Araw ng Kagitingan - Filipinos Making Waves

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APRIL 2016
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55 million Filipinos hit the polls May 9 as "Digong" and “Bongbong” lead surveys for Prez and VP race respectively
EDITORIAL
WHO WILL IT BE?
The road to Malacanang…
May 9, the day of reckoning.
Who will lead the 100 million Filipinos in the next six
years?
Will it be the popular (or
dreaded by criminals) Davao city mayor Rodrigo
“Digong” Duterte or the
adoptive daughter of the
late Fernando Poe Jr., Grace
Poe Llamanzares, viewed
by some as unqualified bet
due to her questioned citizenship and residency or
Vice president Jejomar
“Jojo” Binay who is reeling
from numerous charges of
corruption and unexplained
wealth or former secretary
of local government Mar
Roxas, of the wealthy Araneta clan who suffers from
an image problem of not
connected to the masses or
the loquacious but highly
intelligent Miriam Defensor
Santiago, now on her second shot at the presidency
but has a health problem
that hampers her campaign.
Take your pick but whoever
gets the people’s nod will
definitely face unimagina-
Araw ng Kagitingan
APRIL 9, 2016:
ble or seemingly insurmountable host of challenges that range from the decades long Mindanao problem (or how to finally pass
into law the Bangsa Moro
Basic law or any alternative
solutions), the growing
drug problem, criminality,
traffic mess, the China-West
Philippine sea claim and
most of all, graft and cor-
ruption at all levels of society.
And so on the May 9, 2016
General Elections, we shall
wait with bated breath
whether the automated
elections will be glitch-free.
And most of all, will it be
fair, clean and honest… free
of violence and irregulari(Continued on page 4)
BROCKA,WHANG-OD MAKE
WAVES IN TORONTO
A YEARLY REMEMBRANCE OF THE BATTLES OF BATAAN, CORREGIDOR AND THE INFAMOUS DEATH MARCH
NEWSFEATURE (A special reprint from the Philippine Daily
Express on Corregidor May 6, 1983)
JAPAN’S ‘FASCINATION’
WITH CORREGIDOR
By Tenny F. Soriano
Long before the war clouds of World War II started gathering
in the east, Japan had shown special interest in a beautiful
little island at Manila bay.
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AFP troopers pursue
Abu Sayaff, 18 soldiers
dead - PAGE 3
Kidapawan farmers
battle police, 2 killed PAGE 7
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Roach :“There won’t be
another Pacquiao” - PG 3
Toronto`s Royal Ontario Museum features the works of PH legendary and oldest tattoo artist , Apo Wang-od until Sept 5, 2016.
Two Pinoy greats, both artists in their own right, are
currently being honoured
and celebrated in the city of
Toronto for their body of
work in their respective
crafts through film screenings and exhibits.
The two are the late National Artist Lino Brocka
whose
classic
film,
"Insiang", is now part Toronto Film Festival (TIFF)
Restored Film festival that
started April 9 and ends
April 26, 2016 at the new
TIFF Bell Lightbox facility
and, 93-year old legendary
"mambabatok" (a term to
describe a traditional way
of body tattooing in Kalinga
province,
Philippines).
Whang-Od, whose works
are part of an exhibit at the
Royal Ontario Museum
(ROM) titled "Tattoo, Ritual, Identity, Obsession and
April 2016
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First Love, First "Apo"
Riley Teresa-Castro, made a hasty entrance to this topsy-turvy world, a believer, perhaps to the
saying. "the early bird catches the worm". or maybe, eager to bask in the sunshine and warmth of
her mother, Cassandra Castro, daughter to Teresa Torralba and stepdad, Mon Torralba and in the
embrace of Joey Castro, son to Dr. Jose Castro Sr. and Librada Reyes Castro.
Yes, Riley came a little bit too early, too close for comfort, but made a remarkable progress as the
days and weeks went by to become that healthy and normal child. She is a story of survival, determination ready to face the rough and tumble that is called
LIFE.
At her baptism on Easter Sunday, March 27, at St. Patrick’s church in Toronto and at the reception at the Kalayaan Centre in Mississauga, her debut to the world
was filled with laughter, a reunion and fusion of families and most of all, music simply because a side of his family are compleat musicians starting with the
"Lolo" (prefers to be called “Papa”) Mon Torralba, whose composition of the iconic Hotdog ditty, “Pers Lab," could have been unwittingly composed in anticipation of the first such lovely "Apo", RILEY.
Photos by Joel Bautista, Romy Marquez &Tony Mendoza
Ninong Carlos, Papa, Lola, Mama, officiating priest,
Mom & Dad.
Riley's mom Cassandra shows her deftness with the
guitar, sharing a number with Ninong Tristan Torralba
With Ninangs & Ninongs: Jane, Cindy, Carlos & Tristan.
Not in photo: Michael & Rashida
Uncles and Aunts (L-R Front) Carlos, Cole, Presley,
Cheska, Chloe, Jade & Kaitlin Mendoza, (Back) Mark &
Myles with Damian
My Lolo Sgt Philip and Lola Lovely’s offsprings, Kaitlin,
Presley and Bryce belted out Beyonce’s Love on Top &
Bruno Mars’ Treasure.
Texas relatives L-R Mon, Joey Riley, Cassie, Ninang
Jane, Mamita Marlene and Lolo Vit.
April 2016
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Manila Feedback
Duterte, Bongbong surge
to top – SWS
Roach: There won’t be
another Pacquiao
By Helen Flores
By Roy Luarca
Presidential aspirant Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and vice presidential bet
Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. have surged to the number one spot in the
latest quarterly Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey. File photos
MANILA, Philippines - Five weeks before the May elections, presidential
aspirant Davao City Mayor Rodrigo
Duterte and vice presidential bet Sen.
Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. have
surged to the number one spot in the
latest quarterly Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey.
Duterte grabbed the lead from former
frontrunner Sen. Grace Poe in the
presidential race, the pollster said.
Results of the SWS first quarter survey
conducted from March 30 to April 2
showed that 27 percent of respondents preferred the tough-talking
Duterte.
Duterte’s rating was four points up
from the 23 percent he obtained in the
March 8 to 11 poll.
Poe, United Nationalist Alliance (UNA)
candidate Vice President Jejomar Binay and Liberal Party (LP) standard
bearer Manuel Roxas II are statistically
tied for second place, with scores of 23
percent, 20 percent and 18 percent,
respectively.
Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago’s rating
remained steady at three percent.
Poe’s rating went down six points
from 29 percent.
Binay’s score also dropped two points
from 22 percent.
But Roach knows that with Pacquiao’s
retirement, the hustle and bustle at his
gym will ease soon.
Life goes on at the sweatshop here
where Manny Pacquiao honed his
skills, under the guidance of Freddie
Roach, to reach boxing’s pinnacle of
success.
The seven-time Trainer of the Year
swears he wouldn’t have reached the
top had Pacquiao, accompanied by his
late manager Rod Nazario, not
18 soldiers, 5 Abus killed in
Basilan clashes
By Roel Pareño
The survey used face-to-face interviews with 1,500 adults nationwide –
1,377 or 92 percent of them registered
voters.
It has sampling error margins of plus
or minus three percentage points.
Results of the latest SWS survey were
published in BusinessWorld yesterday.
Bongbong takes solo lead
Marcos, runningmate of Santiago, took
the solo lead in the vice presidential
race, garnering 26 percent from 25
percent in the previous survey.
Sen. Francis Escudero, who is running
with Poe, and LP bet Camarines Sur
Rep. Leni Robredo are statistically tied
for second spot with 21 percent and
19 percent, respectively.
Escudero lost seven points from 28
by The Standard
night at the Asian Hospital
Muntinlupa City. He was 80.
in
A top journalist and news executive for
almost 50 years, Reyes started his career in the pre-martial law Manila
Times and served in various capacities
in several newspapers before he put up
the Manila Standard in 1987.
He is best known for an expose on heroin addicts in 1961, for which he was
acclaimed Journalist of the Year. Reyes
was also chosen one of Ten Outstanding Young Men and received a Presidential Award from President Carlos
Garcia and a Nieman Fellowship from
Harvard University.
FORMER two-time press secretary
Rodolfo T. Reyes, the first publisher
and editor-in-chief of the Manila Standard, passed away early last (April 14)
HOLLYWOOD—The lights are on as
health buffs exercise and boxers train
at Wild Card Gym on Monday night.
Roxas lost a point from 19 percent in
the previous survey.
Standard founder Rod Reyes,
80
Rodolfo T. Reyes
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He served former Presidents Fidel V.
Ramos and Joseph Estrada as press
secretary and was also appointed de
facto ambassador to Taiwan.
Reyes is survived by his wife Vivina,
children Theresa Alvarez and Jun Jun
and six grandchildren. ⦿
Army chief Lt. Gen. Eduardo Ano, Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin and AFP
chief Gen. Hernando Iriberri visit one of the wounded soldiers at a military hospital
in Zamboanga City yesterday. ROEL PAREÑO
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines – At
least 18 soldiers and five Abu Sayyaf
members, including a Moroccan terrorist, were killed in a battle that grew so
close since Friday (April 8) it included
hand-to-hand combat at a village in
Tipo-Tipo town, Basilan province, a
military spokesman confirmed.
Western
Mindanao
Command
(Westmincom) spokesman Major
Filemon Tan Jr. said that some soldiers
were beheaded, but he declined to give
the exact numbers as ground forces
continue to validate the allegation. He
noted, though, that the clash wounded
56 soldiers and 20 Abu Sayyaf members.
The battle erupted after 120 Abu Sayyaf terrorists ambushed troops sent
for an offensive at Sitio Bayoko in Barangay Baguindan, he added. The gunfight lasted 10 hours.
“Naunahan sila,” Tan said, explaining
that the terrorists initially had the upper ground and were using highpowered weapons and explosives to
stop the troops whose mission was to
capture Abu Sayyaf leader Isnilon
Hapilon.
The first volley, he reported, immediately left several soldiers dead.
Armed Forces chief of staff Gen. Hernando Iriberri confirmed that Moroccan bomb expert Mohammad Khattab
and Ubaida Hapilon, son of the Sayyaf
leader, were among those killed.
Khattab is an Islamic jihadist who was
unifying the Abu Sayyaf with international terrorist groups. His companion,
Malaysian jihadist Mohammad Najib
Hussein alias Abu Anas, was killed by
the military last Dec. 15.
The military has yet to officially release the names of the fatalities pending notification of their next of kin. Tan
said they were from the 44th Infantry
battalion, 4th Special Forces battalion
and 4th Cavalry troops.
Although craters were seen on the
ground, he explained that these were
not caused by land mines but by mortars and M203 rounds fired by the Sayyaf fighters led by Isnilon Hapilon and
Furuji Indama.
“But the troops managed to retaliate
and repel the Abu Sayyaf militants
from seizing the momentum,” Tan said.
He added that military operations continue as the terrorist groups withdrew
and splintered into smaller factions to
evade pursuing troops. – With Jaime
Laude. THE PHILIPPINE STAR ⦿
April 2016
Waves
EDITORIAL
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WHO WILL IT BE?
COUNTERPOINT
Tenny F. Soriano
ties?
This is our best shot to show all and sundry that indeed,
we are still the best democracy in Southeast Asia despite
frailties and difficulties.
The 2016 General Elections will be the 16th Presidential
Elections since 1935.
It will also see the election of a Vice President, six of
whom candidates are contesting the 2nd plum position of
the land.
The “Spare Tire”
Lost in the heat of the Philippine presidential elections is the contest for the
supporting role or that of
the vice presidency.
Long regarded as a “spare
tire” the vice president or
veep and VP for short is
more often than not , relegated to unimportant roles
or positions for “political
expediency” usually in situations when he is not a party mate of the elected president.
They are senators Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Francis
“Chiz” Escudero, Peter Alan Cayetano, Antonio”Sonny
Trillanes, Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan and the lone woman
candidate, Rep. Leni Robredo.
Also at stake are 12 senate seats (senators are elected alternately in batches of 12 with staggering terms) for a total 24 ;297 slots in the lower house (congressmen or representatives; all governors and vice governors and 772
seats in provincial boards for all the 81 provinces of the
Philippines; all mayors and vice mayors for 145 cities and
1,489 municipalities of the Philippines; all members of
city councils and 11,924 seats on municipal councils in
the Philippines; governor, vice-governor for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
There are at least a total of 55 million registered voters
with 1.38 million based overseas or the so-called Absentee Voters.
The absentee voters have started casting their votes since
April 9-and will last up to May 9. Please get in touch with
your consulates or embassy on details of the absentee
voting.
VOTE WISELY!
In pre-martial law era
when the president can run
for re-election, the VP is
viewed with “suspicion” on
the assumption that he is
always coveting the next
higher position.
This explains perhaps why
some Philippine presidents
appointed their VEEPs as
secretary of foreign affairs
because the cabinet post
requires frequent trips
abroad. This way, he won’t
have time going around the
country to lay the groundwork for his “eventual”
campaign for presidency.
Or he is appointed to a very
irrelevant position where
he gets zero exposure or
publicity.
Such moves destroy his
worth as a potential
“presidentiable” and diminish
his
winning
strength or “winnability”.
A case in point was the late
Emmanuel Pelaez who was
elected vice president in
1961 as running mate of
President
Diosdado
Macapagal. He was appointed as foreign affairs
secretary but resigned the
position two years later in
1963 after a dispute with
Macapagal.
With Pelaez out, Macapagal
of course became his party’s official candidate for
president. Pelaez, meanwhile jumped to another
political party in 1965
where he contested the
presidential nominations
against then senator Marcos but lost due to a widely
known alleged violation of
a “gentlemen’s agreement”
by the latter in the national
convention.
Being a decent man, Pelaez
relied on Marcos’ word
who was by then a very
crafty
and
shrewd
backroom operator.
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Under Philippine Constitution, the vice president
should be an elected official unlike in the United
States, where the winning
presidential candidate carries his teammate to victory.
But how important is the
position? The phrase “a
heartbeat away from the
presidency” best describes
the position of VP.
At anytime when a president is unable to perform
his duties, or incapacitated,
or God forbid dies, the vice
president takes over either
temporarily or in the case
of death, becomes the successor.
In next month’s May 9,
2016 presidential election,
there are at leastsix candidates gunning for the second highest post of the
land namely Senators Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, the namesake and son
of the former dictator;
Francis “Chiz “Escudero ,
son of the elder Marcos’
agriculture minister Salvador Escudero; congresswoman Leni Robredo, widow of Jesse Robredo, the
highly regarded secretary
of local government of
President Aquino known
for his integrity who perished in a plane crash; Senators Peter Alan Cayetano;
Gregorio “Gringo “ Honasan, ex military man and
EDSA hero and Sonny Trillanes, also a former military man.
Any of them can ascend to
the presidency either by
fate or election as in the
cases of then vice president
Elpidio Quirino who succeeded President Manuel
Roxas who died in April
15,1948
or Carlos P.Garcia who was
installed to Malacanang
palace ( official residence
of Philippine presidents)
with the death of President
Ramon Magsaysay in an
aircraft tragedy in Mt. Manungal,Cebu on March
17,1957.
But Gloria Macapagal Arroyo took a different route
as the 14th president of the
Republic in 2001 when
President Joseph Estrada
was impeached and ousted
in a corruption scandal
now known as EDSA II. Estrada was jailed on plunder
charges but was pardoned
later by Arroyo.
*****
“TEKA-TEKA “PRESIDENT?
Senator Juan Ponce Enrile
might be right after all in
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WAVES FROM HOME
Diego Ojano Franco
It was fast and furious, bodily
transmogrifying and backbreaking and emotionally
gripping but a soul-uplifting
tour of a lifetime as well, for
this “forced-to-retire at 62”
person for probably the last
sight, smell, taste and breathe
the winds, waters and soils of
our country in its archipelagic
entirety before we can no
longer put up with such challenge physically.
By land, by air and by sea, we
have travelled and visited 32
of the Philippines’ 81 provinces in 51 days in a Special Project we were contracted to do
which started February 19.
gusto if not masochistic irony.
It’s really more fun in the Philippines when you see up close
and personal the breathtaking
vistas of fields, mountains, sea
and sky and meet your countrymen as diverse but as
unique as our more than 7,000
islands making up Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.
Great and marvelous changes
have indeed transformed our
many cities in all the regions
that comprise our country
now. Urbanization may have
altered some familiar landscapes but the rest of the archipelago has retained the old
bucolic charm of rural Philippines. Travelling by land in
Luzon, you are surprised by
expressways and concrete
road networks. In the Visayas,
you are thrilled by magnificent
bridges that span major islands. In Mindanao, you are
amazed by the wide highways
that ribbon the entire island
connecting provinces that
What a historical and memorable summer treat for this
senior citizen (who availed of
the SC discounts in transportation, hotels and restauranthopping to the max!). We have
done this kind of sortie in our
younger and adventurous
days when we were with the
then National Media Production Center GTV 4 in the early
70s which held a grand reunion for former employees
last February 28 (40 years
after!) and was featured in the
pages of this publication.
All we can say is: we love this
country more than ever with
all the social, economic and
political problems that continuously inundate it that has
become part of our way of life
and forged the resiliency of
the Filipino just like the coping
mechanism we developed for
ourselves in the catastrophic
natural calamities we survived and still struggle with
The author in Calapan, Mindoro
make up the southern frontier
of the country. Great! But in all
the cities that we’ve been
through, ugh, the nightmarish
traffic not unlike that of our
Metro Manila every day experience, well, drag us down to
the reality of change and urban development. Except Bacolod City, where driving
through its streets is so cool
and relaxing. That should be
the reason why people there
are always smiling and stressless.
During the travel period, we
were exhausted by the suffocating heat and the reality of
El Nino cannot be ignored and
taken for granted. Many
fields and upland farms lay
supplicant to the miracles of
rainfalls, an abnormal lowpressure area (LPA) or the
cloud seeding technology. Add
to the heat wave and the curse
of climate change at this time
is the perverse rising tempo of
the noise and the heightened
drama of politics.
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We’ve been to Kidapawan in
North Cotabato for a day in the
Mindanao leg of our Project last March. We cannot
help but feel sad and affected because weeks after we
left, two disasters, one natural
and
the
other
maninitiated struck this quiet but
slowly and deliberately developing province.
The first was the forest fire
that razed Mount Apo which
endangered
the
Philippine Eagle breeding and nesting site in the country’s highest mountain. Most tragic was
the encounter between farmers and the Philippine National Police (PNP) crowd dispersal team in the CotabatoDavao Highway in Kidapawan
City where two farmers died
and scores of protesters and
PNP personnel were wounded
in the clash.
According to news reports we
have followed while in Roxas
City, in Capiz, violence in
Kidapawan erupted when the
police crowd dispersal team
moved in to clear the highway
where about 6,000 protesting
farmers gathered there to
press their demand for rice
and drought-resistant seeds
for their El Nino-aggravated
sufferings. Rocks were hurled
and heavy volume of gunfires
were heard during the confrontation that resulted to the
bloody melee as reported.
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April 2016
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Manila Feedback
2 dead, many wounded as
police disperse Philippine
farmers
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
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PH launches first microsatellite "Diwata-1" into space
Don Tagala, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau
cameras that would take high
resolution images from space
of Philippine weather patterns, agricultural productivities, as well as land and water images.
For about 20 months in orbit,
Diwata-1 will send images of
the Philippines twice daily.
It will be received by the UP
Diliman Micro Satellite Research and Instructional Facility.
KIDAPAWAN, Philippines (AP) — Police clashed with
farmers blocking a highway to demand government relief
in the drought-stricken southern Philippines on Friday,
leaving at least two demonstrators dead and dozens injured, including at least 23 officers, officials said.
Police moved in to disperse about 6,000 farmers and their
supporters who were demonstrating for the fourth
straight day in Kidapawan, the capital of Cotabato province, when scuffles and gunfire broke out, police and Cotabato Gov. Emmylou Mendoza said.
Mendoza said two protesters were killed and a journalist
at the site counted 13 injured demonstrators. Provincial
police chief Alexander Tagum said at least 23 police officers also were hurt. ⦿
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Brocka, Whang-Od make…
Art ".
Brocka's "Insiang" made
history as the first Filipino
film to be screened at the
prestigious Cannes Film
festival. It has been fully
restored and joined other
great films that include
Frankenheimer's The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
and Otto Premingger's Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965).
Whang-Od,is the oldest and
the
last
original
"mambababatok"
or
handtap
tattoo
artist
known as Apo Whang-Od
and hails from a tribe in
Kalinga
productions inked by some
of the most respected tattooists in the world", a
press statement from the
ROM said.
There is a move to declare
Apo
Whang-Od
as
"Pambansang Alagad ng
Sining" or as a National Artist for her role in preserving the dying art of traditional and cultural tattoo.
Countries represented in
the exhibit, which came
from a previous showing in
Paris, France and travelled
to Toronto include Tintin of
France, Horiyoshi II of Japan, Fili Leu of Switzerland,
Paul Booth of USA, Chime
of Polynesia and Yann
Black of Montreal.
The show runs from April 9
to September 5. ⦿
The exhibit showcases "the
visual history of body art
and markings, along with MORE ON WHANG-OD
prints, posters, ancient ON FILIPINOS MAKING
tools and commissioned WAVES PAGE 14
tattooed silicone body re-
TIFF features a digitally restored 1978 Filipino movie, INSIANG, portrayed by actress Hilda Koronel and directed by Philippine National
Artist for Film, Lino Brocka,
Atlas V, carrying the first Filipino-assembled microsatellite, DIWATA,
rockets into space from Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Screenshot from
NASA footage)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida The Philippines took a giant
leap for science and technology on Tuesday night.
At 11:05 p.m. eastern standard time in Cape Canaveral,
the Philippines’ first ever
microsatellite – "Diwata-1"-was launched into space
aboard Cygnus spacecraft.
Diwata-1 is part of the payload of Orbital ATK commercial resupply services flight
to the International Space
Station where it will be
housed in the Japanese experiment module "Kibo".
Malacanang said potential
uses of Diawata-1 include
Duterte, Bongbong surge...
percent in the previous poll.
Robredo’s score dropped by
three points from 22 percent.
Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano, who
is running with Duterte,
gained a point from 12 percent to 13 percent.
Binay’s runningmate, Sen.
Gregorio Honasan, was tied
with independent candidate
Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV with
five percent each.
Duterte camp elated
The camp of Duterte said it
was elated with the results of
the latest SWS presidential
survey but maintained it cannot be complacent.
“While we are elated with the
results of the recent surveys,
we still believe the final arbiter of who will be elected as
president is the people... that
will be known on election
day,” Maribojoc Mayor Jun
Evasco, Duterte’s campaign
manager, said.
“We cannot celebrate yet until
the May 9 election is over. It is
not over until it’s over,” Evasco added.
He asked the mayor’s supporters to double their efforts
with less than a month before
the elections.
“We urge our followers to
continue to work harder and
make sure their support and
"improved weather detection
and forecasts; disaster risk
management; detecting agricultural growth patterns; and
the monitoring of forest cover, mining, protection of cultural and historical sites, and
the territorial borders of the
Philippines."
Implemented by the University of the PhilippinesDiliman and Department of
Science and Technology
(DOST) Philmicrosat program, Diwata-1 was assembled by nine young Filipino
engineers stationed at Tohoku and Hokkaido universities.
Philippine embassy officials
said Diwata-1 would provide
scientific data and information needed to formulate
policies relating to disaster
mitigation,
agricultural
productivity and management of land and water resources.
"As a country, we should really emphasize science and
technology. I salute our Filipinos who trained in Japan
and developed all these. We
have the capability. We have
the brain power to do it. We
need to advance in science
and technology because this
is the only way that will
equalize us with other countries, big countries," said former Philippine ambassador
to the United Nations, Libran
Cabatulan.⦿
Diwata-1 carries four special
the results of the surveys are
translated into votes,” Evasco
said.
Poe, Chiz
strategy
Binay unfazed
Poe and Escudero will adjust
their campaign strategy after
they both fell to second place
in the latest SWS survey.
Escudero said the survey results served as a challenge to
step up their campaign.
Escudero said he and Poe
would reach out to more people and explain their platform.
Poe’s spokesman Valenzuela
Mayor Rex Gatchalian said the
survey results would guide
their team as they plan their
next moves.
Binay’s camp, meanwhile, remained unfazed as it shrugged
off the results of the latest
SWS survey showing Duterte
and Poe as the top contenders
for president.
“A closer reading of the SWS
survey shows downward
movements for both Mayor
Duterte and Senator Poe,”
UNA campaign spokesman
Rico Quicho said.
Quicho said the numbers of
Duterte and Poe actually
dropped and that of Binay
increased, compared with the
SWS poll conducted on March
30.
In the previous survey, Duterte scored 31 percent while
Poe obtained 34 percent. Binay’s rating went up by three
points from 17 percent, while
Roxas’ score increased by a
single point.
“Vice President Binay is grateful for the results of the survey. Despite the attacks
hurled against the Vice President, his steady rise shows the
strength of his core supporters,” said Quicho.
“He will work harder together
with our various support
groups as election day nears,”
he added.
reassess
Robredo worried
Robredo said she was worried
over the results of the latest
SWS survey that showed Marcos topping the poll.
“I’m worried. Even if he’s not
at the top, even if he’s in the
fourth or fifth places in the
survey, I’m still worried because there are still many who
believe he deserves to be
elected, considering he has yet
to atone for their sins in the
past,” Robredo told reporters.
Robredo was referring to the
alleged hidden wealth accumulated by the Marcoses and
the atrocities during martial
law. – With Perseus Echeminada, Robertzon Ramirez,
Janvic Mateo, Christina Mendez, Paolo Romero ⦿
April 2016
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The Canada Child Benefit:
Working for You
MP’s Corner
Michael Levitt, Member of Parliament for York Centre
introduced the Canada
Child Benefit. It will provide
families with a tax-free, income-tested benefit. This
means that unlike the current benefit, which is taxable, all the money received
through the Canada Child
Benefit can go to supporting children.
New Canadian moms: Cassandra with baby Riley Castro, Cheska
with baby Damian Mendoza & Frida with baby Julia Clamucha.
For middle class families,
and for families working
hard to join the middle
class, raising kids is expensive. Every parent makes
sacrifices to give their children the best possible future. But for too many parents, there is not enough to
sacrifice, and raising children becomes a burden ra-
ther than a blessing.
veteran journalist, broadcast executive and two time
press secretary to Presidents Fidel V. Ramos and
Joseph Estrada.
COUNTERPOINT: The
Spare Tire:..
describing
President
Noynoy Aquino as a “Three
-day President”.
Enrile slammed the president’s slow action on
“pressing matters”, such as
the recent violent dispersal
of farmers in Kidapawan,
North Cotabato where 3
died and scores wounded.
He noted the President always dragged his feet in
reacting to important matters.
“My God! They are sleeping, 3 days in Mamasapano,
3 days in Yolanda. It took
them 3 days before they
can act on the matter,” said
the senior senator.
Critics says Aquino and his
administration should be
called
as
“TEKATEKA” (wait,wait) for their
slow responses in solving
problems like the recent
Ninoy Aquino International
Airport (NAIA III) 5-hour
brownout that left 80
flights cancelled and thousands of passengers stranded , the MRT breakdowns,
Basilan massacre of 18 soldiers at the hand of Abu
Sayaff among others.
*****
TRANSITIONS: My former
editor in chief at the Manila
Standard, Rod T. Reyes,
wrote 30 April 14 in Manila. He was 80.
RTR as we call him was a
That should never be the
case. Too many children
grow up in poverty and go
to school hungry, and it is
something I cannot stand
for, and something the government is taking action on.
I’m proud that in its 2016
Budget, the government
He became a journalism
legend when, as a junior
reporter with the Manila
Times, infiltrated a heroin
drug den in Malabon, posed
as a junkie and exposed the
underworld ring.
For that, he won numerous
awards including the prestigious Ten Outstanding
Young Man of the Philippines (TOYM) awards.
His exploit was portrayed
into two movies one of
which was Gil Portes’ “Sa
Piling ng mga Sugapa,” starring Mat Ranillo III as
Reyes and Chanda Romero.
When then new president
Cory Aquino shut down the
Philippines Daily Express
leaving many of us unemployed, Rod Reyes founded
the Manila Standard. He
took me in and other jobless journalists.
Reyes also served as TV
executive
with
GMAChannel 7, ABS-CBN and
MBS-4 or known as Channel 4 during the Marcos era
and was publisher of the
iconic “Ginoo “magazine,
TV Times and ventured in
the restaurant business
such as the famous Vineyard and Vintage (known
for oldies and goldies music ) that became popular in
the 80s.
We salute you RTR!
This is money in the pockets of mom and dad; money
that can go directly to paying the rent, eating healthier food, and buying new
clothes for back to school.
With the Canada Child Benefit, nine out of ten Canadian families will receive
higher monthly benefits,
and hundreds of thousands
of children will be lifted out
of poverty.
The Canada Child Benefit is
the most significant social
policy innovation in a generation and will help families more than any other
social program since universal health care.
The Canada Child Benefit
will have a maximum benefit of up to $6,400 per child
under the age of 6, and up
to $5,400 per child aged 6
through 17. It puts more
money back in your pocket.
Over three million families
will receive more benefits.
Families benefiting from
the CCB will see an average
of almost $2,300 more per
year – tax free.
Families with children under 18 will receive the benefit starting in July. The size
of each cheque will depend
on your family, but 9 out of
10 families will get more
help than they do under
existing programs.
A single mom with one
child under the age of 6 and
earning $30,000 a year will
receive an annual benefit of
$6,400, tax-free. A family
with two teenage children
and earning $50,000 a year
will receive a tax-free benefit of $8,100.
Our country has a long and
proud history of big, bold,
transformative public policies—programs like universal health care, Old Age Security and the Canada Pension Plan. Now we can
proudly add the Canada
Child Benefit to that list. ⦿
WAVES FROM HOME...
Politics have stoked the fire
of discontent as the Aquino
administration
blamed
communists for instigating
the farmers while causeoriented groups charged
the PNP and the government for the killing of
Kidapawan protesters. The
last we learned from the
grapevine was that the supposed national government
through the departments of
agriculture and the social
welfare and development
(DA and DSWD) have long
released El-Nino mitigation
assistance for the farmers
but withheld by the local
government. Local politics, araguy (ouch).
* * *
Just on-site and physical
area observation here. In
the many areas we have
covered, particularly Samar, Leyte, Cebu, Palawan
and Mindanao, the Duterte
bandwagon is on fast-track
if posters and welcome
banners and streamers are
gauge for the popularity of
the Man from Davao.
We were still on the road
when the two presidential
debates were held and we
cannot help but notice people from all walks of life,
urban and rural, have intently watched and listened
to the aspirants take turn
to make themselves clear.
And unclear.
We arrived in imperial Manila in the conclusion of the
Refreshing tropical fruit stand in Bacolod city. PHOTO BY D.Franco
Project to find Duterte
grabbing the top spot in
both the SWS and Pulse
Asia surveys after we landed. We followed the social
media trends and saw the
crowds that swell and scatter depending on the presidential supporter-bloggers
who post their respective
documentations of their
favorite’s sorties all over
the country. And we are
convinced. Filipinos all
over
the
archipelago
hoped, wanted and prayed
for real change in this
country of ours. Even our
OFWs have become vigilant
and involved.
Our only prayer is that may
change now sweep our islands and that every Filipino should now hold his voting power not only as a
right but as guarded miracle that would transform
our Philippines to what we
as a people ask from God
and truly deserve from our
leaders.
We have a rich and abundant country. We have a
patient and resilient people. We have to take charge
of our destiny. We have to
vote rightly.
* * *
We shall be writing more of
our Philippines and our
people drawn from our
tour of the islands in the
future columns. The beaches are still inviting and the
waves are gently lulling.
We can tell you more
where and what to be,
what to taste and what to
see in the next issues if ever the waves from home
beckon you to return.
Mabuhay and Daghang
Salamat!
April 2016
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Manila Feedback
‘Kilig’ now an official
English word
‘Kilig’ has recently been added to
Oxford Dictionary’s list of new
words
The Filipino word for a surge of
emotions for a special someone has
no direct translation in the English
language
Aside from kilig, teleserye was also
included in the new words list
It’s that rush of emotions, that
surge that makes your cheek burn
as red when you see your crush or
special someone. It’s kilig.
This beautiful Filipino word is very
pronounced in the country’s vernacular but no English word perfectly translates and encapsulates
its essence.
But no worries for those who want
to write love poems or odes in English as the Oxford English Dictionary has officially included kilig in
its list of new words released this
week.
Oxford Dictionary categorized kilig
as both a noun and an adjective.
As a noun, it refers to “exhilaration
JAPAN’S FASCINATION...
Japan’s “fascination” with the island is detailed in the book
“Corregidor” by the brothers James
and William Belote, who narrated
the outward signs of such fascination.
In August 1908, a certain Major
Inouye of the Japanese general staff
demanded from Maj. Gen. William
Duvall, commander of the Philippine division, a blanket permission
to inspect various American installations including those in Corregidor.
Inouye based his demand on alleged similar privileges granted to
an American officer in Tokyo.
Duvall not only turned down the
request; he also cabled Washington, warning of a possible Japanese
attack on the Philippines.
Unfortunately, Duvall’s warning
was ignored by American President
William Howard Taft.
But Inouye’s unusual request
prompted Duvall to monitor his
activities, succeeding in unmasking
him as the chief of the intelligence
section of the Japanese staff.
The intelligence activities of the
Japanese in Corregidor assumed
greater emphasis as the years
passed. Japanese “fishing boats”
8
or elation caused by an exciting or
romantic experience; an instance
of this, a thrill.” While as an adjective, it describes a person as
“causing or expressing a rush of
excitement or exhilaration; thrilling, enthralling, captivating.”
Other commonly used Filipino
phrases that uses the word kilig
was also cited as usage example of
the new word. These include: “kilig
to the bones (utterly thrilled or
thrilling),” “kilig factor (an element
which generates exhilaration, excitement, or a romantic thrill),” and
“kilig moment (a thrillingly romantic moment).”
Aside from kilig, another commonly used word in layman Filipino
parlance was added to the English
dictionary. It is the word teleserye,
which usually pertains to a primetime drama series on television.
Interesting, right? Now what English sentences are you psyched to
phrase using these new words?
Patrick Dones/Kicker Daily News
⦿
were often seen prowling the island’s three-mile limit, equipped
with spotting telescopes and direction-finding equipment.
***
With all the attention the “Rock”
was getting, it seemed that Corregidor’s importance as a stronghold
was not lost on the strategists in
Tokyo. Yet ironically, according to
the book, Corregidor’s qualities as
a “keep” (a refuge where Philippine
forces could hold out until reinforcements from the United States
arrived) kept the navy (which favored Subic Bay) and the army at
loggerheads for a time.
The army prevailed eventually and
the rest is history.
Recalling the times before Corregidor received the Japanese “full attention,” the book’s authors said
“the rock in all seasons has a more
salubrious climate because of the
offshore breeze making the island
seven degrees cooler than Manila.”
The officers spent peacetime nights
at the headquarters’ veranda,
where they watched the automobile headlights on Dewey blvd.
(now Roxas blvd.)
Later, when the war began, Corregidor’s offshore breeze proved no
match to the heat generated by the
daily ration of artillery shells and
bombs rained down by the Japanese on its 10,000 stubborn defenders. (NMPC) ⦿
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Bicol Canada picks new set of officers, Rafael Nebres re-elected President
The Bicol Canada Community
Association (BCCA), at its general meeting on April 3, 2016,
elected its new set of 21 officers and directors for the 20162017 term. The democratic
process was held at the Our
Lady of The Assumption
Church Parish Hall, North
York, Toronto under the elec-
toral supervision of Comelec
officials Tony A. San Juan and
Maria Luisa Canton.
Rafael "Paeng" Nebres, BCCA's
longest- serving president and
chairman of the board, has
been unanimously reelected to
an unprecedented 4th twoyear term. Since taking the
helm in 2010, Nebres continue
to lead the 6- province organization, composed of Filipino
Canadian Oragons from Bikol
region's Albay, Camarines
Norte,
Camarines
Sur,
Catanduanes, Masbate and
Sorsogon. Paeng Nebres is the
General Manager of Action
Honda- Toronto.
as Executive Officers and
Members of the Board of Directors are : Chairman & President - Rafael Nebres, Vice
President for Govt. Relations Earl Francis Dacara, Vice President for Membership & Public
Relations -Ben Salcedo, Vice
President for Sports & Youth
Development- Noli Aquino,
Secretary- Michele Adoptante,
Asst.
Secretary
Eliza
Maesa
,TreasurerJose
Gutierrez, Asst. TreasurerBobby Achacon, Auditor- Larry Bercasio, Special Projects &
Event Coordinators- Nestor
Von Canton & Arlene Martirez
and Directors : Jenifer Amoranto, Edison Bantayan, Claro
Bombase, Estrella Carpenter,
Isabel De Lima, Ronnie dela
Gana, Eusebio "Boy" Ortega,
Edgar Recon, Giget dela Torre,
and Jeremiah Valledor.
Elected to serve a 2- year term
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formal swearing in, R. Nebres
in his brief thank you speech,
pledged also to serve with
meaningful dedication and
purposeful leadership towards
achieving the BCCA's mission
and mandate of "magkasararo
at magka-iribahan" and hopefully meeting the social & religious aspirations of all Ontario
resident- Bikolanos and Bikolanas as well.
The 12 -year old association
plans to hold its formal induction of officers, continue with
its monthly novenas, hold
summer pot-luck picnic &
park games, celebrate the annual Our Lady of the Penafrancia feast day and enhance its
membership drive. The former
presidents of BCCA include
Jess Cabrias, Bobby Achacon
and Joseph Redoblado. (T. San
Juan).
April 2016
COMMUNITY
Waves
10
ESTABLISHED 1966
Fiesta Filipina Dance Troupe is
Tess Cusipag, a big supporter of FFDT was presented with a plaque:
“ In appreciation of your
untiring effort and unending fundraising & handling
of Miss Manila Pageant
which enabled the FFDT
help pay for their building. We are all very grateful.
On the 50th Anniversary,
April 9, 2016 at Pearson
Convention Centre, Brampton, Ontario”
THE FFDT BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Congratulations from Waves!
Kalaayan Cultural Community Centre (KCCC) Inducts Its New
Officers
The Kalayaan Cultural Community Centre
(KCCC) recently held its induction at the KCCC
building in Mississauga to officially start the twoyear term of their Executive Board and Directors. Consul Bolivar Bao did the honours of
swearing in the following individuals:
Resty del Rosario—President; Gerry Rulloda—
Executive Vice President; Mayette Balbastro—Vice
President – Programs; Judy Montenegro—Secretary;
Rene Samonte—Treasurer; Delfin Palileo—Auditor;
Dr. Solon Guzman and Karen Pascual-Binaday—
Press Relations Officers
Madoline Baluca, Chat Bautista, Lydia Bernardino,
Luis Carbonell, Edgar Frondozo, Charity Roda Lim,
Rodel Meier, Iluminada Montada, Dr. Romy Sinajon, Nico Montenegro, and Reynaldo Tamayo—
Directors
The evening included performances by the world
-renowned Culture Philippines of Ontario and
Josie de Leon from the JDL School of Performing
Arts. The evening was a time for celebration,
comradery and appreciation for how far the Centre has gone over the years.
The new Officers and Directors now turn their
focus on the events planned by the Centre to
continue its commitment to service the Filipino
community and honour its vision of being a focal
point for the celebration of Philippine culture
and history.
KCCC plays host to a number of regular events
such as bingo, rondalla, line dancing, Zumba, hot
hula classes, social foxtrot, Argentine tango and
more. It also holds bi-monthly dinner dances to
raise funds for the Centre. The next such event
will be held on Friday, May 6, 2016. Tickets are
only $25.
On Sunday, May 15, 2016, KCCC will be having a
Health and Medical Seminar from 2 – 5 pm.
There are two topics of discussions for the day.
The first is “Addressing Breast Cancer in the Filipino Community” which will be presented by Dr.
Jory Simpson MS, Med, FRCSC. Dr. Simspon is a
Breast Surgical Oncologist, General Surgeon and
Special guest Consul Bolivar Bao cuts the cake with Kalayaan president Resty del Rosario.
Assistant Medical Director at the CIBC Breast
Centre at St. Michael’s Hospital. The second topic is “Overcoming the Stigma of Mental Illness”
which will be presented by Dr. Maselle Gaerlan
Viery, BSc, MC DPsych DABDA FRCPC.
On Saturday, May 21, 2016, the annual KCCC
Bowl-a-Thon will be held at Planet Bowl located
at 5555 Eglinton Avenue West. Registrations
begins at 9 am and bowling starts at 10 am
sharp. The fee is $25 or more in pledges per person and includes lunch served at the Centre beginning at 12 noon.
Other events for the year include:
June 10, 2016 - Kalayaan Filipino Cultural Organization (KFCO) Independence Day Gala
June 12, 2016 – KFCO Independence Day Picnic
July 8, 2016 – Bi-monthly Dinner and Dance
July 30 – 31, 2016 – Fiesta ng Kalayaan at Cele-
bration Square
August 20, 2016 – KCCC’s Annual Golf Tournament
September 25, 2016 – KCCC Walk-a-Thon
October 29, 2016 – Halloween Dinner and Dance
December 31, 2016 – New Year’s Eve Ball
For information on KCCC and any of the events
scheduled there, please check their webpage at
www.kalayaancentre.ca, their Facebook page
at www.facebook.com/kalayaan or you can
call (905) 602-0923 or email at
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These 6 ladies will represent the country in the international pageants this year
MANILA, Philippines – The results
are in and Maxine Medina is Miss
Universe Philippines 2016. The
winners were named at the pageant's coronation night Sunday,
April 17, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
They now carry the great responsibility of representing the country in
the 6 upcoming competitions – Miss
Universe, Miss International, Miss
Intercontinental, Miss Globe, Miss
Supranational, and Miss Grand International.
With great results from the 2015
queens, the pressure is on for these
6 ladies:
6 QUEENS. Miss Universe Philippines Maxine Medina with Kylie Verzosa, Joanna Eden, Jennifer Hammond, Nichole Manalo, and
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Kalinga tattoo artist’s work
draws raves in Toronto museum
Filipino fashion designer
featured at Fashion Art
Toronto 2016 event
By: Jhong de la Cruz
Inquirer.net U.S Bureau / Alberta Correspondent
RED DEER, Alberta – A
glimpse of this Kalinga woman’s wealth in tattoo art could
be seen in the depths of her
pensive look, captured in her
now famous photo that caught
the eyes of the Royal Ontario
Museum organizers.
The image of the tattooed Apo
Whang-od Oggay was a public
favorite, according to Chris
Darling, co-curator of the exhibit entitled “Tattoos: Ritual.
Identity. Obsession. Art.” at
the Royal Ontario Museum.
Darling said the image was
selected among a number of
images from the Tattoo exhibit at the Musee Du Quai Branly
in Paris, which ran from May
to October in 2015.
Happy Andrada made waves as a featured Filipino fashion
designer at the Fashion Art Toronto 2016 event titled,
Dresscodes, held April 16 at the Daniels Spectrum—a new
and hip cultural hub at Toronto downtown east neighbourhood.
“The ROM marketing department selected a number of
images from the Paris show to
use for publicity purposes.
Based on surveys of the public
[it] was a favorite, and we decided to use this as one of our
main publicity and marketing
images,” he said.
The Happy Hour. Happy came out with Ninuno, a brand
that reinvents nationalism. It is inspired by our rich Philippine heritage. Tribalism fused with contemporary cuts,
textures and treatments. The conventional fabrics transform as they take on refreshing new forms. Using weaves
from Benguet and T’boli tribe, Pina Abaca, Philippine Dupioni, Abaca Silk, Pina Cotton, intertwined with Neoprene,
Chiffon and Power Knit to form riveting pieces that tell a
story. Happy Andrada brings a renewed appreciation to
the runway. But most of all, her designs elicit the passion
of interweaving Filipino pride, heritage and culture towards her final product. When the spotlights of international fashion romps focus on a Filipino, that sure makes
us proud. And HAPPY!
Master tattooist
Although the exhibit organizers had used the image in an
offsite event in January, they
knew nothing about 98-yearold Apo Whang-od Oggay, until a visitor informed them
that she was the master tattoo
artist of the mountain village
of Buscalan, Kalinga.
They were then directed to
Apo Whang-od’s facebook
Apo Whang-od at home. LARS KRUTAK
page that contained a mosaic
of her work, articles and documentaries showcasing the
lone mambabatok of Buscalan,
in Tinglayan town.
Interest in the 98-year old
master tattoo artist grew because she is the only one left
of her kind in Kalinga, noted
Darling. “She is one of the last
master Kalinga tattooists and
she is also trying to preserve
this tradition by teaching other Kalingans how to tattoo,”
he added.
Apart from the iconic image
taken by Jake Verzosa in 2011,
a video that captures her tattooing in Buscalan is also featured in the exhibit along with
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Getting ready for the biggest staging of Filipino fiesta in Toronto
The Taste of Manila Festival 2016
Courtesy call to the Philippine Embassy in Ottawa. (L-R) Consul General Eric Gerardo
E. Tamayo, Philippine Ambassador to Canada—Petronila Garcia, TOM Media Director
Teresa Torralba and TOM Chairman Rolly Mangante.
With MP for York Centre and a big TOM supporter, Michael Levitt
Mutya ng Maynila contestants getting
ready for the May 29 pageant
One of the Friends of Taste of Manila is Toronto lawyer Rafael Fabregas.(centre).
Four Filipinos seek seats on
April 19 Manitoba provincial
election
FLOR MARCELINO, NDP, LOGAN
Choreographer and pageant trainer, Jam Rodriguez of IPEN, gives modelling pointers
to Mutya candidates during rehearsals. PHOTO BY WAVES.
She made history as the first woman of colour to be elected to a provincial legislature. Served as Minister for 2 cabinet positions, Flor is hopeful to win for a third term.
AIDA CHAMPAGNE, LIBERAL, TYNDALL
Running for the Liberals in the Filipino-vote rich Tyndall
riding. The first-timer will try to unseat fellow kababayan –
incumbent NDP MLA Ted Marcelino.
JON REYES, P.C., ST. NORBERT
The youngest and the only second generation candidate is
Jon Reyes who is running in St. Norbert for the Progressive
Conservative Party.
TED MARCELINO, NDP, TYNDALL
He is seeking a second term in a riding with a large number
of Filipino voters (42%) and being opposed by a kababayan, Aida Champagne for the Liberals.
FILIPINO CANDIDATES IN MANITOBA PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS
Political battles in Manitoba are won or lost in Winnipeg where the majority of
Manitoba’s Filipino community resides. Province-wide, Filipinos comprise the
largest ethnic population.
The vote-rich city is therefore coveted by all political parties as they go into elections.
The four Filipino candidates hope to follow the path started by the late Conrad
Santos (who died just last February 29, 2016), the first to win office in Canada as
an NDP MLA in 1981.
six others that show traditional tattooing in the Pacific region.
Darling said the exhibit will include
an art installation outside the Royal
Ontario Museum, which will feature
large format photos of Kalinga women.
Compelling art
“This exhibition traces tattoos across
continents and over time, examining
tattoo artists and the tattooed, and
exploring the factors that have made
tattooing an important cultural practice, a compelling art form, and a
worldwide modern phenomenon,”
said an introduction to the exhibit.
The museum added two artifacts that
also showcased traditional Maori
tattooing in New Zealand.
Poupou, a carved ancestral panel
from the Royal Ontario Museum Anthropology collection, is an impressive architecture from a Maori meeting house with carvings of tattooed
ancestors and ancestral history, according to Darling.
Still from New Zealand, a land grant
penned by a Maori chief using his
tattoo is showcased. “Maori chiefs
had full-face tattoos (moko) and
could draw their facial tattoos accurately from memory and would use
their moko as signatures on land
grants and deeds,” Darling explained.
Tradition, culture
The tattoo exhibit, which started on
April 2 and running until September
5, has received rave public reception
so far, Darling said.
“Most visitors say that they did not
know that tattoos and tattooing was
such a diverse, fascinating and complicated topic, that it is much more
than the current global phenomenon
of body art,” he noted.
Meanwhile, an online petition to declare Apo Whang-od a National Artist
of the Philippines had gathered some
11,000 shares in October last year.
Sen. Miriam Santiago made a similar
call in 2015 by passing a Senate resolution to nominate Apo Whang-od as
a National Living Treasure.
Acknowledging that she may be the
last mambabatok n the Cordilleras,
Apo Whang-od has begun teaching
her great niece the tattoo technique,
accounts on her facebook page stated.
The batok tradition of tattooing, said
to date back one thousand years, employs charcoal and water as ink. In
her videos, Apo Whang-od can be
seen using a stencil to mark the skin.
Using a pomelo thorn attached to a
wooden handle, she taps her designs
cutaneously.
Batok designs were meant to enhance the beauty of women in her
tribe, while tattoos on men were
symbols of power and prestige.⦿
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ATTENTION: OVERSEAS VOTERS (OV)
VOTING FOR THE MAY 9, 2016 PHILIPPINE ELECTIONS
 The voting period for OV is
9 April 2016 to 9 May 2016.
 Per Comelec, the default
mode of voting for Canada
is Postal Voting. This means
all official ballots will be
mailed through Canada Post
to the address provided by
Overseas Voters when they
registered. Ballots will be
mailed prior to 9 April 2016
until 22 April 2016.
 After receiving their official
ballots, Overseas Voters
have until 5:00 AM of 9 May
2016 to return said ballots to
the Consulate General by
mail or by personal delivery
in order for the votes to be
counted. Ballots received
after the specified time and
date will no longer be included in the canvassing/
counting.
 For Overseas Voters who
wish to personally deliver
the envelopes containing
their official ballots to the
Consulate General, we will
receive your envelopes from
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM every
day, including Saturdays,
Sundays and holidays during the voting period. The
Consulate General will also
be open from 5:00 PM of 8
May 2016 until 5:00 AM of 9
May 2016 to receive voters’
envelopes.
 If you have changed your
address since you registered or last voted, you may
wish to avail of Canada
Post’s mail forwarding service so the election envelopes containing your official
ballots may be forwarded to
your present address.
 The Consulate General may
also designate special envelope collection days in areas
outside the PCG premises
during the election period so
voters may hand in their
voting envelopes personally
to PCG election personnel.
The specific dates, times
and venues will be announced later.
 Ballots received by the Consulate General will be cast
and fed to the Vote Count-
ing Machines every Monday
and Thursday at 9:00 AM
from 11 April to 5 May 2016.
Ballots received after 5 May
but still within the voting period will be cast after 5:00
AM of 9 May 2016. The
batch feeding process will
be open to public viewing,
subject to the safety regulations and limitations set forth
by the Ontario Building
Code.
 Source:
philcongen-toronto.com
Vote EDU MANZANO for SENATOR
Offer better opportunities for OFWs to return home
Manzano, who is eyeing a
Senate seat under the umbrella coalition Partido Galing at Puso this coming May
elections, said the government should work hard in
attracting in-country investments that could generate enough jobs to keep our
OFWs home.
“Ang Pilipino ay likas na
masisipag. Bigyan lang natin ng tamang oportunidad.
Tignan mo sa ibang bansa,
ang ating mga OFW ay mayroon tatlo-tatlong trabaho.
Kaya sila nandoon kasi kulang sa oportunidad dito sa
bansa natin,” he said.
Senatorial candidate Edu
Manzano today underscored the need to create
more and better opportunities for overseas Filipino
workers (OFWs) so that
they can be reunited with
their families and find a decent job in the country.
Manzano is running on a
platform of improving quality education for the youth
and out-of-school youth,
creating decent jobs especially in agri-tourism, BPO
and ICT industries, and
providing better opportunities and protection for Fili-
pino families.
While labor migration has
its economic benefits, Manzano also recognized its
social costs, particularly
among Filipino families
which have to bear with
broken marriages, drug or
substance abuse, teenage
pregnancy, among others.
“Kung ang bawat pamilyang
Pilipino ay mayroong sapat
at tamang oportunidad, kasabay na nito ang pagbagsak ng krimen at unti-unting
pagkawala ng problema sa
droga,” he added.
The popular actor and TV
host said he has high regard
to many Filipino workers
who are making all the sacrifices so that they can send
their children to good
schools and provide better
opportunities in life for
their families.
“Nakalulungkot makita ang
paghihiwalay ng pamilya sa
tuwing ang isang ama o ina
na iiwan ang kanilang mga
anak upang magtrabaho sa
ibang bayan. Kung mayroong sapat na oportunidad
dito,
hindi
na
nila
kailangang umalis pa,” he
said.
OFWs should be given better choices of domestic employment by creating conducive environment for
business investments to
flourish and promoting best
ethical practices in local
recruitment and employment, he added.
To date, an estimated 10-12
million Filipinos have been
separated from their children and families in exchange of better income
and opportunities in other
countries, some of whom
have even accepted riskier
jobs or where they are vulnerable to abuses. PR/AD
P A N A W A G AN
MGA MAHAL NA KALAHING PILIPINO
Sa ika-siyam ng Mayo ng taong kasalukuyan, ay magaganap muli sa Pilipinas ang isang eleksyon- ang pagpili at pagboto sa mga taong nais
mamuno at mamahala sa Republika ng Pilipinas.
Pagpili mula sa mga taong nagsasabi na kanilang isasa-ayos ang takbo ng bansa at kapakanan ng mamamayan sa sandaling sila ay palarin.
Pangunahin dito ang posisyon sa pagka-pangulo ng Pilipinas at ilan lamang sa kanila ang maituturing na may kaalaman at kakayahan sa
pagiging pangulo ng isang bansa. Subalit, ang sinasabing kakayahan at pagsasagawa ng tungkulin ay isang pakikipagsapalaran, walang katiyakan.
Sa pagpili at pagboto ay ating bigyan ng masusing punto ang mahabang karanasan ng isang kandidato sa pagka-pangulo na nagsimulang
maglingkod sa bayan mula sa pagiging punong-lungsod at ibinoto ng tao sa pagka-bise presidente ng bansang Pilipinas. Ang taong nakauunawa ng tunay na kahulugan ng “kahirapan”. Kanyang nilabanan ang karalitaan at hinarap ang mga pagsubok hanggang maging isang
tagumpay na tagapag-tanggol ng mga naapi. Sa “karapatang pantao” nakatuon ang kanyang pananaw at pagsasagawa ng tungkulin-kasama
dito ang karapatan ng bawat tao na mabigyan ng pagkakataong umunlad sapagkat ang bansang may matagumpay na mga mamamayan ay
may kapayapaan, kaunlaran at katatagan.
Ito ang kakayahan ni Jejomar “Jojo” Binay. Iboto natin siya bilang Pangulo ng Republika ng Pilipinas. Makatutulong tayo sa pagpili at
pagboto sapagkat tayong nasa malayo ay natutong palawakin ang pananaw at ang kaunting kakayahan ay makatulong sa bansa ng lahi.
IBOTO SI JEJOMAR “JOJO” BINAY BILANG PANGULO NG BANSANG PILIPINAS
Tumawag tayo at ipakiusap sa ating mga magulang , kapatid, kamag-anak at mga kaibigan sa Pilipinas at ipaalam sa kanila ang kahalagahan
ng kanilang boto para kay Jejomar “Jojo” Binay- sa kanya, may pagasa ang kaunlaran.
MARAMING SALAMAT PO, MABUHAY TAYONG LAHAT
BISIG NG KABATAANG LAHING PILIPINO SA CANADA
Isang bayad na pagaanunsiyo
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Religious Inspirations
Even the WAVES obey Him...
National Shrine of our Mother of Perpetual Help
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
131 McCaul St, Toronto
(416) 598-3269
WEEKLY WEDNESDAY MASS & DEVOTIONS:
7:30 am * 9:30am * 12 noon, * 2:30pm * 5:05pm * 7:00pm
As he leaves Greece, Pope Francis
takes 12 refugees with him
By Elise Harris
Making a Saint: The
Canonization Process
A Syrian refugee family prepares to board the papal plane from Lesbos to Rome with Pope Francis
April 16, 2016. Credit: Marco Mancini/CNA
Vatican City, (CAN/EWTN
News).- After traveling to the
Greek island of Lesbos, a primary entry point for refugees
seeking passage into Europe,
Pope Francis decided to bring
12 of them on his plane back
to the Vatican as an act of welcome and solidarity.
“The Pope has desired to
make a gesture of welcome
regarding refugees, accompanying on his plane to Rome
three families of refugees,” an
April 16 communique from
the Vatican read.
Coming from Syria, all of the
families are Muslim and number 12 people in total, including six children. Two of the
families are from Damascus,
and one is from Deir Azzor,
which is now territory occupied ISIS. Their homes had
been bombed.
According to the AFP news
agency, an official of Greece's
state refugee coordination
agency said the families were
all staying in the open camp of
Kara Tepe on Lesbos, and
were selected through a drawing.
The initiative was brought to
fruition through negotiations
between the Vatican Secretariat of State and the competent
Greek and Italian authorities.
It was announced as Pope
Francis prepared to leave
Greek island of Lesbos, where
he traveled April 16 for a daytrip along with the Ecumenical
Patriarch of Constantinople,
Bartholomew I; His Beatitude
Ieronymos, Archbishop of
Athens and all Greece, and
Archbishop Fragkiskos Papamanolis, OFM Cap, President
of the Greek Bishops Conference as a sign of concern and
solidarity for migrants forced
to flee their homelands due to
war, violence, hunger and
poverty.
Lesbos, along with its neighboring island Kos, has been
one of the primary destinations for refugees, many of
whom are fleeing war in Syrian and Afghanistan, who travel to Turkey in order to make
the perilous voyage across the
Mediterranean to enter Europe.
In 2015 alone more than 1.1
million migrants fleeing war
and violence poured into Europe, and the influx has continued, perplexing E.U. leaders
as to how to handle the crisis.
Francis’ visit to Lesbos falls
barely one month after the
E.U. struck a new deal with
Turkey stipulating that all
migrants and refugees who
cross into Greece illegally by
sea will be sent back to Turkey once they have been registered and their asylum
claims processed.
In return, the E.U. agreed to
take in thousands of Syrian
refugees directly from Turkey,
giving the country early visafree travel and advancing
talks regarding their E.U.
membership negotiations.
According to the Vatican communique, all of the people the
Pope took with him “were
already in camps in Lesbos
before the agreement between the European Union
and Turkey.”
The Vatican will take responsibility for both bringing in
and maintaining the three
families, though the initial
hospitality will be provided by
the Community of Sant’Egidio.
The Community of Sant’Egido
told CNA about the refugees
and their situation.
One married couple, Hasan
and Nour, have a two-year-old
son. They are engineers from
the Damascus suburb of Al
Zabadani. Continuous bombardment made it very risky
to live there. They fled to Turkey, where they took a boat to
Lesbos.
Ramy and Suhila and their
three children are from Deir
ez-Zor, an eastern Syrian city
conquered by the Islamic
State group. They are both in
their fifties. He is a teacher,
while she is a dressmaker.
Their home was destroyed.
They arrived in Greece from
Turkey in February 2016.
Osama and Wafa are from the
part of Damascus called Zamalka. They have two children.
Their house was bombed.
Wafa said that their youngest
child wakes up every night.
For a time the child had
stopped talking.⦿
Saint, Blessed, Venerable,
Servant of God. It can all get a
little confusing if one doesn’t
know what these titles mean
or how they are applied. Hopefully, by looking at the typical
process a person goes through
in order to be named a Saint,
some of this confusion can be
taken away.
Before jumping in, however, it
is important to note two
things:
First, the Catholic Church does
not ‘make’ Saints. A person
who has died is either in heaven, on their way via purgatory,
or they are in hell. It is Jesus
Christ, not the Church, who
determines where a person is.
So when the Church “names”
Saints, it is merely recognizing
that the person is in heaven.
Second, there is not an opposite process. There is no process of naming those who are
in hell. The Church truly believes in the unfathomable
mercy of Jesus Christ and
holds out hope that all who
turn to Him in their final hour,
or even in their final second,
may achieve salvation. Therefore, the Church has never,
and will never, declare somebody to be in hell.
It is also helpful to know that
this process is not set in stone,
and is not dogma. It can be
changed. In fact, it has been
changed over the years. For
instance, the infamous ‘devil’s
advocate,’ a person assigned
to make the case as to why a
person should not be declared
a Saint, was removed by Pope
St. John Paul II. Thus, today the
process is not the same process it was 100 years ago and
may yet be different 100 years
from now. Almost any stage of
the process can be dispensed
with by the pope for good reason and there are plenty of
additional examples of this
historically.
So, finally, what are the steps
to being recognized as a Saint?
Entering the Canonization
Process
The first step is that the individual being considered for
Sainthood has to have died.
This may seem like an obvious
step, but it is important. Declaring somebody a Saint is
not simply saying they are a
good person or that a lot of
people like them, but rather
that they are sharing in the
glory of heaven with the Trinity. In order to do this, they
must have died.
“Servant of God”
The second step is that people
must consider that the particular deceased person 1) possessed what is known as
“heroic virtue,” 2) is now in
heaven, and 3) should be recognized by the Church for the
sake of the faithful here on
earth. These people can petition the bishop of the diocese
in which the person lived to
begin an investigation of the
person and their life. The bishop, or his representatives,
compile all the person’s writings along with as much testimony as they can gather on
the person and writes a report. During this process the
testimony gathered is not only
from those who were fans of
the person. For instance,
Christopher Hitchens (a famous critic of Mother Theresa
and Christianity in general)
was interviewed for the process for Blessed Mother Theresa of Calcutta. Once the bishop has compiled all this information the person may be
known by the title of “Servant
of God.” This is currently
where Cora Evans is in the
process.
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ROACH: There won’t be...
knocked at Wild Card’s door
in 2001.
Left-fist wonder Pacquiao did
the mitts with Roach and, instantly, the latter felt he had
found a rough diamond.
Their journey together started
when Pacquiao stunned Lehlo
Ledwaba to win the International Boxing Federation super bantam crown on his US
debut at MGM Grand in Las
Vegas.
It will eventually take them to
several world titles, making
Pacquiao one of the greatest
fighters ever and Roach the
best trainer of his era.
Both have aged. Pacquiao is
now 37 and Roach 56.
Pacquiao ended his illustrious
ring career Saturday night
when he beat Timothy Bradley by unanimous decision in
their third fight at MGM
Grand.
Durham Crossover basketball team played
ball with Philippine high school teams
The Durham Crossover basketball team from Canada
placed 5th in the SM-NBTC
League
National
High
School Championship held
March 13-17 at the Mall of
Asia Arena. The team competed against the best 22
high school basketball
teams from over 700 high
schools in the Philippines
and Trail International
School from Thailand, the
other foreign guest team.
Now bothered by back (sciatic
nerve) pains, Roach says he’s
no longer keen on opening
Wild Card’s doors to men
claiming to be the next
Pacquiao.
“I know for a fact that in our
lifetime, we won’t live long
enough to see another Manny
Pacquiao,”
said
Roach.
“Because nobody’s going to do
what he did: [world] titles in
eight weight divisions. It’s not
going to happen.” ⦿
Players James Canlas, Matthew Daves and Phaul Peralta were included in the
All Star game while Matthew Daves was a finalist
on the Slam Dunk contest.
Phaul Peralta participated
in the Skills Challenge.
James Canlas, Evyn Santiago, Matthew Daves, Avan
Nava and Robert Ocampo has gained interest from
college coaches from the
Philippines like NU, San
Beda College, St Benilde-De
Lasalle, JRU and Ateneo.
BACK IN MANILA. Filipino boxer and Congressman Manny
Pacquiao poses with his family upon his arrival at the Ninoy Aquino
International Airport in suburban Pasay city, south of Manila, Philippines, Thursday, April 14, 2016. Pacquiao beat American Timothy
Bradley during their WBO welterweight title boxing match in Las
Vegas. He is running for the senate in the elections next month. (AP
Photo/Aaron Favila)
Ridge Ablang, team captain of Durham Crossover basketball team
carried the Canadian flag at the SM-NBTC League National High
School championship recently held in Manila. INSET: Matthew
Oligane, Alvin Florido, Andre Cruz and Rob Ocampo also participated at the NBTC 3 on 3 high school championship.
Congratulations to
Durham Crossover
basketball team!
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Lack of sleep can cause
obesity
Dreaming of a good sleep? But who
really gets the right amount of zzzzs
every day? Experts can’t stress enough
the fact that lack of sleep can lead to
serious health problems, such as heart
disease, heart attack, diabetes, or obesity. It can affect one’s health, weight,
mood, and even sex life. Something
that may cause men to lose sleep is the
fact that poor sleep is associated with
lower testosterone levels (read: impaired sex life).
Studies show that lack of sleep is associated with a rise in blood pressure and
cholesterol, which are risk factors for
heart disease and stroke.
Deprive yourself of sleep and your leptin (the hormone that makes you feel
full) levels drop (and you start craving
high-fat and high-calorie foods, and
going through the nightmare of possibly gaining weight). This certainly is a
weighty enough reason to get a good
shuteye.
Haven’t you noticed that when you get
less sleep, you’re more likely to be
cranky? On the other hand, if you sleep
well, you wake up in a better mood and
with a clearer mind.
More sleep, less stress
Sleep more and you stress less. Lack of
sleep causes high blood pressure (a
risk factor for heart attack and stroke)
and the production of stress hormones.
Getting enough sleep may reduce your
risk for depression as sleep impacts
many chemicals in the body, including
serotonin. People lacking in serotonin
are more likely to suffer from depression (about.com).
Lack of sleep is also associated with a
greater risk of injury or accidents. Of
course, you’re aware of the fact that if
you’re very tired and sleepy, you can
get into any kind of accident. For instance, one in five car accidents in the
US is caused by drowsy driving
(www.webmd.com).
Sleep tip
Indeed, adequate sleep is a great part
of a healthy lifestyle. It may even prevent cancer. Studies show that those
who work the late shift have a higher
risk of developing breast and colon
cancer (about.com). Exposure to night
light reduces melatonin, the hormone
that appears to protect against cancer
as it suppresses the growth of tumors.
Here’s a sleep tip from the experts: Be
sure your bedroom is as dark as possible, and avoid using electronic gadgets
before going to bed so your body can
produce the melatonin that it needs.
Now, having said all that, this was one
event that didn’t make guests fall
asleep. Last March 18, the Philippine
Society of Sleep Medicine (PSSM)
joined hands with the rest of the world
to celebrate World Sleep Day which
zeroed in on the theme “Good Sleep Is
a Reachable Dream.”
PSSM is just one of many organizations
around the world that advocate (and
educate people on) the importance of
good sleep, which may be a luxury to
many people, what with today’s fastpaced lifestyle and blinding-speed
technology.
“As we progress and evolve, we slowly
forget the value of sleep in our daily
life,” says PSSM. “Together with technology and opportunities, we can turn
night into day. Here we are, working on
jobs that were not possible a decade
ago. We have information at our fingertips at any time of the day. We are connected to the people of the world. As a
result, we stay awake longer than what
our body allows us to. Remember, we
should spend a third of our life in sleep.
We need this time to repair our body
and spending less time in it will lead to
many consequences. Problem is, sleep
varies. From people who cannot sleep,
there are those who sleep too much
while others experience odd behaviours while asleep.”
CONSUMERLINE
Ching M. Alano
At the symposium, PSSM reiterated the
important elements of good sleep: 1.
duration or the sufficiency of sleep to
become well rested and alert the following day; 2. continuity, which means
sleep time should be continuous and
unbroken; and 3. depth, which means
that sleep should be deep enough to be
restorative or invigorating.
Quality sleep, so PSSM emphasized, is
very crucial to one’s good health and
quality of life. It is important for people’s day-to-day functioning, in both
adults’ and children’s overall wellness
and development.
PSSM also handed down the 10 Commandments of Sleep Hygiene, according to the World Association of Sleep
Medicine (WASM): 1. Thou shalt have a
fixed bedtime and waking-up time with
no daytime sleeping in excess of 45
minutes. 2. Thou shalt avoid excessive
alcohol intake four hours before bedtime. 3. Thou shalt avoid smoking before bedtime. 4. Thou shalt avoid intake of caffeine such as those in coffee,
tea, most sodas, and chocolate six
hours before bedtime. 5. Thou shalt
avoid heavy, spicy foods or sweets four
hours before bedtime, but a light snack
is acceptable. 6. Thou shalt exercise
regularly but not before bedtime. 7.
(Reprinted from Philstar)
Thou shalt use comfortable bedding. 8.
Thou shalt find comfortable temperature when sleeping in a well-ventilated
room. 9. Thou shalt block out distracting noise. 10. Thou shalt use as less
light as possible and limit the use of the
bed to just sleeping.
RX: Sleep medicine
Now comes sleep medicine or this
group of specialists trained in treating
sleep disorders. The group is composed mainly of pulmonologists, neurologists, ENT (eyes, nose, throat) specialists, psychiatrists, and pediatricians
who deal with the process of sleep. You
may not know it or while you were
probably sleeping, sleep medicine quietly arrived in the country in 1992. It is
one of the youngest specialty fields in
medicine around the world. It’s been
around for more than two decades and
yet, a lot of people and even doctors
don’t know that such a specialty exists.
Our ASEAN neighbors are just waking
up to discover what sleep medicine is.
In 2017, we’re playing host to the 4th
ASEAN Sleep Medicine Congress. The
event aims to foster research and collaboration among ASEAN neighbor
countries which share similar cultures
and habits in this part of the world.
Continued on page 22
Sleep matters
During the celebration of World Sleep
Day 2016, the PSSM held its 10th annual symposium entitled “Sleep Matters:
Discovering the Importance of Sleep”
at the EMG Auditorium of the Lung
Center of the Philippines. There were
various workshops and lectures on
many sleep-related concerns for adults
— and even for children — that
aroused the curiosity of symposium
guests who were kept wide awake.
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NYPAA Holds 2016 Officers Induction and Spring Dance
The quintessential Filipino
Canadian community amateur
sports organization in Ontario,
the North York Pinoy Athletic
Association (NYPAA) celebrated the onset of spring with
a successful fundraising dinner- dance fling. The parents
volunteer
run
group productively conducted
its 2016 officers and directors
induction event on April 9,
2016 at the Our Lady of The
Assumption Parish Hall, North
York, Toronto.
With more than 250 guests,
members, players and supporters in attendance, they
witnessed the oath-taking of
the Association's new executive officers and board members for the 2016-2017 term.
Ms. Agnes Miranda, executive
director of World Financial
Group-Canada (WFG), officiated the swearing -in ceremony
Happy Anniversary!
Lee & Victor Connel
and also gave an inspirational
speech. The Honourable Michael Levitt, Member of Parliament for York Centre, graced
the occasion and delivered a
well-applauded congratulatory speech and greetings.
Among those inducted to office for a 2-year term were:
President – Sharonne Columbano, Vice President – Mylene
Escalona, Secretary – Brenda
Agoncillo, Asst. Secretary –
Arlyn Perez, Treasurer – Joanne Ligsay, Sports Commissioner – Renato Columbano,
Asst. Sports Commissioner –
Mark Victoria, Youth Sports
Development – Victor Montero, Website moderator – Arnel
Dipaling, Director – Ed Sotto,
Director – Vilma Tahsin, Director – Bob San Juan, Director –
Roger Tarca, Adviser – Tim
Sinclair, Adviser – Christina
Fernandez and Immediate
Happy Birthday!
Past President & Adviser –
Jimi Fernandez.
The 16-year old not-for-profit
organization is a member of
the North American Basket-
ball Association (NABA) and
has been sponsoring and supporting amateur basketball
competitions and clinics and
participating in numerous city
and inter-city tournaments in
Canada and the USA since
2005. (BSJ / tsanjuan)
(LEFT) Arnold Papa celebrated his 43rd birthday on
April 3, 2016 in his new
home in Oshawa.
Shown in the picture together with him is his wife, Mercy Papa. The couple are
blessed with 2 children,
Bruce and Amber Papa. (St.
Jamestown News Service,
Romy Zetazate)
Senior Building Ambassadors of Thorncliffe Neighbourhood Office (TNO). This is a diverse
group of Senior leader volunteers from different buildings of Thorncliffe Park. They are the TNO's
strength in building a stronger and safer community. With diversity in colour, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity, they are UNITED as ONE. Their differences will become a strong foundation of united
community. A meeting was held on Saturday, March 12, 2016 at the TNO's #18 boardroom, facilitated
by Alberto Rodil (far left wearing red shirt), Elder Person Consortium Senior Coordinator of TNO.
Emma Andrada stands tall as Mrs. Philippines PIDC 2016
Emma Andrada, Mrs. Philippines PIDC 2016 with her entourage, Norma Carpio, PIDC President, PIDC Officers and Council of Leaders
April 2016
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1st LBC Fun Badminton Tournament
“Blessed”
LBC Express, Toronto’s market
leader in courier products,
mails, parcels and cargo logistics for the Philippines held its
first LBC Fun Badminton Tournament last April 3, 2016 at
Epic Sports Badminton Courts,
Toronto ON. With sponsors,
Max Restaurant, Saladmaster
and AC Tristar, the event was
attended by more than 100
badminton enthusiast.
nual basis to encourage wider
participation in this sport.
SAINTHOOD: CANONIZATION
The tournament was participated by 72 players buying for
Class A and Class B Champions.
After 4 hours of smashing, two
men from Class A emerged as
champions and two ladies from
Class B came out as winners.
Class A champions are Patrick
James Domingo and Kristoph
Aban. Class B champions are
Johanna Paylaga and Angeline
Alviar.
“Venerable”
Once a confirmed miracle has
been attributed to this person’s intercession, a ceremony
is held in which the person is
proclaimed to be a “Blessed.”
In the opening event Raffy Policarpio – Country Head for LBC
Canada welcomed the players
and their families and assured
LBC’s support to sports event
like badminton. LBC also aims
to have the tournament on an-
Lack of sleep can cause
obesity
Sleep is universal but our cultures have some impact on
our behavior towards it.
For World Sleep Day 2016,
Multiflex RNC Philippines,
Inc., makers of Uratex foam
and mattress products, threw
its wholehearted support behind PSSM to help promote
good, healthful and restful
sleep.
Various studies have shown
that having an incorrect mattress may harm the body vis-a
-vis providing the restful sleep
it needs after a long, hard day
at work.
“Uratex has always been humbly supporting efforts to promote good sleep, a much-
At the awarding ceremonies,
the players and guests where
treated with sumptuous meal
from Max Restaurant, and raffle
prizes from Saladmaster – AC
Tristar.
needed bodily activity that
unfortunately many people do
not pay attention to or perhaps do not know how to
achieve because of various
reasons,” says Dindo Medina,
Multiflex RNC Philippines corporate sales director. “Simply
put, it all boils down to adapting to a more healthy and lessstressed lifestyle, a positive
mindset towards life, and
choosing the correct mattress
depending on the body’s
shape and contours, and this
is where Uratex can help.”
As the country’s sleep specialist, Uratex, so Medina adds,
will continue to help Filipinos
achieve healthy and superior
sleep by continuously developing and bringing innovative
mattresses and other sleep
solutions.
And so, to zzzzleep!
After the bishop completes his
investigation he sends his
findings to the Congregation
of the Causes of Saints. This
group, located in Rome, begins further investigation and
at the end of their investigation issues a statement that
either attests to the “heroic
virtue” of the person, or denies it. If the person under
consideration was also killed,
this is the stage at which it is
determined if they were
killed, in fact, for their faith or
for a different reason. If the
person passes this stage they
may be known as “Venerable”
and people may seek their
intercession in prayer. As of
the writing of this article,
Archbishop Fulton Sheen is
currently at this stage of the
canonization process.
That their intercession may be
sought represents a critical
turning point. From this stage
forward miracles are required. Those with a particular devotion to the person
under consideration begin
praying for the intercession of
the would-be Saint. In order
to take the next step in the
process a verifiable miracle
must occur. This miracle must
be investigated and proven to
be impossible outside of divine explanation. These types
of miracles are often medical,
as in cured terminal diseases,
but not always.
usually happens in a ceremony involving Mass at the Vatican. The pope may choose to
waive the requirements for
one or both miracles, as Pope
Francis did for the second
miracle for St. Pope John XXIII.
Often the process is shortened
for a person who was martyred for their faith. In fact, it
has become common practice
to waive one of the miracles
for martyrs. Once a person
has been declared a saint, they
Blessed Teresa of Calcutta was
beatified on Oct. 19, 2003 by
then Pope John Paul II. Her
feast day is September 5.
This is the final stage before
being officially declared a
Saint. Often times this ceremony is held in the home
country of the person. Pope St.
John Paul II flew to South Korea for the Beatification of
(now) St. Andrew Kim and
Companions and he also flew
to the Philippines for the Beatification of (now) St. Lorenzo
Ruiz and Companions. Once
this has happened, the person
is very close to being named a
Saint.
“Saint”
The final requirement is one
more confirmed miracle. The
requirements for this miracle
are the same as the first miracle and once the miracle has
been confirmed the person
may be named a Saint, which
St. Pope John Paul II was canonized on April 27, 2014 at Saint
Peter`s Square, Vatican City by
Pope Francis. He was beatified
on May 1, 2011. His feastday is
October 22 and he is the Patron
of World Youth Day.
are assigned a feast day and
that feast day may be celebrated around the world.
Ultimately,
regardless
of
whether or not the process is
shortened, the end result is
the same - the Church is given
the great gift of another person who is declared to be in
heaven and another resource
to turn to for prayer and intercession.
W.P. Bennett/
coraevans.com
April 2016
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ENTERTAINMENT
Lea Salonga enraged
by rude audiences,
lectures about theater
etiquette on Twitter
Brillante Mendoza film to
compete at Cannes
By Pia Garcia, CNN Philippines
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines) — Fresh off the success
of Hele Sa Hiwagang Hapis'
win at the Berlin International
Film Festival, another Filipino
film will be competing at one
of the biggest international
film festivals in the world.
Broadway star Lea Salonga not happy with the
way some Les Miserables audiences behaved
while watching the longest-running musical
She criticized some theatergoers who did not show respect
to the cast of the show and
fellow audience
Ma' Rosa, a film by acclaimed
director Brillante Mendoza,
has been included among the
films In Competition at the
69th Cannes Film Festival.
Lea expressed her disgust
through Twitter and lectured
about theater etiquette
The announcement was made
on Thursday afternoon (April
14).
Ma' Rosa is the only Filipino
film included in the list.
Ma' Rosa stars Jaclyn Jose,
Julio Diaz, Andi Eigenmann,
Felix Roco, and Jomari Angeles.
Ma' Rosa revolves around the
lives of husband and wife Rosa and Nestor who use their
sari-sari store as a cover-up
for selling illegal narcotic,
Methamphetamines.
Their
fate changes one night when
they are set up in a pending
buy-bust operation leading to
their warrantless arrest by the
police.
Filipino film director Brillante Mendoza. AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
Among the other films also in
the same category are Julieta
by Pedro Almodovar, Paterson
by Jim Jarmusch, The Last
Face by Sean Penn, and Elle by
Paul Verhoven.
Imago by Raymund Gutierrez
will be competing in the festival's short films competition.
Cafe Society, a film by director
Woody Allen, will be opening
the Cannes Film Festival to be
held from May 11 to 22.
Mendoza's other
accomplishments
Cannes
This will be the fourth Brillante Mendoza film to be
shown at Cannes. His other
films were screened at the
festival in 2008 (Serbis), 2009
(Kinatay), and 2015 (Taklub).
Serbis was nominated for a
Palme d'Or and Taklub was
awarded an Ecumenical JuryPrize Special Mention. ⦿
10 Most Beautiful Women 2016 lists
Wurtzbach, Soberano
By The GNP Team
Filipina beauties Pia Wurtzbach and Liza Soberano were listed in Wonderslist’s World’s Top 10 Most Beautiful Women of 2016
rounds of the most popular
television shows around the
world. The model and actress
ranked the Most Beautiful list
at number 10.
Pia Wurtzbach
Beauty queen Wurtzbach attracted the world’s attention
when her crowning as Miss
Universe 2015 was given a
dramatic twist by a mistaken
announcement giving her
crown to another contestant.
The Filipina-German beauty
has since become a more familiar face as she made
22
Model-actress Soberano is the
popular
half
of
the
“Breakthrough Love Team of
2015” earning recognition
from award-giving bodies,
along with actor Enrique Gil. Liza Soberano
At 17-years-old, the teenage
Wonderslist released the rank
beauty has already been in
saying the elite list is
local show business for 5
“restricted to women who’ve
years after debuting in a sitachieved a fair level of celebricom in 2011.
ty, based on the strongest,
She has graced several televi- intelligent, desirable, popular,
sion shows and has starred in attractive, hot and most sucfour films. Soberano ranked cessful women of 2016.”
goodnewspilipinas.com⦿
2nd place in the Wonderslist.
MANILA, Philippines – Multiawarded Broadway star Lea
Salonga seemed not so happy
with the way some Les Miserables audiences behaved
while watching the prestigious musical.
On April 8, Lea expressed her
disappointment over some
theatergoers who she said
‘could buy premium seats but
could not afford class’ after
friends who saw the play told
her there were viewers who
were talking and burping
amidst the show. She tweeted:
“Friends that saw Les Miz had
people around them talking
and burping. I guess some that
could buy premium seats
couldn’t afford class. #SMH”
And on April 9, in a series of
tweets, Lea lectured about
theater etiquette, and reminded people about respecting
not only the cast of the show,
but even fellow audience
members, and of course,
themselves.
“So, how does one teach a theater audience to turn off their
phones, not sing along with
the cast and not give loud
commentary? #LotsToLearn”
“If you’re just going to glue
your eyes to your phone instead of watching that play/
musical, then stay home. No
one likes a rude audience.”
Lea Salonga
“Also, the theater isn’t a karaoke bar. Try not to sing along.
The rest of the audience paid
to hear THE CAST sing. Not
you.”
“This isn’t only about respecting the cast working hard on
stage, but also respecting your
fellow audience members and
yourself.”
Les Miserables, a sungthrough musicale by composer Claude-Michel Schonberg
and lyricist Alain Boublil, and
produced by hitmaker Cameron Mackintosh, is based on the
novel Les Miserables by
French poet and novelist Victor Hugo.
Les Miserables also stars our
very own Rachelle Ann Go as
Fantine and The Voice Kids
runner-up Esang de Torres as
Little Cosette. The longestrunning musicale started its
Manila tour on March 11,
2016 at The Theatre at Solaire
Resort and Casino Entertainment City, in Paranaque City
and will run until May 1. Jasmin C/Kicker Daily News ⦿
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April 2016
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MUSIC STAND
Mon Torralba
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Ikaw Lang Ang Mamahalin
Music: Louie Ocampo
Lyrics: Joey Albert
Intro: Bb-F/A-Gm-; (2x)
Bb-F/A-Gm-F-Eb-F11-F13b9
Verse 1
Bb
Gm
C/E
Cm/Eb-D7
Sa bawat pag-ikot ng ating buhay
Cm7
F11
Bb
Bb9sus
May oras kailangan na maghiwalay
Gm
Bb9/F
EbM7
Dm7-Gm7
Puso'y lumaban man, walang magagawa
C(add9)
C/E
Cm7b5
F7sus-F7
Saan pa, kailan ka muling mahahagkan
Verse 2
Bb
Gm
C/E
Cm/Eb-D7
Kulang man sa 'tin itong sandali
Cm7
F7sus F13b9
Alam ko na tayo'y
EbM7
Bb11
Bb7
magkikitang muli
D7sus D7
Gm
C9b5
Hangga't may umaga pa na haharapin
Cm7
F7sus F7susb9 Bb
Ikaw lang ang mama_________halin
Adlib: Bb - Gm – C/E – Cm/Eb - D7
Cm7 – F11 – Bb – Bb9sus
Gm
Bb9/F
EbM7
Dm7-Gm7
Puso'y lumaban man, walang magagawa
C(add9)
C/E
Cm7b5
F7sus-F7
Saan pa, kailan ka muling mahahagkan
Bb
Gm
C/E
Cm/Eb-D7
Kulang man sa 'tin itong sandali
Cm7
F7sus F13b9
Alam ko na tayo'y
EbM7
Bb11
Bb7
magkikitang muli
D7sus D7
Gm
C9b5 pause
Hangga't may umaga pa na haharapin
Cm7
F7sus F7#9 Bb-Gm-Eb-F11-Bb
Ikaw lang ang ma___mahalin
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Fundraising concerts set for Merk couple
A series of fundraising concerts is being prepared for
couple Richard and Roni Merk
who are currently undergoing
medical treatments at the De
Los Santos Hospital along E.
Rodriguez Ave. in Quezon City.
they’ve always been so generous to others especially their
needy fellow artists, doing
fundraising shows for them.
Now it’s everybody’s turn to
help them out in their time of
need,” Jacqui said.
Richard is having his right foot
treated to avoid amputation,
while Roni just had a colon operation.
On April 28, a concert will be
held at Primo’s in Greenfield,
Mandaluyong. Those who’ve
committed to perform so far
are Ricky Davao, Skarlet and
her Band, Joey San Andres and
his band, Mar Dizon and the
TnT Band, Riki Gonzalez, Romy
Spearheading
jazz singer
“Richard and
friends to
the project is
Jacqui Magno.
Roni are good
everyone, and
"Music is what feelings sound like"
Posadas, May Bayot, and Jacqui
Magno.
On May 2, among the performers are Ricky J. Puno, Pat Castillo, Judith Banal, Jeannie
Tiongco, Romy Posadas, Colby
de la Calzada, Boyet Pigao,
Rudy Lozano, Ulysses Avante,
Ding and Tek Faustino, Richie
Ramos and Emcy Corteza of
Poppin’ Jazz, Ali Sotto and
Jacqui Magno. This concert will
be held at Musica Bar at Greenhills G-Strip Park at the Greenhills Shopping Center courtesy
of Jonathan Go. Tempo
April 2016
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