Msgr Gutierrez Ben Maynigo Bill Labestre ENGADGET’s To God Nothing Is Best of 2014 CES Chances Are .. p 6 Hidden .. p 8 .. p 9 JanuaryJanuary 24-30, 24-30, 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 US senator in Manila for fi nancial, security talks By Don Tagala, ABS- CBN North America Bu- Gov’t troops ready to escort The class picture reau | WASHINGTON, DC, Pinoy fi shermen at sea 1/22/2014 – Florida Sen. The photo immediately brought back memories for me and reminded me of the im- Marco Rubio arrived in Ma- Philstar.com | FORT presence in the region. mortal words of the great American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in his poem nila Tuesday evening to meet MAGSAYSAY, Nueva Ecija, We have the capability to Ode on Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood: “Though with Philippine President 1/17/2014 – The government secure them (fi shermen). As Benigno Aquino III and other is ready to provide security said before, we would not fol- nothing can bring back the hour, of splendor in the grass, of glory in the fl ower; We will grieve not, rather fi nd, Strength in what remains behind... “ Philippine and US offi cials to escorts to Filipino fi shermen low their rules in our own ter- discuss fi nancial and security who will operate in the West ritory, Gazmin told reporters issues on Wednesday. Philippine Sea as the gov- yesterday on the sidelines of In a statement, Rubio said: ernment continues to ignore the anniversary of the Special “Asia is vitally important to China new fi shing policy in Operations Command. the future of America’s secu- the disputed area. Why do we have to se- rity, and economic well-being. Defense Secretary Vol- cure permission from other America must make sure that taire Gazmin stressed that the countries when they do not our rhetoric about increasing Philippines would not comply own our fi shing grounds? he our presence in Asia does not with the rules set by China, added. come at the expense of endur- which has been shoring up its (Continued on page 15) ing alliances and challenges in other parts of the world.” Accompanied by his PNP to telcos: Help authorities Filipino-American Chief of Staff Cesar Conda, the track subscribers linked to highest-ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations child pornography East Asian and Pacifi c Affairs subcommittee and a member By Julliane Love de Jesus the request of PNP ACG to of the Select Committee on , Inquirer.net | MANILA, “preserve subscriber informa- Intelligence is on a week-long 1/17/2014 –The Philippine tion, call and text data for the trip to Japan, the Philippines National Police urged Friday period of March 27 until May By Simeon G. Silverio, Jr. Publisher & Editor and South Korea. telecommunication companies 27, 2013″ of a specifi c phone “For the Philippines, there to relax their policies on pre- number. Juan Sumulong Elementary School (Circa 1954) Asian Journal San Diego are two main issues that we’ll serving data relevant to activi- But taking into consider- The Original and First Asian Journal in America talk about, one is the South ties on child pornography. ation the protocols, mobile China Sea issue,” Conda said. Senior Superintendent phone companies are obliged Published in the November 4, 2006 issue of the Asian Journal San Diego “We want to learn more Gilbert Sosa, PNP Anti-Cy- to keep confi dential their cus- San Diego, California about China’s activities there bercrime Group chief, pre- tomers’ data and information November 4, 2006 and what the Philippines is sented in a press briefi ng the since Congress has not signed doing and how the United response letter of Smart proposed legislation requiring One good thing about the Internet is the possibility of instant communication even States can help.” Communications Inc. to (Continued on page 2) among long-lost friends. This is very true in my case and as well as those of my class- Conda said Rubio is also mates at the Arellano High School in Santa Cruz, Manila, Philippines. We graduated set to discuss economic issues (Continued on page 2) with Aquino to strengthen the Mexican drug ring? Time to existing close trading relation- ship between the two allies. worry—Sotto Up Close and Personal: The Republican senator’s other mission in the Philip- Katherine Stuart Faulconer pines is to review the ongoing recovery efforts in the Ty- phoon Haiyan-affected areas. Rubio is expected to visit Tacloban on Wednesday, one of the worst devastated cities in the Haiyan tragedy. Conda said the US has spent $86 million in humani- tarian and disaster relief as- sistance to the Philippines. San Diego Mayoral Candidate, Councilman Kevin Faulconer with wife Katherine and former Assemblywoman “We want to see what and Chula Vista Mayor Shirley Horton, Phil Am BID President Edna Consing Concepcion, Dante E. Concepcion, Sr., the impact has been and we NAAC President Faith Bautista, Amando & Prudence Gaspar, Bob Castaneda, Alden and Rosanna Salcedo, Daughlet want to learn how the US can Ordinario, and Daisy Mirador continue the recovery efforts T.J. Burgonio, Inquirer. of a Mexican drug cartel, then going forward,” said Conda. net | MANILA, 1/17/2014— the military should join in the by Edna Concepcion raiser for San Diego Mayoral Faulconer, with his experience Philippine Ambassador to the United If the six people arrested in intelligence gathering. Candidate Kevin Faulconer, and proven leadership, is the States Jose Cuisia Jr. said he is hoping posh residences in Makati and Sen. Vicente Sotto III made this state- On Saturday, the 11th of an 8-year San Diego Coun- best person to represent San that Rubio’s visit will further convince (Continued on page 15) January 2014, a few of us cilmember. Those of us in (Continued on page 15) Taguig cities were members (Continued on page 10) gathered at a Reception-Fund- the room believe that Kevin Cecilia Nguyen, a child of the children of war, takes on a pro-life mission Behind the billboard, “Take My Hand, Not My Life” Cecilia Nguyen sometimes stands someone to look up and see the sign she to the streets. She said that she had a eign land to the goodness of a God who at street corners and airport lobbies, is holding up as they scurry about. Like calling to evangelize in ground zero of delivered them. as she greets people with an image a word game: Five words that could what was soon to be the largest abortion So it comes as no surprise that one of Divine Mercy. make one’s day. Maybe change one’s clinic in southeast Texas. fi nds meaning in what Cecilia does “Jesus loves you!” Cecilia would life. And perhaps keep someone from based on her family saga. If the Vietnam often call out with a smile and a falling into despair. But her story begins somewhere else war was her parent’s war, the fi ght wave to pedestrians. She is not the A glance at the message below the in time. Her parents and grandparents against abortion is the war of her time tion. And true spiritual life through the least worried of what people might image of Divine Mercy she holds is all were immigrants in their youth, refugees and our time. Divine Mercy of Jesus. We do so by think. she wants people to do and hopefully who escaped the snares of death in Her mission is one among many to taking this message of life to the Sometimes people stop to ask live by: war-torn Vietnam. Like other children save millions. Cecilia was inspired to streets, to everyone we encounter, and to Cecilia about the image. At other “Jesus I Trust in You.” of war, many did not make it out. fi ght for a chance for the unborn to live the places where those struggles for life times they move along. But it is not Cecilia is a walking advertisement for Others died on the seas on boats that with the thought “take my hand, not my occur. The means by which we spread a concern. Cecilia is not keeping Divine Mercy. She is out there compet- were either shipwrecked or attacked by life.” this message is through our personal count. She is fully immersed in the ing for attention along with the thou- pirates. Many others were left stranded Her website “Take My Hand Not encounters, our prayers, our brochures, moment, not in the ifs, buts, and sands of iPads, iPhones, smartphones, in camps. My Life” at pray4holyspirit.com offers and especially billboards, which are whys of life, which she has totally appointments, errands, and distractions Surely, the matter of life and death resources for pregnant women and strategically placed throughout Houston. entrusted to a higher power. for a slice of people’s time. was a staple in the narrative and the adoption opportunities. It also explains For example, our Pro-Life "TAKE MY Cecilia began her work of evangeliza- lives of her parents’ families and in the the purpose of her ministry: HAND, NOT MY LIFE" billboard is It’s all she needs.