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03 04Rains lash disaster-

weary Philippines

as typhoon nears

Page 02Filipino Cultural Club organizes zumba, aerobics

PSME celebrate

3rd year end general

membership meeting

MANILA: Hundreds of residents take shelter inside the provincial capitol ofSurigao city close to central Philippines on Friday, in anticipation of typhoonHagupit which is expected to hit land yesterday afternoon. A wide swath of thePhilippines, including the capital Manila, braced Friday for a dangerously erraticand powerful typhoon approaching from the Pacific, about a year after the coun-try was lashed by Typhoon Haiyan that left more than 7,300 people dead. (Inset) Asatellite image of Typhoon Hagupit in the Western Pacific Ocean. —AP

MANILA: Haunted by Typhoon Haiyan’s massive devastation lastyear, more than 600,000 people fled Philippine villages and themilitary went on full alert yesterday to brace for a powerful stormonly hours away from the country’s eastern coast.

Typhoon Hagupit - Filipino for “smash” or “lash” - was expectedto slam into the central Philippines Sunday morning and hammerparts of a region where Haiyan’s tsunami-like storm surges andferocious winds left more than 7,300 people dead and missing inNovember last year. The typhoon slightly weakened Saturday butremained dangerously powerful and erratic. “We’re on red alert sothe entire Armed Forces is being mobilized for this typhoon,” Gen.Gregorio Pio Catapang, head of the 120,000-strong military, told anews conference after discussing last-minute preparations.

Army troops deployed to supermarkets and major roads inprovinces in the typhoon’s path to prevent looting and chaos andclear debris, all of which slowed the government’s response last

year, Catapang said. Although it’s unlikely to reach Haiyan’sunprecedented strength, forecasters said Hagupit’s maximumsustained winds of 185 kilometer (115 miles) per hour and gustsof 220 kph (137 mph) were strong enough to set off deadly stormsurges and landslides and cause heavy damage to communitiesand agriculture.

In central Tacloban city, where Haiyan’s storm surges killedthousands and leveled villages, news of the approaching typhoonrekindled painful memories among survivors. Many readily fled tostorm shelters, a sports stadium and churches even beforeauthorities urged them to evacuate. “I’m scared,” said Haiyan sur-vivor Jojo Moro. “I’m praying to God not to let another disasterstrike us again. We haven’t recovered from the first.”

The 42-year-old businessman, who lost his wife, daughter andmother last year in Tacloban, said he stocked up on sardines,instant noodles, eggs and water.—AP

.6mln Filipinos flee as typhoon blows near

Red carpet lanes sa OFWs

ngayong holiday season

MANILA: Kung dati-rati ay pahirapan sa pagpila sa airport anginaabot ng mga umuuwing overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) nanagpa-Pasko sa bansa ay gusto itong maiba ng isang mambabatasbilang pagtanaw ng utang na loob sa mga kababayang nagigingkaagapay ng gobyerno para tumatag ang ekonomiya dahil sa bily-ong remittances na ipinapadala ng mga ito sa kanilang mga mahalsa buhay. Ang espesyal na pagtrato sa mga uuwing OFWs ay hinir-it ni Buhay Rep. Lito Atienza sa pamamagitan ng inihain nitongHouse Resolution No. 1735.

“Kailangan mabigyan ng wastong pagpapahalaga at pagpa-pasalamat ang mga kababayan nating patuloy na nagsasakrip-isyo sa pagtatrabaho sa ibang bansa upang mabigyan ngmaayos na buhay ang kanilang pamilya. Ang $30 bilyon napinapadala nila taun-taon ay siyang isa sa pinakamalakingambag na patuloy na bumubuhay sa ating ekonomiya,”pahayag ni Rep. Atienza. — Abante

Swiss man kidnapped in 2012

rescued in Philippines: military

MANILA: A Swiss man kidnapped by Islamic militants in thesouthern Philippines nearly three years ago was rescued yester-day as soldiers attacked his abductors in a remote jungle, themilitary said. Lorenzo Vinciguerra ran away from the Abu Sayyafgunmen during the clash on the southern island of Jolo, andwas picked up by the troops, national military spokesmanColonel Restituto Padilla told AFP.

“He found an opportunity to escape because of the runninggunbattle with our troops,” Padilla said.

However a Dutch man who was abducted with Vinciguerra,Ewold Horn, had been unable to run away and was believed tostill be held captive, according to local military commanderColonel Alan Arrojado.

Arrojado said his troops, acting on a tip, had tracked the AbuSayyaf gunmen in thick jungle near Patikul, a town on Jolo thatis a known stronghold of the Abu Sayyaf.

“It was in the jungle, in the darkness. I sent a message to theScout Rangers that they should not shoot randomly. Sureenough, we encountered them,” Arrojado told AFP.

Arrojado said Vinciguerra told the military later that Hornhad been unable to run due to a back injury.

He said his troops were still combing the area, a lawlessregion nearly 1,000 kilometres south of the capital of Manila, inhopes of finding the group holding Horn.—AFP

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Filipino Cultural

Club organizes

zumba, aerobics

KUWAIT: Filipino aerobics’ instructors from different fitnessgyms in Kuwait organized an event under the Filipino CulturalClub (FCC) recently to challenge everyone to work out and makereal exercise a lifestyle. All nationalities are welcome by thegroup headed by Marlyn, Eric and Bong Pagutayao. Activitiesinclude zumba-dance, aerobics, martial arts and many more.

KUWAIT: Western Union sponsored a welcom-ing ceremony for the recent visit of HerExcellency Philippine Labor and EmploymentSecretary Rosalinda Baldoz to Kuwait, tossed by

the Leaders and Members of Fil ipinoCommunity Organizations in Kuwait at QadsiyaGym. Thank you Western Union from theFilipinos in Kuwait!

Western Union sponsors Qadsiya Gym event

LBC, also sponsored the Filipino Grand Fiesta last Friday, organized by the Alliance ofFilipino Organizations in Kuwait. Thank you LBC!

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TACLOBAN: Heavy rain and strong winds began to hit the easternPhilippines yesterday ahead of a giant storm threatening moredevastation to areas yet to recover from a super typhoon thatkilled thousands. Typhoon Hagupit was moving slowly in thePacific Ocean towards the disaster-plagued Southeast Asiannation and is expected to make landfall before dawn on Sunday,forecasters said.

More than 600,000 people in coastal areas were in evacuationcentres according to the government, and many others wereexpected to pour in throughout Saturday amid warnings of house-destroying winds, giant storm surges and landslides.

Hagupit was forecast to hit remote fishing communities on thefar eastern island of Samar first, then cut across mostly poor farm-

ing central regions, and possibly the densely populated capital ofManila. Many communities in the central Philippines are still bat-tling to recover from Super Typhoon Haiyan, the most powerfulstorm ever recorded on land, which left more than 7,350 peopledead or missing in November last year. In Tacloban, one of thecities worst-hit by Haiyan’s monster winds and tsunami-like stormsurges, thousands of people on Saturday crammed into schools,churches and other evacuation centres.

Fear“We are afraid. People are panicking,” Alma Gaut, 36, whose

house was destroyed and mother died during Haiyan, told AFPas she huddled in the second floor of a university with morethan 1,000 other people. “All we have is a tattered, plastic sheetto sleep on. My grandmother is already feeling the cold.”

Outside, the town appeared almost deserted as rain beganto fall and trees bent with the wind in what residents fearedwas an ominous prelude to another bout of ferocious weather.

In Catbalogan, the capital of neighbouring Samar islandforecast to be the first place hit by the storm, authorities werepreparing for water surges more than one storey high.

More than 10,000 people had been ordered into safe build-ings, according to mayor Stephany Uy-Tan.

“We don’t want people to panic but I ordered forced evacua-tions so they would be safe,” the mayor told AFP by phone.

“There are always some people who say the wind is not yetthat strong, that there is still no rain... we just have to explainthat there is a huge possibility of a storm surge.”

In the eastern region of Bicol alone, authorities said theywere aiming for 2.5 million people — half the local population— to be in evacuation centres by Saturday night. Hagupit wason Saturday morning about 180 kilometres (110 miles) east ofSamar island, according to local weather agency Pagasa.

Its rains and winds could impact 50 million people, or halfthe nation’s population, Social Welfare Secretary CorazonSoliman told AFP. The typhoon was generating sustained windsof 185 kilometres an hour and gusts of 220 kilometres an hourwhich, if maintained at landfall, would make it the strongest tohit the Philippines this year.

The previous strongest storm this year was Rammasun,which killed more than 100 people when it cut across Manilaand other parts of the main island of Luzon in July. ThePhilippines endures about 20 major storms a year which, alongwith regular earthquakes and volcano eruptions, make it one ofthe world’s most disaster-plagued countries.

The storms regularly claim many lives but they are becomingmore violent and unpredictable because of climate change,according to the United Nations and many scientists. And in theprevious two years, there were consecutive December stormsthat together claimed more than 3,000 lives.—AFP

MANILA: Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, right, and Executive SecretaryPaquito Ochoa watch the presentation of officials of the National Disaster RiskReduction & Management Council as they prepare for Typhoon Hagupit in sub-urban Quezon city.

LEGAZPI: Residents are evacuated to a safer place in Legazpi City, Albay province, southeast of Manila yes-terday ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Hagupit. Heavy rain and strong winds began to hit the easternPhilippines on December 6 ahead of a giant storm threatening more devastation to areas yet to recoverfrom a super typhoon that killed thousands. —AFP

Rains lash disaster-weary Philippines as typhoon nears

MANILA: Workers remove the tarpaulin posters on the forth-coming visit of Pope Francis to the Philippines yesterday atsuburban Quezon city northeast of Manila, Philippines inanticipation of Typhoon Hagupit which is expected to hit landearly morning today.

MANILA: A coastal village of Tanauan township, Leyte province in central Philippines, shows abandoned houses as residentstake shelter at evacuation centers on Friday in anticipation of typhoon Hagupit .

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KUWAIT: The Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineers cele-brate its 3rd Year End General Membership Meeting lastDecember 5, 2014 at Holiday Inn, Kuwait City.

It was a well attended affair with about 50 Filipino mechanicalEngineers, family and friends, IIEE-Kuwait, Sponsors, and theembassy officials.

The event started by the cutting of Ribbon by Charge d’affairesAtty. Raul H. Dado, LaborAttache’ Atty. Cesar L. Chavez Jr. andPSME VP for International Operation Engr, Carlito L. Alpay.

The event programs included with Sponsors product presenta-tions, Technical Seminars and the oath taking of New membersand the 2015 Board of directors and executive officers . The high-

light of the event was the turn-over ceremony from the incum-bent Chapter President Engr. Francisco L. Olpindo III to PresidentElect Engr. Abdullah S. Guinda and the awarding ceremony ofwhom Engr. Marvin C. Ermac and Engr. Jose Alan P. Maynesreceived the most outstanding chapter members while Engr.Alfred Abram Bayona and Engr. Ryan Alaba receive the most out-standing officers for 2014.

The event major sponsors are; MohamadAbulrahman al bahar(Caterpillar), Salwo Trading Ltd. (Dubai) and Kuwait SteelCompany as Gold Sponsors, while Gulf Energy Company, GulfHydraulics and Kuwait Engineering as Bronze Sponsors of whichthey conduct a product presentations.

PSME celebrate 3rd year end general membership meeting

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2014

Happy Birthday Dianne Jones Villar! Greetings from Mommy and Daddy, friend!Wonderful people are always blessed even if we are not wishing them to be blessed! Youare wonderful Dianne!

Greetings

KUWAIT: OFW Movement (FPJPI ) KuwaitChapter headed by founder Eng Al Dee andPres. Vanessa Galila, recently organized aninduction ceremony for the new set of officersat the Philippine Embassy. Atty. Raul Dado,

Philippine Charge d’ Affairs inducted new offi-cers. Right after the induction ceremony, OFWMovement delivered their promised ‘HandogPamasko’ program, a feeding program for fel-low kababayans at the shelter.

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Dado inducts new OFW Movement officers, Handog Pamasko!

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Tsismis man o totoo, phone call away lang ako

Pinoy Arabia,

isang linggo na!

High-tech na high-tech pa!

Hello mga kababayan...aba, natuwa namanako kahapon, for the first time, naka-greetdin ako at narinig ko ulet ang boses ni Inday

Garu....ehehe...garutay...magagalit si Inday neto saakin...

Una kong nakasama si Inday noong year 2000pa sa Radyo Pinoy, akalain mong after 14 years,nabuhay? Kasama niya ulet ang kanyang mgabarkada noon pa... aba...aba...ganun pa rin ang tawaniya...nakakatuwa.... Huwag kayong makakalimot,tune na agad sa pinakabagong radyo ngbayan....ang Pinoy Arabia....in fairness, very ener-getic ang apat sa radyo huh.... And take note mgakababayan...nasa Marina FM sila! Wow...dina-mareach sila!

Kasama nga pala ni Inday sina Maxxy Santiago,Ben Garcia at Randy Mendoza....Aliw na aliw ako sapakikinig sa kanila! Akalain mong araw araw palasilang mapapakinggan sa radyo via mobile apps,mula Linggo hangang Sabado....kaya sa mga hindipa nakaka-download ng apps nila heto, magigingvery generous ako sa space para sa mga local celeri-ty natin...hehehe...

Eto po ang dapat niyong idownload kung gustoniyo silang mapakinggan araw-araw, as in-everydayfrom 7am-9am... (sa Kuwait Time yan) For iPhoneuser: PH-PinoyArabiaFM (https://appsto.re/kw/8wRb4.i) For other smartphones/Android users:PH-ArabiaFM on Google-Play Store (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details). Syempre kungnandyan kayo sa ibang bansa, puede rin kayongmakinig pero iba timing nyo dyan so, kayo na angmag-time check hehe....Take note...hi-tech na silaahh...nasa mobile apps na sila....very clear ang signalat masaya ang tatlo sa ere...nakakataba ng puso namarinig mo sa radyo ang musika at mga balitanginaabangan ng marami. Mayron ding trivia atmaraming greetings sila! Wow...congratulations sainyong apat!

Noong nakaraang linggo binisita tayo ng Secretary ofLabor ng Pilipinas. Masaya ang naging pag-tanggap sakanya ng mga Pinoy sa Kuwait. Kahit sabihing muli na

namang nahati ang community. Mayroong welcome event saDawliah Complex, habang ang isang grupo ay nasa QadsiyaGym. Hindi naman masama na mayroong ganitong klase o uring community tayo sa Kuwait very dynamic at puno ng makuku-lay na tagpo. Mag-usap lang ng maayos at respeto sa kapwa.Pare-pareho naman tayong gustong mabuhay at pare-parehotayong dayuhan sa bansang ito.

Hindi ko lang gusto ang kasabay na tsismis na narining koright after and during the event. Hindi ko lang alam kungnananadya o gusto lang talagang bumida ng ilang kabayannatin. Ako po ay phone call away lamang alam naman nila yungnumber ko, bakit makikipag-tsismisan pa at sasabihing nakulongako dahil wala raw akong visa. Maano ba namang tawagan akong maayos at maitanong sa akin ang katotohanan. Pati pangalanko, karay-karay at gusto pang pag-piyestahan. Hindi po iyon tsis-mis yung naibalita ko sa inyo kamakailan ukol sa akin. Inilabas koang nangyari sa akin sa dyaryo pa at hindi lang Facebook, ilangaraw pa bago ang event kay Baldoz. Huwag naman sanang mag-palabas pa ng maling version ang ilan ukol doon. Mabait angKuwait Times at hindi kami pinababayaan ukol sa visa!

Muli kong ilalabas ang aking kuwento sa kapakanan ng mgahindi nakabasa. Naisulat ko po ang aking kuwento noong Nov 21sa Friday Times (Kuwait Times) at sa Filipino Panorama noongNov 23. Dalawang beses lumabas....at heto pangatlo na:

•••••••••Buhay mamamahayag sa Kuwait:

Isang oras sa loob ng presintoNoong isang linggo, binitbit ako ng mga pulis habang nag-

iimbestiga ng istorya para sa Kuwait Times. Hayaan nyong simu-lan ko ang paglalahad ng aking kuwento at sabihin sa inyo nahindi madaling maging reporter sa Kuwait maihatid lamang angmga balitang dapat ninyong malaman at mabasa.

Ang daming mga challenges mula sa paglabas ng bahayhanggang makuha namin ang istoryang aming ibabahagi sainyo. Mahirap kumuha ng impormasyon sa Kuwait lalo na sakanilang mga kawanihan na minsan lamang mag-entertain ngmga non-Arabic speakers. Tulad din sa atin kulang at hindi sapatang mga records/statistics nila. Kakambal ng iyong kagustuhangmakakuha ng buong istorya ay ang nakaambang panganib (risk)na puede kang mahuli at makalaboso at anytime. One of myworst fears ay naganap nitong nakaraang linggo lamang.

Nahuli ako habang palihim na kumukuha ng larawan sa mgauma-arestong pulis sa umano’y kawatan sa may bahagi ngFarwaniya. I was at the right place and time pero minalas na ma-angguluhan ng mga pulis habang hinuhuli nila ang umano’ysalarin.

Ito ang istorya: Nasa labas ako ng isang maliit na shoppingmall habang nag-iimbestiga ng isang balita. Nakita ko angkumpol ng mga tao na nakapalibot sa isang white sedan. Wari koay mayroong nagaganap na newsworthy episode kaya agadakong lumapit. Nagtanong ako sa mga bystanders doon kunganu ang nagaganap. Sabi ng mga napagtanungan ko, nahulidaw ng taumbayan ang isang kawatan ng cellphones naginagamit ang mga ninakaw na civil IDs. Dito sa Kuwait, puwedekang kumuha ng hulugan at mamahaling cellphones ipi-presen-ta mo lang ang iyong civil ID. Nasa loob ng sasakyan angumano’y magnanakaw. Dahil wala naman akong professionalcamera, I took a few photos with my mobile kung saan naroroonang suspect.

Nakita ko naman na kumukuha ng pictures ang ilang mgabystanders, isa pa tawag iyon ng aking propisyon na maihatidang tunay na larawan at kaganapan, kung ako ay nasa ‘scene ofthe crime’ lang naman. Isa pa, hindi na tayo nabubuhay samakalumang panahon, usong-uso na ngayon ang social mediakung kaya, hindi man ako, maaaring ibang tao ang mag-post ng

larawang nakuha nila sa ‘scene of the crime’. Pero sa Kuwait,kamakailan lamang lumutang ang isang video ng isang pulis nanakunan at naipost sa social media. Pilit niyang pinapag-push upang isang nahuling expat sa loob pa din naman ng presinto atnaging malaking usapin ito sa Kuwait. Nakukunan na rin ngayonang mga aksidenteng nadadaanan sa kalsada at ang madalas namga away sa Avenues Mall sa Kuwait. Ilang sandali lang nasasocial media na rin.

Dumating ang mga pulis para dalhin sa presinto ang allegedsuspect makaraan lamang ang ilang minuto. Naisip ko lang noonna mas-magiging maganda at marahil pang-front page ang mgakuha kong larawan kung makukuha ko ang anggulong dadalhinna sa police car ang suspect. Kaya dali-dali akong kumuha. Peronakita ako ng isang police officer. Tinanong ako kung bakit kosila kinukuhanan ng litrato. Sabi ko’y ipagpaumanhin po ninyosubalit ako po ay nagta-trabaho sa isang lokal na pahayagan. Pilitko mang ipaliwanag ang sarili, pero hindi nila ako pinakinggankinuha ang aking cellphone at civil ID. Ang buong akala ko nga,titingnan lang nila iyon, pero ni hindi nga tiningnan ang civil IDko basta sinabi ng pulis na sumama ako sa presinto at ikukulongdaw ako.

Sabi ko, officer hindi po ako suspect; ako ay kumukuhalamang ng larawan. Ipaliwanag ko na lang daw sa presinto dahilikukulong ako sa pagkuha ng mga larawan na walang pahintu-lot. Noong naglalakad ako patungo sa police car, nakaramdamako ng awa sa sarili. Lalo na’t naglalakad ako na may-escort napulis patungo sa mobile car nila kasama ang alleged suspect.Nakikita ko ang mga reaksyon sa mukha at mga mata ng mgataong nakakasalubong naming; ang iba Pinoy na tila naaawa sakinasapitan ko. Deep within me, hindi ako nag-aalala pero yungiskortan ka ng police, iyon ang medyo nakakakaba at hindi mag-andang experience.

Isinakay ako sa likod ng police car kasama ng allegedkawatan. Noong nasa sasakyan na nila ako para akong nasa ‘stateof shock’ pero kalmado pa rin naman; ni hindi rin ako nagsalitahanggang sa makarating sa presinto.

Tiningnan ko pa ang orasan, it was noon time. Pagdating sapresinto, yung alleged suspect ay agad na ipinasok sa kulunganhabang ako ay inilagay nila sa kanilang holding area. Narinig kopa ang isang police na nagsabing; ilalagay din daw ako sa kulun-gan eventually dahil sasampahan nila ako ng kaso sa illegal napaggamit ng personal mobile. Wala pa namang malinaw nabatas ukol sa paggamit ng personal mobile at pagkuha ng mgalarawan sa Kuwait gamit iyon kaya hindi ko alam honestly kungsaan ako nakatayo legally.

Kaya pagdating habang sa presnito na ako, nakiusap ako sapulis officer kung pupuwedeng matawagan ang mga boss ko saKuwait Times. Agad naman nilang ibinalik ang aking cellphone.Pero kinuha nila ulit matapos akong tumawag. Ang Kuwait Timesna ang naging abala sa lahat ng legal remedies upang makalayaako. Bawal daw kuhanan ang mga police officers sa Kuwaithabang naka-duty at walang pahintulot ng Ministry of Interior.Salamat at makalipas ang ilang minuto, muli akong ipinatawagng police officer na humili sa akin at inutusan akong burahin anglahat ng mga larawang nakuha ko sa ‘scene of the crime’.Matapos iyon, ibinalik na sa akin ang civil ID ko kasama ngcellpone ko. Puede na raw akong umalis!

Check ko ulit ang aking orasan, mula noong hulihin ako athanggang makalaya ako halos isang oras din pala ang lumipas.Maraming negative impression ang mga tao ukol sa mga policeofficers sa Kuwait, lalo na among us expats yes, ako man iyon dinang ikinabahala ko. Pero nais kong iparating sa inyo na hindinaman ako nakaranas ng maltreatment mula sa mga humulingawtoridad sa akin, trinato nila ako with professionalism andcourtesy sa loob ng isang oras na iyon.

At the end of the day, sabi ko nga sa sarili, ginagawa ko langnaman ang aking tungkulin na maiparating sa publiko ang dapatnilang malamang kuwento. Itinuturing ko na naman itong isa samga bahagi na ng aking buhay/karanasan bilang isangreporter/mamamahayag sa Kuwait.

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KUWAIT: A cultural fiesta program organized bythe Club Ilonggo in Kuwait (CIK) was held recentlyat the Swiss Bell Hotel in Kuwait City. The eventcoincided with their fifth anniversary highlights thecoronation of ‘CIK Fiesta Queen 2014’ which wasbagged by Juliet Mendoza and escorted by EugeneGuerra. The Fiesta Queen 2014 was crowned byPhilippine Consul General to Kuwait and Charge dAffairs Raul H. Dado with Labor Attache to KuwaitCesar Chavez Jr. First Princess was bagged byEleonor Ebao and Remus Pasamante, (secondprincess) Nieva Era Duya and Roberto Flaviano,(third princess) Jesusa “Bonna” Canani and GonzaloLingo Jr. and (fourth princess) Gloria Ollosa andRonelo Ferrer. CIK program was hosted by Gerzonde Guzman with their very own president OliveDiong.

CIK organizes cultural fiesta; Queen, princesses announced

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CIK organizes

cultural fiesta;

Queen, princesses

announced

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KUWAIT: After one week of hiatus in support ofthe 1st Grand Fiesta organized by the Alliance ofFilipino Organizations in Kuwait (ALLFIL-OK), theFilipino Badminton Committee formally opensits 53rd Badminton Tournament at KuwaitDisabled Sports Club Hawally last Friday. Over100 badminton enthusiasts registered in thistournament. FBC , the 1st Filipino sports organi-

zation originated in Kuwait and now have chap-ters in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Erbil-Iraq, SouthCotabato Philippines is inviting all sports enthusi-asts to join their regular tournament every Fridayfrom 8 in the morning until 5 in the afternoon.

FBC President Regine Panesal invites everyoneto register online by visiting their websitewww.fbckpi.com

FBC opens 53rd badminton tourney