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PRESIDENT FERDINAND MARCOS JR. meets UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres during the UNGA and discussed areas of UN coopera�on and support. Marcos will meet US President Joe Biden also at the sidelines of the UN conference. maintaining that the Philippines will be friends to all nations and enemy to none, Marcos expressed hope that political and economic relations between the Philippines and United States will be stronger in the near future, pointing out that he could not imagine the future without the support of US.

She recalled her experience to a local news organization, but requested anonymity as she said she

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ing to the United States and finally took her oath to become a naturalized citizen that exemplifi ed the sentiments of thousands of other immigrants who achieved their same dream.

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did not want too many people to ask her about that night.

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NEW JERSEY – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and United States President Joseph Biden Jr. are set for talks on the sidelines of the 77th United Nations General Assembly, reversing the policy of his predecessor of “antagonizing” the US on several issues.While

As of Wednesday, Sept. 21 (Manila time), the peso fell to P58:$1, which sent shock waves in the banking industry as the fall from the previous day was a heady P0.42. It also marked a new psychological barrier bringing the local currency closer to the P60:$1 level.

The peso has been falling to all-time-low after all-

What the victim found difficult to accept was that chances of the attackers ever being caught are practically nil.

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SAN FRANCISCO - A newly naturalized Filipina stood out in a recent celebration of National Citizenship Month in San Francisco after proudly proclaiming that she fulfi lled her dream of migrat-

Reaffirms PHL’s commitment to peace, security in UN address VIEWS & COMMENTS SPORTSSHOWBIZ PESO-DOLLARRATE BulletinVisa2022October Gigi Vibes thisTour”“DominationbringtotheU.S.October $1.00=P56.17 Page 14By A�y. Lozano Page 17 September 22, 1:30am2022 Art exhibit of Taipan Lucero opens at PH Consulate in SF WHO, US see end of Covid pandemic, not yet for PHL P24 P7 signsPacquiaoup for new fight in Saudi Arabia Page 21 PHL peso seen to fall further LA-based FilAm recalls attack that left her traumatized Pinoys, others now US citizens as SF marks Citizenship Month Marcos PHL-USstrongerseesties,tomeetBiden NEW YORK – In his first address before world leaders in the United Nations, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. called for stronger cooperation on climate change, agriculture, and food security even as he highlighted the contributions made by the Philippines in promoting peace and justice in the world. MARCOS URGES ACTION VS CLIMATE CHANGE, FOOD SECURITY AND ASIAN HATE Page 9 THE PREMIER FILIPINO-AMERICAN NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. SINCE 1961Vol. 62 No.7 September 22-28, 2022 NEWS AND VIEWS YOU TRUST www.pnewstoday.com NORTHERN CALIFORNIA EDITION

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LOS ANGELES- A Los Angeles-based FilAm recently recounted an attack on her person that left her slightly injured physically, but quite possibly permanently traumatized for the rest of her life.

As she told it, “mace and keys” had been her security blanket for eight years, working

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Gilda Balan, Correspondent New U.S. ci�zens together with their mentors and supporters gather at the steps of San Francisco City Hall to celebrate Na�onal Ci�zenship Month.

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By Claire Morales True, Managing Editor

MANILA – The actions being taken by the US Federal Reserve are putting extreme pressure on various Asian currencies, and the Philippine peso is no exception.

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CONDOLENCES. Irene Romualdez Marcos Araneta signs the book of condolences for the death of Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch at the Lancaster House in London as her husband Greggy Aaraneta looks on.

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oth Secretar esus rispin o ing emulla and Secretar en amin enhur alos r easil earned the nod of the mem ers as no od e pressed opposition to their appointments ive da s after his over helming victor in the a presidential election resident erdinand ong ong arcos r announced the appointment of alos to head the and da s later he named emulla as chiefemulla as the former governor of avite and served as representative of th district of the province t ice from to and to

S he ommission on ppointments confirmed t o former local chief eecutives to lead the epartment of ustice and the epartment of the nterior and ocal overnment

24 Comelec execs get new posts in reshuffle

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ent four top officials of the ommission on lections omelec got ne assignments in a revamp n a memorandum omelec chairperson eorge r in arcia ordered the transfer of several ran ing officials of the poll od and the designation of ne department

eague of ities of the hilippines he po erful commission meanhile decided to s ip the appointment of epartment of a or and mplo ment Secretar ienvenido aguesma to give him enough time to produce documents sought mem ers aguesma as also secretar from to former commissioner of the Social Securit S stem residential ssistant to then resident idel amos and former ar iter of the inistr of a or and mplo ment during the time of former resident erdinand arcos Sr

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e as also the undersecretar of the residential anagement Sta S during the strada administration and as the hief of Sta of former Senator oi ercito strada alos on the other hand served as andalu ong it ma or for terms andalu ong congressman chairman of the etro anila evelopment uthorit and former president of the

Irene Marcos attends Queen

Underheadsthe memorandum lanning epartment irector smeralda adra as reassigned to head the nternal udit epartment replacing director Sittie a agonaagon mean hile as designated as the ne rocurement anagement epartment director replacing ita uena astillon ho as reassigned as the ne lanning epartment chief n the other hand inance Services epartment irector aria ea lar on has een designated as special assistant to the chairmanlsogiven ne positions are a epartment irector ohn e audiangco as the ne ducation and nformation epartment head ducation and nformation eput irector rances ra e

as the ne lection and aranga airs epartment head and a epartment s igail lacuna as the ne ducation and nformation epartment deput chief hose designated to the mni us lection ode evision ro ect ad hoc panel are ecutive irector artolome Sinocru as overall head eput ecutive irector for perations eopisto lnas and eput ecutive irector for dministration elen lores oth as covice headsamed as heads of their respective ad hoc committees are director llen a a evision of the ules director aria angaro- asingal mendments and evision of a s director elia omero vents and ctivities ffice and lar on rocurement onitoring and ompliance roup director lai a avid rotocol and iaison ffice la er aria heresa raola omelec cadem lacuna as also named as head of the arshals ffice hile la er igail ilagan as designated as head of the eports ro ect ffice and ina amora as head of the Safet ffice

We should tap on our di erences and ensure that every person can freely exercise their cultural rights and other fundamental rights recognized by international laws,” she said.

We cannot allo hate to poison our di erences or allow it to overpower our unity as one community that respects each other’s ethnicity, culture, and religion,” she said.

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Duterte was supposed to address a UN conference on education in e or ut had to eg o to give way for President Marcos who addressed the UN General Assembly.

Based on the data from the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, there has been a “moderate rise” in hate crimes in the first half of

ilipinos in e or it alone ere arned the Philippine Consulate in New York against the “increasing major crimes and transit crimes,” with hate crimes mounting by 13 percent.

With such figures uterte posed her strong stance on promoting group e orts to ensure inclusive communities.”

trust that ilipinos ill support the campaign against racism in the spirit of unity, peace, and progress for our country,” she added.

uterte stressed the sense of universalit in fighting racism, considering the rising trend of hate crimes.

MANILA – Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte asked people not to let hate “overpower unity” as the world celebrated the United Nations International Day of Peace.

In a recorded message, Duterte, who is the government officer in charge hile resident erdinand arcos Jr. is in the United States, said it is the world’s moral obligation to end the threats to basic cultural rights.

She said she told the envoy she would bring condolence letters from resident erdinand arcos r and her father, former president Rodrigo Duterte.

Don’t let hate overpower unity: VP Sara

Meanwhile, Duterte would go to Japan next week to attend the state funeral of assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe, who was close friend of her father former President Rodrigo Duterte.

Duterte made the disclosure after Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Kazuhiko Koshikawa visited the ffice of the ice resident

Vice President Sara Duterte

MANILA Manila Archbishop Jose ardinal dvincula called on ilipinos to remem er lessons from the martial la period under the late resident erdinand arcosarcosSr imposed militar rule on Septem er under residential roclamation o until anuar a period hich man claim as marred human rights violations and massive corruption ata from the uman ights ictims laims oard sho ed there ere victims of human rights violations during martial la ith illed or dvinculamissingsaid the lessons from the

Actor Dindo Arroyo nabbed for cybercrime raps

MANILA – The National Capital Region (NCR) is back to moderate risk classification for ovid- ith its positivit rate no at percent

Manila archbishop tells Filipinos to remember lessons of martial law

aguna olice offi cers have arrested an actor for c ercrime charges in aguna province ol and lenn Silvio offi cer-incharge of the aguna rovincial olice ffi ce said the actor indo rro o onrado anuel m rosio in real life as arrested in his residence in i an it rro o has a standing arrest arrant issued the Santa osa it aguna egional rial ourt ranch for

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gating it meron po ta ong out of the cities and municipalities in na nasa his ational apital egion if ou tr to loo at this disaggregating it e have out of the cities and municipalities in under moderate ris case classification ergeire said iting an increased average dail attack rate in the NCR, Vergeire said the rise in cases could not e attri uted to the optional earing of mas s in outdoor settings ecause as have said it ill ta e us around one to t o ee s for us to anal e the e ects of these easing or optional mas ing outdoors she said

LTFRB opening 50 more jeepney, bus routes in Metro

“’Pag tiningnan natin, comparing this to the previous t o ee s ma i ita natin na tumaas talaga f e loo at it comparing this to the previous t o ee s e can see that it reall increased epartment of ealth officer-in-charge aria osario ergeiremongsaidthe di erent regions in the countr ang a pumaso na ulit sa

(the NCR entered again) moderate risk case classification she added o ever s healthcare utili ation rate remains lo ris ith onl percent of its ovid- ard eds and percent intensive care unit eds utili ed nl the cities of asig and untinlupa have an increase in their U admissions hile si out of the cities oserved a rise in their ard admissions for ovid-

ali an po di an ma roon po taong mga pinag-aaralan na mung ahi tungkol doon sa pagdagdag ng taon doon sa kanilang mga prangkisa sa kadahilanan na ma mga pampu li ong sasa an talaga ta o na hindi pina agang ma ala as noong pandem a side from that e are loo ing into adding more ears into their franchises ecause man U s ere not allo ed to operate during the pandemic she said

“Ito pong ating National Capital Region if ou tr to loo at this disaggre-

t o counts of violation of epu lic ct or the ercrime revention ct of issued on Sept he court has recommended a ail of for each case

martial la era include placing value on human life fighting for truth and seeing the importance of democrac and the po er of the imampungpeopletaon na ang na a araan nang ide lara ang martial la sa ating ansa indi maitatanggi na naging hud at ito ng maunos na ugto sa ating asa sa an ilang isang a an Sa gitna ng dilim ma li anag ta ong natana Sa harap ng mga hindi magagandang nang ari ma mga aral ta ong natutunan t s een ears since martial la as declared We cannot den that it mar ed the start of the rutal part of our histor n the midst of dar ness e sa light

Silvio said the actor is currentl detained at the ureau of ail anagement and enolog facilit in i an it hile the court that issued the arrest as informed of the action ta en the police offi cers

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U he and ransportation ranchising and egulator oard ma open more pu lic transportation routes in the ational apital egion due to increasing demand oard em er erc ane aras- e nes said a total of routes have recentl een opened to address the rising demand ith the continuing to stud and evaluate the possi ilit of reopening or adding more routes

“Sa mga nakaraang meeting po namin ang pag a aalam o po a maglalaas po ta o ulit siguro po mga around additional routes po ang io-open natin n our past meetings thin e re planning on adding more ma e additional routes e nes said

Metro Manila now moderate risk for Covid-19: DOH

She noted that the ma reopen these routes ithin the ee he recent fare increase and reopening of more routes she said are to help those or ing in the pu lic transportation industr

mid the chaos e learned lessons dvincula said “Ang mga mahahalagang aral na ito a hindi natin matututunan ung pilit nating itatanggi o a alimutan ang dilim ng asa sa an dvincula said u ag na a nating alimutan ang mga aral mula sa panahon ng artial a a ita na natin ang li anag uag na ta ong umali sa dilim We cannot learn these important lessons if e den or forget the dar ness of histor et us not forget the lessons from the martial la period We have seen the light et us not go ac to dar ness he said

he division pointed out that the e emption from the prohi ition applies onl to ongoing pu lic or s that started efore the campaign period or similar pro ects under foreign agreements

ega pi l a

Rosal said he would “continue to function as your governor until the court orders him ith finalit to vacate his post

LEGASPI CITY Newly elected Albay Governor oel osal has een dis ualified the ommission on lections l from the a polls for violating a provision of the mni us lection ode on the dis ursement of pu lic funds

he omelec irst ivision said that hile the release of cash assistance does not constitute vote- u ing the la imposes a prohi ition against the release disursement and e penditure of pu lic funds government agencies for all social elfare and development pro ects and activities e cept for a salaries of personnel routine and normal e penses c such other epenses as the ommission ma authori e after due notice and Undouhearingtedl the pa -out of cash assistance to the tricycle drivers and senior citizens are social welfare and development activit that is covered the prohi ition the irst ivision s resolution read

t also re ected osal s argument that the cash assistance is e empted from the prohi ition since the activit is just a continuation of what has already been started since

he omelec ruling stemmed from the pa out of cash assistance the local government to the tric cle drivers and senior citi ens hile he as then ma or of

l go ernor is u li e Comelec set to ppe l

Sta calm he told his constituents in the province he omelec said osal violated Section of the election code hich prohi its the release e penditure of pu lic funds during the -da period efore election da

plit of guin n o into 2 pro inces o in ple iscite

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n a resolution promulgated on Sept the omelec irst ivision granted the petition of losing candidate for councilor oseph San uan rmogila to dis ualif osal from the gu ernatorial race that he had alread on

osal ho ever has not stepped do n claiming that the decision is not et final and that he ill appeal the decisionUntil

t is e pected that the t o provinces ill e full organi ed ithin t o to three months including the appointment of ne officials arlier the residents of alaca atangas approved

a certificate of finalit is issued together ith the rit of e ecution and an an entr of udgement is made the matter has et to ecome final and e ecutor he said

COTABATO CITY The country has another province as the division of aguindanao into t o provinces aguindanao del orte and aguindanao del Sur has een ratified in a ple iscite conducted over the ee end

the cit hood of the to n in a ple iscite ore than of those ho too part in the ple iscite voted in favor of ratif ing the la that divides the province into t o according to ommission on lections spo esperson e audiangco ut of the registered voters in aguindanao ho oined the ple iscite or voted es in favor of splitting the province into t o hile onl or voted no

he S said the candidates including a former Chief Justice, to replace Rodriguez are now “under the process of vetting the ffice of the resident

S he ife of the late Amim Boratong, accused of money laundering in connection with the multimillion sha u tiangge in asig it during the early 2000s, and a bank manager who managed her account have een convicted the asig regional trial court (RTC) Branch 167.

“The tanker came with accessories for water distribution: two units of water bladder, one with a 10,000-liter capacity and another ith a -liter capacit a tap stand a hose a h drant e and chlorine ccordingaddedto aguna dministrator ran Sorromero the incident as said to be caused by contaminated water rought recent ooding in the cit

The Boratongs masterminded the operation of the sha u tiangge along Soriano Street in aranga alati asig it n the ourt of ppeals affirmed the life sentence handed do n the asig regional trial court in against them for maintaining a drug den and possession of illegal drugs.

he asig court in fi nding the personal banking manager guilty, noted: “testimony that she (Sheryl) would not have transferred the funds to her sisters if Medenilla did not advise her to do it.”.

o the ilipino people shall continue serving ou and the countr as the residential hief of Sta Rodriguez stepped down from his po-

he S shall have the primar function of supervising and ensuring the efficient and responsive da -to-da operational support to the residenc to ena le the resident to focus on strategic national concerns,” the AO read.

Apart from serving as DOLE secretary during the Estrada administration, Laguesma also served as presidential assistant to the late president idel amos and as board member of the Social Security System.

aguesma ill fulfill his mandate ith utmost diligence and faithfulness,” Go said in aSenatorstatement.Jose Estrada, who chairs the Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development, said it is a relief that his committee will be dealing with a labor veteran.

The CA deferred Laguesma’s deliberation on September 14 due to “lack of material time to properl uestion the official

“Rodriguez will immediately assume his ne position as S his in e ect ill leave vacant the ffice of the ecutive Secretar S the S said adding that odrigue as S ill have the rank and emoluments of a Cabinet secretary.

The organization said that the water tanker was dispatched on Tuesday night, Sept after hairman and hief ecutive fficer ichard ordon received reports about the increasing numer of diarrhea-stric en s in the said detention facility.

In a 26-page decision dated Sept. 20 and penned residing udge nniel n Medes-Cabelis, the court found Sheryl Molera Boratong guilty of six counts of violation of Section 4 (a) on knowingly transacting proceeds of unlawful activity of Republic Act 9160 or the Anti Money Laundering Act of 2001 and sentenced to up to ears and a fine of million for each count.

“I have asked permission to step down as Executive Secretary,” Rodriguez said.

Rodriguez quits as ES to be Marcos chief of staff

he S ill e assisted a senior deput chief of sta ith the ran of Secretar and t o deput chiefs of sta ith

e pansion and gro th of the hilippine economy post-Covid,” added Senator rancis olentino

MANILA – Citing pressures at work, lawyer Victor Rodriguez, long-time chief of sta and spo esman of resident erdinand Marcos Jr., has resigned as Executive Secretary (ES) but will assume a new role as residential hief of Sta S

“Our distinguished appointee is returning to the Commission for yet another confirmation for the same position Sec enn was appointed as DOLE Secretary by my

The water tanker has a capacity to serve over individuals said

S Senators conve ed their support for Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) as the Commission on ppointments confirmed his appointment.Senator Christopher Go said Laguesma is no stranger to government service as he has been serving DOLE for 22 years now. atientl and vigorousl or ing his way up the ranks. Having previously held his post, there is no doubt Secretary

PH Red Cross sends clean water to diarrheastricken PDLs in Cabuyao City Jail

rank of Undersecretary, Assistant Secretaries, and such number of directorial and other administrative sta as he deems necessary and upon the approval of the residenthe also mandates the residential anagement Sta S and the S to assist and support the S he S serving as the coordination mechanism of the ill e in charge of the resident s securit monitoring system which will provide regular situation reports to the resident on a real-time basis.

odrigue than ed resident arcos for his brief stint as Executive Secretary, often referred to as the ittle resident

father, former president Joseph Estrada, in 1998. It is safe to say that Sec. Benny is our go-to guy for labor concerns,” he said during the presentation of Laguesma’s ad interim appointment before the Commission on EstradaAppointments.saidhebelieves that the country’s workforce will genuinely build back and recover from the damaging e ects brought by the Covid-19 pandemic under Laguesma.“Hewill be able to contribute to the

n e ruar more than million in assets were seized during a raid. Aside from bank deposits and a eet of lu ur cars among the properties traced to the Boratong couple were prime properties in the cities of asig and San Juan and buildings and farm mills in Bulacan and in Iligan City.

sition as primus inter pares first among equals) after getting Marcos’ permission, the ffice of the ress Secretar S said.

him up to si ears in prison and a fine of million for each count

C con rms guesm s l or ep t chief

A 10,000 liter water tanker was sent the hilippine ed ross to Cabuyao City Jail as aid for over 70 persons deprived of li ert s su ering from diarrhea.

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resident erdinand arcos r has signed Administrative Order (AO) 1 hich created the ffice of the residential hief of Sta S and placed it under the s direct supervision

ormer personal an ing manager Godofredo Medenilla was also found guilty in the same decision of two counts for violation of Sec. 4 (b) of the same law which penalized acts of facilitating money laundering acts and sentenced

he ne office ill supervise and coordinate closel ith the S as the primary government agency directly responsi le for providing su stantive sta assistance in the residential e ercise of overall management of the development process.Rodriguez is directed to have close coordination ith residential advisers and assistants whose outputs shall be submitted to the resident through the S and copy furnished the ES.

sig sh u ti ngge oper tor n m n ger con icte of mone l un ering

The Cabuyao City Jail expressed its gratitude to the organization for the quick response said he aid as timel sent as per since the city jail management was also planning on disinfecting their main pipeline and water tank and they need an alternative water source.

The activists held a cultural protest at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Martial Law declaration, and honored the victims of the military Membersrule.of various groups lighted lanterns with names and photos of Martial Law victims as part of activities along University Avenue in UP Diliman.

was the Philippines’ golden era.

against the respiratory disease, of whom 18.9 million have received their booster shots.Earlier, the World Health Organization said that the number of newly reported COVID-19 cases globally has dropped dramatically, urging the world to seize the opportunity to end the pandemic.

Pimentel, son of former Senate President Nene Pimentel who fought against the senior Marcos’ regime, encouraged Filipinos to learn from lessons of the past.

roups m r th e r of m rti l l w ow to ght isinform tion

For Senator Risa Hontiveros, rememering is not enough and e orts should e made to “keep the truth alive.”

Active cases stood at 27,284, while those who recovered from the illness now reached 3,837,179.

Law.”Marcos Sr. declared martial law on Sept. 21, 1972, citing the need to contain growing public unrest and the possibility of a communist takeover after a series of bombings in Manila.

Marcos Sr. lifted Martial Law in January 1981, although the dictatorship continued until his ouster on Feb. 25, 1986 through the military-backed People Power revolution.

As of September 21, the Philippines recorded 1,886 new COVID-19 cases raising the country’s total to 3,927,120.

Senate minority leader Koko Pimentel opposes the views of Estrada and Padilla.

Thirty-seven new deaths were also recorded, raising the total number of people in the country who succumbed to the respiratory disease to 62,657, the DOH said.

Senators, meanwhile, expressed conicting opinions over ho the nation should mark the 50th anniversary of the declaration of martial law.

Estrada explained that the 31 million votes prove that the Marcoses have nothing to apologize for.

WASHINGTON/MANILA As the World Health Organization declared that the end of Covid-19 pandemic is in sight while United States President Joseph Biden Jr. reported that the pandemic in US is over, nearly 2,000 new infections and 37 deaths were reported in the Philippines.This prompted infectious diseases specialist Dr. Rontgene Solante and the Department of Health to state that the end of the pandemic is far from over in the Philippines.TheDOH and Solante said there is still a continuing community transmis-

sion of coronavirus in the Philippines.

Of the new infections that week, seven or 0.05 percent were severe and critical.

“It is not enough that we remember. Let us continue meditating, sharing, and learning from each other,” Hontiveros said in a statement. “The coping mechanism of cherry-picking and selective amnesia should not be tolerated.”

The positivity rate from Sept. 18 to 20 is at 14.5 percent, according to ABS-CBN Data Analytics Team head Edson Guido said.

Padilla shared the same views, saying that the heirs should not be blamed for their father’s faults.

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From Sept. 12 to 18, the country recorded an average of 2,101 daily infections, which is 4 percent lower compared to the previous week.

“Kung may kasalanan man ang dating pangulo hindi po kasalanan ng anak ‘yon. Kahit po sa Islamic faith, Catholic faith, ‘yung kasalanan ni Adan hindi naman kasalanan natin,” Padilla said. “Pag hindi tayo nakaalis diyan sa Marcos issue at martial law issue, kailan pa tayo maggrow?

“We have never been in a better position to end the pandemic,” he told reporters. “We are not there yet, but the end is in sight.”

Of the newly reported infections, 931 are from Metro Manila.

In a video message, former Sen. Francis Pangilinan reminded the public to not give up on people who are not yet enlightened about martial law.

“Noong ako’y nagsimula nang kumilos at manindigan, wala sa aming hanay ang nagsasabing bakit ngayon lang. Hindi nila ako hinusgahan. They welcomed us because kinikilala nung mga nagmamartsa sa kalye na mayroong mas maliwanag at mas mahalagang layunin ‘yung pagkakaisa ng lahat laban sa diktador,” he said.Supporters of the Marcoses, meanwhile, claim the late dictator’s regime

WHO, US see end of Covid pandemic;not the case yet in PHL, says DOH

“What is there to apologize for?” Estrada said. “Mag move on na tayo (Let’s move on). Imagine, President Marcos got the highest number of votes in Philippine history, 31 million. Hindi pa ba sapat ‘yon? (Isn’t that enough?)”

Newly reported cases of the disease, which has killed millions since being identified in late last ee fell to the lowest level since March 2020, said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

As of Sunday, 772 or 10 percent of the total COVID-19 admissions in the country were in those conditions, the DOH said.Up to 637 or 24.1 percent of 2,638 intensive care unit beds for COVID-19 patients were occupied. Meanwhile, the non-ICU bed utilization rate was at 28.9 percent.Atleast 72.9 million people in the country have been fully vaccinated

Several groups gathered in the university to commemorate what many called one of the darkest chapters in the country’s history with a protest parade and concert titled “‘Singkwenta’ Mga Kanta at Kwento Tungkol sa Martial

QUEZON CITY To mark the 50th anniversary of the proclamation of martial law in the Philippines by the late President Ferdinand Marcos Sr., Filipino activists vo ed to fight disinformation about martial law and continue shining a light on the human rights abuses and atrocities committed during the period.

Under General Order No. 2-A he signed on Sept or five da s after signing Proclamation No. 1081, Marcos Sr. authorized the military to arrest personalities believed to be part of a “conspiracy” to seize power.

By the time Marcos addressed the nation on Sept. 23, 1972 about his decision to declare martial law, several personalities, Including opposition senators Benigno Aquino Jr, Jose Diokno, Francisco Rodrigo, and Ramon Mitra Jr. had already been arrested and sent to jail.Around 100 out of the 400 personalities on the arrest list were already detained in Camp Crame in Quezon City by 4 a.m. of Sept the fficial a ette said Approximately 8,000 individuals, which included 1971 Constitutional Convention delegates, journalists, students, labor leaders, and even a few members of the country’s elite families, were also arrested on the same day.

Senators Robinhood Padilla and Jose Jinggoy Estrada, who ran under President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s Uniteam slate during the elections, urged Filipinos to “move on” as the Marcoses are not at fault over anything.

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Nationally, the report estimates that newly naturalized citizens could reach over 5 million by the midterm elections also according to the report

The happy Filipina was just one of scores of new citizens who trooped to the San Francisco City Hall steps to join the citizenship month celebration that highlighted the successful journey of more than 10,000 San Franciscans who have been naturalized through the San Francisco Pathways to Citizenship Initiative.Jointly organized and sponsored by the San Francisco ffi ce of ivic ngagement and mmigrant ffairs mmigrant ights ommission and the San Francisco Pathways to Citizenship Initiative, the event was held also to promote San Francisco’s innovative fee assistance program to make citizenship more accessi le for those ho cannot a ord the fee he cele ration as dou l signifi cant as ali-

Batangas, an immigrant since 2009 and married to a non-Filipino, Chona Mendoza Bussani shared that she was a typical simple Filipina from the province who always wished to have a better future not just for herself but for her family as well by migrating to the U.S. , .

The top ten states with highest number of newly naturalized citizens from 2016-2020 (actual numbers in parentheses according to e merica oters eport are alifornia lorida e or e as e erse llinois assachusetts irginia eorgia and ar land

“Keep dreaming like I, an ordinary Filipina in our country, did. It is not an impossible dream to be in the U S and fi nall ecome a citi en although it ma ta e some time to be one,” Bussani told her audience that included scores of newly naturalized citizens liked her. . In an interview, Bussani intimated that she now has two children with her here in the U.S. one of whom became a citizen before her and another about to have her own citizenship interview.

Since its launch in the it and local foundation partners, the San Francisco Pathways to Citizenship Initiative has:Held 64 free workshops across the city, Provided legal screenings to over 16,000 immigrants,Saved applicants nearly $1.5 million in application fees, Helpedandmore than 10,000 San Franciscans become U.S. citizens. agalog language specialist a mond Bores echoed Whipple’s appeal for eligible immigrants to become citizens so they can avail of enefi ts not availa le to immigrant even as he acknowledged that there are those who would rather sit in the “Manyfence.are still at a

alomares e plained that appl ing for citi enship is not an obstacle to a pending petitioning for loved once and ma even e pedite the process through a change in their citizenship status.

Ac�ng OCEIA Director Richard Whipple urged eligible immigrants to naturalize.

fornia has the highest number of newly naturalized citizens in the country, with more than 700,000 Californians naturalizing between 2016 and 2020 alone, according to a July 2022 report by the National Partnership for e mericans

With these fi gures cting irector ichard Whipple urged those eligible to naturalize to take the necessary steps necessary to formalize their status as citizens and they can start by attending their free workshops that are open to anyone with connection to San rancisco li e those ho live in the a rea and can go to their events.

“It took a longer time for me to become a naturalized citizen as I had to gather important papers from the Philippines. Besides, interview process took longer for they were done only through the phone due to the pandemic. It took me twice the time that it usually take to have the interview scheduled,” said Bussani .

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For Tagalog speakers, they can 415-692-6798 to leave a message to register and more information is at: workshop-9-24-22/https://sfcitizenship.org/event/free-in-person-

To those green card holders intending to apply for citizenship, SF Pathways advises them to attend their free workshop by calling 415-662-8901 and leave a message to register

The top countries of origin for California’s new U S citi ens are hilippines ndia hina

“It is very important for us to reach out to different racial communities and ethnicity considering San Francisco is a diverse city. Our coalition and San Francisco Pathway to Citizenship includes providers that speak twelve languages and part of our success is attributed to the fact that we are an organization trusted by the communities,” Whipple said.

San Francisco has nearly 50,000 green card holders who are eligible to naturalize, according to estimates the Universit of Southern alifornia US ornsife uit esearch nstitute

s on the importance and enefi ts in ecoming citizens, Whipple emphasized that naturalized citizens have the right to vote, better job opportunities, attain economic enefi ts for families and households and have the ability to travel more easily, among Whippleothers.also mentioned that there is a peak in interest to become a citizen before any election so they can vote.

Supervising attorne for sian acifi c slander egal utreach reg alomares revealed that there was a decline in application for citizenship during the Trump presidency because most people were afraid of the public interest charge.

“But right now, with President Biden at the helm, I can see that there is a rise in immigrant’s interest in applying for citizenship. Just the same, I encourage everyone to apply for naturalization especially those in the fence have pending petition for their sons and daughters,” Palomares said.

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Batangas na� e Chona Mendoza Bussani proudly shows her naturaliza�on papers.

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lost on the steps to ta e so e o er free or shops to help them navigate the process. We can help them prepare for the test and interview aside from coming up with half of the amount needed for fees,” Borres stated as he cited that fear of failing the test and interviews aside from high fees collected were some of the reasons why some are hesitant in applying for citizenship.

Ibon Foundation, Sonny Africa, recently said that the BSP-MB could be allowing the peso to continue depreciating as part of a fiscal strateg to encourage more eports, theoretically making the economy healthier in the long run.

“Bouncing back from the pandemic, the Philippine economy has seen robust growth since last year and has returned to its path toward upper-middle-income country status, achievable withinthe next few years,” Marcos said in a speech at the NYSE, adding the country increased the scope for mutuall eneficial investments that would mean more jobs and a better quality of life.

On Sept 19, Tuesday, the peso traded at 57.58 to the greenback, an all-time-low barely two trading days after it had hit the latest low of 57.43 to the dollar on Sept. 16.

The old belief that a falling peso is good for the families and dependents of overseas Filipino workers has been belied by the fact that the increased remittances only pays for higher-priced goods and services.The

Since the start of 2022, the peso has lost 12.7% of its value, or P6.481, making it one of the worst performing currencies

arcos said that di erences should only be resolved by peaceful means” and how governments should resolve disputes through “reason and through right.”Marcos cited the Manila Declaration of 1982 and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which “provide useful guidance for our time.”

time-low in the past few weeks, and most bankers believe that the end is not yet in sight. Expectations are high that the peso may go as low as P60:$1 by yearend, or even sooner. And lower.

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closing bell of the New York Stock Exchange, signaling the end of the day’s trading at the NYSE.

The US currency continues to gain ground amid expectations of another major rate hike by the Fed.

In his speech before the UN, Marcos stressed the importance of a rules-based international order that adheres to the international laws when solving disputes, a statement which connects to the tension in the South China Sea and Philippine Sea over con icting claims on the aters, islands, reefs and tolls in the region.

“For amidst challenging global tides, an important ballast stabilizes our common vessel that is our open, inclusive, and rules-based international order that is governed by international law and informed by the principles of equity and of justice,” said Marcos.

Every time the Fed increases rates, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has no choice but to take the same direction.

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“We are, indeed, at a watershed moment; one that requires a re-founding of these, our United Nations,” said Marcos. “The world is ready for transformation. It is up to us as leaders of our nations to move and shape that transformation.”

Programme on Human Rights, he said, is an example of a constructive approach that “puts our people, not our politics, at the center of this work.”

climate financing and technolog transfer for adaptation for the most vulnerable, and developing countries to lead by example.“Weaccept our share of responsibility and will continue to do our part to avert this collective disaster,” said Marcos. “This threat knows no borders, no social class, nor any geopolitical consideration. How we address it will be the true test of our time.”

arcos the first hilippine leader to physically attend the UN General Assembly in eight years where he is expected to meet with US President Joe Biden and other world leaders for bilateral talks, described climate change as the greatest threat a ecting our nations and“Therepeoples.”isno other problem so global in nature that it re uires a united e ort one led by the United Nations. The effects of climate change are uneven and re ect a historical in ustice hose ho are least responsi le su er the most said Marcos who joined other leaders in echoing their concerns on the adverse effects of climate change globally.

same is true for exporters, who may receive more pesos for the dollars they earn, but most of them are also dependent on imported inputs for their products.And with interest rates now at the highest level in two decades, no appreciation of the peso can be expected in the foreseeableThefuture.executive director of the think-tank

ut the current idening trade deficit as a result of surging imports says “there is a fundamental reason for the peso to weaken,” the chief economist of a foreign bank with operations in the Philippines saidInrecently.business parlance, the Philippine currency will be facing headwinds for the near term. Consumers, therefore, will need to tighten their belts further.

Before addressing the UN, Marcos, accompanied by First Lady Liza Araneta Marcos and several Cabinet members, met with the Filipino community from US and Canada at the jampacked New Jersey Performing Arts Center, acknowledging their sacrifices and contri ution to economic recovery and lauding the Filipino doctors, nurses and other frontliners in the fight against the pandemic in US.Marcos also said that 40 percent of the record $34.8 billion remittances of overseas Filipinos came from the US and Canada.Prior to his appearance at the UN, Marcos also address a New York Stock Exchange business forum where he invited American companies to now invest in the Philippines. He also rang the

in Asia this year.

An economist from one of the country’s biggest banks said he anticipates the peso to breach the P58:$1 level this month, possibly even this week.

Marcos raised the need to invest in food security to ease a growing global food security crisis as he noted that the coronavirus pandemic and RussiaU raine con ict have revealed difficulties in accessing food worldwide.

With its import-dependent economy, the falling peso means that all imports will cost more hich in turn ill cause in ationary pressure as the prices of goods and services continue to rise.

“For investors, doing business in the Philippines is an opportunity to reap the enefits of a vi rant econom said Marcos.ThePhilippine president also held a series of dialogues with US-based companies in New York City, including the executives of NUscale Power, WasteFuel, and Boeing, a leading global aerospaceMarcos,company.who lamented the Philippines’ situation as one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change impacts, called for stronger cooperation and accountability in climate change frameworks.Marcosalso called for the elimination of racism and Asian hate as he pledged to accelerate the implementation of a human rights joint programme with the United“WeNations.stilldream of an end to the disturbing incidents of racism, of Asian hate, of all prejudice,” Marcos said in a speech at the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

“We need to take concrete steps towards a modern and resilient agriculture. For food is not just a trade commodity nor a livelihood. It is an existential imperative and a moral one. It is the very basis of human security,” said Marcos.

He also reiterated his foreign policy that Philippines “shall continue to be a friend to all and an enemy of none.”

The Monetary Board (MB) – the countr s highest polic ma ing od on fiscal matters headed by the BSP chief -- is meeting later this month in order to address the latest expected hike from the Fed.

“It provides a model for revitalizing the structures that facilitates solidarity between the United Nations and a sovereign duty-bearer,” added Marcos.

“Hawkish signals” from the Fed has been blamed for the peso’s continued depreciation.TheFed has been using progressively higher interest rates “to bring down elevated in ation he ed s aggressive rate hikes is intended to cool down consumer demand there easing rising in ation which US consumers have been dealing with this year, and which could have an e ect on the coming mid-term elections

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On climate change, Marcos said: “The Philippines, for example, is a net carbon sink. We absorb carbon dioxide than we emit. And yet, we are the fourth most vulnerable country to climate change,” said Marcos.

Marcos called on industrialized countries to immediatel fulfill their obligations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement to cut their greenhouse gas emissions, provide

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“as the person in charge of opening and locking a bustling movie make up store” in Melrose Avenue, LA.

Especially at night but also during the day, her hand was never far from the two defensive weapons.

The attackers, however, had other things in

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But after moving to a “better” neighborhood that is Beverly Grove, she said she was now in a safer place. No more carrying mace. No more readying a set of keys as a eapon to ard o attac ers

The FilAm was aware that hate crimes had become commonplace in the places like California’s biggest cities.

The FilAm who was assaulted in what she believed was a safe neighborhood cannot even be cited as a statistic, good or bad. Because she could not identify her attackers she did not file a case

He said his administration personally requested a meeting with Biden “Humingi kami ng panahon dito sa mga napunta rito para sa General Assembly napunta sila rito ay sabi ko pagkakataon na natin at hindi natin sila mapupuntahan sa kanilang bansa, dito na natin silang kakausapin (We requested for time with those attending the General assembly because this is the chance for us to talk with them we can’t visit their countries yet),” he said.

“I could not identify my attackers so did not pursue filing charges she said

e is the first leader of the ssociation of Southeast Asian Nations to deliver a statement at this year’s high-level GeneralMarcosDebate.predecessor, Rodrigo Duterte, went to China in the early days of his presidency and announced a “separation” from the US. Duterte also threatened to end a military deal with its former colonizer, although he ultimately chose to retain it as he thanked the US for COVID-19 vaccines.

“Our bilateral alliance with the United States is possibly as important policy as there is in the Philippines. Our relations withUnited States remain strong and I believe we will make them stronger in the coming years,” he told the Filipinos, come of them coming from Canada, overjoyed upon meeting their President.

It was 8:01 pm when it happened. She had just withdrawn $500 from the bank’s ATM.“Suddenly, I heard footsteps running towards me,” she related.

Marcos will meet several heads of state and e U officials during the first day of the high-level General Debate on Sept. 20.

other major cities in the state, such as San Francisco.While authorities claim that there has been a 24 percent drop in burglaries in areas patrolled police the figure ma not e accurate, as most crimes against property are not reported.

In her eyes, the place she described as “a bustling shopping and dining district” was safe enough to take leisurely walks to The Grove and back.

ano pa mga iba’t ibang meeting (After the big speeches, we will have bilateral and multilateral discussions, and other meetings),” he said.

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Marcos said he was also looking forward to meeting President Biden and other world leaders on the sidelines of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly “Pagkatapos(UNGA).pong mga malalaking speech ay nagkikita-kita, mag-uusapusap kami na bilateral, multilateral, kung

less person by the gas station.”

Two good Samaritans came to help, and one of them who saw the snatching called the police. The LAPD arrived about 20 minutes later.

What happened to her has all the makings of a hate crime. She was a woman walking alone in her neighborhood. Two men used superior force in taking her money, and still harming her even after she had surrendered her hand bag with cash and her cell

Evenphone.her being aware of the surge in crimes in her state did not prevent her from being an easy target.

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The faces she saw in her regular walks had become familiar, “including the home-

mind. They also grabbed her lunch bag. They shoved her until she fell on the sidewalk.

All that ended after she was attacked. She has now gone back to carrying the mace and keys every time she leaves her house after the sun sets.

Speaking at a jampacked meeting with the Filipino community in the New Jersey, Marcos said he was enthusiastic about building closer ties with the Philippines’ long-time ally.

The spike in crimes has been happening not just in LA, but in other parts of the US, according to the Public Policy Institute of California. The institute compiles data from

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The attackers then ran to a waiting car in the parking lot.

She thanked her lucky stars that the attackers did not use any weapon against her. She only felt soreness in her right arm after the Aassault.detective was assigned to her case, but it became clear that solving the crime and retrieving her money, cellphone, bag, and lunch bag was not going to happen.

“It is very clear to me in my vision for the way that the country will move forward that I cannot see the Philippines in the future without having the United States as a partner,” Marcos said during another meeting at the New York Stock Exchange. “When we are in crisis, we look to the United States,” he said.

Two men in dark colored hoodies and face masks grabbed her purse. After a brief struggle, she opted to let it go. It was a smart choice. Money and cell phones are easy to replace, but not one’s life.

As she related to the news organization Rappler, “I’ve been concerned about the rise in violent crimes in Los Angeles and across the United States. But it only became real when I was mugged on December 27, 2021 in front of the Wells Fargo branch in Fairfax.”

The POGOs were set up almost surreptitiously and most Filipinos only became aware of them when large numbers of Chinese nationals established their presence, not as tourists or business travelers but as semi-permanent residents.

We, therefore, humbly ask the Marcos administration to end this unwelcome enterprise once and for all. Our country deserves better than to host an industry that causes nothing but trouble.

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here is a reason h no government official of note has spo en up in favor of the illegal operations. There is no value in allowing them to stay.

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In other words, POGOs were despicable enterprises allowed by the Duterte regime to operate in the Philippines as part of his pivot towards China. The former president was not aware that the People’s Republic of China itself wanted nothing to do with POGO-type operations. Such were banned outright in China, so the operators moved their operations to the Philippines in the belief that the administration then would allow them to operate undisturbed.

Even when it became clear that they were little more than criminal enterprises masked as legitimate online businesses, the Duterte administration did nothing.

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he ere in e ect idnapped their o n ind his is almost certainl the case with most if not all the other POGOs that have sprouted all over the country.

Behind this seemingly innocuous name is an industry that is more criminal enterprise than legitimate business.

JUNNI RANILLO

New laws tackle AAPI hate

Governor Gavin Newsom has strengthened the arsenal of forces fighting hate for sian merican and acific slander signing t o and more related new bills into law.

He is not alone. There are members of his Cabinet as well as a growing number of his allies in Congress who are calling for the termination of all POGOs, recognizing them as taking more, much more, than what they give back to the country.

Manjusha Kulkarni, co-founder of Stop AAPI Hate and executive director of the AAPI Equity Alliance, also acknowledged Newsom, saying. “This law names hate-based harassment as a pervasive pro lem t is an essential first step in creating safer environments for customers Meanwhile Newsom also signed AB 2282 by Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda) equally criminally penalizing burning crosses and using of swastikas and nooses. ssem l mem er esse a riel - ncino s e tends and fortifies the State onprofit Securit rant rogram hich helps nonprofit organi ations that are targets of hatemotivated violence improve security at their facilities.

Cherie M. Querol Moreno is Executive Editor of Philippine News Today. She is the ounder and ecutive irector of the a use prevention nonprofit lliance for ommunity Empowerment.

The blight called POGOs must go

Last week, a POGO was raided by local authorities who discovered more than 40 Chinese were virtual slaves there. It turned out that they had been brought into the country without proper documents, making them illegal aliens. They had been brought in under false pretense and were not allowed to resign or even transfer to other POGOs.

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e some signed Senate ill to fund e orts to engage public transit operators to protect passenger safety and AB2448 to encourage businesses to create a safe environment for customers.Thenewlaws were sponsored by Stop AAPI Hate, the coalition born in 2020 to combat the wave of hate-fueled attac s against people of sian merican and acific slander heritage hen the e coronavirus pandemic first hit the United States.“No Californian should feel unsafe on public transit, yet study after study shows that a majority of women, seniors, LGBTQ+ riders, and other vulnerable populations experience street harassment or worse while commuting,” said state Sen. Dave Min (D-Irvine), who authored SB1611.

Now the Marcos administration has the opportunity to end the blight that the POGOs have brought to our beloved motherland.

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Stop AAPI Hate leaders hailed the new laws. To date, the coalition has documented over 11,000 incidences of hate against AAPIS. Majority of the attacks are verbal, but some have been physical and fatal. Most of the victims are women.

he legislation re uires and funds the ineta ransportation at San ose State Universit to develop a survey tool for state transit operators to help document rider experiences. The demographic information would help Stop AAPI Hate in documenting nationwide hate and harassment.“Thislegislation puts forward a data-driven safety framework that will help us understand why these incidents keep happening. The new survey tool developed by the Mineta Institute is the first step in a strategic approach the egislature to address this issue in added “Customers have the right to feel safe in businesses, and workers need training on ensuring that. Right now, our state’s civil rights laws do not adequately protect people who are verbally harassed and intimidated while grocery shopping or eating at a restaurant,” said Assembly Member Phil Ting (D-San Francisco), author of AB2448. “My bill allows businesses to lead the fight against hate and create more elcoming and safe spaces for all alifornians

Shut down all POGOs now.

Cynthia Choi, co-founder at Stop AAPI Hate and co-executive director at Chinese for Affirmative ction lauded the governor for signing S We cannot fi hat e cannot measure. SB 1161 opens the door to data-driven policy solutions by naming the problem of street harassment on public transit, developing a tool for transit systems to measure its impact, and providing an avenue for public transit riders to share their experiences.”

of the worst things that the now-departed Duterte administration did was to welcome with open arms the questionable business known as POGOs, short for Philippine Overseas Gaming Operations.

As one Cabinet secretary said, the social cost of allowing POGOs to continue operating in the Philippines is too high.

However, it became clear soon enough that the POGOs were doing more harm than good. They began to operate almost in complete disregard for Philippine laws. They did not pay the proper taxes, and some became magnets for such lurid activities as prostitution and loan sharking.

Worst of all, the POGOs did not provide employment opportunities for Filipinos, except for a tiny handful of token locals doing menial labor. And the Chinese workers also became pests in the areas where they resided, treating their Filipino neighbors as second class citizens.

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President Bongbong Marcos himself is reportedly more than willing to call for a complete and total end to POGOs in the country.

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As one of the Filipino players based abroad, signed with an Australian team, Kai Sotto, said, “this is crazy.”

It has been said that “to err is human, to forgive divine.” But the kidnapping of Marcos was not an error. It was a deliberate wrongful act - whether it was done at the behest of Cory, or because the Americans did not like Marcos anymore for playing the “Russian card”, or for whatever reason.

Actually, my mother was the niece of Apolinario Mabini, one of the Philippine national heroes called the “Sublime Paralytic” and “Brain of the Philippine Revolution.” According to my cousin Ruben Mabini (old client with Mobile Signing Services from Hayward, California), adventurous relatives of Apolinario Mabini migrated from Batangas to Pangasinan and married ladies of the Gabot and Sampayan clan.

WAS MARCOS KIDNAPPED BECAUSE HE PLAYED THE “RUSSIAN CARD”?

here as no need to revive tal of game fi ing hich had een happening since the beginning of the league. All the teams had to do was wink at each other to determine whose turn it was to win an empty, meaningless championship.

SPEAKING OUT

Said to e the first professional basketball league in Asia and one of the first in the orld the has seen better days and it’s all because the last few heads of the association have done a mediocre job, at best, and a horrible one, at worst.For the past few years, even championship games are played before near empty stadiums.

DID MARCOS AND HIS SON FORGIVE THE KIDNAPPERS?

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I do not want to name names, but clearly the men who headed the league in the last two decades or so were little more than yes men to the big business owners. In turn, they turned the players into pawns who, while relatively well paid, likewise lacked character, pizzazz.Incidentally, Mon Fernandez and Alvin Patrimonio were two of the all-time greats, being named MVP four times each. Then along came une ar a ardo ho on an unprecedented five titles But by the time this Cebuano came along, I had lost all interest in the now boring PBA.

“How do you feel about Enrile?” I inquired. “Do you know Enrile?” Marcos asked. “Yes,” I replied. “I was Corporate Counsel of ole orporation and his firm as the retained counsel We met a number of times. He is intelligent.”

People believed that the Americans had begun to dislike Marcos because he was playing the “Russian card”. Fernando del Mundo’s article in UPI on August 8, 1985 said: “President Ferdinand Marcos, apparently playing his ‘Russian card,’ chided the United States hursda for interfering in hilippine a airs and accepted a ceremonial award from the Soviet Union. . . . . The 67-year-old leader has sharply attacked moves by the U.S. Congress in recent months to attach conditions to U S aid to the hilippines sa ing such e orts constituted interference in the hilippines internal a airs iting former Sen. Rene Espina, the article said: “Marcos is sending a signal to the United States that if they don’t like him any more, the Russians will be very happy with him.”

“I was kidnapped” – Marcos; did he and his son forgive the kidnappers?

“As accredited and commissioned Notary Public and founder of Mobile Signing Services, my beloved wife Virginia Jimenez Madlaing and I drove to Sacramento, California and submitted notarized documents for apostille at the Secretary of State, Notary Public Section last Tuesday, August 30,2022.

My late father Emilio Baguilat Madlaing (who died at Laguna Honda Hospital due to lingering illness aggravated by the vehicular accident caused by an elderly driver) and my late mother were blessed with eight children namely: Norberto Gabot Madlaing (deceased agdalena adlaing Sison ours trul osefina adlaing Lewis, Dionisio Gabot Madlaing, Cipriano Gabot Madlaing (deceased), Salvador Gabot Madlaing and Luzviminda Gabot Madlaing.

Another very memorable event in

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Now the PBA wants to regulate the recruitment of Filipino players who only want to earn as much as they can in the little time they have as professional cagers.

IGNACIO TOTING BUNYE

weekend was the Viewing Visitation of my mother at the Skylawn Funeral Home and Memorial Park in San Mateo, California. Then last Monday, September 19, 2022 was the Funeral Memorial Services which coincided with the Funeral Services of Queen Elizabeth II of England. In memory of my mother, I would like to share to our readers my column entitled “Remembering My Mother Elena Sampayan Gabot Madlaing” as follows:

“Have you heard of the Enrile breakfast?” Marcos inquired. “No, sir,” I answered. “An Enrile breakfast consists of two soft boiled eggs and one small chorizo,” Marcos said, laughing derisively. said erhaps if ou had appointed amos as hief of Sta he would not have joined Enrile.” “How can I appoint him, he is like a “wheelbarrow?” Marcos retorted. I asked what he meant. “Don’t you know what a wheelbarrow is? You must lift it and push it to make it move.”

PART I, we quoted President Ferdinand E. Marcos’ declaration “I was kidnapped.” We cited the corroborative statement of Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco who was kidnapped with him.

This league hit a new low this week when it openly tried to block Filipino players from playing in the other pro basketball leagues that have sprouted all over the region.

Yes, the Philippine Basketball Association is no longer in my list, and hasn’t been for a long time.

A small number of today’s young stars have been recruited in the pro leagues of Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. Australia even.

They receive such huge salaries that even collegiate players dream of playing for Asian teams, bypassing the PBA.

This is only a slight exaggeration. Collegiate players who submit their names to the annual recruitment end up as some kind of property of the teams that recruit them. Even if they are signed up but barely used, or not used at all, there is little they can do.

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After my wife petitioned me to come to America in 1974, I petitioned my parents who hen petitioned my siblings to come to America and subsequently petitioned their spouses and extended families to come to America. Hundreds were able to come to America as a result of the petition of my beloved wife Virginia Jimenez Madlaing for me and subsequent petition of my late mother for my siblings. My late mother lived long enough to see some of her children retired from work like daughter Josie M. Lewis, who retired from Laguna Honda Hospital in San Francisco, California; Magdalena M. Sison and Dionisio G. Madlaing, who both retired from the Santa Clara County Medical Center in San Jose, California; daughter Luzviminda G. Madlaing, who is about to retire from the Workmen’s Compensation Fund, State of California.

Brigadier General Santiago Barangan, my cousin in law, who was Marcos’ Chief of the Presidential Security Command, told me that the plan of Marcos during EDSA was to travel to Ilocos orte land he had loaded truc s ith mone to finance the continued operation of the government.

One of the happy memories of my late mother and late father was when they both obeyed the gospel in baptism for the forgiveness of their sins (Acts 2:37-38). They attended regularly the Bible Classes and Worship Services at the GOLDEN GATE CHURCH OF CHRIST when they were staying with us in San Francisco, California. My late mother accompanied and walked our young daughters Darlene and Wynema Joy to the nearby schools at the Excelsior District in San Francisco, California.

My wife and I arrived in the Bethel Island home of my sister Josie M. Lewis and her son Ferdinand Lewis about 5:30 pm. Ahead of us were my sister Magdalena M. Sison and her son Francis M. Sison who drove from Santa Clara, California; my brother Salvador Madlaing and his wife Ursula Talon Madlaing, who drove from San Jose, California; and my niece Emily Madlaing and her daughter Amiah; and Luningning Payabyab, registered nurse and very close neighbor who was assisting my late mother and my two sisters.. All of us watched the lifeless body of my mother and waited until pm hen the funeral director and sta from the S la n ortuary picked up the body of my mother. Then, my wife and I drove back to San Francisco and arrived home about 11:30 pm. It took a hile for me to sleep that night re ecting reminiscing and remembering the colorful, unique and long life and work of my mother.

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Navarro was recently given the chance to play in the Korean Basketball League, but the PBA in partnership with the Samahang Basketball ng Pilipinas refused to release him from his unfair con-

be clear, Navarro is not a big star. Not yet anyway. But it’s become clear to him, his family, and what few followers he has that he never will be a starter, much less a star. If he stays in the PBA as a benchwarmer, he will lose precious years when he is supposed to be at his peak.

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This once-great pro league lost much of its credibility after two business titans owned not one, not two, but three teams each. This guaranteed that the owners – Manny V. Pangilinan and Ramon Ang of the MVP Group and the San Miguel group of companies, respectively – would get to celebrate championships on a regular basis.

Yes, my mother Elena Sampayan Gabot Madlaing died peacefully in her sleep last Tuesday, August 30, 2022, 3:30 pm at the age of 103 and seven months. My mother was the second to the youngest child of my late grandfather Candido Gabot and my late grandmother Cecilia Mabini Sampayan Gabot who died at the age of about 115. Before her death, my mother outlived all her siblings namely: Segunda Gabot Asuncion, Sebastian Gabot, Claudia Gabot Dimoloy and Silvino Gabot (all deceased).

When the EDSA demonstrators against Marcos were gaining ground, I called Former Senator Leonardo B. Perez, a close friend of Marcos, and my fraternity brother in the Alpha Phi Beta Fraternity. I told him that the Consul General in San Francisco became a “balimbing” (multi sided fruit or “turncoat”) and had joined Cory.

As for Marcos Jr., how does he feel about the kidnappers? People say that by coming to America to address the United Nations General Assembly and by meeting with President Biden (if it happens), he has forgiven the kidnappers. Coming to America does not show forgiveness. Marcos Jr. already came to Hawaii after he had returned to the Philippines. I introduced him when he spoke before the Filipino community. While in Hawaii, he was asked to appear before a U.S. District Judge. We were barred from entering the courtroom.Peoplesay that Marcos Jr. is a forgiving person citing his appointment of 98-year old Juan Ponce Enrile as Chief Presidential Legal Counsel. According to observers, if not for the Enrile “coup d’etat” there would have been no kidnapping.

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I visited Marcos at his temporary residence on Kalanianaole Highway in Honolulu after he was released from Hickam Air Force ase e pressed m sorro for the pain he must e su ering after the way he was treated. He replied: “You don’t have to be sorry, you had nothing to do with it. There will be retribution.”

Like a good many Filipinos, I enjoy watching basketball, be it the NBA, UAAP or NCAA.Notice something missing?

To this day, it is their teams that almost always vie for the two or three championships every year. All other teams are little more than fodder for the MVP and SMC teams to toy with.

This is wrong, of course. And the players know it. They realize that they are being treated like so much chattel. Or even cattle. Actually they know that they are little more than property of the teams that recruited them, who can be bought and sold – traded is the word the league uses – without their approval.

While driving back home to San Francisco from Sacramento, I received a call from my sister Magdalena M. Sison (when we were still in Vallejo, California) who informed me that my mother just died peacefully in her sleep about 3:30 pm. I told my sister that my wife, Atsi Trinidad Jimenez Tuliao, Atsi Elisa Subido Jimenez and I were scheduled to visit my mother on Thursday, September 1. 2022. Instead of driving home to San Francisco, we proceeded directly to the home of my sister Josie M. Lewis in Bethel Island where my mother was taken cared by my sisters Josie M. Lewis and Luzviminda G. Madlaing.

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After that second generation of stars, the ones that followed did not have the excitement factor, maybe because their teams did not have the character of Crispa, Toyota, Ginebra, or Purefoods. Of the four, only Ginebra is still around and while still popular, cannot compare to the original squad that carried the same name.

The one exception was the Alaska Milk franchise, but the owners finall gave up tr ing to contend for titles ecause the opponents had somehow found ways to recruit the best players, sometimes through a series of questionable trades.

This is not to say that the quality of today’s players does not compare to the stars of the PBA’s golden age. But for some inexplicable reason, none of them excite the fans the way the stars of old did.Yes, I’m referring to the Jaworskis, the Fernandezes, the Cos, the Adornados, and the Arnaizes did in the early years followed by the next generation like the Lastimosas, the Patrimonios, the Ildefonsos, and the Parases.

Imelda Marcos met with the Soviet Ambassador to the Philippines and raised a toast to Soviet-Philippine friendship on Soviet National Day after returning from a trip to the Soviet Union, wrote Seth Mydans in the New York Times, November 8, 1985. Imelda announced that ties between the two nations have entered ‘’a new era of friendship and mutual cooperation.” Mydans said that political commentators had pointed out that Imelda’s trip was made to play the “Soviet card” against the Americans.

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Few people know who Will Navarro is. He entered the PBA as a recruit three years ago, and has barely played for his team.

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ill tell arcos to appoint ou as officer-in-charge ere said can’t accept brod, I am a U.S. citizen,” I replied. “What’s the plan of Marcos if the rebels get closer to Malacanang?” I asked. “We will go to Ilocos Norte and continue running the government from there,” Perez said. The “Malacanang of the North” was built by Marcos on the shores of Paoay Lake near Laoag. “Can Marcos hold the fort if Cory’s forces attacked?” I asked. Perez said yes, as long as the Americans do not interfere. “What if the Americans interfered,” I asked. Marcos might ask other countries for help, said Perez. “Like Russia?” I asked. He did not answer.

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Someone should tell Philippine President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos, Jr. that now is a good time to take stock of his presidency, and not wait for the end of his first da s to tweak the direction of his administration.Insimplest terms, he is not only doing a mediocre job, he is borderline doing a bad one. Horrible, even.

or the hilippines to not e self-sufficient in salt is simpl criminal.Then there is the most important staple food of rice. Marcos will never be able to live down his campaign promise to ring do n the retail price of rice to ilo his is an impossi ilit and ever agriculture e pert knows this. Worst his own regime, I mean administration, said last week that the retail price of rice is very likely to go up in the ne t couple of ee s from its alread high cost of dou le the promised ilo mar et price

With Project Pele, Washington has announced its direct competition ith ei ing as ell as its e orts to reduce its carbon footprint, consistent with the Biden administration’s clean energy program.

But, apart from nuclear weapons, the real danger comes from the race between the United States and China to build miniature nuclear reactors capa le of generating a out megawatts of electricity purely for military purposes.

n Septem er hina uilt the first electricit -generating generation IV nuclear reactor, which it called the HTR-PM. The United States responded by building its own generation nuclear reactor in pril at daho ational Laboratory.

our officials ere found to have signed an order that ould have allo ed the importation of metric tons of sugar, including an Agriculture department undersecretary and the head of the SRA.

The Senate probe left too many questions unanswered and serious doubts remain. It does appear that the four were made fall guys of the deal.

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“A safe, small, transportable nuclear reactor would address this growing demand with a resilient, carbon-free energy source that would not add to the DOD’s (Department of Defense’s) fuel needs, while supporting mission-critical operations in remote and austere environments,” it said in a statement after it launched Project Pele together with the US Army engineers and the Department of Energy.

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These small nuclear reactors can run radar stations, communications, and internet connections, which are important as the US military moves toward information-heavy future operations.However, there are some down-

In truth, all the unnamed investors did was signify an interest in possibly investing in the Philippines.

In fact, they were just being polite.

Marcos’s press secretary would say that the order did not have the approval of the president, who also happens to be Agriculture secretary, at least for the time being.

The small modular nuclear reactors, which are the size of a - heeler truc are perfect solutions to the po er-hungr Philippines where many small islands are not connected with the main power grid. These nuclear power projects are environment-friendly.However,the United States and China have started developing miniature nuclear reactors for military purposes, allowing its soldiers to operate in remote areas where there are no power sources.

An investigation by the Senate Blue Ribbon committee concluded that the four had taken it upon themselves to issue the order and that neither the president nor his e ecutive secretary were guilty of any crime.

Ever since he assumed the presidency, he has not done any of the serious or that comes ith eing chief e ecutive of Philippines, Inc. His latest “achievement” was to go on state visits to Indonesia and Singapore where Malacanang’s spin doctors said was a huge success. He allegedly came home with billions of dollars in investments.

Si t ears later uterres said the orld is ac to s uare one.“Today, humanity is just one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation,” Guterres, a former Portuguese prime minister, said. “Humanity is in danger of forgetting the lessons forged in the terrif ing fires of iroshima and Nagasaki.”

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The situation, he said, is alarming “at a time of nuclear danger not seen since the height of the Cold War.”

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he have reasons to elieve torture as in ected to death to some as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy likened the discovery to what happened in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, saying in his Thursday night video address: “Russia is leaving death behind it everywhere and must be held responsible. The necessary procedures have already begun there. More information –clear verifia le information should e availa le tomorro They are gathering evidences and documenting the events, so the can file the case soon

That there was indeed a serious shortage was seen in recent weeks when the Coca Cola company was forced to temporarily shut down four of its plants due to lack of sugar.

Pope Francis said it was morally legitimate for countries to provide weapons to Ukraine to help it defend itself from Russian aggression. “This is a political decision which it can be moral, morally acceptable, if it is done under conditions of moralit Self-defense is not onl licit ut also an e pression of love for the homeland,” he said. “Someone who does not defend oneself, who does not defend something, does not love it. Those who defend [something] love it.”

There is already available technology for small nuclear reactors for peaceful use. Russia has built its own smaller modular nuclear reactor and deployed it on a barge for an Arctic community.TheUnited States, China, and South Korea have also been e perimenting on smaller nuclear reactors that could generate a out mega atts of electricit and po er remote and othe-grid communities

John Kerry, the former US State Department secretary and no special envo for climate change has even o ered to finance the building of a smaller modular nuclear reactor (SMR) in the Philippines as part of its clean energy project.

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In fact, after a series of defeats with some cities falling under Russian forces, Ukraine came back strong by reclaiming areas that were earlier occupied by Russian military. They have sho n etter ar strategies stronger ill to fight displa ing unified stand and rene ed courage to sustain and ultimatel end the war which Russia refuse to accept.

As United Kingdom’s longest reigning monarch Queen Elizabeth s od is eing laid to rest the Russia-Ukraine war is entering its 7th month of hostilities contrary to initial claim of Russia to end it in a month’s time. Is it coming to an end? As I See It, I don’t think so! Even with the renewed vigor being displayed by Ukraine forces pushing the Russian soldiers backward, Russia is not conceding and I think they are trying to regroup. Besides, a superpower like Russia won’t easily give up to a small fry like Ukraine, although technically it’s already Russia vs the rest of the world… indirectly.

In recent weeks, it has been determined that the country has now or is about to have serious shortages of salt, garlic, and white onions.

The NATO secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, said Ukraine’s counterattack against Russian troops had been very e ective ut arned nations should prepare for the long haul as this did not signal the beginning of the end of the war. He said: “We need to understand that this is not the beginning of the end of the war, we need to be prepared for the long haul.” Indeed, it’s not ending as we used to know.

A lot of world leaders are eager to end the war and for Russia to face the international court. The European Union chief, Ursula von der Leyen, said she wanted the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, to face the international criminal court over war crimes in Ukraine. “That Putin must lose this war and must face up to his actions, that is important to me,” she told the TV channel of the German news outlet Bild on Thursday. Indeed, this is a toll order for the lady European Union chief.

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The last also became clear when one of the fastfood chains announced that they would not be putting onions in their burgers, and even stopped selling onion rings for a while.

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Germany will continue to supply Ukraine with additional armored vehicles and rocket launch systems, but will not provide the battle tanks that Kyiv has long asked for, says the German defense minister, Christine Lambrecht. She said on hursda that Soviet-made - infantr fighting vehicles would also “very quickly” head to Ukraine from Greece. Other nations are continuing their support for Ukraine too!

US defense planners also see the value of small nuclear reactors in the ndo- acific region here the United States maintains a long-term presence to operate in much greater numbers, to deter China from launching an invasion of Taiwan.

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Malacanang could not even release a list of the companies or investors who would come in and bring tens of thousands of new jobs as a result of their investments.

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he entagon has een e perimenting on the technolog for decades ut found it too e pensive in the earlier ears returning to fossil fuel to generate power in its remote bases. he entagon said it uses appro imatel tera att-hours of electricit per ear and more than million gallons of fuel per da levels that are onl e pected to increase due to the anticipated electrification of the non-tactical vehicle eet and maturation of future energy-intensive capabilities.

Lately, Ukraine soldiers recaptured Izium and bombarded occupied Kherzon, damaging administration buildings sympathetic to ussia he found mass- urial site ith odies and searching for more. The dead were killed by shillings and airstrikes, according to authorities, but the Ukrainians are not discounting the possibility that torture must have killed some of them because there were signs of torture in Bucha and other previously occupied territories, according to chief police investigator for Kharkiv province Serhiy Bolvinov. Forensic investigations would be carried out on everybody in the grave, which was reportedly located in woods near the city, the chief police investigator added.

n the s at the height of the Cold War, the world dangerously watched as the United States and the old Union of Soviet Socialist Repu lics USS s uared o in the u an missile crisis

This was an out and out lie.

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a recent United Nations Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty conference, Antonio Guterres, the UN secretary general, warned about the danger of a nuclear con ict as fighting in U raine continues and tensions in the Taiwan Straits grow.

Presuming that Marcos as Agriculture sec really is pure and innocent as the virgin snow, he still has a lot to answer for.

As for the projection that there will be a shortage of salt by yearend, this had everybody aghast when it was learned that more than percent of the salt used in the countr is imported.Oneneed not be a rocket scientist to know that salt comes from the sea, and is there for the taking. All that’s needed is to set up salt beds, where sea water is let in, then allowed to o out leaving ehind good old salt after the remaining sea water evaporates.

The biggest scandal of his still relatively young administration – regime might be a better word, but for now I shall refrain from using it – was the sugar import mess involving the Sugar Regulatory Administration.

In fact, there is a worldwide clamor to end the war. The UN nuclear watchdog’s 35-nation board of governors passed a resolution demanding Russia end its occupation of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, Reuters reported. Thursday’s resolution was the second on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine passed by the International Atomic Energy Agency’s board. I hope Russia will not ignore this resolution because this is very crucial in the

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Simply stated, Marcos is making a mess of the Agriculture department which was already in bad shape to begin with.

he four testified that the president s e ecutive secretar had more or less given the go signal for the order, after Marcos himself had indicated that he was aware that there was a serious shortage of the commodity and was even considering allo ing a larger volume of to e rought in

MANDALUYONG CITY – A strong rebound in domestic demand with the easing of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) mobility restrictions in the country will support robust growth for the Philippine economy this year despite higher in ation due to glo al and local price pressures, according to a report released the sian evelopment an

costa than ed oti and fello agIBIG employees for their support, as well as the Organization of Socialized and Economic Housing Developers in the Philippines (OSHDP), Inc. and the Subdivision and Housing Developers Association (SHDA), Inc. for their endorsements.

QUEZON CITY – Marilene C. Acosta has been appointed acting Chief Executive fficer of ag- und succeeding cmad Rizaldy P. Moti as head of the country’s leading home financing agenc Acosta, who hails from Narvacan, Ilocos Sur, has been with Pag-IBIG Fund since 1981.

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The negative impact of natural disasters on domestic agricultural supply will li el lead to higher food prices until the end of the year.

Infrastructure upgrades, including for bridges, expressways, ports, and railroads, continue to be one of the top priorities of the government.

ertified u lic ccountant and areer ecutive Service fficer S she rose from the ran s since starting her career as an accounting cler in agund s aguio egional ffice

he gro th pro ection for is ept at 6.3 percent as monetary policy tightening and accelerating in ation oth crimp domestic demand.

onstruction of the alolos lar project started during the pandemic, while civil or s contracts for the South ommuter project are expected to be awarded soon.

ments and Urban Development) Secretary Jose Rizalino Acuzar have given me on being appointed to this post,” she said.

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Spending on recreation, travel, and restaurants ounced ac in the first half of 2022, with household consumption rising 9.3 percent from 0.9 percent in the first semester of t as the most significant contri utor to gro th in the period.Services output grew 8.7 percent in the first half ith a road- ased e pansion noted across the sector. This contributed to a steady increase in overall employment, with an additional 5.7 million jobs generated from July 2021 to July 2022, two-thirds of which were in services, mainly in wholesale and retail trade.

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mong the government s agship projects supported by ADB are the Malolos lar ail a ro ect and South Commuter Railway Project, both part of the North–South Commuter Railway System, which will provide safe, fast, and efficient transportation to lin etro Manila to northern and southern Luzon provinces.

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However, according to the report, do nside ris s to the gro th outloo could come from a sharper slowdown in major advanced economies, heightened

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The Philippines’ gross domestic product (GDP) will grow 6.5 percent in 2022, the same as forecast in July but up from the an s pril forecast of percent according to sian evelopment utloo (ADO) 2022 Update.

geopolitical tensions, and a possible sustained elevated global commodity prices due to the ussian invasion of U raine

Provided below is the U.S. Embassy processing as of SEPTEMBER 21, 2022 U.S. Embassy Manila is providing all routine visa services, though interview appointments for some visa classes remain limited in order to prioritize travelers with urgent needs and certain critical categories of visas ue to a high volume of applicants and consular staffing shortages, wait-times for many visa classes are longer than the pre-pandemic norm.

are presenting herewith the visa bulletin for October 2022, for the Philippines as follows: STATE DEPARTMENT VISA BULLETIN FOR OCTOBER 2022

NIV Interview Waiver: The interview waiver program has been expanded to include those rene ing for iometrics fingerprints onl applicants ages elo and over and academic J visa applicants , and seafarer airline crew visa reissuance.

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Immigrant Visa (IV): The Embassy is processing immigrant visas across all categories. o ever ith significant ac logs in most categories ait times for intervie s are length for all but immediate relatives (IR-1 through IR-5). It is not possible to provide precise wait times as staffing and local conditions a ect capacit and scheduling s of a most IR visa cases being scheduled for interview were documentarily complete at the National Visa Center in March 2022. Most visa cases being scheduled were documentarily complete in April 2022. Most current employment-based cases being scheduled were documentarily complete in March 2022. Most current family preference cases are approved expedite cases that were documentarily complete in January 2021.

“I am grateful for the trust that the President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. and our Chairperson, DHSUD (Department of Human Settle-

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n ation is no e pected to uic en to 5.3 percent in 2022, up from the July forecast of 4.9 percent and 4.2 percent in the April ADO 2022 report, underpinned sharp up ard shoc s to glo al energ and commodity prices.

is also financing the S reenways Project, which aims to improve the pedestrian experience along the main EDSA thoroughfare in the capital and the Metro Manila Bridges Project, which see s to help solve traffic congestion in the metropolis.

B. FAMILY-SPONSORED FILING DATE CHART –he chart elo re ects dates for filing visa applications within a time frame justifying immediate action in the application process. Applicants for immigrant visas who have a priority date earlier than the application date in the chart may assemble and submit required documents to the Department of State s ational isa enter follo ing receipt of notification from the ational isa enter containing detailed instructions.

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“I assure all of them, as well as our members, partner-developers, partner-employers and sta eholders that e at ag- und shall remain committed in providing them responsive and excellent service. My more than 40 years of public service in Pag-IBIG Fund has prepared me well for this post, and I will put to best use all that I have learned during the past four decades in ensuring that e continue the fulfillment of our mandates and in providing Tapat na Serbisyo, Mula sa Puso,” Acosta said.

During her tenure as Pag-IBIG Fund Deputy CEO for Home Lending from March 2017 to September 2022, the agency released consistent record-highs in housing loans, which then enabled a record-high number of members to acquire their own homes.

he in ation forecast for is ept at 4.3 percent since the return to steady economic gro th ill eep in ation relativel sta le and ith energ prices li ely to“Thedecelerate.normalization of socioeconomic activity will usher the Philippine economy to a steady, pre-pandemic pace of expansion,” ADB Philippines Country Director Kelly Bird said. “The recovery in tourism and private investments, coupled with sustained public spending on large infrastructure projects and remittances from overseas Filipinos, will bolster the country’s economic recovery this year.”

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is called “Monarch” and stars other award-winning artists from around the world.

reported that it has the exclusive linear TV rights to air the series in the Philippines. Filipinos started to stream the series first on iWant in the hilippines last Septem er hich is hours after its U.S. airing.

roduced and first aired on Septem er by leading Filipino media and entertainment company ABS-CBN and distributed globally via its agship net or and the streaming platform iWantTFC, “FPJ’s Ang Probinsiyano” ended its seven- ear run onl on ugust this ear t is a series that saw three presidents both in the Philippines (Aquino, Duterte, and presently, Marcos) and in the U.S. (Obama, Trump, and presently, Biden) which is something to wrap one’s head around on the durable appeal of this one-of-a-kind actiondrama series. The series also maintained its number one position in the national viewer ratings throughout its run.

igh-energ comedian ric icolas coming o from the ama ing Star agic th nniversar Beyond The Stars U.S. Tour” as one of the cast members, will be hosting “FPJ’s Ang Probinsiyano Pasasalamat Tour”.

For Filipinos, the good news is that “Monarch” will be coming to the Philippines via iWantTFC this month, to be followed by ABS-CBN’s platforms at a laterABS-CBNdate.

“FPJ’s Ang Probinsiyano Pasasalamat Tour U.S.A.” live in California and Hawaii this October

drama a out the omans – America’s ruthlessly ambitious, multigenerational leading first family of country music who has built an empire. But their massive success is actually built on a lie.The reign of the oman famil is put in jeopardy when dark secrets and dangerous lies begin to hound them.

he omans ill get entangled in a scandalous web of complex relationships stemming from love and betrayal within their family. Intense sibling rivalry will threaten to tear their family apart as ic and her re el sister igi eth fight to e the rightful

Underneath the bright lights of fame, wealth, and glamor are the oman s long- ept secrets of scandals, lies, and deceit.

Iñigo said he is grateful that he is able to represent the Philippines in a big international series.

“It was truly a dream come true. It has always been my dream to do a Hollywood project and to be able to represent the country in a project like this. I’m extremely happy because my character in the series is Pinoy. I had to learn a Southern accent and I had to sing in country,” he shared.

Meanwhile,heiress. their only brother Luke (Joshua), who is the CEO of their record label and has been caught in an illicit a air also has a trou led relationship with his father, Albie (Trace), who is also a music legend and is called the “King of Country.”

“I’m very grateful and excited that Filipinos will be able to watch the series. I’ve been worrying about how it would be streamed in the Philippines, so I’m grateful for iWantTFC because they were a le to find a a he added “Monarch” is a country music-themed family

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In the series, Iñigo is Ace, the cute and talented adopted son of international Emmy award-winner Anna Friel, who plays the role of Nicky. Aside from the star-studded cast composed of Anna, Academy Award-winner Susan Sarandon, Trace Adkins, Beth Ditto, and Joshua Sasse, the series will feature original and compelling covers of renowned pop and country songs per episode.

Nicky, the heiress to the “Queen of Country” crown, owned by her mother, Dottie (Susan), will stop at nothing to protect her family’s legacy.

Coco Martin leads star-studded

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“FPJ’s Ang Probinsiyano” will go down in TV history as one of the most impactful and memorable Filipino TV series ever, and hero cop Cardo and his Task Force Agila, including the memorable leading ladies and antagonists, will be pop culture icons in the minds of millions for a long time. Capture that magic again live in action by watching “FPJ’s Ang Probinsiyano Pasasalamat Tour”.

es aria lara more and more ilipino actors are shining in the entertainment world in the United States.The latest to star in a Hollywood international drama series is singer Inigo Pascual, son of actor

To celebrate this historic teleserye that has touched the lives of so many viewers and fans around the world, ABS-CBN Entertainment, Dreamscape Entertainment, iWantTFC and TFC are bringing “FPJ’s Ang Probinsiyano Pasasalamat Tour” to the U S starting cto er at S cuan asino in San iego on cto er at aamava esort and asino at San Manuel in Highland, California, and on cto er at arrington igh School uditorium

Iñigo Pascual shines in US drama series ‘Monarch’

Fresh from the success of the recently concluded ABS-CBN TV series, “The Broken Marriage Vow”, Jodi Sta. Maria is a special guest of the tour, adding great excitement as she and Martin are teaming up for the movie, “Labyu With An Accent”, which will be one of the entries to this year’s annual Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF).

in Honolulu, Hawaii.

LOS ANGELES - If longevity is a key metric of success for a teleserye in the age of a massively narrowing global attention span, count the TV series, “FPJ’s Ang Probinsiyano”, as one of the top examples.

One of them is 2022’s breakout Filipina singing star Gigi De Lana. Her version of “Bakit Nga Ba Mahal Kita” (Why Do I Love You), one of the songs in her eponymous debut album, has already reached over 1.2 million streams on Spotify and on its way to 11 million views on the ABS-CBN Star Music Channel on YouTube as of this writing.

Fans in the U.S. got a sample of e ana s fi er and passionate live onstage presence when she performed with 19 other talents in Star Magic’s 30th Anniversary: Beyond The Stars U.S. Tour last August. But come this October, OPM fans can no savor the avors of a full Gigi De Lana live concert with her band, The Gigi Vibes, and special guest Carlo Aquino, via “Gigi De Lana and The Gigi Vibes Domination: The U.S. Tour 2022”.

Starting as a perennial (and determined) singing contest participant -- a “kontesera” in the Filipino vernacular -- De Lana drew global attention during the pandemic when she just posted numerous covers of classic and modern pop songs on YouTube with her band and became an internet singing sensation.

Filipina breakout singing sensation Gigi De Lana and The Gigi Vibes bring “Domination Tour” to the U.S. this October

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the Star Magic tour in the U.S., and now, through iWantTFC, TFC, ABS-CBN Events and MYX will bring her Domination Tour to the U.S.“Gigi De Lana and The Gigi Vibes Domination: The U.S. Tour 2022” will start on October 15 at the Alex Theatre in Glendale CA, on October 21 at the Silverton Casino in Las Vegas, NV, and on October 16 at the South San Francisco HS Theatre in South San Francisco, CA.

In a span of one year since being managed by Rise Studio and Star Magic, De Lana has released a chart-topping single (Sakalam), co-starred in a lead role opposite erald nderson in her fi rst series “Hello, Heart”, released her selftltled album, performed at the 1MX Music Festival in Dubai, launched a successful Domination Tour that started in Manila, then to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Bahrain, joined

LOS ANGELES - Just three weeks ago, headlines about Original Pilipino Music (OPM) included three music acts whose songs reached streaming milestones on Spotify and YouTube.

However,Cadence. the situation got complicated

A showstopper nale showdown awaits fans of Lyric and Beat this Friday on iWantTFC

HOLLYWOOD, California - The song-anddance rivalry between Lyric and Beat’s Team Werpa from the Philippine National Conservatory of Music and Grae’s Modern Pop team from the School of Modern

Stream the finale episode of “Lyric and Beat” this Friday on the iWantTFC app (iOs and Android) and website (iwanttfc.com), available with a Premium

To top it all, Lyric finds herself in the middle of a love triangle with Werpa leader Beat and rival Modern Pop leader

Pop comes to a head when they clash for gold in a showdown in the much a aited finale of iWant s first original music series, “Lyric and Beat”, set to stream on September 23 at 8pm anila am acific am

subscription for users outside the Philippines. New eligible users can enjoy a free trial.

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Will Team Werpa be victorious against Modern Pop? Will Lyric be able to settle her family issues? Who among Beat and Grae will Lyric fall in love with?

Grae. Beat has not confessed his true romantic feelings for Lyric but is eager to do so now after witnessing how persistent Grae is with Lyric.

Eastern.Fans have been glued to the drama, romance, and intense song-anddance action of the series that stars Andrea Brilliantes (Lyric), Seth Federlin (Beat), Darren Espanto (Jazz), AC Bonifacio (Cadence), Kyle Echarri (Grae), Sheena Belarmino (Melissa), Jeremy G (Stevie), Angela Ken (Virlyn), and Awra Briguela (Unique).

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The chances of Lyric and Beat’s Team Werpa to win the national competition got a boost when they joined forces with former rivals, Prime Belters, led by Jazz, thanks to the persuasion of former Prime Belter member

iWantTFC to stream showstopper finale of original music series, “Lyric and Beat” on September 23

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Going to the season finale a comple chain of events has unfolded:

hen the financiall struggling Lyric found out that the ell-o Prime Belters leader Jazz and resident mean girl Melissa are her half siblings.Meanwhile, Prime Belters coach and the mother of Jazz and Melissa, Viola Espiritu (played by Agot Isidro), is spiteful towards Lyric and is determined to sabotage her.

Watch iWantTFC on a larger screen with select devices, including VEWD, ROKU, and Amazon Fire streaming devices, Android TV, select Samsung Smart TV models, Telstra TV (in Australia), and VIDAA in select countries.

Taguig Metropolitan Trial Court Branch 116 Judge Angela Francesca Din earlier found probable cause on the indictment for acts of lasciviousness and set a bail of P36,000.

Balares gave an update about Aquino’s health after getting a lot of queries from people checking up on the Queen of All Media, as per a post on his Facebook page on Monday, Sept. 19.

Model Deniece Cornejo sued Navarro for acts of lasciviousness and rape, which allegedly happened separately in January 2014.

The Court of Appeals ordered the filing of the rape and acts of lasciviousness cases after Cornejo’s complaints were dismissed by the Taguig it prosecutor s office and the epartment of Justice.

Aquino has been diagnosed with four autoimmune diseases but she earlier revealed experiencing physical manifestations of a possi le fifth illness uino also stated she will be undergoing chemotherapy for her condition.

MANILA – Embattled actor and television host Ferdinand “Vhong” Navarro has been transferred to the detention center of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in Manila after a Taguig court ordered his arrest for Arape.warrant for Navarro’s arrest was issued Monday by Taguig City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 69 presiding judge Loralie Datahan.

Actor Vhong Navarro held at NBI detention center over rape cases Actor Vhong Navarro held at NBI center over cases

Kris Aquino confessed that the medical treatments she has been undergoing in Texas are taking a toll on her, in a recent conversation she had with her friend, writer-editor Dindo Balares.

The rape charge is non-bailable, the magistrate said in her order.

Kris Aquino deals with emotional toll of ongoing treatments: ‘Inuubos na ng Houston ang tapang ko’

Navarro surrendered to the NBI for the bailable case but was surprised with another arrest warrant for rape.

“Tuloy ang pagpapagamot ni Kris. At tulad ng sinumang sumasailalim sa serye ng masusing medical examinations, may mga panahong mababa ang emosyon,” he said. “‘Inuubos na ng Houston ang tapang ko,’ sabi na rin niya nitong huling chat namin.”

(Kris has been in continuous medication and like anyone else who undergoes a series of thorough medical examinations, there have been days [when she] feels down. “Houston is draining my courage,” she said during our recent conversation.)

His counsel Alma Mallonga, said the ill e filing pleadings efore the Court of Appeals and the Taguig RTC. We are m stified allonga said in an interview late Monday. “He is entitled to bail at the very least.”

“He is at the NBI Manila detention center. He was transferred there this morning,” NBI Information Division chief Nick Suarez said.

cal examination and Covid-19 testing on Monday night.

Balares has been consistently reaching out to Aquino through online messaging, although he admitted she often takes some time to respond. Despite this, Balares assured fans that Aquino is still “playful” whenever she talks to him.

Balares also revealed that a “top actor” sent him a message o ering uino his ne l -ac uired property in Beverly Hills for her and her children to stay in. The actor and his wife were said to have been wanting to reach out to Aquino but they do not have the connection to do so.

alares for arded the o er to uino ut it as not immediately known if the actress accepted it. Balares then thanked fans for their prayers and wellwishes for Aquino.

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Navarro, 45, also underwent medi-

Unless you have assets or a property to turn your equity to cash to pa o these de ts ou ill end up rolling that de t over and incur higher fees.

Seniors Financial Advisor thinks that one explanation for Americans’ willingness to take on more debt could be the relative improvement of the economy over the past year, when the workforce added 2.2 million jobs over the course of the year. For consumers with extra money in their wallets, taking on more debt in anticipation of a bonus or a raise may not seem so risky. But that could be a big mistake. We’ve already forgotten and and no e re pro ecting into the indefinite future and we’re spending based on as if it had already happened. Our default setting is optimistic, and maybe overly optimistic.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has ordered a review of rules on short-term loans. Three customers say companies lured them into a traps of uic cash and a orda le pament

Thanks for your inquiries and comments, please call Ken Go of 1st Innovative Financial at 562-508-7048 or write to kennethgo veri on net S

I also want to remind residents that the growth does not mean property owners will be subject to a corresponding increase on their annual property tax bills. Most property owners will see only a 2% adjustment prescribed by Proposition 13.

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Consumers weren’t shy about spending this holiday season, as the latest consumer credit report reveals a nearly 10 percent increase in overall consumer debt. According to the Federal Reserve, consumer borrowing surged in November by $20.4 billion raising the consumer debt total to $2.48 trillion. Financial experts at Consolidated Credit advise consumers to reexamine spending habits.

Finally, as we appear to be emerging from the more than two-year-long pandemic, I wish for everybody to stay safe and heathy. We are not clear of this virus by any stretch and this is a tumultuous time in our history.

We might be feeling better about the economy, in reality in ation is gro ing higher o more than ever families need to or at saving and pa ing o an outstanding de ts We are spending too much and spending like crazy again! This is concerning as the ills egin to roll in consumers ma find themselves una le to pa them o

The Roll for 2022 has been closed on time, on budget and it re ects gro th for os ngeles ount for the 12th consecutive year.

With more consumers turning to credit for purchases, revolving debt showed an 8.5 percent increase. credit card debt accounts for almost all of revolving debt, which rose by $5.6 billion to $798.3 billion. This was the largest percentage jump since March 2008.

I feel that if we are all wondering what will be the cause of another financial recession political turmoil thin it might e related to consumer debts, credit card loans, student loans etc. We can’t live paycheck to paycheck just clearing our minimum payments on our debts, sooner than later it will catch up with us and we wont be able to pay it.

Short Term loan are easy to get but hard to pay back, usually when you are desperately in need and not thinking right, these loan sharking method of lending is the fastest way to get money. Unless you completely thought out how you will e pa ing the de t o or no ingl have mone coming into to pa it o ou ill end up o ing much more after said and done.

incorporated areas. It also breaks down the number of single-family residential homes, apartments and commercial-industrial parcels.

Roll is the inventory for all taxable property in the County, it can provide some insight into the health of the real estate market. The Roll is also driven in large measure by real property sales, which added $69.6 billion to the Roll as compared with 2021; the CPI adjustment mandated by Prop. 13, which this year came in at 2%, added an additional $34.2 billion; and new construction added $6.3 billion.

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I am pleased to announce that the 2022 Assessment Roll has a total net value of $1.89 trillion, indicating the 12th year of consecutive growth. The 2022 Roll also grew by more than $122 billion, a record, over 2021. That value places nearly $19 billion in the hands of the County to be used for those public services I just mentioned. Assessments are based on the value of property as of the lien date of January 1, 2022.

Better yet, if you own a property and has ample equity, use it to pa o our de ts refinance no hile rates are so cheap

n alternative if ou can a ord to ait for a fe ears before your credit gets back to par is the option of debt consolidation. You have to be careful because there are a lot of de t consolidators that are night companies oo for one that has good standing and has been in the business for a long time. Fully understand the process and fees involve before jumping into it. Fees are high but could be worth it if you have a high debt, remember your credit might be ruined while you are on a payment plan. Mostly importantly if you start it finish the process

f consumers aren t on stead financial ground it could put Americans at greater risk if the economy doesn’t improve at a fast enough rate. And it doesn’t help that Americans are not very good savers. Americans have made some progress on debt repayment… but (savings) continues to be the Achilles heel of financial securit nd it as never a strong point to begin with.

Theseterms.Quick Cash or Payday loan companies focus on the needy, often operating out of strip malls or corner stores. Interest can be 300%, plus fees. Borrowers often hand over postdated checks which are cashed if they do not repay on time.

t s that time again that m ffice underta es its most important function of the fiscal ear that la s the ground work for the very property taxes that pay for our vital public services: The Assessment Roll.

Some basics: The Roll, as it is known, contains the assessed value of all real estate and business personal property in the County’s 88 cities along with the un-

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From the Assessor’s Office By Je Prang Los Angeles County Assessor

The 2022 Assessment Roll

This year’s Roll comprises 2,589,521 million real estate parcels as well as business assessments countywide. That includes 1,889,000 single-family homes, 250,000 apartment complexes, 248,000 commercial and industrial properties and more than 165,000 business property assessments.Sincethe

No question about that, but to repeat what has been said so many times before during emergencies that demand the est from us this could e our finest hour

irst o let me sa this comprehensive tall values more than million real estate parcels in os ngeles County and results in the very tax dollars that goes to pay for vital public services, such as healthcare, police, fire schools and even li rarians to name ust a fe am constitutionally mandated to close the Roll by the end of the Fiscal Year on June 30.

he hilippine l mpic ommittee named ase all federation head oa uin hito o aga as eam hilippines chef de mission to the Southeast sian ames S in am odia ppointed as o aga s deputies in the regional sports meet set from a to ere hilippine Sam o ederation president aolo ancontian and canoe- a a head coach and international technical offi cial eonora en scollantehe

or es ar a ati it residence ac uiao ill s uare o against rench a er a ani in a non-sanctioned eight-round match tentativel set mid- e ruar in ing ahd Stadium in i adh he - ear-old a ani as acuiao s sparmate hen the ilipino ring icon as preparing for his orld elter eight title fight against merican eith hurman in ul a ani is an undefeated lighteight fighter ith an immaculate record of - including noc outs personall negotiated ith the senator together ith m team and after months of tal s e finall agreed to a face-o ne t ear e alread signed the contract so it is a go said a ani during the signing of the deal accompanied ilipino usiness manager ico o as a ani said ac uiao through the help of a or uis havit Singson agreed to the non-sanctioned -round out using the regular -ounce gloves all it an e hi ition or something

MAKATI CITY Yes, world boxing icon Manny Pacquiao will fight again in the ring fter a ecem er e hi ition out against a South orean outu er

couldn t e more grateful to the od lmight and to the people ho elieves in me With the trust and responsi ilit vested in me am genuinel grateful accept this challenge ith humilit and determination he said hough she as surprised ith the appointment scollante gladl accepted the role sa ing t s a privilege so ill e doing m est to carr out m tas

orld o ing icon and eight-division o ing champion mmanuel ann ac uiao ill face a former sparmate in Saudi ra ia earl ne t ear n an agreement signed in his

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Former senator and eight di ision world champion Manny Pac uiao le and unbeaten lightweight contender Jaber ayani right simultaneously signs their respec� e contracts that will see them face each other in an 8-round e hibi�on match on February 202 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Photo: Jaber Zayani

ut hen the senator signed the deal told him to prepare ell ecause m going to give him a real fight e then told me ou etter e prepared said a asani honest ith the senator that m loo ing at this as m iggest rea hich ill surel ma imi e aim to create a u and ecome a household name Sure the organi ers are calling this an e hi ition ut for me it s a chance to e hi it m talent as a future orld champion a ani addeda

he former senator retired from professional o ing in Septem er last ear to focus on his id for the hilippine presidenc ust a month after su ering a unanimous decision loss to u an ordenis Ugas

t s a ig challenge for the hilippines to perform ell as ell as the other countries ecause of the num er of sports favoring the host countr added o aga ho as appointed deput in the sian each ames in uscat man

three ill offi ciall e ercise their functions after the eneral ssem l on Sept heir handling of their respective S s national sports associations and their management s ills ma e them deserving of the posts said chief raham am ol olentino in a press statement released to the media he nd edition of the S ames ill feature events in sports to e held in the capital cit of hnom enh and Siem eap am odia s second largest cit s ean alanum reportedant to e press m appreciation to resident am ol for his trust and confi dence in me to e the head of the hilippine delegation for am odia S ames said the - ear-old o aga ho is current president of

ancontian descri ed his appointment as another milestone in m career

Pacquiao set to fight unbeaten French boxer in Saudi Arabia

than the for the trust and rest assured ll do m est to deliver ith e cellence said scollante ho on the est Setter a ard hen the hilippines on its last gold medal in omen s volle all during the Singapore S ames

Loyzaga named Team PHL chef de mission to 2023 SEAG

ani earlier signed a five- ear multimillion promotional deal ith Saudi rince l-Walid in alal ho assigned dullah l urad through their entit lite Sports thletes S to e at the forefront of the momentous event

the hilippine mateur ase all ssociation of the hilippines he former hilippine as et all ssociation plaer also served as commissioner of the hilippine Sports ommission

A: I have always been an advocate of protecting your information. One of these information is your Social Security Number. Companies who have your information go through extreme measures and millions of dollars to protect your personal information from getting stolen by thieves. And this is for the same reason I have been an advocate of not using calls centers. Call centers in Asia are the most notorious for information getting into the wrong hands. Let me give you an example. I was in the Philippines in the last two months for business. I used my credit card while I was there. One month later, my credit card was being used by someone in Bangladesh. I have used my credit cards in the US and Canada and not once has any of them been compromised. One trip to Manila and in a month, the credit card company calls me to inform me that my credit card number has been stolen. Most likely one of the employees of one of the places I used my credit card has a relative who is working in Bangladesh and decided to use my credit card number to make unauthorized purchases. So watch out who you give your Social Security Number to.

Ating lesson, Ang information niyo ingatan lag isa mga kawatan.

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Q: How can my tax refund be stolen if my Social Security Number gets compromised?

With regards to taxes, when a thief gets a hold of your information and Social Securit um er the can fill out ta forms under our name and as the refund to e sent to an address where they can get a hold of the refund together with a bunch of other victim’s refunds. The headache that this will bring you is beyond painful. You will have to contact the IRS and do some explaining when they send you a letter stating that ou have alread filed our ta es hen ou file our real ta es he then have to send ou an affidavit stating that our identit has een stolen fter ou send out the affidavit ou have to ait a out da s or a out half of the ear for our refund because they now have to go through an investigation process. This is only half the battle. Now you have to check your credit to see if new credit cards have been opened under our name his here is a ne and di erent pro lem from our ta refund and we will cover this next.

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ou see the dots connected someho ver person, every milestone, served as the stars that make up the universe of our company – each shining on their

As we close this chapter and begin a new one, we want to thank you for your limitless support to the work we do. The past 12 years is an adventure of a lifetime. Full of twists and turns, but we wouldn’t have it any otherThankway.you for the wonderful 12 years, and here’s to limitless adventures in the years to come.

When community levels are low, CDPH advises those at lo er ris for severe illness to ear a mas ased on their personal preference and individual level of risk and those at higher risk for severe illness to consider wearing a mask in crowded indoor public places.

memories, and even misadventures. Steve Jobs once said, “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.” This resonates with us even more remembering that we started despite not having all the answers. All we had were our unshakeable faith in our purpose and a big heart to serve. Which, as it turns out, were exactly just what we needed.

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Read the CEO and COO’s message below:

When community levels are medium, CDPH advises those at lower risk for severe illness to consider wearing a mask in crowded indoor public places. Wearing a mask is recommended in cro ded indoor pu lic places for those at higher ris for severe illness.

SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) released updated guidance for the use of face mas s using the federal communit - levels to inform statewide masking recommendations.

own, each being a light in our journey. Our people, our successes and failures, all have strengthened us to be limitless in our pursuit to change lives.

Care Indeed recently celebrated its 12th Anniversary

Care Indeed recently celebrated its 12th Anni ersary with clients, caregi ers, nurses, partners, and o ce sta . This year, the organiza�on highlighted each and e ery members LIMITLESS poten�al as they con�nue to change home care through indness, together

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The state’s updated guidance also allows certain congregate settings including correctional facilities homeless and emergency shelters, and cooling centers to make masks optional when communit - levels are lo hese mas ing changes ta e e ect this rida Septem er and do not a ect health care and long-term care settings his shift in mas ing is consistent ith alifornia s Slan and gives alifornians the information the should consider when deciding when to wear a mask, including the rate of spread in the community and personal risk,” said CDPH Director and State u lic ealth fficer r om s rag n

COVID-19

Here are the new CDPH masking recommendations based on communit - levels

The community levels set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) help individuals and communities decide hich prevention actions to ta e for - ased on data that classifies communities as lo medium or high ris

Twelve years – we don’t even know where to begin. It’s been an honor of a lifetime to have been in this industry for this long, especially with extraordinary people who are beside us throughout the journey. As we look back on the years that have gone by, we couldn’t help ut e filled ith immense gratitude for the opportunities we’ve been given to change lives.

State Public Health leaders update guidance for use of face masks

The past years were happy and successful in many a s t has een defined a aleidoscope of happ memories, remarkable relationships between clients and emplo ees supportive friendships and camaraderie. Every single day we are humbled and inspired by people all around us working hard to improve the lives of others. Every day we have colleagues who make us laugh, have our backs, and genuinely want to help. Surel our greatest success is defined our people Celebrating our 12th anniversary gives us the time and opportunity to connect the dots of past milestones,

ART EXHIBIT OF BAYBAYIN ARTIST TAIPAN LUCERO OPENS AT PH CONSULATE IN SF

“For a time, the lack of interest in the baybayin among Filipinos, has caused many to fear that it will soon become an extinct script... Even until recently, the baybayin was incorrectly referred to by many as the alibata, due to an erroneous belief that it originated from the Arabic script,” added Consul General Ferrer.

General Neil Ferrer, Mrs. Miriam Ferrer, and FAAE President and San Francisco En-

the first state to protect a ortion access in its constitution. Currently, Vermont is the only other state to put codifying abortion access on the ballot this year. Other states are in the process of bringing this issue to the ballot.“Today, I, along with my fellow council members, unequivocally stand in support of Proposition 1,” said Councilwoman Heather Hutt. “The ability to access safe and legal abortions is an important basic human right; and the City of Los Angeles will not sit idly by, while women’s rights are being stripped away. I am proud to partner with Council President Martinez and Councilmember O’Farrell on this motion to alter abortion access into California’s Constitution. This proposition will require us all to be unwavering and steadfast in our commitment to speak up in support of reproductive freedom.”

Filipino isual ar�st Taipan Lucero gi es a short tal on baybayin art during the opening of CalligraFilipino VI Baybayin Fine Art E hibi�on at the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco on 16 September 2022. San Francisco PCG photo

Council President Martinez, Councilmember O’Farrell join in support of Prop 1, codifying abortion access into CA Constitution

tertainment Commissioner Al Perez joined Lucero in a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open the month-long CalligraFilipino exhibit on 16 September 2022 at the Consulate’s Kalayaan Hall.

Lucero’s CalligraFilipino exhibit follows his successful stint at the 2022 Pistahan Parade and Festival in San Francisco last August, and his series of talks and demonstrations on baybayin art at the Philippine Embassy in Washington, D.C. and the Philippine Consulate General in New York. The exhibition coincides with the celebration of Museum and Galleries Month in the Philippines, and Filipino American History Month in the ApartU.S. from the CalligraFilipino exhibit, which will run through 14 October 2022, Lucero will headline a talk and demo at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco on 2 October 2022. He will also be featured during the Filipino American History Month celebration at the San Francisco City Hall on 5 October 2022, and during the 6th Filipino American International Book Festival at the San Francisco Public Library on 15 October 2022.

Philippine Consul General in San Francisco Neil Ferrer (center-le , Mrs. Miriam Ferrer e treme le , and Filipino American Arts E posi�on President Al Perez e treme right oin Filipino isual ar�st Taipan Lucero center-right in a ribbon-cu ng ceremony to open CalligraFilipino VI Baybayin Fine Art E hibi�on at the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco on 16 September

Philippine Consul General Neil Ferrer recei es from Filipino isual ar�st Taipan Lucero a baybayin art pain�ng which stylizes the e core alues of the Department of Foreign A airs, during the launch of the CalligraFilipino VI Baybayin Fine Art E hibi�on at the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco on 16 September 2022. San Francisco PCG photo

SAN FRANCISCO, USA – The Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco, in partnership with Filipino merican rts position hosts its first art exhibit in years with the opening of “CalligraFilipino VI: Baybayin Fine Art Exhibition” of Filipino visual artist Taipan PhilippineLucero.Consul

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In his remarks during the launch, Consul General Ferrer said that through CalligraFilipino, Lucero’s artistic take on the Philippines’ indigenous writing system, “we are witnessing a modern revival of the

As a token of appreciation to the Consulate for hosting his first solo e hi ition outside the hilippines Lucero presented to Consul General Ferrer a painting featuring a st li ed a a in translation of the five core values of the epartment of oreign airs patriotism integrity, professionalism, excellence, and service.

According to Consul General Ferrer, the said painting will be displayed in the Consulate’s soon-to-berelaunched Sentro Rizal San Francisco, the Bay Area’s hub for Philippine history, culture and the arts.

LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez and Council President Pro Tempore Mitch O’Farrell, along with Councilwoman Heather Hutt, have put forward legislation to support Proposition 1, a November ballot initiative to codify abortion access into California’s Constitution.

1 would add the right to an abortion to the California State Constitution, establishing a right to reproductive freedom, among other protections. It would amend the State Constitution to explicitly prohibit the State from deny-

“Abortion must be protected in this country and failing to do so denies women the equality we all deserve,” said Council President Nury Martinez. “Californians are unwilling to treat women as less than, and here in Los Angeles, we have been consistent in our commitment to protecting the right to a safe and legal abortion. No one should be forced to care for a child because their state’s legislators want to push personal beliefs onto women in theirPropositionstate.”

ing or interfering with personal choices related to reproductive care and declare that individuals have a fundamental right to choose to have an abortion and to use or refuse contraceptives.

“This is more than a war against women and bodily autonomy. They’re coming after us next. In the LGBTQ+ community, we have fought for decades and won marriage equality and personal privacy rights,” said Council President Pro Tempore Mitch O’Farrell. “This extreme U.S. Supreme Court has signaled to radical right-wing state legislatures and Governors across the country that our fundamental rights can and will be taken away. It is absolutely necessary to enshrine reproductive freedom in our California State Constitution. Ultimately, it must be protected across the nation, and with the passage of Proposition 1, California will lead the way.”

Proposition 1 will be on the ballot on November 8th, 2022. If passed by voters, the California constitution would be amended immediately, making California

baybayin as an art form that is representative of our people’s ancestral culture and heritage.”

In June 2022, the Supreme Court issued a decision that overturned nearly 50 ears of precedent and mar ed the first time in history that the Supreme Court took away a fundamental right.

Philippine Consul General Neil Ferrer deli ers his remar s during the opening of CalligraFilipino VI Baybayin Fine Art E hibi�on at the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco on 16 September 2022. San Francisco PCG photo

We are than ful to scholars in the academic field as well as artists such as [Lucero], for their contributions in bringing about the rebirth of the baybayin as a distinctive cultural symbol that Filipinos the world over can be proud of,” the Philippine Consul General said.

ucero a fine arts graduate of the Universit of the Philippines Diliman, is a recipient of the 2022 Competitive Grants Program of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, the Philippine government’s main cultural agency

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San Francisco, CA – Today, San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced the new streamlined organi ation of the istrict ttorne s office that puts experienced prosecutors back in the courtroom while adding new resources and services for vulnerable victims he ne office organi ation reduces the number of direct reports to the District Attorney to ensure that prosecutors are handling cases and not in administrative roles. The District Attorney also announced a new Major Crimes Team within the General Felonies division and a new Post-Conviction Review Unit to more efficientl handle all post-conviction matters o etter serve vulnerable victims, the District Attorney has also created a new Vulnerable Victims Unit within the criminal prosecutions division to provide more dedicated resources to prosecute crimes targeting vulnerable victims and expanded services for vulnerable victims within the Victims Services Division. The District Attorney Office s ne management team rings over ears of combined prosecutorial experience.

Reporting to the District Attorney will be the Chief Assistant who will oversee the criminal divisions (as well as Collaborative Justice, Organizational Management and Training and Victim Services), the Chief of Communication and Policy, Chief of Administration and Finance and Independent Investigations Bureau.

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rious and complex felony crimes like some armed robbery, and attempted murder cases which are time consuming and more complicated hese cases ill enefit from having an attorney assigned from the date of arraignment instead of going through di erent attorne s when transferring from preliminary hearing to trial setting. More experienced and senior prosecutors are now assigned to the Major Crimes Team. Caseloads will be shifted as needed to create more efficiencies allo ing other prosecutors within General Felonies to spend more time on existing cases.

New District Attorney’s Office organization puts lawyers back in courtrooms, streamlines operations and offers new services to serve vulnerable victims through new prosecuting unit and expanded victim services

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The new Vulnerable Victims and Community Engagement unit within the Victim Services Division will be led by Dr. Paul Lam who will ensure that all vulnerable and underserved victims will have a trained advocate that facilitates communication and coordination with other government agencies and victim advocacy organizations, links victims with local resources, provides case updates and o ers support during court hearings andDr.testimony.Lamwill also oversee community engagement, language capacity, and specialized trainings to victims that are often unseen. Crime victims will be assigned to the appropriate unit based on crime type and matched with an advocate that is culturally appropriate. The team includes Spanish, Cantonese, and Mandarin speakers as well as several other languages. Additional language capacity will be supported through a new partnership with a vendor that can provide video translation services in languages n and the greatest language needs for victims were Spanish, Cantonese and andarin Spanish needs gre from cases in to in hile antonese gre from to and andarin gre from to

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The new Post-Conviction Review Unit will be led by Julia Cervantes who brings over a decade of prosecutorial experience to the role. She will oversee motions for resentencing brought by both the People and the Defense. The new organization streamlines post-conviction revie matters reducing duplication of e ort and ensuring that sta can ade uatel meet e pectations and better serve public safety and victims of crime

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the rights of victims are protected. Chief Willis is a mental health expert that brings decades of clinical experience of working with people of all backgrounds impacted by crime and violence. The Victim Service Division provides support and assistance to crime victims and their families in the aftermath of a crime, during criminal prosecution, and after a verdict has been reached. Victim Services also provides specialized services for survivors of domestic violence and human traffic ing as well as women, children, and people with immigration issues. The Victim Services Division has added a new Vulnerable Victims and Community Engagement Unit to provide specialized services for vulnerable victims.

OAKLAND, Calif.— This summer ended up being one of the hottest in the state’s history with last month being the warmest month on record for several Central Valley cities. Historic high temperatures in many areas drove record energ use during the -da ma or heat wave earlier this month.

The new Vulnerable Victims Unit (VVU), led by Chief Nancy Tung, will oversee prosecutions of crimes perpetrated against vulnerable victims and will house prosecutions of hate crimes, cases of violence against the elderl and elder financial a use and ma e pand over time. Chief Tung is an experienced prosecutor who has handled domestic violence cases, as well as, fraud, embezzlement, and police misconduct. The new unit that she leads is dedicated to protecting and supporting vulnerable communities throughout San Francisco. The Vulnerable Victims Unit will be composed of prosecutors who have experience in conducting sensitive and complex investigations and prosecutions. The prosecutors in this unit are trained to ensure the law is uniformly and fairly applied, and well versed in the legal nuances of cases that have broader implications for the community. Cases from the general felonies division were transferred to the new unit to ensure that they are given the attention that these serious crimes deserve.

The Victim Services Division (VSD), led by Chief Monifa Willis, has expanded support services to better serve crime victims and their families, while ensuring

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reliminar usage data sho s that on average acific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) customers’ residential usage increased almost the ee of Septem er 4th over the same time last year.

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So much for his uild uild uild program hich incidentall Marcos said he planned to continue.

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n memor of m late mother am giving autographed copies of the oo s to all families and individuals ho ill send their re uests on or efore Septem er his o er is good onl in the United States all - or - or email artmadlaing gmail com (ART GABOT MADLAING is accredited and commissioned Notary Public and licensed Real Estate Broker in California since 1981. He is founder of MOBILE SIGNING SERVICES, FITNESS FOR HUMANITY (aka FITNESS FOR CHRIST), and ACAPINOY. Art is active Evangelist with the GOLDEN GATE CHURCH OF CHRIST in San Francisco, California USA. )

sides in operating miniature nuclear reactors in the region viousl there are safet concerns as ell

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hrough the recommendation and suggestion of omas ulupul one of m late father s nephe and former councilor of iangan fugao and incum ent ice a or of sipolo fugao m late mother cele rated her st irthda in mduntog sipolo fugao last anuar er children and some grandchildren in alifornia e ac to anila and to iangan fugao together ith relatives and close friends from anila ue on it aloocan it and inalonan angasinan he special event as attended provincial officials of fugao li e former overnor ugene alitang incum ent oard mem er oselito u gu on and close relatives from iangan and aguio it li e school principal osel n upinga atricia imolo ulnuan and famil imm and anc ulong and their daughters ie le and vonne ulong ne l licensed and no practicing ph sician in the hilippines.

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his twin state visits last week was quite similar to what Rodrigo Duterte accomplished – I am smirking as I write this – each time he ent to hina he press office of the palace al a s made ig deals of the illions of dollars uterte allegedl clinched in ei ing emem er that his iggest ins in the investment front as for hinese companies to fund and uild three rail a s stems nl after the foul-mouthed former ma or of avao it as a out to step do n as it announced that those mega pro ects ould not e pushing through.

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W - n Septem er the World ealth Organization releaseD a new report and data portal on noncommunica le s diseases and their ris factors at an event co-organi ed ith loom erg hilanthropies during the U eneral ssem l s are one of the greatest health and development challenges of this century. Chief among them - cardiovascular diseases (heart disease and stroke), cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases, along with mental health, cause nearly three-quarters of deaths in the world and kill 41 million people every year.

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a or ris factors that lead to s are to acco use, unhealthy diet, harmful use of alcohol, physical inactivit and air pollution liminating these factors could prevent or dela signifi cant ill health and man premature deaths from s

ble interventions that can change those numbers and save lives and money.

Cardiac-oral health ore medical data confirm that oral health affect heart health. Dental carries, gingivitis, and oral infections lead to in ammation hich initiates a cascade of reactions to in ammation in various organs including the heart nd in ammation results in irritation in the inner walls of the arteries in the body, the coronary arteries included. This leads to build-up of plaques inside these arteries which, over time, block them. If those blockages are severe, they could lead to a heart attack and stroke.

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The report and data portal come at a critical juncture for pu lic health in onl a handful of countries were on track to meet the Sustainable Development oal S target on reducing earl deaths from s a third his is despite the fact that the s are trul at the heart of sustainable development and their prevention and treatment is a prime opportunity for investment that will have myriad impacts on economic growth, far outweighing the money spent.

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It allows the exploration of the data for the four s cardiovascular diseases cancer dia etes and chronic respiratory diseases) and their main drivers and risk factors (tobacco use, unhealthy diet, harmful use of alcohol and lack of physical activity).

ver t o seconds one person under the age of dies of an and per cent of those deaths are taking place in low- and middle-income countries

it of good ne s Scientists have designed “a blood test for cancer that looks at the methylation of cell-free alled the allieri test it is used in a large-scale trial to determine if this test will help in shortening (expediting) the time to diagnose cancer. In cancer, as everybody knows, early diagnosis is vital, if cure is to be achieved for greater survival. So far, in this early stage in the research, the test shows a high rate of false positive but a low rate of false negative. More exhaustive studies are needed on this most valuable potentially life-saving test.

(LMICs). This major shift in public health over the last decades has gone largely unnoticed.

To put things in their proper perspective, our mouth has a out illion germs of di erent strains and bacteria reproduce every 5 hours. One day without brushing increases the germs to 100 billion. The mouth has more germs than our rectum. Disgusting but true. A public toilet seat only has about 1,200 to 3000 bacteria per square inch, actually less than germs in our mouth. You don’t have to run in fear to brush your teeth after reading this, but do “conscious brushing” times a day, after each and every meal. And visit the dentist twice a

The popular saying “an apple a day keeps the doctor away” has some truth in it. A meta-analysis of multiple studies involving 339,383 participants showed that eating apple ma significantl lo er the ris for diaetes t pe ut remem er an apple has grams of dietar fi er and around grams of car oh drates and of those 25 come from sugar, so when eating apple, it has to be included in the calculation of total calorie intake of the individual. The sugar in apples is fructose, which is di erent from unhealth refined processed sugars in sweets. An article in the American Journal of Clinical utrition in stated replacing glucose or sucrose with fructose in foods or beverages led to lower peak post meal blood sugar and insulin levels.” To prevent serious complications of diabetes, which involve multiple organs, including the eyes, monitoring the blood sugar (A1C) regularly per physicians’ recommendation is vital. Today, a well-treated diabetes Type 2 with all resources available enables people to have practically the same average life expectancy that non-diabetic.

The use of cannabis in the United States and around the world is massively increasing, thanks to our legislators who thought people needed another recreational drug besides alcohol, etc. Do we really need more illegal drugs and more su ering and deaths olitical correctness gets votes, so they enact laws to please their constituents never mind the detrimental e ects to society.Studies now show at the Washington University in St. Louis found that children exposed to cannabis while in the womb “show increased symptoms of psychopathology such as depression and anxiety in early adolescence…and elevated psychopathology symptoms during adolescence can make a young person more vulnerable to developing psychiatric illness and substance misuse.”

In the United States, in a 12-month period ending in January 2022, there were 107,375 people who died from drug overdosage and drug poisoning, according to the CDC. About 67 percent of the deaths involved synthetic opioids like fentanyl, many of them in multiple color gummies/tablets to attract children. More than 200,000 Americans have perished from fentanyl overdose since 2015, since this dangerous substance is 100 times stronger than morphine, most victims’ ages ranged from 18-45, more than any other causes of deaths in 2020, greater than from suicide, car accidents and COVID-19. The open southern border is a major factor for entry of these killer drugs and other killers. Keeping the border open is insanity.

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Nayong Pilipino as a park was an amalgamation of everything Filipino – the culture, the tradition, the lifestyle, that designated it into a compact site for people to conveniently explore and experience, which is why it is near the airport, the reason why it was called one-stop tourist shop. Very convenient to foreigners who don’t have the extra time to explore the entire archipelago,” he

Pork Stir fry with Mushroom Recipe of the Week

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The foundation has lineup activities to further promote Filipino culture and heritage during its celebration.

Aside from creating employment and spurring tourism activities, a new park would provide an open space the children and the public could frequent, he said.

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“Nayong Pilipino Pasay (back then) attracted one million visitors a year,” he said. “(In terms of) contribution to the economy, I think it would be best to reopen Nayong Pilipino as soon as possible,” Anota said.

It will also hold the Fiesta sa Nayon event at the New Entertainment City in Parañaque on November 25.

“The idea can be traced back from the revival of a defunct plan to establish a souvenir shop for native crafts and products in the Cultural Center Complex. This time, however, it was re-envisioned as a cultural theme park by Imelda Marcos,” he said at an online discussion on September“All-in-all,16.

Place the pork in a big bowl, add the soy sauce and cornstarch, mix thoroughly. Keep aside to marinate for at least 15 minutes. In a wok heat 2 to tbsp. of cooking oil until it start to smoke. Add in the ginger and stir cook for about half a minute stir in the onion and continue to stir cook for another half a minute. Add in the pork strips and stir cook for 2 to minutes. Add in the button mushroom and stir cook for another to 5 minutes. Add in the oyster sauce and sugar drizzle a few drops of sesame oil, continue to stir cook for 2 to minutes. Correct saltiness if required. Serve hot with a lot of rice.

Remember the iconic Nayong Pilipino near the Manila international airport?

Because tenderloin cooks fast, it is good dish for strifry and for people in a hurry. Today I would like to share another quick stirfry recipe our Pork Stirfry with Mushroom.

“Ang mga bata ngayon puro na gadgets (Children nowadays are always glued to gadgets), which is unhealthy. Our games in the past was a balance between mental skills and physical exertion,” he said

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As the country pushes to revitalize the tourism sector, former NPF executive director Apolonio Anota Jr. said he believes it is high time to reopen the park, noting that it would contribute to job generation.

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Pork Stirfry with Mushroom. One of the costlier pork cut is the tenderloin. Pork tenderloin or “Lomo” is a long boneless pork cut about medium size soft drink bottle. The tenderloin contains very little fat, it is very tender but will taste dry if overcooked it doesn’t have any fat to keep it juicy as it cooks.

In its lieu, a Nayong Pilipino was set to be rebuilt in the Entertainment City in the Manila Bay reclamation area, but the project has been delayed.

As the Nayong Pilipino Foundation (NPF) is set to mark its 50th anniversary in November, proposals are afoot to revive the village in the Paranaque lot of the Nayong Pilipino.

The foundation’s golden anniversary would be marked with the launch of the exhibit “Mga Pamana ng mga Nayon” on November 4 and a research summit on November 22 to 24.

Here is the recipe of our Pork Stirfry with Mushroom.

The old park, which also housed the first mos ue uilt outside indanao however, was closed in 2002 under Executive Order 111 to give way to the airport’sWhileexpansion.thepark in Metro Manila was shut down, NPF Deputy Executive Director overtlee udan clarified that a ong Pilipino still has a 15-hectare property in Parañaque waiting to be developed.

According to Patrick James Serra, historian and instructor at the University of the Philippines Department of History, the foundation was created at a time when former president Ferdinand Marcos Sr. envisioned a revival of cultural practices and folkloric traditions that existed before the coming of the colonizers.

near the Ninoy Aquino International Airport – a 47-hectare property divided into seven regions, each of which was designated with a renowned architect, such as National Artist Leandro Locsin.

That village known to feature the country’s top tourist attractions like the Mayon Volcano which domestic and local tourists can appreciate in one setting has been shut down to give way to the airport expansion.

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Cooking is fairly easy, the pork tenderloin is just marinated with soy sauce and cornstarch for at least 15 minutes. The rest of the cooking involves stirfrying all the ingredients together which take about 15 minutes.

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“Nandiyan pa rin po kami, nawala lang ‘yong park physically but mayroon po kaming lupa na 15 hectares na waiting to be developed kapag ang pondo ay naging available (We’re still here. The park may have been closed physically but we still have a 15-hectare property waiting to be developed once funds become available),” he said. “(Sa) 2025 po, hoping kami na by that time, mayroon na po ulit (We’re hoping that by 2025, we’ll be able to develop it).”

1 small can sliced button mushroom, drained

Nayong Pilipino is an attached agency of the Department of Tourism, created on Nov. 6, 1972 under Presidential Decree 37, and is mandated to champion the Filipino identity by developing parks and research projects, among others.