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DUTERTE UNFAZED BY US ‘STOPPING SALE OF RIFLES TO PHL’

MANILA, Nov 2 (Mabuhay) – President Rodrigo Duterte is unfazed by reports that the US State Department has stopped the sale of 26,000 assault rifles to the Philippines for the use of the PNP. “Karaming de bomba dito,” Duterte told reporters, indicating that the Philippines didn’t need to buy the rifles from the US. “Remember what the Russian diplomat said? Come to Russia. We have everything you need,” he added.

Duterte has repeatedly said in his speeches that he met with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in Laos and the leader indicated that Russia was ready to help.

Russian Ambassador Igor Khovaev, in an exclusive interview with GMA News, said as much.

“Please formulate your wish list. What kind of assistance do you expect from

Russia and we will be ready to sit down with you and discuss what can and should be done,” Khovaev said.

He said Russia is open to cooperation with the Philippines.

“It includes any area, any field of possible cooperation,” Khovaev said.

Malacañang earlier Tuesday said the Philippine government could find other sources of assault rifles for the national police if the United States would stop the planned transaction.

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President Rodrigo R. Duterte shakes hands with a Chinese military official upon his arrival at the Beijing Capital International Airport on Monday (Oct. 17, 2016). Despite its “bullying tactics” in the South China Sea, Duterte visited China to “renew” strained relationships with them. (PNA photo by Toto Lozano/PPD/PNA)

Duterte wants Pacquiao to KO Vargas during the early rounds MANILA, Nov 2 (Mabuhay) – President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday that he prayed that Sen. Manny Pacquiao wins his boxing match with Jessie Vargas, and that the victory should come via knockout during the early rounds.

“Dapat knockout, at sana mas madalian.

Kasi if it goes beyond the seventh, eighth

[round] pagod na yan,” Duterte explained, while admitting he was in no way a boxing expert.

Nevertheless, Duterte added, all Manny had to do was connect with a punch and the fight would be over. “Kung masapaol ni Manny yan, knockdown yan. Sigurado,” he declared.

Unidad Park in Beverly Boulevard at the Historic Filipinotown.

Sec. Piñol says it’s ‘business as usual’ Not all parks are created equal the mural, Eliseo Silva, 44, between Pinoys and Americans Unidad Park, is an area recalled that the area would

By Abner Galino

By Abner Galino

Politics and policies may change, but the emotional and cultural bonds between Filipinos and Americans will endure.

This was how Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol framed the volatile and adverse situation growing between the governments of the United States of America and the Philippines, apparently to assuage the apprehensions of Filipino Americans.

The agriculture secretary

made the assurance during a power-point presentation at the Philippine Consulate office in Los Angeles, California on Thursday (November 3).

Piñol went on to present the Philippine Department of Agriculture’s 10-step strategy to achieve the Duterte administration’s goal of “available and affordable food.”

After the presentation, Piñol enumerated the American industries that the Phil See SEC. PIÑOL, page 8

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with a dimension of about 150 feet by 150 feet, situated at Beverly Boulevard at the Historic Filipinotown. Call it a hidden gem, if you will.

Because it is likely that you’ll miss the place even if you were driving at a snail’s pace.

But once inside this pocket park, a huge and beautiful mural (titled Gintong Kasaysayan, gintong pamana) is certain to notify a visitor that the place belongs to a rich heritage.

The artist who created

have been a parking space today had its original owner, Dr. Carmencita Chuateco, agreed to sell it to a commercial entity.

The mural, which depicts Filipino American labor leaders Larry Itliong and Philip Vera Cruz, has been there even before the park was established in 2007 and unveiled in September 2009 as Unidad Park.

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Pinoy artist from Qatar brings his art to the US

By Abner Galino

An internationally recognized Filipino artist, who has spent the last seven years impressing sheiks, businessmen and other bigshots in Doha, Qatar is currently in the United States to continue spreading the allure of his remarkable artistry.

Angelo Maristela, who had employed his God-given talent since he was a teenager back in the Philippines, recently participated in a one-day group exhibit titled “For The Sake Of Art” in Bayonne, New Jersey last October 15. He also participated in the Society of Philippine American Artists annual exhibit titled “Change” at the Philippine Consulate in Manhattan, New York last Oct 10 to 21.

Prior to that Angelo joined “Strawberry Moon Summer” exhibit at the JMC Gallery, also in Manhattan, New York.

Last August 29 to September 6, Angelo’s canvasses were also displayed during the “Art Biennial Miami” in Miami, Florida.

On September 7 to 30, Angelo’s works were displayed side by side

with the works of other noted Filipino artists in the exhibit called “Strawberry Moon Summer II” in Montserrat Gallery in Chelsea, New York.

Angelo is scheduled to join an international artists group exhibit titled “Miami River Art Fair” at the Miami convention Center in Miami, Florida from December 1 to 4.

But what he is really looking for, according to his wife Lynn, is his upcoming solo art exhibit on April 3 to 14, 2017 at the Philippine Consulate in Manhattan, New York.

Angelo’s canvasses portray almost anything under the sun. He draws living creatures and still objects which he could into generate into realistic images or weaves in his abstract and impressionist styles.

Angelo has been known for his exuberant images that he builds from light colors. He intricately weaves his strokes to form a magical mix of colors and movements.

While in Qatar, Angelo became a member of a group that was exclusive only Qataris and Arab artists.

Apparently, the Filipino artist was

Angelo Maristela, an internationally recognized Filipino artist, who has spent the last seven years impressing sheiks, businessmen and other bigshots in Doha, Qatar, is currently in the United States to continue spreading the allure of his remarkable artistry.

able to impress them as to make them waive the exclusivity rule of the said organization.

In 2015, Angelo had simultaneous exhibitions in Qatar and in Tuscany, Italy (Chianciano Biennale). He was one of the 120 artists selected from

over 40 countries and was the only artist from the Philippines who made it to the said exhibit.

Lynn said her husband is looking forward to demonstrate his artistry here in the US, particularly to the vast Filipino-American community.

Duterte sends off arrested Vietnamese fishermen

By Leonardo V. Micua

SUAL, Pangasinan, Nov. 2 (PNA) – President Rodrigo Roa Duterte personally sent off 17 Vietnamese fishermen who were arrested for alleged poaching in the coastal waters of Sta. Catalina, Ilocos Sur last September 8 in a ceremony at the Port of Sual here at past 4:00 p.m. Wednesday.

The Vietnamese, who were brought to Sual pending the disposition of cases filed against them before the

Prosecutor’s Office in Ilocos Sur, were given warm send off by the President and senior officials of the Philippine government as well as provincial and municipal officials, and the people of Sual led by their Mayor Roberto Sual.

Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morete, who was among those who sent off the Vietnamese, said the fishers were on board three fishing boats that were intercepted by the Philippine Navy when they entered

the Philippine waters but did this only to seek shelter from the rough waters spawned by Typhoon “Ferdie” during that time and the strong monsoon winds that followed.

Commissioner Morete said the Vietnamese were offered Philippine Airlines tickets for their trip back to their country but opted to go home aboard their three fishing boats.

Only 16 of them were charged with violation of Section 91 of Republic Act

10654 before the Provincial Prosecutors’ Office of Ilocos Sur as the 17th arrested was a minor.

However, the case filed against them were dismissed after investigators found that the Vietnamese had no intent to violate Philippine laws.

Some of the fishers were identified as Tran Huu Trong; Bui Van Liem; Nguyen Van Phuong; Dien Thien Son; Le Tien, Tran Hu Phuc; and Hyun Than Trung.

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Observance of ‘Undas’ generally peaceful: PNP chief

By Perfecto T. Raymundo

MANILA, Nov. 2 (PNA) - The traditional observance of the All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day was “generally peaceful” and orderly.

PNP chief Director General Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa made this assessment on Wednesday as he took note of reports from the Police Regional Offices (PROs) that indicated no serious untoward incidents and security concerns as the four-day weekend holiday ended on Tuesday.

“I extend the congratulations of President (Rodrigo) Duterte and DILG (Department of Interior and Local Government) Secretary Mike Sueno to all police and military units, and participating government agencies, and civic organizations for the orderly and uneventful outcome of the national holiday.”

The PNP chief was kept posted of the prevailing nationwide situation in real time thru the PNP National Operations Center (NOC) and the

Situation Monitoring Room at the National Headquarters in Camp Crame, Quezon City.

Aside from the perennial traffic congestion and crowding in roads leading to public cemeteries and memorial parks, mostly minor infractions and violations of local ordinances that prohibit gambling, loud music, alcoholic beverages, flammable substances and deadly weapons inside cemeteries, the PNP NOC noted four separate untoward incidents nationwide.

These separate untoward incidents include PRO-3’s alarm and scandal, and stabbing incidents; illegal gambling in PRO 9; and a vehicular incident in PRO 10.

The 160,000-strong PNP, with 81,597 deployed in cemeteries and 28,285 deployed as road safety marshalls, remains on nationwide full alert condition for the Halloween holiday and established a total of 14,973 Police Assistance Desks (PADs) since October 28.

PNP scores some media over bias reporting

By Perfecto T. Raymundo

MANILA, Nov. 2 (PNA) – Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Wednesday scored some bias media on the spread of information that the United States State Department halted the purchase of 27,000 assault rifles of the PNP. In a press conference in Camp Crame, Quezon City, Dela Rosa said that the media were reporting the incidents of neutralizing drug personalities in the campaign against illegal drugs, rather than the benefits that the campaign had generated.

Dela Rosa noted that many Filipinos were saying that they were now feeling more comfortable and safe because the criminals involved in illegal drugs were decreasing, however, these were not reported.

He added that he was addressing his tirade to local media and some international media.

The PNP chief was dismayed over the destruction by some media of the image of the Philippines instead of helping to unite all Filipinos and to once and for all totally eradicate the proliferation of illegal drugs in the country and beautify the country’s image.

Members of the Philippine Army make the rounds at the Novaliches Public Cemetery as families gather to offer prayers for the dead on All Saints’ Day. (MNS photo)

Over 20 faith-based groups pledge to help in DILG’s drug rehab program

By Aira May Dizon

MANILA, Nov. 2 (PNA) – Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Ismael Sueno has commended the 24 faith-based groups that pledged their 100 percent service commitment in the department’s rehabilitation program for drug surrenderers.

“I have seen how effective our faith-based groups are, including the volunteers. They started their own initiatives in rehabilitating our drug dependents even without government help,” said Sueno in his message at the recent FaithBased Summit on Drug Recovery Program at the DILG-National Police Commission (Napolcom) Center in Quezon City.

Rev. Father Tony Labiao, one of the heads of the community-based rehabilitation on drugs, said that

the summit enriched and reinforced the key role of faith-based groups as service providers of the drug dependents. “This summit is very timely because we need the involvement of as many groups as possible in the drug rehabilitation efforts. This is also a perfect opportunity for us to share our best practices, to network, and to coordinate our efforts throughout the country,” Labiao said.

The DILG Secretary also said that faith-based groups’ initiative is a great advantage since they have the best practices in line with the anti-illegal drug campaign of the national government.

“We in the government will work shoulder to shoulder with them to help our less fortunate brothers and sisters who have gone astray and who want to mend their ways,” he added.

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Sea piracy, kidnapping to highlight President Duterte’s meeting with Malaysian leaders

Duterte targets ‘corrupt’ Customs official MANILA, Nov 2 (Mabuhay) – President Rodrigo Duterte said Tuesday that he wants a deputy at the Bureau of Customs sacked for alleged corrupt practices.

In an interview during his visit to his parents’ grave in Davao City, the president said he wants the Customs deputy for intelligence suspended and removed from the agency.

“Pati ‘yung sa Customs, there was this story about the deputy for intelligence,” Duterte said. “I have yet to talk to Col. Faeldon, but I have instructed my aide to relay. I want him suspended immediately... suspended and out immediately. Kung ayaw niya umalis sa Customs, ako mismo magpapaalis sa kanya (If he does not want to leave Customs, I will force

him out),” the president continued.

Duterte added that pending investigation, he wants the Customs deputy to be removed from office.

“Gusto ko, totoo man o hindi, tanggalin mo muna at imbestigahan... I want them immediately taken out of the office,” Duterte said.

The president did not name the Customs official.(MNS)

By Lilian C. Mellejor

DAVAO CITY, Nov. 2 (PNA) – Issues on sea piracy and kidnapping along Malacca Strait will highlight the meeting of President Rodrigo Duterte with Malaysian leaders next week.

“We have a lot to talk to about the piracy on the Malacca Strait, kidnapping, criminality abounds in that area,” he told reporters in an interview during his visit at the graves of his parents at the Davao City Catholic Cemetery on Tuesday night.

The President underscored the importance for Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines to talk about the said issues and “once for all come up with a solution.”

He added that the three countries share the same coastline.

President Duterte, who is scheduled to visit Malaysia and Thailand next week, voiced concern that incidence of kidnapping is increasing while piracy has become vicious and sometimes victims are being murdered on the high seas.

On Saturday night, the President received Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and Speaker of Parliament Pandikar Amin Mulia, at the Davao International Airport.

The President said he talked about the concerning issues with Mr. Hamidi and Mr. Mulia and the need to talk about it seriously to put a stop on the activities “because it has somehow paralyzed the trade and commerce in that area,” adding that it is very important that the arterial channel be safe and get rid of the troublesome guys.

According to him, they (Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines) should agree on the agenda on the situation in the Malacca Strait including the kidnapping in Jolo in the context of border crossing and joint military and police operations.

“Hindi naman namimili ng Pilipino eh. Indonesian, Malaysian.

So dumating ang panahon na kailangan kami mag-usap (Filipinos do not really choose…Indonesian, Malaysian.

The time has come for us to talk),” he said.

President Duterte said there was no discussion on any political ideology except the deteriorating peace and order in Jolo, which some areas have become the sanctuary of the rebels.

Alerts vs undervalued imports recover PHP4.6-M Customs revenues MANILA, Nov 2 (PNA) – A total of PHP4.6 million duties and taxes were recovered from technical smuggling after grossly undervalued imported shipments in 112 container vans were put on alert by the Command Center (ComCen) of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) in the past four months.

Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon bared that the adoption of a stringent anti-smuggling policy, now fiercely shared and effectively enforced by the Intelligence Group (IG) and the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS), has exhibited rewarding and positive impacts in his vision for a genuine change in BOC. “The recovery of 4.6 million duties and taxes from undervalued shipments is not an ordinary feat, but a rare and selfless act of public duty by BOC’s intelligence units,” Faeldon said.

“Maybe it is not the first time in BOC’s history that genuine commitment to the call of duty has prevailed over graft, but today, I saw the nobility in the ranks among the fine men and women in IG and CIIS rise with the challenge what good public

service calls for. Keep it up,” Faeldon added.

Faeldon cited that IG and CIIS have worked closely with each other in many aspects of intelligence campaigns since he took office in BOC, making both ‘one efficient apparatus’ in carrying out its missions: to support revenue collection; fight against smuggling; and protection of our country’s border security from local and alien threats.

He said that while businessmen are encouraged to conduct more importation, the agency also makes sure to fairly enforce the provisions of laws as provided in Republic Act 10863, or the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act of 2016.

“It is a tough balancing act for us.

But we see to it that none in our mandate is left out and compromised,” he said.

Faeldon said the recovered duties and taxes from alerted undervalued shipments came from five major ports namely: Port of Manila (POM), Manila International Container Port (MICP), Port of Cebu (POC), Port of Cagayan de Oro (POCO), and Port of Davao (POD).

Quoting from IG and CIIS sum-

mary report, Estrella cited the ports with most number of alerts. These are: • MICP 44 alerts on 83 container vans • POM 11 alerts on 15 container vans • POCO 13 alerts on 14 container vans • POC 3 alerts on 3 container vans • POD 2 alerts on 2 container vans Per record, the alerted shipments in 112 container vans were positively uncovered correct as declared but undervalued, hence its importers were charged by BOC for additional duties and taxes.

The shipments vary in items ranging from pump parts, waste water treatment system, panties and ladies accessories, used copying machines, drilling equipment parts, cutting wheel grinding stone, poultry incubation equipment, etc.

The recovered PHP4.6-million duties and taxes will go into BOC records as IG’s and CIIS’ contribution in revenue collection efforts of the agency for the period.

So far, reports on other cases of smuggling involving misdeclaration, misclassification, and non-declaration that were alerted by IG and CIIS through ComCen are still under legal scrutiny by BOC’s legal service.

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On Tuesday, Nov. 8th, letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all go to the Polls and exercise our RIGHT to VOTE! Now that election day is only three days away, let us all exercise our privilege as American citizens to go out to the polls and VOTE! Though this author has already VOTED, some of you who are undecided might be interested to know the history of Voting Rights.

History has it that when the United States Constitution was initially ratified during the 1800â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, each state was granted â&#x20AC;&#x153;complete discretion to determine voter qualifications for its residents.

After the Civil War, the three Reconstruction Amendments were ratified and limited this discretion.

The Thirteenth Amendment of 1865 prohibits slavery; the Fourteenth Amendment of 1868 grants citizenship to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;anyone born or naturalized in the United States, and guarantees every person due process and equal protection rights,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; and the Fifteenth Amendment of 1870 provides that â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;the right of the citizen of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by an State on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; In the 1950â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, the Civil Rights Movement increased pressure on the federal government to protect the voting rights racial minorities and in 1957, Congress passed the first civil rights legislation named as â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Reconstruction: the Civil Rights Act of 1957.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; However, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, was signed into law on August 5, 1965 by President Lyndon B. Johnson, during the height of the Civil Rights Movement. This was a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;prohibits racial discrimination in voting, which was later amended

by Congress five times to expand

its protectionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and as such it is still currently effective and enforced.

Voters have to choose the right candidate for the highest position in the land. Rallying for presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, President Barack Obama has been seen and heard as saying: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hillary made me a better President and she has been all over the world, for the benefit of the United States.â&#x20AC;? She has received endorsements from top leaders of the land and we are all aware of her outstanding qualifications, as a leader.â&#x20AC;?

On the other hand, NBCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Andrea Mitchell has also been seen and heard criticizing presidential candidate Donald Trump. She said that Trump is â&#x20AC;&#x153;completely unqualified because he knows nothing.

Whenever a subject comes up, he changes the subject, and he wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t admit not knowing; he muddles the facts to make it go away and changes the subject to himself.â&#x20AC;?

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historically significant neighborhood in the City of Los Angeles as far as Filipino Americans are concerned.

“This is where Filipinos of the pre-1965 migration settled,” Silva explained, “nandiyan ang St. Columban Catholic Church, Iglesia ni Cristo and other places where Filipinos used to converge.”

Being managed by the Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust (LANT), Unidad Park has been enclosed with a fence and gate. It has a compact kids’ playground, concrete benches and a gardening space.

Silva said if there would be any improvement to the park, he would want a restroom to be built in it.

“The park was built on the notion that it would be used by residents who live nearby. But because of its significance to the Filipino American community, it has become a favorite

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In a text message to reporters, Presidential Communications Office head Secretary Andanar said he had yet to find out what the PNP planned to do next but added that the government could find other means to complete the procurement.

“I will have to talk to the PNP and find out their next move. In any case, I am sure our government can procure somewhere else,” he said.

A high-ranking police official, however, said the PNP had yet to receive official word from the US on the reported decision to stop the sale.

“We have not received any official communication yet,” Director Benjamin Magalong, deputy chief for operations, said in a text message.

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place for gatherings and celebrations.

So people from far away places come to the park. Kaya kailangan ang banyo,” Silva added.

Myrla Baldonado, a labor and community organizer who tends a plot in the park’s garden area, said Unidad Park is at the heart of neighborhood that has diverse cultural colors which make it a perfect place to initiate and experience positive and unifying community interactions.

On a personal level, Baldonado said “tending a plot in the park’s garden helps her get in touch of my deeper self.”

Ruth Acosta, apparently of Hispanic ancestry, comes regularly at the park with her seven-year- old daughter. She finds Unidad Park to be sufficiently managed relative to “type of neighborhood where it is situated.”

“I feel safe when we are here. The people are friendly,” Acosta said.

The issue on the rifle procurement, supposedly for the PNP, was between the US State Department and Senator Ben Cardin, Andanar said.

A Reuters report cited sources saying that Cardin opposed the sale because of concerns about human rights violations in the Philippines.

The US State Department and President Barack Obama have previously expressed concern over the spate of drug-related killings under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte. US Senator Patrick Leahy also previously warned that assistance to the Philippines may be stopped if the drug-related killings continue to soar. He is the author of Leahy Law, which makes sure that US is not complicit in human rights violations committed by countries that receive aid. (MNS)

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Acosta promptly called our attention to another pocket park about a mile away at the corner of Colton and Welcome streets.

While the said pocket park looked decent from the outset, residents have been reporting about finding emptybeer and wine bottles there.

Some people have reportedly even found used syringes at the periphery of the said park.

Weekend Balita/US Asian Post, during its own visit to the place immediately noticed that the pocket park did not have fence and gate like the Unidad Park. Los Angeles County, according to the Country-

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ippine government, businesses and other stakeholders would continue doing business with.

Piñol explained that while the Philippine government works to modernize and dramatically improve its agriculture sector, the country needs the US to supply our demands for beef, livestock feeds, farm machineries, solar energy panels, food storage and processing infrastructure and machines, including the technology that goes with them.

The last part of Piñol’s presentation was dedicated to scrubbing the image of President Rodrigo Duterte before the Filipino American crowd.

The agriculture secretary endeavored to paint an admirable impression of President Duterte, describing him as a “mabait na kaibigan, mahirap na kaaway.”

Piñol retold the controversial story of American Michael Terrence Meiring who was injured in a mysterious bomb blast in Davao when Duterte was still a mayor. Meiring was charged with possession of explosives

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wide Comprehensive Parks and Recreation Needs Assessment is “park poor compared to other urban areas throughout the United States.”

The same study found out that “low-income communities of color are the worst off in terms of park availability.” It says more than half of LA County residents live in areas classified either “Very High Need,” averaging 0.7 acres per 1,000 residents, or “High Need,” averaging 1.6 acres per 1,000 residents.

Overall, LA County provides an average of 3.3 acres of parkland for every 1,000 residents but those parks “are disproportionately distributed.”

but was allegedly spirited out of the Philippines by agents of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

The incident supposedly “hurt” Duterte so much, according to Piñol.

The agriculture secretary who was once a newsman, also denied Duterte cursed US President Barack Obama and blamed the media for distorting the story. He also blamed the former US Ambassador Philip Goldberg for supposedly “interfering” in the Philippine government’s internal affairs, thereby earning the diplomat the ire of President Duterte.

Among the salient points in the department of agriculture’s 10-step strategy are: developing a national agriculture and fisheries map; national food consumption quantification study; farmers and fishermen access to financing; free irrigation; development of post-harvest and food processing facilities; government-initiated marketing campaign to foreign markets and employment of coordinated programs among all government agencies to ensure the preservation of water sources.

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Kathryn in ‘stronger relationship’ with Daniel

Kathryn Bernardo says the loyal fans of her KathNiel loveteam with Daniel Padilla will see a different Kathryn and Daniel in their new movie, “Barcelona: A Love Untold” that opens on September 14, as directed by Olivia Lamasan.

“We’re playing more mature roles here, hindi na pa-cute, hindi na teenybopper roles like we did before in ‘Must Be Love’ and ‘She’s Dating the Gangster’,” she says.

“This is just to be expected kasi nga hindi na rin kami teenagers ni Daniel, so kailangang lumevel up na kami because even our fans, mas mature na rin. I’m sure mapapansin nila ang pagkakaiba when they watch the movie.”

Someone says Kathryn’s competence as a drama actress is very evident in many scenes in the film.

Even Daniel is said to have been amazed by her transformation and her acting prowess as a young wom-

an who goes to Spain to rise from her failures and meets Daniel as Ely, a guy who’s heartbroken after his sweetheart, Celine, a lookalike of Kathryn, dumped him.

So what’s the real score between them at this stage? “Exclusive na kami. Wala nang puwedeng dumagdag na isa pa doon. We enjoy each other’s company every day,” Daniel declares.

Daniel says their love team was formed five years ago. “Noong first year, getting to know each other pa lang kami,” he adds. “Then sa second year, we get to know our differences and it’s up to each of us to accept it or magka-clash kami.

Since then, we’ve learned na tanggapin kung ano talaga ang isa’t isa.

So now, mas kilala na namin ang bawat isa. May dumating mang problema, we talk about it, pero basta kaming dalawa, okay kami.

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namin and at this point, masaya kami, okay kami, okay lahat.”

So how is it shooting their new

film in Barcelona? “Three weeks kami run,” says Kathryn. “Puro trabaho to maximize our time there.

Hindi madali. Nakakapagod, but it’s all worth it. Ang ganda ng lugar, masaya kaming lahat with Direk Olive Lamasan. Nag-bonding kami.

Pati ‘yung mga Pinoy na nakatira roon, tinulungan kami. We can say this is a very special project at napamahal sa’min pati ‘yung characters na ginagampanan namin.”

And yes, they finally have a real kissing scene, not “daya” like before. “Ayokong magsalita about it. Baka masyadong mag-expect ang fans namin. Basta panoorin na lang nila ang movie when it opens on September 14. I guarantee, matutuwa sila, masisiyahan sila.”

Supporting them in the movie are Aiko Melendez, Joshua Garcia, Joey Marquez, Anna Capri, Ricky Davao, Cris Villanueva and Liza Dino.(MNS)

How Rufa Mae knew she’s found ‘the one’ MANILA, Nov 3 (Mabuhay) -- “I knew he was the one because he understands me,” sexy comedienne Rufa Mae Quinto said about her Filipino-American fiance.

“We just hit it off,” added Quinto, who met Trevor Magallanes while she was on vacation in San Francisco early this year.

But it wasn’t love at first sight.

Quinto shared that she almost didn’t return Magallanes’ FaceTime call at first.

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“I hanged up on him,” she admitted, adding that she was more interested in the new “Star Wars” film back then.

However, Magallanes’ persistence paid off and he was able to score a date with Quinto before her return flight to the Philippines.

Now, Quinto and Magallanes are engaged to be married. To add, Quinto is pregnant with her first child.

In the same interview, she re-

vealed that she was the first one to ask Magallanes if he wanted to settle down. And, as a testament to what Quinto said about having this clear understanding between each other, Magallenes replied to her through a text message with: “When?”

The two are expected to exchange wedding vows sometime in November, but Quinto clarified that there’s no exact date yet.

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Bello to employers: Pay 13th month pay on time MANILA, Nov. 1 (PNA) – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reminded Tuesday that it is must that employers pay their workers’ 13thmonth pay not later than December 24.

“All employers are required to pay their rank-and-file employees the 13th month pay, regardless of the nature of their employment, and irrespective of the methods by which their wages are paid, provided they worked for at least one month in a year,” saidDOLE Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III. Bello warned employers who fail to pay the 13th month benefit that they are liable to money claim cases that aggrieved employees may file with any DOLE regional offices.

Labor laws and their implementing rules and regulations mandate the payment of 13th month pay.

He explained that 13th month pay is a labor standard provision of the law that the DOLE does not compromise as to its payment.

Under the Labor Code, every covered employer is required to make a report of compliance to the nearest DOLE regional office not later than 15 January of each year.

“Good labor-management relations, increased workers’ and enterprises’ productivity and competiveness result to workers being paid what is due them,” Bello said.

The 13th month pay is defined to mean one-twelfth (1/12) of the basic salary of an employee within a calendar year.

The basic salary includes all remunerations or earnings paid by an employer to an employee for services rendered, but may not include costof-living allowances (COLA), profit-sharing payments, cash equivalents of unused vacation and sick leave credits, overtime pay, premium pay, night shift differential pay, holiday pay, and all allowances and monetary benefits which are not considered, or integrated as part of the regular or basic salary of the employee.

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Finance chief: Gov’t to work ‘doubly hard’ on poverty reduction MANILA, Nov 2 (PNA) – Department of Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has welcomed the decline in poverty incidence to 21.6 percent, saying this is the cue for the government to “work doubly hard” on its 10-point socioeconomic agenda to hit President Duterte’s target of reducing the number of poor Filipinos by 1.5 percent of the population annually over the next six years.

Dominguez said slashing the poverty rate from almost 22 percent to just 13 percent by 2022 remains “doable,” but it will require “the Duterte administration to work doubly hard on fleshing out programs of the 10-point socioeconomic agenda that would boost growth and generate enough jobs and livelihood opportunities nationwide as a way to raise incomes for the poor to meet their food and non-food needs.

At the same time, food prices need to be managed so that it does not eat up income growth.”“President Duterte’s poverty-reduction target remains doable, but it will entail pursuing with greater vigor the accelerated spending on labor-intensive infrastructure to boost growth as well as on human capital formation like education and health, so poor Filipinos can have better access to quality jobs and livelihood opportunities,” he said.

“A drastic reduction in the country’s poverty incidence as envisioned by the President has become more challenging, as this will require improving the living standards of the poorest-of-the-poor families instead of just uplifting the lives of those on the fringes of the poverty line,” said Dominguez in reaction to the latest

Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES) released last week by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) pointing to the decline in the poverty rate from 26.3 percent in 2009 to last year’s 21.6 percent.

“The government’s focus should be on the countryside as the severely poor are mostly in rural areas,” said Dominguez, who once served as agriculture secretary.

“This also means that we have to pursue tax reforms in the Congress without letup,” he said, “so the Duterte administration can generate enough revenues to bankroll both the propoor and business-friendly programs of the 10-point socioeconomic agenda on inclusive growth.”

Dominguez said the DOF will study the 2015 FIES of the PSA to see if it needs to finetune the figures in its Comprehensive Tax Reform Program, the first package of which was already submitted to both legislative chambers last September.

The past government has managed to improve the lives of the marginal poor by way of projects like the Pantawid ng Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), a conditional cash transfer (CCT) initiative in which poor families are given cash in exchange for meeting certain conditions like sending their kids to school and getting medical check-ups at barangay health centers.

Dominguez said the government must shift to overdrive its higher spending on infrastructure, human capital and social protection, especially in the regions where the poverty and unemployment levels are at their peaks as shown in the FIES survey.

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Consumption taxes to affect rich the Debt problems: 2 things you need to most, not poor households, says DOF change if you want your life to get better MANILA, Nov. 1 (PNA) – It is a “fallacy” to believe that the proposed expansion of the value-added tax (VAT) base and adjustments to the excise tax on petroleum products under the proposed comprehensive tax reform program are anti-poor because being consumption taxes, these will impact the most on affluent Filipinos who make use of more goods and services, rather than the poor, low-income and even the middle-class households, the Department of Finance (DOF) said.

DOF Undersecretary Karl Kendrick Chua said the Duterte administration’s proposed Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Act, which contains these VAT and fuel excise tariff proposals, would even shield poor and low-income consumers from the effects of these tax adjustment proposals because the new government is committed to providing highly targeted direct transfer programs and indirect subsidies to them.

“Rather than being anti-poor, the tax reform plan will actually correct the injustice of only a few enjoying the benefits of growth. Our primary goal here is to give everyone a better chance of building a more stable future by equalizing opportunities for all through the adoption of a simpler, fairer and more efficient tax system,” Chua said. Chua pointed out too that the imposition of an excise tax is always hinged on a two-pronged objective, which, in the case of petroleum products, is to raise revenues and the other equally important goal of addressing pollution and the other negative environmental effects of using fossil fuels.

“Given this, everybody should be responsible, both rich and poor. Equity considerations, therefore, should not figure in imposing the tax on petroleum products. What should be considered is how the tax will be adjusted to improve equity,” Chua said.

For instance, he noted that although diesel is widely used by both the rich and the poor, not doing anything to adjust its excise tax and indexing it later to inflation benefits the rich far more than the poor because the top 10 percent of households in the country consume almost 60 percent of oil products and the top one percent consume 20 percent.

“Not adjusting the tax would mean continuing to subsidize the rich who can well afford to pay for fuel,” Chua said. “The use of highly targeted transfers that benefit the poor and other vulnerable sectors is the better and

more effective option in addressing equity concerns.” He also corrected the false assumption that the proposed adjustment on the diesel excise tax would be P10 per liter, as the DOF proposal is only P6, which represents the accumulated inflation since this tax was last adjusted 20 years ago.

“The paramount goal of the DOF tax reform plan is poverty reduction as it aims to help the government raise enough funds for accelerated spending on priority projects under President Duterte’s 10-point socioeconomic agenda, which aims to transform the Philippines into an upper middle-income country by 2022,” Chua said.

These priority investments are in the areas of infrastructure, human capital and social protection for the most vulnerable sectors so as to make growth truly inclusive and let the Duterte administration achieve its goal of drastically reducing poverty, he added.

An additional P1 trillion is needed per year, said Chua, to fund these priority projects, which, when sustained, would put flesh into the Duterte government’s vision of transforming the Philippines into a high-income country in one generation by 2040.

“The poor will benefit from better roads, both urban and farm-to-market roads, public schools, health centers, and improved social services. The accelerated spending on infrastructure, human capital and social protection will equalize opportunities and give better chance to the future generations of Filipinos,” Chua said.

As for the expansion of the VAT base, Chua assured the public that there would be no increase at all in the tax rate and that all seniors and persons with disabilities would continue to enjoy their VAT exemptions on essentials such as raw food, education and health services, including medicine.

The VAT threshold would also be raised for micro and small scale enterprises from the current limit of P1.9 million to the proposed P3 million, so that purchase from small businesses like sari-sari stores where the poor buy their needs will remain exempted from VAT payments.

“Again, it is a fallacy to believe that the revenues from expanding the VAT base would be mostly coming from the poor. In fact, the principle of VAT lies on how much one consumes — meaning the more VATable items one consumes, of course, he/she would have to pay more tax,” Chua said.

Every day, I meet with a lot of people who are sick and tired of being in debt. And yet when I talk to them, I discover that they are unwilling to make the changes needed to get them out of their financial mess. What changes are necessary for your life to get better if this is what you need so badly?

The first change that must happen is inside your head. You can only change your life if you change your thinking. Becoming financially free will remain nothing but a dream for you until you make up your mind that you will no longer live the way you’ve been living.

You need a new mindset about how to handle your finances. Insanity has been defined as “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result”.

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The second change that is necessary for your financial situation to turn around is in your financial behavior. We may not always admit it but we all have bad behaviors that cause all kinds of problems in our lives. But here, I am specifically talking about the bad financial behaviors you may have when it comes to handling your

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Failing to differentiate “needs” from “wants”.

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If you keep doing what you’ve always done, you will remain stuck where you are and you will just hate yourself later and regret the consequences of your action- or inaction.

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There is a natural tendency among divorcing parties to hide their assets from their spouse and understate income. This is a common problem that I have observed from practicing law for many years. A common question I hear from clients is â&#x20AC;&#x153;my spouse doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know I have an account in this bank, do I have to let him/ her know of this account?â&#x20AC;?

Parties to a divorce proceeding have a duty to disclose financial information to each other. This duty arose based on Californiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s policy (1) to marshal, preserve, and protect community and quasi-community assets and liabilities that exist at the date of separation so as to avoid dissipation of the community estate before distribution, (2) to ensure fair and sufficient child and spousal support awards, and (3) to achieve a division of community and quasi-community assets and liabilities on the dissolution or nullity of marriage or legal separation of the parties as provided under California law. To promote the above public policy, the family code requires a full and accurate disclosure of all assets and liabilities in which the parties have or may have an interest be made in a divorce or a legal separation, regardless of the alleged characterization of the property as either community or separate. Parties are also required to disclose all income and expenses of the parties.

The parties also have a continuing duty to update and augment that disclosure to the extent that there has been a material change to their financial position. The purpose of the duty to augment and update the disclosures is so that at the time the parties enter into a settlement agree-

ment, stipulated divorce judgment, or trial, each party will do so with full and complete knowledge of all relevant underlying facts of the case.

The disclosures are made by the parties by serving each other with a preliminary declaration of disclosure and a final declaration of disclosure.

The preliminary declaration of disclosure should be served within 60 days of serving the divorce, separation, or nullity petition. The commission of perjury on the preliminary declaration of disclosure may be grounds for setting aside the judgment in addition to other remedies available under the law. The preliminary declaration of disclosure is not filed with the court but only exchanged by each party. The preliminary declaration of disclosure shall set forth 1) the identity of all assets and liabilities which the declarant may have an interest regardless of the characterization of community, quasi-community, or separate property; 2)The declarantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s percentage in the asset or liability; 3) the declarantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s characterization of the asset or liability. In addition, the declarant shall also provide the other party with a completed income and expense declaration. The declarations may be amended without permission from the court.

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tlement agreement, stipulated divorce judgment, or if the case goes to trial, at least 45 days prior to the first assigned trial date. The final declaration of disclosure shall include (1) All material facts and information regarding the characterization of all assets and liabilities(2) All material facts and information regarding the valuation of all assets that are contended to be community property or in which it is contended the community has an interest. (3) All material facts and information regarding the amounts of all obligations that are contended to be community obligations or for which it is contended the community has liability.(4) All material facts and information regarding the earnings, accumulations, and expenses of each party that have been set forth in the income and expense declaration. The parties may agree to mutually waive the final declaration of disclosure requirement but not the preliminary declaration of disclosure.

A party who fails to comply with the disclosure requirements under the family code may be held in breach of the partyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fiduciary obligation to the other spouse under family code section 721, 1100, and Marriage of Feldman.

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Duterte administration to focus on job creation, improvement of living conditions of Filipinos

MANILA, Nov. 2 (PNA) – The Duterte administration will prioritize building big infrastructure projects in Mindanao and in Metro Manila to create more jobs and uplift the living conditions of Filipinos, the country’s Finance Secretary said on Wednesday.

In a press briefing in Malacañan, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said the Philippines received pledges from China amounting to US$ 6 billion dollars of official development assistance (ODA) and US$ 3 billion in loans.

Since this is the first time the Philippines is receiving ODA from China, the government does not have a complete list of projects yet.

Among the projects in government’s pipeline are a big irrigation project in the ARMM in Mindanao, the Php200 billion railways project from Manila to Bicol and infrastructure projects within the Greater Manila Area, Dominguez said.

“But our projects really are going to be aimed outside of Greater Manila Area because we want to create jobs for people there, good jobs, so that we can reduce poverty in those areas,” Dominguez said.

Aside from China’s ODA, there’s US$ 15 billion in private sectors investments that will focus on projects like building a hotel chain in the Philippines and developing infrastructures in the Clark Green City area, according to Dominguez.

Over the next six years, Dominguez said, they expect increased public spending to further boost overall growth performance, adding the administration needs to rapidly build new roads, railways, ports to decongest cities and reduce the logistics cost for most basic goods.

While doing this, the government will expand and deepen the financial system. This is to broaden public access to banks and capital markets, support small business industries with accessible credit, and raise capital for industry, according to the Finance chief. With ASEAN Financial Integration, there is now an opportunity to take advantage of the regional population of more than 600 million people to raise the production frontier and multiply the country’s economies of scale, he added. “The new government has put in place a clear, coherent economic strategy to reduce poverty rates effectively in the medium term and lift the Philippine economy to high, middle-income status within the space of a generation. We call this the 10-point socio-economic program of the Duterte administration,” Dominguez said.

With the growth momentum, a low inflation rate, stable currency andstrong political leadership, the Philippines earnestly opens its doors to do business with its neighbors, he said.

In the same briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said President Rodrigo Duterte is thankful to former President Ramos for his help to the Duterte administration as the Special Envoy to China.

The former President recently filed his resignation as the country’s special envoy to China. Abella said President Duterte has expressed his gratitude to Ramos for serving the country despite his age. “He would continue to listen to the former President’s advice although he would continue also to pursue his own track,” Abella said.

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More to Korea than Koreanovelas, says envoy

By Azer N. Parrocha

MANILA, Nov. 2 (PNA) – Aware of Filipinos’ love for Korean telenovelas and music (K-drama and K-pop), a diplomat on Wednesday expressed hope that more Filipino fans would slowly learn to love Korea’s other cultural products.

This goal was main reason behind the staging of the K-Ribbon Selection exhibit in Shangri-La Plaza, Quezon City, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the Philippines Jae-Shin Kim told reporters in an interview.

“Many Filipinos like Korean culture, K-pop, Korean drama and movies. Today we are organizing this exhibition because it is one of the basic foundations of the friendship of two countries (Korea and the Philippines),” the ambassador said. According to Korean Cultural Center (KCC) Director Choong-suk, this was the first time that the exhibit was held in another country. After its pilot in the Philippines, the center is set to bring the exhibit to Spain and Japan.

“Many Filipinos already like Koreanovela, K-pop so now we introduce other Korean cultural items. I hope that many Filipinos enjoy

our cultural products as much as Koreanovelas and K-pop,” Choong-suk said.

Around 80 products, including traditional food and drinks such as kimchi, sauces, pastes and teas; Korean clothing or Hanbok, accessories; wood, ceramic crafts were on display at the exhibit which is set to run until Nov 8.

Choong-suk, meanwhile, expressed hope that total Korean tourist arrivals to the Philippines will rise by at least 10 percent.

Data from the Department of Tourism (DOT) showed that around 1.4-million Korean tourists visited the Philippines in 2015. As of January to August 2016, Korean tourists to the Philippines have reached 976, 499.

Ambassador Kim, meanwhile, expressed hope that the administration under the leadership of President Rodrigo Duterte would continue to ensure safety of Korean tourists under its thrust to eliminate crime and drugs.

“We support President Duterte’s leadership to stamp out crime and drugs. The Korean Cultural Center in Manila will play a very important role in enhancing our cultural exchange between the two countries,” he said.

NAPC chief says decline in poverty incidence is ‘probably artificial’

MANILA, Nov 2 (Mabuhay) – The decline in poverty incidence in 2015 reported by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) was probably artificial, National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) Lead Convenor Liza Maza said on Wednesday, citing her official statement on the matter.

The PSA said last week the poverty incidence level dropped to 21.6 percent in 2015 from 25.2 percent in 2012, which translates to 21.93 million Filipinos who could not afford to buy basic food and non-food needs in 2015.

Maza noted that in the first six months of 2015 the PSA reported the poverty incidence level at 26.3 percent. “The full-year figure of 21.6 percent differs from the first semester figure by 4.7 percentage points, which is unprecedented,” she said in a statement.

She emphasized that full-year poverty incidence numbers are generally lower than first semester estimates as incomes are usually higher in the second semester, but never to such degree as reflected in the situation last year.

“It is possible that the decline was largely due to a massive influx of cash to the poor through the conditional cash transfer program, bottom-up budgeting projects, a hiring spree of street sweepers and similar temporary jobs, and general election-related spending in an all-out effort by the past

administration to elect Roxas,” Maza said, referring to Liberal Party standard-bearer Mar Roxas.

“This means that the decline is probably artificial, and does not reflect any real change in the situation of the poor,” she added.

On the recent survey by the Social Weather Station, the results of which showed the self-rated poverty reached a record low in the third quarter of 2016, the NPC chief was not convinced the numbers were significant.

“Given the margin of error ±3 percent – and it just lowered by three percent from 45 percent to 42 percent – so it’s not statistically significant,” Maza said in a phone interview.

The SWS survey found four in 10 Filipinos or 42 percent considered themselves poor, the lowest in 33 years, but it was only a 3-percentage-point drop from the previous quarter.

Maza emphasized on the need to establish a more comprehensive measure that reflects the multidimensional nature of poverty, instead of the poverty incidence numbers that captures the incidence only in terms of income. “Aside from the fact that official poverty incidence is based on an unrealistic threshold, understating the level of income poverty, we need to integrate lack of education, poor health, inadequate living conditions, poor quality of work, and disempowerment into our poverty measure,” she said.

Kerry says confident about US-PHL ties despite differences WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (PNA/Xinhua) – US Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday expressed confidence about the future of the US-Philippines relationship, which has soured following Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s tirades against the US. “I am confident about the future of our bilateral relationship, notwithstanding a difference here or there about one thing or another,” Kerry said at the State Department as he swore in Sung Kim as the new US ambassador to the Philippines.

“The United States con-

tinues to place a high value on the close ties that exist between our countries,” Kerry said. “We continue to recognize our ironclad commitment to the sovereignty, independence, and security of the Philippines.”

Kerry also expressed the hope to visit the Southeast Asian country before the end of his term as Secretary of State.

In recent months, Duterte repeated lashed out at the US, throwing the alliance between the two countries into disarray, after Washington raised concern on the reported extrajudicial killings of

drug suspects amid Manila’s war on illegal drugs.

The Philippine president also threatened to “break up” with Washington. He hit out at the United States, the European Union and the United Nations for using human rights to criticize his campaign to curb the illicit drug menace in the Philippines.

“I will be re-configuring my foreign policy”, Duterte said in a speech before the Jewish Asssociation of the Philippines in Makati City on Oct. 4. “Eventually I might in my time break up with America. I would rather go to Russia and to China.”

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Time to fade away As expected by many, President Rodrigo Duterte accepted the resignation of former President Fidel Ramos as the country’s special envoy to China. I doubt if Ramos’ resignation will create even a ripple among disgruntled politicians or dampen the enthusiasm of millions of Filipinos who continue to support the policies and programs initiated by President Duterte geared towards having a corrupt free government. It is about time that former President Fidel Ramos completely retire from public service.

He had his time to do good things for the country years ago.

At 88 years old, he should take things easy and spend more time to enjoy the company of his grandchildren or perhaps even his great grandchildren and allow other younger and more capable government officials to mold the country to be become more economically self-sufficient.

I expect the political opponents of President Duterte to make full use of the resignation of Ramos as a means to further demonize his “iron willed” leadership and his apparent closeness with leftist countries.

Despite being pilloried by the media for his habit of speaking in an indecent and offensive way when stressing a point or to express his frustrations on how bad the country has almost turned into being a narco

state, Duterte is still getting high approval ratings among Filipinos.

Ramos was appointed by Duterte as special envoy to China to improve bilateral relations with Beijing which had gone sullen during the administration of President Noynoy, because of the ongoing territorial dispute on South China Sea. The appointment, however was shorted-lived. The former President must have felt slighted after President Duterte brushed aside his advice for him to forego his trip to China if Beijing officials refused to comply with some conditions.

Duterte did not only push through his trip to China but also cancelled Ramos’ scheduled trip to China and personally discussed his pending visit to the mainland with Chinese officials. To salvaged his bloated ego and avoid embarrassment, Ramos quit rather than be humiliated.

Although the media and the Malacañang press office downplayed the short-lived alliance of Duterte and Ramos, it is obvious that the former President was not hap-

Hearing mass is the highest form of prayer, says RCAM official MANILA, Nov. 1 (PNA) – An official of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila (RCAM) said the faithful who prayed, offered mass and go to the cemetery to visit their dearly departed ones will receive indulgence.

“Actually part sa turo ng simbahan you are being asked and when you pray to the dead and you go to the cemetery you actually gain indulgence. Meron siya indulgence when you prayed for the person who died,” said RCAM Communications Officer, Fr. Roy Bellen.

He added, “Going to the cemetery gives indulgence e. Pero hindi po ‘yun ok na hindi ako magsisimba hindi ganun. You can do it there...for example nasa probinsya ‘yung family mo e hindi mo na napuntahan so just pray for them. Offer a mass for them.”

The Catholic priest reiterated that hearing mass is the highest form of prayer.

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He added that Angelus also gives one partial indulgence.

“Ang simbahan hindi so kuripot sa blessings. “Yung tao para pumunta sa langit ibibigay ng simbahan ‘yan.

So ‘yung Angelus that’s 6 am and in the evening, you can pray it you are sanctified...you are given indulgence,” Bellen said.

He added, “Ito ‘yung pagkakataon for us to gain indulgence. If you go to the cemetery isa ‘yang pagkakataon.”

The country commemorates All Saints Day and All Souls Day on Nov. 1 and Nov. 2, respectively.

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In his resignation letter, Ramos took a swipe at Duterte by saying that his current administration is a “big disappointment and let down” for the people, particularly regarding issues on poverty, living cost and foreign investment jobs.

Ramos is claiming that he resigned because he does not approve on how Duterte is handling the government’s foreign policies, particularly its relations with United States. He also expressed his resentment on how the police is conducting its operations against illegal drugs, which resulted in the death of close to 4,000 suspected drug lords, peddlers and addicts since Duterte became president.

He added that since his job was done in improving the once strained relations between the Philippines and China, he is resigning.

Ramos also said “he believed that he played a modest but productive role in the breaking of ice that led to President Duterte’s successful visit to China.

Duterte’s trip to China was a complete success since he was able to secure billions of dollars in Chinese investments and loans as well as cementing better diplomatic ties with China.

This is good news to the Philippine government since we do not have to rely only to the United Sates as far as investment and financial loans and military armaments are concerned.

While Ramos could not hide his disdain on how he was treated by the President, Duterte was very amiable in praising the remarkable contribution of the former President in mending the strained diplomatic relations of China and the Philippines.

Duterte was very outspoken in saying that he cannot blame Ramos if he is not a fighter like him.

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He, however, said that he will still continue to seek the advice of the Ramos on matters concerning the government, particularly on peace and order and foreign policies.

• Democratic Senator Ben Cardin’s decision to block the sales of M4 assault rifles to the Philippine National Police (PNP) will do greater harm to Americans rather than to the Filipinos in the long run.

If the sale of the American-made assault rifles will not push through, it would mean the American gun manufacturers will lose millions of dollars from the aborted deal.

The rifles, according to reports, are being sold to the PNP at the prevailing cost and not with a discounted rate.

The threat made by Senator Cardin would further infuriate President Duterte’s attitude towards the United States and will only validate his claims that Filipinos can never rely on America to help us in time of war.

The US Congress has the power to question or stop the sale of arms to foreign countries. If and when the sale of the assault rifles will be vetoed

by US Congress, I am sure Duterte will go to either Russia or China to get the arms needed by the PNP to ensure its success to stop the proliferation of illegal drugs in the country.

Somebody should tell Senator Cardin that the M4 assault rifles will not only be used to neutralize illegal drug lords and peddlers but as well as to ferret out terrorists whose main purpose is to kill or eliminate people sympathetic to the United States and its allies.

Cardin should calm down a little bit and be more diplomatic in dealing with the feisty Duterte in order diffuse what appears to be a rocky relationship between the Philippines and the United States.

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Real Estate market conditions going into 2017 WSJ current predictions on our future years economy: Estimated comparison till year end of 2017 • GDP – We started with -1.8% and its predicted to go up to +2% by end of 2017.

• Oil Prices – Now around $ 49/ barrel and its predicted to go to $54/ barrel.

• Unemployment – Currently 4.8% and is predicted to stay around 4.9%.

• Fed Fund Rates – Only at .60% and is predicted to go up to 1.13%.

• 10 Yr Treasury – Now up to 1.85% and is predicted to go up to 2.30%.

• Home Prices – Down to 5.1% from 5.8% beginning of 2016 and is predicted to go down to 4.4% by beginning of 2017.

• Housing Starts (permits) –Jan 2016 up by 1.18% and prediction to 1.28% by early 2017.

Based on Wall Street Journals’ Economic Forecast Survey there is 20% probability of a Recession as of October 2016 moving forward.

House prices rapidly increased at the end of 2015 and has carried through this year, which resulted to a number of new homebuyers inability to afford to buy a home. There’s some good news to this for existing home owners , however most analysts predict house prices will drop by 2017.

There should be only a very short list of reasons why home prices is due to decline. I can think of two for now, and that is over supply and higher rates. The decline will be very modest and there would not be any sort of panic selling.

Now, flipping through another webpage I am reading a totally different prediction from the NAR (National Association of Realtors). NAR is predicting existing-home sales to

reach 6 million in 2017, higher than its 5.8 million forecast for this year.

But other entities are even more bullish. MBA is predicting home sales to eclipse 6.5 million next year, while Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are both predicting 6.2 million.

A huge wave of Younger Generation buyers, who have delayed home buying, are emerging into their key buying years. They are predicted to keep home sales and condo sales strong well into 2020, according to economists.

The top markets for price appreciation likely will be in Seattle, Wash.; Portland, Ore.; Denver, Colo.; and Boston, predicts Eric Fox, vice president of statistical and economic modeling at VeroForecast. These markets’ robust economies have growing populations but a tight supply of homes for sale on the market that will likely lead to some of the largest price increases across the country.

Meanwhile, new-home construction starts likely will tick up to about 1.5 million per year to 2024, predicts Forisk Research.

Home builders likely will continue to be more subdued, despite calls for more inventory.

“Home builders behavior likely is a continuing echo of their experience during the crash,” Pantheon Macro Chief Economist Ian Shepherdson.

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cess inventory during a sudden downshift in demand. In this cycle, the pursuit of market share and volumes is less important than profitability and balance sheet resistance.”

I strongly believe our California Real Estate economy to slow down due to jobs and high California business tax rates. If the new government would come in and make California a friendlier state for business to stay and thrive, then things might change. Otherwise, if we mirror what has happened here in the past five years ( jobs moving out of state) then our Real Estate Economy does not look bright.

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Although the potential exists for progress to be hampered by obstacles such as economic downturns, foreign crises, interest rate spikes, or oversupplies, I predict three more years of smooth sailing for U.S. real estate before we see a major correction.

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PHL joins 3rd International Tourism ad Heritage Conference Expo in Amman MANILA, Nov. 2 (PNA) –The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Wednesday said the Philippine embassy in Amman has joined the 3rd International Tourism and Heritage Conference and Expo there.

The Philippines was the only Southeast Asian country that participated in the event, which consisted mostly of Arab countries.

During the two-day Expo held at Holiday Inn Hotel Amman last October 25-26, the Embassy showcased Philippine heritage and tourist sites by displaying tourism posters, giving away tourism promotional brochures and showing tourism promotional videos through television and 3D virtual reality goggles.

The Embassy also showcased Philippine traditional massage or “hilot” by offering a 3-5 minutes hand and shoulder massage for free.

Traditional handicrafts, accessories, mats, textiles, and souvenirs were also displayed at the Philippine

booth.

The crowd also had a taste of Philippine dried mangoes and herbal teas such as mangosteen, moringa, ampalaya and guyabano teas.

The crowd was also fascinated with the design of the Philippine booth which featured the stone houses with colorful capiz windows of the City of Vigan.

A cultural dance group from the Filipino community also performed traditional Filipino dances such as the “tinikling” and the “bulaklakan” during the cultural show in the evening.

Philipine “kundiman” songs were also showcased through the song numbers of a Filipino balladeer from the community.

The Embassy’s participation in the Conference is part of its efforts to increase the number of Arab tourists in the Philippines and to highlight the beauty of the country which are relatively unknown to Jordanians.

Russia, China eyeing to increase mutual tourist flow to 2-M people by end of 2016 MOSCOW, Nov. 2 (PNA/TASS) – Russia’s and China’s tourism authorities plan to increase mutual tourist flow to two million people by the end of the current year, the press service of the Russian Tourism Agency (Rostourism) said on Tuesday after a meeting of its head Oleg Safonov with the head of the Moscow office of China’s National Tourism Administration, Zhao Hongqing.

“The sides discussed preliminary results of the Russia-China cooperation in the tourism sector in 2016, basic tendencies of tourism exchanges between the two countries, and key challenges and tasks,” the press service said, adding that the sides agreed a target figure of two million tourists that is to be reached by the yearend.

According to Rostourism statistics, more than 5,000 Chinese nationals visit Russia annually, which accounts for four percent of Russia’s inbound tourism. “However hundreds of millions of tourists are staying in China’s border regions. Many of them would like to visit Russia,” Rostourism said.

Another topic in focus of the talks

was promoting Russia’s tourism potential on Russia’s travel market for 2017. According to Safonov, a wider use social networks will make it possible to present Russia’s travel possibilities to more than 600 million Chinese citizens.

Apart from that, the two tourism officials discussed issues of professional classes for tourist guides, expanding the geography of travel and ensuring security of tourists.

According to Russia’s official statistics, the number of Chinese citizens enjoying visa-free entry to Russia increased by 41 percent in the nine months of 2016 on the similar period last year. The number of Russian’s visiting China visa-free went up by 34 percent.

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Discovering sunken city, gateway of ancient Egypt to outer world

By Zheng Kailun

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Nov. 3 (PNA/Xinhua) – Around 16 years after his discovery of the submerged ancient Egyptian city of Thonis-Heracleion, French underwater archaeologist Franck Goddio still recalls the discovery as one of the most “fascinating” moments in his life.

“I still remember the day we found an inscribed stele,” the archaeologist from the European Institute for Underwater Archaeology (IEASM) told Xinhua during the three-day Alexandria International Conference on Maritime and Underwater Archaeology starting Monday.

“It was beautiful and intact, and I think the discovery of the stele was one of the major archaeological findings since the 19th century,” he said.

The inscription on the two-meter high stele was later deciphered to be the Decree of Sais, which was commissioned by the ancient Egyptian King Nectanebo I, who ruled 378-362 B.C. The inscription clearly names the city where it was to be erected: Thonis-Heracleion.

Thonis-Heracleion was an ancient city lost in history for over 1200 years. Greek historian Herodotus said the Greek name “Heracleion” came from Heracles as the city was believed to be the first Egyptian city the Greek hero visited. There was also a legend that Paris and Helen of Troy temporarily stayed in the city to escape from Helen’s husband Menelaus before the Trojan War. Archaeologists vaguely located the city at the mouth of the Nile from the eighth century B.C. to the eighth century. However, there was next to zero archaeological proofs of the city’s whereabouts or even its existence before Goddio and his team discovered the stele in the Abu Qir Bay 6.5 km off the coast in 2000.

Goddio used to work for the United Nations and the French Foreign Ministry, but decided to devote his entire passion to underwater archaeology in the early 1980s. He founded the IEASM and directed many excavations on shipwrecks worldwide.

Notably, his work off the coast of Egypt earned him an international reputation. Since the initial success in 2000, Goddio and his team discovered numerous antiquities and treasures buried beneath the sands of the Abu Qir Bay, including a temple of the god Amun and his son Khonsu.

The city’s enormous wealth had been resurfaced, its religious importance studied and made known.

Among the most significant findings were 72 relics of shipwrecks and over 800 of anchors, which proved the city an international trade hub for Egypt that attracts traders from both the Nile River and the Mediterranean Sea, said Goddio.

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Norwegian researchers claim cannabis abuse can triple risk of psychosis OSLO, Nov. 3 (PNA/Xinhua) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Norwegian research results suggest that cannabis abuse triggers psychosis and not the other way round, Norwegian media reported on Wednesday.

Cannabis abuse can triple the risk of psychosis, according to a report by researchers from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI) who, together with U.S. colleagues, studied the abuse of cannabis and symptoms of psychosis among nearly 1,400 pairs of twins.

They have found a significant connection between the abuse of cannabis and symptoms of psychosis in general, something that had been proven before. The question was: what was causing what. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The new discovery is that, among a pair of twins where only one smokes cannabis, that twin has a 3.5 times higher risk of developing psychosis,â&#x20AC;? Eivind Ystrom, senior researcher from FHI, told Norwegian news agency NTB. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have also tested the hypothesis that symptoms of psychosis cause cannabis abuse, but that hypothesis was less suited to the data. It appears, therefore, that cannabis abuse is a cause of psychosis,â&#x20AC;? he said.

According to Ystrom, the survey was done by direct interviews and diagnosing, not by filling in a questionnaire, which made it altogether â&#x20AC;&#x153;far more than a suggestion.â&#x20AC;?

Both psychosis and cannabis use and abuse have high heritability.

Therefore, it can happen that people who have developed psychosis would have done so anyway, only at a somewhat later stage of life. Previous research has shown that cannabis abuse can accelerate a hereditary psychosis for almost three years.

Ystrom thinks that these factors should be taken into consideration when evaluating the consequences of decriminalization or legalization of personal use of cannabis products. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A basic question is about determining in what grade psychotic symptoms should be regarded as triggers of addiction,â&#x20AC;? said Cecilie Hillestad Hoff, a specialist in clinical psychology who has worked with psychotic patients for nine years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;An important question then becomes whether the individual patient has ingested cannabis to reduce internal, psychological pain, or whether cannabis smoking precedes the development of psychosis. Research that helps to point out the direction of causality is very helpful,â&#x20AC;? she said.

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MANILA, Nov. 2 (PNA) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Department of Health (DOH) reminded the public on Wednesday about the full implementation nationwide of the mandatory Graphic Health Warning (GHW) Law starting Friday, Nov. 4, 2016 in compliance with Republic Act No. 10643.

The law, ratified in July 2014, mandates that all tobacco products that will be sold in the country should have GHW or pictures showing the health hazards posed by such products.

As the law takes full effect, offenders who will be caught selling tobacco products without GHW anywhere in the country will face severe penalties.

The law also states that cigarette packs from a manufacturing facility or imported into the Philippine territory shall not contain descriptors such as â&#x20AC;&#x153;low tar,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;light,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;ultra-light,â&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;mild,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;extra,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;ultraâ&#x20AC;? and similar terms in any language because these are misleading.

DOH Secretary Dr. Paulyn Jean B. Rosell-Ubial said that under the GHW implementing rules and regulations (IRR), all tobacco products manufactured or imported for sale in the Philippines are required to carry graphic health warnings on the lower portion of a cigarette pack, in at least 50 percent of both sides of the pack.

The issuance of the IRR was done last March 2016, wherein the distributors, importers, sellers as well as the public are being informed through joint effort of DOH with other advocates of anti-tobacco use because it is a public health concern contributing to a number of preventable diseases.

It can be recalled that upon the formulation of the IRR last March, the manufacturers, importers, exporters

were given eight months to fully comply by pulling out the â&#x20AC;&#x153;cigarettes packsâ&#x20AC;? in the market without GHW. If violated, Dr. Ubial warned that manufacturers, importers and distributors as well as sellers/retailers will be subjected penalties of fine up to imprisonment as the offense is repeated to a maximum level.

The amount of penalties differs or becomes much heavier among manufacturers, importers and distributors such as: â&#x20AC;&#x201C; On the first offense, a fine of not more than five hundred thousand pesos (P500,000); â&#x20AC;&#x201C; On the second offense, a fine of not more than one million pesos (P1,000,000); and, â&#x20AC;&#x201C; On the third offense, a fine of not more than two million pesos (P2,000,000) or imprisonment of not more than five years, or both, at the discretion of the court.

It is also stated in the law that business permits and licenses, in the case of a business entity or establishment, shall be revoked or cancelled.

If the guilty officer is a foreign national, he shall be deported after service of sentence and/or payment of applicable fines without need of further deportation proceedings and shall be permanently barred from reentering the Philippines.

The following penalties shall individually apply to â&#x20AC;&#x153;retailers/sellersâ&#x20AC;? of tobacco products that will be caught committing the offense as well as their agents/ representatives for any violation of Sections 6 and 7 of R.A. 10643, insofar as they are involved in the display, offering for sale and selling of the covered products, as well as Section 11 of the Act: â&#x20AC;&#x201C; On the first offense, a fine of not more than ten thousand pesos (P10,000);

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Fil-Ams celebrate 150th birthday of Gen. Antonio Luna

By Abner Galino

Arguably, one of the most significant celebrations held in connection with the Filipino American History Month in the US, General Antonio Luna was honored in a simple gathering in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday (October 27).

The veneration of Luna, dubbed as the greatest Filipino general of the First Philippine Republic, was timed on his 150th birthday. The event was initiated by the Philippine Institute of Language, Arts and Culture (PILAC) and the Knights of Rizal (KOR)-Historic Filipinotown chapter.

“General Antonio Luna was younger brother of the great Pilipino painter Juan Luna. In fact, he was the youngest of the Luna siblings. He was also a close friend and comrade of our national hero, Dr.Jose Rizal.

He died on June 4, 1899 in Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija,” PILAC founder Emily Roberts told the crowd during the opening of the program.

The program was hosted by retired Philippine Navy commodore Jun Caringal.

Speakers pondered on the heroism of General Luna, his skills as a military commander and his compulsion for swearing. Expectedly,

the retelling of Luna’s life ended up in his tragic murder in the hands of Filipino soldiers whose loyalties were apparently not welded yet into the nationalist spirit that the heroic general represented.

Luna led the Philippine armed forces during the Filipino-American war. The war erupted right after the Filipino revolution won against the Spanish colonizers.

The seniors of the Silver Lake Adult CBA’s provided cultural entertainment with their “Bulaklakan” folk dance. The seniors were led and mentored by newly elected PILAC President Bernie Targa-Ganon.

PILAC also staged a “Balagtasan,” a form of debate wherein participants argue through poetic speeches. The participants debated on which language (Filipino or English) should be used by Filipinos in their day-today affairs. PILAC president Targa-Ganon argue for the use of the Filipino language while Art Garcia and Susan Adorable argued for the use of English language.

The moderators or Lakandiwa were played by MackyFortu and Pastor Bautista.

The crowd was later regaled by Rudy Ferran (KOR-California) with his Kundiman songs.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of the celebration of Filipino-American History Month and Archives Month, the Philippine Embassy hosted the Istorya-DC 2016 Symposium entitled “Philippine American Food Experiences in Washington, D.C. – Yesterday and Today,” at the Romulo Hall on 27 October 2016.

Ms. Amy Besa, a pioneer of gastro diplomacy in the United States and co-owner of Purple Yam restaurants in Brooklyn, New York and Malate, Philippines, delivered a video-recorded keynote speech. She emphasized the importance of knowing one’s own culture, history, environment, and ingredients that ultimately defines a nation’s cuisine.

“We are all very unified by showing our love for food. Food is very unifying, and it is a gesture of love especially when Filipinos cook it,” Ms. Besa concluded in her remarks.

“Cultural diplomacy or gastrodiplomacy has been a major thrust of the cultural and heritage promotion program of the Embassy this year,” said the Embassy’s Public Diplomacy Officer, Ms. Darell Artates in welcoming the guests to the symposium.

“The two panels in this year’s Istorya-DC aim to take a look back and a ‘look forward’ on this journey, so that we may be able to gain higher appreciation of what has been achieved so far and what remains to be done in terms of introducing our food and appealing to the different palates in the US,” Ms. Artates added.

This year’s symposium highlighted DC Philippine American Restaurants and DC Food Istoryas (stories) in two panel discussions that brought together Filipino restaurateurs and food enthusiasts in Metro DC as resource speakers. The first panel was composed of Purple Patch owner Patrice Cleary, Bistro 7107 and Sweet City Desserts’ owner Manny Tagle, Timpla Supper Club co-founder Katrina Villavicencio, and moderated by University of Maryland’s Dr. Ricky Punzalan.

“When you talk about history and what makes our ingredients or our food tastes the way it does, it’s who we are and where we’ve been and how we’ve grown,” Ms. Cleary said on the role played by history in Philippine cuisine.

“We take these stories of our childhood. We take these dishes that we grew up eating in our supper club so that people can understand how we grew up and our personal history. Understanding our county’s roots and understanding the history of the Philippines and Philippine cuisine is very important on how we create food moving forward,” Ms. Villavicencio added.

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Over 100 glorious voices in FASO’s Christmas Concert Over a hundred glorious voices from combined adult and children choirs will accompany the Filipino American Symphony Orchestra (FASO), the only Filipino symphony orchestra outside of the Philippines, as it presents “A Christmas Concert” on Saturday, December 3, 6:00 p.m. at the John Wayne Performing Arts Center in Glendale, California.

FASO, under the baton of musical director and conductor Robert “Bob” Shroder, will play your favorite Christmas carols, from cherished English to Filipino holiday chestnuts, from traditional to pop Yuletide songs, along with magnificent voices from Immaculate Heart of Mary Adult Choir, Philippine Chamber Singers-Los Angeles, Prime Note Ensemble, St. Brendan Choir, St. Jane Frances de Chantal Choir, Academy of Visual and Performing Arts Youth Chorus of La Sierra University, Holy Family Children’s Concert Chorus, Immaculate Heart of Mary Children’s Choir and Precious Blood Children’s Choir.

Guest soloists who will further make the evening a special show evoking our warmest and fondest Christmas memories are Joan Cano, soprano; Gina Ibarrola, a soloist and member of the WIN (Waraynon Initiative Network) Chorale; and Nayah Damasen, an 11-year-old singing sensation who is the “good luck charm” of the Golden State Warriors.

Ibarrola and Damasen were chosen from auditions that FASO conducted to support and promote rising talent, one of the orchestra’s goals. The auditions drew talent from the Los Angeles area and from as far as San Diego and Chicago, Illinois.

The orchestra, which has gained a reputation for presenting quality, entertaining concerts, as it proved once more in its warmly-received summer concert last August (also at the John Wayne Performing Arts Center), will also play the Christmas favorite, Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker Suite.”

LA county residents love our parks. A large majority of us want to ensure they are supported and maintained — even expanded. As LA’s population expands and urban space grows more dense, we can no longer take our parks for granted.

Help protect and improve our parks so that all of us, especially our children, can always have these special places to play, meet friends, exercise, celebrate family and community holidays, and find inspiration and consolation.

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“Experience the Puente Hills Mazda difference.”

This is definitely not just a catchphrase says Justin Brieva, Puente Hills Mazda’s Filipino internet manager.

“As far as I’m concerned, nothing beats Filipino hospitality,” Brieva says smiling, adding that the Puente Hills Mazda management knows too well that it is in the heart of a big concentration of Filipino Americans.

Puente Hills is a neighbor to West Covina, Walnut and the City of Industry.

Puente Hills Mazda General Sales Manager Nikola Lazarevic, adds that aside from the cheerful and helpful staff, another compelling reason to visit the auto gallery is “to see Mazda’s bestseller Mazda3.”

“I really recommend to our Filipino Americans friends and neighbors to come and see this Mazda model. They really need to personally try out this brilliant car so they would know what’s all the hypes were about,” Lazarevic points out.

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

The car model is offered as a sedan and a four-door hatchback.

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

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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.

The Mazda3 was a finalist in Motor Trend’s 2014 Car of the Year testing. And it won second place in “The Big Test: 2015/2016 Hatchback comparison.

“But of course, Puente Hills Mazda has a long list of Mazda vehicle inventory. You come here thinking about one car model but you may end up buying another car model. You can never really tell when you see these gorgeous cars personally,” Lazarevic concludes.

The Puente Hills Mazda is located 17723 Gale Ave, City of Industry 91748 inside the Puente Hills Auto Mall.

Filipino Americans could reach Justin Brieva through his email address jbrieva@phmazda.com. or call him at 1-855-862-2067.

Puente Hills Mazda General Sales Manager Nikola Lazarevic (left) and Filipino Internet Manager Justin Brieva welcomes the Filipino community to their dealership. Call them at 1-855-862-2067.

Nissan’s ad for the new Rogue takes on the galaxy NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Nissan today unveiled expanded details of its new promotional campaign in support of the upcoming film “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.” The newly revised 2017 Nissan Rogue compact SUV is the centerpiece of the fully integrated campaign that features Star Wars-themed TV ads, social and experiential content.

As one of five global brands joining with Lucasfilm to launch promotional campaigns for the first-ever standalone Star Wars story, Nissan also debuted today a numbered, limited-edition, full-sizedreplica Death Trooper helmet that

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“Nissan’s Manuel Lava new custom-designed campaign aims to provide Nissan and Star Warsfans exclusive access to the popular franchise in ways they’ve never seen before,” said Jeremy Tucker, vice president, Marketing Communications & Media, Nissan North America. “Through this exciting campaign, Nissan offers customers new Star Wars experiences as well as a unique look at what driving with the advanced technologies already available on Nissan’s industry-leading cars, trucks and SUVs brings.”

The “Battle Tested” TV campaign launching on Oct. 31 includes one 30-second national spot that begins airing on Halloween, as well as a full 60-second hero version of the spot in cinemas and a flight of sales and dealer-engagement ads and that will follow later this fall.

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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. “I deliver cars...pick up their cars for service...I’d lease a

car so that when I pick up their car they’d have a loaner car – I do things differently,” Orosa adds.

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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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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WAS $22,091

WAS $20,491

NOW

261788A/E1045982

92339/DC040723

NOW

$22,591

NOW

$13,291

2012 Mercedes-Benz E350 2015 BMW 3 Series 328i

WAS $24,091

NOW

$11,998

27076A/EM354360

NOW

92314/CA545524

92246/FF608769

WAS $24,498

WAS $25,098

$22,998

NOW

$23,598

92365/DA248719

NOW

$16,291

2014 Honda CR-V LX 261553A/EH513845

WAS 19,498

NOW

$17,998

2016 Nissan Frontier

2014 Honda Odyssey EX

WAS $25,392

WAS $25,991

92366/GN701083

NOW

$23,892

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Subaru of Glendale is the #1 Volume Subaru Dealer in Southern California! *#1 claim based on SOA MTD Sales Report for new car sales in Southern California for August 2016 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 SUBARU

CROSSTREK 2.0i

2016 SUBARU

Premium CVT LEASE OFFER

189

$

LEASE OFFER

199

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

$

PLUS TAX PER MONTH LEASE/ 36 MONTHS/10,000 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) Model Code GRC - 12 Offer Expires 11/11/16

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

2017 SUBARU

Legacy 2.5i

LEASE OFFER

219

2017 SUBARU

OUTBACK 2.5i Limited CVT with Eyesight & Navigation

LEASE OFFER

259

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

$

PLUS TAX PER MONTH H LEASE/ 36 MONTHS/10,000 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 Code HAE - 17 Offer Expires 11/11/16

2017 SUBARU

WRX

LEASE OFFER

279

Model Code HDF-24 Offer Expires 11/11/16

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

2017 SUBARU

Premium

$

Model Code GLJ - 21 Offer Expires 11/11/16

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

Sport CVT with Eyesight & Navigation

$

Impreza

2.0i Sport Limited CVT

Legacy 2.5i

Limited CVT with Eyesight & Navigation SIGN & DRIVE

299

PLUS TAX PER MONTH ONTH LEASE/ 00 39 MONTHS/10,000 MILES PER YEAR

$

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

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

$0 Down Payment $0 Security Deposit $0 First Months Lease Payment

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

$0 Total Due Lease Signing (tax, title, license & doc fees extra) Model Code HUO -11 Offer Expires 11/11/16

FINANCE OFFER 2.9% limited term financing on ALL 2017 WRXs in stock

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

Model Code HAF - 24 Offer Expires 11/11/16

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

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855-230-1547 Andrew Marilla Sales & Leasing

Christian Marilla Finance Manager

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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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Nissan of Mission Hills

Out to be the #1 Nissan Dealer in the he Nation* tio ti ion on* Serving the Filipino Community for more than 20 years. s. s.

SPECIALS “Tawagan or hanapin nyo lang ako”

Manuel Lava

“Kayang-kaya nyo ang ng g down do own ow wn at mababa mab ma abab ab bab aba ba lang lang la ang g ang a monthly payment!”

Internet | Fleet Manager

Ikaw ba ay problematic dahil sa Bad Credit/No Credit?. No Driver’s License? No SS? Ok na ang TIN!. Bankruptcy? WALANG PROBLEMA!!! Cell: (661)-644-0944

NEW CAR SPECIALS 2016 NISSAN SENTRA

2016 NISSAN ROGUE

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129

$

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189

$

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2016 NISSAN FRONTIER

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290

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PRE-OWNED CARS AVAILABLE ‘12 NISSAN ALTIMA I4 CVT 2.5

$

8,995

‘14 NISSAN VERSA 1.6

$

9,995

‘14 KIA SOUL AUTO

$

11,595

Stock#: G26791 | Vin: 463313

Stock#: G14061 | Vin: 806405

Stock#: G31141 | Vin: 747479

‘15 15 NISSAN SENTRA I4

‘15 15 KIA KIA SSEDONA EDONA LX LX

‘16 16 NISSAN SENTRA I4

$

$

$

14,995

Stock#: U4695 | Vin: 639612

17,995

Stock#: U4677 | Vin: 033670

18,995

Stock#: G34031 | Vin: 217671

‘14 NISSAN SENTRA I4

$

12,595

Stock#: U46311 | Vin: 852585

‘15 15 NISSAN ROGUE AWD SL

‘15 NISSAN VERSA NOTE HB CVT 1.6 SV

$

13,995

Stock#: U4679 | Vin: 408445

‘155 HONDA ACCORD COUPE V6 AUTO EX EX-LL

$

$

Stock#: G23441 | Vin: 790051

Stock#: G34451 | Vin: 006978

21,995

23,595

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

888-588-7635 ®

WE SERVE ALL AAA, COSTCO, AARP, CREDIT UNION, SAM’S CLUB MEMBERS

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(562) 688.4626 (562) 472.89388 OF 2015 EVOLUTIONS & LAST YEAR OF PRODUCTION 2017 17 MITSUBISHI MIR MIRAGE RAGE G G4 4 5 Speed S d BUY FOR

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

0

11,199

$

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

*

2016 MITSUBISHI

NET COST

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

0%

*

2016 MITSUBISHI

0

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.

0

18,199

$

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

%

OUTLANDER ES 7 seater

UP TO

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

72 MONTHS FINANCING

OUTLANDER SPORTS ES 5 Speed

BUY FOR

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

48 MONTHS FINANCING

LANCER ES 5 Speed

13,699

$

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

%

*

%

72 MONTHS FINANCING

FALL-FRIENDLY PRICED PRE-OWNED CARS! TEST-DRIVE NOW! ‘03 TOYOTA SIENNA VAN

WAS 8,800 $

$

5,988

Stk: C16165A

‘10 MITSUBISHI LANCER SPORTBACK GTS HB ‘13 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER SPORT SE WAS $10,900 $ WAS $13,988 $

‘14 HONDA CR-Z BASE COUPE

WAS 14,988 $ $

Stk: C2971P

12,988 NURSES PROGRAM AVAILABLE!

8,988

Stk: C16151A

Stk: C16108A

WAS 18,800 $ Stk: C2935P

0

Stk: C2994P

15,800

WAS 18,988 $ $

Stk: C2998P

% FINANCING

16,988

WAS $22,999 $ Stk: C2995P

18,800

‘11 HYUNDAI ELANTRA SEDAN

WAS $16,988 $

12,988

Stk: C3002P

‘15 MITASUBISHI OUTLANDER SE SUV

Was $24,988 $ Stk: C16286A

18,999

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

11,988

‘13 TOYOTA SIENNA VAN

‘15 NISSAN PATHFINDER SUV

‘12 HONDA CIVIC Si COUPE $

10,988

‘13 SCION XD HATCHBACK WAS $13,988 $

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

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;08 SUZUKI XL7 FWD 4DR LUXURY W/3RD ROW

5,995

$

6,995

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;10 SUZUKI KIZASHI 4DR SDN CVT AWD SE

$

7,495

VIN: 4USCH9338XLF81415 STOCK: X60820A

VIN: 2S3DB417886104108 STOCK: X61708

VIN: JS2RF9A32A6100897 STOCK: X61871

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;05 NISSAN ARMADA SE 2WD

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;12 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE AUTO GS SPORT

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

$

8,995

VIN: 5N1AA08A25N732117 STOCK: X61603

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;13 SCION TC 2DR HB MAN

$

12,999

$

9,995

VIN: KNDMC233686046726 STOCK: X60039

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

$

10,995

$

8,495

VIN: WDBUF70J45A667624 STOCK: X61705

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;15 HYUNDAI ACCENT 4DR SDN AUTO GLS

$

11,495

VIN: JTDKTUD36ED581581 STOCK: X61824

VIN: KMHCT4AE7FU883792 STOCK: X61876

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;14 TOYOTA CAMRY 4DR SDN I4 AUTO L

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

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;16 HYUNDAI ELANTRA GT 5DR HB MAN

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;15 HYUNDAI SONATA 4DR SDN 2.4L SE

$

13,495

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;13 TOYOTA PRIUS 5DR HB ONE

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;13 TOYOTA RAV4 EV FWD 4DR

VIN: JTDKN3DU8D5646548 STOCK: X61526

7,995

VIN: ML32A4HJ3FH013557 STOCK: X61741

VIN: 4T4BF1FK5ER369640 STOCK: X61725

15,495

10,495

$

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;05 MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS E500 SEDAN

VIN: 4A37L2EF9CE002588 STOCK: X61759

VIN: JTKJF5C70D3064755 STOCK: X61055

$

$

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;08 HYUNDAI ENTOURAGE 4DR WGN GLS

$

15,995

VIN: 2T3YL4DVXDW001679 STOCK: X61821

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$

13,995

VIN: JM1CW2BL8F0181288 STOCK: X61588

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

$

16,995

VIN: JF1ZNAA17D2703438 STOCK: X61809

$

14,695

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