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CAndid PERsPECTivEs FEATURE LEGAL nOTEs given a ChoiCe, Magdalena leones: preparing For a “her” is still Better Filipina Marriage-Based than “hiM” super spy iMMigration interview
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 6, 2016 EDITORIAL FROM THE PUBLISHER Publisher & Executive Editor emorial services for the late Charlie Y. Sonido, M.D. CPS In Good Hands U.S. Rep. Mark Takai are Publisher & Managing Editor scheduled for August 18th at Chona A. Montesines-Sonido Under New Leadership the Hawaii State Capitol begin- Associate Editors Dennis Galolo | Edwin Quinabo ning at 10 am and on August 19 or the past year, the Center For Philippine Studies M Contributing Editor (CPS) at the University of Hawaii-Manoa has been at First Presbyterian Church of Belinda Aquino, Ph.D. under the leadership of new director Patricio Abi- Honolulu at 11 am. Takai was a friend of the Creative Designer Junggoi Peralta nales. CPS holds the distinction as the first institu- Filipino community, especially our Fil-Am veterans. He supported several issues relating to the veterans Photography tion in the U.S. dedicated to Philippine Studies. It Tim Llena F during his all-too brief time at Congress, including the first bill is widely-considered the center for intellectual and Administrative Assistant academic exchange on Philippine and Filipino studies. he introduced—the bipartisan Filipino Veterans Family Reuni- Shalimar Pagulayan fication Act, which lifted the numerical number on family visas Columnists Abinales is ideally suited to lead the Center to greater Carlota Hufana Ader heights. He has extensive experience as an academic and activist for children of Filipino Veterans of World War II. He will be Emil Guillermo while at the University of the Philippines, as well as numerous sorely missed. Ruth Elynia Mabanglo, Ph.D. Ron Menor contacts throughout Mindanao, Manila, Japan, Thailand, In- For this issue’s cover story, we have an in-depth interview J.P. Orias with Dr. Patricio Abinales, who has taken over as director of the Pacita Saludes donesia, Malaysia and Singapore. A Mindanawon originally Reuben S. Seguritan, Esq. from Ozamiz City, Abinales is looking to introduce more un- Center For Philippine Studies. In our Q-and-A (see page 4), Dr. Charlie Sonido, M.D. dergraduate courses on the Philippines, specifically, a course on Abinales shares his background and vision for the Center. Its role Cong. Mark Takai becomes increasingly evident as we see the emergence of the Emmanuel S. Tipon, Esq. Ilocano history and politics, as well as a course which will focus Felino S. Tubera on the Visayas region. The rationale is that more locality-fo- Philippines on the international scene and in the Asia-Pacific re- Sylvia Yuen, Ph.D. cused courses will attract more students, particularly those who gion, as well as more Filipinos playing an increasingly important Contributing Writers wish to discover more about the regions in the Philippines where role not only in Hawaii but around the world. Let’s also not for- Clement Bautista get that much of the success that CPS currently enjoys is the re- Teresita Bernales, Ed.D their families hail from. He also plans to launch an oral history Rose Churma project documenting the experiences of those Filipinos who sult of its founding director Dr. Belinda Aquino who helped to Serafin Colmenares, Jr., Ph.D. shape the Center into the leading institution that it is today. On Julia Crowley moved from the Philippines to Hawaii during the politically tu- Linda Dela Cruz multuous decades of 1960s and 1970s. a sad note, we learned at press time that CPS’ Dr. Julius Soria, Fiedes Doctor Ilokano Language and Literature Program instructor, passed Danny De Gracia, II, MA Funding remains a challenge, as always. Abinales wants to Carolyn Weygan-Hildebrand fund more collaborative research by CPS faculty and their coun- away. Our condolences and prayers go out to his family. Amelia Jacang, M.D. terparts in the Philippines and for graduate student research to Lastly, don’t forget to cast your vote in the Primary Elec- Caroline Julian tion which is Saturday, August 13. Your vote truly does matter! Raymund Ll. Liongson, Ph.D. the Philippines, and to expand the Philippine collection at the Federico Magdalena, Ph.D. university’s Hamilton Library. Ultimately, his dream is to one If you’re a registered voter who lives in the Kalihi-Palama- Deborah T. Manog Iwilei-Chinatown area, familiarize yourself with one more can- Maita Milallos day have a separate Center for Philippine Studies building Paul Melvin Palalay, M.D. which would serve as a gathering place for visiting researchers didate of Filipino ancestry—Firmo Dayao, candidate for the Renelaine Bontol-Pfister State House of Representatives. Please turn to page 12 for more Seneca Moraleda-Puguan and the community. Lilia Q. Santiago, Ph.D. The Chronicle commends CPS for nurturing critical think- on Dayao. Jay Valdez, Psy.D. ing, civic-minded and culturally-informed students who in turn In closing, thank you for faithfully supporting the Hawaii Glenn Wakai Filipino Chronicle. I encourage you to take time and read the in- Amado Yoro will strengthen the communities in which they reside. Its faculty Philippine Correspondent: and researchers are also committed to engaging the world com- formative articles in this issue, including a story on page 6 about Greg Garcia munity in order to effect meaningful change in public policy the exploits of World War II Filipina super spy Magdalena Neighbor Island Correspondents: and social life. We also wish Dr. Abinales the very best and urge Leones who recently passed away. Please feel free to email us Big Island (Hilo and Kona) the Filipino community to rally in support of the Center’s pro- at: [email protected] with story ideas, suggestions Grace Larson | Ditas Udani or concerns you may have. We would love to hear from you! Kauai grams and objectives. The end result will be a greater appreci- Millicent Wellington ation of Philippine history, culture and language—which is Until our next issue…aloha and mabuhay! Maui something all Filipinos can take pride in. Christine Sabado Big Island Distributor Grace Larson | Ditas Udani Kauai Distributor The People Demand Amylou Aguinaldo kind of political reality. Nestor Aguinaldo Jimmy Iloreta Real Change, This Time The shift to radical politics really began after the great reces- Maui Distributor f anything the 2016 presidential election has taught sion of 2008 and caught fire during the Occupy Movement of Cecile Piros us is that the people are demanding real change, and 2011. If it were not for the rhetoric and “hope” that things would Molokai Distributor not the idealist Obama type that promised the world change with Obama’s election, the U.S. at that time was truly Maria Watanabe but ended up being -- simply flat. ready for a people’s revolution. But people were led to believe Oahu Distributor Yoshimasa Kaneko Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders’ success are that change would come in the first Black president, and the first Jonathan Pagulayan I Democrat in 8 years since Bush’s tyranny. 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All rights reserved. formation in which the people’s patience has reached a tipping government in drone assassinations of both foreigners and sus- Printed in the U.S.A. pected terrorist American citizens. point, and what might follow -- no matter how perilous that road U.S. SBA SmAll BUSineSS JoUrnAliSt AwArdee is (imagine a Trump presidency) – it would be worth the risk Now, here we are, Americans more divided, extreme, im- memBer, Society of ProfeSSionAl than the current partisan, do-nothing meandering to nowhere patient. (continued on page 3) JoUrnAliStS august 6, 2016 hawaii Filipino ChroniCle 3 CANDID PERSPECTIVES Given a Choice, “Her” is Still Better Than
2008, thinking that was her Marco Rubio talked about now they can dump the nose “Him” time. But then it wasn’t. I re- Trump’s small hands and the clip. “Do all the good you can, member going to a Clinton GOP nominee started talking It’s hard to imagine a win- by all the means you can, in all party in Denver during the about his manhood. No class. ning campaign slogan “We the ways you can, in all the 2008 convention. I was with a This was class—Hillary smell less bad” but that may By Emil Guillermo places you can, at all the times large number of Asian Ameri- quoting Jackie Kennedy talk- have to do if Hillary expects to you can, to all the people you cans who were crying in their ing about the Cuban Missile woo a few moderate Republi- he’s not using can, as long as you ever can.” beer. Crisis: “She said that what cans. I’ve pointed out that since the middle name It’s the “Si, se puede” (Yes, This time, they were worried President Kennedy both candidates had such high anymore. Maybe you can) for white people. I elated. during that very dangerous negatives, this would be a dif- because it’s a heard it the first time from my “I had hoped Hillary would time was that a war might be ferent kind of campaign. new era. She’s Filipino Sunday school teacher decide to run in 2016 but was started—not by big men with If you were a moderate Re- S her own woman at a Wesley Methodist Church not sure,” Irene Bueno told me self-control and restraint, but publican watching this speech now. near San Francisco’s Japan- after the speech. Bueno runs a by little men—the ones moved after the Republican conven- But Hillary always had me town. I heard it again during political affairs firm in D.C. We by fear and pride.” tion the previous week, I think at Rodham. Her father, Hugh, her acceptance speech at the recalled the days since that She made the stark contrast you’d have to tell The Donald, was a Navy chief petty officer Democratic National Conven- time I saw her in 2008. “There just a few seconds earlier: “You’re fired.” The gender who became a salesman, then tion. Hillary showed plenty of were times I did not think she “Imagine, if you dare, imagine, thing is a big deal too. But started his own drapery busi- policy and attack, and a lot of would run for president again. imagine him in the Oval Office Hillary puts it in perspective. ness out of Chicago. And on throat clearing from the Last night was a very poignant facing a real crisis,” Hillary When Hillary said, “I’m the Howell side, her mother, podium. It was a speech that set moment for me. It was a culmi- said of Trump. “A man you can happy for boys and men too be- Dorothy, was abandoned as a off so many responsive chords nation of many years working bait with a tweet is not a man cause when any barrier falls in teen and later worked as a in me. All positive. All Ameri- in support of Hillary and finally we can trust with nuclear America, it clears the way for housekeeper. can. All part of the story you’d a recognition that regardless of weapons.” everyone,” it was inclusive. It’s the Clinton part that expect from the first woman to your race or gender, anyone It’s the biggest single scary More important than gender is was always the problem. But be president of the United can be President of the United issue of a Trump presidency. another barrier that prevents it’s in the past. Take a second States of America. Inclusive. States.” Trump’s oversized cartoon hair things from getting done in look. Whatever you think of Forward thinking. Positive. Pa- Hillary’s speech hit all the as a built-in mushroom cloud. politics—the partisan barrier. the woman Hillary Clinton has triotic. Strong. key points and invoked FDR If you saw both Hillary’s and “Even more important than become (and everyone, it Sure, the gender thing rather than Trump’s Darth The Donald’s speeches, it’s the history we make tonight is seems, has an opinion), she made it incrementally historic. Vader. It was really an old-style hard not to find Hillary more the history we will write to- wasn’t a patrician, born of First woman nominated, not traditional Democratic speech. alluring. She was centrist and gether in the years ahead,” wealth. She didn’t get to yet elected. She spoke of the kind of infra- inclusive. And maybe a tad Hillary said. Wellesley and Yale Law School But how many times did structure spending that creates hawkish, though tempered by It’s the sound of a new because of connections. Then many of us discount the impor- jobs, the kind of thing that her maternal sense. governing middle—a trans- she married a guy from Hope, tance of all that during the Pri- marked Bill Clinton’s years. If you’re a Bernie sup- formed, establishment Demo- Arkansas. White privilege? She mary campaign? I know many All the economic issues. Mini- porter who think she’s too far cratic Party, with some understood that to mean public people who were Bernie sup- mum wage. Equal pay. And big to the right, well, she’s just de- transplants from the right, in- service, not make a buck. Her porters, and frankly, I had my money out of politics. fined a new big middle. Be- fused with an essence of values are straight out of John tilt. But those who know my So she appealed to Bernie cause if there are Republicans Sanders. And all of it furthered Wesley, the founder of the columns over the years know I and his supporters. And then who find it distasteful to hold by the ineptitude and fear-mon- Methodist faith: fell for Hillary much harder in she did her Trump Dump. their nose and vote for Trump, (continued on page 12)
EDITORIALS (from page 2, THE PEOPLE...) can households, only 158 ultra- are also more involved in this These two elements -- While it is true citizens no is stacked against them, rigged. rich families contributed al- process because of social anger and involvement -- are longer huddle in tents protest- Economic inequality is real. most half of all donations, media. Traditional means of reasons why we can expect ing at Zuccotti Park or Thomas Even though the super-rich made possible in part to the gathering news from the main- real change this time around. Square as they once did during were responsible for the 2008 Citizens United ruling. stream media has expanded to If politicians will not pay at- the Occupy months, that same economic collapse, 91 percent Two. The people are more alternative media which also tention to the warning signs spirit and angst lives in today’s of all income since the reces- involved. happens to be one reason that this election is clearly lay- populist movement from both sion still went to the top 1 per- Anger inspires people to Americans have become more ing out, people just might stop the political left and right. cent. The top 20 richest get involved. We see that in radicalized as different truths believing in changing the sys- What Occupy achieved was Americans possess as much the Black Lives Matter move- become more accessible to a tem by traditional means in the raising mass consciousness of wealth as the entire bottom half ment. Collectively, more larger audience. future. inequality in a rapidly sponta- of our entire population. Wall Americans are fighting back. neous Neo-Matrix way. But Street execs and company In the example of political do- consciousness is one thing; real CEO’s are still awarding them- nations, individual donations change is another. selves obscene salaries and eventually surpassed the bil- bonuses despite public outcry lionaire club’s donations. Why real change is possible… of this practice. What this also means, though, this time Added to the economic is that far more individuals are One. The masses are angry. disparity, politically, the power truly vested and will be ex- A large majority of Ameri- gap is also glaring. Track the pecting more from whomever cans, no longer just those on political donations. In the early wins the election. the fringe, are now connecting stages of the 2016 elections, In the area of information the dots that the current system out of the 120 million Ameri- sharing and education, people 4 hawaii Filipino ChroniCle august 6, 2016 COVER STORY Center for Philippine Studies Director Shares Vision for Future By HFC Staff
he leading institution in North America for the study of Philippine society and culture has a new leader. Patricio Abinales, PhD., has served as director of the Center for Philippine Studies T (CPS) at the University of Hawaii-Manoa for the past year and is committed to leading CPS towards a better future.
CPS was originally estab- in the same school. on his background and visions lished as a program in 1975 by The Center has not only for CPS. His responses were the State Legislature to recog- undertaken various outreach edited for space and clarity. nize the contributions of Fil- activities in the large Filipino ipinos to Hawaii and to community over the years but Q: Please tell us about your- highlight the academic expert- has now become THE center self. director Abinales of the Center for Philippine studies-UH Manoa ise on the Philippines at the for intellectual and academic A: I grew up in Ozamiz UH-Manoa. It was subse- exchange on Philippine and City, in the northwestern Min- to Japan in 2000 and stayed sion for the CPS? quently established as a Philip- Filipino studies, hosting nu- danao province of Misamis there for the next 10 years. We A: We hope to introduce pine Studies Program under the merous scholars, sponsoring Occidental. My mother sent me adopted our daughter from more undergraduate courses Asian Studies Program, which scholarly exchange, and pro- to the University of the Philip- Mati, Davao Oriental in 2005. on the Philippines. So far, we later became the Center for moting research and graduate pines-Diliman. I was a fresh- We were a hapa family—my have general classes on Philip- Asian and Pacific Studies. education. man when Ferdinand Marcos wife was this Italian-American pine history (or politics) but I Dr. Belinda Aquino served Last year, CPS celebrated declared martial law. My adult from New Jersey, I was a kid look forward to introducing as the first director. In 1988, its 40th anniversary with a se- life was spent living under a from frontier Ozamiz, and our courses on the histories and the program became the Cen- ries of academic and cultural dictatorship. This was framed daughter is a lumad from politics of specific regions of ter for Philippine Studies and events, including an interna- by academic decisions (B.A. Davao. It was always fun to the country. was placed under the School tional symposium, a commu- History), my political prefer- watch immigration officials There is already an exist- of Hawaiian, Asian and Pa- nity banquet and a series of ences (anti-Marcos activism) puzzle over us. ing course on the Muslim cific Studies, now School of dance performances. and my choice of work (re- My wife and I also co- Philippines which Dr. Fed- Pacific and Asian Studies Abinales was appointed search at UP Third World Stud- wrote State and Society in the erico Magdalena, the Center’s (SPAS) for administrative rea- director in August 2015 and ies Center and teaching Rizal). Philippines (2005) that is now assistant director, is teaching. sons. The Center is one of the replaced Dr. Vina Lanzona My UP colleagues and I one of the standard texts used This Fall, it will be a compar- established area studies cen- whose term ended last year. were in the middle of EDSA by classes on Philippine poli- ative study of Mindanao and ters of SPAS and part of the He graciously answered a few crying our hearts out, believ- tics and history in the Philip- Hawaii. This year, we would larger Asian Studies Program questions from the Chronicle ing that the 15 years of dark- pines and the U.S. I published like to explore the possibility ness were over. I was wrong. my dissertation with Ateneo of creating a course on Ilocano A year later, two of my closest de Manila University Press, history and politics which will friends were assassinated, which was on the political his- complement and support their deaths a part of an elabo- tory of Cotabato and Davao. classes being taught in the Ilo- rate plot to destabilize the new In late 2008, my wife was cano language and culture pro- government of President Cora- diagnosed with Stage 3 breast gram. zon Aquino. cancer and told me she wanted The Ilocos region has one I had to step out of the po- to go home. A nine-month fel- of the most fascinating re- litical arena to deal with these lowship at the Woodrow Wil- gional and/or local histories in traumatic experiences, and son International Center for the Philippines. Ilocanos did this led me to apply for and re- Scholars in Washington D.C., not just migrate to Hawaii—a ceive a fellowship in 1988 in 2010 was our transition certain section of Western from Cornell University’s back to the U.S., followed by Mindanao is populated by Ilo- Southeast Asia Program. I met a possible teaching job at the cano migrants. If you go to the my wife in Ithaca (she was a University of Hawaii-Manoa. Cotabato marketplace for ex- PhD student in Southeast My wife passed away a little ample, one of the languages Asian History), got married, after I learned I got the UH you will hear is Ilocano, often finished our dissertations and job. My 7-year old daughter mixed with Cebuano, Ilonggo moved to Ohio. After five and I moved here in 2011 and and Maguindanao. years in Ohio, a former aca- for the next 3-4 years we over- In the future, we hope to demic adviser asked me to came the challenges of being a add another regional/ local apply for a position at Kyoto single-parent family. course which will focus on the University’s Center for South- Visayas region. This plan, east Asian Studies. We moved Q: What is your personal vi- (continued on page 5) august 6, 2016 hawaii Filipino ChroniCle 5 COVER STORY
(from page 4, ABINALES...) former director Dr. Belinda area where people, UH con- Q: Do you personally feel that Visayan Resil Mojares, the however, will depend on the Aquino. The monies from stituents and residents from the a doctorate degree in Philip- political tracts of University success of the Mindanao and these endowments support community can interact. pine Studies is needed? of Wisconsin’s Prof. Alfred Ilocano histories and politics student and faculty research A: Good question. I think W. McCoy, journalists like courses. travel. UH-Manoa also allots Q: What are the challenges at this very moment we are not Marites Danguilan Vitug, my I think we can attract more a budget for us via the Asian facing CPS students? in a position to work for this. good friend and professor at students to these local history Studies Program. A: Only the Asian Studies We will need a critical mass of Kyoto University Carol S. courses in part because they We wish to explore other Program (which hosts CPS) students and faculty for a PhD Hau and the smart Filipino- are most likely more curious funding sources for projects has students. We have a degree in Philippine Studies to American sociologist from about which regions in the like our building, a supplemen- Philippine Studies Certificate become a reality. Perhaps we Chicago, Julian Go. Philippines their elders came tary fund to support the library that a student can receive if can in the near future, espe- from. A broad course on and collaborative research by she takes a number of Philip- cially since the Filipino dias- Q: What is your assessment Philippine history and politics CPS faculty and between our pine and Philippine-related pora continues to grow and of the Duterte administra- attracts only a limited number teachers and their counterparts courses. This, however, may our own scholars back home tion? of students, but a more local- in the Philippines. We are also change in the future. increase in numbers. A: Duterte represents a ity-focused one might increase applying for Fulbright series of firsts—the first enrollment. A kid of Ilocano Study/Research grants to sup- Q: Why is the CPS important Q: What do you like to do in mayor to go straight to the heritage, for example, will port the educational exposure for Filipinos not only in your spare time? presidency; the first Mindana- probably be more curious of elementary and high school Hawaii but the mainland and A: My daughter is 12 won head of state; and the about where her family came teachers to the Philippines. We across the globe? years old and thinks I should first to openly defy the from. Same with students did this two years ago under A: We are the one of two go out on dates again since I Catholic Church and win. He whose families came from the the aegis of the UH-Manoa Philippine Studies Center in appear to spend more time is second only to President Visayas and Mindanao. Southeast Asia Program and it the world and we are the old- doing laundry, cleaning the Manuel L. Quezon when it was a resounding success. The est. We have an excellent core house and experimenting with comes to cursing in public, Q: Are there any future proj- teachers attended lectures by of faculty members who teach different cuisines at her ex- but he tops Quezon with his ects you would like to intro- some of the Philippines’ top courses on the Philippines and pense. I do well with the Ital- rape jokes and issuing death duce? scholars, met representatives of its regions and the Hamilton ian recipes my wife taught threats to criminals, drug A: The CPS will have to local foundations and educa- Library houses one of the me, but my adobo and tinola lords and corrupt journalists. expand its perspective and be tors outside of Manila, were most extensive Philippine col- are decent enough. My at- He certainly is no Donald involved in the growth of Fil- exposed to an islet being man- lections in the U.S. tempts at cooking pinakbet, Trump—a business failure ipino-American, Filipino- aged on alternative energy re- kare-kare and salpicao are who had to be bailed several Hawaiian, and Filipino-Pacific sources, were introduced to Q: How can CPS better still very crude and elemen- times. Duterte ruled Davao Island studies. I also have a Philippine cuisine by top chef bridge the gap between aca- tary. City for 23 years, turning it plan for an oral history of Fil- Claude Tayag and met with an demia and the community? from the political murder cap- ipinos and Filipinas who enterprising public school A: This has always been a Q: What kind of books do ital of the Philippines to one of moved from the home country teacher who turned parts of a challenge—finding a lasting you like to read? the safest cities today. Trump to Hawaii during the 1960s and Cebu cemetery into first and linkage between “town and A: Hands down, Jose attracts the fringe elements of 1970s. This is a historic gener- second grade classrooms. We gown.” I hope this oral history Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere and American society, while ation. It was the first to fully want to make this kind of ex- project I mentioned above will El Filibusterismo—great so- Duterte has multi-class, multi- benefit from the short post-war posure permanent but will need help to narrow the gap. cial commentaries that are ethnic support and a political boom and it became the sym- funding. relevant even today. As an ac- coalition that includes Marcos bol of the 1960s and the trans- We need more funds to Q: How many students are ademic, I take pleasure in loyalists, traditional politi- formations associated with that support graduate student re- enrolled in the CPS? How reading and re-reading the cians, ex-communists and decade. They were the young search to the Philippines. many faculty members? works of historian and fellow communists. adults who experienced martial There is a growing number of A: Unfortunately, CPS is law and represented the second students, mainly American- not a teaching program and major wave of Filipino mi- Filipinos, who study the his- neither does it have regular grants to the U.S. tory, politics and cultures of faculty. Our general member- the Philippines, Hawaii and ship consists primarily of fac- Q: What assets do you bring the U.S. Part of their research ulty members and researchers to the table for the university involves them going to the who are of Filipino lineage or and for students? Philippines. We would like to who work on Philippine is- A: My experiences as an provide them funds to facili- sues. CPS helps to promote academic and activist in the 10 tate their research. their courses. years I was at UP, the connec- We hope to also use addi- tions—personal and profes- tional funds to further expand Q: Why is there no doctorate sional—that I’ve developed in the Philippine collection at degree in Philippine Studies? places like Mindanao, Manila, Hamilton Library. Finally, we If not, what’s the closest de- Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, see the need to accumulate gree? Malaysia and even Singapore. more resources towards A: We are still a long way achieving one of the strategic from achieving that dream of Q: What are some of the dreams of many a faculty, ad- turning the CPS into a teach- biggest challenges facing the ministrative staff and students ing and degree-granting pro- CPS? of Filipino heritage—a Center gram. For this to happen, we A: Money. CPS currently for Philippine Studies building will need a lot of money to has four endowments from the which can house our faculty, fund the program and hire fac- Ligaya Fruto Foundation, the visiting researchers, graduate ulty. The closest we have so Yuchengco family, the Corky students on the writing stage of far is the certificate I men- Trinidad Foundation and from their respective thesis, and an tioned earlier. (from page 5, DONNA ...)
6 hawaii Filipino ChroniCle august 6, 2016 FEATURE Magdalena Leones: Filipina Super Spy By HFC Staff tight-knit head-hunting com- tacted Leones’ group and es- munities of the Mountain tablished his identity as an op- pl. Magdalena Province. His efforts were ac- erative from General Estoista Leones, knowledged by Frank C. MacArthur’s headquarters in who holds the Laubach in his 1929 book Australia with orders, papers, distinction as the “Seven Thousand Emeralds.” and U.S. Treasury checks. only Asian fe- Leones’ mother, Lucia Es- Ready to serve her coun- C male to have toista was reared by Rev. and try, Leones returned to the re- been awarded the Mrs. Kutch of the United gion she knew well. While Silver Star in World War II for Brethren Missionaries of the collecting information and gallantry in action, recently Philippines. asking for guerrilla unit rosters passed away in California at In May 1938, a few in February 1944, she was ap- age 96. months shy of her 18th birth- prehended by operatives of the Leones served as an intel- day, Leones became a dea- 121st Infantry Regiment of the ligence operative who gath- coness to various evangelical U.S. Armed Forces in the ered radio parts that allowed churches in La Union and the Philippines, Northern Luzon for important communication Mountain Province. By De- (USAFIP, NL)—the unified cember 1941, she was per- resistance force operating in with U.S. Gen. Douglas Magdalena Leones and her silver star award MacArthur, which led to the forming her ecclesiastical the Ilocos, Cordillera and Ca- landings at Leyte and the ulti- duties under the United Evan- Leones joined the mis- by the Japanese. A few days gayan regions. mate re-taking of the Philip- gelical Church headed by Rev. sionaries’ wives and other of- after the killing, Magdalena The surname “Leones” pines in October 1944. Edward Nagel. ficers who chose not to lay came upon a terrible rang a bell to Col. Russell Vol- “Through her intrepidity That same month, Japan- down their arms in their retreat prospect—Japanese soldiers ckmann, who likely heard the and skill as a special agent, ese soldiers landed on North- to Magnao in Tabuk, Kalinga. ready to fire upon a group of name from missionary friends Corporal Leones contributed ern Luzon and began their Soon, however, the Japanese returning evacuees. Acting who talked about Rev. Juan materially to the early libera- inexorable march into ordered them to surrender. The swiftly, she intervened on be- Leones, who was fairly well- tion of the Philippines,” ac- Baguio—the American bas- small group turned themselves half of her countrymen. She known in the area. Volckmann cording to the Army citation tion in the Cordilleras—forc- in and were imprisoned at explained to the battalion interviewed Leones and then which awarded Leones the Sil- ing Col. John Horan to Camp Holmes, joining commander that the evacuees dispatched an agent to Manila ver Star in October 1945. abandon the city. Horan’s Horan’s troops. were coming from a wedding. to verify the young woman’s Leones was an otherwise troops retreated to Kalinga and For the first time in her The Japanese reluctantly be- story. ordinary woman who emerged sought haven in the town of life, Leones was confined to a lieved her. She sold her story After two weeks of inves- unscathed in numerous life- Lubuagan, Leones’ home, and dank and dark cell. It was Au- through her wits, daring and tigation, a Filipino by the threatening situations, ven- made the Mission House their gust 13, 1942, six days before knowledge of Nippongo and name of Franco Vera Reyes tured through enemy-occupied battalion headquarters. Rev. her 22nd birthday. While in- English. (alias AZ-48) gained the con- territory to secure supplies, de- Nagel became a chaplain to carcerated, she learned Nip- As the war dragged on fidence of Leones’ American liver intelligence and carry out Horan’s men. Consequently, pongo, the Japanese language. into 1943, Leones found a new missionary friends in Manila various operations for the Leones became the chaplain’s Little did she know how cru- calling. She traveled south to and established himself as an Northern Luzon resistance aide and interpreter between cial her “education would later Manila and met her American operative. Reyes turned out to movement. English and Iloko/Kalinga prove. missionary friends, Rev. Mary be a double agent of the Japan- Leones was born on Au- speakers. In December 1942, after Stagg of the Cosmopolitan ese. gust 19, 1920 in the highlands On May 6, 1942, Corregi- almost five months in jail, Church, Helen Wilke and the While Volckmann’s agent of Lubuagan in the then-sub- dor fell and all Allied troops Leones was set free under the Darvey sisters. The ladies was unraveling this story in province of Kalinga. She was were to immediately surrender auspices of Rev. Karl Es- were also members of the Manila, Leones’ American born into a religious family— to the nearest enemy com- chbach, a Baguio-based mis- guerrilla Fil-American Irregu- missionary friends were her father, Juan A. Leones, mander. With organized resist- sionary of her church. She lar Troops (FAIT) headed by rounded up and executed. was a Filipino missionary to ance effectively over, Horan sought out her widowed Colonels Claude Thorpe and Their fate was relayed by Vol- the Cordilleras. As a pioneer- and his men gave themselves mother and younger siblings Hugh Straughn. Wilke held ckmann to Leones. Ironically, ing missionary with the United up and were subsequently in- in Agoo, La Union. In Agoo, the rank of major and had the it was AZ-48’s spurious mis- Brethren Church, Juan intro- terned at Camp Holmes in La Leones witnessed the execu- privilege of inducting Mag- sion that saved her life. Had duced Christianity among the Trinidad. tion of 20 or more youngsters dalena to the FAIT before the she been in Manila when her New Year. guerrilla group was exposed, Leones spent the entire she would have been dead. year with the FAIT guerrillas, Col. Volckmann offered providing financial, medical her a new opportunity to work and moral assistance to free- for USAFIP, NL With the dom fighters in Manila and its memory of her slain friends suburbs. The capital was a fanning the fire within, Leones place of great danger for guer- readily accepted. She was now rillas to operate, as they car- a special agent of the USAFIP, ried on their fight right under NL. the enemy’s nose. Maggie, as she was now In January 1944, she was called by her new comrades, ordered by agent “AZ-48” to quickly earned her comman- collect rosters of guerrilla der’s trust and admiration. forces in Northern Luzon. The Volckmann himself wrote, agent, a Filipino, had con- (continued on page 11) august 6, 2016 hawaii Filipino ChroniCle 7 HAWAII-FILIPINO NEWS
Kalihi-Palama Neighborhood will find innovative legislative Dayao Runs For State House Board; president of the School initiatives to curb this alarm- Board of St. Theresa Catholic ing situation. by HFC Staff School and president of the 2. An advocate for immi- he Chronicle’s July 16, 2016 issue introduced AOAO of the Holiday Apart- grants’ health and welfare. dozens of candidates of Filipino or part-Filipino ments. Worked as a financial I will work to increase re- ancestry who are running for election in various advisor and investments banker sources for immigrants to be- come economically self-reliant congressional, state and county government races. for Prudential Securities, Inc. and to strengthen their capaci- Unfortunately, not all candidates responded (now Wells Fargo Financial) in T Honolulu and of J.P. Morgan ties to access and navigate in time to the Chronicle’s questionnaire. For the Chase Bank in Seattle, Wash- available services from govern- sake of inclusivity and to help voters make better informed ington. Also served as a mem- ment agencies. decisions, the Chronicle has decided to feature one more can- ber of the Honolulu Ethics 3. A proponent for a bal- didate before the August 13th Primary Election. Commission and of the Hon- anced approach to solve olulu Police Commission. homelessness. FiRMO dAyAO While in the Philippines, I propose a balance of Seat Running For: state House, district 29 served two successive terms as some tolerance and humane Party Affiliation: democrat Background: Earned mas- a Cebu City councilman. treatment of the homeless Why I am Running: “I genuinely enjoy helping people and ter’s degrees in philosophy and and at the same time a fair I want to listen to your ideas. I cannot do this alone. I want to religious studies from the Uni- Priorities: “I want to serve understanding and consider- meet as many voters in Kalihi, Palama, Iwilei and Chinatown versity of Santo Tomas in the people of this district as: ation of the rights of affected as possible—hopefully each and every one of you. I’m not a ca- Manila. Took graduate studies 1. A crusader for safe neigh- residents to a clean, safe and reer politician and I’m not beholden to any special interests, courses leading to Ph.D., from borhoods. orderly environment. We only the citizens of the community that I’m proud to call home. the Catholic University of The Kalihi and Chinatown also need to tackle this issue I will work to gain your trust and to earn your vote. I know we America in Washington, D.C. neighborhoods have always together with affordable can make a positive difference.” Serves as a member of the been plagued with crime. I housing.”
Consul General Gina fessional and personal devel- Filipiniana Ball Set For August 13th Jamoralin. opment of its membership. he Filipino Women’s The evening promises to "We are grateful to our Civic Club (FWCC) be full of exquisite fashion, generous sponsors, advertisers Twill hold the First Fil- entertainment and camaraderie and supporters for their en- ipiniana Ball and an installa- for guests. Special guest couragement," says Saban. tion of officers on Saturday, speakers will also expand at- "Our next challenging goal is August 13, 2016 at the Ala tendees' horizons of knowl- to raise funds in order to pro- Moana Hotel Hibiscus ball- edge and help to create a new vide scholarships for deserv- room beginning at 6 pm. chapter for future generations. ing college-bound students." The gala evening will in- In line with the theme The cost for the event is clude five contests—Best in “Showcasing Filipiniana,” $65. For additional informa- Terno (Ms. Manila), Best in FWCC is working to promote tion, contact Letty Tesoro President Letty saban vice-president Jenny Quezon Kimona (Ms. Luzon), Best in the rich Filipino cultural her- Saban (255-9429), Edna Alik- Maria Clara (Ms. Visayas), The incoming officers are: • Erlinda Cantorna, auditor itage, partner with other or- pala (282-3669), Amalia Best in Muslim attire (Ms. • Letty Tesoro Saban, presi- • Josie Takamoto, assistant ganizations with similar Gozar (312-0778) or Edith Mindanao) and Best in Igorot dent auditor interests and enhance the pro- Gudoy (457-0253). attire (Ms. Cordillera). The • Jenny A. Quezon, vice- Members of FWCC's highlight will be the an- president board of directors are Dr. Be- nouncement of Ms. Filipiniana • Edna C. Alikpala, secre- linda Aquino, Edith P. Gudoy, 2016. In addition, there will be tary Amalia Gozar, Lina Mercado a Barong Contest (Mr. Barong • Cleo Bala-Casino, treas- and Engie Pagaduan. The in- 2016). urer stalling officer is Philippine $3.7 Million in Fed Funds to Help Address Public Health Threats awaii will receive and foodborne diseases, an- Agreement awards, which $3.7 million in fund- timicrobial resistance monitor- serve to strengthen the capac- Hing from the Centers ing and addressing viruses ity of states to respond to pub- for Disease Control and Pre- such as Hepatitis A. lic health threats. vention (CDC) to support the “This investment in public To help combat the Zika State Department of Health’s health helps to ensure that our virus, the DOH also received (DOH) epidemiological and state is prepared to address $400,000 from the U.S. De- laboratory capacity to respond diseases before they spread,” partment of Health and to public health threats. says U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz. Human Services to oversee The funds will specifically The grant is part of the birth defects surveillance, in- help DOH’s work on infec- CDC’s Epidemiology and tervention and follow up treat- tious disease surveillance and Laboratory Capacity for Infec- ment. investigation, including flu tious Diseases Cooperative 8 hawaii Filipino ChroniCle august 6, 2016 HEALTH & FAMILY Severe Birth Defects Not As Lethal As Docs Once Said: Study By Lindsey Tanner how the medical community views these children, although HICAGO — Ontario, Canada, illustrates some still say it is acceptable to Parents of new- how rare the conditions are and let newborns with the condi- borns with rare how most babies still die. Of tions die. genetic condi- the 428 babies born, only 65 — In the study, about 70 per- tions used to less than 20 percent — lived cent of the 76 infants who had C hear the grim for at least a year. Twenty-nine surgery lived for one year after words that the survived at least 10 years. the procedures. But whether severe birth defects were "in- There's little previous research surgery prolongs survival is un- compatible with life." Support on these children surviving that clear, said Dr. Katherine Nel- groups and social media show- long, and the new results sug- son, the Canadian study's lead ing the exceptions have gest the birth defects are not al- author and a palliative care spe- changed the landscape. So has ways as lethal as doctors have cialist at Toronto's Hospital for mounting research suggesting advised parents. This 2013 photo provided by Kara McHenry of north Carolina shows her son, Corbin, who lived for four months after his birth in April Sick Children. Most infants in that not all such babies are The study doesn't include 2013. Prenatal tests found trisomy 13; doctors recommended an her study who had surgery doomed to die. information on survivors' qual- abortion. But she found a support group on Facebook showing happy-looking children learning to walk. she also found a hospital were at least 3 months old The latest study focuses ity of life, but severe disabili- that offered treatment, in Pennsylvania, 400 miles from her home when they had the operations, on trisomy 13 and trisomy 18 ties are the norm. The near Greenville, north Carolina. "i couldn't just give up," McHenry suggesting they were healthier said, so the family temporarily moved north. AP/Kara mcHenry — genetic conditions that typ- researchers say without that in- to begin with. ically cause mental impair- formation, the study alone can't has said that their doctor told Online images of smiling The study was published ment, facial and organ guide decisions about how to the family there was no need kids with the conditions has led Tuesday in the Journal of the abnormalities, breathing prob- treat children with the condi- to bring their newborn home some parents to doubt the dire American Medical Associa- lems, heart defects and other tions. with oxygen despite medical warnings and seek aggressive tion. medical problems. They in- Former GOP presidential problems that included breath- and costly surgeries to correct A separate study from nine volve extra copies of certain candidate Rick Santorum's 8- ing difficulties. "You have to organ abnormalities. Ethicists states found 5-year survival chromosomes. year-old daughter, Bella, has learn to let go," she says they say the power of social media rates of 10 percent to 12 per- Two decades of data from trisomy 18. His wife, Karen were told. is changing the landscape for (continued on page 10) august 6, 2016 hawaii Filipino ChroniCle 9 FOOD & LEISURE Your Next Favorite Dessert is Pronounced
fat), the Lotus Caramelized Bis- crisps and fruits, then eating ‘Yao Yao’ cuit sauce, and Raffallao sauce them all at the same time,” she (another Llaollao original made urges. by Marbbie Tagabucba of white chocolate with coconut At the launch, host Tim and biscotti). Yap had two servings of ANILA, Philip- Remember the controver- Sanum, but he’s not worried pines – We’re a sial meme about the Spanish about his diet. The frozen yo- family that does- chocolate bar called Filipinos, gurt, a natural source of cal- n ’ t l i k e “brown outside, white inside”? cium and protein, is made of desserts,” admits They are available here as white skimmed milk so it is gluten- M owner Erika Dy- chocolate biscuit crisps. To- free with zero trans-fat. Dee of family gether, they can be combined Llaollao also has waffles, business Foodee Global Con- into over 700 possible permuta- yogurt smoothies, and fresh cepts, ironically at the launch tions. One can start with their fruit slushes. Dee notes that all of Llaollao, a Spanish frozen Petitllao cups at only P39. fruits are fresh, sourced locally yogurt chain, also their latest Dee had the bestseller, the for the best quality but still ap- brand. opened up shop everywhere, pore, it was worth seeing what Sanum (big and filling at P199), proved by the heads in Spain, Looking at the restaurants from France to South Korea to the hype behind yet another a cupful with layers of three who are so meticulous about the the Dees have either started or Myanmar. Llaollao’s second frozen yogurt was about. types of fresh fruits, two franchising process, “Even the brought in, from local concept biggest market is in Singapore Dee pointed out that it was crunches, and one sauce with tissue cannot be localized.” So Mesa Filipino Moderne to for- (with 25 shops, while Spain has the first time she saw a selection gluten-free frozen yogurt in the it is guaranteed we are enjoying eign franchises Todd English 100 and the third market, Por- of sauces for toppings and later bottom of the cup and swirled the same frozen yogurt experi- Food Hall, Tim Ho Wan, tugal, has 12). It was where the confirmed that only Llaollao of- on the top. It’s still her favorite ence as the rest of the world. Pound by Todd English, Dees discovered the brand fers sauces for your frozen yo- now. Spanish for “healthy,” It must be pointed out, FOO’D by Chef Davide while visiting their partners at gurt combination. Unique ones Sanum is unlike your usual however, that the Philippines Oldani, Hook by Todd English, Tim Ho Wan. The long line include the Fruits of the Forest health food, yet not too sweet arguably has some of the best and soon The English chop- outside — much like the ones Sauce (Llaollao’s blend of and cloying like your typical fruits in the world, thus, Llaol- house and Rawbar, the family at the simultaneous SM Mall of berries, which is touted to be dessert. lao in the Philippines, espe- does indeed prefer their savory, Asia and Glorietta 2 openings high in antioxidants, can im- “You have to experience the cially the Sanum here, is meaty viands. last July 15 — intrigued the prove one’s memory and skin feeling of digging through the probably better than anywhere Llaollao has already bunch. In hot, humid Singa- condition while being low in creamy texture of yogurt to the else. (www.philstar.com) 10 hawaii Filipino ChroniCle august 6, 2016 HAWAII-FILIPINO NEWS Domestic Violence Program Gets 200K Grant he City & County of Honolulu’s Excluding Waikiki, HPD District 7 Department of Community includes Manoa, McCully, Moiliili, TServices has awarded a Kaimuki, Palolo, Diamond Head, Wa- $200,000 grant to the Domestic Vio- ialae, Kahala, Aina Haina, Kuliouou, lence Action Center for its new Safe on Hawaii Kai, Kalama Valley and Sandy Scene (SOS) program. Beach. In 2015, police officers in this The innovative 37 week program district responded to 591 abuse, protec- began July 1, 2016 and is designed to as- tive order violations and other domestic sist victims of domestic violence at the violence related calls and crimes. scene of suspected cases of abuse. A “The safety of victims is paramount two-member response team trained by in domestic violence cases, and the de- the Domestic Violence Action Center partment is committed to doing every- will respond jointly with police to pro- thing it can to support victims of vide crisis support, safety planning and abuse,” says Maj. Larry Lawson, com- advocacy to alleged victims. mander of HPD’s Criminal Investiga- The SOS response team is available tion Division. “We look forward to from 2 pm to 11 pm, seven days a week partnering with the DVAC to provide within HPD’s District 7, which covers victims with immediate access to crisis approximately 40 square miles in East services." Honolulu. The goal of the program is to For more information about the improve on scene support to survivors Safe on Scene program, contact Kreid- and police officers when HPD dispatch man at 534-0040, or visit www.stopthe- receives a domestic violence call. violence.org.
( HEALTH & FAMILY from page 8, SEVERE ....) cent for trisomy 13 and 18 children. The said, so the family temporarily moved highest rates were in those who had ag- north. gressive treatment, according to the re- During his short life, Corbin had search, published in April in the pneumonia, a heart procedure and sur- American Journal of Medical Genetics. geries to help him breathe and to treat a Despite the survival of some, an ed- bowel infection. The family was able to itorial accompanying the Canadian study bring him back to North Carolina, but he says it is "ethically justifiable" to with- was never well enough to go home hold aggressive medical treatment and let "He was going to be impaired men- some infants die while offering aggres- tally and physically," McHenry said. She sive treatment to others. Parents' values chose invasive care in hopes that he'd should drive the decisions, said Dr. John beat the odds, but says she has no regrets. Lantos, a medical ethicist at Children's Jared Hiner is involved with a sup- Mercy Hospital in Kansas City who port group for families whose children wrote the editorial. have even rarer genetic disorders that in- Lantos notes that 30 years ago, new clude a condition called Wolf- doctors were taught that the two condi- Hirschhorn syndrome. The group's tions were fatal, but "in the social media website provides information about the age, however, everything changed," he conditions and a video with inspirational wrote. photos and background music.c Sometimes support groups and im- The Fortville, Indiana, musician said agery of surviving children give other when his daughter Kamdyn was born parents false hope. But Lantos said it also doctors told him her chances of living empowers parents, "by allowing them to past age 2 were bleak. share stories, to compare doctors and to "They told us she would never talk, present their physicians with information never walk, wouldn't have a personality," that challenge medical literature," he he said. said. Kamdyn is 14 now, mentally and Kara McHenry's son, Corbin, lived physically delayed, but attending school for four months after his birth in 2013. and able to interact with her family. No Prenatal tests found trisomy 13; doctors one talks much about her future, but for recommended an abortion. But she found the moment, "she's doing fantastic," a support group on Facebook showing Hiner said. happy-looking children learning to walk. He said social media sites help give She also found a hospital that offered families needed hope, "but I don't think treatment, in Pennsylvania, 400 miles it's false hope. I think it's more realistic from her home near Greenville, North hope that, 'Hey, we can live with this,'" Carolina. even when the future is uncertain. "I couldn't just give up," McHenry (www.philstar.com) august 6, 2016 hawaii Filipino ChroniCle 11 PHILIPPINE NEWS
groups, including media organ- De Lima Slams ‘DIY Justice’ in Drug War izations, the death toll involv- ing suspected drug pushers by Paolo Romero cardboard near their corpses. now exceeds 700, about half Wednesday, August 3, 2016 “The vigilantes have intro- found dead with cardboard tags ANILA, Philip- duced to us do-it-yourself jus- identifying them as peddlers of pines – Warning tice. Never mind the police illegal drugs, apparently killed Mthat the nation is investigation, never mind the by vigilantes. hurtling towards impunity and public prosecutor, never mind De Lima, a former justice inhumanity, Sen. Leila de the courts and judges. This is secretary and chairperson of Lima sounded the alarm yes- DIY justice at work. All you the Commission on Human terday against the rising cases need is an acrylic marker, a Rights (CHR), has filed a reso- of “do-it-yourself justice” and cardboard, some packing tape lution seeking a Senate inquiry called for an end to extrajudi- and, of course, something to into the summary executions. cial killings of suspected crim- stab or shoot the victim with. The chamber is set to start inals that she said were being And there is no filing fee,” De the inquiry in the coming encouraged by the Duterte ad- Lima said. weeks even as some senators, ministration’s campaign including Sen. Panfilo Lacson against illegal drugs. sen. Leila de Lima during her privilege speech. ‘Track record’ – a former chief of the Philip- In a privilege speech, the De Lima also lamented pine National Police – remain senator expressed full support reaction to the administra- ecutions of those who al- that since she had pushed for a cool to the inquiry. for President Duterte’s cam- tion’s anti-drug campaign, in- legedly were killed in armed congressional inquiry into the Among those present in paign against illegal drugs but cluding the summary encounters with policemen summary executions, she had the gallery while De Lima was said “there must be a way executions, appeared to be fa- and other law enforcers. been subject of vicious attacks delivering her speech was her other than this method that vorable, as indicated in There is also a great prob- in social media, and from successor at the CHR, Chito brings us to our collective de- Duterte’s 91 percent approval ability that many of those Duterte’s officials and allies. Gascon, who also vowed a scent into impunity, fear and rating in the latest surveys. killed were actually innocent, She said such attacks on separate probe into the extra- ultimately, utter and complete The senator, however, said including a math teacher from her could be construed as an judicial killings. inhumanity.” Filipinos could go on being in- Ateneo de Manila University. assault on the Senate even as Sen. Joseph Victor “We cannot wage the war different and desensitized to The country has processes she vowed not to be cowed by Ejercito opposed the holding against drugs with blood. We the daily executions “without and punishes wrongdoers as such attacks. of an investigation into the will only be trading drug addic- ultimately becoming a nation well as the Bill of Rights that “Students armed with killings in the Senate, saying tion with another more malevo- bound by a collective sociopa- accords the right to be pre- nothing but courage and con- there was already a law pun- lent kind of addiction. This is the thy.” sumed innocent, De Lima re- viction have started to act. ishing extrajudicial or sum- compulsion for more killing, “We now casually eat our minded law enforcers. They are protesting with card- mary killings and there was no killings that have now included breakfast watching human be- “What is worrisome in this boards on their chests, telling need to have a hearing in aid the innocent,” De Lima said. ings wrapped in packing tape, situation is that the war on us that no one is safe. If these of legislation. “Impunity, once un- or lying in pools of blood,” De drugs is becoming a conven- students, who do not have the “Given that extrajudicial leashed, has no boundaries. It Lima said. “We must force ient pretext for misguided or protection of position or power, killing is proved, then what does not care who dies. It does ourselves to be reminded that utterly corrupt law enforcers raise their voice against these shall the Senate do? We can’t not care who suffers. It does the victims are always flesh to kill just any one,” the sena- daily assassinations and rub- do anything because we can- not care who the victims are. and blood to their families and tor said. outs, what does that make of not prosecute,” Ejercito said Impunity has no sense of right loved ones. Hindi sila suman o She warned that Filipinos me, an elected senator, if I keep in a statement after De Lima or wrong. It is as amoral as it dinuguan.” would now judge others – par- silent?” she said. delivered her speech. is immoral,” she said. De Lima also warned of ticularly those found dead – Based on counts of various (www.philstar.com) She admitted that public tell-tale signs of summary ex- based on what was written on
( FEATURE from page 6, MAGDALENA LEONES ....) “Through her former church nando, the bustling port of La her talents, but one could as- connections, she could go al- Union. sume that she had used her most anywhere in Luzon, During the next few quick intellect and glib tongue. could contact friends whom months, Leones traveled back The gravest of Leones’ she could trust, and could get and forth between the moun- near-misfortunes occurred on the information she sought.” tains and the lowlands to ferry September 26, 1944. While on From February to March vital intelligence reports. She her way to Cagayan to help es- 1944, Leones went down to even journeyed as far south as tablish an intelligence network the plains of Pampanga to ex- the Bicol region in search of in the province, the ace of Fil- change intelligence informa- radio technicians and radio ipino spies was captured by a tion with resistance leaders. parts, as well as to buy med- Captain Oshino, the garrison She then proceeded to Manila ical supplies and distribute commander of the area. to secure urgently needed funds to fellow guerrilla Leones extricated herself from medical supplies from a con- agents. death with the persuasive tact nurse working at the Doc- Before she turned 25, power of words and riches. tor’s Hospital. Along the way, Leones had been accosted by She was freed courtesy of a Leones obtained information the Japanese three times and bribe to her Filipino guard. on enemy dispositions and in- with convicting evidence on Leones was eventually stallations in the whole Pam- her person. Three times she formally enlisted into the panga province and in the walked—or ran—away scot- Philippine Army and inducted towns along the national high- free. The accounts on how she into the USAFIP, NL. Exploit way from Manila to San Fer- had escaped were as rare as (continued on page 12) 12 hawaii Filipino ChroniCle august 6, 2016 PHILIPPINE NEWS
Lacierda said that even if Leni to Keynote Fil-Am Group Meet in U.S. legal services were provided by Janvic Mateo for free, there will still be costs Friday, August 5, 2016 In the same press confer- for the preparation of docu- ence, Robredo also explained ments and evidence. ANILA, Philip- why she has to take private “If each one of us will do- pines - Vice Presi- planes in traveling around the nate a minimum of one peso to Mdent Leni Robredo country. her legal defense fund, she left yesterday for a one-week Reacting to criticisms on- would not have to worry about trip to the United States to line, the Vice President – who her case and she can focus on speak at a conference and rides the bus when traveling to her job as Vice President,” meet with supporters. her hometown in Naga – said said Lacierda. Robredo is scheduled to taking private planes could not “Let us not tarry in help- speak at the National Empow- be avoided in her position. ing her. She once needed us in erment Conference of the Na- She noted that the private the election. She needs us tional Federation of plane that she took when she once more to help her fight Filipino-American Association vice President Leni Robredo went to Camarines Sur last this electoral protest,” he in Pennsylvania tomorrow. week was rented by the organ- added. She will then fly to San the trip will not be charged to ond highest post in the land, ization that invited her. Lacierda posted his call Francisco to meet with Fil- the Office of the Vice Presi- Robredo said she intends to for support after Robredo said ipino-Americans the following dent as it is sponsored by the strengthen partnerships with ‘Defense fund’ for Leni on Wednesday that she is more day. inviting parties. the private sector as the budget Meanwhile, former presi- concerned with the legal fees The Vice President is She said she hopes that her of her office would be limited dential spokesman Edwin than Marcos’ claims of elec- scheduled to arrive in Manila meeting with the Filipino- to implementing her proposed Lacierda yesterday urged sup- toral fraud. on Aug. 11. American organizations would anti-poverty programs. porters of Robredo to pitch in “As far as the substance of In a press conference on further solidify partnerships in “I hope that the outcome to pay for her legal fees in the the case, if there is a basis, I Wednesday, Robredo clarified the future. (of the trip) would be fruitful,” electoral case filed against her am not worried (about that),” that the expenses incurred for Upon assuming the sec- she said. by losing vice presidential bet, said Robredo. former senator Ferdinand Responding to this, Ro- ( FEATURE from page 11, MAGDALENA LEONES ....) Marcos Jr. bredo’s lawyer Romulo after exploit soon earned her a Silver Star, the third-highest Sadly, little was known Calling it Piso Para Kay Macalintal said he is ready to promotion to corporal before military decoration that can be of Leones’ exploits until Leni, Lacierda said donating defend Robredo with or with- the year ended. As the U.S. 6th awarded to a member of any 2004. At her private funeral, one peso to a defense fund for out attorney’s fees. Army landed on the beaches branch of the U.S. armed there were no top military Robredo can go a long way as Marcos filed an electoral between Lingayen in Pangasi- forces. brass or any mention in the she received over 14 million case against Robredo before nan and Damortis in La Union Less than a month later, newspapers about her heroic votes in the May 9 polls. the Presidential Electoral Tri- on D-Day, January 9, 1945, Emperor Hirohito announced deeds. Family, friends and “VP Leni is in a tight spot. bunal after losing by a hairline the resistance movement Japan’s surrender. Her task veterans say it’s par for the As she mentioned, she does margin in the recent elections. erupted into full action. was done. On October 1, course for these gallant vet- not have the money to defend In a statement yesterday, Leones was in the thick of the 1945, by the order of Col. Vol- erans who answered the call herself in the election protest Robredo’s spokesperson action, serving her country ckmann, Corporal Magdalena to help the U.S. to defend filed by Sen. Bongbong Mar- Georgina Hernandez said the with her usual intelligence Leones, serial number 150601, their homeland. cos,” Lacierda said in a Face- Vice President is grateful for work and other services. She of the 2nd Signal Company, Fellow veterans like book post. the expression of concern. also rendered work in the 2nd Infantry Division, Philip- Rudy Asercion are doing “Our job to help her is not “Nonetheless, we would Medical & Hospital and Sig- pine Army was relieved of as- what they can to preserve her over. So many of us voted for not want to impose on the peo- nal Companies of the USAFIP, signments with the USAFIP, exploits. her to be our Vice President. ple. We continue to have faith NL. NL and honorably dis- “The biggest issue to She has come to a crossroad that in the end, the good will On July 18, 1945, as the charged. The woman fondly me, is she was not recog- early in her vice presidency,” prevail,” Hernandez said. Filipino guerrillas were deliv- called “Maggie” entered the nized by anybody, in the he added. (www.philstar.com) ering the penultimate blows to history books as the fifth fe- Philippines or the U.S.,”
Gen. Yamashita’s forces, Col. male to be awarded the Silver says Asercion. “She’s elite, a ( CANDID PERSPECTIVES from page 3, GIVEN A CHOICE ....) Volckmann recommended that Star and the only Asian one of a kind hero.”(Source: gering of a Republican sub- someone to match your values. Leones be awarded the U.S. woman to do so. Philippine Veterans Affairs Office). standard bearer. We end up with an envi- It may be too establishment ronment rife with political mi- for some. It may not be work- norities more diverse than ing class enough. This may be racial minorities. The future is the beginning of the real revo- for the visionary coalition lution. I don’t want to sound builder post-Hillary. This year like I’ve fallen for Hillary is the start. Third parties where again. It’s more like a default are you? It’s your time to position. emerge. Aren’t you too smart to eMil guillerMo is an vote for Trump? Sure, you may award-winning journalist and be concerned about the Dems. commentator who writes from These new Dems may not be Northern California. He recently won the 2015 Dr. Suzanne Ahn good enough. But they may Award for Civil Rights and Social have to do until the political Justice from the Asian American marketplace can come up with Journalists Association California. august 6, 2016 hawaii Filipino ChroniCle 13 LEGAL NOTES Preparing for a Marriage-Based
Immigration Interview any form stating that the mar- riage is fraudulent. At any situations usually get ap- itor’s visa remained for a pe- life together. The officer may point during the interview, By Reuben S. Seguritan proved faster. riod beyond the six-months also inquire about the docu- you can ask to stop it and con- However, certain factors given to him. After 5 years, he ments submitted with the pe- sult with your lawyer. or situations or “red flags” married a US citizen who filed tition so it is good if you will n a marriage- could make USCIS want to an I-130 petition for her. Dur- run through them a few times Paying attention to the based adjustment take a close scrutiny at the ing the interview, the officer just to refresh your memory of question and answering that interview, the marriage. Examples of these noted that “there were no dis- the information you provided question is crucial. If the ques- couple must are multiple applications/ pe- crepancies in their answers” in the petition. Oftentimes, tion demands a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ I prove that the titions filed by an applicant/ but that they had “no joint in- marriage-based interviews can answer, answer it as such, then marriage was petitioner, short time between formation”, neither of them make one falter or uncomfort- give an explanation if neces- valid and in good faith from its entry and marriage, unusual worked and they lived with the able even if you have nothing sary. inception and that it was not marriage history, children US citizen’s mother. There to hide. It is of course unavoidable entered into for immigration born during marriage to other were missing information Practicing possible sce- to make mistakes. While it is purposes. parent, unusual or large age about how they met that gave narios or interview questions best to remember important For couples who live to- discrepancy between spouses, “red flags” to the officer. is recommended. It can seem dates like birthdays and an- gether, have a common social unusual cultural differences, It is best to go to the inter- intimidating to be asked prob- niversaries, oftentimes we life, do not have a huge age low employment/ financial view well prepared. The ing questions so it is advisable find ourselves forgetting a few gap, have common interests status of petitioner, and previ- USCIS officer may ask ques- to prepare well. details. At any point during and same cultural/ racial back- ous marriage to foreign na- tions about the data entries It is not uncommon for the interview, you can always grounds, it is easier to get a pe- tionals. made on the I-130 petition. He USCIS officers to ask about go back and change or clarify tition approved. In other In one case, a foreign na- may also inquire about how personal details such as infor- your answer. words, “conventional” marital tional who entered with a vis- you go about your day-to-day mation about your relatives, It is also okay to ask for your work and your friends. clarification if you do not un- PHILIPPINE NEWS As long as you have nothing derstand a question. Fully ex- to hide and have a good faith plain what you want to say. Palace Defends Shoot-to-Kill marriage, do not be afraid Say “I don’t know” or “I don’t when the immigration officer remember” if such is the truth does that. instead of making guesses, Order vs 'Narco-Politicians' Lawyers’ role in the inter- and don’t say a document ex- by Patricia Lourdes Viray view is limited to being ob- ists when it doesn’t. Bear in (continued on page
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