June 2013 1 7th JULY 13, 2013 YONGE-DUNDAS JUNE 2013 SQUARE Vol. 2 No.6 FREE ADMISSION TO TALENT, TRADE, TOURISM AT ITS BEST 7th FILIPINOS MAKING WAVES FEST MAKES HISTORY! To launch world’s first Bamboo Beer First LIVE Boxing Bouts in iconic Yonge-Dundas Square PNOY Congratulates New Boxing Champ; Vice Pres. Binay to receive Dapudong South African Gideon Bu- thelezi in Johannesburg last Saturday. "Congrats po," Pres. Aqui- no said in a short text mes- sage sent to the Team This year’s 7th edition of the other first in hockey-crazed “Yes, you heard it right, peo- Dapudong in South Africa Filipino Making Waves Festi- Toronto. ple will get to taste or savor Photo downloaded from "n.squared photo" shows the shortly after he was in- val (FMW), held annually at an honest to goodness beer Organizers promised a total- killer left hook which Dapudong formed of the North Co- busy downtown’s Yonge- but with a difference:, it’s connected that knocked out ly “different experience “ in tabato boxer's victory. Dundas square kicks off July derived from natural bam- South African champion Gideon this year’s version of FMW Buthelezi. 13,2013 with a series of boo, the kind they grow in which draws thousands of In a text message sent by ground breaking events the Asia like the Philippines festival goers and tourist Manila - President Benigno Dapudong's manager, for- starting with the introduc- and it was invented by a 29 alike in the most busy inter- S. Aquino III sent a short mer North Cotabato Gover- tion of a bamboo-based/ year-old Filipino-Canadian section of the city, now fast but personal congratulato- nor Manny Pinol to the derived beer, perhaps, the Vincent Villanis .. becoming the counterpart of ry message to the new Fili- President to inform him of only kind in the world and New York city’s famous One of the highlights of festi- pino world boxing champi- Dapudong's spectacular the holding of a series of out- Times Square. on after Edrin "The Sting" win, he emphasized that door boxing fights, also an- (Continued on page 5) Dapudong knocked out (Continued on page 5) Justice Steve A. Coroza heads list of Inside Pages Filipino Making Waves awardees By Mon Torralba EDITORIAL: The Biggest Little Festival Page 4 Judge Steve Anthony Coroza equivalent of the supreme viewing Coroza and pre- Pinoys mock ‘racist’ joke on is set to scale the highest court. senting him with the Filipi- UK comedy Page 3 post ever to be occupied by nos Making Waves award. It cannot be more fitting PH ranks among the most a Filipino-Canadian in gov- that a few days after that is What we expected to be a gay-friendly … Page 3 ernment. He will assume a Toronto festival that cele- formal interview turned out Filipino-Canadian to launch the high judicial bench on brates Filipino greatness— relaxed and casual as we Bamboo beer Page 5 July 8 and formally be The 7th Filipinos Making uncovered his roots. PH the social networking known as Justice Steve An- The Honourable Justice Steve Coroza Waves Festival. He is the son of proud Filipi- capital of the world Page 10 receives the first 2013 Filipinos Mak- thony Coroza of the Superi- 2013 FMWF Performers ing Waves award from Teresa Torral- or Court of Ontario, a rough On June 18, Waves News (Continued on page 5) And more…. ba, co-founder of FMW Festival. had the pleasure of inter- June 2013 2 Go with the flow… all currents lead to the 7th Filipinos Making Waves Festival June 2013 3 Manila Feedback Pinoys mock 'racist' PH ranks among most gay-friendly in joke on UK comedy the world by Philip C. Tubeza, Philippine Daily Inquirer show The Philippines has earned is particularly widespread cent of people in neighbor- By Ivy Jean Vibar, ABS-CBNnews.com its ranking as one of few gay in countries where religion ing Indonesia, nine percent -friendly countries in the is less central in people’s in Malaysia and 21 percent MANILA, Philippines -- Ca- ly. world. lives. These are also among in China said homosexuality nadian comedian Katherine the richest countries in the should be accepted, the re- "Didn't you see the topic? Of the 39 countries covered Ryan came under fire from world,” the Pew report said. port added. 'Unlikely lines from a cos- by a global survey, only 17 Filipinos when a clip of her metics commercial' isip-isip countries had majorities “In contrast, in poorer coun- Not impressed joke on the BBC Two show that accepted homosexuali- tries with high levels of re- din pag may time," wrote However, Filipino gay “Mock the Week” went viral ty, with the Philippines ligiosity, few believe homo- Xtian Sabs in response to a groups were not impressed on social media. ranking at number 10 sexuality should be accepted post by Angelo Delima on by the survey results. Facebook sharing the video, among the 17. by society,” it added. When asked if the gay com- which he said was "not fun- Despite its religiosity, the Religiosity scale munity in the Philippines ny at all." Philippines is one of the The Philippines is said to be felt accepted, Jonas Bagas, countries in the world On YouTube, user kasumi one of the most religious executive director of the where the level of public real shared the definition of countries in the world and TLF Share Collective, said: “acceptance” of homosexu- the word “unlikely” to say almost a third of its popula- “Hardly.” als is high, according to the the joke should not be taken tion lives below the poverty results of the survey. “I think that the study only seriously. line. In the survey’s reflects the perceived ac- The survey titled “The Glob- “religiosity scale” where a User xyr enc said on ceptance of the LGBT com- al Divide on Homosexuality” score of “3” was the most In the segment “unlikely YouTube that Ryan’s joke munity based on the high conducted by the US-based religious, the Philippines lines from a cosmetics com- should be a lesson to Filipi- visibility of gay entertainers. Pew Research Center almost got 2.5. mercial,” Ryan said, “We nos: “I always see my fellow It’s acceptance [that is] con- showed that 73 percent of don't test any of our prod- Filipinos insult others, mak- “Age is also a factor in sever- tingent on how you fit the adult Filipinos agreed with ucts on animals. We use Fili- ing fun of Filipino minori- al countries, with younger acceptable stereotype—the the statement that pino children.” ties like the Aetas, Badjaos, respondents offering far gay entertainer, the creative, Negritos, and all other eth- “homosexuality should be Netizens quickly reacted, more tolerant views than talented bakla, the lesbian nic minorities in the Philip- accepted by society,” up by calling the joke racist, taste- older ones,” the survey re- security guard,” Bagas said. pines. Now most of us nine percentage points from less and insulting. port said. would react just because of 2002. “Once you go outside these And while gender differ- stereotypes, that’s when you "Is this how wealthy coun- this joke, to the point that The percentage of Filipinos ences are not prevalent, in encounter rejection,” he tries bullied us Filipinos? they insult Ms. Ryan, the who said society should not those countries where they added. It's not funny at all! The BBC, and the United King- accept gays fell from 33 per- are, women are consistently Philippine government dom as a whole. I want to cent in 2002 to 26 percent Bagas said a Filipino student more accepting of homosex- must watch this and take a ask my fellow Filipinos: this year, it added. in a lesbian relationship fac- uality than men,” it added. quick action regarding this How does it feel?” es higher probability of get- This high level of ac- matter! Stop racism and In the Philippines, 78 per- ting kicked out of her school On Tumblr, the-infamous- ceptance, which is compara- bullying!" wrote Jerico cent of those aged 18-29 than a student in a hetero- me posted “An Argument In ble to that found in secular Siguido on Facebook. who were interviewed said sexual relationship. Defense of Katherine Ryan,” western Europe, is even gays should be accepted, 71 Samuel Sayawan, on the saying, “even if you argue higher than those found in “We still have strong biases percent for those aged 30- other hand, said the BBC that Ryan’s joke still was in Japan (54 percent), South against gay sex, which for 49, and 68 percent for those management should have poor taste, it was delivered Korea (39 percent) or the many is still deemed immor- 50 years old and above, ac- spoken with Ryan. Diane in such a way that it should United States (60 percent), al and unnatural. This atti- cording to the survey. Pascual, meanwhile, said have been impossible to where some states allow gay tude fosters inequality in BBC should be held liable perceive as anything other marriage. The report also showed that our laws, in education, for the comedian’s joke. than irony.” of the eight countries sur- healthcare and even within “Brazilians and Filipinos are veyed in the Asia-Pacific re- the family,” Bagas said. Other posts shot back at “If anyone should be offend- considerably more tolerant gion, the Philippines had the Ryan, saying that she should ed, it should be cosmetic of homosexuality than their The Pew report said those second highest acceptance be the one the cosmetics are companies or, in fact, any countries’ relatively high who conducted the survey rate next to Australia’s 79 tested on, and not Filipino other company that takes levels of religiosity would had face-to-face interviews percent.