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Investigate Ejks by Beting Laygo Dolor, Editor-In-Chief This Week WH I At’S InS dE: AftRf E gAf E, Sotto VowS to seek moRE bEnEfItS foR Solo parentS 2 Ch U InA on d tERtE dRUg wAR: RESPECt Ph SoVEREIgntY 7 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA EDITION • MAY 12 - 18, 2017 • YEAR 56 • ISSUE 41 $0.50 UN body to PH: Investigate EJKs By Beting Laygo Dolor, Editor-in-Chief this week. violations are the EJKs that Guevarra, deputy executive The UPR concluded that the are estimated to have reached secretary for legal affairs. ANILA -- Forty five out of the 47 member-states of the Philippine report submitted to the 12,000, although the Philippine During his presentation, United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) UNHRC was inaccurate as it did National Police contests this Cayetano said most of the so- gave the Philippines failing marks during the recent not reflect what was happening number as being overly bloated. called EJKs were actually M on the ground. The Cayetano-led delegation homicides and that it was Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the country’s rights situation. Human rights violations in was accused of glossing over the not the policy of the Duterte the country are “state sponsored, total of EJKs in the country since administration to agree to EJKs The UN body’s near Duterte assumed the presidency systemic, and have affected a the first review in 2008. perpetrated by the police or by unanimous call for the 10 months ago came after great majority of the Philippine The senator who ran as Mr. “death squads” patterned after Philippines to investigate the Senator Alan Peter Cayetano population,” a statement released Duterte’s running mate in last the Davao Death Squad that extrajudicial killings (EJKs) that had defended the government’s Monday, May 8, said. year’s presidential elections have taken place since Rodrigo record in Geneva, Switzerland The worst of the human rights was joined by lawyer Menardo See page 12 Atd’ thE Am S moUth A fish pen like this is one of the industries inside Magat Dam. The water that converges inside the dam are from Cagayan River, Nueva Vizcaya and Banaue. The reservoir is home to eels and fresh water shrimps. Once the biggest in Asia after its completion in 1981, rehabilitation efforts were done after it heavily deteriorated due to siltation and sedimentation, typhoons, slash and burn farming, illegal logging and fish caging. The stored water is enough to supply two months of normal energy requirements as it hydrates 85,000 hectares of farmlands. PHOTO BY GILDA C. PASION-BALAN US embassy warns citizens against traveling to Palawan MANILA – The United States (US) embassy in the From left: Consul Gen. Henry Bensurto Jr. and Assembly Member Phil Ting topbill event with journalists Lloyd LaCuesta and Frances Dinglasan. Philippines issued on Tuesday, May 9, a travel advisory for the province of Palawan. “The US Embassy has received credible information that terrorist groups may be planning to conduct kidnap- Seniors official priority ping operations targeting foreign nationals in the areas of constituents behind closed eve of Mother’s Day. event is staged purely on Palawan Province, Philippines, to include Puerto Princ- By Cherie M. Querol Moreno doors at meetings and The officials will donations by ALLICE esa City, and the areas surrounding Puerto Princesa Sub- Editor at Large hearings. This time the headline 11th Annual Alliance for Community terranean River National Park,” read the travel advisory SAN FRANCISCO – diplomat and the legislator Our Family, Our Future, Empowerment, a private posted on the US Embassy website. Every day, Philippine will step on stage and a free event 1-3:30 pm, nonprofit organization It added, “US citizens are advised to carefully con- Consul General Henry lead advocates, service Saturday, May 13, at whose mission is to prevent sider this information as they make their travel plans and S. Bensurto Jr. and and resource providers in Grace United Methodist and end family violence to review personal security plans, avoid large crowds and California Assembly promoting elder care and Church on 2540 Taraval through education. gatherings, and remain vigilant at all times.” Member (19th Dist.) Phil preventing elder abuse at St. in San Francisco. “We support and Ting advocate for their a community event on the Open to the public, the See page 12 See page 12 ‘Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern’ The pioneers, the 2nd-gen, and social media: featured the Philippines on the Their role in elevating Philippine cuisine Travel Channel. captivating conversation about culture 22, 18 restaurants in New York and ‘Balut,’ or fertilized By Cristina DC Pastor, The FilAm over servings of ‘adobo’ and ‘balut’? New Jersey will offer their best dishes duck egg, earned a NEW YORK CITY -- We love to That seems to be the motivation at a fixed price. special mention for eat, we have great tasting food, why behind Filipino Restaurant Week Grill 21 on East 21st Street will being weirdly exotic. not invite our American friends to (FRW), a flagship project of the offer a Silog brunch for two people for PHOTO FROM THE enjoy our favorite food and have a Philippine Consulate. From May 15 to See page 12 TRAVEL CHANNEL Vatican says Philippine killings ‘deeply troubling’ MANILA – The Vatican condemned “deeply troubling” extrajudicial killings in the Philippines as the Southeast Asian country underwent a periodic United Nations (UN) review of its human rights record. The Vatican at the UN headquarters in Geneva on Monday, May 8, also voiced concern over enforced disappearances as well as human trafficking in the Philippines. The Vatican’s representative, Monsignor Mauro Cionini, began his remarks by saying the Vatican delegation “recognizes the many positive steps that the Philippines has taken toward the elimination of trafficking in persons.” “However, there remain troubling reports of trafficking of Filipino men and women, and children, for labor exploitation. The perpetuation of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances is also deeply troubling,” Cionini said. Cionini made these comments at the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the UN Human Rights Council, which the See page 12 A12 (Norcal/Nat’l/SoCal/LV) Week of May 12 - 18, 2017 From page 1 From page 1 UN body... Senior... eliminated criminals during the president’s time as mayor endorse ALLICE and this event to our elders. Maybe we copy what intersecting domestic violence. In of the city. bring enlightenment and healing, we see on TV or in the movies. homes where there is intimate partner The UN member states denied that they were especially to families,” said Bensurto, Maybe we don’t realize that we are violence – or violence between two interfering in the internal affairs of the Philippines. Still, whose keynote address is expected actually committing abuse, thinking people romantically involved with to captivate with personal anecdotes such is always physical. Which is each other – chances are high there they expressed concern at the country’s handling of its and pearls of wisdom. why the heart of the event - the skit is abuse involving other members of drug problem. Also, the administration’s plan to restore Longtime ALLICE allies and depicting unhealthy interaction and the family including the elders, the the death penalty and to lower the minimum age for media pioneers Lloyd LaCuesta and the healthier alternatives - is a must- subject of today’s event. Hearing criminal liability to 12 was deemed highly disturbing. Frances Dinglasan will reprise their watch.” from our experts enables us to roles as co-emcees. Rev. Alex Cambe, pastor of Grace recognize healthy and unhealthy “In my previous day job, I United Methodist Church, embraced behaviors and make changes as Unwelcome guest covered stories involving families the all-volunteer alliance and its needed.” Last week, UN special rapporteur Agnes Callamard struggling with violence,” said efforts to foster wellness of the spirit Reinforcing the message are visited the country and reached the same conclusion as LaCuesta, retired South Bay on top of the body and mind. 15 service providers led HICAP the UNHRC. bureau chief of KTVU Channel “Being a faith community we of San Mateo that will be present For her efforts, she was lambasted by the administration 2 News. “It is an issue facing set examples by practicing scripture to consult on their programs and for allegedly entering the Philippines unannounced every community, and yet many as followers of Christ,” Cambe services. Kaiser Permanente Filipino and communicating only with opponents of the Duterte are uncomfortable reaching out, underscored. “The Holy Scripture Association will provide free health whether to friends, professionals teaches, requires us to seek justice, screenings. administration. or the faith community. Events love kindness and walk humbly with Pilipino Bayanihan Resource Callamard, however, clarified that she had informed like ‘Our Family, Our Future’ God ( Micah 6:8).” Center, Union Bank and Seton the government of her planned visit. can help us recognize and learn Every spring the Kumares & Medical Center are sponsoring the Previously, President Duterte had invited, then uninvited, to distinguish between healthy Kumpares, as ALLICE members call event with San Mateo Behavioral the UN special rapporteur to visit the Philippines because he and abusive behaviors, and make themselves, focus on senior matters Health & Recovery Services, said his administration had “nothing to hide.” adjustments to promote healthy around May, Older Americans Philippine News, Philippines Today, relationships.” Month, in the first of their two major Positively Filipino, GMA News Mr. Duterte had also previously threatened to pull the “Our children are our future yearly events. In the fall, they zero Online, Rappler.com, The Filipino country out of the UN. and we adults are their models,” in on intimate partner relationships Channel, Lucky Chances, Moonstar, Dinglasan, general assignment in commemoration of October, Noah’s Bagels, Chalet Ticino and reporter with KGO Channel 7, Domestic Violence Awareness Peninsula Family Service donating explained the event objective.
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