Advertisements go a long way with WAVES AUGUST 2014 Vol. 3 No.8 filipinonewswaves@ gmail.com (647) 718-1360 MOST WANTED EX-ARMY GENERAL ARRESTED The “Butcher” Falls Another term, Mr. story on President? Page 3 Fear is evident in ex-army general Jovito Palparan’s eyes as he is escorted by NBI agents at his arraignment at the Bulacan Regional trial court at Malolos city (photo by RAFFY LERMA) Street Fest kicks By WAVES news staff Former army Major General Jovito He was cornered in a dawn raid in Palparan whose notoriety as a Manila’s Santa Mesa district by joint off August 23 The man who sowed fear among “poster boy” of human rights viola- operatives of the military and po- student activists, peasants, labor tions has been arrested Aug.12 after lice. By WAVES news staff three long years in hiding as a fugi- leaders and human rights advocates Palparan, known among human The first ever Filipino-themed street tive. is now behind bars, and soon to face festival in the Greater Toronto area justice. (Continued on page 6) debuts on August 23 and 24 in the area known to where most Pinoys Willie Reodica eyes Stouffville Mayorship congregate. This is where they live, work, drink By Mon Torralba make it more modern and progres- and dance. They party in this part of sive to keep it attuned and abreast town known as the Bathurst and Real estate executive Willie Reodica with its neighboring boroughs and Wilson Pinoy town. Or perhaps, we wants to be the new mayor of the cities. should aptly call it, Manila town. town of Whitchurch–Stouffville which he described as a “boom With a population of 43,000, Reodi- “Taste of Manila” culminates a town” that needs to be dissociated ca, who is running against five (5) dream some years back when then from the shadows of other nearby mayoralty candidates, cited the case (Continued on page 13) towns and cities. of the Stouffville-Markham hospital which he described was an initiative A former resident of Scarborough, of a Stoufville resident who donated Reodica said Stouffville has all the the land to make the facility a reality potentials of a great “booming town” ((( TUNE IN EVERY SUNDAY ))) (Continued on page 3) but said much has to be done to www.pinoyradio.com The next Nora Aunor? 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Replays Wed & Friday (Continued on page 8) evenings at 10pm. AUGUST 2014 2 AUGUST 2014 3 TO ADVERTISE please email at [email protected] Senators caution Aquino against Mayon ‘overdue’ for 2nd term, cha-cha eruption fought for in the year By Cet Dematera (The Philippine Star) 1986—that that period of dictatorship, during the dark pages of our history, would never happen again,” she said. “PNoy’s moral anchor is his parents. Seeking a second term and tinkering with the Constitution would be a dis- respect to his mother—a move that would bring us back to the shadows of 1971 Con-Con,” Binay further said. Senators on Thursday cau- “bosses”—the Filipino peo- Senator Joseph Victor “JV” tioned President Benigno ple—in making his decision. Ejercito said those advising Aquino III against entertain- Aquino about term exten- MANILA, Philippines - Ma- out of 49 big explosions. However, Sen. Nancy Binay, ing the possibility of a sec- sion is putting the President yon Volcano’s activity inten- daughter of Vice President “This 2014 is a hundred ond presidential term, say- on dangerous grounds. sified anew in the last 24 Jejomar Binay who is the years away from the 1897 ing he should remember the hours as a state volcanolo- opposition’s standard- “They are putting him in an Vulcanian eruption and 200 legacy left by his mother, gist warned yesterday that bearer for the May 2016 awkward position. I am sur- years away from Mayon’s former President Corazon it is “overdue” for a strong elections, said she hopes the prised and at the same time 1814 Plenian explosion. By “Cory” Aquino. eruption. President would mind the also disappointed that that historical accounts, Mayon On Wednesday night, Aqui- advise of his real bosses and thought entered his mind,” The Philippine Institute of had been erupting very vio- no said he is now open to not those “bosses who have Ejercito said. Volcanology and Seismology lently at least at a hundred (Phivolcs) recorded three years interval. It happened amending the 1987 Consti- their own personal interests “He’s turning away from his rock fall events during the twice. It may happen again,” tution and possibly, extend- to protect beyond 2016.” mother’s legacy. I was ex- ing his term. The President past 24 hours. It also ob- Laguerta warned. “I pray that the President pecting him to be consistent said he would listen to his served moderate emissions remembers what the people Phivolcs already informed (Continued on page 5) of white steam plumes that local officials of the possibil- drifted southeast from ity of a very strong eruption Mayon’s crater. VIPs, politicians not invited to during their June seminar- Last Friday, Phivolcs raised workshop, which was also Pope’s lunch Mayon’s alert status from held in commemoration of Level 1 to 2 due to episodes the bicentennial event of the By Ador S. Mayo | Inquirer Visayas of slight inflation, increase Feb. 1, 1814 Mayon erup- Haiyan). will dine with the Holy Father. of sulfur dioxide emis- tion that buried the Cag- The group, he said, will include sion beyond baseline levels, sawa Church in Daraga, Al- Based on the Pope’s instruction, five people from northern Cebu, Francis intends to share a meal and the appearance of a lava bay and claimed at least five Boholanos while the rest are with the poor victims of last dome. 1,200 lives. year’s calamities when he visits from Leyte. Currently, state volcanolo- Mayon’s last eruption was Tacloban City, Leyte, on Jan. 17. Yolanda devastated the Visa- gists are closely monitoring from July 2009 to January “He will be sitting side by side yan region on Nov. 8 last year, with poor people. Simple food will killing some 6,300 people with the more visible lava dome 2010, but with no casualty be served and there will be no 1,060 still others missing. The inside the 200-meter wide recorded. VIPs,” Du said in an interview on typhoon damaged property and crater of Mayon as changes Lava dome checks Saturday. public structures worth more in its size and position to than P25 billion. “If possible, the Pope wants to help in the early detection of Laguerta said the agency stay away from the big people, Tacloban was the hardest hit eruptions. will capture a series of lava CEBU CITY, Philippines—Bad the VIPs,” he added. area. Bohol, on the other hand, dome images to determine was hit by a 7.2-magnitude Ed Laguerta, Phivolcs’ Bicol news for politicians and rich peo- Appeal to VIPs whether the dome is contin- ple who hope to rub elbows with earthquake on Oct. 15 last region chief, said 2014 is an uously increasing in size Pope Francis during his first visit Du appealed to the VIPs not to year, which killed at least 200 “overdue year” for a very take center stage during the pa- and protruding towards the to the Philippines in January. people. strong eruption. Dating back pal visit. surface. The Holy Father has told Arch- Lone survivor to a hundred-year span, bishop John Du of Palo that he “Please give way to the poor for 1897 and 1814 are the “Because the moment the wants to be with the poor and they are the main reason the Du said one person in Leyte those afflicted by Super Typhoon Pope will come here,” he said. “lost all his loved ones in the years when Mayon recorded dome blocks the crater and “Yolanda” (international name: its two deadliest eruptions Du will select 30 individuals who (Continued on page 13) (Continued on page 13) (Continued from page 1) new hospital of its own, be- “If needed, I will register as a courts, and basketball “due diligence” on zoning fore it becomes critical. founder director for this sports centre and planning issues Willie Reodica eyes new Whitchurch-Stoufville Relatively, the neighboring Replace old blue bins with Stouffville Mayorship... Hospital Foundation and I While promoting the growth town of Uxbridge with a bigger containers with lid will lead the fundraising for of the town of Stouffville, population of 39,000 has its cover to avoid litter on and to serve the residents of this project,” he emphasized.