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Aquino hints at second term By Mynardo Macaraig

President Benigno S. Aquino III, along with Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin and AFP Chief of Staff General Gregorio Pio Catapang, Jr., leads the singing of the Philippine National Anthem during the ceremonial distribution of assault rifles to the Philippine Army and Philippine Navy Marine troops at the Armed Forces of the Philippines General Headquarters canopy at Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo in Quezon City on Thursday (August 14). (MNS Photo)

MANILA, August 14, 2014 (AFP) – Philippine President Benigno Aquino has said he may try to change the constitution and serve a second term in office, a stunning announcement in a nation haunted by dictatorship. The Philippines’ constitution restricts presidents to serving a single term of six years, designed to stop a repeat of dictator Ferdinand Marcos’s two-decade reign that ended in a 1986 “people power” uprising. Aquino insisted for many years he was against constitutional change and that he would step aside when his term ended in 2016, but in a television interview aired on Wednesday night he indicated he was reconsidering. “When I first got into this, I noted I had only one term of six years. Now, after having said that, of course I have to listen

Critics say Aquino has ‘unmasked’ true motives as allies back second term MANILA, Aug 14 (Mabuhay) – President Benigno Aquino III’s hint that he may be open to seeking a second term has stirred a hornet’s nest in the House of Representatives, with allies backing the notion and critics saying he had “unmasked” his true intentions. The suggestions for Aquino to seek a second term come as the House is about to start plenary debates on a resolution

authored by Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. to amend the economic provisions of the Constitution. Several bills are also pending at the House committee on constitutional amendments seeking the creation of a constitutional convention to introduce amendments to the Constitution. “As I said before, the President cannot just let the process of transformation and progress be wasted as the remnants of the traditional, corrupt leaders are salivating on the prospect of returning to their old ways,” Caloocan Representative Edgar Erice said. Erice, a member of Aquino’s Liberal Party, said he was consulting with various groups on the possibility of filing a bill to amend the Constitution to lift the presidential term limit. The 1987 Constitution allows a president a single six-year term. Last night, the President said he was now open to amending the Constitution, a notion he had always rejected in the past, See UNMASKED, page 12

to the voice of my bosses,” he said on the ABC-5 network. Aquino, 54, frequently calls Filipinos his “bosses”. The president said he was considering the highly controversial move because he wanted to ensure his political reforms would continue. Aquino had been hoping Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas could contest the next elections and succeed him. But surveys have consistently shown the longtime ally to be unpopular with the electorate. Nevertheless, Aquino emphasized that he had made no definite plans to try and stay in power for 12 years. “It doesn’t automatically mean I will go after an additional term,” he said. Aquino would have to go through a long and complicated process to change See AQUINO HINTS, page 12

US to Fil-Ams: ‘We hear you on TPS’

Filipino-American Community leaders Loida Nicolas-Lewis and Rodel Rodis greet Assistant Secretary Alan Bersin of the United States Department of Homeland Security before the start of a dialogue on the request of the Philippines to be placed under Temporary Protected Status at the Romulo Hall of the Philippine Embassy in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday. (Philippine Embassy Photo by Elmer G. Cato)

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today assured leaders of the Filipino-American Community in the United States that their clamor for the Philippines to be placed under Temporary Protected Status (TPS) is being heard and that their views will be taken into consideration when it makes its final decision. In a dialogue at the Philippine Embassy that was arranged by Ambassador Jose L. Cuisia, Jr., Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for International Affairs Alan Bersin told Filipino-American Community leaders the DHS is still in the process of evaluating Manila’s request to place the Philippines under TPS in the wake of the massive devastation wreaked by Typhoon Haiyan last year. “This is a matter that is under consideration by Secretary Jeh Johnson. There are no specific deadlines but this does require See WE HEAR YOU, page 13

Grace Poe seeks probe on MRT derailment MANILA, Aug 14 (Mabuhay) – Senator Grace Poe on Thursday called for an investigation into the crash of a Metro Rail Transit 3 train at the Taft Avenue station in Pasay City the day before, saying the incident justified the creation of a National Transport Safety Board that she has proposed. “The recent string of transportationrelated accidents and misfortunes calls for our immediate attention to find solutions. It is the responsibility of the government to provide commuters a safe, efficient, affordable and accessible public transport service,” Poe said, explaining her call for See DERAILMENT, page 12

The Metro Rail Transit (MRT) train slams the barrier at the corner of EDSA and Taft Avenue Station on Wednesday afternoon (Aug. 13, 2014) in Pasay City. (MNS photo)

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Ship evacuates OFWs from Libya MANILA, August 14, 2014 (AFP) – A The Philippine evacuation ship has sailed away from war-torn Libya with 810 Filipinos on board, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Friday. “Ship is now headed to Malta,” Foreign Affairs spokesman Charles Jose said. The 1,500-seater vessel, commissioned by the Philippine government for $1.8 million to ferry Filipinos away from Libya, sailed to Malta after picking up the last group of 367 workers at a port in the Libyan city of Misrata Thursday afternoon. They joined 443 other Filipinos and 15 foreigners who boarded the ship from Benghazi on Wednesday. Jose said chartered Philippine Airlines planes were supposed to leave late Friday afternoon for Malta and was scheduled to arrive on the same day the ship docks in the European state on Aug. 15. Initially, 1,100 registered for evacuation by ship but more than 200 have either backed out or said they will be repatriated to the Philippines by their own employers. Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario had said the government will no

longer hire another ship and will instead use Libya’s land border exits with Egypt and Tunisia to bring Filipinos out of the troubled North African state. The Philippine government ordered the mass evacuation of its 13,000 Filipinos in Libya due to the ongoing civil war, but only about 1,000 have returned home. Many of them are reluctant to leave and continued to hold on to their jobs in Libya despite the widespread violence, citing lack of economic opportunities back home. But the DFA said it will continue to enforce mandatory evacuation and even called on the relatives of those Filipinos who are in Libya to convince their loved ones to return to the Philippines as the violence and armed conflict showed no sign of ending. Libya does not have a functioning government. Last month a Filipino worker was beheaded by militants while a Filipina nurse was gang-raped.(MNS) Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said in Manila that the ship was now heading for the port of Misrata to pick up about 610 other Filipinos later Thursday before

Amid calls for accountability for train crash, gov’t urged to take over MRT MANILA, Aug 14 (Mabuhay) – The government has been urged to take over the management of the Metro Rail Transit 3 and to hold accountable the Department of Transportation and Communications and private investors for the Wednesday crash of one of the mass transit system’s trains that left dozens injured. Bayan Muna party-list Representatives Neri Colmenares and Carlos Zarate also called on Malacanang to suspend all

new contracts involving the MRT3 and review all its past deals. “This accident is deplorable for the simple fact that it could have been prevented with the proper maintenance of the trains,” Colmenares said. “What we have been saying these past months has come true and we want the Department of Transportation and Communication and the operations and maintenance contractor to be held accountable,” he added.

sailing for Malta. “The idea is, we take them out of the danger zone,” he told reporters. Fifteen foreigners, including an American, a Ukrainian, five Spaniards and five from Malta also boarded the ship in Benghazi, he added. He did not give the nationalities of the

three others. Since mid-July, Libya has been rocked by deadly inter-militia fighting for control of key facilities including Tripoli’s international airport. Benghazi in the east, Libya’s second city, has also seen battles between Islamists and the forces of a renegade general.

Human error, defective materials may have caused MRT crash – Sec. Abaya MANILA, Aug 14 (Mabuhay) – Transportation Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya on Thursday said they are still determining whether human error or failure of materials caused the coupling disconnection of the coaches of a Metro Rail Transit train that rammed through a steel barricade of the Taft Avenue Station in Pasay City before 5 p.m. Wednesday, and left at least 50 people injured. “We have yet to find out what really happened – it could have been a human procedural error that the proper couple procedure was not followed. Although possibly, there could have been a failure in the coupling material. That is currently being investigated,” Abaya said. At least 50 people, including a sixmonth-old baby, were hurt in the mishap. Many of those injured were women, as front-end coaches of the MRT trains are reserved for women, children and the elderly, it added. Quoting a passenger, the report said many of the passengers began to sense that something was wrong when they saw a spark while the train was passing the Magallanes station in Makati. The MRT administration has since apologized for the incident. When asked if the incident could have been prevented if authorities followed the

recommendations of an audit report done on the MRT system in 2013, Abaya said it has nothing to do with Wednesday’s incident. “The rail grinding would have nothing to do with the stopper... The need for rail grinding is to ensure that the materials used from the very start was good and likewise to smoothen out the rails, so as to limit the bumps,” Abaya said. “As regards to the procurement [of the machine], we have procured that... it’s currently ongoing... I have to check its current status. But the initial challenge there is the needed rail grinding machine was not available in the country. There was a single entity who had this, and we had to negotiate with him and make it available,” he added. The MRT 3 is operated by a private firm, the Metro Rail Transit Corporation, in partnership with the Department of Transportation and Communications. It connects North Avenue to Taft Avenue in Pasay via Epifanio delos Santos Avenue. It ferries about 500,000 passengers a day though it has a rated capacity of only 350,000. The train has suffered glitches in the past, and its aging coaches have been the subject of several complaints from commuters. (MNS)

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VP Binay respects PNoy’s open stand on 2nd term, but... MANILA, Aug 14 (Mabuhay) – Vice President Jejomar Binay on Thursday said he respects President Benigno Aquino III’s open position on the matter of seeking another term beyond 2016. But Binay, in a statement posted on his social media accounts, also advised Aquino to make sure the supposed voice of the people calling for a term extension are not those of vested interests. “President Aquino has been quoted as expressing openness to listen to the people on the matter of seeking another term. He added that it does not automatically mean he will seek another term. I respect the statement of the President,” he said. He added any national leader “would want to hear the voice of the people on issues that will have far-reaching consequences.” On Wednesday night, Aquino told a television interview that he is keeping his options open on calls to extend his stay in power. “Noong pinasukan ko ho ito, ang tanda ko, one term of six years. Having said that, ang mga boss ko, kailangang pakinggan din,” the President said. Aquino uses the term “boss” to refer to his constituents. He introduced the terminology he introduced in his inaugural address upon assuming the presidency in 2010. The 1987 Constitution allows a President to have only one six-year term. Section 4, Article VII of the 1987 Constitution states that: “The President

shall not be eligible for any re-election. No person who has succeeded as President and has served as such for more than four years shall be qualified for election to the same office at any time.” In cautioning the President on the supposed voices he supposedly has to hear, Binay said: “What is important is that the voice he hears is an authentic and genuine voice, not one manufactured by quarters with vested interests who are driven mainly by self-preservation.” “We also need to keep our focus on pursuing our goal of improving the lives of the people for the remainder of the President’s term and beyond,” he added Earlier in the day, militant umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan warned the prospect of a term extension, along with Charter change that may limit the powers of the judiciary, make up a “recipe for dictatorship.” The group called for a noise barrage in Manila to protest such a recipe on Friday. Past presidents have considered Charter amendments, but faced intense public criticism for attempting to extend their term of office. Aquino, who has put in place reforms in the fiscal sector that earned the country its first investment grade rating, is likely to face similar public reaction. Some legislators, including Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr., have actively pushed for changes to the Constitution, particularly to economic provisions that capped foreign investments into the country. (MNS)

AFP distances from Aquino term extension issue MANILA, Aug 14 (Mabuhay) – The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) assured on Thursday that it would remain “apolitical and nonpartisan” despite calls for President Benigno Aquino III’s term extension. “That’s something very political. We remain apolitical and nonpartisan,” said AFP Chief of Staff General Gregorio Catapang Jr. when asked by reporters during the turn-over ceremony of military riffles at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on the openness of Aquino to a second term. Catapang said the calls for Aquino to make another run for the presidency are a product of a “vibrant democracy.” “It’s just an opinion, a talk of the town,” he said. “These things are things that are products of a vibrant democracy and the political dynamics that is now happening in our country,” he added.

The military chief said it would not interfere in the political landscape of the country. Earlier this month, a social media campaign called “One More Term: ReElect P-Noy for 2016” recently flooded pages on Facebook and Twitter, supposedly emanating from Aquino’s official Facebook account, which has more than 4 million followers. Also, some members of the Senate and House of Representatives supported the idea of Aquino’s term extension. However, for Aquino to make another run for the presidency after his term in 2016, the term limits set by the 1987 Constitution would have to be lifted. He has previously consistently rejected moves to amend the constitution. But during an exclusive interview with TV5 on Wednesday, he was singing a different tune.

Aquino not destroying Cory’s legacy by considering 2nd term, Cha-cha – Palace MANILA, Aug 14 (Mabuhay) – President Benigno Aquino III is not destroying the legacy of his mother, the late President Corazon Aquino, by being open to term extension and to amending the 1987 Constitution, Malacañang said Thursday. Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said at a press briefing that Aquino has always been guided by his parents’ principles in pursuing reforms for the country. “Batid ng lahat kung paano ang pagsisikap ng ating Pangulo na itaguyod ang mga prinsipyo na pinaglaban ng kanyang mga magulang. Kaya nga masigasig din siya sa pagsusulong ng transpormasyon ng buong bansa ayon sa matuwid na daan,” Coloma told reporters Thursday afternoon. “It is well known that the president is

doing his best to institute reforms that will bring about the transformation of society in keeping with his parents’ legacy,” he added. On Wednesday, Aquino said he is considering Charter change to limit the judiciary’s reach on the executive and the legislature. The President added that some provisions in the 1987 Constitution – which was drafted and approved early during the term of his mother – needed fine-tuning. Aquino also said he is willing to listen to public sentiment on calls for him to stay in power for another term. Opposition lawmakers said earlier in the day that Aquino should remember his mother’s legacy when deciding on term extension and Charter change. (MNS)

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Nancy hopes Aquino hears, listens to genuine voice of the people MANILA, Aug 14 (Mabuhay) – Senator Nancy Binay believes that the genuine voice of the people should be the basis of President Benigno Aquino III’s decision to push through with charter change. “Ang panalangin ko po ay sana maalala ng ating Presidente kung ano ang ipinaglaban natin noong 1986--ang hindi na maulit pa ang diktadurya na nagdulot ng malagim na yugto sa ating kasaysayan,” the lady senator said. “Atin pong ipagdasal ang ating Presidente – na talagang buksan niya ang kaniyang mga tenga sa tunay na boses ng ating mga kababayan at alalahanin niya ang ipinaglaban ng kaniyang mga magulang. Sana ang marinig niya po ay yung mga totoong boss nya at hindi yung mga boss na may pansariling interes na kailangang protektahan beyond 2016,” she added. It was during a Wednesday night television interview when President Aquino said that he is now open amending the 1987 Constitution and possibly, extending his term. He said that he would listen to the voice of his “bosses”, the Filipino people, in making his decision. In an interview with Radyo5 on Thursday morning, Senator Binay said that all the Filipino people could do now was to pray that President Aquino would remember how Senator Ninoy and President Cory fought against the Marcos dictatorship. “PNoy witnessed history from the point of view of his parents. Senator Ninoy and President Cory fought a regime that believed it had the sole franchise to make the country great. PNoy would honor what his parents stood and died for by continuing their crusade,” Binay pointed out. “I hope that the President would look back at history when Senator Ninoy fought a dictatorship which perpetrated itself in power and when President Cory turned down calls to run under the 1987 Constitution, even though she was legally allowed to seek a fresh term,” she said. She added that if Aquino’s mother, former President Corazon Aquino, were still alive, she will never allow PNoy to seek a second term in office no matter how noble his intents are. “I am praying na hindi dudungisan ni PNoy ang pangalan ng mga magulang n’ya para lang mapagbigyan ang mga taong medyo walang pagasang manalo sa isang malinis na eleksyon,” the senator said.

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Sandara Parks, a celebrity, one of the thousands of Koreans who made the Philippines their second home. She has since gone back to Korea.

MANILA, August 13, 2014 (AFP) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; South Korea has expressed alarm at a rise in crimes against its nationals in the Philippines, citing the killing of nine South Koreans this year alone. Seoulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s embassy, in a statement dated Tuesday, said such crimes could affect growing ties between the two countries which has recently seen many South Koreans coming to the Southeast Asian archipelago.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The rising incidence of crimes committed against Koreans while in the Philippines either on vacation or on business is a trend that has alarmed the embassy,â&#x20AC;? said the statement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is feared that if crimes against innocent Koreans persist, businessmen will avoid the Philippines and seek safer places for doing business.â&#x20AC;? The embassy cited the murder of a South Korean businessman and the abduction of his wife on July 27, a crime for which their Filipino driver was arrested as a suspect. Embassy officials had met the Philippine police chief as well as other key officers to express concern, said police spokesman Chief Superintendent Reuben Sindac on Thursday. However Sindac minimised the threat, saying â&#x20AC;&#x153;it is not a cause for concern, it is not yet alarming. It is not as if Korean nationals are the only ones being threat-

enedâ&#x20AC;?. He told reporters that police had warned Koreans to check the background of their Filipino household workers after reports that some of them were involved in recent crimes against their employers. Sindac said police assured the embassy that â&#x20AC;&#x153;we are doing our best to solve every murder case, whether it is foreign nationals or one of our own citizensâ&#x20AC;?. He said a special task force was looking into killings of foreigners. In recent years, many South Koreans have visited or come to live in the Philippines as businessmen or students. Seoulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s embassy estimated last year that there were 100,000 Koreans living in the Philippines. Philippine Tourism Department figures show that South Korea was the top source of tourists to the country, accounting for 22.52 percent of the total in the first half of 2014.

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MANILA, Aug 14 (Mabuhay) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Criminal charges were formally filed with the Department of Justice against rice trader Davidson Bangayan for allegedly rigging the National Food Authorityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rice importation program. Bangayan, whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s allegedly the same person as notorious rice smuggler David Tan, was charged with violation of the Government Procurement Reform Act for bid-fixing. He was also charged with violation of Article 186 of the Revised Penal Code, penalizing monopolies and restraint of trade. Bangayan was also charged separately for using a fictitious name or concealing true identity in violation of Article 178 of the RPC and violation of Commonwealth Act No. 142 as amended by Republic Act 6085. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Upon investigation, the NBI discovered a scheme whereby certain rice traders/importers were able to corner the National Food Authorityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rice import allocations through the use of farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

organizations/cooperatives and single proprietorships as dummies in the NFA bidding for rice Import Allocation under the Private Sector-Financed importation thru the NFA Tax Expenditure Subsidy,â&#x20AC;? said the NBI in its complaint. The NBI said the rice traders and importers pooled the bidders into groups and financed their individual bids for NFA rice allocations. In exchange, the bidders were given a small percentage share of a certain amount per sack of rice they were allowed to import. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This scheme, in turn, allowed these rice traders/importers to corner the rice import allocations that were put up for bidding by the NFA, even if they were not licensed by the NFA to engage in rice importation or bidding,â&#x20AC;? the NBI said. Charged along with Bangayan were Judilyne Lim, Elizabeth Faustino, Eleanor Rodriguez, and Leah Echeveria, who were the owners of the single proprietorships and representatives and officers of the farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; cooperatives and organizations. (MNS)

Benhur Luy admits to receiving some P4M in â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;porkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; kickbacks MANILA, Aug 14 (Mabuhay) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Primary whistleblower Benhur Luy on Thursday admitted that he, too, received a portion of the kickbacks from the Priority Development Assistance Fund scam allegedly masterminded by his cousin, businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles. â&#x20AC;&#x153;â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Pag inipon, mga P3-4M net â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;yung natanggap kong commission from 2004 to 2012,â&#x20AC;? he said. Luy, who first exposed the scam that saw lawmakersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; pork barrel funds diverted to bogus NGOs, served as president of the Social Development Program for Farmers Foundation Inc., one of the foundations Napoles set up for the scam. But in open court, Luy said that while he received commissions, it was far less than what was promised to him by Napoles. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wala kaming kita talaga [as president of NGOs] kasi foundation ni Madame Janet Lim Napoles â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;yun. Dapat 1.5 percent ang mapupunta sa NGO, 1 percent sa president, tapos .5 percent sa incorporators. Pero â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;yung 1 percent, verbal lang â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;yun, hindi naman natutupad,â&#x20AC;? Luy said, adding that Napoles would not give his commissions when she would feign anger.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Minsan nagpapanggap-panggap siya na nagagalit-galitan, para â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;di na kami bigyan ng komisyon. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Di naman â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;yun nasusunod, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;yung 1 percent. Halimbawa kung P250,000 dapat â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;yung sa akin, [usually] P30,000 or P50,000 lang binibigay niya, nalalakihan pa siya. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Yung remaining [of the commissions,] sa kaniya na â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;yun,â&#x20AC;? Luy added. Luy is a prosecution witness in the bail hearings of Napoles and others accused of plunder in the Sandiganbayan First Division, including Senator Ramon Bong Revilla Jr., and his senior staffer, Atty. Richard Cambe. Revilla and his co-accused are facing plunder and graft charges in connection with the pork barrel scam. Both Revilla and Cambe are detained at the PNP Custodial Center in Camp Crame. On the other hand, Napoles is detained at Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City. No reason to be mad at Napoles In his testimony, Luy said that even though he did not receive the full extent of the pork barrel kickbacks promised to him, he had no reason to be mad at Napoles, who took care of him as an employee.

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MANILA, Aug 14 (Mabuhay) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The House of Representatives has approved on second reading a bill promoting and protecting the rights of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in situations of armed conflict and violence. The House Committee on Human Rights, chaired by Rep. Guillermo Romarate Jr. (2nd District, Surigao del Norte) endorsed, sponsored and defended for plenary passage House Bill No. 4744, a consolidation of four separate bills. The original bills are HB Nos. 239, 2247, 3003 and 3146, authored by Reps. Rene Relampagos (1st District, Bohol), Rufus Rodriguez (2nd District, Cagayan de Oro City)) and Maximo Rodriguez Jr., Gus Tambunting (2nd District, ParaĂąaque City), Ibarra Gutierrez and Walden Bello (Party-list, Akbayan), respectively. HB 4744, as contained in Committee Report No. 349 entitled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rights of Internally Displaced Persons Act,â&#x20AC;? seeks to afford similar protection to citizens who are non-combatants in cases where armed conflict of a non-international character is inevitable, and that they shall not be discriminated against in their enjoyment of rights and freedoms on the ground where they are internally-displaced. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The bill defines and criminalizes acts of arbitrary internal displacement committed by any person or group of persons and directed against the civilian population,â&#x20AC;? Relampagos stressed.

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BIR exceeds July collection target MANILA, Aug 14 (Mabuhay) – The Bureau of Internal Revenue exceeded its tax collection goal by P58.52 million in July. The BIR, which accounts for two-thirds of the country’s total tax collection, said it collected P119.94 billion in July, 19.82 percent up from the same month a year ago. Collections from BIR operations rose 21.61 percent to P115.45 billion in July, surpassing the target by P2.06 billion. Collections from non-BIR operations reached P4.49 billion in July, nearly 13 percent lower than a year ago. This amount was also P2 billion short of the July goal.

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Abad letter to Speaker Belmonte defines ‘savings’ in controversial DAP MANILA, Aug 14 (Mabuhay) – Four days after President Benigno Aquino III delivered his 5th State of the Nation Address last July 28 where he asked Congress to clarify the meaning of “savings” in the controversial Disbursement Acceleration Program, Budget Secretary Florencio Abad wrote a letter to House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. explaining how savings should be defined. Abad’s letter to Belmonte, dated August 1, was only sent to members of the media on Wednesday by opposition leader Navotas Rep. Tobias Tiangco. Attached accompanying letter was a copy of a proposed bill drafted by the Department of Budget Management (DBM) titled: “An Act Clarifying the Definition of Savings and Related Concepts and the Use and Release of the Unprogrammed Fund in the Appropriations Laws and Validating the Implementation Thereof by the Executive Branch.” Under DBM’s proposal, savings is defined as “portions or balances of any programmed items of appropriations in the appropriation laws, identified as either a program including any activity covered under it, or project, which have not been released or obligated.” Reasons for the non-release of the funds include: discontinuance or abandonment of a project, non-commencement of the program, and the decreased cost realized by an agency as a result of the improved implementation of programs, the letter added. Also, it said that “savings” may likewise refer to unreleased appropriations accrued anytime during the fiscal year from unused personnel-related costs pertaining to unfiled, vacant or abolished positions; non-entitlement to allowance and benefits; leaves of absence without

pay, or unutilized pension and retirement benefits arising from death of pensioners, decrease in the number of retirees or other related causes. Moreover it said, unspent funds for programmed projects may be pooled as savings as early as the middle of the year according to the new definition of savings in the draft bill. According to Abad’s letter: “The proposed bill intends to clarify the legislative intent on what constitutes savings and the rules on augmentation, and when the Unprogrammed Fund may be utilized pursuant to the authority of Congress to legislate the foregoing concepts.” “This will effectively clarify the effects of the Supreme Court decision in the consolidated case of Maria Carolina P. Araullo et. Al. vs. Benigno Simeon Aquino III, et. al,” the letter added. Abad asked Belmonte to consider the proposal a priority bill “given its impact on the disbursement of public funds following the above-cited decision.” The draft bill may be filed by any House member. ‘Savings’ questioned The definition of savings has been questioned amid the controversy in the Aquino administration’s DAP. In a unanimous vote in July, the Supreme Court declared as unconstitutional certain acts committed under DAP, such as the withdrawal of unobligated allotments from the implementing agencies and their declaration as savings prior to the end of the fiscal year and without complying with the statutory definition of savings contained in the General Appropriations Act. But Malacañang, through the Office of the Solicitor General, had filed a motion for reconsideration asking the Supreme Court to reverse its ruling.

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Palparan camp blocks transfer to Bulacan jail MANILA, Aug 14 (Mabuhay) – The lawyers of retired Major General Jovito Palparan, Jr. on Thursday asked the Malolos Regional Trial Court in Bulacan to let him stay at the National Bureau of Investigation detention facility. Palparan’s lawyers filed the urgent exparte motion to stay in detention at NBI headquarters in Manila after Judge Teodora Gonzalez of Malolos RTC Branch 14 ordered his transfer to the Bulacan Provincial Jail on Wednesday. Palparan, who is facing kidnapping with serious illegal detention charges in connection with the disappearance of UP students Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño in

2006, was arrested in Sta. Mesa, Manila on Tuesday morning. He has been detained at the NBI headquarters since then. Palparan was also blamed for extrajudicial killings of suspected communist sympathizers. The retired general has denied the allegations. Palparan’s camp filed the motion around 9 a.m. Thursday, branch clerk of court Atty. Melba Agustin David said. “As of now, the order to transfer accused Palparan in Bulacan Provincial Jail prevails… But practically, dahil nga sinabing high risk [’yung security niya] baka hindi practical [na ilipat siya],” she explained. (MNS)

Prosecutors renew call to transfer Sen. Estrada to regular jail MANILA, Aug 14 (Mabuhay) – Government prosecutors on Thursday renewed the call to immediately transfer Senator Jinggoy Estrada from his present detention in Camp Crame to a regular jail. In their motion before the Sandiganbayan Fifth Division, the prosecutors said Estrada’s continued stay at the Philippine National Police (PNP) Custodial Center “had no legal basis and that such special treatment was bad for the justice system.” They reiterated the PNP Custodial Center, which housed officials of the PNP Custodial Center Service Unit, is “not a detention facility.” Government lawyers argued that the Revised Rules on Criminal Procedure provides that an accused arrested by virtue

of a warrant of arrest must be delivered to the nearest police station or jail. The prosecution described a jail “as a facility or place of confinement undergoing trial and is managed by the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP).” The prosecution panel reminded the justices that Estrada was charged with plunder with penalty of reclusion perpetua [life imprisonment] to death, and is also being tried for graft also in connection with the alleged irregular use of his pork barrel allocation as senator, before the court. They interpreted Estrada’s stay in Camp Crame as special treatment not enjoyed by others who are similarly situated. It also cited the controversy involving his wedding anniversary party inside the center.

Retired Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan is presented to the media after he was arrested by National Bureau of Investigation agents at a house in Sta. Mesa, Manila before dawn Tuesday, August 12. A Bulacan court issued in 2011 an arrest warrant against Palparan, who is charged with two counts of kidnapping and serious illegal detention of University of the Philippines students Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño. (MNS photo)

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Obama’s immigration options has precedents from past U.S. Presidents Amidst the furor on his use of presidential powers to speed up immigration matters, President Barack Obama is not alone in exercising his authority. In 10 instances his predecessors have wielded executive powers in solving immigration situations. According American Bridge, a progressive research and communications organization, “the Democrats are making the case and that there is political cover and precedent for Pres. Obama to go big on the issue.” The group highlights 10 instances in complex and dangerous foreign policy which past presidents have used their crises. authority on selective prosecution of imThis, according to immigration lawyers migration actions which in most instances are actions that could provide sound prin“targeted specific populations mired in ciples on which the current administration can act. The American Bridge memo referred to the immigration policy from the days of President Ronald Reagan through President George W. Bush and highlighted the instances of selective enforcement. In 1987, the Reagan administration eased immigration standards for 200,000 Nicaraguan exiles fleeing communism in 1987 with the Attorney General instructing the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service “to encourage and expedite Nicaraguan applications for work authorizations” and ordered them to “encourage Nicaraguans whose claims for asylum or withholding of deportation have been denied to reapply for reopening or rehearing.” In 1990, an executive order from President George H. W. Bush made it easier for Chinese students to stay in the country “should they fear persecution upon being sent back to China”. The action stopped deportation proceedings against these students for nearly four years.

Century 21 Classic Estates Picnic: Realtor-Broker-Entrepreneur Alex Baello, picks up the winning ticket, one of the many, at Century 21 Classic Estates Annual Family Summer Picnic at Cerritos Park East last Aug. 10. The annual event drew the attendance of an estimated 500 guests. Broker Associate Vina Dungo, was the day’s emcee assisting him. The traditional event hosted by Century 21 Classic Estates and sister companies, American Classic Escrow and Crown Home Loans, is an annual treat for the employees, friends and salesforce for the last two decades. Century 21 Classic Estates is one of California’s most active and diversified real companies in Southern California.

Summer Tennis Fun: Buena Park Tennis Circle highlights the summer season with a wellattended tennis tournament that not only drew the members closer in friendly matches but strengthened likewise their physical beings through their common love for the sport of tennis. BPTC, has grown over the years with new members added to its roster for social and other reasons. The club plays regularly at Boiserranc Park in Buena Park.

A 1991 executive order, again from Bush, delayed deportation of Kuwaiti residents for four years, following Iraq’s invasion of that country. In 1993, President Bill Clinton, through an administrative decision, granted an 18-month extension of deferred action departure program affecting Salvadorian immigrants who were fleeing civil war in that country. President George W. Bush’s executive order in 2001 gave 150,000 Salvadorans “the right to remain in the country 18 more

months after their country was hit by an earthquake”. In 2002 Bush issued an executive order that expedited naturalization proceedings for those green card holders who had enlisted in the United States military, a move that eliminated the three-year waiting period. President Obama has his executive options in his bad which he can use if Congress fails to pass immigration reform bill this year to grant legal status to millions of undocumented immigrants worldwide.

Pope visits S. Korea with PHL in his sights SEOUL, August 13, 2014 (AFP) – Pope Francis arrives in Seoul on Thursday looking to fuel a new era of Catholic growth in Asia – a mission fraught with complex political challenges but huge potential rewards. His five-day visit to South Korea is recognition for one of Asia’s fastest-growing, most devoted and most influential Roman Catholic communities, and will feature a special “reconciliation” mass with a message for isolated North Korea. But the real goal is longer-term and much wider-ranging. The pope will bring a message about the “future of Asia” and will use his trip to “speak to all the countries on the continent”, the Vatican’s number two, Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, said in a television interview. Early in his pontificate, Francis made it clear that Asia, which his predecessor Benedict never visited, would be a priority. The last papal visit to Asia was by John Paul II to India in 1999, a glaring 15-year gap for a region where the Church is making some spectacular gains but where

Catholics still only account for 3.2 percent of the population. The pope’s flight to South Korea takes him over China – potentially the greatest prize of all but also the hardest to claim. Beijing maintains a state-controlled Catholic Church, which rejects the Vatican’s authority. China “is a great cultural challenge, very great,” Francis said in a recent interview with the Italian daily Il Messaggero. Flying over China will offer Francis the rare opportunity to speak directly to Beijing since the pope always sends a message to leaders of those countries he travels over. When John Paul visited South Korea in 1989, Beijing refused to let his plane fly through Chinese airspace. China’s Communist regime broke ties with the Vatican in 1951 and they remain firmly at odds over which side has the authority to ordain priests. Francis will have a chance to address believers across the region on Friday when he meets several thousand young Catholics gathered in South Korea for Asian Youth Day.

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Coming home to Carson When you’re going to any event, try to get there early. That will give you time to network and meet people. But the first thing you do when you arrive is to save a seat, if it’s not assigned. And heres how you do it: 1. Pick your seat. 2. Take a sip of water from the glass. 3. Unfold your napkin; 4. and put it on top of your place setting. In four easy steps, I learned a valuable strategy for networking at events. Thanks to Carson City Mayor Jim Dear. “I will share this with you because you might need it,” he said to me years ago; although I still very distinctly remember it. I had just moved to California, from Manila, at my dad’s insistence. I left a thriving career in print and broadcast journalism in the Philippines to move to Los Angeles, to be with my family. And because my parents had just bought a place in Carson City, my first home in America was in a city most popularly referred to as “Manila Town.” ͠®ã͝s good here, you will not really get homesick,” my parents said to me. “You want Filipino food? There’s lots of Filipino restaurants. Even the mayor here, at one time, was Filipino,” my dad said, referring to former Mayor Pete Fajardo who eventually encountered probWith my sincere thanks to City of Carson Mayor Jim lems with the law. I don’t quite remember exactly Dear (right) and Pro Tem Elito Santarina when I first met Mayor Dear. But I remember him to be very helpful and accommodating. A year later, after I had completed my print and broadcast journalism course at UCLA, I saw him again. This time, it was to interview him for a story I was doing for The Filipino Channel’s (TFC) Balitang Amerika. And that’s when he introduced me to fellow kababayan Elito Santarina who was in the Carson City Council. Over the years, I would see and meet several community leaders in Carson. Even after I moved out to live in West LA, I would still visit often, because of my parents. And when I was blessed with the means to purchase my own property, I chose to buy a place in Torrance, “the suburb of Carson,” Mayor Dear would say. Last week, I found myself on familiar grounds as I was invited to the City Hall, to accept a proclamation. Interestingly, it didn’t feel like a “business” matter. It felt more like getting together with family. Of course, my parents, brother, niece and my husband were there to celebrate the accolade; but it felt like I had a bigger family. I saw familiar faces that have always been there to lend me their support through the years. Paz Velasquez, a fixture in Carson City events and projects, was there. She had called on me a few times in the past, to help spread the word about their latest endeavors. In 2011, she asked me to be the Hermana Mayor for the city’s month-long celebration of Filipino-American History Month. That’s when I built a deeper relationship with the selfless kababayans in the South Bay. I saw how a few people rolled up their sleeves to work in preserving and promoting Filipino traditions in their community. Evelyn Andamo was then President of the Filipino-American Chamber of Commerce, in the South Bay. And journalist Fe Koons was also very active. It was a camaraderie of individuals who are proud of their heritage and are committed to making a difference in Carson City and beyond. Something that each was doing on the side, donating their time and talent, to uplift Filipinos in Carson. Rose Ibanez was the one who told me about the proclamation. She said the community of Carson City, through the council, would like to thank me for my service to kababayans. It was totally unexpected. I did my job and felt quite fortunate that my job gave me lots of opportunities to serve my community. That in itself, was already an honor. Rose’s husband, Florante, also attended the small gathering; took pictures; and told me “You did a lot for the community. Thank you.” In fact, I should be the one saying “Thank you,” not only for the recognition; but more importantly, for giving me

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Rehab Czar Panfilo Lacson submits ‘Comprehensive (P170.9 B) Rehab Plan’ to Pnoy On a leisurely weekend evening, I happened to have watched broadcast colleague Karen Davila’s “Headstart” Program on TFC on her very enlightening interview with Rehab Czar Panfilo Lacson. During the interview, Ms. Davila asked Mr. Lacson on the update of his “Yolanda” rehabilitation program. In response to her query, Senator Lacson was happy to report that he has recently submitted a P 170.9 Billion Comprehensive Rehabilitation and Recovery Master Plan includes Local Government Plan which he called CRRP specifically Units (LGU’s) Recovery and Rehabiltfor the areas devastated by Mega Storm ation Plans for the following “Yolanda” Yolanda in November last year. devastated areas: Leyte, Eastern and According to Lacson, President Aquino Western Samar, Iloilo and Tacloban was appreciative in receiving the 8,000 City, encompassing 104 out of the 171 paged, eight-volume report presented to Yolanda-affected municipalities which him last week, after the memorial event were approved for rehabilitation by the in honor of Cory Aquino, the President’s President last month. mother. Further, Mr, Lacson said that per PresiMr. Lacson explained that the CRRP dent Aquino’s approval, around P96.0 billion may be appropriated by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) for use in various rehabilitation projects. Per Mr. Lacson, the CRRP Master Plan includes: infrastructure, permanent housing resettlement, social services, livelihood, medical/hospital rehab and educational (schools) rehab programs. As the Rehab Czar heading the Office of the Presidential Assistant for Rehabilitation and Recovery (OPARR), he serves as the chief “coordinator” who “monitors, oversees and reports to the President on the various programs, activities and projects being undertaken by all Cabinet departments, natoinal government agencies and local government agencies (LGUs).” The total cost of Mr. Lacson’s CRRP Plan is estimated at “P170.9 Billion, which altogether includes additional programs such as environmental concerns like climate adaptation change, soil and land research and other geosciences needs.”

Colleague Karen Davila also questioned Mr. Lacson on the reason why there are still displaced Yolanda survivors living in Tacloban’s “tent city.” Now eight months after the supertyphoon, Mr. Lacson said that they have already built “transiitonal housing” for around “3,000 displaced survivors but they’re still looking for buildable land” in order to resettle these people into a permanent housing program. He said that in their (OPARR) search for “buildable land” they have come up with three categories of land to build on: 1. Safe Zones (inland areas far from the Gulf waters);

2. Controlled Zones ( potential areas where they can build); 3. Hazard Zones (these areas considered “no build zones”). In closing, Mr. Lacson said that they are “hoping to achieve at least 80% completion of their priority projects before the end of President Aquino’s term. However, he added that the plans include several long-term projects which would trickle down to the next administration to pursue.” On that note, Karen Davila suggested that Mr. Lacson should stay as the Rehab Czar to oversee the culmination of his pet project. And, for the rest of us, all we can say is – “let’s just wait and see.”

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needed amending to rein in the Supreme Court, which recently ruled that Aquino’s main budget stimulus program was illegal. “Before all these things happened, I was closed to (constitutional change). I admit that. But now, I’m seriously rethinking things,” Aquino said, in reference to the court’s budget ruling. He complained that the US-style checks and balances in government had faded and the Supreme Court now had the power to overrule Congress and the executive branch. Vice President Jejomar Binay, leader of the main opposition alliance, has been the clear front-runner in opinion polls to win the 2016 elections. In Philippine politics, the nation’s two top positions are elected separately and are often filled from different parties. Binay gave a measured reaction to Aquino’s move, releasing a statement on Thursday stating he respected the president’s decision to “hear the voice of the people”. “(But) what is important is that the voice he hears is an authentic and genuine voice, not one manufactured by quarters with vested interests who are driven mainly by self-preservation,” Binay said. The head of the influential Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, Archbishop Socrates Villegas issued a statement opposing Aquino’s suggestions.

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the constitution, with any of three potential methods having to be approved by a referendum requiring simple majority support. Sliding popularity The son of democracy champions Benigno and Corazon, Aquino enjoyed a landslide election victory in 2010 on a promise to stamp out widespread corruption blamed for massive poverty. He has won international plaudits for his good governance program and been widely applauded for bringing consistently strong economic growth. But the high popularity ratings he enjoyed for the first half of his term have begun to slide sharply amid a slew of corruption and political controversies. Criticism that tens of millions of poor people have missed out on the country’s economic gains, magnified by a recent spike in inflation, has also hurt him. Ironically, the current constitution was enacted in 1987 under his mother Corazon, who led the revolution against Marcos and then served a single term as president before enthusiastically standing aside. Anger at Supreme Court Aquino did not specify that he wanted to change the constitution just to remove presidential term limits. Instead, he said the constitution likely

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saying there was a need to clip the powers of the Supreme Court. Asked about a possible second term should the Charter change allow it, Aquino said he would listen to his “bosses,” the people, although he qualified that this did not automatically mean he would heed their clamor for another term. Eastern Samar Representative Ben Evardone, another LP member, said he would support a second term for Aquino. “His performance is impeccable, and we need to sustain the momentum of economic growth to ensure that the greater majority benefit from it,” Evardone said. “Six years is too short for a good president. President

Aquino, no doubt, is a good president with unquestionable integrity and capability.” Evardone was once a staunch ally of Aquino’s predecessor, now Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who is facing graft and plunder charges for the alleged corruption that marked her nine years as president. Ifugao Representative Teddy Baguilat said he would favor a second term for Aquino “if the Constitution allowed it.” “But let’s hear it from the people, and I hope he gets to really feel the pulse of the people, not just politicians,” Baguilat, also an LP stalwart, said. “His good legacy is intact. History will be kinder to him.”

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a probe. The National Transportation Safety Board, which she seeks to create through Senate Bill 2266, will be mandated to investigate and report on air, road, and sea accidents, as well as those involving pipeline, railroad, and tracked vehicles. She said the creation of the safety board is necessary because of the “high incidence of transportation-related accidents not to mention the low quality of transport service, high operation costs and inefficient transit system.” At least 38 persons were injured when the loaded MRT3 train, which was being pushed by another train towards Taft after it broke down at the Magallanes station, got detached and went out of control, crashing through the barrier at the end

of the line and coming to a stop on the street outside the Taft terminal. Several accidents involving buses, notably the Florida Bus tragedy in Benguet in February, which killed more than a dozen people including comedian and artist Arvin “Tado” Jimenez, and the December 2013 accident in which a Don Manolo bus plunged off the Skyway leaving 18 dead, have also called to question how government enforces safety standards for public transport. The safety board Poe is proposing will be headed by a chairman with Cabinet rank and six members, including representatives from the commuting public and transport services.(MNS)

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Clients seek bankruptcy relief to save for retirement How old are you now? When you were 10, you wanted to become a teenager. When you were a teenager, you wanted to be 21. Thereafter, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a fast train towards middle age. At middle age, they say that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re at your â&#x20AC;&#x153;primeâ&#x20AC;?. Shortly after that, you become a senior citizen starting at 62 and you start considering your mortality. You look back and say, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hey, what have I done, I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t saved enough for retirement!â&#x20AC;? In your late sixties, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying hard to not look â&#x20AC;&#x153;old.â&#x20AC;? In your seventies, you start losing will discharge all of her unsecured debt, muscle mass and you â&#x20AC;&#x153;shrivel upâ&#x20AC;? pretty other than her student loans, thus giving much like a grape that has turned into a her a fresh start in life, and giving her the raisin. In your eighties, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re surprised ability to save for her childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s college that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re still alive when you wake up expenses and her retirement in the future. in the morning. But thanks to Jesus, who Assuming client is disciplined enough to died for our sins, we can look forward to save $1,500 a month from not having to going to heaven after we die! He has given pay $2,300 a month on her credit card us the gift of eternal life. I hope Robin debt which will be totally wiped out by Williams, the comic genius of Mork & her bankruptcy, she will save $360,000 in Mindy, Mrs. DoubtFire & BirdCage, who 20 years! With cautious and wise portfolio killed himself yesterday at 63, has found investing, client will have close to $1.0 M peace and happiness with Jesus in heaven in her hands in less than 20 years based for eternity. on annual compound growth even at 6%. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s look at two clients who are in With a bankruptcy fresh start with no different age groups: debt to drag her down, this client will beClient is 45 years old and makes a gross come a very productive individual again. of $100,000 a year as a registered nurse. Client is 59 years old. His wife is 55 She has student loans of $60,000, which years old. They have no children. He she pays $700 monthly. She is a single makes $2,500 a month. She used to make mom with a daughter who is a sophomore $1,500 a month as a caregiver but lost in high school, and a son who is in middle her job last month. Together, they owe school. They both attend private school $40,000 of credit card debt. They still pay for which she pays $1,000 monthly. She $1,200 a month to keep the cards current. owns a house with a mortgage payment They have had these cards for the last 15 of $3,100, and a 2nd mortgage payment years and each month they pay at least of $1,000. Her house is worth $700,000 $1,000. In the last 15 years they have paid and has enough equity to cover both mort- MasterCard and Visa over $180,000 of gages. Her credit card debt is $80,000. Her interest, but today they still owe $40,000! former husband agreed to pay for half of With wifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recent unemployment, they the credit cards, but never did so. So, she canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pay the $1,000 anymore. So, they pays $2,300 a month to keep $80,000 of want a Chapter 7 bankruptcy to get rid of credit card debt current. She pays a car the cards. I told them they should have loan of $600 for a 2008 Lexus SUV 3.3. discharged these debts 15 years ago; today Despite her good income of $100,000 they would have $180,000 in their pocket. a year, client is in bad shape financially. Instead of paying creditors for the last 15 Her net take home pay is $7,000 monthly years, they should have paid themselves but her payments for the aforementioned in savings of $1,000 a month. student loans, private school, two mortâ&#x20AC;&#x153;As for God, His way is perfect; the gages, credit cards and car payments is word of the Lord is proven; He is a shield already $8,400. So, even at this point, she to all who trust Him. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Psalm 18:30. is short $1,400 without considering food, Lawrence Bautista Yang is a graduate gas and other necessities. of Georgetown University Law Center and Client will do a Chapter 7 to discharge has been in law practice for thirty years. $80,000 of credit card debt, thus saving He specializes in bankruptcy, business $2,300 a month. She will keep the Lexus and civil litigation and has handled more the payments of which will end this year, than five thousand successful bankruptcy thus saving another $600 a month. She cases in California. 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the kind of outreach, time and consideration that it is being given,â&#x20AC;? Assistant Secretary Bersin told the Embassyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Radyo Tambuli after the meeting. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know my colleagues in the government understand the urgency of the situation and the necessity for due deliberation,â&#x20AC;? said Assistant Secretary Bersin, also the Departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chief Diplomatic Officer, when asked if a decision on the Philippine request was forthcoming. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are delighted and appreciative that Ambassador Cuisia convened the FilipinoAmerican Community so that their views could be well heard and taken into account,â&#x20AC;? Assistant Secretary Bersin said. Another DHS official who attended the meeting, Director Leon Rodriguez of the US Citizenship and Immigration Service, also said the views expressed by the Filipino-American Community leaders would be helpful in their decision on the Philippine request for TPS.

Ambassador Cuisia said the dialogue at the Embassyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Romulo Hall allowed leaders of the Filipino-American Community and DHS to have a very useful exchange of views. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was reassuring to know that the US Government will give due consideration to the views of the Filipino-American Community when it makes its decision on our request for TPS,â&#x20AC;? Ambassador Cuisia added. Leaders of the Filipino-American Community who met Assistant Secretary Bersin, Director Rodriguez and the other DHS officials said they are thankful for the dialogue. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are really very grateful that they took the time to be with us to listen to the humanitarian, legal, economic and geopolitical arguments for the granting of TPS,â&#x20AC;? said Loida Nicolas-Lewis, Chair of the US Pinoys for Good Government. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are hoping that something will come out of our exchange of views.â&#x20AC;?

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Nurses fight gender bias in workersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; compensation Insurance: Nurses deserve protection from MRSA infections SACRAMENTO, CA â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The California Applicantsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Attorneys Association (CAAA), whose members represent Californians hurt at work, today joined the California Nurses Association (C.N.A.) in calling for elimination of gender bias against female first responders in California workers compensation insurance through passage of AB 2616 (Skinner). â&#x20AC;&#x153;California recognizes that some jobs are so inherently dangerous that those workers should not have to prove that certain injuries were job related,â&#x20AC;? said CAAA Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Caucus Co-Chair Christel Schoenfelder. â&#x20AC;&#x153;First responders like firefighters and police officers who are required to protect the public are presumed to be injured on the job when they get cancer or an infectious disease. There is one group of first responders who do not receive this protection from dangerous conditions. These are hospital employees, 80% of whom are female. Like police officers and firefighters, they are routinely exposed to conditions that can lead to major health problems.â&#x20AC;? AB 2616 intends to correct this gender imbalance by extending part of one of the fifteen exemptions that men enjoy â&#x20AC;&#x201C; for MRSA skin infections, which are a major health problem in hospitals around the world. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nurses and other hospital employees are required to assume great risk, but unlike public safety officers we are not given the same legal protections when we get sick on the job,â&#x20AC;? said Redding Registered Nurse Kathryn Donahue, who traveled to the State Capitol to urge passage of AB 2616. â&#x20AC;&#x153;MRSA is a virulent antibiotic-resistant staph infection. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a job hazard for nurses providing direct patient care in acute care hospitals. MRSA can kill you. Just like police officers and firefighters, nurses put our lives on the line every day. We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know if the patient we are treating has HIV, or MRSA, that we could be exposed to. We just do our job.â&#x20AC;? One out of every six deaths in the US can be attributed to an infection acquired in a hospital. A first responder has an

obligation to perform their duties in an emergency. Female workers are often forced to testify to personal details of their lives in an effort to deny claims. As female workers experience this, it has a chilling effect on the willingness of other female workers to come forth with their claims. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If nurses or other hospital workers who provide direct patient care get MRSA, we have to prove that it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come from any place but my work,â&#x20AC;? said Donahue. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an almost impossible burden to meet. It exposes nurses to invasive questioning about our personal lives â&#x20AC;&#x201C; even our sexual lives â&#x20AC;&#x201C; by insurersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; defense attorneys trying to defeat our claim for medical care and disability compensation.â&#x20AC;? Schoenfelder said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The lack of equal protection for health care workers is, in part, due to gender inequity. Public safety first responders are a predominantly male workforce, but hospital employees are a predominantly female workforce. The Labor Code currently provides 15 categories of presumptions for various first responders, and all of them are for male dominated workforces. There is not one presumption for first responders like nurses, which is primarily a female workforce. AB 2616 is intends to correct this gender imbalance by extending part of one of the fifteen exemptions that men enjoy â&#x20AC;&#x201C; for MRSA skin infections, which are a major health problem in hospitals around the world.â&#x20AC;? AB 2616 is in the Senate Appropriations Committee, and may be heard on August 14.

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If your debts are out of control, read this I was counseling someone the other day in my office. He looked shocked and confused as we sorted through all the credit card statements on my desk and added up how much he owed. $65,000! That’s how much the statements said he owed! How could this be? He said he remembered paying a lot of these debts off just a few years ago. When I asked him how it was possible for him to owe that much again, he replied: “Honestly, I don’t even remember”. Some use their credit cards for so-called For the vast majority of people, their “emergencies”. debt problems usually stem from a series The problem is that anything could of events or bad financial decisions. It pretty much qualify as an “emergency”. can be that a lot of people simply don’t The “emergency” could be new furniture keep track of what they charge on their that they don’t even need, a new car or credit cards. So they use their credit cards an unplanned family vacation. Months for everyday purchases without realizing or years go by and before they realize it, how much debt they are accumulating. their debts have skyrocketed beyond their

Enrile had projects with other dubious NGOs – COA exec MANILA, Aug 15 (Mabuhay) – Senate Minority Leader Juan Ponce Enrile had other projects supposedly implemented by dubious non-government organizations but which were not covered in the plunder and graft charges filed against him, a Commission on Audit official said Friday. Taking the witness stand, COA assistant commissioner Susan Garcia, who headed the special audit of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) released from 2007 to 2009, said the present case of Enrile only covers 14 projects with six NGOs associated with alleged pork barrel scam brains Janet Lim-Napoles. “Enrile has other projects and NGOs not covered in this case,” Garcia told the Sandiganbayan Third Division while identifying the documents they sent to Enrile for the confirmation of his and his representatives’ signatures. One of such was the Pangkabuhayan Foundation which was one of the NGOs that was part of the P25 million fund released from Enrile’s PDAF. Garcia, how-

ever, was not able to expound on the matter. Napoles’ lawyer Stephen David said Garcia’s statement proved that there were other NGOs involved in the supposed pork barrel scam but not included in the cases. “That will prove that my client is not the pork barrel queen,” he said. The COA sent two letters to Enrile to ask for the confirmation of the documents they gathered during the special audit. The first one was sent July 8, 2011 and a followup letter sent on Feb. 28, 2012. COA attached to the two letter the documents submitted by Enrile’s office in connection with his PDAF requests and releases. Enrile finally answered on March 21, 2012, confirming the authenticity of his signature and that of his respresentatives, then chief of staff, lawyer Gigi Reyes, and deputy chief of staff, Jose Antonio Evangelista, in the documents. Reyes is also a co-accused in the plunder and graft cases against Enrile. She is detained at Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig.

ability to repay. And unless their income has increased over that period of time, it becomes a struggle to make the debt payments every month. If you don’t have the extra cash lying around every month to make those increasing debt payments, it will only be a matter of time before you start falling behind. And from there it just gets worse and worse until one day you have a big financial emergency in your hands. Some people even resort to borrowing from some credit cards just to pay other credit cards but quickly realize that this strategy doesn’t work and that they are only digging themselves into a deeper financial hole with no way out. The truth is that your debt problems didn’t just suddenly appear out of nowhere. Experience is often our best teacher. It would help to understand what past decisions led you to your present

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How to raise your credit scores to get a better mortgage loan As we all know your credit scores can clearly affect you when you are applying for a home, so why donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t we all have good credit scores? There are many factors that will easily lower a personsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; credit points and many way to help them reverse and increase their points as well. Most importantly you have to understand how the process works so you can help yourself in working on getting the highest scores possible to better improve your ways to borrow money. All it takes is an error to drag down your score, you can get them fixed, thousands of dollars on your loan. Raising just in time for your much-anticipated loan someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s middle FICO score from 699 to closing. 720, for example, will save them 1.25% in One way is called rapid rescoring, fees. In our residential mortgage practice, a practice to help lift clientsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; scores to we frequently do rescores for borrowers. qualify for better loans, allows borrowers The cost is minimal, and the improvement to get accurate information updated into in mortgage pricing is very significant. ITs credit files within a few days, rather than good to always be prepared and know what waiting weeks or months for the credit your scores are. bureaus to do it on their own. When youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in a tight lending enThat faster timetable could save you vironment, every single point counts.

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to the credit reporting agencies so they can update your file without waiting for the credit card issuer to report your updated information. There are some credit cards that report to the bureaus at the beginning of the month, some at the end of the month, some only every other month. By doing a rapid rescore, we can get that information corrected within three business days. Rapid rescoring is not credit repair Rapid rescoring is not a form of credit repair â&#x20AC;&#x201C; an industry whose bad apples promise, illegally, to erase accurate negative information from consumersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; credit reports. Rapid rescoring should only be done through a mortgage broker or lender. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be a little surprise actually of anything that offered a rapid rescore directly to the borrower. Typically, a rescore costs between $25 and $30 per bureau on each account.. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also important to remember that the only information you can dispute is inaccurate information, there is no magic in this. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s purely mathematical information given to bureaus and creditors. What I find is when somebodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got a low credit score, they have lots of excuses for why this [negative information] is on their report,. However, you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t explain away accurate blemishes, such as missed credit card payments. Nor can you make them magically disappear. A lot of people donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t realize that. They will pay off a delinquent account and expect it to fall off their report. However, it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work that way. When it comes to negative but accurate information, all you can do is wait up to seven years for the negative information to disappear. Time will heal and establishing better paying habits too. The good news is if your complaint is legitimate, you have a good chance of getting it rescored when you need. Thanks for your inquiries. Call Ken Go, you can see us on Facebook, type in â&#x20AC;&#x153;1st Innovative Financeâ&#x20AC;? , call us at 562-5087048 or email: kennethgo@verizon.net

US job openings hit 13-year high WASHINGTON, August 12, 2014 (AFP) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The number of US job openings hit a 13-year high in June and more workers quit their jobs, pointing to a tightening labor market, Labor Department data showed Tuesday. Nonfarm job openings in the private and public sectors rose to 4.7 million on the last business day of June, from 4.6 million in May. That was the largest number of openings since February 2001, and increases were seen across the entire country. Job openings have trended upward since January by an average of 159,000 a month. In June, the ratio of openings to employment rose a tenth point to 3.3 percent, according to the departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Job Openings and Labor Turnover (JOLTS) report. A total of 2.53 million people quit a job in June, up from 2.49 million in May. Quits generally indicate workersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; willingness or ability to leave jobs, a positive sign for the labor market. But the quit rate stood at 1.8 percent of total employment for the fifth consecutive month in June. Total separations, or turnover, which includes quits, layoffs, discharges and other forms of separations, such as retire-

ment and disability, rose to 4.55 million in June from 4.53 million in May. Hiring meanwhile increased by 92,000 jobs to 4.83 million. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Quits are creeping higher, though like hires, they are not back to where they were prior to the start of the Great Recession,â&#x20AC;? said Marisa Di Natale of Moodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Analytics. The JOLTS report added fresh evidence of a firming labor market. Initial unemployment claims, a sign of the pace of layoffs, have trended lower, bringing the four-week moving average to its lowest level since February 2006. The US economy has added more than 200,000 jobs per month from February through July, the first time since 1997 the economy has generated that many for six months straight. The Federal Reserve says that despite the sharp fall in the unemployment rate to 6.2 percent, there remains significant slack that has left far too many Americans without jobs. Fed Chair Janet Yellen, in testimony to Congress in mid-July, said the central bank could hike its key interest rate sooner than the current forecast for the second half of 2015 if the job market continues to make solid improvement.

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Community property transactions between spouses: Heightened duties and the presumption of undue influence California law on the nature of spousesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; rights and obligations with respect to management and control of community property has evolved over the last thirty years from less stringent â&#x20AC;&#x153;good faithâ&#x20AC;? standards to heightened â&#x20AC;&#x153;confidential dutyâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;fiduciary dutyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; standards. Under current law, the duties owed between spouses in transactions between themselves are the same highest duties owed by parties to a fiduciary relationship. The heightened standard with regard to influence when one spouse obtains an transactions between spouses is codified advantage over the other in a community in Family Code Sec. 721(b). The section property transaction â&#x20AC;&#x201C; i.e. when one spouse provides that â&#x20AC;&#x153;in transactions between improves his/her position, obtains a fathemselves, a husband and wife are subject vorable opportunity, or otherwise gains, to the general rules governing fiduciary benefits or profits in a community property relationships which control the actions of transaction to the exclusion of the other. persons occupying confidential relations Marriage of Haines (1995) 33 CA4th 277, with each other. This confidential relation- 297, 39 CR2d 673, 686. This presumption ship imposes a duty of the highest good arises in connection with any interspousal faith and fair dealing on each spouse, and property transaction in which one spouse neither shall take any unfair advantage of obtained an advantage over the other. It the other.â&#x20AC;? is important to note that the presumption Incidental to this fiduciary relation- arises even if the transaction at issue did ship is a rebuttable presumption of undue not result from fraud, deceit or coercion.

3 Filipinos held for â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;dumpingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Japanese man at sea MANILA, August 14, 2014 (AFP) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Three Filipino men have been detained after confessing to dumping the bodies of a missing Japanese man and his Filipina girlfriend at sea, the justice department said Thursday. The men disposed of the bodies of Japanese businessman Yuji Okada and his girlfriend in early July on the orders of a Filipino suspect who remains at large, the departmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s National Bureau of Investigation said. The men initially buried the bodies on a sandy riverbank east of Manila, but later dug them up after a stray dog disturbed the site, said senior investigator Joel Tovera. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They loaded the bodies on a boat and

sailed to Polillo island, where the by then bloated bodies were strapped to sandbags and dropped into the water,â&#x20AC;? he told a news conference. Okada and his girlfriend are still registered as missing as no bodies have been found, Tovera added. The Japanese embassy in Manila could not be reached for comment late Thursday. The grisly confessions came a day after the South Korean embassy in Manila expressed alarm at a rise in crimes against its nationals in the Philippines, citing the killing of nine South Koreans this year alone. Tovera said the authorities are looking for a total of four Filipino suspects, in addition to those already arrested over the coupleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s disappearance.

Marriage of Mathews (2005) 133 CA4th 624, 629-630, 35 CR3d 1, 4. The spouse favored by such a transaction has the burden of rebutting the presumption of undue influence. To rebut the presumption, he/she must show that the other spouse entered into the transaction freely and voluntarily, with full knowledge of all the facts, and with a complete understanding of its effect. Marriage of Delaney (2003) 111 CA4th 991, 996-997, 4 CR3d 378, 382. If the spouse who benefited from the transaction fails to demonstrate the foregoing, the transaction may be ignored. For example, if a husband executes a quitclaim deed in favor of his wife that would have the effect of changing the character of the property from community to his wifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s separate property, and his wife fails to overcome the presumption, the court can set aside the deed. Each spouseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fiduciary obligations toward the other spouse under Family Code Sec. 721(b) continue after separation in anticipation of dissolution, nullity or legal separation until the date of distribution of the community asset or liability in question. Family Code Sec. 2102(a) and (b). Accordingly, if you have made an interspousal transaction benefiting your spouse during that time, it is advised that you consult with an experienced attorney to determine what

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Palace to other high-profile fugitives: We’re coming after you too

MANILA, Aug 12 (Mabuhay) -- Following the arrest of retired Army general and kidnapping suspect Jovito Palparan, Malacañang on Tuesday assured that other high-profile fugitives are also being pursued. At a press briefing, Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said the government is determined to bring to justice high-profile suspects who remain at large. “Ang pagkadakip kay dating Heneral Jovito Palparan ay magbibigay daan upang siya ay sumailalim sa mga proseso ng katarungan sa ilalim ng batas. Patuloy na sinisikap ng ating mga alagad ng batas na tugisin at mahuli ang iba pang pinaghahanap ng batas – ‘yung mga high-profile suspect,” Coloma told reporters. “Patuloy din ‘yung pagkilos ng ating mga alagad ng batas para sila ay matunton at mapanagot,” he added. Palparan, one of the country’s so-called “Big 5” fugitives, was nabbed in Manila earlier in the day by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Armed Forces. The retired general is facing two counts of kidnapping and serious illegal detention before a Bulacan court for the alleged abduction of University of the Philippines students Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño. Among the so-called “Big 5” fugitives, former Palawan Gov. Joel Reyes and his brother Mario Reyes and Dinagat Rep. Ruben Ecleo remain at large. Already arrested earlier this year are businessman Delfin Lee, who is facing a P6.6-billion syndicated estafa case, and suspected communist leader Benito Tiamzon and his wife, Wilma. Human rights violations At the same press briefing, Coloma stressed that the President remains committed to addressing human rights violations in the country. “Matibay ang determinasyon ng ating Pangulo na iharap sa hukuman at panagutin ang mga mayroong usapin sa paglabag ng mga karapatang pantao at sa paglabag ng batas,” the Palace official said. He added that more than just going after fugitives, the administration wants a stronger criminal justice system. “Sa kabuuan, ang pinaka-layunin ng ating pamahalaan ay palakasin ang buong criminal justice system, pahusayin ang kapasidad ng kapulisan at ng iba pang mga law enforcement agencies, unang-una, para mapigilan mismo ‘yung pagganap ng krimen,” he said. He added,“Dahil kapag naganap na ay meron nang buhay na nakuha, meron nang krimen na naganap laban sa kaligtasan ng mga mamamayan, kaya ‘yung buong sistema ang tinitingnan diyan, hindi lang naman ‘yung paghuli sa mga so-called high-profile suspects.” Progressive human rights group Karapatan earlier said that it has recorded at least 192 cases of extrajudicial killings under the Aquino administration. During US President Barack Obama’s visit to the Philippines last April, Aquino defended his administration’s human rights record. He said the government has been taking steps to address incidents of extrajudicial killings and forced disappearances in the Philippines, including the forming of an inter-agency committee to look into these cases. The President also earlier said that out of the 62 suspected cases of extralegal killings reported to the committee, only 10 met the criteria of what constitutes an extrajudicial killing, and only one happened under his watch. (MNS)

DAP is constitutional – Palace MANILA, Aug 13 (Mabuhay) -– There is nothing wrong with having a Disbursement Acceleration Program-like mechanism, Malacañang insisted on Wednesday. In the first place, “DAP is constitutional,” according to Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda. “Let’s lay the groundwork. DAP is constitutional, only certain acts were declared (as) not in keeping with the Constitution,” he said during a Palace press briefing. Lacierda was reacting to the signature campaign of anti-pork groups, which will culminate in a rally on August 25. Monet Silvestre, #AbolishPork spokesperson, accused President Benigno Aquino III of attempting to institutionalize the DAP and maintain “congressional pork” or mechanisms similar to the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF). But Lacierda said there was nothing wrong in making the unconstitutional aspects of the DAP constitutional. He said the problem only lies in how the execu-

tive branch interpreted savings. “So what’s wrong with redefining our savings to make Congress also agree with it? Nobody has questioned the beneficial effects,” Lacierda explained. “We know already how the Supreme Court defines it, so let’s find a way to make it constitutional, and that’s what we’re doing.” The spokesperson also pointed out that doing away with lump sum funds was “impossible. “For instance, you cannot define with exactitude the amount that you’re going to identify to a particular storm or particular natural calamity. These things are force majeure (superior force) and we (can) only provide a fund for that,” he said. “If you’re asking people to just say ‘put a budget, strict budget, for that – for this and that – for a particular natural calamity,’ that is an impossibility,” he said of the contingent funds. Lacierda said even those critical of the lump sum funds know that funds allotted for calamities cannot be broken down into specific amounts. (MNS)

Bangsamoro bill delays won’t raise tensions on the ground – Palace MANILA, Aug 13 (Mabuhay) – The government is confident that delays in the crafting of the Bangsamoro Basic Law will not raise tensions on the ground, and that there will still be time for a plesbiscite even if the law is passed early next year. At a press briefing on Wednesday, presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda said members of the 12,000-strong Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) are aware that its peace panel and the government are working toward a mutually acceptable bill. “The MILF is also familiar that both parties are working steadfastly on making sure that the Bangsamoro Basic Law will be submitted to Congress,” he said. He added that the government is optimistic that the draft law will be finished and ready for submission to President Benigno Aquino III by August 18, as earlier committed by the peace panels. “That is something that we’re working on and we certainly would like to see an agreement that we can submit it already before the Congress,” he said.

The Palace official further maintained that it is “still possible” to conduct a plebiscite and form the Bangsamoro Transition Authority – the interim ministerial government of the proposed new political entity – even if the basic law is passed during the first quarter of 2015. Over the weekend, the peace panels “reached agreement on substantial versions” of the draft Bangsamoro Basic Law, which seeks to create a new political entity to replace the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. The crafting of the bill has been stalled over the past weeks after Aquino’s legal team allegedly made changes to the draft submitted by the Bangsamoro Transition Commission. The Bangsamoro Basic Law will embody the comprehensive peace agreement signed last March by the MILF and the government, aiming to end the decades-long armed conflict in Mindanao. MILF chief negotiator Mohagher Iqbal earlier said that his group will “do everything possible” to ensure that the peace accord is implemented. (MNS)

WHO declares Ebola epidemic a global emergency By Nina Larson

GENEVA, August 8, 2014 (AFP) - Nigeria became the latest country to declare a national emergency over the deadly Ebola virus on Friday, as the World Health Organisation called the epidemic that has claimed nearly 1,000 lives a global health crisis. The WHO appealed for international aid to help afflicted countries after a rare meeting of the UN health body’s emergency committee, which urged screening of all people flying out of the affected countries in west Africa. It stopped short of calling for global travel restrictions, urging airlines to take strict precautions but to continue flying to the west African countries hit by the outbreak. And it called on countries around the globe to be prepared to “detect, investigate and manage” Ebola cases if they should arise. WHO director-general Dr Margaret Chan appealed for greater help for those worst hit by the “largest, most severe and most complex outbreak in the nearly four-decade history of this disease”. “I am declaring the current outbreak a public health emergency of international concern,” Chan said, warning of the “serious and unusual nature of the outbreak and the potential for further international spread”. States of emergency had already been declared in the hardest hit countries of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Nigeria became the latest on Friday. Two people have died there and five others have been infected. President Goodluck Jonathan ordered the immediate release of 1.9 billion naira ($11.67 million) to fund the fight against the disease, and urged the population to avoid large gatherings. The Ivory Coast, which neighbours Guinea and

Liberia, said it was declaring a “very high” level of alert, while Benin is also investigating a suspect patient. ArcelorMittal said it had halted work to expand its iron ore mines in Liberia after staff were evacuated due to concerns over the epidemic. In the first European case, Spain is treating an elderly priest who contracted the disease while helping patients in Liberia. ‘Out of control’ Defining the epidemic a public health emergency of international concern – a label only used twice before, during the H1N1 swine flu pandemic in 2009 and last May for the reemergence of polio – “alerts the world to the need for high vigilance,” Chan said. The Doctors Without Borders (MSF) charity, which has warned the virus is “out of control”, hailed the move, but said there needed to be immediate action on the ground. “Lives are being lost because the response is too slow,” said head of operations Bart Janssens. Ebola had by Wednesday claimed at least 961 lives and infected nearly 1,800 people since breaking out in Guinea earlier this year, with 29 people dying in just two days, the WHO said. “The likelihood is that it will get worse before it gets better,” WHO health security chief Keiji Fukuda said, with the outbreak likely to last for months. In Liberia, soldiers in Grand Cape Mount province – one of the worst-affected areas – have set up road blocks to limit travel to the capital Monrovia, as bodies reportedly lay unburied in the streets. In Sierra Leone, which has the most confirmed infections, 800 troops were sent to guard hospitals treating Ebola patients. Two towns in the east were put under quarantine.

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Binay unstoppable, but Pnoy makes U-turn Vice President Jejomar Binay must be grinning from ear to ear nowadays. Reports have it from political sources that the LP hierarchy is inclined to adopt Binay as their presidential candidate. The camp of DiLG Secetary Roxas however were quick to deny that there is no such move being initiated by LP bigwigs. Binay, although not considered to be a hardcore opposition, is the sure bet of the United Nationalist Alliance. If the presidential election is to be held today or this month, Binay will win it that he is against tinkering with the 1986 by a big margin against anybody, includ- constitution which was promulgated during ing Mar Roxas, the presumptuous LP his mother’ term. presidential bet. Latest opinion polls for I do not believe that Noynoy has any the 2016 presidential election show that plans of extending his term or running for Roxas is too far behind Binay. reelection. He is the type of a person that Binay started his political career as an avoid long hours of hard work in his office. appointed mayor of Makati after the 1986 Everybody in the palace is saying that he Edsa revolution. He became one of Presi- would only work, at the most from 9 a.m. dent Cory’s first appointed local officials to 4 p.m. , and then start his drinking sesor OIC (officer-in-charge). Old timers in sions with his KKK buddies. Makati are saying that he got his appointI think this latest ploy of Nonoy allies ment as a gift from former Senator Joker regarding extension of term limits is a ploy Arroyo, whom he financially helped during to give Roxas sufficient time to improve the martial law days. Arroyo was then the his poor standing in opinion polls. The executive secretary of President Cory. statement of Roxas given to a radio interBinay has always been a Cory loyalist. view stating that there is a strong clamor The administration party of President B. for the president to seek reelection is pure S. Aquino are exploring all options on HORSESHIT. He did not even say who how they could hang on to their powers. are those people clamoring for Nonoy From tinkering the constitution to extend to extend his term by running again with Nonoy’s term limit to having Roxas as Roxas as his running mate. Binay’s running mate in the 2016 presiIf there are really some people clamordential election. ing for the president to run again, these are Speaking of extending his term, the his KKK buddies, his yellow ribbon partylatest statement issued by President mates as well as his LP “senatongs” and Nonoy must have jolted the opposition. “tongcongressmen.” Even DILG Secretary Mar Roxas is ameI don’t think the Filipino people are that nable to the plan of their administration stupid to go along with the idea of Roxas. allies to amend the 1986 constitution. Right now, the most logical scenario for The president statement regarding term the LPs is to pair Roxas with Binay for limit extension runs counter to his previ- him to at least have a chance to realize his ous statements his has given several times goal of becoming president after Binay’s

term. That is of course if he wins the vice presidency. Then mission accomplished. To guarantee a Roxas win as the next VP, the current administration must have practically demolished all vice presidential aspirants. Both Senators Jingoy Estrada and Bong Revilla and the ailing Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile are currently locked up in jail for their alleged involvement in the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) scam. The administration will continue to persecute and demonize these two senators hoping that Jingoy and Revilla will eventually lose their appeal to the voting public. Come 2016, it’s going to be a Binay-Roxas ticket. Binay will agree to have Roxas as his running mate. He has nothing to lose but everything to gain. Remember that politics is always about addition. Aside from having an unlimited amount of funds for his presidential campaign, he will have both the support of the united opposition as well as the yellow party of Noynoy. Even Noynoy’s two sisters, Balsy and Mega star Kris, stated their preference for Binay. The recent plunder and graft charges filed against Binay, his son and 21 others are mere political ploys to pressure Binay to enter into a secret political merger with the LP faction of Roxas. Binay knows that more charges and black ops are coming his way. During his 2010 campaign for the vice presidency, he admitted having extra-

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marital affair which almost caused him his marriage with his doctor wife. A picture of the woman circulated oin the Internet. Although the LP of Roxas denied having anything to do with the exposé, everyone knows that they did it to salvage whatever little hope they had of winning the vice presidency from Binay. I know Binay is onion-skinned. He wants his good image preserved. He will do what is best for his political career. His daughter is a senator, son is Makati mayor and another daughter is a congresswoman of the 2nd district of Makati. He will try his best to shield them from any black propaganda. Eventually, he will ultimately merge with the LP and be their presidential bet guest candidate. Roxas knows deep in his heart he has no chance against Binay. His best bet is just to run for vice president. But wait. What if Jingoy Estrada persists in running for the VP slot and remains to be in the top spot in surveys despite the PDAF scam? If that happens, this is when you see Senator Franklin “Big Boy” Drilon and Butch “The Bagman” Abad get into the act. In that case, then it’s going to be a Binay/Kris tandem. Say what? I will write about this scenario in my column next. (Chito Parazo is a former staff member of the Manila Bulletin. He started his journalism career as a police reporter. He covered the BIR, finance, labor, health, education, and public works departments for the Bulletin.)

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MANILA, Aug 13 (Mabuhay) -- Makati Mayor Jejomar Erwin Binay said Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and a Senator Aquilino Pimentel III-led committee should apologize if allegations about an overpriced office and parking building in the city are not true. In a statement, Binay said: “When the facts all come out and when the allegations are proven false, we ask nothing in return but a public apology from the senator who authored the probe Makati Mayor Jejomar Erwin Binay seen here with a guest at Noypitz and from the com- Bar & Grill in Glendale, California in 2011 during a fundraising concert mittee for allowing organized by members of Filipino-American media for typhoon itself to be used as a Sendong victims. Photo: Benny Uy venue for character Binay added the hearings are already assassination and political demolition.” unnecessary since there is already an ofHe said he and his father, Vice Presi- ficial audit report. dent Jejomar Binay, “totally welcome” “The allegations have already been the investigation initiated by Trillanes. discredited as baseless by an intensive Nonetheless, he asked Trillanes to review made by Commission on Audit treat decently the probe. in response to a request made by the “Based on his statements, he has made complainants. up his mind and he intends to use the “The Ombudsman has already asked Senate hearing as a platform to malign the parties to comment. This means that the name of the Vice President,” he said. the investigation process has started. A He noted Trillanes even promised to Senate inquiry would therefore be unpresent witnesses against his father. necessary,” he said. “May we remind the senator that this is He reiterated the building is not a parknot a trial. It is supposed to be a hearing ing building but one that houses offices in aid of legislation,” he said. and parking floors. (MNS)

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A scenic wedding in Mendocino for Lester Perkins and Jannelle So Thursday (7/17/14) – As guests started arriving in Mendocino Coast, California, welcome bags greeted them at their respective rooms. Bride and groom personally dropped off bags at hotels and inns where guests decided to book their stay for the weekend. Bags were made in the Philippines, designed by the couple. The “Keep Calm” phrase on the flap was to pay homage to Lester’s English heritage. Each bag came with scrolled personalized notes explaining the significance of the items – pencil sharpeners in the shape of the distinctive London red bus and red telephone stations; pencil from the couple’s favorite boutique hotel in South Kensington; loose tea leaves in tin cans that depict p h o t o s o f Bride’s make up by Marlou tourist Colina of Colina Salon spots in England; coffee bags from Cavite. Philippines; and a jar of locally-made lemon curd from Mendocino, CA. There was also a personalized newsletter designed by Krystal Menez. It that had information about the tour that was Lester and Jannelle pose with their bridal party to take place the following day. Friday (7/18/14) – At the suggestion of their wedding coordinator, Rocio Nuyda, the couple hired a vintage trolley from the Mendocino Transport Authority, to tour their guests around the quaint town. The trolley is normally used as public transportation in the area. But the couple hired it for the day, to introduce their guests to famous film location sites (Murder She Wrote, Dying Young, Overboard); the Mendocino headlands; Cabrillo lighthouse; Noyo Harbor; Main Street in downtown Fort Bragg; and the world-famous Botanical Garden

You may kiss the bride.

(www.gardenbythesea.com) Saturday (7/19/14) – Guests Instead of table numbers, London tube stations were arrived at St. Anthony’s Church used for table names. in Mendocino at 12:30p.m., for the rehearsal. Jannelle walked in wearing a white gown, designed by Carlyn Nuyda Calloway, for her BHLDN bridal collection that is yet to be launched. She also designed Jannelle’s headpiece, to match the gown. After the rehearsal, reception followed at one of the vacation rental homes managed by Men-

Bride and groom share a tender moment by the cliff

docino Coast Reservations. The Bay House was the place that Jannelle and Lester first stayed at when they visited Mendocino for the first time in October 2013, at the invitation of Ligaya and Richard Sublett who owned MCR at the time. The rehearsal reception had an English flavor, as it was hosted by Lester’s family who flew all the way from their hometown, Stratford-Upon-Avon. Keep Calm and Keep the Flame The family prepared English finger foods and salads and decorated the place with Union Jack flags, along with a wall of photos documenting Lester’s life from childhood. At the end of the reception, the couple distributed presents to members of the wedding party. Principal sponsors received a personalized Tiffany harmony bowl. Secondary sponsors received a marble cheese serving set. Sunday (7/20/14) – The wedding was scheduled for 3:00p.m.; but started a little bit late because the bride, accompanied by her matron of honor, had to go back to the house Mr. & Mrs. Perkins leaving the church as husband and wife.

Glimpse of the setting in the courtyard where the reception was held. Vibrant red hues paired with vintage vases evoked the essence of vintage/rustic wedding, designed by Crystal Sanford of Recycled Love Story.

During cocktail hour, Lester and Jannelle greeted their guests from the balcony of the master suite.

to fetch the bridal bouquet which they forgot. A small and perhaps the only glitch during the day. The bride walked down the aisle accompanied by her parents on each side. The dress is inspired from the traditional Filipiniana terno with a modern approach. The lace is French lace acquired from a purveyor of fine lace; which was enhanced with hand made glass beading that sparkled to the touch of sunlight giving it a dreamy silhouette. This one in particular was from the House of Sophie Halette, whose intricate creations have been made into some of the most memorable gowns including Princess Kate Middleton’s wedding gown. Ms. So’s petite frame called for a silhouette that did not overpower her, so I created a modified trumpet skirt gown with an empire waist line. The plissé detail at the empire waist was done in silk gossamer and the butterfly sleeves was a miniature version that Jannelle and Lester share a kiss complemented the bride’s dainty frame. Left unlined it showcased the delicate lacework; a design deviation from the usual. Embroidered in silver silk thread with the finest beadwork, the two layer cathedral veil crowned the bride’s head along with a custom hair embellishment fashioned and patterned into the shape of the flowers from her lace. or something old and borrowed, the bride wore a 1930s Vintage Art Deco bandeau diadem which she wore as a headband; a piece from Thumbelina’s rare collection. Little added details included a blue flower sewn into her gown for something blue. The cathedral length train was fashioned into the shape of a triangle (instead of the usual circular pattern) to signify the union of two wonderful souls, blessed by The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit.” - Carlyn Nuyda-Calloway Guests pose with the bride, all wearing the wedding gift bag.

of Thumbelina There was a slight mist as the couple came out of the church as husband and wife. In many cultures, this is believed to be a blessing from heaven. Guests lined the path, throwing red rose petals, to welcome the newlywed. The Setting – Mendocino California is a little known coast in Northern California, albeit noted for its distinctive Pacific Ocean coastline, and dramatic cliffs. The only way to get there is by car, on a 3 ½ drive along Redwood forests, colorful wineries and independent microbreweries. Jannelle and Lester got married in a small yet historic church on top of a hill, St. Anthonyಬs Catholic Reception followed in nearby Fort Bragg, in a private estate that boasts of a deck that provided all 64 carefully-chosen wedding guests a 180-view of the majestic ocean and the stunning sunset that followed toward early evening. Guests took home matchboxes with tags that read: ಫKeep Calm and Keep the Flameಬ Monday (7/21/14) - Guests were treated to an all-Filipino brunch, hosted by the brideಬs family, before they left for their trip back home.

Jannelle and Lester pose by the vintage trolley, with Jeffrey Beared of the MTA, who drove and accompanied guests on their tour of Mendocino Coast, speci¿cally designed by the couple.

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Since October, more than 57,000 unaccompanied minors have been detained crossing the US-Mexico border, about three-quarters of them from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, Central American countries where youths are fleeing poverty and gang violence, according to Agence France Presse.

God is the guardian of undocumented children By Andrea Acosta El Pregonero (Translated by Elena Shore)

SILVER SPRING, Md., Aug 10, 2014 – While children cross the border alone, their parents in the United States are going through intense anxiety – and the only thing they can do is pray to God to protect their kids along the journey. Each successful trip is God’s doing, according to many immigrant parents who are waiting on the other side of the Rio Grande, impatient and full of faith. “What I did was put her in the hands of God and God put angels along her path to bring my girl to me,” Salvadoran immigrant Carmen Molina told El Pregonero recently, referring to the trip her daughter Valeria made nearly three years ago. Two journeys Carmen left El Salvador 10 years ago, crossed through Guatemala and Mexico by bus and taxi, and then crossed the Rio Grande to come to the United States. She made the journey with her brother, guided by coyotes, and says that God took care of them along the way. The worst part of the trip, she says, was the journey on the infamous train known as “La Bestia” (The Beast), but she was saved from any harm inflicted by traffickers. “There are a lot of deaths on the train,” she says. “Some people lose limbs, immigrants are stripped of their clothes and robbed, women are raped….” After three dangerous weeks making the journey north, Carmen was arrested by immigration authorities. She decided not to appear in court, so she remained undocumented. She had left her family and her country behind, with the goal of working to help her family back home. “I cried every day for my 6-year-old and 10-year-old daughters, who I left in my mom’s care,” says the parishioner of the San Camilo Church in Silver Spring, Maryland. She tearfully recalled the moment she said goodbye, when her younger daughter told her, “‘Take me with you, Mom… I’m going to go with you and I won’t leave your side.’” Carmen remembers Valeria’s words and the expression on her little face. “They are painful moments you’ll never forget,” she says. Since she got here, she’s been working as a housecleaner and has always been able to send her money to her mother in El Salvador. Carmen wanted her older daughter to come to the United States, but she was too scared to make the journey. Her younger daughter, who was 13 years old at the time, kept saying that she wanted to see her mother. She was excited, brave and determined to undertake the adventure of crossing three countries.

Before making the decision, the desperate mother knelt down and prayed: “My God, help me. Bring me my daughters. I miss them so much, and I can’t stand the pain….” Carmen had already gotten married in the United States and couldn’t abandon her husband and her three daughters who were born here. If she returned to El Salvador, she wouldn’t be able to get back in the country. So, between a rock and a hard place, she chose to come up with $4,500 to pay a woman who had been recommended to her to guide her daughter across the borders. The trip Valeria set out on the trek and the woman didn’t leave her alone for a moment. “I wasn’t that worried because my daughter would call me along the way, and tell me where she was,” says the Salvadoran mother. But she admits that she became extremely anxious when it came time for her daughter to cross the river. “As they crossed the river, I spent the whole time on my knees asking God to help my daughter.” After Valeria made it across, she had one last challenge: getting past the Border Patrol. So Carmen kept doing the only thing she knew how to do: pray. She knelt down again to pray to God that the agent would only look at the woman’s papers… and that’s what happened. “They just looked at us and said, ‘Go ahead,’ says Valeria. Carmen recognizes her daughter’s courage and describes all of this as God’s work. “I’m happy that everything was OK and my daughter made it to my home in 22 days.” The day of the reunion was very emotional, says the mother, who went from feeling anxiety to being at peace. Her daughter ran to her and said: “Mommy, mommy, I got to see you again. I did it. I’m here with you.” Carmen was surprised to see how thin Valeria was. “She was so skinny that she didn’t even fit into size zero pants. I just felt her bones when she hugged me and I started to cry,” recalls the mother, who says she is now finally happy.

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LOS ANGELES – With the port congestion in Manila worsening and inspections by the Department of Homeland Security in US ports continuing, the delivery of balikbayan boxes will continue to experience delays of at least two weeks, a senior official of the Philippine American Shippers Association said on Monday. “There is just no way balikbayan box deliveries could be delivered in the same time period as before the DHS inspections and port congestion,” said Joel P. Longares, one of the founders and advisers of PASA, an LA-based organization of Filipino cargo forwarders in the United States. Longares, who is president and CEO of Atlas Shippers International, said with the current conditions, the earliest a balikbayan box could reach its destination in Metro Manila would be at least 45 days. For provincial deliveries, he said, it could take from 60 to 75 days. “Balikbayan box senders should be wary of cargo companies promising no delays in deliveries,” he said. “In their desire to grab a piece of the action, these companies make promises that would be near impossible to fulfill. The reasons for the two- to three-week delay are definitely beyond the control of the cargo forwarders and any company saying it can deliver in 30 days is fooling the customers.” Longares said the mandatory physical inspection of all balikbayan boxes by the DHS in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and other ports in the US results in delays because it takes another two to three weeks before the boxes can finally be loaded for shipping.

With the 21-day sailing time, it takes six weeks for the boxes to reach Philippine ports. But the biggest problem now, Longares said, is the ongoing truck bans imposed by both the City of Manila and the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA). The truck ban has resulted in massive backlog and congestion in both the Port of Manila and the Manila International Container Port. It has also extended the turnaround time of cargo trucks from the ports and back to three days, instead of the usual one day. This has resulted in containers with the balikbayan boxes and other imported goods being stalled in the ports’ container yards and warehouses for another two to three weeks. “The days of the 30-day delivery time from the senders’ door to the beneficiary’s door is gone,” Longares said. “The DHS and customs inspections may be around forever and it may take some time before the Manila and MMDA officials to realize their truck ban impositions are causing a big dent on the Philippine economy, not to mention the troubles it is causing the balikbayan box industry.” The PASA is appealing to the public for patience and understanding. Longares said the PASA is continually making representations with the DHS officials to institute measures to expedite inspections, and with Manila and MMDA officials to remove or minimize the truck bans. Longares said because of protests from business organizations, importers, exporters and logistics companies, Malacanang has promised to look into the problem while the Senate has vowed to conduct its own investigation to find ways to solve the nagging problem.

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Santa Clarita Valley Fil-Ams to hold Mga Kwento Ni Lola Basyang musical play Sept. 6 The FilAm Association of SCV, Inc. is proud to present a musical play of “Mga Kwento Ni Lola Basyang” (The Stories of Grandmother Basyang), an Anthology of short stories by Philippine literature’s most iconic storyteller, author Severino Reyes. The musical production will be held on September 6, a Saturday, starting at 7:30 p.m. at the historical Canyon Theater Guild, 24242 Main Street, Santa Clarita CA 91321. Co-sponsored by Morton Manufacturing and AFC Corp, in cooperation with Kababayan LA18, “Mga Kwento Ni Lola Basyang” will feature value driven folktales showcasing local talents, singers, colorful costumes and unforgettable Filipino cultural dance numbers by the popular Malaya Filipino American Dance Arts. “We are so delighted to bring Lola Basyang, one of Philippines beloved

Philippine literature’s storytellers. This play will entertain you, will teach values and will surely captivate you” said FilAm of SCV President, Zenaida Justiniano. The evening will delight viewers with two fascinating and enchanting stories, Áng Sultan Saif” (The Sultan Saif), will be played by new stage actor, Joe Maglalang along with Dexter Tucay as Chamberlain Abdul and Art Rivera as Minister Lour and “Ang Mahiwagang Biyulin” (The Magical Violin), in which Rodrigo will be played by young up and coming stage actor Paolo Arguelles, with actor and singer Joseph Sese to play Mr. Ahab. The alluring Miss Zeny Benitez takes the loveable role of Lola Basyang. A colorful ensemble of various characters will be played by various members of the association. The play is being directed by experi-

enced stage actor and director, Myra Miranda along with co-director Verna Arguelles, an experienced stage director. “Being able to translate these two timeless stories in a production play is such an honor. This is just another one of FilAm of SCV’s effort to continue to promote and preserve our beautiful and colorful Philippine heritage”, says director Myra Miranda. Experience the magical journey! Seats are limited so we encourage you to reserve your tickets now. General admission ticket is $30 and reserved

center stage VIP seats are for $50. For ticket reservations, for ads and sponsorships on our play bill , please contact Zeny Justiniano at 661.294.0181 or Linda Crawford at 661.296.1234 .

GMA Network now offers daily news updates to Filipino community in US via mobile phone WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Filipino Community in the United States will now be able to listen to daily news updates from GMA Network, one of the largest broadcasters in the Philippines, as part of a public diplomacy initiative being undertaken by the Philippine Embassy in cooperation with AudioNow, the world’s leading call-to-listen platform. The Embassy announced today that as part of its efforts to better serve the diaspora, it was able to convince GMA’s premier radio station, DZBB, to offer US-based Filipinos daily fiveminute news headlines on any phone through a simple telephone call. In a statement, the Embassy said GMA Network joins other industry leaders, such as Veritas 846 AM, the Catholic Media Network, and the People’s Television Network, as a part of a public diplomacy initiative to serve the Philippine diaspora in the US with greater access to media. The pioneering initiative also

features Radyo Tambuli, a virtual radio station created by the Embassy exclusively for the Filipino Community that broadcasts news, interviews, folk music and opinion polls. “We applaud GMA’s initiative to join in our efforts with other leading Filipino broadcasters to serve the diaspora. This is another great step towards a digital public diplomacy for the Embassy,” said Ambassador Jose L. Cuisia, Jr. GMA’s flagship AM radio station DZBB, established in 1950 in a small office space in Manila, has become one of the most awarded radio stations in the Philippines by the Association of Broadcasters in the Philippines (Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas), and serves the entire Manila region as well as millions of Filipinos living abroad. Radio veteran Mike Enriquez hosts popular morning news program Super Balita sa Umaga Nationwide and Saksi sa Dobol B, which features segments such as Bara-Bara and Sports

Saksi. For the first time ever, digests from Enriquez’s daily headlines will be aired to Filipinos in the United States through a simple telephone call from any phone. To listen, simply call 712.432.9777 from any phone. Calls use mobile minutes and incur no extra charges. “We are excited to partner with the Embassy of the Philippines on this project, and to use AudioNow’s call-to-listen service as a new alternative to better serve our listeners,” said Enriquez, who is also GMA consultant for radio operations, and Saksi sa Dobol B show host. This arrangement was made possible through GMA International, which manages the operations and distribution of the Network’s international channels, GMA Pinoy TV, GMA Life TV and GMA News TV International.

“It is our goal to bring Filipinos abroad closer to home by providing them with accurate, relevant and reliable news and information. And we hope that through this project, we are able to do so in a faster and more convenient manner,” said GMA Vice President and Head of International Operations, Joseph T. Francia. At a time when data costs continue to rise and the price for voice minute plans plummet, using voice minutes to listen to radio has become one of the most affordable and open ways to access news. “We welcome the GMA Network to our platform,” said AudioNow CEO and Chairman Elan Blutinger. “We look forward to connecting DZBB to the Filipino diaspora and stand ready to be of service to any other Filipino broadcaster that wants to extend their reach.”

The Real Change Movement is a new initiative, the first of its kind in Los Angeles County, to help provide homes for the homeless with the small change and credit card donations made through uniquely designed meters.

First-of-its-kind donation meter program in L.A.C unveiled – a unique way to use spare change for real change PASADENA, Calif.—The Flintridge Center introduced the Real Change Movement donation meter program at a press conference held at Fuller Theological Seminary on Wednesday, August 13, 2014, from 11 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. The Mayor of Pasadena, Bill Bogaard, unveiled the first officially installed meter located at, and sponsored by, Fuller Theological Seminary, 180 North Oakland Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91101. The Real Change Movement is a new initiative, the first of its kind in Los Angeles County, to help provide homes for the homeless with the small change and credit card donations made through uniquely designed meters. The bright orange eye-catching donation meters also feature a smiley face, a symbol of help and hope. “The Real Change Movement is not just about generating donations. It’s also about raising awareness about the issue of homelessness in our community and about changing the perception and attitude of the public. That’s why we have launched a comprehensive public education cam-

paign,” said Jaylene Moseley, the President of Flintridge Center. Through the meter program, 100% of donations received will be distributed to various service providers that work with the homeless. Donations can also be made via the website at www.realchangemovement.org. The United Way of Greater Los Angeles, through the Home For Good Funders Collaborative, will leverage the contributions to maximize their use. The Real Change Movement is coordinated by the Flintridge Center in conjunction with the City of Pasadena. It is supported by the following community partners: the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena City College, East West Bank, IPS and United Way of Greater Los Angeles. The County of Los Angeles funded the comprehensive public education program which supports this initiative. For more information, please visit the Real Change Movement website at www. realchangemovement.org.

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ROSEMEAD, Calif., Aug. 14, 2014 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; City leaders and community groups gathered at the Buena Park City Council meeting on Tuesday as the city pledged its commitment to electrical safety awareness. Eddie Marquez, Southern California Edisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (SCE) Local Public Affairs region manager, presented a certificate of proclamation to Buena Park as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Powerful Cityâ&#x20AC;? in recognition of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commitment to electrical safety awareness. The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Powerful Cityâ&#x20AC;? campaign aims to engage residents and businesses in cities with large Asian-American communities and provide helpful safety and emergency preparedness information in different Asian languages. The pilot for the campaign kicked off earlier this year in Monterey Park, and Buena Park was selected as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Powerful Cityâ&#x20AC;? particularly due to its fast-growing Korean population and flourishing business community. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve identified several events throughout the year where we can partner with the city and our community partners to promote public safety,â&#x20AC;? said Marquez. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The most important message we want to share is safety around electricity. If you see a downed power line, stay away and call 911. When in doubt, call SCE at 1-800-6111911. We are available 24/7.â&#x20AC;? SCE is partnering with Buena Park and two community organizations â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the Korean Community Services and Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Community

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Zsa Zsaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s BF opens up about future plans MANILA, Aug 13 (Mabuhay) -â&#x20AC;&#x201C; While he and singer Zsa Zsa Padilla have yet to talk about settling down, renowned architect Conrad Onglao revealed that it has been his dream to re-marry and to hold a grand wedding in Florence, Italy. Onglao said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I find that city very romantic. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s that hotel in Fiesole Farea, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a hotel there called Villa San Michele. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an old hotel with the altar designed by Michelangeloâ&#x20AC;Ś For me, the whole Tuscan area is very romantic, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a fantasy, this dream wedding of mine, whether it will happen or not.â&#x20AC;?

Onglao said he never lost faith in marriage despite his failed relationship with his first wife, interior designer Ivy Almario. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Of course [I still believe in marriage]. Unfortunately, my first marriage didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t last, but it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean I no longer believe in marriage and it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m less of a father,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to get married someday, ever since when I divorced before pa, ang tagal na rin.â&#x20AC;? Onglao and Almario have two sons. They were divorced in the United States and obtained a legal separation and church annulment here in the Philippines. Zsa Zsa and Conrad

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Padilla, on the other hand, was in a longtime relationship with Philippine Comedy King Dolphy, who died two years ago. Asked if he thinks Padilla believes in marriage as well, he said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yes, she believes in marriage. She really believes in long-term relationships. I recall Sharon (Cuneta) told me that she stayed with Dolphy for 25 years, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;A relationship has its ups and downs, but through thick and thin, Zsa Zsa stayed with Dolphy to his last breath â&#x20AC;&#x201D; it says something about her. Zsa Zsa is a woman of substance, and she values relationships,â&#x20AC;? he added. Now four months into their relationship, Onglao said he treasures what he and Padilla have because neither of them expected it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We get along pretty well. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an effortless relationship. Being both artists, we understand each other. It was maybe

our third date, it was lunch, I felt light and comfortable. It was a feeling of familiarity that you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t explain, you just feel good, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not expected,â&#x20AC;? he said. When prodded if talks are true that he and Padilla plan to tie the knot this year or next year, the architect said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a matter of timing. It will just unfoldâ&#x20AC;Ś I have so many women friends who want to be my â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;best manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; at my wedding.â&#x20AC;? At this point, Onglao said he just enjoys the company of the singer-actress. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the entertainment world, they call her the Divine Diva, but she really has no complex. Zsa Zsa will leave the house without makeup. She never says â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;noâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; to people who ask to have their pictures taken with her. She helps people and she would never even tell me â&#x20AC;&#x201D; thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the measure of a good person,â&#x20AC;? he said. (MNS)

Christopher de Leonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s son diagnosed with cancer Miguel de Leon, the son of celebrity couple Christopher de Leon and Sandy Andolong, has been diagnosed with cancer. In her official Instagram account, Andolong confirmed that Miguel is now battling testicular cancer. But the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Home Sweetie Homeâ&#x20AC;? star is hopeful that it can still be cured with chemotherapy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He had his first chemo early this evening. He is still slightly sedated often which makes it hard to for us to find the right timing to show him that we are beside him and to talk to him. But on the second day of our visit, he was a little lucid and the minute he heard my voice he reached for my hand to squeeze and I saw the most beautiful smile Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever seen in him,â&#x20AC;? Andolong recalled. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When it was my husbandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s turn he was just so overwhelmed to see his tatay who kept kissing him and broke into tears with no sound but with so much relief and love not only on his part but ours as well,â&#x20AC;? she said. Andolong then extended her appreciation to their family and friends for their support during what she described as â&#x20AC;&#x153;the greatest challengeâ&#x20AC;? they have to face as parents. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This recent adversity our family had to face made our faith in our good and merciful GOD extremely stronger, our love for each other immensely deeper,â&#x20AC;? Andolong wrote in the caption. She also said they â&#x20AC;&#x153;wholeheartedly accepted Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s test, hard as it may be, and placed our full and complete trust in Him!â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our faith never wavered or waned. Thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ,â&#x20AC;? Andolong said. Based on Andolongâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s posts, they are in San Francisco, although De Leon flew back to Manila. The veteran actor is part of Book 2 of the hit primetime series â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ikaw Lamangâ&#x20AC;? with Kim Chiu and Coco Martin.(MNS)

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SPORTS US coach freezes out rebel Azkal players MANILA, August 7, 2014 (AFP) – American coach Thomas Dooley on Thursday kicked out a European-based mainstay of the Philippines’ national football team and left the future of two other players in doubt following a highly public social media spat. Midfielder Stephan Schrock and fellow mainstay Dennis Cagara declared on Twitter and Facebook this week they had played their last match under Dooley, amid speculation they were unhappy over a policy perceived to favour younger players. Schrock got the boot, while the international careers of goalkeeper Neil Etheridge and left-back Cagara are in limbo after Dooley revealed neither was invited to the Azkals’ training camp for an invitational Peace Cup tournament in Manila next month. Dooley accused them of being “selfish and putting themselves in front of everything”. “If somebody does this it’s the worst thing that could happen to a team.... Even if the best player does something like this it kind of poisons the team, so we have to go against that,” Dooley told a news conference.

But the German-born coach reserved most of his venom for Schrock. “You cannot have a player like this in the team. It makes a mess everywhere to me. So it’s clear to me: He’s not playing for me anymore.” The row began in last May’s AFF Challenge Cup in Maldives, when Dooley said injuries reduced Etheridge and Cagara to bit parts. The Azkals went all the way to the final, narrowly losing to Palestine after Schrock was substituted at halftime. After the final, Dooley highlighted the strong performance of younger players throughout the tournament although he insisted there was still a role for veterans. Dooley said Thursday some senior players did not like it when he began to push younger players, as well as players based in the Philippines, into his starting 11. “There’s no guarantee for playing in a national team because you’re playing overseas,” Dooley said, while conceding such players remained integral to his team for “as long as we don’t have a strong Filipino league”. Etheridge, 24, has 37 caps and last played his club football for relegated Eng-

Ballmer officially takes control of LA Clippers LOS ANGELES, August 13, 2014 (AFP) – Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer officially became the new owner of the Los Angeles Clippers Tuesday in an estimated $2 billion deal after months of legal wrangling, the National Basketball Association said. Ballmer said he was “humbled and honored” after the transaction was sealed when a California court order went into effect confirming that Shelly Sterling had the authority to sell the team. The team went on the block after the NBA slapped a life ban on her estranged husband and its owner, Donald Sterling, who bought the club in 1981 for $12.5 million. The action was in response to a video aired on celebrity website TMZ that showed Donald Sterling criticizing his girlfriend for having her picture taken with black people. In the storm that followed, the 80-yearold billionaire initially agreed to the sale of the team, but then abruptly withdrew his support. His wife Shelly, however, moved to sell the Clippers as a trustee of the family trust that owned the team after Sterling had been declared mentally incapacitated. The NBA Board of Governors had previously approved the sale and Ballmer now takes on the title of Clippers Governor. Ballmer thanked Clippers fans for remaining “fiercely loyal to our franchise through some extraordinary times.” “I will be hardcore in giving the team, our great coach, staff and players the support they need to do their best work on the court,” he said. “And we will do whatever necessary to provide our fans and their families with the best game-night experience in the NBA.” ‘Wonderful new owner’ Ballmer is expected to travel to California later this week and have dinner with head coach Doc Rivers and the players,

then meet with Clippers employees and fans at an event next Monday. Rivers said they can now focus on winning a first title. “This is an amazing new day in Clippers history,” Rivers said. “I couldn’t be more excited to work together with Steve as we continue to build a first-class, championship organization. “I am already inspired by Steve’s passion for the game, his love of competition and desire to win the right way, and I know our players and fans are going to be inspired as well.” On Monday, the NBA filed a counterclaim in US federal court saying Donald Sterling caused “incalculable harm” to the league. The counterclaim says that Shelly Sterling signed an agreement three months ago on behalf of the family trust, indemnifying the NBA for any litigation costs in connection with the sale of the Clippers. The suit also notes that similar indemnification agreements are in the league’s constitution and in another document signed by Donald Sterling in 2005. Ballmer’s purchase would make the Clippers the second most expensive franchise in US professional sports. It is the highest price ever paid for an NBA team. On July 28, after a three-week trial, Judge Michael Levanas gave the green light to the sale, finding no evidence of a secret plot against Sterling. Sterling contended he had been duped by his wife into submitting to the medical tests as part of a plot to have him ousted from the trust so the sale could move forward. Donald Sterling appealed the decision to a court in Los Angles, but it was rejected. “I am thrilled that the Clippers now have such a wonderful new owner,” Shelly Sterling said. “I am happy for the team, the fans, the sponsors and the city of Los Angeles.

Azkals midfielder Stephan Schrock and fellow mainstay Dennis Cagara declared on Twitter and Facebook that they had played their last match under American coach Thomas Dooley, amid speculation they were unhappy over a policy perceived to favour younger players. (Photo from Azkals Facebook page)

lish premiership club Fulham. Cagara, 29, capped 13 times, played for Lyngby BK in Denmark, while Schrock, who has three goals in 17 internationals, is attached to the German Bundesliga’s

second-tier club Greuther Furth. They are among a large group of players abroad with at least one Filipino parent who were recruited to improve the fortunes of the Azkals.

American sportsmen remember Robin Williams LOS ANGELES, August 13, 2014 (AFP) – Robin Williams’ death prompted an outpouring of tributes and memories from the North American sports world, including from his good friend and fellow cycling enthusiast Lance Armstrong. Armstrong said he formed a strong bond with the Oscar-winning comedian and actor over the last dozen years thanks to their shared love of cycling. Armstrong said they would ride bikes together and Williams would travel overseas to watch Armstrong race. They also took part in United Service Organization (USO) shows for American troops and their families stationed around the world. “He was always cracking jokes. He was a special man and there was obviously a lot going on there,” Armstrong told American news channel CNN on Tuesday. “It was a weakness of his that he could never say no. He would stretch himself so thin. He wanted to make people happy. The guy was a giver. That is the best way I could some it up.” In recent years, both Armstrong and Williams have had their problems put under the public microscope – Williams for addiction and Armstrong for his admission that he doped, which led to a lifetime ban from competitive cycling. Asked by CNN if they ever talked about their joint struggles, Armstrong said Williams did open up to him. “His challenges, yes,” Armstrong said. Armstrong said he once travelled to Oregon to visit Williams at a rehab facility where the comedian was being treated. “I lived with him through some of the previous challenges when he was sober and then fell off,” said the disgraced cyclist Armstrong, who vacated his Tour de France titles. “I visited him outside of Portland...Life is messy and we all sort of find our way. This last year or so Robin was in a place where I don’t think many people knew, and it was terrible.” Williams’ body was found in a bedroom of his San Francisco-area house on Monday. Police are investigating the death but officials say the evidence they have so far is pointing towards a suicide. Other American sportsmen paid tribute to Williams on Tuesday. Cyclist Tyler Hamilton used Twitter to express his heartfelt sympathies. “Robin Williams - u will be greatly missed. Thx for all the smiles that u gave so many people over the years. U will never be forgotten. RIP.” Williams was also an avid baseball fan, often attending San Francisco Giants baseball games. He supported tennis star Andre Agassi’s annual ‘Grand Slam for Kids’ event which raised money for Agassi’s Las Vegas charter school. “2001 Grand Slam for Children. Robin Williams was one of the kindest, most generous people we have ever known...,” Agassi said on Twitter. Williams also took part in the San Diego-based Challenged Athletes Foundation, working with child athletes with physical disabilities.

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Lexus CT 200h named favorite hybrid by journalists up north Stylish exterior design and efficient hybrid engine make the 2014 CT 200h a favorite at drive revolution event TORRANCE, Calif. (July 22, 2014) – With a fun and stylish exterior and a remarkable EPA-estimated 42 mpg combined fuel economy rating, it’s no surprise that the 2014 Lexus CT 200h was named Favorite Hybrid at the Northwest Automotive Press Association’s (NWAPA) Drive Revolution event last week in Portland. During NWAPA’s annual summer event, journalists gathered to assess the green ve-

hicle market, learn and engage about upcoming technology and to share what’s worked in the Pacific Northwest with the rest of the nation. The two-day event featured vehicle presentations and a focused media ride-and-drive session for journalists to experience driving each vehicle as well as learn each unique technology. The CT 200h was chosen for its impressive combination of state-of-the-art small car luxury and hybrid technology, according to NWAPA President Nik Miles. “With six hybrid vehicles in our Lexus lineup, the most of any luxury brand,

we are naturally thrilled to be recognized with this honor from NWAPA,” said Michael Bevan, General Manager, Lexus Western Area. “We appreciate that drivers in the Pacific Northwest want a compact luxury vehicle that is both fun to drive and highly efficient – the CT 200h really delivers on all fronts.” With its impressive fuel economy rating, sporty exterior and advanced new multimedia features, the CT 200h continues to exceed expectations for a high-efficiency luxury vehicle. Its 1.8-liter gasoline engine blends with an electric motor through an electronic continuously variable transmission for a total system output of 134 horsepowerThe 2014 CT 200h includes several new changes over the 2013 model, including

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Electric cars fail to rev up car-mad Germans By Romain FONSEGRIVES

BERLIN, August 13, 2014 (AFP) - Germans are mad about cars and Germany is ranked the most fuel-efficient country on the planet, but when it comes to electric vehicles, Europe’s top economy is in the slow lane. And moves by the government last week to try to jump-start public interest in the technology are unlikely to change much, experts say. In 2009, Chancellor Angela Merkel set an ambitious target for one million electric cars to be on the road in Germany by 2020,

and this in a country where some motorways are free of any speed limit. “We’re confident that we’ll reach that goal,” Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt said as recently as last week when he launched a number of new electromobility initiatives. But for Ferdinand Dudenhoeffer, expert at the CAR Center for Automotive Research at Duisburg-Essen University, the target was totally unrealistic. Merkel “might have just as easily said that we would have 100,000 cars driving on the moon by 2020,” he said.

According to CAR data, about 16,900 electric cars were in use in Germany in the first half of 2014, or four cars for every 10,000 standard fuel-driven ones. As a comparison, the ratio in France is 10 electric cars for every 10,000. Electric cars are already exempt from road tax for a period of 10 years, but that appears to have provided little incentive so far, so the government unveiled new draft legislation last week aimed at giving the sector a boost. Under the initiatives, electric cars would be allowed to use inner-city bus lanes. They

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Introducing the world’s first smart crash helmet (Relaxnews) – Described by US comedian Seth Meyers as “the cigarette of personal mobility” because it looks cool but it’s going to kill you, a motorbike can be risky at the best of times. But, thanks to the Skully AR-1 Helmet, riding a motorbike is about to get a lot smarter, and safer. The idea for a crash helmet with a heads-up display for navigation and an integrated rear-view camera was dreamt up by the company’s CEO, Marcus Weller, Ph.D, while he was recovering from a motorcycle crash in 2011. The accident happened because, while riding, Weller glanced up to see a road sign and in doing so failed to see the car in front of him had come to a sudden halt. Two years later, the company showcased the prototype helmet at the Demo Fall 2013 emerging technology and trends event in Silicon Valley in October, where it scooped a host of awards because of its potential to save lives. Its integrated heads-up display provides riders with turn-by-turn navigation, smartphone alerts and notifications – such as incoming calls and texts – as well as access to the device’s music library, contacts and dialer, all via voice command. However, the smartest feature is the rear-facing ultra-wide-angle video camera, the feed from which is also integrated into the heads-up display. It captures a 180-degree view of everything happening behind the rider, making for a potentially blind spot-free riding experience, even when cornering or overtaking. Therefore it was less than a surprise that, when the company opened up a beta testing program to get the helmet ready for a consumer launch, it received requests from over 100,000 riders. And, after 10 months for further development and testing, the helmet is ready to go into production and Skully is using Indiegogo as a way of taking initial orders and of funding mass production. When the AR-1 arrives in stores next May it will do so with a $1,499 price tag – making it $1 cheaper than Google Glass – but riders who reserve one now can save up to $100 on a single helmet or get a $349 discount on a set of two. Skully started taking orders on Monday and set a funding target of $250,000. Within 24 hours reservations totaled more than $800,000 and counting.

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Jaguar unveils prototype for its upcoming lightweight E-Type (Relaxnews) – In May, the British sportscar company announced that after a 50-year hiatus it was reviving a project it started back in 1963: to finish building the missing six examples from a set of 18 very special hand-built GT-E-Type cars. The GT-E-Type was a phenomenal racing car and in recent years has become a highly sought-after collectible. But in order to take to the track, Jaguar had to homologate it by building a number of models for customers. It set out to create 18 but had only completed and delivered 12 by the end of 1964. Realizing that it had designated six chassis numbers from 1963, Jaguar decided to finish the project and build the remaining cars to the exact specifications of the original 12. Each will be hand-crafted from aluminum and when

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Unique 1930s Mercedes-Benz Streamliner to make its global debut at Pebble Beach (Relaxnews) – A GT car that predates the concept of the grand tourer, the 540 K Streamliner was automotive light-years ahead of its time. Today sports car and super car companies spend much of their time espousing the benefits of using aluminum as a way of making their latest cars both strong and lightweight and dedicate hours to testing new designs in the wind tunnel as if both are new developments. However, that’s exactly how the Streamliner got its remarkable shape back in 1938 – a wind tunnel and hand-formed aluminum panels. Underneath its wonderfully curved exterior is an in-line eight cylinder 5.4-liter engine and a supercharger, and although total output is just 180hp, that was good enough to achieve a 185kph (115mph) top speed. OK, it wouldn’t be able to outrun a Ford Fiesta ST with that sort of performance, but back in the 1930s, those figures were racing car territory. For some perspective, in 1948, Jaguar unveiled the similarly aluminum-bodied XK120 sports convertible, which, with a

top speed of 120mph (193kph), held the record of being the world’s fastest production car. Like the Jaguar, the 540K Streamliner was conceived first and foremost as an endurance race car and, if it had had the chance to race and go into production, things might have been very different. Unfortunately, the competition in question, the long-distance Berlin-Rome race, was initially postponed—it was scheduled for 1938 and then moved to a 1939 start date – but the outbreak of the Second World War kept that from happening and the car never, ever got the chance to perform. That is until now. Mercedes-Benz’s classic car and restoration arm took it upon itself to restore the car to its former glory and the fruits of its labor will be seen for the first time ever at Pebble Beach in California over the weekend. The fully restored car was rebuilt under strict guidelines. The team responsible for bringing it back to life was prohibited from using modern materials or techniques, making the end result all the more impressive.

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