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PRESORTED HAWAII FILIPINO CHRONICLE STANDARD 94-356 WAIPAHU DEPOT RD., 2ND FLR. U.S. POSTAGE WAIPAHU, HI 96797 PAID HONOLULU, HI PERMIT NO. 9661 2  Hawaii FiLipino cHronicLe  sepTember 27, 2014 EDITORIALS FROM THE PUBLISHER Publisher & Executive Editor loha and welcome to another Charlie Y. Sonido, M.D. issue of the Hawaii Filipino Primary Care Doctors in Publisher & Managing Editor Chronicle! Metro-Manila and Chona A. Montesines-Sonido neighboring provinces were High Demand Associate Editors recently flooded by heavy awaii is about 300 doctors short in the area of A Dennis Galolo rains. Rising water levels Edwin Quinabo primary care—family practitioners, internists forced tens of thousands of people in low- and pediatricians. These are the doctors who Contributing Editor lying areas to flee their homes and Belinda Aquino, Ph.D. offer treatment and screenings that save lives brought the nation’s capital to a grinding halt. Thankfully, and prevent hospitalization and expensive trips Creative Designer H loss of life was minimal. Our thoughts and prayers go out Junggoi Peralta to the ER. The situation is expected to only to those affected. worsen as fewer medical school students who find them- Photography Our cover story for this issue delves into the acute short- Tim Llena selves burdened by heavy educational debt are continuing to age of doctors in Hawaii and across the nation. This short- Administrative Assistant choose more lucrative specialties and existing primary care Shalimar Pagulayan age is also affecting the Filipino community, which doctors are finding themselves underpaid and overworked. currently does not have a Filipino ophthalmologist or urol- Columnists A new tactic that could make primary care more attrac- Carlota Hufana Ader ogist. Kudos to the Philippine Medical Association (PMAH) tive is switching from a doctor-sees-all-patients practice to Emil Guillermo for taking proactive steps to meet the demand by recruiting a more efficient “medical team approach” that could lighten Ruth Elynia Mabanglo, Ph.D. associates who have been trained in the Philippines. The Ron Menor the workload and still provide excellent care. Under this ap- J.P. Orias fact that doctors from the Philippines are not only well- proach, patients with routine ailments are treated by trained Pacita Saludes trained but have a good command of English make them at- Reuben S. Seguritan, Esq. specialists such as nurse practitioners and physician assis- tractive candidates to help fill the ranks of local physicians. Charlie Sonido, M.D. tants, which frees up doctors to spend more time with pa- Emmanuel S. Tipon, Esq. Please turn to page 4 to read more about what the University tients who have more serious conditions. Felino S. Tubera of Hawaii’s medical school is doing to recruit physicians UH’s medical school recently launched the innovative Sylvia Yuen, Ph.D. and to attract more students to study medicine. Education Loan Repayment Program which can help level Contributing Writers In keeping with the theme of our cover story, this issue the playing field. The program helps doctors to repay their Clement Bautista also contains our special Women’s Health Supplement educational loans if they commit to serve at least two years Teresita Bernales, Ed.D which contains many useful articles on a wide range of top- Serafin Colmenares, Jr., Ph.D. on Lanai, Molokai, Kalihi, Waimanalo, Waianae and other ics. Several doctors who are specialists in their fields have Linda Dela Cruz rural settings where shortages in primary care and other Fiedes Doctor written articles on getting a good night’s rest to proper eye medical services are especially acute. Funding for the pro- Danny De Gracia, II, MA care for diabetics to dealing with the effects of depression. Carolyn Weygan-Hildebrand gram comes from the Affordable Care Act, HMSA, The There are also articles on exercise, planning the care of your Amelia Jacang, M.D. Queen’s Medical Center and Aloha Care. Although attempts Caroline Julian elderly parents, the benefits and risks of aspirin, and getting Federico Magdalena, Ph.D. to secure state funds for the program were rejected by the rid of belly fat. An article by contributing writer Glenn Deborah T. Manog State Legislature, school officials will try again next year. Maita Milallos Wakai also highlights the problem of kidney disease within Another approach is to recruit more foreign-trained doc- Paul Melvin Palalay, M.D. the Filipino community. Glenn also tells the story of kidney Seneca Moraleda-Puguan tors to practice here as primary care providers. This would transplant recipient Efren Bacani who is extremely grateful Lilia Q. Santiago, Ph.D. be especially helpful for the Filipino community, which is Jay Valdez, Psy.D. for his new kidney and hopes to one day meet his donor facing its own shortage in the number of Filipino doctors. Glenn Wakai family. I encourage you to read our Health Supplement and Amado Yoro Presently, there are few successors to the current crop of take the advice given to heart. You’ll be glad you did! Philippine Correspondent Filipino physicians who average 65 years of age and are That’s all for now. Once again, we’d like to thank our Greg Garcia considering retirement within three to five years. The an- readers and advertisers for their faithful support of the Big Island Distributor ticipated shortage would affect mainly older immigrant Fil- Grace Larson Chronicle. It’s truly a blessing to partner with them in our ipino patients who overwhelmingly prefer a Filipino doctor Ditas Udani mission to serve Hawaii’s vibrant and dynamic Filipino simply because there are no language or cultural barriers to Maui Distributor community. Please feel free to share with us any story ideas, Cecile Piros overcome. suggestions or concerns you may have. Send your email to: Molokai Distributor Loan repayments, supporting the UH medical school [email protected]. Maria Watanabe and making the state a more attractive place to practice Until next time…aloha and mabuhay! Advertising/Marketing Director medicine will not only help to recruit primary care doctors Chona A. Montesines-Sonido to Hawaii but get them to stay. Since it will take several Account Executives years to catch up with the shortage of doctors, immediate Carlota Hufana Ader J.P. 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‘No’ to Immigrants Disappointment? They Don’t trust it. If his calcula- didn’t have to rely on green tions are wrong, the climate cards or work permits. for executive action will be One of the journalists I no better in the future than it By Emil Guillermo sat next to was Kathryn is now. Foxhall of Virginia, the win- And if the Democrats found this t- ner of an SPJ Sunshine win, who knows what new shirt in my Award for her fight to let thing will come on the scene hamper today. public employees speak to distract attention from the It was a re- with reporters. immigration issue? I minder of an A white journalist who ISIS/ISIL? Indeed, that the event I covered grew up in segregated President would rather on one of the coldest days Selma, Foxhall told me that bomb ISIS than fix immi- I’ve ever experienced-- growing up in the 1960s in gration now without Con- January 20, 2009. Alabama and knowing what gress is in my mind far That’s when “Hope and was overcome continues to riskier. Change” supposedly had inspire her reporting and ad- In the meantime, there come to Washington. vocating for free speech and are families out there who Five years later and the I’s were dotted.” cans wanted to retain family press issues. will be hurt every day of this we’re still out in the cold— Mr. President, there are categories and a provision to “I know that millions of immigration delay. Many of especially after President three I’s in immigration and clear the backlogs for legal people can be wrong,” Fox- them heard the promise of Obama announced his immi- just one T. Now what? immigration, which have re- hall said. hope and change in 2008. gration delay. Politics. sulted in over 10-year wait- It’s the same uphill opti- Six years later, some of In my mind, there are Oh, yeah that. We all ing periods for some family mism that immigration ad- them don’t even have a only three types of delay: should have known better. members in Asia. vocates should muster as lousy t-shirt. Good, bad and Tom—as in In 2008, when then-candi- But when immigration they keep fighting despite Tom DeLay. date Obama was looking for legislation seemed doomed feeling burned by the presi- emiL GuiLLermo served on The former indicted votes, he dangled immigra- by politics, the focus turned dent. the editorial board of the Honolulu GOP congressman and tion reform out there to coa- to what the president could Just remember that the Advertiser. An award winning journalist, he was the first Filipino Dancing with the Stars con- lesce Latino and Asian do on his own. And even the president’s promise of to host a national news program testant aside, it’s hard to support. president suggested that by something after the elec- when he hosted NPR’s “All Things imagine too much good But then came 2009. the end of summer there tions is as meaningful as all Considered.” He lives in Northern from a delay of something Obama was inaugurated and would be reason to cheer. of his promises to date. California. positive. almost immediately there Then came the adminis- For lawyers and those was a shift. Health care had tration’s announcement that ADVERTISE NOW AND SEE HOW who fight for justice, a good eclipsed immigration and it would wait until after the THE FACE OF BUSINESS IS CHANGING! delay may be one that wards took up the bulk of Obama’s November midterm elec- No matter how small your ad, off an eviction, wrongful ex- political capital. tions. The cheers turned to it gets our readers attention! ecution or other inevitable In the last two years, the groans and wails. CALL 678-8930 OR GO TO OUR WEBSITE @ loss. Drag on! But when it issue has come back more Last weekend, I was in www.thefilipinochronicle.com comes to changes in immi- prominently. Following De- Nashville, Tennessee, which gration policy, delay can ferred Action for Childhood borders on such electoral only be a bad thing. Arrivals (DACA) for undoc- hotspots as Arkansas and Every day the president umented youth, this was to North Carolina, where im- mulls over the proposals that be the year of real immigra- migration could be turned have long been before him, tion reform. It might have into a wedge issue to alien- the anxiety and misery in- been enough to make us for- ate voters. I was attending a creases for thousands of get his militarization of the convention of the Society families who could benefit border and the record depor- for Professional Journalists, now—if only the president tations taking place under and if they’d heard news of took action. The president his watch. the delay, there was just told NBC’s Chuck Todd that The iterations of the im- passing concern. To them, it he wanted to make sure all migration bill haven’t been must have been all just part the “T’s were crossed and perfect either. Asian-Ameri- of the process.

(from page 2, STOPPING ...) burden in terms of committing troops and aftermath if and when ISIS is eliminated. If military aid. The U.S. has already spilled not, the resulting power vacuum when the too much of its soldiers’ blood in the region dust settles could give rise to another mili- and very little to show for it. tant group and further violence in the re- While the U.S. should be wary of lead- gion for years to come, which is precisely ing a multi-national effort to directly wipe the conditions that allowed ISIS to form in out ISIS, it would also be best to develop a the first place. Let’s not repeat that same long-term political strategy to deal with the mistake. 4  Hawaii FiLipino cHronicLe  sepTember 27, 2014 COVER STORY Help WANted: HAWAII RecRuItINg MORe FIlIpINO dOctORs tO Meet pHysIcIAN deMANd By HFC Staff

he U.S. is facing a chronic shortage in the number of available physicians which experts say will have a T severe impact on the nation’s healthcare system.

A shortage of doctors not first for non-emergency needs physicians short of the number only affects patients’ access to before seeing a specialist. that should be treating patients, healthcare but means longer A study by researchers based on Hawaii’s overall pop- waits for appointments and from the University of Califor- ulation. The shortage in physi- having to travel further to see a nia-San Francisco estimates cians is expected to nearly doctor. Affected the most are that by the Year 2025, the na- double to 1,448 by the year at-risk groups, including the tion will face a shortage of ap- 2020. elderly, poor, rural residents proximately 52,000 primary There are approximately and the roughly 20 percent of care physicians. To meet this 2,795 documented full-time Americans who are already shortage, why not simply en- physicians in Hawaii, accord- medically-underserved. courage more medical students ing to Dr. Kelley Withy, direc- Compounding the problem to enter primary care? tor of the Hawaii/Pacific Basin Other physicians are frus- record in order to be paid for is the nation’s rapidly growing The problem is that many Area Health Education Center trated with the requirements seeing and treating the patient. population, increasing numbers medical schools in the U.S. are (AHEC) and professor with needed to run a private prac- All these challenges plus in- of elderly Americans, an aging encountering difficulty when it JABSOM’s Department of tice. The high cost of doing creasing government regula- physician workforce and a ris- comes to luring young, prom- Complementary and Alterna- business—rent, medical equip- tion are encouraging many ing demand for health care ising doctors into primary care. tive Medicine. ment and supplies, salaries and older doctors to retire earlier services. More of these medical students Every year, over 100 malpractice insurance premi- than originally planned. I hear According to the Associa- are picking radiology, anesthe- physicians in Hawaii either re- ums—is increasing, while re- many of them say, ‘medicine is tion of American Medical Col- siology and other higher-pay- tire or leave for the mainland. imbursements, for the most not as fun as it used to be.’” leges (AAMC), there are ing technical specialties. Most blame Hawaii’s high cost part, have not kept pace. Add to Waipahu-based physician currently about 816,433 doc- On average, primary care of liability insurance and low that Hawaii’s general excise tax Dr. Charlie Sonido agrees that tors practicing medicine in the physicians are among the low- reimbursement from health in- and it’s no wonder that starting more physicians are opting for U.S. One in three of these doc- est paid with median annual surance companies. a medical practice in Hawaii early retirement due to the dif- tors—about 270,000—are over salaries ranging from $146,000 Dr. Withy says that the has become a losing proposi- ficulties with the business side age 55 and likely to retire to $171,000. Among much number of primary care physi- tion for young doctors fresh out of medicine. He also cited within the next 20 years. higher paid physicians are sub- cians in Hawaii is short by 300. of medical school. mandates like electronic med- The U.S. Census Bureau specialists who earn twice as Other specialties with the “It’s no surprise that most ical records, patient centered also estimates that the nation’s much, including invasive car- greatest percentage of shortage physicians who come here medical homes and onerous re- population of people age 62 diologists ($440,000), radiolo- statewide include neurology, thinking that Hawaii would be porting which is very expen- and older will increase from gists ($392,000), orthopedic general surgery, infectious dis- a great place to live end up sive to implement. about 46 million now to 83 surgeons ($383,000) and urol- eases, neurological surgery, leaving for the mainland where “Private practitioners can million by the year 2030. Re- ogists ($325,000). thoracic surgery, radiation on- you are paid more and get more no longer practice in the same cent medical advances are al- The choice is not difficult cology, pulmonary, cardiology ‘bang for your buck,’” says Dr. way as they did before. They lowing people to live longer, for medical students who typi- and gastroenterology. Garcia. have to adjust or they will be including those with chronic cally graduate with loans aver- It is not uncommon to hear Endless red tape in the forced to close shop. In Hawaii, conditions—which means that aging well over $125,000. of local medical practices oper- form of approvals, regulations as with the rest of the nation, the demand for on-going health They know that primary care ating at full capacity that are no or documentation has also there will less and less private care services will only continue physicians earn less, work longer accepting new patients. made it difficult for doctors to practitioners. Most new med- to increase. longer hours and face higher Others have the luxury of simply practice medicine the ical school graduates will join malpractice risks. “cherry picking” patients based old-fashioned way. bigger group practices because A Numbers Game on the type of insurance and “Almost everything a doc- solo practice will no longer be With an aging population Hawaii’s Shortage their ability to pay. tor would like to do or pre- sustainable.” comes a greater need for pri- The shortage of doctors in “It boils down to the law of scribe for a patient requires mary care physicians, particu- Hawaii mirrors that of states on supply and demand and at this some sort of authorization from Attracting New Doctors larly general internists, family the mainland. Statistics from point in time, the demand for the insurance company or gov- As the overwhelmingly doctors and pediatricians—the the University of Hawaii- medical care outweighs the ernment,” says Dr. Garcia. major source of physicians for “gatekeepers” who diagnose Manoa’s John A. Burns School supply of physicians supplying “Doctors are forced to docu- the state, UH’s medical school and coordinate care. They are of Medicine (JABSOM) show this type of care,” says local ment unnecessary information has taken a number of steps to the doctors whom people go to that the state is about 750 physician Dr. Garcia. into a patient’s medical health (continued on page 5) sepTember 27, 2014  Hawaii FiLipino cHronicLe  5 COVER STORY

(from page 4, HELP: WANTED ...) ple, there is no longer a Fil- much less. For those who may address the local shortage. Cur- ipino ophthalmologist or urol- want to start a private practice, rently, faculty members are ogist. This does not bode well the cost of doing business in training more than 240 medical particularly for older immi- Hawaii is also much more pro- students who are working to grant Filipinos who often feel hibitive.” obtain licensure or board certi- more at ease with having a Fil- PMAH has also worked fication. About 90 percent of ipino doctor. with the University of the students are Hawaii resi- Several Filipino-run pri- Hawaii’s Office of Student dents. vate medical practices have Equity, Excellence and Diver- “Meeting the crisis in the unsuccessfully tried to recruit sity (SEED) on a mentorship Hawaii health care workforce associates in the past few program for students, many of is going to have to be a local years. The Philippine Medical whom come from disadvan- solution,” says Dr. Jerris Association (PMAH) has also taged backgrounds and are of Hedges, JABSOM Dean. tried to address the shortage Filipino descent. The students JABSOM sponsors the an- New MDs from the Class of 2014 during their last week of training at by recruiting physicians from are provided with the opportu- JABSOM (a few days before graduation) nual Hawaii Healthcare Sum- the Philippines or Filipino nity to shadow physicians and mit which addresses key issues tract and retain more healthcare Speaker’s Bureau where pub- Americans who have gradu- other medical providers of facing the medical community. workers. JABSOM officials lic and private schools can call ated from medical schools in varying backgrounds and spe- The summit also reaches out to hope the Legislature will revisit and request health career the Philippines. PMAH pro- cialties. potential students in hopes of the issue next year. speakers, a Health Career vided assistance to these “By providing these stu- attracting qualified individuals In April of this year, JAB- Highway book, the Medical physician “recruits” on prepar- dents access to our world in into Hawaii’s healthcare indus- SOM’s Physician Workforce Student Mentorship Program, ing for their exams and in se- health care, we hope to inspire try. Assessment team sponsored local summer health career curing residency slots which them to strive for higher edu- AHEC also launched the the Third Annual Physician programs in Lihue, Kau- are very limited. Most, how- cation, optimize their potential State’s first-ever Education Shortage Conference, which nakakai and Waimanalo, and ever, do not find Hawaii to and even pursue a career in Loan Repayment Program last discussed ways of maximizing Teen Health Camps across the their liking. medicine,” says PMAH Presi- year. The program helps doc- the benefits of changes created state. “Filipino physicians from dent Jerry Garcia. “If we tap tors, nurse practitioners and by the Affordable Care Act the mainland often find local students and encourage other health care providers to and how to make Hawaii an Wanted: More Filipino Doc- Hawaii too expensive and dif- them to go into medicine, the repay their educational loans if ideal place to practice medi- tors ficult to start and sustain to higher our chances are of re- they commit to serve at least cine. Other topics included the Leaders in Hawaii’s Fil- practice,” says Dr. Sonido. taining these future physicians two years to treating patients in Patient Centered Medical ipino community are also “Not only is the cost of living to our state them and not los- a rural settings where health Home, care coordination, bracing for the anticipated here more expensive but the ing them to better opportuni- care workforce shortages are telemedicine and working as shortage in the number of Fil- starting salary of physicians is ties in the mainland.” especially acute. part of an interprofessional ipino physicians. The program is funded by medical care team. In addition, The average Fil- the U.S. Affordable Care Act the team provided education ipino physician’s and with donations from The on local payment reforms and age is over 65 Queen’s Medical Center, the new Medical Inquiry and and most ready HMSA and Aloha Care. State Conciliation Panel. to retire in 3-5 lawmakers rejected a request Other AHEC activities years with no for state funds for the program that attract students to the successors in which would have helped to at- medical field include a sight. For exam- HAWAII-FILIPINO NEWS Consul General to Lecture years of experience in the at UH Philippine Foreign Service, Consul General Jamoralin hilippine Consul Gen- will discuss the challenges e r a l G i n a A . and opportunities of, as PJamoralin is sched- well as her visions for, uled to speak on the topic stronger and enduring “Philippines-US Relations: Philippines-U.S. relations. Reflections and Perspectives She will also discuss recent on an Enduring Alliance” during a lec- milestones in the alliance, including a ture sponsored by the Center for Philip- series of diverse engagements and ac- pine Studies, School of Pacific and tivities in the last three years and the re- Asian Studies at the University of cent signing of the Enhanced Defense Hawaii-Manoa. Cooperation Agreement. The lecture will be held on October Light refreshments will be provided 15, 2014 from 3:30 pm to 6 pm in following the lecture, which is free and Moore Hall, Room 319 on the UH cam- open to the public. For more informa- pus and is part of activities commemo- tion regarding the Center for Philippine rating Filipino-American History Studies or the lecture, contact Clem Month. Montero at 956-6086 or via email at: A career diplomat with over 20 [email protected]. 6  Hawaii FiLipino cHronicLe  sepTember 27, 2014 OPINION

BIR crackdown employed be- the Americans Are Now in A Bind cause the BIR claims that they INTROSPECTIVE by Tony Katigbak are not collecting their tax tar- gets. Hence they are coming o you recall the group as a whole and not just down hard on what they feel saying that the picking and choosing when it are tax evading professions. enemy of my comes to confrontation like Again, while this may enemy is my they do in Iraq. Furthermore, work initially, it still does not friend? That Zarif said that the US also solve the problem. At the end D seems to be what couldn’t fight both the ISIS of the day the problem is still is happening to the United and the Syrian government in the current tax system in its en- States and the Middle East Damascus together, which tirety. It’s very possible that these days. Relations have got- leads to even more doubts some entrepreneurs are not ten so convoluted that we don’t about how they truly plan to paying their proper taxes sim- even know which side every- make a difference. Plus, cur- ply because they don’t know one is truly on and that only rently the US is carrying out air threat against the entire world. well be a growing serious how to navigate the compli- makes relations that much strikes and Zarif said that ISIS It will not be confined to Syria global threat. cated tax system. The nation- more tense and unstable. would not be eradicated or Iraq but it will affect the Understandably though, wide BIR public information Just recently Iran’s foreign through aerial bombardment globe, and this will happen America also needs to be very campaign on the basic steps is minister ruled out cooperating alone. sooner rather than later. careful. They are answering the not even near enough. “Regis- with the United States in help- Overall, everyone is pretty In that aspect I truly be- call for help as they always do, ter, File, and Pay” may sound ing Iraq fight Islamic State mil- much stuck in an unknown lieve he is right. While the but they’ve already learned simple enough, but in reality itants, and said that the terrorist limbo wondering what real threat may currently be in Iraq through past experience that the process is far more compli- group poses a much bigger steps can be made against this and Syria, the message of ISIS sometimes they can’t win these cated with a lot more red tape. global threat than we might all growing threat. Zarif has been is already crossing borders fights on foreign soil so far According to Sen. Angara, understand, and it requires new very vocal about his stand on faster than the world can deal away from home. I’m sure they what we need to do is “incen- thinking to eradicate it. the situation. He made it a with it. Stories have even gone still very vividly remember tivize” taxpayers and make it Mohammed Javad Zarif point to remind the world that viral about varying recruitment what happened in Vietnam easy for them to pay their taxes. said last week that they had se- ISIS is a very mobile organiza- tactics as well as people (in- when they went home with This will widen the tax base. rious doubts about what the US tion and the threat is not only cluding young men and their tails between their legs He further reiterated that a “one is willing to do when it comes against a single community nor women) making their way with thousands injured and los- tax system fits all” is just not to the menace from the IS against a single religion. It is a across borders to join the ISIS ing 53,000 lives whose names working and will not work for ranks. There is even news and are enshrined in the Vietnam the country. I completely agree rumors here about recruiting Memorial in Washington, D.C. with this line of thought. After among Muslims in the Philip- I can’t predict or call what all, I can’t see how a single tax pines. It may only be a matter the absolute right course of ac- system for multinational multi- of time before the threat is truly tion would be in this instance. billion companies and smaller all over the world. The only thing I know for sure businesses and entrepreneurs I guess only time will tell is that something has to be would work. what the global community done and be done soon. It hardly seems fair to re- may eventually have to do to * * * quire the same things from mil- truly deal with the threat. Pres- I have to admit, it is re- lionaire CEOs that you will ident Barack Obama has reiter- freshing to hear ideas like that require from sari-sari store ated his stand of no ground of Senator Juan Edgardo owners and cigarette vendors. troops in Iraq and that US sup- “Sonny” Angara calling on the Even the very small miniscule port will be limited to aerial BIR to simplify the current tax slice that is the middle class strikes only. His former de- system to encourage Filipinos may not even be able to afford fense secretary, however, – most especially self-em- an accountant or lawyer to do voiced his skepticism about ployed individuals to pay their their financial statements and this policy achieving their in- taxes correctly and on time. He are left completely unaware of tended goal. Robert Gates, claimed that the current tax how to navigate the process. along with other world leaders, system is much too compli- This confusion is actually the believes that the US can’t be cated for the average Filipino opening where corruption can successful against the ISIS entrepreneur who is constantly come in with unscrupulous in- strictly from the air. Much of playing catch-up with the big- dividuals offering to help expe- that depends on the Iraqi forces ger corporations. dite the process for a “fee.” or the Peshmerga. The only I can completely get be- At the end of the day, I conclusion is that for any real hind this proposal just like I think citizens understand the success to be achieved boots fully support his call for tax re- concept of why they need to need to be on the ground. form. Like many other things pay their taxes. However, if it Again, we’ll have to wait in the Philippines we don’t try were to become possible to col- and see what happens. World to find a solution for a problem lect a truly fair amount from politics and global relations at its root but instead look for each, based on their job and in- enter a gray zone in this aspect easy – usually far more painful come bracket, and make it eas- because foreign countries still – solutions for the meantime. ier to comply and pay, I think want to respect Iraq’s right to While these solutions may BIR would see a really positive decide for themselves while work for now, they don’t solve change in how people pay their still regulating what could very the actual problem. Like the taxes. (www.philstar.com) sepTember 27, 2014  Hawaii FiLipino cHronicLe  7 CITY HIGHLIGHTS council Honors young Heroine From able to put her skills to good Waipahu use on that fateful day. a day of swimming. With her Her teachers at Honowai were four other children, the Elementary describe Chelsey By Councilmember youngest who was 5-years-old, Anne as a conscientious stu- Ron Menor and three adults. The four older dent who keeps a level head in children were enjoying them- stressful situations. She is the eroes come in selves and did not notice the 5- type who willingly assists oth- all shapes and year-old boy make his way to ers whenever possible and is sizes. One such the far end of the pool. The boy, also a capable leader. As a Stu- hero is Chelsey who was wearing blue-colored dent Council Class Representa- H Anne Dungca, a swim trunks, held onto the rail- tive and a Gifted and Talented sixth grader ing and then let go, not realiz- (GT) student, Chelsey Anne from Honowai Elementary. ing that he was in the deep end leads by her actions and sets an I presented Chelsey Anne of the pool. example for other students by with an honorary certificate A friend named Johnelle her concern for others. during the City Council’s Sep- had borrowed Chelsey Anne’s Councilmember Ron Menor with Chelsey Anne Dungca Chelsey Anne is proof that tember 10th meeting for saving goggles and mentioned that she bottom. She managed to half- the paramedics, firefighters and you don’t need super powers to a 5-year-old boy from drown- saw a blue-colored object on carry and half drag the boy to police had arrived. Emergency be a hero. A hero is anyone ing at the Coronado Swimming the bottom of the swimming the surface and up out of the responders credited Chelsey who responds quickly and self- Pool in Ewa By Gentry. Joining pool. Chelsey Anne urged her pool, where the panic-stricken Anne’s ability to remain calm lessly when seeing others in her for the presentation were to double check, so Johnelle adults began administering and her quick decision-making need. her mom Angelica Austria, dove down and confirmed that CPR. that meant the difference be- Congratulations to Chelsey grandmom Elizabeth Austria, the motionless object was their The adults were so shaken tween life and death for the 5- Anne for her heroism and abil- cousin John Vincent Purganan, 5-year old friend. Johnelle up that they were unable to call year-old boy, who has since ity to remain calm, cool and school principal Kent Mat- began crying. 9-1-1, but Chelsey Anne com- made a full recovery. Chelsey’s collected in the face of impend- sumura and homeroom teacher Chelsey Anne immediately posed herself and dialed for strong swimming ability was ing tragedy. I wish her contin- Roslyn Kanae. sprang into action, grabbed the help. The boy coughed up also a crucial factor. She took ued success at Honowai Last July 10th, Chelsey goggles from Johnelle and water and in a few minutes re- swimming lessons at the Elementary and in all of her Anne joined several friends for dove to where the boy lay at the gained consciousness. By then, YMCA in Waipahu and was personal endeavors. HAWAII-FILIPINO NEWS

Family Caregiver Conference Set for Oct. 4 To register online or to see ilson Care Group Caregivers R Us. The speakers ing with Professionals Attendees will learn about the agenda, go to: and AARP Hawaii are family caregivers who • Services and Transporta- the unique care challenges fac- http://aarp.cvent.com/oahu- Wwill host the Fam- took care of their aging par- tion to Help People Live at ing Hawaii’s families in the care. ily Caregiver Conference on ents while working full time. Home face of growing needs and Light refreshments will be Saturday, October 4, 2014 at These caregivers juggled • Myth Busters—Diet and shrinking resources and some provided and parking is $5. the Japanese Cultural Center work, family and caring for Nutrition of the proposed policy solu- Overflow parking will be from 8 am to 12:30 pm. themselves. • Activities to Help Speech tions. available at Varsity Theater. The free conference will Topics include: and Movement offer help on assisting your • Medicaid Long-term Care • Getting Your Documents loved ones with living at • Legal Issues—Wills, in Order home, planning for their aging Trusts, Estates • Improving the Quality of needs and how to take care of • Long-term Care Insurance Life at Home yourself while providing care. – How to Choose a Plan • Coping with Challenging Keynote speakers are Rus- • Family Dynamics and Behaviors in Dementia sell Nanod, Eugene Kaneshiro Communication • Caregiver to Caregiver and Tracey Wiltgen from • Tips for Hiring and Work- Rap Session

Lava Flow’s Slow Progress Continues ig Island County Councilmember are doing all they can to prepare for the ef- Greggor Ilagan has informed the fects. BPhilippine Consulate General of “I would like to thank the entire County Honolulu that the Kilauea lava flow remains administration for putting in long hours to unchanged and continues to threaten the town deal with this emergency and for their help in of Pahoa. getting information out to the public,” says Civil defense authorities are continuing Councilmember Ilagan. “Without them, these to monitor the flow and government agencies updates would not be possible.” 8  Hawaii FiLipino cHronicLe  sepTember 27, 2014 OPEN FORUM

Those who stood in the Beware corporate ‘Right to Farm’ breech defending Missouri’s family farms, ranches and by John Crabtree mately 2,500 votes out of and constitutions of other corporate, industrial agricul- small towns will face stern nearly 1 million cast. states. ture. This is a real threat to challenges in their future ef- n August 5, Why should farmers out- The Missouri amendment Hawaii’s family farmers and forts. We should honor them 2014, Missouri- side of Missouri care? The pas- was couched in farmer-friendly ranchers and the markets they and help them when we can. ans voted on an sage of Amendment 1 is a phrasing and legal language have built for their products, And we must learn from their ill-conceived cautionary tale from Maine to with unclear ramifications: … such as the small, family example, in preparation for the “Right to Farm” Hawaii and everywhere in be- the right of farmers and ranch- owned Kona coffee farms, who day when the “rights of corpo- O constitutional tween. Past attacks on state ers to engage in farming and have worked alongside larger rations to farm” crowd come to amendment supported by a anti-corporate farming laws ranching practices shall be for- coffee plantations to preserve our states. coalition of major corporate eventually claimed the nation’s ever guaranteed in this state, and protect the high-value mar- farming interests, which spent strongest family farm and subject to duly authorized pow- ket they helped establish for JoHn crabTree is with the over $1 million to secure its ranch protections—Nebraska’s ers, if any, conferred by Article their world-renowned coffee. Center for Rural Affairs, a private, passage. The coalition that op- Initiative 300 and South VI of the Constitution of Mis- We should never allow the non-profit organization working to strengthen small businesses, family greed of massive food corpora- posed Amendment 1 was out- Dakota’s Amendment E. And souri. farms and ranches, and rural com- spent but not outfought. In the the passage of Amendment 1 However, one intended tions to jeopardize these or any munities through action oriented end, the amendment passed by will likely lead to corporate consequence is clear. It will of Hawaii’s family farmers and programs addressing social, eco- a razor thin margin—approxi- farming assaults on the laws protect their preferred brand of ranchers. nomic and environmental issues. HAWAII-FILIPINO NEWS State Revises Rules for Demonstrations at State Capitol ree speech advocates ran up against these regula- are hailing the promise tions while planning a rally at Fof new rules for free the Capitol. speech activities on state “This settlement is a win property, including the State for freedom of speech and for Capitol, in the wake of a re- grassroots organizations like cently-settled lawsuit. ours that need to respond to As part of the settlement ature with no permit needed. current events quickly and agreement, the State has Demonstrators will also no without layers of government agreed to implement whole- longer have to indemnify the bureaucracy getting in the sale revisions to rules regard- state for any injuries arising way of our message,” Lichty $2.1 Million for ing demonstrations on State from their protest and will not says. Ag Business property. Effective immedi- have to obtain insurance if The ACLU tried unsuc- ately, individuals or groups of they cannot afford it. cessfully to resolve these is- Accelerator for any size wishing to demon- The lawsuit was filed by sues with the State informally strate at the State Capitol no the ACLU on behalf of since 2010, but the State did Kamuela longer need a permit. Demon- Pamela Lichty, president of not agree to change these per- he U.S. Economic Development Administration will strators will be allowed a the Drug Policy Action mitting requirements until invest $2.1 million to support the design and con- small table to distribute liter- Group, whose organization after the lawsuit was filed. Tstruction of an agricultural business accelerator for small farmers and agricultural markets in Kamuela on the Big Island. The project is expected to save 39 current jobs, City, BIA Offer Permit and Building create 28 new jobs and generate greater food self-reliance • Building in a flood hazard and sustainability. Code Classes area “This important investment will boost the efforts of he City’s Department • Subdivision applications local farmers and businesses by providing assistance with of Planning and Per- • Navigating DPP’s online self-sustaining value-added food and fiber production,” says Tmitting (DPP) and the services U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard. “Supporting the agricultural busi- Building Industry Association • Building Code updates ness accelerator is a smart move and a ‘win-win’ across the (BIA) will hold a series of board for our local economy, the jobs market, farmers, con- seminars to improve the qual- The classes will be led by sumers and sustainability efforts across the state.” ity of permit applications. The DPP staff and will be held at Gabbard visited Kamuela earlier this month and met goal of this program is to re- City’s planning and permitting the Building Industry Associ- with farmers who were passionate about increasing local duce the delays in reviewing process. ation-Hawaii Construction food production, reducing dependence on imports and and approving permits for Course topics include: Training Center located at 94- strengthening the overall sustainability of the Big Island. construction and development • Introduction to the build- 487 Akoki Street in Waipahu. The investment funding will be managed through The projects. ing permit process and The cost per class is $25 for Kohala Center, an independent, community-based center for The classes—which are back permitting BIA members and $35 for research, conservation and education that turns research and scheduled for September 29, • Residential and commer- non-members. traditional knowledge into action that allows communities 30 and October 1—are being cial building plans For more information and to thrive ecologically, economically, culturally and socially. offered to planning and design • Introduction to building a list of classes, go online to: The organization’s main areas of interest are energy self-re- professionals, as well as the inspections and the role of www.biahawaii.org, or call liance, food self-reliance and ecosystem health. public, to learn more about the the building inspector 629-7505. sepTember 27, 2014  Hawaii FiLipino cHronicLe  9 NEWS FEATURE Through the ring of fire: Mayon's threat behind beauty southwest crater rim allowing lava to flow down slowly. Six peo- ple were killed. t. Mayon is the 1616 Philippines’ 1978 Dutch explorer Joris van Spilbergen was circumnavigating Eruptions lasted from May 7 to May 22, 1978. More than most active vol- when he witnessed Mayon’s eruption and wrote it on his log. This 8,000 people were evacuated as lava flowed down through the cano. Known as was the first-ever recorded eruption of the volcano. 1968 summit crater breach. M the “perfect cone,” it is the 1814 main landmark of Albay and 1984 More than 1,200 were killed during Mayon’s most lethal State volcanologists recommended the evacuation of 73,000 attracts a significant number of eruption in February 1, 1814. Camalig, Cagsawa, Budiao and people in the danger zone during the September 1984 eruptions. visitors every year. It is the pic- Guinobatan were affected following the eruption. Only the church turesque tourist destination tower remained standing when the whole town of Cagsawa was when not showing signs of 1993 buried in 30 feet of ash. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology The 1993 eruption was unexpected. The initial eruption lasted danger. Being a part of the Pa- and Seismology, or Phivolcs, and the Province of Albay recently for 30 minutes, killing 68 people, mainly farmers. About 68,000 cific Ring of Fire, Mayon Vol- commemorated the 200th anniversary of the 1814 Mayon volcano people were evacuated. cano recorded almost 50 eruption. eruptions for the past 400 years. 2006 1897 More 48,000 people were evacuated during Mayon’s eruption Legend says that Mayon is The longest uninterrupted eruption of Mayon volcano lasted in August 2006, while 1,266 people were killed in December named after Daragang Maga- for seven days starting on June 23, 1897. The week-long rain of 2006 in the lahar and landslides caused by typhoon "Durian." yon (Beautiful Lady), an an- fire killed more than 400 people. cient princess. The history of the country’s most famous vol- 2009 1968 Phivolcs maintained alert level 1 in July 2009 as it observed cano dates back 400 years ago About 100 eruptions occurred be- inflation in the volcano. Alert was raised to level 4 in December when its eruption was first tween April 21 and May 20 as 222 volcanic earthquakes were recorded the past 24 hours. recorded. Let's take a look back 15, 1968. An explo- Residents within the 7-kilometer Extended Danger Zone were at the timeline of the country's sion on April 27 evacuated. most famous volcano: broke the 2014 Alert was raised to level 3 due to "noticeable escalation of unrest” on September 15. A total of 32 volcanic earthquakes were recorded in the past 24 hours. Phivolcs said that eruption is pos- sible within weeks. ADVERTISE NOW AND SEE HOW THE FACE OF BUSINESS IS CHANGING! No matter how small your ad, it gets our readers attention! CALL 678-8930 OR GO TO OUR WEBSITE @ PHILIPPINE NEWS www.thefilipinochronicle.com DOTC Chief Ready to Face Ombudsman's MRT 3 Probe by Dennis Carcamo "As always, we will coop- Thursday, Sept. 25, 2013 erate fully with the investiga- tion of the Office of the ANILA, Philip- Ombudsman, just as we have pines - Transporta- with investigations under- Mt i o n a n d taken by different branches Communications Secretary and agencies of government, Jun Abaya on Thursday said such as the Senate, the House he will face any probe regard- of Representatives, and the ing alleged anomalous trans- National Bureau of Investiga- actions committed by his Ombudsman summoned him tion," Abaya said. department. and several officials of the "We remain committed to "If you have nothing to transportation department in transparency and the eradica- hide, there is no reason to fear line with the preliminary in- tion of corruption in govern- any investigation," Abaya vestigation on the graft ment. Ultimately, it is the said in a statement. charges in connection with public that will benefit from Abaya issued the state- the Metro Transit Rail Line 3 the search for truth," he ment after the Office of the maintenance contract. added. (www.philstar.com) 10  Hawaii FiLipino cHronicLe  sepTember 27, 2014 PHILIPPINE NEWS Phl Posts $114-M BOP Surplus in August the year, we should be able to recover by Kathleen A. Martin fully from the initial reaction of the mar- Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2013 ket from the possible normalization of the US policy,” Guinigundo said. ANILA, Philippines — The The central bank expects a surplus country enjoyed a BOP sur- of $1.1 billion for the entire 2014. Mplus of $114 million in August, Guinigundo said this goal will be re- lower than the $501 million in July but a viewed next month as part of the BSP’s reversal of the $318-million deficit in the biannual reassessment of BOP assump- same period last year, the Bangko Sentral tions. ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported yesterday. He said the country’s external pay- “This is due to payments (made) by ments position is not seen taking a hit the National Government for maturing following the central bank’s recent mon- debt obligations... (and) the other reason etary policy actions, including raising is the continuing deficit in the foreign the key policy rates by 50 basis points. portfolio investments,” BSP Deputy Gov- “We do not see any significant or im- ernor Diwa C. Guinigundo said. mediate impact of those policy actions on The BOP is a summary of a country’s the external payments position... it’s not economic transactions with the rest of the so much that we wanted to protect the ex- world. ternal payments position by those policy In the first eight months of the year, actions, they continue to improve and re- the BOP incurred a deficit of $3.53 bil- cover from the difficult situation that we lion, a reversal of the $3.359-billion sur- sustained in 2014,” Guinigundo said. plus in the same period last year. Aside from increasing policy rates to Guinigundo attributed the deficit dur- keep inflation expectations anchored, the ing the eight-month period to market BSP has also hiked the reserve require- volatility following the US Federal Re- ment ratio and the Special Deposit Ac- serve’s cut in its massive monthly asset count rate to pull down the high liquidity purchases which was announced in De- growth. cember last year. “Those actions by the Monetary “We suffered significant outflows of Board were also driven by its very care- capital in the last quarter of the year mov- ful consideration on its possible impact ing on to the first quarter of the year,” on growth... The board though the econ- Guinigundo said. In January alone, the omy is strong enough to override this country saw a $4.48-billion deficit due to tightening so the overall concern is that the US Fed’s decision to cut its purchases. for prices to remain stable,” Guinigundo “But we do expect that by the end of said. (www.philstar.com) Among Asians, Filipinos Trust US the Most - Survey by Camille Diola of ages 50 and above positively see the Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2013 US. tRAVel & leIsuRe (from page 8, A WEEK....) The survey came amid the Philip- ANILA, Philippines — The pines' long-standing territorial dispute United States has an ally in the with regional power, China. The Philip- MPhilippines, where an over- pines and the US, moreover, are defense whelming majority sees it favorably at 92 treaty allies with a long history of bilat- percent—the highest among surveyed eral relations. Asian countries. South Korea follows the rank with Bruce Stokes, stated in a presentation 82 percent of its citizens with "favorable" delivered last weekend and posted online, perceptions of the Western power, fol- cited a survey by US-based think tank lowed by Vietnam and Bangladesh with Pew Research Center and noted that only 76 percent each, Thailand with 73 per- 6 percent of Filipinos were found to have cent and Japan with 66 percent. Also a an "unfavorable" view of the US within majority of Indonesians (59 percent), In- the survey period. dians (55 percent) and Malaysians (51 The survey was conducted from percent) look at the US positively. March 17 to June 5 across 44 countries to- Only half of the Chinese—that is at taling 48,643 respondents through "na- 50 percent—have a favorable view of the tionally represented" telephone and US, while 43 percent saying they see it face-to-face interviews with adults of 18 unfavorably. years and older. Pakistan leads in unfavorable opin- Across age groups, the Philippines ions of the US, with 59 percent, while also leads as 94 percent of ages 18 to 29, only 14 percent say America is favor- 91 percent of ages 30 to 49 and 90 percent able. (www.philstar.com) sepTember 27, 2014  Hawaii FiLipino cHronicLe  11 PHILIPPINE NEWS

United Bank. Lucio Tan Group Retakes PAL’s Helm It was earlier reported that by Doris Dumlao workers that issues plaguing leased by each department in BDO accepted shares in PNB Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014 the airline industry—tense PAL to announce Monday’s and holding firm LT Group competition and volatile fuel “meet and greet” with Tan — Inc. as underlying collateral ycoon Lucio Tan on prices—remained key chal- who had remained PAL chair for its lending to the Tan Monday officially re- lenges. throughout SMC’s stint at the group, while China Bank and Tclaimed management “The first step is to go helm —at the Philippine Na- AUB got LTG shares. control of flag carrier Philip- back and review where we tional Bank complex in Pasay The Tan group is widely pine Airlines after executing stand and plot a new direc- City. expected to bring in a new the buyout of the 49-percent tion,” Bautista said in his Employees were requested strategic partner in PAL. stake held by conglomerate speech. “We will also re-eval- to wear red, suggesting a fes- For its part, SMC is bow- San Miguel Corp. uate existing programs with- tive mood to mark the consol- ing out of PAL on the heels of Banking sources said the out reinventing the wheel.” idation of control over PAL PAL owner Lucio Tan the flag carrier’s return to Tan group’s creditors had al- Bautista said part of the under the Tan group after seal- profitability amid a difficult ready disbursed last Friday the plan involved determining the line company for me. It goes ing a $1-billion buyout deal. business climate that has funds borrowed by the group best use of PAL’s existing beyond investing—it is like The Tan group raised forced the airline into the red to buy back SMC’s interest fleet. He said they were also family,” Tan said. around $780 million from a for many years. and regain control of the now looking at the “most prudent” “Whatever life’s prob- bridge financing from four big During its two-year stew- profitable airline. choices in terms of mapping lems, this is a place I can al- local banks, $460 million of ardship, SMC implemented a On Monday, PAL’s new out new routes. ways return to and feel safe, which will come from banks three-pronged strategy of fleet general manager Jaime Tan, in his message to secured and loved. Indeed, this led by the family of fellow ty- modernization, network ex- Bautista (the former president workers, continuously high- is the reason why I decided to coon Henry Sy, Banco de Oro pansion and service innova- before SMC’s entry) said they lighted how the airline was regain full ownership of PAL, Unibank and China Banking tion to bring Asia’s first carrier were optimistic for the air- “special” to him. because I love PAL.” Corp. while the remainder was back to profitability. (www.in- line’s future but reminded “PAL is more than an air- A memorandum was re- funded by PNB and Asia quirer.net) New Witness: All Makati Biddings Under Binays Rigged by Maila Ager Binay’s wife Elenita (1998- Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014 2001), and their son, incum- bent Mayor Jejomar Erwin ANILA, Philip- “Jun-Jun” Binay, who assumed pines—A new wit- the mayoral post in 2010 as his Mness who claimed to father won the vice presidential have received a monthly “al- race. lowance” of up to P500,000 Aspillaga, who also served from Vice President Jejomar as head of General Services VP Jojo Binay Binay told a Senate investiga- Department Head of the tion Thursday that biddings in “Aaminin ko po iyon ay in 2007 of the Makati City car The note, he said, was writ- Makati city government, said Makati City under the Binays isang bidding-biddingan lang o park. The building was worth ten by Jejomar Binay, who that that as member of the city were all rigged. moro-moro… (I have to admit P2.3 billion but complainants time was the mayor of Makati. council, he was receiving a Ernesto Aspillaga, a former they were just a mock bid- said the cost should have only He was the city’s chief execu- monthly allowance of P70,000 councilor and member of the ding),” Aspillaga said, respond- been P245.6 million, citing tive from 1986 to 1998 and up to P90,000 during the may- city’s bidding awards commit- ing to queries of Senator data from the National Statis- from 2011 to 2010. oral term of Jejomar Binay. tee, said public biddings in the Antonio “Sonny” Trillanes IV. tics Office. Asked by Trillanes why he But the amount, placed in a city ruled by the Binay family The Senate blue ribbon Aspillaga said that when- was certain the note was writ- brown envelope, could even go since 1986 were just a “moro- committee is investigating the ever he would receive a pur- ten by Binay, Aspillaga said he as high as P300,000 to moro” (for show). alleged overpriced construction chase request, there would be a was familiar with the Vice P500,000, Aspillaga said. note attached containing the President’s handwriting. Aspillaga said he believed name of the bidder who should The alleged anomaly con- the money came from the 5 Filipino Films in “win.” tinued even during the term of Binay patriarch. (www.inquirer.net) Hawaii by Maila Ager Monday, Sept. 22 ,2014

ive Filipino films will be screened at the F A scene from ‘Hari ng Tondo’ Hawaii International Film Festival, set from Oct. 30 to Nov. 9 on the island of Oahu. Four full-length feature films (Carlos Siguion-Reyna’s “Hari ng Tondo,” Eduardo Roy Jr.’s “Quick Change,” Zig Dulay’s “M (Mother’s Maiden Name),” and Real Florido’s “First Ko si Third”) and a documentary (Janice Villarosa’s “Shunned”) are in the lineup.. (www.inquirer.net) 12  Hawaii FiLipino cHronicLe  sepTember 27, 2014 TRAVEL & TOURISM Some More Samar by Lester Gopela Hallig

ANILA, Philip- recognized as a tourist destina- pines - Samar tion. We have a lot of natural may not be the resources that are waiting to be first place that discovered more.” comes to mind She then promptly gave us M when one thinks the opportunity to discover of going on a holiday. After all, these still largely unheard of this Eastern Visayas province destinations. The first stop was has been associated with ty- the Sohoton Cave in Basey, phoons, foremost of which was Samar. The road trip to this site Kaluwayan Rock formations, in Marabut. Super Typhoon Yolanda. may be a bit daunting for new- Samar Governor Sharee bies, with rough roads that lot of walking and dodging We were also able to visit difficult to work on,” they Ann Tan remarked, “I know seem to go on for miles. How- rocks. the women banig-weavers of said. The women have been at not much is known about ever, with a little patience and As soon as we stepped out Saub Cave in Basey. These it since childhood, explaining Samar, except perhaps as one goodwill, one reaches the cave of the cave, our guides pointed women come to the cave to that they inherited the art of of the provinces badly hit by after a 20-minute boatride. It is to us the nearby Panhulugan weave sleeping mats made of weaving from their ancestors. Typhoon Yolanda.” a curious sight, with an en- Cliff, a steep rock formation reed grass. As to why they They sell these mats here, al- She continued: “People are trance about 50 meters high that owes its name to the choose to work here, they cho- though visitors would be very not aware that there are actu- and a gallery of stalactites and Waray-waray term hulug rused that the cool temperature lucky if there are any on hand. ally three Samar provinces: stalagmites forming even more which means drop. And indeed, of the cave gives their raw ma- The banigs, with their colorful Eastern Samar, Northern curious shapes. we were told that during the terials better flexibility. designs and sturdy workman- Samar and the mother Visitors to Sohoton Cave Filipino-American war, local “We cannot weave any- ship, are fast-sellers and easily province, Samar, which is also are advised to wear light and rebels would wait atop the cliff where else because the hot snapped up by entrepreneurs known as Western Samar. Our comfortable clothing, as tour- and launch attacks at the ene- temperature outside tends to from nearby provinces. province, Samar, needs to be ing the cave would involve a mies passing down below. make our materials brittle and (www.philstar.com) FOOD & LEISURE Kitchen Stories: Mango Bruschetta by Cynthia Flores-Henares and Bianca Henares

ruschetta is an Ital- ian antipasto con- sisting of grilled bread topped with tomatoes, olive oil, B salt and pepper. Traditionally served as an ap- petizer or a light snack, other variations may include top- pings such as cured meats, cheese, fresh fruits and even beans. What you'll need to make Mango Bruschetta Tomatoes and mangoes go perfectly well together. Sweet, added some creamy kesong you’ve put it together, it looks your fingers, no fork and knife • Ashitaba leaves for gar- sour and a hint of savory, this puti to add a salty bite, too. seriously impressive just like necessary! nish easy bruschetta recipe is one It’s simple to make, no the ones served in fancy • Sourdough or French of our favorites. We’ve also cooking involved and once restaurants. Best eaten with baguette Slice baguette and toast • Tomatoes, seeded and with olive oil or butter. sliced Arrange on a serving platter. • Fresh, ripe mangoes, Top each toasted bread with cubed sliced kesong puti, tomatoes, • Kesong Puti or fresh moz- cubed mangoes. Drizzle with zarella if you prefer balsamic vinegar and sprinkle • Olive oil or butter generously with salt and pep- • Balsamic vinegar per. Garnish with Ashitaba • Coarse salt & freshly leaves. Serve immediately. cracked black pepper (www.philstar.com) sepTember 27, 2014  Hawaii FiLipino cHronicLe  13 LEGAL NOTES When False citizenship claim May Be Also, the false claim is no permanent residents before ity to understand the nature excused longer limited to obtaining im- age 16 and whose parents and consequences of the false ship was a ground for inad- migration benefits. An individ- were both U.S. citizens. This claim. A foreign national who missibility if it was willful and ual found to be misrepresenting exception is also available in made the false claim may material. himself to be a U.S. citizen “for cases of illegal voting, which avoid the permanent bar if he By Reuben S. Seguritan The false claim must have any purpose or benefit” triggers can be considered another can establish these elements on-citizens must been made to a U.S. consular the permanent bar. mode of falsely claiming to be clearly and beyond doubt. not make any officer or immigration officer Until recently, there were a U.S. citizen. The new guidance is di- false U.S. citizen- and for the purpose of obtaining only two exceptions to the per- The Department of State rected primarily to individuals ship claims for an immigration benefit. Misrep- manent bar. First is when the (DOS) and Department of under 18 who may have made any purpose or resentations made to a private false citizenship claim was Homeland Security (DHS) false claim to U.S. citizenship N made before September 30, clarified as to when an adjudi- before they were old enough benefit, whether individual, such as an employer, to obtain a visa, enter the were not covered. A discre- 1996. Under this exception, an cating officer should find a to discern the consequences of United States, find employ- tionary waiver was available to undocumented immigrant who foreign national inadmissible their actions. However, the ment, apply for public bene- the foreign national who was upon application for adjust- for making false U.S. citizen- new policy does not specifi- fits, or to register for or vote in found to have misrepresented ment of status is found to have ship claims. They explained cally limit its applicability to an election. A false U.S. citi- himself as a U.S. citizen. represented to his employer that a foreign national may be minors and could even include zenship claim carries with it Since September 30, that he is a U.S. citizen in 1988, found inadmissible on this adult non-citizens who can serious consequences which 1996, however, a waiver is no for example, may still apply for ground only if the false claim prove that the false claim to include deportation and a life- longer available to foreign na- a discretionary waiver. was made “knowingly.” U.S. citizenship was not made time bar to permanent resi- tionals who are found inad- The second exception ap- Furthermore, the agencies “knowingly.” dency in the U.S. missible for making false U.S. plied to those who made a stated that the foreign national Before the Illegal Immi- citizenship claims. Once a false claim under a “reason- may put up an affirmative de- reuben s. seGuriTan has gration Reform and Immigrant non-citizen found inadmissi- able belief” that they were in fense that: one, he was under been practicing law for over 30 years. For further information, you fact U.S. citizens. However, the age of 18 when he made Responsibility Act (IIRAIRA) ble on this ground, he is for- may call him at (212) 695 5281 or was enacted in September 30, ever barred from applying for this exception is limited to in- the false claim and, two, at log on to his website at www.segu- 1996, a false claim to citizen- permanent residence. dividuals who became lawful that time he lacked the capac- ritan.com MAINLAND NEWS

employee minimize the grav- Filipino Teacher in California in Trouble ity of the teacher's words," San Bernardino District Bardere said in a statement. for Using 'N' Word in Class spokesperson Linda Bardere The student's mother, ANILA, Philip- unidentified 17-year-old stu- seats of the African American said that the student's com- however, was not satisfied pines — A Filipino dent of Cajon High School students, Yuson said the "N" plaint was immediately ad- with the administrative meas- Mteacher in San claimed his math teacher, word in front of her class. The dressed amid reports that he ures taken against Yuson. Bernardino, California was Bernadette Yuson, was shift- "N word" refers to "nigger," a was at first ignored by school "I want her to be fired be- put on administrative leave ing black students' seating as- highly offensive term for officials. cause she's like getting away after a male student accused signing. black people. "We can assure the public from it. I want something her of racism. District officials con- "She moved all the black that the District took the stu- done because I don't feel this Speaking to CBS News in firmed that when the student people around," the student dent's complaint seriously is right," the parent said. a report aired Wednesday, the asked why she was arranging said in the report. and at no time did any District (www.philstar.com)

could send their children to corruption would eliminate Noy Bashes GMA Anew at Harvard school and build their own poverty. To do so would make OSTON – President ment here. tute of Politics. house, or simply to improve right all our systems and in- Aquino believes his Arroyo served as Philip- This is why, according to their lives. stitutions that were so Bpredecessor, former pine chief executive for nine him, “an estimated 10 million “In 2010, our aspirations wrongly tarnished and President and now Pampanga years until 2010, the second of our countrymen reside were summed up in a cam- abused,” said. (www.philstar.com) Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Ar- president to have served an abroad” to work so that they paign slogan: Eliminating royo, is no different from the extended term, next only to late dictator Ferdinand Mar- former president Marcos who cos, particularly in “bas- was first elected in 1965 until tardizing” the way he was ousted by a people government is run. power revolt in February “Starting in 2001, how- 1986. ever, my predecessor, instead “At the end of her regime, of learning the lessons of our people were so apathetic martial law, seemingly to all the scandals and issues adopted Mr. Marcos’ hand- affecting her, and govern- book of how to abuse the ment’s inability to effect democratic process,” he told change, that the overwhelm- students and faculty of Har- ing ambition of so many was vard University’s John F. to leave the country,” Aquino Kennedy School of Govern- said in a speech at the Insti- 14  Hawaii FiLipino cHronicLe  sepTember 27, 2014 PHILIPPINE LANGUAGE Kaaduan Kadagiti Filipino Organisasion ti Mangitalimodok ti gandatna Iti tradision, Abilidad Ken Kabaelan ti puli DAYASADAS By Pacita Saludes tapno Mataginayonda

as iti kalleppas a tinawen a PARENTS OF THE pamilia ken tattao iti America. gen ti AKA -GUYOD DAG- tainer called “BAUL” in the Maria Clara Ball YEAR. Mapadayawan dagiti Maaramid dagiti libro idiay ITI RAMUT; TUGOT I ken olden days in Ilokos. a rusat ti Filipino nagannak a makapatan-ay Ilokos ket maiwaras kadagiti Tugot II; BALLAIGI TI PULI Tulongan dakami a man- Women’s Club kadagiti patanorda a makaitan- librarias tapno mainayonda ken BALLAIGI DAGITI gurnos kadagiti maiBAUL iti (FWCC a ok iti komonidad ken ditoy kadagiti mataginayon a TUGOT. Manarimaan ita a 2015. Awagan ti 808-839- K pakasaritaan dagiti Ilokanos a maur-urnos dagiti natatan-ok 8016. Dios ti Agngina ma- tinawen a man- America a nakailaokantayo. gramrambak ti Maria Clara Dandani amin nga organisas- naglayas iti America. nga annabo ni Ilokano sa nipud ti DAYASADAS. Ball 43 a tawen itan. Mausar ti ion adda latta gandatna a man- Dagiti libro a naummon- maipenpen iti Keepsake Con- arwat daydi Maria Clara a tag- gitantan-ok kadagiti Filipino taginayonen, kasta met ti FIL- tapno saan a mabibi kadagiti pAlAgIp pakailaokanna nga puli. IPINO BARONG a kaidasigan Keddeng ti Apo ti kaadda tay ditoy ni FILIPINO iti tallaong. Pina- Maysa pay ti ANNAK TI Akmen a situtulok ti naipakumit Pagsanikuaan ken kinasaririt di pagkarit dayawan pay daytoy nga or- KAILOKUAN ITI AMERICA Amin a nabiag pinarsua ti nailangitan Naipagasat kenka, ikutam a sililinteg ganisasion ti WOMAN ICON (AKA) a nabukel a mangitan- INSPIRATION - ni Maggie tan-ok kadagiti ILOKANO. Itungpal barsak naikudi nga iringpas Aramaten ida a naserbi ken sililinis Domingo tI babai a kabayagan Saan laeng a ti pannakapa- Pakairanudan, kapadpadam kasinsinninged pay laeng iti media (radio) ken dayaw ngem taginayonenna Awan makasanud no isut naipalad ti grupo a Philippine Cultural pay dagiti natan ok, nasirib ken Inkeddeng ti Dios nga isut barsak No ti KRUSMO nalaglag-an ngem dagiti Foundation of Hawaii a mangitandodo iti nagtaudanda Anusan akuen itungpal a sikakanatad dadduma nabayagen a mangiwanwan- nga puli. Maurnong dagiti na- Kasta ti nasingpet natalugod nga inanak Inted ti Apo a pangsuotna kadagiti parsua wan ken mangtagtaginayon ti gapuananda, dagiti naserbi nga Nawaywayaka a mangsaranay nabanbantot naar -aramidanda babaen ti kultura ken tradision. Kinasukir, kinaparammag di umno nga krusna Daytoy a grupo ti PCFH ti pannakailibro dagiti gapua- ipakat No naimpusuan nga isingaymo maysaka a mangsipsiput kadagiti pamilya nanda agraman dagiti natan-ok Ik-ikutan a salun-at ken sirib inted ti Apo SANTA! ken mangpatpatalged ti ki- nga inar-aramidda tapno saan a napinget dagiti nagannak nga malipatan ti kaanuman. Mau- Pangsubok kenka ti naikeddeng a gasatmo gpatanor kadagiti annakda rnongda kadagiti libro a Nga aramatem laeng a sidadalus ken babaen ti pannakapili ti naglaon kadagiti pakasaritaan ti sipupudno GLOBAL NEWS Malaysia BPO Firm Apologizes for Anti- Philippines Ad ANILA, Philippines counts. — Global business "We apologize and regret Mprocess outsourcing any communication that may company Aegis Malaysia apol- have inadvertently hurt any ogized on Monday night for a sentiments," it added. viral video advertisement criti- The Philippine embassy in cizing the Philippines. Kuala Lumpur earlier asked The company said it did Aegis Malaysia for an explana- not approve the contents of the tion about the video, saying it video, which was developed has placed the Philippines in an and "uploaded in error" by a "unfavorable light." Malaysian agency. The video cited the coun- "Since acquisition of Peo- try's poor infrastructure and se- ple Support in 2008, (the) curity issues, among other Philippines has been a catalyst concerns, to point out that for Aegis' growth. We would Malaysia is a better investment like to articulate that Aegis has destination than the Philippines. had a wonderful experience in The nearly three-minute the Philippines -- great clients, video, which also presented the great leadership team and Philippines as a disaster-prone above all great employees," the country, has gone viral and company said in a statement earned criticisms from neti- posted on its social media ac- zens. (www.philstar.com) sepTember 27, 2014  Hawaii FiLipino cHronicLe  15 COMMUNITY CALENDAR OF EVENTS BUSINESS DIRECTORY cANdONIANs OF HI INstAllAtION OF OFFIceRs ● BulAcAN cIRcle & AssOcIAtes OF HI, sAtuRdAy ● September 27, 2014 | Cannery Ballroom | 6:00 ReAFFIRMAtION OF OFFIceRs & dIRectORs PM ● Contact Bernadette Fajardo at 342-8090 BANquet & BABy BOOMeR's scHOlARsHIp FuNdRAIseR ● sAtuRdAy ● October 18, 2014 | BIg IslANd cOMMuNIty celeBRAtes FIlIpINO Pagoda Hotel | 6:00 PM | Contact Angie Santiago AMeRIcAN HeRItAge MONtH WItH A BARRIO @[email protected]. FIestA ● sAtuRdAy ● October 2, 2014 | U.H Hilo ® Campus | 10:00 AM-2:00 PM. MAuI FIl-AM HeRItAge FestIVAl By MAuI FIlIpINO cHAMBeR OF cOMMeRce FOuNdAtION ● tHe KNIgHts OF RIzAl-HAWAII cHApteR 4tH sAtuRdAy ● October 18, 2014 | Maui Mall | 10:00 AM-3:00 PM dR. JOse p. 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MIss pHIlIppINes HAWAII usA pReseNtAtION ● 21st ANNuAl cORONAtION BAll, cRusAdeR's sAtuRdAy ● November 22, 2014 | Kalayaan Philippines OF tHe dIVINe cHuRcH OF cHRIst pHIlIppINes International, Pacific Beach Hotel | 6:00 PM | For more info, INc. ● sAtuRdAy ● October 11, 2014 | Hokulei Ballroom contact Ben Pulido @ 421-9747. @ Dole Cannery-Iwilei | 6:00 PM | Contact: Fely Ishii @ 342- 6259. pAsKuHAN sA cONsulAdO, A cOMMuNIty cHRIstMAs celeBRAtION ● tuesdAy ● December OAHu FIlIpINO cOMMuNIty cOuNcIl's ANNuAl 16, 2014 | Philippine Consulate Grounds | 5:30-10:30 PM | INstAllAtION OF OFFIceRs, BOARd OF For more info, call Jeff de Mesa @ 595-6316 to 19 ext. 105. dIRectORs ANd uNIt MeMBeR ORgANIzAtIONs pResIdeNt ● suNdAy ● October 12, 2014 | Ala Moana FIlIpINO AssOcIAtION OF uNIVeRsIty WOMeN Hotel, Hibisicus Ballroom | 6:00 PM | For details, contact Loida (FAuW), pAsKO! ● suNdAy ● December 21, 2014 | Yamamoto @ 679-9540. 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ANILA, Philip- But Lehn- pines — "Kailan- ert, who is Mgan sakripisyo, fast gaining a yung pakikibagay mo rin sa reputation to mga tao," says Joy de Asis, be the Philip- when asked about her secret pines' tennis to surviving Madrid. s w e e t h e a r t INCHEON, South Korea for her looks – Katharina Melissa Lehnert and promis- may have lost her Asian ing talents, Games debut, but won the ad- would like to miration of the crowd. chance to force a deciding ture shriek at her opponent. focus on ten- The pretty Fil-German, third set when she committed "I developed that when I nis. whose mother Imelda Lung- a double fault, squandering turned pro trying to scare my "I'm concentrating on ten- "I will practice [for the sod hails from Rosario, La her advantage with the score opponent," Lehnert said. nis. I play professionally in 2015 tournaments] and get Union, drew loud cheers not tied at 5-all. There were high hopes Germany. But I'm open to do more muscle," Lehnert said. only for her pretty looks but "I tried my best here. for Lehnert after she won modeling (gigs) if a good She might return to the also for her gutsy stand Sometimes you have to take bronze in the singles play and offer comes along," Lehnert Philippines later this year if against Korea's top player risks especially she was play- silver in the team event in the said. she gets invited to the Inter- Jang Sujeong before yielding ing good. Maybe I risked too last Southeast Asian Games. She still has a chance to national Tennis Premier a heartbreaking straight sets much," Lehnert said. "But I Despite losing her Asiad bring home medal when she League (ITPL) Manila leg at loss, 6-3, 7-5, on Sunday at will learn from this." debut, a crowd followed her competes in the individual the end of November where the Yeorumul Tennis Court The big crowd in the wherever she went asking for event on Wednesday. Maria Sharapova, Andy Mur- here. show court really got into the photo-ops and her autograph. After the Asian Games, ray and her Phl national team- The 20-year-old Lehnert game especially during long "It's good. I enjoy and I Lehnert will fly back to mate Treat Huey banner the pushed Jang to the limit in the rallies which Lehnert won like it here," said Lehnert, not Philippines for two days be- Manila Mavericks team. second set but missed on the where she flashed her signa- minding the extra attention fore going back to Germany. (www.philstar.com) SEPTEMBER 13, 2014