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Esquire names Penelope Cruz
‘sexiest woman alive’page 13
OCT 16, 2014 - OCT 22, 2014
L
The Obama administration deported a record 438,421 unauthorized
immigrants in fiscal year 2013.
ast week, the Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) released its immigration enforcement statistics for the 2013 fiscal
year, which ended September 30. The Obama
administration set another record for deportations, removing 438,421 individuals from the
DOJ: Binay not immune
from criminal suit
ANILA, Philippines
- Vice President Jejomar Binay is not immune from criminal suit
and could therefore be
investigated over charges
of corruption allegedly
committed when he was
still mayor of Makati City,
Justice Secretary Leila de
Lima bared yesterday.
De Lima explained that
while the Vice President
is an impeachable official
– meaning he could only
be removed from post by
impeachment proceedings
and trial in Congress – he
does not have immunity
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from suit.
“The principle of immunity from suit applies
only to two entities, the
State and the President.
Among government officials, only the President
is immune from suit. On
the other hand, impeachability refers only to the
mode of removal, not to
immunity. Impeachability
does not mean immunity.
Thus among the impeachable officials, only the
President is immune from
suit,” she told reporters
yesterday.
“Cases can be filed
against him but he can
only be removed by impeachment,” De Lima
stressed.
Apart from the President
and the Vice President,
the other impeachable officials are justices of the
Supreme Court and members of the various constitutional commissions
such as the Commission
on Elections, Civil Service Commission and the
Commission on Audit, as
well as the Ombudsman.
Binay and his son, Makati Mayor
Jejomar
(Cont. on Page 15)
United States—up nearly 5 percent from the
418,397 removals in 2012. As MPI’s Marc
Rosenblum told the New York Times, “You
can’t look at this report and conclude that this
administration has not been serious about immigration enforcement.”
(Cont. on Page 2)
Issue over custody of US
soldier may stall filing of
murder rap in court—lawmaker
ANILA, Philippines—The question of who takes custody of Private First Class
Joseph Scott Pemberton, the suspect in the
killing of Filipino transgender Jennifer Laude,
is threatening to derail
the immediate filing
of charges against the
American serviceman,
according to an Olongapo police official.
Kabataan Party-list
Rep. Terry Ridon, who
went to Olongapo to lead
a preliminary probe,
M
slained Filipino trasgender Jennifer Laude
(Cont. on Page 15)
Second Texas nurse with Ebola had traveled by plane
D
ALLAS (Reuters) - A second Texas nurse who tested
positive for Ebola after caring for
a patient with the virus had traveled by jetliner a day before she
reported symptoms, U.S. and air-
line officials said on Wednesday.
The worker at Texas Health
Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas had taken a Frontier Airlines
flight from Cleveland, Ohio to
Dallas/Fort Worth International
Airport on Monday, the officials
said.
The woman, identified to Reuters by her grandmother as Amber Vinson, 29, was isolated immediately after
(Cont. on Page 6)
Story on page 4
P4B shared by Makati execs’
Stocks plunge, extending losses; Bond prices soar
Story on
page 2
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Enrique and Liza in
‘Forevermore’ -page 13
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NATIONAL
Stocks plunge, extending losses;
Trooper Shoots, Kills Man Who
Bond prices soar
Stabbed Bus Passengers: Police
PAGE 2
Oct 16, 2014 - Oct 22, 2014
A Connecticut state trooper
shot and killed a man suspected of stabbing two passengers with a box cutter
aboard a tour bus traveling
from New York’s Chinatown to a Connecticut casino on Interstate 95 northbound in
Norwalk on Tuesday
night.
Police said the unidentified assailant,
armed with a “cutting instrument” later
identified as a boxcutter, was involved
in a disturbance on a
Dahlia bus carrying about
24 people around 10 p.m.
Tuesday and stabbed a man
and a woman, as well as
himself. That was after a
dispute between the suspect
and the other man, state po-
lice said.
Several passengers called
911 for help, but before police could arrive, the bus
pulled into a construction
zone near exit 14 off I-95
North and flagged down
Trooper First Class Marc
O’Mara, who was working
at the site, according to police.
As the O’Mara approached
the bus, the assailant and a
passenger with whom he
was fighting fell from the
bus onto the pavement,
police said. He ordered
the suspect to drop the
boxcutter, but he refused
and advanced toward the
trooper.
O’Mara opened fire,
shooting the suspected
assailant and wounding
the passenger involved
in the fight. State police said it’s not clear
whether the second bullet struck the passenger
directly or ricocheted off
the pavement.
The suspect and three injured passengers received
medical aid at the scene and
were rushed to the hospital,
where the suspect died, according to police.
A plunge in U.S. stocks
deepened in afternoon
trading Wednesday, sending the Dow Jones industrial average down more
than 400 points and putting the index on track for
its biggest loss in more
than a year.
The decline came as investor fears of a global
economic slowdown intensified after several
weeks of turbulent market
action.
The Dow plunged as
much as 460 points following steep declines in
Europe as investors sized
up the latest batch of corporate earnings and some
discouraging U.S. economic news. The Dow
was heading for its biggest percentage drop since
June 2013.
Traders dumped risky assets and parked their money in investments seen as
relatively safe, such as
U.S. government bonds.
That pushed the yield on
the 10-year Treasury note
briefly below 2 percent,
the lowest level in more
than a year.
“It’s a function of the
U.S. being the best house
in a bad neighborhood,”
said Terry Sandven, chief
equity strategist at U.S.
Bank Wealth Management. “There’s still uncertainty about economic
growth, primarily on a
global basis.”
The Dow recovered some
of the ground it had lost in
the first half-hour of trading then fell steadily again
through the afternoon. By
2:47 p.m. Eastern time it
was down 374 points, or
2.3 percent, to 15,941.
The Standard & Poor’s
500 index fell 43 points,
or 2.3 percent, to 1,834.
The Nasdaq composite
dropped 85 points, or 2
percent, to 4,144.
All three indexes are now
down for the year.
Bond prices soared as investors shifted money into
safe-haven investments.
Early on, the yield on
the 10-year Treasury note
plunged to 1.91 percent
from 2.20 percent the day
before, or 29 basis points,
a huge move. It recovered
to 2.01 percent in afternoon trading. Bond yields
fall when their prices rise.
Probe of Bergdahl capture by Taliban
complete, under Army review
An investigation into the circumstances being delayed until after the November
surrounding the capture of Army Ser- elections to avoid re-igniting the controgeant Bowe Bergdahl by Taliban mili- versy surrounding the prisoner swap that
tants in Afghanistan has been completed, led to Bergdahl’s release.
but it is unclear when the military will
The Government Accountability Offinish its report, the Pentagon said on fice, a government watchdog agency,
Tuesday.
said in August
Pentagon spokesthat the Defense
man Army Colonel
Department had
Steve Warren said
violated
U.S.
Major General Kenlaw by failing to
neth Dahl had subalert Congress
mitted his initial rebefore
releasport to the military
ing five Taliban
chain of command
members
held
for review. Warren
at Guantanamo
said there was no
Bay
military
way of telling when
prison in Cuba
the review process
in exchange for
would be completed.
Bergdahl.
The Pentagon apBergdahl was
pointed Dahl to inreleased in May
vestigate the case,
after five years in
determine if Bergcaptivity.
dahl had broken miliSome of his
tary rules and recomfellow soldiers
mend punishment if
in Afghanistan
appropriate.
U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Berghdal is pictured have said that
“The investigat- in this undated handout photo provided by the Bergdahl
was
ing officer has done U.S. Army and received by Reuters on May 31, captured by the
his work but now 2014.
Taliban after he
that work is moving
deserted his post.
through the Army
President
system, and at each stop ... there will ... Barack Obama’s administration was inibe questions, requirements for clarifi- tially praised for securing his release,
cation,” Warren told reporters. “So it’s but there was backlash from critics who
working its way through the system as charged that the White House had failed
would any other investigation.”
to give Congress adequate notice before
Warren rejected news reports suggest- freeing prisoners from Guantanamo.
ing that results of the investigation were
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Moreover, the administration
has changed enforcement
tactics to achieve these record-breaking removals. Increasingly, DHS is returning
more people through formal
removal orders, with serious long-term consequences,
and more quickly, through
out-of-court summary deportations without basic due
process. And DHS appears to
be shifting resources to the
border, where quick removals are most achievable.
Although DHS is apprehending about the same
amount of people, the latest
deportation numbers show
that DHS is choosing to
give more people formal removal orders with long-term
consequences, rather than
informally returning them.
In Fiscal Year (FY) 2013,
DHS apprehended 662,483
people—down slightly, 1.3
percent, from the 671,327
people DHS apprehended in
FY 2012. Yet in FY 2013,
DHS informally returned
22.6 percent less people
(178,371 versus 230,386), in
order to achieve the 5 percent
increase in formal removals.
Border Patrol returned 35
percent (even though Border
Patrol apprehended 15 percent more), and ICE returned
43 percent less.
Formal removal orders, unlike informal returns, have
serious consequences—typically, a bar of several years
on returning to the country,
and potential criminal liability for illegal re-entry if
someone returns. Thus, DHS’
choice to increase formal removal orders contributes to a
circular trend of over-criminalization and over-enforcement.
Additionally, the deportation machine increasingly is
made up of out-of-court deportations. In FY 2013, summary removals reached an
all-time high of 83 percent
of all removals—363,000 individuals removed without a
court hearing. Forty-four percent of removals (193,032)
were “expedited removals,”
of those apprehended at or
within 100 miles of a border
without proper papers.
THEFT OF FREE NEWSPAPER IS A CRIME IN THIS STATE.
WORLD BRIEF
The San Francisco Post
Coalition hits ISIS hard in Kobani;
militants keep pushing
ISIS appears to have gained more ground in Iraq.
Islamic State fighters surrounded one of Iraq’s largest
air bases Tuesday, a police captain in Anbar province
and other security sources told CNN. The militants are
preparing to launch an attack on Ein Al-Assad military
airbase, which is halfway between Hit and Haditha,
said Anbar police Capt. Omar Mohamad Hanin.
ISIS justifies slavery
ISIS magazine: Slavery is Islamic law
Anbar has been largely overrun by ISIS, which has
been waging war for months in order to establish a
caliphate -- or a society run by strict Sharia law. It has
also taken over large swaths of Syria, near the border
with Turkey.
Coalition forces have been trying to battle back, but
ISIS is getting into position in Iraq with rocket launchers and tanks in villages to the south and east of Ein
Al-Assad, Hanin said.
President Barack Obama said he is focused on the
fighting taking place in Anbar and vowed airstrikes
will continue there and elsewhere.
“This is going to be a long-term campaign, there are
no quick fixes involved,” he said Tuesday at Joint Base
Andrews, during a meeting of military leaders from 22
countries who are part of the coalition fighting ISIS.
“We’re still in the early stages,” the President said.
“As with any military efforts there will be days of
progress and there will be periods of setback, but our
coalition is united behind this long-term effort.”
Nearly 60 countries are now part of the effort to stop
ISIS.
Two deadly car bombs exploded in Baghdad on Monday and one on Tuesday. The militants claimed they
were behind the blasts. One targeted the police checkpoint in the Shiite neighborhood of Khadimiya.
Four people were killed and 12 others were injured
when a car bomb being driven by a someone on a suicide mission exploded in an area called al-Utayfia.
The target was a security checkpoint at one of the
entrances to the predominately Shiite neighborhood,
police officials told CNN.
ISIS released a statement on its media site claiming
that the al-Khadimiya attack killed a member of the
Iraqi Parliament, Ahmad al-Khafaji, who was a member of the Badr Organization, a main Shiite bloc in the
government.
On the surface, Badgad remained calm Tuesday, despite ISIS advances from the west. Ali, who sells fish
at a market, noted that ISIS has taken control of even
more territory since the coalition airstrikes began.
Nearby, Walid, who sells fruit and has two sons in the
Iraqi army, said the airstrikes are “like theater.”
The Iraqi army’s track record in fighting ISIS is not
good. It has lost control of Mosul, Iraq’s second largest
city, and is now struggling to keep control over Anbar.
ISIS advances in Syria
In Syria, ISIS fighters bombed and blasted their way
through the strategic city of Kobani. Columns of smoke
rose as the sound of gunfire erupted.
Coalition airpower -- aided by Saudi Arabia -- has been
focused intensely on Syria. U.S. Central Command said
Tuesday that it had bombarded ISIS near Kobani, using
bomber and fighter aircraft to fire 21 airstrikes that destroyed two ISIS staging locations, a building, a truck
and two vehicles and damaged other ISIS property.
Another U.S. strike near the Syrian city of Dayr az
Zawr struck a modular oil refinery and initial indications are that this strike was successful.
The strikes are meant to prevent the extremist Muslim group from resupplying and massing combat power
on the Kurdish-held portions of Kobani, Central Command said in a release.
Iran expects progress,
if no breakthrough,
in nuclear talks with EU, US
Iran does not expect a breakthrough to end a standoff that has lasted more
in high-level nuclear talks with the than a decade.
United States
Diplomats
and the Eurosay major
pean
Union
differences
this week but
remain, eshopes
they
pecially
will help pave
over the futhe way for a
ture scope
final deal, its
of Iran’s enforeign minrichment of
ister said on
uranium, a
Tuesday.
process that
Mohammad
can
yield
Javad
Zarif
material
was
quoted
either
for
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif walks down an aisle at the 69th United civilian nuby Iran’s Fars Iranian
Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, September 24, 2014.
news agency
clear power
after arriving
stations
in Vienna, where he was due to meet Tehran’s stated goal - or for nuclear
European Union foreign policy chief bombs, which Western powers have
Catherine Ashton. U.S. Secretary of long suspected may be Tehran’s unState John Kerry will join them on derlying agenda.
Wednesday.
Kerry said in Paris on Tuesday that
Zarif’s cautious optimism came a he did not believe that reaching a lastday after President Hassan Rouhani ing accord within six weeks was out
told Iranian television that a nuclear of reach, although he noted that many
agreement was “certain” and that only issues remained to be resolved.
“fine details” remained to be negotiAsked about speculation that an exated.
tension will be needed beyond that
Talks between Iran and six powers deadline to nail down a permanent
- the United States, France, Germany, settlement with Iran, Kerry pointed
China, Russia and Britain - are due to out that he was headed for Vienna on
conclude by a self-imposed Nov. 24 Wednesday for three-way talks with
deadline with, diplomats hope, a deal Zarif and Ashton.
North Korea
leader Kim
re-appears, with
walking stick:
state media
(Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, shown using
a cane for support, re-appeared
in state media on Tuesday after
a lengthy public absence that
had fueled speculation over
his health and grip on power in
the secretive, nuclear-capable
country.
Several pictures on the front
page of the Rodong Sinmun
newspaper showed Kim smiling and gesturing on a visit
to a housing development,
although there was no indication which day the event took
place. He was surrounded by
aides and wearing his signature dark buttoned suit, and
appeared to be supporting
himself with a black walking
stick.
There have been no official
reports on the 31-year-old
Kim appearing in public since
he attended a concert with his
wife on Sept. 3. He missed an
important political anniversary on Friday as well as a recent
session of the country’s parliament.
Hong Kong police use sledgehammers,
chainsaws to clear protest barriers, open road
(Reuters) - Hundreds of Hong
Kong police used sledgehammers
and chainsaws on Tuesday to tear
down barricades erected by prodemocracy protesters near government offices and the financial center, reopening a major road for the
first time in two weeks.
But late in the evening demonstrators retaliated by swarming
into a tunnel on a major four-lane
thoroughfare, bringing traffic to a
halt and chanting for universal suffrage.
Riot police tried to push them
back with pepper spray and batons,
according to a local news channel,
but later retreated.
“I think the government doesn’t
respect us,” said Kevin Chan, a
protester wearing a surgical mask
and goggles covering his black
glasses, as he stood behind a make-
shift wall.
“They have to talk to us and compromise, otherwise we won’t stand
down.”
Traffic flowed freely along
Queensway Road after
the protesters’ obstructions were cleared early in the day, although
other major protest
sites remained intact
in the Admiralty and
Mong Kok districts
and
pro-democracy
demonstrators
were
defiant.
Police with chainsaws cut through bamboo defenses and others wielded
sledgehammers to smash concrete
blocks outside the Bank of China’s
Hong Kong headquarters and next
to the office of Asia’s richest man,
Li Ka-shing.
Office workers streamed onto the
streets to watch.
Unlike on Monday, when clashes erupted between anti-protest
groups and pro-democracy activists after police removed blockades, there was no immediate confrontation as a result of Tuesday’s
operation.
PAGE 3
Oct 16, 2014 - Oct 22, 2014
Six months after girls abducted, Nigerians protest near president’s house
Protesters demanding the release of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped six
months ago by Islamist militants, demonstrated infront of
the president’s home on Tuesday, urging
the government to do
more to free
them.
Around 60
people
in
red T-shirts
that
read
“Bring Back
Our
Girls”
marched to
the residence of President
Goodluck Jonathan in a leafy
part of the Nigerian capital,
which was guarded by more
than 150 armed police.
Scores of other protesters
were prevented from joining
the rally by other police lines
at the top of the street.
“I want the president to try
and bring back my friends,”
said Rebecca Ishaku, who
managed to escape from the
clutches of the Boko Haram
militants after they attacked a
remote northeastern school in
April.
“I can’t
even imagine
what’s
happening to
them.”
The kidnapping of
around 270
girls from the
northeastern village
of
Chibok
shocked the world and raised
doubts about Nigeria’s ability
to defeat the Islamist radicals.
Some of the girls were able to
flee or were released, but more
than 200 remain in captivity
and Nigeria’s slow response to
the crisis coupled with its failure to locate the captives has
brought it widespread criticism
at home and abroad.
PAGE 4
Oct 16, 2014 - Oct 22, 2014
OPINION
The San Francisco Post
Binay and the court
of public opinion
S
Editorial
igures are no match to pictures. That much is apparent once again in the case of Vice
F
President Jejomar Binay and the allegations of unexplained wealth against him and
his family.
Those allegations have been around for years, ever since the former human rights lawyer
became mayor of the country’s most prosperous city and founded a political dynasty that
would eventually see his wife and son succeed him at Makati City Hall, and two other
children occupy seats in Congress. On the strength of his seemingly invulnerable grip on
the city of Makati, Binay himself was able to pole-vault into the second highest office in
the land.
But building that political bulwark, let alone accumulating and replenishing a war chest
that would see each aspiring family member triumph in election after election, obviously
required money. As Makati mayor, Binay’s salary was P32,000. And yet, as Newsbreak
reported as early as 2001, in less than a decade he had acquired properties worth P80
million, including a farm in Batangas, condominium units in posh enclaves in Makati, a
mansion in Tagaytay—but all of them undeclared in his or his wife’s statement of assets,
liabilities and net worth.
Despite those multimillion-peso price tags, the charges didn’t stick or gain traction. After 2001, Binay continued to be voted into office by Makati residents grateful for his social services programs that ensured free medicines, free movies and free birthday cakes.
Those long years in power fortified his position even further, allowing him to post a
spectacular come-from-behind victory over vice-presidential front-runner Mar Roxas in
the 2010 elections.
But, as Binay moves toward what he believes is the next logical (his handlers would
say ordained) step in his supposed presidential destiny, questions about the sources of his
wherewithal have resurfaced, and this time they appear ready to stew longer in the public
mind. He now has to contend with something completely unforeseen when he began plotting his ascendancy: social media and the
viral phenomenon.
In 2001, in reply to Newsbreak’s allegations, Binay said, “These charges are a
rehash of old election issues”—and that
was that. Now, as technology has become
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ix times in
the past seven
weeks, this column has been
devoted to issues
surrounding the
Makati
parking building and
other
possible
cases of corruption against Vice
President JejoBy
mar Binay, who,
Solita Collas - Munsod
as mayor, and
together with his
wife (three years) and son (four years and
counting), has ruled Makati for the past 27
years.
Why the concentration on the overpriced
building and Binay? Because Binay has
made no secret of his desire to be president
of the Philippines in 2016. Therefore, Filipinos should have access to independent
information (as opposed to his press releases and the work of his network of media professionals) on how he ran Makati,
which will help them make up their minds
as to whether he deserves to be president—
other than that he has been dreaming of it
since he was a poor, orphaned child.
Binay has portrayed himself as a victim
of political persecution, saying the case
involving the Makati parking building is
already with the Sandiganbayan and therefore should no longer be heard by the Senate blue ribbon subcommittee headed by
Koko Pimentel. In addition, he says, the
subcommittee has no jurisdiction and it
should be the full committee that should be
hearing the case.
Sorry, Mr. Vice President. It takes the
Sandiganbayan an average of eight years
to resolve a case, and quite apart from the
doubts on its integrity, it is a fact that a decision made eight years from now by that
court will be useless to the Filipino people
who will be judging you in the election
that will take place 18 months from now.
Which is why they need to know about
how you ran Makati, and, relatedly, your
unexplained wealth.
The only possible place they can get their
facts is from the Pimentel subcommittee,
but you and your minions are trying your
best to gag them. The political-persecution ploy is overplayed, I think. The fact
that you are allowed by the administration
to hand out land titles (the President usually does that) allows me to rest my case.
The lack-of-jurisdiction ploy is the same
one you used in 1995, and it bought you
four years from the Supreme Court. I don’t
know how many times you’ve used it since
then, but I hope it doesn’t succeed now.
The fate of the country is at stake.
Then there’s the presumption-of-innocence ploy—a man is presumed innocent
until he is found guilty. True enough. But
the Senate hearings are not a criminal proceeding, so that presumption is not at issue. This is the court of public opinion. Because, Mr. Vice President, you want to be
president. And the question of the people
watching is: Are you worthy?
P4B shared by
Makati execs’
A
t least P4 billion from 10 infrastructure projects that the Makati City government awarded to a favored contractor
between 1999 and 2014 went to city officials and resident auditors as kickbacks,
according to former Makati Vice Mayor
Ernesto Mercado.
The 10 projects awarded to Hilmarc’s
Construction Corp. cost the taxpayers of
Makati at least P15 billion, said Mercado,
a witness in a Senate blue ribbon subcommittee investigation of alleged irregularities in the Makati government during the
term of Vice President Jejomar Binay as
city mayor.
“Twenty-eight percent from every project was shared by the mayor down to the
lowest official in the web involved in the
conspiracy,” Mercado told the Inquirer in
an interview in his office in Makati.
Mercado said 13 percent of the 28-percent kickback went to Binay while he was
mayor of Makati.
The remaining 15 percent went to others—the vice mayor, 16 members of the
city council, the city council secretary,
members of the the bids and awards committee (BAC), the city engineer, members
of the technical working group (TWG),
department heads, two sectoral representatives (a barangay chair and the Sangguninang Kabataan chair) and resident Commission on Audit (COA) auditors.
Mercado admitted accepting a share of
the kickbacks when he was a city councilor
and then vice mayor.
Another building contractor, who agreed
to talk to the Inquirer on condition of anonymity, confirmed Mercado’s allegations,
saying the Vice President’s son, current
Makati Mayor Jejomar Erwin “Junjun” Binay Jr., asked for a “little more.”
“The rate has actually gone up. It’s actually higher now,” the contractor said.
Junjun Binay served as a sectoral representative and later as councilor before he
took over the reins from his father in 2010.
Makati’s big-budget infrastructure projects in the past decade handled by Hilmarc’s were the following:
-The 22-story Makati City Hall building,
worth P6.5 billion.
-Phase 2 of the Ospital ng Makati District
1 (P2 billion).
-Phases 1 and 4 of the University of Makati Nursing School building (P804 million).
-Makati police headquarters (P183.63 million).
-Phase 1 of the swimming pool in the
Makati Garden Park (P31 million).
-Phases 1 to 6 of Makati Science High
School (P1.34 billion).
- Phases 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Makati University
Administrative and Auditorium (P332 million).
-Makati City Hall Building II, or parking
building (P2.3 billion).
Renovation of treasury building for Makati police station on F. Zobel Street, Barangay Poblacion (P4.98 million). University
of Makati school buildings (no available
budget).
Pope grants Manaoag shrine the title of
‘minor basilica’
MANILA, Philippines–A few months efits that one gains by visiting the papal
before his visit to the Philippines, Pope basilicas will also be received by those
Francis has given the title “minor basili- visiting the Shrine of Manaoag.
ca” to the Shrine of Our Lady of the Ro“The devotion to Our Lady of Manaoag
sary of Manaoag in Pangasinan
province.
“Pope Francis has granted the
title Minor Basilica to the Marian
Shrine of Our Lady of Manaoag.
The Archdiocese of LingayenDagupan is immensely blessed,”
Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop
Socrates Villegas, president of
the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP),
said in his Twitter account.
Pope Francis will visit the Philippines from Jan. 15 to 19.
The Manaoag shrine houses the FROM SHRINE TO BASILICAMINORE A procession during the
image of Our Lady of the Rosary Manaoag town fiesta in 2012 leaves the Shrine of Our Lady of the
of Manaoag, which most Catho- Rosary of Manaoag in Pangasinan province. WILLIE LOMIBAO/
INQUIRER NORTHERN LUZON
lics believe is miraculous.
According to a CBCP post, the
shrine is also a parish church of the Arch- has helped deepen the piety of many Cathdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan. The shrine olics not only in Pangasinan but throughis an affiliate of the Papal Basilica of San- out the country,” the CBCP post said.
ta Maria Maggiore in Rome.
For Catholics, according to www.
Villegas said this means the spiritual ben- stspeterandpaulbasilica.com, a basilica is
a church that has been accorded special
privileges by the Pope.
“Minor basilicas are significant churches
in Rome and elsewhere in the world that
meet certain criteria and are given special ecclesiastical privileges,” a post on
the website says, citing the 1989 Vatican
document Domus Ecclesiae.
“Minor basilicas are traditionally named
because of their antiquity, dignity, historical value, architectural and artistic worth,
and/or significance as centers of worship,” it says. “A basilica must ‘stand out
as a center of active and pastoral liturgy.’”
The official website of Manila Cathedral,
which has also been named a minor basilica, says the traditional manner by which
a church is elevated to the rank of a minor
basilica is through a petition by the bishop
in whose diocese the church is found.
“The bishop, with the concurrence of the
episcopal conference of the given country, makes a petition to the Pope through
the Sacred Congregation of Divine Worship that the central church of his diocese
be elevated to the status and dignity of a
minor basilica,” according to an article
posted on the website.
HOMELAND
The San Francisco Post
3rd grenade attack on Tondo Police Station in
2014: no one hurt
MANILA, Philippines—For the third time this year, the
Tondo Police Station was attacked with a grenade.
The latest attack happened at 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday,
with police officials claiming the people behind the attacks were hoping to intimidate the police, who have
been working to rid the area of criminals.
Police reports said security camera footage showed two
men riding a motorcycle threw the grenade in front of
the Tondo Police Station (Station 1) on Raxabago Street,
Tondo, Manila.
The grenade, later identified as an MK2 fragmentation
grenade, exploded along the road, damaging a nearby
tent and sending debris up that hit a nearby car. However,
no one was hurt in the attack.
The previous grenade-throwing attack on the police sta-
tion had just happened earlier this month and an MK2
fragmentation grenade was also used.
Superintendent Virgilio Viloria, the Tondo Police Station
chief, said that they were treating the grenade-throwing
attacks as direct threats to the police.
“Over the last few months, we stepped up our anti-criminality drive here. And obviously, we have been hitting at
something, which is why we think these explosives are
being thrown at us,” he said.
He noted that the Tondo Police has been particularly
hunting down people involved in the drug trade in the
area.
Viloria said the Tondo Police would continue hunting down criminals in the area while also implementing
tighter security in the vicinity of the police station.
Group eyes 14M signatures to
convince Duterte to run for prexy
MANILA, Philippines - A group
pushing for Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte to run in the 2016
presidential election is confident
that it could convince the local
chief executive to throw his hat
by an “overwhelming support” of
the people.
Lawyer John Contriciones, Luzon coordinator of the Duterte for
President 2016 Movement, said
the group is eyeing to gather at
least 14 million signatures nationwide, petitioning the Davao City
mayor to run in the national polls.
“If there would be enough signatures and it will be overwhelming then I’m sure mayor Duterte
would not be able to refuse to
heed the call of the Filipino people.
“We know that theres so many
people who are rally supporting
Mayor Duterte. As a matter of fact,
this has been shown by their visits
in key cities in Mindanao and in
the Visayas, wherein the caravan
was warmly welcomed by a lot of
people,” he added.
He said that the caravan is the
signature drive to seek support for
a Duterte presidency started last
October 8 in. Metro Manila.
After the National Capital Region, the organizers of the movement will then troop to Rizal, Bulacan and areas in Central Luzon,
Contriciones said.
“But as far as Mayor Duterte’s
concern, up to this point in time,
he has yet decided to run for the
Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte
presidency. So what’s happening
right now is we are in a movement wherein we are just trying to
urge and encourage mayor Duterte
to throw his political hat into the
presidential derby,” he said.
Asked if they expect a smear
campaign against Duterte, Contriciones said it is the risk they are
willing to take.
“You know a lot of other political cndidtes would tend to throw
stones at you if they know you are
already ahead. We expect that to
happen but of course its too early
to say as Mayor Duterte has yet to
decide,” he said.
QC holdup men shoot at
bus floor
MANILA, Philippines—Eleven passengers of a Makati City-bound bus on East
Avenue in Quezon City lost their valuables to two gun-wielding men around
midnight on Monday. According to the
police, the robbers boarded the Taguig
Metrolink Bus (UYA 664) around 11:30
p.m. at Commonwealth Market and declared the holdup as it went past the
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas building.
One of the suspects fired his gun at the
floor to scare the passengers. After forcing them to hand over cell phones and an
undetermined amount of cash and other
valuables, the same robber fired a second
shot at the floor of the bus before escaping with his accomplice.
The bus driver later recovered the casing
of a .45-caliber bullet inside the vehicle
as the victims reported the incident to the
Quezon City Police District’s Kamuning
station.
MANILA, Philippines (XiThe Middle East is the
nhua) - President Benigno top destination for overseas
Aquino III said today that Filipino workers (OFWs).
the outbreaks of Ebola vi- Government data showed
rus disease and the Middle that there are 3,490 OFWs
East Respiratory Syndrome in Ebola-stricken countries
Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in West Africa.
are a “paramount
concern”
for
his
government because of
the
10
million
Filipinos
living and
working
abroad.
A q u i n o Aquino’’s government talks about EBOLA in Philippines
made the
remarks
in his speech during the
Aquino said the Philippine
opening of the 65th Ses- government will continue
sion of the World Health to exert effort to prevent the
Organization (WHO) Re- entry of deadly disease in
gional Committee for the the country without spreadWestern Pacific here today. ing fear and panic.
The meeting will run until
In his message, WHO ExOctober 17.
ecutive Director Ian Smith
“Outbreaks of illnesses and said the fear of infection
diseases like the MERS- has spread around the
CoV and Ebola are among world much faster than the
the greatest challenges the virus.
world faces today. For the
Citing World Bank data,
Philippines,
specifically, Smith said 90 percent of
the fact that we have 10 the economic costs of any
million of our countrymen outbreak come from the
living and working abroad “irrational and disorgamakes these kinds of out- nized efforts” of the public
breaks a paramount con- to avoid infection.
cern,” he said.
MANILA, Philippine – The Department of Justice
(DOJ) has started its investigation into the alleged
anomalous transactions entered into by Vice President Jejomar Binay but isn’t keen on conducting one against Philippine National Police (PNP)
Chief Alan Purisima.
Justice Secretary Leila De Lima said the Senate asked for their help on Binay while it is the
Department of Interior and Local Government
(DILG) that has formed a group to conduct a lifestyle check on Purisima and other officials of the
PNP.
“Nagaalangan ang NBI (National Bureau of In-
“We have always said that General Purisima is accountable under the law like any
other police or government official,” Coloma said.
Lifestyle check
Purisima is facing plunder and other criminal charges in the Office of the Ombudsman. He is also being subjected to a lifestyle check following revelations he owned
a 4.5-hectare property in Nueva Ecija.
Purisima has not denied owning the property, but insisted that the house on it was
“ordinary.”
He is also under fire for accepting an P11million “donation” to construct his official
residence, dubbed the White House, in
Camp Crame.
He also admitted receiving a huge discount
on a Toyota Prado SUV worth P4 million
which he was able to buy for only P1.5 million.
NBI to track down 2 Binay close aides
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima has directed the National Bureau of Investigation to
find the people with knowledge of alleged
irregularities in the Makati city government
but have not been appearing in a Senate inquiry into the scandal involving Vice President Jejomar Binay.
De Lima said on Friday that the Senate
had asked for NBI help in locating Gerardo
“Gerry” Limlingan and Eduviges “Ebeng”
Baloloy, two longtime trusted aides of Binay, during whose term as mayor the alleged irregularities happened, including the
construction of the P2.28-billion Makati
City Hall Building II, which the Vice President’s accusers claimed was overpriced.
De Lima said the whistle-blowers’ testimonies were “hard to ignore,” as “they
have personal and direct knowledge” of
Ebola, Middle East virus ‘paramount concern’ for gov’t: Aquino
It’s official: DOJ probes Binay on Senate request
Palace backs Purisima, but…
MANILA, Philippines–Malacañang on
Thursday praised Philippine National Police Director General Alan Purisima but
stressed that his accomplishments would
not save him if it turns out the allegations he
had amassed ill-gotten wealth were proven
true.
In a briefing, Communications Secretary
Herminio Coloma rattled off Purisima’s
achievements since taking over the PNP in
December 2012.
Coloma cited Purisima’s efforts against
high-profile criminals and crime syndicates
and the reforms he implemented in the PNP
firearms and explosives division.
“These are important reforms,” Coloma
said.
Still, his accomplishments did not mean
Purisima would not be held liable for corruption in case the evidence pointed that
way.
PAGE 5
Oct 16, 2014 - Oct 22, 2014
the information they have disclosed to the
public.
“I am sure that after the inquiry, there will
be several recommendations, including,
let’s say, further case buildup, investigation
or the filing of cases, although there is already a case in the Ombudsman,” she said.
“So that’s what we’re discussing now:
Whether we wait for the report and recommendations of the subcommittee, or if we
can already start our investigation,” she
added.
Former Makati Vice Mayor Ernesto Mercado has told a Senate blue ribbon subcommittee investigating the scandal that he
served as bagman for contractors and that
Limlingan and Baloloy received from him
large duffel bags containing millions of pesos in kickbacks for Binay.
vestigation) makialam sa issue na yan at the moment,” De Lima told reporters Friday.
But she clarified that the entry of the NBI in the
investigation did not mean that the government
was targeting Binay who openly declared his intention to run for presidency in 2016.
“They are consistent in saying that it is part of the
demolition job because of his political plans. The
public deserves to know the truth,” De Lima said.
“It is the DOJ/NBI mandate to investigate such
sensitive issues,” she added.
Both Binay and Purisima are facing questions
about their alleged unexplained wealth.
TAX CORNER
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Oct 16, 2014 - Oct 22, 2014
I
Extended Tax Deadline Expires
Oct. 15; Don’t Overlook Tax
Benefits
f you are one
of the nearly
13 million taxpayers
who
asked for more
time to file
your federal
by: Alvin C. Maglan, CPA tax return this
year, the extra
time is about to
expire. If you
haven’t yet filed, here are some things that
you should know:
Know the deadline. Oct. 15 is the last day
to file for most people who requested an
automatic six-month extension.
Don’t overlook tax benefits. Make sure to
check if you qualify for tax breaks that you
might miss if you rush to file. This includes
the Earned Income Tax Credit and the Savers Credit. The American Opportunity Tax
Credit and other education tax benefits can
help you pay for college.
Use IRS Free File. Many people do not
know that they can still e-file their tax return for free through IRS Free File. The
program is only available on IRS.gov
through Oct. 15. IRS e-file is easy, safe and
the most accurate way to file your taxes.
E-file also helps you get all the tax benefits
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Use IRS Direct Pay. If you owe taxes the
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as much as you can to reduce interest and
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Installment Agreement Request, with your
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More time for the military. Some people
have more time to file. This includes members of the military and others serving in
a combat zone. If this applies to you, you
typically have until at least 180 days after
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New filing status rules may apply. New
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spouse generally must use a married filing status on your 2013 federal tax return.
This is true even if you and your spouse
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The hospital said on Tuesday that
(Cont. from page 1... SECOND TEXAS NURSE) Pham was “in good condition.”
reporting a fever on Tuesday, Texas DeNews of the second nurse’s diagpartment of State Health Services offi- nosis follows criticism of the hospital’s
cials said. She had treated Liberian patient nurses of its initial handling of the diseases,
Thomas Eric Duncan, who died of Ebola in a statement Tuesday by National Nurses
and was the first patient diagnosed with the United, which is both a union and a profesvirus in the United States.
sional association for U.S. nurses.
The circumstances under which Vinson
The nurses said the hospital lacked prototraveled were not immediately known. But cols to deal with an Ebola patient, offered
the latest revelation raised fresh questions no advance training and provided them
about the handling of Duncan’s case and with insufficient gear, including non-imits aftermath by both the hospital and the permeable gowns, gloves with no taping
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Pre- around wrists and suits that left their necks
vention (CDC).
exposed.
At least 4,447 people have died in West ‘PILED TO THE CEILING’
Africa in the worst Ebola outbreak since
Basic principles of infection control were
the disease was identified in 1976, but cases violated by both the hospital’s Infectious
in the United States and Europe have been Disease Department and CDC officials, the
limited. The virus can cause fever, bleed- nurses said, with no one picking up hazarding, vomiting and diarrhea, and spreads ous waste “as it piled to the ceiling.”
through contact with bodily fluids.
“The nurses strongly feel unsupported,
“Health officials have interviewed the lat- unprepared, lied to, and deserted to handle
est patient to quickly identify any contacts the situation on their own,” the statement
or potential exposures, and those people said.
will be monitored,” the health department The hospital said in a statement it had insaid in a statement.
stituted measures to create a safe working
During the weekend, 26-year-old nurse environment and it was reviewing and reNina Pham became the first person to be sponding to the nurses’ criticisms.
infected with Ebola in the United States. Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings said at a
She had cared for Duncan during much of news conference Wednesday that the sechis 11 days in the hospital. He died in an ond infected nurse lived alone and had no
isolation ward on Oct. 8.
pets.
The San Francisco Post
Miscellaneous Deductions
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ou may be able to deduct cerY
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Deductions Subject to the Two
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These include expenses such
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Two Percent Limit. Some deductions are not subject to the two percent limit. They include:
Certain casualty and theft losses.
Generally, this applies to damaged
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investment. This includes items
such as stocks, bonds and works
of art.
Gambling losses up to the amount
of your gambling winnings.
Losses from Ponzi-type investment schemes.
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or IRA distribution purposes, the
term first-time home buyer does
not mean the taxpayer has not owned a
home before the distribution date.
A taxpayer who has never owned a
home or has not owned a home in the
last two years ending on the date of
purchase qualifies for a penalty exception of distributing up to $10,000
from his or her IRA. If the taxpayer
is married, the taxpayer’s spouse must
also meet the two-year requirement as
well. Taxpayers who take a distribution from their IRA to aid in the buying process of a home and who meet
the requirements will be subject to
income taxation of the amount distributed, but will not be subject to a
10% penalty for the amount that was
distributed.
Besides the two-year ownership rule,
the other criteria that must be met
are:
The amount must be used for the
home purchase within 120 days of the
date of distribution.
Any amounts not used for the purchase of the home within the 120-day
period will be subject to the 10% penalty.
The individual taking the distribution
can be the taxpayer, the taxpayer’s
spouse, child, grandchild or an ancestor of the taxpayer.
The penalty can also be avoided if the
F
taxpayer places any remaining funds
not used for the purchase back into the
IRA within the 120-day period.
Example: Josh is purchasing a new
home and does not have enough cash
on hand to place a deposit. He has
$100,000 in his traditional IRA. Josh
owned a home five years ago, but sold
the home and moved into an apartment because his job required him
to travel several days a week. He has
been promoted and no longer needs to
travel. He heard from his boss that he
can take up to a $10,000 distribution
from his IRA and use this amount as
a down payment without being penalized. He plans to close on the home
on September 1, 2014. As long as Josh
receives the distribution within the
120-day period of paying acquisition
costs and uses the entire $10,000 for
his down payment, the distribution
is taxable but is not subject to a 10%
penalty.
If Josh does not use the entire $10,000
as a down payment, or the closing is
not completed, he will be subject to a
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placed back into the IRA before the
120-day period.
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Oct 16, 2014 - Oct 22, 2014
BANKRUPTCY
Americans face post-foreclosure What will happen to my property
after filing bankruptcy?
hell as wages garnished, assets ownership
will hapcase you are asked for
Q.penWhatto my
prop- By Atty. Crispin C. Lozano it.
seized
PAGE 7
The San Francisco Post
Oct 14 (Reuters) - Many thousands of
Americans who lost their homes in the housing bust, but have since begun to rebuild
their finances, are suddenly facing a new
foreclosure
nightmare:
debt
collectors are
chasing
them down
for
the
money they
still
owe
by freezing
their bank
accounts,
garnishing
their wages
and seizing their assets.
By now, banks have usually sold the houses. But the proceeds of those sales were
often not enough to cover the amount of
the loan, plus penalties, legal bills and fees.
The two big government-controlled housing finance companies, Fannie Mae and
Freddie Mac, as well as other mortgage
players, are increasingly pressing borrowers to pay whatever they still owe on mortgages they defaulted on years ago.
Using a legal tool known as a “deficiency
judgment,” lenders can ensure that borrowers are haunted by these zombie-like
debts for years, and sometimes decades,
to come. Before the housing bubble, banks
often refrained from seeking deficiency
judgments, which were seen as costly and
an invitation for bad publicity. Some of the
biggest banks still feel that way.
But the housing crisis saddled lenders
with more than $1 trillion of foreclosed
loans, leading to unprecedented losses.
Now, at least some large lenders want their
money back, and they figure it’s the perfect
time to pursue borrowers: many of those
who went through foreclosure have gotten
new jobs, paid off old debts and even, in
some cases, bought new homes.
“Just because they don’t have the money
to pay the entire mortgage, doesn’t mean
they don’t have enough for a deficiency
judgment,” said Florida foreclosure defense attorney Michael Wayslik.
Advocates for the banks say that the former homeowners ought to pay what they
owe. Consumer advocates counter that deficiency judgments blast those who have
just recovered from financial collapse back
into debt - and that the banks bear culpability because they made the unsustainable
loans in the first place.
“SLAPPED TO THE FLOOR”
Borrowers are usually astonished to find
out they still owe thousands of dollars
on homes they haven’t thought about for
years.
In 2008, bank teller Danell Huthsing
broke up with her boyfriend and moved
out of the concrete bungalow they shared
in Jacksonville, Florida. Her name was on
the mortgage
even after she
moved out,
and when her
boyfriend
defaulted on
the loan, her
name was on
the foreclosure papers,
too.
She moved
to St. Louis,
Missouri,
where
she
managed
to
amass
$20,000
of
savings and restore her previously stellar
credit score in her job as a service worker
at an Amtrak station.
But on July 5, a process server showed
up on her doorstep with a lawsuit demanding $91,000 for the portion of her mortgage that was still unpaid after the home
was foreclosed and sold. If she loses, the
debt collector that filed the suit can freeze
her bank account, garnish up to 25 percent
of her wages, and seize her paid-off 2005
Honda Accord.
“For seven years you think you’re good to
go, that you’ve put this behind you,” said
Huthsing, who cleared her savings out of
the bank and stowed the money in a safe
to protect it from getting seized. “Then
wham, you get slapped to the floor again.”
Bankruptcy is one way out for consumers
in this rub. But it has serious drawbacks:
it can trash a consumer’s credit report for
up to ten years, making it difficult to get
credit cards, car loans or home financing.
Oftentimes, borrowers will instead go on
a repayment plan or simply settle the suits
- without questioning the filings or hiring
a lawyer - in exchange for paying a lower
amount.
Though court officials and attorneys in
foreclosure-ravaged regions like Florida,
Ohio and Illinois all say the cases are
surging, no one keeps official tabs on the
number nationally. “Statistically, this is a
real difficult task to get a handle on,” said
Geoff Walsh, an attorney with the National
Consumer Law Center.
Officials in individual counties say that
the cases, while virtually zero a year or two
ago, now number in the hundreds in each
county. Thirty-eight states, along with the
District of Columbia, allow financial
institutions recourse to claw back these
funds.
“I’ve definitely noticed a huge uptick,”
said Cook County, Illinois homeowner
attorney Sandra Emerson. “They didn’t
include language in court motions to pursue these. Now, they do.”
erties after I file
bankruptcy?
.When you file your bankruptcy papers, a bankruptcy estate
is created that is administered by
the trustee designated by the U.S.
Department of Justice. The trustee is the representative of all your
creditors in the process. While the
bankruptcy process is in progress,
he takes control of all the property
in your bankruptcy estate. However, the trustee won’t actually take
physical control of the property.
Most, if not all, of your property
will be exempt, which means the
trustee will return it to your legal
possession after your bankruptcy is
closed. If you have any questions
about dealing with property after
you file, ask a bankruptcy attorney.
A
.What will I do with my property
while the bankruptcy case is pend-
Q
A
ing?
.While your bankruptcy is pending, do not throw out, give away,
sell, or otherwise dispose of the property you owned as of your filing date –
unless and until the bankruptcy trustee
says otherwise. Even if all of your
property is exempt, you are expected
to hold on to it, in case the trustee or
a creditor challenges your exemption
claims.
. I have a piece of land that is not
allowed in my total exemption.
What will I do with it?
. If some of your property is nonexempt, the trustee may ask you to
turn it over. Or, the trustee may decide
that the property is worth too little to
bother with and abandon it. Typically,
the trustee doesn’t let you know that
property is abandoned, but once you
receive your discharge, the property is
deemed abandoned.
Q
A
. Can I spend the money that I included in my filing as I declared in
Schedule B?
. You are allowed to spend cash
you had when you filed and you
declared in Schedule B to make dayto-day purchases for necessities such
as groceries, personal effects, and
clothing. Just make sure you can account for what happened to the cash.
If you have a huge purchases reflected
in your bank statements, be sure to account and explain it to your trustee in
Q
A
. Who owns the income I earned
and the property I acquired after
filing bankruptcy?
. In Chapter 7 cases, with few exceptions, the trustee has no claim
to property you acquire or income you
earn after you file. You are free to
spend it as you please. The exceptions
are: property from an insurance settlement agreement, or inheritance that
you become entitled to receive within
180 days after your filing date.
Q
A
Note: This is not a legal advice and
you need to speak to an attorney about
your personal circumstances.
ankruptcy Basics
B
1.Bankruptcy will actually improve
your credit within one year because your unsecured debts are discharged. Although the bankruptcy
will be in your records for 10 years,
not filing bankruptcy will make
your credit even worse until most
your debts are paid.
2. If you are being sued by your
creditors, most money judgment
can be eliminated in bankruptcy.
3. Collection actions continue and
you can be sued if you are in debt
settlement.
4. Chapter 7 will eliminate all unsecured debts. If you are near retirement age, you must eliminate most
of your debts.
5. Bankruptcy will stop foreclosure
actions. If your trustee sale date is
10 days before, you can still file for
bankruptcy.
6. If your salary is being garnished,
you have a court case about debts
or you are being harassed by creditors, bankruptcy can stop garnishment, court cases, harassing creditors and eliminate the debt.
7. Bankruptcy is cheaper, faster and
safer than debt settlement which
has no guaranteed success.
8. Preserve your health, eliminate
stress and live a happy life by eliminating your debts which is the root
of all problems.
Crispin Caday Lozano is an active member of
the State Bar of California, the American Immigration Lawyers Association and the National
Association of Consumers Bankruptcy Attorneys. He specializes in immigration law and
bankruptcy law.
Settlement with Detroit holdout creditor close
Oct 14 (Reuters) - A settlement with Financial Guaranty Insurance Co, the last
major holdout creditor in Detroit’s historic
bankruptcy case, is close and could be announced on Thursday, attorneys said on
Tuesday.
Detroit’s attorney, Thomas Cullen at
law firm Jones Day, told U.S. Bankruptcy
Judge Steven Rhodes that the two sides
“have made substantial progress.”
“We are proceeding with a firm and active faith that we will have a deal to present to the court or announce to the court on
Thursday,” Cullen said.
Alfredo Perez, FGIC’s attorney, asked
the judge for a delay in putting the bond
insurance company’s two witnesses on the
stand until Thursday “to see if we can have
a consensual deal by that time.”
FGIC, which has $1.1 billion on the line
from insuring Detroit pension debt, is facing the possibility of having a minimal
recovery forced upon it if a settlement is
not reached and Detroit’s plan to exit bankruptcy wins court approval.
Bill Nowling, a spokesman for Detroit’s
state-appointed emergency manager Kevyn Orr, said the two sides are close to an
agreement.
“It is possible, and I stress, possible,
the could be an agreement with FGIC by
Thursday,” he said. “There is no agreement
presently.”
The Detroit
News has reported that an
FGIC settlement
will
resemble
the one that the
city
reached
with
another
insurer,
Syncora Guarantee
Inc, which was
Detroit’s fiercest opponent in
the biggest-ever
municipal bankruptcy. That settlement included a financial
recovery of 13.7 cents on the dollar and a
bevy of real estate transactions encompassing a central parking garage, development
options and a lease for part of a tunnel connecting the city to Canada.
Cullen indicated that the current work
on a possible FGIC deal is focused on the
real estate component, telling Rhodes that
“two of the complications with respect to
between now and Thursday morning are
that there are development aspects ... and
there are third-party
ramifications”.
The beleaguered
city’s public pensions took center
stage during Tuesday’s hearing, as
other holdout creditors sought to prove
that claims from
both the general and
police and fire retirement systems were
overblown.
Judge Rhodes has
been conducting a
hearing since Sept. 2 to determine if the
city’s bankruptcy plan is fair to creditors,
as well as feasible. Objectors seek to persuade him that it unfairly favors pensioners by artificially pumping up the pension
liability - and therefore pensioners’ claims.
Objectors say pension investments will
have better rates of return than the 6.75
percent anticipated in the plan, which
would shrink the part of the pension liability that is unfunded.
Supporters of the city’s debt adjustment
plan say the projected rate is on the mark,
given the pension investments’ volatility
and past performance, as well as national
trends such as an aging workforce.
In an unusual step, Detroit reached the
projected rate of return on its pension investments as part of mediation on the plan.
Typically, actuaries calculate projections
using variables including past performance.
An actuary called to the witness stand by
objecting investors in the city’s pension
debt, William Fornia, said “6.75 (percent)
is too low.”
But under cross examination, Fornia also
said the city’s pension investments suffered
losses in 2000, 2001, 2003, 2008 and 2011.
After the 2008 financial crisis, many public pensions cut forecasts for return rates to
closer to 7 percent from around 8 percent.
Over the last decade the median public
pension return was 7.27 percent, according
to data released by Wilshire Associates in
August.
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Oct 16, 2014 - Oct 22, 2014
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IMMIGRATION
The San Francisco Post
PAGE 9
Oct 16, 2014 - Oct 22, 2014
November 2014 Visa News
T
he priority dates for all categories in
the Family-based Petitions moved forward by at least one week in the November 2014 Visa Bulletin released by the US
State Department.
The First Preference F-1 (unmarried sons
and daughters of US citizens) advabnced
by two months and the Second Preference (F-2A – spouse and minor children
of permanent residents) of Family-Based
Petition advanced by one month. The priority date for Preference 2B (unmarried
sons and daughters over 21 years of age
of permanent residents) of Family-Based
Petitions moved forward by 17 days.
The Third Preference (F-3 – married sons
and daughters of US citizens) advanced by
one week while the Fourth Preference (F-4
– brothers and sisters of adulot citizens)
moved forward by another 23 days.
In the Employment-Based petitions,
the priority date for the Third Preference
(skilled workers and professionals) and
Unskilled Workers moved forward by
eight months in the November 2014 Visa
Bulletin. All the other categories in the
Employment-Based Petitions remained
current.
The November 2014 Visa Bulletin follows.
Please note that for the month of November 2014, Employment Based Third
Preference visa (professionals and skilled
workers) is available for the Philippine
nationals with approved labor certifications or I-140 petitions with priority dates
earlier than June 1, 2012. For Schedule
A nurses and physical therapist, immigrant visa is also available for November
2014, if they have an approved I-140 petition with priority dates earlier than June 1,
2012.
On August 1, 2014,
By Atty. Crispin C. Lozano 9.
Third Preference visas
we received an approval
for Unskilled Workers
of waiver of joint filing
such as caregivers, nursing assistants and of I-751 based on spousal abuse. With the
nannies are available for those Philippine approval she was granted permanent resiNationals with approved labor certifica- dence.
tions dated earlier than June 1, 2012 for 10. On July 21. 2014, we received an apthe month of November 2014.
proval of green card based on marriage
that was initially denied due to inconsisNote: This is not a legal advice
tencies in interview response.
UCCESS STORIES
11. On July 19, 2014, we received an approval of I-751 removal of condition on
1. On October 7, 2014, we received an ap- residence waiver based on battered spouse.
proval from the U.S. Embassy in Manila 12. On June 11, 2014, we received an apan immigrant visa for a client who entered proval from USCIS of green card under
the US without inspection under the Provi- Violence against Women Act.
sional Waiver Program.
13. On May 12. 2014, we received an ap2. On September 26, 2014, we received an proval from USCIS of green card under
approval from the Immigration Court for the same sex marriage law and the correwaiver of misrepresentation for a client sponding waiver of certain misrepresentawho entered as single but actually married tion.
at the time of entry to the U.S.
14. On April 21, 2014, we received an ap3. On September 9, 2014, we received
an approval from Immigration Court of
adjustment of status for a client who was
previously denied an asylum.
4. On September 8, 2014, we received an
approval from USCIS of Form I-601A
provisional waiver for two clients.
5. On September 5, 2014, we received an
S
approval from USCIS for Fiancée visa
based on same sex petition.
6. On September 4, 2014, we received an
approval of DACA for a client who has
problem in her birth certificate.
7. On August 28, 2014, we received an
approval of green card based on spousal
abuse.
8. On August 25, 2014, we received an
approval of green card based on same sex
marriage with big age difference.
IMMIGRATION SUCCESS STORIES
Marites Carolino was granted a waiver of misrepresentation in Immigration Court of
San Francisco, on September 26, 2014. Atty. Crispin Caday Lozano represented her in
the Court proceedings. With the waiver granted by the Immigration Judge, she can now
apply for naturalization.
proval of green card after the denial was
appealed to the Board of Immigration Appeals.
15. On March 31, 2014, we received an
approval of green card for a client under
Violence against Women Act
16. On November 21, 2013, we received
an approval from USCIS for adjustment of
status under SAME SEX MARRIAGE.
Crispin Caday Lozano is an active member of the
State Bar of California, the American Immigration
Lawyers Association and the National Association
of Consumers Bankruptcy Attorneys. He specializes
in immigration law and bankruptcy law. He earned
his Juris Doctor at Western State University College
of Law in Fullerton, California. He is also a Certified Public Accountant, a Real Estate Broker and
a Bachelor of Business Administration Cum Laude
graduate. He has offices in San Francisco, Hayward,
San Jose, and Cerritos, California. You can contact
him at 1-877-456-9266. Email questions to crispinlozano@gmail.com/. Visit our website at www.crispinlozanolaw.com.
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Oct 16, 2014 - Oct 22, 2014
IMMIGRATION
ISIS threat: A nation at war needs to
secure its borders
A nation at war needs to secure its borders.
It is simply astonishing that a statement
like that—a matter of simple common
sense and basic national
sovereignty—is politically controversial.
It is simply astonishing that we’re left debating—like we did
last
week—whether
the arrest of four selfproclaimed Middle East
terrorists represents a
warning that our borders need to be more
secure.
Yes, we know that the
Obama administration
and its liberal allies in
Congress remain ideologically and politically
committed to an open border. They see unrestrained immigration as a foundational
piece of their bid for long-term Democratic
dominance.
But are they so committed to this partisan
vision that the clear and present danger of
terrorist infiltration from an open border is
insufficient to cause concern?
And it’s not just the border with Mexico that’s porous. We’re not even properly
monitoring young American men who return home after fighting with ISIS – the
Islamic State.
A 22-year-old American, Moner Mohammad Abusalha, flew home from Syria and
landed in Newark, New Jersey, where U.S.
officials checked out his story of visiting
relatives in the Middle East by . . . calling
his mom.
When she vouched for him, he left the airport and traveled into the American heartland, completely unmonitored.
He flew back to Syria and blew himself
up -- ISIS’s first American suicide bomber. But before he left, he recorded a video
where he declared: “You think you are safe
where you are in America . . . you are not
safe.”
Obviously not.
Given this story, can Americans have any
confidence that we’re actually monitoring
and controlling the 40 ISIS terrorists that
Democratic congressman Tim Bishop says
are already in this country, under FBI surveillance?
The story of America’s border security is
a story of incompetence, wishful thinking,
and hard-Left ideology.
It’s incompetent to allow a mother’s word
to validate her terrorist son’s intentions.
It’s wishful thinking to believe that our
government—despite establishing FBI and
CIA task forces—can adequately track all
of the jihadists traveling to and from the
strategic heart of the Middle East. After
all, we’ve proven we can’t track everyone
that flies into Newark. How can we be sure
we’re tracking jihadists who fly into Mexico City?
It’s hard-left ideology that places so much
importance on an open border that it will
not yield unless or until there is a major attack or other tragedy.
No one can reasonably dispute that our
southern border is extraordinarily porous.
After all, if it can be easily crossed by tens
of thousands of unaccompanied minors,
how much easier is it for trained terrorists
to cross unseen?
But the hard left refuses to listen to reason, arguing that the issue isn’t serious unless there is definitive proof that the border
has already been penetrated.
But, as with most terror attacks, we won’t
know that our vulnerabilities have been exploited until after the bombs detonate, until
after Americans die.
Here’s a common sense proposal: Let’s
protect Americans and then work out how
many immigrants we want in the country. One is not anti-immigrant when one
declares that a sovereign nation should
know—and control—who comes into its
country.
Let’s let our people decide—through the
democratic process—how much immigration we want and need, but while we’re
making that decision, let’s not leave our
national security to chance.
The San Francisco Post
Groups Raise $1.5 Million To Help
Unaccompanied Immigrant Kids
WASHINGTON -- Organizations and individuals have raised more than $1.5 million
to help unaccompanied minors who came
to the U.S. from Central America at crisis
levels over the past year, including many
who fled violence and now face deportation.
The effort was started by the California
Endowment, a health care advocacy group
that has been running a campaign called
“They Are Children” offering support to
children and teenagers who crossed the
U.S.-Mexico border illegally. The group
partnered with Univision Communications
Inc., and other organizations to raise money to help the unaccompanied minors, who
often need legal help and other aid as they
await a decision whether they can remain
in the U.S.
The funding came from a variety of
sources, including a $500,000 grant from
the California Endowment and a $300,000
grant from the James Irvine Foundation.
Employees and customers of Mi Pueblo
grocery stores in California raised more
than $100,000, while Marc Benioff, CEO
of salesforce.com, and his wife, Lynne,
donated $500,000. Univision Communications, meanwhile, has aired public service
announcements and other programs to
raise awareness about what unaccompanied minors have been through.
More than 68,000 unaccompanied children and teenagers, most of them from
Central America, were apprehended crossing the border illegally in the 2014 fiscal
year, putting a serious strain on the already
stretched system to deal with minors who
come to the U.S. without their parents.
While children from Mexico and Canada
can be quickly deported, those from other
countries typically go through a more timeconsuming process to determine whether
they may be eligible to stay in the U.S.,
through asylum claims or other relief.
During that time, the children and teenagers are typically placed with family or
in foster homes. But they still have needs,
which groups are stepping in to try to provide. The $1.5 million in funds raised by
the coalition of groups organized by the
California Endowment will go toward
food, shelter, health care, counseling and
legal representation for unaccompanied
minors from Central America.
Although immigration proceedings are
complicated and intimidating -- particularly for those who speak little English
-- children are not provided legal representation from the government. One of the
grants went to Kids In Need of Defense, or
KIND, which pairs children with pro bono
attorneys who help them fight their cases.
Some lawmakers have contributed to legal aid for unaccompanied minors, who
are more likely to be successful in applying for deportation relief if they have an
attorney. In California, Gov. Jerry Brown
(D) signed a bill on Sept. 27 to provide $3
million in legal aid for unaccompanied minors. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved more than $2 million to
pay for legal support for the children and
teenagers.
U.S. appeals court strikes down
Arizona bail law for immigrants
A federal appeals court struck down an Arizona law on Wednesday that denied bail
to some immigrants who are in the United
States illegally and charged with serious
felonies, saying it violated constitutional
due process protections.
In a review, an
11-member panel
of the San Francisco-based 9th U.S.
Circuit Court of
Appeals reversed
a lower court decision and agreed
with a couple who
filed a class action
complaint in 2008
against defendants
including Maricopa County and its
controversial sheriff, Joe Arpaio.
They were challenging a ballot measure that
passed with overwhelming support from
Arizona voters two years earlier and
amended the state’s constitution to deny
bail for certain felony offenses if the person charged is in the country illegally.
But the 9th Circuit said the move was unconstitutional since it did not address an
acute problem, was not limited to a specific
category of very serious offenses and did
not consider the individual factors needed
to determine if a suspect is an unmanageable flight risk.
Writing for the majority, Judge Raymond
Fisher said the U.S. Constitution protects
every person within the nation’s borders
from deprivation of life, liberty or property
without due process of law.
Most states that prohibit bail at all do so
only for capital offenses or for other very
serious crimes, he said, and other than Arizona, only Missouri singles out undocumented immigrants for the categorical denial of bail.
“There is no evidence that undocumented status correlates
closely with unmanageable flight risk,”
Fisher wrote.
The defendants
speculate that undocumented immigrants pose a greater
flight risk, he added.
“But this assumption
ignores those undocumented immigrants
who do have strong
ties to their community or do not have a
home abroad.”
Even if some undocumented immigrants
do pose an unmanageable flight risk, the
judge wrote, Arizona’s amendment “plainly is not carefully limited because it employs an overbroad, irrebuttable presumption rather than an individualized hearing”
to determine each suspect’s case.
Judge Jacqueline Nguyen concurred, saying she believed Arizona’s amendment was
drafted on purpose to punish undocumented immigrants for their illegal status.
“Intentionally meting out pretrial punishment for charged but unproven crimes,
or the nonexistent crime of being ‘in this
country illegally,’ is without question, a violation of due process principles,” Nguyen
wrote.
Oct 16, 2014 - Oct 22, 2014
AROUND TOWN
The Singing Priests of the Diocese of Tagbilaran performs in the
Bay Area
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THE SINGING PRIESTS. The Singing
Priests of the Diocese of Tagbilaran in Bohol
province in Central Visayas in the Philippines,
like the Minstrels of old, had their last performance last Sept. 28 in San Jose, CA.
They were on a barnstorming tour of the Bay
Area, starting from Daly City, then to San
Francisco, Half Moon Bay, Fremont, Union
City, Stockton, Novato, San Jose, on to Los
Angeles, San Bernardino and Texas, to raise
funds for the reconstruction of churches in
Bohol province, where they were ordained
many years back, some centuries-old, all
heavily damaged by a deadly earthquake
of 7.2 magnitude October 15 last year. The
Philippines lies in the Pacific “Ring of Fire”
where earthquakes and volcanic activities are
dime a dozen. Mt. Mayon in Albay province,
considered the world’s most perfect cone, is
impending eruption as of this writing, while
another earthquake of 5.7 magnitude ocurred
in Antique province also in Central Visayas
last Oct. 3.
The Singing Priests perform not as entertainers but to share their talent at the same
time help a worthy cause. The original Sing-
ing Priests of San Francisco, called the “First
Generation” of singing priests, was organized
in 1986 by Msgr. Floro Arcamo. The Second
Generation came into being in 1998 organized
by Fr. Arnold Zamora.
The present group is headed by Msgr. Jeffrey Malanog, vicar-general of the Diocese of
Tagbilaran. The photo above shows from L R Reverends Leonel Grado, Linuel Canizares,
Jonas Lubiano, Jun Ligtas, Elias Algabre and
Ervin Garsuta. Others in the cast of performers were Fr. Bonifacio “Boie” Espeleta of St.
Anthony in Novato, Msgr. Eugene Tungol of
Church of the Epiphany in Vienna, San
Francisco, and the Trios Los Padres composed of Msgr. Floro Arcamo of St.
Cecilia, Fr. Rolando Caverte of the Church of
the Epiphany, and Fr. Manuel
Curso of Mission Dolores all in San Francisco. When they performed at St. Anthony
Church in Novato the ladies of the Filipino
Americans of Northern California Organization (FANCO) rendered a colorful dance number called “Salakot” during intermission
time. By Rudy M. Viernes. Photo courtesy
of Anthony Valdez.
Prominent Pinoy
Bay Area Personalities
A
THE SINGING PRIESTS. The Singing Priests of the Diocese of Tagbilaran in Bohol province in
Central Visayas in the Philippines, like the Minstrels of old, had their last performance last Sept.
28 in San Jose, CA.
FACCSCC. The Filipino Amercian Chamber of Commerce is encouraging everyone to register
via EventBrite in their upcoming Business Mixer and Networking to be held at J Lohr vineyards
in the City of San Jose.
FIL AM CHAMBER. The Vice President for external affairs
of the FACCSCC Manny Valencia mans the booth during last
Sundays “Day In The Bay” networking held at Alviso, San Jose.
fter two
weeks of
absence from
writing my
usual column
Let’s Have
Coffee, I am
LET’S HAVE COFFEE
back again
By
doing
the
Don Augusto Orozco
most passionate thing in
my life. Writing has never really been my cup of tea
but the opportunity provided to me by
the publisher of the San Francisco Post
is something I really cherish.
In the past two weeks, alot of things
emerge as really news worthy from
around the Bay Area as well as news
emanating from our beloved Philippines. From heckling the President of
the Republic, to the attacks to the Vice
President, senate investigation of fellow senators and the beleaguered Philippine National Police chief.
As the circus goes on and on and
sometime on again off again theatrics
in Philippine politics, I have decided to
touch on our kababayans who actually
made a difference here in the United
States particularly our very own Silicon Valley. There are several promi-
FILCOM. The Filipino Community of San Jose invites everyone to join in “ A Community Fellowship Day” with the next
Mayor of San Jose Supervisor Dave Cortese. This will be held
at their very own FilCom Center in Japan Town.
nent Pinoy Bay Area personalities who
actually made a difference in the field
of politics, governance, broadcast media, business, information technology,
academe and a host of others. Hence,
from hereon, my column will be devoted to them.
Starting next week I will feature 2
kababayans and I will probably have
Assemblyman Rob Bonta, who has always been in the forefront in advancing causes that will benefit the Filipino
American community and Azenith
Smith of KTVU channel 2, a reporter
who has reached out to the Filipino
American Chamber of Santa Clara
County and would like to involve herself in the Filipino community.
In the meantime, my question to you is
do you have anyone in mind whom we
should feature in this column? Let my
column be your voice. Nominate them
to us and we will be willingly feature
them here. I can be reached through
my email at don.orozco@sf-post.com
or orozcoaugusto@gmail.com.
So, in conclusion I am calling the attention of all our kababayans to get in
touch with me and let us talk about Pinoy Pride. Filipinos that made us proud
and say “Ako Ay Filipino.”
FACCSCC. The Filipino Amercian Chamber of Commerce is encouraging everyone to register via EventBrite in their upcoming
Business Mixer and Networking to be held at J Lohr vineyards in
the City of San Jose.
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REAL ESTATE
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Oct 16, 2014 - Oct 22, 2014
How Much Should You Tip Your
Movers?
Tip etiquette is a touchy subject
under any circumstances. It’s
even more fraught with questions when deciding whether
to tip your movers.
Because
movers
are entrusted
w i t h
y o u r
personal possessions
and do
much
of the
heavy
lifting
(pun intended),
y o u
m a y
feel obligated
to reward them for their hard
work.
Although they are being paid
to provide a service and to haul
your belongings from place to
place, they could be worthy of
extra recognition for a job well
done.
So, yes, please tip your movers if you are happy with your
move.
Movers don’t expect a tip
and a mover won’t stand in
front of your house with an
outstretched hand and a raised
eyebrow.
However, as with any personal service provided—be it from
a waitress or a haircutter—if
you are pleased with the outcome, a little extra cash goes a
long way in showing your appreciation.
Of course, if the moving service was sub-par, you are not
obligated to provide a tip.
“Tipping is not expected and
is up to the customer,” said
John Bisney, a spokesman
for the American Moving and
Storage Association.
If you think your movers de-
The San Francisco Post
6 Great Reasons to Buy a Home Right Now
To take advantage of near-record
low mortgage interest rates and
home prices undervalued by as much
as three percent nationwide, now is a
great time to buy a home.
You’ve already missed the bottom
of the market, but that doesn’t mean
there aren’t great buys to be had out
there. Your community may not have
appreciated as quickly as some of the
big metro areas have recently. Your
boom may yet come.
To begin with, the economy is
growing. From information gathered
on or before August 22, 2014, the
Federal Reserve’s “Beige Book” report found economic activity is up in
all eight national districts, including
consumer spending, freight loads for
deliveries of goods, and more.
But there are even better reasons to
buy a home right now. Here are just
a few:
More jobs are available
The Labor Department announced
that the jobless rate is now below
six percent. Consider how far the
job market has come since January
2010 when unemployment was 9.7
percent.
Houses hedge against inflation
The Consumer Price for All Urban
Consumers is up 1.7% from August
2013 to August 2014, excluding volatile food and gas prices. The food
index has risen 2.7 percent over the
span, while the energy index has increased 0.4 percent. This is the first
month that the index hasn’t risen
since 2010.
Why is that good for homeowners?
Even in a tepid inflationary environment, when prices rise, a major asset
such as a home, purchased at a fixed
cost, becomes more valuable. Typically, in an inflationary environment,
housing prices rise.
Housing price gains are slowing
The median existing-home price in
August was $219,800, which is 4.8
percent higher than home prices in
August 2013. This marks the 30th
consecutive month of year-over-year
price gains. In 2013, home prices rose
in the double digits.
London overtakes Hong Kong as city with
highest rents
serve a tip, what amount should
give them? Again, there’s no
set rule.
“Opinions on [tipping] are
varied,” Bisney said. “One
mover said the industry standard was 5%, which is pretty
reasonable—if a crew of two
movers move you for $500$750, you might tip a total of
$25 to $40, or $10 to $20 for
each mover depending on the
quality of the move,” Bisney
said.
The quality of the move
should also factor into your decision on how much to tip. Assess how carefully your items
were moved into your new
home and adjust your tip up or
down depending on the level
of service you received.
One other piece of advice: If
you decide to tip, divide the
cash equally and hand each
mover the same amount individually.
London has overtaken Hong Kong
as the world’s most expensive city to
rent homes and offices as property
prices soar.
Real estate firm Savills found that
the combined cost of renting living
and working space for a single person has risen to $120,568 a year in
London.
That’s up a staggering 39% from
2008.
Hong Kong has slipped to second
position, after five years at the top,
Savills said.
London’s rise has been driven by a
surge in property prices, and a stronger pound, which inflated the costs
in dollars.
Residential real estate prices have
risen 18.4% in the past year and office rents have also increased.
By contrast, Hong Kong rents have
dropped due to weaker demand as
many companies downsize and re-
quire less space.
That’s a real
turnaround from
2011,
when
the city’s costs
per person hit
$128,000.
But being at
the top of the list
isn’t necessarily
a good thing.
Rising rents are
making London less affordable for
some businesses, and pose a threat to
the city’s ability to compete globally,
Savills said in its annual survey of
costs in 12 cities around the world.
“Gentrification has priced out new
start-ups and the vitality of central
London locations are at risk as they
become too expensive for the type of
occupiers that made them attractive
in the first place,” it added.
Apart from adding directly to com-
panies’ overheads, rising real estate
costs may mean employers face pressure to pay their staff higher salaries.
New York and Paris are ranked
third and fourth, with home and office space costs exceeding $100,000
a year per employee.
The Savills survey takes account of
rents, related real estate costs such as
taxes, and changes in exchange rates.
Other cost-of-living surveys that
measure a broader set of factors can
produce different results.
SPORTS
Pacquiao ready to chase rival
GENERAL SANTOS CITY—Chris
Algieri can run, but Manny Pacquiao
will chase him down.
Trainer Freddie Roach said yesterday
that he doesn’t expect Algieri to engage Pacquiao in a slugfest when they
tangle for the World Boxing Organization welterweight crown on Nov. 23 in
Macau.
“He’ll run, that’s for sure,” Roach
told sportswriters at Pacman Wild
Card Gym here.
With this in mind, Roach said he has
devised a fight plan that will make it
easier for Pacquiao to trap Algieri in
a corner and then catch the unbeaten
challenger with all the bombs at his
disposal.
If Algieri manages to dance around
the ring or hover near the center, Roach
said Pacquiao won’t ease the pressure,
throwing jabs interspersed with hooks.
Roach did 12 rounds of mitts work
with Pacquiao in the three-hour afternoon training session and came out
convinced that he need not worry about
the outcome of the 12-round pay-perview bout at The Venetian Macao.
In their first training session together last Thursday, Pacquiao breezed
through 12 rounds with the mitts, surprising Roach.
Pacquiao’s power was evident in his
workout, his hard shots sending the
six-time Trainer of the Year leaning on
the ropes.
His body shots produced booming sounds as
they landed on
Roach’s protective armor, even
though
they
were
thrown
with great restraint.
Having played
two
straight
games Sunday
night with his
MP Hotel team
that will compete in the PBA
D-League, Pacquiao skipped
his usual early
morning run.
Happy with the go-signal given him
by Roach to play with the KIA Sorentos in the PBA Philippine Cup inaugurals on Oct. 19, Pacquiao put up a
show against Team Tin 24, a selection
from Davao at the gymnasium in the
compound of his mansion here.
In the first game, MP Hotel handily
won, 102-74, with Pacquiao contributing 11 points, including a triple, and
eight assists.
In the second game, Pacquiao canned
four charities in the last 31 seconds as
MP Hotel thwarted Team Tin 24, 10499.
Pacquiao said he’ll play briefly in the
first two quarters of the Kia-Blackwater Elite game as he knows the danger
the game poses.
80% of tickets to PBA opener in
PH Arena already sold
MANILA, Philippines — It was deemed as
quite a lofty goal but the expectations for the
opener of the PBA’s
40th Season could
very well be met.
The league had
announced that it
would usher in the
new season in the
newly-built Philippine Arena in Bulacan, a venue that
could cater 55,000
people — more than
the crowd capacity
of the Smart Araneta Coliseum and the
Mall of Asia Arena
combined.
And barely a week
left before the opening on October 19, the
PBA has reportedly sold 80 percent of the
tickets.
“I am happy to report that our opening
for the PBA’s 40th season this Sunday is
being met with enthusiastic response from
our fans,” said league commissioner Chito
Salud in a statement Monday. “I have been
informed that 80 percent of the venue tickets
have been sold, translating to some 35,000
fans already confirmed to attend.”
“This is a huge
number by any
measure that can
only
become
bigger as we get
closer to opening
day. But more
than the numbers,
we in the PBA
feel privileged to
have this opportunity to give our
fans a treat—fans
whose unwavering support have
brought PBA to
where it is today,” the statement read.
New teams Kia Sorentos, with playingcoach and boxing icon Manny Pacquiao,
and Blackwater Sports Elite kick off the new
season at 3:00pm before rivals Barangay
Ginebra San Miguel Kings and Talk ‘N Text
Tropang Texters battle in the main game at
5:15pm.
SHOWBIZ
The San Francisco Post
Vice Ganda admits he once thought
Enchong Dee was gay
Openly gay comedian Vice Ganda admitted that he once doubted the true sexual
Enchong Dee and Vice Ganda
preference of actor Enchong Dee.
“Ako personally, pinagdudahan ko rin
ang pagkatao ni Enchong. Minsan sa buhay ko, sinabi ko, ‘bakla to si Enchong,’”
said Vice Ganda, who pinch-hit for Boy
Abunda and Kris Aquino on The Buzz
Sunday.
(Personally, I also questioned Enchong’s
identity. Once in my life, I said, ‘Enchong
is gay.’)
“Bakit mo pinagdudahan (Why did you
doubt him)?” Co-host Toni Gonzaga asked
Vice Ganda.
“May lambot kumilos, effeminate. Pero di
naman lahat ng malambot kumilos, bakla. At hindi naman lahat na matitigas na
lalaki, e totoong lalaki,” Vice
Ganda explained.
(He is quite soft, effeminate.
But not all those who are effeminate are gay. And not all
men who act tough are real
men.)
Vice Ganda said he also
once asked a person close to
Dee regarding his true sexual
preference.
“Tinanong ko, ‘bakla ba si
Enchong?’ Hindi raw. O e di
hindi. Tanggapin ko. Bakit
ko ipipilit sa sarili kong
bakla kung hindi? Wala naman magagawa sa buhay ko
‘yan,” Vice Ganda said.
(I asked him, ‘is Enchong gay?’ He said
no. So, no. I should just accept it. Why
would I insist that he is gay when he is
not? That won’t do me any good.)
Vice Ganda was reacting to online rumors that Dee was just using his relationship with an unnamed woman to mask
his true sexuality. Dee, himself, shrugged
off the rumors, saying, “E di kung anong
gusto nilang isipin, ganun naman talaga e.
Basta ako, I am happy right now.”
(They can think whatever they want to
think, that has always been the case. As for
me, I am happy right now.)
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Oct 16, 2014 - Oct 22, 2014
Enrique and Liza in ‘Forevermore’
Young and handsome leading man Enrique viewers, the hit romantic drama series
Gil and fast rising star Liza Soberano will Princess and I and Got To Believe.
be introduced as the newest ABS-CBN
“love team” in an upcoming primetime
romantic drama series titled, Forevermore.
To be directed box-office filmmaker
Cathy Garcia-Molina, Forevemore is
a tale about first love that blossoms
between two different people. Enrique will play the role of Alexander
“Xander” Grande 3rd, a rebellious
and irresponsible unico hijo of a hotel
magnate, who crosses paths and falls
in love with Liza’s character, Marie
“Agnes” Calay, a feisty and hardworking lass.
Joining Enrique and Liza in the cast
are Sophia Andres, Yves Flores, Kit
Thompson, Zoren Legazpi, Lilet,
Marissa Delgado, Joey Marquez, and
Almira Muhlach.
Forevermore is produced by Star Creatives, the same group that brought Enrique Gil and Liza Soberano
Valerie Weigmann is
Miss World Philippines 2014
Esquire names Penelope Cruz ‘sexiest woman alive’
LOS ANGELES – Penelope Cruz is Esquire’s
“sexiest woman alive.”
Cruz is the 11th woman to be given the title
by the magazine. Previous honorees include
Angelina Jolie, Halle Berry, Rihanna, Charlize Theron and Scarlett Johansson.
The “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” and “Vanilla
Sky” actress tells Esquire that she had “an
attraction to drama” in her teens and 20s but
“could not be less interested now.”
Cruz is keeping quiet about her personal
life. She declined to comment to the magazine
about her actor husband, Javier Bardem, as
well as their two children. She says, “That is
for us.”
The actress will next be seen in the Spanishlanguage film “Ma Ma” and in “Grimsby”
with Sacha Baron Cohen.
The November issue of Esquire will be
on newstands on Oct. 21.
2014 Miss World Philippines Winners
Valerie Weigmann has come a long way.
From being a housemate in Pinoy Big
Brother Teen Edition Plus way back in
2008, to being a “dabarkads” in Eat Bulaga! last year, the Filipino-German is recently crowned as Miss World Philippines
2014.
She bested other 25 candidates in the pag-
Penelope Cruz on Esquire
eant, held on October 12, Sunday, at Mall
of Asia Arena.
The winners of Miss World Philippines
2014 pageant: (L-R) 3rd Princess Nicole
Donesa, 2nd Princess Nelda Ibe, Miss
World Philippines 2014 Valerie Weigmann, 1st Princess Lorraine Kendrickson,
and 4th Princess Rachel Louise Peters.
Angelica Panganiban, Angeline Quinto,
Elmo Magalona surprises girlfriend
Janine Gutierrez at her birthday party Assunta De Rossi star in Beauty In A Bottle
It was a simple birthday celebration, but
it definitely put a smile on Janine Gutier-
rez’s face.
Janine appeared genuinely happy and
thrilled when fans
welcomed her fans
on her party at Center Stage KTV Bar in
Tomas Morato, Quezon City, October 11,
Saturday.
The highlight of the
event was when Janine’s leading man
and boyfriend Elmo
Magalona, walked
to the stage with a
birithday cake when
fans began to sing the
birthday song.
The said birthday
party was organized
Janine made a wish and blew her birthday candles, while Elmo and Tess Bomb, who hosted
the event, looked on.
by Janine’s fans and
GMA Artist Center.
Assunta de Rossi, Angelica Panganiban and Angeline Quinto
ABS-CBN’s prized kapamilya actress Angelica Panganiban returns on the big screen
via “Beauty In A Bottle.” Sharing with her
on the big screen are another kapamilya
artist Angeline Quinto and comebacking
actress Assunta De Rossi.
Beauty In A Bottle is
a story of three women
whose lives are intersected by one beauty
product. Angelica Panganiban plays a model/
endorser whose being
rejected for being fat.
Assunta De Rossi is an
aging marketing specialist while Angeline
Quinto is the end user
of the product who was
dubbed pretty in the
trailer only that others
are prettier than her.
The movie, being helmed by Antoinette Jadaone under
Quantum Films and released through Star
Cinema also stars Tom Rodriguez.
“Beauty In A Bottle” is set to be released
in theaters nationwide on October 29.
Billy Crawford considers GF Coleen Garcia
his saving grace
Billy Crawford maybe 10
years older than Coleen Garcia but the TV host-actor acknowledges that she acts more
sensible than he does most of
the time. This is especially so
when they sort out conflicts.
“Siguro lahat naman tayo
may katigasan ng ulo ’di ba?
Ako may katigasan ng ulo, si
Coleen minsan may pagkamatigas ang ulo, pero 98.9 percent of the time siya ang tama
eh. Wala (talaga) sa edad yan,”
he said in a recent interview.
Billy considers having Coleen
as girlfriend a blessing, admit-
ting, “Ang dami ko nang natutunan sa kanya, at her age.”
He was more than impressed
with how Coleen handled his
much publicized troubles with
the law recently. “Alam mong
you can trust her with everything, lahat-lahat,” he said.
Billy also pointed out that
Coleen is such a strong person
that “humuhugot ako sa kanya
(ng lakas).”
He likewise says she brings
out the best in him. “She makes
me feel young, she makes me
happy. And the medicine naman (to) being young is just
being happy,” he said.
Daddy Billy?
It is undeniable that Billy is
happy these days, and he has
brought this attitude with him
to the set of Viva Films’ “Moron 5.2 The Transformation.”
The Wenn Deramas comedy,
which opens in theaters Nov.
5, showcases Billy along with
actors Luis Manzano, Marvin
Agustin, DJ Durano and new
addition Matteo Guidicelli, as
not so-bright-fathers to talented and intelligent children.
In real life, Billy says he
sometimes thinks about being
a parent already, citing, “Alam
mo ’yung makakakita ka, nakakainggit ’yung nilalaro
’yung bata?”
Still, he doesn’t want to rush
matters, noting that it all depends on how ready Coleen
is, or “whenever the time is
right.”
He explained, “Kasi bata (pa)
nga si Coleen, and she has a lot
of things to do pa. She wants
to continue pursuing her career
as an actress, she wants to go
back to school – ang dami niyang gustong gawin – and I’m
here to support her.”
Billy Crawford and Coleen Garcia
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To solve a Sudoku puzzle, place a number into each box
so that each row across, each column down, and each
small 3x3 square within the larger diagram (there are 9
of these) will contain every number from 1 through 9. In
other words, no number will appear more than once in any
row, column, or smaller 3x3 square. Working with the numbers already given as a guide, complete each diagram with
the missing numbers that will lead to the correct solution.
(Answers for Crossword and Sudoku on page 15)
Across
Across
1. Eight, in
Munich
5. Like a milquetoast
10. Druggist’s
abbreviation
14. “Whinnie the
___”
15. Football site
16. Shade of red
17. Go out for
coffee: Slang
19. Noted Israeli
diplomat
20. Snow
transport
21. Can be
understood
23. Quite
26. Muss up
27. Place to go
back to when
starting over
32. Contraction
in ‘The StarSpangled Banner’
33. Less adulterated
34. Fastened
38. Fall on ___
ears
40. Onion bagel
alternative
42. Squeal
43. Gift ___
45. Greek prom
enades
47. Old musical
note
48. Like some
purchases
51. Corrida cape
54. Explore the
seven seas
55. Flu outbreak,
e.g.
58. Equilateral
parallelogram
62. Thing you
shouldn’t do
63. Volume
vendor
66. First Hebrew
letter
67. Signature on
a bad check,
maybe
68. Dixit
preceder
69. Surf and ___
70. __ Domingo
71. Sweet cherry
Down
1. Many urban
homes: Abbr.
2. Newcastle’s
pride
3. Artificially jazz
(up)
4. Wall Street
barometer
5. Coca-Cola Co.
brand
6. Abbr. on sale
items
7. Earth’s inheritors
8. ___ instant
(quickly)
9. Dodge pickup
10. Accountant’s
task
11. 1984 Redford
role
12. Big ___
outdoors
13. Actress Adoree
18. “I saw ___
a-sailing...”
22. Scrabble
formation
24. Rudely
overlook
25. Hideous
27. Ninny
28. Atoll protector
29. Berlin’s “He’
____Picker”
30. ___ hasty
retreat
31. “Don’t Hang
Up” singers
35. Veal : calf ::
venison : ___
36. Norse god,
stepson of Thor
37. Game move
39. Met as rivals
41. In triplicate, a
Seinfeld
catchphrase
44. Lessen
46. Clapton and
Idle
49. Rio rhythms
50. Reagan-era VIP
51. ___ Work (road
repair
sign)
52. Western
Samoan island
53. One trailer
56. City in Kansas
57. Nickel or copper, but not
tin
59. Ancient wine
jug
60. Steep-sided
plateau
61. British gun
64. Krazy ___ of
the comics
65. British mil.
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Aries March 20 - April 18
Someone you care about but haven’t seen
for a long time could suddenly contact you.
You’d usually love this, Aries, but today you
could be too caught up in projects of your
own to want to put them aside.
Taurus April 19 - May 19
A goal that you’ve been working on could finally be reached, Taurus. A group of friends
you might not have seen for a long time
could schedule a get-together that you will
be all too glad to attend.
Gemini May 20 - June 19
Today you could meet some interesting new
people, Gemini. Among them is at least one
person who shares a lot of your interests
and could become a close friend. The joy
you receive from meeting these people is
likely to spill over into the rest of your day.
Cancer June 20 - July 21
A book or movie about a foreign country
could capture your imagination and make
that country seem especially appealing,
Cancer. You might toy with the idea of taking
a trip there soon.
Leo July 22 - August 21
Someone close who owes you money might
suddenly turn up and repay you, Leo. This
might be a surprise, but you will be glad to
get it. You may want to blow some of it by
taking a friend out to lunch or buying someone a gift.
Virgo August 22 - September 21
Today you should feel especially warm and
loving toward everyone close to you, Virgo,
particularly a love partner. You may want to
spend some time with friends or family or
schedule a romantic evening with your significant other - or both.
Libra September 22 - October 21
You should be looking especially attractive
today and glowing with robust health, Libra.
You’re apt to feel warm and loving, particu-
larly toward small animals. If you’ve considered adopting a pet, this is a good day to
do it.
Scorpio October 22 - November 20
Today you should be feeling especially
warm and loving toward close friends and
children, Scorpio. You could also especially
appreciate the arts. You might attend a play
or concert or decide to try your hand at one
of the fine arts yourself.
Sagittarius November 21 - December 20
Today you might decide to buy a plant for
every room in your house or plant a garden,
Sagittarius. If the weather is good, you might
visit a nursery or botanical garden. You may
not normally be attracted to plants and
gardens, but today both beauty and nature
seem especially appealing.
Capricorn December 21 - January 18
A warm and loving communication could
come to you today from someone close.
This could be an email, call, or even a gift
of some kind. This could make your day,
Capricorn, and you will probably pass whatever good feelings you draw from it to other
friends and family members.
Aquarius January 19 - February 17
A very welcome sum of extra money could
come your way today, Aquarius, possibly out
of the blue. You might want to put this money
to work for you in some way, perhaps investing it or purchasing supplies or materials for
personal projects.
Pisces February 18 - March 19
Today you may feel especially warm and loving
toward just about everybody in your circle, Pisces,
even those you usually find irritating. You could also
be looking especially attractive and feeling more
confident than usual. You might even feel like shopping for new clothes. Artistic ideas could flow freely,
and you might think of different ways to put them to
work for you.
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Chrysler recalls 184,000 SUVs for
potential airbag, seat belt defect
DETROIT (Reuters) -- Chrysler Group
is recalling an estimated 184,215 SUVs
globally because a possible short circuit
in a part could disable airbags and seat
belt pretensioners. The same part was responsible for a September recall involving
more than 850,000 Ford vehicles.
Chrysler said an electrical short circuit
may occur in the occupant restraint control
module in certain 2014 Dodge Durango
and Jeep Grand Cherokee SUVs.
The automaker said it is unaware of any
injuries or accidents related to the issue.
The recall covers 126,772 vehicles in the
U.S., 8,106 in Canada, 3,722 in Mexico
and 45,615 are outside North America.
Chrysler says is unaware of any injuries
or accidents related to the issue.
Chrysler said it will advise affected customers when they can schedule service,
which involves replacing the occupant
restraint control module made by Robert
Bosch.
The control module was the subject of a
Ford Motor Co. recall of 850,050 vehicles,
which covered the 2013-14 Ford C-Max,
Fusion, Escape and Lincoln MKZ. Ford
said the restraint control module in the vehicles could short circuit, causing the airbag warning indicator to illuminate.
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Navotas Rep. Toby Tiangco and
(Cont. from page 1... DOJ: BINAY NOT IMUNE)
UNA interim secretary general
Erwin “Junjun” Binay, have been charged
JV Bautista as overreactions.
with plunder before the Office of the Om“It’s a good sign Vice President Binay
budsman for alleged overpricing in the himself said he is open to the investigation.
construction of the P2.7-billion City Hall But why are his mouthpieces saying a difBuilding II.
ferent thing?” she asked.
Despite charges pending in the anti-graft
Bautista said that De Lima was only out
body, De Lima still saw the need to conduct to harass Binay since she was aware that
a fact-finding probe by the National Bureau the Senate Blue Ribbon subcommittee has
of Investigation (NBI) on the allegations yet to conclude its report and come up with
against the Binays by former Makati vice recommendations.
mayor Ernesto Mercado and other former
But De Lima stressed: “What business
City Hall officials who have been placed does this attorney Bautista have to prevent
under the witness protection program.
us from fulfilling our mandate? No one can
She explained that the NBI probe would prevent us from doing an investigation be“validate or verify the veracity of the alle- cause there is no such thing as immunity
gation of Mercado and company.”
from investigation.”
“Is their exposé true or a pure lie as asDe Lima also advised UNA officials to
serted by the Binay camp? Shouldn’t we all check their facts after they accused the
deserve to know the truth not only on the Department of Justice (DOJ) of having a
alleged overpricing of the Makati parking double standard in investigating anomalies.
building but also on other alleged anomaTiangco has questioned why the DOJ
lies exposed by Mercado?” she further would immediately probe the charges
pointed out.
against Binay when there have been no deShe, however, took exception to state- velopments on the Malampaya Fund scam
ments of the Vice President’s camp and of- and the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) extortion
ficials of the opposition United Nationalist anomaly.
Alliance (UNA) questioning her objective
To this, the DOJ chief reminded Tiangco
in the NBI probe.
that the department filed last year charges
De Lima said she considers the reported involving the Malampaya Fund before the
criticisms from UNA interim president and ombudsman.
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Oct 16, 2014 - Oct 22, 2014
Acura may switch to all-wheel drive only
Acura, trying to reinvent itself yet again,
is taking a cue from one of America’s
hottest-selling brands.
Honda Motor Co.’s premium brand
wants to position all-wheel drive at the
center of its revival bid, much the way
Subaru did in the 1990s, to great success.
AWD, already on half the vehicles Acura has sold in the U.S. this year, could be
offered as a standard technology on all
vehicles.
“I think that’s the way we should go,”
said Koichi Fukuo, Acura’s top global
executive.
Linking the brand’s image to the technology would dovetail with the arrival
of next-generation awd technology on
Acuras. On the other hand, Acura has renewed all its volume nameplates in the
last three years. That cadence means that
shifting to an all-AWD lineup may take
years.
The AWD plan is one of several ideas
backed by a new U.S.-based Acura Business Planning Office formed in February
to rethink the brand and stoke stagnating
sales. None of those ideas is finalized.
Fukuo presented the committee’s evolving strategy to the Honda Motor board
here on Tuesday, Oct. 7.
Much of the game plan is in flux, he
said. But elements are emerging. Acura
plans more powerful engines, but it
won’t be tempted into big V-8 or V-10
powerplants, Fukuo said. It also will stay
clear of rear-wheel-drive layouts. Acura
had planned to roll out an RWD V-8 but
scrapped the idea when the global financial crisis hit. Since then, it has been casting about for a niche to claim as its own.
rant of arrest has been issued at this
(Cont. from page 1... ISSUE OVER CUSTODY) point,” Ridon said.
Ridon said Domingo also told him
said on Wednesday, that Chief Insp. Gil
Domingo, the commander of the police that the Olongapo police had already draftstation handling the case, revealed to his ed the criminal case against Pemberton and
group that the custody issue has slowed the were only waiting for the autopsy report to
complete the filing.
criminal prosecution of the suspect.
Pemberton is to be charged with murder.
“The Olongapo police [are] actually adaDomingo had assured Ridon that the PNP
mant on beginning the inquest proceedings
against Pemberton. However, the issue of would file the complaint with the Oloncustody is stalling the process and leaves gapo City Prosecutor’s Office “within the
the PNP no choice but to go through direct week.” (This happened on Wednesday,
with the Laude family, accompanied by
filing,” Ridon said in a statement.
Ridon divulged these updates on the day policemen, filing the complaint with the
that the family of the victim, transgender prosecutor’s office on Wednesday.)
But the congressman said he was not conJeffrey “Jennifer” Laude, filed a murder
complaint against Pemberton at the Olon- vinced that this move would be sufficient
in ensuring that the Philippine justice sysgapo prosecutor’s office.
“During inquest proceedings, the PNP tem’s jurisdiction over Pemberton would
[Philippine National Police] is duty-bound be honored. At this point, Pemberton’s custo produce the suspect in their custody. But tody is “solely based on the mere voluntary
because of Pentagon’s insistence on Pem- cooperation of the US military,” he said.
berton’s custody, Philippine authorities are
left with no choice but to pursue a direct
filing in the fiscal’s office,” the legislator
said.
“The implication of having to go through
direct filing is that it provides the opportunity for Pentagon to whisk Pemberton
away from the country, given that technically, no charge has been filed and no war-
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