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SWS presidential survey: Poe, Binay, Roxas statistically tiedby
Catherine S. Valente
ManilaTimes.net
NeXt years presidential elec-tions would be a neck and neck race
among the top three front-runners, results of the latest so-cial
Weather stations (sWs) sur-vey said.
According to the sWs presi-dential preference survey, sen. Grace
Poe, Vice President Jejo-mar Binay and former Interior secretary
manuel roxas II are statistically tied.
Poean independent who de-Former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas,
Vice President Jejomar Binay and Sen. Grace Poe are leading the
latest Social Weather Stations presidential survey.
clared her intention to vie for the nations top-most elective
posi-tion just last weekgot the nod of 26 percent of the 1,200
respon-dents surveyed while Binay and roxas got 24 and 20
percentage points, respectively.
the survey, which was report-edly designed by BusinessWorld,
asked the respondents to select one name from an
alphabetical-ly-arranged list of possible presi-dential
candidates.
It was conducted from sep-tember 2 to 5.
the respondents were asked, Among the names found in this list,
who will you probably vote for as President of the Philippines if
elections were held today?
Davao City mayor rodrigo Duterte came in fourth with 11 percent
followed by sen. fer-dinand Bongbong marcos Jr. and sen. francis
Chiz escu-dero with 4 percent, deposed president and now manila
mayor Joseph estrada had 3 percent, sen. miriam Defensor
santiago
Coloma denies NY Times report stating PH requested $300 million
in military aid
AmID ongoing territorial quarrels about the south China sea, the
Aquino administration requested $300 million in military aid from
the United states, according to a report by the New York Times.
however, Philippine Presidential Communications secretary
herminio Coloma, Jr. repudiated the report, cit-ing a lack of
explicit information on the claim.
Wala tayong tuwirang information tungkol diyan at kailangan muna
nat-ing alamin kung ano ang isinasaad ng ulat na yan at berepikahin
kung merong batayan (We dont have any di-rect information about
that matter and
by agneS ConStanteAJPressFil-Am teen pleads
not guilty in killing of 8-year-old girl
Fil-Am nominated to head Defense Health Agency
PresIDeNt Barack obama has nominated a filipina for a
high-rank-ing promotion in the United states Navy.
rear Admiral raquel C. Bono, who was promoted in september 2014,
was nominated by the president to the rank of Vice Admiral and for
the position of Defense health Agency
A fILIPINo-American teenager who was charged as an adult in the
murder of an 8-year-old girl earlier this year in santa Cruz,
California, pleaded not guilty monday, sept. 21.
Adrian Jerry Gonzalez, 15, faces one count of murder with the
special circumstance that he allegedly kid-napped, sexually
assaulted, and tied up madyson maddy middleton before killing her,
according to santa Cruz
by teSSa MauriCio-arriolaManilaTimes.net
Binays stars to come out in due timeseN. Nancy Binay on tuesday,
sept.
22 said celebrities who support her fa-thers bid for the
presidency will come out soon.
Sa tamang panahon [In due time], Bi-nay quipped, quoting the
famous lesson of Lola Nidora in eat Bulagas popular Kalyeserye.
In a brief one-on-one with The Manila Times before Vice
President Jejomar Bi-nay arrived at a roundtable with select
members of the entertainment press in a Quezon City restaurant,
sen. Binay ex-plained why they have not identified the stars who
will support her father.
Based on experience, we dont want to risk dragging them
[celebrity support-ers] into our situation, she said, obvious-ly
referring to allegations of corruption against the Vice President
and several other members of their family.
If you remember, when Congressman manny Pacquiao attended the
UNA [Unit-ed Nationalist Alliance] rally in support of my dad, he
suddenly had the BIr [Bureau of Internal revenue] harassing him,
ac-cording to the senator.
she said the Vice President, even in his mayoral campaigns in
makati City, hardly brought along celebrity endorsers in his
sorties.
Usually, its our children who would sing or dance, she laughed.
even when he [Binay] ran for Vice President in 2010, robin Padilla
only joined him on very few occasions.
the Binay camp confirmed that as far as actors go, Alma moreno
is organizing a womens group in mindanao to rally behind the Vice
Presidents campaign. [the actress gathered some influence in the
south during her five-year marriage to marawi City mayor sultan
fahad Pre
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PAPAL VISIT. Pope Francis addresses a Joint Session of Congress
on Thursday, Sept. 24. The Pope, who became the first pontiff to
address Congress, thanked lawmakers for their warm welcome. Photo
by House Office of Photography
FiRST PAPAl viSiT To CoNgReSS Pope Francis urges action on
immigration, environment, defense of the poor and of families
IN the first-ever papal address to both houses of Congress on
thurs-day, sept. 24, Pope francis brought to light important issues
ranging from immigration to gun control to climate change,
addressing the di-verse crowd of political leaders and top
lawmakers.
Appearing at the balcony of the Capitol, the pope was surrounded
to his right and left by house speaker John Boehner and Vice
President Joe Biden, both of whom are devout Catholics, NPr
reported.
I am most grateful for your invi-tation to address this Joint
session of Congress in the land of the free and the home of the
brave, the
by allySon eSCobarAJPress
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama introduce
Pope Francis to their family pets Bo and Sunny in the Blue Room
following the State Arrival Ceremony on the South Lawn of the White
House on Wednesday, Sept. 23. White House Photo by Pete Souza
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Filipino fishermen sue China before UNmANILAfilipino fisherfolk
who rely
on waters near the disputed Panatag (scarborough) shoal
submitted an appeal to United Nations against state agents of the
Peoples republic of China.
In the urgent appeal penned by Cen-ter for Law Philippines
counsels harry roque Jr. and Gilbert Andres, 16 fish-ermen residing
in the coastal town of Infanta, Pangasinan and sta. Cruz, Zam-bales
accused the Chinese of violating their human rights.
the fishermen said they are physically prevented from conducting
their means of livelihood by Chinese Coast Guard
and other maritime agencies of China that patrol the fishing
areas around the shoal, also known as Bajo de masinloc. the Chinese
officers are distinguished by their orange uniforms and markings on
the maritime vessels they use.
the Chinese authorities threaten their livelihood with water
cannons and no fishing warnings and deprive them of shelter during
inclement weather, the fishermen added.
the petitioners said the Chinese vio-lated their rights to an
adequate stan-dard of living, food and life.
We request that you urgently in-tervene, remind, and direct
China and its state agents to respect the human
rightsincluding the right to livelihood, the right to adequate
food, and the right to lifeof the filipino fisherfolks over their
traditional fishing grounds and safe refuge in the scarborough
shoal (Pana-tag shoal or Bajo de masinloc), the law-yers said in
the appeal addressed to the UN body.
the fisherfolks lawyers noted Chinas international obligation
under the Inter-national Covenant on economic, social and Cultural
rights, the Universal Dec-laration of human rights, and custom-ary
international law in stating their re-quest.
In June, the Center for Law legal
by roSette adel Philstar.com
Legal counsels of fisherfolk who rely on waters near Panatag
Shoal file urgent appeal against Chinas state agents for violating
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Filipino fishermen sue China...PAGE A1 counsels also filed
urgent appeal against Chinese coast guards for the fisherfolk of
Subic and Masin-loc Zambales.
On Thursday, Sept. 24, Sen. Ferdinand Bongbong Marcos Jr. also
called on the government
to ask China to stop harassing Filipino fishermen.
The first item in the agenda is to ask China to stop harassing
our fishermen because they are just fishing and have no other
motive in going there; its inter-national waters anyway, Mar-
cos said.Lets make an arrangement
with China that we will talk about fishermen only and not the
con-tentious issue of who owns the territories. I think China will
agree to that arrangement. Thats one big step, he added.
Pope Francis urges action on immigration...Pope began, to the
applause of thousands, who were granted a limited amount of tickets
for the joint meeting. I am so grateful for your presence here.
To begin, the head of the Cath-olic Church reminded legislators
of the function and purpose of government: A political society
endures when it seeks, as a vo-cation, to satisfy common needs by
stimulating the growth of its members, especially those in
situations of greater vulnerabil-ity or risk. Legislative activity
is always based on the care of the people. To this, you have been
invited, called and convened by those who elected you.
He called on Congress to seek effective solutions, rather than
getting bogged down in discus-sions.
Francis urged political leaders to take vigorous action on
issues largely favored by liberals, and concerns widely dividing
both houses of Congress: including his powerful defense of
immi-
gration, a critique of modern-day US capitalism, a call for the
endorsement of environmental legislation, an end to war and a cry
to help the poor, refugees, and those incarcerated.
Politics is, instead, an ex-pression of our compelling need to
live as one, in order to build as one, the greatest common good,
the Pope said, also citing the examples of historical lead-ers like
Abraham Lincoln, Doro-thy Day, Thomas Merton, and Martin Luther
King, Jr.
As the 266th Pope, Francis (whose birth name is Jorge Ma-rio
Bergoglio) also recognized his own role as a promoter of peace, and
religious leader of the Catholic Church: It is my duty to build
bridges and to help all men and women, in any way possible, to do
the same.
In his speech, he defended religious freedom and the struc-ture
of the traditional family, dividing his views of marriage with that
of President Barack Obama, according to the New York Times.
He was also less explicit in condemning abortion, but called for
a defense of life at every stage of development.
I cannot hide my concern for the family, which is threatened,
perhaps as never before, from within and without, he said.
Fundamental relationships are being called into question, as is the
very basis of marriage and the family. I can only reiterate the
importance and, above all, the richness and the beauty of family
life.
Touching upon other points he made the day before, in front of
the White House lawn, the Pope noted himself as the son of
im-migrants, knowing that so many of you are also descended from
immigrants. He called for the further respect of immigrants and
refugees, and for a major haul to the immigration system.
We must not be taken aback by their numbers, but rather view
them as persons, seeing their faces and listening to their stories,
trying to respond as best as we can to their situation, he
commenting, referencing the biblical Golden Rule: Do unto others as
you would have them do unto you.
He also advocated for the worldwide abolition of the death
penalty, calling every life sa-cred, every human person is endowed
with an inalienable dignitya just and necessary punishment must
never exclude the dimension of hope and the
goal of rehabilitation.Encouraging those living in
a poverty to have hope, Fran-cis said, [] in times of crisis and
economic hardship a spirit of global solidarity must not be lostThe
fight against poverty and hunger must be fought con-stantly and on
many fronts.
As the session came to a close, he talked about caring for the
common good, emphasizing the importance of creation and taking care
of the earth, calling for an integrated approach to combating
poverty, restoring dignity to the excluded, and at the same time
protecting na-ture.
Quoting from his second en-cyclical Laudato Si, he said: We need
a conversation which includes everyone, since the en-vironmental
challenge we are undergoing, and its human roots, concern and
affect us all.
Finally, the Pontiff ended with a brief comment on gun control,
and a collective cry for ongoing social justice and world
peace.
Being at the service of dia-logue and peace also means be-ing
truly determined to minimize and, in the long term, to end the many
armed conflicts through-out our world, he said. Here we have to ask
ourselves: Why are deadly weapons being sold to those who plan to
inflict un-told suffering on individuals and society? [] In the
face of this shameful and culpable silence, it is our duty to
confront the prob-lem and to stop the arms trade.
The Popes speech in English was the longest, perhaps most
challenging appearance of his papacy, the NY Times said. Fran-cis,
who speaks native Spanish and fluent Italian, has admitted his
discomfort in speaking Eng-lish.
But on Thursday, he clearly addressed 138 Catholic House members
and 26 senators--near-ly 31 percent, compared with 22 percent of
the overall Catholic adult population.
Urging and encouraging these national leaders from all walks of
life, Pope Francis said, The challenges facing us today call for a
renewal of that spirit of cooperation, which has accomplished so
much good throughout the history of the United States. The
complexity, the gravity and the urgency of these challenges demand
that we pool our resources and tal-ents, and resolve to support one
another, with respect for our dif-ferences and our convictions of
conscience.
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had 2 percent and former senator Manuel Villar Jr., 1
percent.
Former senator Panfilo Lacson and Senators Alan Peter Cayetano
and Loren Legarda each obtained 0.8 percent.
Two percent of the respondents were undecided.
Meanwhile, Poe and his run-ning mate Escudero led the
vice-presidential race in the September 2015 pre-election
survey.
Based on the survey, 27 per-cent of registered voters chose Poe
while 20 percent picked Es-cudero.
Duterte scored 9 percent, Mar-cos had 7 percent, Estrada had
7
percent, Cayetano 5 percent, Le-garda 5 percent, Batangas
Gover-nor Vilma Santos-Recto had 4 per-cent, Senator Antonio F.
Trillanes 4th also had 4 percent, Lacson had 3 percent, Camarines
Rep. Leni Robredo had 3 percent, Sen. Jinggoy Estrada had 2 percent
and Buhay party-list Rep. Lito Atienza, 0.9 percent.
Three percent of those polled were undecided.
Poe said she is looking forward to the next survey, which she
said would reflect how the people take her intention to be the next
leader of the land.
I thank our countrymen for their continued confidence in me
and my performance and hopes for the country, she told
report-ers.
Im looking forward to the proceeding surveys where the
respondents are already aware of my intention to run and have also
had a preview of the programs I wish to promote and support, the
senator said.
Rico Quicho, the Vice Presi-dents political spokesman, said the
survey will inspire Binay and his supporters to work harder.
The elections will be a battle for every single vote and the
Vice President will continue to person-ally meet with the people
around the country, Quicho added.
SWS presidential survey: Poe, Binay...PAGE A1
Salic].But if Vice President Binay had
to choose celebrity endorsers for what will be the toughest
fight of his political life, he would go for the phenomenal tandem
of Al-Dub.
Binay cited the AlDub phenom-enon for it allowed him to take a
swipe at his political enemies.
Talung-talo na nung AlDub [Kaleyeserye] yung teleserye sa Senado
[The AlDub kalyeserye has eclipsed the Senate teleserye], he also
quipped. That soap opera [in the Senate] has been going on for over
a year and its already wan-ing.
When I go around the country, I tell people who may just start
be-
lieving these lies that Im used to this kind of demolition job.
Even when I was mayor of Makati, I had sacks upon sacks of
allegations filed against me. But have I ever even been suspended
or convict-ed of any crime? he asked rhe-torically. The answer is
never.
The Senate inquiry should be made in aid of legislation. If they
really had something against me, they should try me in a court of
law, the Vice President said.
When asked whether he has ever thought of giving up his bid for
the presidency amid the seem-ingly endless controversies, Binay
replied, Have you ever read the book by JFK [John F. Kennedy],
Profiles in Courage? He said pub-lic service is a beautiful
profession,
and my quest for the presidency is just a continuation of my
passion for public service.
He promised that if he makes it to Malacaang, he will not take
revenge on his enemies because he wants his administration to be
healing and unifying.
Indulging a showbiz ques-tion, the Vice President said if his
life story were to become a movie, he would choose Alden Richards
to portray his character (Alden is the Al in AlDub).
Pero maputi ho siya [But he is fair-skinned], reacted one
colum-nist.
Bakit, puwede namang ku-layan si Alden, di ba [Why, we can color
Alden], the Vice President retorted.
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Fil-Am nominated to head Defense Health...(DHA) director. She
currently serves as director of the DHAs National Capital Region
Medical Directorate and the 11th chief of the Navy Medical
Corps.
If Bonos nomination is ap-proved, she will become the
highest-ranking Filipino-Ameri-can naval officer in the US.
The news was announced by Defense Secretary Ash Carter on
Thursday, Sept. 17.
As DHA director, she will oversee an organization re-sponsible
for executing the mil-itary health program, including providing
common health ser-vices for military hospitals and clinics,
overseeing Tricare, and managing the systems infor-mation
technology, education, training, research and facilities
programs.
Vice Admiral Matthew L. Na-than, the Navy surgeon general,
Fil-Am teen pleads not guilty in killing...County District
Attorney Jeffrey Rosell. Gonzalez is also accused of lying in
wait.
The teen has also been charged with one count of kidnapping and
four other sexual assault-related offenses, according to
Rosell.
We have charged this indi-vidual as an adult with the crimes for
which he is responsible, he said. We are going to bring him to
justice.
At Gonzalezs first court ap-pearance on Thursday, July 30, the
15-year-old did not enter a plea. Later at his arraignment on
Monday, Sept. 21, he pleaded not guilty, Inquirer.net reported.
Gonzalezs lawyer Larry Big-gam told reporters, Our job is to
review the evidence, conduct our own investigation, and make sure
that the minorlike every citizen accusedreceives a fair trial.
Maddy was last seen around 5:05pm on Sunday, July 26 rid-ing her
white Razor scooter in the Tannery Arts Center on River Street, a
public-private nonprofit artists colony in Santa Cruz where both
she and Gonzalez lived. Her disappearance prompted a fran-tic
overnight search, and FBI investigators went door-to-door looking
for clues. The massive search involved volunteers from neighbors,
to officials, to relatives and friends.
Around 250 people live in the Tannery Arts Center complex,
in-cluding about 50 children.
At 7:55pm on Monday, July 27,
Coloma denies NY Times report stating PH...we first need to know
what the report said and verify if there is proof), Coloma said in
a press briefing, according to Philstar.
The Sept. 19 report by the Times stated that the Philip-pines
request was rejected on the grounds of potential cor-ruption and
worries about the countrys ability to handle such an incoming of
resources.
A Philippine official who spoke to the Times on the condition of
anonymity said the Aquino ad-ministration requested for the aid
this year because it needs a substantial buildup of planes and
ships to deter Chinese ex-pansionism.
Philippine lawmakers in 1991 voted to expel American troops from
the country to break free from the shackles of dictator-ship. But
with continuing dis-putes in the South China Sea, the Philippines
is considering whether or not to invite the US Navy back to Subic
Bay, accord-ing to the Times, a naval base that was involved in
nearly each American conflict in the 20th century.
Last year, the Philippine gov-ernment signed a 10-year
agree-ment that would allow America to station weapons, troops and
military equipment at bases throughout the country, which would
prepare for the return of America to some facilities, such as Subic
Bay and Clark Air Base, the Times reported.
has described Bono as a role model for others to emulate,
acknowledging the contribu-tions of her veteran family.
Bonos grandfather served as a Filipino obstetrician in the US
Army as a colonel during World War II, according to Inquirer.
Twenty years later, Bonos par-ents migrated to the US and settled
in Minnesota, where her father finished his surgical resi-dency and
joined the Navy Re-serve, retiring as a captain.
Bono and her younger broth-er, retired Rear Admiral Anato-lio B.
AB Cruz III, made US Navy history in 2012 when they became the
first and only Fili-pino siblings to hold flag-officer ranks
simultaneously, the DHA reported.
Cruz served as deputy com-mander of the US Naval Forces Southern
Command and deputy commander, US Fourth Fleet.
These two Navy officers are serving as prime examples of the
diversity found within the Navys ranks, said a press re-lease from
the US Department of Defense in 2012.
Service to others, service to country
Commissioned in June 1979, Rear Admiral Raquel Bono re-ceived
her baccalaureate de-gree from the University of Texas at Austin
and attended medical school at Texas Tech University, according to
her of-ficial biography.
As the eldest child, she ini-tially wanted to go into nursing,
but her father challenged her to go even further to become a
doctor.
[Raquel] was the smart one and very disciplined at every-thing
she did, brother AB Cruz commented. Dad set the bar and she raised
that bar. Quite
However, the arrangement faces legal challenges and mixed
feelings from Filipinos, who largely perceive the United States in
a positive light but are unsure about American troops being
stationed in the Philip-pines. Furthermore, there are worries about
how China could respond to American aid.
When the elephants brawl, ants should be spared, said Rene
Augusto Saguisag, among a group of former senators who voted to
dismiss American troops in 1991, according to the Times. Saguisag
has also petitioned the Philippines Supreme Court to block the
military agreement. The US and China should leave us alone and not
involve us in the quarrels of the strong.
Secretary Coloma dismissed the claim in the Times report, based
on the fact that US mili-tary bases are not permitted to operate in
the Philippines.
Labag sa Konstitusyon yung pagkakaroon ng mga foreign military
troops. At kahit kailan-man ay hindi gumagawa ng la-bag sa
Konstitusyon o batas ang ating pamahalaan. Kaya walang batayan at
walang katotohan-an ang paratang na iyan (Its against the
[Philippine] Consti-tution to have foreign military troops. And our
government has never committed any violations against the
Constitution or the laws of our government. There is no proof and
there is no truth to that accusation), Coloma
said, according to Philstar.In the disputed territory that
China has pushed to established as its own, Malaysia, Brunei,
Tai-wan, Thailand and Vietnam are among other countries claim-ing
certain parts of it. However, Chinas efforts have affected the
Philippines the most.
The fight hasnt even started yet, and it looks like the
Philip-pines government has already surrendered, Renato Etac, 35, a
fishing boat captain who says Chinese vessels in the area
rou-tinely chase and attempt to ram his ship, told the Times. I
cant even count the Chinese ships I see, there are so many.
If the pact between the US and Philippines pulls through,
America would be able to posi-tion itself less than 500 miles away
from the new islands built by China.
The issue of the West Philip-pines Sea is a shared
responsi-bility of the Philippines and the United States, said
Fernando Manalo, a Philippine defense of-ficial, according to the
Times.
However, US Sen. Dan Sul-livan (R-Alaska), told the publi-cation
it would take time for the two countries to re-establish a
trust.
If you look what happened in Subic Bay, that was a pretty abrupt
turnaround by the Philip-pines. I think memory probably lingers
both in the Philippines and the United States, Sullivan said.
a little more than 24 hours after she disappeared, a police
detec-tive discovered Maddys body4 feet tall, 46 poundslying at the
bottom of the recycling bin, which had already been searched once
by volunteers.
Investigators reportedly saw Gonzalez standing near the bin,
causing automatic suspicion. Police believe he was watching them as
they searched, and said they have evidence tying him di-rectly to
Maddy.
The boy was detained and later arrested on suspicion of
homi-cide, and is being held in a juve-nile detention facility.
Gonzalez was described as a well-liked, quiet and polite young
man and a yo-yo expert. Ac-cording to a former classmate, Gonzalezs
father was absent and his mother is from Romblon, an island in the
Luzon region of the Philippines.
Residents at the eight-acre complex were stunned to learn their
neighbor was suspected in the killing.
Were just devastated. These are two of our kids, and one is dead
and one has been taken away. And its horrible. Its just horrible,
said resident Yasmina Porter, whose two children, ages 11 and 13,
had regularly played with both the young victim and the
suspect.
From the communitys stand-point, we mostly feel like these are
our babies, Porter said. This is the most horrible thing you
can
imagine.Santa Cruz police Chief Kevin
Vogel said Gonzalez lured Maddy to his familys upstairs
apart-ment, where they were alone, and killed her. He then
reportedly carried her body downstairs to a garage and hid it in
the recycling bin. Police officials believe Mad-dy willingly went
to Gonzalezs apartment because she knew and trusted him.
She was 8 years old. She had a reasonable amount of trust in
him, Vogel said. They were It is my belief that [Maddy] was killed
even before we got the phone call Sunday at about 6pm, when she was
first reported miss-ing, he added.
Gonzalez is being tried as an adult on the counts of murder,
kidnapping, and rape. In their decision to determine charges,
prosecutors looked at the Fili-pino teens age, his criminal
re-cord, the nature of the crime and how the offense was committed,
Rosell said.
If convicted of the charges, Gonzalez may face life in prison.
Because of his age, he is not eli-gible for the death penalty. He
was ordered to re-appear in court on Oct. 29.
An autopsy of Maddy shows that she died of asphyxiation and stab
wounds to the neck.
People do things for lots of different reasons, Rosell said.
Sometimes we understand them, sometimes we dont. (Al-lyson
Escobar/AJPress)
frankly, she deserved to make flag before I did.
Bono was well trained in the health professions; after
com-pleting a surgical internship, Trauma and Critical Care
fellow-ship, and her general surgery residency at the Naval Medical
Center Portsmouth. She was the first woman to graduate from the
program.
What I enjoyed about being in the Navy was that I always felt
confident in my ability to be advanced was going to be based on my
capabilities and my performance. I felt that I had an equitable
opportunity to succeed, Bono said in a 2012 interview with the
Asian Jour-nal.
Shortly after training, Bono saw duty in Operations Des-ert
Shield and Desert Storm as head, Casualty Receiving, Fleet Hospital
Five in Saudi Arabia from August 1990 to March 1991. Later, she was
sta-
tioned at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth as a surgeon in the
General Surgery department; surgical intensivist in the
Medi-cal/Surgical Intensive Care Unit, and attending surgeon at the
Burn Trauma Unit at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.
Other prestigious duties/po-sitions she held were director of
Restorative Care, medical corps career planning officer, director
for Medical-Surgical Services at the National Naval Medical Center,
and executive assistant to the 35th Navy Sur-geon General and
Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. She also held many top
positions, such as commanding officer, chief of staff, deputy
director of the Office of the assistant secre-tary of Defense,
Health Affairs (OASD/HA), director of Medi-cal Resources, Plans and
Policy (N093), Chief of Naval Opera-tions, and in 2011, the
com-mand surgeon of U.S. Pacific
Command, Camp H.M. Smith, as well as acting commander Joint Task
Force National Capi-tal Region Medical (2013).
As of 2014, Bono currently serves as director, National Capital
Region Medical Direc-torate of the Defense Health Agency, and as
the 11th Chief, Navy Medical Corps.
Bonos personal decorations and recognitions include De-fense
Superior Service Medal (2), Legion of Merit Medal (4), Meritorious
Service Medal (2), and the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation medal
(2). She was also awarded in 2009 as one of the 100 Most
Influential Filipina American Women in the US.
Service to others; service to country, Bono said of her words to
live by. It was ingrained in us by our father and mother in
gratitude to their adopted coun-try, the United States. (Allyson
Escobar/AJPress)
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says envoy
by CeCille Suerte Felipe Philstar.com
MANILAA United States en-voy said the cooperation of the
Philippines and the US against illegal drugs is a success as
evi-denced by a series of accomplish-ments.
In a press conference yester-day, State Assistant Secretary
Wil-liam Brownfield, head of the US Department of States Bureau of
International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), cited
instances indicating that coopera-tion between the US and the
Phil-ippines has been fruitful.
Brownfield said the US is suf-fering from a major heroin crisis,
as the sale and consumption of the drug there since 2007 have more
than doubled.
Based on assessment, less than four percent of the heroin
entering the US is supplied by Asia, despite nearly 90 percent of
the drugs supply in the world coming from Asia, specifically
Afghanistan and Myanmar.
This is one example of suc-cess. Logic would suggest that if we
have not been successful in our drug cooperation with the
Philip-pines, far closer to 90 percent of the heroin consumed in
the US, reflecting the world supply, would come in some way from
Asia, Brownfield said.
He said it was somewhat il-logical that the region producing
90 percent of world heroin sup-ply would have only four percent
share in the US market.
He also cited the arrest in the Philippines of a drug trafficker
who was trafficking Asian prod-ucts in the US, saying it is another
example of the success of the US-Philippines cooperation.
Every time you hear of the national maritime group stop-ping and
seizing a vessel that is moving product, whether heroin or any
other illicit drugs, through Philippine national waters, that is
another example of success, Brownfield said.
We do cooperate, we do train-ing, we do capacity building
be-tween the US law enforcement agency, particularly the Drug
En-forcement Agency, the Philippine National Police and the
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency. This is an example of
success.
If you ask me if we have solved the drug problem in the
Philip-pines and the US? No, of course not. I believe that will
take a gen-eration. As I say, it has taken our society 40 years or
50 years to get into this mess and it will take us a generation to
get out of this, he added.
State Assistant Secretary William Brownfield, head of the US
Dept of State International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
(INL), faces media after meeting with PNP chief Director General
Ricardo Marquez. Inquirer.net photo by Julianne Love De Jesus
Sotto, Lacson are top Senate picks; Pacquiao, De Lima also
inMANILASen. Vicente Sotto
III and former senator Panfilo Lacson topped the recent
senato-rial survey conducted by the So-cial Weather Stations
(SWS).
Sotto garnered 54 percent and Lacson 47 percent, while Sen.
Ralph Recto placed third with 43 percent.
Senate President Franklin Drilon followed with 42 percent, then
Sen. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and former senator Francis Pan-gilinan
with 40 percent each.
The results of the Business-World-SWS pre-election survey showed
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima, boxing champ and Sa-rangani Rep.
Manny Pacquiao and Las Pias City Rep. Mark Villar would also win in
the sena-torial race if the elections were held from Sept. 2 to
5.
De Lima received 33 percent, followed by former senator Juan
Miguel Zubiri (32 percent), Pac-quiao (30 percent), former sena-tor
Richard Gordon (29 percent), Sen. Sergio Osmea III (28 per-cent)
and Villar (24 percent).
Sen. Teofisto Guingona III and Camarines Sur Rep. Maria Le-onor
Robredo obtained 23 per-cent each, while former Akbayan
representative Ana Theresia Hontiveros-Baraquel and Taguig Rep.
Lino Edgardo Cayetano got 21 percent each.
Results of the survey were
published in the newspaper BusinessWorld on Thursday, Sept.
24.
The survey was conducted from Sept. 2 to 5 with 1,200
re-spondents nationwide.
It has sampling error margins of plus or minus three percentage
points for national percentages and plus or minus six percentage
points each for Metro Manila,
balance Luzon, the Visayas and Mindanao.
Respondents were given a list of 44 names to choose from but
were only allowed to pick 12 names.
The respondents were asked whom they would most probably vote
for as senators if elections were held on the day they were polled.
(Philstar.com)
by AgneS ConStAnteAJPress
Filipino nurse sentenced 4 months inSingapore jail for sedition
on social media
A FILIPINO nurse working in Singapore was sentenced on Monday,
Sept. 21, to four months in jail for insulting Singaporeans on
Facebook and lying to police investigators afterward.
Ello Ed Mundsel Bello, 28, a former employee of government-run
Tan Tock Seng Hospital, pleaded guilty to a three charges: one
count of violating Singapores sedition act by promoting feelings of
ill-will and hostility using social media and two charges of lying
to police, according to the Associated Press (AP).
He was sentenced to three months in prison for the charge
related to Facebook and one month for providing police with
false information, Agence France-Presse reported.
District Judge Siva Shanmugam, who sentenced Bello, said there
was no place for xenophobic com-ments in Singapore, as they
pres-ent a threat to our social stability and security, according
to AP.
The local-foreigner divide has remained a challenging fault line
in our society in recent times, Shanmugam said.
Unlike the limited effect and reach of distinct racial or
religious issues, this divide affects all and sundry and cannot be
regarded as any less delicate or sensitive in the current context,
he added.
In a Jan. 2 Facebook post, Bello wrote: We take their jobs,
their future, their women, and soon, we will evict all SG loosers
(sic) out of their own country.
A subsequent comment written by the Filipino read: we will kick
out all the Singaporeans and SG will be the new filipino state.
The early January social media post further read, The best part,
I will be praying that disastors (disasters) strike Singapore and
more Singaporeans will die than I will celebrate. Remember Pinoy
better and stronger than Stinka-poreans.
Prosecutors originally sought a five-month sentence for
Bello
Asian Development Bank: PH at risk for slowest economic growth
in 4 years
by AgneS ConStAnteAJPress
WITH decreases in exports and agricultural production, the
Philip-pine economy is headed for its slowest economic growth in
four years, according to the Asian De-velopment Bank (ADB).
Along with lackluster public spending, the Manila-based ADB has
trimmed its 2015 growth pro-jection for the Philippines from 6.4
percent to 6 percent, according to CNN.
ADB moved to update its 2015 Asian Development Outlook on
Tuesday, Sept. 22, after the econ-omy posted slower growth rates in
the first two quarters 5 percent in the first and 5.2 percent in
the sec-ond due to a weakened global de-
mand for exports and the contrac-tion in agricultural output
caused by El Nio, Rappler reported.
Recently, the peso also fell 4.6 percent against the US dollar
by mid-September, as global volatility took hold of global markets
causing foreign funds to exit developing markets, Rappler
reported.
The bank further forecasts that the Association of South East
Asian Nations (ASEAN) is set for its slow-est growth since 2000 at
4.4 percent this year and 4.9 percent in 2016; growth for greater
developing Asia will also slow from 6.3 percent to 5.8 percent for
2015 and 2016, the ADB predicts.
There are considerable head-winds to growth in Asia although it
remains the largest source of
global growth. Risks to the outlook increased coming from
capital flow reversals and currency depreciation although these are
manageable, said Joseph Zveglich Jr., ADB direc-tor for
macroeconomic research, according to Philstar.
However, among Southeast Asian countries, the bank maintains
positive prospects for the Philip-pines, which has an above average
growth rate.
All in all, growth will [remain] favorable. We assess that
economic expansion will continue and will accelerate on the second
half of the year, ADB Country director Rich-ard Bolt said in a
briefing, Philstar reported.
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IT seems like a lifetime ago when on Sept. 21, 1972, former
Pres. Ferdi-nand E. Marcos declared martial law in the Philippines.
Forty-three years have passed, but the wretched moments of the
martial law era have con-tinued to linger on, especially for the
people who had to endure it.
Haunted
From this period in Philippine his-tory, Filipinos must
appreciate the genuine meaning of democracy. It is empowered by the
will of the people. It gives the citizenry the power to overturn
the culture of corruption, unethical con-duct, and self-serving
antics of politics.
Around the country, various human rights groups and militant
organizations staged protests on Mon-day, Sept. 21, to call for
justice for the victims of hu-man rights abuses during martial law
and condemn the continuing repression and terror in the
coun-try.
It is true that we need to remind the current and future
generations of this dark period of history. However, it seems that
it is the Aquino government that has not learned any of the lessons
of the past, as it continues to repeat the crimes of the dictator,
said Members of the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) chairperson
Carol Araullo said.
For his part, Sen. Bam Aquino urged the nation to continue
retelling the stories of martial law, say-ing the sacrifices,
atrocities and heroism during the darkest years in our countrys
history should not be forgotten and must be imparted to todays
genera-tion.
As a stronger reminder of that tumultuous era, the
Commission on Human Rights (CHR) will construct a P500-million
memo-rial museum for artifacts, memora-bilia and other items
related to the martial law era under the Marcos
dictatorship. Around 10,000 materials gathered from 75,000
victims of human rights abuses at the height of military rule in
the country will be housed in the memorial museum.
In 2013, the Philippine government passed the Human Rights
Victims Reparation and Recognition Law, to recognize human rights
abuses, including extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrest and
detention under the martial law and indemnify them and their
families for the suffering they were put through.
Those qualified were encouraged to file a claim with the Human
Rights Claim Board for reparation and/or recognition, as stated in
Section 16 of the Act. Successful claimants will secure
compensation from the P10-billion with interest worth of funds
trans-ferred to the Philippine government by the Swiss Federal
Supreme Court in 1997.
According to Sen. Francis Escudero, this is a first of such
human rights legislation in the world where a state recognizes a
previous administrations fault against its own people and not only
provides for, but also actually appropriates for reparation.
Editorial
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However, the fight goes on for those who have filed for their
claims. Franciscan Sister Crescencia Lucero of the religious
superiors Justice and Peace Commission alleged that many victims
have already applied but have yet to receive their
compensation.
They should be given what is due them, Lucero said as she urged
the current administration to speed
up the process.This compensation is not a gift to cheer the
vic-
tims. It is giving what they deserve to help repair the damages
done onto them and make up for what they lost. While the law may
have vindicated them, rem-nants of the martial law era will stay
with them until they receive just compensation. (AJPress)
POPE Francis arrived in the United States on Tuesday, Sept. 22
for a six-day visit, exciting kababayans who wished they were in
Manila when the Pontiff visited the Philippines last January.
It is this excitement that compelled many Fil-Ams to travel to
Washington DC, New York, or Philadelphia to see the Pope in person
and be blessed by his messages of inclusive love, hope, justice and
mercy.
The Filipino Channels daily newscast Balitang America even
reported how some Filipinas even joined the 100-mile walking
pilgrimage from Pennsylvania to Washington DC to see the Pope and
to share with the Leaders of the Catholic Church a message: dignity
for Americas immi-grants!
Some of these Filipinas are from Southern Cali-fornia, who are
among 100 women who walked the 100 miles for the We Belong Together
cam-paign in honor of immigration reform and the first US visit of
Pope Francis.
This issue of immigration is a human rights issue, said Aqui
Soriano Versoza of the Pilipino Workers Center (PWC) in a Bali-tang
America report. Its also an issue of women in particular because
those that are impacted by all these policies this broken
immigration system those are impacted the most are women and
children.
Balitang Americas News Bureau Chief Paul Henson reported from
The Basilica of the Na-tional Shrine of the Immaculate Conception,
where Pope Francis will celebrate his first mass in the US. He
talked to Bishop Richard Garcia of the Diocese of Monterey, who
says the faith of Filipino-Americans has been instrumental in
sus-taining the spiritual life of the Catholic Church in
America.
Theyre keeping our faith alive. I really love
the Filipino people for that be-cause of the devotion they have
for the Blessed Mother, for ex-ample, Garcia told Henson in the
report.
Here are the comments of Fili-pinos in America as gathered by
Balitang America, in joyful an-ticipation of the Popes visit:
Sa akin nag-resonate is his [Pope Francis] love for the poor,
and the under-privileged, and we are the one that are blessed and
we should share it with other people. Ne-nita Aure
Yung issue sa global warmingWe are stew-ards of the Earth, so
nagresonate talaga sa akin [Pope Franciss message]. Rosemarie
Zamora
Open siya [Pope Francis] sa lahat ng tao, yung nakikinig siya sa
lahat ng opinyon pero sinusunod pa rin niya yung mga utos ng
DiyosYung being merciful, and yung being welcoming sa lahat ng
tao. Cecile SalongaI hope he would be.. a help to the
community
and to the politicians to invite them to help the struggles of
the Filipino World War Two veterans. Not only the Filipinos but all
of the veterans in America.I [also] hope the Pope would try to
con-vince the leaders that..they could avoid any wars and protect
the humanity from harm. Bernie Ganon, Filipino American Service
Group, Inc.
That is what we like with the Pope Hes pushing for family
reunification. remember the Immigration Bill has been dead in the
US Con-gress because the Republicans wont even [vote on it]. Arturo
Garcia, Justice for Filipino American Veterans.
* * *Gel Santos Relos is the anchor of TFCs Balitang America.
Views and opinions expressed by the author in this column are are
solely those of the author and not of Asian Journal and
ABS-CBN-TFC. For comments, go to www.TheFil-AmPerspective.com,
https://www.facebook.com/Gel.Santos.Relos
The Pope Francis Effect hits Kababayans in America
IN the face of the anarchy in the streets of Metro Manila, the
paralysis that follows every heavy downpour, and the inability nay,
the unwillingness - of local offi-cials to enforce such obvious
rules as clearing major streets (like Taft Avenue) of vendors,
desperate citizens have concocted various antidotes.
What has often been proposed is a czar some kind of super
manager who can untangle the mess. One clueless Quezon City
congressman recommended a traffic czar on top of the current MMDA
traffic czar on top of the traffic czars of the local govern-ments
in the metropolis.
Making much better sense, col-umnist Efren Cruz has suggest-ed a
Metro Manila governance czar. Wrote Cruz: The problems of traffic,
floods, illegal vendors, delays in public works construc-tion,
jurisdictional disputes, squat-ting, crime, land use planning, and
urban mass transportation system are all intertwined. They cannot
be solved separately. The activities needed to ensure the
realization of the urban environment we all de-sire are all linked
into one Metro Manila value chain.
Call him the Metro Manila Czar or Chair of a Metro Manila Inter
Agency Task Force. The title is immaterial. The need is for a
working Metro Manila governance structure now and a capable
per-son, with the coercive powers, to be the head. I hope the
public will endorse and support this pro-posal.
In fact, without using the pre-tentious term czar, there is
How would Imelda Marcos have handled Metro Manilas woes?
GreG B. MacaBenta
Street Talk
Gel SantoS-ReloS
The Fil-Am Perspective
supposed to be one such public official in the person of the
chair-man of the Metro Manila Develop-ment Authority, Francis
Tolentino. Unfortunately, he is neither com-petent nor armed with
coercive powers.
Indeed, we must have real-ized by now that titles and good
intentions alone do not an effec-tive czar or chairman make. In
fact, even competence alone, while essential, does not guaran-tee
results.
What is needed is someone gift-ed with a combination of
compe-tence, vision, a tireless work ethic, a capacity for paying
attention to details, and a can-do, nothing-is-impossible
attitude.
On top of all that, such an offi-cial must wield power. The
power to compel self-important local offi-cials and agency heads to
get their act together under pain of dismiss-al. The power to
railroad a project over objections, legal or otherwise. And the
power to tell loafers to get off their fat asses or get lost.
I can only think of one such in-dividual: Former First Lady
Imelda Romualdez Marcos.
Whatever detractors might think about her, Mrs. Marcos possessed
that rare combination of vision, capacity for hard work, a penchant
for detail and an unwillingness to acknowledge the impossible over
other peoples dead bodies. Plus power.
To say that she was a hands-on manager, is an understate-ment.
She was known to make surprise visits in the dead of night to check
on the progress of her projects. She personally directed the table
settings and dcor for of-ficial receptions in Malaca ang. And while
she was awake (which
seemed to be at all hours), no one could afford to be caught
sleeping on the job.
I believe it was she who per-suaded President Marcos to issue
Presidential Decree 824, creating the Metro Manila Commission, with
her as Governor and Ismael Mathay, Jr. as Vice-Governor. It was the
forerunner of the present Metro Manila Development Au-thority.
Whatever her ultimate agenda was (did she want to become
Pres-ident? Well, why not?), she had a vision for Metro Manila as
The City of Man. Her verbiage may have sounded corny (The good, the
true and the beautiful), but she translated that into such
struc-tures as the Cultural Center of the Philippines, the Folk
Arts Theater, the Philippine International Con-vention Center, the
Lung Center, Philippine Heart Center, Kidney Center and the Coconut
Palace, as well as the Manila Film Center (an example of getting
something done, over dead bodies).
She introduced a rational, state-owned air-conditioned transport
system, the Love Bus, where the drivers felt no pressure to meet
boundary. And she mounted a successful campaign to keep Metro
Manila clean with an army of uniformed street sweepers (I re-call a
trip to Thailand where I felt good about being from Manila, after
noting the liter in Bangkoks streets at the time).
It was also during her watch that the idea of dredging Laguna de
Bay and building a waterway up to Manila Bay was seriously
con-sidered. That was the forerunner of the Laguna Lake
Rehabilitation Project that could have done much
FRanciSco S. tatad
Commentary Shouting match at the Palace, a warning from the
generals
MALACAANG sources have revealed that a nasty shout-ing match
transpired between President B.S. Aquino III and Budget Secretary
Florencio Butch Abad after the Supreme Court ordered the Ombudsman
to have them investigated and possibly charged for their role in
the manipulation and misuse of the constitutionally outlawed
Disbursement Acceleration Pro-gram (DAP) amounting to P150
billion.
It is not known who got the upper hand, but PNoy report-edly
blamed Abad for the DAP scandal, and Abad reportedly shot back by
reminding PNoy that the program had the Pres-idents full approval
and that it was used to bribe Congress in order to remove Supreme
Court Chief Justice Renato Corona and implement the rest of his
per-sonal program.
This reveals two things. First, PNoy is now under investigation
by the Ombudsman for possible impeachment, and he is pissed off by
it, despite the fact that he remains in virtual control of the
impeachment process and has less than a year to stay in of-fice. By
tradition, although not specified in the Constitution, the
President is immune from suit; but the Supreme Court effective-ly
divested him of his immunity when it struck down the DAP as
unconstitutional and ordered the prosecution of all those involved
in it. He is the official author of the DAP. Still, PNoy obviously
did not expect to be investigat-ed by the very Ombudsman he
had appointed after driving her predecessor out of office, in
or-der to go after his enemies and political targets. He apparently
blames Abad for this.
Second, the fear Aquino has instilled in his Cabinet members
appears to have worn off. Abads heated exchange with Aquino shows
this. It is a dangerous precedent that could be imitated by other
members of the origi-nal Hyatt-10, said to be the real power
running the Aquino gov-ernment under Abad. This is the same group,
with some minor modifications, which President Gloria Macapagal
Arroyo ousted from her Cabinet while threaten-ing to oust her.
Not only is Abad the brains of Aquinos ingenious schemes to take
full control of the gov-ernments resources; his entire family is
virtually in charge of the entire financial and budget-ary
operations of the govern-ment. While he controls the en-tire
Department of Budget and Management (DBM), his only daughter runs
the Presidential Management Staff, his only son holds a pivotal
position in the Of-fice of the Secretary of Finance; and his wife
is not only Execu-tive Vice President of the Lib-eral Party but
also senior Deputy Speaker of the House of Repre-sentatives.
In the relationship between Aquino and Abad, the latter is seen
as the puppet master, and the former the puppet. Although it has
not happened before that the puppet masters had to an-swer to the
puppet, it is hap-pening now, so the relationship is strained, to
say the least. It could strain further as more se-
rious cases are brought before the Supreme Court against the
Aquino governments undimin-ished effort to put vast sums of money
under the sole discretion and control of the President. One
probable suit could be against the P424.15 billion in lump-sum
appropriations embedded in nine strategic departments and two
agencies of the government in the 2015 General Appropria-tions Act,
in contemptuous dis-regard of the Supreme Court ruling declaring
such lump sums unconstitutional and void.
The worst is yet to come.The generals speak outBut it is not
only the Cabinet
thats on fire. The military, po-lice and entire security sector
is equally on fire. And Aquinos re-cent reckless statement about an
alternative truth on the Mama-sapano massacre, which cost the lives
of 44 Special Action Force police commandos on Jan. 25, 2015 in the
hands of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the Bangsamoro
Islamic Free-dom Fighters, has unduly stoked that fire. PNoys
statement has prompted a closer look at what the various official
inquiries had said and did not say about the massacre. It is now
clear to all and sundry -infinitely clearer than before that the
truth about the most important is-sues on Mamasapano was never
aired. Why did Aquino discard the established PNP chain of command,
and put an important police operations in the hands of a suspended
PNP chief? Why did PNoy give the stand-down order which barred the
military reinforcement unit from giving
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How would Imelda Marcos have handled...to mitigate the problem
of flood-ing (unfortunately scuttled by the Aquino government,
ostensibly in order to foil graft).
Beyond Metro Manila, she had a vision for the entire country.
For this reason, she also got herself appointed head of the
Ministry of Human Settlements, a super-cabi-net that had its
tentacles in virtual-ly every aspect of governance (ob-viously, a
template for Mar Roxas vastly expanded Department of Interior and
Local Governments).
But compared to the analysis-paralysis and clueless convergent
approach style of management of Roxas, Dinky Soliman and Voltaire
Gazmin (one of the main reasons why many of the victims of Yolanda
are still suffering up to now) Mrs. Marcos was decisive and brooked
no opposition, once she had made up her mind.
She even managed to have her way over the objections of
Presi-dent Marcos himself. I was privy to one such instance.
I had never met Mrs. Marcos un-til Bongbong Marcos became
her-mano mayor of the Tacloban Santo Ni o fiesta. In true Imeldific
fash-ion, she envisioned more than a town fiesta. She wanted a
national festival, showcasing a cultural pa-
Shouting match at the Palace, a warning...support to the
beleaguered SAF contingent at the most critical time?
What the public heard on these questions was either a
Sphinx-like silence or an elephantine lie. Now, if Aquino really
wants to set the record straight, he has to tell us the untold and
unvar-nished truth, rather than an al-ternative one; otherwise,
what he really needs is an alternative lie to replace the existing
one. The search for the real truth, the whole truth and nothing but
the truth has now been complicated by the latest press reports from
abroad on certain details of the Mamasapano affair, which the
government had until now sup-pressed.
A report in the Sept. 16, 2015 issue of the Los Angeles Times,
and reprinted on this paper on Sept. 18, 2015, says that five or
six US counter-terrorism advi-sors assisted (the SAF comman-dos)
from a police command post nearby, tracking the assault team in
live video from a US surveil-lance aircraft circling overhead.
Their main role was to provide tactical, live intelligence. At no
point during the inquiries were we ever told that the US
govern-ment was involved in Operation Exodus; in fact, the US
Embassy repeatedly denied any US in-volvement, even without anyone
suggesting it. In light of the LA Times story, the government has a
duty to bare all the facts about the US involvement.
Aquino has tried to minimize the public distress over
Mama-sapano by trying to steamroll the passage of the proposed
Bangsamoro Basic Law, aris-ing from the highly question-able
Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB) and the Comprehensive
Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB), which seeks to replace the
present Autonomous Region in Mus-lim Mindanao (ARMM) for the Moro
National Liberation Front (MNLF) with a new autonomous political
entity for the Moro Is-lamic Liberation Front (MILF). Although
fraught with constitu-tional infirmities, Aquino wanted the
proposed BBL rushed to sat-isfy the desire of Malaysia and other
foreign entities.
It took Sen. Ferdinand (Bong-bong) Marcos Jr. and a wide array
of concerned Filipinos to stop the proposed law from be-ing
bulldozed through Congress. But PNoys zeal is undiminished.
He wants the widely opposed bill passed before he leaves office.
Stories have since circulated in the Malaysian political circuit
that some $700 million had been coursed through the Malaysian Prime
Ministers office to facili-tate the passage of the proposed BBL. It
could be pure spin, but it is repeated on both sides of the Sulu
Sea with relish, showing what the CAB/FAB/BBL means to interested
parties. But if Aqui-no is determined to press its passage, an
important segment of the military has warned him not to force
it.
In a full-page ad in the Phil-ippine Daily Inquirer on Sept. 14,
2015, 31 retired senior of-ficers of the Armed Forces of the
Philippines, the Philippine National Police, the Philippine Coast
Guard, the Bureau of Fire Protection, the Bureau of Jail Management
and Penology, re-servists and veterans expressed great apprehension
and alarm over the FAB and the CAB, and strong opposition to the
passage of the proposed BBL, in its origi-nal form, even as it now
under-goes congressional scrutiny.
Among the signatories were former Secretary of National De-fense
and AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Renato de Villla, former AFP Chiefs of
Staff Gen. Generoso S. Senga, Gen. Alexander Yano, Gen. Efren Abu,
Gen. Dionisio Santiago, former Vice of Staff Lt. Gen. Alfredo
Filler, Lt. Gen. Edil-berto Adan, chairman and presi-dent of the
Association of Gen-eral and Flag Officers (AGPO), Lt. Gen. Raul S.
Urgello, chair-man and president, KAMPILAN, Inc., Maj. Gen. Jose
Magno, former Commander, CENCOM and SOUTHCOM, Rear Admiral Tagumpay
Jardiniano, former Flag Officer in Command, Phil-lipine Navy, Brig.
Gen. Danilo D. Lim, RAM Foundation, Inc. They had never signed any
similar declaration on any issue before.
Saying that the implementa-tion of these crafty agreements is an
express trip to the dismem-berment of the countrys terri-tory and
the creation of a Moro state in Mindanao, and the re-newal of
organized violence and horrendous destruction of life and property,
they expressed unsullied support for the SC petition filed by
PHILCONSA president Congressman Martin Romualdez, Archbishops Ramon
Arguelles of Lipa, Romulo de la Cruz of Zamboanga, Archbishop
Emeritus Fernando Capalla of
Davao, former national secu-rity adviser Norberto Gonzales, and
this writer, asking the High Court to declare the FAB and the CAB
unconstitutional and void.
The manifesto caught PNoy completely by surprise. He re-portedly
complained that the generals and flag officers could have talked to
him first, or to the junior officers who, according to him, were
fully supportive of the FAB, the CAB, and the BBL. But the
signatories saw no need to talk to Aquino first because, according
to them, he never lis-tens; as far as the talking to the junior
officers is concerned, the retired generals and flag officers are
in constant touch with them, and Aquino was being delusional when
he said they were in favor of any law that would balkanize
Mindanao.
PNoy instructed Defense Sec-retary Voltaire Gazmin to dialog
with the signatories and verify if they had indeed signed the
manifesto and why. But only a few managed to show up for the
proposed dialogue with Gazmin, whose reputation appears to have
suffered within the military and defense establishment be-cause of
unconfirmed yet unre-futed allegations about infected defense
contracts related to the AFP modernization program.
Beyond the FAB/CAB/BBL, it is safe to assume that the secu-rity
sector has developed a clear position on some election-re-lated
issues, such as the ongo-ing effort of the Commission on Elections
to install the Venezu-elan firm Smartmatic once again at the heart
of the 2016 elec-tions, and the determined effort of the
oligarchy-with tacit sup-port from Malacaang to im-pose a
non-Filipino presidential candidate on the Filipino vot-ers, in
contemptuous disregard of the Constitution. I would not suggest
that the security sector is prepared, as it was in 1986, to take
direct political action against the administration, but it is as
clear as daylight that as the constitutional protector of the
people and the State, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)
will not allow itself to be used by the Aquino administration or
the oligarchy for its own ends.
It could on the other hand support popular action by the people
fighting for their rights and liberties against a malevo-lent
regime. This is what many seem to be praying for.
(Manila-Times.net)
rade, similar to her Kasaysayan ng Lahi spectacular, plus a
pageant and a book on the history of Leyte and Samar.
For these, she sent for the twin provinces noted poets and
writers. However, she was informed that they had all passed away
but that their children were still around. That was how my elder
brother Eduardo, Jr., my cousin Yen, his maternal uncle, Ben Pe
aranda, Leyte poet Paquing Javines, and I got summoned to
Malacaang.
Together with a Cultural Center creative and production team
fa-miliar with the First Ladys man-agement style, we started work
with a lead time of just over a month. For Mrs. Marcos, that was
not a problem. She simply told us to miss our sleep. She did,
too.
At any rate, a few days before the event, Mrs. Lourdes
Villa-corta, Mrs. Marcos chief of staff, informed her that
President Mar-cos had given instructions to un-load from the
presidential yatch, Pagasa, all the sets, props and cos-tumes
intended for the Tacloban event. His reason: The Santo Ni o fiesta
was not an official govern-ment activity.
I watched Mrs. Marcos calm expression as she listened to the
report. Without missing a beat,
she gave instructions to have the materials loaded instead in
the vehicles of the Ministry of Infor-mation and transported
overland, across Luzon, to Samar and on to Tacloban. They arrived
in time for the festival.
Im sure the President learned about the questionable use of
gov-ernment vehicles, but at that point, it was a fait
accompli.
What about the current Metro Manila mess? With Imelda Mar-cos in
charge, after making heads roll, she would have gotten the MRT and
LRT properly equipped, operational and well-maintained; grounded
the colorum buses and reactivated the Love Bus; ordered the
dredging of ester-osand canals over the protests of squatters and
land grabbers and the Supreme Court would not have dared issue a
temporary restraining order.
And, in the middle of a typhoon, she would have monitored the
situation to make sure that Metro Manila mayors, the PNP brass and
officials of the MMDA were on the job.
But all that is wishful thinking. Even Imelda Marcos would be
in-effective under a President who is in the habit of passing the
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Filipino nurse sentenced 4 months in...to send a clear message
to like-minded individuals that their behaviour will not be
tolerated, Agence France Press reported.
Philippine authorities on Aug. 27 said they respected the
Singa-pore courts decision to convict Bello of sedition, according
to AP.
Mark Goh, Bellos lawyer, told GMA News that his client, long
before the trials, said he is truly remorseful and sorry because of
what he has done.
Asian Development Bank: PH at risk...semester of the year, the
Aquino administration is aiming for a 7- to 8-percent growth rate
for 2015.
After a slow start to the year we are now seeing a pickup in
fiscal spending which combined with spending linked to the May 2016
elections will help lift the domestic economy, Bolt said.
He added that increased in-vestments in public goods and
infrastructure, coupled with higher private consumption and more
jobs, could prompt more growth,
My client has surrendered. In fact he has already decided on a
personal level that it has caused him already a lot of anxiety and
stress. And therefore he did not want to perpetuate the trial and
de-cided to plead guilty, Goh said.
After Bello serves his sentence, he will be deported back to the
Philippines and prohibited from returning to Singapore for a period
of time, the attorney told GMA News.
Courts in Singapore have pre-viously prosecuted individuals,
including both Singaporeans and foreigners, who have made racist
comments perceived as seditious toward other ethnic groups.
Approximately 40 percent of Singapores population of nearly 5.5
million are foreigners, many of whom hail from nearby na-tions,
including the Philippines. Estimates put the Filipino popula-tion
in Singapore at more than 170,000, a large number of which work in
the entertainment, hospi-tality and medical industries, AP
reported.
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according to CNN.Recently enacted reforms to
improve competitiveness and to attract investment will play a
key role in the future growth as will continued reforms and
investments in infrastructure and other public goods, Bolt
said.
Along with lower growth rates predicted, the ADB also fore-casts
lower inflation because of lower oil prices that are likely to
carry on until 2016, according to Philstar.
In spite of slowed growth, Rap-
pler reported that the ADP still anticipates that Asia will
maintain its role as the largest contributor to global GDP,
although it may require reforms to pull through.
Emerging markets are facing re-ceding capital flows and
depreciat-ing currencies a trend that may be exacerbated by the
upcoming rise in US interest rates. Implementing macroprudential
policies and devel-oping local currency bond markets can bolster
financial resilience and mitigate risks to borrowers, the ADB
report stated.
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Vice Ganda: Sino bang nanggaya, sino bang ginaya?
On advocating a students first philosophy and the call for more
Filipino educational leaders
Dr. Lori ADriAn
FOR Loretta Lori Adrian, ascending into the position of college
president happened by chance.
As the daughter of two schoolteachers, Adrian was discouraged by
her parents from going into an education-related career because, in
the Philippines, the pay wasnt sustainable.
However, that didnt detract her as she eventually found her way
into the field when she migrated to the United States.
I always say that I became a president by accident because if
you looked at how my education was in the Philippines...when I was
an undergraduate, I switched about six majors before I settled on
one, she said. But I think at the end, [my parents] were proud of
me and were very supportive that I was in education. It was more of
a sense of pride that I was in the field because they certainly
know what education does in the lives of many students.
Since 2010, Adrian has been the president of Coastline Community
College, which has several campuses across Orange County. She is
one of the few Filipinos leading a higher education institution in
the United States and the only Filipina.
From her varied experience at several private and community
colleges in California, Adrian shared with the Asian Journal how
she challenged herself to push the higher education bamboo ceiling
and what more can be done to hone in on the skills of Filipinos,
and even Asians in general, so that they too can be leaders in
education.
In every role I have taken in terms of my career, Ive learned a
lot from mentors and theyve helped me prepare for where I am now,
she said.
environment in which we are in, she shared. You learn how to
make difficult decisions because in the end, you can listen to
everyone else and different perspectives but in the end, you are
responsible for making critical decisions, some of which may be
unpopular. It really teaches you to sharpen those skills and to be
better as an effective leader.
Students first Now five years into the
position, Adrian shared that despite some challenging
circumstances, she has paved an atmosphere of inclusiveness, mutual
respect, open and transparent communication.
My vision for the college always has been and will be that it
continues to be the best that it can be. It continues to be on the
leading edgebecause there is so much innovation that is happening
every day. Sometimes that has been difficult because innovation
takes a lot of talent and energy but it also takes a lot of
resources. I want us to be able to excel in terms of programs the
quality of teaching and services we offer as well as in terms of
outcome, she said.
But above all, her guiding philosophy has been to put the
students first and to ensure that the college has equipped them
with the skills and resources to obtain a degree on time, transfer
to a four-year institution or find a job. Empathizing with the
students is something she has learned from her own children and her
experiences as an immigrant.
Im glad to have that insight because that has forced me to think
of what I should be doing as a leader of a community college, she
said. When we have to make difficult decisions, we can simplify and
ask ourselves in terms of how
it will benefit students and help them complete their goalsI
also want Coastline to be a place where people want to be and they
look forward to coming here each and every day.
One of the ways the college is preparing its students for
success is through the STAR Program, which helps fast track
full-time students to transfer to a four-year institution or
graduate faster in the two-year time frame. (On average, community
college students can take up to six years to earn a degree.)
In 2014, personal finance company SmartAsset ranked Coastline as
the top community college out of 700 in the United States that
provides low-cost education, a good return on investment and a high
success rate.
Coastline graduates make one and three-quarters times their
total education costs their first year working after graduating,
and in-state students pay $2,200 less a year than the national
average to go to school, making it both the least-expensive school
for local students and the top-performing community college on our
list, the report read.
Another accomplishment that Adrian regards is that the college
is an Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving
Institution (AANAPISI), one of 21 in the nation. In 2010, it was
awarded a $2 million, five-year grant by the US Department of
Education, given Adrians observations that Asian American students
are not all achieving at high rates. Under the program, the college
has to certify at least a 10 percent enrollment of Asian American
and Pacific Islander students (over one-quarter of its students
are
PhotoscourtesyofDr.AdrianandCoastlineCommunityCollege
CoastlineMilitaryGraduates
Career beginningsGrowing up, Adrian has
credited her father as an early mentor.
I think especially being a woman, [he] helped me a lot because I
was always told that I could be whatever I wanted to be. I came
from a family of four girls and three boys. He empowered us to
think and be confident about who we are, she said.
After graduating from the University of the Philippines, she
started off as an intercultural trainer, then project director for
the US Peace Corps in Manila for six years. In that position,
Adrian helped create eight to 10 week-long orientation programs for
newly-arrived volunteers.
Years later, she relocated to Tennessee along with her husband
and young child. However, the transition to the United States, like
for many immigrants, was not smooth.
I faced the usual problems of an immigrant, though I thought I
was Americanized because I grew up in Manila, she recalled. I
really didnt know at the time what job I could get and I think
thats typical for immigrants. I lost confidence in myself.
She moved to Stockton, California, where her mother was living,
and secured a job at the University of the Pacific that dealt with
recruiting international students. She also earned a masters degree
in communication theory from the university.
I started off as a professional staff there and worked with the
Dean of International Admissions in terms of recruiting students
and evaluating their records, she said. In the process, it allowed
me to grow and develop my self-confidence again.
From there, she ventured into her first community college
position at San Joaquin Delta
would be refreshing. As president, Adrians duties
include making sure the college meets accreditation requirements
(which are important to ensure that the students credits transfer
or that they are eligible for financial aid) and making sure the
college is financial healthy. Though, at times, her
responsibilities have expanded to other roles as well, such as
filling in as a dean.
Founded in 1976, Coastline started as a college without walls,
which was born out of that innovative philosophy that [it] should
not be located in one place, Adrian said. Back then, students could
take telecourses, and the college would use various facilities
around Orange County.
To date, Coastline has since expanded to physical classrooms
with campuses in Westminster, Garden Grove and Newport Beach, and
administrative offices in Fountain Valley. The college has 21
academic departments and continues to offer online courses for
students unable to physically come to the classroom, including
those in the military (anywhere from 3,500 to 5,000 students) or
who are incarcerated.
Being at her fourth community college, her initial goal in
taking on the presidency was to understand the institutions culture
and to create a master plan that would be the blueprint for what
priorities to focus on.
I had to make sure that I understood the ideas that people here
hadAs a new president, when I came, there was a beloved president
who had been there for about seven or eight years. I liked her a
lot and I never felt that I had to compete, but how do you
establish yourself as a new leader? It was a difficult time for the
college because they had been without a permanent president for
about a year and a half, so there were a lot of foundational things
that needed to be re-established, she said.
Additionally, she had to learn the politics occurring within the
institution and the district where it is located, and work with
budget constraints.
Being a president...the experience allows you to hone your
skills because as my mentor once said, the higher you go up, as a
leader, its not so much [about] the technical skills its really
about learning how to work with people how to motivate and bring
people together towards a common goal. Its about learning how to be
a better communicator and how to navigate the political Continued
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MANILAVice Ganda comments on allegations that his ABS-CBN
noontime show Its Showtime is copying competitor Eat Bulaga.
Its Showtime recently segment called Nasaan Ka Mr. Pastillas?
which aims to find a suitor for online personality Pastillas Gir
(Angelica Yap in real life).
A number of netizens say the said segment is merely a copy of
Eat Bulagas segment Kalyeserye, which features Alden Richards and
Maine Mendoza as Yaya Dub.
Sino bang nanggaya, sino bang ginaya? Paulit-ulit na lang yan.
Sino bang original sa mundo?
Vice said in an interview with Pang-Masa.
He added: At basta, kahit anong sabihin sa yo, for as long as
everybodys talking about you, you remain to be relevant. And in
showbusiness, its all about being relevant.
The comedian is thankful to fans who continuously support the
show.
Nagpapasalamat pa rin ako sa mga tao because they keep on
talking about Pastillas. Anuman ang sabihin nila, whether good or
bad, for as long as everyone is talking about it, it makes it
relevant, he said. (Philstar.com)
Epy Quizon happy over support for film Heneral Luna
MANILAEpy Quizon is both thankful and surprised for the good
response that their film Heneral Luna is getting from the
public.
Although Epy also acknowledge that there are still some who
cannot appreciate such films, especially in the dawn of
romantic-comedy films.
I guess hindi pa rin yon ang market. There are certain areas
that people line up, while some dalawa lang ang pumapasok sa
cinema. Were really in a weird transition in this film industry, he
said in an interview on Wednesday, Sept. 22.
Despite this, the experienced
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actor believes that this type of film is necessary to
continually remind the Filipinos that there were people who
selflessly offered their lives for the country.
Its a film that brings you back to characters where we see
streets named after them and we see monuments erected for them, he
said. We forget our heroes, we forget these people and we cannot
forget these people.
This is why he thanks everyone who calls for a longer run of
their film in different cinemas in the country.
I really call on people to support films like this so that a lot
of producers can continue funding films like this, he
concluded.
EpyQuizonishappyforthegoodfeedbacksthat their film Heneral Luna
is gettingfromthepublic. Philstar.comphotobyJoyceJimenez
Dawn Zulueta denies shes entering politicsMANILADawn Zulueta
denied that shes running for Congress in 2016.
Reports claim that there were offers for the actress to take
over the post of her husband Anton Lagdameo, who will end his term
as Davao del Norte representative next year.
Mayron naman, may nag-offer, she confirmed when asked to confirm
the reports in an interview aired in Aquino and Abunda Tonight
on Wednesday, Sept. 22.Although shes thankful to be
considered for the post, Dawn said she knows her limits.
I know naman kasi what my limits are and Im happy with what I
do. I enjoy acting and this is where Ill stay, she said.
She also added that her husband doesnt force her to take the
offer since alam niyang hindi ko linya yon, e. Ayoko naman.
(Philstar.com)
Billy Crawford: Competing noontime shows want the best for
everyone
MANILABilly Crawford does not want to dwell on the competition
between the noontime shows GMA-7s Eat Bulaga! and ABS-CBNs Its
Showtime.
The competition between the two shows has been the talk of the
town after Its Showtime followed the story of Pastillas Girl a few
weeks after the Kalyeserye love team of Alden Richards and Yaya Dub
made noise on social media.
Were just here. Were enjoying what were doing. Ang goal lang
talaga namin is mapasaya ang tao, he said. Basta were here to work
and we want the best for everyone.
Billy also added that he respects Eat Bulaga main hosts
upcoming game show Celebrity Playtime, which will premiere this
Saturday, September 26.
BillyCrawforddoesntwanttodwellonthecompetitionbetweenthetwonoontimeshowsEatBulaga!
andIts Showtime, sayingboth shows justwant tomake the peoplehappy.
Philstar.comphotobyJoyceJimenez
College in Stockton, then San Diego Mesa College, where she
filled various roles like dean of students, interim dean of student
development and matriculation, and acting vice president of student
services. While working at the community college, she went on to
pursue a doctorate degree in education from the Claremont Graduate
University, in a joint program with San Diego State University.
At the time, I knew my mother didnt have very long to live so I
moved back to Northern California to be closer to her so I became
vice president of student services at Skyline College, Adrian said
of her eventual return up north. She was there for five years until
her mother passed away. She wanted to move back closer to San
Diego, where her sons and grandson liv