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Zena Sultana BabaoMsgr. Gutierrez Ofelia Dirige15 Concerns of FilAms asGathered from the Revived

Filipino Forum.. p 6


After Community Outcry, Wifeof Soldier Will Not Be Deported


Emotional Farewell for Filipino Sailors asBRP Ramon Alcaraz Finally Heads Home

Palace: No politics in ban ofTaiwanese products

Phil Am BID welcomes Philippine Ambassador Jose Cuisia

Tomorrow Does NotAlways Come .. p 16


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Life without myfather .. p 11

Many, many years later

It was a long day, but I was nally done. Extracting the stone-packed gall-bladder from a 96-year old retired radiologist was no cakewalk. Dr. J. Howard Nolanhad a pacemaker and two coronary stents. He also had an aortic aneurysm removed inthe past so his abdomen was a cobweb of adhesions. In any case, I was glad the laparo-scopic cholecystectomy went well and my physician-patient was recuperating nicelyin the postoperative suite. His family, particularly the son who had neglected his fatherthrough his connement in the nursing home, was extremely anxious. He peppered mewith questions which were merely masked excuses for his failings as a son. Throughyears of clinical practice, physicians learn the quirks and quarks of human nature. Forinstance, heightened levels of concern among family members are generally in inverseproportion to their true affection for the patient.

I called my ofce and checked with Adrianna who takes care of the vicissitudes thathamper the clinic. She said everything else could wait till the morning except for one call-- from Father Edward, my parish priest. It was a personal call, not urgent. But the priestdid ask if I could perhaps give him a call after I got out of the OR. He gave Adrianna hisprivate cell phone.

Inquirer.net/New AmericaMedia | SAN FRANCISCO,6/12/2013 -- U.S. Immigrationand Customs Enforcement(ICE) cancelled the deporta-tion order for Karla Gaerlan,an undocumented immigrantfrom the Philippines, follow-ing hundreds of emails andphone calls from communitymembers and a protest thismorning.

Supporters of the youngFilipino mother protestedWednesday in front of the

Immigration and Customs

Enforcement ofces.Karla Gaerlan, an undocu-

mented 28-year-old Filipinoimmigrant and the wife of an

Protesters gather in front of Immigra-tion ofces in San Francisco to supportGaerlan. Photo by Rene Ciria-Cruz.

Embassy of the Philip-pines | CHARLESTON, SouthCarolina, 6/11/2013 While

all of them look forward to re-turning home to their familiesin the Philippines, the ofcersand personnel of the BRPRamon Alcaraz said they willalso miss their kababayanswho made life easy for themduring their more than one-year stay in the United States.

The Filipino Community inCharleston made sure the men andwomen of the Alcaraz were providedwith a home away from home whilewe were here in South Carolina. Andfor that we will forever be indebted

The Philippine AmericanBusiness Improvement &Development, a community

organization that aims to con-

nect commerce, culture andthe community, held a PrivateDinner Reception and Round

Table Discussion with the

Honorable Jose L. Cuisia, Jr.,Philippine Ambassador to


by Louis Bacani, Philstar.com |MANILA, 6/12/2013 - PresidentBenigno Aquino III led the 115thIndependence Day celebrations onWednesday with an apparent call toother nations to respect Philippinesovereignty amid the ongoing ter-ritorial dispute with some countries.

Aquino said the Philippines is only

defending its freedom and sover-eignty as a nation while asserting itsrights over the land and waters thatrightfully belongs to it.

Wala naman tayong ibang pakaykundi pangalagaan ang tunay nasa atin. Hindi natin tinatapakanang karapatan ng iba. Hindi natininaangkin o sinasaklaw ang terito-ryong malinaw na nasa bakod ngiba, Aquino said in his speech at theLiwasang Bonifacio in Manila.

Wala tayong ibang hinihingikundi ang igalang ang ating terito-ryo, karapatan,at pagkatao tulad ngpaggalang natin sa teritoryo, kara-patan, at pagkatao ng ibang lahi, headded.

The Philippines is currently in aterritorial dispute with China andsome Southeast Asian neighborsover some parts of the West Philip-

pine Sea.The government has led an inter-

national protest against China, whichhas sent ships intruding Philippine-owned islands.

Earlier this year, the country wasalso involved in a diplomatic rowwith Malaysia when the followers ofSulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III wentto Sabah to assert their territorialclaim on the disputed land.

The Philippines was also re-cently involved in a diplomatic rowwith Taiwan after the PhilippineCoast Guard shot dead a suspectedTaiwanese sherman in waters offBatanes.

The Philippines had insisted thatthe incident happened in its territorybut Taiwan claimed it happened inthe overlapping exclusive economiczones of both nations.

But while the country is demand-ing respect for its rights and terri-tory, Aquino said the Filipino peoplewont resort to aggressive means.

Habang iginigiit natin ang atingmga karapatan, kailangan din natingipakita ang tunay na karapatan ngmga Pilipino. Wala sa lahi natin angpagiging agresibo, pero hindi rintayo titiklop sa anumang hamon,the President said.

He continued: Wala tayong mi-namaliit. Wala tayong inaapi. Walasa kasaysayan natin ang manakit ogumawa ng anumang hakbang paramagtanim ng sama ng loob angibang bansa sa atin.

The Chief Executive also stressedthe need to sit down for a peace-ful dialogue to maintain stability

By Aurea Calica, The

Philippine Star | MANILA,Philippines, 6/11/2013 - ThePhilippine government is notgetting evenwith Taiwanwith the Foodand DrugAdministra-tion (FDA)sban on 15Taiwanesefood productsfound to be contaminated withmaleic acid, Malacaang saidyesterday.

It has nothing to do with politics.It has nothing to do with the presentsituation that were in with Taiwan,

presidential spokesman Edwin

Lacierda said, referring to the sanc-tions imposed by Taiwan against thePhilippines following the shooting

of a suspectedTaiwanese poach-er by a Filipinocoast guard.

According toacting DirectorGeneral KennethHartigan-Go ofthe FDA, thefood productsfound to have

maleic acid were independentlytested and reported last week by theAgri-food and Veterinary Authority


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After Outcry

Legal BuzzLaw Offices of Chua Tinsay & Vega

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by Atty. Lilli A. Baculi

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By: Lilli Baculi, Esq.

Homer, a noncitizenforeign national, is

married to Lydia, a

United States citizen, and

by virtue of this marriage

was accorded a lawful con-

ditional permanent resident

status. However, not even a

full year into the marriage the

newlyweds nd themselves

extremely unhappy with each

other and are ghting inces-

santly. Lydia les for divorce

and the marriage is termi-

nated. A few months after the

divorce was nalized, Homer

marries for the second time to

Barbara, who is also a United

States citizen. Homer nowseeks to adjust his status to

that of a lawful permanent

resident based on his current

marriage to Barbara. How-

ever, his application to adjust

status was rejected because

his status as a conditional

permanent resident based on

his rst marriage has not been

terminated.Can Homer terminate his conditional

status based on his marriage to Lydia,and subsequently adjust his status basedon his current marriage to Barbara?

According to the Immigration and

Nationality Act (INA): In the case ofan alien with permanent resident status

on a conditional basis under subsection(a), if the Attorney General determines,before the second anniversary of thealiens obtaining the status of lawfuladmission for permanent residence, that(A) the qualifying marriage (ii) hasbeen judicially annulled or terminated,other than through the death of a spouse; the Attorney General shall so notifythe parties involved and, subject to para-graph (2), shall terminate the permanentresident status of the alien involved asof the date of the determination.

Moreover, the Board of ImmigrationAppeals has highlighted the authorityof the Citizenship and Immigration Ser-vices of the Department of HomelandSecurity to afrmatively terminate theconditional resident status of a nonciti-zen foreign national according to theINA. Termination of an aliens condi-tional resident status can occur in threeways. First, under section 216(b)(1) ofthe INA, they may terminate the aliens

conditional resident status before the2-year conditional period expires, wherethe Service determines that the qualify-ing marriage was judicially annulled orterminated. Second, the Service mayterminate the conditional resident statusfor failure to timely le a joint petitionto remove the conditions on permanentresident status. Finally, the Service mayterminate the noncitizens conditionalresident status upon determining that theinformation provided in the joint peti-tion to remove conditions is untrue.

In Matter of Stockwell, the Boardfound that the Service properly terminat-ed respondents conditional permanentresident status because the qualifyingmarriage had been legally terminated.Similarly, in Matter of Lemhammad,the respondent married a United States

citizen and obtained a conditional resi-dent status under Section 216 of the Act.Sometime thereafter, the respondent andhis wife divorced, and the Service ter-minated his conditional resident statusunder section 216(b)(1)(A)(ii) of theAct, based on his divorce.

The Board also held that an alienholding a conditional permanent resi-dent status is prohibited from adjust-ing his status under 245(a) of the Act,pursuant to Section 245(d) of the Act.However, Section 245(d) of the Act doesnot prohibit an alien, whose conditionalpermanent resident status has been ter-minated, from adjusting his status underSection 245(a). There, respondentsconditional resident status was termi-nated by the Service upon his divorce

from his US citizen spouse. Respondentthereafter sought to adjust his statusbased on his (second) marriage to a UScitizen spouse, whose visa petition ledon his behalf was approved. The Boardfound that section 245(d) does not barthe respondent from adjusting his statuspursuant to section 245(a) of the Act,based on his second marriage to a UScitizen spouse.

Thus, Homer should be able to adjusthis status to that of a lawful permanentresident based on his second marriageas long as his conditional resident statusbased on his rst marriage is terminated.

Marriage and divorce are very per-sonal in nature and in themselves arehard enough decisions to make, andnavigating through the immigrationlaws on top of it makes it more difcultand frustrating. It is important to beinformed and know your options. An ex-perienced immigration rm or attorneywill be able to help you understand what

immigration terms mean specic to theregulations, what steps might be takenfor your particular case, and the optionsavailable to you under the evolving im-migration laws.

Atty. Lilli A. Baculi is an associateattorney with Chua Tinsay & Vega, AProfessional Legal Corporation (CTV) -a full service law rm with ofces in SanFrancisco, San Diego, Sacramento andPhilippines. The information presentedin this article is for general informa-tion only and is not, nor intended to be,formal legal advice nor the formation ofan attorney-client relationship. Call ore-mail CTV for an in-person or phoneconsultation to discuss your particularsituation and/or how their services maybe retained at (619) 955-6277; (415)495-8088; [email protected]

Divorce, Re-Marriage and theImmigration and Nationality Act

by Jake Maxwell Watts, Quartzqz.com | 6/30/2013 -- The Philippineeconomy grew by 7.8% in the rst threemonths of 2013, surpassing every singleanalyst estimate and putting it just aboveChina as one of Asias fastest grow-ing economies. The torrid growth, thebest in nearly three years, is especiallyimpressive given that exports declined6.2% as electronics shipments collapsed.

So how is it growing so fast?1) InfrastructureThe Philippines, like Thailand, is

pursuing a massive infrastructure spend-ing program worth around $10 billion.It covers a wide range of investments,from power plants and bridges to roadsand schools. Although not all the moneyhas been spent, the program has alreadycreated upwards of 400,000 jobs andhelped win an investment grading from

rating agencies, opening up the countryto more international money.2) Domestic DemandIf foreigners arent going to buy your

goods, you better hope the locals are.Domestic demand in the Philippineshas been very strong, driven by privateinvestment and consumer growth in away that China must envy. Manufactur-ing growth is up by 9.7% due to demandfor food, appliances, communicationand transport, and construction wasup a whopping 32.5% in the rst three

months of the year. Services expanded7%.

Initially, this was led by infrastruc-ture spending from the government, theNational Economic and Developmentchief Artemio Balisacan told the Philip-pine Star. By the second half of 2012,private construction started to rebound.

3) Remittance PaymentsUnderpinning domestic demand is a

raft of remittance payments that maketheir way to the Philippines each yearfrom its vast diasporaover $5 billionin the rst quarter of 2013. The cashtransfers have long helped the Philip-pines pay off foreign debt and boostdomestic consumption.

Can it continue?Good news lasts only so long, and

analysts have pointed to several risks.Exports may continue to fall as China

slows and Europe stagnates. Remit-tance payments, although large, are attheir lowest in nearly four years, and thePhilippine stock market tumbled almost4% on Thursday, in line with the N ikkei,despite the strong economic growthgures. Manila is sticking with a 6-7%growth target for the whole of 2013.

Theres a disconnect between theeconomy and the valuation of themarket, a Manila-based trader toldBloomberg. While overseas investorssay they like our economic funda-

How did the Philippines trump China to becomethe fastest growing economy in Asia?

mentals, they nd valuations to bestretched. The Philippine stock marketis one of Asias best performing bourses,up 41% in the last year, but traders areclearly worried about whether thereis an asset bubble in the making. ThePhilippines has strengths China doesnt,but building roads and pushing up thebudget decit is not enough when itcomes to a long-term strategy.

active duty U.S. Army sol-dier, was facing deportationon Sunday, June 16, Father sDay.

Friends, community supportersand her husband, Specialist ThadSchmierer, appealed to ICE to stopher expulsion. Lawyers from SanFrancisco-based Asian Law Caucusare representing Gaerlan.

I cant imagine leaving my family,said a tearful Gaerlan. Please Mr. Presi-dent, youre a father too. Please dontput me on a plane.

Schmierer, a Specialist in the U.S.Army stationed in Northern California,is due to leave for training in a week.He and Karla have a nine-month-oldchild, Christopher. The family lives inStockton. Im away a lot and Im afraidto come home and my family wont bethere, he told the press.

The result of S-Comm

Gaerlans predicament began afterChristopher was born, when she beganstruggling with severe post-partum de-pression. During a serious argument be-tween her and Schmierer, she scratchedhim. Both said the scratches were light,


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Business

Okay dayta ar-aramiden yo, (What you are doing is okey), said Presi-dent Fidel Ramos (sitted) to Felino Jun Quinto (right), branch managerof the Pinoy Powered Solar Max and Renewable Energy Consultant RodelUrmatan (center). President Ramos was the guest speaker of the recently heldMabuhay Festival at Kimball Park National City last June 8, 2013 in cel-ebration of Philippine Independence. Solar Max had a booth at the Festivalpromoting Solar Panels as an alternative source of more affordable energyfor the Filipino American community. Earlier in the week, June 3, the PinoyPowered Unit of Solar Max also paid a courtesy call to the Honorable ConsulGeneral Ma. Helen De La Vega who also approved of the Units plan to evolvea template plan in California that could also apply in the Philippine setting.Because our economy needs it, said the Consul General. Rdlphoto0613.

Former President Fidel Ramos givesthumbs up to SolarMax Technology

Good News Pilipinas | MANILA,4/22/2013 -- As Japan, many countriesin Europe and now China wrestle withshrinking labor pools, a host of emerg-ing nations are grappling with a differentproblem: how to reel in the benets ofa quickly growing population and avoidhaving too many people chasing too fewjobs.

Swelling populations helped buoyindustrializing economies in the US andEurope in centuries past. They trans-formed South Korea, Taiwan and Chinain the 1980s and 1990s. Economistscall the phenomenon the demographicdividend, and it happens when droves ofyoung people enter the workforce andchoose to have fewer children or delayparenthood, leading to a sharp increasein spending and a faster-growingeconomy.

But a young population isnt enoughon its own to underwrite a generation ofgrowth, as the Philippines is learning.

When Asias industrial powers em-barked on their economic transformationin the 1970s and 1980s, the Philippineswas left behind. Under dictator Ferdi-nand Marcos, corruption surged, as didgrisly insurgencies involving Maoistguerrillas and Islamist separatists. ManyFilipinos left. Today more than 10 mil-lion of the countrys 100 million peoplework abroad, sending home more than$20 billion a year, providing a lifelinefor their families left behind, accordingto government and central-bank gures.

Other countries also have struggled tocapitalize on their growing populations.Many Latin American countries enjoyeda demographic prole similar to EastAsias booming economies in the 1980s,but chaotic politics and poor economicplanning limited how much they ben-eted from it.

Today, Africas leaders face a similartest. The United Nations projects thecontinents population will double to twobillion people by 2050, while around40% of the population of both sub-Saha-ran and North Africa is under the age of15 today. The UN projects the worldspopulation will expand to 9.3 billion in2050 from about seven billion now, withmost growth coming from developing

Wall Street Journal says Philippines has people and policies for growth

nations.Some African nations are making

headway in harnessing the economicpotential of a youthful population. InRwanda, where genocide claimed thelives of some 800,000 people in the1990s, the government has boosted tour-ism and services, delivering economicgrowth rates above 8% for the pastve years. President Paul Kagame hasencouraged the use of contraceptives,which has contributed to average fertil-ity rates dropping from 6.1 births perwoman in 2005 to 4.6 in 2010, accordingto the World Bank.

Without an effort to boost productivityand create jobs, the demographic divi-dend can easily become a demographic

time bomb.The Philippines is trying to avoid that

fate. This former American colony hasone of the highest population-growthrates in Asia, expanding by 1.7% a year,compared with 0.5% in Chinaand oneof the regions highest unemploymentrates, too, at around 7%. To help the

countrys economy absorb a wave of jobseekers, President Benigno Aquino IIIhas made corruption his primary target,guring that cleaner government is thebasic building block for business con-dence and job creation.

Tougher oversight has helped reducewasteful government spending. And theeconomy is gaining momentum, expand-ing 6.6% last year.

Among other things, the Philippineshas overtaken India to become theworlds largest provider of voice-basedoutsourcing services. Banks such asHSBC, Wells Fargo and Citibank haveset up back ofces in the islands. Tosustain the momentum, the govern-ment is paying to train 100,000 peoplea year in call-center nishing schools.There they learn to handle customersand perfect their American accents.Recruiters are now heading out to ndagents in places such as Davao, wherevigilantes used to parade the severed

heads of Communist guerrillas throughthe streets.I dont think weve seen this level

of collaboration and support before,says Benedict Hernandez, head of theBusiness Processing Association of thePhilippines. The government used tobe a model of inexibility, but thats allchanged in the past year or two.

In another break from the past, Mr.Aquino is going against the wishes of theRoman Catholic Church by promotingwider use of contraceptives. That couldreduce the number of children eachworking-age citizen supportsand helpfree up the spending power of the newgeneration now entering the workforce.

Problems remain. Poor infrastructuremeans the Philippines struggles to draw

Asking prices continue to increase

steadily nationwide in May, rising in 98of the largest 100 metros, according toTrulias Price Monitor. Nationally, pricesare up 9.5 percent year-over-year. Season-

Asking Prices Up In Least-Affordable Housing Marketsally adjusted, prices increased 4 percent

quarter-over-quarter and 1.1 percentmonth-over-month.

Eight out of the 10 least affordable mar-kets, with seven in California, are all show-

Philippine President Benigno Aquino, Jr.

ing double digit increases in asking prices,

making home affordability even tougherfor would-be buyers. Orange County,Oakland, and San Jose all had priceincreases of more than 20 percent, making

these already expensive markets even less

affordable. Prices are up 16.3 percent, onaverage, in these 10 least affordable hous-ing markets. -- California Association ofRealtors Newsline, 6/12/2013

in the kind of manufacturing invest-ment that economists such as the AsianDevelopment Banks Rajat Nag say isrequired for a lasting transformation inthe islands. A Communist insurgencyalso continues despite a peace deal withthe largest Muslim secessionist group.

Yet the country is beginning to winover skeptics. In late March, Fitch Rat-ings upgraded the Philippiness creditrating to investment grade for the rst

time. Others are warming, too. DavidBonderman, founder of private-equitygroup TPG Capital, told an investmentconference in Hong Kong late last yearthat the Philippines, for the very rst

time in my adult life, is thought to bea place we can do business withoutcounting our ngers afterwards. (Storycourtesy of Asian Wall Street JournalsJames Hookway)


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June 18, 2013Read previous articles by visiting our website at www.asian-

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by Atty. Rogelio Karagdag, Jr.Member, State Bar of California &Integrated Bar of the Philippines

Phil - AmLaw 101

PHIL-AM LAW 101 by Atty. RogelioKaragdag, Jr., Member, State Bar ofCalifornia & Integrated Bar of thePhilippines

In a previous article entitled TheCase of the Missing Husband, wediscussed about judicial declaration ofpresumptive death of a spouse. Such acourt declaration would enable the otherspouse to remarry. However, we alsowarned that if the missing spouse reap-pears and records an afdavit that he isback, then the second marriage wouldautomatically be terminated.

Our article today is a follow up tosuch a scenario. Here are the facts,which we have modied to protect

the identity of the persons involved.Because her husband had been missingfor several years, wife led a petitionin Philippine court and was able to geta declaration of presumptive death.After some time, wife met and fell inlove with another man who happens tobe a United States citizen. They fell inlove, got married and second husbandled a petition to bring the wife to theUS. However, rst husband reappearedand led an afdavit in the local civilregistrar of Manila where his wife wasliving with her second husband. Healso informed the American embassywho accordingly denied the immigrantpetition.

Through the advice of her lawyer,wife led a petition in Philippine courtto declare her marriage with rst hus-band as void from the beginning. Thecourt granted the petition.

The question now is, what happensto the second marriage? Did the rst

husbands reappearance automaticallyterminate the second marriage? On thepractical side, what petition should thesecond husband now le for the wife? Isit a spousal or a ance petition?

To answer this question, we must rst

nd out when the second marriage tookplace. If it took place before August 3,1988, the Civil Code would apply. If ittook place after that, then the FamilyCode would apply. This issue is impor-tant because the two laws have differentprovisions about presumptive deaths.

The Civil Code (previous law) saidthat the second marriage would remainvalid unless declared void by a courtjudgment. Here, we do not have a courtjudgment declaring the second marriageas void. For this reason, the reappear-ance of the rst husband would haveno effect on the validity of the secondmarriage. Ergo, second husband shouldle a spousal petition.

On the other hand, the Family Code

does not require a court judgment tovoid the second marriage. What theFamily Code says is that the secondmarriage shall be automatically termi-nated by the recording of the afdavitof reappearance of the absent spouse.The recording shall be done in the civilregistry of the wife and the second hus-band. Since they are living in Manila,the afdavit must be recorded in theOfce of the Local Civil Registrar ofManila. This is exactly what the rsthusband did.

However, there is an exception to therule. The Family Code also provides thatthe second marriage will be automati-cally terminated, unless there is a judg-ment annulling the previous marriage ordeclaring it void ab initio. Since the wifewas able to get a void ab initio judgmentagainst the rst marriage, the secondmarriage remains valid. In this regard,it is obvious that the judgment declar-

ing the second marriage void ab initiorefers to a judgment obtained after the

Missing Husband Reappears

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for 14th SDAFFThe 14th San Diego Asian Film Fes-

tival which runs November 7-15, 2013has extended its call for entries deadline.SDAFF 2013, will play to an estimatedaudience of more than 20,000 duringnine days of lm, live discussions withlmmakers and artists, panels, andexciting special events.

Films/videos submitted must bedirected for principally acted by artistof Asian or Pacic Islander descent; orwhose subject matter relate to Asian orPacic Island culture or communities.

DeadlinesJune 14 - for shorts & documentaries;

June 21 - for narrative featuresVisit www.pac-arts.org/sdaff for more

info.

PhilAm BID


the United States, as honoredguest, last Friday, May 31st,5:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M. at theSan Diego Country Club inChula Vista, California.

Edna Concepcion and Marilyn Mesinaof Phil Am BID led the reception andthe discussion. Ambassador Cuisia wasin San Diego on May 30 31st to meetwith the community, members of theFilipino American Youth Leaders Pro-gram (FAYLP), business members andofcers of Phil Am BID , and San DiegoCounty public ofcials.

Ambassador Cuisia was nominated byPresident Benigno S. Aquino III to theposition and was conrmed in Februaryof 2011 to lead the Philippine Embassyin Washington D.C. As the Philippinesofcial representative to the U.S., theAmbassador brings comprehensive -nance, and banking expertise to his post-ing at a time when western investmentin a recovering Philippine economy ispromising. He was Central Bank gov-ernor and concurrent chairman of boththe Monetary Board and the Philippine

Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC)Board from 1990 to 1993. He was alsopresident and CEO/administrator ofthe Social Security System (SSS) anddirector of the Philippine National Bank(PNB). The experience that propelledhim to these positions is backed byyears of service in such nancial institu-tions as the Philippine American Life &General Insurance Company, AmericanInternational Group, and Insular Bank ofAsia and America (IBAA). He also saton the board of a number of the Philip-pines leading companies including SMPrime Holdings, Manila Water Com-pany, San Miguel Corporation, Philip-pine Long Distance Telephone Co., andPhilippine Airlines.

Ambassador Cuisia is an alumnus ofDe La Salle University, where he gradu-ated in 1967 with degrees in Bachelorof Arts in Social Science and Bachelorof Science in Commerce (magna cumlaude). He nished his Masters in

Business Administration-Finance at TheWharton School, University of Pennsyl-vania in 1970 as a U niversity Scholar.Ambassador Cuisia is married to theformer Maria Victoria Jose with whomhe has ve children.

Ambassador Cuisia and his wife,Mrs. Victoria met wit h the delegates ofthe Filipino American Young LeadersProgram (FAYLP), which the Ambas-sador initiated from the PhilippineEmbassy in Washington D.C., and wel-comed to San Diego County by Phil AmBID. Phil Am BID is a nonprot groupwhose mission is to connect commerce,culture and community and whoseultimate goal is to gift the communitywith a commercial, cultural, educationalcomplex, Plaza Pilipinas, where all cancongregate and celebrate.

Ambassador Cuisia is a recipient ofnumerous prestigious awards, both inthe Philippines and overseas. Phil AmBID honored him for his diplomatic

achievements with its STARBlazerGlobal Filipino Diplo mat Award2013.

City of Chula Vista Mayor Cheryl Cox(Chula Vista is the sister city of CebuCity), former Chula Vista Mayor and

California Legislator Shirley Hortonwho authored AB 420 (bill that allowedthe Filipino language to continue to betaught in California schools), City of

San Diego Mayor Bob Filner, NationalCity Mayor Ron Morrison, City ofCoronado Mayor Casey Tanaka, Chair-


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Profles

We did it again. The McBuddies had another fun-lled picnic at Palm Ridge Park, South San Diego May 18, 2013.There was a long table laden with delicious food and of course crispy lechon donated by Pascual Deomampo AKATiger Woods who celebrated his 75th birthday. What a great gathering!

By Rudy D. Liporada

Filipina American Ella Ay-ers who plays Jessica in theplay Let Me Out is makinga splash in the plays World

Premier Presentation at the2013 Hollywood Fringe Fes-tival which started last June7, 2013. Subsequent show-ings at the Ruby Theater atThe Complex in Hollywood

will be on June 14, 15, 21,

22 and 23.

Written by San Diegan FilipinoAmerican Jared Tyrel Pixler, Let MeOut revolves around six friends who arecoming together for their rst reunionafter a year away from college. Theydiscover what a difference a year makesin their changed lives. They discoverwho their friends really are and are ableto distinguish what it is like to grow uptogether and apart. Within the year theyhave been apart, they had journeyedseparately in letting themselves out.

Patricia Bellgardt who saw thepremier says, I was very impressed

Filipina shines in Let Me Out McBuddies Celebrate at Palm Ridge Park

FilAm Ella Ayers plays Jessica in theplay Let Me Out written, produced anddirected by FilAm Jared Tyler Pixler. Yes,that gun is locked, loaded and ready tosquirt, like some lives that could be ledfake until it clamors to Let Me Out.

with the play and I thought it is sad howsome people have to go through difcul-

ties in their lives to be truly themselvesand I thought it was a beautiful endinghow they all bonded as true friends andstarted to begin to understand each othermore. I thought it was truly beautiful.

Diane Slobodnik adds, I thought thewhole play was quite amazing, I reallydid. how it showed how young kids inlove, how they grow and learn moreabout each other, and how everythinghappens, how they think they have onetight bond, but to some people its actu-ally quite deluded and not being truthfuland in the end of it all, it all cametogether. An d we all learn more. It wasreally wonderful.

I really enjoyed it, says LauraJoseph. I thought it was very well writ-ten. I loved the ending - that they all

The Cast and Creative Team of Let me Out: Back row - Nicholas Braded (Stgmgr.), Cory Pilawski (asst. Dir.), Anthony Krall (LUKE), Jake Trissler (JOHN), BrycePyper (BRYCE), Christine Smith (marketing and program), Jared Perez Pixler (Writer,director, producer), William Venturini, (ASM, us Jessie). Front row - Audrey Rose (usCourtney), Ella Ayers (Jessica), Cody Rogers (Mona), Arlene Mitchell (Courtney),Megan Otteni (ASM, us Mona)

came to the realization that they all needto accept each other, remember that they

are all friends, that they love each other.They are who they are...Overall, Let Me Out is a story of

guarded personalities of classmates whobecame close friends and whose realpersonalities spring out when they facethe real world outside of the realm of theacademe. Nonetheless, though they havechanged within a year of being sepa-rated, they discover their friendship tohave become deeper because they nowsee each other for what they really are.

This prompts Ashley Apelzin to say,Even though, there have been a lotof changes recently made, we are stillghting a big struggle. Its really coolto see a production that sheds some lighton that. She adds, I like the story oftwo young gay men meeting each other

at the party, thats really powerful andits often overlooked....so its really cool

to see that.The Hollywood Fringe Festival is anannual event uniting local, national,and international artists in a celebrationof the performing arts. Experimentalcelebration of the emerging arts scenefeaturing theater, music, dance, art, par-ties, and plays located in a wide range ovenues. The Festival is in its fourth yearfrom its rst premier in 2010.

Let Me Out was produced under theauspices of the MB Stage Productions.Aside from writing the play, it was alsoproduced and directed by Jared TyrelPixler.

For more information on ticket pricesand show times, one can call 323-455-4585 or visit www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/1130.


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ASIAN JOURNALThe first Asian-Filipino weekly in Southern California

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In Pursuit of Excellence

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Perspectives

by Dr. Ofelia DirigeFounder, President & CEO Kalusugan

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Contemporary AsianAmerican Issues


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Miles is Assistant to the Dean and Assistant Professor in theShirley Hufstedler School of Education at Alliant InternationalUniversity where he teaches new media and diverse writing courses.He has been with the Asian Journal since the 1990s.

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by Benjamin Maynigo

Take It FromMy Barber

Gladstone Investigator ShinyaYamanaka to Receive Commitment

to a Cure Award from the ALSCommunity

Shinya Yamanaka, MD, PhD, a seniorinvestigator at the Gladstone Institutes,next month will receive the EsseyAward for his Commitment to a Curefrom The ALS Association Golden WestChapter. This annual award representsthe exceptional determination, spirit anddedication to the ght against amyo-trophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also

known as Lou Gehrigs disease.This award, named after the Chapters

co-founder Richard Essey and his wifeSheila, this year recognizes the far-reaching, human-health impact of Dr.Yamanakas Nobel Prize winning dis-covery of a way to transform adult skincells into cells that act like embryonicstem cells. These induced pluripotentstem cells (or iPS cells) are so called be-cause they can become any cell type inthe body. Dr. Yamanakas iPS discovery,rst completed with animal cells in 2006and with human cells in 2007, has sincealtered the elds of cell biology andstem cell researchopening promising

new prospects for drug discovery, per-sonalized medicine and tissue regenera-tion.

I am pleased that scientists aroundthe world are using this technology tosearch for solutions for many diseases,including ALS, said Dr. Yamanaka,who is also a professor of anatomy atthe University of California, San Fran-cisco, with which Gladstone is afliated.I am deeply honored that the GoldenWest Chapter is honoring my work inthis way. Like them, I am optimistic thatiPS cell technology will help nd newsolutions for those suffering from thisdevastating disease.

ALSALS is a neurodegenerative illness

that causes progressive paralysisandeventually deathdue to the loss of mo-tor neurons in the spinal cord and brain,which normally control muscle move-ment. Approximately 5,000 new cases ofALS are diagnosed in the United Stateseach year, and despite recent progress inunderstanding the diseases underlyingmechanisms, there is no known cure ortreatment to halt or reverse the disease.Today, most people with ALS live onlytwo to ve years following diagnosis.

Approximately 30,000 people in theUnited States live with the disease atany given time, while the global popula-tion of ALS patients is approximately400,000.

ALS is one of the many neurologicaldiseases on which Gladstone focuses.Building on Dr. Yamanakas discoveries,Gladstone investigators who special-ize in ALS have developed the rst

iPS-based, human neuron model ofthe disease, which they are now usingboth to evaluate potential pharmaceuti-cal compounds to treat it, and to betterunderstand how the disease progresseson a molecular level.

New therapies for ALS are urgentlyneededand our creation of humanmodels using iPS cell technology willhopefully deepen our understanding ofhow the disease developsand leadto relevant therapies for patients, saidSenior Investigator Steve Finkbeiner,MD, PhD, who leads ALS research atGladstone.

The ALS community is gratefulto Dr. Yamanaka for his exceptionaldetermination and dedication towardsovercoming disease, said Fred Fisher,President and CEO of The ALS As-sociation Golden West Chapter. Hisdiscovery of iPS cells will allow forthe exploration of human diseases likenever before. While there has been

signicant progress in research, peoplewith ALS and their loved ones stillhave far more questions than answers.The groundbreaking work of scientistslike Dr. Finkbeiner and Dr. Yamanakainspire condence that there will soon

be greater advancements in understand-ing the causes of the disease, developingnew treatments and ultimately nding acure for ALS.

ResearchDr. Yamanaka, who did his postdoc-

toral training at Gladstone in the 1990s,also directs the Center for iPS CellResearch and Application (CiRA), andis a principal investigator at the Institutefor Integrated Cell-Material Sciences(iCeMS)both located at Japans KyotoUniversity. In 2007, he became a seniorinvestigator at Gladstone, where hecurrently conducts his research at theRoddenberry Stem Cell Center.

This award comes on the heels ofnumerous other honors recognizing Dr.Yamanaka and the importance of hisiPS discovery, including the 2012 NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine, theBreakthrough Prize in Life Sciences,the Millennium Technology Prize, theAlbert Lasker Basic Medical ResearchAward, the Shaw Prize and the KyotoPrize for Advanced Technology. In2011, Dr. Yamanaka was elected to theNational Academy of Sciences, garner-ing one of the highest honors available

About the ALS Association GoldenWest Chapter

The mission of The ALS Associationis to lead the ght to treat and cure ALSthrough global research and nationwideadvocacy while also empowering peoplewith Lou Gehrigs disease and theirfamilies to live fuller lives by provid-ing them with compassionate care andsupport. The Golden West Chaptercurrently serves people with ALS and

their families in 31 counties throughoutCalifornia.About the Gladstone InstitutesGladstone is an independent and

nonprot biomedical-research organiza-tion dedicated to accelerating the paceof scientic discovery and innovation toprevent, treat and cure cardiovascular,viral and neurological diseases. Glad-stone is afliated with the University ofCalifornia, San Francisco.

Commitment to a Cure

by Dr. Ofelia Dirige

I consider the revived second FilipinoForum that met May 4 from 8:30 to11:00 AM at the Kalusugan Center toreally be a success! Nineteen peopleshowed up plus the facilitators, SimSilverio, Editor and Publisher of AsianJournal, Dr. Ofelia Dirige, President &CEO of KCS and Juanito Amor, minutetaker. Majority of those who showed upwere cream of the crop and have deepconcerns for the welfare of the com-munity.

The attendees as shown on the pictureare: Front (Paul Ones, Sim Silverio,Virgil Yalong, Shelly Hunter, EdnaConception, Dr. Ofelia Dirige, Pat Am-brosio, Dr. Rey Monzon, Sal Flor; Back(JR Melchor, Felix Tuyay and a guest of

Sim Silverio). Other attendees not in thepicture were Juanito Amor, Glenn Bar-roga, Vince Bumanglag and son, SamBesa, Abe Ellorin and Ben Macayan.

We also accomplished a lot at thismeeting by stating how the concept ofthe Filipino Forum came about, deningthe purpose of the forum, introducingthe participants and their organizationsand dening the issues and concernsfacing the FilAms of San Diego today.The Filipino Forum is a brainchild ofSim Silverio as a result of his speechduring the celebration of the BirthdayAnniversary of Dr. Riz A. Oades heldMarch 27, 2013 at Kalusugan.

WHY THE FILIPINO FORUM

In Sims speech that was published inthe Asian Journal, April12-18 and April19-25, 2013, he mourned the Vanish-ing Filipino American Leaders in SanDiego. According to him, in 1982,

when he rst arrived in SD, the FilAmcommunity was much alive, vibrant andactive. There were more than 300 FilAmorganizations almost every town in thePhilippines was represented and everyprofession had their own group. As

that time, there were few Filipinos, sothey were lonely and homesick for theircountry back home. Thus, they bandedtogether in groups for social activities,friendship, and nancial support oftheir families and the community in thePhilippines.

According to Sim, Today, the re-maining active FilAm associations canbe counted with one hand. This is due tothe fact that during the late1960s to the1980s, the Filipinos no longer longed foreach others company and their countryback home. There is instantaneous owof news from the Internet or the FilipinoTV channels, Also, there were moreFilipinos arriving from the Philippinesthat there are more of them now, thus,they are no longer a minority.

Sim also mourned the passing away of

many FilAm community leaders of yes-teryears especially Dr. Riz Oades, whowas well respected and admired by boththe rst and second generation Filipinos.Among the others that I know who arealready gone include Charlie Linayaofrom Cavite, Dr. Lolita Carter Founderof the Samahan Performing Arts, ErnieFlores Editor and Publisher of FilipinoPress, and Sam Respicio, who organizedthe First Filipino Forum. And now, weare sad to hear of the passing away ofanother great man and leader, WinloveCudal, the husband of our well-knownfriend and colleague, Dr. Aurora Cudal.Their passing away had created a voidin our community.

THE PURPOSE OF THE FILIPINOFORUM: Sim had proposed the revivalof the Filipino Forum and here are someof his ideas for the purposes and aims ofthe Forum:

1).It will be a gathering of leaders and

members of the Filipino communitywhere they can get to know each otherand their organizations activities andconcerns.

2). A place where issues affectingthe community are discussed, solutions

presented, and committees formed todeal with the issues.

3). It can serve as a venue to strength-en ties with the second generationFilAms through better communication.

4). It can serve as a training ground onleadership, culture, history, and journal-ism for the second generation.

5). To inform or share with the com-munity the discussions held during theForum through the local ethnic media(Asian Journal, Filipino Press, MabuhayNews, Philippines & Asian Report and

others) including social media, radio,television and a website.

Activities will include inviting com-munity organizations to speak and givea brief history of their organization,their past accomplishments, ofcers andmembers, current projects or activities,problems and concerns, and how theForum can help with their concerns.For the rst session, Dr. Rey Monzonand Sal Flor were invited to speakabout COPAO (Council of PhilippineAmerican Organizations) but since Dr.Monzon will not be available on June29, it will be postponed for the Julymeeting. Speakers who are experts oncertain topics and government ofcialswill also be invited.

The outcome of the Forum is betterknowledge of each other and the com-munitys problems and concerns. Work-ing together for a good cause will alsobind the community better. It will makethe community more visible and will

project a unied Filipino community tothe outside world.

15 CONCERNS OR ISSUES BYTHE FILAM COMMUNITY

The following are the issues aired bythe participants, the contributors and theresponses to them:

1.How can information be channeledto one outlet? (Joe Mazares). Sim in-formed the group that the Asian Journalcan publish news articles and eventsfor free. However, there is payment forads. There will also be a website whereproles of the organizations and leaderscan be found.

2. We should have time for theFilipino forum ; Some meetings are toolong; We should use Roberts Rules oforder- (Abe Ellorin)- Forum response iswe have ground rules to keep order.

3.Younger generation are taking over(Abe Ellorin): Sal responded that youngpeople are not taking over but working

together as in COPAO. Sim added thatFilAm organizations should write abouttheir activities and have it publishedin the AJ. Perhaps COPAO can have acolumn in the AJ.

4. We should appreciate the works of

some faithful individuals and not justthe well-known or popular ones. CO-PAO recognized the Unsung heroes attheir gala this June.

5. Sim should not apologize for hisarticle in the Asian Journal about OlderFilAm community leaders vanishing.(Sam Besa, Glenn Barroga). Everyonehas a right to say what they think.

6. Data Information: Data sources andresource person/organization

Demographics of FilAms in SD-Juanito Amor

Health- Kalusugan Community Ser-vices; Operation Samahan

Politics- FACE, APACBusiness- NAAC, FilAm Chamber of

Commerce7. Campaigning for District 4 election;

also for Mitz Lees bid for the CityCouncil in District 6.

FilAms need to present a UnitedFront.

8. Why 1st and 2nd generation cantseem to work togetherlike oil andwater that do not mix.-

(Dr. Rey Monzon): Related issues are:Immigration, Age, Need for a FilAmeducation summit and

Use students such as: FilAmFest,KAMP, AB Samahan, PAYO, South-western College

9. Importance of Filipino Forum-Paul Ones -emphasized the importanceof the Forum as a place

for discussing issues and networking.10. There is a silent majority of

FilAms who are not participating incommunity activities- There are lots ofindividuals who are not comfortablein forums, discussions or communityevents.

Todd Gloria is an example of a gov-ernment ofcial who is half Filipino &half Caucasian.

11. Upcoming activities related to thefollowing economics and trade policies-(Glenn Barroga)

June 7-8- Former President FidelRamos will be coming- to prole EDSA

June 11- Secretary of Transportationwith FACC, WTC and others-Trade op-portunities in the Phil.

Scott Peters- will be on a trade mis-sion in the Philippines

June 9 Event-12. FilAmFest Volunteers- Virgil Ya-

long, Coordinator, volunteered to writefor the Filipino Forum to published inthe Asian Journal.

13. PhilAm Bid- Edna Concepcion

will report after the June Phil Indepen-dence day events.

15 Concerns of FilAms as Gatheredfrom the Revived Filipino Forum

My barber tells me that the revelationon the Surveillance Programs of theNational Security Agency (NSA) alsogenerated some debates in the barber-shop. He wonders what my take is.

Should the government gather privateinformation from social and communi-cations networks for security pur-poses? Should privacy be sacriced tosecure us from terrorists and criminals?

The so-called leaks provided byEdward Snowden to The Guardian andthe Washington Post should not reallysurprise anybody especially in this digi-tal age. The fact that NSA would liketo access data from Google, Facebook,Microsoft, Verizon and the like in order

to check any abnormal, extra-ordinary,illegal, criminal or possibly terroristicactivity is expected. It is allowed forpublic safety or national security butsubject to due process provided by law.

Snowden, for his revelations, has beendescribed as a whistleblower by somemedia or news outlets. This is prob-ably because they were assuming thatSnowden exposed some illegal activityof the government. The documents thathe leaked are supposed to be classiedand top secret.

A whistleblower refers to an em-ployee reporting about alleged dishon-est or illegal activities occurring in agovernment agency, a public or privateorganization, or a company.

Are the NSA surveillance programsdishonest or illegal? They appear to beauthorized because they were being im-plemented with Congressional oversightand judicial approval. In short, the threebranches of the government are involved

in accordance with the Patriots Act.The ACLU (American Civil Liberties

Union) is suing so it disagrees to a cer-tain extent. But many do not considerSnowden a whistleblower. In fact,former U.S. Ambassador to the UnitedNations John Bolton said, EdwardSnowden is a traitor who has com-mitted an act of war against the UnitedStates, in an exclusive interview withNewsmax.

The self-confessed leaker of top-secret documents detailing the NationalSecurity Agencys phone- and Internet-surveillance programs is a deceitfuland dishonest man who violated oathshe undertook to keep secret classiedinformation about a program approvedby all three branches of the governmentto protect Americans, Bolton added.

Former CIA Director James Woolseyalso commented on what Snowdendid: Well, hes done two things. Hes

decided to ignore President Obamas Ithink very clear statement a couple daysago that you cant have both 100-per-cent privacy and 100-percent security,youve got to strike some kind of bal-ance. Snowden decided no, you go foronly privacy and dont consider security.

The second thing he decided wasthat even though the president and theCongress and the courts, working veryhard on a new system that theyve set upin order to regulate these activities, thatthey are all three to be ignored and thathe, Snowden, should be the decision-maker for the American people and alot of other people as well as to wherethe line between security and privacy isdrawn. And I think it is an extraordinari-ly terrible thing for him to have done.

We, the people are the Governed whoentrusted representatives in the Govern-ment to protect us, make laws, interpretthe laws, and execute them for us. Forthese tasks, we compensate them and

give them our trust. Of course, if theyabuse the powers granted them, we haveprocesses to stop the abuse even topunish the abusers.

An employee of Booz Allen, a trustedgovernment contractor, Snowden wasgiven the necessary security clearancesto access condential information withthe corresponding oath not to leakthem. Booz Allen already red himfor violating company policy and theirtrust. For legal violations, due processwill be followed which means extradi-tion (he is currently in Hong Kong),investigation, and court trial. He willget a fair trial.

Privacy is very important to us. But

we also know that absolute or com-plete privacy is impossible to have ina civilized and now digital world. Inorder to enjoy national safety and secu-rity, we are expected to give up someprivacy. To obtain a cure for or preventillness, we have to provide informationto our doctor or the hospital. To getthe best legal defense, the defendantwill have to provide his attorney all theinformation he needs. Video camerasare installed in strategic places to moni-tor movements in department stores andother locations.

While we enjoy our freedom ofspeech, we expect listeners or readersnot just to absorb them but they may

share them with others as well. If wejoin and /or use Facebook, Linkedin, In-stagram, Twitter, Bing, Yahoo, Google,and other social media outlets, wevoluntarily give information. These areprivate entities that we trust to store dataabout our lives, what we say about oth-ers, and ourselves and about issues. Ve-rizon and other cable and communica-tions network have to monitor our use oftheir facilities to bill us correctly.

Of course, we already provide somuch information to the govern-ment. We trust it more because thepublic ofcials hold positions of PublicTrust. For benets received, we providethem with tax, social security, credit,and various types of required and/orvoluntary information.

To be able to use efcient and effec-tive search capabilities, we use Google,Bing, Yahoo and other engines. Inexchange, we give back data aboutour searchable selves. GPS helps us

provide directions or nd locations butwe have to provide information. As weseek to nd, we also expect to be found.

Government, Google, GPS, Grown-ups, Girl (Groom)

Obtaining the maximum benets ofGood Governance; utilizing effectivelyand efciently Google, GPS, Goo-dReader and the like; expecting wiseadvice and counsel from Grownups suchas Grandpas and Godfathers; and hopingto nd the right Girl or Groom, youhave to give and take data and informa-tion. The amount of love that you giveto an entity is always commensurate tothe amount of information that you haveon and take from that entity.

GOD, Golden RuleStretching it further even to the

religious, you know that, in this materialworld, there is an Innite Power moni-toring your daily activities. In somecases you feel targeted and challenged toface obstacles and crosses to carry. By

your actions, you will be judged.To be safe and secure, you follow the

Golden Rule: Do Good and Avoid Evil.This should be true as we suspect and

expect some form of monitoring by theGovernment, Google, GPS and the like,and the Grownups. Just Do Good byobeying the laws and Avoid Evil bynot violating them.

In GOD, Government, Google,and Grownups We Trust

reappearance because, otherwise, therewould have been no need for a declara-tion of presumptive death.

So, to answer the question. What thesecond husband must le this time isagain a spousal petition, because hismarriage to his wife remains valid, in

spite of the reappearance of the rsthusband.

Atty. Rogelio Karagdag, Jr. is licensedto practice law in both California andthe Philippines. He practices immigra-tion law in San Diego and has continu-ously been a trial and appellate attorneyin the Philippines since 1989. He travelsbetween San Diego and Manila. Hisofce is located at 10717 Camino Ruiz,Suite 102, San Diego, CA 92126. Healso has an ofce in the Philippines atUnit 1718, Manila Executive Regency,1200 J. Bocobo Street, Ermita, Manila,with telephone numbers (02)554-0412 &(02)5221199. Please call (858)348-7475or email him at [email protected]. He speaks Tagalog fluently.Articles written in this column arenot legal advice but are hypotheticalsintended as general, non-specic legalinformation. Readers must seek legalconsultation before taking any legal

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with other nations amid the ongo-ing territorial dispute over the WestPhilippine Sea.

But he also noted the need to upliftthe morale of the Armed Forces ofthe Philippines.

At habang naninindigan tayo parasa ating mga karapatan, at nakikip-agugnayan sa lahat ng panig upangmaghari ang pagkakaunawaan, kail-angan din nating i-angat ang kakaya-

Pres. Aquino


han ng ating sandatahang lakas.Aquino also urged Filipinos to

unite against the ills of the nationsuch as poverty and threats againstits sovereignty.

Alam kong magagawa natin itodahil lahi tayo ng mga bayani, hesaid.


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15 Concerns Bills Corner

Read Bill Labestres previous articles by visiting our web-site atwww.asianjournalusa.com

by Bill Labestre, MBA

Maybe its our fault on how we raisedthem. We could also blame our own old

Filipino culture. Are we parents thatbecame enablers to most of our childrenwho are members of the generation oftakers? Its not just the taxman that cansqueeze your last penny but, your kidsmay do the same.

I believed it started when they werestill very young. We showered themwith love and affections then boughtthem stuff we thought would makethem happy. We made things so easy forthem. Most of the time all they had to dowas ask and theyll have it. They seldomshared the workload at home whilegrowing up. All they did was to go toschool, get good grades and maybe acollege degree. Mom and Dad providedeverything else.

At least majority of them grew upschool smart, and nished the coursesthey liked even if it was useless in thereal world. The parents could only makesuggestions and the kids made their owndecisions. Some of them kept changing

majors, could not make up their mindsand still hanging out at communitycolleges for many years. They becameprofessional students with no cleardirections expecting their parents toprovide support.

A few were nice enough to heedthe parents suggestions. Some werefortunate to nish school withouttaking loans. The parents shoulderedeverything using their savings or takingmoney from their retirement funds. Doyou think they really understood orcared why parents did all this for them?Will they remember them in the future?

Most Filipino parents worry more

about their childrens future than theirown. We always think of what will hap-

pen to them when were gone. Can theytake care of themselves and survive ontheir own? We were so over protectivethat some of these kids never learned thehard facts of life. They grew up thinkingMom and Dad will always be there tobail them out or to provide support.

How many of you still have adultchildren living in your households?How many of these children have jobsand make enough money to live on theirown? Did you encourage them to staywith you or you dont have the gutsto get them out of your house? Dontbe ashamed because youre not alone.Many Filipino parents are in similarsituations. Kids are taking advantageof it.

Why would they leave when theygot it made? You provided free shelter,free food, a very good housekeeping andeven included them on your car insur-ance policy. They may even ask you forgas money sometimes. When was the

last time they treated you to a free lunchor a nice dinner?We always nd lame excuses to

justify our actions. We told ourselvesthat at least theyre not doing drugs ormembers of bad gangs or maybe theyrestill attending some school.

Dont ever expect too much fromyour children. Theyre not like you whogrew up some place in different situa-tion.

Maybe it is not too late to administertough love. You are getting too old toclean up their mess all the time. Oneway or another they have to learn tosurvive without you.

Generation of takers


After Outcr y

by Atty. Susan V. Perez

Immigration 911

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IMMIGRATION 911 by Atty. SusanPerezThis article will answer one of the

most frequently asked questions amongimmigrants: What happens when myI-94 has already expired but I havea pending application for change orextension of nonimmigrant status? Itis well settled that U.S. Citizenship andImmigration Services (USCIS) willnot issue a new I-94 card if the changeor extension is led after the person isno longer in lawful status. The foreignnational needs to be in status at the timeof ling the request to extend nonim-migrant status. The confusion lieswhen a person les for extension orchange of status while his I-94 is validand then les a second request throughyet another employer after the I-94 hasexpired but the earlier case is pending.The second ling will be considered asuntimely led if the rst application for

extension or change of status is denied.The rst ling keeps the person lawfullypresent in the U.S., but does not givehim the status needed to change into an-other status. In short, the rst ling can-not be used as a bridge between theinitial status, reected in the I-94, andthe nal ling. The applicant cannotbe considered in lawful status merelyby ling another petition or applicationafter the initial period of authorizedstay has expired. When the rst lingis denied, the applicant is usually given30 days to depart from the country orhe will be considered in violation of im-migration law.

The rule may be more clearly ex-plained with this example. On March1, 2009, Gabriel, a licensed engineer inthe Philippines, enters the U.S. on a B-2Tourist Visa. He was given six monthsto stay in the United States. His I-94card expires on September 1. On June1, he met a gorgeous woman and fell in

love with her. It was a love at rst sight.Gabriel decides to stay longer in theUnited States. Gabriel les for a timely

extension of his B-2 status. On July1, he nds an employer and les for aChange of Status to H1B. On Septem-ber 1, Gabriel receives a Request forEvidence (RFE) on the H1B case askinghim to prove that he has a lawful statuson the start date of his employment onOctober 1, 2009. H e was given untilOctober 15 to respond. On October 12 ,USCIS denies the extension of Gabr ielsB-2 for failure to prove that he intendsto stay in the United States temporarily.Gabriel did not retain the services of anattorney to le the B-2 extension. TheH1B is denied since he was not in law-ful status on October 1, 2009, which isthe start date for all H1B nonimmigrantvisa holders. He was, however, autho-rized to stay until October 12, 2009, thedate when the B-2 extension was denied.If the denial says he has 30 days to leavethe country, then he is authorized stayfor another 30 days.

Some attorneys believe the ling of

the B-2 extension extended the lawfulstatus beyond October 1, 2009, to enablethe applicant qualify for H1B. This is amisinterpretation of the concept that theperiod of authorized stay by the Attor-ney General (POSABAG) is equivalentto maintaining lawful status in theUnited States. The person is consideredto be in POSABAG until the extensionor change of status is denied. I n theexample given, the person was in lawfulstatus until September 1, 2009, whilehe was in POSABAG until October 15,2009,the date of denial of the B-2 exten-sion. A foreign national can changeor extend status while he is in law-ful status but not when he is only inPOSABAG. Gabriel did not qualify forthe H1B because on October 1, 2009, hewas not in lawful status.

We welcome your feedback. If youhave any immigration questions, pleasefeel welcome to email me at [email protected] or call 619

819 -8648 to arrange for a telephoneconsultation.

Distinguishing Lawful StatusAnd Authorized Stay

14. Former PACNAC- a model for aFilipino Center. If you need informationabout its structure and activities, BertAndrade volunteered to give informa-tion about it.

15. Filipino American Center- Dr.Dirige would like to discuss the ideaand plans of Kalusugan CommunityServices expansion to a Filipino Center.

CONCLUSION: We are happy tohave the Forum get started. To keep

order at meetings, we have establishedseveral ground rules such as: a) OnlyONE person will speak at a time. Letthe person nish speaking before youspeak. b) Everyone will LISTEN as aperson speaks. Please do not interrupt;c) Please SPEAK CONCISELY as manypeople may want to speak. LIMIT is 2MINUTES; d) There is NO RIGHT ORWRONG. Everyone is right from theirown perspective. Please do not shootother peoples idea down ; and e). Giveeveryone a chance to speak. Everyoneshould be able to participate. Do notmonopolize the discussion.

We also have suggestions on theoutline that presenters can use so theywill be able to cover the topic at thetime allotted. Since there are 15 issues,the Forum will vote on the top threepriority issues to tackle rst. We hopethat through all these, the Forum will beenjoyable for each one!


but a concerned relative called thepolice, who arrested Gaerlan.

Then, the controversial ICE SecureCommunities or S-Comm deportationprogram kicked in.

Even though Karla was not convictedof a crime, a voluntary immigrationhold request trapped her in the SanJoaquin county jail for eight days whenshe otherwise would have been quicklyreleased.

Next, immigration authorities pickedKarla up from the jail. Thad waitedoutside ICEs ofce, unable to get infor-mation about what was happening to hiswife. ICE agents allegedly proceeded togive her false information and threaten-

ing her.I was forced to waive my rights,

Gaerlan alleged. They didnt tell me Iwas qualied to get a green card. WhenI asked to see a judge an immigration

ofcer yelled in my face, saying theywill send me away and I wont be ableto come back if I dont sign a paperagreeing to voluntary departure.

Gaerlan said ofcers told her falselythat if she signed she would be back inthe U.S. in two months. She signed thepaper.

Controversial process

ICE and the Border Patrol offer vol-

untary departures to some immigrantswithout criminal records, sparing themthe possibility of stiffer penalties underformal deportation orders. Voluntarydepartures prohibit immigrants from re-entering the U.S. for up to 10 years.

Civil rights advocates have criticizedimmigration ofcers for using volun-tary departures as a way of coercing


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Authors note: August 21, 1983. Exil ed Senator Benigno Ni noy Aquino, the charismat ic op-position leader, arrives at the Manil a International Airport t o a returning heros welcome. Escortedby government soldiers, Ninoy is summarily shot to death as he steps on the tarmac KumanderGusi watches the TV coverage of the assassination while recovering from wounds sustained duringan encounter with commandos of the Philippine Constabulary. Years earlier, Gusi was the newly-ordained and affable Father George Madrid whose social justice work among oppressed farmworkers (sacadas) in the parish of Santa Lucia eventually led to his defection to the CommunistParty of the Phi lippines. In short order, the rebel priest had ris en to the rank of commander of thedreaded New Peoples Army. Following Ninoys assassination and the People Power Revolution,the rebel commander focused on guiding the Communist Party towards cooperation with the newPhilippine Government . Working such a ne line led to his capture after 14 years of undergroundactivity. Thanks to the tireless work of human rights groups, the imprisoned rebel priest is eventu-ally released from prison. Fr. George Madrid picks up the pieces of his shattered life...

Chapter 47. California

My wife Lucie was out, spending timewith our daughter who spends most ofher time aboard airplanes, criss-crossingthe country for a consulting rm basedin Los Angeles. She was home after aseries of meetings, nally, and invitedher mom to a popular boulangerie then a

ballet concert, her treat.I drove to the other hospital across

town to make my nal rounds for theday and called Fr. Edward.

Thank you, Patrick. Im sorry tobother you but a friend of yours came bythe ofce earlier this morning.

Oh? I wondered who it was.Your nurse told me you were in

surgery all day, so they left. Your friendand Father Matthew, remember him?

Yes, I did. He was assigned to ourparish briey as assistant pastor. Young,energetic, athletic. We played tennis oc-casionally. He always beat me.

Well, Father Matt brought in thisother fellow, from your old country.Nice chap. Said he knows you from wayback when. Names Peter. Pete some-thing.

I had no clue.Father Matt had some old stuff here

in the parish. Picked up his old tennisracket and trophies too. Anyway, he

brought this fellow along with him.Works for his new parish, St. Josephs,downtown. Coordinates his adult educa-tion program, I think.

I still had no idea.

Well, if you pass by the parish ofce,Margarita would have all the informa-tion. By the way, Patrick, have younalized that thing with the Knights ofColumbus and the Order of Malta?

Yes, I did, Father Ed. That I knew.We should have the clinic up and run-ning by April. May, at the latest. Theconstruction permit is getting held upagain. But, Rick is working on it.

Great! Well, Ill see you and Luciethis Sunday then.

I passed by the parish ofce earlythe next morning and got the informa-tion I needed. I instructed my secretaryVeronica to clear my schedule and droveto St. Josephs. It was going to be morethan an hours drive. But the trafc wasnot too bad. And I enjoyed the morningdrive. Gave me time to think.

To be continued...The author welcomes comments, correc-

tions, suggestion, etc. from Asian Journalreaders. These may be included in thenovels nal version. Please send yourremarks to [email protected].

man of the San Diego County Boardof Supervisors Greg Cox, San DiegoCity Council President Todd Gloria,and Phil Am BID founding PresidentsEdna Consing Concepcion and MarilynCalangi Mesina along with the Phil AmBID STARBlazers and TOP HATS hon-orees, Phil Am BID ofcers, advisorycouncil, directors and the San Diego

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Spiritual Life

2013 Virginia H. Ferrer. All rights reserved.

About the Author: Virginia H. Ferrer is a Retired Filipino LanguageTeacher at Otay Ranch High School in Chula Vista.

To you, your father shouldbe as a god; One that

composd your beauties,yea, and one. To whom youare but as a form in wax. Byhim imprinted, and within

his power. To leave thegure or disgure it. W.

Shakespeare, A MidsummerNights Dream (1.1.50-4)

Joke of the week: A farm boy ac-cidentally overturned his wagon load ofwheat on the road. The farmer that livednearby came to investigate. Hey, Wil-

lis, he called out, forget your troublesfor a while and come and have dinnerwith us. Then Ill help you overturnthe wagon. Thats very nice of you,Willis answered, but I dont think Dadwould like me to. Aw, come on, son!the farmer insisted. Well, OK, the boynally agreed, but Dad wont like it.After a hearty dinner, Willis thanked thehost. I feel a lot better now, but I knowDads going to be real upset. Dontbe silly! said the neighbor. By theway, where is he? Under the wagon,replied Willis.

Scriptures: First Reading: 2 Samuel12: 7-10, 13. Nathans role as a prophetwas to counsel David to clearly seeand understand Gods grace that he hadfailed to acknowledge. This failure ledDavid to murder Uriah and commitadultery with Bathsheba. Second Read-ing: Galatians 2: 16, 19-21. In meetingthe Lord, Paul believed in his heart thathe had been saved by the grace of God

through him. Those who receive thisgrace of God should not allow divisionsamong them, because they all cometo the table of Lord. Gospel: Luke 7:36-8: 3 (or 7: 36-50). It is much easierfor Simon, the Pharisee, to see the dirt

in the sinful womans eye and failed tosee the dirt in his own eye. The womanreceives the grace of God that enablesher to be sorry for her sins, whereasSimon, failing to recognize the presenceof grace through Jesus Christ, becomescondemnatory and judgmental.

Reection: It is believed the wordFather had originated from OldEnglish fder. Through the consonantshift (a set of changes that take place inthe articulation of one or more conso-nant phonemes between an earlier anda later stage of a language), the f waschanged into p pater in Latin, patr inGreek, padre in Italian-Spanish, and vvater in German.

Ancient Israel was a patriarchal so-ciety where men rule over women. (The

NT doesnt count women and children.Read about the feeding of ve thousandmen in Mark 6:30-44.) A few exegetesbelieve the reason for the non-inclusionof women is historical. Men were moreneeded as the Hebrews aspired forfreedom during their enslavement byforeign forces. Biblically, there is thePatriarchal Age, the era of the threebiblical patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac andJacob (Genesis 1250), but there is nobiblical record of a matriarchal period.In a patriarchal society the responsibil-ity lies on its men. For instance, landand property rights were handed onfrom father to son, along patrilineallines. Women dont have a role in thesynagogue, for they are believed leviti-cally unclean after their menstrual cycle.In our time, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveit-chik, a leader of profound inuence inmodern Orthodoxy in the United States,discouraged women from serving aspresidents of synagogues or any other

ofcial positions of leadership and fromperforming other mitzvot (command-ments) traditionally performed by malesexclusively, such as wearing a tallit ortellin.

Israel where fatherhood is highly

regarded and during the PatriarchalPeriod wives were viewed as property oftheir husbands, polygyny (one man hav-ing multiple wives) was condoned. TheBible is replete with lives of good andbad fathers. One of these is Abraham,the father of faith. He showed his com-plete trust in the Lord who commandedhim to sacrice Isaac, even though hewas promised that he would make hisdescendants as numerous as the starsin the sky. (Genesis 25:11) Moses didnot just receive the Decalogue, but alsoinstructed the Hebrews to learn these

laws and be sure to obey them. (Deut.5:1) He lived by example. Joseph, thefoster father of Jesus, is scripturallycalled a righteous and just man. Heobeyed the Lord against all odds to takeback Mary, his wife, who conceived ason. Joseph son of David, do not beafraid to take Mary home as your wife,because what is conceived in her is fromthe Holy Spirit. (Matt. 1:20)

Human fatherhood can be fullledin the light of Gods Fatherhood onlyand joined to the mothers love that istranscendentally compassionate. It isthe responsibility of fathers not only tobeget children, but to lead their childrento experience Gods mystery. While themothers love welcomes the child intothe awareness of Gods love, the fatherspresence in the life of a child initiatesand strengthens him into awareness ofthat love.

The fathers absence (physical,such as in dead-heat dad) leaves a gap-

ing void in the life of a child. Statisticsshow that absentee fatherhood is one ofthe main reasons for teenage pregnancy,teen addictions to drugs and alcoholism.I grew up without my father since at theage of ten. He died of lung cancer, be-cause of heavy smoking. My biologicalfather, Victor Liongson Gutierrez, wasa man of humble origin. He raised a bigfamily (7 sons and a daughter) throughhard work. Even though we were poor,we never went to bed hungry. He wasa tailor by trade and an excellent one.He trained in that occupation two ofmy brothers and a few cousins. He wasalso a good sherman and supplied ourfamily meal with fresh sh. I watchedhim a number of times mending shingnets. When the invading Japanese forcewas about to enter our town, my fathersmain concern was the safety of his fam-ily. So he took all of us by boat in themiddle of the night to seek refuge at arelatives residence that was kilometers

away from the town proper. My fatherwas a disciplinarian. He made it a pointthat we obeyed his wishes, but he was atthe same time loving and forgiving. Hehad also been a good Christian-Catholic.

He always observed Sunday as a holyday of obligation by going to Mass andabstaining from manual work. Whathelped me most in my vocation to thepriesthood, next to Gods grace, is mymothers abiding love of God and myfathers presence in my life because theyboth believed that their presence in mylife was crucial to my growth and devel-opment. I am what I am now: a priest, aspiritual father, because of my motherand father. They really put into practicetheir gifts of faith, mercy and love. Imiss my parents, especially on Fathers

and Mothers Days. I remember themwith the best gift I could give them: myMass, personal devotion and prayersthat God may be merciful on them.

C. S. Lewis in consoling Joys son,David Gresham, said, The pain I feelnow is part of the happiness Ill feelthen. Thats the deal. Forlorn becauseI lost my mother and father, yet fullyknowing they are with God, I badeadieus and au revoir to my parents.With God in heaven, they are my advo-cate, my paraclete guiding, prayingand watching over me. That is part ofthe deal! Saying goodbye to what hasbeen a part of our life for a long time ishard for anyone. It is that phase of ourlife when we leave behind the place andsurroundings where we are at home,and people whom we cherish for theirlove and friendship. Goodbye saps ourphysical and emotional energy. Goodbyeresults in emotional distress and disrup-tion or interruption. It can be a traumatic

experience, if not handled properly.Otherwise saying goodbye becomesanother way to maturity. My maturityis due mainly to God and secondly tomy parents. Laude Domino! (Praise theLord.) A deformed and dirty piece ofclay becomes a beautiful vessel in thehands of a consummate and dedicatedpotter.

Quotation of the week: The great-est gift I ever had come from God, and Icall him Dad! Anonymous

Life Without My Father

11th Sunday in Ordinary Time

The Power ofthe Spirit

In and through Jesus we come to know

God as a powerless God, who becomesdependent on us. But it is precisely inthis powerlessness that Gods powerreveals itself. This is not the power thatcontrols, dictates, and commands. Itis the power that heals, reconciles, andunites. It is the power of the Spirit.When Jesus appeared people wanted to

be close to him and touch him becaus e

power came out of him (Luke 6:19).It is this power of the divine Spirit that

Jesus wants to give us. The Spirit indeedempowers us and allows u

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