
protect the victims of human rights
standard ethical views.
We remain.
The FCBL Committee 2009-2011
Leandro Tolentino, Chairman
Aurora Osdon, FAMAS President
Erlinda Baltazar, Member
Alice Loyola-Bustamante, Member
Magdalena Belleza-Calcetas, Member
Carmelita Lugod, Member
Bernardo Sarmiento, Member
violations and hold the violators to account.
Indeed, the council has turned its mandate on its
head.
First, the council has turned a blind eye
to the world's most serious human rights violators,
failing to adopt any resolution or investigative
mandate for such human rights violator countries
as China, Cuba, Libya, North Korea, Russia or Iran,
to name but a few -- all being listed on Freedom
House's list of the 20 worst human rights abusers.
While the UN General Assembly calls for countries
to be elected to the council based on their human
rights records, 24 out of 47 present members (51
per cent) fail to meet fundamental standards of
democracy and human rights.
Second, according to the recent 2010
UN Watch Report and Scorecard, 18 out of the 30
key council resolutions that were adopted were
prejudicial and counterproductive. These included
resolutions praising Sudan for its "progress";
defining any discussion of terrorism committed in
the name of Islam as a form of "defamation" and
"racism"; commending Sri Lanka after it killed an
estimated 20,000 civilians; and refusing to hold
Hamas terrorism accountable.
Third, since its 2006 creation, 80 per
cent of the council's resolutions have singled out
one member state -- Israel -- for differential and
discriminatory treatment, thereby breaching the
UN charter's foundational principle of "equality for
all nations, large and small". Moreover, while the
council has selectively singled out one member
state, it continues to grant the major violators
exculpatory immunity.
Fourth, in an appalling breach of its own
principles and procedures, the UN Human Rights
Council has institutionalised a permanent agenda
item indicting one member state -- agenda item No
7, which speaks of "Israeli human rights violations
in the occupied Palestinian territories" -- while
agenda item No 8 speaks of "human rights
violations in the rest of the world". Here is an Alice
in Wonderland situation where the conviction is
secured before the hearing begins.
This not only galvanises the ongoing
delegitimisation, if not the demonisation, of a
member state of the UN, but it provides aid and
comfort to those, such as Iranian President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who envisage "a world
without Israel", as well as those who seek to target
and criminalise Israel alone as "the Jew among the
nations".
What, then, can be done in light of
these assaults on the UN charter and the mandate
of the Human Rights Council?
Australia, not unlike my country,
Canada, has made important contributions to the
UN for more than 60 years, including in the areas
of international peace and security, human rights,
development assistance and social, economic and
environmental affairs. In particular, Australia has
been a strong advocate of the human rights
mandate of the council, and while not at prersent a
member of the council, participates actively in its
discussions.
Accordingly, Australia, in conjunction
with Canada, the US and others of the community
of democracies, should seek to promote and
implement an eight-point action plan outlined by
UN Watch as follows:
-Hold the worst violators to account:
seek accountability from the world's most serious
violators
by
introducing
country-specific
resolutions, and convene special sessions to
address urgent situations of gross human rights
violations.
-Vigorously protect freedom of speech:
defend freedom of speech and oppose the
campaign of the Organisation of the Islamic
Conference to silence any discussion of terrorism
or women's rights by characterising it as a form of
"defamation" and "racism".
-End discriminatory and unequal
treatment of Israel: combat the council's obsessive
adoption of one-sided and biased resolutions
against a member state, and seek to remove the
permanent agenda item No 7 that institutionalises
such discriminatory treatment.
-Defend the rights of NGOs: vigorously
defend human rights NGOs at the council, and
preserve their historic role as independent voices
that can hold governments to account.
-Oppose the election of violators to the council:
encourage countries with the strongest human
rights record to stand for election to the council in
their respective regional groups.
-Encourage positive work of the UN High
Commissioner for Human Rights: defend the
positive and independent work of the
commissioner against escalating attempts to
control her activities and agenda.
-Protect special rapporteurs: defend the council's
independent rights monitors from efforts to
intimidate them or influence their work.
-Strengthen the universal periodic review through
fair and informed questioning of every country
reviewed.
The tragedy in all this is that a UN body,
established for the protection of human rights, has
become a human rights violator. In particular,
these violations now take place under the
protective cover of the UN, invoking the imprimatur
of international law and marching human rights. It
is not only one state that is under assault, or the
leading human rights violators who enjoy
exculpatory immunity. The bell is tolling for the
council and the cause of human rights. The time
has come to sound the alarm and return the
council to its founding principles and ideals.
Irwin Cotler is a member of parliament
and a former minister of justice and attorneygeneral of Canada. An emeritus professor of law at
McGill University and board member of UN Watch,
he delivered the Gandel Oration in Australia in
July.
Yours truly,
Howard Liebman
Chief of Staff to the Hon. Irwin Cotler, PC, OC, MP
Mount Royal/Mont-Royal
nOVEMBER 2010
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Beef Tapa
Philippine Cuisine
Pesang dalag (mudfish in light
soup) with miso sauce
Add the miso and stir. The mixture will
appear much too dry at this point.
Ingredients:
1 whole dalag (mudfish), about 1 kg.,
scaled, gutted and scrubbed well to
remove the slime, and cut to serving size
pieces
1 bunch of pechay (local Chinese
cabbage) or a combination of pechay
and repolyo (white cabbage)
1 large onion, finely sliced
1 tomato (optional, I added the tomato
for color, basically), diced
1 thumb-sized piece of ginger, peeled
and thinly sliced
3 cloves of garlic, crushed and peeled
1 tsp. (or more) of whole black
peppercorns
3 to 4 tbsps. of vegetable cooking oil
patis (fish sauce), to taste
Take some of the broth from the pesa
and pour into the miso mixture little by
little, no more than a few tablespoonfuls
at a time, until the mixture is of the
desired consistency. Some people like
the sauce to be almost soupy; others
prefer it thick. When the consistency of
the miso sauce is just right, add patis to
taste.
Serve the pesang dalag with the miso
sauce on the side.
Estimated preparation & cooking time: 30
minutes
Ingredients:
1/2 kilo lean beef, thinly sliced
*/2 cup fish sauce (patis)
*1/4 cup refined sugar
*3 teaspoons salt
*1 head garlic, crushed and minced
*1 teaspoon ground pepper
*1/2 cup cooking oil
Cooking Instructions:
*Mix all ingredients in a mixing bowl
*Marinate for at least an hour or keep in the
refrigerator overnight.
*In a large wok, heat cooking oil.
*Fry the marinated beef for 15 minutes or
until golden brown.
*Serve hot with steamed rice or fried rice.
Mon. Tue. Wed.
Thu. Fri.
Saturday
Sunday
Pork loin
Approximately
15 lbs
2.09lb
Torta (Crab Omelette)
Half or Whole
pork
Cut & Wrapped
Saute the onion, garlic, ginger and
tomato, if using. Cook, stirring, until the
vegetables soften a little.
Add the fish. Pour in enough water to
cover. Add peppercorns. Bring to the
boil. Remove the froth (scum) that forms
on the surface as it will make the soup
cloudy.
Prepare the pechay. Wash, cut off the
root ends and, if rather large, cut right
across the middle.
Add the pechay to the pot, pushing the
leaves down. Season with patis to taste.
Continue boiling for a minute then cover
the pot and turn off the heat. Both the
fish and greens will continue cooking in
the residual heat. I find this the best way
not to overcook them.
Slice celery and onion. Set aside.
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Fresh pork blood
Fresh bacon
Fresh liver
Pork skin
Picnic ham
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Beef
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Beef
Blade steak
2.69lb
Home smoked
meat
For the miso sauce:
about a cup of yellow miso (available in
vegetable stalls in wet markets; also
available in most supermarkets)
1 onion
1 tomato
3 cloves of garlic
2 tbsps. of vegetable cooking oil
patis, to taste
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1.39 lb
Ingredients
alimango or alimasag (crabs)
eggs
onion celery or green onions or both (if
you have kinchay, use it)
salt
white pepper
garlic (extra garlic for frying)
oil for deep frying
Cooking Instructions for (Crab Torta)
Boil crabs until red. Take meat out of crab
including the "alige" if present. Save as
much as much meat as you can. Make
sure not to include 'bones' in the meat that
you collect. Set meat aside and also save
the shell.
Serving Tip:
Beef tapa goes great with any of the
following:
*Atchara (pickled green papaya).
*White vinegar with hot chili peppers
*Sliced red tomatoes.
*With fried egg and fried rice (Tapsilog)
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Whip eggs. As to the number of eggs, it
depends on how much crab
meat/vegetable mixture you have.
Mix crab meat, "alige", onion, celery or
green onions (note: I like celery better in
this dish, it gives it a little bit of flavor,
kinchay or cilantro is also good to use
here), a little bit of garlic, salt and pepper
to taste - like making an omelet. Mixture
has to have a consistency that the
ingredients don't fall apart or run.
Stuff crab shell with the
crab/egg/vegetable mixture.
While the fish finishes cooking in the
residual heat, prepare the miso sauce.
Heat oil in pan (a wok works best here),
add garlic. Once the garlic is brown, fry
Finely slice an onion, chop a tomato and crab. You probably need to deep fry so
heat a lot of oil. This is very quick actually.
three cloves of garlic.
When the crab meat mixture turns brown,
Heat about two tablespoonfuls of
take the crab out of oil and drain (paper
vegetable oil and saute the garlic, onion
towel works best).
and tomato until they start to soften.
15
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nOVEMBER 2010
Verdict on Philippines' 'trial of the Aquino grumbles against media’s
century' seen within Aquino's term negative reporting
A verdict on the massacre in
Maguindanao, in the southern
Philippines, should be reached within
President Benigno Aquino III's term
because delay will ultimately lead to a
denial of justice, Justice Secretary
Leila de Lima said.
"I think saying that the trial might
drag for 10 years is too much. That is
not acceptable ... That would be a case
of justice delayed, justice denied. We
should finish (the trial) within this
current administration. That's why we
(in the prosecution) are giving our best
effort and zeal," De Lima told reporters.
Families of the 57 massacre
victims, as well as media organizations
and human rights groups, have
lamented the snail-paced progress of
the so-called "trial of the century."
Sigfrid Fortun, legal counsel of the
primary suspect Andal Ampatuan Jr.,
was quoted to have said that the trial
might drag for over 10 years "if (it is)
not properly managed."
De Lima acknowledged that the
"perceived delays" were among the
problems in the trial given "the gravity
of the offense" as well as the purported
"capacity, resources and status of the
accused."
She also admitted that there were
"loopholes, gaps (and) weaknesses" in
how the trial was being prosecuted,
but issued an assurance that these
were being addressed.
2 trial days a week
In fact, De Lima said, a case
management conference was held on
Tuesday among Judge Jocelyn Solis
Reyes, the prosecution and the
defense to address the sluggish pace
of the trial.
She said it had been agreed that
there would now be two trial days
weekly, with at least two witnesses
presented per trial day.
"These
were
among
the
agreements reached during that case
management meeting ... We are just
waiting for the confirmatory order from
the judge," De Lima said.
The trial opened in September with
nearly 200 accused and more than 500
witnesses.
De Lima also said she had a
"heart-to-heart" talk with the public
prosecutors after their colleague,
Senior State Prosecutor Leo Dacera III,
died suddenly of cardiac arrest early
this month.
More focused, aggressive
She expressed confidence in the
capabilities of the state lawyers led by
Senior Deputy State Prosecutor
Richard Anthony Fadullon and Senior
State Prosecutor Juan Pedro Navera,
but said she had ordered them to be
"more focused and more aggressive"
during the trial.
"They should always object and
block dilatory moves on the part of the
defense," she said.
Priority
De Lima said she had begun
limiting the Ampatuan prosecutors'
caseloads but could not guarantee
that they would be working exclusively
on the massacre trial.
"They said they can handle other
cases although they are prioritizing the
Ampatuan trial. This is a very important
trial. This is the trial of the century," she
said.a
Remittances increase 7.8%
in 9 months
Remittances sent home by
Filipinos abroad rose at the fastest
pace in nine months as the global
recovery supported demand for
Filipino sailors, engineers and
carpenters, spurring gains in the
nation’s currency.
The funds increased 10.6 percent
from a year earlier to $1.6 billion in
September, the central bank said
Monday.
Remittances grew 7.8 percent to
$13.8 billion in the January-toSeptember period, nearing the central
bank’s 8-percent target for the whole
year—to $18.6 billion from $17.3 billion
last year.
The World Bank expects this
year’s remittances to be even higher at
$21 billion.
Rising remittances, exports and
investment
in
the
$160-billion
economy have boosted the peso,
prompting policy makers to implement
measures to slow the currency’s
advance.
The Bangko Sentral last month
eased the rules on foreign-exchange
outflows, and Finance Secretary Cesar
Purisima said last week the
government might pay some of its
foreign debt ahead of schedule and
increase local borrowing next year.
“There’s still room for growth in
remittances” going into the fourth
quarter when spending peaked,
Jonathan Ravelas, a strategist at
Banco de Oro Unibank Inc., said
before the report.
The peso’s decline this month “is a
long- overdue correction” and the
currency would continue its advance
until next year as the dollar remained
weak, he said.
The Philippines’ foreign exchange
reserves rose to a record $56.8 billion
in October. The peso reached 42.47 to
the dollar on Nov. 4, the strongest level
since May 2008.
“The
double-digit
growth
registered for [September] was the
highest during the year,” Bangko
Sentral Governor Amando Tetangco Jr.
said.
Remittances from both sea-based
and land-based workers increased by
11.4 percent and 6.9 percent,
respectively.
Tetangco said the continued
preference for the skills of Filipino
workers combined with the expanding
international
remittance
transfer
networks of bank and non-bank
channels explained the steady flow of
remittances into the country. a
For the second time in as many
foreign trips, President Benigno
Aquino III lashed out at the
Philippine press, telling Filipinos
working in Japan they probably
“do not get all the news” because
of the Philippine media’s heavy
emphasis on negative reporting.
“What happens is that to get
the attention of more people, they
tend to keep on scratching tiny
scrapes,” the President said in a
speech to the Filipino community
in Yokohama Sunday night.
“It is natural for anybody to lose
his drive to work if [the] only stories
of our failure are reported.”
But Mr. Aquino assured the
Yokohama-based Filipinos that
their families in the Philippines
were “in good hands.”
“What we want to convey is
simple,” he said. “Good things are
happening to our country left and
right. We are not failing the
Filipinos. You are still my boss.”
The President kept up his
attacks on the Philippine press
Monday afternoon on his return,
saying he was expecting more bad
news even though he had reported
drumming up $5.45 billion in new
investment commitments from
Japan.
“Here I am today reporting on
what we have achieved from our
trip to Japan, and I believe
tomorrow we will read again more
criticisms against us, but that’s
okay,” he said.
Of the $5.45 billion in new
investment commitments, $2.85
billion were in the pipeline,
including
$2.6
billion
from
Marubeni Corp. for the expansion
of the Sual, Calaca and Pagbilao
power plants; $133 million from
Toshiba Corp. to expand its
electronics factory; and $122
million from Itochu Corp. to
develop 11,000 hectares of
sugarcane in Isabela to produce
bio-ethanol, Mr. Aquino said.
The remaining $2.6 billion in
pledges were in the final stages of
negotiation, and those included an
unsolicited bid for the Metro Rail
Transit Line-7; Light Rail Transit 2’s
East and West expansion project; a
digital TV system and equipment;
and a liquefied natural gas project.
Mr. Aquino shrugged off a
recent Pulse Asia survey showing a
9-percent drop in his approval
rating and a 5-percent decline in
his trust rating. The Aug. 23
hostage fiasco that left eight
Chinese tourists dead might have
contributed to it, he said.
Pulse Asia’s October survey
showed 79 percent of Filipinos still
approved of his performance, while
80 percent still trusted him.
In July 2010, although Mr.
Aquino
had
already
been
proclaimed,
the
survey
respondents were asked to rate his
performance during his last three
months in the Senate.
“Rated as a senator, President
Aquino scored an overall approval
rating of 88 percent and an overall
trust rating of 85 percent,” Pulse
Asia said.
During his official visit to
Vietnam in October, the President
criticized
“a
Manila-based
newspaper of minor circulation” for
quoting a Catholic bishop as
saying he might fail to complete his
six-year term as a result of his poor
management skills and his reliance
on unsound legal advice from his
trusted lieutenants. a
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No ‘wow’ factor in tourism’s
new slogan
One of the snide remarks on
the Department of Tourism’s new
campaign slogan came from Sen.
Miriam Defensor-Santiago, who
told reporters Wednesday that she
thought the new brand “is just
ignorant, and ignorance is boring.”
Santiago had misgivings about
the brand not being in English,
considering that the target was
foreign tourists.
She also saw very little
creativity in the phrase. “Let’s think
of something else. Let’s start some
neurons in our brains working.
[The tourism officials’] neurons are
not working. They’re not on full
eight cylinders ... [just] two
cylinders,” she said, adding:
“We have to find our niche
because
we
have
many
competitors in Southeast Asia. We
cannot just have ‘a beautiful
country’ because everyone says
that.”
Sen. Loren Legarda also
expressed disagreement with the
replacement of the 8-year-old
brand “WOW Philippines.”
“We fix what doesn’t need
fixing. We always think that what
the past administration did was
wrong,” she noted.
Said Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri in
a privilege speech: “Change is
good. No problem. But if we’re
going to change the slogan, let’s
come
up
with
a
more
understandable slogan throughout
the world. I have nothing against
our Filipino language if the target
market is the local market.”
tourism secretary.
In
a
phone
interview
Wednesday with the Inquirer,
Gordon said the new brand would
create a problem in terms of selling
the idea to foreign tourists.
“You have to sell the language
first, but it takes time and the
budget is limited,” he said.
Gordon lamented “the lack of
sense of continuity” in the country.
“We have little money and we
don’t let our branding grow,” he
department was planning as part of
its digital strategy to promote the
new brand, which has drawn
widespread flak.
said. “I am not saying that ‘WOW
Philippines’ is the best because I
made it ... but simply because it
gained attraction in spite of limited
resources.”
Gordon
said
that
while
packaging something with a long
name like the Philippines was a
challenge, “WOW” provided a
nickname for the country that
helped to communicate the
message quickly.
“WOW” officially stood for
“Wealth of Wonders,” but it also
meant “Warm over Winter” to
endorse the Philippines’ sparkling
beaches, “Walk our Walls” to
promote Intramuros in Manila, or
“Watch our Whales” to market
Donsol in Sorsogon, which is
known for the butanding (whale
sharks).
More snags
“Pilipinas Kay Ganda” has hit a
few more snags.
A day after the “so beautiful”
brand was launched, the DoT was
forced to ditch its freshly
overhauled website after receiving
urgent notices from concerned
citizens on Twitter that a porn site
had been using a “very similar”
name.
“We’re very thankful with the
vigilance of our citizenry, especially
online,” Tourism Undersecretary
Vicente Romano III told the Inquirer
Wednesday in an e-mail.
“Their pointing out of some
important issues keeps us on our
toes and helps us to respond
quickly and correct errors,” he
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Romano, who is in charge of
tourism planning and promotions,
said the search was continuing for
an appropriate name to connect
Internet users to the “Pilipinas Kay
Ganda” campaign.
“The problem is many of the
tourism-related names are already
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Typos, etc.
Apart from the slogan and the
website’s name, the contents of the
site were also not spared criticism,
mostly because of the typos and
grammatical errors in some pages.
Agence France-Presse quoted
Evelyn Macayayong of the tourism
department as saying that “the
write-ups were not thoroughly
edited.”
“There were errors, and there
are even allegations of plagiarism,
that we copied from other
websites,” Macayayong said.
Still, she defended the new
slogan. “It raises awareness. It
inculcates pride in our identity,” she
said.
Romano said the tourism
department would “just review
every page and correct errors
before we republish, hopefully in
three to four weeks.”
He said that the short-lived
website was “just a facelift of the
current website” and “really just an
interim site,” and that the
development of a permanent one
had yet to be bid out.
Romano promised that the new
site, when launched early next year,
would have a fresh “look and feel.”
“[It will be] with polished copies
and write-ups, with full features, and
all the bells and whistles,” he said.
‘WOW’ man
If there’s someone truly
unhappy with “Pilipinas Kay
Ganda,” it’s former Sen. Richard
Gordon who conceived of “WOW
Philippines” during his stint as
Revitalizing interest
Gordon said that instead of
dropping the “WOW” brand, the
new tourism administration should
have focused on how to revitalize
interest in Philippine destinations
following the typhoons that ravaged
parts of the country and the August
hostage crisis.
He also said using the
vernacular in the slogan was a
good way of enticing Filipinos
abroad to explore and rediscover
the country, but not foreigners.
Senator Santiago agreed that
“WOW Philippines” was better.
“It wasn’t exactly exceptional as
an advertising tagline, but it was
acceptable,” she said. “Nobody
thought of a foreign tourist saying
‘wow’ when he came to the
Philippines.” a
nOVEMBER 2010
18
FILIPINO STAR
SHOWBIZ GOSSIP
of “recovering from a recent
engagement,” perhaps referring to
his
supposed
break-up
with
Valenzuela councilor and now
“Willing Willie” co-host Shalani
Soledad. The two went steady for two
years.
“And there’s too many things…”
P-Noy added.
The president is currently in
Japan for the Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation forum. He is set to return
to the country on Nov. 15. a
Nonoy admits 'spending some Sam calls off courtship with
time'’ with Liz Uy
Marié, talks about 'cheating' exes
Putting a stop to all speculations
about his love life, President Benigno
“Noynoy” Aquino III admitted that he is
dating his stylist Liz Uy.
“We have been spending some
time together as our schedules will
permit, but at this point in time that is
the extent…” the chief executive said
in an interview aired on “Saksi,” Nov.
12.
A day before his admission, his
eldest sister Ballsy Aquino-Cruz
confirmed that P-Noy and Liz have
been going out though they are not
exclusively dating. Host Boy Abunda,
one of the Aquino family’s closest
friends, also affirmed on “SNN” that
“they [Pres. Aquino and Liz] are
getting to know each other.”
PNoy, the country’s first bachelor
president, and Liz, who also happens
to be the stylist and close pal of his
youngest sister Kris Aquino, have
been spotted several times together
for a few weeks now, sparking rumors
that they are sharing more than a
client-stylist relationship.
Liz, 28, has maintained her “no
comment” stance on the controversy,
as she continues to evade questions
pertaining to rumors linking her to the
president. She did, however, laughed
off talks that she is already engaged to
PNoy, 50, through a few posts on her
Twitter account.
Rumor has it that the ex-girlfriend
of actor John Lloyd Cruz will soon be
PNoy’s first lady. And should a
marriage ensue, it is said that their
wedding might take place next year,
on the same date that his parents —
former senator Ninoy Aquino and
former president Cory Aquino — tied
the knot: Oct. 11.
Albeit the president already made
his admission, he refused to give more
details about him and Liz. He
intimated that he is still in the process
Sam Milby
While he and international singer
Marié Digby still communicate with
each other, Sam Milby said they have
decided to remain just friends and will
no longer bring their relationship to
the next level.
“Ang hirap lang talaga kasi unang-una
‘yung schedules namin. At pangalawa
for me it’s different pag magkakilala
kayo in person tapos na-in love. Tapos
nagkahiwalay. Parang naging long
distance. Pero ito, nagsimula kami sa
malayo. Nagsimula kami sa Twitter.
Nagtu-tweet kami,” the singer-actor
said in a recent interview.
Sam shared that the most recent
he and Marié met was when she
watched his concert in Japan recently.
The actor stressed they did not go on
a date after the show, and that it was
only the fifth time they've seen each
other personally.
Sam said he likes the singer's
trustworthiness. Asked if he had exgirlfriends who were unfaithful to him,
he said that he had his suspicions but
these were never confirmed.
“Parang I can’t say that I’m sure
about it pero may duda ako. May gut
feeling na may something. Never ko
naman nalaman kung totoo o hindi.
But very strong feeling,” Sam said.
The actor said that though he
enjoys being single, he is ready for a
commitment anytime.
“Hindi ‘yun ‘yung isang bagay na
pipilitin. It just happens. Wala akong
dine-date. I’m just waiting, I guess.
Kung mangyayari siya, mangyayari
siya. Hindi ako ‘yung type na
kailangan ng relasyon, ‘yung
dependent sa relasyon. Okay naman
ako kahit single ako,” said he. a
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Venus
Raj
rattled
by No gag order yet vs Kris
opportunities coming her way
Venus Raj
After admitting that she has been
receiving overtures from the country’s
three biggest networks, Miss Universe
2010 fourth runner-up Venus Raj now
claims she is a bit uncomfortable with
the attention she’s been getting.
During a recent press gathering
for her newest product endorsement,
the beauty queen shared, "Actually,
ang dami-dami kong gustong gawin.
Parang sa sobrang dami po, hindi ko
na po alam kung ano uunahin ko."
Raj said she is still undecided
about a specific career path even as
she disclosed that she still has to
honor her year-long contract with
Binibining
Pilipinas
Charities
Incorporated.
Then again, Raj eagerly declared
that she’d probably start with hosting
and then venture into acting later on.
“Well, ang hosting po kasi,
maganda siya kasi light lang. Parang
napapakita
mo
kung
anong
personality meron ka. Yung acting,
something na challenging, e,” she
explained.
“Bibigyan ka ng role na hindi
naman ikaw 'yon. Pero it's something
challenging na kaya ko din palang
maging ibang tao. Pero hindi ko alam
kung kaya ko siya. Pero feeling ko,
kakayanin ko siya!"
Rumored to have been mulled
over as a possible co-host on the hit
primetime show of controversial
comedian Willie Revillame on TV5, Raj
said she already let go of the notion
after seeing Valenzuela Councilor
Shalani Soledad being introduced as
a host on the show recently.
“’Nung napanood ko, 'Ay, siguro
yun na yung bagong host nila!' So,
okay na din po ako. At least, may final
decision na," said she.
Raj is also aware of the pitfalls of
showbiz.
"Dati akala ko pag lumabas na
news about sa isang artista, totoo. So,
maniniwala ako. So, si ganito, ganito,
ganyan.
"Pero ngayon na alam ko na yung
about show business—hindi pala
lahat ng news na lumalabas totoo."
But she is confident that she won’t
succumb to any of it.
"As long as alam mong hindi mo
ginawa, or alam mo kung ano
ginagawa mo talaga, hindi mo
kailangang magpaapekto." a
Kris Aquino
The Makati Regional Trial Court
Branch 140 on Friday morning did not
issue a gag order against TV hostactress Kris Aquino after her husband,
star cager James Yap, filed a motion to
request the issuance of the same.
Yap’s legal counsel, lawyer Lorna
Kapunan, on Wednesday lamented that
Aquino has been using the media to
voice out her concerns with regard to
Yap. She pointed out that this practice is
unfair for her client since Yap doesn’t
have the same access to media as
Aquino.
At the Friday hearing, Yap's lawyer,
Atty. Lino Kapunan, admitted that the
judge handling the petition pointed out
that Aquino was not the only one giving
her comments to the media about the
annulment case.
The judge also raised the issue
wherein Atty. Lorna Kapunan also
discussed the merits of the case during
her interviews with TV networks GMA-7
and TV-5.
Aquino's lawyers were not present at
the hearing but earlier advised the judge
that they have a prior engagement.
Aquino's camp also asked the court
for a 10-day extension to comment on
the matter.
According to Atty. Lino Kapunan, if a
gag order is given, Aquino is banned
from voicing out her concerns over the
case in any form of media including
social media like Facebook or Twitter.
If a gag order is given, both parties
are banned from speaking about the
case. The media can report it but the
parties are banned from commenting on
anything about it.
According
to
LegalExplanations.com, a gag order is the
order issued by a judge prohibiting the
attorney and parties involved in a legal
procedure to disclose or discuss the
matter involved in the case to the public,
when the judge is of the opinion that
such an action may prejudice or
influence the outcome of the trial.
On Wednesday, when sought for
comment about the gag order, the
Queen of All Media countered: “Alam mo
kasi mahirap awayin ang taong
binabayaran ng ex mo. I mean, anything
I say will be misinterpreted.”
Aquino shared that she and Yap
already had a conversation where they
mutually agreed not to talk about each
other in public anymore. She added that
if the court issues a gag order, it will be
their 3-year-old son, baby James, who
will benefit from it.
“Kung ano, ano naman ang ibinato
na ng kampo ni James, wala akong
magagawa. So ngayon kung feeling nila
sila ang natatamaan, good. It’s a
blessing for Bimby. Because ultimately
ang kailangang protektahan ‘yong
feelings ng anak ko,” Aquino said.’ a
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National award celebrates achievements of Canadian newcomers
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Canadian Immigrant magazine and RBC
today announced the open call
nominations for the “Top 25 Canadian
Immigrants of 2011.” The third annual
awards program seeks to celebrate the
stories and achievements of outstanding
Canadian immigrants from coast to coast.
"It's exciting to embark on our
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winners from last year's awards were
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there are so many more immigrants in
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immigrants to make their dreams a reality.”
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FNAQ’s Educational Day a huge success
By Sophie Toledo
The Filipino Nurses Association
of Quebec (FNAQ) held their 33rd
General Assembly and Educational Day
on Oct.ober 24, 2010. at the CRC
Bulding on 6767 Cote des Neiges in
Montreal. The theme of the event was:
“Building Bridges: Empowering Nurses
in Achieving Personal and Professional
Success. Both guest speakers, Amy
Manon-og and Mme. Lucie Tremblay,
were very inspiring.
A big applause to Dindo Miras
and Fruan Tabamo as well as the
Educational Committee and the
Executive Board for their hard work.
FNAQ wishes to thank the
sponsors and the people who attended
the event. Gilmore College International
students were among the active
participants.
settling in to culture, money and business.
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Montreal rolls out new car tax
The city of Montreal is introducing a
new tax on all vehicles which mayor Gérald
Tremblay says will go towards improving public
transit.
"It's a lot of money. Where do we get
the funds to do that? Property taxes? As a
result... we need to diversify sources of
revenue," said Tremblay
Starting next year, every time
Montrealers go to renew their vehicle
registration they'll pay more, but Tremblay still
hasn't decided how much more. That amount
will be disclosed when the city releases its 2011
budget in December.
New tax on vehicles will help to
reduce congestion, says Montreal mayor
Gérald Tremblay. (CBC) Although it may
appear contradictory to have drivers pay for
better bus, metro and train service, Tremblay
insists car owners will also benefit from
improved public transit.
"It's going to be a win-win situation,
not only for the people that use public transit,
but also for the motorists; less idling, less waste
of time," he said.
"It's not fair. It's abuse," said car
owner Julien Perron who is skeptical the new
tax will improve driving conditions in the city.
"That never happens....Money goes
nOVEMBER 2010
like that and we don't know what happens, but
we have bad roads, always traffic, always jam,"
he said.
Demerged cities want in
Bill 22, adopted last year in the
national assembly, gives the city the power to
impose the vehicle tax and Montreal's 15
demerged cities want in on the action. They've
written to the province asking for the right to
impose the same increase as Montreal.
"We feel it's logical for the entire
agglomeration to have this power, we also feel
it's only fair," said Peter Trent, speaking on
behalf of the demerged cities on the island.
"We all have to contribute and
especially car owners and drivers....because
they have the most to gain from improving
public transit," said Trent. Demerged cities
should have the same taxation powers as
Montreal, says Westmount mayor Peter Trent.
(CBC) "If we wish to get rid of gridlock, if we
wish to not keep on adding concrete highways
everywhere. The only way to do it is by public
transit."
But CAA Quebec wants to remind
officials surcharge on their license, which goes
toward funding public transit as well as an
additional tax of three cents per litre of gas.
nOVEMBER 2010
Claudine
Barretto
wants
separation rumors to cease
Claudine Barretto
Apparently distressed with the
never-ending rumors alleging that
she
and
husband
Raymart
Santiago have ended up in
Splitsville, Claudine Barretto pleads
with gossips to stop the chinwag.
“Makikiusap ako, kapag wala
pa ho kayong nakikitang annulment
papers na nakasulat ‘yung mga
pangalan namin ni Raymart, ‘wag
po tayong mag-speculate. Kasi
may mga anak rin ho kami,” said
the actress in an interview aired on
“24 Oras,” Nov. 12.
Claudine, as she has said in
previous interviews, maintained that
her marriage with Raymart remains
strong in spite of the intrigues, with
the help of prayers, as well as
support from their friends and fans.
However, she can't help but feel
21
peeved
about
the
rumors,
especially since “alam naman
namin kung saan galing [ang
tsismis] and hindi pa rin tumitigil…”
“Soon siguro masasagot ko
lahat-lahat, isa-isa,” Claudine
added.
Since July of this year, rumors
have been hounding the couple,
the biggest of which was last
September, when Claudine was
alleged to have had an affair with
actor Derek Ramsay’s best friend,
businessman Martin Castro.
Meanwhile, Claudine reportedly
does not want to shoot back at
elder sister Gretchen, who recently
made intriguing statements---“no
comment” and “ayaw ko kasing
magsinungaling”---when asked for
comment on the Claudine-Raymart
alleged separation.
According to a tab article, a
source who is said to be close to
Claudine, related that the actress
respects Gretchen — in spite of
their supposed falling out — and
does not see the need to meet her
sister head-on because she and
Raymart are “okay.”
Claudine, however, made this
remark in an earlier interview with
PEP:
"Siguro, what's best is that she
(Gretchen) just talks about her own
life, her own love life, kaysa sa pagusapan niya ang tungkol sa
samahan namin ng mister ko. I
have respect for my family. As
much
as
possible,
kapag
tinatanong ako about it, I will say na
things are okay with us. It may not
be perfect, but as far as I am
concerned, okay kami. Walang
problema with my family.”
Without giving away names or
details, Claudine also posted a
string of tweets on Nov. 11, crying
foul on what seems to be another
intrigue being thrown at her.
“It's so hard jus (sic) when I'm
tryng to start again, bubugbugin na
naman ako at pamilya ko ng bagong
intriga.
"Sobra na!ang sakit na ng
ginagawa nila.may pamilya rin
ako,tao rin ako.hindi ako ganung
klaseng babae. Lahat ng galaw ko
nilalagyan ng malisya,pati makipag
kaibigan bawal na rin b,” she
posted. a
Nora Aunor waiting for best
network offer
Nora Aunor
It will take the best TV offer to
convince Nora Aunor for that muchawaited comeback, her friend and
confidante German Moreno told the
press and related through his DZBB
talk show.
The “Walang Tulugan with the
Master Showman” TV host said he
“understands why Nora has a
number of demands that she wishes
to relay to interested networks
wanting to hire” her services.
For one, “Kuya Germs” said,
“Saan nga naman siya titira dito [if
and when she returns?] Natural lang
na may mga hinihingi si Guy.”
Rest-assured, Moreno says,
Nora is poised for a big comeback.
“Alam
kong
maraming
Noranians ang malulungkot, pero
hindi natin alam, baka bigla na lang
dumating si Guy next month or sa
mga susunod pang buwan. Pero
siguradong hindi ngayong buwan,”
he told Pep.ph Nov. 11.
Sometime back, reports had it
that Nora was to arrive in Manila in
two weeks. The push-pull plan of the
Superstar remains in the balance,
according to Moreno.
“Nora will not be able to come to
the country within the month,” he
said in Filipino. “She would have
wanted to be here by third week of
November but sadly it was not
possible.”
Nora has yet to secure certain
documents, he explained. “Kung
ano mang papeles yung inaayos
niya, hayaan na lang nating sa
kanya na lang yun. Ayoko nang
idetalye kung ano yun.’’ a
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Pacquiao: “I didn’t want to damage him permanently”
This latest victory of Manny Pacquiao
probably had the most drama of all
Pacquiao fights.
Excitement and curiosity went a
notch
higher
when
Pacquiao,
considered by many as being
dangerously too small for a junior
middleweight fighter, came in at 144.6
pounds during the official weigh-in.
Come fight night, HBO came up
with its unofficial weigh-in that saw
Pacquiao
tallying
148
pounds
compared with the Mexican Antonio
Margarito’s 165 pounds.
The disparity created concerns for
those who had followed boxing for the
longest time as memories of the late
Arturo Gatti’s tragic bout opposite Joey
Gamache were relived.
In their 2000 battle at the Madison
Square Garden, Gatti, at 160 during
fight night, outweighed Gamache for
over 12 pounds. Gatti made use of the
huge discrepancy in weight in
pummeling and knocking out Gamache
in two short but brutal rounds.
Gamache ended up braindamaged, and that led him to file
several lawsuits and financial claims.
As it turned out, that incident all the
more made Pacquiao truly a special
little big man, who beat all his physically
much bigger and physically stronger
champions.
*****
Pacquiao’s genes came from her,
but not even that biological fact could
help Mommy Dionisia stand the rigors
of watching a beloved son risk his life
and limb inside the ring.
Present for the first time in his
iconic son’s bout, Dionisia eventually
fainted and had an anxiety attack
despite Pacquiao’s seemingly easy win
against Margarito.
Pacquiao waves the national flag after
the fight.
Promoter Bob Arum said it was a
typical fainting, but it would be
interesting to see how that experience
would affect Dionisia’s decision about
seeing the future of his son as a prized
fighter. Mommy D, as she is fondly
called, has been very vocal about her
desire of seeing Pacquiao retire for
good.
Bad news for Arum, good news for
Floyd Mayweather Jr.?
*****
Arum has admitted he may now
look at other non-Top Rank fighters in
trying to chart Pacquiao’s next ring
plan.
“I ran out of my guys. [Manny] beat
all my guys,” said Arum.
Pacquiao has beaten the best
fighters that Top Rank could offer under
its stable, from Erik Morales to Miguel
Cotto and now, Margarito.
Arum and his rival promoter and
former fighter Oscar De La Hoya have
been at odds over Pacquiao and the
promotions that they both sell to cable
giant HBO. Arum is Pacquiao’s main
promoter, with De La Hoya having a
minor share in Pacquiao’s fights owing
to their bitter contractual dispute.
Despite their bitterness towards
each other, Arum and De La Hoya may
soon find themselves dealing with each
other as Pacquiao’s deserving foes are
under De La Hoya’s Golden Boy
Promotions.
Among those being considered by
Arum—assuming, of course, that
Mayweather insists on his ridiculous
demands—are Shane Mosley and
Pacquiao’s bitter Mexican rival Juan
Manuel Marquez.
*****
Margarito failed to attend the postfight press conference as he was
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immediately brought to hospital for
precautions. But many believe
Margarito’s corner put the Mexican’s
health and even life in danger when no
one among them, specifically lead
trainer Robert Garcia, did anything to
prevent the carnage that was
happening.
Several times in the 11th round,
Pacquiao looked at referee Laurence
Cole as if to say there had to be an act
of compassion around the time.
“I didn’t want to hurt him because
boxing is not all about killing each
other,” Pacquiao told broadcaster Mario
Lopez during the post-fight interview.
Famed trainer Freddie Roach
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“I wish they would have stopped
the fight,” he said.
*****
Once again, Pacquiao has proven
his worth as a true global superstar
following the huge media coverage that
was given the Filipino’s latest
accomplishment.
The
Americans
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Times tandem of Lance Pugmire and
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Dahlberg, The New York Times’ Greg
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from mediamen in Australia, Canada,
China and Japan, which alloted major
space for the pre- and post-fight
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