NOVEMBER 2016 VOL. 5, NO. 10 WA www.filipinosmakingwaves.comV ES TORONTO, ONTARIO A NOVEMBER TO REMEMBER By Mon Torralba ng Mga Bayani (LNMB). For Filipi- tion has become. Though Trump were held to remember the super nos, this is big news that overshad- got the electoral votes 290 to 228, typhoon Yolanda that devastated a There are lots of news and surging owed the U.S. Presidential Elections Clinton won the popular vote edg- big part of the Philippines three waves to pick up since last month’s happening on the same day. By ing her competitor by over years ago. Sad to say, Congress allo- issue. As we are in the month of way of the 9-5 vote, the petitions to 600,000. Unfortunately for Clinton, cated P25.6 billion housing assis- remembrance, let us look back. block the burial of Marcos at LNMB it is the electoral vote count that tance for Yolanda victims under the On November 8, the Supreme Court were dismissed to the ire of the ral- catapults one to the highest office 2016 budget of the National Hous- of the Philippines has ruled that lying anti-Marcos groups. and most powerful position in the ing Authority (NHA) but the govern- Former President Ferdinand Mar- United States ment had not released P20.7 billion The US presidential election result cos can be buried at the Libingan as of June this year. was bound to be historic – either a Still on November 8, ceremonies first for a political neophyte or for a The untimely burial of Ferdinand woman and former first lady. The Marcos 30 years after his death election results suggest that Ameri- Fast-forward to the big news of No- ca is not yet ready for a woman vember 18. The days preceding president. Trump was triumphant. was a build up to the big Black Fri- Some say, maybe it is meant for day protest the anti-Marcos groups Michelle Obama. were brewing up. While the protes- Unlike the Philippine presidential tors were strategizing to appeal the polls held earlier in May and the court decision within a 15-day peri- Canadian elections in Oct 2015 od, they were pre-empted by Fri- where Rodrigo Duterte and Justin day’s surprise burial. Yes, the Mar- Trudeau earned landslide victories cos family had secretly planned and respectively, the US vote count re- (Continued on page8 ) Former PH President Ferdinand Marcos flects how “deeply divided” the na- US President-Elect Donald Trump TIME tags PH city as Marcos' only living sister 'World's Selfie Capital' surprised over brother's Makati is 'selfiest city', Cebu is 9th immediate burial Denis Agcaoili Even the only surviving sister of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos was sur- prised with the immediate burial of her brother at the heroes’ cemetery on Friday. Fortuna Marcos-Barba said she was unaware of the burial and was simply asked by her niece, Ilocos Governor Imee Marcos, to go to the governor’s house in Laoag City on early Friday said] ‘Now. Ngayon na auntie,’ sabi morning. niyang ganun. So sinundo naman ako. “Tinawagan ako eh. Tapos pagdating That’s what happened. Sumakay kami ko ‘dun, [Imee said] ‘Auntie, you have sa helicopter, dinala kami sa Manila. to come with us. We are bringing my Well actually, darating din pala si mad- dad to manila.’ Sabi ko, When? [Imee (Continued on page4 ) In this map from TIME Magazine, each yellow dot represents one selfie taken recently over the course of a ten-day period. Makati City, known as the financial Magazine reported Sunday. Was Marcos’ body really center of the Philippines, is the SEE PAGE 3 "Selfie Capital of the World", TIME (Continued on page4 ) buried at LNMB? November is Financial Literacy Month in Canada Page 2 Filipinos Making WA V ES November 2016 To advertise, please email at [email protected] November 2016 Filipinos Making WA V ES Page 3 News TO ADVERTISE please email at [email protected] DLSU law dean: Was Western nations start wars they are scared Marcos’ body really to fight themselves – buried at LNMB? Duterte to Putin at Arianne Merez APEC summit Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, left, on the sidelines of the APEC sum- mit in Lima. © Michael Klimentyev Philippines President Ro- Such behavior is “the sign drigo Duterte has met Vla- of bigotry” on the part of dimir Putin for the first the US and its allies, he time at the APEC summit in added. Honor Guards fold the Philippine Flag, which will be given next-of-kin of former President Ferdinand Peru, praising his Russian "They begin wars which Marcos for safekeeping. IMEE MARCOS FACEBOOK PAGE counterpart’s leadership they are scared to fight skills and blaming the West MANILA - De La Salle Uni- ally seen any actual re- to know, what, if anything themselves," Duterte said. versity College of Law mains that were brought was actually buried in the for “bigotry,” terrorizing Dean Jose Manuel Diokno and buried here in the Libingan and also, they de- smaller nations and war- He blamed Washington for has doubts on whether the Libingan,” Diokno told serve to verify the claim of mongering. unleashing conflicts in many countries – Vietnam, casket interred by the Mar- Nancy Irlanda on ANC’s the Marcos family that The two leaders met in the Korea, Iraq, Afghanistan cos family at the Libingan “News Now.” they’ve always said what Peruvian capital, Lima, on ng mga Bayani (LNMB) on was on display in Batac is and elsewhere as part of its Marcos died in exile in Saturday to discuss the de- Friday contained the real the actual remains of Mr. “destructive policies.” Honolulu on September 28, velopment of Russia- remains of the late dicta- Marcos,” he said. 1989. His body was kept in Filipino relations. The Philippines leader is tor. known for his harsh com- a refrigerated crypt in Ba- The son of of human rights Putin welcomed a chance ments about outgoing US Diokno said he received tac since 1993, that is until champion and martial law to talk with Duterte, re- President Barack Obama, information that the body the Supreme Court allowed freedom fighter Jose calling that the two nations calling him “a son of a of Ferdinand Marcos Sr. is a burial at the Libingan ng "Pepe" Diokno, the law are celebrating 40 years of whore” and telling him to still being displayed in Ba- mga Bayani. dean added that the Mar- diplomatic ties. tac, Ilocos Norte and that cos burial leaves him with “go to hell.” Police, however, confirmed "This time span is short in no one saw the actual re- a “terrible feeling” but that At some point, he even an- that Marcos' blody was the terms of history, but we mains being buried at the he is happy that his father nounced the cancelation of flown out at 9 a.m. Friday have been able to do a heroes' cemetery. is not buried at the LNMB. military exercises between on board a military heli- great deal for developing the Philippines and Ameri- "I understand that the Mar- copter for the burial. “It’s really a terrible feeling relations of comprehensive cos family has always because he (Pepe Diokno) can forces, but softened his Diokno said the public de- partnership and increased maintained that [the] body was detained for two years stance shortly afterward. serves to know whether it confidence," TASS cited the displayed in Batac is the with no legal reason at all. was the actual remains of Russian leader as saying. However, he welcomed actual body of Marcos. But We got to see firsthand the Donald Trump’s election to Marcos that were buried at He also congratulated from the information I kind of oppression that the White House, saying the LNMB. Duterte with his victory in have received, that body on reigned during the martial there was a lot of similari- the presidential election, display is still on display in “I think it’s a legitimate is- law,” he said. ■ ties between him and the which took place in the Batac and no one has actu- sue and the people deserve ABS-CBN News new US president. Philippines on May 9. Putin explained that it’s a special "We both like to swear. One date for all Russians, as the little thing, we curse right Leftists rethink alliance with country marks victory over away, we're the same," Nazi Germany in 1945. Duterte said. Duterte over Marcos burial Duterte said he was looking The Asia-Pacific Economic forward to meeting the Cooperation (APEC) forum Marcos from the Libingan, social order Marcos tried to By Jhesset O. Enano Russian president “not only meeting is taking place in Leftwing supporters of Presi- expressed outrage at Mr. establish under martial rule. Duterte’s “political accommo- because you represent a Peruvian capital, Lima, on dent Duterte and the Com- He said a souring of their rela- dation” of the Marcoses. great country, but because November 19-20. munist Party of the Philip- tionship could affect the reso- of your leadership skills.” pines said on Saturday his “If the influence of the Marco- lution of issues such as the APEC unites 21 Pacific Rim decision to bury dictator Fer- ses is too big on the President peace talks and ending labor According to the Philip- countries, including Russia, dinand Marcos at the Libingan that it affects his propeople contractualization. pines president, his coun- US, China, Japan, South Ko- ng mga Bayani and his close commitment, then we will rea and the Philippines, Neri Colmenares, another for- try was always looking to ties with the Marcoses could have to consider our tactical mer Bayan Muna representa- become part of the Western promoting free trade in the lead to a break-up of their alliance,” said former Bayan tive, acknowledged cracks in world, “but now the West- Asia-Pacific region.