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Rescue workers carry a body bag containing the body of a five-year-old boy as they walk past houses destroyed by Typhoon Haiyan in the town of Tanauan November 20, 2013. The Philippines and international armed forces and aid agencies are struggling to get help to devastated areas due to the extent of the destruction, which has left four million people displaced, threatening Aquino’s reforms that have helped transform the country into one of Asia’s fastest-growing emerging economies.(MNS photo)

BEIJING, November 20, 2013 (AFP) – China was Wednesday sending an emergency response crew to the Philippines nearly two weeks after super typhoon Haiyan wreaked devastation, following staunch criticism over meagre help from the world’s second-largest economy. Foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei told reporters the first batch of 30 Chinese Red Cross relief workers was leaving for the Philippines on Wednesday, with a 51-strong emergency medical assistance team following “within the next few days”. A naval hospital ship, the 14,000-ton, 300bed “Peace Ark”, will also sail for the Philippines on Thursday to join the relief effort, Hong added, saying its dispatch “shows the good feelings of the Chinese people towards the Philippine people”. Beijing is embroiled in a territorial row with Manila and its response comes after a torrent of criticism of its initial relatively small offer of assistance. See CHINA RESCUERS, page 12

‘Don’t jump!’: Adrift sailors survive monster typhoon QUINAPONDAN, November 21, 2013 (AFP) – Adrift in a boat in one of the most powerful typhoons ever recorded to hit the Philippines, captain Richard Rama made a snap decision that kept him and his terrified crew alive. “Don’t jump!” was the first order he shouted after Typhoon

Haiyan ripped his small flotilla of two tugboats and an empty 1,000-tonne barge from their moorings on November 8 as the monster storm barreled into the central Philippines. The vessels had taken shelter in a bay on Samar island two days before Haiyan hit, but the tidal See DON’T JUMP, page 12

President Benigno S.Aquino III on Monday, November 18, 2013, visits the Australian Aid mobile hospital tent set up in Tacloban City. The president is going around Leyte and Samar to inspect and give support to the victims of Yolanda. (MNS photo)

Blow-up hospitals help typhoon effort TACLOBAN, November 21, 2013 (AFP) – Inflatable field hospitals have been erected in the typhoon-ravaged Philippines city of Tacloban, part of a huge international relief effort to help millions hit by the storm. Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) have five of the large white tents that they have brought with them from France. By Thursday afternoon three of them had been erected. They will give the organisation the capacity to do both in-patient and out-patient consultations, emergency treatment and surgery in a sterile environment, said MSF logistician Damien Moloney. “It’s a pretty big operation,” Moloney told AFP in Tacloban on Leyte island. “We’re here to give support to the local health structure. We want to help them get back on their feet.” MSF has been working in various parts of the typhoon disaster zone for around a week. The group’s emergency coordinator Natasha Reyes said some of the most serious cases were in Guiuan on Samar island where the storm made landfall, where 600 people came for treatment on their first day of operation. Among them were some who were injured as a direct result of the 315 kilometre (195 mile) per hour winds. “We’ve seen.... people needing minor surgery – procedures needing local anaesthesia for suturing, cleaning of infected See TYPHOON, page 12

Miss Earth International 2013 beauty contestants pose for photographers during a media presentation at a hotel in Taguig city, Metro Manila November 21, 2013. About 90 candidates from around the world participated in the pageant which has proactive advocacy in saving the environment, which focuses on eco-tourism this year as its contribution to the country’s efforts to use tourism as a means to help alleviate poverty, an organizer said. (MNS photo)

Hong Kong domestic workers treated as ‘slaves’: Amnesty BY LAURA MANNERING

HONG KONG, November 21, 2013 (AFP) – Amnesty International on Thursday condemned the “slavery-like” conditions faced by thousands of Indonesian women who work in Hong Kong as domestic staff, accusing authorities of “inexcusable” inaction.

Its report, “Exploited for Profit, Failed by Governments”, comes just weeks after a Hong Kong couple were jailed for a shocking string of attacks on their Indonesian housekeeper, including burning her with an iron and beating her with a bike chain. Amnesty found that IndoneSee AMNESTY, page 12

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Relief sought for undocumented Filipinos in US in wake of ‘Yolanda’ also asked the DHS to suspend deportaBy Nimfa Rueda

LOS ANGELES – Twenty United States senators have sought Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for undocumented Filipinos currently living in the US while the Philippines continues to grapple with the devastation wrought by Typhoon ‘‘Yolanda’’ (International name: Haiyan). TPS allows undocumented immigrants to live and work in the US if returning to their homeland would be unsafe due to conflict or national disaster. It was granted to Nicaraguans and Hondurans in the US after hurricane Mitch in 1998, to El Salvadorans in 2001 after a series of earthquakes, and to Haitians after the 2010 earthquake that left the nation’s capital in ruins. TPS was also granted to nationals of strife-torn Somalia, Sudan and Syria. “Typhoon Haiyan has wrought unparalleled destruction and tragic loss of life in the Philippines,” the senators said in a letter sent yesterday (Friday in Manila) to Department of Homeland Security Acting Secretary Rand Beers. “Victims of Typhoon Haiyan clearly meet the eligibility requirements for TPS, and we urge you to extend this designation as soon as possible.” In a letter dated Nov. 21, the senators

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Japanese troops welcomed back in typhoon-hit PHL By Martin Abbugao

TACLOBAN, November 22, 2013 (AFP) – More than 1,000 Japanese troops were offered a warm welcome in the Philippines Friday as they prepared to launch relief operations across typhoon-devastated islands that were brutally occupied by Japan seven decades ago. The troops were aboard three vessels that arrived at the central Philippine port of Cebu on Thursday night, an official at the Japanese embassy said, in what is the biggest overseas deployment of Japan’s military since its defeat in World War II. They will join a huge international

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as friends and allies. He declared himself “happy” there were Japanese boots back on Philippines soil. “There’s nothing like two allies living in harmony with each other,” he said. Beatrice Bisquera, 91, said the devastation and hardships Haiyan had brought were worse than anything Filipinos suffered under Japanese military rule. “During the Japanese occupation we just hid in the mountains. Now, there’s nowhere to hide,” she told AFP. General Roy Deveraturda, Commanding General of the Philippine armed forces Central Command, said the Philippines was thankful for the Japanese typhoon support, and past animosities were no longer a concern. “This is a different world. We have seen the generosity of their donation,” he told AFP. “They have already showed remorse. Their help is most welcome.” For some Japanese relief workers already on the ground in Leyte, their country’s participation in the international relief effort alongside the United States is an indication of Japan’s very different relationship with the outside world. “Nearly 70 years ago, we were enemies. Now we’re friends,” said Joji Tomioka, a doctor helping to coordinate a civilian medical team. “We cannot forget the past, but we must learn from history so that we will not do the same thing again.”

its troops on foreign soil was complete anathema. In many parts of Asia, memories linger of the brutality of invading Japanese soldiers prosecuting an expansionist romp through the region in the name of the emperor. In a twist of historic irony, the Japanese troops are returning to areas of the Philippines that saw Japan lose one of history’s biggest naval battles to the US-led Allies. Eulalia Macaya, 74, who survived World War II and the typhoon, said she remembered being terrified by Japanese troops as a little girl. “We were hiding in holes dug under the floor of our homes,” she recalled. “The Japanese soldiers were patrolling but we couldn’t see much of them. We could only see their boots. We were so afraid.” But Macaya, who was waiting for treatment at a temporary field clinic set up by the Japanese government in Tacloban, the typhoon-ruined capital of Leyte, said she was very pleased the former occupier was back. “I don’t hold any grudges anymore. There’s no more bad blood between us,” she said. Tente Quintero, 72, a former vice mayor of Tacloban, said that at a time of dispute with an increasingly emboldened China over the ownership of South China Sea islands, Filipinos now saw the Japanese

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New US envoy to PHL sworn in WASHINGTON, November 21, 2013 (AFP) – US Ambassador to the Philippines Phil Goldberg hastily took his new post Thursday so he could head to Manila and help coordinate America’s aid to the typhoon-shattered nation. “As we struggle to respond to this human disaster, we’re proud that we’re sending to the Philippines the right person for the job,” US Secretary of State John Kerry said as he swore in Goldberg. So far, the US has delivered about 1,780 tons of food, with about 13,000 US forces helping to deliver the goods to the stricken areas devastated by Super Typhoon Haiyan on November 8. “We are going to continue to work to try to reach these devastated areas,” Kerry said, adding that Goldberg had accelerated his departure to leave for Manila on Monday. The top US diplomat also thanked the Senate for rushing through Goldberg’s confirmation, “because we want to have our ambassador on the ground in the Philippines to deal with the challenges of emergency assistance.” The official death toll stands at 3,976 with 1,602 people missing. The United Nations estimates up to four million people have been displaced, of whom only 350,000 have found shelter in evacuation centers. Goldberg said he was taking up his new diplomatic posting with “mixed emotions.” While he was honored to be the next US ambassador, “it’s hard to think of the suffering of so many people in the Philippines in recent weeks and all they’ve endured without a touch of sadness and without being moved,” Goldberg said.

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The Philippines and international aid agencies are now largely focused on getting food, water, medicines and other badly needed supplies to hundreds of thousands of survivors, many of them in remote communities. The Chinese government, which disputes sovereignty over parts of the South China Sea with the Philippines, at first contributed just $100,000 in disaster aid in the wake of Haiyan, but last Thursday added an additional $1.6 million in supplies such as tents and blankets. The first of them arrived on Monday, according to China’s official Xinhua news agency. China’s contribution falls far short of Japan’s $30 million, $20 million from the US and even the $2.7 million in relief aid Swedish furniture group Ikea gave the

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wounds and the routine setting of broken bones,” she said. “The team saw some very nasty head wounds. Some had previously been stitched up but had since become infected, and the clinic had to start again and clean the wound.” In other parts of the disaster zone, medics have been dealing with puncture wounds from people stepping on nails as they scramble over the debris, who needed treatment for tetanus. Reyes said some patients came to them as indirect victims of the storm, including an older man with a serious lung condition. “He wasn’t doing well,” she said. “He had lost his inhaler, which is distressing and dangerous in his condition. For people with chronic diseases like that, it’s particularly hard.” A lack of clean drinking water has given

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surge triggered by the typhoon snapped the moorings and dragged all three out to sea. “The waves were hitting the barge’s pilot house,” Rama said, estimating their height at 4.5 meters (15 feet). The decks flooded and the crew – nine in his boat, six in the other tugboat and three on the barge – donned life vests and prepared to abandon ship. Rama, 37, estimated they were only 500 meters (yards) from the shore at the time, but Haiyan’s 315 kilometer (195 miles) per hour winds had whipped the sea into a frenzy. “I knew that if one of them jumped into the water everyone else would follow,” he told AFP.

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UN children’s agency Unicef through its charitable foundation. The move provoked widespread criticism overseas, but many Chinese Internet users, some of whom are intensely nationalistic, questioned whether Beijing should give any aid at all. China was “ready to send relief workers to the disaster-hit areas for humanitarian medical assistance in the spirit of healing the wounded and rescuing the dying”, Hong said in an earlier statement. At a briefing he also said 200 prefabricated homes, valued at 3.2 million yuan ($525,000), would be sent to the Philippines by China’s Soong Ching Ling Foundation. Haiyan killed more than 4,000 people in the Philippines, and went on to hit China itself.

sians are 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. The process amounted to trafficking and forced labor, Amnesty said, as the women could not escape once they were in debt and their documents seized. “From the moment the women are tricked into signing up for work in Hong Kong, they are trapped in a cycle of exploitation with cases that amount to modernday slavery,” said Norma Kang Muico, Asia-Pacific migrants’ rights researcher at Amnesty. She said she feared the problem was widespread in Hong Kong, where some 150,000 Indonesian women work as “domestic helpers”. “A conservative figure would be thousands” based on the research figures and taking into account that the most vulnerable were still kept behind closed doors, she said. The report accuses both Indonesia

“I also knew if they jumped they would die.” Rama’s insistence that the crews stay on board paid off when, after 30 minutes of being tossed around like pieces of flotsam, a sudden surge carried the three vessels back towards the shore and deposited them, unscathed, 100 meters inland. Nearly two weeks later, they were still there, as was Rama – his eyes red from lack of sleep and his hair caked with saltwater. A dog and its pup roamed the deck of the barge which, despite the absence of any cargo, Rama continued to guard, waiting for a salvage vessel his Filipino employer had promised to send. and Hong Kong of “inexcusable” inaction. “The authorities may point to a raft of national laws that supposedly protect these women but such laws are rarely enforced,” said Muico. Hong Kong lawmaker Fernando Cheung said Thursday that he felt “ashamed”. “The government should increase its effort in implementing the laws that are being violated,” he told reporters. Hong Kong is home to nearly 300,000 maids from mainly Southeast Asian countries, predominantly Indonesia and the Philippines, with growing criticism from rights groups over their treatment. Amnesty’s report says two-thirds of those interviewed had endured physical or psychological abuse. “The wife physically abused me on a regular basis. Once she ordered her two dogs to bite me,” one 26-year-old woman from Jakarta said. “I had about 10 bites on my body, which broke the skin and bled. She recorded it on her mobile phone, which she constantly played back laughing.

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PASTOR RAY JOVER MILESTONE: Pastor Rey Jover, (formerly of La Carlota City in Negros Oriental), blows the candles of his birthday cake (80 in all) as he is joined by his family, relatives, and church-mates at the Cornerstone Christian Fellowship of Orange County in celebrating a milestone in his life. Jover is the pastor for missions of the Filipino-American church in Fullerton City. His wife, France, is at his right.

Super AROUND typhoon TOWN Yo l a n d a left in its wake unprecedented destruction in lost lives and properties BY RAY ANDRES w o r t h billions of dollars and exposed the truth on the coping ability of the Filipino people and government. The total devastation described as “worse than hell” wrought by the 250-kilometer per hour wind of the mega howler exposed the state of unpreparedness of the local and national leadership to deal with catastrophes of such magnitude totally laying bare such incompetence not seen in neighboring countries hit with more damaging wraths of nature. Declaring the destruction as a “national calamity” President Benigno (BS) Aquino III has appeared to have been overcome by the formidable tasks of rehabilitation and rebuilding that loom ahead. The exodus have begun for many of the poor victims of the calamity in Tacloban City and other affected whose hopes and futures have been dashed irreparably. All these people wanted was out and to be out of dangers path even at the cost of leaving behind memories in their previous With death toll climbing from a preliminary count of more than 2.300 and more than 600,000 left permanently homeless in one of the poorest regions in the Philippines, the typhoon has left behind months or even years of rehabilitation work that in any language only means more work. Estimates had it that those who suffered Typhoon Yolanda’s (also known Haiyan) brunt range from 7 to 11 million people with an economic cost of about a low estimate of $15 billion.In the midst of the seemingly helpless catastrophic situation those who made it through the storms and after days of not getting any help had to resort to criminal acts to survive. A combination of hunger, thirst and utter desperation had made them show their unfavorable other sides made worst by the destruction and smell of death around them. Natural disasters have claimed millions See AROUND TOWN, page 16

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Successful second lien strip and followed up with a refinancing to a lowest mortgage rates ever We had a client from tery. Since about 3 years MORTGAGE UPDATE ago they payments have Chino Hills who I recommended to directly talk to gone done by $ 500/mo their second lien holder and with the reduction to request for some kind of their mortgage rates of a loan modification they were able to drop in the mid 2011’s. The another $275.00 all in couple who makes good all a $775.00 reducincome and qualifies for tion in their mortgage the existing mortgage payments and a second payment they had delien that was wiped out cided to call their second that saved them $100K. BY KEN GO lender and ask to have a They did have to file rate reduction or balance and pay taxes on the reduction. They followed all instructions $100,000.00 debt that was cancelled but of their lender and continued to follow up they tell me they cannot be happier now. for a possible loan modification. After There are still 13 million US homes a few month they received a letter from with mortgages in a negative equity their lender stating that they would ac- situation. In addition to negative equity, cept $30,000 for a $130,000.00 debt on hardships and rising interest rates have their second lien. Mind you the couple left many homeowners unable to afford did not miss a payment but continued to their monthly mortgage payments. For pursue the loan modification on the basis many families, the only hope they have that their rates are high and they could not of keeping their homes is to secure a loan refinance due to the property carrying a modification that reduces their payments negative equity. and makes their home affordable The couple struggled but able to come Here are the steps to take to ensure you up with the settlement payoff to strip the will have a successful. second lien. This was a great success 1. Don’t Wait story. But it’s not over yet, just recently When it comes to foreclosure, time these clients called me again and wanted is always of essence. In the past many an option to be able to refinance their first homeowners were told to wait until they loan which is carrying a rate of 5.5% inter- had fallen behind in their mortgage payest. We look at the comparables of their ments to apply for a loan modification. property and realized that they already Now lenders are encouraging borrows have enough equity to get a refinancing to be more proactive and get the process done to a current rate of 3.75% for 30 years started as early as possible. So if you are without any closing cost. The couples struggling to make your monthly payment, are thrilled and I have to say that they are and missing a mortgage payment seems to really lucky, its almost like they won a lot- be a looming inevitability,

2. Educate Yourself How much do you know about the loan modification process? Now is a great time to educate yourself and gather information. You should also visit the HUD website or this blog and review articles such as loan modification information and tips on finding loan modification help. Knowledge is power, and you should seek to arm yourself with as much information as possible and make sure you thoroughly understand the process and your lender’s expectations. You should also begin gathering the documentation required to process your loan modification. Be sure you develop a

“master file” and provide copies from that file, because you will probably be asked to provide the same documentation on several occasions. 3. Find the Right Representation Most importantly, homeowners seeking a loan modification must find the right representation to have the greatest chance at success. I always suggest to try first if you can, but more importantly you have to first know if you are qualified. Thanks for your support and inquiries, please call Ken Go of 1st Innovative Finance Group at 562-508-7048 or write to kennethgo@verizon.net.

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Relief for widows of deceased petitioner Since 1938, US imfiles a petition within 2 BARRISTER'S migration regulations years after the death of the have provided for the citizen spouse or until the CORNER automatic revocawidow spouse remarries tion of the approved whichever comes earlier. visa petition upon the Each child of the alien death of the Petitioner. will also be considered an However, immigration immediate relative under regulations since 2006 this section. Widows with Pending provided that automatPetitions ic revocation proviSection 568© amendsions does not apply BY KENNETH REYES ment is applicable to all to a spousal immediate & DARRICK TAN pending petition on or after relative petition if the the date of the enactment. deceased petitioner and the alien widower had been married at least Pending includes denied I-130 that have pending motions to reopen or pending BIA two years at the time petitioner died. When the FY2010 DHS Appropriations appeal, and BIA denials pending federal Act was enacted on October 28, 2009, the court litigation. The amendment also ap2 year requirement was eliminated. Under plies to any form I-485 that was pending section 568© of that act, it is no longer on October 28, 2009. necessary for the husband and wife to Widows with Approved Petitions Any approved I-130 before the citizen have been married for 2 years when the citizen spouse died in order for the alien petitioner death will be deemed an apspouse to qualify as an immediate rela- proved I-360. The widower may adjust tive. The widow may remain an immedi- along with any child. Widows without Pending Petitions ate relative as long as the widow was not Widows may file I-360 self petition. legally separated from the citizen spouse at the time of death and the widow spouse For citizen spouses that died prior to Octo-

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Kenneth U. Reyes, P.C. This article is not a solicitation. Attorney Kenneth Ursua Reyes was President of the Philippine American Bar Association. He is a member of both the Family law section and Immigration law section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. He is a graduate of Southwestern University Law School in Los Angeles and California State University, San Bernardino School of Business Administration. He has extensive CPA experience prior to law practice. LAW OFFICES OF KENNETH REYES, P.C. is located at 3699 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 700, Los Angeles, CA, 90010. Tel. (213) 388-1611 or e-mail kureyeslaw@gmail.com. Web: usimmigrationatty.com or kenreyeslaw.com

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of lives through disease, devastation and starvation and human behavior contributes to how severe the problems could be and may add to death toll. Human behavior can also contribute to how severe the problem is and may add to the death toll.The Philippines has exposed some inadequacies in the manner of dealing with calamities. The reactive stance the national leadership assumes has made matters worse in terms of casualties and properties. As an aftermath of the disastrous event, many have already indicted the Philippine leadership with the “lack of any system of structure to keep things in order in the affected areas and over the entire country even on normal circumstances.” This is magnified when disasters strike as in Tacloban City and its environs. In an effort to do damage control because of the inadequate pre-disaster preparations, the national leadership has assumed stricter control of managing the rescue and work in the affected areas. The Philippine disaster might have been confined to the Visayas area, but the extent of the emotional and physical loses transcended human boundaries and has awakened in the hearts of the many a kind of empathy which they expressed through various means they are capable of mas-

tering. More than one hundred countries around the world responded to help by sending logistics, medicine, water and a lot of things that would hasn’t the return to normalcy of the affected communities. Filipinos worldwide reached to friends to conduct fundraising in whatever way they could to help. Aware that the typhoon left the survivors with only the shirts on their backs, they were quick to pull out from their closets numerous items that they hope will reach the victims. Filipino organizations, big and small, answered the call of their motherland for any assistance that they may extend. This is one instance where once again the Filipinos who grew up under the spirit of bayanihan will experience the inner joy of joining hands with their kababayan in extending the warmth concern for their calamity-stricken in many parts of the world. Yes, the situations are chaotic, but assurance remains that somebody somewhere a Filipino still cares.

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was the return due? The return was due April 15, 2010. If you requested for an extension of time, then it was not due until the extended time elapsed. So, if you file your Chapter 7 today, February 28, 2013, you will not be able to discharge the $10,000 because you did not comply with the three year rule. You filed your Chapter 7 too early. If you did not file for an extension in 2010, then you should file your Chapter 7 case after April 15, 2013 when three years from April 15, 2010 has lapsed to comply with the three year rule. Another problem with the rule is that some things can “toll” or delay the counting of the three years. For instance, if the IRS could not collect the tax from you because you filed a Chapter 13 in a prior bankruptcy, the period of time you were in Chapter 13 is deducted from the three year computation. However, an offer in compromise does not “toll” the computation of time. 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 Bldg A-1 Suite 1125 Unit 58 Alhambra, CA 91803.

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Typhoon spurs passion for poor at climate talks By Mary Sibierski

WARSAW, November 19, 2013 (AFP) – Negotiations under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) rarely show on the public’s radar, except perhaps in the scenes of bickering over who’s to blame for global warming and who will foot the bill for it. The talks are as complex as they are important, involving technical issues that lack colour and emotion—and for many ordinary people, bewildering or mightily tedious. But this year’s round in Warsaw has been jolted into life by the catastrophe that has struck the Philippines, providing a passionate reminder of the life-and-death issues that underpin the grinding UN process. The spark has come from the Philippines’ negotiator, Naderev Sano, whose father’s home town is Tacloban, flattened by Super Typhoon Haiyan. As the COP19 conference heads towards its climax, Sano told AFP Monday some of his relatives had “perished” and that he was still waiting to hear whether others are dead or alive. At the start of the 11-day talks, Sano won a standing ovation for a desperate appeal for countries to strike a deal to avert mass tragedies of this kind. Sano put his convictions on the line by going on “a water-only fast” for the duration of the meeting in solidarity with suffering Filipinos and to ramp up pressure on fellow negotiators. “I may perish and be forgotten. But the fight for justice should forever by etched in people’s hearts,” he wrote several days into the fast on his Twitter feed. A specialist in climate-related disasters for 16 years, becoming the Philippines’ climate commissioner in 2010

after working in green groups, Sano describes himself as an “old soul; environmentalist; philosopher; father; nature lover; peace activist; revolutionary”. An avid scuba diver, he also has a propensity for tweeting quotes by Gandhi, Mandela, Steve Jobs and Filipino revolutionary hero Jose Rizal. His homeland has been described as the world’s second most vulnerable country to extreme weather, being hit by an average 22 typhoons per year. Economic losses from last year’s category five Typhoon Bopha are pegged by Filipinos at a whopping 828 million dollars (615 million euros). Poor countries in spotlight Sano’s blaze of rhetoric and the toll of death and misery from Haiyan have helped to place the plight of developing countries centre-stage at the talks, two years before a much-trumpeted climate pact is to be sealed. Poor countries say they not only fear the brunt of storms, droughts and floods from a damaged climate system. They point out bitterly that they are least to blame for it: the carbon demon was unleashed by the rich countries of today, burning coal, gas and oil to propel their rise from poverty. Dozens of activists have joined Sano in fasting, downing their forks and sporting a red button on their clothing to denote solidarity. “We’ll be carrying on this fast until next Friday barring some radical action from our politicians,” said Anjali Appadurai, an activist with Friends of the Earth Sri Lanka. “Mother Earth will give you strength,” tweeted Claudia Salerno, a Venezuelan delegate who literally drew her own blood in a protest at the chaotic final scenes of the

Maguindanao massacre kin feel betrayed by Aquino MANILA, Nov 22 (Mabuhay) – Families of the victims of the Maguindanao massacre feel they have been betrayed by the Aquino administration after finding no justice 4 years after the killings. Harry Roque, lawyer of some of the victims, said that after four years, only 106 suspects in the massacre are in detention. Eighty-eight more are still at large. One hundred and forty-eight witnesses have been presented in the case so far out of an estimated 500 testimonies to be presented by both the prosecution and defense. Most of the witnesses presented, Roque noted, are for the bail petitions of some of the accused. “At the rate we are going I don’t think it can be achieved the prosecution within the term of President Aquino. I would hope it is during my lifetime but I am sure you know of many sensational cases involving single victims taking as long as 15 years when you consider the appellate stage as well,” he said. “We seem to have accepted the fact that litigation takes long in the Philippines and we were hoping that the gruesome nature of this massacre would prompt authorities to reform the system. Clearly we need to punish the killers as soon as possible because we are already the most murderous country for journalists,” he added.

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UNFCCC’s 2009 Copenhagen summit. “This is our fight, Yeb,” she said, referring to the name used by Sano’s friends. “We must win for our kids.” Others have seized on the Philippines disaster to pound out a similar message. UN leader Ban Ki-moon, speaking in Lithuania on Monday en route to Warsaw where the conference will climax with a three-day ministerial meeting, said Haiyan was “clearly a wake-up call”. “I will be meeting many world leaders and ministers to ask them to (...) mobilize all necessary means, particularly financial support for developing countries so that they will be able (...) to adapt to this changing situation,” he said. Charismatic and bespectacled with a shock of black hair falling across his forehead, Sano appeared fatigued but kept working as usual in week two of the UN conference. Aside from emissions cuts, he sees the implementation of a Green Climate Fund, to help poorer countries adapt to climate change, and a deal on a compensation mechanism for those worst hit as a top priority – an issue that has added one more thorn to the negotiations. Terming the loss and damage mechanism as being “key” for his country now “bearing the brunt of the climate crisis”, Sano told AFP he would fast until it “sees light” at Warsaw. But on Monday he said initial negotiations on the mechanism “should have been closed at the weekend”. “That’s an indication that this still remains (...) a very contentious issue.” An independent source close to the Filipino delegation told AFP Monday the US, Japan and the European Union among others are opposing the mechanism.

Geraldine Uy Wong’s ‘I saw What You Saw’ letter to Anderson Cooper (Part 1) woulod speak up and bring out the LIGHTHOUSE government’s incompetence as soon In my column last week, I mentioned a letter written by Geraldine as I got out, if I will ever get out.” Uy Wong, a trained dentist who 1. “I arrived at the City Hall tent now manages a toy distribution as was part of my plan, because company in Manla,. She heroically when I was still in Manila, I did hear travelled all the way to Tacloban that there was a command post of right after Typhoon Yolanda hit, the DSWD (Department of Social and pulled out 16 of her relatives Welfare and Development) , where from the ravished area. She postwe can get cell phone signals and ed her harrowing experience on internet connection. From there, I Facebook which was then sent to was supposed to make some inquime by a media colleague in Manila. ries before I would set out on foot to Apparently after her ordeal, she BY MYRNA AQUITANIA look for my relatives’ houses.It was wrote another open letter on Facewhile I was there that I saw with book addressed to CNN’s Anderson my own eyes how this govenrment Cooper also sent to me through a political blogger, agency led by its head,Secretary Dinky Soliman, Raissa Robles which read: “To Anderson Cooper, tirelessly and heroically worked almost 24/7 to I saw what you saw.” Following is a reprint of the immediately bring relief not only to the City of contents of her letter. Tacloban but also to the outlying municipalities and “Mr. Anderson Cooper, I want to thank you for towns that were affected by this calamity. I could reporting on the miserable conditions that you saw not even begin to grasp the massive amount of work when you covered the Tacloban calamity scene, that needed to be done. I wanted to know why the six days after the typhoon. Your report came on government action seemed to be excruciatingly Tuesday, the day I was herding my relatives to the slow, but I couldn’t stay around long enough because airport to finally get out of Tacloban. A day before my mission there was to find my relatives, and I that, I was able to board a relief cargo plane of Air did not want to be distracted. Thankfully, I found 21 Express from Manila to Tacloban, when I was them in two separate locations. They were cooped given the chance. Getting there on Monday noon, I up in their houses whispering in the dark, afraid to immediately set out looking for my family members. attract criminal elements that were reported.to be On the way to the city, I saw what you saw: count- going around looting. They could not believe that I less dead bodies strewn on the ground, in various was there right before their eyes, and it was the first stages of decomposition, extensive destruction time in so long that they had a glimmer of hope, they everywhere. I saw injured people walking on the would be rescued.” streets looking like zombies – hungry, confused,and “We hastily fled from their houses in the middle desperate. The stench of death permeated all around of the night. I placed all of them in one locationj, us and sent chills down my spine.” and then I went back to the City Hall because it “Countless times as our vehicle moved down was a strategic point, where I could get the proper the road, we were stopped by people in the streets cell phone signals and stay connected to the outbegging for food. The roads were only passable by side world. I made some frenzied phone calls to one lane, and along the way, I saw officers of the my family in Manila and it was from them that I BFP (Bureau of Fire Protection) manually remove found out that Cebu Pacific Air was offering huthe bodies, along with the unbelievably massive manitarian flights beginning Tuesday morning! All amount of debris scattered all around. Because of systems were in place for an eventual escape, and this, what would normally take 40 minutes or less all I could do was pray to God that my plan would to traverse became an agonizing two-hour ride. I go smoothly.” saw what you saw, Anderson, and it angered me as “After I instructed my cousin to look for two much as it did you.I was also heartbroken, for this is vehicles that could transport all 16 of us the next day the place where I spent some of the most wonderful to the airport, I decided to stay at the City Hall oversummers of my childhood. I vowed to myself that I See MYRNA, page 19

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night so that I couold still keep in touch with my family in Manila. It was critical that I get all the assistance from the outside world so I could stategize better. Oh, how I proved now more than ever that communication or the lack of it could be one of the determinants for life and death.” “As much as I was staying around for the rest of the night, I started going around for the rest of the night. I started going around to ask the officers why things are what they are. These are what I found out: “ 2. “After the typhoon struck on the first day (Friday) , the whole world lost track of the areas hit by the calamity. ZERO COMMUNICATION! It was even said that satellites couldn’t locate Tacloban, Leyte and Samar from the map, as if they were totally erased from the face of the earth..Unlike the tsunami event that hit Japan where they were still connected to the outside world, Tacloban, Leyte and Samar were shut out.How can we even begin to help them? And so, even as the magnitude of this calamity is

being identified to Japan’s tsumani event, circumstances were totally different. It was only the next day that we heard from Ted Failon of ABS CBN what happened as the world watched in shock.. It was then that we began to realize the massive destruction that hit this part of the country. The generalized cut of link to the outside world was to continue for the three days, until Globe Telecom was able to slowly bring back some of the signals on the 4th day!” 3. “Unlike the tsunami that happened in Japan where their airport was not affected, super Typhoon Yolanda destroyed the airport which was just beside the big body of water. I need not say anymore, for CNN did cover the airport scene. All equipment, radar, watch tower destroyed. Absolutely no electricity. With that, Tacloban was even more cut off from the outside world. Nobody could either come in or get out. No relief to be brought in, no means of transportation for the national leaders to arrive with; no means of escape for the suffering people. It was only on

Sunday, or the third day since the typhoon hit that the airport had a generator to make it operational, because Air 21 Express, a Philippine cargo company, took it upon themselves to bring some much needed generators to make the airport operational. And that is how the airplane of the Philippine president and the first few govenrment C 130’s was able to land in the airport. The third day served as the first day when things just started to move. And lest I be taken to task for mentioning the benevolence of Air 21 Express, yes, I admit that this was the same cargo plane that I took to be able to get to Tacloban on Monday, but it is precisely because I heard that the company was one of the first to offer humanitarian help, gratis to the government that made me act to get quickly hooked up with the owners of the company and be able to hitch a ride.” (To be continued next issue)

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by a destination wedding in an undisclosed location the week after. “The way we pick kung sino ang invited is kung sino yung palaging nakakasama namin. The old friends that we have,” she said. “The date of our wedding is between Christmas and New Year and a lot of our guests will celebrate with their family. It’s hard naman to tell them to cancel their trip. So, until now we are finalizing the list.” Shamcey initially thought it would be a breeze planning two weddings. But with all the details and things that needs to be considered, she realized it’s not an easy feat. “I still have a lot of work pero sinisingit singit ko din. I didn’t know that I’m going to be this hands on sa wedding. Simple wedding lang ay okay na sa akin, sabi ko nga kahit 50 people lang and akala ko dati na pwede na yan or yung ganitong design,” she said. “Ngayon pati kulay ng font ng invitation, gaano kalaki yung pangalan sa paper, ganoon siya ka-detalye at hindi ko akalain

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na sa isang araw invitation card pa lang ang pinag-uusapan namin.” The 27-year-old former beauty queen is set to walk down the aisle in a Francis Libiran creation. When asked to describe her wedding gown, Shamcey replied: “Think

of my evening gown in Miss Universe.” The couple also preferred classic pieces and will use pastel colors as motif of their wedding. Meantime, Shamcey is hosting lifestyle program “Interior Motives.” With her background in architecture, the television personality said it’s a dream come true for her to head this kind of show. “This is a once in a lifetime opportunity and I’m so happy that they picked me to do this. Talagang nag-audition ako for this and I also want to share what I learned from school,” she said. She revealed that her fiancé, Lloyd, was the one who encouraged her to try her hands in hosting a lifestyle program. “Actually siya talaga ang nag-push sa akin to audition for this because he knows this is what I want. I’m a type of person who sometimes get intimidated or scared to try something new. Siya yung nagbigay talaga ng support sa akin,” Shamcey said. Shamcey said that nothing will change, in terms of her showbiz career, once she’s already Mrs. Lloyd Lee. (MNS)

Regine denies upstaging Sarah G in concert Regine Velasquez denied that she and Lea Salonga deliberately upstaged singeractress Sarah Geronimo at her 10th year anniversary concert held at Araneta Coliseum last Friday. In her 10th annivesary concert “Perfect 10,” Geronimo performed a medley of

Barbra Streisand’s hits with her special guests Velasquez and Salonga. But in a press conference for her latest album “Hulog Ka Ng Langit”, Velasquez said this normally happens in every concert, including her own shows. “You have to think na yung lahat ng mga nanood kay Sarah ay her fans. So both Lea and I are grateful na nagbigay-pugay sila sa amin kasi alam namin na fans sila. Lahat silang nanonood ay supporters ni Sarah,” Velasquez explained. “Hindi siya na-upstage, hindi siya inupstage, hindi siya nang upstage. That’s her concert, that’s her moment . Kumbaga binigyan lang kami ng moment ng importansiya,” she added. Velasquez said she doesn’t have a problem with Geronimo’s fans, popularly known as “Popsters.” “There was no issue sa fans niya. Hindi nga ako sure kung baka basher lang ‘yon. I answered one lang, parang hindi nga daw siya Popster,” Velasquez noted. “There was never an issue because they know how much I love Sarah. ‘Yung mga Popsters ni Sarah, they know how much I love her and, like I said onstage, I will always be ther whenever she needs me, kahit hindi concert. Ang turing ko sa kanya ay anak siya. So no issue,” the veteran belter stressed.

Velasquez, who was the host of the talent competition “Star For A Night,” which launched the career of Geronimo, promised to be part of the repeat concert on November 30 at the Mall of Asia Arena. “I’m still there, she asked me so I’m gonna be there,” Velasquez said. New album Regine Velasquez answers questions from the media during her press conference on Tuesday. Photo by Reyma Buan-Deveza for ABS-CBNnews.com Like Geronimo, who donated part of the proceeds fro, her concert to the survivors of “Yolanda,” Velasquez is also taking part in relief efforts in the wake of the super typhoon. Velasquez announced that part of the proceeds from “Hulog Ka Ng Langit,” her third album under Universal Records titled will go to the victims of typhoon. “It is very memorable because when I was doing the album, I was also going through some stuff. This album is special and memorable because I dedicate this to my son, husband, family and loved ones,” Velasquez said. Among the songs included in the album are “Rainbow Connection,” “Amazing,” “My Child,” “Pag-Ibig,” “Tomorrow,” “Someone’s Waiting For You,” “Araw, Ulap, Langit,” “Just The Way You Are,” “Nathaniel (Gift of God),” etc.

Anne’s painting sells for P105K for typhoon survivors

A painting made by actress-host Anne Curtis was able to raise P105,000 for the survivors of super typhoon “Yolanda” after being auctioned off online early this week. The amount was announced by Curtis during the Thursday telecast of “It’s Showtime,” which she co-hosts, as she personally thanked the buyer of her “impromptu artwork.” The painting, which reads “Bangong Pilipinas, Kaya Natin ‘To” and signed by Curtis, was bought by Angelit Perez. “From the bottom of our hearts, and on behalf of all the survivors po na matutulungan ninyo, maraming, maraming salamat po,” Curtis told Perez, who visited the “It’s Showtime” studio. “May God continue to bless your family even more.” Meanwhile, Curtis’ co-host on the noontime program, Vice Ganda, also announced the amount raised from their two-night show held at Laffline comedy bar in Quezon City early this week. He said the show, which featured performances from the other “It’s Showtime” hosts, as well as comedians, Chokoleit, Pokwang and Pooh, raised P1.5 million. In total, the fundraising initiatives of the noontime show, which also includes a donation from Star Mobile and Euro Towers, produced some P2.1 million, according to Vice Ganda.

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COMMUNITY Celebrities turn out to aid CBS Telethon for victims of typhoon Yolanda Los Angeles, 14 November 2013 – Philippine Consul General Ma. Hellen Barber De La Vega was invited on 13 November 2013 to the CBS Broadcast Center in Los Angeles to grace an event held to raise funds for the victims of Typhoon Yolanda. KCAL9 and the local CBS radio stations joined the American Red Cross in hosting a telethon to raise funds for those affected. Celebrities from shows such as “The Talk”, including Sheryl Underwood, Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne and Julie Chen; “NCIS” with Brian Dietzen, Pauley Perrette and Billy Ray Cyrus; “OMG! Insider” with Kevin Frazier; “Survivor” host Jeff Probst; Dr. Andrew Ordon from “The Doctors”, and Rob Marciano of “Entertainment Tonight”

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Wells Fargo donates $250,000 for Typhoon Haiyan relief efforts ExpressSend remittance transfer fees to the Philippines waived; Wells Fargo ATMs to accept donations for American Red Cross Taguig, Philippines, Nov. 13, 2013 – Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is supporting the Philippines typhoon and flood relief effort with a grant of $250,000 – more than Php 10 million – with $125,000 going to the American Red Cross and $125,000 to the International Medical Corps. These funds will help with the ongoing relief efforts and rehabilitation in the affected areas of the Philippines in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan. “This typhoon has brought unprecedented devastation and loss of life to the Philippines,” said Tim Hanlon, head of Strategic Philanthropy and Partnerships for Wells Fargo. “While we are grateful that all of our team members there are safe and accounted for, our hearts go out to all those who were impacted by this storm. Our contribution will help get aid quickly to those who need it.” Wells Fargo is also temporarily waiving all remittance transfer fees for ExpressSend transfers from an eligible checking or savings account to reduce the cost of sending money to the Philippines to support friends and family. Customers can send funds to their family or friends in the Philippines at a number of remittance network members – including Bank of the Philippine Islands, BDO Unibank, Metrobank, M.Lhuillier and Cebuana Lhuillier – by calling Wells Fargo Global Remittance Services at 1-800556-0605, going online atwellsfargo.com, or visiting a Wells Fargo banking store. The first remittance for a service agreement must be completed in person at a store. The fee waiver is effective November 13 through November 30, 2013. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and communities that have been devastated by this storm,” said Daniel Ayala, head of Wells Fargo’s Global Remittance Services Group. “As these communities begin the long, difficult process of recovery, we’re working closely with our remittance network members in the Philippines to make sure our customers and team members are able to support their families and friends.” From now through December 11, 2013, Wells Fargo customers can donate

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UST singers alumni performs in a Christmas concert Christmas is just around the corner. And as everyone is busy preparing for the holiday season, the University of Santo Tomas (UST) Singers Alumni in America wishes to invite everyone to relax and enjoy as it presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Choral Christmasâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a two-night concert in celebration of the UST Singers 20th anniversary. The concert takes place on December 13, 2013 at the St. John Baptist de la Salle Parish (16555 Chatsworth St, Granada Hills, CA 91344) at 7pm and on December 14, 2013 at the First Baptist Church Pasadena (75 N Marengo Ave, Pasadena, CA 91101) at 7pm. The concert will be a venue for the UST Singers alumni all over the world to come together and sing once again. UST Singers alumni all-over the world will harmonize together with the UST Singers Alumni in America who are based in Los Angeles and the Bay area. A truly special evening awaits everyone as they welcome alumni from the Philippines, Germany, Canada, and all-around the United States such as Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, North Carolina, Texas, and Washington. The very highlight of the event will be the participation of the UST Singers founder and conductor Prof. Fidel Gener Calalang Jr. as the concert conductor. The UST Singers Alumni in America made its debut during the 1st Hollywood Choir Festival in Los Angeles, California in November 2006. From then on, the group has performed in numerous concerts in and around the United States including their participation in the 2008 Idaho International Choral Festival held in Pocatello, Idaho. Other performances include a concert at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Brentwood, CA in December of 2010 and as the special guest chorus during the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Filipino-American Symphony Orchestra (FASO) at the Cathedralâ&#x20AC;? concert held at the Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral in downtown Los Angeles, CA in January of 2011. Currently, the UST Singers Alumni in America is being directed by Allan Diona Sims; a fellow alumnus of the UST Singers base in Manila, Philippines. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is the alumni love and passion for choral music thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s binding us all togetherâ&#x20AC;?, says Froilan Fulgencio, an alumnus of the group who is currently base in Los Angeles and acting as the lead event coordinator. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With each

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PHL Consulate participates in PeDRO 5K Walk Los Angeles, 14 November 2013 – The officers and staff of the Philippine Consulate General participated in the 5K Walk spearheaded by the Philippine Disaster Relief Organization (PeDRO) together with Renew our Minds and Heart Foundation (ROHMA) on 10 November 2013 at Woodley and Balboa Park in Van Nuys, California.

This fundraising event was participated in by about 200 people to support the victims of the recent Typhoons Santi, Tino and Yolanda and the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck Bohol and Cebu. Typhoon Yolanda, internationally known as “Haiyan”, devastated the cities of Tacloban and Leyte. The 5K walk generated US$ 3,333.

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and more than $152,000 was raised by the end of the night. Volunteer delegates were Holly Ann Olalia (Miss Philippines USA Tourism), Camille Teodoro (Miss Philippines USAAmbassador), Jessica Lee(2nd runner-up) ,Jasmine Reyes (Miss Philippines USAUnity), Mishi Magno (Miss Photogenic), Alyssa Sweerman, Abigail Bustos, Jill Camantigue, Jayme Lenling and Bimbie Daine. Our top 2 ambassadors Holly and Camille were given a chance to talk about their life experiences and thoughts about the typhoon on television being interviewed by Rick Chambers. Miss Philippines USA organization, once again, had just fulfilled its mission: to develop the finest Ambassadors of Goodwill. (www.missphilusa.com)

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MOTORING Best selling Honda Civic enhanced again for 2014 LOS ANGELES, November 20, 2013 – The Honda Civic, America’s best-selling compact car, extends its competitive lead and value for customers with a long list of enhancements for the 2014 model year. Building on the model year 2012 redesign and model year 2013 major refresh, the 2014 Civic features exciting and innovative upgrades including: New sportier exterior styling for Civic Coupe and Civic Si Coupe Interior styling upgrades for all Civic models New available CVT that enhances performance and fuel efficiency New available Display Audio with 7-inch pinch, tap and swipe touchscreen Increased engine performance on all models except Natural Gas and Hybrid Civic HF achieves a class-leading 35 mpg combined EPA rating New available features include Honda LaneWatch™ blind spot display and Smart Entry with Push Button start “Year over year, we have continued to strengthen the competitive position of Civic with new performance, features and value for the money, and 2014 is no exception,” said John Mendel, executive vice president of American Honda. “This 2014 Civic is our best offering yet, and makes Civic not just the best-selling, but once again the outright best pick in the compact class.” The 2014 Honda Civic Sedan and Coupe launch at Honda dealerships nationwide on December 4, 2013, followed by the Civic Hybrid and Civic Natural Gas early in 2014, and the Civic Si Coupe and

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tinuously Variable Transmission (CVT) replaces the 5-speed automatic in both the Coupe and Sedan (except Civic Natural Gas); the Civic Hybrid retains its current CVT. The new CVT enhances responsiveness by providing quicker and smoother acceleration and improves fuel efficiency with a 22 percent wider ratio range and reduced internal friction. Civic Si styling and performance The Civic Si Coupe benefits from the same styling enhancements as the standard Civic Coupe but adds Si-exclusive design cues, including a unique lower front bumper garnish, larger rear decklid spoiler, and distinctive front and rear air diffusers. Both the Si Coupe and Si Sedan get larger, 18-inch wheels and tires with new wheel designs. The performance-tuned Civic Si Coupe and Sedan also get revised suspension tuning, with higher spring rates, new dampers and stiffer rear stabilizer bar. Power is boosted to 205 horsepower4 (+4 horse-

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Kia Motors introduces first-ever rear-drive sedan at Los Angeles Auto Show Los Angeles, November 20, 2013 – The highly anticipated K900 rear-drive sedan took center stage today as Kia Motors America (KMA) took the wraps off its new flagship amid a packed house of media representatives from around the world at the 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show. The all-new 2015 K900 is poised to challenge the fullsize rear-drive luxury sedan segment with an extensive list of standard equipment, worldclass accommodations and stunning design that will redefine consumer perception and expectations of the Kia brand. “Next year will mark Kia Motors’ 20th anniversary in the U.S. market, and the all-new K900 is a symbol of how far the brand has come and the next bold example of the challenger spirit that has benefitted Kia over nearly two decades of growth and maturation,” said Michael Sprague, executive vice president, marketing & communications, KMA. “Kia’s rise over the last five years has been fueled by a willingness to challenge the status quo with vehicles such as the Optima, Sorento and Cadenza, which have brought new and more affluent customers to our showrooms and dramatically raised the profile of the brand while maintaining our value proposition. The K900 is the next logical progression for Kia. It demonstrates what Kia is capable of and will help redefine what the Kia brand stands for.” Offered with a V6 or a V8 engine, the K900’s list of standard equipment will feature first-class accommodations and advanced technology. The range-topping V8 equipped with the VIP Package will add additional luxury amenities including reclining outboard rear seats. The K900 Premium V6 will launch with an available Luxury

Package and Technology Package. The allnew K900 is expected to go on sale during the first quarter of 2014, and pricing will be announced closer to launch. The first glance of the K900 is designed to leave an indelible impression. The long 119.9-inch wheelbase and wide 63.8-inch front and 64.1-inch rear track of the V8 translate to considerable road presence. In profile, the swept rake of the greenhouse, subdued cut lines along the doors and high rear deck lid lend a muscular tension to the sheet metal. Kia’s signature grille resides nearly vertically in the smoothly contoured front fascia. A chrome halo surrounds the dark chrome inner elements, which hints at the power and potential behind it. Airflow-smoothing underbody panels mounted beneath the nose, engine bay and cabin help reduce drag and improve efficiency. Standard on the V8 are adaptive LED headlights. With 16 LED bulbs providing powerful, natural light for enhanced luminosity, the beams, which adjust to follow the bends in the road, shimmer beneath crystal clear lenses that pull back deeply into the front fenders. Soft-glow LEDs frame the multi-faceted headlights. Mounted low and at the far corners of the nose are sleek LED positioning lamps and LED fog lights. Similar use of LED technology can be found at the rear of the K900. The trapezoid taillights offer defused LEDs for the brakes and bright LEDs for the turn signals. A tasteful chrome bezel cuts high across the K900’s standard powered rear deck lid, adding elegance and lending visual width. The rear bumper is accented with fully integrated dual chrome-tipped exhaust ports

that mimic the shape of the taillights. Opulence Within Open the door to the all-new K900 and the same sense of elegant sophistication can be found within the luxuriously appointed cabin. The three-spoke leather-wrapped steering wheel is substantial and features controls for audio, cruise control, entertainment, and vehicle information. A heated wheel is available on the V6 Luxury, V6 Technology and both V8 models. High-grade leather is standard, and soft Nappa leather is available in black or white with contrasting piping. Soft-hue LED interior lighting is standard across the K900 line. Available genuine white sycamore or dark charcoal poplar-wood trim sweeps across the dash and door panels, beautifully complementing the richness of the interior. A 12-way adjustable driver’s seat, including power lumbar support, is standard on both the V6 Premium and V8 Premium models, and a 16-way power adjusted driver’s seat features power headrests and cushion extender for added thigh support as part of the V6 Technology Package and the V8 VIP Package. The K900’s executive-class accommodations continue at the rear of the cabin. Standard features include multi-stage heating for the outboard seats. Accessing a panel within the center armrest, rear-seat passengers also have the ability to control the vehicle’s ventilation system and may even fold the back cushion of the front passenger seat forward with the touch of a button. K900 passengers may also operate the standard power rear window sunshade, and retractable rear side window sunshades are standard across all models. A full-length panoramic roof with power retractable sunshade is standard on

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Team Rios member Donald Leary (left) is restrained from hitting trainer Freddie Roach. Photo: Chris Farina/Top Rank

MACAO, November 20, 2013 (AFP) – Manny Pacquiao dedicated Sunday’s world title bout against Brandon Rios to the typhoon-ravaged people of the Philippines, declaring on Wednesday night: “This fight is for you”. The Filipino great told a press conference ahead of his World Boxing Organization welterweight title contest in Macau that his thoughts were with his people as they attempt to recover from Typhoon Haiyan which smashed into the Philippines on November 8. “I’m doing my best to win this fight and give a good fight especially with what happened to my countrymen,” said ‘Pacman’, who has held world titles in eight weight divisions. “To all the people and the families

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