Msgr. Gutierrez Spiritual: A Beginning or an End? – p. 10 Zena Babao Lifestyle: The Dance of Marriage – p. 9 Miles Beauchamp Perspectives: Changing Sounds – p. 6 Entertainment Lani Misalucha and guest coming to Pechanga – p. 16 March 20-26, 2015 The original and first Asian Journal in America San Diego’s rst and only Asian Filipino weekly publication and a multi-award winning newspaper! Online+Digital+Print Editions to best serve you! 550 E. 8th St., Ste. 6, National City, San Diego County, CA USA 91950 | Ph 619.474.0588 | [email protected] | Follow us on Twitter @asianjournal | www.asianjournalusa.com 44% of Pinoys oppose passage of BBL —Pulse Asia GMA Network | MANILA, 3/19/2015 — Nearly half of Philippine start-up gets funding Filipinos oppose the passage Fantasy Land of the draft Bangsamoro Basic from Silicon Valley Law, a Pulse Asia poll re- ABS CBN News | MA- Gordon. vealed Thursday. NILA, 3/18/2015- A Philip- The tech start-up gener- Rebel Reformer Based on a survey conduct- pine tech start-up aiming to ated $2 million, said to be the By Simeon G. Silverio, Jr. ed on 1,200 Filipino adults revolutionize job search has largest fund raised by a local Chapter 17 of the book, “Fantasy Land” By Simeon G. Silverio, Jr., Publisher & Editor, earlier this month, 44 percent raised additional funding from start-up so far. Several inves- Asian Journal San Diego, the Original and First Asian Journal in America of the respondents disagreed Silicon Valley investors. tors made this possible, 75% when asked if the BBL should Kalibrr joins other success- of which are foreign-based be passed. ful companies like AirBnB, including Pierre Omidyar of Thirty-six percent remain Reddit, Dropbox, Scribd and eBay and Y Combinator, and undecided on the controver- 9-gag, which were initially 25% from Kickstart Ventures, sial measure, while 21 percent funded by Y-Combinator, a an incubator-investment fi rm of the respondents support its Palo Alto-based seed accelera- owned Globe Telecom. passage. tor. Kalibrr was the fi rst Philip- The strongest opposition Kalibrr is a cloud-based pine-based tech start-up to be to the BBL came from Mind- job-matching platform, accepted in the Y Combinator anao, where 62 percent of the headed by University of program. respondents said they did not California-Berkeley alumni, “We are proud to be the fi rst Filipino want the measure passed. Paul Rivera and Dexter Ligot- (Continued on page 8) More than half of the re- nknown to many, however, Pablo Nolasco was building up the cases against spondents from Metro Manla the government offi cials he was planning to prosecute. (52 percent) also rejected the FVR: PNoy liable in Mamasapano U People thought he was not living up the expectations of President Lino BBL’s passage. Majeras, that his appointment to the position of chief prosecutor was a disappointment. Disapproval of the BBL fi asco for violating command Since assuming offi ce, he was very quiet, not letting anyone know what he was doing. was also pronounced in This led people to believe he was goofi ng off and not responsibly discharging the criti- among the poorest Filipinos, responsibility rule cal responsibilities of the job. In particular, many feared he would not spearhead Lino with 45 percent from Class D GMA News | MANILA, held administratively liable as Majeras crusade against graft and corruption. and 43 percent from Class E 3/17/2015 — PNoy liable in he violated Executive Order When the criticisms against Nolasco reached their peak, the president could not not supporting the controver- Mamasapano incident – FVR. 226 or the rule on ‘command resist the clamor of many to question his appointee’s performance. Even his congressio- sial legislation. At a media briefi ng in Makati responsibility,’ which Ramos nal allies were asking for Nolasco’s head, claiming the chief prosecutor’s tenure in of- Most Filipinos (88 percent) City on Wednesday, March authored in 1995. Danny Pata fi ce was a waste of time. But before Majeras could pick up the phone and summon No- also reported to being aware 18, former President Fidel V. (Updated 12:28 p.m.) For- lasco to his offi ce, the current issues of the daily newspapers were brought to his desk. of the BBL through hearing, Ramos said he agrees with the mer President Fidel V. Ramos All of them carried the same story of Nolasco’s announcing the prosecutions of several reading or watching some- fi ndings of a Senate panel and on Wednesday agreed with the top offi cials in the government, including Majeras’ allies in Congress and the offi cials thing about the measure. the Philippine National Police fi ndings of a Senate panel and of his own administration, for committing graft and other crimes. Everyone was caught The BBL will embody the Board of Inquiry (BOI) that the Philippine National Police fl atfooted, including President Majeras himself. This peeved the chief executive, who peace agreement signed by President Benigno Aquino Board of Inquiry (BOI) that summoned Nolasco to explain his clandestine activity. (Continued on page 15) III is ‘ultimately’ responsible President Benigno Aquino III "Why didn’t you tell me about this?" he angrily barked at Nolasco upon arriving at for the bloody Mamasapano is “ultimately” responsible the palace. His own allies were calling him, asking why they were being prosecuted. incident. Ramos, a former for the bloody Mamasapano They demanded the withdrawal of the prosecution; otherwise, they would withdraw AFP chief, said Aquino can be incident. (Continued on page 6) (Continued on page 2) Roach calls Mayweather ‘best Taxpayers to shoulder Marcos debt until 2025 - Ibon GMA Network | MANILA, ing balance of of Marcos’s grams but was pocketed by in the world’ but adds: ‘We’ll 7/7/07 -- More than 20 years foreign debts stood at around Marcos and his cronies. have passed since the late $926.72 million or more This amount translates to kick his ass’ president Ferdinand Marcos than P48 billion (at $1:P52). more than $8 billion, and the GMA News |MANILA, Filipino ring icon’s showdown was ousted, but governments Following the country’s loan bulk of these may have come 3/17/2015 — Freddie Roach against Floyd Mayweather. after him continue to honor schedule, taxpayers will pay from foreign loans, it added. is known for talking trash at Roach called the matchup questionable debts his regime for the foreign debts of Mar- But the group stressed that opponents during the leadup against Mayweather “the big- incurred. cos until 2025, 39 years after the Marcos debts are clearly to fi ghts involving his top gest challenge of my life.” This was the lament of the he was ousted from offi ce," it illegitimate and onerous loans pupil Manny Pacquiao. “We’re up against the best fi ghter in militant think tank Ibon Foun- said. that benefi ted the private But the Hall of Fame train- the world,” said Roach. Then, perhaps unable to help himself, he added, “We dation, which said Marcos’ Ibon said 33 percent of the interests of Marcos and his er took on a more respectful are gonna kick his ass.” debts will continue to haunt country’s total borrowings cronies. tone on Wednesday (Thursday The respectful tone was mutual, as the Filipino taxpayers for the next during Marcos’s term did not Of these, it said the largest and most morning PHL time) during usually brash Mayweather spoke in a 19 years. go to infrastructure develop- glaring is the notorious Bataan Nuclear the press conference for the (Continued on page 6) “As of 2005, the outstand- ment projects or social pro- (Continued on page 8) Page 2 Asian Journal - (619) 474-0588 Visit our website at http://www.asianjournalusa.com March 20-26, 2015 lawful status while waiting for their once completed. priority date. 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Aurora Vega’s previous articles by visiting Despite the plausible explanation, our website at www.asianjournalusa.com A foreign professional with an Read Sim Silverio’s previous articles by visiting our President Majeras remained angry. He advanced degree can migrate to the website at www.asianjournalusa.com could not accept the fact a subordinate U.S under the EB-2 visa (employment- of his, the chief prosecutor, bypassed based, 2nd preference category). There him and made critical decisions on his Immigrating as a Foreign Worker is no waiting period for this visa and own. But he could not refute Nolasco’s upon approval of a labor certifi cation, Rebel Reformer reasoning. Indeed, it was diffi cult, if now only takes one year the foreign professional can immedi- (Continued from page 1) Nolasco explained to the president not dangerous, to relay his confi dential ately adjust status (if already in the US) what he had been doing all along.