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Opening of U.S. H-1B Cap Season to Kick Off Hiring of Foreign Workers by Alex P Msgr. Gutierrez Conrad Reloj, Jr. Ogie Cruz The Resurrection: A Aklan Gov. Carlito S. Marquez ABS-CBN Na Alarma: Pag- Mediated Presence .. p 11 visits San Diego .. p 18 Balik ng Show Ni Willie With Pokwang Na !!!.. P 16 April 22 - 28, 2011 Opening of U.S. H-1B cap season to kick off hiring of foreign workers By Alex P. Vidal/PNS -- US- based companies may resume Apl.de.Ap gives back to hiring foreign workers in Arriving at the Threshold of Hope specialty occupations as the United States Citizenship Angeles community Immigration Services (US- From Good News Philippines -- CIS) announced the opening From Los Angeles, California to Easter at the Vatican of H-1B fiscal year 2010 cap Angeles, Pampanga — with love. season. The world-renowned Filipino Foreign workers that re- member of the Grammy Award- quire theoretical or technical winning band Black Eyed Peas expertise in specialized fields Apl.de.Ap is giving back. such as scientists, engineers, He has been officially chosen or computer programmers can as the special ambassador for Apl.de.Ap avail of the H-1B program to education of the Ninoy and Cory be used by American employ- Aquino Foundation (NCAF) Pineda-Lindo jr. of Angeles, ers, announced the USCIS. Edsa People Power Movement. Pampanga) launched a library, The USCIS uses the infor- And he has two-pronged proj- a computer room, and a music By Simeon G. Silverio, Jr. mation provided in Part C of ects in his original hometown of room at his former alma mater Publisher & Editor in Chief the H-1B Data Collection and Sapang Bato village in Angeles Sapang Bato National High Filing Fee Exemption Supple- School, as well as his own music Asian Journal, the original City, Pampanga province. ment to determine whether Apl.de.Ap (whose acronym library and studio at the Holy Angel and first Asian Journal in a petition is subject to the stands for his real name Allan (Continued on page 2) California and the USA 65,000 H-1B numerical limi- tation (the “cap”). Some petitions are exempt Happy Easter to all! from the cap under the ad- Pinay nanny of Prince William vanced degree exemption provided to the first 20,000 invited to Royal Wedding As I sit in front of my com- petitions filed for a benefi- From Good News Philippines puter, staring at the blank screen Tourists flock to St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome ciary who has obtained a U.S. -- Araceli Piccio, one of Prince while attempting to write my master’s degree or higher, William’s former nannies has column for the week, I realize I have no more Easter stories to tell. Naiku- USCIS explained. been invited to his royal union wento ko nang lahat (I have told everything)! From my experiences during The current annual cap on with Kate Middleton in April. Holy Week as a youth in our province in the Philippines to the Easter tradi- the H-1B category is 65,000. The Bacolod native received USCIS said not all H-1B one of the almost 2,000 invites tions here in the United States, our readers can now recount them with closed eyes. I suddenly remembered, however, that during a few memorable days in non-immigrants are subject to distributed last month for the this annual cap. Up to 6,800 much-awaited wedding that will the year 2000, we spent Easter at the Vatican. visas are set aside from the take place at the Westminster Ab- My family and I went to London, Paris and cap of 65,000 during each fis- bey in London. finally Rome on a two-week European tour. On cal year for the H-1B1 pro- Araceli’s presence in the oc- the last leg of our trip, we arrived in Rome on a gram under the terms of the casion will put her in the same Araceli Piccio Good Friday; for lunch, we were ushered into a legislation implementing the venue with other royal figures, U.S.-Chile and U.S.-Singa- fulfill a vow he made to Araceli local tavern near St. Peter’s Square. political leaders, and celebrities pore Free Trade Agreements. when he was 16: “When I get The atmosphere was festive with many tour- including power couple David Unused numbers in this pool and Victoria Beckham. married, I will take you back.” ists in the Square. Unwittingly, we ate a sand- wich filled with cold cuts of Italian preserved are made available for H-1B Prince William might also (Continued on page 19) use for the next fiscal yea meat. It was too late before we realized that it “We will begin accepting was Good Friday; eating meat during that day H-1B petitions that are sub- Filipino artist breaks world was a no-no for us Catholics. Everybody, it ject to the FY 2012 cap on seemed, was doing it in a place called the center April 1, 2011. You may file record in Sotheby’s art auction of the Catholic world: the Vatican. If ever this an H-1B petition no more than Filipino artists practice were to be strictly enforced, I expected 6-months in advance of the Ronald Ventura, to have it be here, the seat of the Papal Throne, requested start date,” USCIS Andres Barrio- more than anywhere else in the world. The Ital- announced. Petitions seeking an FY quinto and Jon Threshold of the Millenium. Pope ian meat did not even taste that good; I guess Jaylo stole the 2012 H-1B cap number with John Paul II, who will be beatified on one requires an acquired taste to enjoy it. an Oct. 1, 2011 start date can thunder from oth- May 1st, enters the doors of St. Peter’s be filed no sooner than April er Asian artists in Basilica on Easter Sunday in the Jubi- In the Philippines, people strictly follow the “no meat” the recently con- lee Year 2000, AD. rule. Whenever our clan spent our Holy Week vacation in 1, 2011, it added. cluded Sotheby’s our barrio in Plaridel, Bulacan, my aunt would purchase USCIS stressed that peti- Spring 2011 sale sacks full of oysters from the nearby fishing town of Hagonoy for our Good Friday feast. Mrs. tions of those who request a of Modern and Contemporary Ronald Ventura Rosa Tirol, the owner of El Centro Hotel and Resort where we stayed in Boracay last January, start date for a FY 2012 cap- Southeast Asian Paintings in (Continued on page 6) subject H-1B petition prior to The star of the auction was Oct. 1, 2011 or submit a cap- Hong Kong. the world record sale for any Total sales fetched a stunning “Easter at the Vatican” is reprinted from the April 16, 2006 issue of Asian Journal San Diego. (Note: subject petition prior to April Contemporary Southeast In observance of Good Friday and Holy Week, we are reprinting this article and postponing the publi- 1, 2011, will be rejected. HK$108 million / US$13.8 Asian Painting at auction and cation of Chapter 14 of the on-going series “Complicated Affairs” by the author next issue.) million, tripling pre-sale esti- (Continued on page 2) mates. 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