Msgr. Gutierrez Zena Babao Bill Labestre The Power from Memorial Day: above, Gentle yet Like a Wildfi re Remembering Our .. p 18 Dynamic .. p 11 Fallen Heroes .. p 8 MayMay 25-31, 25-31, 2012 2012 The original and first Asian Journal in America PRST STD U.S. Postage Paid Philippine Radio San Diego’s first and only Asian Filipino weekly publication and a multi-award winning newspaper! Online+Digital+Print Editions to best serve you! 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Shay Cullen, PREDA has the complete ingredients WASHINGTON D.C, 5/19/2012 regional diplomatic propaganda,” said for disaster and emergency - China’s John Tkacik Dublin, Ireland - Juanito Hacinto situations, the Department growing bel- Jr., Director of is a poor man in Bataan, Philippines. of Health (DOH) said here ligerence in the Future Asia He is a member of the Aeta indigenous yesterday. According to Susan disputed waters Project. people. He sat with his wife Nita, and Juangco of the DOH-Health of the South The Future their three children under a mango tree Emergency Management China Sea will Asia Project to hear our message that the Preda Fair Service, the Philippines is only grow and is part of the Trade organisation, Profairtrade, will vulnerable to disasters primar- worsen, accord- Washington pay 100% higher for their mango fruit ily because it is located along ing to testimony DC-think tank so that they could have a better life. the typhoon belt. “Every year, before the International The Preda project is turning mango we experience 22 typhoons. House Foreign Strategy and fruit to Preda Fair Trade dried mangos. For this year, we have not had Affairs Committee. Assessment Center that specializes on Sales are boosted by growing demand any typhoon yet,” she said in “China has a coherent multi-di- American security issues. and so it is expanding to help more the Covering Disasters 101 mensional approach to global compe- “China’s increasingly adamantine indigenous hill farmers. The not-for media seminar organized by tition which also includes the domina- territorial sea claims in the South China the DOH here. Sea, the Taiwan Strait and the East China profi t project is using earning to bring tion of sea-lanes and civil airspace in practical economic help and justice to Aside from this, the coun- East Asia. This is one of Beijing’s top Sea is certain to be resolved only one of try is also situated along the (Continued on page 16) their villages, social benefi ts and devel- strategic goals, not just for economic opment too. Sales of the mangos go to Pacifi c Ring of Fire and is help exploited and abused women and sitting on top of two tectonic children also. plates, making it susceptible Juanito and Nita were happy to hear to earthquakes. A ‘resurrected’ Ninoy in the Senate? this as they only get a pittance for their Juangco added that since COMMON- mangos from commercial traders and the Philippines is one of the SENSE By Marichu the price is so low it is not worth even countries with the longest A. Villanueva, The harvesting and carrying them over the coastlines, it is also vulnerable Philippine Star | MA- mountain to sell. There is no road and to tsunami which comes after NILA , 5/24/2012 not even a viable school in their remote In 1995 the Guinness Book of World records listed the an earthquake. -- The man’s not a Philippine Mango as the sweetest fruit in the world. (Cour- The country is also teem- village. Preda Fair Trade dried man- tesy of The Nature Market www.thenaturemarket.com) clone of the late Sen. gos will help empower them to get the ing with 352 volcanoes, 22 of Benigno “Ninoy” school operating and teaching the chil- them active while 27 others Aquino Jr. Perhaps dren. A child with a cleft lip was found and brought for a surgical operation. After speech are potentially active. Juangco said the Philip- you may see him as Airport on August 21, 1983. therapy she will learn to smile and talk normally for the fi rst time in her life. pines’ vulnerability to emer- a copycat. But the uncanny The similarity does not Fair Trade fortnight is a time when we ought to think how we live and consume prod- gency situations is aggravated physical resemblance alone end with the physical features ucts. Do the faith based values we hold dear apply to what we buy and consume. When we by weak regulations on land is truly startling. If you don’t alone. This young man is as buy products do we ask the supermarket manager where it’s from and is just and fair? Faith transportation, aviation and know anything about the fam- articulate, as intellectual, as without action for doing good, like bringing about social justice, is useless, St. James says. maritime industries and inade- ily, you’d think he is a son knowledgeable and has the (Continued on page 22) of the late Senator who was quate prevention and response assassinated at the tarmac of (Continued on page 22) system. the old Manila International She cited for instance fi res, Jessica Sanchez wins the World in American which she said can be due to illegal electrical connections Jollibee named among world’s top Idol Season 11 Finale and non-observance of build- Good News Pilipinas | A record number of votes, ing codes. food chains by Travel + Leisure LOS ANGELES, 5/24/2012 132 million, was cast. And at Juangco also cited the Good News Pilipinas, the world” in its May 2012 -- Jessica Sanchez has done the end of Season 11, Phillip country’s inability to properly 5/23/2012 -- New York-based issue. what no other Filipino-Amer- Phillips, a 21-year-old pawn address oil spill because of Travel+Leisure magazine has The homegrown fast- ican singer has accomplished shop worker from Leesburg, weak shipping regulations and named Jollibee, the Philip- food chain made it to the list in 11 seasons of the American Georgia, received more lack of equipment for chemi- alongside England’s Pret a Idol. The Filipina-American- viewer votes than 16-year- cal emergency and unclear Manger, Russia’s Teremok, Mexican fi nished a top the old Sanchez of Chula Vista, cleanup policy. Taiwan’s Din Tai Fung, Puerto Final 2 in the United States California. “We may not be able to Rico’s El Mason Sandwiches, most popular talent show. Phillips’ victory extended prevent typhoons (or other Japan’s Ippudo, Australia’s The closest Fil-Am singer the “American Idol” win- natural disasters) but we can Chocolateria San Churro, and to come ever close to the top ning streak for males to fi ve mitigate their impacts through Brazil’s Giraffas, among oth- was Jasmine Trias in Season consecutive seasons. The last our response (system),” ers. 3. Trias fi nished in the top female to win was 17-year-old Juangco said. “Fastfood gets a Filipino 3. Other singer of Filipino Jordin Sparks in 2007. She, however, said that Ramiele Malubay, season 10’s pines’ all-time favorite quick- twist at this quick-serve chain, descent who made it to the top Sanchez immediately the country’s situation may service restaurant, as one of 12 fi nals, were Camile Ve- Thia Megia and now Sanchez (Continued on page 22) the “Best fast food chains in (Continued on page 23) lasco in Season 3, season 7’s of season 11. 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