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Fr. Shay Cullen Entertainment Bill Labestre The Meaning of Boots Anson Roa A Few Easter.. p 11 to Marry.. p 9 Old Men .. p 6 AprilApril 18-24, 18-24, 2014 2014 The original and first Asian Journal in America PRST STD U.S. Postage Paid Philippine Radio San Diego’s first and only Asian Filipino weekly publication and a multi-award winning newspaper! Online+Digital+Print Editions to best serve you! Permit No. 203 AM 1450 550 E. 8th St., Ste. 6, National City, San Diego County CA USA 91950 | Ph: 619.474.0588 | Fx: 619.474.0373 | Email: [email protected] | www.asianjournalusa.com Chula Vista M-F 7-8 PM CA 91910 On Easter, Noy calls for humility, sacrifi ce MANILA, Philippines - President Aquino yesterday called on the public to be humble and sacrifi ce for the greater Fr. Suarez says last Mass on Easter On This Good Friday good as he wished everyone a peace- ful and signifi cant observance of Holy before returning donated land Week. The Cross We Carry “Let us not forget that practicing humility, concern for others and rightful acts should not only be done during the Holy Week. Refl ections and prayers prepare us for a lifetime of emulating the life of Jesus Christ,” Aquino said in Filipino. He said “Jesus laid down his life to save us” and accepted the punishment and ridicule heaped on him. The President said Jesus Christ’s unconditional love should inspire people to continue to tread the right path. There is always hope for a better tomorrow, Aquino noted, saying this should guide those facing ordeals. He said that with the government pushing for vital reforms in line with its “tuwid na Daan (straight path)” policy, it But like most gifted people, Suarez is inevitable that trials are encountered. By Ma. Ceres P. Doyo always says he is only a channel and He urged the people to be ready to do Philippine Daily Inquirer that it is God who heals those who have their share of sacrifi ce because in the faith. end, all their efforts will bear fruit. The “healing priest” Fr. Fernando Not all bishops welcome Suarez in Suarez will celebrate his last Mass at their ecclesiastical territories and some At home or Malacañang? MonteMaria in Alfonso town, Cavite have been speaking unfavorably of province, on Easter Sunday after his him in a recent series of reports on the Meanwhile, Aquino said he will Mary Mother of the Poor Foundation Monte Maria property published in the spend the Lenten season either at their (MMPF) decided to return the 33-hect- Inquirer. ancestral home in Quezon City or at are property donated to it by San Miguel But Bishop Antonio Palang, SVD, DD Malacañang. Corp. (SMC). Vicar Apostolic of the Vicariate of San Aquino said he will likely be accom- Suarez is known in the Philippines Jose, Occidental Mindoro province, has panied by his sisters in today’s Visita By Simeon G. Silverio, Jr. our Uncle brought us to his farm and life,” Carding complained, hoping his Iglesia, and they will celebrate Easter and abroad for his gift of healing. issued a letter to dispel doubts about his Publisher & Editor served us beer and broiled catfi sh from past pain would spare him from what Many people who have experienced or integrity. Sunday together after hearing mass. San Diego Asian Journal the nearby irrigation ditch. We had just could potentially come ahead. During Holy Week last year, Aquino witnessed the miraculous healing have In that letter, Bishop Palang says: “To The Original and First Asian Journal fi nished swimming in that ditch, and a As far as I know, the hex on Card- confi rmed the priest’s gift. stayed at Bahay Pangarap in Malaca- (Continued on page 8) In America cool breeze of wind was sweeping over ing did not come true. The supersti- ñang – his offi cial residence since July our shirtless and wet bodies. tious belief regarding the mole on his 2010. - By Delon Porcalla (The Philip- Seventh in a Series “Pasang krus ka pala (You are a cross shoulder proved to be just a product of pine Star) of Easter Articles carrier),” he told my cousin. one’s imagination. Though Carding’s Emilio Yap’s rags-to-riches saga One of the many superstitious beliefs father died when he was 12 years old, San Diego, California of our elders then, especially in the he lived a good life. He got a job at the Good Friday Philippine Airlines where his father DOH backs BULL MARKET, BULL SHEET April 11, 2014 rural areas, was the notion that if one By Wilson Lee Flores has mole on his shoulder, he will suffer worked, for children of deceased former in life. The shoulder is the place where employees got a priority for job open- Church on A cousin of my mother, Tiyo (Uncle) ings. When the Pan American Airlines There are no shortcuts to real success Ben, noticed that my cousin Carding, Jesus Christ carried his cross. The mole and it is tragic that those who vainly signifi es one person’s cross; hence, he’ll looked for baggage carriers to work in discouraging who was shirtless in front of him, had their airport in Wake Island, Carding seek get-rich-quick schemes often end a mole on his right shoulder. We were follow Jesus’s painful fate. up with zilch. The idea that there are vacationing in the province then, and “But I already suffered enough in no shortcuts to success applies not only (Continued on page 2) fl agellation to business and the need to accumulate MANILA, Philippines - Health capital as well as expertise and good Secretary Enrique Ona yesterday urged credit standing, but this principle also Catholic devotees to heed the Church’s applies to all vocations, even to the arts, Father and Son, USN Retired advice against scourging themselves as sports and public service via politics. public penance this Holy Week. The life of the immigrant, self-made The Life Stories of Quintin Ramil, Sr. & Jr. “Our Catholic Church leaders do not billionaire Dr. Emilio T. Yap exemplifi es Dr. Emilio T. Yap advise such practices. Let us just pray this over seven decades of painstaking By Quintin R. Ramil, Jr this condo in 2006 and it was completed hard and live a moral life as our peni- hard work, perseverance, attention to in 2009. Our oldest son, Ram, lives tence,” said Ona. with his wife of three years, Analise detail, calculated risk-taking and frugal- to solicit a donation for their proposed During Lent, some Catholic devo- Chapter 25 Albiso, from Bohol in Fremont. Ram ity. He was a generous philanthropist Ang Bahay ng Alumni Building at UP tees undergo the devotional practice of works for Cepheid, a medical diagnostic to diverse civic causes and was looked Diliman in Quezon City, they were Where Are the fl agellation through whipping or lashing equipment company in Sunnyvale. Ray up to as a leader of the local Chinese surprised when Yap called his senior Siblings Now to repent for their sins. is divorced from Mercedes and is now community. executives to join in. He asked each ex- Some fl agellants go as far as having married to Angel Bondoc who is from Whenever I saw him at dinners he ecutive what year they graduated from I guess I will start with me. My wife themselves nailed to the cross to reenact Paranaque. He has a son from his fi rst husband Rob also have three children, hosted, whether in his executive offi ce UP, then Yap donated P1 million each and I are now retired. Tessie waited the suffering of Jesus Christ to save marriage. Shane is my only grandchild Reilly, Raegan and Reese and live in El with its really long dining table for VIP in the name of those executives for that until she was 72 before she actually mankind from sin. whose last name is Ramil. They reside Dorado Hills. We have seven grandchil- dignitaries or at Manila Hotel events, I’d building project. retired. I had several licenses issued by The provinces of Bulacan and Pam- in San Diego. Tressy is a school teacher dren and six grand dogs. ask him what his longevity secrets were. JG Summit Holdings, Inc. founder the State of California and the last one panga have become popular for acts of and teaches a 4th and 5th grade combo Norma, who was born during World Yap would always reply with a laugh: John L. Gokongwei Jr. told me that to expire was my Notary license. We do fl agellation, which have been drawing at Clegg Elementary School in West- War II, is now retired after 37 years of “Have a clean conscience and help a throughout the centuries, many of the a lot of travelling, taking advantage of local and foreign tourists every year. minster. She and her husband, Mike, teaching in Hawaii. She is at present lot of people, so you can sleep soundly pioneers in Philippine socio-economic the Military Space Available Travel. I Ona said there are other ways of have three children, Maddy, Quinnie and on the list for substitution at seven el- every night.” I learned that he also development and various industries have studied the system and read many books making penance “other than hurting Michael and live in Huntington Beach. ementary schools in the central district. maintained a very disciplined lifestyle. been fi rst-generation “rags-to-riches” about Space “A” travel and it paid off.