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Manila Mail (May 16-31, 2015)
Manila Mail (May 16-31, 2015)
Canadas
Prime
Minister
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WASHINGTON
D.C.
Fil-Am lawyers coming to the aid
of Filipino teacher Erwin Magnaye said they will make sure he
gets ample representation and
due process in the courts amid
what appears to be as a rush to
judgement over the sex abuse
allegations of a nine-year-old
school kid in Landover, Md.
Authorities said the victims mother reported to police
that Magnaye kissed her son
in a classroom and had also
touched him inappropriately
a number of times in September
last year. But the mother of the
The US Navys littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) conducts a
routine patrol in international waters near the Spratly Islands in the South
China Sea last May 11, shadowed (background) by the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army-Navys guided-missile frigate Yancheng (FFG 546) as shown
from this US Pacific Command photo.
Erwin Magnaye
alleged victim did not contact
authorities until last February.
Prince Georges County
police then placed Magnaye
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Jenner models PH
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Senate
hearing. We have a
problem but we
havent given
up our claim
to Pagasa. That
remains ours.
I dont think
PH eyes ban on
matchmaking sites
MANILA. Philippine lawmakers have approved a measure
aimed at protecting Filipino men
and women against unlawful
matchmaking, also known as the
Anti-Mail Order Spouse bill.
The House of Representatives passed the proposed law on
2nd reading last May 12, finally
addressing the problem of gullible
Filipinos being drawn to abusive
relationships, often by foreigners
and through the internet, with the
promise of living overseas.
It shall prevent the exploitation of Filipino and protect them
from unlawful practices, businesses and schemes which offer
Filipinos for marriage to unscrupulous foreign nationals and expose
them to abuse, exploitation, prostitution and violent situations,
explained bill co-author Bulacan
Rep. Linabelle Ruth Villarica.
The bill would outlaw any
business, including matchmaking
websites that offer membership,
Congress wants to ban matchmaking sites that spawn
whether for free or with a fee and
the countrys problems with mail order brides
have for their purpose the matching of Filipinos for marriage or common advertisements, whether in print or
law partnership to foreign nationals on a online, of matchmaking enterprises. Viomail-order basis, personal introduction or lators can be punished with 15 years in jail
or up to P5 million ($116,000) in fines or
emails or websites.
If passed into law, it will ban all both.
Asian American and Pacific Islander delegates on Capitol Hill last year
ranking federal officials to cel-
years.
Month, he noted.
White House summit organizers said it was unprecedented
and historic. In a forthcoming
book, author Grace Ji-Sun Kim
wrote that this years observance should also be occasion to
look deeper into racism towards
Asian American Pacific Islanders, especially against women.
Today, AAPIs encounter
racism, prejudice, and stereotyping in all aspects of life. The color
of a persons skin still determines
ones place and role in society as
well as the expectations others
have of the person, she wrote.
percent, respectively.
The
survey
conducted
March 20-23, also found that
about 8 million Filipinos believe
they eat poorly (food-poor).
The SWS said the food-based
poverty metric fell to record lows
in NCR and the rest of Luzon,
delegation of ambassadors on a
three-day trip to Gilgit-Baltistan,
where they were set to inspect
projects and meet with Prime
Minister Sharif.
The military and Pakistans
foreign office said the crash was
due to a technical fault while
landing. It was Pakistans worst
air crash since 2012, when a
Boeing 737 passenger plane went
down in Islamabad, killing 130
people.
In 1988, a plane crash killed
Pakistans then military-ruler
General Zia-ul-Haq as well as
the US ambassador at the time,
Arnold Raphel.
A lawyer by profession,
Lucenario served the country
in various capacities, including
assignments in Germany, Hong
Kong, Australia, and as former
Philippine ambassador to Kenya.
He was the Philippine permanent representative to the UN
Environment Program and the
UN Human Settlements Program
(UN Habitat). He also served as
deputy chief of presidential protocol under the Ramos administration aside from various positions in the home office.
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McMahons mother Shelley Campanella and sister Jennifer Smith signaled theyve had
enough. Were stuck relying
on a legal system thats clearly
broken and corrupt, Campanella said.
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Around DC in Pictures
From left, Manila Mail editor Bing Cardenas Banigin, a member of the Scholarship Committee in University of
Maryland-College Parks Asian American Studies Program (AAST); KAYAs Emil Trinidad; Joel Vasquez of UMCPFCA; Mencie Hairston, Scholarship Committee and AAST Adviser; AAST Professor Gem Dauz; and retired US Army
Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba, a member of the Scholarship Committee, at the 15th year anniversary of AAST program.
The University of Marylands AAST provides students with the opportunity to critically study the experiences of Asian
Americans. Through an interdisciplinary approach, students examine the histories, communities and cultures of Asian
Americans as both a distinctive from and connected to the broader themes of diversity, ethnicity, race, gender, sexual
orientation and migration in the
Americas. AAST offers a 15-credit
minor program for students who
wish to develop a specialization in
Asian American Studies along with
their degree pursuits.
The Natacha Koval Memorial Fund for Development & Public Health was
launched in Washington D.C. last May 4. Photo shows, from left, Philippine
Ambassador Jose L. Cuisia Jr., President and CEO Andy Koval, and Dr.
Ayoub, President of Muslim Relief International. The Natacha Koval Memorial Fund aims to provide treatment for children suffering pediatric cancer
and focused treatment for women with or at risk of breast cancer in poor,
marginalized communities. The foundation included the Philippines as one
of their priority countries. (Photo by Bing Cardenas Branigin)
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Amb. Cuisia (far right), thanks the Philippine Nurses Associations of Metropolitan Washington, D.C. for setting up a First Aid station.
Members of the Kultura Pilipino from Richmond, Va. performing an updated version of Maglalatik folk dance.
Amb. Cuisia welcomes 2nd and 3rd generations of Filipino Americans at the
annual Passport DC event.
Members of the Fil-Am group Wandering Lies Rock and Acoustics Band posed for a picture with Amb. Cuisia.
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person-to-person international
money transfers from the United
States. Its digital service uses the
latest technology to eliminate the
forms, codes, agents, extra time
and fees typical of the traditional
money transfer process.
Remitly is authorized to
operate in 45 states and sends
millions of dollars to thousands
of people each week. Remitly
is backed by industry-leading
investors, including DFJ, DN
Capital, Trilogy Partnership, and
QED Investors. Remitly is headquartered in Seattle, WA with
additional offices in the Philippines.
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Journalist
investigations
touch on the interests of powerful individuals who are backed
with armed forces, and journalists can suffer for their investigations, said Kine.
The Committee to Protect
Journalists (CPJ) pointed out
there are no convictions in almost
90 percent of the murder cases,
and that the culture of impunity
remains the greatest threat to
press freedom in the Philippines.
Since President Benigno
Aquino took office in 2010 partly
behind on a vow to stop extrajudicial killings, 26 journalists have
been killed and suspects have
been arrested in only six of those
cases, the HRW report said.
I cannot deny the fact that
there is still that perception or
belief that there is the culture of
impunity. But that is something
that this administration is trying
to end -- the culture of impunity, Justice Secretary Leila de
Lima was quoted by CNN.
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Staten
Islands
Fil-Am
Kusina owner Manny Imperial
said, Im really happy that we
are actually having a Filipino
Restaurant Week. So the curiosity a lot of people have, always
wanting to try something new, is
what I hope most people would
discover.
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and telecommunications.
He said President Aquino
vowed to continue focusing on
investments in people and hoped
that the next administration will
continue initiatives such as the
K to 12, intensified technicalvocational skill training, and job
matching, and social protection
programs such as conditional
cash transfer, universal health
care and socialized housing.
Donald Guloien, Manulife
Financial CEO, expressed the
upbeat confidence of Canadian
business in the Philippine economy, Coloma revealed.
The President said the
improved Philippine economy
brought down the national
unemployment rate to its lowest
in October 2014. In terms of
investments, Aquino said foreign investments shot up to $6.2
billion in 2014 from $1.07 billion
Manila-based
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percent.
Roxas is reportedly exploring the possibility of asking the
neophyte senator to be his run-
said
Mayweather
defamed
her by describing her unfairly as
a drug abuser during an interview with Yahoos Katie Couric
in April.
Harris claims she has suffered humiliation and emotional
and physical distress as a result
of Mayweathers statements, and
is seeking more than $20 million
in damages.
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artist
WASHINGTON
Virginia-based
Filipino
Kendall Jenner
sonality Kendall Jenner.
Hi, Im Kendall and Im
excited to announce that I am
the newest face of Penshoppe.
Jenner confirmed via a YouTube
video that she is the newest
endorser of Filipino clothing
store Penshoppe.
Hadrian Mendoza
art works done in the past 20
years. With an eye for ever morphing shapes and a peripatetic
hunger for experimentation with
earth, wind, and fire in his kiln,
his creative partners, Mendoza
has produced surprising creations and post-modern expressions with the ancient medium,
raising the bar each time to more
challenging levels that puts
viewers in other artistic media in
awe.
When he finished business management at the University of Mary Washington in
1996, including art studies at the
Corcoran School of the Arts and
Design that began in 1996, Mendoza decided to be a full-time
potter after he saw a very active
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The saga of Mary Jane
Veloso
MANILA.
f youre a Filipino, you
couldnt help but feel the ache
in your heart over the story of
Mary Jane Veloso. Heres another
story of one of us, a victim of circumstances in a cruel world that
preys on the naive and vulnerable.
Luckily, she got a reprieve
from execution.
On the days before Mary
Janes announced execution in
Indonesia for drug trafficking,
every time she was on the news,
it was hard to look at her face,
the one they put on the posters
to dramatize her plight. They
chose the right photograph of
her, looking out into nothingness, haggard yet stoic.
Whose fault is it that every
now and then we as a people
find ourselves tearing our hair
and gnashing our teeth over sad
news about fellow Filipinos falling into heart-rending situations
abroad?
Is it our governments fault
that its unable to create enough
jobs so that we wouldnt have to
leave our shores to earn a living
elsewhere?
Is it the fault of the private
sector thats unable to grow the
economy enough so that all Filipinos can have a job?
Is it the fault of our educational system thats unable
to produce graduates who can
compete for higher-level jobs
instead of the typical vacancies
abroad that put our countrymen
and women in exploitative situations that endanger their lives in
the process?
Is it the fault of our countrymen and women who venture
out into what is an unknown
world to them and put themselves in harms way? Is it their
fault that they go to unsafe
places even when our government warns them not to go? Is
it their fault that they take their
chances as illegal residents in foreign countries?
The answer is probably all
of the above.
I dont know if Mary Jane
Veloso is indeed innocent of the
charge of drug trafficking as her
family claims. But, as in the aftermath of the Mamasapano incident in Mindanao last January 25
involving the death of elite police
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Immigration Notes
By: J. G. Azarcon, Esq.
Parole in
place
T
Unsung Heroes
he USCIS on November
15, 2013 issued a Policy
Memorandum clarifying
the treatment of alien relatives of
United States military personnel.
Spouses, parents and children of active duty service
members, including veterans
and reservists, who are present in the United States without
valid immigration status will
be granted parole status. This
temporary status will shield
qualified aliens from deportation. Unless the alien has been
convicted of serious crimes, it is
likely that parole will be granted.
It is given on yearly increments.
Under current law, aliens
who enter the country without
inspection ordinarily would
not qualify for adjustment of
status unless granted parole. For
instance, the spouse of an active
duty soldier who crossed the
border into the US would not be
able to adjust to permanent resident without exiting the country to apply for an immigrant
visa. The problem however is
that once the alien exits the US,
he/she may have to wait for
an indefinite time before being
granted an immigrant visa to
return. This can be avoided if the
alien obtains a stateside waiver
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STUFFED EGGPLANT
(Vegetarian)
I cooked this recipe during
a cooking demo Faith and Food
Philippines 2015 at the Trinity House in Leesburg, Virginia
on May 9. Eggplant is a spongy,
mild-tasting vegetable thats
meaty yet low in calories. Its
never eaten raw, but it can be
baked, grilled, or sauted. Compared to the familiar American
eggplant, Filipino or Chinese
eggplants have thinner skins, a
more delicate flavor, and not as
many of the seeds that tend to
make eggplants bitter. The best
eggplants are firm and shiny
eggplants with unbroken skin.
Male eggplants tend to have
fewer seeds, and are therefore
less bitter than female eggplants.
To sex an eggplant, look at the
Ingredients:
2 small size eggplants (the
long kind)
1 cup chopped yellow
onions
1/2 cup diced, mushrooms,
finely chopped
1/2 cup diced carrot
1/4 cup diced potato
1/4 cup frozen green peas
Methods:
To cook the stuffing: Sweat
the onions in vegetable oil and
add mushrooms, carrots and
potato, and saut the vegetables
until half-cooked. Add green
peas and red bell pepper and
continue cooking for another
two minutes and season with
salt and pepper. Set the stuffing
aside until cool and remove any
excess juice.
To prepare the eggplant:
Steam the eggplants until tender.
(If using a microwave oven, cook
for 6 to 8 minutes for 2 eggplants
tayo.
Ambo: (Inakyat ang puno
ng istar apol.) Oo pare, hinog na
hinog na.
Kokoy: O sige. Bumaba ka
na at susungkitin natin.
BEAUTIFUL
A man was just waking up
from anesthesia after surgery,
and his wife was sitting by his
side. His eyes fluttered open and
he said, Youre beautiful. Then
he fell asleep again. His wife had
never heard him say that before,
so she stayed by his side. A few
minutes later his eyes fluttered
open and he said, Youre cute.
The wife was disappointed
because instead of beautiful,
it was now cute. She asked,
What happened to beautiful?
The man replied, The drugs are
starting to wear off.
ACTS 2:38
An elderly woman had just
returned to her home from an
evening of Church services when
she was startled by an intruder.
She caught the man in the
act of robbing her home of its
valuables and yelled, Stop! Acts
2:38! (Repent and be baptized,
in the name of Jesus Christ so
that your sins may be forgiven.)
The burglar stopped in his
tracks. The woman calmly called
the police and explained what
she had done.
As the officer cuffed the man
to take him in, he asked the burglar, Why did you just stand
there? All the old lady did was
GOOD REASON
Wife: Where the heck have
you been? You said youd be home
by noon after your golf game!
Husband:
Im
so
sorry
Honey... but you probably
dont want to hear the reason.
Wife: I want the truth,
and
I
want
it
NOW!
Husband: Fine. We finished in
under 4 hours, quick beer in the
clubhouse, I hopped in the car,
and would have been here at 12
on the dot. On the way home, I
spotted a girl half our age struggling with a flat tire. I changed it
in a jiffy, and next shes offering
me money. Of course I refuse it.
Then she tells me she was headed
to the bar at the Sheraton and
begs me to stop so she can buy
me a beer. Shes such a sweetie, I
said yes. Before you know it - one
beer turned to three or four, and
I guess we were looking pretty
good to each other. Then she tells
me she has a room at the Sheraton less than 50 steps from our
table. She suggested we get some
privacy while pulling me by the
hand. Now Im in her room....
clothes are flying... the talking
stopped, and we proceeded to
have sex in every way imaginable. It must have gone on for
SINO BA TALAGA?
Mister: Honey, ang feeling
ko hindi mo na ako mahal.
Misis: Bakit mo naman
nasabi yan?
Mister: Kasi kung ako ang
kumakain ng marami, galit na
galit ka. Pero pag yung alaga
mong baboy ang maraming
nakain, tuwang-tuwa ka. Sino ba
talaga ang mahal mo sa amin?
DEDICATED
Isang araw, nag-uwi si
Bruno ng trabaho.
Bruno: Pasensiya ka na
mahal, rush lang ito, eh.
Misis: Ano ka ba naman
Bruno. ikaw lang ang embalsamador na nagdadala ng trabaho
sa bahay!
HINOG NA
Kokoy: Pare, mukhang
hinog na yung kaimito, o. Akyatin mo nga para makasiguro
SAKSI
Pulis: Sinong nakasaksi sa
aksidente?
Tomas: Ako po, sir.
Pulis: Naplakahan mo ba
yung sasakyan?
Tomas: 4 po sir.
Pulis: Anong 4? May
kasunod pa ba?
Tomas: For Registration
po sir.
SA OSPITAL
Nars: Doktor, bakit niyo
tinanggihan yung pasyente
kanina?
Doktor: Saan?... Dun sa
Delivery Room?
Nars: Hindi, yung nasa
Receiving Room.
Doktor: Ahhh, yung bakla.
Nars: Opo, Baka sabihin
may discrimination tayo, porke
bakla siya.
Doktor: Nakuuu!... ano
naman ang ra-raspahin ko sa
kanya, no?
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What a Tale My Abs
Would Tell
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Opinion 29
Barking at
the wrong
dog
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Remembering
Gerry Jumat
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Life outside
TPP
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Gerry Jumat (Photo courtesy of Lara So)
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