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MARCH 2016
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TRUDEAU'S PRIORITY
BRING YOUR FAMILY TO CANADA!
by waves news staff
Plan features:

To bring in family members under restored family reunification program

increase incoming new immigrants to 305,000 this year 2016

repeal two tier citizenship of harper government

admit 151,200-162,400 caregivers and other skilled workers

also pledged to speed up / fast track up 48,0000 backlogs of caregivers
Before embarking on an historic
trip to the United States, the first
official visit by a Canadian prime
minister since 19 years ago, Justin
Trudeau announced important but
dramatic changes in immigration
and citizenship policies of his administration, making a priority the
long abandoned family reunification program by bringing in some
75,000 to 82,000 spouses, partners, children, parents and grandparents of Canadian citizens.
The move was in fulfillment of his
campaign promise to fix the immigration policies of the old Harper
government which many considers
as rigid and “restrictive”.
(Continued on page 6)
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives for an official visit with his wife Sophie Gregoire
-Trudeau, left, and their children Xavier James, Ella-Grace and Hadrien, right, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., March 6. (Paul Chiasson/Canadian Press)
EDSA 30 Years After: Then and Now
The march of times has changed
the iconic EDSA highway, site of
the historic revolution of 1986
that led to the downfall of the
strongman Ferdinand Marcos.
But more than physical change,
the legacy of that fateful 4-day
event now known worldwide as
the Philippines’ “people power”
revolution seem to have been
lost.
EDSA 1986. Soldiers aboard military trucks travel on their way
to Camps Crame and Aguinaldo where thousands of people
gathered. Photo: The Eggie Apostol Foundation
EDSA 2016. The daily gridlock became a source of frustration
among Filipinos & a symbol of bureaucratic inefficiency in coming up with a lasting solution to the monstrous traffic jams.
US $81 MILLION MONEY-LAUNDERING SCANDAL IN PH
Please see Editorial on page 4.
THE BEST PRESIDENT WE NEVER HAD
$30M in cash delivered to Salonga, senator, patriot,
Chinese high roller
statesman; 95
By: Daxim L. Lucas, Leila B. Salaverria
By: Nikko Dizon
“A brave, committed individual who lit
a candle during the deep darkness of
the dictatorship.”
MORE than $30 million of the money
that hackers stole from the Bangladesh central bank’s account at the
Federal Bank of New York was handed
over in cash to an ethnic Chinese man
in Manila, according to a senator looking into the suspected laundering
scheme.
The cash deliveries over several days Sen. Teofisto Guingona III INQUIRER PHOfrom a foreign exchange remittance TO/LYN RILLON
firm were made up of P600 million
At the Senate hearing, the Chinese was
($12.87 million) and around $18 milidentified as Weikang Xu, a high roller
lion.
and junket operator for casinos in Ma“Obviously this is not one bang. It was nila.
done in installments,” Sen. Teofisto
Typo error
Guingona III, chair of the Senate blue
ribbon committee, said ahead of a pan- The details that Guingona shed light
el hearing on the case that was due to on the money trail after last month’s
open on Tuesday afternoon.
This was how Malacanang described
former Senate President Jovito Salonga, who died Thursday, March 10.
He was 95.
“With heads bowed in grief and respect, we extend our deepest sympathies to the family of Sen. Jovito Salonga,” presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said in a statement that
extolled the statesman for his contribution “to the restoration of our democratic
way of life after the triumph of people
power.”
The Palace official added: “(Salonga’s)
life stands as a reproach to those who
Former Senate President Jovito
Salonga
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Despite SC ruling, questions on Aquino: Clarify
citizenship rules
citizenship still hound Poe
By Aurea Calica
By Ashzel Hachero
is not a natural-born Filipino
and also lacks the residency
requirement.
Carpio explained that despite the 9-6 ruling allowing
Poe to run, “there is no majority of this Court that holds
that petitioner Mary Grace
Natividad Poe Llamanzares
is a natural-born Filipino
citizen.”
DESPITE getting a favorable
ruling last week from the
Supreme Court allowing her
to run in the presidential
race on May 9, the citizenship issue hounding Sen.
Grace Poe is apparently far
from over.
In his dissenting opinion,
Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said the question on whether Poe is a natural-born citizen was not
resolved by the majority.
He noted that the voting on
the citizenship stood at 7 in
favor, 5 against, and 3 without expressing any opinion,
meaning no majority of the
en banc was reached as provided under the tribunal
rules.
The seven were Chief Justice
Maria Lourdes Sereno and
Associate Justices Lucas Bersamin, Jose Perez, Jose Mendoza, Presbitero Velasco Jr.,
Francis Jardeleza and Marvic
Leonen.
Two magistrates – Associate
Justices Diosdado Peralta
and Benjamin Caguioa –
joined the separate dissenting opinion of Associate Justice Mariano Del Castillo, the
original ponente of the case,
that the high court should
not rule on the citizenship
issue on this case.
Carpio was joined by four
other magistrates – Associate Justices Teresita Leonardo-De Castro, Arturo Brion,
Estela Perlas-Bernabe and
Bienvenido Reyes – in his
dissenting opinion that Poe
Carpio said that under the
tribunal’s Internal Rules,
particularly Rule 12, Section
1, it requires that all decisions and actions in court
cases “shall be made up upon the concurrence of the
majority of the Members of
the Court who actually took
part in the deliberation on
the issues or issues involved
and voted on them.”
He added that in a case
where all 15 magistrates
voted, at least eight votes
were needed to achieve a
majority ruling.
Spurred by Carpio’s opinion,
former senator Francisco
Tatad, one of the petitioners
against Poe, said he will ask
the justices to revisit their
decision.
“We were made to believe
that there were nine votes in
Aquino: ‘I thought Poe renounced US citizenship before MTRCB post’
LIPA CITY – President Aquino
is hoping that the Supreme
Court (SC) will clarify laws on
citizenship after it allowed
Sen. Grace Poe to run for president despite questions about
her citizenship and residency
requirements.
Aquino also sought an explanation on how Poe reacquired
her Philippine citizenship,
saying he did not know that
she renounced her US citizenship after he appointed her to
head the Movie and Television
Review and Classification
Board (MTRCB).
“Sana yong ating Korte Suprema, dito sa kanilang desisy-
on, ay magbibigay talaga…
iyong todong kalinawan o
paglilinaw
sa
sambayanan (Hopefully our Supreme Court, in their decision,
will really give full clarification to our people) in their
role as educator as far as the
law is concerned,”Aquino told
reporters after the change of
command ceremony of the
Philippine Air Force yesterday
at the Fernando Air Base here.
“Para maging klarong-klaro sa
lahat ng ating mamamayan
kung ano ba talaga ang mga
alituntunin sa pagiging citizen
or
non-citizen ng
ating
AMLC: Binay got billions
8 DUMMIES, 3 COMPANIES, 139 BANK ACCOUNTS TRACED TO VP
By: Nancy C. Carvajal
night said it was “not aware of
such a report” since AMLC
reports are deemed confidential.
VICE President Jejomar Binay
allegedly received “billions” of
pesos from infrastructure
projects while he was mayor
of Makati City and used the
amount coursed through
dummies to fund his campaign in the 2010 elections,
according to the Anti-Money
Laundering Council (AMLC).
The AMLC finding was contained in a 62-page report, a
copy of which was obtained
by the Inquirer on Monday. It
was the result of an investigation ordered by the Office of
the Ombudsman in November
2014 in the midst of a Senate
blue ribbon subcommittee
into claims that Binay and his
family
illegally
amassed
wealth during his 20 years at
the helm of the city.
The report, signed by Bangko
Sentral ng Pilipinas Bank Governor Amando Tetangco Jr.,
chair of the AMLC, and members Teresita J. Herbosa and
Dennis B. Funa, said that to
hide the origins of the illicit
funds, Binay and persons
linked to him “engaged in layering, used third-party money
launderers and made financial institutions as conduits.”
Binay’s camp on Monday
“The AMLC, however, has
gone on record before the
Manila Regional Trial Court
that the Vice President has
only one bank account, not
242. The total deposits for the
said account is P1.7 million
and not billions. And more
importantly, the said account
has been VICE President Jejomar Binay allegedly received “billions” of pesos from
infrastructure projects while
he was mayor of Makati City
and used the amount coursed
through dummies to fund his
campaign in the 2010 elections, according to the AntiMoney Laundering Council
(AMLC).
The AMLC finding was contained in a 62-page report, a
copy of which was obtained
by the Inquirer on Monday. It
was the result of an investigation ordered by the Office of
the Ombudsman in November
2014 in the midst of a Senate
into claims that Binay and his
family
illegally
amassed
wealth during his 20 years at
the helm of the city.
The report, signed by Bangko
Sentral ng Pilipinas Bank Governor Amando Tetangco Jr.,
chair of the AMLC, and members Teresita J. Herbosa and
Dennis B. Funa, said that to
hide the origins of the illicit
funds, Binay and persons
linked to him “engaged in layering, used third-party money
launderers and made financial institutions as conduits.”
Binay’s camp on Monday
night said it was “not aware of
such a report” since AMLC
reports are deemed confidential.
“The AMLC, however, has
gone on record before the
Manila Regional Trial Court
that the Vice President has
only one bank account, not
242. The total deposits for the
said account is P1.7 million
and not billions. And more
importantly, the said account
has been declared by the VP
in his SALN (statement of assets, liabilities and net worth),
SOCE (statement of contributions and expenses) and ITR
(income tax return) for the
year 2010,” said Joey Salgado,
Binay’s communications director.
The report also said that the
AMLC was authorized to file
in the appropriate Regional
Trial Court through the Office
of the Solicitor General a petition for civil forfeiture against
Binay and his dummies involved 139 bank accounts,
insurance policies, securities
and investments and real
properties, including the 350hectare property in Rosario,
Batangas province, tagged as
“Hacienda Binay.”
“The totality of the findings of
the investigation shows that
VP Binay derived funds from
the various projects in Makati
City—construction of the City
Parking Building, the Makati
Science High School Building,
birthday cakes for senior residents—and used those funds
for his election bid and for
other personal purposes,”
said the AMLC report.
Dummies
The report identified Binay’s
purported dummies as Gerar(Continued on page 6)
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EDITORIAL
4
EDSA: A LOST
LEGACY?
COUNTERPOINT
Tenny F. Soriano
A MEDIA STORY
30 years after the 1986 revolution, the memory and
spirit of that 4-day historic
chapter of Philippine history seems to have gone down
the drain.
brains of those “Cory” supporters whom many critics
described as “those who
stole in 2-years time what
Marcos plundered in 20
years?”
Year after year, the crowds
that pay homage to the iconic highway’s shrine seem to
dwindle and the “dementia”
is getting worse.
Only a year after, the oligarchs were back, congress
welcomed the return of political dynasties including
the “pork barrel” and whose
impunity in raiding the national coffers reached its
crescendo in the Pnoy Aquino presidency.
In short
“happy days” (of pre-martial
law politics) came back!
People, majority among
them the young Filipinos,
the millennials in particular,
seemed to have only faint
memory of what really transpired in those fateful days
of February or what could
have been their lives and
fates if the dictator Marcos
had not been kicked out of
his 20 years of tyrannical
rule.
Today’s generation is simply clueless to what EDSA
stands for.
Could it be that some personalities or the government that came into power
in those heady days simply
were such in a hurry to preserve their gains and/or
reneged on their promises
of bringing back power to
the people, who were in the
first place, the main factor
behind the success of the
EDSA revolution.
Is it also because revisionism had crept into the
It would be recalled that
only a year after the 1986
EDSA, the main characters
were conspicuously missing
in the commemorative rites
of 1987, among others former defense minister Juan
Ponce Enrile and cashiered
colonel Gregorio “Gringo”
Honasan and a host of other
RAM (Reform the Armed
Forces Movement) leaders.
Advisers of the then Cory
Aquino government allegedly launched a plan to
“demonize” and discredit
them in the eyes of Filipino.
For good reasons, Enrile et
al were suspected to have
masterminded a series of
destabilizing “coup” attempts against Cory Aquino
that led to his ouster.
The next senator of Filipino
origin to be appointed by
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
may not be necessarily a
member of his Liberal party
or a party supporter.
Media Production Center
(NMPC) finally held its first
grand reunion after the 1986
EDSA revolution last February
28, 2016 at Camp Aguinaldo’s
Tejeros hall.
Under his government, he
wants a partyless and independent senate. Yes, you
heard it right - a non-partisan
senate.
At least these employees,
most of them media practitioners composed of journalists, broadcasters, radio and
TV producers and directors,
graphic artists for print and
TV, photojournalists and cinematographers and what have
you, can now breathe an air of
closure after having been unceremoniously dumped only
days after the 1986 EDSA revolution. But that’s getting
ahead of the story.
To prove he meant business in
reforming the much maligned
upper house (or Red chamber) he had removed all senators from his Liberal party
caucus.
It’s only the first step but
that’s good enough. The next
hurdle is to “level the playing
field” so all Canadians regardless of color, race or status in
income can take a shot at being appointed.
To be a member of the senate,
the law still requires that an
individual should own a property worth to a minimum of
$4,000 and net worth of at
least $4,000.
Too, candidates will now be
chosen on the basis of merits
through a selection committee. This means also henceforth the position is no longer
a political reward or a “spoils
of war” plum of the winning
political party.
We can now at least be assured of a quality “Senator”
not a “half baked” bimbo.
*****
The observance of the 30
years of the EDSA revolution
of 1986 came with a whimper.
And most of the attendees, I
was told, were students bused
in by their superiors as a requisite for their school attendance.
And yet many of them cannot
even recall what the whole
anniversary is all about.
*****
THE NMPC: 30 YEARS AFTER:
Speaking about EDSA, former
employees of the National
The NMPC is the government’s information arm and
facility created during the
1950s but gained prominence
during the Marcos years.
It has been unfairly labelled as
a propaganda arm of the Marcos regime, but unknown to
many has always been an effective tool and source of information throughout the
countryside.
For instance, the landmark
self-sufficiency in rice by the
Philippines in the late 70s
enabled us to export the basic
Asian staple for the first time
to other countries.
The NMPC was deeply involved in providing farmers
basic information on the various planting methods and
strains of rice seedlings to be
planted.
The “Balikbayan Program,”
now a byword to mean a returning Filipino expatriate,
was an NMPC supported project, originally
a brain trust of the late newsman Pete Tuason, of the then
department of Tourism .
From a small bureau under
the office of the President, the
agency had acquired modern
equipment and facilities for
radio and television, modern
film processing laboratory
and sound studios, state-of-
the-art printing and other
media technology that can
compare with the rest of the
world.
In fact, it somewhat became a
mini-version of the famed
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) eventually becoming the country’s only training
and learning center for media
production.
It was therefore no surprise
that any NMPC personnel at
that time had a well rounded
training and education in film,
television, radio & print and
other allied media subjects.
The then top honcho and director Greg Cendana was a
Boston-trained public relations man who knew every
corners of the media industry.
If you watch, hear and read
most of today’s better known
radio and TV newscasters or
writers, chances are they
were trained under the tutelage of “Direk” Cendana of
NMPC.
But the NMPC was dismantled
less than a month after a new
regime came into power. Employees found themselves in
“limbo” and did not have the
time to regroup as they found
themselves suddenly jobless,
unlike other existing government agencies whose operations continued.
During the EDSA uprising, the
Maharlika Broadcasting System (MBS-4), also an entity
under NMPC and known in
those days as Channel 4 bore
the brunt of the rebels soldiers’ intense siege and assault, putting it off the air to
prevent a last ditch broadcast
by the fading Marcos regime.
In the days that followed, it
became clear or so, it seemed
at that time that the NMPC
personnel became the target
of the Cory government’s fury
and revenge for its role in the
media dissemination of the
Marcos government.
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(Continued from page 4)
COUNTERPOINT: A MEDIA STORY
The problem lies in the new government’s failure to distinguish between a
professional media practitioner and a
politically biased media hack of which
there will always be a few in any given
organizations like the NMPC.
Manitoba (equivalent of member of
Provincial parliament) who holds the
distinction of being the first woman of
colour to be elected as an MLA and as a
cabinet member in 2007 and is now
the Minister of Multiculturalism and
Literacy after being re-elected in 2013.
They retained the organization but
with another name, Philippine Information agency or PIA and NBN-TV
(National Broadcasting Network) for
the defunct Channel 4.
In Toronto, we have Rey Tolentino,
formerly with VOP (Voice of the Philippines-DZRP and is currently vice president of the Filipino Center of Toronto
(FCT), Joaquin "Jojo "Taduran,also formerly with the VOP –DZRP and hosted
"Pulong-Pulong sa kaunlaran", a grassroot-based TV /radio program, Pete
“Boy Cendana” of Mississauga formerly
office of the Director-NMPC, Norma
Rosal-formerly head of typesetting
department (Scarborough), Zenaida
“Nayds” Pua, former media strategist/
writer of Public Relations and now resides in Mississauga and this writer
also a former media strategist/writer,
public relations dept. and former reporter Philippine Daily Inquirer, Philippine Daily Express and the Manila
Standard.
POSTSCRIPT: Among NMPC alumni
here in Canada include the Hon. Flor
Marcelino Filipina,nan elected (MLA)
Member of Legislative Assembly of
Among the current media personalities
who started their media career with
the NMPC are GMA’s Mel Tiangco, former newscaster of MBS-channel 4,
Bangladesh Bank suspects $81 million of the money was sent to the
Philippines in four installments
and, once here, was diverted to casinos.
*****
Eventually, the “new centurions of the
Cory government” realized that indeed,
most of the NMPC men are media professionals. In short, “trabaho lang”,
they were just doing their jobs.
Eventually too, they realized that an
organization such as this was needed
to keep people abreast and well informed of what their government is
doing.
$30M IN CASH DELIVERED ...
cyberheist of Bangladesh Bank’s
current account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, which netted hackers more than $80 million.
The hackers tried to withdraw
about $951 million from the account but the other transactions
were blocked after a typo error in
one of the instructions raised red
flags.
5
The Bangladesh central bank has
said it is working with the antimoney laundering authorities in the
Philippines to recover the funds.
Bangladesh Bank officials say the
money may have ended up in Hong
Kong, but have not given any details.
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Our Manila Bureau Chief and columnist Diego Franco will be missing his column this
month because he is travelling all over the
Philippines to gather materials and more
stories for Waves.
Korina Sanchez Roxas of ABS-CBN who
was then a young newsreader, ABSCBN Mutya ng Bayan Doris Bigornia,
who started as a TV news reporter
with MBS-4, ABS-CBN Ces Drilon also
from MBS-4 and UP prof. Elizabeth Enriquez, former TV Newscaster, also
with MBS-4 among others.
*****
PINAS GRAPEVINE: Presidential candidate Grace Poe may have scored a big
victory in her disqualification case in
the Supreme Court when they allowed
her to run the May 9 polls as a candidate on a vote of 9-6.
But there are still legal obstacles: her
citizenship is still under question as the
Supreme Court did not unanimously
decide on that subject. They only rendered a 7-5-3 decision on the question
of her citizenship but a unanimous decision of at least 8 votes is needed.
She is still short of one vote. Even if she
wins in May 9, the citizenship issue will
still hound her and could lead to a possible impeachment.
*****
WHODUNIT? The big news in Pinas is
the whooping $81 million money laundering case involving the country’s 5th
largest bank, The Rizal Commercial
and Banking Corporation (RCBC)
owned by the Yuchengco family.
The money is owned by the Bank of
Bangladesh and hacked allegedly from
its reserve bank, The Federal Reserve
Bank of New York and moved to the
Philippines through the RCBC.
The money was then deposited in several accounts with the RCBC and later
withdrawn in several tranches. The
money was then converted to Philippine pesos and delivered to several
persons or entities among them, two
casino corporations despite a stop payment requested by the bank of Bangladesh.
The mystery involves allegedly the
RCBC bank branch manager and its
president, several “John Doe’s”, under
whose name the accounts were deposited and a businessman whose name
was allegedly used in several transactions.
A senate Blue ribbon committee is
probing the bank scandal that could
possibly result in a bank run for RCBC
or taint the credibility of the whole
Philippine banking system.
ABANGAN!
Rizal Commercial Banking Corp.
(RCBC) said last week it was investigating an $81-million deposit at
one of its branches.
rem Service Corp. to deliver P600
million in cash to Xu and to remit
the rest of the $81 million to other
accounts.
Guingona said the transfers into
RCBC were consolidated into one
account and some of the money
was converted to pesos.
Philrem president Salud Bautista
said she met Xu once, and got in
touch with him through a cell
phone number provided by the
bank. She also took a picture of his
ID.
Manager’s instructions
At the hearing, the president of a
foreign exchange remittance firm
told senators that RCBC manager
Maia Santos-Deguito directed Phil-
Philrem also sent $29 million to the
Solaire casino and $21 million to
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Manila Feedback
Elpidio Quirino reinterred at Libingan
ng mga Bayani
By Patricia Lourdes Viray
AMLC: BINAY...BILLIONS
do Limlingan Jr. Eduviges
Baloloy, Mitzi O. Asedillo, Bernadette C. Portollano, Lily
Hernandez Crystal, Antonio
Lee Tiu, Daniel C. Subido and
Mario Oreta and private companies such as Agrifortuna,
Inc. Sunchamp and Meiriras,
among others.
The report said that in 2010
when Binay ran in the vice
presidential race, his personal
account had cash and check
deposits
amounting
to
P223,771,273.70, which he
declared as part of election
contributions.
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, center, watches beside
former Philippine President Fidel Ramos, fourth from left, and relatives of former President Elpidio Quirino as soldiers seal the urn
receptacle during the transfer of his remains at the Heroes' Cemetery in suburban Taguig city, east of Manila, Philippines, Monday,
Feb. 29, 2016. Quirino's ashes were exhumed from the Manila
South Cemetery and reinterred at the Heroes' Cemetery to commemorate his 125th birth anniversary and to coincide with his 60th
death anniversary. Quirino was the sixth President of the Philippines from 1948 to 1953. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
MANILA, Philippines - The
remains of the late President Elpidio Quirino was
transferred from the South
Cemetery in Makati City to
the Libingan ng mga Bayani
in Taguig City on Monday.
Feb. 29, 2016 also marks
the 60th death anniversary
of Quirino, the sixth president of the Philippines.
He will be the third president to be buried at the
Libingan ng mga Bayani,
joining former President
Carlos Garcia and former
President
Diosdado
Macapagal.
President Benigno Aquino
III led the transfer of the
remains of the late presi-
dent.
Quirino's grandson, Poncy
Quirino, said that the reinterment was granted with
the help of the National
Historical Commission of
the Philippines and the Office of the President.
"It was a process but we
were happy being taken
care of by Manila... It was a
very emotional feeling," the
younger Quirino said in a
television interview.
Quirino was elected to the
Philippine Congress in
1919. He served as the vice
president of Manuel Roxas
and took office as president
upon the latter's death in
1948. ⦿
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But the AMLC said that money was not touched by Binay
for his campaign expenses,
which came from other bank
accounts.
“It appears that the funds
used by Binay for his election
expenses in 2010 were
sourced from checks drawn
from the accounts of Limlingan, Crystal and Sedillo and
Baloloy,” it said.
Longtime associates
Limlingan is Binay’s longtime
finance officer, Crystal and
Sedillo works for Limlingan;
Baloloy is Binay’s long time
executive assistant; Oreta is
president of Alphaland, Subido is the lawyer of Binay;
and Tiu claimed he owned
Hacienda Binay.
“They used a complicated and
sophisticated system of layering funds, including the opening of multiple bank accounts
under the names of close and
trusted associates and entities whose officers and directors are the very same persons, and high value and frequent transactions under the
control and direction of the
beneficial owner, VP Binay,” it
said.
According to the AMLC re(Continued from page 1)
BRING YOUR FAMILY TO
Minister of Immigration,
Refugees and Citizenship
John McCallum made the
announcement
Tuesday
March-8, in Brampton
where he said the “new
plan sends a message about
the importance of family.
“It outlines a significant
shift in immigration policy
towards reuniting more
families, building our economy and upholding Canada’s humanitarian traditions to resettle refugees
and offer protection to
those in need,” McCallum
said.
Meanwhile,
US President Barack Obama and Canada's Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau hug during a welcome ceremony on the South Lawn of the
White House. AFP
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MP
Michael
port, the subject accounts,
especially those of Binay, and
joint accounts of Limlingan,
Sedillo Portollano and Baloloy
showed “multiple large transactions amounting to billions
of pesos coinciding with the
period of construction of the
New Makati Parking Building
11 and Makati Science High
School, and the Joint Venture
agreement with Boy Scouts.”
Forfeiture
“Probable cause exists that
the subject bank accounts or
investments are related to
unlawful activities or money
laundering which warrants
the forfeiture in favor to the
government,” the report said.
The AMLC findings showed:
that multiple bank accounts
were maintained by the dummies either individually or
jointly with several banks;
multiple transfers were made
from bank accounts in the
names of Binay and his dummies to other accounts of the
same names or other either
within the same bank or to
other banks and subsequently
withdrawn; the transactions,
particularly deposits and
placements, were made predominantly in cash; the financial transactions appeared to
have no underlying legal or
trade obligation, purpose or
economic justification; the
amounts involved were not
commensurate to the financial capacity of the account
holders and the financial
transactions were conducted
during the construction of the
parking building and Makati
Science High School and during the implementation of the
Joint Venture Agreement of
the Boy Scout with Alphaland;
and many withdrawals and
terminations were made from
and after the Senate hearings
on the alleged overpriced
parking building.
“Such acts of disposing assets
or funds and withdrawals
since the Senate inquiry start-
Levitt also held talks with
the Filipino community
where he was urged to
speed up the backlog of
some 48,000 foreign caregivers awaiting permanent
resident status.
A petition is also circulating in the community addressed to McCallum to fast
track the LCP-PR (Live-in
caregiver program-for Permanent residence) processing.
The petition aimed to gather as many signatures as
possible to initiate the
much-needed changes (pls.
see full text of petition on
page 8).
In essence
it asked
McCallum to clear the back-
ed would indicate an intention to hide or conceal proceeds of the unlawful activities in the construction of the
two Makati buildings and the
questionable
transactions
involving the Boy Scouts of
the Philippines,” the report
said.
The report also concluded
that respondents whose money was frozen did not bother
to get their money back.
“Tellingly, the named respondents did not seek the
lifting of the effects of the
Court of Appeal’s freeze order; this indicates that the
accounts frozen did not belong to them, but to another
person, VP Binay, the principal.”
Frozen accounts
The report said that based on
the submission of banks, insurance companies and securities firms, a total of P427,
260,
401.44
and
US$250,524,.45 were frozen.
Binay maintained multiple
accounts either singly or
jointly with Limlingan and
Baloloy and hundreds of
transactions were recorded in
these accounts in various
banks from 2007-2014.
“The pattern of transactions
in these accounts established
Binay’s clear links to the mentioned dummies,” the report
said.
The AMLC resolved that its
secretariat should file in court
through the Office of the Solicitor General a petition for
forfeiture order.
The report said the AMLC
investigation was based on a
referral from the Office of the
Ombudsman and the Senate
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log and make good his
promise (when he was still
a Liberal critic) to “provide
not just permanent residence status to caregivers
but citizenship as well.
For key highlights of the
Immigration Plan, pls. see
page 17.
MP Michael Levitt also said
the new plan also practically repeals the two-tier citizenship and henceforth
ensures that all Canadians,
including those with dual
citizenship, are “treated
equally once again and can
no longer have their citizenship stripped from
them.(pls. see related column of Michael Levitt on
the issue on page 7).⦿
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A Much Needed Fix
for our Immigration
System
MP’s Corner
Michael Levitt, Member of Parliament for York Centre
It has been an exciting few
months for our government
in Ottawa, especially with
regard to our immigration
system. We are gradually
fixing
the
problematic
changes made under the
previous government that
ran counter to our vision of
an immigration system
grounded in compassion
and economic opportunity
for everyone.
year.
We know that newcomers
often build an attachment
to Canada before becoming
permanent residents, and
we will credit them for
their time spent in Canada
as temporary residents or
protected persons.
Barriers and unfair require- THE PANEL includes Marco Mendicino (MP for Eglinton-Lawrence),
ments put up walls that Michael Levitt (MP for York Centre),Arif Virani (MP for Parkdale-High
prevent good people from Park)
building a new life in Canachanges, and something I Citizenship, John McCallum,
da and contributing to our
vocally campaigned against, announced changes to fix
diverse society and our ecowas the creation of two tier the unfair elements that
nomic success.
citizenship. That is why on make it more difficult for
But the worst part of the February 25, the Minister of hard-working immigrants
previous
government’s Immigration, Refugees, & to become Canadian citizens.
We will also change the age
range of those required to
pass a knowledge test and
meet French or English language requirements to
qualify for citizenship from
ages 14-64 back to ages 1854.
These changes support our
goal of removing barriers
for immigrants to build successful lives in Canada, and
are just some of the challenges we are working to
address, and commitments
we are keeping.
I look forward to the exciting work and progress on
this and many other issues
to serve our country and
our community.
Michael Levitt is the Member
of Parliament for York Centre
The fixes our government
announced will ensure that
all
Canadians—including
dual citizens like me—are
treated equally once again,
and can no longer have
their citizenship stripped
from them.
Among the attendees are seasoned journalists Nestor & Faye Arellano (middle standing), advocates for the caregivers
We will reduce the time
permanent residents must After the enlightening information session, the crowd gathered for a
be physically present in photo with Michael Levitt and Arif Virani. Also in photo is Michelle
Canada before qualifying Serrano, a die-hard Liberal supporter. PHOTOS BY ARIEL RAMOS
for citizenship by a full
Filipinas in Canada to Philippine politicians – give
better service, protection
By: Jhong de la Cruz
EDMONTON, Alberta – Filipina migrants are reminding Philippine candidates
that their votes count and
that they will use them to
back candidates who uphold women’s agenda.
provide them with protections and support…not just
lip service as we’ve seen so
many do,” said Truscott.
Minority
Data from Statistics Canada
showed the number of Filipino women belonging to
visible minorities in Canada
at over 340,000 in 2011.
Nine percent of this number are mostly foreign
workers, most with no permanent resident status.
About 100 women and
their supporters marched
in the streets of this city on
Sunday, two days ahead in
commemoration of the International Women’s Day,
and some 40 Filipinos
joined them.
Members of Kabisig Society of Fort Saskatchewan march with oth“We are here to rise with er women and their supporters in Alberta to celebrate Internaother women in Alberta, we tional Women’s Day. PHOTOS BY JHONG DE LA CRUZ
are here to rise for migrant
women’s rights!” shouted
Clarizze Truscott to the
marching crowd. She is the
Filipina Canadian president
of Kabisig Society from Fort
Saskatchewan, a town 25
km northeast of Edmonton.
Truscott lamented that the
lack of services for Filipino
compatriots has resulted in
their apathy when it comes
to electing Philippine candi-
dates.
“Voters really need to reflect and understand who
they’re really voting for,”
she said, citing as example
elected showbiz personalities who take seats in the
government without track
records.
“There are certain candidates like Duterte who appear and claim to be differ-
ent from the rest and have
shown great popularity on
social media. But social media is never a real reflection
of voter turnout,” she added.
“A huge source of income
for the Philippines is OFW
remittances. People should
be reflective and vote for
candidates who will serve
OFW interests and who will
Merryn Edwards, one of the
march and rally organizers,
noted that Filipina migrant
groups like the Kabisig Society, have shaped the political landscape for women in
Alberta.
“It was Filipino women who
helped me [with] my political education,” she said. Edwards was an organizer for
a
grassroots
women’s
group in Vancouver where
she had met Filipino women espousing migrant advocacies.
“I was active in a women’s
group that looked at a lot at
issues of women equality
here in Canada including
child care for example. We
could see that the only de
facto child care program
available in Canada was the
live-in caregiver program,
all it does is to transfer the
burden for that work on to
the back of third world migrant women,” Edwards
said.
“When you create a second
class of workers and deny
certain rights, access to services and freedoms, that is
injury to all workers…that
is a basis that we could all
come together on a day like
International
Women’s
Day,” she added.
Reunification,
ment
readjust-
Noted Filipina Canadian
professor Dr. Ethel Tungohan said that programs
such as the Live-in Caregiv(Continued on page 11)
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TO: MP John McCallum, Minister of
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
WHEREAS a path to permanent residence status is guaranteed to caregivers under the Federal Live-in Caregivers
Program (“LCP”);
WHEREAS during a community roundtable meeting with
then Liberal Immigration critic MP John McCallum, he
pledged that a Liberal government would provide not just
permanent residence status, but citizenship to caregivers;
WHEREAS participants of the defunct LCP had to work for
24 months or 3900 hours to qualify to apply for their permanent residence status;
WHEREAS it usually takes then Citizenship and Immigration Canada from 39 months and up to four years to complete the process of PR applications;
WHEREAS there is currently a backlog of an estimated
48,000 eligible PR applications for caregivers and their
families;
WHEREAS there are PR applicants who have been waiting
for their status for more than up to six (6) years;
WHEREAS the prolonged family separation, helplessness,
uncertainty, anxiety, and vulnerability are only the immediate results of the delay in the PR processing suffered by
the caregivers and their families;
WHEREAS members of the Filipino community cannot ignore the plight of the caregivers, who are waiting far too
long for their permanent residence status and reunification with their families;
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Amid all these, educators
and policy makers have
simply failed to inculcate
among future generations
the historical and social significance of EDSA as the
world’s template of a bloodless struggle against tyranny and dictators.
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EDSA inspired the fall of the
Berlin wall that finally unit-
WE THE UNDERSIGNED believe that the social costs to
caregivers of the effects of non-status and prolonged separation from families are harsh and unjust. We, therefore,
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all the 48,000 applicants caught in the backlog.
SALONGA: SENATOR….95
would put personal gain ahead
of public service, who would
lower the standards of public
discourse, and who would sacrifice human rights and the rule
of law either for personal or
partisan advantage.”
Lacierda recalled Salonga’s
contributions to the country,
most significantly his fight
against the Marcos dictatorship
as a member of the opposition
alongside Sen. Benigno “Ninoy”
Aquino Jr., President Aquino’s
father.
Plaza Miranda
Salonga was seriously wounded
in the bombing of a Liberal Party campaign rally at Plaza Miranda in 1971, which then
President Ferdinand Marcos
blamed on communist rebels.
The people “rewarded” the opposition with a Senate sweep
that year, Lacierda said.
Salonga’s family has yet to release details on his wake and
interment, and requested that
they be given time to grieve
and mourn their loss.
The flag at the Senate office in
Pasay City was lowered to halfstaff after news broke of the
senator’s death.
As one of the leading opposition leaders of the Marcos regime, Salonga was briefly jailed
in 1980 and spent four years in
US exile.
tion of democracy,” said the
Supreme Court statement.
After the Marcoses were ousted
in the 1986 Edsa People Power
Revolution, former President
Corazon Aquino appointed Salonga chair of the Presidential
Commission on Good Government (PCGG) which was tasked
to recover the Marcoses’ illgotten wealth.
Salonga topped the bar exams
in 1944, tying with the late Sen.
Jose Diokno with a grade of
95.3 percent.
US bases
As the first post-Edsa Senate
President, Salonga was among
the so-called “Magnificent 12,”
who voted for the removal of
US military bases from the Philippines.
Salonga later joined private
groups
Kilosbayan
and
Bantayog ng mga Bayani Foundation “to ensure that the sins
of the past would not be repeated in the future,” Lacierda said
of the 2007 Magsaysay laureate.
In a statement released on
Thursday afternoon, the Supreme Court mourned Salonga’s passing as “a great loss
to the legal profession and to
the country.”
“He was an intellectual mentor
and role model to many generations of lawyers through his
courage and integrity. The
court recognizes his contribution to the shaping of modern
jurisprudence in basic human
rights and fundamental civil
liberties especially during martial law and after the restora-
8
Lover of freedom
In a statement, Vice President
Jejomar Binay called Salonga “a
pillar of the protest movement
who steered the Senate during
the difficult years of transition
from dictatorship to democracy. His capable leadership—
forged and strengthened in the
dark days that followed the
Plaza Miranda bombing in
1971—guided the Senate when
it voted to oust the US bases in
1991.”
Fellow Liberal Party member
and standard-bearer Mar Roxas
described Ka Jovy as “an exemplar of what it means to be a
Filipino.”
Roxas added: “When democracy was endangered, he not only
fought for it, but suffered for it.
In the halls of the Senate, in
Plaza Miranda where he was
grievously wounded, in the
loneliness of detention during
the dictatorship, in self-exile,
and once again, in public service in the PCGG and in the Senate and civil society afterward,
Ka Jovy put country above self.”
In her official Twitter account,
Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago
said, “We have lost a respected
statesman today,” as she expressed her “deepest sympa-
ed West and East Germany
into what is now known as
modern Germany, the Velvet Revolution that destroyed communist rule in
Czechoslovakia, the solidarity movement of Lech
Walesa in Poland , and the
series of communist defeats
in Hungary and Romania.
As one educator suggested,
EDSA should be an essential
reading in the curriculum of
Philippine education and
should be a foremost part of
history lessons.
And we should rectify an
historical error: EDSA was
a revolution of the people,
not by a particular political
family or party, not the military, not the religious but
simply an uprising made
possible by every single Filipino who at that time decided that the dictatorship
must finally end.
That legacy should not be
lost. ⦿
thies” to Salonga’s family.
Eternal reward
Former Sen. Aquilino Pimentel,
also a Marcos opposition leader, described Salonga as “a
great Filipino passing on to his
eternal reward.”
Sen. Grace Poe quoted Salonga’s famous words: “We
cannot and do not deserve freedom unless we are prepared to
fight for it,” before exhorting
the public to “relive in our
deeds his ultimate legacy: the
power of freedom.”
Senate President Franklin
Drilon called Salonga “a veritable democrat, patriot and
statesman … who dedicated the
best years of his life to fight for
the restoration of democracy in
our country.”
Said Supreme Court spokesperson Theodore Te: “He was the
last candidate for President
that I voted for and, with Ka
Pepe (Diokno), the best President we never got.”
Salonga was born on June 22,
1920 in Rizal province, the
youngest in a brood of five boys
born to a Protestant pastor in a
remote barrio in Pasig.
The would-be presidential candidate in 1992 led a hardscrabble life, pulling out grass from
the rice fields behind their
home which his mother would
later sell as horse feed to
scrape up enough coins for
their school allowance.
He also sold ice drop and
fetched water from the well for
selling to their neighbors. A
class picture dug up by a classmate showed the young Salonga barefoot and the smallest
kids in class.
Topped Senate elections
After topping the bar exams in
1944, Salonga obtained his
master’s degree from Harvard
Law School and his doctorate in
jurisprudence from Yale.
On his return to the Philippines, he taught law in several
universities before being elected representative of the second
district of Rizal in 1961.
Salonga was elected to the Senate thrice: in 1965, 1971, and
1987, during which he consistently topped the elections.
As an outstanding senator, he
contributed significant legislation, among them the AntiCoup D’Etat Law, the State
Scholarship Law, the Magna
Carta for Public School Teachers, the Code of Conduct and
Ethical Standards for Public
Officials and Employees, and
the Anti-Plunder Law.
Salonga served as Senate President from 1987 to 1991. With
reports by Tarra Quismundo,
Marlon Ramos, Leila Salaverria, Christine Avendaño and
Inquirer
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eligible candidate,” he said.
Despite SC ruling, POE...
“This will make a mockery of
our election process if Petitioner wins the elections but
is later disqualified by this
Court for not possessing a
basic qualification for the
Office of the President, that
is being a natural-born citizen. Any person, who is not a
natural-born Filipino citizen,
running for President is obviously a nuisance candidate
under Section 69 of the Omnibus Election Code,” he
added.
AQUINO: CLARIFY...
favor of Grace Poe’s socalled
‘Filipino
citizenship.’ ‘Yun pala, walang nine
votes, kundi seven votes,
which is less than the majority so there is no ruling of
the court. Simple majority of
15 is eight, not seven,” Tatad
said in a press conference
last Saturday.
Tatad’s lawyer, Manuelito
Luna, said they will file a
motion for reconsideration
of the SC’s ruling on Tuesday.
Carpio’s opinion differed
with that of Sereno, who said
there was majority on Poe’s
citizenship because only 12
of the 15 magistrates voted
on that particular issue.
In his dissenting opinion,
Carpio stressed that the majority ruling is a mockery of
election laws since it allows
a candidate with uncertain
citizenship status” to be potentially elected to the highest position in the land despite it being reserved by the
Constitution for naturalborn Filipino citizens.
“The election process becomes a complete mockery
since the electorate is mercilessly offered choices which
include patently ineligible
candidates. The electorate is
also needlessly misled to
cast their votes, and thus
waste their votes, for an in(Continued from page 5)
$30M IN CASH DELIV….
Eastern Hawaii Leisure Co. in
several tranches and with
the amounts converted into
pesos, upon Deguito’s instructions.
“We were instructed to remit
the funds to the other bank
and to deliver the cash to the
beneficiary,” Bautista told
the Senate blue ribbon committee looking into the laundering of $81 million.
Executive session
But Deguito denied knowing
Xu or that she provided his
cell phone number to Bautista.
The bank manager said
“there were instructions”
with regard to the delivery,
but said she would rather
talk about the matter in an
executive session.
She refused to answer questions in the Senate pertaining
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Carpio also took issue with
the majority ruling that the
burden of proof in the case
lies with the petitioners –
Tatad, former GSIS lawyer
Estrella Elamparo, former
UE law dean Amado Valdez
and political science professor Antonio Contreras.
He said that it should be Poe
who should present evidence since she claimed to
be qualified to run for the
presidency and as such, she
has the burden of proving
that she is a natural-born
Filipino.
“Any doubt whether or not
he or she is natural-born
Filipino citizen is resolved
against him or her. The constitutional requirement of a
natural-born citizen, being
an express qualification for
election as President, must
be complied with strictly,”
said the senior magistrate.
MALAYA.COM.PH
to specific transactions involving the $81 million that
went to the RCBC branch on
Jupiter Street in Makati City,
and, to the senators’ frustration, repeatedly invoked her
right
against
selfincrimination.
She also repeatedly made her
request to speak in an executive session, and cited the
case that the Anti-Money
Laundering Council (AMLC)
filed against her.
Sen. Sergio Osmena noted
that Deguito apparently instructed someone to deliver
P600 million to someone she
did not know.
“Can you deliver it to me
next time?” Osmena joked,
eliciting laughter from the
audience.
Stop-payment order
Guingona also took to task
RCBC for not immediately
acting on a stop-payment
order sought by the Bangladesh Bank when it was try-
bansa (So it will be very clear
to all our citizens what the
rules really are on becoming a
citizen or non-citizen in our
country),” he added.
Poe expressed willingness to
provide Aquino with the documents she submitted in connection with her case.
The SC voted 9-6 on Tuesday
to allow Poe to run for president, tossing out the decision
of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to disqualify
her.
The high court ruling has not
yet been released and only SC
justices have read it, Aquino
noted.
He said that when Poe accepted her appointment to the
MTRCB, “first time ko narinig
na pumunta pa siya doon sa
isang consular official ng
America in 2011 para irenounce yung citizenship,
kung saang panahon na
MTRCB chair na siya (it was
my first time to hear that she
had to go to a consular official
of America in 2011 to renounce the citizenship, when
she was already MTRCB
chair).”
He asked why Poe had to do
this when his assumption was
that she had already reacquired her Philippine citizenship for some time before her
appointment: “At palagay ko
maitanong ko rin, bakit
kailangan pang gawin, dahil
ang assumption ko nga ay
ing to recover the funds stolen from it.
Guingona pointed out that
the stop-payment request
from the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York was made
at 5 p.m. on Feb. 8, which
was a holiday in the Philippines.
But RCBC would have seen
the request the following
morning and could have acted on it then, he said.
But on Feb. 9, all the $81 million was withdrawn.
“On the morning of Feb. 9,
the first banking day, you
should have seen the stoppayment request, but apparently, it was not honored because the funds were withdrawn. All the funds were
withdrawn,” Guingona said.
Bank president mum
He cited documents showing
that RCBC responded to the
stop-payment request at
7:45 p.m. on Feb. 9, when the
banking day had already
matagal-tagal
nang
nareacquire supposed to be yung
citizenship. So gusto kong
makitang sana may tugon
doon sa mga tanong tulad
noon doon sa desisyon na
hinihintay nating ilabas ng
Korte Suprema.”
Poe’s lawyer George Garcia
told ABS-CBN News Channel that he himself was not
sure if the SC had resolved the
citizenship and residency issues.
Garcia said what the SC ruled
on was that the Comelec committed grave abuse of discretion in disqualifying Poe.
“There was no ruling on her
citizenship and residency. We
have to await the written decision to see if these issues were
discussed and resolved,” he
said.
Aquino doused talk anew that
he was secretly supporting
Poe as four of his appointees
in the high tribunal voted in
her favor and the Office of the
Solicitor General defended
her.
While admitting that the SC
decision could boost the
chances of Poe, Aquino said
the ruling Liberal Party would
just have to keep its focus,
especially since there were
also surveys showing a majority of Filipinos supporting the
continuity of administration
programs like the conditional
cash transfer.
Confusing
Aquino said it must not be
forgotten that he personally
found the status of Poe con-
ended.
RCBC president/CEO Lorenzo Tan said he could not
confirm or deny the request
or discuss the specific transaction, invoking the bank
secrecy law.
“Sorry, you’re honor. I cannot
confirm or deny this request
specific to this transaction,”
Tan told Guingona. “But as a
general rule, when there’s a
freeze order on an account,
the branch manager involved
should comply with such an
order.”
“As a general policy of the
bank, these orders are sent
by head office to the branch,”
he said.
Frustrated by Tan and Deguito’s invocation of the bank
secrecy law, Guingona said
the inaction of the bank on
the request by its New York
counterpart to hold the
transaction allowed the
funds to be withdrawn by
still unknown parties.
fusing.
According to Poe, she and her
three children became dual
citizens in 2006 and that she
renounced her American citizenship on Oct. 21, 2010,
when she took her oath as
MTRCB chief.
Poe also said she was already
a resident of the Philippines in
May 2005, longer than what
she had indicated in her certificate of candidacy for senator,
where she wrote that she had
been in the country since
2006 and thus would not meet
the 10-year residency requirement for presidential aspirants.
As a foundling, critics said Poe
was not a natural-born citizen
and that she still used her US
passport even after renouncing her American citizenship.
On his appointees to the SC,
the President said he put them
in the position to be independent.
Aquino had earlier explained
there was no point in having a
secret candidate because he
would always campaign for
people he believed in.
“They exercised their independence. We go back to the
fact that we want to see, get
enlightened on all issues,
hopefully there will be complete answers in the decision
they will release,” the President said.
Sen. Paolo Benigno Aquino IV
also belied reports that his
uncle is a closet Poe support(Continued on page 21)
The Inquirer broke the story
about the laundering of
funds through the local financial system on Feb. 29.
On that day—20 days after
the bulk of the funds was
withdrawn from fictitious
accounts created at RCBC’s
Jupiter branch—regulators
asked the Court of Appeals to
freeze seven bank accounts
suspected to be involved in
the laundering activity.
The next day—three weeks
after the funds were withdrawn from the bank and
converted into pesos, with
some being moved to local
casinos—the Court of Appeals issued a freeze order. A
report from Bangladesh
quoted a government official
as saying that only $68,000
had been frozen.
The Senate will resume its
probe on the issue today,
with an eye on amending the
Anti-Money Laundering Act
to strengthen it against future laundering attempts.
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Doctor Chito Collantes celebrated his birthday at Sheraton Hotel in Downtown Toronto on March 5, 2016. Relatives, and friends from Knights of Rizal, and Kababaihang Rizalista attended the celebration. PHOTO BY ARIEL RAMOS
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er Program, highly accessed by Filipino women for employment, leave
migrant families “fragmented.”
“Extended periods of family separation is one of the biggest impacts
of the feminization of migration. In
order to support their families,
many women leave their partners
and their children behind to find
work abroad,” she said.
Years of separation create wide
gaps when families finally reunite,
she said. “Many families have to go
through a long period of readjustment, of getting to know each other, after years living apart,” she
said.
Tungohan, who teaches at the University of Alberta’s Political Science Department, wrote From the
Politics of Everyday Resistance to
the Politics from Below, which won
the 2014 First Prize under National
Women’s Studies Association.
Since completing a study she coauthored in 2014, which examined
the experiences of Filipina live-in
caregivers, Tungohan noted that
the situation of caregivers has
worsened.
In December 2014, the federal government overhauled the Live-in
Caregiver Program with major
changes in the path to permanent
Kabisig Society’s Clarizze Truscott poses
for a photo at Women’s March in Edmonton.
status: a 5,000 cap in yearly applications for permanent status, a difficult language test and the removal
of the “live-in” requirement for caregivers.
Tungohan cited the case of caregivers Luvvy Alicbusan and Karen
Talosig, who completed all of the
requirements of the caregiver program but whose applications for
permanent residency were denied
because of “medical inadmissibility.” Alicbusan has a son who has
autism spectrum disorder while
Talosig’s
daughter
is
deaf.
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LBC Makes its Air and
Sea Cargo services more
accessible
LBC Express Inc., in its mission to
have cargo services more accessible in Ontario, opened 2 air cargo
agents in the Greater Toronto Area.
Last February 13, 2016, LBC
launched its Air Cargo services in
Oakville, ON with partner Lasa Manila, at 336 Kerr Street. In a fun get
together, Mon Solis – LBC Marketing and Elsie Abiertas - owner of
Lasa Manila welcomed guests and
patrons for some food, fun and
prizes.
Mon Solis, Normie Pabitu of Tagpuan
Restaurant and Raffy Policarpio
give away free air cargo coupons.
LBC’s Mon Solis with Elsie Abiertas
Personal Care Products and Homemade Lotion Making Workshop, facilitated by
Caryn Thompson, Environmental Health Promoter/Researcher of South Riverdale
Community Health Centre (HRDCHC). Presented by Manzu Man Ara and Pinky
Paglingayen of Thorncliffe Neighborhood Office (TNO) last February 27, 2016 at
Leaside Park Drive, North York ON. Participants are TNO'S Caregivers-in-Transition
and Seniors of RESPONSE Support for Elderly Persons with Susan Llanera and Linda
Verzosa.
Lastly, on February 26, 2016, LBC
added another outlet in North York
and entered into partnership with
Tagpuan Restaurant, located at
1740 Victoria Park Ave . Raffy Policarpio and Tagpuan owner Normie
Pabitu welcomed the guests and
LBC Express Inc. is the Philippines’
market leader in courier products,
parcels and cargo logistics and remittance payments. With its network of 4,400 locations, partners
and agents LBC is growing steadily
and commits to moving lives, business and communities in the Philippines and across the globe.
Founded in 1945 as a brokerage
and air cargo agent, LBC Express
pioneered time sensitive cargo delivery and 24 hour door to door
delivery in the Philippines. LBC can
move it for you: visit us at
www.lbcexpress.com or
call 1-888-652-2522
March 2016
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Iglesia Ni Cristo’s Musical Evangelical Mission
INC CHORALE EASTERN CANADA COMPETITION. Choral Groups from locales of Durham, Markham,
Scarborough, Victoria contended for the top prize in front of four judges at the Rembrant Banquet
Hall. Durham came out the 1st place winner. Below, some of church officials and members of Iglesia
Ni Cristo . PHOTOS BY WAVES.
Welcome JULIA!
The new addition to the Clamucha family, Julia, with
brother Jaden and dad Kevin.
Nutrition & Eating Well with Canada's Health Food Guide Workshop, coordinated by Manzu Man Ara and Pinky Paglingayen of Thorncliffe Neighborhood Office
(TNO), presented by Saima Saleem & Shaista Iftikhar of South Riverdale Community Health Centre (SRCHC) held on January 23, 2016 at TNO's Employment Centre, 1
Leaside Park Drive. The participants are the TNO's Caregivers-In-Transition and Seniors of RESPONSE, Support for Elderly Persons with Linda Verzosa and Susan
Llanera.
The Caregiver Ministry headed by Jeannete Rosales conducted their seminar regarding getting US Visas, Philippine Pension SSS, taxation, and Philippine OWWA, etc.; at Our
Lady of Assumption Church on Feb. 28, 2016.
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Memorial for Francisco “BO” Portillo in Hamilton March 5, 2016
THE “BO SHOW” CONTINUES. You can not tell that the Portillo family just recently lost a loved one. This is how the our very dear friend, Bo Portillo, wants it. So much loved
by his family and many friends, Bo departed leaving so many happy memories. He will be missed but not forgotten. PHOTO BY WAVES.
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Key Highlights – 2016 Immigration
Levels Plan
The 2016 annual immigration levels
plan outlines a shift in immigration
policy towards reuniting more families.
The plan will improve processing
times and backlogs will go down
across multiple immigration programs
including those for: spouses; partners
and children; and parents and grandparents – because the department will
be able to welcome more people into
Canada.
By the end of 2016, Canada will welcome between 280,000 and 305,000
(target 300,000) new permanent residents. This is a 7.4% increase in
planned admissions over the 2015
levels plan.
Reuniting more families
Reuniting families helps immigrants
build successful lives in Canada. When
families are reunited, it improves integration and economic outcomes for
the immigrant while contributing to
the development of Canada’s social,
cultural and economic development.
the end of 2016 it is expected that the
backlog inventory will be reduced by
approximately 15%.
Providing a place of refuge for those
fleeing from persecution
The Government of Canada remains
committed to upholding its humanitarian tradition to resettle refugees and
offer protection to those in need. All
Canadians play an important role by
helping refugees integrate into Canadian society so they can build a successful life and contribute to Canada’s social, cultural and economic development.
The 2016 annual immigration levels
plan significantly increases admissions
in the Refugees and Protected Persons
class so that we can provide protection
and welcome more people from
around the world who are fleeing from
war and persecution.
The 2016 immigration levels plan is
increasing admissions of sponsored
spouses, partners and dependents to
help reduce inventories and processing times, and is maintaining high
immigration levels in the Parent and
Grandparent Program.
These increases will also allow the
Government to complete its commitment to resettle Syrian refugees to
Canada in 2016 and enable Canada to
welcome higher numbers of refugees
from other parts of the world with
refugee populations such as the Democratic Republic of Congo, Colombia,
and Eritrea, as set through various
existing multi-year refugee resettlement commitments.
IRCC is doubling the number of sponsorship applications for parents and
grandparents that it will accept for
processing to 10,000 a year. 20,000
admissions are planned under the Parent and Grandparent Program and by
As a world leader in innovative refugee programs, IRCC has almost tripled
admissions space for privatelysponsored refugees and governmentassisted refugees, and has more than
doubled the admissions space for the
U.S. to return Bell of Bauang, La Union
Former American Consul General Santiago (Sonny) Busa
and his wife Ceres Cawagas Busa standing beside the Bell
which was taken from the Church of St. Peter and Paul in
Bauang, La Union, Philippines in 1899 as a booty during
the Philippine American War. It was stored at the Catholic
Church at West Point since 1937 as a booty of war. Superintendent Robert Caslen, a classmate of Sonny at West
Point, announced its return the Bell to Bauang soon.
blended visa office-referred category.
Building our economy
Immigration supports Canada’s longterm economic growth while building
strong communities and improving
our global competitiveness. The contributions that experienced foreign
professionals and skilled workers
make to our country and economy result in jobs, innovation, and growth in
existing and new industries.
The 2016 immigration levels plan continues to support Canada’s economic
growth with significant admissions in
economic immigration programs. The
economic class will account for the
majority of all immigration admissions
in 2016, representing more than half
of the overall total planned for the
year.
The economic class includes the principal applicants as well as their spouses, partners and dependants in the
following programs and streams: Federal Skilled Worker Program, the Federal Skilled Trades Program and the
Canadian
Experience
Class
(collectively, the Federal Economic
High Skilled programs) – since January
2015, all applications for these programs fall under the Express Entry
application management system; Federal Economic Business programs;
Quebec-selected Skilled Worker and
Business programs (as set by the Government of Quebec); the Provincial
Nominee Program; and the Caregiver
Program.—as posted in Canada government website.
Kalayaan Cultural
Community Centre
Elects a New Board
The Kalayaan Cultural Community
Centre (KCCC), Mississauga’s primary institution for FilipinoCanadians, recently held elections
to determine its current set of Officers and Board of Directors. The
new Board has been tasked to continue the Centre’s vision to have
an inclusive membership with a
network of individuals and families deeply grounded to participate
and promote the cultural values
that make Filipino-Canadians
unique in the world.
The following individuals have
been elected officers of KCCC:
Resty del Rosario
President
Gerry Rulloda
Executive Vice President
Mayette Balbastro
VP, Program Administration
Judy Montenegro
Secretary
Treasurer: (Vacant)
Delfin Palileo
Auditor
Dr. Solon Guzman and
Karen Pascual-Binaday
Press Relations Officers
Board of Directors:
Madoline Baluca
Chat Bautista
Lydia Bernardino
Luis Carbonell
Edgar Frondozo
Rodel Meier
Iluminada Montada
Nico Montenegro
Charity Roda
Rey Tamayo
KCCC continues to run numerous
programs throughout the year
such as cultural dances, rondalla,
line dancing, ballroom dancing,
Zumba class, hot hula fitness, Argentine tango and Tagalog classes
for adults/children. They also
hold bi-monthly fundraising dinners and have a variety of speakers that come in to talk about topics such as health and wellness,
volunteerism etc. Annual events
organized by the Centre include,
Philippine Independence Day Flag
Raising Ceremony, KCCC Golf Classic Tournament, the KCCC Walk-athon, Halloween and New Year’s
Eve Dinner/Dance and more.
For additional information about
KCCC, please check their website
at
www.kalayaancentre.ca
or their Facebook page at
www.facebook.com/
kalayaancentre
March 2016
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St. Joseph, ‘model of mercy’
In the context of the Jubilee of Mercy, a theologian
counted St. Joseph, whom
the Church honors on
March 19, as among “the
saints and blessed ones
who made divine mercy
their
mission
in
life” (Misericordiae Vultus, 24) and, that by his
example and intercession, can help the faithful
to be merciful.
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pel’s that the rest of Joseph’s life centered on
serving and protecting
Jesus and Mary.”
“In all these incidents
never can you detect in
Joseph a word or an attitude of reproach or anger
but of constant care and
concern of a husband and
a father,” the priest underlined.
Prototype of mercy
In an interview with An image of St. Joseph rests beside what
CBCP News, Fr. Rey is believed to be a relic of the saint. The Bible professor also
Zerrudo, professor of PHOTO by RAYMOND A. SEBASTIAN
underscored that the
Biblical Studies in St. Jomercy of St. Joseph can be
“Rules for unmarried women
seph Regional Seminary and
detected in Jesus’ public minat the time were harsh. Acparish priest of San Jose Obreistry.
cording to the law, if a woman
ro Parish in Molo, Iloilo City,
was already betrothed in As an example, he cited the
pointed out that St. Joseph
marriage to a man she could episode of Jesus being conwas not merely a “just” man.
be stoned to death if it was fronted by the Pharisees to
“The Gospel according to St. discovered that she had rela- decide on the fate of a woman
Matthew (Mt 1:19) presents tions with another man.”
caught committing adultery.
the Holy Patriarch as ‘just’ not
“Joseph, being a man of kind- “The answer of the Lord
only in the sense that he was
ness, and even knowing that brought the men to realize
‘righteous’ or ‘observant of
Mary’s child was not his, was that all of them were sinners
the law’ but, above all, he was
concerned for his betrothed’s and, therefore, did not dare
a ‘good’ man which, in the
safety, so he decided to put throw the first stone against
context of the Bible, means
her away as quietly as possi- the woman. Jesus did not con‘merciful’
and
ble,” explained the priest.
demn the repentant woman
‘compassionate’,” he said.
and exhorted her to ‘Go, from
“Another episode,” Zerrudo
‘Wife-saver’, not a ‘wifenow on, do not sin anymore,’”
continued, “is when Joseph,
beater’
the priest related.
upon being told by an angel in
The Bible professor pointed a dream to take Mary as his “Jesus, growing up with Mary
out that a closer look on key wife and to name the child and Joseph, was raised in an
episodes in the Gospels mani- conceived by the Holy Spirit atmosphere of mercy. Joseph
fest St. Joseph as a compas- ‘Jesus’. He got up immediately was the ‘prototype’ of mercy
and obeyed (Mt 1:21).”
sionate and merciful man.
and Jesus is the ‘archetype; of
mercy. By not condemning
“The first is when Joseph, “Joseph’s naming of Mary’s
the woman and by leading her
learning that Mary, to whom son was an act of paternity
to repentance, Jesus acted like
he was betrothed, was preg- which is a manifestation of his
St. Joseph his father,” added
nant even before they were acceptance of the child as his
Zerrudo. (Fr. Mickey Carmarried and living together,” very own.”
denas / CBCP News)
he said.
“You can observe in the Gos-
Fasting and Abstinence
Abstinence. The law of abstinence requires a Catholic
14 years of age until death to
abstain from eating meat on
Fridays in honor of the Passion of Jesus on Good Friday.
Meat is considered to be the
flesh and organs of mammals
and fowl. Also forbidden are
soups or gravies made from
them. Salt and freshwater
species of fish, amphibians,
reptiles and shellfish are permitted, as are animal derived
products such as margarine
and gelatin which do not
have any meat taste.
On the Fridays outside of
Lent the U.S. bishops conference obtained the permission
of the Holy See for Catholics
in the US to substitute a penitential, or even a charitable,
practice of their own choosing. They must do some penitential/charitable practice on
these Fridays. For most people the easiest practice to
consistently fulfill will be the
traditional one, to abstain
from meat on all Fridays of
the year. During Lent abstinence from meat on Fridays
is obligatory in the United
States as elsewhere.
Fasting. The law of fasting
requires a Catholic from the
18th Birthday (Canon 97) to
the 59th Birthday (i.e. the
beginning of the 60th year, a
year which will be completed
on the 60th birthday) to reduce the amount of food eaten from normal. The Church
defines this as one meal a
day, and two smaller meals
which if added together
would not exceed the main
meal in quantity. Such fasting
is obligatory on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. The fast
is broken by eating between
meals and by drinks which
could be considered food
(milk shakes, but not milk).
Alcoholic beverages do not
break the fast; however, they
seem to be contrary to the
spirit of doing penance.
Those who are excused
from fast or abstinence.
Besides those outside the age
limits, those of unsound
mind, the sick, the frail, pregnant or nursing women according to need for meat or
nourishment, manual laborers according to need, guests
at a meal who cannot excuse
themselves without giving
great offense or causing enmity and other situations of
moral or physical impossibility to observe the penitential
discipline.
Aside from these minimum
penitential
requirements
Catholics are encouraged to
impose some personal penance on themselves at other
times. It could be modeled
after abstinence and fasting.
A person could, for example,
multiply the number of days
they abstain. Some people
give up meat entirely for religious motives (as opposed to
those who give it up for
health or other motives).
Some religious orders, as a
penance, never eat meat.
Similarly, one could multiply
the number of days that one
fasted. The early Church had
a practice of a Wednesday
and Saturday fast. This fast
could be the same as the
Church's law (one main meal
and two smaller ones) or
stricter, even bread and water. Such freely chosen fasting could also consist in giving up something one enjoys
- candy, soft drinks, smoking,
that cocktail before supper,
and so on. This is left to the
individual.
One final consideration. Before all else we are obliged to
perform the duties of our
state in life. Any deprivation
that would seriously hinder
us in carrying out our work,
as students, employees or
parents would be contrary to
the will of God. Catholic
Online---- Colin B. Donovan,
STL
Toronto Police Services’ 52nd Annual Communion and Breakfast, Feb 28
Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders (center) pose with officers and members of the Toronto Police Services and Emergency Services.after the breakfast reception at the Colony Hotel. Sgt. Philip Mendoza (right) served as one of the ministers in the mass celebrated by His Eminence, Thomas Cardinal Collins at St. Paul’s Cathedral.
March 2016
FILIPINOS MAKING WAVES
Imeldific Book!
Photo journalist Emmanuel Jolly Riofrir (right) presents a
new book entitled, “Imelda”, to his subject - Philippines’
former First Lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos. Riofrir
served as the Imelda’s official photographer when he was
recruited to join National Media Production Center
(NMPC) as special events photographer and cinematographer from 1974 to 1984. chronicling her overseas trips
worldwide and in local sorties around the Philippines. The
book, which is now on sale, contains unpublished photos
of the former First lady.
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A new Filipino Canadian lawyer
Please join us in congratulating
Miguel
Mangalindan
(resident of Toronto, Ontario)
on being called to the Ontario
Bar and achieving the distinction of Barrister and Solicitor.
Miguel was called by the Law
Society of Upper Canada in
June 2015. Miguel has since
joined the law firm, Levine,
Sherkin, Boussidan Barristers
in North York, Ontario, as an
associate. He practices in all
areas of civil litigation, with a
particular focus on corporate/
commercial, employment, and
real estate litigation. He regularly appears in the Ontario
Superior Court of Justice as an
advocate for his clients.
He is a graduate of University
of Windsor Faculty of Law
(Windsor, ON) 2011-2014
Juris Doctor. Miguel spend a
semester abroad at the University of Lucerne Faculty of
Law (Lucerne, Switzerland),
2013 and was a graduate of
McGill University (Montreal,
QC) 2006-2010 Bachelor of
Arts; Major in Psychology,
Minors in Marketing, Sociology and Anthropology.
Miguel is Co-Founder and Co-
al Championships finalist and
Provincial
Championships
medalist.
Miguel is a son of proud parents Raul and Vica Mangalindan.
President, Windsor Law Athletics Society 2011-2014 Established a society responsible for health and athletic initiatives throughout the school;
President, Asian Law Students’ Organization 20122014 Forged a stronger alliance with the Federation of
Asian Canadian Lawyers and
organized; volunteer initiatives in the local community
McGill University (Montreal,
QC) VP Academic, McGill Psychology Students’ Association
2008-2010 Organized events
designed to improve staffstudent relationships and address academic issues; Athlete, McGill Varsity Track and
Field (2009-2010 Captain)
2006-2010 Two-time Nation-
When asked about his
thoughts on being a lawyer in
the Filipino-Canadian community, Miguel had these words
to say: “I am honoured to have
the opportunity to represent,
and give back to, the community that has raised me all
these
years.
FilipinoCanadian lawyers are a small,
but growing, group. I hope
that, together, we can assist in
making the Canadian justice
system more accessible, and
aim to address the legal issues
that
face
the
FilipinoCanadian community today.”
We certainly hope so. If you
have any legal questions or
issues, Miguel can be reached
at the contact information
below. Contact: Miguel Mangalindan, Associate, Levine,
Sherkin, Boussidan Barristers,
Tel: 416-224-2400, Ext. 114,
Email:
[email protected]
(RR)
National Media Production Center (NMPC) Grand Reunion, Feb 28
Former employees (personnel from 1955-1981) of the now defunct National Media Production Center gathered at the Tejeros Hall in Camp Aguinaldo
for a grand reunion held on Feb 28. NMPC is the precursor of government-owned and managed agencies: Channel 4, Philippine Information Agency,
National Printing Office, DWBR-FM, Radyo ng Bayan, and other radio stations of national broadcast quality.
Among the attendees at the NMPC reunion was GMA-channel 7 TV personality
Carmela "Mel " Tiangco (middle) who started her career at MBS-4 as newscaster.
At far right is Bong Serra who directed the trio of Tito Vic and Joey (of Eat Bulaga
fame) in their first TV show "OK lang".
Manitoba Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA ) Flor Marcelino (third from right) also
made it to the NMPC reunion and met with former colleagues with the Regional Office
division (ROD) where she was formerly assigned. Waves’ Tenny and Myrna Soriano, alumni of NMPC, missed the reunion but were shown on one of the slides. Waves From Home
columnist Diego Franco, also an NMPC alumnus, was one of the attendees.
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MSP ADVISES VOTERS ON DEADLINE FOR BALLOT
REQUEST BY MAIL
Migrante Sectoral Partylist (MSP) Canada Coordinator Maru Maesa advises registered overseas
Filipino voters to submit their ballot requests by
mail to the Special Ballot Reception and Custody
Group (SBRCG) on or before April 22, 2016, the
deadline set by the Comelec.
"Kailangan po nating ipaalam sa lahat ng ating
mga kababayan ang panibago na namang development na ito ng Comelec. Ikalat po natin sa social media, sa Twitter, Facebook, sa lahat upang
hindi maaksaya at mawalang-saysay ang ating
mga boto," (We need to inform our compatriots of
this recent change by the COMELEC. Let us spread
the word to everyone concerned via social media,
Twitter, Facebook so that our votes are not wasted.), Maesa said.
The Comelec has recently adopted the Automated Election System Modified Postal Voting
(AESMPV) in its consular offices in Toronto,
Vancouver and Ottawa for the upcoming elections which run from April 9 to May 9, 2016.
Overseas Filipino registered voters who want to
have their ballots mailed are requested to file
their written request personally or by email to
the consular offices. The consular offices should
receive their request letters on or before the set
deadline of April 22. The request should include
the voter’s complete mailing address. However,
registered overseas voters who are able to go to
their respective embassy or consulate can vote
in person until May 9, 2016, 7 pm (Philippine
time). Meanwhile, MSP Canada presses its demand for mobile polling sites or satellite polling
stations particularly in Alberta and Montreal. As
per latest Comelec count there are more than 1.3
million registered voters for the Overseas Absentee Voting.
MSP has been vocal about the Philippine government's neglect of migrants despite the $21 Billion (U.S) remittances they receive from overseas Filipino workers, money which has practically kept the Philippine economy afloat all these
years.
The group urges its fellow migrants to vote for
people who will truly serve and protect their
rights and welfare as echoed by MSP's slogan
"Serbisyo Hindi Negosyo, Proteksyon Hindi
Koleksyon” (Service not business, protection not
collection!)
Requests for ballots through mail may be sent to
the following email, fax and phone numbers as
provided by the Comelec:
TORONTO MAHARLIKA LIONS CLUB
2nd CHARTER ANNIVERSARY
Congratulations to the TMLC officers for a very successful 2nd
Charter Anniversary event held recently at the JC Banquet
Hall. Awards were handed by District Governor Lion Harold
Hobson and TMLC president Alex Castro. Special awards were
given toLion Joe Roblo and Lion Ferdy Coronel (right). PHOTOS
COURTESY OF F.CORONEL.
TORONTO
email at [email protected],
fax at 416 922 2638 or
phone 416 355 2784 & 416 355 2790,
ask for Rosalie and Roberto.
VANCOUVER
email at [email protected]
fax at 604 685 9945
phone at 604 685 1619 or
mail at Office Overseas Absentee
Voting, Phil Consulate General. 999
Canada Place, Suite 660 Vancouver BC V6C 3E1
OTTAWA
email at
[email protected]
fax at 613 233 4165 or
phone at 613 233 1121
ask for Rhodora Liggayu or Glen Richard Martinez
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NYPAA SETS SPRING OFFICERS
INDUCTION and FUNDRAISER
The North York Pinoy Athletic Association (NYPAA) , a popular and everactive FilCan amateur basketball sports
organization in the Greater Toronto
Area, will hold its "Induction of Officers
and Spring Dinner Event" on April 9,
2016 (Saturday), 6:00 p.m.. Composed
mainly of volunteer parents and their
basketball - playing children, relatives
& friends, the 150 - member organization slates the evening celebration at
Our of Lady of the Assumption Church
Parish Hall at #2565 Bathurst Street,
North York, Toronto.
To be inducted for the 2016- 2017 term
are: President - Sharonne Columbano,
Vice President - Mylene Escalona, Secretary - Brenda Agoncillo, Asst. Secretary - Arlyn Perez, Treasurer - Joanne
Ligsay, Sports Commissioner - Renato
Columbano, Asst. Sports Commissioner
- Mark Victoria, Youth Sports Development - Victor Montero, Website moderator - Arnel Dipaling, Director - Ed Sotto, Director - Vilma Tahsin, Director Bob San Juan, Director - Roger Tarca,
Adviser - Tim Sinclair, Adviser – Christina Fernandez and Immediate Past
President & Adviser - Jimi Fernandez.
AQUINO: CLARIFY...
er. The senator said the President had made clear his unwavering support for the tandem
of Manuel Roxas II and Camarines Sur Rep. Leni Robredo.
The Chief Executive also
downplayed a survey result
showing Poe and vice presidential candidate Sen. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in the lead.
The survey was supposedly
conducted during the week
that the nation was celebrating the 30th anniversary of
EDSA people power revolution.
Survey results change
The President said numbers
could change so there was no
point in betting much on surveys.
“How will (the administration
campaign) be affected? Of
course, her candidacy will get
a boost,” the President said.
“How long will it last? We do
not know.”
At the end of the day, Aquino
said people would just have to
do what they have to do instead of getting fixated with
Miss Agnes Miranda, a senior executive
of World Financial Group (WFG) and
Toronto community leader, as Guest
Speaker, will induct the new officers.
The Member of Parliament for York
Centre, Hon. Michael Levitt, as well, is
invited to grace the affair. Expected to
attend and extending their support are
friends, players and officers of other
competitive basketball clubs and community-based associations in Ontario.
The 16-year old organization is a member of the North American Basketball
Association (NABA) and has been sponsoring and supporting amateur basketball competitions & clinics and participating in numerous city and inter-city
tournaments in Canada and the USA
since 2005.
Everyone is invited! For tickets and
further information, please call Sharonne at 289-200-8653 or check out
Website: www.nypaa.ca. Book your
tickets now! Admission is $30.00 and
Attire is Semi-formal. Come and join us
welcome Spring with a ball and a blast!
(BSJ /tsj).
something beyond their control.
He said he does not mind what
other groups were doing because his administration is
focused on building on its
strengths like its track record.
He said some of the administration foes used to criticize
the CCT, only to backtrack and
claim support for the program.
In the 60 days left to campaign, Aquino said the plans of
candidates would become
clearer, including on how CCT
could be strengthened.
He said the administration has
succeeded in lifting Filipinos
out of poverty through CCT
and the focus now must be on
how the gains could be sustained.
“The next campaign must be
about how to pull them far
away from the poverty line,”
he said.
The so-called “near poor,” he
said, should be protected so
that “even in times of disaster
or illness, they will not go back
to severe poverty.”
In a campaign sortie in Candelaria, Quezon, Poe said the SC
ruling made her “both emo-
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tional and happy.” She lamented that her detractors had to
take advantage of the citizenship and residency issues to
discredit her.
questioned before the Presidential Electoral Tribunal
(which is the SC),” he said. “We
expected to win but through a
close 8-7 vote,” he said.
“If you have no issues of stealing and corruption, they will
come out with any issue
against you including your
citizenship,” she said.
In Valenzuela City, presidential candidate and Davao City
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said
the SC decision would create
chaos.
The SC decision on Poe’s case
drew both praises and expressions of concern.
“I really do not know, but it
will create a very chaotic condition now,” Duterte, a lawyer,
said.
Former law dean Amado Valdez, one of those who sought
Poe’s disqualification, said
under a more recent SC decision, residency should be reckoned from the time a candidate reacquires Philippine
citizenship.
Valdez and another petitioner,
former senator Francisco Tatad, have announced that they
would appeal Tuesday’s SC
ruling reversing Comelec’s
disqualification of Poe.
Garcia said if the tribunal does
not resolve his client’s citizenship and residency in the written ruling it would release in
one week, such issues would
continue to hound Poe even if
she wins in May.
“Her qualifications could be
“I just don’t agree with it because it contradicts the fundamentals
that
we
have
(learned),” he added. But he
clarified he respects the decision of the magistrates.
Sen. Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who
is running for vice president,
said the ruling would be good
for the electoral process.
“It is a welcome development.
It is healthy for the electoral
process as the Filipino voters
will have more choices in the
elections,” he said.
The Parish Pastoral Council
for
Responsible
Voting
(PPCRV) also said the high
court’s decision would result
in more enlightened votes.
“There are no more doubts as
to who the candidates for
presidents are. The voters can
now seriously discern who to
vote for,” PPCRV national
chairperson Henrietta de Villa
said.
With Poe now allowed to run,
Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada
said it would be more difficult
for him to make a choice for
next president. He said he is
close to both Poe and Vice
President Jejomar Binay. The
mayor promised to announce
his choice on March 28.
In Bacolod City, a group called
ALL4GP (All for Grace Poe)
said it “lauds the SC for its wisdom and fairness that looked
beyond the letters of the law
and decided in favor of what is
right and in accord with the
spirit of true justice.”
The Global Pinoys for Grace
and Chiz Movement praised
the SC for its ruling, which it
said affirmed the magistrates’
role as “knights of justice” and
not mere legalists. – With
Alexis Romero, Jess Diaz,
Christina Mendez, Marvin
Sy, Non Alquitran, Danny
Dangcalan,
Jose
Rodel
Clapano, Perseus Echeminada, Robertzon Ramirez
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Wanted: ‘Clean’ elections
CONSUMERLINE
Ching M. Alano
tinues to swell.”
From tarps to riches: Campaign tarpaulins can be recycled into useful items such
as multi-purpose organizers, carry bags, shopping bags, purses, aprons, tool
belts.
You know it’s election time again
when you see every single electric
post in your neighborhood covered
in candidates’ campaign posters/
tarpaulins vying for your vote. Well,
we unanimously vote that these eyesores blighting our cityscape be removed. If we may repeat a popular
campaign slogan when Cory Aquino
ran for president: “Tama na, sobra
na!” And if we may add, “Tanggalin
na!”
Read this: Our collective cry has not
been in vain. Since Feb. 9, some eight
tons of illegally placed election campaign tarpaulins have been removed
by Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and donated to the
EcoWaste Coalition for recycling. You
heard that right — recycling!
“Those given to the EcoWaste last
Feb. 18 in a ceremonial turnover ceremony, presided by MMDA general
manager Corazon Jimenez, were
among those tarps taken down from
bridges, cables, lamp posts and trees,
which are outside the Comelecpermitted poster areas,” says our
good friend Manny Calonzo.
Who’d think that these tarps could be
turned into functional items (which
we can probably find more use for
than a lot of these candidates)? Even
single parent Leticia Calusayan, who
earns a living by making bags and
doing odd jobs, didn’t think she could
make something beautiful out of discarded tarps — such amazing, promising items from campaign tarpaulins
that are full of empty promises! Lolit
is now even busier working from her
home at Barangay Krus in Ligas, Quezon City. In her skilled hands, these
tarps have found new life — and new
purpose — as pretty purses, mini
carry bags, tote bags, multi-purpose
organizers, aprons, tool belts, etc. If
you want to know more about Lolit’s
designs, email her at [email protected].
We asked Manny: Are these items for
sale? Where and how much?
He tells us, “It was not really the intent of the EcoWaste Coalition to sell
these repurposed tarpaulins. What it
did was to produce prototypes that
would demonstrate the many practical uses of tarps.”
He adds, “Hopefully, enterprising
community women and youth would
be encouraged to create functional
crafts from tarp materials to prevent
them from turning into garbage. If
sold, these sturdy products should
sell from as low as P50 to probably
P200 or more depending on the size
and complexity of the design.”
“With an ounce of creativity, we can
make a variety of practical crafts out
of politicians’ tarpaulins, which we
can find all over the place as the campaign goes full blast,” notes Aileen
Lucero, EcoWaste Coalition coordinator. “Repurposing the campaign tarps
will help keep these plastics out of
dumpsites that are bursting at the
seams as the country’s garbage con-
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The message is loud and clear:
“Tarps: Dump not, burn not.” Instead
of these tarps ending up in the landfills, EcoWaste unveiled an array of
beautiful items: shopping bags in various sizes, petite carry bags, shoe
bags, magazine organizers, receptacles for office and household recyclables such as paper, newspapers, glass
and plastic bottles, aluminum and tin
cans.
These tarps can also be used as sun
and rain shields for pedicabs, tricycles and jeepneys, as well as improvised awnings for homes and shops.
Repurposing or recycling these campaign tarps for non-food purposes,
says EcoWaste, will help cut the volume, as well as the toxicity, of discards that are disposed of in
dumpsites.
Lucero warns, “Dumping these tarps
will lead to their chemical ingredients leaching into the soil, as well as
to surface and ground waters. Burning these tarps, which are mostly
made of polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
plastic, will create and discharge ex-
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tremely toxic pollutants, namely dioxins and furans, that can contaminate the food supply chain and harm
human health.”
As these tarps contain undisclosed
chemicals of concern, the public is
cautioned not to use them in applications that may contaminate food or
expose young children to these hazardous substances.
Is EcoWaste not thinking of selling
these items to the politicians?
Manny quickly replies, “It will be
wonderful if politicians could buy
back the recycled products as a token
for the environmental service provided by those who repurposed their
tarps.
But we hope that wellmeaning politicians will, first of all,
abide by the Fair Elections Act and
desist from putting campaign materials outside the authorized areas. We
further hope that they will take the
initiative of removing materials that
are illegally displayed and dismantling them after the campaign season
is over.”
But of course, who doesn’t want
“clean” — and honest — elections?⦿
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Welcome TRUREAL to Taste of Manila 2016
PCCC chair Rolly Mangante (right front) welcomed Gold Sponsor TRUREAL executives, Horace Thomas,
President & CEO (left 4th) and Vice-President & Co-Founder Josephine Zappone (left front) and associates during the signing of contract. The TRUREAL Loyalty Program provides a full service solution to
three very important sectors within our community (charities, merchants, general public). PHOTO BY
WAVES
Manila set to host the World Street Food
Congress 2016
Sponsors, exhibitors and
food vendors prepare for
TO’s biggest Filipino street
festival—Taste of Manila
City Councillor James Pasternak is presented with 2016 festival
layout by organizers Rolly Mangante, Pete Torralba and Teresa
Torralba
Courtesy call to Marco Mendicino, Liberal MP for Eglinton-Lawrence
World Street Food Congress
2016 announced the gathering in Manila, touted as “one
of the world’s best food destinations” from April 20-24,
2016.
The world’s most influential
movers, thinkers, food gurus
and advocates will be together for 2 days at Bonifacio Global City Manila in
the WSF Dialogue to share
their latest ideas, developments, ideals and opportunities about culinary street
food culture.
Participants from 10 coun-
tries will also offer their specialized fare at the WSF Jamboree, a street food feasting
festival which will last for 5
days. Cooking demonstrations amid live music will be
open to the public.
The WSF Awards will cap the
event with recognition given
in 5 categories, recognizing
the best soldiers and leaders
in the field of culinary street
food.
Filipino food has been gaining recognition around the
world with food festivals
dedicated to the country’s
unique fare.
WSCF brought about a dozen
international and local media for a 15 hour Food Frenzy Safari in February, to
sample the offerings of Manila and Pampanga. Reviews
of the trip affirmed that comfort heritage street food such
as that offered in the Philippines are the flag bearers of
excellent but inexpensive
food fare.
WSFC16 in Manila is the 3rd
edition since its establishment in 2013.
Presenting the festival plans to prospective sponsors.
MUTYA NG MAYNILA 2016
Mutya ng Maynila 2016 is line produced by IPEN president Edgar
Sulit (left) with PCCC Board of Directors Philip Beloso, Teresa
Torralba (acting for Joseph Franco), Pete Torralba, Danny Doma &
Bong Capitin. PHOTO BY WAVES
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MUSIC STAND
Mon Torralba
A Reason, A Season, or A Lifetime?
People always come into your life for a reason, a
season and a lifetime.
When you figure out which it is, you know exactly
what to do.
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Thank you to the followers of this page.
For LENT,
I took a break from publishing chords of your favourite OPM songs.
Please continue to email us at [email protected].
Foreign music still
rules airwaves,
concerts in PH
By: Tina Arceo-Dumlao
In REtroSPECT, a
show filled with
people, energy and
fun!
Only about one in 10 songs played on radio, in
malls and retail stores, restaurants, hotels and
bars is original Filipino music, according to data
from the Filipino Society of Composers, Authors
and Publishers (Filscap).
Filscap president Noel Cabangon said during the
recent Pandesal Forum at Kamuning Bakery that
foreign music continues to dominate the airwaves, with foreign catalogue accounting for as
much as 86.39 percent of total monitored music
frequency for public performance.
There is stiff competition in Manila’s entertainment
industry. To have been a three-time “ALIW” Best
Group Performer awardee, there must be great entertainment value in this group they call REtroSPECT.
Many good times I shared with my friend, my brother
Bo Portillo. We learned the ropes together from our
elementary and high school years in La Salle. Bo followed me into this world as I am just a mere day older.
But fate made me follow him in Canada after 7 years of
not seeing him. We continued to be best of buddies.
We were both Sagittarians and both students of the
Archers nook. I can’t believe Bo has left us with so
many memories. But like a true archer, he made sure
that he shot arrows to our hearts before he departed.
Thank you Bo for the memories.
When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually
to meet a need you have expressed outwardly or inwardly.
They have come to assist you through a difficulty, or to
provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally, or even spiritually.
They may seem like a godsend to you, and they are.
They are there for the reason you need them to be.
Then, without any wrong doing on your part or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to
bring the relationship to an end.
Sometimes they die, Sometimes they just walk away.
Sometimes they act up or out and force you to take a
stand.
What we must realize is that our need has been met, our
desire fulfilled; their work is done. The prayer you sent
up has been answered and it is now time to move on.
When people come into your life for a SEASON, it is
because your turn has come to share, grow, or learn.
They may bring you an experience of peace or make you
laugh. They may teach you something you have never
done.
They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy.
Believe it! It is real! But, only for a season. And like
Spring turns to Summer and Summer to Fall, the season
eventually ends.
LIFETIME, relationships teach you a lifetime of lessons;
those things you must build upon in order to have a solid
emotional foundation.
Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person/people
(anyway);, and put what you have learned to use in all
other relationships and areas in your life. It is said that
love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant. Thank you for
being part of my life.....
(author unknown)
And in anticipation of a great show, a large crowd
filled Prestige By Night on March 5 to witness the
energy-filled quality performance. Retrospect, composed of members J. Martin Castro with sister Marigold “Goldie” Castro and Ogie Ramos, indeed lived
up to the billing.
Noel Cabangon
As for Filscap revenues for royalty distribution to
copyright owners in 2015, 59 percent was accounted for by foreign composers and publishers
and just 41 percent went to local composers and
publishers.
The revenues totaling P56.392 million came from
various sources including live concerts, TV/cable,
digital music and general licenses from radio,
restaurants, hotels, bars and other businesses
that use music.
On revenues from live concerts in 2015, Filscap
monitoring data showed that 63 percent was accounted for by foreign acts, again showing the
dominance of foreign acts in the Philippines.
Cabangon said during the forum that foreign music had long dominated the local music scene.
This is under the purview of Filscap, the government-accredited collective management organization that administers the performing rights of
copyrighted works of over 1,000 local composers, lyricists and publishers, and over 50 foreign
affiliate societies worldwide as mandated by the
Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines.
From start to finish, the group took the lively crowd
for a ride to decades of musical history – a mix of hits
from the 60’s to the 80’s. A blast from the past, the
lineup includes hits from music icons complete with
slides of the artists and at times, the group wore replicas of the costumes these celebrities were identified
with – such as Michael Jackson with the glittering
glove and the Earth Wind and Fire tunics. There was
a convincing impersonation of Tina Turner by Goldie
as she sang “Private Dancer”, complete with the
harsh voice, mini-skirt and long scarf.
The vivacity of the show was in crescendo as they
performed high-energy disco hits, including OPM
classics from Juan de la Cruz band, Sampaguita,
VST and Company, Hotdog and much more. But
what made the night special was they acknowledged
the presence of Toronto’s very own Mon Torralba, as
they sang one of his hit composition, “Pag Tumatagal
Lalong Tumitibay, a song they included in the CD
tracks they have recorded.
It administers over 20 million songs and holds
the right to license the public playing or transmission of at least 90 percent of the popular copyrighted local and foreign musical works. Television/cable was more even with foreign revenues
at 51 percent foreign, 49 percent local.
Cabangon said the fact that foreign music rules
the airwaves or public performance is cause for
grave concern as music is part of culture, and the
extremely high exposure of foreign music means
that Filipinos have become more exposed to foreign culture than local cultural nuances.
In the 1970s, original Filipino music flourished,
which is why that era has been referred to as the
Golden Age of Original Pilipino Music—when
local music enjoyed greater airplay than their
foreign counterparts.
With Bo’s son Corbin and daughter Jackie at the memorial for him on March 5 in Hamilton billed as, “The
Bo Show”. Bo’s many friends and relatives packed
the banquet hall to celebrate his life and to share
fond memories of him. To Bo, continue to celebrate
life... this time in paradise! PHOTOS BY WAVES
REtroSPECT show wowed Toronto audience with a
spectacular, high-energy show. PHOTO BY WAVES.
The trend shifted, he said, in the 1980s, due in
part to the rise in the popularity of American Top
40 and MTV. Filipino music gained back lost
ground in the 1990s, when local bands seized
the spotlight. But trends shifted again with the
changes in technology that made it easier to
download and stream foreign music. Philippine
Daily Inquirer
Joey Abrenilla , producer of the show, stands behind
REtroSPECT’s Ogie Ramos, Marigold “Goldie” Castro &
J.Martin Castro at the March 3 press conference held at
the Cusina Lounge. PHOTO BY ARIEL RAMOS
The show was a big surprise not only for the big
crowd but for the individual members of REtroSPECT
themselves. The group declared that the Toronto
audience is the best crowd they ever performed for.
They felt the unsurpassed warmth of the audience as
they sang along and danced to almost every track in
their repertoire. Our gratitude to Mr. Joey Abrenilla,
the producer that brought REtroSPECT to Toronto.
O, what a night!
Editor: Thank you REtroSPECT for the RESPECT!
"Music is what feelings sound like"
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ENTERTAINMENT
Charice to release new pop-rock
JC de Vera ends
album
speculations: I am
by Rap Torres
The international singing
sensation is back!
Complementing her new look
and style, Filipino singer
Charice revealed that a new
album is also underway during the MYX Music Awards
2016 last Tuesday, March 15,
2016
Charice said that she is currently working on a pop-rock
album with Filipino alternative rock band Mayonnaise.
The 23-year-old singer also
said that the album will feature songs which she wrote
herself.
Charice, who surprised the
crowd with her short blonde
hair, performed with Mayonnaise the song Smells Like
Teen Spirit by 90s American
rock band Nirvana during the
not courting Jessy
MYX Music Awards.
Aside from the new album,
Charice is also holding a nationwide tour. She held
shows at the Colegio de San
Juan de Letran in Calamba
City, Laguna; at the Bulawan
Festival in Compostela Valley; in Tiblao, Antique; and at
the CSI Stadia in Dagupan
City, Pangasinan.
Just recently, Charice was
included in the first ever “30
Under 30 Asia” list by Forbes
magazine last February 25,
2016. Forbes credited the
singer as only the second
Filipino to rank on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Meanwhile, Nadine Lustre
dominated the awards night
with five to her belt, while
singer-songwriter Ogie Al-
casid received the MYX
Magna Award, an annual
award given to music icons
who have made “significant
contributions” in the OPM
industry.
Several artists gave their renditions of the classic Ogie
Alcasid hits as a tribute to the
icon. Christian Bautista and
Yeng Constantino sang Pangako, Jonalyn Viray and Top
Suzara sang Bakit Ngayon Ka
Lang, Jay-R and Aicelle Santos sang Dito sa Puso Ko, Kyla and Erik Santos did Nandito Ako, Matteo Guidicelli and
Angeline Quinto performed
Sa Kanya, and Jaya performed Huwag Ka Lang
Mawawala. Ending the tribute was the group’s performance of Hanggang Ngayon.
Manila Bulletin
MANILA - JC de Vera has put
an end to speculations that
he is courting "You're My
Home" co-star Jessy Mendiola in an interview on
"Tonight with Boy Abunda"
on Wednesday.
The 30-year-old actor, who
admitted to feeling very
comfortable with Mendiola,
said that he has no plans to
woo the actress, adding that
he is just enjoying their time
together.
"Siguro kasi maraming nagtatanong tungkol diyan kasi
nakikita nila onscreen, nagtra-translate po talaga [ang
chemistry], and nakikita nila
ang happiness naming dalawa sa mga ginagawa namin,
nage-enjoy ng sobra-sobra,"
he said.
De Vera, who has admitted
that he prefers dating women outside of showbiz, and
Mendiola have been vocal
about their friendship, regularly posting photos and videos together on their respective Instagram accounts.
"Baka
kasi
Tito
Boy
kailangan namin i-enjoy ang
ride, i-enjoy ang journey na
ito since ako first time ko na
ma-experience ang ganito,"
De Vera said.
Meanwhile, Mendiola explained that De Vera, along
with her role in "You're My
Home," has played a part in
helping her move on from
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Migrant Filipinos’ stories highlighted in “The Stories of Us” documentaries
“THE STORY OF US” gains
praises, now the most talked
about teleserye on primetime
'I Am PoGay' contestant
to represent PHL in
Malta pageant
MANILA - A former contestant
of "I Am PoGay," a segment on
"It's Showtime" dedicated to
gay men which aired back in
2014, will represent the country in an international pageant
this year.
Actress Aiko Melendez, Director Will Fredo, Xian Lim, Kim Chiu, Alyanna Angeles, Zaijian Jaranilla, and
Director Richard Somes.
The love story of Tin and Macoy has just begun in “The
Story Of Us,” but the series has
already
generated
overwhelmingly positive feedback
from viewers and netizens for
its engaging storyline and
spectacular scenes.
The series – starring the
premier love team of Kim Chiu
and Xian Lim – is mostly
praised for its fast-paced narrative and the breathtaking
shots of El Nido, Palawan
shown in its first week.
“Feels like watching a movie
sa ‘The Story of Us.’ Superb
cinematography, and it’s also
in HD,” commented a Twitter
user.
Aside from the stunning scenery and camera-work, the
thing that keeps the series
together are the heartfelt performances of the cast, which
includes veteran actors Aiko
Melendez, Susan Africa, Gardo
Versoza, and Zsa Zsa Padilla.
Not to be outdone are Zaijian
Jaranilla and Alyanna Angeles,
who portrayed the young Macoy and Tin, whose performances reveal a depth of emotion needed to illustrate the
two main characters’ friendship and love.
JC DE VERA ENDS SPEC...
Many netizens, including
Twitter
user
@DoYourBestNY88, also commended director Richard
Somes by saying, “I cannot
stop crying! Not because of
sadness but because of extreme joy and gratitude that I
am watching this remarkable
show. My faith in Pinoy serye
has been completely renewed
by this show.”
But what truly made a mark
on viewers are Kim at Xian,
who have injected maturity
into their performances – a
departure from the type of
roles they used to play.
“We worked hard to come up
with this material. We embraced our characters to show
you a very wonderful love
story. You still have a lot to
see from Kim and me,” said
Xian.
And even though titled “The
Story of Us,” the series is a
reflection of Filipinos’ personal love stories, according to
Kim. “There is nobody who
won’t be able to relate to this
story. Every one of us has experienced it.”
As the story continues, Tin
and Macoy are bound to start
working on the late night
drama.
"Of course, after all that happened to me last year, I'm in
a state where binuhos ko
lahat yung attention ko, yung
focus ko sa trabaho. And
that's what makes me happy
right now," he said.
"I learned that you have to
give your everything and
you have to fight for something you really believe in.
...Para sa akin, ang natutunan
ko ka Grace, she really
fought for it. Pero ang isa ko
naman gustong i-unlearn
from Grace is palagi na lang
inuuna niya ang ibang tao,
palaging pamilya niya," Mendiola said.
The two also shared the lessons they learned from
For his part, De Vera added:
"As Christian talaga, bago ka
the
controversies
that
plagued her personal life last
year.
over in Manila as they prepare
to go to college and reach
their dreams. But amidst the
misunderstandings and efforts to make their relationship work, Tin will be forced
to go to the United States to be
with her estranged mom.
How will Tin and Macoy confront the biggest challenge yet
in their relationship? Will the
distance between them eventually make them give up on
each other?
And to pay tribute to Filipino
migrant workers who work
hard to provide a better future for their families, ABSCBN is set to launch a series of
documentaries as part of its
advocacy campaign. It will
feature the different stories
and colorful experiences of
migrant Filipinos overseas
and will be aired during “The
Story of Us” beginning next
week.
Christian Lacsamana, a 30year-old public school teacher,
will compete in the 2016 Mr.
Gay World to be held at Malta
on
April.
He
was handpicked by Mr. Gay
Philippines national director
Wilbert Ting Tolentino, the
first-ever Filipino to compete
in the pageant.
In an interview with Push,
Lacsamana shared that the
recent death of his mother has
been keeping him motivated
as he aims to take home the
country's first-ever Mr. Gay
World title.
"Sa ngayon 30-plus ang mga
makakalaban natin mula sa iba
-ibang bansa. Basta gagawin
natin ang lahat para makuha
ang korona na first time masusungkit ng Pilipinas kung
saka sakali," he said.
And much like Miss Universe
2015 Pia Wurtzbach, Lacsama-
na, a college graduate with a
bachelor's degree in education, will be advocating for
more awareness on HIV.
Mr. Gay World is a global competition that aims to inspire
and empower gay men by giving hopefuls a venue to
"demonstrate that both inward beauty and physical appearance are equally important as is leadership and
confidence."
"It was our hope that by bringing these men together they
would share their experiences
to open both each others’ as
well as the public’s eyes that in
many regions on our planet
being gay is a challenge and a
fight for basic human rights."
Hong Kong's Mass Luciano is
the current reigning Mr. Gay
World title-holder. He took
over when Klaus Burkart of
Germany resigned as the winner last November.
Back in May 2014, Lacsamana
finished runner-up to Baguio's
John Raspado for the title of
the first-ever grand winner of
"I Am PoGay." - ABS-CBN
News
Catch the WAVES
every Sunday at
www.pinoyradio.com
Stay tuned to “The Story of
Us,” weeknights after “Dolce
Amore” on ABS-CBN Primetime Bida. For exclusive updates, log onto Twitter.com/
StarCreativesTV and Instagram.com/StarCreativesTV.
mayroon gawin na isang
bagay kailangan talaga pagiisipan mo talaga ng mabuti.
Kasi mayroon mga consequences na in the end haharapin mo. At hindi mo talaga alam kung tama ba o
mali ang ginawa mo."
"You're My Home," which
also stars Dawn Zulueta and
Richard Gomez, airs weeknights after "The Story of
Us." The series is down to its
last five episodes.- ABS-CBN
News
Sundays
8:30 pm - 9:00pm
(Waves of our Lives)
Host:
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