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Limasawa Island in the Philippines. Photo by Ferdinand Edralin.

PNS -- RICHARD Guti-errez is co-producing with his own company, Iced Out Productions (tenta-tive name), the new movie, “Patient X”, that he is now doing with GMA and Viva Films. “I want to be of help to the local fi lm industry kaya sinusubukan kong mag-produce,” he says.

The fi lm is directed by Yam Laranas who megged him before in “Sigaw” that was remade in Hollywood as “The Echo.” He plays a doctor who attends to a special patient, Heart Evan-gelista, who turns out to have a secret identity. When they started shooting the fi lm in a real hospital, some patients thought that he’s a real doc-tor. “Bagay kasi sa kanya ang uniform ng doctor,” says

Hollywood director megs Richard’s new movie

Richard Gutierrez

co-star Heart. “Such a hand-some doctor.”

“Dream ko talaga to play a

Filipinos in World War II:

“Was it pride, pity or both?”*

On December 7, 1941 the Japanese launched a surprise air attack on Pearl Harbor, destroying the fl eet that was moored there. Seven hours later, they invaded the Philip-pines and caught its U.S. gar-risons off guard in a debacle that matched the fi asco at Hawaii.

By Dr. Riz OadesSee page 14 for full story

26th Cavalry led by Edwin Ramsey.

I cannot give up my citizenship in the Philippines, it is in my heart. But Ameri-ca is also in my mind. I wish to have both loyalties. – Pfc. Jose Trinidad,

1st Filipino Infantry, U.S. Army

In mainland United States, the attacks on Pearl Harbor

ranks in support of the war effort. Gone was the illusion that America could only serve as an arsenal of democracy, contributing weapons without the men to wield them.

and the Philippines generated a wave of patriotic indigna-tion over Japanese duplicity and brutality. Isolationism virtually vanished as a public issue, and all parties closed

Asian Journal | SAN DIEGO, 09/18/009 -- World boxing champ Manny Pacquiao was in San Diego to celebrate Filipino Heritage Night with a fi rst pitch during the Padres pre-game festivities last Tuesday, September 15, 2009. Pacquiao was in town to promote the WBC match, “Fire Power: Pac-quiao vs Cotto” this fall. The 30-year old Pacquiao, who has won six world boxing titles, is set to claim a record-breaking 7th world title if he defeats Miguel Cotto on November 14, 2009 for the World Welter-weight Championship.

But it might prove to be the fi ghter’s biggest challenge

“Cotto will be my toughest test” -- Pacquiao

Pacman throws honor-ary pitch for Padres in Petco Park as fans cheer

Manny Pacquiao and trainer Freddie Roach at a press conference at Petco Park

yet. Pacquiao and Cotto boast of nine world titles in seven weight divisions between them

and a combined professional record of 32-4-2 (64 KOs) – a


PHILIPPINE NEWS SER-VICE -- Senator Kiko Pang-ilinan is ready to stand in for Senator Mar Roxas if Roxas turns down the offer of Liberal Party presidential bet Noynoy Aquino to be his running mate.

This possibility surfaced yes-terday amid talk that Roxas, Aquino’s only choice for vice president, prefers to run for reelection if he can’t aspire to the presidency.

“That would be one option. If Mar does not accept the of-fer, then we can push for our candidacy,” Pangilinan told a breakfast forum at the Senate yesterday.

Kiko to sub for Mar?

Senator Kiko Pangilinan

September 18 - 24, 2009

Community Balik TanawManny Pacquiao throws fi rst pitch for Padres on Filipino Heritage Night

Msgr. Gutierrez

Philippine Scene

The Power of a Child

Bernard Bonnin: Alyas Palos

Atty. Aurora Vega-Buzon w i l l h o l d c o n s u l t a -tions in the Ph i l i pp ine o f f i c e s o f Chula Tinsay Vega (CTV) at the Ortigas Center from Sep tember 28-October 1, 2009. Call or e-mail Atty. Vega of CTV for an in-person or phone consultation to discuss your particular situ-ation and/or how their services may be retained at (619) 955-6277; or (415) 495-8088; [email protected]. The Metro Manila Offi ce is located at 26th Floor, iOrient Square,Ortigas Center, Metro Manila, Philip-pines,(632) 470-1283

Atty Vega to be in Manila to answer

your questions about U.S immigration, real estate issues

Amy’s life today is a far cry from her child-hood days. Nobody could ever imagine

that she would turn out to be a nanny. As a child, she lived like a princess. Like her mom, she was an only child, and she had two generations of relatives to love and dote over her: her grandmother and her mother. It was like history repeating it-

self. Like her grandmother, Amy’s moth-er was also separated from her husband, Amy’s dad. They were three successive

generations of single mothers.

By Simeon G. Silverio, Jr.Publisher & Editor

Asian Journal San DiegoThe original and fi rst Asian Journal

in America

See page 6 for full story

PHILIPPINE STORIES:“Que sera, sera, whatever will be, will be”

The Princess Nanny

PHILIPPINE NEWS SER-VICE -- A FERRY traveling from General Santos City to Iloilo stalled early yesterday morning and after several hours sank in rough waters in Siocon Bay near the Zam-boanga Peninsula.

Lt. Col. Edgard Arevalo, Navy spokesman, said three of four initial fatalities from the sinking of SuperFerry 9 were taken aboard MV Myriad, a rescue vessel sent by the ship’s owner Aboitiz Transport System. It was learned later only two were taken by MV Myriad, the rest were brought onto Navy and commercial ships that responded to the stricken ves-sel’s distress signal.

At 3 p.m. yesterday, however, Philippine Coast Guard commandant Admiral Wilfredo Tamayo said the number of dead had risen to fi ve. The missing was p ared down from 88 to 63 and 905 passengers and crew were ac-counted for.

A possible oil spill was also feared as the ship was re-ported carrying a cargo of fuel oil. The ship’s owners how-ever gave assurances steps were being taken to prevent the spill.

Arevalo said the Philippine Air Force deployed two heli-copters and one OV-10 plane to assist in the search. The Philippine Army and the US AIR force assistance group based in Zamboanga also sent helicopters to search for miss-ing passengers and crew. The Navy offi cer said SuperFerry 9 disappeared completely into the sea at 8:30 a.m.

According to Tamayo, ini-tial investigation showed that the ship left General Santos City at 8:45 a.m. Saturday and was heading for Iloilo when it began having problems with its generator.

In a press conference, Tamayo said that as of 11:55 a.m. authorities said 84 people were still unaccounted

Death at sea off Zamboanga coast

Amy’s life today is a far cry from her child-hood days. Nobody could ever imagine

that she would turn out to be a nanny. As a child, she lived like a princess. Like her mom, she was an only child, and she had two generations of relatives to love and dote over her: her grandmother and her mother. It was like history repeating it-

self. Like her grandmother, Amy’s moth-er was also separated from her husband, Amy’s dad. They were three successive

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He immortalized local su-perheroes even before images of Superman and Spiderman became popular with the Filipino audience. He breathed life into the characters straight out of Filipino komiks, like “Gagamba”, “Captain Karate“, and “Palos”. Bernard Bonnin will always be remembered as the dashing debonair who became one of the fi rst action stars of the ‘60s and who will al-ways be known as “Alyas Palos”.

“Alyas Palos” was a comic serial novel written by brothers Vir-gilio and Nestor Redondo for Tagalog Klasiks (one of my favorite komiks) in 1962. Literally, the word “palos” means a slippery eel. Palos was a modern day Robin Hood, an illusive thief whose skill in opening vaults would bring him fortune which he would share with the poor. The novel was later adapted into the silver screen with Bernard Bonnin as its lead star. Tall, sporty, charming and good looking, Bernard Bonnin fi t the character so well that he made about eight Palos movies and no other actor during his time had even attempted to play the role. Palos made Bernard Bonnin a household name and it defi ned Bernard’s showbiz career.


Bernard is short for “Ber-nardo”, his real-life name. His father is Juan S. Bonin, a pure Spaniard from Palma de Mallor-ca and his mother is Lina Zayco from Negros. Bernard was born and grew up in Negros.

He spent his elementary days up to fi rst year high school in

Negros. At the age of 14, he moved to Manila to complete his high school studies in San Beda. During his school days, he was an all-around athlete. “I was the fastest runner in San Beda,” Ber-nard says. “I was unbeatable. My physical built has something to do with it. Ang binti ko, maliit yung ilalim. Parang sa kabayo, matulin tumakbo”, Bernard said giggling.

His Movie Career

When he was in San Beda, his classmates encouraged him to be a movie actor. His class-mates would tell him, “Hoy may itsura ka, gwapo, bakit hindi ka

mag-tryout sa movies. Maram-ing nangangailangan sa mga ganyang beauty sa pelikula,” recalled Bernard. With Archie “Boy” Lacson, dinala siya ng mga kaklase nya kay Tommy Abeto, one of the well known couturiers during those days. Abeto introduced Bernard to fi lm producers. He was intro-duced to the executives of the three major studios at that time, LVN, Premier, and Sampaguita. He took the screen tests for the 3 major studios. He was proud to say that he passed all the screen tests. He chose to sign a con-tract with LVN Studio because LVN had a better offer than the other two studios. Also, LVN Studio was looking for new leading men during that time. He felt he had a better chance to have a successful career with LVN rather than compete with the stable of stars of Sampaguita or Premier.

Bernard was introduced in his fi rst movie, “Ay Pepita” starring Mario Montene-gro and Nenita Javier. At fi rst, the role was not a speaking one, but when it was given to him, it was modifi ed so that he would have lines to deliver. He appeared in the movie as Nenita’s brother. Milagros Naval appeared with Bernard in the same movie. That

was the beginning of Bernard’s long journey in the movie indus-try.

Although he had diffi culty speaking Filipino, it did not stop him from doing one movie after another. He did not want to be stereotyped into the Palos char-acter, so he appeared in different movies, at one point doing 16 movies in a year. He claimed popularity doing other superhero roles such as “Gagamba” and “Captain Karate”. Bernard feels he owes so much from the Palos character, that he had it copyrighted in 1974.

He did a series of movies featuring his Palos character, where he would always play the

title role. Among these movies were: “Alyas Palos” (1961) with Willie Sotelo, Mila Ocampo and Lourdes Medel, “Palos Kontra Gagamba” (1963) with Lourdes Medel, Luz Valdez, Willie So-

Strikes Again” (1968) with Sofi a Moran and Alfonso Carvajal, “Palos Fights Back” (1969) with Sofi a Moran and Marion Doug-las, “Palos II” (1982), a come back movie of Bernard.

Bernard told me he made more than 150 movies as a leading man. Among the fi lms he made were: “Mga Anak ni Waray” (1959), “Sandata at Pangako” (1965) with Fernando Poe, Jr. and Charito Solis, “ Walang Du-wag na Bisaya” (1965) “Target: Captain Karate” (1968), “The Arizona Kid” (1971), “Tatlong Patak ng Dugo ni Adan” (1980), “Buy One, Take One” (1988) opposite Susan Roces, “Ibabaon Kita sa Lupa” (1990), “Seth Cor-teza” (1996), “Code Name: Bom-ba” (1998), “Ako ang Lalagot sa Hininga Mo” (1999), “Masikip sa Dibdib” (2004).

Before he yielded to the call

Bernard Bonin in Palos

telo, Robert Campos, Von Serna, Mila Ocampo, and Linda Mon-tesa, “”Pa-los” (1966) with Helen Gamboa, Ed-die Arenas, Val Castelo and Von Serna, “Palos

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Bernard in most recent picture with wife Digna

Bernard Bonnin in Alyas Palos

of the movies, he wanted to become a pilot. His ambition however was never fulfi lled as the movies took a hold of him and became a big part of his life. Looking back, he has no regrets. Many years later he would real-ize that he made the best choice of his life when he decided to become an actor.

To this day

With his good looks and popularity, it was not diffi cult for ladies on and off showbiz to fall for his charm. He was linked to several women, some of whom bore him children. Bernard lived a colorful love life. He has fi ve children from different women, and he proudly recog-nizes all of them. His children include Charlene Gonzales, his beauty-queen daughter with Elvira Gonzales, actor Richard Bonnin, Gabby, his son with actress Lourdes Medel, who is doing well in Australia; Vincent, his son with Ms. De la Paz, who is based in London, and fi nally, France who is pursuing his stud-

ies in communica-tion in London.

Bernard admits he was “pali-kero” when he was young. After his adventurous love life with different women, Bernard fi nally decided to settle with Digna, his current wife. Before I called Bernard for the interview, it was Digna whom I called fi rst to check if Bernard would grant me an interview. Digna told me that she’s on her way to Tropicana Stu-dio to pick some vintage photos. I grabbed the opportunity and

asked if I could have some of the pictures. She told me she is not computer savvy but she will ask his son to do it for her.

I know that Bernard is now in a wheelchair, so one of my

fi rst questions to him was whether he had a stroke. Bernard told me he did not have a stroke, but was hospi-talized because of diabetes. His diabetes is now controlled. But because he had diabetes for many years now, he said his walking is now affected. He is now com-plaining about his vision. (I could relate very well with Bernard’s physical condi-tion. Diabetes is the number one killer in my fam-ily. It runs in the

family – from my grandparents, aunties, parents, brothers and sisters. It is for this reason that I do my nightly walking. When my doctor advised me to walk every day, I told him it’s too cold on winter time. He sug-

gested walking inside the mall. I followed my doctor’s advice but the exercise comes out to be an expensive walking exercise. Ev-ery night I walk inside the mall, I end up buying something!)

Bernard hopes he will be in good health when I host a din-ner dance in Manila on October 3, 2009 to celebrate another magnifi cent year in my life. He looks forward to meeting me in person as well as all his col-leagues in the movie industry during his time.

At the conclusion of my interview, Bernard shared his thoughts about spending his last years in this world. “Humingi na ako ng tawad kay Lord sa lahat ng aking pagkukulang, sa aking mga nakaraan. Sa mga kasalanang hindi ko na maalala. Hinihingi ko rin ng kapatawaran ang mga taong sumama ang loob ko nung araw,” Bernard says. “In my whole life, I have no regrets. I have enjoyed my life. I have already asked for forgive-ness. Humingi na ako ng kapata-waran.” To which my response was, “Praise God!”


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By: Dennis E. Chua, Esq.

Each year there are about 200,000 nursing students who graduate all over the Philippines. However, only 2,500 nursing jobs are made available to them. This is accord-ing to the fi gures released by the Philippine Department of Labor and Employment.

With the glut of nursing students graduating each year and the lim-ited nursing job opportunities avail-able in the country, there is now an oversupply of nurses waiting to be placed for immediate employment in the Philippines. Despite this gloomy job outlook for nurses in the Philippines, many still continue to take up nursing in the country. Most of them are motivated by the desire to work abroad such as in countries like the United States. There has been a steady rise in the number of nurses who take the US nursing licensure examinations or commonly known as NCLEX. From January to September 2008 alone, it was reported that there were 15,079 who took the examina-tions. In the year 2007, 21,499 took the examinations, which was a 42% increase from the previous year of 2006 where only 15,171 took the exams.

According to the U.S. Depart-ment of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration, the U.S. as a whole is experiencing a moderate shortage of registered nurses (RN) with more severe shortage in certain areas. The RN shortage will continue to grow if current trends continue including: (1) a growing and aging US population; (2) high demand for highest quality of care; (3) An RN workforce at or approaching retire-ment age; (4) diffi culties attracting new nurses and retaining the exist-ing workforce. It has been reported at Reuters that an estimated 116,000

Visa Availability for Nursesregistered nurses positions are unfi lled at US hospitals and nearly 100,000 jobs go vacant in nursing homes.

The United States still remains to be an attractive destination for nurses who want to work abroad. Registered Nurses can work here if a US employer fi les a petition for them. The most common peti-tion being fi led for these nurses is an immigrant petition which will allow the nurse to obtain perma-nent residency in the US or what is commonly known as the green card. Before a nurse can get her green card, he or she must undergo a two stage process. The fi rst stage is for the employer to fi le the immigrant petition with the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Once the petition is fi led, the peti-tion will be given a priority date. The priority date is usually the date when the petition is received by the USCIS. In order for an immigrant petition to be fi led for the nurse, he or she must have passed the NCLEX exams or be a holder of a CGFNS certifi cate. The nurse must also obtain a visa screen certifi cate from the International Commis-sion on healthcare Professionals (ICHP) before she can be issued the immigrant visa. Before the ICHP issues the visa screen certifi cate, the nurse must have passed the required English test.

Once the petition is approved, the petition will be forwarded to the National Visa Center for the second stage. The second stage is what we call visa processing. Before the nurse can undergo visa processing, her priority date must be current. The priority date is basically the number assigned to a nurse when the petition is fi led for her. Her priority date will determine how soon the nurse can get her green card or be given an immigrant visa by the US Embassy.

Immigrant petitions fi led by US employers has four categories. The US government has allocated specifi c quotas for each category. Nurses belong to the third (3rd) preference employment category. Since there are more applicants than the allotted quotas, these applicants would then have to wait for their priority numbers to be processed. Thus, we hear the terms “retrogres-sion”, “backlog” or even “no visas available.” This simply means that the priority date of the nurse petition is not yet current.

The National Visa Center will begin visa processing once the prior-ity date of the nurse is current. At this stage, the National Visa Center will ask the nurse to submit certain forms and other documentation. The documentation includes a copy of the nurse’s passport, NBI clearance, and affi davit of support. After all these documents are submitted, the National Visa Center will then trans-mit the fi le to the US Embassy in Manila for the scheduling of the visa interview. During the interview, the nurse must present her visa screen certifi cate, a letter from the employer stating that they are still willing to continue the petition for the nurse and an employment contract. The consular offi cer will then review the case and accordingly adjudicate the visa application of the nurse.

There has been some misconcep-tion that since the priority dates for nurses are not current, immigrant petitions cannot be fi led for them at this time. The immigrant petitions can still be fi led for these nurses even if the priority dates are not current or available. In fact, it would be better that these petitions be fi led as soon as possible so that the nurses could “get in line” and secure a priority date right away.

Atty. Dennis E. Chua is a partner in The Law Firm of Chua Tinsay and Vega (CTV) - a full service law fi rm with offi ces in San Francisco, San Diego and Manila. The information presented in this article is for general information only and is not, nor in-tended to be, formal legal advice nor the formation of an attorney-client relationship. The CTV Attorneys will be at Max’s Restaurant in Vallejo on October 19, 2009 from 5:00 p.m. to 7 p.m. to hold a FREE legal clinic. Call or e-mail CTV for an in-person or phone consultation to discuss your particular situation and/or how their services may be retained at (415) 495-8088; (619) 955-6277; [email protected]

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by Atty. Dennis ChuaLegal Buzz

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For the fiscal year (FY) 2009-2010, the State Department has an-nounced the release of about 226,000 family-sponsored visas and 140,000 employment-sponsored visas, which are available beginning October 1.

Of the total 366,000 visas available worldwide to all family and employ-ment sponsored immigrants, only 7% or 25,620 visas is allotted as the per country maximum for preference immigrants. The Philippines and Mexico are 2 countries which are oversubscribed – there are more visa benefi ciaries than the visas allotted per country. Consequently, there is a further regression for employment sponsored immigrants like nurses.

Immediate relatives of a US citizen - a parent, spouse or child under 21 years – are not subject to these numer-ical limitations and are immediately entitled to visas. Thus, if you are not the spouse, nor a parent, nor a child under 21 years old of a US citizen - you are a “Preference Immigrant.” Also, if you are being petitioned as an immigrant worker, whether you are a scientist or a mechanic or a caregiver, you are classifi ed as a “Preference Immigrant”, but 1st and 2nd prefer-ence workers always have visas im-mediately available.

All benefi ciaries of approved im-migrant petitions who are “Prefer-ence Immigrants” must wait for their priority dates to get an immigrant visa from the US consulate abroad; or, if already in the US, to fi le for adjust-ment or green card with the Immigra-tion Service (USCIS), assuming they are eligible under some amnesty law like 245(i), etc.

The “priority date” is the date of fi ling of the family petition; or the immigrant petition (for 1st prefer-ence workers, or nurses and physical therapists); or the labor certifi cation application (for all other workers). So if your priority date is before the date listed under your home country, you are immediately entitled to get a visa from your country’s US Embassy; or apply for adjustment/green card, if you are eligible. For employment-sponsored immigrants, “C” stands for current which means visas are immediately available and “U” stands for unavailable.

The Visa Bulletin for October 2009 shows the following dates for the Philippines:

Family-Sponsored Preference Cat-egories

1st: Unmarried Sons and Daughters of Citizens

2nd: Spouses and Children, and Unmarried Sons and Daughters of Permanent Residents, further classi-fi ed as Spouses and Children (F2A) and Unmarried Sons and Daughters 21 years of age or older (F2B).

3rd: Married Sons and Daughters of Citizens (including all children under

Visas Available by October 1, 2009 (Part 1)

21 years)4th: Brothers and Sisters of Adult

*NOTE: For October, 2A numbers EXEMPT from per-country limit are available to applicants from all countries with priority dates earlier than 01MAR03. 2A numbers SUBJECT to per-country limit are available to ap-plicants chargeable to all countries EXCEPT MEXICO with priority dates beginning 01MAR03 and earlier than 01JUN05. (All 2A numbers provided for MEXICO are exempt from the per-country limit; there are no 2A numbers for MEXICO subject to per-country limit.)

Citizens (including all children under 21 years)


Laughing MatterRead previous articles by visiting our website at www.asian-

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Always say, ‘I am.’MILLIE: All right... ‘I

am the ninth letter of the alpha-bet.’

TEACHER: George Wash-ington not only chopped down his father’s cherry tree, but also admitted it.

Now, Louie, do you know why his father didn’t punish him?

LOUIS: Because George

Why he’s dirty...still had the axe in his hand.

TEACHER: Now, Simon, tell

me frankly, do you say prayers before eating?

SIMON: No sir, I don’t have to, my Mom is a good cook.

TEACHER: Clyde , your

composition on ‘My Dog’ is ex-actly the same as your brother’s. Did you copy his?

CLYDE : No, sir. It’s the same dog.

TEACHER: Harold, what do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are no longer interested?

HAROLD: A teacher

Kiko to sub for Mar?The name of former Sen-

ate President Franklin Drilon, Liberal Party chairman, is also being floated as a prospec-tive vice presidential bet, but Drilon told the same forum that he was not contemplating on running for a post other than senator.

Pangilinan said he was being tapped to be Aquino’s cam-paign spokesman but nothing was final.

“There may be other develop-ments. There are no conditions being imposed,” he said.

“But I am willing to support and take on any role in the campaign in whatever capac-ity.”

Earlier, Pangilinan said he was willing to sacrifice his vice

presidential bid to unify the Liberal Party behind Aquino.

Drilon has praised him for as-suring everyone that he would respect Aquino’s choice of running mate and support the party’s presidential team all the way.

“To me that is an act of states-manship,” Drilon said.

“That is an act of showing that, indeed, Senator Kiko [Pangilinan] is a real party man who would abide by the tradi-tions of the party where the presidential candidate is give a certain degree of leeway.”

Drilon said the party had not given Roxas a deadline to make up his mind, but Roxas should decide as soon as possible because they didn’t have much time.


Death at Seafor.

Citing initial reports, Tamayo said that SuperFerry 9 had prob-lems when its generator “went on and off.” Authorities said they would investigate the cause of the sinking as soon as search and rescue operations are 20 over.

In May this year, more than 900 passengers of the Superferry 9 were left stranded off Cami-guin province after the vessel’s engine conked out, Tamayo said.

According to an ATS update at 1 p.m. yesterday, rescue operations are ongoing for missing passengers and crew. It was unclear whether the ship was empty or still had people on board when it sank.

All rescued passengers and crew will be brought to the Zamboanga City port. As-sistance including medical treat-ment, hotel accommodation and transport shall be provided for the ship’s passengers and crew, the company said.

SuperFerry 1 is estimated to arrive in Zamboanga City tonight to transfer passengers to Iloilo and

Manila. Meanwhile, the Department of

Transportation and Communica-tion said it will order SuperFerry 9 skipper Captain Jose Yap to explain the sinking of his vessel.

DoTC Secretary Estelito Men-doza also asked Aboitiz to pay the families of the dead P200,000 each and each of the injured P40,000.

Andrew Deyto, sales and mar-keting director of SuperFerry 9, said all passengers will be given financial help, free hospitalization and burial assistance.

He also admitted that the ferry was carrying 220 tons of Shell heavy oil. He added that they already hired the services of a

salvage firm to avoid an oil spill.The rescued passengers out of

948 passengers were brought to Iloilo where they will be given free hotel accommodation, hospitalization, food and cloth-ing , transportation, briefing and counseling.

President Macapagal-Arroyo ordered Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro to mobilize all the assets of the Armed Forces to rescue the passengers of Superferry 9.

“Although meron pa pong 88 pa hinahanap, dahil po dito sa utos ng

ating Pangulo, kay Secretary Gibo Teodoro, marami po ang nasalba , at nakakatuwa naman po dahil mabilis po ang aksyon g coast guard, ng Phil-ippine Navy, ng Philippine Air Force, lahat ng assets po ay

tinutok dito,” Deputy Presidential Spokesman Anthony Golez said.

Philippine National Red Cross chairman Sen. Richard Gordon said the PNRC is working with the Philippine Navy, the Philippine Coast Guard and the Philippine Air Force in assisting the disaster victims and their families.

“In these times of tragedies, we need to work together and we need to work fast so that we can save more lives. The Philippine National Red Cross is closely working with the Philippine Navy, Philippine Coast Guard and the Philippine Air Force to make this possible,” Gordon said.

“We have already mobilized our staff and volunteers in Zamboanga Del Norte, Zamboanga City, Zam-boanga Sibugay and General San-tos City to immediately attend to the needs of the victims and assist their families who are worriedly looking for them,” he added.

PNRC chapters in Zamboanga Del Norte, Zamboanga City, Zamboanga Sibugay and General Santos City have already deployed ambulances to give first aid to the victims, if needed.

Sen. Manny Villar said he is saddened by the ferry mishap in Zamboanga that resulted in four deaths and more than 90 missing. He also offered assistance to the victims.

Villar was in Zamboanga City for a speaking engagement at the Western Mindanao State Universi-ty when he learned that Superferry 9 sank. Coast guard authorities updated Villar and Zamboanga City Mayor Celso Lobregat on the status=2 0of the rescue operations at the Zamboanga port area.


SACRAMENTO – The California State Legislature has unanimously approved legisla-tion to officially recognize the accomplishments of Filipino Americans. Senate Concur-rent Resolution 48, authored by Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco/San Mateo), declares October as Filipino American History Month.

“It is imperative that we continue efforts to promote the accom-plishments of Filipino Ameri-cans,” said Yee, whose district includes one of the largest Filipino communities outside of the Philippines. “For far too long the role of Filipinos in our na-tional history has been ignored. Through SCR 48, we help ensure that our children learn about this important history.”

The earliest documented proof of Filipino presence in the continental United States was the date of October 18, 1587, when the first “Luzones Indios” set foot in Morro Bay, California. The Filipino American National Historical Society recognizes the year of 1763 as the date of the first permanent Filipino settlement in the United States in St. Malo Parish, Louisiana. Today, California is home to over half of the Filipino population in the United States.

In 2007, Yee successfully passed Senate Joint Resolution 5, urging Congress to pass the Filipino Veterans Equity Act and to fully restore benefits stripped from Filipino WWII veterans by the 1946 Rescis-sion Act.

Senator Yee has long advocat-ed for the Filipino veterans. In

California Declares October as Filipino American History Month

Senator Yee authors resolution to recognize accomplishments of Filipino Americans

2004, then Assemblyman Yee led the effort to prevent Gov-ernor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-Los Angeles) from elimi-nating the California Veterans Cash Benefit Program from the State budget. While the Gover-nor proposed cutting the $226 per month benefit, Yee success-

fully fought to make sure the Veterans Program was reauthorized in the budget approved by the Legisla-ture. Yee has also authored legislation to add the role of Filipinos in WWII to the high school social studies

curriculum. This year, Yee is authoring

SB 242 to protect language as a civil right. In addition to authoring several bills regard-ing language access, Yee has consistently fought for the Filipino community and helped recognize the accomplishments of Filipino Americans.

In March 2006, Yee honored the contributions of Larry Itliong at a ceremony in San Francisco. Itliong, along with Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta, started the farm worker movement. Yee has led various efforts to assist the Philippines after devastating earthquakes, typhoons and mudslides.

In March 2005, Yee honored the late San Francisco com-munity activist, volunteer, and environmentalist Tess Manalo-Ventresca as the 12th Assembly District Woman of the Year.

In 2001, when the airport screeners were laid off, Yee was an outspoken supporter of the workers and his office provided resume and interview tips, and participated in job fairs to help get the workers back on their feet.



“Que sera, sera, whatever will be, will be”

Philippine Stories

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by Simeon G. Silverio Jr.

“Thanks for the cook-ies, Amy,” Rafiq, doorman at the

exclusive apartment complex beside Central Park in New York City, shouted from his counter as Amy approached the revolving door, pulled by two corgi dogs, Max and Alex.

“No problem,” she shouted back.

Those delicious cookies were available only in a Pakistani bakery in Queens. On her way to work, she picked some and left a bag at the counter for Rafiq who loved his native pastry. It was his partner, Farai, a Zimbabwean, who was manning the coun-ter when she passed by earlier today, and apparently, he shared the cookies with his Pakistani co-worker.

The sun was up and the cold wind was blowing that Octo-ber morning. In just a day, the weather shifted to the extreme, signaling the start of the fall season. She was at Bryant Park just yesterday when the sun was shining bright and the weather was warm. She was wearing a light shirt as she met a cousin visiting from California. Togeth-er with two other cousins based in New York, they were sharing stories of their childhood days in their neighborhood in Pepin Street, between Dapitan and La-ong Laan Streets, in Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines. Those were in the 1950s, when they were young, carefree and expecting a bright future ahead of them.

“Good morning, Mrs. Larsen,” she greeted the nice, proper lady who was walking her own dog.

Mrs. Larsen replied and smiled, “You’re late today.”

“Came from home,” Amy countered.

As a live-in nanny, she could have stayed in the exclusive Central Park apartment of her employer, the Goulds, seven days a week. But she wanted her space too. Although the Goulds treated her like a close relative, (she had raised their two children since they were babies eleven years ago), she wanted to spend her weekends by herself in her own rented apartment in Queens, where she could wake up late Saturday morning, cook her own food and go wherever she wanted for two days. It might have cost her an extra $700 for rent and maybe another $700 for food. But no matter. She was being paid more than enough to deserve her own life.

“Send us extra money this time,” her 95-year-old grand-mother in the Philippines, her home country, told her as she talked to her over the phone the other day. “We need money to buy candles and flowers for your mother’s tomb this coming All Saints’ Day.”

All Saints Day is a big deal in the Philippines. It is the day when people troop to the cem-eteries and visit the gravesites of their departed relatives. Some visitors stay there the whole day. Many travel to their home-towns in the provinces where the gravesites of their love ones are located. The day is always declared a three-day holiday to give people the chance to return to their hometowns and come back to their work in the city the day after the event.

Amy’s mother and stepfather are buried in the same gravesites as her maternal great grandpar-ents. Her grandmother visits the place during All Saints Day to light candles and offer flowers.

Most of Amy’s money is sent home to the Philippines to take care of her grandmother and her four children. That has been the

The Princess Nanny

case since Amy left the Philip-pines to seek her luck in the Big Apple fifteen years ago. Her aged grandmother has no means of livelihood, although she owns the house and lot she lives in. When Amy left for the U.S., her husband had abandoned them. Her young children, aged seven to twelve years old at that time could not care for themselves. The money she sends home is spent on their food, clothing, education and other expenses. She believes that at 95 years old, her frail and sickly grandmother has hanged on to life while her younger siblings had passed away, simply because there would be nobody left to take care of Amy’s children. It was simply the law of nature. An old person cannot die because she is still much needed in this world. And that was the rule in her mother’s case. Amy shudders to think the

possibility of her grandmother’s death. She simply erases it from her mind because she would not have the right answer. She could not leave her job in America because there is nothing waiting for her in the Philippines. Her children simply have to live on their own, supported by the money she sends home.

THERE WERE A LOT OF TOURISTS in Central Park that day. She could see the red double decker bus of the Grayline tour company inching its way along Fifth Av-enue as the tourists aboard look around and take photos of almost everything around them. As she walked the dogs along the pedestrian path, she could see familiar faces. Mr. Beauchamp slowly inched his way with a cane, his crooked back hunched forward and covered by brown cardigan sweater he wears everyday. He looked grumpy and barely said “hi” to her as his eyes grimly focused on the road ahead.

Mrs. Steatford was already seated on a park bench accom-panied by her caregiver, a black middle-aged woman who likes to dress up in a brown attire.

“How was your weekend?” Dory, the caregiver, asked Amy.

“It was okay,” she replied, not wanting to engage her in a lengthy conversation. But Mrs.

Steatford’s eyes lit up upon see-ing the dogs.

“How are you, cutie, cutie,” she greeted them. The dogs were jumping in excitement, but Amy pulled them away and waved at the couple as she passed them by.

Over at the lake, Martin, a be-spectacled ten-year-old confined

to a wheelchair, was sailing his toy boat by means of

a remote control. Mr. Hagen, a grandfatherly seventy-year-old, was chuckling as his own toy boat whizzed by that of

the young boy. But Martin wouldn’t bite.

As always was the case

whenever the old man would dare him to a race, he would

just ignore it and let his sailboat cruise along. The son of a medical doctor, Martin almost always

spends his mornings in

the park, playing with his

toys. Amy doesn’t have any idea what time he goes to school.

Of course there were other nan-ny’s also walking their masters’ dog. There was even a couple of Filipinas who would pretend sometimes that they were the dog owners, but their ordinary dress gave them away.

“Isn’t it fun to walk the dogs in Central Park in the mornings?” one of the daughters of her California-based cousin asked Amy. The twenty-three year-old is an analyst in an investment firm in the city and was visited

by her dad and her sister.Amy smiled and narrated to

them an experience with her employer.

“One time, my boss said that he envies me because I spend my mornings walking the dogs in the park,” she recalled.

“Then, why don’t you do so yourself?” she asked her em-ployer.

“Are you crazy?” he replied. “How can I afford to do that when I have to work to be able to pay you so that you can walk my dogs?”

They both had a good laugh.

WALKING THE DOGS WAS NOT ALWAYS AMY’S MAIN CHORE. When she was hired eleven years ago, her job was to take care of her employers’ newborn fraternal twins, a boy and a girl.

Mr. Gould is an engineer while his wife, Anita, is an investment banker who has to work twelve hours a day. They needed some-body who is trustworthy and responsible to take care of their children. In Amy, they found someone.

Amy serves as more than a mother to the children. They spend more time with her more than with their own mother- a fact that Amy was unable to change for her own children. Amy has done everything for them, except nursing them from her breast (which even their mother did not do). She spent all night watching over them whenever they are sick, taking them to the doctor for check ups, playing with them all day, seeing them walk and grow their first tooth, joys that any parents would enjoy.

When the children were old enough to spend most of the day in school, the Goulds thought

that Amy would have a lot of free time. They awarded their family with the luxury of hav-ing dogs in the house. After all, Amy would have time to take care of the pets.

AMY’S LIFE TODAY IS A FAR CRY FROM HER CHILD-HOOD DAYS. Nobody could ever imagine that she would turn out to be a nanny. As a child, she lived like a princess. Like her mom, she was an only child, and she had two generations of rela-tives to love and dote over her: her grandmother and her mother. It was like history repeating itself. Like her grandmother, Amy’s mother was also sepa-rated from her husband, Amy’s dad. They were three successive generations of single mothers.

In fact, Amy met her dad when she was already a teen-ager, and by that time, there was no love lost between them. Her dad already had a family of his own and had moved on. Their first awkward meeting was never repeated and will never be repeated. Her dad passed away years ago.

Amy’s grandmother, Anita, lived with another man, Mario, for three decades until he passed away in the mid 1970s. So Amy grew up as the center of three elder people’s lives: Anita, Ma-rio and her mom Evelyn. When Evelyn married Gary, Amy stayed with her grandmother for a while, until all of them lived under one roof. Theirs was indeed a close- knit family. All of her elder close relatives, her grandmother, her step-grandfather Mario, her mother Evelyn, her step-dad Gary doted over Amy as she grew up. She had, so to speak, the best of all

Most of Amy’s money is sent home to the Philippines to take care of her grandmother and her four children.

That has been the case since Amy left the Philippines to seek her luck in the Big Apple fifteen years ago. Her aged

grandmother has no means of livelihood, although she owns the house and lot she lives in.


winning percentage of 93% and a victory by knockout of 77%.

“I will train harder than I have ever trained before be-cause Miguel Cotto will be my toughest test as a professional fighter,” said a modest Pac-quiao. “I know Miguel Cotto is an excellent fighter and a great world champion.”

Pacquiao continues, “He is strong and smart and that is a dangerous combination for anyone who challenges him. But like every fight, I will not enter the ring alone. My countrymen don’t just give me their support. They also give me their strength, their pride and their love. That is why I must give my all. I fight to win and to give honor to the Philip-pines.”

Passionate Fans “Pacquiao vs Cotto will join

the list of boxing classics,” according to Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum who said that it will be the most exciting and memorable event that Top Rank has promoted in 40 years.

“Cotto will be my toughest test” -- Pacquiao

Pacquiao and Padres CEO Jeff Moorad hold up the boxer’s official Padres jersey.

“I am certain it will take its place as an exciting and action-packed classic such as Hagler vs. Hearns and Ali vs. Frazier III.”

The Puerto Ricans are just as passionate about Miguel Cotto as Filipinos are of Manny Pacquiao observed Arum. The pride on both sides run deep.

Cotto, unfazed by Pacman's six world titles, unleashed his own verbal volley. “He has fought a lot of tough fighters but never one like me. The world will know who the best is when we meet in the ring.”

According to Arum the en-thusiasm in the match has been incredible during the five-city tour that also included New York, San Francisco, Beverly Hills, California and Caguas in Puerto Rico. Even box office sales has defied the recession. Only 400 tickets are still avail-able of the total 16,500 seats in the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

“This is a superior match-up between two of the best fighters in the world,” observed Ross Greenburg, president of HBO Sports. “Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto are two unique personalities.” HBO Sports plans to present another install-ment of the 24/7 series profil-ing both fighters beginning mid-October.

To prepare for the match, Pac-quiao is heading to Baguio City in the Philippines where he will begin training in October for eight weeks. The team strategy involves a game plan for all 12 rounds.

“We are getting a late start because he wants to play a character like superman in the movies,” kidded Freddy Roach, Pacquiao’s trainer, who was referring to the boxing hero’s budding movie career.

Meanwhile, his opponent, Cotta, has been in training for two months.

Fighting Poverty However, Pacquiao has yet to

gear up for another battle with-out the help of a trainer.

A more formidable chal-lenge awaits the Pacquiao in the political arena. Pacquiao, who hails from General Santos, revealed that he plans to run for congressman next year.

Pacquiao is going into politics for another reason, that is, to fight poverty. “Manny wants to see a better world. He came from extreme poverty and he

wants to improve that situa-tion for others,” said Arum of Pacquiao who worked as a shoeshine boy while training in the ring at sixteen.

He added, “Pacquiao is the most charitable fighter I have known in 40 years, including Ali. He has done unbelievable things in the Philippines build-ing hospitals and sponsoring

Pacquiao.”

Historic Fight, One of the Boxing Greats

The mega-event “Fire Power:

Pacquiao vs. Cotto” will be pro-duced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View beginning at 9:00 pm, ET / 6:00 pm PT. The program will be distributed to 79 million homes in the US and Canada and locally via Cox Cable, DirecTV, Dish Network.

Bob Arum concludes, “This will be a historic fight. People will put it in the same category as the Thrilla in Manila and oth-er boxing greats.”

About Manny Pacquiao Pacquiao (49-3-2, 37 KOs),

of General Santos City, Philip-pines, as won six world titles in as may different weight divi-sions ranging from 112 to 140 pounds. His performance in 2008 was described as “Henry Armstrong-esque,” winning world titles at 130 and 135 pound with victories over Juan Manual Marquez and David Diaz, respectively, and knock-ing out and retiring Oscar de la Hoya at 147 pounds to complete the trifecta. This year, he picked up where he left off last year – winning another wolrd title in a new weight division – dealing defending junion welterweight champion Ricky Hatotn a one-punch, second-round knockout on May 2.

About Manuel Cotto Cotto (34-1, 27 KOs), from

Caguas, Puerto Rico has sold more tickets to Madison Square Garden in this millennium than any other fighter. He has held a world title every year since 2004. Puerto Rico’s most excit-ing fighter, Cotto held the WBO junion welterweight crown from 2004-2006, successfully defending it six times before vacating it to capture the World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight title at the end of 2006, a title he held for nearly as long. HE won his second wel-terweight title in February this year, knocking out Michael Jen-nings in the fifth round at Madi-son Square Garden to become the WBO welterweight cham-pion. Notable scalps on Cotto’s belt include Sugar Shane Mos-ley, Zab Judah, Joshua Clottey Paulie Malignaggi, and Demar-cus Corley.

Pacquiao shakes the hand of Padres relief Pitcher Heath Bell after throwing the ceremonial first pitch.

Pacquiao fans fill Petco Park.

educational scholar-ships. There are even lines in front of his house. When Freddie says there is no social welfare in the coun-try; that is not true. It’s called Manny

(Continued from page 1) Watching the crowd enter San Diego’s Petco Park on Tuesday evening, one would question whether the fans were anticipating a baseball game or boxing match. Spectators wore

PacMan visits Petco Park

Pacquiao t-shirts and readied Philippine flags to welcome the six-time world title champ Manny “PacMan” Pacquiao and celebrate the Padre’s Filipino Heritage Night. The world’s “Number one pound for pound fighter” was on hand to throw the ceremonial first pitch before the San Diego Padres took on the Arizona Diamond Backs. San Diego was the final stop on Pacquiao’s multi-city pro-motional tour for his Novem-ber 14th bout against Puerto Rico’s Miguel Cotto in Las Vegas, Nevada. The mild climate provided

the perfect setting for fans to gather at Petco’s Park at the Park and watch the Filipino Heritage program before the game. Pride Rice Dance Crew, fresh off the finals of GMA TV’s “Pinoy Dance Team Showdown”, opened the evening of eclectic dance performances. “Pride Rice Dance Com-pany is honored to be apart of Filipino Heritage Night,” said Pride Rice Executive Director Michelle Banares. “Participat-ing in this event allowed for us to represent for Filipinos all across San Diego.”


May isang dalaga, mayrong diperensyaNerbios yata itong, di ma-wawaan nyaMatagal na rin ‘tong, dinaramdam bagaKayat si dalaga, balisang balisa

Tuwing kukuliling, itong teleponoAyaw na ayaw nyang, sasagutin itoKatakot takot nga, and kaba nya ditoAng “ring” ng telephone, ay “phobia” nya kamo

Sa madaling sabi, nitong isang minsanMay nakapag hatol, isang kaibiganDun sa psychiatrist, pumunta kapag-kwanSi Dr. Atupak, ay magaling diyan

Kayát si dalaga, agad nagtungo naKay Dr. Atupak, sadyang kumonsultaAnim na buan din syang, ginamot nga bagaTalagang magaling, nagbago nga siya

Hindi na sya ngayon, takot sa telephoneIsang bagay nga lang, ang problema ngayonDito sa telephone, lagi syang naroonKahit walang tawag, sinasagot nya yon.

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Wal-mart Inter-na-tional, and have responsibility for the company’s current operations in Asia, including China, India and Japan as well as business development in the Asia region. Based in Walmart’s regional offi ce in Hong Kong, Price will assume his role Oct. 15.

Price most recently served as CEO of DHL Express Eu-rope. Prior to that, he was Chief Executive Offi cer, DHL Express Asia Pacifi c. He also was the president of DHL Express

Japan, DHL’s largest market in the Asia Pacifi c region. Prior to joining DHL, Price spent a

decade with the Coca-Cola Co. During that period, he assumed various roles which included country leader in Japan, and as Director and Country Manager in China, which included Hong Kong, Macau and Mongolia.

“Scott brings tremendous global and regional experience and expertise to this position. He is the ideal candidate to lead this highly competitive region,” McMillon said. “In his roles

with Coca Cola and DHL, he has established a history of de-livering results in the Asian

markets. He knows the coun-tries, he knows the customers, he knows how to run a business and he knows the region’s potential. We are eager to leverage his insight and capabilities to further our efforts in this region.”

According to Price, “I am excited to join Walmart and build on its strategy to save

Scott Price Named President and CEO of Walmart Asia

people money so they can live better around the world. I know the Asian business is growing at a fast pace, and I’m looking for-ward to being part of a company that is making such a positive dif-ference in this global economy.”

Walmart has a signifi cant pres-ence in Asia with more than

100,000 associates and ap-proximately 630 units in China, India and Japan.

A U.S. native, Price earned a Bachelor of Arts in business administration from the

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PHILIPPINE NEWS SER-VICE -- SENATOR Miriam Defensor-Santiago is expected to fi le charges before the Ombuds-man against Cabinet members who will fail to satisfactorily ex plain the source of funds for their TV infomercials.

She pointed this out after con-ducting yesterday the fi rst hear-ing on the controversy behind the infomercials of some Cabinet members which some sectors be-lieve were designed to push their political ambition in next year’s election using government funds or resources.

Santiago had invited 12 Cabinet members and other

Mirian on warpath

offi cials who are running the infomercials, but only six came to the hearing. Present were Vice President Noli de Castro, Finance Secretary Margarito Teves, Health Secretary Francis-co Duque III, Education Secre-tary Jesli Lapuz, Pagcor (Philip-pineAmusement and Games Corp.) Chairman Efraim Genu-ino and Metro Manila Develop-ment Authority Chairman Bayani Fernando.

Absent were Interior and Local Governments Secretary Ron-aldo Puno, Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro, and TESDA Chairman Bobby Syjuco. San-tiago is set to subpoena them in the next hearing as she dismissed their explanation, through their respective excuse letters, that no government funds were used in their infomercials.

De Castro, Puno, Teodoro and Fernando were reportedly eyeing

the presidency in the May 2010 national =2 0 elections while Duque, Genuino and Syjuco were supposedly seeking a seat in the Senate.

“It is highly likely that these senatoriables and others are using public funds, by hiding it behind so-called ‘extraordinary and miscellaneous expenses,’” said Santiago, chairperson of the Economic Affairs Committee which handled the probe.

Santiago said that there is no law which requires Cabi-net members to publicize their departments, and that it is illegal for them to feature themselves in alleged infomercials.

She added: “It is highly likely that hundreds of millions of pesos in public funds have already been paid for infomercials, because the rate card of a prime TV channel charges some P435,000 for

Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago

30 seconds of a commercial”.Asked what was the source

of his funds for his housing infomercial, De Castro said: “The corporate fund of Pag-Ibig madam chair. And we spent P172 million for radio and TV since 2007 up to present.”

“The rest of the Cabinet mem-bers who did not appear and who did not even give me the courtesy of specifying what their so-called previous appointments were, are sim ply scared stiff. Their absence indicates that they are probably guilty of using pub-lic funds,” she said.

“Eto naman si Puno no public funds daw. Really? Tapos sabi n’ya may appointment s’ya sa Lingayen, Pangasinan. All right, we’ll subpoena him. Lahat itong absent ngayon i-subpoena. Eto naman si Gilbert Teodoro, who is a Cojuangco, no public funds (din ang ginamit). I have to say

this, kapani-paniwala dahil Co-juangco s’ya. Eto naman si Sec-retary Syjuco (ang sabi),’I have a fl u here in Iloilo. Eh panu natin ma-check ‘yun (kung totoo)?” Santiago said.

One by one the Cabinet mem-bers present during the hearing explained the funding sources for their advertisement. For his info-mercial on infl uenza A(H1N1), Duque said: “Our source of our funding is the budget of the Na-tional Center for Health Promo-tion which was approved by both houses of Congress.”

Lapus said: “We have two sources of funding. One is the General Appropriations Act where specifi cally there is a provision for advertising. We spent P5.7 million on the GAA. A bigger amount, P20.4 milllion, is donated by the networks under RA 8525 which is the Adopt- a-School program.”

For his part, Genuino said: “We spent about P82 million and these are all PAGCOR projects because we are not getting fund from the government.”

Fernando said that he spent P5.8 million for his infomercials which he got from MMDA’s “public relations funds.”

Santiago noted that the national budget specifi cally provides that “extraordinary and miscel-laneous expenses” include “other similar expenses not supported in the regular budget allocation.”

“The Cabinet candidates are probably padding their miscel-laneous expenses to camou-fl age their payments to the TV stations. They are entered as ‘extraordinary and miscellaneous expenses’ or as ‘other mainte-nance and operating expenses,’” she said.

Santiago noted that it is the job of the Commission on Audit to check that there are no false en-tries in the liquidation of public funds, but CoA Chair Reynaldo Villar refused to attend the hear-ing.

She said that TV ad payments could also have been taken from the confi dential expenses which are allowed for the DILG-PNP, and DN D; and also from dona-tion expenses, which are allowed for the public works, health, and environment departments, for MMDA and for Makati City.


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We ate at: The original A&W along UN Avenue in Manila , Aristocrat’s Flying Saucer (across Malate Church ), Bonanza Res-taurant, Little Quiapo, Country Bake Shop, Selecta Restaurant, Taza de Oro, New Europe, Madrid , Cucina Italiana, La Cibeles at A. Mabini, Luau, The Makati Au-tomat, Sulo Restaurant ( Makati ), Bulakena, Casa Marcos, Au Bon Vivant, Salambao Restaurant, Dairy Queen, Di Mark’s Pizza in Cubao, the elegant dining room of the old Army & Navy Club. Bot-ica Boie in Escolta, Alba’s in

Noong Araw Part 4Florida St. , Malate, Brown Derby and their signature foot-long hotdog came with its special, extra tarty mustard sauce and a hot, crispy bun.

We used to park at their drive-in bays after we were exhausted from all-night partying but with enough energy to gobble down sausages and soft drinks.

The Plaza was the favorite venue for all formal school and social functions. Every Friday night the Plaza became an instant disco-teque called ‘POW’. Food was not a big factor so long as cozy couples could have their special table for two.

You shopped at: Bergs, Sori-ente Santos, Assanda’s, Oceanic Commercial (where you bought original watches and jewelries), Syvel’s, Walk-Over in Escolta, Good Earth Emporium, 15c and Up, Manila COD, Avesco at Avenida Rizal, Rustan’s San Mar-celino, Aguinaldo’s in Cubao.

The original Rustan’s was the garage of the Tantoco’s residen-tial house which was eventually converted into a dazzling shop filled with eclectic things and col-lectibles.

You would want your ward-robes (pang-porma) tailor-made. So you went to RM Manlapat, Toppers, Fifth Avenue, Estacio’s, Sleek’s (owned by Eddie Ilarde) or D’Sharp (owned by Dolphy) for your Continental style pants and shirt-jack (Marcos loved this style) or the sleeve shirt.

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Dear Atty. Karagdag,After more than five years of

being happily married, I sud-denly discovered that I am not the legal wife. My shock was compounded with grief because I learned this for the first time dur-ing my interview when the U.S. Embassy denied my immigrant visa application.

I did not know that my husband was already a divorcee when he married me. His first wife is also a Filipina and they got married here in the Philippines. The U.S. Embassy said that our marriage (also in the Philippines) is void because my husband was still a Filipino when he got the divorce.

My husband is a great person and in spite of what happened, I still want us to be together as husband and wife.

Will it help my case if we get married again, now that my husband is already a U.S. citizen?

I hope you can give me some answers. Thank you.

Confused Wife

Dear Confused Wife,We will try to answer your

letter as simply as we could. The area of conflict of laws – a situation where two countries have opposing rules – is quite complicated even for lawyers. In your case, the United States and the Philippines have contrasting laws regarding certain aspects of marriage and divorce.

As we have written in past articles, Philippine law says that the qualification of a Filipino citizen to marry is governed by Philippine law, no matter where

The Fiancee Wifehe gets married. In the case of your husband, since he was still a Filipino citizen when he got the divorce, Philippine law says that he is still married to his first wife and could not marry you.

I must emphasize that this is according to Philippine law. What U.S. law says is different. Under U.S. law, a divorcee like your husband is qualified to get married regardless of his citizen-ship.

The other important thing to know is that while the United States can impose its own laws on marriages done in the U.S., it recognizes the applicability of Philippine laws on marriages done in the Philippines. This is in accordance with the maxim in in-ternational law that every nation possesses an exclusive sover-eignty and jurisdiction over all properties and acts done within its own territory.

This is the reason why the U.S. Embassy ruled that your mar-riage is void. You got married in the Philippines so it is governed by Philippine law, and Philippine law says that your husband’s first marriage was unaffected by the divorce. In effect, your marriage is bigamous and therefore void.

On the other hand, had you been married in the U.S., we believe that your marriage would be considered valid by the U.S. Embassy because it will follow U.S. law in deciding your case.

Clear enough po ba?Now, to your question. Will it

help if you get married again, now that your husband is already a U.S. citizen? If you are think-ing of marrying again in the Phil-

ippines, the answer is no. Even if you get married today, the fact will still remain that your hus-band was still a Filipino when he got the divorce. The same rule will apply.

Now, if for some reasons, you are able to go to the U.S. and marry your husband there, the answer would be, yes, your mar-riage there will be recognized as valid by the U.S. immigration authorities. But we do not advise you to do that because you might be forced to commit immigra-tion fraud in trying to go to the U.S. (as a tourist), when your real intention is to get married. Remember, immigration fraud has very serious adverse conse-quences.

This may sound amusing, but your husband can petition you as his fiancée. It may entail some serious efforts to reconcile your records and in presenting your case, but we are confident that the fiancée petition will be ap-proved. After all, it was the U.S. embassy who said that your mar-riage is void, so they should have no reason to say that you cannot go to the U.S. as a fiancée. Your status as a fiancée will only be momentary. As soon as you ar-rive in the United States, you can get married again and, this time, be a legal wife.

Good luck po!Sincerely,Atty. Karagdag

Atty. Rogelio Karagdag, Jr. is licensed to practice law in both California and the Philippines. He practices immigration law in San Diego and has continu-ously been a trial and appellate attorney in the Philippines since 1989. His office address is lo-cated at 16486 Bernardo Center Drive, Suite 228, San Diego, CA 92128. He also holds office in National City inside the S&S Travel Agency at 2409 E. Plaza Blvd. Please call (858)348-7475 & (619) 475-3262 for your free consultation. Our email is [email protected]. Articles written in this column are not legal advice but are hy-potheticals intended as general, non-specific legal information.

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PHILIP-PINE NEWS SERVICE -- TRUE to his word, boxing superstar Manny Pac-quiao handed out a P1-million check to get the ball rolling for the establish-ment of a foundation benefi ting the sportswriting fraternity in the country.

The 30-year-old top pound-for-pound fi ghter in the world personally presented the amount Saturday night to offi cials of the Philippine Sportswriters Associa-tion (PSA) during a thanksgiving party the boxing icon tendered at the Harbour View Restaurant.

Pacquiao initially made the pledge during the PSA-Annual Awards Night held earlier this year.

“Di ba noong PSA Awards may pledge ako sa inyo,” said Pacqui-ao, trying to remind his audience about the fi nancial incentive.

“Ibibigay ko ito sa inyo ngayong gabi,” he declared, his pronouncement welcomed with a big round of applause.

PSA president Teddyvic Me-lendres of the Philippine Daily Inquirer received the amount in behalf of the 60-year-old media

Thank you, Mannyorganiza-tion, the oldest in the country.

Pacquiao was named PSA Athlete of the Year in 2008 following his heart-warming success in the ring that saw him win over the

likes of world champions Juan Manuel Marquez, David Diaz and the great Oscar De La Hoya.

He was likewise elevated to the PSA Hall of Fame by the organization c omposed of edi-tors and sportswriters from the various national broadsheets and tabloids, making him the fi rst Filipino athlete to be accorded such honor while still at the peak of his career.

Pacquiao will be leaving for the U.S. this week to attend the fi ve-city publicity tour for his Nov. 14 title fi ght against Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Aside from Pacquiao, others pitching in for the PSA Founda-tion are Philippine Sports Com-mission (PSC) chairman Harry Angping and PLDT chairman and Smart Communications Inc. top honcho Manny V. Pangili-nan.

organiza-tion, the oldest in the country.

was named PSA Athlete of the Year in 2008 following his heart-warming success in the ring that saw him win over the

PHILIPPINE NEWS SER-VICE -- Featherweight Charly Suarez lost to a superior rival on Sunday afternoon =2 0 for the fi nal blow in a disappointing campaign by Team Philippines in the 15th AIBA World boxing championships at the Medio-lanum Forum here. Left to carry the fi ght after four of his battle-scarred teammates have been eliminated, Suarez found Korean Joo Min Jae a much-tougher foe than expected and took a 5-ll beating that abruptly

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ended the Filipinos’ stint with still a week to go in the tourna-ment.

Suarez thus joined teammates light-fl y Harry Tañamor, bantam Joan Tipon, lightweight Joegin Ladon and light-welter Genebert Besadre on the sidelines, each of them failing to go past the second round of this tournament that drew more than 600 boxers from a record 144 nations.

The 5-foot-5 Suarez, 21, missed landing his punches on the countless, furious exchanges

that highlighted the nine-minute match as the 5-foot-10 Korean, 25, used his advantage in height and reach to the fullest.

“Di umaabot ang suntok ko. Mataas at mahaba ang kamay,” Suarez told Filipino journal-ists on the way back to the hotel.”Mabilis din naman kahit matangkad. Talo tayo.”

Joo, a member of the Korean Army who s competing in his fi rst world championship, con-nected with three body shots and two hits in the head to take a 5-1 lead in the fi rst round.

Suarez climbed the ring carry-ing modest hopes of making it to the round of 16 after his mas-terful 18-8 win over the much-taller Jillian Stan of Romania during their fi rst round clash on Thursday.

Against Joo, however, Suarez couldn’t do anything right.

So the Filipino team will go home on Sunday with a big, fat egg, missing to get a medal it desperately wanted from its veterans especially Tañamor.

Tañamor, a silver medalist in the same division in the 2007 world tournament in Chicago and carrying the momentum of a victory in the fi rst World Cup in Moscow, was a total disappoint-ment this time.

At 31 the oldest in a group of aging, fading fi ghters, Tañamor lost his fi rst round match on Saturday, bowing to European champion Huvhannes Danielyan of Armenia, 3-11, in a match where he was totally outclassed, outpunched and outwitted.

PHILIPPINE NEWS SER-VICE -- PRESIDENTIAL Peace Adviser Avelino “Sonny” I. Razon, Jr. yesterday said he will coordinate with the Armed Forces of the Philippines his investigation into the report that mem bers of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front backed Abu Sayyaf bandits in the recent encounter with government troops in Basilan that started Wednesday.

Razon made the statement in connection with the scheduled peace talks with communist reb-els later this month in Norway.

He said the Offi ce of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) will

Razon to look into MILF role validate reports of the AFP that some 100 members of the MILF helped Abu Sayyaf bandits in a recent encounter that killed at least 31 members of ASG and 21 from the government troops.

However, Razon expressed confi dence that the scheduled peace talks will prosper despite the recent encounter in Min-danao. Razon also said he is certain the government will get a positive response from the Malaysian facilitator in connec-tion with the proposed peace talks.

Razon said he believes that the MILF leadership is serious about the resumption of peace negotiations to end the 40-year insurgency and attain peace in Mindanao.PRESIDENTIAL Peace Adviser

Avelino “Sonny” I. Razon, Jr.


Celestino Reynaldo T. Ravelo, Jr., born Dec 8, 1935 in Tabon, Kawit, Cavite, Philippines passed away on Sept. 1, 2009. Beloved husband of Zeny, is survived by daughters; Caroline, Joyce, Darlene and Yvonne, son-in-laws; Dean & Jeff, and grandchildren; Juliana, Alexis, Jessica, Alyssa, Joshua and Mikayla. Rey was involved in the Filipino-American community, holding various leadership and service roles. He served in the US Navy for 20 years and another 15 years with the Postal Mail Carriers Association. Memorial service was held at 9:30AM on Fri 9/11 at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in Rancho Penasquitos, followed by a funeral services at El Camino Mortuary in Sorrento Valley. In lieu of sympathy flowers, his family suggests memorial contributions, attention to Zeny Ravelo, 9132 Togan Avenue, San Diego, CA 92129 (Statement issued 09/11/09)

In MemoriamCelestino Reynaldo T. Ravelo, Jr.

(1935 - 2009)

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An adulterine is one born of adul-tery. Some refer to them as adulter-ine bastards. In the Philippines, we simply refer to them as illegitimate children. How does immigration treat them? I believe the law should not treat them differently. They should not be punished for the sins of their parents.

Family petition is the most com-mon way of gaining legal permanent resident status in the United States. Immediate relative petition is the fastest way of gaining this status. Immediate relatives include minor unmarried children of U.S. citizens. Under immigration law, minor-ity ends at age 21. Children under this category include stepchildren, whether or not born out of wedlock. However, the child must be under 18 years old when the marriage between the stepparent and natural parent occurred. Formerly, the step-parent must show “active parental

U.S. Citizen Step-parent can petition adulterine offspring

interest.” This is not required now. The stepparent relationship can outlast the marriage that created it. For example, when the natural parent has died after marriage to the stepparent, the stepparent can still petition for the stepchild. If the stepparent and the natural parent divorced, the stepparent can still petition for the stepchild. However, it must be shown that the stepparent and stepchild relationship continued despite the divorce.

An interesting case came to me last week. The child to be peti-tioned was born five years after the marriage between the natural father and stepmother as the result of an il-licit relationship between the natural father and a woman to who he was never married. The natural mother abandoned the child. Can the stepmother file an I-130 petition on behalf of the child? Does he qualify as a stepchild? Common dictionar-

ies define a stepchild as “a child of one’s spouse by a previous union.” In the instant case, she was not a child by a previous marriage but a product of an adulterous relation-ship. She is an adulterine.

Immigration law defines child to include “a stepchild, whether or not born out of wedlock, provided the child had not reached the age of eighteen years at the time the marriage creating the status of stepchild occurred.” Several cases have evolved and helped clarify the definition of “stepchild.” In one case, the child was born out of wed-lock. Five years later, her natural mother got married to a U.S. citizen. The court held that the child was a stepchild under immigration law and eligible for non-quota status. In another case, the petitioner was a stepchild, who had been born out of wedlock, and the beneficiary was the stepmother. When the stepchild reached the age of 21, she filed a petition for the stepmother who remained married to the natural parent. The court held that the husband’s illegitimate daughter was classifiable as a stepchild under im-migration law despite the fact that there was no preexisting family unit including the stepparent, stepchild, and the natural father.

The case on point is one decided in 1974, which involves an adulter-ine. Formerly, the court refused to accord adulterine the status of step-child. The court held that adulterine children are the issue of adulterous intercourse and are regarded unfa-vorably than the illegitimate off-spring of a single person. The court declined to consider the adulterine child as a stepchild because the mar-riage that should have created the stepparent relationship did not occur after the birth of the child. The court concluded that there was no stepparent relationship. In 1974 the court changed its position. The rule now as it stands now is – adulterine children should be treated like other illegitimate children. They both fall under the category of stepchildren.

We welcome your feedback. If you have any immigration ques-tions, please feel welcome to email me at [email protected] or call 619 819 -8648 to arrange for a telephone consultation.

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my wish is granted and I love it. Bilib din ako kay Direk Yam. Marami siyang natutuhang new and good ideas from working in Hollywood and he’s now apply-ing them to our movie. When I read his script, wow, ang ganda. It’s fast-paced and full of jolting scary scenes. Na-excite ako to do it agad.”

We thought he’s supposed to be resting while in between “Zorro” and his next TV show “Full House”. “Oo nga. Bale ito ang pinakapahinga ko and the new ‘Signos’ docu I’m doing for GMA,” he laughs. “But it’s nice to be productive. I’m not used to being idle and I really enjoy it being involved in the produc-tion of ‘Patient X’. This is a new challenge for me and it’s part of my growth as an artist as the first Kapuso talent co-producing with GMA.”


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Philippine Consul General Mary Jo Bernardo Aragon, Phil Am BID Founding Chair Edna Consing Concepcion, and Padres CEO Jeff Moorad also honored local Filipino Ameri-can leaders. Ret. Assembly-woman Shirley Horton, Hon. Lillian Lim, Assistant Chief of Police Cesar Solis, Dr. Barbara Yorobe, and Lucy De Rosario Gonzales were named the Five StarBlazers of the Filipino Community before the crowd at Petco. After the ceremonies, the boxing champ left the fi eld to watch from the stands as the California sun set over one of the Fall’s fi nal games.

Pride Rice members Josiah Molina, Jesi Navarro, Jordan Banares, Johnny Delacruz, and Paulo Pachecho perform in Filipino inspired t-shirts designed by siblings and Pride Rice directors Jordan and Devin Banares.

chanting “Manny” and waving fl ags, shirts, and boxing gloves. The gracious fi ghter, clad in jeans, a green-collared shirt, a black vest, and boots, waved to fans and chatted on the side-lines before the game. He donned an offi cial Padres jersey, a gift from Padres CEO Jeff Moorad, when he took the mound. Pacquiao’s pitch trav-eled straight to home plate and was caught by Padres Relief Pitcher Heath Bell.However, personalized Padres gear was not the only take-away for Pacquiao. September 15th was proclaimed “Manny Pacquiao Day” by Chula Vista City Mayor Cheryl Cox.


“Building Bridges to the Future: Uniting Alumni for Excellence and Service” was the central theme of a weekend long biennial gathering of University of the Philippines alumni held September 5 at the US Capitol. The occasion was the 15th University of the Philippines Alumni Association in America (UPAAA) General Assembly and Convention held at the JW Marriott Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue. Speakers included the University President, Dr. Emerlinda Roman, Philippine Ambassador to the United States, Willy C. Gaa, and UPAAA President Dr. Francis Sy. Other lectures discussed a wide range of subjects from science and technology in partnership with academia, the concentration of unique and diverse mammals found nowhere else but in the Philippines to the role of Filipino spirituality in their success as global citizens. Because the University of the Philippines only recently gained a new charter as the “national university,” Dr. Roman elucidated the plans and challenges facing UP in the 21st century and the role of the UP alumni abroad. Dr. Belinda Aquino presided over an open forum that further challenged alumni to see themselves in what is next for UP beyond the centennial celebration. Concurrent panels of discussants on energy, environments, health and the new global economic realities encouraged alumni to think beyond themselves, and ponder their individual and collective roles as bridges to a better future for UP, the nation and the world. Ms. Cristeta P. Comerford , White House executive chef, was the featured keynote speaker during the luncheon attended by alumni and guests. In her remarks and response to questions from the alumni, Ms. Comerford shared her inspiring culinary journey to the White House and the challenges and pleasure that come with her responsibility.

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On December 7, 1941 the Japanese launched a sur-prise air attack on Pearl

Harbor, destroying the fl eet that was moored there. Seven hours later, they invaded the Philippines and caught its U.S. garrisons off guard in a debacle that matched the fi asco at Hawaii.

In mainland United States, the attacks on Pearl Harbor and the Philippines generated a wave of patriotic indignation over Japanese duplicity and brutality. Isolation-ism virtually vanished as a public issue, and all parties closed ranks in support of the war effort. Gone was the illusion that America could only serve as an arsenal of democracy, contributing weapons without the men to wield them.

Bataan and Corrigedor, across Manila Bay from the capital city, became the scenes of some of the fi erce battles in Asia Pacifi c. Along with U.S. soldiers, thou-sands of Filipinos – the Philip-pine Scouts in particular, had fought against the Japanese for four months. Totally surrounded, without re-supply, the U.S. 31st Regiment was overpowered by tank cannons and small arms.

The war reminded Filipinos in America of their relatives in the Philippines. Suddenly, they also

Filipinos in World War II:


I cannot give up my citizenship in the Philippines,It is in my heart. But America is also in my mind. I

wish to have both loyalties. – Pfc. Jose Trinidad, 1st Filipino Infantry, U.S. Army

realized that many years away from home had not dulled their patriotism.

Thousands quickly joined the Americans in condemning Ja-pan. They also saw the war as an avenue of liberating themselves from prejudice and injustice. A good number of them enlisted in the U.S. Army that resulted in the creation of two segregated units – the 1st and 2nd Filipino Infantry Regiments. An all-Filipino military band also developed.

Defense of BataanBefore Pearl Harbor attack,

Japan’s expansionist government saw an opportunity to assert itself in Asia Pacifi c. In l940, Japan forged an alliance with Germany and Italy in new three-power pact (The Tripartite Pact).

In September 1940, the Japanese, with Hitler’s diplomatic assis-tance, were able to obtain from the French Vichy government a number of military bases and other concessions in the northern part of French Indo-China and began the occupation of that area.

Both the American and British governments warned the Japanese government that they regarded the occupation of French Indo-China as an act of aggression and a po-tential threat to their own interest

Bataan Death March

Sgt. Jose Calugas

in Asia.The U.S. government protested

vigorously against Japan, and in retaliation issued an order to freeze all Japanese assets in the U.SD. and to place an embargo on oil and the export of such materi-als as scrap iron and steel.

Continuously throughout l941, the United States government sought some defi nition of Japa-nese ambition in Southeast Asia. The Japanese proclaimed that the infl uence of Britain and America was to be eliminated from Asia Pacifi c. However, Japan would be willing to forego armed ag-gression in Southeast Asia if the United States would restore Japanese-American trade, help her obtain oil from Dutch-controlled Indonesia and recognize her new order in China.

The United States was unwilling to accept these terms, but offered to restore trade and to help Japan gain some of her economic goals if she would give up military objectives in Southeast Asia and China.

Negotiations between Japan and the United States deteriorated rapidly. On December l941, the Japanese launched a surprise air attack on the U.S. Naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, destroy-ing the entire fl eet anchored there. Ten hours later they struck the Philippines, and soon after Guam, Midway, Hong Kong and Malaya. The United States declared war on Japan on December 8, l941.

Filipinos in California had watched with growing concern the gathering of storm clouds on the far horizon. This “far hori-

zon” to them was not some distant place that one read about in books. It was their homeland and it was once again threatened, this time by a country that was practically of its neighbors.

When the Japanese struck, the defend-ing combined

Filipino-American forces num-bered more than 130,000, includ-ing the Philippine Army, which, though mobilized to strength of ten divisions, was ill trained and ill equipped. Of the U.S. Army contingent of 31,000, more than a third consisted of the Philippine Scouts (PS), who was mostly part of the Regular Army Philippine Division, the core of the mobile defense forces.

The East Air Force, before the Japanese attack, had a total of 277 aircraft of all types, mostly

obsolete. And Admiral Thomas K. Hart’s Asiatic Fleet, base in the Philippines consisted of 3 cruisers, 13 old destroyers. Before the end of December 1941, American air and naval power in the Philippines ceased to exist.

By April 9, 1942, the Japanese had forced the Bataan defending forces to surrender. For almost another month, the garrison on

Corregidor surrendered uncondi-tionally. By early June, except for scattered guerilla detachments in the hills, all organized resistance in the islands had ceased.

An aftermath of the surrender was the atrocious “Bataan Death March.” Starting out from Mariv-eles on the southern end of the Bataan Peninsula, American and Filipino prisoners of wars were forced-marched 55 miles to San Fernando, Pampanga, then taken

of the 12,000, who were unac-counted for, escaped. However, many thousands died on the way, succumbing to thirst, starvation, disease and Japanese brutality.

In the camp itself, approximately 26,000 Filipinos and 1,565 Ameri-cans died (Houlahan, 51) from crushed skulls, samurai sword, bayonets, bullets, tortures, hard labor and illnesses.

Philippine Scouts “Stand aside, the Scouts are

coming,” an American POW offi cer said. They elicited much respects for their valiant, but little known, defense of Bataan. In fact, the most decorated U.S. Army units in the early days of the war were composed of Filipinos.

“The heroic role played by the Philippine Scouts (PS) in the de-fense of Bataan is one of the best kept secrets of the World War II. In fact, the most decorated U.S. Army units in the early days of the war were composed of Filipinos.

Well-trained and highly moti-vated, they played a dominant role in delaying the advance of some 43,000 fanatical Japanese troops. This heroic stand began while op-posing the Lingayen Gulf landings in mid-December 1941 and lasted until the surrender of the main body of Filipino and American forces in Bataan in early April 1942.

“Smaller groups of Scouts continued to resist the Japanese from Corregidor and the southern islands. Hundreds joined guer-rilla groups as soon as Lieutenant General Jonathan M. Wainwright surrenders of the Philippine Com-mand to the Japanese after the fall of Bataan.

In December 1945, Lt. Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright had but praise for these soldiers: “They were the fi rst to fi re and the last to lay down their arms and only reluctantly doing so after being given a direct order.” They were some of the forgotten fi nest sol-diers in World War II.

How the Philippine Scouts did came into the U.S. Army and what contribution did they make to the

U.S. military heritage?“The Scouts were the fi rst

and last of what some might call American colonial troops,” explained Col. John E. Olson, USA (Ret.). “But they were not colonials.” The fi rst Scout orga-nizations were created in 1901, initially to help restore peace and order in the troubled area; suppress Muslim rebels in the southern islands; and make up for American soldiers who left for

Europe during World War I. While the commissioned offi cers

of the Scouts included a num-ber of U.S.-born Americans, the non-commissioned offi cers and enlisted men were Filipinos.

The U.S. Congress approved the induction of the Philippine Scouts into the Regular U.S. Army. Strength of 600 was authorized and tactical units were created with designations of the regular military establishment, with the suffi x (PS) indicating “Philippine Scouts.”

“The Philippine Division was ac-tivated with two infantry regiment, the 45th (PS) and the 57th (PS) subordinate to the 23rd Infantry Brigade of the Philippines Scouts. Filipino enlisted men offi cered by Americans and a few Filipinos manned the supporting artillery, engineers, quartermaster, medical, and other divisional elements.

For the defense of Manila Bay, two Philippine Scout artillery regi-ments, the 91st and the 92nd were created. Last but not least, the 26th Cavalry Regiment (PS) was formed. They were stationed on Luzon of Forts William McKing and Stotsenburg, Camp John Hay, the Harbor of Defenses of Manila, and Petit Barracks on Mindanao.

When the Commonwealth Gov-ernment of the Philippines was established in 1935, the Scouts played a major role in training recruits and furnished many of the most able Filipino offi cers in the newly authorized Philippine Army.

“Unfortunately, the Philippine Army was far from completely trained and deployed when the Japanese attacked in December 1941. “The 120,000-man Philip-pine Army consisted mainly of reservists whose mobilization took place three months before the outbreak of hostilities. Mostly un-der trained and poorly equipped, their fi ghting ability was suspect. Furthermore, much needed sup-plies and reinforcements were still months from delivery.

One of the very few bright spots in this gloomy scenario was the


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Hey, we’ve all had bad days, or “one of those days” or the most misera-

ble day on the planet. Sure, we’ve all been there at least once – or a million times. Personally, I have one of those bad days hundreds of times… every year.

And that’s fi ne – we all have them. No one is getting out of this life without having more than a few bad days. You pretty much just learn to accept them – after all, there’s not much you can do about

You’ve probably never had a day as bad as this

one…then again…it. I wish there was, but there isn’t, so there you go.

One nice thing about bad days is that there is usually someone, somewhere, who has had – or is having – an even worse day. Okay, so it’s not actually a nice thing, but at least it helps (or can help). And if it doesn’t help, at least we know we’re not alone in our miserable day. And sometimes just that can be enough to help us get through it all. Well in the spirit of that, I offer the story below, sent

by a friend. It’s about a man who did indeed have one of the all-time, royal bad days of them all.

Your bad day isn’t as bad as this one

“The next time you have a bad day at work, think of the day this guy had. Rob is a commercial saturation diver for Global Divers in Louisiana. He performs under-water repairs on offshore drilling rigs. Below is an E-mail he sent to his sister. She then sent it to radio station 103.2 on in Ft. Wayne, In-diana, who was sponsoring a worst job experience contest. Needless to say, she won.

Here’s the letter: Hi Sue, Just another note from your bottom-dwelling brother. Last week I had a bad day at the offi ce. I know you’ve been feeling down lately at work, so I thought I would share my dilemma with you to make you realize it’s not so bad after all. Before I can tell you what hap-pened to me, I fi rst must bore you with a few technicalities of my job. As you know, my offi ce lies at the bottom of the sea. I wear a suit to the offi ce. It’s a wet suit. This time of year the water is quite cool. So what we do to keep warm is this: we have a diesel powered industrial water heater. This $20,000 piece of equipment sucks the water out of the sea. It heats it to a delightful temperature. It then pumps it down to the diver through a garden hose, which is taped to the air hose. Now this sounds like a darn good plan, and I’ve used it several times with no complaints. What I do, when I get to the bottom and start working, is take the hose and stuff it down the back of my wet suit. This fl oods my whole suit with warm water! It’s like working in a Jacuzzi. Everything was going well until all of a sudden, my butt started to itch. So, of course, I scratched it. This only made things worse. Within a few seconds my butt started to burn. I pulled the hose out from my back, but the damage was done. In agony I realized what had happened. The hot water ma-chine had sucked up a jellyfi sh and pumped it into my suit. Now, since I don’t have any hair on my back, the jellyfi sh couldn’t stick to it. However, the crack of my butt was not as fortunate. When I scratched what I thought was an itch, I was actually grinding the jellyfi sh into

my rear end. I informed the dive supervisor of my dilemma over the com-municator. His instructions were unclear due to the fact that he, along with fi ve other divers, were all laughing hysterically. Needless to say, I aborted the dive. I was instructed to make three agoniz-ing in-water decompression stops totaling thirty-fi ve minutes before I could reach the surface to begin my chamber dry decompression. When I arrived at the surface, I was wearing nothing but my brass helmet. As I climbed out of the water, the medic, with tears of laughter run-ning down his face, handed me a tube of cream and told me to rub it on my rear as soon as I got in the chamber. The cream put the fi re out, but I couldn’t poop for two days because my butt was swollen shut. So next time you’re having a bad day at work, think about how much worse it would be if you had a jellyfi sh up your rear end. Repeat to yourself, “I love my job, I love my job, I love my job.”

Stopped laughing yet?We hate to laugh at another

person’s misfortune even though it’s usually what makes up most comedy. But we’re nice, civilized people and so, yes, we do hate to laugh at that poor man’s “itch” or, for that matter, even think about it. On the other hand, most of us have been swimming in the ocean, and have been stung either in or out of the water, by something, so it’s easy to imagine the plight of this poor man.

It’s that power of imagination that let’s us see his bad luck and helps us pray it never happens to anyone we know (except for that bully in fi fth grade who we never liked). Just another bad day? Not if you were that diver!

So I have something that’s pretty much guaranteed to help any bad day you may have - now or in the future – no matter how long you live.

All you have to do is remember this: whenever you have a bad day, of any kind, ask yourself, “Is this a jellyfi sh bad day?” I’ll bet that it probably isn’t.

Finally, from me to you:May you NEVER have-jellyfi sh

bad day!May you NEVER have a jel-

lyfi sh bad day!May you NEVER have a jel-

lyfi sh bad day!

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(Continued from page 14)well-trained Philippine Scouts, who had almost doubled in man-power in the year prior to the war, numbering nearly 12,000 offi cers and men. The Philippine Scouts and certain units of the Philippine Army were combined and induct-ed into the U.S. Armed Forces in the Far East (USAFFE).

When war came in 1941, the Scouts were trained and ready. The 26th Cavalry Regiment (PS), supported by the 23rd and 24th FA Battalions, distinguished itself in the fi rst days after the initial Japa-nese landings at Lingayen Gulf in late December by attacking the assault forces. .

‘It fell to the 26th Cavalry (PS) to shore up Philippine Army units attempting to delay the Japanese long enough to allow the bulk of Macarthur’s command to with-draw from Manila, now declared an “open city,” to Bataan.”

Mounted on horses or riding in personnel carriers with thin armor and only light machine guns, the Scouts continually and aggressive-ly counter-attached the Japanese tanks and sacrifi ced their lives to protect the Filipino and American troops as they fell back.

In a series of courageous, hard-fought rear guard actions, spearheaded by the 26th Cavalry, the “Japanese were slowed suf-fi ciently to allow the main body of MacArthur’s troops to withdraw to Bataan. “The week’s delay in the Japanese advance was adequate for the troops, but not nearly enough to relocate supplies from the exposed caches. Casualties during the 26th Cavalry’s heroic series of rearguard actions reduced the unit by a quarter to fewer than 650 Scouts.

“On Bataan, the 14th Engineers (PS) labored to prepare defen-sive positions. Once Bataan was reached, the 57th Infantry (PS) was charged with holding the line astride. At the Battle of Abucay from Jan. 11 until Jan.15, 1942, the 57th Infantry (PS) withstood the onslaught of the best elements Gen. Masaharu Homma, Com-mander-in-Chief of the Japanese Expeditionary Forces, could hurl against it.

“After four days of bitter hand-to-hand combat, the Japanese ceased their attempts to penetrate

the Scouts’ line. They shifted their weight westward into the jungle-covered mountains. From there, they outfl anked the Scouts and forced them to fall back.”

“During the defense of Bataan, three Scouts earned Medals of Honor, America’s highest award for combat valor. Sergeant Jose Calugas, Sr. became the fi rst Filipino ever to earn a Medal of Honor. First Lieutenant Alexander R. Nininger, an offi cer of the 57th Infantry (Philippine Scouts) be-came the fi rst member of his West Point class to die in combat who also earned a Medal of Honor. First lieutenant Willibald C. Bi-anchi of the 45th Infantry (PS) was the last Scout to earn a Medal of Honor. Of the three, only Sergeant Calugas would survive the war. Scouts also earned numerous Dis-tinguished Service Crosses, Silver Stars and Purple Hearts.

The last cavalry charge of the United States Army was consid-ered a heroic stance of the Scouts. A 26th Cavalry (PS) platoon commanded by Second Lieuten-ant Edwin Ramsey unexpectedly encountered the advance guard of a large Japanese infantry force at Morong on the Bataan Peninsula.

“Deciding his best hope was an immediate attack, Ramsey launched a wild cavalry charge, scattering the dumfounded Japa-nese. A few weeks later the 26th Cavalry would be forced to eat their horses to stave off starvation. Ramsey escaped from Bataan and gained fame leading a large guer-rilla force against the Japanese.

Born on Dec. 29, 1907, Jose Calugas, Sr., had a long and illus-trious career with the U.S. Army, fi rst as a Philippine Scout and then in a range of assignments after the war until his retirement with the rank of captain. He passed away in 1999.

It is as a Scout that Calugas was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism on January 6, 1942, at Culis, Bataan Province. As a ser-geant in Battery B of the 88th Field Artillery (PS), Calugas witnessed the Japanese bombing, shelling, and destruction of a nearby an-other Scout battery gun position in which all cannoneers were either killed or wounded. Without orders, he voluntarily ran 1,000 yards across the shell-swept area to the




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Malayo pa sa kamay ko nang ito'y kanyang bitawanang hawak na bulaklak na sa akin ay inaalaynahulog sa lupa na hindi niya namamalayannuon ko natanto mata pala niya'y walang linaw.

Aking dinampot sa lupa ang bulaklak na nahuloginilapit ko sa ilong ko at inamoy, sininghotat ang natitirang bango ay akin paring sinimotsalamat sa bata at siya ay umalis, tumalikod.

Heto, ako pala itong bulag sa katotohanan sa nangyayari sa paligid na mga simpleng bagay sa aking pagkakaupo bata'y muli kong natanawmay bulaklak na muli para sa isa pang nilalang.

Ang Pinakamagandang Bulaklak (3)

Joke of the Week: A school-teacher told her pupils to listen to their parent’s conversation and if they heard any new words to look up the meaning in the dic-tionary and write a sentence us-ing the word properly. The next day she asked Johnny what word he had heard. He replied that he had heard the word “pregnant” and the definition was “to carry a child.” The teacher said, “Have you written a sentence using it?” “Yes, ma’am,” he replied, “the fireman climbed a ladder into the burning building and came down pregnant.”

Scriptures: First Reading: Wis-dom 2: 12, 17-20. Apostate He-brews and hostile Alexandrians mocked and ridiculed the faithful Hebrews living in Alexandria around 50 B.C. The apostates and the ungodly, irked by the holy way of life of the faithful Hebrews, conspired to kill them. God, however, would vindicate his faithful ones.

Second Reading: James 3: 16-43. The author asks his readers to discern whether their wisdom is true (from above) or false (from earth). The signs of true wisdom are purity, peacefulness, and gentleness, whereas those of false and earthly wisdom are jealousy and selfish ambition. Gospel: Mark 9: 30-37. Galilee had been the site of many armed conflicts and guerilla fights.

The Power of a ChildRoman control of Galilee was weak. To walk through Galilee to Jerusalem is to invite danger. But Jesus made it clear to his disciples that the greatest power-holder on earth is one who completely trusts and submits his power to God in life and in death. The powerful person is like a little child: innocent, dependent, humble, trusting, yet vulnerable to abuse and domina-tion.

Reflections: In antiquity,

people used the same word for “servant” as for “child.” In fact, in today’s Gospel Jesus said that he who wants to be the servant of all must act like a little child. Within the ancient Mediter-ranean family and community, servants and children had no social status. During the Middle Ages, a theologian believed that in the case of a burning build-ing a husband must first rescue his father, then his mother, next his wife, and finally his young child. It must have been shock-ing to Jesus’ disciples and to his hearers when he put before them a “child” as one who is truly powerful. It was like giving them a servant as model for greatness. Because children are innocent, dependent, humble and trusting, they are very susceptible to abus-es and victimizations by superi-ors and strangers. According to WHO 2001 worldwide surveys, there are 40 million children who are victims of child abuse each year. The 57th session of the UN Commission on Human Rights reported that 36% of girls

and 29% of boys have suffered sexual abuse, and that 46% of girls and 20% of boys have ex-perienced sexual coercion. Each year, approximately one million children around the world are exposed to commercial sexual exploitation. UNICEF approxi-mates that two million children died as a result of armed conflict during a 10-year period, and that another six million were injured or disabled. Just think of the past conflict between Israel and Hez-bollah, and the on-going war in Iraq, Darfur, and other parts of the world. The ones who suffer most are children!

Jesus presents a child as a model for greatness because of his almost complete dependence, humble trust, and innocent reliance on the powerful elders. Sadly, these beautiful traits become the means for many to prey and victimize children. However, to emulate and keep these traits of a child in one’s relationship with God and one’s quest for greatness and power insures a person of true wisdom. Earthly wisdom aspires for greatness through domination of the weak. On the other hand, heavenly wisdom teaches that greatness lies in being powerless before God, trusting fully in him, and humbly submitting oneself to his providence; the very same way by which a child relates to his elders and superiors.

Shortly after the victory of the Athenians over the Persian fleet at Salamis in 480 B.C., a friend, who hailed him as the most

Novena to Saint Jude

Oh Holy St. Jude, Apostle and Martyr, great in virtue, rich in miracles, near Kingsman of Jesus Christ and faithful intercessor of all who invoke your special patronage in time of need. To you I have recoursed from the depth of my heart and humbly beg, to whom God has given special great power, to come to my assistance in my present, in return I promised to make your name known and cause to be invoke. ( Say 3 Our Fathers, 3 Hail Marys and 3 Glorys for nine consecutive days, publication must be promised.) St. Jude, pray for us all who invoke your aid. (This novena has never been known to fail.

Prayer to Blessed Virgin

(Never known to fail)

Oh, most beautiful flower of Mt. Carmel, fruitful vine, splendor of Heaven. Bless Mother of the Son of God, Immaculate Virgin, assist me in my necessity. Oh Star of the Sea, help me and show me here you are my Mother. Oh Star of the Sea, help me and show me here you are my Mother. Oh Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth, I humble beseech you from the bottom of my heart to succor me in my necessity(make request). There are none that can withstand your power. O Mary, conceived without sin pray for us who have recourse to thee (three times). Say this prayer for three consecutive days & then you must publish & it will be granted to you.

PersonalPrayer to the Holy Spirit

Holy Spirit thou make me see everything and show me the way to reach my ideal. You who give me the divine gift to forgive and forget the wrong that is done to me and who are in all instances of my life with me. I, in this short dialogue, want to thank you for everything and confirm once more that I never want to be separated from you no matter how great the material desires may be. I want to be with you and my love ones in your perpetual glory, Amen. A Person must pray this 3 con-secutive days without stating one’s wish will be granted no matter how difficult may be. Promise to publish this soon as your favor has been granted.

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Mother of Perpetual Help, Woman of Eternal Hoep, your wordless gaze tells me so much about you. You knowing eyes look upon me with tender love. While your left hand supports the Child Jesus, your right hand is ready to receive me. Just as Jesus feels the beating of your heart, so you encourage me to draw close to you and to lead a life hope and holiness. Just as His sandal will tall on the ground, through your intercession may God help me as I stumble and fall. Never let me be parted from you and your Son, Jesus. Lady of love, you invite to place my hand where Jesus’ fingers touch yours - near a heart of endless hope - so that I may be united with you in prayer here on earth and joined forever with you in heaven.

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A few days ago, a friend of mine whom I will call Lily said very casually, “All is not right with my world. Something has defi nitely gone wrong.”

“What went wrong?” I asked, thinking that she was kidding as usual.

“Zena, that’s an easy ques-tion to ask, but hard to answer,” Lily quipped. She hesitatingly informed me that she realized she is one of the millions of Americans today who keeps on working harder and harder, and receiving less and less for her efforts.

I jokingly said, “Lily, my dear, you are lucky you’re still work-ing. Thousands are spending countless days at the unemploy-ment lines, and countless nights worrying where to get money for bare necessities.”

“Stop kidding me!” she said, “I’m serious!” Then she asked, “Where did all my earnings go? Where did all my time go? What’s more, when did my dreams turn into nightmares?”

“Wow, cheer up, girl!” I said. “You defi nitely are in the dol-drums.”

“Look at me! I’m not getting any younger” she says.

Yes, I see. Time is slowly, or maybe rapidly, passing her by. Like me, she is no longer in the bloom of life. “Look at me” she again said. “After years of hard work I still have nothing to show for it. I am not rich by any

Chasing the Dream Once More

means!”“Rich is subjective,” I coun-

tered “if you are thinking of the likes of Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, Lucio Tan or Manny Pac-quiao, then you are not be rich.”

“But if you are thinking of those hapless individuals we see along the sidewalks holding up ‘homeless - will work for food’

signs,” I contin-ued, “then you’re not poor either.”

“I’m not poor, just middle-class and broke!” Lily declared.

“Where did it all go wrong?” she asked again.

“I am still chasing the dream, and I haven’t even touched the tail-end of it. Am I stuck in this rut?”

If we are anything like Lily, as most of us probably are, then we are stuck. The plan of our parents: get an education, work hard, retire and collect our pen-sion and social security, was effective for them during their time. But it doesn’t apply to us anymore. It has become obso-lete!

Getting a good education and making good grades no lon-ger ensure success. Nor does working hard in our jobs if we are working for somebody else! There’s no real security any-more with all the “downsizing” or “rightsizing”, the politically correct words for “you’re fi red” or “clean up your desk!” We cannot rely on Social Security or company pensions anymore, as funds are dwindling away and

inching to the panic level.Most of us can be classifi ed as

average Americans. Six or seven years ago it was estimated that the average 50-year old Ameri-can had a net worth of zero. Yes, zero! After working for 25 years, the average American has not been able to accumulate anything. That’s not true with everybody, of course. Since it’s an average, there are exceptions! At 50, we still have another 15 years or so to work. Some even work up to age 75 or more, if they are still able. A lot has to change if we want to recover lost revenue, savings, and invest-ments. We have to reverse what happened in the past 25 years. We have to work overtime, double time, night and day, 24/7, or do something else which will guarantee us more income. I’m not recommending anything il-legal, of course!

Last year it was estimated that an average 50-year old American has a net worth of minus $7,000. You read it correctly – minus $7,000! It’s going the wrong way! Having more liabilities than assets are becoming the norm!

What also keep us in the sinkhole are the dual expenses of taxes and interest. The biggest expense is taxes – every time we move, we are taxed. We are taxed when we work, we are taxed when we save, we are taxed when we buy, and we are taxed when we die. There’s no getting away from it! But taxes are a must to keep our govern-ment running smoothly and to make our lives easier and more comfortable.

Interest on loans keep sky-rocketing and accruing. The disastrous mortgage programs of the past few years wiped people out. No wonder a lot of homes went into foreclosure! And a lot of people went belly-up! On our credit cards, if we just pay the minimum required, we are paying interest on top of interest. It will take us a lifetime to pay them off, if ever.

These are the nightmares than won’t end up when we wake up. Sometimes we don’t even know we are in a nightmare until it is too late. Just like in Lily’s case!

But it’s never too late. If we

are still alive and kicking, it’s good news. Nor are we done yet! We can still chase the dream once more. In the inter-est of time, we have to run much faster with our creaking limbs. LOL!

Ben Franklin said, “Most peo-ple die because they stop dream-ing.” And Eleanor Roosevelt said, “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”

Our dreams, whatever they are, do not just materialize and

come into fruition if we don’t do anything about it. We have to be proactive! As Jean Anouilh puts it, “To say yes to your dreams, you have to sweat and roll up your sleeves, and plunge both hands into life up to your elbows.”

Forty percent of the people we meet have some great ideas, but they do little more than talk about it. Another 40 percent work very hard, but sometimes they don’t see beyond the present moment. They have no vision.

The remaining 20 percent who possess both dream and vision, and have the action to match, are the ones who make it.

Since time has its limits, espe-cially for us who are young no more, it’s better not to procras-tinate. Let’s take a cue from speaker and author Rita Emmett, “A plan is what you are going to do, a schedule is when you’re planning to do it, if you don’t schedule your plan it may never get done.”

Let’s do it!

Light &Shadows

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brought it to Gulapa’s. Levi’s was not a by-word then. For school uniforms, we would love to wear our khaki pants from the famous RTW shop called Macomber in Quiapo.

Or, our parents would just buy us a pair of Sabur or Savalbarro khakis.

When it came to footwear, siyempre mas maganda pasadya especially when you want a good Chuka Boots, Spanish Boots or Beatles Boots. You went to Glen-

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more or Camara shoe makers. Pag casual naman siyempre US Keds, pero kung medyo low budget lang e puwede na rin ang US Kids.

For sports shoes you would want a pair of Converse Chuck Taylor, and if you were on a low budget you bought Custombuilt or Edwardson. But if you wanted to fl oat on water (as the advertise-ment claimed) you wore Marcelo Rubber Shoes black! Yan ang

sinusuot ni Kenkoy. Blockbuster movies were: The

Ten Commandments, Shane, High Noon, King and I, South Pacifi c, Horrors of Dracula, Gunfi ght at OK Corral, Psycho, House on Haunted Hill, Magnifi cent Seven, The Alamo, Spartacus, West Side Story, Ben Hur, Longest Day, Madame X, Guns of Navarone, King of Kings, El Cid, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Birds, Elvis’

movies like Love Me Tender, Loving You, Jailhouse Rock, King Creole, Blue Hawaii , GI Blues, and the Beatles’ Hard Days Night, Help, Yellow Submarine, The Graduate, Romeo and Juliet and of course the ever popular The Sound of Music.

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Question: I borrowed money from my friend and used my ful-ly paid car as collateral. If I fi le a Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition can the trustee sell my car to pay off my creditors? What happens to the debt I owe my friend?

Answer: Yes, only if the lien was not perfected by your friend and your car can no longer be covered by an exemption. Your friend’s unsecured loan will be discharged but you can still pay your friend if you want to.

What is the purpose of per-fecting liens?

A creditor needs to perfect a lien in order to make the col-lateral a security on the personal property subject of the security agreement. An example is loan on a car where the debtor signs a security agreement pledging the car as collateral which the lender can repossess if the debtor fails to pay the loan secured by the car.

If the lien was not perfected, then once a Chapter 7 petition is fi led the collateral or the car or its value should better be cov-ered by an exemption otherwise it will be liquidated by the trust-ee. The purpose of perfecting a lien is to shield the collateral from the reach of the bankruptcy trustee who could sell it to pay off creditors if such car cannot be exempted.

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car renders the debt unsecured, for purposes of administering the bankruptcy estate. Since the Trustee administers the bank-ruptcy estate which includes the car, the trustee now can sell the car and pay off the creditors. This means that even though you have signed a security agreement with your friend making your car the collateral, your debt is no longer secured.

Therefore you can amend your Schedule F to include your friend as an unsecured creditor and that debt will be discharged. Meaning you don’t owe your friend anymore. And I think you need to do this even if you want to pay your friend back just in case there is a falling out be-tween you and your friend, then you are no longer obligated to pay. You can also just let it be and continue paying your friend as if her lien is still secured.

How is a lien perfected?

A lien is perfected when it is registered with the Department of State of the State of Califor-nia. When you see the name of the company where you bor-rowed money to buy your car in the DMV registration then your lender has perfected their lien. The Trustee cannot take the property subject of the lien specially if there’s equity so it can sell the car to pay off your creditors. The creditor that per-fected the lien gets the protection of having your debt secured by a property like a car.

Who benefi ts from perfection of lien, you or the creditor?

It is to the creditor’s benefi t that it should perfect its lien. You the debtor has no obligation to look out for the interest of your creditor, the creditor should look out for itself. However if the creditor happens to be a friend who is always there to help, whenever you needed help, then even if she losses her security then you might feel a moral obligation to repay the loan. It’s entirely up to you. The law allows you to pay a discharged debt at your leisure because you are no longer bound by the contract to pay the loan or to pay it at specifi c dates.

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“Since you were born in May, the month when the Santacru-zan is held, we thought that we would organize one for you,” her

mother explained to Amy when she was old enough to under-stand.

Although she never admitted it to her, Amy believed that it was a way for her grandmother and mother to make up for the guilt feeling they had since Amy was growing up without her biologi-cal father.

“NOT THERE, MAX,” AMY YELLED AT THE DOG as it was about to relieve itself by the side of the refrigerator. As if he understood the order, Max, with its tail between its legs, walked toward the restroom where a dog potty was placed. Amy turned on the television as she started cleaning up the kitchen. She put the cereal boxes away, rinsed the plates and glasses, and put the dishware in the dishwasher. She then went upstairs to clean the bedrooms.

She had to work fast. The chil-


dren would be back from school and would need snacks. The happy days when a Santacruzan was being held in her honor were long over. Today, she is no longer the pampered child, the apple of everybody’s eye. She is a maid in Manhattan, New York, who has to keep working to be able to feed her children, whom she has not seen since they were kids, back home.

On the radio, Doris Day’s clas-sic song, “Que Sera, Sera (What will be, will be)” was playing:

When I was just a little girlI asked my mother, what will

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When she turned five years old, her mother and grandmother vowed to the Virgin Mary to hold yearly Santacruzan in Amy’s honor until she turned eighteen.

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gun position.In the words of the Medal of

Honor citation: “There he orga-nized a volunteer squad which placed the gun back in commis-sion and fired effectively against the enemy, although the position remained under constant heavy Japanese artillery fire.”

Like Valley Forge or Alamo, Bataan has become a piece of folklore that inspired national sentiment. Filipinos who had es-caped from the notorious “Death March” organized guerrilla outfits, harassed the Japanese for years, and facilitated the liberation of the Philippines by an honorary Filipino – General Douglas Mac-Arthur.

After April 9, 1942, the Scouts’ units were still fighting and were determined to carry on. Of those who survived the Death March and the starvation and sufferings at the Camp O’Donnell POW camp, many went out to form or join guerilla bands to carry on their fight after their release. They harassed the enemy for three years and provided vital intelligence to General MacArthur’ headquar-ters. During the bleak years of l942-l944, they strove to establish contact with General MacArthur’s headquarters in Australia and to contest the Japanese control of the Philippines. In the months of intense fighting to subdue the Japanese forces in the Philippines

in 1945, these Scouts play a major role.”

“The 50-day conquest of the Philippines as predicted by the Japanese high command had taken six months. The valiant stand of the Philippine Scouts had bought enough time to save Australia and New Zealand from invasion. These two countries would then become the staging point from which MacArthur would launch his island-hopping campaign leading to his wading ashore on a Leyte beach in mid-October 1944, thereby making good promise “I shall return.”

But there were some Filipinos not attached to the military, like the Negritoes, remnants of the Old-stone age in the Philippines, who contributed to the American operations against the Japanese.

Balugas of central LuzonIn the early part of the war,

recounted James G. Wingo. ”Gen-eral” Tomas, chieftain of the wild Balugas, a mixed Negrito tribe, marched down from his mountain hut in central Luzon behind three Japanese airmen he captured after they bailed out of their planes.

Tomas delivered the prisoners to the American forces and then, drawing himself up to his full height of four feet, informed the U.S. that the Balugas, in solemn conclave, had decided to ally themselves with America and would declare war on Japan.

There is also the story of an Igorot of Northern Luzon who,

with only a bolo in his hand, rode atop an American tank to meet the Japanese in a hand-to-hand combat. General MacArthur said, in reference to this, “When you mention the Igorot, take off your hat,” as quoted by Wingo.

Response to War in U.S.Carlos Bulosan was enjoying

himself in a Los Angeles bar when he heard over the radio the bomb-ing of Pearl Harbor. Shocked, he rushed outside, looked for a familiar face, and saw his brother Macario, who was equally stunned by the event. The two walked aimlessly in the street, anxiously thinking of home, worried about the future of their mother and two sisters whom they left behind many years back.

Instinctively, the brothers and some 80,000 or more Filipinos – farm workers, waiters, taxi drivers, college students and professional men throughout the country and Hawaii -- rushed to the nearest recruiting stations and asked to be taken in by the United States Army. “The reaction was a rev-elation not only in the American people, most of whom had never stopped to consider Filipino loyal-ties,” writer Bienvenido Santos proudly observed, “but also to Filipino themselves who suddenly discovered that many years away from home, had not killed their patriotism.”

Much to their dismay, the Fili-pino volunteers were turned down

on a technicality of the Amended Selective Service Act of 1940. The law applied to all citizens and aliens residing in America. And Filipinos were neither citizens nor aliens, but “nationals” owing allegiance to the United States. Congressional revision of the law was necessary if Filipinos were to participate in the war efforts. This ruling infuriated many volunteers, who felt it was another form of discrimination against Filipinos.

As the U.S. War Department be-gan to revise its strategy of war in the Asia Pacific, Filipinos became anxious as to what consideration would be given them as regards participation. A group of Filipino leaders, including members of the Caballeros de Dimas Alang, a large fraternal organization, and the Philippine Resident Commis-sioner Joaquin M. Elizalde lobbied in Washington D.C. and California for Filipino participation in the defense program.

In San Diego County, A.B. Santos, a college student at San Diego State University, drew up a petition and traveled tirelessly in the County – Coronado, National City, Chula Vista, Santee, Lemon Grove, and Escondido –to solicit signatures from Filipino busboys, cooks, farmhands, and other workers. He was later drafted to join the Second Filipino Infantry Regiment and saw action in New Guinea (Irian Barat, Indonesia) and the Philippines. - Riz


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