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PRESORTED HAWAII FILIPINO CHRONICLE STANDARD 94-356 WAIPAHU DEPOT RD., 2ND FLR. U.S. POSTAGE WAIPAHU, HI 96797 PAID HONOLULU, HI PERMIT NO. 9661 2  HaWaii Filipino cHRonicle  auGusT 16, 2014 EDITORIALS FROM THE PUBLISHER Publisher & Executive Editor e dodged two major bullets Charlie Y. Sonido, M.D. recently as Hurricanes Iselle Welcome, New Consul Publisher & Managing Editor and Julio left us largely un- Chona A. Montesines-Sonido touched. On the Big Island, General Jamoralin Associate Editors Iselle did inflict some dam- here’s a new consul general in town who brings a W Dennis Galolo wealth of experience as a foreign diplomat for the age, toppling trees, cutting Edwin Quinabo Philippines. With an early interest in learning about power to thousands of residents in Puna and Contributing Editor other cultures and languages, it seems Gina A. delaying the results of the Primary Election. Belinda Aquino, Ph.D. Jamoralin was destined for a career in the Philip- But for the most part, Hawaii was spared from widespread dam- Creative Designer T ages. However, we should be careful to not let our guard down Junggoi Peralta pine Foreign Service. She has traveled throughout the Asia-Pacific region and Europe on various assignments, in- especially since weather forecasters are expecting a busier than Photography cluding the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo, Japan and in Bucharest, normal hurricane season which extends through November. To Tim Llena Romania. Her latest stop is Honolulu, where she looks forward learn more about how to better prepare yourself for storms, nat- Administrative Assistant to carrying on the work of previous consuls general and fostering ural disasters and other emergencies, I encourage you to attend Shalimar Pagulayan relations with Hawaii’s Filipino community. the 4th Annual Get Ready Ewa Beach Emergency Preparedness Columnists The Consul General in Honolulu does more than issue and Fair on September 6th. Please turn to page 5 to learn more about Carlota Hufana Ader Emil Guillermo renew passports for Philippine citizens. Her role is crucial, espe- this event which is free and open to the public. Ruth Elynia Mabanglo, Ph.D. cially when it comes to building strong ties between the Philip- Our cover story for this issue introduces new Consul Gen- Ron Menor pines and Hawaii. She is responsible for promoting the eral Gina A. Jamoralin who arrived in Hawaii just last month. J.P. Orias Pacita Saludes Philippines’ interests in trade and tourism by meeting regularly She graciously took time from her busy schedule for an inter- Reuben S. Seguritan, Esq. with local government and business leaders. She is also expected view with our columnist Carlota Ader. Prior to Honolulu, Con- Charlie Sonido, M.D. to build relationships with non-profit groups on a variety of out- sul General Jamoralin was the assistant Secretary of American Emmanuel S. Tipon, Esq. reach projects to the Philippines and to meet regularly with Philip- Felino S. Tubera Affairs at the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs, where Sylvia Yuen, Ph.D. pine nationals to discuss immigration and other matters that affect she oversaw bilateral relations between the Philippines, the Contributing Writers Filipinos. And as the official representative of the Philippine gov- U.S., Canada and Latin America. Her special interest and ex- ernment, she must always project a positive image of the Mother Clement Bautista pertise in economics (she holds a PhD) will come in quite handy Country. Teresita Bernales, Ed.D in her efforts to promote the Philippines as an investment site Serafin Colmenares, Jr., Ph.D. We hope that the new consul general will continue to support for American and Filipino businesses. She will also focus on Linda Dela Cruz community projects statewide that encourage young Filipinos to Fiedes Doctor continuing the good work done by previous consuls general in be more active in political governance and that promote cultural Danny De Gracia, II, MA fostering a good working relationship with Hawaii’s Filipino Carolyn Weygan-Hildebrand pride. The Consulate should also continue its outreach projects community and maintaining unity. To find out more about Con- Amelia Jacang, M.D. to the neighbor islands to serve Filipino communities there. Pro- Caroline Julian cessing passport renewals, dual citizenship forms, notary authen- sul General Jamoralin, read our in-depth interview on page 4 Federico Magdalena, Ph.D. Deborah T. Manog tication and other legal services may seem like routine consular entitled “Up Close and personal With Hawaii’s New Consul General Gina Jamoralin.” Maita Milallos work, but the gesture is much appreciated by neighbor island Fil- Paul Melvin Palalay, M.D. ipinos because it spares them the time and expense of having to Finally, how did your candidates do in the Primary Elec- Seneca Moraleda-Puguan travel to Honolulu. tion? We hope you took the time to cast your ballots and that Lilia Q. Santiago, Ph.D. Jay Valdez, Psy.D. On that note, the Chronicle sends a warm welcome to Consul the impending storms did not prevent or discourage you from Glenn Wakai General Jamoralin and wishes her the best as she begins her term voting. If you didn’t vote, don’t despair—there’s still the Gen- Amado Yoro in Honolulu. We certainly look forward to working with her and eral Election in November. The Primary certainly had its share Philippine Correspondent encourage our leaders in the Filipino community to embrace her of surprising outcomes. We will recap and analyze the results Greg Garcia with aloha. of the various races in our next issue, so keep an eye out for it. Big Island Distributor Grace Larson That’s all for now. I hope that you will take some time to Ditas Udani read through this issue and find our articles useful and inform- Maui Distributor Price Gouging is Illegal ative. As always, we encourage you to contact us at: fil- Cecile Piros [email protected] if you have any story ideas, tips or Molokai Distributor s hurricanes Iselle and Julio bore down on the concerns regarding Hawaii’s dynamic and vibrant Filipino com- Maria Watanabe Hawaiian Islands, civil defense officials issued ad- munity. Our sincerest thanks to all of you for reading and faith- Advertising/Marketing Director visories for the public to begin preparations. Resi- fully supporting the Hawaii Filipino Chronicle! Chona A. Montesines-Sonido dents heeded the call as only locals can—by Until next time…aloha and mabuhay! Account Executives snapping up supplies of spam, toilet paper, bottled Carlota Hufana Ader J.P. Orias A water and other necessities. Store shelves quickly The Hawaii Filipino Chronicle is published emptied, forcing frustrated shoppers to visit several weekly by The Hawaii Filipino Chronicle Inc. It is mailed directly to subscribers and dis- stores. Worse yet, there were disturbing reports that a few mer- tributed at various outlets around Oahu and chants decided to inflate the prices of certain goods. One shop- commodities in the event of impending storms and other natural the neighbor islands. Editorial and advertis- ing deadlines are three weeks prior to pub- per paid $36 for a case of bottled water—or about six times what disasters. Common sense business practice is to raise prices on lication date. Subscriptions are available at $75 per year for Oahu and the neighbor is- it normally costs. goods as consumer demand increases—only not during emer- lands, continental U.S. $80, foreign country $90. Copyright 2006-2014. The Hawaii Fil- Let’s be clear that price gouging is illegal in Hawaii. Viola- gencies. Without a price freeze, widespread panic could ensue ipino Chronicle Inc. is located at 94-356 Waipahu Depot, Waipahu, HI 96797. Tele- tors face fines of up to $5,000 and/or a minimum of one year in and even, God forbid, looting and rioting. Ask anyone from phone (808) 678-8930 Facsimile (808) 678- 1829. E-mail [email protected]. jail under a recently enacted state law that makes price gouging Kauai about the civil unrest in the aftermath of Hurricane Iwa Website: www.thefilipinochronicle.com. a criminal, rather than a civil offense. By law, prices must be in 1982. Opinions expressed by the columnists and contributors do not necessarily reflect those capped at the time that the governor declares a state of emer- Shoppers who feel that they have been victims of price of the Hawaii Filipino Chronicle manage- ment. Reproduction of the contents in whole gency. The emergency proclamation was issued two days before gouging are urged to save their receipts and contact the State or in part is prohibited without written per- mission from the management. All rights re- Iselle was expected to reach the Big Island but it may have come Office of Consumer Protection. Over 20 complaints have been served. Printed in the U.S.A. too late for some shoppers who paid the over-inflated prices. made so far. Let’s send a strong message to unscrupulous busi- www.thefilipinochronicle.com Businesses that unknowingly raised prices could still avoid vi- nesses that try to make an extra buck at the expense of the public www.efilipinochronicle.com olations if they roll back prices to appropriate levels and return that price gouging will not be tolerated, especially in a state like excessive payments to consumers. Hawaii where we pride ourselves in the aloha spirit and looking MEMbEr, SociETy of ProfESSioNAL JourNALiSTS Still, it is unconscionable for merchants to jack up prices of after one another. auGusT 16, 2014  HaWaii Filipino cHRonicle  3 OPINION Why Government Fails, and What We Should Do often fails and how to fix it. grand proposals, not spend their proving government manage- to carry out ever-more- About It There’s ample cause for con- time digging into the nuts and ment and policy implementa- complex programs. And By Lee H. Hamilton cern. The VA appointments bolts of fixing bureaucracies. tion, there’s no shortage of fixes they could vow to reduce scandal; the botched launch of Moreover, as political scien- they could make. the number of political ap- ith election the Affordable Care Act; du- tist Paul C. Light has amply — They could ensure that fed- pointees in favor of filling season upon plicative programs to help low- demonstrated, government fail- eral agencies use pilot and most positions on the basis us, I’ve been income families; the 28 years ures happen for a long list of rea- trial programs much more of merit. pondering a of missed inspections that led sons that cannot be fixed easily, frequently than they do — They should certainly flat- crucial issue to the explosion of the fertilizer painlessly or quickly. Sometimes now. ten the chain of command about the role plant in West, Texas; scandals at problems are rooted in policies — They could mandate better and reduce the layers of bu- of govern- the General Services Adminis- that were ill-conceived, too com- and more rigorous evalua- reaucracy within federal de- W ment in our tration and the Secret Service; a plicated, or not well communi- tion procedures and the use partments and agencies, so society. It’s broken federal appointments cated. Sometimes the policies of metrics that lay bare that it’s easier for top ad- that our government often fails process; the regulatory were fine, but the resources nec- what works and what does- ministrators to see what’s — and that we need to address screwups that contributed to the essary to implement them were n’t. There’s more attention taking place on the front this. What’s odd is that while Great Recession; auto recalls inadequate or misused. Politics being paid these days to ef- lines. the frequent failures in govern- that should have happened often gets in the way of good ficacy than there used to — In the case of Congress, it ment’s performance are very much sooner than they did; the policy, with efforts to undermine be, but it’s still a trickle needs to ensure that vigor- much on ordinary people’s failure to prevent the 9/11 ter- programs by making their imple- compared to what’s ous oversight of programs minds, politicians don’t talk rorist attacks by sharing infor- mentation difficult or by cutting needed. becomes a habit, not the much about fixing them. mation within government; staffs and budgets. — They could avoid rushing to rarity it is now. True, you might hear a few bridge collapses and infrastruc- There are organizational announce programs, strive words about the issue when ture failures.... There’s a long and institutional problems, poor to get it right rather then get All of us want government members are back in their dis- and dispiriting list of occasions oversight, poor leadership — no it quickly, and pay as much to fail less often, whatever our tricts this month revving up when the federal government matter how good a policy, if attention to follow-through political stripe. So here’s my their re-election campaigns, but has fallen short. good people aren’t available to as to the launch. Think suggestion: As the campaigning for the most part they’ll be fo- Yet the issues surrounding carry it out, it will fail — and about long term, not the season moves forward, insist cused on issues like jobs and the government performance don’t government’s alarming diffi- next election, and make that your favored candidate work economy. This is understand- stir the passions. Progress culty attracting and keeping sure the mission is sharply harder on making government able, because that’s what their comes slowly, the media’s not highly qualified administrators. defined. more effective and efficient. constituents expect to hear especially interested in the te- Often, leaders are bored by the — They could devote far more about. dious story of building compe- nitty-gritty of management. attention to how govern- lee HamilTon is Director of the But it’s also a shame, be- t e n c e , a n d p o l i t i c i a n s Still, these are challenges, ment will recruit, retain, Center on Congress at Indiana Univer- cause we need a healthy dia- themselves look for home runs, not barriers. If our political and train the smart, highly sity. He was a member of the U.S. House logue about why government not singles. They want to make leaders wanted to focus on im- qualified workers we need of Representatives for 34 years. 4  HaWaii Filipino cHRonicle  auGusT 16, 2014 COVER STORY Up Close and personal With haWaii's neW ConsUl General Gina Jamoralin By Carlota Ader or many adventurous young Filipino women who dream of traveling around the world and learning about other cultures, working as a flight stewardess or aboard an international cruise ship or volunteering F for the Peace Corps would be ideal ways to do so.

Then there are a select few Affairs from September 2012 view and spoke candidly of her who join the Philippine For- to July 2014. She was also the credentials, priorities and out- eign Service to fulfill their director for trade and econom- reach projects for Hawaii’s Fil- dreams of seeing the world. ics at the Office of United Na- ipino community. The following One of these is Gina A. tions and International interview has been edited for Jamoralin, who has been Organizations and special as- space and clarity. tapped to succeed former Con- sistant to the Asia Pacific Eco- sul General Julius D. Torres nomic Cooperation Senior Q: Welcome to Hawaii! Have who returned to the Philippines Official. you been here before? What New Consul General Gina A. Jamoralin shares her experiences as a after serving Hawaii for two- She earned her Master’s of do you know about Hawaii’s Philippine diplomat with the Chronicle's Carlota Ader and-half years. Business Administration from Filipinos? Hawaii, French Polynesia and sogon, and my mother and my Consul General Jamoralin McGill University in Tokyo, A: Thank you very much American Samoa—the Con- grandparents were from Bohol has traveled throughout Asia, her PhD in economics from the for your warm welcome. Yes, sulate’s areas of jurisdiction. and Aklan. I lived in Manila the Pacific and Europe during University of Santo Tomas, her I have been here before as a Being an economist myself, I and studied at the University the course of her diplomatic ca- Master’s of Public Administra- young diplomat in the early plan to do more economic of the Philippines. reer. Her previous foreign post- tion from the University of the 1990s when I was a Philippine diplomacy and promote the ings include the Philippine Philippines and her Bachelor’s delegate to an APEC-related Philippines as an investment Q: What skills do you have Embassy in Tokyo, Japan from degree in economics from UP. meeting. I found the island re- site for American and Filipino that will help you with your 2006 to 2012 and the Philip- Consul General Jamoralin freshing and beautiful. I’m businesses. The Department of new assignment in Honolulu? pine Embassy in Bucharest, assumed her duties in July and happy to be back, this time as Foreign Affairs has four pillars A: As a career Foreign Romania from 1996 to 2003. hit the ground running, so to your new Consul General. The of foreign policy—national se- Service officer, we have special She was most recently the speak, having already paid cour- presence of Filipinos in curity, economic diplomacy, training for our positions— Executive Director and Assis- tesy visits with Gov. Neil Aber- Hawaii, who make up the promoting the welfare of Over- diplomatic skills, political re- tant Secretary of the Office of crombie and Honolulu Mayor largest ethnic group, was seas Filipino Workers (OFWs) porting skills, people skills and American Affairs of the Philip- Kirk Caldwell. She granted the brought about by the migra- and cultural diplomacy. I other skills that promote the pines’ Department of Foreign Chronicle an exclusive inter- tion of sakadas (plantation would like to touch all of these Philippines’ national interests. workers), mostly from the Ilo- areas during the course of my I have a special interest in eco- cos and Visayas regions, to stay and to give especial atten- nomics as I took my economic work in sugar plantations in tion to the welfare of Filipinos doctorate and MBA in Tokyo the islands during the early here since we are the largest and I also had my masters in 20th century. The Consulate ethnic group in Hawaii. Public Policy at the University honored these pioneers by of the Philippines. I know that rededicating its lanai and re- Q: Tell us more about your- this will help me with my work naming it “Alay sa Sakada” self. in Hawaii and is good for our Lanai in October 2012. A: I was the Assistant Sec- country. retary of American Affairs at Q: What will be your priorities the Department of Foreign Af- Q: What is the role of the Con- as the new Consul General? fairs prior to coming here sul General with respect to A: I plan to continue what where I oversaw bilateral rela- Hawaii’s Filipino Commu- has been the practice of my tions between the Philippines, nity? Why is it important to predecessors, but I also want to the U.S., Canada and Latin build a good relationship with prioritize other matters, like en- America. I was posted in the community? hancing our relations with the Japan for six years as eco- A: The U.S. and the Philip- U.S., our treaty ally and part- nomic officer, then I was pines have a strong bilateral re- ner, through increased engage- posted in Bucharest, Romania lationship and I witnessed that ment with the U.S. Pacific as vice consul, then later as when I was with the Office of Command and its military consul. I was born in American Affairs. OFWs con- components. I also intend to Paranaque and have two tribute to Philippines’ econ- pursue a more vigorous eco- brothers and one sister. My fa- omy. They also bring home a nomic diplomacy program in ther’s family came from Sor- (continued on page 5) auGusT 16, 2014  HaWaii Filipino cHRonicle  5 COVER STORY

(from page 4, TURNING ...) signments, I lived in Japan and Japan during the Fukushima Q: What is the difference be- York and San Francisco, all lot of talent and experience. We Romania. I also travelled nuclear crisis and the tsunami tween an embassy and a con- headed by a consul general. want to foster a close relation- around the world to Europe in March 2011 so I was ex- sulate? How many staff Here in Hawaii, the Consulate ship with Filipinos here in and attended seminars and posed to the areas of disaster members are assigned to the has 20 personnel which in- Hawaii. We at the Philippine meetings across Asia and the response and preparedness. Philippine Consulate here in cludes the organic DFA officers Foreign Service know how Pacific from 1993 to 1996 as a Last April in Manila, I assisted Honolulu? and staff, local hires and two li- vital the Filipino community is junior assistant for the APEC in the preparation for the visits A: An embassy is a coun- aison officials to the Pacific in our work. We see them not Summit. of U.S. President Barack try’s permanent diplomatic mis- Command (PACOM). only as the people whom we Obama, U.S. Secretary of sion in a host country. It is led serve in terms of consular and Q: What do you like best about State John Kerry and other by an ambassador. It handles the Q: Any last words for Hawaii’s Assistance-to-Nationals (ATN) your job? high-ranking officials. state-to-state relations between Filipino community? services, but we also rely on A: I like to meet other peo- the host and the sending govern- A: Although I have already and highly regard them as our ple, learn their culture and Q: If you were not employed ment. As there can only be one met several Filipinos, I want to partners in nation building. As touch their lives, however brief in foreign service work, what ambassador to a specific coun- meet more. We at the consulate such, it is important that the the moment is. It’s exciting and would you probably have en- try, there can be only one em- want to establish a good work- Consulate and the local Fil- challenging, and you grow and tered instead? bassy. The ambassador is the ing relationship so we could ipino community have a benefit from these encounters. A: Just a quiet academic— highest-ranking representative harvest the energy of the Fil- healthy, productive relation- maybe a professor in business of that foreign government and ipinos in promoting our trade ship. As Consul General, I Q: What have been the high- or economics, or economist thus the embassy is deemed to and culture. The consulate is think my role would be to nur- lights so far of your career in working in the bank. Or maybe be the highest level of represen- engaged to promote relation- ture that relationship, encour- the Philippine Foreign Serv- a journalist writing about busi- tative location. A consulate is ships, trade, culture and the age more participation and ice? ness and economics or a social somehow similar, but it is gen- welfare of the Filipino com- involvement in community af- A: When I was in Manila worker in rural areas doing hu- erally deemed to be lower rank- munity. I also would like to fairs and make our Filipino- as a junior officer, I was ex- manitarian work. ing as its head, the consul encourage all Filipinos to reg- Americans feel that the posed to multilateral diplo- general, reports to the ambassa- ister to vote in the 2016 elec- Consulate values their input macy early on in my career Q: Besides Hawaii, where in dor. Consulates perform mostly tions. Participating in the and contributions. when I assisted at the 1996 the world would you most consular services, but also see to political process is also one APEC Summit in Subic – want to be assigned to and it that they carry out the four pil- way of giving back to our Q: How did you become inter- where the Philippines first why? lars of the Philippine Foreign country besides the many as- ested in working for the chaired the APEC Summit. A: This is a tough question Service. In the U.S., there is one sistance given after recent nat- Philippine Foreign Consular The Philippines will host because I find all of the places Philippine Embassy in Wash- ural disasters. The Philippine Services? APEC Summit again in 2015. that I’ve been to as beautiful. I ington, D.C. and six consulates Consulate is open Mondays A: I was always interested I also worked five years as have not been to Latin Amer- general in Agana, Chicago, through Fridays, so please in international affairs and part of the Philippine APEC ica where it would be good to Honolulu, Los Angeles, New come and register early. learning about foreign cultures Secretariat and I got to travel hone my Spanish and languages as I first studied around the world. When I was language skills. I the Russian language. When I in Tokyo as an economic offi- also like their had the opportunity to take the cer, I helped in promoting de- songs. Hawaii, of foreign service officer exam in velopment assistance for the course, is like a 1991, I took it, passed and Philippines. I got to meet de- paradise. I’ll try then joined the foreign service velopment partners from to do my best and started working, meeting Japan International Coopera- here to deserve people and travelling to differ- tion Agency (JICA) and other this excellent as- ent places. For my first few as- Japanese officials. I was in signment. HAWAII-FILIPINO NEWS Ewa Emergency Preparedness Fair Set for Sept. 6 he Ewa Beach Emergency Pre- up with if not fully prepared,” says vol- paredness Committee will hold unteer media coordinator Kaui Alapa. Tthe 4th Annual Get Ready Ewa Participating organizations include Beach Emergency Preparedness Fair on the National Oceanic & Atmospheric September 6, 2014 at Ewa Makai Mid- Administration (NOAA), City & County dle School from 9 am to 1 pm. of Honolulu’s Department of Emergency The fair is free and open to all Oahu Management, The Bus, Hawaiian Elec- residents. Over $10,000 worth of pre- tric Company, American Red Cross, paredness items will be given away to Honolulu Fire and Police, and many attendees who will learn more on how other private and public vendors. to be better prepared for the next natural The Ewa Beach Emergency Pre- or manmade disaster and other emer- paredness Committee additionally pro- gencies. This year’s theme is “Prepar- vides monthly training events to include ing You, Your family and Pet(s) for CERT (Community Emergency Re- Emergency Shelter.” sponse Team Training), Disaster Assess- “We’ll have a scaled down emer- ment & Shelter Operations (American gency shelter unit inside Ewa Makai Red Cross), First Aid & CPR/AED Middle School for people to walk (Hawaii Heart Foundation), and training through and see the shocking small di- by the NDPTC (National Disaster Pre- mensions of what they will have to put paredness Training Center). 6  HaWaii Filipino cHRonicle  auGusT 16, 2014 HAWAII-FILIPINO NEWS State Announces $11 Million Settlement Over Deceptive chased. The improper conduct important because they put the Credit Card Practices included enrolling consumers credit card industry on notice he State has reached and Citibank. without their consent; provid- that it will be held accountable settlements totaling ap- “We filed these cases to ing misleading information if it engages in misleading Tproximately $11.3 mil- protect Hawaii consumers and about free trial periods; dis- practices.” lion to resolve cases against stop illegal and deceptive torting plan benefits; billing Federal enforcement ac- four credit card companies re- practices of marketing credit for services not provided; un- tions by the Consumer Finan- garding marketing practices card protection plans,” says fairly charging credit card cus- cial Protection Bureau and the for credit card payment pro- State Attorney General David tomers for interest and fees; or Office of the Comptroller of tection plans alleged by the Louie. denying plan benefits to eligi- the Currency and private class Attorney General to be decep- Consumers were typically ble customers. action lawsuits have sought tive under state law. The com- solicited by their credit card mation. Many Hawaii con- “We have taken a strong and are seeking restitution for panies were identified as Bank company via phone or email sumers were duped into sign- stance against unfair and de- Hawaii consumers. Proceeds of America, JP Morgan Chase, with misleading sales pitches ing up for a service that they ceptive credit card practices,” from these settlements will go Discover Financial Services that omitted important infor- would not have otherwise pur- says Louie. “These cases are to the State General Fund.

State DHS Expands Access at Farmers’ Markets SNAP Program Access Index he State Department of of low-income families and in- cant return on investment. In SNAP/EBT at public farmers’ in the U.S. The index meas- Human Services dividuals every month. The the first six months of 2014, markets in Honolulu. The ures the average number of T(DHS) has expanded SNAP Program expansion in there were 53 Hawaii markets SNAP-Ed program also low-income persons, at or Supplemental Nutrition Assis- Hawaii was possible with a authorized for SNAP, repre- launched a social media cam- below 125 percent of the fed- tance Program (SNAP) access $57,000 grant from the USDA senting a 194 percent increase paign in the Kalihi to promote eral poverty line, who receive to Farmers’ Markets statewide, Food & Nutrition Service from the previous year. And fruit and vegetable purchases at SNAP benefits. Approxi- thanks to a federal grant that (FNS). The grant was used to during the first six months of farmers’ markets and on the Big mately 193,392 Hawaii partic- provides free EBT terminals target low-income neighbor- 2014, more than $570,000 in Island to promote the use EBT ipants received SNAP benefits and technical assistance. hoods on Oahu and the Big Is- SNAP benefits was redeemed terminals. In collaboration with in June 2014. DHS officials partnered land. in Hawaii. Statistics also show the City’s Department of Parks To learn more about the with the State Departments of Providing more places for that every $5 in SNAP bene- and Recreation, DHS has al- Hawaii SNAP and EBT pro- Agriculture (DOA) and Health SNAP participants to purchase fits generates $9 in community ready established EBT device grams, go online to: www.hu- (DOH) to promote the free food directly from local farm- spending. access at four separate people’s manservices.hawaii.gov/bessd equipment to local growers ers boosts local economies, Additionally, DHS is col- open markets on Oahu. /snap. To apply for an EBT and community organizations. supports family farmers and laborating with DOH’s SNAP- In February 2014, FNS Point of Service, call (808) Technical assistance is pro- creates greater access to Ed funded Live-Better-Together awarded the state a $724,134 586-5739 or email vided through the USDA healthy foods for SNAP par- program to increase access to bonus for the most improved [email protected]. MarkeLink website. ticipants, which can help re- SNAP is one of 15 nutri- duce health problems and tion assistance programs ad- governmental health costs in Registration Begins for LifeSmarts ministered by FNS. It’s the the future. groups, clubs and community nation’s first line of defense According to DHS offi- Competition organizations. against hunger and helps put cials, the market equipment he State Department of Interested coaches can food on the table for millions grant has generated a signifi- Commerce and Con- log onto www.lifes- Tsumer Affairs (DCCA) martshawaii.com for addi- Office of the Securities Com- tional information. All teams missioner has announced the must have an adult sponsor or start of the 2014-2015 LifeS- coach. Teams competing on- marts competition—a free line may have any number of consumer education competi- students, but those competing tion open to teens in grades 6- in-person must have four to 12. five students. LifeSmarts tests middle pionship on February 7, 2015. Middle school or “junior school and high school stu- The winning team will repre- varsity” teams may sign up dents nationwide on real-life sent Hawaii at the national and participate in an online- consumer issues through on- competition in Seattle from only competition designed es- line quizzes and in-person April 17-20, 2015. pecially for students in grades competition. Over the past decade, over 6-8 from September 2014 to The sign-up period began 800 local students have partic- February 2015. Winners will August 1, 2014. High school ipated in the LifeSmarts com- be recognized online. teams will start competing on- petition. The LifeSmarts Registration is free and can line at www.lifesmarts.org program meets national educa- be done online at www.lifes- from October 27 to December tional standards for teachers marts.org. Those interested in 3, 2014. Scores will be tabu- looking for ways to supple- forming a team may can con- lated at the end of the online ment their classes. LifeSmarts tact LifeSmarts State Coordi- competition and the top four will complement any school nator Theresa Kong Kee at scoring teams will be invited curriculum and can be used as 587-7400 or via email at tkong- to compete in the state cham- a learning activity for classes, [email protected]. auGusT 16, 2014  HaWaii Filipino cHRonicle  7 FEATURE Iglesia Ni Cristo Celebrates Centennial “How can the Iglesia be so Christ is a man, not God. In- vote as one?” he asked. “Yes, the llamado (favored winner). successful, building all these deed, for if Jesus Christ was that is the essence of brother- All the candidates I recom- churches with thousands of God, how come he died? God hood—unity,” I told him. “But mended won, including people joining? God must be does not die. Jesus Christ may the fraternity leaders first as- Danding Cojuangco, but he behind it,” Marcos explained. be the Son of God, but that sess the qualifications of the was cheated of victory, ac- By Atty. Emmanuel “Sir, may I ask you then to does not make him God. candidates with input from the cording to former Comelec Samonte Tipon join the Iglesia? You will be The Iglesia members do members and then the head of Chairman Leonardo B. Perez my first convert,” I said. not eat blood. That is the dirt- the fraternity makes the final who knows how to count ac- f you came to “I have already changed iest part of an animal. I tried it decision.” curately. I also suggested to ask for money, my religion once. It is too late once when I was a child dur- “That is the same with the Ka Eduardo during the last I don’t have for me to change it again,” ing the Japanese occupation of Iglesia,” the minister ex- Philippine presidential elec- any,” ex- Marcos demurred. (The Mar- the Philippines. I found it plained. “You mean I can sug- tion whom the Church should claimed Presi- coses were originally Agli- yucky. This is especially true gest to Ka Erdie whom the vote for as president but he “I dent Ferdinand payans before he became a of the Tagalog version called Iglesia should vote for?” I did not accept my suggestion. Marcos as we Catholic. Their home in Batac, “dinuguan” where the meat is asked. “Sure,” the minster Millions are now suffering were ushered into his Makiki Ilocos Norte is directly across literally swimming in cooked replied. Since joining the from voters’ remorse. Heights office in Honolulu. I from the first Aglipayan blood. At least the Ilocano ver- Iglesia, I have suggested to was with former Assembly- church in the Philippines). sion called “dinardaran” is tol- Ka Erdie whom to vote for in Origin of Iglesia Ni Cristo man Nemesio V. Ganan, Jr. of “I know your parents. You erable. It is cooked like adobo. Philippine and American The Church of Christ was Romblon. were not an Iglesia ni Cristo at When I was in London for the elections and he always ac- actually established by Jesus “No sir, we did not come birth, you were Protestants. wedding of Kate Middleton cepted my suggestion, even Christ, hence the name. But to ask for money,” I answered, What made you join? and Prince William, I went to when my suggestion was not (continued on page 10) emphatically. “We attended “Only my mother was breakfast and asked the waiter, the dedication of the Iglesia Ni Protestant, my father was a Filipino, what the sausage Cristo (Church of Christ) Catholic. I went to the church was made of. “Blood,” he an- ADVERTISE NOW AND SEE chapel in Waipahu and we of whoever I was courting,” I swered, “try it, it is delicious.” HOW THE FACE OF BUSINESS stopped by to pay our respects joked. Marcos laughed, shak- “I am Iglesia,” I told him, IS CHANGING! to you before going back to ing his head. “I do not eat blood.” “I am No matter how small your ad, it gets our readers attention! San Francisco. But if you Iglesia too, but I will not re- CALL 678-8930 OR GO TO OUR WEBSITES @ think we came to ask for Common Sense Doctrines port you,” he assured me. www.thefilipinochronicle.com money, we are leaving. Good- My fiancée, Natividad Va- “God is watching,” I told him. bye.” lerio, was a member of the The most “I’m so sorry,” Marcos Iglesia ni Cristo. She person- difficult doc- apologized. “Everybody who ally introduced me to Brother trine of the comes to see me these days Erano G. Manalo, then the Ex- I g l e s i a w a s asks for money, even the rela- ecutive Minister of the Iglesia. voting as one tives of Cory.” He is the father of Brother Ed- in the elec- “Who, sir?” I asked. uardo V. Manalo, the current tions. I told the “Never mind,” he remarked. (I Executive Minister, and the minister who later learned who they were, son of Brother Felix Y. Man- was teaching accompanied by an Ilocano alo, the first Executive Minis- us that I did congressman). ter. I asked Ka Erdie to not want any- “I did not know you were officiate our wedding but he one telling me Iglesia,” Marcos remarked. (I said that if he did it, every what to do. had known Marcos since Iglesia member would ask him “But does 1949. Roque Ablan, Jr. and I the same, so he offered to be not your wife learned how to drive using our wedding sponsor. tell you what Manong Andy’s car. Roque’s I did not join the Iglesia t o d o ? ” h e father, who was the Governor simply to marry a beautiful asked. “No, I of Ilocos Norte when Marcos woman. Iglesia doctrine pro- am not mar- was tried for murder, provided hibits members from marrying ried,” I replied. Marcos with special treatment outside the faith. Before I “You went to in jail, including giving him a joined, I attended at least 20 U.P. (Univer- set of law books so he could indoctrination sessions listen- sity of the review for the bar. My mother ing to the Iglesia’s history and Philippines), and Marcos’s mother, Dona doctrines. I would not have did you not be- Josefa, both teachers, would joined if I did not agree with long to a fra- go out to raise bail money for the Iglesia doctrines. I found ternity?” “Yes, Marcos but their efforts were that the doctrines are based not in fact I was in vain because the judge de- only on the Bible but reflect the Lord Chan- nied bail). common sense. cellor of a fra- “You know, I believe that Foremost is that the Igle- t e r n i t y, t h e the Iglesia Ni Cristo is the true sia believes that there is only A l p h a P h i church,” Marcos said. one God, not 3 nor 33. That is B e t a , ” I “What makes you say that, the first commandment. The replied. “Don’t sir?” I inquired. Iglesia believes that Jesus the fraternities 8  HaWaii Filipino cHRonicle  auGusT 16, 2014 CANDID PERSPECTIVES Robin Williams Was An Honorary Filipino American, Gone Too Soon No, Williams convinced he did in his first appearance At the open mikes in the me I wasn’t funny enough. on “The Tonight Show.” mid-70s, it wasn’t hard to dis- I remember seeing (https://www.youtube.com/wat cover Williams. He was so im- By Emil Guillermo Williams pre-Mork, as a comic ch?v=Qr1DSLoHni0) mensely great, so bright, as a who loved to wear T-shirts and My lasting memory of nobody, it convinced a nascent n a time when all rainbow suspenders, at the Williams will always be with a standup like me to sit down and the world could open mikes in San Francisco. mic on stage at an old comic’s go into journalism instead. use a laugh, we Since the 70’s, Robin dive that smelled of beer and Years later, as a reporter, I got a shocker. Williams had always been my urine. I had seen all the comic interviewed Williams a number I R o b i n go-to funny man. But also the greats at the time. Woody of times when he was major Williams, who world’s. Allen. Richard Pryor. Bob star. In a Bay Area where the had spent so much time enter- When we lost our sense of Hope. I had grown up as a kid rock music makers were king, taining the world, had forgotten humor, or when the events of ergy and heat that could ex- in San Francisco a standup afi- Williams was the all-around en- to leave something for himself. the day from the Middle East, plode into mirth at a moment’s cionado. And now in little tertainment giant. TV, film, As someone who had cov- the Ukraine, Asia, Washington, notice. rooms like the Holy City Zoo, stand-up. . But it was often hard ered Williams as part of the and down our block, made us And would anyone dare re- the Other Café, and the Inter- to catch him calm enough to Bay Area’s entertainment scene cry “No Mas,” we always fute that in the world’s current section, standup was undergo- talk and be real. I always talked while the arts and entertain- knew Williams was there to re- state we need Williams’ coun- ing a renaissance Not in New to him on the fly when he was ment reporter at San Fran- mind us of the potential to have teractive force more than ever? York, or Los Angeles, or Vegas. way too revved up after a per- cisco’s NBC affiliate, I’m still one more laugh. A side-split- But we need it live, on But in San Francisco. It would formance to give me more than dumbfounded. ting, yet consoling laugh. A stage, with all the humor he turn into the first modern comic a perfunctory answer, which led Williams had influenced laugh that reminded us that could wring from the moment. boom in the 80s, the antecedent to a joke. me in so many ways. Not just things really were all right. Any moment. He had the gift to all that we see today on cable He was always looking for for being the ultimate minority, That if the world was going to to create laughs. and the clubs. But in the begin- a laugh. That was his truth. the space immigrant Mork. Not hell in a hand basket, at least When Williams went on ning it was just a handful of just for being an honorary Fil- the hand basket was Mrs. the Tonight Show, he would comics like Robin Williams, emil GuilleRmo, an award-win- ning journalist and winner of an Amer- ipino by virtue of his second Doubtfire’s. take over the stage, riff and Dana Carvey, Kevin Pollack, ican Book Award, was an editorial marriage to the San Francisco- Williams was pure comic improv like a jazz man. And that were all spawned in the board member of the Honolulu Adver- born Marsha Garces. fusion—a volatile mix of en- leave everyone in stitches as Bay Area standup scene. tiser. HAWAII-FILIPINO NEWS Kerry Eyes US-China Partnership Despite West Philippine around-the-world diplomatic trip disagreements," he said. oppose any suggestion that free- Sea Tensions and his sixth visit to Asia as Kerry arrived in Hawaii dom of navigation and overflight ONOLULU — Im- as well as combating the effects America's top diplomat, Kerry after stops in Afghanistan, and other lawful uses of the sea proving U.S. coopera- climate change, U.S. Secretary outlined renewed priorities for Myanmar, Australia and the and airspace are privileges Htion with China is of State John Kerry said much of the Obama administra- Solomon Islands during which granted by big states to small critical to maintaining stability Wednesday. tion's much-touted "pivot to tensions between China and its ones. All claimants must work and security in the Asia-Pacific Wrapping up an eight-day, Asia" during its final 2 ½ years, smaller neighbors over compet- together to solve the claims including a focus on strengthen- ing territorial claims in the South through peaceful means. These ing U.S.-Chinese partnership in China Sea were a major subject principles bind all nations areas of agreement and bridging of discussion. At a Southeast equally, and all nations have a gaps in areas of contention. Asia regional security forum in responsibility to uphold them." "One thing I know will con- Myanmar over the weekend, While welcomed in general tribute to maintaining regional Kerry formally unveiled a U.S. by the 10 members of the Asso- peace and stability is a construc- proposal for a voluntary freeze ciation of Southeast Asian Na- tive relationship between the on provocative actions by all tions, China took a dim view of United States and China," Kerry claimants, including the Chi- Kerry's proposal and suggested said in an address to the East- nese. it would not agree. West Center think tank in Hon- The U.S. says that it has no In an apparent nod to such olulu. "The United States position on the competing disagreements, Kerry said that welcomes the rise of a peaceful, claims but does regard stability building better ties with Beijing prosperous and stable China: one in the South China Sea as a na- will not be easy or inevitable. that plays a responsible role in tional security issue, given the "Make no mistake: This Asia and the world and supports region's role as one of the constructive relationship, this rules and norms on economic world's busiest maritime ship- 'new model,' is not going to hap- and security issues." ping zones. pen simply by talking about it," "We are committed to "We do care about how he said. "It's not going to happen avoiding the trap of strategic ri- those questions are resolved, we by engaging in slogans or pursu- valry and intent on forging a re- care about behavior," Kerry said. ing spheres of influence. It will lationship in which we broaden "We firmly oppose the use of in- be defined by more and better our cooperation on common in- timidation, coercion or force to cooperation on shared chal- terests and constructively man- assert a territorial or maritime lenges. It will be defined by a age our differences and claim by anyone. And we firmly (continued on page 11) auGusT 16, 2014  HaWaii Filipino cHRonicle  9 ASK A DOCTOR Two Diseases Filipino-Americans Should Not the joints, usually a big toe, particular, have high rates of or sodium, in the diet and its Ignore though the pain can also occur cardiovascular disease. Of all link to high blood pressure. in the foot, knees or other Asian subgroups, Filipino- The average American con- By Dr. Errol Buntuyan joints. Americans report the highest sumes much more salt than Gout is more common in rate of hypertension at 27 per- advised; in fact, those with s a family medi- men, and occurs when there’s cent. high blood pressure or are at cine physician on too much of a chemical called As physicians, we’re con- high-risk of high blood pres- Maui, it’s my job uric acid in the blood. For cerned about hypertension, sure should keep their daily to recognize and some, higher uric acid levels because it literally puts pres- sodium consumption to under A address a number may never cause a gout attack, sure on the body from the in- 1,500 mg per day. This can be of different dis- but for others, that uric acid side, with the potential to challenging when eating a eases in a variety of patients. can lead to the formation of damage your heart, blood ves- high-sodium Western diet, in Having immigrated to Los An- hard crystals in the joints. seafood and alcohol, especially sels and kidneys, among other which a slice of whole grain geles from the Philippines when Overall, Filipino-Ameri- beer. It’s also important to critical organs and structures. bread alone can contain a star- I was a child, I am also particu- cans seem to have higher levels drink lots of water, which can It is relatively easy to get tling 450 mg of sodium. larly cognizant of medical con- of uric acid, increasing their help to reduce levels of uric a blood pressure reading, ei- Some simple ways to re- ditions that tend to appear more risk of gout. It’s not entirely acid in the body. ther at the doctor’s office or at duce your salt intake include in Filipino-Americans. There known why this happens, but many drug stores, and it is a using low-sodium alternatives are two, in particular, that are scientists suspect it’s a combi- High Blood Pressure set of numbers you should when cooking, including using especially worth noting, be- nation of several factors in- High blood pressure, or know for yourself. (Normal herbs and spices as flavor-en- cause they can have serious cluding genetics and diet. hypertension, is a particularly blood pressure falls below hancers, instead of salty rubs impacts on your health and Gout can be treated with insidious health issue that 120/80.) If you’re hyperten- and marinades. anti-inflammatory medicine – sive or pre-hypertensive, med- quality of life. should be taken very seriously dR. eRRol bunTuyan is a family though not aspirin, which can when diagnosed. Because hy- ication can help to lower this medicine physician at Kaiser Perma- Gout actually increase uric acid lev- pertension rarely comes with number, and it’s especially im- nente’s Maui Lani Medical Office. He Most people have heard of els in the blood. symptoms, it can be easy to ig- portant that you stay consis- was born in the Philippines and at- gout, but probably don’t know Dietary changes are also nore and cause long-term tent in regularly taking your tended medical school at the University of California, Irvine School of Medi- too much about the condition. critical to treating and prevent- damaging effects to the body’s medications as prescribed. cine. He did his residency in Los Ange- It’s probably best known for ing future gout attacks. These organ systems. No doubt you’ve heard les, CA and joined Kaiser Permanente creating excruciating aches in changes include limiting meat, Filipino-Americans, in about the implications of salt, in 2007. 10  HaWaii Filipino cHRonicle  auGusT 16, 2014 PHILIPPINE NEWS

Master Plan for Yolanda-hit Areas Completed that matter with the President. What by Cecille Suerte Felipe will be my next task? Or do I have a Monday, August 4, 2014 task?” ANILA, Philippines - A mas- Lacson called for public vigilance ter plan for areas devastated in monitoring the implementation of the Mby Super Typhoon Yolanda rehabilitation and recovery plan since has been completed. the government has allocated about Speaking over radio dzBB, presiden- P170 billion for the project. tial assistant for rehabilitation and recov- “With the help of some NGOs, ery Panfilo Lacson over the weekend USAID, UNDP, e-PLDT-SMART, said he submitted to President Aquino which will be our web-hosting, anyone last Friday a comprehensive rehabilita- can just click a link in the computer and tion and recovery plan covering 171 can immediately see the house built cities and municipalities in 14 provinces from a certain donation,” he said. spread in six regions. The public can check the imple- “I would just like to emphasize that mentation of the project through a web- my office has no power of implementa- site “empathy,” or electronic monitoring tion,” he said in Filipino. program accountability and trans- “Our task is to draw up a master re- parency hub, which his office will set habilitation plan. I will have to discuss up soon, he added. (www.philstar.com)

FEATURE (From page 6, PHILIPPINE...) the original members of the Church of among the members with reserved seats Christ became apostatized. However, the inside the arena. Church of Christ (in Tagalog, Iglesia Ni The Iglesia ni Cristo is considered Cristo) was re-established in the Philip- the fastest growing religion in the pines on July 27, 1914 when its articles world with an estimated 8 million of incorporation were registered with the members worldwide and hundreds of government. Brother Felix Ysagun Man- houses of worship in more than 50 alo, considered the last messenger of countries. More than one and a half God, led the re-establishment of the Igle- million attended the Centennial. Thou- sia ni Cristo. Coincidentally, the First sands camped around the arena World War began on that day. overnight to listen to the homily of Iglesia ni Cristo members are the Brother Eduardo V. Manalo, the exec- most persecuted and ridiculed people in utive minister. He traced the Church’s the Philippines. Once upon a time, an at- history from a membership of one man tractive lady came up to me and said “I to millions. He credited the Iglesia’s heard you are a member of the Iglesia ni success to God. Cristo, is that true?” “Yes,” I admitted. “But that is the church of the poor. You aTTy. Tipon has a Master of Laws degree are not poor,” she continued. “No, I am from Yale Law School and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of the Philippines. not poor, I am the poorest.” I told her. He is originally from Laoag City and Magsin- The Church of the “poor” celebrated gal, Ilocos Sur. Atty. Tipon specializes in immi- 100 years of receiving God’s love and gration law and criminal defense. He served as blessings which has enabled it to expand an immigration officer and co-authored “Im- throughout the world with members migration Law Service, 1st ed.,” an 8-volume practice guide for immigration officers and sharing their faith and performing acts of lawyers. His radio program airs Thursdays at kindness with their fellow human beings. 7:30 am on KNDI 1270 AM. He can be We came to the Philippines to join in the reached via mail at: 800 Bethel St., Suite 402, celebration at the Philippine Arena at Honolulu, HI 96813, by telephone at (808) Ciudad Victoria in Bulacan province. It 225-2645 or by e-mail: [email protected]. For more on Atty. Tipon, go online to: is considered the largest air-conditioned www.MilitaryandCriminalLaw.com. This arti- domed structure in the world with a seat- cle is a general overview of the subject matter ing capacity of 55,000 people. We were discussed and is not intended as legal advice. auGusT 16, 2014  HaWaii Filipino cHRonicle  11 NEWS FEATURE

life. And I think about how, John Kerry Recalls 'Sham' Philippine Election, decades later, their son tional press conference right would rise to the presidency in democratic elections. In People Power there in the cathedral right in his inaugural address, Pres- by Camille Diola cific Affairs. He said many front of the alter, and they Thursday, August 14, 2014 ident Benigno Aquino said: knew the presidential poll was spoke out, and that was the sig- 'My parents sought nothing ANILA, Philip- to "fake everybody to prove nal to Marcos, it was over," less, died for nothing less, pines — "I think how in charge [Marcos] was, to Kerry said. than democracy and peace. Mabout that moment preserve his grasp on power." The top American diplo- I am blessed by this legacy. even today, about the power of "I will never forget arriving mat said that the women's I shall carry the torch for- people to make their voices in Manila and seeing this unbe- courage and the Filipinos' rev- ward.’ felt." lievable flood of people in the olution "lit a spark that traveled In an address on the US' vi- streets all decked out in their throughout the world, inspiring Kerry said that the Filipino Secretary John Kerry sion for the Asia Pacific in the canary yellow shirts and ban- not just a freshman senator people's courage in deposing a influential Honolulu-based ners of pro-democracy protest. fear for their lives'," he contin- from Massachusetts, but popu- dictator inspires him to push think tank on Wednesday, Some of us knew at that time ued. lar movements from Eastern for the US' vision for the Asia United States Secretary of State there were allegations of Once in the cathedral sac- Europe to Burma." Pacific, a promising region that John Kerry recalled his trip to fraud," Kerry recounted. risty, Kerry listened to 13 ‘Now, I think about that develop "modern rules for a the Philippines in 1986 as a "I was sent down initially women who were crying and moment even today, about changing world." young senator who witnessed to Mindanao to observe the huddled together, "intimidated the power of people to make "There is still a long road their voices felt. I think the "sham snap election" held morning votes and then came for their lives." ahead. But nothing gives me about how Cory Aquino rose by late strongman Ferdinand back to Manila, and was sitting The women witnessed the more hope in the next miles of to the presidency atop a the journey than the courage Marcos. in the hotel there when a raw tally of votes disappearing wave of people power when of those who have reached a Kerry was a neophyte sen- woman came up to me crying on the computer tote board that few believed that she could. ator when he visited Manila as and said, 'Senator, you must used to record them. I think about how her hus- different and more hopeful chairman of the Senate sub- come with me to the cathedral. "They blew the whistle on band fought for democracy, kind of future," he said. committee on Asian and Pa- There are women there who a dictator. We held an interna- even at the cost of his own (www.philstar.com)

oversee the operations of 228 Filipino Deportees Arrive from Malaysia HEART, said they are thankful to the governor of Tawi-Tawi, by John Unson tial cereal rations and other from other countries have also and his older sibling, Rep. Friday, August 15, 2014 non-food relief supplies and been sent home. Ruby Sahali, for helping attend OTABATO CITY, hygiene kits. Alamia, who is helping to the needs of the deportees. Philippines - A total of The ARMM’s executive ARMM Gov. Mujiv Hataman (www.philstar.com) C228 more Filipino de- secretary, lawyer Laisa Alamia, portees from Malaysia arrived said the regional government Thursday night in Bongao, will facilitate the return of the Tawi-Tawi, officials said. deportees, mostly from the The deportees were imme- Malaysian island state Sabah, diately ushered into relief sites to their places of origin. in Bongao by government so- The Malaysian govern- cial workers and employees of procedures. ment has deported 4, 806 un- the Tawi-Tawi provincial gov- The latest batch of depor- documented Filipinos from ernment. tees were ferried from Sabah January 9 to August 12 this Hadja Lebia Amlih, a sen- to Tawi-Tawi by the M/V year alone. Some 5,000 un- ior provincial staff of the De- MidEast, which arrived at the documented Filipinos in partment of Social Welfare and Bongao Port almost midnight Malaysia were deported from Development in the Au- Thursday. early 2013 to December of the tonomous Region in Muslim The office of Tawi-Tawi same year. Mindanao (ARMM), said 163 Gov. Nurbert Sahali and the Alamia said the Malaysian of the new deportees are adults, ARMM’s Humanitarian government’s crackdown on while 65 others are minors, Emergency Assistance and illegal aliens does not single now undergoing mandatory Response Team (HEART) out only Filipinos. She said screening and documentary have provided them with ini- undocumented foreigners

HAWAII-FILIPINO NEWS (From page 8, KERRY...) mutual embrace of the rules, change, which he regularly de- Kerry pointed out backslid- norms and institutions that have scribes as the biggest threat fac- ing in rights protection and dem- served both our nations and the ing Earth, Kerry hailed ocratic principles in Myanmar region so well." U.S.-Chinese initiatives to re- and Thailand and repression in Kerry said he was pleased at duce greenhouse gas emissions North Korea but said the United some areas of current U.S.-China and deforestation as well as States would not relent in its cooperation, including multina- working on sustainable, clean drive to improve conditions. tion talks on Iran's nuclear pro- energy options. "We will continue to pro- gram, a shared interest in At the same time, he noted mote human rights and democ- denuclearizing North Korea and that the U.S. and China, along racy in Asia, without arrogance promoting calm in South Sudan. with other Asian nations, rou- but also without apology," he In addition, on climate tinely disagree on human rights. said. (www.philstar.com) 12  HaWaii Filipino cHRonicle  auGusT 16, 2014 TRAVEL Xxxxxxx Callao Caves: e Well-kept Secret Mecca wards of reaching the entrance minute ride. Reaching Tugue- Among Trekkers and Lovers are great, as air gushes out of garao, meanwhile, is a 12- to the mountain and into natural 14-hour trip via bus from ANILA, Philip- vents, cooling the insides of Metro Manila. pines - Adven- the cave and providing a re- The safest and most con- turous couples freshing atmosphere. Unique, venient way to travel to s e e k i n g a picture-perfect rock forma- Tuguegarao is through Victory u n i q u e a n d tions of stalagmites and stalac- Liner — the leading bus com- M truly memo- tites also abound. pany plying the Northern rable place to After visiting the cave and route for the last 69 years. commune with each other, trekking back down, couples With ample legroom, wide with nature and with God will can enjoy an extended roman- seats and reliable air-condi- appreciate visiting the famous tic date along the banks of the tioning, a Victory Liner trip is Callao caves in Peñablanca, Pinacanauan River. A short guaranteed to be comfortable. Cagayan. banca ride can take lovers to Safety is also paramount to Mere minutes away from The Callao caves possess a divine, ethereal atmosphere making it the other side of the river, Victory Liner, with each bus suitable for a makeshift chapel — a perfect spot for traveling couples the sweltering city center of where the setting is equally equipped with Japanese-tech- Tuguegarao, the seven-cham- pews complete the sense of cret vows have been whispered serene — calm, clear waters nology tacograph that alerts ber massive tunnel is situated solemnity. here — with the quiet halls of with towering trees and tall drivers if they exceed the max- in the western foothills of the While impractical as a the caves standing witness to bamboo framing the river- imum speed limit of 90kph. Northern Sierra Madre moun- venue for full-production wed- professed love and undying de- bank. A local resort in the area The bus company offers tains. With natural crevices dings or other religious cere- votion. can serve a feast with the day’s daily routes to Tuguegarao and that let in streams of light, the monies, the Callao caves have For the solo adventurer or fresh catch. other Northern Luzon destina- cavernous space is illuminated in fact been a well-kept secret less romantically inclined, vis- As the sun sets, another tions on regular, deluxe, super by an ethereal glow. One of mecca among mountain iting the Callao caves is no daily spectacle to look forward deluxe, and first-class buses. the bigger chambers near the climbing and trekking enthusi- less an exhilarating experi- to is the flight of bats from a For more information on sched- entrance has been turned into asts, especially couples who ence. Reaching the entrance of nearby cave from Callao. ules and trips, visitwww.victo- a chapel, where an altar has find the chapel a perfect blend the chamber is a test of deter- Travelers to Callao cave ryliner.com or follow been placed right below a nat- of romance and divinity. mination, with its uphill path can rent a van in Tuguegarao www.twitter.com/victoryliner- ural skylight. Rustic wooden Indeed, perhaps many se- of 187 steps. However, the re- City for a comfortable 30- inc. (www.philstar.com) HOMEGROWN

spoon of water if the growing Growing Greens in a Juice Bottle medium is still dry. Place the From CtahrNotes of nutrients (like fertilizer) in bottle in a location that gets water. This project is perfect step 1: Thoroughly rinse plenty of light but is protected ummer is the per- for lanais and porches, begin- the plastic bottle. If you’re from wind and rain. fect time for fresh ning hydroponic growers, using paint, paint it now and step 5: A little seedling green salads. If summer activities for kids, and wait for it to dry. (You don’t should pop out in a few days you want to grow anyone who loves fresh-grown want light getting to the water, (check the seed packet). If the S your own lettuce, salads and herbs. because algae will grow.) seed doesn’t sprout, you may arugula, or other step 2: Fill the bottle have poor-quality seed and leafy greens but you don’t have You will need: ● Growing medium (combine at halfway with water and add a may need to try again. Then garden space, B. A. Kratky of ● 1-gallon plastic juice bottle least two of the following: peat, teaspoon of hydroponic fertil- leave the bottle alone. Really! the UH Manoa College of with a 1½-inch opening pearlite, vermiculite, or coir) izer. Swirl to dissolve the fer- Don’t touch anything! You Tropical Agriculture and ● 1 teaspoon of hydroponic fer- ● Vegetable seeds (keep in the tilizer, then add water to about don’t need to water your plant, Human Resources has a sim- tilizer (available at hydroponic refrigerator until you are ready 1½ inches from the top. The just let it grow. ple, low-maintenance method supply stores) to plant) water will be cloudy, with step 6: After 5–6 weeks, to raise them hydroponically. ● net pot (1½ x 3 inches) ● An opaque bag that fits some fertilizer settling on the harvest your delicious hydro- Hydroponics is a method of (available at hydroponic sup- around the bottle (recom- bottom. If you didn’t paint the ponic greens and enjoy! growing plants using a solution ply stores) mended) OR paint bottle, cover with a bag and tie it to the neck of the bottle. Once you’ve harvested, step 3: Fill the net pot you can throw away the roots with growing medium, but and growing medium, wash don’t pack it too tightly. Place the net pot and bottle, and start the net pot snugly into the top all over again. Try other leafy of the bottle. The bottom half vegetables such as pechay (pak of the net pot should be im- choy), baby Russian kale, and mersed in the water. The grow- kangkong with this method. ing medium should soak up the Find your favorites and see water and become moist. If it what works best! stays dry, slowly add 1-2 tea- spoons of water to the net pot. The information from this column was step 4: Make a ¼-inch adapted from B.A. Kratky’s “A Simple Hydroponic Growing Kit for Short- hole in the growing medium T e r m V e g e t a b l e s ” : and plant 1 or 2 seeds. Cover http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/oc/freep- the seeds lightly and add a tea- ubs/pdf/HG-42.pdf auGusT 16, 2014  HaWaii Filipino cHRonicle  13 LEGAL NOTES Allowed to Keep Green Card Despite ployment as hairdresser on a that she went to South Korea an immigrant in 2000 and not Fraud U.S. Military base in Korea. in early 2003. While she was when she returned as an LPR A case recently decided When the Department of in South Korea, her brother, in 2003. by the Board of Immigration Homeland Security (DHS) who was also an LPR, called Also, the BIA reasoned Appeals involved Jin Hee found out that Shin’s LPR sta- her and informed her that that as a matter of discretion, By Reuben S. Seguritan Shin, a citizen of the Republic tus resulted from her mother’s there might be a problem with Shin could not be held respon- green card ob- of Korea, who obtained her bribery, she was placed in re- her mother’s green card and sible for the fraudulent acts tained through a green card through her mother moval proceedings. She ap- that she should return to the committed by others without f r a u d u l e n t whose green card was issued plied for Section 212(k) U.S. immediately, which she her knowledge. Moreover, she scheme is in- through a criminal fraudulent waiver with the immigration did in the next two weeks. had a facially valid green card A valid. Similarly, scheme. judge who denied her request. The immigration judge which authorized her to enter the green card of In 1991, Shin’s mother The decision was sustained by denied her waiver application. the U.S. She had a home and an alien who acquires lawful obtained a green card for her- the Board of Immigration Ap- The court pointed out that was employed as registered permanent residence on the self by paying a bribe to a cor- peals (BIA) finding Shin inel- Shin was placed on notice that nurse in the U.S.; therefore it basis of a visa petition filed by rupt officer of the Immigration igible for the waiver. her green card was defective was expecting too much of her a holder who obtained his and Naturalization Service. The Ninth Circuit Court but she did not inquire from to abandon her residence in green card by fraudulent Shortly thereafter, her mother sustained Shin’s appeal and her mother about the problem the U.S. simply because her means is also invalid and he is filed an alien relative petition found her eligible to apply for and entered the U.S. using her brother informed her of a inadmissible to the U.S. How- on her behalf as an unmarried a waiver under Section 212(k). problematic green card. Be- “problem” with her green ever, he may file a waiver of daughter of a lawful perma- The court reasoned that the cause she failed to exercise card, a problem which she was inadmissibility under Section nent resident. The visa peti- waiver may be granted to an any diligence to ascertain in- not even aware of. The BIA 212(k) if he was not aware of tion was approved in 1992. immigrant who is inadmissi- formation regarding her de- sustained her appeal and the fraudulent scheme. Shin was granted lawful ble at entry due to the lack of fective green card, she was not found her eligible for the A Section 212(k) waiver permanent residence status on a valid immigrant visa and eligible for the waiver. 212(k) waiver. may be granted if the alien was the basis of her mother’s visa was not otherwise inadmissi- The BIA reversed the not aware of his ineligibility petition in 2002 and she en- ble on other grounds. The case lower court’s decision and Reuben s. seGuRiTan has for admission and could not tered the U.S. The fraud was was remanded to the immigra- concluded that eligibility for been practicing law for over 30 years. For further information, you have ascertained his ineligibil- not known to her. Her mother tion judge to hear the merits of the 212(k) waiver depended may call him at (212) 695 5281 or ity by the exercise of reason- told her that she obtained her her waiver application. on her state of mind when log on to his website at www.segu- able diligence. green card on the basis of em- On remand, Shin testified Shin applied for admission as ritan.com PHILIPPINE NEWS BIR Commissioner Kim why the BIR, allegedly without Pacman Seeks SC Relief in Tax Case Henares of violating the proce- authority from Henares, in- dural requirements for sum- creased the aggregate amount excess of jurisdiction” in set- mary tax collection remedies of assessed deficiency income ting the bond amounts and re- under Section 208 of the Tax tax and value-added tax from quiring them to post the same Code when she failed to serve P2,261,217,439.92 to within 30 days from receipt of petitioners with warrants of P3,298,514.894.35 after they resolution. garnishment against their bank filed the petition before the The Pacquiao couple al- accounts. CTA in August last year. leged that the BIR also com- They likewise questioned (www.philstar.com) mitted the same offense and even violated their constitu- tional right to due process “in by Edu Punay BIR from collecting the presuming the correctness of a Saturday, August 16, 2014 amount. fraud assessment without evi- Petitioners asked the SC to dentiary support other than the ANILA, Philip- also stop the implementation of issuance of the fraud assess- pines - World box- a Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) ments themselves.” Ming champion and order last July 11 requiring They said the tax agency Sarangani Rep. Manny Pac- them to post a cash bond or a “commenced tax collection quiao and his wife Jinkee have surety bond worth process against Jinkee without turned to the Supreme Court P4,947,772,341.53. issuing or serving a notice (SC) for help to stop the Bu- Through lawyers from the against her” and that it also reau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Romulo, Mabanta, Buenaven- “failed to comply with the pro- from collecting their alleged tura, Sayoc & De los Angeles cedural due process require- tax deficiency of over P3.2 bil- law offices, the Pacquiaos told ments for summary tax lion, including surcharge and the SC that the amount set by collection remedies under Sec- interest, for 2008 and 2009. the CTA was “effectively an tions 207(A) and (B) of the Tax In a 75-page petition filed impossible condition given that Code when it commenced last July 24 but made available their undisputed net worth is summary collection remedies to reporters only yesterday, the only Pl,185,984,697.” before the expiration of the pe- Pacquiao couple asked the high They said the CTA com- riod for Petitioners to pay the court to issue a temporary re- mitted “grave abuse of discre- assessed deficiency taxes.” straining order (TRO) to stop tion amounting to lack or Petitioners also accused 14  HaWaii Filipino cHRonicle  auGusT 16, 2014 MAINLAND NEWS Kangrunaan A Galad A Rumbeng Nga Ikutan Ti Maysa A Papili A Pangulo Umona: Tay tao a a kalangen. managparbeng. Dagita dagiti kangrunaan naigalad kenkuana ti nasayaat Maikatlo: Masapul a na- Maikalima: Rumbeng nga a galad a makita a kanayon , DAYASADAS a pannakilangen ken pan- pakumbaba, mannakaawat isu ti agpatulad kadagiti ti naipakita a nagapuananna ti By Pacita Saludes nakakinnaawatan iti kaad- ken saan a mangidumduma ti kasayaatan a wagas a napalabas ken agdama nga uan, maipakitana a maakona kasasaad ken kalintegan ti pagsayaatan ti grupo. iladladawanna. Adda tay loy a benneg ti kalikagumanna a aglawlawna, saan a managin- Ipaneknekna nga adda wagas pagsasao nga “ARAMID TI iladawan tayo pagsaadan. lalayog. In short, he/she must a pagsayaatan ti grupo. PAKAKITAAN”. dagiti sumagma- Maiakadua: Saan a man- be humble and understanding. Ipaneknekna nga adu dagiti Sumagmamano laeng dag- mano a rumbeng agidumduma iti aglawlawna, Maikapat: Masapul nga panpanunotenna a wagas a iti nailadawan, nupay adu dag- nga ikutan ti ti aniaman a saad, kalidad a ammona ti dumngeg a saan mangpasayaat ti kasasaad ken iti rumbeng a maipakita ken I nagtaudan, gayyem wenno laeng nga isu ti padeng- kasapulan nga iparang a maobserbar iti bukodda a maysa nga agpa- pili a pangulo. saan, saan a managginkukuna dengngeg, managpaliiw ken maaramidan ti grupo a man- panangimutektek. Everyone gitandudo ti nakabangonanna. have their own JUDGMENT PALAGIP Ikkanna met ti pammadayaw and DECISION to what they dagiti naanep a katulonganna do. Dayta iti DAYASADAS Lukipen sinuratan a napenpen ti napalaas Amangan madanon panawen adut nagku- a saan laeng a ti biangna. ita a bulan. Usisaen dagiti benneg a siaannad rangam Dika agsarimadeng idatag sipapalanas MAINLAND NEWS No ania, ti namsaakan aldaw a naglabas Awan makapaglibak uray pugedan Amin a paddak di ammo a masipsiputan ‘We Hear You,’ US Saggaysaen nga anagen dagiti bilin Uray dimo naiyebkas dimo mapaglibakan Adda man nalibtawan ken saan Ta ti langit adda latta nga agwanwanawan Homeland Security Awan ti rason no suroten pagalagadan Bayat ta panagbiag di paginsasaanan Kada maysa naikkan ti panawen Officials Tell Fil-Ams Mangiringpas naited nga aramiden Laglagipen ti biag saan a kukua No naglabes wenno nakurang templaen Naipabulod laeng aywanan kuma No ania ti utang agbayadka pagsubraen Amin a nagapuanan masaminarka No nakaibaonan naaramindmo met la ida Madanon ti panawen nga inka maawagan Agawidka dipay nadalusan naglasatam Inayaden a lukiben binulong listaan Ditan ti pakasagatan pakaamirisan No adu ti nakurangan nakaisangratan Nasayaat ken dakes inlemmeng maduktalan Ita met laeng rugyamon a sulnitan Agbabawikan ngem naladawen anusan! Exchange of views: Officials of the Department of Homeland Security led by Assistant Secretary for International Affairs Alan Bersin ex- change views with leaders of the Filipino-American Community during a dialogue on the request of the Philippines to be placed under Tem- porary Protected Status at the Romulo Hall of the Philippine Embassy in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday. PHILIPPINE EMBASSY PHOTO/ELMER G. CATO ASHINGTON, DC – Federal officials are seriously studying the proposal to place the Phililppines under WTemporary Protected Status (TPS), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) assured Filipino-American community leaders at a meeting on August 13 at the Philippine Embassy. In a dialogue at the Embassy’s Romulo Hall arranged by Am- bassador Jose L. Cuisia, Jr., Homeland Security Assistant Secre- tary for International Affairs Alan Bersin told Filipino-American community leaders the DHS is still in the process of evaluating Manila’s request to place the Philippines under TPS in the wake of the massive devastation wreaked by Typhoon Haiyan last year. If granted, TPS would allow undocumented Filipinos as well as those holding a temporary visa to work and live legally for a finite period of time in the United States. An estimated 300,000 Filipino immigrants with no legal status would benefit from TPS. “This is a matter that is under consideration by Secretary Jeh Johnson. There are no specific deadlines, but this does require the kind of outreach, time and consideration that it is being given,” Assistant Secretary Bersin told the Embassy’s Radyo Tambuli after the meeting. “I know my colleagues in the government understand the ur- gency of the situation and the necessity for due deliberation,” said Bersin, also the Department’s chief diplomatic officer, when asked if a decision on the Philippine request was forthcoming. “We are delighted and appreciative that Ambassador Cuisia (continued on page 15) auGusT 16, 2014  HaWaii Filipino cHRonicle  15 COMMUNITY CALENDAR OF EVENTS CLASSIFIED ADS UNIVERSITy OF THE PHILIPPINES ALUMNI Halekoa Hotel | 6:00 PM ● For more information, contact Arturo FOR SALE ASSOCIATION OF HAWAII, INSTALLATION OF Luna @ 233-8498 VALLEy OF THE TEMPLE HOLy CROSS OFFICERS ● SATURDAy ● August 23, 2014 ● Filipino SECTION B 3 plots $2,500 each. 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GLOBAL NEWS HELP WANTED: ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTER HELP. APPLy IN PERSON. CHAR HUNG SUT DND Mulls Pullout of PH Peacekeepers 64 N Pauahi St., Honolulu, Hi 96817 Between 8am -2pm. Close Tues in Liberia, Golan Heights The recom- mendation will BUSINESS DIRECTORY ANILA, Philip- be upon the ap- pines–The Depart- proval of Pres- Mment of National ident Benigno Defense is considering the Aquino III. pullout of military personnel In Liberia, serving for the United Nations UN peacekeep- as peacekeepers in Golan ers have been Heights and Liberia due to the ordered to re- worsening conflict situation in strict their the Middle East and the Ebola vealed that the deployment of peacekeepers in Golan movements to outbreak in West Africa. peacekeepers to Liberia and Heights, and 157 in Haiti. avoid the Ebola “If they are not given Golan Heights has become Gazmin said that the rec- virus, which has already killed their captors. UN peacekeep- proper equipment and tools for hazardous. ommendation to pull out Fil- over 1,000 people in West ers patrol the demilitarized their protection, we should not The Armed Forces of the ipino peacekeepers does not Africa. zone between Israel and Syria. continue the deployment. We Philippines deploys military cover the operations in Haiti. In 2013, 25 members of Also in the same year, a cannot put our soldiers to personnel to Liberia, Golan “We will not pull out all the 6th Philippine contingent member of the same contin- risk,” Defense Secretary Heights and Haiti as part of its the contingents. It may only be to Golan Heights were seized gent was injured in a UN Voltare Gazmin told reporters commitment to help the done in areas that are risky be- in two separate incidents by headquarters from mortar in Filipino on Friday. United Nations. There are 115 cause of health reasons and Syrian rebels. All the peace- rounds fired by Syrian rebels. A military assessment re- peacekeepers in Liberia, 332 conflict,” he said. keepers were freed later by (www.inquirer.net)

MAINLAND NEWS (From page 14, ‘WE HEAR YOU’ ...) convened the Filipino-Ameri- itarian, legal, economic and for granting the TPS request. quadrupled and even exceeded said Rodis. can community so that their geopolitical arguments for the During the discussions, the amount of overseas devel- For her part, Versoza said views could be well heard and granting of TPS,” said Loida Mallonga, the newly elected opment assistance they have the ongoing recovery effort in taken into account,” Bersin Nicolas-Lewis, chair of the US chair of NAFFAA, said a TPS been receiving. the affected areas is putting a said. Pinoys for Good Governance. designation for the Philippines In his presentation, Rodis strain on the resources of the Another DHS official who “We are hoping that something would allow the Haiyan-af- said approval of the TPS re- Philippines. She cited data attended the meeting, Director will come out of our exchange fected areas to immediately quest would help the Philip- from the US Agency for Inter- Leon Rodriguez of the US Cit- of views.” bounce back from the devasta- pines strengthen its capacity to national Development that izenship and Immigration Also present in the dia- tion. respond to similar disasters in said that more than two mil- Service, also said the views ex- logue were officials of the Na- “The more than 200,000 the future. lion survivors are still without pressed by the Filipino-Ameri- tional Federation of Filipino Filipinos who would benefit “The Philippines is situ- durable shelter. can community leaders would American Associations (NAF- from TPS will help the Philip- ated in the Pacific Ring of Fire “Every day is a struggle in be helpful in their decision on FAA) led by J.T. Mallonga pines go a long way,” said and should expect more the typhoon-devastated areas the Philippine request for TPS. (New York), John Melegrito Mallonga. He cited a World Haiyans to come down its in the Philippines. TPS is one Cuisia said the dialogue al- and Bing Branigin (Washing- Bank study that showed that way. It is just a question of way to help us rebuild and re- lowed Filipino-American com- ton, DC); Cornelio Natividad dollar remittances to countries which part of the Philippines cover,” Versoza said. (www.in- munity leaders and DHS to and Evelyn Natividad (Illi- earlier placed under TPS will be struck next and when,” quirer.net) have a very useful exchange of nois); Rodel Rodis, president views. of the US Pinoys for Good “It was reassuring to know Governance (San Francisco); that the US Government will Eric Lachica (Maryland); Fa- give due consideration to the ther Patrick Longalong, vice views of the Filipino-American president of the National Asso- Community when it makes its ciation of Filipino Priests (New decision on our request for York); Grace Valera Jaramillo TPS,” Cuisia added. and Jessie Gatchalian, co-exec- Filipino-American leaders utive directors of the Migrant who met Bersin, Rodriguez Heritage Commission (Vir- and other DHS officials ginia); Aquilina Versoza, exec- thanked them for the dialogue. utive director of the Pilipino “We are really very grate- Workers Center of Southern ful that they took the time to be California (Los Angeles). They with us to listen to the human- all underscored the urgent need AUGUST 16, 2014