Asian Journal Jul 17 2009

GK’s Tony Meloto to Speak at USD School of Law July 21st

(Continued on page 21)

FilAm Debutante Ariel Bautista McCarty Comes of Age at 18Debutante Ball is a

Time-Honored Tradition in Philippine Culture

The tradition marks the passage from girlhood to womanhood that is solemnized with a grand ball, an even grander cake, a prayer blessing before the feast, and the exchange of words of wisdom and

affection over 18 candles and 18 roses.

By Genevieve Silverio San Diego Asian Journal

SAN DIEGO, 7/27/09 -- Coming of age at 18 is a rite of passage many young women in the Philippines look forward to. It is an anticipated time in life when doting parents finally give their precious daughters full rein over their adult lives. Débutante, in French, is the

Coming of Age. Ariel, with proud parents Faith Bautista and Robert McCarty, thanks mom and dad for all their encourage-ment, love and support on her 18th birthday.

Debutante Grand Cotillion Ball. Ariel and her friends pair up for the grand waltz, the highlight of the debutante ball that takes weeks to perfect.

feminine present participle of débuter, to begin.

A European tradition which gained a foothold during the Spanish period in Philippine society, the debut is a rite of passage — a custom of formally introduc-ing eligible single women to “proper society.”

However, like the Latino “quinciniera,” the tradi-


The resort is owned by the Escudero family and used to be part of its hacienda. It is a working coconut

plantation founded in 1872. In 1980

the family opened the plantation to the general public. Since then Villa Escudero

has “developed a worldwide

reputation as a focal point to experience Philippine culture and history in a beautiful rural

setting”.

By Simeon G. Silverio, Jr.Publisher & Editor

The San Diego Asian Journal

See page 4

Philippine Visit 2004:

The Philippine showcase at Villa Escudero

Carabao-drawn caretella in Villa Escudero recalls a simpler way of life in a hacienda

Guests cool off their feet in the falls as others eat lunch.

PNS -- ANGEL Locsin says she feels honored and flattered that she was personally chosen by Sha-ron Cuneta to play the Megastar’s daughter in Regal’s “Mano Po 6: My Mother,” but she says the possi-bility of her doing it is remote. “I’m under exclusive contract right now with Star Cinema,” she adds. “I’m supposed to shoot soon a romance movie with Aga Muhlach to be directed by Cathy Molina and later, another one with Chito Rono.”

Doesn’t she still have a contract with Regal? “No more. I’m sup-posed to do eight movies with them, nine na ‘yung nagawa ko.”

Angel has royal blood

Angel Locsin

Angel gave a thanksgiving dinner at ABS-CBN’s Dolphy Theater for the success of her new soap, “Only You,” which is rating very well. Why does she think viewers embraced her character as a single mom Jillian more warmly than her character as the Huling Bantay in “Lobo”? “Siguro dahil kalilipat ko pa lang nun sa ABS. Also, dark kasi ang material ng ‘Lobo.’ And right now na ang dami nating problema, viewers re-ally prefer siguro something light like ‘Only You’. It’s also about food, eh mahilig tayong mga

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Riz A. OadesREMEMBERING BERNIE OADES:

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PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE -- THE recruit-ment industry yesterday challenged the education sector to evaluate their cur-rent course offerings amidst the millions of unemployable co llege graduates who are joining the labor force each year.

Recruitment consultant Lito B. Soriano said that there is a serious gap in the education system that per-sists in having curricula that are unsuitable to provide their graduates with the pos-sibility of employment.

Of the 1,000,000 col-lege graduates annually, only 5-10% are employed in jobs consistent to their course, only 30-40% will find any employment. The vast majority of graduates will remain unemployed. Tens of thousands (possibly two-three hundred thousand) nurses and other medically-trained persons who do not qualify for OFW positions due to lack of hospital ward and practical experience, will have no jobs. Many nurses end up paying for a job in a desperate attempt to get the necessary ward experience. There is close to 400,000 licensed nurses who are not gainfully employed and there is an estimated 80,000 board-passers joining the ranks each year.

Many graduates will never be considered due to the local reputation of their college, the preference of the employer to some colleges, or the host country’s “ap-prove college” only reputa-tion.

Business philosophy and pragmatic management mod-eling have not produced the desired and required benefi-cial results in most private education institutions includ-ing religious schools. Big business has bought or set up schools and colleges to con-tinue existing programs or omitted to research what the demands for graduates were. Producing non-employable graduates of courses for which there is no demand could be viewed as unethi-cal and merely a method of generating cash dividends for stockholders or owners.

Recruiters to schools: Revamp courses

Law Offices of Chua Tinsay & Vega: Raising the Bar

Competent. Credible. Compas-sionate. The words seem too

simple to use in a complex legal sentence. But the qualities of

what makes lawyers excel can be plainly defined by these attributes.

Unfortunately, the search for a lawyer with these qualities is not easy. More often than not,

consumers often leave the matter of choosing an attorney to chance hoping at least to get one out of

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When I fi rst conceived the idea of writing a book about the movie stars of yesteryears, Paraluman was on top of my list. Paraluman is one of the fi nest actresses in Philippine cinema. Like her contemporaries in the industry, she evolved into one of the most loved iconic stars of the Philippine movie industry.

I had the honor of meeting Paraluman at the University of the East many years ago, when I was still a member of the U.E. Dance Company. We were set to present various Philippine folk dances, complementing a fashion show which highlights the talents of famous couturiers like Aureo Alonzo, Karlos Burgos and Ben Farrales. We invited Paraluman to give a workshop on ramp modeling to our dancer/models. With her grace and natural charm, Paraluman was able to train them to walk on the ramp like profes-sional models.

When I was in Manila in April 2009, I asked Pempe Rodrigo if we could visit Paraluman (Mausy to her friends and close associ-ates). I was told the family of Paraluman does not want her to be visited because of her ailing condition. She had Alzheimer’s disease, a brain disorder named for German physician Alois

Paraluman: Diyosa ng Kagandahan

Alzheirmer who fi rst described it in 1906. It is commonly feared because it destroys brain cells, leading to memory loss and causing erratic behavior, at times too severe, enough to affect work, lifelong hobbies and social lives. To date, there has been no cure found for Alzheimer’s,

and it gets worse over time and is often fatal. In addition to Alzheimer’s, she also had Par-kinson’s disease, a degenerative disease of the brain that often impairs motor skills, speech, and other functions.

I respected the family’s wishes and in a way, I am glad I did not

see Paraluman under those con-ditions. I am left with memories of the once pretty and gorgeous woman I had known for many years.

At the Ninoy Aquino Interna-tional Airport on April 27, 2009, while waiting for my fl ight to the United States, I learned that Paraluman passed away. I had followed the life of Paraluman for decades, and now suddenly, my beloved idol is gone. I was consumed by grief for her family and her friends, yet beyond the sorrow, I was happy that she went to that place where all good people go in the end – for that I rejoice.

Even if Paraluman is no longer with us, I decided to include her life in my book as a fi nal trib-ute to her contributions to the movie industry. I contacted her daughter, Baby O’Brien, to ask her permission to allow me to include Paraluman in my book, which she graciously approved.

Paraluman was born in Tayabas, Quezon, of a Ger-man father, Lothar Von Giese, and a Filipina mother, Tecla de Torres. Her mixed Euro-Asian genes gave her the “perfect bone structure, svelte fi gure, long brown hair, hypnotic eyes, an impenetrable gaze, and a face capable of register-ing everything”, as one online website aptly describes her. She was considered as the Philippine’s version of the Swedish-American actress Greta Garbo not only because of her looks but also of her charm and elegance.

Paraluman was at one time married

to a Japanese guy, Yoshifume Abe, but the marriage ended in divorce. She then remarried an American, Tony O’Brien, who is the father of her only daughter, Baby O’Brien.

Her Movie Career

Like many young girls dur-ing her time, Paraluman was an ardent movie fan, often star struck with a simple glimpse of their favorite movie stars. She also often imagined becoming a movie star herself.

As luck would have it, her fam-ily lived next-door to a popular movie star, Corazon Noble (who was the mother of the late Jay Ilagan). She had gotten into the habit of climbing over their fence to catch a glimpse of the actress. Ang kanyang maha-bang paghihintay para makita si Corazon Noble ay ginantipalaan ng pagkakataong makilala ang nakakabatang kapatid ni Cora-zon Noble, si Lily. She soon became a good friend of Lily.

Norma, another sister of Corazon, saw the extraordinary beauty of the 17-year old Paralu-man and recommended her to Luis Nolasco of Filippine Films. The rest was history as that fate-ful meeting with Luis Nolasco paved the way to Paraluman’s movie career.

She was introduced in her fi rst movie, “Flores de Mayo” (1940),

using Mina de Gracia as her fi rst screen name. In 1941, she was signed up a full-fl edged star in the X’otic Films movie, “Paralu-man”. It was here where her name was changed by Fernando Poe, Sr. “Paraluman” which means “Diyosa ng Kaganda-han.” This movie will soon be followed by 2 more excellent fi lms – “Bayani ng Bayan” and “Puting Dambana”.

Her Movies

After World War II, Paralu-man came back to the cinema as a contract star of Sampaguita Pictures. Although she was gaining popularity doing leading lady roles in mostly romantic movies, Dr. Jose Perez of Sam-paguita Pictures encouraged her to reinvent herself by giving her character roles which honed her acting skills even more. She is well remembered as the antago-nist, playing nemesis to Gloria Romero in “Hongkong Holi-day” (1957) and then as a lame woman in “Tanikalang Apoy” (1959).

Paraluman took a break from

the movies when she gave birth to her daughter, Baby O’Brien. Later on, she resumed her career as a Sampaguita contract star.

Paraluman made about 70 fi lms with “Kailan Sasabihing Mahal Kita?” (1985) as her last picture. She was nominated 6 times for the FAMAS Award, 4 times in the Best Actress Award category and 2 times in the Best Support-ing Actress category. She won the Best Actress Award category in 1957 for her role in “Sino Ang May Sala?”

Today

Whenever I would go home to the Philippines, I would stay with my cousin Noly Protacio-Laurel in San Lorenzo Village, Makati. On one of my holidays in the Philippines, I met Baby O’Brien where she lived, 3 houses away from my cousin Noly. A TV-commercial-model turned actress, she is the only daughter of Paraluman. Her daughter, Rina Reyes, is also an actress. Baby used to host the TV show, “Dance-O-Rama”.


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PNS -- JOASH Balejado is a ramp model who was just told by his handler to go to the auditions of Director Joel Lamangan for “Heavenly Touch”. “I didn’t ex-pect na ako ang makukuha dahil ang dami namin ng co-models ko na nagpunta sa audition,” he says.

A business management junior at Rizal Technical University in Pasig, he’s an only child and was born on July 11, 1988 in Bacolod where the Balejados come from. “I was 11 when we moved to Manila. Sa school, active ako in our plays but I have no experi-ence yet acting on TV and the movies.”

So why was he chosen to play a lead role in “Heavenly Touch”? “Sabi, I have daw the innocence the role calls for. Gusto rin ni Direk Joel, ‘yung type na bago and very raw.”

So did he deliver? “Ako na sasagot,” says Direk Joel. “Kahit baguhan, mahusay siya. Effec-tive sa role niya.”

Didn’t he hesitate to accept a gay role where he does love scenes with Paolo Serrano? “They explained to us during the audition what’s expected from us. Gusto ko naman talaga i-try umacting at lead role pa, so I accepted it. Pinakuha kami ni

Joash plead for understanding

Joash Balejado

Paolo ng training sa massage be-fore shooting started. And I think okay nga ang acting ko kasi lagi akong take one at never akong nakagalitan ni Direk.”

What does his parents say about it? “I told them suportahan na lang nila kasi gusto ko talaga umacting. Daring talaga ‘yung role kasi may threesome ako with Paolo and Gwen Garci sa shower, tapos may eksenang ni-rape ako ni Marco Morales while I’m high on drugs.”

Does he have a girlfriend? “Yes, from high school. 5 years kami, but we broke up last year kasi lumipat na siya sa Davao. As of now, career muna ko. I’m hoping I’d get other offers after ‘Heavenly Touch’ is shown.”

PNS -- RHIAN Ramos’ leading men keeps getting bigger. The GMA Artist Center girl may have started with the wrong note as far as negative publicities are concerned when she was just starting but this has changed a lot. The girl most hated by a certain group of internet users way back is now a golden girl in GMA primetime with the suc-cess of her first solo primetime soap, “La Lola” that she is now paired again with her original partner, the primetime king Rich-ard Gutierrez, in “Zorro.”

This December, Rhian returns to the big screen with a possible entry in the MMFF-P 2009 with the remake of Panday to be co-produced by Imus Productions and GMA Films. Rhian has been officially announced as the other leading lady of Senator Bong Revilla, the other one being Iza

Rhian trains in knife throwing

Rhian Ramos

Calzado. The movie will start production next month but not before Rhian finishes a new training, knife throwing for her movie character.

AFTER playing lead in the GMA-7 afternoon drama, “Mag-dusa Ka,” Katrina Halili decided to stop accepting villain roles. Her follow-up project was “Gag-ambino” where she was one of the superheroes. She was last seen in the month-long Karibal episode

Katrina misses being bitchy

Katrina Halili

of Dear Friend. Now, after taking a short leave of absence from the showbiz scene, the screen bomb-shell realizes she still misses doing contravida roles.

According to the voluptuous beauty, it will be no problem for

her to switch back to her strong, mean and bitchy image on screen despite the fact that she hasn’t done it for quite sometime now.

“I’m afraid it’s already in my system. During those times when I was on vacation there were mo-ments when I would act and say

lines a la contravida when I’m alone. It’s really funny,” she says.

But in spite of her openness to do villain roles again, Katrina says: “But it should be in a program which is a potential top rater.”


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The next day, they went to Villa Escudero Plantation,

a famous tourist resort located at the boundary of Laguna and Quezon Province.

They again took the last exit of the South Superhighway which led them to the old national highway leading to



From the museum, they walked towards the man-made Labasin waterfalls that provided

hydroelectric power to the Escudero plantation. Lunch, consisting of native dishes and delicacies,

was served on tables set over a fl owing stream below the man-made falls.

The rondalla

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the southern provinces of Luzon.

The resort is owned by the Escudero family and used to be part of its hacienda. It is a working coconut plantation founded in 1872. In 1980 the family opened the plantation to the general public. Since then Villa Escudero has “developed a worldwide reputation as a focal point to experience Philippine culture and history in a beautiful rural

setting”.They arrived

after two hours of leisurely drive. It was quite an experience for him to see that part of Southern Luzon which he had not seen often. The last time he was in that area was in 1970s, some

three decades ago, when he spent a vacation in a friend’s hometown in Boac, Marinduque. After getting tickets, they were whisked to a reception area where they were served refreshments. A cart pulled by a carabao took them

to the family’s museum as a group of men and women, wearing native attires, entertained them with Tagalog songs accompanied by guitars and bandurias.

The quaint & historic resort, amidst coconut

palms, reminded one of old plantation life. The workers of the place actual live within that huge enclave, which is a village by itself. The houses were made of wood and concrete, but not without a native touch in them, like nipa roofs or sawali walls. A huge 19th century Spanish mansion houses the displays in the family’s museum. It contains archaeological artifacts and private collections of antique

relics from Pre-History, the Spanish colonial era and World War 2.

The exhibits were so extensive and entertaining that it took them almost an hour to check out each item displayed on the two-storey

museum. One is given an idea on the exciting life of the early generations of the family, their travels to the different parts of the world and the unique items they collected.

From the museum, they walked towards the man-made Labasin

waterfalls that provided hydroelectric power to the Escudero plantation. Lunch, consisting of native dishes and delicacies, was served on tables set over a fl owing stream below the man-

made falls.It was a unique and exciting

experience for them. They particularly liked the small

fried banana fritters, which, according to a waiter, were harvested from the resort’s banana trees. After lunch,

they watched a one-hour cultural presentation in the main hall, featuring native Philippine dances and music. With plenty of time to spare in the afternoon, they swam in the



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Leoncia and her husband first came to the United in the 1980’s and have long been U.S. citizens. Although they are childless, they have been working tirelessly and spending their money wisely. They seldom pamper themselves, preferring instead to put their money in the bank. You see, they were building a huge house in their home province of Batan-gas and filling it with the nicest furniture and fixtures they could find. They hired a caretaker who goes to the house once a week to clean it. They will be retiring in five years and had planned to spend the rest of their lives in

their palatial residence.However, things did not go as

they had expected. Leoncia has been diagnosed with diabetes and hypertension and has been taking medications for them. These twin ailments have af-fected her kidney functions. The endocrinologist told her that she might have to undergo dialysis in

Selling your Philippine properties

the future.This unfortunate turn of events

made the couple reconsider their future plans. If they were to retire in the Philippines, Leoncia may not be able to get the proper medical attention that she needs, particularly if she undergoes her dialysis. Somebody told Leoncia that unlike in the United States, her dialysis sessions in the Phil-ippines will not be covered by insurance. That alone will eat up their pension. This is why some Filipinos die of kidney failure because they cannot afford dialysis.

Leoncia and her husband have

now abandoned their plan of re-tiring in the Philippines. Instead, they will live in the United States the rest of their lives. Thus, they have decided to sell their house in Batangas. Aside from being concerned about Leoncia’s ail-ments, they want to buy a house either in San Diego or Las Vegas while prices are still cheap. They

now come to us for guidance on the proper procedure to do it.

The first step, of course, is for Leoncia and her husband to have a representative in the Philip-pines who will represent them all throughout the transaction process, from finding a buyer to transferring the title to the buyer’s name. They may prefer a relative to do this, but he or she must be knowledgeable about Philippine real property laws and regulations. There are numerous laws involve, from the buyer’s qualifications (e.g. a foreigner), the necessary documentation, payment of taxes, clearances, land titling, and even envi-ronmental issues. This is why many sellers (and buyers), even those in the Philippines, engage the services of a trusted attor-ney. With the many challenges against the integrity of land titles in the Philippines, getting a repu-table attorney will help assure the prospective buyer that the sale is aboveboard. Legal fees range from 5% to 10%.

The next step is to find a reputable real estate agent to market the property. While their townmates will be the ones most interested to buy their house, Leoncia and her husband realize that very few of them can afford it. They have to market their property to buyers from outside their town, and they need a good agent to do that. The agent’s commission ranges from 3% to 5%.

Once a buyer is found, negotia-tions will take place regarding the purchase price, the terms of payment, and the expenses of sale. The law requires the seller to shoulder the capital gains tax and documentary stamps tax, which together total 7.5% of the indicated purchase price, while the buyer shoulder the transfer fees which is less than 1% of the price. However, the parties can always agree on a different legal scheme to save on expenses.

After the terms are finalized, the attorney prepares the deed of sale. Taxes must be paid first and all clearances secured before the registry of deeds will allow title to pass to the buyer. This is one more advantage of having an at-torney who can also take care of

handling this intricate process.The final step, of course, is

to make sure that the money is intact and legally transferred from the Philippines to Leoncia and her husband. They have to make sure that they comply with the legal restrictions regard-ing remittances and payment of income taxes since the United States government is very strict about enforcing its laws.

Armando Alegre: Farewell to a Dear Friend

I am deeply saddened by the untimely demise of Armando Alegre, Triskelion Brother and a very dear friend since our UP days. Mandy was a literary genius, an incisive writer, and a philosophical thinker. Our deep-est sympathies to his family.

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Atty. Rogelio Karagdag, Jr. is licensed to practice law in both California and the Philippines. He practices immigration law in San Diego and has continu-ously been a trial and appellate

attorney in the Philippines since 1989. His office address is lo-cated at 16486 Bernardo Center Drive, Suite 228, San Diego, CA 92128. He also holds office in National City inside the S&S Travel Agency at 2409 E. Plaza Blvd. Please call (858)348-7475 & (619) 475-3262 for your free consultation. Our email is [email protected]. Articles written in this column are not legal advice but are hy-potheticals intended as general, non-specific legal information.


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My son turned that magnificent age of thirteen on his

birthday recently and to celebrate he and I took a trip to San Francisco. It was what he wanted – just father and son time in a place he’s wanted to see. So we’re doing it.

Here are just a few of the things he wants to do / see / go

to / experience. I hope I make it. Alcatraz Cruises Fisherman’s WharfBoudin at the Wharf Submarine USS Pampanito Fisherman’s WharfRipley’s Believe It Or Not!

Museum Wax Museum at Fisherman’s

WharfRiptide Arcade at Pier 39 California’s Great America

Great amusement park about 45

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Conservatory of Flow-ers America’s oldest public conservatory

Golden Gate Fields Looks fun when he turns 18 but this turf club is off limits for now

Hearst Castle Who wouldn’t want to do this? Unfortunately, it’s a bit far from San Fran – we’ll have to save it for another trip

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Skydiving: Not on this birth-day!

Mare Island Historic Park Foundation A museum and much, much more preserving the 146 year history of Mare Island Naval Shipyards

Presidential Yacht Poto-mac More than a quarter of a million people have visited and sailed aboard former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s beloved “Floating White House,” the USS Potomac. $5 million was spent over a 12-year period to restore the 165-foot-long vessel as a memorial to the president who authored the New Deal and led the United States during the Great Depression and the World War II years.

Roaring Camp Rail-roads Sounds like fun and we’ll do it, but it’s a bit far for this trip

San Francisco Zoo…. may-be…but San Diego does have one magnificent zoo.

Santa Cruz Beach Board-walk Sounds terrific but over an hour from San Fran…not this time

Angel Island State Park Island, Nature reserve, Mili-

tary base/facility, Park, historic site, hiking trail

Palace of Fine ArtsBuilt for the 1915 Panama-Pa-

cific International Expo, which San Francisco hosted

Cruisin’ the Castro Tours Historic walking, Group Tours/Walking Tour

City Lights Booksellers Famous bookstore founded by Beat Generation poet Lawrence Ferlinghettii; a historic site as well as a book store

Coit Tower Monument built in honor of the city’s volunteer firemen, with an observation deck that provides a great view of San Francisco.

Mission Dolores The oldest building in San Francisco fea-tures adobe walls, original tiles and timbers lashed together with rawhide and hand-carved altars.

Presidio National Park A military installation from 1776 until 1994, the Presidio saw duty for Spain, Mexico and the U.S.; it is now a national park with almost 1,500 acres

Haas - Lilienthal House This Queen Anne style home, now a museum, was the house where the merchant family of blue jeans (Haas) and canned goods (Lilienthal) lived.

Painted Ladies A famous stretch of colorful Victorian-style landmark houses

Grateful Dead House The house in which the band, the Grateful Dead, lived from 1965-1968.

Jefferson Airplane House This house bought in 1968 by the band Jefferson Airplane was used for rehearsals and extrava-gant parties.

San Francisco Chinese His-torical Society This organiza-tion devotes itself to compiling and disseminating Chinese and Chinese-American history.

The Vampire Tour of San Francisco Tour, Ghost town, Historic walking area, mysteri-ous site, performance

Well I think that’s probably all we’ll have time to do – if we even get to do most of those. But whatever we do, it’ll be fun, it’ll be entertaining, and I’ll be with someone I have fun with, respect, and get along with – my son. Wish us luck…

Information from various San Francisco civic, business, and media sites

A different sort of birthday party

Father and son go exploring in San Francisco

Born on June 23, 1937, Severo “Ber-nie” Oades, a gradu-

ate of Far Eastern Univer-sity, debuted as a pianist after winning the 1961 Philippine National Cham-pionship of the Hamon sa Kampiyon talent competi-tions in Manila, Philippines

Since then he has had piano solo performances traveling thrice around the world from 1961 to 1973 and was a recipient of vari-ous musical awards in Australia, Southeast Asia and the U.S.A.

Some of his most notable per-formances were held at the Royal Palace of the King of Thailand and at Wellington University in New Zealand. He was appointed Entertainment Director and Purser of the Princess Margaret Cruise

REMEMBERING BERNIE OADES:

The Compassionate Musician of Decades

[Severo “Bernie” Oades, 72, passed away on July 7, 2009 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Jersey. He was an accomplished musician, compos-er and D Executive Band leader. He was one of the subjects in this column’s serialized biography of Rosel A. Zobel, In Search of the Good Life (non-sequential se-ries).Read also Riz’s Eulogy of a Brother that he delivered July 12th.]

Lines for many years.Named “Musician of the De-

cade” by Glitz and Fanfare Magazine in 1991, Bernie Oades is known as much for his com-passionate heart and endless generosity and for his lively and soul-stirring music. A composer, musical director, and performer, Bernie was granted full member-ship by the American Society of Composers Authors and Publish-ers (ASCAP).

He recorded 7 CD Albums of originals and arrangements which includes original tracks: Unang Tingin, Kabiguan, Huwag Mong Saktan, and Mahal on the album Zeny R. Antonio in Concert: Mga Awit Ng Pag-Ibig, Lungkot At Li-gaya. Other albums to name a few include: Bernie Oades: Favorite Filipino Ballroom Dance Tunes, Bernie Oades: Ballroom Danc-ing, featuring Father Noel; Bernie

Riz Oades delivering the Eulogy for Bernie Oades

Family paying their last respects to the deceased Bernie.

Oades: Original Love Themes and Bernie Oades with Tony Camacho.

In 1973, Bernie Oades estab-lished his band, D’Executives, in the New York Metropolitan area that featured Filipino perform-ers such as Carmen Patena, Zeny Antonio, and Tony Camacho.

His legacy continues on with D’Executives Band through his daughters, Bernadette Oades-Sumague as Manager/Lead Singer and Geraldine Oades-Sese as the drummer.

Oades’ musical spirit further survives through his grandchil-dren Bernard “DJ Nano” Cortes of Envision Nightlife, April Sese of heavy metal band Suspyre, and Richard Sese of the St. Peter’s Prep Jazz Band.

Bernie passed away on July 7, 2009 due to a stroke at Robert Wood Johnson University Hos-pital, New Brunswick, NJ. He is survived by his wife Erlinda Ventura Oades, DMD and two daughters, Geraldine Oades-Sese, Ph.D. in Psychology and Ber-nadette Oades-Sumague BS in Biology/Chemistry and currently pursuing an MBA at Northeastern University Graduate School of Business. Geraldine is a professor at the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers University. Bernadette currently owns and operates a Global Project Manage-ment consulting firm for major pharmaceuticals and grandchildren, Joshua and Jon Sumague.

Death is part of life. It is unavoidable.

We all die. The sad-ness we feel is the sadness for each and ourselves be-cause we will miss his humor, hospital-ity and the strength and courage as we watched him fight his illness for a long time. I think we

will miss love most of all. He loves us all so much.

Bernie left us all a gift, our memories of him. We should save and cherish every memory we have of him. This afternoon, let me share with you some of mine.

Quarrel is normal among brothers. It sometimes turns into real fights. The biggest conflict we had was a ca-reer choice. I wanted him to be a medical doctor instead decided to be a musician. We fought over the issue.

Having been bigger and stronger, I beat him bad, ex-cept he would come back again and again unmindful of the hurts. After awhile, I gave up and left the house.

Since then, we still had conflicts but these never turned into physical fights any more. Instead we stayed close and just got closer through the years. Both of us learned to get along. We learned how to share and resolve conflicts through communication, listening, forgiveness, and pagmamahal sa isa’t-isa.

In 1966 Bernie was stranded in Tokyo. I was doing my PhD degree at UH at the time. He asked me to send him a plane ticket to Honolulu, which I did. He was surprised to find out I was living in a one-bedroom apartment adjacent to a Buddha family temple.

The family supplied this temple with fruits and other foods, which in turn we occasionally helped ourselves -- Bernie was fond of eating apples, oranges, and ba-nanas. And the good family must have discovered that the two of us were the culprits.

Before long, we just discovered that the family placed a separate basket of fruits outside of our door. And Ber-nie had even the guts to ask the donor to include black grapes.

There’re many more good times we shared together growing up and as adults going to Atlantic City, the community social functions I tugged along with his “D Executive Band” and many more.

I am proud of my brother for what he accomplished in the world music.. He adored me as much as I adore him. I appreciate the friendship and wholehearted trust we had for each other. His fighting spirit is beyond re-proach. Most of all, he was a true survivor..

Both of us grew in adversity instead of being victims. We had gained strength from adversity; and were rela-tively successful in what we do. Both of us believe in the dictum, “Kung walang itinanim, walang aanihin.”

It is adversity that gave us strengths to face the world; and a difficulty that .almost broke our spirit, but discov-ered difficulty can be turned into one of the best things that ever happened to us.

Bernie faced challenges with humor, wisdom, and mental and emotional flexibility (Much like the old say-ing “Prepare for worst, and hope for the best.”)

Ever as we mourn Bernie’s passing, let us also be grateful for the years we had with him, and for his love for his wife, daughters, grandchildren, friends, rela-tives and others. Good or bad, happy or sad…there is a reason you became kapamilya.

May it be a model for us and for our children, and may his memory be a blessing for us all. Thank you for listening. – Riz A. Oades

A Eulogy for my brother Bernie


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Genevieve Silverio, Asian Journal | SAN DIEGO, 7/13/09 -- In a series of strategic moves to call attention to minority communities impacted by the mortgage crisis, San Diego-based consumer advocacy group Mabuhay Alliance and the National Association of Filipino American Real Estate Professionals (NAFAREP) have teamed up to meet with public officials in Washington, DC. this week. The group would like to draw national attention to the disparity suffered by distressed homeowners, most of whom are minorities, by advancing the cause of consumers who have quietly borne the brunt of the economic meltdown with little relief from lawmakers.

The group, headed by Faith Bautista, CEO of Mabuhay Alliance, and Chito Despacido, Chairman of NAFAREP, is calling for greater cooperation between state legislators and the state attorney generals to protect consumers. The delegation will also be presenting proposals for a tenant-to-homeowner program to help marginalized communi-ties.

According to the agenda outlined by Mabuhay Alliance, the group will call for greater protection for consumers. «The value of having a strong con-sumer protection agency and the importance of having more corporately responsible banks, modeled after the Canadian banks, will be among the talking points,» according to an email released to local media.

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NAFAREP and Mabuhay Alliance push consumer

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the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) under the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

The OCC charters, regulates, and supervises all national banks. It also supervises the federal branches and agencies of foreign banks. The OCC issue rules and regulations governing bank investments, lending, and other practices.

The group is hopeful of advancing the cause of minor-ity bank ownership, primarily headed by Filipino Americans, to encourage greater investments in local communities bypassed by economic stimulus bills that primarily have benefited main-stream banks.

The idea is not far-fetched. Mabuhay Alliance is in the

process of applying for the Trea-sury's Community Development Financial Institutions' CDFI status starting with a $100,000 seed money grant for capacity building. The funds for techni-cal assistance were approved by CDFI Fund Director Donna J. Gambrell of the U.S. Treasury. About 281 CDFI banks are in existence. Most serve marginal-ized populations such as Native Americans, Alaska natives and native Hawaiians communities.

Bautista is on the advisory board for the OTS Minority Depository Council. CDFI funds, released through the Obama Ad-ministration's Recovery Act, are used by CDFI-certified institu-tions to provide access to credit, capital, and financial services in economically distressed com-munities.

In a late afternoon meeting of NAFAREP at the Mabuhay Al-liance offices in Mira Mesa, San Diego on Friday, July 10, Chito Despacido said he was «for-tunate to have connected with Mabuhay Alliance and Faith (Bautista).»

A real estate and financial industry veteran who started out

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Bautista also introduced Clari-na Fiorona of Covina, who heads the Los Angeles NAFAREP. «Bambi (Clarina) just came from Chicago where she met with the 218 CDFI banks and talked to the Federal Reserve (Bank) and told them they need to change the policy on short sales.»

NAFAREP and Mabuhay Alliance are working hand in hand to capture market share of the financial industry's looming pre-foreclosure and real estate-owned (REO) assets by pushing for a share of brokerage business through the supplier diversity program of banks. Although the numbers are massive and concentrated in minority com-munities, the market is cornered by a handful of brokers who, more often than not, have no local links.

The results so far are sporadic. The brokerage arm of NA-FAREP has managed to capture over $180,000 in REO business through efforts of the staff and the help of Mabuhay Alliance outside of the supplier diversity program. However, supplier diversity would provide a better avenue to capture market share.

«We want to empower our community in ways that have not been dealt with yet,» ac-cording to J.R. Changteng-co who was joined by his sis-ter Jackie and mother Tess Chantengco. The Changtenco family runs a real estate broker-age called The Triwest Group.

Other local real estate profes-sionals in the meeting include Daughlet Ordinario, Faith Espejo, Myrna Reyes and Beth Antiporda.

NAFAREP hopes to build it ranks beginning with an ambi-tious plan to increase its local membership to 10,000 profes-sionals in real estate and in allied industries in order to buttress its credibility at the national level. --- Asian Journal San Diego

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Immigrants who are in abusive relationships are the most vul-nerable victims in the immigrant community. Afraid for their im-migration status, they tolerate and endure the abuses perpetrat-ed upon them by their abusive spouses. Under threat of depor-tation by their US citizen or legal permanent resident spouses, they allow themselves to be subjected to constant abuse by their spous-es.

Abuse has many faces. It may be in the form of verbal, physical, sexual, economic or financial and psychological abuse. Whatever may be the form of abuse, the objective of the perpetrator is to gain or maintain control of their victim.

In order to protect abused or battered spouses and children, the US Congress has enacted laws to enable abused/battered immi-grant spouses and children to free themselves of these abusive rela-tionships and to report the abuse without fear of being deported or removed from the U.S..

One of the reliefs given by Congress to battered spouses and children is the eligibility to self-petition. Thus, if you are an abused or battered spouse and/or child of a US citizen or legal permanent resident, you may file your own petition for yourself and you do not need your abusive spouse to file it.

However, the battered spouse and/or child must show the fol-lowing: (1) he/she is a person of good moral character; (2) is pres-ently the spouse of a US citizen or a legal permanent resident; (3) has resided with the US citizen or legal permanent resident spouse; (4) is still residing in the U.S.; (5) has entered the marriage in good faith; (6) has been battered by or

Immigration relief for abused spouses and children

has been the subject of extreme cruelty by the U.S. citizen or le-gal permanent resident spouse.

Another relief afforded to bat-tered spouses and their children who have been granted their per-manent resident cards but are in conditional status (those whose green cards will expire in two years,) is the ability to file a peti-tion to remove his/her conditional status without the abusive spouse joining in the petition. Just like in a self petition, the battered spouse filing a petition to remove condi-tional status must show that he or she has been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty and that he or she entered into the marriage in good faith.

A battered spouse who is in removal proceedings or whose marriage was not legitimate be-cause of the US citizen or legal permanent resident spouse’s bigamy may also file for cancel-lation of removal in court. The battered spouse must however show, among others, that (1) he/she has been physically present

in the United States for a continu-ous period of not less than three years immediately preceding the date of the application for can-cellation; (2) he/she possesses good moral character; (3) he/she has not been convicted of an ag-gravated felony; (4) the removal would result in extreme hardship to the battered spouse, his/her child or parent.

Despite the passage of these laws to protect battered spouses and children, we still see a lot of victims who are either afraid to come out and report these abuses or unaware that such laws exist to protect them from their abusive spouses.

It is important that we help our immigrant friends and/or rela-tives who are in abusive relation-ships by informing them that they have a choice – Ask them to Stop the cycle of abuse. Stand up for their rights!

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The United Nations Associa-tion of San Diego and the San Diego World Affairs Council is proud to present Tony Meloto, Founder of Gawad Kalinga. Mr. Meloto will be speaking at the prestigious University of San Di-ego School of Law on Tuesday, July 21st at 7:00 P.M.

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Arts & CultureFilAm Debutante Ariel Bautista McCarty Comes of Age at 18

Debutante Ball is a Time-Honored Tradition in Philippine Culture

tion has evolved to reflect the place of women in our times. Debutante balls have become a time of affirmation as friends and family celebrate these young women purely for their own potential as individuals as they begin the journey to-

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Eight Ladies Dancing. Ladies, led by Ariel McCarty and Faith Bautista, swing to the ballroom mood of line dancing.

Banquet Beauties. Debutante Ariel McCarty with mom Faith Bautista are all smiles as they enjoy the sumptious evening banquet with Kevin Cramp.

Tango 101. An exhibition dance shows admiring guests the daring moves of the tango.

Edible Elegance. The traditional Debutante Cake is a delicious work of art festooned in aqua ribbons and white roses in a formal triple column design

wards their dreams. The tradition marks the passage

from girlhood to womanhood that is solemnized with a grand ball, an even grander cake, a prayer blessing before the feast, and the exchange of words of wisdom and affection over 18 candles and 18 roses.

Last Saturday, July 11, 2009, was such a time. Over 200 guests were once again gathered for the time-honored tradition of the debutante ball. The lovely Filipina American debutante Ariel McCarty was introduced by

proud parents Faith Bautista and Robert McCarty to an apprecia-tive gathering of family and friends at the Ghazal Banquet Hall in Serra Mesa, San Diego.

The celebration reflected the 18-year old’s career aspiration as a budding fashion designer and the glamour of the Hollywood-

inspired gala.Ariel seemed to have upped the

ante for debutante balls with the help of her Aunt Bella Carreon. With a coterie of friends as mod-els, she staged a full fashion gala to underscore her love for style and her passion for design.

Ariel likewise donned a col-lection of gowns for the evening that reflected her eclectic taste in colors and design. The first en-semble was a dramatic motif of black and white that underscored the black tie affair. The laced, bustier-top, two-piece gown,

which she wore with a stylized tiara, mirrored the classic influ-ence of movie icon Audrey Hep-burn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s.

The second gown Ariel chose for the candle ceremony was a Belle-inspired, strapless gown with a multi-layered taffeta skirt that was a delight to see in mo-tion. The white bodice faded to an elegant shade of blue-grey at the hem that was punctuated by a matching satin sash at the waist. A light sprinkle of silver

sequins gave an elegant sparkle to the beautiful, flared layers of fabric complementing the bare-shouldered simplicity of the white bodice. The gown served to frame a fleeting moment in the evening as the radi-ant debutante sat still like a delicate white rose in an oversized, ball-and-claw, vintage chair before rising up to

greet and hug her well-wishers of candle-sponsors.

According to tradition, candle-sponsors are chosen among women close to the debutante who are the guiding “light” in the life of the celebrant encoun-tered in the friendships and relationships she forms. At the ceremony, each presented the debutante with a greeting that signified the role each one has in the life of the celebrant.

From the gown that reminded one of the magical surround-ings of Beauty and the Beast, guests were then transported to the aqua-inspired colors of the Little Mermaid as Ariel donned a tastefully designed aquamarine gown with a pleated bodice for

the Grand Cotil-lion Dance. The theme repeated the lively colors of the tropi-cal waters of Pandan, the bright blue pearl necklaces of the ladies of the cotillion, and the de-tailed miniature figurine table pieces that left no doubt that Ariel McCarty is into fashion design and will

pursue fashion design should she be given the opportunity.

The gown Ariel chose for the finale was a strapless, satin dress trimmed with an above-the-knee, ruffled ballerina-inspired organza and taffeta skirt that was practi-cal and perfect for the dance floor whether it is swinging to the beat of the macarena or a little western line dancing. The dress was a fashion statement in red, a look which she completed with the latest Roman-sandal

inspired incarnation in black high heels.

The outfit showed what a designer with imagination and spunk can do with a modest amount of fabric. It may turn out that Ariel may one day out do the rich and famous Kardasians in style and class with far less. As it turned out, The Secrets of the Kardasians is a show that master of ceremonies Jojo Co revealed Ariel loves to watch on the internet.

The short red outfit reminded one of a rosebud and quite liter-ally captured the theme of the next number in the programme, the 18 Roses Dance. After the candle ceremony, the father of the bride presented the debutante with a long-stemmed rose thus opening the floor for a chance for others to greet the debu-tant in the same way. After the formal dance between father and daughter, others waited in line to do the same dancing with the celebrant to the music of the night.

Friends and young relatives of the debutante also participated in the Grand Cotillion Dance, a highly-choreographed waltz that takes weeks of practice to perfect. The debutante and her escort lead the debutante’s court in the intricate movements of the waltz to the delight of the parents

and well wishers.

Ensemble of Talent

Overall, the celebration was re-markable for the caliber of local amateur entertainers. Guitarist Michael Carreon accompanied the rich vocals of the promising talent Kat Badar who sang “Love Me Slowly.” Jazmin and Chelzea Furtado provided memorable and imaginative dance performances. Kevin Belisario and friends showcased talents to make the night a variety show complete with the high energy of hip hop. The audience was also mesmer-ized by the graceful and expres-sive rhythms of the Hawaiian dance numbers rendered by Marianne Dinglasan and friend Chris. Former beauty queen and stage name Armie Guzman proved to be versatile as a singer and fashion ramp model and dance artist.

If the ensemble of talent was not enough to impress everyone, there was an even bigger sur-prise with an English-only star performance by celebrated artist April Boy Regino who drove in from Las Vegas and sang two songs from the Bee Gees and Tom Jones. April Boy, who made a name in the Philippines with platinum record-breaking com-



(Continued from page 4)resort’s swimming pool and took photos of the scenic spots around them. One review aptly described the place as “a convenient, refreshing escape from the hustle and bustle of Metro Manila where one can recharge one’s batteries, and enjoy a variety of fun-filled activities.”

The place also offers rafting at its Lake Labasin and accommodations for an overnight stay. It is also a favorite place for weddings, birthdays, anniversaries and other celebrations. - AJ



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positions in Tagalog, delighted fans in the audience who sought his autograph at the end of the evening.

The models for the evening gown collection are as follows: Jackie Carreon, Tempest Carre-on, Marianne Dinglasan, Sam Wycoco, Ranee Alano, Elaine Valdez, Brianna Vongsouthi, Armi Guzman, Laura Alcantara, Janelle Canaya, Michael Carre-on, Michael Cuaresma, Jason Canaya, and Ariel McCarty.

The Cotillion Court consisted of Ariel McCarty and Kevin Cramp, Amanda McCarty and Alex Chambosse, Janna Jones and Gabriel Abano, Jazmin Furtado and Brian Vongsouthi, Katherine Gratas and Ryan Alling, Kiva White and Loris Jones, Lindsey Bushard and Jake Curran, Marianne Dinglasan and Michael Carreon, and MeKenzie Bartram and Christian Pirovano.

The 18 Candles participants included Amanda McCarty, Daughlet Ordinario, Yoly Batara, Vicky Seron, Gennette Furtado, Ching Purifi cacion, Lyndee Sosa, Bella and Jackie Carreon, Emma

FilAm Debutante Ariel Bautista McCarty Comes of Age at 18

Debutante Ball is a Time-Honored Tradition in Philippine Culture

(Continued from page 11) Co, Kathy Denis, Laila Nooris, Katherine Gratas, Kiva White, MeKenzie Bartram, Jojo Bautis-ta, Jazmin and Chelzea Furtado, Arianna Seron, Eliza Purifi ca-cion, Marquessa Ezequiel, and Lorraine Vales.

The 18 Roses consisted of Romy Ordinario, Bing Bautista, Don Denis, Joel Purifi cacion, Is-rael Sosa, Bobby Belisario, Bob Gnaizda, Robert Furtado, Abe Abano, cousins Zack, Josua, EJ & Lucas, Fred Carreon, Michael Carreon, Alex Chamboses, Bay Seron, Bougs Seron, Loris Jones, Kevin Cramp and Eric Cope.

Terms of Endearment

As mother and daughter stood hand-in-hand in an unspoken bond of love, Robert McCarty shared an endearing personal message to his daughter Ariel that provided for a memorable evening. Earlier, Ariel thanked her parents for their undying love and the support that gave her the strength to be the strong-willed person that she is today.

For a few minutes everyone in the room felt what it was like

to be in Robert’s shoes. Robert began and ended the speech with the words, “You are now the cap-tain of your ship…”

But it was not the beginning and the end of the speech that was remembered the most but what was said in between. Like all fathers, somehow, in between the salutation and the closing, Robert managed to milk the occasion to again remind his daughter of the challenges of adulthood, and, for the last time (on record), the wisdom of not staying out after midnight and the pitfalls of keeping up with the Kardasians. This was all told with the good sense and sense of humor of a father who cares.

All felt the heart of a father heave with pride as Robert deftly and patiently leafed through three pages of hand written advice. Somehow as all followed his words, the guests seem to have felt the same fatherly pride and care seeing how his daughter has now grown up into a deter-mined young woman.

Family friend Robert Gnaizda of the Greenlining Institute also offered a few words of advice to Ariel saying that he has high

hopes. Gnaizda pointed out that Ariel, with her sister Amanda, are both highly curious and talented leaders and graduates of Greenlining Academy, who are both to be commended for supporting their mother Faith Bautista in her advocacy.

Faith Bautista set out to estab-lish Mabuhay Alliance seven years ago. The mother of two had an epiphany about minority empowerment following a meet-ing with AT&T. The rest is his-tory. Faith has proven that she is in her element whether she is in the company of the powers that be in Washington DC or at home talking about matters of the heart that only mothers and daughters share.

This all bodes well for the debu-tante. For a coming of age party, Ariel seems to have the upper hand with a mother like Faith – and a fa-ther like Robert. It serves to remind all once again that all beginnings and debuts are about possibilities. Mothers and daughters can do the unthinkable -- Like skydiving on the day after a debutante ball. And, with a mom who has opened doors for minorities, creating paths for women where there were only men before. - AJ

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Saint Joseph’s School Grand Reunion Celebration will be held on July 25th from 6:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. at The Orleans Hotel in Las Vegas. The school, lo-cated in Olongapo City, hosts the annual event at various locations in the U.S.

SJS Reunion

During the reunion, organizers hope to raise funds for charitable projects that contribute to facility improvements, student scholar-ships, or impoverished communi-ties. This year, the class of 1979 is hosting the reunion, although all are welcome.

Co-organizer Dahlia Palamos-Bona said that the reunion was an opportunity to meet friends and do some good in the community. St. Joseph’s School Principal Imelda Lampaso would like to use the proceeds for new com-puters and other school needs, said Co-organizer Wilma Cacha-Ebba.

Many local residents maintain strong ties to Olongapo City. The city in the Zambales region of the Philippines is located next to a former U.S. military base in Subic Bay. Many Olongapenos

joined the Navy and resettled in San Diego.

One location connection has civilian roots. Ben and Rose Hi-nahon, proprietors of Hong Kong Boutique in National City, lived in Olongapo with their children and operated the school canteen

from 1983 to 1989. The couple was asked to run

the school canteen by Father Walz of St. Joseph’s School, af-ter he noticed the success of the Hinahon’s snack stand.

But when Rose saw the can-teen for the fi rst time, she was shocked. It was dirty and disorganized. She set to work, cleaning it from top to bot-tom and installed new benches, tables, and kitchen facilities. At the outset of the 1983 school year, the 1,800 plus students at St. Joseph’s School could order everything from mami soup to milkshakes.

Three of the Hinahon’s eldest children went on to graduate from the school and the family moved to San Diego and started a prosperous business.

The canteen’s improvements

have lasted for the past 26 years. However, the canteen and other school facilities are now due for renovation.

Rose revisited Olongapo in May and learned from her for-mer colleagues, Rose Villena and Mel Lamparo, that the canteen was going to be renovated. She

paired up with Saint Joseph’s School Alumni to help raise funds for the improvements.

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Competent. Credible. Compassionate. The words seem too simple to use in a complex legal sentence. But the qualities of what makes lawyers excel can be plainly defined by these attributes.

Unfortunately, the search for a lawyer with these qualities is not easy. More often than not, consumers often leave the matter of choosing an attorney to chance hoping at least to get one out of three right.

It becomes news, therefore, when a firm—that can raise the bar on all counts—comes to town.

Attys. Jean Tinsay, Dennis Chua, and Aurora Vega-Buzon, opened the doors of the Law Offices of Chua Tinsay & Vega with one goal in mind – to serve clients with competence, credibility and compassion.

CTV, which specializes in immigration law and family and estate law, has offices in San Diego, San Francisco and Manila to better serve the needs of Filipino Americans and their families.

Over 30 Years Experience “Although ours is a new office, we are

not new to the field,” Atty. Chua stated in an interview. The firm has over 30 years of col-lective experience in the field of immigra-tion law. While each one comes to the table with a proven track record in their individual practices, the goal of the partnership is to offer clients a wider range of services with their combined expertise.

Their common philosophy of service has reaped a windfall of goodwill most especially from Filipinos who comprise 80 percent of their clients.

“Clients who seek our expertise on im-migration issues in the past have also come for advice on other matters. They come for help on family and estate matters. More than a few have turned to us for help with their real estate loan problems,” explained Atty. Aurora Vega, who works out of the downtown San Diego office.

San Diego Visit Attys. Jean Tinsay and Dennis Chua, her

partners who are based in San Francisco, were recently in town to answer questions and get a feel for the local community during a weekend Filipino Family Day fair.

The three recently met over brunch at the Marriott Seaport Village to talk about host-ing legal workshops before the flight back to San Francisco.

Listening to the partners talk strategy, the advantages of having the expertise of three attorneys become self-evident. Clients will always have direct access to an attorney, should one or the other be away. “One of us will always be ready to assist a client,” Atty. Tinsay pointed out when asked about the quality of service at the firm.

Law Offices of Chua Tinsay & Vega: Raising the Bar

Listening to the partners talk strategy, the advantages of having the expertise of three attorneys become self-evident.

Clients will always have direct access to an attorney, should one or the other be away. “One of us will always be ready to assist a client,” Atty. Tinsay pointed out when asked about the quality of service at the firm.

Not all law firms can boast of the same claim. “A few clients who have come to us have complained about the lack of access at other law firms,” according to Atty. Tinsay. “In one example, I ended up helping a fellow kababayan who was left out in the cold by another firm that collected his money and whom he did not hear from again for weeks. The poor guy ended up threatening the firm to get his money back.”

The discussion shifts to San Diego, a vibrant, multi-cultural, cross-border town with a strong military prescence and a thriv-ing immigrant population. Military service comes to mind.

Atty. Chua spoke of the goodwill extended to clients who are in the service referring to the large percentage of military families in San Diego. “The INS is more lenient when it comes to petitions for non-citizens who have served in the military.”

Atty. Vega also shared stories about peo-ple she has helped in court like the saga of

the Filipino grandson who became eligible for U.S. citizenship because his grandfather had served as a U.S. soldier in two world wars, WWI and WWII, during the Philip-pine Commonwealth. “The grandfather never took the oath of citizenship because the Philippines was a Commonwealth under the United States. But by serving in two wars, he was, operatively speaking, serving his country, the USA.”

She also warns applicants against taking matters into their own hands. “A few think they can save money by doing the applica-tions themselves. However, the outcome is not always certain. One person, who chose to do it his own way, ended up in deporta-tion hearings because he had filed for two different visas at different periods. Another, who declared his status as “single” on his visa, also ran afoul of the law because he attempted to petition a spouse who had been left behind. He obliged, he said, because the wife had quarreled with him for some time forcing him to act on a spousal petition.”

Language In addition to its broad geographic base

and understanding of the culture, CTV also brings language competencies to its services. Atty. Tinsay explained that clients

feel more comfortable saying what they want and asking for what they want when they are working with someone who can speak the language.

At the client’s request the attorneys can serve clients in a number of Filipino dialects including Ilonggo, Ilocano, Ka-pangpagan and Tagalog, according to Atty. Chua who himself is fluent in Mandarin and Fookien.

“We speak the language, know the culture and, we especially know the country condi-tions,” explained Chua in an interview with a San Francisco paper. “Country conditions are so important. For example, with a politi-cal asylum claim, you need to know country conditions in the Philippines before you can move forward with the claim.”

Shared Values One could say that Chua Tinsay & Vega

is an expression of the idealism of three friends who graduated from the University of the Philippines College of Law in the post-Marcos era and who each went on to establish successful practices.

“The partnership made sense because we all share the same vision,” according to Atty. Tinsay who credits Atty. Chua for the slogan. “We want to stand for something,” explained Atty. Chua as he referred to the “Three C’s”, the vision behind the CTV brand.

The synergy is evident as they agree. There is also synthesis and balance as they agree to disagree on stuff like -- color preferences. Although the business cards of Attys. Vega and Tinsay bear the maroon colors of their alma mater, Atty. Chua opted for a neutral beige background with maroon highlights -- because it is a guy thing. The remark is disarming. One can relate to can-did attorneys who are very down to earth. Candid is another word that starts with the letter C.

CTV Explains The 3 Cs

The partners explain the three principles that give value to the CTV brand:

“Competent because all three lawyers have extensive experience.” He takes it a step further by explaining what the firm does differently. “We want to make our clients feel comfortable in knowing that our clients can talk to us. It’s important to keep the personality of the firm.” For this reason, clients assigned to me have access to me personally.”

Atty. Tinsay adds, “I have always made it a point to na ako talaga ang nakakausap. I personally do all the work.” It is all a state of awareness for the partners. “We are mindful of the reasons why the client hires us.”

Atty. Vega works one-on-one with clients. At the San Diego offices, a conference room is where clients first meet face-to-face with Atty Vega for private consultations. But she is also as easily accessible online and on the phone as the need arises.

Apart from competence, credibility in a client-lawyer relationship is equally impor-tant. Atty. Vega explains why. “A good at-torney is conscientious. We have to maintain objectivity. We need to educate the clients

that we are not magicians – and explain to them they are the bigger stakeholders. They need to tell us the truth about their case so we can give them the right advice.”

Lastly, compassion tempered with objectivity is the third quality that defines the CTV practice. “While we practice our profession, we also keep in mind that clients are fellow immigrants,” said Atty. Vega. “We put ourselves in the client’s shoes to understand a situation.»

The Partners of CTV:

Atty. Jean Tinsay

Atty. Jean Tinsay was admitted to the Cal-ifornia State Bar in 1993 and the Philippine Bar in 1986. Ms. Tinsay practices solely in the field of U.S. Immigration law.

She represents clients in employment and family based immigration matters. A large part of her practice is devoted to helping healthcare professionals, specifically nurses and physical therapists obtain non-immi-grant and immigrant visas. She provides her expertise to U.S.-based employers in recruiting healthcare professionals and has conducted seminars in the Philippines on employment-based immigration.

Ms. Tinsay graduated from the Univer-sity of Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Econom-ics in 1981 and a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1985.

Ms. Tinsay is an active member of the California State Bar and the American Im-migration Lawyers Association. While in the Philippines, Ms. Tinsay practiced crimi-nal and civil litigation. She also taught Torts and Legal Philosophy at the University of Negros Occidental Recoletos in Bacolod City, Philippines.

Atty. Aurora Vega-Buzon

Atty. Aurora Vega-Buzon is a member of the California Bar since 1995 and the Philippine Bar since 1986. She also holds a degree in Economics that helped launch her career as a corporate and contracts attorney in the Philippines, with major companies and banks as clients.

Ms. Vega started her practice in the United States in 1998 dealing in Immigration and Naturalization law cases and California Family law. She thrives in the challenges of the most difficult cases and finds suc-cess in helping her fellow immigrants. Ms. Vega has secured numerous approvals for employment-based petitions for notable US companies engaged in federal contracts, newspaper publication, travel, realty, among others. She has also assisted in the personnel requirements of several of the largest health care companies in the United States.

With a proven track record in working with complex cases, she routinely represents clients in family-based petitions (including fiancé/es; widows and widowers of US citi-zens) and in special cases relating to abused spouses and children of US citizens and permanent residents. She also represents clients in deportation cases.

In practicing California Family Law, Ms. Vega represents clients in divorce and

annulments, custody, support and property settlements.

A graduate of the University of the Phil-ippines College of Law in 1985, Ms. Vega gained additional training and experience at the Southwestern Legal Foundation in Dallas, TX in 1993. She is an active mem-ber of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, California Bar Association and Integrated Bar of the Philippines.

Atty. Dennis E. Chua

Atty. Dennis E. Chua was admitted to the California State Bar in 1999. He is also admitted to practice law in the Philippines having been admitted to the Philippine Bar

in 1990. Mr. Chua has extensive experi-ence in the field of US immigration law. He has successfully represented clients in removal/deportation proceedings. Mr. Chua handles all types of family and employment based applications, such as artists and enter-tainer petitions, fraud and criminal waivers applications, finance petitions, battered spouse petitions, extraordinary ability peti-tions, and investor visa petitions. He also practices family law assisting clients in their divorce and nullity cases.

Mr. Chua has also extensive experience in the practice of Philippine law. He was a Senior Legislative Aide for Senator Edgardo Angara. He has worked as an associate for the law offices of Mario Ongkiko and was a Junior Partner in the law office of former Chief Justice Artemio Panganiban.

Mr. Chua received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of the Philip-pines in 1983 and Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of the Philippines Col-lege of Law in 1989. He is an active member of the State Bar of California, the American Immigration Lawyer's Association and the Integrated Bar of the Philippines. Mr. Chua also speaks Tagalog, Kapampangan and Chinese (Manadarin and Fookien.)

How to contact CTV

Call or e-mail Chua Tinsay & Vega for an in-person or phone consultation to discuss your particular situation and/or how our services may be retained. You may also log onto the Chua Tinsay & Vega website at www.ctvattys.com.

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Nariyan Lang AkoSa mga nagkikislapang liwanag sa ‘yong paligidsa maraming ingay na kung minsan ay nakakatuligsa bawat hampas ng hangin kapag ito’y humagupitnariyan lang ako, sa iyo ay laging nakamasid.

Sa mga tilamsik ng ulan kapagka bumabagyosa halimuyak ng mga sampagitang mababangosa huni ng mga kilyawan sa itaas ng kubonariyan lang ako, palaging nakabantay sa iyo.

Sa tuwing sisisikat ang araw sa dakong silanganat sa tuwing siya ay lulubog sa dakong kanluransa bawat galaw ng mundo na di mo namamalayannariyan lang ako, palaging sa iyo nakabantay.

Joke of the Week: Bill had a good friend who was a minister of long years standing. They used to josh one another occasionally. “You reverend think you’re so hot,” said Bill one day. “After all you’re only about 50 percent effective. About half of the babies you baptize don’t stay Christians, about half of the adults you convert don’t stay converted, and about half the people you marry don’t stay married.” “We’re 100 percent on one point,” answered his minister friend. “If I were a betting man I’d give you 1,000 to 1 odds that all the people we bury stay buried.”

Scriptures: First Reading: Jeremiah 23: 1-6. In Jeremiah’s time, the people of the northern kingdom of Israel had been exiled to Assyria; their counterparts in the southern kingdom of Judah had been deported to Babylon. There were lots of confusion and heartaches. The kings and leaders did not prove to be true shep-herds. The prophet speaks of hope out of this chaotic situation. God will raise a new shepherd who will rule justly and

Summer Vacation or Vocation?unite Israel and Judah.

Second Reading: Ephesians 2: 13-18. Through Christ all religious barriers between Hebrews and non-Hebrews or Gentiles are now transcended. Through Christ’s redemptive work of salvation and reconciliation those who are “far off” and “near” are now brought together. Both have access to the Father in the same Spirit. Gospel: Mark 6: 30-34. In the fi rst reading, God renews the promise he made to his people: 1) to bless human-ity by bringing it back to its meadow where it can bear fruit abundantly (an allusion to the creation blessing); 2) to raise a new king who shall rule his peo-ple justly and rightly (a promise made to Abraham and David). From the Christian point of view, the ancient blessing given at creation and the promise of a new leader are both fulfi lled in Jesus Christ.

Refl ections: Though the Hebrew word for shepherd is a title for kings and rulers, yet it also connotes the notion of feeding, defending, caring and providing. Jeremiah denounced the shepherds of his

time who cared for themselves alone and not for the fl ock that were entrusted to them. From the Christian point of view, Jesus Christ is the shepherd who restores hope to new Israel. In turn, Jesus wants his apostles to continue his shepherding mission.

Reginald Fuller commented that in this Marcan passage the term “apostles” was not originally a title but a function. Jer-emiah condemned Zedekiah and the last kings of Judah as shepherds who have misled the people. These corrupt shep-herds paid more attention to their own selfi sh vested interests than those of the fl ock. The Marcan passage is implying that the apostles should avoid committing the same serious mistake. In Matthew 23: 6-7 Jesus told his disciples,

“They (Scribes and Pharisees) love places of honor at banquets, seats of honor in synagogues, greetings in mar-ketplaces, and the salutation ‘Rabbi.’” The apostles are told not to put more emphasis on title, such as “apostle,” and the privileges that come with it. Instead they should put more weight on their duties and responsibilities. Titles, such as “doctor, teachers, bishop, reverend, engineer, lawyer,” denote functions and responsibilities. But when a title gains more prominence than the responsibili-ties that come with it, title divides rather than unites people.

Psychologists have proposed the fas-cinating concept of the dyad or bi-polar archetype. Common functionaries, such as doctor/patient, lawyer/client, minister/parishioner, and parents/ children, are some archetypal roles. Many of these roles are essentially linked to a partner-ing archetype, hence the term dyad archetype. To stress the superior pole of

the archetype, doctor, lawyer, minister, and parents over the other pole, patient, client, parishioner, and children, breaks the dyad and negatively impacts both poles. For instance, a doctor who fails to recognize that there is a “physician” in his patient breaks down the therapeutic relationship between him and his patient. The same is true with a teacher who fails to see that he too is a student who can learn from his students. Ministers who forget that they too are in need of salvation treat their parishioners as inferiors. Parents become domineering and overbearing when they fail to learn from their children. On the other hand, the dyad is also broken when the inferior pole is emphasized over the superior pole. When both poles recognize each other’s strength and draw energies to enhance each other’s well being, there is true healing, learning, ministering and parenting.

We seek scenic vistas, sunny beaches, quiet and private places to relax and unwind. Leonardo da Vinci wrote, “Ev-ery now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer, since to remain constantly at work will cause you to lose power of judgment … Go some distance away because then the work appears smaller, and more of it can be take in at a glance, and lack of harmo-ny or proportion is more readily seen.” Jesus, mindful of his apostles’ need for a breather after a hectic mission, asked them to rest a while. It was a rest aimed at energizing the apostles with the divine presence that would enable them to be more effective in their mission. One’s summer vacation can also be an occasion to recharge our spiritual battery!

“Some say that there is no music in a

rest, but there is the making of music in it. In our whole life-melody the music is broken off here and there by ‘rests,’ and we foolishly think we have come to the end of time … not without design God writes the music of our lives. Be it ours to learn the tune, and not be dismayed at the ‘rests.’ They are not to be slurred over, not to be omitted, not to destroy the

melody, not to change the keynote. If we sadly say to ourselves, ‘There is no music in a rest, let us not forget that there is the making of music in it.’”

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11. Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of cheques.

12. A conscience is what hurts when all of your other parts feel so good.

13. Eat well, stay fit, die anyway.

14. Men are from earth. Women are from earth. Deal with it.

15. No man has ever been shot while doing the dishes.

16. A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.

Words of wisdom, part 217. Middle age is when

broadness of the mind and narrowness of the waist change places.

18. Opportunities always look bigger going than com-ing.

19. Junk is something you’ve kept for years and throw away three weeks be-fore you need it.

20. There is always one more imbecile than you counted on.

She now works under the ad-ministration of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as Press Undersecretary.

Baby has fond memories of her mother. In one of my conversa-tions with Baby, she said her mom was very quiet in her last few years. She stayed at home watching TV and telenove-las. She loves chocolate cakes and chocolate ice cream. She stopped making movies many years ago. “Ayaw na ‘nyang magtrabaho. Tapos na raw siya duon. She just wanted to relax and enjoy life,” Baby says.

Although Paraluman had not appeared in the limelight for many years, her name rings a bell, even to younger genera-tions, as she was referred to in “Huling El Bimbo”. a song written and sang by the popu-lar Filipino band, Eraserheads. “Kamukha mo si Paraluman, No’ng tayo ay bata pa”, so the first line of the song goes.

Paraluman passed away on April 27, 2009 at her home, after succumbing to cardiac arrest. In an interview, Baby said, “My mom died peacefully - she went to sleep and never woke up.” Her classic beauty, elegance and talent would always be in the hearts of many Filipino movie aficionados.

In the history of Philippine movies, there was never again another actress who carried her name. It was a name almost as if created just for the one and only… Paraluman. - AJ

Movie Credits:

Some of the movies she made were:

“La Paloma” (1947) with Fred Montilla as his leading man,

“Sor Remedios” (1948) an-other film with Fred Montilla directed by Octavio Silos,

“Awit ng Bulag” (1948) with Fred Montilla and Linda Es-trella, and

“Batong Buhay” (1950) with Leopoldo Salcedo. In later

Paraluman: Diyosa ng

Kagandahan

years, she made “Rodora” (1956) with Van de

Leon, Amalia Fuentes, and Juan-cho Gutierrez,

“Babalu” (1956 with Oscar Moreno, Ramon Revilla, Sr., Van de Leon, and Daisy Romualdez,

“ Lydia” (1956) with Carmen Rosales and Rogelio de la Rosa,

“Sino ang Maysala” (1957) with Rogelio de la Rosa, Gloria Romero, Ric Rodrigo, Lolita Rodriguez, Luis Gonzales, Rosa Mia, Susan Roces, and Romeo Vasquez,

“Taga sa Bato” (1957) with Lolita Rodriguez, Luis Gonzales, Van de Leon, and Eddie Garcia,

“Ulirang Angel” (1958) with Amalia Fuentes, Susan Roces, Barbara Perez, Daisy Romual-dez, Tony Marzan, Tito Galla, Greg Martin, Jose Mari, Tony Cayado and Rosemarie in the title role,

“Anino ni Bathala” (1958) with Ric Rodrigo, Marlene

Dauden, and Eddie Garcia, “Tanikalang Apoy” (1958, with Rita Gomez, Lolita Rodriguez, Van de Leon, Eddie Garcia, Etang Discher, Bella Flores, and Matimtiman Cruz,

“Baby Face” (1959) staring Carmen Rosales, Amalia Fu-entes, and Jose Mari with Meldy Corrales, Nori Dalisay, Lito Legaspi, and Boy Alano,

“Kamandag” (1959) with Jose Padilla, Jr., Fred Montilla, Van de Leon, Tony Marzan, Eddie Garcia, Rita Gomez, Marlene Dauden and Rosa Mia,

“Ipinagbili ko ang Aking

Anak” (1959) with Van de Leon, Amalia Fuentes, Juancho Gutier-rez, Susan Roces, and Romeo Vasquez,

“Isinakdal ko ang Aking Ama” (1960) with Fred Montilla, Ama-lia Fuentes, Romeo Vasquez, Tito Galla, and Liberty Ilagan,

“Lilet” (1972) with Vic Si-layan, Lou Salvador Jr., Tita Mu-noz, and Celia Rodriguez, and

“Huwag Pamarisan” Mister Mo … Lover Boy Ko” (1975) with George Estregan, Anna Gonzales, Eddie Garcia, Vic Silayan, and Elizabeth Oropesa.


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Pornography and especially images depicting children be-ing sexually abused and ex-ploited are available on DVD’s under the tables of most street-side vendors in the Philippines and other Asian countries. The absence of a strong specific law

The Anti Child-Pornography Law that Must be Passed

By: Father Shay Cullen

Spearheaded by the Psychosocial Support and Chil-dren’s Rights Resource Center (PST CRRC) and the BUHAY Party-list, the exhibit launch began with a speech from Buhay Representative Rene Velarde who emphasized that the need to pass the bill is extremely important because “child pornography leaves a very deep scar in the mind and spirit of a child.”

that makes it illegal to make, copy, distribute or possess such materials damages the lives of thousands of children. Such images are evidence of horrific crime against children and that’s why in all civilized countries where the rule of law prevails, child pornography is anathema and violators get lengthy prison sentences. But not yet in the Philippines.

Not only are the children abused in the making of the videos but thousands more in-nocent children are corrupted and led into perverted sexual acts with small children after viewing such materials. What 12 year-old Jopin did to a six year old, who can’t be named, is extremely shocking. He learned what sex acts to do from a pornographic video that was left in the video machine by a visiting relative. Jopin se-

cretly viewed the pornographic video and soon after he tried out the perverse acts on a six year old. It had tragic conse-quences for the child victim and Jopin.

Child pornography has spread across the world through the

internet and so as the advertising and promo-tion of child trafficking and sexual exploitation. Every time children and minors are used in the making of the perverse vid-eos, they are violated and damaged.

The rev-elation on YouTube and copied to dvd’s and cell

phones of a sexually explicit video of an actress and a doctor performing before the camera with mutual consent caused public debate in the Philip-pine these past weeks and was subject to a Senate Hearing. Many Congress people and civic leaders expressed disgust, shock and even outrage. Much of it is pure hypocrisy consid-ering that there is a thriving child sex-trade in the Philip-pines with alleged official approval. However with child pornography, things could change soon.

In the Senate, Senate Bill No. 2317 entitled “An Act Prohibit-ing Child Pornography, Impos-ing Penalties for the Commis-sion Thereof and for Other Purposes” passed the Third and Final Reading last November 24, 2008. All Senators unani-mously voted for the approval.

Two days after, the Bill was forwarded to the lower house requesting for concurrence. In the House of Representatives, House Bill No.684 entitled “An Act Defining the Crime of Child Pornography, Impos-ing Penalties Thereof, and for Other Purposes” has passed First Reading and has been forwarded to the Committee on Justice, Committee on the Wel-fare of Children and Committee on Appropriations for review and amendment. Once the lower house version has passed Second and Third Reading, a bi-cameral session will be held to come-up with a consolidated version of the Senate Bill and House Bill.

That’s why it is of utmost importance for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to certify as urgent this important bill. The protection of vulnerable chil-dren is of the highest national importance and the presidential certification of the bill as urgent will guarantee its swift pass-ing, that will be a crowning achievement. So readers of this column are asked to write to the president at Malacanang Palace, Manila and encourage her to make it so.

The internet is the interna-tional channel for the prolif-eration of child pornography. Thousands have been arrested worldwide for downloading the illegal images but the server corporations make billions of dollars out of facilitating the evil trade, that’s the one reason they do not want to install anti-child porn filters and set-up an independent monitoring group that finds the source and either blocks the offending website or helps police identify the offend-ers. If all the server corpora-tions agree to do it then no one would have advantage over the other. But they can’t agree. The new law must make blocking mandatory for all, voluntary self-regulation should never be a substitute for the law. So let’s write letters and send e-mails, WE NEED THAT LAW CER-TIFIED AS URGENT! It will save children from abuse and will help us rescue and give them a new start in life.


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“The spiritual and intellectual qualities of American life are seri-ously degraded, and the soul of our nation is in jeopardy.”

“There’s a war on morality.” The Good News magazine proclaimed in one of its recent issues, and what it said is a must-read!

The editorial, written by Clyde Kilough, began this way: “Hav-ing served as a ‘medic’ of some sorts on the battlefield of war for more than 30 years, I have a lot of stories to tell. Mine are not about flesh wounds or people dying from gunshots. Rather, I have been involved in trying to help many emotional and spiritual ca-sualties of a nasty civil war. This war isn’t over. It is still raging, leaving no one untouched. Yet its subtlety blinds many to its dev-astating impact! This incessant conflict is the war on morality.”

Kilough pointed out that our survival is at stake. He said that the seeds of change has been sown and has taken root. That seed is called “the new morality” and when it was introduced into our moral culture, no one knew or could comprehend how that social upheaval would forever change our world.

This war on morality is dis-cussed more fully in the cover feature, which is the lead article entitled “Redefining Morality: Why a Torrent of Trouble Threat-ens to Engulf Us” by John Ross Schroeder.

Schroeder wrote that this war has pitted moral revolutionists against traditionalists in a philo-sophical clash over ethics, prin-ciples and standards. It has not been confined to mere intellectual debate, however. The philoso-phies morphed into practices, and when social rebellion exploded in the ‘69s, the battle heated up.

The Downward Spiral of America’s Spiritual Values

“Today the major English-speaking nations watch as a storm of problems draws even nearer, a storm created by hostile forces that blurred and weakened their sense of morality”, Schroeder went on.

I’m sure that all Christians are watching with growing concern as the problems on this war on mo-rality engulf us. Everyone is af-fected and impacted by it, because it is threatening to be a continuing battle. All indications point out that those who have upheld time-honored Biblically- based values, are on the losing side. The other side seems to be gaining ground! And that is a cause to worry.

We are no longer looking at a rosy future, but a future cov-ered by the dark clouds of an impending storm. What’s more, it looks like the storm has hit! And bringing with it unwanted conse-quences.

Schroeder in his article asked some very important and rel-evant questions: “If young and middle-aged Americans were to ask the country’s ‘greatest genera-tion of World War II’ what they thought of our current cultural behavior, what would the answer be? Would they be full of praise for our national conduct? Are they pleased with what passes for entertainment on television during the evening? Would they not think that what’s really wrong with the nation is its steep moral decline over the last century?”

These are profound questions that all of us need to think about. And find the answers to!

The article goes on to discuss the downward spiral of American television programming. The sitcoms of the 1950’s like Ozzie and Harriet, Father Knows Best, I Married Joan, and My Little Margie weren’t immoral or sug-

gestive, he said. They were just relatively harmless entertainment about family life, and they always had a good ending.

Then in the late ‘70s and the ‘80s, soap operas came into being and proved to be highly profit-able with vast audience appeal. These programs, like Dallas and Dynasty for example, depicted the upside-down lives of greedy, power-hungry top business executives who broke every rule of family life. The parents had children who are so maladjusted and dysfunctional that they have to be bailed out regularly from every crisis situation.

These programs and their spin-offs proved too tame for jaded audiences who demanded even more salaciousness. In the decades that followed, producers gave them what they wanted: Sex in the City, Desperate House-wives, and The Jerry Springer Show.” The saucy, sexed-up dramas offered today have hit new lows.

It’s not television alone that is offering morally corrupt pro-grams, Schroeder’s article ex-plained. Magazines, tabloids, and movies followed the same sad path. In the 50’s, men’s maga-zines like True and Argosy offered fairly wholesome and enjoyable reading. The emergence of Play-boy and other similar titles with their explicit content eventually caused these adventure magazines to disappear from the shelves.

Then the movies followed. First, the mainstream movies showed female nudity, then after that everything went downhill. A lot of movies became so sexual, violent or profane that they have been rated R, meaning that children under 17 would not be allowed to view them without a parent.

And it’s not just in entertain-ment alone that the downward spiral of morality can be seen. With some notable exceptions, national leadership in all three branches of our government gen-erally reflected the sliding moral standards of the people. Con-sider, for example, the Supreme Court decisions.

Roe v. Wade (1973) set aside the states’ constitutional right to protect innocent, not-yet-born human life, striking down their laws. Abortion became just an-other method of birth control, and since then 50-million lives have been snuffed out.

Other court decisions ordered

God, the Bible and the Ten Com-mandments out of our public schools and court systems. State laws forbidding homosexual behavior were struck down. Long-held traditional values were summarily cast aside by a genera-tion that thought very differently from its progenitors.

Even here in San Diego, there was a long battle over the Mt. Soledad Cross, which the atheists wanted removed. It only ended when the land where the cross was located became a federal domain.

Schroeder summed up his article

thus: “America is now fighting a crucial civil war over moral values within it own borders. Put another way, a culture virtually devoid of adherence to biblical standards, and often openly hos-tile to them, is rapidly growing right inside its own geographical borders. This is the most basic manifestation of the country’s internal strife. In that sense the nation is presently deciding its own destiny.”

Whatever road our nation takes, we can personally swim against the stream and begin to change

what’s happening right now. Could we do that? How could we turn things around? Where do we start?

The answers are in the Bible. “God is our refuge and our strength, an ever present help in times of trouble.” (Psalm 46:1) “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all ways ac-knowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.” (Proverbs 3:5-6) “I am the Lord, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?”(Jeremiah 32:27)

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A county traffic policeman recently stopped a woman for exceeding the posted speed limit. He asked the driver for her name.

She said, “I’m Mrs. Ladislav Abdulkhashim Zybkcicraznovs-kaya from the Republic of Uzbekistan, visiting my daughter at Columbia.”

The cop put away his summons book and pen and said, “Well... OK...but don’t let me catch you speeding again.”

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A Florida officer pulled over an eighty-year-old teacher because her hand signals were confusing.

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(Generally, people think eating fruits means just buying fruits, cutting it and just popping it into our mouths. It’s not as easy as you think. It’s important to know how and when to eat. Please read this carefully… it may change your lifestyle.)

What is the correct way of

eating fruits?

According to experts, fruits should be eaten on an empty stomach. If you eat fruit like what the study says, it will play a major role to detoxify your sys-tem, supplying you with a great deal of energy for weight loss and other life activities.

Let’s say you eat two slices of bread and then a slice of fruit. The slice of fruit is ready to go straight through the stomach into the intestines, but it is prevented from doing so.

In the meantime the whole meal rots and ferments and turns to acid. The minute the fruit comes into contact with the food in the stomach and digestive juices, the entire mass of food begins to spoil.

So please eat your fruits on an empty stomach or before your meals! You have heard people complaining - every time I eat watermelon I burp, when I eat durian my stomach bloats up, when I eat a banana I feel like running to the toilet etc. - actual-ly all this will not arise if you eat the fruit on an empty stomach. The fruit mixes with the putrefy-ing other food and produces gas and hence you will bloat!

Graying hair, balding, nervous outburst, and dark circles under the eyes all these will not happen if you take fruits on an empty

Talk healthy…Be happy!!!stomach.

There is no such thing as some fruits, like orange and lemon are acidic, because all fruits become alkaline in our body, according to Dr. Herbert Shelton who did research on this matter. If you have mastered the correct way of eating fruits, you have the secret of beauty, longevity, health, energy, happiness and normal weight.

When you need to drink fruit juice - drink only fresh fruit juice, NOT from the cans. Don’t even drink juice that has been heated up. Don’t eat cooked fruits because you don’t get the nutrients at all. You only get to taste. Cooking destroys all the vitamins.

But eating a whole fruit is better than drinking the juice. If you should drink the juice, drink it mouthful by mouthful slowly, because you must let it mix with your saliva before swallowing it. You can go on a 3-day fruit fast to cleanse your body. Just eat fruits and drink fruit juice throughout the 3 days and you will be surprised when your friends tell you how radiant you look!

KIWI: Tiny but mighty. This is a good source of potassium, magnesium, vitamin E & fiber. Its vitamin C content is twice that of an orange.

APPLE: An apple a day keeps the doctor away? Although an apple has a low vitamin C content, it has antioxidants & flavonoids which enhances the activity of vitamin C thereby helping to lower the risks of co-lon cancer, heart attack & stroke.

STRAWBERRY: Protective Fruit. Strawberries have the highest total antioxidant power

among major fruits & protect the body from cancer-causing, blood vessel-clogging free radicals.

ORANGE: Sweetest medi-cine. Taking 2-4 oranges a day may help keep colds away, lower cholesterol, prevent & dissolve kidney stones as well as lessens the risk of colon cancer.

WATERMELON: Coolest thirst quencher. Composed of 92% water, it is also packed with a giant dose of glutathione, which helps boost our immune system. They are also a key source of lycopene - the cancer fighting oxidant. Other nutrients found in watermelon are vitamin C & Potassium.

GUAVA & PAPAYA: Top awards for vitamin C. They are the clear winners for their high vitamin C content. Guava is also rich in fiber, which helps prevent constipation. Papaya is rich in carotene; this is good for your eyes.

Please take note: Drink-ing Cold Water after a meal = Cancer! Can you believe this? For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you. It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. How-ever, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion. Once this ‘sludge’ reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the in-testine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine. Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup, warm water or a warm beer after a meal.

A serious note about heart at-tacks: HEART ATTACK PRO-CEDURE’: (THIS IS NOT A JOKE!) Women should know that not every heart attack symp-tom is going to be the left arm hurting. Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line.. You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack. Nau-sea and intense sweating are also common symptoms. Sixty per-cent of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up. Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let’s be careful and be aware. The more we know the better chance we could survive...

Pinoys in Northern California had a taste of a Kapuso fiesta as GMA Pinoy TV and GMA

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Life TV, the international chan-nels of the leading network in the Philippines, went full-blast

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The recent “Sea-food City Goes KAPUSO in June” brought the excite-ment and fun of to-pnotch local shows from the Philippines closer to Pinoys in the U.S. through the 14 outlets of Sea-food City – widely regarded as the center of all things Pinoy in the West Coast.

“Miss na miss namin ang mga Pilipino’ng ar-

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Brown is demanding millions in civil penalties, restitution for victims and permanent injunc-tions to keep the companies and defendants from offering mort-gage-relief services.

“The loan modification indus-try is teeming with confidence men and charlatans, who rip off desperate homeowners facing foreclosure,” Brown said. “De-spite firm promises and money-back guarantees, these scam artists pocketed thousands of dol-lars from each victim and didn’t provide an ounce of relief.”

Brown filed five lawsuits as part of “Operation Loan Lies,” a nationwide sweep of sham loan modification consultants, which he conducted with the Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. Attorney’s office and 22 other federal and state agencies. In total, 189 suits and orders to stop doing business were filed across the country.

Following the housing collapse, hundreds of loan modification and foreclosure-prevention com-panies have cropped up, charging thousands of dollars in upfront fees and claiming that they can reduce mortgage payments. Yet, loan modifications are rarely, if ever, obtained. Less than 1 per-cent of homeowners nationwide have received principal reduc-tions of any kind.

Brown has been leading the fight against fraudulent loan modification companies. He has sought court orders to shut down several companies including First Gov and Foreclosure Freedom and has brought criminal charges and obtained lengthy prison sen-tences for deceptive loan modifi-cation consultants.

Brown’s office filed the follow-ing lawsuits in Orange County and U.S. District Court for the Central District (Los Angeles):

- U.S. Homeowners Assistance, based in Irvine;

Brown Sues 21 Individuals and 14 Companies Who Ripped Off Homeowners Desperate for Mortgage Relief

- U.S. Foreclosure Relief Corp and its legal affiliate Adrian Pomery, based in the City of Orange;

- Home Relief Services, LLC, with offices in Irvine, Newport Beach and Anaheim, and its legal affiliate, the Diener Law Firm;

- RMR Group Loss Mitiga-tion, LLC and its legal affiliates Shippey & Associates and Arthur Aldridge. RMR Group has of-fices in Newport Beach, City of Orange, Huntington Beach, Corona, and Fresno;

- and - United First, Inc, and its law-

yer affiliate Mitchell Roth, based in Los Angeles.

U.S. Homeowners Assistance

Brown on Monday sued U.S. Homeowners Assistance, and its executives -- Hakimullah “Sean” Sarpas and Zulmai Nazarzai -- for bilking dozens of homeown-ers out of thousands of dollars each.

U.S. Homeowners Assistance claimed to be a government agency with a 98 percent suc-cess rate in aiding homeowners. In reality, the company was not a government agency and was never certified as an approved housing counselor by the U.S. Department of Housing and Ur-ban Development. None of U.S. Homeowners Assistance’s known victims received loan modifica-tions despite paying upfront fees ranging from $1,200 to $3,500.

For example, in January 2008, one victim received a letter from her lender indicating that her monthly mortgage payment would increase from $2,300 to $3,500. Days later, she received an unsolicited phone call from U.S. Homeowners Assistance promising a 40 percent reduction in principal and a $2,000 reduc-tion in her monthly payment. She paid $3500 upfront for U.S. Ho-meowners Assistance’s services.

At the end of April 2008, her lender informed her that her loan modification request had been denied and sent her the documents that U.S. Homeown-ers Assistance had filed on her behalf. After reviewing those documents, she discovered that U.S. Homeowners Assistance had

forged her signature and falsified her financial information - includ-ing fabricating a lease agreement with a fictitious tenant.

When she confronted U.S. Homeowners Assistance, she was immediately disconnected and has not been able to reach the company.

Brown’s suit contends that U.S. Homeowners Assistance violated:

- California Business and Professions Code section 17500 by falsely stating they were a government agency and mislead-ing homeowners by claiming a 98 percent success rate in obtaining loan modifications;

- California Business and Pro-fessions Code section 17200 by failing to perform services made in exchange for upfront fees;

- California Civil Code section 2945.4 for unlawfully collecting upfront fees for loan modification services;

- California Civil Code section 2945.45 for failing to register with the California Attorney General’s Office as foreclosure consultants; and

- California Penal Code section 487 for grand theft.

Brown is seeking $7.5 million in civil penalties, full restitution for victims, and a permanent injunction to keep the company and the defendants from offering foreclosure consultant services.

US Homeowners Assistance also did business as Statewide Financial Group, Inc., We Beat All Rates, and US Homeowners Preservation Center.

US Foreclosure Relief Corpora-tion

Brown last week sued US Fore-closure Relief Corporation, H.E. Service Company, their execu-tives -- George Escalante and Cesar Lopez -- as well as their legal affiliate Adrian Pomery for running a scam promising homeowners reductions in their principal and interest rates as low as 4 percent. Brown was joined in this suit by the Federal Trade Commission and the State of Missouri.

Using aggressive telemarketing tactics, the defendants solic-ited desperate homeowners and charged an upfront fee ranging

from $1,800 to $2,800 for loan modification services. During one nine-month period alone, con-sumers paid defendants in excess of $4.4 million. Yet, in most in-stances, defendants failed to pro-vide the mortgage-relief services. Once consumers paid the fee, the defendants avoided responding to consumers’ inquiries.

In response to a large number of consumer complaints, several government agencies directed the defendants to stop their illegal practices. Instead, they changed their business name and contin-ued their operations - using six different business aliases in the past eight months alone.

Brown’s lawsuit alleges the companies and individuals vio-lated:

- The National Do Not Call Registry, 16 C.F.R. section 310.4 and California Business and Professions Code section 17200 by telemarketing their services to persons on the registry;

- The National Do Not Call Registry, 16 C.F.R. section 310.8 and California Business and Professions Code section 17200 by telemarketing their services without paying the mandatory annual fee for access to telephone numbers within the area codes included in the registry;

- California Civil Code sec-tion 2945 et seq. and California Business and Professions Code section 17200 by demanding and collecting up-front fees prior to performing any services, fail-ing to include statutory notices in their contracts, and failing to comply with other requirements imposed on mortgage foreclosure consultants;

- California Business and Professions Code sections 17200 and 17500 by representing that they would obtain home loan modifications for consumers but failing to do so in most instances; by representing that consumers must make further payments even though they had not performed any of the promised services; by representing that they have a high success rate and that they can obtain loan modification within no more than 60 days when in fact these representations were false; and by directing consumers to avoid contact with their lenders and to stop making loan payments causing some lenders to initiate foreclosure proceedings and caus-ing damage to consumers’ credit records.

Victims of this scam include a father of four battling cancer, a small business owner, an elderly disabled couple, a sheriff whose income dropped due to city bud-get cuts and an Iraq-war veteran. None of these victims received the loan modification promised.

Brown is seeking unspecified civil penalties, full restitution for

victims, and a permanent injunc-tion to keep the company and the defendants from offering foreclo-sure consultant services.

The defendants also did busi-ness under other names including Lighthouse Services and Califor-nia Foreclosure Specialists.

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BENTONVILLE, Ark. (July 14, 2009) – In February, a letter from a 14-year-old girl to her congressman resulted in recogni-tion from President Obama and a beautifully re-supplied classroom for eighth-grader Ty’Sheoma Bethea and her classmates. Wal-mart was watching. Today, the retailer is inviting teachers, par-ents and students to write their own letters for a shot at having their classrooms re-supplied this coming school year.

The “Write to Change the Classroom” program will award 20 teachers with $4,000 in class-room school supplies to help make a difference in students’ lives and further a cause that be-gan with one courageous letter.

The “Write to Change the Classroom” program is a natural extension of the efforts ex-pressed by Ty’Sheoma Bethea of J.V. Martin Junior High School in South Carolina. With a carefully crafted letter and a lot of determination, her voice was heard as she detailed the dilapidated state of her school’s current learning conditions. As a result, a movement began, a student’s life was changed and a community was united.

“We were inspired by the impact of Miss Bethea’s let-ter to Congress and wanted to do something that showed our support and appreciation for all the great work teachers

Walmart Encourages Teachers, Parents and Students to Submit Stories of Supply Needs

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are already doing,” said Janet Bareis, Walmart vice president of marketing. “Walmart has long supported teachers and schools. Our goal with this program is to equip students with the neces-sary tools and resources to help them learn.”

Entrants can submit their 500-words-or-less letter in Eng-lish at www.writetochangeth-eclassroom.com outlining their school supply needs (e.g. basic educational materials, classroom furniture, technology, etc.) and explaining how these materi-als will be used throughout the school year. Supply needs might include everything from new computers, to replacing aging, broken or depleted classroom supplies. All entrants must be at least 18 years of age. Any state-accredited elementary (K-6), junior high (7-8) and senior high (9-12) and traditional school is eligible to receive the supplies. The call for entries period will run from July 14 through July 24, 2009.

Selected fi nalists will receive $4,000-worth of school supplies to their designated classroom and an additional $4,000 toward supplies for their entire school. Essays will be judged on level of need, creativity and the positive impact these supplies will have on the school.

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Pala, Calif. – Pala Casino Spa & Resort, located in Northern San Diego County, will host comedian Daniel Tosh and Mexican singer/songwriter Ana Gabriel this Septem-ber.

Stand-up comedian and host of the new Comedy Central show, “Tosh.”

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PMStarlight TheaterTickets: $85 / $75 / $65

Tickets on sale Friday, July 17 at 10:00 AM through Star Tickets at www.startickets.com or charge by phone by calling 1-800-585-3737 Monday – Saturday between 5:00 AM and 9:00 PM PST and Sunday between 9:00 AM and 6:00 PM PST. Tickets are also available at the Pala Privileges Booth with no service charges. Call 1-877-WIN-PALA for more information.

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Michael McDonald & Boz Scaggs: July 12 at 6:00 PM

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PNS -- JAKE Cuenca says Melissa Ricks is just a close friend and it’s not true that he’s courting her. “I’m not ready to get into another relationship again,” he says. “Pi-nipigilan ko muna ang sarili ko to love again kasi may mga bagay pa akong dapat ayusin sa sarili ko after my past relationships. Hindi pa ako handa. Anyway, 21 pa lang naman ako and I enjoy being single. I think marami pa akong time in the world to engage in another relationship. Meantime, I’m just happy to be given good projects like ‘Tayong Dalawa’ na marami namang nakapansin sa acting ko.”

But if ever he’d be ready to woo someone again, would it be Melissa? “We don’t know. But anyone can fall for her kasi maganda na siya, mahusay pang umarte at masayang kasama at kausap. Sabi, kailangan daw munang humingi ng permiso sa parents niya bago siya ligawan. I’ve met them and they’re very

Nothing romantic between Jake, Melissa

nice to me, but as of now, wala talaga akong balak ligawan ang kahit sino so wala rin akong balak to ask for her parents’ per-mission. Kasi if I’d do that, ibig sabihin, serious and ready na ako to get into a new relationship, which I’m not. I’m just too busy with work now.”

He’s paired with Cristine Reyes in his new soap, the afternoon offering in ABS-CBN’s H apon-tastic, “Precious Hearts Ro-mance Presents Bud Brothers.” He appears in the fi rst episode, “Stupid Cupid,” directed by Jerry Sineneng. Cristine plays a single mom who stays temporar-ily in a home she doesn’t know is owned by Jake. At fi rst, they fi ght a lot but eventually end up in each other’s arms. How’s it acting with Cristine?

“Mahusay siya, impressed ako. Very intense as an actress and I enjoyed working with her. She’s very cooperative even in the love scenes we did. Masarap katra-baho.”

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Hello Fred ang bati, nito pong si SarahKay tagal din yatang, di tayo nagkiaMedyo nag-selos na, ito ngang asawaDi nag-pahalata, a nag-timpi baga.

Ngunit pag-sapit nga, duon po sa kuartoItong bunganga ay, umpisa nang hustoIyong babaeng ‘yon, ipaliwanag moBakit tanong sa’yo, masama ang tono.

Ipaliwanag mo, sya ngayon sa akinBakit gayon na lang, ang tingin sa atinAng buhok po ng Fred, ay halos labnutinAng Alfredo’y walang, malay na sabihin.

Lubayan mo ako, sigaw nya ka NinaLiwanag nya sa’yo, liit ng problemaAng malaking “Guerra”, kung papano kitaIpaliliwanag, sa “tigreng” si Sarah.

Pinoy na kumain kaya nagustu-han din nila ito. At nandun pa yung added factor na naiintriga ang viewers kung kanino ba talaga mapupunta si Jillian, kay Diether Ocampo o kay Sam Milby? But I’m proud of ‘Lobo’. Ayan nga nanalo pa ng best drama award sa Banff World TV Festival in Canada.”

How’s Diet after he collapsed in L.A.? “I was told nakau wi na siya rito. I got really worried when I found out what happened to him. It was Sam who texted me about it.”

Angel has royal blood


Is her boyfriend Luis Manzano the “Only You” in her life? “Sa ngayon, siya ang one and only ko. Okay kami, wala kaming pinag-aawayan kasi napakabait niyang tao.”

Since she was able to advance several episodes of “Only You,” what did she do when Sam and Diet were in the U.S.? “I went to Mindanao with some friends and we visited an evacuation center in Lanao. Doon ko nakita ang sitwasyon ng innocent civil-ians affected by the war there. It’s an eye-opener for me and I really wish makatulong ako roon. Kawawa sila talaga. In war, there are no winners, except siguro yung mga politikong

nakikinabang doon. I’m thinking of something para personal ko silang matulungan.”

Jobert Sucaldito revealed that Angel has a grandfather who was once a sultan, but she won’t elaborate on this. Does she have any regrets about moving to ABS? “None. When I moved here, I said paninindigan ko ang decision and I’m thankful that inaalagaan talaga ako ng ABS and Star Cinema with good projects. Learning experience for me ang ginawa ko at mas lumakas ang loob ko. I think, in the process, nakuha ko ang respeto ng tao kaya wala akong pinagsisisihan.”

Filipino residents of San Diego County, including those with dual U.S. and Philippine citizenship, will have a last chance to register for free as Overseas Absentee Vot-ers (OAV’s) when the Philippine Consulate General in Los Angeles conducts its Consular Outreach Program on Saturday, August 29, 2009, from 9:00 am until 4:00 pm at the Holiday Inn (Coronado Room), 700 National City Blvd., National City, CA 91950.

Usually held on the first Satur-day of each month, the Consular Outreach schedule for San Diego was moved to August 29 because of staffing requirements for the out-reach programs in Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, and Texas, which are all within the Los Angeles Consul-ate General’s area of responsibility.

The Consular staff will process applications for Philippine passports ($50), retention and re-acquisition of Philippine citizenship ($50), Overseas Absentee Voting (OAV) registration (FREE), and notari-zation of documents. Personal appearance is required for all applicants.

Because the deadline for OAV registration is August 31, 2009, the August 29 Consular Outreach in San Diego could be your last chance to register for free as an Overseas Absentee Voter (OAV). Registered OAV’s, will be able to cast absentee ballots to vote in the May 10, 2010, Philippine National elections for president, vice-president, senators, and party list representatives. If the bulk of the almost 4 million Filipi-no-Americans in the U.S. register and vote as OAV’s, we are in a posi-tion to have our voices heard back home. Filipino-American OAV’s could become a potent voting bloc in the 2010 elections, making a major difference on who is elected in the Philippines!

Application forms and other details and requirements for these

Consular Outreach on August 29 is also last chance to register as

overseas absentee voter.services can be viewed and down-loaded from the Consulate’s website at www.philippineconsulatela.org.

Appointments for any of these services may be set up either through fax (213) 639-0990 or through email at [email protected]. Although walk-in applicants may be entertained, priority will be given to those with confirmed appointments with the Consulate, as posted in their website.

The Consulate General is collabo-rating with the Council of Philip-pine American Organizations of San Diego County (COPAO) for this event. COPAO’s facilitation of the consular service is being sponsored by Western Union money transfer services, which will have represen-tatives available at the Holiday Inn.

For general information, inter-ested parties should contact the Consulate (Tel: 1-213-637-3011 or e-mail: [email protected]) or COPAO (Tel: 619-477-4099 and 619-850-0825 or e-mail: [email protected]).

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