Filipino Star October 2010 Issue

Vol. XXVIII, No 10 October 2010 htpp://www.filipinostar.org Brother Andre’s canonization rites attract thousands to Montreal Lots of visitors expected for Brother André's canonization Montréal, Thursday October 14, 2010 – The Côte-des-Neiges— Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough will be hosting a major event in a few days: the canonization ceremony for Brother André, a unique figure who holds a very special place in Quebec’s religious and social history. St. Joseph's Oratory, Brother André’s main legacy to the Catholics of Québec and also the symbol of our borough, will be the focal point for local celebrations surrounding his canonization. On Saturday and Sunday, October 16 and 17, and from October 29 to 31, we are expecting Brother André St. Joseph’s Oratory frequently visited by pilgrims who pray for healing ousands of pilgrims and visitors from large numbers of visitors, traffic is apt all over for the various activities, avenue Victoria and chemin de la Côte- controlled to cope with any to be much heavier than normal on including the live broadcast of the des-Neiges starting on the afternoon of bottlenecks. chemin Queen-Mary on those two canonization ceremony from Rome. October 16, and a night patrol for the weekends. Consequently, there will be Because of these celebrations and the special mass. Traffic lights will also be See Page 4 Brother André a heightened police presence between Truth commission ready to accept complaints (Manila, October 15, 2010 The Philippine Truth Commission ( PTC), organized by Philippine President Contents Benigno Aquino III to look into the alleged anomalies of the previous Editorial . 2 administration, said Friday it is now ready to receive complaints of graft and Cooperative News . 3 corruption, local TV station ABS-CBN reported on its website. Any Which Way (Op.Ed.) . 5 The five-member commission has already set up a desk at the Earth Talk. 6 Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Tagalog Corner. , . 9 Philippines' capital, where complaints can be dropped by concerned citizens. Ask the Video Guy . .10 The Truth Commission, however, clarified that it will not be able to Philippine Cuisine . 15 immediately act on the complaints pending a petition filed before the Showbiz Gossip . 18 Supreme Court questioning the legality Former Chief Justice Hilario Davide, appointed by President Benigno Aquino, III to head the Philippine Truth Commission, is seen here being interviewed by Philippine reporters. Classified Ads....... 21 See Page 4 Truth Commission Inyo ng mabibili ang pangarap ninyong bahay sa madaling panahon sa pamamagitan ng tamang mortgage. www.filipinostar.org 2 The North American Filipino Star October 2010 What Judge Quenneville really says Editorial about the Federation Lessons learned from Chile And the truth that Magallanes does not want the public to know The prolonged uncertainty of which is just one of several ones that By Budz Sarmiento have been occurring constantly, the miners’ fate and the anxiety of The verdict of the Quebec Citing the above-mentioned article, de especially in countries where the those who were waiting outside the Press Council that Fred C. Magallanes, la Paz asked, “How could Birao- people depend on the mines as their mine could never be fully described. the pigheaded publisher and editor-in- Schachter claim to be my successor if main source of livelihood, there are The world’s admiration of the hard chief of the self-proclaimed No. 1 she had not been duly elected and serious lessons to be learned, and labor rendered by rescuers was Filipino newspaper in Canada, was qualified. Who gave her the mandate to insights to be gained from the human beyond measure for they never gave found guilty of breach of journalistic call the election, and who elected her?” drama that was played out in front of up until they were rewarded with the code of ethics, and his long history of The six-year battle over the presidency the world’s view. The dangers of safe return of the 33 men. They were pathological lying were published in of the Federation of Filipino-Canadian working in mines are well known and all heroes in a certain way: the the June 2010 issue of the North Associations of Quebec started in yet, people who do not have any other trapped men for having managed American Filipino Star. March 2004 when de la Paz failed to way of earning a living must face these themselves to survive for 69 days and One of his lies and inaccurate, hold an election on time due to his risks everyday of their life. Even the rescuers for having the incomplete and misleading pieces of mother’s hospital confinement and her though the pay is relatively better than commitment and the persistence to reporting is the story he wrote in the eventual passing the following April. As other occupations, it seems ironic that keep on finding a way to get the men April-May 2010 Edition of the Filipino if that was not enough, his mother-in- miners face all the risks and only get a out of their precarious situation. The Forum which reads “de la Paz retracts law died a month later and he had to fly fraction of the value of the resources world watched in awe and his appeal on Federation presidency.” to the Philippines to attend her funeral. that they help produce for the mining bewilderment, praying with the families In response to Magallanes’ article, Technically, de la Paz may be at fault for corporations. It is a case of a and hoping that they would be able to [James] de la Paz said, “I challenge not being able to call an election. discrepancy that eternally exists come out alive. When they finally did, Magallanes and Parado to show or Nevertheless, it is hardly a justification between the rich and the poor. In it was like watching a miracle play and publish the signed decision of the for Birao-Schachter and [Julie] Parado addition to the inherent risks of mining, human drama. Some people did not judge declaring that Birao-Schachter to hold an election which was null and the situation is aggravated by a lack of sleep just to see the incredulous way as the winner, and the proof of the void from the very beginning since they standards in the implementation of they were being plucked out of the Quebec Enterprise Registrar ruling that did not follow the proper procedures as safety measures. The San Jose mine, bowels of the earth. Thirty three times, I had served as the illegitimate stated in the Constitution and Bylaws of where the accident occurred, is one of the metal tube created to go through president of the Federation since the Federation. What motivated them to those medium to small-sized mines. the narrow hole, delivered one man at 2004.” fast-track the election process and Its safety has been repeatedly called a time. Hugs and kisses were Magallanes intentionally did brazenly violate all pertinent provisions into question, and it was shut down abundantly shared with the rescuers not mention that the decision was set forth in the Constitution? Was it following a fatal explosion in 2007. The and their families. The extreme joy of status quo, which means that the really their desire to serve the mine was reopened in summer 2008 having survived such an ordeal was condition or state of affairs that community? Or was it the $150,000 as copper prices shot up. Obviously, combined with a tribute to the Lord, currently exists remains as it is. In other grant the Federation was expecting to the accident proved that the mine was some of them bowing and kneeling, words, nobody won and nobody lost receive from the Youth Crime not properly secured, yet, the miners and kissing the ground to express their because neither of the parties did a Prevention Agency? You be the judge! were exposed to the same dangers deep gratitude. It was an unforgettable clear presentation during the As a result of their illegal that already occurred previously. image of what teamwork and mediation, and the assigned arbitrator, election, they committed ten (10) Would this latest disaster teach the cooperation could do. Together, Ms. Celine Gingras, was not bilingual blatant violations which were all shown authorities a lasting lesson to make people certainly have the power to enough to fully understand the in the documents that were sent to the sure that mines are safe before men move mountains. To put it another presentations. It led to mediation Quebec Enterprise Registrar. When are allowed to work in them? way, nothing is impossible because because the documents submitted to Nestor Ambas (who also claimed to be China is known to have the anything could be made possible by prove that [Marlene] Birao-Schachter the president of the Federation at that most dangerous mines. Reports of the power of the human spirit that was the legitimate president of the time) conceded that James de la Paz mining accidents took 3000 lives last seems to have unlimited dimensions. Federation were illegal and therefore should be recognized as the president year. Will the high demand for copper At some point, the men accepted their no probative value. Besides, all that Ms. of the Federation, the documents were and other metals be a reason to take fate – they would either survive, or die. Gingras had was a list of associations sent to the Quebec Enterprise human lives for granted? They did not know if they would ever on Birao-Schachter’s group. She did Registrar. The dramatic rescue of the come out of the ground alive.

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