Obama assures `rock solid` commitment to PH

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Obama assures ‘rock solid’
commitment to PH defense
Pledges two more ships for use by PH Navy
MANILA -- United States
President Barack Obama on
Wednesday said his country is
solidly behind the Philippines and
its defense.
“ We h a v e a r o c k s o l i d
commitment to the defense of the
Philippines,” Obama said during a
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Benigno Aquino III.
Obama said US and the
Philippines are “great allies”
and his visit to the Philippines
for the Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation (Apec) Summit
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government’s “commitment to
the security and defense of the
Philippines.”
He described Aquino as a
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United States.”
“ O u r r e b a l a n c e t o t h e summit working session in Antalya, Turkey, on Sunday.
Asia Pacific is rooted in our
treaty alliances including the
Philippines,” Obama explained.
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this month over Egypt. The White
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Senate seat.
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the SC justices said Poe is not a
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ANTALYA, Turkey — Jolted
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GUEST EDITORIAL
LooNing good
HOSTING a high-profile international event is always an
opportunity to showcase the gains made in a country.
It is a source of pride that a country would have the ability
to spend for preparations for an event of such magnitude and
importance. Imagine having heads of state or their deputies,
housing them, feeding them, ensuring they are safe and comfortable
and productive.
In hosting this year’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
summit, the Philippines is asserting that it has come a long way
and is now ready to embrace globalization and leadership on the
international stage.
Unfortunately, no less than the President is mangling all the
sense of unity that the event should be inspiring in all Filipinos.
At a meeting of top regional executives on Monday, Mr. Aquino
referred to a lost decade during which his immediate predecessor
ran the country.
“It is quite sad,” he said. “ If 10 years ago my predecessor
had done what we’re doing now, I can only imagine where the
Philippines would be.”
Sadder, however, is the fact that Mr. Aquino is on his last months
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else except himself for what goes wrong.
But for all the things that had gone well, he is quick to take the
credit, regardless if it is deserved.
In Mr. Aquino’s eyes, all things are bright and rosy—a view
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Monday morning just to get to their workplace.
And it’s not just because the roads are closed this week. The
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of the daily realities the people have to deal with every day. Of
course, one cannot expect Mr. Aquino to acknowledge his role in
the deterioration of living conditions in Metro Manila and in the
other issues faced by the country. All those are attributable to his
good-for-nothing predecessor.
In his insistence on looking good, Mr. Aquino also ordered the
release of funds so that the homeless roaming the streets where
the dignitaries would pass could temporarily rent a place to make
themselves scarce this week.
Does the President delight in making ordinary people suffer
just so he could look good?
What prevail are resentment and bitterness when this could
have been a good time to show the world the best things about
being Filipino. Talk about squandering an opportunity. – Manila
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KNOWN as the City of
Lights, Paris loves its nights.
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of Parisians were out to enjoy
the night – watching a friendly
soccer game between Germany
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listening to an American band at
the Bataclan concert hall, drinking
their favorite cocktail at the La
Belle Equipe Bar and Le Carillon
Bar, having dinner at the LA
Casa Nostra restaurant and Petit
Cambodge, or simply strolling
along Rue Albert.
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something tragic was bound to
happen.
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Le Carillon bar in the Rue Albert,
near the Place de la République,
before heading across the road
to Le Petit Cambodge (Little
Cambodia) restaurant, killing a
total of 15 people.
At the La Belle Équipe, at least
19 died in gun attacks. At the La
Casa Nostra Restaurant, at least
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At the 1,500-seat Bataclan
concert hall, hundreds of people
were waiting for the American
rock band eagles of Death Metal to
perform when attackers, wearing
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shouted “ Allahu Akbar!” (God is
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at least 80 and seriously wounding
many more in a matter of seconds.
They later took 20 hostages and
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policemen began their assault.
The security forces that
stormed the concert hall found
four attackers dead. Three had
blown themselves up and a fourth
was shot dead by police.
To the north, two suicide
bombers blasted themselves
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WWII and the deadliest in Europe
since the 2004 Madrid bombings.
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three major international events
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Economic Cooperation (APEC)
summit in Manila, and the 2015
Climate Change Conference in
Paris.
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the problem of global terrorism
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around the globe, particularly in
the Middle East and in Africa.
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known to be tracking down
several jihadist cells operating in
Europe, particularly in Belgium,
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embedded some of its jihadists
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in Europe.
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responsible for the 9-11 attacks,
has been weakened by the death
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EVER since twelve
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bases in 1991, our national pride
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some 80,000 gathered to watch
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who was quickly evacuated.
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bombers were killed.
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in critical condition. It was a dark
night in the City of Lights.
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and Iraq.
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2001, when three planes hijacked
by terrorists slammed into the two
towers of the World Trade Center
in New York and at the Pentagon
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people.
Europe was again gripped in
fear as it had been when jihadists
attacked the offices of Charlie
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when terrorists bombed a train
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of emergency after the worst
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went into hiding in Palanan,
Isabela where he waged guerilla
warfare against the Americans.
Thus began the “Philippine
Insurrection,” as the Americans
called it. More than half a century
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it to the “Philippine-American
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camp by pretending to surrender.
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brought to Manila where he
took the oath of allegiance to
the American government. On
April 19, 1901, he issued a
proclamation recommending
abandonment of resistance against
the Americans. Thus ended the
Philippine-American War and
the American colonial era began.
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granted commonwealth status
and given limited autonomy of
self-government. On July 4, 1946,
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to the Philippines.
Philippine independence
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the Japanese oppressors. Many
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status as a “commonwealth” of the
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Philippine statehood would serve
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peacefully and equally with the
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among Asians. The union would
have formed an amalgam of
western and eastern cultures in
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“the sun will never set.” And lest
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created state under the nuclear
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peace, prosperity, and security
all rolled into one. The question
is: Why did this geopolitical
alchemy not happen? Could it
be because of the late Philippine
commonwealth president Manuel
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wish, “I prefer a government
run like hell by Filipinos to a
government run like heaven by
Americans,” took hold long after
his death on August 1, 1944 in
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The believer’s security blanket
It’s time to say
‘Thank You, Lord’
GRATITUDE is “a feeling or
attitude in acknowledgment of a
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Most often we say “thank you”
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recently received. We forget that
where we are right now is the
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we received in the past. It is easy
to take things that happened in the
past for granted.
Moses in Chapter 8 of the
Book of Deuteronomy reminded
the people as they were about
to enter the Promised Land to
remember the things that the
Lord had done for them during
that time that they were in the
wilderness for forty years. The
Lord gave them manna from the
sky every day. The clothes and
the shoes in their bodies did not
wear out. Moses warned them
not to forget these things lest they
start thinking that they reached
the Promised Land on their own
efforts.
Sometimes when we become
successful we let our pride get
above us. We start thinking and
believing that we have “arrived”
to our dreams and goals because
of what we have done, thereby
forgetting the Lord who had
opened doors of opportunities to
us and the people He had sent us
along the way to help us attain
our goals. Moses’ reminder in
Deuteronomy 8, verses 17-8 still
applies to us today: ´:KHQ \RX
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As you gather with your family
and friends this thanksgiving; and
as you enjoy the abundant feast
of food and drinks, think about
the past and remember the people
who have helped you along the
way, people who loved you and
gave their time to you, people who
encouraged you and prayed for
you. Thank and praise the Lord
for them. Last, but not least, thank
the Lord for everything that He
had provided to you in the past,
things He is doing at the present
time, and favors that He will grant
you in the future.
Thanksgiving is timeless. It
is not limited by time and space.
As you remember the past
and give thanks to the Lord,
I pray that you will enjoy the
blessings of peace and joy in the
present time. Have a blessed
Thanksgiving!
We invite you to join us in our
Sunday morning worship at 9:00.
We are Silver Lake Foursquare
Church, also known as, Open
Door Christian Fellowship. We
are located at 2808 W. Temple
St. Los Angeles, CA 90026. See
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World leaders pledge...
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between discussions of how best
to defeat IS and how to deal with
the migrant crisis stemming from
Syria’s civil war.
Absent from the talks was
French President Francois
Hollande. He canceled his trip
after the elaborately coordinated
assault on a stadium, a concert
hall and cafes in the French
capital.
Russian President Vladimir
Putin, meanwhile, called on
nations to pool their efforts to
combat terrorism, adding that the
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law, the U.N. Charter and each
nation’s sovereign rights and
interests.
“We understand very well that
it’s only possible to deal with the
terror threat and help millions of
people who lost their homes by
combining efforts of the entire
global community,” Putin said.
On the sidelines of the summit,
Obama and Putin held a rare but
informal sit-down spanning more
than half an hour. The White
House said they discussed a new
proposal to end Syria’s civil war
and Obama’s hope that Russia’s
airstrikes in Syria will focus on
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Syrian President Bashar Assad.
On video provided by host
country Turkey, the two leaders
could be spotted leaning in close
to one another and chatting in
casual fashion. Broaching another
tense topic, Obama renewed
his call for Russia to withdraw
forces, weapons and support for
pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine, the
White House said.
In addition to the terror threat,
this year’s G-20 agenda also
included efforts to hasten global
economic growth, with a particular
focus on addressing the effects of
China’s economic slowdown. In a
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obtained by The Associated Press,
leaders renewed their goal to grow
their collective GDP by another 2
percent by 2018.
Opening the G-20 meeting,
Erdogan said incidents like the
Paris massacre have “shown
that the relationship between the
economy and security cannot be
ignored,” and he cited Syria as
the clearest example. Likewise,
European Union leader Donald
Tusk called for a show of “full
determination” against terrorism
and urged cooperation to prevent
terror financing — a step that
nations have already been pursuing
for more than a year.
In a fresh reminder of the
Islamic State’s expanding capacity
to wreak havoc, five Turkish
police officers were injured
Sunday when a suicide bomber
blew himself up during a police
raid on a suspected IS hideout
near the Syrian border. Turkish
security forces also rounded up
20 suspected IS militants in and
around Antalya in the run-up to
the G-20.
Ye t b e y o n d s w e e p i n g
condemnations of IS, leaders
have yet to float new, specific
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following the Paris attacks. The
U.S. and coalition partners have
been bombing IS in Iraq and Syria
for more than a year with limited
success, and Obama has been
reluctant to get pulled deeper into
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consider additional action against
IS, Obama wouldn’t tip his hand.
SCRIPTURE: Psalm 91:1-4
(NLT) “Those who live in the
shelter of the Most High will
find rest in the shadow of the
Almighty. This I declare about
the Lord: He alone is my refuge,
my place of safety; He is my God,
and I trust Him. For He will secure
you from every trap and protect
you from deadly disease. He will
cover you with His feathers. He
will shelter you with His wings.
His faithful promises are your
armor and protection.”
God is a shelter, a refuge when
we are afraid. God almighty is
our protector and he’ll carry us
through the dangers and fears of
life. By entrusting ourselves to
His protection and pledging our
daily devotion to Him, we will
be kept safe. Sometimes when its
winter time it caused us to come
inside of our homes, and pick up a
good book, sit up next to a roaring
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with a warm blanket.
God Has Sovereign Purpose:
God offers you a warm blanket of
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having that security is to realize
God’s sovereign purpose. God
has a purpose in calling you to
salvation. Did you know that your
salvation did not begin with you?
It began with God. If it began with
you, you might lose it, but since
it began with God, you can never
lose it. Philippians 1:6 (NLT) says,
“And I am certain that God, who
began the good work within you,
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will continue His work until it is
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Christ Jesus returns.”
God Is At Work In You: Do
you have dreams that have not yet
come to pass? Are you standing on
God’s promises for your health,
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of your faith. And that means He’s
working behind the scenes on
your behalf. Anything He begins,
any dream He puts in your heart,
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Stand strong on this promise.
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like it’s not going to happen. No
matter how long it takes, stay
in faith and keep your hopes up
God loves the lost
because God has promised to
but the save are His
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beloved. You are in His in your life. In John 6:37,39
powerful hands. Jesus (NASB), Jesus says, “All the
Father gives Me shall come to
protects His people
Me; and the one who comes to Me
from eternal harm.
will certainly not cast out. And
You’re safe and secure Ithis
is the will of Him who sent
Satan can’t harm you. Me, that of all that He has given
Me I lose nothing, but raise it up
God is a God of completion. He on the last day.”
Jesus said He would not lose
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in your life. No matter how long even one person whom the Father
you’ve been praying, don’t let the had given Him. Therefore, anyone
enemy tempt you into thinking who makes a sincere commitment
that it’s never going to happen. Be to believe in Jesus Christ as Savior
encouraged today because God is and Lord is secure in God’s
called the Author and the Finisher
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Russia wants military pact with PH
US President Barack Obama speaks to reporters after touring
the BRP Gregorio del Pilar in Manila, Philippines, Tuesday, Nov.
17, 2015.
Obama assures...
(From Page 1)
It was during the said visit that
Obama promised to hand over
two ships—a US Coast Guard
cutter and a research vessel—to
help boost Philippine maritime
security.
Obama said the pair of ships
– a US Coast Guard cutter and a
research vessel to map out local
territorial waters – were part of
a broader American plan to scale
up assistance to naval forces in
Southeast Asia, where coastal
nations feel threatened by China’s
aggressive moves to assert control
over the South China Sea.
He said the transfer of the two
vessels is part of his country’s
larger plan to support its allies
and partners across the region,
including the Philippines.
President Benigno Aquino III
on Wednesday thanked the US for
its military support.
Communications Secretary
Herminio Coloma Jr. told Palace
reporters that Aquino expressed
his gratitude to US President
Barack Obama “for foreign
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for supporting the construction of
the National Coast Watch Center.”
Aquino and Obama met at
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on Wednesday morning for a
bilateral meeting.
“[President Aquino] also
welcomed the proposed Southeast
Asia Maritime Security Initiative
on assistance to help PH improve
its maritime security capabilities,”
Coloma said.
“We intend to transfer two
additional ships to the Philippine
Navy – a research vessel to help
man its territorial waters and
another Coast Guard cutter to
bolster the Navy’s ability to
conduct long endurance patrols,”
Obama said during his visit to
the Philippine Navy ship BRP
Gregorio del Pilar in Manila on
Tuesday.
“More capable navies and
partnership with the United States
are critical for the security of this
region,” he added.
Obama made the announcement
amid the ongoing territorial
dispute in the South China Sea.
Reports said the US is scaling
up assistance to naval forces
in the region where there have
been disputes due to overlapping
claims in parts of South China
Sea. China, specifically, has
been criticized for constructing
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by its neighboring countries.
Obama said he and Aquino
d i s c u s s e d C h i n a ’s l a n d
reclamation.
“We agreed on steps to lower
tension including pledging to
halt further reclamation and
construction and militarization
in disputed areas in South China
Sea,” he said.
The US President said he agreed
with the Philippine government’s
thrust to pursue arbitration to
clarify issues pertaining to the
West Philippine Sea.
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MANILA -- Russian Prime
Minister Dmitry Medvedev on
Wednesday said his government
wants to work closely with the
Philippine military.
“PM says Russia also seeks
to open avenues for military and
defense cooperation similar to
their existing agreements with
adjacent states,” Communications
Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr.
said in a text statement.
President Benigno Aquino III
and Medvedev held a bilateral
meeting on the sidelines of
the Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation (Apec) Summit in
Manila.
PH 11th in
terrorism
index
MANILA - The Philippines
ranked 11th out of 162 countries in
terms of the impact of terrorism in
the Global Terrorism Index 2015,
a tool that analyzes the trends in
terrorist activities worldwide.
T h e c o u n t r y ’s r a n k i n g
improved from 9th in 2014 as it
saw a decrease in the number of
deaths related to terrorism.
The Philippines experienced
378 terrorism incidents last year
that left 240 persons dead and
367 others injured. A total of 529
properties were damaged because
of the atrocities.
The number of terrorismrelated fatalities, nevertheless,
went down by 18 percent to 240 in
2014 from 291 in 2013, according
to the Global Peace Index 2015
report.
“Terrorism in the Philippines is
intrinsically tied with nationalist
and separatist claims by people
living in provinces in southern
Philippines,” the report read.
“The largest individual group
was the New People’s Army
(NPA), a communist organization,
which claimed responsibility for
32 percent of deaths in 2014,” it
added.
The Philippines’ ranking
was the second highest among
Southeast Asian countries covered
by the report. It was a notch
lower than Thailand (10th) but
higher than that of Indonesia
(33rd), Myanmar (41st), Malaysia
(49th), Cambodia (113th), Laos
(121st), Singapore, Timor Leste
and Vietnam (tied at 124th).
The Philippines’ terrorism
index score went down slightly to
7.27 from 7.29 previously.
Coloma said Medvedev “wants
to intensify bilateral ties at
diplomatic, business and
entrepreneurial fronts.”
While the two countries have
maintained diplomatic ties for
almost 40 years, the Philippines
is known as a close ally of the
United States, which has strained
relations with Russia over the
Ukrainian crisis and the Syrian
civil war.
Nevertheless, Aquino invited
Russia to expand its trade in
the industries of information
technology-business process
outsourcing, processed and
specialty food, energy and
renewables, design-driven
products and aerospace.
“[President Aquino] cited great
potential offered by large scale
public and private sector contracts,
such as AG&P’s participation in
Yamal LNG project in Far East,”
Coloma said.
He said Medvedev also
congratulated Aquino for the
“impressive performance” of
the Philippine economy and
that Russia is interested in
economic cooperation in energy,
telecommunications and transport
infrastructure.
Aquino and Medvedev
witnessed the signing of an
agreement on the Establishment
of a Philippines-Russia Joint
Commission on Trade and
Economic Cooperation, which
will facilitate and promote trade
between the Philippines and
Russia.
The two countries will identify
measures to facilitate bilateral
trade and investments.
“The Agreement envisions the
participation of the private sector
and business community, as well
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to complement governmental
efforts to bolster PhilippinesRussia economic cooperation,” a
Malacañang statement said.
Also signed before the two
leaders was a memorandum
between the Philippine Drug
Enforcement Agency and the
Federal Service of the Russian
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Control on Cooperation in
Combating New Psychoactive
Substances.
In line with a 2007 agreement
against trafficking of narcotic
drugs, the memorandum aims
to strengthen the cooperation
between the two countries in
combatting the production,
spread and abuse of psychoactive
substances.
Russian President Vladimir
Putin was supposed to attend the
Apec Summit but begged off as
Medvedev was also attending
meetings in the region.
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Nigeria-based Boko Haram has
killed more than 17,000 people
since 2009, including 10,000
in 2014. It has also carried out
mass abductions, including the
kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls in
April 2014.
In April this year, another
Islamic extremist group, the
Somalia-based Al Shabaab
militant group killed 147 people
and wounded scores of others at
a Kenyan university, the highest
death toll on Kenyan soil since
the US Embassy in Nairobi was
bombed in 1998, resulting in the
death of more than 200 people.
There are more Islamic
extremist groups that are sowing
terror all over the world. These
include the Haqqani Network and
the Taliban in Afghanistan and
Pakistan, the Kataib Hezzbolah in
Iraq, the Jemaah Islamiyah which
has cells in Indonesia, Malaysia,
Singapore and the Philippines,
and the Abu Sayyaf in Mindanao.
The world’s leaders have
three opportunities this month
to pool their resources and come
together with a coordinated action
against the ISIS and other terror
groups in their bases of operation,
particularly in Syria and Iraq,
and against terror cells operating
throughout the world, particularly
in the United States and in Europe.
These barbaric extremists that
President Obama called “the face
of evil” have declared war against
humanity and civilization. They
don’t care about human lives
and celebrate death and terror.
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remove this scourge from the face
of the earth.
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PHILIPPINE TRIBUNE
Islamic State threatens attack
on Washington, other countries
Members of the Philippine National Police block protesters at
Buendia Avenue in Pasay City on Monday. The group tried to
break through the police barricade to protest the ongoing Asia
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Lumads, Catholic Church
leaders slam APEC meet
MANILA -- Members of the
lumad and the Church lit up their
candles on Wednesday evening at
Redemptorist Church in Baclaran
to express their “burning
resistance” to the ongoing Asia
Pacific Economic Cooperation
summit.
It was also to show solidarity
with people who are victims of
militarization and plunder, said
Kerlan Fanagel, community leader
of the Blaan tribe and chairperson
of Pasaka (Lumad organization in
Southern Mindanao).
“Walang maidudulot ang Apec.
Ito ay sistematikong patuloy na
pang-aagaw ng lupain at yaman
ng mga ninuno, he said.
The policies in Apec are not for
the Filipinos but for globalization
and privatization of entities, he
said.
“Wala na tayong hawak or
kontrol ’pag may de regulasyon,”
he said.
Some 50 leaders of the Church
and Lumad leaders marched a
few meters from Baclaran church
and took part in climbing the bell
tower to unveil streamers and
tarpaulin bearing messages of
protests against the Apec summit.
Fanagel said that this resistance
is not by the lumad alone, but
with the broad population of the
Filipino people.
The lumad members who are
part of the Manilakbayan 2015,
a protest caravan, were moved
to Baclaran Church after their
permit to rally was cut off by the
government.
They are set to stage another
rally against Apec on Thursday
to assert their right to freedom of
expression.
Father Teody Holgado, head
priest of Baclaran Church,
condemned the killings of the
lumads.
Some lawmakers are
questioning the Aquino
administration’s decision to hold
the world leaders’ meeting in
Metro Manila.
“It’s definitely a mistake.
The whole metropolis will be
practically shut down for nearly
one week; flights canceled,
affecting over a hundred thousand
passengers; businesses forced to
take on losses; workers deprived
of nearly one week’s pay,” said
Alliance of Concerned Teachers
Rep. Antonio Tinio.
Kabataan Rep. Terry Ridon
said that showcasing Manila’s
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an embarrassment to the country.
Bayan Muna Rep. Neri
Colmenares said that no matter
how much the government spent
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to be horrible and the trains
remained unreliable.
CAIRO - Islamic State warned
in a new video on Monday that
countries taking part in air strikes
against Syria would suffer the
same fate as France, and threatened
to attack in Washington.
The video, which appeared
on a site used by Islamic State
to post its messages, begins with
news footage of the aftermath of
Friday’s Paris shootings in which
at least 129 people were killed.
The message to countries
involved in what it called the
“crusader campaign” was
delivered by a man dressed
in fatigues and a turban, and
identified in subtitles as Al
Ghareeb the Algerian.
“We say to the states that take
part in the crusader campaign that,
by God, you will have a day, God
willing, like France’s and by God,
as we struck France in the center
of its abode in Paris, then we
swear that we will strike America
at its center in Washington,” the
man said.
It was not immediately possible
to verify the authenticity of the
video, which purports to be the
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the Iraqi province of Salahuddine,
north of Baghdad.
The French government has
called the Paris attacks an act of
war and said it would not end its
air strikes against Islamic State in
Syria and Iraq.
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their biggest raids in Syria to
date on Sunday targeting the
Islamic State’s stronghold in the
city of Raqqa. The operation was
carried out in coordination with
U.S. forces.
Police raided homes of
suspected Islamist militants across
France overnight following the
Paris attacks.
“Al Ghareeb the Algerian” also
warned Europe in the video that
more attacks were coming.
“I say to the European countries
that we are coming, coming
with booby traps and explosives,
coming with explosive belts
and (gun) silencers and you will
be unable to stop us because
today we are much stronger than
before,” he said.
Apparently referring to
international talks to end the
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in the video as Al Karrar the Iraqi
tells French President Francois
Hollande “we have decided to
negotiate with you in the trenches
and not in the hotels.”
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PHILIPPINE TRIBUNE
APEC leaders to issue statement on terror attacks
MANILA - Leaders of
the Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation (APEC) forum plan
to condemn the terrorist attacks
in Paris in a joint statement to be
issued at the end of their meeting
this week.
“We strongly condemn these
atrocities that demand a united
voice from the global community.
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collective resolve to counter
terrorism,” the draft statement
reads.
Foreign Affairs Secretary
Albert del Rosario said the
APEC ministers expressed their
condolences to the families
of the victims of the multiple
coordinated attacks in Paris.
“There was a call for unity of
nations and peoples and there was
additionally a call for bringing
to justice those who perpetuated
the horrific developments in
Paris,” del Rosario said in a press
conference.
“Each minister who spoke
started with the commentary on
the terrorist attacks in Paris. It’s
contained in the minutes,” he said.
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actions for advancing an Asia3DFLÀFHFRQRPLFJURZWKDJHQGD
was issued by ministers from the
21 APEC member-economies
following the conclusion of the
2015 APEC Ministerial Meeting
yesterday in Manila.
The 2015 APEC Ministerial
Meeting was co-chaired by del
Rosario and Trade and Industry
Secretary Gregory Domingo.
It will be followed by the
continuation of the 2015 APEC
CEO Summit today and the
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elections.
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born Filipino as required by the
sided with the three SC justices (back R).
Constitution.
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real parents after conducting DNA evidence presented.
She said her decision favoring
tests on probable relatives, the SC
justices said she remains to be a David’s petition had nothing to do
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with politics.
naturalized Filipino.
David said he would question Arrojado, commander of the Joint
Poe lauded the SET decision,
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saying it is a victory for all the SET ruling before the high was beheaded.
tribunal.
foundlings in the Philippines.
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social workers in the Philippines
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cases filed against her before week,” he said.
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the Commission on Elections
by the Abu Sayyaf gunmen who
(Comelec) to stop her from should not rejoice yet since three were being pursued by Philippine
SC justices ruled in favor of his
seeking the presidency in 2016.
military in the Butaran Hill area
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senators smacked of political Island.
against her will be dismissed.
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Poe thanked her colleagues accommodation,” he said.
Poe’s lawyer George Garcia workers, the Abu Sayyaf plan
for recognizing the votes of the
to
release
a video of the alleged
Filipino people who voted her into welcomed David’s decision to beheading soon.
seek SC relief, saying the high
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carried out the killing.
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were wounded on Monday
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they were riding in collided from the company where the grabbed along with restaurant
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Saranac Lake, New York. He
must have believed that given
enough time, the Filipinos would
eventually become adept at selfgovernment. That’s how much
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Filipinos to chart their own future.
But he was wrong.
Foreign aggression
Seventy years after gaining her
independence, the Philippines is
still being ran like hell, and the
Filipinos are still struggling in
learning how to govern. Sad to
say, the elected politicians today
are more interested in enriching
themselves than serving the
people. Corruption has become the
norm, and honesty the exception.
And what is indeed very
disheartening is that the
Philippines doesn’t have the
capability to defend her territory
from foreign aggression. And the
U.S. has not been willing to get
involved, claiming neutrality, in
the territorial disputes between the
Philippines and China. It was only
recently that the U.S. challenged
China’s 12-mile territorial
boundary around those Chinese
man-made islands by sending a
guided-missile destroyer to within
12 miles of the reclaimed reefs in
what was called a “Freedom of
Navigation Operation” (FONOP).
However, it is not anticipated that
the “innocent passage” conducted
by the USS Lassen would result in
China dismantling her man-made
islands. On the contrary, China
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islands around reefs within the
Philippines’ exclusive economic
zone (EEZ).
And this brings to fore the
question: What does it take
for China to intrude into the
Philippines’ peripheral territories
like the Batanes group of islands,
Kalayaan Group of islands, and
Tawi-Tawi archipelago? With
a navy with no warships and
an air force with no warplanes,
there is no way the Philippines
can defend her territories from
Chinese invasion whose military
forces are second only to the U.S.
And should the Philippines
invoke the U.S.-Philippines
Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT),
it is doubtful if the U.S. would
automatically and immediately
send an expeditionary force
to defend the Philippines. The
question is: Would the U.S. honor
the MDT? When the Philippines
rejected the renewal of the
U.S. Bases Agreement, many
constitutionalists were of the
opinion that the eviction would
result in the de facto rescission
of the MDT. Besides, how can
the U.S. defend Philippine
territory when she has no basing
rights in the Philippines, which
is fundamental to any defense
treaty?
EDCA challenged
On April 28, 2014, the U.S.
and the Philippines executed an
Enhanced Defense Cooperation
Agreement (EDCA), which
would allow the “U.S. forces
access to and use of designated
areas and facilities owned and
controlled by the Armed Forces
of the Philippines at the invitation
of the Philippine Government.
It contains clear provision that
the U.S. will not establish a
permanent military presence
or base in the Philippines and
a prohibition of entry to the
Philippines of nuclear weapons.
The EDCA has an initial term
of ten years, and thereafter will
continue in force until terminated
by either party after having given
a one-year notice of intention to
terminate.”
However, the EDCA would
provide what the MDT would
have provided. But no sooner
had the EDCA been executed than
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petitions with the Supreme Court
challenging the constitutionality
of EDCA.
After lingering in the High
Court for over a year, it was
reported in the news that the
court will soon rule to uphold the
constitutionality of EDCA before
President Barack Obama arrives
in Manila for the APEC summit
on November 18, 2015. That’s the
good news.
But the bad news is the
Philippine Senate last November
10 passed Resolution 1414 or a
“Resolution expressing the strong
sense of the Senate that any treaty
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Philippines should be concurred in
by the Senate, otherwise the treaty
becomes invalid and ineffective.”
The resolution was sponsored by
Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago
and co-sponsored by 12 other
senators. She said that the
EDCA is a prohibited treaty of
“foreign military bases, troops or
facilities,” which the Philippine
Constitution allows only with the
concurrence of the Senate under
Article 18, Section 25.
Déjà vu
If Senate Resolution 1414
prevails with the failure of the
Supreme Court to declare EDCA
as constitutionally legal, then it’s
déjà vu all over again. With EDCA
gone and the MDT unenforceable,
the only treaty that binds the U.S.
and the Philippines would be
the Visiting Forces Agreement
(VFA), which is under siege by
nationalist and leftist lawmakers.
Interestingly, the Supreme Court
had ruled that it is constitutional
not once, but twice. But it is
expected in due time that the VFA
will go away, too; thus, ending
the special relationship between
the U.S. and the Philippines that
lasted more than a century. With
the Philippines feeling the heat
of the Chinese dragon breathing
down her neck, can she defend
her sovereignty?
(PerryDiaz@gmail.com)
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HOMELAND NEWS BRIEFS
Aquino ally insists on probe
into unused Yolanda funds
PH top recipient of US naval
aid among Asian countries
MANILA -- The Philippines
is the top recipient of maritime
security assistance from the
United States for its Asian allies,
the White House revealed.
“The Philippines remains the
largest recipient of maritime
security assistance, and will
receive a record $79 million
in bilateral assistance of the
FY 2015 funds allocated for
developing Southeast Asian
maritime capabilities,” it said in a
statement following US President
Obama’s visit to a Philippine
warship shortly after his arrival
on Tuesday.
In his speech after his short
tour to BRP Gregorio del Pilar,
a frigate which represents
Philippine resistance to China
after a standoff in the South China
Sea in 2012 and a one-time US
Coast Guard vessel, Obama said
Aquino to attend Paris meet
they are donating two more ships
MANILA – The terrorist attacks in France notwithstanding, for the Philippine Navy.
The White House said that the
President Aquino said Monday he was all set to attend a crucial climate
two ships are US Coast Guard
change summit in Paris at the end of the month.
Mr. Aquino mentioned his trip to Paris during a dialogue at the Asia- Cutter Boutwell, the same class
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question from CNN’s Andrew Stevens if he still wanted to pursue his Philippine maritime presence
and patrols in its waters; and
advocacies after his presidency.
“I have said I want to take vacations,” the President said, drawing R/V Melville, to support naval
laughter from his audience of more than 1,000, comprised mainly of research and law enforcement
capabilities.
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his presidency, which will end on June 30 next year.
System
and assist the Philippines
He said that after hosting the Apec summit, he would be heading to
the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit in Kuala
Lumpur “and then COP21.”
Mr. Aquino also said he would have two more state visits but did
not mention the countries he would be visiting.
MANILA - President Aquino
The Islamic State group attacked Paris on the night of
has signed into law a bill seeking
Nov. 13, killing over 130 people in at least six sites in the city. French to prevent the proliferation of
President François Hollande vowed that France would be “ruthless” weapons of mass destruction
against the Islamic extremists.
(WMD) in the Philippines.
More than a 100 world leaders are expected to attend the meeting
Republic Act 10697, the
of the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) where negotiations would Strategic Trade Management Act
take place to reach a binding agreement to limit global warming (STMA), aims to stop the spread
to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-Industrial of WMD through responsible
Revolution levels.
management of strategic goods
and the provisions of related
services in trade and investment.
OFW in tanim bala mess rehired
Strategic goods refer
MANILA -- Gloria Ortinez, a victim of “tanim-bala” who lost her to products that, for security
job in Hong Kong because of the incident, has been rehired.
reasons or due to international
Her employer reconsidered the decision to terminate Ortinez after an agreements, are considered to be
emotional meeting between the nanny and her 13-year-old ward when of such military importance that
she was at her employer’s apartment last Sunday, Susan Ople, president their export is either prohibited
of the Blas F. Ople Policy Center, disclosed in a phone interview.
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his mother’s knowledge to bid his ‘yaya’ goodbye,” Ople said. “Her
The law was signed in
son cried the whole night and refused to eat breakfast the next day,”
she added.
Moved by the incident, the employer met with Ortinez last Monday
before she returned to the Philippines.
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the employer expressed sympathy over what the OFW went through,”
Ople said.
MANILA – Even a staunch ally wants the Aquino administration to
explain why P1.6 billion in disaster funds had remained idle in banks for
two years after Supertyphoon “Yolanda” (international name: Haiyan)
struck the Visayas.
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2496 asking the appropriate committees to conduct an inquiry in aid of
legislation into the unused funds meant for the relief and rehabilitation
of Yolanda victims.
“This huge amount if properly utilized could have and could still
address the various needs of disaster victims and help in their recovery
and in the reconstruction of their communities,” Biazon said in his
explanatory note.
Biazon said the agencies tasked to use these funds should be made
to explain why their use had been delayed.
According to Biazon, six agencies were found by the Commission
of Audit to have kept their disaster funds in banks rather than use them
for their intended purpose.
Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares and Leyte Rep. Martin
Romualdez had called on House leaders to conduct a probe into the
unused Yolanda funds.
Had House leaders heeded calls for a probe as early as last year, the
funds would have been fully utilized by this time, Colmenares said.
BRP Gregorio del Pilar
through the Global Security
Contingency Fund (GSCF),
building capacity in Philippine
maritime vessel maintenance,
training, law enforcement support,
and intelligence assistance to
expand the country’s ability
to detect, track, and interdict
where necessary criminal and
terrorist elements involved in the
smuggling of sensitive items and
illicit goods,” the White House
also said.
The Philippines should
also expect “increased and
more complex exercises and
training” with the United States
for better interoperability and
professionalization.
In his visit, Obama made no
mention of China but touring a
Philippine naval vessel as his
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regional maritime security is a
priority of the United States.
China claims most parts of the
South China Sea and has asserted
its rights by building artificial
islands in several reefs. The US
is one of the countries against this
aggressive moves and insists on
freedom of navigation.
The Philippines, meanwhile,
filed an arbitration case in a
United Nations-backed court in
2013. Recently, the same court
ruled that it has jurisdiction over
the case. Hearings will be set later
this month.
Aquino signs law vs. weapons of mass destruction
compliance with the Philippines’
foreign policy and national
security interests and to support
efforts to counter terrorism,
control crime and safeguard
public safety.
A Strategic Trade Management
Committee under the National
Security Council was created as
a policy body that would regulate
trade and management of strategic
goods.
The law covers any natural
or juridical person operating
within the country engaged or
intends to engage in the export of
strategic goods and the re-export
of strategic goods that have been
imported from the Philippines to
a foreign country.
A person caught engaging
in such activity shall face
imprisonment for a period from
six years and one day to 12 years
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million.
The Senate passed the STMA
on Aug. 17, which amended
Bill No. 5822 of the House of
Representatives.
The Philippines has joined
other Asian countries with STM
laws, including South Korea,
Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore,
Malaysia, India, Pakistan,
Australia, New Zealand and
China.
Aquino also signed into law
RA 10698, the Naval Architecture
Law to regulate and modernize
the practice of naval architecture
to develop and nurture globally
competitive Filipino naval
architects.
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COMMUNITY
SCALA 23RD ANNIVERSARY. The San Carlos Association of Los Angeles (SCALA) held its 23rd anniversary recently at San Columban Church in Los Angeles. The
resident for 2015-2016 is Rosalie Caratao, a new board member of Kalayaan, Inc. Special guests were Becky Godinez, who rendered a very special and inspiring message, and Vice Consul Dyan Kristine Miranda-Pastrana of the Philippine Consulate General of Los Angeles.
The youth band Back2Jupiter will dedicate their performance to
the orphans of the slain journalists.
FIL-AM MEDIA BAND & FRIENDS. From left, Ana Mendoza, Mat Relox, Mon Concepcion, Nikki
Arriola, Christy Rosacia, Malou Toler, Joy Macainan, Joevel “Nukie” Santiago, Jr., Andy Tecson,
Roy Cuchado and Abner Galino. (Photo by Benny Uy)
Nov. 22 concert to honor memory
of slain Maguindanao journalists
PHILIPPINE NIGHT. The Filipino Community of St. Martin
de Porres held its inaugural “Philippine Night” celebration and
fund-raising event held at the St. Martin De Porres Catholic
Church Hall, 19767 Yorba Linda Blvd, Yorba Linda, California
on Saturday November 7. Some of the members are shown in their
Barong Filipino attires.
LOS ANGELES – FilipinoAmerican media groups here
have banded together to honor
the memory of the 32 journalists
killed in the Ampatuan massacre,
the worst single attack on the
press.
On Nov. 22, members of the
media will hold a concert and
photo exhibit at the Celebrity
Centre International in Los
Angeles. The event will feature
Original Pilipino Music (OPM)
icon Florante, local celebrity
musicians and the newly formed
Fil-Am Media Band.
The concert, titled ABAKADA:
Children Helping Children, will
also highlight the youth band
Back2Jupiter, whose members
will dedicate their performance to
the orphans of the slain journalists.
“ABAKADA is the title of
Florante’s popular song promoting
the value of education,” said
Benny Uy, public relations
officer of the National Union
of Journalists of the Philippines
(NUJP)-US Chapter, producer of
the show.
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this project will help us support
the education of the orphans of
slain journalists.”
The concert date – Nov.22 –
which is Nov. 23 in Philippine
time zone, marks the sixth year
after the attack that claimed
the lives of 58 people, 32 of
them journalists, in Ampatuan
town, Maguindanao province in
Southern Philippines.
None of the suspects have
been convicted of the crime.
International media groups,
i n c l u d i n g t h e N e w Yo r k -
based watchdog Committee to
Protect Journalists (CPJ) and
the International Federation of
Journalists (IFJ), have condemned
the slow progress of the case and
the continued killing of journalists
in the Philippines.
Earlier this month, radio
broadcaster Jose Bernardo was
shot dead by still unidentified
assailants in Quezon City. He
is the 5th journalist killed in
2015 and the 169th since 1986,
according to NUJP.
NUJP-US is producing the
event, in partnership with the
Filipino American Press Club
of California, F7 Photographers,
Frontliners, Philippine Press
Photographers (PPP)-USA and
Pen and Lens Press Club.
The show is sponsored by
Estela Cottle of Estela Skin Care
Clinic and former journalist
Nancy Ramos Esguerra of SANA
17
PHILIPPINE TRIBUNE
BUSINESS
APEC ministers push free trade pact
Get FHA 30-year ¿xed
rate as low as 3.5% (APR
3.76%) with no points
MAJORITY of the buyers
now are going with FHA Loans,
so I thought of answering and
informing you of such questions
and answers so you would fully
understand how to go with this
minimum down payment loan.
Q: 580 + Fico, okay?
A: With automated
underwriting approval and no
30 day later payments on any
accounts in the past 12 months
and 3 compensating factors, strict
31/43 Debt to Income ratio.
Q: Chapter 7 BK, what’s the
time frame needed before they are
eligible for FHA Mortgage?
A: Chapter 13 Bankruptcy.
There must be 12 consecutive
months of on time payments on
all accounts (including utilities,
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the chapter 13 bankruptcy.
Chapter 7 Bankruptcy. There
must be 24 months of perfect
credit from the disposition of a
Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
Foreclosure. There must be
3 years of perfect credit from the
foreclosure.
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balance of BK 13?
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to 85% of the appraised value
assuming there has been no lates
on the BK or the mortgage.
Q: If you have an open tax lien
and are currently in a payment
plan with the IRS, do you have to
pay it off at or prior to closing an
FHA loan?
A: No, the IRS can subordinate
their lien to the new mortgage and
they do routinely do so. ( Mostly
on purchase loans)
Q: What’s the maximum
number of months left on an
installment loan that allow the
lender to not include this to your
debt to income calculation?
A: 10 months. Installment
loans are car loans or student
loans. However, this does not
apply to leased vehicles.
Q: Do you have to pay
off collections and charged off
accounts prior to closing?
A: No, Fha does not require
it. However, if it’s a Judgement
it most probably will need to be
paid prior to closing.
Q: When do you need to build
alternative credit?
A: When the borrowers do not
have 3 open active trades for 12
months in the report.
Q: How is alternative credit
built and evaluated?
A: Document 12 months of
good payment history on rents,
utility bills, cell phone, furniture
rental, car or insurances, etc.
Q: How long does a student
loan need to be deferred for you to
leave it out of the debt to income
ratio calculation?
A: 12 months from the
expected closing date.
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income?
A: Yes, As long as the borrower
will be receiving this child support
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court papers.
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are required for a self-employed
borrower?
A: 2 years of 1040’s and a
current YTD Profit and Loss
statement. The P&L does not
need to be audited unless required
by the underwriter. If there is
a declining income factor, the
underwriter will only average out
the recent 12 months of income.
Q: If someone has recently
returned to the work force after
an extended absence (possibly
even for a year… for example:
a woman returning to work after
having a child and have decided to
stay home for a year) do they need
to wait for 2 years to re-establish
an employment history?
A: No, if they are back to work
for a minimum of 6 months and
can document, prior to leaving
the work force, that they had a
complete 2 year full time history,
the income will be used.
Q: Does FHA allow Stated
Income Documentation?
A: No, there are only local
Banks that will allow self
MANILA – Ministers from
the 21 Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation (APEC) member
economies are jointly pushing
for the implementation of a free
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along with the pursuit of quality
growth in each member state
following the conclusion of 2015
Ministerial Meeting yesterday.
In a press conference, 2015
APEC Ministerial Meeting cochairs Alberto del Rosario and
Gregory Domingo detailed the
actions the ministers have come up
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economic growth agenda.
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said among the top priorities seen
needed for the region’s progress is
the Free Trade Area for the Asia3DFLÀF)7$$3
“There were a lot of
interventions about the FTAAP,
basically that they like to see
the work continue on study for
FTAAP. There is a target that the
submission of a comprehensive
study and accompanying
recommendations by the end of
2016. So that seems to be ongoing
because there is a task force and a
core drafting group that has been
formed,” Domingo said.
“There were some discussions
by the ministers on how FTAAP
relates to other trade agreements
and there were a number of
comments that all these other trade
agreements that are proliferating
are all building blocks that
are actually good even to the
multilateral trading system which
is the World Trade Organization
(WTO). Because by having more
of these bilateral, regional and
unilateral type of agreements, we
actually advance the position of
free trade regimes which make it
easier to conclude at the bigger
group such as the FTAAP and
eventually, the WTO,” Domingo
added.
In a joint statement, the
APEC ministers commended the
progress in the implementation
of the FTAAP and welcomed its
progress.
The ministers are now looking
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submission of a comprehensive
study and accompanying
recommendations by the end of
next year.
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belief contained in the pathways to
FTAAP that an FTAAP should be
pursued as a comprehensive free
trade agreement by developing
and building on ongoing regional
undertakings,” the joint statement
said.
Aside from addressing trade
barriers in the region, Domingo
said the APEC ministers have
also come up with a strategy for
strengthening the quality of growth
for each member economies.
Quality growth, according
to Domingo, is progress that
is is sustainable, environment
friendly, resilient, puts particular
emphasis on providing economic
growth to the rural areas, provides
opportunity to youth and equal
opportunity to women, and
opens doors for micro, small and
medium enterprises to participate
in the global trade.
Homestead opens new vocational
nursing classes in January 2016
HOMESTEAD Schools in
Torrance, Calif. is planning to
open new classes for its vocational
nursing program in January 2016.
It hopes to have a morning,
evening and weekend schedule
to accommodate the work hours
of students.
The school underwent an
accreditation visit by ABHES,
its accrediting agency, in the last
few months and it hopes to have
its full accreditation renewed for
a term of four years. The school
also hopes to have its approval by
the Board of Vocational Nursing
renewed before the end of the year
for a full term of four years. The
school has always maintained its
status as a fully approved school
since inception in 2007.
To b e e f u p t h e c l i n i c a l
experience of its vocational
nursing students in the critical
areas of maternity and pediatrics,
the school secured clinical
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clinics and a hospital. The
people in the industry know how
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to get such clinical rotations and
Homestead is fortunate in being
able to provide the best clinical
experience to its students.
The school is striving hard
to accomplish its mission of
educating and preparing young
people for the exacting and everyH[SDQGLQJ ÀHOG RI KHDOWK FDUH
In the 3Q2015, seventy-three
percent of its vocational nursing
students passed the NCLEX. The
school is able to maintain its pass
rate within the board-mandated
guidelines but the school also
recognizes there’s ample room
for improvement. The school
constantly encourages its students
to work hard toward achieving
their goal and makes available to
them all the tools to succeed.
Meanwhile, Homestead’s RNto-BSN program is now in full
swing. Most of these students have
opted for classroom instruction
although there are several who
prefer the online option. All
of them are looking forward to
earning their bachelor’s degree
next year and then advance toward
master’s. Here too the school has
gone one step further by offering
general education credit courses to
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their prerequisites.
If you need more information
on any of its programs, contact the
admissions department at (310)
791-9975. The school is located at
23800 Hawthorne Blvd., Ste 200,
Torrance, CA 90505
Gov’t borrowings up 23% to P27.7B in Sept.
MANILA – The national
government borrowed P27.7
billion in September, up 23
percent year-on-year, mainly on
increased local borrowing as a
result of the debt swap conducted
that month.
The total borrowings last
September surpassed the P22.5
billion recorded in the same
month last year.
Gross external borrowings
sourced from multilateral
lenders’ program and project
loans amounted to P914 million
in September, down from P5.3
billion a year ago.
Gross domestic borrowings
resulting from the domestic bonds
exchange that month reached
P26.8 billion, up from P17.2
billion last year.
18
PHILIPPINE TRIBUNE
US & WORLD
Sea rows still top US agenda
Nohemi Gonzalez
CSLB mourns
student killed
in Paris attacks
LONG BEACH, California
-- A 23-year-old California State
University, Long Beach student
was killed in the Paris terror
attacks, the school announced
Saturday.
Nohemi Gonzalez, an El
Monte resident, was a senior
studying industrial design. She
was in Paris attending the Strate
College of Design as part of a
semester abroad program.
Her family struggles to cope
with the loss of their only daughter.
“I feel lost, sadness and she was
my only daughter,” her mother,
Beatriz Gonzalez, said. “She was
a very strong young woman. She
had big decisions, when she went
to do something she committed to
whatever she was doing.”
Gonzalez was one of 17
CSULB students studying abroad,
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also said the other 16 students
are safe.
During a press conference,
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was killed at one of the restaurant
locations while she was out with
other students. In the chaos during
the attacks, one of the students
noticed Gonzalez had been shot
and was taken away on a stretcher.
Her family said they could
hardly believe the news when they
received word that she had died.
WASHINGTON—Territorial
disputes will be a “central issue”
when US President Barack Obama
meets Asian leaders next week,
the White House said on Thursday
as the Pentagon disclosed that two
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China in the heavily contested
South China Sea.
US National Security Adviser
Susan Rice said territorial claims
in the South China Sea, which
have put the United States in
direct dispute with China, would
feature prominently during a trip
to the Philippines and Malaysia,
but played down hopes for a “code
of conduct” to ease tensions.
“This will be a central issue of
discussion both at the East Asia
summit as well as at the Asean-US
summit (both in Kuala Lumpur)
and the other engagements that
we have throughout our visit to
Asia,” Rice said.
That seemed at odds with
China’s insistence that the AsiaPacific Economic Cooperation
(Apec) summit in Manila next
week should not discuss rising
tensions.
China claims almost the whole
South China Sea, an expansive
claim that is challenged by
Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines,
Vietnam and Taiwan.
Indonesia could wade into
the dispute, threatening to take
China to the International Court
of Justice should talks fail to
clarify that Beijing’s expansive
claim does not include the Natuna
islands in the Indonesian province
of Riau.
China’s decision to reclaim
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in the South China Sea recently
prompted the US Navy to send in
the guided missile destroyer USS
Lassen to within 21 kilometers of
at least one of the man-made islets
in the Spratly archipelago.
In the latest US challenge to
China’s claim of sovereignty over
nearly the entire sea, two US B-52
strategic bombers flew “in the
area” of the Spratly islands but did
not come within the 21-km zones
that China claims as territory
around the artificial islands it
had built in the chain, Cmdr. Bill
Urban, a spokesperson for the
Pentagon, said on Thursday.
“The B-52s were on a routine
mission in the [South China Sea],”
taking off from and returning to
Guam, Urban said.
Chinese ground controllers
contacted the bombers but the
aircraft continued their mission
unabated, Urban said.
“We conduct B-52 flights
in international airspace in that
part of the world all the time,”
Peter Cook, another Pentagon
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China respected all countries
exercising freedom of navigation
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Sea in line with international law.
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resolutely oppose any country, in
the name of freedom of navigation
and overflight, harming and
violating international law,
harming China’s sovereignty and
security interests.”
Hong also said the South China
Sea disputes should not be a
subject for discussion at the East
Asia summit.
“The East Asia summit
and relevant meetings focus
on regional cooperation and
development,” he said. “They
are not an appropriate place for
discussing the South China Sea
issue.”
During his trip to the
Philippines for the Apec summit
next week, Obama will tour a
maritime facility, designed to
underscore the US commitment
to Philippine maritime security,
amid talk of a fresh batch of US
aid.
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take part in what they described
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Navy’s Adm. Harry Harris, head
of the US Pacific Command,
visited the National Coast Watch
Center, a facility at Philippine
Coast Guard headquarters that
Washington has helped Manila
build to improve its ability to
monitor developments in the
South China Sea.
2 dead, 7 nabbed in raid targeting Paris attack brains
SAINT-DENIS, France —
Amid gunfire and explosions,
police raided a suburban Paris
apartment where the suspected
mastermind of last week’s attacks
was believed to be holed up
Wednesday. The siege ended
with two deaths and seven arrests
but no clear information on the
fugitive’s fate.
The dead were a woman who
blew herself up with an explosive
vest and a man hit by projectiles
and grenades, the Paris prosecutor
said at the end of the seven-hour
siege in the Paris suburb of SaintDenis.
Prosecutor Francois Molins
said the raid was launched after
information from tapped telephone
conversations, surveillance and
witness accounts indicated that
the suspected planner of the
attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud,
might be in a safe house in the
district.
Authorities could not
immediately confirm whether
Abaaoud, a Belgian Islamic State
militant, was killed or arrested
Wednesday morning.
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27-year-old Abaaoud, a Belgian
of Moroccan descent, as the chief
architect of Friday’s attacks in
Paris, which killed 129 people and
injured 350 others.
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intelligence matters said Abaaoud
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U.S. intelligence agencies have
been tracking for many months.
Abaaoud was believed to be in
Syria after a January police raid in
Belgium, but bragged in Islamic
State propaganda of his ability
to move back and forth between
Europe and Syria undetected.
Speaking at the scene of
Wednesday’s raid, Molins said
the operation began with a predawn shootout and resulted in the
capture of three people inside the
apartment, the death of a woman
who set off an explosive charge,
and the death of “another terrorist
... who was hit by projectiles and
grenades” in the initial assault.
He said two people were
detained while trying to hide in the
rubble, and two others were also
arrested, including the man who
had provided the apartment and
one of his acquaintances. Police
at the scene were seen escorting
away one man who was naked
from the waist down, and another
wrapped in a gold emergency
blanket.
Molins and Interior Minister
Bernard Cazeneuve did not
specify whether any suspects
might still be at large.
A police official said four
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30 dead in Nigerian carnage
KADUNA, Nigeria—More than 30 people were killed Tuesday
when a bomb blast ripped through packed crowds in Yola, northeast
Nigeria, just days after President Muhammadu Buhari visited declaring
that Boko Haram were close to defeat.
The explosion happened at about 8:20 p.m. (1920 GMT) in the
Jambutu area of the Adamawa state capital, although it was not
immediately clear whether it was caused by a suicide bomber or an
improvised explosive device.
“So far, we’ve recorded about 32 dead and about 80 injured,”
said Sa’ad Bello, the Yola coordinator for the National Emergency
Management Agency.
The Red Cross and state police gave a slightly lower toll of 31 dead
and 72 injured.
The blast bore all the hallmarks of Boko Haram, which has
previously attacked Yola with suicide bombers and improvised
explosive devices in recent months.
Buhari this month was in Yola to decorate soldiers for bravery in
the counter-insurgency as well as visit a camp for people displaced by
six years of violence that has left at least 17,000 people dead.
He told troops he believed Boko Haram “are very close to defeat”
and urged soldiers “to remain vigilant, alert and focused to prevent
Boko Haram from sneaking into our communities to attack soft targets.”
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was a lorry park which also houses a livestock market, an open-air
restaurant and a mosque.
Jindal drops out of pres’l race
WASHINGTON —Republican Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal
announced Tuesday he was bowing out of the 2016 presidential race,
saying “this is not my time.”
“I’ve come here to announce that I’m suspending my campaign for
president of the United States,” Jindal told Fox News.
“It’s been an incredible honor to run for president of this great
country,” he added in a post on Twitter.
Jindal’s campaign failed to gain traction this year. He languished
near the back of the big Republican pack seeking the GOP nomination,
a group that included several politicians—and political neophytes—
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February 1 in Iowa.
Jindal, the 44-year-old son of immigrants from India, is the third
Republican to drop out of the contest, after former Texas governor
Rick Perry and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker.
His departure leaves 14 Republicans in the nomination hunt,
including billionaire frontrunner Donald Trump, retired neurosurgeon
Ben Carson, Senator Marco Rubio and former Florida governor Jeb
Bush.
FDA issues new food safety rules
WASHINGTON -- In the wake of wide-ranging outbreaks of
foodborne illness, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday
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kitchens.
These food safety regulations for fruit and vegetable farms and food
importers were developed as a result of the Food Safety Modernization
Act of 2011.
“These rules, for the first time, establish enforceable safety
standards of production and harvesting of produce, and make importers
accountable for the safety of the food they bring into the United States,”
Michael Taylor, FDA deputy commissioner for foods and veterinary
medicine, said during a Friday morning news conference.
“A recent outbreak of salmonella in imported cucumbers killed four
Americans and sent more than 157 to the hospital,” he said. “These
outbreaks are just the kind of food safety problems today’s rules are
meant to prevent.”
The establishment of regulations changes the FDA’s mission from
reacting to outbreaks of foodborne illness to making the food industry
responsible for preventing them, Taylor said.
The new farm rule sets requirements for water quality; employee
health and hygiene; wild and domesticated animals; compost and
manure; and equipment, tools and buildings, the FDA said.
France hunts 2nd attack suspect,
launches new air strikes vs. ISIS
PARIS — French police hunted
Tuesday for a second terrorist
believed to have escaped after the
bomb and gun massacres in Paris,
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the suspected mastermind was
part of an Islamic State cell that
American intelligence agencies
had been tracking for months.
Meanwhile, France and
Russia unleashed a new wave
of airstrikes against IS targets
in Syria, while fears of further
terror attacks deepened in Paris
and beyond. The Eiffel Tower
closed to the public just a day
after it had reopened and a soccer $QXQLGHQWL¿HGPDQOLJKWVDFDQGOHLQIURQWRIWKH)UHQFKFRQVXOmatch between Germany and the
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to a bomb threat just 90 minutes The video was among evidence external terrorist attacks, versus
before kickoff.
authorities used in concluding seeking to hold onto the territory
Islamic State militants have that at least one other attacker it has seized in Iraq and Syria. A
claimed responsibility for the ZDVDWODUJHWKH)UHQFKRIÀFLDOV consensus is now emerging that
Friday the 13th attacks that indicated.
the group is more focused on
targeted France’s national soccer
The brief clip shows two black- exporting terror than had been
stadium, a packed concert hall clad gunmen with automatic widely understood.
and popular restaurants and weapons calmly firing on the
cafes in one of Paris’ trendiest bar then returning toward a some insights into who is involved
neighborhoods, killing 129 people waiting car, whose driver was in that effort, said the official,
and wounding more than 350.
maneuvering behind them. who was not authorized to discuss
F r e n c h a u t h o r i t i e s h a d Authorities believe the car is the the matter publicly and spoke on
previously said that at least eight same black Spanish-made SEAT condition of anonymity. But their
people were directly involved in vehicle that was found Saturday understanding is hampered by
the bloodshed Friday: seven who with three Kalashnikovs inside.
the many challenges of gathering
died in the attacks and one who
Previously officials had not intelligence in Syria, where the
got away and slipped across the specified how many people CIA does not have a regular
border to Belgium. However, were involved in the attack on a presence on the ground.
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The chairman of the Senate
public statements, which have Roi street, as well as the other intelligence committee said
never fully disclosed how many night spots in the same vicinity.
Tuesday that it was likely
attackers took part in the deadly
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rampage.
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Associated Press they now believe descent, as the chief architect of communications from authorities.
at least one other attacker was the attacks. He is believed to be Sen. Richard Burr, R-North
involved and they were working in Islamic State-held territory in Carolina, said there was no direct
to identify and track down that Syria.
evidence of encryption, but that
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condition of anonymity because intelligence matters said Abaaoud used because they have uncovered
they were not authorized to ZDV D NH\ ÀJXUH LQ DQ ,VODPLF no evidence of conversations
provide details about the ongoing State external operations cell that among the plotters.
investigation.
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Surveillance video obtained been tracking for many months.
the challenges intelligence
by the AP also indicated that a
Analysts have been debating agencies face in monitoring
team of three attackers carried out to what extent the Islamic State records of international phone
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SPORTS
Pacquiao vs. Crawford?
MANILA -- Hall of Fame
trainer Freddie Roach expressed
no problem if ever unbeaten
WBO world junior welterweight
champion Terence Crawford
would be chosen as Manny
Pacquiao’s farewell dance partner.
Roach said he already received
a call from American promoter
Bob Arum who asked about the
trainer’s thoughts on Crawford,
an American who has not lost
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division champion and won 19
bouts by knockout.
Roach said that while Pacquiao
has the last say for his swan song,
the seven-time trainer of the year
winner would not oppose the
choice of Crawford.
But the 55-year-old guru has
reiterated his preferred choice as
Terence Crawford
Pacquiao’s next foe which is said
to be the Filipino icon’s farewell
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“The next opponent may
be Terence Crawford, but it
could also be a rematch against
Mayweather, if he comes out of
retirement, which I think will
happen and I think he will return
to the ring. I’m sure Manny would
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Roach told TV Azteca.
Aside from Crawford, British
superstar Amir Khan, current
world welterweight ruler Tim
Bradley and Mexican tormentor
Juan Manuel Marquez are said to
be on Pacquiao’s radar.
Apart from being a stablemate
of Pacquiao under Arum’s Top
Rank banner, the 28-year-old
Crawford is being seriously
considered as Pacquiao’s next foe
owing to his impressive resumé.
De la Hoya says Floyd is boring
Bobby Ray Parks Jr. (15) listens to his coach and former NBA
guard Nick Van Exel during a timeout in the Texas Legends’ loss
LOS ANGELES — Oscar De are a lot of boxing fans,’’ De La WKH EHVW GHIHQVLYH ÀJKWHU RI RXU to the Austin Spurs last Saturday.
La Hoya has reignited his age- Hoya wrote.
generation. But what good is
old feud with Floyd Mayweather
Mayweather called time on talent if you don’t test it?,’’ De
in a scathing open letter, saying his career in September after a La Hoya said.
boxing will be better off now the points victory over Andre Berto
“Muhammad Ali did. Sugar
undefeated welterweight world left him with a perfect 49-0 Ray Leonard did. You? Not a
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record, emulating heavyweight chance. You spent 2000 to 2010
Writing in the December issue great Rocky Marciano’s famous facing forgettable opening acts
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of Playboy, boxing great turned undefeated benchmark.
like Victoriano Sosa, Phillip remained scoreless but had a Monday (Manila time), bouncing
promoter De La Hoya – who
H o w e v e r, D e L a H o y a N’dou, DeMarcus Corley, Henry better outing in his second game back from a blowout loss at the
was beaten by Mayweather in maintained that Mayweather Bruseles and Sharmba Mitchell. for the Texas Legends in the NBA hands of the Austin Spurs two
2007 – said he was happy that would never be ranked alongside “There were guys out there – tough D-League.
days ago.
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Parks, who was selected by the
Parks, the first local-born
the gloves.
he had never taken on opponents Margarito and Paul Williams – but player to play in the D-League, Legends as the 25th overall pick
“Truth be told, I’m not in their prime.
you ran from them.’’
went 0-of-2 for the second in the D-League Draft early in the
unhappy to see you retire. Neither
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straight game but this time, he month, didn’t have the kind of
was able to make his presence felt debut he would’ve wanted against
with two rebounds, one assist and the Spurs with a turnover, two
a steal with zero turnovers in 11 fouls and a 0-of-2 shooting clip
in 10 minutes.
minutes of action.
The Legends beat the
Parks has better outing
in Legends’ 1st v ictory
Cabrera takes Singapore
racing ciurcuit by storm
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podium win two weeks ago as the
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karter Gabriel Tayao Cabrera
drew raves with his blazing feat
recently at Singapore’s newest
track – KF1 Circuit.
Debuting as Energy Corse Asia
Racing team’s newest driver, the
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