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Police crack PHL live-streaming pedophile ring British, US and Australian police aid PHL counterparts in dismantling sex abuse ring MANILA, January 16, 2014 (AFP) – Police around the world Thursday said they had dismantled a pedophile ring that streamed live sexual abuse of Filipino children as young as six over the Internet, with victims’ parents involved in some cases.

Fifteen victims aged between six and 15 have been rescued as part of Operation Endeavour, Britain’s National Crime Agency said, adding that 29 people had

been arrested, including 11 in the Philippines.

Three other ongoing investigations into pedophiles who pay to see abuse via webcams have identified 733 suspects, the agency added, warning of a “significant and emerging threat” in developing nations.

Under Operation Endeavour British police worked alongside counterparts in the Philippines See PEDOPHILE, page 12

The Philippines has already acquired two refurbished American frigates in the past two years, including the BRP Gregorio del Pilar (shown here), and they now lead patrols in the South China Sea.

Three arrested as Glendora fire forces evacuations: Three men are in custody after a wildfire scorched forests near Los Angeles, casting a huge plume of smoke over the city and forcing nearly 900 homes to be evacuated Thursday. Up to 2,000 people were ordered out of their homes after the fire, which ravaged about 1,700 acres in the suburbs, according to police in Azusa, just north of Los Angeles. Several schools and colleges were also evacuated in Azusa and Glendora. The blaze damaged at least three homes. Glendora police chief Tim Staab told reporters at a late morning press conference about the fire. The three, one of whom is homeless, are being held on $20,000 bail each, he said. Photo: Benny Uy

PHL to defy China fishing rule: defense chief ALAYAN, January 16, 2014 (AFP) – Philippine fishermen should ignore a Chinese rule requiring foreign fishing vessels to secure permission to enter much of the South China Sea, Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said Thursday.

The rule was passed in November by China’s southern island province of Hainan and took effect this year as tensions have escalated over overlapping

claims to the waters between China, the Philippines, Vietnam and other nations.

Gazmin, visiting a military camp in the northern Philippines, said the Hainan law did not apply to Philippine territorial waters, some of which overlap with those of China which claims most of the South China Sea. See DEFY CHINA, page 13

PHL seeks more US navy ships amid China threat MANILA, January 15, 2014 (AFP) – The Philippines wants to acquire two more navy ships from the United States to boost its maritime protection amid threats from China, the country’s military chief said Wednesday.

The new acquisitions would come under the fresh US military assistance announced by US Secretary of State John Kerry when he visited the Philippines last month, armed forces chief

of staff General Emmanuel Bautista said.

“Within the last year, we realized that there is a real threat out there in terms of securing, defending our territory,” Bautista told ANC television.

He said that ideally the country needed about six more frigates to guard its long coastline effectively.

“In fact, we are bidding now for two frigates, hopefully we will be able to acquire them See US SHIPS, page 14

Japanese WWII soldier who hid in PHL jungle until 1974 dies

By Hiroshi Hiyama

TOKYO, January 17, 2014 (AFP) – A Japanese soldier who hid in the Philippine jungle for three decades, refusing to believe World War II was over until his former commander returned and ordered him to surrender, Hiroo Onoda has died in Tokyo aged 91.

Hiroo Onoda waged a guerilla campaign in Lubang Island near Luzon until he was finally persuaded in 1974 that peace had broken out, ignoring leaflet drops and successive attempts to convince him the Imperial Army had been defeated.

See ONODA, page 14

Some 21 overseas Filipino health workers from Sana’a arrived Tuesday (Jan. 14) at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport 1 (NAIA 1) via QR926.

They were assisted by a staff of Vice President Jejomar Binay. Some 10 million Filipinos are working overseas, providing much-needed dollars to the Philippines through their remittances they send to their loved ones back home.(MNS photo)

Brain-drained PHL may use foreign workers to plug labor shortfall MANILA, January 16, 2014 (AFP) – The Philippines, one of the world’s top labour-exporting nations, is suffering shortages in more than one hundred occupations and is considering proposals to hire skilled foreign workers, officials said Thursday.

Large numbers of Filipinos are leaving the country in search of work abroad, but there is now

such a skills serious shortage in some professions at home—including architecture, aviation, and chemical engineering—that the government may have to bring in outsiders.

“There is a request from industry recommending... opening 15 categories of highly skilled occupations to possible foreign See BRAIN DRAINED, page 14

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Cashless Purchase Card addresses corruption: Aquino MANILA, Jan 15 (Mabuhay) – President Benigno S. Aquino III said on Wednesday that the newly-launched administration’s Cashless Purchase Card (CPC) program will address the alleged misuses of funds in the government.

“Our goal is to institutionalize reforms that make it very difficult for unscrupulous individuals to steal from the people – regardless of who sits in office. This is where the introduction of cashless transactions comes in,” the Chief Executive said in his speech during the Good Governance Summit held at the Philippine International Convention Center, CCP Complex, Roxas Boulevard in Pasay City.

President Aquino led the ceremonial turnover of the Cashless Purchase Card during the 3-day summit which has for its theme “Good Governance through Open Government and Sustainable Procurement.”

The program, which is a joint effort between the Aquino administration and Citibank, enables the government agencies to make financial transactions entirely through electronic means instead of cash or checks.

“A recent study identified that one of the major financial risks remaining is the high volume of cash advances in agencies. The risks of this kind of system are obvious: the presence of large sums of cash in offices can pose a temptation to even the most honest employee – not to mention those who would willingly take advantage of such a situation,” President Aquino said.

The turnover ceremony signaled the launch of the pilot phase of the Cashless Purchase Card system, which will be implemented in the three agencies, namely the Budget and Management, Defense, and the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

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Anger over alleged torture of maid in Hong Kong HONG KONG, January 14, 2014 (AFP) – Migrant worker groups in Hong Kong Tuesday expressed anger over the alleged torture of an Indonesian maid after reports the police were not pursuing the case, which has renewed concerns over the abuse of domestic helpers.

Erwiana Sulistyaningsih reportedly returned to Indonesia on January 10 after she was allegedly abused and tortured by her employer over the course of eight months.

Local migrant worker groups said the 23-year-old remained in hospital in central Java, with her condition improving.

“We are very angry with the situation, it’s not our first case,” Eni Lestari, chairperson at the International Migrants Alliance, told AFP. “This is just too much. We should question why Indonesians helpers are not even able to help themselves when they are abused,” she said, adding that her group planned to stage a protest in the coming days.

Other groups called on the governments of Hong Kong and Indonesia to launch an investigation after local media reports said officers were not treating it as an active

criminal case.

“This is very big. Those responsible should go to court. We also request our government to help her come back to Hong Kong so she can report to the police,” Mia Sumiati, chairwoman of Komunitas Migrant Indonesia which runs a shelter home for abused maids in Hong Kong, told AFP. However late Tuesday a police spokesman said a criminal investigation had been launched.

“Upon further investigation, the case is now listed in the category of assault,” the spokesman said in an email reply to AFP late Tuesday.

Police had previously refused to investigate the case, the South China Morning Post had reported earlier.

Hong Kong is home to nearly 300,000 maids from mainly Southeast Asian countries – predominantly Indonesia and the Philippines – and has come under growing criticism from concern groups over their treatment.

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It found that Indonesians were exploited by recruitment and placement agencies who seize their documents and charge them excessive fees, with false promises of high

salaries and good working conditions.

Local media reports said Sulistyaningsih could have been abused for up to eight months after arriving in Hong Kong in May last year, during her employment with a local family in the former British colony.

Sen. Marcos urges gov’t to hasten legalization of OFWs in Saudi Arabia MANILA, Jan. 14 (Mabuhay) – Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday urged the government to take advantage of another two-month extension given by the Saudi government for foreign countries to correct the status of their undocumented nationals staying in Saudi Arabia.

Marcos made this call after the Saudi government gave illegal migrant workers until March 1, this year, to complete their working papers. ”We should comply with all the requirements for the remaining overseas Filipino workers within the given period because this might be the last chance for them,” Marcos said in a media statement.

Marcos said the Philippine government can only blame itself if after the deadline there are still Filipinos who will be arrested and incarcerated because of incomplete documents.

“I hope, this time, the Department of Labor and Employment and the Department of Foreign Affairs will be able to assist all of our OFWs who still have incomplete documents,” the senator said.

Marcos said the two-month grace period is enough “if only our officials would buckle down to work to legalize

our workers’ stay in Saudi Arabia or have them immediately repatriated if necessary.”

Reports said the DFA estimated that about 1,600 Filipino workers in Saudi Arabia are either awaiting repatriation or correction of their status.

“I am calling on the DFA and DOLE to know exactly the OFWs there that have problematic papers,” Marcos said.

Saudi Interior Minister Prince Muhammad bin Naif ordered the two-month grace period, or up to March 1, 2014, to give a fresh chance to illegal foreign workers to process their residency and work status.

The Saudi government launched on March 28 last year a crackdown on illegal migrant workers under “Saudization,” a policy aimed at giving employment opportunities to its own nationals.

King Abdullah ordered the first threemonth reprieve on April 6 last year for illegal workers. It was extended from July 3 to Nov. 3, or the end of the Islamic year, by the Saudi Ministry of Labor.

Reports citing DOLE’s record said 196,633 OFWs in the Kingdom were able to correct their papers while 38,939 had voluntarily returned to the Philippines in 2013. (MNS)

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‘Smuggling bigger than Napoles scam’ MANILA, Jan 16 (Mabuhay) – The Philippines needs to crack down on the problem of smuggling, which is reportedly costing the government P133 billion in lost revenue every year bigger than the P10 billion pork barrel scam linked to businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles.

Sen. Bam Aquino, chairman of the Senate Committee on Trade, Commerce, and Entrepreneurship, said the government should launch a serious and aggressive drive against smuggling because it is a big threat to legitimate businesses in the country. He said many businessmen have been weighed down by losses due to smuggling.

The Federation of Philippine Industries revealed the government lost P1.33 trillion

or P133 billion a year in revenues from 2002 to 2011 due to smuggling in different ports all over the country. “If the people were indignant over the PDAF scam because at least P10 billion was taken away from the people’s money, the amounts we’re losing to smuggling are over ten times that amount.

Smuggling is an ongoing scandal that needs to be addressed urgently,� he said in a statement.

Aquino has called on the Bureau of Customs (BoC) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) to work more closely together and intensify their campaign against the illegal entry of goods into the country.

He said the modernization of the Bureau of Customs could also help curb smuggling.

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Davidson Bangayan will be placed under Look-out Bulletin – De Lima MANILA, Jan. 15 (Mabuhay) – Justice Secretary Leila M. De Lima said on Wednesday that controversial businessman Davidson Bangayan will be placed under the Look-out Bulletin.

De Lima said that such action will be taken amid the gathering of more information about the possible involvement of Bangayan in rice smuggling because of suspicion that he is also the big-time rice smuggler David Tan. Likewise, De Lima said that she has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to continue with the gathering of additional information and evidence that David Tan and Davidson Bangayan are one and the same person.

At the same time, De Lima said that the NBI has already coordinated with the Caloocan City Regional Trial Court (RTC) to clarify the warrant of arrest it earlier issued against a certain David Tan who was accused of electricity pilferage.

De Lima noted that the phrase “who is not� is not usual in a warrant of arrest because the aliases are oftentimes included in the name of the persons ordered to be arrested.

The DOJ chief said that this should be clarified, especially so that if the record of the case at the Caloocan City RTC will be made as basis, the addresses of David Tan and Davidson Bangayan are only one and the same. (MNS)

Quevedo wants peace in Mindanao, corruption crushed MANILA, Jan 15 (Mabuhay) – Cardinal-elect Cotabato Archbishop Orlando Quevedo vowed to promote inter-religious dialogue and peace in Mindanao, a report by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) News said. “I prayed that I can contribute to the good of the people here in Mindanao and to the peace and dialogue being undertaken by the people of various faith in Mindanao specially with the Bangsamoro,� Quevedo said over Catholic Church-run Radio Veritas, as quoted by CBCP News.

In the same report, Isabela de Basilan Bishop Martin Jumoad said Quevedo, having been exposed to the Bangsamoro peace process, can help strengthen the ongoing peace talks between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). “His voice can really guide the framers of the agreement, which would be acceptable to Muslims, Lumads and Christians,�

Jumoad said. Quevedo, the Philippines’ eighth cardinal, said he will also address the problem of corruption in government. “I prayed that I can also contribute in promoting the formation of righteous political leaders in our country,� he said.

He also wants to help Pope Francis in his shift of focus towards the poor. “I pray that I can contribute a little to that vision of Church of the poor in the Philippines,� he said. “I thank the Holy Father for recognizing the people in Mindanao specially the

New Cardinal-elect Filipino Archbishop Orlando Quevedo

places where there are great problems of peace and to recognize also the poor people of the Philippines.�

Quevedo admitted that he was surprised by his elevation to the College of Cardinals, saying it never even crossed his mind. “And I still did not believe it because I was not thinking all about it. God’s gift has always a surprise and makes one humble before God,� he said.

Quevedo and 15 other bishops will be “cardinal electors,� which means they can take part in the election of the next pope.

Also among those who will be named “cardinal electors� are bishops from Italy, Germany, Britain, Nicaragua, Canada, Ivory Coast, Brazil, Argentina, South Korea, Chile, Burkina Faso, and Haiti.

The ceremony to elevate the new cardinals, known as a consistory, will be held on February 22.(MNS)

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NBI nabs 2 Canadians, Pinoy with Mexican drug cartel ties MANILA, Jan 15 (Mabuhay) – Authorities have arrested two Canadian convicts and a Filipino believed to be members of a “big-time� drug syndicate with ties to a Mexican drug cartel.

Justice Secretary Leila de Lima told reporters that the National Bureau of Investigation nabbed Canadian citizens James Riach and Barry Espadilla, as well as a Filipino named Tristan Olazo.

Quoting a report she got from the NBI, which is under the Department of Justice, De Lima said the three were arrested during a raid of a “kitchen-type shabu and cocaine laboratory� and four other areas.

De Lima did not immediately identify the areas where the NBI-Anti-Illegal Drugs Task Force conducted its series of raids.

She said the arrested suspects allegedly import material from Mexico and process them into shabu, cocaine, and ecstacy for distribution in night clubs and bars.

Authorities also confirmed Riach and Espadilla as members of a “dreaded crime

gang� in Canada and have been convicted there for various crimes.

Seized from the clandestine laboratory at a condo unit in Taguig City were finished product cocaine, shabu and ecstasy, as well as drug paraphernalia like heaters, sealers, weighing scales, flasks, and other laboratory equipment.

De Lima also quoted the NBI as saying the syndicate is known to have been operating in the Philippines for about seven months already.

The NBI earlier said a raid at the Bonifacio Global City in Taguig City resulted in the arrest of a Filipino and a Canadian, which the report did not identify.

Both allegedly belonged to a MexicanCanadian-Iranian drug syndicate, the report quoted the NBI as saying.

At that time, however, the NBI was still unsure whether the two arrested have links to the dreaded Mexican drug syndicate thought to have entered the Philippines.

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Death toll from Mindanao floods, landslide rises to 26 – NDRRMC MANILA, Jan 16 (Mabuhay) – The death toll from the floods and landslides in Mindanao caused by a lingering low-pressure area climbed to 26 on Thursday, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council reported.

The Davao region recorded the most deaths, with 13, followed by 10 in the Caraga region, two in Northern Mindanao and one in the Zamboanga Peninsula.

The agency said 11 other people remain missing – seven in the Davao region11, three in Caraga and one in the Zaboanga Peninsula – and 36 others have been injured.

The floods and landslides have affected 71,482 families, or 339,870 persons, in 355 barangays in 62 municipalities in 14 provinces of Northern Mindanao, the Davao region and Caraga.

Of these, 42,714 families, or 206,120 persons, are being sheltered in 225 evacuation centers.

The NDRRMC also said 71 roads and 37 bridges remained impassable in the affected regions, with 11 bridges and 15 roads sustaining damage.

The agency also said 293 houses were destroyed and 1,039 damaged, while 10,903 hectares of agricultural produce were damaged.(MNS)

PHL permanent mission to UN calls on donors to support UNDP recovery program in Visayas Ambassador Libran N. Cabactulan, Philippine Permanent Representative to the United Nations, New York co-chaired a briefing for donor countries organized by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) on its US$65 million recovery program in the Philippines dubbed “Typhoon Yolanda Recovery and Resilience in the Visayas” (TRRV).

Donors represented at the briefing include Australia, Canada Denmark, European Union, Finland, Indonesia, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, South Korea, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

Designed to contribute to the Philippine Government’s Reconstruction As-

sistance on Yolanda (RAY), TRRV is a comprehensive framework for UNDP’s support to recovery and resilience in five programming hubs: Tacloban, Guian, Ormoc, Northern Cebu and Roxas. It aims to meet some of the immediate early recovery needs of the affected population and critical recovery intervention needed to support the country to bridge from early recovery to rehabilitation, while establishing conditions for long-term recovery, resilience and sustainable development.

This three-year program revolves around three thematic pillars: governance; livelihoods; and disaster risk reduction and sustainable environment.

With him as co-chair was UNDP As-

sociate Administrator Rebecca Grynspan, who said that “The Philippines a good example to follow in the future” because of the system it has placed across the board from humanitarian response to early recovery and rehabilitation.

While citing UNDP’s significant achievements on the ground, particularly in debris clearing, waste management , and cash for work program, Ms. Grynspan warned that as has been the case in past appeals, early recovery remains an underfunded component in disaster response.

“Because of other crises, like those in Africa, we tend to forget past crisis,” she said.

She therefore urged the donor community to continue supporting the Philippines in its effort to build back better and forge a resilient future for its people.

In thanking UNDP and beseeching abiding support from donors, Ambassador Cabactulan stressed the importance of moving quickly during the crucial recovery and reconstruction stages in the affected areas. He expressed hope that “all foreign assistance will dovetail their designs with RAY” which provides the framework for recovery and reconstruction interventions

over the short and medium term. This is essential to foster coordination of all available support to address the crisis, he added.

Considering all the moneys coming in for this purpose, he also underscored the need to maintain accountability and transparency during the entire process to ensure that funds are used appropriately to realize program outputs.

On the question raised by Canada on the number of schools affected by Yolanda, Ambassador Cabactulan referred to the Department of Education’s report that more than 4,500 classrooms need replacement which requires a budget of around 4 billion pesos.

In this context, he noted the value of UNDP’s recovery bridge program as it takes time for the national government to gather all the necessary funds in the aftermath of a major disaster.He said that aside from borrowing money from financial institutions, like the Asian Development Bank and World Bank, mobilization of domestic resources is also very important if only for the country to pursue its recovery and reconstruction program according to its timeframe.

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MANILA, Jan. 17 (Mabuhay) – The usual long queue of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) at the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) counters waiting for the processing of their overseas employment certificates will soon be a thing of the past.

Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz said the “Balik Manggagawa (BM) on-line” makes transactions more convenient for vacationing OFWs who are returning to the same employers.

Baldoz got this report from POEA Administrator Hans Leo J. Cacdac, noting that this breakthrough would expect around 70 percent, or approximately 500,000 returning OFWs to benefit from the BM on-line initiative.

With an operational BM online, OFWs returning to the same employer can log on to the POEA website where they can fill out forms and submit the document for processing. If the name of the employer indicated in the form matches the name of the employer in the POEA database, the system will readily approve the returning OFW’s “new record”.

“The Balik Manggagawa needs only to proceed to pay the fees electronically and print out the OEC either at the comforts of their homes or wherever they are conduct-

ing the on-line transaction,” Baldoz said in a statement.

The OEC print-out containing a special bar code will be presented to the immigration officer at the airport upon departure.

As soon as the immigration officer opens the POEA database and finds the Balik Manggagawa’s “new record”, the OFW will be cleared for exit.

Baldoz said the appointment system (personal processing at the POEA Central Office) will only apply to the following: Returning OFWs who are changing employers (match could not be found in the POEA database); OFWs who have not passed through POEA (e.g. visit visa holders or ASEAN tourists); and Household service workers.

She added that “OFWs still have the option of not going through the appointment system at the POEA Central Office and instead secure their OECs from the Philippine Overseas Labor Offices (POLOs) or POEA regional and satellite offices.”

“The BM on-line system not only speeds up the process of securing OECs, but more significantly, it provides convenience to our vacationing OFWs. Very soon, our workers will be able to accomplish this transaction from any location where there is online connection,” Baldoz explained.

Pag-IBIG: No unauthorized bonuses in 2012 MANILA, Jan 17 (Mabuhay) – Pag-IBIG Fund President Darlene Berberabe insisted Friday the fund did not release any unauthorized bonuses to its employees in 2012.

Berberabe said the P37.5 million cited in a Commission on Audit report were part of early retirement packages for employees who have served the government for more than 20 years.

She said the COA issued an audit observation memo that questioned alleged double payment of the benefits.

“The basis of COA in disallowing as relayed to us is that it is double retirement pay because subsequently they also applied under [Government Service Insurance System] GSIS for their retirement benefits,” she said.

Berberabe said it is up to the Government Service Insurance System to determine if there are indeed double payments.

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Malou-Zagala-Toler, fast-rising Fil-Am artist Malou Zagala-Toler recently won the “Overall LIGHTHOUSE Performer” Award from the Malibu Music Festival.

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At a young age of 9, Malou Lobos Zagala began singing at St. Bridget’s Elementary School in Cubao, Quezon City where she sang with the choir and in high school, at St. Joseph’s College, she used to sing at a nearby resBY MYRNA AQUITANIA taurant after school where her classmates would applaud her for her performances.

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PHL celebrates as caregiver wins Israel’s X Factor ANILA, January 15, 2014 (AFP) – Celebrations broke out in the Philippines Wednesday after a Filipina who has spent nearly half her life as a caregiver overseas won Israel’s first “X Factor” competition.

Rose Fostanes, one of millions of Filipinos working abroad, won the television talent show late Tuesday with a rendition of Frank Sinatra’s “My Way” that delighted fans in both countries.

Local television, news websites, social media and even the president lavished praise on the unmarried, openly gay 47-year-old, who has worked abroad for more than two decades – including six years in Israel – to support her family.

“We know the situation she was in and we are very proud that she has again given the Philippines pride in the showcase of her talent,” President Benigno Aquino’s spokesman Edwin Lacierda told reporters Wednesday.

“The Filipino has an innate advantage when it comes to the arts...It clearly shows that the excellence of the Filipino can be expressed anywhere, everywhere, when they are given the opportunity to show their talent.”

Fostanes has been likened by fans to Susan Boyle, the middle-aged Scottish singer whose humble looks and shy demeanor belied a scintillating voice that captivated millions on the television talent show “Britain’s Got Talent” in 2009.

Fostanes’ day job had been to care for an elderly employer in Tel Aviv. She is one of some 10 million Filipinos, about a tenth of the population, who have gone to work abroad to escape poverty and joblessness back home.

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And her victory comes as tens of thousands of African immigrants and asylum seekers pressed a major protest against the Israeli government’s tough immigration policies.

Prohibited from singing professionally But ironically, her runaway success is unlikely to improve her earning prospects in the Jewish state, with officials saying she would not be allowed to put her talent to professional use. “She can only work as a carer, according to the law,” a spokeswoman for Israel’s population and immigration authority told AFP. “Of course she can sing – anyone can do that – but not as a professional.”

Fostanes, the only foreign contestant, lives in a crowded apartment in an area inhabited mostly by foreign workers in Tel Aviv.

“Not all workers and cleaners from the Philippines are in a position like this: It’s like Cinderella, you know,” she told the show in an earlier interview uploaded on YouTube.

But she fretted whether the Israeli audience, who had made her an early favorite, would tire of her plain looks and vote her out in favor of younger, slimmer rivals.

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In a live performance watched on television by many of her impoverished countrymen before dawn Wednesday, Fostanes’ powerful, soulful singing voice won the judges’ nod.

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APCA’s Lunar Fest 2014 to transform Riverside in celebratory mood

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What’s considered the birthplace of the citrus indusAROUND try in California and the home of the “World’s Largest Paper Cup. “actually made of concrete and standing TOWN over 68 feet ”, among many other distinctions, will play host to this year’s Lunar Festival on January 25 transforming the downtown Riverside area into a panorama of ancient magnificent Oriental scenario in celebration of “the most important of the traditional Chinese holiday”. The Lunar New is based on the lunisolar Chinese calendar which begins on the first day of the first month of the Chinese calendar and ends on the 15th with the Lantern Festival.

The event’s traditional host, Asian Pacific CulBY RAY ANDRES tural Association, will once again spearhead the much awaited and well-attended weekend celebration that’s also commemorated in countries around the world with significant Chinese populations with gaiety and reverence among which are Mainland China, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan, Indonesia, Laos, Thailand and even the Philippines. The centuriesold Chinese celebration reflects on the deep cultural attachment belief of the Chinese people whose presence have significantly impacted many communities in many parts of the world also. . APCA aims to create awareness and increase the understanding of the Asian Pacific American cultures and its diversity.

The Chinese New Year celebration is a major holiday for the Chinese whose influence had reached out to other cultures because of interaction in countries like Korea, Tibet, Bhutan, Mongolia, Vietnam and Japan.

Host city Riverside in the Inland Empire metropolitan area which was named so because of its location beside the Santa Ana River is the most populous in the Inland Empire and ranks 59th among the most populous cities in the U.S. It’s the 12th most populous city in California with close to 400,000 people.

Organizers of the annual Festival have line up activities (traditional Asian music, Taiko Drums, dance performances, art displays, martial-arts demonstrations, anime cosplayers, among many others) for the day-long celebration commencing with a10:00 o’clock a.m. parade of nations and with fire- works display to cap the event.

President Aquino says Open Data portal will be available to public starting tomorrow MANILA, Jan 15 (Mabuhay) – President Benigno S. Aquino III on Wednesday announced the government to launch “Open Data Philippines,” a website that will serve as a portal for national government data made accessible to the public.

During his speech at the Good Governance Summit held in Pasay City, President Aquino said the Open Data Philippines is one of the latest reforms being implemented by his administration in instituting good governance.

The website, which can be accessed through . . . , will be made available to the public starting Thursday (January 16).

“We will be unveiling a platform that will collate all relevant government data, not only for use in governance, but also for the information and use of the wider public: Open Data Philippines, will be accessible through . . . beginning tomorrow,” he said.

“Open Data Philippines is a website for publicly available, up-to-date national data—from the total enrollment in public secondary schools over a certain period of time, to the aforementioned budget and procurement data and everything in between,” he added.

President Aquino said the national open data website will not only serve as a repository for national government data made accessible to the public, it will also use reader-friendly visualizations to make statistics understandable, he noted.

“None of us should make the mistake of thinking that Open Data Philippines stops at being a repository of data. Its very name says otherwise. Opening data is about making statistics understandable, through the use of reader-friendly visualizations,” he said.

“The more technologically savvy among our countrymen can also make use of available data to participate and create their own visualizations and applications for the use of others,” he added.

The President cited some of the ap-

plications included in the website, such as a tool that will help residents of Metro Manila plan their daily commutes, as well as other applications to make government expenditures more accessible.

“Ultimately, opening data is more than just making columns and rows of figures available for viewing; it is about empowering the people through information,” the President said during the summit.

President Aquino said the website will also help government further improve its programs and policies.

“Open Data is a step towards having all information at our fingertips—which we can use to better assess, improve, and even develop programs and policies,” he said.

President Aquino addressed Wednesday morning the Good Governance Summit held at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Pasay City.

It had for its theme “Good Governance through Open Government and Sustainable Procurement.”

The three-day event, organized by the Department of Budget and Management in partnership with the Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office, was a gathering of the country’s key stakeholders in good governance and transformational leadership, including development partners, Open Data experts and public procurement practitioners.

Some of the highlights in the summit included the presentation of Good Governance Initiatives for 2013-2016; the official launch of Open Data Philippines; and a celebration of procurement reform in the Philippines.(MNS)

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Taking leave from work to care for sick family members to take a CFRA leave.

Q: I have been workPROTECTING While a verbal notice ing for 5 years in a Los EMPLOYEE & is sufficient, providAngeles company with 100 CONSUMER RIGHTS ing a written notice is employees. I requested advisable. The notice a leave of absence from must state the reason work to care for my sick for the leave and its anchild. My boss denied ticipated duration. An the request and said my employer may require position will be given to 30 days advance notice someone else if I take off. if the need for the leave Is this legal? is foreseeable. If the A: No, it is not. Your leave is an emergency, rights are protected unBY C. JOE SAYAS, JR. notice must be given der the California Famas soon as possible. ily Rights Act (CFRA).

CFRA provides that employees have the The employer must immediately respond right to take a leave of absence for the to a leave request and no later than ten calendar days after receiving the request. following reasons: After granting a CFRA leave, the emFor the employee’s own serious health ployer must reinstate the employee to the condition For the serious health condition of the same or comparable position and provide such a guarantee if requested by the ememployee’s child, parent or spouse Birth of a child for purposes of bonding ployee. The employer may deny reinstatePlacement of a child in the employee’s ment of an employee if, for example, the position no longer exists. family for adoption or foster care Finally, the employer must continue California employers, including nonprofit religious organizations, are subject health care coverage during their CFRA to CFRA if they employ 50 or more part- leave up to a maximum of 12 work weeks time or full-time employees. Covered in a 12-month period.

[C. Joe Sayas, Jr., Esq. is trial attorney employers also include the State of California, its political and civil subdivisions, who has obtained several million dollar and cities and counties, regardless of the recoveries for his clients against insurance companies and employers. He has been number of employees.

To be eligible for CFRA leave, an selected as a Super Lawyer by the Los employee must be a full-time or part-time Angeles Magazine, featured in the cover employee with more than 12 months of ser- of Los Angeles Daily Journal’s Verdicts vice with the employer, and have worked and Settlements, and is a member of the at least 1,250 hours in the 12-month period Million Dollar-Advocates Forum. He is a graduate of Georgetown University Law before the date the leave begins.

Qualified employees may be entitled Center Washington, D.C. and the Univerto a total of up to 12 workweeks in a 12 sity of the Philippines.

Visit his website at www.joesayaslaw. month period, which does not need to be com or contact his office at (818) 291-0088 taken continuously.

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More business execs saw ‘a lot’ of govt corruption in 2013 – SWS survey MANILA, Jan 16 (Mabuhay) – More business executives saw “a lot” of corruption in government last year when the so-called P10-billion pork barrel scam was exposed, a poll conducted by Social Weather Stations (SWS) revealed.

The 2013 SWS Survey of Enterprises on Corruption showed 56 percent of business executives believed that corruption in the public sector was widespread – a dramatic increase from the record-low 43 percent recorded in 2012.

The number of businessmen who believed that President Benigno Aquino III’s administration’s anti-corruption efforts were “somewhat effective” slightly decreased to 73 percent in 2013 from 78 percent two years ago.

More traders also declared having personal knowledge of government corruption, while a lesser number revealed having an “extensive” knowledge of the Aquino administration’s efforts against corruption.

The figures were the results of a survey conducted among 951 business executives across the country from July 31 to November 29 last year – a period marked by widespread media coverage of the pork barrel scam.

The anomalous transactions – allegedly staged by businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles – supposedly involved the funneling of government funds to fake foundations that enabled some congressmen and senators and other government officials to pocket their pork barrel allocations.

Higher ceiling for tax-free bonuses for workers sought MANILA, Jan. 15 (Mabuhay) – To ease the financial burden of millions of ordinary workers, a Visayan lawmaker on Wednesday has proposed to increase the ceiling of 13th month pay and other benefits, from P30,000 to P75,000, excluded from income tax payment.”With the unabated rise of food, housing, education, electricity, water and transportation expenses, the 13th month pay and other benefits are no longer mere bonuses, as these are necessities relied upon by our countrymen as sources of income to support their families,” said Iloilo City Rep. Jerry Trenas in his explanatory note.

The well-being of Filipino workers is highly regarded as one of the most important priorities of the State, Trenas declared, adding that the Constitution and the Labor

Code afford workers the highest order of protection, ensuring that they get a just share in the fruits of their labor.

“Our best tax payers are the employees and workers who have no choice but to pay their monthly taxes through the withholding tax system of the country. Yet they are the ones who are most burdened by the government for even their 13th month pay and other benefits are only exempt from taxes for only up to a certain extent,” Trenas pointed out.

It is time that Congress increase the threshold to P75,000 in order to realize the constitutional mandate to promote the general welfare of the people and to improve their quality of life, declared the author of House Bill 3670.

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2. Review different mortgage loan types and compare their required down payment amounts to the money you have available.

Make sure you will have a payment that is affordable for a duration of three to five years, include that taxes and insurance.

Don’t cheat yourself with the lower start rates calculate 3 to 5 hears ahead of you now.

3. Get a letter to guaranteed your closing costs, including points , taxes, recording, inspections, prepaid loan interest, title insurance and financing costs from your mortgage lender or a real estate professional. These will generally add up to between 2 and 3 percent of the property value. You’ll receive an estimate of these costs from your lender after you apply for a mortgage but request for a guaranteed rate and fees. Reminder most loans now should not carry any points, that will just fill pockets of lenders and it might not benefit you at all.

4. Add the down payment requirements and the closing costs together to determine the amount of money you’ll need right off the bat. But you’re not done yet.

5. Think about the actual move. Will you hire a moving company or rent a truck?

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require an impound account in which monthly payments for property tax (and often insurance) are paid together with the monthly mortgage payment. You can figure your average annual tax rate will be about 1.25 percent of the purchase price of your home. For new homes, ask about Mello Roos ( Its an act that allows county, city or special district to finance public facilities and services thru homeowners). Call the county collectors office and ask if they have these special assesments sometimes called CFD ( Community Facility District).

7. Next, budget for maintenance and repairs. Request for a Home Warranty policy given by sellers and make use of this insurance policy for repairs within a year of purchase.

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“This investigation has identified some extremely dangerous child sexual offenders who believed paying for children to be abused to order was something they could get away with,” said Andy Baker, deputy director of the agency’s child exploitation and online protection command.

“Protecting the victims of abuse is our priority and that means attacking every link in the chain, from dismantling the organised groups who are motivated by profit through to targeting their customers,” he added.

Three Australians arrested The Australian Federal Police said it had executed six search warrants under the international operation that had led to the arrest of three Australians.

“Two of the men were arrested in Western Australia and one Sydney man was arrested by the Royal Thai Police in Bangkok,” it said.

“Hundreds of thousands of images and videos depicting online child sexual exploitation, including children as young as five years old, were found during the warrants.”

The Australian offenders allegedly financed and ordered child abuse “shows” from the Philippines.

Police operations in the Philippines have focused in the impoverished village of Ibabao on Cebu island.

In September last year, a Filipino couple in their 30s were arrested in Ibabao for forcing their three young children to engage in sex acts and charging clients up to $100 each to watch using webcams.

Twelve other children were subsequently rescued, also in Ibabao, and put in the care of government social workers, according to official police records.

“Other operations elsewhere in the Philippines are ongoing and we are not at liberty to discuss them at length because we might compromise them,” he said.

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and Australia.

“This is part of our intensified efforts to end this scourge... of live streaming of child sexual abuse” to order by foreign pedophiles, said Senior Superintendent Gilbert Sosa, head of the Philippine police’s anti-cybercrime unit.

“This has become a major problem in the Philippines, where in some cases even the parents are involved,” he told AFP, declining to give specific details that could compromise ongoing operations.

Sosa said that severe poverty had forced many youngsters into prostitution or into working in so-called cybersex dens, a booming business believed to be focused on the central island of Cebu.

Britain’s crime agency said Operation Endeavour began in 2012 with the discovery of obscene videos on a British pedophile’s computer.

The British man, Timothy Ford, was sentenced in March last year to eight and a half years in prison while an associate, Thomas Owens, was convicted four months later. Both men were said to have paid for live abuse of children on the Internet, and had at one point planned to travel to the Philippines to carry out “contact abuse” of minors.

Authorities in 12 countries were involved in the arrest of 29 suspects, the British crime agency said. Of 17 British suspects, five have been convicted and nine investigations are ongoing.

“Extreme poverty, the increasing availability of high speed Internet and the existence of a vast and comparatively wealthy overseas customer base has led to organized crime groups exploiting children for financial gain,” it said in a statement.

The agency called abuse in developing countries “a significant and emerging

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they change hands, and that any asset that was at any time “set apart” for retirement is exempt.

Initial court briefs were due on January 10. Arguments will be due in March.

The Supreme Court should have a ruling

by June.

You can’t bring your retirement accounts with you to heaven or hell after you die. In fact, you can’t bring anything you own in this world with you to heaven or hell. You should stop worrying about your debt problems and trust in Jesus to guide you out of your debt problems all the way to heaven. When you look at your debt problems from the perspective of eternity, your debt problems as well as your other earthly problems are insignificant. Be thankful that Jesus died for us on the cross so that we can have a chance of entering heaven and spending eternity with Him in joyful bliss.

Lawrence Bautista Yang is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center and has been in law practice for thirty years.

He specializes in bankruptcy, business and civil litigation and has handled more than five thousand successful bankruptcy cases in California. He speaks Tagalog and looks forward to discussing your case with you personally. Please call Angie, Barbara or Jess at (626) 284-1142 for an appointment at 1000 S Fremont Ave, Mailstop 58, Bldg A-1 Suite 1125, Alhambra, CA 91803.

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DEFY CHINA From page 1

“We will not follow their rules in our own territory. Why do we need permission from another country that does not own our fishing grounds? These are ours,” he told reporters.

“We still have the capability to secure them (Filipino fishermen),” Gazmin said.

The Philippines has been locked in an increasingly tense standoff with China involving disputed reefs and islands in the South China Sea, in an area Manila calls the West Philippine Sea. Gazmin said the Philippine government would provide escort vessels to Filipino fishermen “if necessary”.

The Philippine foreign department on Tuesday alleged that the Hainan rule impinges on the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone, an area extending 200 miles from its coast where it has sovereign rights to explore and exploit the natural resources under a UN convention ratified in 1982.

In 2012, the Filipino navy confronted Chinese ships on Scarborough Shoal, a small outcrop just off the coast of the country’s main island of Luzon.

The Chinese eventually gained control of the outcrop after Manila backed down.

However, the government sought UN arbitration to settle the dispute, a move rejected by China.

“China has been projecting herself as a superpower, but chooses to pick on small countries like ours that have puny military capability,” Gazmin said Thursday.

He cited the Hainan fishing rule as well as Beijing’s earlier unilateral declaration of an air defence zone over the East China Sea that includes areas disputed with Japan.

The Philippine-China row began ever since China said all of South China Sea belongs to China

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35 Filipinas rescued as Taiwan cracks human smuggling ring TAIPEI, January 17, 2014 (AFP) – Police in Taiwan have busted a human smuggling ring and rescued 35 Filipinas who were forced into the sex trade, prosecutors said Friday.

The women were rescued after investigators raided two pubs in southern Taiwan on Thursday and arrested the suspected ring leader, a man identified only by his family name Hung, the Tainan district prosecutors’ office said.

Hung was accused of recruiting the women under the pretext that they would be working as professional dancers. Instead, he took away their passports after they arrived in Taiwan and forced them to work as sex slaves, it said.

Hung was later released on a bail of Tw$1 million ($33,300) while the women will be sent to a local shelter, prosecutors said.

Prostitution is illegal in Taiwan but the parliament in 2011 passed a controversial bill to allow special sex zones.

While there is no official figure for the scale of Taiwan’s sex industry, observers estimate it involves hundreds of thousands of people and generates billions of Taiwanese dollars a year.

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ONODA From page 1

He died in a Tokyo hospital on Thursday of heart failure.

Onoda was the last of several dozen socalled holdouts scattered around Asia, men who symbolized the astonishingly dogged perseverance of those called upon to fight for their emperor.

Their number included a soldier arrested in the jungles of Guam in 1972.

Trained as an information officer and guerrilla tactics coach, Onoda was dispatched to Lubang in 1944 and ordered never to surrender, never to resort to suicidal attacks and to hold firm until reinforcements arrived.

He and three other soldiers continued to obey that order long after Japan’s 1945 defeat.

Their existence became widely known in 1950, when one of their number emerged and returned to Japan.

The others continued to survey military facilities in the area, attacking local residents and occasionally fighting with Philippine forces, although one of them died soon afterwards.

Tokyo declared them dead after nine years of fruitless search.

However, in 1972, Onoda and the other surviving soldier got involved in a shootout with Philippine troops. His comrade died, but Onoda managed to escape.

The incident caused a sensation in Japan, which took his family members to Lubang in the hope of persuading him that hostilities were over.

Onoda later explained he had believed attempts to coax him out were the work of a puppet regime installed in Tokyo by the United States.

He read about his home country in newspapers that searchers deliberately

BRAIN-DRAINED From page 1

employment on account of shortages in local supply,” President Benigno Aquino’s spokesman Herminio Coloma said.

Labour Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said its most recent survey, which projected labour demand for the next seven years, found overall there were 272 “in-demand” occupations, such as nursing and teaching and 110 “hard-to-fill” occupations.

In the category of skilled labour, employers said there were 40 “hard-to-fill” jobs, and asked the government to allow 15 professions to be filled by foreign hires, she said in a statement.

Other roles in the list of 15 that could be filled by immigrants include chemists, environmental planners, guidance counselors, librarians, and assembly technicians.

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scattered in the jungle for him to find, but dismissed their content as propaganda.

The regular overflight by US planes during the long years of the Vietnam war also convinced him that the battle he had joined was still being played out across Asia.

It was not until 1974, when his old commanding officer visited him in his jungle hideout to rescind the original order, that Onoda’s war eventually ended.

Asked at a press conference in Japan after his return what he had been thinking about for the last 30 years, he told reporters: “Carrying out my orders.”

But the Japan that Onoda returned to was much changed. The country he had left, and the one he had believed he was still fighting for, was in the grip of a militarist government, bent on realizing what it thought was its divine right to dominate the region.

Crippled by years of increasingly unsuccessful war, its economy was in ruins and its people were hungry.

But the Japan of 1974 was in the throes of a decades-long economic boom and in thrall to Western culture. It was also avowedly pacifist.

Onoda had difficultly adapting to the new reality and, in 1975, emigrated to Brazil to start a cattle ranch, although he continued to travel back and forth.

In 1984, still very much a celebrity, he established a youth camp, where he taught young Japanese some of the survival techniques he had used during his 30 years in hiding, when he lived on wild cows and bananas.

He returned to Lubang in 1996 on a visit, reportedly at the invitation of the local government, despite his having been involved in the killing of dozens of Filipinos during his three-decade battle.

of qualified workers, we are making our industries competitive,” Baldoz added, while stressing that the needs are temporary.

The list was released to the public as the country’s jobless ranks remained stubbornly high even amid accelerating economic growth.

The unemployment rate stood at 6.5 percent in October last year and the underemployment rate at 17.9 percent, even though 10 million Filipinos, or a tenth of the population, live and work abroad.

Coloma stressed the government has yet to decide on the proposal to hire foreign workers.

“This could serve as a signal for our Filipino professionals abroad to return to the country to fill this gap and for schools to realign courses to match the demand for highly skilled workers,” he added.

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in (a) couple of years,” Bautista said.

He said he has made “maritime domain awareness” and protection a key concern of his leadership.

The funds used to boost maritime defense, he said, would come from the $40 million military assistance pledged by Kerry in December.

The Philippines has already acquired two refurbished American frigates in the past two years, and they now lead patrols in the South China Sea. The Philippines, a long-time US military ally, has been locked in an increasingly tense standoff with China involving disputed reefs and islands in an area Manila calls the West Philippine Sea. In 2012, the flagship BRP Gregorio del Pilar, the first acquired from the US, confronted Chinese ships on Scarborough

Shoal, a small outcrop just off the coast of the country’s main island of Luzon.

The Chinese eventually gained control of the outcrop after Manila backed down.

However, the government sought UN arbitration to settle the dispute, a move rejected by China.

Manila has also increasingly looked to the US for help, and negotiations are ongoing for an increased rotational presence of American soldiers in the Philippines as part of Washington’s “pivot” to Asia.

Bautista said the Gregorio del Pilar, as well as another frigate that arrived last year, have been deployed to protect the country’s waters.

“There are Chinese fishing vessels in the West Philippine Sea as we speak,” he said, but declined to say where they were in the disputed waters.

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Loan modification denied: should you file Chapter 13?

Filing Chapter 13 the last several years MINDING YOUR bankruptcy is often a has been financially last resort for people devastating for a lot of FINANCES in foreclosure when no families. For the first other options exist. A lot time in their lives, a lot of homeowners usually of homeowners faced put off making this decithe prospect of losing sion for a long time untheir home. Mortgage til they find themselves delinquencies resulted in the highest number of backed into a corner with foreclosures that most no way out. Most of the of us have never seen time they’ll attempt to

BY ATTY. RAY BULAON in our lifetime. For a do a loan modification long time, many people first, hoping to avoid filing bankruptcy. When that fails and the were talking about a housing bubble that bank starts foreclosure proceedings, they was expected to burst anytime soon but realize that filing Chapter 13 may be their most homeowners underestimated the magnitude of the problem until it blew up only hope.

The crash of the housing market in in their faces.

Beanie Babies creator avoids jail in tax evasion case CHICAGO, January 15, 2014 (AFP) – The billionaire creator of the popular Beanie Baby plush toys avoided jail time Tuesday as he was sentenced for hiding income from US tax collectors in a Swiss bank account. H. Ty Warner, the founder of Ty Inc. and Ty Warner Hotels & Resorts, got two years of probation for failing to report more than $24.4 million in income and evading nearly $5.6 million in federal taxes. US District Judge Charles Kocoras in Chicago also ordered Warner to perform at least 500 hours of community service for at least three Chicago high schools and to pay a $100,000 fine.

Tax evasion carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. “Society will be best served to allow (Warner) to continue his good works,� Ko-

coras said, referring to Warner’s charitable deeds. Warner has paid more than $53 million in civil penalties – half of the highest balance of his unreported foreign bank accounts, which at its peak was more than $100 million – as well as approximately $27 million in back taxes and interest. “It is imperative when an individual brazenly breaks the law and lies repeatedly on tax returns year after year and evades millions of dollars in taxes, that person has to be held accountable,� said US Attorney Zachary Fardon. In his guilty plea, Warner admitted that he placed some of his funds in undeclared bank accounts in Switzerland at Union Bank of Switzerland and Zuercher Kantonalbank, and failed to report the existence of those accounts and income from them.

We are still now dealing with the aftermath of the crash although foreclosures have somewhat leveled off. If you are one of the millions of homeowners struggling to keep their home, I understand your pain.

Over the last several years I’ve sat down with countless people in my office, trying to figure out ways for them to keep their home. And although I’ve had a lot of successes over the years, there were also cases where people simply had no choice but to let the bank foreclose. Those conversations weren’t always easy but I wanted to let people know that foreclosure doesn’t have to be the end of the world. Neither is bankruptcy when you have no other options. But you need to take action while you still have some time left or you may later regret your inaction. The clock is ticking.

How do you look at your children in the eye and tell them that your family is moving out of the only home they’ve ever known? How do you tell your spouse that you’re losing the dream home that you’ve built together from your hard-earned savings? Perhaps you purchased your home thinking that this is the place where you were going to retire at the end of your life.

Or maybe you looked at it as an investment that would pay off someday. Unfortunately,

that day never came. So now you are faced with some hard decisions that have to be made that may affect you and your family for a long time.

Filing Chapter 13 can help you stop foreclosure dead in its tracks. Once you file, all creditors including your lender are prohibited by law from continuing any collection activity against you or your property and that includes foreclosure.

The Court will give you 3-5 years to pay back mortgage arrears. And if you have a second mortgage that is unsecured with equity due to the fact that your property is upside down, you may even be able to wipe out your second mortgage.

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Hong Kong domestic helpers demand justice for ‘tortured’ maid

HONG KONG, January 16, 2014 (AFP) – Domestic workers took to the streets of Hong Kong Thursday to demand justice for an Indonesian maid allegedly tortured by her employers and better protection for the city’s hundreds of thousands of foreign maids.

During the protest a second maid came forward alleging abuse at the hands of the same employers four years ago.

The allegations have renewed concern about the treatment of domestic helpers in the former British colony following a spate of similar abuse cases and recent criticism by rights groups.

The first alleged victim, Erwiana Sulistyaningsih, 22, was reportedly left unable to walk following eight months of abuse in the southern Chinese city and was admitted to an Indonesian hospital in a critical condition last week after returning home.

Hong Kong police said Tuesday they had launched a criminal investigation after migrant worker groups expressed anger at earlier reports that authorities were not pursuing the case. A police spokeswoman said on Thursday the investigation was ongoing and no one had been arrested.

Dozens of protesters including maids, rights activists and migrant group members rallied outside the office of the maid’s employment agency Thursday before marching on the city’s Indonesian consulate.

As they marched through the bustling shopping district of Causeway Bay they chanted slogans including “We are workers. We are not slaves. Justice for Erwiana”.

At the protest, a woman nicknamed “Bunga” claimed she had been abused by the same employer over the course of 10 months in 2010.

“I was beaten many times. I worked 20 hours a day,” the woman, who refused to reveal her true identity, said.

“It’s my first time [job] in Hong Kong. I didn’t know anything. I was scared. My boss also told me not to speak out,” the 28-year-old said.

The agency that employed Sulistyaningsih said they were unaware of her injuries until they were notified by their corresponding agency in Indonesia.

“There is nothing for us to clarify. It’s the first time there has been a case of this kind in the 10 years we have been around [in this business],” a staff member of Chan’s Asia Recruitment Centre, was quoted

by Hong Kong-based Cable TV as saying Thursday.

But migrant worker groups have demanded action.

“We are very angry. So many cases have happened to Indonesian migrant workers in Hong Kong,” Sring Atin, vice chairperson of Indonesian Migrant Workers Union, told reporters.

The building where the employment agency’s office is located appeared to have tightened security with its grille lowered and security guards refusing to allow protesters to go upstairs.

“It is not only an issue of her being an Indonesian, but her (Sulistyaningsih) being a migrant worker and a human being,” Eman Villanueva of the Filipino Migrant Workers’ Union of Hong Kong, told AFP. “We from the Philippines are also migrant workers. We know the feeling, being away from home and suffering,” Villanueva added.

He called on the Hong Kong government to improve legal protection for maids, and to allow them to choose their own accommodation instead of being required to live with their employers.

Sulistyaningsih remains in hospital in Sragen, on the main Indonesian island of Java.

Obama warns Congress he will act alone WASHINGTON, January 14, 2014 (AFP) – President Barack Obama said Tuesday he was pleased Congress had passed a sweeping $1 trillion spending bill, but warned he would wield power alone if lawmakers blocked his policy plans.

The omnibus spending bill reached by negotiators from the Republican-led House of Representatives and the Democratic-run Senate funds the government until the end of the fiscal year in September, averting another government shutdown in the medium term.

“I’m very pleased to see the House and the Senate agreed to a budget,” Obama said as he met his cabinet at the White House.

The president encouraged Congress to pass the measure as “quickly as possible” to offer budget certainty for government agencies and departments.

Obama also called on Congress to act on his other priorities, including an extension of jobless

insurance for the long-term unemployed and comprehensive immigration reform.

But White House hopes for an unblocking of the partisan gridlock snarling his second term look likely to be unfounded, a fact Obama appeared to recognize in his remarks, as he promised to wield the power of his office to mitigate the travails of the struggling middle class.

“We’re not just going to wait for legislation,” Obama said.

“I’ve got a pen and I’ve got a phone, I can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive action and administrative actions that move the ball forward.” While Obama can use his authority to implement policy changes on issues ranging from immigration to climate change and other issues, he must pass laws through Congress to enact the kind of sweeping political change he envisages and to deploy the power of the public purse.

PHL a global ‘source’ for child cybersex industry: police MANILA, January 17, 2014 (AFP) – The Philippines has rapidly become a key hub of the billion-dollar global child cybersex industry, with operators aided by widespread poverty and legal loopholes that allow them to remain anonymous, police said Friday.

Paying subscribers anywhere in the world can log in to sites operated from Manila and across the archipelago that stream the abuse of Filipino children on the Internet, Senior Superintendent Gilbert Sosa said. “We are the origin, the source,” Sosa, head of the Philippine National Police’s anti-cybercrime unit, told a news conference, adding the industry spread rapidly across the country last year.

Police in Britain, Australia and the Philippines announced Thursday that they had jointly dismantled a pedophile ring that streamed live sexual abuse of Filipino children as young as six over the Internet.

In some cases, the victims’ parents were involved.

Fifteen victims aged between six and 15 have been rescued, Britain’s National Crime Agency said Thursday, adding that 29 people had been arrested, including 11 in the Philippines.

Three other ongoing investigations have identified 733 suspects, the agency added.

Sosa said the Philippines is a “top 10” purveyor of what he described as a global “cottage industry (worth) billions of dollars”.

The victims are mostly younger than 18, he said, recounting how he took part in some police raids in the northern city of Angeles, where boys and girls aged between 10 and 14 performed “lewd acts” in front of cameras.

Some of the suspects arrested are Americans or Europeans, with Filipino “cohorts”, he said.

In Manila, he said the streaming is done inside hotel rooms. It is also done in 31 of the Philippines’ 81 provinces, with Angeles, the central city of Cebu and the southern city of Cagayan de Oro being the other main sites.

The police official said some of the streaming is

done inside shanties in the sprawling slums of the Philippines, a country of 100 million where one in four people live on less than a dollar a day, according to government data.

“The parents themselves facilitate the children’s participation,” Sosa said, adding their earnings help support the families.

Video streaming earned them at least $100 an hour, and photo sessions were worth up to 3,000 pesos (about $66), he added.

Sosa said most people who pay to view the activity are from the United States and Europe.

“There is no interest in child pornography in our culture. So it is mostly production.”

Sosa said the crime had spread through the help of wireless technology where users cannot be effectively tracked by law enforcers.

The Philippine passed a law in September 2012 meant to stamp out cybercrimes including fraud, identity theft, spamming, and child pornography.

But the Supreme Court blocked the statute before it could take effect amid a legal challenge that it has yet to rule on.

Opponents objected to provisions that would authorize heavy prison terms for online libel, and give the state the power to shut down websites and monitor online activities.

“Under that law, telcos (telecommunications firms) are required to retain their data or log files within a period of six months. Since there is a temporary restraining order, there is no legal basis for them to comply,” Sosa said.

Ronald Aguto, cybercrime division chief of the justice department’s National Bureau of Investigation, said Filipino law enforcers are making do with other laws to go after offenders, including one against child pornography.

However, he said these were not enough.

“In these matters, time is of the essence. We need to swiftly get the data from Internet providers,” he said in an interview over local DZBB radio.

DSWD mulls raps vs parents of children in online sex videos MANILA, Jan 17 (Mabuhay) – The Department of Social Welfare and Development may be filing charges against the parents of Filipino children who had fallen victims of an international online sex syndicate.

“We are... looking into possible filing of charges of child abuse [against] the parents and we will work... to prevent parents or families from [pushing] their children to that kind of work,” DSWD Secretary Dinky Soliman said.

Also, Soliman said her office is “coordinating with the concerned agencies, NBI (National Bureau of Investigation) in particular, to take care of the rescued victims.”

Soliman made the statement after an international probe involving Britain and Australia cracked the pedophile ring that had been streaming live sexual abuse of Filipino children over the internet.

Under Operation Endeavour that spanned a dozen nations, 29 people have been arrested, including 11 in the Philippines, while three other ongoing probes have identified 733 suspects, Britain’s National Crime Agency said. Fifteen child victims aged between six and 15 have been rescued, it added.

Earlier, Malacañang said government agencies under the Inter-Agency Commission Against Trafficking have been after the pedophile ring victimizing Filipino children even before media reports about it came out.

“The government has already committed itself to doing everything that needs to be done through interagency effort, through legislation, and through other administrative measures to stop this trafficking. This is a matter of high priority for our government that is not prompted by recent media reports,”a Palac official said.

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What factors will the court look at in awarding spousal support?

The purpose of spoucase may be such which BARRISTER'S sal support is not decall for some amount of fined by the legislature support for some period CORNER in that its purpose varies of time, though not until according to the facts death of the supported and circumstances of spouse. For example, the each case. The facts and court may order support circumstances of a parfor that period of time ticular case may be such required for the supported spouse to obtain or which call for no spousal complete an education, support, or for support to allow the supported for a very limited period

BY KENNETH REYES spouse to take care of the of time, with the purpose & DARRICK TAN children until they reach to assist the supported an age where a return to spouse to “get back on his or her feet” as a single person, or until employment would be more feasible, or to community property is distributed. On the become self-supporting within a reasonother hand, the facts and circumstances able time.

Although the use of standard guideof another case may call for support for an extended period of time, perhaps until lines based on income is encouraged in death of the supported spouse, the purpose the award of temporary support, such for which to provide assistance to one who guidelines cannot be used in awarding permanent spousal support. As indicated cannot support himself.

The two situations mentioned here- hereinabove, the award of support is in inabove are extreme cases, on opposite large part based on the facts and circumends of the spectrum. Quite obviously, stances of the particular case. In determinthe facts and circumstances in a particular ing spousal support, the court considers

California declares drought emergency LOS ANGELES, January 17, 2014 (AFP) – California’s worst drought in a century is devastating the state’s agriculture and destroying its forestland, which is being consumed by wildfire, Governor Jerry Brown said Friday as he declared a state emergency.

The emergency declaration allows California to access federal help to battle the drought, which has left huge swathes of tinder-dry forest vulnerable to catching fire.

On Thursday, a massive blaze raged just outside Los Angeles, damaging several homes and forcing residents to evacuate the area, where the fire risk had been elevated for weeks.

Brown urged residents of his state to reduce their water use by at least 20 percent.

“I’ve declared this emergency and I’m calling on all Californians to conserve water in every way possible,” he said in his statement.

“We can’t make it rain,” he added.

“But we can be much better prepared for the terrible consequences that California’s drought now threatens, including dramatically less water for our farms and communities, and increased fires in both urban and rural areas.”

Brown told reporters in San Francisco that the current conditions were “the worst drought that California has ever seen since records (began) about 100 years ago,” media reports said.

The region is suffering its third dry winter in a row, highlighted by the Los Angeles blaze.

California and other western US states are routinely hit with wildfires during the summer, but winter fires like the ones currently raging, are relatively rare.

California’s rivers and reservoirs have reached record lows, with only 20 percent of the normal average supplies of water from melting snowpack, which flows down from mountains like the Sierra Nevada north-to-south range.

SBA e disaster loans available to CA small businesses SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Small, nonfarm businesses in 35 California counties and neighboring counties in Arizona and Nevada are now eligible to apply for low-interest federal disaster loans from the U. S. Small Business Administration (SBA). “These loans offset economic losses because of reduced revenues caused by the drought that began on January 1, 2014, in the following primary counties,” announced Tanya N. Garfield, Acting Director of SBA’s Disaster Field Operations

Center-West.

Primary California counties: Alameda, Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Contra Costa, El Dorado, Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Los Angeles, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Mono, Monterey, Sacramento, San Benito, San Bernardino, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Stanislaus, Tulare, Tuolumne and Ventura; Neighboring California counties: Orange, Placer, Riverside, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sutter and Yolo.

County to host used oil and filter recycling event in La Puente According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, recycled oil helps sustain unrenewable resources, conserve energy, and save money. Recycling just two gallons of used oil can generate enough electricity to run the average household for almost 24 hours.

To assist in this effort, the Los Angeles County Public Works Department will host a free used motor oil and used oil filter recycling event on Saturday, January 25, 2014, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Sunshine Park, 515 Deepmead Ave, La Puente, CA 91744. In exchange for turning in their used oil, participants will be rewarded with free oil and oil filter containers, shop towels, and funnels while supplies last.

Residents can also drop-off used motor oil and used oil filters at weekend Countysponsored Household Hazardous Waste/Electronic Waste collection events or at local Certified Collection Centers. A full calendar of collection events and a list of these centers can be found at www.CleanLA.com.

Residents are asked to prepare items for drop-off by placing used oil filters in sealed plastic bags, and storing used oil in a leak-proof container. The oil should not be mixed with other liquids or materials, including water.

For additional information on the County’s used oil and oil filter recycling program, call Edna Gandarilla, Program Manager, at (626) 458-6536.

numerous factors, set forth in Family Code Sec. 4320. They include: 1) The extent to which the earning capacity of each party is sufficient to maintain the standard of living established during the marriage, 2) The extent to which the supported party contributed to the attainment of an education, training, a career position, or a license by the supporting party, 3) The ability of the supporting party to pay spousal support, taking into account the supporting party’s earning capacity, earned and unearned income, assets, and standard of living, 4) The needs of each party based on the standard of living established during the marriage, 5)The obligations and assets, including the separate property, of each party, 6) The duration of the marriage, 7) The ability of the supported party to engage in gainful employment without unduly interfering with the interests of dependent children in the custody of the party, and 8) The age and health of the parties.

The factors set forth hereinabove are only several of the many factors the court will consider in deciding the issue of spousal support. In that the amount and duration of an award is largely based on the facts and circumstances of the case, it is advised that one who is requesting support,

or is opposing a request for support, obtain experienced counsel, who will be able to present the facts and circumstances in the best light possible.

Please note that this article is not legal advice and is not intended as legal advice.

The article is intended to provide only general, non-specific legal information.

This article is not intended to cover all the issues related to the topic discussed.

The specific facts that apply to your matter may make the outcome different than would be anticipated by you. This article does create any attorney client relationship between you and the Law Offices of Kenneth U. Reyes, P.C. This article is not a solicitation.

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Kris Aquino admits not having sex Host-actress Kris Aquino believes that the success she is enjoying right now is because she doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have sex. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know my priorities siguro kaya na bi-blessed because I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have sex,â&#x20AC;?

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Aquino also believes that the success of â&#x20AC;&#x153;My Little Bossings,â&#x20AC;? which marked the movie debut of her son James â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bimbyâ&#x20AC;? Yap Jr., was because she is celibate. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ngayon ko na-realize pala talaga na itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s possible na â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;yung kaligayahan mo it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come pala from fulfillment sa sarili but it comes from seeing people

loving your child. Sinabi ko nga, nagdarasal ako, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;God, ano ba ang nagawa kong bongga para ibigay mo ito kay Bimb?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Kasi hindi ba nasa Biblia â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;yon na kung ano ang itanim mo bilang magulang â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;yon ang aanihin ng anak. So sabi ko, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Thank you God,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? she explained. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kasi siguro mabait ako, kasi siguro celibate ako, sorry I have to say, letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s be honest. ... Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just saying na siguro parang alam ko kung ano ang priorities in life ko and siguro talaga kung ano ang pinakamahalaga sa iyo, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;yun ang ipagkakaloob sa iyo ng Diyos at ang pinakamahalaga sa akin ay â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;yung dala-

wang anak ko,â&#x20AC;? Aquino continued.

Aquino, whose marriage to basketball player James Yap was officially annulled in 2012, said she is no longer looking for a new romance. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Noong nagdasal ako, sinabi ko, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;God, basta happy na ang boys ko, happy sila, kahit walang partner, okay na ako.

But please donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make me feel lonely lang. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Yung parang kung ano man ang fulfillment and joy na nararamdaman ko with them, sana pagpatuloy mo ito.

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Angeline Quinto goes sexy for album cover Angeline Quinto goes for a sexy image for the cover of her third studio album, which promises to be her most personal yet, as it reflects her â&#x20AC;&#x153;maturity in loveâ&#x20AC;? and even features her own composition. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kakaibang Angeline po ang nasa album na ito.

Bukod sa medyo sexy po ang cover, mas excited po akong i-share ang bago sa akin bilang singer sa lahat, lalo na sa mga taong sumusuporta sa akin mula nang nagsimula ako,â&#x20AC;? the singer said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Higher Love,â&#x20AC;? which is now available in record bars and digital stores, features 21 tracks including minus one versions of the 10 songs and a â&#x20AC;&#x153;diva mixâ&#x20AC;? of the its lead single â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sana2x (Sana Sana).â&#x20AC;?

Quinto shared her inspiration in composing â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sana2x.â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tungkol ito sa isang tao na gustung-gusto ko na hindi ko naman masabi. [Tungkol ito sa] kung paano ko sasabihin na gusto ko siya. So everytime po na magkasama kami, sinasabi ko sa sarili ko, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Sana ako nalang, sana tayo nalang,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? she explained. The other songs featured on the album are â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nag-iisa Lang,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sino Ako Sa â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Yo,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ako Na Lang,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ikaw Ang Aking Mundo,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Babalik Kang Muli,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kung Sakali Man,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bring Back The Times,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hanggang Kailan Kita Mamahalin,â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Higher Love.â&#x20AC;?

Explaining the title of the album, the 24-yearold singer said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Para po sa akin, mas naging mature â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;yung buhay-pag-ibig ko sa mga naranasan ko noong nakaraang taon.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kung dati po nasa 15% [ang pagiging mature ko], ngayon mga 51%,â&#x20AC;? she said, laughing. (MNS)

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Earlier, Estrada just replied â&#x20AC;&#x153;no commentâ&#x20AC;? when asked if he likes the Eigenanmann for Ejercito. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Siyempre po masakit kasi nakakapanliit siya and parang medyo judgmental po ang dating,â&#x20AC;? the actress said.

Saying she is left with no choice but to respect Ejercitoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parents, the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Galemaâ&#x20AC;? actress added: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wala naman po akong magagawa. Kailangan kong respetuhin kung ano ang sinasabi nila kasi sila po ang magulang ni Jake. They know whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best for their son.â&#x20AC;?

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Despite this admission, Eigenmann clarified that she and Ejercito are not in a relationship. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People always think that I am lying kasi kapag umuuwi siya, nakikita kami at napi-picture-an. Sinasabi ko naman â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;yung totoo, I really do care for him a lot but heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not based here. Ayaw po naming ipilit ang mga bagay na hindi naman po puwede. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always been honest about my feelings for him naman,â&#x20AC;? she said.

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I had been on a long journey, seeking help for my chronic migraine problem that started at an early age. I had suffered from excruciating migraine attacks for fourteen years. In 2009, the pain became immensely unbearable and my search included numerous trips to migraine clinics, neurologists, ENT doctors, and chiropractors. I had spent a considerable amount of money for head scans and x-rays, all to no avail. I had also tried an array of prescription drugs that caused uncomfortable side effects. I had literally suffered from chronic migraines my entire life. At times, only my faith in God kept me from wanting to “disappear” as I lay prone in bed, incapacitated for days, suffering from chronic migraine attacks. No medication would ever alleviate nor stop the throbbing, pounding and agonizing pain. It would just seem to run its course and then cease. On so many occasions, I had also gone to the “ER” (emergency room) for treatments. While there they gave me a shot of either “Toradol” or “Imitrex,” which was the only almost immediate solution in order to ease my plight. However, as with any medication upon administering it, the effect subsides after a while, or it does not work at all.

In addition, I had undergone a series of “MRI’s” (Magnetic Resonance Imaging), which were ordered by some specialists, findings of which did not help much in diagnosing the cause of my migraines. None of these specialists really helped me very much. They really did not listen to what I was telling them, as with most doctors, they were only treating the symptoms, not getting to the root cause of my suffering, and yet, getting rich in the process. I kept telling them that with just the slightest of activity, I felt like either my back would be out of place, or my head seemed about to explode, or my eyeballs were about to pop out! I told one doctor that I would roll over in bed and jump out of place and that my neck was constantly popping and felt like I had huge grit in it. It felt like I was sleeping on a concrete pillow at night, as I could never get comfortable, not to mention the nausea and anxiety attacks that I would suddenly experience.

I knew this was not normal and I felt extremely helpless, not knowing if I would survive the attack or what could have happened next? I tried several other natural remedies since my migraines started, and yet nothing really alleviated my severe and chronic pain. My physicians had prescribed almost every drug in the book... you name it, and I took it! They were so bad that I had also been given Gandi Villareal “Topamax.” It seemed to help, however, I weaned myself from it due to the side effects. But alas, the migraines began to reoccur. One time I took a “Darvocet” tablet and a “Zoloft” tablet prescribed for my headaches. In the past I was prescribed a multi-drug that contained barbiturates... I simply can’t remember the names, as there were so many.

In 2012, my migraines had gotten worst, and on one occasion, I totally passed out. Fortunately, a friend drove me to Gandi for acupuncture treatment, hoping to get instant relief. To my surprise, the torment had instantly been subdued.

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truth to the people who are in need of her expertise. Hence, in order to reciprocate, I “spread the word” to many of my clients, friends and other people who are in dire need of alternative healing methods, by referring them to Gandi, with the hope that these people may be able to improve their health after a few sessions, if not find instant remedy, or so as not to endure any kind of pain any longer.

I certainly wish I had come to Gandi’s Acupuncture a long time ago! Her acupuncture treatments have surely helped me get rid of my chronic migraines more than anything else. I have not had a single migraine that got me down, and the mild chronic headache is about 95% better. The treatments are simply painless and without any side effects. On the contrary, I have only benefited from Gandi’s Acupuncture and total holistic wellness program, as they certainly energize and release me from a high or accumulated daily stress, a previous thyroid related problem, sensitivity to bright or glaring lights, as well as, pollution, skipping meals due to work deadlines, anxiety, physical overexertion, chemical odors, barometric pressure changes, smoke or smog.

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Pinoy contractor, two execs in largest disadvantaged business enterprise fraud in US history The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania has announced that Dennis F. Campbell, of Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania, and Timothy G. Hubler, of Ashland, Pennsylvania, were sentenced by the Senior U.S. District Judge Sylvia H. Rambo in Harrisburg in connection with their roles in what the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has called the

largest Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) fraud in the nation’s history.

Campbell, Schuylkill Product’a Inc.’s (SPI) former vice president in charge of Sales and Marketing, was sentenced to 24 months’ imprisonment, $119 million in restitution to the USDOT, and two years’ supervised release. Hubler, SPI’s former vice president in charge of Field

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Campbell pleaded guilty to DBE fraud in 2008, and Hubler pleaded guilty to DBE fraud and tax fraud in 2008. Romeo P. Cruz, of West Haven, Connecticut, the former owner of Marikina Construction Corporation, the DBE firm that operated as a front for SPI to gain lucrative DBE contracts, pleaded guilty to DBE fraud and tax fraud in 2008 and 2009, and is scheduled to be sentenced on Wednesday, January 15, 2014. All three men cooperated with the government’s investigation that led to the conviction of the two former owners of SPI, Ernest G. Fink, of Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania, SPI’s former vice president and chief operating officer; and Joseph W. Nagle, of Deerfield Beach, Florida, SPI’s former president and chief executive officer. Fink pleaded guilty to DBE fraud in 2010. Nagle was convicted after a four-week jury trial in 2012 of 26 charges relating to the DBE fraud scheme.

No sentencing date has been scheduled for Fink and Nagle.

“The sentences handed down today, in what is the largest reported DBE fraud case in USDOT history, serve as clear signals that severe penalties await those who would attempt to subvert USDOT laws and regulations,” said Doug Shoemaker, OIG Regional Special Agent in Charge. “Preventing and detecting DBE fraud are priorities for the Secretary of Transportation and the USDOT Office of Inspector General. Prime contractors and subcontractors are cautioned not to engage in fraudulent DBE activity and are encouraged to report any suspected DBE fraud to the USDOT-OIG. Our agents will continue to work with the Secretary of Transportation; the administrators of the Federal Highway, Transit, and Aviation Administrations; and our law enforcement

and prosecutorial colleagues to expose and shut down DBE fraud schemes throughout Pennsylvania and the United States.”

According to U.S. Attorney Peter J. Smith, the DBE fraud lasted for over 15 years and involved over $136 million in government contracts in Pennsylvania alone. SPI, using Marikina as a front, operated in several other states in the Mid-Atlantic and New England regions.

Although Marikina received the contracts on paper, all the work was really performed

by SPI personnel, and SPI received all the profits. In exchange for letting SPI use its name and DBE status, Marikina was paid a small fixed-fee set by SPI. The scheme lasted as long as it did because of the numerous fraudulent steps the co-conspirators took to conceal the scheme. SPI personnel routinely pretended to be Marikina personnel by using Marikina business cards, e-mail addresses, stationery, and signature stamps, as well as using magnetic placards and decals bearing the Marikina logo to cover up SPI’s logo on SPI vehicles.

SPI and its wholly owned subsidiary, CDS Engineers, was sold in 2009 and was based in Cressona, Pennsylvania. SPI manufactured concrete bridge beams, as well as other suppliers’ products. CDS was SPI’s erection division and installed SPI’s bridge beams, as well as other suppliers’ products.

USDOT provides billions of dollars a year to states and municipalities for the construction and maintenance of highways and mass transit systems on the condition that small businesses owned and operated by disadvantaged individuals receive a fair share of these federal funds. The DBE fraud here involved SPI’s use of Marikina’s name and status to obtain DBE contracts that it was not entitled to receive.

The investigation was conducted by the FBI, the USDOT Inspector General’s Office, U.S. Department of Labor Inspector General’s Office, and the Criminal Investigation Division of the Internal Revenue Service. Senior Litigation Counsel Bruce Brandler handled the prosecution.

Pureza R. Fortuna: FASGI’S co-founder passes away Pureza Ruiz Fortuna, one of the founders of the Filipino-American Service Group (FASGI), passed away on Dec. 16, 2013 after a lingering illness. She was 93.

The late Mrs. Fortuna was born on April 23, 1920 in Sarat, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.

She is now reunited with her deceased husbands Jose Languisan and Jaime Fortuna, and son Ruben Languisan. She is survived by her three living children: daughter Luz Himala with husband Oscar, granddaughter Angel Dizon with husband Ronald and great grandsons Jordan, Zeke and Logan, granddaughter Annie, grandson Anthony, great granddaughter Alanna, and grandson Andrew; daughter Helen Albayalde with husband Dennis and grandson Arnel; and son Paul Languisan with wife Evelyn Languisan, grandson John Paul with wife Rose, great grandchildren Samantha and Julian, and granddaughter Kristine.

Ms. Fortuna received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing Class 1941 and Masters of Arts in Administration and Public Health in 1943 both from the University of the Philippines.

Thereafter, she worked as the head of Public Health in the city of Manila.

In the States, she has worked in the ICU, CCU and Medical-Surgical and retired as a Director of Nursing at the age of 78. Even after retirement, Ms. Fortuna continued to serve the community of Los Angeles as a Red Cross nurse volunteer for 39 years. She was presented the 1996 Central East District Volunteer Nurse of the Year award. Aside from FASGI, Ms. Fortuna was also an active member of Dimasalang, derived from national hero, Dr. Jose P. Rizal’s pen name. The Languisan and Fortuna families would like to express their deepest appreciation for “showering us with love, kind words and prayers.

“We ask for prayers that God would continue to give us strength, guidance, peace and comfort in our journey as we will miss our beloved matriarch,” said son Paul Languisan, family’s spokesman who issued this statement. – Dan E. Niño

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PHL to launch premium food products in the US The Philippine Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) will launch Premium FoodPHILIPPINES, a program to promote the country’s specialty food products to the US market. The DTI Project Team composed of officials from its Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions(CITEM) and the Philippine Trade & Investment Centers(PTICs) in Silicon Valley and Los Angeles are gearing up for two major events this month.

In San Francisco, the Philippines will participate at the 2014 Winter Fancy Food Show on January 19-21, 2014. The Philippines’ country pavilion will be located at the South Hall of the Mascone Center, San Francisco.

In Los Angeles, a business delegation from the Philippines will conduct a Selling Mission on January 22-24, 2014 which will be highlighted by a business matching event at the Lomabard and Moselle Room, Crowns Plaza LAX, Los Angeles from 9 am to 4 pm on January 24.

With the theme “Natural… Organic…

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Ruby Tania Cruz, Marketing director of Herbanext, one of the companies joining the launch said “ Our products belong to a category which, although catering to a small segment of the market, can be potentially big in the future as people opt for healthier food choices. ” Herbanext produces herbal teas, coffees, supplements, jams, syrups and snacks.

Other participating companies include Celebes Coconut Corporation, GSL Premium Food Export Corporation, Prime Fruit International Inc., Islamic Da’wah Council of the Philippines, JNRM Corporation, Malagos Agri-Venture Corporation, Mama Sita’s, pacific Isles International Trading, Prime Fruits International, Raw Brown Sugar Milling Company and other premium food manufacturing and exporting companies.

Trade Representative Jose Ma. Dinsay,

Director of the Philippine Trade and Investment Center Los Angeles and appointed lead person of the DTI for food sector program in the US said “These events are part of a long term strategy of the Philippine government in partnership with the country’s food manufacturers and exporters to promote premium products to the discerning consumers in the US market. We will aim to work closely with upscale and

specialty food retail chains to ensure that our world class products are available and accessible to our target market.”

The program is supported by the Philippine Consulates in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

For more information and related inquiries, email the Philippine Trade and Investment Center – Los Angeles at losangeles@ philippinetrade.org or call (213) 388-1029.

Photo above shows (L-R) ARC Director of Development Ms. Donya Webb presented a check from BBCN President & CEO Soo Bong Min and Consul Miranda.

Free firefighter preparatory seminar in Carson Los Angeles, January 14 – To help interested candidates learn more about its hiring process up and upcoming firefighter examination, the Los Angeles County Fire Department is offering free seminars on Saturday, January 18, March 1 and May 17, beginning at 8 a.m., at the Carson Community Center, located at 801 E. Carson Street in Carson.

Attendees must register online at fire.lacounty.gov to attend, and bring a copy of the registration confirmation form to the door for admission.

The Firefighter Preparatory Seminar is a one-day overview about what to expect from L.A. County Fire’s hiring process, and will be presented by expert members of the Department’s human resources and firefighter training teams. To give everyone an opportunity to attend and learn more about this prestigious firefighting career in one of the world’s leading emergency services agencies, the Department is offering this seminar nine times across Los Angeles County in Carson, Pomona and the Antelope Valley.

BBCN, leading Korean-American Bank presents check for Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda relief efforts Los Angeles, 13 January 2014 – BBCN Bank President Mr. Soo Bong Min presented a check to the American Red Cross (ARC) for the victims of Typhoon Haiyan Relief Efforts presented today at their corporate headquarters in Los Angeles.

The employees of BBCN Bank raised US$ 40,000 for the Typhoon Haiyan/

Yolanda Relief Efforts. BBCN President expressed messages of sympathy and support for those affected by the Typhoon.

Consul Miranda conveyed appreciation for the donation from the employees of the BBCN some of whom gave up their vacation funds to assist and support Relief Efforts.

Flu deaths increase in California SACRAMENTO - Dr. Ron Chapman, director of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) and state health officer, announced today the number of confirmed influenza related deaths in the state has increased to 45 for the season so far, including two pediatric deaths. This is an increase of 38 deaths from last week’s announcement.

“Flu activity continues to increase statewide, including reports of hospitalizations, severe disease and the number of deaths,” said Dr. Chapman. “We are clearly in the midst of what appears to be an earlier peaking, severe flu season, and I encourage everyone who has not yet gotten a flu vaccination to do so. The influenza vaccine remains the most effective way to protect yourself from the flu.”

For the most recent reporting period, ending January 11, 2014, there were an additional 38 confirmed deaths in 20 counties throughout California. That brings the total of influenza related deaths for the season to 45. An additional 50 deaths are under investigation by CDPH. The 45 influenza-associated deaths this season have been reported by the following counties: Alameda (3), Contra Costa (2), Kern (1), Kings (2), Lassen (1), Los Angeles (4), Marin (2), Mendocino (1), Merced (2), Orange (3), Riverside (1), Sacramento (5), San Bernardino (4), San Diego (3), San Francisco (1), San Mateo (2), Santa Barbara (1), Santa Clara (3), Sonoma (1), and Stanislaus (3). The pediatric deaths occured in Los Angeles and San Mateo counties.

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California ranks third nationally in how high it sets its charges over its costs, with a statewide average charge of 451 percent as a percent of total costs. In other words, the average Nevada hospital charges $451 for every $100 of its total costs. That’s well above the national average of 331 percent.

Top 10 Most Expensive Hospitals – California (by total charges as a percent of total costs): 1. Olympia Medical Center, Los Angeles

– 1034% 2. Doctors Hospital of Manteca, Manteca – 967% 3. Doctors Medical Center, Modesto – 957% 4. Barstow Community Hospital, Barstow – 872% 5. Monterey Park Hospital, Monterey Park – 860% 6. Twin Cities Community Hospital, Templeton – 813% 7. Lodi Memorial Hospital, Lodi – 811% 8. Providence Holy Cross Medical Center, Mission Hills – 809% 9. Regional Medical Center, San Jose – 804% 10-Community and Mission Hospital

of Huntington Park, Huntington Park – 783% The new findings are based on publicly available Medicare Cost Reports as of June, 2013, covering the fiscal year 20112012, analyzed by the Institute for Health and Socio-Economic Research, the research arm of National Nurses United.

For the charge to cost ratio for other California hospitals, call 510-273-2246 IHSP/NNU also released the top 100 most expensive U.S. hospitals, top 10 for each state, and statewide averages.

• The 100 most expensive U.S. hospitals have a charge to cost ratio of 765 percent and higher – more than double the national average of 331 percent.

• Despite enactment of the Affordable Care Act, hospital charges recorded their single biggest jump, a 22 percentile point increase from fiscal year 2010-2011 to fiscal year 2011-2012 in the past 16 years for which the IHSP has analyzed the data.

• There is a strong correlation between high charges and profits. The 10 percent of hospitals with the highest charges over their costs have the largest average profits.

• For-profit hospitals continue to dominate the list of those with the highest charges. For-profit corporations average charges of 503 percent of their costs, or $503 for every $100 of total costs.

• By contrast, publicly-run hospitals, including federal, state, county, city, or district operated hospitals, with public budgets and boards that meet in public, exercise far more restraint than for-profit or non-profit corporate chains. Average charge ratios for government-run hospitals are just 235 percent of their costs.

• Public oversight, or regulation seems

to help constrain excessive pricing.

Maryland, probably the most regulated state in the U.S. has the lowest average charges of all the states among its 10 most expensive hospitals. While Medicare sets reimbursement rates, insurance companies typically negotiate with hospitals on reimbursements.

But the higher the charges, says NNU, the greater the ultimate reimbursement that insurers pay. Predictably, insurers will pass those increased costs to ratepayers, with resulting higher premiums, co-pays, deductibles, and other fees for patients and families. Uninsured individuals with far less bargaining power are too often hit with the full list price.

Hospitals increasingly tack on steep co-pays, require cash up front before administering care, or hound patients for payment afterwards. Globally, a Commonwealth Fund study of 11 developed nations released in November found that U.S. adults are the most likely to forego treatment due to cost, struggle to pay bills, and spend the most out of pocket on medical care.

In 2013, it found, 37 percent of U.S. adults failed to see a doctor, didn’t seek recommended treatment or did not fill a prescription because of the high cost – compared to just 4 percent of those in Great Britain.

The global data, says NNU co-president Deborah Burger, RN illustrates why the need for “fundamental transformation of our broken healthcare system to one based on patient need and quality care for all remains critical.” Noting the health security for Americans changes dramatically at 65, the age for which people qualify for Medicare.

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BY HENRY MOYAL ry or I should go there. If child cannot be deported we marry in USA can the but the mother certainly application be processed in Los Angeles? can. The good news is that you will not be A. There is no fiancĂŠ category any longer. put in jail unless there is a warrant for your If you are going to marry then it seems the arrest - if so, at worse you will detained but more realistic approach is to marry in USA. spouse can post a bond. However, all that I am saying this because it will be very will not happen if you file the proper docuunlikely that he will be granted a tourist mentation and sponsorship. There are two visa to enter Canada and thus you cannot caveats though: you must file the new forms marry in Canada. Assuming you are both under the new laws for illegal visitors and free to marry and all divorces are in place, second you could be found ineligible dethen a wedding solemnized in the state of pending on the circumstances surrounding California is legal for immigration pur- the fraudulent passport. Obtain professional poses. The place of processing will depend advice from someone who knows the laws on his prior status in USA coupled with and regulations â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a lawyer not a consultant. his current USA immigration status. For Q. I came to Canada as a live in caregiver example, is he under removal proceedings? in 2009. I was initially released upon arYou should also take into account the rival from my first employer. I did not place you want the interview conducted obtain a new work permit until two years in the event you are convoked for one. thereafter. I believe I now have the reAll these factors are relevant but once all quired 24 months of employment but my put into place, it is very indeed possible to work permit is expiring soon. I will not sponsor a spouse who is illegal in USA. have time to file my permanent resident Q. I am in Canada with no status. I entered application before the work permit. My as a visitor three years ago and let my status passport is expiring too. Can I postpone expire because I entered using someone my permanent residence application? elseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s passport. I am now married to a Will I be able to extend my work permit?

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Canada to woo more international students OTTAWA, January 15, 2014 (AFP) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Canada wants to double the number of foreign students enrolled at its universities as well as researchers to 450,000 by 2020, Trade Minister Ed Fast announced Wednesday.

The hope is that the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brightest minds choose to study and work in Canada, and possibly stay after graduating, fueling innovation and boosting the economy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our government recognizes that international education is a key driver of jobs and prosperity in every region of Canada,â&#x20AC;?

Fast said in a statement.

The government has earmarked Can$5 million (US$4.6 million) annually to support the objective. The monies will be primarily used to market Canadian schools

in six key markets.

Another Can$13 million (US$11.9 million) will be allocated to a not-for-profit organization that facilitates student mobility between Canada and Brazil, China, India, Mexico, Turkey and Vietnam.

Fast said the push would not impact Canadiansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; access to post-secondary education, but rather would grow the schools to accomodate larger enrolment.

Canadiansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; tuition is subsidized by the government while foreign students typically pay full price.

Despite offering higher average wages than in the United States, Canadian universities have had trouble retaining foreign researchers and professors who complained about the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s frigid winters.

USCIS to welcome more than 5,200 new U.S. citizens at first LA citizenship ceremony of 2014 LOS ANGELES â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Los Angeles and Southern California will welcome 5,276 newly naturalized citizens on Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in West Hall â&#x20AC;&#x153;A-Bâ&#x20AC;?. The candidates, lawful permanent residents who have met all the requirements for citizenship, represent more than 130 countries. Fourteen candidates representing most branches of the Armed Forces will also be among those taking the Oath of Allegiance. This will be the first naturalization ceremony of the New Year for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) District 23, Los Angeles.

USCIS is also asking new citizens and their families and friends to share their citizenship experience and photos

at the ceremony via Twitter using the hashtag #newUScitizen.

The top ten countries represented at Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ceremonies will be: 1) Mexico; 2) Philippines; 3) El Salvador; 4) China; 5) Iran; 6) Vietnam; 7) Korea; 8) Guatemala; 9) India; and 10) Armenia. These monthly naturalization ceremonies highlight the successful efforts of the Los Angeles District Office of USCIS to process thousands of lawful permanent residents to become citizens of the United States of America. During Fiscal Year 2013, more than 93,000 candidates for citizenship became naturalized U.S. citizens in USCIS District 23 which covers the seven counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo.

24 months within 4 years of arrival. If you do not then you could be out of the live in caregiver program. If you did then you must hold a valid work permit to obtain a permanent resident visa. It sounds like you will need a labor market opinion to extend the work permit if it is past the 4 years. As well, if your passport is expiring you should renew it immediately as the work permit cannot be issued past expiry of passport.

Q. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m an occupational therapist and have several years of work experience.

I want to apply as an immigrant but the problem is that my spouse is still in the Philippines and he is not so determined to immigrate. Can I just file the application myself and explain to immigration that my husband is not interested?

A. No, the world of immigration law does not work like that unfortunately.

Providing a letter will not help. In fact, I am certain that they wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even process the application. Your spouse is still a family member and must be declared on the application. He can be accompanying or non-accompanying. Whether he is immigrating or not â&#x20AC;&#x201C; he still must pass medical and security checks and provide all relevant documents as a dependant.

Attorney Henry Moyal is a certified and licensed immigration lawyer in Toronto, Ontario. The above article is general advice only and is not intended to act as a legal document. Send questions to Attorney Moyal by email canada@moyal.com or call toll free 1-888-847-2078.

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US security firm iSight Partners concluded that the hackers who stole data on as many as 110 million Target customers comes from â&#x20AC;&#x153;a new piece of malicious software,â&#x20AC;? which â&#x20AC;&#x153;has potentially infected a large number of retail information systems,â&#x20AC;? according to a statement Thursday from the company, which has been working with US authorities.

A separate report by the Israeli-based firm Seculert said an analysis of the malware showed the attack â&#x20AC;&#x153;had two stages, which is a well known attribute of an advanced threat.â&#x20AC;?

The malware first infected Targetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s checkout counters to extract credit numbers and sensitive personal details, â&#x20AC;&#x153;then after staying undetected for six days, the malware started transmitting the stolen data to an external FTP server, using another infected machine within the Target networkâ&#x20AC;?

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Walter said the malware is similar in function to and possibly derived from a bug known as â&#x20AC;&#x153;BlackPOSâ&#x20AC;? which first was detected last year.

Meanwhile researchers from IntelCrawler, a Los-Angeles based cyber intelligence company, said in a statement the BlackPOS malware was created by a 17-year-old hacker and has been used to infect retail systems in Australia, Canada and the US. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The first name of the malware was a lyric â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Kaptoxa,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? which means potato in Russian slang, according to a statement from IntelCrawler.

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Obama honors champion Fil-Am Spoelstra and the Miami Heat at White House WASHINGTON, January 15, 2014 (AFP) - President Barack Obama welcomed the NBA champion Miami Heat back to the White House on Tuesday, congratulating them on winning their second title in as many years.

LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and their teammates attended the ceremony in the White Houseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s East Room, where Obama â&#x20AC;&#x201C; an avid recreational basketball player â&#x20AC;&#x201C; hailed their efforts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want to congratulate coach (Erik) Spoelstra for the outstanding work that he does; legendary team president Pat Riley for his outstanding leadership; and all the coaches and players, members of the staff and crew to make a championship season,â&#x20AC;?

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;And sometimes it feels like theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re still fighting for a little respect. I can relate to that,â&#x20AC;? the president said, earning a few laughs.

Miami won their second straight NBA title last year to go with a championship in 2006.

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Before their White House visit, the players spent time with wounded American service members recovering at a nearby military hospital.

The Heat beat the San Antonio Spurs in a championship series that went the full seven games.

PHL sacks German coach who put country on football map MANILA, January 14, 2014 (AFP) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; German Michael Weiss has been sacked as coach of the Philippines, the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s football federation said, ending a threeyear stint in which he guided them to their highest ever world ranking. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Philippine Football Federation discontinued the services of Michael Weiss as head coach of the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s national team effective 15 January 2014,â&#x20AC;? the body said in a short statement dated Monday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;PFF made a year-end evaluation with team management and determined that a re-organization of the coaching staff is best for the team. â&#x20AC;&#x153;PFF officials thanked coach Weiss for

his contributions to the national team.â&#x20AC;?

The coaching staff â&#x20AC;&#x153;will be reformedâ&#x20AC;? in time for the Asian Football Confederation Challenge Cup in May, the statement added without giving any more details.

Weiss took over the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Azkalsâ&#x20AC;?, local slang for â&#x20AC;&#x153;feral dogsâ&#x20AC;?, in January 2011, enjoying 21 wins, 12 draws and 13 losses.

He took the former whipping boys of Asian football to third place in the AFC Challenge Cup in 2012, and to an all-time high of 127th in the FIFA rankings this month, from 152nd three years ago.

Spokesmen for the federation did not return calls made by AFP Tuesday. Local press reports said Weiss is currently abroad.

Serena mulls coaching after retirement MELBOURNE, January 15, 2014 (AFP) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Tennis great Serena Williams on Wednesday said she would consider coaching after calling it quits â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but she admitted sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not sure she would be any good.

The American, now 32, is often asked about retirement, even though she is in some of the best form of her life and shows no sign of slowing down. Martina Navratilova recently said she could challenge Steffi Grafâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Open-era record of 22 Grand Slam titles.

Williams is currently gunning for an 18th major to match Navratilova and Chris Evert.

Off-court, she is heavily involved in charity with two Serena Williams Secondary Schools in Kenya, and she also has her own clothing line. But she said coaching could be an option. Several legends of the game have recently joined the coaching ranks, including Ivan Lendl, Boris Becker and Stefan Edberg. I never would say no to anything because I actually never thought I would play this long. So who knows, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always apparently opportunities,â&#x20AC;? Williams said, after moving into the third round of the Australian Open.

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All-new from the ground up for the 2014 model year, the Mazda3 compact car and Mazda6 mid-size sedan both feature an exceptional level of standard equipment and also offer unexpected features within their segments with all-new safety and in-car technologies. This includes the capacitor-based regenerative engine braking system known as i-Eloop and Mazda Connect, a nextgeneration driving-focused in-vehicle connectivity system that also features an innovative Active Driving Display.

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Available in two body styles, pricing for Mazda3 starts at $16,945 MSRP for four-door models and $18,945MSRP for five-doors. Featuring a standard Skyactiv-G 2.0-liter gasoline engine (155 horsepower, 150 lb-ft of torque) or optional Skyactiv-G 2.5-liter (184 horsepower, 185 lb-ft of torque), 2.0L models can be configured with either a Skyactiv-MT six-speed manual transmission or a Skyactiv-Drive six-speed automatic. Models with the

2.5L are currently only available with the automatic. The manual transmission has been confirmed to be offered on 2.5L models at a later date. Both engine displacements are available for either body style. Mazda3 also offers an EPA-estimated highway fuel economy of up to 41 mpg, one of the best in the segment.

The 2014 Mazda6 starts at $20,990. Similar to its fuelefficient smaller sibling, Mazda6 offers best-in-class highway fuel economy with an EPA estimate of up to 40 mpg3.

Redesigned for the 2013 model year, CX-5 was the first Mazda to feature the full suite of SKYACTIV technologies and the all-new design language known as KODO “Soul of Motion”. Starting at $21,395 MSRP, the CX-5 also offers an EPA-rated best-in-class highway fuel economy amongst its non-hybrid competitors.

All vehicles feature a suite of active-safety pre-crash detection systems collectively known as i-Activsense.

These technologies use sensing devices such as milliwave radars and cameras to support the driver in recognizing hazards, avoiding collisions and minimizing damage should accidents occur. While these systems will not eliminate accidents, their intent is to minimize them and reduce the severity of a crash.

For a closer look at why Mazda is one of America’s top vehicle brands, visit the Star Mazda Glendale, located at 1401 S Brand Blvd, Glendale, CA 91204. Better yet, get in touch with their Filipino Sales & Leasing personnel Nick Barber and Mike McCain who have an ongoing program to help our kababayans in the Philippines. “Sa bawat bili nyo ng sasakyan sa Star Mazda, magbibigay kami ng $100 sa mga biktima ng Haiyan/Yolanda Typhoon,” is the message of Nick and Mike and who want to share this with our kababayans.

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Toyota’s 2013 North American vehicle production sets historic record ERLANGER, Ky. (Jan. 9, 2014) – There’s a reason you might be seeing more Toyotas on the road. The automaker of the best-selling car in America, the Toyota Camry, produced at record levels in 2013 surpassing 2012 production volumes.

Toyota built 1,857,695 vehicles, a 5 percent increase and 1,715,709 engines, a 3 percent increase from 2012 at its 14 manufacturing facilities in North America.

“Production is a direct reflection of a growing market and our focus on building cars and trucks that exceed our customers’ expectations,” said Osamu “Simon” Nagata, president and CEO of Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. He added, “As we look at 2014 and beyond we’ll continue to deliver products with the highest safety, quality, design and value.”

2013 marked the following completed capacity increase projects adding a total of 880 new jobs at Toyota’s: Indiana plant boosting Highlander production, including hybrid and export versions, by 50,000; Kentucky plant increasing 4-cylinder engine production by more than 100,000; Woodstock, Ontario plant raising RAV4 annual capacity from 150,000 to 200,000 vehicles.

2014 will mark capacity increases at Toyota’s plants for: Highlander in late 2014, a 15,000 unit increase in Indiana; V6 engine production, more than 215,000 units in Alabama; Automatic transmission (6 speed) production in West Virginia with the addition of a new 240,000 unit capacity line.

Toyota produces 12 customer favorite models in North America including: Avalon, Camry, Corolla, Highlander, Matrix, RAV4, Sequoia, Sienna, Tacoma, Tundra, and Venza and directly employs nearly 40,000 in the region.

Over the past 26 months, Toyota has announced new investment of $2.1 billion into its North American manufacturing operations and has committed to boosting employment by 4,000 at its facilities.

Currently exporting to 23 countries, Toyota’s U.S. manufacturing operations continue to grow as a key supplier of high quality cars and trucks for global markets.

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Honda introduces more powerful Fit at North American International Auto Show Honda unveiled the all-new 2015 Fit at the North American International Auto Show today.

Set to go on sale in the U.S. this spring, the new Fit is completely redesigned from the ground up to deliver an unparalleled combination of style, interior space, funto-drive performance and fuel efficiency plus leading-edge safety and vehicle connectivity.

“The Honda Fit is a small car with big aspirations. Faster, more fuel-efficient and more fun, it’s a subcompact with largerthan-life-capabilities,” said John Mendel, executive vice president of automobile sales for American Honda Motor Co., Inc. “It’s simply the best Fit to date and, we believe, a new benchmark in the small-car category.”

Modern Styling with Class-Leading Packaging The 2015 Fit debuts with a sleek,

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A strong character line runs along the side of the Fit, emphasizing the vehicle’s aerodynamic profile. Larger 16-inch tires outfitted with a new 5-spoke wheel design give the Fit a planted and sporty stance. In the back, rear reflectors and LED taillights run along the hatch with a chrome tailgate garnish and rear diffuser, all contributing to the Fit’s more substantial and dynamic appearance.

Retaining a similar exterior footprint to the current model, the new Fit is slightly shorter (-1.6 in.) and wider (+0.3 in.) with a longer wheelbase (+1.2 in.), resulting in improved handling and maneuverability.

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Improved Performance, Efficiency and Safety The 2015 Fit marks the U.S. debut of an all-new direct-injected 1.5-liter DOHC i-VTEC engine. Generating 130 horsepower2 at 6500 rpm and 114 lb.-ft. of torque2 at 4600 rpm, engine output is increased by 13 horsepower and 8 lb.-ft. compared to the outgoing engine, while reducing weight and improving efficiency. Paired to two new transmissions, a slick-shifting 6-speed

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BMW 328i wins Cars.com Lifestyle Award for the 2014 Luxury Car of the Year The BMW 328i continues the success story of the BMW 3 Series, started more than 35 years ago when it was first launched

Woodcliff Lake, N.J. - January 15, passion that everybody 2014 – The 2014 BMW 328i has been at BMW and its dealselected as the winner of the Cars.Com ers share for the UltiLifestyle Award as the Luxury Car of mate Driving Machine. the Year. The BMW 328i is the perfect BMW Group In America blend of luxury, sport and prestige.

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Power to the people: Detroit debuts sexy sports cars

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DETROIT, January 15, 2014 (AFP) – Austerity is over. With a megafast track-ready Corvette, a muscular new Mustang, and a tougher WRX, the auto industry put on its best display of speed and power in years at its annual Detroit show.

Around a dozen high performance production cars and concepts were introduced this week, with mixes of raw power, agility and styling to give even the most mildmannered drivers itchy fingers.

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