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Msgr. Gutierrez Lent: Selfi shness vs. Love — p. 10 Perspectives Ben Maynigo: Breaking Barriers, Not Building Walls — p. 6 Arts & Culture Nathan Yuson Andersen: Film Review–The Peanuts Movie — p. 8 Entertainment Alden and Rocco heat up “Bae in the City Canada Tour 2016” — p. 15 March 4-10, 2016 Radicals may be planning big, bold attacks to impress ISIS ABS CBN News | MANILA, Our Life and Times 3/2/2016 There is no formal “24 Hours for the Lord” at St. Islamic State organization in the Michael’s Church Paradise Hills, Philippines despite the publicized What your Tito Willie was all about acceptance of the international San Diego on March 4-5, 2016 terror group of allegiance pledg- es from small radical Muslim all parishioners and visitors to cy. A g groups, according to a security er lob participate in the “24 Hours for analyst. M al f e o v the Lord” Lenten program on But the extremist Philippine r e a n March 4-5, 2016. groups could be planning “big, e t Y 24 Hours for the Lord, a 24 Hours a bold attacks” as part of the re- e t e a global event quirement of becoming a formal l For The Lord i p b The observance is a world-wide, March 4-5, 2016 a arm of ISIS, which aims to es- u r J i s parish-based event in the Ex- tablish a global caliphate, former e h h t n e n traordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy a i senior police intelligence offi cer r u y o according to Rev. Manuel Ediza, Rodolfo Mendoza told ABS- pastor of St. Michael’s who said CBN News in a phone interview. G.T. Silverio | SAN DIEGO, the “‘24 Hours for the Lord’ “The regional process of es- 3/2/2016 -- St Michael’s Catholic is a global prayer event in the tablishing the Islamic caliphate Church in Paradise Hills invites ( Continued on page 11 ) here is being processed,” Men- A letter to my daughters, nephews and nieces doza said. “At the forefront are I would like you to remember my beloved brother Willie not as your unsophisticated uncle, one Malaysian Islamists with direct with a physically imposing body and the unmarried one with no family, but one who gave up links to those at the battlefronts Filipino migrants in California to his future and happiness in carrying the burden of taking care of our parents for us, while we, of Syria.” his “successful” siblings, were busy taking care of all of you. “Four jihadist groups merged,” hold ‘Salo-Salo para Kay Digong” said Mendoza, one of the found- with the theme “Sa Amerika man o sa Buong Mundo, ers of the Philippine Institute for Itaguyod ang Interes ng Migranteng Piipino” By Simeon G. Silverio, Jr. Publisher & Editor Peace, Violence and Terrorism The San Diego Asian Journal Research (PIPVTR). “They claim to be battalion-sized, but what June 13, 2008 they have is a skeletal force, San Diego, California maybe just over a hundred.” The group, he added, includes (Editor’s note: On Sunday, March 6, 2016 would have been my brother Willie’s 62nd birthday anniversary. Of all my siblings, he was the the Matute Group that engaged only one who had passed away and had remained unmarried. I always thought that being single, he could easily be forgotten since he had no wife and children to remember him. I would like to make sure that this does not happen. I am reprinting herewith an article about him government troops in Butig, on the day he passed away eight years ago on June 13, 2008. I pray that my siblings will share this article with our relatives, especially the Lanao del Sur clashes that have younger generations who were not lucky enough to meet him or cherish fond memories with him when he was alive.) killed more than 50 people and displaced some 20,000 individu- s you know by now, your Tito Willie, my beloved brother had passed away to- February 19, 2016, National meeting at National City, San als. City, San Diego, California. Core Diego on February 19, 2016. day, Friday the 13th, in our house in Quezon City, Philippines. Weeks before, his group members of the Digong The core group members de- Aleg wounds, one that he had been nursing for years, had recurred. He could not Jostling for infl uence be completely cured of this because of his overweight condition, despite the fact that he Duterte Supporters- California ( Continued on page 7 ) San Diego Chapter held their fi rst ( Continued on page 6 ) The Philippine government insists there are no formal links between ISIS and the Mindanao Ateneo professors to Bongbong Oscar dream comes true for boy from Cavite groups. “There remains no credible and Marcos: Stop 'distortion of history' Inquirer.net | MANILA, direct connection to the big- 3/1/2016 “I used to daydream ger group in the Middle East up by Bea Orante, Rappler.com | day, March 2. as a boy in Cavite City of being MANILA, 3/2/2016 – After vice Signatories from different de- to this time," AFP spokesper- here receiving an Oscar and here son Col. Restituto Padilla said presidential candidate Senator partments, including several from I am living the dream!” Ronnie Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos the history department, refuted in January, before the Maute del Carmen said backstage at the group’s attacks. Jr said historians, not politicians, the vice presidential candidate's 88th Academy Awards where should judge his father's regime, claim that the Marcos years were Mendoza agreed but stressed “Inside Out,” which he codirect- that ISIS’ infl uence is such that it professors of the Ateneo de Ma- good for the country. "The Mar- ed, won the best animated feature nila University said they oppose cos regime's economics of debt- can provoke terror attacks even prize. without a clear fl ow of authority. the "ongoing willful distortion of driven growth was disastrous for The University of Santo Tomas ISIS early this year announced its our history." the Philippines," they said. alumnus has racked up several acceptance of Mindanao-based rebels’ A statement titled, "We are not "The regime was not interested fi rsts in his career—including be- pledge of allegiance. Mendoza stressed, blind to the darkness and oppres- in inclusive development, long- ing the fi rst Filipino to codirect a however, that it does not make the group a formal arm of its “caliphate.” sion of the Marcos years", was term state-building, nor genuine fi lm at Pixar Studios, the anima- fi rst Filipino to earn an Oscar tion for “Inside Out,” which he To become fully absorbed into the Is- signed by at least 412 faculty tion movie powerhouse, and the best original screenplay nomina- ( Continued on page 13 ) members and released Wednes- ( Continued on page 13 ) ( Continued on page 7 ) Proclaim that mercy is the greatest attribute of God. All the works of My hand are crowned with mercy. Encinitas is the site of the future Divine Mercy Shrine. -- Jesus to St. Faustina Kowalska, Divine Mercy in My Soul (Diary #301) The site is on Encinitas Blvd., east of I-5, about a mile and a half from Moonlight Beach and two miles south of the Paramhansa Yogananda Self-Realization Center. If you would like to know more about the project, please contact Zarina Cruz at [email protected] or check for updates on www.divinemercyhills.org, the ocial website of the Divine Mercy Hills Foundation of Southern California (DMHFSC). Jesus I Trust In You! Future Site of the Divine Mercy Shrine Encinitas CA GPS 701 Encinitas Blvd, Encinitas 92024 or Google “Divine Mercy Shrine Encinitas” for directions to site. A project of the Divine Mercy Hills Foundation of Southern California (DMHFSC), a 501(c)3 non prot. Mission Statement. The DMHFSC is dedicated to the design, development, and maintenance of a Divine Mercy Shrine located in Encinitas, CA. for the purpose of spreading to an aching world the Divine Mercy message and devotion. To draw people of all nations, cultures, and beliefs to a vessel with which they are to keep coming in prayer for graces to the fountain of mercy - the Image of the Divine Mercy. For meditational and contemplative prayers venerating this image with trust in our Lord Jesus Christ who said, "I promise that the soul that will venerate this Image will not perish. I also promise victory over its enemies already here on earth, especially at the hour of death. I myself will defend it as My own glory... By means of this image I shall grant many graces to souls." Through this shrine we shall proclaim to the whole world God's unfathomable Mercy. Preliminary Architectural Concept by DOMUS Studio Visit www.divinemercyhills.org Page 2 Asian Journal San Diego | 619.474.0588 | www.asianjournalusa.com March 4-10, 2016 Senator Blas Ople and his encounter with David Brinkley The Visit & Other Treasured Memories looked healthy and hale, although Eric Manila, whose sister newspaper was with the post of labor secretary when his Chapter 22 of the book, “The Visit & learned through the grapevine he hadThe the popular Visit morning paper The Manila candidate won. He also became a close Other Treasured Memories” by Simeon just recovered from a stroke. He was Times, both of which were published by adviser of the president. When Ople ran G. Silverio, Jr. dressed in a grayish barong Tagalog, the Roces Publications. for senator in 1972, he failed to become while his companion, obviously a Mac Vicencio, a contemporary and the fi rst ever elected labor secretary.