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PHL UNDER ‘TERROR ALERT’

By Perfecto T. Raymundo Jr

MANILA, Dec. 1 (PNA) – Terror alert level 3 was raised nationwide after the arrest of two suspected terrorists allegedly behind the foiled bombing attempt near the United States Embassy in Manila last Monday.

In a press conference in Camp Crame, Quezon City on Thursday, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa said that because of the “full alert status”, the public should expect a stricter implementation of security measures, especially on the conduct of “random and mobile checkpoints”.

Dela Rosa also advised the

public to be “alert, vigilant and observant” but not to “panic”.

The PNP chief said the public has nothing to be worried about even if the terror alert level 3 is raised nationwide.

Dela Rosa also issued directives to the regional police directors to intensify security measures in highly-urbanSee TERROR ALERT, page 13

PNP chief Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa presents to the media alleged involved in placing IED near US Embassy: Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Police Director General Ronald Dela Rosa (left) presents to the media the two arrested suspects Jiaher Guinar y Cali, 30 years old, married (3rd from right), a native of Marawi City and was arrested in Bagong Silang, Caloocan City; and Rayson Kilala y Sacdal aka “Rasid” (2nd from right), who was arrested in Brgy. Bagong Bayan, Bulacan, Bulacan. The two were suspects in placing IED near the US Embassy.

The suspects were presented during a press briefing on Thursday (December 1, 2016) in Camp Crame,Quezon City. Also in photo are: Manila Police District Director Sr. Supt. Joel Coronel (left), and National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) Director, Chief Supt. Oscar Albayalde (2nd left). (PNA photo courtesy PNP-PIO)

Duterte, Trump expected to talk over the phone soon: Yasay MANILA, Dec 1 (Mabuhay) – Expect a phone conversation between President Rodrigo Duterte and United States President-elect Donald Trump in the coming days, Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr. said on Thursday.

Yasay said Duterte already sent a congratulatory message to Trump for winning the US elections against former Secretary of State and Democratic Party candidate Hillary Clinton.

“We would be expecting within the next

few days na magkakaroon sila [Duterte at Trump] ng telephone conversation,” he said.

In his congratulatory message, Duterte said he hopes to improve the country’s ties with its former colonial ruler.

The President also believes that he will have a good relationship with Trump, admitting they have the same temperament.

But does Yasay think that there will be an improved between the Philippines and the US with Trump as Duterte’s counterpart?

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Don’t take Duterte kill threat literally: Palace MANILA, Dec 1 (Mabuhay) –Malacañang maintained Thursday that President Rodrigo Duterte was only “using a figure of speech” when “frustration” prompted his pronouncement that he would also kill human rights activists should the number of drug dependents increase.

“It was just out of frustration. The President really did not mean na gagawin niya yun. It was just frustration na ini-express niya through language. Kilala naman natin ang Pangulo na ganoon talaga siya magsalita,” Communcations Secretary Martin Andanar said.

“It was just a figure of speech,” he added.

Duterte said on Monday that he will “include” human rights advocates during “harvest time where more people will die” since they are the “reason why their (drug dependents) numbers swell.”

Andanar likened the Duterte’s statement to that of a parent berating his child.

“Tayong mga Pilipino, ganoon tayo magsalita e, ‘pag nagalit tayo halimbawa sa mga anak natin.’Sige kain ka nang kain ng candy, mauubos iyang ngipin mo,’ mga ganoon,” he said.

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US Congress Oks awarding of gold medals to Filipino veterans

By Abner Galino

The United States House of Representatives has unanimously passed the Filipino Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2015 (S.1555), which also solidly passed the Senate in July.

The bill was jointly sponsored by Sen. Mazie K. Hirono(Democrat-Hawaii) and Rep. TulsiGabbard (Democrat-Hawaii).Rep. Joseph Heck (Republican-Nevada) was a lead co-sponsor.

The bill will go to the desk of President Barack Obama

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The bill was also actively pushed by Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CPAC).

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S&P: PHL to remain an outperformer in Asia

By Joann Santiago

MANILA, Nov. 29 (PNA) – Standard and Poor’s (S&P) continues to see the Philippines outperforming other Southeast Asian economies despite risks from the administration of US president-elect Donald Trump, among others.

In its latest credit outlook report, the debt rater maintained its six percent to 6.9 percent growth outlook for the Philippine economy this 2016.

The 2017 outlook is a range of 5.6 percent to 6.7 percent and the 2018 projection is between 5.7 percent to 6.7 percent.

“The Southeast Asian economies are seeing stable growth with the Philippines outperforming the region, given its growing middle class,

a business process outsourcing boom,and expansionary fiscal policy with emphasis on public infrastructure,” the report said.

In the third quarter this year, the domestic economy posted the highest output for the period in the region at 7.1 percent.

This growth, as measured by gross domestic product (GDP), brought the average growth in the first three quarters of the year to seven percent, the upper end of the government’s six to seven percent target for this year.

In general, the credit rater said growth in the Asia Pacific is steadying amid recent volatilities in the financial markets caused by concerns on uncertainties of policies of the incoming Trump administration.

Negros Oriental cop chief says province remains safe for tourists, locals DUMAGUETE CITY, Nov. 29 (PNA) – Senior Superintendent Henry Biñas, Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office (NOPPO) acting director, assured Tuesday Negros Oriental remains safe for tourists and locals alike.

Biñas reiterated the red alert status for the PNP remains in effect and the police in the province remain vigilant in the wake of the bombing in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur Tuesday, one day ahead of President Rodrigo Duterte’s scheduled visit there.

Nine people, including Presidential Security Group members, were injured in that roadside bombing incident. “We will maintain and/or enhance our target hardening measures,” said Biñas.

Biñas said there is no cause for alarm for now as he urged everybody to be vigilant. On Tuesday, the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in Region 7 conducted a simulated terror threat maritime and air exercise at the southern tip of Cebu and fronting Negros Oriental.

The Police Regional Office 7 (PRO) 7 and the Armed Forces of the Philippines Central Command (AFP-CentCom) based in Cebu City jointly spearheaded the simulated exercise (SIMEX) which was also participated in by the Philippine Coast Guard.

The scenario for the simulated exercise was a kidnapping at Oslob, Cebu, a tourist destination famous for its whale sharks.

Christmas house of Cainta: Residents witness a mixture of colors and lights in a Christmasthemed house along Mark Street, Filinvest East in Cainta, Rizal. (PNA photo by Joey O. Razon)

DFA: Only 240 out of 2,000+ illegal OFWs in Qatar meet deadline of amnesty

By Sammy F. Martin

MANILA, Dec. 1 (PNA) – Over a thousand illegal overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Qatar are feared to be arrested by immigration agents as the deadline for illegal aliens ends December 1.

This after the Philippine Embassy in Qatar reported to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) that only 240 out of more than 2,000 illegal OFWs have coordinated with them.

“As of embassy’s last report, they have issued 240 travel documents to OFWs availing of amnesty,” DFA spokesman and incoming Philippine Ambassador to Malaysia, Charles Jose said on Thursday, in a text message to the Philippine News Agency.

He said the Philippine embassy in Qatar has repeatedly informed illegal OFWs of their rights as well as the consequences should they not avail of the amnesty offered by the host

country or get an exit visa to avoid deportation and put them in the list of undesirable aliens.

“Our embassy is assisting our OFWs who would like to avail of the amnesty by way of, among other things: 1) coordinating with Qatar government to facilitate their exit; 2) issuing travel documents to those who need them; 3) opening the embassy on November 30, even though it’s a holiday, to render assistance,” Jose explained.

Today, December 1 is the last day of the three-month amnesty given by the Qatari government.

A marching order to Qatari immigration officers was issued to arrest all illegal aliens starting December 2.

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Group of LA Fil-Ams blames Duterte for Marcos burial at LNMB

By Abner Galino

As the Philippines celebrated the birthday of its great plebeian hero Andres Bonifacio, a motley group of Filipino Americans demonstrated in front of the Philippine Consulate office in downtown Los Angeles to denounce the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte for its alleged responsibility in the burial of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LMNB).

Edwin Vasquez, who came from West Covina, said he has no doubt that Duterte was among those who were responsible for the controversial burial of Marcos.

“It was his campaign promise,” Vasquez pointed out, adding that Duterte’s made sure that this promise was fulfilled since becoming the president.

“Kasalanan niya ’yan. Marcos was never a hero, he was responsible for the suffering of many Filipino people. Malaking insulto ’yan sa mga Pilipino,” Vasquez said.

Another demonstrator, John

Eric Concordia, a member of the Pro-people Youth or Kabataang maka-Bayan (KmB), said he joined the demonstration to “challenge the notion that Marcos was hero.”

The demonstrators chanted anti-Marcos and anti-Duterte slogans.

They held placards bearing the same messages before dispersing peacefully after demonstrating for about an hour in front of building 3435 Wilshire Boulevard where the Philippine Consulate is situated.

In the Philippines, anti-Marcos groups held protest-rallies across the country on Wednesday to commemorate the 153rd birthday of Andres Bonifacio and to condemn the burial of the late President Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB).

Over a thousand protesters marched to Mendiola while thousands more, who mostly wore black, converged at the People Power Monument in Quezon City from the afternoon up to midnight.

In Cebu City, around 1,000 protesters gathered at the Plaza Inde-

A group of Filipino-Americans express their indignation in front of the Philippine Embassy in Los Angeles over the burial of dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani in a rally on Andres Bonifacio Day. Photo by Abner Galino

pendencia and were joined by Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña, who

vowed to stand with them to the last of his breath.

NTC’s next target: Cheaper text, internet rates MANILA, Dec. 1 (PNA) – The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) is looking at slashing the rate of short message service (SMS) and Internet cost next following the decision of Globe Telecom Incorporated and PLDT Incorporated to reduce their interconnection charges for voice calls.

NTC Commissioner Gamaliel Cordoba said lowering voice call rates is just the first step of a string of reforms eyed by the regulatory body to give subscribers an efficient way of communication at the lowest

possible rates.

“This is just the first step. It wouldn’t stop with voice. It will continue with text, Internet. We will lower the prices,” said Cordoba after Globe and PLDT agreed to cut down interconnection charges by Jan. 1, 2017 through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Nov. 28.

Cordoba said affording the public cheap but high quality way of communication is the thrust of the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte, noting that 50 percent of

the market still relies on conventional calls.

“These are the people in the provinces, especially the lower income families. They are the ones using voice calls,” he noted.

“The telcos right now, they can use the lower interconnection rates to give different promos, pocket pricing and unlimited calls; they may be crossed over from one network to another,” Cordoba explained.

The NTC recently issued Memorandum Circular (MC) No. 09-11-

2016 on Interconnection Charge for Voice Service, which directs that interconnection rates among telcos’ voice services shall no longer be higher than PHP2.50 per minute from the previous PHP4 per minute charge.

The interconnection charges are also subject to an annual review by the NTC. NTC Deputy Commissioner Edgardo Cabarios said “effectively the retail rates should be dropped

by PHP1 across all plans” following the agreement signed by the telcos.

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Duterte sees no need to declare unilateral ceasefire

By Lilian C. Mellejor

DAVAO CITY, Nov. 30 (PNA) – President Rodrigo Duterte is not declaring another ceasefire with the Communist Party of the Philippines-National Democratic Front and its armed wing, the New People’s Army, saying, “The (existing) unilateral ceasefire remains.”

“No. I am not declaring a unilateral ceasefire. Sa komunista (With the communist?)? It remains, it is holding and I’m happy,” the President told reporters shortly after visiting wounded soldiers in Camp Evangelista in Cagayan de Oro City.

It may be recalled that last August 25, Mr. Duterte declared a ceasefire with the NPA to attain peace in the country. The President has also ordered the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to avoid offensive operations against the NPA rebels.

The declaration of the unilateral ceasefire was a move based on a consensus with all the commanding generals of the AFP, including Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana.

“As president, my main task is to seek peace for my country. I am not a president who would enjoy waging war against citizens of this republic.

It pains me to see people dying for an ideology. Pwede naman pala mapag-usapan ng mapayapa (That we can talk about this peacefully). Just like now,” he emphasized.

The government’s unilateral ceasefire was responded by the NDF during the resumption of the talks last August.

While the existing unilateral ceasefires of the government and NPA are holding, government peace

panel Chairperson Silvestre Bello III is hopeful these would lead into the final signing of the bilateral ceasefire which was initially expected to happen on December 10.

Bello, however, hinted on Wednesday that the bilateral ceasefire would not happen on December 10 because there is no consensus yet between the GRP and NDF committees working on the bilateral truce. He said the two committees are working on the definition of terms and conditions.

“But what is important is patuloy ang pag-uusap (we continue to talk),” Bello told reporters during Wednesday’s Kapehan sa Dabaw at the Royal Mandaya Hotel. Earlier, Atty. Angela Librado, a member of the GRP panel and head of the committee working on the bilateral ceasefire, said there is no assurance the bilateral ceasefire will be signed by December 10 supposedly coinciding with the World Humanitarian Day. According to her, the first deadline for the bilateral ceasefire was on October 26 but this has lapsed because of an impasse for lack of consensus on the definition of terms.

“There are definitions and terms that have to be agreed on. If these things are ironed out then we can discuss the bilateral ceasefire,” she said.

The GRP panel has already prepared its guidelines based on the exchanges made during the Oslo meeting but there are things that have to be ironed out and revised, Librado said. Among these is the definition of what would constitute hostile acts because both parties have different definitions “and we have to reconcile that otherwise, we won’t be able to come up with a bilateral agreement.”

Media briefing on operations vs Maute group: Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) public affairs office chief Col. Edgard Arevalo answers questions from the media regarding the military operations on its fourth day at Butig town, Lanao Del Sur, which has resulted in the death of 40 Maute Group bandits and wounding of 20 troopers, during a media briefing at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on Tuesday (Nov. 29, 2016). (PNA photo by Joey O. Razon)

Butig town cleared of Maute Group terrorists, says AFP

By Priam F. Nepomuceno

MANILA, Dec. 1 (PNA) – The besieged town of Butig in Lanao del Sur province has been cleared of terrorists from the Maute Group, says Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Spokesperson Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla.

“Based on the report of the 103rd Infantry Brigade, (Butig town) has been 100 percent cleared of the (Maute Group) and that clearing and fixing of the damaged inflicted on the municipality is now ongoing before allowing the return of residents who evacuated,” Padilla said in Filipino.

The 103rd Infantry Brigade is the lead military unit in the almost sixday dislodgement operations against the bandit group.

Prior to this, the town will be

turned over to the local government unit, he added.

Death toll for the almost six-day fighting has been placed at 61 for the Maute Group and 35 wounded for government troops.

Padilla said they are still verifying whether the terrorist group have sustained additional casualties during Wednesday night’s operation.

Earlier, government forces have recaptured the old Butig municipal hall Wednesday (Nov. 30) following the withdrawal of Maute Group bandits holed up there in wake of the AFP’s overwhelming superiority.

The offensive against the terrorists started last Nov. 26 when the bandits, fearful of ongoing operations against them, decided to hole up in Butig.

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Piñol cites keys to rice self-sufficiency goal

By Leslie D. Venzon

Mechanical transplanting of IR8 rice variety: Deputy Director General for Research Jackie Hughes of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) demonstrates mechanical transplanting of the high-yielding rice variety IR8 during the 50th anniversary celebration of “IR8 Rice that Changes the World” held at IRRI Zeigler Experiment Station in Los Baños, Laguna on Tuesday (Nov. 29, 2016). (PNA photo

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DTI to submit policy recommendations on industries, livelihood, jobs generation to Duterte

By Kris M. Crismundo MANILA, Dec. 1 (PNA) – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) will submit to President Rodrigo Duterte its policy recommendations on improving industries, promoting livelihood, and creating more jobs.

These policy recommendations are the outcome of Trabaho, Negosyo, at Kabuhayan (TNK)-Employment and Livelihood Summit, launched

by DTI and Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Taguig City on Thursday.

The TNK Summit gathers various policy recommendations from the sectoral summit such as the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Summit, Manufacturing Summit, Philippine Construction Congress, and Information Technology-Business Process Management (IT-BPM) Summit.

“We want to identify the strategies to increase employment levels, improve access to employment opportunities, and address our skills requirement,” DTI Secretary Ramon Lopez said.

The two-day summit also gathers government, private sector, and academe to develop a national employment program which supports National Development and Security Strategy geared towards the Philippine Development Plan for the new administration.

“We hope that together, government, business and the academe, can craft an action agenda that we can all pursue at the start of next year,” added Lopez.

The DTI chief also highlighted the department’s new industrial strategy which aims to link manufacturing, agri-business, tourism, IT-BPM, and logistics.

“Government is cognizant that we should make these industries attractive to investors hence, the action plan will allow us to prioritize,” he said.

Lopez likewise stressed the need to further develop the country’s human capital in order to match skills with the requirement of various industries.

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LOS BANOS, Laguna, Nov. 29 (PNA) – Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol is optimistic that the country will achieve its rice self-sufficiency goal in two to three years.

“There are four things we need to focus on: good seeds, support for fertilization, irrigation, and mechanization,” he told reporters on Tuesday on the sidelines of the 50th anniversary celebration of the release of the rice variety, IR8, at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) headquarters here.

Piñol noted the country needs to undertake measures “that have been proven to be effective.”

He earlier said the corporate farm program could also enable the

country meet rice self-sufficiency before 2019 and even make the Philippines become a rice exporting country.

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By Catherine J. Teves

MANILA, Dec. 1 (PNA) – A workshop in Metro Manila highlighted urgency for better communicating air quality-related information to help catalyze public action that’ll further address air pollution which the World Health Organization (WHO) identified as the world’s worst environmental health threat.

Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) and Clean Air Asia (CAA) conducted the workshop Thursday for media practitioners who both consider essential in communicating such information and in promoting action towards improved air quality nationwide.

“We have the right to breathe clean air and must all act now -- together, we can make a difference,” said EMB-National Capital Region Dir. Vizminda Osorio at the workshop.

She noted EMB continues monitoring quality of the country’s air and information this agency gathered is available for dissemination to the public. Data she presented during the workshop show some 1.3 million people worldwide die yearly from outdoor air pollution while another 2.0 million people globally perish annually due to dirty indoor air.

Air pollution causes some nine percent of lung cancer deaths, five percent of cardio-pulmonary deaths and one percent of respiratory infection deaths, the data also show.

During the workshop, CAA Com-

munications and Marketing Manager Robyn Garner shared various tips on better communicating air quality-related information to help increase public awareness, understanding and action on dirty air.

Aside from merely receiving data on state of air quality, she said people must gain knowledge about air pollution’s ills, possible interventions against dirty air and benefits from these measures. “Air pollution’s impacts are far-reaching but we have the ability to influence people’s thinking on the matter,” she said.

EMB specialist Michiko Sibunga discussed during the workshop the agency’s air quality-related functions and RA 8749 (Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999).

“Studies show air pollution affects health and the environment,” she said. She noted EMB’s mother agency Department of Environment and Natural Resources is the lead implementing arm of RA 8749.

Earlier, EMB and CAA reported conducting this year an assessment of the country’s air quality communication capacity at present.

“Results of the assessment, coupled with the new administration’s priority of providing real-time air quality data to the public, call for strengthening efforts to increase local media’s knowledge and understanding of basic air quality management concepts and how tointerpret air quality information,” EMB and CAA said.

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Unbearable grief on the loss of a son and remembering treasured memories This author gave birth to Jonathan Jason Gorges on June 25,1972 at the Weiss Memorial Hospital in the windy city of Chicago, Illinois. After three years, due to severe winter weather conditions, we left the windy city and found our way settling in a warmer climate, here in Los Angeles. “Jay Jay� as we called him was such a bundle of joy. He excelled at the Vine School Elementary School on Oakwood Street near Normandie, and at the Merced School in West Covina. While there, though he had numerous neighborhood friends, he would early on borrow our lawnmower on weekends and take his brothers, Christian and Mike around the neighborhood and they would then mow our neighbors’ lawns for a fee. He has taught his little brothers how to earn their keep and save their money. The trios’ entrepreneurship had a halt when our job was moved to the east-

ern part of Ventura County and we enrolled him at the Hillside Junior High School in Simi Valley but subsequently graduated from Camarillo High School when we transferred to that city right after the Northridge earthquake.

Always the business person he was, he set up his own apparel business and moved to Reno, Nevada where his children’s parents lived.

His business was flourishing for a while, but due to the recession it gradually slowed down much like a lot of businesses around.

All of us have tried encouraging

him to move back near us, but he is a person who will never leave his children behind, as he tried his very best to give them everything. Not only was he a loving father, he was a very thoughtful son, who would call me out of the blue, just to see how I was doing or just to say “hello.�

He did just that last week on Sunday, November 27th, as he was excited to know that I’ll be visiting them on Friday, December 2nd but to my devastation, he will no longer taste his favorite “adobo� here, as he suddenly With my son Jonathan Jason Gorges went with his Creator peacefully on ever you are. We, your sons Joey, Jake Wednesday, November 29, 2016 at and daughter Alyssa, as well as your brothers, Mike and Christian, your 9:00 in the evening.

As a parent, it is indeed so un- sister Aiza, your nephews Marcus and bearable to lose a child, particularly Kayden, and niece Crystal but most during one’s waning years. To you, my of all me, your most loving mom will dearest son, sleep well as we will all forever miss you. Rest in Peace, my be praying for your happiness wher- dearest son.

PAGCOR underscores role in social development MANILA, Nov. 30 (PNA) – Arnell Ignacio, Assistant Vice President for Community Relations and Services Department of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), has said PAGCOR plays an important role in the government’s agenda for change as he enumerated the undertakings of the government-owned and controlled corporation. “The primary role of PAGCOR is to produce funds for the government,� according to Ignacio in a press briefing in Malacanan on Wednesday. “There are a lot of other things that PAGCOR is doing aside from gambling. The core thrusts of PAGCOR are gaming, licensing and social responsibility,� explained Ignacio.

He said PAGCOR recently turned over PHP5 billion to the socio-civic fund of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte. “When we turned over the PHP5 billion, his original plan is for the resurrection of the Botika ng Bayan.

But whether this fund will be used for the Botika ng Bayan or for drug rehabilitation, it’s up to the President to decide,� said Ignacio.

The PAGCOR official also said that from its gross income, five percent immediately goes to the franchise tax and 50 percent goes to the National Treasury.

Another undertaking of PAGCOR is its feeding program and according to Ignacio, this was launched and started last month in Pampanga where it will benefit several schools

and about 13,000 students.

The gaming official also said that during the Davao bombing incident last September, PAGCOR immediately turned over PHP5 million to the government of Davao. The PHP5 million reward incentive given to Olympic medalist Hidilyn Diaz also came from PAGCOR. At the same press briefing, Kris Ablan, Presidential Communications Assistant Secretary for Policy and Legislative Affairs, issued a clarification regarding the news spreading online that the Improvised Explosive Device explosion yesterday that struck the advance party of the President did not really happen but was just made up in order to have a reason for the government to suspend the

privilege of the writ of habeas corpus. “Yes, that remains to be a conspiracy theory. So we ask citizens to always verify the news that they receive in social media,� said Ablan.

Ablan also gave a statement regarding the ongoing protest coinciding with the Bonifacio Day celebration. “We respect the right to assemble and freedom of speech of all citizens and so Malacanang respects the protest actions being organized today, Bonifacio Day. And of course, President Duterte has instructed the authorities to exercise maximum tolerance. So we hope that those who are protesting today that they peacefully assemble,� said the Assistant Secretary.

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Your estate can avoid the time, cost, and hassle of going through the probate court process.

If you pass away without a will (intestate) in California, one of your close family would have to file a petition in probate court to probate your estate. Your estate will be divided and distributed according to the California probate code rules of intestate succession. Even if you have a will when you pass away, your family would still need to file a petition in probate court if your estate is worth over $150,000 and go through the probate process. This can become a circus if certain beneficiaries contest the validity of the Will or the distribution of the estate. Your estate will pay for attorney’s fees, probate referee fees, appraisers and other experts, CPA fees, etc. If people contest the case, your estate would end up paying legal fees to defend the estate in litigation. The entire process can take anywhere from 9 months to years depending on the contentiousness of the probate case.

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Pokwang stays strong as mom’s condition worsens Comedienne Pokwang wasn’t her usual funny self during a recent interview where she talked about her ailing mother Gloria, who is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.

The “Till I Met You” actress revealed that the condition of her mother has worsened and that she is trying to stay strong for her.

“Dinadaan ko na lang sa patawa, pero sobrang lungkot ko. Hindi ko ipinapakita sa kanya na malungkot ako, na umiiyak ako,” she said.

Pokwang said her mother has already lost her Pokwang memories to the point that she no longer knows her and her siblings’ names.

“Yung si Dino, ;yung bunso namin na paborito niyang anak, hindi na din niya kilala. Pati si Mae (Pokwang’s daughter), wala, hindi na niya kilala. Kaya nga kapag wala akong trabaho, talagang sa bahay lang ako para makasama ko si mama,” said Pokwang.

“Wala na siyang emosyon. Tulala na siya. Ayaw na niyang kumain.

Wala na siyang konsepto ng lungkot o saya. Kahit ‘yung caregiver niya, kapag hindi niya gusto, inaaway niya. Sinasakal niya. Kaya aaliwin na lang namin at papatawanin,” she

added.

Pokwang said her mother is also one of the reasons she is transferring to a smaller house soon.

“Two-storey lang itong lilipatan namin. Gusto ko, katabi ng room ko ang room ni mama. Sa dating bahay kasi, nasa third floor ako, tapos si mama sa baba.

Ang daming stories nga ‘di ba na nakakaalis si mama ng room niya.

Malalaman na lang namin, nasa guard house na. Itong bagong bahay, mas tight ang security, lola-friendly and hindi kataasan,” she said.

Pokwang and her family will transfer to their new house during the first week of December.(MNS)

What Hayden learned from committing ‘sins of the flesh’ Celebrity doctor Hayden Kho, who figured in a sex tape scandal back in 2009, opened up on Instagram about the lessons he learned after committing what he described as “sins of the flesh.”

“I am beginning to see that God allowed me to fall into the ‘sins of the flesh’ years ago in order to teach me an important lesson on humility and to turn me into the kind of man He can use for His Hayden Kho purposes: a real man capable of leading responsibly and loving genuinely,” he wrote as the caption to a photo of his baby daughter, Scarlet Snow, and partner Vicki Belo.

He continued: “For this I am thankful because now that I have [Scarlet Snow], I realized it’s true: it does take a real man to be a real father.”

After his sex scandal with actress Katrina Halili, his medical license was revoked by the Professional Regulation Commission, who accused Kho of immoral, dishonorable and unethical conduct.

It was reinstated in 2014, however.

Today, Kho is relishing his role as a father to Scarlet Snow, his first child with Belo born through in-vitro fertilization.

“I feel so blessed. Parang everyday I’m receiving a new gift na I don’t even deserve,” he said.

“I enjoy putting her to sleep and feeding her and talking to her kahit feeling ko hindi niya ako naiintindihan. ...I’m also discovering a lot about myself while taking care of her, while discovering things about her that makes her unique. Those things are special.” (MNS)

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Caregiver overtime law becomes permanent became law. Previously, employees

In September Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 1015 into law. This law is critically important because it permanently guarantees caregivers the right to overtime compensation.

Originally, the Domestic Worker Bill of Rights (DWBR), which guarantees overtime pay for in-home caregivers, was set to expire on January 1, 2017.

Under the DWBR, in-home caregivers must be paid overtime compensation when working more than 9 hours a day or 45 hours a week.

In my experience, very few 24-hour caregivers are paid correctly. With California’s increase in the minimum wage to $10 an hour, non-exempt caregivers who work 24-hour shifts must be paid a minimum of $315 a day.

If you are working as a caregiver and paid a day rate less than $315,

under California law, you are not being paid any overtime and may have a substantial unpaid overtime claim.

Often, employers attempt to avoid overtime liability by claiming the caregiver is an “independent contractor.” However, the DWBR defines in-home caregivers and personal attendants as domestic work employees, meaning that employers cannot lawfully classify them as independent contractors. Therefore, the law will likely invalidate any agreement that wrongfully classifies an inhome caregiver as an independent contractor.

The change in the overtime rules for caregivers first became effective on January 1, 2014, when the DWBR

who worked in a private household and qualified as “personal attendants,” including caregivers and nannies, did not qualify for overtime.

The DWBR eliminated the overtime exemption for personal attendants and provides that personal attendants “shall not be employed more than nine hours in any workday or more than 45 hours in any workweek unless the employee receives one and one-half times the employee’s regular rate of pay for all hours worked over nine hours in any workday and for all hours worked more than 45 hours in the workweek.”

This means that now caregivers, nannies and babysitters (with limited exceptions) must be paid overtime compensation. Unfortunately, this law does not cover workers for InHome Supportive Services (IHSS) and those caring for close family members.

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ASEAN market more accessible than EU, US: WEF report GENEVA, Dec 1 (PNA/Xinhua) – Increased integration into the global economy has made the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region a more accessible market for trading goods than either the European Union or the United States, according to a report published Wednesday by the World Economic Forum (WEF) and the Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation.

Global Enabling Trade Report 2016 features the enabling trade index (ETI), which assesses the performance of 136 economies on domestic and foreign market access, border administration, transport and digital

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The report said that ASEAN’s progress as an economic power comes at a time when the United States and the European Union are becoming less open, adding that ASEAN’s progress in other areas measured by the index is less pronounced.

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Seniors consider Chapter 13 relief for $80k credit cards; Young couple need Chapter 7 relief for $40k credit cards Clients are married to each other and they are both seniors. He is 68 and she is 66. He is a member of the professions and still works in that professional capacity. She is retired.

Their residence has equity of $400K. This fact alone knocks them out of Chapter 7. In Chapter 7, the trustee has the power to sell their home, give them their homestead exemption of $175K and use $225 to pay of trustee administrative expenses and trustee’s lawyer. After they are paid, whatever is left is used to pay the $80K and if there is anything left, probably one dollar will be given to the debtors. It’s strange that $145K can be used for administrative and legal fees to pay $80K of credit cards, but I have seen this happen. It’s really not that unusual. I represent an unsecured creditor for $250K in a Chapter 7 case of a company that had $385K in its checking accounts when the case was converted from Chapter 11 to Chapter 7. In a span of 18 months, the bulk of the $385K had been used up for trustee and his legal fees.

My client’s $250K which I had to defend vigorously in trial is probably worth 20% now. However, what is going on is perfectly legal. Once the trustee and his lawyers start to administer the bankruptcy estate assets, they will make a lot of money.

I understand that the moneymaking bankruptcies are offset by the money-losing bankruptcies; so in the end, of course, the trustee has to stay ahead of his expenses. The closest analogy is using a sledgehammer to kill a fly, or paying $10K for a screwdriver. It’s this kind of stuff. It’s legal but it doesn’t make any sense but we

have to live with it.

Aside from owning their residence, clients also own a rental, which has no equity. It’s negative about $20K, and they lose about $300 a month because the rent is less than the mortgage payment and the property management fee. Husband last year liquidated $50K of his $70K 401Kto cover the $30K he needed for minimum payments on the $80K credit cards.

After that payment of $30K at the sacrifice of his retirement account, they still owe the same $80K! They have been paying the minimum of $2,500 a month to keep these cards current for a very long time. Even at ten years, and I am sure their credit card debt has been there longer than that, they already have paid $300K and today they still owe the very same $80K! Now being a professional and educated person, husband knows that there is something very wrong in this equation but he cannot get himself to make the right decision.

Yes, it’s clear that they need relief from the $80K cards but what should they do at their age? Wife seems to be the clearer thinker of the two as she immediately sees the impossibility of keeping these cards. These cards have wiped out husband’s 401K which should not happen in the first place. A retirement account is for their retirement, not to pay minimum

payments on credit cards. But when push comes to shove, this is what happens. Desperation sets in and a desperate person will even hold on to a sharp knife to keep afloat as the saying goes.

I explain to clients that Chapter 13 will allow them to pay off the $80K in 60 months, without interest, at the rate of about $1400 a month.

The bankruptcy court protects their house from judgment liens from the credit cards and other bad guys as long as the bankruptcy is in place.

Once they complete 60 payments, the court enters a discharge order that erases all of the credit card debts. By the time husband is 73 and wife is 71, they will owe nothing on these cards.

First, the plan payment of $1400 is more than a thousand dollars less than $2500 a month just for minimum interest payments on the cards.

Second, in 5 years, they paid $80K of principal and their balance owed is zero, whereas, without Chapter 13, in 5 years they will pay $150K but in 5 years when he turns 73 and she turns 71, they will still owe the very same $80K that is weighing them down today. Wife can clearly see the benefit, so she will convince husband soon to get Chapter 13 relief.

In fact, Chapter 13 is superior to any other method to get rid of the $80K. One method is refinancing the house to pay for the $80K. But converting unsecured debt such as credit cards into secured debt using the house as collateral is risking the loss of your house for credit cards.

Once husband stops to work, the higher mortgage payment caused by the refinance will become a very stressful burden and places the house

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There’s really no money left for the luxury of paying for credit cards. No wonder the lawsuits have started.

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has, granted them recognition for the selfless sacrifice they endured in awr, and restored their dignity and honor in service to their nation,” Taguba said.

Aside from FilVetRep, the San Francisco Veterans Equity Center also helped in the nationwide campaign.

However, the Justice for Filipino American Veterans (JFAV), the group that has ben successfully organizing huge pro-Filipino veterans demonstratios in Hollywood for five the last consecutive years, called the act a “consuelo de bobo.”

Art Garcia, JFAV national coordinator, said only the repeal of the Rescission Act of 1946 could “erase the shameful and racist” action by the US Congress when it deprived the honor and benefits to the 260,000 Filipino soldiers who fought with the US armed forces shortly after World War II. “ The fact that it took the US Congress 72 years to give the Filipino Veterans the Gold Medal after giving

it to more than 65 other nations is disgusting. The Filipinos were the last nation among the 66 nations that fought for America to given such medals,” Garcia pointed out.

“We will continue to push for the Filipino Veterans Fairness Act 0f 2015 that will give recognition to Filipino World War II Veterans and their survivors, give them full military pension for them and their survivors.

We want full equity, not medals or baby steps for total recognition and full benefits.We will never settle for less.” Garcia added.

In a related development, JFAV founder Franco Arcebal of Los Angeles, said he wanted the public to know that “the real Congressional Gold Medal will be engraved in gold and will be displayed at the Smithsonian Institute. While replicas made in bronze will be given to the Filipino veterans or their survivors (widows or relatives) and they will have to pay for it.”

The Rescission Act of 1946retroactively annulled benefits that would have been payable to Filipino troops on account of their military service

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during the time that the Philippines was a U.S. territory and Filipinos were U.S nationals.

In 2009, the veterans received lump sum payments of $9,000 for WW II veterans living in the Philippines and $15,000 for those in the United States.

Still, only half of the 41,000 who have filed claims have received their compensation allegedly because of “poor documentation and poor system of keeping of records.”

There are fewer than 18,000 living WW II Filipino veterans – and their widows.

Meanwhile, in the S. 1555 bill the Filipino veteran is described as a soldier who was honorably at any time from July 26, 1941, to December 31, 1946;in an active-duty status under the command of the U.S. Armed Forces in the Far East; and within the Philippine Commonwealth Army, the Philippine Scouts, the Philippine Constabulary, Recognized Guerrilla units, the New Philippine Scouts, the First Filipino Infantry Regiment, the Second Filipino Infantry Battalion (Separate), or the First Reconnaissance Battalion;

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or commanding or serving in such a unit as a U.S. military officer or enlisted soldier.

The bill also mandates that the following: “The President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall make appropriate arrangements for the award of a single Congressional Gold Medal to the Filipino Veterans of World War II in recognition of their dedicated service during World War II.” “The medal, following its award, shall be given to the Smithsonian Institution where it will be available for research and display.”

“It is the sense of Congress that the Smithsonian Institution should make the gold medal available for display elsewhere, particularly at other appropriate locations associated with the Filipino Veterans of World War II.” The Congressional gold medal, along with the Presidential Medal of Freedom are the highest civilian awards in the United States of America.

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Meanwhile, Dela Rosa presented to mediamen two of the five suspects in the attempted bombing. The two suspects were identified as Rayson “Rasid” Kilala Sakdal and Jiaher Guinar. Dela Rosa said Rasid is a returnee to the Islamic faith and a religious preacher in Bulacan. He was the one who placed the IED inside a trash bin while Guinar was assigned as the trigger man. Rasid himself admitted that their first target was Luneta Park but they were “bothered by their conscience” and

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instead planted the IED near the US Embassy. The suspects’ three accomplices transported the IED from Central Mindanao to Metro Manila, Dela Rosa said. He said the two suspects are members of the Ansar Khalifa terror group, which has direct links with the Maute terror group that is now the center of military operations in Butig, Lanao del Sur. The PNP is now hunting down the three accomplices of Rasid and Guinar who are believed to have returned to Marawi City, Lanao del Sur.

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“Sa palagay ko naman, regardless of who became president, especially now with Trump, ang relasyon natin with the United States will not only remain strong and firm, but will only grow stronger,” he said.

However, he pointed out that the country will still push for an independent foreign policy. “The concerns, the issues we have raised transcend personalities. Hindi naman tayo nagkaroon ng kasamaan ng loob with the United States because of the personalities involved,” he said.

He also told human rights activists not to always take the President’s comments literally.

“Marami pong estilo ang Pangulo sa pananalita, the way that he expresses his frustration. Huwag po nating literal na kuhanin o intindihin ang pagkaintindi ng Pangulo. We also have to take the manner and the style by which the President speaks,” he said.(MNS)

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Yasay: It’s time to reconsider PHL’s ICC membership

By Sammy F. Martin

MANILA, Dec.1 (PNA)-Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr. has directed UN permanent representative, Lourdes Yparraguirre, to come up with a note verbale protesting in the strongest manner the irresponsible and arrogant statement of UN Special Expert on UN Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials David Scheffer.

Yasay issued the directive after Scheffer compared the Philippines’ war on drugs to Khmer Rouge atrocities in Cambodia.

Yasay said Scheffer statement is irresponsible for putting the Philippines “in equal footing” with Syria and North Korea as well as the Islamic State terrorist group.

Yasay warned that this might push the country to break away from the International Criminal Court (ICC).

“This David Scheffer has put our country in equal footing with these countries that have been clearly violators human rights and maybe perhaps even promoting genocide and all of these brutalities. That’s not right,” Yasay said. “If they will continue to do that, I think it is about time that we should reconsider our membership in the ICC,” he added.

Yasay pointed out that the Philippines had stood up against the Khmer regime and even welcomed Cambodian refugees who came to the country.

He also explained that the Rome Statute, the treaty that established the ICC, was signed on the basis of complementarity to the Philippines’ own criminal justice system.

“But you see our criminal justice system is working very effectively, very vigilantly. Under the circumstances, why should somebody like the ICC say the President of the Philippines will be prosecuted under the Rome Statute. What is the basis for that?” he asked.

“If they are making the Rome Statute superior to our own internal criminal justice system and even to our laws, it’s about time we consider breaking away from the ICC in the light of what even countries like Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and others have already done so,” Yasay said. Yasay expressed hope that Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki Moon will take this protest very seriously and do the necessary sanctions against his own envoy. President Rodrigo Duterte, who is being blamed for the extrajudicial killings of drug suspects, has expressed his intention to withdraw the country from the ICC, which is also critical of the bloody anti-illegal drug campaign.

ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has expressed deep concern over the spate of drug-related killings under Duterte’s administration.

The Duterte administration had denied hand in extrajudicial killings.

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Health dept to tap communities to help stem the rise in HIV cases in the PHL

By Leilani S. Junio

MANILA, Dec. 1 (PNA) – Health Secretary Paulyn Jean Rosell-Ubial said Thursday that with the number of HIV cases increasing by the day, it is high time the community got involved in checking the growing prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the country.

“We have to develop a business unusual – not business as usual – strategy. This means it will not just be in health centers and hospitals. It is really going down to the communities -- to the households, involving the parents, the education sector, the teachers,” Ubial said during a press briefing held at the SoleMare Parksuites, as the country commemorated World AIDS Day on December 1.

With Ubial were local and international partners of the health department who underscored that the continued rise in the number of people living with HIV/AIDS, especially among the youths, requires pulling together and creating a more effective strategy through community involvement.

Quoting National Youth Commission (NYC) Commissioner Aiza Seguerra, Ubial said stopping the spread of HIV/AIDS in the country is no longer just the concern of the health and education sectors but is now everyone’s concern.

The health chief emphasized the need to disseminate correct information, such as safe sex, among the youth and the vulnerable segment of the population, and establish more testing centers nationwide.

Ubial meanwhile said her department is studying the pros and cons of using self-testing kits.

With self-testing kits, a person no longer has to go to a health facility to get tested for HIV/AIDS, she pointed out, adding however that self-testing lacks the service of counselors who could help those who test positive for the disease get over their depression and even prevent them from committing suicide.

Ubial pointed out that self-testing kits are not yet available in the country because they are still considering its use due to the lack of needed logistical support.

“The test kits will not be made available in drug stores because we will need counseling before one gets tested. The danger in not getting counseling is they might not know what to do if the result is positive.

One of the things we do not want to happen is an increase in suicide rate or increase in depression or increase in hiding, instead of them coming out and getting treatment,” she said.

The availability of self-testing kits has been announced by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Ubial further stressed the importance of getting the necessary treatment.

“We are providing 100 percent of the anti-retroviral treatment (ART) in this program and we are committed to continue providing this,” she said.

The health department, she said, is offering confidential HIV testing in all facilities, including community-based testing centers, and are distributing condoms, with the help of such partners as the NYC and the Department of Education (DepEd). ”NYC and Deped are non-traditional outlets for condom and safe sex intervention but we have to do this. We have to make sure that everybody is involved in providing safe sex education and providing testing for HIV-AIDS,” she said.

Ubial further announced that the Philippines has come up with the 6th AIDS Medium Term Plan, a strategy that involves tapping the youth as the main player in the control and prevention of HIV/AIDS, along with other non-traditional partners, such as teachers and communities.

The health chief expressed alarm over the sharp rise in the number of HIV cases in the overall population, as well as among the youth, since 2011.

“Maybe it is because of the environment, their access to information, to social media, the tri-media. The society is more open so the youth are experimenting. They connect with other people, and they get faster information. I think that is one of the things we also have to contend with,” said Ubial.

According to data, 38,114 HIV cases were registered from 1984 to October 2016, 32,099 of which were recorded from 2011 to 2016.

Among youths aged 15 years to 24 years, 10,279 HIV cases have been registered since 1984, 9,066 of which were recorded in 2011 alone.

In the same press briefing, Seguerra said that since the youth is the new face of HIV, the fight against HIV/AIDS should start from home.

It is time that parents and relatives be the first to educate the children, she said.

“Please talk to your children about sex.

Please make sure that they are protected.

If you love your children, you will do everything to protect them,” she appealed to parents.

Problems, she said, lie in the fact that young people are not given the right information by their own parents, leading them to seek information from other sources, such as the Internet or worse, peers who do not have the right knowledge either.

She further said that government help would amount to nothing without the participation of parents.

Duterte dismisses anew speculations of another Martial Law

By Lilian C. Mellejor

DAVAO CITY, Dec. 1 (PNA) – President Rodrigo Duterte dismissed speculations of another Martial Law under his administration, saying, “it will not really improve the lives of the Filipino people.”

He slammed some people in Manila for spreading such speculation every time he raises his anger on controversial issues.

“Martial Law? For what? For killing people? The military won’t accede to illegal orders,” he said.

“We don’t get anything from Martial Law,” he added in Filipino.

The President said this following allegations that the bombing in Marawi and discovery of a bomb near the United States Embassy were a prelude to the declaration of Martial Law by his administration.

“They (some people in Manila) think if I get angry I will declare Martial Law,” he told participants of the 3rd ARMM (Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao) Local Government Summit here at SMX Convention Center on Thursday afternoon.

The President said, “I do not build a country over the bones of the Muslims and Christians.”

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A president Filipinos can be proud of Christmas will come early for 280 families whose houses were ravaged by super typhoon “Yolanda” three years ago in Tacloban, Leyte. In a day or two, these flood victim families will be moving into their new resettlement houses in Barangay Sto. Nino in Tacloban city, Leyte.

The resettlement centers are equipped with safe potable drinking water and electricity.

The construction and completion of close to 3000 two-bedroom houses were completed in just 18 days as ordered by President Duterte to appease the feelings of hundreds of flood victims apparently abandoned and ignored by the Aquino administration for three years.

Duterte, during the 3rd anniversary of typhoon “Yolanda,” made a promise to the typhoon victims that their two bedroom houses will be done in 20 days. It was done in 18 days through the combined efforts of the Army’s 53rd Engineering Brigade, 8th Infantry Division, local officials from the Tacloban city hall, PNP, private sector and the typhoon victims themselves.

These flood victims should thank their lucky stars that they have a caring and compassionate President in the person of Rodrigo Roa Duterte.

Senator Panfilo Lacson was probably right in saying that Filipinos are blessed and lucky that they have Duterte as their President to stop proliferation of illegal drugs, eradicate or minimize criminality and to put a stop on corruption in government.

For three years the Aquino administration has done nothing or very little to address the housing problems of the flood victims.

Worse, the funds for the construction of resettlement centers for flood victims have gone missing and could not be accounted for.

DSWD Secretary Judy Taguiwalo said President Duterte should initiate an investigation to account where the millions of dollars donated by foreign countries to the government went and how it was spent.

Despite the humongous budget allocated for the construction of houses in various resettlement areas, only a few were undertaken and completed by engineers from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and some private constructors After the downfall of former President Ferdinand Marcos, Filipinos were unable to elect a President that has the balls, heart and political will

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to address pressing problems faced by the country for so many years, particularly in regard to corruption. *** President Duterte was right in saying that former President Ferdinand Marcos deserve to be buried at the Libingan Ng Mga Bayani. (LMNB). It is very clear under the law which says that a former soldier, former president, is entitled to be buried at the LMNB, corrupt, evil or good.

Filipinos should move on. The Supreme Court has decided on the issue. Let history judge the former strongman. I believe that most Filipinos have already forgiven the former dictator as evidenced by the more than 13 million votes garnered by his son, former Senator Bongbong Marcos during the May vice presidential election. *** The highly anticipated testimony of Ronnie Dayan in Congress to detail how deep Senator “Lie Lie” De Lima was involved in the illegal drugs trade turned out to be a dud. Dayan, who admitted having an illicit relationship for seven years with Senator De Lima despite being a married man, failed to establish that De Lima had a direct link with drug lords at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP).

I think his affidavit was crafted by a lawyer obviously to save him from prosecution of being a bagman and to save De Lima from any wrongdoings. Lawmakers were not unavailable to pin him down regarding his connections with drug lords in the NBP who claimed that they gave money to him to help finance the senatorial candidacy of De Lima.

Despite being only a high school graduate, Dayan was always successful in parrying questions of lawmakers that will prove or implicate him or De Lima in the illegal drugs trade in the NBP. The only clear answers that the lawmakers were able to elicit from Dayan was the 7-year love affair he had with the sex-starved De Lima.

Aside from him, Dayan said De Lima apparently also had an affair with two of her security escorts, Jonel Sanchez, a member of the

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De Lima’s short political career is over.

There is no way De Lima will be able to salvage her much maligned image in the eyes of the voting public. Her case is much worse than those of former Senators

Jinggoy Estrada, Bong Revilla and Juan Ponce Enrile. The three were accused by the Aquino administration, spearheaded by then Justice Secretary De Lima, of pocketing some of their DAP and PDAF funds.

If I were De Lima, I will file an indefinite leave of absence until such time that I will be able to clear my name of being involved in a criminal activity to spare my family from further embarrassment and humiliation. I wonder how De Lima’s family are reacting to all the negative publicity the lady a senator has been getting lately.

It’s funny to think that one of these days, we will see Senator De Lima in the company of Revilla and Estrada at the military stockade in Camp Crame.

Duterte’s Kitchen feeds hungry street children in Cubao

MANILA, Dec. 1 (PNA) – As part of its advocacy to feed the poor, the ruling Partido Demokratikong Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) is feeding hungry street children in Cubao, Quezon City for free through an establishment called Duterte’s Kitchen.

Located near MRT Cubao between Farmers Plaza and Social Security System (SSS) Building, Duterte’s Kitchen currently serves free breakfast, lunch and dinner to around 50 to 70 street children daily.

According to PDP-Laban officials, the free food center is the brainchild of House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez in support of President Rodrigo Duterte’s national feeding program for the poor.

Glen Badon, PDP-Laban national executive director, said Duterte’s Kitchen was agreed upon following a meeting of Alvarez with other key party leaders, including Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III, Energy Sec. Alfonso Cusi and others to complement the ruling party’s Social Services and Economic Development Program as well as President Duterte’s advocacy to feed the needy.

The official said the center “is staffed by volunteers who believe in the advocacy of extending help to the underprivileged people and bringing hope and inspiration to them.”

According to him, Duterte’s Kitchen mostly serves free lugaw (rice porridge) and champorado (chocolate rice porridge) for break-

fast; rice meal with vegetables, fish, chicken or pork adobo during lunch and dinner, depending on the food provided by donors.

“If we receive donated vegetables, chicken or pork meat, then we serve these to the street children.

Before, we only provide food for the street children, but now even hungry adults are also being attended to,” Badon said.

“More importantly, Duterte’s Kitchen also serves as a family center to the street children where volunteers teach them how to read and explain to them the value of education to their lives. We are family to them,” the PDP-Laban official said.

For PDP-Laban, the Cubao project is just the start of a program as Duterte’s Kitchen will soon be established in other parts of the country to help more underprivileged people. “We will bring Duterte’s Kitchen nationwide to feed and teach children roaming the streets so that we can uplift their situation,” Badon said.

However, officials of the ruling party were quick to admit that the Herculean task of helping the poor is no easy feat.

“There are numerous needs that have yet to be met, but through the help of kind and generous volunteers and donors, we are very optimistic that Duterte’s Kitchen will soon provide a comprehensive temporary shelter for street children where they can be provided with food, emergency medical care and basic education in the near future.

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I can’t believe this year is almost over. This morning, I saw a lot of my neighbors starting to put up their Christmas lights. It seems like 2016 just started. Where did the time go?

For me, it’s going a little too fast these days.

It is usually around this time of the year that people reflect on what they have done or have failed to do in the passing year. As a bankruptcy attorney, I know that one of the things that people worry about all the time is their finances.

Plagued by the anxiety brought about by debt problems and foreclosure in the last several years, many people found themselves filing for bankruptcy protection in order to recover financially and start over.

As we close another year, wouldn’t it make sense to have a plan on how you can better manage your finances this coming year? If you are still in debt and your situation has remained unchanged from last year, what is your game plan in resolving your financial difficulties?

Last month, several people came to our office saying that they had decided to file bankruptcy because they wanted to start their new year fresh and realized that they really had no other way out of debt. They said that they had given their decision a lot of thought and realized that the longer they procrastinated about making a decision to start fresh, the longer they were putting their life on hold. I’ve heard this many times from clients. Most of the time, these people already know what they need to do but what stops them from filing bankruptcy is their fear that once they do, their situation will only get worse instead of

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Thus, I am often asked by clients whether life will ever become “normal” again after filing for bankruptcy. First of all, what does the word “normal” really mean? If by “normal”, you mean being able to rid your life of the stress brought about by the problems of heavy indebtedness, I would say that the answer has to be “yes”. If by “normal” you mean being finally able to regain control of your life again once again instead of going through every day with your fingers crossed and simply hoping that your debt problems would somehow solve themselves, I would say “yes” again. As a bankruptcy attorney, I find that a lot of people are so misinformed about the purpose of our bankruptcy laws that they think filing bankruptcy is admitting that they’ve failed. So they continue to suffer needlessly when the law actually provides a solution for their situation.

Don’t get me wrong. I am not saying that bankruptcy is the solution to all financial problems.

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However, if you’re already past that point and have exhausted all your options, what I’m saying is that you shouldn’t sit around thinking that your life is over just because bankruptcy is inevitable and that you will never have a second chance.

Sure, maybe you’ve made some mistakes that led to your present situation but filing bankruptcy doesn’t mean that you’re a failure.

If you focus on reliving the negative experiences of the past, you’re likely to miss opportunities that lie ahead. So get back up again and dust yourself off.

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(None of the information herein is intended to give legal advice for any specific situation. Atty. Ray Bulaon has successfully helped over 5,000 clients in getting out of debt. For a free attorney evaluation of your situation, please call RJB Law Offices at TOLL FREE 1-866477-7772).

Aguirre: Gambling tycoon tried to bribe me

MANILA, Dec 1 (Mabuhay) – A Cabinet official on Thursday accused gambling tycoon Jack Lam of offering a huge bribe for the release of over 1,300 allegedly undocumented Chinese workers who were working in an illegal online casino in Pampanga.

Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II claimed the Macau-based Lam tried to pay off Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. chair Andrea Domingo and Immigration officials with millions of pesos for the release of the illegal workers.

He said Lam, with the help of two interpreters and former police official Wally Sombrero, admitted that his casino in Clark Freeport has no license to operate from Pagcor. The admission was allegedly made during a meeting at a hotel in Bonifacio Global City.

“Inadmit nila na wala silang kahit isang license o franchise coming from Pagcor. In other words, they admitted that they were operating illegally,” he said.

“Ang gusto nilang mangyari e mag-a-apply sila sa Pagcor ng license, but in the meantime, kung pwedeng i-release muna [ang mga nahuling Chinese]. Ang sinabi ko sa kanila, hindi pwede iyun.”

He said Lam then allegedly tried to bribe him indirectly to be his “ninong” (godfather) to protect his gaming operations.

“Pag milyun-milyon na, hindi ka naman direktang susuhulan niyan.

Ganito ang pagkasabi sa akin ni General Sombrero, dini-describe sa aking pinakamayaman si Jack Lam, matagal na siyang walang ninong, walang nag-aalaga sa kanya,” Aguirre said.

“Baka naman ang Secretary of Justice ang maaaring mag-alaga sa kanya... Kung hindi pagsusuhol iyan, I don’t know what is.”

He insisted, “Wala akong pinagbigyan sa kanila.”

Last week, police arrested over 1,000 Chinese employees working

without proper documentation at the online gaming office of the Information Technology Innovation Center in Clark, Pampanga.

Meanwhile, the justice chief said Lam tried to buy the release of his illegal workers from the Bureau of Immigration (BI) with P70 million.

“Immediately after our meeting, nalaman ko na nagpapa-release na sila immediately ng P70 million para iyung mga principal arrested, iyung talagang matataas, e ma-release,” he claimed.

Although the BI rejected the offer, Aguirre said a “syndicate” bolted out over 70 of Lam’s workers Thursday morning.

“Tumitibay rin ang Bureau of Immigration. But only today, this morning, nagpatakas ang sindikato ng mga Chinese, about 70 plus of them,” he said.

Police have captured majority of the escapees, but 27 illegal aliens still remain at-large, the Justice Secretary said.

On Sunday, Lam also tried to bribe Pagcor’s Domingo with one percent of his earnings while he was applying for a license, Aguirre claimed. Aguirre said that according to Domingo, she rejected Lam’s offer and told him to pay the government the full 10-percent cut from his casino earnings.

He said he will order an investigation into other officials who may have accepted grease money from Lam. The detention of Lam’s employees marked the government’s biggest such round-up of Chinese nationals in the country.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said China had requested that the Philippines “appropriately make arrangements” for those who had been detained and quickly release individuals who have “legal identification”.

Online gambling is not illegal in the Philippines, but it is subject to permitting and zoning regulations.

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Rising mortgage rates, will this continue?

While rising 10-year Treasury yields may be music to the ears of savers who have been crushed by low interest rates over the past 7 years, they’re a bit of downer for the overwhelming majority of Americans that have been funding their lavish lifestyles with cheap debt.

The days of upgrading to a luxury car because you can afford the rates might be all gone, borrowing cheap money from your piggy bank ( home) may finally be coming to an end. In the past two to three weeks we have seen 30 years mortgage rates go up to an average of about 4.08% after the election. It was around 3.56 or so prior to November 8, 2016. So will this continue, we have Fed Chair Yellen preparing for another rate hike in December, and this will create more reason for the treasury yield to go higher

in return bump up home mortgage rates some more.

The new term for rising mortgage rates is called “ the normalization” of interest rate As the Wall Street Journal points out, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association, mortgage refinancings are set to drop 46% in 2017. And with many of us funding our daily expenses with “cash-out” mortgage refi’s, pretty much everyone selling goods to consumers, which happens to represent about two-thirds of the economy, has reason for concern.

DSWD debunks criticisms that it is not focusing on street children problem

By Leilani S. Junio

MANILA, Nov. 29 (PNA) – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) debunked on Tuesday some impressions that it is not serious with its campaign in keeping street children and homeless families from begging in the streets.

According to DSWD Secretary Judy M. Taguiwalo, there is really no truth on the criticisms that they are not focusing on the problem.

While admitting that the extent of the problem is really big, she said they are conducting various efforts which, she added, also need corresponding actions from the local government units (LGUs) that are facing such problem.

Secretary Taguiwalo said that actually, the LGUs have the immediate responsibility on this problem, but on the part of the DSWD, they are helping in solving it by putting up shelters and activity centers or the street children.

She added that they are also coordinating with some non-governmental organizations (NGOs) as they try their best to put an end to

the long perennial problem.

Citing the scope of the problem, the DSWD chief said that the response to it actually requires active involvement of LGUs and other concerned civil society organizations or other groups which intend to help the street children by sharing the blessings of Christmas to them.

She explained that on their part, they have set up the “Save Street Kids” hotline which can be seen or viewed by those who want to contribute to the solution of the problem at the DSWD official Facebook and Twitter accounts.

She also said that as part of providing solution, they are organizing meetings with various groups to encourage the involvement of different organizations desiring to organize parties and gatherings that will be purposive in the spirit of gift-giving during the Christmas season.

“Next week, we will have a twoday workshop to discuss how we can improve the service for the young people, the children and their families,” Secretary Taguiwalo said, adding that the conference is organized for the third time.

Social welfare dept., Australian gov’t inaugurate Warehouse H in NROC

By Leilani S. Junio

MANILA, Nov. 29 (PNA) – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), together with the Australian government, on Tuesday inaugurated Warehouse H, which would help the department enhance its disaster preparedness.

Social Welfare Secretary Judy Taguiwalo and Australian Ambassador Amanda Gorely, along with other partners, led the inauguration, held at the DSWD National Resource Operation Center (NROC) in Pasay City.

The new warehouse has a floor area of 720 sq. meters and could hold 41,400 food packs, with enough room to increase its capacity by up to three times, said DSWD Undersecretary Vilma Cabrera.

Cabrera said the department is grateful for the funding assistance extended by the Australian government.

“This facility will greatly help us manage disasters in an appropriate and effective manner,” she said, noting that the partnership was very timely as the Philippine and Australian governments are celebrating 70 years of friendship.

Construction of the 3 million Australian dollar (PHP104.2 miĺlion) warehouse began in 2015 as part of the Australian government’s commitment to provide assistance to the country.

“Australia has a very extensive bilateral development program with the Philippines,” said Ambassador Gorely in an interview.

The construction of the warehouse can help the country’s response to disaster, Gorely said, commending Taguiwalo for the DSWD’s quick response to disasters.

The warehouse, built by the Department of Public Works and Highways, will also store non-food items, such as malongs, blankets, mosquito nets and even toys for children during disasters.

According to the Mortgage Bankers Association: The fast rise in rates has spurred homeowners to pull back from refinancing their mortgages. Applications dropped 3% in the week ended Nov. 18 from the prior one, the seventh consecutive weekly decline, and the second since Election Day. The MBA estimates refinances will fall 46% next year, to $484 billion, which will hurt Americans’ ability to free up cash by reducing the cost of their monthly mortgages.

The fall in refinances also will hit an important area of consumer-loan growth for banks. To slow the possible damage, banks already are pitching riskier loans that come with adjustable interest rates or allow borrowers to pull more equity out of their homes.

This month’s rate increase has eliminated a large share of borrowers for whom refinancing would make financial sense. Before the election, I read about 70% of all borrowers with a 30-year fixed-rate conforming mortgage stood to incur at least a half a percentage point in savings by refinancing. Now I believe only 35% of borrowers are eligible for such savings. Therefore, if you are the 35% who might still be able to refinance because your rates are higher than 4.5%, look into this quickly.

The impact on home buying may be less clear-cut, but some buyers have rushed to lock in terms before rates rise further. The new home buyers might actually come out to start looking more aggressively because eventually, rising rates make house less affordable. That could also mean slowing sales, price

growth and mortgage activity all together. Some analyst are sticking to their prediction of a home value decline in end of 2017 in many housing markets.

Meanwhile, ARM “Adjustable Rate Mortgages” have surge in the recent weeks as lenders/buyers try to salvage ongoing purchase deals by maintaining lower monthly payments for borrowers to still qualify despite rising mortgage rates.

Rising rates and record high home prices are lethal combination for a price correction. The spike in rates have taken “Ability to buy” to such an extreme that prices, rates and credit are now out of scope for many homebuyers. At these interest rate level, lower end buyers are simply not going to qualify, with lenders stringent debt to income ratio guidelines, there is no room to help them get their loans approved.

This is why I believe that by beginning of next year or going into our summer season, rates will ease up to help the summer buyers qualify. You will however see more listing come on the market, therefore more choices for buyers.

The lenders will also start to come out for more adjustable loan programs to help home buyers get into their homes easier. I don’t ever think the “ 1% Negative Amortization” will ever come back, but bank will surely try to be creative to drum up more business and suck in more money from the consumers.

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370,000 Brazilians infected by HIV not receiving treatment BRASILIA, Dec. 1 (PNA/Xinhua) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A new report by Brazilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ministry of Health estimates that around 370,000 Brazilians suffering from HIV are not getting any treatment.

The report issued Wednesday states that around 260,000 Brazilians who are aware of their condition are not being treated, while a further 112,000 are not aware they are infected, due to not exhibiting any symptoms.

In a press conference, the Ministryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s director of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, AIDS and Viral Hepatitis, Adele Benzaken, warned that it was highly urgent for patients to become aware of their condition and receive the right treatment.

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ment are in denial about the virus, refusing to accept their condition. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Young men can deny their HIV condition. It is more difficult for them to accept than for people over 50,â&#x20AC;? she explained.

The government assumes that 827,000 people are HIV-positive across Brazil, with 715,000 having been diagnosis and 455,000 in treatment.

Of those in treatment, around 410,000 patients show very small amounts of the virus, present very low possibilities of transmission and maintain a good quality of life.

On Thursday, the world will celebrate World Aids Day, seeking to draw global attention to the measures to be taken to avoid the spread of the virus and raise treatment rates.

S. Africa starts groundbreaking HIV vaccine trial CAPE TOWN, Dec. 1 (PNA/Xinhua) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; South Africa on Wednesday started a groundbreaking trial that will test the effectiveness of a vaccine to prevent HIV. This new preventative vaccine trial, HVTN 702, is the only one of its kind in the world and is only being conducted in South Africa.

More than 5,000 South African volunteers took part in the trial, conducted at different venues.

Speaking on AM Live radio, the Protocol Co-chair for the HVTN 702 study, Dr Linda-Gail Bekker said a preventative HIV vaccine is

really the holy grail of prevention for HIV. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We know that we wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get complete control or even eradication of the HIV epidemic unless we have a vaccine that can protect people and make sure they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t become infected.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re very optimistic that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to be able to push that vaccine efficacy up to a range where regulators will be very interested to licence, and if we can licence a vaccine we really do begin to see a game changer in the HIV epidemic,â&#x20AC;? Bekker said.

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Obamacare and Medicare are both important healthcare legislations for Americans. Medicare was enacted in 1965; Obamacare, 2010.

Medicare was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson in Independence, Missouri; Obamacare,

by President Obama in Washington, D.C. Obamacare was a net intended to provide health coverage to those uninsured, among others; Medicare are for those aged 65 and above, not yet 65 but have been receiving disability benefits for 24 months, and those suffering from Lou Gehrigâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s disease and End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD).

Medicare has 4 parts: A (hospitalization/skilled nursing facility/ home health care/hospice), B (MD visits/laboratory/durable medical equipments/some drugs patients do not administer themselves), D (prescription medications), and C (Medicare Advantage Plan, a plan that usually combines A, B and D benefits into 1 plan administered by private health insurance companies). Obamacare plans are categorized into: Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum. Medicare is an entitlement health program paid into by its members beforehand; Obamacare planholders have to pay current premiums for prospective enjoyment of benefits.

Medicare members coordinate their enrollment and premiums with the Social Security Administration (SSA); Obamacare planholders enroll with state Exchanges (e.g. Covered CA for Californians; Health-

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Medicare members enjoy rich benefits all over. These benefits have costs which put pressure on the fund. In 2010, Obamacare has earmarked millions of dollars to support Medicare trust fund.

With approximately 60 million members strong who are happy with their Medicare, no politician in Congress be he/she a Republican or Democrat, dare mess around with Medicare. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hands off my Medicareâ&#x20AC;? quip the seniors. So, despite the gargantuan challenges that Medicare faces, especially in the long term, everyone just â&#x20AC;&#x153;kicks the canâ&#x20AC;? and no one wants to own any solution to the huge problem that Medicare faces.

Meanwhile, with the rising premiums, Obamacare takes center stage. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Obamacare is a disasterâ&#x20AC;? remarked Candidate Donald Trump.

And, it seems that many agreed, what with his convincing victory recently. Exactly what heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to do to reform Obamacare, the nation awaits.

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26th Cavalry Ceremonial Mounted Unit at the 2016 Equestfest: A first for Philippine Scouts at 2017 Tournament of Roses Parade

By Lydia V. Solis

PASADENA, Calif. – The Los Angeles-based 26th Cavalry Ceremonial Mounted Unit (CMU), which honors the legacy of the U.S. Army’s 26th Cavalry Regiment (Philippine Scouts), has been invited as one of twenty Equestrian Units in the 2017 Rose Parade, also known as the Tournament of Roses, to be held on January 2, according to Gil Mislang, membership chair of the Philippine Scouts Heritage Society, Lt. Alexander Nininger Chapter.

“This will be the first time that a historical Filipino and American U.S. Army Unit, the Philippine Scouts, will be featured,” added Mislang, “and this unique World War II Unit will be represented in the parade by the Los Angeles-based living history group named the 26th Cavalry CMU comprised of equestrians residing in California.”

(On April 5, 1989, former Philippine Scout officers John Olson, Lloyd Mills and General Royal Reynolds and Rhode Island State Senator John Patterson, nephew of a deceased Scout, founded the Philippine Scouts Heritage Society.

The Society’s mission is to help preserve the history and legacy of these outstanding soldiers. It was a move long overdue, since there are so few individuals in the United States who are aware of who the Philippine Scouts were or what they did. The Philippine Scouts Historic Society was formed to honor the gallant Filipino soldiers and their American officers who seriously affected and delayed Japanese Imperial Army plans on conquering the Pacific Far East and invade Australia in 1941. The Society has chapters in Tacoma, Washington; El Paso, Texas; Monterey County, California;

Fil-Am Republicans to attend Trump inaugural LOS ANGELES – The National Filipino Association of Republicans has formed a committee to organize a delegation of Filipino-American Republicans who will attend the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump on January 20, 2017 in Washington D.C. The NFAR inaugural committee will be headed by NFAR chairman Mel Afarero, who is also founder and chairman of the Filipino-American Republicans of Los Angeles County.

This will be the fourth time Alfarero is attending a presidential inaugural. He was present at the inauguration of President Ronald Reagan, and two inaugurations of President George W. Bush.

Alfarero, who endorsed Trump during the campaign, led Filipino-American Republicans in setting up and manning Trump booths in the Historic Filipinotown Festival in Los Angeles on August 8 and in the Adobo Festival in Carson on Oct. 15, where they gave away Trump T-shirts and campaign materials.

The Trump campaign sent him a letter thanking him for his support.

Alfarero is inviting Filipino-Americans all over the United States who supported Trump to attend the NFAR group that will attend the inaugural in front of the US Capitol in Washington D.C. Attendees will have to pay for their own plane fare and other expenses.

Among the activities lined up for the inaugural group are the swearing in of President Donald Trump at the Capitol, Presidential Ball, White House tour, State Department briefing, Philippine Embassy Reception, Capitol Tour, visits to the RNC Headquartersand the Congress building, and invitations to receptions by corporate lobby groups.

Activities are subject to change depending on weather conditions and for security reasons.

The Washington trip will be capped by the general meeting and elections of the NFAR. Alfarero said he would no longer run for the chairmanship, but will head the elections committee.

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More than 2,000 scientists urge Trump to let Science guide policy WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (PNA/ Sputnik) – More than 2,000 scientists, including 22 Nobel Laureates, have sent an open letter to US President-elect Donald Trump urging the United States to rely on science as a key input in crafting public policy, according to a press release from the advocacy group Union of Concerned Scientists.

“From disease outbreaks to climate change to national security to technology innovation, people benefit when our nation’s policies are informed by science unfettered

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ECHOES The historical Philippine Scouts were composed of Filipino enlisted men commanded by American officers. General Douglas MacArthur was their Supreme Commander and they were often called ‘MacArthur’s Soldiers.’ The Philippine Scouts Cavalry and its affiliate, the Lt. Alexander Nininger Living History Company (LHC), fit right into this year’s Tournament of Roses theme ‘Echoes of Success.’

They represent military units of ‘America’s Greatest Generation’ and the success they had in defeating the problems and tribulations of their time.

The story of the Philippine Scouts reverberates and echoes their success through slogans coined by men who experienced those times: “I Shall Return, “Strong to Endure,” “Anywhere, Anytime,” and “Our Strength is in Loyalty.”

Philippine Scouts will also participate in the Equestfest on December 29, to be held at the L.A. Equestrian Center in Burbank, CA. At Equestfest, the 26th Cavalry CMU and Lt. Alexander Nininger LHC will be dressed in vintage World War II period U.S. Army Philippine Scouts Cavalry and Infantry uniforms and field gear; and the horses will be adorned in WW II period style horse tack, saddles, stirrups, saddle bags,

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“The Living History Units will also exhibit Philippine Scouts history through uniformed living historians and display period artifacts of field equipment, medals, uniforms, memorabilia weaponry, posters, pictures and books on the subject of the U.S. Army’s Philippine Scouts,” Mislang informed.

As a special feature, several descendants of World War II Filipino 26th Cavalry Troopers will present first hand experiences of their surviving relatives who were on the front lines in battles in Damortis, Pangasinan, Pampanga and Bataan.

The exhibits will also feature books from various writers about the Philippine Scouts with several of them giving an account of the ‘last organized charge of a U.S. Cavalry unit against an enemy’ which was led by Lt. Edwin Ramsey, a decorated war hero who lived in Los Angeles, CA. “With Southern California having the largest concentration of Filipino Americans in the United States, and having an opportunity to tell the whole world about the valiant Philippine Scouts, the 26th Cavalry Ceremonial Mounted Unit and the Lt. Alexander Nininger Living History Company are greatly honored to participate in the Tournament of Roses Equestfest and Rose Parade,” stated Mislang.

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“Our goal at the Los Angeles Auto Show this Manuel Lava year is to bring extra attention to the redesigned 2017 Nissan Rogue and its extensive list of available Intelligent Safety Shield technologies,” said Jeremy Tucker, vice president, Marketing Communications & Media, Nissan North America, Inc. “We’re building on elements of our current Rogue broadcast commercial, which demonstrates the new Forward Emergency Braking with Pedestrian Detection*, through interactive experiences and Star Wars-themed displays at the show.” Central to Nissan’s LA Auto Show display is an array of new 2017 Nissan vehicles including the new Nissan Rogue, the first-ever Sentra NISMO, redesigned Versa Note, limited production JUKE Black Pearl Edition and the first-ever full-size production vehicle to include Star Wars-branded elements, the “Nissan Rogue: Rogue One Star Wars Limited Edition.” “And, just to help show-goers find the Nissan display among all the other exhibits, it’s the one with the prop replica of the TIE fighter out front,” added Tucker.Along with all of the special vehicles within the Nissan display itself, two customized 2017 Rogue vehicles greet attendees.

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Mazda3, according to a recent Motor Trend article, is a serious competition to other brands.

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It was introduced in 2004 as a replacement for the Protege.

“Good looks, long list of technology and safety features and, of course, the stylish, high quality interior. You’ll really love this car,” Lazarevic adds.

The Mazda3 is Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) Top Safety Pick+ and it earned five out of five possible stars from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for its overall safety testing score.

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Photo: Angel Tahimik

Raymond Orosa makes owning a Mercedes-Benz an easy feat “The two professions that people don’t like are attorneys and car salesmen, because off-the-bat, people think that they are going to be cheated by them. But not all of us are like that.” Fleet Sales Manager Raymond Orosa of Mercedes-Benz, Encino, opens up.

“It’s about selling (yes), but it’s not about selling to them today – if they’re not ready. You don’t push them. You may close a sale by doing that but it’s not a ‘buyer for life,’ (that sale) ends there. I don’t go for one-hit wonders.

I go for you, your brother, your sister, your friends. Eventually, I don’t have to call people anymore relationship and his bedrock principle is the rightest: he is not your typical “car salesman.” Orosa has been with Mercedes-Benz for 10 years. Having sold roughly 2,500 cars in his lifetime – and only with Mercedes-Benz – the man clearly has car-selling down to a fine art. He won “Salesman of the Year” numerous times and is known for going above and beyond the norm of client service.

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Orosa’s face lit up when he spoke about his favorite thing about the job. “(It’s) the people,” Orosa uttered in a heartbeat. “I love helping people.

You help as many people as you can and the rest keep on. There’s one rule I follow: you don’t think about the money you make. It will come. If you genuinely help people by giving them sufficient information, they see that and they come back to you.”

Car Salesmen are stereotyped negatively for this reason: the typical “car salesman”will try to win you over at all cost in the shortest amount of time possible.

However, a few of them would try to earn your trust, take time and work along your pace – not theirs.

They are not your typical car salesman, and one of them goes by the name of Raymond Orosa. You can reach him at 818.536.2413 or go to Mercedes-Benz of Encino at 16721 Ventura Blvd., Encino, CA 91436.

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Not everyone enjoys poring over used-car classified ads to find that hidden gem. Even our experts find the hunt through bad cars to be the worst part of the buying experience.

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We dug through years of test data and hundreds of thousands of survey responses, and cross-referenced those metrics with the availability of electronic stability control, a lifesaving safety feature.

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Stk: 60349A | 001016

NOW

14,995

$

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;15 MITSUBISHI MIRAGE RF â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;15 MITSUBISHI MIRAGE RF 1.2LL I-3 CYL, HATCHBACK

Stk: P2266 | 014094

8,650

NOW

$

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;13 SCION FR-S

2.0LL H-4 CYL, COUPE

Stk: S70613A | 724564

NOW

15,995

$

1.2LL I-3 CYL, HATCHBACK

Stk: P2175S | 003900

8,995

NOW

$

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;16 KIA SOUL BASE FWD

1.6LL I-4 CYL, HATCHBACK

Stk: P2259 | 264849

NOW

16,995

$

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;15 NISSAN VERSA NOTE S 1.6LL I-4 CYL, HATCHBACK

Stk: P2139 | 447954

$

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;13 MERCEDES-BENZ C250 1.8LL I-4 CYL, SEDAN

17,995

$

NOW

12,695

$

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;16 HONDA HR-V LX FWD 1.8LL I-4 CYL, SUV

Stk: P2232 | 701713

Stk: P2097R | 267767

NOW

1.8LL I-4 CYL, SEDAN

Stk: P2181R | 319628

9,395

NOW

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;15 NISSAN SENTRA

NOW

18,290

$

TEST DRIVE TODAY! MENTION THIS AD -AND-

GET 3 DAY/2 NIGHTS LAS VEGAS VOUCHER

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;14 KIA SOUL

2.0LL I-4 CYL, HATCHBACK

Stk: P2240R | 708335

12,795

NOW

$

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;14 TOYOTA RAV4

2.5LL I-4 CYL, SUV

Stk: S70646DA | 102734

NOW

18,995

$

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;13 SCION XB

2.4LL I-4 CYL, WAGON

Stk: P2242A | 038859

NOW

12,995

$

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;14 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER GT 3.0LL V-6 CYL, SUV

Stk: P2272 | 011496

NOW

19,995

$

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Diamond Honda of Glendale

0 % APR

*FREE LIFETIME POWERTRAIN WARRANTY *Included with the purchase of any new or selected used vehicle.

We will extend your Powertrain Warranty for as long as you own your vehicle.

Peace of mind you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get anywhere else.

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Sales & Leasing

ALL NEW 2016 Honda Civic LX

NEW 2017 Honda Accord LX

NEW 2016 Honda CRV SE

4 Dr,Automatic

4 Dr, Automatic

2WD, Automatic

Lease for only

Lease for only

Lease for only

Lease for only

per month plus tax at 36 months

per month plus tax at 36 months

per month plus tax at 36 months

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Starting at $20,275. $4,055 due at lease signing plus destination, tax, title & tags. 36 month lease, 12k miles/ yr. 36 miles with $0.15 per excess mile. No security deposit required. On approved above average credit through American Honda Financial Services.

Starting at $23,990. $4,499 due at lease signing plus destination, tax, title & tags. 36 month lease, 12k miles/ yr. 36 miles with $0.15 per excess mile. No security deposit required. On approved above average credit through American Honda Financial Services.

Z 2009 Honda Civic 261146A/9H503520

2015 Hyundai Accent GS 92404/FU213236

2012 Honda Pilot 261636A/ CB016687

NOW

$21,591

$12,491

2016 Dodge Grand Caravan 92367/GR224967

Starting at $24,645. $4,999 due at lease signing plus destination, tax, title & tags. 36 month lease, 12k miles/ yr. 36 miles with $0.15 per excess mile. No security deposit required. On approved above average credit through American Honda Financial Services.

NOW

$21,593

Diamond Honda

of Glendale

2013 Honda Fit Sport 92375/DC039185

WAS $14,491

NOW

$12,991

2012 Mercedes-Benz E350 92314/CA545524

WAS $23,093

WAS $23,091

NOW

92436/CE387438

WAS $10,991

WAS $10,091

$8,591

2012 Honda Civic

2015 Subaru Forester 92278A/FH534281

WAS $23,380

NOW

$21,880

$13,988

$21,993

Starting at $30,300. $5,598 due at lease signing plus destination, tax, title & tags. 36 month lease, 12k miles/ yr. 36 miles with $0.20 per excess mile. No security deposit required. On approved above average credit through American Honda Financial Services.

On Select Honda Models

ON APPROVED CREDIT FOR QUALIFIED BUYERS

2013 Honda Civic 92426/DE281604

2013 Honda Accord EX 92348/DA017477

WAS 15,491

NOW

$13,991

92366/GN701083

$15,998

92246/FF608769

WAS $24,288

NOW

$22,788

2014 Honda CR-V 261674A/EH502616

WAS $17,498

NOW

2016 Nissan Frontier 2015 BMW 3 Series 328i

WAS $23,493

NOW

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RATE AS LOW AS

WAS $15,488

NOW

per month plus tax at 36 months

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NEW 2016 Honda ODYSSEY LX

WAS $18,380

NOW

2014 Honda Odyssey EX 261134A/EB041276

WAS $25,098

NOW

$23,598

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CERRITOS MITSUBISHI

Specials

“Tawag na mu!”

SONNY C. Filipino Sales

EUGENE C. Senior Sales Consultant

HUGE INVENTORY

(562) 472.8938 (562) 688.4626

OF 2015 EVOLUTIONS & LAST YEAR OF PRODUCTION 2017 MITSUBISHI

MIRAGE G4 5 BUY FOR

MSRP................$14,830

11,199

$

Customer Rebate........................$750 Military Rebate .......................$500 Loyalty Rebate .........................$250

2016 MITSUBISHI

0%

48 MONTHS FINANCING

0

%

72 MONTHS FINANCING

0

%

LANCER ES 5 NET COST

MSRP................$18,430

13,699

$

Customer Rebate.....................$1,500 Dealer Delivery Bonus...............$500 Loyalty Rebate ........................$500 Military Rebate .......................$500

2016 MITSUBISHI

*

*

OUTLANDER SPORTS ES BUY FOR

MSRP..............$20,490

14,499

$

Customer Rebate.......................$1,500 Dealer Delivery Bonus.................$500 Loyalty Rebate ...........................$500 Military Rebate ...........................$500

2016 MITSUBISHI

*

72 MONTHS FINANCING

*Lease payment includes Loyalty and Military Rebates.

OUTLANDER ES 7 UP TO

MSRP...................$23,845

0%

18,199

$

Customer Rebate.......................$1,500 Dealer Delivery Bonus.................$500 Loyalty Rebate ..........................$500 Military Rebate ........................$500

*

72 MONTHS FINANCING

FRIENDLY PRICED PRE-OWNED CARS! TEST-DRIVE NOW! ‘14 MITSUBISHI MIRAGE DE

WAS 8,988 $

Stk: C16057A

6,988

$

‘10 MITSUBISHI LANCER SPORTBACK GTS HB ‘07 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE GS CPE WAS $10,900 $ WAS $10,900 $

‘11 HONDA CIVIC Si

WAS 16,900 $ $

Stk: C15929A

13,900 NURSES PROGRAM AVAILABLE!

Stk: C16151A

7,999

‘09 SUBARU IMPREZA WRX WAS $18,999 $

Stk: C10001A

0

15,900

7,999

Stk: C2894P

‘14 MAZDA MAZDA CX-5 SPORT SUV

WAS 18,800 $ $

Stk: C16222A

% FINANCING

15,900

‘14 HYUNDAI ACCENT HATCHBACK Stk: C16279A

‘13 KIA OPTIMA SX

18,800

WAS 21,999 $ $

Stk: C2999P

‘13 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER SPORT SE

8,999

WAS $13,988 $ Stk: C16108A

‘15 NISSAN PATHFINDER SUV

Was $25,800 Stk: C2952P

19,988

$

ANY CREDIT SITUATION, WE CAN HELP YOU. BEST IN CLASS PAYMENT

AVAILABLE ON SELECTED 2014 & 2015 MODELS NO ONE OFFERS MORE!

Mitsubishi Honda Toyota Nissan

560

5 YR/60,000 MILES BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY

YES

ONLY 3/36

ONLY 3/36

ONLY 3/36

10100

10 YR/100,000 MILES LTD POWERTRAIN LIMITED WARRANTY

YES

ONLY 3/36

ONLY 5/60

ONLY 5/60

5YR

8,800

$

WAS 12,988 $

YES

5 YR/UNLIMITED MILES NONE NONE NONE ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE PRICE LISTED AFTER ALL APPLICABLE REBATES. ALL VEHICLES SUBJECT TO PRIOR SALE PRICES PLUS GOVERMENT FEES AND ANY DEALER DOCUMENT PREPARATION CHARGE AND EMISSION TESTING CHARGE PLUS DESTINATION CHARGE ALL FACTORY REBATES IN LIEU OF SPECIAL RATES OFFERED BY MITSUBISHI CREDIT AND SPECIAL RATES ARE NOT AVAILABLE WITH ANY ADVERTISED VEHICLES. SEE DEALER FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. PRICE LISTED AFTER ALL APPLICABLE REBATES SUCH AS CUSTOMER & LOYALTY REBATE. NOT ALL CUSTOMERS QUALIFY FOR LOYALTY RABATE. TO QUALIFY CUSTOMER MUST BE A CURRENT MITSUBISHI VEHICLE REGISTERED OWNER. ALL VEHICLES SUBJECT TO PRIOR SALE PRICES PLUS GOVERMENT FEES AND ANY DEALER DOCUMENT PREPARATION CHARGE AND EMISSION TESTING CHARGE. ALL FACTORY REBATES IN LIEU OF SPECIAL RATES OFFERED BY MITSUBISHI CREDIT AND SPECIAL RATES ARE NOT AVAILABLE WITH ANY ADVERTISED VEHICLES. SEE DEALER FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. *All special lease are based on Tier 1 Credit through Mitsubishi Motors Credit of America. All payments are plus tax, first payments, license and acquisition fees included in lease.

Toll Free 1-888-835-6136

10944 South St. Cerritos CA 90703

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Nissan of Mission Hills

Out to be the #1 Nissan Dealer in the Nation*

Serving the Filipino Community for more than 20 years.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tawagan or hanapin nyo lang akoâ&#x20AC;?

Manuel Lava

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kayang-kaya nyo ang down at mababa mab baba lang ang monthly payment!â&#x20AC;? paym

Internet | Fleet Manager

Ikaw ba ay problematic dahil sa Bad Credit/No Credit?

Credit?. No Driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s License? No SS? Ok na ang TIN! TIN!. Bankruptcy? WALANG PPROBLEMA!!!

Cell: (661)-644-0944

NEW CAR SPECIALS

NEW 2016 NISSAN VERSA S NET COST TO YOU

NEW 2016 NISSAN SENTRA

8,988

$

NET COST TO YOU

SALE PRICE- $10,988 * NISSAN CUSTOMER BONUS CASH- $1,500 *** COLLEGE GRAD DEALER CASH - $500

2 at this price (GL874806,GL880324)

Nissan Customer Cash in lieu of special financing. **Must Finance thru NMAC.

*

Model#11156

SALE PRICE- $16,488 * NISSAN CUSTOMER CASH-$1,000 * NISSAN CUSTOMER BONUS CASH-$500 *** COLLEGE GRAD DEALER CASH-$500 OCT-NOV RETAIL OWNER COMM PROGRAM- $500 WESTERN REGION CUSTOMER CASH-$500 NOV-DEC RETAIL OWNER COMM PROGRAM-$500

Nissan Customer Cash in lieu of special financing. **Must Finance thru NMAC.

Model#12066

NEW 2016 NISSAN ROGUE S

16,988

$

SALE PRICE- $21,238 * NISSAN CUSTOMER CASH-$2,250 WESTERN REGION CUSTOMER CASH-$500 *** COLLEGE GRAD DEALER CASH-$500 AUG-SEPT RETAIL OWNER COMM PROGRAM- $500 JULY-AUG RETAIL OWNER COMM PROGRAM-$500

2 at this price (GY304901, GY301790)

*

NEW 2016 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5 S NET COST TO YOU

12,988

$

NET COST TO YOU

18,988

$

SALE PRICE- $22,738 NISSAN CUSTOMER BONUS CASH-$500 NISSAN CUSTOMER CASH-$1,500 WESTERN REGION FACTORY REBATE -$250 OCT-NOV RETAIL OWNER COMM PROGRAM- $500 NOV-DEC RETAIL OWNER COMM PROGRAM-$500 *** COLLEGE GRAD DEALER CASH-$500 *

3 at this price (GN383323, GN384089,GN390130)

Nissan Customer Cash in lieu of special financing. **Must Finance thru NMAC.

*

Model#13116

2 at this net price (GP704034,GC862067)

Nissan Customer Cash in lieu of special financing. **Must Finance thru NMAC.

*

Model#22116

PRE-OWNED CARS AVAILABLE â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;13 NISSAN VERSA 1.6

$

8,995

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;13 NISSAN LEAF HB S

$

9,995

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;15 NISSAN VERSA 1.6

$

10,995

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;13 KIA SOUL AUTO

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;12 NISSAN ALTIMA I4 CVT 2.5

$

$

11,995

12,995

Stock#: U47591 | Vin: 819018

Stock#: U4777 | Vin: 421612

Stock#: G28081 | Vin: 883103

Stock#: G19041 | Vin: 536524

Stock#: G34581 | Vin: 257524

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;13 13 NISSAN ROGUE FWD

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;15 15 NISSAN SENTRA I4

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;15 15 NISSAN SENTRA I4

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;155 HONDA CIVIC SEDAN CVT LX

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;166 HYUNDAI SANTA FE SPORT FWD 2.4

$

$

$

Stock#: G34491 | Vin: 527841

Stock#: G35651 | Vin: 327899

Stock#: G29651 | Vin: 244962

13,995

14,995

15,995

$

17,995

Stock#: U4803 | Vin: 271051

$

19,995

Stock#: U4788 | Vin: 330929

www.nissanofmissionhills.com | 11000 Sepulveda Blvd. Mission Hills, CA 91345

888-588-7635

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Subaru of Glendale is the #1 Volume Subaru Dealer in LA County!!! #1 claim based on SOA YTD Sales Report for new car sales in LA County for 2016**

Subaru will give $250 charitable donation*

Visit Subaru of Glendale to find your dream car at a great price with the help of our friendly, no pressure sales staff.

Whether it’s love at first sight or after your test drive, you’ll have a great experience and leave with a grin on your face.

2016 201 6S SUBARU UBARU U

IImpreza mprez za 2.0 2.0i 0i

2016 SUBARU SUBA BARU

Premium m CVT 5d 5do 5door oor Hatc Hatchback chback k 2 LEASE OFFER

189

$

LEASE OFFER

199

PLUS TAX PER MONTH MONT NTH LEASE/ 36 MONTHS/10,000 S/10,00 00 MILES PER YEAR R

$

PLUS TAX PER MONTH H LEASE/ 39 MONTHS/10,000 000 MILES PER YEAR R

$1,999 Down Payment $0 Security Deposit $0 First Months Lease Payment

$1,999 Down Payment $0 Security Deposit $0 First Months Lease Payment

$1,999 Total Due Lease Signing (tax, title, license & doc fees extra)

$1,999 Total Due Lease Signing (tax, title, license & doc fees extra) Model C Code ode GLF-1 GLF-11 11 Offer Expires Expires 12/9/16 12/9 9/16

FINANCE OFFER 1.49% limited term financing on ALL 2016 Imprezas mprezas in stock

2017 201 7S SUBARU UBARU U

Legacy L egacy y2 2.5i 5i

2 LEASE OFFER

199

Model Code Cod de GRC-14 Offer Exp Expires pires 12/9/16 6

FINANCE OFFER 1.49% limited term financing on ALL NEW 2016 Crosstreks osstreks in stock

2017 SUBARU

Premium P Pr emium m CVT

$

Crosstrek Cro osstrek 2.0i

Premium Premiu um CVT Tw with ith t Eyesight Eye esi s ght

Forester 2.5i F 2 5ii

Premium CVT with All-Weather Package LEASE OFFER

199

PLUS TAX PER MONTH NTH LEASE/ S/10,00 00 42 MONTHS/10,000 MILES PER YEAR R

$

PLUS TAX PER MONTH ONTH HL LEASE/ EASE/ 42 MONTHS/10,000 0 MILES PER YEAR

$1,999 Down Payment $0 Security Deposit $0 First Months Lease Payment

$1,999 Down Payment $0 Security Deposit $0 First Months Lease Payment

$1,999 Total Due Lease Signing (tax, title, license & doc fees extra)

$1,999 Total Due Lease Signing (tax, title, license & doc fees extra)

FINANCE OFFER 0% financing up to 63 months on ALL 2017 Legacys in stock

Model Co Code ode HAD-11 1 Offer Expires Exp xpires 12/9/16 16

2017 2 201 17 SUBARU SUBARU

Model Code Cod de HFF-14 Offer Expires 12/9/16

FINANCE OFFER 0% limited term financing on ALL 2017 Foresters in stock

WRX WRX X

2017 201 7 SUBARU S

Outback O utback k 2.5ii

Limited imited CVT with h Eyesight Eyesigh ghtt & Navigation Naviga gation LEASE OFFER

249

$

LEASE OFFER

259

PLUS TAX PER MONTH NTH LEASE// HS/10,000 0 36 MONTHS/10,000 MILES PER R YEAR R

$

PLUS TAX PER MONTH HL LEASE/ EASE/ 36 MONTHS/10,000 000 R MILES PER YEAR

$1,999 Down Payment $0 Security Deposit $0 First Months Lease Payment

$1,999 Down Payment $0 Security Deposit $0 First Months Lease Payment

$1,999 Total Due Lease Signing a) (tax, title, license & doc fees extra)

$1,999 Total Due Lease Signing (tax, title, license & doc fees extra)

FINANCE OFFER 2.9% Financing up to 60 months with NO PAYMENTS FOR 90 0 DAYS DAYS

Model Cod Code ode HUN-01 Offer Expires Exp xpires 12/9/16 6

FINANCE OFFER 0% limited term financing on ALL NEW 2017 Outbacks cks in stock

Model Code Cod de HDF-24 Expires Offer Exp pires 12/9/16 6

Driving Dri ing Peopl People Happy “Para sa bagong Subaru, tawagan nyo lang po kami !”

SUBARU OF GLENDALE 1308 S Brand Blvd, Glendale, CA 91204 www.SubaruofGlendale.net

855-230-1547 Andrew Marilla Sales & Leasing

Christian Marilla Finance Manager

*Subaru will donate $250 for every new Subaru vehicle sold or leased from November 17, 2016, through January 3, 2017, to four national charities designated by the purchaser or lessee. Pre-approved Hometown Charities may be selected for donation depending on retailer participation.

Certain participating retailers will make an additional donation to the Hometown Charities selected. Purchasers/lessees must make their charity designations by january 31, 2017. The four national charities will receive a guaranteed minimum donation of $250,000 each.

See your local Subaru retailer for details, or visit subaru.com/share. All donations made by Subaru of America, Inc. Subaru, Forester, Outback, Tribeca, Legacy, Impreza, WRX, STI, and SUBARU BOXER are registered trademarks. Purchase or lease any new (previously untitled) Subaru and receive a complimentary factory scheduled maintainance plan for 2 years or 24,000 miles (whichever comes first).

See Subaru Added Security Maintenance Plan for intervals, coverage and limitations. Customer must take delivery before 12-31-16 and reside within the promotional area. At participating dealers only. See dealer for program details and eligibility.

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Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll help you get a car!

SALE Over 500 cars to choosee from!

â&#x20AC;&#x153;May Filipino Department kami na tutulong sa inyo! Hanapin o tawag lang kay Jose Villanueva (213) 500-1260 at Joel Paguio (323) 547-5394â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;01 MITSUBISHI MONTERO 4DR 4WD LTD SPORTRONIC

$

5,995

VIN: JA4MW51R91J028265 STOCK: X61172

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;10 TOYOTA PRIUS 5DR HB II

$

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;08 HONDA FIT 5DR HB MANUAL SPORT

9,995

$

6,995

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;09 MAZDA MAZDA6 4DR SDN AUTO S SPORT

$

7,495

VIN: JHMGD376X8S039787 STOCK: X61948

VIN: 1YVHP81B895M20547 STOCK: X61898

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;15 MITSUBISHI MIRAGE MAN ES

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;14 TOYOTA YARIS 5DR LIFTBACK AUTO L

$

10,495

$

10,995

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;03 BMW 325I SEDAN

$

7,995

VIN: WBAAZ33433PH35173 STOCK: X50159A

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;12 HYUNDAI ELANTRA 4DR SDN MAN GLS

$

11,495

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;06 BMW 325CI CONVERTIBLE

$

8,995

VIN: WBABW33486PX85095 STOCK: X60656

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;13 TOYOTA COROLLA 4DR SDN AUTO S

$

11,975

VIN: JTDKN3DU4A1198215 STOCK: X61716

VIN: ML32A4HJ3FH013557 STOCK: X61741

VIN: JTDKTUD36ED581581 STOCK: X61824

VIN: 5NPDH4AE7CH121112 STOCK: P30749

VIN: 5YFBU4EE8DP207613 STOCK: X61369

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;15 NISSAN SENTRA 4DR SDN I4 CVT SR

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;12 TOYOTA CAMRY 4DR SDN V6 AUTO SE

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;15 NISSAN ALTIMA 4DR SDN I4 2.5

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;12 TOYOTA VENZA 4DR WGN I4 FWD LE

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;15 MAZDA MAZDA5 4DR WGN AUTO SPORT

$

12,349

$

12,495

VIN: 3N1AB7AP9FY229569 STOCK: X61635

VIN: 4T1BK1FK8CU006641 STOCK: X61903

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;16 MAZDA MAZDA6 4DR SDN AUTO I SPORT

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;15 TOYOTA CAMRY 4DR SDN I4 AUTO XLE (SE)

$

14,806

VIN: JM1GJ1U59G1403437 STOCK: X61198

$

14,924

VIN: 4T1BF1FKXFU491163 STOCK: X61297

250 Off SPECIAL!

*$

FOR WEEKEND BALITA READERS!

$

13,216

VIN: 1N4AL3AP7FN339381 STOCK: X61158

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;15 NISSAN ROGUE SELECT FWD 4DR S

$

15,495

VIN: JN8AS5MT0FW658461 STOCK: X61932

$

13,995

VIN: 4T3ZA3BBXCU062204 STOCK: X60940

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;13 SCION FR-S 2DR CPE MAN

$

16,995

VIN: JF1ZNAA17D2703438 STOCK: X61809

$

14,495

VIN: JM1CW2BL6F0185999 STOCK: X61832

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;12 TOYOTA RAV4 FWD 4DR V6 LIMITED

$

18,995

VIN: 2T3YK4DV4CW015983 STOCK: X61908

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2014 MB C250 Sport Sedan Stk#: 67261C

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2013 MB SL550 Stk#: 67435C

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