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Permit No. 203 AM 1450 550 E. 8th St., Ste. 6, National City, San Diego County CA USA 91950 | Ph: 619.474.0588 | Fx: 619.474.0373 | Email: [email protected] | www.asianjournalusa.com Chula Vista M-F 7-8 PM CA 91910 US congressmen want tough stance vs China ‘Salami-slice’ policy hit Hottest Philippine business Paul Ones, longtime Filipino community by Jose Katigbak, Philstar.com | WASHINGTON, 1/15/2014 – China trends for 2014 came under fi re Tuesday at a US House leader, celebrates 80th birthday; joint committee hearing for its alleged ABS CBN News | MA- now is mobile. All the tech propensity to use coercion, bullying NILA, 1/12/2014 – Aspiring experts are saying that we are a trip down San Diego’s Fil-Am Community’s and “salami slicing tactics” to secure its entrepreneurs will have their entering the post-PC world maritime interests in the East and South hands full in 2014 as more and everything is happen- memory lane China Seas. Republican Rep. Steve Chabot called doors are being opened in ing on mobile,” she said on China “dangerously aggressive” and various industries, the editor- ANC’s “Shoptalk.” By Simeon G. Silverio, Jr. said it was attempting to take disputed in-chief of Entrepreneur Because of the rising de- Publisher & Editor, territories by gradual force with the Magazine Kristine Fonacier mand in mobile, Fonacier said “misguided hope that Japan, Southeast San Diego Asian Journal Asian nations and the US will just said. more Filipino app develop- The original and fi rst Asian Journal grudgingly accept it.” Fonacier said for tech- ers will have the opportunity Democratic Rep. Ami Bera called related businesses, the focus to showcase their talents at a in America for a strong, bipartisan message from must be on smartphones, tab- global market. San Diego, California Congress that China’s “threatening and provocative moves to assert their mari- lets, laptops and other mobile Start-up ideas will also get time territorial claims are unacceptable.” devices. much needed support from Republican Rep. Randy Forbes said “The big word in tech right (Continued on page 2) First in a series of articles the US must be “100 percent intoler- ant of China’s territorial claims and its continued resort to forms of military San Diego, California coercion to alter the status quo in the PHL economic freedom is mod- January 17, 2013 region.” China’s pursuit of its “salami slicing” erate – Heritage, WSJ index Longtime Filipino American community strategy is through a steady progression GMA News | MANILA, the country saw improve- leader Sofronio “Paul” Ones will be celebrat- of small steps which – while not casus 1/14/2014 -- Despite land- ments in seven of the 10 belli – can gradually change the status ing his 80th birthday anniversary on January quo in its favor, said Bonnie Glaser, a ing on the 89th spot out of economic freedoms, includ- 18, 2014, at the Mira Mesa Senior Community senior adviser at the Center for Strategic 178 countries surveyed by ing gains in freedom to trade, Center. and International Studies (CSIS). Washington-based The Heri- freedom to invest, and free- Sometimes China’s actions are unilat- tage Foundation and The Wall dom from corruption. eral and unprovoked, such as its annual Friends and relatives will toast his productive fi shing ban and its assertion of expan- Street Journal for the 2014 But the gains were "par- and colorful life, quite an achievement for a boy sive fi shing rights in the South China Index of Economic Freedom, tially offset by a deterioration from Indang, Cavite, in the Philippines. Paul Sea and the West Philippine Sea. the Philippine was labeled as in property rights," the foun- had joined the U.S. Navy as a young man and Other times, China’s moves are in having moderate economic dation said. response to perceived provocations by later became one of the pillars of the San Diego other countries, which Beijing deliber- freedom. Heritage observed that the Filipino American community. ately escalates in an attempt to create The Philippines has Philippines has improved its I fi rst met Paul a few months after arriving a new status quo in its favor, a tactic climbed eight notches as its overall score in three con- in San Diego on November 18, 1982. I had just described by some experts as “reactive score has improved by 1.9 secutive years, allowing it to assertiveness.” joined my wife and daughter after abandoning In the most egregious example of such points to 60.1. rise back to countries that are a lucrative career as the publisher and editor of behavior in the South China Sea, the In profi ling the Philippines, "moderately free" in terms of a business magazine “Business Ventures in the standoff between vessels from China The Heritage Foundation said and the Philippines in April 2102 at the (Continued on page 10) Philippines” in Asia, as well as the managing editor of “Sunburst Magazine” and its sister Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal ended with the Chinese occupying the shoal (Continued on page 2) in violation of an oral understanding Zagat restaurant guide lists reached with Manila to withdraw all vessels from the area, Glaser said. The standoff began when Chinese must-try Pinoy dishes maritime surveillance vessels stopped ‘Building safe zones more cost-effi cient than Philippine Navy personnel from arrest- Good News Pilipinas | “The full pork feast is pri- ing Chinese poachers and seizing their MANILA, 1/16/2014 -- An marily for special occasions, typhoon-resistant houses’ illegal catch of giant clams, endangered infl uential restaurant guide while at restaurants in the US, by Helen Flores, Philstar. Recio said the government much more expensive than corals and sharks. The poachers were recently published an article allowed to leave with their illegal cargo. you’re more likely to fi nd com | MANILA, 1/16/2014 should focus on building safe strengthening existing public The Panatag incident constituted the about Filipino cuisine, which dishes such as lechon kawali - It would be more cost- “places of refuge” such as structures or building new fi rst instance of a change in the status is said to have “become in- – the deep-fried pork belly,” effi cient for the government churches, schools and gym- multipurpose centers that can quo of a land feature in the South China creasingly celebrated around Jones wrote. to focus on building “safe nasiums instead of rebuilding be converted into evacuation Sea since 1995 when China seized con- the United States.” Other Filipino dishes individual typhoon-resistant trol of Mischief Reef. zones” instead of rebuilding centers, Recio pointed. Disputes over territory and maritime In an article on Zagat pub- that are included in the list individual typhoon-resistant houses in high-risk areas. Recio and his group, jurisdiction are a major source of rising lished last January 10, writer are adobo (meat or seafood houses in high-risk areas to He said the order of Presi- however, did not say exactly tensions and instability as regional na- Carey Jones listed “nine braised in garlic, vinegar and maximize the use of scarce dent Aquino is to build 20- to how much would be saved if tions take tit-for-tat measures to assert Filipino dishes you need to soy sauce), lumpia (spring 24-square meter houses that their claims, Glaser said, adding the risk public funds, a group of archi- the government focused on of a clash is highest between China and know,” while giving recom- rolls), kare-kare (peanut tects said yesterday. could withstand storms with constructing disaster-resilient Japan in the East China Sea. mendations on where to order stew), sisig (pig’s head and “The government should maximum sustained winds evacuation centers instead of Glaser was one of three experts who them in the US. liver seasoned with calamansi focus on refuge centers so of 275 to 370 kilometers per rebuilding typhoon-resistant testifi ed on Tuesday at a joint House Leading the list is lechon and chili peppers), tocino hour and Intensity 8 earth- Foreign Affairs subcommittee and a people will have a place to go homes. House Armed Services subcommittee UAP president Sonny Rosal told a or roast pig, which was once (sweet cured meat), sinigang during disasters,” said Jose quake, adding each house will hearing on China’s maritime disputes in forum that they are assisting the local dubbed by chef and television (sour soup with meat or sea- Pedro Recio of the United have a budget of P200,000. the East and South China Seas. host Anthony Bourdain as government units affected by Super food and vegetables), pancit Architects in the Philippines Spending for all the de- Typhoon Yolanda last year, including “the best pig ever.” (Continued on page 7) stroyed houses would be (Continued on page 15) (UAP). (Continued on page 8) Father and Son, USN Retired: The Life Stories of Quintin Ramil, Sr. & Jr. By Quintin R. Ramil, Jr family. The surprise party was success- On November 21, 1963, Tessie gave its fi rst Polaris Missile Patrol. We had an occasion to visit Brig and ninong of one of their sons, Ed. ful. Tessie did not have any inkling birth to Quintin R.