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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  auGust 19, 2017 EDITORIAL FROM THE PUBLISHER Publisher & Executive Editor Knowing History Is Vital nder a cultural mission supported Charlie Y. Sonido, M.D. by the Philippine National Com- Publisher & Managing Editor mission on Culture and the Arts, Chona A. Montesines-Sonido Data Associate Editors historian and author Ambeth R. | ounger in Hawaii were not old enough to wit- Dennis Galolo Edwin Quinabo Ocampo will be in Hawaii this Contributing Editor ness the historic ’ Power Power revolution U Belinda Aquino, Ph.D. month to present a series of lec- of 1986 that kept people around the globe glued to their tures. The first lecture will be on Philippine na- Creative Designer televisions in 1986. That year was tional hero Jose Rizal on Thursday, August 31, Junggoi Peralta named Time Magazine’s “Person of the Year” and the at Leeward Community College; and the second will be on the di- Photography Y applauded Filipinos for their non-violent transi- Tim Llena aries of former President on Friday, September Administrative Assistant tion of power. Ousted President Ferdinand Marcos was exiled to 1, at Burns Hall, East West Center. Both lectures are free and open Shalimar Pagulayan Honolulu and Hawaii’s Filipino community back then were divided to the public. Columnists over Marcos’ presence on the island and debated his leadership in For our cover story this issue, Pepi Nieva writes about this multi- Carlota Hufana Ader the mother land. Emil Guillermo awarded Filipino historian who has authored 32 publications. Ocampo Ruth Elynia Mabanglo, Ph.D. This dramatic chapter of Philippine history under Marcos and has received three National Book Awards. He also has a bi-weekly ed- Ron Menor martial law, along with perhaps the more dramatic life of Philippine J.P. Orias itorial page column in the Philippine Daily Inquirer. Dr Patricio Abi- Pacita Saludes National Hero Jose Rizal in the late 1800s, are the topics of discus- nales, UH chair of Philippine Studies, contributes a Q&A with Reuben S. Seguritan, Esq. sion in an upcoming lecture series presented by multi-awarded Ocampo. The lecture series is co-sponsored by the UH Center of Charlie Sonido, M.D. Philippine historian and author , who is the fore- Emmanuel S. Tipon, Esq. Philippine Studies and the Filipino Association of University Women, Felino S. Tubera most expert on Jose Rizal. The author-journalist Ocampo will speak with participation from the and the East-West Center. Sylvia Yuen, Ph.D. on Rizal’s years of exile in on August 31. On Marcos, Ocampo We hope our community will come out to attend these interesting lec- Contributing Writers will present on September 1 the diaries of the former president that tures and meet Mr. Ocampo who is making his first appearance in Clement Bautista were written during his martial law reign. Teresita Bernales, Ed.D Hawaii with this lecture series. His lectures have been well attended Rose Churma Along with culture and language, knowing our history is one of and well received so don’t miss out on this opportunity. Serafin Colmenares, Jr., Ph.D. the great pieces that contribute to the formation of self-identity. In Also in this issue, we have an excellent article by frequent HFC Julia Crowley our community’s case, knowing the infamous life of Marcos and the Linda Dela Cruz contributor Atty. Sheryl Bonilla who writes about national monu- Fiedes Doctor heralded life of Rizal can reveal a part of who we are as Filipinos, ments in the U.S. that are at risk to oil drilling and mining as part of Danny De Gracia, II, MA who are ancestors were and our people’s struggles in the framework Carolyn Weygan-Hildebrand President Donald Trump’s plan for the U.S. to be more energy inde- Amelia Jacang, M.D. of history when these two leaders had tremendous influence. We can pendent. Under Trump, the Environmental Protection Agency Caroline Julian learn to understand historical complexities and realize how today’s budget already had been severely slashed; and Trump’s Secretary of Raymund Ll. Liongson, Ph.D. political web of intrigue is not really that dissimilar. How society Federico Magdalena, Ph.D. the Department of Interior Ryan Zinke is jeopardizing America’s Deborah T. Manog back then responded to these giant historical figures can give us pristine natural beauty. Bonilla also details the suspect conflicts of Maita Milallos some answers to how we could react to today’s leaders with some Paul Melvin Palalay, M.D. interest involving Trump and the Dakota Pipeline. Overshadowed Renelaine Bontol-Pfister meaningful measure of the outcome. An example, intelligently ana- by other high-profile Trump news, this issue of environmental degra- Seneca Moraleda-Puguan lyzing the history of Marcos and how society interacted with him dation for oil profits deserves much more attention. Lilia Q. Santiago, Ph.D. then could shed some light on President and the dy- Jay Valdez, Psy.D. In our news section, get the details on citizenship classes to be Glenn Wakai namics surrounding his leadership now. offered at the FilCom Center in September. There is no better and Amado Yoro In today’s utilitarian society where everything is expected to safer time than now to become a full-fledged U.S. American citizen. Philippine Correspondent: Greg Garcia have some useful purpose in to place value on it, this is what Also, read about State Senator Will Espero’s decision to consider a we do not realize about history: studying history tests our own moral run for Lt. Governor in 2018. He is creating an exploratory commit- Neighbor Island Correspondents: sense and standards because it gives us someone or something to tee to determine the feasibility of his candidacy. In Washington, Big Island (Hilo and Kona) compare ourselves to. History is vital data, a kind of past laboratory Grace Larson | Ditas Udani D.C., read how U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is calling for GMO labeling Kauai that can serve to lead us to a more enlightened present and future. standards to be more consumer-friendly, fair, and transparent. Millicent Wellington History forewarns us of the early stages of tyranny and could steer Lastly, be sure to check out some of our regular columns. Atty Maui Christine Sabado us in an alternate course, that is, if we are aware of history’s lessons. Reuben Seguritan contributes an important article entitled “DHS It is the red flag burning bright warning us against conflict in North Looking to Expand Deportation.” Big Island Distributor Korea when we remember the bombings of Hiroshima and Na- Grace Larson | Ditas Udani As always, I’d like to extend a big thank you for all your support Kauai Distributor gasaki. It is that whisper in our ears telling us to be careful of a Don- through the years. Until next issue, warmest aloha and mabuhay! Amylou Aguinaldo ald Trump’s presidency. History is a part of our intellectual DNA. Nestor Aguinaldo More spiritually speaking, it is embedded in our personal and col- Jimmy Iloreta lective consciousness. Maui Distributor Cecile Piros The world needs more historians. We welcome Mr. Ocampo on Molokai Distributor his first lecturing visit to Hawaii with open minds and curiosity over “They will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen.” Maria Watanabe what his interpretation of history will be of the two exiled leaders Whether Trump spoke off the cuff or planned to paraphrase Tru- Oahu Distributor that lived during the Philippines’ colonial generations: Marcos under man’s grave threat -- what Trump did in his 2017 Truman-version rhet- Yoshimasa Kaneko the and Rizal under Spain. We encourage all Filipinos oric is unprecedented. No modern U.S. president had been so Jonathan Pagulayan and Hawaii students in particular to attend Ocampo’s lecture series. irresponsible, exaggerated, and dreadful in threatening another country Advertising/Marketing Director Chona A. Montesines-Sonido than Trump just did, since Truman. Account Executives History tells us that Truman carried out on his threat to “rain of Carlota Hufana Ader Bellicose Rhetoric is ruin from the air” onto . J.P. Orias The world community braces in fear and hopes that history does The Hawaii Filipino Chronicle is published weekly by The Hawaii Filipino Chronicle Inc. Counter Productive, not repeat itself more than a half century later. and is located at 94-356 Waipahu Depot, Waipahu, HI 96797. Telephone (808) 678- The seriousness of what’s playing out cannot be underestimated. 8930 Facsimile (808) 678-1829. E-mail fil- President Trump [email protected]. Website: Two insecure, strongmen-type heads of state, squaring off in one of www.thefilipinochronicle.com. Opinions n 1945, President Harry Truman warned Japan before the most heavily militarized areas in the world (the North-South Ko- expressed by the columnists and contribu- tors do not necessarily reflect those of the the U.S. dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima "If rean border). 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All rights reserved. rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never ventional-nuclear war broke out, millions of people could be killed, a Printed in the U.S.A. been seen on this earth.” magnitude unseen not since World War II. , , O Just a few weeks ago, like Truman, President Don- Japan, Guam, could all experience unimaginable death and chaos that U.S. SBA SmAll BUSineSS JoUrnAliSt AwArdee ald Trump used similar hyperbolic words directed at North Korea: (continued on page 7) memBer, Society of ProfeSSionAl JoUrnAliStS auGust 19, 2017 Hawaii FiliPino cHroniclE  3 COMMENTARY Just Because Environmentalists Want to Save the Land Doesn’t Mean a President Should Say Go By Sheryll Bonilla national monuments and public Rick Perry sat on the board of current pipeline routes, can Americans would have to pay lands that Secretary Zinke will Energy Transfer Partners but only head to a small number of higher prices on lower sup- hree million Amer- open up to oil drilling and min- resigned before joining Midwestern U.S. refineries. plies. icans from northern ing: Bears Ears (Utah), Grand Trump’s cabinet. The pipeline This trade between our two Nebraska state regulators, Maine all the way Staircase-Escalante (Utah), starts in North Dakota and ends countries leads to discounted who have to approve the route, down to coastal Northeast Canyons and in southern Illinois. From fuel prices for Americans. The faces opposition from T California, who Seamounts off the coast of there, the oil will be transported Keystone XL Pipeline route landowners. The project takes love our national Cape Cod (Massachusetts), to Midwest refineries such as will enable Canadian oil com- land away from its owners parks and monuments, have Berryessa Snow Mountain Marathon and Phillips 66. The panies to export their oil out of (many of whom are Nebraska commented on the Trump Ad- (California), Carrizo Plain oil is from the U.S., will be re- the Port of Houston to other Republicans that voted for ministration’s plans to remove (California), Giant Sequoia fined in the U.S., and sold in countries like . Instead Trump), benefits foreign oil at protections of precious public (California), Organ Mountains- the U.S. of Americans buying dis- the expense of American oil lands. It was old-fashioned Re- Desert Peaks (New ), On the same day, President counted Canadian oil, it would companies, and uses foreign publican President Teddy Roo- Basin and Range (Nevada), Trump also approved a second be sold elsewhere, shrinking steel, to the detriment of Amer- sevelt who was the champion and Vermilion Cliffs and Grand controversial oil access supplies for Americans. Mid- ican steel companies. Protect- of preserving our national his- Canyon-Parashant (Arizona). pipeline, the Keystone XL. west refineries would be by- ing the environment in this case toric and scenic resources. These few will remain pro- This pipeline would carry passed in the process, clearly also protects our Amer- Considered the “conserva- tected: Canyons of the An- crude oil from western lowering their profitability and ican economy. tion president,” Roosevelt pro- cients (Colorado), Craters of down to the Gulf Coast. Presi- President Teddy Roosevelt signed into law the 1906 Act for the Preser- tected more than 230 million the Moon (Idaho), and Hanford dent Obama also stopped this vation of American Antiquities, also known as the National Monuments Act. acres of public land. He cre- Beach (Washington). project as well, citing environ- It gave him the power to issue public proclamations that declared historic ated five national parks (there Zinke isn’t the first Interior mental reasons. The Keystone landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other historic and scientific interests as National Monuments. Since congressional approval was not were only Yellowstone and Secretary to jeopardize Amer- pipeline would run from needed under this law, he could establish national monuments much easier Yosemite before then); enacted ica’s pristine natural beauty. Hardisty, Alberta, Canada, than national parks. Roosevelt dedicated these sites, which some of you may the landmark Antiquities Act of The Trump Administration al- southeast to Elm Creek, Mani- have already enjoyed on your vacations: 1906; created 18 national mon- ready severely slashed the En- toba, Canada, then south ■ Devil's Tower (WY) - 1906 ■ El Morro (NM) - 1906 uments, including the Grand vironmental Protection Agency through North Dakota, South ■ Montezuma Castle (AZ) - 1906 Canyon; and established 51 budget. Republican presidents Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, ■ Petrified Forest (AZ) - 1906 (now a national park) ■ Chaco Canyon (NM) - 1907 federal bird sanctuaries, four prefer oil drilling over the en- Oklahoma, and Texas, with a ■ Lassen Peak (CA) - 1907 (now Lassen Volcanic National Park) national game refuges, and 150 vironment. Just because Re- branch to Patoka, Illinois. The ■ Cinder Cone (CA) - 1907 (now part of Lassen Volcanic National Park) ■ Gila Cliff Dwellings (NM) - 1907 national forests (more than 100 publicans love the oil industry, portion that runs through the ■ Tonto (AZ) - 1907 million acres). His passion for environmentalists and other U.S. hasn’t been built yet, ■ Muir Woods (CA) - 1908 groups oppose it, and President awaiting federal approval to ■ Grand Canyon (AZ) - 1908 (now a national park) nature was spurred by an 1883 ■ Pinnacles (CA) - 1908 (now a national park) trip to the North Dakota Bad- Obama decided against oil cross the Canadian-U.S. bor- ■ Jewel Cave (SD) - 1908 lands to hunt buffalo before projects – doesn’t mean that der. Its purpose is to send ■ Natural Bridges (UT) - 1908 ■ Lewis & Clark Caverns (MT) - 1908 (now a Montana State Park) they became extinct. His jour- approving oil pipelines auto- Canadian crude oil to the Port ■ Tumacacori (AZ) - 1908 nal oddly and simultaneously matically benefits the U.S. of Houston in Texas. ■ Wheeler (CO) - 1908 (now Wheeler Geologic Area, part of Rio Grande Na- tional Forest) contained many entries of his President Obama blocked Harold Hamm, a friend of ■ Mount Olympus (WA) - 1909 (now Olympic National Park) numerous hunting trips and the commay have seen photos President Trump, donor to his In 1907, he also established the Chalmette Monuments and Grounds, successful kills while lament- of the five thousand or so ded- campaign, and energy adviser one of the sites of the Battle of New Orleans. ing that species were disap- icated environmentalists and to the president, is CEO of pearing. Today each state has members of the Standing Rock Continental Resources. His at least one national wildlife Sioux tribe camping for weeks company will greatly benefit refuge, with North Dakota hav- and standing in freezing snow from both the Dakota and Key- ing the most. to make their voices heard. stone projects that could trans- Despite widespread pleas President Trump, however, port oil from Continental’s to preserve our nation’s scenic on January 24, four days after North Dakota wells. beauty, Ryan Zinke, Secretary being sworn into office, gave The controversies sur- of the Department of the Inte- the Dakota Pipeline the green rounding the two pipelines are rior, is going ahead with plans light to finish. The Associated different. Living in Hawaii, we to remove protections and open Press and other news agencies understand how Native Hawai- public lands for private corpo- ran articles on President ians feel about sacred sites. rate profit in the form of oil and Trump’s investments in the With probably the best tasting mining operations. (As Mon- project: between $500,000 to water in the country, we can tana’s Congressman, he op- $1 million of stock in Energy understand the Sioux’s concern posed the Affordable Care Act. Transfer Partners, a Texas com- about protecting clean drinking He called Alaska’s Senator pany, and between $100,000 to water. The North Dakota Ac- Lisa Murkowski and threat- $250,000 in stock of Phillips cess Pipeline controversy runs ened retaliation against Alaska energy company that owns kind of along those lines. if she didn’t drop her support of one-fourth of the pipeline. En- The Keystone XL Obamacare.) ergy Transfers Partners CEO Pipeline, in sharp contrast, is More than 20 national Kelcy Warren donated controversial for the American monuments are at risk. Here $100,000 to Trump’s election oil industry. Oil from western are just a few of the protected campaign. Energy Secretary Canada is landlocked and with 4  Hawaii FiliPino cHroniclE  auGust 19, 2017 COVER STORY Multi-awarded Historian and Author Ambeth Ocampo to Present Lecture Series in Hawaii By Pepi Nieva uthor. Professor. Journalist. Monk. The multi-faceted and multi-awarded Filipino historian Ambeth R. Ocampo will be in Hawaii to present a series of lectures on heroes, money, A and the Marcos diaries, under a cultural mission supported by the Philippine National Commission on Cul- ture and the Arts.

Ocampo is the Philippines’ ing novels,” says Rose Ethel Ward, and Raymund Li- foremost expert on the coun- Churma, whose online book ongson. try’s national hero, Jose Rizal, store, Kalamansi Books, spe- Ocampo will speak on author of 30 historical publica- cializes in Philippine publica- Rizal’s years of exile, imposed tions, and the recipient of tions. “His characters are by the Spanish colonial gov- Ambeth R. Ocampo awards from universities and heroic, but like all of us are ernment of the Philippines, on governments of the Philip- flawed to some degree. He Thursday, August 31, 10:30- vote to the common, the over- of his annual standing-room pines, Japan, Spain, and makes history very accessible, 11:45 a.m. at Leeward Com- looked, the ordinary, what we only lectures at the Ayala Mu- . not the usual dry discourse munity College. might think of as the splendid seum in City and from The lecture series is co- from pompous professors that On Friday, September 1, 12 basura (trash) of the archives – the Philippine 2017 History sponsored by the UH Center of make us want to skip class! The noon-1 p.m., at Burns Hall, the sari-sari, the tira-tira, the Convention. This is his first ap- Philippine Studies and the Fil- Hawaii lectures are not to be East-West Center, Ocampo will anu-ano, as well as the diu- pearance in Hawaii. ipino Association of University missed by all who value learn- present the diaries of former mano of the past.” Ocampo was completing Women (FAUW), with partici- ing from our past, and under- Present Ferdinand Marcos, Professor Ferdinand Can- his doctorate at University of pation of the Knights of Rizal standing the current political who left the documents written tular, Department of English at London when he decided to and the East-West Center. carnival now happening in the during his martial law reign, Xavier University in Cagayan join the Benedictine Abbey of "We invite everyone to Philippines." when he fled to Hawaii in Feb- de Oro City, said "Though Our Lady of Monserrat in take advantage of this rare and The Philippine National ruary 1986. Ocampo is prepar- many critics were hysterical . He left the life of a free opportunity to interact live Commission on Culture and ing the diaries for publication, about what they call as monk in 1997, but has not ruled with this foremost Filipino his- the Arts is sharing this program collating from different manu- Ocampo’s meticulous, gossipy out returning at some point in torian,” said Rhoda Yabes-Al- with us as part of the celebra- script sources, and annotating and journalese historiography, the future. Under the mentor- varez, president of FAUW. tion of National Heroes Day from newspapers and the Offi- many sensible and authorita- ship of some of Manila’s most “FAUW is so privileged to (last Monday in August), cial Gazette. tive personalities inside and prominent writers and journal- bring top-notch talent to which commemorates the start outside the academe lauded ists (, Car- Hawaii as this is our 30th an- of the Filipino revolution Both lectures are free and Ocampo’s well-researched men Guerrero Nakpil, Eggie niversary as an organization. against Spain. open to the public. micro-history written in a con- Apostol, Letty Jimenez So, mark your calendars and at- Yabes-Alvarez and Dr. In his book White Love, versational tone with fresh in- Magsanoc), he began a news- tend not one, but both lec- Patricio Abinales head the lec- Professor Vicenter Rafael, Uni- sights and witty sense of paper column for the Philip- tures.” ture series committee with versity of Washington extols humor." pine Globe, which later "Ambeth Ocampo's histor- members Virgie Chattergy, Ambeth Ocampo’s essays for Ocampo is also presenting transferred to the Philippine ical narratives are like best-sell- Rose Churma, Pepi Nieva, “the careful attention they de- Mukhang Pera: The Politics of Daily Inquirer. Many of the ar- Banknotes of the Philippines at ticles in his Looking Back col- an invitation-only dinner at the umn have been collected into Philippine Consulate on Tues- books, including his seminal day, August 29. Mukhang pera publication, Rizal Without the literally means “looks like Overcoat. money” but is often taken to Ocampo has received three denote a greedy or materialistic National Book Awards as well person. The lecture plays on as numerous cultural awards this double meaning by show- for his work as historian and ing how politics influences his- author. He is a Fullbright tory and the way it is Scholar and a professor at his represented in the banknotes of alma mater Ateneo de Manila the Philippines. University, the University of Ocampo comes to Hon- the Philippines Diliman, Far olulu immediately after the first (continued on page 5) auGust 19, 2017 Hawaii FiliPino cHroniclE  5 COVER STORY

(from page 4, MULTI-AWARDED...) tion (available at Amazon.com Sites. While at the Library with Asia and with the West," ipino Association of University Eastern University, San Beda, and Philippine book stores). A Commission, he discovered the the Japanese citation stated. Women. and , collection of his Looking Back third and unfinished novel of While in Hawaii, Ocampo PEPi niEVa is an award winning where he received his Master’s essays on the hero, the book Jose Rizal, Makamisa, which he is also visiting family friends public relations professional, writer in Philippine Studies. F o r was awarded the first of his wrote about in a book. He has and will be hosted by the and editor with over 30 years expe- information on the lecture se- three National Book Awards. also catalogued papers, writ- Knights of Rizal and the Fil- rience in communications. ries, contact the UH Center for “Reading Ocampo's history ings, and documents related to Philippine Studies, Dr. Patricio is like sitting down with a friend Rizal that are now in the vault The Ambeth Ocampo Lecture Series A b i n a l e s , who shares what he has of the National Library and at Free and open to the public [email protected], 808- learned,” stated at Philippine the and Library 956-4030, or the Filipino Asso- Daily Inquirer Review. in Metro Manila. Rizal in Dapitan: The Triumph of Life over Death ciation of University Women, Ocampo’s writing style—read- He was awarded a Full- When: Thursday, August 31, 10:30-11:45 a.m. Rhoda Alvarez, president, able, anecdotal, with little- bright Research Scholarship in Where: Leeward Community College, Room DA 204 (Ewa side of the [email protected], 808- known facts and lively insights 2000 and in 2016 received the campus) This year marks the 125th anniversary of Rizal’s arrival in Dapitan, his 589-7380. of the hero as a son, brother, Fukuoka Prize in the academic place of exile from 1892-1896. A lesser man would have crumbled in lover—is carried throughout his category for outstanding depression and boredom, but Rizal turned his misfortune around and A Closer Look at Ocampo columns and subsequent books. achievements in Asian studies contributed to the development of this sleepy town in Zamboanga del Norte, Mindanao through education and civic work. Ocampo was born on Au- He is now completing work on and his contribution to aca- Co-sponsored by the Knights of Rizal. gust 13, 1961 in Manila. Some the Marcos Diaries and a biog- demic, cultural and social of his publications include raphy of former Philippine progress in the Philippines. For information, contact: Raymund Liongson, 808-455-0557. Aguinaldo’s Breakfast, Bonifa- President Fidel Ramos. “His clear and accessible Interrogating Presidential Papers: The Ferdinand Marcos cio’s Bolo, Mabini’s Ghost, Ocampo is a respected aca- explanations of the wider Diaries and Luna’s Moustache, as well demic. He was appointed chair global context in which the as narratives about Filipino of the National Historical Com- country developed during the When: Friday, September 1, 12 noon-1 p.m. Where: Burns Hall, East-West Center, 1601 East-West Road, Honolulu, artists and musicians. mission of the Philippines, the period of the Spanish and HI 96848 The book that cemented National Commission for Cul- American colonial regimes his reputation as an author and ture and the Arts, the National have helped promote a more Learn about President Ferdinand Marcos’ handwritten diaries spanning the years 1969-1984. The Marcoses left the diaries at Malacanang Rizal expert was Rizal Without Committee on Libraries and In- open sense of nationalism, and Palace when they fled to Hawaii in February 1986. Ocampo is prepar- the Overcoat, published in formation, and the National facilitated the advancement of ing the diaries for publication, collating from different manuscript 1990 and now in its sixth edi- Committee on Monuments and international exchanges both sources, and annotating from newspapers and the Official Gazette. Sandwiches will be served.

Hosted by the East-West Center.

Q&A with Ambeth Ocampo For information, contact UH Center for Philippine Studies, 808-946- 4030. By Patricio Abinales, Ph.D.

Q. How did you come to be interested in Rizal? Ocampo: The title for my first book, Rizal without the Overcoat (in-print for 27 years now), is a reference to the time my father pointed out the statue of Rizal in Luneta and asked me: "Why is he wearing a heavy winter overcoat in the tropics?" That question asked long ago in my childhood continues to make me want to know Rizal more. Unfortunately, Rizal wrote a lot for a nation that does not read him. I got interested in Rizal by reading Rizal. Not just the novels required for school but his letters, diaries, and everything else he left us in 25 largely unread novels.

Q. Many people complain that classroom courses on Rizal are "boring." What do you say to that? Ocampo: When people complain that history or Rizal courses are boring, I often reply that if they think so, then they had a bad teacher. Or rather they didn’t have me as a teacher! Philippine history is about human nature and the attempts of people in the past to be the nation they often fail to be. History is about life and can never be boring, the subject is not the problem; it’s the teacher, the textbook, or turgid academic prose that is boring.

Q: How many books on Rizal have you written, which ones are your favorites, and why? Ocampo: I have published almost 30 books, most of them on Rizal. I do not have fa- vorites, for my books are like my children. One cannot, at least publicly, play fa- vorites.

Q: If I were to gift my husband or wife, my children, or parents a book or two about Rizal, which would these be? Why? Ocampo: Rizal without the Overcoat is a good start. It is not a definitive book but has enough to get you interested enough to read and know more.

Q: Which of Rizal's books should Filipinos in Hawaii and elsewhere read? Ocampo: Of course, the Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, published by UH and the Lacson-Locsin translation, although Rizal is also available via a Penguin books translation by Augenbaum. (from page 5, DONNA ...)

6  Hawaii FiliPino cHroniclE  auGust 19, 2017 OPEN FORUMS Reject the Anti-Immigrant Bill to Slash Greencards and End Family Immigration By Michelle Boykins being supported by President we have today. To end that should continue to value fam- on policy solutions that pro- Trump. The American public system would be a grave mis- ilies. Instead, the RAISE Act mote economic security and resident Trump should not be fooled by the take harming the very soul of proposes to decimate the fam- prosperity for all members of announced sup- labeling of this bill as ‘merit- our Nation. ily-based immigration system, our society. We will fight port for Senator based.’ The clear goal of this Two-thirds of Asian keeping families separated and against this attack on our fam- Tom Cotton (R- bill is to reduce the number of Americans and Pacific Is- preventing immigrant commu- ilies and communities.” AR) and Sena- immigrants to the United landers are immigrants, and 92 nities from taking root. P tor David States. percent of Asian Americans The RAISE Act is part of asian amEricans adVanc- Perdue’s (R-GA) updated re- We remind the country are immigrants or the children a larger strategy to scapegoat inG justicE is a national affil- strictionist anti-immigrant that the Immigration and Na- of immigrants. The vast ma- immigrants and further mar- iation of five leading organizations bill, the RAISE Act, that tionality Act of 1965 was a jority of Asian immigrants ginalize people of color. Con- advocating for the civil and human rights of Asian Americans and other would upend the immigration civil rights act that overturned have come to the U.S. through trary to the xenophobic and underserved communities to pro- system to further a white na- the racist quota system that the family-based immigration misguided stereotypes that mote a fair and equitable society for tionalist agenda and move the gave preference to Northern system, and many Asian im- belie the RAISE Act, immi- all. The affiliation's members are: country in the wrong direc- and Western European immi- migrants that come on em- grants contribute immensely Advancing Justice - AAJC (Wash- tion. grants. Immigration to the ployment-based visas also use to our economy, create jobs for ington, D.C.), Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus (San Francisco), Asian Americans Ad- U.S. since the passage of that the family-based system to re- all Americans, and increase Advancing Justice - Los Angeles, vancing Justice is outraged Act is responsible for the vi- unite with family members. safety in our communities. Advancing Justice - Atlanta, and that this anti-immigrant bill is brant and diverse country that Our immigration system Our government should focus Advancing Justice - Chicago. Governor Needs to Step Up and Fix Maui School

Ige and Mizumoto’s lead- This is why citizens are frus- exercise his emergency powers Bus Crisis ership on this issue is non-ex- trated with government…The for 30 days and resolve this sit- By Rep. Bob McDermott is what is expected of a gover- istent and pathetic. Parents Governor and BOE chair are uation. It may not be an emer- nor. To lead, take action, and expect a few things from their displaying all the initiative of gency to him, but for parents overnor Ige resolve this situation. government and timely bus Rip Van Winkle. and students whose lives have needs to display The poor students and par- service for public schools is At the very least, the Gov- been turned upside down, you engaged leader- ents of Maui are being held one of them. ernor should get the parties in a bet it is an emergency. ship and step in hostage to bureaucratic bum- There is no excuse for this room and lead the discussion. and resolve bling that would make the sloth-like leadership. None. If that does not work he could G Maui’s failing keystone cops envious. Ige school bus system. Sitting on appointee, and Chairman of HAWAII-FILIPINO NEWS the sidelines and saying he the Board of Education, Lance “recognizes the hardship Mizumoto, is another master Rep. Gabbard Urges USDA to Make GMO- caused by the school bus crisis of inaction saying “the board on Maui is not enough. Ige does not get involved with Labeling Transparent, Accessible needs to fix the problem, that contract discussions…” .S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard apply to all GMO foods, includ- quirements, and creates unnec- from page 5, HART....) is calling for GMO la- ing foods which contain ingre- essary extra steps for con- Ubeling standards to be dients like highly refined sugars sumers to access basic more consumer-friendly, fair, and oils, as well as foods pro- ingredient information. The and transparent. duced with new genetic engi- legislation also raised concerns Gabbard released a state- neering techniques.” by the FDA, as well as various ment: “Nine out of ten Ameri- In July 2016, Congress environmental, food security, cans consistently report they passed weak GMO labeling and consumer interest groups. want the right to know if their standards into law that create a Congresswoman Gabbard food is produced with genetic confusing web of disclosure has long fought for consumers’ engineering, the same right held options, allowing companies to rights to transparency on by consumers in 64 other coun- choose between on-package GMOs. In 2016, Rep. Gabbard tries. As the USDA works to es- text, a USDA-regulated sym- was recognized as a top advo- tablish a mandatory, national bol, or an electronic or digital cate of improving our nation’s disclosure standard for GMO link (e.g., QR code). food system for her fight foods, we write to express our While Congresswoman against the DARK Act and vot- strong belief that USDA needs Gabbard has long supported ing record in support of trans- to meet consumer expectations, transparent right-to-know la- parent and sensible food policy. be consistent with international beling requirements, she She is an original co-sponsor of standards and be inclusive of all strongly opposed the legisla- H.R. 913, the Genetically En- Americans – including con- tion signed into law because it gineered Right-to-Know Act, sumers without smartphones, undermines Hawai’i and other which would require the FDA rural residents and the elderly. states’ ability to mandate GMO to clearly label all foods con- We expect USDA’s mandatory labeling, exempts many com- taining genetically-engineered GMO disclosure standard to mon foods from labeling re- ingredients. auGust 19, 2017 Hawaii FiliPino cHroniclE  7 WHAT’S UP, ATTORNEY?

subpoenas’ request for informa- Suing a Foreign Country for tion regarding Cuban assets and moved to quash the subpoena. It argued that Vera’s default judg- Extrajudicial Killings ment against Cuba was void for https://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/h Florida state court the Republic tain acts of terrorism, such as lack of subject matter jurisdic- rrpt/humanrightsreport/index.ht of Cuba for the extrajudicial extrajudicial killings and tor- tion under the FSIA and that the By Atty. Emmanuel m#wrapper. killing of his father, the former ture. 28 USC § 1605A(a)(1). District Court lacked personal Samonte Tipon There is at least one mother police chief in Havana, in San The Florida court found jurisdiction over BBVA. The in Hawaii whose son, who was Juan, Puerto Rico, on October that Cuba ordered the extrajudi- District Court rejected BBVA’s he U.S. State De- suspected of being a drug user, 25, 1976. Vera, Sr. had fled cial killing of Vera’s father in challenge and ordered it to pro- partment issued was reportedly the victim of an Cuba in the 1960s and engaged retaliation for his participation vide full and complete answers an official report extrajudicial killing in Ilocos in counterrevolutionary activi- in the anti-communist move- to Vera’s request for informa- on the country Norte, Philippines after Presi- ties in Puerto Rico and Florida. ment and that Cuba was desig- tion on Cuban assets located in conditions in the dent Duterte came to power. Vera Jr. alleged that agents act- nated to be a state sponsor of BBVA’s branches in and outside T Philippines in Can the mother sue the Repub- ing on orders of the Cuban gov- terrorism in 1982 and remains the United States. The court 2016 which states in part: lic of the Philippines for the ex- ernment executed Vera’s father. so designated. held BBVA in contempt when it “President Rodrigo Roa trajudicial killing of her son and Vera Jr. obtained a default Vera then filed a complaint refused to comply. BBVA ap- Duterte, elected in May, began recover damages? judgment for §95 million against Cuba in the United pealed. the first year of his constitution- The following case, decided against Cuba which did not ap- States District Court for the 28 USC § 1604 bars state ally limited six-year term on yesterday, August 14, 2017, by pear in the action. Although for- Southern District of New York and federal courts from exercis- June 30. . . . Since July police the U.S. Court of Appeals for the eign states are generally seeking recognition and entry of ing jurisdiction when a foreign and unknown vigilantes have Second Circuit, will help her an- immune from the jurisdiction of the Florida judgment pursuant state is entitled to immunity. 28 killed more than 6,000 sus- swer the question. Vera v. Re- the United States under the For- to the Full Faith and Credit Act, USC § 1330 confers jurisdiction pected drug dealers and users public of Cuba, No. 16-1227, eign Sovereign Immunities Act 28 USC § 1738. Cuba failed to on federal district courts only if as the government pursued a 08/14/2017. http://www.ca2.us- of 1976 (FSIA), 28 USC §§ appear in the federal action and one of the exceptions to immu- policy aimed at eliminating il- courts.gov/decisions/isys- 1602 et seq., the Florida court the District Court entered a de- nity applies. legal drug activity in the coun- query/2f53f9cc-b029-462b-919 held that Cuba was subject to fault judgment against it for ap- 28 U.S.C. § 1605A elimi- try by the end of the year. 3-71e3c202cc47/1/doc/16- suit under a statutory exception proximately §45 million. nates sovereign immunity and Extrajudicial killings have 1227_opn.pdf#xml=http://www. to immunity in 28 USC § Vera served information permits suits directly against a been the chief human rights ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isys- 1605(a)(7), known as the “ter- subpoenas on the New York foreign state in any case in concern in the country for query/2f53f9cc-b029-462b- rorism exception”. The excep- branches of certain foreign which money damages are many years and they increased 9193-71e3c202cc47/1/hilite/ tion authorizes suits against banks, including BBVA. The sought against [the] foreign sharply over the past year. Aldo Vera, Jr. sued in a foreign states that sponsor cer- bank refused to comply with the (continued on page 12)

EDITORIALS (from page 2, BELLICOSE RHETORIC....) could trigger a global financial uttered from the mouth of the fronts…We should not be en- one wants. Hecker, former director of Los crisis. leader of the free world in this gaging in the same kind of blus- Pressure in the form of in- Alamos National Laboratory, What the world already day. That’s a leadership style ter and provocative statements as creased sanctions, working with wrote to Trump urging him to knows is that North Korea’s Kim usually characteristic of back- North Korea about nuclear war.” U.S. allies in the region and begin talks as the “only realistic Jong Un is predictable when wards despotic regimes such as Going forward, the only but- China, and most importantly, be- option” in this crisis. threatened. After Trump’s “fire Kim Jong Un’s. ton Trump should be thinking fore it is too late, direct talks Now is the time for Ameri- and fury” threat, Jong Un made Sen. John McCain said of about is a diplomatic reset but- with N. Koreans must be part of cans to reach out to their Con- a threat of his own within 24 Trump’s “fire and fury” com- ton. We already know threats a diplomatic strategy. The U.S. gressional representatives and hours, saying N. Korea may ment: “It’s kind of the classic only encourages Jong Un to Congress must also be more as- senators to demand a peaceful launch a preemptive strike on Trump in that he overstates want to accelerate N. Korea’s sertive in demanding they be in- resolution. If there ever is a time Guam, home to a few of the things.” nuclear program or something cluded in finding a diplomatic for peaceful activism, that time United States’ major military Sen. Dianne Feinstein said: risky as he says he is consider- solution. is now. Trump needs to know bases in the Pacific. “President Trump is not helping ing, fire bombs off the shores of Sixty percent of Americans, that the majority of Americans While Trump supporters the situation with his bombastic Guam. Reckless rhetoric should regardless of political affiliation, do not want a military conflict. criticize past administrations, comments.” not be a strategy in this crisis; want a peaceful resolution. Nu- We are at the brink. It’s time to both Republican and Democrat, New York Rep. Eliot Engel, this only opens the door to more clear and diplomatic experts, like dial down the rhetoric, turn away for not doing enough to stop N. a top Democrat on the House unpredictability and a possibility George Shultz, former secretary from bluster and provocation, Korea from getting to this point. Foreign Affairs Committee said of a miscalculated, accidental of state; William Perry, former and end this dangerous game of It should also be noted that N. Trump had undermined U.S. drift into all out conflict that no defense secretary; and Siegfried machismo. Korea has also demonstrated credibility “by drawing an ab- consistency and restraint in not surd red line…Make no mistake: acting out on its own threats. The N. Korea is a real threat, but the rogue nation has shown it is de- President’s unhinged reaction fiant, but really it is not suicidal. suggests he might consider Using exaggerated threats is American nuclear weapons in not the path to reaching any response to a nasty comment diplomatic solution that is in fact from a N. Korean despot.” possible. Remember, under Pres- Sen. Ben Cardin, a top De- ident Bill Clinton, the U.S. bro- mocrat on the Senate Foreign kered a deal to halt N. Korea’s Relations Committee, said nuclear program for 8 years. “President Trump’s comments What is needed is for Trump were not helpful and once again to be calm and resolute. Belli- show that he lacks the tempera- cose rhetoric suggesting a nu- ment and judgement to deal with clear holocaust should not be the serious crisis the U.S con- 8  Hawaii FiliPino cHroniclE  auGust 19, 2017 CANDID PERSPECTIVES Filipinos Have Always Been Targets of White Supremacy Even Before a olence ended in the shooting death of Fermin Tobera on Jan. Trumpulent America 22. It sparked a wave of vio- By Emil Guillermo lence in the following weeks, and even caused students to here’s a crises in demonstrate at UP and memo- America, but it’s rialized Tobera. not about the mad So don’t see Char- man in North lottesville as simply a T Korea. black/white issue. It’s about the We have seen white na- insensitive, racist bully in the tivist violence before. And we White House—the president of have seen what happens in the the United States. aftermath. I used to joke that the Because the anti-Filipino Philippines’ Rodrigo Duterte sentiment was so strong in Cal- and Trump were on their own ifornia, Congress passed the race to the bottom. After the Tydings-McDuffie Act in 1934. Charlottesville, Virginia inci- marks. In doing so, he legit- the first time (and right at the America, just two years after It turned the one time Ameri- dent, even with the burial of imized the racist hate-mongers top), I've coined a word to cap- the first recorded incidence of can nationals into foreign Marcos and his thousands of in Charlottesville. Essentially, ture the Trump style of govern- anti-Filipino violence in the aliens, and essentially excluded extra-judicial killings, Duterte Trump told the racists he had ment and political rhetoric. U.S. Filipinos from the U.S. can’t go lower than Trump their back. Take one part truculent It happened on New Year’s That’s what a little hate can now. It’s one thing to defend the ("the quality of being disposed Eve, 1926 in Stockton, Calif. do. How do you go lower than free speech rights of the abhor- or eager to fight or engage in And it was the main reason my When the racist hate is le- defending racism? I suppose rent. But it doesn’t mean you hostile opposition"); Add a father stayed put in San Fran- gitimized by the president of you can advocate genocide like have to defend their philosophy dash of petulance ("insolent cisco and didn’t go to the Cen- the free world—it is not an a Pol Pot, but extra-judicial of division and hate. and rude behavior"); Insert one tral Valley. overstatement to say democ- killings aren’t quite there. At We live in a United States Donald (orange hair special); According to Prof. Dawn racy is in real trouble. least not yet. that believes in freedom and Mix with reckless abandon, et Mabalon’s “Little Manila is in Trump is proving that But Trump? He’s given the justice for all. To back those voila! the Heart,” the Stockton inci- “Make America Great Again,” thumbs up to racism in Amer- who would deny that basic The president's signature dent involved eight whites and really does mean “Make Amer- ica. principal to people of color is style? Forget opulence. We've Filipinos stabbed and beaten ica White Again.” On Saturday, Trump’s ini- simply un-American. got Trumpulence. after a group of white men It’s a sad day in this coun- tial reaction was to spare the Suddenly, the president And, of course, it's the likes rushed through hotels and pool try when the president, to KKK, neo-Nazis, and white su- was giving cover to the KKK, of which we've never seen be- halls looking to attack Fil- whom we look to for moral premacists and to spread the neo-Nazis, and white suprema- fore. ipinos. leadership, is a victim of his blame to “many sides.” After cists who were armed and Unless you see it in your But the Stockton Daily own poisoned rhetoric. the civil rights community and wreaked havoc on Char- neighbor, or in Charlottesville, Evening Record reported just It’s crippling his ability to other critics slammed him Sun- lottesville. 1 person died and 19 Virginia. the opposite, and blared: “Fil- govern. And it’s showing day, Trump took a mulligan. were hurt when one of the A president is capable of ipinos ran amuck, attacking Americans and the world an On Monday he dutifully read white Supremacists drove his setting the moral tone of the whites.” ugligness that forever tarnishes off a prompter and denounced car into the crowd. Another two country. And so far, this one's The anti-Filipino violence the presidency. the hate groups (albeit in as in- law enforcement officers died setting a bad example. It’s by whites only grew from WWLD? What Would Lin- sincere a manner as he could in a chopper accident as they enough that it poses a real there. Even lynchings of Fil- coln do? Probably pull down stomach). mobilized to protect the public. threat to our democracy. ipinos were recorded. And the the brim of his stovepipe hat But by Tuesday, Trump That Trump couldn’t bring Maybe even more than the violence influenced politicians and shake his head, if not weep. couldn’t help himself. He had himself to condemn the alt- probe, or ISIS, or any- who delivered hateful anti-Fil- We are witnessing the de- to be Trump. He went back to right bigots is troubling. thing else. ipino legislation. evolution of the presidency, his Saturday stance, and said in But this is his brand. Trump has used the politics The U.S. had fallen into a and the downgrading of our more off-the-cuff remarks that In real estate, that brand of division to shore up his de- deep economic depression. country. there were fine people on both signifies his version of opulent clining support. But in doing Whites were out of work. Time to stand up and speak sides. He spoke from the heart luxuriousness. But now that so, he’s given the green light to “Fils” as they were called were out against the man who has and defended his initial re- Trump is in public office for gun toting white supremacists, replacing whites on the job. given us a Trumpulent Amer- prone to anger and violence. On top of that, Filipinos, ica. When you see whites bear- predominantly male to meet ing torches, marching through the work demand, were taking Emil GuillErmo is an the south saying, “You will not white women. award-winning journalist and com- replace us,” you better believe mentator who writes from Northern The most famous riot was California. He recently won the that when they say “you,” they in Watsonville, Calif., in Janu- 2015 Dr. Suzanne Ahn Award for are including Filipinos. ary of 1930. Whites were upset Civil Rights and Social Justice from The last few months I’ve that Filipinos held a dance and the Asian American Journalists As- been paying homage to my fa- hired nine white girls. A white sociation California. Listen to his ther in my one-man show, podcast: Emil Amok’s Takeout mob started shooting and beat- http://emilamokstakeout.libsyn.com “Amok.” He arrived in 1928 to ing Filipinos. Four days of vi- /website auGust 19, 2017 Hawaii FiliPino cHroniclE  9 TRAVEL & TOURISM Malolos: Revolutionaries, empanadas & na-bato structure with adobe Art Deco walls and oversized capiz win- dows; but inside suddenly re- By Ivan Man Dy 19th century,” says Leo Cloma, veals a profusion of playful a native son and enthusiast of curves, feminine forms and sin- his city’s history. Not only was uous lines, the work of master Barasoain Church in Malolos, Bulacan around the country, effectively it a place of revolutionary fer- sculptor Isabelo Tampinco who establishing the legitimacy of vor, Malolos was also a boom- imbued this home with an ex- alolos is one of event in our nation’s history, a his status as the 1st president of town from the 19th to the 20th traordinary art nouveau idiom. those places destination of choice for school the Philippine Republic. centuries. It had access to a Nearby at the former resi- you’ve always kids doing their requisite out- The significance of this railway line from Manila and dence of Albeta Uitangcoy we heard about but of-school educational trip. historical narrative is effec- agricultural businesses flour- learned, over a savory snack of M never been to. As a tourist, there is no tively told through didactic ex- ished among the town’s Taga- the city’s famed empanada de Or, if you have, missing this historical distinc- hibits at the Museo ng log-Chinese mestizo merchant kaliskis (literally scaly meat it’s probably a long time ago on tion. On a recent visit, our first Republika ng 1899 (Museum class. pie), about the exploits of 14 a school trip back in high stop was invariably Malolos’ of the 1899 Republic), housed With this new wealth came women who fought for educa- school. most famous landmark: the in the adjacent former convent architectural expressions in the tional reforms and empower- Only 40 kilometers north 129-year-old Barasoain Church of the church. This shrine is a form of abodes for the town’s ment. They became known as of Manila, the city figures early which stands proudly along the must for the first timer, if only new elite. In the historic Ka- the Women of Malolos, an ex- in social studies class, having aptly-named Paseo del Con- to give a proper perspective mestisuhan district, we see the traordinary feat of woman been the site of the first repub- greso. The church complex, as and refresh one’s understand- creations of the town’s belle power in a time of revolution lican congress in the country religious as it is a politically sa- ing of this turning point in the epoch age as we enter the Tan- dominated by male characters inaugurated in 1899. It is a cred ground, was the venue nation’s history. josoy family home. The exte- of a 19th century feudal society. place I’ve always associated where Gen. “Malolos was a hotbed of rior looks typically 19th But Malolos is not all rev- with that one iconic, shining convened 85 delegates from intellectuals and radicals in the century – a two-story bahay- (continued on page 10) 10  Hawaii FiliPino cHroniclE  auGust 19, 2017 HAWAII-FILIPINO NEWS HART Names Andrew Robbins As New Executive Director and CEO seven finalists after narrowing ize the challenges that lie specialist in driverless transit a global search of more than a ahead for this project and the systems similar to the system he Honolulu Authority hundred applicants to succeed community concerns that HART will employ. He also for Rapid Transporta- HART’s current Interim Exec- come along with them. Having has experience in project man- Ttion’s Board of Direc- utive Director and CEO Krish- previously been involved with agement, project engineering, tors named Andrew Robbins niah Murthy. Murthy will this project, I also believe systems engineering, con- as HART’s new Executive Di- remain with HART for a pe- strongly in its merits. Resi- struction and installation, op- rector and Chief Executive Of- riod to allow for Robbins’ suc- dents, visitors and future gen- erations and maintenance, and ficer. cessful transition into his new erations will not only benefit business development. “The Board is very excited role leading Honolulu’s Rail from this project but will also He is a licensed profes- about the experience, knowl- Transit Project. view it as an integral part of sional engineer in Hawaii as edge, and enthusiasm that Mr. City council chairman Honolulu’s transportation in- well as Pennsylvania, and is Robbins brings to the Author- Ron Menor says he’ll have to Andrew Robbins frastructure.” currently a senior executive ity.” said HART Board Vice hit the ground running. mediately in terms of cost con- Robbins is a seasoned rail with Bombardier Transporta- Chair Terrence Lee, “We are “The bottom line is can he tainment, in terms of the rec- transit executive with substan- tion. He returns to the islands confident that his expertise, produce results?” Menor said. ommendations of various tial experience in public pas- after working for a number of dedication, and strong belief in “He’s going to have a full audits, in terms of working senger urban rail, rail years in the San Francisco and the project will serve HART plate. He’s going to have to re- with the FTA to ensure that equipment, infrastructure, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the people of Honolulu solve difficult and complex is- HART comes up with a finan- construction management, areas. well.” sues in a short period of time cial plan.” systems integration and airport Robbins is scheduled to The Board interviewed that need to be addressed im- Robbins said: “I fully real- transit. Mr. Robbins is also a start at HART on September 5.

Committee, and is the Senate want to become the LG who Senator Espero Is Considering a Majority Floor Leader. helped solve Hawaii’s hous- “I believe I have the lead- ing crisis continuing my work Run for Lt. Governor in 2018 ership skills, experience, on this important issue,” Sen- tate Senator Will Es- Espero is creating an ex- istration of Mayor Frank Fasi knowledge and ability to ator Espero stated. “I also pero announced that he ploratory committee to deter- and 17.5 years in the Hawaii work with all stakeholders to want to continue working on Sis considering a run for mine the feasibility of a State Legislature. He cur- shape Hawaii for the next 20 issues such as police reform, Lt. Governor of Hawaii in successful Espero candidacy. rently serves as the chairman years. My work would focus prison reform, building an 2018 if the current Lt. Gover- Senator Espero has over of the Senate Housing Com- on our keiki, our elderly, and aerospace industry, creating a nor Shan Tsutsui steps down 25 years of government serv- mittee, vice-chairman of the the workers of our state. As hemp industry, and ocean to run for Mayor of Maui. ice with 8 years in the admin- Transportation & Energy Senate housing chairman, I protections.”

TRAVEL & TOURISM (from page 9, MALOLOS....) olutionary history. A surprising city landmarks such as the Bu- ated by those paying their util- as it quite possibly the most Outside the Kamestisuhan twist in our recent visit was the lacan Provincial Capitol and ities at this now Meralco office. spectacular Art Deco style home historic quarter, we complete discovery of a wealth of Art Malolos Municipal Hall (notice Nearby, the Crisostomo man- in the entire country. A true mar- our Art Deco-themed circuit by Deco heritage in the city. Think both structures’ jazzy stair- sion’s geometric wood-finished riage of professional success heading out to the Chiong and 20th century modernist archi- case). Over at the old Ka- interior takes inspiration from and artistic patronage, Santos Galman-Cruz family homes, tecture in the inter-war years: mestisuhan quarter, we spotted period cinema houses of yore. was considered the top ophthal- worthwhile specimens for our stylized forms, sleek lines and more of the Art Deco theme at But the crowning jewel of mologist in the country in the Deco groupies, specially machine-age aesthetics of the the neighborhood’s assemblage Malolos’ heritage houses is 1920’s who was just as adept in arranged by our hosts from the Commonwealth up until the of historic homes. There is the undisputedly that one built by performing eye surgeries as he city’s tourism office. immediate Post-War years. former Adriano family home Dr. Luis Santos in 1933. To say was in commissioning cele- Malolos turned out to be We appreciated this design with her elegant woodwork it is the city’s most beautiful brated artists of his time to dec- more than just the ordinary theme as we explored various which can be openly appreci- mansion is an understatement, orate his new home. The result textbook historical destination, is a magnificent Art Deco mas- it was delightful architectural terpiece crafted with the finest surprise. Living in Manila, it’s local hardwoods from Bicol, so easy to overlook this little fashioned into opulent stylized city, practically considered a ( HEALTH & FAMILY from page 9, COLON ....) reliefs throughout the interior. suburb of the metropolis, as an And to up the ante, painter exciting day trip. But as I real- and sculp- ized, even the most jaded of tor , both destinations sometimes de- eventually declared as National serves another look. 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The winning team will be recognized online. he Department of tional educational program adult coach/teacher and at will represent Hawaii at the For more information Commerce and Con- that teaches students critical least 4 students. national LifeSmarts competi- about the Hawaii LifeSmarts Tsumer Affairs (DCCA) life skills in five key areas: The online portion of the tion, scheduled for April 21- p r o g r a m , p l e a s e v i s i t Office of the Securities Com- Personal Finance, Consumer competition will be open from 24, 2018 in San Diego, CA. www.lifesmartshawaii.com or missioner announces the start Rights & Responsibilities, Tuesday, August 1, 2017, to Middle school or “Junior contact the LifeSmarts State of the 2017-2018 Hawaii Health & Safety, the Environ- Friday, December 1, 2017 at 7 Varsity” (JV) teams with stu- Coordinator, Theresa Kong LifeSmarts Competition. ment, and Technology p.m. HST. The four highest dents in grades 6-8 may partic- Kee, at 587-7400 or tkong- LifeSmarts is a free, na- through online quizzes and scoring high school teams will ipate in an online-only [email protected]. Kalihi Residents Want Abandoned Tyler Dos Santos Tam Home Removed in Their to Represent Hawaii homes could also be de- Neighborhood stroyed. In Fil-Am Leadership tate Representative have not received any re- In 2013 the City passed John Mizuno and sponse from government offi- Bill 3, which allows the City Program SKalihi residents are cials. to charge property owners yler Dos Santos Tam calling on the City and The abandoned house lo- who fail to maintain their was selected as one of County of Honolulu to re- cated at 1724 E North School properties, causing both safety Tthe 10 delegates to the move an abandoned, rat-in- Street was left to several and health issues, by raising 6th Filipino American Youth fested home on North School grandchildren who claim the the maximum fine for dilapi- Leadership Program that will Street. house now belongs to the City dated houses from $1,000 to be held in Manila, Philippines For more than a year, and it is rapidly falling apart $5,000 per day. from October 6-14, the Philip- Kalihi residents have been within several feet of neigh- Residents are asking that pine Consulate General in asking the city and state to re- boring homes. Residents are City officials meet with them Honolulu announced. move the abandoned home worried that if the home were and come up with a plan to re- Tyler will join the other the City and County of Hon- from their neighborhood and to catch fire, several other move the home. nine young Filipino American olulu’s neighborhood board sys- delegates from Alaska, Califor- tem. In 2015, he was recognized nia, Illinois, New York, Wash- as one of the Pacific Business Hawaii Economy Grows at a Slower ington, Virginia and Guam for News’ “40 Under Forty” for his first 6 months. Hawaii’s unem- for 2019 and 2020. Visitor ex- the 6th FYLPRO. work in both the business and Pace ployment rate (not seasonally penditures will be at 6.5 per- Tyler, who turned 30 this advocacy community. He is a awaii’s economy adjusted) was the second lowest cent for 2017, 2.2 percent for year, is the Executive Director graduate of Punahou School posted the lowest among all the states in the na- 2018, and 3.6 percent for 2019 of the Hawaii Construction Al- and Yale University. Hquarterly growth rate tion. Visitor arrivals increased and 2020. liance, an organization that rep- Launched in 2012 as a during the first quarter of 2017 4.3 percent and visitor expendi- DBEDT revised its projec- resents the 15,000 members of youth-oriented project of for- since the first quarter of 2015, tures jumped 8.7 percent during tion on Hawaii’s economic Hawaii’s carpenters, laborers, mer Philippine Ambassador to according to the Department of the first half of the year. growth downward for 2017, cement masons, bricklayers and the United States Jose L. Business, Economic Develop- However, the economic from 1.9 percent projected in operating engineers unions. He Cuisia, Jr., FYLPRO aims to ment and Tourism (DBEDT). growth is not evenly allocated the previous quarter to 1.4 per- also chairs the Neighborhood tap outstanding Filipino Amer- After two years of consecu- to all the industries. There are cent, and between 1.3 percent Commission, which oversees (continued on page 13) tive growth above 2 percent, still a few industries that lost to 1.5 percent between 2018 Hawaii’s economy, as measured jobs during the first half of and 2020. by the real (inflation adjusted) 2017. Construction lost 500 “The increase in visitor gross domestic product (GDP), jobs, manufacturing and health spending is mainly due to the grew by 0.9 percent during the care each lost 400 jobs, and the price increase. For example, first quarter of 2017, according wholesale trade lost 300 jobs. during the first half of 2017, to data released by the U.S. Bu- The most recent economic hotel room rates increased 6.0 reau of Economic Analysis. forecast for the U.S. and the percent. Apparel prices in- “Hawaii’s economic funda- world indicates that most of the creased 5.8 percent, and gaso- mentals are still positive, al- economies of the world, espe- line prices increase 20.4 though growth has slowed cially those where our visitors percent. Visitors spent much of down,” said DBEDT Director are coming from, will experi- their money on these items Luis P. Salaveria. “We have the ence continued economic while visiting Hawaii,” said second lowest unemployment growth in 2017 and 2018. The Chief State Economist Dr. Eu- rate in the nation during the first U.S. economy is expected to gene Tian. “When calculating half of 2017, and our visitor in- grow by 2.2 percent in 2017 the economic growth, the price dustry is performing well, with and 2.4 percent in 2018, both effect is removed, so you end 4.6 million visitor arrivals dur- are higher than the growth rate up seeing the visitor industry ing the first half of the year.” of 2016. booming, while economic Labor force and employ- DBEDT revised the visitor growth is slowing down. The ment created new record high industry forecast upwards with real growth in the tourism in- levels during the first half year visitor arrivals now growing at dustry is not large enough to of 2017 and non-farm payroll 3.2 percent for 2017, 1.4 per- offset the downturn of the few jobs showed a historical best cent for 2018 and 1.5 percent industries.” 12  Hawaii FiliPino cHroniclE  auGust 19, 2017 HEALTH & FAMILY Why I Stopped Dyeing at 65 HEART & MIND By Paulynn Sicam

ecause the week my age and stopped dyeing after the State of my hair. I resolved to accept the Nation Ad- my physical age and revel in dress is too de- my natural greyness. But I B pressing to was determined not to get old. dwell on, I decided to write I scanned the environment, about something totally out of looking for people who wore topic: My hair. their hair grey and decided I turned 71 last month. My who or what I didn’t want to hair is grey. My oldest grand- look like. child is 18 years old. I am, by It is unfair. Men look good every known measure, old. with grey hair. It makes them Anne Bancroft, Jamie Lee Curtis and Judi Dench But why do I see people who look distinguished, successful. are in their 70s and think In women, grey hair is a risk. impossible shiny and silky grey and cut it short seven Grey hair will never be an ac- they’re much older than I? It immediately puts them in a manes that models toss about years ago, I have not looked ceptable trend in the Philip- Why don’t I feel like the sep- box that says “old,” “past her in the shampoo ads, is defi- back. I like how I never have pines. At most, it is a feminist tuagenarian that I am? prime,” “unemployable,” “out nitely out. Even keeping it a to color my hair ever again. I or an environmentalist state- I have embraced my age of the running.” Conventional reasonable length needs a lot like not having to show my ment. Our society has its and broadcast it to the world. I thinking has taught us that a of care, such as regular layer- Senior Card for early em- norms. In an out-of-town trip have let the grey and the laugh woman with grey hair is irre- ing and styling. barkation on a flight, get pri- with a group of elderly lines out. My eyes are no trievably old. I was deter- I studied every possible ority service almost women, most of whom are in longer reliable without mined to knock the stereotype. length. Anne Bancroft’s look everywhere I go, and have a their 80s, I was the only one glasses. My hearing has di- For a year, I apprised in The Graduate was attrac- traffic aide stop vehicles on a with naturally grey hair. A minished on my right ear. I every grey-haired woman I tive, but I didn’t want to look busy street so I can cross. I friend who wants to stop dye- have let time and gravity take saw in church, on the street, at like a cougar. I concluded that like that I can access pay toi- ing says her husband and son their toll on my body. But work, on TV and the movie the most practical way to wear lets for free in malls, and I can are vehemently against it. why is it that most days, I feel screen. I scrutinized them and my grey was to keep it short watch movies for free in my It is hard to imagine how like the tireless 40-something how their hair contributed to and smart, the way Judi Dench city of residence. one would look with grey hair, reporter I once was. their appeal or lack of it. I ob- and Jamie Lee Curtis wear Last year, waiting for my and it could be shocking to be- I forget that my hair is served grey-haired women theirs. Uber ride on a hospital drive- hold at first sight. But I would grey and that when people see who didn’t care how they When I was ready to face way, a tired-looking elderly not trade the freedom and con- me, they see an elderly woman looked. They just let nature the world, I attended a meet- woman with salt and pepper venience of the natural look who probably needs help take its course, which made ing with my classmates to plan hair approached me to ask for the illusion of perpetual going up and down the stairs. them look unkempt and un- for a homecoming. I quickly where she could get her hair youth. But I am quite oblivious to the happy. learned that among my school done like mine. The other Age is just a number, and concerns of others about my I searched the Internet for mates, grey hair is anathema. week, I wrote about the jeep- grey is just a color. I have age. I forge ahead unaccom- models and actors who wore When I entered the meeting ney driver who asked how old learned that the true measure panied and still travel alone. their hair grey and realized feeling liberated, no one made I was, then remarked admir- of a woman’s age is how she I was 65 when I decided it that it takes effort to look good a comment. It was as if death ingly that some women have feels about herself and the was time to be honest about in grey. Long hair, like those had walked into the room. lost it at 40. c h o i c e s s h e m a k e s . Since I let my hair grow These are exceptions. (www.philstar.com)

WHAT’S UP, ATTORNEY? (from page 7, SUING A FOREIGN....) state for personal injury or 1605A(a)(2)(A)(i)(I). against Cuba and to enforce the death that was caused by an act The Court of Appeals held subpoenas. of torture, extrajudicial killing, that the District Court lacked aircraft sabotage, hostage tak- subject matter jurisdiction over atty. tiPon has a Master of ing, or the provision of mate- Vera’s action against Cuba be- Laws degree from Yale Law School rial support or resources for cause Cuba was not designated and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of the Philip- such an act if . . . engaged in by a state sponsor of terrorism at pines. He specializes in immigra- an official, employee, or agent the time Vera’s father was killed tion law and criminal defense. of such foreign state while act- in 1976, and Vera failed to es- Office: American Savings Bank ing within the scope of his or tablish that Cuba was later des- Tower, 1001 Bishop Street, Suite her office, employment, or ignated in 1982 as a state 2305, Honolulu, HI 96813. Tel. agency.” sponsor of terrorism as a result 808 225 2645 E-Mail: [email protected]. Websites: Even if a foreign state has of his father’s death. Accord- www.MilitaryandCriminalLaw.co engaged in one of the terrorist ingly, the FSIA’s terrorism ex- m. He is from Laoag City and acts described above, however, ception to sovereign immunity Magsingal, Ilocos Sur. He served it is not subject to suit in the – the only potential basis for as an Immigration Officer. He is United States unless the foreign subject matter jurisdiction in co-author of “Immigration Law state was “designated as a state this case – does not apply. Service, 1st ed.,” an 8-volume practice guide for immigration of- sponsor of terrorism at the time Therefore Cuba was immune ficers and lawyers. This article is a the act . . . occurred” or was from Vera’s federal action and general overview of the subject later “so designated as a result the District Court had no juris- matter discussed and is not in- of such act.” Id. § diction to enter judgment tended as legal advice. auGust 19, 2017 Hawaii FiliPino cHroniclE  13 LEGAL NOTES DHS Looking to Expand Deportation grants who had been living in process. courts that have led to delays is found, said immigrants the country illegally for less Deputy Director of the in hearings for more than two would be referred to an immi- than two weeks and were ap- American Civil Liberties years. gration judge for further con- prehended within 100 miles Union’s Immigrants Rights D H S S p o k e s p e r s o n sideration of their case, just as of the border. Project, Lee Gelernt said that Joanne F. Talbot stressed that they are now. By Atty. Reuben S. Seguritan It is more likely that these this move is a recipe for disas- the expansion of DHS powers Unaccompanied minors n the hopes of de- immigrants have no ties to the ter. “Right now, someone ap- is allowed under federal law. will also not be subject of ex- terring more im- US such as family, friends, prehended in St. Louis would She also said that immigrants pedited removal, assured migrants from employment, and community, be entitled to a full hearing,” placed into the expedited Trump officials, just as they entering the making it easier to justify Gelernt said. “With expedited process under the new guide- are under the current DHS country under speedy removal. removal, you pick a person up, lines would still be afforded policy. I unlawful means, Under the proposal, DHS and they could be gone imme- the opportunity to claim a the Department of Homeland would be authorized to seek diately. Once you start institut- credible fear of persecution or rEuBEn s. sEGuritan has been practicing law for over 30 Security (DHS) is currently torture and to be interviewed the expedited removal of ille- i n g s u m m a r y r e m o v a l years. For further information, you looking into expanding its ex- gal immigrants apprehended processes all over the country, by an asylum officer who may call him at (212) 695 5281 or pedited removal powers. anywhere in the United States then you can start seeing mass would determine whether said log on to his website at www.segu- Under expedited removal, who cannot prove they have deportations.” fear is credible. If credible fear ritan.com which was authorized by lived in the country continu- Trump administration of- Congress in 1996, noncitizens ously for more than 90 days. ficials, however, are saying HAWAII-FILIPINO NEWS who are found to be de- As of now, this proposal is that this move will focus the portable will be sent back to still under review but this resources of DHS to removing Citizenship Classes their home country without would not require the ap- persons who have been ille- giving them a day in court. proval of Congress, which gally present for relatively Offered in September This power of the DHS was creates apprehension, if not brief periods of time while still itizenship classes to prepare for the Naturalization exclusively used in the bor- fear, among immigrants and observing due-process re- Exam and help with N-400 Form will be offered on ders but during the adminis- immigrant rights advocates. quirements. This will also en- September 9, 16, 23, and 30, Saturdays, 1 to 3 p.m. at tration of George Bush, the Many fear that this will give hance national security and C the FilCom Center Office Conference Room 302. Only 15 stu- DHS was authorized to do ex- rise to a number of violations public safety by clearing up dents will be accepted for this set of classes. Fee is $25. The in- pedited removals to immi- of human rights and due the dockets of immigration structor is Gwen Navarrete Klapperich. PHILIPPINE NEWS For more information, call 680-0451 or visit www.filcom.org. ‘Peso Slide Has Limited Impact on (from page 11, TYLER...) in industry, media, artists and frastructure and reconstruction icans who possess a sincere de- cultural experts, entrepreneurs Philippine Economy’ projects, logistics bottlenecks, sire to be engaged in their re- (both traditional and social), as by Paolo Romero peso,” he said. growing number of Filipinos spective communities and be a well as innovators in different Thursday, August 17, 2017 The peso continued to of reproductive age and “polit- part of the Philippines’ growth fields. weaken on Tuesday, slipping ical noise” pose downside story. The annual immersion Previous FYLPRO dele- ANILA, Philip- closer to an 11-year low at risks to growth. program in the Philippines will gates from Hawaii included: pines - The Bangko P51.38 to a dollar. But Senate Minority afford them the opportunity to Kit Zulueta, Randy Cortez, MSentral ng Pilipinas During the briefing, So- Leader Franklin Drilon and meet and dialogue with the Atty. Michael Dahilig, Ty (BSP) yesterday allayed fears cioeconomic Planning Secre- Sen. Loren Legarda took ex- highest officials and policy- Cullen, Brandon dela Cruz and over the effect of the peso’s de- tary Ernesto Pernia said the ception to the assessment made makers of the country, leaders Elizabeth Obod Frilles. preciation, saying this would Philippines is also expected to by Pernia that political noise is have “limited impact” on the remain one of the fastest grow- among the risks to growth economy. ing economies in Asia. faced by the country. BSP Governor Nestor Es- Pernia noted that growth Responding to Pernia’s penilla told the Senate finance would still be driven by do- statement, Drilon asked him committee during the briefing mestic consumption, govern- what he meant by political of the Development Budget ment spending, exports, noise and if this included criti- Coordinating Council that “the construction and infrastructure cisms against the Duterte ad- peso is expected to remain development, manufacturing ministration. broadly stable over the and tourism. Pernia said that it is a gen- medium-term.” As far as risks and uncer- eral expression and may come “It is also worth noting that tainties are concerned, Pernia from any sector of society, not the recent decline in the peso said that the slower than ex- just the political opposition should have minimal effects on pected growth in the United such as the Liberal Party, of the country’s macroeconomic States and which Drilon is the vice chair- conditions,” Espenilla said. could have an impact on the man. “For instance, it takes a Philippine economy, as well as Pernia said that criticisms permanent one peso per dollar the tightening in global finan- of the Duterte administration depreciation to raise inflation cial conditions, geopolitical could lead to disunity and con- by about 0.15 to 0.2 percent- tensions and trans-boundary sequently pose a risk to eco- age point over a two-year pe- diseases. nomic growth. riod. This limited impact On the local front, Pernia Drilon rebutted Pernia and gives the BSP the flexibility said that increased intensity of told him to be careful with his to take a longer view on the natural hazards, delays in in- language. (www.philstar.com) 14  Hawaii FiliPino cHroniclE  auGust 19, 2017 PHILIPPINE LANGUAGE The Philippine Cultural Foundation of Kasta met a mapadayawan Naaramidan Ti Paneknek Hawaii dagiti VALEDICTORIANS iti nasursurok ti naggraduar daytoy a tawen. Nagasat dag- Naaramidan ti pakakitaan kadagiti Colegio wenno iti FILIPINO-AMERICANS Saan a sao ti pakasagatan DAYASADAS Unibersidad kadagiti napilida iti high school ken dagiti vale- Gapuanan ti pakapaneknekan By Pacita Saludes a kurso nga ar-aramatendan a dictorians agraman dagiti na- Kinasiasiono iti kagimongan. pagsapulan iti agdama. gannak a mapadayawan iti aytoy nga or- Tinawen nga adda isagsagana daytoy a rabii. Ti abilidad nga agitungpal ganisasyion ti ti PCFH a naragsak a rabii Ni Maggie Domingo ti Kadagiti aramid a maipabaklay maysa kadagiti kadagiti mapadayawan a na- President Emeritus ti Philip- Ti mangipakita’t pudno a kabaelan kabayaganen a gannk itoy nga Agusto 26, alas pine Cultural Foundation ti Saan la ta ibalbalikas ta dilam. grupo nga sais iti malem a maangay iti nagtultulong ti pannakais- D agselselebrar iti Empress Restasurant iti Hon- agana daytoy a pammigbig Aramiden a sitatallugod awan dukot Naisangrat aramid awan tanabutob tinawen. Adda ni Ms. Maggie olulu. kadagiti adun a tawen a napal- Itungpal awan iparang a sidunget Domingo ken dagiti kakadu- Lima dagiti nairekumendar abas. Ket ti PCFH naragsak Kasta ti makuna a tao a nasingpet. ana a mangtartarabay kadagiti a nagannak ita a tawen isu a unak a mangis-isponsor iti tinawen a pasken. mabuya iti dayta a rabii. Dagiti tinawen. Adun ti natultulon- Sinapataan nga aramid di paginsasaanan Saan a maliklikaan daytoy agassawa a Paul & Perse- ganna kabayatan ti tallopulo a Di agalimuteng wenno aginpapambar ta naisangrat nga akem daytoy veranda Tamayo, Roland & Jo- tawen a kaadda daytoy a Kasta ti kababalin a mapagtamdan a grupo ti mangidasdasar celyn Advincula, Reynaldo & grupo. Ag-fundraising tapno Ken makunak a tao a mapagwadan. kadagiti nagannak a nakagun- Felicitas Golina, Leticia (Letty) adu dagiti matulonganna. od kadatiti arapaapda manipud Tesoro Saban, ken ti balo ni Ti maikatlo a mapa- Ipakitak a natalgedka a sarikedked kadagiti Unibersidad ken Lydia S. Ramiro. Dagitoy dag- dayawan iti daytoy a rabii ti Ikutam dagiti kabaelan a bileg Kolegio tapno agbalin dagiti iti nagannak ti agsagsagrap ita 2017 Trailbrazer Award ket ni Awan ublag a mailaok a manggeppas annakda manggun-od kadagiti ti ragsak a mangbuybuya Roland Casamina. Nagragsak Uray pay dagiti katademan nga armas. arapaapda a kurso. kadagiti annakda. Ti kapapat- daytoy a rabii ket manayon Napili dagitoy a nagannak ganna a sagut dagiti nagannak pakasaritaan dagiti um-um- Adu dagiti natured a manglusak kapanunotan no addaanda iti tallo wenno kadagiti annakda. mongen ti PCFH kadagiti adu Barisueng a panunot ayatna a maartapan a tawen. Iseman laeng di ikankano ket palugaram Maysa manen a kablaaw Di tutopan, palugodan salimetmetam ‘ta dayaw. manipud kadakami para kadagiti amin a mangiturtur- Ti aramid isu ti nalawag a pakakitaan ong itoy grupo kangrunaan ni Nalawag, pudpudno a nagapuanan Ms. Maggie Domingo. Good Saan a tapok wenno arbis laeng a maipalais luck! Wenno angin laeng a maisapri manipud bibig.

Adda a kabaelan di rumbeng a pagkarit Agyamanka ketdi ta inted dayta ti langit Di rumbeng a pangartap ken pangbabalaw Itulong ketdi kadagiti agkasapulan. PHILIPPINE NEWS Drug Tests in Schools Not Tokhang – DepEd by Janvic Mateo Wednesday, August 16, 2017 ANILA, Philippines - MThe random drug testing for students in public and private high schools will not be similar to Oplan Tokhang, Educa- tion Secretary Leonor Briones said yesterday. “This is not tokhang,” Briones said, referring to the contro- versial campaign of the Philippine National Police against drug suspects. The primary reason for the conduct of the drug tests is to de- termine the extent of drug use among students, she said. “We just want to find out the prevalence of illegal drug use. Some say it is alarming, some say it is not. So we have to find out what really is the status,” Briones said. 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Last year, on Au- FRONT OFFICE MEDICAL RECEPTIONIST W Must Speak ILOCANO, TAGALOG, ENGLISH $1,099,959 to the University of STEM women faculty of diversity. gust 4, 2016, she convened a Senate Insurance knowledge a plus! “The UH Community Colleges Hawaii (UH) to support the ad- Small Business and Entrepreneur- Email Resume at [email protected] vancement of women and minorities system is grateful for this important ship Committee field hearing of na- Or Fax: 678-0037 in the science, technology, engineer- federal funding,” said Suzette tional and local stakeholders at Maui ing, and mathematics (STEM) fields Robinson, Director of Academic High School, where NSF and others at its seven community colleges, Programs for UH Community Col- discussed the importance of promot- said Senator Mazie Hirono. leges. “Providing greater resources ing more women and minorities in “Developing a strong, diverse to train UH women faculty in STEM the STEM workforce. STEM workforce is critical to disciplines will further advance our Earlier this year, Senator Hirono Hawaii’s future economic viability commitment to building a cadre of reintroduced her plan to improve di- and our nation’s long-term competi- strong, diverse role models who will versity and competitiveness in the tiveness on the global stage,” said serve as mentors to help develop our workforce by broadening participa- Senator Hirono. “By supporting future STEM leaders.” tion among women and underrepre- STEM women and minority faculty, A partnership between UH sented minorities in the STEM fields. this funding will promote a more di- Community Colleges and UH Hilo, In addition, key provisions promoted verse faculty on Hawaii’s college the project will use virtual tools to by the Senator were included in the WAIPAHU DRESS MAkER campuses and in turn will create a connect remote island campus loca- American Innovation and Competi- SHOP FOR SALE greater more encouraging learning tions in mentoring and coaching tiveness Act that President Obama $50,000. environment for all of our students trainings for administrators and sen- signed into law earlier this year, in- (including inventory worth $60,000. – strengthening our STEM work- ior faculty. The program will also cluding provisions to establish Cen- Plus) Net income $3000/mo. force pipeline.” implement a mentoring and coach- ters of Excellence to promote Owner working alone. While STEM educations and ca- ing program for women STEM fac- programs that broaden participation Retiring. So Young Lee 256-7421 reers often lead to higher paying job ulty of diverse race and ethnic and provide technical assistance and opportunities, it is currently predicted backgrounds. other supports for federally-funded there will be a job shortage in STEM- Senator Hirono has continued to academic institutions.

PHILIPPINE NEWS (from page 14, DRUG TESTS....) The Department of Education schools,” she said. terventions. earlier released the guidelines for Based on the guidelines, the The DepEd said parents may also the conduct of drug testing in all DepEd will guarantee and respect the enlist the students in a private drug re- public and private high schools to personal privacy and dignity of the habilitation center. yield a 95-percent confidence students. The results of the drug tests “If the student shows no signs of level on the results. will be treated with utmost confiden- improvement or re- Briones noted that the results tiality, the agency said. covery, or fails the of the previous random drug tests Briones said a positive drug test drug test for the sec- were questioned due to the small result would not be a ground for ex- ond time, a Depart- sample size. pulsion or disciplinary action and m e n t o f She said the new program would not reflect on the students’ ac- Health-accredited fa- would cover as many as 60,000 ademic record or be used to incrimi- cility or physician can students. nate the student for legal action. make a recommenda- Briones said the students “We have to inform the parents if tion to the student, would not be subjected to humili- their children are into drugs and parent or drug testing ation if they test positive for drug something has to be done about it,” coordinator to have use. she said. the student referred to “Definitely, we will not re- Students who test positive for a facility,” read the lease the names of the students, drugs will be referred to a social DepEd guidelines. not even the names of the worker for counseling and other in- (www.philstar.com) auGust 19, 2017