Msgr. Gutierrez What’s in a name?— p. 10 The Visit “Killing Me Softly” and other chicken dishes — p. 2 Lifestyle Zena Babao: Happy Mother’s Day (May 8th)— p. 9 Destinations ArtWalk in Little Italy Celebrates 32 Years this weekend — p. 16 April 29 - May 5, 2016 DFA cuts by half target turnout for overseas voting by Estrella Torres, Inquirer.net | 15 Pinoy technopreneurs train MANILA, 4/26/2016 -- Foreign The Mayor of Quiapo: Undersecretary Rafael Seguis on in Silicon Valley Thursday said the government The Girl Who Would Not Migrate cut into half its turnout target for overseas voting—from one million or 80 percent of total reg- istered voters to 500,000—due to the lack of enthusiasm on the part of Filipinos abroad. Ten days before the May 9 deadline for overseas voting, the turnout remains low at 200,262 as of April 28 or 14.55 percent of Good News Pilipinas | The tech-savvy delegation the total 1.37 million registered 4/24/2016 -- Fifteen young immersed in learning from the voters, according to Seguis. entrepreneurs, all fi nalists of offi cials of the world’s leading “We are still hoping to reach as #BeTheBoss Awards, were sent tech companies such as Amazon, high as 500,000 voters turnout by to Silicon Valley, USA to learn Twitter, Google, and AirBnB who May 9,” he told the Inquirer. how to use digital tools to grow mentored them in the mindset Seguis, who chairs the Overseas Voting Secretariat of the Depart- their businesses online. ( Continued on page 12 ) By Simeon G. Silverio, Jr. Publisher & Editor ment of Foreign Affairs (DFA), The San Diego Asian Journal said heads of embassies and The Original & First Asian Journal in America consulates have yet to explain the Philippine designation of Tubba- decimal votes in their respective taha as sensitive area backed San Diego, California jurisdictions. April 29, 2016 Asked whether ambassadors and consul generals have responded f ever there is “a mayor of Quiapo,” once the heart of downtown Manila, it should to the DFA memo on the decimal be my sister Mila. She is one of the few people who have remained in the area for turnout of votes, Seguis said they are “very silent” about the very Imany years. low voter turnout. Filipinos in America remain the Although my father’s printing press business had been on Platerias Street between Carriedo and P. least enthusiastic to vote in the Paterno Streets, we had lived on an apartment above it since 1956. We were there when, at the age of May elections as the voters turn- 10, I watched the funeral of former president Ramon Magsaysay passing through the nearby Rizal Av- out is still the lowest at 15,656 or enue on its way to the Manila North Cemetery. The event happened days after he had died on a plane 5.68 percent of 275,729 regis- crash on March 17, 1957. tered voters. Philstar.com | MANILA, and World Heritage Site as a We moved to our house in Quezon City in 1962, yet kept the business in Quiapo. Around the mid- 4/26/2016 - The International particular sensitive sea area. Filipino workers in Arab and 1980s, Mila bought the building beside it where she relocated her inherited printing press. African countries showed the Maritime Organization (IMO) The Philippines is proposing the Two of her children, a daughter and a son, are working as registered nurses in Orange County, Cali- yesterday endorsed the Philip- Tubbataha park to be an “Area highest enthusiasm with 90,372 pines’ application to designate To Be Avoided” by ships and ( Continued on page 6 ) voters turnout or 15.22 percent its Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park of the total 593,772 registered ( Continued on page 12 ) voters. In terms of percentage, Filipinos in the Asia Pacifi c, particularly Apl.de.ap honored for saving 'Why didn't PNoy tell me before going public?' those in Hong Kong and Sin- gapore, have the highest voters babies from blindness Pacquiao shocked by Abu Sayyaf kidnap plot turnout with 73,766 or 21.39 percent of the total 344,848 reg- Good News Pilipinas | MA- porting the hospital’s Vision Cen- GMA News | MANILA, nagulat ako kasi kaibigan na- win iyan ng ating mga kapatid istered voters. NILA, 4/24/2016 -- Apl.de.ap, ter and helping prevent blindness 4/29/2016 -- Sarangani Repre- man natin lahat especially ang na Muslim,” said the United In Europe, the voters turnout the Filipino-American member and improve eye care for children sentative and senatorial candidate mga kapatid nating Muslim at Nationalist Alliance senatorial reached 20,468 or 12.66 percent of Grammy award-winning in the Philippines. Manny Pacquiao admitted on tinutulungan natin lahat ng mga candidate. of the total 161,718 registered group The Black Eyed Peas, has The center unveiled Pineda’s Thursday that he was shocked nangangailangan ng tulong. Iyan Pacquiao admitted concern as voters. partnered with one of the top spot on the hospital’s celebrity upon learning about President ay kung totoo yung intelligence to why Aquino chose to make a Meanwhile, Philippine Ambas- children’s hospitals in the United charity wall, making him the fi rst Benigno Aquino III's revelation report, kailangan nating… iyong public announcement fi rst instead sador to Saudi Arabia Ezzedin States to help save these babies Filipino to have his name em- of Abu Sayyaf's plot to kidnap security ng pamilya ko at security of informing him in private. Tago renewed his call to Filipino from blindness. blazoned on the wall alongside him and presidential sister Kris ko, kailangan nating ayusin,” he “Sa akin lang, kung iyan ang voters in the oil-rich country to “I’m paying it forward,” Apl. top celebrity donors, including Aquino. said. talagang intelligence report dapat cast their ballots before the May de.ap, also known as Allan Grammy award-winning British Pacquiao said that his efforts as Pacquiao said the revelation has sinabi sa akin ng sikreto at hindi 9 deadline for overseas voting. Pineda Lindo, said after the singer Seal and the Los Angeles a public servant has always been not affected his campaign for a i-aannounce at sabihin sa akin in He noted that enthusiasm among Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Clippers basketball team. extended to the Muslim people. seat in the Senate. advance. May doubt pa rin ako (CHLA) honored him for sup- ( Continued on page 13 ) “Noong una kong narinig iyan, “Hindi ako naniniwala na gaga- ( Continued on page 8 ) ( Continued on page 13 ) Save the Date: Friday, May 13 Monthly Marian Devotion begins at 2:00 pm with the Way of the Cross & Rosary; and concludes at 3:00 pm with the Divine Mercy Chaplet Jesus I Trust In You! Page 2 Asian Journal San Diego | 619.474.0588 | www.asianjournalusa.com April 29 - May 5, 2016 /MPPMRK 1I7SJXP] ERHSXLIV The Crimes That May Affect Your GLMGOIRHMWLIW Citizenship Application Visit By Dennis E. Chua, Esq. crimes, the combination of which the Chapter 36 of the book, “The Visit & delicacy, but it was the fi rst time he eating even the feet of the chicken When a Vietnamese friend of Eric applicant got a total prison sentence of Other Precious Memories” by Simeon actually saw it being cooked in or a duck.;before, this part is opened a restaurant in San Diego during When a legal permanent resident fi les fi ve years or more. These crimes would G. Silverio, Jr. that public market in often thrown away. But when the the mid 1980s, he jokingly teased him for citizenship, one of the questions prevent an applicant from showing good Baguio City. Chinese showed them how why he was not serving chicken feet. being asked of the applicant is whether moral character during the required It seems that as population grew the chicken feet can be The friend told him that his native-born the applicant has ever been convicted or period of time. et’s go, Eric’s wife and people’s taste became varied, every broiled and smoked with marinated American customers would be appalled charged with a crime. Depending on the single part of the chicken was consumed. sauce dim sun style, the Filipinos took if he did so; he felt they were not yet nature of the crime committed, a crimi- However, there are some crimes which called him as he laid The Chinese have long been eating the to it like a duck would take to the water. ready for such an “exotic” dish. nal conviction may result in a permanent would temporarily bar an applicant from on the grass in Burn- head of a chicken or a duck whenever With their weird sense of humor, the “Come to my restaurant on Sunday,” he bar to an applicant for citizenship. obtaining US citizenship if the applicant L they were fried or roasted. The Filipinos “Pinoys” named the delicacy “Addidas” told Eric. “I will cook chicken feet as a is still undergoing probation. An ex- ham Park in Baguio City have later picked up their penchant for after the famous brand of footwear. If an applicant has committed the crime ample would be a conviction for driving musing about the past. ( Continued on page 4 ) of murder or an aggravated felony, the under the infl uence (DUI). An applicant applicant will never be granted U.S. with a DUI conviction will have his or It was getting late in the afternoon as citizenship. An aggravated felony may her application denied if the probation the streets were being fi lled with tired include the following crimes: rape; is still ongoing.