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PH NEWS | A3 SPORTS NEWS | A4 PH NEWS | A5 WORLD NEWS | A9 ENTERTAINMENT | B7 French model-dentistry student Robredo returns to is 2017 Duterte won’t help TNTs in U.S. Malacañang By Macon Araneta | By Daniel Llanto | FilAm Star Correspondent FilAm Star Correspondent Vice President Leni Robredo advised President Duterte on policy PASAY CITY -- Miss , issues and sought clarifications about , a model and dental the administration’s legislative priori- surgery student, won the crown in the ties on Monday night, in their first en- 65th Miss Universe pageant as she counter in Malacañang since she quit bested 85 of the world’s most beauti- his Cabinet last year. ful women during the competition on At the invitation of the Palace, Ro- January 30 at the SM Mall of Asia. bredo participated in the first Legisla- Mittenaere, the 5’7” stunner from tive-Executive Development Advisory the small town of in northern Council (LEDAC) with Mr. Duterte and France, is the second French beauty leaders of Congress, including Senate queen to win the Miss Universe title. President Aquilino Pimentel III and Her coronation ended France’s Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez. 63-year title drought since the victory Legal duty “As a mandated member of

(L-R) President Donald Trump, President Rodrigo Duterte, Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar (photos: www.intpolicydigest.org / www.manilacoconuts.co) Amid the intensified crackdown on illegal aliens in the U.S., President Duterte said no help of any kind is forthcom- ing to the thousands of undocumented Filipino immigrants there from the Philippine government. “To the there, you better be on the right track. If you are not allowed to stay there, get out. Because if you are caught and deported, I will not lift a finger,” the President said at a press conference in Malacañang. (L-R) and Iris Mittenaere “You know that it is a violation of the law,” he added, referring to the TNT (“tago nang tago”) status of Filipinos who Vice-President Leni Rovbredo (photo: www.thelocal.fr) live and work in the states without proper documentations. (photo: www.fnf.org.ph) Duterte apparently supports the draconian executive order against illegal aliens of U.S. President Donald Trump, TO PAGE A7 TO PAGE A7 TO PAGE A7 AFP kills 15 jihadists trying to make Amnesty warns of crimes against Mancao surrenders 3 Central Mindanao an Islamic province humanity in years after escape By William Casis | FilAm Star Correspondent Philippine police may have committed crimes against humanity The Philippine National Police- Mancao surrendered on Monday Fifteen jidahists including an by killing thousands of alleged drug Criminal Investigation and Detection to the CIDG-National Capital Region, Indonesian were killed as the military offenders or paying others to murder Group (CIDG) is awaiting the decision according to its head, Senior Supt. Belli contimued to pound their lairs in as part of President Rodrigo Duterte’s of the Regional Trial Court Tamayo. Butig, Lanao del Sur with artillery bar- drug war, Amnesty International said on where former Senior Supt. Cezar Mancao had earlier sent feelers rages, Armed Forces Chief of Staff Gen. Wednesday. Mancao II, one of the accused in the to PNP Director General Ronald dela Eduardo Año said last January 29. An Amnesty report, which fol- Dacer-Corbito double murder case, Rosa and the CIDG director, Chief Citing intelligence reports, Ano lowed an in-depth investigation into would be detained. Supt. Roel Obusan, his “mistah” or said a total of 15 terrorists associated the drug war, also outlined what it said batchmates in Philippine Military with the Islamic State (ISIS) from the were other widespread police crimes Academy Class 1986, according to Maute and Hapilon groups died. He aside from extrajudicial killings that police sources. said there are ongoing ground op- mainly targeted the poor. The warrant of arrest was re- erations and “we expect there will be “Acting on orders from the very turned to the court on Tuesday morn- encounters forthcoming.” top, policemen and unknown killers ing, Tamayo told reporters. The Indonesian was identified as have been targeting anybody remotely In the meantime, Mancao will “Mohisen.” He was among the small suspected of using of selling drugs,” be detained at the CIDG-NCR office group of followers that Abu Sayyaf Rawya Rageh, a senior crisis adviser in Camp Crame, , while sub-leader Isnilon Hapilon took with for Amnesty, told AFP. awaiting the issuance of the commit- him from Basilan to Butig to assess the “Our investigation shows that this ment order. wave of extrajudicial killings has been feasibility of establishing a “wilyat” or AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Eduardo Ano “We can’t really tell how long he Islamic province in Central Mindanao, (photo: www.wikipedia.com) widespread, deliberate and systematic, will be here because it’s the court’s de- allegedly at the behest of ISIS. and therefore may amount to crimes cision on where to commit him. But as Ano said they are still investigat- Ano also said that, based on intel- against humanity.” of now, for security reasons—because ing the possible group affiliation of ligence reports, there are two more Among a litany of alleged crimes, we can’t put him in any detention Mohisen - whether he is a member foreign jihadists with Hapilon and the Amnesty accused police of shooting together with other suspects in drugs, of ISIS, Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) or Maute brothers. dead defenceless people, fabricating Retired Col. Cezar Mancao [suspected members of the bandit Jemaah Islamiyah (JI). TO PAGE A7 TO PAGE A7 (photo: www.remate.ph) TO PAGE A7 A2 FilAm Star Feb. 2 - 8, 2017 ph news Aguirre says Lam’s man cleared him in extort rap U.S. denies establishing arms depot in PH after Justice Secretary Vitaliano disclosed that Sombero sent to “We will see until he (Som- Aguirre II said on Tuesday that him a text message of assurance bero) gets here,” Gordon said. Duterte warns of abrogating defense pact Wally Sombero, a representative under questioning by Sen. Leila “Sombero is the key person of casino mogul Jack Lam, had de . Sombero is in Singa- here, because he is the one By William Casis | FilAm Star Correspondent cleared him from any involve- pore and was a no-show again whose been operating here for a ment in the alleged extortion of when the committee resumed long time.” The ambassa- Cagayan de Oro and . friends but do not drag us into P50 million from Lam. its hearings on Tuesday. During the hearing, dor to the Philippines Sung Kim “They’re unloading arms in a conflict because I won’t allow Sombero is accused of brib- “Sir, for the record I’m Inquirer columnist Ramon on January 31, denied allega- the Philippines now. I am serv- it to happen. You will have Fili- Tulfo said he sought protective tions made by President Rodrigo ing notice to the Armed Forces pinos killed? How do we defend custody for Sombero from the Duterte that the Americans are of the United States: Do not do ourselves? You place us all in National Bureau of Investiga- establishing a permanent arms it. I will not allow it.” assured danger,” Duterte said. tion on Dec. 8 last year because depot in the Philippines. Duterte. “You do that (build a Sombero claimed that he was Duterte earlier asked the He reminded the U.S. forces weapons depot) and I will be being hunted by the chief of United States to stop unloading about the provision in VFA that there when you start building the Philippine National Police, weapons inside military camps there shall be no permanent the — even before you build the Director General Ronald dela in the country and warned he facility. first post.” Rosa. would abrogate the Visiting “A depot by any other name “Now, the Chinese missiles Dela Rosa was said to be Forces Agreement (VFA). is a depot. It’s a permanent are (aimed) at the American acting on the orders of Presi- Kim said that Duterte might structure to house arms. And I (bases) here. Their depot would dent Duterte to arrest Lam and have been fed the wrong infor- do not even know if there is a serve as their supply line (and his associates for bribing Ar- mation on the matter. nuclear (warhead) because that a target of opportunity). The gosino and Robles. “I think some misinforma- is prohibited here,” said Duterte. first missile (strikes will be) in NBI Director Dante Gierran tion was given to the President “It’s not allowed by the the Philippines. They will hit (L-R) Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre and Jack Lam confirmed Tulfo’s statement. and that’s why he gave that treaty. You do that and I will Cagayan, Palawan and Basa,” (Photo: www.calvinayre.com) Director Augusto Marquez statement expressing concerns consider a review and maybe added Duterte. of the PNP Directorate of Inves- about a possible weapons depot,” ultimately abrogate (the) Execu- Defense Sec. Delfin Loren- ing sacked Deputy Immigration watching the hearings. I have tigation and Detective Manage- said Kim. tive Order, abrogate the treaty zana said the Pentagon plans Commissioners Al Argosino and the same words as General ment denied that there was such Kim stressed the U.S. does altogether,” he warned. to start constructing facilities Michael Robles for the release (Charles) Calima had texted an order from Dela Rosa. not have any plan to build any Duterte accused the U.S. like barracks, warehouses and of Lam’s Chinese employees you. I’m clearing you of any “We will go only after him type of weapons depot in the of “egging (on) the Philippines runways inside designated Phil- at Fontana hotel and casino knowledge of this extortion (Sombero) if there was a war- country. to force the issue of the arbitral ippine military camps as early in Clark Freeport, Pampanga scandal,” Aguirre quoted Som- rant of arrest,” Marquez said. “A couple of projects that judgment,” which voided ’s as this year. He talked about province. The employees were bero as telling him. Aguirre said the NBI are being pursued this year have expansive maritime claim to at least three Philippine camps arrested by immigration agents He said Sombero told him placed Sombero under protec- to do with things like disaster territories in the disputed South where the Americans plan to last November for illegally that he would attend the next tive custody without informing relief and humanitarian assis- China Sea. start constructions of buildings working in the country. hearing set on Feb. 9 and that him. (Christine O. Avendano / tance. Not at all related to any Duterte added that he does for their troops and equipment, During a hearing of a he had already sent a letter to inquirer.net)) weapons,” he said. not want to fight China. including an air base in Palawan Senate blue ribbon committee the committee chair, Sen. Rich- The American envoy, how- “China does not like to fight province. ever, noted that U.S. troops are and I made a solemn commit- The U.S. military construc- looking into the case, Aguirre ard Gordon. allowed to build facilities and ment to President Xi Jinping tion plans were delayed due to structures in five Filipino bases that we will talk about this petitions to the Supreme Court under the Enhanced Defense arbitral award during my term. that contested the legality of Duterte wants China sea patrols to stop kidnappings Cooperation Agreement (EDCA). When? I really do not know, EDCA. President Rodrigo Duterte “I said even coast guard cutters the two. “It’s hard to imagine that but during my term, and we will The court declared that the said Tuesday he has asked China to would do, just to patrol, like what Abu Sayyaf, one of the groups we would be able to do anything (have deep talks),” Duterte said. defense pact, signed by the treaty send sea patrols to help stop Islamic they did in Somalia.” seeking to set up a caliphate, began on Filipino bases that are not The ruling by a Hague- allies in 2014, conforms with the militants abducting sailors and Manila has said militant kidnapping sailors in waters be- acceptable to the Filipino people, based arbitral court last July was Philippine Constitution last year. attacking vessels off the southern groups are trying to establish an tween Malaysia, and the Philippines. Islamic State-backed caliphate in Philippines last year, taking several Filipino leadership. I think the result from a complaint filed EDCA allows the U.S. to Duterte said he would like Bei- Southeast Asia that would include dozen hostages and attacking cargo there’s already a very strong pro- by the Philippines in 2013. China deploy troops, equipment and jing to dispatch a fleet like it did in the Philippines’ southern island of ships. tection for Filipino interests in refused to recognize the ruling, supplies for maritime security 2009 when it sent a naval convoy to Mindanao. Indonesia has warned the the Enhanced Defense Coopera- calling it a “mere piece of paper” and humanitarian operations in the Gulf of Aden to protect Chinese Duterte pointedly made his region could become the “next So- tion Agreement,” Kim said. and “illegal since day one.” identified military camps in the ships from Somali pirates. appeal for help to China rather than malia” and the three later pledged The envoy added that “noth- Duterte said the U.S. should Philippines. “I also asked China if they the United States, which has tra- coordinated patrols. ing is being planned that even not drag the Philippines into a .According to Duterte, he can patrol the international waters ditionally been the country’s main The International Maritime closely resembles the concerns conflict with China. He said the does not mind holding joint ex- without necessarily intruding into defence ally. Bureau said this month the number about weapons depot.” Philippines may get entangled if ercises with the U.S. but reiter- the territorial waters of countries,” Since his election last year, of maritime kidnappings hit a 10- In a news conference, fighting erupts between U.S. and ated the Philippines should not Duterte said in a speech to newly Duterte has responded to US criti- year high in 2016, with waters off Duterte called on the American China. be placed at risk because of the promoted Filipino generals. cism of his deadly war on crime by the southern Philippines becoming “Grey ships are not really pivoting away from America and increasingly dangerous. (AFP) soldiers to stop bringing in their “Am I that stupid to allow American military’s activities. needed,” he said, an apparent refer- moving closer to China, despite on- armaments to camps in Palawan, (it) to happen? Yes, we are ence to warships. going territorial disputes between Feb. 2 - 8, 2017 FilAm Star A3 ph news Filipinos spend more time online than Anti-drug war suspended in the wake of any other people in the world – study Korean’s killing; rogue cops now targeted By Corina Oliquino | FilAm Star Correspondent By Macon Araneta | FilAm Star Correspondent

MANILA -- In the latest particular, the country is enjoying an In the Digital in 2017 report, internet and mobile connectiv- impressive jump in average mobile the Philippines tallied an average in- Due to the killing of the Ko- said, “In view of the massive the whole institution through ity data released by Hootsuite (a connection speeds. ternet speed (via fixed connections) rean businessman inside Camp restructuring of the war against the years,” she said. global social media platform) and in With this result, the Hootsuite of 4,196 Kbps and average internet Crame, Philippine National drugs to focus on rogue cops as The Senator said this is partnership with We Are Social (a and We Are Social report said that speed (via mobile connections) of Police (PNP) Chief Dir. Gen. ordered by the President, it is the reason why, based on the global social media agency) in their this may be the reason why Filipinos 13,881 Kbps. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa last my view that the Senate wait and information and statistics she Digital in 2017 Global Overview re- spend more time on the internet Internet access also vary port, 50 percent of the world is now than other people in any of the 29 depending on the chosen device, the January 30 said the govern- see how this latest development gathered as chair of the public connected to the internet while 99 countries they profile through their report noted that in the Philippines, ment’s war on drugs will be plays out. Having said that, I am order committee (in the previous percent of social media access their in-depth report. Citing the latest 16 percent accessed internet through temporarily suspended. suspending the hearings on the Congress), she persistently pur- social media accounts on mobile. data from GlobalWebIndex, it said their computer or tablet, 21 percent “Half of the world’s population that the average Filipino internet accessed internet through their is now online, which is a testament user spends nine hours online each smart phones and computer or tab- to the speed with which digital day, and mobile access amounting let, and 41 percent accessed internet connectivity is helping to improve for more than three and a half of through their smart phones. people’s lives. The increase in inter- those nine hours. Social media net users in developing economies Average daily use of social me- In the global setting, nearly is particularly encouraging,” Simon dia via any device per day amounted 2.8 billion people around the world Kemp of We Are Social said. to 4 hours and 17 minutes. are connected and now using social “Given this latest data, it’s With a population of 103 mil- media at least once a month, with probably time for us to stop refer- lion, the Philippines accounted for 91 percent of them accessing their ring to social as ‘new media’, and 60 million active internet users or 58 social media accounts through their integrate it more seamlessly into our percent of the total population and mobile devices. day-to-day activities,” Kemp added. 129.4 million mobile subscriptions The report noted that the social Other 2017 key findings of the or 126 percent of the total popula- media use surged by more than 20 report include an increase in inter- tion – this accounts for 54 million or percent in 2016, with Facebook be- net penetration by 10 percent in the 52 percent (of the total population) ing the most used social media site (L-R) Sen. Panfilo Lacson, PNP Chief Gen. Bato Dela Rosa, and Sen. Risa Hontiveros last 12 months that will eventually who are active mobile social users. despite already being the world’s (Photos: www.wikipedia.com / www.twitter.com / www.politics.com.ph) hit 3.771 billion or 50 percent of the In an post by , the Phil- most popular social platform for the world’s population. Global social ippines with 58 percent active inter- past decade. Dela Rosa said, “We no lon- ‘tokhang for ransom’ issue.” sued the legal institutionaliza- media use, on the other hand, has net users is slightly above the global On the other hand, nearly half ger have the war on drugs. We In last week’s Senate com- tion of an independent Internal increased by 21 percent in the last average of internet penetration a billion or 482 million new users now have the war on scalawags. mittee hearing, Lacson had Affairs Services that will have 12 months, with 2.8 billion users of 50 percent and higher than the are signing up to use social media in We will clean our own ranks closed-circuit television footage the power to investigate and reached, globally. rate in countries such as China and 2016 – a 21 percent increase year- first. Then after that, maybe, played showing rogue policemen dismiss corrupt and unworthy In terms of Mobile social media Vietnam with 53 percent and on-year, with five countries account- use, it increased by 30 percent year- with 35 percent -- the United States ing for more than half of the growth. we can resume to the war on planting drugs in an office that police personnel without need of over-year to surpass the 2.5 billion topped this list with 99 percent. China with 134 million new social drugs. We’ll clean our ranks first they eventually raided. Lacson approval by the Chief of PNP. users mark globally with 91 percent In terms of annual digital media users in the past 12 months, according to the President,” said said he had the video played Akbayan Sen. Risa Hontive- of social media users accessing their growth, the Philippines has grown India with 55 million, Indonesia Dela Rosa. to stress the need for internal ros said, “The Duterte govern- accounts from their mobile phones. by 27 percent with the number of with 27 million, the USA with 22 “I don’t know how long will cleansing in the PNP, the agency ment is guilty of implementing “One of the greatest opportuni- internet users in the past 12 months million and Brazil with 19 million. it take to cleanse the PNP, but he headed from 1999 to 2001. a corrupt war on drugs. It is ties of a digitally connected world is and an increase of 25 percent of ac- The report also noted that with each and every one of us co- For now, Lacson said he but right for them to heed the the ability to have immediate con- tive social media users. people around the world are spend- operating, I am sure, even if you will focus on pieces of legisla- people’s demands to stop it.” versations, wherever and whenever Frequency of internet use by ing more time using social media, give us a one-month deadline, tion that may at least minimize Hontiveros said that there customers want. Social media not Filipinos every day is at 56 percent, citing a GlobalWebIndex data; the only enables organizations to am- at least once per week at 23 percent, average social media user in the we can do it,” he added. abuses by police personnel in is absolutely no need for the gov- plify its brand, but also build trust, at least once per month at 13 percent countries covered by this report He said the PNP will form conducting anti-crime opera- ernment to resume the abusive credibility and human relation- and less than once per month at 8 spends 2 hours and 19 minutes using a counter-intelligence task force tions. war on drugs, amid conflicting ships at scale. It is now as much the percent. social media sites each day. against rogue cops. He ordered These include bills on the pronouncements of the PNP to responsibility of the top executive as In the last quarter of 1026, “The Philippines tops the various units in the police force training of police personnel as stop it and Duterte’s pronounce- the social media manager,” Penny Akamai’s State of the Internet report ranking for time spent on social to consolidate efforts and come well as the strengthening of the ment that he will extend the Wilson, Hootsuite’s chief marketing noted that the average internet media amongst those countries, with up with a list of rogue cops. PNP’s Internal Affairs Service. drug war until the last day of his officer said. speed in the Philippines was slightly Filipinos spending a full half-hour “We have to make sure that Lacson had earlier shown term in 2022. In the Philippines down from quarter two’s 4.3 Mbps longer on social media each day than The Digital in 2017 Global to the current 4.2 Mbps, below the users in second-placed Brazil,” the the leader would be without in the Senate a video showing “This should spell the end Overview report noted that in the global average of 6.3 Mbps with report read. question and doubts. He needs policemen not only planting of the flawed anti-drug cam- Philippines, mobile internet con- South Korea topping the ranking at to be clean, courageous and has evidence but also robbing the paign. Internal cleansing will nections have improved and in 26.3 Mbps. no qualms about fighting rogue victims. The video showed a only restore moral authority to cops,” he said. man putting illegal drugs inside the PNP if the war on drugs, the The PNP chief also thanked the drawers in an office. A few unwarranted killings, is stopped President Rodrigo Duterte for minutes later, operatives of the permanently. “ still having trust and confidence raiding team arrived. As it is, she said the govern- in him despite earlier calls for After planting evidence, the ment’s war claims an average of his resignation over the murder raiding team robbed the victim 1,000 lives a month. To continue and abduction of Korean trader of PHP7 million. The victim was with this human rights-deficient Jee Ick-joo. also made to cough up another anti-drug campaign until 2022, Jee was taken from his PHP 2 million. The video was we will be looking at 72,000 home in Angeles, Pampanga last date stamped October 26, 2016. deaths. October 18 last year by police- But Lacson did not reveal Hontiveros said that the men of the PNP Anti-Illegal the identity of the victim due to PNP is not beyond redemption Drugs group in the guise of a failure to pursue charges against but warned that Duterte’s state- drug operation. It was later the police operatives. He said ment on police corruption might revealed that the businessman the victim did not want to file a pave the way for the creation of was killed inside the police head- complaint against the police “for a “Metrocom-style” police force quarters in Camp Crame the fear for his life.” which will further undermine same day he was abducted. Senators Grace Poe and human rights. Due to this development, Bam Aquino supported the “I am wary that the govern- Sen. Panfilo Lacson announced decision of Lacson to tempo- ment, in the guise of internal the Senate is suspending its rarily halt Senate hearings on cleansing to address police hearings on “tokhang for tokhang. corruption, might create a new ransom” incidents involving “Definitely that particular narco police force that is far scalawags in uniform. form of corruption has contrib- deadlier than what some abusive Lacson, who chairs the Sen- uted to the inability of the police officers and personnel have ate committee on public order force to rid itself of these scala- made the PNP today, to amplify and illegal drugs that held a wags in uniform. It (put) down the authoritarian tendencies of hearing on the matter last week the image and performance of the Executive,” she said. A4 FilAm Star Feb. 2 - 8, 2017 sports news Sex abuse scandal is a Chongson not satisfied with Tanduay’s win over Wangs disgrace, says Beckham Tanduay head coach England football icon choice than late great Ameri- He told the BBC that his Lawrence Chongson was disap- David Beckham labelled the can writer Norman Mailer initial stages of dating Victoria pointed with his team’s showing historical sex abuse scandal who opted for marijuana. were carefully orchestrated by despite a 94-81 win over Wangs that has rocked the sport as Beckham said he keeps her manager Simon Fuller. Basketball on Monday. a ‘disgrace’ in an insightful his caps at home but his med- “He was very protective “How can you be happy? Not interview on BBC Radio on als are in a bank in safekeep- and he kind of wanted to keep to underestimate the opponent Sunday. ing as they are for his children it quiet,” said Beckham, who but you’re leading by 20 and you He was unequivocal and has over 1000 pairs of has gone on to have four chil- let them get back in the game,” in his condemnation of the football boots in storage. dren with Victoria. said Chongson in Filipino. sex abuse dating back to His selection of music was Purple top hat The Rhum Masters held the 1970’s and 80’s that has eclectic. “I used to drive down to a 22-point advantage, 84-62, emerged since former Crewe But there might be words see her and we used to sit in with 8:22 left in the game, but a Alexandra youth player Andy at home as not one of them the car park (of a local restau- furious fightback by the Couriers Woodward went public last was by his wife Victoria’s for- rant) and talk. allowed them to get to as close November. “I had an amazing bright as 13. It would have been a disas- Beckham was part of blue BMW, I had spent all Tanduay headcoach Lawrence Chongson a legendary Manchester my adidas contract money (photo: www.spin.ph) trous collapse if not for Mark Cruz making timely baskets in United youth team which on it and was still living in the clutch to douse the rally as Tanduay scored its breakthrough win in the 2017 PBA D-League Aspi- included future stars like lodgings. rants’ Cup. Paul Scholes, Nicky Butt and “So we used to sit in the Chongson acknowledged that the new-look Rhum Masters have yet to grasp the culture he culti- the Neville brothers Gary car park, we would kiss of vated which helped his side make it to last season’s Foundation Cup Finals. and Phil. course and talk.” “We’re one of the old timers in the league but it’s only the team that is old. The players are new. “There was never any- Beckham, who said he I have 12 new players in my team and there’s a lot who came from college so maybe, they still haven’t thing like that,” said the 41- refused to watch United gotten our culture,” he said. year-old, capped 115 times matches for three years fol- “You’re playing in a league wherein it’s a different kind of jungle that you have school-based and captain of his country on lowing their decision to sell teams and teams that have an import. You have to play them all and you can’t be complacent. So for 59 occasions. him to Real Madrid which me, I know I have to find a way,” he added. “We’re not just after the wins, we’re after the standards we “It is disgraceful and took him unawares as he set in Tanduay.” something has to be done. was on holiday in the United Tanduay goes back to action on Thursday against AMA Online Education. (Randolph B. Leong- Soccer superstar David Beckham “The closest we ever (photo: us.hellomagazine.com) States, joked about the ex- son / inquirer.net) came to that was when travagance of his wedding to certain professionals in the Victoria in 1999. senior team would make us do mer band ‘The Spice Girls’. “We have renewed our FEU honors ‘inspirational’ Daquis in a funny dance in front of our The one record he said he vows since and it was a lot heroes at the time. would take to the desert island quieter with only six people emotional jersey retirement ceremony “It was humiliation but would be Ella Fitzgerald’s ‘Ev- there,” he said. Rachel Anne Daquis used to look up to the rafters at Far Eastern University Gym where jerseys of that was just to teach us a ery Time We Say Goodbye’. “I even had a top hat in two FEU basketball legends’ hang. lesson. “We used to get to my purple at the wedding. What Every time Daquis glances up, she contemplates. “I would like to think grandparents at 8 on a Satur- was I thinking!” “Will I ever see my jersey up there?” Daquis wondered. clubs are all on board with day morning and I would sit Beckham, who signed his On Tuesday, Daquis was in FEU again, only this time, when she tilts her head upward she will this and the FA (Football As- in my grand dad’s chair,” said first contract with United aged never ask the same question again. sociation) are doing all they Beckham. 14 after he had sparkled aged Alongside Johnny Abarrientos and Arwind Santos’ jerseys, Daquis’ No. 3 was immortalized in an can and the more these ex “He was stern but loving 10 and 11 at the Bobby Char- emotional retirement ceremony dedicated to the Queen Tamaraw. professionals express their and used to work nights and lton school in Manchester, “I didn’t expect it that I was going to get that kind of recognition from FEU,” Daquis told IN- opinions there will be more get up at 11 in the morning. said his marriage to Victoria QUIRER.net. done.” “I would always be watch- had had its bad times but they “Before, I dream about this moment every time a look up and see those jerseys retired. Will I ever Beckham was appear- ing Football Focus (BBC pro- remained deeply in love. see mine?” ing as the guest on the 75th gramme on a Saturday) and “We are a strong fam- There was a lot of laughter and tears as Daquis looked back from the very time she walked inside anniversary edition of the re- he”d say ‘out’ (of the chair) ily unit because our parents the doors of FEU and thanked every single person who molded her to be the volleyball superstar and nowned ‘Desert Island Discs’ whether it was me or my sis- brought us up with the right one of the most admired Filipino athletes she is. programme. ters and do the same with my values,” he said. “FEU is my family. They have been very supportive ever since. They treated me like their own England caps children. “Of course we make daughter,” she said. “I feel so grateful and blessed. I can’t explain it because I’ve been through a lot of hardships.” The invitee is allowed to “The thing I always mistakes, it’s difficult but you From his first FEU head coach Kid Santos to athletic director Mark Molina, team manager Anton choose eight records and to remember is Ella Fitzgerald’s work through it. Molina and current women’s volleyball team, they all offered high praise for Daquis, whose rare mix take to the mythical desert song would always be playing “People have said because of charm, humility and dedication paved the way for the rise of volleyball in the country. island a copy of The Bible, the in his flat.” we’re a brand we stay together She arrived in FEU not knowing how to play volleyball and in just a couple of years she blos- Complete Works of William Beckham also chose but it’s not, it is because we somed into a star,” said Molina in his speech. “And up to these years, when people talk about FEU Shakespeare and is allowed a Spanish song ‘No es no Lismo’ love each other and we have volleyball, it’s Rachel Anne Daquis.” book of their choice as well as by Alejandro Sanz as he used four amazing children. 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Francis Escudero the same to Argosino, the lat- (BI) officials for sticking with point shouted at Robles, urg- sure, especially at Argosino, money and he just went also questioned the two men ter got emotional. their story that they had split ing him to tell the truth. noting that he never spoke to the hotel to accompany why they would spend long CCTV footage and taken home P50 million Argosino also broke about his supposed “inves- Argosino. He even brought hours waiting for someone Argosino said he never in bribes as “evidence” in a down in tears, pleading for tigation” of Lam—if his alibi along his brother. when they were not sure of expected to be offered mon- supposed investigation and understanding. were indeed true—when he “… [Y]ou were the reluc- the agenda. At Robles, he ey, even challenging senators called for a hearing of the tant partner, weren’t you? asked: “You didn’t know who to check the CCTV footage. Senate labor committee on You don’t wanna be involved, you were meeting. You didn’t “Notice that I did not Dec. 7, 2016, to tackle the don’t you? So you really know why and you waited for even carry the bags … I just arrest of the tycoon’s illegal didn’t want to get involved more than six hours?” let him (Sombero) put it in workers at the Clark Freeport because you knew something “How do you explain the my car,” he said. in Pampanga province. was going on?” Gordon told a interest, determination and Argosino tried in vain to Argosino and Robles seemingly scared Robles. strength to do that?” said Es- suppress his emotions, even- were captured on CCTV “You knew what was go- cudero, noting Robles’ earlier tually breaking down. carrying bags of cash at a ing on, you didn’t do any- testimony that he had had “I am very sorry… No- Parañaque City hotel in the thing about it,” an infuriated a long day and was already body filed a case against Jack early hours of Nov. 27. Gordon said, in disbelief that tired when Argosino purport- Lam during the past adminis- The money handed over a lawyer like Robles could be edly called to meet with him. tration… I hope you under- to them by retired police taken for a fool. “My intention was only stand what we’re doing…. official Wally Sombero were Explained Robles: “I was to accompany him. I didn’t We filed a case. We gave allegedly in exchange for the asking him, he had control. I want to just leave him,” Rob- back evidence (alleged bribe release of more than 1,300 was deferring to him, accord- les responded. money) we have,” he said. illegal Chinese workers at ing to him he was conducting To which the senator “Sana naman ho ‘wag Lam’s gaming firms. an investigation.” replied: “What would con- ‘yung ganitong lumalabas sa “We would not have “Are you trying to make vince us all that you did not public na guilty na (I hope it reached this point if, dur- me believe you’re stupid? Are ing the Dec. 7 hearing, you you trying to convince me disclosed this information,” you’re stupid and that you’re Villanueva said, noting that not a reluctant passenger? Clip from surveillance CCTV (photo: www.manilatimes.net) BI officials do not have the Tell me!” authority to undertake inves- Robles struggled for a case buildup, calling their In yet another point, Sen. tigations of the nature that response: “Uh… I want to narration outright lies. Manny Pacquiao invoked Argosino had described. say… What will I say if you… At a Senate blue ribbon God as he told the two men In one of the most tense Mr. Chair, he told me he was committee hearing, lawmak- not to lie. moments of the hearing, a conducting an investigation. ers pounced on what they As Sen. Leila de Lima ballistic Gordon censured … He mentioned he was described as the incredible cited in her interpellation, Robles for giving testimony conducting an investigation version of why former BI As- the two former officials had that he could not believe. of Jack Lam for violation of sociate Commissioners Al Ar- been “caught red-handed.” He said Robles was al- the human trafficking (act) gosino and Michael Robles, “It’s either both of you lowing himself to be played because there are several both fraternity brothers of are too stupid or too corrupt. with, deferring to his frater- minors that were arrested.” President Duterte and other Stupid! Carrying bags, when nity senior (San Beda’s Lex “And you don’t want to top administration officials, you know that the CCTVs Talionis) even when “a crime report it? Come on! You are BI Officials Al Argosino (left) and Mike Robles (right) took home the cash purport- (closed circuit television) in was being committed.” beginning to be a sap here. (photo: www.mindanation.com) edly from fugitive Chinese that particular area are all “You know damn well I’m not insulting you, I’m gambling tycoon Jack Lam. over? You will play along just and good, after you took the trying to help you. If you know what was going on? It won’t be like this where we The now dismissed BI of- because you are investigat- money, the following day, know what’s going on, say so goes against human nature. already appear to be guilty),” ficials maintained their story ing and you really have no Argosino asked you to give because malinaw na suma- You won’t do that unless you he said, apologizing for let- that they took the money as authority to investigate?” him back the money, is that sabay ka lang (you are just knew something. You were ting his emotions out.(Tarra evidence, angering several De Lima told Argosino and correct? So stop lying!” Gor- going with it)! Dapat mag- waiting for someone, or you Quismundo / inquirer.net) A6 FilAm Star Feb. 2 - 8, 2017 opinion PerryScope Street Talk Digong’s ‘neutral’ foreign policy Beware of the Trump card PERRY DIAZ South Korea and 50,000 in Japan. GREG B. MACABENTA President Rodrigo U.S.-Philippines alliance The U.S. will be un- advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends. “Digong” Duterte made a But while Japan and South Korea welcomed dergoing some interesting 7. Lacks empathy: is unwilling to recognize or big splash in the interna- the deployment of U.S. forces to their countries, times with the assump- identify with the feelings and needs of others. tional scene by declaring the Philippines was wary of American presence in tion to the presidency by 8. Is often envious of others or believes that that he was pursuing an the Philippines, which has three defense agree- Donald J. Trump. A legend others are envious of him or her. “independent” foreign ments with the U.S., including a Mutual Defense in his own mind, Trump 9. Shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or at- policy. Then he declared Treaty. President Duterte whose hatred of the U.S. could well have written the titudes.” his “separation” from has led him to distance from the U.S. and got closer dictionary definition of his According to U.S. media, Trump displays not the U.S.; threatened to to China and Russia, wants to get rid of all foreign surname: just five but all nine of these traits. Said one pundit, terminate military treaties troops out of the country within two years and that “Trump – To outrank or defeat someone or in dealing with Trump, when you shake his hand on with the U.S. and proposed defense alliance with he was willing to revoke base-hosting agreements something, often in a highly public way… In the a deal, make sure to count not just the rings on your China and Russia. The world leaders did not bat with the U.S. card game bridge, the trump card is the most fingers but your fingers as well. an eye. But when his campaign against drug lords Last January 26, the Philippines’ Defense powerful card in a particular round and defeats all How will the Trump presidency affect the turned bloody – more than 3,000 drug pushers and Secretary Gen. Delfin Lorenzana – concerned that the others — sort of like when your needs or wishes Philippines? The more immediate possibility that users in less than 60 days – U.S. President Barack the Philippines will be caught in the middle of a trump someone else’s.” the Philippines should watch out for is his obsession Obama indicated some concerns. Digong didn’t U.S.-China conflict in the south China Sea – said in In Tagalog idiom, the term nakakalamang with putting one over on others, from not paying take it too well and called Obama “son of a whore.” a press briefing, “I’m waiting for my counterpart, comes close to the meaning of trump. In street contractors who have worked on his hotels and casi- Obama nonchalantly ignored him, saying: “I have Secretary Mattis. I’d like to talk to him to get his lingo, napatungan ang bato means the same thing nos, to finding ways to get to pay for the wall seen some of those colorful statements in the past. sense about these [security] policies because he will from the loser’s perspective – to suffer a disadvan- and giving China a hard time in the U.S. market. Clearly he’s a colorful guy.” be the one to implement that.” tage inflicted by an opponent or rival. In other words, beware of the Trump Card. But the newly inaugurated U.S. President Then he said something that was never men- That appears to be what Trump wants to com- America’s long record of beneficence and generosity Donald J. Trump took a different tact. He called tioned before: The Philippines should “maintain municate about his becoming president of the U.S. may have come to an end with the incumbency of Digong while he was still president-elect and they neutrality in its foreign policy.” Huh? He not only enjoyed an advantage over all the other this new president. Which is fine for those countries talked for several minutes. He praised Digong on Neutrality and mutual defense Republican presidential aspirants and over Hillary that would like to demonstrate their self-sufficiency his campaign against illegal drugs, saying he was Lorenzana said, “We are very wary. Let’s see. Clinton, he now wants to deliver the message that and independence. doing it the “right way.” We will think very hard if it will be implemented he should have an advantage over the whole world. For all of his bluster, President Rodrigo There seems to be great expectations from by the US, those pronouncements that they will Over Mexico and China, to start with, and over Duterte is right when he redirects the country’s a Trump presidency, which could give U.S.-Phil- prevent the Chinese from retaining these islands. seven countries that he has designated as sources of foreign policy to benefit the Philippines first – the ippines relations some room for “reconciliation” We will react accordingly when the time comes, radical Muslims and whose citizens he has barred way Trump wants to benefit America first. But there particularly now that Obama has left office. when they will start to do that... We might be caught from the U.S. are harsh economic realities that must be faced. On the international scene, expect a great deal in the middle.” Then he added, “In the first place, The word trump has an even less flattering If Trump makes it more expensive for American of geopolitical movements in an emerging multi- how can they [Chinese] prevent them [Americans] meaning. It originally meant “a deceptive form companies to outsource services to other countries, polar world order with the U.S., Russia, and China from going there? They [Americans] are already of victory involving cheating” or, as applied in the one of our most lucrative generators of dollars and competing for dominance in world affairs. there.... We will have to discuss with the National term, “trumped up charges,” it means falsely accus- employment, the BPO industry will collapse. Sino-American conflict Security Council if and when the Americans will ing or framing someone, such as elements of the But that pales alongside the very real perils While Trump seems comfortable with Rus- really come to the South China Sea and implement Philippine National Police planting evidence in the that the world faces in confronting a megalomaniac. sian President Vladimir Putin, he has irked Chinese those pronouncements.” There is not much that the premises of an intended extortion victim. History has told us about Adolph Hitler. Is Trump President Xi Jinping when Trump questioned the Philippines could do to stop a U.S.-China conflict That negative meaning of the word applies capable of becoming like him? “One-China” policy that has maintained U.S.-China in the South China Sea. However, if war breaks out even more aptly to the new U.S. president -- which Within the first few days of his incumbency, relations on an even keel for the past four decades. between the U.S. and China, the U.S. could invoke is why America is in for some interesting times, and Trump has already inflicted considerable damage Trump made it known that he is not committed the Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) and the Philip- the Philippines, as well, being a long-time ally of on America’s relations with other countries, par- to the “One-China” policy. “Everything is under pines would be expected to come to her aid. And the United States and being dependent on the latter ticularly one of its closest neighbors, Mexico. Think negotiation, including One-China,” he said. Beijing this was what Lorenzana was trying to avoid when militarily and economically. of the danger the world faces in the hands of a man angrily responded, saying that the “One-China” he mentioned a “neutral” foreign policy. Some alarming red flags have been raised who has access to the nuclear code. policy is “non-negotiable.” But in a press conference on January 27, about Donald Trump, including the analysis of Mercifully, the laws and the structure of Ameri- Trump also accused China of currency manipu- Lorenzana said the U.S.-Philippines Enhanced De- several psychologists concerning his mental state. ca provide enough safeguards against a psychotic lation and unfair trade practices. In addition, he fense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA), which allows Their conclusion: Trump has a case of malignant commander-in-chief igniting World War III. But I questioned China’s reclamation of seven reefs in the American troops to build facilities in Philippine narcissism. wouldn’t be surprised if certain quarters on Capitol South China Sea and building militarized artificial military bases – is “still on.” In an article in The Independent, Rachel Hosie Hill and the Pentagon are already thinking of con- islands around them. “According to the Pentagon, they will start wrote: “Just after the election, a group called Citizen tingencies. For this reason, the prospect of Arma- With the Senate expected to confirm Trump’s constructing some facilities in the EDCA chosen Therapists Against Trumpism was created, which geddon befalling the world during the incumbency nomination of Rex “T-Rex” Tillerson as Secretary camps... Basa Air Base, Bautista Air Base in Pala- was joined by thousands of psychologists. They of Donald Trump is remote. of State, the situation in the South China Sea could wan... I think the first they will develop is Basa... published a manifesto warning of Trump’s psycho- Of course, if Trump and the Hawks in the spiral into a war between the U.S. and China. with a runway and put up facilities also for their sis, citing the following as the signs to fear: Pentagon make good their vow to “block China During his Senate confirmation hearing, Tillerson troops. Mga imbakan nila ng mga gamit nila kung “Scapegoating and banishing groups of people from taking over territory in international waters in likened China’s illegal occupation of several reefs nandito sila [It will be a storage for their equip- who are seen as threats, including immigrants and the South China Sea,” as reported by international in the Spratly archipelago to Russia’s annexation ment here],” Lorenzana said, adding the American religious minorities; degrading, ridiculing, and media, and China regards that as an act of war, the of Crimea. He said that the White House needed to troops could come back anytime should they decide demeaning rivals and critics; fostering a cult of the way Chinese state media have warned, that should send China a “clear signal” that such activities had to leave. He also said construction of facilities may Strong Man who appeals to fear and anger; prom- be cause of alarm for the Philippines. to stop. He also said that the U.S. would defend start anytime as construction costs were already ises to solve our problems if we just trust in him; Being an optimist and a firm believer in the “international territories” in the strategic waterway included in the U.S. fiscal year of 2017. reinvents history and has little concern for truth beneficence of Divine Providence,, I believe that the and block China’s access to these islands. Lorenzana also reportedly said, “Aside from (and) sees no need for rational persuasion. worst that will happen will be a game of chicken be- Tillerson’s blunt warnings and proposed ac- Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training ”The American Psychiatry Association has a tween China and the U.S. Both sides will find a way tions did not dwell too well with Beijing who told (CARAT) and Philippines-U.S. Amphibious Landing nine-point checklist for narcissism - if someone to rationalize the act of “blocking” China without Washington to tread carefully “to avoid harming the Exercise (PHIBLEX), other military exercises with displays just five of the traits, they have Narcissistic jeopardizing its current interests, go to great lengths peace and stability of the South China Sea.” Declar- the U.S. troops will continue.” Personality Disorder: to agree that “international waters” are not being ing that China has “irrefutable” sovereignty – China Now, that’s a total turnaround in just a day 1. Has a grandiose sense of self-importance taken over by Beijing and that the U.S. is simply en- used the term “indisputable” before – over the dis- – from pursuing a “neutral” foreign policy to total (e.g., exaggerates achievements and talents, expects suring free passage through the sea lanes, according puted islands, China’s state-owned media warned commitment to implementing EDCA and continu- to be recognized as superior without commensurate to international law. In other words, both sides will that any attempt to prevent China from accessing ing with joint military exercises, particularly the achievements). try to save face to avoid a shooting war. her interests in the region would risk sparking a Balikatan or shoulder-to-shoulder joint exercises. 2. Is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited But if someone inadvertently pulls the trigger – “large-scale war.” Interestingly, China had already Which makes one wonder: Did Trump call success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love. or unleashes a nuclear bomb - we can be sure that deployed “significant” weapons systems, includ- Digong secretly in the middle of the night reassur- 3. Believes that he or she is “special” and the Philippines will be caught in the crossfire – well, ing anti-aircraft and anti-missile system, on these ing him of Uncle Sam’s commitment to the security unique and can only be understood by, or should okay, use a euphemism, “friendly fire,” considering islands. of the Philippines? Or was it just a “guni-guni” associate with, other special or high-status people that Duterte believes China is a friend and America (imagination) during one of Digong’s sleepless (or institutions). considers us a close ally. Meanwhile, the newly Senate-confirmed Secre- nights? Or did Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo 4. Requires excessive admiration. Crossfire or friendly fire, the Philippines will tary of Defense, Gen. James “Mad Dog” Mattis, will Abe make good of his pledge of $6.88 billion aid 5. Has a sense of entitlement, i.e., unreason- – or could – get pulverized. There’s an old African be going on a three-day visit to Japan and South package when they had breakfast at Digong’s pri- able expectations of especially favorable treatment proverb that applies to our circumstance: When Korea on February 1 to reassure them of Washing- vate residence in Davao City? And didn’t Abe and or automatic compliance with his or her expecta- elephants fight, the grass gets hurt. (gregmacaben- ton’s commitment to the security of the volatile Digong agree that the Philippines, Japan, and the tions. [email protected]) Asia-Pacific. There are 28,500 American troops in TO PAGE A7 6. Is interpersonally exploitative, i.e., takes

amine, he saw the wrapped body of the Australian Telltale Signs missionary. “I looked at her face, son of a bitch; she looks like a beautiful American actress. Son of a bitch, The Opinions expressed by our writers and The Misogyny of Rodrigo Duterte what a waste! What came to mind was, they raped contributors do not in any way reflect the opinion of the management of Fortune News By: RODEL RODIS her, they lined up. I was angry because she was Media Inc. raped, that’s one thing. But she was so beautiful, The Philippines is because when he was younger, he said he could the mayor should have been first. What a waste.” Fortune News Media Inc. It was all a joke to Duterte. Damn those in- Publisher shackled by an anachro- spend the whole night with his girlfriends but nistic legal system that now he could only spend “short time” with them. mates for disrespecting his status as mayor. They Harvey Barkin blatantly discriminates As the Philippine Daily Inquirer reported should have allowed him to rape the Australian Editor-in-Chief against women. For at the time: “Of his two wives, he said: ‘I have a missionary first. Edwina Aniag example, even now in wife who is sick. Then I have a second wife, who Instead of revulsion, this sick joke propelled Vice President for Marketing and Operations 2017, a married Filipino is from Bulacan.’ He said his second wife worked Duterte to the presidency. Gary De Guzman woman who has “carnal as a nurse in the United States and that she got After assuming the presidency, Duterte sur- Vice President for Community Relations relations” with another pregnant after his frequent trips to that country, rounded himself with men unlike the example man can still be charged when he was still a congressman. ‘I have two of his predecessor, Benigno S. Aquino III, who Anchet Manosca with the crime of “adul- girlfriends. One is working as a cashier and the appointed strong women to top posts: Leila de- Creative and Production Manager tery” with a penalty of other works for a cosmetics store at a mall. The Lima as Secretary of Justice, Lourdes Serrano as Atty. Crispin Lozano imprisonment for each sexual act committed. one working at the cosmetics store is younger. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and Conchita Dr. Philip Chua / Rodel Rodis A married Filipino man who has committed The other one is older but more beautiful.’” Carpio-Morales as Ombudsman. Ben Lou / Perry Diaz a similar offense can only be charged with the In Catholic Philippines, open disclosures Duterte did have a woman as vice-president Federico Espiritu / Elpidio Estioko crime of “concubinage” but only if it is proven about marital infidelities can enhance the politi- but only because Leni Robredo from the opposi- Columnists that he “kept a mistress in a conjugal dwelling or cal fortunes of candidates. Duterte’s poll ratings tion Liberal Party was elected vice-president over increased even as he kissed women supporters on Duterte’s favored candidate, Bongbong Marcos. Macon Ramos-Araneta shall have sexual intercourse under scandalous Corina Oliquino circumstances with a woman not his wife.” the lips and even grabbed their breasts in public At first Duterte refused calls to appoint Daniel Llanto If found guilty, the penalty for the erring as Trump said he did with another part of the Robredo to a cabinet post as custom and tradition Correspondents husband in the Philippines is not imprisonment female anatomy. dictated. Public clamor eventually caused him to but “destierro” -- “banishment or only a prohibi- With less than a month to go before the May appoint Robredo to head the housing council. Renato Amon tion from residing within the radius of 25 kilome- 10, 2016 elections, Duterte recounted to a packed But boys will be boys. Duterte told the press Senior Account Executive ters from the actual residence of the accused for a Quezon City rally the time when he was mayor that he was unable to concentrate on anything Ann Gauna specified length of time.” of Davao in December of 1989 and the inmates Robredo said at cabinet meetings because he was Marketing Associate It’s not even a slap on the wrist. In the macho of his city jail had overpowered their guards, too distracted by her legs. FilAm Star is published weekly culture of the Philippines, it’s the equivalent of a grabbed their weapons, and took 15 people, The Gabriela Women’s Party denounced Du- by Fortune News Media Inc. Nobel Prize. mostly women, including 36-year-old Australian terte for his remarks declaring that they “perpetu- www.filamstar.com Consider the curious case of Rodrigo Du- lay minister Jacqueline Hamill, hostage. ate sexist bullying.” Headquarters: terte. When he announced his candidacy for pres- He said that by the time he and his men were Her distracting legs notwithstanding, 1028 Mission St., 2/F, ident on December 1, 2015, he candidly revealed able to recapture the city jail; the inmates had Robredo’s open criticism of Duterte’s policy of San Francisco, CA 94103; to the 10,000 supporters who gathered in Taguig already raped all the women hostages and had encouraging extra-judicial killings to advance his Tel. (650) 278-0692 or (415) 593-5955 City that he had two wives and two girlfriends. slashed their throats. Duterte said that when the anti-drug war crusade and her opposition to his Email: [email protected] He expressed regrets that he had gotten older bodies of the victims were laid out for him to ex- TO PAGE A7 Feb. 2 - 8, 2017 FilAm Star A7 DUTERTE WON’T HELP Inggit ako. Kung magiging bilyunaryo ka, ganyan ang FRENCH MODEL-DENTISTRY opportunity,” she said. ... FROM PAGE A1 bunganga mo, tapos…ganyan kaganda ang asawa mo. ... FROM PAGE A1 Confronted with the same question, Pelissier said Naging presidente ka na, ang asawa mo, heaven ka na.” she survived the earthquake from several years ago. “I Duterte said at Camp Crame last January 29. think I’m failing myself and I was not living my dreams, who the Philippine president quipped is “gago” like “Yang si Trump, huwag kang magkumpyansa, of in 1953. It’s also the third time yet I chose to be a very positive person and I learned a him. bugoy. Pero hindi yan magiging billionaire kung that France made it to the top six since the pageant’s great lesson. If I am here today it is because I am living Trump ordered a clamp-down on violators of im- talagang bugoy ang utak niyan,” he added. inception in 1952. my dreams,” she said. migration laws, which he believes are taking away jobs Duterte has been compared to Trump because Mittenaere was visilby stunned when her name Trevor said she thought that many times, one from Americans and legal immigrants. The executive both of use hyperbole and are known for their inflam- was announced as the new Miss Universe by American makes mistakes for many things. She related there were order bars citizens of seven predominantly Muslim matory and provocative statements. host and Emmy Award winner Steve Harvey, this time moments when one doesn’t accept someone for their countries from entering the U.S. for the next 90 days Presidential Communications Sec. Martin Anda- with the aid of spectacles handed over by outgoing Miss differences, sexual preferences, and one is not capable and suspends the admission of refugees for 120 days. nar, who attended Trump’s inauguration, said Trump’s Universe Pia Wurtzbach from the Philippines. of accepting their error. “I think any of those experi- The order, which seeks to keep radical Islamic ter- protectionism stance is similar to Duterte’s independent Mittenaere was speechless and put her hands ence gives you the opportunity to have strength and rorists out of the U.S., covers citizens from Iraq, Syria, foreign policy. on her face as Wurtzbach crowned her amid a warm value and principles.” Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen. “He mentioned that they will not impose their round of applause and euphoric cheers. When the top six candidates were put on the spot Civil liberty groups and political opposition have lifestyle on other nations but then what they will do is In a post-pageant news conference at Okkada with questions involving global issues, Medina’s answer criticized the order, saying it constitutes discrimination prove to the world that they have a good way of running Hotel, the newly-crowned Miss Universe said she was was strongly criticized by netizens. Some expressed and bigotry. Trump maintained that the order would their government for the rest of the world to follow… surprised about winning the title. “ I feel blessed. Miss dismay over her response but still many were happy, prevent terrorist attacks against the U.S. They will let them be, that’s important. The President Universe was a dream. Every girl wants to be Miss thankful and applauded her for her overall performance Duterte refused to comment on Trump’s contro- of the United States believes in protectionism, America Universe,” she exclaimed. although she missed the final cut in the Top 3. versial order, saying he would not interfere with the first,” Andanar told television station PTV 4 last Janu- “I was very surprised. I am always touching the Asked for the most significant change she’s seen affairs of other countries. ary 28. crown and saying ‘Oh my God. I have the crown on my in the world in the last 10 years, Medina replied: “the “Now, if (Trump) has policies to protect his coun- “The policies of President Donald Trump and Pres- head. I don’t believe it,’” she said. last 10 years of being here in the world is that I saw all try, I will understand. He told me ‘we will not interfere ident Duterte are similar in that respect. (That) we have While French people love beauty pageants, she the people being in one event like this in Miss Universe, in your drug war, you are doing it right. As a matter of an independent foreign policy, and that the President of divulged that they don’t really know Miss Universe and it’s something big to us that we are one, as one na- fact my country is also facing that serious problem,’” the Philippines also (strives to) serve the interests of the because “never (did) our country win.” tion, we are all together. “ Duterte said. Filipinos first,” he added. After her win, Mittenaere said she hopes more In the same portion, responding to the query if “So out of respect, for the statement, I can only Andanar said it was “very comforting” to listen to French and Europeans get to be interested in the inter- countries have an obligation to accept refugees, or do (say) I won’t interfere,” he added. Trump’s 16-minute inaugural address, which highlight- national . they have a right to close their borders given today’s Duterte has expressed optimism that he would get ed the need for empowering the “forgotten men and “I think this year, a lot of people will know and will worldwide refugee crisis, Mittenaere said the country along with Trump, who he said was supportive of his women” of the U.S. watch Miss Universe. And I think the French people will should have the right to open or close their borders. crackdown on narcotics. “And maybe if you go by it, it looks like our love it now, and every year, they will see and watch on “Throughout the world, people can choose to have He has badmouthed Trump’s predecessor Barack President and President Donald Trump would really get television Miss Universe,” said Mittenaere. She is proud the borders open or closed. In Europe we have open Obama after the former president raised concerns over along together. President Duterte mentioned this when to bring home the crown not just for France but for the borders. In France, we want to have the most globaliza- the spate of killings linked to his anti-drug war. they talked for the first time last December,” he said. European continent as well. tion that we can, we want to have the biggest exchange In comparing himself with Trump, Duterte said: Calls also exploded from many sectors for PNP “I think Europe will watch Miss Universe too. I’m of people that we can. Maybe someday that will change, “Look at his inaugural speech. He will stop drugs. Gago Chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa to resign. very proud to bring this crown to Europe… Maybe now, but now we have open borders. Having open borders din! We’re not different. He will really kill you.” Europe will have a lot of Miss Universe (contestants),” allows us to travel more through the world, and to find “Billionaire. Grabeng ganda ng asawa niyan. added . out more about what’s out there in the world. “ Her Mittenaere edged out first runner-up Miss , comments were translated into English by an inter- cial killings. AMNESTY WARNS OF CRIMES Raquel Pelissier and second runner-up Miss , preter for the audience. ‘I will surrender, sir’ ... FROM PAGE A1 . In the same portion, was asked by Har- In a number of cases witnesses to killings or vic- The Philippines’ bet, Maxine Medina landed on the vey what cause would she be marching for if she was tims’ relatives told Amnesty that the person shot dead evidence, paying assassins to murder drug addicts and Top 6, along with Miss Kenya, Mary Esther Were and able to participate last January 21, when an estimated was unarmed and had not resisted arrest. Police also stealing from those they killed or the victims’ relatives. Miss Thailand, Chalita Suansane. 4.8 million people marched woldwide for human rights, planted drugs and weapons that they later “seized” as It also said police were being paid by their supe- Before moving closer to the crown, 13 candidates women’s rights, and other issues. She said “one of the evidence, Amnesty said. riors to kill, and documented victims as young as eight were initially picked by the judges and online voters. women I admire in the world is Eleanor Roosevelt “I will surrender, I will surrender, sir,” Gener years old. The number was reduced to the top 9 which included because she fought so much for human rights.” Rondina, 38, told police after they broke into his home “The police are behaving like the criminal under- Miss USA, ; Miss Mexico, Kristal Silva; “ I feel like that’s what we need in the world. We in the central city of Cebu, a witness told Amnesty. world that they are supposed to be enforcing the law and Miss Canada, Siera Bearchell. are just one. A hundred thousand years ago, six species Rondina then knelt and raised his arms behind against,” the report said. Also rounding up the top 13 were Miss Indonesia, of humans lived in the world. Now we are just one. And his head but police then shot him dead, Amnesty said, Duterte won presidential elections last year after Kezia Warouw; Miss , ; Miss Pana- we all need each other, and we need to respect each citing the witness. promising during the campaign to eradicate drugs in ma, Keity Drennan; and Miss Brazil, . other. “ When family members were allowed into the society within six months by killing tens of thousands The Top 13 candidates competed in the swimsuit said she comes from a country that house six hours after Gener was shot, valuables includ- of people. segment, which determined the Top 9. does have violence and this is her reference point when ing a laptop, watch and money were missing, according ‘Murderous war on poor’ The Best in National Costume, the only special questioned on “why do we believe violence is so preva- to Amnesty. On one occasion Duterte vowed that 100,000 award presented, was given to Miss Myanmar, Htet lent in today’s society and what can we do about it? “ Police alleged Rondina had a gun and they acted people would be killed and so many bodies would be Htet Htun, who appeared on stage with a big back- She also noted that although there are presidents in self defence, and the method of killing as well as the dumped in that the fish there would grow drop depicting the Shwedagon Pagoda and the Bagan who don’t get along with others, they work together to justification was typical of the drug war, Amnesty said. fat from feeding on them. temples. be able to unite. “Campaigns, respect, and inclusivity to Amnesty also warned that the lists of drug suspects Duterte launched his crackdown immediately “It seems heavy. I really want to put it down. It be able to have a social transformation that will educate that police were using to target people were deeply upon taking office seven months ago. weighs approximately 40 kilograms,” said Htun who our children.” flawed. Since then, police have reported killing 2,555 peo- did traditional Myanmar puppet in her costume. Miss Kenya Mary Esther Were, 27, another final- This was partly because many people were placed ple while nearly 4,000 others have died in unexplained Miss Thailand won the online voting of the Miss ist, indicated she’s excited about “politics” since no U.S. on the lists simply after being reported by fellow com- circumstances, according to official figures. Universe 2016 pageant, which earned her a spot in the president ever had a controversial first 10 days in office. munity members, without any further investigation, As president, Duterte has repeatedly urged police Top 13. according to Amnesty. to kill drug users as well as traffickers. Jenny Kim from Korea and Lindita Idrizi from On her concerns about a Donald Trump’s presi- Duterte had until this week been unrepentant in Duterte said in December he had personally killed Albania were named Miss Congeniality and Miss Photo- dency, Were said “he may not have been the choice response to criticism of his drug war and the police, people when he was mayor of a southern city to set an genic, respectively. of many people” in the United States, but she felt he insisting he was acting within the law but that extreme example for police. But Miss Universe Organization President Paula (Trump) was able to unite the entire nation when he measures must be taken to stop the Philippines from Three months earlier he said he would be “happy Shugart said these awards were not announced during took up his position. becoming a narco state. to slaughter” three million drug addicts, and likened the main competition because of the lack of time. She also spoke out in support of former U.S. presi- After a series of scandals emerged over the past his campaign to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler’s efforts to Prior to the much-awaited crowning moment of dent Barack Obama and said she backed Hillary Clinton month in which police were caught committing murder, exterminate Jews in Europe. Wurtzbach’s successor, the three top aspirants were to be America’s first woman president. kidnapping, extortion and robbery, Duterte this week The Amnesty report said Duterte had incited the asked by Harvey in the final question round to “name Miss Thailand said she admires the king of Thai- ordered them to stop all activities related to the drug police to carry out a murderous war on the poor, and something over the course that you failed at and tell us land. “His Majesty has been working tirelessly on behalf war. warned that the International Criminal Court would what you learned.” of the Thai people ever since I was born. For all the Thai He described the police force as “corrupt to the need to start investigating unless Philippine authorities Mittenaere said she had her failures when she people, His Majesty has been like a father to us.” core” and vowed to cleanse it. did not stop it soon. pursued her studies in medicine but said she learned to The new Miss Universe said, “Thank you to all But he also vowed the drug war would continue “The police killings are driven by pressures from keep on trying and keep going. Filipinos—you are exceptional. You are so welcoming until the last day of his term, in 2022. the top, including an order to ‘neutralise’ alleged drug “I failed several times in my life… When you fail and so lovely with us,” said Mittenaere. She added that He said police would return to the drug war after offenders, as well as financial incentives. They have cre- you have to be elevated and you have keep going. If all the candidates in the pageant loved the country and he reorganised the force and, in the meantime, the ated an informal economy of death,” the report said. tonight I will not be the winner I am still honored that the people. military would become more involved. (AFP) Amnesty said it investigated the deaths of 59 I’m still one of the three finalists. For me this is a great people, and found the majority of them were extrajudi- TELLTALE SIGNS geous enough, they went even further. AFP KILLS 15 ROBREDO RETURNS ... FROM PAGE A6 The Duterte trolls scoured the porn universe to ... FROM PAGE A1 ... FROM PAGE A1 find a video of a woman who looked like Sen. DeLima and then after they found one, presented it as “prima fa- decision to allow the Dictator Marcos to be buried in cie evidence” of DeLima and Dayan having sex. Google “We’re still trying to get their names from sources LEDAC, Vice President Leni Robredo attended Tues- the hero’s cemetery proved too much for Duterte who “DeLima sextape” and you will see dozens and dozens on the ground. He said these foreigners are not neces- day’s meeting to perform her legal duty to provide policy ordered Robredo banned from attending cabinet meet- of video docs showing a portly Asian woman with sarily fighters but they look like jihad advisers,” said advice to the President,” said Georgina Hernandez, ings. This forced Robredo to resign from her cabinet glasses having porn sex with an African-American man. Ano. Robredo’s spokesperson. post. One such porn video on YouTube produced by “Rodrigo Earlier, Defense Sec. Delfin Lorenzana said Hapi- Photographs of the meeting provided by her office Soon after Robredo’s resignation, Duterte’s army Duterte Latest News” drew 1,336,300 hits. lon was seriously wounded in the first salvo against his showed Robredo seated between Pimentel and Alvarez of trolls began a “demolition” campaign against the The porn video was supposed to be presented at a group and the Maute Group that provided him sanctu- and right across Mr. Duterte. Vice-president falsely accusing her of being pregnant congressional hearing but the proposal was pulled after ary. Robredo raised a number of “clarifications” about from an alleged affair with a married congressman. House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez and Justice Secretary Año said Hapilon had to be carried on an impro- certain bills prioritized by the Duterte administration, Duterte even brought up the rumor in a speech Vitaliano Aguirre II retracted their allegation that it was vised stretcher and badly needs blood transfusion. He and pushed legislative measures, including those on food in Tacloban City on November 22 when he openly DeLima on the video. said if Hapilon can’t get proper medical treatment, he security, freedom of information, anti-discrimination and speculated as to who the vice-president’s congressman Even as various media confirmed that it was not will die. land use. lover may be. DeLima on the sextape, Duterte continued to insist that Mohisen could be an ideological leader with a It was the first time Robredo returned to the Palace Robredo denied the news being spread in the it was DeLima he watched again and again. “She was mission to unite various local groups, and not a bomb after she quit her post as chair of the Housing and Urban Duterte websites that she was pregnant (at 52!) or that not only screwing her driver, she was screwing the na- expert, like previous foreign terrorists in Mindanao. Development Coordinating Council nearly two months she had a congressman-lover. Robredo said if true, it tion…Every time I watch the video, I lose my appetite. The Maute Group is led by brothers Moham- ago. Mr. Duterte had also barred the Vice President from would be “funny but at the same time, it is an insult to Only people who will fall for her are … I am not a guard mad and Omar, who declared their allegiance to ISIS. attending Cabinet meetings. all of us women.” or a motorcycle cop or convict,” he said. Hapilon and his men also declared allegiance to ISIS Warm and civil The line of attack against Robredo initiated by the In response to Duterte’s false allegations, Sen. last year. Ernesto Abella, the President’s spokesperson, said Duterte Army of Trolls is what has been called by Leora DeLima assailed Duterte’s “misogyny” declaring that no The said group was blamed for the September 2, Robredo was “warmly received” by the President, and Tanenbaum as “slut-shaming” - “the experience of be- woman should be punished for embracing her sexuality. 2016 Davao bombing which resulted in the death of 15 described the atmosphere as civil. ing labeled a sexually out-of-control girl or woman (a “Not because only women have or experienced it people. He said the President “made a humorous reference” “slut” or “ho”) and then being punished socially for pos- – if all the phallic jokes and fascination with the sexual Año said foreign jihad advisers were in Mindanao about Robredo’s purple dress and smooth knees, which sessing this identity. Slut-shaming is sexist because only act and footage thereof is any indication – but because… to unite all homegrown terror groups. Aside from he said was a “Visayan reference” to women who were not girls and women are called to task for their sexuality, well, apparently because we are women and, appar- ASG and the Mautes, these include the Bangsamoro prayerful. whether real or imagined; boys and men are congratu- ently, we have no right to own and enjoy our sexuality,” Islamic Freedom Fighters, a faction of the Moro Islamic “I think the Vice President understood the context lated for the exact same behavior. This is the essence of De Lima said. Liberation Front, Ansar al-Khilafa Philippines (AKP), this time,” Abella said, adding that Mr. Duterte was ob- the sexual double standard: Boys will be boys, and girls “Men can boast about all the women they’ve bed- and rouge groups from the MILF and Moro National served “smiling” as he chatted with Robredo. will be sluts.” ded and conquered. But it’s a mortal sin if a woman Liberation Front. “Everybody seems to be civil. Everybody is mature This tact of “slut-shaming” was most viciously even dares to embrace her sexuality.” Just recently, government troops killed AKP’s about these things,” he said. employed against the opposition like Sen. Leila DeLima “This is not about having a sense of humor but leader Mohammad Jaafar Maguid alias Tokboy in a In a speech in Tacloban City last November, the who was attacked by Duterte and his army of trolls having sensitivity towards real issues affecting women. shootout in Sarangani. President, an avowed womanizer, had joked that he often for her admitted affair with her driver, Ronnie Dayan. By allowing ourselves to be bullied into silence, we are The military and police are also monitoring a new leered at the Vice President’s knees during the Cabinet It was not enough to allege that they had sex, but the unconsciously being groomed to laugh at abuse, and in umbrella terror organization of all the homegrown meetings. intimate details of their sex had to be bared in vulgar so laughing become abusers ourselves,” De Lima said. terror groups under one banner, Dawlatul Islamiyah He said then that he wanted to ask Robredo to just detail to the public in televised hearings conducted by Waliyatul Masrik, with Hapilon as their top leader. “wear shorts” because she would often come to the meet- Duterte’s congressional allies. As if that was not outra- President Duterte had appealed to the MILF and ings in “skirts which are shorter than usual.” MNLF to make sure their base camps do not provide Robredo had described the remark as tasteless. (DJ MANCAO SURRENDERS 2000. They were executed and their bodies burnt in sanctuary to any jihadist, otherwise the government Yap, Marlon Ramos / inquirer.net) ... FROM PAGE A1 Indang, Cavite. would be forced to penetrate their areas. Estrada was never charged. The courts later cleared Lacson and other suspects, including Senior PERRYSCOPE group] Abu Sayyaf—he is in this office and is closely Supt. Glenn Dumlao, currently the head of the PNP ... FROM PAGE A6 guarded,” Tamayo said. Mancao, a former official of the defunct Presi- Anti-Kidnapping Group, and former Senior Supt. dential Anti-Organized Crime Task Force (PAOCTF), Michael Ray Aquino. United States would work cooperatively In February 2015, Cezar Mancao secretly met together? That’s a lot of questions but the an- escaped from detention in the National Bureau of Investigation in May 2013, a few days after the Ma- with several journalists and told them about his swers are clearly manifested in recent geopolit- nila RTC ordered him transferred to the city jail. plans to surrender. He also cleared Estrada and ical movements that translate favorably to the The judge earlier denied the prosecution’s plea Lacson from the crime and offered to reveal all he mutual benefit of the Philippines and America. to discharge Mancao as a state witness in the Dacer- knows about the murders. Isn’t that what “mutual defense” is all about? Corbito double murder case and the higher courts Lacson said on Wednesday he had forgiven The bottom line is: “Neutrality” and “mu- denied his demurrer or plea for the dropping of the Mancao even if the latter had made his life “miser- tual defense” are mutually exclusive. They can- charges against him. able” in the 14 months that he had to go into hiding in 2009 after being persecuted by the Arroyo admin- not be applied together; it’s either one or the Mancao was extradited from the United States in June 2009 and was tapped by the Department of istration. other. If Digong wants to pursue a “neutral” The senator, who was cleared in the Dacer- foreign policy, he has to terminate all defense Justice to testify against former President , former PAOCTF head and now Sen. Panfilo Corbito murder case by the Supreme Court in 2010, agreements with the U.S. and start buying Lacson, and other suspects in the killing of publicist said when Mancao was in hiding, the latter sent his warships, submarines, and fighter jets for the Salvador “Bubby” Dacer and his driver, Emmanuel mother, wife and sister to talk to him and that he defense of the Philippines.(PerryDiaz@gmail. Corbito. had always said he had forgiven Mancao. 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But if you are doing time deposits, make sure idea has been discovered at the U.S. Patent and (Alfred Bayle / inquirer.net) Smoking costs $1.4 trn in healthcare, labor loss: study Smoking cost the world economy more than $1.4 trillion (1.3 for 12 percent (2.1 million) of all deaths among working age adults trillion euros) in 2012, and sucked up a twentieth of health care aged 30-69 -- with the highest proportion in Europe and the spending, a study said Tuesday. Americas.” The killer habit consumed the equivalent of nearly two percent Public health threat of global economic output or GDP, according to experts from the Almost 40 percent of the global economic cost was borne by World Health Organization (WHO) and the American Cancer low- and middle-income countries -- a quarter by Brazil, Russia, Society, with almost 40 percent of the burden falling on developing India and China alone. countries. China consumes over a third of the world’s cigarettes and has a These included a $422 billion price tag for treatment and sixth of the global smoking death toll. hospitalisation, as well as indirect The researchers said the real cost was likely costs from labour lost to illness much higher. and death. They did not include data on the health and “Smoking imposes a heavy economic harm caused by second-hand smoke economic burden throughout the inhalation, or by smokeless forms of tobacco use, world, particularly in Europe and such as chewing. North America, where the tobac- Second-hand smoke, the team wrote, was co epidemic is most advanced,” responsible for an estimated six million deaths said the study published in the per year. journal Tobacco Control. “Their inclusion would thus have a measur- “These findings highlight able impact on our estimate of the economic cost the urgent need for countries of smoking.” to implement stronger tobacco And smokeless use, particularly in southeast control measures to address these Asia, may account for as much as 30 percent of costs.” medical expenditure attributed to tobacco. The authors say the study is (photo: www.smokestikblog.com) Curbing the habit globally would go a long the first ever to include low- and way towards achieving one of the UN’s Sustain- middle-income countries in a able Development Goals -- to cut premature more accurate estimate of the tobacco epidemic’s total, global cost. deaths from non-infectious diseases by a third by 2030. Most previous work has focused on rich nations. Tobacco use is “one of the biggest public health threats the The team used data from 152 countries representing 97 per- world has ever faced,” according to the WHO, which says taxes are cent of the world’s smokers in Africa, the Americas, the Eastern the most cost-effective deterrent. Mediterranean, Europe, Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific. Yet “only 33 countries, with 10 percent of the world’s popula- They included UN and World Bank data on illness and death tion, have introduced taxes on tobacco products so that more than attributable to smoking, national employment rates and national 75 percent of the retail price is tax,” the WHO says on its website. GDP. “Tobacco tax revenues are on average 269 times higher than In 2012, they found, “diseases caused by smoking accounted spending on tobacco control, based on available data.” (AFP) NANGANGAILANGAN NG PERA/SALAPI? 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After a weekend CEO-in-chief. German Chancellor Angela Merkel accused Italian FM of chaos at airports, Firms the United States of unfairly targeting Muslims. Italian Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano said mass protests in from Goldman “The essential and also resolute fight against the European Union, having put up its own barri- major American cit- (photo: www.yahoo.com) Sachs to Google terrorism in no way justifies general suspicion ers, was in no position to judge Trump’s immigra- against people of a specific faith, in this case tion decrees. ies and a diplomatic ‘I’m stuck here’ voiced their outcry, the embattled Republi- concern and the Dow Jones In- people of the Muslim faith, or people of a certain Europe “is not in a good position to give Eltirmizy Mohamed, a background,” she said. opinions about the choices of others. Or is it can leader went on the offensive 34-year-old Sudanese doctor, dustrial Average fell almost one over the temporary measure. percent --- below the 20,000- Yemen that we want to forget that we too erect walls in was traveling back to the United Yemen’s government “We actually had a very States when the order was point threshold lauded by the good day yesterday in terms president just days ago. warned that Trump’s order rolled out. would encourage global “ex- of homeland security,” Trump After three years training “This is not a policy we insisted as he met with small support,” Goldman CEO Lloyd tremism”. at the Atlanta Medical Center, “Yemen expresses its business leaders. he was returning to Georgia to Blankfein told staff. “If the In remarks at the White order were to become or remain dissatisfaction after the order take up a full-time post, but was prohibiting, even for a limited House and on Twitter, Trump stopped while trying to catch a effective, I recognize that there hammered Congress for not is potential for disruption to the time, the entry to the United connecting flight in Qatar. States of people holding a confirming his cabinet nomi- “I have served many home- firm, and especially to some of nees and accused Capitol Hill’s our people and their families.” Yemeni passport,” a foreign less and poor Americans,” he ministry spokesman said. top Democrat of shedding “fake told AFP in Khartoum. “My “I want to assure all of you tears” over immigrants detained that we will work to minimize UN rights chief plans were to work in a rural The travel ban on citizens at US airports. area of Georgia where there are such disruption to the extent Trump variously tried to we can within the law and are from mainly Muslim countries many such Americans in need is illegal and “mean-spirited”, play down the impact of the of a doctor. But now I’m stuck focused on supporting our col- order he signed Friday and leagues and their families who said UN human rights chief (photo: www.fox6now.com) here.” Zeid bin Ra’ad Zeid al-Hus- defended the White House’s de- Trump, a property tycoon may be affected,” Blankfein cision not to give advance warn- added. sein. who has never previously held Zeid tweeted that “discrimination on nation- Europe,” said Alfano. ing to border guards, diplomats elected office, sees the ban as Google also warned of the and travelers. impact on staff and the poten- ality alone is forbidden under human rights law”, Support of Czech Republic, France Na- making good on a promise to adding that “the US ban is also mean-spirited tional Front The new president also subject travelers from Muslim- tial to create “barriers to bring- moved up a decision on his ing great talent to the US.” and wastes resources needed for proper counter- “When you live in a house you have the right majority countries to “extreme terrorism.” to decide who to accept, who to host, and if you pick of Supreme Court justice vetting.” “We’ll continue to make to Tuesday -- two days earlier our views on these issues OIC arrive at the conclusion that someone poses a se- Around 48 percent of The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation said curity risk this decision is up to you,” said Czech than planned -- as he sought to Americans support a freeze known to leaders in Washing- change the topic. ton and elsewhere,” the firm the travel ban would strengthen the position of Foreign Minister Lubomir Zaoralek. on immigration from “terror extremists worldwide. “This is something that only the Americans “Only 109 people out of prone” regions, even if it means said in a statement. 325,000 were detained and Starbucks said it planned “Such selective and discriminatory acts will can decide and we can hardly advise them on turning refugees away, accord- only serve to embolden the radical narratives of this.” held for questioning. Big prob- ing to a Quinnipiac poll released to hire 10,000 refugees world- lems at airports were caused by wide over the next five years, extremists and will provide further fuel to the ad- The number two of France’s far-right Na- Monday. vocates of violence and terrorism,” said the OIC. tional Front, Steeve Briois, said its presidential Delta computer outage,” Trump Counterterrorism ex- while Airbnb said it would offer claimed. free accommodation “to refu- Israel candidate, Marine Le Pen could emulate Trump’s perts warn that the ban would Israel said it was seeking clarification of example to limit entry to France if she is elected “Where was all the outrage inflame public opinion in the gees and anyone not allowed in from Democrats and the op- the US.” whether the ban applies to tens of thousands of in May. Middle East and make essential elderly Israeli Jews born in Middle Eastern coun- “We live in a horrible world, and so from position party (the media) cooperation with governments Although the White House when our jobs were fleeing our put on a united front in public, tries, many of whom are over the age of 65 and time to time we have to take measures which are in Muslim-majority countries fled persecution. authoritative, even shocking,” he told AFP. country?” Trump asked. more difficult, while doing little behind the scenes, Trump’s The order -- which affects allies were quick to point blame Starbucks, Airbnb World leaders to prevent attacks. Starbucks and Airbnb, to help those affected On Sunday several other world leaders nationals from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Iraq’s parliament backed toward influential aide Stephen Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Ye- Miller. by the temporary immigration ban, pledged to and governments had already criticised the US reciprocal restrictions if Wash- hire more refugees and provide accommodation. restrictions, including Britain, European Union men -- caused confusion among ington does not change course. Miller -- the author of US officials and led to at least many of Trump’s biggest “We are living in an unprecedented time, one foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, Sudan, “I think the order is going in which we are witness to the conscience of our Indonesia, France, Sweden, the Netherlands, four federal court injunctions, to make the threat worse” said speeches -- is considered a requiring new Secretary of hardliner on immigration and is country, and the promise of the American Dream, Czech Republic and Poland. Iran said it would former CIA acting director being called into question,” said Starbucks chair- reciprocate. (AFP) Homeland Security John Kelly Mike Morell, who has been an said to have supported the ban to step in. outspoken critic of Trump. including green card holders “If the ban were announced “It’s going to be a recruit- and dual nationals. with a one week notice, the ment boon for ISIS,” he said, Those provisions now look Tax-free days ending for Saudis after oil slump ‘bad’ would rush into our coun- referring to the Islamic State set to feature prominently in Tax-free living will soon deficit of $97 billion. implemented throughout the try during that week. A lot of a case that could make it all group. be a thing of the past for Sau- It also made unprecedent- six-member Gulf Coopera- bad ‘dudes’ out there!” Trump the way to the Supreme Court. Mounting problems dis after cabinet on Monday ed cuts to fuel and utilities tion Council, the official Saudi claimed. (AFP) approved an IMF-backed subsidies. Press Agency said. value-added tax to be imposed The kingdom is broaden- “A Royal Decree has been across the Gulf following an oil ing its investment base and prepared,” it said. France seeks Chilean in Japanese student’s death slump. boosting other non-oil income A five-percent levy will ap- France has asked Chile to 26, her former boyfriend. Con- September and has since been Residents of the energy- ply to certain goods following a extradite the man suspected treras is then thought to have published by French and Japa- rich region had long enjoyed a GCC agreement last June. of killing a Japanese student fled to his home country. nese media, Contreras threat- tax-free and heavily subsidised The move is in line with in the eastern French city of “All the necessary docu- ened Kurosaki with unnamed existence but the collapse an International Monetary Besancon last month, officials ments will be transmitted to consequences if she did not in crude prices since 2014 Fund recommendation for said Monday. Chile, who can now detain the fulfil unspecified conditions. sparked cutbacks and a search Gulf states to impose revenue- An official request for the suspect,” Roux-Morizot said, Speaking in English in the for new revenue. raising measures including arrest and extradition of the adding that Chile would have video, Contreras said he loved Saudi Arabia is the world’s excise and value-added taxes man, identified in the media as 50 days to respond. Kurosaki but accused her of biggest oil exporter and the (photo: www.gulfbusiness.com) to help their adjustment to Nicolas Zepeda Contreras, was Police believe Kurosaki is doing “bad things”. largest economy in the Arab lower crude prices which have filed on Wednesday, prosecu- dead, but have been unable to Kurosaki, who had been region. as part of economic diversifica- slowed regional growth. tor Edwige Roux-Morizot told find her body despite extensive studying in Besancon since It froze major building tion efforts and aims to bal- The GCC countries have AFP. searches. September, met the Chilean projects, cut cabinet ministers’ ance its budget by 2020. already agreed to implement French authorities believe “The search is continu- teaching assistant in Japan but salaries and imposed a wage Cabinet “decided to ap- selective taxes on tobacco, and 21-year-old Narumi Kurosaki ing,” the prosecutor said. the pair later split. (AFP) freeze on civil servants to cope prove the Unified Agreement soft and energy drinks this was murdered by Contreras, In a video that dates from with last year’s record budget for Value Added Tax” to be year.(AFP) A10 FilAm Star Feb. 2 - 8, 2017 Feb. 2 - 8, 2017 FilAm Star B1 california & A fiery welcome to the Year of the Rooster at Oracle Story and photos by Chetskyman beyond OAKLAND - The Golden evening. State Warriors made a bold The second half of the statement on the court against game was no different than the Clippers last the first. The Warriors seemed Jan. 28 when they demolished more focused and determined the latter in a 144-98 win. while the Clippers, in the What seemed to be a de- absence of point guard Chris veloping rivalry and an antici- Paul, seemed lost and waver- pated close game turned out to ing. be a massacre as the Warriors Final score was Warriors played exceptional defense 144, Clippers 98. Leading scor- and relentless offense shooting ers for both teams are Blake 62% from the field. Griffin for the Clippers with 20 The day started off with a points and Steph Curry for the press conference with War- Warriors with 43 point. riors Chief Marketing Officer The Warriors became one Chip Bowers and Executive of the first NBA teams to wear Vice President of Business De- Chinese New Year-themed velopment Brandon Schneider. uniforms, debuting the threads At the press con, Chip Bowers on February 20, 2015 against unveiled the Warriors special the San Antonio Spurs also at Chinese New Year uniform to Oracle Arena. be worn by all the players at the game. Also in attendance at the press conference were Chinese Deputy Consul Gen- eral Luo Linqan and San Fran- cisco Supervisor Jane Kim who accepted their special uniforms courtesy of the Warriors. The game started off slow Warrior dancers sporting a Chi- for both teams. Warrior coach nese inspired attire Steve Kerr must have pushed a button during a time out when Management and staff suddenly a barrage of baskets of FilAm Star would like to mostly from 3-point area acknowledge Aaron Yang of started pouring in confusing Resonate Media, Massimo De- the Clippers thus widening the gaudenzi and Dominica Sizar lead to double digits. In what of the Warrior organization for would be a premonition of the opportunity to cover this things to come, Warrior guard special event. Steph Curry made a half court shot to end the half sending loud cheers and pandemonium as the crowd yelled “MVP... MVP”. Halftime score was 72- 51 in favor of the Warriors. At the press conference with SF In lieu of the celebration, Supervisor Jane Kim (4th from the halftime show featured left), Vice President of Business De- The unveiling of the Chinese New The Golden State Warriors with The Golden State Warriors doing performers from a group called velopment Brandon Schneider (3rd Year-themed uniform to the media their young fans during the singing warm-ups doning their Chinese ‘Lion Dance Me’ who came all from left), Chinese Deputy Consul of the National Anthem. New Year-themed uniforms. General Luo Linqan (middle), and the way from China to send Massimo Degaudenzi (left) with Chief Marketing Officer Chip Bow- good health and good fortune fellow Warrior co-worker posing ers (5th from right) to all those in attendance that for FilAm Star B2 FilAm Star Feb. 2 - 8, 2017

BIRTHDAY CELEBRANTS

FilVetREP meets with U.S. Mint for Congressional Gold Medal project

Teresita Miguel Africa Keira Calista Africa Rabanal Edna Abrogina of Daly City celebrated her 60th birthday celebrated her 1st birthday celebrated her 51st birthday

Photo shows (L-R) Betty Birdsong, Vanessa Franck, Erick Soriano, April Stafford, Ben de Guzman and Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba. (Photo by Jon Melegrito) On January 17, the FilVetREP team of Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Maribel Salazar, from Pleasant Congratulations to Oren Gabriel (3rd from left) and educate the artists-illustrators about the retired Maj. Gen. Taguba (Chairman), Erick Hill, left, receives the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Mikaela (2nd from left) shown here with their proud story of the Filipino World War II veter- Soriano (Legal Counsel), Ben de Guzman Medal from Lt. Todd Lucht aboard the amphibious assault parents Bong and Daisy Pagaduan Bonifacio for getting ans. Once the Artist Brief is developed and ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8). the Kumon Silver Reading Awards. (Program Manager) and Jon Melegrito (Exec. refined, illustrators will create the art work. (U.S. navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Secretary) met with the U.S. Mint team, which Devin M. Langer) A portfolio of designs will be reviewed by includes April Stafford (Chief, Office of Design the Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) and Management), Vanessa Franck (Program Man- the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee ager, Office of Design Management) and Betty (CCAC). Final selections will then be pre- Birdsong (Deputy Director, Legislative and sented to the Secretary of the Treasury who Intergovernmental Affairs, U.S. Mint). makes the final decision on the design. At this meeting, the U.S. Mint team Once a design is chosen, the U.S. provided an overview of the U.S. Mint’s role Mint’s engraving staff begins the sculptur- in designing the Filipino World War II Veter- ing and tooling work. Only one gold medal ans Congressional Gold Medal. S. 1555 is the will be minted and permanently housed in authorizing legislation that will guide the design the Smithsonian. process. FilVetREP plans to order 20,000 The U.S. Mint team and the FilVetREP bronze replicas to be awarded to eligible team resolved to work together at every stage of Filipino and American veterans or their the design process until its completion. Taguba closest surviving relative. FilVetREP will will serve as liaison to the U.S. Mint, providing also raise funds to cover the cost of these input in identifying design elements and key replicas ($50 each). messages to convey both the sense and spirit of The entire process is expected to take the FilVet story. from eight months to a year. At the next meeting on February 15, both Rudy and Nemy Arnobit celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary last Jan 6. A mass was held at American Canyon by teams will begin developing an Artist Brief to Rev. Frederick Kutubebi of Holy Family Church followed by dinner with close family friends and relatives. The occasion was organized by their five children - Robert, Irene, Malou, June and Marie. Feb. 2 - 8, 2017 FilAm Star B3 community U.S. Filipinos to Duterte: It is your duty to protect Filipinos abroad! awareness As it continues to organize the Filipino community to combat Trump’s policies against Muslims, refugees, and immigrants, the National Alliance for Filipino Concerns (NAFCON) denounced Duterte’s statement that he would “not lift a finger” to help Filipinos deported from the U.S. by the Trump admin- Supervisor Jane Kim announces nation’s istration. NAFCON demands that Duterte follow through on the proposal for the Philippines to welcome Muslim refugees and that the Philippine government support its Filipino citizens abroad. first transgender district “We would like to remind President Duterte that Filipino immigrants abroad, regardless of immigration status, must SAN FRANCISCO - Supervisor Jane Kim, be served by the Philippine government. He himself has said transgender activists, and LGBT historic pres- before that he plans to improve the Philippines so that leaving ervationists recently announced legislation the country would be a choice, and not a need for survival. He creating the Compton’s Transgender, Lesbian, knows full well that Filipinos are forced to leave because of un- Gay, and Bisexual (TLGB) District. Named employment and poverty,” said AV David, NAFCON secretary after the first TLGB civil rights uprisings in general. the United States, the Compton’s District will Filipinos and allies mobilize at JFK airport Over the past weekend, thousands across the United States be the first legally recognized transgender in New York to protest Trump’s anti-refugee took to dozens of airports across the country to protest Trump’s district in the world. and anti-Muslim Executive order executive order banning immigration from seven predominantly “The lower Tenderloin is one of the Muslim countries and suspending the entry of refugees. Filipi- most important neighborhood in America for nos participated in these actions, standing in solidarity will transgender history, culture, and civil rights,” the Muslim, immigrant, and refugee communities. During his said Supervisor Jane Kim, who represents campaign, Trump included the Philippines in his “terrorist” the Tenderloin. “By creating the Compton’s nation list and even called Filipinos “animals”, so it would be TLGB District we are honoring this vibrant Supervisor Jane Kim no surprise if he also banned immigration from the Philip- community built by transgender people, and (Photo: www.wikiwand.com) pines. are sending a message to the world that trans “While we welcome Duterte’s pronouncements that people are welcome here.” he will consider offering sanctuary to refugees affected by The Compton’s TLGB District will encompass six blocks in the southeastern Tenderloin and will Trump’s Muslim ban, we challenge him to see the same hu- cross over Market Street to include two blocks of 6th Street. Last year the city renamed portions of Turk manity in Filipinos abroad. Many are already sharing height- and Taylor Street -- now called Compton’s Cafeteria Way and Vikki Mar Lane. The intersection will be ened experiences of racial discrimination, fear of deportation, the center of the new Compton’s District and organizers hope it will be a hub of services and economic and lack of support,” continues David. Out of the over four opportunities for trans and gender-nonconforming communities, as well as a place to honor the commu- million Filipinos in the U.S., one million are undocumented nity’s history. Transgender history in the Tenderloin and Philippine officials in Washington D.C. recently reported Stanford students stand in solidarity with that more than 300,000 could be facing deportation due to immigrant communities on Trump’s inaugura- “What we’ve come to know as the ‘LGBT rights movement’ began with transwomen of color in the Trump’s anti-immigrant policies. tion day Tenderloin, and in many ways that’s where it still lives,” said Stephany Ashley, executive director of The NAFCON has long called for Consulates in the U.S. to St. James Infirmary and member of the Compton District Coalition, the organization that first envisioned provide free legal services and “Know Your Rights” trainings to the Filipino community as vital resources. the district and worked with city hall to make it a reality. “The Tenderloin is home to some of the earliest The group also called on the Philippine government for failing recorded resistances from sex workers, homeless youth, and trans and gender non-conforming people to stop the execution of Jakatia Pawa, a Filipina domestic helper in the U.S., and we want to see that history, as well as that present day reality recognized, not erased by in Kuwait, last week. development.” Michael Tayag of Migrante Northern California also The history of trans and gender non-conforming communities in the Tenderloin dates back to the draws connection to Duterte’s strong pronouncements criti- Gold Rush, when many trans and gender non-conforming people worked in the neighborhood’s brothels. cizing the unequal relations between the Philippines and the Despite the closure of these brothels in 1914, the Tenderloin remained an enclave for sexworkers, and United States, as exemplified in his latest tirade stating that the TLGB people. Although an enclave plagued by state sanctioned violence and well documented extortion, Mamasapano fiasco that killed 67 Filipinos is a CIA operation the TLGB community organized to resist that violence. and sending notice to the U.S. military not to build perma- “Transgender folks were forced by the police to live in just the few blocks of the Tenderloin,” said nent weapons depots in the Philippines. “He knows that U.S. Janetta Johnson, executive director of the Tenderloin-based Transgender Gender-variant Intersex Justice big businesses and the U.S. government have exacerbated the Project and a founding member of the Compton’s District Coalition. “If any gender non-conforming per- conditions that push Filipinos abroad in the first place. Rather son tried to leave the neighborhood they would be arrested, robbed, abused, and put in jail. The Comp- than turning away Filipinos who have been victimized by these ton’s Coalition hopes to create healing spaces in the district by reclaiming sites of violence and giving Filipino workers and youth in Jersey City unequal relations that Duterte himself has called out in the them back to the community -- this time putting the ‘T’ first.” hold a forum and vigil in solidarity with past, he should fulfill his promises to assert Philippine national In the summer of 1966 Compton’s Cafeteria was a popular coffee shop at the intersection of Turk refugees and Muslims sovereignty and defend Filipino citizens abroad,” said Tayag. and Taylor in the heart of the Tenderloin’s thriving TLGB nightlife district. In August of that year, after “The Philippine government must provide timely and suffi- repeated abuses by Compton’s Cafeteria employees and the SFPD, transwomen resisting police abuse cient services to Filipinos abroad. Ultimately, it must create conditions in the Philippines, such as ending sparked a two-day riot that spilled out into the street of the Tenderloin. The Compton’s Cafeteria Riots contractualization and creating industries, to ensure that Filipinos can find work domestically and would became the first known incident of collective LGBT resistance to police harassment in U.S. history, and not need to leave the country to feed their families,” David concluded. occurred three years prior to the Stonewall riots in New York. The Compton’s District Coalition and opposition to the 950 Market St. Project Although activists for years have discussed ways to recognize the unique history of the Compton’s TLGB District, a recent report by the Obama Administration’s National Parks Service that outlined the Sen. Wiener releases details on SB 35 – the national significance of the Compton’s District spurred local activists to quickly form the Compton’s Dis- trict Coalition and fight to make the district a reality. Housing Accountability & Affordability Act Brian Basinger the executive director of the Q Foundation, a non-profit located in the Tenderloin that helps provide stable housing and employment for TLGB people, was an early supporter of the Compton’s SACRAMENTO – Sen. Scott Wiener recently released a detailed description of Senate Bill 35 – the District vision. “We know that any efforts to save the history of this neighborhood had to include efforts Housing Accountability and Affordability Act – which he first introduced in December. SB 35 will create a to protect the existing TLGB businesses, and even more important, protect the TLGB people who call the streamlined approval process for housing when cities are not meeting the housing creation goals required Compton’s District home and are at serious threat of displacement.” by the Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA), which will expedite the construction of affordable When the Planning Commission in a four/three vote approved the 950 Market Street project to housing. demolish an entire city block in the heart of the Compton’s District, the Coalition appealed the decision SB 35 also creates a more robust reporting requirement for to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. “The block slated for demolition was the site of historic TLGB housing production by requiring all cities report their annual hous- bars dating back to the 1930’s,” said Honey Mahogany, a well known nightlife performer and an organizer ing production to the California Department of Housing and Com- for the Compton’s Coalition. “We couldn’t just let them be torn down without trying to preserve our his- munity Development (HCD). tory.” “California is in a housing shortage due to decades of under- Of particular interest to the Compton’s Coalition was a decades old Chronicle story that described the production of housing at all income levels,” said Wiener. “Too often police raids of bars on the 950 Market St. block during the 1950’s. The story recounts how patrons escap- our cities aren’t taking their responsibility seriously to build hous- ing the raids would “outsmart the cops by going into a series of underground tunnels that connected the ing for people who live and work in our communities, and this hits bars along the strip.” our lowest income residents the hardest. SB 35 will retain local con- After a series of meetings convened by Supervisor Kim’s office that brought the project sponsors and trol for those cities that are producing their share of housing, but the Compton’s Coalition together, an agreement was reached that both welcomes the project into the create a more streamlined path for housing creation in those cities district and preserves TLGB history. that are blocking housing or ignoring their responsibility to build. “The 950 Market St. sponsors have really heard us on the importance of preserving transgender SB 35 will result in more housing at all income levels, good-paying history,” said Nate Allbee, an author of the city’s Legacy Business Registry and a vocal proponent for the jobs to build that housing, and more accountability in creating the preservation of TLGB historic bars and business. “After meetings with our coalition they are not only new homes our residents so badly need.” creating a Compton’s District Stabilization Fund to provide grants to the transgender community, they’re The Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) is the state- also allowing historians to map and document the underground spaces running below their project before mandated process that sets the number of housing units that must the demolition. We’re truly thankful for their support.” be included, at all affordability levels, in each local jurisdiction’s State Sen. Scott Wiener Justice for the past and hope for the future housing element. Under SB 35, if cities aren’t on track to meet those (Photo: www.48hills.org) “There’s a real sense of justice that transwomen are reclaiming this space that for decades represent- goals, then approval of projects will be streamlined if they meet a ed the physical, emotional, and psychological abuse we suffered at the hands of society and our govern- set of objective criteria, including affordability, density, zoning, historic, and environmental standards, ment,” Said Jenetta Johnson. “We’re still here. And we’re taking a neighborhood where we were trapped and if they pay prevailing wage for construction labor. and abused and turning it into a place of healing and opportunity. Part of the reasoning for the Compton’s Currently, RHNA goals are re-assessed and updated every eight years. Under SB 35, cities will District is to give a type of reparations to black and brown transgender women, who were the subject of submit their progress on housing production to HCD every two years. If the city is not on track to meet great violence here for so long. “ its RHNA goals at one of these progress checks, streamlining will be in effect for the entire next two-year Supervisor Kim will introduce a package of legislation that will legally define, provide support, and cycle. A city is “on track” if it is 1/4 of the way to its goal by year two of the 8-year cycle, 1/2 of the way to create protections for the Compton’s TLGB District. “In the last few weeks our federal government has its goal by year four, and so on. made it clear that minority communities have never been more at risk in America. San Francisco needs to The streamlining applies only to the income levels that aren’t being built for – so if a city is building do everything it can to stand our ground and be a place of sanctuary, for transgender people, and specifi- sufficient market-rate units but not enough low-income units, the project must add low-income units to cally trans women of color. Hopefully the Compton’s TLGB District will be the start of a national move- qualify for streamlined approval. ment to protect these communities and their history.” PG&E launches $500 rebate for electric vehicle drivers SAN FRANCISCO — Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) recently announced the launch of the Clean Fuel Rebate for residential, electric customers who are electric vehicle (EV) drivers. The new Clean Fuel Rebate is part of California’s statewide Low Carbon Fuel Standard initiative, which aims to reduce transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions by encouraging the adoption of clean fuels like electricity. Transportation is the single largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions in Califor- nia at 40 percent. Today, each mile driven using electricity reduces vehicle-related greenhouse gas emissions by nearly 70 percent, compared to gasoline-powered cars. The electricity fueling EVs in California comes from one of the cleanest energy mixes in the country – PG&E delivers more than 58 percent of electric- Since the Clean Fuel Rebate comes from a statewide program, residents who have electric ser- ity to customers from greenhouse gas-free resources. vice from another provider in California may be eligible for a similar rebate from their electric utility. “Electric vehicles are a critical part of creating cleaner air and meeting ambitious climate goals • What do customers need in order to apply? Customers need their PG&E account number and in California. Administering this rebate is part of our ongoing commitment to electric vehicles by sup- vehicle registration documentation for their EV. porting our more than 100,000 customers who are adopting clean fuels to significantly reduce their • When can customers apply? The rebate is available for EV drivers starting now. The amount of environmental impact and support the state’s clean energy future,” said Aaron Johnson, PG&E vice- the rebate is subject to change after 2017 due to market conditions. president of Customer Energy Solutions. • Where can customers learn more and apply? Learn more about the rebate and apply via a Key facts about the Clean Fuel Rebate simple online application at www.pge.com/cleanfuelrebate-ev . • What is the rebate? The Clean Fuel Rebate is a one-time rebate of $500 starting in January PG&E’s ongoing commitment to EVs 2017. For using electricity as a clean transportation fuel, eligible EV owners can receive one rebate per PG&E is partnering with EV charging companies to further EV adoption by building out charg- owned or leased EV. ing infrastructure across Northern and Central California. This program focuses on extending charg- • Where does the money for the rebate come from? By participating in the statewide Low Carbon ing access to places where it has traditionally been limited including workplaces, multi-unit dwell- Fuel Standard program, PG&E generates credits for the clean electricity it provides to customers who ings and disadvantaged communities. charge their EVs at home. After selling these credits to regulated parties, PG&E returns the revenue to PG&E offers resources to help customers driving EVs learn more and determine which rate customers driving EVs through the new Clean Fuel Rebate. makes sense for them. Customers can choose from rates that are equivalent to about $1.00 per gallon • Who can apply? PG&E residential customers with active electric service who own or lease a bat- of gasoline for overnight charging. Additionally, PG&E helps EV drivers who add EV charging at their tery EV or plug-in hybrid EV can apply for the rebate. A PG&E account holder may also apply on be- households manage their electricity bills. half of a vehicle owner in their household or a tenant in a multi-unit dwelling with the vehicle owner’s For more information on the Clean Fuel Rebate, please visit www.pge.com/cleanfuelrebate-ev . permission. Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) customers are also eligible to apply. To learn more about EVs, rates for EV drivers and other resources, visit pge.com/ev. B4 FilAm Star Feb. 2 - 8, 2017 legal & law Mass deportations would impoverish U.S. What happens during the Sec. 341 Meeting of Creditors? families and create immense social costs ATTY. CRISPIN CADAY LOZANO CMS Study Finds that Mass Deportation program can be expected to have the following Would Plunge Millions of US Families into major consequences: Q. What is Sec. 341 meeting of creditors? Poverty, Cost $118 Billion to Care for US-Citizen Removing undocumented residents from A. Every debtor, regardless of the chapter, must make one appear- Children of Deported Parents, Imperil the Hous- mixed-status households would reduce median ance in the case, though it is not really in “court” since the judge is not pres- ing Market, and Reduce GDP household income from $41,300 to $22,000, ent. The court schedules a meeting of creditors in each case, usually about New York, NY – The Center for Migration a drop of $19,300, or 47 percent, which would 30 days after the filing. The meeting is called the “§341 meeting” after the Studies of New York (CMS) today released a section of the bankruptcy code that requires it. report on the impact of President Donald Trump’s Q. Who presides at the meeting of creditors? large-scale deportation plan on US families and A. The trustee assigned to the case presides and asks questions about the US economy. the contents of the bankruptcy schedules. The debtor must appear at the The report provides a statistical portrait meeting and answer questions under oath about his assets and liabilities. In cases where there are of the US undocumented population, with an assets with value in excess of the available exemptions, the trustee tries to gather information to aid in emphasis on the social and economic condition his liquidation of those assets for payment to creditors. He may ask for the business records (if any) or of mixed-status households (that is, households other documents concerning the assets or the debtor’s financial history. that contain a US citizen and an undocumented Q. What happens in a Sec. 341 meeting? resident). Major findings include: A. The §341 meeting is not a test or an inquisition. Neither the trustee nor the creditors can take There were 3.3 million mixed-status house- any action at the meeting that decides any question central to the case. It is a fact finding meeting. Of holds in the United States in 2014. course, if new or troubling facts come out at the meeting, the trustee or a creditor can file a motion or 6.6 million US-born citizens share 3 million an adversary proceeding in the bankruptcy court for the judge’s consideration. The trustee swears you households with undocumented residents (mostly in and begins his questioning. The meeting is either tape recorded or recorded by a court reporter. their parents). Of these US-born citizens, 5.7 mil- The trustee may also ask how you reached the values on your assets and for more information lion are children (under age 18). about unusual assets or business interests. If the trustee needs more information or documents that 2.9 million undocumented residents were 14 (Photo: www.newsmax.com) aren’t available at the meeting, the meeting may be continued until another date when the information years old or younger when they were brought to can be provided and any questions answered. the United States. Q. How should you prepare for the meeting of creditors? Three-quarters of a million undocumented plunge millions of US families into poverty. A. Your attorney will prepare you for the meeting of creditors. The common questions that the residents are self-employed, having created their If just one-third of the US-born children of Trustee will ask the debtor are (a) if debtor filed bankruptcy before, (b) if debtor has other income and own jobs, and in the process creating jobs for undocumented residents remained in the United properties not included in the schedules submitted, (c) if debtor included all his or her debts in the many others. States following a mass deportation program, schedules (d) if debtor has made preferential payments to creditors and friend or relatives. In ad- A total of 1.3 million, or 13 percent of the which is a very low estimate, the cost of raising dition, the debtor should bring government issued identification such as state identification card or undocumented over age 18, have college degrees. those children through their minority would total driver’s license or passport and original the Social Security Card. Failure to bring any one of these will Of those with college degrees, two thirds, or $118 billion. cause the hearing to be continued for the next available date. The meeting will also be continued if the 855,000, have degrees in four fields: engineering, The nation’s housing market would be jeop- debtor failed to submit any document that the Trustee requested. business, communications, and social sciences. ardized because a high percentage of the 2.4 mil- Note: This is not a legal advice. You should seek the advice of your attorney about your specific Six million undocumented residents, or 55 lion mortgages held by households with undocu- case. percent of the total, speak English well, very well, mented immigrants would be in peril. Bankruptcy Basics or only English. Gross domestic product (GDP) would be re- 1. Debt settlement or debt consolidation are expensive and not a guaranteed way to reduce your The unemployment rate for the undocument- duced by 1.4 percent in the first year, and cumula- debt because some creditors will sue you. It will take three years to complete and your credit will be- ed was 6.6 percent, the same as the national rate tive GDP would be reduced by $4.7 trillion over come worst during that period. In bankruptcy the debts are discharged within three months. in January 2014. 10 years. 2. Bankruptcy will actually improve your credit within one year because your unsecured debts are Seventy-three percent had incomes at or CMS derived its population estimates for discharged. Although the bankruptcy will be in your records for 10 years, not filing bankruptcy will above the poverty level. 2014 using a series of statistical procedures that make your credit even worse until most your debts are paid. Sixty-two percent have lived in the United involved the analysis of data collected by the US 3. If you are being sued by your creditors, most money judgment can be eliminated in bankruptcy. States for 10 years or more. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey 4. Collection actions continue and you can be sued if you are in debt settlement. Their median household income was (ACS). The privacy of all respondents in the 5. Chapter 7 will eliminate all unsecured debts. If you are near retirement age, you must eliminate $41,000, about $12,700 lower than the national survey is legally mandated, and the identity of un- most of your debts. figure of $53,700 in 2014 (US Census Bureau documented residents cannot be derived from the 6. Bankruptcy will stop foreclosure actions. If your trustee sale date is 10 days before, you can still 2015). data. A detailed description of the methodology file for bankruptcy. Based on this profile, a massive deportation used to develop the estimates is available. (NAM) 7. If your salary is being garnished, you have a court case about debts or you are being harassed by creditors, bankruptcy can stop garnishment, court cases, harassing creditors and eliminate the debt. 8. Bankruptcy is cheaper, faster and safer than debt settlement which has no guaranteed success. Why you may not want to put your children’s 9. Preserve your health, eliminate stress and live a happy life by eliminating your debts which is the root of all problems. name on the deed to your home Crispin Caday Lozano is an active member of the State Bar of California, the American Immi- ATTY. ROBERT L. 3. If your child gets sued because he or she gration Lawyers Association and the National Association of Consumers Bankruptcy Attorneys. He FERRIS caused a car accident in which someone was seri- specializes in immigration law and bankruptcy law. His phone number is (510) 538-7188; email at ously injured, the injured party could go after all [email protected] His office has successfully represented thousands of bank- Some parents put of your child’s assets including your home since ruptcy cases since June 1999. their children’s names your child is on the deed and owns a portion of on the deed to their your home. home so that when the If you own a home you may want to con- Trump picks conservative judge Neil parents die the property sider getting a TRUST which will not only avoid will pass to their chil- the pitfalls discussed above but also AVOID A Gorsuch as Supreme Court nominee dren without probate. COSTLY PROBATE!!! President Donald Trump on Tuesday nomi- confirmation with at least 60 votes from the 100 Here are some things to “WILLS DO NOT AVOID THE HIGH COST OF nated federal appellate Judge Neil Gorsuch as his members, meaning he will need some support consider before adding PROBATE” Supreme Court nominee, tilting the balance of from Democrats. your children to your Traditionally the most common method of the court back in the conservatives’ favor. The 49-year-old Gorsuch -- who is known deed: transferring property upon death is a will. In a Trump’s pick would fill the long-vacant ninth to favor a strict reading of the US Constitution 1. When you add your child’s name to your will the decedent states who will be in charge of position on the bench -- empty since Antonin -- is the youngest Supreme Court nominee in a deed the internal revenue service considers this a his or her estate upon death (the executor) and Scalia died in February 2016. generation. gift and a gift tax return should be filed; who will receive his or her property (the benefi- “Judge Gorsuch has outstanding legal skills, The Colorado native holds degrees from Co- 2. If your home has appreciated in value ciaries). If the decedent owned a home or other a brilliant mind, tremendous discipline, and has lumbia University and Harvard Law School. since the time that you bought it and you “GIFT real property which is not held in joint tenancy, earned bipartisan support,” Trump said at the Like Scalia, Gorsuch favors what is known IT” to your child, the child will not get a stepped- and the beneficiary is not the decedent’s surviving White House. as originalism -- the principle that judges should up tax basis. For example, suppose you bought spouse, then the will must be probated in order “He will make an incredible justice as soon interpret the US Constitution by reverting to how your home 17 years ago for $300,000 and for title to the property to pass to the beneficia- as the Senate confirms him,” the new Republican it was understood at the time it was written, with the house is now worth $800,000. If you add ries. The cost to probate a $600,000 estate (gross leader added. no modern filters. your child onto the deed and the child sells the value without mortgage deduction) including Trump then ceded the podium to Gorsuch, “As this process now moves to the Senate, property after you die, that sale will result in a attorney fees, executor fees, and court costs is who has served on the Court of Appeals for the I look forward to speaking with members from $500,000 capital gain, most of which will be tax- approximately $32,000. This is money that 10th Circuit in Denver, Colorado since 2006. both side of the aisle, to answering their ques- able unless certain exceptions apply. On the other could have gone to the family if the decedent had The Supreme Court is the final arbiter of tions and hearing their concerns,” Gorsuch said. hand, if the child simply inherits the property a trust. A Revocable Trust, sometimes referred many of the most sensitive issues of American life “In our legal order, it is for Congress and when you die there is no gift and the child gets a to as a Living Trust, is a legal device that can be and law -- from abortion and gender issues to gun not the courts to write new laws. It is the role of stepped-up tax basis to $800,000 (the fair mar- used to avoid the cost of probate. control. judges to apply, not alter, the work of the people’s ket value on the date you died, and not what you Call our office at (650) 488-0431 or (408) Its members are named to life terms so their representatives.” (AFP) paid for the property 17 years ago) resulting in no 560-4465 influence is long-lasting. They must win Senate capital gains tax. for a free 30 minute consultation! ! ! Feb. 2 - 8, 2017 FilAm Star B5 health & Melanoma spreads easily and often deadly if not Health@Heart caught early. How prevalent are skin cancers? This is an epidemic and is a global phe- lifestyle nomenon. In 1978, in the United States alone, Tanning and melanoma there were 480,000 cases of non-melanoma skin Labels on sunglasses should be closely scrutinized PHILIP S. CHUA, know it today. About 75% of our body’s supply of cancers, rising to over one million in 1994, with to make sure that they say the lenses absorb 99- 100% of both the UV-B and UV-A. If they do not MD, FACS, FPCS Vitamin D is generated by our skin’s exposure to a growth rate of 7% per year. In Canada, from sunlight (UV-B rays in particular). Abnormally 1970-1986, melanoma frequency rose 6% per year have labels, do not buy them. Consumers must be The US-FDA has low blood level of Vitamin D increases the risk of for men and 4.6% per year for women. Australia cautious when the label claims the lenses “block issued warning on the colon and breast cancers and may also speed up has the highest incidence of melanoma in the harmful UV” but does not specify how much. use of tanning beds at .the growth of an existing or early melanoma. Of world. It is said that by age 75, two out of three For skin cancer protection, do not rely on home and at tanning course, Vitamin D can be taken by mouth. The Australians will have been treated for some typed sunscreen skin lotion. The best is not to sunbathe salons: tanning increases harmful effects of sunlight comes from its ultra- of skin cancer. In the United States, the estimated for more than 15 to , and apply “physi- the risk for melanoma, a violet (UV) radiation. which could be dangerous 30,000 cancer deaths each year could be pre- cal” sunscreen lotion. Wear protective clothing deadly skin cancer, up to to our health in more ways than one, depending vented if Americans, who love sunbathing, do not and wide-brimmed hat when you go outside dur- 59 percent! More than on the amount of exposure and dose that a person over-expose themselves to the sun. ing sunny days. Avoid sun exposure between 10 2.5 million teens, mostly gets. How do we protect ourselves from UV AM and 3 PM if possible. Also, it has been shown girls, use tanning booths each year in the United What are the sun-related diseases of the radiation? that taking vitamin C, D, and E and selenium pro- States. Just like with poison, the more exposure, eye? First and foremost, let us not intentionally tects against the damages of UV rays by lessening the more sessions, the higher the risk. Cataracts (cloudiness of the lens), which, in expose ourselves to UV rays, thru tanning salons the adverse effects of the UV rays on the immune The data are from the National Health severe forms, could cause blindness, especially (a costly way) or via the sun (for free). Just like system. Interview Survey’s Cancer Control Supplement, exposure to UV-B radiation; macular degenera- anything in life, moderation is the key when it If one must absolutely be out in the sun, he/ published in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality tion, the major cause of impaired vision in the comes to the sun. Tanning beds must be avoided she must wear a “physical” sunscreen with a SPF Weekly Report. The World Health Organization USA for people older than 55; photokeratitis, at all cost. While Americans laugh at Asian of 15, which contains titanium dioxide, zinc oxide has also determined that UV rays from tanning a reversible sunburn of the cornea, also from women when the latter stay under the shade or or talc. “Physical” sunscreen works by reflecting beds cause cancer. excessive exposure to UV-B; pterygium, growth of umbrella on the beach, they also recognize that the UV radiation rather than absorbing the sun- The second most common cancer, melanoma pinkish tissues on the while of the eye, which may Asian women’s complexion looks more youth- screen into the skin. Doubling the amount of the has the following 5-year survival rates: About 95 spread on the clear cornea and block vision. This ful, with less wrinkles, and that Asian women lotion, or re-applying it later in the day, does not percent for Stage IA, when diagnosed early, and results when one has prolonged sun exposure on look younger in general, compared to Caucasian confer added protection. The best is to minimize between 5 to 20 percent for stage IV, when it has the beach or snow without eye protection, and females. Asian women also have lower incidence sun exposure to a safe degree. Tanning beds are already spread to other organs. can be very painful for 1-2 days, with temporary of sun-related diseases. dangerous and must be avoided. Amazingly UV rays emitted from tanning blindness. Even with eye cover, the high dose of Since UV radiation comes not only from Lastly, if you develop any skin spots or beds are uo to 15 times greater (deadlier) than the UV rays from a tanning bed is still most harmful the sun but is reflected from the ground, snow, notice any mole in your body to be growing larger rays from the sun. Melanoma kills one person ev- to vision. A nice tan is too high a price to pay for sand, water, and other reflective surfaces, the use or darker, or feel any lumps in your body, consult ery 50 minutes, or about 28 every day. And these blindness, much less cancer. of wide-brimmed hat or cap will reduce the UV your physician without delay. If treated early and are useless and preventable deaths! How about adverse affects on the skin? radiation to the eyes by 50%. Wrap around UV caught in time, most skin cancers are curable. Let us review some facts about sunlight and Excessive exposure to UV rays predisposes absorbing eyewear provides the greatest protec- To our legislators and civic leaders: Tan- its harmful UV rays. to skin cancer, which includes the face and the tion, because it also limits radiation from the ning beds and tanning salons must be banned What in sunlight is beneficial and harmful eyelids, besides skin in other parts of the body. peripheral rays. Polarized sunglasses or transition to protect the public from the unconscionable, to us? 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You may have will be favorable and contracts can be signed. 10 Bilis difficulties with in-laws or family members. Your lucky day this week will be Saturday. 11 Timplahan ng asin Rewards for past good deeds will highlight your 12 Isda sa putikan day. Capricorn 13 Lalabas sa kulungan Your lucky day this week will be Friday. (Dec 22.- Jan. 20) 14 ___ mode You can enjoy entertainment if you join in Cancer and follow the crowd for a change. Dead end 15 Agusan (June 22-July 22) projects could plague you. Hard work will payoff 16 Bayan sa Rizal Socializing will be more than just entertaining. if you refrain from expressing your opinion 18 Saturday: daglat You will feel the limitations if you have to superiors. You need to spend some time 19 Bayad na espasyo been overdoing it. Opportunities to make reflecting on past experiences and involvement’s. 20 Apelyidong Tsino advancements through good business sense are Your lucky day this week will be Sunday. 22 Balance: daglat evident. Think twice before you say something 24 Buhok sa nguso you might regret later. Aquarius 27 Bagabag Your lucky day this week will be Wednesday. (Jan. 21.- Feb. 19) It’s time to reconnect with some of the people 29 ___ de sal Leo you used to know. Opportunities to get together 30 Musang (July 23-Aug 22) with people in powerful positions could help you 31 Lisya Don’t let yourself get rundown. Don’t let get ahead. You will be entertained and intrigued 32 Tinunghayan individuals with wild schemes talk you into a by the logic foreigners possess. Your ability to 33 Tuyong sapa financial deal that is not likely to be successful. be a self starter will help get things done and 34 Siyudad sa Japan Be aware of any deception on the part of those motivate others. 35 Ipagawa ang partikular you deal with. Authority figures may be less than Your lucky day this week will be Sunday. na gawain accommodating if you have done something deceitful. Pisces Your lucky day this week will be Saturday. 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Krosword on NEXT WEEK’S issue 8 Paghiwa ng maliliit 24 Pangunahing tauhan B6 FilAm Star Feb. 2 - 8, 2017 entertainment Vin on Aljur: Artists discuss faves, influences We asked artists and cre- pangan film, my real daughter, Kuya didn’t tell family about ‘new chapter in his life’ atives about people and things Felixia, played my daughter in Sometimes, two people their family’s Christmas and everything I worked so hard that helped shape and inspire the movie. Acting in it led to have to be apart to see what New Year celebrations, as well to accomplish. I now prioritize their art. What are they watch- nine best actor awards, interna- they had together. That’s as their dad’s birthday. my career because I know it ing or listening to, and who do tionally and locally. exactly what happened to Kylie Needless to say, Aljur’s won’t last forever. they identify with? Music format or service: Padilla and . world now revolves around What do you remember Ivan Dorschner CDs. Love songs, reggae music, After parting ways to do some Kylie. “Kuya didn’t tell us most about your struggling Actor, “Meant to Be” and songs by Bob Marley. Singer or band: Jack John- Superhero or comics: son will always remind me of my Batman, for being dark and younger years. I was learning to suspenseful. drive at the time. TV or online series: Love Paolo Herras Film: “Ocean’s Eleven.” I your own again—it’s “Doble (Photo: www.twitter.com) like the rhythm of the writing, Kara,” the ABS-CBN show where the subtle comedy, the perfor- I played ’ dad and of my list is Cynthia Alexander, mances… I will never tire of that Carmina Villaroel’s husband. for her album, “Insomnia & movie. Book or author: “Harry Pot- Other Lullabyes.” Her art and Music format or service: ter” and “The Lord of the Rings.” musicality have many contex- Spotify! It’s the convenience/ Pop culture era: The ’80s, tures. She can be child-like, department store of modern- for being timeless. I also love quirky, lovelorn and culturally day music. Its algorithms help new wave music. specific, but still worldly. My you find whatever type of music Aia De Leon playlist is stuck in the mid-’90s you’re into. Singer, former Imago vocal- to early 2000s. Superhero or comics: I Film: Marilou Diaz-Abaya’s love our real-life superheroes, “Moral” is still my favorite not so much the fantasy ones. film. The narrative is master- Astronauts! Back when the US fully written, the characters and the USSR had a space race. are wonderfully portrayed by They went to outer space and A-list actresses, and the film the moon. Only a few were able shines brilliantly all through- to accomplish that. It’s truly out. “Moral” proves that the inspiring. Aia De Leon cinematic journey of a story can TV or online series: Right (Photo: www.zerothreetwo.com) be unpredictable, provocative, (left) and Aljur Abrenica (right) now, it’s “White Collar.” That’s award-winning and enjoyable. (Photo: www.pinoycelebritygossip.com) my dream role, Matt Bomer’s ist Superhero or comics: character, Neal Caffrey. He’s like Singer or band: Ella There are so many brilliant lo- soul-searching, they got back anything. We just heard about days? I remember that I a more modern James Bond, Fitzgerald, if I should name cal comics out nowadays, and together after realizing that it in the news,” Vin said. “But almost quit “Star Power,” the atoning for the mistakes he’s only one. I am by her some on the top of my head they were indeed soulmates. he can count on our support. talent search I eventually won, made. range and understanding of how are Macoy’s “School Run,” JP When they split up, Aljur We’re always praying for him. because I needed to watch over Book or author: I’d like music works. I recognize her Palabon’s “Puso Negro,” Michael seemed so distraught when I We trust that he can handle my Mama in the hospital. to be conventional and say JK humility to listen to a piece and David’s “Kubori Kikiam,” Aaron saw him at a party. He asked the intrigues and challenges I was the only one who Rowling. I’ve read the “Harry comfortably find her place in it. Felizmenio’s “Gwapoman” and me what Kylie’s dad (Robin brought about by this new took care of her, and I had Potter” series seven times! They Film: “The Godfather.” I’ve Emiliana ’s “Dead Padilla) was like. Apparently, chapter in his life.” to pay the hospital bills. It always helped me fall asleep been raised to fend for myself. Balagtas.” he heard about the controver- The “Starstruck” hunk is was quite a struggle chasing when I was a kid. And the The predominant theme of TV or online series: I watch sial “Binoe chapter” of my life. now officially lovestruck. my dream to be a singer and franchise has influenced a lot of survival in this movie resounds TV shows to relax, so I’m partial Back then, Robin was not too ‘Foolish’ Angeline on du- watching over her at the same people in their creativity. so much with me. to mainstream for comedies keen about Kylie ending up plicity and living her dream time. She needed a pacemaker Pop culture era: I love this Music format or service: like “2 Broke Girls,” “Mom” and with Aljur. But time has a way What better way to usher to regulate her heartbeat. decade and our own [entertain- Spotify and anything online. “Modern Family.” But I also like “Sherlock,” “Game of Thrones” of changing things. in the Love Month than by em- What do you find hard to ment]. We need to appreciate The time I have waited for fi- and “Orange is the New Black.” As of press time, Aljur bracing the joys and woes of understand about guys? Why them more. nally came when making songs, rather than hits, is a priority. Book or author: Among my has yet to talk to Robin about l’amour in Regal Films’ “Fool- can’t some of them be satisfied Songs will always make their favorites are everything by Ga- Kylie’s pregnancy and their en- ish Love,” starring Angeline with just one woman? way into those who find them briel Garcia Marquez, especially gagement. At this point in his Quinto and Jake Cuenca. It’s What do you want to true in their lives, and that’s “One Hundred Years of Soli- life, Robin has mellowed after like a Pinoy version of what the change about yourself? Over- what matters. tude”; Ricky Lee, especially his all the storms he went through. French call folie à deux (mad- eating rice and staying up late. Superhero or comics: I new children’s book for adults, So, I’m sure acceptance will ness shared by two). If you could be a guy for a like Iron Man, for his sense of “Kung Alam N’yo Lang”; Neil come easy for Robin when he In the film, Angeline plays month, who would you want to humor. Gaiman, especially “Sandman”; and Aljur finally have a man- a romantic fool. be? My Papa, who has already Rene Villanueva [head writer] TV or online series: “Death to-man talk. Is love a valid excuse for passed away, because the of “Batibot”; Rosario Lucero’s (Photo: www.psr.ph) Note,” for its sense of justice. Besides, Robin is too us to become foolish? Blame it whole family misses him. Book or author: Ravi “Feast and Famine.” happy with on Cupid. What’s a common mis- Zacharias is the reason why I Pop culture era: Now is a and their baby, Isabel, to be Here’s my chat with An- conception about you? People Allen Dizon still go to church. great time because it’s the age of bothered by the unexpected geline: think I’m always happy. Actor, “Iadya Mo Kami” Pop culture era: Now. I’m the creative entrepreneur. Since romantic developments in his What’s the most foolish If your life story were Singer or band: John loving neo-soul R&B, yet the 2014, more art markets and art daughter’s life. thing you did for love? I loved adapted into a film, what Legend presence of blues and jazz stays festivals have been popping up. As for Aljur’s side, I cor- a guy for two years, even when would the title be? “Proud and Martin Nievera. I love strong. More Filipino artists, [crafts- nered his brother Vin Abrenica I knew he was already in a re- Ampon.” (Dolly Anne Carvajal their cool and haunting voices. Paolo Herras men] and creators are producing more innovative, world-class for his thoughts about the lationship with someone else. / inquirer.net) Film: Of course, “Mag- Comic-book author; direc- work. (Oliver M. Pulumbarit / issue. He told me that Aljur What has fame taught kakabaung (The CoffinMaker).” tor, “Buhay Habangbuhay” inquirer.net) was “missing in action” during you? I learned to appreciate Aside from being a Kapam- Singer or band: At the top For , there’s more to love than romance After his highly lauded role in the internationally acclaimed film “,” drought days are now over for as he now becomes offi- cially part of the Regal Enter- tainment family. Christian was first noticed when he became part of Kiray Celis and Enchong Dee’s 2016 flick “I Love You to Death.” However, it was his role as Barbs in last year’s Metro Ma- nila Film Festival official entry “Die Beautiful” that made him become a household name. It was his portrayal of Barbs that earned him the Best Supporting Actor award at the MMFF. About five years ago, Chris- tian was struggling to penetrate the show-biz industry. Con- stantly polishing his talent by undergoing acting workshops, he has finally hit the bull’s-eye and he still can’t believe the good fortune that’s unfolding before him. “Natutuwa po ako kasi pinagkatiwalaan tayo nina Mother Lily at Miss Roselle,” Jamie Rivera the actor gushed during his (Photo: www.abarentos.com) contract-signing with Regal Films on Wednesday. daughter, who now largely the first time in the episode the Now there’s a tug-of-war manage Regal). I told my man- lead role. among networks offering him agers to give them priority be- “Gagampanan ko po ang exclusive contract. cause they were the first to put buhay ni Ramon Burce, isa po “Masusi pa po naming their trust in me. When nobody akong ulirang anak na nag- pinag-aaralan ang offers. Ngay- believed in my ability, this Miss kasakit ng Tipus (Typhoid). on ang inoohan pa lang namin Roselle believed in me.) Abangan niyo po kasi kung sina Mother at Miss Roselle. In a phone patch interview natatandaan niyo po si Barbs, Sinabi ko sa managers ko na with Inquirer ShowbizLive, makakalimutan niyo po siya bigyan natin sila ng priority kasi Inquirer’s entertainment talk ngayon kasi lalaki po ako dito, sila po ang unang nagtiwala show, the 24-year-old actor hindi po ako naka-heels dito”, sa akin. No’ng walang gustong revealed that he is slated to he told Inquirer ShowbizLive. magtiwala, itong si Miss Roselle make four movies with Regal, (I will portray the life of Ramon ang nakakita ng kakayahan one of them directed by Chito Burce, a model child who natin,” he said. (We are still Rono. He divulged that his next got sick of typhoid. Watch it weighing the offers. But for project will be a drama film. because if you remember Barbs, now we have said yes to Mother He is also set to appear forget her because here I am a (, matriarch of on GMA 7’s weekly anthol- straight guy, I don’t wear high- ) and Miss ogy “” today, heeled shoes.) (Allan Policarpio Rosselle (Monteverde’s eldest Saturday, wherein he plays for / inquirer.net) Feb. 2 - 8, 2017 FilAm Star B7 entertainment ‘too young, inexperienced’ ’s formula for a lasting relationship I am a self-confessed avid the child in him. photo of her and HBA. What viewer of ABS-CBN’s “A Love What are your plans for? EW couldn’t care less. to be KAPPT head at 35 to Last.” Bea Alonzo and Ian for 2017? To learn flower What appalls EW is that “It’s a responsibility that Coco said that while his working on an indie movie. I’ll Veneracion give a refreshing arrangement, pottery, play- HBA is demanding receipts seems too big for me,” said main goal was to help fellow make this happen this year,” he spin on the tug-of-war called ing a song on the piano, a new for the allowance he sends for Coco Martin when asked why actors, he wanted to do this “on declared. love. language. their kid. He didn’t use to do he has turned down the offer my own terms.” He said he hoped to give They make you want Take a class abroad on that. It’s ruining the friend- for him to be president of the The actor pointed out: “I’m more artists, especially those to forget the unwritten rule something that interests me. ship they have nurtured even Kapisanan ng mga Artista sa still too young and inexpe- considered “semiretired,” an- of not falling in love with a I want to go camping and try after they parted ways. It’s Pelikulang Pilipino at Telebi- rienced to be president. It’s other shot at acting. coworker. watching a movie alone. as if HBA is in a trance. He syon or KAPPT. important that I know what I’m The 35-year-old actor is so Whatever role Bea por- What do you enjoy better exorcise SGF out of his focused on work that he seems trays, she knows how to draw most when you are with system, lest he self-destructs. to have no more time for his you to her. It doesn’t mat- ? His Insecure Girlfriend (IGF) personal life. Coco, however, ter who her leading man is, spontaneity. of Loquacious Celebrity (LC) said he didn’t mind this at all. “I love what I’m doing. I’m excited because Bea’s performance is What’s your dream is overstepping her boundar- to wake up each morning and always more than enough to marriage proposal? I want ies. Just because the Ex-Wife get to work. ” get you hooked. The camera something that will surprise (EW) of LC makes her feel He said there would adores her—and so do we. me. welcome even during family eventually be a time when he’d Here’s my chat with Bea: be told to lie low. “I’ll be ready What do you think is when that happens, and I’ll the formula for love to have no regrets. ” last? Respect and friendship This is also why Coco is in should be its foundation. You no hurry to plunge into a seri- also have to be good friends. ous relationship with anyone And you have to choose to just yet. The actor is rumored to love that person again and have dated 21-year-old actress again, even during times when Coco Martin Julia Montes. he/she is unlovable. (Photo: www.poklat.com) “Been there, done that. I What do you find hard had my first girlfriend at 15. to resist in guys? Sweet- Coco said the idea was pro- doing before I assume responsi- Life was difficult then,” he ness—or when they make me posed to him by current KAPPT bility over something as signifi- stressed. “My love life is not a feel like I matter. president Rez Cortez, who’s cant as the actors’ guild.” priority. I’ve set a deadline for also his costar in “FPJ’s Ang What Coco said he wanted myself. I’ll start searching for What’s the most Probinsyano.” “I told Tito Rez I to delve into was the production that ideal partner when I turn important love lesson you have learned so far? Bea Alonzo wasn’t ready yet. On the set, he of free TV shows online. “It’s 40. That will be a turning point (Photo: www.pinoystop.com) observed how well I took care of good because there will be no in my life.” (Marinel R. Cruz / I have learned when to let go. my staff,” he said. network involvement. It’s like inquirer.net) Just because love fails doesn’t mean you can’t love again. If your life story were affairs, IGF should have the How has your defini- adapted into a movie, delicadeza not to be present Park Chanyeol rates EXO members’ looks tion of love changed after what would the title be? during occasions where she Almost immediately, all the come last. Of course, we all know your past relationships? “Grace.” isn’t exactly a part of. members looked at Chanyeol with Chanyeol is kidding because he had I used to be idealistic. I’m Guess List How she guards LC like a pleading expressions. All were ex- been praising D.O. all throughout more realistic now, although Has-Been Actor (HBA) is hawk! How dare IGF intrude uding charm; some wanted to look the episode. cute while others posed to highlight Baekhyun received the third there are times when I still get under the spell of his Sleazy into family bonding time of their features and look more hand- spot after bribing Chanyeol with swept off my feet. The biggest Girlfriend (SGF). HBA used LC and his kids. Sooner or some. over a thousand dollars. Chanyeol lesson is learning to love my- to be in good terms with his later, LC would get suffocated Park Chanyeol jokingly asked gave Lay the fourth spot and self first before someone else. Ex-Wife (EW, an actress), and want to “pack up and the members how much they would skipped to the eighth and last spot, What sets Ian apart but since SGF came into the change casting.” (Dolly Anne pay him to get higher rankings in which he gave to Chen (who, in the an attempt to lessen the pressure he beginning, claimed that he wouldn’t from the other actors you picture, he had to distance Carvajal / inquirer.net) was feeling. bribe Chanyeol with anything). have worked with? It’s himself from her. SGF had the He then said that he’d rate EXOrDium in Manila amazing how he has not lost audacity to send EW a sweet the members based solely on looks, EXO is set to rock the Manila nothing else, before rating Sehun as K-pop scene on Feb. 25 and 26, Park Chanyeol his number one pick. 2017 for their Manila concert at the (Photo: www.wikipedia.com) D.O. came in second place to Smart Araneta Coliseum. visit Call us to advertise In a recent episode of MV which Chanyeol remarked, again, Get prepped for the concert by Bank, EXO’s rapper, Park Chanyeol, that this list was based only on watching their performances and www.filamstar.com 1-650-278-0692 was asked through an SNS question looks, because if he were to decide shows on Viu, for free forever! (Na- to rate the members’ looks. on overall aspects, D.O. would thalie Esteban / inquirer.net) B8 FilAm Star Feb. 2 - 8, 2017 GMA Pinoy TV fans brave heavy rains, come in Cinematografo Originals Profiles: David Maquiling full force for ‘Sikat Ka, Kapuso! in Los Angeles First Filipino American director elected to the Directors Guild of America submits entry called, “Blood Without Tears”

edge of the stage to greet their fans. DALY CITY, CA, January 31, lies just below the surface of daily engaging and entertaining stories Some viewers who flew straight 2017 – Launched only this month, life seemingly at its most ordinary,” that might also teach or enlighten or from Canada said that the concert ABS-CBN’s Cinematografo Originals commented Kevin Thomas of Los inspire people in some way.” was definitely worth every dollar they Contest – a U.S.-based competition Angeles Times. According to Maquiling, “Blood spent. which aims to foster and nurture “An eye-opening comedy… Without Tears” is a noir thriller that Also spotted among the audi- new filmmaking talent from the marks Maquiling as an original addresses human trafficking in the ence were Philippine Olympic Figure Filipino diaspora – continues to voice,” said Andrew Johnston of US community of undocumented Fili- Skater Michael Martinez and Pinay draw remarkable Filipino American Magazine. pino workers in Los Angeles. singer-actress Anna Maria Perez De movie makers. One of them is David “A sharp comedy on the order “This is an issue that is very Tagle, the granddaughter of Sylvia Maquiling, the first Filipino Ameri- of Scorsese’s ‘After Hours’… marks important to me personally and La Torre. can director elected to the Directors Maquiling as a filmmaker to watch,” one that is becoming increasingly Ultimate Star “Sobrang thankful ako kasi Guild of America (DGA). remarked Dave Kehr of The New urgent for us all,” Maquiling said. “I kahit papano, kahit masama yung Maquiling, a magna cum laude York Times. feel a great responsibility to make Despite the heavy rains that panahon, yung mga Kapuso natin sa ang pagmamahal ninyo! Hindi po ito graduate of New York University’s The late, great Roger Ebert ‘Blood Without Tears’ into a film that battered Southern California on con- Long Beach were able to come,” ex- magiging ganito ka-successful kung Tisch School of the Arts and who has wrote with curiosity: “And who, for honors the dignity and sacrifice of all cert date, Filipino fans still flocked pressed Alden. “Kahit pa maraming hindi dahil sa inyo, kaya maraming lectured on film at the University of that matter, is Maquiling? I learn people who are separated from their in huge numbers to The Terrace highways na nagsara, and even dun salamat po!” Southern California, broke into the that he’s a Filipino American who families as they struggle desper- Theater in Long Beach, California for sa area mismo nung theatre. So on Betong echoed the same senti- consciousness of the DGA and top based this seemingly all-American ately just to earn a living wage. My GMA Pinoy TV’s Sikat Ka, Kapuso! behalf of the group, nagpapasalamat ment in a video message dedicated movie critics of the country when his story on a legend from his native deepest hope is that regardless of concert held last January 22. to Kapuso supporters in California, 1997 debut film, “Too Much Sleep” land, and that the Eddie character language, religion, culture, or coun- The event drew ardent fans “Maraming maraming salamat began doing the rounds of film festi- represents a ‘shaman’ in the original try, people will come to understand who came all the way from Canada, po from the bottom of our hearts vals and was distributed theatrically version.” that we’re all here just trying to get San Francisco, Oregon, Arizona and our souls. At suportahan niyo and Texas just to see their favorite po palagi ang GMA Pinoy TV. Kapuso stars live. Mabuhay po kayo mga Kapuso! Headlining the concert was Amazing!” the star-studded cast composed of Lovi, meanwhile, thanked Pambansang Bae , GMA Pinoy TV for giving them the Kapuso Drama King , opportunity to become part of one Ultimate Star Jennylyn Mercado, of its biggest concerts in the West versatile Kapuso actor Tom Rodri- Coast. “Truly blessed to be around guez, and Kapuso Premier Actress The star-studded cast of ‘Sikat Ka, Kapuso !’ such amazing talent. Thank you Lovi Poe together with @gmapinoytv for giving us the mainstay Betong Sumaya. opportunity to work together. We The audience went crazy as had a blast!” Lovi shared on her soon as Betong opened the show as account. Antonietta. The event was sponsored Bringing kilig vibes to the by Xoom.com, Globe DUO USA, crowd were the well-loved pairs Red Ribbon, World Remit, Debt of Tom and Lovi, and Dennis and Aid Consulting, A Debt Solutions Jennylyn who both sang romantic Consulting Company, Cebuana (LEFT) Highly acclaimed Filipino American filmmaker David Maquiling, who scored rave reviews from top U.S. critics for duets on stage. Lhuillier, Financial Rescue, LLC, his film debut, “Too Much Sleep” (CENTER & RIGHT PHOTOS) has submitted his new noir thriller script, “Blood Without Kapuso heartthrobs Tom and Pag-Ibig Fund, San Miguel Best of Tears”, to ABS-CBN’s Cinematografo Originals. Dennis also had a duet evoking the Philippines Collection, Remitly, memories of their successful por- Inc., Bostik Philippines, Ampa- trayal in the phenomenal Kapuso Pambansang Bae Alden Richards laya Plus, A.S.A.P Tickets Service, by The Shooting Gallery (same outfit Which brings us to how by and maybe do some good in the drama My Husband’s Lover. Moneygram, XYZ Global Express, that produced the Academy Award- the New Jersey-born and -raised world.” Alden Richards’ bedimpled The Generics Pharmacy, Purefoods winning “Sling Blade”). Maquiling makes sure to inject Maquiling is thrilled about par- smile expectedly made the audience po kami sa lahat ng Kapuso sa Long Tender Juicy Hotdog, Novuhair, Na- “Too Much Sleep” is about Jack Filipino flavor into his American ticipating in Cinematografo Originals swoon as he rendered a heart-felt Beach, California and LA [at saka] ture’s Answer to Hair Loss, SMDC, Crawford, a young, unmotivated cinematic work. For Cinematografo, Contest and Film Festival. “With- performance. He was even chal- sa mga dumayo pa na iba nating Southwest Sun Solar, Inc., Avida, An security guard who still lives with his he submitted his new feature, “Blood out a doubt, the financial support lenged by Betong to a dance battle Kapuso,” he added. AyalaLand Company, Abby Skin Care mother and sleeps (too much) in his Without Tears”. and the production resources that while his fans cheered their heads off Jennylyn, on the other hand, Clinic, Tropics, LBC, Island Pacific childhood bed in their home in a lazy “I grew up in Cinematografo offers are essential for his victory. shared a photo of the jam-packed Supermarket, Air 21, and Goldilocks. suburb in New Jersey. On a bus one and New Jersey, but I spent many of to our work as filmmakers. But even Those who watched the show theater on her Instagram account. Once again, GMA Pinoy TV has morning, he becomes transfixed by my summers visiting our family in more significant is the extraordi- were undoubtedly thrilled to see “Maraming Salamat po sa lahat ng filled the Kapuso audiences’ hearts a beautiful woman. The next thing the Philippines, and I have always nary platform it has created to unite their idols that event security had to mga Kapuso sa Long Beach! Hang- with joy starting the year strong with he knows, his handgun is missing. been compelled to tell stories that our global community of Filipino gang sa muli! We love you guys!” Did he lose it or did the woman steal explore the joys and the struggles storytellers, nurture our creative Dennis likewise expressed it? What becomes the most exciting and the beauty of Filipino culture,” development, and celebrate our rich his appreciation to the Pinoys who time in his uneventful life becomes explains Maquiling. and complex heritage,” he said. watched their concert on social me- an adventure-filled coming-of-age He added: “In a lot of ways, my For those interested, Cin- journey for Jack, with the help of love for the Filipino culture is prob- ematografo Originals Contest has dia. “Sila po ang mga tunay na sikat know-it-all deli owner Eddie, and ably because my father used to thrill three deadlines for submission to na mga Kapuso abroad! Lumusong at reveals interesting characters in the my brother and me with traditional allow ample time for filmmakers, in- sinugod ang matinding ulan at baha strange underworld of his laid-back Filipino folk stories at bedtime. The cluding students, to submit the best para patabain ang mga puso namin. suburbia. stories were funny and scary and versions of their entries: January 31, Salamat ha? Sa uulitin! Dahil kung The critics’ verdict? moving, but when I look back at 2017, Early Bird; February 15, 2017, nag-enjoy kayo… mas nag-enjoy “Maquiling has built and them, I realize they were also a way Regular; and February 28, 2017, Late kami.” sustained a mood of lovely comic for my father to pass on his cultural Deadline. For more information, Tom also said that the concert’s aplomb,” wrote Ty Burr of Entertain- values -- and his father’s values be- please visit www.cinematografofilm- (L-R) and Dennis Trillo success was especially made possible Betong Sumaya ment Weekly. fore him -- from one generation to festival.com . by the Filipinos who went to Terrace “…full of hilarious and outra- the next. And so, I now see the films control the crowd whenever Tom, Theatre. “Thank you so much, mga the very first of many successful geous twists that suggest weirdness that I make as my opportunity to tell Dennis or Alden would walk to the Kapuso! Damang dama talaga namin events for 2017.