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DECEMBER 2013 FINAL:Filipino Star Vol. XXXI No.12 December 2013 http://www.filipinostar.org Ethnic Press holds 2nd professional seminars By Zenaida Ferry Kharroubi communicate. Markham, ON - December 8, There were many interesting 2013 - About 260 members of the topics discussed by each National Ethnic Press and Media speaker/lecturer in different fields of Council of Canada attended the 2nd expertise that fulfilled the objectives of professional development seminar that the National Ethnic Press and Media was held from December 6 to 8, 2013 Council of Canada. to provide at Seneca College. The first one was professional skills and competence for held three years ago, November 20-22, its members. Besides giving 2009, also held at Seneca College recognition to the importance of the which provided most of the speakers ethnic media as Canada’s “other and lecturers for the seminars.This voices”, it was also a great opportunity seminar was made possible through to do networking. the Government of Canada’s Canadian Among the most relevant topic Periodical Fund under the Department discussed is the role of the ethnic of Canadian Heritage. media - why local news matters - The opening plenary session delivered by Ms. April Lindgren, was presided by the “Networking Canadian Ethnic Community Media Guru:, Donna Messer, who gave an Specialist, an associate professor in the excellent motivational lecture on School of Journalism at Ryerson “Effectuve Business Networking”, in an University. She pointed out that local inter-active fashion that drew repeated news coverage represents an applauses from the audience. Her important competitive advantage for main theme was the three C’s of Some of the participants in the seminars: from left: Helen Wang, Ned Blair, NEPMCC vice- See Page 4 Ethnic Media Networking - collaborate, commit, and president, Business Development, Zenaida Kharroubi, Kostas Karatsikis, Mario Ayala, and Maria Ayala. Photo taken before departing for the airport, December 8, 2013. Remembering Nelson Mandela Lessons for us all A remarkable man, a My involvement in Mandela’s Witwatersrand in Johannesburg on the case and cause began when I visited topic of “If Sharansky, Why Not remarkable legacy South Africa in 1981 as a guest of the Mandela?” For the South African anti-apartheid movement. I met with, government, Sharansky was a hero in Irwin Cotler on the lessons we must among others, faculty and student the fight against communism, whereas learn from Mandela organizations, leaders of the Black Mandela was a communist – and Sash women’s anti-apartheid group, terrorist – to be fought against. In fact, by Irwin Cotler on Friday, December 6, and members of Mandela’s legal team, Canada also considered Mandela a 2013 9:42pm including Issie Meisels, his Senior terrorist at the time. It is regrettably a rare occasion Counsel, George Bizos, and Arthur I was arrested moments after I when members of Canada’s political Chaskelson, then his junior counsel. spoke, because the mere mention of parties join together in solidarity. As Chaskelson would go on to become Mandela’s name was a punishable such, when I added my voice to those president of South Africa’s first offence in South Africa. While of Stephen Harper, Thomas Mulcair, constitutional court. detained, I was summoned to a and Elizabeth May as the entire House At the time, I was also serving meeting with Pik Botha, the South of Commons paid tribute to Nelson as counsel to imprisoned Soviet African Minister of Foreign Affairs (not Mandela in the hours after his death, it dissident Anatoly Sharansky, and the to be confused with Prime Minister P.W. Nelson Mandela was yet another manifestation of South African Union of Students asked See Page 4 Mandela July 18, 1918-December 5, 2013 Mandela’s great capacity to unite. me to speak at the University of the www.filipinostar.org 2 The North American Filipino Star December 2013 Maligayang Pasko at Manigong Bagong Taon! MDMarque déposée de La Banque de Nouvelle-Écosse. December 2013 The North American Filipino Star 3 Editorial Who is being negative, Aquino or The greatest tribute to Nelson Mandela is the the media? emulation of his ideas December 10, 2013 | Opinion to focus on the negative issues instead If all the great speeches of the leader can engage in a debate frankly ON DISTANT SHORE of the positive ones.” At that time, world leaders during the funeral and thoroughly, knowing that at the By Val G. Abelgas Aquino was being criticized for his service of Nelson Mandela were not end he and the other side must be purchase of a Porsche and the use of ?Like a spoiled child who didn’t get only in words but also in deeds, we closer, and thus emerge stronger. You an armored Lexus, which he claimed what he wanted, President Aquino would achieve not only peace and don't have that idea when you are was loaned to him by his brother-in-law. ranted again against the media, unity but also the elimination of poverty arrogant, superficial, and uninformed. accusing newsmen of “too much and war. Let us therefore make it a Another brainy quote from Aquino said some media personnel negativism,” particularly in their point to remember quotes from his life Mandela seems to give the common might just be turning a blind eye on coverage of super typhoon Yolanda and see how they can be applied into man an insight as to what is really positive developments under his and the fighting in Zamboanga City. our own daily life. important in life: “Money won't create administration. “Mahirap ipakita sa Nelson Mandela spent 27 success, the freedom to make it will.” nagbubulagbulagan, at ipadinig sa “So often, when we read the years in prison, and yet he was willing He seems to imply that material things nagbibingibingihan. Basta kami newspaper, listen to the radio or watch to forgive his jailers. He said that if he are not as important as the intangibles magtatrabaho na lang.” TV, we still get a sense of too much did not forgive them, he would seem to which in essence are more powerful negativism. It’s like if we don’t create be still in prison. If the common man, such as a person’s motivation that Two weeks earlier, in a speech before controversy, our media are boring,” a who has been wronged in some way, drives one to do better and achieve his the Filipino community in Jakarta, visibly irked Aquino told members of understood that "resentment is like goals. Aquino also took a swipe at media for the press at the Christmas party of the drinking poison and then hoping it will Discrimination, racism, is not “reporting negative news about the Bulong Pulungan forum at the Sofitel kill your enemies" we may all enjoy only committed by one race over country instead of looking at its brighter Philippine Plaza in Pasay City. happier and healthier lives. another but it seems that it can also be side.” Mandela also said: “What committed by all kinds of people from Aquino made the remarks a few weeks So when the Social Weather Station globalization means, as it so often different racial groups. Mandela after his approval rating dropped 15 reported that Aquino’s satisfaction does, that the rich and powerful now exemplifies great wisdom when he points in a recent public opinion survey. rating had dipped 13 points, did you have new means to further enrich and said: I detest racialism, because I “At the end of the day, the only criteria I expect presidential deputy empower themselves at the cost of the regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it have is: Did I do right? And sometimes spokesperson Abigail Valte to say the poorer and weaker, we have a comes from a black man or a white the right decision may be unpopular. poll result has only inspired the responsibility to protest in the name of man.” Sometimes, conversely, the wrong President to focus even more on the universal freedom.” How many of us If everyone without exception decision is immensely popular,” he tasks at hand? No, she blamed the get involved in joining a movement to can learn to value time, perhaps, we said. change things that need to be can do greater things. Mandela media and hinted that advertisers should boycott publications that are changed? For example, do we ever appreciated time even though he was “Our people, I believe, are fair judges… printing negative stories about the take the time to write to our elected deprived from being free physically for I expect that the numbers will rebound, President. representatives to ask questions about 27 years for he managed to emerge [but] in case they do go down, that is a law that seems to be unfair? Another from jail with self-knowledge that made not the important thing,” he added. Aquino was visibly irritated by media’s illustration of most people’s apathy is him a great hero, the greatest son of “Will our people see me as doing that coverage of the devastation caused by the low voter turn out during elections. South Africa ever born. He said: We which is right? That is what is important typhoon Yolanda in Leyte, Samar and If participation in elections is not must use time wisely and forever to me.” considered an important duty by more realize that the time is always ripe to do other areas in the Visayas. Did he want the media to ignore the hundreds of people, we do not really know the right.” If all of us, leaders and followers But that precisely is what is wrong with bodies that lay unattended on Leyte’s meaning of freedom and we do not alike, do not wait to do the right things, his frequent rants against the media.
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