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Naia-3 to Open for Domestic HAWAII-FILIPINO NEWS PHILIPPINE NEWS MAINLAND NEWS inside look Hawaii’s Plantation 5 Gov’t Won’t Lift 11 Pinoys 3rd Largest 12 JULY 19, 2008 Village to Dedicate OFW Deployment Group of New Flag Memorial Plaza Ban to Iraq Arrivals in U.S. H AWAII’ S O NLY W EEKLY F ILIPINO - A MERICAN N EWSPAPER 30,000 Pinoys in NAIA-3 TO OPEN FOR S. Korea to be Deported DOMESTIC FLIGHTS ON By Jose Rodel CLAPANO igrante International recently asked President Arroyo to take drastic JULY 23 Mmeasures to ensure the safe return of 30,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) By HFC STAFF who are expected to be deported as South Korea steps up its campaign against un- espite controversies documented migrant workers. on the project and In a statement, Migrante International Dafter years of delay, chair Connie Bragas-Regalado said that Mi- grante members in South Korea informed the Ninoy Aquino Interna- them that South Korean President Lee tional Airport (NAIA) Termi- Myung-Bak’s marching orders are to flush “unregistered aliens” out its borders. nal 3 will have a dry run on “Thousands of OFWs are expected to July 23, 2008 with an initial be arrested, detained, prosecuted and de- ported from different countries as massive number of 23 domestic crackdown of undocumented workers will flights per day. intensify in EU (European Union) countries, South Korea and Malaysia. We have re- Michael Defensor, Chief of the Presi- ceived reports from our members in South dential Task Force on NAIA-3, said that for Korea that after President Lee Myung-Bak’s the past several weeks, workers have been marching orders to flush out unregistered busy making final preparations for a dry run. aliens in their country last February, immi- (continued on page 4) The Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 (NAIA-3) (continued on page 4) Filipino Priest Holds Healing RP Bowlers Strike Gold in Asian Service in LA Bowling Tourney ens of thousands were present eteran Pinoy bowler Chester King at the Los Angeles Sports dished out a sterling performance, V while teammate Raoul Miranda held T Arena last month for Heal LA— a healing service and Eucharistic cel- his own ground to give the Philippines a ebration. Many were touched by gold-silver finish in the men’s all-events Father Fernando Suarez and healed, competition in the 20th Asian Tenpin Bowl- they claim of various ailments. ing Championships in Hong Kong. “The healing that Jesus is going King added a three-game series of 648 to give is not only physical,” said Fr. pins to his Asian three-game record of 813 Gold-medalist bowler Chester King Fernando during his homily. “You will to amass a 24-game total of 5534 (230.58 Healing-priest Father Fernando Suarez be healed spiritually but what’s im- average) from his singles, doubles, trios randa and Frederick Ong to give the Philip- portant to me as a priest, and to God, is that recitation of the rosary-based Chaplet of Di- and team outings. Miranda, already the sin- pines its first gold medal in the trio event. you acknowledge that God is the only one vine Mercy, but by chanting the novena. gles bronze medalist, accounted for 5444 The trio of Pinoy bowlers smashed three who heals. God’s love heals.” There were numerous testimonies of (226.83) to hold off United Arab Emirates’ Asian records en route to claiming the Fr. Fernando celebrated Mass with physical healing during the Holy Mass, an- Hussain Al-Suwaidi, who settled for the Men’s Trios gold medal. concelebrants Fr. Albert Avenido, Heal LA nounced by Fr. Jeff Shannon, C.C., Fr. Fer- bronze with 5366 (223.58). Over 167 bowlers from 19 countries Spiritual Adviser, and Fr. Ramon Valera of nando’s companion during their healing King’s fiery showing gave him his first competed in the event, which was held from St. Cyprian Parish in Long Beach and half ministries, even before the latter had laid his individual gold. Earlier, he teamed with Mi- July 4-11, 2008. (Good News Pilipinas) a dozen other priests from various hands on thousands of believers. parishes. Fr. Valera appealed to the mas- There were many more testimonies of HAWAII FILIPINO CHRONICLE PRESORTED 94-356 WAIPAHU DEPOT RD., 2ND FLR. STANDARD sive crowd for donations for Fr. Fernando’s instant healing after being touched by Fr. U.S. POSTAGE WAIPAHU, HI 96797 PAID Fernando from people using canes, walk- charitable organization, the Mary Mother of HONOLULU, HI the Poor, and to help defray some of the ex- ers, and even wheelchairs; those who have PERMIT NO. 9661 penses at the event. cancer; those who couldn’t hear or see; and Heal LA’s Eucharistic and Musical Cel- those who have been in pain for years, ebration was ushered in not by the usual among many other ailments. (continued on page 4) HAWAII FILIPINO CHRONICLE - NEWS EDITION 2 EDITORIAL JULY 19, 2008 Waste of Public Funds he deal has been voided and the signatories have either resigned or retired from the Commission on Elections. But Juan de la Cruz T continues to bear a heavy burden in connection with the poll automation contract signed by the Comelec with the private consortium Mega Pacific. Comelec Chairman Jose Melo wants to get rid of nearly 2,000 voting machines that cost taxpayers P1.04 billion. The machines were supposed to be used for the country’s first-ever automated elections in May 2004. But the Supreme Court found the deal irregular and invalidated the contract. The SC recommended the investigation of Comelec officials for possible corruption and prohibited the use of the voting machines. But Mega Pacific, having delivered the machines and received full payment, refused to take back the machines or refund the P1.04 billion. Benjamin Abalos has since resigned as Comelec chairman — not over the automation deal, but amid allegations that he had dangled a P200-million bribe and brokered the $329-million national broadband network deal signed by Transportation and Communications Secretary Leandro Mendoza with executives of ZTE Corp. in the presence of President Arroyo in China. Like the automation contract, the broadband deal has been scrapped. With Mega Pacific’s no-return, no exchange policy, the Comelec is stuck with nearly 2,000 white elephants worth P1.04 billion, on top of which taxpayers are shelling out P22 million annually for storage, according to Melo. No one has been sent to prison for this atrocious waste of public funds. Now the government is preparing to spend more in hopes of making for the waste of over a billion pesos in public funds. At the same time, the the general elections in 2010 fully automated. new Comelec officials should learn their lessons from the botched deal Even as the nation pursues poll modernization, there should be no and see to it that the anomaly will not be repeated in the next attempt at letup in efforts to make those responsible for the Mega Pacific deal account poll automation, which is less than two years away. (www.philstar.com) Return to Mass Transportation he Light Railway Transit and the Metro Rail Transit are filled to ca- prefer to use private vehicles. pacity. And the number of commuters is expected to increase further If the government can end the street chaos, more people will take T as motorists, grappling with soaring fuel prices, rediscover the ad- buses and jeepneys. The speed and predictability of the travel schedules vantages of mass transportation and leave their cars at home. on the MRT and LRT have made them the most popular modes of mass The factors that push people to use private vehicles particularly in transportation amid the fuel crunch. Their popularity should encourage Metro Manila almost always have something to do with the inefficiency the government to expand such railway services, to eventually cover all of the country’s mass transportation facilities. For Philippine mass trans- major points in Metro Manila. portation, the jeepney is truly iconic: gaudy, noisy, an environmental haz- At the same time, the government should speed up the moderniza- ard with its emissions, slow, uncomfortable, inefficient, and driven by tion of the traditional railroad system, which is a good mode of trans- some of the most undisciplined drivers on the planet. But the fare is porting both passengers and cargo. Putting shipping containers on cheap, and no politician has mustered the guts to consign jeepneys to railway trains instead of truck haulers will drastically reduce traffic jams museums. in Metro Manila. The traffic-free and speedier system of cargo delivery Drivers and operators of public utility vehicles have resisted every will also be good for investments. But this administration cannot con- effort to end anarchy in city streets. The result: long waits at every stop struct even a 38-kilometer-long railway facility without the project be- for passengers, traffic jams and consequently fewer trips for PUVs. Even coming bogged down in a scandal. Commuters will just have to bear air-conditioned buses linger too long at too many stops. And so people with packed LRT and MRT coaches until 2010. (www.philstar.com) HAWAII-PHILIPPINE NEWS EDITION Contributing Writers Advertising/Marketing Director Columnists Calvin Alonzo, O.D., Clement Bautista, Linda Dela Chona A. Montesines-Sonido Charlie Y. SONIDO, M.D. Carlota Ader Cruz, Constante A. Domingo, Amelia Jacang, Publisher and Executive Editor Sen. Will Espero M.D., Caroline Julian, Albert Lanier, Paul Melvin Account Executives Grace F. Fong, Ed.D. Palalay, M.D., Glenn Wakai Carlota Ader Chona A.
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