14
years
JUNE 2010
Noynoy Aquino
sworn in as
15th RP President
Vows to honor parents’ legacy of democracy; promises a
better Phils. as his own legacy
President Benigno Aquino III takes his oath of office as the 15th president of the Republic
of the Philippines.
An estimated 500,000 peo-
ple, many of whom wearing
the Aquino family’s signature
yellow shirts, turned up for the
festival-style inauguration cer-
emony of Philippine President
Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino at
the seaside Luneta Grandstand
in Manila.
The crowd roared and
waved yellow flags as the
50-year-old bachelor Aquino,
wearing a traditional Filpino
“barong” shirt, took his oath
in front of a Supreme Court
judge.
Amid joyous celebrations
and desperate hopes that Aqui-
no will usher in a new era of
clean government for the cor-
ruption-wracked Philippines,
the new president vowed to
honor his parents’ legacy of de-
mocracy, and promised a better
Philipppines as his own legacy
during his 22-minute inaugural
speech.
“My parents sought noth-
ing less and died for nothing
less than democracy, peace
and prosperity. I am blessed
by this legacy. I shall carry the
torch forward,” he said. “Ang
layunin ko sa buhay ay simple
lang: maging tapat sa aking
mga magulang at sa bayan bi-
lang isang marangal na anak,
mabait na kuya, at mabuting
mamamayan.”
“Layunin ko na sa pagbaba
ko sa katungkulan, masasabi
ng lahat na malayo na ang
narating natin sa pagtahak ng
tuwid na landas at mas magan-
da na ang kinabukasang ipa-
pamana natin sa susunod na
henerasyon. Samahan ninyo
ako sa pagtatapos ng laban na
ito. Tayo na sa tuwid na lan-
NOYNOY continued on p. 4
Caregiver agencies see a
70 – 90% drop in placements
Vancouver, BC – Recent
changes to Immigration Cana-
da’s Foreign Live-in Caregiver
Program (LCP) have increased
the burden on Canadian fami-
lies through high costs and
increased risks associated with
hiring an overseas caregiver.
The “Balanced improvements”
have produced a significant de-
crease in the number of fami-
lies using the program.
On April 1, 2010, Minister
of Immigration, Citizenship
and Multiculturalism, Jason
Kenney, made it mandatory
that any family hiring a live-in
caregiver for children, elderly
or disabled care must pay all
travel costs (including airfare),
medical insurance, worker’s
compensation premiums plus
all employee recruitment costs.
“The Association of Care-
giver & Nanny Agencies
Canada (ACNA) applauds
the Government for its efforts
at bringing much needed im-
provements to the LCP,” said
Manuela Gruber Hersch, Presi-
dent, “but the changes have re-
Get ready to rock with
Arnel and Rachelle!
Arnel Pineda with pop singer Rachelle Ann Go and the elec-
trifying Ammo Band perform on July 30 at the John Bassett
Theatre in Toronto.
of dedicated
service...
Toronto, Canada
duced the capability of Cana-
dian families to hire overseas
caregivers. Not only is it much
less affordable, but there is no
protection or risk mitigation
for those who make the invest-
ment.”
Results from three consecu-
tive surveys taken by over 100
caregiver and nanny agencies
over the last three month across
Canada show a significant drop
in placements, ranging from
70 - 90%, as a result of the in-
creased risks and financial bur-
den on employers.
Although the employing
family must pay all associ-
ated costs, the caregiver has
no obligation to stay with the
family and can terminate em-
ployment at any time. As a
result, Canadian families are
vulnerable to applicants who
abuse the LCP by coming to
Canada at no personal expense,
staying long-term and seeking
other employment. As fami-
CAREGIVER
continued on p.14
Story on page 31.
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NEWS June 2010 Manila Media Monitor 3

Canada facing labor shortages The Conference

Ottawa — Immi- employers only tempo-
grants can help to rescue rary relief from work-
Canada from a long-term force shortages. Job
slowdown in economic creation has resumed in
growth, but only if immi- recent months, and the
gration policies are mod- looming retirement of
ernized, The Conference baby boomers will only
Board of Canada argues erode the labor supply
in an article published in the longer term,” said
in the July-August 2010 Glen Hodgson, Senior
edition of “Policy Op- Vice-President and Chief
tions”. Economist, and author of
“The recession gave the article. “Immigration
Board’s ong-term eco-
nomic forecast assumes
tors, recognizing the im-
portance of skills-based
immigration to address
• Increase upfront in-
volvement by employers,
so they are part of the de-
that immigration levels Canada’s labour market cision-making process;
can provide an important will rise to about 350,000 needs; • Create new and im-
source of labor, if done annually by 2030. If • Streamline the im- proved pathways to per-
right.” Canada is to increasingly migration system to manent residency for
Canada’s unemploy- rely on immigrants as a reduce misalignment temporary foreign work-
ment rate is expected to source of labor, it needs among different levels of ers and foreign students;
fall below eight per cent a modernized, integrated government; and
by the end of 2010, but and well-managed im- • Expand the use of • Improve foreign
it could fall to as low as migration policy. Such a temporary foreign work- credential recognition.
six per cent in the years policy would: er programs to fill short- (Conference Board of
to come as the economy • Increase the weight term gaps in labour mar- Canada)
recovers and the large given to economic fac- kets;
cohort of baby boomers
leave the workforce.
Domestic Workers has rights
comparable to other workers
By Edwin Mercurio defeated and overridden rights of domestic work-
The International La- opposition from Bangla- ers around the world.
bor Conference of the desh, India, Arab coun- The Union of
International Labor Or- tries and employers to WORKERS
ganization (ILO) has adopt a convention on the continued on p. 17

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Bogus immigration consultants tify themselves in any of-

ficial document.
the consultants’ regula-
tor, the Canadian Society

to be criminalized
Immigrant and refu- of Immigration Consul-
gee applicants oftenly tants, only has the au-
have to bear the conse- thority to regulate only
quences of such frauds its 1,500 members but
The “Toronto Star” on Crooked Consultants The changes came two ing applicants for refugee and misrepresentation was itself engulfed in
has reported recently that Act was unveiled June 8 years after the Star inves- claims when they’re not after their cases were un- and consumed with inter-
Ottawa is set to criminal- in Parliament allowing tigative series which ex- real refugees or taking necessarily rejected. nal management issues,
ize bogus immigration law enforcement authori- posed the problem of un- applicants’ money with- The criminalization which pushed some
consultants. ties to lay criminal charg- scrupulous immigration out completing the nec- of unauthorized consul- frustrated consultants to
The article written by es against the so-called consultants who have essary paperwork. tants was one of the key practice underground.
Nicholas Keung reported “ghost consultants,” who continued to take advan- The RCMP and Can- recommendations by the Unpaid third parties,
that Immigration Min- prey on vulnerable future tage of the law’s loop- ada Border Services all-party parliamentary such as family members,
ister Jason Kenney will migrants but are off the holes, inspite of a new Agency officers can only citizenship and immigra- friends and not-for-profit
introduce a new law that officials’ radar, the Star regulatory body that the go after those unauthor- tion standing committee, community groups, who
will make it a criminal reported. government established ized individuals whose which conducted a na- provide immigration ser-
offence for anyone to of- The legislation pro- in 2004 aimed at eradi- names appear in immi- tion-wide consultation in vices, would not be af-
fer immigration services vides for such individu- cating those operations. gration or refugee ap- 2008 to revamp the con- fected by the new law.
without being a regis- als to face a $50,000 fine Examples of consul- plications as the legal sultants’ regulatory sys- (Manila Media Monitor
tered consultant. and a two-year jail term tants taking advantage of representatives, but ghost tem after the Star reports. from a Star report)
The Cracking Down upon conviction. the system include charg- consultants never iden- The report said that

NOYNOY from p. 1 tinanggap ninyo noong
araw ng halalan. Sigaw
das.”
natin noong kampanya:
Aquino reiterated his ‘Kung walang corrupt,
campaign promise to walang mahirap.’ Hindi
curb corruption and prac- lamang ito pang slogan o
tice good governance. pang poster - ito ang mga
“Ang mandatong ito
prinsipyong tinatayuan at
ay isa kung saan kayo nagsisilbing batayan ng
at ang inyong pangulo ating administrasyon,”
ay nagkasundo para sa he said.
pagbabago - isang pani- “Sa tulong ng wastong
nindigan na ipinangako
pamamahala sa mga da-
ko noong kampanya at rating na taon, maiibsan
din ang marami nating An estimated 500
problema. Ang tadhana thousand people
await for the ar-
ng Pilipino ay babalik sa
rival of the new
tamang kalagayan, na sa president to wit-
bawat taon pabawas ng ness his inaugu-
pabawas ang problema ration with a vow
ng Pinoy na nagsusumi- to honor his par-
ents’ legacy of
kap at may kasiguruhan
democracy and
sila na magiging tuloy- promises a bet-
tuloy na ang pagbuti ng ter Philippines as
kanilang sitwasyon.” his own legacy.
Aquino said clean and (Photo: Snoogie
Apolinario)
NOYNOY
continued on p. 5
NEWS
Filipino scientist honored for
his work
Terry Meyer
The Erlangen Gradu-
ate School in Advanced
Optical Technologies
(SAOT) in Erlangen,
Germany has honored
Terry Meyer, an assistant
professor of mechani-
cal engineering, with the
2010 Young Researcher
Award. The award is
granted annually to an
outstanding young scien-
tist in the field of optics
and photonics.
Meyer is being rec-
ognized for his work in
developing new laser
imaging techniques for
reacting flows.
Meyer was honored
during a ceremony on
May 31, at the Friedrich-
Alexander-University
Erlangen-Nuremberg
here.
The award is com-
pensated with 100,000
euros, which can be used
for collaborative visits to
Erlangen over a four-year
period. Meyer will go to
Germany for a month
during the summer of
2010 as a visiting profes-
sor to collaborate with
researchers at SAOT.
Additionally, the funding
supports a graduate stu-
dent to travel with Meyer.
“As professionals, we
are always learning from
our colleagues at other
institutions,” Meyer
says. “When a group like
SAOT brings scientists
together who are work-
ing distantly but in par-
allel efforts, new ideas
are formed through that
close interaction.”
SAOT provides inter-
disciplinary research and
an education program
of excellence in a broad
international network.
The group was estab-
lished at the University
of Erlangen-Nuremberg
in November 2006 with-
in the framework of the
Excellence Initiative
of the German Federal
and State Governments
to Promote Science and
Research at German Uni-
versities. The experts at
SAOT focus on innova-
tions and leadership in
optics and optical tech-
nologies at the interfaces
between physics, engi-
neering, and medicine.
Past SAOT awardees
were British (2008) and
Danish (2009).
Terry was born in Le-
gaspi City in the Philip-
pines in 1970.
Ray was among the
first group of Peace Corps
Volunteers in 1961. He
taught at Bicol Univer-
sity, San Beda, La Salle,
and St. Scholastica’s Col-
lege. He is a colleague of
the late Raul Roco when
they were both teaching
at San Beda. (With files
from Mila Magno)
June 2010 Manila Media Monitor 5
NOYNOY from p. 4 would revive his moth-
er’s emergency employ-
clean up the two key rev-
enue generating agencies
honest governanace will ment program, which of government: the Bu-
start with him and his succeeded in generating reau of Customs and Bu-
Cabinet. economic growth during reau of Internal Revenue.
“Ang unang hakbang her term. “Hindi kami magiging
ay ang pagkakaroon ng “Bubuhayin natin ang sanhi ng inyong pasakit
tuwid at tapat na hanay programang “emergency at perwisyo. Palalakasin
ng mga pinuno. Mag- employment” ng dat- natin ang koleksyon at
sisimula ito sa akin. ing pangulong Corazon pupuksain natin ang ko-
Sisikapin kong maging Aquino sa pagtatayo ng rapsyon sa Kawanihan ng
isang mabuting ehemp- mga bagong imprastrak- Rentas Internas at Bureau
lo. Hinding hindi ko tura na ito. Ito ay mag- of Customs para mapon-
sasayangin ang tiwalang bibigay ng trabaho sa dohan natin ang ating
ipinagkaloob ninyo sa mga local na komunidad mga hinahangad para sa
akin. Sisiguraduhin ko na at makakatulong sa pag- lahat,” he said.
ganito rin ang adhikain papalago ng kanila at ng Higher proceeds from
ng aking Gabinete at ng ating ekonomiya,” he tax collections will go to
mga magiging kasama said. NOYNOY
sa ating pamahalaan,” he He also promised to continued on p. 15
said.
“Naniniwala akong
hindi lahat ng nagsisilbi
sa gobyerno ay corrupt.
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he goes down, down, down to
hell.
The doors open and he finds
himself in the middle of a green
golf course. In the distance is a
VIEWS
the Senator joining a group of
contented souls moving from
cloud to cloud, playing the
harp and singing.
They have a good time and,

Wife cannot go back

clubhouse and standing in before he realizes it, the 24
front of it are all his friends hours have gone by and St. Pe-

on her words
A little boy was waiting for
his mother to come out of the
grocery Store.
As he waited, he was ap-
proached by a man who asked,
“Son, can you tell me where
the Post Office is?”
The little boy replied,
“Sure! Just go straight down
this street a coupla blocks and
turn to your right.”
The man thanked the boy
kindly and said, “I’m the new
pastor in town. I’d like for
you to come to church on Sun-
day. I’ll show you how to get
To Heaven.”
The little boy replied with a
chuckle, “Awww, come on …
you don’t even know the way
to the Post Office.”
***
A Japanese businessman ar-
rives in Manila, hails a cab and
tells the driver which hotel to
take him. On the way, a Honda
car, passes them. the Japanese
says, “aahhh Honda vely fast,
made in Japan.”
Next a Toyota passes them
and the Japanese says aahhh
Toyota vely fast, made in Ja-
pan.”
Next a Subaru passes them
and the Japanese makes the
same bragging comment.
When the cab arrives at the
hotel, the driver tells the the
Japanese how much and is sur-
prised by how expensive the
fare is. The Japanese asks the
driver, “Why so expensive?
The driver says, “The meter
is made in Japan, vely fast.”
***
While walking down the
street one day, a Corrupt Phil-
ippine Senator was tragically
hit by a car and died.
His soul arrives in heaven
and is met by St. Peter at the
entrance.
“Welcome to heaven,” says
St. Peter. “Before you settle
in, it seems there is a problem.
We seldom see a high official
around these parts, you see, so
we’re not sure what to do with
you.”
“No problem, just let me
in,” says the Senator.
“Well, I’d like to, but I
have orders from the higher
ups. What we’ll do is have
you spend one day in hell and
one in heaven. Then you can
choose where to spend eter-
nity.”
“Really? I’ve made up my
mind. I want to be in heaven,”
says the Senator.
“I’m sorry, but we have our
rules.”
And with that, St. Peter es-
corts him to the elevator and
and other politicians who had
worked with him.
Everyone is very happy and
in evening dress. They run to
greet him, shake his hand, and
reminisce about the good times
they had while getting rich at
the expense of the Filipino
people.
They played a friendly
game of golf and then dine on
lobster, caviar and the finest
champagne.
Also present is the devil,
who really is a very friendly
guy who is having a good time
dancing and telling jokes.
They are all having such a
good time that before the Sena-
tor realizes it, it is time to go.
Everyone gives him a hearty
farewell and waves while the
elevator rises...
The elevator goes up, up, up
and the door reopens in heaven
where St. Peter is waiting for
him, “Now it’s time to visit
heaven.”
So, 24 hours passed with
ter returns.
“Well, then, you’ve spent a
day in hell and another in heav-
en. Now choose your eternity.”
The Senator reflects for
a minute, then he answers:
“Well, I would never have said
it before, I mean heaven has
been delightful, but I think I
would be better off in hell.”
So St. Peter escorts him to
the elevator and he goes down,
down, down to hell.
Now the doors of the eleva-
tor open and he’s in the middle
of a barren land covered with
waste and garbage. He sees
all his friends, dressed in rags,
picking up the trash and putting
it in black bags as more trash
falls from above.
The devil comes over to him
and puts his arm around his
shoulders.
“I don’t understand,” stam-
mers the Senator. “Yesterday I
was here and there was a golf
OOOPS continued on p. 7
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OOOPS continued on p. 10
course and clubhouse, and we
ate lobster and caviar, drank
champagne, and danced and
had a great time. Now there’s
just a wasteland full of garbage
and my friends look miserable.
What happened?”
The devil smiles at him and
says, “Yesterday we were cam-
paigning ...Today, you voted.”
***
There was a man who had
worked all his life, had saved
all of his money, and was a real
“miser” when it came to his
money.
Just before he died, he said
to his wife...”When I die, I
want you to take all my money
and put it in the casket with
me. I want to take my money
to the afterlife with me.”
And so he got his wife to
promise him, with all of her
heart, that when he died, she
would put all of the money into
the casket with him.
Well, he died. He was
stretched out in the casket, his
wife was sitting there - dressed
in black, and her friend was
sitting next to her. When they
finished the ceremony, and
just before the undertakers
got ready to close the casket,
the wife said, “Wait just a mo-
ment!”
June 2010 Manila Media Monitor
She had a small metal box
with her; she came over with
the box and put it in the casket.
Then the undertakers locked
the casket down and they
rolled it away. So her friend
said, “Girl, I know you were
not fool enough to put all that
money in there with your hus-
band.”
The loyal wife replied,
“Listen, I cannot go back on
my word. I promised him that
7
I was going to put that money
into the casket with him.”
“You mean to tell me you
put that money in the casket
with him?”
“I sure did,” said the wife.
“I got it all together, put it into
my account, and wrote him a
check.... If he can cash it, then
he can spend it.” (From the
collection of Laguna, Philip-
pines-based newsman Ramon
Bernardo)

PTAC joins
PIDC
salu-salo sa
Earl Bales
By : Jennifer S. J. MacLean
The Philippine Teachers
Association of Canada (PTAC)
held its 4th Annual Family Pic-
nic on June 19th,2010 at the
Earl Bales Park, Toronto, On-
tario in suport of the PIDC's
yearly salu-salo coinciding
with the celebratiion of Rizal
Day and the 112th Philip-
pines's Independence Day Cel-
ebration.
Led by Tony A. San Juan,
PTAC president, the 55-mem-
ber samahan ng mga guro
enjoyed the sunny Saturday
fellowship and fun-filled gath-
ering together with their pro-
fessional colleagues, friends,
guests, and family members.
Among those who celebrat-
ed at the yearly event are : Joan
Ang, Sam Posadas, Pet Col-
lantes, Noemi Andaya, Berna-
dette Gapuz, Arthur & Rose
Apilado, Redentor & Trina
Andres, Cielito Drapeza, Mari-
con Bernasor, Marissa Miana,
Loida Mutuc, Grace Avila,
Ramon and Leilani Morales,
Alice Marie Bayog, Patricia
Marcos, Erlyn Simanero, Ma.
Sonia Pascual, Rowelyn Erese,
Ma. Grace Pagalilauan, Rowe- Bawat patak ng pawis at pagod mo........
Forex sa
na Roque, Imelda Axibal, Liza
Reyes, Sally Guerina, and Joy
Acuna- San Juan. buong pusong ihahatid ng
Sharing their potluck of con-
tinental, Canadian, and Philip- pamilya mo.....
pine dishes, the picknickers
enjoyed the fiesta-atmosphere
and parade - walk in the park kahit saan....... kahit kailan
organized and sponsored by
PIDC.
PTAC, organized in 2006
by Leone Manzanares, Rose
Cruz, Tony San Juan, Rose

PATC continued on p. 11

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Former advertising agency
executive Bill Andersen – who
is a regular reader of this col-
umn, asked me sometime ago
what I thought of an essay
posted by technology consul-
tant, teacher and writer Clay
Shirky in his blogsite on the
social and economic effects of
the internet on traditional me-
dia, such as newspapers.
Bill was reacting to my col-
umn on “J-students should not
lose hope in spite of bleak state
of journalism”.
After reading through Clay
Shirky’s post, “Newspapers
and Thinking the Unthinkable”
at http://www.shirky.com, I
responded to Bill, saying that
there are segments of our pres-
ent societies everywhere who
will continue to need news-
papers, regardless of the con-
venience (or inconveniences)
of its electronic format in the
form of the internet.
This is true, at least with the
present generation of seniors
that our societies, as a whole,
have, and who, at their twi-
light, are mostly no longer into
computers.
All these thoughts on the
future of the print media was
brought by the closure of vari-
ous state-wide circulated dai-
ly newspapers in the United
States caused by slumping
ad revenues. Their Canadian
counterparts, of course, also
have similar difficulties.
Ethnospecific publications,
on the other hand, were report-
From the
Monitor’s Desk
A C E A LVA R E Z
Advertisers start clueing in on
community publications: CCNA
ed to be experiencing a trend ers use many products that do
on the other tip of the scale that not necessarily reflect their
even some of them are expand- culture.
ing, according to an article by On the publications serv-
Laurel J. Campbell, originally ing specific cultures, Campbell
published in “The Publisher” said that Abittan rejects the
– the trade journal published term ethnic for her non-Eng-
by the Canadian Commu- lish publications, calling them
nity Newspapers Association instead “the media for the new
(CCNA), and reprinted by the mainstream, printed in the lan-
Canadian Journalism Founda- guage of comfort.”
tion. Campbell wrote that the
Campbell writes: “Some of characterization made by Abit-
the fastest-growing ethnic com- tan is reflected in the 2006
munities in Canada—be they census on the changing reality
South Asian, Chinese, Hispan- of what constitutes the main-
ic or European—still prefer to stream in Canada. The figures
get a little ink on their fingers showed that eleven out of
while reading the news.” Canada’s ethnic groups have
On this, Campbell said that passed the one million mark in
“Advertisers have started to 2006.
clue in.” Unlike the more established
Campbell cited Lori Abittan print media, while the situation
of Multimedia Nova Corpora- at the moment seems rosy with
tion in Toronto, which produc- regard to ethnic publications,
es newspapers for the Italian, some publishers expressed
Hispanic and Portuguese com- concern for the future -- just
munities. like what Shirky wrote in his
“More and more, corporate essay.
Canada is reaching to these Campbell quoted George
communities,” said Abittan, Bakoyannis -- publisher of
adding that more of their read- the bi-weekly Greek Canadian
News of Montreal: “In 20 to 25
years our readership will have
declined to next to nothing.
The people who are making
us viable are first-generation
Greeks, but who’s going to
read it in 30 years? My own
children aren’t comfortable
reading a Greek paper.”
Campbell wrote further,
“Like Bakoyannis, William 13 years of dedicated
Aykler is more concerned community service
about declining readership than
Managing Editor
slumping ad sales. As pub- ACE ALVAREZ
lisher of Toronto’s Hungarian-
language “Kanadai-Amerikai Associate Editor
Magyarsag”, he watched the GIE ALVAREZ
Hungarian community in To- Contributing Editors
ronto shrink steadily over the RICKY CALUEN
past few decades, leaving him MARIO DIMAIN
with a sense of doom about the MAG CRUZ HATOL
publication’s future.” GRACE P. FREIRES
MANNY FREIRES
I say that 20 years is a long- BEN VICCARI
time for us to know what new
things will come by then. As Editorial Assistant
Shirky wrote, “For the next LEN ALVAREZ-MAHONEY
few decades, journalism will Contributors
be made up of overlapping EVA AGPAOA
special cases …. No one ex- NOEL PERADA
periment is going to replace LARRY TORRES
what we are now losing with
Account Executives
the demise of news on paper, MYRNA SORIANO
but over time, the collection of JOHN TAN
new experiments that do work
might give us the journalism Graphics
COBIE CRUZ
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It was long in coming but
the response of many sectors
was one of relief and joy.
The Education department
concluded a consultative meet-
ing to inject media literacy into
the national curriculum. A slew
of speeches from experts laid
the groundwork for discussions
scheduled all day at the cavern-
ous Bulwagan ng Karunungan.
Former Knowledge Channel
executive and now consultant
at the DepEd, Ricardo Santos
herded the motley group of
attendees, a good number of
them high school students
All the speakers were unani-
mous in their observation that
Filipino children were being
unduly exposed to a surfeit
of media, whether they were
ready to decode messages cor-
rectly or not. There was shock
value in what everyone knew
all along; that Pinoy high
schoolers were lapping up so-
cial networking the way they
used to take in milk. In fact,
Jay Bautista of the Nielsen
Media Research group jolted
everyone by revealing that lo-
cal youth aged 13 to 19 were
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Media literacy: Latest tack
in education
partial to prurient magazines
like FHM (boys) and peddlers
of frivolity like Candy (girls).
Filipino youth play online
games and chat a lot, the study
says, and 30% interacted online
with “virtual” friends and an-
other 30% made friends online
through referrals. Among the
1,000 respondents, it appears
that TV viewing was the most
popular medium they used.
Two grade school principals
from Caloocan City, Virginia
Manaid and Cynthia Ayles,
were vocal about their con-
cerns relative to the volume
and type of media consumption
by the youth in their respec-
tive schools. They identically
griped about the poor qual-
ity of TV programs on offer to
children and later volunteered
their time and position to fur-
ther the cause of media educa-
tion, especially in their home
turf.
Not to be outdone was Ar-
iel, a sixteen year old campus
writer from Ramon Magsay-
say High School in Cubao.
She was disturbed that modern
media communicated faulty
messages and advocated the
wrong norms (like being fair-
skinned means being beauti-
ful). She decried government’s
indifference to the country’s
wealth of talent, recounting
how gifted classmates who
needed support to represent
the country in national or in-
ternational gatherings were
given the runaround.
Media literacy is best prop-
agated with and among youth
who are the most ardent con-
sumers of media. It was there-
reserves the right to edit for
fore refreshing to hear young
minds like Ariel and Manila
Science High School senior
Peter, also 16, not mincing
words about the proliferation
Photo releases must be with
of banality on local television.
“We want TV that raises our
Item and photo submissions
intelligence, not degrades it.
We are not interested to know
who is dating who and what
one was wearing to an event.”
Assistant Secretary Teresita
Inciong sits on top of the task
force on media literacy. She
admits that the move should
have been started years ago.
Having corralled a definitive
group of stakeholders who
later pledged to partner with
DepEd for the cause is worth
the long wait. Now we cannot
wait to lobby again for a public
broadcasting system.
The country’s nearly 75
million active media consum-
ers stand to benefit from this
grand move. (maghatol@ya-
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VIEWS
As a Filipino when you read
the newspapers or see on tele-
vision about Filipino achiev-
ers, you feel good, do you not?
These are the kind of encour-
aging good news that make us
feel proud as Filipinos, a feel-
ing expressed in Tagalog as
“Nakakataba ng Puso.”
These negate the many dis-
couraging stories about the
Philippines that broadcast and
print media holler around the
world. Watching TV Patrol
World, for example, is not that
pleasureable anymore. The
program almost always ac-
centuate on disconcerting sub-
jects, such as the blights in the
ghettos, the politicians end-
lessly quibbling and carping
at GMA’s governance, the pro-
tests and demos, Ampatuans,
scams, scandals, corruption.
You see nary a silver lining,
but gloom and doom, and no
redemption.
There used to be a program
called “The Good News” on
television that always focused
on the GOOD news. Why
does someone not revive such
healthy program, so people
will feel good again?
Let me start this in print in
our little corner of Fast Food
For Thought. We focus on
the bright side, on the glossy
veneer of Filipino achievers,
or plain good newsmakers
that uplift, edify, redeem and
please the senses. Nagpapa-
taba ng puso.
Let’s start with music which
Filipinos are tops.
There’s this petite 17-year
old Charice Pempengco who
is the new Philippine singing
Once again, the Plum tree in
my backyard had extended its
generous branches, welcom-
ing a Robin to build her nest.
The friendly host happily pro-
vided the much needed shelter.
Like an umbrella, it protected
the nesting bird under its thick
green leaves and it remained
the bird’s home in the coming
weeks.
Every day from the time
I discovered the nest with
teal-blue
eggs, I dren, raised
would ap-
proach the
Plum tree
to peek
through
the leaves
and get
amazed. I
witnessed
the devo-
tion of the mother Robin. She
patiently kept her four eggs
warm from which three were
hatched, but only two survived.
sensation. Music
industry stalwart
David Foster
calls her a “new
shining star in
the firmament.”
Charice had
gone through the
Nakakataba ng Puso
rounds of the top
international talk
shows that beam
her awesome, prodigious vo-
cal skills. With Oprah Win-
frey as her protective manager,
this Filipino wunderkind will
shatter the boundaries of her
dreams and will singlehand-
edly put her country in the
world’s map.
Of course, the name Lea
Salonga rings loud and clear in
the music world. She is a leg-
end on Broadway and on the
musical stages of Europe.
Now comes the Madrigal
Singers winning the presti-
gious European Grand Prix for
Choral Singing in Italy. The
Madz, as they are known, is
one of two choirs and the only
Asians to win twice in what is
known as the choral Olympics
of the world.
And here’s another one.
It takes a foreigner to extol
the Filipino’s singing prow-
ess. Steve Ray, an author who
barnstorms the world, was
not surprised to hear beautiful
voices from a choir of Filipi-
nos when he attended a Mass
at a church in Istanbul, Turkey.
He had heard of the same thing
in other churches he had gone
to around the world. He said
Filipinos sing joyfully and har-
moniously in communion with
God. Goodah!
The astound-
ing develop-
ment of the
two vulner-
able hatch-
lings into ful-
ly feathered
birds was
quite a sight.
The mother
Robin’s untiring nurturing to
her young was astonishing. It
was a great display of parent-
ing. Indeed, such a delight to
see God’s miracle as it unfolds.
As the two chicks grew,
I also grew some degree of at-
Fast Food For
Thought
Rudy M. Viernes
Filipinos are vital cogs
in parish activities in many
churches around the world. In
the old cities of Europe Filipi-
nos dominate local churchgoers
during masses. Everywhere in
the United States and in Can-
ada where there are “colonies”
of Filipinos, church activities
are vibrant and alive. The choir
in these churches is composed
mostly of Filipinos, the lec-
tors, eucharistic ministers, the
gauntlet of greeters, collectors
are invariably Filipinos.
Of course, one feels at home
amidst brown faces. In some
churches, Sunday masses are
usually longer because the
rites are trilingual -- English,
Spanish, Tagalog. The lector
would greet the congregation
Good Morning, Buenos Dias,
Magandang Umaga Po Sa In-
yong Lahat, albeit with mea-
sured nasal twang.
Now in sports. There is no
other name in today’s Philip-
pine sports that merits No. 1
mention than Manny Pacquiao.
He is undoubtedly the coun-
try’s preeminent sports hero.
He is a national treasure, an
icon, a unifier. Every time Pac-
quiao laces up his gloves life
in every nook and cranny in all
the 1,107 islands of the Philip-
The 3rd Eye
MARIO DIMAIN
Empty Nest
tachment to them. They seem- from them to build my nest in
ingly became my family. My a foreign land across the sea.
sentiment as a parent overpow- I could not understand it at
ered me. On the day I saw the
empty nest after they all flew
away, I felt some sadness; the
old familiar feeling had set in.
June 2010 Manila Media Monitor
pine Islands comes
to a grinding halt.
And every time he
gets his belt in the
ring every Filipi-
no hearts in those
1,107 islands exult
and beat in unison
in Tarzan-like bra-
vado. And next
time we hear of
his name, he will be addressed
as Congressman Manuel Pac-
quiao. Goodah!
Paeng Nepomuceno - who
at 52, is still bringing honors to
his country. His name is forev-
er etched in the Guinness Re-
cord Book with his four World
Cup titles, the only bowler so
honored.
Five Filipino billiard play-
ers are tops in the world.
These pool legends are all
world champions: Efren
Reyes, Amang Parica, Fran-
cisco Bustamante, Alex Pagu-
layan, and Ronnie Alcano.
Tim Lincecum of the San
Francisco Giants is half-Filipi-
no. He won twice the NL CY
Young pitching award in base-
ball. Eric Spoelstra is head
coach of thd Miami Heats,
the youngest at 37 and first
Asian/Filipino-American to
ever coach in the NBA. Eric’s
mother is Fe Celino from San
Pablo City. Natalie Cough-
lin is the mosst be-medaled
female member of the US
swimming team in the 2004
and 2008 Summer Olympics.
Natalie’s ancestors were from
Cavite.
Lately Efren Penaflorida
won the CNN Hero of the Year
award over thousand nominees
I felt this before,
not once but
three times - the
feeling of emp-
tiness.
My parents
must have felt
the same way
when I liter-
ally flew away
the time. Was I being selfish?
I thought that they would be
happy for me, but they were
both in tears to see me go.
9
with his Cart for Education
program that gives education
to the poor. Another Filipino
who had brought honor to his
country is Brillante Mendoza
chosen Best Film Director at
Cannes Festival in 2009.
Cristeta Comerford, born in
Sampaloc, Manila, is the exec-
utive chef of the White House
who started during the presi-
dency of George W. Bush and
retained by the Obamas. And
here’s a Filipno Who’s Who in
America who ia a billionaire.
Loida Nicolas Lewis had taken
over as CEO of a multi-billion
investment, retail and food
conglomerate from her late
husband, Reginald F. Lewis.
We cite the great work of a
Filipino governess of a wealthy
family in Rome as related by
the late Jaime Cardinal L. Sin.
She was a former teacher in the
Philippines and had become a
de-facto parent of the children
of the rich couple. She brought
the children to school, to
church, taught them catechism
and values. The couple invited
the Cardinal to their castle for
dinner to tell him how grate-
ful they were to their Filipino
nanny who had instilled sense
of piety to their children, busy
as they were in their many ob-
ligations. This unnamed Fili-
pina had the heart for the right
thing. She had exemplified a
Queen Fisher, a credible mes-
senger of God.
Indeed, these are the kind
of stuff that make us feel like
walking ten feet tall and proud
to be Filipinos. NAKAKA-
TABA NG PUSO. (rudmanfri-
day@yahoo.com)
Now as a parent, I can now see
it clearly why it hurts. It is not
easy to say goodbye. It does
not matter how able and ready
a child is, to a loving parent the
thought of separation can still
be too painful to accept.
My wife and I are now
what our society calls, “The
Empty Nesters.” Our three
grown-up daughters had taken
turns leaving our nest. Just like
the mother Robin, we nurtured
our chil-
and trained
them to be
strong and
indepen-
dent. Sur-
prisingly,
there’s al-
ways that
feeling
of empti-
ness every time one of them
stretches her wings and fly
NEST continued on p.10
10 Manila Media Monitor June 2010
“With focus on God, Our
country, our family and our
community … we can never be
wrong!”
We have been marked as
knights during our college days
at the Letran College in Intra-
muros, Manila, due mainly to
the Basketball team named Le-
tran Knights.
Part of our school history
was a royal decree, declar-
ing Letran as a “College of
First Class”. Letran is the only
Philippine school that has pro-
duced several Catholic Saints
that actually lived and studied
inside its original campus.
We were so proud of our
school and culture, always
shouting our battle cry, “Ar-
riba Letran, Arriba Letran!”, or
“Fly High Letran”, most espe-
cially during NCAA games.
Our shirts were emblazoned
by “Dugong Arriba” or Arriba
Blood, some just identify us,
as the “Bloody Arriba!” The
camaraderie was really close
among the Letranites. We were
educated by the Dominican
Priests. Under their tutelage,
they placed the school motto
deep in our hearts “Deus, Pa-
tria, Letran”, or “God, Coun-
try, Letran”
The motto dwelled deep
within us that until now, we
considered ourselves as “Du-
gong Arriba”. As the saying
indicates, “Once a knight will
always be a knight.”
***
While in Canada, I have
been dodging invites from
two organizations to become
It seems that finally sum-
mer might be here (‘though as
I write this the damn weather
got cold again and I’m wearing
a light jacket). School is done
and that means my daughter
is ready to go out and explore
the world. Sleep over, Canada
Wonderland, Ontario Place,
parties, the park, the mall. You
name it, she wants to do it. But
I cannot be there every min-
ute. I cannot watch over her
each and every day. She is old
enough now to go out on her
own, but not really old enough
to fend for herself.
While she was growing
up, I worried about every-
thing. Mostly, I worried about
her making it through the day
without coming to harm. It was
easier though. A young child is
physically controllable. They
only go out if someone is
NEST from p. 9
away. But then, there is some
good news. Unlike the baby
Robins, our daughters come
and visit at least once a week,
a Knight
of a dif-
ferent kind
for a good
number
of years.
Friends af-
ter friends
have tried
Three times a Knight
and failed
to recruit me. I have always
thought of the organization as
catering only for people like
my father, meaning for the
advanced age. I considered
them as too formal for my
own good. I have never really
understood why my father
was so fond of the organiza-
tions, until now.
Last year, I was request-
ed once again by the aging
Knights of Rizal (KOR) Can-
ada Chapter commanders to
join, this time with this words
added “ A-antayin mo pa
ba akong mamatay, bago ka
sumali sa amin?”. I guess, he
touched me on the right spot
or perhaps I am now like my
father …. I decided to join. I
got knighted accordingly and
became a first degree Knight
of Rizal.
In the beginning, my busy
schedules with other organi-
zations kept me away from
various KOR activities. How-
ever, I have always marvelled
at their dedication to the
memory of the national hero,
Dr. Jose Rizal and the Philip-
pines, as a whole.
***
In the meantime, the Fili-
pino Chaplaincy moved to
with them. They
are constantly
watched. It is
a lot of work,
but it is the kind
of work that is
fulfilling. You
watch her as she
When is a child old
sleeps and you
know that she
enough?
is safe because of me; she is
happy because of me. So you
do not mind the work. You are
in total control.
But children grow up. And
this means they want free-
doms and independence. It
begins with a tentative “no”
to a routine request. Do your
homework: “No”. They test
the limits. At first you win. The
homework gets done. Little
by little, the number of “no”
becomes more frequent, more
emphatic. More determined.
particularly on Sundays for
our family get-together. And to
compensate us for them leav-
ing the nest, we gained two
wonderful sons-in-law and a
beautiful granddaughter (and
You’re Entitled
to My Opinion
JUN ENVERGA
the Our Lady of the Assump-
tion Church on Bathurst Street,
where the Archdiocesan Filipi-
no Catholic Mission, Council
of the Laity, was created, we
were called to service, to raise
funds for the building upkeep
and lead various activities.
My wife, Rosemer, subse-
quently was appointed to lead
the Temporalities Ministry, to
cater to the temporal needs of
all the Filipino Catholics in the
Diocese of Toronto.
Shortly after her appoint-
ment, Typhoon Ondoy came
and devastated a big part of
Metro Manila. Temporalities
Ministry was given the task to
lead Typhoon Ondoy and Ket-
sana relief effort. My wife and
I basically lived in the Church
halls on the 4-week duration
of the typhoon relief appeal.
It was a worthy and gratifying
effort for everyone who was
able to collect, pack, box and
load clothing, food, medicines
and other dry goods in two 45-
ft. containers for the victims
of the calamity. The response
of the community was over-
whelming and no words of
admiration could describe the
sacrifices of all the volunteers
who worked for the relief ef-
Our Journey
E VA A G PA O A
Little by little they wear you
down. And then you begin to
think, well maybe, she is old
enough now to come home
from school with her friends
alone. And your heart is pound-
ing THUMP THUMP THUMP.
OH MY GOD WHAT HAVE
YOU DONE. But of course
she gets home safe that first
time and the next … and the
next after that. But the need for
independence keeps growing.
Now it is the mall. Now it is
the movies. Now it is Ontario
another grandchild who is still
being hatched). Our family has
grown and keeps on growing.
Yes, we all did the same
thing. We all love our parents
who raised us but we cannot
fort.
From all
the volun-
teers I have
worked
with dur-
ing the
Typhoon
relief ac-
tivities, I
found the Knights of Columbus
(Kof C) members as one with
the most passion in serving
God and the community. The
Kof C members were among
of the volunteers who came
in early and the last to leave.
This are the reasons why I had
no second thoughts when they
served me an application form
to fill to become a member. I
was initiated as First Degree
Knight of Columbus last year.
“Deus, Patria, Letran”
motto is coming back to me
in different forms. My Love
and my passion to serve God
and my country are now being
strengthened. The foundations
for which I was trained and
nurtured have certainly been
maturing into a different level
as I get involved with the ac-
tivities of these two great orga-
nizations.
As I enjoy my journey with
the members of this brother-
hood of Knights and, as I try
to comprehend the true love
and service in the name of God
and Country and, further, try to
fathom the depths of the true
meaning of being a true Catho-
lic and a Patriot … and now
that I am a third degree Knight,
I kept on asking myself, “Why
Place.
I have never re-
ally gotten used to
this. My heart still
pounds against my
chest every time
she goes out the
front door. But I
am learning how
to deal with it.
The worst time is the sum-
mer. I swear my heart will crash
through my chest and land on
the other side of the room one
day. There is so much time to
fill during the day. And she has
such energy and curiosity. All
that energy and curiosity needs
an outlet. That outlet is the
great outdoors. I am not talk-
ing about wilderness hiking. I
mean the mall, the TTC, Ontar-
io Place: You know that great
outdoors. The one with danger
and bad people and harm and
stay with them all our lives. We
all had to build our own nests
and watch our grown-up chil-
dren prove in the outside world
everything that we have taught
them. They too will build their
VIEWS
did it take me too long to join?”
Some of you must have
heard sad stories about certain
segments or members of the
organization. The realities are
sad stories happening when
members put themselves well
above the organization. Sad
stories happen when certain
members do not follow the te-
nets as prescribed by their rules
and regulations. Although the
organizations could discipline
their members, the brother-
hood would still have to follow
certain guidelines, and at most
times, the process are compli-
cated and tedious. But what
could we do, there is no such
thing as a perfect world, most
especially in big organizations.
There would always be
different personalities in any
organization, so, let us all re-
member that the differences
in culture and approach are
the ones that add color to the
group. Most of the time, it is
fun and sometimes not! It is
how we deal with them that
matters.
I joined the Knights with
one thought in mind “Deus,
Patria, Letran”
With the focus on God, Our
country, our family and our
community … we could never
be wrong!
Be a better Christian, join
the Knights of Columbus! Be
a better Filipino Patriot, join
the Knights of Rizal! These
are just my opinions and you
are entitled to them. To join:
junenverga@gmail.com
an immeasurable ability to do
something you never dreamed
could happen.
Now that she is older and
wanting more independence,
I worry even more. I do not
know how to stop. I do not
want to stop. I can only hope
that I have armed her with the
good judgment and good sense
I need her to have, to ward off
the many evils this world will
throw her way. I only pray that
her social immune system is
strong and healthy and that she
has the strength of character to
say no when temptation croons
its soft beguiling whisper. I can
only pray.
I am going to need a steel
cage around my chest to keep
my shrieking heart from racing
out the front door each time she
leaves alone. (info@thenanny-
expert.com)
own future and the cycle will
go on. There will always be an
empty nest. (artisticam@rog-
ers.com)
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T.O. pride as host of mostly left observers
with the images of ugly
G20 Summit turns ugly destruction of public and
private property amidst
an estimated $1-billion
building expenses of the federal
teemed government in hosting
with the summit.
lawyers With the theme “Re-
and covery and New Begin-
frantic nings”, Prime Minister
fam- Stephen Harper said at
ily and the end of the G20 Sum-
friends mit that the leaders ar-
hop- rived at firm targets for
ing to advanced economies on
bail out debt reduction and reduc-
people ing debt-GDP ratios.
picked The targets are a 50
up by per cent deficit reduction
Protesters at the G20 Summit in Toronto (Still from a video cap- police. by 2013 and a debt-to-
ture of Romeo P. Marquez.) The GDP ratio that should be
G20 at least stabilized or on a
The City of Toronto’s Avenue. Elsewhere, pro- was established in 1999 downward trend by 2016.
pride as the host city for testers on bikes took to in the wake of the 1997 All leaders recog-
the G20 Summit, June downtown streets, where Asian financial crisis. nized that fiscal consoli-
26-27, welcoming the arrests were reported as Leaders from the G20 dation is not an end in
world to the great city well. countries meet regularly itself. There will be a
turned ugly after more Police said that 224 to discuss key issues in continued role for ongo-
than 600 people have people were arrested the global economy. ing stimulus in the short
been arrested in connec- since 6 a.m. on Sunday What would have term as leaders develop
tion with G20-related alone. been a world spotlight the framework for strong,
protests during a major The number of arrests for Toronto’s tourism, sustainable and balanced
police crackdown in parts sent G20-designated business and banking, growth.
of downtown Toronto courtrooms at 2201 Finch culture, diversity and en- The prime minister
and at a temporary de- Ave. W. into overdrive. vironmental and lasting said that leaders applaud
tention centre on Eastern On Sunday afternoon, the international leadership a number of recent ac-
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CCNA from p.8 ethnic news organiza-
tions survive with a bare
vice president for OMNI minimum of staff, while
Television, said, “The keeping costs low and
(ethnic) papers offer a telling local community
model from which main- stories,” Madeline said,
stream media organiza- adding that for many
tions could learn as they in the ethnic media, the
deal with changes in the motivation is “labor of
industry.” love”. (ace.alvarez@rog-
“Many of the GTA’s ers.com)
tions that were impor- November. Bank levies
tant downpayments on have been left to individ-
the framework reached ual countries.
by the leaders, among Other agreements
others, the budget of the on other matters are the
United Kingdom, which following: continued
strongly tackled the Brit- progress on anti-protec-
ish deficit; Chinese flex- tionism by extending the
ibility on exchange rates Washington standstill
and the new U.S. law on for another three years,
financial sector reform. and debt relief for Haiti,
Harper also noted the which is an important
importance of the agree- priority for Canada; the
ment on ongoing and continuing reform of in-
important financial sec- ternational institutions.
tor reforms, specifically Prime Minister Harp-
in increasing the qual- er stressed that the G-20
ity and quantity of capi- still has a lot to do to
tal standards aimed at fully entrench global re-
enhancing prudent and covery, which are steps
regulatory oversight and being sought by Canada.
a commitment to accel- (Manila Media Monitor
erate this work and com- with files from various
plete it by the summit in sources, including the
South Korea this coming Prime Minister’s Office)
NEWS
The Charter emerged after the crimes
of the Second World War
By Norman Hillmer became fully known. In
1948 the United Nations
In the early 1950s, adopted the Universal
working in the historic Declaration of Human
East Block of the Parlia- Rights, affirming that
ment Buildings, Pierre every person had inalien-
Trudeau’s lifelong preoc- able rights; the document
cupation with Canada’s was drafted in its original
constitution took root. form by a Canadian, John
Three decades later, as Humphrey. Saskatch-
the country’s prime min- ewan was the first of the
ister, Trudeau remodelled Canadian provinces to
the Canadian constitution adopt a law protecting
and embedded into it an human rights and other
explicit guarantee of the provincial legislatures
rights and freedoms of followed with similar
all citizens. That was the legislation.
Constitution Act of 1982 The Parliament of
and the Canadian Charter Canada recognized its re-
of Rights and Freedoms sponsibility to safeguard
— the most important the democratic liberties
part of the framework of of Canadians in a 1960
rules under which Cana- Bill of Rights that guided
dians are governed. Parliament, the courts
A strong link between and the federal govern-
human rights and the law ment, but was not bind-
ing on the provinces. The
Bill of Rights was a ten-
tative move towards the
Trudeau’s Charter.
Trudeau shared in
what has been called
the post-Second World
War rights revolution.
He championed the UN
universal rights decla-
ration, worked with the
Canadian Civil Liberties
Association and fought
against the domination
of Church and govern-
ment in Quebec. He be-
lieved passionately that a
just society was one that
protected personal liberty
and promoted individual
freedom.
Yet Trudeau also
thought that freedom had
to be preserved and ex-
tended without destroy-
ing order. Balancing the
two is a crucial part of his
Charter, which combines
June 2010 Manila Media Monitor 13
the defence of citizen
freedoms with a concern
rights of every citizen to
vote in regular elections
numbers to justify it.
Any one of the legisla-
for the rights of groups • Mobility rights tures of Canada can pass
within society and the in- to work, live in, or move a law that goes against,
terests of the country as to any part of Canada or overrides, the Charter,
a whole. Thus Section 1 • The legal rights except when it affects
of the Charter states that of presumption of inno- democratic, mobility, and
personal rights and free- cence and a fair trial language rights. Such a
doms have reasonable • The right to the law can only be for five
limits. equal protection and years, although it can be
The Charter does not equal benefit of the law reenacted for additional
belong to Trudeau alone. without discrimination periods of five years.
Interest groups and indi- based on race, national, This provision of the
viduals made their views or ethnic origin, colour, Charter, Section 33, was
known to the govern- religion, sex, age, or a bitter disappointment
ment and the Parliament mental or physical dis- to Trudeau, but it was a
of Canada, resulting in ability necessary compromise to
important protections for • The official lan- get provincial support for
gender equality, multi- guages of English and the Constitution Act. Ca-
culturalism, and aborigi- French in the govern- nadian legislatures have
nal rights. ment and legislatures of seldom used Section 33.
Canada and New Bruns- A considerable and
The Charter protects: wick complex body of Char-
• The fundamental • French and ter law has been built
freedoms of thought, English language group up since 1982, and the
speech, religion, and rights to education in Supreme Court of Can-
peaceful assembly their mother tongue
CANADIAN
• The democratic where there are sufficient
continued on p. 16
14 Manila Media Monitor June 2010
Aquino’s people to attend
press handling seminar
MANILA -- President
Benigno Aquino III has an-
nounced that people in his ad-
ministration would be made
to attend a seminar on how
to handle the media in appar-
ent response to criticisms that
a few of his key officials had
rubbed the press the wrong
way.
He did not say, however,
who specifically would be sent
to the seminar.
According to the president,
the seminar will be about “how
to handle the media, how to
improve relations with every-
body . . . how to get the mes-
sage across.”
“We want to engage the
people in the agenda that we
have,” late President Corazon
Aquino’s only son said.
“So, the best way is through
you [the media] and commu-
nicate [through you] what the
plans [of the government] are
in the time frame,” he added
during the chance interview
with the Malacañang Press
Corps and other journalists at
NEWS
caregiver. Should the caregiver while the family’s objective is hered to certain requirements.
leave, many families struggle to raise healthy children and Current issued Labour Market
to find replacement work- provide care for future and se- Opinions numbers for April
ers. This can be emotionally nior Canadians. 2010 are at 1,949, a number
and financially taxing, height- As ACNA predicted in De- above the average. ACNA at-
Villamor Air Base. ened by the fact that families cember 2009 when the pro- tributes this to Canadian fami-
The President pointed out typically assist the caregiver posed changes were first an- lies rushing to submit their ap-
that efficiency and effectivity to adapt to Canadian culture, nounced, the changes have plications before the April 1st
in delivering the message may often making a substantial in- had a profound impact on the deadline which would make
be important, but the sense and vestment of time and dollars to industry and on Canadian fam- them obligated to shoulder the
value of the message weigh train and teach the employee. ilies—who have stopped hir- new changes, such as airfare,
just as significantly. The family carries the full cost ing. Families wanting to hire thus higher costs. ACNA esti-
“The substance, the form of this expense – in contrast to a foreign caregiver must apply mates a huge drop to come in
is so important. So, that semi- government funded integration for a Labour Market Opinion
nar will be [attended] by most services provided to other cat- (LMO), a process that demon- CAREGIVER
[members] of the Cabinet, es- egories of immigrants. strates that the family has ad- continued on p. 25
pecially those who are new to ACNA
the government,” he said. (Ma- calls on Min-
nila Times) ister Jason
Kenney not
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NOYNOY from p. 5
quality education, health
care, and housing.
In response to persis-
tent problems of red tape,
Aquino vowed to set up
a predictable place for in-
vestors.
“We will be a pre-
dictable and consistent
place for investment, a
nation where everyone
will say, ‘it all works.’,”
he said. “Walang laman-
gan, walang padrino at
walang pagnanakaw.
Walang wang-wang,
walang counterflow,
walang tong. Panahon
na upang tayo ay muling
magkawang-gawa.”
“Gagawin nating kaa-
ya-aya sa negosyante ang
ating bansa. We will cut
red tape dramatically and
implement stable eco-
nomic policies. We will
level the playing field
for investors and make
government an enabler,
not a hindrance, to busi-
ness. Sa ganitong paraan
lamang natin mapupunan
ang kakulangan ng tra-
baho para sa ating mga
mamamayan.”
Aquino also an- vices, at sa pagbenta ng
nounced that he would kanilang produkto sa
scrutinize the “midnight pinakamataas na pre-
appointments” issued by syong maaari,” he said.
Mrs. Arroyo.
“Sa mga itinalaga sa “Inaatasan natin si
paraang labag sa batas, Secretary Alcala na mag-
ito ang aking babala: si- tayo ng mga trading cen-
simulan natin ang pag- ters kung saan diretso na
babalik ng tiwala sa ang magsasaka sa ma-
pamamagitan ng pag- mimili - lalaktawan natin
usisa sa mga ‘midnight ang gitna, kasama na ang
appointments.’ Sana ay kotong cop. Sa ganitong
magsilbi itong babala sa paraan, ang dating napu-
mga nag-iisip na ipag- punta sa gitna ay maari
patuloy ang baluktot na nang paghatian ng mag-
kalakarang nakasanayan sasaka at mamimili.”
na ng marami,” he said. He also said he would
He also promised to continue the policy of
prioritize poverty alle- peaceful settlement of
viation and improve ser- conflicts in Mindanao.
vices for farmers. “My government will
“Ang ating panguna- be sincere in dealing with
hing tungkulin ay ang all the peoples of Mind-
magsikap na maiangat anao. We are commit-
ang bansa mula sa kahi- ted to a peaceful and just
rapan, sa pamamagitan settlement of conflicts,
ng pagpapairal ng kata- inclusive of the interests
patan at mabuting pama- of all - may they be Lu-
malakad sa pamahalaan,” mads, Bangsamoro or
he said. Christian.”
“Kung dati ay may Aquino rode to the
fertilizer scam, ngayon country’s biggest elec-
ay may kalinga na para tion victory on May 10
sa mga magsasaka. Tu- on a pledge to fight woe-
tulungan natin sila sa ful graft and poverty that
irigasyon, extension ser- he said thrived during the
June 2010 Manila Media Monitor 15
nearly 10-year reign of over his six-year term. chief justice to lead a
outgoing president Glo- After promising to Truth Commission that
ria Arroyo. eradicate poverty during will probe and possibly
Another crucial fac- the campaign, Aquino prosecute Arroyo for al-
tor was his status as the has been careful to play leged graft.
son of Philippine democ- down expectations, in- Aquino also pledged
racy heroes Benigno and sisting that he is not Su- to scrutinise every proj-
Corazon Aquino, who perman and that he is ect listed in the national
remain revered for their hoping to merely lay a budget to make sure tax-
efforts to overthrow dic- solid foundation for his payers money is not be-
tator Ferdinand Marcos. successor in 2016. ing lost to corruption,
His mother, Corazon, However he has also adding he suspected Ar-
earned a reputation as an announced some head- royo had painted a falsely
incorruptible leader dur- line-grabbing initia- optimistic picture of the
ing her six-year term as tives, including naming NOYNOY
president following the a retired Supreme Court continued on p. 16
“people power” revolu-
tion that toppled Marcos
in 1986.
Her death from cancer
last year reignited nation-
al support for the family,
which in turn lifted her
son from political light-
weight after 11 years as
a low-profile member of
parliament to presidential
frontrunner.
Aquino admitted to
feeling some anxiety the
day before his inaugura-
tion as he named his cab-
inet and put the finishing
touches to his first speech
as president, in which he The only joy in the world is to begin.
will outline how he in-
- Cesare Pavese
tends to get the job done
16 Manila Media Monitor June 2010
Population projections: Canada,
the provinces and territories
All growth scenarios
considered, Canada’s
population could exceed
40 million by 2036. The
ageing of the population
is projected to accelerate
rapidly, as the entire baby
boom generation turns 65
during this period. The
number of senior citizens
could more than double,
outnumbering children
for the first time.
From 2009 to 2036,
Canada’s population
could grow from 33.7
million to between 40.1
million under the low
growth scenario and 47.7
million under the high
growth scenario.
Results at the pro-
vincial and territorial
levels vary according to
the scenario considered,
mainly due to differences
in interprovincial migra-
tion patterns. Overall, re-
gardless of the scenario,
growth would be higher
than the national average
in Ontario and British
NEWS
rial projections
Ontario and British
Columbia are the only
million in 2009 to be-
tween 5.8 million and 7.1
million in 2036. Under
provinces in which aver-
age annual growth would
the medium-growth sce-
nario, its share of Can-
exceed the growth rate ada’s total population
Columbia. The popula- of 39.5. the child-bearing age, for Canada as a whole would rise from 13.2% to
tion of every province Contributors to demo- sustained levels of immi- between 2009 and 2036, 14.5%.
and territory would in- graphic growth Canada’s gration would also have according to all scenari- Quebec would remain
crease during this time, population growth de- a positive impact on the os. the second most popu-
except in some scenarios pends on two factors: number of births. Ontario’s population lous province. Its popu-
in the case of Newfound- natural increase (births According to the me- would increase from lation would rise from
land and Labrador. minus deaths), and net dium-growth scenario, nearly 13.1 million in 7.8 million in 2009 to
Canada’s population international migration Canada would receive 2009 to between 16.1 between 8.6 million and
would age rapidly until (immigrants minus emi- roughly 333,600 immi- million and 19.4 mil- 10.0 million in 2036.
2031, by which time the grants). grants a year by 2036, lion in 2036, depending Under the lowest-
entire baby boom genera- The number of deaths compared with 252,500 on the scenario. Under growth scenario, New-
‘‘
tion would have turned is projected to increase in 2010. the medium-growth sce- foundland and Labra-
65. It would continue during the entire period Age structure of the nario, it would account dor’s population would
ageing after 2031, but at between 2009 and 2036, population for 40.5% of the national decline from 508,900
a less rapid pace. as the baby boom gen- Projections show that population in 2036, up in 2009 to 483,400 in
By 2036, the number eration gets older. Under seniors would account from 38.7% in 2009. 2036. Under the highest-
of seniors is projected to the medium-growth sce- for between 23% and The population of growth scenario, it would
reach between 9.9 mil- nario, natural increase 25% of the total popula- British Columbia would rise to 544,500. (Statis-
lion and 10.9 million, would remain positive tion by 2036, nearly dou- increase from nearly 4.5 tics Canada)
more than double the lev- until 2036, although ble the 13.9% in 2009.
el of 4.7 million in 2009. the levels of births and Higher immigration
They would surpass the deaths would get closer levels would do little to
number of children aged over time. change the forthcoming
14 or under for the first Regardless of the sce- ageing of the Canadian I have enjoyed greatly the sec-
time ever between 2015 nario, immigration levels population. ond blooming... suddenly you
and 2021, depending on would represent a larger At the same time, the find - at the age of 50, say - that
the scenario. share of the projected proportion of the work-
By 2036, the median population growth at the ing-age population aged a whole new life has opened
age of the population national level. Because 15 to 64 would decline before you.
would range between 42
and 45 years, compared
large numbers of new
immigrants consist of
steadily from about 70%
to about 60%.
- Agatha Christie
with the current median younger individuals in Provincial and territo-
NEWS June 2010 Manila Media Monitor 17

Philippine Electronic - optional: if you

want your old and & new
Maldives, Sri Lanka and
Thailand.
passed the new conven-
tion. The Geneva meet-
– one on decent work for
domestic workers and the

Passports (Epassports)
passports mailed back to Sr. Jeanne Devos, a ing was attended by more other on HIV/AIDS and
you, please include a pre- Catholic nun from In- than 2,500 delegates the world of work.
paid registered envelope, dia’s National Domes- from member countries, Halimah Yacob, dep-
The Philippine Con- proof that a permanent e.g. xpresspost envelope tic Workers Movement trade unions and employ- uty secretary general of
sulate General has an- residence card has been with the “signature stick- (NDWM) called this er’s confederations. Singapore’s National
nounced that only ap- applied for or a certifica- er option” paid for. “a major victory.” The The Convention pro- Trades Union Congress
plications for ePassports tion from the Citizenship Submission of one (1) NDWM has more than vides for freedom of as- hailed the conference’s
are being processed. The & Immigration Canada photograph is no longer 3.5 million members. sociation, fair terms of decision saying it “is
Machine Readable Pass- that applicant has not ac- a requirement for the eP- “The decision showed employment and decent only the beginning of
ports (MRP) are no lon- quired Canadian citizen- assport. (Press Release) that the international working and living con- hard bargaining for the
ger issued. ship; community has recog- ditions, easy access to inclusion of substantive
Following are the re- - copy of evidence WORKERS nized domestic work- dispute settlement proce- provisions to protect the
quirements for the ePass- of legal status in Canada: from p. 3 ers as people with rights dures, regulation of em- rights of domestic work-
port: e.g. work permit, per- comparable to other ployment agencies and ers.” She praised the de-
- personal appear- manent residence card, Catholic Asian News workers,” she said. protection of migrant do- feat of the resolution for a

‘‘
ance is a strict require- valid record of landing, (UCANEWS) reports However she added mestic workers. recommendation. (Sourc-
ment for the taking of the visitor’s visa, etc.; that opponents to the “The official opposition Two major recom- es: ILO, UCANews)
biometrics; - fee of C$69.00 - measure tried to limit the to a convention showed mendations were adopted
- current passport; payable in cash, money document to a non-bind- the scale of problems
- copy of the data order, bank draft or cer- ing “recommendations.” facing workers and their
page of the passport; tified cheque. No debit Support for the con- advocates.” Energy and persistence conquer all things.
- if passport has ex- card or personal cheque vention unexpectedly The ILO in its June
- Benjamin Franklin
pired for 5 years or more, will be accepted. came from China, the 2-18 meeting in Geneva

NOYNOY from p. 15 of Canada.and US Trade
Representative Ron Kirk
were among the more
economy. than 100 foreign digni-
“The first order of taries who attended the
business will be for ev- inauguration, June 30.
erybody (in the cabinet) World applauds Presi-
to review their particular dent Aquino
areas of concern,” Aqui- Leaders around the
no said Tuesday. world have committed
“We will have to study their support to President
the lay of the land, study Benigno Aquino, as he
what the conditions are tries to begin implement-
bereft of political spin.” ing his promised chang-
Amid this backdrop, es.
a fascinating part of the Canadian Minister
inaugural day’s events of Foreign Affairs Law-
saw Aquino escort Ar- rence Cannon has con-
royo in a limousine from gratulated Benigno Aqui-
the presidential palace to no III on his inauguration
the Rizal Park venue for as president of the Philip-
the oathtaking ceremony pines.
and transfer of power. “I offer my warmest
They shook hands congratulations to Presi-
and smiled for the press dent Aquino,” said Min-
cameras at the presiden- ister Cannon. “Canada
tial palace, but Aquino supports democratic de-
avoided making eye con- velopment in the Phil-
tact in their awkward en- ippines. We are look-
counter. ing forward to working
Aquino also said he closely with the new
wanted peace talks to end Philippine government
decades-long communist and to enhancing the al-
and Muslim separatist in- ready strong and friendly
surgencies. ties between our two
Another priority was countries.
to improve a judicial sys- “Canadians are proud
tem where just eighteen of the shared experiences
percent of criminal cases and close connections
lead to convictions and we have with Filipinos.
a court verdict takes six People-to-people links
years. between the two coun-
“Justice is really an tries continue to increase,
aspiration rather than a with over 400,000 people
reality,” he said. of Philippine origin in
East Timor President Canada contributing sig-
Jose Ramos-Horta, Ca- nificantly to our nation.”
nadian Parliamentary In 2009 Canada and
Secretary to the Minister the Philippines marked
of International Coopera- their 60th anniversary
tion Jim Abbott attended of diplomatic relations.
the inauguration on be- Strong trade and invest-
half of the Government ment ties, as well as close
cooperation in areas such auguration as President
as democratic develop- of the Republic of the
ment, governance, hu- Philippines. I look for-
man rights and the rule ward to continuing the
of law, characterize re- close cooperation and
lations between the two warm relations between
countries. our two countries. I wish
Canada also cooper- you and the people of the
ates with the Philippines Philippines prosperity
in multilateral forums, and every good fortune,”
including the Associa- she said.
tion of Southeast Asian The Australian gov-
Nations (ASEAN) and ernment, for its part, said
the ASEAN Regional it will work closely with
Forum, as well as in the the Philippines “on our
United Nations, the Asia- broad range of shared
Pacific Economic Co- interests, including in
operation and the World the areas of development
Trade Organization. assistance, defense and
Queen Elizabeth II law enforcement coop-
sent her short but mean- eration, trade and invest-
ingful message to Aquino ment, human rights and
through British Embas- active engagement on re-
sy’s Charge d’Affaires gional and international
Colin Crorkin issues.”
“I send you my con- China’s attendance,
gratulations on your in- on the other hand, prom-
CANADIAN emphasis was placed on
from p. 9 the values of and risks to
Canadian society.
ada has given opinions The Chief Justice
in hundreds of cases. In of Canada, Beverley
Multani v. Commission McLachlin, uses Butler
scolaire Marguerite- to explain the difference
Bourgeoys in 2006, citing between how Canadians
the Charter’s protection and Americans interpret
of freedom of religion, rights. Canadian law,
the Supreme Court ruled she points out, protects
that a young Sikh male language, religions, ab-
had the right to come to original communities and
school with a kirpan, a the general public wel-
small sheathed ceremo- fare, while in the United
nial sword worn by Sikhs States, “the ethic of the
as a religious symbol. individual is foremost.”
In the 1992 Butler Critics complain that
case, the court ruled that the Charter has put too
freedom of speech un- much law in the hands
der the Charter did not of powerful judges who
extend to the publica- are not accountable to
tion and distribution of Parliament or the people.
pornography. Here the Yet the Charter is popu-
ises to pave the way for a
strategic and cooperative
relationship between the
two countries
The Australian Gov-
ernment sent congratu-
latory messages, too, to
President Aquino and
Vice President Jejomar
Binay.
Australia and the Phil-
ippines share a warm and
substantive bilateral rela-
tionship underpinned by
close people to people
links.
The message stated
that Australia looks for-
ward to continuing to
work closely with the
Philippine Government
under President Aquino
on broad range of shared
interests, including in the
areas of development as-
sistance, defence and law
enforcement cooperation,
lar with Canadians. It has
become, in McLachlin’s
glowing words, part of
how the country defines
itself — a forward-look-
ing statement of “the dis-
tinctive Canadian values
of respectful tolerance,
pluralism, and interlock-
ing rights and responsi-
bilities of the individual
and the state.”
Norman Hillmer is
Professor of History and
International Affairs at
Carleton University. The
best place to read about
the Canadian Charter of
Rights and Freedoms is
on the internet. The text
of the charter is read-
ily available there, and
websites such as those
of the Library of Parlia-
trade and investment, hu-
man rights and active
engagement on regional
and international issues.
As one of the Philip-
pines’ largest develop-
ment cooperation part-
ners, Australia said it
looks forward to engag-
ing with the new Ad-
ministration to ensure
Australia’s development
assistance is closely
aligned with the incom-
ing government’s reform
agenda, including in the
areas of poverty reduc-
tion, economic growth
and governance. (Manila
Media Monitor from
various news sources)
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18 Manila Media Monitor June 2010
UN asks RP govt to reduce
dropout rates, poverty
The United Na-
tions (UN) has dared
the Aquino administra-
tion to come up with a
breakthrough Millenni-
um Development Goals
(MDGs) Plan that will
address high dropout
rates and extreme poverty
in the country, two of the
goals that Manila is not
on track to achieve come
the 2015 deadline. The
UN was referring to the
Press Release
By Deacon Bob Rosales
TORONTO - On Sat-
urday, August 7th, 2010,
Filipino pilgrims, with
their families and friends,
will gather together at the
Martyrs’ Shrine in Mid-
land, Ontario, for the
30th consecutive year.
Under the auspices of the
Archdiocesan Filipino
Catholic Mission, headed
by Fr. Ben F. Ebcas, Jr.,
it is a yearly celebra-
tion of our faith, of the
lives of the Martyrs and
Saints who inspire us in
our lives and our spiritual
journey. Among those
whose lives we celebrate
are those of San Lorenzo
Ruiz and Blessed Pedro
Calungsod. In addition,
it is also a cultural fel-
lowship where Filipino
talents, music, arts, and
regional delicacies are
shared. This annual Fili-
pino pilgrimage includes
praise and worship and
the celebration of the Eu-
charist.
This year’s pilgrimage
is hosted by the Filipino
Canadian Catholic Char-
ismatic Prayer Commu-
nities under the leader-
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eight time-bound, con-
crete and specific goals
that 189 world leaders
committed to achieving
for their nations by 2015
at the UN in September
2000 namely: 1) end ex-
treme poverty and hun-
ger; 2) achieve universal
primary education; 3)
promote gender equality
and empower women;
4) reduce child mortal-
ity; 5) improve maternal
This year’s theme is:
“The Migrant Workers
and Refugees – Witness-
es and Mission for the
World”. The theme is in
conjunction with the Ro-
man Catholic Church’s
96th World Day of Mi-
grants and Refugees this
year. In his message, His
Holiness, Pope Benedict
XVI stated that this cel-
ebration “touches an as-
pect that Christians view
with great attention, re-
membering the warning
of Christ who at the Last
Judgement will consider
as directed to himself
everything that has been
done or denied “to one of
the least of these” (cf. Mt
25:40, 45).
For most of us who ex-
perience their struggles,
the migrant workers and
refugees are witnesses
for the world by the good
work and sacrifice that
they do for the families
they serve and their own.
They are also our “mis-
sion”, deserving of our
pastoral care and support,
that they may experience
the grace of our merciful
God in the midst of their
sub-standard working
health; 6) combat HIV/
AIDS, malaria and other
diseases; 7) ensure envi-
ronmental sustainability
and 8) develop a global
partnership for develop-
ment.
Dr. Jacqueline Bad-
cock, UN resident co-
ordinator in the Philip-
pines, underscored that
the bigger problem in the
education situation is the
increasing dropout rate
conditions, separation
from their families, and
human rights abuse.
We are inviting all of
you, your families and
friends, to join us in this
celebration. Bus trans-
portation to and from the
Shrine will be available
with numerous pick-up
points all over the GTA.
You can also organize
your own group, either
with your own bus or car
pool brigades. For more
information please call:
Teri Gutierrez - (416)
456-0381; Zeny Uy -
(416) 292-4354; Nora
- (416) 787-4547; Don
Quilao - (416) 903-3453
or Email us: fcccpc@ya-
hoo.ca
We hope to see you
all at the Shrine on Au-
gust 7th. May we all be
blessed with continued
good health, peace, joy,
prosperity, and an endur-
ing love for one another
and our Almighty God.
Press Release By
The Archdiocesan Fili-
pino Catholic Mission
(AFCM) and the Filipi-
no-Canadian Catholic
Charismatic Prayer Com-
munities (FCCCPC)
Manila Media Monitor
Tel. (416) 285-8583
in elementary levels as
reported by the National
case of the province of
Sulu wherein only 62
Statistical Coordination percent of the children
Board (NSCB). there are enrolled in pub-
Based on the 2006 to lic elementary schools,
2007 NSCB statistics, the way behind the national
dropout rate increased average of 81.7 percent.
from 8.6 percent to 9 per- “Efforts to promote
cent, far from the 2006 primary education en-
target of decreasing it to rolment should be con-
5.5 percent and 2009 tar- centrated in identifiable
get of 4.3 percent. high-priority regions
“A targeted program such as Sulu,” Badcock
that will identify causes pointed out.
and solutions for high In addition, the UN
dropout rates is urgently linked poverty to the
needed to reverse this unemployment problem
alarming trend,” Bad- which makes poverty re-
cock said. duction and endangered
Badcock cited that goal.
FEATINEANS hold 21ST annual
picnic and elections ; Oliver is
reelected president
By Deacon Bob Rosales
as usual, was supported
In commemorating by the Association’s co-
the 112th Philippine in- founders Julio & Annie
dependence day, The Buiza, Tirso Balitian, and
Featineans Association Tony A. San Juan.
of Toronto (TFAT),held Most of those in at-
a successful pre-celebra- tendance, sharing in the
tion with a family pic- pot-luck lunch, park
nic and elections. The games and camaraderie
successful event was atmosphere, are friends
held at Scarborough’s and of TFAT, particularly
Thompson Memorial FilCans in the GTA who
Park on June 6th, 2010 constantly support the
with the Association Association’s scholar-
members,special guests ship, social and fundrais-
and family members ing projects.
joining in the annual get- The Sunday interac-
together. tive activities include an
As a yearly affair, the election of the new set
fun-filled gathering and of officers and directors
fellowship was organized for the 2010-2011 term.
by TFAT president Oli- Among those elected or
‘‘
ver Rey and assisted by reelected were:Oliver
the members of the ex- Rey, president;Moises
ecutive board . O. Rey, Ga, 1st vice presdent;
You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements
- Edgar Watson Howe
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is
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NEWS
UN records show that
33 percent of Filipinos
still live on less than at
least P45 pesos a day
while the number of un-
employed increased by
6.7 percent from 2.7 mil-
lion in 2008 to 2.9 mil-
lion in 2009.
“The government
should also be ready to
provide opportunities to
empower low-income
households to earn from
these informal economic
activities,” Minar Pim-
ple, acting director of the
UN Millennium Cam-
paign, added. (Manila
Times)
Max Recaido, 2nd veep.;
Res Paje, secretary;
Luz Sider, asst. secre-
tary; Nenita Recaido,
treasurer,Rolly Balangue,
asst. treasurer; Rudy
Olay, auditor,and Tony
San Juan, PRO.The other
members of the execu-
tive directorate include
: Tirso Balitian,Cesar
Banda,Ron Carpio,Ben
Dioleta,Tom Flores,Greg
Gravador,Norma
Guanzon,Oscar Lei,Rudy
Ortiz,Bert Pabustan, Eric
Serapio and Violy Vilan.
Admirably, Oliver
Rey , a former Feati U
instructor will be serving
his 7th year as President
of the 21-year old Feati
University alumni-based
organization in Canada.
(TSJ / OR)
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Consul General Minerva Falcon extends her thanks to donors to last year’s
typhoon “Ondoy “ relief efforts during simple recognition ceremonies at
the Philippine Consulate General’s office. Among those who were cited was
Customs Rehab Inc. of Toronto, represented by Alekos Soriano. (Photo:
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FOR $15 ONLY, come associations and organi-
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Kapuso Stars headlined of the special ticketing
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the master showman, Jun Villaruz.
MARK HERRAS the Win 2 FREE TICK-
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young and vibrant Se-
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CAREGIVER
from p. 15

June 2010, which would be in

line with the survey results.
As a result of these changes
to the program, many reputable
caregiver agencies have closed
down and many families are
left with no elder or child care.
“The revisions to the Live-in
Caregiver Program are having
On her birth anniversary celebration in Scarborough, On- a negative effect on family life
tario, Chuchi Punsalan (4th from left), her siblings joined and are further eroding Cana-
her and her friends -- mostly flying to Toronto from Regina, dian productivity,” finished

‘‘
Saskatchewan. From left, Jazmine Brygola, Jose Opulencia, Gruber Hersch. (Association
Juan Opulencia Jr., Chuchi, Juanita Herrera, Justo Opu-
lencia, Josefina Howard and Julieta Gatbonton. (Courtesy:
of Caregiver & Nanny agen-
Miguel Caducio) cies Canada)

Rosemer and Jun Enverga together with their two daugh-

There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it.
ters, Rystle and Rocel (2nd and 3rd from left) present the
youngest in the family, Reeza, to the public as they hosted It is like falling in love.
her 18th birth anniversary celebration in North York recently.
Some 200 guests joined the family in the celebration. (Cour-
- Christopher Morley
tesy: Ariel Ramos)
26 Manila Media Monitor June 2010 PEOPLE & EVENTS

Design a New Logo for

Kalayaan Centre and win! $100
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community. Entries to yellow, preferred); profit, charitable organi- Close friends and family join businessman and civic leader Ted Dayno and
the contest are limited to • Void of nudity, zation proudly serving wife, Dories (5th and 6th from right), at a reception they hosted in Scarbor-
one (1) per entrant and/or foul language, or offen- the Filipino-Canadian ough recently in celebration of their union and Ted’s birthday. In the photo,
unique e-mail address for sive imagery, all of which community. Ted and Dories are joined by Ted’s children and their spouses. (Ariel Ramos)

What God has joined

Silayan Community Centre event slated together let no man put
asunder. The following
August 21, 2010 couples, members of
FJC Canada, celebrat-
Leonora Dabu Tacula, Avenue. from 5:00 PM to her a chance to renew her ed their wedding mile-
president of the Silayan 11:00 PM. friendship and camara- stone by renewing their
marriage vows. Front
Community Centre is in- A donation of $10.00 derie. She is expecting
Row (L-R) Bessie Ong,
viting new and old mem- per person is gratefully that all members, old and Ana Mapa, Emily de
bers for an acquaintance accepted. This year’s new, to attend SCC’s al- Leon, Myra Uy, Joyce
party on Saturday, Au- dinner and dance will be ready “existing and alive Farol & Cecille Wong.
gust 21, at 20 West Lodge hosted by SCC birthday organization”. (Dindo Back Row (L-R) William
Ong, Vergel Mapa, Joey
Ave. (Robinson Apart- celebrants from January Orbeso - St. Jamestown
de Leon, Pastor Teck
ment), located at the ma- to June, 2010. News Service) Uy, Resty Farol and
jor intersection of Queen Taculad is hoping that Danny Wong. (Courte-
St.. West and Lansdowne this get together will give sy: Romy Zetazate)
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28 Manila Media Monitor June 2010
Helping the poorest of the poor
Andrew Wong & Albert Wong
We are truly spoiled in
Canada. I say this at the end
of a medical/dental mission in
Masbate - the second poorest
province in the Philippines.
My father and I, as well as
seven other volunteers from
Toronto, Vancouver and Ma-
nila, Philippines organized the
two week mission which took
place at the end of May 2010 in
joint cooperation with the Ro-
tary Club of Masbate. We were
able to see and treat hundreds
of people per day over four
days, many of whom could not
afford any basic necessities -
even a toothbrush - which we
take for granted here at home.
Spanning more than 7,000
islands south of Taiwan and
east of Vietnam, the Philip-
pines is the home to more than
92 million people. Masbate is
the second poorest province
with about 80 percent of its
residents living below pov-
erty line. Many people live in
makeshift huts, made out of
scrap materials, without run-
ning water or sewage systems.
We traveled to three sepa-
rate regions within the Mas-
bate province where our medi-
cal/dental clinic was usually
set up in a town hall or church
facade. Since the clinic was
pre-announced, hundreds of
people would begin to wait in
the early hours of morning be-
fore we arrived at each mission
site. Hundreds more would
wait throughout the day in the
blazing sunlight and 38 degree
Celsius climate and yet there
were no complaints at all.
Most of the people we
treated were local farmers
and fishermen with very little
available health or dental care.
The medical clinic was made
Dr. Albert Wong of Toronto (right) examines a patient during
a medical/dental mission to Masbate, Philippines. Dr. Wong
lead the medical/dental team to the four-day mission to Mas-
bate, arranged and coordinated by Toronto’s Bobby Gabat
and Bernadette Sta. Maria.
up of three doctors whom the
patients would see for their ill-
nesses. A majority of the cases
were respiratory infections,
such as asthma, and soft tissue
infections due to trauma - usu-
ally due to their primary mode
of transportation, motorcycles
without helmets. We saw equal
numbers of males and females
while about 40% of the pa-
tients were paediatrics under
16 years of age while another
40% made up geriatrics.
Dental care in the province
was completely lacking with
widespread tooth decay as the
people could not afford tooth-
brushes and any running water
they had, if at all, was not fluo-
rinated. The six member dental
team would perform anaesthet-
ics and simple extraction with
the limited apparatus they had,
not even dental chairs were
available.
Many of the people had to
borrow money to get to the
clinics, with the local trans-
portation costing an average
of 7 pesos - a mere 18 cents
PEOPLE & EVENTS
‘‘
Andrew Wong, a biomedical science student at the Universi-
ty of Western Ontario, helps in the triage of patients in Mas-
bate, Philippines seeking free consultation and treatment
from a Canadian Medical/Dental Mission.
ing and life changing experi-
ence for me and my father. De-
spite only the immediate care
we could provide, the people
Men are equal;
it is not birth but
expressed sincere gratification
for the help we provided. It did virtue that makes
not matter that they never met
a Canadian and knew nothing the difference.
Canadian. They would wait about us, we could still show
patiently among the hundreds - Voltaire
the Masbateneons that the
of others in the searing heat world still cared about them, (1694 - 1778)
realizing no guarantee to be touch their heart and leave a
seen. Fortunately, after hear- lasting impact.
ing about this, the medical and
dental team made extra effort
to ensure that everyone who
came was seen. In doing so,
the clinics were always very
fast paced and crowded see-
ing around 200-300 people
per day. Many people were
extremely happy to receive
the free medication for their
illnesses as they would not be
able to afford it otherwise and
local pharmacies were severely
lacking supply. The medication
that we brought along to the
mission and handed out was
generously donated by Canadi-
an pharmaceutical companies
and physician travel packs by
Health Partners International.
Being a second year science Norman Kramer of the Ontario Safety Service Alliance
student, I was able to partici- (OSSA) lectures before members of the Philippine Cham-
pate in taking blood pressure, ber of Commerce-Toronto (PCCT) on the New Workplace
Violence and Harassment Act. The new legislation took ef-
blood sugar monitoring and fect on June 15. This lecture is part of the series of PCCT’s
triage during the mission. The Continuing Training Programs for members. (Manila Media
trip was definitely an eye open- Monitor)
MONEY
Canada -- a great place
to retire!
Canada Day is our
annual opportunity to
proudly celebrate Cana-
da’s history and heritage
and our achievements as
a nation. On that happy
holiday, many of us will
likely pause for a moment
to consider why living in
Canada and being a Ca-
nadian is so great. Each
of us will have our own
reasons and, of course,
there will be many we all
share. One shared reason
you may consider -
Canada is a great place
to retire!
Maybe that’s because
a comfortable retirement
is something we take for
granted but when you
look at the many ben-
efits available to Cana-
dian retirees – benefits
not available to retirees
in many other countries
– it’s clear we have much
to celebrate.
· All wage earning and
self-employed Canadians
are eligible to receive ei-
ther Canada
Pension Plan or the
Québec Pension Plan
(CPP/QPP) retirement
benefits, which are in-
dexed for inflation. There
are also CPP/QPP sur-
vivor and dependents’
benefits as well as a lump
sum death benefit. A cou-
PCCT Vice President Oswald Tugadi congratulates and thanks Bob Lane of
Centennial College Centre of Business Entrepreneurship and his co-facilita-
tor, Renee Beauchamp, after the PCCT VP and President Rafael Nebres pre-
sented the two with a plaque of appreciation for facilitating the second part
of the seminar on the basics of marketing with a look at the social media.
(Manila Media Monitor photo)
ple can choose to share
CPP/QPP benefits for tax
purposes.
· Canadians can take
advantage of the tax-de-
ferred, compound growth
benefits of
Registered Retirement
Savings Plans (RRSPs)
and Registered Retire-
ment Income
Funds (RRIFs). Any
Canadian resident who
receives periodic pay-
ments from a registered
pension plan can poten-
tially reduce their taxes
by splitting pension in-
come with a spouse/com-
mon-law partner. Those
over age 65 who receive
RRIF income are also eli-
gible for the federal and
provincial Pension In-
come Credit and can al-
locate up to 50% of their
RRIF income to a spouse
for tax purposes.
· Those who have
lived in Canada for at
least 40 years after age
18 will receive the full
monthly Old Age Secu-
rity (OAS) benefit, which
is indexed for inflation.
Canadian residents who
have lived in Canada for
at least 10 years after age
18 will receive a prorated
OAS monthly payment.
· Seniors with a lower
income may be eligible
June 2010 Manila Media Monitor 29
for the Guaranteed In-
come Supplement (GIS),
a tax-free monthly pay-
ment, which is indexed
for inflation.
· Canadians can in-
vest in Tax-free Savings
Accounts (TFSAs) that
generate tax-free invest-
ment income that does
not affect income-tested
federal benefits.
· Every tax-eligible
Canadian gets the Basic
Personal Tax Credit and
those over age 65 also
receive an Age Credit.
Other tax credits that can
benefit retirees include
the Medical Expense
Credit, the Dependent
Credit, the Disability
Credit, and the Caregiv-
ers Credit.
There are also gener-
ous tax credits for those
making charitable dona-
tions.
· And, of course, Ca-
nadian retirees have ac-
cess to a wide range of
health care services at
little or no direct cost.
Yes, Canada is a great
place to retire! But to ments. Your professional tors Group Financial Ser- financial advisor for spe-
make your retirement all advisor can help make vices Inc. (in Québec – a cific advice about your
it can be, you need a plan sure your first day of re- Financial circumstances. For more
that includes retirement tirement is as much a Services Firm), pres- information on this
income from other sourc- cause for celebration as ents general information topic please contact your
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or personal pension plan This column, written tion to buy or sell any tant.
and your own invest- and published by Inves- investments. Contact a
Manila Media Monitor Tel. (416) 285-8583
The Philippine Chamber of Commerce-Toronto (PCCT) has co-presented
a seminar on HST with the Markham Small Business Enterprise Centre on
June 14 at the Markham Civic Centre. Among those in attendance from the
PCCT are (L-R) Edgar Gonzales, Steve Pagao, Ace Alvarez, Oswald and Isa
Tugadi, Facilitators Elena So, Ms. Scott, Sandra Tam, Theody and Edwin
Corton and PCCT president Rafael Nebres. (Manila Media Monitor Photo)
30 Manila Media Monitor June 2010 ENVIRONMENT

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Dear EarthTalk: Is it true that the BP already plagues the to hypoxic conditions
oil leak is much more of an environmen-
tal threat than previous spills from tank- EarthTalk® Gulf of Mexico as a
result of industrial
in otherwise teeming
swaths of the Gulf.
ers, and if so why? From the Editors of pollutants and agri- According to NOAA
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-- Nathan Gore, Pawtucket, RI the Mississippi River. Joye, the undersea oil
While huge Gulf of poses a direct threat to
Mexico algae blooms large marine wildlife,

A
No one
knows for sure
how the ongo-
ing oil catastro-
phe in the Gulf
of Mexico will
affect the deep sea eco-
system, but scientists are
not optimistic. Oil from
what is now considered
the nation’s second larg-
est spill, 1989’s Exxon
Valdez mishap, slicked
11,000 square miles of
ocean surface and 1,300
miles of pristine Alaskan
coastline while killing
hundreds of thousands of
birds and marine mam-
mals and untold numbers
of fish and fish eggs. But
the impacts of the ongo-
ing Deepwater Horizon
leak in the Gulf may
be far worse given that
much of the loose help to naturally such as fish, sharks and
oil is actually in clean up the Mid- cetaceans, and also to the
the water column, west’s factory emis- tiny stuff, including zoo-
not on the surface. sions and wasted plankton, shrimp, corals,
In fact, researchers fertilizer, such a crabs and worms. By
from the National process doesn’t endangering these latter
Oceanic and At- come without a cost populations, the founda-
mospheric Admin- to the ecosystem. tion of the marine food
istration (NOAA) Every spring, in a chain, the oil could have
recently detected condition known chronic long-term ef-
huge deepwater as hypoxia, this fects on the wider Gulf
plumes of dis- fast growing algae ecosystem, including the
persed oil up to 30 depletes large sec- industries—more shrimp
miles long, seven tions of the Gulf’s and oysters come from
miles wide and water column of the the Gulf than anywhere
hundreds of feet oxygen crucial for else in the world—that
thick. other life forms to rely on them.
Why would an survive there. The Another worry is how
undersea spill be BP oil spill is likely the chemical dispersants
worse? One out- “The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to exacerbate this being used to break up
come could be the recently detected huge deepwater plumes of dispersed problem, as natural the undersea oil will im-
expansion in size oil up to 30 miles long, seven miles wide and hundreds of
oil-eating microbes pact the Gulf’s ecosys-
feet thick. Pictured here: Workers clean off an oil-soaked
and extension in pelican at the Fort Jackson, Louisiana International Bird swarming over un-
time of a seasonal Rescue Research Center. (Lorna Baldwin, PBS NewsHour, dersea oil plumes OIL LEAK
“dead zone” that Courtesy Flickr) could cause or add continued on p. 33

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In the whole York Region District School Board (YRDSB) only eleven candidates from
both elementary and secondary panels were nominated for the Teacher of the Year
2010 award. One of them is Rita Gerardo-Boyd (center), Head of Special Education,
King City Secondary School, Canadian teacher born Filipina, shown holding her
nomination credentials, with Board executives, from left: Dennis Connor, Superin-
An idealist is a person who helps other people
tendent; Ken Thurston, Director of Education; Teresa Micone, Principal, King City
Secondary School; Rita; Denese Belchez and Bob Harper, Senior Superintendents;
to be prosperous. - Henry Ford (1863 - 1947)
and Diane Giangrande, Chair of the Board.
ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT
Get ready to rock with Arnel and Rachelle!
Arnel is the lead sing-
er of American band,
“Journey”, but is giving
this solo benefit concert
for the street kids in the
Philippines under the
auspices of Arnel Pineda
Foundation U.S. and Ar-
nel Pineda Foundation
Inc.
Arnel was with Ammo
Band when they par-
ticipated at the “Yamaha
World Band Explosion”.
Arnel won the Best Vo-
calist Award and the band
June 2010 Manila Media Monitor 31
2010 at 7:30 p.m.
JREM Entertainment
said the change in the
business establishments.
Those who have al-
ready reserved and pur-
came in as first runner- sic Management, Inc., Rachel and the Ammo venue was requested for chased tickets prior to
up. the repertoire that Arnel Band in their campaign a more intimate interac- July 1, 2010 will be con-
Rachelle Ann Go is a Pineda and Rachelle Ann for this noble cause.” tion between the artists tacted by Neneng or El-
Filipino singer, actress Go prepared for this con- and the audience. vie. Tickets purchased
and model. She is one cert tour is outstanding. Change of Venue For those who have through Ticketmaster or
of the most successful The crowd will be treated not purchased tickets RTH Box Office will be
female recording artists to a high-calibre perfor- JREM Entertainment yet, the ticket prices for directed to JREM Enter-
of her generation under mance in this forthcom- announced the change of the show are: $135VIP, tainment.
Viva Records selling ing Toronto. venue for “Arnel Pine- $110, $85 (Orchestra) For tickets and
more than 250,000 album “We guarantee that da: Loves to Rock - The and $73, $50 (Balcony). sponsorship informa-
copies since she started the show will be an un- Concert” to John Bas- You may also make tion, please call Neneng
in 2004. She is one of forgettable one for you,” sett Theatre at 255 Front ticket reservations at 647-401-5818 / 905-472-
the favorite and popular Rene and Elenita Maali- Street West in Toronto. JREM Entertainment 5818; Rene 647-401-
“Kapuso” stars of GMA han of JREM Entertain- The date and time of website at www.jrement- 7363; and Elvie 416-656-
7. ment said. “Let us wel- the concert remains un- ertainment.com or with 8269. (Press Release)
According to Mu- come and support Arnel, changed: Friday, July 30, Filipino stores and other
32 Manila Media Monitor June 2010
International Filipino singing sensation Charice Pempengco
wows Eaton Centre fans
By Myrna Riley
Wish you were there. You
would have felt Toronto’s out-
pouring of love for Charice.
It was historical. The Eaton’s
Centre had never had that
many people in all its 33 years.
Six-thousand excited fans who
respected one another and just
shared the same joy. All Toron-
to TV and radio stations who
guested her -- Canada AM,
CP24, Music on Demand and
CHUM said they had goose-
bumps when Charice sang.
Roger, Darren & Marilyn of
CHUM FM said Charice was
the best live performer they
have ever had at their station.
My husband, Laverne, tried
to discourage me from going,
afraid of the crowd, but if I
don’t get to get a glimpse of
Charice, he won’t hear the end
of it.
On Friday morning, I asked
a friend who works at Eaton’s
Centre to take her coffee break
at 10:00 when Indigo opens and
requested her to get me a wrist-
band (a pass for the CD auto-
graph signing after the show).
She spent 45 minutes in line,
then backed out because there
were still hundreds before her
and she had to go back to work.
The security guard said there
were over 300 people in line as
early as 7:00 AM.
Laverne said, “We’re not
going.” But I kept working on
my hot pink placard and when
I finished it around 1:00pm, I
yelled, “Let’s go!”
Laverne shook his head and
just said, “You’re a suck.”
Then off we went.
We got to the Eaton’s Cen-
tre at 3:30 PM and I positioned
myself in the stage area near
the elevator where Charice
would be coming from. I held
up my placard, but it blocked
the view of some people. A
black guy behind me volun-
teered to hold it up high so as
not to block anyone’s view.
Nice! My hands would be free
to take pictures!
Meantime, Laverne went to
Indigo where he was to wait
for me (for four hours!) by the
window which turned out to be
ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT
Charice wows audience with her perfor- The author, Myrna Riley, with her pink
mance.(Myrna Riley) placard.
a great spot for watching the
show.
While he was reading there,
he overheard management staff
discussing that this was not the
size of crowd they expected.
They anticipated 1,000 fans
max, prepared 150 wristbands,
and had sold out all their stock
of Charice albums hours ago.
The sound system was small
and inadequate. That was the
real bomber!
Charice gave her best even Eaton Centre management did not expect the kind of crowd
when the sound system failed that came to see and watch Charice. (Myrna Riley)
her. She had no diva attitude.
She just stopped and waited for of CHUM filled in. The event Manila Media Monitor
the soundman to re-work the was electrifying and was truly Tel. (416) 285-8583
system while she and Sandra an unforgettable experience.
ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT June 2010 Manila Media Monitor 33
Charice on her Broadcaster Joel
way to the Eaton Recla (right) of
Centre stage. “Perlas ng Silan-
Immediately be- gan” radio program
hind her is An- on CHIN Radio
thony Reyes, International vis-
marketing man- its with old friend,
ager of Warner fashion designer
Music Canada. Bobby Novenario,
(Courtesy: Jim- during the former’s
my Marasigan) trip to Manila.

L-R: Front Page

Philippines tv
host Gie Al-
varez, Rystle,
Rocel, Reeza,
Charice, Rose-
mer and JREM
Entertainment
concert produc-
er Neneng Maa-
lihan. (Courtesy:
Jun Enverga)
The family who worked
hard to spread the word
that the powerbelter was
coming to town, June 4,
2010 -- The Envergas:
(L-R) Rosemer, Rystle,
Rocel, Reeza and Jun
with Charice Pempeng-
co. The Envergas were
given an intimate private
reception with Charice
by Warner Music Can-
ada in appreciation for
their work on this event.
OIL LEAK
from p. 30
tems and inhabitants. The
dispersant’s ingredients
are a trade secret closely
held by the company that
makes it, and therefore
have not been vetted by
marine biologists to de-
termine their safety for
use in such a large ap-
plication. It also remains
to be seen what impact
the tiny oil droplets left
in the dispersant’s wake
will have. It could ac-
tually be worse for the
undersea environment to
break the oil up into tiny
droplets (which is done to
try to make it easier for
microbes to digest them).
Beyond all these un-
dersea environmental
effects, the oil is also
starting to wash up into
coastal wetlands already
besieged by overdevel-
opment, pollution and the
lingering effects of Hur-
ricane Katrina. If there
can be any silver lining
to this catastrophe, it may
be that it is the wake-up
call we’ve needed to start
moving more rapidly
away from fossil fuels to
a clean, renewable ener-
gy future. For starters, we
can all begin to reduce
our own oil consump-
tion and opt for clean
and green energy sources
whenever possible.
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Classic Pilipino Puzzle 4

PAHALANG 1 2 3 4 5 6 6 7 8 9

1 Asawa ng hipag
6 Itim na ibon 10 11 12

11 Sana 13 14 15
12 Pinuno ng palasyo
13 Repinado 16 17 18
15 Sawata
16 Moog
B A G
19 20

17 Walang imik
19 Buti 21 22 23 24 25 26

20 Kalye sa Cubao
G A S
27 28 29
21 Lano
23 Asim 30 31 32 33
27 Bubong
29 Asam 34 35 36

30 Pukyutan
33 Mataas na baraha 37 38

34 Tila
35 Marangal
39 40

37 Palos
38 Dingas
39 Pinatuyong karne
40 Kastrado

PABABA
2 Imbalido 25 Gawi 32 Ismid
3 Barnis 26 Panalangin 33 Yapos
4 Lunos 28 Sayaw 36 Bagwis
5 Lunsad 30 Himno
6 Sinusuotan ng 31 Lungsod sa Bikol
butones
7 Bunganga ng ilog
8 Turo
9 Suweldo
10 Karamdaman
14 Kinatawan
18 Alapaap
20 Marahil
22 Paghihirap
24 Bayan ng Aaklan
34 Manila Media Monitor June 2010
Wowowee to be replaced by noontime
back-to-back shows of Kris Aquino and
Robin Padilla, says ABS-CBN insider
Insider information from
the Kapamilya network has it
that its daytime programming
will be changing radically by
September this year.
Umagang Kay Ganda is
still expected to open the ABS-
CBN morning juggernaut. No
word about changes in the
show’s host composition and
news-feature format.
Simply KC is expected to
coast along, to go by the net-
work talk that KC Concepcion
is being groomed to be the next
Kris Aquino.
Showtime, which has a for-
mat and games and gimmickry
very close to Wowowee will
likely retain its one-and-a-half-
hour programming.
Now, the big change hap-
pens: Kris Aquino is expect-
ed to host a noontime game
show. This effectively replac-
Discover the heart of television in
‘GMA at 60’ past 60 years.
An intricate fusion of
GMA Network took one
step back and two steps for-
ward as it culminated 60 glo-
rious years of ‘touching hearts
and enriching lives’ in one big
musical extravaganza at the
historic Araneta Coliseum on
June 18.
Titled GMA at 60, The
Heart of Television, this TV
special gathered GMA 7’s
brightest stars, homegrown tal-
ents, and industry pillars in 12
spectacular production num-
bers celebrating the network’s
precious milestones over the
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es Wowowee from the 12:00
noon timeslot.
Kris, who has announced
her departure from showbiz
talk shows The Buzz and SNN,
has already announced that
she was open to game shows
and teleseryes in her home
network. The noontime game
show fits her requirements
and it’s an exciting chance for
ABS-CBN to give the Presi-
dent’s sister a big-time show.
Still, another big change is
that Robin Padilla is coming
back to daytime programming
with his own show. It will be
remembered, he pinched-hit
for Wowowee host Willie Re-
villame for two weeks.
Effectively, this program-
ming cancels out long-term ex-
istence for Wowowee.
What happens now to Willie
Revillame, the Mr. Wowowee?
ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT
After the question of
whether the five-year-and-a-
half-year host of Wowowee
had been suspended, relieved,
fired, or simply made to take
an indefinite vacation—this
new development casts even
more questions on the fate of
the controversial host.
Is Willie frozen? Meaning,
his contract, which has one and
a half years to go, still exists
but he is not being employed? MIGUEL SYJUCO, author of the Man Asian Literary Prize-
Does he know about this new winning book “Ilustrado”, appeared recently as part of Au-
development? Is there a di- thors at Harbourfront Centre. Opening in New York City as a
rect line between the host and corpse is pulled from the Hudson River and concluding on
the coast of a deserted island in the Pacific Ocean, “Illus-
ABS-CBN management? trado” follows an enigmatic literary lion and his devoted stu-
The answers to these ques- dent as they search for roots and meaning amidst the cha-
tions are expected to unfold in otic ambiguity of modern life. Through a labyrinth of emails,
the coming months, especially journal entries, newspaper clippings, letters and scraps of
when the new programs of the literary ephemera these mysterious men and their shared
country are shown alternately in peril and in their prime. The
Kapamilya network begin to Filipino Canadian author has a master’s degree from Colum-
materialize. bia University and is completing his Ph.D. with the University
of Adelaide, Australia. Born into a political family, Syjuco left
the Philippines to become a writer. He now lives in Montreal.
song, dance, and visual
history, the celebration
began with a musical ac-
count tracing GMA’s re-
markable history - from
its inception in the 1950s
to its evolution towards
becoming one of the
country’s largest media
conglomerate today.
The Kili TV Group
performed a theatrical present sitcoms and gag shows multaneously reliving GMA’s
showdown showcas- shown on the network. Trade- colorful comedy timeline.
ing cherished comedic marked in GMA’s distinct co- After the Comedy Group,
moments and beloved medic flavor, this segment kept
characters from past and everyone in stitches while si- GMA continued on p. 35
ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT
GMA from p. 34
the team responsible for creat-
ing phenomenal primetime hits
and unforgettable characters
took centerstage. Composed of
the Telebabad and Sinenove-
la Block, the notable Drama
Group presented some of the
programs that made it to the
annals of television drama in a
touching and star-studded pro-
duction number.
Meanwhile, the formidable
GMA News and Public Affairs
Team celebrates 50 years of
unparalleled news delivery and
Hair and make-up artist Tonnie Furto with Asia’s songbird
Regine Velasquez during the latter’s concert in Toronto pro-
duced by JREM Entertainment. (Photo: Jovet Baldovino)
dedication to service this year.
Their segment was a wonder-
ful symphony of sound and
June 2010 Manila Media Monitor 35
history. This special presen-
tation showcased the various
technological advancements
and infrastructures that the
Kapuso Network has so far ac-
quired and utilized.
Other highlights of the eve-
ning included a collaboration
of dance and song numbers by
GMA’s constellation of stars,
a presentation about GMA Pi-
noy TV recognizing its ever-
increasing international reach,
and the much-awaited an-
nouncement of the upcoming
Kapuso programs to lord it on
the boob tube for the rest of
2010.
With live performances
from only the brightest names
in tinseltown, this event will in a way that only 60 years of July 2 only on GMA Pinoy TV.
surely touch the hearts of Fili- GMA can offer. Call your preferred pay-TV
pinos all around the globe, and Catch the airing of GMA at provider to subscribe. (30)
in doing so enrich their lives 60, The Heart of Television on
36 Manila Media Monitor June 2010
A Night of True Aloha Spirit
By: Janille Rafanan,
Imagine being swept
away on an island of
paradise where the fresh,
floral air and clear blue,
tranquil waters greets
you with a breathtaking
and unforgettable experi-
ence. This is every trav-
eler’s dream –a perfect
get-away destination to
refresh and renew their
spirits. For many, the
islands of Hawaii defi-
nitely captures an experi-
ence of a lifetime, as the
saying often goes, “There
is no place on earth like
Hawaii.”
Though the scenery
and the natural beauty of
Hawaii is nothing quite
like any other, Kalay-
aan Centre successfully
held a Hawaiian Night
event last June 25th
2010, bringing everyone
together to celebrate a
night of true aloha spirit.
The night started off
with guests arriving fash-
ionably in their Hawai-
ian outfits, with women
beautifully dressed in
PEOPLE & EVENTS
bright floral
designs &
men hand-
some in their
tropical print-
ed shirts to
complete the
night’s theme.
Kalayaan
Centre was
delighted to
welcome and
give everyone
an authentic
Hawaiian experience, as old, together showcased Dr. Solon Guzman
the grand hall was deco- exciting dance perfor- and Ms. Siony Srn-
rated with floral designs, mances from Ms. Siony ka judging the best
beautiful Hawaiian back Srnka’s Dance Company, dressed female and
drop courtesy of Ms. the Junior Keikis, Junior male for the night.
Siony Srnka, and fresh Kawahines, Wahines and All throughout the
pineapples centred on the the Kawahines. Siony night, music was
dinner tables. The music herself, an avid support- most intoxicating
was lively and it inspired er of Kalayaan Centre, that it welcomed
many to showcase their was there to support her everyone on to the dance for everyone to enjoy. you are in the world,
talents. As guests sat and Hawaiian student danc- floor. Though it was not ex- breathtaking and unfor-
enjoyed their dinner, four ers, whose performances It was definitely a actly a Hawaiian dream gettable experiences can
special Hawaiian dances truly made the night a night to remember for vacation, nevertheless, still be captured so long
were performed, add- memorable one, bringing everyone, as Kalayaan the centre gave the guests as you have the company
ing more life and spirit energy and smile in ev- Centre, with special help a one-day break from of friends, family and the
to the Hawaiian experi- eryone’s face. Of course, from Lumi Montada their busy and fast-paced community to share it
ence. The audience was the night would not be and Zeny Ayala, who lives. Kalayaan Centre with.
thrilled and delighted to complete without prizes once again successfully definitely showed that
see both the young and to be won by guests. With held another great event it does not matter where
PEOPLE & EVENTS June 2010 Manila Media Monitor 37

Filipino Fiesta in Brampton

By Ed Lim
BRAMPTON -- What
would a typical Filipino fiesta
be without fun and music? Yes,
Filipino fiesta here had them
all and this was made pos-
sible by ‘gratis et amore’ and
superb performances by many
Filipino talents and artists who
performed at the Rose Theatre
Garden Square in Brampton
last June 13.
Their performances were
non-stop for almost 8 hours to
the delight of the big unexpect-
ed crowd composed of Bramp-
ton residents and Filipinos
from neighboring Mississauga,
Caledon, Milton, Woodbridge,
Markham, and Metro Toronto
including those from the Scar-
borough area.
Among the artists and tal-
ents featured during the event
were – (in alphabetical order)
- Alvin Alba, Candace Santos,
Chyrell Samson, Doris Yarra,
Eastern Samar Choral Group,
Emil Zarris, Fiesta Filipina
Dance Troupe of Canada, Folk-
lorico Filipino Canada, Glenn
Montera, Hedgedale Commu-
nity Centre Performing Group,
Hula San Village Dance
Troupe, JABZ Jerk Crew, Jas-
mine Ragual, Jason Nunez,
Jeanette Ricasio with Sonant
Alchemy, John Alix, Josie de
Leon, KCCC Rondalla, Main-
stream Band, Raymond and
Jenalyn Saraza Pacheco, Roy
Tugbang, Sharina Rodriguez
(as Darna), The Filipino Hip
Hop Kidz, Tim Evangelista,
Time Conspiracy and a special
appearances of the Ms. Pilipi-
nas Kalayaan 2010 winners.
Master of Ceremonies was
Pons Canonizado, guest em-
cee was Philippine movie actor
Patrick Guzman Voice-Over
Emcee: Peaches Madarang.
The show was directed by Nor-
man Antonio and assisted by
talent coordinator Joe Ragual.
The free admission event
included Ceremonial Parade,
Non-Stop Entertainment,
Singing and Dancing, Filipino
Food and Drinks, a permit-
ted bar serving exclusively
Philippines’ San Miguel beer,
Filipiniana Booths, Service
Exhibitors, 3on3 Basketball
Tournament, Audience Games
& Prizes, Public Dance, Hour-
ly Silent Auction, and the Ma-
jor Prize Draw of a Caribbean
Cruise for two which was won
by a new Filipina immigrant
residing in Toronto.
The event attracted over
1,800 guests led by Brampton
Mayor Susan Fennel and mem-
bers of the city council who
gave their all out support for
the Filipino Fiesta.
The first ever Brampton
Filipino Fiesta was organized
and was made feasible through
great efforts of the officers and
members of the Federation of
Filipino Canadians of Bramp-
ton (FFCB), a registered non-
profit organization founded in
2003 whose main mission is
the preservation and promotion
of Filipino culture, traditions
and heritage.
Many Filipino groups sup-
ported the event, i.e., Eastern
Samar Canada Association,
Fiesta Filipina Dance Troupe,
Filipino Athletic Associa-
tion of Brampton, Folklorico
Dance Troupe, Peel Multi-
cultural Council, Hedgedale
Community Centre, Sasmoan
Association, Canadian Over-
seas Foreign Workers Group,
Filipino-Canadian Seniors
Club of Brampton, Betisenian
Canada Association, Kalay-
aan Community Centre, and
the Knights of Columbus who
served as honour guards during
the parade.
Encouraged by the big turn-
out, FFCB President Joyce Ro-
driguez promised to do another
Filipino Fiesta. We will wel-
come other Filipino organiza-
tions to join us celebrate anoth-
er Filipino Fiesta in Brampton
next year in commemoration
of Philippine Independence
Day. It is our hope that this
kind of gathering will become
a vehicle to foster unity among
Filipinos.

‘‘
Sagot sa PUZZLE
The secret B I L A S K U W A K
of a good S I N A W A A H A R I
sermon is to A S U K A L P A W A T
have a good K U T A T U L A L A
beginning and I G I Y A L E N
B A G
a good end- T O L D A A S K A D
ing, then hav- G A S A T I P A S A
ing the two as A N I L A N A L A S
close together
W A R I T D A K I L A
as possible.
I G A T A L A B L
- George Burns T A P A K A P O N
38 Manila Media Monitor June 2010
Calling all BICOLANOS ASIN
BICOLANAS !!!
KARAWATAN, KARAKANAN ASIN KAOGMAHAN 2010
sa Earl Bales Park!
“Tanganing kita gabos magkasara-
ro”.. on August 21, 2010, the Bicol
Canada Community Association shall
hold its annual pot luck picnic at the
Earl Bales Park Area 1 from 9am till
9pm. This will be a whole day of kar-
awatan, karakanan asin kaogmahan
for all bicolanos and bicolanas with
games for adults and children as well,
and featuring the Bicol Cup Volleyball
tournament participated by teams from
the different provinces and cities of the
Bicol Region. BCCA is calling on all
Bicolanos and Bicolanas to participate
in this Annual Pot Luck Picnic. This
will be a great opportunity to meet
your long time no see fellow Bicolanos
and Bicolanas. Bring your family and
friends and enjoy a whole day of kar-
awatan, karakanan asin kaogmahan,
the BICOL Way. Bring your special
ginataan dish, the Bicol dinuguan, the
famous Bicol Express and Laing with
lots of “ sili ” and the “gata”. Bring any
of your bicol special dish, be proud of
it and you will be recognized.
We are therefore calling on all Bi-
colanos and Bicolanas from Sorsogon,
Masbate, Albay Camarines Norte, Ca-
marines Sur , and Catanduanes to join
this picnic. Bring your association ban-
Romy Turla and his family host a welcome party for Grace and Simon Hilario
(seated at centre), who arrived from the Philippines recently. Others in photo
are Pocholo, Mercy, Anna and Arianna Turla; Hernani and Cynthia Hilario,
Henry and Josie Hilario, Kenneth & Joan Dalagin, and June Espiritu Gladyl.
(Tony Sicat)
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Let us altogether make this picnic,
THE BICOL PICNIC 2010. Viva la
Virgen !
Last year’s volleyball champions are
the Nabua Association Men & Women
Teams. For those interested to join the
volleyball teams, please contact Noli
Aquino (Event Chairman) Tel#416
226-5286 and/or Rafael Nebres (Over-
all Chairman)Tel# 416 618-1362 or any
of the following:
For Sorsogon and Masbate – Toti
Gutierrez (416) 751-9437
For Albay, Jaber Diaz (647) 435-
4037 and Bobby Achacon (416) 265-
2085
For Naga, Tony Cecilio (647) 345-
2902 andEdgar Recon (905) 683-3553
For Iriga, Tess Filio (905) 542-2601
and Esther Carpenter (416) 795-5785
For Nabua, Lourdes Bautista (416)
264-1849 & Totoy Nardo (416) 564-
6903
For the Rinconada Group Ely Olay-
on (416) 783-6654
For Catanduanes - Felix Reyes (905)
896-4958
For Camarines Norte, Susan Llanera
at sllanera@toronto.ca
NEW ARRIVAL:
Liling Suarez,
seated at right,
was given a
warm welcome
at Mandarin re-
cently by her
cousins Elisa,
Sonia and Vicky
who is shown
standing with
her daughter
Bunny at back.
(Tony Sicat)
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