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Vol XXXI No 5 May 2013 httpwwwfilipinostarorg

FNAQ Gala celebration marks 21stanniversary and Nurses Week

The Filipino Nurses Association ofQuebec (FNAQ) held a gala event on May4 2013 at the Holiday Inn Diamond Roomto celebrate its 21st anniversary as well asNurses Week from May 12-18 in Quebecthis year and Mothersrsquo Day The guest ofhonor was Mme Lucie Tremblay presidentand chief executive officer of the Order ofNurses (Ordre des Infirmiers et Infirmieresdu Quebec) accompanied by herhusband Mr Gerald Perron Upon theirarrival they greeted and chatted with all theguests consisting of mostly doctorsnurses government officials communityleaders their friends and families

The eveningrsquos program startedwith the welcome addresses by PresidentCresconia Fernandez and Vice-PresidentJosefina Toledo This was the first time thatFNAQ had both officers give the welcomeaddress and wish to make it a tradition fromnow on

The Director of Nursing and ChiefNursing Officer of McGill University HealthCenter (MUHC) Ms Patricia OrsquoConnorwas the inspirational speaker She wasescorted to the stage by her husband DrEmmett Francoeur She was introduced by

the FNAQ Founder Maggie CalcetasMs OConnor paid tribute to the

outstanding leadership of the FilipinoNurses Association of Quebec over the 21years She noted the incredibly rich

contributions of the Filipino nursingcommunity both in their roles played asexpert clinicians in diverse care settingsand as leaders who have dramaticallyinfluenced the quality of care and overall

performance of the healthcare system inMontreal and Quebec Ms OConnor thenshared stories of how nurses and patient

Aquino Allies Take Lead inElection in Philippines

MANILA mdash Philippine voters appearedto have strengthened PresidentBenigno S Aquino IIIrsquos hand inadvancing his political agendaaccording to early unofficial electionreturns on Tuesday that showed hispolitical allies poised to take control ofthe Senate

Mr Aquino was not up for re-election in the vote on Monday He hasthree years remaining in his six-yearterm and is not permitted to run againBut the midterm elections were seen as

crucial for consolidating his power overthe unwieldy Philippine legislature toadvance his anticorruption andeconomic-growth program and toinfluence the choice of his successor

The Philippines has one of thefastest-growing economies in Asiaand international organizations andratings agencies have credited MrAquinorsquos policies for that success

See Page 4 President Aquino

The Executive Board 2012-2014 - L-R Christian B Plaza Eugenia F Magalit Myrna Sarmiento Preciosa G Emboscado Cirila D CarreraMila Gobeil Thelma Untalan Aderlina R Gracia Clarice A Mackay Cresconia A Fernandez Sophie R Toledo Malou P Dee Dolly SBelandres Corazon D Abdon Shirlyne D Chin Elvira C Maximo and Maggie Calcetas (Photo Al Abdon)

See Page 4 Filipino Nurses

May 20132 The North American Filipino Star

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Tel 514-485-7861E-Mail filipinocoopcom

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Toronto Ontario May 142013mdash The Honourable Peter VanLoan Leader of the Government in theHouse of Commons on behalf of theHonourable Diane Finley Minister ofHuman Resources and SkillsDevelopment today announced aseries of cross-Canada roundtablediscussions with stakeholders on thenew Canada Job Grant an EconomicAction Plan 2013 initiative that willcreate jobs by transforming the wayCanadians receive skills training

ldquoThrough Economic ActionPlan 2013 the Harper Governmentcontinues to create jobs and pave theway for long-term prosperity by puttingskills training front and centrerdquo saidMinister Van Loan ldquoThe Canada JobGrant will take skills-training choicesout of the hands of government andput them where they belong in thehands of employers with unfilled jobsand Canadians who want to workrdquo

This week Members ofParliament will conduct over 20consultations across the country for a

broad range of input from employerslabour organizations traininginstitutions industries and regionsacross the country The consultationsprovide an opportunity forstakeholders to inform the design andimplementation of the Canada JobGrant which will be introduced as partof the renewal of the Labour MarketAgreements negotiated between theGovernment of Canada and theprovinces and territories

The Grant will transform theway Canadians receive training byplacing skills training decisions in thehands of employers and Canadianworkers It could provide $15000 ormore per person including amaximum $5000 federal contributionand matching contributions fromprovincesterritories and employersOnce it is fully implemented nearly 130000 Canadians each year will havebetter access to the training they needfor a new or better job or to reskill fortheir current job

Economic Action Plan 2013

proposes new measures to connectCanadians with available jobs andequip them with the skills and trainingthey need These include the CanadaJob Grant creating opportunities forapprentices and providing support tounder-represented groups includingpersons with disabilities youthAboriginal peoples and newcomersFor more information visitwwwactionplangcca -30-For more information contactJan OrsquoDriscollPress SecretaryOffice of Minister Finley819-994-2482Media Relations OfficeHuman Resources and SkillsDevelopment Canada819-994-5559Follow us on TwitterIF THERE IS A DISCREPANCYBETWEEN ANY PRINTED VERSIONAND THE ELECTRONIC VERSION OFTHIS NEWS RELEASE THEELECTRONIC VERSION WILLPREVAIL

Harper Government conductingconsultations on Canada Job Grantacross the country

Newsletter from CityCouncillor Marvin Rotrand

To the Residents ofSnowdon District

Permit me to share the following goodnews about coming events andimprovements for our district

Parks - The City will invest nearly $2million for park improvements in ourneighbourhood A new synthetic highquality soccer field will replace thecurrent soccer field at Van Horne Parkthus substantially improving availabilityfor soccer in the Borough As well thechalets of Mandela Macdonald andMaurice Cullen Parks will becompletely renovated Most of thiswork will start in September

Roadwork - The Borough hasconfirmed $952000 for residentialstreets in our district Streets to berepaved will include Macdonaldbetween Isabella and Queen MaryBourret between Lemieux and VictoriaSt Kevin between Lemieux andVictoria Mountain Sights betweenPlamondon and Van Horne CircleRoad between Glencairn and Ponsardand Labarre between de la Savaneand Sorel As well City Council isexamining topping up these funds with

projects for the larger arterial roads inour area

Traffic Calming - The Borough willextend its traffic calming measures thisyear The speed limit on all residentialstreets is 40 kph Speed bumps will beinstalled on several streets includingMcLynn Avenue and Circle Road Bollards will be placed in dozens ofstreets across the district to slow trafficSome will be narrowed

Multiculturalism - I am proud to havepiloted through Borough Councilseveral dossiers supporting events inour multiracial multiculturalneighbourhood The Borough will thusagain partner with the Filipinocommunity for Independence Day andPista sa Nayon Support will also begiven to a Bangladesh communitiesBangla Mela and for Jamaica Day

The Triangle - The old industrial area ofNamur-Jean Talon is being transformedinto housing Nearly 1000 units alreadyhave been built and 350 more will beconstructed this year City Councilrecently approved $309 million for workto transform this area which all benefitfrom aqueduct and sewer work as wellas sidewalk and road reconstructionthe redesign of Pare Buchan JeanTalon and arts of Mountain Sights aswell as the creation of a new parkcreation of walkways and planting oftrees Eventually this project will have400 new housing units

Councilor Marvin Rotrand

PhilippineIndependence Day iscelebrated on June 16 by W G QuiambaoApart from the Pista sa Nayon one of

the most anticipated events in theFilipino community in summer is thePhilippine Independence Daycelebration Preparations areunderway to celebrate it on June 16Sunday Since the tents will beinstalled the night before the tentativetime for the restaurant owners to setup their equipments at the park is 600amThe assembly time for the cars andfloats participating in the parade is 10am at St Kevin corner Victoria andWestbury Streets The route will be from Mackenzie KingPark St Kevin St left to Victoria Stright to Van Horne Ave left to LegareSt and back to MacKenzie King Park

Following the parade is a mass at theMackenzie King park officiated by FrFrank Alvarez There will be pot lucklunch then short speeches bypoliticians from the federal provincial

and municipal governments who have

been supporting the Filipino

community One of the highlights of

the program will be a multicultural

show that includes Filipinos Peruvians

Japanese etc

For more information call James de la

Paz at (514) 577-7787

May 2013 3The North American Filipino Star

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5320-A Queen Mary RoadMontreal Quebec H3X 1T7

Tel 514-485-7861E-Mail marketfilipinostarorgPublished by Filcan Publications Inc

Zenaida Ferry KharroubiChief Editor amp Publisher

Sam KevinNews amp Layout Editor

WG QuiambaoCommunity News

Bernardo SarmientoOpinion Editorial

Al AbdonAlberto Baens Santos

Columnists

Bert AbieraFounder

The opinions expressed by the writers and columnists do not necessarily reflect thatof the management of the North American Filipino Star nor its editors

EEddiittoorriiaallNursing leadership and caring

Jason Kenneycontinues to keepfamilies apart

Dear Editor

For new Canadians Citizenship andImmigration Minister Jason Kenneyjust made it a whole lot harder forfamilies to be reunited with loved ones

With new criteria introduced last weekthe Conservatives have made it moreexpensive for families to sponsor theirparents and grandparents to join themin Canada From hiking the incomerequirements to the changing ofqualification criteria fewer residents ofCanada will be eligible to sponsor theirparents and grandparents

What is worse Kenneyrsquos freeze on newsponsorship applications has nowbeen extended until 2014 a programthat he froze in 2011 The Minister alsoannounced that he will only beaccepting 5000 new applications nextyear

Conservative mismanagement ofcitizenship and immigration programshas allowed backlogs to swell and keptfamilies apart The reality is that todayrsquosfamilies are being punished for sevenyears of Conservativemismanagement

It is clear that the Conservativegovernment does not care orunderstand the importance of familyreunification to the successful retentionand integration of new immigrants toCanada If they did they would investresources into fixing the programworking through the backlog andlifting the freeze on sponsorships

While the Conservative governmentviews new immigrants as a burden onCanadarsquos social systems JasonKenney and his party have spent overone hundred million of your tax dollarson wasteful advertising MinisterKenneyrsquos priority is to travel onexpensive junkets and photo-ops andmonitoring his own image instead ofproviding his department with thenecessary funding to efficientlyprocess applications and fix backlogs

Liberals believe in reuniting families tobuild a stronger Canada That is why in2005 we invested $72 million toincrease the processing of parent andgrandparent applications JasonKenneyrsquos anti-immigrant and anti-family policies must stop

Yours sincerely

Kevin Lamoureux MPLiberal Party of Canada Citizenshipand Immigration Critic

Letter to the Editor

A statement from the inspirationalspeaker of the FNAQ has touched a chordthat makes us understand an importantidea that is worthy to remember at all timeslsquo it is not a title that makes one a leaderMrs Patricia OrsquoConnor said ldquonurses areleaders at every level - it is in all of usrdquoShe recognizes the incredible work beingdone by nurses in spite of the challengingand stressful work environmentsin almost all hospitals in Quebec and inother parts of the country and the world Itis therefore a timely topic to discuss thenursing profession during this time of theyear designated as Nurses Week which isalso the month of birth of FlorenceNightingale an international icon ofnursing

The UK based Royal College ofNursing offers this definition of nursing

ldquoThe use of clinical judgement in theprovision of care to enable people toimprove maintain or recover health tocope with health problems and to achievethe best possible quality of life whatevertheir disease or disability until death

As one can glean from thisdefinition alone we see the vital role ofnurses in our life and we cannot even beginto say how much we owe them Most of usat one time or another have been sick andcared for by a nurse beginning from ourbirth till the end of our life Moreover if welook back into the history of nursing we willsee that it is not a job but a professiondevoted to caring for the wounded thesick and the weak Florence Nightingale isreputed to be the founder of modernnursing in response to the Crimean War

Upon reading some referenceswe have learned that ldquoNursing is the mostdiverse of all healthcare professions It is auniversal role appearing in some form inevery culture Nursing in the Philippines ispatterned after the United States ofAmerica and requires four years of studySome schools train the students as early asthe second year Unlike some countriesnursing is not considered as a vocational

course It is a profession and has becomean identity of Filipinos worldwiderdquo

It is also interesting to discoverthe practice of nursing ldquoin a wide range ofsettings from hospitals to visiting people intheir homes and caring for them in schoolsto research in pharmaceutical companiesNurses work in occupational healthsettings (also called industrial healthsettings) free-standing clinics andphysician offices nurse-run clinics long-term care facilities and camps They alsowork on cruise ships and in military serviceNurses act as advisors and consultants tothe healthcare and insurance industriesSome are attorneys and others work withattorneys as legal nurse consultantsreviewing patient records to assure thatadequate care was provided and testifyingin courtrdquo

The practice of nursing isgoverned by laws that define a scope ofpractice generally mandated by thelegislature of the political division withinwhich the nurse practices Nurses are heldlegally responsible and accountable fortheir practice The standard of care is thatof the prudent nurse

During the observance of NursesWeek in Quebec (May 12-18) we shouldtake special notice of the tremendous workthey perform not only during their activeprofessional life but also during theirretirement years In our personalexperience we have become accustomedto the services the FNAQ renders to theFilipino community They are always onhand to provide first aid and bloodpressure clinics during public events likethe town festivals we hold during thesummer months

We therefore would like toencourage our young people to enter thenursing profession Besides the fact thatwe need more nurses in order to improvethe services in all our hospitals and clinicswe will certainly have a better societywhere there are many more benevolentand caring leaders

Ottawa May 7 2013 ndash In 2012there was a 15 percent increase inimmigration under the family classCitizenship Immigration andMulticulturalism Minister Jason Kenneyannounced today

ldquoThe actions taken by thegovernment are helping more familiesreuniterdquo said Minister Kenney ldquoWehave created additional avenues andflexibility so that an increasing numberof families can spend more time witheach otherrdquo

In 2012 Canada admitted65000 permanent residents in thefamily class an increase of 15 percentsince 2011 This includes a 60 percentincrease in the number of parents andgrandparents admitted to Canada thehighest level in 20 years

These numbers do not includefamily members that immigrate toCanada under other immigrationstreams including the Federal SkilledWorker and Provincial Nominee

programsldquoThe Action Plan for Faster

Family Reunification has been asuccessrdquo said Minister Kenney ldquoByreducing the backlog throughincreased admissions we havedramatically reduced wait timesso that parents and grandparentsno longer have to wait close to adecade to be reunited with their lovedonesrdquo

By the end of 2013 theparents and grandparents backlog willhave been reduced by about 50percent with wait times cut in halfWithout the Action Plan the backlogwas projected to surpass 250000 witha 15-year wait time by 2015

The very popular Super Visahas provided flexibility for parents andgrandparents who do not want toimmigrate permanently but want to bereunited with their families quickly and

Increasing number of familiesreunited in 2012

See Page 4 Family Reunification

May 20134

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The North American Filipino Star

care attendants patient representativesand unit clerks at the McGill UniversityHealth Centre are transforming carethrough their partnerships with patientsShe described the program TransformingCare at Bedside launched in 2010 whichengages the hearts and minds of frontline

practitioners in leading qualityimprovements by teaching them andpatient representatives rapid cycleimprovement processes and newleadership skills Outcomes include moretime available for direct care as nurseslearned how to eliminate non value-added

activities such as hunting and gatheringsupplies and equipment The introductionof whiteboards at each bedside hassignificantly improved patient and familysatisfaction with communication Sheended her talk by reminding everyone thatleadership is not about a title that someonehas Nurses are leaders at every level Itsin all of us

A part of FNAQs standing goals isthe Welcoming of the New Nurses OurHope For The Futurerdquo It welcomes newarrivals new graduates new membersand student nurses A committeeresponsible for this ceremony is chaired byCorazon Abdon and Joel Reyes MrsLucie Tremblay OIIQ president read thepoem written by MsEugenia MagalitFNAQ past president 2009-2012 entitledldquoWelcome Mrs Tremblay is FNAQhonorary member friend and advisor

After the welcome ceremony fornew nurses Honoring the Retired NursesWho Paved The Way followed Thecommittee in charge of this ceremony ischaired by Thelma Untalan and Milagros

Gobeil Dr Laurie Gottlieb Nurse PhDread the poem written by Ms EugeniaMagalit entitled ldquoRetiredrdquo Dr Gottlieb isFNAQ honorary member Advisor (2019-2012) lecturer friend and supporter Sheis a professor at the McGill UniversitySchool of Nursing

The Panday Tinig ChoralEnsemble of Montreal with Mr PaulImperial Music Director and Ms Editha

Fedalizo Pianist opened the Gala bysinging the National Anthems of thePhilippines and Canada They dedicated avery special song the Impossible Dream

There were over 160 guestsAmong them were to name a few BonnieWoolmer Zenaida Kharroubi Aurora

Osdon Linda Richler Rose and Jamesdela Paz Jacqui and Marvin RotrandLorine Besel and many community andnursing leaders Our many thanks andprofound gratitude to our communityfriends families colleagues for theirencouragement and support

The founding FNAQ ExecutiveBoard present were called to the stageand introduced They left a message tothe present and future generationsalways remember your past

The Co-masters of ceremoniesAmelia Manon-og FNAQ Advisor andDindo Miras Director of ContinungEducation and Program 2009-2012 did afantastic job The dance floor was openedup to 300 in the morning It was acelebration to rememberReported by FNAQ Communications amp NewsletterCommittee - Chairpersons Corazon DiazAbdon amp Ma Eloisa Piccio DeeMembersAlfonso Abdon Dolores Belandres ShirlyneChin Joann Consus Myrna Francisco

ldquoThis victory in the Senatemeans he will not be a lame-duckpresidentrdquo said Ramon C Casiple theexecutive director of the Institute forPolitical and Electoral Reform inManila ldquoHe can use his popularity andcontrol of the government to pursuehis agenda and affect the 2016presidential electionrdquo

At stake in the elections onMonday were 12 of the 24 Senate seatsand all 229 seats in the House ofRepresentatives The elections alsocovered 18000 local political postsincluding provincial governors

With 69 percent of the votecounted nine pro-administrationSenate candidates were ahead Theirvictory would increase the number ofMr Aquinorsquos allies in the chamber to 13from 4 and give them the power tochoose the next Senate president

Final Senate results were expected bylate Wednesday

Mr Aquinorsquos politicalopponents have noted that althoughthe economy has expanded jobgrowth has been flat and poverty levelshave not improved His critics also saycorruption remains endemicparticularly low-level graft that mostdirectly affects the poor

In campaign rallies for hispolitical allies Mr Aquino respondedthat in his remaining years in office hisgovernment would focus on extendingthe benefits of economic prosperity tothe countryrsquos poor and on continuingto crack down on corruption

The shift in power in theSenate would give Mr Aquinoextraordinary control over thegovernment Mr Casiple said Hisalliesrsquo gains in the Senate would becomplemented by the traditional

control that the administration has overthe House of Representatives

Though the results of manyraces were still unclear on Tuesdayparty alliances are less significant inthe House Mr Casiple said Housemembers rely on national governmentmoney to finance projects in theirdistricts giving the administrationconsiderable leverage over the body

In addition to his expectedcontrol of both houses of CongressMr Aquino is seen as having significantinfluence over the judiciary Last yearhe led a successful effort to remove thechief justice of the Supreme Court forhis failure to disclose assets whichallowed the president to appoint thecurrent leader of the court

In the fiercely contestedmayorrsquos race in Manila formerPresident Joseph Estrada ousted theincumbent Alfredo S Lim Mr Estradaa former action movie star who wasremoved from the presidency afterbeing accused of corruption remains apopular political figure

Imelda R Marcos the former first ladywas re-elected to the House ofRepresentatives by a wide margin Herdaughter Imee Marcos was re-electedgovernor of Ilocos Norte Province thebirthplace of her father Ferdinand EMarcos the former president who diedin exile in 1989

Former President GloriaMacapagal Arroyo despite remainingin detention in a government hospitalon corruption charges won a secondterm as the Congressionalrepresentative in her home districtPampanga

The elections on Mondayinvolved less violence and fewerdelays than in years past The policereported at least seven election-relateddeaths all in the countryrsquos restivesouth

From Page 1 Filipino Nurses From Page 1 President Aquino

New nurses welcomed (L-R) Cristina Paac Grace Goldenberg Chairperson Corazon AbdonMarissa Unabia Marigold Lingbawan Emilieth Pascual FNAQ Prsident Cresconia FernandezOIIQ President amp CEO Lucie Tremblay FNAQ Past President Eugenia Magalit Valia DumpaChelo David Debbie Piccio Jacqueline Gobeil and Michael Lontok

Retired FNAQ Nurses Honored (L-R) FNAQ Advisor Dr Laurie Gottlieb FNAQ PresidentCresconia Fernandez Co-Chair Thelma Untalan Co-Chair Milagros Gobeil Evelina BoayesEstrellita Bote Aderlina Ramos Nelson Ortizo and Nilda Meriales

spend an extended amount of time withthem An average of over 1000 SuperVisas have been issued each monthand the approval rate is very high atnearly 90 percent

Since 2006 Canada haswelcomed the highest sustained levelsof immigration in Canadian history

- 30 -

Follow us on Twitter atwwwtwittercomCitImmCanada

Photos of Minister Kenney areavailable

For further information (media only)please contact

Alexis PavlichMedia Relations Ministerrsquos Office

Communications BranchCitizenship and Immigration Canada

Citizenship and Immigration Canada613-954-1064613-952-1650CIC-Media-Relationscicgcca

From Page 3 Family Reunification

Cristina Pa-ac psoes for souvenir with FNAQPresident Cresconia Fernandez during the21st anniversary gala May 4 2013

Zumba Classesat Gilmore College Every Sunday at

6 pmCall Cristina at514-865-4836

to reserve

May 2013 5The North American Filipino Star

Action Plan for FasterFamily Reunificationon track to cutbacklog in halfNew Parent and Grandparentprogram re-opens January 22014

Mississauga May 10 2013 ndashCitizenship and Immigration Canada willre-open the Parent and Grandparent(PGP) program for new applications onJanuary 2 2014 by which time thebacklog and wait times in the programare expected to have been cut in half

ldquoThe Action Plan for FasterFamily Reunification is on track to meetthe goals of cutting in half the backlogand wait times in the Parent andGrandparent programrdquo said CitizenshipImmigration and MulticulturalismMinister Jason Kenney ldquoIt is veryimportant that we continue to makeprogress and not return to the oldbroken system with wait times as long as

a decade that would be unfair tofamiliesrdquo

Phase II of the Action Plan forFaster Family Reunification will provideeven faster processing times reduce thebacklog further prevent future backlogsensure that families have the financialmeans to support those they sponsorand protect the interests of taxpayers

First ndash In 2012 and 2013Canada will admit 50000 parents andgrandparents as permanent residentsThis represents the highest level ofparents and grandparents admitted in20 years In 2014 Canada will maintainhigh levels of admissions for parentsand grandparents

Second ndash The Super Visa willbecome permanent and will continue toprovide flexibility for families who accessthe 10-year multiple-entry visa allowingvisa holders to remain in Canada up totwo years at a time Over 15000 SuperVisas have been issued since theprogramrsquos launch in December 2011with approval rates averaging 86

percentThird ndash New qualifying criteria

for permanent residency sponsorship ofparents and grandparents will increasethe financial responsibility of sponsors toensure they have the means to supportthose they sponsor while limiting theprogramrsquos cost to taxpayers andCanadarsquos strained health and socialprograms

Fourth ndash 5000 new sponsorshipapplications will be accepted in theprogram in 2014 By accepting 5000applications in 2014 while maintaininghigh levels the government will be ableto further reduce the remaining backlogso that families can be reunited morequickly

ldquoThese new criteria ensuresponsored family members are wellsupported by their sponsors throughouttheir time in Canadardquo said MinisterKenney ldquoThe redesigned Parent andGrandparent program reunites familiesfaster while respecting Canadiantaxpayers and the limited resources for

health and social programsrdquoCanada has one of the most

generous family reunification programsin the world The United States UnitedKingdom Australia and New Zealanddo not allow grandparents to besponsored at all or only in very limitedcircumstances and they have veryrestrictive criteria for the sponsorship ofparents

The amendments to theImmigration and Refugee ProtectionRegulations that are being proposed willbe pre-published in the Canada Gazette(Part I) and the public will be able tocomment for a 30-day period

Building a stronger CanadaCitizenship and Immigration Canada(CIC) strengthens Canadarsquos economicsocial and cultural prosperity helpingensure Canadian safety and securitywhile managing one of the largest andmost generous immigration programs inthe world

Ottawa May 21 2013 ndashCitizenship Immigration andMulticulturalism Minister Jason Kenneyconcluded a productive visit to SiliconValley to promote Canadarsquos new Start-UpVisa the first of its kind in the world

ldquoThe message was deliveredloud and clear to the entrepreneur

community in Silicon Valley that Canadais open for businessrdquo said MinisterKenney ldquoThe new Start-Up Visa will helpCanada attract the worldrsquos best andbrightest entrepreneurs to buildbusinesses create jobs and fueleconomic growthrdquo

During his time in Silicon Valley

Minister Kenney met with foreignentrepreneurs and influential figures inthe start-up and tech communitiesincluding founders of start-upsaccelerators other business leadersventure capitalists angel investors andimmigration experts to promote the Start-Up Visa and explain why Canada is agreat place to start a business and invest

Minister Kenney met DaveMcClure the founder of 500 Start-Upsone of Americarsquos leading start-upaccelerators which provides mentorshipand seed fund investments to helpentrepreneurs become successful Healso met with members of C100 a SiliconValley-based organization that supportsCanadian technology entrepreneurship

through mentorship partnerships andinvestment

Minister Kenney also took timeto visit Plug and Play Tech Centre whichhouses business accelerator programsfor entrepreneurs designed to strengthenthe growth of their ideas and start-ups

Minister Kenney attendedTiEcon 2013 the worldrsquos largestconference for entrepreneurs where hespoke with many internationalentrepreneurs angel investors andventure capitalists first-hand

During his visit Minister Kenneywas a featured guest speaker at StanfordUniversity where he spoke to scholars

Minister Kenney promotesCanadarsquos new StarRecruiting theworldrsquos best and brightestentrepreneurs to Canada the firstof its kind in the world

See Page 10 Canada Recruiting

May 2013

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CHIRURGIEN DENTISTE DENTALSURGEON

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PHONE 514-340-8222 (4077)E-Mail dr_e_pinyahooca

EarthTalkregE - The Environmental Magazine

Dear EarthTalk Now that hot weather iscoming I want to upgrade my homersquos ACWhich are the most energy-saving modelsand should I go central air or window units

-- Jackie Smith Cary NC

According to the American Council for anEnergy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) energyconsumption for home air conditioningunits accounts for more than eight percentof all the electricity produced in the US ata cost to homeowners of $15 billionannually Besides the cost all this coolingleads to annual emissions of about 195million tons of CO2mdashor two tons per yearfor each American home with AC

Of course foregoing AC entirely is themost energy- and cost-efficient way to gobut some of us need a little cooling for

comfort especially in warmer climates IfAC is a must buying the most efficientmodel is the way to save money andpollute less Fortunately a new generationof much more efficient room and centralAC units means that upgrading will likelypay for itself in energy savings within just afew years

The main factors to consider in choosing anew model are cooling capacity (measuredin British Thermal Units or BTUs) andEnergy-Efficiency Ratio or EER Todetermine the correct BTU rating for agiven space multiply the square footage by10 and then add 4000 Meanwhile a givenunitrsquos EER is the ratio of cooling outputdivided by power consumptionmdashthe higherthe EER the more efficient the airconditioner

According to the US Department ofEnergy national appliance standardsrequire room air conditioners to have anEER of 80 to 98 or more depending ontype and capacity Units with an EER ratingof 10 or above typically qualify for thefederal governmentrsquos ENERGY STAR labelwhich appears on especially energy-efficient appliances Check out theENERGY STAR website for lists ofqualifying AC models

The Association of Home ApplianceManufacturers (AHAM) says that theaverage EER of room AC units rose 47percent from 1972 to 1991 To witreplacing an older room unit with an EER offive with a new model with an EER of 10)would result in a 50 percent energy costsavings associated with AC

As to whether room units or central ACmakes more sense it depends Roomunits which only cost a few hundreddollars each will suffice for renters or thosewho only need to keep one or two roomscool at a time Meanwhile central AC ismore efficient overall at keeping a wholehouse cool and will also do a better job atreducing household humidity than evenseveral individual room unitsmdashand will savemore money faster on electricity bills Butwith a starting price of around $4000 forthe condenser and initial set-up (plus anyduct work needed to distribute cool airaround a home) central AC isnrsquot foreveryone

ACEEE points out that there are ways tokeep indoor space cooler without ACimproving insulation sealing air gapsgetting rid of old appliances and light bulbsthat give off lots of heat running fans usingcooler colors on exterior roofing and paintand other strategies Those in particularlyarid climates might also consider installing

a swamp cooler (which cools outside air byrunning it over cold water) as a cheaperalternative to AC By following thesesuggestions and upgradingconscientiously we can all stay a little morecomfortable in our warming world withoutexacerbating the problem too much

CONTACTS ACEEE wwwaceeeorgENERGY STAR wwwenergystargovAHAM wwwahamorg Database of StateIncentives for Renewables and Efficiencywwwdsireusaorg

EarthTalkreg is written and edited by RoddyScheer and Doug Moss and is a registeredtrademark of E - The EnvironmentalMagazine (wwwemagazinecom) Sendquestions to earthtalkemagazinecomS u b s c r i b e wwwemagazinecomsubscribe Free TrialIssue wwwemagazinecomtrialEarthTalkregE - The Environmental Magazine

Dear EarthTalk What are the big deliverycompanies like FedEx and UPS doing togreen their truck fleets and operations ingeneral -- Mitchell GlaserOverland Park KS

Package delivery companies like FedExand UPS have come a long way in a

relatively short time regardingsustainability but they still haveconsiderable room for improvement Whilethere is only so much these companiescan do to reduce their huge carbonfootprintsmdashgiven their reliance onemissions-heavy air transportmdashtheyrsquovemade great strides in greening theirground fleets optimizing their choices ofmodes and otherwise streamlining energyuse

For its part UPS was an early adopter ofcleaner vehicles and today operatesupwards of 2500 low-emission vehiclesthat run on alternative fuels andtechnologies The company is particularlyjazzed about a new generation of hydraulichybrid package delivery trucks unveiled inthe fall of 2012 in partnership with the USDepartment of Energyrsquos Clean Citiesprogram These new trucksmdashwhichemploy a diesel combustion engine alongwith a hydraulic high-pressureaccumulator that stores energy capturedduring brakingmdashget 35 percent better fueleconomy and generate as much as 30percent fewer greenhouse gas emissionsas compared to the non-hybrid diesel-powered vehicles they are replacing Whilethese trucks may cost UPS $7000 apiecemore than their traditional counterpartsthe company estimates the upgrade willsave $50000 or more while substantiallyreducing emissions over the lifetime ofeach vehicle

UPS has also been blazing new trails inoperational efficiency via intermodalshifting eg using the most fuel-efficienttransport mode (airplane train truck orship) or combination of modes to meetcustomer needs A concerted effort by thecompany to streamline its operations in2011 led to savings of two million metrictons of greenhouse gas emissions bymoving delivery volume from air (the mostemissions-intensive mode by far) toground and another 800000 metric tonsby shifting volume from ground to rail

Meanwhile FedEx with one of the largesthybrid-electric fleets in the industry andupwards of 2000 alternative energyvehicles in service worldwide is no sloucheither when it comes to green streamliningBack in 2008 the company worked with theEnvironmental Defense Fund (EDF) insetting the ambitious goal of improving thefuel efficiency of its worldwide fleet ofExpress delivery vans and trucks by 20percent within a dozen years Then early in2013 the company announced that it hadalready exceeded its goal seven yearsahead of schedule (with an overall savingsof 22 percent so far) but was also uppingits goal to a 30 percent fleet-wide efficiencygain by 2020

With a strong commitment to swapping outolder vehicles with newer more efficientones the company is well on its way Itnow operates 360 hybrid-electric trucksand 200 electric vehicles and is replacingmany of its delivery trucks with ldquoright-sizedrdquo Sprinter-type vans that are as muchas 100 percent more fuel efficient than theirpredecessors FedEx has also beenupgrading its fleet of Express diesel trucksto cleaner-burning models and is makingsimilar upgrades in its Freight and Grounddivisions as well Likewise the company iswell on its way toward reducinggreenhouse gas emissions from itsairplanes by 30 percent by 2020

CONTACTS UPS CorporateR e s p o n s i b i l i t y wwwresponsibilityupscomSustainabilityFedEx Environmental Sustainabilityaboutvanfedexcomenvironmental-sustainability EDF wwwedforg

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Mukhang sobrang asim ngubas para sa publisher ng isangmalabasurang local newspaper kayahindi pa man srsquoya nakakarating sagrapevine ay nag-sour grape nakaagad Sabi nrsquoya kasi ay hindi srsquoyamagpapa-nominate sa FAMAS Awardsdahil walang kuwenta raw angnasabing parangal Meron pa srsquoyangbinanggit na Dr Aranda na diumanorsquoygustung-gustong mag-nominate sakanya sa isang mas kinikilalangparangal pero tinanggihan nrsquoya dahilhindi raw srsquoya mahilig sa mga awardKung tinanggihan daw nrsquoya angnasabing parangal iyun pa kayangFAMAS Awards ang di nrsquoya tanggihanPhooey Nakakadiri Nakakapangi-labot Nakakatawa

Lumunok ako ng ilang aspirindahil sumakit nang husto ang aking ulosa kaiisip kung anu-ano ang mgamagagandang bagay ang nagawa ngpublisher ng therersquos-nothing-like-it atnumero unong pahayagang Filipino saCanada (kuno) para mag-abala si DrAranda na isumite ang kanyangpangalan sa nasabing award Perokilala na naman ng buong komunidadang taong ito sa kasinungalingan atkahambugan kaya wala na namangnaniniwala sa kanya Naaawa onatatawa na lamang sila sa pobre natanging ang kolumnistang ito lang angnagtitiyagang pumansin

Maraming beses nang narinigng mga Pinoy sa Montreal ang tungkolsa kanyang pagiging gobernador ngkanyang lalawigan ang kanyangpagiging matalik na kaibigan ngyumaong Tony Sidayao (ang sikat atnirerespetong sports writer saPilipinas) ang tungkol sa pagpili sakanya ni dating First Lady Imelda RMarcos para sumulat ng biography ngasawa ng yumaong diktador angkanyang pagiging kaklase ni SenMiriam Defensor-Santiago sa UPCollege of Law ang kanyang pagigingalumnus ng University of thePhilippines at ang pagigingwritercolumnist sa Calgary Sun

Marami pa srsquoyang mga delusions ofgrandeur na puwede kong ilathalapero kukulangin ang isang pahina ngFilipino Star para sa lahat ng kanyangmga kathang-isip at hinabing salaysay Ganoon na lang ang aking pagtatawanang mabasa ko sa kanyang diaryo(Yes binabasa ko rin iyon) na hindisrsquoya papayag na ma-nominate saFAMAS Awards Matay kong isipinwala naman srsquoyang nagawang mabutilalong higit ay katangi-tangi sakomunidad ng mga Filipino saMontreal para srsquoya ipagbunyi atparangalan Walang makapagsabi nasrsquoya ay nag-volunteer man lamang saFAMAS na srsquoya ay miembro o opisyalng anumang samahang lokal at nihindi rin srsquoya nagkaroon ng anumangmatatag na trabaho kaya dalawangbeses srsquoyang napalayas sa tirahan nakanyang inuupahan dahil hindimakabayad ng renta Panay at walang-patid na paninira lamang sa FAMAS atmga lider nito ang kanyang inaatupagsa loob ng mahigit na 40 taon Sa halipna tumulong sa pananatili ngpagkakaisa bagkus nrsquoyang winawasakang komunidad Kung srsquoyarsquoy isanginsekto srsquoya ay anay Wala akongalam na may nagbigay ng parangal saanay

Kaya tama na Mr Publisherang iyong palusot dahil wala namantalagang magno-nominate sa lsquoyo saFAMAS Awards kahit magbayad ka paat kung meron man tuloy sabasurahan ang iyong nomination formdahil tiyak na puro kasinungalinganlang naman ang nakasulat doon Atsaka sa core values pa lang hindi kana lulusot sa screening committee ngFAMAS Awards To be fair to you MrPublisher may impact naman angiyong ldquoachievementrdquo kaya langnegatibo at nakakasira ang impact naiyon Ang hinahanap ng FAMASAwards ay positive impact lsquoyungkapakipakinabang at magandanghalimbawa sa mga kabataan

lsquoNo thank yoursquo dahil alam niya nawala srsquoyang nagawang mabuti

ANG MALAS KO AY MAAARINGSUWERTE NG ISANG DATINGKANDIDATO ndash Bunga ng mgasunud-sunod na di-inaasahangpangyayari sa buhay ko nitong hulingapat na buwan (unang-una na angbiglang pagkamatay ng aking inanoong May 6 sa edad na 86)natuluyan akong magbitiw bilangchairperson ng Committee onElections (COMELEC) ng FilipinoAssociation of Montreal and Suburbs(FAMAS)

Sa aking palagay ang malasko ay maaaring suwerte naman ngisang dating presidential candidatedahil kung ako pa ang chairperson ngnasabing komite at ako angmasusunod hindi ko papayagangmakatakbong muli ang nasabingkandidato sa rami ng kanyang mgaviolation ng FAMAS election rules andregulations Naroroon ang kanyangillegal na panunumpa ang illegal napagrerehistro ng FAMAS sa ilalim ngkanyang illegal na pangangasiwa atang di nrsquoya paggamit ng tama atnararapat na paraan ng paglaban saresulta ng nakaraang eleksyon

Sa aking pananaw hindiganoong klase ng lider ang kailanganng FAMAS lalung-lalo na ngayon namayroon nang malaking ari-arian angnasabing asosasyon at magandangpangalan sa siyudad ng Montreal atmga karatig nito

Ngayon na wala na akongkinalaman sa COMELEC at may ibanang chairperson at mga miembronasa kanila na ang pagpapasyatungkol sa nasabing formerpresidential candidate at iba pang mgasumuway sa alituntunin ng FAMAS atCOMELEC noong nakaraangeleksyon

ELEKSYONG LOKAL SA PINAS mdashDahil sa aking biglaang pag-uwi sabansang sinilangan nagkaroon ako ngpagkakataon na masaksihan ang di konasaksihan sa loob ng huling 35 taonAng tinutukoy ko ay ang nakaraanglokal na halalan Kabaligtaran ngeleksyon sa Canada parang piyestaang eleksyon sa Pilipinas Maynagsisigawan at nagsasaya habangnanonood ng bilangan ng mga botomay nagpapaputok ng mga kuwitis atmay pakain pa ang dalawang grupo ngmga kandidato sa kani-kanilanghimpilan

Noong gabi ng halalan May13 pumunta ako sa headquarter ngaming partido na kung tawagin ayldquoPulardquo dahil pula ang official color ngpartido Dilaw naman ang sa kalabang

partido Napakaraming tao roonkabilang na ang kandidato sa pagka-mayor na malapit kong kamag-anakNakatagpo ko roon ang aking iba pangmga kamag-anak at mga kaibiganSiyempre pa bitbit ko ang akingkamera Kuha rine kuha roon ng mgalitrato na ilalagay ko sa akingFacebook page

Nanalo sa pagka-mayor angaking pinsan na si Atty Eric Aure Vidana isang Ateneo Law School graduateat former vice-mayor ng Mendez Angnanalo sa pagka-vice-mayor ay siCocoy Mendoza na isa ring datingvice-mayor at kalaban nina Eric SiCocoy ay pinsan naman ng akingkasalukuyang maybahay kaya virtuallybut not actually magkalaban kamingmag-asawa sa pulitika Sila angmagiging mayor at vice-mayor sasusunod na tatlong taon Tulad ng mgananalong senador representantegobernador bisi-gobernador alkaldebisi-alkalde at konsehal magsisimulaang termino nina Eric at Cocoy sadarating na July 1

Ngayon pa lang ay pinag-uusapan na ng mga taga-Mendez nasina Eric at Cocoy ang maglalaban sapagka-mayor sa 2016 Si Cocoy ayanak ng isang dating mayor Hindi koalam ang aking gagawin kungmagkatotoo nga ang kanilang haka-haka

Samantala si Erap angbagong mayor ng Maynila (tinalo nrsquoyasi Alfredo Lim ang kasalukuyangalkalde) si Jonvic Remulla pa rin anggobernador ng Cavite (kontra AyongMaliksi na isang dating gobernador) siJolo Revilla sa bisi-gobernador at angasawa naman ni Bambol Tolentino(ang dating mayor at kapatid ni Francisna chairman ng MMDA) ang nanalongmayor sa Tagaytay City (inilampasonrsquoya si Jesus Crispin Remulla nakapatid ni Jonvic)

Kung sa Tagaytay rin lang angeleksyon ipapanganak pa angmakakabuwag o makakapagpabagsaksa mga Tolentino Ganoong katindiang kanilang kapangyarihan saTagaytay City ang tinuguriangalternate summer capital of thePhilippines gawa ng kanyang malamigna klema at banayad na simoy nghangin

The biggest surprise of thepast Philippine election is theunexpected and sudden surge ofGrace Poe anak ng yumaongFernando Poe Jr from virtual loser to

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Sa tuwing sasapit angikalawang Linggo ng Mayo ayipinagdiriwang natin ang Araw ng mgaIna Parangal ito sa dalawa kongyumaong ina Masinop na nalikom ngaking nanay ang mga liham niya kungpaano siya niligawan ng aming tatayna inabot nang mahigit na anim nataon

Bagamat pansarili ang loobinng pitak na ito ay kapupulatan ngmambabasa ng mga aral tungkol sapananagalog at matutuklasan angpaggamit ng Taglish (sinasamahan ngmga salitang Ingles) ay pangkaraniwanlang noon pa

Dito na nagsimula angpanunuyo

College of Agriculture

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June 17 1927Josefa

Natatandaan mo pa kaya angisang nagkapalad na naging kakilalamo doon sa Bagyo Marahil aymaghahalungkat kang muli sa isip bagomo matawag sa iyong alaala ang akingpangalan at pagmumukha sapagkatpagkaraan ng ilang araw na tayoymagkakilala ay nagkalayo na tayo nangmarami nang araw Dahil dito aynangyari nga akong sumulat sa iyo sapagbabakasakaling mapalawig natinang ating pagkikilala

Si David ay aking nakausapkanginang umaga Pagdakayitinanong ko sa kanya kung kayoykanyang nakita Ang sabiy oo - atkayoy nagbalitaan pa raw tungkol sabuhay buhay sa Bagyo Ayon sa kanyaay natatandaan mo ako ngunitnakalimutan mo na ang akingpangalan Kung gayoy isusulat ko ngfull ang aking name sa ending

Kumusta ba kayo ngayonIpinalalagay kong kayongmagkakapatid ay maluag ninyongnaidadaos ang pagtuturo samantalangkami dito nila David ay kasalukuyangnaghihirap sa pagaaral

Noong manggaling ako saBagyo pauwi ng Malabon ay naitanongkayo sa akin ni Chayong na kapatid koSinabi ko nga sa kanyang kayoy maykahulihan ang pagbaba sa Balanga

Marahil ay maitatanong mo saiyong sarili kung bakit nais kongmaging matalik na kakilala kayo Hindikaila sa iyo ang aking hinahanap naoccupation at ang malalapad napataniman ng tubo diyan sa inyo saBalanga Baka sakaling kung akoymakatapos ay magubra akongisang maliit na kasama ng isangassenderong pangkaraniwan diyan aykung manggagaling sa bukid ay nangmayoong madalawdalaw kung sakali atkung papanhikin Bukod sa ritoy angmga ninuno ninyo ang mga tubongMalabon ay magaang ang dugo sa mga

katutubo o kababayanAng mgagandang record ng

inyong family sa pakikipamayan at sapagaaral ay hindi kaila sa akin Dahilditoy nangingimi pa ako nang pagsulatsa iyo Kahit naman marahil ikaw aysadyang bright maging sa pagtuturo ayinaasahan kong considerate ka rinMapagpapaumanhinan mo namanseguro ang nakabababa sa iyo nagaya ko na nga

Wawakasan ko na rito at nanghuwag ka namang mapagod sapagbasa Magsilbi nawangtagapagpaalala itong aking liham

Best regards for you and othersisters brother and parents

your friend

Amado SantosPS

Ikaw na nga nag bahalangmagpaumanhin sa aking Tagalog Marahilay balibalikuko

SameAng kasabihang Walang

matimtimang birhen sa matiyagangmanalangin ay nagkaroon ngkatuparan Ang panganay na suplingay ipinanganak noong Agosto 18 1934at ang bunso ay noong Mayo 21 1936Yumao ang aking ina apat na arawmakalipas ang pagsilang sa akin--noong Mayo 25 1936

Hindi lumipas ang maramingtaon at noong Enero 23 1939 aynanalanging muli si Ama na ang nasaisip ay bigyan ng ina ang dalawangnaiwan ni Nanay Epang (Josefa) Angpangalawang ina ay hindi gaanongmatagal na nag-isip dahil ang kaniyangaalagaan sa sumunod na matrimonyaay kaniyang mga pamangkin AngNanay Meliang (Emilia) ay kapatid ngNanay Epang

Anim kaming magkakapatidna habambuhay na magdiriwangtuwing ikalawang Linggo ng Mayokahit ang aming mga ina ay kapuwayumao na Iniwan kaming lahat niNanay Meliang noong Disyembre 161983 na may kani-kaniyang adhikainsa buhay

B B B BinyagBirthday at Bulakbol

Pichu Pechay Pechay Dalian monamang magbihis Mahuhuli na tayo

Pechay Nandiyan na Kuya Alasonse pa naman ang binyag ni Perasdi baPichu Oo nga Pero madalang angdating ng bus dahil Sabado ngayon

Pechay (Pagkabihis ay dali-daling

tumakbo sa likod-bahay tungo sapinto sa harap at tumimbre) Ano baKuya Pichu kanina pa ako naghihintaydito ah

Peras Ano Kuya Ate nabusog bakayo sa handa ng binyag ko

Pichu Eto na naman kami Laro Peras laro ang samantalahin natin

Pechay Tayo na Ano pa ang hinihintayninyo Kanya-kanyang hila ng Lolo oLelong Nandiyan lang sa tapat angKent Park

Pichu O paano sa Sabado ay agahanninyo ang punta sa Lolo at Lola ko saHampton ha Doon daw gagawin angbirthday ko Umaga pa lang ikakabitna ang inflated toy house at angtanghalian ay puro kids meal Sa gabipa ang dating ng mga killjoys

Pechay Kawawa naman ang LoloJerry napabayaan na ang pag-aaral ngTagalog

Peras Anong kawawa Binigyan siya ngspring break ni Kuya Pichu

Lubos na sumasaiyo

Parangal sa mga yumaong Ina

Birthday - Aiden Zachary Alfaro (Pichu) tatlong taon na

Morgan Virginia Santos (Peras) hawak ni Aaron Santos tatay Alma Mendoza nanay

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by W G QuiambaoThere are times when I miss thePhilippines because I`ve not visited itsince coming here 44 years ago Butthe stage production of Pamana ngLuzViMinda Philippine Folkloric DanceCompany of Montreal on April 27 at theSalle Brebeuf cured my homesicknessThe dances and music on the showbrought back happy memories to meThanks to the collaborative efforts ofthe production staff especiallyVeraida-Lyn Bermejo president anddirectorwriter and Sherling de la Pazartistic director Theyre so talented andcreative

Everything in the show was impressive- from the colourful and authenticcostumes (some were purchased inthe Philippines and Thailand) to theprops (bamboo poles benches) andvideo The rural and tribal music wasprovided by musicians who usedtraditional musical instruments like thegansa (an instrument with metal bars)dabaksan (single headed Philippinedrum) agung (two sets of two-wide-rimmed vertically-suspended gongs)and gandigan (Philippine xylophone)

The stage seemed spacious enoughfor the 23 male and female dancers tofreely move and execute their dancesthat required agility and flexibility

The dance performances were dividedinto 5 parts each part representing thedance from the different regions in thePhilippines The enthusiastic audienceapplauded the dancers after eachperformance

Some of the dances are

Muslim dance - Burong Talo - A martial arts danceoriginating from the Tausug people ofthe Sulu archipelago in theSouthwestern part of the Philippines Inthis dance the male dancers depict afight between a hawk and a cat Theysimulate martial arts movements whilemanipulating daggers and fans Themale performers were so convincing inplaying their parts Fierce lookingthey seemed ready to kill each otherKini-kini - This dance represents thesophisticated woman of the RoyalMaranao Movements and shapes of theirwalk are very articulate and their scarvesrepresent their fluidity and grace Theirgrace is a characteristic of their education

The female performers were so exquisiteand elegant Pangalay sa Pattong - Thisdance is popular among the BadjaoSamal and Tausog groups Although themovements of the dancer were flawless Icouldnt take my eyes off watching thisdance I was glued to my seat What if shefalls The dance is performed on top of twobamboo poles on the shoulders of twomen Singkil - Traditionally a depiction ofthe Maguindanao and Maranaointerpretation of a legend centered aroundPrincess Gandingan and the brave PrinceBantugan While walking through the forestwith her loyal umbrella-bearing lady-in-waiting the Princess Gandingan issuddenly caught in the middle of anearthquake unleashed by the forest diwataor forest spirits The Princess mustgracefully and skilfully manoeuvre throughthe closing bamboo poles which representthe falling trees Fans or apit are waved bydancers to represent auspicious windsvaliant Prince Bantugan enters the sceneand rescues the Princess

Rural dance -Karatong - This dance is named after thebamboo instrument worn by the dancersaround the waist The karatong is struck toa fast rhythm in the hopes of attractinggood luck and driving away evil spirits The

female dancers dance with sticks that arerepresentatives of bunga mangga ormango trees Sayaw sa Bangko - Thisis another stunning dance thatcaptivated and mesmerized me Fromthe province of Pangasinan theoriginal form of the dance consisted ofonly one narrow bench As it evolvedhowever more and more bencheswere added until the stack of benchesresembled a tower No flashphotography was requested as thedance is dangerous It wasbreathtaking to watch the maledancers lifting the female dancers on

the other edge of the bench Tinikling -Originally from the Province of Leytethis dance is considered by many to bethe most recognizable folk dance ofthe Philippines Based on themovements of the long-legged tiklingavoiding bamboo traps in the fieldsdancers dance through bamboo polesthat open and close to an acceleratingrhythm It was a pure joy watching theexuberant and energetic dancers having

fun

Added attraction to the stageproduction of Pamana ng LuzVi MindaFolkloric Dance Company of Montrealare the video clips shown after eachperformance The clips show what itmeant to be a member of theorganization - focusing not only on thehard work and commitment to theircraft but also the love togethernessand especially the family spirit thatinfuses everything they do

The 2-hour show is worth watching I

left the theatre feeling good smilingand telling myself that Im lucky to be aFilipino with a rich and unique cultureThe next time Pamana performs heremake sure you catch it You will notregret it

Pamanas dances and music brought me backhome to the Philippines

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What do you do when yourcamcorder computer tablet or otherdevice is no longer useful to you but stillhas use in its electronics Do you sell itDonate it Save it for historical laughs orthrow it in a landfill

April 22 marks the 43rd annualEarth Day observance - and as peoplebecome aware of recycling ordinarygarbage theres still a long ways to gowith disposing of electronic waste InApril 2011 an e-cycling initiative waslaunched by leaders in the consumerelectronics industry to deal with themillions of pounds of electronic wasterendered annually The hopes are to

Have one billion pounds of electronicwaste recycled annually by 2016

How you Can Help and Benefit TooIf your electronic gadget still has

life in it consider other places you mighthelp someone else in need who hasntthe means or abilities to purchase a newdevice

Computers Donate your oldcomputer to community organization tohelp seniors or non-electronicindividuals who dont have access tocomputers in your area

Mobile Phones Old cell phonescould be given to old folks who cannotafford the luxury of Samsung or iphones

Televisions A local school retirementhome or community center might gladlylike to upgrade their older set for a not-as-old set

Camcorders If you have a camcorderthat runs but has out-lived your needsgathering dust in a closet there are anumber of places you donate it to thatwould benefit greatly from yourgenerosity That old camcorder you nolonger use can find a new life in thehands of your local charity theater groupor school How many people claim tohave been bitten by the movie creatingbug using their dads old Super 8camera A not-too-old camcorder cantrigger a childs interest in videoproducing

Recycling Responsibly From CDs to PCs printers to monitorsand more you have the responsiblydisposes of what cant be recycled

Giving it Away for Cash or Credit Thereare several companies what will buyyour older gadget some for cash-outothers for rebate on a new product fromtheir company In the US kodak has amail-in program for old digital camerasand printers Best Buy has a trade-inprogram HP has a few choices fromcash for you to a charity donation or anHP gift card for a new purchase

Selling it Depending on the age of yourdevice you can sell it outright to sitesebay craiglist Kijiji Of course you mightget more the old fashioned way - oneBay - but like putting a sign on your carin a parking lot hoping for a nibbleversus selling it to a used-car brokerthese sites pay for your device thenresell it so they need a profit margintoo A quick search on eBay found 50used Sony miniDV selling for $4000 anda Sony VX2100 going for $300

Recycle it Not all electronic waste isrecyclable but most areas in theQuebec the municipals usually haveprogram where you can drop in theseelectronic stuff When in doubt the firstplace to look can be as easy as your oldfashioned Yellow Pages Most localgovernment listings will have some sortof service for electronic waste recyclingthey can point you in the right direction

Helping People in Developing CountriesThe federal

government have programs that takesusedrefurbished computers to people inemerging nations struggling to getcaught up in the modern world

What can you do with VideotapeRecycling video gear isnt just

about the electronics You can recyclevideo tape too One-sixth of a gallon ofpetroleum goes into the production ofone videocassette and as of 2008 videoduplication companies processed 20million of them per month Althoughvideotape production has gone downtheres a lot of tape still in use or goingto waste sites

Thrift stores Yep - people still usevideotape but be forewarned blackingyour old footage is a good idea beforeyou donate tape

Make Scarecrows Many farmers inManitoba know this trick - Snip the tapeand unravel it then hang bits and piecesaround the garden The fluttering shinytape will scare birds away

Make art Yes Check out this a tutorialon crocheting a sling bag using avideotape

Jim Gibilterra of MediaDistributors says the 2011 tsunami inJapan put their business in crisis modewhen a good portion of the worldssupply of professional video-tape was nolonger available Since then theyvelooked into how they can help lessen theimpact recording media on ourenvironment They mostly deal withhigh-end tape for broadcast and that theproduct is now back in production witheverything back to normal but it

Recycling Electronic Stuffs

triggered interest They sell evaluatedmedia or buy it back then totallydegauss it run it through evaluators toverify no defects then resell This re-supplied tape is good for non-criticalusers schools give aways MediaDistributors also does certifieddestruction that doesnt hurt theenvironment as part of their lsquoGreenPartners Programrsquo

When Recycling e-waste Doesnt WorkNot all recycling is good for theenvironment According to a reportfrom Electronics Take Back Coalitioncaustic gas sits inside old cathode raytube [CRT] TVs and older computermonitors and that approximately 860million pounds of CRT glass has beenstockpiled by recyclers

Did you get (or give) any newelectronics this past holiday season Illbet nearly anyone who was in the gift-giving mode got or gave at least oneelectronic gadget as a gift but whathappens to the gadget yourereplacing Getting rid of the old tobring in the new is becoming a bigissue hopefully a few of these sitesposted today will help you think howyou can participate in e-wasterecyclingAl AbdonHollywood Junkies Video

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From Page 5 Canada Star Recruiting

researchers and students who have ahigh potential for becoming candidates forthe Start-Up Visa While at Stanford healso met with Dan Siciliano a legalscholar and entrepreneur with expertise incorporate governance corporate financeand immigration law and Vivek WadhwaDirector of Research at the Center for

Entrepreneurship and ResearchCommercialization and author of TheImmigrant Exodus one of TheEconomistrsquos Books of the Year for 2012

He was also the featured guestspeaker at an event hosted by the SiliconValley Business Journal attended bymany prominent entrepreneurs andinvestors

Minister Kenney also officially unveiledthe new Start-Up Visa billboard

ldquoThere is huge interest inCanadarsquos new Start-Up Visa and inCanadarsquos expanding tech sectorrdquo saidMinister Kenney ldquoCanadarsquos strongeconomic growth low taxes andbusiness costs excellence in researchand innovation and top quality of life allmake Canada a top country forinnovative entrepreneurs looking to buildtheir businesses If you are a start-upentrepreneur and want to build adynamic company that can compete ona global scale then Canadarsquos Start-UpVisa Program is for yourdquo

The Start-Up Visa whichopened for applications on April 1 is animportant part of the Government ofCanadarsquos plan to build a fast and flexibleeconomic immigration system The Start-Up Visa Program is the first of its kind inthe world and provides Canadian privatesector organizations with access to abroad range of entrepreneurs ndash includingthe worldrsquos best and brightest ndash in whoseideas they can invest

At the same time the programprovides immigrant entrepreneurs withvaluable assistance in navigating theCanadian business environment whichcan be a challenge for newcomers andenables them to build innovativecompanies that can create Canadianjobs and compete on a global scaleVisit cicgccastartup for moreinformation on the Start-Up Visaprogram

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number one in the senatorial raceNilagpasan nrsquoya si Sen Loren Legardana consistent number one sa lahat ngpolls bago mag-eleksyon Sabi ng mgalocal political pundit ay sympathy votesdaw iyon sa pagkatalo ni o sapagkadaya kay FPJ noong halalan ng2004

I SPURNED HER FACEBOOKFRIEND REQUEST ndash Alam nrsquoyo bana tumanggap ako ng Facebookldquofriend requestrdquo mula sa isang tao naitinuturing ko na ldquoThe MostHypocritical and Most Treacherousrdquomember of our community Well Idid Naalaala ko ang kanyang dalawangbeses na panloloko sa akin noongnakaraang halalan ng FAMAS Angkanyang unang panloloko ay nangpaniwalain nrsquoya ako na tunay angkanyang pakikipagkaibigan sa akinNaroon ang beneso-beso nrsquoya ako atnakipag-usap sa akin nang matinoNapadala naman ako sa kanyangldquokabaitanrdquo Nalaman ko ang kanyangpagka-traidor nang sabihin nrsquoya saakin na hindi naman talaga si CesarManuel ang kanyang iboboto at sahalip ay pangalan ni Au Osdon angisusulat nrsquoya sa kanyang balota Suotlang daw nrsquoya ang yellow t-shirt ngSamahang Makabayan (SM) dahilkung hindi baka raw makahalata angkanyang presidential candidate atmasirang lahat ang kanyang mgaplano Iyon naman pala ay gusto langnrsquoyang malaman sa akin kung itutuloy

ng COMELEC ang desisyon napagbawas sa mga boto ng mgakandidato ng SM At nang hindi akosumang-ayon sa gusto nrsquoyangmangyari biglang naglaho angkanyang ldquokabaitanrdquo at muli nrsquoyaakong siniraan sa pamamagitan ngkanyang column sa Forum

Ang ikalawa nrsquoyang panlolokoay noon mismong election day Nasaloob kami ng St Kevinrsquos ChurchSocial Hall nang tawagin nrsquoya angaking anak at humingi srsquoya ngpaumanhin sa bata na noorsquoy doseanyos pa lamang Ang sabi nya ldquoHijaI apologize to you for all the nastythings that I said about your dad Ipromise you that I wonrsquot do that tohim againrdquo Dahil sa bata na angkanyang kinausap binigyan ko srsquoyang benefit of the doubt na talagangtotoo na ang kanyang pangako

Maling-mali ako dahil angkanyang next column ay punung-puno ng mga vituperative remarks nalaban sa akin Nang ipabasa ko iyonsa aking anak hindi nrsquoya napigilan namagsabi ldquoI will never never believeher again I hate her Shersquos a liarrdquo

Iyon ang dahilan kung bakittinanggihan ko ang kanyang ldquoFriendrequestrdquo sa Facebook Ayaw kongmabitag ng kanyang patibong Ayawkong maging Trojan ng kanyangTrojan horse Hindi ko lang srsquoyatinanggihan I also blocked her parahindi na srsquoya makapunta sa aking FBpage Ayaw ko sa hipokrito

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Bernardo Sarmiento daughter-in-law Maritess Almanzor grandchildrenBernardo II Genevieve Meredith and Alexandra and stepdaughter Auring

Ortiz-Villanueva and her family

Benturada Sarmiento Ortiz1926-2013

AdvisoryWarning concerning misrepresentation and fraud

8 May 2013 - The Philippine Embassy in Ottawa has receivedreports concerning documents recently notarized by a personwho is representing himself as Honorary Consul of the Republicof the Philippines in Montreal Quebec Canada

The Embassy wishes to inform the public that there is no existingHonorary Consul of the Republic of the Philippines in Montreal

The Embassy warns the public about such acts ofmisrepresentation and fraud

The Philippine Government concluded on 3 May 2007 theappointment of its last Honorary Consul in Montreal and theDepartment of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Canadahas been duly informed

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North American

FILIPINO STAR PHOTO GALLERY

Mothers Day flowers given to Zenaida Kharroubi by her students Mayette DanaoArlene Manalo and Edna Lorenzo on May 12 2013

The FNAQ founding Executive Board 1992-1995 presented (L-R) Nilda MerialesMaria Quimpo Eugenia Magalit Mierfe Morales Linda Espallardo MagdalenaCalcetas Anita Lo and Elsie Reyes Ten were absent

The Panday Tinig Choral Ensemble led by Paul Imperial and Edith Fedalizo pose forsouvenir of the 21st anniversary of FNAQ on May 4 2013 at the Holiday Inn on Cotede Liesse Road

The anniversary cake with the officers members and guests of the FNAQ one of thehighlights of the evening celebration

The Filipino Youth Center held its monthly Consultative Meeting on the last Saturdayof April with Tessie Nepomuceno as speaker shown here delivering her message tothe youth with their parents and other volunteers led by Pastor Orlan Racachotogether with Amy Manon-og Sophie Toledo Joe Calugay and Zeny Kharroubi

From left Dindo Miras Continuing Education Coordinator of the FNAQ poses withthe inspirational speaker Mrs Patricia OrsquoConnor FNAQ Founder Maggie Calcetasand Mr Gerald Perron

Pamana ni LuzViMinda Concert April 27 2013held at the College Brebeuf Auditorium

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The North American Filipino Star

by W G QuiambaoDue to the limitation of time and

space this article should not beconsidered complete Thanks to thecontributions of Pastor Orlan RacachoBert Abiera Lina Fernandez JakeMaguigad and Zenaida Kharroubi for thisbrief history of FAMAS Likewise I believethat I should also thank all FAMASpresidents and their directors for theirvolunteerism and personal sacrifices

The Filipino Association ofMontreal and Suburbs (FAMAS) the oldestand biggest association in Quebec that iscelebrating its fifty years has come a longway since its founding in 1963 TheFilipinos who were with us since its infancyand still with us have witnessed itsevolution into a progressive andrecognized organization it is today by thefederal provincial and especially by themunicipal governments

The primary goal of FAMAS whenit was founded was for Filipinos in Montrealand suburbs to get to know each other andto make sure their separation away fromthe families they left behind in thePhilippines would be much lessunbearable In the early days the numberof Filipinos was comparatively small about330 Many of them were professionalsnamely doctors nurses architects andengineers

The Philippine Association ofMontreal and suburbs now known asFAMAS had limited activities which weremainly social events due to lack ofcreativeness incentives and civicconsciousness to project a realisticcommunity involvement said OrlanRacacho former FAMAS president andnow a pastor Leadership skills andpassion for cultural programs werebasically lacking in its platform

FAMAS then was not ascommunity oriented as it is today In factthe money left by each president after hisor her tenure was spent more forsocializing than anything else Even theFAMAS election was so simple that it wasdone by mere raising of hands by thevoters Sometimes the election was heldat Angrignon Park in La Salle It was also inany of those places that a small group ofFilipinos usually had their occasionalpicnics for camaraderie and only a handfulwas keen on running for office moreparticularly the presidency

In the early 70s the communitysaw the changing times in terms of the theeconomy and in the ever-growing numberof Filipinos in Montreal and suburbs

The FAMAS officers decided toaim higher but were confronted with muchbigger challenges It dawned on them thatFAMAS should be community oriented if itwas to be relevant To accomplish thisgoal essential services to the communityhad to be provided FAMAS officersconsisted of volunteers who had to workhard not only to recruit members and raisefunds but also to develop projects Thebiggest source for FAMAS then and nowhas been the Miss Philippines andMunting Bb Pilipinas conceptualized byNorma Flores-Vohra during the terms ofAlvin Veloso Angie Ogerio and BertAbiera respectively In 1978 NormaVillarose started the building fund in theamount of $500 unlike the previousFAMAS presidents who usually spentleftover funds after their term on picnics orany other social activities because at thattime FAMAS had no specific projectTherefore it was during this time whenmassive fund raising was dedicated to thecommunity center building fund EveryFAMAS president began to work harder inorder to turn over an amount to thebuilding fund In 1986-1987 during the

term of Bert Abiera a committee led byOgerio was formed to adopt a `copy cat`fund raising idea used in the Philippinesthe Munting Bb Pilipinas which was ahuge success It raised more than $20000

I made a handsome turn overwhich rapidly grewrdquo said Abiera ldquoWhenMarlene Birao-Schacter took over FAMAShad the sufficient amount to make a downpayment for a duplex on Van Horne Avewith the approval of the officers and theBoard of Trustees They utilized theservices of Nemia Saldua a realtor whowas a member of the Board of TrusteesThe mortgage was signed by Birao-Schacter and Bartolome Javier whorepresented the Board of Trustees

Years later it was decided toconvert the duplex into a communitycenter where the services that theassociation wanted to provide to thecommunity could be served but it wasdifficult since zoning bylaws got in the wayWhen James de la Paz became theFAMAS president he assiduously lobbiedthe City Hall of Montreal to grant FAMAS arezoning permit The neighbours howeverwere opposed to the idea of converting theduplex into a community center becauseof the noise and disturbance it might bringto the quiet neighbourhood Despite therezoning snag de la Paz`s request wasgranted within a year With the help ofvolunteers the duplex was renovated inthe late 90s and worthy activities likeHeritage classes were introducedthereafter

In addition to the successfulconversion of the duplex to become acenter de la Paz made a bold andcontroversial decision He called anassembly to present his proposal to paythe mortgage of FAMAS in full since it hadenough money for that purpose Hebelieved that payment of the mortgagebalance would save money by avoidingthe exorbitant and growing mortgageinterest rates

ldquoSome members of the executiveboard tried to sue me but they couldnrsquot doanythingrdquo recalled de la Paz ldquoMy lawyersaid that I didn`t pocket the money A fewyears later those who were against myidea appreciated what I did If I did not paythe mortgage FAMAS would still be indebtrdquo

In spite of the criticism hurledagainst de la Paz by those who havepersonal issues with him FAMAS hadsubstantially benefitted from his politicalconnections that he shrewdly cultivatedwhen he was the FAMAS presidentArguably he paved the way for the Filipinocommunity to be more visible in themainstream politics when he was FAMASpresident He said ldquoPoliticians used to sayThe Jews Italians Chinese etc It wasfrustrating for Filipinos because they weresystematically relegated to lsquoothersrsquo Theydidnt have any identity until de la Pa cameinto the local political scene Nowpoliticians from municipal provincial andfederal levels recognize the existence notonly of FAMAS but also the entireburgeoning Filipino community

FAMAS made more changes inthe 90s For example it amended theConstitution and Bylaws to allow thepresident to serve for two years rather thanjust one year The Executive Board at thetime was convinced that one year was tooshort for any president particularly a goodone to accomplish the goals of theassociation For reasons of their ownmany community members came out ofthe woodwork and became more andmore interested in becoming president orat least to be an officer FAMAS electionshave become one of the most talked aboutand anticipated events in the communityparticularly in the summertime Like the

Independence Day and the Pista saNayon the election day has always beenan event for many Filipinos to meet friendsthey have not seen for a while

In 2009 the leadership of AuOsdon who has a background inmanagement was put to the test afterwinning the presidency of FAMAS Despiteher detractors`criticismrsquo or perhapsbecause of it she managed to keep theaffairs of FAMAS in order When she tookover in 2009 a Special Audit Committeewas established in order to review theincomplete financial records submitted bythe previous administration Thecommittee composed of Hal SoteroRoger Sandoval Cely Dagsaan and PeterFernandez found out that it would beimpossible because most transactionswere made in cash and not properlyrecorded FAMAS received a bill in 2007--2008 which was paid She also broughtback the trust and respect of thecommunity for FAMAS which for a whilewere lost because of the smokingdrinking and even installation of a camerain the toilet The regular activities like theBb Pilipinas Bb Munting PilipinasHeritage and French classes still continueMiss Teen FAMAS and the fledgling ProjectPagsibol are doing well Somerenovations in the building were also madewith the help of Alex Sy FAMAS vicepresident and an engineer by professionwhich included the new main entrancedoor with electronic push button openerlocated in the office a new entranceFrench door in the main lobby near thestairs going up the office installation of awindow near the entrance door removal ofthe old closet to make the office biggerremoval of the partition of the conferenceroom and living room to make the spacebigger and putting new floor tiles in theconference room

Giving due recognition to de laPaz and Osdon is not meant to diminishthe other presidents before or after themwho made valuable contributions to thestatus of FAMAS as a communityorganization All past presidents ofFAMAS without exception had given uptheir time and made personal sacrifices inorder to do their job It can be statedwithout any doubt that no one has amonopoly of accomplishments for therehave been other past presidents who triedto do what they thought was good for thecommunity Some of the past presidentscontributions are Lee Sanga (deceased)introduced Heritage classes JoseBustamante converted the duplex garageinto a classroom Carlos P Reyes(deceased) started the installation of aflagpole Alberto Floresca (deceased)brought the idea of constructing thebalcony Claro Bermudez celebrated theIndependence Day jointly with FCAWIFlor Rillo constructed the patio CarmelitaSideco (deceased) must be mentioned forbeing the first female FAMAS presidentwhose contributions are not visible but herinfluence over those who worked with herare still felt Norma Casaclang-Villarosa(deceased) was known to be the first oneto put aside some funds for the purpose ofacquiring a community center Dr BartJavier together with Marlene Birao-Schacter were the signatories to the deedof sale of the FAMAS building There mayhave been accomplishments of somepresidents but have not been includedabove but it is hoped that their place inFAMAS history is an acknowledgement oftheir volunteerism to the community

But the saying that ldquoYou can`tplease everybodyrdquo still holds true After theelection in 2011 Osdon and COMELECchairman Budz Sarmiento were accusedof conniving with each other to beat CesarManuel presidential candidate for

Samahang Makabayan ldquoThe accusation is untrue said

Sarmiento The candidates of the SMwere given the Rules and Regulations toread If they have any objection then theyshould have discussed it with theCOMELEC Instead they signed theCertificatres of Candidacy After theelection they were also given a chance toappeal But they ignored it What I findinappropriate are the things they didprotesting in front of the center for a fewdays freezing FAMAS accouint illegallyinducting their officers etc

FAMAS had and still has its upsand down As noted below even duringthe beginning there had been a short-livedfeud between the east side and the westside resulting in two associations onecalled Philippine Association of Montreal(PAM) and the other the Filipino Aociationof the Province of Quebec (FAPQ) Itcannot be denied that bickering anddifferences among differeent factions havebeen a constant threat to the solidarityamong Filipinos Nevertheless they arealways there fior each other in time ofneed It is like a big family After all othercultural associations have had their ownproblems too

List of FAMAS presidents 1963-1964 - Vicente Sison 1964-1965 - DrB Oteysa finished the term of EmilAssistores 1965-1966 - Dr Ben deGuzman 1966-1967 - R Mendoza finishedthe term started by Carlos Borromeo1967-1968 Dr Diego Rosales gave up infavor of John Alvarado In 1967 a crisisoccured that led to the formation of twoasociations John Alvarado continued hisjob as president of Philippine Associationof Montreal (PAM) while Orlan Racachobecame president of a new associationcalled Filipino Association of the Provnceof Quebec In 1968-1969 George Pobletebecame president of PAM and Dr DeoEsguerra was at the helm of FAPQ In1969 according to Jake Maguigadsarticle FAMAS made the maidenappearance with Dr Nap Magadia andlater T Patrio as president while the nameof Andy Palomar was recorded by BertAbiera as the president during the periodof 1969-1970 Abiera also provided thenames of other past presidents namely1970-1971 Simeon Orejudos 1971-1972Alvin Veloso 1972-1973 Roberto Bernas 1973-1974 Carmelita Sideco 1974-1975Orlan Racacho 1975-1976 DominadorRosales 1976-1977 Dr Bartolome Javier1977-1978 Henry Casuga 1978-1979Norma Villarosa 1979-1980 Dr EdilbertoPelausa 1980-1981 Liwanag Sanga 1981-1982 - Angelita Ogerio 1982-1983Salvador Cagugao 1983-1984 NemiaSaldua 1984-1985 Dr GenovevaSantander 1985-1986 Julita Parado 1986-1987 Alberto Abiera 1987-1988 AuroraOsdon 1988-1989 Marlene Birao-Schacter 1989-1990 Mario Umali 1990-1991 Erlinda Baltazar 1991-1992 LimeoCollao 1992-1993 Dick Dahiroc 1993-1994 Malrlene Birao-Schacter 1994-1995Emma Resurreccion 1995-1997 James dela Paz (two consecutive terms) 1997-1998Ricardo Cosico 1998-1999 JoseBustamante

The change in the terms ofpresidents began in 1999-2001 with CarlosP Reyes 2001-2003 Venancio Parial 2003-2005 Santiago Tino 2005-2007 AlbertoFloresca 2007-2008 2008 - ClaroBermjudez who had to leave for a jobopporuntiy in South Africa and appointedFlor Rillo to replace him for the remainderof his term until August 2009 AuroraOsdon 2009-2013 (two consecutive terms)

FAMAS in a capsule

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Fresh Pork Leg

Over 20 lbs 409 lb

lb

Bone-in shoulder chops219 lb

12 kilo pork bellygarlic powdersalt and pepper

For the filling

1 small bundle large spring onionschopped1 stalk lemon grass chopped1 small bundle chives chopped3-4 cloves garlic choppedblack pepper powderchili flakessalt

For the baste

3 tablespoon oil1 tablespoon soy sauce

Balamban Liempo - Cooking procedure

Make an incision in the middle of thepork belly to form a pocket for thefillings Rub the pork belly with garlicpowder salt and pepper let stand inthe refrigerator and marinate for a least1 hour or more Mix and blend all thefilling ingredients and put it inside thebelly pocket keep aside Preheat ovento 300degF to 350degF using the top andbottom heating element In a roastingpan with the same size with the porkbelly place the pork belly with the skinon top Drizzle the pork belly skin withsoy sauce and rub to evenly coat

Balamban Liempo - Grill

Place the roasting pan in the pre-heated oven and roast for 1 to 112hours Occasionally brush the skinwith the oil and soy sauce bastemixture Adjust lower the temperatureif the skin is drying or cooking too fastNow remove the pork belly from thebaking pan and place in the middle ofthe oven in a rack continue to roast foranother 20 to 30 minutes Increase theoven temperature to 400degF to 450degFduring the last 10 to 15 minutes ofcooking or until reddish in color and theskin should be crisp at this stageRemove from oven and cover theroasting pan with aluminium foil and letrest for 10 to 15 minutes Cut intoserving pieces and serve with yourchoice pinakurat vinegar dippingsauce

Pork Belly RoastBalamban liempo style

roasting the pork belly is roasted whileit is in the roasting pan I used glassThis will allow the juices together withthe aromatics cook the meatremember you have to use top andbottom grill of the oven Halfway thepork belly is removed from the panand let grill on the middle of the ovenYou can also use yoursquore turbo broilerif you have one again just be mindfulof your temperatures and timings Ifyou have an oven with rotisserie thenwe would not have to do the abovecomplicated roasting method

Balamban Liempo - Ingrdients

Balamban Liempo as the nameoriginated in Balamban one of thetowns located along the western coastof Cebu Several entrepreneurs havebrought the Balamban Liempo outsideof Balamban and has become one ofthe must eat food when you are inCebu City

Balamban Liempo - Chopped

The pork belly has to be roasted in 2procedures During the first half of

Pinakbet (VegetableStew)

ngredients14 kilo pork with fat (cut into very small

pieces)3 tablespoons oil1 12 cup water

I 2 medium size Ampalaya (cut into 8pieces each)

2 medium size eggplants (cut into 8pieces each)

1 small size kalabasaabout6-10 pieces okra (halved)6 pieces tomatoes (quartered)1 small garlic head (minced)2 small onions (diced)1 small ginger (sliced)4 tablespoons bagoong isdaPinch of pepper

Procedure

In a pan fry pork until lightly crispy setaside

Saute garlic onion tomatoes and gingerin the pork fat and mix in pork

In a pot boil water with bagoongAdd in the pork and spicesAdd all the vegetables and cookServe hot

Pinakbet is a very typical andpopular dish among Filipinos in theIlocos provinces but also adopted byother groups in Luzon except thatthere is a slight difference in theingredients

Tilapia with blackbean sauce

Tilapia with Salted Black BeansIngredients

1 large tilapia sliced crosswise(steak cut)

14 cup canned tausi (salted blackbeans) ndash discard the water

12 cup chopped flat leaf parsley1 medium yellow onion diced2 teaspoon minced garlic1 12 tablespoons oyster sauce1 tablespoon soy sauce1 teaspoon cornstarch diluted in 12

cup watercooking oilSalt and pepper to taste

Cooking Procedure

Rub salt and pepper all over thesliced tilapia Let it stand for 10 minutes

Heat 1 cup of cooking oil in a fryingpan

Pan-fry the sliced tilapia in mediumheat for about 5 minutes per side or untilthe color turns medium brown Removethe fried tilapia and place in a plate linedwith paper towel

In a clean cooking pan heat about 2tablespoons of cooking oil

Saute the garlic and onionWhen the onion softensadd the

parsley and salted black beansPut the fried tilapia in the pan Add

the soy sauce oyster sauce andcornstarch diluted in water Stir gently andlet boil Cover and simmer for 10 to 15minutes

Add pepper to taste Note you canadd more water to make it taste less salty

Transfer to a serving bowlServe share and enjoy

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50th Anniversary GalaSaturday June 15 2013

Call 514-341-7477

May 201316

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The North American Filipino Star

FILIPINO STARS H O W B I Z G O S S I PlsquoAnnalizarsquo wants to directsomeday

She may be just 10 years old andher show-biz career just starting totake off but child star AndreaBrillantes can already see herselfworking behind the camera whenbeing in front of it has lost its appeal

ldquoI enjoy taking photos and mymom tells me they look nicerdquo shesaid ldquoI want to become a director awriter or a photographer when I growolder I want to be behind the scenesrdquoBrillantes told a small group ofreporters at a recent media gatheringfor ABS-CBNrsquos remake of the popular1980s television drama ldquoAnnalizardquowhere she plays the title role

The late Julie Vega was theoriginal Annaliza

For her dream first photo shootBrillantes said she wanted her subjectto be her idol Kim Chiu Her directorialdebut on the other hand will mostlikely have ldquoAnnalizardquo costar ZanjoeMarudo (who plays her father Guido)as lead actor she added

Prior to this big break Brillantesoften played the role of a teleseryersquosstar as a child She was the youngAndi Eigenmann in ldquoKahit PusorsquoyMasugatanrdquo Jessy Mendiola inldquoPrecious Heart Romances Paraisordquoand Kim Chiu in ldquoIna Kapatid Anakrdquo

ldquoIrsquom very thankful and happy thatI was chosen to play Annalizabecause itrsquos my dream to star in myown showrdquo she said Brillantes saidshe googled Vega on the Internet toknow more about her learning abouther birthday and death

Looking sweet and adorable in apink dress Brillantes was refreshingly

self-assured when asked if shebelieved she could carry a televisionshow on her own

But the precocious youngsterclammed up when the subject ofcompetition with other ABS-CBN childstars such as Xyriel Manabat wasbrought up ldquoI donrsquot knowrdquo shemurmured ldquoMas matanda po akordquoshe offered drawing laughter fromthe crowd

Currently a Grade 4 student inAmbassador School for ChildrenBrillantes said she might resort tohome-schooling next academic yearbecause of her increasingly heavyschedule

Do her schoolmates and friendsknow that shersquos an actor ldquoYestheyrsquore happy and proud of meSometimes they approach me forphoto opsrdquo she said

Brillantes who joined the kiddiegag show ldquoGoinrsquo Bulilitsrdquo in 2010proudly announced she was able tobuy herself a cell phone and an iPadfrom her earnings ldquoSomeday I wantto have a nice bedroomrdquo she said

Business unit head Ruel Bayanisaid their version of ldquoAnnalizardquo wouldbe generally faithful to the originalseries ldquoBut to make it relevant todaywe incorporated different socialissues we encounter nowrdquo Bayanisaid

Directed by Theodore Boboroland Cathy Camarillo ldquoAnnalizardquo startsairing Monday before ldquoTV Patrolrdquo a

After his sold-out birthdayconcert at the Smart-AranetaColiseum Kapamilya teensensation Daniel Padilla continuesto sweep off the feet of his fans withhis sophomore album under StarRecords titled ldquoDJPrdquo

Daniel Padilla ReleasesSophomore Album DJP

Following the success of hisdouble platinum self-titled albumldquoDJPrdquo features 10 tracks includingDanielrsquos carrier single ldquoKamustaKardquo ldquoKung San Ka MasayardquoldquoSabay Natinrdquo ldquoPanalanginrdquoldquoBinibinirdquo ldquoNaaalalardquo ldquoKisapmatardquoldquoIpagpatawad Mordquo ldquoSisikat DinAkordquo and the acoustic version ofHimig Handog P-Pop Love Songfinalist ldquoNasa Iyo Na Ang Lahatrdquo

The album also carries thebonus track ldquoDiskarterdquo DanielrsquosldquoDJPrdquo album is already available onall record bars nationwide for onlyP250 The digital tracks of thealbum can also be downloaded viawwwmymusicstorecomph andiTunes

For more information visit StarRecordsrsquo Facebook fanpage atwwwfacebookcomstarrecordsphilor follow starrecordsph onTwitter a

Daniel Padilla ReleasesSophomore Album DJP

Daniel Padilla had his fans shrieking onASAP Sunday as he channeled hisinner Mr Suave while performing theParokya ni Edgar hit along with threeother Padillas RJ Matthew and JC

Rising teleserye princess Andrea Brillantes suddenly burst into tears while walkingon center stage when her first teleserye starrer Annaliza was introduced toadvertisers at the recently held ABS-CBN trade event at the NBC Tent in Taguig Theten-year old young actress wasnrsquot able to contain her emotions any longer whenshe realized that she is actually living her long-time dream of playing lead in a TVseries

May 2013 17The North American Filipino Star

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We process meat using Halal method

Our slaughterhouse is very clean and our prices are reasonable

Reserve your mutton from Aid Al Adha bull Sariwa malinis

The Court of Appeals (CA) ruledin favor of the Movie and TelevisionReview and Classification Board(MTRCB) that suspended TV5snoontime game show Willing Willie in2011 over an obscene segment

Associated Justice ManuelBarrios of the appellate courts 2ndDivision said in an 11-page decisionissued late Thursday that thecontested episode that showed ayoung boy dancing in a raunchymanner while crying was enoughmaterial for MTRCB to suspend thepopular show for one month

A review of the recording of thatsegment shows a 6-year old boygyrating like a macho dancer whilebeing cajoled and goaded by theshows host and the audience iscommonly perceived as transpiringonly in night clubs and othershadowy establishments thedecision stated

The court also called the showhost Willie Revillame insensitive inencouraging the boy to continue withthe performance in exchange for amonetary reward

While money has great utilityand is beneficial in these times ofwant it must never be used asjustification to sacrifice good moralsdecency self respect and thepsychological well-being of itscitizens especially the young itadded

MTRCB Chairman EugenioVillareal welcomed the courtsdecision on Thursday night sayinghe hopes the ruling be instructive tothe television industryEntertainment ( Article MRec )pagematch 1 sectionmatch 1

May this allow the televisionindustry especially those moredirectly concerned to move on andhelp build an entertainment culturethat is truly audience-sensitive andparticularly looking out for thewelfare of our young Villareal said ina statement

MTRCB earlier said in the originalsuspension ruling that the showviolated a law against immoral andindecent broadcasts that run counterto Filipino valuesinvoking herbrothers being in power when shemade a veiled threat Wala na siyangibang masabi Sabi niya Bakanakalimutan mo may three years paang brother ko Yap said a

Court says Willie Revillameinsensitive upholds showsuspension

Julia Barretto the winsome 16-year old daughter of Marjorie Barrettowho is fast making a name for herselfin the show business industry as ldquoTheMost Beautiful Barrettordquo continues tocapture hearts including that of teenstar Julian Estrada - her co-star in arecent special episode of ABS-CBNrsquosaward-winning fantasy-dramaanthology ldquoWansapanataymrdquo

Estrada who like Barretto is ascion of an established showbiz familythat includes actor turned presidentJoseph ldquoEraprdquo Estrada has nowadmitted to wooing his fellow StarMagic 2013 member in a recentinterview on ldquoKris TVrdquo ndash a far cry froman earlier statement

ldquoHindi naman po ligaw (But)things are doing pretty well (betweenthe two of us) rdquo he was quoted assaying prior

Ironically the 15-year-old spilledthe truth about courting the young

actress when he was being grilled byhis own father actor turned senatorJinggoy Estrada during their guestappearance on ldquoKris TVrdquo Monday

ldquoNililigawan mo bardquo The senatorasked his son who went on to blurt acurt ldquoYeahrdquo

When asked if he thinks he is onhis way to winning Julia over theyoung Estrada meekly retortedldquoSanardquo

The older Estrada went on todispense seeming sage advice tellinghis son to give the star of theupcoming series ldquoCofradiardquo gifts likeflowers fruits and chocolates

He went on to praise Julia as withthe rest of the Barrettos for theirbeauty

ldquoMaganda talaga rsquoyung mgaBarretto sistersrdquo said he referring tothe controversial siblings GretchenClaudine and Marjorie Juliarsquos mother

Julian and Julia Fromreel to real

Julian Estrada and Julia Barretto

TV5 statement onMr Willie Revillamersquosresignation

Willie Revillame

So it has finally been confirmedthe rumor that Willie Revillame isresigning from TV5 and that his showldquoWowowillierdquo will end when his contractwith the network expires on Oct 15

The persistent hearsay was thatWillie is resigning because he wasasking for a P90 million talent fee permonth which the Kapatid networkrejected according to a source

Williersquos camp denied the rumorsaying at first that while itrsquos true hiscontract with TV5 is expiring in Octoberthere was no negotiation going on yetabout the possible renewal of suchcontract much less about any amountfor the hostrsquos monthly talent fee

Willie has his options on whether tocontinue with the show or take hismuch-needed vacation He has favoredthe latter

To this TV5 has issued this shortstatement

ldquoWe respect the decision of MrWillie Revillame to retire upon theexpiry of his contract with TV5 We wishhim well in his new pursuitsrdquo a

May 201318 The North American Filipino Star

Showbiz Gossip Continued from p17

Maja Salvador said she is at a lossfor words when met with greetings onher relationship with Gerald Andersonwhich the actor recently confirmed

At the sidelines of the filming of herupcoming big-screen project with SenJinggoy Estrada on Wednesday the24-year-old actress was asked for herreaction to her boyfriend going publicwith their relationship

Marami ang nagsasabi na angganda ko raw ang suwerte ko raw Diko alam paano sasagutin yun eSalvador was quoted as saying byentertainment news site PhilippineEntertainment Portal

Siguro sobrang blessed ko langna ganun ako ka-importante sa buhayniya talaga she said referring toAnderson

The 24-year-old actor admitted the

real score between him and Salvadorin the June 2013 issue of entertainmentmagazine StarStudio

Last Sunday Anderson said thedecision to admit his romantic ties withSalvador was for everybodys peace ofmind citing the endless speculationsabout their relationship

Anderson and Salvadorsrelationship however came at the costof the actress friendship with her InaKapatid Anak co-star and erstwhilebest friend Kim Chiu

Chiu is the former girlfriend ofAnderson The two broke up in 2010

In an earlier interview an emotionalChiu said she has already forgivenAnderson and Salvador but added itis difficult to forget what they did toyou a

Maja Salvador reacts to GeraldAndersonrsquos confession

Gerald Anderson and Maja Salvador

The lady of laughs Ai Ai delasAlas feels so much better now daysafter her personal conflict with short-lived husband Jed Salang came to ahead

Ai Ai said she never realized howmuch love she enjoys from everyone ndashher family her friends in and out of thebusiness her fans and even those whoare just looking ndash until this thinghappened to her

ldquoIrsquom overwhelmed by the love andsupport of everybody I am verythankful Sobrang pasasalamat kotalaga sa Diyos at sa lahat-lahat ngmga mababait na mga anak ko mgakaibigan ko at mga taong nagmamahalsa akin kahit hindi naman nila akomasyadong nakakasama o nakikita

Wala na akong mahihiling paNapakasuwerte ko pa rinrdquo she saidAi Ai told us everything is clear with hernow ldquoHindi ko akalain na mangyayarisa buhay ko ang ganorsquon nanapapanood ko lang sa TV Pero atleast okay na ako Nakalaya na rin akobago pa mangyari sa akin ang mgabagay na ikakahiya ko pa balangarawrdquo she said

Ai Ai likened her life to a plot of anABS-CBN soap opera She saidldquorsquoyung tipong isang medyonakakabatang lalaki na pumatol saisang medyo may edad na babae namay pera Pero meron talaga siyangpamilya at sinabihan niya na sandalilang ito at kailangan lang niya gawinpara na din sa kanyang mag-inaGanun ang eksaktong nangyari saakinrdquoAnd what didnrsquot kill her made herstronger Ai Ai said ldquoNow I really thankGod for waking me up just in timeMasakit pero ganun talagaNaghangad kasi ako na mahalin ngisang lalaki mapakasalan Siguro hinditalaga rsquoyun ang buhay na para sa akinMarami namang masyadong blessingna ibinibigay si God Ang mga anak kosobrang mahal ako Nahihiya nga akosa kanila at nagpapasalamat nanaiintindihan nila ang Mommy nila Silaang tunay kong kayamananrdquo a

Ai Ai Delas Alas is much betternow

Comedienne Ai Ai delas Alas hasfiled a formal complaint against herhusband of 29 days businessmanJed Salang

According to a report ofentertainment website Pepphpublished on Wednesday delas Alascharged Salang of violating theRepublic Act 9262 or the act definingviolence against women and childrenbefore the Quezon City Regional Trial

Court on FridayThis is in addition to the

protection order she sought againsther husband so he could no longercome near her by 100 to 500 meters

Citing a source allegedly close tothe comedienne Pepph said delasAlas detailed in her petition howSalang physically abused her lastMay 2

The source added delas Alas alsoconsulted with a psychologist whotold her that she is in a ldquostate ofdepressionrdquo and is suffering from anldquoacute post-traumatic-stressdisorderrdquo

Two weeks ago delas Alas brokedown on The Buzz as she confirmedher breakup from Salang

In an interview with The Buzzhost Boy Abunda delas Alasadmitted that she was physically

Ai Ai delas Alas with her husband JedSalang (file photo)

Ai Ai files raps vs husband JedSalang

abused by Salang which led to herdecision to leave him last May 2

She also tearfully said shebelieves Salang never loved her

Delas Alas and Salang weremarried in Las Vegas last April 3

It takes two to do the show bizbreakup cha-cha

Did Jed Salang really do all thoseawful awful things andhellip isnrsquot hegoing to defend himself Just youwait

In the aftermath of Ai-Ai de lasAlasrsquo spectacular meltdown on ldquoTheBuzzrdquo last Sunday over a turbulentseparation from her husband of lessthan a month movie reporters havebeen hunting down Salang abusinessman

Did he really beat up the 48-year-old actress routinely Is he agambling addict as they say Is it

true that he received a monthlyallowance of P40000 from De lasAlas Did he use her money to buyexpensive gifts for another personAwful awful talk (Meanwhile has hereturned the ldquodream carrdquo that shegave him for their first ldquomonthsaryrdquo)

Several show biz scribes havegone to Salangrsquos workplace inAlabang others to his reportedcurrent address A few claim to havetalked to Salang but say he declinedto comment on the whole sordidaffair

When De las Alas claimed onnationwide TV that she had broken upwith Salang on May 2 after repeatedincidents of physical abuse her fanswent up in arms as if on cue Theywasted no time in flooding SalangrsquosInstagram account with vitriolprompting him to close it onMondaymdashhis only link to socialnetworking a

May 2013 19The North American Filipino Star

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Words cannot express howdelighted Lovi Poe is about her sisterGrace Poe-Llamanzares ranking No 1in the May 13 senatorial race Shefinds it hard to believe that she nowhas a big sister who is a senator and isjust a phone call away

Lovi during her contract signingwith GMA-7 last May 17 shared thatshe has gotten to know her elder sisterwell during the campaign season

ldquoIrsquom so proud of her When we hadlunch I met her son daughter and herhusband They are all wonderfulpeople talaga Lahat sila mababait SiAte Grace shersquos very humble shersquosvery smart Talagang I look up to herKung baga isa siyang magandanghalimbawardquo she sharedShe added that if she is proud shecould just imagine how prouder theirfather the late Fernando Poe Jr Kingof Philippine Cinema would havebeen

ldquoIrsquom sure si Papa kung anongnararamdaman ko kay Ate Grace masgrabe pa siya and Irsquom sureipagpapatuloy niya ang gusto niPapahellip I just really feel so proudespecially with what happened nanag-number one siya Siya na mismonagsabi that she didnrsquot expect thatrdquoLovi expressed that she will be asupportive sister and intimated thatSen Grace would be having lunchwith her to discuss her plans inpolitics She said that she would helpin her own capacity as an actress butwonrsquot be ldquovisible politicallyrdquo

ldquoI donrsquot want to venture into

politics kasi itrsquos not my turf talagaLetrsquos leave it to the experts sabi nganilardquo quipped Lovi

These days Lovi is more focusedon giving her all in the projects that theKapuso network entrusts her Shebelieves she has the talent and wantsto prove that she is worthy of herthree-year contract Her love life toocould take a backseat to her new stateof mind which is workldquoIrsquom not dating now I just want to

focus talaga on work Ito rsquoyungpromise ko sa sarili ko na masfocused ako now Irsquom already 24 yearsold at ibang Lovi na ito Mas mature nakasi medyo before I want to enjoywhile working of course but now masfocused nardquo

Itrsquos been almost two months sinceLovi took a break from the Kapusonetwork Now she is excited to goback to work and see her colleagueswhom she misses a lot She also looks

forward to the teleseryes she wouldget and the leading men shersquod beworking with As an actress she israring to do more challenging roles inthe near future

By the way Lovi is in theupcoming movie of Joel Lamanganentitled ldquoLihisrdquo with Jake Cuenca andJoem Bascon among others a

Lovi proud sister to Sen Grace Poe

Lovi Poe (Left) and Sen Grace Poe-Llamanzares

For the first time HeartEvangelista revealed the real reasonwhy she and Jericho Rosales whomshe considers her ldquogreatest loverdquobroke up in 2008

In an sit-down interview with Yesmagazine for its May 2013 issueEvangelista said her parents madeher believe that Rosales cheated onher with Malaysian actress CarmenSoo

At that time Evangelista justreconciled with her parents after nottalking to them for three yearsbecause she fought for herrelationship with Rosales

Evangelista said her parents didnot approve of the Kapamilya actorbecause he already had a child froma previous relationship

ldquoI didnrsquot see them for three yearsat that time and I missed them somuch And I was also going though alot I was struggling with life I wasconfused Although I was happy itwas hard to be happy in one areaand everything else seems like itrsquosfalling apart But the moment I gotback with them naging okay kamirdquoshe said

Rosales was then in Malaysiawith Soo for the ABS-CBN seriesldquoKahit Isang Saglitrdquo whileEvangelista was in Dubai for her ownshow in GMA-7

ldquoWhen they said that he wascheating on me with Carmen Soo Ireally did think that he was I reallythought that he cheated on me Ireally did And that was because theytold me that he was and I wasconvincedrdquo she said

Evangelista shared there waseven a time when Rosales went tosee her in her condominium unit sohe could explain himself but theynever saw each other

ldquoMy mom didnrsquot tell me that hewas waiting for me downstairs in mycondo for five hours She didnrsquot say

anything so I didnrsquot hear from himrdquoshe said

The 27-year-old actress said shejust learned in due course thatRosales did not really cheat on her

ldquoOf course they are yourparentsmdashwhen they tell yousomething over and over you start tohave fears You start to doubt certainsituations And thatrsquos what happenedto me beforerdquo she said

Through time Evangelistaunderstood that her mom was justscared to lose her

ldquoShe was trying to let me go She

was really trying her best to not getherself involved with my pastrelationships It was always like thatShe would try But in the endeverything that she kept inside wouldjust blow up and it would just affectme so much and also therelationship that I was inrdquo she said

Evangelista recently madeheadlines anew after she foundherself in another collision coursewith her parents who lambasted hercurrent boyfriend Senator FrancisChiz Escudero

Both Evangelista and Escuderohowever have stood firm that theyare not breaking up amid all theissues surrounding their relationship

Why Heart and Jericho really broke up Jericho has found lsquoThe Onersquo

Early photo of Heart amp JerichoNot meant to be Former lovers Heartand Jericho Rosales

May 201320 The North American Filipino Star

Itrsquos tough fighting the worldrsquossecond biggest economic power andmost populous country But whenanother economic heavyweight joinsthe fight against you they couldtrounce you very badly And to makethe situation worse the two adversariesare the giant Peoplersquos Republic ofChina (PRC) and the Lilliputian buteconomically rich Republic of China(ROC) which is more commonly knownas Taiwan With the Philippines upagainst the two Chinas her options are

limited

Over the past several years Chinaincreased her defense budget todouble-digit increments In the case ofTaiwan the United States provided herwith firepower to defend herself fromChina whose ultimate goal is to takeover Taiwan and complete theunification of the two Chinas under onegovernment

But the US has nothing to do with thatAlthough the US recognizes the PRCunder a ldquoOne China Policyrdquo she madeit known that Taiwan would bedefended should China decide toinvade Taiwan

The Philippines followed suit andadopted a ldquoOne China Policyrdquo too thussevering her diplomatic relationshipwith Taiwan However the influentialcommunity of Chinese expatriates andrefugees in the Philippines identifythemselves with Chiang Kai-shek andhis Kuomintang Party who fled toTaiwan in 1949 after they were defeatedby Mao Zedong and his CommunistParty in a bloody Civil War

To continue their ldquofriendshiprdquo thePhilippines and Taiwan established twooffices to serve as conduit between thetwo governments The Philippinegovernment opened the ManilaEconomic and Cultural Office (MECO)in Taipei and Taiwan opened the TaipeiEconomic and Cultural Office (TECO) inManila Indeed the relationshipbetween the Philippines and Taiwancouldnrsquot have been betterhellip until lastMay 9 when an incident in disputedwaters ended in the death of aTaiwanese fisherman

Fishing boat incidentRelatives of fisherman killed by thePhilippine Coast Guard

According to Philippine Coast Guard(PCG) account two Taiwanese fishing

boats were sighted in the Balintangchannel just north of Luzon which isPhilippine territory and not claimed byTaiwan or any other country In whatappeared to be illegal fishing the PCGvessel approached the fishing boatsbut one of them tried to ram the PCGvessel The PCG fired at the chargingfishing boat to disable it The fishingboat was disabled howeverunbeknown to the PCG crew a 65-yearold Taiwanese fisherman was hit Thena ldquobig white shiprdquo came to view and the

PCG vessel took off (Source The DailyTribune)

The incident created a crescendo ofevents leading to violence againstOverseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) inTaiwan MECO Chairman AmadeoPerez reported that an OFW wasattacked with a baseball bat by anangry mob in Kaohsiung City TaiwanOther attacks on OFWs were reportedldquoThe situation in Taiwan now is verytenserdquo said PerezIn an attempt to placate TaiwanPresident Benigno Aquino IIIapologized for the death of the

Taiwanese fisherman but the Taiwanesegovernment uncharacteristicallyrejected it as ldquoinsincererdquo

And to make matters worse theTaiwanese government banned theentry of OFWs The Philippinegovernment is preparing evacuationplans should the need to bring theOFWs home arises The Taiwanesegovernment also issued an advisory toher citizens not to visit the Philippines

Enter the bullyEmperor Xi Jinping (Credit TheEconomist)

Meanwhile a Chinese foreign ministryspokesman said ldquoWe strongly

condemn the barbaric shooting andkilling of the Taiwanese fishermandemanding that the Philippines shouldinvestigate the case and furnish thedetails as soon as possible We aredeeply grieved about the death of theTaiwanese compatriot and have sentcondolences to his familyrdquo With Chinaopenly siding with Taiwan it makes onewonder if China was taking advantageof the incident to drive a wedgebetween the two allies of the UnitedStates Indeed China has been tryingvery hard to neutralize the UnitedStatesrsquo military presence in the WesternPacific particularly in the South andEast China Seas

In August 2012 China tricked thePhilippines into ending the standoff atthe Scarborough Shoal (PanatagShoal) by agreeing to a withdrawal ofthe two countriesrsquo naval vessels fromthe area As soon as the Philippineswithdrew her Coast Guard vesselsChina cordoned off the only opening tothe shoal while several Chinese shipsstayed Since then China has de factopossession of the shoal which is about124 miles from Luzon and within thePhilippinesrsquo 200-mile ExclusiveEconomic Zone (EEZ)

Ryukyu archipelagoRyukyu Islands

Recently two events happened that putChinese expansionism into thegeopolitical equation First itquestioned Japanrsquos ownership of theRyukyu archipelago which includesOkinawa where the US maintains 18army navy air force and marine bases

China claims that the Ryukyus wereonce a Chinese vassal state during theMing and Qing dynasties therefore theisland chain should be returned toChina

With this new ldquoterritorial disputerdquoJapanrsquos ongoing dispute with Chinaover ownership of the Senkaku Islandstakes different dimension Someexperts are saying that China is usingthe Ryukyu issue as a bargaining chipto her claim over the Senkakus a groupof five uninhabited islands and isletswedged between Okinawa and Taiwan

When Japan and Taiwan recentlysigned a joint fishing agreement aroundthe Senkakus China became furiousAnd right after that the ownership of theRyukyus came into play

Ayungin Shoal

China also opened another potentialarea of dispute ndash right inside Philippineterritory A few days ago severalChinese ships were sighted near theAyungin Shoal in the Kalayaan town inthe province of Palawan

Last May 10 a Department of ForeignAffairs (DFA) spokesperson said thatAyungin Shoal is within the PhilippinesrsquoEEZ He said that the entry of foreignfishing vessels in an EEZ is a violationof the United Nations Convention of theLaw of the Sea (UNCLOS) China andthe Philippines are signatories toUNCLOS DFA filed a protest letter withthe Chinese Embassy in Manila on theprovocative presence of two Chinesemaritime surveillance shipsand onewarship around Ayungin Shoal(Source The Philippine Star)

Taiping Island

Taiwan also has a piece of the actionamong six nations involved in territorialdisputes in the Spratly archipelagoRecently Taiwan announced plans toexpand a pier in Taiping Island thelargest island in the Spratlys Byexpanding the pier in the fortified islandit would allow port calls by Taiwanrsquos2000-ton frigates The island hasalready a 3800-foot runway whichTaiwan built in 2006 (Source NewStraits Times)

During the 115th anniversarycelebration of the Philippine Navy lastMay 21 Aquino declared ldquoOurmessage to the world is clear what isours is ours and we will repel any andall attempts to claim what is ours anddefend ourselves against any form ofaggression especially within ourbackyardrdquoIt seems that itrsquos going to bea battle between David vs two Goliaths(PerryDiazgmailcom)

David vs Two Goliaths

Anti-Filipino rally in Taiwan

Relatives of killed Taiwanese fisherman

ldquoEmperorrdquo Xi Jinping (Credit The Economist)

Ryukyu Islands

May 2013 21The North American Filipino Star

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Embracing theObscureBy David White

This past weekend in Sonoma CountyCalifornia 17 vintners gathered for a winetasting they dubbed The 7 PercentSolution

As the organizers explained roughly 93percent of Northern California vineyardacreage is planted to eight major grapevarietals The remaining 7 percent is hometo numerous lesser-known varietals[which] are finding anchor with a small butgrowing number of winemakers

The event enabled consumers to explorethe wines being produced by Californiasrevolutionary vintners -- those willing toembrace the states vast and varied climateby avoiding popular grapes and bottlingthe obscure Whether theyre producingunusual varietals or exploring unheraldedregions these winemakers are worthcelebrating

That certain regions of California might bebetter suited to say Albarino thanChardonnay makes sense Across theglobe commercial wine is produced from a

whopping 1368 different grape varieties Itdefies logic to assume that grapes native tocentral France will thrive in all the worldsnew vineyards

This topic was explored at this years DrinkLocal Wine conference by Joseph FiolaPhD a University of Maryland professorwho has spent over 25 years researchingand teaching about experimentalviticulture

During his lecture Fiola spent a great dealof time praising the Old World for itscommitment to growing varieties that areadapted to local growing conditions

Local varieties have been growing inthose areas for hundreds maybethousands of years he explainedYear in year out they get ripe Year inyear out winemakers can controlproduction Those areas know how togrow the grapes they know how tomake good wine And its the localgrapes that are the best [Winemakers]arent going to grow CabernetSauvignon all over Italy becausepeople know the name

Fiola went on to compare southernItalys climate to southern MarylandsYet he acknowledged the temptation tofocus on well-known varieties

Trying to convince a Maryland winerythat has to worry about marketing topeople who can barely pronounceChardonnay to sell Nero dAvolaNegroamaro Sagrantino he askednaming three esoteric varieties fromItaly That presents a challenge heconceded

Europe has an advantage of courseThe continent has been producingwine for thousands of years so vintnersthere understand which grapes dobest In France for examplewinemakers in Burgundy know to focus

on Pinot Noir and Chardonnay Just asGerman vintners recognize thatRiesling thrives in the countrys Moselregion Spanish vintners recognize thatAlbarino thrives in Galicia

Wine production in the United States isstill in its infancy But winemakers knowthat American consumers enjoyCabernet Sauvignon ChardonnayMerlot Pinot Noir and SauvignonBlanc so thats what most produceOnly the most courageous vintnerswould eschew these varieties

One of these courageous vintners isMatthew Rorick of Forlorn Hope whopoured at this weekends tasting inSonoma Since 2005 he has beenproducing rare creatures fromappellations unknown and varietiesuncommon

His rare creatures are truly unusualHe produces delightful reds fromSangiovese and Barbera two Italiangrapes that few California winemakers

take seriously He produces a deliciousVerdelho a white wine thats typicallyassociated with Portugal He producesthe nations only 100-percent StLaurent a thought-provoking highlyaromatic red thats almost impossibleto find outside Austria and the CzechRepublic Each year he crafts morethan a dozen different wines -- andvirtually all are produced in lots offewer than 2500 bottles

The fact that 17 vintners like Rorickwere able to fill a room this pastweekend is a testament to the fact thatan increasing number of winemakersare willing to take risks And perhapsmore importantly Americanconsumers are growing morecomfortable exploring the unknown

David White a wine writer is the founderand editor of Terroiristcom His columnsare housed at Palate Press The OnlineWine Magazine

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Minister FlahertyHighlights EconomicAction Plan 2013rsquosStrong Support forCharitableOrganizations

The Honourable Jim Flaherty Ministerof Finance today urged Canadians totake advantage of the HarperGovernmentrsquos new First-Time DonorrsquosSuper Credit and donate to acharitable organization

Speaking at Lutherwood a not-for-profit health and social serviceorganization serving the WaterlooRegion and Wellington CountyMinister Flaherty said ldquoThroughout ournationrsquos history Canadians haveworked together to serve others andhave made Canada a better place inthe process Our Government wants tosee that noble tradition continuewhich is why Economic Action Plan2013 builds on previous actions by ourGovernment to support families andcommunities and the quality of life forhard-working Canadiansrdquo

These initiatives include the RegisteredDisability Savings Plan the FamilyCaregiver Tax Credit and the EnablingAccessibility Fund which supports thecapital costs of construction andrenovations to improve physicalaccessibility for persons withdisabilities

Minister Flaherty stated ldquoThe newFirst-Time Donorrsquos Super Credit willsignificantly enhance theattractiveness of donating to a charityfor young and new Canadians who arein a position to make donations for thefirst time By helping to rejuvenate andexpand the charitable sectorrsquos donorbase this important initiative will havean immediate impact in supporting thecharitable sectorrdquo

The credit will apply on cash donationsof up to $1000 claimed in any onetaxation year from 2013 to 2017 It willincrease the value of the existingCharitable Donations Tax Credit by 25percentage points if neither thetaxpayer nor their spouse has claimedthe credit since 2007

Kitchener-Waterloo MP Peter Braid achampion for such worthy causesadded ldquoCanadians are some of themost generous people in the worldwhen it comes to giving time andmoney to charity and our Governmentis committed to supporting that spiritrdquo

ldquoThe Super Credit is a very positivestep for charities wanting to engagenew donors We are excited by thepossibilities and eager to continueworking with the federal government toexplore innovative ways to expandcharitable giving by all Canadiansrdquosaid Marcel Lauziegravere President andCEO of Imagine Canada

___________________________________For further information media may

contact

Kathleen PerchalukPress SecretaryOffice of the Minister of Finance613-996-7861

Jack AubryMedia RelationsDepartment of Finance613-996-8080

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Treasury Board PresidentAnnounces MajorInitiative toward a High-Performing Public Service

For immediate release

May 28 2013

Ottawa ndash The Honourable TonyClement President of the TreasuryBoard today announced a newmandatory system for trackingemployee performance aimed atboosting productivity and ensuringCanadians receive modern effectiveand efficient public service

ldquoHard-working Canadians look to us toprovide high quality affordableservice The Governmentrsquos newperformance management regime willensure that we are employing thepublic service to its fullest potentialrdquosaid Minister Clement ldquoComplacencyand the status quo are not an optionExcellence must be the benchmarkCanadians deserve no lessrdquo

The new Directive on PerformanceManagement introduces for the firsttime a government-wide system fortracking employee performance Thegoal is three-fold

To recognize and reward excellentperformance

Work with all employees to maximizeperformance and

To deal decisively with unsatisfactoryperformance

ldquoPerformance management is aboutensuring good workers have anopportunity to become great workersand dealing effectively with poorperformersrdquo said Minister ClementldquoEither poor performers improve andbecome productive employees or wewill let them gordquo

The Directive which comes into effectin April 2014 includes a number ofstandardized measures for trackingperformance These measuresinclude establishing annualperformance objectives for allemployees mid-year evaluationsannual written performanceassessments and an action plan forimproving performance with clearestablished time-lines as well as stepsto be taken if performance does notimprove These steps could include

demotion or termination Processeswill ensure that employees are treatedfairly

ldquoDoing things the way they havealways been done is no longer goodenough if we want to build a 21stcentury public servicerdquo said MinisterClement ldquoWe owe it to Canadians andwe owe it to the vast majority ofcommitted hard-working publicservants to make sure everyone ispulling their weightrdquo

For more information please consultthe Directive on PerformanceManagement and visit thePerformance Management website

mdash 30 mdash

For more information see the Directiveon Performance Managementbackgrounder or contact

Matthew ConwayPress SecretaryOffice of the President of the TreasuryBoard and Minister responsible forFedNor613-957-2666

Media RelationsTreasury Board of Canada Secretariat613-957-2640

If there is a discrepancy between anyprinted version and the electronicversion of this news release theelectronic version will prevail

TTY (telecommunications device forthe hearing impaired) ndash 613-957-9090

Follow us on Twitter TBS_Canada

Backgrounder - Directive onPerformance Management

The Government of Canada isimplementing a new employeeperformance management program tofoster excellence in service delivery toCanadians and improve productivity

This Directive will introduce for the firsttime a systemic mandatoryperformance assessment for all corepublic sector employees Rigorousperformance management is a bestpractice and an essential element of amodern public service

The new Directive on PerformanceManagement applies to federalemployees in the core publicadministration See footnote 1 and willcome into effect on April 1 2014

The approach to implementingPerformance Management is system-wide and will support deputy headsmanagers and employees in achievingand sustaining a culture of highperformance in the public sector

Highlights

The Directive calls for consistency inhow employee performance ismanaged and how employeesrsquo skillsare developed across the federal

public service

Each federal organization will establishan employee performancemanagement program that includesrequirements such as

Mandatory annual performancemanagement objectives for allemployees including commitmentsperformance objectives and expectedbehaviours and learning ordevelopment plans

Mid-year evaluations of eachemployee

Annual written employee performanceassessments at the end of each fiscalyear

An action plan to support and guideemployees to improve performancewithin clear timelines and

Mandatory attestation by deputyheads that an employee hassuccessfully completed the probationperiod

Requirements for performanceagreements are already in place forpublic service executives and non-unionized employees With the newDirective performance agreements willbe mandatory for all

To support managers and supervisorsin adopting the new Directivemandatory training will be providedEach department will have acommittee made up of senior officialsto coach managers through theprocess Managers will also besupported with additional labourrelations advice and a Labour andEmployment Law Centre of Expertiseis also being created by the TreasuryBoard Secretariat to deal specificallywith employment law and litigation

The Values and Ethics Code for thePublic Sector that came into force inApril 2012 underpins the objectives ofthe new Directive

The Office of the Chief HumanResources Officer is responsible formonitoring departmentsrsquo compliancewith the directive and conductingreviews to evaluate its impact

Know ThyselfHe who knows much about

others may be learned but hewho understands himself is

more intelligentHe who controls others may be

powerful but he who hasmastered himself is

mightier still

A journey of a thousand milesmust begin with a single step

Lao Tzu

By viewing the old we learn the new

Chinese Proverb

The North American Filipino StarMay 2013 23The North American Filipino Star

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Sale prices valid fromMay 29 to June 5 2013

Ligo sardines - 3 $200

Ox tail - $450 lb

Max Candy $129 each Lychee in cane - $149 each

Silver Swan soy sauce - $159 bottle

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Shanghai bok choy 79cent

Selecta Ice Cream - $899 each Diwa Canton noodles 225 g - $100 ea

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Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce

Cultural Centre launchedMontreacuteal May 28 2013 ndash At a specialmeeting held last Thursday the Cocircte-des-NeigesmdashNotre-Dame-de-Gracircce (CDNmdashNDG) Borough Council awarded a contractto build the new Notre-Dame-de-GracircceCultural Centre The $1540010710contract was won by the Geyser Group inc

The Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce Cultural Centrewill house a new Benny Library and also amulti-purpose hall to accommodate culturalexhibitions and a wide variety ofperformances The ecologically-friendlybuilding meeting LEED certificationstandards will be prominently located at theintersection of avenue de Monkland andavenue Benny across from the NDG SportsCentre

Construction will begin in the next fewweeks and be completed at the end of2014 Originally planned for 2012 theproject had to be modified in order to meetthe Boroughrsquos self-imposed budgetconstraints Construction of the Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce Cultural Centre representsa $236 million investment for which theBorough is depending in particular on thejoint financial support of the ministegravere de laCulture et des Communications du Queacutebecand the Ville de Montreacuteal

ICAO headquarters toremain in Montreal

MONTREAL May 27 2013 - The Ministerof Foreign Affairs the Honourable John

Baird the Minister of InternationalRelations La Francophonie and ExternalTrade and Minister responsible for theMontreacuteal region Mr Jean Francois Liseacuteeand the Mayor of Montreacuteal Mr MichaelApplebaum would like to invite members ofthe media to a press conference for thesigning of the renewal agreement with theInternational Civil Aviation Organization(ICAO) in Montreacuteal

Date Monday May 27th 2013Heure 5 pmLieu Terrace of City Hall

275 Notre-Dame EstMetro Champ-de-Mars

Come join celebrate thePhilippine IndependenceDay Celebration on June 12 1000AM at theFAMAS CentreThe Philippine Declaration of Independencesimultaneously marked the end of thePhilippine Revolution and the PhilippineIslandsrsquo assertion to sovereignty andindependence from Spanish colonial ruleHowever neither Spain nor Americarecognized such a stake to independentnationhood and on December 10 1898the Spanish government ceded thePhilippines to the United States in the Treatyof Paris for the price of US $2 millionmarking the end of the Spanish-AmericanWar1

A short two months later on February 41899 armed conflict erupted betweenPhilippine revolutionary forces and USmilitary occupants in Manila By June 2

1899 the First Philippine Republic officiallydeclared war against the US that lasteduntil July 4 1902 Approximately 20000soldiers were killed in action while thecivilian death toll reached an estimated half-million persons Though the war officiallyended in the summer of 1899 guerillafreedom fighters continued to challengeUS occupation for several more years

It was not until July 4 1946 nearly fiftyyears later that the United States formallyrecognized full Philippine independentnationhood with the enactment of the Treatyof Manila On a rainy day in Manilarsquos LunetaPark 400000 onlookers cheered as theAmerican flag was lowered and thePhilippine flag was raised in its placeSenator Millard Tydings of Marylandreported that the day was ldquoone of the mostunprecedented most idealistic and mostfar-reaching events in all recorded historyrdquo3

July 4 was officially recognized as theNational Day until August 4 1964 whenPresident Diosdado Macapagal signed theMalacanang Republic Act No 4166 thateffectively made June 12mdashthe day thatGeneral Emilio Aguinaldo and hisrevolutionary peers had originally claimedas the Nationrsquos Daymdashthe countryrsquos officialIndependence Day

Today Filipinos around the world fromSaudi Arabia to Los Angeles Californiacontinue to celebrate PhilippineIndependence Day on June 12 In AmericaFilipino Americans otherwise known asFilAms use this day to commemorate thePhilippinesrsquo independence from colonialrule celebrate Filipino heritage-pride

preserve cultural roots promote culturalawareness and bring FilAm communitiestogether4

The largest Philippine Independence Daycelebration takes place annually in NewYork City on Madison Avenue between 23rdand 38th street on the first Sunday of JuneAn estimated 100000 people turn out totake part in various events and to march ina parade that represents FilAms and the7000 plus island clusters that constitute thePhilippine archipelago FilAms proudlydonned outfits representative of theirregional origins academic affiliationsprofessions favored sports team andmore5

In Washington DC the PhilippineEmbassy and Filipino AmericanOrganization host an Independence DayGala commemorative festivals and othercultural activities

In Montreal we commemorate thePhilippine Independence by a Flag RaisingCeremony at the FAMAS Centre every June12 every year

Come and celebrate with us and meet andgreet our kababayans and public officialsLight refreshments are served

Cheers

From the FAMAS Executive Board

Al Boy AbdonPublic Relations Officer - FAMASalabdonvideotronca

May 201324

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Educationraises the bar but

lowers the barriersto a rewarding

career

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e Early Childhood Education Assistant

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e Office Systems Technology

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e Writing Workshope Practical Writing

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Accounting Technician

All tuition fees are tax deductibleMedical Secretary

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5320-A Queen Mary Road(between Decarie amp Coolbrook)

Tel 514-485-7861E-Mail filipinocoopcom

Website marchecoopcom

Business Hours

Monday - 100 - 900 pmTuesday - 1000 am - 600 pmWed to Friday - 100 - 600 pmSaturday - 1000 am - 400 pmSunday - 100 to 500 pm

Members can make appointment toshop outside these hours Phoneyour orders and you can pick themup by appointment as well

Delivery service available for Cotedes Neiges amp NDG areas between600-800 pm ( $500 deliveryservice fee)

We sell phone cards ampgift certificates

Toronto Ontario May 142013mdash The Honourable Peter VanLoan Leader of the Government in theHouse of Commons on behalf of theHonourable Diane Finley Minister ofHuman Resources and SkillsDevelopment today announced aseries of cross-Canada roundtablediscussions with stakeholders on thenew Canada Job Grant an EconomicAction Plan 2013 initiative that willcreate jobs by transforming the wayCanadians receive skills training

ldquoThrough Economic ActionPlan 2013 the Harper Governmentcontinues to create jobs and pave theway for long-term prosperity by puttingskills training front and centrerdquo saidMinister Van Loan ldquoThe Canada JobGrant will take skills-training choicesout of the hands of government andput them where they belong in thehands of employers with unfilled jobsand Canadians who want to workrdquo

This week Members ofParliament will conduct over 20consultations across the country for a

broad range of input from employerslabour organizations traininginstitutions industries and regionsacross the country The consultationsprovide an opportunity forstakeholders to inform the design andimplementation of the Canada JobGrant which will be introduced as partof the renewal of the Labour MarketAgreements negotiated between theGovernment of Canada and theprovinces and territories

The Grant will transform theway Canadians receive training byplacing skills training decisions in thehands of employers and Canadianworkers It could provide $15000 ormore per person including amaximum $5000 federal contributionand matching contributions fromprovincesterritories and employersOnce it is fully implemented nearly 130000 Canadians each year will havebetter access to the training they needfor a new or better job or to reskill fortheir current job

Economic Action Plan 2013

proposes new measures to connectCanadians with available jobs andequip them with the skills and trainingthey need These include the CanadaJob Grant creating opportunities forapprentices and providing support tounder-represented groups includingpersons with disabilities youthAboriginal peoples and newcomersFor more information visitwwwactionplangcca -30-For more information contactJan OrsquoDriscollPress SecretaryOffice of Minister Finley819-994-2482Media Relations OfficeHuman Resources and SkillsDevelopment Canada819-994-5559Follow us on TwitterIF THERE IS A DISCREPANCYBETWEEN ANY PRINTED VERSIONAND THE ELECTRONIC VERSION OFTHIS NEWS RELEASE THEELECTRONIC VERSION WILLPREVAIL

Harper Government conductingconsultations on Canada Job Grantacross the country

Newsletter from CityCouncillor Marvin Rotrand

To the Residents ofSnowdon District

Permit me to share the following goodnews about coming events andimprovements for our district

Parks - The City will invest nearly $2million for park improvements in ourneighbourhood A new synthetic highquality soccer field will replace thecurrent soccer field at Van Horne Parkthus substantially improving availabilityfor soccer in the Borough As well thechalets of Mandela Macdonald andMaurice Cullen Parks will becompletely renovated Most of thiswork will start in September

Roadwork - The Borough hasconfirmed $952000 for residentialstreets in our district Streets to berepaved will include Macdonaldbetween Isabella and Queen MaryBourret between Lemieux and VictoriaSt Kevin between Lemieux andVictoria Mountain Sights betweenPlamondon and Van Horne CircleRoad between Glencairn and Ponsardand Labarre between de la Savaneand Sorel As well City Council isexamining topping up these funds with

projects for the larger arterial roads inour area

Traffic Calming - The Borough willextend its traffic calming measures thisyear The speed limit on all residentialstreets is 40 kph Speed bumps will beinstalled on several streets includingMcLynn Avenue and Circle Road Bollards will be placed in dozens ofstreets across the district to slow trafficSome will be narrowed

Multiculturalism - I am proud to havepiloted through Borough Councilseveral dossiers supporting events inour multiracial multiculturalneighbourhood The Borough will thusagain partner with the Filipinocommunity for Independence Day andPista sa Nayon Support will also begiven to a Bangladesh communitiesBangla Mela and for Jamaica Day

The Triangle - The old industrial area ofNamur-Jean Talon is being transformedinto housing Nearly 1000 units alreadyhave been built and 350 more will beconstructed this year City Councilrecently approved $309 million for workto transform this area which all benefitfrom aqueduct and sewer work as wellas sidewalk and road reconstructionthe redesign of Pare Buchan JeanTalon and arts of Mountain Sights aswell as the creation of a new parkcreation of walkways and planting oftrees Eventually this project will have400 new housing units

Councilor Marvin Rotrand

PhilippineIndependence Day iscelebrated on June 16 by W G QuiambaoApart from the Pista sa Nayon one of

the most anticipated events in theFilipino community in summer is thePhilippine Independence Daycelebration Preparations areunderway to celebrate it on June 16Sunday Since the tents will beinstalled the night before the tentativetime for the restaurant owners to setup their equipments at the park is 600amThe assembly time for the cars andfloats participating in the parade is 10am at St Kevin corner Victoria andWestbury Streets The route will be from Mackenzie KingPark St Kevin St left to Victoria Stright to Van Horne Ave left to LegareSt and back to MacKenzie King Park

Following the parade is a mass at theMackenzie King park officiated by FrFrank Alvarez There will be pot lucklunch then short speeches bypoliticians from the federal provincial

and municipal governments who have

been supporting the Filipino

community One of the highlights of

the program will be a multicultural

show that includes Filipinos Peruvians

Japanese etc

For more information call James de la

Paz at (514) 577-7787

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Tel 514-485-7861E-Mail marketfilipinostarorgPublished by Filcan Publications Inc

Zenaida Ferry KharroubiChief Editor amp Publisher

Sam KevinNews amp Layout Editor

WG QuiambaoCommunity News

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Columnists

Bert AbieraFounder

The opinions expressed by the writers and columnists do not necessarily reflect thatof the management of the North American Filipino Star nor its editors

EEddiittoorriiaallNursing leadership and caring

Jason Kenneycontinues to keepfamilies apart

Dear Editor

For new Canadians Citizenship andImmigration Minister Jason Kenneyjust made it a whole lot harder forfamilies to be reunited with loved ones

With new criteria introduced last weekthe Conservatives have made it moreexpensive for families to sponsor theirparents and grandparents to join themin Canada From hiking the incomerequirements to the changing ofqualification criteria fewer residents ofCanada will be eligible to sponsor theirparents and grandparents

What is worse Kenneyrsquos freeze on newsponsorship applications has nowbeen extended until 2014 a programthat he froze in 2011 The Minister alsoannounced that he will only beaccepting 5000 new applications nextyear

Conservative mismanagement ofcitizenship and immigration programshas allowed backlogs to swell and keptfamilies apart The reality is that todayrsquosfamilies are being punished for sevenyears of Conservativemismanagement

It is clear that the Conservativegovernment does not care orunderstand the importance of familyreunification to the successful retentionand integration of new immigrants toCanada If they did they would investresources into fixing the programworking through the backlog andlifting the freeze on sponsorships

While the Conservative governmentviews new immigrants as a burden onCanadarsquos social systems JasonKenney and his party have spent overone hundred million of your tax dollarson wasteful advertising MinisterKenneyrsquos priority is to travel onexpensive junkets and photo-ops andmonitoring his own image instead ofproviding his department with thenecessary funding to efficientlyprocess applications and fix backlogs

Liberals believe in reuniting families tobuild a stronger Canada That is why in2005 we invested $72 million toincrease the processing of parent andgrandparent applications JasonKenneyrsquos anti-immigrant and anti-family policies must stop

Yours sincerely

Kevin Lamoureux MPLiberal Party of Canada Citizenshipand Immigration Critic

Letter to the Editor

A statement from the inspirationalspeaker of the FNAQ has touched a chordthat makes us understand an importantidea that is worthy to remember at all timeslsquo it is not a title that makes one a leaderMrs Patricia OrsquoConnor said ldquonurses areleaders at every level - it is in all of usrdquoShe recognizes the incredible work beingdone by nurses in spite of the challengingand stressful work environmentsin almost all hospitals in Quebec and inother parts of the country and the world Itis therefore a timely topic to discuss thenursing profession during this time of theyear designated as Nurses Week which isalso the month of birth of FlorenceNightingale an international icon ofnursing

The UK based Royal College ofNursing offers this definition of nursing

ldquoThe use of clinical judgement in theprovision of care to enable people toimprove maintain or recover health tocope with health problems and to achievethe best possible quality of life whatevertheir disease or disability until death

As one can glean from thisdefinition alone we see the vital role ofnurses in our life and we cannot even beginto say how much we owe them Most of usat one time or another have been sick andcared for by a nurse beginning from ourbirth till the end of our life Moreover if welook back into the history of nursing we willsee that it is not a job but a professiondevoted to caring for the wounded thesick and the weak Florence Nightingale isreputed to be the founder of modernnursing in response to the Crimean War

Upon reading some referenceswe have learned that ldquoNursing is the mostdiverse of all healthcare professions It is auniversal role appearing in some form inevery culture Nursing in the Philippines ispatterned after the United States ofAmerica and requires four years of studySome schools train the students as early asthe second year Unlike some countriesnursing is not considered as a vocational

course It is a profession and has becomean identity of Filipinos worldwiderdquo

It is also interesting to discoverthe practice of nursing ldquoin a wide range ofsettings from hospitals to visiting people intheir homes and caring for them in schoolsto research in pharmaceutical companiesNurses work in occupational healthsettings (also called industrial healthsettings) free-standing clinics andphysician offices nurse-run clinics long-term care facilities and camps They alsowork on cruise ships and in military serviceNurses act as advisors and consultants tothe healthcare and insurance industriesSome are attorneys and others work withattorneys as legal nurse consultantsreviewing patient records to assure thatadequate care was provided and testifyingin courtrdquo

The practice of nursing isgoverned by laws that define a scope ofpractice generally mandated by thelegislature of the political division withinwhich the nurse practices Nurses are heldlegally responsible and accountable fortheir practice The standard of care is thatof the prudent nurse

During the observance of NursesWeek in Quebec (May 12-18) we shouldtake special notice of the tremendous workthey perform not only during their activeprofessional life but also during theirretirement years In our personalexperience we have become accustomedto the services the FNAQ renders to theFilipino community They are always onhand to provide first aid and bloodpressure clinics during public events likethe town festivals we hold during thesummer months

We therefore would like toencourage our young people to enter thenursing profession Besides the fact thatwe need more nurses in order to improvethe services in all our hospitals and clinicswe will certainly have a better societywhere there are many more benevolentand caring leaders

Ottawa May 7 2013 ndash In 2012there was a 15 percent increase inimmigration under the family classCitizenship Immigration andMulticulturalism Minister Jason Kenneyannounced today

ldquoThe actions taken by thegovernment are helping more familiesreuniterdquo said Minister Kenney ldquoWehave created additional avenues andflexibility so that an increasing numberof families can spend more time witheach otherrdquo

In 2012 Canada admitted65000 permanent residents in thefamily class an increase of 15 percentsince 2011 This includes a 60 percentincrease in the number of parents andgrandparents admitted to Canada thehighest level in 20 years

These numbers do not includefamily members that immigrate toCanada under other immigrationstreams including the Federal SkilledWorker and Provincial Nominee

programsldquoThe Action Plan for Faster

Family Reunification has been asuccessrdquo said Minister Kenney ldquoByreducing the backlog throughincreased admissions we havedramatically reduced wait timesso that parents and grandparentsno longer have to wait close to adecade to be reunited with their lovedonesrdquo

By the end of 2013 theparents and grandparents backlog willhave been reduced by about 50percent with wait times cut in halfWithout the Action Plan the backlogwas projected to surpass 250000 witha 15-year wait time by 2015

The very popular Super Visahas provided flexibility for parents andgrandparents who do not want toimmigrate permanently but want to bereunited with their families quickly and

Increasing number of familiesreunited in 2012

See Page 4 Family Reunification

May 20134

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care attendants patient representativesand unit clerks at the McGill UniversityHealth Centre are transforming carethrough their partnerships with patientsShe described the program TransformingCare at Bedside launched in 2010 whichengages the hearts and minds of frontline

practitioners in leading qualityimprovements by teaching them andpatient representatives rapid cycleimprovement processes and newleadership skills Outcomes include moretime available for direct care as nurseslearned how to eliminate non value-added

activities such as hunting and gatheringsupplies and equipment The introductionof whiteboards at each bedside hassignificantly improved patient and familysatisfaction with communication Sheended her talk by reminding everyone thatleadership is not about a title that someonehas Nurses are leaders at every level Itsin all of us

A part of FNAQs standing goals isthe Welcoming of the New Nurses OurHope For The Futurerdquo It welcomes newarrivals new graduates new membersand student nurses A committeeresponsible for this ceremony is chaired byCorazon Abdon and Joel Reyes MrsLucie Tremblay OIIQ president read thepoem written by MsEugenia MagalitFNAQ past president 2009-2012 entitledldquoWelcome Mrs Tremblay is FNAQhonorary member friend and advisor

After the welcome ceremony fornew nurses Honoring the Retired NursesWho Paved The Way followed Thecommittee in charge of this ceremony ischaired by Thelma Untalan and Milagros

Gobeil Dr Laurie Gottlieb Nurse PhDread the poem written by Ms EugeniaMagalit entitled ldquoRetiredrdquo Dr Gottlieb isFNAQ honorary member Advisor (2019-2012) lecturer friend and supporter Sheis a professor at the McGill UniversitySchool of Nursing

The Panday Tinig ChoralEnsemble of Montreal with Mr PaulImperial Music Director and Ms Editha

Fedalizo Pianist opened the Gala bysinging the National Anthems of thePhilippines and Canada They dedicated avery special song the Impossible Dream

There were over 160 guestsAmong them were to name a few BonnieWoolmer Zenaida Kharroubi Aurora

Osdon Linda Richler Rose and Jamesdela Paz Jacqui and Marvin RotrandLorine Besel and many community andnursing leaders Our many thanks andprofound gratitude to our communityfriends families colleagues for theirencouragement and support

The founding FNAQ ExecutiveBoard present were called to the stageand introduced They left a message tothe present and future generationsalways remember your past

The Co-masters of ceremoniesAmelia Manon-og FNAQ Advisor andDindo Miras Director of ContinungEducation and Program 2009-2012 did afantastic job The dance floor was openedup to 300 in the morning It was acelebration to rememberReported by FNAQ Communications amp NewsletterCommittee - Chairpersons Corazon DiazAbdon amp Ma Eloisa Piccio DeeMembersAlfonso Abdon Dolores Belandres ShirlyneChin Joann Consus Myrna Francisco

ldquoThis victory in the Senatemeans he will not be a lame-duckpresidentrdquo said Ramon C Casiple theexecutive director of the Institute forPolitical and Electoral Reform inManila ldquoHe can use his popularity andcontrol of the government to pursuehis agenda and affect the 2016presidential electionrdquo

At stake in the elections onMonday were 12 of the 24 Senate seatsand all 229 seats in the House ofRepresentatives The elections alsocovered 18000 local political postsincluding provincial governors

With 69 percent of the votecounted nine pro-administrationSenate candidates were ahead Theirvictory would increase the number ofMr Aquinorsquos allies in the chamber to 13from 4 and give them the power tochoose the next Senate president

Final Senate results were expected bylate Wednesday

Mr Aquinorsquos politicalopponents have noted that althoughthe economy has expanded jobgrowth has been flat and poverty levelshave not improved His critics also saycorruption remains endemicparticularly low-level graft that mostdirectly affects the poor

In campaign rallies for hispolitical allies Mr Aquino respondedthat in his remaining years in office hisgovernment would focus on extendingthe benefits of economic prosperity tothe countryrsquos poor and on continuingto crack down on corruption

The shift in power in theSenate would give Mr Aquinoextraordinary control over thegovernment Mr Casiple said Hisalliesrsquo gains in the Senate would becomplemented by the traditional

control that the administration has overthe House of Representatives

Though the results of manyraces were still unclear on Tuesdayparty alliances are less significant inthe House Mr Casiple said Housemembers rely on national governmentmoney to finance projects in theirdistricts giving the administrationconsiderable leverage over the body

In addition to his expectedcontrol of both houses of CongressMr Aquino is seen as having significantinfluence over the judiciary Last yearhe led a successful effort to remove thechief justice of the Supreme Court forhis failure to disclose assets whichallowed the president to appoint thecurrent leader of the court

In the fiercely contestedmayorrsquos race in Manila formerPresident Joseph Estrada ousted theincumbent Alfredo S Lim Mr Estradaa former action movie star who wasremoved from the presidency afterbeing accused of corruption remains apopular political figure

Imelda R Marcos the former first ladywas re-elected to the House ofRepresentatives by a wide margin Herdaughter Imee Marcos was re-electedgovernor of Ilocos Norte Province thebirthplace of her father Ferdinand EMarcos the former president who diedin exile in 1989

Former President GloriaMacapagal Arroyo despite remainingin detention in a government hospitalon corruption charges won a secondterm as the Congressionalrepresentative in her home districtPampanga

The elections on Mondayinvolved less violence and fewerdelays than in years past The policereported at least seven election-relateddeaths all in the countryrsquos restivesouth

From Page 1 Filipino Nurses From Page 1 President Aquino

New nurses welcomed (L-R) Cristina Paac Grace Goldenberg Chairperson Corazon AbdonMarissa Unabia Marigold Lingbawan Emilieth Pascual FNAQ Prsident Cresconia FernandezOIIQ President amp CEO Lucie Tremblay FNAQ Past President Eugenia Magalit Valia DumpaChelo David Debbie Piccio Jacqueline Gobeil and Michael Lontok

Retired FNAQ Nurses Honored (L-R) FNAQ Advisor Dr Laurie Gottlieb FNAQ PresidentCresconia Fernandez Co-Chair Thelma Untalan Co-Chair Milagros Gobeil Evelina BoayesEstrellita Bote Aderlina Ramos Nelson Ortizo and Nilda Meriales

spend an extended amount of time withthem An average of over 1000 SuperVisas have been issued each monthand the approval rate is very high atnearly 90 percent

Since 2006 Canada haswelcomed the highest sustained levelsof immigration in Canadian history

- 30 -

Follow us on Twitter atwwwtwittercomCitImmCanada

Photos of Minister Kenney areavailable

For further information (media only)please contact

Alexis PavlichMedia Relations Ministerrsquos Office

Communications BranchCitizenship and Immigration Canada

Citizenship and Immigration Canada613-954-1064613-952-1650CIC-Media-Relationscicgcca

From Page 3 Family Reunification

Cristina Pa-ac psoes for souvenir with FNAQPresident Cresconia Fernandez during the21st anniversary gala May 4 2013

Zumba Classesat Gilmore College Every Sunday at

6 pmCall Cristina at514-865-4836

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May 2013 5The North American Filipino Star

Action Plan for FasterFamily Reunificationon track to cutbacklog in halfNew Parent and Grandparentprogram re-opens January 22014

Mississauga May 10 2013 ndashCitizenship and Immigration Canada willre-open the Parent and Grandparent(PGP) program for new applications onJanuary 2 2014 by which time thebacklog and wait times in the programare expected to have been cut in half

ldquoThe Action Plan for FasterFamily Reunification is on track to meetthe goals of cutting in half the backlogand wait times in the Parent andGrandparent programrdquo said CitizenshipImmigration and MulticulturalismMinister Jason Kenney ldquoIt is veryimportant that we continue to makeprogress and not return to the oldbroken system with wait times as long as

a decade that would be unfair tofamiliesrdquo

Phase II of the Action Plan forFaster Family Reunification will provideeven faster processing times reduce thebacklog further prevent future backlogsensure that families have the financialmeans to support those they sponsorand protect the interests of taxpayers

First ndash In 2012 and 2013Canada will admit 50000 parents andgrandparents as permanent residentsThis represents the highest level ofparents and grandparents admitted in20 years In 2014 Canada will maintainhigh levels of admissions for parentsand grandparents

Second ndash The Super Visa willbecome permanent and will continue toprovide flexibility for families who accessthe 10-year multiple-entry visa allowingvisa holders to remain in Canada up totwo years at a time Over 15000 SuperVisas have been issued since theprogramrsquos launch in December 2011with approval rates averaging 86

percentThird ndash New qualifying criteria

for permanent residency sponsorship ofparents and grandparents will increasethe financial responsibility of sponsors toensure they have the means to supportthose they sponsor while limiting theprogramrsquos cost to taxpayers andCanadarsquos strained health and socialprograms

Fourth ndash 5000 new sponsorshipapplications will be accepted in theprogram in 2014 By accepting 5000applications in 2014 while maintaininghigh levels the government will be ableto further reduce the remaining backlogso that families can be reunited morequickly

ldquoThese new criteria ensuresponsored family members are wellsupported by their sponsors throughouttheir time in Canadardquo said MinisterKenney ldquoThe redesigned Parent andGrandparent program reunites familiesfaster while respecting Canadiantaxpayers and the limited resources for

health and social programsrdquoCanada has one of the most

generous family reunification programsin the world The United States UnitedKingdom Australia and New Zealanddo not allow grandparents to besponsored at all or only in very limitedcircumstances and they have veryrestrictive criteria for the sponsorship ofparents

The amendments to theImmigration and Refugee ProtectionRegulations that are being proposed willbe pre-published in the Canada Gazette(Part I) and the public will be able tocomment for a 30-day period

Building a stronger CanadaCitizenship and Immigration Canada(CIC) strengthens Canadarsquos economicsocial and cultural prosperity helpingensure Canadian safety and securitywhile managing one of the largest andmost generous immigration programs inthe world

Ottawa May 21 2013 ndashCitizenship Immigration andMulticulturalism Minister Jason Kenneyconcluded a productive visit to SiliconValley to promote Canadarsquos new Start-UpVisa the first of its kind in the world

ldquoThe message was deliveredloud and clear to the entrepreneur

community in Silicon Valley that Canadais open for businessrdquo said MinisterKenney ldquoThe new Start-Up Visa will helpCanada attract the worldrsquos best andbrightest entrepreneurs to buildbusinesses create jobs and fueleconomic growthrdquo

During his time in Silicon Valley

Minister Kenney met with foreignentrepreneurs and influential figures inthe start-up and tech communitiesincluding founders of start-upsaccelerators other business leadersventure capitalists angel investors andimmigration experts to promote the Start-Up Visa and explain why Canada is agreat place to start a business and invest

Minister Kenney met DaveMcClure the founder of 500 Start-Upsone of Americarsquos leading start-upaccelerators which provides mentorshipand seed fund investments to helpentrepreneurs become successful Healso met with members of C100 a SiliconValley-based organization that supportsCanadian technology entrepreneurship

through mentorship partnerships andinvestment

Minister Kenney also took timeto visit Plug and Play Tech Centre whichhouses business accelerator programsfor entrepreneurs designed to strengthenthe growth of their ideas and start-ups

Minister Kenney attendedTiEcon 2013 the worldrsquos largestconference for entrepreneurs where hespoke with many internationalentrepreneurs angel investors andventure capitalists first-hand

During his visit Minister Kenneywas a featured guest speaker at StanfordUniversity where he spoke to scholars

Minister Kenney promotesCanadarsquos new StarRecruiting theworldrsquos best and brightestentrepreneurs to Canada the firstof its kind in the world

See Page 10 Canada Recruiting

May 2013

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EarthTalkregE - The Environmental Magazine

Dear EarthTalk Now that hot weather iscoming I want to upgrade my homersquos ACWhich are the most energy-saving modelsand should I go central air or window units

-- Jackie Smith Cary NC

According to the American Council for anEnergy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) energyconsumption for home air conditioningunits accounts for more than eight percentof all the electricity produced in the US ata cost to homeowners of $15 billionannually Besides the cost all this coolingleads to annual emissions of about 195million tons of CO2mdashor two tons per yearfor each American home with AC

Of course foregoing AC entirely is themost energy- and cost-efficient way to gobut some of us need a little cooling for

comfort especially in warmer climates IfAC is a must buying the most efficientmodel is the way to save money andpollute less Fortunately a new generationof much more efficient room and centralAC units means that upgrading will likelypay for itself in energy savings within just afew years

The main factors to consider in choosing anew model are cooling capacity (measuredin British Thermal Units or BTUs) andEnergy-Efficiency Ratio or EER Todetermine the correct BTU rating for agiven space multiply the square footage by10 and then add 4000 Meanwhile a givenunitrsquos EER is the ratio of cooling outputdivided by power consumptionmdashthe higherthe EER the more efficient the airconditioner

According to the US Department ofEnergy national appliance standardsrequire room air conditioners to have anEER of 80 to 98 or more depending ontype and capacity Units with an EER ratingof 10 or above typically qualify for thefederal governmentrsquos ENERGY STAR labelwhich appears on especially energy-efficient appliances Check out theENERGY STAR website for lists ofqualifying AC models

The Association of Home ApplianceManufacturers (AHAM) says that theaverage EER of room AC units rose 47percent from 1972 to 1991 To witreplacing an older room unit with an EER offive with a new model with an EER of 10)would result in a 50 percent energy costsavings associated with AC

As to whether room units or central ACmakes more sense it depends Roomunits which only cost a few hundreddollars each will suffice for renters or thosewho only need to keep one or two roomscool at a time Meanwhile central AC ismore efficient overall at keeping a wholehouse cool and will also do a better job atreducing household humidity than evenseveral individual room unitsmdashand will savemore money faster on electricity bills Butwith a starting price of around $4000 forthe condenser and initial set-up (plus anyduct work needed to distribute cool airaround a home) central AC isnrsquot foreveryone

ACEEE points out that there are ways tokeep indoor space cooler without ACimproving insulation sealing air gapsgetting rid of old appliances and light bulbsthat give off lots of heat running fans usingcooler colors on exterior roofing and paintand other strategies Those in particularlyarid climates might also consider installing

a swamp cooler (which cools outside air byrunning it over cold water) as a cheaperalternative to AC By following thesesuggestions and upgradingconscientiously we can all stay a little morecomfortable in our warming world withoutexacerbating the problem too much

CONTACTS ACEEE wwwaceeeorgENERGY STAR wwwenergystargovAHAM wwwahamorg Database of StateIncentives for Renewables and Efficiencywwwdsireusaorg

EarthTalkreg is written and edited by RoddyScheer and Doug Moss and is a registeredtrademark of E - The EnvironmentalMagazine (wwwemagazinecom) Sendquestions to earthtalkemagazinecomS u b s c r i b e wwwemagazinecomsubscribe Free TrialIssue wwwemagazinecomtrialEarthTalkregE - The Environmental Magazine

Dear EarthTalk What are the big deliverycompanies like FedEx and UPS doing togreen their truck fleets and operations ingeneral -- Mitchell GlaserOverland Park KS

Package delivery companies like FedExand UPS have come a long way in a

relatively short time regardingsustainability but they still haveconsiderable room for improvement Whilethere is only so much these companiescan do to reduce their huge carbonfootprintsmdashgiven their reliance onemissions-heavy air transportmdashtheyrsquovemade great strides in greening theirground fleets optimizing their choices ofmodes and otherwise streamlining energyuse

For its part UPS was an early adopter ofcleaner vehicles and today operatesupwards of 2500 low-emission vehiclesthat run on alternative fuels andtechnologies The company is particularlyjazzed about a new generation of hydraulichybrid package delivery trucks unveiled inthe fall of 2012 in partnership with the USDepartment of Energyrsquos Clean Citiesprogram These new trucksmdashwhichemploy a diesel combustion engine alongwith a hydraulic high-pressureaccumulator that stores energy capturedduring brakingmdashget 35 percent better fueleconomy and generate as much as 30percent fewer greenhouse gas emissionsas compared to the non-hybrid diesel-powered vehicles they are replacing Whilethese trucks may cost UPS $7000 apiecemore than their traditional counterpartsthe company estimates the upgrade willsave $50000 or more while substantiallyreducing emissions over the lifetime ofeach vehicle

UPS has also been blazing new trails inoperational efficiency via intermodalshifting eg using the most fuel-efficienttransport mode (airplane train truck orship) or combination of modes to meetcustomer needs A concerted effort by thecompany to streamline its operations in2011 led to savings of two million metrictons of greenhouse gas emissions bymoving delivery volume from air (the mostemissions-intensive mode by far) toground and another 800000 metric tonsby shifting volume from ground to rail

Meanwhile FedEx with one of the largesthybrid-electric fleets in the industry andupwards of 2000 alternative energyvehicles in service worldwide is no sloucheither when it comes to green streamliningBack in 2008 the company worked with theEnvironmental Defense Fund (EDF) insetting the ambitious goal of improving thefuel efficiency of its worldwide fleet ofExpress delivery vans and trucks by 20percent within a dozen years Then early in2013 the company announced that it hadalready exceeded its goal seven yearsahead of schedule (with an overall savingsof 22 percent so far) but was also uppingits goal to a 30 percent fleet-wide efficiencygain by 2020

With a strong commitment to swapping outolder vehicles with newer more efficientones the company is well on its way Itnow operates 360 hybrid-electric trucksand 200 electric vehicles and is replacingmany of its delivery trucks with ldquoright-sizedrdquo Sprinter-type vans that are as muchas 100 percent more fuel efficient than theirpredecessors FedEx has also beenupgrading its fleet of Express diesel trucksto cleaner-burning models and is makingsimilar upgrades in its Freight and Grounddivisions as well Likewise the company iswell on its way toward reducinggreenhouse gas emissions from itsairplanes by 30 percent by 2020

CONTACTS UPS CorporateR e s p o n s i b i l i t y wwwresponsibilityupscomSustainabilityFedEx Environmental Sustainabilityaboutvanfedexcomenvironmental-sustainability EDF wwwedforg

EarthTalkreg is written and edited by RoddyScheer and Doug Moss and is a registeredtrademark of E - The EnvironmentalMagazine (wwwemagazinecom) Sendquestions toearthtalkemagazinecom Subscribewwwemagazinecomsubscribe FreeTrial Issue wwwemagazinecomtrial

From an energy-efficiency standpoint room AC units are best for keeping one or two roomscool at a time while central air is more efficient overall at keeping a whole house coolCredit ComstockHemera Coll

Package delivery companies like FedEx and UPS have come a long way in improving the fuelefficiency of their worldwide fleet of delivery vehicles Pictured A FedEx hybrid electricdelivery van Credit Biofriendly courtesy Flickr

May 2013 7The North American Filipino Star

wwwfilipinostarorg

NOTARY

Mtre Peter DimacopoulosReal Estate Contracts Mortgages Wills Power of Attorney

Tel514-824-9336

Mukhang sobrang asim ngubas para sa publisher ng isangmalabasurang local newspaper kayahindi pa man srsquoya nakakarating sagrapevine ay nag-sour grape nakaagad Sabi nrsquoya kasi ay hindi srsquoyamagpapa-nominate sa FAMAS Awardsdahil walang kuwenta raw angnasabing parangal Meron pa srsquoyangbinanggit na Dr Aranda na diumanorsquoygustung-gustong mag-nominate sakanya sa isang mas kinikilalangparangal pero tinanggihan nrsquoya dahilhindi raw srsquoya mahilig sa mga awardKung tinanggihan daw nrsquoya angnasabing parangal iyun pa kayangFAMAS Awards ang di nrsquoya tanggihanPhooey Nakakadiri Nakakapangi-labot Nakakatawa

Lumunok ako ng ilang aspirindahil sumakit nang husto ang aking ulosa kaiisip kung anu-ano ang mgamagagandang bagay ang nagawa ngpublisher ng therersquos-nothing-like-it atnumero unong pahayagang Filipino saCanada (kuno) para mag-abala si DrAranda na isumite ang kanyangpangalan sa nasabing award Perokilala na naman ng buong komunidadang taong ito sa kasinungalingan atkahambugan kaya wala na namangnaniniwala sa kanya Naaawa onatatawa na lamang sila sa pobre natanging ang kolumnistang ito lang angnagtitiyagang pumansin

Maraming beses nang narinigng mga Pinoy sa Montreal ang tungkolsa kanyang pagiging gobernador ngkanyang lalawigan ang kanyangpagiging matalik na kaibigan ngyumaong Tony Sidayao (ang sikat atnirerespetong sports writer saPilipinas) ang tungkol sa pagpili sakanya ni dating First Lady Imelda RMarcos para sumulat ng biography ngasawa ng yumaong diktador angkanyang pagiging kaklase ni SenMiriam Defensor-Santiago sa UPCollege of Law ang kanyang pagigingalumnus ng University of thePhilippines at ang pagigingwritercolumnist sa Calgary Sun

Marami pa srsquoyang mga delusions ofgrandeur na puwede kong ilathalapero kukulangin ang isang pahina ngFilipino Star para sa lahat ng kanyangmga kathang-isip at hinabing salaysay Ganoon na lang ang aking pagtatawanang mabasa ko sa kanyang diaryo(Yes binabasa ko rin iyon) na hindisrsquoya papayag na ma-nominate saFAMAS Awards Matay kong isipinwala naman srsquoyang nagawang mabutilalong higit ay katangi-tangi sakomunidad ng mga Filipino saMontreal para srsquoya ipagbunyi atparangalan Walang makapagsabi nasrsquoya ay nag-volunteer man lamang saFAMAS na srsquoya ay miembro o opisyalng anumang samahang lokal at nihindi rin srsquoya nagkaroon ng anumangmatatag na trabaho kaya dalawangbeses srsquoyang napalayas sa tirahan nakanyang inuupahan dahil hindimakabayad ng renta Panay at walang-patid na paninira lamang sa FAMAS atmga lider nito ang kanyang inaatupagsa loob ng mahigit na 40 taon Sa halipna tumulong sa pananatili ngpagkakaisa bagkus nrsquoyang winawasakang komunidad Kung srsquoyarsquoy isanginsekto srsquoya ay anay Wala akongalam na may nagbigay ng parangal saanay

Kaya tama na Mr Publisherang iyong palusot dahil wala namantalagang magno-nominate sa lsquoyo saFAMAS Awards kahit magbayad ka paat kung meron man tuloy sabasurahan ang iyong nomination formdahil tiyak na puro kasinungalinganlang naman ang nakasulat doon Atsaka sa core values pa lang hindi kana lulusot sa screening committee ngFAMAS Awards To be fair to you MrPublisher may impact naman angiyong ldquoachievementrdquo kaya langnegatibo at nakakasira ang impact naiyon Ang hinahanap ng FAMASAwards ay positive impact lsquoyungkapakipakinabang at magandanghalimbawa sa mga kabataan

lsquoNo thank yoursquo dahil alam niya nawala srsquoyang nagawang mabuti

ANG MALAS KO AY MAAARINGSUWERTE NG ISANG DATINGKANDIDATO ndash Bunga ng mgasunud-sunod na di-inaasahangpangyayari sa buhay ko nitong hulingapat na buwan (unang-una na angbiglang pagkamatay ng aking inanoong May 6 sa edad na 86)natuluyan akong magbitiw bilangchairperson ng Committee onElections (COMELEC) ng FilipinoAssociation of Montreal and Suburbs(FAMAS)

Sa aking palagay ang malasko ay maaaring suwerte naman ngisang dating presidential candidatedahil kung ako pa ang chairperson ngnasabing komite at ako angmasusunod hindi ko papayagangmakatakbong muli ang nasabingkandidato sa rami ng kanyang mgaviolation ng FAMAS election rules andregulations Naroroon ang kanyangillegal na panunumpa ang illegal napagrerehistro ng FAMAS sa ilalim ngkanyang illegal na pangangasiwa atang di nrsquoya paggamit ng tama atnararapat na paraan ng paglaban saresulta ng nakaraang eleksyon

Sa aking pananaw hindiganoong klase ng lider ang kailanganng FAMAS lalung-lalo na ngayon namayroon nang malaking ari-arian angnasabing asosasyon at magandangpangalan sa siyudad ng Montreal atmga karatig nito

Ngayon na wala na akongkinalaman sa COMELEC at may ibanang chairperson at mga miembronasa kanila na ang pagpapasyatungkol sa nasabing formerpresidential candidate at iba pang mgasumuway sa alituntunin ng FAMAS atCOMELEC noong nakaraangeleksyon

ELEKSYONG LOKAL SA PINAS mdashDahil sa aking biglaang pag-uwi sabansang sinilangan nagkaroon ako ngpagkakataon na masaksihan ang di konasaksihan sa loob ng huling 35 taonAng tinutukoy ko ay ang nakaraanglokal na halalan Kabaligtaran ngeleksyon sa Canada parang piyestaang eleksyon sa Pilipinas Maynagsisigawan at nagsasaya habangnanonood ng bilangan ng mga botomay nagpapaputok ng mga kuwitis atmay pakain pa ang dalawang grupo ngmga kandidato sa kani-kanilanghimpilan

Noong gabi ng halalan May13 pumunta ako sa headquarter ngaming partido na kung tawagin ayldquoPulardquo dahil pula ang official color ngpartido Dilaw naman ang sa kalabang

partido Napakaraming tao roonkabilang na ang kandidato sa pagka-mayor na malapit kong kamag-anakNakatagpo ko roon ang aking iba pangmga kamag-anak at mga kaibiganSiyempre pa bitbit ko ang akingkamera Kuha rine kuha roon ng mgalitrato na ilalagay ko sa akingFacebook page

Nanalo sa pagka-mayor angaking pinsan na si Atty Eric Aure Vidana isang Ateneo Law School graduateat former vice-mayor ng Mendez Angnanalo sa pagka-vice-mayor ay siCocoy Mendoza na isa ring datingvice-mayor at kalaban nina Eric SiCocoy ay pinsan naman ng akingkasalukuyang maybahay kaya virtuallybut not actually magkalaban kamingmag-asawa sa pulitika Sila angmagiging mayor at vice-mayor sasusunod na tatlong taon Tulad ng mgananalong senador representantegobernador bisi-gobernador alkaldebisi-alkalde at konsehal magsisimulaang termino nina Eric at Cocoy sadarating na July 1

Ngayon pa lang ay pinag-uusapan na ng mga taga-Mendez nasina Eric at Cocoy ang maglalaban sapagka-mayor sa 2016 Si Cocoy ayanak ng isang dating mayor Hindi koalam ang aking gagawin kungmagkatotoo nga ang kanilang haka-haka

Samantala si Erap angbagong mayor ng Maynila (tinalo nrsquoyasi Alfredo Lim ang kasalukuyangalkalde) si Jonvic Remulla pa rin anggobernador ng Cavite (kontra AyongMaliksi na isang dating gobernador) siJolo Revilla sa bisi-gobernador at angasawa naman ni Bambol Tolentino(ang dating mayor at kapatid ni Francisna chairman ng MMDA) ang nanalongmayor sa Tagaytay City (inilampasonrsquoya si Jesus Crispin Remulla nakapatid ni Jonvic)

Kung sa Tagaytay rin lang angeleksyon ipapanganak pa angmakakabuwag o makakapagpabagsaksa mga Tolentino Ganoong katindiang kanilang kapangyarihan saTagaytay City ang tinuguriangalternate summer capital of thePhilippines gawa ng kanyang malamigna klema at banayad na simoy nghangin

The biggest surprise of thepast Philippine election is theunexpected and sudden surge ofGrace Poe anak ng yumaongFernando Poe Jr from virtual loser to

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Sa tuwing sasapit angikalawang Linggo ng Mayo ayipinagdiriwang natin ang Araw ng mgaIna Parangal ito sa dalawa kongyumaong ina Masinop na nalikom ngaking nanay ang mga liham niya kungpaano siya niligawan ng aming tatayna inabot nang mahigit na anim nataon

Bagamat pansarili ang loobinng pitak na ito ay kapupulatan ngmambabasa ng mga aral tungkol sapananagalog at matutuklasan angpaggamit ng Taglish (sinasamahan ngmga salitang Ingles) ay pangkaraniwanlang noon pa

Dito na nagsimula angpanunuyo

College of Agriculture

Los Banos Laguna

June 17 1927Josefa

Natatandaan mo pa kaya angisang nagkapalad na naging kakilalamo doon sa Bagyo Marahil aymaghahalungkat kang muli sa isip bagomo matawag sa iyong alaala ang akingpangalan at pagmumukha sapagkatpagkaraan ng ilang araw na tayoymagkakilala ay nagkalayo na tayo nangmarami nang araw Dahil dito aynangyari nga akong sumulat sa iyo sapagbabakasakaling mapalawig natinang ating pagkikilala

Si David ay aking nakausapkanginang umaga Pagdakayitinanong ko sa kanya kung kayoykanyang nakita Ang sabiy oo - atkayoy nagbalitaan pa raw tungkol sabuhay buhay sa Bagyo Ayon sa kanyaay natatandaan mo ako ngunitnakalimutan mo na ang akingpangalan Kung gayoy isusulat ko ngfull ang aking name sa ending

Kumusta ba kayo ngayonIpinalalagay kong kayongmagkakapatid ay maluag ninyongnaidadaos ang pagtuturo samantalangkami dito nila David ay kasalukuyangnaghihirap sa pagaaral

Noong manggaling ako saBagyo pauwi ng Malabon ay naitanongkayo sa akin ni Chayong na kapatid koSinabi ko nga sa kanyang kayoy maykahulihan ang pagbaba sa Balanga

Marahil ay maitatanong mo saiyong sarili kung bakit nais kongmaging matalik na kakilala kayo Hindikaila sa iyo ang aking hinahanap naoccupation at ang malalapad napataniman ng tubo diyan sa inyo saBalanga Baka sakaling kung akoymakatapos ay magubra akongisang maliit na kasama ng isangassenderong pangkaraniwan diyan aykung manggagaling sa bukid ay nangmayoong madalawdalaw kung sakali atkung papanhikin Bukod sa ritoy angmga ninuno ninyo ang mga tubongMalabon ay magaang ang dugo sa mga

katutubo o kababayanAng mgagandang record ng

inyong family sa pakikipamayan at sapagaaral ay hindi kaila sa akin Dahilditoy nangingimi pa ako nang pagsulatsa iyo Kahit naman marahil ikaw aysadyang bright maging sa pagtuturo ayinaasahan kong considerate ka rinMapagpapaumanhinan mo namanseguro ang nakabababa sa iyo nagaya ko na nga

Wawakasan ko na rito at nanghuwag ka namang mapagod sapagbasa Magsilbi nawangtagapagpaalala itong aking liham

Best regards for you and othersisters brother and parents

your friend

Amado SantosPS

Ikaw na nga nag bahalangmagpaumanhin sa aking Tagalog Marahilay balibalikuko

SameAng kasabihang Walang

matimtimang birhen sa matiyagangmanalangin ay nagkaroon ngkatuparan Ang panganay na suplingay ipinanganak noong Agosto 18 1934at ang bunso ay noong Mayo 21 1936Yumao ang aking ina apat na arawmakalipas ang pagsilang sa akin--noong Mayo 25 1936

Hindi lumipas ang maramingtaon at noong Enero 23 1939 aynanalanging muli si Ama na ang nasaisip ay bigyan ng ina ang dalawangnaiwan ni Nanay Epang (Josefa) Angpangalawang ina ay hindi gaanongmatagal na nag-isip dahil ang kaniyangaalagaan sa sumunod na matrimonyaay kaniyang mga pamangkin AngNanay Meliang (Emilia) ay kapatid ngNanay Epang

Anim kaming magkakapatidna habambuhay na magdiriwangtuwing ikalawang Linggo ng Mayokahit ang aming mga ina ay kapuwayumao na Iniwan kaming lahat niNanay Meliang noong Disyembre 161983 na may kani-kaniyang adhikainsa buhay

B B B BinyagBirthday at Bulakbol

Pichu Pechay Pechay Dalian monamang magbihis Mahuhuli na tayo

Pechay Nandiyan na Kuya Alasonse pa naman ang binyag ni Perasdi baPichu Oo nga Pero madalang angdating ng bus dahil Sabado ngayon

Pechay (Pagkabihis ay dali-daling

tumakbo sa likod-bahay tungo sapinto sa harap at tumimbre) Ano baKuya Pichu kanina pa ako naghihintaydito ah

Peras Ano Kuya Ate nabusog bakayo sa handa ng binyag ko

Pichu Eto na naman kami Laro Peras laro ang samantalahin natin

Pechay Tayo na Ano pa ang hinihintayninyo Kanya-kanyang hila ng Lolo oLelong Nandiyan lang sa tapat angKent Park

Pichu O paano sa Sabado ay agahanninyo ang punta sa Lolo at Lola ko saHampton ha Doon daw gagawin angbirthday ko Umaga pa lang ikakabitna ang inflated toy house at angtanghalian ay puro kids meal Sa gabipa ang dating ng mga killjoys

Pechay Kawawa naman ang LoloJerry napabayaan na ang pag-aaral ngTagalog

Peras Anong kawawa Binigyan siya ngspring break ni Kuya Pichu

Lubos na sumasaiyo

Parangal sa mga yumaong Ina

Birthday - Aiden Zachary Alfaro (Pichu) tatlong taon na

Morgan Virginia Santos (Peras) hawak ni Aaron Santos tatay Alma Mendoza nanay

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by W G QuiambaoThere are times when I miss thePhilippines because I`ve not visited itsince coming here 44 years ago Butthe stage production of Pamana ngLuzViMinda Philippine Folkloric DanceCompany of Montreal on April 27 at theSalle Brebeuf cured my homesicknessThe dances and music on the showbrought back happy memories to meThanks to the collaborative efforts ofthe production staff especiallyVeraida-Lyn Bermejo president anddirectorwriter and Sherling de la Pazartistic director Theyre so talented andcreative

Everything in the show was impressive- from the colourful and authenticcostumes (some were purchased inthe Philippines and Thailand) to theprops (bamboo poles benches) andvideo The rural and tribal music wasprovided by musicians who usedtraditional musical instruments like thegansa (an instrument with metal bars)dabaksan (single headed Philippinedrum) agung (two sets of two-wide-rimmed vertically-suspended gongs)and gandigan (Philippine xylophone)

The stage seemed spacious enoughfor the 23 male and female dancers tofreely move and execute their dancesthat required agility and flexibility

The dance performances were dividedinto 5 parts each part representing thedance from the different regions in thePhilippines The enthusiastic audienceapplauded the dancers after eachperformance

Some of the dances are

Muslim dance - Burong Talo - A martial arts danceoriginating from the Tausug people ofthe Sulu archipelago in theSouthwestern part of the Philippines Inthis dance the male dancers depict afight between a hawk and a cat Theysimulate martial arts movements whilemanipulating daggers and fans Themale performers were so convincing inplaying their parts Fierce lookingthey seemed ready to kill each otherKini-kini - This dance represents thesophisticated woman of the RoyalMaranao Movements and shapes of theirwalk are very articulate and their scarvesrepresent their fluidity and grace Theirgrace is a characteristic of their education

The female performers were so exquisiteand elegant Pangalay sa Pattong - Thisdance is popular among the BadjaoSamal and Tausog groups Although themovements of the dancer were flawless Icouldnt take my eyes off watching thisdance I was glued to my seat What if shefalls The dance is performed on top of twobamboo poles on the shoulders of twomen Singkil - Traditionally a depiction ofthe Maguindanao and Maranaointerpretation of a legend centered aroundPrincess Gandingan and the brave PrinceBantugan While walking through the forestwith her loyal umbrella-bearing lady-in-waiting the Princess Gandingan issuddenly caught in the middle of anearthquake unleashed by the forest diwataor forest spirits The Princess mustgracefully and skilfully manoeuvre throughthe closing bamboo poles which representthe falling trees Fans or apit are waved bydancers to represent auspicious windsvaliant Prince Bantugan enters the sceneand rescues the Princess

Rural dance -Karatong - This dance is named after thebamboo instrument worn by the dancersaround the waist The karatong is struck toa fast rhythm in the hopes of attractinggood luck and driving away evil spirits The

female dancers dance with sticks that arerepresentatives of bunga mangga ormango trees Sayaw sa Bangko - Thisis another stunning dance thatcaptivated and mesmerized me Fromthe province of Pangasinan theoriginal form of the dance consisted ofonly one narrow bench As it evolvedhowever more and more bencheswere added until the stack of benchesresembled a tower No flashphotography was requested as thedance is dangerous It wasbreathtaking to watch the maledancers lifting the female dancers on

the other edge of the bench Tinikling -Originally from the Province of Leytethis dance is considered by many to bethe most recognizable folk dance ofthe Philippines Based on themovements of the long-legged tiklingavoiding bamboo traps in the fieldsdancers dance through bamboo polesthat open and close to an acceleratingrhythm It was a pure joy watching theexuberant and energetic dancers having

fun

Added attraction to the stageproduction of Pamana ng LuzVi MindaFolkloric Dance Company of Montrealare the video clips shown after eachperformance The clips show what itmeant to be a member of theorganization - focusing not only on thehard work and commitment to theircraft but also the love togethernessand especially the family spirit thatinfuses everything they do

The 2-hour show is worth watching I

left the theatre feeling good smilingand telling myself that Im lucky to be aFilipino with a rich and unique cultureThe next time Pamana performs heremake sure you catch it You will notregret it

Pamanas dances and music brought me backhome to the Philippines

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What do you do when yourcamcorder computer tablet or otherdevice is no longer useful to you but stillhas use in its electronics Do you sell itDonate it Save it for historical laughs orthrow it in a landfill

April 22 marks the 43rd annualEarth Day observance - and as peoplebecome aware of recycling ordinarygarbage theres still a long ways to gowith disposing of electronic waste InApril 2011 an e-cycling initiative waslaunched by leaders in the consumerelectronics industry to deal with themillions of pounds of electronic wasterendered annually The hopes are to

Have one billion pounds of electronicwaste recycled annually by 2016

How you Can Help and Benefit TooIf your electronic gadget still has

life in it consider other places you mighthelp someone else in need who hasntthe means or abilities to purchase a newdevice

Computers Donate your oldcomputer to community organization tohelp seniors or non-electronicindividuals who dont have access tocomputers in your area

Mobile Phones Old cell phonescould be given to old folks who cannotafford the luxury of Samsung or iphones

Televisions A local school retirementhome or community center might gladlylike to upgrade their older set for a not-as-old set

Camcorders If you have a camcorderthat runs but has out-lived your needsgathering dust in a closet there are anumber of places you donate it to thatwould benefit greatly from yourgenerosity That old camcorder you nolonger use can find a new life in thehands of your local charity theater groupor school How many people claim tohave been bitten by the movie creatingbug using their dads old Super 8camera A not-too-old camcorder cantrigger a childs interest in videoproducing

Recycling Responsibly From CDs to PCs printers to monitorsand more you have the responsiblydisposes of what cant be recycled

Giving it Away for Cash or Credit Thereare several companies what will buyyour older gadget some for cash-outothers for rebate on a new product fromtheir company In the US kodak has amail-in program for old digital camerasand printers Best Buy has a trade-inprogram HP has a few choices fromcash for you to a charity donation or anHP gift card for a new purchase

Selling it Depending on the age of yourdevice you can sell it outright to sitesebay craiglist Kijiji Of course you mightget more the old fashioned way - oneBay - but like putting a sign on your carin a parking lot hoping for a nibbleversus selling it to a used-car brokerthese sites pay for your device thenresell it so they need a profit margintoo A quick search on eBay found 50used Sony miniDV selling for $4000 anda Sony VX2100 going for $300

Recycle it Not all electronic waste isrecyclable but most areas in theQuebec the municipals usually haveprogram where you can drop in theseelectronic stuff When in doubt the firstplace to look can be as easy as your oldfashioned Yellow Pages Most localgovernment listings will have some sortof service for electronic waste recyclingthey can point you in the right direction

Helping People in Developing CountriesThe federal

government have programs that takesusedrefurbished computers to people inemerging nations struggling to getcaught up in the modern world

What can you do with VideotapeRecycling video gear isnt just

about the electronics You can recyclevideo tape too One-sixth of a gallon ofpetroleum goes into the production ofone videocassette and as of 2008 videoduplication companies processed 20million of them per month Althoughvideotape production has gone downtheres a lot of tape still in use or goingto waste sites

Thrift stores Yep - people still usevideotape but be forewarned blackingyour old footage is a good idea beforeyou donate tape

Make Scarecrows Many farmers inManitoba know this trick - Snip the tapeand unravel it then hang bits and piecesaround the garden The fluttering shinytape will scare birds away

Make art Yes Check out this a tutorialon crocheting a sling bag using avideotape

Jim Gibilterra of MediaDistributors says the 2011 tsunami inJapan put their business in crisis modewhen a good portion of the worldssupply of professional video-tape was nolonger available Since then theyvelooked into how they can help lessen theimpact recording media on ourenvironment They mostly deal withhigh-end tape for broadcast and that theproduct is now back in production witheverything back to normal but it

Recycling Electronic Stuffs

triggered interest They sell evaluatedmedia or buy it back then totallydegauss it run it through evaluators toverify no defects then resell This re-supplied tape is good for non-criticalusers schools give aways MediaDistributors also does certifieddestruction that doesnt hurt theenvironment as part of their lsquoGreenPartners Programrsquo

When Recycling e-waste Doesnt WorkNot all recycling is good for theenvironment According to a reportfrom Electronics Take Back Coalitioncaustic gas sits inside old cathode raytube [CRT] TVs and older computermonitors and that approximately 860million pounds of CRT glass has beenstockpiled by recyclers

Did you get (or give) any newelectronics this past holiday season Illbet nearly anyone who was in the gift-giving mode got or gave at least oneelectronic gadget as a gift but whathappens to the gadget yourereplacing Getting rid of the old tobring in the new is becoming a bigissue hopefully a few of these sitesposted today will help you think howyou can participate in e-wasterecyclingAl AbdonHollywood Junkies Video

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From Page 5 Canada Star Recruiting

researchers and students who have ahigh potential for becoming candidates forthe Start-Up Visa While at Stanford healso met with Dan Siciliano a legalscholar and entrepreneur with expertise incorporate governance corporate financeand immigration law and Vivek WadhwaDirector of Research at the Center for

Entrepreneurship and ResearchCommercialization and author of TheImmigrant Exodus one of TheEconomistrsquos Books of the Year for 2012

He was also the featured guestspeaker at an event hosted by the SiliconValley Business Journal attended bymany prominent entrepreneurs andinvestors

Minister Kenney also officially unveiledthe new Start-Up Visa billboard

ldquoThere is huge interest inCanadarsquos new Start-Up Visa and inCanadarsquos expanding tech sectorrdquo saidMinister Kenney ldquoCanadarsquos strongeconomic growth low taxes andbusiness costs excellence in researchand innovation and top quality of life allmake Canada a top country forinnovative entrepreneurs looking to buildtheir businesses If you are a start-upentrepreneur and want to build adynamic company that can compete ona global scale then Canadarsquos Start-UpVisa Program is for yourdquo

The Start-Up Visa whichopened for applications on April 1 is animportant part of the Government ofCanadarsquos plan to build a fast and flexibleeconomic immigration system The Start-Up Visa Program is the first of its kind inthe world and provides Canadian privatesector organizations with access to abroad range of entrepreneurs ndash includingthe worldrsquos best and brightest ndash in whoseideas they can invest

At the same time the programprovides immigrant entrepreneurs withvaluable assistance in navigating theCanadian business environment whichcan be a challenge for newcomers andenables them to build innovativecompanies that can create Canadianjobs and compete on a global scaleVisit cicgccastartup for moreinformation on the Start-Up Visaprogram

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I SPURNED HER FACEBOOKFRIEND REQUEST ndash Alam nrsquoyo bana tumanggap ako ng Facebookldquofriend requestrdquo mula sa isang tao naitinuturing ko na ldquoThe MostHypocritical and Most Treacherousrdquomember of our community Well Idid Naalaala ko ang kanyang dalawangbeses na panloloko sa akin noongnakaraang halalan ng FAMAS Angkanyang unang panloloko ay nangpaniwalain nrsquoya ako na tunay angkanyang pakikipagkaibigan sa akinNaroon ang beneso-beso nrsquoya ako atnakipag-usap sa akin nang matinoNapadala naman ako sa kanyangldquokabaitanrdquo Nalaman ko ang kanyangpagka-traidor nang sabihin nrsquoya saakin na hindi naman talaga si CesarManuel ang kanyang iboboto at sahalip ay pangalan ni Au Osdon angisusulat nrsquoya sa kanyang balota Suotlang daw nrsquoya ang yellow t-shirt ngSamahang Makabayan (SM) dahilkung hindi baka raw makahalata angkanyang presidential candidate atmasirang lahat ang kanyang mgaplano Iyon naman pala ay gusto langnrsquoyang malaman sa akin kung itutuloy

ng COMELEC ang desisyon napagbawas sa mga boto ng mgakandidato ng SM At nang hindi akosumang-ayon sa gusto nrsquoyangmangyari biglang naglaho angkanyang ldquokabaitanrdquo at muli nrsquoyaakong siniraan sa pamamagitan ngkanyang column sa Forum

Ang ikalawa nrsquoyang panlolokoay noon mismong election day Nasaloob kami ng St Kevinrsquos ChurchSocial Hall nang tawagin nrsquoya angaking anak at humingi srsquoya ngpaumanhin sa bata na noorsquoy doseanyos pa lamang Ang sabi nya ldquoHijaI apologize to you for all the nastythings that I said about your dad Ipromise you that I wonrsquot do that tohim againrdquo Dahil sa bata na angkanyang kinausap binigyan ko srsquoyang benefit of the doubt na talagangtotoo na ang kanyang pangako

Maling-mali ako dahil angkanyang next column ay punung-puno ng mga vituperative remarks nalaban sa akin Nang ipabasa ko iyonsa aking anak hindi nrsquoya napigilan namagsabi ldquoI will never never believeher again I hate her Shersquos a liarrdquo

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AdvisoryWarning concerning misrepresentation and fraud

8 May 2013 - The Philippine Embassy in Ottawa has receivedreports concerning documents recently notarized by a personwho is representing himself as Honorary Consul of the Republicof the Philippines in Montreal Quebec Canada

The Embassy wishes to inform the public that there is no existingHonorary Consul of the Republic of the Philippines in Montreal

The Embassy warns the public about such acts ofmisrepresentation and fraud

The Philippine Government concluded on 3 May 2007 theappointment of its last Honorary Consul in Montreal and theDepartment of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Canadahas been duly informed

PUBLIC NOTICE

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North American

FILIPINO STAR PHOTO GALLERY

Mothers Day flowers given to Zenaida Kharroubi by her students Mayette DanaoArlene Manalo and Edna Lorenzo on May 12 2013

The FNAQ founding Executive Board 1992-1995 presented (L-R) Nilda MerialesMaria Quimpo Eugenia Magalit Mierfe Morales Linda Espallardo MagdalenaCalcetas Anita Lo and Elsie Reyes Ten were absent

The Panday Tinig Choral Ensemble led by Paul Imperial and Edith Fedalizo pose forsouvenir of the 21st anniversary of FNAQ on May 4 2013 at the Holiday Inn on Cotede Liesse Road

The anniversary cake with the officers members and guests of the FNAQ one of thehighlights of the evening celebration

The Filipino Youth Center held its monthly Consultative Meeting on the last Saturdayof April with Tessie Nepomuceno as speaker shown here delivering her message tothe youth with their parents and other volunteers led by Pastor Orlan Racachotogether with Amy Manon-og Sophie Toledo Joe Calugay and Zeny Kharroubi

From left Dindo Miras Continuing Education Coordinator of the FNAQ poses withthe inspirational speaker Mrs Patricia OrsquoConnor FNAQ Founder Maggie Calcetasand Mr Gerald Perron

Pamana ni LuzViMinda Concert April 27 2013held at the College Brebeuf Auditorium

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The North American Filipino Star

by W G QuiambaoDue to the limitation of time and

space this article should not beconsidered complete Thanks to thecontributions of Pastor Orlan RacachoBert Abiera Lina Fernandez JakeMaguigad and Zenaida Kharroubi for thisbrief history of FAMAS Likewise I believethat I should also thank all FAMASpresidents and their directors for theirvolunteerism and personal sacrifices

The Filipino Association ofMontreal and Suburbs (FAMAS) the oldestand biggest association in Quebec that iscelebrating its fifty years has come a longway since its founding in 1963 TheFilipinos who were with us since its infancyand still with us have witnessed itsevolution into a progressive andrecognized organization it is today by thefederal provincial and especially by themunicipal governments

The primary goal of FAMAS whenit was founded was for Filipinos in Montrealand suburbs to get to know each other andto make sure their separation away fromthe families they left behind in thePhilippines would be much lessunbearable In the early days the numberof Filipinos was comparatively small about330 Many of them were professionalsnamely doctors nurses architects andengineers

The Philippine Association ofMontreal and suburbs now known asFAMAS had limited activities which weremainly social events due to lack ofcreativeness incentives and civicconsciousness to project a realisticcommunity involvement said OrlanRacacho former FAMAS president andnow a pastor Leadership skills andpassion for cultural programs werebasically lacking in its platform

FAMAS then was not ascommunity oriented as it is today In factthe money left by each president after hisor her tenure was spent more forsocializing than anything else Even theFAMAS election was so simple that it wasdone by mere raising of hands by thevoters Sometimes the election was heldat Angrignon Park in La Salle It was also inany of those places that a small group ofFilipinos usually had their occasionalpicnics for camaraderie and only a handfulwas keen on running for office moreparticularly the presidency

In the early 70s the communitysaw the changing times in terms of the theeconomy and in the ever-growing numberof Filipinos in Montreal and suburbs

The FAMAS officers decided toaim higher but were confronted with muchbigger challenges It dawned on them thatFAMAS should be community oriented if itwas to be relevant To accomplish thisgoal essential services to the communityhad to be provided FAMAS officersconsisted of volunteers who had to workhard not only to recruit members and raisefunds but also to develop projects Thebiggest source for FAMAS then and nowhas been the Miss Philippines andMunting Bb Pilipinas conceptualized byNorma Flores-Vohra during the terms ofAlvin Veloso Angie Ogerio and BertAbiera respectively In 1978 NormaVillarose started the building fund in theamount of $500 unlike the previousFAMAS presidents who usually spentleftover funds after their term on picnics orany other social activities because at thattime FAMAS had no specific projectTherefore it was during this time whenmassive fund raising was dedicated to thecommunity center building fund EveryFAMAS president began to work harder inorder to turn over an amount to thebuilding fund In 1986-1987 during the

term of Bert Abiera a committee led byOgerio was formed to adopt a `copy cat`fund raising idea used in the Philippinesthe Munting Bb Pilipinas which was ahuge success It raised more than $20000

I made a handsome turn overwhich rapidly grewrdquo said Abiera ldquoWhenMarlene Birao-Schacter took over FAMAShad the sufficient amount to make a downpayment for a duplex on Van Horne Avewith the approval of the officers and theBoard of Trustees They utilized theservices of Nemia Saldua a realtor whowas a member of the Board of TrusteesThe mortgage was signed by Birao-Schacter and Bartolome Javier whorepresented the Board of Trustees

Years later it was decided toconvert the duplex into a communitycenter where the services that theassociation wanted to provide to thecommunity could be served but it wasdifficult since zoning bylaws got in the wayWhen James de la Paz became theFAMAS president he assiduously lobbiedthe City Hall of Montreal to grant FAMAS arezoning permit The neighbours howeverwere opposed to the idea of converting theduplex into a community center becauseof the noise and disturbance it might bringto the quiet neighbourhood Despite therezoning snag de la Paz`s request wasgranted within a year With the help ofvolunteers the duplex was renovated inthe late 90s and worthy activities likeHeritage classes were introducedthereafter

In addition to the successfulconversion of the duplex to become acenter de la Paz made a bold andcontroversial decision He called anassembly to present his proposal to paythe mortgage of FAMAS in full since it hadenough money for that purpose Hebelieved that payment of the mortgagebalance would save money by avoidingthe exorbitant and growing mortgageinterest rates

ldquoSome members of the executiveboard tried to sue me but they couldnrsquot doanythingrdquo recalled de la Paz ldquoMy lawyersaid that I didn`t pocket the money A fewyears later those who were against myidea appreciated what I did If I did not paythe mortgage FAMAS would still be indebtrdquo

In spite of the criticism hurledagainst de la Paz by those who havepersonal issues with him FAMAS hadsubstantially benefitted from his politicalconnections that he shrewdly cultivatedwhen he was the FAMAS presidentArguably he paved the way for the Filipinocommunity to be more visible in themainstream politics when he was FAMASpresident He said ldquoPoliticians used to sayThe Jews Italians Chinese etc It wasfrustrating for Filipinos because they weresystematically relegated to lsquoothersrsquo Theydidnt have any identity until de la Pa cameinto the local political scene Nowpoliticians from municipal provincial andfederal levels recognize the existence notonly of FAMAS but also the entireburgeoning Filipino community

FAMAS made more changes inthe 90s For example it amended theConstitution and Bylaws to allow thepresident to serve for two years rather thanjust one year The Executive Board at thetime was convinced that one year was tooshort for any president particularly a goodone to accomplish the goals of theassociation For reasons of their ownmany community members came out ofthe woodwork and became more andmore interested in becoming president orat least to be an officer FAMAS electionshave become one of the most talked aboutand anticipated events in the communityparticularly in the summertime Like the

Independence Day and the Pista saNayon the election day has always beenan event for many Filipinos to meet friendsthey have not seen for a while

In 2009 the leadership of AuOsdon who has a background inmanagement was put to the test afterwinning the presidency of FAMAS Despiteher detractors`criticismrsquo or perhapsbecause of it she managed to keep theaffairs of FAMAS in order When she tookover in 2009 a Special Audit Committeewas established in order to review theincomplete financial records submitted bythe previous administration Thecommittee composed of Hal SoteroRoger Sandoval Cely Dagsaan and PeterFernandez found out that it would beimpossible because most transactionswere made in cash and not properlyrecorded FAMAS received a bill in 2007--2008 which was paid She also broughtback the trust and respect of thecommunity for FAMAS which for a whilewere lost because of the smokingdrinking and even installation of a camerain the toilet The regular activities like theBb Pilipinas Bb Munting PilipinasHeritage and French classes still continueMiss Teen FAMAS and the fledgling ProjectPagsibol are doing well Somerenovations in the building were also madewith the help of Alex Sy FAMAS vicepresident and an engineer by professionwhich included the new main entrancedoor with electronic push button openerlocated in the office a new entranceFrench door in the main lobby near thestairs going up the office installation of awindow near the entrance door removal ofthe old closet to make the office biggerremoval of the partition of the conferenceroom and living room to make the spacebigger and putting new floor tiles in theconference room

Giving due recognition to de laPaz and Osdon is not meant to diminishthe other presidents before or after themwho made valuable contributions to thestatus of FAMAS as a communityorganization All past presidents ofFAMAS without exception had given uptheir time and made personal sacrifices inorder to do their job It can be statedwithout any doubt that no one has amonopoly of accomplishments for therehave been other past presidents who triedto do what they thought was good for thecommunity Some of the past presidentscontributions are Lee Sanga (deceased)introduced Heritage classes JoseBustamante converted the duplex garageinto a classroom Carlos P Reyes(deceased) started the installation of aflagpole Alberto Floresca (deceased)brought the idea of constructing thebalcony Claro Bermudez celebrated theIndependence Day jointly with FCAWIFlor Rillo constructed the patio CarmelitaSideco (deceased) must be mentioned forbeing the first female FAMAS presidentwhose contributions are not visible but herinfluence over those who worked with herare still felt Norma Casaclang-Villarosa(deceased) was known to be the first oneto put aside some funds for the purpose ofacquiring a community center Dr BartJavier together with Marlene Birao-Schacter were the signatories to the deedof sale of the FAMAS building There mayhave been accomplishments of somepresidents but have not been includedabove but it is hoped that their place inFAMAS history is an acknowledgement oftheir volunteerism to the community

But the saying that ldquoYou can`tplease everybodyrdquo still holds true After theelection in 2011 Osdon and COMELECchairman Budz Sarmiento were accusedof conniving with each other to beat CesarManuel presidential candidate for

Samahang Makabayan ldquoThe accusation is untrue said

Sarmiento The candidates of the SMwere given the Rules and Regulations toread If they have any objection then theyshould have discussed it with theCOMELEC Instead they signed theCertificatres of Candidacy After theelection they were also given a chance toappeal But they ignored it What I findinappropriate are the things they didprotesting in front of the center for a fewdays freezing FAMAS accouint illegallyinducting their officers etc

FAMAS had and still has its upsand down As noted below even duringthe beginning there had been a short-livedfeud between the east side and the westside resulting in two associations onecalled Philippine Association of Montreal(PAM) and the other the Filipino Aociationof the Province of Quebec (FAPQ) Itcannot be denied that bickering anddifferences among differeent factions havebeen a constant threat to the solidarityamong Filipinos Nevertheless they arealways there fior each other in time ofneed It is like a big family After all othercultural associations have had their ownproblems too

List of FAMAS presidents 1963-1964 - Vicente Sison 1964-1965 - DrB Oteysa finished the term of EmilAssistores 1965-1966 - Dr Ben deGuzman 1966-1967 - R Mendoza finishedthe term started by Carlos Borromeo1967-1968 Dr Diego Rosales gave up infavor of John Alvarado In 1967 a crisisoccured that led to the formation of twoasociations John Alvarado continued hisjob as president of Philippine Associationof Montreal (PAM) while Orlan Racachobecame president of a new associationcalled Filipino Association of the Provnceof Quebec In 1968-1969 George Pobletebecame president of PAM and Dr DeoEsguerra was at the helm of FAPQ In1969 according to Jake Maguigadsarticle FAMAS made the maidenappearance with Dr Nap Magadia andlater T Patrio as president while the nameof Andy Palomar was recorded by BertAbiera as the president during the periodof 1969-1970 Abiera also provided thenames of other past presidents namely1970-1971 Simeon Orejudos 1971-1972Alvin Veloso 1972-1973 Roberto Bernas 1973-1974 Carmelita Sideco 1974-1975Orlan Racacho 1975-1976 DominadorRosales 1976-1977 Dr Bartolome Javier1977-1978 Henry Casuga 1978-1979Norma Villarosa 1979-1980 Dr EdilbertoPelausa 1980-1981 Liwanag Sanga 1981-1982 - Angelita Ogerio 1982-1983Salvador Cagugao 1983-1984 NemiaSaldua 1984-1985 Dr GenovevaSantander 1985-1986 Julita Parado 1986-1987 Alberto Abiera 1987-1988 AuroraOsdon 1988-1989 Marlene Birao-Schacter 1989-1990 Mario Umali 1990-1991 Erlinda Baltazar 1991-1992 LimeoCollao 1992-1993 Dick Dahiroc 1993-1994 Malrlene Birao-Schacter 1994-1995Emma Resurreccion 1995-1997 James dela Paz (two consecutive terms) 1997-1998Ricardo Cosico 1998-1999 JoseBustamante

The change in the terms ofpresidents began in 1999-2001 with CarlosP Reyes 2001-2003 Venancio Parial 2003-2005 Santiago Tino 2005-2007 AlbertoFloresca 2007-2008 2008 - ClaroBermjudez who had to leave for a jobopporuntiy in South Africa and appointedFlor Rillo to replace him for the remainderof his term until August 2009 AuroraOsdon 2009-2013 (two consecutive terms)

FAMAS in a capsule

Learn French the fast and easy way Enrollat Gilmore College International

Call 514-485-7861

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Pork loinApproximately

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Frozen pork blood

Fresh liver

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Fresh Pork Belly with skin

Mon Tue Wed 800 am - 500 pmThu Fri 800 am - 600 pmSaturday 800 am - 500 pmSunday Closed

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Ground PorkSpecial 229lb

Philippine Cuisineand

Favorite FoodCompiled by Zenaida Ferry Kharroubi

Fresh Pork Leg

Over 20 lbs 409 lb

lb

Bone-in shoulder chops219 lb

12 kilo pork bellygarlic powdersalt and pepper

For the filling

1 small bundle large spring onionschopped1 stalk lemon grass chopped1 small bundle chives chopped3-4 cloves garlic choppedblack pepper powderchili flakessalt

For the baste

3 tablespoon oil1 tablespoon soy sauce

Balamban Liempo - Cooking procedure

Make an incision in the middle of thepork belly to form a pocket for thefillings Rub the pork belly with garlicpowder salt and pepper let stand inthe refrigerator and marinate for a least1 hour or more Mix and blend all thefilling ingredients and put it inside thebelly pocket keep aside Preheat ovento 300degF to 350degF using the top andbottom heating element In a roastingpan with the same size with the porkbelly place the pork belly with the skinon top Drizzle the pork belly skin withsoy sauce and rub to evenly coat

Balamban Liempo - Grill

Place the roasting pan in the pre-heated oven and roast for 1 to 112hours Occasionally brush the skinwith the oil and soy sauce bastemixture Adjust lower the temperatureif the skin is drying or cooking too fastNow remove the pork belly from thebaking pan and place in the middle ofthe oven in a rack continue to roast foranother 20 to 30 minutes Increase theoven temperature to 400degF to 450degFduring the last 10 to 15 minutes ofcooking or until reddish in color and theskin should be crisp at this stageRemove from oven and cover theroasting pan with aluminium foil and letrest for 10 to 15 minutes Cut intoserving pieces and serve with yourchoice pinakurat vinegar dippingsauce

Pork Belly RoastBalamban liempo style

roasting the pork belly is roasted whileit is in the roasting pan I used glassThis will allow the juices together withthe aromatics cook the meatremember you have to use top andbottom grill of the oven Halfway thepork belly is removed from the panand let grill on the middle of the ovenYou can also use yoursquore turbo broilerif you have one again just be mindfulof your temperatures and timings Ifyou have an oven with rotisserie thenwe would not have to do the abovecomplicated roasting method

Balamban Liempo - Ingrdients

Balamban Liempo as the nameoriginated in Balamban one of thetowns located along the western coastof Cebu Several entrepreneurs havebrought the Balamban Liempo outsideof Balamban and has become one ofthe must eat food when you are inCebu City

Balamban Liempo - Chopped

The pork belly has to be roasted in 2procedures During the first half of

Pinakbet (VegetableStew)

ngredients14 kilo pork with fat (cut into very small

pieces)3 tablespoons oil1 12 cup water

I 2 medium size Ampalaya (cut into 8pieces each)

2 medium size eggplants (cut into 8pieces each)

1 small size kalabasaabout6-10 pieces okra (halved)6 pieces tomatoes (quartered)1 small garlic head (minced)2 small onions (diced)1 small ginger (sliced)4 tablespoons bagoong isdaPinch of pepper

Procedure

In a pan fry pork until lightly crispy setaside

Saute garlic onion tomatoes and gingerin the pork fat and mix in pork

In a pot boil water with bagoongAdd in the pork and spicesAdd all the vegetables and cookServe hot

Pinakbet is a very typical andpopular dish among Filipinos in theIlocos provinces but also adopted byother groups in Luzon except thatthere is a slight difference in theingredients

Tilapia with blackbean sauce

Tilapia with Salted Black BeansIngredients

1 large tilapia sliced crosswise(steak cut)

14 cup canned tausi (salted blackbeans) ndash discard the water

12 cup chopped flat leaf parsley1 medium yellow onion diced2 teaspoon minced garlic1 12 tablespoons oyster sauce1 tablespoon soy sauce1 teaspoon cornstarch diluted in 12

cup watercooking oilSalt and pepper to taste

Cooking Procedure

Rub salt and pepper all over thesliced tilapia Let it stand for 10 minutes

Heat 1 cup of cooking oil in a fryingpan

Pan-fry the sliced tilapia in mediumheat for about 5 minutes per side or untilthe color turns medium brown Removethe fried tilapia and place in a plate linedwith paper towel

In a clean cooking pan heat about 2tablespoons of cooking oil

Saute the garlic and onionWhen the onion softensadd the

parsley and salted black beansPut the fried tilapia in the pan Add

the soy sauce oyster sauce andcornstarch diluted in water Stir gently andlet boil Cover and simmer for 10 to 15minutes

Add pepper to taste Note you canadd more water to make it taste less salty

Transfer to a serving bowlServe share and enjoy

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50th Anniversary GalaSaturday June 15 2013

Call 514-341-7477

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FILIPINO STARS H O W B I Z G O S S I PlsquoAnnalizarsquo wants to directsomeday

She may be just 10 years old andher show-biz career just starting totake off but child star AndreaBrillantes can already see herselfworking behind the camera whenbeing in front of it has lost its appeal

ldquoI enjoy taking photos and mymom tells me they look nicerdquo shesaid ldquoI want to become a director awriter or a photographer when I growolder I want to be behind the scenesrdquoBrillantes told a small group ofreporters at a recent media gatheringfor ABS-CBNrsquos remake of the popular1980s television drama ldquoAnnalizardquowhere she plays the title role

The late Julie Vega was theoriginal Annaliza

For her dream first photo shootBrillantes said she wanted her subjectto be her idol Kim Chiu Her directorialdebut on the other hand will mostlikely have ldquoAnnalizardquo costar ZanjoeMarudo (who plays her father Guido)as lead actor she added

Prior to this big break Brillantesoften played the role of a teleseryersquosstar as a child She was the youngAndi Eigenmann in ldquoKahit PusorsquoyMasugatanrdquo Jessy Mendiola inldquoPrecious Heart Romances Paraisordquoand Kim Chiu in ldquoIna Kapatid Anakrdquo

ldquoIrsquom very thankful and happy thatI was chosen to play Annalizabecause itrsquos my dream to star in myown showrdquo she said Brillantes saidshe googled Vega on the Internet toknow more about her learning abouther birthday and death

Looking sweet and adorable in apink dress Brillantes was refreshingly

self-assured when asked if shebelieved she could carry a televisionshow on her own

But the precocious youngsterclammed up when the subject ofcompetition with other ABS-CBN childstars such as Xyriel Manabat wasbrought up ldquoI donrsquot knowrdquo shemurmured ldquoMas matanda po akordquoshe offered drawing laughter fromthe crowd

Currently a Grade 4 student inAmbassador School for ChildrenBrillantes said she might resort tohome-schooling next academic yearbecause of her increasingly heavyschedule

Do her schoolmates and friendsknow that shersquos an actor ldquoYestheyrsquore happy and proud of meSometimes they approach me forphoto opsrdquo she said

Brillantes who joined the kiddiegag show ldquoGoinrsquo Bulilitsrdquo in 2010proudly announced she was able tobuy herself a cell phone and an iPadfrom her earnings ldquoSomeday I wantto have a nice bedroomrdquo she said

Business unit head Ruel Bayanisaid their version of ldquoAnnalizardquo wouldbe generally faithful to the originalseries ldquoBut to make it relevant todaywe incorporated different socialissues we encounter nowrdquo Bayanisaid

Directed by Theodore Boboroland Cathy Camarillo ldquoAnnalizardquo startsairing Monday before ldquoTV Patrolrdquo a

After his sold-out birthdayconcert at the Smart-AranetaColiseum Kapamilya teensensation Daniel Padilla continuesto sweep off the feet of his fans withhis sophomore album under StarRecords titled ldquoDJPrdquo

Daniel Padilla ReleasesSophomore Album DJP

Following the success of hisdouble platinum self-titled albumldquoDJPrdquo features 10 tracks includingDanielrsquos carrier single ldquoKamustaKardquo ldquoKung San Ka MasayardquoldquoSabay Natinrdquo ldquoPanalanginrdquoldquoBinibinirdquo ldquoNaaalalardquo ldquoKisapmatardquoldquoIpagpatawad Mordquo ldquoSisikat DinAkordquo and the acoustic version ofHimig Handog P-Pop Love Songfinalist ldquoNasa Iyo Na Ang Lahatrdquo

The album also carries thebonus track ldquoDiskarterdquo DanielrsquosldquoDJPrdquo album is already available onall record bars nationwide for onlyP250 The digital tracks of thealbum can also be downloaded viawwwmymusicstorecomph andiTunes

For more information visit StarRecordsrsquo Facebook fanpage atwwwfacebookcomstarrecordsphilor follow starrecordsph onTwitter a

Daniel Padilla ReleasesSophomore Album DJP

Daniel Padilla had his fans shrieking onASAP Sunday as he channeled hisinner Mr Suave while performing theParokya ni Edgar hit along with threeother Padillas RJ Matthew and JC

Rising teleserye princess Andrea Brillantes suddenly burst into tears while walkingon center stage when her first teleserye starrer Annaliza was introduced toadvertisers at the recently held ABS-CBN trade event at the NBC Tent in Taguig Theten-year old young actress wasnrsquot able to contain her emotions any longer whenshe realized that she is actually living her long-time dream of playing lead in a TVseries

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We process meat using Halal method

Our slaughterhouse is very clean and our prices are reasonable

Reserve your mutton from Aid Al Adha bull Sariwa malinis

The Court of Appeals (CA) ruledin favor of the Movie and TelevisionReview and Classification Board(MTRCB) that suspended TV5snoontime game show Willing Willie in2011 over an obscene segment

Associated Justice ManuelBarrios of the appellate courts 2ndDivision said in an 11-page decisionissued late Thursday that thecontested episode that showed ayoung boy dancing in a raunchymanner while crying was enoughmaterial for MTRCB to suspend thepopular show for one month

A review of the recording of thatsegment shows a 6-year old boygyrating like a macho dancer whilebeing cajoled and goaded by theshows host and the audience iscommonly perceived as transpiringonly in night clubs and othershadowy establishments thedecision stated

The court also called the showhost Willie Revillame insensitive inencouraging the boy to continue withthe performance in exchange for amonetary reward

While money has great utilityand is beneficial in these times ofwant it must never be used asjustification to sacrifice good moralsdecency self respect and thepsychological well-being of itscitizens especially the young itadded

MTRCB Chairman EugenioVillareal welcomed the courtsdecision on Thursday night sayinghe hopes the ruling be instructive tothe television industryEntertainment ( Article MRec )pagematch 1 sectionmatch 1

May this allow the televisionindustry especially those moredirectly concerned to move on andhelp build an entertainment culturethat is truly audience-sensitive andparticularly looking out for thewelfare of our young Villareal said ina statement

MTRCB earlier said in the originalsuspension ruling that the showviolated a law against immoral andindecent broadcasts that run counterto Filipino valuesinvoking herbrothers being in power when shemade a veiled threat Wala na siyangibang masabi Sabi niya Bakanakalimutan mo may three years paang brother ko Yap said a

Court says Willie Revillameinsensitive upholds showsuspension

Julia Barretto the winsome 16-year old daughter of Marjorie Barrettowho is fast making a name for herselfin the show business industry as ldquoTheMost Beautiful Barrettordquo continues tocapture hearts including that of teenstar Julian Estrada - her co-star in arecent special episode of ABS-CBNrsquosaward-winning fantasy-dramaanthology ldquoWansapanataymrdquo

Estrada who like Barretto is ascion of an established showbiz familythat includes actor turned presidentJoseph ldquoEraprdquo Estrada has nowadmitted to wooing his fellow StarMagic 2013 member in a recentinterview on ldquoKris TVrdquo ndash a far cry froman earlier statement

ldquoHindi naman po ligaw (But)things are doing pretty well (betweenthe two of us) rdquo he was quoted assaying prior

Ironically the 15-year-old spilledthe truth about courting the young

actress when he was being grilled byhis own father actor turned senatorJinggoy Estrada during their guestappearance on ldquoKris TVrdquo Monday

ldquoNililigawan mo bardquo The senatorasked his son who went on to blurt acurt ldquoYeahrdquo

When asked if he thinks he is onhis way to winning Julia over theyoung Estrada meekly retortedldquoSanardquo

The older Estrada went on todispense seeming sage advice tellinghis son to give the star of theupcoming series ldquoCofradiardquo gifts likeflowers fruits and chocolates

He went on to praise Julia as withthe rest of the Barrettos for theirbeauty

ldquoMaganda talaga rsquoyung mgaBarretto sistersrdquo said he referring tothe controversial siblings GretchenClaudine and Marjorie Juliarsquos mother

Julian and Julia Fromreel to real

Julian Estrada and Julia Barretto

TV5 statement onMr Willie Revillamersquosresignation

Willie Revillame

So it has finally been confirmedthe rumor that Willie Revillame isresigning from TV5 and that his showldquoWowowillierdquo will end when his contractwith the network expires on Oct 15

The persistent hearsay was thatWillie is resigning because he wasasking for a P90 million talent fee permonth which the Kapatid networkrejected according to a source

Williersquos camp denied the rumorsaying at first that while itrsquos true hiscontract with TV5 is expiring in Octoberthere was no negotiation going on yetabout the possible renewal of suchcontract much less about any amountfor the hostrsquos monthly talent fee

Willie has his options on whether tocontinue with the show or take hismuch-needed vacation He has favoredthe latter

To this TV5 has issued this shortstatement

ldquoWe respect the decision of MrWillie Revillame to retire upon theexpiry of his contract with TV5 We wishhim well in his new pursuitsrdquo a

May 201318 The North American Filipino Star

Showbiz Gossip Continued from p17

Maja Salvador said she is at a lossfor words when met with greetings onher relationship with Gerald Andersonwhich the actor recently confirmed

At the sidelines of the filming of herupcoming big-screen project with SenJinggoy Estrada on Wednesday the24-year-old actress was asked for herreaction to her boyfriend going publicwith their relationship

Marami ang nagsasabi na angganda ko raw ang suwerte ko raw Diko alam paano sasagutin yun eSalvador was quoted as saying byentertainment news site PhilippineEntertainment Portal

Siguro sobrang blessed ko langna ganun ako ka-importante sa buhayniya talaga she said referring toAnderson

The 24-year-old actor admitted the

real score between him and Salvadorin the June 2013 issue of entertainmentmagazine StarStudio

Last Sunday Anderson said thedecision to admit his romantic ties withSalvador was for everybodys peace ofmind citing the endless speculationsabout their relationship

Anderson and Salvadorsrelationship however came at the costof the actress friendship with her InaKapatid Anak co-star and erstwhilebest friend Kim Chiu

Chiu is the former girlfriend ofAnderson The two broke up in 2010

In an earlier interview an emotionalChiu said she has already forgivenAnderson and Salvador but added itis difficult to forget what they did toyou a

Maja Salvador reacts to GeraldAndersonrsquos confession

Gerald Anderson and Maja Salvador

The lady of laughs Ai Ai delasAlas feels so much better now daysafter her personal conflict with short-lived husband Jed Salang came to ahead

Ai Ai said she never realized howmuch love she enjoys from everyone ndashher family her friends in and out of thebusiness her fans and even those whoare just looking ndash until this thinghappened to her

ldquoIrsquom overwhelmed by the love andsupport of everybody I am verythankful Sobrang pasasalamat kotalaga sa Diyos at sa lahat-lahat ngmga mababait na mga anak ko mgakaibigan ko at mga taong nagmamahalsa akin kahit hindi naman nila akomasyadong nakakasama o nakikita

Wala na akong mahihiling paNapakasuwerte ko pa rinrdquo she saidAi Ai told us everything is clear with hernow ldquoHindi ko akalain na mangyayarisa buhay ko ang ganorsquon nanapapanood ko lang sa TV Pero atleast okay na ako Nakalaya na rin akobago pa mangyari sa akin ang mgabagay na ikakahiya ko pa balangarawrdquo she said

Ai Ai likened her life to a plot of anABS-CBN soap opera She saidldquorsquoyung tipong isang medyonakakabatang lalaki na pumatol saisang medyo may edad na babae namay pera Pero meron talaga siyangpamilya at sinabihan niya na sandalilang ito at kailangan lang niya gawinpara na din sa kanyang mag-inaGanun ang eksaktong nangyari saakinrdquoAnd what didnrsquot kill her made herstronger Ai Ai said ldquoNow I really thankGod for waking me up just in timeMasakit pero ganun talagaNaghangad kasi ako na mahalin ngisang lalaki mapakasalan Siguro hinditalaga rsquoyun ang buhay na para sa akinMarami namang masyadong blessingna ibinibigay si God Ang mga anak kosobrang mahal ako Nahihiya nga akosa kanila at nagpapasalamat nanaiintindihan nila ang Mommy nila Silaang tunay kong kayamananrdquo a

Ai Ai Delas Alas is much betternow

Comedienne Ai Ai delas Alas hasfiled a formal complaint against herhusband of 29 days businessmanJed Salang

According to a report ofentertainment website Pepphpublished on Wednesday delas Alascharged Salang of violating theRepublic Act 9262 or the act definingviolence against women and childrenbefore the Quezon City Regional Trial

Court on FridayThis is in addition to the

protection order she sought againsther husband so he could no longercome near her by 100 to 500 meters

Citing a source allegedly close tothe comedienne Pepph said delasAlas detailed in her petition howSalang physically abused her lastMay 2

The source added delas Alas alsoconsulted with a psychologist whotold her that she is in a ldquostate ofdepressionrdquo and is suffering from anldquoacute post-traumatic-stressdisorderrdquo

Two weeks ago delas Alas brokedown on The Buzz as she confirmedher breakup from Salang

In an interview with The Buzzhost Boy Abunda delas Alasadmitted that she was physically

Ai Ai delas Alas with her husband JedSalang (file photo)

Ai Ai files raps vs husband JedSalang

abused by Salang which led to herdecision to leave him last May 2

She also tearfully said shebelieves Salang never loved her

Delas Alas and Salang weremarried in Las Vegas last April 3

It takes two to do the show bizbreakup cha-cha

Did Jed Salang really do all thoseawful awful things andhellip isnrsquot hegoing to defend himself Just youwait

In the aftermath of Ai-Ai de lasAlasrsquo spectacular meltdown on ldquoTheBuzzrdquo last Sunday over a turbulentseparation from her husband of lessthan a month movie reporters havebeen hunting down Salang abusinessman

Did he really beat up the 48-year-old actress routinely Is he agambling addict as they say Is it

true that he received a monthlyallowance of P40000 from De lasAlas Did he use her money to buyexpensive gifts for another personAwful awful talk (Meanwhile has hereturned the ldquodream carrdquo that shegave him for their first ldquomonthsaryrdquo)

Several show biz scribes havegone to Salangrsquos workplace inAlabang others to his reportedcurrent address A few claim to havetalked to Salang but say he declinedto comment on the whole sordidaffair

When De las Alas claimed onnationwide TV that she had broken upwith Salang on May 2 after repeatedincidents of physical abuse her fanswent up in arms as if on cue Theywasted no time in flooding SalangrsquosInstagram account with vitriolprompting him to close it onMondaymdashhis only link to socialnetworking a

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Words cannot express howdelighted Lovi Poe is about her sisterGrace Poe-Llamanzares ranking No 1in the May 13 senatorial race Shefinds it hard to believe that she nowhas a big sister who is a senator and isjust a phone call away

Lovi during her contract signingwith GMA-7 last May 17 shared thatshe has gotten to know her elder sisterwell during the campaign season

ldquoIrsquom so proud of her When we hadlunch I met her son daughter and herhusband They are all wonderfulpeople talaga Lahat sila mababait SiAte Grace shersquos very humble shersquosvery smart Talagang I look up to herKung baga isa siyang magandanghalimbawardquo she sharedShe added that if she is proud shecould just imagine how prouder theirfather the late Fernando Poe Jr Kingof Philippine Cinema would havebeen

ldquoIrsquom sure si Papa kung anongnararamdaman ko kay Ate Grace masgrabe pa siya and Irsquom sureipagpapatuloy niya ang gusto niPapahellip I just really feel so proudespecially with what happened nanag-number one siya Siya na mismonagsabi that she didnrsquot expect thatrdquoLovi expressed that she will be asupportive sister and intimated thatSen Grace would be having lunchwith her to discuss her plans inpolitics She said that she would helpin her own capacity as an actress butwonrsquot be ldquovisible politicallyrdquo

ldquoI donrsquot want to venture into

politics kasi itrsquos not my turf talagaLetrsquos leave it to the experts sabi nganilardquo quipped Lovi

These days Lovi is more focusedon giving her all in the projects that theKapuso network entrusts her Shebelieves she has the talent and wantsto prove that she is worthy of herthree-year contract Her love life toocould take a backseat to her new stateof mind which is workldquoIrsquom not dating now I just want to

focus talaga on work Ito rsquoyungpromise ko sa sarili ko na masfocused ako now Irsquom already 24 yearsold at ibang Lovi na ito Mas mature nakasi medyo before I want to enjoywhile working of course but now masfocused nardquo

Itrsquos been almost two months sinceLovi took a break from the Kapusonetwork Now she is excited to goback to work and see her colleagueswhom she misses a lot She also looks

forward to the teleseryes she wouldget and the leading men shersquod beworking with As an actress she israring to do more challenging roles inthe near future

By the way Lovi is in theupcoming movie of Joel Lamanganentitled ldquoLihisrdquo with Jake Cuenca andJoem Bascon among others a

Lovi proud sister to Sen Grace Poe

Lovi Poe (Left) and Sen Grace Poe-Llamanzares

For the first time HeartEvangelista revealed the real reasonwhy she and Jericho Rosales whomshe considers her ldquogreatest loverdquobroke up in 2008

In an sit-down interview with Yesmagazine for its May 2013 issueEvangelista said her parents madeher believe that Rosales cheated onher with Malaysian actress CarmenSoo

At that time Evangelista justreconciled with her parents after nottalking to them for three yearsbecause she fought for herrelationship with Rosales

Evangelista said her parents didnot approve of the Kapamilya actorbecause he already had a child froma previous relationship

ldquoI didnrsquot see them for three yearsat that time and I missed them somuch And I was also going though alot I was struggling with life I wasconfused Although I was happy itwas hard to be happy in one areaand everything else seems like itrsquosfalling apart But the moment I gotback with them naging okay kamirdquoshe said

Rosales was then in Malaysiawith Soo for the ABS-CBN seriesldquoKahit Isang Saglitrdquo whileEvangelista was in Dubai for her ownshow in GMA-7

ldquoWhen they said that he wascheating on me with Carmen Soo Ireally did think that he was I reallythought that he cheated on me Ireally did And that was because theytold me that he was and I wasconvincedrdquo she said

Evangelista shared there waseven a time when Rosales went tosee her in her condominium unit sohe could explain himself but theynever saw each other

ldquoMy mom didnrsquot tell me that hewas waiting for me downstairs in mycondo for five hours She didnrsquot say

anything so I didnrsquot hear from himrdquoshe said

The 27-year-old actress said shejust learned in due course thatRosales did not really cheat on her

ldquoOf course they are yourparentsmdashwhen they tell yousomething over and over you start tohave fears You start to doubt certainsituations And thatrsquos what happenedto me beforerdquo she said

Through time Evangelistaunderstood that her mom was justscared to lose her

ldquoShe was trying to let me go She

was really trying her best to not getherself involved with my pastrelationships It was always like thatShe would try But in the endeverything that she kept inside wouldjust blow up and it would just affectme so much and also therelationship that I was inrdquo she said

Evangelista recently madeheadlines anew after she foundherself in another collision coursewith her parents who lambasted hercurrent boyfriend Senator FrancisChiz Escudero

Both Evangelista and Escuderohowever have stood firm that theyare not breaking up amid all theissues surrounding their relationship

Why Heart and Jericho really broke up Jericho has found lsquoThe Onersquo

Early photo of Heart amp JerichoNot meant to be Former lovers Heartand Jericho Rosales

May 201320 The North American Filipino Star

Itrsquos tough fighting the worldrsquossecond biggest economic power andmost populous country But whenanother economic heavyweight joinsthe fight against you they couldtrounce you very badly And to makethe situation worse the two adversariesare the giant Peoplersquos Republic ofChina (PRC) and the Lilliputian buteconomically rich Republic of China(ROC) which is more commonly knownas Taiwan With the Philippines upagainst the two Chinas her options are

limited

Over the past several years Chinaincreased her defense budget todouble-digit increments In the case ofTaiwan the United States provided herwith firepower to defend herself fromChina whose ultimate goal is to takeover Taiwan and complete theunification of the two Chinas under onegovernment

But the US has nothing to do with thatAlthough the US recognizes the PRCunder a ldquoOne China Policyrdquo she madeit known that Taiwan would bedefended should China decide toinvade Taiwan

The Philippines followed suit andadopted a ldquoOne China Policyrdquo too thussevering her diplomatic relationshipwith Taiwan However the influentialcommunity of Chinese expatriates andrefugees in the Philippines identifythemselves with Chiang Kai-shek andhis Kuomintang Party who fled toTaiwan in 1949 after they were defeatedby Mao Zedong and his CommunistParty in a bloody Civil War

To continue their ldquofriendshiprdquo thePhilippines and Taiwan established twooffices to serve as conduit between thetwo governments The Philippinegovernment opened the ManilaEconomic and Cultural Office (MECO)in Taipei and Taiwan opened the TaipeiEconomic and Cultural Office (TECO) inManila Indeed the relationshipbetween the Philippines and Taiwancouldnrsquot have been betterhellip until lastMay 9 when an incident in disputedwaters ended in the death of aTaiwanese fisherman

Fishing boat incidentRelatives of fisherman killed by thePhilippine Coast Guard

According to Philippine Coast Guard(PCG) account two Taiwanese fishing

boats were sighted in the Balintangchannel just north of Luzon which isPhilippine territory and not claimed byTaiwan or any other country In whatappeared to be illegal fishing the PCGvessel approached the fishing boatsbut one of them tried to ram the PCGvessel The PCG fired at the chargingfishing boat to disable it The fishingboat was disabled howeverunbeknown to the PCG crew a 65-yearold Taiwanese fisherman was hit Thena ldquobig white shiprdquo came to view and the

PCG vessel took off (Source The DailyTribune)

The incident created a crescendo ofevents leading to violence againstOverseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) inTaiwan MECO Chairman AmadeoPerez reported that an OFW wasattacked with a baseball bat by anangry mob in Kaohsiung City TaiwanOther attacks on OFWs were reportedldquoThe situation in Taiwan now is verytenserdquo said PerezIn an attempt to placate TaiwanPresident Benigno Aquino IIIapologized for the death of the

Taiwanese fisherman but the Taiwanesegovernment uncharacteristicallyrejected it as ldquoinsincererdquo

And to make matters worse theTaiwanese government banned theentry of OFWs The Philippinegovernment is preparing evacuationplans should the need to bring theOFWs home arises The Taiwanesegovernment also issued an advisory toher citizens not to visit the Philippines

Enter the bullyEmperor Xi Jinping (Credit TheEconomist)

Meanwhile a Chinese foreign ministryspokesman said ldquoWe strongly

condemn the barbaric shooting andkilling of the Taiwanese fishermandemanding that the Philippines shouldinvestigate the case and furnish thedetails as soon as possible We aredeeply grieved about the death of theTaiwanese compatriot and have sentcondolences to his familyrdquo With Chinaopenly siding with Taiwan it makes onewonder if China was taking advantageof the incident to drive a wedgebetween the two allies of the UnitedStates Indeed China has been tryingvery hard to neutralize the UnitedStatesrsquo military presence in the WesternPacific particularly in the South andEast China Seas

In August 2012 China tricked thePhilippines into ending the standoff atthe Scarborough Shoal (PanatagShoal) by agreeing to a withdrawal ofthe two countriesrsquo naval vessels fromthe area As soon as the Philippineswithdrew her Coast Guard vesselsChina cordoned off the only opening tothe shoal while several Chinese shipsstayed Since then China has de factopossession of the shoal which is about124 miles from Luzon and within thePhilippinesrsquo 200-mile ExclusiveEconomic Zone (EEZ)

Ryukyu archipelagoRyukyu Islands

Recently two events happened that putChinese expansionism into thegeopolitical equation First itquestioned Japanrsquos ownership of theRyukyu archipelago which includesOkinawa where the US maintains 18army navy air force and marine bases

China claims that the Ryukyus wereonce a Chinese vassal state during theMing and Qing dynasties therefore theisland chain should be returned toChina

With this new ldquoterritorial disputerdquoJapanrsquos ongoing dispute with Chinaover ownership of the Senkaku Islandstakes different dimension Someexperts are saying that China is usingthe Ryukyu issue as a bargaining chipto her claim over the Senkakus a groupof five uninhabited islands and isletswedged between Okinawa and Taiwan

When Japan and Taiwan recentlysigned a joint fishing agreement aroundthe Senkakus China became furiousAnd right after that the ownership of theRyukyus came into play

Ayungin Shoal

China also opened another potentialarea of dispute ndash right inside Philippineterritory A few days ago severalChinese ships were sighted near theAyungin Shoal in the Kalayaan town inthe province of Palawan

Last May 10 a Department of ForeignAffairs (DFA) spokesperson said thatAyungin Shoal is within the PhilippinesrsquoEEZ He said that the entry of foreignfishing vessels in an EEZ is a violationof the United Nations Convention of theLaw of the Sea (UNCLOS) China andthe Philippines are signatories toUNCLOS DFA filed a protest letter withthe Chinese Embassy in Manila on theprovocative presence of two Chinesemaritime surveillance shipsand onewarship around Ayungin Shoal(Source The Philippine Star)

Taiping Island

Taiwan also has a piece of the actionamong six nations involved in territorialdisputes in the Spratly archipelagoRecently Taiwan announced plans toexpand a pier in Taiping Island thelargest island in the Spratlys Byexpanding the pier in the fortified islandit would allow port calls by Taiwanrsquos2000-ton frigates The island hasalready a 3800-foot runway whichTaiwan built in 2006 (Source NewStraits Times)

During the 115th anniversarycelebration of the Philippine Navy lastMay 21 Aquino declared ldquoOurmessage to the world is clear what isours is ours and we will repel any andall attempts to claim what is ours anddefend ourselves against any form ofaggression especially within ourbackyardrdquoIt seems that itrsquos going to bea battle between David vs two Goliaths(PerryDiazgmailcom)

David vs Two Goliaths

Anti-Filipino rally in Taiwan

Relatives of killed Taiwanese fisherman

ldquoEmperorrdquo Xi Jinping (Credit The Economist)

Ryukyu Islands

May 2013 21The North American Filipino Star

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Embracing theObscureBy David White

This past weekend in Sonoma CountyCalifornia 17 vintners gathered for a winetasting they dubbed The 7 PercentSolution

As the organizers explained roughly 93percent of Northern California vineyardacreage is planted to eight major grapevarietals The remaining 7 percent is hometo numerous lesser-known varietals[which] are finding anchor with a small butgrowing number of winemakers

The event enabled consumers to explorethe wines being produced by Californiasrevolutionary vintners -- those willing toembrace the states vast and varied climateby avoiding popular grapes and bottlingthe obscure Whether theyre producingunusual varietals or exploring unheraldedregions these winemakers are worthcelebrating

That certain regions of California might bebetter suited to say Albarino thanChardonnay makes sense Across theglobe commercial wine is produced from a

whopping 1368 different grape varieties Itdefies logic to assume that grapes native tocentral France will thrive in all the worldsnew vineyards

This topic was explored at this years DrinkLocal Wine conference by Joseph FiolaPhD a University of Maryland professorwho has spent over 25 years researchingand teaching about experimentalviticulture

During his lecture Fiola spent a great dealof time praising the Old World for itscommitment to growing varieties that areadapted to local growing conditions

Local varieties have been growing inthose areas for hundreds maybethousands of years he explainedYear in year out they get ripe Year inyear out winemakers can controlproduction Those areas know how togrow the grapes they know how tomake good wine And its the localgrapes that are the best [Winemakers]arent going to grow CabernetSauvignon all over Italy becausepeople know the name

Fiola went on to compare southernItalys climate to southern MarylandsYet he acknowledged the temptation tofocus on well-known varieties

Trying to convince a Maryland winerythat has to worry about marketing topeople who can barely pronounceChardonnay to sell Nero dAvolaNegroamaro Sagrantino he askednaming three esoteric varieties fromItaly That presents a challenge heconceded

Europe has an advantage of courseThe continent has been producingwine for thousands of years so vintnersthere understand which grapes dobest In France for examplewinemakers in Burgundy know to focus

on Pinot Noir and Chardonnay Just asGerman vintners recognize thatRiesling thrives in the countrys Moselregion Spanish vintners recognize thatAlbarino thrives in Galicia

Wine production in the United States isstill in its infancy But winemakers knowthat American consumers enjoyCabernet Sauvignon ChardonnayMerlot Pinot Noir and SauvignonBlanc so thats what most produceOnly the most courageous vintnerswould eschew these varieties

One of these courageous vintners isMatthew Rorick of Forlorn Hope whopoured at this weekends tasting inSonoma Since 2005 he has beenproducing rare creatures fromappellations unknown and varietiesuncommon

His rare creatures are truly unusualHe produces delightful reds fromSangiovese and Barbera two Italiangrapes that few California winemakers

take seriously He produces a deliciousVerdelho a white wine thats typicallyassociated with Portugal He producesthe nations only 100-percent StLaurent a thought-provoking highlyaromatic red thats almost impossibleto find outside Austria and the CzechRepublic Each year he crafts morethan a dozen different wines -- andvirtually all are produced in lots offewer than 2500 bottles

The fact that 17 vintners like Rorickwere able to fill a room this pastweekend is a testament to the fact thatan increasing number of winemakersare willing to take risks And perhapsmore importantly Americanconsumers are growing morecomfortable exploring the unknown

David White a wine writer is the founderand editor of Terroiristcom His columnsare housed at Palate Press The OnlineWine Magazine

APRIL 201322 The North American Filipino Star

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Minister FlahertyHighlights EconomicAction Plan 2013rsquosStrong Support forCharitableOrganizations

The Honourable Jim Flaherty Ministerof Finance today urged Canadians totake advantage of the HarperGovernmentrsquos new First-Time DonorrsquosSuper Credit and donate to acharitable organization

Speaking at Lutherwood a not-for-profit health and social serviceorganization serving the WaterlooRegion and Wellington CountyMinister Flaherty said ldquoThroughout ournationrsquos history Canadians haveworked together to serve others andhave made Canada a better place inthe process Our Government wants tosee that noble tradition continuewhich is why Economic Action Plan2013 builds on previous actions by ourGovernment to support families andcommunities and the quality of life forhard-working Canadiansrdquo

These initiatives include the RegisteredDisability Savings Plan the FamilyCaregiver Tax Credit and the EnablingAccessibility Fund which supports thecapital costs of construction andrenovations to improve physicalaccessibility for persons withdisabilities

Minister Flaherty stated ldquoThe newFirst-Time Donorrsquos Super Credit willsignificantly enhance theattractiveness of donating to a charityfor young and new Canadians who arein a position to make donations for thefirst time By helping to rejuvenate andexpand the charitable sectorrsquos donorbase this important initiative will havean immediate impact in supporting thecharitable sectorrdquo

The credit will apply on cash donationsof up to $1000 claimed in any onetaxation year from 2013 to 2017 It willincrease the value of the existingCharitable Donations Tax Credit by 25percentage points if neither thetaxpayer nor their spouse has claimedthe credit since 2007

Kitchener-Waterloo MP Peter Braid achampion for such worthy causesadded ldquoCanadians are some of themost generous people in the worldwhen it comes to giving time andmoney to charity and our Governmentis committed to supporting that spiritrdquo

ldquoThe Super Credit is a very positivestep for charities wanting to engagenew donors We are excited by thepossibilities and eager to continueworking with the federal government toexplore innovative ways to expandcharitable giving by all Canadiansrdquosaid Marcel Lauziegravere President andCEO of Imagine Canada

___________________________________For further information media may

contact

Kathleen PerchalukPress SecretaryOffice of the Minister of Finance613-996-7861

Jack AubryMedia RelationsDepartment of Finance613-996-8080

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Treasury Board PresidentAnnounces MajorInitiative toward a High-Performing Public Service

For immediate release

May 28 2013

Ottawa ndash The Honourable TonyClement President of the TreasuryBoard today announced a newmandatory system for trackingemployee performance aimed atboosting productivity and ensuringCanadians receive modern effectiveand efficient public service

ldquoHard-working Canadians look to us toprovide high quality affordableservice The Governmentrsquos newperformance management regime willensure that we are employing thepublic service to its fullest potentialrdquosaid Minister Clement ldquoComplacencyand the status quo are not an optionExcellence must be the benchmarkCanadians deserve no lessrdquo

The new Directive on PerformanceManagement introduces for the firsttime a government-wide system fortracking employee performance Thegoal is three-fold

To recognize and reward excellentperformance

Work with all employees to maximizeperformance and

To deal decisively with unsatisfactoryperformance

ldquoPerformance management is aboutensuring good workers have anopportunity to become great workersand dealing effectively with poorperformersrdquo said Minister ClementldquoEither poor performers improve andbecome productive employees or wewill let them gordquo

The Directive which comes into effectin April 2014 includes a number ofstandardized measures for trackingperformance These measuresinclude establishing annualperformance objectives for allemployees mid-year evaluationsannual written performanceassessments and an action plan forimproving performance with clearestablished time-lines as well as stepsto be taken if performance does notimprove These steps could include

demotion or termination Processeswill ensure that employees are treatedfairly

ldquoDoing things the way they havealways been done is no longer goodenough if we want to build a 21stcentury public servicerdquo said MinisterClement ldquoWe owe it to Canadians andwe owe it to the vast majority ofcommitted hard-working publicservants to make sure everyone ispulling their weightrdquo

For more information please consultthe Directive on PerformanceManagement and visit thePerformance Management website

mdash 30 mdash

For more information see the Directiveon Performance Managementbackgrounder or contact

Matthew ConwayPress SecretaryOffice of the President of the TreasuryBoard and Minister responsible forFedNor613-957-2666

Media RelationsTreasury Board of Canada Secretariat613-957-2640

If there is a discrepancy between anyprinted version and the electronicversion of this news release theelectronic version will prevail

TTY (telecommunications device forthe hearing impaired) ndash 613-957-9090

Follow us on Twitter TBS_Canada

Backgrounder - Directive onPerformance Management

The Government of Canada isimplementing a new employeeperformance management program tofoster excellence in service delivery toCanadians and improve productivity

This Directive will introduce for the firsttime a systemic mandatoryperformance assessment for all corepublic sector employees Rigorousperformance management is a bestpractice and an essential element of amodern public service

The new Directive on PerformanceManagement applies to federalemployees in the core publicadministration See footnote 1 and willcome into effect on April 1 2014

The approach to implementingPerformance Management is system-wide and will support deputy headsmanagers and employees in achievingand sustaining a culture of highperformance in the public sector

Highlights

The Directive calls for consistency inhow employee performance ismanaged and how employeesrsquo skillsare developed across the federal

public service

Each federal organization will establishan employee performancemanagement program that includesrequirements such as

Mandatory annual performancemanagement objectives for allemployees including commitmentsperformance objectives and expectedbehaviours and learning ordevelopment plans

Mid-year evaluations of eachemployee

Annual written employee performanceassessments at the end of each fiscalyear

An action plan to support and guideemployees to improve performancewithin clear timelines and

Mandatory attestation by deputyheads that an employee hassuccessfully completed the probationperiod

Requirements for performanceagreements are already in place forpublic service executives and non-unionized employees With the newDirective performance agreements willbe mandatory for all

To support managers and supervisorsin adopting the new Directivemandatory training will be providedEach department will have acommittee made up of senior officialsto coach managers through theprocess Managers will also besupported with additional labourrelations advice and a Labour andEmployment Law Centre of Expertiseis also being created by the TreasuryBoard Secretariat to deal specificallywith employment law and litigation

The Values and Ethics Code for thePublic Sector that came into force inApril 2012 underpins the objectives ofthe new Directive

The Office of the Chief HumanResources Officer is responsible formonitoring departmentsrsquo compliancewith the directive and conductingreviews to evaluate its impact

Know ThyselfHe who knows much about

others may be learned but hewho understands himself is

more intelligentHe who controls others may be

powerful but he who hasmastered himself is

mightier still

A journey of a thousand milesmust begin with a single step

Lao Tzu

By viewing the old we learn the new

Chinese Proverb

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Cultural Centre launchedMontreacuteal May 28 2013 ndash At a specialmeeting held last Thursday the Cocircte-des-NeigesmdashNotre-Dame-de-Gracircce (CDNmdashNDG) Borough Council awarded a contractto build the new Notre-Dame-de-GracircceCultural Centre The $1540010710contract was won by the Geyser Group inc

The Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce Cultural Centrewill house a new Benny Library and also amulti-purpose hall to accommodate culturalexhibitions and a wide variety ofperformances The ecologically-friendlybuilding meeting LEED certificationstandards will be prominently located at theintersection of avenue de Monkland andavenue Benny across from the NDG SportsCentre

Construction will begin in the next fewweeks and be completed at the end of2014 Originally planned for 2012 theproject had to be modified in order to meetthe Boroughrsquos self-imposed budgetconstraints Construction of the Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce Cultural Centre representsa $236 million investment for which theBorough is depending in particular on thejoint financial support of the ministegravere de laCulture et des Communications du Queacutebecand the Ville de Montreacuteal

ICAO headquarters toremain in Montreal

MONTREAL May 27 2013 - The Ministerof Foreign Affairs the Honourable John

Baird the Minister of InternationalRelations La Francophonie and ExternalTrade and Minister responsible for theMontreacuteal region Mr Jean Francois Liseacuteeand the Mayor of Montreacuteal Mr MichaelApplebaum would like to invite members ofthe media to a press conference for thesigning of the renewal agreement with theInternational Civil Aviation Organization(ICAO) in Montreacuteal

Date Monday May 27th 2013Heure 5 pmLieu Terrace of City Hall

275 Notre-Dame EstMetro Champ-de-Mars

Come join celebrate thePhilippine IndependenceDay Celebration on June 12 1000AM at theFAMAS CentreThe Philippine Declaration of Independencesimultaneously marked the end of thePhilippine Revolution and the PhilippineIslandsrsquo assertion to sovereignty andindependence from Spanish colonial ruleHowever neither Spain nor Americarecognized such a stake to independentnationhood and on December 10 1898the Spanish government ceded thePhilippines to the United States in the Treatyof Paris for the price of US $2 millionmarking the end of the Spanish-AmericanWar1

A short two months later on February 41899 armed conflict erupted betweenPhilippine revolutionary forces and USmilitary occupants in Manila By June 2

1899 the First Philippine Republic officiallydeclared war against the US that lasteduntil July 4 1902 Approximately 20000soldiers were killed in action while thecivilian death toll reached an estimated half-million persons Though the war officiallyended in the summer of 1899 guerillafreedom fighters continued to challengeUS occupation for several more years

It was not until July 4 1946 nearly fiftyyears later that the United States formallyrecognized full Philippine independentnationhood with the enactment of the Treatyof Manila On a rainy day in Manilarsquos LunetaPark 400000 onlookers cheered as theAmerican flag was lowered and thePhilippine flag was raised in its placeSenator Millard Tydings of Marylandreported that the day was ldquoone of the mostunprecedented most idealistic and mostfar-reaching events in all recorded historyrdquo3

July 4 was officially recognized as theNational Day until August 4 1964 whenPresident Diosdado Macapagal signed theMalacanang Republic Act No 4166 thateffectively made June 12mdashthe day thatGeneral Emilio Aguinaldo and hisrevolutionary peers had originally claimedas the Nationrsquos Daymdashthe countryrsquos officialIndependence Day

Today Filipinos around the world fromSaudi Arabia to Los Angeles Californiacontinue to celebrate PhilippineIndependence Day on June 12 In AmericaFilipino Americans otherwise known asFilAms use this day to commemorate thePhilippinesrsquo independence from colonialrule celebrate Filipino heritage-pride

preserve cultural roots promote culturalawareness and bring FilAm communitiestogether4

The largest Philippine Independence Daycelebration takes place annually in NewYork City on Madison Avenue between 23rdand 38th street on the first Sunday of JuneAn estimated 100000 people turn out totake part in various events and to march ina parade that represents FilAms and the7000 plus island clusters that constitute thePhilippine archipelago FilAms proudlydonned outfits representative of theirregional origins academic affiliationsprofessions favored sports team andmore5

In Washington DC the PhilippineEmbassy and Filipino AmericanOrganization host an Independence DayGala commemorative festivals and othercultural activities

In Montreal we commemorate thePhilippine Independence by a Flag RaisingCeremony at the FAMAS Centre every June12 every year

Come and celebrate with us and meet andgreet our kababayans and public officialsLight refreshments are served

Cheers

From the FAMAS Executive Board

Al Boy AbdonPublic Relations Officer - FAMASalabdonvideotronca

May 201324

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Bert AbieraFounder

The opinions expressed by the writers and columnists do not necessarily reflect thatof the management of the North American Filipino Star nor its editors

EEddiittoorriiaallNursing leadership and caring

Jason Kenneycontinues to keepfamilies apart

Dear Editor

For new Canadians Citizenship andImmigration Minister Jason Kenneyjust made it a whole lot harder forfamilies to be reunited with loved ones

With new criteria introduced last weekthe Conservatives have made it moreexpensive for families to sponsor theirparents and grandparents to join themin Canada From hiking the incomerequirements to the changing ofqualification criteria fewer residents ofCanada will be eligible to sponsor theirparents and grandparents

What is worse Kenneyrsquos freeze on newsponsorship applications has nowbeen extended until 2014 a programthat he froze in 2011 The Minister alsoannounced that he will only beaccepting 5000 new applications nextyear

Conservative mismanagement ofcitizenship and immigration programshas allowed backlogs to swell and keptfamilies apart The reality is that todayrsquosfamilies are being punished for sevenyears of Conservativemismanagement

It is clear that the Conservativegovernment does not care orunderstand the importance of familyreunification to the successful retentionand integration of new immigrants toCanada If they did they would investresources into fixing the programworking through the backlog andlifting the freeze on sponsorships

While the Conservative governmentviews new immigrants as a burden onCanadarsquos social systems JasonKenney and his party have spent overone hundred million of your tax dollarson wasteful advertising MinisterKenneyrsquos priority is to travel onexpensive junkets and photo-ops andmonitoring his own image instead ofproviding his department with thenecessary funding to efficientlyprocess applications and fix backlogs

Liberals believe in reuniting families tobuild a stronger Canada That is why in2005 we invested $72 million toincrease the processing of parent andgrandparent applications JasonKenneyrsquos anti-immigrant and anti-family policies must stop

Yours sincerely

Kevin Lamoureux MPLiberal Party of Canada Citizenshipand Immigration Critic

Letter to the Editor

A statement from the inspirationalspeaker of the FNAQ has touched a chordthat makes us understand an importantidea that is worthy to remember at all timeslsquo it is not a title that makes one a leaderMrs Patricia OrsquoConnor said ldquonurses areleaders at every level - it is in all of usrdquoShe recognizes the incredible work beingdone by nurses in spite of the challengingand stressful work environmentsin almost all hospitals in Quebec and inother parts of the country and the world Itis therefore a timely topic to discuss thenursing profession during this time of theyear designated as Nurses Week which isalso the month of birth of FlorenceNightingale an international icon ofnursing

The UK based Royal College ofNursing offers this definition of nursing

ldquoThe use of clinical judgement in theprovision of care to enable people toimprove maintain or recover health tocope with health problems and to achievethe best possible quality of life whatevertheir disease or disability until death

As one can glean from thisdefinition alone we see the vital role ofnurses in our life and we cannot even beginto say how much we owe them Most of usat one time or another have been sick andcared for by a nurse beginning from ourbirth till the end of our life Moreover if welook back into the history of nursing we willsee that it is not a job but a professiondevoted to caring for the wounded thesick and the weak Florence Nightingale isreputed to be the founder of modernnursing in response to the Crimean War

Upon reading some referenceswe have learned that ldquoNursing is the mostdiverse of all healthcare professions It is auniversal role appearing in some form inevery culture Nursing in the Philippines ispatterned after the United States ofAmerica and requires four years of studySome schools train the students as early asthe second year Unlike some countriesnursing is not considered as a vocational

course It is a profession and has becomean identity of Filipinos worldwiderdquo

It is also interesting to discoverthe practice of nursing ldquoin a wide range ofsettings from hospitals to visiting people intheir homes and caring for them in schoolsto research in pharmaceutical companiesNurses work in occupational healthsettings (also called industrial healthsettings) free-standing clinics andphysician offices nurse-run clinics long-term care facilities and camps They alsowork on cruise ships and in military serviceNurses act as advisors and consultants tothe healthcare and insurance industriesSome are attorneys and others work withattorneys as legal nurse consultantsreviewing patient records to assure thatadequate care was provided and testifyingin courtrdquo

The practice of nursing isgoverned by laws that define a scope ofpractice generally mandated by thelegislature of the political division withinwhich the nurse practices Nurses are heldlegally responsible and accountable fortheir practice The standard of care is thatof the prudent nurse

During the observance of NursesWeek in Quebec (May 12-18) we shouldtake special notice of the tremendous workthey perform not only during their activeprofessional life but also during theirretirement years In our personalexperience we have become accustomedto the services the FNAQ renders to theFilipino community They are always onhand to provide first aid and bloodpressure clinics during public events likethe town festivals we hold during thesummer months

We therefore would like toencourage our young people to enter thenursing profession Besides the fact thatwe need more nurses in order to improvethe services in all our hospitals and clinicswe will certainly have a better societywhere there are many more benevolentand caring leaders

Ottawa May 7 2013 ndash In 2012there was a 15 percent increase inimmigration under the family classCitizenship Immigration andMulticulturalism Minister Jason Kenneyannounced today

ldquoThe actions taken by thegovernment are helping more familiesreuniterdquo said Minister Kenney ldquoWehave created additional avenues andflexibility so that an increasing numberof families can spend more time witheach otherrdquo

In 2012 Canada admitted65000 permanent residents in thefamily class an increase of 15 percentsince 2011 This includes a 60 percentincrease in the number of parents andgrandparents admitted to Canada thehighest level in 20 years

These numbers do not includefamily members that immigrate toCanada under other immigrationstreams including the Federal SkilledWorker and Provincial Nominee

programsldquoThe Action Plan for Faster

Family Reunification has been asuccessrdquo said Minister Kenney ldquoByreducing the backlog throughincreased admissions we havedramatically reduced wait timesso that parents and grandparentsno longer have to wait close to adecade to be reunited with their lovedonesrdquo

By the end of 2013 theparents and grandparents backlog willhave been reduced by about 50percent with wait times cut in halfWithout the Action Plan the backlogwas projected to surpass 250000 witha 15-year wait time by 2015

The very popular Super Visahas provided flexibility for parents andgrandparents who do not want toimmigrate permanently but want to bereunited with their families quickly and

Increasing number of familiesreunited in 2012

See Page 4 Family Reunification

May 20134

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The North American Filipino Star

care attendants patient representativesand unit clerks at the McGill UniversityHealth Centre are transforming carethrough their partnerships with patientsShe described the program TransformingCare at Bedside launched in 2010 whichengages the hearts and minds of frontline

practitioners in leading qualityimprovements by teaching them andpatient representatives rapid cycleimprovement processes and newleadership skills Outcomes include moretime available for direct care as nurseslearned how to eliminate non value-added

activities such as hunting and gatheringsupplies and equipment The introductionof whiteboards at each bedside hassignificantly improved patient and familysatisfaction with communication Sheended her talk by reminding everyone thatleadership is not about a title that someonehas Nurses are leaders at every level Itsin all of us

A part of FNAQs standing goals isthe Welcoming of the New Nurses OurHope For The Futurerdquo It welcomes newarrivals new graduates new membersand student nurses A committeeresponsible for this ceremony is chaired byCorazon Abdon and Joel Reyes MrsLucie Tremblay OIIQ president read thepoem written by MsEugenia MagalitFNAQ past president 2009-2012 entitledldquoWelcome Mrs Tremblay is FNAQhonorary member friend and advisor

After the welcome ceremony fornew nurses Honoring the Retired NursesWho Paved The Way followed Thecommittee in charge of this ceremony ischaired by Thelma Untalan and Milagros

Gobeil Dr Laurie Gottlieb Nurse PhDread the poem written by Ms EugeniaMagalit entitled ldquoRetiredrdquo Dr Gottlieb isFNAQ honorary member Advisor (2019-2012) lecturer friend and supporter Sheis a professor at the McGill UniversitySchool of Nursing

The Panday Tinig ChoralEnsemble of Montreal with Mr PaulImperial Music Director and Ms Editha

Fedalizo Pianist opened the Gala bysinging the National Anthems of thePhilippines and Canada They dedicated avery special song the Impossible Dream

There were over 160 guestsAmong them were to name a few BonnieWoolmer Zenaida Kharroubi Aurora

Osdon Linda Richler Rose and Jamesdela Paz Jacqui and Marvin RotrandLorine Besel and many community andnursing leaders Our many thanks andprofound gratitude to our communityfriends families colleagues for theirencouragement and support

The founding FNAQ ExecutiveBoard present were called to the stageand introduced They left a message tothe present and future generationsalways remember your past

The Co-masters of ceremoniesAmelia Manon-og FNAQ Advisor andDindo Miras Director of ContinungEducation and Program 2009-2012 did afantastic job The dance floor was openedup to 300 in the morning It was acelebration to rememberReported by FNAQ Communications amp NewsletterCommittee - Chairpersons Corazon DiazAbdon amp Ma Eloisa Piccio DeeMembersAlfonso Abdon Dolores Belandres ShirlyneChin Joann Consus Myrna Francisco

ldquoThis victory in the Senatemeans he will not be a lame-duckpresidentrdquo said Ramon C Casiple theexecutive director of the Institute forPolitical and Electoral Reform inManila ldquoHe can use his popularity andcontrol of the government to pursuehis agenda and affect the 2016presidential electionrdquo

At stake in the elections onMonday were 12 of the 24 Senate seatsand all 229 seats in the House ofRepresentatives The elections alsocovered 18000 local political postsincluding provincial governors

With 69 percent of the votecounted nine pro-administrationSenate candidates were ahead Theirvictory would increase the number ofMr Aquinorsquos allies in the chamber to 13from 4 and give them the power tochoose the next Senate president

Final Senate results were expected bylate Wednesday

Mr Aquinorsquos politicalopponents have noted that althoughthe economy has expanded jobgrowth has been flat and poverty levelshave not improved His critics also saycorruption remains endemicparticularly low-level graft that mostdirectly affects the poor

In campaign rallies for hispolitical allies Mr Aquino respondedthat in his remaining years in office hisgovernment would focus on extendingthe benefits of economic prosperity tothe countryrsquos poor and on continuingto crack down on corruption

The shift in power in theSenate would give Mr Aquinoextraordinary control over thegovernment Mr Casiple said Hisalliesrsquo gains in the Senate would becomplemented by the traditional

control that the administration has overthe House of Representatives

Though the results of manyraces were still unclear on Tuesdayparty alliances are less significant inthe House Mr Casiple said Housemembers rely on national governmentmoney to finance projects in theirdistricts giving the administrationconsiderable leverage over the body

In addition to his expectedcontrol of both houses of CongressMr Aquino is seen as having significantinfluence over the judiciary Last yearhe led a successful effort to remove thechief justice of the Supreme Court forhis failure to disclose assets whichallowed the president to appoint thecurrent leader of the court

In the fiercely contestedmayorrsquos race in Manila formerPresident Joseph Estrada ousted theincumbent Alfredo S Lim Mr Estradaa former action movie star who wasremoved from the presidency afterbeing accused of corruption remains apopular political figure

Imelda R Marcos the former first ladywas re-elected to the House ofRepresentatives by a wide margin Herdaughter Imee Marcos was re-electedgovernor of Ilocos Norte Province thebirthplace of her father Ferdinand EMarcos the former president who diedin exile in 1989

Former President GloriaMacapagal Arroyo despite remainingin detention in a government hospitalon corruption charges won a secondterm as the Congressionalrepresentative in her home districtPampanga

The elections on Mondayinvolved less violence and fewerdelays than in years past The policereported at least seven election-relateddeaths all in the countryrsquos restivesouth

From Page 1 Filipino Nurses From Page 1 President Aquino

New nurses welcomed (L-R) Cristina Paac Grace Goldenberg Chairperson Corazon AbdonMarissa Unabia Marigold Lingbawan Emilieth Pascual FNAQ Prsident Cresconia FernandezOIIQ President amp CEO Lucie Tremblay FNAQ Past President Eugenia Magalit Valia DumpaChelo David Debbie Piccio Jacqueline Gobeil and Michael Lontok

Retired FNAQ Nurses Honored (L-R) FNAQ Advisor Dr Laurie Gottlieb FNAQ PresidentCresconia Fernandez Co-Chair Thelma Untalan Co-Chair Milagros Gobeil Evelina BoayesEstrellita Bote Aderlina Ramos Nelson Ortizo and Nilda Meriales

spend an extended amount of time withthem An average of over 1000 SuperVisas have been issued each monthand the approval rate is very high atnearly 90 percent

Since 2006 Canada haswelcomed the highest sustained levelsof immigration in Canadian history

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Follow us on Twitter atwwwtwittercomCitImmCanada

Photos of Minister Kenney areavailable

For further information (media only)please contact

Alexis PavlichMedia Relations Ministerrsquos Office

Communications BranchCitizenship and Immigration Canada

Citizenship and Immigration Canada613-954-1064613-952-1650CIC-Media-Relationscicgcca

From Page 3 Family Reunification

Cristina Pa-ac psoes for souvenir with FNAQPresident Cresconia Fernandez during the21st anniversary gala May 4 2013

Zumba Classesat Gilmore College Every Sunday at

6 pmCall Cristina at514-865-4836

to reserve

May 2013 5The North American Filipino Star

Action Plan for FasterFamily Reunificationon track to cutbacklog in halfNew Parent and Grandparentprogram re-opens January 22014

Mississauga May 10 2013 ndashCitizenship and Immigration Canada willre-open the Parent and Grandparent(PGP) program for new applications onJanuary 2 2014 by which time thebacklog and wait times in the programare expected to have been cut in half

ldquoThe Action Plan for FasterFamily Reunification is on track to meetthe goals of cutting in half the backlogand wait times in the Parent andGrandparent programrdquo said CitizenshipImmigration and MulticulturalismMinister Jason Kenney ldquoIt is veryimportant that we continue to makeprogress and not return to the oldbroken system with wait times as long as

a decade that would be unfair tofamiliesrdquo

Phase II of the Action Plan forFaster Family Reunification will provideeven faster processing times reduce thebacklog further prevent future backlogsensure that families have the financialmeans to support those they sponsorand protect the interests of taxpayers

First ndash In 2012 and 2013Canada will admit 50000 parents andgrandparents as permanent residentsThis represents the highest level ofparents and grandparents admitted in20 years In 2014 Canada will maintainhigh levels of admissions for parentsand grandparents

Second ndash The Super Visa willbecome permanent and will continue toprovide flexibility for families who accessthe 10-year multiple-entry visa allowingvisa holders to remain in Canada up totwo years at a time Over 15000 SuperVisas have been issued since theprogramrsquos launch in December 2011with approval rates averaging 86

percentThird ndash New qualifying criteria

for permanent residency sponsorship ofparents and grandparents will increasethe financial responsibility of sponsors toensure they have the means to supportthose they sponsor while limiting theprogramrsquos cost to taxpayers andCanadarsquos strained health and socialprograms

Fourth ndash 5000 new sponsorshipapplications will be accepted in theprogram in 2014 By accepting 5000applications in 2014 while maintaininghigh levels the government will be ableto further reduce the remaining backlogso that families can be reunited morequickly

ldquoThese new criteria ensuresponsored family members are wellsupported by their sponsors throughouttheir time in Canadardquo said MinisterKenney ldquoThe redesigned Parent andGrandparent program reunites familiesfaster while respecting Canadiantaxpayers and the limited resources for

health and social programsrdquoCanada has one of the most

generous family reunification programsin the world The United States UnitedKingdom Australia and New Zealanddo not allow grandparents to besponsored at all or only in very limitedcircumstances and they have veryrestrictive criteria for the sponsorship ofparents

The amendments to theImmigration and Refugee ProtectionRegulations that are being proposed willbe pre-published in the Canada Gazette(Part I) and the public will be able tocomment for a 30-day period

Building a stronger CanadaCitizenship and Immigration Canada(CIC) strengthens Canadarsquos economicsocial and cultural prosperity helpingensure Canadian safety and securitywhile managing one of the largest andmost generous immigration programs inthe world

Ottawa May 21 2013 ndashCitizenship Immigration andMulticulturalism Minister Jason Kenneyconcluded a productive visit to SiliconValley to promote Canadarsquos new Start-UpVisa the first of its kind in the world

ldquoThe message was deliveredloud and clear to the entrepreneur

community in Silicon Valley that Canadais open for businessrdquo said MinisterKenney ldquoThe new Start-Up Visa will helpCanada attract the worldrsquos best andbrightest entrepreneurs to buildbusinesses create jobs and fueleconomic growthrdquo

During his time in Silicon Valley

Minister Kenney met with foreignentrepreneurs and influential figures inthe start-up and tech communitiesincluding founders of start-upsaccelerators other business leadersventure capitalists angel investors andimmigration experts to promote the Start-Up Visa and explain why Canada is agreat place to start a business and invest

Minister Kenney met DaveMcClure the founder of 500 Start-Upsone of Americarsquos leading start-upaccelerators which provides mentorshipand seed fund investments to helpentrepreneurs become successful Healso met with members of C100 a SiliconValley-based organization that supportsCanadian technology entrepreneurship

through mentorship partnerships andinvestment

Minister Kenney also took timeto visit Plug and Play Tech Centre whichhouses business accelerator programsfor entrepreneurs designed to strengthenthe growth of their ideas and start-ups

Minister Kenney attendedTiEcon 2013 the worldrsquos largestconference for entrepreneurs where hespoke with many internationalentrepreneurs angel investors andventure capitalists first-hand

During his visit Minister Kenneywas a featured guest speaker at StanfordUniversity where he spoke to scholars

Minister Kenney promotesCanadarsquos new StarRecruiting theworldrsquos best and brightestentrepreneurs to Canada the firstof its kind in the world

See Page 10 Canada Recruiting

May 2013

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CHIRURGIEN DENTISTE DENTALSURGEON

5790 Cote des Neiges Rd Suite A-024MONTREAL QUEBECH3S 1Y9

PHONE 514-340-8222 (4077)E-Mail dr_e_pinyahooca

EarthTalkregE - The Environmental Magazine

Dear EarthTalk Now that hot weather iscoming I want to upgrade my homersquos ACWhich are the most energy-saving modelsand should I go central air or window units

-- Jackie Smith Cary NC

According to the American Council for anEnergy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) energyconsumption for home air conditioningunits accounts for more than eight percentof all the electricity produced in the US ata cost to homeowners of $15 billionannually Besides the cost all this coolingleads to annual emissions of about 195million tons of CO2mdashor two tons per yearfor each American home with AC

Of course foregoing AC entirely is themost energy- and cost-efficient way to gobut some of us need a little cooling for

comfort especially in warmer climates IfAC is a must buying the most efficientmodel is the way to save money andpollute less Fortunately a new generationof much more efficient room and centralAC units means that upgrading will likelypay for itself in energy savings within just afew years

The main factors to consider in choosing anew model are cooling capacity (measuredin British Thermal Units or BTUs) andEnergy-Efficiency Ratio or EER Todetermine the correct BTU rating for agiven space multiply the square footage by10 and then add 4000 Meanwhile a givenunitrsquos EER is the ratio of cooling outputdivided by power consumptionmdashthe higherthe EER the more efficient the airconditioner

According to the US Department ofEnergy national appliance standardsrequire room air conditioners to have anEER of 80 to 98 or more depending ontype and capacity Units with an EER ratingof 10 or above typically qualify for thefederal governmentrsquos ENERGY STAR labelwhich appears on especially energy-efficient appliances Check out theENERGY STAR website for lists ofqualifying AC models

The Association of Home ApplianceManufacturers (AHAM) says that theaverage EER of room AC units rose 47percent from 1972 to 1991 To witreplacing an older room unit with an EER offive with a new model with an EER of 10)would result in a 50 percent energy costsavings associated with AC

As to whether room units or central ACmakes more sense it depends Roomunits which only cost a few hundreddollars each will suffice for renters or thosewho only need to keep one or two roomscool at a time Meanwhile central AC ismore efficient overall at keeping a wholehouse cool and will also do a better job atreducing household humidity than evenseveral individual room unitsmdashand will savemore money faster on electricity bills Butwith a starting price of around $4000 forthe condenser and initial set-up (plus anyduct work needed to distribute cool airaround a home) central AC isnrsquot foreveryone

ACEEE points out that there are ways tokeep indoor space cooler without ACimproving insulation sealing air gapsgetting rid of old appliances and light bulbsthat give off lots of heat running fans usingcooler colors on exterior roofing and paintand other strategies Those in particularlyarid climates might also consider installing

a swamp cooler (which cools outside air byrunning it over cold water) as a cheaperalternative to AC By following thesesuggestions and upgradingconscientiously we can all stay a little morecomfortable in our warming world withoutexacerbating the problem too much

CONTACTS ACEEE wwwaceeeorgENERGY STAR wwwenergystargovAHAM wwwahamorg Database of StateIncentives for Renewables and Efficiencywwwdsireusaorg

EarthTalkreg is written and edited by RoddyScheer and Doug Moss and is a registeredtrademark of E - The EnvironmentalMagazine (wwwemagazinecom) Sendquestions to earthtalkemagazinecomS u b s c r i b e wwwemagazinecomsubscribe Free TrialIssue wwwemagazinecomtrialEarthTalkregE - The Environmental Magazine

Dear EarthTalk What are the big deliverycompanies like FedEx and UPS doing togreen their truck fleets and operations ingeneral -- Mitchell GlaserOverland Park KS

Package delivery companies like FedExand UPS have come a long way in a

relatively short time regardingsustainability but they still haveconsiderable room for improvement Whilethere is only so much these companiescan do to reduce their huge carbonfootprintsmdashgiven their reliance onemissions-heavy air transportmdashtheyrsquovemade great strides in greening theirground fleets optimizing their choices ofmodes and otherwise streamlining energyuse

For its part UPS was an early adopter ofcleaner vehicles and today operatesupwards of 2500 low-emission vehiclesthat run on alternative fuels andtechnologies The company is particularlyjazzed about a new generation of hydraulichybrid package delivery trucks unveiled inthe fall of 2012 in partnership with the USDepartment of Energyrsquos Clean Citiesprogram These new trucksmdashwhichemploy a diesel combustion engine alongwith a hydraulic high-pressureaccumulator that stores energy capturedduring brakingmdashget 35 percent better fueleconomy and generate as much as 30percent fewer greenhouse gas emissionsas compared to the non-hybrid diesel-powered vehicles they are replacing Whilethese trucks may cost UPS $7000 apiecemore than their traditional counterpartsthe company estimates the upgrade willsave $50000 or more while substantiallyreducing emissions over the lifetime ofeach vehicle

UPS has also been blazing new trails inoperational efficiency via intermodalshifting eg using the most fuel-efficienttransport mode (airplane train truck orship) or combination of modes to meetcustomer needs A concerted effort by thecompany to streamline its operations in2011 led to savings of two million metrictons of greenhouse gas emissions bymoving delivery volume from air (the mostemissions-intensive mode by far) toground and another 800000 metric tonsby shifting volume from ground to rail

Meanwhile FedEx with one of the largesthybrid-electric fleets in the industry andupwards of 2000 alternative energyvehicles in service worldwide is no sloucheither when it comes to green streamliningBack in 2008 the company worked with theEnvironmental Defense Fund (EDF) insetting the ambitious goal of improving thefuel efficiency of its worldwide fleet ofExpress delivery vans and trucks by 20percent within a dozen years Then early in2013 the company announced that it hadalready exceeded its goal seven yearsahead of schedule (with an overall savingsof 22 percent so far) but was also uppingits goal to a 30 percent fleet-wide efficiencygain by 2020

With a strong commitment to swapping outolder vehicles with newer more efficientones the company is well on its way Itnow operates 360 hybrid-electric trucksand 200 electric vehicles and is replacingmany of its delivery trucks with ldquoright-sizedrdquo Sprinter-type vans that are as muchas 100 percent more fuel efficient than theirpredecessors FedEx has also beenupgrading its fleet of Express diesel trucksto cleaner-burning models and is makingsimilar upgrades in its Freight and Grounddivisions as well Likewise the company iswell on its way toward reducinggreenhouse gas emissions from itsairplanes by 30 percent by 2020

CONTACTS UPS CorporateR e s p o n s i b i l i t y wwwresponsibilityupscomSustainabilityFedEx Environmental Sustainabilityaboutvanfedexcomenvironmental-sustainability EDF wwwedforg

EarthTalkreg is written and edited by RoddyScheer and Doug Moss and is a registeredtrademark of E - The EnvironmentalMagazine (wwwemagazinecom) Sendquestions toearthtalkemagazinecom Subscribewwwemagazinecomsubscribe FreeTrial Issue wwwemagazinecomtrial

From an energy-efficiency standpoint room AC units are best for keeping one or two roomscool at a time while central air is more efficient overall at keeping a whole house coolCredit ComstockHemera Coll

Package delivery companies like FedEx and UPS have come a long way in improving the fuelefficiency of their worldwide fleet of delivery vehicles Pictured A FedEx hybrid electricdelivery van Credit Biofriendly courtesy Flickr

May 2013 7The North American Filipino Star

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NOTARY

Mtre Peter DimacopoulosReal Estate Contracts Mortgages Wills Power of Attorney

Tel514-824-9336

Mukhang sobrang asim ngubas para sa publisher ng isangmalabasurang local newspaper kayahindi pa man srsquoya nakakarating sagrapevine ay nag-sour grape nakaagad Sabi nrsquoya kasi ay hindi srsquoyamagpapa-nominate sa FAMAS Awardsdahil walang kuwenta raw angnasabing parangal Meron pa srsquoyangbinanggit na Dr Aranda na diumanorsquoygustung-gustong mag-nominate sakanya sa isang mas kinikilalangparangal pero tinanggihan nrsquoya dahilhindi raw srsquoya mahilig sa mga awardKung tinanggihan daw nrsquoya angnasabing parangal iyun pa kayangFAMAS Awards ang di nrsquoya tanggihanPhooey Nakakadiri Nakakapangi-labot Nakakatawa

Lumunok ako ng ilang aspirindahil sumakit nang husto ang aking ulosa kaiisip kung anu-ano ang mgamagagandang bagay ang nagawa ngpublisher ng therersquos-nothing-like-it atnumero unong pahayagang Filipino saCanada (kuno) para mag-abala si DrAranda na isumite ang kanyangpangalan sa nasabing award Perokilala na naman ng buong komunidadang taong ito sa kasinungalingan atkahambugan kaya wala na namangnaniniwala sa kanya Naaawa onatatawa na lamang sila sa pobre natanging ang kolumnistang ito lang angnagtitiyagang pumansin

Maraming beses nang narinigng mga Pinoy sa Montreal ang tungkolsa kanyang pagiging gobernador ngkanyang lalawigan ang kanyangpagiging matalik na kaibigan ngyumaong Tony Sidayao (ang sikat atnirerespetong sports writer saPilipinas) ang tungkol sa pagpili sakanya ni dating First Lady Imelda RMarcos para sumulat ng biography ngasawa ng yumaong diktador angkanyang pagiging kaklase ni SenMiriam Defensor-Santiago sa UPCollege of Law ang kanyang pagigingalumnus ng University of thePhilippines at ang pagigingwritercolumnist sa Calgary Sun

Marami pa srsquoyang mga delusions ofgrandeur na puwede kong ilathalapero kukulangin ang isang pahina ngFilipino Star para sa lahat ng kanyangmga kathang-isip at hinabing salaysay Ganoon na lang ang aking pagtatawanang mabasa ko sa kanyang diaryo(Yes binabasa ko rin iyon) na hindisrsquoya papayag na ma-nominate saFAMAS Awards Matay kong isipinwala naman srsquoyang nagawang mabutilalong higit ay katangi-tangi sakomunidad ng mga Filipino saMontreal para srsquoya ipagbunyi atparangalan Walang makapagsabi nasrsquoya ay nag-volunteer man lamang saFAMAS na srsquoya ay miembro o opisyalng anumang samahang lokal at nihindi rin srsquoya nagkaroon ng anumangmatatag na trabaho kaya dalawangbeses srsquoyang napalayas sa tirahan nakanyang inuupahan dahil hindimakabayad ng renta Panay at walang-patid na paninira lamang sa FAMAS atmga lider nito ang kanyang inaatupagsa loob ng mahigit na 40 taon Sa halipna tumulong sa pananatili ngpagkakaisa bagkus nrsquoyang winawasakang komunidad Kung srsquoyarsquoy isanginsekto srsquoya ay anay Wala akongalam na may nagbigay ng parangal saanay

Kaya tama na Mr Publisherang iyong palusot dahil wala namantalagang magno-nominate sa lsquoyo saFAMAS Awards kahit magbayad ka paat kung meron man tuloy sabasurahan ang iyong nomination formdahil tiyak na puro kasinungalinganlang naman ang nakasulat doon Atsaka sa core values pa lang hindi kana lulusot sa screening committee ngFAMAS Awards To be fair to you MrPublisher may impact naman angiyong ldquoachievementrdquo kaya langnegatibo at nakakasira ang impact naiyon Ang hinahanap ng FAMASAwards ay positive impact lsquoyungkapakipakinabang at magandanghalimbawa sa mga kabataan

lsquoNo thank yoursquo dahil alam niya nawala srsquoyang nagawang mabuti

ANG MALAS KO AY MAAARINGSUWERTE NG ISANG DATINGKANDIDATO ndash Bunga ng mgasunud-sunod na di-inaasahangpangyayari sa buhay ko nitong hulingapat na buwan (unang-una na angbiglang pagkamatay ng aking inanoong May 6 sa edad na 86)natuluyan akong magbitiw bilangchairperson ng Committee onElections (COMELEC) ng FilipinoAssociation of Montreal and Suburbs(FAMAS)

Sa aking palagay ang malasko ay maaaring suwerte naman ngisang dating presidential candidatedahil kung ako pa ang chairperson ngnasabing komite at ako angmasusunod hindi ko papayagangmakatakbong muli ang nasabingkandidato sa rami ng kanyang mgaviolation ng FAMAS election rules andregulations Naroroon ang kanyangillegal na panunumpa ang illegal napagrerehistro ng FAMAS sa ilalim ngkanyang illegal na pangangasiwa atang di nrsquoya paggamit ng tama atnararapat na paraan ng paglaban saresulta ng nakaraang eleksyon

Sa aking pananaw hindiganoong klase ng lider ang kailanganng FAMAS lalung-lalo na ngayon namayroon nang malaking ari-arian angnasabing asosasyon at magandangpangalan sa siyudad ng Montreal atmga karatig nito

Ngayon na wala na akongkinalaman sa COMELEC at may ibanang chairperson at mga miembronasa kanila na ang pagpapasyatungkol sa nasabing formerpresidential candidate at iba pang mgasumuway sa alituntunin ng FAMAS atCOMELEC noong nakaraangeleksyon

ELEKSYONG LOKAL SA PINAS mdashDahil sa aking biglaang pag-uwi sabansang sinilangan nagkaroon ako ngpagkakataon na masaksihan ang di konasaksihan sa loob ng huling 35 taonAng tinutukoy ko ay ang nakaraanglokal na halalan Kabaligtaran ngeleksyon sa Canada parang piyestaang eleksyon sa Pilipinas Maynagsisigawan at nagsasaya habangnanonood ng bilangan ng mga botomay nagpapaputok ng mga kuwitis atmay pakain pa ang dalawang grupo ngmga kandidato sa kani-kanilanghimpilan

Noong gabi ng halalan May13 pumunta ako sa headquarter ngaming partido na kung tawagin ayldquoPulardquo dahil pula ang official color ngpartido Dilaw naman ang sa kalabang

partido Napakaraming tao roonkabilang na ang kandidato sa pagka-mayor na malapit kong kamag-anakNakatagpo ko roon ang aking iba pangmga kamag-anak at mga kaibiganSiyempre pa bitbit ko ang akingkamera Kuha rine kuha roon ng mgalitrato na ilalagay ko sa akingFacebook page

Nanalo sa pagka-mayor angaking pinsan na si Atty Eric Aure Vidana isang Ateneo Law School graduateat former vice-mayor ng Mendez Angnanalo sa pagka-vice-mayor ay siCocoy Mendoza na isa ring datingvice-mayor at kalaban nina Eric SiCocoy ay pinsan naman ng akingkasalukuyang maybahay kaya virtuallybut not actually magkalaban kamingmag-asawa sa pulitika Sila angmagiging mayor at vice-mayor sasusunod na tatlong taon Tulad ng mgananalong senador representantegobernador bisi-gobernador alkaldebisi-alkalde at konsehal magsisimulaang termino nina Eric at Cocoy sadarating na July 1

Ngayon pa lang ay pinag-uusapan na ng mga taga-Mendez nasina Eric at Cocoy ang maglalaban sapagka-mayor sa 2016 Si Cocoy ayanak ng isang dating mayor Hindi koalam ang aking gagawin kungmagkatotoo nga ang kanilang haka-haka

Samantala si Erap angbagong mayor ng Maynila (tinalo nrsquoyasi Alfredo Lim ang kasalukuyangalkalde) si Jonvic Remulla pa rin anggobernador ng Cavite (kontra AyongMaliksi na isang dating gobernador) siJolo Revilla sa bisi-gobernador at angasawa naman ni Bambol Tolentino(ang dating mayor at kapatid ni Francisna chairman ng MMDA) ang nanalongmayor sa Tagaytay City (inilampasonrsquoya si Jesus Crispin Remulla nakapatid ni Jonvic)

Kung sa Tagaytay rin lang angeleksyon ipapanganak pa angmakakabuwag o makakapagpabagsaksa mga Tolentino Ganoong katindiang kanilang kapangyarihan saTagaytay City ang tinuguriangalternate summer capital of thePhilippines gawa ng kanyang malamigna klema at banayad na simoy nghangin

The biggest surprise of thepast Philippine election is theunexpected and sudden surge ofGrace Poe anak ng yumaongFernando Poe Jr from virtual loser to

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Sa tuwing sasapit angikalawang Linggo ng Mayo ayipinagdiriwang natin ang Araw ng mgaIna Parangal ito sa dalawa kongyumaong ina Masinop na nalikom ngaking nanay ang mga liham niya kungpaano siya niligawan ng aming tatayna inabot nang mahigit na anim nataon

Bagamat pansarili ang loobinng pitak na ito ay kapupulatan ngmambabasa ng mga aral tungkol sapananagalog at matutuklasan angpaggamit ng Taglish (sinasamahan ngmga salitang Ingles) ay pangkaraniwanlang noon pa

Dito na nagsimula angpanunuyo

College of Agriculture

Los Banos Laguna

June 17 1927Josefa

Natatandaan mo pa kaya angisang nagkapalad na naging kakilalamo doon sa Bagyo Marahil aymaghahalungkat kang muli sa isip bagomo matawag sa iyong alaala ang akingpangalan at pagmumukha sapagkatpagkaraan ng ilang araw na tayoymagkakilala ay nagkalayo na tayo nangmarami nang araw Dahil dito aynangyari nga akong sumulat sa iyo sapagbabakasakaling mapalawig natinang ating pagkikilala

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Noong manggaling ako saBagyo pauwi ng Malabon ay naitanongkayo sa akin ni Chayong na kapatid koSinabi ko nga sa kanyang kayoy maykahulihan ang pagbaba sa Balanga

Marahil ay maitatanong mo saiyong sarili kung bakit nais kongmaging matalik na kakilala kayo Hindikaila sa iyo ang aking hinahanap naoccupation at ang malalapad napataniman ng tubo diyan sa inyo saBalanga Baka sakaling kung akoymakatapos ay magubra akongisang maliit na kasama ng isangassenderong pangkaraniwan diyan aykung manggagaling sa bukid ay nangmayoong madalawdalaw kung sakali atkung papanhikin Bukod sa ritoy angmga ninuno ninyo ang mga tubongMalabon ay magaang ang dugo sa mga

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Wawakasan ko na rito at nanghuwag ka namang mapagod sapagbasa Magsilbi nawangtagapagpaalala itong aking liham

Best regards for you and othersisters brother and parents

your friend

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Ikaw na nga nag bahalangmagpaumanhin sa aking Tagalog Marahilay balibalikuko

SameAng kasabihang Walang

matimtimang birhen sa matiyagangmanalangin ay nagkaroon ngkatuparan Ang panganay na suplingay ipinanganak noong Agosto 18 1934at ang bunso ay noong Mayo 21 1936Yumao ang aking ina apat na arawmakalipas ang pagsilang sa akin--noong Mayo 25 1936

Hindi lumipas ang maramingtaon at noong Enero 23 1939 aynanalanging muli si Ama na ang nasaisip ay bigyan ng ina ang dalawangnaiwan ni Nanay Epang (Josefa) Angpangalawang ina ay hindi gaanongmatagal na nag-isip dahil ang kaniyangaalagaan sa sumunod na matrimonyaay kaniyang mga pamangkin AngNanay Meliang (Emilia) ay kapatid ngNanay Epang

Anim kaming magkakapatidna habambuhay na magdiriwangtuwing ikalawang Linggo ng Mayokahit ang aming mga ina ay kapuwayumao na Iniwan kaming lahat niNanay Meliang noong Disyembre 161983 na may kani-kaniyang adhikainsa buhay

B B B BinyagBirthday at Bulakbol

Pichu Pechay Pechay Dalian monamang magbihis Mahuhuli na tayo

Pechay Nandiyan na Kuya Alasonse pa naman ang binyag ni Perasdi baPichu Oo nga Pero madalang angdating ng bus dahil Sabado ngayon

Pechay (Pagkabihis ay dali-daling

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Peras Ano Kuya Ate nabusog bakayo sa handa ng binyag ko

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Pechay Tayo na Ano pa ang hinihintayninyo Kanya-kanyang hila ng Lolo oLelong Nandiyan lang sa tapat angKent Park

Pichu O paano sa Sabado ay agahanninyo ang punta sa Lolo at Lola ko saHampton ha Doon daw gagawin angbirthday ko Umaga pa lang ikakabitna ang inflated toy house at angtanghalian ay puro kids meal Sa gabipa ang dating ng mga killjoys

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Birthday - Aiden Zachary Alfaro (Pichu) tatlong taon na

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by W G QuiambaoThere are times when I miss thePhilippines because I`ve not visited itsince coming here 44 years ago Butthe stage production of Pamana ngLuzViMinda Philippine Folkloric DanceCompany of Montreal on April 27 at theSalle Brebeuf cured my homesicknessThe dances and music on the showbrought back happy memories to meThanks to the collaborative efforts ofthe production staff especiallyVeraida-Lyn Bermejo president anddirectorwriter and Sherling de la Pazartistic director Theyre so talented andcreative

Everything in the show was impressive- from the colourful and authenticcostumes (some were purchased inthe Philippines and Thailand) to theprops (bamboo poles benches) andvideo The rural and tribal music wasprovided by musicians who usedtraditional musical instruments like thegansa (an instrument with metal bars)dabaksan (single headed Philippinedrum) agung (two sets of two-wide-rimmed vertically-suspended gongs)and gandigan (Philippine xylophone)

The stage seemed spacious enoughfor the 23 male and female dancers tofreely move and execute their dancesthat required agility and flexibility

The dance performances were dividedinto 5 parts each part representing thedance from the different regions in thePhilippines The enthusiastic audienceapplauded the dancers after eachperformance

Some of the dances are

Muslim dance - Burong Talo - A martial arts danceoriginating from the Tausug people ofthe Sulu archipelago in theSouthwestern part of the Philippines Inthis dance the male dancers depict afight between a hawk and a cat Theysimulate martial arts movements whilemanipulating daggers and fans Themale performers were so convincing inplaying their parts Fierce lookingthey seemed ready to kill each otherKini-kini - This dance represents thesophisticated woman of the RoyalMaranao Movements and shapes of theirwalk are very articulate and their scarvesrepresent their fluidity and grace Theirgrace is a characteristic of their education

The female performers were so exquisiteand elegant Pangalay sa Pattong - Thisdance is popular among the BadjaoSamal and Tausog groups Although themovements of the dancer were flawless Icouldnt take my eyes off watching thisdance I was glued to my seat What if shefalls The dance is performed on top of twobamboo poles on the shoulders of twomen Singkil - Traditionally a depiction ofthe Maguindanao and Maranaointerpretation of a legend centered aroundPrincess Gandingan and the brave PrinceBantugan While walking through the forestwith her loyal umbrella-bearing lady-in-waiting the Princess Gandingan issuddenly caught in the middle of anearthquake unleashed by the forest diwataor forest spirits The Princess mustgracefully and skilfully manoeuvre throughthe closing bamboo poles which representthe falling trees Fans or apit are waved bydancers to represent auspicious windsvaliant Prince Bantugan enters the sceneand rescues the Princess

Rural dance -Karatong - This dance is named after thebamboo instrument worn by the dancersaround the waist The karatong is struck toa fast rhythm in the hopes of attractinggood luck and driving away evil spirits The

female dancers dance with sticks that arerepresentatives of bunga mangga ormango trees Sayaw sa Bangko - Thisis another stunning dance thatcaptivated and mesmerized me Fromthe province of Pangasinan theoriginal form of the dance consisted ofonly one narrow bench As it evolvedhowever more and more bencheswere added until the stack of benchesresembled a tower No flashphotography was requested as thedance is dangerous It wasbreathtaking to watch the maledancers lifting the female dancers on

the other edge of the bench Tinikling -Originally from the Province of Leytethis dance is considered by many to bethe most recognizable folk dance ofthe Philippines Based on themovements of the long-legged tiklingavoiding bamboo traps in the fieldsdancers dance through bamboo polesthat open and close to an acceleratingrhythm It was a pure joy watching theexuberant and energetic dancers having

fun

Added attraction to the stageproduction of Pamana ng LuzVi MindaFolkloric Dance Company of Montrealare the video clips shown after eachperformance The clips show what itmeant to be a member of theorganization - focusing not only on thehard work and commitment to theircraft but also the love togethernessand especially the family spirit thatinfuses everything they do

The 2-hour show is worth watching I

left the theatre feeling good smilingand telling myself that Im lucky to be aFilipino with a rich and unique cultureThe next time Pamana performs heremake sure you catch it You will notregret it

Pamanas dances and music brought me backhome to the Philippines

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What do you do when yourcamcorder computer tablet or otherdevice is no longer useful to you but stillhas use in its electronics Do you sell itDonate it Save it for historical laughs orthrow it in a landfill

April 22 marks the 43rd annualEarth Day observance - and as peoplebecome aware of recycling ordinarygarbage theres still a long ways to gowith disposing of electronic waste InApril 2011 an e-cycling initiative waslaunched by leaders in the consumerelectronics industry to deal with themillions of pounds of electronic wasterendered annually The hopes are to

Have one billion pounds of electronicwaste recycled annually by 2016

How you Can Help and Benefit TooIf your electronic gadget still has

life in it consider other places you mighthelp someone else in need who hasntthe means or abilities to purchase a newdevice

Computers Donate your oldcomputer to community organization tohelp seniors or non-electronicindividuals who dont have access tocomputers in your area

Mobile Phones Old cell phonescould be given to old folks who cannotafford the luxury of Samsung or iphones

Televisions A local school retirementhome or community center might gladlylike to upgrade their older set for a not-as-old set

Camcorders If you have a camcorderthat runs but has out-lived your needsgathering dust in a closet there are anumber of places you donate it to thatwould benefit greatly from yourgenerosity That old camcorder you nolonger use can find a new life in thehands of your local charity theater groupor school How many people claim tohave been bitten by the movie creatingbug using their dads old Super 8camera A not-too-old camcorder cantrigger a childs interest in videoproducing

Recycling Responsibly From CDs to PCs printers to monitorsand more you have the responsiblydisposes of what cant be recycled

Giving it Away for Cash or Credit Thereare several companies what will buyyour older gadget some for cash-outothers for rebate on a new product fromtheir company In the US kodak has amail-in program for old digital camerasand printers Best Buy has a trade-inprogram HP has a few choices fromcash for you to a charity donation or anHP gift card for a new purchase

Selling it Depending on the age of yourdevice you can sell it outright to sitesebay craiglist Kijiji Of course you mightget more the old fashioned way - oneBay - but like putting a sign on your carin a parking lot hoping for a nibbleversus selling it to a used-car brokerthese sites pay for your device thenresell it so they need a profit margintoo A quick search on eBay found 50used Sony miniDV selling for $4000 anda Sony VX2100 going for $300

Recycle it Not all electronic waste isrecyclable but most areas in theQuebec the municipals usually haveprogram where you can drop in theseelectronic stuff When in doubt the firstplace to look can be as easy as your oldfashioned Yellow Pages Most localgovernment listings will have some sortof service for electronic waste recyclingthey can point you in the right direction

Helping People in Developing CountriesThe federal

government have programs that takesusedrefurbished computers to people inemerging nations struggling to getcaught up in the modern world

What can you do with VideotapeRecycling video gear isnt just

about the electronics You can recyclevideo tape too One-sixth of a gallon ofpetroleum goes into the production ofone videocassette and as of 2008 videoduplication companies processed 20million of them per month Althoughvideotape production has gone downtheres a lot of tape still in use or goingto waste sites

Thrift stores Yep - people still usevideotape but be forewarned blackingyour old footage is a good idea beforeyou donate tape

Make Scarecrows Many farmers inManitoba know this trick - Snip the tapeand unravel it then hang bits and piecesaround the garden The fluttering shinytape will scare birds away

Make art Yes Check out this a tutorialon crocheting a sling bag using avideotape

Jim Gibilterra of MediaDistributors says the 2011 tsunami inJapan put their business in crisis modewhen a good portion of the worldssupply of professional video-tape was nolonger available Since then theyvelooked into how they can help lessen theimpact recording media on ourenvironment They mostly deal withhigh-end tape for broadcast and that theproduct is now back in production witheverything back to normal but it

Recycling Electronic Stuffs

triggered interest They sell evaluatedmedia or buy it back then totallydegauss it run it through evaluators toverify no defects then resell This re-supplied tape is good for non-criticalusers schools give aways MediaDistributors also does certifieddestruction that doesnt hurt theenvironment as part of their lsquoGreenPartners Programrsquo

When Recycling e-waste Doesnt WorkNot all recycling is good for theenvironment According to a reportfrom Electronics Take Back Coalitioncaustic gas sits inside old cathode raytube [CRT] TVs and older computermonitors and that approximately 860million pounds of CRT glass has beenstockpiled by recyclers

Did you get (or give) any newelectronics this past holiday season Illbet nearly anyone who was in the gift-giving mode got or gave at least oneelectronic gadget as a gift but whathappens to the gadget yourereplacing Getting rid of the old tobring in the new is becoming a bigissue hopefully a few of these sitesposted today will help you think howyou can participate in e-wasterecyclingAl AbdonHollywood Junkies Video

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From Page 5 Canada Star Recruiting

researchers and students who have ahigh potential for becoming candidates forthe Start-Up Visa While at Stanford healso met with Dan Siciliano a legalscholar and entrepreneur with expertise incorporate governance corporate financeand immigration law and Vivek WadhwaDirector of Research at the Center for

Entrepreneurship and ResearchCommercialization and author of TheImmigrant Exodus one of TheEconomistrsquos Books of the Year for 2012

He was also the featured guestspeaker at an event hosted by the SiliconValley Business Journal attended bymany prominent entrepreneurs andinvestors

Minister Kenney also officially unveiledthe new Start-Up Visa billboard

ldquoThere is huge interest inCanadarsquos new Start-Up Visa and inCanadarsquos expanding tech sectorrdquo saidMinister Kenney ldquoCanadarsquos strongeconomic growth low taxes andbusiness costs excellence in researchand innovation and top quality of life allmake Canada a top country forinnovative entrepreneurs looking to buildtheir businesses If you are a start-upentrepreneur and want to build adynamic company that can compete ona global scale then Canadarsquos Start-UpVisa Program is for yourdquo

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I SPURNED HER FACEBOOKFRIEND REQUEST ndash Alam nrsquoyo bana tumanggap ako ng Facebookldquofriend requestrdquo mula sa isang tao naitinuturing ko na ldquoThe MostHypocritical and Most Treacherousrdquomember of our community Well Idid Naalaala ko ang kanyang dalawangbeses na panloloko sa akin noongnakaraang halalan ng FAMAS Angkanyang unang panloloko ay nangpaniwalain nrsquoya ako na tunay angkanyang pakikipagkaibigan sa akinNaroon ang beneso-beso nrsquoya ako atnakipag-usap sa akin nang matinoNapadala naman ako sa kanyangldquokabaitanrdquo Nalaman ko ang kanyangpagka-traidor nang sabihin nrsquoya saakin na hindi naman talaga si CesarManuel ang kanyang iboboto at sahalip ay pangalan ni Au Osdon angisusulat nrsquoya sa kanyang balota Suotlang daw nrsquoya ang yellow t-shirt ngSamahang Makabayan (SM) dahilkung hindi baka raw makahalata angkanyang presidential candidate atmasirang lahat ang kanyang mgaplano Iyon naman pala ay gusto langnrsquoyang malaman sa akin kung itutuloy

ng COMELEC ang desisyon napagbawas sa mga boto ng mgakandidato ng SM At nang hindi akosumang-ayon sa gusto nrsquoyangmangyari biglang naglaho angkanyang ldquokabaitanrdquo at muli nrsquoyaakong siniraan sa pamamagitan ngkanyang column sa Forum

Ang ikalawa nrsquoyang panlolokoay noon mismong election day Nasaloob kami ng St Kevinrsquos ChurchSocial Hall nang tawagin nrsquoya angaking anak at humingi srsquoya ngpaumanhin sa bata na noorsquoy doseanyos pa lamang Ang sabi nya ldquoHijaI apologize to you for all the nastythings that I said about your dad Ipromise you that I wonrsquot do that tohim againrdquo Dahil sa bata na angkanyang kinausap binigyan ko srsquoyang benefit of the doubt na talagangtotoo na ang kanyang pangako

Maling-mali ako dahil angkanyang next column ay punung-puno ng mga vituperative remarks nalaban sa akin Nang ipabasa ko iyonsa aking anak hindi nrsquoya napigilan namagsabi ldquoI will never never believeher again I hate her Shersquos a liarrdquo

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OBITUARY

BENTURADA SARMIENTO ORTIZ born on July 14 1926 died on May 62013 at Mendez Cavite Philippines She is survived by her only child

Bernardo Sarmiento daughter-in-law Maritess Almanzor grandchildrenBernardo II Genevieve Meredith and Alexandra and stepdaughter Auring

Ortiz-Villanueva and her family

Benturada Sarmiento Ortiz1926-2013

AdvisoryWarning concerning misrepresentation and fraud

8 May 2013 - The Philippine Embassy in Ottawa has receivedreports concerning documents recently notarized by a personwho is representing himself as Honorary Consul of the Republicof the Philippines in Montreal Quebec Canada

The Embassy wishes to inform the public that there is no existingHonorary Consul of the Republic of the Philippines in Montreal

The Embassy warns the public about such acts ofmisrepresentation and fraud

The Philippine Government concluded on 3 May 2007 theappointment of its last Honorary Consul in Montreal and theDepartment of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Canadahas been duly informed

PUBLIC NOTICE

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North American

FILIPINO STAR PHOTO GALLERY

Mothers Day flowers given to Zenaida Kharroubi by her students Mayette DanaoArlene Manalo and Edna Lorenzo on May 12 2013

The FNAQ founding Executive Board 1992-1995 presented (L-R) Nilda MerialesMaria Quimpo Eugenia Magalit Mierfe Morales Linda Espallardo MagdalenaCalcetas Anita Lo and Elsie Reyes Ten were absent

The Panday Tinig Choral Ensemble led by Paul Imperial and Edith Fedalizo pose forsouvenir of the 21st anniversary of FNAQ on May 4 2013 at the Holiday Inn on Cotede Liesse Road

The anniversary cake with the officers members and guests of the FNAQ one of thehighlights of the evening celebration

The Filipino Youth Center held its monthly Consultative Meeting on the last Saturdayof April with Tessie Nepomuceno as speaker shown here delivering her message tothe youth with their parents and other volunteers led by Pastor Orlan Racachotogether with Amy Manon-og Sophie Toledo Joe Calugay and Zeny Kharroubi

From left Dindo Miras Continuing Education Coordinator of the FNAQ poses withthe inspirational speaker Mrs Patricia OrsquoConnor FNAQ Founder Maggie Calcetasand Mr Gerald Perron

Pamana ni LuzViMinda Concert April 27 2013held at the College Brebeuf Auditorium

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If you can read you canalso learn how to writeJoin us in a multi-cultural inter-active workshop the first time tobe held in Montreal

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Snowdon

Professor Isaac GoodineInternational Educator Author of

the book ldquoLeaders LeadingLeadersrdquo has delivered manyworkshops around the world

Zenaida Ferry Kharroubi Editor amp Publisher The North American

Filipino StarDirector-General Gilmore College

InternationalWorkshop Coordinator

Who is the workshop forbull open to all who writebull anyone who needs to develop and use writing skillsbull professional writers managers novelists business leaders poets

lawyers editors professors journalists public speakers and anyone whoneeds to broaden their communication skills

This is a breakthrough idea The writing workshop experience plants aseed that grows each time you write long after the weekend workshop hasconcluded You will gain special insights that open your creative self asyou continue to write You will be able to set and achieve personal goals to

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SEMINAR FEES $495 (including taxes and materials)DURATION 2 12 days - Friday evening Saturday amp Sunday 9 am to 5 pmSchedule To be announced to registered participants

Group Discounts are availablePrepayment of fees two weeksbefore the scheduled workshop

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The North American Filipino Star

by W G QuiambaoDue to the limitation of time and

space this article should not beconsidered complete Thanks to thecontributions of Pastor Orlan RacachoBert Abiera Lina Fernandez JakeMaguigad and Zenaida Kharroubi for thisbrief history of FAMAS Likewise I believethat I should also thank all FAMASpresidents and their directors for theirvolunteerism and personal sacrifices

The Filipino Association ofMontreal and Suburbs (FAMAS) the oldestand biggest association in Quebec that iscelebrating its fifty years has come a longway since its founding in 1963 TheFilipinos who were with us since its infancyand still with us have witnessed itsevolution into a progressive andrecognized organization it is today by thefederal provincial and especially by themunicipal governments

The primary goal of FAMAS whenit was founded was for Filipinos in Montrealand suburbs to get to know each other andto make sure their separation away fromthe families they left behind in thePhilippines would be much lessunbearable In the early days the numberof Filipinos was comparatively small about330 Many of them were professionalsnamely doctors nurses architects andengineers

The Philippine Association ofMontreal and suburbs now known asFAMAS had limited activities which weremainly social events due to lack ofcreativeness incentives and civicconsciousness to project a realisticcommunity involvement said OrlanRacacho former FAMAS president andnow a pastor Leadership skills andpassion for cultural programs werebasically lacking in its platform

FAMAS then was not ascommunity oriented as it is today In factthe money left by each president after hisor her tenure was spent more forsocializing than anything else Even theFAMAS election was so simple that it wasdone by mere raising of hands by thevoters Sometimes the election was heldat Angrignon Park in La Salle It was also inany of those places that a small group ofFilipinos usually had their occasionalpicnics for camaraderie and only a handfulwas keen on running for office moreparticularly the presidency

In the early 70s the communitysaw the changing times in terms of the theeconomy and in the ever-growing numberof Filipinos in Montreal and suburbs

The FAMAS officers decided toaim higher but were confronted with muchbigger challenges It dawned on them thatFAMAS should be community oriented if itwas to be relevant To accomplish thisgoal essential services to the communityhad to be provided FAMAS officersconsisted of volunteers who had to workhard not only to recruit members and raisefunds but also to develop projects Thebiggest source for FAMAS then and nowhas been the Miss Philippines andMunting Bb Pilipinas conceptualized byNorma Flores-Vohra during the terms ofAlvin Veloso Angie Ogerio and BertAbiera respectively In 1978 NormaVillarose started the building fund in theamount of $500 unlike the previousFAMAS presidents who usually spentleftover funds after their term on picnics orany other social activities because at thattime FAMAS had no specific projectTherefore it was during this time whenmassive fund raising was dedicated to thecommunity center building fund EveryFAMAS president began to work harder inorder to turn over an amount to thebuilding fund In 1986-1987 during the

term of Bert Abiera a committee led byOgerio was formed to adopt a `copy cat`fund raising idea used in the Philippinesthe Munting Bb Pilipinas which was ahuge success It raised more than $20000

I made a handsome turn overwhich rapidly grewrdquo said Abiera ldquoWhenMarlene Birao-Schacter took over FAMAShad the sufficient amount to make a downpayment for a duplex on Van Horne Avewith the approval of the officers and theBoard of Trustees They utilized theservices of Nemia Saldua a realtor whowas a member of the Board of TrusteesThe mortgage was signed by Birao-Schacter and Bartolome Javier whorepresented the Board of Trustees

Years later it was decided toconvert the duplex into a communitycenter where the services that theassociation wanted to provide to thecommunity could be served but it wasdifficult since zoning bylaws got in the wayWhen James de la Paz became theFAMAS president he assiduously lobbiedthe City Hall of Montreal to grant FAMAS arezoning permit The neighbours howeverwere opposed to the idea of converting theduplex into a community center becauseof the noise and disturbance it might bringto the quiet neighbourhood Despite therezoning snag de la Paz`s request wasgranted within a year With the help ofvolunteers the duplex was renovated inthe late 90s and worthy activities likeHeritage classes were introducedthereafter

In addition to the successfulconversion of the duplex to become acenter de la Paz made a bold andcontroversial decision He called anassembly to present his proposal to paythe mortgage of FAMAS in full since it hadenough money for that purpose Hebelieved that payment of the mortgagebalance would save money by avoidingthe exorbitant and growing mortgageinterest rates

ldquoSome members of the executiveboard tried to sue me but they couldnrsquot doanythingrdquo recalled de la Paz ldquoMy lawyersaid that I didn`t pocket the money A fewyears later those who were against myidea appreciated what I did If I did not paythe mortgage FAMAS would still be indebtrdquo

In spite of the criticism hurledagainst de la Paz by those who havepersonal issues with him FAMAS hadsubstantially benefitted from his politicalconnections that he shrewdly cultivatedwhen he was the FAMAS presidentArguably he paved the way for the Filipinocommunity to be more visible in themainstream politics when he was FAMASpresident He said ldquoPoliticians used to sayThe Jews Italians Chinese etc It wasfrustrating for Filipinos because they weresystematically relegated to lsquoothersrsquo Theydidnt have any identity until de la Pa cameinto the local political scene Nowpoliticians from municipal provincial andfederal levels recognize the existence notonly of FAMAS but also the entireburgeoning Filipino community

FAMAS made more changes inthe 90s For example it amended theConstitution and Bylaws to allow thepresident to serve for two years rather thanjust one year The Executive Board at thetime was convinced that one year was tooshort for any president particularly a goodone to accomplish the goals of theassociation For reasons of their ownmany community members came out ofthe woodwork and became more andmore interested in becoming president orat least to be an officer FAMAS electionshave become one of the most talked aboutand anticipated events in the communityparticularly in the summertime Like the

Independence Day and the Pista saNayon the election day has always beenan event for many Filipinos to meet friendsthey have not seen for a while

In 2009 the leadership of AuOsdon who has a background inmanagement was put to the test afterwinning the presidency of FAMAS Despiteher detractors`criticismrsquo or perhapsbecause of it she managed to keep theaffairs of FAMAS in order When she tookover in 2009 a Special Audit Committeewas established in order to review theincomplete financial records submitted bythe previous administration Thecommittee composed of Hal SoteroRoger Sandoval Cely Dagsaan and PeterFernandez found out that it would beimpossible because most transactionswere made in cash and not properlyrecorded FAMAS received a bill in 2007--2008 which was paid She also broughtback the trust and respect of thecommunity for FAMAS which for a whilewere lost because of the smokingdrinking and even installation of a camerain the toilet The regular activities like theBb Pilipinas Bb Munting PilipinasHeritage and French classes still continueMiss Teen FAMAS and the fledgling ProjectPagsibol are doing well Somerenovations in the building were also madewith the help of Alex Sy FAMAS vicepresident and an engineer by professionwhich included the new main entrancedoor with electronic push button openerlocated in the office a new entranceFrench door in the main lobby near thestairs going up the office installation of awindow near the entrance door removal ofthe old closet to make the office biggerremoval of the partition of the conferenceroom and living room to make the spacebigger and putting new floor tiles in theconference room

Giving due recognition to de laPaz and Osdon is not meant to diminishthe other presidents before or after themwho made valuable contributions to thestatus of FAMAS as a communityorganization All past presidents ofFAMAS without exception had given uptheir time and made personal sacrifices inorder to do their job It can be statedwithout any doubt that no one has amonopoly of accomplishments for therehave been other past presidents who triedto do what they thought was good for thecommunity Some of the past presidentscontributions are Lee Sanga (deceased)introduced Heritage classes JoseBustamante converted the duplex garageinto a classroom Carlos P Reyes(deceased) started the installation of aflagpole Alberto Floresca (deceased)brought the idea of constructing thebalcony Claro Bermudez celebrated theIndependence Day jointly with FCAWIFlor Rillo constructed the patio CarmelitaSideco (deceased) must be mentioned forbeing the first female FAMAS presidentwhose contributions are not visible but herinfluence over those who worked with herare still felt Norma Casaclang-Villarosa(deceased) was known to be the first oneto put aside some funds for the purpose ofacquiring a community center Dr BartJavier together with Marlene Birao-Schacter were the signatories to the deedof sale of the FAMAS building There mayhave been accomplishments of somepresidents but have not been includedabove but it is hoped that their place inFAMAS history is an acknowledgement oftheir volunteerism to the community

But the saying that ldquoYou can`tplease everybodyrdquo still holds true After theelection in 2011 Osdon and COMELECchairman Budz Sarmiento were accusedof conniving with each other to beat CesarManuel presidential candidate for

Samahang Makabayan ldquoThe accusation is untrue said

Sarmiento The candidates of the SMwere given the Rules and Regulations toread If they have any objection then theyshould have discussed it with theCOMELEC Instead they signed theCertificatres of Candidacy After theelection they were also given a chance toappeal But they ignored it What I findinappropriate are the things they didprotesting in front of the center for a fewdays freezing FAMAS accouint illegallyinducting their officers etc

FAMAS had and still has its upsand down As noted below even duringthe beginning there had been a short-livedfeud between the east side and the westside resulting in two associations onecalled Philippine Association of Montreal(PAM) and the other the Filipino Aociationof the Province of Quebec (FAPQ) Itcannot be denied that bickering anddifferences among differeent factions havebeen a constant threat to the solidarityamong Filipinos Nevertheless they arealways there fior each other in time ofneed It is like a big family After all othercultural associations have had their ownproblems too

List of FAMAS presidents 1963-1964 - Vicente Sison 1964-1965 - DrB Oteysa finished the term of EmilAssistores 1965-1966 - Dr Ben deGuzman 1966-1967 - R Mendoza finishedthe term started by Carlos Borromeo1967-1968 Dr Diego Rosales gave up infavor of John Alvarado In 1967 a crisisoccured that led to the formation of twoasociations John Alvarado continued hisjob as president of Philippine Associationof Montreal (PAM) while Orlan Racachobecame president of a new associationcalled Filipino Association of the Provnceof Quebec In 1968-1969 George Pobletebecame president of PAM and Dr DeoEsguerra was at the helm of FAPQ In1969 according to Jake Maguigadsarticle FAMAS made the maidenappearance with Dr Nap Magadia andlater T Patrio as president while the nameof Andy Palomar was recorded by BertAbiera as the president during the periodof 1969-1970 Abiera also provided thenames of other past presidents namely1970-1971 Simeon Orejudos 1971-1972Alvin Veloso 1972-1973 Roberto Bernas 1973-1974 Carmelita Sideco 1974-1975Orlan Racacho 1975-1976 DominadorRosales 1976-1977 Dr Bartolome Javier1977-1978 Henry Casuga 1978-1979Norma Villarosa 1979-1980 Dr EdilbertoPelausa 1980-1981 Liwanag Sanga 1981-1982 - Angelita Ogerio 1982-1983Salvador Cagugao 1983-1984 NemiaSaldua 1984-1985 Dr GenovevaSantander 1985-1986 Julita Parado 1986-1987 Alberto Abiera 1987-1988 AuroraOsdon 1988-1989 Marlene Birao-Schacter 1989-1990 Mario Umali 1990-1991 Erlinda Baltazar 1991-1992 LimeoCollao 1992-1993 Dick Dahiroc 1993-1994 Malrlene Birao-Schacter 1994-1995Emma Resurreccion 1995-1997 James dela Paz (two consecutive terms) 1997-1998Ricardo Cosico 1998-1999 JoseBustamante

The change in the terms ofpresidents began in 1999-2001 with CarlosP Reyes 2001-2003 Venancio Parial 2003-2005 Santiago Tino 2005-2007 AlbertoFloresca 2007-2008 2008 - ClaroBermjudez who had to leave for a jobopporuntiy in South Africa and appointedFlor Rillo to replace him for the remainderof his term until August 2009 AuroraOsdon 2009-2013 (two consecutive terms)

FAMAS in a capsule

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Philippine Cuisineand

Favorite FoodCompiled by Zenaida Ferry Kharroubi

Fresh Pork Leg

Over 20 lbs 409 lb

lb

Bone-in shoulder chops219 lb

12 kilo pork bellygarlic powdersalt and pepper

For the filling

1 small bundle large spring onionschopped1 stalk lemon grass chopped1 small bundle chives chopped3-4 cloves garlic choppedblack pepper powderchili flakessalt

For the baste

3 tablespoon oil1 tablespoon soy sauce

Balamban Liempo - Cooking procedure

Make an incision in the middle of thepork belly to form a pocket for thefillings Rub the pork belly with garlicpowder salt and pepper let stand inthe refrigerator and marinate for a least1 hour or more Mix and blend all thefilling ingredients and put it inside thebelly pocket keep aside Preheat ovento 300degF to 350degF using the top andbottom heating element In a roastingpan with the same size with the porkbelly place the pork belly with the skinon top Drizzle the pork belly skin withsoy sauce and rub to evenly coat

Balamban Liempo - Grill

Place the roasting pan in the pre-heated oven and roast for 1 to 112hours Occasionally brush the skinwith the oil and soy sauce bastemixture Adjust lower the temperatureif the skin is drying or cooking too fastNow remove the pork belly from thebaking pan and place in the middle ofthe oven in a rack continue to roast foranother 20 to 30 minutes Increase theoven temperature to 400degF to 450degFduring the last 10 to 15 minutes ofcooking or until reddish in color and theskin should be crisp at this stageRemove from oven and cover theroasting pan with aluminium foil and letrest for 10 to 15 minutes Cut intoserving pieces and serve with yourchoice pinakurat vinegar dippingsauce

Pork Belly RoastBalamban liempo style

roasting the pork belly is roasted whileit is in the roasting pan I used glassThis will allow the juices together withthe aromatics cook the meatremember you have to use top andbottom grill of the oven Halfway thepork belly is removed from the panand let grill on the middle of the ovenYou can also use yoursquore turbo broilerif you have one again just be mindfulof your temperatures and timings Ifyou have an oven with rotisserie thenwe would not have to do the abovecomplicated roasting method

Balamban Liempo - Ingrdients

Balamban Liempo as the nameoriginated in Balamban one of thetowns located along the western coastof Cebu Several entrepreneurs havebrought the Balamban Liempo outsideof Balamban and has become one ofthe must eat food when you are inCebu City

Balamban Liempo - Chopped

The pork belly has to be roasted in 2procedures During the first half of

Pinakbet (VegetableStew)

ngredients14 kilo pork with fat (cut into very small

pieces)3 tablespoons oil1 12 cup water

I 2 medium size Ampalaya (cut into 8pieces each)

2 medium size eggplants (cut into 8pieces each)

1 small size kalabasaabout6-10 pieces okra (halved)6 pieces tomatoes (quartered)1 small garlic head (minced)2 small onions (diced)1 small ginger (sliced)4 tablespoons bagoong isdaPinch of pepper

Procedure

In a pan fry pork until lightly crispy setaside

Saute garlic onion tomatoes and gingerin the pork fat and mix in pork

In a pot boil water with bagoongAdd in the pork and spicesAdd all the vegetables and cookServe hot

Pinakbet is a very typical andpopular dish among Filipinos in theIlocos provinces but also adopted byother groups in Luzon except thatthere is a slight difference in theingredients

Tilapia with blackbean sauce

Tilapia with Salted Black BeansIngredients

1 large tilapia sliced crosswise(steak cut)

14 cup canned tausi (salted blackbeans) ndash discard the water

12 cup chopped flat leaf parsley1 medium yellow onion diced2 teaspoon minced garlic1 12 tablespoons oyster sauce1 tablespoon soy sauce1 teaspoon cornstarch diluted in 12

cup watercooking oilSalt and pepper to taste

Cooking Procedure

Rub salt and pepper all over thesliced tilapia Let it stand for 10 minutes

Heat 1 cup of cooking oil in a fryingpan

Pan-fry the sliced tilapia in mediumheat for about 5 minutes per side or untilthe color turns medium brown Removethe fried tilapia and place in a plate linedwith paper towel

In a clean cooking pan heat about 2tablespoons of cooking oil

Saute the garlic and onionWhen the onion softensadd the

parsley and salted black beansPut the fried tilapia in the pan Add

the soy sauce oyster sauce andcornstarch diluted in water Stir gently andlet boil Cover and simmer for 10 to 15minutes

Add pepper to taste Note you canadd more water to make it taste less salty

Transfer to a serving bowlServe share and enjoy

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50th Anniversary GalaSaturday June 15 2013

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FILIPINO STARS H O W B I Z G O S S I PlsquoAnnalizarsquo wants to directsomeday

She may be just 10 years old andher show-biz career just starting totake off but child star AndreaBrillantes can already see herselfworking behind the camera whenbeing in front of it has lost its appeal

ldquoI enjoy taking photos and mymom tells me they look nicerdquo shesaid ldquoI want to become a director awriter or a photographer when I growolder I want to be behind the scenesrdquoBrillantes told a small group ofreporters at a recent media gatheringfor ABS-CBNrsquos remake of the popular1980s television drama ldquoAnnalizardquowhere she plays the title role

The late Julie Vega was theoriginal Annaliza

For her dream first photo shootBrillantes said she wanted her subjectto be her idol Kim Chiu Her directorialdebut on the other hand will mostlikely have ldquoAnnalizardquo costar ZanjoeMarudo (who plays her father Guido)as lead actor she added

Prior to this big break Brillantesoften played the role of a teleseryersquosstar as a child She was the youngAndi Eigenmann in ldquoKahit PusorsquoyMasugatanrdquo Jessy Mendiola inldquoPrecious Heart Romances Paraisordquoand Kim Chiu in ldquoIna Kapatid Anakrdquo

ldquoIrsquom very thankful and happy thatI was chosen to play Annalizabecause itrsquos my dream to star in myown showrdquo she said Brillantes saidshe googled Vega on the Internet toknow more about her learning abouther birthday and death

Looking sweet and adorable in apink dress Brillantes was refreshingly

self-assured when asked if shebelieved she could carry a televisionshow on her own

But the precocious youngsterclammed up when the subject ofcompetition with other ABS-CBN childstars such as Xyriel Manabat wasbrought up ldquoI donrsquot knowrdquo shemurmured ldquoMas matanda po akordquoshe offered drawing laughter fromthe crowd

Currently a Grade 4 student inAmbassador School for ChildrenBrillantes said she might resort tohome-schooling next academic yearbecause of her increasingly heavyschedule

Do her schoolmates and friendsknow that shersquos an actor ldquoYestheyrsquore happy and proud of meSometimes they approach me forphoto opsrdquo she said

Brillantes who joined the kiddiegag show ldquoGoinrsquo Bulilitsrdquo in 2010proudly announced she was able tobuy herself a cell phone and an iPadfrom her earnings ldquoSomeday I wantto have a nice bedroomrdquo she said

Business unit head Ruel Bayanisaid their version of ldquoAnnalizardquo wouldbe generally faithful to the originalseries ldquoBut to make it relevant todaywe incorporated different socialissues we encounter nowrdquo Bayanisaid

Directed by Theodore Boboroland Cathy Camarillo ldquoAnnalizardquo startsairing Monday before ldquoTV Patrolrdquo a

After his sold-out birthdayconcert at the Smart-AranetaColiseum Kapamilya teensensation Daniel Padilla continuesto sweep off the feet of his fans withhis sophomore album under StarRecords titled ldquoDJPrdquo

Daniel Padilla ReleasesSophomore Album DJP

Following the success of hisdouble platinum self-titled albumldquoDJPrdquo features 10 tracks includingDanielrsquos carrier single ldquoKamustaKardquo ldquoKung San Ka MasayardquoldquoSabay Natinrdquo ldquoPanalanginrdquoldquoBinibinirdquo ldquoNaaalalardquo ldquoKisapmatardquoldquoIpagpatawad Mordquo ldquoSisikat DinAkordquo and the acoustic version ofHimig Handog P-Pop Love Songfinalist ldquoNasa Iyo Na Ang Lahatrdquo

The album also carries thebonus track ldquoDiskarterdquo DanielrsquosldquoDJPrdquo album is already available onall record bars nationwide for onlyP250 The digital tracks of thealbum can also be downloaded viawwwmymusicstorecomph andiTunes

For more information visit StarRecordsrsquo Facebook fanpage atwwwfacebookcomstarrecordsphilor follow starrecordsph onTwitter a

Daniel Padilla ReleasesSophomore Album DJP

Daniel Padilla had his fans shrieking onASAP Sunday as he channeled hisinner Mr Suave while performing theParokya ni Edgar hit along with threeother Padillas RJ Matthew and JC

Rising teleserye princess Andrea Brillantes suddenly burst into tears while walkingon center stage when her first teleserye starrer Annaliza was introduced toadvertisers at the recently held ABS-CBN trade event at the NBC Tent in Taguig Theten-year old young actress wasnrsquot able to contain her emotions any longer whenshe realized that she is actually living her long-time dream of playing lead in a TVseries

May 2013 17The North American Filipino Star

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Reserve your mutton from Aid Al Adha bull Sariwa malinis

The Court of Appeals (CA) ruledin favor of the Movie and TelevisionReview and Classification Board(MTRCB) that suspended TV5snoontime game show Willing Willie in2011 over an obscene segment

Associated Justice ManuelBarrios of the appellate courts 2ndDivision said in an 11-page decisionissued late Thursday that thecontested episode that showed ayoung boy dancing in a raunchymanner while crying was enoughmaterial for MTRCB to suspend thepopular show for one month

A review of the recording of thatsegment shows a 6-year old boygyrating like a macho dancer whilebeing cajoled and goaded by theshows host and the audience iscommonly perceived as transpiringonly in night clubs and othershadowy establishments thedecision stated

The court also called the showhost Willie Revillame insensitive inencouraging the boy to continue withthe performance in exchange for amonetary reward

While money has great utilityand is beneficial in these times ofwant it must never be used asjustification to sacrifice good moralsdecency self respect and thepsychological well-being of itscitizens especially the young itadded

MTRCB Chairman EugenioVillareal welcomed the courtsdecision on Thursday night sayinghe hopes the ruling be instructive tothe television industryEntertainment ( Article MRec )pagematch 1 sectionmatch 1

May this allow the televisionindustry especially those moredirectly concerned to move on andhelp build an entertainment culturethat is truly audience-sensitive andparticularly looking out for thewelfare of our young Villareal said ina statement

MTRCB earlier said in the originalsuspension ruling that the showviolated a law against immoral andindecent broadcasts that run counterto Filipino valuesinvoking herbrothers being in power when shemade a veiled threat Wala na siyangibang masabi Sabi niya Bakanakalimutan mo may three years paang brother ko Yap said a

Court says Willie Revillameinsensitive upholds showsuspension

Julia Barretto the winsome 16-year old daughter of Marjorie Barrettowho is fast making a name for herselfin the show business industry as ldquoTheMost Beautiful Barrettordquo continues tocapture hearts including that of teenstar Julian Estrada - her co-star in arecent special episode of ABS-CBNrsquosaward-winning fantasy-dramaanthology ldquoWansapanataymrdquo

Estrada who like Barretto is ascion of an established showbiz familythat includes actor turned presidentJoseph ldquoEraprdquo Estrada has nowadmitted to wooing his fellow StarMagic 2013 member in a recentinterview on ldquoKris TVrdquo ndash a far cry froman earlier statement

ldquoHindi naman po ligaw (But)things are doing pretty well (betweenthe two of us) rdquo he was quoted assaying prior

Ironically the 15-year-old spilledthe truth about courting the young

actress when he was being grilled byhis own father actor turned senatorJinggoy Estrada during their guestappearance on ldquoKris TVrdquo Monday

ldquoNililigawan mo bardquo The senatorasked his son who went on to blurt acurt ldquoYeahrdquo

When asked if he thinks he is onhis way to winning Julia over theyoung Estrada meekly retortedldquoSanardquo

The older Estrada went on todispense seeming sage advice tellinghis son to give the star of theupcoming series ldquoCofradiardquo gifts likeflowers fruits and chocolates

He went on to praise Julia as withthe rest of the Barrettos for theirbeauty

ldquoMaganda talaga rsquoyung mgaBarretto sistersrdquo said he referring tothe controversial siblings GretchenClaudine and Marjorie Juliarsquos mother

Julian and Julia Fromreel to real

Julian Estrada and Julia Barretto

TV5 statement onMr Willie Revillamersquosresignation

Willie Revillame

So it has finally been confirmedthe rumor that Willie Revillame isresigning from TV5 and that his showldquoWowowillierdquo will end when his contractwith the network expires on Oct 15

The persistent hearsay was thatWillie is resigning because he wasasking for a P90 million talent fee permonth which the Kapatid networkrejected according to a source

Williersquos camp denied the rumorsaying at first that while itrsquos true hiscontract with TV5 is expiring in Octoberthere was no negotiation going on yetabout the possible renewal of suchcontract much less about any amountfor the hostrsquos monthly talent fee

Willie has his options on whether tocontinue with the show or take hismuch-needed vacation He has favoredthe latter

To this TV5 has issued this shortstatement

ldquoWe respect the decision of MrWillie Revillame to retire upon theexpiry of his contract with TV5 We wishhim well in his new pursuitsrdquo a

May 201318 The North American Filipino Star

Showbiz Gossip Continued from p17

Maja Salvador said she is at a lossfor words when met with greetings onher relationship with Gerald Andersonwhich the actor recently confirmed

At the sidelines of the filming of herupcoming big-screen project with SenJinggoy Estrada on Wednesday the24-year-old actress was asked for herreaction to her boyfriend going publicwith their relationship

Marami ang nagsasabi na angganda ko raw ang suwerte ko raw Diko alam paano sasagutin yun eSalvador was quoted as saying byentertainment news site PhilippineEntertainment Portal

Siguro sobrang blessed ko langna ganun ako ka-importante sa buhayniya talaga she said referring toAnderson

The 24-year-old actor admitted the

real score between him and Salvadorin the June 2013 issue of entertainmentmagazine StarStudio

Last Sunday Anderson said thedecision to admit his romantic ties withSalvador was for everybodys peace ofmind citing the endless speculationsabout their relationship

Anderson and Salvadorsrelationship however came at the costof the actress friendship with her InaKapatid Anak co-star and erstwhilebest friend Kim Chiu

Chiu is the former girlfriend ofAnderson The two broke up in 2010

In an earlier interview an emotionalChiu said she has already forgivenAnderson and Salvador but added itis difficult to forget what they did toyou a

Maja Salvador reacts to GeraldAndersonrsquos confession

Gerald Anderson and Maja Salvador

The lady of laughs Ai Ai delasAlas feels so much better now daysafter her personal conflict with short-lived husband Jed Salang came to ahead

Ai Ai said she never realized howmuch love she enjoys from everyone ndashher family her friends in and out of thebusiness her fans and even those whoare just looking ndash until this thinghappened to her

ldquoIrsquom overwhelmed by the love andsupport of everybody I am verythankful Sobrang pasasalamat kotalaga sa Diyos at sa lahat-lahat ngmga mababait na mga anak ko mgakaibigan ko at mga taong nagmamahalsa akin kahit hindi naman nila akomasyadong nakakasama o nakikita

Wala na akong mahihiling paNapakasuwerte ko pa rinrdquo she saidAi Ai told us everything is clear with hernow ldquoHindi ko akalain na mangyayarisa buhay ko ang ganorsquon nanapapanood ko lang sa TV Pero atleast okay na ako Nakalaya na rin akobago pa mangyari sa akin ang mgabagay na ikakahiya ko pa balangarawrdquo she said

Ai Ai likened her life to a plot of anABS-CBN soap opera She saidldquorsquoyung tipong isang medyonakakabatang lalaki na pumatol saisang medyo may edad na babae namay pera Pero meron talaga siyangpamilya at sinabihan niya na sandalilang ito at kailangan lang niya gawinpara na din sa kanyang mag-inaGanun ang eksaktong nangyari saakinrdquoAnd what didnrsquot kill her made herstronger Ai Ai said ldquoNow I really thankGod for waking me up just in timeMasakit pero ganun talagaNaghangad kasi ako na mahalin ngisang lalaki mapakasalan Siguro hinditalaga rsquoyun ang buhay na para sa akinMarami namang masyadong blessingna ibinibigay si God Ang mga anak kosobrang mahal ako Nahihiya nga akosa kanila at nagpapasalamat nanaiintindihan nila ang Mommy nila Silaang tunay kong kayamananrdquo a

Ai Ai Delas Alas is much betternow

Comedienne Ai Ai delas Alas hasfiled a formal complaint against herhusband of 29 days businessmanJed Salang

According to a report ofentertainment website Pepphpublished on Wednesday delas Alascharged Salang of violating theRepublic Act 9262 or the act definingviolence against women and childrenbefore the Quezon City Regional Trial

Court on FridayThis is in addition to the

protection order she sought againsther husband so he could no longercome near her by 100 to 500 meters

Citing a source allegedly close tothe comedienne Pepph said delasAlas detailed in her petition howSalang physically abused her lastMay 2

The source added delas Alas alsoconsulted with a psychologist whotold her that she is in a ldquostate ofdepressionrdquo and is suffering from anldquoacute post-traumatic-stressdisorderrdquo

Two weeks ago delas Alas brokedown on The Buzz as she confirmedher breakup from Salang

In an interview with The Buzzhost Boy Abunda delas Alasadmitted that she was physically

Ai Ai delas Alas with her husband JedSalang (file photo)

Ai Ai files raps vs husband JedSalang

abused by Salang which led to herdecision to leave him last May 2

She also tearfully said shebelieves Salang never loved her

Delas Alas and Salang weremarried in Las Vegas last April 3

It takes two to do the show bizbreakup cha-cha

Did Jed Salang really do all thoseawful awful things andhellip isnrsquot hegoing to defend himself Just youwait

In the aftermath of Ai-Ai de lasAlasrsquo spectacular meltdown on ldquoTheBuzzrdquo last Sunday over a turbulentseparation from her husband of lessthan a month movie reporters havebeen hunting down Salang abusinessman

Did he really beat up the 48-year-old actress routinely Is he agambling addict as they say Is it

true that he received a monthlyallowance of P40000 from De lasAlas Did he use her money to buyexpensive gifts for another personAwful awful talk (Meanwhile has hereturned the ldquodream carrdquo that shegave him for their first ldquomonthsaryrdquo)

Several show biz scribes havegone to Salangrsquos workplace inAlabang others to his reportedcurrent address A few claim to havetalked to Salang but say he declinedto comment on the whole sordidaffair

When De las Alas claimed onnationwide TV that she had broken upwith Salang on May 2 after repeatedincidents of physical abuse her fanswent up in arms as if on cue Theywasted no time in flooding SalangrsquosInstagram account with vitriolprompting him to close it onMondaymdashhis only link to socialnetworking a

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Words cannot express howdelighted Lovi Poe is about her sisterGrace Poe-Llamanzares ranking No 1in the May 13 senatorial race Shefinds it hard to believe that she nowhas a big sister who is a senator and isjust a phone call away

Lovi during her contract signingwith GMA-7 last May 17 shared thatshe has gotten to know her elder sisterwell during the campaign season

ldquoIrsquom so proud of her When we hadlunch I met her son daughter and herhusband They are all wonderfulpeople talaga Lahat sila mababait SiAte Grace shersquos very humble shersquosvery smart Talagang I look up to herKung baga isa siyang magandanghalimbawardquo she sharedShe added that if she is proud shecould just imagine how prouder theirfather the late Fernando Poe Jr Kingof Philippine Cinema would havebeen

ldquoIrsquom sure si Papa kung anongnararamdaman ko kay Ate Grace masgrabe pa siya and Irsquom sureipagpapatuloy niya ang gusto niPapahellip I just really feel so proudespecially with what happened nanag-number one siya Siya na mismonagsabi that she didnrsquot expect thatrdquoLovi expressed that she will be asupportive sister and intimated thatSen Grace would be having lunchwith her to discuss her plans inpolitics She said that she would helpin her own capacity as an actress butwonrsquot be ldquovisible politicallyrdquo

ldquoI donrsquot want to venture into

politics kasi itrsquos not my turf talagaLetrsquos leave it to the experts sabi nganilardquo quipped Lovi

These days Lovi is more focusedon giving her all in the projects that theKapuso network entrusts her Shebelieves she has the talent and wantsto prove that she is worthy of herthree-year contract Her love life toocould take a backseat to her new stateof mind which is workldquoIrsquom not dating now I just want to

focus talaga on work Ito rsquoyungpromise ko sa sarili ko na masfocused ako now Irsquom already 24 yearsold at ibang Lovi na ito Mas mature nakasi medyo before I want to enjoywhile working of course but now masfocused nardquo

Itrsquos been almost two months sinceLovi took a break from the Kapusonetwork Now she is excited to goback to work and see her colleagueswhom she misses a lot She also looks

forward to the teleseryes she wouldget and the leading men shersquod beworking with As an actress she israring to do more challenging roles inthe near future

By the way Lovi is in theupcoming movie of Joel Lamanganentitled ldquoLihisrdquo with Jake Cuenca andJoem Bascon among others a

Lovi proud sister to Sen Grace Poe

Lovi Poe (Left) and Sen Grace Poe-Llamanzares

For the first time HeartEvangelista revealed the real reasonwhy she and Jericho Rosales whomshe considers her ldquogreatest loverdquobroke up in 2008

In an sit-down interview with Yesmagazine for its May 2013 issueEvangelista said her parents madeher believe that Rosales cheated onher with Malaysian actress CarmenSoo

At that time Evangelista justreconciled with her parents after nottalking to them for three yearsbecause she fought for herrelationship with Rosales

Evangelista said her parents didnot approve of the Kapamilya actorbecause he already had a child froma previous relationship

ldquoI didnrsquot see them for three yearsat that time and I missed them somuch And I was also going though alot I was struggling with life I wasconfused Although I was happy itwas hard to be happy in one areaand everything else seems like itrsquosfalling apart But the moment I gotback with them naging okay kamirdquoshe said

Rosales was then in Malaysiawith Soo for the ABS-CBN seriesldquoKahit Isang Saglitrdquo whileEvangelista was in Dubai for her ownshow in GMA-7

ldquoWhen they said that he wascheating on me with Carmen Soo Ireally did think that he was I reallythought that he cheated on me Ireally did And that was because theytold me that he was and I wasconvincedrdquo she said

Evangelista shared there waseven a time when Rosales went tosee her in her condominium unit sohe could explain himself but theynever saw each other

ldquoMy mom didnrsquot tell me that hewas waiting for me downstairs in mycondo for five hours She didnrsquot say

anything so I didnrsquot hear from himrdquoshe said

The 27-year-old actress said shejust learned in due course thatRosales did not really cheat on her

ldquoOf course they are yourparentsmdashwhen they tell yousomething over and over you start tohave fears You start to doubt certainsituations And thatrsquos what happenedto me beforerdquo she said

Through time Evangelistaunderstood that her mom was justscared to lose her

ldquoShe was trying to let me go She

was really trying her best to not getherself involved with my pastrelationships It was always like thatShe would try But in the endeverything that she kept inside wouldjust blow up and it would just affectme so much and also therelationship that I was inrdquo she said

Evangelista recently madeheadlines anew after she foundherself in another collision coursewith her parents who lambasted hercurrent boyfriend Senator FrancisChiz Escudero

Both Evangelista and Escuderohowever have stood firm that theyare not breaking up amid all theissues surrounding their relationship

Why Heart and Jericho really broke up Jericho has found lsquoThe Onersquo

Early photo of Heart amp JerichoNot meant to be Former lovers Heartand Jericho Rosales

May 201320 The North American Filipino Star

Itrsquos tough fighting the worldrsquossecond biggest economic power andmost populous country But whenanother economic heavyweight joinsthe fight against you they couldtrounce you very badly And to makethe situation worse the two adversariesare the giant Peoplersquos Republic ofChina (PRC) and the Lilliputian buteconomically rich Republic of China(ROC) which is more commonly knownas Taiwan With the Philippines upagainst the two Chinas her options are

limited

Over the past several years Chinaincreased her defense budget todouble-digit increments In the case ofTaiwan the United States provided herwith firepower to defend herself fromChina whose ultimate goal is to takeover Taiwan and complete theunification of the two Chinas under onegovernment

But the US has nothing to do with thatAlthough the US recognizes the PRCunder a ldquoOne China Policyrdquo she madeit known that Taiwan would bedefended should China decide toinvade Taiwan

The Philippines followed suit andadopted a ldquoOne China Policyrdquo too thussevering her diplomatic relationshipwith Taiwan However the influentialcommunity of Chinese expatriates andrefugees in the Philippines identifythemselves with Chiang Kai-shek andhis Kuomintang Party who fled toTaiwan in 1949 after they were defeatedby Mao Zedong and his CommunistParty in a bloody Civil War

To continue their ldquofriendshiprdquo thePhilippines and Taiwan established twooffices to serve as conduit between thetwo governments The Philippinegovernment opened the ManilaEconomic and Cultural Office (MECO)in Taipei and Taiwan opened the TaipeiEconomic and Cultural Office (TECO) inManila Indeed the relationshipbetween the Philippines and Taiwancouldnrsquot have been betterhellip until lastMay 9 when an incident in disputedwaters ended in the death of aTaiwanese fisherman

Fishing boat incidentRelatives of fisherman killed by thePhilippine Coast Guard

According to Philippine Coast Guard(PCG) account two Taiwanese fishing

boats were sighted in the Balintangchannel just north of Luzon which isPhilippine territory and not claimed byTaiwan or any other country In whatappeared to be illegal fishing the PCGvessel approached the fishing boatsbut one of them tried to ram the PCGvessel The PCG fired at the chargingfishing boat to disable it The fishingboat was disabled howeverunbeknown to the PCG crew a 65-yearold Taiwanese fisherman was hit Thena ldquobig white shiprdquo came to view and the

PCG vessel took off (Source The DailyTribune)

The incident created a crescendo ofevents leading to violence againstOverseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) inTaiwan MECO Chairman AmadeoPerez reported that an OFW wasattacked with a baseball bat by anangry mob in Kaohsiung City TaiwanOther attacks on OFWs were reportedldquoThe situation in Taiwan now is verytenserdquo said PerezIn an attempt to placate TaiwanPresident Benigno Aquino IIIapologized for the death of the

Taiwanese fisherman but the Taiwanesegovernment uncharacteristicallyrejected it as ldquoinsincererdquo

And to make matters worse theTaiwanese government banned theentry of OFWs The Philippinegovernment is preparing evacuationplans should the need to bring theOFWs home arises The Taiwanesegovernment also issued an advisory toher citizens not to visit the Philippines

Enter the bullyEmperor Xi Jinping (Credit TheEconomist)

Meanwhile a Chinese foreign ministryspokesman said ldquoWe strongly

condemn the barbaric shooting andkilling of the Taiwanese fishermandemanding that the Philippines shouldinvestigate the case and furnish thedetails as soon as possible We aredeeply grieved about the death of theTaiwanese compatriot and have sentcondolences to his familyrdquo With Chinaopenly siding with Taiwan it makes onewonder if China was taking advantageof the incident to drive a wedgebetween the two allies of the UnitedStates Indeed China has been tryingvery hard to neutralize the UnitedStatesrsquo military presence in the WesternPacific particularly in the South andEast China Seas

In August 2012 China tricked thePhilippines into ending the standoff atthe Scarborough Shoal (PanatagShoal) by agreeing to a withdrawal ofthe two countriesrsquo naval vessels fromthe area As soon as the Philippineswithdrew her Coast Guard vesselsChina cordoned off the only opening tothe shoal while several Chinese shipsstayed Since then China has de factopossession of the shoal which is about124 miles from Luzon and within thePhilippinesrsquo 200-mile ExclusiveEconomic Zone (EEZ)

Ryukyu archipelagoRyukyu Islands

Recently two events happened that putChinese expansionism into thegeopolitical equation First itquestioned Japanrsquos ownership of theRyukyu archipelago which includesOkinawa where the US maintains 18army navy air force and marine bases

China claims that the Ryukyus wereonce a Chinese vassal state during theMing and Qing dynasties therefore theisland chain should be returned toChina

With this new ldquoterritorial disputerdquoJapanrsquos ongoing dispute with Chinaover ownership of the Senkaku Islandstakes different dimension Someexperts are saying that China is usingthe Ryukyu issue as a bargaining chipto her claim over the Senkakus a groupof five uninhabited islands and isletswedged between Okinawa and Taiwan

When Japan and Taiwan recentlysigned a joint fishing agreement aroundthe Senkakus China became furiousAnd right after that the ownership of theRyukyus came into play

Ayungin Shoal

China also opened another potentialarea of dispute ndash right inside Philippineterritory A few days ago severalChinese ships were sighted near theAyungin Shoal in the Kalayaan town inthe province of Palawan

Last May 10 a Department of ForeignAffairs (DFA) spokesperson said thatAyungin Shoal is within the PhilippinesrsquoEEZ He said that the entry of foreignfishing vessels in an EEZ is a violationof the United Nations Convention of theLaw of the Sea (UNCLOS) China andthe Philippines are signatories toUNCLOS DFA filed a protest letter withthe Chinese Embassy in Manila on theprovocative presence of two Chinesemaritime surveillance shipsand onewarship around Ayungin Shoal(Source The Philippine Star)

Taiping Island

Taiwan also has a piece of the actionamong six nations involved in territorialdisputes in the Spratly archipelagoRecently Taiwan announced plans toexpand a pier in Taiping Island thelargest island in the Spratlys Byexpanding the pier in the fortified islandit would allow port calls by Taiwanrsquos2000-ton frigates The island hasalready a 3800-foot runway whichTaiwan built in 2006 (Source NewStraits Times)

During the 115th anniversarycelebration of the Philippine Navy lastMay 21 Aquino declared ldquoOurmessage to the world is clear what isours is ours and we will repel any andall attempts to claim what is ours anddefend ourselves against any form ofaggression especially within ourbackyardrdquoIt seems that itrsquos going to bea battle between David vs two Goliaths(PerryDiazgmailcom)

David vs Two Goliaths

Anti-Filipino rally in Taiwan

Relatives of killed Taiwanese fisherman

ldquoEmperorrdquo Xi Jinping (Credit The Economist)

Ryukyu Islands

May 2013 21The North American Filipino Star

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Embracing theObscureBy David White

This past weekend in Sonoma CountyCalifornia 17 vintners gathered for a winetasting they dubbed The 7 PercentSolution

As the organizers explained roughly 93percent of Northern California vineyardacreage is planted to eight major grapevarietals The remaining 7 percent is hometo numerous lesser-known varietals[which] are finding anchor with a small butgrowing number of winemakers

The event enabled consumers to explorethe wines being produced by Californiasrevolutionary vintners -- those willing toembrace the states vast and varied climateby avoiding popular grapes and bottlingthe obscure Whether theyre producingunusual varietals or exploring unheraldedregions these winemakers are worthcelebrating

That certain regions of California might bebetter suited to say Albarino thanChardonnay makes sense Across theglobe commercial wine is produced from a

whopping 1368 different grape varieties Itdefies logic to assume that grapes native tocentral France will thrive in all the worldsnew vineyards

This topic was explored at this years DrinkLocal Wine conference by Joseph FiolaPhD a University of Maryland professorwho has spent over 25 years researchingand teaching about experimentalviticulture

During his lecture Fiola spent a great dealof time praising the Old World for itscommitment to growing varieties that areadapted to local growing conditions

Local varieties have been growing inthose areas for hundreds maybethousands of years he explainedYear in year out they get ripe Year inyear out winemakers can controlproduction Those areas know how togrow the grapes they know how tomake good wine And its the localgrapes that are the best [Winemakers]arent going to grow CabernetSauvignon all over Italy becausepeople know the name

Fiola went on to compare southernItalys climate to southern MarylandsYet he acknowledged the temptation tofocus on well-known varieties

Trying to convince a Maryland winerythat has to worry about marketing topeople who can barely pronounceChardonnay to sell Nero dAvolaNegroamaro Sagrantino he askednaming three esoteric varieties fromItaly That presents a challenge heconceded

Europe has an advantage of courseThe continent has been producingwine for thousands of years so vintnersthere understand which grapes dobest In France for examplewinemakers in Burgundy know to focus

on Pinot Noir and Chardonnay Just asGerman vintners recognize thatRiesling thrives in the countrys Moselregion Spanish vintners recognize thatAlbarino thrives in Galicia

Wine production in the United States isstill in its infancy But winemakers knowthat American consumers enjoyCabernet Sauvignon ChardonnayMerlot Pinot Noir and SauvignonBlanc so thats what most produceOnly the most courageous vintnerswould eschew these varieties

One of these courageous vintners isMatthew Rorick of Forlorn Hope whopoured at this weekends tasting inSonoma Since 2005 he has beenproducing rare creatures fromappellations unknown and varietiesuncommon

His rare creatures are truly unusualHe produces delightful reds fromSangiovese and Barbera two Italiangrapes that few California winemakers

take seriously He produces a deliciousVerdelho a white wine thats typicallyassociated with Portugal He producesthe nations only 100-percent StLaurent a thought-provoking highlyaromatic red thats almost impossibleto find outside Austria and the CzechRepublic Each year he crafts morethan a dozen different wines -- andvirtually all are produced in lots offewer than 2500 bottles

The fact that 17 vintners like Rorickwere able to fill a room this pastweekend is a testament to the fact thatan increasing number of winemakersare willing to take risks And perhapsmore importantly Americanconsumers are growing morecomfortable exploring the unknown

David White a wine writer is the founderand editor of Terroiristcom His columnsare housed at Palate Press The OnlineWine Magazine

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Minister FlahertyHighlights EconomicAction Plan 2013rsquosStrong Support forCharitableOrganizations

The Honourable Jim Flaherty Ministerof Finance today urged Canadians totake advantage of the HarperGovernmentrsquos new First-Time DonorrsquosSuper Credit and donate to acharitable organization

Speaking at Lutherwood a not-for-profit health and social serviceorganization serving the WaterlooRegion and Wellington CountyMinister Flaherty said ldquoThroughout ournationrsquos history Canadians haveworked together to serve others andhave made Canada a better place inthe process Our Government wants tosee that noble tradition continuewhich is why Economic Action Plan2013 builds on previous actions by ourGovernment to support families andcommunities and the quality of life forhard-working Canadiansrdquo

These initiatives include the RegisteredDisability Savings Plan the FamilyCaregiver Tax Credit and the EnablingAccessibility Fund which supports thecapital costs of construction andrenovations to improve physicalaccessibility for persons withdisabilities

Minister Flaherty stated ldquoThe newFirst-Time Donorrsquos Super Credit willsignificantly enhance theattractiveness of donating to a charityfor young and new Canadians who arein a position to make donations for thefirst time By helping to rejuvenate andexpand the charitable sectorrsquos donorbase this important initiative will havean immediate impact in supporting thecharitable sectorrdquo

The credit will apply on cash donationsof up to $1000 claimed in any onetaxation year from 2013 to 2017 It willincrease the value of the existingCharitable Donations Tax Credit by 25percentage points if neither thetaxpayer nor their spouse has claimedthe credit since 2007

Kitchener-Waterloo MP Peter Braid achampion for such worthy causesadded ldquoCanadians are some of themost generous people in the worldwhen it comes to giving time andmoney to charity and our Governmentis committed to supporting that spiritrdquo

ldquoThe Super Credit is a very positivestep for charities wanting to engagenew donors We are excited by thepossibilities and eager to continueworking with the federal government toexplore innovative ways to expandcharitable giving by all Canadiansrdquosaid Marcel Lauziegravere President andCEO of Imagine Canada

___________________________________For further information media may

contact

Kathleen PerchalukPress SecretaryOffice of the Minister of Finance613-996-7861

Jack AubryMedia RelationsDepartment of Finance613-996-8080

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Treasury Board PresidentAnnounces MajorInitiative toward a High-Performing Public Service

For immediate release

May 28 2013

Ottawa ndash The Honourable TonyClement President of the TreasuryBoard today announced a newmandatory system for trackingemployee performance aimed atboosting productivity and ensuringCanadians receive modern effectiveand efficient public service

ldquoHard-working Canadians look to us toprovide high quality affordableservice The Governmentrsquos newperformance management regime willensure that we are employing thepublic service to its fullest potentialrdquosaid Minister Clement ldquoComplacencyand the status quo are not an optionExcellence must be the benchmarkCanadians deserve no lessrdquo

The new Directive on PerformanceManagement introduces for the firsttime a government-wide system fortracking employee performance Thegoal is three-fold

To recognize and reward excellentperformance

Work with all employees to maximizeperformance and

To deal decisively with unsatisfactoryperformance

ldquoPerformance management is aboutensuring good workers have anopportunity to become great workersand dealing effectively with poorperformersrdquo said Minister ClementldquoEither poor performers improve andbecome productive employees or wewill let them gordquo

The Directive which comes into effectin April 2014 includes a number ofstandardized measures for trackingperformance These measuresinclude establishing annualperformance objectives for allemployees mid-year evaluationsannual written performanceassessments and an action plan forimproving performance with clearestablished time-lines as well as stepsto be taken if performance does notimprove These steps could include

demotion or termination Processeswill ensure that employees are treatedfairly

ldquoDoing things the way they havealways been done is no longer goodenough if we want to build a 21stcentury public servicerdquo said MinisterClement ldquoWe owe it to Canadians andwe owe it to the vast majority ofcommitted hard-working publicservants to make sure everyone ispulling their weightrdquo

For more information please consultthe Directive on PerformanceManagement and visit thePerformance Management website

mdash 30 mdash

For more information see the Directiveon Performance Managementbackgrounder or contact

Matthew ConwayPress SecretaryOffice of the President of the TreasuryBoard and Minister responsible forFedNor613-957-2666

Media RelationsTreasury Board of Canada Secretariat613-957-2640

If there is a discrepancy between anyprinted version and the electronicversion of this news release theelectronic version will prevail

TTY (telecommunications device forthe hearing impaired) ndash 613-957-9090

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Backgrounder - Directive onPerformance Management

The Government of Canada isimplementing a new employeeperformance management program tofoster excellence in service delivery toCanadians and improve productivity

This Directive will introduce for the firsttime a systemic mandatoryperformance assessment for all corepublic sector employees Rigorousperformance management is a bestpractice and an essential element of amodern public service

The new Directive on PerformanceManagement applies to federalemployees in the core publicadministration See footnote 1 and willcome into effect on April 1 2014

The approach to implementingPerformance Management is system-wide and will support deputy headsmanagers and employees in achievingand sustaining a culture of highperformance in the public sector

Highlights

The Directive calls for consistency inhow employee performance ismanaged and how employeesrsquo skillsare developed across the federal

public service

Each federal organization will establishan employee performancemanagement program that includesrequirements such as

Mandatory annual performancemanagement objectives for allemployees including commitmentsperformance objectives and expectedbehaviours and learning ordevelopment plans

Mid-year evaluations of eachemployee

Annual written employee performanceassessments at the end of each fiscalyear

An action plan to support and guideemployees to improve performancewithin clear timelines and

Mandatory attestation by deputyheads that an employee hassuccessfully completed the probationperiod

Requirements for performanceagreements are already in place forpublic service executives and non-unionized employees With the newDirective performance agreements willbe mandatory for all

To support managers and supervisorsin adopting the new Directivemandatory training will be providedEach department will have acommittee made up of senior officialsto coach managers through theprocess Managers will also besupported with additional labourrelations advice and a Labour andEmployment Law Centre of Expertiseis also being created by the TreasuryBoard Secretariat to deal specificallywith employment law and litigation

The Values and Ethics Code for thePublic Sector that came into force inApril 2012 underpins the objectives ofthe new Directive

The Office of the Chief HumanResources Officer is responsible formonitoring departmentsrsquo compliancewith the directive and conductingreviews to evaluate its impact

Know ThyselfHe who knows much about

others may be learned but hewho understands himself is

more intelligentHe who controls others may be

powerful but he who hasmastered himself is

mightier still

A journey of a thousand milesmust begin with a single step

Lao Tzu

By viewing the old we learn the new

Chinese Proverb

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Ligo sardines - 3 $200

Ox tail - $450 lb

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Cultural Centre launchedMontreacuteal May 28 2013 ndash At a specialmeeting held last Thursday the Cocircte-des-NeigesmdashNotre-Dame-de-Gracircce (CDNmdashNDG) Borough Council awarded a contractto build the new Notre-Dame-de-GracircceCultural Centre The $1540010710contract was won by the Geyser Group inc

The Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce Cultural Centrewill house a new Benny Library and also amulti-purpose hall to accommodate culturalexhibitions and a wide variety ofperformances The ecologically-friendlybuilding meeting LEED certificationstandards will be prominently located at theintersection of avenue de Monkland andavenue Benny across from the NDG SportsCentre

Construction will begin in the next fewweeks and be completed at the end of2014 Originally planned for 2012 theproject had to be modified in order to meetthe Boroughrsquos self-imposed budgetconstraints Construction of the Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce Cultural Centre representsa $236 million investment for which theBorough is depending in particular on thejoint financial support of the ministegravere de laCulture et des Communications du Queacutebecand the Ville de Montreacuteal

ICAO headquarters toremain in Montreal

MONTREAL May 27 2013 - The Ministerof Foreign Affairs the Honourable John

Baird the Minister of InternationalRelations La Francophonie and ExternalTrade and Minister responsible for theMontreacuteal region Mr Jean Francois Liseacuteeand the Mayor of Montreacuteal Mr MichaelApplebaum would like to invite members ofthe media to a press conference for thesigning of the renewal agreement with theInternational Civil Aviation Organization(ICAO) in Montreacuteal

Date Monday May 27th 2013Heure 5 pmLieu Terrace of City Hall

275 Notre-Dame EstMetro Champ-de-Mars

Come join celebrate thePhilippine IndependenceDay Celebration on June 12 1000AM at theFAMAS CentreThe Philippine Declaration of Independencesimultaneously marked the end of thePhilippine Revolution and the PhilippineIslandsrsquo assertion to sovereignty andindependence from Spanish colonial ruleHowever neither Spain nor Americarecognized such a stake to independentnationhood and on December 10 1898the Spanish government ceded thePhilippines to the United States in the Treatyof Paris for the price of US $2 millionmarking the end of the Spanish-AmericanWar1

A short two months later on February 41899 armed conflict erupted betweenPhilippine revolutionary forces and USmilitary occupants in Manila By June 2

1899 the First Philippine Republic officiallydeclared war against the US that lasteduntil July 4 1902 Approximately 20000soldiers were killed in action while thecivilian death toll reached an estimated half-million persons Though the war officiallyended in the summer of 1899 guerillafreedom fighters continued to challengeUS occupation for several more years

It was not until July 4 1946 nearly fiftyyears later that the United States formallyrecognized full Philippine independentnationhood with the enactment of the Treatyof Manila On a rainy day in Manilarsquos LunetaPark 400000 onlookers cheered as theAmerican flag was lowered and thePhilippine flag was raised in its placeSenator Millard Tydings of Marylandreported that the day was ldquoone of the mostunprecedented most idealistic and mostfar-reaching events in all recorded historyrdquo3

July 4 was officially recognized as theNational Day until August 4 1964 whenPresident Diosdado Macapagal signed theMalacanang Republic Act No 4166 thateffectively made June 12mdashthe day thatGeneral Emilio Aguinaldo and hisrevolutionary peers had originally claimedas the Nationrsquos Daymdashthe countryrsquos officialIndependence Day

Today Filipinos around the world fromSaudi Arabia to Los Angeles Californiacontinue to celebrate PhilippineIndependence Day on June 12 In AmericaFilipino Americans otherwise known asFilAms use this day to commemorate thePhilippinesrsquo independence from colonialrule celebrate Filipino heritage-pride

preserve cultural roots promote culturalawareness and bring FilAm communitiestogether4

The largest Philippine Independence Daycelebration takes place annually in NewYork City on Madison Avenue between 23rdand 38th street on the first Sunday of JuneAn estimated 100000 people turn out totake part in various events and to march ina parade that represents FilAms and the7000 plus island clusters that constitute thePhilippine archipelago FilAms proudlydonned outfits representative of theirregional origins academic affiliationsprofessions favored sports team andmore5

In Washington DC the PhilippineEmbassy and Filipino AmericanOrganization host an Independence DayGala commemorative festivals and othercultural activities

In Montreal we commemorate thePhilippine Independence by a Flag RaisingCeremony at the FAMAS Centre every June12 every year

Come and celebrate with us and meet andgreet our kababayans and public officialsLight refreshments are served

Cheers

From the FAMAS Executive Board

Al Boy AbdonPublic Relations Officer - FAMASalabdonvideotronca

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care attendants patient representativesand unit clerks at the McGill UniversityHealth Centre are transforming carethrough their partnerships with patientsShe described the program TransformingCare at Bedside launched in 2010 whichengages the hearts and minds of frontline

practitioners in leading qualityimprovements by teaching them andpatient representatives rapid cycleimprovement processes and newleadership skills Outcomes include moretime available for direct care as nurseslearned how to eliminate non value-added

activities such as hunting and gatheringsupplies and equipment The introductionof whiteboards at each bedside hassignificantly improved patient and familysatisfaction with communication Sheended her talk by reminding everyone thatleadership is not about a title that someonehas Nurses are leaders at every level Itsin all of us

A part of FNAQs standing goals isthe Welcoming of the New Nurses OurHope For The Futurerdquo It welcomes newarrivals new graduates new membersand student nurses A committeeresponsible for this ceremony is chaired byCorazon Abdon and Joel Reyes MrsLucie Tremblay OIIQ president read thepoem written by MsEugenia MagalitFNAQ past president 2009-2012 entitledldquoWelcome Mrs Tremblay is FNAQhonorary member friend and advisor

After the welcome ceremony fornew nurses Honoring the Retired NursesWho Paved The Way followed Thecommittee in charge of this ceremony ischaired by Thelma Untalan and Milagros

Gobeil Dr Laurie Gottlieb Nurse PhDread the poem written by Ms EugeniaMagalit entitled ldquoRetiredrdquo Dr Gottlieb isFNAQ honorary member Advisor (2019-2012) lecturer friend and supporter Sheis a professor at the McGill UniversitySchool of Nursing

The Panday Tinig ChoralEnsemble of Montreal with Mr PaulImperial Music Director and Ms Editha

Fedalizo Pianist opened the Gala bysinging the National Anthems of thePhilippines and Canada They dedicated avery special song the Impossible Dream

There were over 160 guestsAmong them were to name a few BonnieWoolmer Zenaida Kharroubi Aurora

Osdon Linda Richler Rose and Jamesdela Paz Jacqui and Marvin RotrandLorine Besel and many community andnursing leaders Our many thanks andprofound gratitude to our communityfriends families colleagues for theirencouragement and support

The founding FNAQ ExecutiveBoard present were called to the stageand introduced They left a message tothe present and future generationsalways remember your past

The Co-masters of ceremoniesAmelia Manon-og FNAQ Advisor andDindo Miras Director of ContinungEducation and Program 2009-2012 did afantastic job The dance floor was openedup to 300 in the morning It was acelebration to rememberReported by FNAQ Communications amp NewsletterCommittee - Chairpersons Corazon DiazAbdon amp Ma Eloisa Piccio DeeMembersAlfonso Abdon Dolores Belandres ShirlyneChin Joann Consus Myrna Francisco

ldquoThis victory in the Senatemeans he will not be a lame-duckpresidentrdquo said Ramon C Casiple theexecutive director of the Institute forPolitical and Electoral Reform inManila ldquoHe can use his popularity andcontrol of the government to pursuehis agenda and affect the 2016presidential electionrdquo

At stake in the elections onMonday were 12 of the 24 Senate seatsand all 229 seats in the House ofRepresentatives The elections alsocovered 18000 local political postsincluding provincial governors

With 69 percent of the votecounted nine pro-administrationSenate candidates were ahead Theirvictory would increase the number ofMr Aquinorsquos allies in the chamber to 13from 4 and give them the power tochoose the next Senate president

Final Senate results were expected bylate Wednesday

Mr Aquinorsquos politicalopponents have noted that althoughthe economy has expanded jobgrowth has been flat and poverty levelshave not improved His critics also saycorruption remains endemicparticularly low-level graft that mostdirectly affects the poor

In campaign rallies for hispolitical allies Mr Aquino respondedthat in his remaining years in office hisgovernment would focus on extendingthe benefits of economic prosperity tothe countryrsquos poor and on continuingto crack down on corruption

The shift in power in theSenate would give Mr Aquinoextraordinary control over thegovernment Mr Casiple said Hisalliesrsquo gains in the Senate would becomplemented by the traditional

control that the administration has overthe House of Representatives

Though the results of manyraces were still unclear on Tuesdayparty alliances are less significant inthe House Mr Casiple said Housemembers rely on national governmentmoney to finance projects in theirdistricts giving the administrationconsiderable leverage over the body

In addition to his expectedcontrol of both houses of CongressMr Aquino is seen as having significantinfluence over the judiciary Last yearhe led a successful effort to remove thechief justice of the Supreme Court forhis failure to disclose assets whichallowed the president to appoint thecurrent leader of the court

In the fiercely contestedmayorrsquos race in Manila formerPresident Joseph Estrada ousted theincumbent Alfredo S Lim Mr Estradaa former action movie star who wasremoved from the presidency afterbeing accused of corruption remains apopular political figure

Imelda R Marcos the former first ladywas re-elected to the House ofRepresentatives by a wide margin Herdaughter Imee Marcos was re-electedgovernor of Ilocos Norte Province thebirthplace of her father Ferdinand EMarcos the former president who diedin exile in 1989

Former President GloriaMacapagal Arroyo despite remainingin detention in a government hospitalon corruption charges won a secondterm as the Congressionalrepresentative in her home districtPampanga

The elections on Mondayinvolved less violence and fewerdelays than in years past The policereported at least seven election-relateddeaths all in the countryrsquos restivesouth

From Page 1 Filipino Nurses From Page 1 President Aquino

New nurses welcomed (L-R) Cristina Paac Grace Goldenberg Chairperson Corazon AbdonMarissa Unabia Marigold Lingbawan Emilieth Pascual FNAQ Prsident Cresconia FernandezOIIQ President amp CEO Lucie Tremblay FNAQ Past President Eugenia Magalit Valia DumpaChelo David Debbie Piccio Jacqueline Gobeil and Michael Lontok

Retired FNAQ Nurses Honored (L-R) FNAQ Advisor Dr Laurie Gottlieb FNAQ PresidentCresconia Fernandez Co-Chair Thelma Untalan Co-Chair Milagros Gobeil Evelina BoayesEstrellita Bote Aderlina Ramos Nelson Ortizo and Nilda Meriales

spend an extended amount of time withthem An average of over 1000 SuperVisas have been issued each monthand the approval rate is very high atnearly 90 percent

Since 2006 Canada haswelcomed the highest sustained levelsof immigration in Canadian history

- 30 -

Follow us on Twitter atwwwtwittercomCitImmCanada

Photos of Minister Kenney areavailable

For further information (media only)please contact

Alexis PavlichMedia Relations Ministerrsquos Office

Communications BranchCitizenship and Immigration Canada

Citizenship and Immigration Canada613-954-1064613-952-1650CIC-Media-Relationscicgcca

From Page 3 Family Reunification

Cristina Pa-ac psoes for souvenir with FNAQPresident Cresconia Fernandez during the21st anniversary gala May 4 2013

Zumba Classesat Gilmore College Every Sunday at

6 pmCall Cristina at514-865-4836

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Action Plan for FasterFamily Reunificationon track to cutbacklog in halfNew Parent and Grandparentprogram re-opens January 22014

Mississauga May 10 2013 ndashCitizenship and Immigration Canada willre-open the Parent and Grandparent(PGP) program for new applications onJanuary 2 2014 by which time thebacklog and wait times in the programare expected to have been cut in half

ldquoThe Action Plan for FasterFamily Reunification is on track to meetthe goals of cutting in half the backlogand wait times in the Parent andGrandparent programrdquo said CitizenshipImmigration and MulticulturalismMinister Jason Kenney ldquoIt is veryimportant that we continue to makeprogress and not return to the oldbroken system with wait times as long as

a decade that would be unfair tofamiliesrdquo

Phase II of the Action Plan forFaster Family Reunification will provideeven faster processing times reduce thebacklog further prevent future backlogsensure that families have the financialmeans to support those they sponsorand protect the interests of taxpayers

First ndash In 2012 and 2013Canada will admit 50000 parents andgrandparents as permanent residentsThis represents the highest level ofparents and grandparents admitted in20 years In 2014 Canada will maintainhigh levels of admissions for parentsand grandparents

Second ndash The Super Visa willbecome permanent and will continue toprovide flexibility for families who accessthe 10-year multiple-entry visa allowingvisa holders to remain in Canada up totwo years at a time Over 15000 SuperVisas have been issued since theprogramrsquos launch in December 2011with approval rates averaging 86

percentThird ndash New qualifying criteria

for permanent residency sponsorship ofparents and grandparents will increasethe financial responsibility of sponsors toensure they have the means to supportthose they sponsor while limiting theprogramrsquos cost to taxpayers andCanadarsquos strained health and socialprograms

Fourth ndash 5000 new sponsorshipapplications will be accepted in theprogram in 2014 By accepting 5000applications in 2014 while maintaininghigh levels the government will be ableto further reduce the remaining backlogso that families can be reunited morequickly

ldquoThese new criteria ensuresponsored family members are wellsupported by their sponsors throughouttheir time in Canadardquo said MinisterKenney ldquoThe redesigned Parent andGrandparent program reunites familiesfaster while respecting Canadiantaxpayers and the limited resources for

health and social programsrdquoCanada has one of the most

generous family reunification programsin the world The United States UnitedKingdom Australia and New Zealanddo not allow grandparents to besponsored at all or only in very limitedcircumstances and they have veryrestrictive criteria for the sponsorship ofparents

The amendments to theImmigration and Refugee ProtectionRegulations that are being proposed willbe pre-published in the Canada Gazette(Part I) and the public will be able tocomment for a 30-day period

Building a stronger CanadaCitizenship and Immigration Canada(CIC) strengthens Canadarsquos economicsocial and cultural prosperity helpingensure Canadian safety and securitywhile managing one of the largest andmost generous immigration programs inthe world

Ottawa May 21 2013 ndashCitizenship Immigration andMulticulturalism Minister Jason Kenneyconcluded a productive visit to SiliconValley to promote Canadarsquos new Start-UpVisa the first of its kind in the world

ldquoThe message was deliveredloud and clear to the entrepreneur

community in Silicon Valley that Canadais open for businessrdquo said MinisterKenney ldquoThe new Start-Up Visa will helpCanada attract the worldrsquos best andbrightest entrepreneurs to buildbusinesses create jobs and fueleconomic growthrdquo

During his time in Silicon Valley

Minister Kenney met with foreignentrepreneurs and influential figures inthe start-up and tech communitiesincluding founders of start-upsaccelerators other business leadersventure capitalists angel investors andimmigration experts to promote the Start-Up Visa and explain why Canada is agreat place to start a business and invest

Minister Kenney met DaveMcClure the founder of 500 Start-Upsone of Americarsquos leading start-upaccelerators which provides mentorshipand seed fund investments to helpentrepreneurs become successful Healso met with members of C100 a SiliconValley-based organization that supportsCanadian technology entrepreneurship

through mentorship partnerships andinvestment

Minister Kenney also took timeto visit Plug and Play Tech Centre whichhouses business accelerator programsfor entrepreneurs designed to strengthenthe growth of their ideas and start-ups

Minister Kenney attendedTiEcon 2013 the worldrsquos largestconference for entrepreneurs where hespoke with many internationalentrepreneurs angel investors andventure capitalists first-hand

During his visit Minister Kenneywas a featured guest speaker at StanfordUniversity where he spoke to scholars

Minister Kenney promotesCanadarsquos new StarRecruiting theworldrsquos best and brightestentrepreneurs to Canada the firstof its kind in the world

See Page 10 Canada Recruiting

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EarthTalkregE - The Environmental Magazine

Dear EarthTalk Now that hot weather iscoming I want to upgrade my homersquos ACWhich are the most energy-saving modelsand should I go central air or window units

-- Jackie Smith Cary NC

According to the American Council for anEnergy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) energyconsumption for home air conditioningunits accounts for more than eight percentof all the electricity produced in the US ata cost to homeowners of $15 billionannually Besides the cost all this coolingleads to annual emissions of about 195million tons of CO2mdashor two tons per yearfor each American home with AC

Of course foregoing AC entirely is themost energy- and cost-efficient way to gobut some of us need a little cooling for

comfort especially in warmer climates IfAC is a must buying the most efficientmodel is the way to save money andpollute less Fortunately a new generationof much more efficient room and centralAC units means that upgrading will likelypay for itself in energy savings within just afew years

The main factors to consider in choosing anew model are cooling capacity (measuredin British Thermal Units or BTUs) andEnergy-Efficiency Ratio or EER Todetermine the correct BTU rating for agiven space multiply the square footage by10 and then add 4000 Meanwhile a givenunitrsquos EER is the ratio of cooling outputdivided by power consumptionmdashthe higherthe EER the more efficient the airconditioner

According to the US Department ofEnergy national appliance standardsrequire room air conditioners to have anEER of 80 to 98 or more depending ontype and capacity Units with an EER ratingof 10 or above typically qualify for thefederal governmentrsquos ENERGY STAR labelwhich appears on especially energy-efficient appliances Check out theENERGY STAR website for lists ofqualifying AC models

The Association of Home ApplianceManufacturers (AHAM) says that theaverage EER of room AC units rose 47percent from 1972 to 1991 To witreplacing an older room unit with an EER offive with a new model with an EER of 10)would result in a 50 percent energy costsavings associated with AC

As to whether room units or central ACmakes more sense it depends Roomunits which only cost a few hundreddollars each will suffice for renters or thosewho only need to keep one or two roomscool at a time Meanwhile central AC ismore efficient overall at keeping a wholehouse cool and will also do a better job atreducing household humidity than evenseveral individual room unitsmdashand will savemore money faster on electricity bills Butwith a starting price of around $4000 forthe condenser and initial set-up (plus anyduct work needed to distribute cool airaround a home) central AC isnrsquot foreveryone

ACEEE points out that there are ways tokeep indoor space cooler without ACimproving insulation sealing air gapsgetting rid of old appliances and light bulbsthat give off lots of heat running fans usingcooler colors on exterior roofing and paintand other strategies Those in particularlyarid climates might also consider installing

a swamp cooler (which cools outside air byrunning it over cold water) as a cheaperalternative to AC By following thesesuggestions and upgradingconscientiously we can all stay a little morecomfortable in our warming world withoutexacerbating the problem too much

CONTACTS ACEEE wwwaceeeorgENERGY STAR wwwenergystargovAHAM wwwahamorg Database of StateIncentives for Renewables and Efficiencywwwdsireusaorg

EarthTalkreg is written and edited by RoddyScheer and Doug Moss and is a registeredtrademark of E - The EnvironmentalMagazine (wwwemagazinecom) Sendquestions to earthtalkemagazinecomS u b s c r i b e wwwemagazinecomsubscribe Free TrialIssue wwwemagazinecomtrialEarthTalkregE - The Environmental Magazine

Dear EarthTalk What are the big deliverycompanies like FedEx and UPS doing togreen their truck fleets and operations ingeneral -- Mitchell GlaserOverland Park KS

Package delivery companies like FedExand UPS have come a long way in a

relatively short time regardingsustainability but they still haveconsiderable room for improvement Whilethere is only so much these companiescan do to reduce their huge carbonfootprintsmdashgiven their reliance onemissions-heavy air transportmdashtheyrsquovemade great strides in greening theirground fleets optimizing their choices ofmodes and otherwise streamlining energyuse

For its part UPS was an early adopter ofcleaner vehicles and today operatesupwards of 2500 low-emission vehiclesthat run on alternative fuels andtechnologies The company is particularlyjazzed about a new generation of hydraulichybrid package delivery trucks unveiled inthe fall of 2012 in partnership with the USDepartment of Energyrsquos Clean Citiesprogram These new trucksmdashwhichemploy a diesel combustion engine alongwith a hydraulic high-pressureaccumulator that stores energy capturedduring brakingmdashget 35 percent better fueleconomy and generate as much as 30percent fewer greenhouse gas emissionsas compared to the non-hybrid diesel-powered vehicles they are replacing Whilethese trucks may cost UPS $7000 apiecemore than their traditional counterpartsthe company estimates the upgrade willsave $50000 or more while substantiallyreducing emissions over the lifetime ofeach vehicle

UPS has also been blazing new trails inoperational efficiency via intermodalshifting eg using the most fuel-efficienttransport mode (airplane train truck orship) or combination of modes to meetcustomer needs A concerted effort by thecompany to streamline its operations in2011 led to savings of two million metrictons of greenhouse gas emissions bymoving delivery volume from air (the mostemissions-intensive mode by far) toground and another 800000 metric tonsby shifting volume from ground to rail

Meanwhile FedEx with one of the largesthybrid-electric fleets in the industry andupwards of 2000 alternative energyvehicles in service worldwide is no sloucheither when it comes to green streamliningBack in 2008 the company worked with theEnvironmental Defense Fund (EDF) insetting the ambitious goal of improving thefuel efficiency of its worldwide fleet ofExpress delivery vans and trucks by 20percent within a dozen years Then early in2013 the company announced that it hadalready exceeded its goal seven yearsahead of schedule (with an overall savingsof 22 percent so far) but was also uppingits goal to a 30 percent fleet-wide efficiencygain by 2020

With a strong commitment to swapping outolder vehicles with newer more efficientones the company is well on its way Itnow operates 360 hybrid-electric trucksand 200 electric vehicles and is replacingmany of its delivery trucks with ldquoright-sizedrdquo Sprinter-type vans that are as muchas 100 percent more fuel efficient than theirpredecessors FedEx has also beenupgrading its fleet of Express diesel trucksto cleaner-burning models and is makingsimilar upgrades in its Freight and Grounddivisions as well Likewise the company iswell on its way toward reducinggreenhouse gas emissions from itsairplanes by 30 percent by 2020

CONTACTS UPS CorporateR e s p o n s i b i l i t y wwwresponsibilityupscomSustainabilityFedEx Environmental Sustainabilityaboutvanfedexcomenvironmental-sustainability EDF wwwedforg

EarthTalkreg is written and edited by RoddyScheer and Doug Moss and is a registeredtrademark of E - The EnvironmentalMagazine (wwwemagazinecom) Sendquestions toearthtalkemagazinecom Subscribewwwemagazinecomsubscribe FreeTrial Issue wwwemagazinecomtrial

From an energy-efficiency standpoint room AC units are best for keeping one or two roomscool at a time while central air is more efficient overall at keeping a whole house coolCredit ComstockHemera Coll

Package delivery companies like FedEx and UPS have come a long way in improving the fuelefficiency of their worldwide fleet of delivery vehicles Pictured A FedEx hybrid electricdelivery van Credit Biofriendly courtesy Flickr

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NOTARY

Mtre Peter DimacopoulosReal Estate Contracts Mortgages Wills Power of Attorney

Tel514-824-9336

Mukhang sobrang asim ngubas para sa publisher ng isangmalabasurang local newspaper kayahindi pa man srsquoya nakakarating sagrapevine ay nag-sour grape nakaagad Sabi nrsquoya kasi ay hindi srsquoyamagpapa-nominate sa FAMAS Awardsdahil walang kuwenta raw angnasabing parangal Meron pa srsquoyangbinanggit na Dr Aranda na diumanorsquoygustung-gustong mag-nominate sakanya sa isang mas kinikilalangparangal pero tinanggihan nrsquoya dahilhindi raw srsquoya mahilig sa mga awardKung tinanggihan daw nrsquoya angnasabing parangal iyun pa kayangFAMAS Awards ang di nrsquoya tanggihanPhooey Nakakadiri Nakakapangi-labot Nakakatawa

Lumunok ako ng ilang aspirindahil sumakit nang husto ang aking ulosa kaiisip kung anu-ano ang mgamagagandang bagay ang nagawa ngpublisher ng therersquos-nothing-like-it atnumero unong pahayagang Filipino saCanada (kuno) para mag-abala si DrAranda na isumite ang kanyangpangalan sa nasabing award Perokilala na naman ng buong komunidadang taong ito sa kasinungalingan atkahambugan kaya wala na namangnaniniwala sa kanya Naaawa onatatawa na lamang sila sa pobre natanging ang kolumnistang ito lang angnagtitiyagang pumansin

Maraming beses nang narinigng mga Pinoy sa Montreal ang tungkolsa kanyang pagiging gobernador ngkanyang lalawigan ang kanyangpagiging matalik na kaibigan ngyumaong Tony Sidayao (ang sikat atnirerespetong sports writer saPilipinas) ang tungkol sa pagpili sakanya ni dating First Lady Imelda RMarcos para sumulat ng biography ngasawa ng yumaong diktador angkanyang pagiging kaklase ni SenMiriam Defensor-Santiago sa UPCollege of Law ang kanyang pagigingalumnus ng University of thePhilippines at ang pagigingwritercolumnist sa Calgary Sun

Marami pa srsquoyang mga delusions ofgrandeur na puwede kong ilathalapero kukulangin ang isang pahina ngFilipino Star para sa lahat ng kanyangmga kathang-isip at hinabing salaysay Ganoon na lang ang aking pagtatawanang mabasa ko sa kanyang diaryo(Yes binabasa ko rin iyon) na hindisrsquoya papayag na ma-nominate saFAMAS Awards Matay kong isipinwala naman srsquoyang nagawang mabutilalong higit ay katangi-tangi sakomunidad ng mga Filipino saMontreal para srsquoya ipagbunyi atparangalan Walang makapagsabi nasrsquoya ay nag-volunteer man lamang saFAMAS na srsquoya ay miembro o opisyalng anumang samahang lokal at nihindi rin srsquoya nagkaroon ng anumangmatatag na trabaho kaya dalawangbeses srsquoyang napalayas sa tirahan nakanyang inuupahan dahil hindimakabayad ng renta Panay at walang-patid na paninira lamang sa FAMAS atmga lider nito ang kanyang inaatupagsa loob ng mahigit na 40 taon Sa halipna tumulong sa pananatili ngpagkakaisa bagkus nrsquoyang winawasakang komunidad Kung srsquoyarsquoy isanginsekto srsquoya ay anay Wala akongalam na may nagbigay ng parangal saanay

Kaya tama na Mr Publisherang iyong palusot dahil wala namantalagang magno-nominate sa lsquoyo saFAMAS Awards kahit magbayad ka paat kung meron man tuloy sabasurahan ang iyong nomination formdahil tiyak na puro kasinungalinganlang naman ang nakasulat doon Atsaka sa core values pa lang hindi kana lulusot sa screening committee ngFAMAS Awards To be fair to you MrPublisher may impact naman angiyong ldquoachievementrdquo kaya langnegatibo at nakakasira ang impact naiyon Ang hinahanap ng FAMASAwards ay positive impact lsquoyungkapakipakinabang at magandanghalimbawa sa mga kabataan

lsquoNo thank yoursquo dahil alam niya nawala srsquoyang nagawang mabuti

ANG MALAS KO AY MAAARINGSUWERTE NG ISANG DATINGKANDIDATO ndash Bunga ng mgasunud-sunod na di-inaasahangpangyayari sa buhay ko nitong hulingapat na buwan (unang-una na angbiglang pagkamatay ng aking inanoong May 6 sa edad na 86)natuluyan akong magbitiw bilangchairperson ng Committee onElections (COMELEC) ng FilipinoAssociation of Montreal and Suburbs(FAMAS)

Sa aking palagay ang malasko ay maaaring suwerte naman ngisang dating presidential candidatedahil kung ako pa ang chairperson ngnasabing komite at ako angmasusunod hindi ko papayagangmakatakbong muli ang nasabingkandidato sa rami ng kanyang mgaviolation ng FAMAS election rules andregulations Naroroon ang kanyangillegal na panunumpa ang illegal napagrerehistro ng FAMAS sa ilalim ngkanyang illegal na pangangasiwa atang di nrsquoya paggamit ng tama atnararapat na paraan ng paglaban saresulta ng nakaraang eleksyon

Sa aking pananaw hindiganoong klase ng lider ang kailanganng FAMAS lalung-lalo na ngayon namayroon nang malaking ari-arian angnasabing asosasyon at magandangpangalan sa siyudad ng Montreal atmga karatig nito

Ngayon na wala na akongkinalaman sa COMELEC at may ibanang chairperson at mga miembronasa kanila na ang pagpapasyatungkol sa nasabing formerpresidential candidate at iba pang mgasumuway sa alituntunin ng FAMAS atCOMELEC noong nakaraangeleksyon

ELEKSYONG LOKAL SA PINAS mdashDahil sa aking biglaang pag-uwi sabansang sinilangan nagkaroon ako ngpagkakataon na masaksihan ang di konasaksihan sa loob ng huling 35 taonAng tinutukoy ko ay ang nakaraanglokal na halalan Kabaligtaran ngeleksyon sa Canada parang piyestaang eleksyon sa Pilipinas Maynagsisigawan at nagsasaya habangnanonood ng bilangan ng mga botomay nagpapaputok ng mga kuwitis atmay pakain pa ang dalawang grupo ngmga kandidato sa kani-kanilanghimpilan

Noong gabi ng halalan May13 pumunta ako sa headquarter ngaming partido na kung tawagin ayldquoPulardquo dahil pula ang official color ngpartido Dilaw naman ang sa kalabang

partido Napakaraming tao roonkabilang na ang kandidato sa pagka-mayor na malapit kong kamag-anakNakatagpo ko roon ang aking iba pangmga kamag-anak at mga kaibiganSiyempre pa bitbit ko ang akingkamera Kuha rine kuha roon ng mgalitrato na ilalagay ko sa akingFacebook page

Nanalo sa pagka-mayor angaking pinsan na si Atty Eric Aure Vidana isang Ateneo Law School graduateat former vice-mayor ng Mendez Angnanalo sa pagka-vice-mayor ay siCocoy Mendoza na isa ring datingvice-mayor at kalaban nina Eric SiCocoy ay pinsan naman ng akingkasalukuyang maybahay kaya virtuallybut not actually magkalaban kamingmag-asawa sa pulitika Sila angmagiging mayor at vice-mayor sasusunod na tatlong taon Tulad ng mgananalong senador representantegobernador bisi-gobernador alkaldebisi-alkalde at konsehal magsisimulaang termino nina Eric at Cocoy sadarating na July 1

Ngayon pa lang ay pinag-uusapan na ng mga taga-Mendez nasina Eric at Cocoy ang maglalaban sapagka-mayor sa 2016 Si Cocoy ayanak ng isang dating mayor Hindi koalam ang aking gagawin kungmagkatotoo nga ang kanilang haka-haka

Samantala si Erap angbagong mayor ng Maynila (tinalo nrsquoyasi Alfredo Lim ang kasalukuyangalkalde) si Jonvic Remulla pa rin anggobernador ng Cavite (kontra AyongMaliksi na isang dating gobernador) siJolo Revilla sa bisi-gobernador at angasawa naman ni Bambol Tolentino(ang dating mayor at kapatid ni Francisna chairman ng MMDA) ang nanalongmayor sa Tagaytay City (inilampasonrsquoya si Jesus Crispin Remulla nakapatid ni Jonvic)

Kung sa Tagaytay rin lang angeleksyon ipapanganak pa angmakakabuwag o makakapagpabagsaksa mga Tolentino Ganoong katindiang kanilang kapangyarihan saTagaytay City ang tinuguriangalternate summer capital of thePhilippines gawa ng kanyang malamigna klema at banayad na simoy nghangin

The biggest surprise of thepast Philippine election is theunexpected and sudden surge ofGrace Poe anak ng yumaongFernando Poe Jr from virtual loser to

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Sa tuwing sasapit angikalawang Linggo ng Mayo ayipinagdiriwang natin ang Araw ng mgaIna Parangal ito sa dalawa kongyumaong ina Masinop na nalikom ngaking nanay ang mga liham niya kungpaano siya niligawan ng aming tatayna inabot nang mahigit na anim nataon

Bagamat pansarili ang loobinng pitak na ito ay kapupulatan ngmambabasa ng mga aral tungkol sapananagalog at matutuklasan angpaggamit ng Taglish (sinasamahan ngmga salitang Ingles) ay pangkaraniwanlang noon pa

Dito na nagsimula angpanunuyo

College of Agriculture

Los Banos Laguna

June 17 1927Josefa

Natatandaan mo pa kaya angisang nagkapalad na naging kakilalamo doon sa Bagyo Marahil aymaghahalungkat kang muli sa isip bagomo matawag sa iyong alaala ang akingpangalan at pagmumukha sapagkatpagkaraan ng ilang araw na tayoymagkakilala ay nagkalayo na tayo nangmarami nang araw Dahil dito aynangyari nga akong sumulat sa iyo sapagbabakasakaling mapalawig natinang ating pagkikilala

Si David ay aking nakausapkanginang umaga Pagdakayitinanong ko sa kanya kung kayoykanyang nakita Ang sabiy oo - atkayoy nagbalitaan pa raw tungkol sabuhay buhay sa Bagyo Ayon sa kanyaay natatandaan mo ako ngunitnakalimutan mo na ang akingpangalan Kung gayoy isusulat ko ngfull ang aking name sa ending

Kumusta ba kayo ngayonIpinalalagay kong kayongmagkakapatid ay maluag ninyongnaidadaos ang pagtuturo samantalangkami dito nila David ay kasalukuyangnaghihirap sa pagaaral

Noong manggaling ako saBagyo pauwi ng Malabon ay naitanongkayo sa akin ni Chayong na kapatid koSinabi ko nga sa kanyang kayoy maykahulihan ang pagbaba sa Balanga

Marahil ay maitatanong mo saiyong sarili kung bakit nais kongmaging matalik na kakilala kayo Hindikaila sa iyo ang aking hinahanap naoccupation at ang malalapad napataniman ng tubo diyan sa inyo saBalanga Baka sakaling kung akoymakatapos ay magubra akongisang maliit na kasama ng isangassenderong pangkaraniwan diyan aykung manggagaling sa bukid ay nangmayoong madalawdalaw kung sakali atkung papanhikin Bukod sa ritoy angmga ninuno ninyo ang mga tubongMalabon ay magaang ang dugo sa mga

katutubo o kababayanAng mgagandang record ng

inyong family sa pakikipamayan at sapagaaral ay hindi kaila sa akin Dahilditoy nangingimi pa ako nang pagsulatsa iyo Kahit naman marahil ikaw aysadyang bright maging sa pagtuturo ayinaasahan kong considerate ka rinMapagpapaumanhinan mo namanseguro ang nakabababa sa iyo nagaya ko na nga

Wawakasan ko na rito at nanghuwag ka namang mapagod sapagbasa Magsilbi nawangtagapagpaalala itong aking liham

Best regards for you and othersisters brother and parents

your friend

Amado SantosPS

Ikaw na nga nag bahalangmagpaumanhin sa aking Tagalog Marahilay balibalikuko

SameAng kasabihang Walang

matimtimang birhen sa matiyagangmanalangin ay nagkaroon ngkatuparan Ang panganay na suplingay ipinanganak noong Agosto 18 1934at ang bunso ay noong Mayo 21 1936Yumao ang aking ina apat na arawmakalipas ang pagsilang sa akin--noong Mayo 25 1936

Hindi lumipas ang maramingtaon at noong Enero 23 1939 aynanalanging muli si Ama na ang nasaisip ay bigyan ng ina ang dalawangnaiwan ni Nanay Epang (Josefa) Angpangalawang ina ay hindi gaanongmatagal na nag-isip dahil ang kaniyangaalagaan sa sumunod na matrimonyaay kaniyang mga pamangkin AngNanay Meliang (Emilia) ay kapatid ngNanay Epang

Anim kaming magkakapatidna habambuhay na magdiriwangtuwing ikalawang Linggo ng Mayokahit ang aming mga ina ay kapuwayumao na Iniwan kaming lahat niNanay Meliang noong Disyembre 161983 na may kani-kaniyang adhikainsa buhay

B B B BinyagBirthday at Bulakbol

Pichu Pechay Pechay Dalian monamang magbihis Mahuhuli na tayo

Pechay Nandiyan na Kuya Alasonse pa naman ang binyag ni Perasdi baPichu Oo nga Pero madalang angdating ng bus dahil Sabado ngayon

Pechay (Pagkabihis ay dali-daling

tumakbo sa likod-bahay tungo sapinto sa harap at tumimbre) Ano baKuya Pichu kanina pa ako naghihintaydito ah

Peras Ano Kuya Ate nabusog bakayo sa handa ng binyag ko

Pichu Eto na naman kami Laro Peras laro ang samantalahin natin

Pechay Tayo na Ano pa ang hinihintayninyo Kanya-kanyang hila ng Lolo oLelong Nandiyan lang sa tapat angKent Park

Pichu O paano sa Sabado ay agahanninyo ang punta sa Lolo at Lola ko saHampton ha Doon daw gagawin angbirthday ko Umaga pa lang ikakabitna ang inflated toy house at angtanghalian ay puro kids meal Sa gabipa ang dating ng mga killjoys

Pechay Kawawa naman ang LoloJerry napabayaan na ang pag-aaral ngTagalog

Peras Anong kawawa Binigyan siya ngspring break ni Kuya Pichu

Lubos na sumasaiyo

Parangal sa mga yumaong Ina

Birthday - Aiden Zachary Alfaro (Pichu) tatlong taon na

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by W G QuiambaoThere are times when I miss thePhilippines because I`ve not visited itsince coming here 44 years ago Butthe stage production of Pamana ngLuzViMinda Philippine Folkloric DanceCompany of Montreal on April 27 at theSalle Brebeuf cured my homesicknessThe dances and music on the showbrought back happy memories to meThanks to the collaborative efforts ofthe production staff especiallyVeraida-Lyn Bermejo president anddirectorwriter and Sherling de la Pazartistic director Theyre so talented andcreative

Everything in the show was impressive- from the colourful and authenticcostumes (some were purchased inthe Philippines and Thailand) to theprops (bamboo poles benches) andvideo The rural and tribal music wasprovided by musicians who usedtraditional musical instruments like thegansa (an instrument with metal bars)dabaksan (single headed Philippinedrum) agung (two sets of two-wide-rimmed vertically-suspended gongs)and gandigan (Philippine xylophone)

The stage seemed spacious enoughfor the 23 male and female dancers tofreely move and execute their dancesthat required agility and flexibility

The dance performances were dividedinto 5 parts each part representing thedance from the different regions in thePhilippines The enthusiastic audienceapplauded the dancers after eachperformance

Some of the dances are

Muslim dance - Burong Talo - A martial arts danceoriginating from the Tausug people ofthe Sulu archipelago in theSouthwestern part of the Philippines Inthis dance the male dancers depict afight between a hawk and a cat Theysimulate martial arts movements whilemanipulating daggers and fans Themale performers were so convincing inplaying their parts Fierce lookingthey seemed ready to kill each otherKini-kini - This dance represents thesophisticated woman of the RoyalMaranao Movements and shapes of theirwalk are very articulate and their scarvesrepresent their fluidity and grace Theirgrace is a characteristic of their education

The female performers were so exquisiteand elegant Pangalay sa Pattong - Thisdance is popular among the BadjaoSamal and Tausog groups Although themovements of the dancer were flawless Icouldnt take my eyes off watching thisdance I was glued to my seat What if shefalls The dance is performed on top of twobamboo poles on the shoulders of twomen Singkil - Traditionally a depiction ofthe Maguindanao and Maranaointerpretation of a legend centered aroundPrincess Gandingan and the brave PrinceBantugan While walking through the forestwith her loyal umbrella-bearing lady-in-waiting the Princess Gandingan issuddenly caught in the middle of anearthquake unleashed by the forest diwataor forest spirits The Princess mustgracefully and skilfully manoeuvre throughthe closing bamboo poles which representthe falling trees Fans or apit are waved bydancers to represent auspicious windsvaliant Prince Bantugan enters the sceneand rescues the Princess

Rural dance -Karatong - This dance is named after thebamboo instrument worn by the dancersaround the waist The karatong is struck toa fast rhythm in the hopes of attractinggood luck and driving away evil spirits The

female dancers dance with sticks that arerepresentatives of bunga mangga ormango trees Sayaw sa Bangko - Thisis another stunning dance thatcaptivated and mesmerized me Fromthe province of Pangasinan theoriginal form of the dance consisted ofonly one narrow bench As it evolvedhowever more and more bencheswere added until the stack of benchesresembled a tower No flashphotography was requested as thedance is dangerous It wasbreathtaking to watch the maledancers lifting the female dancers on

the other edge of the bench Tinikling -Originally from the Province of Leytethis dance is considered by many to bethe most recognizable folk dance ofthe Philippines Based on themovements of the long-legged tiklingavoiding bamboo traps in the fieldsdancers dance through bamboo polesthat open and close to an acceleratingrhythm It was a pure joy watching theexuberant and energetic dancers having

fun

Added attraction to the stageproduction of Pamana ng LuzVi MindaFolkloric Dance Company of Montrealare the video clips shown after eachperformance The clips show what itmeant to be a member of theorganization - focusing not only on thehard work and commitment to theircraft but also the love togethernessand especially the family spirit thatinfuses everything they do

The 2-hour show is worth watching I

left the theatre feeling good smilingand telling myself that Im lucky to be aFilipino with a rich and unique cultureThe next time Pamana performs heremake sure you catch it You will notregret it

Pamanas dances and music brought me backhome to the Philippines

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What do you do when yourcamcorder computer tablet or otherdevice is no longer useful to you but stillhas use in its electronics Do you sell itDonate it Save it for historical laughs orthrow it in a landfill

April 22 marks the 43rd annualEarth Day observance - and as peoplebecome aware of recycling ordinarygarbage theres still a long ways to gowith disposing of electronic waste InApril 2011 an e-cycling initiative waslaunched by leaders in the consumerelectronics industry to deal with themillions of pounds of electronic wasterendered annually The hopes are to

Have one billion pounds of electronicwaste recycled annually by 2016

How you Can Help and Benefit TooIf your electronic gadget still has

life in it consider other places you mighthelp someone else in need who hasntthe means or abilities to purchase a newdevice

Computers Donate your oldcomputer to community organization tohelp seniors or non-electronicindividuals who dont have access tocomputers in your area

Mobile Phones Old cell phonescould be given to old folks who cannotafford the luxury of Samsung or iphones

Televisions A local school retirementhome or community center might gladlylike to upgrade their older set for a not-as-old set

Camcorders If you have a camcorderthat runs but has out-lived your needsgathering dust in a closet there are anumber of places you donate it to thatwould benefit greatly from yourgenerosity That old camcorder you nolonger use can find a new life in thehands of your local charity theater groupor school How many people claim tohave been bitten by the movie creatingbug using their dads old Super 8camera A not-too-old camcorder cantrigger a childs interest in videoproducing

Recycling Responsibly From CDs to PCs printers to monitorsand more you have the responsiblydisposes of what cant be recycled

Giving it Away for Cash or Credit Thereare several companies what will buyyour older gadget some for cash-outothers for rebate on a new product fromtheir company In the US kodak has amail-in program for old digital camerasand printers Best Buy has a trade-inprogram HP has a few choices fromcash for you to a charity donation or anHP gift card for a new purchase

Selling it Depending on the age of yourdevice you can sell it outright to sitesebay craiglist Kijiji Of course you mightget more the old fashioned way - oneBay - but like putting a sign on your carin a parking lot hoping for a nibbleversus selling it to a used-car brokerthese sites pay for your device thenresell it so they need a profit margintoo A quick search on eBay found 50used Sony miniDV selling for $4000 anda Sony VX2100 going for $300

Recycle it Not all electronic waste isrecyclable but most areas in theQuebec the municipals usually haveprogram where you can drop in theseelectronic stuff When in doubt the firstplace to look can be as easy as your oldfashioned Yellow Pages Most localgovernment listings will have some sortof service for electronic waste recyclingthey can point you in the right direction

Helping People in Developing CountriesThe federal

government have programs that takesusedrefurbished computers to people inemerging nations struggling to getcaught up in the modern world

What can you do with VideotapeRecycling video gear isnt just

about the electronics You can recyclevideo tape too One-sixth of a gallon ofpetroleum goes into the production ofone videocassette and as of 2008 videoduplication companies processed 20million of them per month Althoughvideotape production has gone downtheres a lot of tape still in use or goingto waste sites

Thrift stores Yep - people still usevideotape but be forewarned blackingyour old footage is a good idea beforeyou donate tape

Make Scarecrows Many farmers inManitoba know this trick - Snip the tapeand unravel it then hang bits and piecesaround the garden The fluttering shinytape will scare birds away

Make art Yes Check out this a tutorialon crocheting a sling bag using avideotape

Jim Gibilterra of MediaDistributors says the 2011 tsunami inJapan put their business in crisis modewhen a good portion of the worldssupply of professional video-tape was nolonger available Since then theyvelooked into how they can help lessen theimpact recording media on ourenvironment They mostly deal withhigh-end tape for broadcast and that theproduct is now back in production witheverything back to normal but it

Recycling Electronic Stuffs

triggered interest They sell evaluatedmedia or buy it back then totallydegauss it run it through evaluators toverify no defects then resell This re-supplied tape is good for non-criticalusers schools give aways MediaDistributors also does certifieddestruction that doesnt hurt theenvironment as part of their lsquoGreenPartners Programrsquo

When Recycling e-waste Doesnt WorkNot all recycling is good for theenvironment According to a reportfrom Electronics Take Back Coalitioncaustic gas sits inside old cathode raytube [CRT] TVs and older computermonitors and that approximately 860million pounds of CRT glass has beenstockpiled by recyclers

Did you get (or give) any newelectronics this past holiday season Illbet nearly anyone who was in the gift-giving mode got or gave at least oneelectronic gadget as a gift but whathappens to the gadget yourereplacing Getting rid of the old tobring in the new is becoming a bigissue hopefully a few of these sitesposted today will help you think howyou can participate in e-wasterecyclingAl AbdonHollywood Junkies Video

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From Page 5 Canada Star Recruiting

researchers and students who have ahigh potential for becoming candidates forthe Start-Up Visa While at Stanford healso met with Dan Siciliano a legalscholar and entrepreneur with expertise incorporate governance corporate financeand immigration law and Vivek WadhwaDirector of Research at the Center for

Entrepreneurship and ResearchCommercialization and author of TheImmigrant Exodus one of TheEconomistrsquos Books of the Year for 2012

He was also the featured guestspeaker at an event hosted by the SiliconValley Business Journal attended bymany prominent entrepreneurs andinvestors

Minister Kenney also officially unveiledthe new Start-Up Visa billboard

ldquoThere is huge interest inCanadarsquos new Start-Up Visa and inCanadarsquos expanding tech sectorrdquo saidMinister Kenney ldquoCanadarsquos strongeconomic growth low taxes andbusiness costs excellence in researchand innovation and top quality of life allmake Canada a top country forinnovative entrepreneurs looking to buildtheir businesses If you are a start-upentrepreneur and want to build adynamic company that can compete ona global scale then Canadarsquos Start-UpVisa Program is for yourdquo

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I SPURNED HER FACEBOOKFRIEND REQUEST ndash Alam nrsquoyo bana tumanggap ako ng Facebookldquofriend requestrdquo mula sa isang tao naitinuturing ko na ldquoThe MostHypocritical and Most Treacherousrdquomember of our community Well Idid Naalaala ko ang kanyang dalawangbeses na panloloko sa akin noongnakaraang halalan ng FAMAS Angkanyang unang panloloko ay nangpaniwalain nrsquoya ako na tunay angkanyang pakikipagkaibigan sa akinNaroon ang beneso-beso nrsquoya ako atnakipag-usap sa akin nang matinoNapadala naman ako sa kanyangldquokabaitanrdquo Nalaman ko ang kanyangpagka-traidor nang sabihin nrsquoya saakin na hindi naman talaga si CesarManuel ang kanyang iboboto at sahalip ay pangalan ni Au Osdon angisusulat nrsquoya sa kanyang balota Suotlang daw nrsquoya ang yellow t-shirt ngSamahang Makabayan (SM) dahilkung hindi baka raw makahalata angkanyang presidential candidate atmasirang lahat ang kanyang mgaplano Iyon naman pala ay gusto langnrsquoyang malaman sa akin kung itutuloy

ng COMELEC ang desisyon napagbawas sa mga boto ng mgakandidato ng SM At nang hindi akosumang-ayon sa gusto nrsquoyangmangyari biglang naglaho angkanyang ldquokabaitanrdquo at muli nrsquoyaakong siniraan sa pamamagitan ngkanyang column sa Forum

Ang ikalawa nrsquoyang panlolokoay noon mismong election day Nasaloob kami ng St Kevinrsquos ChurchSocial Hall nang tawagin nrsquoya angaking anak at humingi srsquoya ngpaumanhin sa bata na noorsquoy doseanyos pa lamang Ang sabi nya ldquoHijaI apologize to you for all the nastythings that I said about your dad Ipromise you that I wonrsquot do that tohim againrdquo Dahil sa bata na angkanyang kinausap binigyan ko srsquoyang benefit of the doubt na talagangtotoo na ang kanyang pangako

Maling-mali ako dahil angkanyang next column ay punung-puno ng mga vituperative remarks nalaban sa akin Nang ipabasa ko iyonsa aking anak hindi nrsquoya napigilan namagsabi ldquoI will never never believeher again I hate her Shersquos a liarrdquo

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OBITUARY

BENTURADA SARMIENTO ORTIZ born on July 14 1926 died on May 62013 at Mendez Cavite Philippines She is survived by her only child

Bernardo Sarmiento daughter-in-law Maritess Almanzor grandchildrenBernardo II Genevieve Meredith and Alexandra and stepdaughter Auring

Ortiz-Villanueva and her family

Benturada Sarmiento Ortiz1926-2013

AdvisoryWarning concerning misrepresentation and fraud

8 May 2013 - The Philippine Embassy in Ottawa has receivedreports concerning documents recently notarized by a personwho is representing himself as Honorary Consul of the Republicof the Philippines in Montreal Quebec Canada

The Embassy wishes to inform the public that there is no existingHonorary Consul of the Republic of the Philippines in Montreal

The Embassy warns the public about such acts ofmisrepresentation and fraud

The Philippine Government concluded on 3 May 2007 theappointment of its last Honorary Consul in Montreal and theDepartment of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Canadahas been duly informed

PUBLIC NOTICE

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North American

FILIPINO STAR PHOTO GALLERY

Mothers Day flowers given to Zenaida Kharroubi by her students Mayette DanaoArlene Manalo and Edna Lorenzo on May 12 2013

The FNAQ founding Executive Board 1992-1995 presented (L-R) Nilda MerialesMaria Quimpo Eugenia Magalit Mierfe Morales Linda Espallardo MagdalenaCalcetas Anita Lo and Elsie Reyes Ten were absent

The Panday Tinig Choral Ensemble led by Paul Imperial and Edith Fedalizo pose forsouvenir of the 21st anniversary of FNAQ on May 4 2013 at the Holiday Inn on Cotede Liesse Road

The anniversary cake with the officers members and guests of the FNAQ one of thehighlights of the evening celebration

The Filipino Youth Center held its monthly Consultative Meeting on the last Saturdayof April with Tessie Nepomuceno as speaker shown here delivering her message tothe youth with their parents and other volunteers led by Pastor Orlan Racachotogether with Amy Manon-og Sophie Toledo Joe Calugay and Zeny Kharroubi

From left Dindo Miras Continuing Education Coordinator of the FNAQ poses withthe inspirational speaker Mrs Patricia OrsquoConnor FNAQ Founder Maggie Calcetasand Mr Gerald Perron

Pamana ni LuzViMinda Concert April 27 2013held at the College Brebeuf Auditorium

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If you can read you canalso learn how to writeJoin us in a multi-cultural inter-active workshop the first time tobe held in Montreal

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Snowdon

Professor Isaac GoodineInternational Educator Author of

the book ldquoLeaders LeadingLeadersrdquo has delivered manyworkshops around the world

Zenaida Ferry Kharroubi Editor amp Publisher The North American

Filipino StarDirector-General Gilmore College

InternationalWorkshop Coordinator

Who is the workshop forbull open to all who writebull anyone who needs to develop and use writing skillsbull professional writers managers novelists business leaders poets

lawyers editors professors journalists public speakers and anyone whoneeds to broaden their communication skills

This is a breakthrough idea The writing workshop experience plants aseed that grows each time you write long after the weekend workshop hasconcluded You will gain special insights that open your creative self asyou continue to write You will be able to set and achieve personal goals to

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SEMINAR FEES $495 (including taxes and materials)DURATION 2 12 days - Friday evening Saturday amp Sunday 9 am to 5 pmSchedule To be announced to registered participants

Group Discounts are availablePrepayment of fees two weeksbefore the scheduled workshop

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The North American Filipino Star

by W G QuiambaoDue to the limitation of time and

space this article should not beconsidered complete Thanks to thecontributions of Pastor Orlan RacachoBert Abiera Lina Fernandez JakeMaguigad and Zenaida Kharroubi for thisbrief history of FAMAS Likewise I believethat I should also thank all FAMASpresidents and their directors for theirvolunteerism and personal sacrifices

The Filipino Association ofMontreal and Suburbs (FAMAS) the oldestand biggest association in Quebec that iscelebrating its fifty years has come a longway since its founding in 1963 TheFilipinos who were with us since its infancyand still with us have witnessed itsevolution into a progressive andrecognized organization it is today by thefederal provincial and especially by themunicipal governments

The primary goal of FAMAS whenit was founded was for Filipinos in Montrealand suburbs to get to know each other andto make sure their separation away fromthe families they left behind in thePhilippines would be much lessunbearable In the early days the numberof Filipinos was comparatively small about330 Many of them were professionalsnamely doctors nurses architects andengineers

The Philippine Association ofMontreal and suburbs now known asFAMAS had limited activities which weremainly social events due to lack ofcreativeness incentives and civicconsciousness to project a realisticcommunity involvement said OrlanRacacho former FAMAS president andnow a pastor Leadership skills andpassion for cultural programs werebasically lacking in its platform

FAMAS then was not ascommunity oriented as it is today In factthe money left by each president after hisor her tenure was spent more forsocializing than anything else Even theFAMAS election was so simple that it wasdone by mere raising of hands by thevoters Sometimes the election was heldat Angrignon Park in La Salle It was also inany of those places that a small group ofFilipinos usually had their occasionalpicnics for camaraderie and only a handfulwas keen on running for office moreparticularly the presidency

In the early 70s the communitysaw the changing times in terms of the theeconomy and in the ever-growing numberof Filipinos in Montreal and suburbs

The FAMAS officers decided toaim higher but were confronted with muchbigger challenges It dawned on them thatFAMAS should be community oriented if itwas to be relevant To accomplish thisgoal essential services to the communityhad to be provided FAMAS officersconsisted of volunteers who had to workhard not only to recruit members and raisefunds but also to develop projects Thebiggest source for FAMAS then and nowhas been the Miss Philippines andMunting Bb Pilipinas conceptualized byNorma Flores-Vohra during the terms ofAlvin Veloso Angie Ogerio and BertAbiera respectively In 1978 NormaVillarose started the building fund in theamount of $500 unlike the previousFAMAS presidents who usually spentleftover funds after their term on picnics orany other social activities because at thattime FAMAS had no specific projectTherefore it was during this time whenmassive fund raising was dedicated to thecommunity center building fund EveryFAMAS president began to work harder inorder to turn over an amount to thebuilding fund In 1986-1987 during the

term of Bert Abiera a committee led byOgerio was formed to adopt a `copy cat`fund raising idea used in the Philippinesthe Munting Bb Pilipinas which was ahuge success It raised more than $20000

I made a handsome turn overwhich rapidly grewrdquo said Abiera ldquoWhenMarlene Birao-Schacter took over FAMAShad the sufficient amount to make a downpayment for a duplex on Van Horne Avewith the approval of the officers and theBoard of Trustees They utilized theservices of Nemia Saldua a realtor whowas a member of the Board of TrusteesThe mortgage was signed by Birao-Schacter and Bartolome Javier whorepresented the Board of Trustees

Years later it was decided toconvert the duplex into a communitycenter where the services that theassociation wanted to provide to thecommunity could be served but it wasdifficult since zoning bylaws got in the wayWhen James de la Paz became theFAMAS president he assiduously lobbiedthe City Hall of Montreal to grant FAMAS arezoning permit The neighbours howeverwere opposed to the idea of converting theduplex into a community center becauseof the noise and disturbance it might bringto the quiet neighbourhood Despite therezoning snag de la Paz`s request wasgranted within a year With the help ofvolunteers the duplex was renovated inthe late 90s and worthy activities likeHeritage classes were introducedthereafter

In addition to the successfulconversion of the duplex to become acenter de la Paz made a bold andcontroversial decision He called anassembly to present his proposal to paythe mortgage of FAMAS in full since it hadenough money for that purpose Hebelieved that payment of the mortgagebalance would save money by avoidingthe exorbitant and growing mortgageinterest rates

ldquoSome members of the executiveboard tried to sue me but they couldnrsquot doanythingrdquo recalled de la Paz ldquoMy lawyersaid that I didn`t pocket the money A fewyears later those who were against myidea appreciated what I did If I did not paythe mortgage FAMAS would still be indebtrdquo

In spite of the criticism hurledagainst de la Paz by those who havepersonal issues with him FAMAS hadsubstantially benefitted from his politicalconnections that he shrewdly cultivatedwhen he was the FAMAS presidentArguably he paved the way for the Filipinocommunity to be more visible in themainstream politics when he was FAMASpresident He said ldquoPoliticians used to sayThe Jews Italians Chinese etc It wasfrustrating for Filipinos because they weresystematically relegated to lsquoothersrsquo Theydidnt have any identity until de la Pa cameinto the local political scene Nowpoliticians from municipal provincial andfederal levels recognize the existence notonly of FAMAS but also the entireburgeoning Filipino community

FAMAS made more changes inthe 90s For example it amended theConstitution and Bylaws to allow thepresident to serve for two years rather thanjust one year The Executive Board at thetime was convinced that one year was tooshort for any president particularly a goodone to accomplish the goals of theassociation For reasons of their ownmany community members came out ofthe woodwork and became more andmore interested in becoming president orat least to be an officer FAMAS electionshave become one of the most talked aboutand anticipated events in the communityparticularly in the summertime Like the

Independence Day and the Pista saNayon the election day has always beenan event for many Filipinos to meet friendsthey have not seen for a while

In 2009 the leadership of AuOsdon who has a background inmanagement was put to the test afterwinning the presidency of FAMAS Despiteher detractors`criticismrsquo or perhapsbecause of it she managed to keep theaffairs of FAMAS in order When she tookover in 2009 a Special Audit Committeewas established in order to review theincomplete financial records submitted bythe previous administration Thecommittee composed of Hal SoteroRoger Sandoval Cely Dagsaan and PeterFernandez found out that it would beimpossible because most transactionswere made in cash and not properlyrecorded FAMAS received a bill in 2007--2008 which was paid She also broughtback the trust and respect of thecommunity for FAMAS which for a whilewere lost because of the smokingdrinking and even installation of a camerain the toilet The regular activities like theBb Pilipinas Bb Munting PilipinasHeritage and French classes still continueMiss Teen FAMAS and the fledgling ProjectPagsibol are doing well Somerenovations in the building were also madewith the help of Alex Sy FAMAS vicepresident and an engineer by professionwhich included the new main entrancedoor with electronic push button openerlocated in the office a new entranceFrench door in the main lobby near thestairs going up the office installation of awindow near the entrance door removal ofthe old closet to make the office biggerremoval of the partition of the conferenceroom and living room to make the spacebigger and putting new floor tiles in theconference room

Giving due recognition to de laPaz and Osdon is not meant to diminishthe other presidents before or after themwho made valuable contributions to thestatus of FAMAS as a communityorganization All past presidents ofFAMAS without exception had given uptheir time and made personal sacrifices inorder to do their job It can be statedwithout any doubt that no one has amonopoly of accomplishments for therehave been other past presidents who triedto do what they thought was good for thecommunity Some of the past presidentscontributions are Lee Sanga (deceased)introduced Heritage classes JoseBustamante converted the duplex garageinto a classroom Carlos P Reyes(deceased) started the installation of aflagpole Alberto Floresca (deceased)brought the idea of constructing thebalcony Claro Bermudez celebrated theIndependence Day jointly with FCAWIFlor Rillo constructed the patio CarmelitaSideco (deceased) must be mentioned forbeing the first female FAMAS presidentwhose contributions are not visible but herinfluence over those who worked with herare still felt Norma Casaclang-Villarosa(deceased) was known to be the first oneto put aside some funds for the purpose ofacquiring a community center Dr BartJavier together with Marlene Birao-Schacter were the signatories to the deedof sale of the FAMAS building There mayhave been accomplishments of somepresidents but have not been includedabove but it is hoped that their place inFAMAS history is an acknowledgement oftheir volunteerism to the community

But the saying that ldquoYou can`tplease everybodyrdquo still holds true After theelection in 2011 Osdon and COMELECchairman Budz Sarmiento were accusedof conniving with each other to beat CesarManuel presidential candidate for

Samahang Makabayan ldquoThe accusation is untrue said

Sarmiento The candidates of the SMwere given the Rules and Regulations toread If they have any objection then theyshould have discussed it with theCOMELEC Instead they signed theCertificatres of Candidacy After theelection they were also given a chance toappeal But they ignored it What I findinappropriate are the things they didprotesting in front of the center for a fewdays freezing FAMAS accouint illegallyinducting their officers etc

FAMAS had and still has its upsand down As noted below even duringthe beginning there had been a short-livedfeud between the east side and the westside resulting in two associations onecalled Philippine Association of Montreal(PAM) and the other the Filipino Aociationof the Province of Quebec (FAPQ) Itcannot be denied that bickering anddifferences among differeent factions havebeen a constant threat to the solidarityamong Filipinos Nevertheless they arealways there fior each other in time ofneed It is like a big family After all othercultural associations have had their ownproblems too

List of FAMAS presidents 1963-1964 - Vicente Sison 1964-1965 - DrB Oteysa finished the term of EmilAssistores 1965-1966 - Dr Ben deGuzman 1966-1967 - R Mendoza finishedthe term started by Carlos Borromeo1967-1968 Dr Diego Rosales gave up infavor of John Alvarado In 1967 a crisisoccured that led to the formation of twoasociations John Alvarado continued hisjob as president of Philippine Associationof Montreal (PAM) while Orlan Racachobecame president of a new associationcalled Filipino Association of the Provnceof Quebec In 1968-1969 George Pobletebecame president of PAM and Dr DeoEsguerra was at the helm of FAPQ In1969 according to Jake Maguigadsarticle FAMAS made the maidenappearance with Dr Nap Magadia andlater T Patrio as president while the nameof Andy Palomar was recorded by BertAbiera as the president during the periodof 1969-1970 Abiera also provided thenames of other past presidents namely1970-1971 Simeon Orejudos 1971-1972Alvin Veloso 1972-1973 Roberto Bernas 1973-1974 Carmelita Sideco 1974-1975Orlan Racacho 1975-1976 DominadorRosales 1976-1977 Dr Bartolome Javier1977-1978 Henry Casuga 1978-1979Norma Villarosa 1979-1980 Dr EdilbertoPelausa 1980-1981 Liwanag Sanga 1981-1982 - Angelita Ogerio 1982-1983Salvador Cagugao 1983-1984 NemiaSaldua 1984-1985 Dr GenovevaSantander 1985-1986 Julita Parado 1986-1987 Alberto Abiera 1987-1988 AuroraOsdon 1988-1989 Marlene Birao-Schacter 1989-1990 Mario Umali 1990-1991 Erlinda Baltazar 1991-1992 LimeoCollao 1992-1993 Dick Dahiroc 1993-1994 Malrlene Birao-Schacter 1994-1995Emma Resurreccion 1995-1997 James dela Paz (two consecutive terms) 1997-1998Ricardo Cosico 1998-1999 JoseBustamante

The change in the terms ofpresidents began in 1999-2001 with CarlosP Reyes 2001-2003 Venancio Parial 2003-2005 Santiago Tino 2005-2007 AlbertoFloresca 2007-2008 2008 - ClaroBermjudez who had to leave for a jobopporuntiy in South Africa and appointedFlor Rillo to replace him for the remainderof his term until August 2009 AuroraOsdon 2009-2013 (two consecutive terms)

FAMAS in a capsule

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Philippine Cuisineand

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Fresh Pork Leg

Over 20 lbs 409 lb

lb

Bone-in shoulder chops219 lb

12 kilo pork bellygarlic powdersalt and pepper

For the filling

1 small bundle large spring onionschopped1 stalk lemon grass chopped1 small bundle chives chopped3-4 cloves garlic choppedblack pepper powderchili flakessalt

For the baste

3 tablespoon oil1 tablespoon soy sauce

Balamban Liempo - Cooking procedure

Make an incision in the middle of thepork belly to form a pocket for thefillings Rub the pork belly with garlicpowder salt and pepper let stand inthe refrigerator and marinate for a least1 hour or more Mix and blend all thefilling ingredients and put it inside thebelly pocket keep aside Preheat ovento 300degF to 350degF using the top andbottom heating element In a roastingpan with the same size with the porkbelly place the pork belly with the skinon top Drizzle the pork belly skin withsoy sauce and rub to evenly coat

Balamban Liempo - Grill

Place the roasting pan in the pre-heated oven and roast for 1 to 112hours Occasionally brush the skinwith the oil and soy sauce bastemixture Adjust lower the temperatureif the skin is drying or cooking too fastNow remove the pork belly from thebaking pan and place in the middle ofthe oven in a rack continue to roast foranother 20 to 30 minutes Increase theoven temperature to 400degF to 450degFduring the last 10 to 15 minutes ofcooking or until reddish in color and theskin should be crisp at this stageRemove from oven and cover theroasting pan with aluminium foil and letrest for 10 to 15 minutes Cut intoserving pieces and serve with yourchoice pinakurat vinegar dippingsauce

Pork Belly RoastBalamban liempo style

roasting the pork belly is roasted whileit is in the roasting pan I used glassThis will allow the juices together withthe aromatics cook the meatremember you have to use top andbottom grill of the oven Halfway thepork belly is removed from the panand let grill on the middle of the ovenYou can also use yoursquore turbo broilerif you have one again just be mindfulof your temperatures and timings Ifyou have an oven with rotisserie thenwe would not have to do the abovecomplicated roasting method

Balamban Liempo - Ingrdients

Balamban Liempo as the nameoriginated in Balamban one of thetowns located along the western coastof Cebu Several entrepreneurs havebrought the Balamban Liempo outsideof Balamban and has become one ofthe must eat food when you are inCebu City

Balamban Liempo - Chopped

The pork belly has to be roasted in 2procedures During the first half of

Pinakbet (VegetableStew)

ngredients14 kilo pork with fat (cut into very small

pieces)3 tablespoons oil1 12 cup water

I 2 medium size Ampalaya (cut into 8pieces each)

2 medium size eggplants (cut into 8pieces each)

1 small size kalabasaabout6-10 pieces okra (halved)6 pieces tomatoes (quartered)1 small garlic head (minced)2 small onions (diced)1 small ginger (sliced)4 tablespoons bagoong isdaPinch of pepper

Procedure

In a pan fry pork until lightly crispy setaside

Saute garlic onion tomatoes and gingerin the pork fat and mix in pork

In a pot boil water with bagoongAdd in the pork and spicesAdd all the vegetables and cookServe hot

Pinakbet is a very typical andpopular dish among Filipinos in theIlocos provinces but also adopted byother groups in Luzon except thatthere is a slight difference in theingredients

Tilapia with blackbean sauce

Tilapia with Salted Black BeansIngredients

1 large tilapia sliced crosswise(steak cut)

14 cup canned tausi (salted blackbeans) ndash discard the water

12 cup chopped flat leaf parsley1 medium yellow onion diced2 teaspoon minced garlic1 12 tablespoons oyster sauce1 tablespoon soy sauce1 teaspoon cornstarch diluted in 12

cup watercooking oilSalt and pepper to taste

Cooking Procedure

Rub salt and pepper all over thesliced tilapia Let it stand for 10 minutes

Heat 1 cup of cooking oil in a fryingpan

Pan-fry the sliced tilapia in mediumheat for about 5 minutes per side or untilthe color turns medium brown Removethe fried tilapia and place in a plate linedwith paper towel

In a clean cooking pan heat about 2tablespoons of cooking oil

Saute the garlic and onionWhen the onion softensadd the

parsley and salted black beansPut the fried tilapia in the pan Add

the soy sauce oyster sauce andcornstarch diluted in water Stir gently andlet boil Cover and simmer for 10 to 15minutes

Add pepper to taste Note you canadd more water to make it taste less salty

Transfer to a serving bowlServe share and enjoy

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50th Anniversary GalaSaturday June 15 2013

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FILIPINO STARS H O W B I Z G O S S I PlsquoAnnalizarsquo wants to directsomeday

She may be just 10 years old andher show-biz career just starting totake off but child star AndreaBrillantes can already see herselfworking behind the camera whenbeing in front of it has lost its appeal

ldquoI enjoy taking photos and mymom tells me they look nicerdquo shesaid ldquoI want to become a director awriter or a photographer when I growolder I want to be behind the scenesrdquoBrillantes told a small group ofreporters at a recent media gatheringfor ABS-CBNrsquos remake of the popular1980s television drama ldquoAnnalizardquowhere she plays the title role

The late Julie Vega was theoriginal Annaliza

For her dream first photo shootBrillantes said she wanted her subjectto be her idol Kim Chiu Her directorialdebut on the other hand will mostlikely have ldquoAnnalizardquo costar ZanjoeMarudo (who plays her father Guido)as lead actor she added

Prior to this big break Brillantesoften played the role of a teleseryersquosstar as a child She was the youngAndi Eigenmann in ldquoKahit PusorsquoyMasugatanrdquo Jessy Mendiola inldquoPrecious Heart Romances Paraisordquoand Kim Chiu in ldquoIna Kapatid Anakrdquo

ldquoIrsquom very thankful and happy thatI was chosen to play Annalizabecause itrsquos my dream to star in myown showrdquo she said Brillantes saidshe googled Vega on the Internet toknow more about her learning abouther birthday and death

Looking sweet and adorable in apink dress Brillantes was refreshingly

self-assured when asked if shebelieved she could carry a televisionshow on her own

But the precocious youngsterclammed up when the subject ofcompetition with other ABS-CBN childstars such as Xyriel Manabat wasbrought up ldquoI donrsquot knowrdquo shemurmured ldquoMas matanda po akordquoshe offered drawing laughter fromthe crowd

Currently a Grade 4 student inAmbassador School for ChildrenBrillantes said she might resort tohome-schooling next academic yearbecause of her increasingly heavyschedule

Do her schoolmates and friendsknow that shersquos an actor ldquoYestheyrsquore happy and proud of meSometimes they approach me forphoto opsrdquo she said

Brillantes who joined the kiddiegag show ldquoGoinrsquo Bulilitsrdquo in 2010proudly announced she was able tobuy herself a cell phone and an iPadfrom her earnings ldquoSomeday I wantto have a nice bedroomrdquo she said

Business unit head Ruel Bayanisaid their version of ldquoAnnalizardquo wouldbe generally faithful to the originalseries ldquoBut to make it relevant todaywe incorporated different socialissues we encounter nowrdquo Bayanisaid

Directed by Theodore Boboroland Cathy Camarillo ldquoAnnalizardquo startsairing Monday before ldquoTV Patrolrdquo a

After his sold-out birthdayconcert at the Smart-AranetaColiseum Kapamilya teensensation Daniel Padilla continuesto sweep off the feet of his fans withhis sophomore album under StarRecords titled ldquoDJPrdquo

Daniel Padilla ReleasesSophomore Album DJP

Following the success of hisdouble platinum self-titled albumldquoDJPrdquo features 10 tracks includingDanielrsquos carrier single ldquoKamustaKardquo ldquoKung San Ka MasayardquoldquoSabay Natinrdquo ldquoPanalanginrdquoldquoBinibinirdquo ldquoNaaalalardquo ldquoKisapmatardquoldquoIpagpatawad Mordquo ldquoSisikat DinAkordquo and the acoustic version ofHimig Handog P-Pop Love Songfinalist ldquoNasa Iyo Na Ang Lahatrdquo

The album also carries thebonus track ldquoDiskarterdquo DanielrsquosldquoDJPrdquo album is already available onall record bars nationwide for onlyP250 The digital tracks of thealbum can also be downloaded viawwwmymusicstorecomph andiTunes

For more information visit StarRecordsrsquo Facebook fanpage atwwwfacebookcomstarrecordsphilor follow starrecordsph onTwitter a

Daniel Padilla ReleasesSophomore Album DJP

Daniel Padilla had his fans shrieking onASAP Sunday as he channeled hisinner Mr Suave while performing theParokya ni Edgar hit along with threeother Padillas RJ Matthew and JC

Rising teleserye princess Andrea Brillantes suddenly burst into tears while walkingon center stage when her first teleserye starrer Annaliza was introduced toadvertisers at the recently held ABS-CBN trade event at the NBC Tent in Taguig Theten-year old young actress wasnrsquot able to contain her emotions any longer whenshe realized that she is actually living her long-time dream of playing lead in a TVseries

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Reserve your mutton from Aid Al Adha bull Sariwa malinis

The Court of Appeals (CA) ruledin favor of the Movie and TelevisionReview and Classification Board(MTRCB) that suspended TV5snoontime game show Willing Willie in2011 over an obscene segment

Associated Justice ManuelBarrios of the appellate courts 2ndDivision said in an 11-page decisionissued late Thursday that thecontested episode that showed ayoung boy dancing in a raunchymanner while crying was enoughmaterial for MTRCB to suspend thepopular show for one month

A review of the recording of thatsegment shows a 6-year old boygyrating like a macho dancer whilebeing cajoled and goaded by theshows host and the audience iscommonly perceived as transpiringonly in night clubs and othershadowy establishments thedecision stated

The court also called the showhost Willie Revillame insensitive inencouraging the boy to continue withthe performance in exchange for amonetary reward

While money has great utilityand is beneficial in these times ofwant it must never be used asjustification to sacrifice good moralsdecency self respect and thepsychological well-being of itscitizens especially the young itadded

MTRCB Chairman EugenioVillareal welcomed the courtsdecision on Thursday night sayinghe hopes the ruling be instructive tothe television industryEntertainment ( Article MRec )pagematch 1 sectionmatch 1

May this allow the televisionindustry especially those moredirectly concerned to move on andhelp build an entertainment culturethat is truly audience-sensitive andparticularly looking out for thewelfare of our young Villareal said ina statement

MTRCB earlier said in the originalsuspension ruling that the showviolated a law against immoral andindecent broadcasts that run counterto Filipino valuesinvoking herbrothers being in power when shemade a veiled threat Wala na siyangibang masabi Sabi niya Bakanakalimutan mo may three years paang brother ko Yap said a

Court says Willie Revillameinsensitive upholds showsuspension

Julia Barretto the winsome 16-year old daughter of Marjorie Barrettowho is fast making a name for herselfin the show business industry as ldquoTheMost Beautiful Barrettordquo continues tocapture hearts including that of teenstar Julian Estrada - her co-star in arecent special episode of ABS-CBNrsquosaward-winning fantasy-dramaanthology ldquoWansapanataymrdquo

Estrada who like Barretto is ascion of an established showbiz familythat includes actor turned presidentJoseph ldquoEraprdquo Estrada has nowadmitted to wooing his fellow StarMagic 2013 member in a recentinterview on ldquoKris TVrdquo ndash a far cry froman earlier statement

ldquoHindi naman po ligaw (But)things are doing pretty well (betweenthe two of us) rdquo he was quoted assaying prior

Ironically the 15-year-old spilledthe truth about courting the young

actress when he was being grilled byhis own father actor turned senatorJinggoy Estrada during their guestappearance on ldquoKris TVrdquo Monday

ldquoNililigawan mo bardquo The senatorasked his son who went on to blurt acurt ldquoYeahrdquo

When asked if he thinks he is onhis way to winning Julia over theyoung Estrada meekly retortedldquoSanardquo

The older Estrada went on todispense seeming sage advice tellinghis son to give the star of theupcoming series ldquoCofradiardquo gifts likeflowers fruits and chocolates

He went on to praise Julia as withthe rest of the Barrettos for theirbeauty

ldquoMaganda talaga rsquoyung mgaBarretto sistersrdquo said he referring tothe controversial siblings GretchenClaudine and Marjorie Juliarsquos mother

Julian and Julia Fromreel to real

Julian Estrada and Julia Barretto

TV5 statement onMr Willie Revillamersquosresignation

Willie Revillame

So it has finally been confirmedthe rumor that Willie Revillame isresigning from TV5 and that his showldquoWowowillierdquo will end when his contractwith the network expires on Oct 15

The persistent hearsay was thatWillie is resigning because he wasasking for a P90 million talent fee permonth which the Kapatid networkrejected according to a source

Williersquos camp denied the rumorsaying at first that while itrsquos true hiscontract with TV5 is expiring in Octoberthere was no negotiation going on yetabout the possible renewal of suchcontract much less about any amountfor the hostrsquos monthly talent fee

Willie has his options on whether tocontinue with the show or take hismuch-needed vacation He has favoredthe latter

To this TV5 has issued this shortstatement

ldquoWe respect the decision of MrWillie Revillame to retire upon theexpiry of his contract with TV5 We wishhim well in his new pursuitsrdquo a

May 201318 The North American Filipino Star

Showbiz Gossip Continued from p17

Maja Salvador said she is at a lossfor words when met with greetings onher relationship with Gerald Andersonwhich the actor recently confirmed

At the sidelines of the filming of herupcoming big-screen project with SenJinggoy Estrada on Wednesday the24-year-old actress was asked for herreaction to her boyfriend going publicwith their relationship

Marami ang nagsasabi na angganda ko raw ang suwerte ko raw Diko alam paano sasagutin yun eSalvador was quoted as saying byentertainment news site PhilippineEntertainment Portal

Siguro sobrang blessed ko langna ganun ako ka-importante sa buhayniya talaga she said referring toAnderson

The 24-year-old actor admitted the

real score between him and Salvadorin the June 2013 issue of entertainmentmagazine StarStudio

Last Sunday Anderson said thedecision to admit his romantic ties withSalvador was for everybodys peace ofmind citing the endless speculationsabout their relationship

Anderson and Salvadorsrelationship however came at the costof the actress friendship with her InaKapatid Anak co-star and erstwhilebest friend Kim Chiu

Chiu is the former girlfriend ofAnderson The two broke up in 2010

In an earlier interview an emotionalChiu said she has already forgivenAnderson and Salvador but added itis difficult to forget what they did toyou a

Maja Salvador reacts to GeraldAndersonrsquos confession

Gerald Anderson and Maja Salvador

The lady of laughs Ai Ai delasAlas feels so much better now daysafter her personal conflict with short-lived husband Jed Salang came to ahead

Ai Ai said she never realized howmuch love she enjoys from everyone ndashher family her friends in and out of thebusiness her fans and even those whoare just looking ndash until this thinghappened to her

ldquoIrsquom overwhelmed by the love andsupport of everybody I am verythankful Sobrang pasasalamat kotalaga sa Diyos at sa lahat-lahat ngmga mababait na mga anak ko mgakaibigan ko at mga taong nagmamahalsa akin kahit hindi naman nila akomasyadong nakakasama o nakikita

Wala na akong mahihiling paNapakasuwerte ko pa rinrdquo she saidAi Ai told us everything is clear with hernow ldquoHindi ko akalain na mangyayarisa buhay ko ang ganorsquon nanapapanood ko lang sa TV Pero atleast okay na ako Nakalaya na rin akobago pa mangyari sa akin ang mgabagay na ikakahiya ko pa balangarawrdquo she said

Ai Ai likened her life to a plot of anABS-CBN soap opera She saidldquorsquoyung tipong isang medyonakakabatang lalaki na pumatol saisang medyo may edad na babae namay pera Pero meron talaga siyangpamilya at sinabihan niya na sandalilang ito at kailangan lang niya gawinpara na din sa kanyang mag-inaGanun ang eksaktong nangyari saakinrdquoAnd what didnrsquot kill her made herstronger Ai Ai said ldquoNow I really thankGod for waking me up just in timeMasakit pero ganun talagaNaghangad kasi ako na mahalin ngisang lalaki mapakasalan Siguro hinditalaga rsquoyun ang buhay na para sa akinMarami namang masyadong blessingna ibinibigay si God Ang mga anak kosobrang mahal ako Nahihiya nga akosa kanila at nagpapasalamat nanaiintindihan nila ang Mommy nila Silaang tunay kong kayamananrdquo a

Ai Ai Delas Alas is much betternow

Comedienne Ai Ai delas Alas hasfiled a formal complaint against herhusband of 29 days businessmanJed Salang

According to a report ofentertainment website Pepphpublished on Wednesday delas Alascharged Salang of violating theRepublic Act 9262 or the act definingviolence against women and childrenbefore the Quezon City Regional Trial

Court on FridayThis is in addition to the

protection order she sought againsther husband so he could no longercome near her by 100 to 500 meters

Citing a source allegedly close tothe comedienne Pepph said delasAlas detailed in her petition howSalang physically abused her lastMay 2

The source added delas Alas alsoconsulted with a psychologist whotold her that she is in a ldquostate ofdepressionrdquo and is suffering from anldquoacute post-traumatic-stressdisorderrdquo

Two weeks ago delas Alas brokedown on The Buzz as she confirmedher breakup from Salang

In an interview with The Buzzhost Boy Abunda delas Alasadmitted that she was physically

Ai Ai delas Alas with her husband JedSalang (file photo)

Ai Ai files raps vs husband JedSalang

abused by Salang which led to herdecision to leave him last May 2

She also tearfully said shebelieves Salang never loved her

Delas Alas and Salang weremarried in Las Vegas last April 3

It takes two to do the show bizbreakup cha-cha

Did Jed Salang really do all thoseawful awful things andhellip isnrsquot hegoing to defend himself Just youwait

In the aftermath of Ai-Ai de lasAlasrsquo spectacular meltdown on ldquoTheBuzzrdquo last Sunday over a turbulentseparation from her husband of lessthan a month movie reporters havebeen hunting down Salang abusinessman

Did he really beat up the 48-year-old actress routinely Is he agambling addict as they say Is it

true that he received a monthlyallowance of P40000 from De lasAlas Did he use her money to buyexpensive gifts for another personAwful awful talk (Meanwhile has hereturned the ldquodream carrdquo that shegave him for their first ldquomonthsaryrdquo)

Several show biz scribes havegone to Salangrsquos workplace inAlabang others to his reportedcurrent address A few claim to havetalked to Salang but say he declinedto comment on the whole sordidaffair

When De las Alas claimed onnationwide TV that she had broken upwith Salang on May 2 after repeatedincidents of physical abuse her fanswent up in arms as if on cue Theywasted no time in flooding SalangrsquosInstagram account with vitriolprompting him to close it onMondaymdashhis only link to socialnetworking a

May 2013 19The North American Filipino Star

wwwfilipinostarorg

Words cannot express howdelighted Lovi Poe is about her sisterGrace Poe-Llamanzares ranking No 1in the May 13 senatorial race Shefinds it hard to believe that she nowhas a big sister who is a senator and isjust a phone call away

Lovi during her contract signingwith GMA-7 last May 17 shared thatshe has gotten to know her elder sisterwell during the campaign season

ldquoIrsquom so proud of her When we hadlunch I met her son daughter and herhusband They are all wonderfulpeople talaga Lahat sila mababait SiAte Grace shersquos very humble shersquosvery smart Talagang I look up to herKung baga isa siyang magandanghalimbawardquo she sharedShe added that if she is proud shecould just imagine how prouder theirfather the late Fernando Poe Jr Kingof Philippine Cinema would havebeen

ldquoIrsquom sure si Papa kung anongnararamdaman ko kay Ate Grace masgrabe pa siya and Irsquom sureipagpapatuloy niya ang gusto niPapahellip I just really feel so proudespecially with what happened nanag-number one siya Siya na mismonagsabi that she didnrsquot expect thatrdquoLovi expressed that she will be asupportive sister and intimated thatSen Grace would be having lunchwith her to discuss her plans inpolitics She said that she would helpin her own capacity as an actress butwonrsquot be ldquovisible politicallyrdquo

ldquoI donrsquot want to venture into

politics kasi itrsquos not my turf talagaLetrsquos leave it to the experts sabi nganilardquo quipped Lovi

These days Lovi is more focusedon giving her all in the projects that theKapuso network entrusts her Shebelieves she has the talent and wantsto prove that she is worthy of herthree-year contract Her love life toocould take a backseat to her new stateof mind which is workldquoIrsquom not dating now I just want to

focus talaga on work Ito rsquoyungpromise ko sa sarili ko na masfocused ako now Irsquom already 24 yearsold at ibang Lovi na ito Mas mature nakasi medyo before I want to enjoywhile working of course but now masfocused nardquo

Itrsquos been almost two months sinceLovi took a break from the Kapusonetwork Now she is excited to goback to work and see her colleagueswhom she misses a lot She also looks

forward to the teleseryes she wouldget and the leading men shersquod beworking with As an actress she israring to do more challenging roles inthe near future

By the way Lovi is in theupcoming movie of Joel Lamanganentitled ldquoLihisrdquo with Jake Cuenca andJoem Bascon among others a

Lovi proud sister to Sen Grace Poe

Lovi Poe (Left) and Sen Grace Poe-Llamanzares

For the first time HeartEvangelista revealed the real reasonwhy she and Jericho Rosales whomshe considers her ldquogreatest loverdquobroke up in 2008

In an sit-down interview with Yesmagazine for its May 2013 issueEvangelista said her parents madeher believe that Rosales cheated onher with Malaysian actress CarmenSoo

At that time Evangelista justreconciled with her parents after nottalking to them for three yearsbecause she fought for herrelationship with Rosales

Evangelista said her parents didnot approve of the Kapamilya actorbecause he already had a child froma previous relationship

ldquoI didnrsquot see them for three yearsat that time and I missed them somuch And I was also going though alot I was struggling with life I wasconfused Although I was happy itwas hard to be happy in one areaand everything else seems like itrsquosfalling apart But the moment I gotback with them naging okay kamirdquoshe said

Rosales was then in Malaysiawith Soo for the ABS-CBN seriesldquoKahit Isang Saglitrdquo whileEvangelista was in Dubai for her ownshow in GMA-7

ldquoWhen they said that he wascheating on me with Carmen Soo Ireally did think that he was I reallythought that he cheated on me Ireally did And that was because theytold me that he was and I wasconvincedrdquo she said

Evangelista shared there waseven a time when Rosales went tosee her in her condominium unit sohe could explain himself but theynever saw each other

ldquoMy mom didnrsquot tell me that hewas waiting for me downstairs in mycondo for five hours She didnrsquot say

anything so I didnrsquot hear from himrdquoshe said

The 27-year-old actress said shejust learned in due course thatRosales did not really cheat on her

ldquoOf course they are yourparentsmdashwhen they tell yousomething over and over you start tohave fears You start to doubt certainsituations And thatrsquos what happenedto me beforerdquo she said

Through time Evangelistaunderstood that her mom was justscared to lose her

ldquoShe was trying to let me go She

was really trying her best to not getherself involved with my pastrelationships It was always like thatShe would try But in the endeverything that she kept inside wouldjust blow up and it would just affectme so much and also therelationship that I was inrdquo she said

Evangelista recently madeheadlines anew after she foundherself in another collision coursewith her parents who lambasted hercurrent boyfriend Senator FrancisChiz Escudero

Both Evangelista and Escuderohowever have stood firm that theyare not breaking up amid all theissues surrounding their relationship

Why Heart and Jericho really broke up Jericho has found lsquoThe Onersquo

Early photo of Heart amp JerichoNot meant to be Former lovers Heartand Jericho Rosales

May 201320 The North American Filipino Star

Itrsquos tough fighting the worldrsquossecond biggest economic power andmost populous country But whenanother economic heavyweight joinsthe fight against you they couldtrounce you very badly And to makethe situation worse the two adversariesare the giant Peoplersquos Republic ofChina (PRC) and the Lilliputian buteconomically rich Republic of China(ROC) which is more commonly knownas Taiwan With the Philippines upagainst the two Chinas her options are

limited

Over the past several years Chinaincreased her defense budget todouble-digit increments In the case ofTaiwan the United States provided herwith firepower to defend herself fromChina whose ultimate goal is to takeover Taiwan and complete theunification of the two Chinas under onegovernment

But the US has nothing to do with thatAlthough the US recognizes the PRCunder a ldquoOne China Policyrdquo she madeit known that Taiwan would bedefended should China decide toinvade Taiwan

The Philippines followed suit andadopted a ldquoOne China Policyrdquo too thussevering her diplomatic relationshipwith Taiwan However the influentialcommunity of Chinese expatriates andrefugees in the Philippines identifythemselves with Chiang Kai-shek andhis Kuomintang Party who fled toTaiwan in 1949 after they were defeatedby Mao Zedong and his CommunistParty in a bloody Civil War

To continue their ldquofriendshiprdquo thePhilippines and Taiwan established twooffices to serve as conduit between thetwo governments The Philippinegovernment opened the ManilaEconomic and Cultural Office (MECO)in Taipei and Taiwan opened the TaipeiEconomic and Cultural Office (TECO) inManila Indeed the relationshipbetween the Philippines and Taiwancouldnrsquot have been betterhellip until lastMay 9 when an incident in disputedwaters ended in the death of aTaiwanese fisherman

Fishing boat incidentRelatives of fisherman killed by thePhilippine Coast Guard

According to Philippine Coast Guard(PCG) account two Taiwanese fishing

boats were sighted in the Balintangchannel just north of Luzon which isPhilippine territory and not claimed byTaiwan or any other country In whatappeared to be illegal fishing the PCGvessel approached the fishing boatsbut one of them tried to ram the PCGvessel The PCG fired at the chargingfishing boat to disable it The fishingboat was disabled howeverunbeknown to the PCG crew a 65-yearold Taiwanese fisherman was hit Thena ldquobig white shiprdquo came to view and the

PCG vessel took off (Source The DailyTribune)

The incident created a crescendo ofevents leading to violence againstOverseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) inTaiwan MECO Chairman AmadeoPerez reported that an OFW wasattacked with a baseball bat by anangry mob in Kaohsiung City TaiwanOther attacks on OFWs were reportedldquoThe situation in Taiwan now is verytenserdquo said PerezIn an attempt to placate TaiwanPresident Benigno Aquino IIIapologized for the death of the

Taiwanese fisherman but the Taiwanesegovernment uncharacteristicallyrejected it as ldquoinsincererdquo

And to make matters worse theTaiwanese government banned theentry of OFWs The Philippinegovernment is preparing evacuationplans should the need to bring theOFWs home arises The Taiwanesegovernment also issued an advisory toher citizens not to visit the Philippines

Enter the bullyEmperor Xi Jinping (Credit TheEconomist)

Meanwhile a Chinese foreign ministryspokesman said ldquoWe strongly

condemn the barbaric shooting andkilling of the Taiwanese fishermandemanding that the Philippines shouldinvestigate the case and furnish thedetails as soon as possible We aredeeply grieved about the death of theTaiwanese compatriot and have sentcondolences to his familyrdquo With Chinaopenly siding with Taiwan it makes onewonder if China was taking advantageof the incident to drive a wedgebetween the two allies of the UnitedStates Indeed China has been tryingvery hard to neutralize the UnitedStatesrsquo military presence in the WesternPacific particularly in the South andEast China Seas

In August 2012 China tricked thePhilippines into ending the standoff atthe Scarborough Shoal (PanatagShoal) by agreeing to a withdrawal ofthe two countriesrsquo naval vessels fromthe area As soon as the Philippineswithdrew her Coast Guard vesselsChina cordoned off the only opening tothe shoal while several Chinese shipsstayed Since then China has de factopossession of the shoal which is about124 miles from Luzon and within thePhilippinesrsquo 200-mile ExclusiveEconomic Zone (EEZ)

Ryukyu archipelagoRyukyu Islands

Recently two events happened that putChinese expansionism into thegeopolitical equation First itquestioned Japanrsquos ownership of theRyukyu archipelago which includesOkinawa where the US maintains 18army navy air force and marine bases

China claims that the Ryukyus wereonce a Chinese vassal state during theMing and Qing dynasties therefore theisland chain should be returned toChina

With this new ldquoterritorial disputerdquoJapanrsquos ongoing dispute with Chinaover ownership of the Senkaku Islandstakes different dimension Someexperts are saying that China is usingthe Ryukyu issue as a bargaining chipto her claim over the Senkakus a groupof five uninhabited islands and isletswedged between Okinawa and Taiwan

When Japan and Taiwan recentlysigned a joint fishing agreement aroundthe Senkakus China became furiousAnd right after that the ownership of theRyukyus came into play

Ayungin Shoal

China also opened another potentialarea of dispute ndash right inside Philippineterritory A few days ago severalChinese ships were sighted near theAyungin Shoal in the Kalayaan town inthe province of Palawan

Last May 10 a Department of ForeignAffairs (DFA) spokesperson said thatAyungin Shoal is within the PhilippinesrsquoEEZ He said that the entry of foreignfishing vessels in an EEZ is a violationof the United Nations Convention of theLaw of the Sea (UNCLOS) China andthe Philippines are signatories toUNCLOS DFA filed a protest letter withthe Chinese Embassy in Manila on theprovocative presence of two Chinesemaritime surveillance shipsand onewarship around Ayungin Shoal(Source The Philippine Star)

Taiping Island

Taiwan also has a piece of the actionamong six nations involved in territorialdisputes in the Spratly archipelagoRecently Taiwan announced plans toexpand a pier in Taiping Island thelargest island in the Spratlys Byexpanding the pier in the fortified islandit would allow port calls by Taiwanrsquos2000-ton frigates The island hasalready a 3800-foot runway whichTaiwan built in 2006 (Source NewStraits Times)

During the 115th anniversarycelebration of the Philippine Navy lastMay 21 Aquino declared ldquoOurmessage to the world is clear what isours is ours and we will repel any andall attempts to claim what is ours anddefend ourselves against any form ofaggression especially within ourbackyardrdquoIt seems that itrsquos going to bea battle between David vs two Goliaths(PerryDiazgmailcom)

David vs Two Goliaths

Anti-Filipino rally in Taiwan

Relatives of killed Taiwanese fisherman

ldquoEmperorrdquo Xi Jinping (Credit The Economist)

Ryukyu Islands

May 2013 21The North American Filipino Star

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Embracing theObscureBy David White

This past weekend in Sonoma CountyCalifornia 17 vintners gathered for a winetasting they dubbed The 7 PercentSolution

As the organizers explained roughly 93percent of Northern California vineyardacreage is planted to eight major grapevarietals The remaining 7 percent is hometo numerous lesser-known varietals[which] are finding anchor with a small butgrowing number of winemakers

The event enabled consumers to explorethe wines being produced by Californiasrevolutionary vintners -- those willing toembrace the states vast and varied climateby avoiding popular grapes and bottlingthe obscure Whether theyre producingunusual varietals or exploring unheraldedregions these winemakers are worthcelebrating

That certain regions of California might bebetter suited to say Albarino thanChardonnay makes sense Across theglobe commercial wine is produced from a

whopping 1368 different grape varieties Itdefies logic to assume that grapes native tocentral France will thrive in all the worldsnew vineyards

This topic was explored at this years DrinkLocal Wine conference by Joseph FiolaPhD a University of Maryland professorwho has spent over 25 years researchingand teaching about experimentalviticulture

During his lecture Fiola spent a great dealof time praising the Old World for itscommitment to growing varieties that areadapted to local growing conditions

Local varieties have been growing inthose areas for hundreds maybethousands of years he explainedYear in year out they get ripe Year inyear out winemakers can controlproduction Those areas know how togrow the grapes they know how tomake good wine And its the localgrapes that are the best [Winemakers]arent going to grow CabernetSauvignon all over Italy becausepeople know the name

Fiola went on to compare southernItalys climate to southern MarylandsYet he acknowledged the temptation tofocus on well-known varieties

Trying to convince a Maryland winerythat has to worry about marketing topeople who can barely pronounceChardonnay to sell Nero dAvolaNegroamaro Sagrantino he askednaming three esoteric varieties fromItaly That presents a challenge heconceded

Europe has an advantage of courseThe continent has been producingwine for thousands of years so vintnersthere understand which grapes dobest In France for examplewinemakers in Burgundy know to focus

on Pinot Noir and Chardonnay Just asGerman vintners recognize thatRiesling thrives in the countrys Moselregion Spanish vintners recognize thatAlbarino thrives in Galicia

Wine production in the United States isstill in its infancy But winemakers knowthat American consumers enjoyCabernet Sauvignon ChardonnayMerlot Pinot Noir and SauvignonBlanc so thats what most produceOnly the most courageous vintnerswould eschew these varieties

One of these courageous vintners isMatthew Rorick of Forlorn Hope whopoured at this weekends tasting inSonoma Since 2005 he has beenproducing rare creatures fromappellations unknown and varietiesuncommon

His rare creatures are truly unusualHe produces delightful reds fromSangiovese and Barbera two Italiangrapes that few California winemakers

take seriously He produces a deliciousVerdelho a white wine thats typicallyassociated with Portugal He producesthe nations only 100-percent StLaurent a thought-provoking highlyaromatic red thats almost impossibleto find outside Austria and the CzechRepublic Each year he crafts morethan a dozen different wines -- andvirtually all are produced in lots offewer than 2500 bottles

The fact that 17 vintners like Rorickwere able to fill a room this pastweekend is a testament to the fact thatan increasing number of winemakersare willing to take risks And perhapsmore importantly Americanconsumers are growing morecomfortable exploring the unknown

David White a wine writer is the founderand editor of Terroiristcom His columnsare housed at Palate Press The OnlineWine Magazine

APRIL 201322 The North American Filipino Star

wwwfilipinostarorg

Minister FlahertyHighlights EconomicAction Plan 2013rsquosStrong Support forCharitableOrganizations

The Honourable Jim Flaherty Ministerof Finance today urged Canadians totake advantage of the HarperGovernmentrsquos new First-Time DonorrsquosSuper Credit and donate to acharitable organization

Speaking at Lutherwood a not-for-profit health and social serviceorganization serving the WaterlooRegion and Wellington CountyMinister Flaherty said ldquoThroughout ournationrsquos history Canadians haveworked together to serve others andhave made Canada a better place inthe process Our Government wants tosee that noble tradition continuewhich is why Economic Action Plan2013 builds on previous actions by ourGovernment to support families andcommunities and the quality of life forhard-working Canadiansrdquo

These initiatives include the RegisteredDisability Savings Plan the FamilyCaregiver Tax Credit and the EnablingAccessibility Fund which supports thecapital costs of construction andrenovations to improve physicalaccessibility for persons withdisabilities

Minister Flaherty stated ldquoThe newFirst-Time Donorrsquos Super Credit willsignificantly enhance theattractiveness of donating to a charityfor young and new Canadians who arein a position to make donations for thefirst time By helping to rejuvenate andexpand the charitable sectorrsquos donorbase this important initiative will havean immediate impact in supporting thecharitable sectorrdquo

The credit will apply on cash donationsof up to $1000 claimed in any onetaxation year from 2013 to 2017 It willincrease the value of the existingCharitable Donations Tax Credit by 25percentage points if neither thetaxpayer nor their spouse has claimedthe credit since 2007

Kitchener-Waterloo MP Peter Braid achampion for such worthy causesadded ldquoCanadians are some of themost generous people in the worldwhen it comes to giving time andmoney to charity and our Governmentis committed to supporting that spiritrdquo

ldquoThe Super Credit is a very positivestep for charities wanting to engagenew donors We are excited by thepossibilities and eager to continueworking with the federal government toexplore innovative ways to expandcharitable giving by all Canadiansrdquosaid Marcel Lauziegravere President andCEO of Imagine Canada

___________________________________For further information media may

contact

Kathleen PerchalukPress SecretaryOffice of the Minister of Finance613-996-7861

Jack AubryMedia RelationsDepartment of Finance613-996-8080

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Treasury Board PresidentAnnounces MajorInitiative toward a High-Performing Public Service

For immediate release

May 28 2013

Ottawa ndash The Honourable TonyClement President of the TreasuryBoard today announced a newmandatory system for trackingemployee performance aimed atboosting productivity and ensuringCanadians receive modern effectiveand efficient public service

ldquoHard-working Canadians look to us toprovide high quality affordableservice The Governmentrsquos newperformance management regime willensure that we are employing thepublic service to its fullest potentialrdquosaid Minister Clement ldquoComplacencyand the status quo are not an optionExcellence must be the benchmarkCanadians deserve no lessrdquo

The new Directive on PerformanceManagement introduces for the firsttime a government-wide system fortracking employee performance Thegoal is three-fold

To recognize and reward excellentperformance

Work with all employees to maximizeperformance and

To deal decisively with unsatisfactoryperformance

ldquoPerformance management is aboutensuring good workers have anopportunity to become great workersand dealing effectively with poorperformersrdquo said Minister ClementldquoEither poor performers improve andbecome productive employees or wewill let them gordquo

The Directive which comes into effectin April 2014 includes a number ofstandardized measures for trackingperformance These measuresinclude establishing annualperformance objectives for allemployees mid-year evaluationsannual written performanceassessments and an action plan forimproving performance with clearestablished time-lines as well as stepsto be taken if performance does notimprove These steps could include

demotion or termination Processeswill ensure that employees are treatedfairly

ldquoDoing things the way they havealways been done is no longer goodenough if we want to build a 21stcentury public servicerdquo said MinisterClement ldquoWe owe it to Canadians andwe owe it to the vast majority ofcommitted hard-working publicservants to make sure everyone ispulling their weightrdquo

For more information please consultthe Directive on PerformanceManagement and visit thePerformance Management website

mdash 30 mdash

For more information see the Directiveon Performance Managementbackgrounder or contact

Matthew ConwayPress SecretaryOffice of the President of the TreasuryBoard and Minister responsible forFedNor613-957-2666

Media RelationsTreasury Board of Canada Secretariat613-957-2640

If there is a discrepancy between anyprinted version and the electronicversion of this news release theelectronic version will prevail

TTY (telecommunications device forthe hearing impaired) ndash 613-957-9090

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Backgrounder - Directive onPerformance Management

The Government of Canada isimplementing a new employeeperformance management program tofoster excellence in service delivery toCanadians and improve productivity

This Directive will introduce for the firsttime a systemic mandatoryperformance assessment for all corepublic sector employees Rigorousperformance management is a bestpractice and an essential element of amodern public service

The new Directive on PerformanceManagement applies to federalemployees in the core publicadministration See footnote 1 and willcome into effect on April 1 2014

The approach to implementingPerformance Management is system-wide and will support deputy headsmanagers and employees in achievingand sustaining a culture of highperformance in the public sector

Highlights

The Directive calls for consistency inhow employee performance ismanaged and how employeesrsquo skillsare developed across the federal

public service

Each federal organization will establishan employee performancemanagement program that includesrequirements such as

Mandatory annual performancemanagement objectives for allemployees including commitmentsperformance objectives and expectedbehaviours and learning ordevelopment plans

Mid-year evaluations of eachemployee

Annual written employee performanceassessments at the end of each fiscalyear

An action plan to support and guideemployees to improve performancewithin clear timelines and

Mandatory attestation by deputyheads that an employee hassuccessfully completed the probationperiod

Requirements for performanceagreements are already in place forpublic service executives and non-unionized employees With the newDirective performance agreements willbe mandatory for all

To support managers and supervisorsin adopting the new Directivemandatory training will be providedEach department will have acommittee made up of senior officialsto coach managers through theprocess Managers will also besupported with additional labourrelations advice and a Labour andEmployment Law Centre of Expertiseis also being created by the TreasuryBoard Secretariat to deal specificallywith employment law and litigation

The Values and Ethics Code for thePublic Sector that came into force inApril 2012 underpins the objectives ofthe new Directive

The Office of the Chief HumanResources Officer is responsible formonitoring departmentsrsquo compliancewith the directive and conductingreviews to evaluate its impact

Know ThyselfHe who knows much about

others may be learned but hewho understands himself is

more intelligentHe who controls others may be

powerful but he who hasmastered himself is

mightier still

A journey of a thousand milesmust begin with a single step

Lao Tzu

By viewing the old we learn the new

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Sale prices valid fromMay 29 to June 5 2013

Ligo sardines - 3 $200

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Cultural Centre launchedMontreacuteal May 28 2013 ndash At a specialmeeting held last Thursday the Cocircte-des-NeigesmdashNotre-Dame-de-Gracircce (CDNmdashNDG) Borough Council awarded a contractto build the new Notre-Dame-de-GracircceCultural Centre The $1540010710contract was won by the Geyser Group inc

The Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce Cultural Centrewill house a new Benny Library and also amulti-purpose hall to accommodate culturalexhibitions and a wide variety ofperformances The ecologically-friendlybuilding meeting LEED certificationstandards will be prominently located at theintersection of avenue de Monkland andavenue Benny across from the NDG SportsCentre

Construction will begin in the next fewweeks and be completed at the end of2014 Originally planned for 2012 theproject had to be modified in order to meetthe Boroughrsquos self-imposed budgetconstraints Construction of the Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce Cultural Centre representsa $236 million investment for which theBorough is depending in particular on thejoint financial support of the ministegravere de laCulture et des Communications du Queacutebecand the Ville de Montreacuteal

ICAO headquarters toremain in Montreal

MONTREAL May 27 2013 - The Ministerof Foreign Affairs the Honourable John

Baird the Minister of InternationalRelations La Francophonie and ExternalTrade and Minister responsible for theMontreacuteal region Mr Jean Francois Liseacuteeand the Mayor of Montreacuteal Mr MichaelApplebaum would like to invite members ofthe media to a press conference for thesigning of the renewal agreement with theInternational Civil Aviation Organization(ICAO) in Montreacuteal

Date Monday May 27th 2013Heure 5 pmLieu Terrace of City Hall

275 Notre-Dame EstMetro Champ-de-Mars

Come join celebrate thePhilippine IndependenceDay Celebration on June 12 1000AM at theFAMAS CentreThe Philippine Declaration of Independencesimultaneously marked the end of thePhilippine Revolution and the PhilippineIslandsrsquo assertion to sovereignty andindependence from Spanish colonial ruleHowever neither Spain nor Americarecognized such a stake to independentnationhood and on December 10 1898the Spanish government ceded thePhilippines to the United States in the Treatyof Paris for the price of US $2 millionmarking the end of the Spanish-AmericanWar1

A short two months later on February 41899 armed conflict erupted betweenPhilippine revolutionary forces and USmilitary occupants in Manila By June 2

1899 the First Philippine Republic officiallydeclared war against the US that lasteduntil July 4 1902 Approximately 20000soldiers were killed in action while thecivilian death toll reached an estimated half-million persons Though the war officiallyended in the summer of 1899 guerillafreedom fighters continued to challengeUS occupation for several more years

It was not until July 4 1946 nearly fiftyyears later that the United States formallyrecognized full Philippine independentnationhood with the enactment of the Treatyof Manila On a rainy day in Manilarsquos LunetaPark 400000 onlookers cheered as theAmerican flag was lowered and thePhilippine flag was raised in its placeSenator Millard Tydings of Marylandreported that the day was ldquoone of the mostunprecedented most idealistic and mostfar-reaching events in all recorded historyrdquo3

July 4 was officially recognized as theNational Day until August 4 1964 whenPresident Diosdado Macapagal signed theMalacanang Republic Act No 4166 thateffectively made June 12mdashthe day thatGeneral Emilio Aguinaldo and hisrevolutionary peers had originally claimedas the Nationrsquos Daymdashthe countryrsquos officialIndependence Day

Today Filipinos around the world fromSaudi Arabia to Los Angeles Californiacontinue to celebrate PhilippineIndependence Day on June 12 In AmericaFilipino Americans otherwise known asFilAms use this day to commemorate thePhilippinesrsquo independence from colonialrule celebrate Filipino heritage-pride

preserve cultural roots promote culturalawareness and bring FilAm communitiestogether4

The largest Philippine Independence Daycelebration takes place annually in NewYork City on Madison Avenue between 23rdand 38th street on the first Sunday of JuneAn estimated 100000 people turn out totake part in various events and to march ina parade that represents FilAms and the7000 plus island clusters that constitute thePhilippine archipelago FilAms proudlydonned outfits representative of theirregional origins academic affiliationsprofessions favored sports team andmore5

In Washington DC the PhilippineEmbassy and Filipino AmericanOrganization host an Independence DayGala commemorative festivals and othercultural activities

In Montreal we commemorate thePhilippine Independence by a Flag RaisingCeremony at the FAMAS Centre every June12 every year

Come and celebrate with us and meet andgreet our kababayans and public officialsLight refreshments are served

Cheers

From the FAMAS Executive Board

Al Boy AbdonPublic Relations Officer - FAMASalabdonvideotronca

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Action Plan for FasterFamily Reunificationon track to cutbacklog in halfNew Parent and Grandparentprogram re-opens January 22014

Mississauga May 10 2013 ndashCitizenship and Immigration Canada willre-open the Parent and Grandparent(PGP) program for new applications onJanuary 2 2014 by which time thebacklog and wait times in the programare expected to have been cut in half

ldquoThe Action Plan for FasterFamily Reunification is on track to meetthe goals of cutting in half the backlogand wait times in the Parent andGrandparent programrdquo said CitizenshipImmigration and MulticulturalismMinister Jason Kenney ldquoIt is veryimportant that we continue to makeprogress and not return to the oldbroken system with wait times as long as

a decade that would be unfair tofamiliesrdquo

Phase II of the Action Plan forFaster Family Reunification will provideeven faster processing times reduce thebacklog further prevent future backlogsensure that families have the financialmeans to support those they sponsorand protect the interests of taxpayers

First ndash In 2012 and 2013Canada will admit 50000 parents andgrandparents as permanent residentsThis represents the highest level ofparents and grandparents admitted in20 years In 2014 Canada will maintainhigh levels of admissions for parentsand grandparents

Second ndash The Super Visa willbecome permanent and will continue toprovide flexibility for families who accessthe 10-year multiple-entry visa allowingvisa holders to remain in Canada up totwo years at a time Over 15000 SuperVisas have been issued since theprogramrsquos launch in December 2011with approval rates averaging 86

percentThird ndash New qualifying criteria

for permanent residency sponsorship ofparents and grandparents will increasethe financial responsibility of sponsors toensure they have the means to supportthose they sponsor while limiting theprogramrsquos cost to taxpayers andCanadarsquos strained health and socialprograms

Fourth ndash 5000 new sponsorshipapplications will be accepted in theprogram in 2014 By accepting 5000applications in 2014 while maintaininghigh levels the government will be ableto further reduce the remaining backlogso that families can be reunited morequickly

ldquoThese new criteria ensuresponsored family members are wellsupported by their sponsors throughouttheir time in Canadardquo said MinisterKenney ldquoThe redesigned Parent andGrandparent program reunites familiesfaster while respecting Canadiantaxpayers and the limited resources for

health and social programsrdquoCanada has one of the most

generous family reunification programsin the world The United States UnitedKingdom Australia and New Zealanddo not allow grandparents to besponsored at all or only in very limitedcircumstances and they have veryrestrictive criteria for the sponsorship ofparents

The amendments to theImmigration and Refugee ProtectionRegulations that are being proposed willbe pre-published in the Canada Gazette(Part I) and the public will be able tocomment for a 30-day period

Building a stronger CanadaCitizenship and Immigration Canada(CIC) strengthens Canadarsquos economicsocial and cultural prosperity helpingensure Canadian safety and securitywhile managing one of the largest andmost generous immigration programs inthe world

Ottawa May 21 2013 ndashCitizenship Immigration andMulticulturalism Minister Jason Kenneyconcluded a productive visit to SiliconValley to promote Canadarsquos new Start-UpVisa the first of its kind in the world

ldquoThe message was deliveredloud and clear to the entrepreneur

community in Silicon Valley that Canadais open for businessrdquo said MinisterKenney ldquoThe new Start-Up Visa will helpCanada attract the worldrsquos best andbrightest entrepreneurs to buildbusinesses create jobs and fueleconomic growthrdquo

During his time in Silicon Valley

Minister Kenney met with foreignentrepreneurs and influential figures inthe start-up and tech communitiesincluding founders of start-upsaccelerators other business leadersventure capitalists angel investors andimmigration experts to promote the Start-Up Visa and explain why Canada is agreat place to start a business and invest

Minister Kenney met DaveMcClure the founder of 500 Start-Upsone of Americarsquos leading start-upaccelerators which provides mentorshipand seed fund investments to helpentrepreneurs become successful Healso met with members of C100 a SiliconValley-based organization that supportsCanadian technology entrepreneurship

through mentorship partnerships andinvestment

Minister Kenney also took timeto visit Plug and Play Tech Centre whichhouses business accelerator programsfor entrepreneurs designed to strengthenthe growth of their ideas and start-ups

Minister Kenney attendedTiEcon 2013 the worldrsquos largestconference for entrepreneurs where hespoke with many internationalentrepreneurs angel investors andventure capitalists first-hand

During his visit Minister Kenneywas a featured guest speaker at StanfordUniversity where he spoke to scholars

Minister Kenney promotesCanadarsquos new StarRecruiting theworldrsquos best and brightestentrepreneurs to Canada the firstof its kind in the world

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EarthTalkregE - The Environmental Magazine

Dear EarthTalk Now that hot weather iscoming I want to upgrade my homersquos ACWhich are the most energy-saving modelsand should I go central air or window units

-- Jackie Smith Cary NC

According to the American Council for anEnergy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) energyconsumption for home air conditioningunits accounts for more than eight percentof all the electricity produced in the US ata cost to homeowners of $15 billionannually Besides the cost all this coolingleads to annual emissions of about 195million tons of CO2mdashor two tons per yearfor each American home with AC

Of course foregoing AC entirely is themost energy- and cost-efficient way to gobut some of us need a little cooling for

comfort especially in warmer climates IfAC is a must buying the most efficientmodel is the way to save money andpollute less Fortunately a new generationof much more efficient room and centralAC units means that upgrading will likelypay for itself in energy savings within just afew years

The main factors to consider in choosing anew model are cooling capacity (measuredin British Thermal Units or BTUs) andEnergy-Efficiency Ratio or EER Todetermine the correct BTU rating for agiven space multiply the square footage by10 and then add 4000 Meanwhile a givenunitrsquos EER is the ratio of cooling outputdivided by power consumptionmdashthe higherthe EER the more efficient the airconditioner

According to the US Department ofEnergy national appliance standardsrequire room air conditioners to have anEER of 80 to 98 or more depending ontype and capacity Units with an EER ratingof 10 or above typically qualify for thefederal governmentrsquos ENERGY STAR labelwhich appears on especially energy-efficient appliances Check out theENERGY STAR website for lists ofqualifying AC models

The Association of Home ApplianceManufacturers (AHAM) says that theaverage EER of room AC units rose 47percent from 1972 to 1991 To witreplacing an older room unit with an EER offive with a new model with an EER of 10)would result in a 50 percent energy costsavings associated with AC

As to whether room units or central ACmakes more sense it depends Roomunits which only cost a few hundreddollars each will suffice for renters or thosewho only need to keep one or two roomscool at a time Meanwhile central AC ismore efficient overall at keeping a wholehouse cool and will also do a better job atreducing household humidity than evenseveral individual room unitsmdashand will savemore money faster on electricity bills Butwith a starting price of around $4000 forthe condenser and initial set-up (plus anyduct work needed to distribute cool airaround a home) central AC isnrsquot foreveryone

ACEEE points out that there are ways tokeep indoor space cooler without ACimproving insulation sealing air gapsgetting rid of old appliances and light bulbsthat give off lots of heat running fans usingcooler colors on exterior roofing and paintand other strategies Those in particularlyarid climates might also consider installing

a swamp cooler (which cools outside air byrunning it over cold water) as a cheaperalternative to AC By following thesesuggestions and upgradingconscientiously we can all stay a little morecomfortable in our warming world withoutexacerbating the problem too much

CONTACTS ACEEE wwwaceeeorgENERGY STAR wwwenergystargovAHAM wwwahamorg Database of StateIncentives for Renewables and Efficiencywwwdsireusaorg

EarthTalkreg is written and edited by RoddyScheer and Doug Moss and is a registeredtrademark of E - The EnvironmentalMagazine (wwwemagazinecom) Sendquestions to earthtalkemagazinecomS u b s c r i b e wwwemagazinecomsubscribe Free TrialIssue wwwemagazinecomtrialEarthTalkregE - The Environmental Magazine

Dear EarthTalk What are the big deliverycompanies like FedEx and UPS doing togreen their truck fleets and operations ingeneral -- Mitchell GlaserOverland Park KS

Package delivery companies like FedExand UPS have come a long way in a

relatively short time regardingsustainability but they still haveconsiderable room for improvement Whilethere is only so much these companiescan do to reduce their huge carbonfootprintsmdashgiven their reliance onemissions-heavy air transportmdashtheyrsquovemade great strides in greening theirground fleets optimizing their choices ofmodes and otherwise streamlining energyuse

For its part UPS was an early adopter ofcleaner vehicles and today operatesupwards of 2500 low-emission vehiclesthat run on alternative fuels andtechnologies The company is particularlyjazzed about a new generation of hydraulichybrid package delivery trucks unveiled inthe fall of 2012 in partnership with the USDepartment of Energyrsquos Clean Citiesprogram These new trucksmdashwhichemploy a diesel combustion engine alongwith a hydraulic high-pressureaccumulator that stores energy capturedduring brakingmdashget 35 percent better fueleconomy and generate as much as 30percent fewer greenhouse gas emissionsas compared to the non-hybrid diesel-powered vehicles they are replacing Whilethese trucks may cost UPS $7000 apiecemore than their traditional counterpartsthe company estimates the upgrade willsave $50000 or more while substantiallyreducing emissions over the lifetime ofeach vehicle

UPS has also been blazing new trails inoperational efficiency via intermodalshifting eg using the most fuel-efficienttransport mode (airplane train truck orship) or combination of modes to meetcustomer needs A concerted effort by thecompany to streamline its operations in2011 led to savings of two million metrictons of greenhouse gas emissions bymoving delivery volume from air (the mostemissions-intensive mode by far) toground and another 800000 metric tonsby shifting volume from ground to rail

Meanwhile FedEx with one of the largesthybrid-electric fleets in the industry andupwards of 2000 alternative energyvehicles in service worldwide is no sloucheither when it comes to green streamliningBack in 2008 the company worked with theEnvironmental Defense Fund (EDF) insetting the ambitious goal of improving thefuel efficiency of its worldwide fleet ofExpress delivery vans and trucks by 20percent within a dozen years Then early in2013 the company announced that it hadalready exceeded its goal seven yearsahead of schedule (with an overall savingsof 22 percent so far) but was also uppingits goal to a 30 percent fleet-wide efficiencygain by 2020

With a strong commitment to swapping outolder vehicles with newer more efficientones the company is well on its way Itnow operates 360 hybrid-electric trucksand 200 electric vehicles and is replacingmany of its delivery trucks with ldquoright-sizedrdquo Sprinter-type vans that are as muchas 100 percent more fuel efficient than theirpredecessors FedEx has also beenupgrading its fleet of Express diesel trucksto cleaner-burning models and is makingsimilar upgrades in its Freight and Grounddivisions as well Likewise the company iswell on its way toward reducinggreenhouse gas emissions from itsairplanes by 30 percent by 2020

CONTACTS UPS CorporateR e s p o n s i b i l i t y wwwresponsibilityupscomSustainabilityFedEx Environmental Sustainabilityaboutvanfedexcomenvironmental-sustainability EDF wwwedforg

EarthTalkreg is written and edited by RoddyScheer and Doug Moss and is a registeredtrademark of E - The EnvironmentalMagazine (wwwemagazinecom) Sendquestions toearthtalkemagazinecom Subscribewwwemagazinecomsubscribe FreeTrial Issue wwwemagazinecomtrial

From an energy-efficiency standpoint room AC units are best for keeping one or two roomscool at a time while central air is more efficient overall at keeping a whole house coolCredit ComstockHemera Coll

Package delivery companies like FedEx and UPS have come a long way in improving the fuelefficiency of their worldwide fleet of delivery vehicles Pictured A FedEx hybrid electricdelivery van Credit Biofriendly courtesy Flickr

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Tel514-824-9336

Mukhang sobrang asim ngubas para sa publisher ng isangmalabasurang local newspaper kayahindi pa man srsquoya nakakarating sagrapevine ay nag-sour grape nakaagad Sabi nrsquoya kasi ay hindi srsquoyamagpapa-nominate sa FAMAS Awardsdahil walang kuwenta raw angnasabing parangal Meron pa srsquoyangbinanggit na Dr Aranda na diumanorsquoygustung-gustong mag-nominate sakanya sa isang mas kinikilalangparangal pero tinanggihan nrsquoya dahilhindi raw srsquoya mahilig sa mga awardKung tinanggihan daw nrsquoya angnasabing parangal iyun pa kayangFAMAS Awards ang di nrsquoya tanggihanPhooey Nakakadiri Nakakapangi-labot Nakakatawa

Lumunok ako ng ilang aspirindahil sumakit nang husto ang aking ulosa kaiisip kung anu-ano ang mgamagagandang bagay ang nagawa ngpublisher ng therersquos-nothing-like-it atnumero unong pahayagang Filipino saCanada (kuno) para mag-abala si DrAranda na isumite ang kanyangpangalan sa nasabing award Perokilala na naman ng buong komunidadang taong ito sa kasinungalingan atkahambugan kaya wala na namangnaniniwala sa kanya Naaawa onatatawa na lamang sila sa pobre natanging ang kolumnistang ito lang angnagtitiyagang pumansin

Maraming beses nang narinigng mga Pinoy sa Montreal ang tungkolsa kanyang pagiging gobernador ngkanyang lalawigan ang kanyangpagiging matalik na kaibigan ngyumaong Tony Sidayao (ang sikat atnirerespetong sports writer saPilipinas) ang tungkol sa pagpili sakanya ni dating First Lady Imelda RMarcos para sumulat ng biography ngasawa ng yumaong diktador angkanyang pagiging kaklase ni SenMiriam Defensor-Santiago sa UPCollege of Law ang kanyang pagigingalumnus ng University of thePhilippines at ang pagigingwritercolumnist sa Calgary Sun

Marami pa srsquoyang mga delusions ofgrandeur na puwede kong ilathalapero kukulangin ang isang pahina ngFilipino Star para sa lahat ng kanyangmga kathang-isip at hinabing salaysay Ganoon na lang ang aking pagtatawanang mabasa ko sa kanyang diaryo(Yes binabasa ko rin iyon) na hindisrsquoya papayag na ma-nominate saFAMAS Awards Matay kong isipinwala naman srsquoyang nagawang mabutilalong higit ay katangi-tangi sakomunidad ng mga Filipino saMontreal para srsquoya ipagbunyi atparangalan Walang makapagsabi nasrsquoya ay nag-volunteer man lamang saFAMAS na srsquoya ay miembro o opisyalng anumang samahang lokal at nihindi rin srsquoya nagkaroon ng anumangmatatag na trabaho kaya dalawangbeses srsquoyang napalayas sa tirahan nakanyang inuupahan dahil hindimakabayad ng renta Panay at walang-patid na paninira lamang sa FAMAS atmga lider nito ang kanyang inaatupagsa loob ng mahigit na 40 taon Sa halipna tumulong sa pananatili ngpagkakaisa bagkus nrsquoyang winawasakang komunidad Kung srsquoyarsquoy isanginsekto srsquoya ay anay Wala akongalam na may nagbigay ng parangal saanay

Kaya tama na Mr Publisherang iyong palusot dahil wala namantalagang magno-nominate sa lsquoyo saFAMAS Awards kahit magbayad ka paat kung meron man tuloy sabasurahan ang iyong nomination formdahil tiyak na puro kasinungalinganlang naman ang nakasulat doon Atsaka sa core values pa lang hindi kana lulusot sa screening committee ngFAMAS Awards To be fair to you MrPublisher may impact naman angiyong ldquoachievementrdquo kaya langnegatibo at nakakasira ang impact naiyon Ang hinahanap ng FAMASAwards ay positive impact lsquoyungkapakipakinabang at magandanghalimbawa sa mga kabataan

lsquoNo thank yoursquo dahil alam niya nawala srsquoyang nagawang mabuti

ANG MALAS KO AY MAAARINGSUWERTE NG ISANG DATINGKANDIDATO ndash Bunga ng mgasunud-sunod na di-inaasahangpangyayari sa buhay ko nitong hulingapat na buwan (unang-una na angbiglang pagkamatay ng aking inanoong May 6 sa edad na 86)natuluyan akong magbitiw bilangchairperson ng Committee onElections (COMELEC) ng FilipinoAssociation of Montreal and Suburbs(FAMAS)

Sa aking palagay ang malasko ay maaaring suwerte naman ngisang dating presidential candidatedahil kung ako pa ang chairperson ngnasabing komite at ako angmasusunod hindi ko papayagangmakatakbong muli ang nasabingkandidato sa rami ng kanyang mgaviolation ng FAMAS election rules andregulations Naroroon ang kanyangillegal na panunumpa ang illegal napagrerehistro ng FAMAS sa ilalim ngkanyang illegal na pangangasiwa atang di nrsquoya paggamit ng tama atnararapat na paraan ng paglaban saresulta ng nakaraang eleksyon

Sa aking pananaw hindiganoong klase ng lider ang kailanganng FAMAS lalung-lalo na ngayon namayroon nang malaking ari-arian angnasabing asosasyon at magandangpangalan sa siyudad ng Montreal atmga karatig nito

Ngayon na wala na akongkinalaman sa COMELEC at may ibanang chairperson at mga miembronasa kanila na ang pagpapasyatungkol sa nasabing formerpresidential candidate at iba pang mgasumuway sa alituntunin ng FAMAS atCOMELEC noong nakaraangeleksyon

ELEKSYONG LOKAL SA PINAS mdashDahil sa aking biglaang pag-uwi sabansang sinilangan nagkaroon ako ngpagkakataon na masaksihan ang di konasaksihan sa loob ng huling 35 taonAng tinutukoy ko ay ang nakaraanglokal na halalan Kabaligtaran ngeleksyon sa Canada parang piyestaang eleksyon sa Pilipinas Maynagsisigawan at nagsasaya habangnanonood ng bilangan ng mga botomay nagpapaputok ng mga kuwitis atmay pakain pa ang dalawang grupo ngmga kandidato sa kani-kanilanghimpilan

Noong gabi ng halalan May13 pumunta ako sa headquarter ngaming partido na kung tawagin ayldquoPulardquo dahil pula ang official color ngpartido Dilaw naman ang sa kalabang

partido Napakaraming tao roonkabilang na ang kandidato sa pagka-mayor na malapit kong kamag-anakNakatagpo ko roon ang aking iba pangmga kamag-anak at mga kaibiganSiyempre pa bitbit ko ang akingkamera Kuha rine kuha roon ng mgalitrato na ilalagay ko sa akingFacebook page

Nanalo sa pagka-mayor angaking pinsan na si Atty Eric Aure Vidana isang Ateneo Law School graduateat former vice-mayor ng Mendez Angnanalo sa pagka-vice-mayor ay siCocoy Mendoza na isa ring datingvice-mayor at kalaban nina Eric SiCocoy ay pinsan naman ng akingkasalukuyang maybahay kaya virtuallybut not actually magkalaban kamingmag-asawa sa pulitika Sila angmagiging mayor at vice-mayor sasusunod na tatlong taon Tulad ng mgananalong senador representantegobernador bisi-gobernador alkaldebisi-alkalde at konsehal magsisimulaang termino nina Eric at Cocoy sadarating na July 1

Ngayon pa lang ay pinag-uusapan na ng mga taga-Mendez nasina Eric at Cocoy ang maglalaban sapagka-mayor sa 2016 Si Cocoy ayanak ng isang dating mayor Hindi koalam ang aking gagawin kungmagkatotoo nga ang kanilang haka-haka

Samantala si Erap angbagong mayor ng Maynila (tinalo nrsquoyasi Alfredo Lim ang kasalukuyangalkalde) si Jonvic Remulla pa rin anggobernador ng Cavite (kontra AyongMaliksi na isang dating gobernador) siJolo Revilla sa bisi-gobernador at angasawa naman ni Bambol Tolentino(ang dating mayor at kapatid ni Francisna chairman ng MMDA) ang nanalongmayor sa Tagaytay City (inilampasonrsquoya si Jesus Crispin Remulla nakapatid ni Jonvic)

Kung sa Tagaytay rin lang angeleksyon ipapanganak pa angmakakabuwag o makakapagpabagsaksa mga Tolentino Ganoong katindiang kanilang kapangyarihan saTagaytay City ang tinuguriangalternate summer capital of thePhilippines gawa ng kanyang malamigna klema at banayad na simoy nghangin

The biggest surprise of thepast Philippine election is theunexpected and sudden surge ofGrace Poe anak ng yumaongFernando Poe Jr from virtual loser to

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Bagamat pansarili ang loobinng pitak na ito ay kapupulatan ngmambabasa ng mga aral tungkol sapananagalog at matutuklasan angpaggamit ng Taglish (sinasamahan ngmga salitang Ingles) ay pangkaraniwanlang noon pa

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Natatandaan mo pa kaya angisang nagkapalad na naging kakilalamo doon sa Bagyo Marahil aymaghahalungkat kang muli sa isip bagomo matawag sa iyong alaala ang akingpangalan at pagmumukha sapagkatpagkaraan ng ilang araw na tayoymagkakilala ay nagkalayo na tayo nangmarami nang araw Dahil dito aynangyari nga akong sumulat sa iyo sapagbabakasakaling mapalawig natinang ating pagkikilala

Si David ay aking nakausapkanginang umaga Pagdakayitinanong ko sa kanya kung kayoykanyang nakita Ang sabiy oo - atkayoy nagbalitaan pa raw tungkol sabuhay buhay sa Bagyo Ayon sa kanyaay natatandaan mo ako ngunitnakalimutan mo na ang akingpangalan Kung gayoy isusulat ko ngfull ang aking name sa ending

Kumusta ba kayo ngayonIpinalalagay kong kayongmagkakapatid ay maluag ninyongnaidadaos ang pagtuturo samantalangkami dito nila David ay kasalukuyangnaghihirap sa pagaaral

Noong manggaling ako saBagyo pauwi ng Malabon ay naitanongkayo sa akin ni Chayong na kapatid koSinabi ko nga sa kanyang kayoy maykahulihan ang pagbaba sa Balanga

Marahil ay maitatanong mo saiyong sarili kung bakit nais kongmaging matalik na kakilala kayo Hindikaila sa iyo ang aking hinahanap naoccupation at ang malalapad napataniman ng tubo diyan sa inyo saBalanga Baka sakaling kung akoymakatapos ay magubra akongisang maliit na kasama ng isangassenderong pangkaraniwan diyan aykung manggagaling sa bukid ay nangmayoong madalawdalaw kung sakali atkung papanhikin Bukod sa ritoy angmga ninuno ninyo ang mga tubongMalabon ay magaang ang dugo sa mga

katutubo o kababayanAng mgagandang record ng

inyong family sa pakikipamayan at sapagaaral ay hindi kaila sa akin Dahilditoy nangingimi pa ako nang pagsulatsa iyo Kahit naman marahil ikaw aysadyang bright maging sa pagtuturo ayinaasahan kong considerate ka rinMapagpapaumanhinan mo namanseguro ang nakabababa sa iyo nagaya ko na nga

Wawakasan ko na rito at nanghuwag ka namang mapagod sapagbasa Magsilbi nawangtagapagpaalala itong aking liham

Best regards for you and othersisters brother and parents

your friend

Amado SantosPS

Ikaw na nga nag bahalangmagpaumanhin sa aking Tagalog Marahilay balibalikuko

SameAng kasabihang Walang

matimtimang birhen sa matiyagangmanalangin ay nagkaroon ngkatuparan Ang panganay na suplingay ipinanganak noong Agosto 18 1934at ang bunso ay noong Mayo 21 1936Yumao ang aking ina apat na arawmakalipas ang pagsilang sa akin--noong Mayo 25 1936

Hindi lumipas ang maramingtaon at noong Enero 23 1939 aynanalanging muli si Ama na ang nasaisip ay bigyan ng ina ang dalawangnaiwan ni Nanay Epang (Josefa) Angpangalawang ina ay hindi gaanongmatagal na nag-isip dahil ang kaniyangaalagaan sa sumunod na matrimonyaay kaniyang mga pamangkin AngNanay Meliang (Emilia) ay kapatid ngNanay Epang

Anim kaming magkakapatidna habambuhay na magdiriwangtuwing ikalawang Linggo ng Mayokahit ang aming mga ina ay kapuwayumao na Iniwan kaming lahat niNanay Meliang noong Disyembre 161983 na may kani-kaniyang adhikainsa buhay

B B B BinyagBirthday at Bulakbol

Pichu Pechay Pechay Dalian monamang magbihis Mahuhuli na tayo

Pechay Nandiyan na Kuya Alasonse pa naman ang binyag ni Perasdi baPichu Oo nga Pero madalang angdating ng bus dahil Sabado ngayon

Pechay (Pagkabihis ay dali-daling

tumakbo sa likod-bahay tungo sapinto sa harap at tumimbre) Ano baKuya Pichu kanina pa ako naghihintaydito ah

Peras Ano Kuya Ate nabusog bakayo sa handa ng binyag ko

Pichu Eto na naman kami Laro Peras laro ang samantalahin natin

Pechay Tayo na Ano pa ang hinihintayninyo Kanya-kanyang hila ng Lolo oLelong Nandiyan lang sa tapat angKent Park

Pichu O paano sa Sabado ay agahanninyo ang punta sa Lolo at Lola ko saHampton ha Doon daw gagawin angbirthday ko Umaga pa lang ikakabitna ang inflated toy house at angtanghalian ay puro kids meal Sa gabipa ang dating ng mga killjoys

Pechay Kawawa naman ang LoloJerry napabayaan na ang pag-aaral ngTagalog

Peras Anong kawawa Binigyan siya ngspring break ni Kuya Pichu

Lubos na sumasaiyo

Parangal sa mga yumaong Ina

Birthday - Aiden Zachary Alfaro (Pichu) tatlong taon na

Morgan Virginia Santos (Peras) hawak ni Aaron Santos tatay Alma Mendoza nanay

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by W G QuiambaoThere are times when I miss thePhilippines because I`ve not visited itsince coming here 44 years ago Butthe stage production of Pamana ngLuzViMinda Philippine Folkloric DanceCompany of Montreal on April 27 at theSalle Brebeuf cured my homesicknessThe dances and music on the showbrought back happy memories to meThanks to the collaborative efforts ofthe production staff especiallyVeraida-Lyn Bermejo president anddirectorwriter and Sherling de la Pazartistic director Theyre so talented andcreative

Everything in the show was impressive- from the colourful and authenticcostumes (some were purchased inthe Philippines and Thailand) to theprops (bamboo poles benches) andvideo The rural and tribal music wasprovided by musicians who usedtraditional musical instruments like thegansa (an instrument with metal bars)dabaksan (single headed Philippinedrum) agung (two sets of two-wide-rimmed vertically-suspended gongs)and gandigan (Philippine xylophone)

The stage seemed spacious enoughfor the 23 male and female dancers tofreely move and execute their dancesthat required agility and flexibility

The dance performances were dividedinto 5 parts each part representing thedance from the different regions in thePhilippines The enthusiastic audienceapplauded the dancers after eachperformance

Some of the dances are

Muslim dance - Burong Talo - A martial arts danceoriginating from the Tausug people ofthe Sulu archipelago in theSouthwestern part of the Philippines Inthis dance the male dancers depict afight between a hawk and a cat Theysimulate martial arts movements whilemanipulating daggers and fans Themale performers were so convincing inplaying their parts Fierce lookingthey seemed ready to kill each otherKini-kini - This dance represents thesophisticated woman of the RoyalMaranao Movements and shapes of theirwalk are very articulate and their scarvesrepresent their fluidity and grace Theirgrace is a characteristic of their education

The female performers were so exquisiteand elegant Pangalay sa Pattong - Thisdance is popular among the BadjaoSamal and Tausog groups Although themovements of the dancer were flawless Icouldnt take my eyes off watching thisdance I was glued to my seat What if shefalls The dance is performed on top of twobamboo poles on the shoulders of twomen Singkil - Traditionally a depiction ofthe Maguindanao and Maranaointerpretation of a legend centered aroundPrincess Gandingan and the brave PrinceBantugan While walking through the forestwith her loyal umbrella-bearing lady-in-waiting the Princess Gandingan issuddenly caught in the middle of anearthquake unleashed by the forest diwataor forest spirits The Princess mustgracefully and skilfully manoeuvre throughthe closing bamboo poles which representthe falling trees Fans or apit are waved bydancers to represent auspicious windsvaliant Prince Bantugan enters the sceneand rescues the Princess

Rural dance -Karatong - This dance is named after thebamboo instrument worn by the dancersaround the waist The karatong is struck toa fast rhythm in the hopes of attractinggood luck and driving away evil spirits The

female dancers dance with sticks that arerepresentatives of bunga mangga ormango trees Sayaw sa Bangko - Thisis another stunning dance thatcaptivated and mesmerized me Fromthe province of Pangasinan theoriginal form of the dance consisted ofonly one narrow bench As it evolvedhowever more and more bencheswere added until the stack of benchesresembled a tower No flashphotography was requested as thedance is dangerous It wasbreathtaking to watch the maledancers lifting the female dancers on

the other edge of the bench Tinikling -Originally from the Province of Leytethis dance is considered by many to bethe most recognizable folk dance ofthe Philippines Based on themovements of the long-legged tiklingavoiding bamboo traps in the fieldsdancers dance through bamboo polesthat open and close to an acceleratingrhythm It was a pure joy watching theexuberant and energetic dancers having

fun

Added attraction to the stageproduction of Pamana ng LuzVi MindaFolkloric Dance Company of Montrealare the video clips shown after eachperformance The clips show what itmeant to be a member of theorganization - focusing not only on thehard work and commitment to theircraft but also the love togethernessand especially the family spirit thatinfuses everything they do

The 2-hour show is worth watching I

left the theatre feeling good smilingand telling myself that Im lucky to be aFilipino with a rich and unique cultureThe next time Pamana performs heremake sure you catch it You will notregret it

Pamanas dances and music brought me backhome to the Philippines

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What do you do when yourcamcorder computer tablet or otherdevice is no longer useful to you but stillhas use in its electronics Do you sell itDonate it Save it for historical laughs orthrow it in a landfill

April 22 marks the 43rd annualEarth Day observance - and as peoplebecome aware of recycling ordinarygarbage theres still a long ways to gowith disposing of electronic waste InApril 2011 an e-cycling initiative waslaunched by leaders in the consumerelectronics industry to deal with themillions of pounds of electronic wasterendered annually The hopes are to

Have one billion pounds of electronicwaste recycled annually by 2016

How you Can Help and Benefit TooIf your electronic gadget still has

life in it consider other places you mighthelp someone else in need who hasntthe means or abilities to purchase a newdevice

Computers Donate your oldcomputer to community organization tohelp seniors or non-electronicindividuals who dont have access tocomputers in your area

Mobile Phones Old cell phonescould be given to old folks who cannotafford the luxury of Samsung or iphones

Televisions A local school retirementhome or community center might gladlylike to upgrade their older set for a not-as-old set

Camcorders If you have a camcorderthat runs but has out-lived your needsgathering dust in a closet there are anumber of places you donate it to thatwould benefit greatly from yourgenerosity That old camcorder you nolonger use can find a new life in thehands of your local charity theater groupor school How many people claim tohave been bitten by the movie creatingbug using their dads old Super 8camera A not-too-old camcorder cantrigger a childs interest in videoproducing

Recycling Responsibly From CDs to PCs printers to monitorsand more you have the responsiblydisposes of what cant be recycled

Giving it Away for Cash or Credit Thereare several companies what will buyyour older gadget some for cash-outothers for rebate on a new product fromtheir company In the US kodak has amail-in program for old digital camerasand printers Best Buy has a trade-inprogram HP has a few choices fromcash for you to a charity donation or anHP gift card for a new purchase

Selling it Depending on the age of yourdevice you can sell it outright to sitesebay craiglist Kijiji Of course you mightget more the old fashioned way - oneBay - but like putting a sign on your carin a parking lot hoping for a nibbleversus selling it to a used-car brokerthese sites pay for your device thenresell it so they need a profit margintoo A quick search on eBay found 50used Sony miniDV selling for $4000 anda Sony VX2100 going for $300

Recycle it Not all electronic waste isrecyclable but most areas in theQuebec the municipals usually haveprogram where you can drop in theseelectronic stuff When in doubt the firstplace to look can be as easy as your oldfashioned Yellow Pages Most localgovernment listings will have some sortof service for electronic waste recyclingthey can point you in the right direction

Helping People in Developing CountriesThe federal

government have programs that takesusedrefurbished computers to people inemerging nations struggling to getcaught up in the modern world

What can you do with VideotapeRecycling video gear isnt just

about the electronics You can recyclevideo tape too One-sixth of a gallon ofpetroleum goes into the production ofone videocassette and as of 2008 videoduplication companies processed 20million of them per month Althoughvideotape production has gone downtheres a lot of tape still in use or goingto waste sites

Thrift stores Yep - people still usevideotape but be forewarned blackingyour old footage is a good idea beforeyou donate tape

Make Scarecrows Many farmers inManitoba know this trick - Snip the tapeand unravel it then hang bits and piecesaround the garden The fluttering shinytape will scare birds away

Make art Yes Check out this a tutorialon crocheting a sling bag using avideotape

Jim Gibilterra of MediaDistributors says the 2011 tsunami inJapan put their business in crisis modewhen a good portion of the worldssupply of professional video-tape was nolonger available Since then theyvelooked into how they can help lessen theimpact recording media on ourenvironment They mostly deal withhigh-end tape for broadcast and that theproduct is now back in production witheverything back to normal but it

Recycling Electronic Stuffs

triggered interest They sell evaluatedmedia or buy it back then totallydegauss it run it through evaluators toverify no defects then resell This re-supplied tape is good for non-criticalusers schools give aways MediaDistributors also does certifieddestruction that doesnt hurt theenvironment as part of their lsquoGreenPartners Programrsquo

When Recycling e-waste Doesnt WorkNot all recycling is good for theenvironment According to a reportfrom Electronics Take Back Coalitioncaustic gas sits inside old cathode raytube [CRT] TVs and older computermonitors and that approximately 860million pounds of CRT glass has beenstockpiled by recyclers

Did you get (or give) any newelectronics this past holiday season Illbet nearly anyone who was in the gift-giving mode got or gave at least oneelectronic gadget as a gift but whathappens to the gadget yourereplacing Getting rid of the old tobring in the new is becoming a bigissue hopefully a few of these sitesposted today will help you think howyou can participate in e-wasterecyclingAl AbdonHollywood Junkies Video

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From Page 5 Canada Star Recruiting

researchers and students who have ahigh potential for becoming candidates forthe Start-Up Visa While at Stanford healso met with Dan Siciliano a legalscholar and entrepreneur with expertise incorporate governance corporate financeand immigration law and Vivek WadhwaDirector of Research at the Center for

Entrepreneurship and ResearchCommercialization and author of TheImmigrant Exodus one of TheEconomistrsquos Books of the Year for 2012

He was also the featured guestspeaker at an event hosted by the SiliconValley Business Journal attended bymany prominent entrepreneurs andinvestors

Minister Kenney also officially unveiledthe new Start-Up Visa billboard

ldquoThere is huge interest inCanadarsquos new Start-Up Visa and inCanadarsquos expanding tech sectorrdquo saidMinister Kenney ldquoCanadarsquos strongeconomic growth low taxes andbusiness costs excellence in researchand innovation and top quality of life allmake Canada a top country forinnovative entrepreneurs looking to buildtheir businesses If you are a start-upentrepreneur and want to build adynamic company that can compete ona global scale then Canadarsquos Start-UpVisa Program is for yourdquo

The Start-Up Visa whichopened for applications on April 1 is animportant part of the Government ofCanadarsquos plan to build a fast and flexibleeconomic immigration system The Start-Up Visa Program is the first of its kind inthe world and provides Canadian privatesector organizations with access to abroad range of entrepreneurs ndash includingthe worldrsquos best and brightest ndash in whoseideas they can invest

At the same time the programprovides immigrant entrepreneurs withvaluable assistance in navigating theCanadian business environment whichcan be a challenge for newcomers andenables them to build innovativecompanies that can create Canadianjobs and compete on a global scaleVisit cicgccastartup for moreinformation on the Start-Up Visaprogram

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I SPURNED HER FACEBOOKFRIEND REQUEST ndash Alam nrsquoyo bana tumanggap ako ng Facebookldquofriend requestrdquo mula sa isang tao naitinuturing ko na ldquoThe MostHypocritical and Most Treacherousrdquomember of our community Well Idid Naalaala ko ang kanyang dalawangbeses na panloloko sa akin noongnakaraang halalan ng FAMAS Angkanyang unang panloloko ay nangpaniwalain nrsquoya ako na tunay angkanyang pakikipagkaibigan sa akinNaroon ang beneso-beso nrsquoya ako atnakipag-usap sa akin nang matinoNapadala naman ako sa kanyangldquokabaitanrdquo Nalaman ko ang kanyangpagka-traidor nang sabihin nrsquoya saakin na hindi naman talaga si CesarManuel ang kanyang iboboto at sahalip ay pangalan ni Au Osdon angisusulat nrsquoya sa kanyang balota Suotlang daw nrsquoya ang yellow t-shirt ngSamahang Makabayan (SM) dahilkung hindi baka raw makahalata angkanyang presidential candidate atmasirang lahat ang kanyang mgaplano Iyon naman pala ay gusto langnrsquoyang malaman sa akin kung itutuloy

ng COMELEC ang desisyon napagbawas sa mga boto ng mgakandidato ng SM At nang hindi akosumang-ayon sa gusto nrsquoyangmangyari biglang naglaho angkanyang ldquokabaitanrdquo at muli nrsquoyaakong siniraan sa pamamagitan ngkanyang column sa Forum

Ang ikalawa nrsquoyang panlolokoay noon mismong election day Nasaloob kami ng St Kevinrsquos ChurchSocial Hall nang tawagin nrsquoya angaking anak at humingi srsquoya ngpaumanhin sa bata na noorsquoy doseanyos pa lamang Ang sabi nya ldquoHijaI apologize to you for all the nastythings that I said about your dad Ipromise you that I wonrsquot do that tohim againrdquo Dahil sa bata na angkanyang kinausap binigyan ko srsquoyang benefit of the doubt na talagangtotoo na ang kanyang pangako

Maling-mali ako dahil angkanyang next column ay punung-puno ng mga vituperative remarks nalaban sa akin Nang ipabasa ko iyonsa aking anak hindi nrsquoya napigilan namagsabi ldquoI will never never believeher again I hate her Shersquos a liarrdquo

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From Page 7 Beyond the Pale

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Ortiz-Villanueva and her family

Benturada Sarmiento Ortiz1926-2013

AdvisoryWarning concerning misrepresentation and fraud

8 May 2013 - The Philippine Embassy in Ottawa has receivedreports concerning documents recently notarized by a personwho is representing himself as Honorary Consul of the Republicof the Philippines in Montreal Quebec Canada

The Embassy wishes to inform the public that there is no existingHonorary Consul of the Republic of the Philippines in Montreal

The Embassy warns the public about such acts ofmisrepresentation and fraud

The Philippine Government concluded on 3 May 2007 theappointment of its last Honorary Consul in Montreal and theDepartment of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Canadahas been duly informed

PUBLIC NOTICE

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North American

FILIPINO STAR PHOTO GALLERY

Mothers Day flowers given to Zenaida Kharroubi by her students Mayette DanaoArlene Manalo and Edna Lorenzo on May 12 2013

The FNAQ founding Executive Board 1992-1995 presented (L-R) Nilda MerialesMaria Quimpo Eugenia Magalit Mierfe Morales Linda Espallardo MagdalenaCalcetas Anita Lo and Elsie Reyes Ten were absent

The Panday Tinig Choral Ensemble led by Paul Imperial and Edith Fedalizo pose forsouvenir of the 21st anniversary of FNAQ on May 4 2013 at the Holiday Inn on Cotede Liesse Road

The anniversary cake with the officers members and guests of the FNAQ one of thehighlights of the evening celebration

The Filipino Youth Center held its monthly Consultative Meeting on the last Saturdayof April with Tessie Nepomuceno as speaker shown here delivering her message tothe youth with their parents and other volunteers led by Pastor Orlan Racachotogether with Amy Manon-og Sophie Toledo Joe Calugay and Zeny Kharroubi

From left Dindo Miras Continuing Education Coordinator of the FNAQ poses withthe inspirational speaker Mrs Patricia OrsquoConnor FNAQ Founder Maggie Calcetasand Mr Gerald Perron

Pamana ni LuzViMinda Concert April 27 2013held at the College Brebeuf Auditorium

MARCH 2013 The North American Filipino Star

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If you can read you canalso learn how to writeJoin us in a multi-cultural inter-active workshop the first time tobe held in Montreal

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The North American Filipino Star

by W G QuiambaoDue to the limitation of time and

space this article should not beconsidered complete Thanks to thecontributions of Pastor Orlan RacachoBert Abiera Lina Fernandez JakeMaguigad and Zenaida Kharroubi for thisbrief history of FAMAS Likewise I believethat I should also thank all FAMASpresidents and their directors for theirvolunteerism and personal sacrifices

The Filipino Association ofMontreal and Suburbs (FAMAS) the oldestand biggest association in Quebec that iscelebrating its fifty years has come a longway since its founding in 1963 TheFilipinos who were with us since its infancyand still with us have witnessed itsevolution into a progressive andrecognized organization it is today by thefederal provincial and especially by themunicipal governments

The primary goal of FAMAS whenit was founded was for Filipinos in Montrealand suburbs to get to know each other andto make sure their separation away fromthe families they left behind in thePhilippines would be much lessunbearable In the early days the numberof Filipinos was comparatively small about330 Many of them were professionalsnamely doctors nurses architects andengineers

The Philippine Association ofMontreal and suburbs now known asFAMAS had limited activities which weremainly social events due to lack ofcreativeness incentives and civicconsciousness to project a realisticcommunity involvement said OrlanRacacho former FAMAS president andnow a pastor Leadership skills andpassion for cultural programs werebasically lacking in its platform

FAMAS then was not ascommunity oriented as it is today In factthe money left by each president after hisor her tenure was spent more forsocializing than anything else Even theFAMAS election was so simple that it wasdone by mere raising of hands by thevoters Sometimes the election was heldat Angrignon Park in La Salle It was also inany of those places that a small group ofFilipinos usually had their occasionalpicnics for camaraderie and only a handfulwas keen on running for office moreparticularly the presidency

In the early 70s the communitysaw the changing times in terms of the theeconomy and in the ever-growing numberof Filipinos in Montreal and suburbs

The FAMAS officers decided toaim higher but were confronted with muchbigger challenges It dawned on them thatFAMAS should be community oriented if itwas to be relevant To accomplish thisgoal essential services to the communityhad to be provided FAMAS officersconsisted of volunteers who had to workhard not only to recruit members and raisefunds but also to develop projects Thebiggest source for FAMAS then and nowhas been the Miss Philippines andMunting Bb Pilipinas conceptualized byNorma Flores-Vohra during the terms ofAlvin Veloso Angie Ogerio and BertAbiera respectively In 1978 NormaVillarose started the building fund in theamount of $500 unlike the previousFAMAS presidents who usually spentleftover funds after their term on picnics orany other social activities because at thattime FAMAS had no specific projectTherefore it was during this time whenmassive fund raising was dedicated to thecommunity center building fund EveryFAMAS president began to work harder inorder to turn over an amount to thebuilding fund In 1986-1987 during the

term of Bert Abiera a committee led byOgerio was formed to adopt a `copy cat`fund raising idea used in the Philippinesthe Munting Bb Pilipinas which was ahuge success It raised more than $20000

I made a handsome turn overwhich rapidly grewrdquo said Abiera ldquoWhenMarlene Birao-Schacter took over FAMAShad the sufficient amount to make a downpayment for a duplex on Van Horne Avewith the approval of the officers and theBoard of Trustees They utilized theservices of Nemia Saldua a realtor whowas a member of the Board of TrusteesThe mortgage was signed by Birao-Schacter and Bartolome Javier whorepresented the Board of Trustees

Years later it was decided toconvert the duplex into a communitycenter where the services that theassociation wanted to provide to thecommunity could be served but it wasdifficult since zoning bylaws got in the wayWhen James de la Paz became theFAMAS president he assiduously lobbiedthe City Hall of Montreal to grant FAMAS arezoning permit The neighbours howeverwere opposed to the idea of converting theduplex into a community center becauseof the noise and disturbance it might bringto the quiet neighbourhood Despite therezoning snag de la Paz`s request wasgranted within a year With the help ofvolunteers the duplex was renovated inthe late 90s and worthy activities likeHeritage classes were introducedthereafter

In addition to the successfulconversion of the duplex to become acenter de la Paz made a bold andcontroversial decision He called anassembly to present his proposal to paythe mortgage of FAMAS in full since it hadenough money for that purpose Hebelieved that payment of the mortgagebalance would save money by avoidingthe exorbitant and growing mortgageinterest rates

ldquoSome members of the executiveboard tried to sue me but they couldnrsquot doanythingrdquo recalled de la Paz ldquoMy lawyersaid that I didn`t pocket the money A fewyears later those who were against myidea appreciated what I did If I did not paythe mortgage FAMAS would still be indebtrdquo

In spite of the criticism hurledagainst de la Paz by those who havepersonal issues with him FAMAS hadsubstantially benefitted from his politicalconnections that he shrewdly cultivatedwhen he was the FAMAS presidentArguably he paved the way for the Filipinocommunity to be more visible in themainstream politics when he was FAMASpresident He said ldquoPoliticians used to sayThe Jews Italians Chinese etc It wasfrustrating for Filipinos because they weresystematically relegated to lsquoothersrsquo Theydidnt have any identity until de la Pa cameinto the local political scene Nowpoliticians from municipal provincial andfederal levels recognize the existence notonly of FAMAS but also the entireburgeoning Filipino community

FAMAS made more changes inthe 90s For example it amended theConstitution and Bylaws to allow thepresident to serve for two years rather thanjust one year The Executive Board at thetime was convinced that one year was tooshort for any president particularly a goodone to accomplish the goals of theassociation For reasons of their ownmany community members came out ofthe woodwork and became more andmore interested in becoming president orat least to be an officer FAMAS electionshave become one of the most talked aboutand anticipated events in the communityparticularly in the summertime Like the

Independence Day and the Pista saNayon the election day has always beenan event for many Filipinos to meet friendsthey have not seen for a while

In 2009 the leadership of AuOsdon who has a background inmanagement was put to the test afterwinning the presidency of FAMAS Despiteher detractors`criticismrsquo or perhapsbecause of it she managed to keep theaffairs of FAMAS in order When she tookover in 2009 a Special Audit Committeewas established in order to review theincomplete financial records submitted bythe previous administration Thecommittee composed of Hal SoteroRoger Sandoval Cely Dagsaan and PeterFernandez found out that it would beimpossible because most transactionswere made in cash and not properlyrecorded FAMAS received a bill in 2007--2008 which was paid She also broughtback the trust and respect of thecommunity for FAMAS which for a whilewere lost because of the smokingdrinking and even installation of a camerain the toilet The regular activities like theBb Pilipinas Bb Munting PilipinasHeritage and French classes still continueMiss Teen FAMAS and the fledgling ProjectPagsibol are doing well Somerenovations in the building were also madewith the help of Alex Sy FAMAS vicepresident and an engineer by professionwhich included the new main entrancedoor with electronic push button openerlocated in the office a new entranceFrench door in the main lobby near thestairs going up the office installation of awindow near the entrance door removal ofthe old closet to make the office biggerremoval of the partition of the conferenceroom and living room to make the spacebigger and putting new floor tiles in theconference room

Giving due recognition to de laPaz and Osdon is not meant to diminishthe other presidents before or after themwho made valuable contributions to thestatus of FAMAS as a communityorganization All past presidents ofFAMAS without exception had given uptheir time and made personal sacrifices inorder to do their job It can be statedwithout any doubt that no one has amonopoly of accomplishments for therehave been other past presidents who triedto do what they thought was good for thecommunity Some of the past presidentscontributions are Lee Sanga (deceased)introduced Heritage classes JoseBustamante converted the duplex garageinto a classroom Carlos P Reyes(deceased) started the installation of aflagpole Alberto Floresca (deceased)brought the idea of constructing thebalcony Claro Bermudez celebrated theIndependence Day jointly with FCAWIFlor Rillo constructed the patio CarmelitaSideco (deceased) must be mentioned forbeing the first female FAMAS presidentwhose contributions are not visible but herinfluence over those who worked with herare still felt Norma Casaclang-Villarosa(deceased) was known to be the first oneto put aside some funds for the purpose ofacquiring a community center Dr BartJavier together with Marlene Birao-Schacter were the signatories to the deedof sale of the FAMAS building There mayhave been accomplishments of somepresidents but have not been includedabove but it is hoped that their place inFAMAS history is an acknowledgement oftheir volunteerism to the community

But the saying that ldquoYou can`tplease everybodyrdquo still holds true After theelection in 2011 Osdon and COMELECchairman Budz Sarmiento were accusedof conniving with each other to beat CesarManuel presidential candidate for

Samahang Makabayan ldquoThe accusation is untrue said

Sarmiento The candidates of the SMwere given the Rules and Regulations toread If they have any objection then theyshould have discussed it with theCOMELEC Instead they signed theCertificatres of Candidacy After theelection they were also given a chance toappeal But they ignored it What I findinappropriate are the things they didprotesting in front of the center for a fewdays freezing FAMAS accouint illegallyinducting their officers etc

FAMAS had and still has its upsand down As noted below even duringthe beginning there had been a short-livedfeud between the east side and the westside resulting in two associations onecalled Philippine Association of Montreal(PAM) and the other the Filipino Aociationof the Province of Quebec (FAPQ) Itcannot be denied that bickering anddifferences among differeent factions havebeen a constant threat to the solidarityamong Filipinos Nevertheless they arealways there fior each other in time ofneed It is like a big family After all othercultural associations have had their ownproblems too

List of FAMAS presidents 1963-1964 - Vicente Sison 1964-1965 - DrB Oteysa finished the term of EmilAssistores 1965-1966 - Dr Ben deGuzman 1966-1967 - R Mendoza finishedthe term started by Carlos Borromeo1967-1968 Dr Diego Rosales gave up infavor of John Alvarado In 1967 a crisisoccured that led to the formation of twoasociations John Alvarado continued hisjob as president of Philippine Associationof Montreal (PAM) while Orlan Racachobecame president of a new associationcalled Filipino Association of the Provnceof Quebec In 1968-1969 George Pobletebecame president of PAM and Dr DeoEsguerra was at the helm of FAPQ In1969 according to Jake Maguigadsarticle FAMAS made the maidenappearance with Dr Nap Magadia andlater T Patrio as president while the nameof Andy Palomar was recorded by BertAbiera as the president during the periodof 1969-1970 Abiera also provided thenames of other past presidents namely1970-1971 Simeon Orejudos 1971-1972Alvin Veloso 1972-1973 Roberto Bernas 1973-1974 Carmelita Sideco 1974-1975Orlan Racacho 1975-1976 DominadorRosales 1976-1977 Dr Bartolome Javier1977-1978 Henry Casuga 1978-1979Norma Villarosa 1979-1980 Dr EdilbertoPelausa 1980-1981 Liwanag Sanga 1981-1982 - Angelita Ogerio 1982-1983Salvador Cagugao 1983-1984 NemiaSaldua 1984-1985 Dr GenovevaSantander 1985-1986 Julita Parado 1986-1987 Alberto Abiera 1987-1988 AuroraOsdon 1988-1989 Marlene Birao-Schacter 1989-1990 Mario Umali 1990-1991 Erlinda Baltazar 1991-1992 LimeoCollao 1992-1993 Dick Dahiroc 1993-1994 Malrlene Birao-Schacter 1994-1995Emma Resurreccion 1995-1997 James dela Paz (two consecutive terms) 1997-1998Ricardo Cosico 1998-1999 JoseBustamante

The change in the terms ofpresidents began in 1999-2001 with CarlosP Reyes 2001-2003 Venancio Parial 2003-2005 Santiago Tino 2005-2007 AlbertoFloresca 2007-2008 2008 - ClaroBermjudez who had to leave for a jobopporuntiy in South Africa and appointedFlor Rillo to replace him for the remainderof his term until August 2009 AuroraOsdon 2009-2013 (two consecutive terms)

FAMAS in a capsule

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Call 514-485-7861

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Pork loinApproximately

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379lb 449lb

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Frozen pork blood

Fresh liver

Pork skin

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Fresh Pork Belly with skin

Mon Tue Wed 800 am - 500 pmThu Fri 800 am - 600 pmSaturday 800 am - 500 pmSunday Closed

Home smoked meat

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Ground PorkSpecial 229lb

Philippine Cuisineand

Favorite FoodCompiled by Zenaida Ferry Kharroubi

Fresh Pork Leg

Over 20 lbs 409 lb

lb

Bone-in shoulder chops219 lb

12 kilo pork bellygarlic powdersalt and pepper

For the filling

1 small bundle large spring onionschopped1 stalk lemon grass chopped1 small bundle chives chopped3-4 cloves garlic choppedblack pepper powderchili flakessalt

For the baste

3 tablespoon oil1 tablespoon soy sauce

Balamban Liempo - Cooking procedure

Make an incision in the middle of thepork belly to form a pocket for thefillings Rub the pork belly with garlicpowder salt and pepper let stand inthe refrigerator and marinate for a least1 hour or more Mix and blend all thefilling ingredients and put it inside thebelly pocket keep aside Preheat ovento 300degF to 350degF using the top andbottom heating element In a roastingpan with the same size with the porkbelly place the pork belly with the skinon top Drizzle the pork belly skin withsoy sauce and rub to evenly coat

Balamban Liempo - Grill

Place the roasting pan in the pre-heated oven and roast for 1 to 112hours Occasionally brush the skinwith the oil and soy sauce bastemixture Adjust lower the temperatureif the skin is drying or cooking too fastNow remove the pork belly from thebaking pan and place in the middle ofthe oven in a rack continue to roast foranother 20 to 30 minutes Increase theoven temperature to 400degF to 450degFduring the last 10 to 15 minutes ofcooking or until reddish in color and theskin should be crisp at this stageRemove from oven and cover theroasting pan with aluminium foil and letrest for 10 to 15 minutes Cut intoserving pieces and serve with yourchoice pinakurat vinegar dippingsauce

Pork Belly RoastBalamban liempo style

roasting the pork belly is roasted whileit is in the roasting pan I used glassThis will allow the juices together withthe aromatics cook the meatremember you have to use top andbottom grill of the oven Halfway thepork belly is removed from the panand let grill on the middle of the ovenYou can also use yoursquore turbo broilerif you have one again just be mindfulof your temperatures and timings Ifyou have an oven with rotisserie thenwe would not have to do the abovecomplicated roasting method

Balamban Liempo - Ingrdients

Balamban Liempo as the nameoriginated in Balamban one of thetowns located along the western coastof Cebu Several entrepreneurs havebrought the Balamban Liempo outsideof Balamban and has become one ofthe must eat food when you are inCebu City

Balamban Liempo - Chopped

The pork belly has to be roasted in 2procedures During the first half of

Pinakbet (VegetableStew)

ngredients14 kilo pork with fat (cut into very small

pieces)3 tablespoons oil1 12 cup water

I 2 medium size Ampalaya (cut into 8pieces each)

2 medium size eggplants (cut into 8pieces each)

1 small size kalabasaabout6-10 pieces okra (halved)6 pieces tomatoes (quartered)1 small garlic head (minced)2 small onions (diced)1 small ginger (sliced)4 tablespoons bagoong isdaPinch of pepper

Procedure

In a pan fry pork until lightly crispy setaside

Saute garlic onion tomatoes and gingerin the pork fat and mix in pork

In a pot boil water with bagoongAdd in the pork and spicesAdd all the vegetables and cookServe hot

Pinakbet is a very typical andpopular dish among Filipinos in theIlocos provinces but also adopted byother groups in Luzon except thatthere is a slight difference in theingredients

Tilapia with blackbean sauce

Tilapia with Salted Black BeansIngredients

1 large tilapia sliced crosswise(steak cut)

14 cup canned tausi (salted blackbeans) ndash discard the water

12 cup chopped flat leaf parsley1 medium yellow onion diced2 teaspoon minced garlic1 12 tablespoons oyster sauce1 tablespoon soy sauce1 teaspoon cornstarch diluted in 12

cup watercooking oilSalt and pepper to taste

Cooking Procedure

Rub salt and pepper all over thesliced tilapia Let it stand for 10 minutes

Heat 1 cup of cooking oil in a fryingpan

Pan-fry the sliced tilapia in mediumheat for about 5 minutes per side or untilthe color turns medium brown Removethe fried tilapia and place in a plate linedwith paper towel

In a clean cooking pan heat about 2tablespoons of cooking oil

Saute the garlic and onionWhen the onion softensadd the

parsley and salted black beansPut the fried tilapia in the pan Add

the soy sauce oyster sauce andcornstarch diluted in water Stir gently andlet boil Cover and simmer for 10 to 15minutes

Add pepper to taste Note you canadd more water to make it taste less salty

Transfer to a serving bowlServe share and enjoy

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50th Anniversary GalaSaturday June 15 2013

Call 514-341-7477

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FILIPINO STARS H O W B I Z G O S S I PlsquoAnnalizarsquo wants to directsomeday

She may be just 10 years old andher show-biz career just starting totake off but child star AndreaBrillantes can already see herselfworking behind the camera whenbeing in front of it has lost its appeal

ldquoI enjoy taking photos and mymom tells me they look nicerdquo shesaid ldquoI want to become a director awriter or a photographer when I growolder I want to be behind the scenesrdquoBrillantes told a small group ofreporters at a recent media gatheringfor ABS-CBNrsquos remake of the popular1980s television drama ldquoAnnalizardquowhere she plays the title role

The late Julie Vega was theoriginal Annaliza

For her dream first photo shootBrillantes said she wanted her subjectto be her idol Kim Chiu Her directorialdebut on the other hand will mostlikely have ldquoAnnalizardquo costar ZanjoeMarudo (who plays her father Guido)as lead actor she added

Prior to this big break Brillantesoften played the role of a teleseryersquosstar as a child She was the youngAndi Eigenmann in ldquoKahit PusorsquoyMasugatanrdquo Jessy Mendiola inldquoPrecious Heart Romances Paraisordquoand Kim Chiu in ldquoIna Kapatid Anakrdquo

ldquoIrsquom very thankful and happy thatI was chosen to play Annalizabecause itrsquos my dream to star in myown showrdquo she said Brillantes saidshe googled Vega on the Internet toknow more about her learning abouther birthday and death

Looking sweet and adorable in apink dress Brillantes was refreshingly

self-assured when asked if shebelieved she could carry a televisionshow on her own

But the precocious youngsterclammed up when the subject ofcompetition with other ABS-CBN childstars such as Xyriel Manabat wasbrought up ldquoI donrsquot knowrdquo shemurmured ldquoMas matanda po akordquoshe offered drawing laughter fromthe crowd

Currently a Grade 4 student inAmbassador School for ChildrenBrillantes said she might resort tohome-schooling next academic yearbecause of her increasingly heavyschedule

Do her schoolmates and friendsknow that shersquos an actor ldquoYestheyrsquore happy and proud of meSometimes they approach me forphoto opsrdquo she said

Brillantes who joined the kiddiegag show ldquoGoinrsquo Bulilitsrdquo in 2010proudly announced she was able tobuy herself a cell phone and an iPadfrom her earnings ldquoSomeday I wantto have a nice bedroomrdquo she said

Business unit head Ruel Bayanisaid their version of ldquoAnnalizardquo wouldbe generally faithful to the originalseries ldquoBut to make it relevant todaywe incorporated different socialissues we encounter nowrdquo Bayanisaid

Directed by Theodore Boboroland Cathy Camarillo ldquoAnnalizardquo startsairing Monday before ldquoTV Patrolrdquo a

After his sold-out birthdayconcert at the Smart-AranetaColiseum Kapamilya teensensation Daniel Padilla continuesto sweep off the feet of his fans withhis sophomore album under StarRecords titled ldquoDJPrdquo

Daniel Padilla ReleasesSophomore Album DJP

Following the success of hisdouble platinum self-titled albumldquoDJPrdquo features 10 tracks includingDanielrsquos carrier single ldquoKamustaKardquo ldquoKung San Ka MasayardquoldquoSabay Natinrdquo ldquoPanalanginrdquoldquoBinibinirdquo ldquoNaaalalardquo ldquoKisapmatardquoldquoIpagpatawad Mordquo ldquoSisikat DinAkordquo and the acoustic version ofHimig Handog P-Pop Love Songfinalist ldquoNasa Iyo Na Ang Lahatrdquo

The album also carries thebonus track ldquoDiskarterdquo DanielrsquosldquoDJPrdquo album is already available onall record bars nationwide for onlyP250 The digital tracks of thealbum can also be downloaded viawwwmymusicstorecomph andiTunes

For more information visit StarRecordsrsquo Facebook fanpage atwwwfacebookcomstarrecordsphilor follow starrecordsph onTwitter a

Daniel Padilla ReleasesSophomore Album DJP

Daniel Padilla had his fans shrieking onASAP Sunday as he channeled hisinner Mr Suave while performing theParokya ni Edgar hit along with threeother Padillas RJ Matthew and JC

Rising teleserye princess Andrea Brillantes suddenly burst into tears while walkingon center stage when her first teleserye starrer Annaliza was introduced toadvertisers at the recently held ABS-CBN trade event at the NBC Tent in Taguig Theten-year old young actress wasnrsquot able to contain her emotions any longer whenshe realized that she is actually living her long-time dream of playing lead in a TVseries

May 2013 17The North American Filipino Star

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Our slaughterhouse is very clean and our prices are reasonable

Reserve your mutton from Aid Al Adha bull Sariwa malinis

The Court of Appeals (CA) ruledin favor of the Movie and TelevisionReview and Classification Board(MTRCB) that suspended TV5snoontime game show Willing Willie in2011 over an obscene segment

Associated Justice ManuelBarrios of the appellate courts 2ndDivision said in an 11-page decisionissued late Thursday that thecontested episode that showed ayoung boy dancing in a raunchymanner while crying was enoughmaterial for MTRCB to suspend thepopular show for one month

A review of the recording of thatsegment shows a 6-year old boygyrating like a macho dancer whilebeing cajoled and goaded by theshows host and the audience iscommonly perceived as transpiringonly in night clubs and othershadowy establishments thedecision stated

The court also called the showhost Willie Revillame insensitive inencouraging the boy to continue withthe performance in exchange for amonetary reward

While money has great utilityand is beneficial in these times ofwant it must never be used asjustification to sacrifice good moralsdecency self respect and thepsychological well-being of itscitizens especially the young itadded

MTRCB Chairman EugenioVillareal welcomed the courtsdecision on Thursday night sayinghe hopes the ruling be instructive tothe television industryEntertainment ( Article MRec )pagematch 1 sectionmatch 1

May this allow the televisionindustry especially those moredirectly concerned to move on andhelp build an entertainment culturethat is truly audience-sensitive andparticularly looking out for thewelfare of our young Villareal said ina statement

MTRCB earlier said in the originalsuspension ruling that the showviolated a law against immoral andindecent broadcasts that run counterto Filipino valuesinvoking herbrothers being in power when shemade a veiled threat Wala na siyangibang masabi Sabi niya Bakanakalimutan mo may three years paang brother ko Yap said a

Court says Willie Revillameinsensitive upholds showsuspension

Julia Barretto the winsome 16-year old daughter of Marjorie Barrettowho is fast making a name for herselfin the show business industry as ldquoTheMost Beautiful Barrettordquo continues tocapture hearts including that of teenstar Julian Estrada - her co-star in arecent special episode of ABS-CBNrsquosaward-winning fantasy-dramaanthology ldquoWansapanataymrdquo

Estrada who like Barretto is ascion of an established showbiz familythat includes actor turned presidentJoseph ldquoEraprdquo Estrada has nowadmitted to wooing his fellow StarMagic 2013 member in a recentinterview on ldquoKris TVrdquo ndash a far cry froman earlier statement

ldquoHindi naman po ligaw (But)things are doing pretty well (betweenthe two of us) rdquo he was quoted assaying prior

Ironically the 15-year-old spilledthe truth about courting the young

actress when he was being grilled byhis own father actor turned senatorJinggoy Estrada during their guestappearance on ldquoKris TVrdquo Monday

ldquoNililigawan mo bardquo The senatorasked his son who went on to blurt acurt ldquoYeahrdquo

When asked if he thinks he is onhis way to winning Julia over theyoung Estrada meekly retortedldquoSanardquo

The older Estrada went on todispense seeming sage advice tellinghis son to give the star of theupcoming series ldquoCofradiardquo gifts likeflowers fruits and chocolates

He went on to praise Julia as withthe rest of the Barrettos for theirbeauty

ldquoMaganda talaga rsquoyung mgaBarretto sistersrdquo said he referring tothe controversial siblings GretchenClaudine and Marjorie Juliarsquos mother

Julian and Julia Fromreel to real

Julian Estrada and Julia Barretto

TV5 statement onMr Willie Revillamersquosresignation

Willie Revillame

So it has finally been confirmedthe rumor that Willie Revillame isresigning from TV5 and that his showldquoWowowillierdquo will end when his contractwith the network expires on Oct 15

The persistent hearsay was thatWillie is resigning because he wasasking for a P90 million talent fee permonth which the Kapatid networkrejected according to a source

Williersquos camp denied the rumorsaying at first that while itrsquos true hiscontract with TV5 is expiring in Octoberthere was no negotiation going on yetabout the possible renewal of suchcontract much less about any amountfor the hostrsquos monthly talent fee

Willie has his options on whether tocontinue with the show or take hismuch-needed vacation He has favoredthe latter

To this TV5 has issued this shortstatement

ldquoWe respect the decision of MrWillie Revillame to retire upon theexpiry of his contract with TV5 We wishhim well in his new pursuitsrdquo a

May 201318 The North American Filipino Star

Showbiz Gossip Continued from p17

Maja Salvador said she is at a lossfor words when met with greetings onher relationship with Gerald Andersonwhich the actor recently confirmed

At the sidelines of the filming of herupcoming big-screen project with SenJinggoy Estrada on Wednesday the24-year-old actress was asked for herreaction to her boyfriend going publicwith their relationship

Marami ang nagsasabi na angganda ko raw ang suwerte ko raw Diko alam paano sasagutin yun eSalvador was quoted as saying byentertainment news site PhilippineEntertainment Portal

Siguro sobrang blessed ko langna ganun ako ka-importante sa buhayniya talaga she said referring toAnderson

The 24-year-old actor admitted the

real score between him and Salvadorin the June 2013 issue of entertainmentmagazine StarStudio

Last Sunday Anderson said thedecision to admit his romantic ties withSalvador was for everybodys peace ofmind citing the endless speculationsabout their relationship

Anderson and Salvadorsrelationship however came at the costof the actress friendship with her InaKapatid Anak co-star and erstwhilebest friend Kim Chiu

Chiu is the former girlfriend ofAnderson The two broke up in 2010

In an earlier interview an emotionalChiu said she has already forgivenAnderson and Salvador but added itis difficult to forget what they did toyou a

Maja Salvador reacts to GeraldAndersonrsquos confession

Gerald Anderson and Maja Salvador

The lady of laughs Ai Ai delasAlas feels so much better now daysafter her personal conflict with short-lived husband Jed Salang came to ahead

Ai Ai said she never realized howmuch love she enjoys from everyone ndashher family her friends in and out of thebusiness her fans and even those whoare just looking ndash until this thinghappened to her

ldquoIrsquom overwhelmed by the love andsupport of everybody I am verythankful Sobrang pasasalamat kotalaga sa Diyos at sa lahat-lahat ngmga mababait na mga anak ko mgakaibigan ko at mga taong nagmamahalsa akin kahit hindi naman nila akomasyadong nakakasama o nakikita

Wala na akong mahihiling paNapakasuwerte ko pa rinrdquo she saidAi Ai told us everything is clear with hernow ldquoHindi ko akalain na mangyayarisa buhay ko ang ganorsquon nanapapanood ko lang sa TV Pero atleast okay na ako Nakalaya na rin akobago pa mangyari sa akin ang mgabagay na ikakahiya ko pa balangarawrdquo she said

Ai Ai likened her life to a plot of anABS-CBN soap opera She saidldquorsquoyung tipong isang medyonakakabatang lalaki na pumatol saisang medyo may edad na babae namay pera Pero meron talaga siyangpamilya at sinabihan niya na sandalilang ito at kailangan lang niya gawinpara na din sa kanyang mag-inaGanun ang eksaktong nangyari saakinrdquoAnd what didnrsquot kill her made herstronger Ai Ai said ldquoNow I really thankGod for waking me up just in timeMasakit pero ganun talagaNaghangad kasi ako na mahalin ngisang lalaki mapakasalan Siguro hinditalaga rsquoyun ang buhay na para sa akinMarami namang masyadong blessingna ibinibigay si God Ang mga anak kosobrang mahal ako Nahihiya nga akosa kanila at nagpapasalamat nanaiintindihan nila ang Mommy nila Silaang tunay kong kayamananrdquo a

Ai Ai Delas Alas is much betternow

Comedienne Ai Ai delas Alas hasfiled a formal complaint against herhusband of 29 days businessmanJed Salang

According to a report ofentertainment website Pepphpublished on Wednesday delas Alascharged Salang of violating theRepublic Act 9262 or the act definingviolence against women and childrenbefore the Quezon City Regional Trial

Court on FridayThis is in addition to the

protection order she sought againsther husband so he could no longercome near her by 100 to 500 meters

Citing a source allegedly close tothe comedienne Pepph said delasAlas detailed in her petition howSalang physically abused her lastMay 2

The source added delas Alas alsoconsulted with a psychologist whotold her that she is in a ldquostate ofdepressionrdquo and is suffering from anldquoacute post-traumatic-stressdisorderrdquo

Two weeks ago delas Alas brokedown on The Buzz as she confirmedher breakup from Salang

In an interview with The Buzzhost Boy Abunda delas Alasadmitted that she was physically

Ai Ai delas Alas with her husband JedSalang (file photo)

Ai Ai files raps vs husband JedSalang

abused by Salang which led to herdecision to leave him last May 2

She also tearfully said shebelieves Salang never loved her

Delas Alas and Salang weremarried in Las Vegas last April 3

It takes two to do the show bizbreakup cha-cha

Did Jed Salang really do all thoseawful awful things andhellip isnrsquot hegoing to defend himself Just youwait

In the aftermath of Ai-Ai de lasAlasrsquo spectacular meltdown on ldquoTheBuzzrdquo last Sunday over a turbulentseparation from her husband of lessthan a month movie reporters havebeen hunting down Salang abusinessman

Did he really beat up the 48-year-old actress routinely Is he agambling addict as they say Is it

true that he received a monthlyallowance of P40000 from De lasAlas Did he use her money to buyexpensive gifts for another personAwful awful talk (Meanwhile has hereturned the ldquodream carrdquo that shegave him for their first ldquomonthsaryrdquo)

Several show biz scribes havegone to Salangrsquos workplace inAlabang others to his reportedcurrent address A few claim to havetalked to Salang but say he declinedto comment on the whole sordidaffair

When De las Alas claimed onnationwide TV that she had broken upwith Salang on May 2 after repeatedincidents of physical abuse her fanswent up in arms as if on cue Theywasted no time in flooding SalangrsquosInstagram account with vitriolprompting him to close it onMondaymdashhis only link to socialnetworking a

May 2013 19The North American Filipino Star

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Words cannot express howdelighted Lovi Poe is about her sisterGrace Poe-Llamanzares ranking No 1in the May 13 senatorial race Shefinds it hard to believe that she nowhas a big sister who is a senator and isjust a phone call away

Lovi during her contract signingwith GMA-7 last May 17 shared thatshe has gotten to know her elder sisterwell during the campaign season

ldquoIrsquom so proud of her When we hadlunch I met her son daughter and herhusband They are all wonderfulpeople talaga Lahat sila mababait SiAte Grace shersquos very humble shersquosvery smart Talagang I look up to herKung baga isa siyang magandanghalimbawardquo she sharedShe added that if she is proud shecould just imagine how prouder theirfather the late Fernando Poe Jr Kingof Philippine Cinema would havebeen

ldquoIrsquom sure si Papa kung anongnararamdaman ko kay Ate Grace masgrabe pa siya and Irsquom sureipagpapatuloy niya ang gusto niPapahellip I just really feel so proudespecially with what happened nanag-number one siya Siya na mismonagsabi that she didnrsquot expect thatrdquoLovi expressed that she will be asupportive sister and intimated thatSen Grace would be having lunchwith her to discuss her plans inpolitics She said that she would helpin her own capacity as an actress butwonrsquot be ldquovisible politicallyrdquo

ldquoI donrsquot want to venture into

politics kasi itrsquos not my turf talagaLetrsquos leave it to the experts sabi nganilardquo quipped Lovi

These days Lovi is more focusedon giving her all in the projects that theKapuso network entrusts her Shebelieves she has the talent and wantsto prove that she is worthy of herthree-year contract Her love life toocould take a backseat to her new stateof mind which is workldquoIrsquom not dating now I just want to

focus talaga on work Ito rsquoyungpromise ko sa sarili ko na masfocused ako now Irsquom already 24 yearsold at ibang Lovi na ito Mas mature nakasi medyo before I want to enjoywhile working of course but now masfocused nardquo

Itrsquos been almost two months sinceLovi took a break from the Kapusonetwork Now she is excited to goback to work and see her colleagueswhom she misses a lot She also looks

forward to the teleseryes she wouldget and the leading men shersquod beworking with As an actress she israring to do more challenging roles inthe near future

By the way Lovi is in theupcoming movie of Joel Lamanganentitled ldquoLihisrdquo with Jake Cuenca andJoem Bascon among others a

Lovi proud sister to Sen Grace Poe

Lovi Poe (Left) and Sen Grace Poe-Llamanzares

For the first time HeartEvangelista revealed the real reasonwhy she and Jericho Rosales whomshe considers her ldquogreatest loverdquobroke up in 2008

In an sit-down interview with Yesmagazine for its May 2013 issueEvangelista said her parents madeher believe that Rosales cheated onher with Malaysian actress CarmenSoo

At that time Evangelista justreconciled with her parents after nottalking to them for three yearsbecause she fought for herrelationship with Rosales

Evangelista said her parents didnot approve of the Kapamilya actorbecause he already had a child froma previous relationship

ldquoI didnrsquot see them for three yearsat that time and I missed them somuch And I was also going though alot I was struggling with life I wasconfused Although I was happy itwas hard to be happy in one areaand everything else seems like itrsquosfalling apart But the moment I gotback with them naging okay kamirdquoshe said

Rosales was then in Malaysiawith Soo for the ABS-CBN seriesldquoKahit Isang Saglitrdquo whileEvangelista was in Dubai for her ownshow in GMA-7

ldquoWhen they said that he wascheating on me with Carmen Soo Ireally did think that he was I reallythought that he cheated on me Ireally did And that was because theytold me that he was and I wasconvincedrdquo she said

Evangelista shared there waseven a time when Rosales went tosee her in her condominium unit sohe could explain himself but theynever saw each other

ldquoMy mom didnrsquot tell me that hewas waiting for me downstairs in mycondo for five hours She didnrsquot say

anything so I didnrsquot hear from himrdquoshe said

The 27-year-old actress said shejust learned in due course thatRosales did not really cheat on her

ldquoOf course they are yourparentsmdashwhen they tell yousomething over and over you start tohave fears You start to doubt certainsituations And thatrsquos what happenedto me beforerdquo she said

Through time Evangelistaunderstood that her mom was justscared to lose her

ldquoShe was trying to let me go She

was really trying her best to not getherself involved with my pastrelationships It was always like thatShe would try But in the endeverything that she kept inside wouldjust blow up and it would just affectme so much and also therelationship that I was inrdquo she said

Evangelista recently madeheadlines anew after she foundherself in another collision coursewith her parents who lambasted hercurrent boyfriend Senator FrancisChiz Escudero

Both Evangelista and Escuderohowever have stood firm that theyare not breaking up amid all theissues surrounding their relationship

Why Heart and Jericho really broke up Jericho has found lsquoThe Onersquo

Early photo of Heart amp JerichoNot meant to be Former lovers Heartand Jericho Rosales

May 201320 The North American Filipino Star

Itrsquos tough fighting the worldrsquossecond biggest economic power andmost populous country But whenanother economic heavyweight joinsthe fight against you they couldtrounce you very badly And to makethe situation worse the two adversariesare the giant Peoplersquos Republic ofChina (PRC) and the Lilliputian buteconomically rich Republic of China(ROC) which is more commonly knownas Taiwan With the Philippines upagainst the two Chinas her options are

limited

Over the past several years Chinaincreased her defense budget todouble-digit increments In the case ofTaiwan the United States provided herwith firepower to defend herself fromChina whose ultimate goal is to takeover Taiwan and complete theunification of the two Chinas under onegovernment

But the US has nothing to do with thatAlthough the US recognizes the PRCunder a ldquoOne China Policyrdquo she madeit known that Taiwan would bedefended should China decide toinvade Taiwan

The Philippines followed suit andadopted a ldquoOne China Policyrdquo too thussevering her diplomatic relationshipwith Taiwan However the influentialcommunity of Chinese expatriates andrefugees in the Philippines identifythemselves with Chiang Kai-shek andhis Kuomintang Party who fled toTaiwan in 1949 after they were defeatedby Mao Zedong and his CommunistParty in a bloody Civil War

To continue their ldquofriendshiprdquo thePhilippines and Taiwan established twooffices to serve as conduit between thetwo governments The Philippinegovernment opened the ManilaEconomic and Cultural Office (MECO)in Taipei and Taiwan opened the TaipeiEconomic and Cultural Office (TECO) inManila Indeed the relationshipbetween the Philippines and Taiwancouldnrsquot have been betterhellip until lastMay 9 when an incident in disputedwaters ended in the death of aTaiwanese fisherman

Fishing boat incidentRelatives of fisherman killed by thePhilippine Coast Guard

According to Philippine Coast Guard(PCG) account two Taiwanese fishing

boats were sighted in the Balintangchannel just north of Luzon which isPhilippine territory and not claimed byTaiwan or any other country In whatappeared to be illegal fishing the PCGvessel approached the fishing boatsbut one of them tried to ram the PCGvessel The PCG fired at the chargingfishing boat to disable it The fishingboat was disabled howeverunbeknown to the PCG crew a 65-yearold Taiwanese fisherman was hit Thena ldquobig white shiprdquo came to view and the

PCG vessel took off (Source The DailyTribune)

The incident created a crescendo ofevents leading to violence againstOverseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) inTaiwan MECO Chairman AmadeoPerez reported that an OFW wasattacked with a baseball bat by anangry mob in Kaohsiung City TaiwanOther attacks on OFWs were reportedldquoThe situation in Taiwan now is verytenserdquo said PerezIn an attempt to placate TaiwanPresident Benigno Aquino IIIapologized for the death of the

Taiwanese fisherman but the Taiwanesegovernment uncharacteristicallyrejected it as ldquoinsincererdquo

And to make matters worse theTaiwanese government banned theentry of OFWs The Philippinegovernment is preparing evacuationplans should the need to bring theOFWs home arises The Taiwanesegovernment also issued an advisory toher citizens not to visit the Philippines

Enter the bullyEmperor Xi Jinping (Credit TheEconomist)

Meanwhile a Chinese foreign ministryspokesman said ldquoWe strongly

condemn the barbaric shooting andkilling of the Taiwanese fishermandemanding that the Philippines shouldinvestigate the case and furnish thedetails as soon as possible We aredeeply grieved about the death of theTaiwanese compatriot and have sentcondolences to his familyrdquo With Chinaopenly siding with Taiwan it makes onewonder if China was taking advantageof the incident to drive a wedgebetween the two allies of the UnitedStates Indeed China has been tryingvery hard to neutralize the UnitedStatesrsquo military presence in the WesternPacific particularly in the South andEast China Seas

In August 2012 China tricked thePhilippines into ending the standoff atthe Scarborough Shoal (PanatagShoal) by agreeing to a withdrawal ofthe two countriesrsquo naval vessels fromthe area As soon as the Philippineswithdrew her Coast Guard vesselsChina cordoned off the only opening tothe shoal while several Chinese shipsstayed Since then China has de factopossession of the shoal which is about124 miles from Luzon and within thePhilippinesrsquo 200-mile ExclusiveEconomic Zone (EEZ)

Ryukyu archipelagoRyukyu Islands

Recently two events happened that putChinese expansionism into thegeopolitical equation First itquestioned Japanrsquos ownership of theRyukyu archipelago which includesOkinawa where the US maintains 18army navy air force and marine bases

China claims that the Ryukyus wereonce a Chinese vassal state during theMing and Qing dynasties therefore theisland chain should be returned toChina

With this new ldquoterritorial disputerdquoJapanrsquos ongoing dispute with Chinaover ownership of the Senkaku Islandstakes different dimension Someexperts are saying that China is usingthe Ryukyu issue as a bargaining chipto her claim over the Senkakus a groupof five uninhabited islands and isletswedged between Okinawa and Taiwan

When Japan and Taiwan recentlysigned a joint fishing agreement aroundthe Senkakus China became furiousAnd right after that the ownership of theRyukyus came into play

Ayungin Shoal

China also opened another potentialarea of dispute ndash right inside Philippineterritory A few days ago severalChinese ships were sighted near theAyungin Shoal in the Kalayaan town inthe province of Palawan

Last May 10 a Department of ForeignAffairs (DFA) spokesperson said thatAyungin Shoal is within the PhilippinesrsquoEEZ He said that the entry of foreignfishing vessels in an EEZ is a violationof the United Nations Convention of theLaw of the Sea (UNCLOS) China andthe Philippines are signatories toUNCLOS DFA filed a protest letter withthe Chinese Embassy in Manila on theprovocative presence of two Chinesemaritime surveillance shipsand onewarship around Ayungin Shoal(Source The Philippine Star)

Taiping Island

Taiwan also has a piece of the actionamong six nations involved in territorialdisputes in the Spratly archipelagoRecently Taiwan announced plans toexpand a pier in Taiping Island thelargest island in the Spratlys Byexpanding the pier in the fortified islandit would allow port calls by Taiwanrsquos2000-ton frigates The island hasalready a 3800-foot runway whichTaiwan built in 2006 (Source NewStraits Times)

During the 115th anniversarycelebration of the Philippine Navy lastMay 21 Aquino declared ldquoOurmessage to the world is clear what isours is ours and we will repel any andall attempts to claim what is ours anddefend ourselves against any form ofaggression especially within ourbackyardrdquoIt seems that itrsquos going to bea battle between David vs two Goliaths(PerryDiazgmailcom)

David vs Two Goliaths

Anti-Filipino rally in Taiwan

Relatives of killed Taiwanese fisherman

ldquoEmperorrdquo Xi Jinping (Credit The Economist)

Ryukyu Islands

May 2013 21The North American Filipino Star

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Embracing theObscureBy David White

This past weekend in Sonoma CountyCalifornia 17 vintners gathered for a winetasting they dubbed The 7 PercentSolution

As the organizers explained roughly 93percent of Northern California vineyardacreage is planted to eight major grapevarietals The remaining 7 percent is hometo numerous lesser-known varietals[which] are finding anchor with a small butgrowing number of winemakers

The event enabled consumers to explorethe wines being produced by Californiasrevolutionary vintners -- those willing toembrace the states vast and varied climateby avoiding popular grapes and bottlingthe obscure Whether theyre producingunusual varietals or exploring unheraldedregions these winemakers are worthcelebrating

That certain regions of California might bebetter suited to say Albarino thanChardonnay makes sense Across theglobe commercial wine is produced from a

whopping 1368 different grape varieties Itdefies logic to assume that grapes native tocentral France will thrive in all the worldsnew vineyards

This topic was explored at this years DrinkLocal Wine conference by Joseph FiolaPhD a University of Maryland professorwho has spent over 25 years researchingand teaching about experimentalviticulture

During his lecture Fiola spent a great dealof time praising the Old World for itscommitment to growing varieties that areadapted to local growing conditions

Local varieties have been growing inthose areas for hundreds maybethousands of years he explainedYear in year out they get ripe Year inyear out winemakers can controlproduction Those areas know how togrow the grapes they know how tomake good wine And its the localgrapes that are the best [Winemakers]arent going to grow CabernetSauvignon all over Italy becausepeople know the name

Fiola went on to compare southernItalys climate to southern MarylandsYet he acknowledged the temptation tofocus on well-known varieties

Trying to convince a Maryland winerythat has to worry about marketing topeople who can barely pronounceChardonnay to sell Nero dAvolaNegroamaro Sagrantino he askednaming three esoteric varieties fromItaly That presents a challenge heconceded

Europe has an advantage of courseThe continent has been producingwine for thousands of years so vintnersthere understand which grapes dobest In France for examplewinemakers in Burgundy know to focus

on Pinot Noir and Chardonnay Just asGerman vintners recognize thatRiesling thrives in the countrys Moselregion Spanish vintners recognize thatAlbarino thrives in Galicia

Wine production in the United States isstill in its infancy But winemakers knowthat American consumers enjoyCabernet Sauvignon ChardonnayMerlot Pinot Noir and SauvignonBlanc so thats what most produceOnly the most courageous vintnerswould eschew these varieties

One of these courageous vintners isMatthew Rorick of Forlorn Hope whopoured at this weekends tasting inSonoma Since 2005 he has beenproducing rare creatures fromappellations unknown and varietiesuncommon

His rare creatures are truly unusualHe produces delightful reds fromSangiovese and Barbera two Italiangrapes that few California winemakers

take seriously He produces a deliciousVerdelho a white wine thats typicallyassociated with Portugal He producesthe nations only 100-percent StLaurent a thought-provoking highlyaromatic red thats almost impossibleto find outside Austria and the CzechRepublic Each year he crafts morethan a dozen different wines -- andvirtually all are produced in lots offewer than 2500 bottles

The fact that 17 vintners like Rorickwere able to fill a room this pastweekend is a testament to the fact thatan increasing number of winemakersare willing to take risks And perhapsmore importantly Americanconsumers are growing morecomfortable exploring the unknown

David White a wine writer is the founderand editor of Terroiristcom His columnsare housed at Palate Press The OnlineWine Magazine

APRIL 201322 The North American Filipino Star

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Minister FlahertyHighlights EconomicAction Plan 2013rsquosStrong Support forCharitableOrganizations

The Honourable Jim Flaherty Ministerof Finance today urged Canadians totake advantage of the HarperGovernmentrsquos new First-Time DonorrsquosSuper Credit and donate to acharitable organization

Speaking at Lutherwood a not-for-profit health and social serviceorganization serving the WaterlooRegion and Wellington CountyMinister Flaherty said ldquoThroughout ournationrsquos history Canadians haveworked together to serve others andhave made Canada a better place inthe process Our Government wants tosee that noble tradition continuewhich is why Economic Action Plan2013 builds on previous actions by ourGovernment to support families andcommunities and the quality of life forhard-working Canadiansrdquo

These initiatives include the RegisteredDisability Savings Plan the FamilyCaregiver Tax Credit and the EnablingAccessibility Fund which supports thecapital costs of construction andrenovations to improve physicalaccessibility for persons withdisabilities

Minister Flaherty stated ldquoThe newFirst-Time Donorrsquos Super Credit willsignificantly enhance theattractiveness of donating to a charityfor young and new Canadians who arein a position to make donations for thefirst time By helping to rejuvenate andexpand the charitable sectorrsquos donorbase this important initiative will havean immediate impact in supporting thecharitable sectorrdquo

The credit will apply on cash donationsof up to $1000 claimed in any onetaxation year from 2013 to 2017 It willincrease the value of the existingCharitable Donations Tax Credit by 25percentage points if neither thetaxpayer nor their spouse has claimedthe credit since 2007

Kitchener-Waterloo MP Peter Braid achampion for such worthy causesadded ldquoCanadians are some of themost generous people in the worldwhen it comes to giving time andmoney to charity and our Governmentis committed to supporting that spiritrdquo

ldquoThe Super Credit is a very positivestep for charities wanting to engagenew donors We are excited by thepossibilities and eager to continueworking with the federal government toexplore innovative ways to expandcharitable giving by all Canadiansrdquosaid Marcel Lauziegravere President andCEO of Imagine Canada

___________________________________For further information media may

contact

Kathleen PerchalukPress SecretaryOffice of the Minister of Finance613-996-7861

Jack AubryMedia RelationsDepartment of Finance613-996-8080

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Treasury Board PresidentAnnounces MajorInitiative toward a High-Performing Public Service

For immediate release

May 28 2013

Ottawa ndash The Honourable TonyClement President of the TreasuryBoard today announced a newmandatory system for trackingemployee performance aimed atboosting productivity and ensuringCanadians receive modern effectiveand efficient public service

ldquoHard-working Canadians look to us toprovide high quality affordableservice The Governmentrsquos newperformance management regime willensure that we are employing thepublic service to its fullest potentialrdquosaid Minister Clement ldquoComplacencyand the status quo are not an optionExcellence must be the benchmarkCanadians deserve no lessrdquo

The new Directive on PerformanceManagement introduces for the firsttime a government-wide system fortracking employee performance Thegoal is three-fold

To recognize and reward excellentperformance

Work with all employees to maximizeperformance and

To deal decisively with unsatisfactoryperformance

ldquoPerformance management is aboutensuring good workers have anopportunity to become great workersand dealing effectively with poorperformersrdquo said Minister ClementldquoEither poor performers improve andbecome productive employees or wewill let them gordquo

The Directive which comes into effectin April 2014 includes a number ofstandardized measures for trackingperformance These measuresinclude establishing annualperformance objectives for allemployees mid-year evaluationsannual written performanceassessments and an action plan forimproving performance with clearestablished time-lines as well as stepsto be taken if performance does notimprove These steps could include

demotion or termination Processeswill ensure that employees are treatedfairly

ldquoDoing things the way they havealways been done is no longer goodenough if we want to build a 21stcentury public servicerdquo said MinisterClement ldquoWe owe it to Canadians andwe owe it to the vast majority ofcommitted hard-working publicservants to make sure everyone ispulling their weightrdquo

For more information please consultthe Directive on PerformanceManagement and visit thePerformance Management website

mdash 30 mdash

For more information see the Directiveon Performance Managementbackgrounder or contact

Matthew ConwayPress SecretaryOffice of the President of the TreasuryBoard and Minister responsible forFedNor613-957-2666

Media RelationsTreasury Board of Canada Secretariat613-957-2640

If there is a discrepancy between anyprinted version and the electronicversion of this news release theelectronic version will prevail

TTY (telecommunications device forthe hearing impaired) ndash 613-957-9090

Follow us on Twitter TBS_Canada

Backgrounder - Directive onPerformance Management

The Government of Canada isimplementing a new employeeperformance management program tofoster excellence in service delivery toCanadians and improve productivity

This Directive will introduce for the firsttime a systemic mandatoryperformance assessment for all corepublic sector employees Rigorousperformance management is a bestpractice and an essential element of amodern public service

The new Directive on PerformanceManagement applies to federalemployees in the core publicadministration See footnote 1 and willcome into effect on April 1 2014

The approach to implementingPerformance Management is system-wide and will support deputy headsmanagers and employees in achievingand sustaining a culture of highperformance in the public sector

Highlights

The Directive calls for consistency inhow employee performance ismanaged and how employeesrsquo skillsare developed across the federal

public service

Each federal organization will establishan employee performancemanagement program that includesrequirements such as

Mandatory annual performancemanagement objectives for allemployees including commitmentsperformance objectives and expectedbehaviours and learning ordevelopment plans

Mid-year evaluations of eachemployee

Annual written employee performanceassessments at the end of each fiscalyear

An action plan to support and guideemployees to improve performancewithin clear timelines and

Mandatory attestation by deputyheads that an employee hassuccessfully completed the probationperiod

Requirements for performanceagreements are already in place forpublic service executives and non-unionized employees With the newDirective performance agreements willbe mandatory for all

To support managers and supervisorsin adopting the new Directivemandatory training will be providedEach department will have acommittee made up of senior officialsto coach managers through theprocess Managers will also besupported with additional labourrelations advice and a Labour andEmployment Law Centre of Expertiseis also being created by the TreasuryBoard Secretariat to deal specificallywith employment law and litigation

The Values and Ethics Code for thePublic Sector that came into force inApril 2012 underpins the objectives ofthe new Directive

The Office of the Chief HumanResources Officer is responsible formonitoring departmentsrsquo compliancewith the directive and conductingreviews to evaluate its impact

Know ThyselfHe who knows much about

others may be learned but hewho understands himself is

more intelligentHe who controls others may be

powerful but he who hasmastered himself is

mightier still

A journey of a thousand milesmust begin with a single step

Lao Tzu

By viewing the old we learn the new

Chinese Proverb

The North American Filipino StarMay 2013 23The North American Filipino Star

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Cultural Centre launchedMontreacuteal May 28 2013 ndash At a specialmeeting held last Thursday the Cocircte-des-NeigesmdashNotre-Dame-de-Gracircce (CDNmdashNDG) Borough Council awarded a contractto build the new Notre-Dame-de-GracircceCultural Centre The $1540010710contract was won by the Geyser Group inc

The Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce Cultural Centrewill house a new Benny Library and also amulti-purpose hall to accommodate culturalexhibitions and a wide variety ofperformances The ecologically-friendlybuilding meeting LEED certificationstandards will be prominently located at theintersection of avenue de Monkland andavenue Benny across from the NDG SportsCentre

Construction will begin in the next fewweeks and be completed at the end of2014 Originally planned for 2012 theproject had to be modified in order to meetthe Boroughrsquos self-imposed budgetconstraints Construction of the Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce Cultural Centre representsa $236 million investment for which theBorough is depending in particular on thejoint financial support of the ministegravere de laCulture et des Communications du Queacutebecand the Ville de Montreacuteal

ICAO headquarters toremain in Montreal

MONTREAL May 27 2013 - The Ministerof Foreign Affairs the Honourable John

Baird the Minister of InternationalRelations La Francophonie and ExternalTrade and Minister responsible for theMontreacuteal region Mr Jean Francois Liseacuteeand the Mayor of Montreacuteal Mr MichaelApplebaum would like to invite members ofthe media to a press conference for thesigning of the renewal agreement with theInternational Civil Aviation Organization(ICAO) in Montreacuteal

Date Monday May 27th 2013Heure 5 pmLieu Terrace of City Hall

275 Notre-Dame EstMetro Champ-de-Mars

Come join celebrate thePhilippine IndependenceDay Celebration on June 12 1000AM at theFAMAS CentreThe Philippine Declaration of Independencesimultaneously marked the end of thePhilippine Revolution and the PhilippineIslandsrsquo assertion to sovereignty andindependence from Spanish colonial ruleHowever neither Spain nor Americarecognized such a stake to independentnationhood and on December 10 1898the Spanish government ceded thePhilippines to the United States in the Treatyof Paris for the price of US $2 millionmarking the end of the Spanish-AmericanWar1

A short two months later on February 41899 armed conflict erupted betweenPhilippine revolutionary forces and USmilitary occupants in Manila By June 2

1899 the First Philippine Republic officiallydeclared war against the US that lasteduntil July 4 1902 Approximately 20000soldiers were killed in action while thecivilian death toll reached an estimated half-million persons Though the war officiallyended in the summer of 1899 guerillafreedom fighters continued to challengeUS occupation for several more years

It was not until July 4 1946 nearly fiftyyears later that the United States formallyrecognized full Philippine independentnationhood with the enactment of the Treatyof Manila On a rainy day in Manilarsquos LunetaPark 400000 onlookers cheered as theAmerican flag was lowered and thePhilippine flag was raised in its placeSenator Millard Tydings of Marylandreported that the day was ldquoone of the mostunprecedented most idealistic and mostfar-reaching events in all recorded historyrdquo3

July 4 was officially recognized as theNational Day until August 4 1964 whenPresident Diosdado Macapagal signed theMalacanang Republic Act No 4166 thateffectively made June 12mdashthe day thatGeneral Emilio Aguinaldo and hisrevolutionary peers had originally claimedas the Nationrsquos Daymdashthe countryrsquos officialIndependence Day

Today Filipinos around the world fromSaudi Arabia to Los Angeles Californiacontinue to celebrate PhilippineIndependence Day on June 12 In AmericaFilipino Americans otherwise known asFilAms use this day to commemorate thePhilippinesrsquo independence from colonialrule celebrate Filipino heritage-pride

preserve cultural roots promote culturalawareness and bring FilAm communitiestogether4

The largest Philippine Independence Daycelebration takes place annually in NewYork City on Madison Avenue between 23rdand 38th street on the first Sunday of JuneAn estimated 100000 people turn out totake part in various events and to march ina parade that represents FilAms and the7000 plus island clusters that constitute thePhilippine archipelago FilAms proudlydonned outfits representative of theirregional origins academic affiliationsprofessions favored sports team andmore5

In Washington DC the PhilippineEmbassy and Filipino AmericanOrganization host an Independence DayGala commemorative festivals and othercultural activities

In Montreal we commemorate thePhilippine Independence by a Flag RaisingCeremony at the FAMAS Centre every June12 every year

Come and celebrate with us and meet andgreet our kababayans and public officialsLight refreshments are served

Cheers

From the FAMAS Executive Board

Al Boy AbdonPublic Relations Officer - FAMASalabdonvideotronca

May 201324

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Dear EarthTalk Now that hot weather iscoming I want to upgrade my homersquos ACWhich are the most energy-saving modelsand should I go central air or window units

-- Jackie Smith Cary NC

According to the American Council for anEnergy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) energyconsumption for home air conditioningunits accounts for more than eight percentof all the electricity produced in the US ata cost to homeowners of $15 billionannually Besides the cost all this coolingleads to annual emissions of about 195million tons of CO2mdashor two tons per yearfor each American home with AC

Of course foregoing AC entirely is themost energy- and cost-efficient way to gobut some of us need a little cooling for

comfort especially in warmer climates IfAC is a must buying the most efficientmodel is the way to save money andpollute less Fortunately a new generationof much more efficient room and centralAC units means that upgrading will likelypay for itself in energy savings within just afew years

The main factors to consider in choosing anew model are cooling capacity (measuredin British Thermal Units or BTUs) andEnergy-Efficiency Ratio or EER Todetermine the correct BTU rating for agiven space multiply the square footage by10 and then add 4000 Meanwhile a givenunitrsquos EER is the ratio of cooling outputdivided by power consumptionmdashthe higherthe EER the more efficient the airconditioner

According to the US Department ofEnergy national appliance standardsrequire room air conditioners to have anEER of 80 to 98 or more depending ontype and capacity Units with an EER ratingof 10 or above typically qualify for thefederal governmentrsquos ENERGY STAR labelwhich appears on especially energy-efficient appliances Check out theENERGY STAR website for lists ofqualifying AC models

The Association of Home ApplianceManufacturers (AHAM) says that theaverage EER of room AC units rose 47percent from 1972 to 1991 To witreplacing an older room unit with an EER offive with a new model with an EER of 10)would result in a 50 percent energy costsavings associated with AC

As to whether room units or central ACmakes more sense it depends Roomunits which only cost a few hundreddollars each will suffice for renters or thosewho only need to keep one or two roomscool at a time Meanwhile central AC ismore efficient overall at keeping a wholehouse cool and will also do a better job atreducing household humidity than evenseveral individual room unitsmdashand will savemore money faster on electricity bills Butwith a starting price of around $4000 forthe condenser and initial set-up (plus anyduct work needed to distribute cool airaround a home) central AC isnrsquot foreveryone

ACEEE points out that there are ways tokeep indoor space cooler without ACimproving insulation sealing air gapsgetting rid of old appliances and light bulbsthat give off lots of heat running fans usingcooler colors on exterior roofing and paintand other strategies Those in particularlyarid climates might also consider installing

a swamp cooler (which cools outside air byrunning it over cold water) as a cheaperalternative to AC By following thesesuggestions and upgradingconscientiously we can all stay a little morecomfortable in our warming world withoutexacerbating the problem too much

CONTACTS ACEEE wwwaceeeorgENERGY STAR wwwenergystargovAHAM wwwahamorg Database of StateIncentives for Renewables and Efficiencywwwdsireusaorg

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Dear EarthTalk What are the big deliverycompanies like FedEx and UPS doing togreen their truck fleets and operations ingeneral -- Mitchell GlaserOverland Park KS

Package delivery companies like FedExand UPS have come a long way in a

relatively short time regardingsustainability but they still haveconsiderable room for improvement Whilethere is only so much these companiescan do to reduce their huge carbonfootprintsmdashgiven their reliance onemissions-heavy air transportmdashtheyrsquovemade great strides in greening theirground fleets optimizing their choices ofmodes and otherwise streamlining energyuse

For its part UPS was an early adopter ofcleaner vehicles and today operatesupwards of 2500 low-emission vehiclesthat run on alternative fuels andtechnologies The company is particularlyjazzed about a new generation of hydraulichybrid package delivery trucks unveiled inthe fall of 2012 in partnership with the USDepartment of Energyrsquos Clean Citiesprogram These new trucksmdashwhichemploy a diesel combustion engine alongwith a hydraulic high-pressureaccumulator that stores energy capturedduring brakingmdashget 35 percent better fueleconomy and generate as much as 30percent fewer greenhouse gas emissionsas compared to the non-hybrid diesel-powered vehicles they are replacing Whilethese trucks may cost UPS $7000 apiecemore than their traditional counterpartsthe company estimates the upgrade willsave $50000 or more while substantiallyreducing emissions over the lifetime ofeach vehicle

UPS has also been blazing new trails inoperational efficiency via intermodalshifting eg using the most fuel-efficienttransport mode (airplane train truck orship) or combination of modes to meetcustomer needs A concerted effort by thecompany to streamline its operations in2011 led to savings of two million metrictons of greenhouse gas emissions bymoving delivery volume from air (the mostemissions-intensive mode by far) toground and another 800000 metric tonsby shifting volume from ground to rail

Meanwhile FedEx with one of the largesthybrid-electric fleets in the industry andupwards of 2000 alternative energyvehicles in service worldwide is no sloucheither when it comes to green streamliningBack in 2008 the company worked with theEnvironmental Defense Fund (EDF) insetting the ambitious goal of improving thefuel efficiency of its worldwide fleet ofExpress delivery vans and trucks by 20percent within a dozen years Then early in2013 the company announced that it hadalready exceeded its goal seven yearsahead of schedule (with an overall savingsof 22 percent so far) but was also uppingits goal to a 30 percent fleet-wide efficiencygain by 2020

With a strong commitment to swapping outolder vehicles with newer more efficientones the company is well on its way Itnow operates 360 hybrid-electric trucksand 200 electric vehicles and is replacingmany of its delivery trucks with ldquoright-sizedrdquo Sprinter-type vans that are as muchas 100 percent more fuel efficient than theirpredecessors FedEx has also beenupgrading its fleet of Express diesel trucksto cleaner-burning models and is makingsimilar upgrades in its Freight and Grounddivisions as well Likewise the company iswell on its way toward reducinggreenhouse gas emissions from itsairplanes by 30 percent by 2020

CONTACTS UPS CorporateR e s p o n s i b i l i t y wwwresponsibilityupscomSustainabilityFedEx Environmental Sustainabilityaboutvanfedexcomenvironmental-sustainability EDF wwwedforg

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From an energy-efficiency standpoint room AC units are best for keeping one or two roomscool at a time while central air is more efficient overall at keeping a whole house coolCredit ComstockHemera Coll

Package delivery companies like FedEx and UPS have come a long way in improving the fuelefficiency of their worldwide fleet of delivery vehicles Pictured A FedEx hybrid electricdelivery van Credit Biofriendly courtesy Flickr

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Mtre Peter DimacopoulosReal Estate Contracts Mortgages Wills Power of Attorney

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Mukhang sobrang asim ngubas para sa publisher ng isangmalabasurang local newspaper kayahindi pa man srsquoya nakakarating sagrapevine ay nag-sour grape nakaagad Sabi nrsquoya kasi ay hindi srsquoyamagpapa-nominate sa FAMAS Awardsdahil walang kuwenta raw angnasabing parangal Meron pa srsquoyangbinanggit na Dr Aranda na diumanorsquoygustung-gustong mag-nominate sakanya sa isang mas kinikilalangparangal pero tinanggihan nrsquoya dahilhindi raw srsquoya mahilig sa mga awardKung tinanggihan daw nrsquoya angnasabing parangal iyun pa kayangFAMAS Awards ang di nrsquoya tanggihanPhooey Nakakadiri Nakakapangi-labot Nakakatawa

Lumunok ako ng ilang aspirindahil sumakit nang husto ang aking ulosa kaiisip kung anu-ano ang mgamagagandang bagay ang nagawa ngpublisher ng therersquos-nothing-like-it atnumero unong pahayagang Filipino saCanada (kuno) para mag-abala si DrAranda na isumite ang kanyangpangalan sa nasabing award Perokilala na naman ng buong komunidadang taong ito sa kasinungalingan atkahambugan kaya wala na namangnaniniwala sa kanya Naaawa onatatawa na lamang sila sa pobre natanging ang kolumnistang ito lang angnagtitiyagang pumansin

Maraming beses nang narinigng mga Pinoy sa Montreal ang tungkolsa kanyang pagiging gobernador ngkanyang lalawigan ang kanyangpagiging matalik na kaibigan ngyumaong Tony Sidayao (ang sikat atnirerespetong sports writer saPilipinas) ang tungkol sa pagpili sakanya ni dating First Lady Imelda RMarcos para sumulat ng biography ngasawa ng yumaong diktador angkanyang pagiging kaklase ni SenMiriam Defensor-Santiago sa UPCollege of Law ang kanyang pagigingalumnus ng University of thePhilippines at ang pagigingwritercolumnist sa Calgary Sun

Marami pa srsquoyang mga delusions ofgrandeur na puwede kong ilathalapero kukulangin ang isang pahina ngFilipino Star para sa lahat ng kanyangmga kathang-isip at hinabing salaysay Ganoon na lang ang aking pagtatawanang mabasa ko sa kanyang diaryo(Yes binabasa ko rin iyon) na hindisrsquoya papayag na ma-nominate saFAMAS Awards Matay kong isipinwala naman srsquoyang nagawang mabutilalong higit ay katangi-tangi sakomunidad ng mga Filipino saMontreal para srsquoya ipagbunyi atparangalan Walang makapagsabi nasrsquoya ay nag-volunteer man lamang saFAMAS na srsquoya ay miembro o opisyalng anumang samahang lokal at nihindi rin srsquoya nagkaroon ng anumangmatatag na trabaho kaya dalawangbeses srsquoyang napalayas sa tirahan nakanyang inuupahan dahil hindimakabayad ng renta Panay at walang-patid na paninira lamang sa FAMAS atmga lider nito ang kanyang inaatupagsa loob ng mahigit na 40 taon Sa halipna tumulong sa pananatili ngpagkakaisa bagkus nrsquoyang winawasakang komunidad Kung srsquoyarsquoy isanginsekto srsquoya ay anay Wala akongalam na may nagbigay ng parangal saanay

Kaya tama na Mr Publisherang iyong palusot dahil wala namantalagang magno-nominate sa lsquoyo saFAMAS Awards kahit magbayad ka paat kung meron man tuloy sabasurahan ang iyong nomination formdahil tiyak na puro kasinungalinganlang naman ang nakasulat doon Atsaka sa core values pa lang hindi kana lulusot sa screening committee ngFAMAS Awards To be fair to you MrPublisher may impact naman angiyong ldquoachievementrdquo kaya langnegatibo at nakakasira ang impact naiyon Ang hinahanap ng FAMASAwards ay positive impact lsquoyungkapakipakinabang at magandanghalimbawa sa mga kabataan

lsquoNo thank yoursquo dahil alam niya nawala srsquoyang nagawang mabuti

ANG MALAS KO AY MAAARINGSUWERTE NG ISANG DATINGKANDIDATO ndash Bunga ng mgasunud-sunod na di-inaasahangpangyayari sa buhay ko nitong hulingapat na buwan (unang-una na angbiglang pagkamatay ng aking inanoong May 6 sa edad na 86)natuluyan akong magbitiw bilangchairperson ng Committee onElections (COMELEC) ng FilipinoAssociation of Montreal and Suburbs(FAMAS)

Sa aking palagay ang malasko ay maaaring suwerte naman ngisang dating presidential candidatedahil kung ako pa ang chairperson ngnasabing komite at ako angmasusunod hindi ko papayagangmakatakbong muli ang nasabingkandidato sa rami ng kanyang mgaviolation ng FAMAS election rules andregulations Naroroon ang kanyangillegal na panunumpa ang illegal napagrerehistro ng FAMAS sa ilalim ngkanyang illegal na pangangasiwa atang di nrsquoya paggamit ng tama atnararapat na paraan ng paglaban saresulta ng nakaraang eleksyon

Sa aking pananaw hindiganoong klase ng lider ang kailanganng FAMAS lalung-lalo na ngayon namayroon nang malaking ari-arian angnasabing asosasyon at magandangpangalan sa siyudad ng Montreal atmga karatig nito

Ngayon na wala na akongkinalaman sa COMELEC at may ibanang chairperson at mga miembronasa kanila na ang pagpapasyatungkol sa nasabing formerpresidential candidate at iba pang mgasumuway sa alituntunin ng FAMAS atCOMELEC noong nakaraangeleksyon

ELEKSYONG LOKAL SA PINAS mdashDahil sa aking biglaang pag-uwi sabansang sinilangan nagkaroon ako ngpagkakataon na masaksihan ang di konasaksihan sa loob ng huling 35 taonAng tinutukoy ko ay ang nakaraanglokal na halalan Kabaligtaran ngeleksyon sa Canada parang piyestaang eleksyon sa Pilipinas Maynagsisigawan at nagsasaya habangnanonood ng bilangan ng mga botomay nagpapaputok ng mga kuwitis atmay pakain pa ang dalawang grupo ngmga kandidato sa kani-kanilanghimpilan

Noong gabi ng halalan May13 pumunta ako sa headquarter ngaming partido na kung tawagin ayldquoPulardquo dahil pula ang official color ngpartido Dilaw naman ang sa kalabang

partido Napakaraming tao roonkabilang na ang kandidato sa pagka-mayor na malapit kong kamag-anakNakatagpo ko roon ang aking iba pangmga kamag-anak at mga kaibiganSiyempre pa bitbit ko ang akingkamera Kuha rine kuha roon ng mgalitrato na ilalagay ko sa akingFacebook page

Nanalo sa pagka-mayor angaking pinsan na si Atty Eric Aure Vidana isang Ateneo Law School graduateat former vice-mayor ng Mendez Angnanalo sa pagka-vice-mayor ay siCocoy Mendoza na isa ring datingvice-mayor at kalaban nina Eric SiCocoy ay pinsan naman ng akingkasalukuyang maybahay kaya virtuallybut not actually magkalaban kamingmag-asawa sa pulitika Sila angmagiging mayor at vice-mayor sasusunod na tatlong taon Tulad ng mgananalong senador representantegobernador bisi-gobernador alkaldebisi-alkalde at konsehal magsisimulaang termino nina Eric at Cocoy sadarating na July 1

Ngayon pa lang ay pinag-uusapan na ng mga taga-Mendez nasina Eric at Cocoy ang maglalaban sapagka-mayor sa 2016 Si Cocoy ayanak ng isang dating mayor Hindi koalam ang aking gagawin kungmagkatotoo nga ang kanilang haka-haka

Samantala si Erap angbagong mayor ng Maynila (tinalo nrsquoyasi Alfredo Lim ang kasalukuyangalkalde) si Jonvic Remulla pa rin anggobernador ng Cavite (kontra AyongMaliksi na isang dating gobernador) siJolo Revilla sa bisi-gobernador at angasawa naman ni Bambol Tolentino(ang dating mayor at kapatid ni Francisna chairman ng MMDA) ang nanalongmayor sa Tagaytay City (inilampasonrsquoya si Jesus Crispin Remulla nakapatid ni Jonvic)

Kung sa Tagaytay rin lang angeleksyon ipapanganak pa angmakakabuwag o makakapagpabagsaksa mga Tolentino Ganoong katindiang kanilang kapangyarihan saTagaytay City ang tinuguriangalternate summer capital of thePhilippines gawa ng kanyang malamigna klema at banayad na simoy nghangin

The biggest surprise of thepast Philippine election is theunexpected and sudden surge ofGrace Poe anak ng yumaongFernando Poe Jr from virtual loser to

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Sa tuwing sasapit angikalawang Linggo ng Mayo ayipinagdiriwang natin ang Araw ng mgaIna Parangal ito sa dalawa kongyumaong ina Masinop na nalikom ngaking nanay ang mga liham niya kungpaano siya niligawan ng aming tatayna inabot nang mahigit na anim nataon

Bagamat pansarili ang loobinng pitak na ito ay kapupulatan ngmambabasa ng mga aral tungkol sapananagalog at matutuklasan angpaggamit ng Taglish (sinasamahan ngmga salitang Ingles) ay pangkaraniwanlang noon pa

Dito na nagsimula angpanunuyo

College of Agriculture

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June 17 1927Josefa

Natatandaan mo pa kaya angisang nagkapalad na naging kakilalamo doon sa Bagyo Marahil aymaghahalungkat kang muli sa isip bagomo matawag sa iyong alaala ang akingpangalan at pagmumukha sapagkatpagkaraan ng ilang araw na tayoymagkakilala ay nagkalayo na tayo nangmarami nang araw Dahil dito aynangyari nga akong sumulat sa iyo sapagbabakasakaling mapalawig natinang ating pagkikilala

Si David ay aking nakausapkanginang umaga Pagdakayitinanong ko sa kanya kung kayoykanyang nakita Ang sabiy oo - atkayoy nagbalitaan pa raw tungkol sabuhay buhay sa Bagyo Ayon sa kanyaay natatandaan mo ako ngunitnakalimutan mo na ang akingpangalan Kung gayoy isusulat ko ngfull ang aking name sa ending

Kumusta ba kayo ngayonIpinalalagay kong kayongmagkakapatid ay maluag ninyongnaidadaos ang pagtuturo samantalangkami dito nila David ay kasalukuyangnaghihirap sa pagaaral

Noong manggaling ako saBagyo pauwi ng Malabon ay naitanongkayo sa akin ni Chayong na kapatid koSinabi ko nga sa kanyang kayoy maykahulihan ang pagbaba sa Balanga

Marahil ay maitatanong mo saiyong sarili kung bakit nais kongmaging matalik na kakilala kayo Hindikaila sa iyo ang aking hinahanap naoccupation at ang malalapad napataniman ng tubo diyan sa inyo saBalanga Baka sakaling kung akoymakatapos ay magubra akongisang maliit na kasama ng isangassenderong pangkaraniwan diyan aykung manggagaling sa bukid ay nangmayoong madalawdalaw kung sakali atkung papanhikin Bukod sa ritoy angmga ninuno ninyo ang mga tubongMalabon ay magaang ang dugo sa mga

katutubo o kababayanAng mgagandang record ng

inyong family sa pakikipamayan at sapagaaral ay hindi kaila sa akin Dahilditoy nangingimi pa ako nang pagsulatsa iyo Kahit naman marahil ikaw aysadyang bright maging sa pagtuturo ayinaasahan kong considerate ka rinMapagpapaumanhinan mo namanseguro ang nakabababa sa iyo nagaya ko na nga

Wawakasan ko na rito at nanghuwag ka namang mapagod sapagbasa Magsilbi nawangtagapagpaalala itong aking liham

Best regards for you and othersisters brother and parents

your friend

Amado SantosPS

Ikaw na nga nag bahalangmagpaumanhin sa aking Tagalog Marahilay balibalikuko

SameAng kasabihang Walang

matimtimang birhen sa matiyagangmanalangin ay nagkaroon ngkatuparan Ang panganay na suplingay ipinanganak noong Agosto 18 1934at ang bunso ay noong Mayo 21 1936Yumao ang aking ina apat na arawmakalipas ang pagsilang sa akin--noong Mayo 25 1936

Hindi lumipas ang maramingtaon at noong Enero 23 1939 aynanalanging muli si Ama na ang nasaisip ay bigyan ng ina ang dalawangnaiwan ni Nanay Epang (Josefa) Angpangalawang ina ay hindi gaanongmatagal na nag-isip dahil ang kaniyangaalagaan sa sumunod na matrimonyaay kaniyang mga pamangkin AngNanay Meliang (Emilia) ay kapatid ngNanay Epang

Anim kaming magkakapatidna habambuhay na magdiriwangtuwing ikalawang Linggo ng Mayokahit ang aming mga ina ay kapuwayumao na Iniwan kaming lahat niNanay Meliang noong Disyembre 161983 na may kani-kaniyang adhikainsa buhay

B B B BinyagBirthday at Bulakbol

Pichu Pechay Pechay Dalian monamang magbihis Mahuhuli na tayo

Pechay Nandiyan na Kuya Alasonse pa naman ang binyag ni Perasdi baPichu Oo nga Pero madalang angdating ng bus dahil Sabado ngayon

Pechay (Pagkabihis ay dali-daling

tumakbo sa likod-bahay tungo sapinto sa harap at tumimbre) Ano baKuya Pichu kanina pa ako naghihintaydito ah

Peras Ano Kuya Ate nabusog bakayo sa handa ng binyag ko

Pichu Eto na naman kami Laro Peras laro ang samantalahin natin

Pechay Tayo na Ano pa ang hinihintayninyo Kanya-kanyang hila ng Lolo oLelong Nandiyan lang sa tapat angKent Park

Pichu O paano sa Sabado ay agahanninyo ang punta sa Lolo at Lola ko saHampton ha Doon daw gagawin angbirthday ko Umaga pa lang ikakabitna ang inflated toy house at angtanghalian ay puro kids meal Sa gabipa ang dating ng mga killjoys

Pechay Kawawa naman ang LoloJerry napabayaan na ang pag-aaral ngTagalog

Peras Anong kawawa Binigyan siya ngspring break ni Kuya Pichu

Lubos na sumasaiyo

Parangal sa mga yumaong Ina

Birthday - Aiden Zachary Alfaro (Pichu) tatlong taon na

Morgan Virginia Santos (Peras) hawak ni Aaron Santos tatay Alma Mendoza nanay

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by W G QuiambaoThere are times when I miss thePhilippines because I`ve not visited itsince coming here 44 years ago Butthe stage production of Pamana ngLuzViMinda Philippine Folkloric DanceCompany of Montreal on April 27 at theSalle Brebeuf cured my homesicknessThe dances and music on the showbrought back happy memories to meThanks to the collaborative efforts ofthe production staff especiallyVeraida-Lyn Bermejo president anddirectorwriter and Sherling de la Pazartistic director Theyre so talented andcreative

Everything in the show was impressive- from the colourful and authenticcostumes (some were purchased inthe Philippines and Thailand) to theprops (bamboo poles benches) andvideo The rural and tribal music wasprovided by musicians who usedtraditional musical instruments like thegansa (an instrument with metal bars)dabaksan (single headed Philippinedrum) agung (two sets of two-wide-rimmed vertically-suspended gongs)and gandigan (Philippine xylophone)

The stage seemed spacious enoughfor the 23 male and female dancers tofreely move and execute their dancesthat required agility and flexibility

The dance performances were dividedinto 5 parts each part representing thedance from the different regions in thePhilippines The enthusiastic audienceapplauded the dancers after eachperformance

Some of the dances are

Muslim dance - Burong Talo - A martial arts danceoriginating from the Tausug people ofthe Sulu archipelago in theSouthwestern part of the Philippines Inthis dance the male dancers depict afight between a hawk and a cat Theysimulate martial arts movements whilemanipulating daggers and fans Themale performers were so convincing inplaying their parts Fierce lookingthey seemed ready to kill each otherKini-kini - This dance represents thesophisticated woman of the RoyalMaranao Movements and shapes of theirwalk are very articulate and their scarvesrepresent their fluidity and grace Theirgrace is a characteristic of their education

The female performers were so exquisiteand elegant Pangalay sa Pattong - Thisdance is popular among the BadjaoSamal and Tausog groups Although themovements of the dancer were flawless Icouldnt take my eyes off watching thisdance I was glued to my seat What if shefalls The dance is performed on top of twobamboo poles on the shoulders of twomen Singkil - Traditionally a depiction ofthe Maguindanao and Maranaointerpretation of a legend centered aroundPrincess Gandingan and the brave PrinceBantugan While walking through the forestwith her loyal umbrella-bearing lady-in-waiting the Princess Gandingan issuddenly caught in the middle of anearthquake unleashed by the forest diwataor forest spirits The Princess mustgracefully and skilfully manoeuvre throughthe closing bamboo poles which representthe falling trees Fans or apit are waved bydancers to represent auspicious windsvaliant Prince Bantugan enters the sceneand rescues the Princess

Rural dance -Karatong - This dance is named after thebamboo instrument worn by the dancersaround the waist The karatong is struck toa fast rhythm in the hopes of attractinggood luck and driving away evil spirits The

female dancers dance with sticks that arerepresentatives of bunga mangga ormango trees Sayaw sa Bangko - Thisis another stunning dance thatcaptivated and mesmerized me Fromthe province of Pangasinan theoriginal form of the dance consisted ofonly one narrow bench As it evolvedhowever more and more bencheswere added until the stack of benchesresembled a tower No flashphotography was requested as thedance is dangerous It wasbreathtaking to watch the maledancers lifting the female dancers on

the other edge of the bench Tinikling -Originally from the Province of Leytethis dance is considered by many to bethe most recognizable folk dance ofthe Philippines Based on themovements of the long-legged tiklingavoiding bamboo traps in the fieldsdancers dance through bamboo polesthat open and close to an acceleratingrhythm It was a pure joy watching theexuberant and energetic dancers having

fun

Added attraction to the stageproduction of Pamana ng LuzVi MindaFolkloric Dance Company of Montrealare the video clips shown after eachperformance The clips show what itmeant to be a member of theorganization - focusing not only on thehard work and commitment to theircraft but also the love togethernessand especially the family spirit thatinfuses everything they do

The 2-hour show is worth watching I

left the theatre feeling good smilingand telling myself that Im lucky to be aFilipino with a rich and unique cultureThe next time Pamana performs heremake sure you catch it You will notregret it

Pamanas dances and music brought me backhome to the Philippines

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What do you do when yourcamcorder computer tablet or otherdevice is no longer useful to you but stillhas use in its electronics Do you sell itDonate it Save it for historical laughs orthrow it in a landfill

April 22 marks the 43rd annualEarth Day observance - and as peoplebecome aware of recycling ordinarygarbage theres still a long ways to gowith disposing of electronic waste InApril 2011 an e-cycling initiative waslaunched by leaders in the consumerelectronics industry to deal with themillions of pounds of electronic wasterendered annually The hopes are to

Have one billion pounds of electronicwaste recycled annually by 2016

How you Can Help and Benefit TooIf your electronic gadget still has

life in it consider other places you mighthelp someone else in need who hasntthe means or abilities to purchase a newdevice

Computers Donate your oldcomputer to community organization tohelp seniors or non-electronicindividuals who dont have access tocomputers in your area

Mobile Phones Old cell phonescould be given to old folks who cannotafford the luxury of Samsung or iphones

Televisions A local school retirementhome or community center might gladlylike to upgrade their older set for a not-as-old set

Camcorders If you have a camcorderthat runs but has out-lived your needsgathering dust in a closet there are anumber of places you donate it to thatwould benefit greatly from yourgenerosity That old camcorder you nolonger use can find a new life in thehands of your local charity theater groupor school How many people claim tohave been bitten by the movie creatingbug using their dads old Super 8camera A not-too-old camcorder cantrigger a childs interest in videoproducing

Recycling Responsibly From CDs to PCs printers to monitorsand more you have the responsiblydisposes of what cant be recycled

Giving it Away for Cash or Credit Thereare several companies what will buyyour older gadget some for cash-outothers for rebate on a new product fromtheir company In the US kodak has amail-in program for old digital camerasand printers Best Buy has a trade-inprogram HP has a few choices fromcash for you to a charity donation or anHP gift card for a new purchase

Selling it Depending on the age of yourdevice you can sell it outright to sitesebay craiglist Kijiji Of course you mightget more the old fashioned way - oneBay - but like putting a sign on your carin a parking lot hoping for a nibbleversus selling it to a used-car brokerthese sites pay for your device thenresell it so they need a profit margintoo A quick search on eBay found 50used Sony miniDV selling for $4000 anda Sony VX2100 going for $300

Recycle it Not all electronic waste isrecyclable but most areas in theQuebec the municipals usually haveprogram where you can drop in theseelectronic stuff When in doubt the firstplace to look can be as easy as your oldfashioned Yellow Pages Most localgovernment listings will have some sortof service for electronic waste recyclingthey can point you in the right direction

Helping People in Developing CountriesThe federal

government have programs that takesusedrefurbished computers to people inemerging nations struggling to getcaught up in the modern world

What can you do with VideotapeRecycling video gear isnt just

about the electronics You can recyclevideo tape too One-sixth of a gallon ofpetroleum goes into the production ofone videocassette and as of 2008 videoduplication companies processed 20million of them per month Althoughvideotape production has gone downtheres a lot of tape still in use or goingto waste sites

Thrift stores Yep - people still usevideotape but be forewarned blackingyour old footage is a good idea beforeyou donate tape

Make Scarecrows Many farmers inManitoba know this trick - Snip the tapeand unravel it then hang bits and piecesaround the garden The fluttering shinytape will scare birds away

Make art Yes Check out this a tutorialon crocheting a sling bag using avideotape

Jim Gibilterra of MediaDistributors says the 2011 tsunami inJapan put their business in crisis modewhen a good portion of the worldssupply of professional video-tape was nolonger available Since then theyvelooked into how they can help lessen theimpact recording media on ourenvironment They mostly deal withhigh-end tape for broadcast and that theproduct is now back in production witheverything back to normal but it

Recycling Electronic Stuffs

triggered interest They sell evaluatedmedia or buy it back then totallydegauss it run it through evaluators toverify no defects then resell This re-supplied tape is good for non-criticalusers schools give aways MediaDistributors also does certifieddestruction that doesnt hurt theenvironment as part of their lsquoGreenPartners Programrsquo

When Recycling e-waste Doesnt WorkNot all recycling is good for theenvironment According to a reportfrom Electronics Take Back Coalitioncaustic gas sits inside old cathode raytube [CRT] TVs and older computermonitors and that approximately 860million pounds of CRT glass has beenstockpiled by recyclers

Did you get (or give) any newelectronics this past holiday season Illbet nearly anyone who was in the gift-giving mode got or gave at least oneelectronic gadget as a gift but whathappens to the gadget yourereplacing Getting rid of the old tobring in the new is becoming a bigissue hopefully a few of these sitesposted today will help you think howyou can participate in e-wasterecyclingAl AbdonHollywood Junkies Video

(514) 264-8706

From Page 5 Canada Star Recruiting

researchers and students who have ahigh potential for becoming candidates forthe Start-Up Visa While at Stanford healso met with Dan Siciliano a legalscholar and entrepreneur with expertise incorporate governance corporate financeand immigration law and Vivek WadhwaDirector of Research at the Center for

Entrepreneurship and ResearchCommercialization and author of TheImmigrant Exodus one of TheEconomistrsquos Books of the Year for 2012

He was also the featured guestspeaker at an event hosted by the SiliconValley Business Journal attended bymany prominent entrepreneurs andinvestors

Minister Kenney also officially unveiledthe new Start-Up Visa billboard

ldquoThere is huge interest inCanadarsquos new Start-Up Visa and inCanadarsquos expanding tech sectorrdquo saidMinister Kenney ldquoCanadarsquos strongeconomic growth low taxes andbusiness costs excellence in researchand innovation and top quality of life allmake Canada a top country forinnovative entrepreneurs looking to buildtheir businesses If you are a start-upentrepreneur and want to build adynamic company that can compete ona global scale then Canadarsquos Start-UpVisa Program is for yourdquo

The Start-Up Visa whichopened for applications on April 1 is animportant part of the Government ofCanadarsquos plan to build a fast and flexibleeconomic immigration system The Start-Up Visa Program is the first of its kind inthe world and provides Canadian privatesector organizations with access to abroad range of entrepreneurs ndash includingthe worldrsquos best and brightest ndash in whoseideas they can invest

At the same time the programprovides immigrant entrepreneurs withvaluable assistance in navigating theCanadian business environment whichcan be a challenge for newcomers andenables them to build innovativecompanies that can create Canadianjobs and compete on a global scaleVisit cicgccastartup for moreinformation on the Start-Up Visaprogram

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I SPURNED HER FACEBOOKFRIEND REQUEST ndash Alam nrsquoyo bana tumanggap ako ng Facebookldquofriend requestrdquo mula sa isang tao naitinuturing ko na ldquoThe MostHypocritical and Most Treacherousrdquomember of our community Well Idid Naalaala ko ang kanyang dalawangbeses na panloloko sa akin noongnakaraang halalan ng FAMAS Angkanyang unang panloloko ay nangpaniwalain nrsquoya ako na tunay angkanyang pakikipagkaibigan sa akinNaroon ang beneso-beso nrsquoya ako atnakipag-usap sa akin nang matinoNapadala naman ako sa kanyangldquokabaitanrdquo Nalaman ko ang kanyangpagka-traidor nang sabihin nrsquoya saakin na hindi naman talaga si CesarManuel ang kanyang iboboto at sahalip ay pangalan ni Au Osdon angisusulat nrsquoya sa kanyang balota Suotlang daw nrsquoya ang yellow t-shirt ngSamahang Makabayan (SM) dahilkung hindi baka raw makahalata angkanyang presidential candidate atmasirang lahat ang kanyang mgaplano Iyon naman pala ay gusto langnrsquoyang malaman sa akin kung itutuloy

ng COMELEC ang desisyon napagbawas sa mga boto ng mgakandidato ng SM At nang hindi akosumang-ayon sa gusto nrsquoyangmangyari biglang naglaho angkanyang ldquokabaitanrdquo at muli nrsquoyaakong siniraan sa pamamagitan ngkanyang column sa Forum

Ang ikalawa nrsquoyang panlolokoay noon mismong election day Nasaloob kami ng St Kevinrsquos ChurchSocial Hall nang tawagin nrsquoya angaking anak at humingi srsquoya ngpaumanhin sa bata na noorsquoy doseanyos pa lamang Ang sabi nya ldquoHijaI apologize to you for all the nastythings that I said about your dad Ipromise you that I wonrsquot do that tohim againrdquo Dahil sa bata na angkanyang kinausap binigyan ko srsquoyang benefit of the doubt na talagangtotoo na ang kanyang pangako

Maling-mali ako dahil angkanyang next column ay punung-puno ng mga vituperative remarks nalaban sa akin Nang ipabasa ko iyonsa aking anak hindi nrsquoya napigilan namagsabi ldquoI will never never believeher again I hate her Shersquos a liarrdquo

Iyon ang dahilan kung bakittinanggihan ko ang kanyang ldquoFriendrequestrdquo sa Facebook Ayaw kongmabitag ng kanyang patibong Ayawkong maging Trojan ng kanyangTrojan horse Hindi ko lang srsquoyatinanggihan I also blocked her parahindi na srsquoya makapunta sa aking FBpage Ayaw ko sa hipokrito

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OBITUARY

BENTURADA SARMIENTO ORTIZ born on July 14 1926 died on May 62013 at Mendez Cavite Philippines She is survived by her only child

Bernardo Sarmiento daughter-in-law Maritess Almanzor grandchildrenBernardo II Genevieve Meredith and Alexandra and stepdaughter Auring

Ortiz-Villanueva and her family

Benturada Sarmiento Ortiz1926-2013

AdvisoryWarning concerning misrepresentation and fraud

8 May 2013 - The Philippine Embassy in Ottawa has receivedreports concerning documents recently notarized by a personwho is representing himself as Honorary Consul of the Republicof the Philippines in Montreal Quebec Canada

The Embassy wishes to inform the public that there is no existingHonorary Consul of the Republic of the Philippines in Montreal

The Embassy warns the public about such acts ofmisrepresentation and fraud

The Philippine Government concluded on 3 May 2007 theappointment of its last Honorary Consul in Montreal and theDepartment of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Canadahas been duly informed

PUBLIC NOTICE

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North American

FILIPINO STAR PHOTO GALLERY

Mothers Day flowers given to Zenaida Kharroubi by her students Mayette DanaoArlene Manalo and Edna Lorenzo on May 12 2013

The FNAQ founding Executive Board 1992-1995 presented (L-R) Nilda MerialesMaria Quimpo Eugenia Magalit Mierfe Morales Linda Espallardo MagdalenaCalcetas Anita Lo and Elsie Reyes Ten were absent

The Panday Tinig Choral Ensemble led by Paul Imperial and Edith Fedalizo pose forsouvenir of the 21st anniversary of FNAQ on May 4 2013 at the Holiday Inn on Cotede Liesse Road

The anniversary cake with the officers members and guests of the FNAQ one of thehighlights of the evening celebration

The Filipino Youth Center held its monthly Consultative Meeting on the last Saturdayof April with Tessie Nepomuceno as speaker shown here delivering her message tothe youth with their parents and other volunteers led by Pastor Orlan Racachotogether with Amy Manon-og Sophie Toledo Joe Calugay and Zeny Kharroubi

From left Dindo Miras Continuing Education Coordinator of the FNAQ poses withthe inspirational speaker Mrs Patricia OrsquoConnor FNAQ Founder Maggie Calcetasand Mr Gerald Perron

Pamana ni LuzViMinda Concert April 27 2013held at the College Brebeuf Auditorium

MARCH 2013 The North American Filipino Star

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The North American Filipino Star

by W G QuiambaoDue to the limitation of time and

space this article should not beconsidered complete Thanks to thecontributions of Pastor Orlan RacachoBert Abiera Lina Fernandez JakeMaguigad and Zenaida Kharroubi for thisbrief history of FAMAS Likewise I believethat I should also thank all FAMASpresidents and their directors for theirvolunteerism and personal sacrifices

The Filipino Association ofMontreal and Suburbs (FAMAS) the oldestand biggest association in Quebec that iscelebrating its fifty years has come a longway since its founding in 1963 TheFilipinos who were with us since its infancyand still with us have witnessed itsevolution into a progressive andrecognized organization it is today by thefederal provincial and especially by themunicipal governments

The primary goal of FAMAS whenit was founded was for Filipinos in Montrealand suburbs to get to know each other andto make sure their separation away fromthe families they left behind in thePhilippines would be much lessunbearable In the early days the numberof Filipinos was comparatively small about330 Many of them were professionalsnamely doctors nurses architects andengineers

The Philippine Association ofMontreal and suburbs now known asFAMAS had limited activities which weremainly social events due to lack ofcreativeness incentives and civicconsciousness to project a realisticcommunity involvement said OrlanRacacho former FAMAS president andnow a pastor Leadership skills andpassion for cultural programs werebasically lacking in its platform

FAMAS then was not ascommunity oriented as it is today In factthe money left by each president after hisor her tenure was spent more forsocializing than anything else Even theFAMAS election was so simple that it wasdone by mere raising of hands by thevoters Sometimes the election was heldat Angrignon Park in La Salle It was also inany of those places that a small group ofFilipinos usually had their occasionalpicnics for camaraderie and only a handfulwas keen on running for office moreparticularly the presidency

In the early 70s the communitysaw the changing times in terms of the theeconomy and in the ever-growing numberof Filipinos in Montreal and suburbs

The FAMAS officers decided toaim higher but were confronted with muchbigger challenges It dawned on them thatFAMAS should be community oriented if itwas to be relevant To accomplish thisgoal essential services to the communityhad to be provided FAMAS officersconsisted of volunteers who had to workhard not only to recruit members and raisefunds but also to develop projects Thebiggest source for FAMAS then and nowhas been the Miss Philippines andMunting Bb Pilipinas conceptualized byNorma Flores-Vohra during the terms ofAlvin Veloso Angie Ogerio and BertAbiera respectively In 1978 NormaVillarose started the building fund in theamount of $500 unlike the previousFAMAS presidents who usually spentleftover funds after their term on picnics orany other social activities because at thattime FAMAS had no specific projectTherefore it was during this time whenmassive fund raising was dedicated to thecommunity center building fund EveryFAMAS president began to work harder inorder to turn over an amount to thebuilding fund In 1986-1987 during the

term of Bert Abiera a committee led byOgerio was formed to adopt a `copy cat`fund raising idea used in the Philippinesthe Munting Bb Pilipinas which was ahuge success It raised more than $20000

I made a handsome turn overwhich rapidly grewrdquo said Abiera ldquoWhenMarlene Birao-Schacter took over FAMAShad the sufficient amount to make a downpayment for a duplex on Van Horne Avewith the approval of the officers and theBoard of Trustees They utilized theservices of Nemia Saldua a realtor whowas a member of the Board of TrusteesThe mortgage was signed by Birao-Schacter and Bartolome Javier whorepresented the Board of Trustees

Years later it was decided toconvert the duplex into a communitycenter where the services that theassociation wanted to provide to thecommunity could be served but it wasdifficult since zoning bylaws got in the wayWhen James de la Paz became theFAMAS president he assiduously lobbiedthe City Hall of Montreal to grant FAMAS arezoning permit The neighbours howeverwere opposed to the idea of converting theduplex into a community center becauseof the noise and disturbance it might bringto the quiet neighbourhood Despite therezoning snag de la Paz`s request wasgranted within a year With the help ofvolunteers the duplex was renovated inthe late 90s and worthy activities likeHeritage classes were introducedthereafter

In addition to the successfulconversion of the duplex to become acenter de la Paz made a bold andcontroversial decision He called anassembly to present his proposal to paythe mortgage of FAMAS in full since it hadenough money for that purpose Hebelieved that payment of the mortgagebalance would save money by avoidingthe exorbitant and growing mortgageinterest rates

ldquoSome members of the executiveboard tried to sue me but they couldnrsquot doanythingrdquo recalled de la Paz ldquoMy lawyersaid that I didn`t pocket the money A fewyears later those who were against myidea appreciated what I did If I did not paythe mortgage FAMAS would still be indebtrdquo

In spite of the criticism hurledagainst de la Paz by those who havepersonal issues with him FAMAS hadsubstantially benefitted from his politicalconnections that he shrewdly cultivatedwhen he was the FAMAS presidentArguably he paved the way for the Filipinocommunity to be more visible in themainstream politics when he was FAMASpresident He said ldquoPoliticians used to sayThe Jews Italians Chinese etc It wasfrustrating for Filipinos because they weresystematically relegated to lsquoothersrsquo Theydidnt have any identity until de la Pa cameinto the local political scene Nowpoliticians from municipal provincial andfederal levels recognize the existence notonly of FAMAS but also the entireburgeoning Filipino community

FAMAS made more changes inthe 90s For example it amended theConstitution and Bylaws to allow thepresident to serve for two years rather thanjust one year The Executive Board at thetime was convinced that one year was tooshort for any president particularly a goodone to accomplish the goals of theassociation For reasons of their ownmany community members came out ofthe woodwork and became more andmore interested in becoming president orat least to be an officer FAMAS electionshave become one of the most talked aboutand anticipated events in the communityparticularly in the summertime Like the

Independence Day and the Pista saNayon the election day has always beenan event for many Filipinos to meet friendsthey have not seen for a while

In 2009 the leadership of AuOsdon who has a background inmanagement was put to the test afterwinning the presidency of FAMAS Despiteher detractors`criticismrsquo or perhapsbecause of it she managed to keep theaffairs of FAMAS in order When she tookover in 2009 a Special Audit Committeewas established in order to review theincomplete financial records submitted bythe previous administration Thecommittee composed of Hal SoteroRoger Sandoval Cely Dagsaan and PeterFernandez found out that it would beimpossible because most transactionswere made in cash and not properlyrecorded FAMAS received a bill in 2007--2008 which was paid She also broughtback the trust and respect of thecommunity for FAMAS which for a whilewere lost because of the smokingdrinking and even installation of a camerain the toilet The regular activities like theBb Pilipinas Bb Munting PilipinasHeritage and French classes still continueMiss Teen FAMAS and the fledgling ProjectPagsibol are doing well Somerenovations in the building were also madewith the help of Alex Sy FAMAS vicepresident and an engineer by professionwhich included the new main entrancedoor with electronic push button openerlocated in the office a new entranceFrench door in the main lobby near thestairs going up the office installation of awindow near the entrance door removal ofthe old closet to make the office biggerremoval of the partition of the conferenceroom and living room to make the spacebigger and putting new floor tiles in theconference room

Giving due recognition to de laPaz and Osdon is not meant to diminishthe other presidents before or after themwho made valuable contributions to thestatus of FAMAS as a communityorganization All past presidents ofFAMAS without exception had given uptheir time and made personal sacrifices inorder to do their job It can be statedwithout any doubt that no one has amonopoly of accomplishments for therehave been other past presidents who triedto do what they thought was good for thecommunity Some of the past presidentscontributions are Lee Sanga (deceased)introduced Heritage classes JoseBustamante converted the duplex garageinto a classroom Carlos P Reyes(deceased) started the installation of aflagpole Alberto Floresca (deceased)brought the idea of constructing thebalcony Claro Bermudez celebrated theIndependence Day jointly with FCAWIFlor Rillo constructed the patio CarmelitaSideco (deceased) must be mentioned forbeing the first female FAMAS presidentwhose contributions are not visible but herinfluence over those who worked with herare still felt Norma Casaclang-Villarosa(deceased) was known to be the first oneto put aside some funds for the purpose ofacquiring a community center Dr BartJavier together with Marlene Birao-Schacter were the signatories to the deedof sale of the FAMAS building There mayhave been accomplishments of somepresidents but have not been includedabove but it is hoped that their place inFAMAS history is an acknowledgement oftheir volunteerism to the community

But the saying that ldquoYou can`tplease everybodyrdquo still holds true After theelection in 2011 Osdon and COMELECchairman Budz Sarmiento were accusedof conniving with each other to beat CesarManuel presidential candidate for

Samahang Makabayan ldquoThe accusation is untrue said

Sarmiento The candidates of the SMwere given the Rules and Regulations toread If they have any objection then theyshould have discussed it with theCOMELEC Instead they signed theCertificatres of Candidacy After theelection they were also given a chance toappeal But they ignored it What I findinappropriate are the things they didprotesting in front of the center for a fewdays freezing FAMAS accouint illegallyinducting their officers etc

FAMAS had and still has its upsand down As noted below even duringthe beginning there had been a short-livedfeud between the east side and the westside resulting in two associations onecalled Philippine Association of Montreal(PAM) and the other the Filipino Aociationof the Province of Quebec (FAPQ) Itcannot be denied that bickering anddifferences among differeent factions havebeen a constant threat to the solidarityamong Filipinos Nevertheless they arealways there fior each other in time ofneed It is like a big family After all othercultural associations have had their ownproblems too

List of FAMAS presidents 1963-1964 - Vicente Sison 1964-1965 - DrB Oteysa finished the term of EmilAssistores 1965-1966 - Dr Ben deGuzman 1966-1967 - R Mendoza finishedthe term started by Carlos Borromeo1967-1968 Dr Diego Rosales gave up infavor of John Alvarado In 1967 a crisisoccured that led to the formation of twoasociations John Alvarado continued hisjob as president of Philippine Associationof Montreal (PAM) while Orlan Racachobecame president of a new associationcalled Filipino Association of the Provnceof Quebec In 1968-1969 George Pobletebecame president of PAM and Dr DeoEsguerra was at the helm of FAPQ In1969 according to Jake Maguigadsarticle FAMAS made the maidenappearance with Dr Nap Magadia andlater T Patrio as president while the nameof Andy Palomar was recorded by BertAbiera as the president during the periodof 1969-1970 Abiera also provided thenames of other past presidents namely1970-1971 Simeon Orejudos 1971-1972Alvin Veloso 1972-1973 Roberto Bernas 1973-1974 Carmelita Sideco 1974-1975Orlan Racacho 1975-1976 DominadorRosales 1976-1977 Dr Bartolome Javier1977-1978 Henry Casuga 1978-1979Norma Villarosa 1979-1980 Dr EdilbertoPelausa 1980-1981 Liwanag Sanga 1981-1982 - Angelita Ogerio 1982-1983Salvador Cagugao 1983-1984 NemiaSaldua 1984-1985 Dr GenovevaSantander 1985-1986 Julita Parado 1986-1987 Alberto Abiera 1987-1988 AuroraOsdon 1988-1989 Marlene Birao-Schacter 1989-1990 Mario Umali 1990-1991 Erlinda Baltazar 1991-1992 LimeoCollao 1992-1993 Dick Dahiroc 1993-1994 Malrlene Birao-Schacter 1994-1995Emma Resurreccion 1995-1997 James dela Paz (two consecutive terms) 1997-1998Ricardo Cosico 1998-1999 JoseBustamante

The change in the terms ofpresidents began in 1999-2001 with CarlosP Reyes 2001-2003 Venancio Parial 2003-2005 Santiago Tino 2005-2007 AlbertoFloresca 2007-2008 2008 - ClaroBermjudez who had to leave for a jobopporuntiy in South Africa and appointedFlor Rillo to replace him for the remainderof his term until August 2009 AuroraOsdon 2009-2013 (two consecutive terms)

FAMAS in a capsule

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289lb

Half or Wholepork

Cut amp Wrapped

399lb

Beef Blade steak

179lb

Picnic Ham wbone

1

Pork loinApproximately

15 lbs

199lb

Boneless Porkshoulder - $289 lb

799lb

399lb

Ground Beef

379lb 449lb

Beef short ribs

499lb

Regular smokedbacon

Frozen pork blood

Fresh liver

Pork skin

GoatAvailable on order

83 Covey Hill Hemmingford QC J0L 1H0

Tel (450) 247- 2130 or (450) 247- 3561

203

HavelockJackson Road

SherringtonBarrington

Hemmingford219

219

MaloneModers

Covey Hill Road

Boucherie Viau Inc

Canada

U S A

ParcSafari

Champlain

Class

SortieExit No6

202 Lacolle

Napierville

StChrysostome St EdouardSt Remi

15

Fresh Pork Belly with skin

Mon Tue Wed 800 am - 500 pmThu Fri 800 am - 600 pmSaturday 800 am - 500 pmSunday Closed

Home smoked meat

BUSINESS HOURS

89

Ground PorkSpecial 229lb

Philippine Cuisineand

Favorite FoodCompiled by Zenaida Ferry Kharroubi

Fresh Pork Leg

Over 20 lbs 409 lb

lb

Bone-in shoulder chops219 lb

12 kilo pork bellygarlic powdersalt and pepper

For the filling

1 small bundle large spring onionschopped1 stalk lemon grass chopped1 small bundle chives chopped3-4 cloves garlic choppedblack pepper powderchili flakessalt

For the baste

3 tablespoon oil1 tablespoon soy sauce

Balamban Liempo - Cooking procedure

Make an incision in the middle of thepork belly to form a pocket for thefillings Rub the pork belly with garlicpowder salt and pepper let stand inthe refrigerator and marinate for a least1 hour or more Mix and blend all thefilling ingredients and put it inside thebelly pocket keep aside Preheat ovento 300degF to 350degF using the top andbottom heating element In a roastingpan with the same size with the porkbelly place the pork belly with the skinon top Drizzle the pork belly skin withsoy sauce and rub to evenly coat

Balamban Liempo - Grill

Place the roasting pan in the pre-heated oven and roast for 1 to 112hours Occasionally brush the skinwith the oil and soy sauce bastemixture Adjust lower the temperatureif the skin is drying or cooking too fastNow remove the pork belly from thebaking pan and place in the middle ofthe oven in a rack continue to roast foranother 20 to 30 minutes Increase theoven temperature to 400degF to 450degFduring the last 10 to 15 minutes ofcooking or until reddish in color and theskin should be crisp at this stageRemove from oven and cover theroasting pan with aluminium foil and letrest for 10 to 15 minutes Cut intoserving pieces and serve with yourchoice pinakurat vinegar dippingsauce

Pork Belly RoastBalamban liempo style

roasting the pork belly is roasted whileit is in the roasting pan I used glassThis will allow the juices together withthe aromatics cook the meatremember you have to use top andbottom grill of the oven Halfway thepork belly is removed from the panand let grill on the middle of the ovenYou can also use yoursquore turbo broilerif you have one again just be mindfulof your temperatures and timings Ifyou have an oven with rotisserie thenwe would not have to do the abovecomplicated roasting method

Balamban Liempo - Ingrdients

Balamban Liempo as the nameoriginated in Balamban one of thetowns located along the western coastof Cebu Several entrepreneurs havebrought the Balamban Liempo outsideof Balamban and has become one ofthe must eat food when you are inCebu City

Balamban Liempo - Chopped

The pork belly has to be roasted in 2procedures During the first half of

Pinakbet (VegetableStew)

ngredients14 kilo pork with fat (cut into very small

pieces)3 tablespoons oil1 12 cup water

I 2 medium size Ampalaya (cut into 8pieces each)

2 medium size eggplants (cut into 8pieces each)

1 small size kalabasaabout6-10 pieces okra (halved)6 pieces tomatoes (quartered)1 small garlic head (minced)2 small onions (diced)1 small ginger (sliced)4 tablespoons bagoong isdaPinch of pepper

Procedure

In a pan fry pork until lightly crispy setaside

Saute garlic onion tomatoes and gingerin the pork fat and mix in pork

In a pot boil water with bagoongAdd in the pork and spicesAdd all the vegetables and cookServe hot

Pinakbet is a very typical andpopular dish among Filipinos in theIlocos provinces but also adopted byother groups in Luzon except thatthere is a slight difference in theingredients

Tilapia with blackbean sauce

Tilapia with Salted Black BeansIngredients

1 large tilapia sliced crosswise(steak cut)

14 cup canned tausi (salted blackbeans) ndash discard the water

12 cup chopped flat leaf parsley1 medium yellow onion diced2 teaspoon minced garlic1 12 tablespoons oyster sauce1 tablespoon soy sauce1 teaspoon cornstarch diluted in 12

cup watercooking oilSalt and pepper to taste

Cooking Procedure

Rub salt and pepper all over thesliced tilapia Let it stand for 10 minutes

Heat 1 cup of cooking oil in a fryingpan

Pan-fry the sliced tilapia in mediumheat for about 5 minutes per side or untilthe color turns medium brown Removethe fried tilapia and place in a plate linedwith paper towel

In a clean cooking pan heat about 2tablespoons of cooking oil

Saute the garlic and onionWhen the onion softensadd the

parsley and salted black beansPut the fried tilapia in the pan Add

the soy sauce oyster sauce andcornstarch diluted in water Stir gently andlet boil Cover and simmer for 10 to 15minutes

Add pepper to taste Note you canadd more water to make it taste less salty

Transfer to a serving bowlServe share and enjoy

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50th Anniversary GalaSaturday June 15 2013

Call 514-341-7477

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FILIPINO STARS H O W B I Z G O S S I PlsquoAnnalizarsquo wants to directsomeday

She may be just 10 years old andher show-biz career just starting totake off but child star AndreaBrillantes can already see herselfworking behind the camera whenbeing in front of it has lost its appeal

ldquoI enjoy taking photos and mymom tells me they look nicerdquo shesaid ldquoI want to become a director awriter or a photographer when I growolder I want to be behind the scenesrdquoBrillantes told a small group ofreporters at a recent media gatheringfor ABS-CBNrsquos remake of the popular1980s television drama ldquoAnnalizardquowhere she plays the title role

The late Julie Vega was theoriginal Annaliza

For her dream first photo shootBrillantes said she wanted her subjectto be her idol Kim Chiu Her directorialdebut on the other hand will mostlikely have ldquoAnnalizardquo costar ZanjoeMarudo (who plays her father Guido)as lead actor she added

Prior to this big break Brillantesoften played the role of a teleseryersquosstar as a child She was the youngAndi Eigenmann in ldquoKahit PusorsquoyMasugatanrdquo Jessy Mendiola inldquoPrecious Heart Romances Paraisordquoand Kim Chiu in ldquoIna Kapatid Anakrdquo

ldquoIrsquom very thankful and happy thatI was chosen to play Annalizabecause itrsquos my dream to star in myown showrdquo she said Brillantes saidshe googled Vega on the Internet toknow more about her learning abouther birthday and death

Looking sweet and adorable in apink dress Brillantes was refreshingly

self-assured when asked if shebelieved she could carry a televisionshow on her own

But the precocious youngsterclammed up when the subject ofcompetition with other ABS-CBN childstars such as Xyriel Manabat wasbrought up ldquoI donrsquot knowrdquo shemurmured ldquoMas matanda po akordquoshe offered drawing laughter fromthe crowd

Currently a Grade 4 student inAmbassador School for ChildrenBrillantes said she might resort tohome-schooling next academic yearbecause of her increasingly heavyschedule

Do her schoolmates and friendsknow that shersquos an actor ldquoYestheyrsquore happy and proud of meSometimes they approach me forphoto opsrdquo she said

Brillantes who joined the kiddiegag show ldquoGoinrsquo Bulilitsrdquo in 2010proudly announced she was able tobuy herself a cell phone and an iPadfrom her earnings ldquoSomeday I wantto have a nice bedroomrdquo she said

Business unit head Ruel Bayanisaid their version of ldquoAnnalizardquo wouldbe generally faithful to the originalseries ldquoBut to make it relevant todaywe incorporated different socialissues we encounter nowrdquo Bayanisaid

Directed by Theodore Boboroland Cathy Camarillo ldquoAnnalizardquo startsairing Monday before ldquoTV Patrolrdquo a

After his sold-out birthdayconcert at the Smart-AranetaColiseum Kapamilya teensensation Daniel Padilla continuesto sweep off the feet of his fans withhis sophomore album under StarRecords titled ldquoDJPrdquo

Daniel Padilla ReleasesSophomore Album DJP

Following the success of hisdouble platinum self-titled albumldquoDJPrdquo features 10 tracks includingDanielrsquos carrier single ldquoKamustaKardquo ldquoKung San Ka MasayardquoldquoSabay Natinrdquo ldquoPanalanginrdquoldquoBinibinirdquo ldquoNaaalalardquo ldquoKisapmatardquoldquoIpagpatawad Mordquo ldquoSisikat DinAkordquo and the acoustic version ofHimig Handog P-Pop Love Songfinalist ldquoNasa Iyo Na Ang Lahatrdquo

The album also carries thebonus track ldquoDiskarterdquo DanielrsquosldquoDJPrdquo album is already available onall record bars nationwide for onlyP250 The digital tracks of thealbum can also be downloaded viawwwmymusicstorecomph andiTunes

For more information visit StarRecordsrsquo Facebook fanpage atwwwfacebookcomstarrecordsphilor follow starrecordsph onTwitter a

Daniel Padilla ReleasesSophomore Album DJP

Daniel Padilla had his fans shrieking onASAP Sunday as he channeled hisinner Mr Suave while performing theParokya ni Edgar hit along with threeother Padillas RJ Matthew and JC

Rising teleserye princess Andrea Brillantes suddenly burst into tears while walkingon center stage when her first teleserye starrer Annaliza was introduced toadvertisers at the recently held ABS-CBN trade event at the NBC Tent in Taguig Theten-year old young actress wasnrsquot able to contain her emotions any longer whenshe realized that she is actually living her long-time dream of playing lead in a TVseries

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We process meat using Halal method

Our slaughterhouse is very clean and our prices are reasonable

Reserve your mutton from Aid Al Adha bull Sariwa malinis

The Court of Appeals (CA) ruledin favor of the Movie and TelevisionReview and Classification Board(MTRCB) that suspended TV5snoontime game show Willing Willie in2011 over an obscene segment

Associated Justice ManuelBarrios of the appellate courts 2ndDivision said in an 11-page decisionissued late Thursday that thecontested episode that showed ayoung boy dancing in a raunchymanner while crying was enoughmaterial for MTRCB to suspend thepopular show for one month

A review of the recording of thatsegment shows a 6-year old boygyrating like a macho dancer whilebeing cajoled and goaded by theshows host and the audience iscommonly perceived as transpiringonly in night clubs and othershadowy establishments thedecision stated

The court also called the showhost Willie Revillame insensitive inencouraging the boy to continue withthe performance in exchange for amonetary reward

While money has great utilityand is beneficial in these times ofwant it must never be used asjustification to sacrifice good moralsdecency self respect and thepsychological well-being of itscitizens especially the young itadded

MTRCB Chairman EugenioVillareal welcomed the courtsdecision on Thursday night sayinghe hopes the ruling be instructive tothe television industryEntertainment ( Article MRec )pagematch 1 sectionmatch 1

May this allow the televisionindustry especially those moredirectly concerned to move on andhelp build an entertainment culturethat is truly audience-sensitive andparticularly looking out for thewelfare of our young Villareal said ina statement

MTRCB earlier said in the originalsuspension ruling that the showviolated a law against immoral andindecent broadcasts that run counterto Filipino valuesinvoking herbrothers being in power when shemade a veiled threat Wala na siyangibang masabi Sabi niya Bakanakalimutan mo may three years paang brother ko Yap said a

Court says Willie Revillameinsensitive upholds showsuspension

Julia Barretto the winsome 16-year old daughter of Marjorie Barrettowho is fast making a name for herselfin the show business industry as ldquoTheMost Beautiful Barrettordquo continues tocapture hearts including that of teenstar Julian Estrada - her co-star in arecent special episode of ABS-CBNrsquosaward-winning fantasy-dramaanthology ldquoWansapanataymrdquo

Estrada who like Barretto is ascion of an established showbiz familythat includes actor turned presidentJoseph ldquoEraprdquo Estrada has nowadmitted to wooing his fellow StarMagic 2013 member in a recentinterview on ldquoKris TVrdquo ndash a far cry froman earlier statement

ldquoHindi naman po ligaw (But)things are doing pretty well (betweenthe two of us) rdquo he was quoted assaying prior

Ironically the 15-year-old spilledthe truth about courting the young

actress when he was being grilled byhis own father actor turned senatorJinggoy Estrada during their guestappearance on ldquoKris TVrdquo Monday

ldquoNililigawan mo bardquo The senatorasked his son who went on to blurt acurt ldquoYeahrdquo

When asked if he thinks he is onhis way to winning Julia over theyoung Estrada meekly retortedldquoSanardquo

The older Estrada went on todispense seeming sage advice tellinghis son to give the star of theupcoming series ldquoCofradiardquo gifts likeflowers fruits and chocolates

He went on to praise Julia as withthe rest of the Barrettos for theirbeauty

ldquoMaganda talaga rsquoyung mgaBarretto sistersrdquo said he referring tothe controversial siblings GretchenClaudine and Marjorie Juliarsquos mother

Julian and Julia Fromreel to real

Julian Estrada and Julia Barretto

TV5 statement onMr Willie Revillamersquosresignation

Willie Revillame

So it has finally been confirmedthe rumor that Willie Revillame isresigning from TV5 and that his showldquoWowowillierdquo will end when his contractwith the network expires on Oct 15

The persistent hearsay was thatWillie is resigning because he wasasking for a P90 million talent fee permonth which the Kapatid networkrejected according to a source

Williersquos camp denied the rumorsaying at first that while itrsquos true hiscontract with TV5 is expiring in Octoberthere was no negotiation going on yetabout the possible renewal of suchcontract much less about any amountfor the hostrsquos monthly talent fee

Willie has his options on whether tocontinue with the show or take hismuch-needed vacation He has favoredthe latter

To this TV5 has issued this shortstatement

ldquoWe respect the decision of MrWillie Revillame to retire upon theexpiry of his contract with TV5 We wishhim well in his new pursuitsrdquo a

May 201318 The North American Filipino Star

Showbiz Gossip Continued from p17

Maja Salvador said she is at a lossfor words when met with greetings onher relationship with Gerald Andersonwhich the actor recently confirmed

At the sidelines of the filming of herupcoming big-screen project with SenJinggoy Estrada on Wednesday the24-year-old actress was asked for herreaction to her boyfriend going publicwith their relationship

Marami ang nagsasabi na angganda ko raw ang suwerte ko raw Diko alam paano sasagutin yun eSalvador was quoted as saying byentertainment news site PhilippineEntertainment Portal

Siguro sobrang blessed ko langna ganun ako ka-importante sa buhayniya talaga she said referring toAnderson

The 24-year-old actor admitted the

real score between him and Salvadorin the June 2013 issue of entertainmentmagazine StarStudio

Last Sunday Anderson said thedecision to admit his romantic ties withSalvador was for everybodys peace ofmind citing the endless speculationsabout their relationship

Anderson and Salvadorsrelationship however came at the costof the actress friendship with her InaKapatid Anak co-star and erstwhilebest friend Kim Chiu

Chiu is the former girlfriend ofAnderson The two broke up in 2010

In an earlier interview an emotionalChiu said she has already forgivenAnderson and Salvador but added itis difficult to forget what they did toyou a

Maja Salvador reacts to GeraldAndersonrsquos confession

Gerald Anderson and Maja Salvador

The lady of laughs Ai Ai delasAlas feels so much better now daysafter her personal conflict with short-lived husband Jed Salang came to ahead

Ai Ai said she never realized howmuch love she enjoys from everyone ndashher family her friends in and out of thebusiness her fans and even those whoare just looking ndash until this thinghappened to her

ldquoIrsquom overwhelmed by the love andsupport of everybody I am verythankful Sobrang pasasalamat kotalaga sa Diyos at sa lahat-lahat ngmga mababait na mga anak ko mgakaibigan ko at mga taong nagmamahalsa akin kahit hindi naman nila akomasyadong nakakasama o nakikita

Wala na akong mahihiling paNapakasuwerte ko pa rinrdquo she saidAi Ai told us everything is clear with hernow ldquoHindi ko akalain na mangyayarisa buhay ko ang ganorsquon nanapapanood ko lang sa TV Pero atleast okay na ako Nakalaya na rin akobago pa mangyari sa akin ang mgabagay na ikakahiya ko pa balangarawrdquo she said

Ai Ai likened her life to a plot of anABS-CBN soap opera She saidldquorsquoyung tipong isang medyonakakabatang lalaki na pumatol saisang medyo may edad na babae namay pera Pero meron talaga siyangpamilya at sinabihan niya na sandalilang ito at kailangan lang niya gawinpara na din sa kanyang mag-inaGanun ang eksaktong nangyari saakinrdquoAnd what didnrsquot kill her made herstronger Ai Ai said ldquoNow I really thankGod for waking me up just in timeMasakit pero ganun talagaNaghangad kasi ako na mahalin ngisang lalaki mapakasalan Siguro hinditalaga rsquoyun ang buhay na para sa akinMarami namang masyadong blessingna ibinibigay si God Ang mga anak kosobrang mahal ako Nahihiya nga akosa kanila at nagpapasalamat nanaiintindihan nila ang Mommy nila Silaang tunay kong kayamananrdquo a

Ai Ai Delas Alas is much betternow

Comedienne Ai Ai delas Alas hasfiled a formal complaint against herhusband of 29 days businessmanJed Salang

According to a report ofentertainment website Pepphpublished on Wednesday delas Alascharged Salang of violating theRepublic Act 9262 or the act definingviolence against women and childrenbefore the Quezon City Regional Trial

Court on FridayThis is in addition to the

protection order she sought againsther husband so he could no longercome near her by 100 to 500 meters

Citing a source allegedly close tothe comedienne Pepph said delasAlas detailed in her petition howSalang physically abused her lastMay 2

The source added delas Alas alsoconsulted with a psychologist whotold her that she is in a ldquostate ofdepressionrdquo and is suffering from anldquoacute post-traumatic-stressdisorderrdquo

Two weeks ago delas Alas brokedown on The Buzz as she confirmedher breakup from Salang

In an interview with The Buzzhost Boy Abunda delas Alasadmitted that she was physically

Ai Ai delas Alas with her husband JedSalang (file photo)

Ai Ai files raps vs husband JedSalang

abused by Salang which led to herdecision to leave him last May 2

She also tearfully said shebelieves Salang never loved her

Delas Alas and Salang weremarried in Las Vegas last April 3

It takes two to do the show bizbreakup cha-cha

Did Jed Salang really do all thoseawful awful things andhellip isnrsquot hegoing to defend himself Just youwait

In the aftermath of Ai-Ai de lasAlasrsquo spectacular meltdown on ldquoTheBuzzrdquo last Sunday over a turbulentseparation from her husband of lessthan a month movie reporters havebeen hunting down Salang abusinessman

Did he really beat up the 48-year-old actress routinely Is he agambling addict as they say Is it

true that he received a monthlyallowance of P40000 from De lasAlas Did he use her money to buyexpensive gifts for another personAwful awful talk (Meanwhile has hereturned the ldquodream carrdquo that shegave him for their first ldquomonthsaryrdquo)

Several show biz scribes havegone to Salangrsquos workplace inAlabang others to his reportedcurrent address A few claim to havetalked to Salang but say he declinedto comment on the whole sordidaffair

When De las Alas claimed onnationwide TV that she had broken upwith Salang on May 2 after repeatedincidents of physical abuse her fanswent up in arms as if on cue Theywasted no time in flooding SalangrsquosInstagram account with vitriolprompting him to close it onMondaymdashhis only link to socialnetworking a

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Words cannot express howdelighted Lovi Poe is about her sisterGrace Poe-Llamanzares ranking No 1in the May 13 senatorial race Shefinds it hard to believe that she nowhas a big sister who is a senator and isjust a phone call away

Lovi during her contract signingwith GMA-7 last May 17 shared thatshe has gotten to know her elder sisterwell during the campaign season

ldquoIrsquom so proud of her When we hadlunch I met her son daughter and herhusband They are all wonderfulpeople talaga Lahat sila mababait SiAte Grace shersquos very humble shersquosvery smart Talagang I look up to herKung baga isa siyang magandanghalimbawardquo she sharedShe added that if she is proud shecould just imagine how prouder theirfather the late Fernando Poe Jr Kingof Philippine Cinema would havebeen

ldquoIrsquom sure si Papa kung anongnararamdaman ko kay Ate Grace masgrabe pa siya and Irsquom sureipagpapatuloy niya ang gusto niPapahellip I just really feel so proudespecially with what happened nanag-number one siya Siya na mismonagsabi that she didnrsquot expect thatrdquoLovi expressed that she will be asupportive sister and intimated thatSen Grace would be having lunchwith her to discuss her plans inpolitics She said that she would helpin her own capacity as an actress butwonrsquot be ldquovisible politicallyrdquo

ldquoI donrsquot want to venture into

politics kasi itrsquos not my turf talagaLetrsquos leave it to the experts sabi nganilardquo quipped Lovi

These days Lovi is more focusedon giving her all in the projects that theKapuso network entrusts her Shebelieves she has the talent and wantsto prove that she is worthy of herthree-year contract Her love life toocould take a backseat to her new stateof mind which is workldquoIrsquom not dating now I just want to

focus talaga on work Ito rsquoyungpromise ko sa sarili ko na masfocused ako now Irsquom already 24 yearsold at ibang Lovi na ito Mas mature nakasi medyo before I want to enjoywhile working of course but now masfocused nardquo

Itrsquos been almost two months sinceLovi took a break from the Kapusonetwork Now she is excited to goback to work and see her colleagueswhom she misses a lot She also looks

forward to the teleseryes she wouldget and the leading men shersquod beworking with As an actress she israring to do more challenging roles inthe near future

By the way Lovi is in theupcoming movie of Joel Lamanganentitled ldquoLihisrdquo with Jake Cuenca andJoem Bascon among others a

Lovi proud sister to Sen Grace Poe

Lovi Poe (Left) and Sen Grace Poe-Llamanzares

For the first time HeartEvangelista revealed the real reasonwhy she and Jericho Rosales whomshe considers her ldquogreatest loverdquobroke up in 2008

In an sit-down interview with Yesmagazine for its May 2013 issueEvangelista said her parents madeher believe that Rosales cheated onher with Malaysian actress CarmenSoo

At that time Evangelista justreconciled with her parents after nottalking to them for three yearsbecause she fought for herrelationship with Rosales

Evangelista said her parents didnot approve of the Kapamilya actorbecause he already had a child froma previous relationship

ldquoI didnrsquot see them for three yearsat that time and I missed them somuch And I was also going though alot I was struggling with life I wasconfused Although I was happy itwas hard to be happy in one areaand everything else seems like itrsquosfalling apart But the moment I gotback with them naging okay kamirdquoshe said

Rosales was then in Malaysiawith Soo for the ABS-CBN seriesldquoKahit Isang Saglitrdquo whileEvangelista was in Dubai for her ownshow in GMA-7

ldquoWhen they said that he wascheating on me with Carmen Soo Ireally did think that he was I reallythought that he cheated on me Ireally did And that was because theytold me that he was and I wasconvincedrdquo she said

Evangelista shared there waseven a time when Rosales went tosee her in her condominium unit sohe could explain himself but theynever saw each other

ldquoMy mom didnrsquot tell me that hewas waiting for me downstairs in mycondo for five hours She didnrsquot say

anything so I didnrsquot hear from himrdquoshe said

The 27-year-old actress said shejust learned in due course thatRosales did not really cheat on her

ldquoOf course they are yourparentsmdashwhen they tell yousomething over and over you start tohave fears You start to doubt certainsituations And thatrsquos what happenedto me beforerdquo she said

Through time Evangelistaunderstood that her mom was justscared to lose her

ldquoShe was trying to let me go She

was really trying her best to not getherself involved with my pastrelationships It was always like thatShe would try But in the endeverything that she kept inside wouldjust blow up and it would just affectme so much and also therelationship that I was inrdquo she said

Evangelista recently madeheadlines anew after she foundherself in another collision coursewith her parents who lambasted hercurrent boyfriend Senator FrancisChiz Escudero

Both Evangelista and Escuderohowever have stood firm that theyare not breaking up amid all theissues surrounding their relationship

Why Heart and Jericho really broke up Jericho has found lsquoThe Onersquo

Early photo of Heart amp JerichoNot meant to be Former lovers Heartand Jericho Rosales

May 201320 The North American Filipino Star

Itrsquos tough fighting the worldrsquossecond biggest economic power andmost populous country But whenanother economic heavyweight joinsthe fight against you they couldtrounce you very badly And to makethe situation worse the two adversariesare the giant Peoplersquos Republic ofChina (PRC) and the Lilliputian buteconomically rich Republic of China(ROC) which is more commonly knownas Taiwan With the Philippines upagainst the two Chinas her options are

limited

Over the past several years Chinaincreased her defense budget todouble-digit increments In the case ofTaiwan the United States provided herwith firepower to defend herself fromChina whose ultimate goal is to takeover Taiwan and complete theunification of the two Chinas under onegovernment

But the US has nothing to do with thatAlthough the US recognizes the PRCunder a ldquoOne China Policyrdquo she madeit known that Taiwan would bedefended should China decide toinvade Taiwan

The Philippines followed suit andadopted a ldquoOne China Policyrdquo too thussevering her diplomatic relationshipwith Taiwan However the influentialcommunity of Chinese expatriates andrefugees in the Philippines identifythemselves with Chiang Kai-shek andhis Kuomintang Party who fled toTaiwan in 1949 after they were defeatedby Mao Zedong and his CommunistParty in a bloody Civil War

To continue their ldquofriendshiprdquo thePhilippines and Taiwan established twooffices to serve as conduit between thetwo governments The Philippinegovernment opened the ManilaEconomic and Cultural Office (MECO)in Taipei and Taiwan opened the TaipeiEconomic and Cultural Office (TECO) inManila Indeed the relationshipbetween the Philippines and Taiwancouldnrsquot have been betterhellip until lastMay 9 when an incident in disputedwaters ended in the death of aTaiwanese fisherman

Fishing boat incidentRelatives of fisherman killed by thePhilippine Coast Guard

According to Philippine Coast Guard(PCG) account two Taiwanese fishing

boats were sighted in the Balintangchannel just north of Luzon which isPhilippine territory and not claimed byTaiwan or any other country In whatappeared to be illegal fishing the PCGvessel approached the fishing boatsbut one of them tried to ram the PCGvessel The PCG fired at the chargingfishing boat to disable it The fishingboat was disabled howeverunbeknown to the PCG crew a 65-yearold Taiwanese fisherman was hit Thena ldquobig white shiprdquo came to view and the

PCG vessel took off (Source The DailyTribune)

The incident created a crescendo ofevents leading to violence againstOverseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) inTaiwan MECO Chairman AmadeoPerez reported that an OFW wasattacked with a baseball bat by anangry mob in Kaohsiung City TaiwanOther attacks on OFWs were reportedldquoThe situation in Taiwan now is verytenserdquo said PerezIn an attempt to placate TaiwanPresident Benigno Aquino IIIapologized for the death of the

Taiwanese fisherman but the Taiwanesegovernment uncharacteristicallyrejected it as ldquoinsincererdquo

And to make matters worse theTaiwanese government banned theentry of OFWs The Philippinegovernment is preparing evacuationplans should the need to bring theOFWs home arises The Taiwanesegovernment also issued an advisory toher citizens not to visit the Philippines

Enter the bullyEmperor Xi Jinping (Credit TheEconomist)

Meanwhile a Chinese foreign ministryspokesman said ldquoWe strongly

condemn the barbaric shooting andkilling of the Taiwanese fishermandemanding that the Philippines shouldinvestigate the case and furnish thedetails as soon as possible We aredeeply grieved about the death of theTaiwanese compatriot and have sentcondolences to his familyrdquo With Chinaopenly siding with Taiwan it makes onewonder if China was taking advantageof the incident to drive a wedgebetween the two allies of the UnitedStates Indeed China has been tryingvery hard to neutralize the UnitedStatesrsquo military presence in the WesternPacific particularly in the South andEast China Seas

In August 2012 China tricked thePhilippines into ending the standoff atthe Scarborough Shoal (PanatagShoal) by agreeing to a withdrawal ofthe two countriesrsquo naval vessels fromthe area As soon as the Philippineswithdrew her Coast Guard vesselsChina cordoned off the only opening tothe shoal while several Chinese shipsstayed Since then China has de factopossession of the shoal which is about124 miles from Luzon and within thePhilippinesrsquo 200-mile ExclusiveEconomic Zone (EEZ)

Ryukyu archipelagoRyukyu Islands

Recently two events happened that putChinese expansionism into thegeopolitical equation First itquestioned Japanrsquos ownership of theRyukyu archipelago which includesOkinawa where the US maintains 18army navy air force and marine bases

China claims that the Ryukyus wereonce a Chinese vassal state during theMing and Qing dynasties therefore theisland chain should be returned toChina

With this new ldquoterritorial disputerdquoJapanrsquos ongoing dispute with Chinaover ownership of the Senkaku Islandstakes different dimension Someexperts are saying that China is usingthe Ryukyu issue as a bargaining chipto her claim over the Senkakus a groupof five uninhabited islands and isletswedged between Okinawa and Taiwan

When Japan and Taiwan recentlysigned a joint fishing agreement aroundthe Senkakus China became furiousAnd right after that the ownership of theRyukyus came into play

Ayungin Shoal

China also opened another potentialarea of dispute ndash right inside Philippineterritory A few days ago severalChinese ships were sighted near theAyungin Shoal in the Kalayaan town inthe province of Palawan

Last May 10 a Department of ForeignAffairs (DFA) spokesperson said thatAyungin Shoal is within the PhilippinesrsquoEEZ He said that the entry of foreignfishing vessels in an EEZ is a violationof the United Nations Convention of theLaw of the Sea (UNCLOS) China andthe Philippines are signatories toUNCLOS DFA filed a protest letter withthe Chinese Embassy in Manila on theprovocative presence of two Chinesemaritime surveillance shipsand onewarship around Ayungin Shoal(Source The Philippine Star)

Taiping Island

Taiwan also has a piece of the actionamong six nations involved in territorialdisputes in the Spratly archipelagoRecently Taiwan announced plans toexpand a pier in Taiping Island thelargest island in the Spratlys Byexpanding the pier in the fortified islandit would allow port calls by Taiwanrsquos2000-ton frigates The island hasalready a 3800-foot runway whichTaiwan built in 2006 (Source NewStraits Times)

During the 115th anniversarycelebration of the Philippine Navy lastMay 21 Aquino declared ldquoOurmessage to the world is clear what isours is ours and we will repel any andall attempts to claim what is ours anddefend ourselves against any form ofaggression especially within ourbackyardrdquoIt seems that itrsquos going to bea battle between David vs two Goliaths(PerryDiazgmailcom)

David vs Two Goliaths

Anti-Filipino rally in Taiwan

Relatives of killed Taiwanese fisherman

ldquoEmperorrdquo Xi Jinping (Credit The Economist)

Ryukyu Islands

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Embracing theObscureBy David White

This past weekend in Sonoma CountyCalifornia 17 vintners gathered for a winetasting they dubbed The 7 PercentSolution

As the organizers explained roughly 93percent of Northern California vineyardacreage is planted to eight major grapevarietals The remaining 7 percent is hometo numerous lesser-known varietals[which] are finding anchor with a small butgrowing number of winemakers

The event enabled consumers to explorethe wines being produced by Californiasrevolutionary vintners -- those willing toembrace the states vast and varied climateby avoiding popular grapes and bottlingthe obscure Whether theyre producingunusual varietals or exploring unheraldedregions these winemakers are worthcelebrating

That certain regions of California might bebetter suited to say Albarino thanChardonnay makes sense Across theglobe commercial wine is produced from a

whopping 1368 different grape varieties Itdefies logic to assume that grapes native tocentral France will thrive in all the worldsnew vineyards

This topic was explored at this years DrinkLocal Wine conference by Joseph FiolaPhD a University of Maryland professorwho has spent over 25 years researchingand teaching about experimentalviticulture

During his lecture Fiola spent a great dealof time praising the Old World for itscommitment to growing varieties that areadapted to local growing conditions

Local varieties have been growing inthose areas for hundreds maybethousands of years he explainedYear in year out they get ripe Year inyear out winemakers can controlproduction Those areas know how togrow the grapes they know how tomake good wine And its the localgrapes that are the best [Winemakers]arent going to grow CabernetSauvignon all over Italy becausepeople know the name

Fiola went on to compare southernItalys climate to southern MarylandsYet he acknowledged the temptation tofocus on well-known varieties

Trying to convince a Maryland winerythat has to worry about marketing topeople who can barely pronounceChardonnay to sell Nero dAvolaNegroamaro Sagrantino he askednaming three esoteric varieties fromItaly That presents a challenge heconceded

Europe has an advantage of courseThe continent has been producingwine for thousands of years so vintnersthere understand which grapes dobest In France for examplewinemakers in Burgundy know to focus

on Pinot Noir and Chardonnay Just asGerman vintners recognize thatRiesling thrives in the countrys Moselregion Spanish vintners recognize thatAlbarino thrives in Galicia

Wine production in the United States isstill in its infancy But winemakers knowthat American consumers enjoyCabernet Sauvignon ChardonnayMerlot Pinot Noir and SauvignonBlanc so thats what most produceOnly the most courageous vintnerswould eschew these varieties

One of these courageous vintners isMatthew Rorick of Forlorn Hope whopoured at this weekends tasting inSonoma Since 2005 he has beenproducing rare creatures fromappellations unknown and varietiesuncommon

His rare creatures are truly unusualHe produces delightful reds fromSangiovese and Barbera two Italiangrapes that few California winemakers

take seriously He produces a deliciousVerdelho a white wine thats typicallyassociated with Portugal He producesthe nations only 100-percent StLaurent a thought-provoking highlyaromatic red thats almost impossibleto find outside Austria and the CzechRepublic Each year he crafts morethan a dozen different wines -- andvirtually all are produced in lots offewer than 2500 bottles

The fact that 17 vintners like Rorickwere able to fill a room this pastweekend is a testament to the fact thatan increasing number of winemakersare willing to take risks And perhapsmore importantly Americanconsumers are growing morecomfortable exploring the unknown

David White a wine writer is the founderand editor of Terroiristcom His columnsare housed at Palate Press The OnlineWine Magazine

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Minister FlahertyHighlights EconomicAction Plan 2013rsquosStrong Support forCharitableOrganizations

The Honourable Jim Flaherty Ministerof Finance today urged Canadians totake advantage of the HarperGovernmentrsquos new First-Time DonorrsquosSuper Credit and donate to acharitable organization

Speaking at Lutherwood a not-for-profit health and social serviceorganization serving the WaterlooRegion and Wellington CountyMinister Flaherty said ldquoThroughout ournationrsquos history Canadians haveworked together to serve others andhave made Canada a better place inthe process Our Government wants tosee that noble tradition continuewhich is why Economic Action Plan2013 builds on previous actions by ourGovernment to support families andcommunities and the quality of life forhard-working Canadiansrdquo

These initiatives include the RegisteredDisability Savings Plan the FamilyCaregiver Tax Credit and the EnablingAccessibility Fund which supports thecapital costs of construction andrenovations to improve physicalaccessibility for persons withdisabilities

Minister Flaherty stated ldquoThe newFirst-Time Donorrsquos Super Credit willsignificantly enhance theattractiveness of donating to a charityfor young and new Canadians who arein a position to make donations for thefirst time By helping to rejuvenate andexpand the charitable sectorrsquos donorbase this important initiative will havean immediate impact in supporting thecharitable sectorrdquo

The credit will apply on cash donationsof up to $1000 claimed in any onetaxation year from 2013 to 2017 It willincrease the value of the existingCharitable Donations Tax Credit by 25percentage points if neither thetaxpayer nor their spouse has claimedthe credit since 2007

Kitchener-Waterloo MP Peter Braid achampion for such worthy causesadded ldquoCanadians are some of themost generous people in the worldwhen it comes to giving time andmoney to charity and our Governmentis committed to supporting that spiritrdquo

ldquoThe Super Credit is a very positivestep for charities wanting to engagenew donors We are excited by thepossibilities and eager to continueworking with the federal government toexplore innovative ways to expandcharitable giving by all Canadiansrdquosaid Marcel Lauziegravere President andCEO of Imagine Canada

___________________________________For further information media may

contact

Kathleen PerchalukPress SecretaryOffice of the Minister of Finance613-996-7861

Jack AubryMedia RelationsDepartment of Finance613-996-8080

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Treasury Board PresidentAnnounces MajorInitiative toward a High-Performing Public Service

For immediate release

May 28 2013

Ottawa ndash The Honourable TonyClement President of the TreasuryBoard today announced a newmandatory system for trackingemployee performance aimed atboosting productivity and ensuringCanadians receive modern effectiveand efficient public service

ldquoHard-working Canadians look to us toprovide high quality affordableservice The Governmentrsquos newperformance management regime willensure that we are employing thepublic service to its fullest potentialrdquosaid Minister Clement ldquoComplacencyand the status quo are not an optionExcellence must be the benchmarkCanadians deserve no lessrdquo

The new Directive on PerformanceManagement introduces for the firsttime a government-wide system fortracking employee performance Thegoal is three-fold

To recognize and reward excellentperformance

Work with all employees to maximizeperformance and

To deal decisively with unsatisfactoryperformance

ldquoPerformance management is aboutensuring good workers have anopportunity to become great workersand dealing effectively with poorperformersrdquo said Minister ClementldquoEither poor performers improve andbecome productive employees or wewill let them gordquo

The Directive which comes into effectin April 2014 includes a number ofstandardized measures for trackingperformance These measuresinclude establishing annualperformance objectives for allemployees mid-year evaluationsannual written performanceassessments and an action plan forimproving performance with clearestablished time-lines as well as stepsto be taken if performance does notimprove These steps could include

demotion or termination Processeswill ensure that employees are treatedfairly

ldquoDoing things the way they havealways been done is no longer goodenough if we want to build a 21stcentury public servicerdquo said MinisterClement ldquoWe owe it to Canadians andwe owe it to the vast majority ofcommitted hard-working publicservants to make sure everyone ispulling their weightrdquo

For more information please consultthe Directive on PerformanceManagement and visit thePerformance Management website

mdash 30 mdash

For more information see the Directiveon Performance Managementbackgrounder or contact

Matthew ConwayPress SecretaryOffice of the President of the TreasuryBoard and Minister responsible forFedNor613-957-2666

Media RelationsTreasury Board of Canada Secretariat613-957-2640

If there is a discrepancy between anyprinted version and the electronicversion of this news release theelectronic version will prevail

TTY (telecommunications device forthe hearing impaired) ndash 613-957-9090

Follow us on Twitter TBS_Canada

Backgrounder - Directive onPerformance Management

The Government of Canada isimplementing a new employeeperformance management program tofoster excellence in service delivery toCanadians and improve productivity

This Directive will introduce for the firsttime a systemic mandatoryperformance assessment for all corepublic sector employees Rigorousperformance management is a bestpractice and an essential element of amodern public service

The new Directive on PerformanceManagement applies to federalemployees in the core publicadministration See footnote 1 and willcome into effect on April 1 2014

The approach to implementingPerformance Management is system-wide and will support deputy headsmanagers and employees in achievingand sustaining a culture of highperformance in the public sector

Highlights

The Directive calls for consistency inhow employee performance ismanaged and how employeesrsquo skillsare developed across the federal

public service

Each federal organization will establishan employee performancemanagement program that includesrequirements such as

Mandatory annual performancemanagement objectives for allemployees including commitmentsperformance objectives and expectedbehaviours and learning ordevelopment plans

Mid-year evaluations of eachemployee

Annual written employee performanceassessments at the end of each fiscalyear

An action plan to support and guideemployees to improve performancewithin clear timelines and

Mandatory attestation by deputyheads that an employee hassuccessfully completed the probationperiod

Requirements for performanceagreements are already in place forpublic service executives and non-unionized employees With the newDirective performance agreements willbe mandatory for all

To support managers and supervisorsin adopting the new Directivemandatory training will be providedEach department will have acommittee made up of senior officialsto coach managers through theprocess Managers will also besupported with additional labourrelations advice and a Labour andEmployment Law Centre of Expertiseis also being created by the TreasuryBoard Secretariat to deal specificallywith employment law and litigation

The Values and Ethics Code for thePublic Sector that came into force inApril 2012 underpins the objectives ofthe new Directive

The Office of the Chief HumanResources Officer is responsible formonitoring departmentsrsquo compliancewith the directive and conductingreviews to evaluate its impact

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Cultural Centre launchedMontreacuteal May 28 2013 ndash At a specialmeeting held last Thursday the Cocircte-des-NeigesmdashNotre-Dame-de-Gracircce (CDNmdashNDG) Borough Council awarded a contractto build the new Notre-Dame-de-GracircceCultural Centre The $1540010710contract was won by the Geyser Group inc

The Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce Cultural Centrewill house a new Benny Library and also amulti-purpose hall to accommodate culturalexhibitions and a wide variety ofperformances The ecologically-friendlybuilding meeting LEED certificationstandards will be prominently located at theintersection of avenue de Monkland andavenue Benny across from the NDG SportsCentre

Construction will begin in the next fewweeks and be completed at the end of2014 Originally planned for 2012 theproject had to be modified in order to meetthe Boroughrsquos self-imposed budgetconstraints Construction of the Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce Cultural Centre representsa $236 million investment for which theBorough is depending in particular on thejoint financial support of the ministegravere de laCulture et des Communications du Queacutebecand the Ville de Montreacuteal

ICAO headquarters toremain in Montreal

MONTREAL May 27 2013 - The Ministerof Foreign Affairs the Honourable John

Baird the Minister of InternationalRelations La Francophonie and ExternalTrade and Minister responsible for theMontreacuteal region Mr Jean Francois Liseacuteeand the Mayor of Montreacuteal Mr MichaelApplebaum would like to invite members ofthe media to a press conference for thesigning of the renewal agreement with theInternational Civil Aviation Organization(ICAO) in Montreacuteal

Date Monday May 27th 2013Heure 5 pmLieu Terrace of City Hall

275 Notre-Dame EstMetro Champ-de-Mars

Come join celebrate thePhilippine IndependenceDay Celebration on June 12 1000AM at theFAMAS CentreThe Philippine Declaration of Independencesimultaneously marked the end of thePhilippine Revolution and the PhilippineIslandsrsquo assertion to sovereignty andindependence from Spanish colonial ruleHowever neither Spain nor Americarecognized such a stake to independentnationhood and on December 10 1898the Spanish government ceded thePhilippines to the United States in the Treatyof Paris for the price of US $2 millionmarking the end of the Spanish-AmericanWar1

A short two months later on February 41899 armed conflict erupted betweenPhilippine revolutionary forces and USmilitary occupants in Manila By June 2

1899 the First Philippine Republic officiallydeclared war against the US that lasteduntil July 4 1902 Approximately 20000soldiers were killed in action while thecivilian death toll reached an estimated half-million persons Though the war officiallyended in the summer of 1899 guerillafreedom fighters continued to challengeUS occupation for several more years

It was not until July 4 1946 nearly fiftyyears later that the United States formallyrecognized full Philippine independentnationhood with the enactment of the Treatyof Manila On a rainy day in Manilarsquos LunetaPark 400000 onlookers cheered as theAmerican flag was lowered and thePhilippine flag was raised in its placeSenator Millard Tydings of Marylandreported that the day was ldquoone of the mostunprecedented most idealistic and mostfar-reaching events in all recorded historyrdquo3

July 4 was officially recognized as theNational Day until August 4 1964 whenPresident Diosdado Macapagal signed theMalacanang Republic Act No 4166 thateffectively made June 12mdashthe day thatGeneral Emilio Aguinaldo and hisrevolutionary peers had originally claimedas the Nationrsquos Daymdashthe countryrsquos officialIndependence Day

Today Filipinos around the world fromSaudi Arabia to Los Angeles Californiacontinue to celebrate PhilippineIndependence Day on June 12 In AmericaFilipino Americans otherwise known asFilAms use this day to commemorate thePhilippinesrsquo independence from colonialrule celebrate Filipino heritage-pride

preserve cultural roots promote culturalawareness and bring FilAm communitiestogether4

The largest Philippine Independence Daycelebration takes place annually in NewYork City on Madison Avenue between 23rdand 38th street on the first Sunday of JuneAn estimated 100000 people turn out totake part in various events and to march ina parade that represents FilAms and the7000 plus island clusters that constitute thePhilippine archipelago FilAms proudlydonned outfits representative of theirregional origins academic affiliationsprofessions favored sports team andmore5

In Washington DC the PhilippineEmbassy and Filipino AmericanOrganization host an Independence DayGala commemorative festivals and othercultural activities

In Montreal we commemorate thePhilippine Independence by a Flag RaisingCeremony at the FAMAS Centre every June12 every year

Come and celebrate with us and meet andgreet our kababayans and public officialsLight refreshments are served

Cheers

From the FAMAS Executive Board

Al Boy AbdonPublic Relations Officer - FAMASalabdonvideotronca

May 201324

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Mukhang sobrang asim ngubas para sa publisher ng isangmalabasurang local newspaper kayahindi pa man srsquoya nakakarating sagrapevine ay nag-sour grape nakaagad Sabi nrsquoya kasi ay hindi srsquoyamagpapa-nominate sa FAMAS Awardsdahil walang kuwenta raw angnasabing parangal Meron pa srsquoyangbinanggit na Dr Aranda na diumanorsquoygustung-gustong mag-nominate sakanya sa isang mas kinikilalangparangal pero tinanggihan nrsquoya dahilhindi raw srsquoya mahilig sa mga awardKung tinanggihan daw nrsquoya angnasabing parangal iyun pa kayangFAMAS Awards ang di nrsquoya tanggihanPhooey Nakakadiri Nakakapangi-labot Nakakatawa

Lumunok ako ng ilang aspirindahil sumakit nang husto ang aking ulosa kaiisip kung anu-ano ang mgamagagandang bagay ang nagawa ngpublisher ng therersquos-nothing-like-it atnumero unong pahayagang Filipino saCanada (kuno) para mag-abala si DrAranda na isumite ang kanyangpangalan sa nasabing award Perokilala na naman ng buong komunidadang taong ito sa kasinungalingan atkahambugan kaya wala na namangnaniniwala sa kanya Naaawa onatatawa na lamang sila sa pobre natanging ang kolumnistang ito lang angnagtitiyagang pumansin

Maraming beses nang narinigng mga Pinoy sa Montreal ang tungkolsa kanyang pagiging gobernador ngkanyang lalawigan ang kanyangpagiging matalik na kaibigan ngyumaong Tony Sidayao (ang sikat atnirerespetong sports writer saPilipinas) ang tungkol sa pagpili sakanya ni dating First Lady Imelda RMarcos para sumulat ng biography ngasawa ng yumaong diktador angkanyang pagiging kaklase ni SenMiriam Defensor-Santiago sa UPCollege of Law ang kanyang pagigingalumnus ng University of thePhilippines at ang pagigingwritercolumnist sa Calgary Sun

Marami pa srsquoyang mga delusions ofgrandeur na puwede kong ilathalapero kukulangin ang isang pahina ngFilipino Star para sa lahat ng kanyangmga kathang-isip at hinabing salaysay Ganoon na lang ang aking pagtatawanang mabasa ko sa kanyang diaryo(Yes binabasa ko rin iyon) na hindisrsquoya papayag na ma-nominate saFAMAS Awards Matay kong isipinwala naman srsquoyang nagawang mabutilalong higit ay katangi-tangi sakomunidad ng mga Filipino saMontreal para srsquoya ipagbunyi atparangalan Walang makapagsabi nasrsquoya ay nag-volunteer man lamang saFAMAS na srsquoya ay miembro o opisyalng anumang samahang lokal at nihindi rin srsquoya nagkaroon ng anumangmatatag na trabaho kaya dalawangbeses srsquoyang napalayas sa tirahan nakanyang inuupahan dahil hindimakabayad ng renta Panay at walang-patid na paninira lamang sa FAMAS atmga lider nito ang kanyang inaatupagsa loob ng mahigit na 40 taon Sa halipna tumulong sa pananatili ngpagkakaisa bagkus nrsquoyang winawasakang komunidad Kung srsquoyarsquoy isanginsekto srsquoya ay anay Wala akongalam na may nagbigay ng parangal saanay

Kaya tama na Mr Publisherang iyong palusot dahil wala namantalagang magno-nominate sa lsquoyo saFAMAS Awards kahit magbayad ka paat kung meron man tuloy sabasurahan ang iyong nomination formdahil tiyak na puro kasinungalinganlang naman ang nakasulat doon Atsaka sa core values pa lang hindi kana lulusot sa screening committee ngFAMAS Awards To be fair to you MrPublisher may impact naman angiyong ldquoachievementrdquo kaya langnegatibo at nakakasira ang impact naiyon Ang hinahanap ng FAMASAwards ay positive impact lsquoyungkapakipakinabang at magandanghalimbawa sa mga kabataan

lsquoNo thank yoursquo dahil alam niya nawala srsquoyang nagawang mabuti

ANG MALAS KO AY MAAARINGSUWERTE NG ISANG DATINGKANDIDATO ndash Bunga ng mgasunud-sunod na di-inaasahangpangyayari sa buhay ko nitong hulingapat na buwan (unang-una na angbiglang pagkamatay ng aking inanoong May 6 sa edad na 86)natuluyan akong magbitiw bilangchairperson ng Committee onElections (COMELEC) ng FilipinoAssociation of Montreal and Suburbs(FAMAS)

Sa aking palagay ang malasko ay maaaring suwerte naman ngisang dating presidential candidatedahil kung ako pa ang chairperson ngnasabing komite at ako angmasusunod hindi ko papayagangmakatakbong muli ang nasabingkandidato sa rami ng kanyang mgaviolation ng FAMAS election rules andregulations Naroroon ang kanyangillegal na panunumpa ang illegal napagrerehistro ng FAMAS sa ilalim ngkanyang illegal na pangangasiwa atang di nrsquoya paggamit ng tama atnararapat na paraan ng paglaban saresulta ng nakaraang eleksyon

Sa aking pananaw hindiganoong klase ng lider ang kailanganng FAMAS lalung-lalo na ngayon namayroon nang malaking ari-arian angnasabing asosasyon at magandangpangalan sa siyudad ng Montreal atmga karatig nito

Ngayon na wala na akongkinalaman sa COMELEC at may ibanang chairperson at mga miembronasa kanila na ang pagpapasyatungkol sa nasabing formerpresidential candidate at iba pang mgasumuway sa alituntunin ng FAMAS atCOMELEC noong nakaraangeleksyon

ELEKSYONG LOKAL SA PINAS mdashDahil sa aking biglaang pag-uwi sabansang sinilangan nagkaroon ako ngpagkakataon na masaksihan ang di konasaksihan sa loob ng huling 35 taonAng tinutukoy ko ay ang nakaraanglokal na halalan Kabaligtaran ngeleksyon sa Canada parang piyestaang eleksyon sa Pilipinas Maynagsisigawan at nagsasaya habangnanonood ng bilangan ng mga botomay nagpapaputok ng mga kuwitis atmay pakain pa ang dalawang grupo ngmga kandidato sa kani-kanilanghimpilan

Noong gabi ng halalan May13 pumunta ako sa headquarter ngaming partido na kung tawagin ayldquoPulardquo dahil pula ang official color ngpartido Dilaw naman ang sa kalabang

partido Napakaraming tao roonkabilang na ang kandidato sa pagka-mayor na malapit kong kamag-anakNakatagpo ko roon ang aking iba pangmga kamag-anak at mga kaibiganSiyempre pa bitbit ko ang akingkamera Kuha rine kuha roon ng mgalitrato na ilalagay ko sa akingFacebook page

Nanalo sa pagka-mayor angaking pinsan na si Atty Eric Aure Vidana isang Ateneo Law School graduateat former vice-mayor ng Mendez Angnanalo sa pagka-vice-mayor ay siCocoy Mendoza na isa ring datingvice-mayor at kalaban nina Eric SiCocoy ay pinsan naman ng akingkasalukuyang maybahay kaya virtuallybut not actually magkalaban kamingmag-asawa sa pulitika Sila angmagiging mayor at vice-mayor sasusunod na tatlong taon Tulad ng mgananalong senador representantegobernador bisi-gobernador alkaldebisi-alkalde at konsehal magsisimulaang termino nina Eric at Cocoy sadarating na July 1

Ngayon pa lang ay pinag-uusapan na ng mga taga-Mendez nasina Eric at Cocoy ang maglalaban sapagka-mayor sa 2016 Si Cocoy ayanak ng isang dating mayor Hindi koalam ang aking gagawin kungmagkatotoo nga ang kanilang haka-haka

Samantala si Erap angbagong mayor ng Maynila (tinalo nrsquoyasi Alfredo Lim ang kasalukuyangalkalde) si Jonvic Remulla pa rin anggobernador ng Cavite (kontra AyongMaliksi na isang dating gobernador) siJolo Revilla sa bisi-gobernador at angasawa naman ni Bambol Tolentino(ang dating mayor at kapatid ni Francisna chairman ng MMDA) ang nanalongmayor sa Tagaytay City (inilampasonrsquoya si Jesus Crispin Remulla nakapatid ni Jonvic)

Kung sa Tagaytay rin lang angeleksyon ipapanganak pa angmakakabuwag o makakapagpabagsaksa mga Tolentino Ganoong katindiang kanilang kapangyarihan saTagaytay City ang tinuguriangalternate summer capital of thePhilippines gawa ng kanyang malamigna klema at banayad na simoy nghangin

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Sa tuwing sasapit angikalawang Linggo ng Mayo ayipinagdiriwang natin ang Araw ng mgaIna Parangal ito sa dalawa kongyumaong ina Masinop na nalikom ngaking nanay ang mga liham niya kungpaano siya niligawan ng aming tatayna inabot nang mahigit na anim nataon

Bagamat pansarili ang loobinng pitak na ito ay kapupulatan ngmambabasa ng mga aral tungkol sapananagalog at matutuklasan angpaggamit ng Taglish (sinasamahan ngmga salitang Ingles) ay pangkaraniwanlang noon pa

Dito na nagsimula angpanunuyo

College of Agriculture

Los Banos Laguna

June 17 1927Josefa

Natatandaan mo pa kaya angisang nagkapalad na naging kakilalamo doon sa Bagyo Marahil aymaghahalungkat kang muli sa isip bagomo matawag sa iyong alaala ang akingpangalan at pagmumukha sapagkatpagkaraan ng ilang araw na tayoymagkakilala ay nagkalayo na tayo nangmarami nang araw Dahil dito aynangyari nga akong sumulat sa iyo sapagbabakasakaling mapalawig natinang ating pagkikilala

Si David ay aking nakausapkanginang umaga Pagdakayitinanong ko sa kanya kung kayoykanyang nakita Ang sabiy oo - atkayoy nagbalitaan pa raw tungkol sabuhay buhay sa Bagyo Ayon sa kanyaay natatandaan mo ako ngunitnakalimutan mo na ang akingpangalan Kung gayoy isusulat ko ngfull ang aking name sa ending

Kumusta ba kayo ngayonIpinalalagay kong kayongmagkakapatid ay maluag ninyongnaidadaos ang pagtuturo samantalangkami dito nila David ay kasalukuyangnaghihirap sa pagaaral

Noong manggaling ako saBagyo pauwi ng Malabon ay naitanongkayo sa akin ni Chayong na kapatid koSinabi ko nga sa kanyang kayoy maykahulihan ang pagbaba sa Balanga

Marahil ay maitatanong mo saiyong sarili kung bakit nais kongmaging matalik na kakilala kayo Hindikaila sa iyo ang aking hinahanap naoccupation at ang malalapad napataniman ng tubo diyan sa inyo saBalanga Baka sakaling kung akoymakatapos ay magubra akongisang maliit na kasama ng isangassenderong pangkaraniwan diyan aykung manggagaling sa bukid ay nangmayoong madalawdalaw kung sakali atkung papanhikin Bukod sa ritoy angmga ninuno ninyo ang mga tubongMalabon ay magaang ang dugo sa mga

katutubo o kababayanAng mgagandang record ng

inyong family sa pakikipamayan at sapagaaral ay hindi kaila sa akin Dahilditoy nangingimi pa ako nang pagsulatsa iyo Kahit naman marahil ikaw aysadyang bright maging sa pagtuturo ayinaasahan kong considerate ka rinMapagpapaumanhinan mo namanseguro ang nakabababa sa iyo nagaya ko na nga

Wawakasan ko na rito at nanghuwag ka namang mapagod sapagbasa Magsilbi nawangtagapagpaalala itong aking liham

Best regards for you and othersisters brother and parents

your friend

Amado SantosPS

Ikaw na nga nag bahalangmagpaumanhin sa aking Tagalog Marahilay balibalikuko

SameAng kasabihang Walang

matimtimang birhen sa matiyagangmanalangin ay nagkaroon ngkatuparan Ang panganay na suplingay ipinanganak noong Agosto 18 1934at ang bunso ay noong Mayo 21 1936Yumao ang aking ina apat na arawmakalipas ang pagsilang sa akin--noong Mayo 25 1936

Hindi lumipas ang maramingtaon at noong Enero 23 1939 aynanalanging muli si Ama na ang nasaisip ay bigyan ng ina ang dalawangnaiwan ni Nanay Epang (Josefa) Angpangalawang ina ay hindi gaanongmatagal na nag-isip dahil ang kaniyangaalagaan sa sumunod na matrimonyaay kaniyang mga pamangkin AngNanay Meliang (Emilia) ay kapatid ngNanay Epang

Anim kaming magkakapatidna habambuhay na magdiriwangtuwing ikalawang Linggo ng Mayokahit ang aming mga ina ay kapuwayumao na Iniwan kaming lahat niNanay Meliang noong Disyembre 161983 na may kani-kaniyang adhikainsa buhay

B B B BinyagBirthday at Bulakbol

Pichu Pechay Pechay Dalian monamang magbihis Mahuhuli na tayo

Pechay Nandiyan na Kuya Alasonse pa naman ang binyag ni Perasdi baPichu Oo nga Pero madalang angdating ng bus dahil Sabado ngayon

Pechay (Pagkabihis ay dali-daling

tumakbo sa likod-bahay tungo sapinto sa harap at tumimbre) Ano baKuya Pichu kanina pa ako naghihintaydito ah

Peras Ano Kuya Ate nabusog bakayo sa handa ng binyag ko

Pichu Eto na naman kami Laro Peras laro ang samantalahin natin

Pechay Tayo na Ano pa ang hinihintayninyo Kanya-kanyang hila ng Lolo oLelong Nandiyan lang sa tapat angKent Park

Pichu O paano sa Sabado ay agahanninyo ang punta sa Lolo at Lola ko saHampton ha Doon daw gagawin angbirthday ko Umaga pa lang ikakabitna ang inflated toy house at angtanghalian ay puro kids meal Sa gabipa ang dating ng mga killjoys

Pechay Kawawa naman ang LoloJerry napabayaan na ang pag-aaral ngTagalog

Peras Anong kawawa Binigyan siya ngspring break ni Kuya Pichu

Lubos na sumasaiyo

Parangal sa mga yumaong Ina

Birthday - Aiden Zachary Alfaro (Pichu) tatlong taon na

Morgan Virginia Santos (Peras) hawak ni Aaron Santos tatay Alma Mendoza nanay

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by W G QuiambaoThere are times when I miss thePhilippines because I`ve not visited itsince coming here 44 years ago Butthe stage production of Pamana ngLuzViMinda Philippine Folkloric DanceCompany of Montreal on April 27 at theSalle Brebeuf cured my homesicknessThe dances and music on the showbrought back happy memories to meThanks to the collaborative efforts ofthe production staff especiallyVeraida-Lyn Bermejo president anddirectorwriter and Sherling de la Pazartistic director Theyre so talented andcreative

Everything in the show was impressive- from the colourful and authenticcostumes (some were purchased inthe Philippines and Thailand) to theprops (bamboo poles benches) andvideo The rural and tribal music wasprovided by musicians who usedtraditional musical instruments like thegansa (an instrument with metal bars)dabaksan (single headed Philippinedrum) agung (two sets of two-wide-rimmed vertically-suspended gongs)and gandigan (Philippine xylophone)

The stage seemed spacious enoughfor the 23 male and female dancers tofreely move and execute their dancesthat required agility and flexibility

The dance performances were dividedinto 5 parts each part representing thedance from the different regions in thePhilippines The enthusiastic audienceapplauded the dancers after eachperformance

Some of the dances are

Muslim dance - Burong Talo - A martial arts danceoriginating from the Tausug people ofthe Sulu archipelago in theSouthwestern part of the Philippines Inthis dance the male dancers depict afight between a hawk and a cat Theysimulate martial arts movements whilemanipulating daggers and fans Themale performers were so convincing inplaying their parts Fierce lookingthey seemed ready to kill each otherKini-kini - This dance represents thesophisticated woman of the RoyalMaranao Movements and shapes of theirwalk are very articulate and their scarvesrepresent their fluidity and grace Theirgrace is a characteristic of their education

The female performers were so exquisiteand elegant Pangalay sa Pattong - Thisdance is popular among the BadjaoSamal and Tausog groups Although themovements of the dancer were flawless Icouldnt take my eyes off watching thisdance I was glued to my seat What if shefalls The dance is performed on top of twobamboo poles on the shoulders of twomen Singkil - Traditionally a depiction ofthe Maguindanao and Maranaointerpretation of a legend centered aroundPrincess Gandingan and the brave PrinceBantugan While walking through the forestwith her loyal umbrella-bearing lady-in-waiting the Princess Gandingan issuddenly caught in the middle of anearthquake unleashed by the forest diwataor forest spirits The Princess mustgracefully and skilfully manoeuvre throughthe closing bamboo poles which representthe falling trees Fans or apit are waved bydancers to represent auspicious windsvaliant Prince Bantugan enters the sceneand rescues the Princess

Rural dance -Karatong - This dance is named after thebamboo instrument worn by the dancersaround the waist The karatong is struck toa fast rhythm in the hopes of attractinggood luck and driving away evil spirits The

female dancers dance with sticks that arerepresentatives of bunga mangga ormango trees Sayaw sa Bangko - Thisis another stunning dance thatcaptivated and mesmerized me Fromthe province of Pangasinan theoriginal form of the dance consisted ofonly one narrow bench As it evolvedhowever more and more bencheswere added until the stack of benchesresembled a tower No flashphotography was requested as thedance is dangerous It wasbreathtaking to watch the maledancers lifting the female dancers on

the other edge of the bench Tinikling -Originally from the Province of Leytethis dance is considered by many to bethe most recognizable folk dance ofthe Philippines Based on themovements of the long-legged tiklingavoiding bamboo traps in the fieldsdancers dance through bamboo polesthat open and close to an acceleratingrhythm It was a pure joy watching theexuberant and energetic dancers having

fun

Added attraction to the stageproduction of Pamana ng LuzVi MindaFolkloric Dance Company of Montrealare the video clips shown after eachperformance The clips show what itmeant to be a member of theorganization - focusing not only on thehard work and commitment to theircraft but also the love togethernessand especially the family spirit thatinfuses everything they do

The 2-hour show is worth watching I

left the theatre feeling good smilingand telling myself that Im lucky to be aFilipino with a rich and unique cultureThe next time Pamana performs heremake sure you catch it You will notregret it

Pamanas dances and music brought me backhome to the Philippines

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What do you do when yourcamcorder computer tablet or otherdevice is no longer useful to you but stillhas use in its electronics Do you sell itDonate it Save it for historical laughs orthrow it in a landfill

April 22 marks the 43rd annualEarth Day observance - and as peoplebecome aware of recycling ordinarygarbage theres still a long ways to gowith disposing of electronic waste InApril 2011 an e-cycling initiative waslaunched by leaders in the consumerelectronics industry to deal with themillions of pounds of electronic wasterendered annually The hopes are to

Have one billion pounds of electronicwaste recycled annually by 2016

How you Can Help and Benefit TooIf your electronic gadget still has

life in it consider other places you mighthelp someone else in need who hasntthe means or abilities to purchase a newdevice

Computers Donate your oldcomputer to community organization tohelp seniors or non-electronicindividuals who dont have access tocomputers in your area

Mobile Phones Old cell phonescould be given to old folks who cannotafford the luxury of Samsung or iphones

Televisions A local school retirementhome or community center might gladlylike to upgrade their older set for a not-as-old set

Camcorders If you have a camcorderthat runs but has out-lived your needsgathering dust in a closet there are anumber of places you donate it to thatwould benefit greatly from yourgenerosity That old camcorder you nolonger use can find a new life in thehands of your local charity theater groupor school How many people claim tohave been bitten by the movie creatingbug using their dads old Super 8camera A not-too-old camcorder cantrigger a childs interest in videoproducing

Recycling Responsibly From CDs to PCs printers to monitorsand more you have the responsiblydisposes of what cant be recycled

Giving it Away for Cash or Credit Thereare several companies what will buyyour older gadget some for cash-outothers for rebate on a new product fromtheir company In the US kodak has amail-in program for old digital camerasand printers Best Buy has a trade-inprogram HP has a few choices fromcash for you to a charity donation or anHP gift card for a new purchase

Selling it Depending on the age of yourdevice you can sell it outright to sitesebay craiglist Kijiji Of course you mightget more the old fashioned way - oneBay - but like putting a sign on your carin a parking lot hoping for a nibbleversus selling it to a used-car brokerthese sites pay for your device thenresell it so they need a profit margintoo A quick search on eBay found 50used Sony miniDV selling for $4000 anda Sony VX2100 going for $300

Recycle it Not all electronic waste isrecyclable but most areas in theQuebec the municipals usually haveprogram where you can drop in theseelectronic stuff When in doubt the firstplace to look can be as easy as your oldfashioned Yellow Pages Most localgovernment listings will have some sortof service for electronic waste recyclingthey can point you in the right direction

Helping People in Developing CountriesThe federal

government have programs that takesusedrefurbished computers to people inemerging nations struggling to getcaught up in the modern world

What can you do with VideotapeRecycling video gear isnt just

about the electronics You can recyclevideo tape too One-sixth of a gallon ofpetroleum goes into the production ofone videocassette and as of 2008 videoduplication companies processed 20million of them per month Althoughvideotape production has gone downtheres a lot of tape still in use or goingto waste sites

Thrift stores Yep - people still usevideotape but be forewarned blackingyour old footage is a good idea beforeyou donate tape

Make Scarecrows Many farmers inManitoba know this trick - Snip the tapeand unravel it then hang bits and piecesaround the garden The fluttering shinytape will scare birds away

Make art Yes Check out this a tutorialon crocheting a sling bag using avideotape

Jim Gibilterra of MediaDistributors says the 2011 tsunami inJapan put their business in crisis modewhen a good portion of the worldssupply of professional video-tape was nolonger available Since then theyvelooked into how they can help lessen theimpact recording media on ourenvironment They mostly deal withhigh-end tape for broadcast and that theproduct is now back in production witheverything back to normal but it

Recycling Electronic Stuffs

triggered interest They sell evaluatedmedia or buy it back then totallydegauss it run it through evaluators toverify no defects then resell This re-supplied tape is good for non-criticalusers schools give aways MediaDistributors also does certifieddestruction that doesnt hurt theenvironment as part of their lsquoGreenPartners Programrsquo

When Recycling e-waste Doesnt WorkNot all recycling is good for theenvironment According to a reportfrom Electronics Take Back Coalitioncaustic gas sits inside old cathode raytube [CRT] TVs and older computermonitors and that approximately 860million pounds of CRT glass has beenstockpiled by recyclers

Did you get (or give) any newelectronics this past holiday season Illbet nearly anyone who was in the gift-giving mode got or gave at least oneelectronic gadget as a gift but whathappens to the gadget yourereplacing Getting rid of the old tobring in the new is becoming a bigissue hopefully a few of these sitesposted today will help you think howyou can participate in e-wasterecyclingAl AbdonHollywood Junkies Video

(514) 264-8706

From Page 5 Canada Star Recruiting

researchers and students who have ahigh potential for becoming candidates forthe Start-Up Visa While at Stanford healso met with Dan Siciliano a legalscholar and entrepreneur with expertise incorporate governance corporate financeand immigration law and Vivek WadhwaDirector of Research at the Center for

Entrepreneurship and ResearchCommercialization and author of TheImmigrant Exodus one of TheEconomistrsquos Books of the Year for 2012

He was also the featured guestspeaker at an event hosted by the SiliconValley Business Journal attended bymany prominent entrepreneurs andinvestors

Minister Kenney also officially unveiledthe new Start-Up Visa billboard

ldquoThere is huge interest inCanadarsquos new Start-Up Visa and inCanadarsquos expanding tech sectorrdquo saidMinister Kenney ldquoCanadarsquos strongeconomic growth low taxes andbusiness costs excellence in researchand innovation and top quality of life allmake Canada a top country forinnovative entrepreneurs looking to buildtheir businesses If you are a start-upentrepreneur and want to build adynamic company that can compete ona global scale then Canadarsquos Start-UpVisa Program is for yourdquo

The Start-Up Visa whichopened for applications on April 1 is animportant part of the Government ofCanadarsquos plan to build a fast and flexibleeconomic immigration system The Start-Up Visa Program is the first of its kind inthe world and provides Canadian privatesector organizations with access to abroad range of entrepreneurs ndash includingthe worldrsquos best and brightest ndash in whoseideas they can invest

At the same time the programprovides immigrant entrepreneurs withvaluable assistance in navigating theCanadian business environment whichcan be a challenge for newcomers andenables them to build innovativecompanies that can create Canadianjobs and compete on a global scaleVisit cicgccastartup for moreinformation on the Start-Up Visaprogram

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I SPURNED HER FACEBOOKFRIEND REQUEST ndash Alam nrsquoyo bana tumanggap ako ng Facebookldquofriend requestrdquo mula sa isang tao naitinuturing ko na ldquoThe MostHypocritical and Most Treacherousrdquomember of our community Well Idid Naalaala ko ang kanyang dalawangbeses na panloloko sa akin noongnakaraang halalan ng FAMAS Angkanyang unang panloloko ay nangpaniwalain nrsquoya ako na tunay angkanyang pakikipagkaibigan sa akinNaroon ang beneso-beso nrsquoya ako atnakipag-usap sa akin nang matinoNapadala naman ako sa kanyangldquokabaitanrdquo Nalaman ko ang kanyangpagka-traidor nang sabihin nrsquoya saakin na hindi naman talaga si CesarManuel ang kanyang iboboto at sahalip ay pangalan ni Au Osdon angisusulat nrsquoya sa kanyang balota Suotlang daw nrsquoya ang yellow t-shirt ngSamahang Makabayan (SM) dahilkung hindi baka raw makahalata angkanyang presidential candidate atmasirang lahat ang kanyang mgaplano Iyon naman pala ay gusto langnrsquoyang malaman sa akin kung itutuloy

ng COMELEC ang desisyon napagbawas sa mga boto ng mgakandidato ng SM At nang hindi akosumang-ayon sa gusto nrsquoyangmangyari biglang naglaho angkanyang ldquokabaitanrdquo at muli nrsquoyaakong siniraan sa pamamagitan ngkanyang column sa Forum

Ang ikalawa nrsquoyang panlolokoay noon mismong election day Nasaloob kami ng St Kevinrsquos ChurchSocial Hall nang tawagin nrsquoya angaking anak at humingi srsquoya ngpaumanhin sa bata na noorsquoy doseanyos pa lamang Ang sabi nya ldquoHijaI apologize to you for all the nastythings that I said about your dad Ipromise you that I wonrsquot do that tohim againrdquo Dahil sa bata na angkanyang kinausap binigyan ko srsquoyang benefit of the doubt na talagangtotoo na ang kanyang pangako

Maling-mali ako dahil angkanyang next column ay punung-puno ng mga vituperative remarks nalaban sa akin Nang ipabasa ko iyonsa aking anak hindi nrsquoya napigilan namagsabi ldquoI will never never believeher again I hate her Shersquos a liarrdquo

Iyon ang dahilan kung bakittinanggihan ko ang kanyang ldquoFriendrequestrdquo sa Facebook Ayaw kongmabitag ng kanyang patibong Ayawkong maging Trojan ng kanyangTrojan horse Hindi ko lang srsquoyatinanggihan I also blocked her parahindi na srsquoya makapunta sa aking FBpage Ayaw ko sa hipokrito

From Page 7 Beyond the Pale

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Bernardo Sarmiento daughter-in-law Maritess Almanzor grandchildrenBernardo II Genevieve Meredith and Alexandra and stepdaughter Auring

Ortiz-Villanueva and her family

Benturada Sarmiento Ortiz1926-2013

AdvisoryWarning concerning misrepresentation and fraud

8 May 2013 - The Philippine Embassy in Ottawa has receivedreports concerning documents recently notarized by a personwho is representing himself as Honorary Consul of the Republicof the Philippines in Montreal Quebec Canada

The Embassy wishes to inform the public that there is no existingHonorary Consul of the Republic of the Philippines in Montreal

The Embassy warns the public about such acts ofmisrepresentation and fraud

The Philippine Government concluded on 3 May 2007 theappointment of its last Honorary Consul in Montreal and theDepartment of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Canadahas been duly informed

PUBLIC NOTICE

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North American

FILIPINO STAR PHOTO GALLERY

Mothers Day flowers given to Zenaida Kharroubi by her students Mayette DanaoArlene Manalo and Edna Lorenzo on May 12 2013

The FNAQ founding Executive Board 1992-1995 presented (L-R) Nilda MerialesMaria Quimpo Eugenia Magalit Mierfe Morales Linda Espallardo MagdalenaCalcetas Anita Lo and Elsie Reyes Ten were absent

The Panday Tinig Choral Ensemble led by Paul Imperial and Edith Fedalizo pose forsouvenir of the 21st anniversary of FNAQ on May 4 2013 at the Holiday Inn on Cotede Liesse Road

The anniversary cake with the officers members and guests of the FNAQ one of thehighlights of the evening celebration

The Filipino Youth Center held its monthly Consultative Meeting on the last Saturdayof April with Tessie Nepomuceno as speaker shown here delivering her message tothe youth with their parents and other volunteers led by Pastor Orlan Racachotogether with Amy Manon-og Sophie Toledo Joe Calugay and Zeny Kharroubi

From left Dindo Miras Continuing Education Coordinator of the FNAQ poses withthe inspirational speaker Mrs Patricia OrsquoConnor FNAQ Founder Maggie Calcetasand Mr Gerald Perron

Pamana ni LuzViMinda Concert April 27 2013held at the College Brebeuf Auditorium

MARCH 2013 The North American Filipino Star

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13

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InternationalWorkshop Coordinator

Who is the workshop forbull open to all who writebull anyone who needs to develop and use writing skillsbull professional writers managers novelists business leaders poets

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Tax deductible receipts andcertificate to be givenSeminar Fees are non-refundablebut transferable

Tours in Canada

Ottawa amp Gatineau 1 Day Tour$33 +Quebec City one day $28La Mauricie National Park 1 Day$38Algonquin Park 30 ThousandIslands Toronto 3 Days $138Toronto Niagara Falls 2 Days Tour$68+Toronto Niagara Falls 3 Days Tour$88+Charleviox 2 Days Tour $68+Gaspese 3 Days Tour $108+Maritime provinces 5 Days Tour$188+Maritime provinces 6 Days Tour$238+Across Canada 10 Days Tour

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Washington DC ndash New York 4-DayTour 148+New York City 3 Days Tour $88+I Love NY - Free Bird 3 Days Tours$118+New York City - 4 Days Tour$128+I Love NY - Free Bird 4 Days Tours$148+WashingtonDCNYAtlanticPhiladelphia 4-Days Tour 128+Little Europe ndash Chicago 4 DaysTour $208+Ivy Lea 4 Days Tour $228+Virginia Beach Deluxe 5 Days Tour$298+Florida Disney World 8 Days$428+Across USA 10 Days Tour $799+ For information or reservations

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The North American Filipino Star

by W G QuiambaoDue to the limitation of time and

space this article should not beconsidered complete Thanks to thecontributions of Pastor Orlan RacachoBert Abiera Lina Fernandez JakeMaguigad and Zenaida Kharroubi for thisbrief history of FAMAS Likewise I believethat I should also thank all FAMASpresidents and their directors for theirvolunteerism and personal sacrifices

The Filipino Association ofMontreal and Suburbs (FAMAS) the oldestand biggest association in Quebec that iscelebrating its fifty years has come a longway since its founding in 1963 TheFilipinos who were with us since its infancyand still with us have witnessed itsevolution into a progressive andrecognized organization it is today by thefederal provincial and especially by themunicipal governments

The primary goal of FAMAS whenit was founded was for Filipinos in Montrealand suburbs to get to know each other andto make sure their separation away fromthe families they left behind in thePhilippines would be much lessunbearable In the early days the numberof Filipinos was comparatively small about330 Many of them were professionalsnamely doctors nurses architects andengineers

The Philippine Association ofMontreal and suburbs now known asFAMAS had limited activities which weremainly social events due to lack ofcreativeness incentives and civicconsciousness to project a realisticcommunity involvement said OrlanRacacho former FAMAS president andnow a pastor Leadership skills andpassion for cultural programs werebasically lacking in its platform

FAMAS then was not ascommunity oriented as it is today In factthe money left by each president after hisor her tenure was spent more forsocializing than anything else Even theFAMAS election was so simple that it wasdone by mere raising of hands by thevoters Sometimes the election was heldat Angrignon Park in La Salle It was also inany of those places that a small group ofFilipinos usually had their occasionalpicnics for camaraderie and only a handfulwas keen on running for office moreparticularly the presidency

In the early 70s the communitysaw the changing times in terms of the theeconomy and in the ever-growing numberof Filipinos in Montreal and suburbs

The FAMAS officers decided toaim higher but were confronted with muchbigger challenges It dawned on them thatFAMAS should be community oriented if itwas to be relevant To accomplish thisgoal essential services to the communityhad to be provided FAMAS officersconsisted of volunteers who had to workhard not only to recruit members and raisefunds but also to develop projects Thebiggest source for FAMAS then and nowhas been the Miss Philippines andMunting Bb Pilipinas conceptualized byNorma Flores-Vohra during the terms ofAlvin Veloso Angie Ogerio and BertAbiera respectively In 1978 NormaVillarose started the building fund in theamount of $500 unlike the previousFAMAS presidents who usually spentleftover funds after their term on picnics orany other social activities because at thattime FAMAS had no specific projectTherefore it was during this time whenmassive fund raising was dedicated to thecommunity center building fund EveryFAMAS president began to work harder inorder to turn over an amount to thebuilding fund In 1986-1987 during the

term of Bert Abiera a committee led byOgerio was formed to adopt a `copy cat`fund raising idea used in the Philippinesthe Munting Bb Pilipinas which was ahuge success It raised more than $20000

I made a handsome turn overwhich rapidly grewrdquo said Abiera ldquoWhenMarlene Birao-Schacter took over FAMAShad the sufficient amount to make a downpayment for a duplex on Van Horne Avewith the approval of the officers and theBoard of Trustees They utilized theservices of Nemia Saldua a realtor whowas a member of the Board of TrusteesThe mortgage was signed by Birao-Schacter and Bartolome Javier whorepresented the Board of Trustees

Years later it was decided toconvert the duplex into a communitycenter where the services that theassociation wanted to provide to thecommunity could be served but it wasdifficult since zoning bylaws got in the wayWhen James de la Paz became theFAMAS president he assiduously lobbiedthe City Hall of Montreal to grant FAMAS arezoning permit The neighbours howeverwere opposed to the idea of converting theduplex into a community center becauseof the noise and disturbance it might bringto the quiet neighbourhood Despite therezoning snag de la Paz`s request wasgranted within a year With the help ofvolunteers the duplex was renovated inthe late 90s and worthy activities likeHeritage classes were introducedthereafter

In addition to the successfulconversion of the duplex to become acenter de la Paz made a bold andcontroversial decision He called anassembly to present his proposal to paythe mortgage of FAMAS in full since it hadenough money for that purpose Hebelieved that payment of the mortgagebalance would save money by avoidingthe exorbitant and growing mortgageinterest rates

ldquoSome members of the executiveboard tried to sue me but they couldnrsquot doanythingrdquo recalled de la Paz ldquoMy lawyersaid that I didn`t pocket the money A fewyears later those who were against myidea appreciated what I did If I did not paythe mortgage FAMAS would still be indebtrdquo

In spite of the criticism hurledagainst de la Paz by those who havepersonal issues with him FAMAS hadsubstantially benefitted from his politicalconnections that he shrewdly cultivatedwhen he was the FAMAS presidentArguably he paved the way for the Filipinocommunity to be more visible in themainstream politics when he was FAMASpresident He said ldquoPoliticians used to sayThe Jews Italians Chinese etc It wasfrustrating for Filipinos because they weresystematically relegated to lsquoothersrsquo Theydidnt have any identity until de la Pa cameinto the local political scene Nowpoliticians from municipal provincial andfederal levels recognize the existence notonly of FAMAS but also the entireburgeoning Filipino community

FAMAS made more changes inthe 90s For example it amended theConstitution and Bylaws to allow thepresident to serve for two years rather thanjust one year The Executive Board at thetime was convinced that one year was tooshort for any president particularly a goodone to accomplish the goals of theassociation For reasons of their ownmany community members came out ofthe woodwork and became more andmore interested in becoming president orat least to be an officer FAMAS electionshave become one of the most talked aboutand anticipated events in the communityparticularly in the summertime Like the

Independence Day and the Pista saNayon the election day has always beenan event for many Filipinos to meet friendsthey have not seen for a while

In 2009 the leadership of AuOsdon who has a background inmanagement was put to the test afterwinning the presidency of FAMAS Despiteher detractors`criticismrsquo or perhapsbecause of it she managed to keep theaffairs of FAMAS in order When she tookover in 2009 a Special Audit Committeewas established in order to review theincomplete financial records submitted bythe previous administration Thecommittee composed of Hal SoteroRoger Sandoval Cely Dagsaan and PeterFernandez found out that it would beimpossible because most transactionswere made in cash and not properlyrecorded FAMAS received a bill in 2007--2008 which was paid She also broughtback the trust and respect of thecommunity for FAMAS which for a whilewere lost because of the smokingdrinking and even installation of a camerain the toilet The regular activities like theBb Pilipinas Bb Munting PilipinasHeritage and French classes still continueMiss Teen FAMAS and the fledgling ProjectPagsibol are doing well Somerenovations in the building were also madewith the help of Alex Sy FAMAS vicepresident and an engineer by professionwhich included the new main entrancedoor with electronic push button openerlocated in the office a new entranceFrench door in the main lobby near thestairs going up the office installation of awindow near the entrance door removal ofthe old closet to make the office biggerremoval of the partition of the conferenceroom and living room to make the spacebigger and putting new floor tiles in theconference room

Giving due recognition to de laPaz and Osdon is not meant to diminishthe other presidents before or after themwho made valuable contributions to thestatus of FAMAS as a communityorganization All past presidents ofFAMAS without exception had given uptheir time and made personal sacrifices inorder to do their job It can be statedwithout any doubt that no one has amonopoly of accomplishments for therehave been other past presidents who triedto do what they thought was good for thecommunity Some of the past presidentscontributions are Lee Sanga (deceased)introduced Heritage classes JoseBustamante converted the duplex garageinto a classroom Carlos P Reyes(deceased) started the installation of aflagpole Alberto Floresca (deceased)brought the idea of constructing thebalcony Claro Bermudez celebrated theIndependence Day jointly with FCAWIFlor Rillo constructed the patio CarmelitaSideco (deceased) must be mentioned forbeing the first female FAMAS presidentwhose contributions are not visible but herinfluence over those who worked with herare still felt Norma Casaclang-Villarosa(deceased) was known to be the first oneto put aside some funds for the purpose ofacquiring a community center Dr BartJavier together with Marlene Birao-Schacter were the signatories to the deedof sale of the FAMAS building There mayhave been accomplishments of somepresidents but have not been includedabove but it is hoped that their place inFAMAS history is an acknowledgement oftheir volunteerism to the community

But the saying that ldquoYou can`tplease everybodyrdquo still holds true After theelection in 2011 Osdon and COMELECchairman Budz Sarmiento were accusedof conniving with each other to beat CesarManuel presidential candidate for

Samahang Makabayan ldquoThe accusation is untrue said

Sarmiento The candidates of the SMwere given the Rules and Regulations toread If they have any objection then theyshould have discussed it with theCOMELEC Instead they signed theCertificatres of Candidacy After theelection they were also given a chance toappeal But they ignored it What I findinappropriate are the things they didprotesting in front of the center for a fewdays freezing FAMAS accouint illegallyinducting their officers etc

FAMAS had and still has its upsand down As noted below even duringthe beginning there had been a short-livedfeud between the east side and the westside resulting in two associations onecalled Philippine Association of Montreal(PAM) and the other the Filipino Aociationof the Province of Quebec (FAPQ) Itcannot be denied that bickering anddifferences among differeent factions havebeen a constant threat to the solidarityamong Filipinos Nevertheless they arealways there fior each other in time ofneed It is like a big family After all othercultural associations have had their ownproblems too

List of FAMAS presidents 1963-1964 - Vicente Sison 1964-1965 - DrB Oteysa finished the term of EmilAssistores 1965-1966 - Dr Ben deGuzman 1966-1967 - R Mendoza finishedthe term started by Carlos Borromeo1967-1968 Dr Diego Rosales gave up infavor of John Alvarado In 1967 a crisisoccured that led to the formation of twoasociations John Alvarado continued hisjob as president of Philippine Associationof Montreal (PAM) while Orlan Racachobecame president of a new associationcalled Filipino Association of the Provnceof Quebec In 1968-1969 George Pobletebecame president of PAM and Dr DeoEsguerra was at the helm of FAPQ In1969 according to Jake Maguigadsarticle FAMAS made the maidenappearance with Dr Nap Magadia andlater T Patrio as president while the nameof Andy Palomar was recorded by BertAbiera as the president during the periodof 1969-1970 Abiera also provided thenames of other past presidents namely1970-1971 Simeon Orejudos 1971-1972Alvin Veloso 1972-1973 Roberto Bernas 1973-1974 Carmelita Sideco 1974-1975Orlan Racacho 1975-1976 DominadorRosales 1976-1977 Dr Bartolome Javier1977-1978 Henry Casuga 1978-1979Norma Villarosa 1979-1980 Dr EdilbertoPelausa 1980-1981 Liwanag Sanga 1981-1982 - Angelita Ogerio 1982-1983Salvador Cagugao 1983-1984 NemiaSaldua 1984-1985 Dr GenovevaSantander 1985-1986 Julita Parado 1986-1987 Alberto Abiera 1987-1988 AuroraOsdon 1988-1989 Marlene Birao-Schacter 1989-1990 Mario Umali 1990-1991 Erlinda Baltazar 1991-1992 LimeoCollao 1992-1993 Dick Dahiroc 1993-1994 Malrlene Birao-Schacter 1994-1995Emma Resurreccion 1995-1997 James dela Paz (two consecutive terms) 1997-1998Ricardo Cosico 1998-1999 JoseBustamante

The change in the terms ofpresidents began in 1999-2001 with CarlosP Reyes 2001-2003 Venancio Parial 2003-2005 Santiago Tino 2005-2007 AlbertoFloresca 2007-2008 2008 - ClaroBermjudez who had to leave for a jobopporuntiy in South Africa and appointedFlor Rillo to replace him for the remainderof his term until August 2009 AuroraOsdon 2009-2013 (two consecutive terms)

FAMAS in a capsule

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Fresh Pork Belly with skin

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Ground PorkSpecial 229lb

Philippine Cuisineand

Favorite FoodCompiled by Zenaida Ferry Kharroubi

Fresh Pork Leg

Over 20 lbs 409 lb

lb

Bone-in shoulder chops219 lb

12 kilo pork bellygarlic powdersalt and pepper

For the filling

1 small bundle large spring onionschopped1 stalk lemon grass chopped1 small bundle chives chopped3-4 cloves garlic choppedblack pepper powderchili flakessalt

For the baste

3 tablespoon oil1 tablespoon soy sauce

Balamban Liempo - Cooking procedure

Make an incision in the middle of thepork belly to form a pocket for thefillings Rub the pork belly with garlicpowder salt and pepper let stand inthe refrigerator and marinate for a least1 hour or more Mix and blend all thefilling ingredients and put it inside thebelly pocket keep aside Preheat ovento 300degF to 350degF using the top andbottom heating element In a roastingpan with the same size with the porkbelly place the pork belly with the skinon top Drizzle the pork belly skin withsoy sauce and rub to evenly coat

Balamban Liempo - Grill

Place the roasting pan in the pre-heated oven and roast for 1 to 112hours Occasionally brush the skinwith the oil and soy sauce bastemixture Adjust lower the temperatureif the skin is drying or cooking too fastNow remove the pork belly from thebaking pan and place in the middle ofthe oven in a rack continue to roast foranother 20 to 30 minutes Increase theoven temperature to 400degF to 450degFduring the last 10 to 15 minutes ofcooking or until reddish in color and theskin should be crisp at this stageRemove from oven and cover theroasting pan with aluminium foil and letrest for 10 to 15 minutes Cut intoserving pieces and serve with yourchoice pinakurat vinegar dippingsauce

Pork Belly RoastBalamban liempo style

roasting the pork belly is roasted whileit is in the roasting pan I used glassThis will allow the juices together withthe aromatics cook the meatremember you have to use top andbottom grill of the oven Halfway thepork belly is removed from the panand let grill on the middle of the ovenYou can also use yoursquore turbo broilerif you have one again just be mindfulof your temperatures and timings Ifyou have an oven with rotisserie thenwe would not have to do the abovecomplicated roasting method

Balamban Liempo - Ingrdients

Balamban Liempo as the nameoriginated in Balamban one of thetowns located along the western coastof Cebu Several entrepreneurs havebrought the Balamban Liempo outsideof Balamban and has become one ofthe must eat food when you are inCebu City

Balamban Liempo - Chopped

The pork belly has to be roasted in 2procedures During the first half of

Pinakbet (VegetableStew)

ngredients14 kilo pork with fat (cut into very small

pieces)3 tablespoons oil1 12 cup water

I 2 medium size Ampalaya (cut into 8pieces each)

2 medium size eggplants (cut into 8pieces each)

1 small size kalabasaabout6-10 pieces okra (halved)6 pieces tomatoes (quartered)1 small garlic head (minced)2 small onions (diced)1 small ginger (sliced)4 tablespoons bagoong isdaPinch of pepper

Procedure

In a pan fry pork until lightly crispy setaside

Saute garlic onion tomatoes and gingerin the pork fat and mix in pork

In a pot boil water with bagoongAdd in the pork and spicesAdd all the vegetables and cookServe hot

Pinakbet is a very typical andpopular dish among Filipinos in theIlocos provinces but also adopted byother groups in Luzon except thatthere is a slight difference in theingredients

Tilapia with blackbean sauce

Tilapia with Salted Black BeansIngredients

1 large tilapia sliced crosswise(steak cut)

14 cup canned tausi (salted blackbeans) ndash discard the water

12 cup chopped flat leaf parsley1 medium yellow onion diced2 teaspoon minced garlic1 12 tablespoons oyster sauce1 tablespoon soy sauce1 teaspoon cornstarch diluted in 12

cup watercooking oilSalt and pepper to taste

Cooking Procedure

Rub salt and pepper all over thesliced tilapia Let it stand for 10 minutes

Heat 1 cup of cooking oil in a fryingpan

Pan-fry the sliced tilapia in mediumheat for about 5 minutes per side or untilthe color turns medium brown Removethe fried tilapia and place in a plate linedwith paper towel

In a clean cooking pan heat about 2tablespoons of cooking oil

Saute the garlic and onionWhen the onion softensadd the

parsley and salted black beansPut the fried tilapia in the pan Add

the soy sauce oyster sauce andcornstarch diluted in water Stir gently andlet boil Cover and simmer for 10 to 15minutes

Add pepper to taste Note you canadd more water to make it taste less salty

Transfer to a serving bowlServe share and enjoy

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50th Anniversary GalaSaturday June 15 2013

Call 514-341-7477

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FILIPINO STARS H O W B I Z G O S S I PlsquoAnnalizarsquo wants to directsomeday

She may be just 10 years old andher show-biz career just starting totake off but child star AndreaBrillantes can already see herselfworking behind the camera whenbeing in front of it has lost its appeal

ldquoI enjoy taking photos and mymom tells me they look nicerdquo shesaid ldquoI want to become a director awriter or a photographer when I growolder I want to be behind the scenesrdquoBrillantes told a small group ofreporters at a recent media gatheringfor ABS-CBNrsquos remake of the popular1980s television drama ldquoAnnalizardquowhere she plays the title role

The late Julie Vega was theoriginal Annaliza

For her dream first photo shootBrillantes said she wanted her subjectto be her idol Kim Chiu Her directorialdebut on the other hand will mostlikely have ldquoAnnalizardquo costar ZanjoeMarudo (who plays her father Guido)as lead actor she added

Prior to this big break Brillantesoften played the role of a teleseryersquosstar as a child She was the youngAndi Eigenmann in ldquoKahit PusorsquoyMasugatanrdquo Jessy Mendiola inldquoPrecious Heart Romances Paraisordquoand Kim Chiu in ldquoIna Kapatid Anakrdquo

ldquoIrsquom very thankful and happy thatI was chosen to play Annalizabecause itrsquos my dream to star in myown showrdquo she said Brillantes saidshe googled Vega on the Internet toknow more about her learning abouther birthday and death

Looking sweet and adorable in apink dress Brillantes was refreshingly

self-assured when asked if shebelieved she could carry a televisionshow on her own

But the precocious youngsterclammed up when the subject ofcompetition with other ABS-CBN childstars such as Xyriel Manabat wasbrought up ldquoI donrsquot knowrdquo shemurmured ldquoMas matanda po akordquoshe offered drawing laughter fromthe crowd

Currently a Grade 4 student inAmbassador School for ChildrenBrillantes said she might resort tohome-schooling next academic yearbecause of her increasingly heavyschedule

Do her schoolmates and friendsknow that shersquos an actor ldquoYestheyrsquore happy and proud of meSometimes they approach me forphoto opsrdquo she said

Brillantes who joined the kiddiegag show ldquoGoinrsquo Bulilitsrdquo in 2010proudly announced she was able tobuy herself a cell phone and an iPadfrom her earnings ldquoSomeday I wantto have a nice bedroomrdquo she said

Business unit head Ruel Bayanisaid their version of ldquoAnnalizardquo wouldbe generally faithful to the originalseries ldquoBut to make it relevant todaywe incorporated different socialissues we encounter nowrdquo Bayanisaid

Directed by Theodore Boboroland Cathy Camarillo ldquoAnnalizardquo startsairing Monday before ldquoTV Patrolrdquo a

After his sold-out birthdayconcert at the Smart-AranetaColiseum Kapamilya teensensation Daniel Padilla continuesto sweep off the feet of his fans withhis sophomore album under StarRecords titled ldquoDJPrdquo

Daniel Padilla ReleasesSophomore Album DJP

Following the success of hisdouble platinum self-titled albumldquoDJPrdquo features 10 tracks includingDanielrsquos carrier single ldquoKamustaKardquo ldquoKung San Ka MasayardquoldquoSabay Natinrdquo ldquoPanalanginrdquoldquoBinibinirdquo ldquoNaaalalardquo ldquoKisapmatardquoldquoIpagpatawad Mordquo ldquoSisikat DinAkordquo and the acoustic version ofHimig Handog P-Pop Love Songfinalist ldquoNasa Iyo Na Ang Lahatrdquo

The album also carries thebonus track ldquoDiskarterdquo DanielrsquosldquoDJPrdquo album is already available onall record bars nationwide for onlyP250 The digital tracks of thealbum can also be downloaded viawwwmymusicstorecomph andiTunes

For more information visit StarRecordsrsquo Facebook fanpage atwwwfacebookcomstarrecordsphilor follow starrecordsph onTwitter a

Daniel Padilla ReleasesSophomore Album DJP

Daniel Padilla had his fans shrieking onASAP Sunday as he channeled hisinner Mr Suave while performing theParokya ni Edgar hit along with threeother Padillas RJ Matthew and JC

Rising teleserye princess Andrea Brillantes suddenly burst into tears while walkingon center stage when her first teleserye starrer Annaliza was introduced toadvertisers at the recently held ABS-CBN trade event at the NBC Tent in Taguig Theten-year old young actress wasnrsquot able to contain her emotions any longer whenshe realized that she is actually living her long-time dream of playing lead in a TVseries

May 2013 17The North American Filipino Star

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Our slaughterhouse is very clean and our prices are reasonable

Reserve your mutton from Aid Al Adha bull Sariwa malinis

The Court of Appeals (CA) ruledin favor of the Movie and TelevisionReview and Classification Board(MTRCB) that suspended TV5snoontime game show Willing Willie in2011 over an obscene segment

Associated Justice ManuelBarrios of the appellate courts 2ndDivision said in an 11-page decisionissued late Thursday that thecontested episode that showed ayoung boy dancing in a raunchymanner while crying was enoughmaterial for MTRCB to suspend thepopular show for one month

A review of the recording of thatsegment shows a 6-year old boygyrating like a macho dancer whilebeing cajoled and goaded by theshows host and the audience iscommonly perceived as transpiringonly in night clubs and othershadowy establishments thedecision stated

The court also called the showhost Willie Revillame insensitive inencouraging the boy to continue withthe performance in exchange for amonetary reward

While money has great utilityand is beneficial in these times ofwant it must never be used asjustification to sacrifice good moralsdecency self respect and thepsychological well-being of itscitizens especially the young itadded

MTRCB Chairman EugenioVillareal welcomed the courtsdecision on Thursday night sayinghe hopes the ruling be instructive tothe television industryEntertainment ( Article MRec )pagematch 1 sectionmatch 1

May this allow the televisionindustry especially those moredirectly concerned to move on andhelp build an entertainment culturethat is truly audience-sensitive andparticularly looking out for thewelfare of our young Villareal said ina statement

MTRCB earlier said in the originalsuspension ruling that the showviolated a law against immoral andindecent broadcasts that run counterto Filipino valuesinvoking herbrothers being in power when shemade a veiled threat Wala na siyangibang masabi Sabi niya Bakanakalimutan mo may three years paang brother ko Yap said a

Court says Willie Revillameinsensitive upholds showsuspension

Julia Barretto the winsome 16-year old daughter of Marjorie Barrettowho is fast making a name for herselfin the show business industry as ldquoTheMost Beautiful Barrettordquo continues tocapture hearts including that of teenstar Julian Estrada - her co-star in arecent special episode of ABS-CBNrsquosaward-winning fantasy-dramaanthology ldquoWansapanataymrdquo

Estrada who like Barretto is ascion of an established showbiz familythat includes actor turned presidentJoseph ldquoEraprdquo Estrada has nowadmitted to wooing his fellow StarMagic 2013 member in a recentinterview on ldquoKris TVrdquo ndash a far cry froman earlier statement

ldquoHindi naman po ligaw (But)things are doing pretty well (betweenthe two of us) rdquo he was quoted assaying prior

Ironically the 15-year-old spilledthe truth about courting the young

actress when he was being grilled byhis own father actor turned senatorJinggoy Estrada during their guestappearance on ldquoKris TVrdquo Monday

ldquoNililigawan mo bardquo The senatorasked his son who went on to blurt acurt ldquoYeahrdquo

When asked if he thinks he is onhis way to winning Julia over theyoung Estrada meekly retortedldquoSanardquo

The older Estrada went on todispense seeming sage advice tellinghis son to give the star of theupcoming series ldquoCofradiardquo gifts likeflowers fruits and chocolates

He went on to praise Julia as withthe rest of the Barrettos for theirbeauty

ldquoMaganda talaga rsquoyung mgaBarretto sistersrdquo said he referring tothe controversial siblings GretchenClaudine and Marjorie Juliarsquos mother

Julian and Julia Fromreel to real

Julian Estrada and Julia Barretto

TV5 statement onMr Willie Revillamersquosresignation

Willie Revillame

So it has finally been confirmedthe rumor that Willie Revillame isresigning from TV5 and that his showldquoWowowillierdquo will end when his contractwith the network expires on Oct 15

The persistent hearsay was thatWillie is resigning because he wasasking for a P90 million talent fee permonth which the Kapatid networkrejected according to a source

Williersquos camp denied the rumorsaying at first that while itrsquos true hiscontract with TV5 is expiring in Octoberthere was no negotiation going on yetabout the possible renewal of suchcontract much less about any amountfor the hostrsquos monthly talent fee

Willie has his options on whether tocontinue with the show or take hismuch-needed vacation He has favoredthe latter

To this TV5 has issued this shortstatement

ldquoWe respect the decision of MrWillie Revillame to retire upon theexpiry of his contract with TV5 We wishhim well in his new pursuitsrdquo a

May 201318 The North American Filipino Star

Showbiz Gossip Continued from p17

Maja Salvador said she is at a lossfor words when met with greetings onher relationship with Gerald Andersonwhich the actor recently confirmed

At the sidelines of the filming of herupcoming big-screen project with SenJinggoy Estrada on Wednesday the24-year-old actress was asked for herreaction to her boyfriend going publicwith their relationship

Marami ang nagsasabi na angganda ko raw ang suwerte ko raw Diko alam paano sasagutin yun eSalvador was quoted as saying byentertainment news site PhilippineEntertainment Portal

Siguro sobrang blessed ko langna ganun ako ka-importante sa buhayniya talaga she said referring toAnderson

The 24-year-old actor admitted the

real score between him and Salvadorin the June 2013 issue of entertainmentmagazine StarStudio

Last Sunday Anderson said thedecision to admit his romantic ties withSalvador was for everybodys peace ofmind citing the endless speculationsabout their relationship

Anderson and Salvadorsrelationship however came at the costof the actress friendship with her InaKapatid Anak co-star and erstwhilebest friend Kim Chiu

Chiu is the former girlfriend ofAnderson The two broke up in 2010

In an earlier interview an emotionalChiu said she has already forgivenAnderson and Salvador but added itis difficult to forget what they did toyou a

Maja Salvador reacts to GeraldAndersonrsquos confession

Gerald Anderson and Maja Salvador

The lady of laughs Ai Ai delasAlas feels so much better now daysafter her personal conflict with short-lived husband Jed Salang came to ahead

Ai Ai said she never realized howmuch love she enjoys from everyone ndashher family her friends in and out of thebusiness her fans and even those whoare just looking ndash until this thinghappened to her

ldquoIrsquom overwhelmed by the love andsupport of everybody I am verythankful Sobrang pasasalamat kotalaga sa Diyos at sa lahat-lahat ngmga mababait na mga anak ko mgakaibigan ko at mga taong nagmamahalsa akin kahit hindi naman nila akomasyadong nakakasama o nakikita

Wala na akong mahihiling paNapakasuwerte ko pa rinrdquo she saidAi Ai told us everything is clear with hernow ldquoHindi ko akalain na mangyayarisa buhay ko ang ganorsquon nanapapanood ko lang sa TV Pero atleast okay na ako Nakalaya na rin akobago pa mangyari sa akin ang mgabagay na ikakahiya ko pa balangarawrdquo she said

Ai Ai likened her life to a plot of anABS-CBN soap opera She saidldquorsquoyung tipong isang medyonakakabatang lalaki na pumatol saisang medyo may edad na babae namay pera Pero meron talaga siyangpamilya at sinabihan niya na sandalilang ito at kailangan lang niya gawinpara na din sa kanyang mag-inaGanun ang eksaktong nangyari saakinrdquoAnd what didnrsquot kill her made herstronger Ai Ai said ldquoNow I really thankGod for waking me up just in timeMasakit pero ganun talagaNaghangad kasi ako na mahalin ngisang lalaki mapakasalan Siguro hinditalaga rsquoyun ang buhay na para sa akinMarami namang masyadong blessingna ibinibigay si God Ang mga anak kosobrang mahal ako Nahihiya nga akosa kanila at nagpapasalamat nanaiintindihan nila ang Mommy nila Silaang tunay kong kayamananrdquo a

Ai Ai Delas Alas is much betternow

Comedienne Ai Ai delas Alas hasfiled a formal complaint against herhusband of 29 days businessmanJed Salang

According to a report ofentertainment website Pepphpublished on Wednesday delas Alascharged Salang of violating theRepublic Act 9262 or the act definingviolence against women and childrenbefore the Quezon City Regional Trial

Court on FridayThis is in addition to the

protection order she sought againsther husband so he could no longercome near her by 100 to 500 meters

Citing a source allegedly close tothe comedienne Pepph said delasAlas detailed in her petition howSalang physically abused her lastMay 2

The source added delas Alas alsoconsulted with a psychologist whotold her that she is in a ldquostate ofdepressionrdquo and is suffering from anldquoacute post-traumatic-stressdisorderrdquo

Two weeks ago delas Alas brokedown on The Buzz as she confirmedher breakup from Salang

In an interview with The Buzzhost Boy Abunda delas Alasadmitted that she was physically

Ai Ai delas Alas with her husband JedSalang (file photo)

Ai Ai files raps vs husband JedSalang

abused by Salang which led to herdecision to leave him last May 2

She also tearfully said shebelieves Salang never loved her

Delas Alas and Salang weremarried in Las Vegas last April 3

It takes two to do the show bizbreakup cha-cha

Did Jed Salang really do all thoseawful awful things andhellip isnrsquot hegoing to defend himself Just youwait

In the aftermath of Ai-Ai de lasAlasrsquo spectacular meltdown on ldquoTheBuzzrdquo last Sunday over a turbulentseparation from her husband of lessthan a month movie reporters havebeen hunting down Salang abusinessman

Did he really beat up the 48-year-old actress routinely Is he agambling addict as they say Is it

true that he received a monthlyallowance of P40000 from De lasAlas Did he use her money to buyexpensive gifts for another personAwful awful talk (Meanwhile has hereturned the ldquodream carrdquo that shegave him for their first ldquomonthsaryrdquo)

Several show biz scribes havegone to Salangrsquos workplace inAlabang others to his reportedcurrent address A few claim to havetalked to Salang but say he declinedto comment on the whole sordidaffair

When De las Alas claimed onnationwide TV that she had broken upwith Salang on May 2 after repeatedincidents of physical abuse her fanswent up in arms as if on cue Theywasted no time in flooding SalangrsquosInstagram account with vitriolprompting him to close it onMondaymdashhis only link to socialnetworking a

May 2013 19The North American Filipino Star

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Words cannot express howdelighted Lovi Poe is about her sisterGrace Poe-Llamanzares ranking No 1in the May 13 senatorial race Shefinds it hard to believe that she nowhas a big sister who is a senator and isjust a phone call away

Lovi during her contract signingwith GMA-7 last May 17 shared thatshe has gotten to know her elder sisterwell during the campaign season

ldquoIrsquom so proud of her When we hadlunch I met her son daughter and herhusband They are all wonderfulpeople talaga Lahat sila mababait SiAte Grace shersquos very humble shersquosvery smart Talagang I look up to herKung baga isa siyang magandanghalimbawardquo she sharedShe added that if she is proud shecould just imagine how prouder theirfather the late Fernando Poe Jr Kingof Philippine Cinema would havebeen

ldquoIrsquom sure si Papa kung anongnararamdaman ko kay Ate Grace masgrabe pa siya and Irsquom sureipagpapatuloy niya ang gusto niPapahellip I just really feel so proudespecially with what happened nanag-number one siya Siya na mismonagsabi that she didnrsquot expect thatrdquoLovi expressed that she will be asupportive sister and intimated thatSen Grace would be having lunchwith her to discuss her plans inpolitics She said that she would helpin her own capacity as an actress butwonrsquot be ldquovisible politicallyrdquo

ldquoI donrsquot want to venture into

politics kasi itrsquos not my turf talagaLetrsquos leave it to the experts sabi nganilardquo quipped Lovi

These days Lovi is more focusedon giving her all in the projects that theKapuso network entrusts her Shebelieves she has the talent and wantsto prove that she is worthy of herthree-year contract Her love life toocould take a backseat to her new stateof mind which is workldquoIrsquom not dating now I just want to

focus talaga on work Ito rsquoyungpromise ko sa sarili ko na masfocused ako now Irsquom already 24 yearsold at ibang Lovi na ito Mas mature nakasi medyo before I want to enjoywhile working of course but now masfocused nardquo

Itrsquos been almost two months sinceLovi took a break from the Kapusonetwork Now she is excited to goback to work and see her colleagueswhom she misses a lot She also looks

forward to the teleseryes she wouldget and the leading men shersquod beworking with As an actress she israring to do more challenging roles inthe near future

By the way Lovi is in theupcoming movie of Joel Lamanganentitled ldquoLihisrdquo with Jake Cuenca andJoem Bascon among others a

Lovi proud sister to Sen Grace Poe

Lovi Poe (Left) and Sen Grace Poe-Llamanzares

For the first time HeartEvangelista revealed the real reasonwhy she and Jericho Rosales whomshe considers her ldquogreatest loverdquobroke up in 2008

In an sit-down interview with Yesmagazine for its May 2013 issueEvangelista said her parents madeher believe that Rosales cheated onher with Malaysian actress CarmenSoo

At that time Evangelista justreconciled with her parents after nottalking to them for three yearsbecause she fought for herrelationship with Rosales

Evangelista said her parents didnot approve of the Kapamilya actorbecause he already had a child froma previous relationship

ldquoI didnrsquot see them for three yearsat that time and I missed them somuch And I was also going though alot I was struggling with life I wasconfused Although I was happy itwas hard to be happy in one areaand everything else seems like itrsquosfalling apart But the moment I gotback with them naging okay kamirdquoshe said

Rosales was then in Malaysiawith Soo for the ABS-CBN seriesldquoKahit Isang Saglitrdquo whileEvangelista was in Dubai for her ownshow in GMA-7

ldquoWhen they said that he wascheating on me with Carmen Soo Ireally did think that he was I reallythought that he cheated on me Ireally did And that was because theytold me that he was and I wasconvincedrdquo she said

Evangelista shared there waseven a time when Rosales went tosee her in her condominium unit sohe could explain himself but theynever saw each other

ldquoMy mom didnrsquot tell me that hewas waiting for me downstairs in mycondo for five hours She didnrsquot say

anything so I didnrsquot hear from himrdquoshe said

The 27-year-old actress said shejust learned in due course thatRosales did not really cheat on her

ldquoOf course they are yourparentsmdashwhen they tell yousomething over and over you start tohave fears You start to doubt certainsituations And thatrsquos what happenedto me beforerdquo she said

Through time Evangelistaunderstood that her mom was justscared to lose her

ldquoShe was trying to let me go She

was really trying her best to not getherself involved with my pastrelationships It was always like thatShe would try But in the endeverything that she kept inside wouldjust blow up and it would just affectme so much and also therelationship that I was inrdquo she said

Evangelista recently madeheadlines anew after she foundherself in another collision coursewith her parents who lambasted hercurrent boyfriend Senator FrancisChiz Escudero

Both Evangelista and Escuderohowever have stood firm that theyare not breaking up amid all theissues surrounding their relationship

Why Heart and Jericho really broke up Jericho has found lsquoThe Onersquo

Early photo of Heart amp JerichoNot meant to be Former lovers Heartand Jericho Rosales

May 201320 The North American Filipino Star

Itrsquos tough fighting the worldrsquossecond biggest economic power andmost populous country But whenanother economic heavyweight joinsthe fight against you they couldtrounce you very badly And to makethe situation worse the two adversariesare the giant Peoplersquos Republic ofChina (PRC) and the Lilliputian buteconomically rich Republic of China(ROC) which is more commonly knownas Taiwan With the Philippines upagainst the two Chinas her options are

limited

Over the past several years Chinaincreased her defense budget todouble-digit increments In the case ofTaiwan the United States provided herwith firepower to defend herself fromChina whose ultimate goal is to takeover Taiwan and complete theunification of the two Chinas under onegovernment

But the US has nothing to do with thatAlthough the US recognizes the PRCunder a ldquoOne China Policyrdquo she madeit known that Taiwan would bedefended should China decide toinvade Taiwan

The Philippines followed suit andadopted a ldquoOne China Policyrdquo too thussevering her diplomatic relationshipwith Taiwan However the influentialcommunity of Chinese expatriates andrefugees in the Philippines identifythemselves with Chiang Kai-shek andhis Kuomintang Party who fled toTaiwan in 1949 after they were defeatedby Mao Zedong and his CommunistParty in a bloody Civil War

To continue their ldquofriendshiprdquo thePhilippines and Taiwan established twooffices to serve as conduit between thetwo governments The Philippinegovernment opened the ManilaEconomic and Cultural Office (MECO)in Taipei and Taiwan opened the TaipeiEconomic and Cultural Office (TECO) inManila Indeed the relationshipbetween the Philippines and Taiwancouldnrsquot have been betterhellip until lastMay 9 when an incident in disputedwaters ended in the death of aTaiwanese fisherman

Fishing boat incidentRelatives of fisherman killed by thePhilippine Coast Guard

According to Philippine Coast Guard(PCG) account two Taiwanese fishing

boats were sighted in the Balintangchannel just north of Luzon which isPhilippine territory and not claimed byTaiwan or any other country In whatappeared to be illegal fishing the PCGvessel approached the fishing boatsbut one of them tried to ram the PCGvessel The PCG fired at the chargingfishing boat to disable it The fishingboat was disabled howeverunbeknown to the PCG crew a 65-yearold Taiwanese fisherman was hit Thena ldquobig white shiprdquo came to view and the

PCG vessel took off (Source The DailyTribune)

The incident created a crescendo ofevents leading to violence againstOverseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) inTaiwan MECO Chairman AmadeoPerez reported that an OFW wasattacked with a baseball bat by anangry mob in Kaohsiung City TaiwanOther attacks on OFWs were reportedldquoThe situation in Taiwan now is verytenserdquo said PerezIn an attempt to placate TaiwanPresident Benigno Aquino IIIapologized for the death of the

Taiwanese fisherman but the Taiwanesegovernment uncharacteristicallyrejected it as ldquoinsincererdquo

And to make matters worse theTaiwanese government banned theentry of OFWs The Philippinegovernment is preparing evacuationplans should the need to bring theOFWs home arises The Taiwanesegovernment also issued an advisory toher citizens not to visit the Philippines

Enter the bullyEmperor Xi Jinping (Credit TheEconomist)

Meanwhile a Chinese foreign ministryspokesman said ldquoWe strongly

condemn the barbaric shooting andkilling of the Taiwanese fishermandemanding that the Philippines shouldinvestigate the case and furnish thedetails as soon as possible We aredeeply grieved about the death of theTaiwanese compatriot and have sentcondolences to his familyrdquo With Chinaopenly siding with Taiwan it makes onewonder if China was taking advantageof the incident to drive a wedgebetween the two allies of the UnitedStates Indeed China has been tryingvery hard to neutralize the UnitedStatesrsquo military presence in the WesternPacific particularly in the South andEast China Seas

In August 2012 China tricked thePhilippines into ending the standoff atthe Scarborough Shoal (PanatagShoal) by agreeing to a withdrawal ofthe two countriesrsquo naval vessels fromthe area As soon as the Philippineswithdrew her Coast Guard vesselsChina cordoned off the only opening tothe shoal while several Chinese shipsstayed Since then China has de factopossession of the shoal which is about124 miles from Luzon and within thePhilippinesrsquo 200-mile ExclusiveEconomic Zone (EEZ)

Ryukyu archipelagoRyukyu Islands

Recently two events happened that putChinese expansionism into thegeopolitical equation First itquestioned Japanrsquos ownership of theRyukyu archipelago which includesOkinawa where the US maintains 18army navy air force and marine bases

China claims that the Ryukyus wereonce a Chinese vassal state during theMing and Qing dynasties therefore theisland chain should be returned toChina

With this new ldquoterritorial disputerdquoJapanrsquos ongoing dispute with Chinaover ownership of the Senkaku Islandstakes different dimension Someexperts are saying that China is usingthe Ryukyu issue as a bargaining chipto her claim over the Senkakus a groupof five uninhabited islands and isletswedged between Okinawa and Taiwan

When Japan and Taiwan recentlysigned a joint fishing agreement aroundthe Senkakus China became furiousAnd right after that the ownership of theRyukyus came into play

Ayungin Shoal

China also opened another potentialarea of dispute ndash right inside Philippineterritory A few days ago severalChinese ships were sighted near theAyungin Shoal in the Kalayaan town inthe province of Palawan

Last May 10 a Department of ForeignAffairs (DFA) spokesperson said thatAyungin Shoal is within the PhilippinesrsquoEEZ He said that the entry of foreignfishing vessels in an EEZ is a violationof the United Nations Convention of theLaw of the Sea (UNCLOS) China andthe Philippines are signatories toUNCLOS DFA filed a protest letter withthe Chinese Embassy in Manila on theprovocative presence of two Chinesemaritime surveillance shipsand onewarship around Ayungin Shoal(Source The Philippine Star)

Taiping Island

Taiwan also has a piece of the actionamong six nations involved in territorialdisputes in the Spratly archipelagoRecently Taiwan announced plans toexpand a pier in Taiping Island thelargest island in the Spratlys Byexpanding the pier in the fortified islandit would allow port calls by Taiwanrsquos2000-ton frigates The island hasalready a 3800-foot runway whichTaiwan built in 2006 (Source NewStraits Times)

During the 115th anniversarycelebration of the Philippine Navy lastMay 21 Aquino declared ldquoOurmessage to the world is clear what isours is ours and we will repel any andall attempts to claim what is ours anddefend ourselves against any form ofaggression especially within ourbackyardrdquoIt seems that itrsquos going to bea battle between David vs two Goliaths(PerryDiazgmailcom)

David vs Two Goliaths

Anti-Filipino rally in Taiwan

Relatives of killed Taiwanese fisherman

ldquoEmperorrdquo Xi Jinping (Credit The Economist)

Ryukyu Islands

May 2013 21The North American Filipino Star

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Embracing theObscureBy David White

This past weekend in Sonoma CountyCalifornia 17 vintners gathered for a winetasting they dubbed The 7 PercentSolution

As the organizers explained roughly 93percent of Northern California vineyardacreage is planted to eight major grapevarietals The remaining 7 percent is hometo numerous lesser-known varietals[which] are finding anchor with a small butgrowing number of winemakers

The event enabled consumers to explorethe wines being produced by Californiasrevolutionary vintners -- those willing toembrace the states vast and varied climateby avoiding popular grapes and bottlingthe obscure Whether theyre producingunusual varietals or exploring unheraldedregions these winemakers are worthcelebrating

That certain regions of California might bebetter suited to say Albarino thanChardonnay makes sense Across theglobe commercial wine is produced from a

whopping 1368 different grape varieties Itdefies logic to assume that grapes native tocentral France will thrive in all the worldsnew vineyards

This topic was explored at this years DrinkLocal Wine conference by Joseph FiolaPhD a University of Maryland professorwho has spent over 25 years researchingand teaching about experimentalviticulture

During his lecture Fiola spent a great dealof time praising the Old World for itscommitment to growing varieties that areadapted to local growing conditions

Local varieties have been growing inthose areas for hundreds maybethousands of years he explainedYear in year out they get ripe Year inyear out winemakers can controlproduction Those areas know how togrow the grapes they know how tomake good wine And its the localgrapes that are the best [Winemakers]arent going to grow CabernetSauvignon all over Italy becausepeople know the name

Fiola went on to compare southernItalys climate to southern MarylandsYet he acknowledged the temptation tofocus on well-known varieties

Trying to convince a Maryland winerythat has to worry about marketing topeople who can barely pronounceChardonnay to sell Nero dAvolaNegroamaro Sagrantino he askednaming three esoteric varieties fromItaly That presents a challenge heconceded

Europe has an advantage of courseThe continent has been producingwine for thousands of years so vintnersthere understand which grapes dobest In France for examplewinemakers in Burgundy know to focus

on Pinot Noir and Chardonnay Just asGerman vintners recognize thatRiesling thrives in the countrys Moselregion Spanish vintners recognize thatAlbarino thrives in Galicia

Wine production in the United States isstill in its infancy But winemakers knowthat American consumers enjoyCabernet Sauvignon ChardonnayMerlot Pinot Noir and SauvignonBlanc so thats what most produceOnly the most courageous vintnerswould eschew these varieties

One of these courageous vintners isMatthew Rorick of Forlorn Hope whopoured at this weekends tasting inSonoma Since 2005 he has beenproducing rare creatures fromappellations unknown and varietiesuncommon

His rare creatures are truly unusualHe produces delightful reds fromSangiovese and Barbera two Italiangrapes that few California winemakers

take seriously He produces a deliciousVerdelho a white wine thats typicallyassociated with Portugal He producesthe nations only 100-percent StLaurent a thought-provoking highlyaromatic red thats almost impossibleto find outside Austria and the CzechRepublic Each year he crafts morethan a dozen different wines -- andvirtually all are produced in lots offewer than 2500 bottles

The fact that 17 vintners like Rorickwere able to fill a room this pastweekend is a testament to the fact thatan increasing number of winemakersare willing to take risks And perhapsmore importantly Americanconsumers are growing morecomfortable exploring the unknown

David White a wine writer is the founderand editor of Terroiristcom His columnsare housed at Palate Press The OnlineWine Magazine

APRIL 201322 The North American Filipino Star

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Minister FlahertyHighlights EconomicAction Plan 2013rsquosStrong Support forCharitableOrganizations

The Honourable Jim Flaherty Ministerof Finance today urged Canadians totake advantage of the HarperGovernmentrsquos new First-Time DonorrsquosSuper Credit and donate to acharitable organization

Speaking at Lutherwood a not-for-profit health and social serviceorganization serving the WaterlooRegion and Wellington CountyMinister Flaherty said ldquoThroughout ournationrsquos history Canadians haveworked together to serve others andhave made Canada a better place inthe process Our Government wants tosee that noble tradition continuewhich is why Economic Action Plan2013 builds on previous actions by ourGovernment to support families andcommunities and the quality of life forhard-working Canadiansrdquo

These initiatives include the RegisteredDisability Savings Plan the FamilyCaregiver Tax Credit and the EnablingAccessibility Fund which supports thecapital costs of construction andrenovations to improve physicalaccessibility for persons withdisabilities

Minister Flaherty stated ldquoThe newFirst-Time Donorrsquos Super Credit willsignificantly enhance theattractiveness of donating to a charityfor young and new Canadians who arein a position to make donations for thefirst time By helping to rejuvenate andexpand the charitable sectorrsquos donorbase this important initiative will havean immediate impact in supporting thecharitable sectorrdquo

The credit will apply on cash donationsof up to $1000 claimed in any onetaxation year from 2013 to 2017 It willincrease the value of the existingCharitable Donations Tax Credit by 25percentage points if neither thetaxpayer nor their spouse has claimedthe credit since 2007

Kitchener-Waterloo MP Peter Braid achampion for such worthy causesadded ldquoCanadians are some of themost generous people in the worldwhen it comes to giving time andmoney to charity and our Governmentis committed to supporting that spiritrdquo

ldquoThe Super Credit is a very positivestep for charities wanting to engagenew donors We are excited by thepossibilities and eager to continueworking with the federal government toexplore innovative ways to expandcharitable giving by all Canadiansrdquosaid Marcel Lauziegravere President andCEO of Imagine Canada

___________________________________For further information media may

contact

Kathleen PerchalukPress SecretaryOffice of the Minister of Finance613-996-7861

Jack AubryMedia RelationsDepartment of Finance613-996-8080

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Treasury Board PresidentAnnounces MajorInitiative toward a High-Performing Public Service

For immediate release

May 28 2013

Ottawa ndash The Honourable TonyClement President of the TreasuryBoard today announced a newmandatory system for trackingemployee performance aimed atboosting productivity and ensuringCanadians receive modern effectiveand efficient public service

ldquoHard-working Canadians look to us toprovide high quality affordableservice The Governmentrsquos newperformance management regime willensure that we are employing thepublic service to its fullest potentialrdquosaid Minister Clement ldquoComplacencyand the status quo are not an optionExcellence must be the benchmarkCanadians deserve no lessrdquo

The new Directive on PerformanceManagement introduces for the firsttime a government-wide system fortracking employee performance Thegoal is three-fold

To recognize and reward excellentperformance

Work with all employees to maximizeperformance and

To deal decisively with unsatisfactoryperformance

ldquoPerformance management is aboutensuring good workers have anopportunity to become great workersand dealing effectively with poorperformersrdquo said Minister ClementldquoEither poor performers improve andbecome productive employees or wewill let them gordquo

The Directive which comes into effectin April 2014 includes a number ofstandardized measures for trackingperformance These measuresinclude establishing annualperformance objectives for allemployees mid-year evaluationsannual written performanceassessments and an action plan forimproving performance with clearestablished time-lines as well as stepsto be taken if performance does notimprove These steps could include

demotion or termination Processeswill ensure that employees are treatedfairly

ldquoDoing things the way they havealways been done is no longer goodenough if we want to build a 21stcentury public servicerdquo said MinisterClement ldquoWe owe it to Canadians andwe owe it to the vast majority ofcommitted hard-working publicservants to make sure everyone ispulling their weightrdquo

For more information please consultthe Directive on PerformanceManagement and visit thePerformance Management website

mdash 30 mdash

For more information see the Directiveon Performance Managementbackgrounder or contact

Matthew ConwayPress SecretaryOffice of the President of the TreasuryBoard and Minister responsible forFedNor613-957-2666

Media RelationsTreasury Board of Canada Secretariat613-957-2640

If there is a discrepancy between anyprinted version and the electronicversion of this news release theelectronic version will prevail

TTY (telecommunications device forthe hearing impaired) ndash 613-957-9090

Follow us on Twitter TBS_Canada

Backgrounder - Directive onPerformance Management

The Government of Canada isimplementing a new employeeperformance management program tofoster excellence in service delivery toCanadians and improve productivity

This Directive will introduce for the firsttime a systemic mandatoryperformance assessment for all corepublic sector employees Rigorousperformance management is a bestpractice and an essential element of amodern public service

The new Directive on PerformanceManagement applies to federalemployees in the core publicadministration See footnote 1 and willcome into effect on April 1 2014

The approach to implementingPerformance Management is system-wide and will support deputy headsmanagers and employees in achievingand sustaining a culture of highperformance in the public sector

Highlights

The Directive calls for consistency inhow employee performance ismanaged and how employeesrsquo skillsare developed across the federal

public service

Each federal organization will establishan employee performancemanagement program that includesrequirements such as

Mandatory annual performancemanagement objectives for allemployees including commitmentsperformance objectives and expectedbehaviours and learning ordevelopment plans

Mid-year evaluations of eachemployee

Annual written employee performanceassessments at the end of each fiscalyear

An action plan to support and guideemployees to improve performancewithin clear timelines and

Mandatory attestation by deputyheads that an employee hassuccessfully completed the probationperiod

Requirements for performanceagreements are already in place forpublic service executives and non-unionized employees With the newDirective performance agreements willbe mandatory for all

To support managers and supervisorsin adopting the new Directivemandatory training will be providedEach department will have acommittee made up of senior officialsto coach managers through theprocess Managers will also besupported with additional labourrelations advice and a Labour andEmployment Law Centre of Expertiseis also being created by the TreasuryBoard Secretariat to deal specificallywith employment law and litigation

The Values and Ethics Code for thePublic Sector that came into force inApril 2012 underpins the objectives ofthe new Directive

The Office of the Chief HumanResources Officer is responsible formonitoring departmentsrsquo compliancewith the directive and conductingreviews to evaluate its impact

Know ThyselfHe who knows much about

others may be learned but hewho understands himself is

more intelligentHe who controls others may be

powerful but he who hasmastered himself is

mightier still

A journey of a thousand milesmust begin with a single step

Lao Tzu

By viewing the old we learn the new

Chinese Proverb

The North American Filipino StarMay 2013 23The North American Filipino Star

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Ligo sardines - 3 $200

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Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce

Cultural Centre launchedMontreacuteal May 28 2013 ndash At a specialmeeting held last Thursday the Cocircte-des-NeigesmdashNotre-Dame-de-Gracircce (CDNmdashNDG) Borough Council awarded a contractto build the new Notre-Dame-de-GracircceCultural Centre The $1540010710contract was won by the Geyser Group inc

The Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce Cultural Centrewill house a new Benny Library and also amulti-purpose hall to accommodate culturalexhibitions and a wide variety ofperformances The ecologically-friendlybuilding meeting LEED certificationstandards will be prominently located at theintersection of avenue de Monkland andavenue Benny across from the NDG SportsCentre

Construction will begin in the next fewweeks and be completed at the end of2014 Originally planned for 2012 theproject had to be modified in order to meetthe Boroughrsquos self-imposed budgetconstraints Construction of the Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce Cultural Centre representsa $236 million investment for which theBorough is depending in particular on thejoint financial support of the ministegravere de laCulture et des Communications du Queacutebecand the Ville de Montreacuteal

ICAO headquarters toremain in Montreal

MONTREAL May 27 2013 - The Ministerof Foreign Affairs the Honourable John

Baird the Minister of InternationalRelations La Francophonie and ExternalTrade and Minister responsible for theMontreacuteal region Mr Jean Francois Liseacuteeand the Mayor of Montreacuteal Mr MichaelApplebaum would like to invite members ofthe media to a press conference for thesigning of the renewal agreement with theInternational Civil Aviation Organization(ICAO) in Montreacuteal

Date Monday May 27th 2013Heure 5 pmLieu Terrace of City Hall

275 Notre-Dame EstMetro Champ-de-Mars

Come join celebrate thePhilippine IndependenceDay Celebration on June 12 1000AM at theFAMAS CentreThe Philippine Declaration of Independencesimultaneously marked the end of thePhilippine Revolution and the PhilippineIslandsrsquo assertion to sovereignty andindependence from Spanish colonial ruleHowever neither Spain nor Americarecognized such a stake to independentnationhood and on December 10 1898the Spanish government ceded thePhilippines to the United States in the Treatyof Paris for the price of US $2 millionmarking the end of the Spanish-AmericanWar1

A short two months later on February 41899 armed conflict erupted betweenPhilippine revolutionary forces and USmilitary occupants in Manila By June 2

1899 the First Philippine Republic officiallydeclared war against the US that lasteduntil July 4 1902 Approximately 20000soldiers were killed in action while thecivilian death toll reached an estimated half-million persons Though the war officiallyended in the summer of 1899 guerillafreedom fighters continued to challengeUS occupation for several more years

It was not until July 4 1946 nearly fiftyyears later that the United States formallyrecognized full Philippine independentnationhood with the enactment of the Treatyof Manila On a rainy day in Manilarsquos LunetaPark 400000 onlookers cheered as theAmerican flag was lowered and thePhilippine flag was raised in its placeSenator Millard Tydings of Marylandreported that the day was ldquoone of the mostunprecedented most idealistic and mostfar-reaching events in all recorded historyrdquo3

July 4 was officially recognized as theNational Day until August 4 1964 whenPresident Diosdado Macapagal signed theMalacanang Republic Act No 4166 thateffectively made June 12mdashthe day thatGeneral Emilio Aguinaldo and hisrevolutionary peers had originally claimedas the Nationrsquos Daymdashthe countryrsquos officialIndependence Day

Today Filipinos around the world fromSaudi Arabia to Los Angeles Californiacontinue to celebrate PhilippineIndependence Day on June 12 In AmericaFilipino Americans otherwise known asFilAms use this day to commemorate thePhilippinesrsquo independence from colonialrule celebrate Filipino heritage-pride

preserve cultural roots promote culturalawareness and bring FilAm communitiestogether4

The largest Philippine Independence Daycelebration takes place annually in NewYork City on Madison Avenue between 23rdand 38th street on the first Sunday of JuneAn estimated 100000 people turn out totake part in various events and to march ina parade that represents FilAms and the7000 plus island clusters that constitute thePhilippine archipelago FilAms proudlydonned outfits representative of theirregional origins academic affiliationsprofessions favored sports team andmore5

In Washington DC the PhilippineEmbassy and Filipino AmericanOrganization host an Independence DayGala commemorative festivals and othercultural activities

In Montreal we commemorate thePhilippine Independence by a Flag RaisingCeremony at the FAMAS Centre every June12 every year

Come and celebrate with us and meet andgreet our kababayans and public officialsLight refreshments are served

Cheers

From the FAMAS Executive Board

Al Boy AbdonPublic Relations Officer - FAMASalabdonvideotronca

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Sa tuwing sasapit angikalawang Linggo ng Mayo ayipinagdiriwang natin ang Araw ng mgaIna Parangal ito sa dalawa kongyumaong ina Masinop na nalikom ngaking nanay ang mga liham niya kungpaano siya niligawan ng aming tatayna inabot nang mahigit na anim nataon

Bagamat pansarili ang loobinng pitak na ito ay kapupulatan ngmambabasa ng mga aral tungkol sapananagalog at matutuklasan angpaggamit ng Taglish (sinasamahan ngmga salitang Ingles) ay pangkaraniwanlang noon pa

Dito na nagsimula angpanunuyo

College of Agriculture

Los Banos Laguna

June 17 1927Josefa

Natatandaan mo pa kaya angisang nagkapalad na naging kakilalamo doon sa Bagyo Marahil aymaghahalungkat kang muli sa isip bagomo matawag sa iyong alaala ang akingpangalan at pagmumukha sapagkatpagkaraan ng ilang araw na tayoymagkakilala ay nagkalayo na tayo nangmarami nang araw Dahil dito aynangyari nga akong sumulat sa iyo sapagbabakasakaling mapalawig natinang ating pagkikilala

Si David ay aking nakausapkanginang umaga Pagdakayitinanong ko sa kanya kung kayoykanyang nakita Ang sabiy oo - atkayoy nagbalitaan pa raw tungkol sabuhay buhay sa Bagyo Ayon sa kanyaay natatandaan mo ako ngunitnakalimutan mo na ang akingpangalan Kung gayoy isusulat ko ngfull ang aking name sa ending

Kumusta ba kayo ngayonIpinalalagay kong kayongmagkakapatid ay maluag ninyongnaidadaos ang pagtuturo samantalangkami dito nila David ay kasalukuyangnaghihirap sa pagaaral

Noong manggaling ako saBagyo pauwi ng Malabon ay naitanongkayo sa akin ni Chayong na kapatid koSinabi ko nga sa kanyang kayoy maykahulihan ang pagbaba sa Balanga

Marahil ay maitatanong mo saiyong sarili kung bakit nais kongmaging matalik na kakilala kayo Hindikaila sa iyo ang aking hinahanap naoccupation at ang malalapad napataniman ng tubo diyan sa inyo saBalanga Baka sakaling kung akoymakatapos ay magubra akongisang maliit na kasama ng isangassenderong pangkaraniwan diyan aykung manggagaling sa bukid ay nangmayoong madalawdalaw kung sakali atkung papanhikin Bukod sa ritoy angmga ninuno ninyo ang mga tubongMalabon ay magaang ang dugo sa mga

katutubo o kababayanAng mgagandang record ng

inyong family sa pakikipamayan at sapagaaral ay hindi kaila sa akin Dahilditoy nangingimi pa ako nang pagsulatsa iyo Kahit naman marahil ikaw aysadyang bright maging sa pagtuturo ayinaasahan kong considerate ka rinMapagpapaumanhinan mo namanseguro ang nakabababa sa iyo nagaya ko na nga

Wawakasan ko na rito at nanghuwag ka namang mapagod sapagbasa Magsilbi nawangtagapagpaalala itong aking liham

Best regards for you and othersisters brother and parents

your friend

Amado SantosPS

Ikaw na nga nag bahalangmagpaumanhin sa aking Tagalog Marahilay balibalikuko

SameAng kasabihang Walang

matimtimang birhen sa matiyagangmanalangin ay nagkaroon ngkatuparan Ang panganay na suplingay ipinanganak noong Agosto 18 1934at ang bunso ay noong Mayo 21 1936Yumao ang aking ina apat na arawmakalipas ang pagsilang sa akin--noong Mayo 25 1936

Hindi lumipas ang maramingtaon at noong Enero 23 1939 aynanalanging muli si Ama na ang nasaisip ay bigyan ng ina ang dalawangnaiwan ni Nanay Epang (Josefa) Angpangalawang ina ay hindi gaanongmatagal na nag-isip dahil ang kaniyangaalagaan sa sumunod na matrimonyaay kaniyang mga pamangkin AngNanay Meliang (Emilia) ay kapatid ngNanay Epang

Anim kaming magkakapatidna habambuhay na magdiriwangtuwing ikalawang Linggo ng Mayokahit ang aming mga ina ay kapuwayumao na Iniwan kaming lahat niNanay Meliang noong Disyembre 161983 na may kani-kaniyang adhikainsa buhay

B B B BinyagBirthday at Bulakbol

Pichu Pechay Pechay Dalian monamang magbihis Mahuhuli na tayo

Pechay Nandiyan na Kuya Alasonse pa naman ang binyag ni Perasdi baPichu Oo nga Pero madalang angdating ng bus dahil Sabado ngayon

Pechay (Pagkabihis ay dali-daling

tumakbo sa likod-bahay tungo sapinto sa harap at tumimbre) Ano baKuya Pichu kanina pa ako naghihintaydito ah

Peras Ano Kuya Ate nabusog bakayo sa handa ng binyag ko

Pichu Eto na naman kami Laro Peras laro ang samantalahin natin

Pechay Tayo na Ano pa ang hinihintayninyo Kanya-kanyang hila ng Lolo oLelong Nandiyan lang sa tapat angKent Park

Pichu O paano sa Sabado ay agahanninyo ang punta sa Lolo at Lola ko saHampton ha Doon daw gagawin angbirthday ko Umaga pa lang ikakabitna ang inflated toy house at angtanghalian ay puro kids meal Sa gabipa ang dating ng mga killjoys

Pechay Kawawa naman ang LoloJerry napabayaan na ang pag-aaral ngTagalog

Peras Anong kawawa Binigyan siya ngspring break ni Kuya Pichu

Lubos na sumasaiyo

Parangal sa mga yumaong Ina

Birthday - Aiden Zachary Alfaro (Pichu) tatlong taon na

Morgan Virginia Santos (Peras) hawak ni Aaron Santos tatay Alma Mendoza nanay

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by W G QuiambaoThere are times when I miss thePhilippines because I`ve not visited itsince coming here 44 years ago Butthe stage production of Pamana ngLuzViMinda Philippine Folkloric DanceCompany of Montreal on April 27 at theSalle Brebeuf cured my homesicknessThe dances and music on the showbrought back happy memories to meThanks to the collaborative efforts ofthe production staff especiallyVeraida-Lyn Bermejo president anddirectorwriter and Sherling de la Pazartistic director Theyre so talented andcreative

Everything in the show was impressive- from the colourful and authenticcostumes (some were purchased inthe Philippines and Thailand) to theprops (bamboo poles benches) andvideo The rural and tribal music wasprovided by musicians who usedtraditional musical instruments like thegansa (an instrument with metal bars)dabaksan (single headed Philippinedrum) agung (two sets of two-wide-rimmed vertically-suspended gongs)and gandigan (Philippine xylophone)

The stage seemed spacious enoughfor the 23 male and female dancers tofreely move and execute their dancesthat required agility and flexibility

The dance performances were dividedinto 5 parts each part representing thedance from the different regions in thePhilippines The enthusiastic audienceapplauded the dancers after eachperformance

Some of the dances are

Muslim dance - Burong Talo - A martial arts danceoriginating from the Tausug people ofthe Sulu archipelago in theSouthwestern part of the Philippines Inthis dance the male dancers depict afight between a hawk and a cat Theysimulate martial arts movements whilemanipulating daggers and fans Themale performers were so convincing inplaying their parts Fierce lookingthey seemed ready to kill each otherKini-kini - This dance represents thesophisticated woman of the RoyalMaranao Movements and shapes of theirwalk are very articulate and their scarvesrepresent their fluidity and grace Theirgrace is a characteristic of their education

The female performers were so exquisiteand elegant Pangalay sa Pattong - Thisdance is popular among the BadjaoSamal and Tausog groups Although themovements of the dancer were flawless Icouldnt take my eyes off watching thisdance I was glued to my seat What if shefalls The dance is performed on top of twobamboo poles on the shoulders of twomen Singkil - Traditionally a depiction ofthe Maguindanao and Maranaointerpretation of a legend centered aroundPrincess Gandingan and the brave PrinceBantugan While walking through the forestwith her loyal umbrella-bearing lady-in-waiting the Princess Gandingan issuddenly caught in the middle of anearthquake unleashed by the forest diwataor forest spirits The Princess mustgracefully and skilfully manoeuvre throughthe closing bamboo poles which representthe falling trees Fans or apit are waved bydancers to represent auspicious windsvaliant Prince Bantugan enters the sceneand rescues the Princess

Rural dance -Karatong - This dance is named after thebamboo instrument worn by the dancersaround the waist The karatong is struck toa fast rhythm in the hopes of attractinggood luck and driving away evil spirits The

female dancers dance with sticks that arerepresentatives of bunga mangga ormango trees Sayaw sa Bangko - Thisis another stunning dance thatcaptivated and mesmerized me Fromthe province of Pangasinan theoriginal form of the dance consisted ofonly one narrow bench As it evolvedhowever more and more bencheswere added until the stack of benchesresembled a tower No flashphotography was requested as thedance is dangerous It wasbreathtaking to watch the maledancers lifting the female dancers on

the other edge of the bench Tinikling -Originally from the Province of Leytethis dance is considered by many to bethe most recognizable folk dance ofthe Philippines Based on themovements of the long-legged tiklingavoiding bamboo traps in the fieldsdancers dance through bamboo polesthat open and close to an acceleratingrhythm It was a pure joy watching theexuberant and energetic dancers having

fun

Added attraction to the stageproduction of Pamana ng LuzVi MindaFolkloric Dance Company of Montrealare the video clips shown after eachperformance The clips show what itmeant to be a member of theorganization - focusing not only on thehard work and commitment to theircraft but also the love togethernessand especially the family spirit thatinfuses everything they do

The 2-hour show is worth watching I

left the theatre feeling good smilingand telling myself that Im lucky to be aFilipino with a rich and unique cultureThe next time Pamana performs heremake sure you catch it You will notregret it

Pamanas dances and music brought me backhome to the Philippines

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Ask the Video Guy

What do you do when yourcamcorder computer tablet or otherdevice is no longer useful to you but stillhas use in its electronics Do you sell itDonate it Save it for historical laughs orthrow it in a landfill

April 22 marks the 43rd annualEarth Day observance - and as peoplebecome aware of recycling ordinarygarbage theres still a long ways to gowith disposing of electronic waste InApril 2011 an e-cycling initiative waslaunched by leaders in the consumerelectronics industry to deal with themillions of pounds of electronic wasterendered annually The hopes are to

Have one billion pounds of electronicwaste recycled annually by 2016

How you Can Help and Benefit TooIf your electronic gadget still has

life in it consider other places you mighthelp someone else in need who hasntthe means or abilities to purchase a newdevice

Computers Donate your oldcomputer to community organization tohelp seniors or non-electronicindividuals who dont have access tocomputers in your area

Mobile Phones Old cell phonescould be given to old folks who cannotafford the luxury of Samsung or iphones

Televisions A local school retirementhome or community center might gladlylike to upgrade their older set for a not-as-old set

Camcorders If you have a camcorderthat runs but has out-lived your needsgathering dust in a closet there are anumber of places you donate it to thatwould benefit greatly from yourgenerosity That old camcorder you nolonger use can find a new life in thehands of your local charity theater groupor school How many people claim tohave been bitten by the movie creatingbug using their dads old Super 8camera A not-too-old camcorder cantrigger a childs interest in videoproducing

Recycling Responsibly From CDs to PCs printers to monitorsand more you have the responsiblydisposes of what cant be recycled

Giving it Away for Cash or Credit Thereare several companies what will buyyour older gadget some for cash-outothers for rebate on a new product fromtheir company In the US kodak has amail-in program for old digital camerasand printers Best Buy has a trade-inprogram HP has a few choices fromcash for you to a charity donation or anHP gift card for a new purchase

Selling it Depending on the age of yourdevice you can sell it outright to sitesebay craiglist Kijiji Of course you mightget more the old fashioned way - oneBay - but like putting a sign on your carin a parking lot hoping for a nibbleversus selling it to a used-car brokerthese sites pay for your device thenresell it so they need a profit margintoo A quick search on eBay found 50used Sony miniDV selling for $4000 anda Sony VX2100 going for $300

Recycle it Not all electronic waste isrecyclable but most areas in theQuebec the municipals usually haveprogram where you can drop in theseelectronic stuff When in doubt the firstplace to look can be as easy as your oldfashioned Yellow Pages Most localgovernment listings will have some sortof service for electronic waste recyclingthey can point you in the right direction

Helping People in Developing CountriesThe federal

government have programs that takesusedrefurbished computers to people inemerging nations struggling to getcaught up in the modern world

What can you do with VideotapeRecycling video gear isnt just

about the electronics You can recyclevideo tape too One-sixth of a gallon ofpetroleum goes into the production ofone videocassette and as of 2008 videoduplication companies processed 20million of them per month Althoughvideotape production has gone downtheres a lot of tape still in use or goingto waste sites

Thrift stores Yep - people still usevideotape but be forewarned blackingyour old footage is a good idea beforeyou donate tape

Make Scarecrows Many farmers inManitoba know this trick - Snip the tapeand unravel it then hang bits and piecesaround the garden The fluttering shinytape will scare birds away

Make art Yes Check out this a tutorialon crocheting a sling bag using avideotape

Jim Gibilterra of MediaDistributors says the 2011 tsunami inJapan put their business in crisis modewhen a good portion of the worldssupply of professional video-tape was nolonger available Since then theyvelooked into how they can help lessen theimpact recording media on ourenvironment They mostly deal withhigh-end tape for broadcast and that theproduct is now back in production witheverything back to normal but it

Recycling Electronic Stuffs

triggered interest They sell evaluatedmedia or buy it back then totallydegauss it run it through evaluators toverify no defects then resell This re-supplied tape is good for non-criticalusers schools give aways MediaDistributors also does certifieddestruction that doesnt hurt theenvironment as part of their lsquoGreenPartners Programrsquo

When Recycling e-waste Doesnt WorkNot all recycling is good for theenvironment According to a reportfrom Electronics Take Back Coalitioncaustic gas sits inside old cathode raytube [CRT] TVs and older computermonitors and that approximately 860million pounds of CRT glass has beenstockpiled by recyclers

Did you get (or give) any newelectronics this past holiday season Illbet nearly anyone who was in the gift-giving mode got or gave at least oneelectronic gadget as a gift but whathappens to the gadget yourereplacing Getting rid of the old tobring in the new is becoming a bigissue hopefully a few of these sitesposted today will help you think howyou can participate in e-wasterecyclingAl AbdonHollywood Junkies Video

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From Page 5 Canada Star Recruiting

researchers and students who have ahigh potential for becoming candidates forthe Start-Up Visa While at Stanford healso met with Dan Siciliano a legalscholar and entrepreneur with expertise incorporate governance corporate financeand immigration law and Vivek WadhwaDirector of Research at the Center for

Entrepreneurship and ResearchCommercialization and author of TheImmigrant Exodus one of TheEconomistrsquos Books of the Year for 2012

He was also the featured guestspeaker at an event hosted by the SiliconValley Business Journal attended bymany prominent entrepreneurs andinvestors

Minister Kenney also officially unveiledthe new Start-Up Visa billboard

ldquoThere is huge interest inCanadarsquos new Start-Up Visa and inCanadarsquos expanding tech sectorrdquo saidMinister Kenney ldquoCanadarsquos strongeconomic growth low taxes andbusiness costs excellence in researchand innovation and top quality of life allmake Canada a top country forinnovative entrepreneurs looking to buildtheir businesses If you are a start-upentrepreneur and want to build adynamic company that can compete ona global scale then Canadarsquos Start-UpVisa Program is for yourdquo

The Start-Up Visa whichopened for applications on April 1 is animportant part of the Government ofCanadarsquos plan to build a fast and flexibleeconomic immigration system The Start-Up Visa Program is the first of its kind inthe world and provides Canadian privatesector organizations with access to abroad range of entrepreneurs ndash includingthe worldrsquos best and brightest ndash in whoseideas they can invest

At the same time the programprovides immigrant entrepreneurs withvaluable assistance in navigating theCanadian business environment whichcan be a challenge for newcomers andenables them to build innovativecompanies that can create Canadianjobs and compete on a global scaleVisit cicgccastartup for moreinformation on the Start-Up Visaprogram

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I SPURNED HER FACEBOOKFRIEND REQUEST ndash Alam nrsquoyo bana tumanggap ako ng Facebookldquofriend requestrdquo mula sa isang tao naitinuturing ko na ldquoThe MostHypocritical and Most Treacherousrdquomember of our community Well Idid Naalaala ko ang kanyang dalawangbeses na panloloko sa akin noongnakaraang halalan ng FAMAS Angkanyang unang panloloko ay nangpaniwalain nrsquoya ako na tunay angkanyang pakikipagkaibigan sa akinNaroon ang beneso-beso nrsquoya ako atnakipag-usap sa akin nang matinoNapadala naman ako sa kanyangldquokabaitanrdquo Nalaman ko ang kanyangpagka-traidor nang sabihin nrsquoya saakin na hindi naman talaga si CesarManuel ang kanyang iboboto at sahalip ay pangalan ni Au Osdon angisusulat nrsquoya sa kanyang balota Suotlang daw nrsquoya ang yellow t-shirt ngSamahang Makabayan (SM) dahilkung hindi baka raw makahalata angkanyang presidential candidate atmasirang lahat ang kanyang mgaplano Iyon naman pala ay gusto langnrsquoyang malaman sa akin kung itutuloy

ng COMELEC ang desisyon napagbawas sa mga boto ng mgakandidato ng SM At nang hindi akosumang-ayon sa gusto nrsquoyangmangyari biglang naglaho angkanyang ldquokabaitanrdquo at muli nrsquoyaakong siniraan sa pamamagitan ngkanyang column sa Forum

Ang ikalawa nrsquoyang panlolokoay noon mismong election day Nasaloob kami ng St Kevinrsquos ChurchSocial Hall nang tawagin nrsquoya angaking anak at humingi srsquoya ngpaumanhin sa bata na noorsquoy doseanyos pa lamang Ang sabi nya ldquoHijaI apologize to you for all the nastythings that I said about your dad Ipromise you that I wonrsquot do that tohim againrdquo Dahil sa bata na angkanyang kinausap binigyan ko srsquoyang benefit of the doubt na talagangtotoo na ang kanyang pangako

Maling-mali ako dahil angkanyang next column ay punung-puno ng mga vituperative remarks nalaban sa akin Nang ipabasa ko iyonsa aking anak hindi nrsquoya napigilan namagsabi ldquoI will never never believeher again I hate her Shersquos a liarrdquo

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OBITUARY

BENTURADA SARMIENTO ORTIZ born on July 14 1926 died on May 62013 at Mendez Cavite Philippines She is survived by her only child

Bernardo Sarmiento daughter-in-law Maritess Almanzor grandchildrenBernardo II Genevieve Meredith and Alexandra and stepdaughter Auring

Ortiz-Villanueva and her family

Benturada Sarmiento Ortiz1926-2013

AdvisoryWarning concerning misrepresentation and fraud

8 May 2013 - The Philippine Embassy in Ottawa has receivedreports concerning documents recently notarized by a personwho is representing himself as Honorary Consul of the Republicof the Philippines in Montreal Quebec Canada

The Embassy wishes to inform the public that there is no existingHonorary Consul of the Republic of the Philippines in Montreal

The Embassy warns the public about such acts ofmisrepresentation and fraud

The Philippine Government concluded on 3 May 2007 theappointment of its last Honorary Consul in Montreal and theDepartment of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Canadahas been duly informed

PUBLIC NOTICE

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North American

FILIPINO STAR PHOTO GALLERY

Mothers Day flowers given to Zenaida Kharroubi by her students Mayette DanaoArlene Manalo and Edna Lorenzo on May 12 2013

The FNAQ founding Executive Board 1992-1995 presented (L-R) Nilda MerialesMaria Quimpo Eugenia Magalit Mierfe Morales Linda Espallardo MagdalenaCalcetas Anita Lo and Elsie Reyes Ten were absent

The Panday Tinig Choral Ensemble led by Paul Imperial and Edith Fedalizo pose forsouvenir of the 21st anniversary of FNAQ on May 4 2013 at the Holiday Inn on Cotede Liesse Road

The anniversary cake with the officers members and guests of the FNAQ one of thehighlights of the evening celebration

The Filipino Youth Center held its monthly Consultative Meeting on the last Saturdayof April with Tessie Nepomuceno as speaker shown here delivering her message tothe youth with their parents and other volunteers led by Pastor Orlan Racachotogether with Amy Manon-og Sophie Toledo Joe Calugay and Zeny Kharroubi

From left Dindo Miras Continuing Education Coordinator of the FNAQ poses withthe inspirational speaker Mrs Patricia OrsquoConnor FNAQ Founder Maggie Calcetasand Mr Gerald Perron

Pamana ni LuzViMinda Concert April 27 2013held at the College Brebeuf Auditorium

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13

If you can read you canalso learn how to writeJoin us in a multi-cultural inter-active workshop the first time tobe held in Montreal

CONCORD TOURS amp TRAVEL

5320-A Queen Mary RoadMontreal QC H3X 1T7(bet Coolbrook amp Decarie)Telephone 514-485-7861wwwgilmorecollegecom

Snowdon

Professor Isaac GoodineInternational Educator Author of

the book ldquoLeaders LeadingLeadersrdquo has delivered manyworkshops around the world

Zenaida Ferry Kharroubi Editor amp Publisher The North American

Filipino StarDirector-General Gilmore College

InternationalWorkshop Coordinator

Who is the workshop forbull open to all who writebull anyone who needs to develop and use writing skillsbull professional writers managers novelists business leaders poets

lawyers editors professors journalists public speakers and anyone whoneeds to broaden their communication skills

This is a breakthrough idea The writing workshop experience plants aseed that grows each time you write long after the weekend workshop hasconcluded You will gain special insights that open your creative self asyou continue to write You will be able to set and achieve personal goals to

bulllearn new and useful methods of solving problems in writingbull increase your power to know what you want to saybull increase your ability to put across persuasively what you have to saybull enable you to see the actual relationship you have with your readers

SEMINAR FEES $495 (including taxes and materials)DURATION 2 12 days - Friday evening Saturday amp Sunday 9 am to 5 pmSchedule To be announced to registered participants

Group Discounts are availablePrepayment of fees two weeksbefore the scheduled workshop

Tax deductible receipts andcertificate to be givenSeminar Fees are non-refundablebut transferable

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The North American Filipino Star

by W G QuiambaoDue to the limitation of time and

space this article should not beconsidered complete Thanks to thecontributions of Pastor Orlan RacachoBert Abiera Lina Fernandez JakeMaguigad and Zenaida Kharroubi for thisbrief history of FAMAS Likewise I believethat I should also thank all FAMASpresidents and their directors for theirvolunteerism and personal sacrifices

The Filipino Association ofMontreal and Suburbs (FAMAS) the oldestand biggest association in Quebec that iscelebrating its fifty years has come a longway since its founding in 1963 TheFilipinos who were with us since its infancyand still with us have witnessed itsevolution into a progressive andrecognized organization it is today by thefederal provincial and especially by themunicipal governments

The primary goal of FAMAS whenit was founded was for Filipinos in Montrealand suburbs to get to know each other andto make sure their separation away fromthe families they left behind in thePhilippines would be much lessunbearable In the early days the numberof Filipinos was comparatively small about330 Many of them were professionalsnamely doctors nurses architects andengineers

The Philippine Association ofMontreal and suburbs now known asFAMAS had limited activities which weremainly social events due to lack ofcreativeness incentives and civicconsciousness to project a realisticcommunity involvement said OrlanRacacho former FAMAS president andnow a pastor Leadership skills andpassion for cultural programs werebasically lacking in its platform

FAMAS then was not ascommunity oriented as it is today In factthe money left by each president after hisor her tenure was spent more forsocializing than anything else Even theFAMAS election was so simple that it wasdone by mere raising of hands by thevoters Sometimes the election was heldat Angrignon Park in La Salle It was also inany of those places that a small group ofFilipinos usually had their occasionalpicnics for camaraderie and only a handfulwas keen on running for office moreparticularly the presidency

In the early 70s the communitysaw the changing times in terms of the theeconomy and in the ever-growing numberof Filipinos in Montreal and suburbs

The FAMAS officers decided toaim higher but were confronted with muchbigger challenges It dawned on them thatFAMAS should be community oriented if itwas to be relevant To accomplish thisgoal essential services to the communityhad to be provided FAMAS officersconsisted of volunteers who had to workhard not only to recruit members and raisefunds but also to develop projects Thebiggest source for FAMAS then and nowhas been the Miss Philippines andMunting Bb Pilipinas conceptualized byNorma Flores-Vohra during the terms ofAlvin Veloso Angie Ogerio and BertAbiera respectively In 1978 NormaVillarose started the building fund in theamount of $500 unlike the previousFAMAS presidents who usually spentleftover funds after their term on picnics orany other social activities because at thattime FAMAS had no specific projectTherefore it was during this time whenmassive fund raising was dedicated to thecommunity center building fund EveryFAMAS president began to work harder inorder to turn over an amount to thebuilding fund In 1986-1987 during the

term of Bert Abiera a committee led byOgerio was formed to adopt a `copy cat`fund raising idea used in the Philippinesthe Munting Bb Pilipinas which was ahuge success It raised more than $20000

I made a handsome turn overwhich rapidly grewrdquo said Abiera ldquoWhenMarlene Birao-Schacter took over FAMAShad the sufficient amount to make a downpayment for a duplex on Van Horne Avewith the approval of the officers and theBoard of Trustees They utilized theservices of Nemia Saldua a realtor whowas a member of the Board of TrusteesThe mortgage was signed by Birao-Schacter and Bartolome Javier whorepresented the Board of Trustees

Years later it was decided toconvert the duplex into a communitycenter where the services that theassociation wanted to provide to thecommunity could be served but it wasdifficult since zoning bylaws got in the wayWhen James de la Paz became theFAMAS president he assiduously lobbiedthe City Hall of Montreal to grant FAMAS arezoning permit The neighbours howeverwere opposed to the idea of converting theduplex into a community center becauseof the noise and disturbance it might bringto the quiet neighbourhood Despite therezoning snag de la Paz`s request wasgranted within a year With the help ofvolunteers the duplex was renovated inthe late 90s and worthy activities likeHeritage classes were introducedthereafter

In addition to the successfulconversion of the duplex to become acenter de la Paz made a bold andcontroversial decision He called anassembly to present his proposal to paythe mortgage of FAMAS in full since it hadenough money for that purpose Hebelieved that payment of the mortgagebalance would save money by avoidingthe exorbitant and growing mortgageinterest rates

ldquoSome members of the executiveboard tried to sue me but they couldnrsquot doanythingrdquo recalled de la Paz ldquoMy lawyersaid that I didn`t pocket the money A fewyears later those who were against myidea appreciated what I did If I did not paythe mortgage FAMAS would still be indebtrdquo

In spite of the criticism hurledagainst de la Paz by those who havepersonal issues with him FAMAS hadsubstantially benefitted from his politicalconnections that he shrewdly cultivatedwhen he was the FAMAS presidentArguably he paved the way for the Filipinocommunity to be more visible in themainstream politics when he was FAMASpresident He said ldquoPoliticians used to sayThe Jews Italians Chinese etc It wasfrustrating for Filipinos because they weresystematically relegated to lsquoothersrsquo Theydidnt have any identity until de la Pa cameinto the local political scene Nowpoliticians from municipal provincial andfederal levels recognize the existence notonly of FAMAS but also the entireburgeoning Filipino community

FAMAS made more changes inthe 90s For example it amended theConstitution and Bylaws to allow thepresident to serve for two years rather thanjust one year The Executive Board at thetime was convinced that one year was tooshort for any president particularly a goodone to accomplish the goals of theassociation For reasons of their ownmany community members came out ofthe woodwork and became more andmore interested in becoming president orat least to be an officer FAMAS electionshave become one of the most talked aboutand anticipated events in the communityparticularly in the summertime Like the

Independence Day and the Pista saNayon the election day has always beenan event for many Filipinos to meet friendsthey have not seen for a while

In 2009 the leadership of AuOsdon who has a background inmanagement was put to the test afterwinning the presidency of FAMAS Despiteher detractors`criticismrsquo or perhapsbecause of it she managed to keep theaffairs of FAMAS in order When she tookover in 2009 a Special Audit Committeewas established in order to review theincomplete financial records submitted bythe previous administration Thecommittee composed of Hal SoteroRoger Sandoval Cely Dagsaan and PeterFernandez found out that it would beimpossible because most transactionswere made in cash and not properlyrecorded FAMAS received a bill in 2007--2008 which was paid She also broughtback the trust and respect of thecommunity for FAMAS which for a whilewere lost because of the smokingdrinking and even installation of a camerain the toilet The regular activities like theBb Pilipinas Bb Munting PilipinasHeritage and French classes still continueMiss Teen FAMAS and the fledgling ProjectPagsibol are doing well Somerenovations in the building were also madewith the help of Alex Sy FAMAS vicepresident and an engineer by professionwhich included the new main entrancedoor with electronic push button openerlocated in the office a new entranceFrench door in the main lobby near thestairs going up the office installation of awindow near the entrance door removal ofthe old closet to make the office biggerremoval of the partition of the conferenceroom and living room to make the spacebigger and putting new floor tiles in theconference room

Giving due recognition to de laPaz and Osdon is not meant to diminishthe other presidents before or after themwho made valuable contributions to thestatus of FAMAS as a communityorganization All past presidents ofFAMAS without exception had given uptheir time and made personal sacrifices inorder to do their job It can be statedwithout any doubt that no one has amonopoly of accomplishments for therehave been other past presidents who triedto do what they thought was good for thecommunity Some of the past presidentscontributions are Lee Sanga (deceased)introduced Heritage classes JoseBustamante converted the duplex garageinto a classroom Carlos P Reyes(deceased) started the installation of aflagpole Alberto Floresca (deceased)brought the idea of constructing thebalcony Claro Bermudez celebrated theIndependence Day jointly with FCAWIFlor Rillo constructed the patio CarmelitaSideco (deceased) must be mentioned forbeing the first female FAMAS presidentwhose contributions are not visible but herinfluence over those who worked with herare still felt Norma Casaclang-Villarosa(deceased) was known to be the first oneto put aside some funds for the purpose ofacquiring a community center Dr BartJavier together with Marlene Birao-Schacter were the signatories to the deedof sale of the FAMAS building There mayhave been accomplishments of somepresidents but have not been includedabove but it is hoped that their place inFAMAS history is an acknowledgement oftheir volunteerism to the community

But the saying that ldquoYou can`tplease everybodyrdquo still holds true After theelection in 2011 Osdon and COMELECchairman Budz Sarmiento were accusedof conniving with each other to beat CesarManuel presidential candidate for

Samahang Makabayan ldquoThe accusation is untrue said

Sarmiento The candidates of the SMwere given the Rules and Regulations toread If they have any objection then theyshould have discussed it with theCOMELEC Instead they signed theCertificatres of Candidacy After theelection they were also given a chance toappeal But they ignored it What I findinappropriate are the things they didprotesting in front of the center for a fewdays freezing FAMAS accouint illegallyinducting their officers etc

FAMAS had and still has its upsand down As noted below even duringthe beginning there had been a short-livedfeud between the east side and the westside resulting in two associations onecalled Philippine Association of Montreal(PAM) and the other the Filipino Aociationof the Province of Quebec (FAPQ) Itcannot be denied that bickering anddifferences among differeent factions havebeen a constant threat to the solidarityamong Filipinos Nevertheless they arealways there fior each other in time ofneed It is like a big family After all othercultural associations have had their ownproblems too

List of FAMAS presidents 1963-1964 - Vicente Sison 1964-1965 - DrB Oteysa finished the term of EmilAssistores 1965-1966 - Dr Ben deGuzman 1966-1967 - R Mendoza finishedthe term started by Carlos Borromeo1967-1968 Dr Diego Rosales gave up infavor of John Alvarado In 1967 a crisisoccured that led to the formation of twoasociations John Alvarado continued hisjob as president of Philippine Associationof Montreal (PAM) while Orlan Racachobecame president of a new associationcalled Filipino Association of the Provnceof Quebec In 1968-1969 George Pobletebecame president of PAM and Dr DeoEsguerra was at the helm of FAPQ In1969 according to Jake Maguigadsarticle FAMAS made the maidenappearance with Dr Nap Magadia andlater T Patrio as president while the nameof Andy Palomar was recorded by BertAbiera as the president during the periodof 1969-1970 Abiera also provided thenames of other past presidents namely1970-1971 Simeon Orejudos 1971-1972Alvin Veloso 1972-1973 Roberto Bernas 1973-1974 Carmelita Sideco 1974-1975Orlan Racacho 1975-1976 DominadorRosales 1976-1977 Dr Bartolome Javier1977-1978 Henry Casuga 1978-1979Norma Villarosa 1979-1980 Dr EdilbertoPelausa 1980-1981 Liwanag Sanga 1981-1982 - Angelita Ogerio 1982-1983Salvador Cagugao 1983-1984 NemiaSaldua 1984-1985 Dr GenovevaSantander 1985-1986 Julita Parado 1986-1987 Alberto Abiera 1987-1988 AuroraOsdon 1988-1989 Marlene Birao-Schacter 1989-1990 Mario Umali 1990-1991 Erlinda Baltazar 1991-1992 LimeoCollao 1992-1993 Dick Dahiroc 1993-1994 Malrlene Birao-Schacter 1994-1995Emma Resurreccion 1995-1997 James dela Paz (two consecutive terms) 1997-1998Ricardo Cosico 1998-1999 JoseBustamante

The change in the terms ofpresidents began in 1999-2001 with CarlosP Reyes 2001-2003 Venancio Parial 2003-2005 Santiago Tino 2005-2007 AlbertoFloresca 2007-2008 2008 - ClaroBermjudez who had to leave for a jobopporuntiy in South Africa and appointedFlor Rillo to replace him for the remainderof his term until August 2009 AuroraOsdon 2009-2013 (two consecutive terms)

FAMAS in a capsule

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Fresh liver

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Fresh Pork Belly with skin

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Ground PorkSpecial 229lb

Philippine Cuisineand

Favorite FoodCompiled by Zenaida Ferry Kharroubi

Fresh Pork Leg

Over 20 lbs 409 lb

lb

Bone-in shoulder chops219 lb

12 kilo pork bellygarlic powdersalt and pepper

For the filling

1 small bundle large spring onionschopped1 stalk lemon grass chopped1 small bundle chives chopped3-4 cloves garlic choppedblack pepper powderchili flakessalt

For the baste

3 tablespoon oil1 tablespoon soy sauce

Balamban Liempo - Cooking procedure

Make an incision in the middle of thepork belly to form a pocket for thefillings Rub the pork belly with garlicpowder salt and pepper let stand inthe refrigerator and marinate for a least1 hour or more Mix and blend all thefilling ingredients and put it inside thebelly pocket keep aside Preheat ovento 300degF to 350degF using the top andbottom heating element In a roastingpan with the same size with the porkbelly place the pork belly with the skinon top Drizzle the pork belly skin withsoy sauce and rub to evenly coat

Balamban Liempo - Grill

Place the roasting pan in the pre-heated oven and roast for 1 to 112hours Occasionally brush the skinwith the oil and soy sauce bastemixture Adjust lower the temperatureif the skin is drying or cooking too fastNow remove the pork belly from thebaking pan and place in the middle ofthe oven in a rack continue to roast foranother 20 to 30 minutes Increase theoven temperature to 400degF to 450degFduring the last 10 to 15 minutes ofcooking or until reddish in color and theskin should be crisp at this stageRemove from oven and cover theroasting pan with aluminium foil and letrest for 10 to 15 minutes Cut intoserving pieces and serve with yourchoice pinakurat vinegar dippingsauce

Pork Belly RoastBalamban liempo style

roasting the pork belly is roasted whileit is in the roasting pan I used glassThis will allow the juices together withthe aromatics cook the meatremember you have to use top andbottom grill of the oven Halfway thepork belly is removed from the panand let grill on the middle of the ovenYou can also use yoursquore turbo broilerif you have one again just be mindfulof your temperatures and timings Ifyou have an oven with rotisserie thenwe would not have to do the abovecomplicated roasting method

Balamban Liempo - Ingrdients

Balamban Liempo as the nameoriginated in Balamban one of thetowns located along the western coastof Cebu Several entrepreneurs havebrought the Balamban Liempo outsideof Balamban and has become one ofthe must eat food when you are inCebu City

Balamban Liempo - Chopped

The pork belly has to be roasted in 2procedures During the first half of

Pinakbet (VegetableStew)

ngredients14 kilo pork with fat (cut into very small

pieces)3 tablespoons oil1 12 cup water

I 2 medium size Ampalaya (cut into 8pieces each)

2 medium size eggplants (cut into 8pieces each)

1 small size kalabasaabout6-10 pieces okra (halved)6 pieces tomatoes (quartered)1 small garlic head (minced)2 small onions (diced)1 small ginger (sliced)4 tablespoons bagoong isdaPinch of pepper

Procedure

In a pan fry pork until lightly crispy setaside

Saute garlic onion tomatoes and gingerin the pork fat and mix in pork

In a pot boil water with bagoongAdd in the pork and spicesAdd all the vegetables and cookServe hot

Pinakbet is a very typical andpopular dish among Filipinos in theIlocos provinces but also adopted byother groups in Luzon except thatthere is a slight difference in theingredients

Tilapia with blackbean sauce

Tilapia with Salted Black BeansIngredients

1 large tilapia sliced crosswise(steak cut)

14 cup canned tausi (salted blackbeans) ndash discard the water

12 cup chopped flat leaf parsley1 medium yellow onion diced2 teaspoon minced garlic1 12 tablespoons oyster sauce1 tablespoon soy sauce1 teaspoon cornstarch diluted in 12

cup watercooking oilSalt and pepper to taste

Cooking Procedure

Rub salt and pepper all over thesliced tilapia Let it stand for 10 minutes

Heat 1 cup of cooking oil in a fryingpan

Pan-fry the sliced tilapia in mediumheat for about 5 minutes per side or untilthe color turns medium brown Removethe fried tilapia and place in a plate linedwith paper towel

In a clean cooking pan heat about 2tablespoons of cooking oil

Saute the garlic and onionWhen the onion softensadd the

parsley and salted black beansPut the fried tilapia in the pan Add

the soy sauce oyster sauce andcornstarch diluted in water Stir gently andlet boil Cover and simmer for 10 to 15minutes

Add pepper to taste Note you canadd more water to make it taste less salty

Transfer to a serving bowlServe share and enjoy

ReminderFAMAS

50th Anniversary GalaSaturday June 15 2013

Call 514-341-7477

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FILIPINO STARS H O W B I Z G O S S I PlsquoAnnalizarsquo wants to directsomeday

She may be just 10 years old andher show-biz career just starting totake off but child star AndreaBrillantes can already see herselfworking behind the camera whenbeing in front of it has lost its appeal

ldquoI enjoy taking photos and mymom tells me they look nicerdquo shesaid ldquoI want to become a director awriter or a photographer when I growolder I want to be behind the scenesrdquoBrillantes told a small group ofreporters at a recent media gatheringfor ABS-CBNrsquos remake of the popular1980s television drama ldquoAnnalizardquowhere she plays the title role

The late Julie Vega was theoriginal Annaliza

For her dream first photo shootBrillantes said she wanted her subjectto be her idol Kim Chiu Her directorialdebut on the other hand will mostlikely have ldquoAnnalizardquo costar ZanjoeMarudo (who plays her father Guido)as lead actor she added

Prior to this big break Brillantesoften played the role of a teleseryersquosstar as a child She was the youngAndi Eigenmann in ldquoKahit PusorsquoyMasugatanrdquo Jessy Mendiola inldquoPrecious Heart Romances Paraisordquoand Kim Chiu in ldquoIna Kapatid Anakrdquo

ldquoIrsquom very thankful and happy thatI was chosen to play Annalizabecause itrsquos my dream to star in myown showrdquo she said Brillantes saidshe googled Vega on the Internet toknow more about her learning abouther birthday and death

Looking sweet and adorable in apink dress Brillantes was refreshingly

self-assured when asked if shebelieved she could carry a televisionshow on her own

But the precocious youngsterclammed up when the subject ofcompetition with other ABS-CBN childstars such as Xyriel Manabat wasbrought up ldquoI donrsquot knowrdquo shemurmured ldquoMas matanda po akordquoshe offered drawing laughter fromthe crowd

Currently a Grade 4 student inAmbassador School for ChildrenBrillantes said she might resort tohome-schooling next academic yearbecause of her increasingly heavyschedule

Do her schoolmates and friendsknow that shersquos an actor ldquoYestheyrsquore happy and proud of meSometimes they approach me forphoto opsrdquo she said

Brillantes who joined the kiddiegag show ldquoGoinrsquo Bulilitsrdquo in 2010proudly announced she was able tobuy herself a cell phone and an iPadfrom her earnings ldquoSomeday I wantto have a nice bedroomrdquo she said

Business unit head Ruel Bayanisaid their version of ldquoAnnalizardquo wouldbe generally faithful to the originalseries ldquoBut to make it relevant todaywe incorporated different socialissues we encounter nowrdquo Bayanisaid

Directed by Theodore Boboroland Cathy Camarillo ldquoAnnalizardquo startsairing Monday before ldquoTV Patrolrdquo a

After his sold-out birthdayconcert at the Smart-AranetaColiseum Kapamilya teensensation Daniel Padilla continuesto sweep off the feet of his fans withhis sophomore album under StarRecords titled ldquoDJPrdquo

Daniel Padilla ReleasesSophomore Album DJP

Following the success of hisdouble platinum self-titled albumldquoDJPrdquo features 10 tracks includingDanielrsquos carrier single ldquoKamustaKardquo ldquoKung San Ka MasayardquoldquoSabay Natinrdquo ldquoPanalanginrdquoldquoBinibinirdquo ldquoNaaalalardquo ldquoKisapmatardquoldquoIpagpatawad Mordquo ldquoSisikat DinAkordquo and the acoustic version ofHimig Handog P-Pop Love Songfinalist ldquoNasa Iyo Na Ang Lahatrdquo

The album also carries thebonus track ldquoDiskarterdquo DanielrsquosldquoDJPrdquo album is already available onall record bars nationwide for onlyP250 The digital tracks of thealbum can also be downloaded viawwwmymusicstorecomph andiTunes

For more information visit StarRecordsrsquo Facebook fanpage atwwwfacebookcomstarrecordsphilor follow starrecordsph onTwitter a

Daniel Padilla ReleasesSophomore Album DJP

Daniel Padilla had his fans shrieking onASAP Sunday as he channeled hisinner Mr Suave while performing theParokya ni Edgar hit along with threeother Padillas RJ Matthew and JC

Rising teleserye princess Andrea Brillantes suddenly burst into tears while walkingon center stage when her first teleserye starrer Annaliza was introduced toadvertisers at the recently held ABS-CBN trade event at the NBC Tent in Taguig Theten-year old young actress wasnrsquot able to contain her emotions any longer whenshe realized that she is actually living her long-time dream of playing lead in a TVseries

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Our slaughterhouse is very clean and our prices are reasonable

Reserve your mutton from Aid Al Adha bull Sariwa malinis

The Court of Appeals (CA) ruledin favor of the Movie and TelevisionReview and Classification Board(MTRCB) that suspended TV5snoontime game show Willing Willie in2011 over an obscene segment

Associated Justice ManuelBarrios of the appellate courts 2ndDivision said in an 11-page decisionissued late Thursday that thecontested episode that showed ayoung boy dancing in a raunchymanner while crying was enoughmaterial for MTRCB to suspend thepopular show for one month

A review of the recording of thatsegment shows a 6-year old boygyrating like a macho dancer whilebeing cajoled and goaded by theshows host and the audience iscommonly perceived as transpiringonly in night clubs and othershadowy establishments thedecision stated

The court also called the showhost Willie Revillame insensitive inencouraging the boy to continue withthe performance in exchange for amonetary reward

While money has great utilityand is beneficial in these times ofwant it must never be used asjustification to sacrifice good moralsdecency self respect and thepsychological well-being of itscitizens especially the young itadded

MTRCB Chairman EugenioVillareal welcomed the courtsdecision on Thursday night sayinghe hopes the ruling be instructive tothe television industryEntertainment ( Article MRec )pagematch 1 sectionmatch 1

May this allow the televisionindustry especially those moredirectly concerned to move on andhelp build an entertainment culturethat is truly audience-sensitive andparticularly looking out for thewelfare of our young Villareal said ina statement

MTRCB earlier said in the originalsuspension ruling that the showviolated a law against immoral andindecent broadcasts that run counterto Filipino valuesinvoking herbrothers being in power when shemade a veiled threat Wala na siyangibang masabi Sabi niya Bakanakalimutan mo may three years paang brother ko Yap said a

Court says Willie Revillameinsensitive upholds showsuspension

Julia Barretto the winsome 16-year old daughter of Marjorie Barrettowho is fast making a name for herselfin the show business industry as ldquoTheMost Beautiful Barrettordquo continues tocapture hearts including that of teenstar Julian Estrada - her co-star in arecent special episode of ABS-CBNrsquosaward-winning fantasy-dramaanthology ldquoWansapanataymrdquo

Estrada who like Barretto is ascion of an established showbiz familythat includes actor turned presidentJoseph ldquoEraprdquo Estrada has nowadmitted to wooing his fellow StarMagic 2013 member in a recentinterview on ldquoKris TVrdquo ndash a far cry froman earlier statement

ldquoHindi naman po ligaw (But)things are doing pretty well (betweenthe two of us) rdquo he was quoted assaying prior

Ironically the 15-year-old spilledthe truth about courting the young

actress when he was being grilled byhis own father actor turned senatorJinggoy Estrada during their guestappearance on ldquoKris TVrdquo Monday

ldquoNililigawan mo bardquo The senatorasked his son who went on to blurt acurt ldquoYeahrdquo

When asked if he thinks he is onhis way to winning Julia over theyoung Estrada meekly retortedldquoSanardquo

The older Estrada went on todispense seeming sage advice tellinghis son to give the star of theupcoming series ldquoCofradiardquo gifts likeflowers fruits and chocolates

He went on to praise Julia as withthe rest of the Barrettos for theirbeauty

ldquoMaganda talaga rsquoyung mgaBarretto sistersrdquo said he referring tothe controversial siblings GretchenClaudine and Marjorie Juliarsquos mother

Julian and Julia Fromreel to real

Julian Estrada and Julia Barretto

TV5 statement onMr Willie Revillamersquosresignation

Willie Revillame

So it has finally been confirmedthe rumor that Willie Revillame isresigning from TV5 and that his showldquoWowowillierdquo will end when his contractwith the network expires on Oct 15

The persistent hearsay was thatWillie is resigning because he wasasking for a P90 million talent fee permonth which the Kapatid networkrejected according to a source

Williersquos camp denied the rumorsaying at first that while itrsquos true hiscontract with TV5 is expiring in Octoberthere was no negotiation going on yetabout the possible renewal of suchcontract much less about any amountfor the hostrsquos monthly talent fee

Willie has his options on whether tocontinue with the show or take hismuch-needed vacation He has favoredthe latter

To this TV5 has issued this shortstatement

ldquoWe respect the decision of MrWillie Revillame to retire upon theexpiry of his contract with TV5 We wishhim well in his new pursuitsrdquo a

May 201318 The North American Filipino Star

Showbiz Gossip Continued from p17

Maja Salvador said she is at a lossfor words when met with greetings onher relationship with Gerald Andersonwhich the actor recently confirmed

At the sidelines of the filming of herupcoming big-screen project with SenJinggoy Estrada on Wednesday the24-year-old actress was asked for herreaction to her boyfriend going publicwith their relationship

Marami ang nagsasabi na angganda ko raw ang suwerte ko raw Diko alam paano sasagutin yun eSalvador was quoted as saying byentertainment news site PhilippineEntertainment Portal

Siguro sobrang blessed ko langna ganun ako ka-importante sa buhayniya talaga she said referring toAnderson

The 24-year-old actor admitted the

real score between him and Salvadorin the June 2013 issue of entertainmentmagazine StarStudio

Last Sunday Anderson said thedecision to admit his romantic ties withSalvador was for everybodys peace ofmind citing the endless speculationsabout their relationship

Anderson and Salvadorsrelationship however came at the costof the actress friendship with her InaKapatid Anak co-star and erstwhilebest friend Kim Chiu

Chiu is the former girlfriend ofAnderson The two broke up in 2010

In an earlier interview an emotionalChiu said she has already forgivenAnderson and Salvador but added itis difficult to forget what they did toyou a

Maja Salvador reacts to GeraldAndersonrsquos confession

Gerald Anderson and Maja Salvador

The lady of laughs Ai Ai delasAlas feels so much better now daysafter her personal conflict with short-lived husband Jed Salang came to ahead

Ai Ai said she never realized howmuch love she enjoys from everyone ndashher family her friends in and out of thebusiness her fans and even those whoare just looking ndash until this thinghappened to her

ldquoIrsquom overwhelmed by the love andsupport of everybody I am verythankful Sobrang pasasalamat kotalaga sa Diyos at sa lahat-lahat ngmga mababait na mga anak ko mgakaibigan ko at mga taong nagmamahalsa akin kahit hindi naman nila akomasyadong nakakasama o nakikita

Wala na akong mahihiling paNapakasuwerte ko pa rinrdquo she saidAi Ai told us everything is clear with hernow ldquoHindi ko akalain na mangyayarisa buhay ko ang ganorsquon nanapapanood ko lang sa TV Pero atleast okay na ako Nakalaya na rin akobago pa mangyari sa akin ang mgabagay na ikakahiya ko pa balangarawrdquo she said

Ai Ai likened her life to a plot of anABS-CBN soap opera She saidldquorsquoyung tipong isang medyonakakabatang lalaki na pumatol saisang medyo may edad na babae namay pera Pero meron talaga siyangpamilya at sinabihan niya na sandalilang ito at kailangan lang niya gawinpara na din sa kanyang mag-inaGanun ang eksaktong nangyari saakinrdquoAnd what didnrsquot kill her made herstronger Ai Ai said ldquoNow I really thankGod for waking me up just in timeMasakit pero ganun talagaNaghangad kasi ako na mahalin ngisang lalaki mapakasalan Siguro hinditalaga rsquoyun ang buhay na para sa akinMarami namang masyadong blessingna ibinibigay si God Ang mga anak kosobrang mahal ako Nahihiya nga akosa kanila at nagpapasalamat nanaiintindihan nila ang Mommy nila Silaang tunay kong kayamananrdquo a

Ai Ai Delas Alas is much betternow

Comedienne Ai Ai delas Alas hasfiled a formal complaint against herhusband of 29 days businessmanJed Salang

According to a report ofentertainment website Pepphpublished on Wednesday delas Alascharged Salang of violating theRepublic Act 9262 or the act definingviolence against women and childrenbefore the Quezon City Regional Trial

Court on FridayThis is in addition to the

protection order she sought againsther husband so he could no longercome near her by 100 to 500 meters

Citing a source allegedly close tothe comedienne Pepph said delasAlas detailed in her petition howSalang physically abused her lastMay 2

The source added delas Alas alsoconsulted with a psychologist whotold her that she is in a ldquostate ofdepressionrdquo and is suffering from anldquoacute post-traumatic-stressdisorderrdquo

Two weeks ago delas Alas brokedown on The Buzz as she confirmedher breakup from Salang

In an interview with The Buzzhost Boy Abunda delas Alasadmitted that she was physically

Ai Ai delas Alas with her husband JedSalang (file photo)

Ai Ai files raps vs husband JedSalang

abused by Salang which led to herdecision to leave him last May 2

She also tearfully said shebelieves Salang never loved her

Delas Alas and Salang weremarried in Las Vegas last April 3

It takes two to do the show bizbreakup cha-cha

Did Jed Salang really do all thoseawful awful things andhellip isnrsquot hegoing to defend himself Just youwait

In the aftermath of Ai-Ai de lasAlasrsquo spectacular meltdown on ldquoTheBuzzrdquo last Sunday over a turbulentseparation from her husband of lessthan a month movie reporters havebeen hunting down Salang abusinessman

Did he really beat up the 48-year-old actress routinely Is he agambling addict as they say Is it

true that he received a monthlyallowance of P40000 from De lasAlas Did he use her money to buyexpensive gifts for another personAwful awful talk (Meanwhile has hereturned the ldquodream carrdquo that shegave him for their first ldquomonthsaryrdquo)

Several show biz scribes havegone to Salangrsquos workplace inAlabang others to his reportedcurrent address A few claim to havetalked to Salang but say he declinedto comment on the whole sordidaffair

When De las Alas claimed onnationwide TV that she had broken upwith Salang on May 2 after repeatedincidents of physical abuse her fanswent up in arms as if on cue Theywasted no time in flooding SalangrsquosInstagram account with vitriolprompting him to close it onMondaymdashhis only link to socialnetworking a

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Words cannot express howdelighted Lovi Poe is about her sisterGrace Poe-Llamanzares ranking No 1in the May 13 senatorial race Shefinds it hard to believe that she nowhas a big sister who is a senator and isjust a phone call away

Lovi during her contract signingwith GMA-7 last May 17 shared thatshe has gotten to know her elder sisterwell during the campaign season

ldquoIrsquom so proud of her When we hadlunch I met her son daughter and herhusband They are all wonderfulpeople talaga Lahat sila mababait SiAte Grace shersquos very humble shersquosvery smart Talagang I look up to herKung baga isa siyang magandanghalimbawardquo she sharedShe added that if she is proud shecould just imagine how prouder theirfather the late Fernando Poe Jr Kingof Philippine Cinema would havebeen

ldquoIrsquom sure si Papa kung anongnararamdaman ko kay Ate Grace masgrabe pa siya and Irsquom sureipagpapatuloy niya ang gusto niPapahellip I just really feel so proudespecially with what happened nanag-number one siya Siya na mismonagsabi that she didnrsquot expect thatrdquoLovi expressed that she will be asupportive sister and intimated thatSen Grace would be having lunchwith her to discuss her plans inpolitics She said that she would helpin her own capacity as an actress butwonrsquot be ldquovisible politicallyrdquo

ldquoI donrsquot want to venture into

politics kasi itrsquos not my turf talagaLetrsquos leave it to the experts sabi nganilardquo quipped Lovi

These days Lovi is more focusedon giving her all in the projects that theKapuso network entrusts her Shebelieves she has the talent and wantsto prove that she is worthy of herthree-year contract Her love life toocould take a backseat to her new stateof mind which is workldquoIrsquom not dating now I just want to

focus talaga on work Ito rsquoyungpromise ko sa sarili ko na masfocused ako now Irsquom already 24 yearsold at ibang Lovi na ito Mas mature nakasi medyo before I want to enjoywhile working of course but now masfocused nardquo

Itrsquos been almost two months sinceLovi took a break from the Kapusonetwork Now she is excited to goback to work and see her colleagueswhom she misses a lot She also looks

forward to the teleseryes she wouldget and the leading men shersquod beworking with As an actress she israring to do more challenging roles inthe near future

By the way Lovi is in theupcoming movie of Joel Lamanganentitled ldquoLihisrdquo with Jake Cuenca andJoem Bascon among others a

Lovi proud sister to Sen Grace Poe

Lovi Poe (Left) and Sen Grace Poe-Llamanzares

For the first time HeartEvangelista revealed the real reasonwhy she and Jericho Rosales whomshe considers her ldquogreatest loverdquobroke up in 2008

In an sit-down interview with Yesmagazine for its May 2013 issueEvangelista said her parents madeher believe that Rosales cheated onher with Malaysian actress CarmenSoo

At that time Evangelista justreconciled with her parents after nottalking to them for three yearsbecause she fought for herrelationship with Rosales

Evangelista said her parents didnot approve of the Kapamilya actorbecause he already had a child froma previous relationship

ldquoI didnrsquot see them for three yearsat that time and I missed them somuch And I was also going though alot I was struggling with life I wasconfused Although I was happy itwas hard to be happy in one areaand everything else seems like itrsquosfalling apart But the moment I gotback with them naging okay kamirdquoshe said

Rosales was then in Malaysiawith Soo for the ABS-CBN seriesldquoKahit Isang Saglitrdquo whileEvangelista was in Dubai for her ownshow in GMA-7

ldquoWhen they said that he wascheating on me with Carmen Soo Ireally did think that he was I reallythought that he cheated on me Ireally did And that was because theytold me that he was and I wasconvincedrdquo she said

Evangelista shared there waseven a time when Rosales went tosee her in her condominium unit sohe could explain himself but theynever saw each other

ldquoMy mom didnrsquot tell me that hewas waiting for me downstairs in mycondo for five hours She didnrsquot say

anything so I didnrsquot hear from himrdquoshe said

The 27-year-old actress said shejust learned in due course thatRosales did not really cheat on her

ldquoOf course they are yourparentsmdashwhen they tell yousomething over and over you start tohave fears You start to doubt certainsituations And thatrsquos what happenedto me beforerdquo she said

Through time Evangelistaunderstood that her mom was justscared to lose her

ldquoShe was trying to let me go She

was really trying her best to not getherself involved with my pastrelationships It was always like thatShe would try But in the endeverything that she kept inside wouldjust blow up and it would just affectme so much and also therelationship that I was inrdquo she said

Evangelista recently madeheadlines anew after she foundherself in another collision coursewith her parents who lambasted hercurrent boyfriend Senator FrancisChiz Escudero

Both Evangelista and Escuderohowever have stood firm that theyare not breaking up amid all theissues surrounding their relationship

Why Heart and Jericho really broke up Jericho has found lsquoThe Onersquo

Early photo of Heart amp JerichoNot meant to be Former lovers Heartand Jericho Rosales

May 201320 The North American Filipino Star

Itrsquos tough fighting the worldrsquossecond biggest economic power andmost populous country But whenanother economic heavyweight joinsthe fight against you they couldtrounce you very badly And to makethe situation worse the two adversariesare the giant Peoplersquos Republic ofChina (PRC) and the Lilliputian buteconomically rich Republic of China(ROC) which is more commonly knownas Taiwan With the Philippines upagainst the two Chinas her options are

limited

Over the past several years Chinaincreased her defense budget todouble-digit increments In the case ofTaiwan the United States provided herwith firepower to defend herself fromChina whose ultimate goal is to takeover Taiwan and complete theunification of the two Chinas under onegovernment

But the US has nothing to do with thatAlthough the US recognizes the PRCunder a ldquoOne China Policyrdquo she madeit known that Taiwan would bedefended should China decide toinvade Taiwan

The Philippines followed suit andadopted a ldquoOne China Policyrdquo too thussevering her diplomatic relationshipwith Taiwan However the influentialcommunity of Chinese expatriates andrefugees in the Philippines identifythemselves with Chiang Kai-shek andhis Kuomintang Party who fled toTaiwan in 1949 after they were defeatedby Mao Zedong and his CommunistParty in a bloody Civil War

To continue their ldquofriendshiprdquo thePhilippines and Taiwan established twooffices to serve as conduit between thetwo governments The Philippinegovernment opened the ManilaEconomic and Cultural Office (MECO)in Taipei and Taiwan opened the TaipeiEconomic and Cultural Office (TECO) inManila Indeed the relationshipbetween the Philippines and Taiwancouldnrsquot have been betterhellip until lastMay 9 when an incident in disputedwaters ended in the death of aTaiwanese fisherman

Fishing boat incidentRelatives of fisherman killed by thePhilippine Coast Guard

According to Philippine Coast Guard(PCG) account two Taiwanese fishing

boats were sighted in the Balintangchannel just north of Luzon which isPhilippine territory and not claimed byTaiwan or any other country In whatappeared to be illegal fishing the PCGvessel approached the fishing boatsbut one of them tried to ram the PCGvessel The PCG fired at the chargingfishing boat to disable it The fishingboat was disabled howeverunbeknown to the PCG crew a 65-yearold Taiwanese fisherman was hit Thena ldquobig white shiprdquo came to view and the

PCG vessel took off (Source The DailyTribune)

The incident created a crescendo ofevents leading to violence againstOverseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) inTaiwan MECO Chairman AmadeoPerez reported that an OFW wasattacked with a baseball bat by anangry mob in Kaohsiung City TaiwanOther attacks on OFWs were reportedldquoThe situation in Taiwan now is verytenserdquo said PerezIn an attempt to placate TaiwanPresident Benigno Aquino IIIapologized for the death of the

Taiwanese fisherman but the Taiwanesegovernment uncharacteristicallyrejected it as ldquoinsincererdquo

And to make matters worse theTaiwanese government banned theentry of OFWs The Philippinegovernment is preparing evacuationplans should the need to bring theOFWs home arises The Taiwanesegovernment also issued an advisory toher citizens not to visit the Philippines

Enter the bullyEmperor Xi Jinping (Credit TheEconomist)

Meanwhile a Chinese foreign ministryspokesman said ldquoWe strongly

condemn the barbaric shooting andkilling of the Taiwanese fishermandemanding that the Philippines shouldinvestigate the case and furnish thedetails as soon as possible We aredeeply grieved about the death of theTaiwanese compatriot and have sentcondolences to his familyrdquo With Chinaopenly siding with Taiwan it makes onewonder if China was taking advantageof the incident to drive a wedgebetween the two allies of the UnitedStates Indeed China has been tryingvery hard to neutralize the UnitedStatesrsquo military presence in the WesternPacific particularly in the South andEast China Seas

In August 2012 China tricked thePhilippines into ending the standoff atthe Scarborough Shoal (PanatagShoal) by agreeing to a withdrawal ofthe two countriesrsquo naval vessels fromthe area As soon as the Philippineswithdrew her Coast Guard vesselsChina cordoned off the only opening tothe shoal while several Chinese shipsstayed Since then China has de factopossession of the shoal which is about124 miles from Luzon and within thePhilippinesrsquo 200-mile ExclusiveEconomic Zone (EEZ)

Ryukyu archipelagoRyukyu Islands

Recently two events happened that putChinese expansionism into thegeopolitical equation First itquestioned Japanrsquos ownership of theRyukyu archipelago which includesOkinawa where the US maintains 18army navy air force and marine bases

China claims that the Ryukyus wereonce a Chinese vassal state during theMing and Qing dynasties therefore theisland chain should be returned toChina

With this new ldquoterritorial disputerdquoJapanrsquos ongoing dispute with Chinaover ownership of the Senkaku Islandstakes different dimension Someexperts are saying that China is usingthe Ryukyu issue as a bargaining chipto her claim over the Senkakus a groupof five uninhabited islands and isletswedged between Okinawa and Taiwan

When Japan and Taiwan recentlysigned a joint fishing agreement aroundthe Senkakus China became furiousAnd right after that the ownership of theRyukyus came into play

Ayungin Shoal

China also opened another potentialarea of dispute ndash right inside Philippineterritory A few days ago severalChinese ships were sighted near theAyungin Shoal in the Kalayaan town inthe province of Palawan

Last May 10 a Department of ForeignAffairs (DFA) spokesperson said thatAyungin Shoal is within the PhilippinesrsquoEEZ He said that the entry of foreignfishing vessels in an EEZ is a violationof the United Nations Convention of theLaw of the Sea (UNCLOS) China andthe Philippines are signatories toUNCLOS DFA filed a protest letter withthe Chinese Embassy in Manila on theprovocative presence of two Chinesemaritime surveillance shipsand onewarship around Ayungin Shoal(Source The Philippine Star)

Taiping Island

Taiwan also has a piece of the actionamong six nations involved in territorialdisputes in the Spratly archipelagoRecently Taiwan announced plans toexpand a pier in Taiping Island thelargest island in the Spratlys Byexpanding the pier in the fortified islandit would allow port calls by Taiwanrsquos2000-ton frigates The island hasalready a 3800-foot runway whichTaiwan built in 2006 (Source NewStraits Times)

During the 115th anniversarycelebration of the Philippine Navy lastMay 21 Aquino declared ldquoOurmessage to the world is clear what isours is ours and we will repel any andall attempts to claim what is ours anddefend ourselves against any form ofaggression especially within ourbackyardrdquoIt seems that itrsquos going to bea battle between David vs two Goliaths(PerryDiazgmailcom)

David vs Two Goliaths

Anti-Filipino rally in Taiwan

Relatives of killed Taiwanese fisherman

ldquoEmperorrdquo Xi Jinping (Credit The Economist)

Ryukyu Islands

May 2013 21The North American Filipino Star

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Embracing theObscureBy David White

This past weekend in Sonoma CountyCalifornia 17 vintners gathered for a winetasting they dubbed The 7 PercentSolution

As the organizers explained roughly 93percent of Northern California vineyardacreage is planted to eight major grapevarietals The remaining 7 percent is hometo numerous lesser-known varietals[which] are finding anchor with a small butgrowing number of winemakers

The event enabled consumers to explorethe wines being produced by Californiasrevolutionary vintners -- those willing toembrace the states vast and varied climateby avoiding popular grapes and bottlingthe obscure Whether theyre producingunusual varietals or exploring unheraldedregions these winemakers are worthcelebrating

That certain regions of California might bebetter suited to say Albarino thanChardonnay makes sense Across theglobe commercial wine is produced from a

whopping 1368 different grape varieties Itdefies logic to assume that grapes native tocentral France will thrive in all the worldsnew vineyards

This topic was explored at this years DrinkLocal Wine conference by Joseph FiolaPhD a University of Maryland professorwho has spent over 25 years researchingand teaching about experimentalviticulture

During his lecture Fiola spent a great dealof time praising the Old World for itscommitment to growing varieties that areadapted to local growing conditions

Local varieties have been growing inthose areas for hundreds maybethousands of years he explainedYear in year out they get ripe Year inyear out winemakers can controlproduction Those areas know how togrow the grapes they know how tomake good wine And its the localgrapes that are the best [Winemakers]arent going to grow CabernetSauvignon all over Italy becausepeople know the name

Fiola went on to compare southernItalys climate to southern MarylandsYet he acknowledged the temptation tofocus on well-known varieties

Trying to convince a Maryland winerythat has to worry about marketing topeople who can barely pronounceChardonnay to sell Nero dAvolaNegroamaro Sagrantino he askednaming three esoteric varieties fromItaly That presents a challenge heconceded

Europe has an advantage of courseThe continent has been producingwine for thousands of years so vintnersthere understand which grapes dobest In France for examplewinemakers in Burgundy know to focus

on Pinot Noir and Chardonnay Just asGerman vintners recognize thatRiesling thrives in the countrys Moselregion Spanish vintners recognize thatAlbarino thrives in Galicia

Wine production in the United States isstill in its infancy But winemakers knowthat American consumers enjoyCabernet Sauvignon ChardonnayMerlot Pinot Noir and SauvignonBlanc so thats what most produceOnly the most courageous vintnerswould eschew these varieties

One of these courageous vintners isMatthew Rorick of Forlorn Hope whopoured at this weekends tasting inSonoma Since 2005 he has beenproducing rare creatures fromappellations unknown and varietiesuncommon

His rare creatures are truly unusualHe produces delightful reds fromSangiovese and Barbera two Italiangrapes that few California winemakers

take seriously He produces a deliciousVerdelho a white wine thats typicallyassociated with Portugal He producesthe nations only 100-percent StLaurent a thought-provoking highlyaromatic red thats almost impossibleto find outside Austria and the CzechRepublic Each year he crafts morethan a dozen different wines -- andvirtually all are produced in lots offewer than 2500 bottles

The fact that 17 vintners like Rorickwere able to fill a room this pastweekend is a testament to the fact thatan increasing number of winemakersare willing to take risks And perhapsmore importantly Americanconsumers are growing morecomfortable exploring the unknown

David White a wine writer is the founderand editor of Terroiristcom His columnsare housed at Palate Press The OnlineWine Magazine

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Minister FlahertyHighlights EconomicAction Plan 2013rsquosStrong Support forCharitableOrganizations

The Honourable Jim Flaherty Ministerof Finance today urged Canadians totake advantage of the HarperGovernmentrsquos new First-Time DonorrsquosSuper Credit and donate to acharitable organization

Speaking at Lutherwood a not-for-profit health and social serviceorganization serving the WaterlooRegion and Wellington CountyMinister Flaherty said ldquoThroughout ournationrsquos history Canadians haveworked together to serve others andhave made Canada a better place inthe process Our Government wants tosee that noble tradition continuewhich is why Economic Action Plan2013 builds on previous actions by ourGovernment to support families andcommunities and the quality of life forhard-working Canadiansrdquo

These initiatives include the RegisteredDisability Savings Plan the FamilyCaregiver Tax Credit and the EnablingAccessibility Fund which supports thecapital costs of construction andrenovations to improve physicalaccessibility for persons withdisabilities

Minister Flaherty stated ldquoThe newFirst-Time Donorrsquos Super Credit willsignificantly enhance theattractiveness of donating to a charityfor young and new Canadians who arein a position to make donations for thefirst time By helping to rejuvenate andexpand the charitable sectorrsquos donorbase this important initiative will havean immediate impact in supporting thecharitable sectorrdquo

The credit will apply on cash donationsof up to $1000 claimed in any onetaxation year from 2013 to 2017 It willincrease the value of the existingCharitable Donations Tax Credit by 25percentage points if neither thetaxpayer nor their spouse has claimedthe credit since 2007

Kitchener-Waterloo MP Peter Braid achampion for such worthy causesadded ldquoCanadians are some of themost generous people in the worldwhen it comes to giving time andmoney to charity and our Governmentis committed to supporting that spiritrdquo

ldquoThe Super Credit is a very positivestep for charities wanting to engagenew donors We are excited by thepossibilities and eager to continueworking with the federal government toexplore innovative ways to expandcharitable giving by all Canadiansrdquosaid Marcel Lauziegravere President andCEO of Imagine Canada

___________________________________For further information media may

contact

Kathleen PerchalukPress SecretaryOffice of the Minister of Finance613-996-7861

Jack AubryMedia RelationsDepartment of Finance613-996-8080

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Treasury Board PresidentAnnounces MajorInitiative toward a High-Performing Public Service

For immediate release

May 28 2013

Ottawa ndash The Honourable TonyClement President of the TreasuryBoard today announced a newmandatory system for trackingemployee performance aimed atboosting productivity and ensuringCanadians receive modern effectiveand efficient public service

ldquoHard-working Canadians look to us toprovide high quality affordableservice The Governmentrsquos newperformance management regime willensure that we are employing thepublic service to its fullest potentialrdquosaid Minister Clement ldquoComplacencyand the status quo are not an optionExcellence must be the benchmarkCanadians deserve no lessrdquo

The new Directive on PerformanceManagement introduces for the firsttime a government-wide system fortracking employee performance Thegoal is three-fold

To recognize and reward excellentperformance

Work with all employees to maximizeperformance and

To deal decisively with unsatisfactoryperformance

ldquoPerformance management is aboutensuring good workers have anopportunity to become great workersand dealing effectively with poorperformersrdquo said Minister ClementldquoEither poor performers improve andbecome productive employees or wewill let them gordquo

The Directive which comes into effectin April 2014 includes a number ofstandardized measures for trackingperformance These measuresinclude establishing annualperformance objectives for allemployees mid-year evaluationsannual written performanceassessments and an action plan forimproving performance with clearestablished time-lines as well as stepsto be taken if performance does notimprove These steps could include

demotion or termination Processeswill ensure that employees are treatedfairly

ldquoDoing things the way they havealways been done is no longer goodenough if we want to build a 21stcentury public servicerdquo said MinisterClement ldquoWe owe it to Canadians andwe owe it to the vast majority ofcommitted hard-working publicservants to make sure everyone ispulling their weightrdquo

For more information please consultthe Directive on PerformanceManagement and visit thePerformance Management website

mdash 30 mdash

For more information see the Directiveon Performance Managementbackgrounder or contact

Matthew ConwayPress SecretaryOffice of the President of the TreasuryBoard and Minister responsible forFedNor613-957-2666

Media RelationsTreasury Board of Canada Secretariat613-957-2640

If there is a discrepancy between anyprinted version and the electronicversion of this news release theelectronic version will prevail

TTY (telecommunications device forthe hearing impaired) ndash 613-957-9090

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Backgrounder - Directive onPerformance Management

The Government of Canada isimplementing a new employeeperformance management program tofoster excellence in service delivery toCanadians and improve productivity

This Directive will introduce for the firsttime a systemic mandatoryperformance assessment for all corepublic sector employees Rigorousperformance management is a bestpractice and an essential element of amodern public service

The new Directive on PerformanceManagement applies to federalemployees in the core publicadministration See footnote 1 and willcome into effect on April 1 2014

The approach to implementingPerformance Management is system-wide and will support deputy headsmanagers and employees in achievingand sustaining a culture of highperformance in the public sector

Highlights

The Directive calls for consistency inhow employee performance ismanaged and how employeesrsquo skillsare developed across the federal

public service

Each federal organization will establishan employee performancemanagement program that includesrequirements such as

Mandatory annual performancemanagement objectives for allemployees including commitmentsperformance objectives and expectedbehaviours and learning ordevelopment plans

Mid-year evaluations of eachemployee

Annual written employee performanceassessments at the end of each fiscalyear

An action plan to support and guideemployees to improve performancewithin clear timelines and

Mandatory attestation by deputyheads that an employee hassuccessfully completed the probationperiod

Requirements for performanceagreements are already in place forpublic service executives and non-unionized employees With the newDirective performance agreements willbe mandatory for all

To support managers and supervisorsin adopting the new Directivemandatory training will be providedEach department will have acommittee made up of senior officialsto coach managers through theprocess Managers will also besupported with additional labourrelations advice and a Labour andEmployment Law Centre of Expertiseis also being created by the TreasuryBoard Secretariat to deal specificallywith employment law and litigation

The Values and Ethics Code for thePublic Sector that came into force inApril 2012 underpins the objectives ofthe new Directive

The Office of the Chief HumanResources Officer is responsible formonitoring departmentsrsquo compliancewith the directive and conductingreviews to evaluate its impact

Know ThyselfHe who knows much about

others may be learned but hewho understands himself is

more intelligentHe who controls others may be

powerful but he who hasmastered himself is

mightier still

A journey of a thousand milesmust begin with a single step

Lao Tzu

By viewing the old we learn the new

Chinese Proverb

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Cultural Centre launchedMontreacuteal May 28 2013 ndash At a specialmeeting held last Thursday the Cocircte-des-NeigesmdashNotre-Dame-de-Gracircce (CDNmdashNDG) Borough Council awarded a contractto build the new Notre-Dame-de-GracircceCultural Centre The $1540010710contract was won by the Geyser Group inc

The Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce Cultural Centrewill house a new Benny Library and also amulti-purpose hall to accommodate culturalexhibitions and a wide variety ofperformances The ecologically-friendlybuilding meeting LEED certificationstandards will be prominently located at theintersection of avenue de Monkland andavenue Benny across from the NDG SportsCentre

Construction will begin in the next fewweeks and be completed at the end of2014 Originally planned for 2012 theproject had to be modified in order to meetthe Boroughrsquos self-imposed budgetconstraints Construction of the Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce Cultural Centre representsa $236 million investment for which theBorough is depending in particular on thejoint financial support of the ministegravere de laCulture et des Communications du Queacutebecand the Ville de Montreacuteal

ICAO headquarters toremain in Montreal

MONTREAL May 27 2013 - The Ministerof Foreign Affairs the Honourable John

Baird the Minister of InternationalRelations La Francophonie and ExternalTrade and Minister responsible for theMontreacuteal region Mr Jean Francois Liseacuteeand the Mayor of Montreacuteal Mr MichaelApplebaum would like to invite members ofthe media to a press conference for thesigning of the renewal agreement with theInternational Civil Aviation Organization(ICAO) in Montreacuteal

Date Monday May 27th 2013Heure 5 pmLieu Terrace of City Hall

275 Notre-Dame EstMetro Champ-de-Mars

Come join celebrate thePhilippine IndependenceDay Celebration on June 12 1000AM at theFAMAS CentreThe Philippine Declaration of Independencesimultaneously marked the end of thePhilippine Revolution and the PhilippineIslandsrsquo assertion to sovereignty andindependence from Spanish colonial ruleHowever neither Spain nor Americarecognized such a stake to independentnationhood and on December 10 1898the Spanish government ceded thePhilippines to the United States in the Treatyof Paris for the price of US $2 millionmarking the end of the Spanish-AmericanWar1

A short two months later on February 41899 armed conflict erupted betweenPhilippine revolutionary forces and USmilitary occupants in Manila By June 2

1899 the First Philippine Republic officiallydeclared war against the US that lasteduntil July 4 1902 Approximately 20000soldiers were killed in action while thecivilian death toll reached an estimated half-million persons Though the war officiallyended in the summer of 1899 guerillafreedom fighters continued to challengeUS occupation for several more years

It was not until July 4 1946 nearly fiftyyears later that the United States formallyrecognized full Philippine independentnationhood with the enactment of the Treatyof Manila On a rainy day in Manilarsquos LunetaPark 400000 onlookers cheered as theAmerican flag was lowered and thePhilippine flag was raised in its placeSenator Millard Tydings of Marylandreported that the day was ldquoone of the mostunprecedented most idealistic and mostfar-reaching events in all recorded historyrdquo3

July 4 was officially recognized as theNational Day until August 4 1964 whenPresident Diosdado Macapagal signed theMalacanang Republic Act No 4166 thateffectively made June 12mdashthe day thatGeneral Emilio Aguinaldo and hisrevolutionary peers had originally claimedas the Nationrsquos Daymdashthe countryrsquos officialIndependence Day

Today Filipinos around the world fromSaudi Arabia to Los Angeles Californiacontinue to celebrate PhilippineIndependence Day on June 12 In AmericaFilipino Americans otherwise known asFilAms use this day to commemorate thePhilippinesrsquo independence from colonialrule celebrate Filipino heritage-pride

preserve cultural roots promote culturalawareness and bring FilAm communitiestogether4

The largest Philippine Independence Daycelebration takes place annually in NewYork City on Madison Avenue between 23rdand 38th street on the first Sunday of JuneAn estimated 100000 people turn out totake part in various events and to march ina parade that represents FilAms and the7000 plus island clusters that constitute thePhilippine archipelago FilAms proudlydonned outfits representative of theirregional origins academic affiliationsprofessions favored sports team andmore5

In Washington DC the PhilippineEmbassy and Filipino AmericanOrganization host an Independence DayGala commemorative festivals and othercultural activities

In Montreal we commemorate thePhilippine Independence by a Flag RaisingCeremony at the FAMAS Centre every June12 every year

Come and celebrate with us and meet andgreet our kababayans and public officialsLight refreshments are served

Cheers

From the FAMAS Executive Board

Al Boy AbdonPublic Relations Officer - FAMASalabdonvideotronca

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by W G QuiambaoThere are times when I miss thePhilippines because I`ve not visited itsince coming here 44 years ago Butthe stage production of Pamana ngLuzViMinda Philippine Folkloric DanceCompany of Montreal on April 27 at theSalle Brebeuf cured my homesicknessThe dances and music on the showbrought back happy memories to meThanks to the collaborative efforts ofthe production staff especiallyVeraida-Lyn Bermejo president anddirectorwriter and Sherling de la Pazartistic director Theyre so talented andcreative

Everything in the show was impressive- from the colourful and authenticcostumes (some were purchased inthe Philippines and Thailand) to theprops (bamboo poles benches) andvideo The rural and tribal music wasprovided by musicians who usedtraditional musical instruments like thegansa (an instrument with metal bars)dabaksan (single headed Philippinedrum) agung (two sets of two-wide-rimmed vertically-suspended gongs)and gandigan (Philippine xylophone)

The stage seemed spacious enoughfor the 23 male and female dancers tofreely move and execute their dancesthat required agility and flexibility

The dance performances were dividedinto 5 parts each part representing thedance from the different regions in thePhilippines The enthusiastic audienceapplauded the dancers after eachperformance

Some of the dances are

Muslim dance - Burong Talo - A martial arts danceoriginating from the Tausug people ofthe Sulu archipelago in theSouthwestern part of the Philippines Inthis dance the male dancers depict afight between a hawk and a cat Theysimulate martial arts movements whilemanipulating daggers and fans Themale performers were so convincing inplaying their parts Fierce lookingthey seemed ready to kill each otherKini-kini - This dance represents thesophisticated woman of the RoyalMaranao Movements and shapes of theirwalk are very articulate and their scarvesrepresent their fluidity and grace Theirgrace is a characteristic of their education

The female performers were so exquisiteand elegant Pangalay sa Pattong - Thisdance is popular among the BadjaoSamal and Tausog groups Although themovements of the dancer were flawless Icouldnt take my eyes off watching thisdance I was glued to my seat What if shefalls The dance is performed on top of twobamboo poles on the shoulders of twomen Singkil - Traditionally a depiction ofthe Maguindanao and Maranaointerpretation of a legend centered aroundPrincess Gandingan and the brave PrinceBantugan While walking through the forestwith her loyal umbrella-bearing lady-in-waiting the Princess Gandingan issuddenly caught in the middle of anearthquake unleashed by the forest diwataor forest spirits The Princess mustgracefully and skilfully manoeuvre throughthe closing bamboo poles which representthe falling trees Fans or apit are waved bydancers to represent auspicious windsvaliant Prince Bantugan enters the sceneand rescues the Princess

Rural dance -Karatong - This dance is named after thebamboo instrument worn by the dancersaround the waist The karatong is struck toa fast rhythm in the hopes of attractinggood luck and driving away evil spirits The

female dancers dance with sticks that arerepresentatives of bunga mangga ormango trees Sayaw sa Bangko - Thisis another stunning dance thatcaptivated and mesmerized me Fromthe province of Pangasinan theoriginal form of the dance consisted ofonly one narrow bench As it evolvedhowever more and more bencheswere added until the stack of benchesresembled a tower No flashphotography was requested as thedance is dangerous It wasbreathtaking to watch the maledancers lifting the female dancers on

the other edge of the bench Tinikling -Originally from the Province of Leytethis dance is considered by many to bethe most recognizable folk dance ofthe Philippines Based on themovements of the long-legged tiklingavoiding bamboo traps in the fieldsdancers dance through bamboo polesthat open and close to an acceleratingrhythm It was a pure joy watching theexuberant and energetic dancers having

fun

Added attraction to the stageproduction of Pamana ng LuzVi MindaFolkloric Dance Company of Montrealare the video clips shown after eachperformance The clips show what itmeant to be a member of theorganization - focusing not only on thehard work and commitment to theircraft but also the love togethernessand especially the family spirit thatinfuses everything they do

The 2-hour show is worth watching I

left the theatre feeling good smilingand telling myself that Im lucky to be aFilipino with a rich and unique cultureThe next time Pamana performs heremake sure you catch it You will notregret it

Pamanas dances and music brought me backhome to the Philippines

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Ask the Video Guy

What do you do when yourcamcorder computer tablet or otherdevice is no longer useful to you but stillhas use in its electronics Do you sell itDonate it Save it for historical laughs orthrow it in a landfill

April 22 marks the 43rd annualEarth Day observance - and as peoplebecome aware of recycling ordinarygarbage theres still a long ways to gowith disposing of electronic waste InApril 2011 an e-cycling initiative waslaunched by leaders in the consumerelectronics industry to deal with themillions of pounds of electronic wasterendered annually The hopes are to

Have one billion pounds of electronicwaste recycled annually by 2016

How you Can Help and Benefit TooIf your electronic gadget still has

life in it consider other places you mighthelp someone else in need who hasntthe means or abilities to purchase a newdevice

Computers Donate your oldcomputer to community organization tohelp seniors or non-electronicindividuals who dont have access tocomputers in your area

Mobile Phones Old cell phonescould be given to old folks who cannotafford the luxury of Samsung or iphones

Televisions A local school retirementhome or community center might gladlylike to upgrade their older set for a not-as-old set

Camcorders If you have a camcorderthat runs but has out-lived your needsgathering dust in a closet there are anumber of places you donate it to thatwould benefit greatly from yourgenerosity That old camcorder you nolonger use can find a new life in thehands of your local charity theater groupor school How many people claim tohave been bitten by the movie creatingbug using their dads old Super 8camera A not-too-old camcorder cantrigger a childs interest in videoproducing

Recycling Responsibly From CDs to PCs printers to monitorsand more you have the responsiblydisposes of what cant be recycled

Giving it Away for Cash or Credit Thereare several companies what will buyyour older gadget some for cash-outothers for rebate on a new product fromtheir company In the US kodak has amail-in program for old digital camerasand printers Best Buy has a trade-inprogram HP has a few choices fromcash for you to a charity donation or anHP gift card for a new purchase

Selling it Depending on the age of yourdevice you can sell it outright to sitesebay craiglist Kijiji Of course you mightget more the old fashioned way - oneBay - but like putting a sign on your carin a parking lot hoping for a nibbleversus selling it to a used-car brokerthese sites pay for your device thenresell it so they need a profit margintoo A quick search on eBay found 50used Sony miniDV selling for $4000 anda Sony VX2100 going for $300

Recycle it Not all electronic waste isrecyclable but most areas in theQuebec the municipals usually haveprogram where you can drop in theseelectronic stuff When in doubt the firstplace to look can be as easy as your oldfashioned Yellow Pages Most localgovernment listings will have some sortof service for electronic waste recyclingthey can point you in the right direction

Helping People in Developing CountriesThe federal

government have programs that takesusedrefurbished computers to people inemerging nations struggling to getcaught up in the modern world

What can you do with VideotapeRecycling video gear isnt just

about the electronics You can recyclevideo tape too One-sixth of a gallon ofpetroleum goes into the production ofone videocassette and as of 2008 videoduplication companies processed 20million of them per month Althoughvideotape production has gone downtheres a lot of tape still in use or goingto waste sites

Thrift stores Yep - people still usevideotape but be forewarned blackingyour old footage is a good idea beforeyou donate tape

Make Scarecrows Many farmers inManitoba know this trick - Snip the tapeand unravel it then hang bits and piecesaround the garden The fluttering shinytape will scare birds away

Make art Yes Check out this a tutorialon crocheting a sling bag using avideotape

Jim Gibilterra of MediaDistributors says the 2011 tsunami inJapan put their business in crisis modewhen a good portion of the worldssupply of professional video-tape was nolonger available Since then theyvelooked into how they can help lessen theimpact recording media on ourenvironment They mostly deal withhigh-end tape for broadcast and that theproduct is now back in production witheverything back to normal but it

Recycling Electronic Stuffs

triggered interest They sell evaluatedmedia or buy it back then totallydegauss it run it through evaluators toverify no defects then resell This re-supplied tape is good for non-criticalusers schools give aways MediaDistributors also does certifieddestruction that doesnt hurt theenvironment as part of their lsquoGreenPartners Programrsquo

When Recycling e-waste Doesnt WorkNot all recycling is good for theenvironment According to a reportfrom Electronics Take Back Coalitioncaustic gas sits inside old cathode raytube [CRT] TVs and older computermonitors and that approximately 860million pounds of CRT glass has beenstockpiled by recyclers

Did you get (or give) any newelectronics this past holiday season Illbet nearly anyone who was in the gift-giving mode got or gave at least oneelectronic gadget as a gift but whathappens to the gadget yourereplacing Getting rid of the old tobring in the new is becoming a bigissue hopefully a few of these sitesposted today will help you think howyou can participate in e-wasterecyclingAl AbdonHollywood Junkies Video

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From Page 5 Canada Star Recruiting

researchers and students who have ahigh potential for becoming candidates forthe Start-Up Visa While at Stanford healso met with Dan Siciliano a legalscholar and entrepreneur with expertise incorporate governance corporate financeand immigration law and Vivek WadhwaDirector of Research at the Center for

Entrepreneurship and ResearchCommercialization and author of TheImmigrant Exodus one of TheEconomistrsquos Books of the Year for 2012

He was also the featured guestspeaker at an event hosted by the SiliconValley Business Journal attended bymany prominent entrepreneurs andinvestors

Minister Kenney also officially unveiledthe new Start-Up Visa billboard

ldquoThere is huge interest inCanadarsquos new Start-Up Visa and inCanadarsquos expanding tech sectorrdquo saidMinister Kenney ldquoCanadarsquos strongeconomic growth low taxes andbusiness costs excellence in researchand innovation and top quality of life allmake Canada a top country forinnovative entrepreneurs looking to buildtheir businesses If you are a start-upentrepreneur and want to build adynamic company that can compete ona global scale then Canadarsquos Start-UpVisa Program is for yourdquo

The Start-Up Visa whichopened for applications on April 1 is animportant part of the Government ofCanadarsquos plan to build a fast and flexibleeconomic immigration system The Start-Up Visa Program is the first of its kind inthe world and provides Canadian privatesector organizations with access to abroad range of entrepreneurs ndash includingthe worldrsquos best and brightest ndash in whoseideas they can invest

At the same time the programprovides immigrant entrepreneurs withvaluable assistance in navigating theCanadian business environment whichcan be a challenge for newcomers andenables them to build innovativecompanies that can create Canadianjobs and compete on a global scaleVisit cicgccastartup for moreinformation on the Start-Up Visaprogram

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I SPURNED HER FACEBOOKFRIEND REQUEST ndash Alam nrsquoyo bana tumanggap ako ng Facebookldquofriend requestrdquo mula sa isang tao naitinuturing ko na ldquoThe MostHypocritical and Most Treacherousrdquomember of our community Well Idid Naalaala ko ang kanyang dalawangbeses na panloloko sa akin noongnakaraang halalan ng FAMAS Angkanyang unang panloloko ay nangpaniwalain nrsquoya ako na tunay angkanyang pakikipagkaibigan sa akinNaroon ang beneso-beso nrsquoya ako atnakipag-usap sa akin nang matinoNapadala naman ako sa kanyangldquokabaitanrdquo Nalaman ko ang kanyangpagka-traidor nang sabihin nrsquoya saakin na hindi naman talaga si CesarManuel ang kanyang iboboto at sahalip ay pangalan ni Au Osdon angisusulat nrsquoya sa kanyang balota Suotlang daw nrsquoya ang yellow t-shirt ngSamahang Makabayan (SM) dahilkung hindi baka raw makahalata angkanyang presidential candidate atmasirang lahat ang kanyang mgaplano Iyon naman pala ay gusto langnrsquoyang malaman sa akin kung itutuloy

ng COMELEC ang desisyon napagbawas sa mga boto ng mgakandidato ng SM At nang hindi akosumang-ayon sa gusto nrsquoyangmangyari biglang naglaho angkanyang ldquokabaitanrdquo at muli nrsquoyaakong siniraan sa pamamagitan ngkanyang column sa Forum

Ang ikalawa nrsquoyang panlolokoay noon mismong election day Nasaloob kami ng St Kevinrsquos ChurchSocial Hall nang tawagin nrsquoya angaking anak at humingi srsquoya ngpaumanhin sa bata na noorsquoy doseanyos pa lamang Ang sabi nya ldquoHijaI apologize to you for all the nastythings that I said about your dad Ipromise you that I wonrsquot do that tohim againrdquo Dahil sa bata na angkanyang kinausap binigyan ko srsquoyang benefit of the doubt na talagangtotoo na ang kanyang pangako

Maling-mali ako dahil angkanyang next column ay punung-puno ng mga vituperative remarks nalaban sa akin Nang ipabasa ko iyonsa aking anak hindi nrsquoya napigilan namagsabi ldquoI will never never believeher again I hate her Shersquos a liarrdquo

Iyon ang dahilan kung bakittinanggihan ko ang kanyang ldquoFriendrequestrdquo sa Facebook Ayaw kongmabitag ng kanyang patibong Ayawkong maging Trojan ng kanyangTrojan horse Hindi ko lang srsquoyatinanggihan I also blocked her parahindi na srsquoya makapunta sa aking FBpage Ayaw ko sa hipokrito

From Page 7 Beyond the Pale

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Bernardo Sarmiento daughter-in-law Maritess Almanzor grandchildrenBernardo II Genevieve Meredith and Alexandra and stepdaughter Auring

Ortiz-Villanueva and her family

Benturada Sarmiento Ortiz1926-2013

AdvisoryWarning concerning misrepresentation and fraud

8 May 2013 - The Philippine Embassy in Ottawa has receivedreports concerning documents recently notarized by a personwho is representing himself as Honorary Consul of the Republicof the Philippines in Montreal Quebec Canada

The Embassy wishes to inform the public that there is no existingHonorary Consul of the Republic of the Philippines in Montreal

The Embassy warns the public about such acts ofmisrepresentation and fraud

The Philippine Government concluded on 3 May 2007 theappointment of its last Honorary Consul in Montreal and theDepartment of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Canadahas been duly informed

PUBLIC NOTICE

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FILIPINO STAR PHOTO GALLERY

Mothers Day flowers given to Zenaida Kharroubi by her students Mayette DanaoArlene Manalo and Edna Lorenzo on May 12 2013

The FNAQ founding Executive Board 1992-1995 presented (L-R) Nilda MerialesMaria Quimpo Eugenia Magalit Mierfe Morales Linda Espallardo MagdalenaCalcetas Anita Lo and Elsie Reyes Ten were absent

The Panday Tinig Choral Ensemble led by Paul Imperial and Edith Fedalizo pose forsouvenir of the 21st anniversary of FNAQ on May 4 2013 at the Holiday Inn on Cotede Liesse Road

The anniversary cake with the officers members and guests of the FNAQ one of thehighlights of the evening celebration

The Filipino Youth Center held its monthly Consultative Meeting on the last Saturdayof April with Tessie Nepomuceno as speaker shown here delivering her message tothe youth with their parents and other volunteers led by Pastor Orlan Racachotogether with Amy Manon-og Sophie Toledo Joe Calugay and Zeny Kharroubi

From left Dindo Miras Continuing Education Coordinator of the FNAQ poses withthe inspirational speaker Mrs Patricia OrsquoConnor FNAQ Founder Maggie Calcetasand Mr Gerald Perron

Pamana ni LuzViMinda Concert April 27 2013held at the College Brebeuf Auditorium

MARCH 2013 The North American Filipino Star

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InternationalWorkshop Coordinator

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The North American Filipino Star

by W G QuiambaoDue to the limitation of time and

space this article should not beconsidered complete Thanks to thecontributions of Pastor Orlan RacachoBert Abiera Lina Fernandez JakeMaguigad and Zenaida Kharroubi for thisbrief history of FAMAS Likewise I believethat I should also thank all FAMASpresidents and their directors for theirvolunteerism and personal sacrifices

The Filipino Association ofMontreal and Suburbs (FAMAS) the oldestand biggest association in Quebec that iscelebrating its fifty years has come a longway since its founding in 1963 TheFilipinos who were with us since its infancyand still with us have witnessed itsevolution into a progressive andrecognized organization it is today by thefederal provincial and especially by themunicipal governments

The primary goal of FAMAS whenit was founded was for Filipinos in Montrealand suburbs to get to know each other andto make sure their separation away fromthe families they left behind in thePhilippines would be much lessunbearable In the early days the numberof Filipinos was comparatively small about330 Many of them were professionalsnamely doctors nurses architects andengineers

The Philippine Association ofMontreal and suburbs now known asFAMAS had limited activities which weremainly social events due to lack ofcreativeness incentives and civicconsciousness to project a realisticcommunity involvement said OrlanRacacho former FAMAS president andnow a pastor Leadership skills andpassion for cultural programs werebasically lacking in its platform

FAMAS then was not ascommunity oriented as it is today In factthe money left by each president after hisor her tenure was spent more forsocializing than anything else Even theFAMAS election was so simple that it wasdone by mere raising of hands by thevoters Sometimes the election was heldat Angrignon Park in La Salle It was also inany of those places that a small group ofFilipinos usually had their occasionalpicnics for camaraderie and only a handfulwas keen on running for office moreparticularly the presidency

In the early 70s the communitysaw the changing times in terms of the theeconomy and in the ever-growing numberof Filipinos in Montreal and suburbs

The FAMAS officers decided toaim higher but were confronted with muchbigger challenges It dawned on them thatFAMAS should be community oriented if itwas to be relevant To accomplish thisgoal essential services to the communityhad to be provided FAMAS officersconsisted of volunteers who had to workhard not only to recruit members and raisefunds but also to develop projects Thebiggest source for FAMAS then and nowhas been the Miss Philippines andMunting Bb Pilipinas conceptualized byNorma Flores-Vohra during the terms ofAlvin Veloso Angie Ogerio and BertAbiera respectively In 1978 NormaVillarose started the building fund in theamount of $500 unlike the previousFAMAS presidents who usually spentleftover funds after their term on picnics orany other social activities because at thattime FAMAS had no specific projectTherefore it was during this time whenmassive fund raising was dedicated to thecommunity center building fund EveryFAMAS president began to work harder inorder to turn over an amount to thebuilding fund In 1986-1987 during the

term of Bert Abiera a committee led byOgerio was formed to adopt a `copy cat`fund raising idea used in the Philippinesthe Munting Bb Pilipinas which was ahuge success It raised more than $20000

I made a handsome turn overwhich rapidly grewrdquo said Abiera ldquoWhenMarlene Birao-Schacter took over FAMAShad the sufficient amount to make a downpayment for a duplex on Van Horne Avewith the approval of the officers and theBoard of Trustees They utilized theservices of Nemia Saldua a realtor whowas a member of the Board of TrusteesThe mortgage was signed by Birao-Schacter and Bartolome Javier whorepresented the Board of Trustees

Years later it was decided toconvert the duplex into a communitycenter where the services that theassociation wanted to provide to thecommunity could be served but it wasdifficult since zoning bylaws got in the wayWhen James de la Paz became theFAMAS president he assiduously lobbiedthe City Hall of Montreal to grant FAMAS arezoning permit The neighbours howeverwere opposed to the idea of converting theduplex into a community center becauseof the noise and disturbance it might bringto the quiet neighbourhood Despite therezoning snag de la Paz`s request wasgranted within a year With the help ofvolunteers the duplex was renovated inthe late 90s and worthy activities likeHeritage classes were introducedthereafter

In addition to the successfulconversion of the duplex to become acenter de la Paz made a bold andcontroversial decision He called anassembly to present his proposal to paythe mortgage of FAMAS in full since it hadenough money for that purpose Hebelieved that payment of the mortgagebalance would save money by avoidingthe exorbitant and growing mortgageinterest rates

ldquoSome members of the executiveboard tried to sue me but they couldnrsquot doanythingrdquo recalled de la Paz ldquoMy lawyersaid that I didn`t pocket the money A fewyears later those who were against myidea appreciated what I did If I did not paythe mortgage FAMAS would still be indebtrdquo

In spite of the criticism hurledagainst de la Paz by those who havepersonal issues with him FAMAS hadsubstantially benefitted from his politicalconnections that he shrewdly cultivatedwhen he was the FAMAS presidentArguably he paved the way for the Filipinocommunity to be more visible in themainstream politics when he was FAMASpresident He said ldquoPoliticians used to sayThe Jews Italians Chinese etc It wasfrustrating for Filipinos because they weresystematically relegated to lsquoothersrsquo Theydidnt have any identity until de la Pa cameinto the local political scene Nowpoliticians from municipal provincial andfederal levels recognize the existence notonly of FAMAS but also the entireburgeoning Filipino community

FAMAS made more changes inthe 90s For example it amended theConstitution and Bylaws to allow thepresident to serve for two years rather thanjust one year The Executive Board at thetime was convinced that one year was tooshort for any president particularly a goodone to accomplish the goals of theassociation For reasons of their ownmany community members came out ofthe woodwork and became more andmore interested in becoming president orat least to be an officer FAMAS electionshave become one of the most talked aboutand anticipated events in the communityparticularly in the summertime Like the

Independence Day and the Pista saNayon the election day has always beenan event for many Filipinos to meet friendsthey have not seen for a while

In 2009 the leadership of AuOsdon who has a background inmanagement was put to the test afterwinning the presidency of FAMAS Despiteher detractors`criticismrsquo or perhapsbecause of it she managed to keep theaffairs of FAMAS in order When she tookover in 2009 a Special Audit Committeewas established in order to review theincomplete financial records submitted bythe previous administration Thecommittee composed of Hal SoteroRoger Sandoval Cely Dagsaan and PeterFernandez found out that it would beimpossible because most transactionswere made in cash and not properlyrecorded FAMAS received a bill in 2007--2008 which was paid She also broughtback the trust and respect of thecommunity for FAMAS which for a whilewere lost because of the smokingdrinking and even installation of a camerain the toilet The regular activities like theBb Pilipinas Bb Munting PilipinasHeritage and French classes still continueMiss Teen FAMAS and the fledgling ProjectPagsibol are doing well Somerenovations in the building were also madewith the help of Alex Sy FAMAS vicepresident and an engineer by professionwhich included the new main entrancedoor with electronic push button openerlocated in the office a new entranceFrench door in the main lobby near thestairs going up the office installation of awindow near the entrance door removal ofthe old closet to make the office biggerremoval of the partition of the conferenceroom and living room to make the spacebigger and putting new floor tiles in theconference room

Giving due recognition to de laPaz and Osdon is not meant to diminishthe other presidents before or after themwho made valuable contributions to thestatus of FAMAS as a communityorganization All past presidents ofFAMAS without exception had given uptheir time and made personal sacrifices inorder to do their job It can be statedwithout any doubt that no one has amonopoly of accomplishments for therehave been other past presidents who triedto do what they thought was good for thecommunity Some of the past presidentscontributions are Lee Sanga (deceased)introduced Heritage classes JoseBustamante converted the duplex garageinto a classroom Carlos P Reyes(deceased) started the installation of aflagpole Alberto Floresca (deceased)brought the idea of constructing thebalcony Claro Bermudez celebrated theIndependence Day jointly with FCAWIFlor Rillo constructed the patio CarmelitaSideco (deceased) must be mentioned forbeing the first female FAMAS presidentwhose contributions are not visible but herinfluence over those who worked with herare still felt Norma Casaclang-Villarosa(deceased) was known to be the first oneto put aside some funds for the purpose ofacquiring a community center Dr BartJavier together with Marlene Birao-Schacter were the signatories to the deedof sale of the FAMAS building There mayhave been accomplishments of somepresidents but have not been includedabove but it is hoped that their place inFAMAS history is an acknowledgement oftheir volunteerism to the community

But the saying that ldquoYou can`tplease everybodyrdquo still holds true After theelection in 2011 Osdon and COMELECchairman Budz Sarmiento were accusedof conniving with each other to beat CesarManuel presidential candidate for

Samahang Makabayan ldquoThe accusation is untrue said

Sarmiento The candidates of the SMwere given the Rules and Regulations toread If they have any objection then theyshould have discussed it with theCOMELEC Instead they signed theCertificatres of Candidacy After theelection they were also given a chance toappeal But they ignored it What I findinappropriate are the things they didprotesting in front of the center for a fewdays freezing FAMAS accouint illegallyinducting their officers etc

FAMAS had and still has its upsand down As noted below even duringthe beginning there had been a short-livedfeud between the east side and the westside resulting in two associations onecalled Philippine Association of Montreal(PAM) and the other the Filipino Aociationof the Province of Quebec (FAPQ) Itcannot be denied that bickering anddifferences among differeent factions havebeen a constant threat to the solidarityamong Filipinos Nevertheless they arealways there fior each other in time ofneed It is like a big family After all othercultural associations have had their ownproblems too

List of FAMAS presidents 1963-1964 - Vicente Sison 1964-1965 - DrB Oteysa finished the term of EmilAssistores 1965-1966 - Dr Ben deGuzman 1966-1967 - R Mendoza finishedthe term started by Carlos Borromeo1967-1968 Dr Diego Rosales gave up infavor of John Alvarado In 1967 a crisisoccured that led to the formation of twoasociations John Alvarado continued hisjob as president of Philippine Associationof Montreal (PAM) while Orlan Racachobecame president of a new associationcalled Filipino Association of the Provnceof Quebec In 1968-1969 George Pobletebecame president of PAM and Dr DeoEsguerra was at the helm of FAPQ In1969 according to Jake Maguigadsarticle FAMAS made the maidenappearance with Dr Nap Magadia andlater T Patrio as president while the nameof Andy Palomar was recorded by BertAbiera as the president during the periodof 1969-1970 Abiera also provided thenames of other past presidents namely1970-1971 Simeon Orejudos 1971-1972Alvin Veloso 1972-1973 Roberto Bernas 1973-1974 Carmelita Sideco 1974-1975Orlan Racacho 1975-1976 DominadorRosales 1976-1977 Dr Bartolome Javier1977-1978 Henry Casuga 1978-1979Norma Villarosa 1979-1980 Dr EdilbertoPelausa 1980-1981 Liwanag Sanga 1981-1982 - Angelita Ogerio 1982-1983Salvador Cagugao 1983-1984 NemiaSaldua 1984-1985 Dr GenovevaSantander 1985-1986 Julita Parado 1986-1987 Alberto Abiera 1987-1988 AuroraOsdon 1988-1989 Marlene Birao-Schacter 1989-1990 Mario Umali 1990-1991 Erlinda Baltazar 1991-1992 LimeoCollao 1992-1993 Dick Dahiroc 1993-1994 Malrlene Birao-Schacter 1994-1995Emma Resurreccion 1995-1997 James dela Paz (two consecutive terms) 1997-1998Ricardo Cosico 1998-1999 JoseBustamante

The change in the terms ofpresidents began in 1999-2001 with CarlosP Reyes 2001-2003 Venancio Parial 2003-2005 Santiago Tino 2005-2007 AlbertoFloresca 2007-2008 2008 - ClaroBermjudez who had to leave for a jobopporuntiy in South Africa and appointedFlor Rillo to replace him for the remainderof his term until August 2009 AuroraOsdon 2009-2013 (two consecutive terms)

FAMAS in a capsule

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Fresh Pork Belly with skin

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Ground PorkSpecial 229lb

Philippine Cuisineand

Favorite FoodCompiled by Zenaida Ferry Kharroubi

Fresh Pork Leg

Over 20 lbs 409 lb

lb

Bone-in shoulder chops219 lb

12 kilo pork bellygarlic powdersalt and pepper

For the filling

1 small bundle large spring onionschopped1 stalk lemon grass chopped1 small bundle chives chopped3-4 cloves garlic choppedblack pepper powderchili flakessalt

For the baste

3 tablespoon oil1 tablespoon soy sauce

Balamban Liempo - Cooking procedure

Make an incision in the middle of thepork belly to form a pocket for thefillings Rub the pork belly with garlicpowder salt and pepper let stand inthe refrigerator and marinate for a least1 hour or more Mix and blend all thefilling ingredients and put it inside thebelly pocket keep aside Preheat ovento 300degF to 350degF using the top andbottom heating element In a roastingpan with the same size with the porkbelly place the pork belly with the skinon top Drizzle the pork belly skin withsoy sauce and rub to evenly coat

Balamban Liempo - Grill

Place the roasting pan in the pre-heated oven and roast for 1 to 112hours Occasionally brush the skinwith the oil and soy sauce bastemixture Adjust lower the temperatureif the skin is drying or cooking too fastNow remove the pork belly from thebaking pan and place in the middle ofthe oven in a rack continue to roast foranother 20 to 30 minutes Increase theoven temperature to 400degF to 450degFduring the last 10 to 15 minutes ofcooking or until reddish in color and theskin should be crisp at this stageRemove from oven and cover theroasting pan with aluminium foil and letrest for 10 to 15 minutes Cut intoserving pieces and serve with yourchoice pinakurat vinegar dippingsauce

Pork Belly RoastBalamban liempo style

roasting the pork belly is roasted whileit is in the roasting pan I used glassThis will allow the juices together withthe aromatics cook the meatremember you have to use top andbottom grill of the oven Halfway thepork belly is removed from the panand let grill on the middle of the ovenYou can also use yoursquore turbo broilerif you have one again just be mindfulof your temperatures and timings Ifyou have an oven with rotisserie thenwe would not have to do the abovecomplicated roasting method

Balamban Liempo - Ingrdients

Balamban Liempo as the nameoriginated in Balamban one of thetowns located along the western coastof Cebu Several entrepreneurs havebrought the Balamban Liempo outsideof Balamban and has become one ofthe must eat food when you are inCebu City

Balamban Liempo - Chopped

The pork belly has to be roasted in 2procedures During the first half of

Pinakbet (VegetableStew)

ngredients14 kilo pork with fat (cut into very small

pieces)3 tablespoons oil1 12 cup water

I 2 medium size Ampalaya (cut into 8pieces each)

2 medium size eggplants (cut into 8pieces each)

1 small size kalabasaabout6-10 pieces okra (halved)6 pieces tomatoes (quartered)1 small garlic head (minced)2 small onions (diced)1 small ginger (sliced)4 tablespoons bagoong isdaPinch of pepper

Procedure

In a pan fry pork until lightly crispy setaside

Saute garlic onion tomatoes and gingerin the pork fat and mix in pork

In a pot boil water with bagoongAdd in the pork and spicesAdd all the vegetables and cookServe hot

Pinakbet is a very typical andpopular dish among Filipinos in theIlocos provinces but also adopted byother groups in Luzon except thatthere is a slight difference in theingredients

Tilapia with blackbean sauce

Tilapia with Salted Black BeansIngredients

1 large tilapia sliced crosswise(steak cut)

14 cup canned tausi (salted blackbeans) ndash discard the water

12 cup chopped flat leaf parsley1 medium yellow onion diced2 teaspoon minced garlic1 12 tablespoons oyster sauce1 tablespoon soy sauce1 teaspoon cornstarch diluted in 12

cup watercooking oilSalt and pepper to taste

Cooking Procedure

Rub salt and pepper all over thesliced tilapia Let it stand for 10 minutes

Heat 1 cup of cooking oil in a fryingpan

Pan-fry the sliced tilapia in mediumheat for about 5 minutes per side or untilthe color turns medium brown Removethe fried tilapia and place in a plate linedwith paper towel

In a clean cooking pan heat about 2tablespoons of cooking oil

Saute the garlic and onionWhen the onion softensadd the

parsley and salted black beansPut the fried tilapia in the pan Add

the soy sauce oyster sauce andcornstarch diluted in water Stir gently andlet boil Cover and simmer for 10 to 15minutes

Add pepper to taste Note you canadd more water to make it taste less salty

Transfer to a serving bowlServe share and enjoy

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50th Anniversary GalaSaturday June 15 2013

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FILIPINO STARS H O W B I Z G O S S I PlsquoAnnalizarsquo wants to directsomeday

She may be just 10 years old andher show-biz career just starting totake off but child star AndreaBrillantes can already see herselfworking behind the camera whenbeing in front of it has lost its appeal

ldquoI enjoy taking photos and mymom tells me they look nicerdquo shesaid ldquoI want to become a director awriter or a photographer when I growolder I want to be behind the scenesrdquoBrillantes told a small group ofreporters at a recent media gatheringfor ABS-CBNrsquos remake of the popular1980s television drama ldquoAnnalizardquowhere she plays the title role

The late Julie Vega was theoriginal Annaliza

For her dream first photo shootBrillantes said she wanted her subjectto be her idol Kim Chiu Her directorialdebut on the other hand will mostlikely have ldquoAnnalizardquo costar ZanjoeMarudo (who plays her father Guido)as lead actor she added

Prior to this big break Brillantesoften played the role of a teleseryersquosstar as a child She was the youngAndi Eigenmann in ldquoKahit PusorsquoyMasugatanrdquo Jessy Mendiola inldquoPrecious Heart Romances Paraisordquoand Kim Chiu in ldquoIna Kapatid Anakrdquo

ldquoIrsquom very thankful and happy thatI was chosen to play Annalizabecause itrsquos my dream to star in myown showrdquo she said Brillantes saidshe googled Vega on the Internet toknow more about her learning abouther birthday and death

Looking sweet and adorable in apink dress Brillantes was refreshingly

self-assured when asked if shebelieved she could carry a televisionshow on her own

But the precocious youngsterclammed up when the subject ofcompetition with other ABS-CBN childstars such as Xyriel Manabat wasbrought up ldquoI donrsquot knowrdquo shemurmured ldquoMas matanda po akordquoshe offered drawing laughter fromthe crowd

Currently a Grade 4 student inAmbassador School for ChildrenBrillantes said she might resort tohome-schooling next academic yearbecause of her increasingly heavyschedule

Do her schoolmates and friendsknow that shersquos an actor ldquoYestheyrsquore happy and proud of meSometimes they approach me forphoto opsrdquo she said

Brillantes who joined the kiddiegag show ldquoGoinrsquo Bulilitsrdquo in 2010proudly announced she was able tobuy herself a cell phone and an iPadfrom her earnings ldquoSomeday I wantto have a nice bedroomrdquo she said

Business unit head Ruel Bayanisaid their version of ldquoAnnalizardquo wouldbe generally faithful to the originalseries ldquoBut to make it relevant todaywe incorporated different socialissues we encounter nowrdquo Bayanisaid

Directed by Theodore Boboroland Cathy Camarillo ldquoAnnalizardquo startsairing Monday before ldquoTV Patrolrdquo a

After his sold-out birthdayconcert at the Smart-AranetaColiseum Kapamilya teensensation Daniel Padilla continuesto sweep off the feet of his fans withhis sophomore album under StarRecords titled ldquoDJPrdquo

Daniel Padilla ReleasesSophomore Album DJP

Following the success of hisdouble platinum self-titled albumldquoDJPrdquo features 10 tracks includingDanielrsquos carrier single ldquoKamustaKardquo ldquoKung San Ka MasayardquoldquoSabay Natinrdquo ldquoPanalanginrdquoldquoBinibinirdquo ldquoNaaalalardquo ldquoKisapmatardquoldquoIpagpatawad Mordquo ldquoSisikat DinAkordquo and the acoustic version ofHimig Handog P-Pop Love Songfinalist ldquoNasa Iyo Na Ang Lahatrdquo

The album also carries thebonus track ldquoDiskarterdquo DanielrsquosldquoDJPrdquo album is already available onall record bars nationwide for onlyP250 The digital tracks of thealbum can also be downloaded viawwwmymusicstorecomph andiTunes

For more information visit StarRecordsrsquo Facebook fanpage atwwwfacebookcomstarrecordsphilor follow starrecordsph onTwitter a

Daniel Padilla ReleasesSophomore Album DJP

Daniel Padilla had his fans shrieking onASAP Sunday as he channeled hisinner Mr Suave while performing theParokya ni Edgar hit along with threeother Padillas RJ Matthew and JC

Rising teleserye princess Andrea Brillantes suddenly burst into tears while walkingon center stage when her first teleserye starrer Annaliza was introduced toadvertisers at the recently held ABS-CBN trade event at the NBC Tent in Taguig Theten-year old young actress wasnrsquot able to contain her emotions any longer whenshe realized that she is actually living her long-time dream of playing lead in a TVseries

May 2013 17The North American Filipino Star

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Our slaughterhouse is very clean and our prices are reasonable

Reserve your mutton from Aid Al Adha bull Sariwa malinis

The Court of Appeals (CA) ruledin favor of the Movie and TelevisionReview and Classification Board(MTRCB) that suspended TV5snoontime game show Willing Willie in2011 over an obscene segment

Associated Justice ManuelBarrios of the appellate courts 2ndDivision said in an 11-page decisionissued late Thursday that thecontested episode that showed ayoung boy dancing in a raunchymanner while crying was enoughmaterial for MTRCB to suspend thepopular show for one month

A review of the recording of thatsegment shows a 6-year old boygyrating like a macho dancer whilebeing cajoled and goaded by theshows host and the audience iscommonly perceived as transpiringonly in night clubs and othershadowy establishments thedecision stated

The court also called the showhost Willie Revillame insensitive inencouraging the boy to continue withthe performance in exchange for amonetary reward

While money has great utilityand is beneficial in these times ofwant it must never be used asjustification to sacrifice good moralsdecency self respect and thepsychological well-being of itscitizens especially the young itadded

MTRCB Chairman EugenioVillareal welcomed the courtsdecision on Thursday night sayinghe hopes the ruling be instructive tothe television industryEntertainment ( Article MRec )pagematch 1 sectionmatch 1

May this allow the televisionindustry especially those moredirectly concerned to move on andhelp build an entertainment culturethat is truly audience-sensitive andparticularly looking out for thewelfare of our young Villareal said ina statement

MTRCB earlier said in the originalsuspension ruling that the showviolated a law against immoral andindecent broadcasts that run counterto Filipino valuesinvoking herbrothers being in power when shemade a veiled threat Wala na siyangibang masabi Sabi niya Bakanakalimutan mo may three years paang brother ko Yap said a

Court says Willie Revillameinsensitive upholds showsuspension

Julia Barretto the winsome 16-year old daughter of Marjorie Barrettowho is fast making a name for herselfin the show business industry as ldquoTheMost Beautiful Barrettordquo continues tocapture hearts including that of teenstar Julian Estrada - her co-star in arecent special episode of ABS-CBNrsquosaward-winning fantasy-dramaanthology ldquoWansapanataymrdquo

Estrada who like Barretto is ascion of an established showbiz familythat includes actor turned presidentJoseph ldquoEraprdquo Estrada has nowadmitted to wooing his fellow StarMagic 2013 member in a recentinterview on ldquoKris TVrdquo ndash a far cry froman earlier statement

ldquoHindi naman po ligaw (But)things are doing pretty well (betweenthe two of us) rdquo he was quoted assaying prior

Ironically the 15-year-old spilledthe truth about courting the young

actress when he was being grilled byhis own father actor turned senatorJinggoy Estrada during their guestappearance on ldquoKris TVrdquo Monday

ldquoNililigawan mo bardquo The senatorasked his son who went on to blurt acurt ldquoYeahrdquo

When asked if he thinks he is onhis way to winning Julia over theyoung Estrada meekly retortedldquoSanardquo

The older Estrada went on todispense seeming sage advice tellinghis son to give the star of theupcoming series ldquoCofradiardquo gifts likeflowers fruits and chocolates

He went on to praise Julia as withthe rest of the Barrettos for theirbeauty

ldquoMaganda talaga rsquoyung mgaBarretto sistersrdquo said he referring tothe controversial siblings GretchenClaudine and Marjorie Juliarsquos mother

Julian and Julia Fromreel to real

Julian Estrada and Julia Barretto

TV5 statement onMr Willie Revillamersquosresignation

Willie Revillame

So it has finally been confirmedthe rumor that Willie Revillame isresigning from TV5 and that his showldquoWowowillierdquo will end when his contractwith the network expires on Oct 15

The persistent hearsay was thatWillie is resigning because he wasasking for a P90 million talent fee permonth which the Kapatid networkrejected according to a source

Williersquos camp denied the rumorsaying at first that while itrsquos true hiscontract with TV5 is expiring in Octoberthere was no negotiation going on yetabout the possible renewal of suchcontract much less about any amountfor the hostrsquos monthly talent fee

Willie has his options on whether tocontinue with the show or take hismuch-needed vacation He has favoredthe latter

To this TV5 has issued this shortstatement

ldquoWe respect the decision of MrWillie Revillame to retire upon theexpiry of his contract with TV5 We wishhim well in his new pursuitsrdquo a

May 201318 The North American Filipino Star

Showbiz Gossip Continued from p17

Maja Salvador said she is at a lossfor words when met with greetings onher relationship with Gerald Andersonwhich the actor recently confirmed

At the sidelines of the filming of herupcoming big-screen project with SenJinggoy Estrada on Wednesday the24-year-old actress was asked for herreaction to her boyfriend going publicwith their relationship

Marami ang nagsasabi na angganda ko raw ang suwerte ko raw Diko alam paano sasagutin yun eSalvador was quoted as saying byentertainment news site PhilippineEntertainment Portal

Siguro sobrang blessed ko langna ganun ako ka-importante sa buhayniya talaga she said referring toAnderson

The 24-year-old actor admitted the

real score between him and Salvadorin the June 2013 issue of entertainmentmagazine StarStudio

Last Sunday Anderson said thedecision to admit his romantic ties withSalvador was for everybodys peace ofmind citing the endless speculationsabout their relationship

Anderson and Salvadorsrelationship however came at the costof the actress friendship with her InaKapatid Anak co-star and erstwhilebest friend Kim Chiu

Chiu is the former girlfriend ofAnderson The two broke up in 2010

In an earlier interview an emotionalChiu said she has already forgivenAnderson and Salvador but added itis difficult to forget what they did toyou a

Maja Salvador reacts to GeraldAndersonrsquos confession

Gerald Anderson and Maja Salvador

The lady of laughs Ai Ai delasAlas feels so much better now daysafter her personal conflict with short-lived husband Jed Salang came to ahead

Ai Ai said she never realized howmuch love she enjoys from everyone ndashher family her friends in and out of thebusiness her fans and even those whoare just looking ndash until this thinghappened to her

ldquoIrsquom overwhelmed by the love andsupport of everybody I am verythankful Sobrang pasasalamat kotalaga sa Diyos at sa lahat-lahat ngmga mababait na mga anak ko mgakaibigan ko at mga taong nagmamahalsa akin kahit hindi naman nila akomasyadong nakakasama o nakikita

Wala na akong mahihiling paNapakasuwerte ko pa rinrdquo she saidAi Ai told us everything is clear with hernow ldquoHindi ko akalain na mangyayarisa buhay ko ang ganorsquon nanapapanood ko lang sa TV Pero atleast okay na ako Nakalaya na rin akobago pa mangyari sa akin ang mgabagay na ikakahiya ko pa balangarawrdquo she said

Ai Ai likened her life to a plot of anABS-CBN soap opera She saidldquorsquoyung tipong isang medyonakakabatang lalaki na pumatol saisang medyo may edad na babae namay pera Pero meron talaga siyangpamilya at sinabihan niya na sandalilang ito at kailangan lang niya gawinpara na din sa kanyang mag-inaGanun ang eksaktong nangyari saakinrdquoAnd what didnrsquot kill her made herstronger Ai Ai said ldquoNow I really thankGod for waking me up just in timeMasakit pero ganun talagaNaghangad kasi ako na mahalin ngisang lalaki mapakasalan Siguro hinditalaga rsquoyun ang buhay na para sa akinMarami namang masyadong blessingna ibinibigay si God Ang mga anak kosobrang mahal ako Nahihiya nga akosa kanila at nagpapasalamat nanaiintindihan nila ang Mommy nila Silaang tunay kong kayamananrdquo a

Ai Ai Delas Alas is much betternow

Comedienne Ai Ai delas Alas hasfiled a formal complaint against herhusband of 29 days businessmanJed Salang

According to a report ofentertainment website Pepphpublished on Wednesday delas Alascharged Salang of violating theRepublic Act 9262 or the act definingviolence against women and childrenbefore the Quezon City Regional Trial

Court on FridayThis is in addition to the

protection order she sought againsther husband so he could no longercome near her by 100 to 500 meters

Citing a source allegedly close tothe comedienne Pepph said delasAlas detailed in her petition howSalang physically abused her lastMay 2

The source added delas Alas alsoconsulted with a psychologist whotold her that she is in a ldquostate ofdepressionrdquo and is suffering from anldquoacute post-traumatic-stressdisorderrdquo

Two weeks ago delas Alas brokedown on The Buzz as she confirmedher breakup from Salang

In an interview with The Buzzhost Boy Abunda delas Alasadmitted that she was physically

Ai Ai delas Alas with her husband JedSalang (file photo)

Ai Ai files raps vs husband JedSalang

abused by Salang which led to herdecision to leave him last May 2

She also tearfully said shebelieves Salang never loved her

Delas Alas and Salang weremarried in Las Vegas last April 3

It takes two to do the show bizbreakup cha-cha

Did Jed Salang really do all thoseawful awful things andhellip isnrsquot hegoing to defend himself Just youwait

In the aftermath of Ai-Ai de lasAlasrsquo spectacular meltdown on ldquoTheBuzzrdquo last Sunday over a turbulentseparation from her husband of lessthan a month movie reporters havebeen hunting down Salang abusinessman

Did he really beat up the 48-year-old actress routinely Is he agambling addict as they say Is it

true that he received a monthlyallowance of P40000 from De lasAlas Did he use her money to buyexpensive gifts for another personAwful awful talk (Meanwhile has hereturned the ldquodream carrdquo that shegave him for their first ldquomonthsaryrdquo)

Several show biz scribes havegone to Salangrsquos workplace inAlabang others to his reportedcurrent address A few claim to havetalked to Salang but say he declinedto comment on the whole sordidaffair

When De las Alas claimed onnationwide TV that she had broken upwith Salang on May 2 after repeatedincidents of physical abuse her fanswent up in arms as if on cue Theywasted no time in flooding SalangrsquosInstagram account with vitriolprompting him to close it onMondaymdashhis only link to socialnetworking a

May 2013 19The North American Filipino Star

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Words cannot express howdelighted Lovi Poe is about her sisterGrace Poe-Llamanzares ranking No 1in the May 13 senatorial race Shefinds it hard to believe that she nowhas a big sister who is a senator and isjust a phone call away

Lovi during her contract signingwith GMA-7 last May 17 shared thatshe has gotten to know her elder sisterwell during the campaign season

ldquoIrsquom so proud of her When we hadlunch I met her son daughter and herhusband They are all wonderfulpeople talaga Lahat sila mababait SiAte Grace shersquos very humble shersquosvery smart Talagang I look up to herKung baga isa siyang magandanghalimbawardquo she sharedShe added that if she is proud shecould just imagine how prouder theirfather the late Fernando Poe Jr Kingof Philippine Cinema would havebeen

ldquoIrsquom sure si Papa kung anongnararamdaman ko kay Ate Grace masgrabe pa siya and Irsquom sureipagpapatuloy niya ang gusto niPapahellip I just really feel so proudespecially with what happened nanag-number one siya Siya na mismonagsabi that she didnrsquot expect thatrdquoLovi expressed that she will be asupportive sister and intimated thatSen Grace would be having lunchwith her to discuss her plans inpolitics She said that she would helpin her own capacity as an actress butwonrsquot be ldquovisible politicallyrdquo

ldquoI donrsquot want to venture into

politics kasi itrsquos not my turf talagaLetrsquos leave it to the experts sabi nganilardquo quipped Lovi

These days Lovi is more focusedon giving her all in the projects that theKapuso network entrusts her Shebelieves she has the talent and wantsto prove that she is worthy of herthree-year contract Her love life toocould take a backseat to her new stateof mind which is workldquoIrsquom not dating now I just want to

focus talaga on work Ito rsquoyungpromise ko sa sarili ko na masfocused ako now Irsquom already 24 yearsold at ibang Lovi na ito Mas mature nakasi medyo before I want to enjoywhile working of course but now masfocused nardquo

Itrsquos been almost two months sinceLovi took a break from the Kapusonetwork Now she is excited to goback to work and see her colleagueswhom she misses a lot She also looks

forward to the teleseryes she wouldget and the leading men shersquod beworking with As an actress she israring to do more challenging roles inthe near future

By the way Lovi is in theupcoming movie of Joel Lamanganentitled ldquoLihisrdquo with Jake Cuenca andJoem Bascon among others a

Lovi proud sister to Sen Grace Poe

Lovi Poe (Left) and Sen Grace Poe-Llamanzares

For the first time HeartEvangelista revealed the real reasonwhy she and Jericho Rosales whomshe considers her ldquogreatest loverdquobroke up in 2008

In an sit-down interview with Yesmagazine for its May 2013 issueEvangelista said her parents madeher believe that Rosales cheated onher with Malaysian actress CarmenSoo

At that time Evangelista justreconciled with her parents after nottalking to them for three yearsbecause she fought for herrelationship with Rosales

Evangelista said her parents didnot approve of the Kapamilya actorbecause he already had a child froma previous relationship

ldquoI didnrsquot see them for three yearsat that time and I missed them somuch And I was also going though alot I was struggling with life I wasconfused Although I was happy itwas hard to be happy in one areaand everything else seems like itrsquosfalling apart But the moment I gotback with them naging okay kamirdquoshe said

Rosales was then in Malaysiawith Soo for the ABS-CBN seriesldquoKahit Isang Saglitrdquo whileEvangelista was in Dubai for her ownshow in GMA-7

ldquoWhen they said that he wascheating on me with Carmen Soo Ireally did think that he was I reallythought that he cheated on me Ireally did And that was because theytold me that he was and I wasconvincedrdquo she said

Evangelista shared there waseven a time when Rosales went tosee her in her condominium unit sohe could explain himself but theynever saw each other

ldquoMy mom didnrsquot tell me that hewas waiting for me downstairs in mycondo for five hours She didnrsquot say

anything so I didnrsquot hear from himrdquoshe said

The 27-year-old actress said shejust learned in due course thatRosales did not really cheat on her

ldquoOf course they are yourparentsmdashwhen they tell yousomething over and over you start tohave fears You start to doubt certainsituations And thatrsquos what happenedto me beforerdquo she said

Through time Evangelistaunderstood that her mom was justscared to lose her

ldquoShe was trying to let me go She

was really trying her best to not getherself involved with my pastrelationships It was always like thatShe would try But in the endeverything that she kept inside wouldjust blow up and it would just affectme so much and also therelationship that I was inrdquo she said

Evangelista recently madeheadlines anew after she foundherself in another collision coursewith her parents who lambasted hercurrent boyfriend Senator FrancisChiz Escudero

Both Evangelista and Escuderohowever have stood firm that theyare not breaking up amid all theissues surrounding their relationship

Why Heart and Jericho really broke up Jericho has found lsquoThe Onersquo

Early photo of Heart amp JerichoNot meant to be Former lovers Heartand Jericho Rosales

May 201320 The North American Filipino Star

Itrsquos tough fighting the worldrsquossecond biggest economic power andmost populous country But whenanother economic heavyweight joinsthe fight against you they couldtrounce you very badly And to makethe situation worse the two adversariesare the giant Peoplersquos Republic ofChina (PRC) and the Lilliputian buteconomically rich Republic of China(ROC) which is more commonly knownas Taiwan With the Philippines upagainst the two Chinas her options are

limited

Over the past several years Chinaincreased her defense budget todouble-digit increments In the case ofTaiwan the United States provided herwith firepower to defend herself fromChina whose ultimate goal is to takeover Taiwan and complete theunification of the two Chinas under onegovernment

But the US has nothing to do with thatAlthough the US recognizes the PRCunder a ldquoOne China Policyrdquo she madeit known that Taiwan would bedefended should China decide toinvade Taiwan

The Philippines followed suit andadopted a ldquoOne China Policyrdquo too thussevering her diplomatic relationshipwith Taiwan However the influentialcommunity of Chinese expatriates andrefugees in the Philippines identifythemselves with Chiang Kai-shek andhis Kuomintang Party who fled toTaiwan in 1949 after they were defeatedby Mao Zedong and his CommunistParty in a bloody Civil War

To continue their ldquofriendshiprdquo thePhilippines and Taiwan established twooffices to serve as conduit between thetwo governments The Philippinegovernment opened the ManilaEconomic and Cultural Office (MECO)in Taipei and Taiwan opened the TaipeiEconomic and Cultural Office (TECO) inManila Indeed the relationshipbetween the Philippines and Taiwancouldnrsquot have been betterhellip until lastMay 9 when an incident in disputedwaters ended in the death of aTaiwanese fisherman

Fishing boat incidentRelatives of fisherman killed by thePhilippine Coast Guard

According to Philippine Coast Guard(PCG) account two Taiwanese fishing

boats were sighted in the Balintangchannel just north of Luzon which isPhilippine territory and not claimed byTaiwan or any other country In whatappeared to be illegal fishing the PCGvessel approached the fishing boatsbut one of them tried to ram the PCGvessel The PCG fired at the chargingfishing boat to disable it The fishingboat was disabled howeverunbeknown to the PCG crew a 65-yearold Taiwanese fisherman was hit Thena ldquobig white shiprdquo came to view and the

PCG vessel took off (Source The DailyTribune)

The incident created a crescendo ofevents leading to violence againstOverseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) inTaiwan MECO Chairman AmadeoPerez reported that an OFW wasattacked with a baseball bat by anangry mob in Kaohsiung City TaiwanOther attacks on OFWs were reportedldquoThe situation in Taiwan now is verytenserdquo said PerezIn an attempt to placate TaiwanPresident Benigno Aquino IIIapologized for the death of the

Taiwanese fisherman but the Taiwanesegovernment uncharacteristicallyrejected it as ldquoinsincererdquo

And to make matters worse theTaiwanese government banned theentry of OFWs The Philippinegovernment is preparing evacuationplans should the need to bring theOFWs home arises The Taiwanesegovernment also issued an advisory toher citizens not to visit the Philippines

Enter the bullyEmperor Xi Jinping (Credit TheEconomist)

Meanwhile a Chinese foreign ministryspokesman said ldquoWe strongly

condemn the barbaric shooting andkilling of the Taiwanese fishermandemanding that the Philippines shouldinvestigate the case and furnish thedetails as soon as possible We aredeeply grieved about the death of theTaiwanese compatriot and have sentcondolences to his familyrdquo With Chinaopenly siding with Taiwan it makes onewonder if China was taking advantageof the incident to drive a wedgebetween the two allies of the UnitedStates Indeed China has been tryingvery hard to neutralize the UnitedStatesrsquo military presence in the WesternPacific particularly in the South andEast China Seas

In August 2012 China tricked thePhilippines into ending the standoff atthe Scarborough Shoal (PanatagShoal) by agreeing to a withdrawal ofthe two countriesrsquo naval vessels fromthe area As soon as the Philippineswithdrew her Coast Guard vesselsChina cordoned off the only opening tothe shoal while several Chinese shipsstayed Since then China has de factopossession of the shoal which is about124 miles from Luzon and within thePhilippinesrsquo 200-mile ExclusiveEconomic Zone (EEZ)

Ryukyu archipelagoRyukyu Islands

Recently two events happened that putChinese expansionism into thegeopolitical equation First itquestioned Japanrsquos ownership of theRyukyu archipelago which includesOkinawa where the US maintains 18army navy air force and marine bases

China claims that the Ryukyus wereonce a Chinese vassal state during theMing and Qing dynasties therefore theisland chain should be returned toChina

With this new ldquoterritorial disputerdquoJapanrsquos ongoing dispute with Chinaover ownership of the Senkaku Islandstakes different dimension Someexperts are saying that China is usingthe Ryukyu issue as a bargaining chipto her claim over the Senkakus a groupof five uninhabited islands and isletswedged between Okinawa and Taiwan

When Japan and Taiwan recentlysigned a joint fishing agreement aroundthe Senkakus China became furiousAnd right after that the ownership of theRyukyus came into play

Ayungin Shoal

China also opened another potentialarea of dispute ndash right inside Philippineterritory A few days ago severalChinese ships were sighted near theAyungin Shoal in the Kalayaan town inthe province of Palawan

Last May 10 a Department of ForeignAffairs (DFA) spokesperson said thatAyungin Shoal is within the PhilippinesrsquoEEZ He said that the entry of foreignfishing vessels in an EEZ is a violationof the United Nations Convention of theLaw of the Sea (UNCLOS) China andthe Philippines are signatories toUNCLOS DFA filed a protest letter withthe Chinese Embassy in Manila on theprovocative presence of two Chinesemaritime surveillance shipsand onewarship around Ayungin Shoal(Source The Philippine Star)

Taiping Island

Taiwan also has a piece of the actionamong six nations involved in territorialdisputes in the Spratly archipelagoRecently Taiwan announced plans toexpand a pier in Taiping Island thelargest island in the Spratlys Byexpanding the pier in the fortified islandit would allow port calls by Taiwanrsquos2000-ton frigates The island hasalready a 3800-foot runway whichTaiwan built in 2006 (Source NewStraits Times)

During the 115th anniversarycelebration of the Philippine Navy lastMay 21 Aquino declared ldquoOurmessage to the world is clear what isours is ours and we will repel any andall attempts to claim what is ours anddefend ourselves against any form ofaggression especially within ourbackyardrdquoIt seems that itrsquos going to bea battle between David vs two Goliaths(PerryDiazgmailcom)

David vs Two Goliaths

Anti-Filipino rally in Taiwan

Relatives of killed Taiwanese fisherman

ldquoEmperorrdquo Xi Jinping (Credit The Economist)

Ryukyu Islands

May 2013 21The North American Filipino Star

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Embracing theObscureBy David White

This past weekend in Sonoma CountyCalifornia 17 vintners gathered for a winetasting they dubbed The 7 PercentSolution

As the organizers explained roughly 93percent of Northern California vineyardacreage is planted to eight major grapevarietals The remaining 7 percent is hometo numerous lesser-known varietals[which] are finding anchor with a small butgrowing number of winemakers

The event enabled consumers to explorethe wines being produced by Californiasrevolutionary vintners -- those willing toembrace the states vast and varied climateby avoiding popular grapes and bottlingthe obscure Whether theyre producingunusual varietals or exploring unheraldedregions these winemakers are worthcelebrating

That certain regions of California might bebetter suited to say Albarino thanChardonnay makes sense Across theglobe commercial wine is produced from a

whopping 1368 different grape varieties Itdefies logic to assume that grapes native tocentral France will thrive in all the worldsnew vineyards

This topic was explored at this years DrinkLocal Wine conference by Joseph FiolaPhD a University of Maryland professorwho has spent over 25 years researchingand teaching about experimentalviticulture

During his lecture Fiola spent a great dealof time praising the Old World for itscommitment to growing varieties that areadapted to local growing conditions

Local varieties have been growing inthose areas for hundreds maybethousands of years he explainedYear in year out they get ripe Year inyear out winemakers can controlproduction Those areas know how togrow the grapes they know how tomake good wine And its the localgrapes that are the best [Winemakers]arent going to grow CabernetSauvignon all over Italy becausepeople know the name

Fiola went on to compare southernItalys climate to southern MarylandsYet he acknowledged the temptation tofocus on well-known varieties

Trying to convince a Maryland winerythat has to worry about marketing topeople who can barely pronounceChardonnay to sell Nero dAvolaNegroamaro Sagrantino he askednaming three esoteric varieties fromItaly That presents a challenge heconceded

Europe has an advantage of courseThe continent has been producingwine for thousands of years so vintnersthere understand which grapes dobest In France for examplewinemakers in Burgundy know to focus

on Pinot Noir and Chardonnay Just asGerman vintners recognize thatRiesling thrives in the countrys Moselregion Spanish vintners recognize thatAlbarino thrives in Galicia

Wine production in the United States isstill in its infancy But winemakers knowthat American consumers enjoyCabernet Sauvignon ChardonnayMerlot Pinot Noir and SauvignonBlanc so thats what most produceOnly the most courageous vintnerswould eschew these varieties

One of these courageous vintners isMatthew Rorick of Forlorn Hope whopoured at this weekends tasting inSonoma Since 2005 he has beenproducing rare creatures fromappellations unknown and varietiesuncommon

His rare creatures are truly unusualHe produces delightful reds fromSangiovese and Barbera two Italiangrapes that few California winemakers

take seriously He produces a deliciousVerdelho a white wine thats typicallyassociated with Portugal He producesthe nations only 100-percent StLaurent a thought-provoking highlyaromatic red thats almost impossibleto find outside Austria and the CzechRepublic Each year he crafts morethan a dozen different wines -- andvirtually all are produced in lots offewer than 2500 bottles

The fact that 17 vintners like Rorickwere able to fill a room this pastweekend is a testament to the fact thatan increasing number of winemakersare willing to take risks And perhapsmore importantly Americanconsumers are growing morecomfortable exploring the unknown

David White a wine writer is the founderand editor of Terroiristcom His columnsare housed at Palate Press The OnlineWine Magazine

APRIL 201322 The North American Filipino Star

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Minister FlahertyHighlights EconomicAction Plan 2013rsquosStrong Support forCharitableOrganizations

The Honourable Jim Flaherty Ministerof Finance today urged Canadians totake advantage of the HarperGovernmentrsquos new First-Time DonorrsquosSuper Credit and donate to acharitable organization

Speaking at Lutherwood a not-for-profit health and social serviceorganization serving the WaterlooRegion and Wellington CountyMinister Flaherty said ldquoThroughout ournationrsquos history Canadians haveworked together to serve others andhave made Canada a better place inthe process Our Government wants tosee that noble tradition continuewhich is why Economic Action Plan2013 builds on previous actions by ourGovernment to support families andcommunities and the quality of life forhard-working Canadiansrdquo

These initiatives include the RegisteredDisability Savings Plan the FamilyCaregiver Tax Credit and the EnablingAccessibility Fund which supports thecapital costs of construction andrenovations to improve physicalaccessibility for persons withdisabilities

Minister Flaherty stated ldquoThe newFirst-Time Donorrsquos Super Credit willsignificantly enhance theattractiveness of donating to a charityfor young and new Canadians who arein a position to make donations for thefirst time By helping to rejuvenate andexpand the charitable sectorrsquos donorbase this important initiative will havean immediate impact in supporting thecharitable sectorrdquo

The credit will apply on cash donationsof up to $1000 claimed in any onetaxation year from 2013 to 2017 It willincrease the value of the existingCharitable Donations Tax Credit by 25percentage points if neither thetaxpayer nor their spouse has claimedthe credit since 2007

Kitchener-Waterloo MP Peter Braid achampion for such worthy causesadded ldquoCanadians are some of themost generous people in the worldwhen it comes to giving time andmoney to charity and our Governmentis committed to supporting that spiritrdquo

ldquoThe Super Credit is a very positivestep for charities wanting to engagenew donors We are excited by thepossibilities and eager to continueworking with the federal government toexplore innovative ways to expandcharitable giving by all Canadiansrdquosaid Marcel Lauziegravere President andCEO of Imagine Canada

___________________________________For further information media may

contact

Kathleen PerchalukPress SecretaryOffice of the Minister of Finance613-996-7861

Jack AubryMedia RelationsDepartment of Finance613-996-8080

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Treasury Board PresidentAnnounces MajorInitiative toward a High-Performing Public Service

For immediate release

May 28 2013

Ottawa ndash The Honourable TonyClement President of the TreasuryBoard today announced a newmandatory system for trackingemployee performance aimed atboosting productivity and ensuringCanadians receive modern effectiveand efficient public service

ldquoHard-working Canadians look to us toprovide high quality affordableservice The Governmentrsquos newperformance management regime willensure that we are employing thepublic service to its fullest potentialrdquosaid Minister Clement ldquoComplacencyand the status quo are not an optionExcellence must be the benchmarkCanadians deserve no lessrdquo

The new Directive on PerformanceManagement introduces for the firsttime a government-wide system fortracking employee performance Thegoal is three-fold

To recognize and reward excellentperformance

Work with all employees to maximizeperformance and

To deal decisively with unsatisfactoryperformance

ldquoPerformance management is aboutensuring good workers have anopportunity to become great workersand dealing effectively with poorperformersrdquo said Minister ClementldquoEither poor performers improve andbecome productive employees or wewill let them gordquo

The Directive which comes into effectin April 2014 includes a number ofstandardized measures for trackingperformance These measuresinclude establishing annualperformance objectives for allemployees mid-year evaluationsannual written performanceassessments and an action plan forimproving performance with clearestablished time-lines as well as stepsto be taken if performance does notimprove These steps could include

demotion or termination Processeswill ensure that employees are treatedfairly

ldquoDoing things the way they havealways been done is no longer goodenough if we want to build a 21stcentury public servicerdquo said MinisterClement ldquoWe owe it to Canadians andwe owe it to the vast majority ofcommitted hard-working publicservants to make sure everyone ispulling their weightrdquo

For more information please consultthe Directive on PerformanceManagement and visit thePerformance Management website

mdash 30 mdash

For more information see the Directiveon Performance Managementbackgrounder or contact

Matthew ConwayPress SecretaryOffice of the President of the TreasuryBoard and Minister responsible forFedNor613-957-2666

Media RelationsTreasury Board of Canada Secretariat613-957-2640

If there is a discrepancy between anyprinted version and the electronicversion of this news release theelectronic version will prevail

TTY (telecommunications device forthe hearing impaired) ndash 613-957-9090

Follow us on Twitter TBS_Canada

Backgrounder - Directive onPerformance Management

The Government of Canada isimplementing a new employeeperformance management program tofoster excellence in service delivery toCanadians and improve productivity

This Directive will introduce for the firsttime a systemic mandatoryperformance assessment for all corepublic sector employees Rigorousperformance management is a bestpractice and an essential element of amodern public service

The new Directive on PerformanceManagement applies to federalemployees in the core publicadministration See footnote 1 and willcome into effect on April 1 2014

The approach to implementingPerformance Management is system-wide and will support deputy headsmanagers and employees in achievingand sustaining a culture of highperformance in the public sector

Highlights

The Directive calls for consistency inhow employee performance ismanaged and how employeesrsquo skillsare developed across the federal

public service

Each federal organization will establishan employee performancemanagement program that includesrequirements such as

Mandatory annual performancemanagement objectives for allemployees including commitmentsperformance objectives and expectedbehaviours and learning ordevelopment plans

Mid-year evaluations of eachemployee

Annual written employee performanceassessments at the end of each fiscalyear

An action plan to support and guideemployees to improve performancewithin clear timelines and

Mandatory attestation by deputyheads that an employee hassuccessfully completed the probationperiod

Requirements for performanceagreements are already in place forpublic service executives and non-unionized employees With the newDirective performance agreements willbe mandatory for all

To support managers and supervisorsin adopting the new Directivemandatory training will be providedEach department will have acommittee made up of senior officialsto coach managers through theprocess Managers will also besupported with additional labourrelations advice and a Labour andEmployment Law Centre of Expertiseis also being created by the TreasuryBoard Secretariat to deal specificallywith employment law and litigation

The Values and Ethics Code for thePublic Sector that came into force inApril 2012 underpins the objectives ofthe new Directive

The Office of the Chief HumanResources Officer is responsible formonitoring departmentsrsquo compliancewith the directive and conductingreviews to evaluate its impact

Know ThyselfHe who knows much about

others may be learned but hewho understands himself is

more intelligentHe who controls others may be

powerful but he who hasmastered himself is

mightier still

A journey of a thousand milesmust begin with a single step

Lao Tzu

By viewing the old we learn the new

Chinese Proverb

The North American Filipino StarMay 2013 23The North American Filipino Star

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Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce

Cultural Centre launchedMontreacuteal May 28 2013 ndash At a specialmeeting held last Thursday the Cocircte-des-NeigesmdashNotre-Dame-de-Gracircce (CDNmdashNDG) Borough Council awarded a contractto build the new Notre-Dame-de-GracircceCultural Centre The $1540010710contract was won by the Geyser Group inc

The Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce Cultural Centrewill house a new Benny Library and also amulti-purpose hall to accommodate culturalexhibitions and a wide variety ofperformances The ecologically-friendlybuilding meeting LEED certificationstandards will be prominently located at theintersection of avenue de Monkland andavenue Benny across from the NDG SportsCentre

Construction will begin in the next fewweeks and be completed at the end of2014 Originally planned for 2012 theproject had to be modified in order to meetthe Boroughrsquos self-imposed budgetconstraints Construction of the Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce Cultural Centre representsa $236 million investment for which theBorough is depending in particular on thejoint financial support of the ministegravere de laCulture et des Communications du Queacutebecand the Ville de Montreacuteal

ICAO headquarters toremain in Montreal

MONTREAL May 27 2013 - The Ministerof Foreign Affairs the Honourable John

Baird the Minister of InternationalRelations La Francophonie and ExternalTrade and Minister responsible for theMontreacuteal region Mr Jean Francois Liseacuteeand the Mayor of Montreacuteal Mr MichaelApplebaum would like to invite members ofthe media to a press conference for thesigning of the renewal agreement with theInternational Civil Aviation Organization(ICAO) in Montreacuteal

Date Monday May 27th 2013Heure 5 pmLieu Terrace of City Hall

275 Notre-Dame EstMetro Champ-de-Mars

Come join celebrate thePhilippine IndependenceDay Celebration on June 12 1000AM at theFAMAS CentreThe Philippine Declaration of Independencesimultaneously marked the end of thePhilippine Revolution and the PhilippineIslandsrsquo assertion to sovereignty andindependence from Spanish colonial ruleHowever neither Spain nor Americarecognized such a stake to independentnationhood and on December 10 1898the Spanish government ceded thePhilippines to the United States in the Treatyof Paris for the price of US $2 millionmarking the end of the Spanish-AmericanWar1

A short two months later on February 41899 armed conflict erupted betweenPhilippine revolutionary forces and USmilitary occupants in Manila By June 2

1899 the First Philippine Republic officiallydeclared war against the US that lasteduntil July 4 1902 Approximately 20000soldiers were killed in action while thecivilian death toll reached an estimated half-million persons Though the war officiallyended in the summer of 1899 guerillafreedom fighters continued to challengeUS occupation for several more years

It was not until July 4 1946 nearly fiftyyears later that the United States formallyrecognized full Philippine independentnationhood with the enactment of the Treatyof Manila On a rainy day in Manilarsquos LunetaPark 400000 onlookers cheered as theAmerican flag was lowered and thePhilippine flag was raised in its placeSenator Millard Tydings of Marylandreported that the day was ldquoone of the mostunprecedented most idealistic and mostfar-reaching events in all recorded historyrdquo3

July 4 was officially recognized as theNational Day until August 4 1964 whenPresident Diosdado Macapagal signed theMalacanang Republic Act No 4166 thateffectively made June 12mdashthe day thatGeneral Emilio Aguinaldo and hisrevolutionary peers had originally claimedas the Nationrsquos Daymdashthe countryrsquos officialIndependence Day

Today Filipinos around the world fromSaudi Arabia to Los Angeles Californiacontinue to celebrate PhilippineIndependence Day on June 12 In AmericaFilipino Americans otherwise known asFilAms use this day to commemorate thePhilippinesrsquo independence from colonialrule celebrate Filipino heritage-pride

preserve cultural roots promote culturalawareness and bring FilAm communitiestogether4

The largest Philippine Independence Daycelebration takes place annually in NewYork City on Madison Avenue between 23rdand 38th street on the first Sunday of JuneAn estimated 100000 people turn out totake part in various events and to march ina parade that represents FilAms and the7000 plus island clusters that constitute thePhilippine archipelago FilAms proudlydonned outfits representative of theirregional origins academic affiliationsprofessions favored sports team andmore5

In Washington DC the PhilippineEmbassy and Filipino AmericanOrganization host an Independence DayGala commemorative festivals and othercultural activities

In Montreal we commemorate thePhilippine Independence by a Flag RaisingCeremony at the FAMAS Centre every June12 every year

Come and celebrate with us and meet andgreet our kababayans and public officialsLight refreshments are served

Cheers

From the FAMAS Executive Board

Al Boy AbdonPublic Relations Officer - FAMASalabdonvideotronca

May 201324

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Ask the Video Guy

What do you do when yourcamcorder computer tablet or otherdevice is no longer useful to you but stillhas use in its electronics Do you sell itDonate it Save it for historical laughs orthrow it in a landfill

April 22 marks the 43rd annualEarth Day observance - and as peoplebecome aware of recycling ordinarygarbage theres still a long ways to gowith disposing of electronic waste InApril 2011 an e-cycling initiative waslaunched by leaders in the consumerelectronics industry to deal with themillions of pounds of electronic wasterendered annually The hopes are to

Have one billion pounds of electronicwaste recycled annually by 2016

How you Can Help and Benefit TooIf your electronic gadget still has

life in it consider other places you mighthelp someone else in need who hasntthe means or abilities to purchase a newdevice

Computers Donate your oldcomputer to community organization tohelp seniors or non-electronicindividuals who dont have access tocomputers in your area

Mobile Phones Old cell phonescould be given to old folks who cannotafford the luxury of Samsung or iphones

Televisions A local school retirementhome or community center might gladlylike to upgrade their older set for a not-as-old set

Camcorders If you have a camcorderthat runs but has out-lived your needsgathering dust in a closet there are anumber of places you donate it to thatwould benefit greatly from yourgenerosity That old camcorder you nolonger use can find a new life in thehands of your local charity theater groupor school How many people claim tohave been bitten by the movie creatingbug using their dads old Super 8camera A not-too-old camcorder cantrigger a childs interest in videoproducing

Recycling Responsibly From CDs to PCs printers to monitorsand more you have the responsiblydisposes of what cant be recycled

Giving it Away for Cash or Credit Thereare several companies what will buyyour older gadget some for cash-outothers for rebate on a new product fromtheir company In the US kodak has amail-in program for old digital camerasand printers Best Buy has a trade-inprogram HP has a few choices fromcash for you to a charity donation or anHP gift card for a new purchase

Selling it Depending on the age of yourdevice you can sell it outright to sitesebay craiglist Kijiji Of course you mightget more the old fashioned way - oneBay - but like putting a sign on your carin a parking lot hoping for a nibbleversus selling it to a used-car brokerthese sites pay for your device thenresell it so they need a profit margintoo A quick search on eBay found 50used Sony miniDV selling for $4000 anda Sony VX2100 going for $300

Recycle it Not all electronic waste isrecyclable but most areas in theQuebec the municipals usually haveprogram where you can drop in theseelectronic stuff When in doubt the firstplace to look can be as easy as your oldfashioned Yellow Pages Most localgovernment listings will have some sortof service for electronic waste recyclingthey can point you in the right direction

Helping People in Developing CountriesThe federal

government have programs that takesusedrefurbished computers to people inemerging nations struggling to getcaught up in the modern world

What can you do with VideotapeRecycling video gear isnt just

about the electronics You can recyclevideo tape too One-sixth of a gallon ofpetroleum goes into the production ofone videocassette and as of 2008 videoduplication companies processed 20million of them per month Althoughvideotape production has gone downtheres a lot of tape still in use or goingto waste sites

Thrift stores Yep - people still usevideotape but be forewarned blackingyour old footage is a good idea beforeyou donate tape

Make Scarecrows Many farmers inManitoba know this trick - Snip the tapeand unravel it then hang bits and piecesaround the garden The fluttering shinytape will scare birds away

Make art Yes Check out this a tutorialon crocheting a sling bag using avideotape

Jim Gibilterra of MediaDistributors says the 2011 tsunami inJapan put their business in crisis modewhen a good portion of the worldssupply of professional video-tape was nolonger available Since then theyvelooked into how they can help lessen theimpact recording media on ourenvironment They mostly deal withhigh-end tape for broadcast and that theproduct is now back in production witheverything back to normal but it

Recycling Electronic Stuffs

triggered interest They sell evaluatedmedia or buy it back then totallydegauss it run it through evaluators toverify no defects then resell This re-supplied tape is good for non-criticalusers schools give aways MediaDistributors also does certifieddestruction that doesnt hurt theenvironment as part of their lsquoGreenPartners Programrsquo

When Recycling e-waste Doesnt WorkNot all recycling is good for theenvironment According to a reportfrom Electronics Take Back Coalitioncaustic gas sits inside old cathode raytube [CRT] TVs and older computermonitors and that approximately 860million pounds of CRT glass has beenstockpiled by recyclers

Did you get (or give) any newelectronics this past holiday season Illbet nearly anyone who was in the gift-giving mode got or gave at least oneelectronic gadget as a gift but whathappens to the gadget yourereplacing Getting rid of the old tobring in the new is becoming a bigissue hopefully a few of these sitesposted today will help you think howyou can participate in e-wasterecyclingAl AbdonHollywood Junkies Video

(514) 264-8706

From Page 5 Canada Star Recruiting

researchers and students who have ahigh potential for becoming candidates forthe Start-Up Visa While at Stanford healso met with Dan Siciliano a legalscholar and entrepreneur with expertise incorporate governance corporate financeand immigration law and Vivek WadhwaDirector of Research at the Center for

Entrepreneurship and ResearchCommercialization and author of TheImmigrant Exodus one of TheEconomistrsquos Books of the Year for 2012

He was also the featured guestspeaker at an event hosted by the SiliconValley Business Journal attended bymany prominent entrepreneurs andinvestors

Minister Kenney also officially unveiledthe new Start-Up Visa billboard

ldquoThere is huge interest inCanadarsquos new Start-Up Visa and inCanadarsquos expanding tech sectorrdquo saidMinister Kenney ldquoCanadarsquos strongeconomic growth low taxes andbusiness costs excellence in researchand innovation and top quality of life allmake Canada a top country forinnovative entrepreneurs looking to buildtheir businesses If you are a start-upentrepreneur and want to build adynamic company that can compete ona global scale then Canadarsquos Start-UpVisa Program is for yourdquo

The Start-Up Visa whichopened for applications on April 1 is animportant part of the Government ofCanadarsquos plan to build a fast and flexibleeconomic immigration system The Start-Up Visa Program is the first of its kind inthe world and provides Canadian privatesector organizations with access to abroad range of entrepreneurs ndash includingthe worldrsquos best and brightest ndash in whoseideas they can invest

At the same time the programprovides immigrant entrepreneurs withvaluable assistance in navigating theCanadian business environment whichcan be a challenge for newcomers andenables them to build innovativecompanies that can create Canadianjobs and compete on a global scaleVisit cicgccastartup for moreinformation on the Start-Up Visaprogram

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number one in the senatorial raceNilagpasan nrsquoya si Sen Loren Legardana consistent number one sa lahat ngpolls bago mag-eleksyon Sabi ng mgalocal political pundit ay sympathy votesdaw iyon sa pagkatalo ni o sapagkadaya kay FPJ noong halalan ng2004

I SPURNED HER FACEBOOKFRIEND REQUEST ndash Alam nrsquoyo bana tumanggap ako ng Facebookldquofriend requestrdquo mula sa isang tao naitinuturing ko na ldquoThe MostHypocritical and Most Treacherousrdquomember of our community Well Idid Naalaala ko ang kanyang dalawangbeses na panloloko sa akin noongnakaraang halalan ng FAMAS Angkanyang unang panloloko ay nangpaniwalain nrsquoya ako na tunay angkanyang pakikipagkaibigan sa akinNaroon ang beneso-beso nrsquoya ako atnakipag-usap sa akin nang matinoNapadala naman ako sa kanyangldquokabaitanrdquo Nalaman ko ang kanyangpagka-traidor nang sabihin nrsquoya saakin na hindi naman talaga si CesarManuel ang kanyang iboboto at sahalip ay pangalan ni Au Osdon angisusulat nrsquoya sa kanyang balota Suotlang daw nrsquoya ang yellow t-shirt ngSamahang Makabayan (SM) dahilkung hindi baka raw makahalata angkanyang presidential candidate atmasirang lahat ang kanyang mgaplano Iyon naman pala ay gusto langnrsquoyang malaman sa akin kung itutuloy

ng COMELEC ang desisyon napagbawas sa mga boto ng mgakandidato ng SM At nang hindi akosumang-ayon sa gusto nrsquoyangmangyari biglang naglaho angkanyang ldquokabaitanrdquo at muli nrsquoyaakong siniraan sa pamamagitan ngkanyang column sa Forum

Ang ikalawa nrsquoyang panlolokoay noon mismong election day Nasaloob kami ng St Kevinrsquos ChurchSocial Hall nang tawagin nrsquoya angaking anak at humingi srsquoya ngpaumanhin sa bata na noorsquoy doseanyos pa lamang Ang sabi nya ldquoHijaI apologize to you for all the nastythings that I said about your dad Ipromise you that I wonrsquot do that tohim againrdquo Dahil sa bata na angkanyang kinausap binigyan ko srsquoyang benefit of the doubt na talagangtotoo na ang kanyang pangako

Maling-mali ako dahil angkanyang next column ay punung-puno ng mga vituperative remarks nalaban sa akin Nang ipabasa ko iyonsa aking anak hindi nrsquoya napigilan namagsabi ldquoI will never never believeher again I hate her Shersquos a liarrdquo

Iyon ang dahilan kung bakittinanggihan ko ang kanyang ldquoFriendrequestrdquo sa Facebook Ayaw kongmabitag ng kanyang patibong Ayawkong maging Trojan ng kanyangTrojan horse Hindi ko lang srsquoyatinanggihan I also blocked her parahindi na srsquoya makapunta sa aking FBpage Ayaw ko sa hipokrito

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OBITUARY

BENTURADA SARMIENTO ORTIZ born on July 14 1926 died on May 62013 at Mendez Cavite Philippines She is survived by her only child

Bernardo Sarmiento daughter-in-law Maritess Almanzor grandchildrenBernardo II Genevieve Meredith and Alexandra and stepdaughter Auring

Ortiz-Villanueva and her family

Benturada Sarmiento Ortiz1926-2013

AdvisoryWarning concerning misrepresentation and fraud

8 May 2013 - The Philippine Embassy in Ottawa has receivedreports concerning documents recently notarized by a personwho is representing himself as Honorary Consul of the Republicof the Philippines in Montreal Quebec Canada

The Embassy wishes to inform the public that there is no existingHonorary Consul of the Republic of the Philippines in Montreal

The Embassy warns the public about such acts ofmisrepresentation and fraud

The Philippine Government concluded on 3 May 2007 theappointment of its last Honorary Consul in Montreal and theDepartment of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Canadahas been duly informed

PUBLIC NOTICE

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North American

FILIPINO STAR PHOTO GALLERY

Mothers Day flowers given to Zenaida Kharroubi by her students Mayette DanaoArlene Manalo and Edna Lorenzo on May 12 2013

The FNAQ founding Executive Board 1992-1995 presented (L-R) Nilda MerialesMaria Quimpo Eugenia Magalit Mierfe Morales Linda Espallardo MagdalenaCalcetas Anita Lo and Elsie Reyes Ten were absent

The Panday Tinig Choral Ensemble led by Paul Imperial and Edith Fedalizo pose forsouvenir of the 21st anniversary of FNAQ on May 4 2013 at the Holiday Inn on Cotede Liesse Road

The anniversary cake with the officers members and guests of the FNAQ one of thehighlights of the evening celebration

The Filipino Youth Center held its monthly Consultative Meeting on the last Saturdayof April with Tessie Nepomuceno as speaker shown here delivering her message tothe youth with their parents and other volunteers led by Pastor Orlan Racachotogether with Amy Manon-og Sophie Toledo Joe Calugay and Zeny Kharroubi

From left Dindo Miras Continuing Education Coordinator of the FNAQ poses withthe inspirational speaker Mrs Patricia OrsquoConnor FNAQ Founder Maggie Calcetasand Mr Gerald Perron

Pamana ni LuzViMinda Concert April 27 2013held at the College Brebeuf Auditorium

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by W G QuiambaoDue to the limitation of time and

space this article should not beconsidered complete Thanks to thecontributions of Pastor Orlan RacachoBert Abiera Lina Fernandez JakeMaguigad and Zenaida Kharroubi for thisbrief history of FAMAS Likewise I believethat I should also thank all FAMASpresidents and their directors for theirvolunteerism and personal sacrifices

The Filipino Association ofMontreal and Suburbs (FAMAS) the oldestand biggest association in Quebec that iscelebrating its fifty years has come a longway since its founding in 1963 TheFilipinos who were with us since its infancyand still with us have witnessed itsevolution into a progressive andrecognized organization it is today by thefederal provincial and especially by themunicipal governments

The primary goal of FAMAS whenit was founded was for Filipinos in Montrealand suburbs to get to know each other andto make sure their separation away fromthe families they left behind in thePhilippines would be much lessunbearable In the early days the numberof Filipinos was comparatively small about330 Many of them were professionalsnamely doctors nurses architects andengineers

The Philippine Association ofMontreal and suburbs now known asFAMAS had limited activities which weremainly social events due to lack ofcreativeness incentives and civicconsciousness to project a realisticcommunity involvement said OrlanRacacho former FAMAS president andnow a pastor Leadership skills andpassion for cultural programs werebasically lacking in its platform

FAMAS then was not ascommunity oriented as it is today In factthe money left by each president after hisor her tenure was spent more forsocializing than anything else Even theFAMAS election was so simple that it wasdone by mere raising of hands by thevoters Sometimes the election was heldat Angrignon Park in La Salle It was also inany of those places that a small group ofFilipinos usually had their occasionalpicnics for camaraderie and only a handfulwas keen on running for office moreparticularly the presidency

In the early 70s the communitysaw the changing times in terms of the theeconomy and in the ever-growing numberof Filipinos in Montreal and suburbs

The FAMAS officers decided toaim higher but were confronted with muchbigger challenges It dawned on them thatFAMAS should be community oriented if itwas to be relevant To accomplish thisgoal essential services to the communityhad to be provided FAMAS officersconsisted of volunteers who had to workhard not only to recruit members and raisefunds but also to develop projects Thebiggest source for FAMAS then and nowhas been the Miss Philippines andMunting Bb Pilipinas conceptualized byNorma Flores-Vohra during the terms ofAlvin Veloso Angie Ogerio and BertAbiera respectively In 1978 NormaVillarose started the building fund in theamount of $500 unlike the previousFAMAS presidents who usually spentleftover funds after their term on picnics orany other social activities because at thattime FAMAS had no specific projectTherefore it was during this time whenmassive fund raising was dedicated to thecommunity center building fund EveryFAMAS president began to work harder inorder to turn over an amount to thebuilding fund In 1986-1987 during the

term of Bert Abiera a committee led byOgerio was formed to adopt a `copy cat`fund raising idea used in the Philippinesthe Munting Bb Pilipinas which was ahuge success It raised more than $20000

I made a handsome turn overwhich rapidly grewrdquo said Abiera ldquoWhenMarlene Birao-Schacter took over FAMAShad the sufficient amount to make a downpayment for a duplex on Van Horne Avewith the approval of the officers and theBoard of Trustees They utilized theservices of Nemia Saldua a realtor whowas a member of the Board of TrusteesThe mortgage was signed by Birao-Schacter and Bartolome Javier whorepresented the Board of Trustees

Years later it was decided toconvert the duplex into a communitycenter where the services that theassociation wanted to provide to thecommunity could be served but it wasdifficult since zoning bylaws got in the wayWhen James de la Paz became theFAMAS president he assiduously lobbiedthe City Hall of Montreal to grant FAMAS arezoning permit The neighbours howeverwere opposed to the idea of converting theduplex into a community center becauseof the noise and disturbance it might bringto the quiet neighbourhood Despite therezoning snag de la Paz`s request wasgranted within a year With the help ofvolunteers the duplex was renovated inthe late 90s and worthy activities likeHeritage classes were introducedthereafter

In addition to the successfulconversion of the duplex to become acenter de la Paz made a bold andcontroversial decision He called anassembly to present his proposal to paythe mortgage of FAMAS in full since it hadenough money for that purpose Hebelieved that payment of the mortgagebalance would save money by avoidingthe exorbitant and growing mortgageinterest rates

ldquoSome members of the executiveboard tried to sue me but they couldnrsquot doanythingrdquo recalled de la Paz ldquoMy lawyersaid that I didn`t pocket the money A fewyears later those who were against myidea appreciated what I did If I did not paythe mortgage FAMAS would still be indebtrdquo

In spite of the criticism hurledagainst de la Paz by those who havepersonal issues with him FAMAS hadsubstantially benefitted from his politicalconnections that he shrewdly cultivatedwhen he was the FAMAS presidentArguably he paved the way for the Filipinocommunity to be more visible in themainstream politics when he was FAMASpresident He said ldquoPoliticians used to sayThe Jews Italians Chinese etc It wasfrustrating for Filipinos because they weresystematically relegated to lsquoothersrsquo Theydidnt have any identity until de la Pa cameinto the local political scene Nowpoliticians from municipal provincial andfederal levels recognize the existence notonly of FAMAS but also the entireburgeoning Filipino community

FAMAS made more changes inthe 90s For example it amended theConstitution and Bylaws to allow thepresident to serve for two years rather thanjust one year The Executive Board at thetime was convinced that one year was tooshort for any president particularly a goodone to accomplish the goals of theassociation For reasons of their ownmany community members came out ofthe woodwork and became more andmore interested in becoming president orat least to be an officer FAMAS electionshave become one of the most talked aboutand anticipated events in the communityparticularly in the summertime Like the

Independence Day and the Pista saNayon the election day has always beenan event for many Filipinos to meet friendsthey have not seen for a while

In 2009 the leadership of AuOsdon who has a background inmanagement was put to the test afterwinning the presidency of FAMAS Despiteher detractors`criticismrsquo or perhapsbecause of it she managed to keep theaffairs of FAMAS in order When she tookover in 2009 a Special Audit Committeewas established in order to review theincomplete financial records submitted bythe previous administration Thecommittee composed of Hal SoteroRoger Sandoval Cely Dagsaan and PeterFernandez found out that it would beimpossible because most transactionswere made in cash and not properlyrecorded FAMAS received a bill in 2007--2008 which was paid She also broughtback the trust and respect of thecommunity for FAMAS which for a whilewere lost because of the smokingdrinking and even installation of a camerain the toilet The regular activities like theBb Pilipinas Bb Munting PilipinasHeritage and French classes still continueMiss Teen FAMAS and the fledgling ProjectPagsibol are doing well Somerenovations in the building were also madewith the help of Alex Sy FAMAS vicepresident and an engineer by professionwhich included the new main entrancedoor with electronic push button openerlocated in the office a new entranceFrench door in the main lobby near thestairs going up the office installation of awindow near the entrance door removal ofthe old closet to make the office biggerremoval of the partition of the conferenceroom and living room to make the spacebigger and putting new floor tiles in theconference room

Giving due recognition to de laPaz and Osdon is not meant to diminishthe other presidents before or after themwho made valuable contributions to thestatus of FAMAS as a communityorganization All past presidents ofFAMAS without exception had given uptheir time and made personal sacrifices inorder to do their job It can be statedwithout any doubt that no one has amonopoly of accomplishments for therehave been other past presidents who triedto do what they thought was good for thecommunity Some of the past presidentscontributions are Lee Sanga (deceased)introduced Heritage classes JoseBustamante converted the duplex garageinto a classroom Carlos P Reyes(deceased) started the installation of aflagpole Alberto Floresca (deceased)brought the idea of constructing thebalcony Claro Bermudez celebrated theIndependence Day jointly with FCAWIFlor Rillo constructed the patio CarmelitaSideco (deceased) must be mentioned forbeing the first female FAMAS presidentwhose contributions are not visible but herinfluence over those who worked with herare still felt Norma Casaclang-Villarosa(deceased) was known to be the first oneto put aside some funds for the purpose ofacquiring a community center Dr BartJavier together with Marlene Birao-Schacter were the signatories to the deedof sale of the FAMAS building There mayhave been accomplishments of somepresidents but have not been includedabove but it is hoped that their place inFAMAS history is an acknowledgement oftheir volunteerism to the community

But the saying that ldquoYou can`tplease everybodyrdquo still holds true After theelection in 2011 Osdon and COMELECchairman Budz Sarmiento were accusedof conniving with each other to beat CesarManuel presidential candidate for

Samahang Makabayan ldquoThe accusation is untrue said

Sarmiento The candidates of the SMwere given the Rules and Regulations toread If they have any objection then theyshould have discussed it with theCOMELEC Instead they signed theCertificatres of Candidacy After theelection they were also given a chance toappeal But they ignored it What I findinappropriate are the things they didprotesting in front of the center for a fewdays freezing FAMAS accouint illegallyinducting their officers etc

FAMAS had and still has its upsand down As noted below even duringthe beginning there had been a short-livedfeud between the east side and the westside resulting in two associations onecalled Philippine Association of Montreal(PAM) and the other the Filipino Aociationof the Province of Quebec (FAPQ) Itcannot be denied that bickering anddifferences among differeent factions havebeen a constant threat to the solidarityamong Filipinos Nevertheless they arealways there fior each other in time ofneed It is like a big family After all othercultural associations have had their ownproblems too

List of FAMAS presidents 1963-1964 - Vicente Sison 1964-1965 - DrB Oteysa finished the term of EmilAssistores 1965-1966 - Dr Ben deGuzman 1966-1967 - R Mendoza finishedthe term started by Carlos Borromeo1967-1968 Dr Diego Rosales gave up infavor of John Alvarado In 1967 a crisisoccured that led to the formation of twoasociations John Alvarado continued hisjob as president of Philippine Associationof Montreal (PAM) while Orlan Racachobecame president of a new associationcalled Filipino Association of the Provnceof Quebec In 1968-1969 George Pobletebecame president of PAM and Dr DeoEsguerra was at the helm of FAPQ In1969 according to Jake Maguigadsarticle FAMAS made the maidenappearance with Dr Nap Magadia andlater T Patrio as president while the nameof Andy Palomar was recorded by BertAbiera as the president during the periodof 1969-1970 Abiera also provided thenames of other past presidents namely1970-1971 Simeon Orejudos 1971-1972Alvin Veloso 1972-1973 Roberto Bernas 1973-1974 Carmelita Sideco 1974-1975Orlan Racacho 1975-1976 DominadorRosales 1976-1977 Dr Bartolome Javier1977-1978 Henry Casuga 1978-1979Norma Villarosa 1979-1980 Dr EdilbertoPelausa 1980-1981 Liwanag Sanga 1981-1982 - Angelita Ogerio 1982-1983Salvador Cagugao 1983-1984 NemiaSaldua 1984-1985 Dr GenovevaSantander 1985-1986 Julita Parado 1986-1987 Alberto Abiera 1987-1988 AuroraOsdon 1988-1989 Marlene Birao-Schacter 1989-1990 Mario Umali 1990-1991 Erlinda Baltazar 1991-1992 LimeoCollao 1992-1993 Dick Dahiroc 1993-1994 Malrlene Birao-Schacter 1994-1995Emma Resurreccion 1995-1997 James dela Paz (two consecutive terms) 1997-1998Ricardo Cosico 1998-1999 JoseBustamante

The change in the terms ofpresidents began in 1999-2001 with CarlosP Reyes 2001-2003 Venancio Parial 2003-2005 Santiago Tino 2005-2007 AlbertoFloresca 2007-2008 2008 - ClaroBermjudez who had to leave for a jobopporuntiy in South Africa and appointedFlor Rillo to replace him for the remainderof his term until August 2009 AuroraOsdon 2009-2013 (two consecutive terms)

FAMAS in a capsule

Learn French the fast and easy way Enrollat Gilmore College International

Call 514-485-7861

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Fresh liver

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Fresh Pork Belly with skin

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Ground PorkSpecial 229lb

Philippine Cuisineand

Favorite FoodCompiled by Zenaida Ferry Kharroubi

Fresh Pork Leg

Over 20 lbs 409 lb

lb

Bone-in shoulder chops219 lb

12 kilo pork bellygarlic powdersalt and pepper

For the filling

1 small bundle large spring onionschopped1 stalk lemon grass chopped1 small bundle chives chopped3-4 cloves garlic choppedblack pepper powderchili flakessalt

For the baste

3 tablespoon oil1 tablespoon soy sauce

Balamban Liempo - Cooking procedure

Make an incision in the middle of thepork belly to form a pocket for thefillings Rub the pork belly with garlicpowder salt and pepper let stand inthe refrigerator and marinate for a least1 hour or more Mix and blend all thefilling ingredients and put it inside thebelly pocket keep aside Preheat ovento 300degF to 350degF using the top andbottom heating element In a roastingpan with the same size with the porkbelly place the pork belly with the skinon top Drizzle the pork belly skin withsoy sauce and rub to evenly coat

Balamban Liempo - Grill

Place the roasting pan in the pre-heated oven and roast for 1 to 112hours Occasionally brush the skinwith the oil and soy sauce bastemixture Adjust lower the temperatureif the skin is drying or cooking too fastNow remove the pork belly from thebaking pan and place in the middle ofthe oven in a rack continue to roast foranother 20 to 30 minutes Increase theoven temperature to 400degF to 450degFduring the last 10 to 15 minutes ofcooking or until reddish in color and theskin should be crisp at this stageRemove from oven and cover theroasting pan with aluminium foil and letrest for 10 to 15 minutes Cut intoserving pieces and serve with yourchoice pinakurat vinegar dippingsauce

Pork Belly RoastBalamban liempo style

roasting the pork belly is roasted whileit is in the roasting pan I used glassThis will allow the juices together withthe aromatics cook the meatremember you have to use top andbottom grill of the oven Halfway thepork belly is removed from the panand let grill on the middle of the ovenYou can also use yoursquore turbo broilerif you have one again just be mindfulof your temperatures and timings Ifyou have an oven with rotisserie thenwe would not have to do the abovecomplicated roasting method

Balamban Liempo - Ingrdients

Balamban Liempo as the nameoriginated in Balamban one of thetowns located along the western coastof Cebu Several entrepreneurs havebrought the Balamban Liempo outsideof Balamban and has become one ofthe must eat food when you are inCebu City

Balamban Liempo - Chopped

The pork belly has to be roasted in 2procedures During the first half of

Pinakbet (VegetableStew)

ngredients14 kilo pork with fat (cut into very small

pieces)3 tablespoons oil1 12 cup water

I 2 medium size Ampalaya (cut into 8pieces each)

2 medium size eggplants (cut into 8pieces each)

1 small size kalabasaabout6-10 pieces okra (halved)6 pieces tomatoes (quartered)1 small garlic head (minced)2 small onions (diced)1 small ginger (sliced)4 tablespoons bagoong isdaPinch of pepper

Procedure

In a pan fry pork until lightly crispy setaside

Saute garlic onion tomatoes and gingerin the pork fat and mix in pork

In a pot boil water with bagoongAdd in the pork and spicesAdd all the vegetables and cookServe hot

Pinakbet is a very typical andpopular dish among Filipinos in theIlocos provinces but also adopted byother groups in Luzon except thatthere is a slight difference in theingredients

Tilapia with blackbean sauce

Tilapia with Salted Black BeansIngredients

1 large tilapia sliced crosswise(steak cut)

14 cup canned tausi (salted blackbeans) ndash discard the water

12 cup chopped flat leaf parsley1 medium yellow onion diced2 teaspoon minced garlic1 12 tablespoons oyster sauce1 tablespoon soy sauce1 teaspoon cornstarch diluted in 12

cup watercooking oilSalt and pepper to taste

Cooking Procedure

Rub salt and pepper all over thesliced tilapia Let it stand for 10 minutes

Heat 1 cup of cooking oil in a fryingpan

Pan-fry the sliced tilapia in mediumheat for about 5 minutes per side or untilthe color turns medium brown Removethe fried tilapia and place in a plate linedwith paper towel

In a clean cooking pan heat about 2tablespoons of cooking oil

Saute the garlic and onionWhen the onion softensadd the

parsley and salted black beansPut the fried tilapia in the pan Add

the soy sauce oyster sauce andcornstarch diluted in water Stir gently andlet boil Cover and simmer for 10 to 15minutes

Add pepper to taste Note you canadd more water to make it taste less salty

Transfer to a serving bowlServe share and enjoy

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50th Anniversary GalaSaturday June 15 2013

Call 514-341-7477

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FILIPINO STARS H O W B I Z G O S S I PlsquoAnnalizarsquo wants to directsomeday

She may be just 10 years old andher show-biz career just starting totake off but child star AndreaBrillantes can already see herselfworking behind the camera whenbeing in front of it has lost its appeal

ldquoI enjoy taking photos and mymom tells me they look nicerdquo shesaid ldquoI want to become a director awriter or a photographer when I growolder I want to be behind the scenesrdquoBrillantes told a small group ofreporters at a recent media gatheringfor ABS-CBNrsquos remake of the popular1980s television drama ldquoAnnalizardquowhere she plays the title role

The late Julie Vega was theoriginal Annaliza

For her dream first photo shootBrillantes said she wanted her subjectto be her idol Kim Chiu Her directorialdebut on the other hand will mostlikely have ldquoAnnalizardquo costar ZanjoeMarudo (who plays her father Guido)as lead actor she added

Prior to this big break Brillantesoften played the role of a teleseryersquosstar as a child She was the youngAndi Eigenmann in ldquoKahit PusorsquoyMasugatanrdquo Jessy Mendiola inldquoPrecious Heart Romances Paraisordquoand Kim Chiu in ldquoIna Kapatid Anakrdquo

ldquoIrsquom very thankful and happy thatI was chosen to play Annalizabecause itrsquos my dream to star in myown showrdquo she said Brillantes saidshe googled Vega on the Internet toknow more about her learning abouther birthday and death

Looking sweet and adorable in apink dress Brillantes was refreshingly

self-assured when asked if shebelieved she could carry a televisionshow on her own

But the precocious youngsterclammed up when the subject ofcompetition with other ABS-CBN childstars such as Xyriel Manabat wasbrought up ldquoI donrsquot knowrdquo shemurmured ldquoMas matanda po akordquoshe offered drawing laughter fromthe crowd

Currently a Grade 4 student inAmbassador School for ChildrenBrillantes said she might resort tohome-schooling next academic yearbecause of her increasingly heavyschedule

Do her schoolmates and friendsknow that shersquos an actor ldquoYestheyrsquore happy and proud of meSometimes they approach me forphoto opsrdquo she said

Brillantes who joined the kiddiegag show ldquoGoinrsquo Bulilitsrdquo in 2010proudly announced she was able tobuy herself a cell phone and an iPadfrom her earnings ldquoSomeday I wantto have a nice bedroomrdquo she said

Business unit head Ruel Bayanisaid their version of ldquoAnnalizardquo wouldbe generally faithful to the originalseries ldquoBut to make it relevant todaywe incorporated different socialissues we encounter nowrdquo Bayanisaid

Directed by Theodore Boboroland Cathy Camarillo ldquoAnnalizardquo startsairing Monday before ldquoTV Patrolrdquo a

After his sold-out birthdayconcert at the Smart-AranetaColiseum Kapamilya teensensation Daniel Padilla continuesto sweep off the feet of his fans withhis sophomore album under StarRecords titled ldquoDJPrdquo

Daniel Padilla ReleasesSophomore Album DJP

Following the success of hisdouble platinum self-titled albumldquoDJPrdquo features 10 tracks includingDanielrsquos carrier single ldquoKamustaKardquo ldquoKung San Ka MasayardquoldquoSabay Natinrdquo ldquoPanalanginrdquoldquoBinibinirdquo ldquoNaaalalardquo ldquoKisapmatardquoldquoIpagpatawad Mordquo ldquoSisikat DinAkordquo and the acoustic version ofHimig Handog P-Pop Love Songfinalist ldquoNasa Iyo Na Ang Lahatrdquo

The album also carries thebonus track ldquoDiskarterdquo DanielrsquosldquoDJPrdquo album is already available onall record bars nationwide for onlyP250 The digital tracks of thealbum can also be downloaded viawwwmymusicstorecomph andiTunes

For more information visit StarRecordsrsquo Facebook fanpage atwwwfacebookcomstarrecordsphilor follow starrecordsph onTwitter a

Daniel Padilla ReleasesSophomore Album DJP

Daniel Padilla had his fans shrieking onASAP Sunday as he channeled hisinner Mr Suave while performing theParokya ni Edgar hit along with threeother Padillas RJ Matthew and JC

Rising teleserye princess Andrea Brillantes suddenly burst into tears while walkingon center stage when her first teleserye starrer Annaliza was introduced toadvertisers at the recently held ABS-CBN trade event at the NBC Tent in Taguig Theten-year old young actress wasnrsquot able to contain her emotions any longer whenshe realized that she is actually living her long-time dream of playing lead in a TVseries

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We process meat using Halal method

Our slaughterhouse is very clean and our prices are reasonable

Reserve your mutton from Aid Al Adha bull Sariwa malinis

The Court of Appeals (CA) ruledin favor of the Movie and TelevisionReview and Classification Board(MTRCB) that suspended TV5snoontime game show Willing Willie in2011 over an obscene segment

Associated Justice ManuelBarrios of the appellate courts 2ndDivision said in an 11-page decisionissued late Thursday that thecontested episode that showed ayoung boy dancing in a raunchymanner while crying was enoughmaterial for MTRCB to suspend thepopular show for one month

A review of the recording of thatsegment shows a 6-year old boygyrating like a macho dancer whilebeing cajoled and goaded by theshows host and the audience iscommonly perceived as transpiringonly in night clubs and othershadowy establishments thedecision stated

The court also called the showhost Willie Revillame insensitive inencouraging the boy to continue withthe performance in exchange for amonetary reward

While money has great utilityand is beneficial in these times ofwant it must never be used asjustification to sacrifice good moralsdecency self respect and thepsychological well-being of itscitizens especially the young itadded

MTRCB Chairman EugenioVillareal welcomed the courtsdecision on Thursday night sayinghe hopes the ruling be instructive tothe television industryEntertainment ( Article MRec )pagematch 1 sectionmatch 1

May this allow the televisionindustry especially those moredirectly concerned to move on andhelp build an entertainment culturethat is truly audience-sensitive andparticularly looking out for thewelfare of our young Villareal said ina statement

MTRCB earlier said in the originalsuspension ruling that the showviolated a law against immoral andindecent broadcasts that run counterto Filipino valuesinvoking herbrothers being in power when shemade a veiled threat Wala na siyangibang masabi Sabi niya Bakanakalimutan mo may three years paang brother ko Yap said a

Court says Willie Revillameinsensitive upholds showsuspension

Julia Barretto the winsome 16-year old daughter of Marjorie Barrettowho is fast making a name for herselfin the show business industry as ldquoTheMost Beautiful Barrettordquo continues tocapture hearts including that of teenstar Julian Estrada - her co-star in arecent special episode of ABS-CBNrsquosaward-winning fantasy-dramaanthology ldquoWansapanataymrdquo

Estrada who like Barretto is ascion of an established showbiz familythat includes actor turned presidentJoseph ldquoEraprdquo Estrada has nowadmitted to wooing his fellow StarMagic 2013 member in a recentinterview on ldquoKris TVrdquo ndash a far cry froman earlier statement

ldquoHindi naman po ligaw (But)things are doing pretty well (betweenthe two of us) rdquo he was quoted assaying prior

Ironically the 15-year-old spilledthe truth about courting the young

actress when he was being grilled byhis own father actor turned senatorJinggoy Estrada during their guestappearance on ldquoKris TVrdquo Monday

ldquoNililigawan mo bardquo The senatorasked his son who went on to blurt acurt ldquoYeahrdquo

When asked if he thinks he is onhis way to winning Julia over theyoung Estrada meekly retortedldquoSanardquo

The older Estrada went on todispense seeming sage advice tellinghis son to give the star of theupcoming series ldquoCofradiardquo gifts likeflowers fruits and chocolates

He went on to praise Julia as withthe rest of the Barrettos for theirbeauty

ldquoMaganda talaga rsquoyung mgaBarretto sistersrdquo said he referring tothe controversial siblings GretchenClaudine and Marjorie Juliarsquos mother

Julian and Julia Fromreel to real

Julian Estrada and Julia Barretto

TV5 statement onMr Willie Revillamersquosresignation

Willie Revillame

So it has finally been confirmedthe rumor that Willie Revillame isresigning from TV5 and that his showldquoWowowillierdquo will end when his contractwith the network expires on Oct 15

The persistent hearsay was thatWillie is resigning because he wasasking for a P90 million talent fee permonth which the Kapatid networkrejected according to a source

Williersquos camp denied the rumorsaying at first that while itrsquos true hiscontract with TV5 is expiring in Octoberthere was no negotiation going on yetabout the possible renewal of suchcontract much less about any amountfor the hostrsquos monthly talent fee

Willie has his options on whether tocontinue with the show or take hismuch-needed vacation He has favoredthe latter

To this TV5 has issued this shortstatement

ldquoWe respect the decision of MrWillie Revillame to retire upon theexpiry of his contract with TV5 We wishhim well in his new pursuitsrdquo a

May 201318 The North American Filipino Star

Showbiz Gossip Continued from p17

Maja Salvador said she is at a lossfor words when met with greetings onher relationship with Gerald Andersonwhich the actor recently confirmed

At the sidelines of the filming of herupcoming big-screen project with SenJinggoy Estrada on Wednesday the24-year-old actress was asked for herreaction to her boyfriend going publicwith their relationship

Marami ang nagsasabi na angganda ko raw ang suwerte ko raw Diko alam paano sasagutin yun eSalvador was quoted as saying byentertainment news site PhilippineEntertainment Portal

Siguro sobrang blessed ko langna ganun ako ka-importante sa buhayniya talaga she said referring toAnderson

The 24-year-old actor admitted the

real score between him and Salvadorin the June 2013 issue of entertainmentmagazine StarStudio

Last Sunday Anderson said thedecision to admit his romantic ties withSalvador was for everybodys peace ofmind citing the endless speculationsabout their relationship

Anderson and Salvadorsrelationship however came at the costof the actress friendship with her InaKapatid Anak co-star and erstwhilebest friend Kim Chiu

Chiu is the former girlfriend ofAnderson The two broke up in 2010

In an earlier interview an emotionalChiu said she has already forgivenAnderson and Salvador but added itis difficult to forget what they did toyou a

Maja Salvador reacts to GeraldAndersonrsquos confession

Gerald Anderson and Maja Salvador

The lady of laughs Ai Ai delasAlas feels so much better now daysafter her personal conflict with short-lived husband Jed Salang came to ahead

Ai Ai said she never realized howmuch love she enjoys from everyone ndashher family her friends in and out of thebusiness her fans and even those whoare just looking ndash until this thinghappened to her

ldquoIrsquom overwhelmed by the love andsupport of everybody I am verythankful Sobrang pasasalamat kotalaga sa Diyos at sa lahat-lahat ngmga mababait na mga anak ko mgakaibigan ko at mga taong nagmamahalsa akin kahit hindi naman nila akomasyadong nakakasama o nakikita

Wala na akong mahihiling paNapakasuwerte ko pa rinrdquo she saidAi Ai told us everything is clear with hernow ldquoHindi ko akalain na mangyayarisa buhay ko ang ganorsquon nanapapanood ko lang sa TV Pero atleast okay na ako Nakalaya na rin akobago pa mangyari sa akin ang mgabagay na ikakahiya ko pa balangarawrdquo she said

Ai Ai likened her life to a plot of anABS-CBN soap opera She saidldquorsquoyung tipong isang medyonakakabatang lalaki na pumatol saisang medyo may edad na babae namay pera Pero meron talaga siyangpamilya at sinabihan niya na sandalilang ito at kailangan lang niya gawinpara na din sa kanyang mag-inaGanun ang eksaktong nangyari saakinrdquoAnd what didnrsquot kill her made herstronger Ai Ai said ldquoNow I really thankGod for waking me up just in timeMasakit pero ganun talagaNaghangad kasi ako na mahalin ngisang lalaki mapakasalan Siguro hinditalaga rsquoyun ang buhay na para sa akinMarami namang masyadong blessingna ibinibigay si God Ang mga anak kosobrang mahal ako Nahihiya nga akosa kanila at nagpapasalamat nanaiintindihan nila ang Mommy nila Silaang tunay kong kayamananrdquo a

Ai Ai Delas Alas is much betternow

Comedienne Ai Ai delas Alas hasfiled a formal complaint against herhusband of 29 days businessmanJed Salang

According to a report ofentertainment website Pepphpublished on Wednesday delas Alascharged Salang of violating theRepublic Act 9262 or the act definingviolence against women and childrenbefore the Quezon City Regional Trial

Court on FridayThis is in addition to the

protection order she sought againsther husband so he could no longercome near her by 100 to 500 meters

Citing a source allegedly close tothe comedienne Pepph said delasAlas detailed in her petition howSalang physically abused her lastMay 2

The source added delas Alas alsoconsulted with a psychologist whotold her that she is in a ldquostate ofdepressionrdquo and is suffering from anldquoacute post-traumatic-stressdisorderrdquo

Two weeks ago delas Alas brokedown on The Buzz as she confirmedher breakup from Salang

In an interview with The Buzzhost Boy Abunda delas Alasadmitted that she was physically

Ai Ai delas Alas with her husband JedSalang (file photo)

Ai Ai files raps vs husband JedSalang

abused by Salang which led to herdecision to leave him last May 2

She also tearfully said shebelieves Salang never loved her

Delas Alas and Salang weremarried in Las Vegas last April 3

It takes two to do the show bizbreakup cha-cha

Did Jed Salang really do all thoseawful awful things andhellip isnrsquot hegoing to defend himself Just youwait

In the aftermath of Ai-Ai de lasAlasrsquo spectacular meltdown on ldquoTheBuzzrdquo last Sunday over a turbulentseparation from her husband of lessthan a month movie reporters havebeen hunting down Salang abusinessman

Did he really beat up the 48-year-old actress routinely Is he agambling addict as they say Is it

true that he received a monthlyallowance of P40000 from De lasAlas Did he use her money to buyexpensive gifts for another personAwful awful talk (Meanwhile has hereturned the ldquodream carrdquo that shegave him for their first ldquomonthsaryrdquo)

Several show biz scribes havegone to Salangrsquos workplace inAlabang others to his reportedcurrent address A few claim to havetalked to Salang but say he declinedto comment on the whole sordidaffair

When De las Alas claimed onnationwide TV that she had broken upwith Salang on May 2 after repeatedincidents of physical abuse her fanswent up in arms as if on cue Theywasted no time in flooding SalangrsquosInstagram account with vitriolprompting him to close it onMondaymdashhis only link to socialnetworking a

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Words cannot express howdelighted Lovi Poe is about her sisterGrace Poe-Llamanzares ranking No 1in the May 13 senatorial race Shefinds it hard to believe that she nowhas a big sister who is a senator and isjust a phone call away

Lovi during her contract signingwith GMA-7 last May 17 shared thatshe has gotten to know her elder sisterwell during the campaign season

ldquoIrsquom so proud of her When we hadlunch I met her son daughter and herhusband They are all wonderfulpeople talaga Lahat sila mababait SiAte Grace shersquos very humble shersquosvery smart Talagang I look up to herKung baga isa siyang magandanghalimbawardquo she sharedShe added that if she is proud shecould just imagine how prouder theirfather the late Fernando Poe Jr Kingof Philippine Cinema would havebeen

ldquoIrsquom sure si Papa kung anongnararamdaman ko kay Ate Grace masgrabe pa siya and Irsquom sureipagpapatuloy niya ang gusto niPapahellip I just really feel so proudespecially with what happened nanag-number one siya Siya na mismonagsabi that she didnrsquot expect thatrdquoLovi expressed that she will be asupportive sister and intimated thatSen Grace would be having lunchwith her to discuss her plans inpolitics She said that she would helpin her own capacity as an actress butwonrsquot be ldquovisible politicallyrdquo

ldquoI donrsquot want to venture into

politics kasi itrsquos not my turf talagaLetrsquos leave it to the experts sabi nganilardquo quipped Lovi

These days Lovi is more focusedon giving her all in the projects that theKapuso network entrusts her Shebelieves she has the talent and wantsto prove that she is worthy of herthree-year contract Her love life toocould take a backseat to her new stateof mind which is workldquoIrsquom not dating now I just want to

focus talaga on work Ito rsquoyungpromise ko sa sarili ko na masfocused ako now Irsquom already 24 yearsold at ibang Lovi na ito Mas mature nakasi medyo before I want to enjoywhile working of course but now masfocused nardquo

Itrsquos been almost two months sinceLovi took a break from the Kapusonetwork Now she is excited to goback to work and see her colleagueswhom she misses a lot She also looks

forward to the teleseryes she wouldget and the leading men shersquod beworking with As an actress she israring to do more challenging roles inthe near future

By the way Lovi is in theupcoming movie of Joel Lamanganentitled ldquoLihisrdquo with Jake Cuenca andJoem Bascon among others a

Lovi proud sister to Sen Grace Poe

Lovi Poe (Left) and Sen Grace Poe-Llamanzares

For the first time HeartEvangelista revealed the real reasonwhy she and Jericho Rosales whomshe considers her ldquogreatest loverdquobroke up in 2008

In an sit-down interview with Yesmagazine for its May 2013 issueEvangelista said her parents madeher believe that Rosales cheated onher with Malaysian actress CarmenSoo

At that time Evangelista justreconciled with her parents after nottalking to them for three yearsbecause she fought for herrelationship with Rosales

Evangelista said her parents didnot approve of the Kapamilya actorbecause he already had a child froma previous relationship

ldquoI didnrsquot see them for three yearsat that time and I missed them somuch And I was also going though alot I was struggling with life I wasconfused Although I was happy itwas hard to be happy in one areaand everything else seems like itrsquosfalling apart But the moment I gotback with them naging okay kamirdquoshe said

Rosales was then in Malaysiawith Soo for the ABS-CBN seriesldquoKahit Isang Saglitrdquo whileEvangelista was in Dubai for her ownshow in GMA-7

ldquoWhen they said that he wascheating on me with Carmen Soo Ireally did think that he was I reallythought that he cheated on me Ireally did And that was because theytold me that he was and I wasconvincedrdquo she said

Evangelista shared there waseven a time when Rosales went tosee her in her condominium unit sohe could explain himself but theynever saw each other

ldquoMy mom didnrsquot tell me that hewas waiting for me downstairs in mycondo for five hours She didnrsquot say

anything so I didnrsquot hear from himrdquoshe said

The 27-year-old actress said shejust learned in due course thatRosales did not really cheat on her

ldquoOf course they are yourparentsmdashwhen they tell yousomething over and over you start tohave fears You start to doubt certainsituations And thatrsquos what happenedto me beforerdquo she said

Through time Evangelistaunderstood that her mom was justscared to lose her

ldquoShe was trying to let me go She

was really trying her best to not getherself involved with my pastrelationships It was always like thatShe would try But in the endeverything that she kept inside wouldjust blow up and it would just affectme so much and also therelationship that I was inrdquo she said

Evangelista recently madeheadlines anew after she foundherself in another collision coursewith her parents who lambasted hercurrent boyfriend Senator FrancisChiz Escudero

Both Evangelista and Escuderohowever have stood firm that theyare not breaking up amid all theissues surrounding their relationship

Why Heart and Jericho really broke up Jericho has found lsquoThe Onersquo

Early photo of Heart amp JerichoNot meant to be Former lovers Heartand Jericho Rosales

May 201320 The North American Filipino Star

Itrsquos tough fighting the worldrsquossecond biggest economic power andmost populous country But whenanother economic heavyweight joinsthe fight against you they couldtrounce you very badly And to makethe situation worse the two adversariesare the giant Peoplersquos Republic ofChina (PRC) and the Lilliputian buteconomically rich Republic of China(ROC) which is more commonly knownas Taiwan With the Philippines upagainst the two Chinas her options are

limited

Over the past several years Chinaincreased her defense budget todouble-digit increments In the case ofTaiwan the United States provided herwith firepower to defend herself fromChina whose ultimate goal is to takeover Taiwan and complete theunification of the two Chinas under onegovernment

But the US has nothing to do with thatAlthough the US recognizes the PRCunder a ldquoOne China Policyrdquo she madeit known that Taiwan would bedefended should China decide toinvade Taiwan

The Philippines followed suit andadopted a ldquoOne China Policyrdquo too thussevering her diplomatic relationshipwith Taiwan However the influentialcommunity of Chinese expatriates andrefugees in the Philippines identifythemselves with Chiang Kai-shek andhis Kuomintang Party who fled toTaiwan in 1949 after they were defeatedby Mao Zedong and his CommunistParty in a bloody Civil War

To continue their ldquofriendshiprdquo thePhilippines and Taiwan established twooffices to serve as conduit between thetwo governments The Philippinegovernment opened the ManilaEconomic and Cultural Office (MECO)in Taipei and Taiwan opened the TaipeiEconomic and Cultural Office (TECO) inManila Indeed the relationshipbetween the Philippines and Taiwancouldnrsquot have been betterhellip until lastMay 9 when an incident in disputedwaters ended in the death of aTaiwanese fisherman

Fishing boat incidentRelatives of fisherman killed by thePhilippine Coast Guard

According to Philippine Coast Guard(PCG) account two Taiwanese fishing

boats were sighted in the Balintangchannel just north of Luzon which isPhilippine territory and not claimed byTaiwan or any other country In whatappeared to be illegal fishing the PCGvessel approached the fishing boatsbut one of them tried to ram the PCGvessel The PCG fired at the chargingfishing boat to disable it The fishingboat was disabled howeverunbeknown to the PCG crew a 65-yearold Taiwanese fisherman was hit Thena ldquobig white shiprdquo came to view and the

PCG vessel took off (Source The DailyTribune)

The incident created a crescendo ofevents leading to violence againstOverseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) inTaiwan MECO Chairman AmadeoPerez reported that an OFW wasattacked with a baseball bat by anangry mob in Kaohsiung City TaiwanOther attacks on OFWs were reportedldquoThe situation in Taiwan now is verytenserdquo said PerezIn an attempt to placate TaiwanPresident Benigno Aquino IIIapologized for the death of the

Taiwanese fisherman but the Taiwanesegovernment uncharacteristicallyrejected it as ldquoinsincererdquo

And to make matters worse theTaiwanese government banned theentry of OFWs The Philippinegovernment is preparing evacuationplans should the need to bring theOFWs home arises The Taiwanesegovernment also issued an advisory toher citizens not to visit the Philippines

Enter the bullyEmperor Xi Jinping (Credit TheEconomist)

Meanwhile a Chinese foreign ministryspokesman said ldquoWe strongly

condemn the barbaric shooting andkilling of the Taiwanese fishermandemanding that the Philippines shouldinvestigate the case and furnish thedetails as soon as possible We aredeeply grieved about the death of theTaiwanese compatriot and have sentcondolences to his familyrdquo With Chinaopenly siding with Taiwan it makes onewonder if China was taking advantageof the incident to drive a wedgebetween the two allies of the UnitedStates Indeed China has been tryingvery hard to neutralize the UnitedStatesrsquo military presence in the WesternPacific particularly in the South andEast China Seas

In August 2012 China tricked thePhilippines into ending the standoff atthe Scarborough Shoal (PanatagShoal) by agreeing to a withdrawal ofthe two countriesrsquo naval vessels fromthe area As soon as the Philippineswithdrew her Coast Guard vesselsChina cordoned off the only opening tothe shoal while several Chinese shipsstayed Since then China has de factopossession of the shoal which is about124 miles from Luzon and within thePhilippinesrsquo 200-mile ExclusiveEconomic Zone (EEZ)

Ryukyu archipelagoRyukyu Islands

Recently two events happened that putChinese expansionism into thegeopolitical equation First itquestioned Japanrsquos ownership of theRyukyu archipelago which includesOkinawa where the US maintains 18army navy air force and marine bases

China claims that the Ryukyus wereonce a Chinese vassal state during theMing and Qing dynasties therefore theisland chain should be returned toChina

With this new ldquoterritorial disputerdquoJapanrsquos ongoing dispute with Chinaover ownership of the Senkaku Islandstakes different dimension Someexperts are saying that China is usingthe Ryukyu issue as a bargaining chipto her claim over the Senkakus a groupof five uninhabited islands and isletswedged between Okinawa and Taiwan

When Japan and Taiwan recentlysigned a joint fishing agreement aroundthe Senkakus China became furiousAnd right after that the ownership of theRyukyus came into play

Ayungin Shoal

China also opened another potentialarea of dispute ndash right inside Philippineterritory A few days ago severalChinese ships were sighted near theAyungin Shoal in the Kalayaan town inthe province of Palawan

Last May 10 a Department of ForeignAffairs (DFA) spokesperson said thatAyungin Shoal is within the PhilippinesrsquoEEZ He said that the entry of foreignfishing vessels in an EEZ is a violationof the United Nations Convention of theLaw of the Sea (UNCLOS) China andthe Philippines are signatories toUNCLOS DFA filed a protest letter withthe Chinese Embassy in Manila on theprovocative presence of two Chinesemaritime surveillance shipsand onewarship around Ayungin Shoal(Source The Philippine Star)

Taiping Island

Taiwan also has a piece of the actionamong six nations involved in territorialdisputes in the Spratly archipelagoRecently Taiwan announced plans toexpand a pier in Taiping Island thelargest island in the Spratlys Byexpanding the pier in the fortified islandit would allow port calls by Taiwanrsquos2000-ton frigates The island hasalready a 3800-foot runway whichTaiwan built in 2006 (Source NewStraits Times)

During the 115th anniversarycelebration of the Philippine Navy lastMay 21 Aquino declared ldquoOurmessage to the world is clear what isours is ours and we will repel any andall attempts to claim what is ours anddefend ourselves against any form ofaggression especially within ourbackyardrdquoIt seems that itrsquos going to bea battle between David vs two Goliaths(PerryDiazgmailcom)

David vs Two Goliaths

Anti-Filipino rally in Taiwan

Relatives of killed Taiwanese fisherman

ldquoEmperorrdquo Xi Jinping (Credit The Economist)

Ryukyu Islands

May 2013 21The North American Filipino Star

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Embracing theObscureBy David White

This past weekend in Sonoma CountyCalifornia 17 vintners gathered for a winetasting they dubbed The 7 PercentSolution

As the organizers explained roughly 93percent of Northern California vineyardacreage is planted to eight major grapevarietals The remaining 7 percent is hometo numerous lesser-known varietals[which] are finding anchor with a small butgrowing number of winemakers

The event enabled consumers to explorethe wines being produced by Californiasrevolutionary vintners -- those willing toembrace the states vast and varied climateby avoiding popular grapes and bottlingthe obscure Whether theyre producingunusual varietals or exploring unheraldedregions these winemakers are worthcelebrating

That certain regions of California might bebetter suited to say Albarino thanChardonnay makes sense Across theglobe commercial wine is produced from a

whopping 1368 different grape varieties Itdefies logic to assume that grapes native tocentral France will thrive in all the worldsnew vineyards

This topic was explored at this years DrinkLocal Wine conference by Joseph FiolaPhD a University of Maryland professorwho has spent over 25 years researchingand teaching about experimentalviticulture

During his lecture Fiola spent a great dealof time praising the Old World for itscommitment to growing varieties that areadapted to local growing conditions

Local varieties have been growing inthose areas for hundreds maybethousands of years he explainedYear in year out they get ripe Year inyear out winemakers can controlproduction Those areas know how togrow the grapes they know how tomake good wine And its the localgrapes that are the best [Winemakers]arent going to grow CabernetSauvignon all over Italy becausepeople know the name

Fiola went on to compare southernItalys climate to southern MarylandsYet he acknowledged the temptation tofocus on well-known varieties

Trying to convince a Maryland winerythat has to worry about marketing topeople who can barely pronounceChardonnay to sell Nero dAvolaNegroamaro Sagrantino he askednaming three esoteric varieties fromItaly That presents a challenge heconceded

Europe has an advantage of courseThe continent has been producingwine for thousands of years so vintnersthere understand which grapes dobest In France for examplewinemakers in Burgundy know to focus

on Pinot Noir and Chardonnay Just asGerman vintners recognize thatRiesling thrives in the countrys Moselregion Spanish vintners recognize thatAlbarino thrives in Galicia

Wine production in the United States isstill in its infancy But winemakers knowthat American consumers enjoyCabernet Sauvignon ChardonnayMerlot Pinot Noir and SauvignonBlanc so thats what most produceOnly the most courageous vintnerswould eschew these varieties

One of these courageous vintners isMatthew Rorick of Forlorn Hope whopoured at this weekends tasting inSonoma Since 2005 he has beenproducing rare creatures fromappellations unknown and varietiesuncommon

His rare creatures are truly unusualHe produces delightful reds fromSangiovese and Barbera two Italiangrapes that few California winemakers

take seriously He produces a deliciousVerdelho a white wine thats typicallyassociated with Portugal He producesthe nations only 100-percent StLaurent a thought-provoking highlyaromatic red thats almost impossibleto find outside Austria and the CzechRepublic Each year he crafts morethan a dozen different wines -- andvirtually all are produced in lots offewer than 2500 bottles

The fact that 17 vintners like Rorickwere able to fill a room this pastweekend is a testament to the fact thatan increasing number of winemakersare willing to take risks And perhapsmore importantly Americanconsumers are growing morecomfortable exploring the unknown

David White a wine writer is the founderand editor of Terroiristcom His columnsare housed at Palate Press The OnlineWine Magazine

APRIL 201322 The North American Filipino Star

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Minister FlahertyHighlights EconomicAction Plan 2013rsquosStrong Support forCharitableOrganizations

The Honourable Jim Flaherty Ministerof Finance today urged Canadians totake advantage of the HarperGovernmentrsquos new First-Time DonorrsquosSuper Credit and donate to acharitable organization

Speaking at Lutherwood a not-for-profit health and social serviceorganization serving the WaterlooRegion and Wellington CountyMinister Flaherty said ldquoThroughout ournationrsquos history Canadians haveworked together to serve others andhave made Canada a better place inthe process Our Government wants tosee that noble tradition continuewhich is why Economic Action Plan2013 builds on previous actions by ourGovernment to support families andcommunities and the quality of life forhard-working Canadiansrdquo

These initiatives include the RegisteredDisability Savings Plan the FamilyCaregiver Tax Credit and the EnablingAccessibility Fund which supports thecapital costs of construction andrenovations to improve physicalaccessibility for persons withdisabilities

Minister Flaherty stated ldquoThe newFirst-Time Donorrsquos Super Credit willsignificantly enhance theattractiveness of donating to a charityfor young and new Canadians who arein a position to make donations for thefirst time By helping to rejuvenate andexpand the charitable sectorrsquos donorbase this important initiative will havean immediate impact in supporting thecharitable sectorrdquo

The credit will apply on cash donationsof up to $1000 claimed in any onetaxation year from 2013 to 2017 It willincrease the value of the existingCharitable Donations Tax Credit by 25percentage points if neither thetaxpayer nor their spouse has claimedthe credit since 2007

Kitchener-Waterloo MP Peter Braid achampion for such worthy causesadded ldquoCanadians are some of themost generous people in the worldwhen it comes to giving time andmoney to charity and our Governmentis committed to supporting that spiritrdquo

ldquoThe Super Credit is a very positivestep for charities wanting to engagenew donors We are excited by thepossibilities and eager to continueworking with the federal government toexplore innovative ways to expandcharitable giving by all Canadiansrdquosaid Marcel Lauziegravere President andCEO of Imagine Canada

___________________________________For further information media may

contact

Kathleen PerchalukPress SecretaryOffice of the Minister of Finance613-996-7861

Jack AubryMedia RelationsDepartment of Finance613-996-8080

To receive e-mail notification of allnews releases please register atwwwfingccascriptsregister-engasp

Treasury Board PresidentAnnounces MajorInitiative toward a High-Performing Public Service

For immediate release

May 28 2013

Ottawa ndash The Honourable TonyClement President of the TreasuryBoard today announced a newmandatory system for trackingemployee performance aimed atboosting productivity and ensuringCanadians receive modern effectiveand efficient public service

ldquoHard-working Canadians look to us toprovide high quality affordableservice The Governmentrsquos newperformance management regime willensure that we are employing thepublic service to its fullest potentialrdquosaid Minister Clement ldquoComplacencyand the status quo are not an optionExcellence must be the benchmarkCanadians deserve no lessrdquo

The new Directive on PerformanceManagement introduces for the firsttime a government-wide system fortracking employee performance Thegoal is three-fold

To recognize and reward excellentperformance

Work with all employees to maximizeperformance and

To deal decisively with unsatisfactoryperformance

ldquoPerformance management is aboutensuring good workers have anopportunity to become great workersand dealing effectively with poorperformersrdquo said Minister ClementldquoEither poor performers improve andbecome productive employees or wewill let them gordquo

The Directive which comes into effectin April 2014 includes a number ofstandardized measures for trackingperformance These measuresinclude establishing annualperformance objectives for allemployees mid-year evaluationsannual written performanceassessments and an action plan forimproving performance with clearestablished time-lines as well as stepsto be taken if performance does notimprove These steps could include

demotion or termination Processeswill ensure that employees are treatedfairly

ldquoDoing things the way they havealways been done is no longer goodenough if we want to build a 21stcentury public servicerdquo said MinisterClement ldquoWe owe it to Canadians andwe owe it to the vast majority ofcommitted hard-working publicservants to make sure everyone ispulling their weightrdquo

For more information please consultthe Directive on PerformanceManagement and visit thePerformance Management website

mdash 30 mdash

For more information see the Directiveon Performance Managementbackgrounder or contact

Matthew ConwayPress SecretaryOffice of the President of the TreasuryBoard and Minister responsible forFedNor613-957-2666

Media RelationsTreasury Board of Canada Secretariat613-957-2640

If there is a discrepancy between anyprinted version and the electronicversion of this news release theelectronic version will prevail

TTY (telecommunications device forthe hearing impaired) ndash 613-957-9090

Follow us on Twitter TBS_Canada

Backgrounder - Directive onPerformance Management

The Government of Canada isimplementing a new employeeperformance management program tofoster excellence in service delivery toCanadians and improve productivity

This Directive will introduce for the firsttime a systemic mandatoryperformance assessment for all corepublic sector employees Rigorousperformance management is a bestpractice and an essential element of amodern public service

The new Directive on PerformanceManagement applies to federalemployees in the core publicadministration See footnote 1 and willcome into effect on April 1 2014

The approach to implementingPerformance Management is system-wide and will support deputy headsmanagers and employees in achievingand sustaining a culture of highperformance in the public sector

Highlights

The Directive calls for consistency inhow employee performance ismanaged and how employeesrsquo skillsare developed across the federal

public service

Each federal organization will establishan employee performancemanagement program that includesrequirements such as

Mandatory annual performancemanagement objectives for allemployees including commitmentsperformance objectives and expectedbehaviours and learning ordevelopment plans

Mid-year evaluations of eachemployee

Annual written employee performanceassessments at the end of each fiscalyear

An action plan to support and guideemployees to improve performancewithin clear timelines and

Mandatory attestation by deputyheads that an employee hassuccessfully completed the probationperiod

Requirements for performanceagreements are already in place forpublic service executives and non-unionized employees With the newDirective performance agreements willbe mandatory for all

To support managers and supervisorsin adopting the new Directivemandatory training will be providedEach department will have acommittee made up of senior officialsto coach managers through theprocess Managers will also besupported with additional labourrelations advice and a Labour andEmployment Law Centre of Expertiseis also being created by the TreasuryBoard Secretariat to deal specificallywith employment law and litigation

The Values and Ethics Code for thePublic Sector that came into force inApril 2012 underpins the objectives ofthe new Directive

The Office of the Chief HumanResources Officer is responsible formonitoring departmentsrsquo compliancewith the directive and conductingreviews to evaluate its impact

Know ThyselfHe who knows much about

others may be learned but hewho understands himself is

more intelligentHe who controls others may be

powerful but he who hasmastered himself is

mightier still

A journey of a thousand milesmust begin with a single step

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By viewing the old we learn the new

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Cultural Centre launchedMontreacuteal May 28 2013 ndash At a specialmeeting held last Thursday the Cocircte-des-NeigesmdashNotre-Dame-de-Gracircce (CDNmdashNDG) Borough Council awarded a contractto build the new Notre-Dame-de-GracircceCultural Centre The $1540010710contract was won by the Geyser Group inc

The Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce Cultural Centrewill house a new Benny Library and also amulti-purpose hall to accommodate culturalexhibitions and a wide variety ofperformances The ecologically-friendlybuilding meeting LEED certificationstandards will be prominently located at theintersection of avenue de Monkland andavenue Benny across from the NDG SportsCentre

Construction will begin in the next fewweeks and be completed at the end of2014 Originally planned for 2012 theproject had to be modified in order to meetthe Boroughrsquos self-imposed budgetconstraints Construction of the Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce Cultural Centre representsa $236 million investment for which theBorough is depending in particular on thejoint financial support of the ministegravere de laCulture et des Communications du Queacutebecand the Ville de Montreacuteal

ICAO headquarters toremain in Montreal

MONTREAL May 27 2013 - The Ministerof Foreign Affairs the Honourable John

Baird the Minister of InternationalRelations La Francophonie and ExternalTrade and Minister responsible for theMontreacuteal region Mr Jean Francois Liseacuteeand the Mayor of Montreacuteal Mr MichaelApplebaum would like to invite members ofthe media to a press conference for thesigning of the renewal agreement with theInternational Civil Aviation Organization(ICAO) in Montreacuteal

Date Monday May 27th 2013Heure 5 pmLieu Terrace of City Hall

275 Notre-Dame EstMetro Champ-de-Mars

Come join celebrate thePhilippine IndependenceDay Celebration on June 12 1000AM at theFAMAS CentreThe Philippine Declaration of Independencesimultaneously marked the end of thePhilippine Revolution and the PhilippineIslandsrsquo assertion to sovereignty andindependence from Spanish colonial ruleHowever neither Spain nor Americarecognized such a stake to independentnationhood and on December 10 1898the Spanish government ceded thePhilippines to the United States in the Treatyof Paris for the price of US $2 millionmarking the end of the Spanish-AmericanWar1

A short two months later on February 41899 armed conflict erupted betweenPhilippine revolutionary forces and USmilitary occupants in Manila By June 2

1899 the First Philippine Republic officiallydeclared war against the US that lasteduntil July 4 1902 Approximately 20000soldiers were killed in action while thecivilian death toll reached an estimated half-million persons Though the war officiallyended in the summer of 1899 guerillafreedom fighters continued to challengeUS occupation for several more years

It was not until July 4 1946 nearly fiftyyears later that the United States formallyrecognized full Philippine independentnationhood with the enactment of the Treatyof Manila On a rainy day in Manilarsquos LunetaPark 400000 onlookers cheered as theAmerican flag was lowered and thePhilippine flag was raised in its placeSenator Millard Tydings of Marylandreported that the day was ldquoone of the mostunprecedented most idealistic and mostfar-reaching events in all recorded historyrdquo3

July 4 was officially recognized as theNational Day until August 4 1964 whenPresident Diosdado Macapagal signed theMalacanang Republic Act No 4166 thateffectively made June 12mdashthe day thatGeneral Emilio Aguinaldo and hisrevolutionary peers had originally claimedas the Nationrsquos Daymdashthe countryrsquos officialIndependence Day

Today Filipinos around the world fromSaudi Arabia to Los Angeles Californiacontinue to celebrate PhilippineIndependence Day on June 12 In AmericaFilipino Americans otherwise known asFilAms use this day to commemorate thePhilippinesrsquo independence from colonialrule celebrate Filipino heritage-pride

preserve cultural roots promote culturalawareness and bring FilAm communitiestogether4

The largest Philippine Independence Daycelebration takes place annually in NewYork City on Madison Avenue between 23rdand 38th street on the first Sunday of JuneAn estimated 100000 people turn out totake part in various events and to march ina parade that represents FilAms and the7000 plus island clusters that constitute thePhilippine archipelago FilAms proudlydonned outfits representative of theirregional origins academic affiliationsprofessions favored sports team andmore5

In Washington DC the PhilippineEmbassy and Filipino AmericanOrganization host an Independence DayGala commemorative festivals and othercultural activities

In Montreal we commemorate thePhilippine Independence by a Flag RaisingCeremony at the FAMAS Centre every June12 every year

Come and celebrate with us and meet andgreet our kababayans and public officialsLight refreshments are served

Cheers

From the FAMAS Executive Board

Al Boy AbdonPublic Relations Officer - FAMASalabdonvideotronca

May 201324

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I SPURNED HER FACEBOOKFRIEND REQUEST ndash Alam nrsquoyo bana tumanggap ako ng Facebookldquofriend requestrdquo mula sa isang tao naitinuturing ko na ldquoThe MostHypocritical and Most Treacherousrdquomember of our community Well Idid Naalaala ko ang kanyang dalawangbeses na panloloko sa akin noongnakaraang halalan ng FAMAS Angkanyang unang panloloko ay nangpaniwalain nrsquoya ako na tunay angkanyang pakikipagkaibigan sa akinNaroon ang beneso-beso nrsquoya ako atnakipag-usap sa akin nang matinoNapadala naman ako sa kanyangldquokabaitanrdquo Nalaman ko ang kanyangpagka-traidor nang sabihin nrsquoya saakin na hindi naman talaga si CesarManuel ang kanyang iboboto at sahalip ay pangalan ni Au Osdon angisusulat nrsquoya sa kanyang balota Suotlang daw nrsquoya ang yellow t-shirt ngSamahang Makabayan (SM) dahilkung hindi baka raw makahalata angkanyang presidential candidate atmasirang lahat ang kanyang mgaplano Iyon naman pala ay gusto langnrsquoyang malaman sa akin kung itutuloy

ng COMELEC ang desisyon napagbawas sa mga boto ng mgakandidato ng SM At nang hindi akosumang-ayon sa gusto nrsquoyangmangyari biglang naglaho angkanyang ldquokabaitanrdquo at muli nrsquoyaakong siniraan sa pamamagitan ngkanyang column sa Forum

Ang ikalawa nrsquoyang panlolokoay noon mismong election day Nasaloob kami ng St Kevinrsquos ChurchSocial Hall nang tawagin nrsquoya angaking anak at humingi srsquoya ngpaumanhin sa bata na noorsquoy doseanyos pa lamang Ang sabi nya ldquoHijaI apologize to you for all the nastythings that I said about your dad Ipromise you that I wonrsquot do that tohim againrdquo Dahil sa bata na angkanyang kinausap binigyan ko srsquoyang benefit of the doubt na talagangtotoo na ang kanyang pangako

Maling-mali ako dahil angkanyang next column ay punung-puno ng mga vituperative remarks nalaban sa akin Nang ipabasa ko iyonsa aking anak hindi nrsquoya napigilan namagsabi ldquoI will never never believeher again I hate her Shersquos a liarrdquo

Iyon ang dahilan kung bakittinanggihan ko ang kanyang ldquoFriendrequestrdquo sa Facebook Ayaw kongmabitag ng kanyang patibong Ayawkong maging Trojan ng kanyangTrojan horse Hindi ko lang srsquoyatinanggihan I also blocked her parahindi na srsquoya makapunta sa aking FBpage Ayaw ko sa hipokrito

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The Donald Berman Maimonides PACC Learning Institute offers a unique training opportunity for a career as a nursing aideorderly (PAB) in a state-of-the-art environment at the first health care facility in Quebec with its own learning center The Learning Institute offers on-site training and a student internship at Donald Berman Maimonides Geriatric Centre ndash an award winning innovative centre committed to excellenceTake advantage of the best-kept secret FREE TUITION and register to be part of this exciting project

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OBITUARY

BENTURADA SARMIENTO ORTIZ born on July 14 1926 died on May 62013 at Mendez Cavite Philippines She is survived by her only child

Bernardo Sarmiento daughter-in-law Maritess Almanzor grandchildrenBernardo II Genevieve Meredith and Alexandra and stepdaughter Auring

Ortiz-Villanueva and her family

Benturada Sarmiento Ortiz1926-2013

AdvisoryWarning concerning misrepresentation and fraud

8 May 2013 - The Philippine Embassy in Ottawa has receivedreports concerning documents recently notarized by a personwho is representing himself as Honorary Consul of the Republicof the Philippines in Montreal Quebec Canada

The Embassy wishes to inform the public that there is no existingHonorary Consul of the Republic of the Philippines in Montreal

The Embassy warns the public about such acts ofmisrepresentation and fraud

The Philippine Government concluded on 3 May 2007 theappointment of its last Honorary Consul in Montreal and theDepartment of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Canadahas been duly informed

PUBLIC NOTICE

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North American

FILIPINO STAR PHOTO GALLERY

Mothers Day flowers given to Zenaida Kharroubi by her students Mayette DanaoArlene Manalo and Edna Lorenzo on May 12 2013

The FNAQ founding Executive Board 1992-1995 presented (L-R) Nilda MerialesMaria Quimpo Eugenia Magalit Mierfe Morales Linda Espallardo MagdalenaCalcetas Anita Lo and Elsie Reyes Ten were absent

The Panday Tinig Choral Ensemble led by Paul Imperial and Edith Fedalizo pose forsouvenir of the 21st anniversary of FNAQ on May 4 2013 at the Holiday Inn on Cotede Liesse Road

The anniversary cake with the officers members and guests of the FNAQ one of thehighlights of the evening celebration

The Filipino Youth Center held its monthly Consultative Meeting on the last Saturdayof April with Tessie Nepomuceno as speaker shown here delivering her message tothe youth with their parents and other volunteers led by Pastor Orlan Racachotogether with Amy Manon-og Sophie Toledo Joe Calugay and Zeny Kharroubi

From left Dindo Miras Continuing Education Coordinator of the FNAQ poses withthe inspirational speaker Mrs Patricia OrsquoConnor FNAQ Founder Maggie Calcetasand Mr Gerald Perron

Pamana ni LuzViMinda Concert April 27 2013held at the College Brebeuf Auditorium

MARCH 2013 The North American Filipino Star

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If you can read you canalso learn how to writeJoin us in a multi-cultural inter-active workshop the first time tobe held in Montreal

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5320-A Queen Mary RoadMontreal QC H3X 1T7(bet Coolbrook amp Decarie)Telephone 514-485-7861wwwgilmorecollegecom

Snowdon

Professor Isaac GoodineInternational Educator Author of

the book ldquoLeaders LeadingLeadersrdquo has delivered manyworkshops around the world

Zenaida Ferry Kharroubi Editor amp Publisher The North American

Filipino StarDirector-General Gilmore College

InternationalWorkshop Coordinator

Who is the workshop forbull open to all who writebull anyone who needs to develop and use writing skillsbull professional writers managers novelists business leaders poets

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The North American Filipino Star

by W G QuiambaoDue to the limitation of time and

space this article should not beconsidered complete Thanks to thecontributions of Pastor Orlan RacachoBert Abiera Lina Fernandez JakeMaguigad and Zenaida Kharroubi for thisbrief history of FAMAS Likewise I believethat I should also thank all FAMASpresidents and their directors for theirvolunteerism and personal sacrifices

The Filipino Association ofMontreal and Suburbs (FAMAS) the oldestand biggest association in Quebec that iscelebrating its fifty years has come a longway since its founding in 1963 TheFilipinos who were with us since its infancyand still with us have witnessed itsevolution into a progressive andrecognized organization it is today by thefederal provincial and especially by themunicipal governments

The primary goal of FAMAS whenit was founded was for Filipinos in Montrealand suburbs to get to know each other andto make sure their separation away fromthe families they left behind in thePhilippines would be much lessunbearable In the early days the numberof Filipinos was comparatively small about330 Many of them were professionalsnamely doctors nurses architects andengineers

The Philippine Association ofMontreal and suburbs now known asFAMAS had limited activities which weremainly social events due to lack ofcreativeness incentives and civicconsciousness to project a realisticcommunity involvement said OrlanRacacho former FAMAS president andnow a pastor Leadership skills andpassion for cultural programs werebasically lacking in its platform

FAMAS then was not ascommunity oriented as it is today In factthe money left by each president after hisor her tenure was spent more forsocializing than anything else Even theFAMAS election was so simple that it wasdone by mere raising of hands by thevoters Sometimes the election was heldat Angrignon Park in La Salle It was also inany of those places that a small group ofFilipinos usually had their occasionalpicnics for camaraderie and only a handfulwas keen on running for office moreparticularly the presidency

In the early 70s the communitysaw the changing times in terms of the theeconomy and in the ever-growing numberof Filipinos in Montreal and suburbs

The FAMAS officers decided toaim higher but were confronted with muchbigger challenges It dawned on them thatFAMAS should be community oriented if itwas to be relevant To accomplish thisgoal essential services to the communityhad to be provided FAMAS officersconsisted of volunteers who had to workhard not only to recruit members and raisefunds but also to develop projects Thebiggest source for FAMAS then and nowhas been the Miss Philippines andMunting Bb Pilipinas conceptualized byNorma Flores-Vohra during the terms ofAlvin Veloso Angie Ogerio and BertAbiera respectively In 1978 NormaVillarose started the building fund in theamount of $500 unlike the previousFAMAS presidents who usually spentleftover funds after their term on picnics orany other social activities because at thattime FAMAS had no specific projectTherefore it was during this time whenmassive fund raising was dedicated to thecommunity center building fund EveryFAMAS president began to work harder inorder to turn over an amount to thebuilding fund In 1986-1987 during the

term of Bert Abiera a committee led byOgerio was formed to adopt a `copy cat`fund raising idea used in the Philippinesthe Munting Bb Pilipinas which was ahuge success It raised more than $20000

I made a handsome turn overwhich rapidly grewrdquo said Abiera ldquoWhenMarlene Birao-Schacter took over FAMAShad the sufficient amount to make a downpayment for a duplex on Van Horne Avewith the approval of the officers and theBoard of Trustees They utilized theservices of Nemia Saldua a realtor whowas a member of the Board of TrusteesThe mortgage was signed by Birao-Schacter and Bartolome Javier whorepresented the Board of Trustees

Years later it was decided toconvert the duplex into a communitycenter where the services that theassociation wanted to provide to thecommunity could be served but it wasdifficult since zoning bylaws got in the wayWhen James de la Paz became theFAMAS president he assiduously lobbiedthe City Hall of Montreal to grant FAMAS arezoning permit The neighbours howeverwere opposed to the idea of converting theduplex into a community center becauseof the noise and disturbance it might bringto the quiet neighbourhood Despite therezoning snag de la Paz`s request wasgranted within a year With the help ofvolunteers the duplex was renovated inthe late 90s and worthy activities likeHeritage classes were introducedthereafter

In addition to the successfulconversion of the duplex to become acenter de la Paz made a bold andcontroversial decision He called anassembly to present his proposal to paythe mortgage of FAMAS in full since it hadenough money for that purpose Hebelieved that payment of the mortgagebalance would save money by avoidingthe exorbitant and growing mortgageinterest rates

ldquoSome members of the executiveboard tried to sue me but they couldnrsquot doanythingrdquo recalled de la Paz ldquoMy lawyersaid that I didn`t pocket the money A fewyears later those who were against myidea appreciated what I did If I did not paythe mortgage FAMAS would still be indebtrdquo

In spite of the criticism hurledagainst de la Paz by those who havepersonal issues with him FAMAS hadsubstantially benefitted from his politicalconnections that he shrewdly cultivatedwhen he was the FAMAS presidentArguably he paved the way for the Filipinocommunity to be more visible in themainstream politics when he was FAMASpresident He said ldquoPoliticians used to sayThe Jews Italians Chinese etc It wasfrustrating for Filipinos because they weresystematically relegated to lsquoothersrsquo Theydidnt have any identity until de la Pa cameinto the local political scene Nowpoliticians from municipal provincial andfederal levels recognize the existence notonly of FAMAS but also the entireburgeoning Filipino community

FAMAS made more changes inthe 90s For example it amended theConstitution and Bylaws to allow thepresident to serve for two years rather thanjust one year The Executive Board at thetime was convinced that one year was tooshort for any president particularly a goodone to accomplish the goals of theassociation For reasons of their ownmany community members came out ofthe woodwork and became more andmore interested in becoming president orat least to be an officer FAMAS electionshave become one of the most talked aboutand anticipated events in the communityparticularly in the summertime Like the

Independence Day and the Pista saNayon the election day has always beenan event for many Filipinos to meet friendsthey have not seen for a while

In 2009 the leadership of AuOsdon who has a background inmanagement was put to the test afterwinning the presidency of FAMAS Despiteher detractors`criticismrsquo or perhapsbecause of it she managed to keep theaffairs of FAMAS in order When she tookover in 2009 a Special Audit Committeewas established in order to review theincomplete financial records submitted bythe previous administration Thecommittee composed of Hal SoteroRoger Sandoval Cely Dagsaan and PeterFernandez found out that it would beimpossible because most transactionswere made in cash and not properlyrecorded FAMAS received a bill in 2007--2008 which was paid She also broughtback the trust and respect of thecommunity for FAMAS which for a whilewere lost because of the smokingdrinking and even installation of a camerain the toilet The regular activities like theBb Pilipinas Bb Munting PilipinasHeritage and French classes still continueMiss Teen FAMAS and the fledgling ProjectPagsibol are doing well Somerenovations in the building were also madewith the help of Alex Sy FAMAS vicepresident and an engineer by professionwhich included the new main entrancedoor with electronic push button openerlocated in the office a new entranceFrench door in the main lobby near thestairs going up the office installation of awindow near the entrance door removal ofthe old closet to make the office biggerremoval of the partition of the conferenceroom and living room to make the spacebigger and putting new floor tiles in theconference room

Giving due recognition to de laPaz and Osdon is not meant to diminishthe other presidents before or after themwho made valuable contributions to thestatus of FAMAS as a communityorganization All past presidents ofFAMAS without exception had given uptheir time and made personal sacrifices inorder to do their job It can be statedwithout any doubt that no one has amonopoly of accomplishments for therehave been other past presidents who triedto do what they thought was good for thecommunity Some of the past presidentscontributions are Lee Sanga (deceased)introduced Heritage classes JoseBustamante converted the duplex garageinto a classroom Carlos P Reyes(deceased) started the installation of aflagpole Alberto Floresca (deceased)brought the idea of constructing thebalcony Claro Bermudez celebrated theIndependence Day jointly with FCAWIFlor Rillo constructed the patio CarmelitaSideco (deceased) must be mentioned forbeing the first female FAMAS presidentwhose contributions are not visible but herinfluence over those who worked with herare still felt Norma Casaclang-Villarosa(deceased) was known to be the first oneto put aside some funds for the purpose ofacquiring a community center Dr BartJavier together with Marlene Birao-Schacter were the signatories to the deedof sale of the FAMAS building There mayhave been accomplishments of somepresidents but have not been includedabove but it is hoped that their place inFAMAS history is an acknowledgement oftheir volunteerism to the community

But the saying that ldquoYou can`tplease everybodyrdquo still holds true After theelection in 2011 Osdon and COMELECchairman Budz Sarmiento were accusedof conniving with each other to beat CesarManuel presidential candidate for

Samahang Makabayan ldquoThe accusation is untrue said

Sarmiento The candidates of the SMwere given the Rules and Regulations toread If they have any objection then theyshould have discussed it with theCOMELEC Instead they signed theCertificatres of Candidacy After theelection they were also given a chance toappeal But they ignored it What I findinappropriate are the things they didprotesting in front of the center for a fewdays freezing FAMAS accouint illegallyinducting their officers etc

FAMAS had and still has its upsand down As noted below even duringthe beginning there had been a short-livedfeud between the east side and the westside resulting in two associations onecalled Philippine Association of Montreal(PAM) and the other the Filipino Aociationof the Province of Quebec (FAPQ) Itcannot be denied that bickering anddifferences among differeent factions havebeen a constant threat to the solidarityamong Filipinos Nevertheless they arealways there fior each other in time ofneed It is like a big family After all othercultural associations have had their ownproblems too

List of FAMAS presidents 1963-1964 - Vicente Sison 1964-1965 - DrB Oteysa finished the term of EmilAssistores 1965-1966 - Dr Ben deGuzman 1966-1967 - R Mendoza finishedthe term started by Carlos Borromeo1967-1968 Dr Diego Rosales gave up infavor of John Alvarado In 1967 a crisisoccured that led to the formation of twoasociations John Alvarado continued hisjob as president of Philippine Associationof Montreal (PAM) while Orlan Racachobecame president of a new associationcalled Filipino Association of the Provnceof Quebec In 1968-1969 George Pobletebecame president of PAM and Dr DeoEsguerra was at the helm of FAPQ In1969 according to Jake Maguigadsarticle FAMAS made the maidenappearance with Dr Nap Magadia andlater T Patrio as president while the nameof Andy Palomar was recorded by BertAbiera as the president during the periodof 1969-1970 Abiera also provided thenames of other past presidents namely1970-1971 Simeon Orejudos 1971-1972Alvin Veloso 1972-1973 Roberto Bernas 1973-1974 Carmelita Sideco 1974-1975Orlan Racacho 1975-1976 DominadorRosales 1976-1977 Dr Bartolome Javier1977-1978 Henry Casuga 1978-1979Norma Villarosa 1979-1980 Dr EdilbertoPelausa 1980-1981 Liwanag Sanga 1981-1982 - Angelita Ogerio 1982-1983Salvador Cagugao 1983-1984 NemiaSaldua 1984-1985 Dr GenovevaSantander 1985-1986 Julita Parado 1986-1987 Alberto Abiera 1987-1988 AuroraOsdon 1988-1989 Marlene Birao-Schacter 1989-1990 Mario Umali 1990-1991 Erlinda Baltazar 1991-1992 LimeoCollao 1992-1993 Dick Dahiroc 1993-1994 Malrlene Birao-Schacter 1994-1995Emma Resurreccion 1995-1997 James dela Paz (two consecutive terms) 1997-1998Ricardo Cosico 1998-1999 JoseBustamante

The change in the terms ofpresidents began in 1999-2001 with CarlosP Reyes 2001-2003 Venancio Parial 2003-2005 Santiago Tino 2005-2007 AlbertoFloresca 2007-2008 2008 - ClaroBermjudez who had to leave for a jobopporuntiy in South Africa and appointedFlor Rillo to replace him for the remainderof his term until August 2009 AuroraOsdon 2009-2013 (two consecutive terms)

FAMAS in a capsule

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Philippine Cuisineand

Favorite FoodCompiled by Zenaida Ferry Kharroubi

Fresh Pork Leg

Over 20 lbs 409 lb

lb

Bone-in shoulder chops219 lb

12 kilo pork bellygarlic powdersalt and pepper

For the filling

1 small bundle large spring onionschopped1 stalk lemon grass chopped1 small bundle chives chopped3-4 cloves garlic choppedblack pepper powderchili flakessalt

For the baste

3 tablespoon oil1 tablespoon soy sauce

Balamban Liempo - Cooking procedure

Make an incision in the middle of thepork belly to form a pocket for thefillings Rub the pork belly with garlicpowder salt and pepper let stand inthe refrigerator and marinate for a least1 hour or more Mix and blend all thefilling ingredients and put it inside thebelly pocket keep aside Preheat ovento 300degF to 350degF using the top andbottom heating element In a roastingpan with the same size with the porkbelly place the pork belly with the skinon top Drizzle the pork belly skin withsoy sauce and rub to evenly coat

Balamban Liempo - Grill

Place the roasting pan in the pre-heated oven and roast for 1 to 112hours Occasionally brush the skinwith the oil and soy sauce bastemixture Adjust lower the temperatureif the skin is drying or cooking too fastNow remove the pork belly from thebaking pan and place in the middle ofthe oven in a rack continue to roast foranother 20 to 30 minutes Increase theoven temperature to 400degF to 450degFduring the last 10 to 15 minutes ofcooking or until reddish in color and theskin should be crisp at this stageRemove from oven and cover theroasting pan with aluminium foil and letrest for 10 to 15 minutes Cut intoserving pieces and serve with yourchoice pinakurat vinegar dippingsauce

Pork Belly RoastBalamban liempo style

roasting the pork belly is roasted whileit is in the roasting pan I used glassThis will allow the juices together withthe aromatics cook the meatremember you have to use top andbottom grill of the oven Halfway thepork belly is removed from the panand let grill on the middle of the ovenYou can also use yoursquore turbo broilerif you have one again just be mindfulof your temperatures and timings Ifyou have an oven with rotisserie thenwe would not have to do the abovecomplicated roasting method

Balamban Liempo - Ingrdients

Balamban Liempo as the nameoriginated in Balamban one of thetowns located along the western coastof Cebu Several entrepreneurs havebrought the Balamban Liempo outsideof Balamban and has become one ofthe must eat food when you are inCebu City

Balamban Liempo - Chopped

The pork belly has to be roasted in 2procedures During the first half of

Pinakbet (VegetableStew)

ngredients14 kilo pork with fat (cut into very small

pieces)3 tablespoons oil1 12 cup water

I 2 medium size Ampalaya (cut into 8pieces each)

2 medium size eggplants (cut into 8pieces each)

1 small size kalabasaabout6-10 pieces okra (halved)6 pieces tomatoes (quartered)1 small garlic head (minced)2 small onions (diced)1 small ginger (sliced)4 tablespoons bagoong isdaPinch of pepper

Procedure

In a pan fry pork until lightly crispy setaside

Saute garlic onion tomatoes and gingerin the pork fat and mix in pork

In a pot boil water with bagoongAdd in the pork and spicesAdd all the vegetables and cookServe hot

Pinakbet is a very typical andpopular dish among Filipinos in theIlocos provinces but also adopted byother groups in Luzon except thatthere is a slight difference in theingredients

Tilapia with blackbean sauce

Tilapia with Salted Black BeansIngredients

1 large tilapia sliced crosswise(steak cut)

14 cup canned tausi (salted blackbeans) ndash discard the water

12 cup chopped flat leaf parsley1 medium yellow onion diced2 teaspoon minced garlic1 12 tablespoons oyster sauce1 tablespoon soy sauce1 teaspoon cornstarch diluted in 12

cup watercooking oilSalt and pepper to taste

Cooking Procedure

Rub salt and pepper all over thesliced tilapia Let it stand for 10 minutes

Heat 1 cup of cooking oil in a fryingpan

Pan-fry the sliced tilapia in mediumheat for about 5 minutes per side or untilthe color turns medium brown Removethe fried tilapia and place in a plate linedwith paper towel

In a clean cooking pan heat about 2tablespoons of cooking oil

Saute the garlic and onionWhen the onion softensadd the

parsley and salted black beansPut the fried tilapia in the pan Add

the soy sauce oyster sauce andcornstarch diluted in water Stir gently andlet boil Cover and simmer for 10 to 15minutes

Add pepper to taste Note you canadd more water to make it taste less salty

Transfer to a serving bowlServe share and enjoy

ReminderFAMAS

50th Anniversary GalaSaturday June 15 2013

Call 514-341-7477

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FILIPINO STARS H O W B I Z G O S S I PlsquoAnnalizarsquo wants to directsomeday

She may be just 10 years old andher show-biz career just starting totake off but child star AndreaBrillantes can already see herselfworking behind the camera whenbeing in front of it has lost its appeal

ldquoI enjoy taking photos and mymom tells me they look nicerdquo shesaid ldquoI want to become a director awriter or a photographer when I growolder I want to be behind the scenesrdquoBrillantes told a small group ofreporters at a recent media gatheringfor ABS-CBNrsquos remake of the popular1980s television drama ldquoAnnalizardquowhere she plays the title role

The late Julie Vega was theoriginal Annaliza

For her dream first photo shootBrillantes said she wanted her subjectto be her idol Kim Chiu Her directorialdebut on the other hand will mostlikely have ldquoAnnalizardquo costar ZanjoeMarudo (who plays her father Guido)as lead actor she added

Prior to this big break Brillantesoften played the role of a teleseryersquosstar as a child She was the youngAndi Eigenmann in ldquoKahit PusorsquoyMasugatanrdquo Jessy Mendiola inldquoPrecious Heart Romances Paraisordquoand Kim Chiu in ldquoIna Kapatid Anakrdquo

ldquoIrsquom very thankful and happy thatI was chosen to play Annalizabecause itrsquos my dream to star in myown showrdquo she said Brillantes saidshe googled Vega on the Internet toknow more about her learning abouther birthday and death

Looking sweet and adorable in apink dress Brillantes was refreshingly

self-assured when asked if shebelieved she could carry a televisionshow on her own

But the precocious youngsterclammed up when the subject ofcompetition with other ABS-CBN childstars such as Xyriel Manabat wasbrought up ldquoI donrsquot knowrdquo shemurmured ldquoMas matanda po akordquoshe offered drawing laughter fromthe crowd

Currently a Grade 4 student inAmbassador School for ChildrenBrillantes said she might resort tohome-schooling next academic yearbecause of her increasingly heavyschedule

Do her schoolmates and friendsknow that shersquos an actor ldquoYestheyrsquore happy and proud of meSometimes they approach me forphoto opsrdquo she said

Brillantes who joined the kiddiegag show ldquoGoinrsquo Bulilitsrdquo in 2010proudly announced she was able tobuy herself a cell phone and an iPadfrom her earnings ldquoSomeday I wantto have a nice bedroomrdquo she said

Business unit head Ruel Bayanisaid their version of ldquoAnnalizardquo wouldbe generally faithful to the originalseries ldquoBut to make it relevant todaywe incorporated different socialissues we encounter nowrdquo Bayanisaid

Directed by Theodore Boboroland Cathy Camarillo ldquoAnnalizardquo startsairing Monday before ldquoTV Patrolrdquo a

After his sold-out birthdayconcert at the Smart-AranetaColiseum Kapamilya teensensation Daniel Padilla continuesto sweep off the feet of his fans withhis sophomore album under StarRecords titled ldquoDJPrdquo

Daniel Padilla ReleasesSophomore Album DJP

Following the success of hisdouble platinum self-titled albumldquoDJPrdquo features 10 tracks includingDanielrsquos carrier single ldquoKamustaKardquo ldquoKung San Ka MasayardquoldquoSabay Natinrdquo ldquoPanalanginrdquoldquoBinibinirdquo ldquoNaaalalardquo ldquoKisapmatardquoldquoIpagpatawad Mordquo ldquoSisikat DinAkordquo and the acoustic version ofHimig Handog P-Pop Love Songfinalist ldquoNasa Iyo Na Ang Lahatrdquo

The album also carries thebonus track ldquoDiskarterdquo DanielrsquosldquoDJPrdquo album is already available onall record bars nationwide for onlyP250 The digital tracks of thealbum can also be downloaded viawwwmymusicstorecomph andiTunes

For more information visit StarRecordsrsquo Facebook fanpage atwwwfacebookcomstarrecordsphilor follow starrecordsph onTwitter a

Daniel Padilla ReleasesSophomore Album DJP

Daniel Padilla had his fans shrieking onASAP Sunday as he channeled hisinner Mr Suave while performing theParokya ni Edgar hit along with threeother Padillas RJ Matthew and JC

Rising teleserye princess Andrea Brillantes suddenly burst into tears while walkingon center stage when her first teleserye starrer Annaliza was introduced toadvertisers at the recently held ABS-CBN trade event at the NBC Tent in Taguig Theten-year old young actress wasnrsquot able to contain her emotions any longer whenshe realized that she is actually living her long-time dream of playing lead in a TVseries

May 2013 17The North American Filipino Star

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Reserve your mutton from Aid Al Adha bull Sariwa malinis

The Court of Appeals (CA) ruledin favor of the Movie and TelevisionReview and Classification Board(MTRCB) that suspended TV5snoontime game show Willing Willie in2011 over an obscene segment

Associated Justice ManuelBarrios of the appellate courts 2ndDivision said in an 11-page decisionissued late Thursday that thecontested episode that showed ayoung boy dancing in a raunchymanner while crying was enoughmaterial for MTRCB to suspend thepopular show for one month

A review of the recording of thatsegment shows a 6-year old boygyrating like a macho dancer whilebeing cajoled and goaded by theshows host and the audience iscommonly perceived as transpiringonly in night clubs and othershadowy establishments thedecision stated

The court also called the showhost Willie Revillame insensitive inencouraging the boy to continue withthe performance in exchange for amonetary reward

While money has great utilityand is beneficial in these times ofwant it must never be used asjustification to sacrifice good moralsdecency self respect and thepsychological well-being of itscitizens especially the young itadded

MTRCB Chairman EugenioVillareal welcomed the courtsdecision on Thursday night sayinghe hopes the ruling be instructive tothe television industryEntertainment ( Article MRec )pagematch 1 sectionmatch 1

May this allow the televisionindustry especially those moredirectly concerned to move on andhelp build an entertainment culturethat is truly audience-sensitive andparticularly looking out for thewelfare of our young Villareal said ina statement

MTRCB earlier said in the originalsuspension ruling that the showviolated a law against immoral andindecent broadcasts that run counterto Filipino valuesinvoking herbrothers being in power when shemade a veiled threat Wala na siyangibang masabi Sabi niya Bakanakalimutan mo may three years paang brother ko Yap said a

Court says Willie Revillameinsensitive upholds showsuspension

Julia Barretto the winsome 16-year old daughter of Marjorie Barrettowho is fast making a name for herselfin the show business industry as ldquoTheMost Beautiful Barrettordquo continues tocapture hearts including that of teenstar Julian Estrada - her co-star in arecent special episode of ABS-CBNrsquosaward-winning fantasy-dramaanthology ldquoWansapanataymrdquo

Estrada who like Barretto is ascion of an established showbiz familythat includes actor turned presidentJoseph ldquoEraprdquo Estrada has nowadmitted to wooing his fellow StarMagic 2013 member in a recentinterview on ldquoKris TVrdquo ndash a far cry froman earlier statement

ldquoHindi naman po ligaw (But)things are doing pretty well (betweenthe two of us) rdquo he was quoted assaying prior

Ironically the 15-year-old spilledthe truth about courting the young

actress when he was being grilled byhis own father actor turned senatorJinggoy Estrada during their guestappearance on ldquoKris TVrdquo Monday

ldquoNililigawan mo bardquo The senatorasked his son who went on to blurt acurt ldquoYeahrdquo

When asked if he thinks he is onhis way to winning Julia over theyoung Estrada meekly retortedldquoSanardquo

The older Estrada went on todispense seeming sage advice tellinghis son to give the star of theupcoming series ldquoCofradiardquo gifts likeflowers fruits and chocolates

He went on to praise Julia as withthe rest of the Barrettos for theirbeauty

ldquoMaganda talaga rsquoyung mgaBarretto sistersrdquo said he referring tothe controversial siblings GretchenClaudine and Marjorie Juliarsquos mother

Julian and Julia Fromreel to real

Julian Estrada and Julia Barretto

TV5 statement onMr Willie Revillamersquosresignation

Willie Revillame

So it has finally been confirmedthe rumor that Willie Revillame isresigning from TV5 and that his showldquoWowowillierdquo will end when his contractwith the network expires on Oct 15

The persistent hearsay was thatWillie is resigning because he wasasking for a P90 million talent fee permonth which the Kapatid networkrejected according to a source

Williersquos camp denied the rumorsaying at first that while itrsquos true hiscontract with TV5 is expiring in Octoberthere was no negotiation going on yetabout the possible renewal of suchcontract much less about any amountfor the hostrsquos monthly talent fee

Willie has his options on whether tocontinue with the show or take hismuch-needed vacation He has favoredthe latter

To this TV5 has issued this shortstatement

ldquoWe respect the decision of MrWillie Revillame to retire upon theexpiry of his contract with TV5 We wishhim well in his new pursuitsrdquo a

May 201318 The North American Filipino Star

Showbiz Gossip Continued from p17

Maja Salvador said she is at a lossfor words when met with greetings onher relationship with Gerald Andersonwhich the actor recently confirmed

At the sidelines of the filming of herupcoming big-screen project with SenJinggoy Estrada on Wednesday the24-year-old actress was asked for herreaction to her boyfriend going publicwith their relationship

Marami ang nagsasabi na angganda ko raw ang suwerte ko raw Diko alam paano sasagutin yun eSalvador was quoted as saying byentertainment news site PhilippineEntertainment Portal

Siguro sobrang blessed ko langna ganun ako ka-importante sa buhayniya talaga she said referring toAnderson

The 24-year-old actor admitted the

real score between him and Salvadorin the June 2013 issue of entertainmentmagazine StarStudio

Last Sunday Anderson said thedecision to admit his romantic ties withSalvador was for everybodys peace ofmind citing the endless speculationsabout their relationship

Anderson and Salvadorsrelationship however came at the costof the actress friendship with her InaKapatid Anak co-star and erstwhilebest friend Kim Chiu

Chiu is the former girlfriend ofAnderson The two broke up in 2010

In an earlier interview an emotionalChiu said she has already forgivenAnderson and Salvador but added itis difficult to forget what they did toyou a

Maja Salvador reacts to GeraldAndersonrsquos confession

Gerald Anderson and Maja Salvador

The lady of laughs Ai Ai delasAlas feels so much better now daysafter her personal conflict with short-lived husband Jed Salang came to ahead

Ai Ai said she never realized howmuch love she enjoys from everyone ndashher family her friends in and out of thebusiness her fans and even those whoare just looking ndash until this thinghappened to her

ldquoIrsquom overwhelmed by the love andsupport of everybody I am verythankful Sobrang pasasalamat kotalaga sa Diyos at sa lahat-lahat ngmga mababait na mga anak ko mgakaibigan ko at mga taong nagmamahalsa akin kahit hindi naman nila akomasyadong nakakasama o nakikita

Wala na akong mahihiling paNapakasuwerte ko pa rinrdquo she saidAi Ai told us everything is clear with hernow ldquoHindi ko akalain na mangyayarisa buhay ko ang ganorsquon nanapapanood ko lang sa TV Pero atleast okay na ako Nakalaya na rin akobago pa mangyari sa akin ang mgabagay na ikakahiya ko pa balangarawrdquo she said

Ai Ai likened her life to a plot of anABS-CBN soap opera She saidldquorsquoyung tipong isang medyonakakabatang lalaki na pumatol saisang medyo may edad na babae namay pera Pero meron talaga siyangpamilya at sinabihan niya na sandalilang ito at kailangan lang niya gawinpara na din sa kanyang mag-inaGanun ang eksaktong nangyari saakinrdquoAnd what didnrsquot kill her made herstronger Ai Ai said ldquoNow I really thankGod for waking me up just in timeMasakit pero ganun talagaNaghangad kasi ako na mahalin ngisang lalaki mapakasalan Siguro hinditalaga rsquoyun ang buhay na para sa akinMarami namang masyadong blessingna ibinibigay si God Ang mga anak kosobrang mahal ako Nahihiya nga akosa kanila at nagpapasalamat nanaiintindihan nila ang Mommy nila Silaang tunay kong kayamananrdquo a

Ai Ai Delas Alas is much betternow

Comedienne Ai Ai delas Alas hasfiled a formal complaint against herhusband of 29 days businessmanJed Salang

According to a report ofentertainment website Pepphpublished on Wednesday delas Alascharged Salang of violating theRepublic Act 9262 or the act definingviolence against women and childrenbefore the Quezon City Regional Trial

Court on FridayThis is in addition to the

protection order she sought againsther husband so he could no longercome near her by 100 to 500 meters

Citing a source allegedly close tothe comedienne Pepph said delasAlas detailed in her petition howSalang physically abused her lastMay 2

The source added delas Alas alsoconsulted with a psychologist whotold her that she is in a ldquostate ofdepressionrdquo and is suffering from anldquoacute post-traumatic-stressdisorderrdquo

Two weeks ago delas Alas brokedown on The Buzz as she confirmedher breakup from Salang

In an interview with The Buzzhost Boy Abunda delas Alasadmitted that she was physically

Ai Ai delas Alas with her husband JedSalang (file photo)

Ai Ai files raps vs husband JedSalang

abused by Salang which led to herdecision to leave him last May 2

She also tearfully said shebelieves Salang never loved her

Delas Alas and Salang weremarried in Las Vegas last April 3

It takes two to do the show bizbreakup cha-cha

Did Jed Salang really do all thoseawful awful things andhellip isnrsquot hegoing to defend himself Just youwait

In the aftermath of Ai-Ai de lasAlasrsquo spectacular meltdown on ldquoTheBuzzrdquo last Sunday over a turbulentseparation from her husband of lessthan a month movie reporters havebeen hunting down Salang abusinessman

Did he really beat up the 48-year-old actress routinely Is he agambling addict as they say Is it

true that he received a monthlyallowance of P40000 from De lasAlas Did he use her money to buyexpensive gifts for another personAwful awful talk (Meanwhile has hereturned the ldquodream carrdquo that shegave him for their first ldquomonthsaryrdquo)

Several show biz scribes havegone to Salangrsquos workplace inAlabang others to his reportedcurrent address A few claim to havetalked to Salang but say he declinedto comment on the whole sordidaffair

When De las Alas claimed onnationwide TV that she had broken upwith Salang on May 2 after repeatedincidents of physical abuse her fanswent up in arms as if on cue Theywasted no time in flooding SalangrsquosInstagram account with vitriolprompting him to close it onMondaymdashhis only link to socialnetworking a

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Words cannot express howdelighted Lovi Poe is about her sisterGrace Poe-Llamanzares ranking No 1in the May 13 senatorial race Shefinds it hard to believe that she nowhas a big sister who is a senator and isjust a phone call away

Lovi during her contract signingwith GMA-7 last May 17 shared thatshe has gotten to know her elder sisterwell during the campaign season

ldquoIrsquom so proud of her When we hadlunch I met her son daughter and herhusband They are all wonderfulpeople talaga Lahat sila mababait SiAte Grace shersquos very humble shersquosvery smart Talagang I look up to herKung baga isa siyang magandanghalimbawardquo she sharedShe added that if she is proud shecould just imagine how prouder theirfather the late Fernando Poe Jr Kingof Philippine Cinema would havebeen

ldquoIrsquom sure si Papa kung anongnararamdaman ko kay Ate Grace masgrabe pa siya and Irsquom sureipagpapatuloy niya ang gusto niPapahellip I just really feel so proudespecially with what happened nanag-number one siya Siya na mismonagsabi that she didnrsquot expect thatrdquoLovi expressed that she will be asupportive sister and intimated thatSen Grace would be having lunchwith her to discuss her plans inpolitics She said that she would helpin her own capacity as an actress butwonrsquot be ldquovisible politicallyrdquo

ldquoI donrsquot want to venture into

politics kasi itrsquos not my turf talagaLetrsquos leave it to the experts sabi nganilardquo quipped Lovi

These days Lovi is more focusedon giving her all in the projects that theKapuso network entrusts her Shebelieves she has the talent and wantsto prove that she is worthy of herthree-year contract Her love life toocould take a backseat to her new stateof mind which is workldquoIrsquom not dating now I just want to

focus talaga on work Ito rsquoyungpromise ko sa sarili ko na masfocused ako now Irsquom already 24 yearsold at ibang Lovi na ito Mas mature nakasi medyo before I want to enjoywhile working of course but now masfocused nardquo

Itrsquos been almost two months sinceLovi took a break from the Kapusonetwork Now she is excited to goback to work and see her colleagueswhom she misses a lot She also looks

forward to the teleseryes she wouldget and the leading men shersquod beworking with As an actress she israring to do more challenging roles inthe near future

By the way Lovi is in theupcoming movie of Joel Lamanganentitled ldquoLihisrdquo with Jake Cuenca andJoem Bascon among others a

Lovi proud sister to Sen Grace Poe

Lovi Poe (Left) and Sen Grace Poe-Llamanzares

For the first time HeartEvangelista revealed the real reasonwhy she and Jericho Rosales whomshe considers her ldquogreatest loverdquobroke up in 2008

In an sit-down interview with Yesmagazine for its May 2013 issueEvangelista said her parents madeher believe that Rosales cheated onher with Malaysian actress CarmenSoo

At that time Evangelista justreconciled with her parents after nottalking to them for three yearsbecause she fought for herrelationship with Rosales

Evangelista said her parents didnot approve of the Kapamilya actorbecause he already had a child froma previous relationship

ldquoI didnrsquot see them for three yearsat that time and I missed them somuch And I was also going though alot I was struggling with life I wasconfused Although I was happy itwas hard to be happy in one areaand everything else seems like itrsquosfalling apart But the moment I gotback with them naging okay kamirdquoshe said

Rosales was then in Malaysiawith Soo for the ABS-CBN seriesldquoKahit Isang Saglitrdquo whileEvangelista was in Dubai for her ownshow in GMA-7

ldquoWhen they said that he wascheating on me with Carmen Soo Ireally did think that he was I reallythought that he cheated on me Ireally did And that was because theytold me that he was and I wasconvincedrdquo she said

Evangelista shared there waseven a time when Rosales went tosee her in her condominium unit sohe could explain himself but theynever saw each other

ldquoMy mom didnrsquot tell me that hewas waiting for me downstairs in mycondo for five hours She didnrsquot say

anything so I didnrsquot hear from himrdquoshe said

The 27-year-old actress said shejust learned in due course thatRosales did not really cheat on her

ldquoOf course they are yourparentsmdashwhen they tell yousomething over and over you start tohave fears You start to doubt certainsituations And thatrsquos what happenedto me beforerdquo she said

Through time Evangelistaunderstood that her mom was justscared to lose her

ldquoShe was trying to let me go She

was really trying her best to not getherself involved with my pastrelationships It was always like thatShe would try But in the endeverything that she kept inside wouldjust blow up and it would just affectme so much and also therelationship that I was inrdquo she said

Evangelista recently madeheadlines anew after she foundherself in another collision coursewith her parents who lambasted hercurrent boyfriend Senator FrancisChiz Escudero

Both Evangelista and Escuderohowever have stood firm that theyare not breaking up amid all theissues surrounding their relationship

Why Heart and Jericho really broke up Jericho has found lsquoThe Onersquo

Early photo of Heart amp JerichoNot meant to be Former lovers Heartand Jericho Rosales

May 201320 The North American Filipino Star

Itrsquos tough fighting the worldrsquossecond biggest economic power andmost populous country But whenanother economic heavyweight joinsthe fight against you they couldtrounce you very badly And to makethe situation worse the two adversariesare the giant Peoplersquos Republic ofChina (PRC) and the Lilliputian buteconomically rich Republic of China(ROC) which is more commonly knownas Taiwan With the Philippines upagainst the two Chinas her options are

limited

Over the past several years Chinaincreased her defense budget todouble-digit increments In the case ofTaiwan the United States provided herwith firepower to defend herself fromChina whose ultimate goal is to takeover Taiwan and complete theunification of the two Chinas under onegovernment

But the US has nothing to do with thatAlthough the US recognizes the PRCunder a ldquoOne China Policyrdquo she madeit known that Taiwan would bedefended should China decide toinvade Taiwan

The Philippines followed suit andadopted a ldquoOne China Policyrdquo too thussevering her diplomatic relationshipwith Taiwan However the influentialcommunity of Chinese expatriates andrefugees in the Philippines identifythemselves with Chiang Kai-shek andhis Kuomintang Party who fled toTaiwan in 1949 after they were defeatedby Mao Zedong and his CommunistParty in a bloody Civil War

To continue their ldquofriendshiprdquo thePhilippines and Taiwan established twooffices to serve as conduit between thetwo governments The Philippinegovernment opened the ManilaEconomic and Cultural Office (MECO)in Taipei and Taiwan opened the TaipeiEconomic and Cultural Office (TECO) inManila Indeed the relationshipbetween the Philippines and Taiwancouldnrsquot have been betterhellip until lastMay 9 when an incident in disputedwaters ended in the death of aTaiwanese fisherman

Fishing boat incidentRelatives of fisherman killed by thePhilippine Coast Guard

According to Philippine Coast Guard(PCG) account two Taiwanese fishing

boats were sighted in the Balintangchannel just north of Luzon which isPhilippine territory and not claimed byTaiwan or any other country In whatappeared to be illegal fishing the PCGvessel approached the fishing boatsbut one of them tried to ram the PCGvessel The PCG fired at the chargingfishing boat to disable it The fishingboat was disabled howeverunbeknown to the PCG crew a 65-yearold Taiwanese fisherman was hit Thena ldquobig white shiprdquo came to view and the

PCG vessel took off (Source The DailyTribune)

The incident created a crescendo ofevents leading to violence againstOverseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) inTaiwan MECO Chairman AmadeoPerez reported that an OFW wasattacked with a baseball bat by anangry mob in Kaohsiung City TaiwanOther attacks on OFWs were reportedldquoThe situation in Taiwan now is verytenserdquo said PerezIn an attempt to placate TaiwanPresident Benigno Aquino IIIapologized for the death of the

Taiwanese fisherman but the Taiwanesegovernment uncharacteristicallyrejected it as ldquoinsincererdquo

And to make matters worse theTaiwanese government banned theentry of OFWs The Philippinegovernment is preparing evacuationplans should the need to bring theOFWs home arises The Taiwanesegovernment also issued an advisory toher citizens not to visit the Philippines

Enter the bullyEmperor Xi Jinping (Credit TheEconomist)

Meanwhile a Chinese foreign ministryspokesman said ldquoWe strongly

condemn the barbaric shooting andkilling of the Taiwanese fishermandemanding that the Philippines shouldinvestigate the case and furnish thedetails as soon as possible We aredeeply grieved about the death of theTaiwanese compatriot and have sentcondolences to his familyrdquo With Chinaopenly siding with Taiwan it makes onewonder if China was taking advantageof the incident to drive a wedgebetween the two allies of the UnitedStates Indeed China has been tryingvery hard to neutralize the UnitedStatesrsquo military presence in the WesternPacific particularly in the South andEast China Seas

In August 2012 China tricked thePhilippines into ending the standoff atthe Scarborough Shoal (PanatagShoal) by agreeing to a withdrawal ofthe two countriesrsquo naval vessels fromthe area As soon as the Philippineswithdrew her Coast Guard vesselsChina cordoned off the only opening tothe shoal while several Chinese shipsstayed Since then China has de factopossession of the shoal which is about124 miles from Luzon and within thePhilippinesrsquo 200-mile ExclusiveEconomic Zone (EEZ)

Ryukyu archipelagoRyukyu Islands

Recently two events happened that putChinese expansionism into thegeopolitical equation First itquestioned Japanrsquos ownership of theRyukyu archipelago which includesOkinawa where the US maintains 18army navy air force and marine bases

China claims that the Ryukyus wereonce a Chinese vassal state during theMing and Qing dynasties therefore theisland chain should be returned toChina

With this new ldquoterritorial disputerdquoJapanrsquos ongoing dispute with Chinaover ownership of the Senkaku Islandstakes different dimension Someexperts are saying that China is usingthe Ryukyu issue as a bargaining chipto her claim over the Senkakus a groupof five uninhabited islands and isletswedged between Okinawa and Taiwan

When Japan and Taiwan recentlysigned a joint fishing agreement aroundthe Senkakus China became furiousAnd right after that the ownership of theRyukyus came into play

Ayungin Shoal

China also opened another potentialarea of dispute ndash right inside Philippineterritory A few days ago severalChinese ships were sighted near theAyungin Shoal in the Kalayaan town inthe province of Palawan

Last May 10 a Department of ForeignAffairs (DFA) spokesperson said thatAyungin Shoal is within the PhilippinesrsquoEEZ He said that the entry of foreignfishing vessels in an EEZ is a violationof the United Nations Convention of theLaw of the Sea (UNCLOS) China andthe Philippines are signatories toUNCLOS DFA filed a protest letter withthe Chinese Embassy in Manila on theprovocative presence of two Chinesemaritime surveillance shipsand onewarship around Ayungin Shoal(Source The Philippine Star)

Taiping Island

Taiwan also has a piece of the actionamong six nations involved in territorialdisputes in the Spratly archipelagoRecently Taiwan announced plans toexpand a pier in Taiping Island thelargest island in the Spratlys Byexpanding the pier in the fortified islandit would allow port calls by Taiwanrsquos2000-ton frigates The island hasalready a 3800-foot runway whichTaiwan built in 2006 (Source NewStraits Times)

During the 115th anniversarycelebration of the Philippine Navy lastMay 21 Aquino declared ldquoOurmessage to the world is clear what isours is ours and we will repel any andall attempts to claim what is ours anddefend ourselves against any form ofaggression especially within ourbackyardrdquoIt seems that itrsquos going to bea battle between David vs two Goliaths(PerryDiazgmailcom)

David vs Two Goliaths

Anti-Filipino rally in Taiwan

Relatives of killed Taiwanese fisherman

ldquoEmperorrdquo Xi Jinping (Credit The Economist)

Ryukyu Islands

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Embracing theObscureBy David White

This past weekend in Sonoma CountyCalifornia 17 vintners gathered for a winetasting they dubbed The 7 PercentSolution

As the organizers explained roughly 93percent of Northern California vineyardacreage is planted to eight major grapevarietals The remaining 7 percent is hometo numerous lesser-known varietals[which] are finding anchor with a small butgrowing number of winemakers

The event enabled consumers to explorethe wines being produced by Californiasrevolutionary vintners -- those willing toembrace the states vast and varied climateby avoiding popular grapes and bottlingthe obscure Whether theyre producingunusual varietals or exploring unheraldedregions these winemakers are worthcelebrating

That certain regions of California might bebetter suited to say Albarino thanChardonnay makes sense Across theglobe commercial wine is produced from a

whopping 1368 different grape varieties Itdefies logic to assume that grapes native tocentral France will thrive in all the worldsnew vineyards

This topic was explored at this years DrinkLocal Wine conference by Joseph FiolaPhD a University of Maryland professorwho has spent over 25 years researchingand teaching about experimentalviticulture

During his lecture Fiola spent a great dealof time praising the Old World for itscommitment to growing varieties that areadapted to local growing conditions

Local varieties have been growing inthose areas for hundreds maybethousands of years he explainedYear in year out they get ripe Year inyear out winemakers can controlproduction Those areas know how togrow the grapes they know how tomake good wine And its the localgrapes that are the best [Winemakers]arent going to grow CabernetSauvignon all over Italy becausepeople know the name

Fiola went on to compare southernItalys climate to southern MarylandsYet he acknowledged the temptation tofocus on well-known varieties

Trying to convince a Maryland winerythat has to worry about marketing topeople who can barely pronounceChardonnay to sell Nero dAvolaNegroamaro Sagrantino he askednaming three esoteric varieties fromItaly That presents a challenge heconceded

Europe has an advantage of courseThe continent has been producingwine for thousands of years so vintnersthere understand which grapes dobest In France for examplewinemakers in Burgundy know to focus

on Pinot Noir and Chardonnay Just asGerman vintners recognize thatRiesling thrives in the countrys Moselregion Spanish vintners recognize thatAlbarino thrives in Galicia

Wine production in the United States isstill in its infancy But winemakers knowthat American consumers enjoyCabernet Sauvignon ChardonnayMerlot Pinot Noir and SauvignonBlanc so thats what most produceOnly the most courageous vintnerswould eschew these varieties

One of these courageous vintners isMatthew Rorick of Forlorn Hope whopoured at this weekends tasting inSonoma Since 2005 he has beenproducing rare creatures fromappellations unknown and varietiesuncommon

His rare creatures are truly unusualHe produces delightful reds fromSangiovese and Barbera two Italiangrapes that few California winemakers

take seriously He produces a deliciousVerdelho a white wine thats typicallyassociated with Portugal He producesthe nations only 100-percent StLaurent a thought-provoking highlyaromatic red thats almost impossibleto find outside Austria and the CzechRepublic Each year he crafts morethan a dozen different wines -- andvirtually all are produced in lots offewer than 2500 bottles

The fact that 17 vintners like Rorickwere able to fill a room this pastweekend is a testament to the fact thatan increasing number of winemakersare willing to take risks And perhapsmore importantly Americanconsumers are growing morecomfortable exploring the unknown

David White a wine writer is the founderand editor of Terroiristcom His columnsare housed at Palate Press The OnlineWine Magazine

APRIL 201322 The North American Filipino Star

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Minister FlahertyHighlights EconomicAction Plan 2013rsquosStrong Support forCharitableOrganizations

The Honourable Jim Flaherty Ministerof Finance today urged Canadians totake advantage of the HarperGovernmentrsquos new First-Time DonorrsquosSuper Credit and donate to acharitable organization

Speaking at Lutherwood a not-for-profit health and social serviceorganization serving the WaterlooRegion and Wellington CountyMinister Flaherty said ldquoThroughout ournationrsquos history Canadians haveworked together to serve others andhave made Canada a better place inthe process Our Government wants tosee that noble tradition continuewhich is why Economic Action Plan2013 builds on previous actions by ourGovernment to support families andcommunities and the quality of life forhard-working Canadiansrdquo

These initiatives include the RegisteredDisability Savings Plan the FamilyCaregiver Tax Credit and the EnablingAccessibility Fund which supports thecapital costs of construction andrenovations to improve physicalaccessibility for persons withdisabilities

Minister Flaherty stated ldquoThe newFirst-Time Donorrsquos Super Credit willsignificantly enhance theattractiveness of donating to a charityfor young and new Canadians who arein a position to make donations for thefirst time By helping to rejuvenate andexpand the charitable sectorrsquos donorbase this important initiative will havean immediate impact in supporting thecharitable sectorrdquo

The credit will apply on cash donationsof up to $1000 claimed in any onetaxation year from 2013 to 2017 It willincrease the value of the existingCharitable Donations Tax Credit by 25percentage points if neither thetaxpayer nor their spouse has claimedthe credit since 2007

Kitchener-Waterloo MP Peter Braid achampion for such worthy causesadded ldquoCanadians are some of themost generous people in the worldwhen it comes to giving time andmoney to charity and our Governmentis committed to supporting that spiritrdquo

ldquoThe Super Credit is a very positivestep for charities wanting to engagenew donors We are excited by thepossibilities and eager to continueworking with the federal government toexplore innovative ways to expandcharitable giving by all Canadiansrdquosaid Marcel Lauziegravere President andCEO of Imagine Canada

___________________________________For further information media may

contact

Kathleen PerchalukPress SecretaryOffice of the Minister of Finance613-996-7861

Jack AubryMedia RelationsDepartment of Finance613-996-8080

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Treasury Board PresidentAnnounces MajorInitiative toward a High-Performing Public Service

For immediate release

May 28 2013

Ottawa ndash The Honourable TonyClement President of the TreasuryBoard today announced a newmandatory system for trackingemployee performance aimed atboosting productivity and ensuringCanadians receive modern effectiveand efficient public service

ldquoHard-working Canadians look to us toprovide high quality affordableservice The Governmentrsquos newperformance management regime willensure that we are employing thepublic service to its fullest potentialrdquosaid Minister Clement ldquoComplacencyand the status quo are not an optionExcellence must be the benchmarkCanadians deserve no lessrdquo

The new Directive on PerformanceManagement introduces for the firsttime a government-wide system fortracking employee performance Thegoal is three-fold

To recognize and reward excellentperformance

Work with all employees to maximizeperformance and

To deal decisively with unsatisfactoryperformance

ldquoPerformance management is aboutensuring good workers have anopportunity to become great workersand dealing effectively with poorperformersrdquo said Minister ClementldquoEither poor performers improve andbecome productive employees or wewill let them gordquo

The Directive which comes into effectin April 2014 includes a number ofstandardized measures for trackingperformance These measuresinclude establishing annualperformance objectives for allemployees mid-year evaluationsannual written performanceassessments and an action plan forimproving performance with clearestablished time-lines as well as stepsto be taken if performance does notimprove These steps could include

demotion or termination Processeswill ensure that employees are treatedfairly

ldquoDoing things the way they havealways been done is no longer goodenough if we want to build a 21stcentury public servicerdquo said MinisterClement ldquoWe owe it to Canadians andwe owe it to the vast majority ofcommitted hard-working publicservants to make sure everyone ispulling their weightrdquo

For more information please consultthe Directive on PerformanceManagement and visit thePerformance Management website

mdash 30 mdash

For more information see the Directiveon Performance Managementbackgrounder or contact

Matthew ConwayPress SecretaryOffice of the President of the TreasuryBoard and Minister responsible forFedNor613-957-2666

Media RelationsTreasury Board of Canada Secretariat613-957-2640

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Backgrounder - Directive onPerformance Management

The Government of Canada isimplementing a new employeeperformance management program tofoster excellence in service delivery toCanadians and improve productivity

This Directive will introduce for the firsttime a systemic mandatoryperformance assessment for all corepublic sector employees Rigorousperformance management is a bestpractice and an essential element of amodern public service

The new Directive on PerformanceManagement applies to federalemployees in the core publicadministration See footnote 1 and willcome into effect on April 1 2014

The approach to implementingPerformance Management is system-wide and will support deputy headsmanagers and employees in achievingand sustaining a culture of highperformance in the public sector

Highlights

The Directive calls for consistency inhow employee performance ismanaged and how employeesrsquo skillsare developed across the federal

public service

Each federal organization will establishan employee performancemanagement program that includesrequirements such as

Mandatory annual performancemanagement objectives for allemployees including commitmentsperformance objectives and expectedbehaviours and learning ordevelopment plans

Mid-year evaluations of eachemployee

Annual written employee performanceassessments at the end of each fiscalyear

An action plan to support and guideemployees to improve performancewithin clear timelines and

Mandatory attestation by deputyheads that an employee hassuccessfully completed the probationperiod

Requirements for performanceagreements are already in place forpublic service executives and non-unionized employees With the newDirective performance agreements willbe mandatory for all

To support managers and supervisorsin adopting the new Directivemandatory training will be providedEach department will have acommittee made up of senior officialsto coach managers through theprocess Managers will also besupported with additional labourrelations advice and a Labour andEmployment Law Centre of Expertiseis also being created by the TreasuryBoard Secretariat to deal specificallywith employment law and litigation

The Values and Ethics Code for thePublic Sector that came into force inApril 2012 underpins the objectives ofthe new Directive

The Office of the Chief HumanResources Officer is responsible formonitoring departmentsrsquo compliancewith the directive and conductingreviews to evaluate its impact

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Cultural Centre launchedMontreacuteal May 28 2013 ndash At a specialmeeting held last Thursday the Cocircte-des-NeigesmdashNotre-Dame-de-Gracircce (CDNmdashNDG) Borough Council awarded a contractto build the new Notre-Dame-de-GracircceCultural Centre The $1540010710contract was won by the Geyser Group inc

The Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce Cultural Centrewill house a new Benny Library and also amulti-purpose hall to accommodate culturalexhibitions and a wide variety ofperformances The ecologically-friendlybuilding meeting LEED certificationstandards will be prominently located at theintersection of avenue de Monkland andavenue Benny across from the NDG SportsCentre

Construction will begin in the next fewweeks and be completed at the end of2014 Originally planned for 2012 theproject had to be modified in order to meetthe Boroughrsquos self-imposed budgetconstraints Construction of the Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce Cultural Centre representsa $236 million investment for which theBorough is depending in particular on thejoint financial support of the ministegravere de laCulture et des Communications du Queacutebecand the Ville de Montreacuteal

ICAO headquarters toremain in Montreal

MONTREAL May 27 2013 - The Ministerof Foreign Affairs the Honourable John

Baird the Minister of InternationalRelations La Francophonie and ExternalTrade and Minister responsible for theMontreacuteal region Mr Jean Francois Liseacuteeand the Mayor of Montreacuteal Mr MichaelApplebaum would like to invite members ofthe media to a press conference for thesigning of the renewal agreement with theInternational Civil Aviation Organization(ICAO) in Montreacuteal

Date Monday May 27th 2013Heure 5 pmLieu Terrace of City Hall

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Come join celebrate thePhilippine IndependenceDay Celebration on June 12 1000AM at theFAMAS CentreThe Philippine Declaration of Independencesimultaneously marked the end of thePhilippine Revolution and the PhilippineIslandsrsquo assertion to sovereignty andindependence from Spanish colonial ruleHowever neither Spain nor Americarecognized such a stake to independentnationhood and on December 10 1898the Spanish government ceded thePhilippines to the United States in the Treatyof Paris for the price of US $2 millionmarking the end of the Spanish-AmericanWar1

A short two months later on February 41899 armed conflict erupted betweenPhilippine revolutionary forces and USmilitary occupants in Manila By June 2

1899 the First Philippine Republic officiallydeclared war against the US that lasteduntil July 4 1902 Approximately 20000soldiers were killed in action while thecivilian death toll reached an estimated half-million persons Though the war officiallyended in the summer of 1899 guerillafreedom fighters continued to challengeUS occupation for several more years

It was not until July 4 1946 nearly fiftyyears later that the United States formallyrecognized full Philippine independentnationhood with the enactment of the Treatyof Manila On a rainy day in Manilarsquos LunetaPark 400000 onlookers cheered as theAmerican flag was lowered and thePhilippine flag was raised in its placeSenator Millard Tydings of Marylandreported that the day was ldquoone of the mostunprecedented most idealistic and mostfar-reaching events in all recorded historyrdquo3

July 4 was officially recognized as theNational Day until August 4 1964 whenPresident Diosdado Macapagal signed theMalacanang Republic Act No 4166 thateffectively made June 12mdashthe day thatGeneral Emilio Aguinaldo and hisrevolutionary peers had originally claimedas the Nationrsquos Daymdashthe countryrsquos officialIndependence Day

Today Filipinos around the world fromSaudi Arabia to Los Angeles Californiacontinue to celebrate PhilippineIndependence Day on June 12 In AmericaFilipino Americans otherwise known asFilAms use this day to commemorate thePhilippinesrsquo independence from colonialrule celebrate Filipino heritage-pride

preserve cultural roots promote culturalawareness and bring FilAm communitiestogether4

The largest Philippine Independence Daycelebration takes place annually in NewYork City on Madison Avenue between 23rdand 38th street on the first Sunday of JuneAn estimated 100000 people turn out totake part in various events and to march ina parade that represents FilAms and the7000 plus island clusters that constitute thePhilippine archipelago FilAms proudlydonned outfits representative of theirregional origins academic affiliationsprofessions favored sports team andmore5

In Washington DC the PhilippineEmbassy and Filipino AmericanOrganization host an Independence DayGala commemorative festivals and othercultural activities

In Montreal we commemorate thePhilippine Independence by a Flag RaisingCeremony at the FAMAS Centre every June12 every year

Come and celebrate with us and meet andgreet our kababayans and public officialsLight refreshments are served

Cheers

From the FAMAS Executive Board

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Mothers Day flowers given to Zenaida Kharroubi by her students Mayette DanaoArlene Manalo and Edna Lorenzo on May 12 2013

The FNAQ founding Executive Board 1992-1995 presented (L-R) Nilda MerialesMaria Quimpo Eugenia Magalit Mierfe Morales Linda Espallardo MagdalenaCalcetas Anita Lo and Elsie Reyes Ten were absent

The Panday Tinig Choral Ensemble led by Paul Imperial and Edith Fedalizo pose forsouvenir of the 21st anniversary of FNAQ on May 4 2013 at the Holiday Inn on Cotede Liesse Road

The anniversary cake with the officers members and guests of the FNAQ one of thehighlights of the evening celebration

The Filipino Youth Center held its monthly Consultative Meeting on the last Saturdayof April with Tessie Nepomuceno as speaker shown here delivering her message tothe youth with their parents and other volunteers led by Pastor Orlan Racachotogether with Amy Manon-og Sophie Toledo Joe Calugay and Zeny Kharroubi

From left Dindo Miras Continuing Education Coordinator of the FNAQ poses withthe inspirational speaker Mrs Patricia OrsquoConnor FNAQ Founder Maggie Calcetasand Mr Gerald Perron

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by W G QuiambaoDue to the limitation of time and

space this article should not beconsidered complete Thanks to thecontributions of Pastor Orlan RacachoBert Abiera Lina Fernandez JakeMaguigad and Zenaida Kharroubi for thisbrief history of FAMAS Likewise I believethat I should also thank all FAMASpresidents and their directors for theirvolunteerism and personal sacrifices

The Filipino Association ofMontreal and Suburbs (FAMAS) the oldestand biggest association in Quebec that iscelebrating its fifty years has come a longway since its founding in 1963 TheFilipinos who were with us since its infancyand still with us have witnessed itsevolution into a progressive andrecognized organization it is today by thefederal provincial and especially by themunicipal governments

The primary goal of FAMAS whenit was founded was for Filipinos in Montrealand suburbs to get to know each other andto make sure their separation away fromthe families they left behind in thePhilippines would be much lessunbearable In the early days the numberof Filipinos was comparatively small about330 Many of them were professionalsnamely doctors nurses architects andengineers

The Philippine Association ofMontreal and suburbs now known asFAMAS had limited activities which weremainly social events due to lack ofcreativeness incentives and civicconsciousness to project a realisticcommunity involvement said OrlanRacacho former FAMAS president andnow a pastor Leadership skills andpassion for cultural programs werebasically lacking in its platform

FAMAS then was not ascommunity oriented as it is today In factthe money left by each president after hisor her tenure was spent more forsocializing than anything else Even theFAMAS election was so simple that it wasdone by mere raising of hands by thevoters Sometimes the election was heldat Angrignon Park in La Salle It was also inany of those places that a small group ofFilipinos usually had their occasionalpicnics for camaraderie and only a handfulwas keen on running for office moreparticularly the presidency

In the early 70s the communitysaw the changing times in terms of the theeconomy and in the ever-growing numberof Filipinos in Montreal and suburbs

The FAMAS officers decided toaim higher but were confronted with muchbigger challenges It dawned on them thatFAMAS should be community oriented if itwas to be relevant To accomplish thisgoal essential services to the communityhad to be provided FAMAS officersconsisted of volunteers who had to workhard not only to recruit members and raisefunds but also to develop projects Thebiggest source for FAMAS then and nowhas been the Miss Philippines andMunting Bb Pilipinas conceptualized byNorma Flores-Vohra during the terms ofAlvin Veloso Angie Ogerio and BertAbiera respectively In 1978 NormaVillarose started the building fund in theamount of $500 unlike the previousFAMAS presidents who usually spentleftover funds after their term on picnics orany other social activities because at thattime FAMAS had no specific projectTherefore it was during this time whenmassive fund raising was dedicated to thecommunity center building fund EveryFAMAS president began to work harder inorder to turn over an amount to thebuilding fund In 1986-1987 during the

term of Bert Abiera a committee led byOgerio was formed to adopt a `copy cat`fund raising idea used in the Philippinesthe Munting Bb Pilipinas which was ahuge success It raised more than $20000

I made a handsome turn overwhich rapidly grewrdquo said Abiera ldquoWhenMarlene Birao-Schacter took over FAMAShad the sufficient amount to make a downpayment for a duplex on Van Horne Avewith the approval of the officers and theBoard of Trustees They utilized theservices of Nemia Saldua a realtor whowas a member of the Board of TrusteesThe mortgage was signed by Birao-Schacter and Bartolome Javier whorepresented the Board of Trustees

Years later it was decided toconvert the duplex into a communitycenter where the services that theassociation wanted to provide to thecommunity could be served but it wasdifficult since zoning bylaws got in the wayWhen James de la Paz became theFAMAS president he assiduously lobbiedthe City Hall of Montreal to grant FAMAS arezoning permit The neighbours howeverwere opposed to the idea of converting theduplex into a community center becauseof the noise and disturbance it might bringto the quiet neighbourhood Despite therezoning snag de la Paz`s request wasgranted within a year With the help ofvolunteers the duplex was renovated inthe late 90s and worthy activities likeHeritage classes were introducedthereafter

In addition to the successfulconversion of the duplex to become acenter de la Paz made a bold andcontroversial decision He called anassembly to present his proposal to paythe mortgage of FAMAS in full since it hadenough money for that purpose Hebelieved that payment of the mortgagebalance would save money by avoidingthe exorbitant and growing mortgageinterest rates

ldquoSome members of the executiveboard tried to sue me but they couldnrsquot doanythingrdquo recalled de la Paz ldquoMy lawyersaid that I didn`t pocket the money A fewyears later those who were against myidea appreciated what I did If I did not paythe mortgage FAMAS would still be indebtrdquo

In spite of the criticism hurledagainst de la Paz by those who havepersonal issues with him FAMAS hadsubstantially benefitted from his politicalconnections that he shrewdly cultivatedwhen he was the FAMAS presidentArguably he paved the way for the Filipinocommunity to be more visible in themainstream politics when he was FAMASpresident He said ldquoPoliticians used to sayThe Jews Italians Chinese etc It wasfrustrating for Filipinos because they weresystematically relegated to lsquoothersrsquo Theydidnt have any identity until de la Pa cameinto the local political scene Nowpoliticians from municipal provincial andfederal levels recognize the existence notonly of FAMAS but also the entireburgeoning Filipino community

FAMAS made more changes inthe 90s For example it amended theConstitution and Bylaws to allow thepresident to serve for two years rather thanjust one year The Executive Board at thetime was convinced that one year was tooshort for any president particularly a goodone to accomplish the goals of theassociation For reasons of their ownmany community members came out ofthe woodwork and became more andmore interested in becoming president orat least to be an officer FAMAS electionshave become one of the most talked aboutand anticipated events in the communityparticularly in the summertime Like the

Independence Day and the Pista saNayon the election day has always beenan event for many Filipinos to meet friendsthey have not seen for a while

In 2009 the leadership of AuOsdon who has a background inmanagement was put to the test afterwinning the presidency of FAMAS Despiteher detractors`criticismrsquo or perhapsbecause of it she managed to keep theaffairs of FAMAS in order When she tookover in 2009 a Special Audit Committeewas established in order to review theincomplete financial records submitted bythe previous administration Thecommittee composed of Hal SoteroRoger Sandoval Cely Dagsaan and PeterFernandez found out that it would beimpossible because most transactionswere made in cash and not properlyrecorded FAMAS received a bill in 2007--2008 which was paid She also broughtback the trust and respect of thecommunity for FAMAS which for a whilewere lost because of the smokingdrinking and even installation of a camerain the toilet The regular activities like theBb Pilipinas Bb Munting PilipinasHeritage and French classes still continueMiss Teen FAMAS and the fledgling ProjectPagsibol are doing well Somerenovations in the building were also madewith the help of Alex Sy FAMAS vicepresident and an engineer by professionwhich included the new main entrancedoor with electronic push button openerlocated in the office a new entranceFrench door in the main lobby near thestairs going up the office installation of awindow near the entrance door removal ofthe old closet to make the office biggerremoval of the partition of the conferenceroom and living room to make the spacebigger and putting new floor tiles in theconference room

Giving due recognition to de laPaz and Osdon is not meant to diminishthe other presidents before or after themwho made valuable contributions to thestatus of FAMAS as a communityorganization All past presidents ofFAMAS without exception had given uptheir time and made personal sacrifices inorder to do their job It can be statedwithout any doubt that no one has amonopoly of accomplishments for therehave been other past presidents who triedto do what they thought was good for thecommunity Some of the past presidentscontributions are Lee Sanga (deceased)introduced Heritage classes JoseBustamante converted the duplex garageinto a classroom Carlos P Reyes(deceased) started the installation of aflagpole Alberto Floresca (deceased)brought the idea of constructing thebalcony Claro Bermudez celebrated theIndependence Day jointly with FCAWIFlor Rillo constructed the patio CarmelitaSideco (deceased) must be mentioned forbeing the first female FAMAS presidentwhose contributions are not visible but herinfluence over those who worked with herare still felt Norma Casaclang-Villarosa(deceased) was known to be the first oneto put aside some funds for the purpose ofacquiring a community center Dr BartJavier together with Marlene Birao-Schacter were the signatories to the deedof sale of the FAMAS building There mayhave been accomplishments of somepresidents but have not been includedabove but it is hoped that their place inFAMAS history is an acknowledgement oftheir volunteerism to the community

But the saying that ldquoYou can`tplease everybodyrdquo still holds true After theelection in 2011 Osdon and COMELECchairman Budz Sarmiento were accusedof conniving with each other to beat CesarManuel presidential candidate for

Samahang Makabayan ldquoThe accusation is untrue said

Sarmiento The candidates of the SMwere given the Rules and Regulations toread If they have any objection then theyshould have discussed it with theCOMELEC Instead they signed theCertificatres of Candidacy After theelection they were also given a chance toappeal But they ignored it What I findinappropriate are the things they didprotesting in front of the center for a fewdays freezing FAMAS accouint illegallyinducting their officers etc

FAMAS had and still has its upsand down As noted below even duringthe beginning there had been a short-livedfeud between the east side and the westside resulting in two associations onecalled Philippine Association of Montreal(PAM) and the other the Filipino Aociationof the Province of Quebec (FAPQ) Itcannot be denied that bickering anddifferences among differeent factions havebeen a constant threat to the solidarityamong Filipinos Nevertheless they arealways there fior each other in time ofneed It is like a big family After all othercultural associations have had their ownproblems too

List of FAMAS presidents 1963-1964 - Vicente Sison 1964-1965 - DrB Oteysa finished the term of EmilAssistores 1965-1966 - Dr Ben deGuzman 1966-1967 - R Mendoza finishedthe term started by Carlos Borromeo1967-1968 Dr Diego Rosales gave up infavor of John Alvarado In 1967 a crisisoccured that led to the formation of twoasociations John Alvarado continued hisjob as president of Philippine Associationof Montreal (PAM) while Orlan Racachobecame president of a new associationcalled Filipino Association of the Provnceof Quebec In 1968-1969 George Pobletebecame president of PAM and Dr DeoEsguerra was at the helm of FAPQ In1969 according to Jake Maguigadsarticle FAMAS made the maidenappearance with Dr Nap Magadia andlater T Patrio as president while the nameof Andy Palomar was recorded by BertAbiera as the president during the periodof 1969-1970 Abiera also provided thenames of other past presidents namely1970-1971 Simeon Orejudos 1971-1972Alvin Veloso 1972-1973 Roberto Bernas 1973-1974 Carmelita Sideco 1974-1975Orlan Racacho 1975-1976 DominadorRosales 1976-1977 Dr Bartolome Javier1977-1978 Henry Casuga 1978-1979Norma Villarosa 1979-1980 Dr EdilbertoPelausa 1980-1981 Liwanag Sanga 1981-1982 - Angelita Ogerio 1982-1983Salvador Cagugao 1983-1984 NemiaSaldua 1984-1985 Dr GenovevaSantander 1985-1986 Julita Parado 1986-1987 Alberto Abiera 1987-1988 AuroraOsdon 1988-1989 Marlene Birao-Schacter 1989-1990 Mario Umali 1990-1991 Erlinda Baltazar 1991-1992 LimeoCollao 1992-1993 Dick Dahiroc 1993-1994 Malrlene Birao-Schacter 1994-1995Emma Resurreccion 1995-1997 James dela Paz (two consecutive terms) 1997-1998Ricardo Cosico 1998-1999 JoseBustamante

The change in the terms ofpresidents began in 1999-2001 with CarlosP Reyes 2001-2003 Venancio Parial 2003-2005 Santiago Tino 2005-2007 AlbertoFloresca 2007-2008 2008 - ClaroBermjudez who had to leave for a jobopporuntiy in South Africa and appointedFlor Rillo to replace him for the remainderof his term until August 2009 AuroraOsdon 2009-2013 (two consecutive terms)

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Fresh Pork Leg

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Bone-in shoulder chops219 lb

12 kilo pork bellygarlic powdersalt and pepper

For the filling

1 small bundle large spring onionschopped1 stalk lemon grass chopped1 small bundle chives chopped3-4 cloves garlic choppedblack pepper powderchili flakessalt

For the baste

3 tablespoon oil1 tablespoon soy sauce

Balamban Liempo - Cooking procedure

Make an incision in the middle of thepork belly to form a pocket for thefillings Rub the pork belly with garlicpowder salt and pepper let stand inthe refrigerator and marinate for a least1 hour or more Mix and blend all thefilling ingredients and put it inside thebelly pocket keep aside Preheat ovento 300degF to 350degF using the top andbottom heating element In a roastingpan with the same size with the porkbelly place the pork belly with the skinon top Drizzle the pork belly skin withsoy sauce and rub to evenly coat

Balamban Liempo - Grill

Place the roasting pan in the pre-heated oven and roast for 1 to 112hours Occasionally brush the skinwith the oil and soy sauce bastemixture Adjust lower the temperatureif the skin is drying or cooking too fastNow remove the pork belly from thebaking pan and place in the middle ofthe oven in a rack continue to roast foranother 20 to 30 minutes Increase theoven temperature to 400degF to 450degFduring the last 10 to 15 minutes ofcooking or until reddish in color and theskin should be crisp at this stageRemove from oven and cover theroasting pan with aluminium foil and letrest for 10 to 15 minutes Cut intoserving pieces and serve with yourchoice pinakurat vinegar dippingsauce

Pork Belly RoastBalamban liempo style

roasting the pork belly is roasted whileit is in the roasting pan I used glassThis will allow the juices together withthe aromatics cook the meatremember you have to use top andbottom grill of the oven Halfway thepork belly is removed from the panand let grill on the middle of the ovenYou can also use yoursquore turbo broilerif you have one again just be mindfulof your temperatures and timings Ifyou have an oven with rotisserie thenwe would not have to do the abovecomplicated roasting method

Balamban Liempo - Ingrdients

Balamban Liempo as the nameoriginated in Balamban one of thetowns located along the western coastof Cebu Several entrepreneurs havebrought the Balamban Liempo outsideof Balamban and has become one ofthe must eat food when you are inCebu City

Balamban Liempo - Chopped

The pork belly has to be roasted in 2procedures During the first half of

Pinakbet (VegetableStew)

ngredients14 kilo pork with fat (cut into very small

pieces)3 tablespoons oil1 12 cup water

I 2 medium size Ampalaya (cut into 8pieces each)

2 medium size eggplants (cut into 8pieces each)

1 small size kalabasaabout6-10 pieces okra (halved)6 pieces tomatoes (quartered)1 small garlic head (minced)2 small onions (diced)1 small ginger (sliced)4 tablespoons bagoong isdaPinch of pepper

Procedure

In a pan fry pork until lightly crispy setaside

Saute garlic onion tomatoes and gingerin the pork fat and mix in pork

In a pot boil water with bagoongAdd in the pork and spicesAdd all the vegetables and cookServe hot

Pinakbet is a very typical andpopular dish among Filipinos in theIlocos provinces but also adopted byother groups in Luzon except thatthere is a slight difference in theingredients

Tilapia with blackbean sauce

Tilapia with Salted Black BeansIngredients

1 large tilapia sliced crosswise(steak cut)

14 cup canned tausi (salted blackbeans) ndash discard the water

12 cup chopped flat leaf parsley1 medium yellow onion diced2 teaspoon minced garlic1 12 tablespoons oyster sauce1 tablespoon soy sauce1 teaspoon cornstarch diluted in 12

cup watercooking oilSalt and pepper to taste

Cooking Procedure

Rub salt and pepper all over thesliced tilapia Let it stand for 10 minutes

Heat 1 cup of cooking oil in a fryingpan

Pan-fry the sliced tilapia in mediumheat for about 5 minutes per side or untilthe color turns medium brown Removethe fried tilapia and place in a plate linedwith paper towel

In a clean cooking pan heat about 2tablespoons of cooking oil

Saute the garlic and onionWhen the onion softensadd the

parsley and salted black beansPut the fried tilapia in the pan Add

the soy sauce oyster sauce andcornstarch diluted in water Stir gently andlet boil Cover and simmer for 10 to 15minutes

Add pepper to taste Note you canadd more water to make it taste less salty

Transfer to a serving bowlServe share and enjoy

ReminderFAMAS

50th Anniversary GalaSaturday June 15 2013

Call 514-341-7477

May 201316

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The North American Filipino Star

FILIPINO STARS H O W B I Z G O S S I PlsquoAnnalizarsquo wants to directsomeday

She may be just 10 years old andher show-biz career just starting totake off but child star AndreaBrillantes can already see herselfworking behind the camera whenbeing in front of it has lost its appeal

ldquoI enjoy taking photos and mymom tells me they look nicerdquo shesaid ldquoI want to become a director awriter or a photographer when I growolder I want to be behind the scenesrdquoBrillantes told a small group ofreporters at a recent media gatheringfor ABS-CBNrsquos remake of the popular1980s television drama ldquoAnnalizardquowhere she plays the title role

The late Julie Vega was theoriginal Annaliza

For her dream first photo shootBrillantes said she wanted her subjectto be her idol Kim Chiu Her directorialdebut on the other hand will mostlikely have ldquoAnnalizardquo costar ZanjoeMarudo (who plays her father Guido)as lead actor she added

Prior to this big break Brillantesoften played the role of a teleseryersquosstar as a child She was the youngAndi Eigenmann in ldquoKahit PusorsquoyMasugatanrdquo Jessy Mendiola inldquoPrecious Heart Romances Paraisordquoand Kim Chiu in ldquoIna Kapatid Anakrdquo

ldquoIrsquom very thankful and happy thatI was chosen to play Annalizabecause itrsquos my dream to star in myown showrdquo she said Brillantes saidshe googled Vega on the Internet toknow more about her learning abouther birthday and death

Looking sweet and adorable in apink dress Brillantes was refreshingly

self-assured when asked if shebelieved she could carry a televisionshow on her own

But the precocious youngsterclammed up when the subject ofcompetition with other ABS-CBN childstars such as Xyriel Manabat wasbrought up ldquoI donrsquot knowrdquo shemurmured ldquoMas matanda po akordquoshe offered drawing laughter fromthe crowd

Currently a Grade 4 student inAmbassador School for ChildrenBrillantes said she might resort tohome-schooling next academic yearbecause of her increasingly heavyschedule

Do her schoolmates and friendsknow that shersquos an actor ldquoYestheyrsquore happy and proud of meSometimes they approach me forphoto opsrdquo she said

Brillantes who joined the kiddiegag show ldquoGoinrsquo Bulilitsrdquo in 2010proudly announced she was able tobuy herself a cell phone and an iPadfrom her earnings ldquoSomeday I wantto have a nice bedroomrdquo she said

Business unit head Ruel Bayanisaid their version of ldquoAnnalizardquo wouldbe generally faithful to the originalseries ldquoBut to make it relevant todaywe incorporated different socialissues we encounter nowrdquo Bayanisaid

Directed by Theodore Boboroland Cathy Camarillo ldquoAnnalizardquo startsairing Monday before ldquoTV Patrolrdquo a

After his sold-out birthdayconcert at the Smart-AranetaColiseum Kapamilya teensensation Daniel Padilla continuesto sweep off the feet of his fans withhis sophomore album under StarRecords titled ldquoDJPrdquo

Daniel Padilla ReleasesSophomore Album DJP

Following the success of hisdouble platinum self-titled albumldquoDJPrdquo features 10 tracks includingDanielrsquos carrier single ldquoKamustaKardquo ldquoKung San Ka MasayardquoldquoSabay Natinrdquo ldquoPanalanginrdquoldquoBinibinirdquo ldquoNaaalalardquo ldquoKisapmatardquoldquoIpagpatawad Mordquo ldquoSisikat DinAkordquo and the acoustic version ofHimig Handog P-Pop Love Songfinalist ldquoNasa Iyo Na Ang Lahatrdquo

The album also carries thebonus track ldquoDiskarterdquo DanielrsquosldquoDJPrdquo album is already available onall record bars nationwide for onlyP250 The digital tracks of thealbum can also be downloaded viawwwmymusicstorecomph andiTunes

For more information visit StarRecordsrsquo Facebook fanpage atwwwfacebookcomstarrecordsphilor follow starrecordsph onTwitter a

Daniel Padilla ReleasesSophomore Album DJP

Daniel Padilla had his fans shrieking onASAP Sunday as he channeled hisinner Mr Suave while performing theParokya ni Edgar hit along with threeother Padillas RJ Matthew and JC

Rising teleserye princess Andrea Brillantes suddenly burst into tears while walkingon center stage when her first teleserye starrer Annaliza was introduced toadvertisers at the recently held ABS-CBN trade event at the NBC Tent in Taguig Theten-year old young actress wasnrsquot able to contain her emotions any longer whenshe realized that she is actually living her long-time dream of playing lead in a TVseries

May 2013 17The North American Filipino Star

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We process meat using Halal method

Our slaughterhouse is very clean and our prices are reasonable

Reserve your mutton from Aid Al Adha bull Sariwa malinis

The Court of Appeals (CA) ruledin favor of the Movie and TelevisionReview and Classification Board(MTRCB) that suspended TV5snoontime game show Willing Willie in2011 over an obscene segment

Associated Justice ManuelBarrios of the appellate courts 2ndDivision said in an 11-page decisionissued late Thursday that thecontested episode that showed ayoung boy dancing in a raunchymanner while crying was enoughmaterial for MTRCB to suspend thepopular show for one month

A review of the recording of thatsegment shows a 6-year old boygyrating like a macho dancer whilebeing cajoled and goaded by theshows host and the audience iscommonly perceived as transpiringonly in night clubs and othershadowy establishments thedecision stated

The court also called the showhost Willie Revillame insensitive inencouraging the boy to continue withthe performance in exchange for amonetary reward

While money has great utilityand is beneficial in these times ofwant it must never be used asjustification to sacrifice good moralsdecency self respect and thepsychological well-being of itscitizens especially the young itadded

MTRCB Chairman EugenioVillareal welcomed the courtsdecision on Thursday night sayinghe hopes the ruling be instructive tothe television industryEntertainment ( Article MRec )pagematch 1 sectionmatch 1

May this allow the televisionindustry especially those moredirectly concerned to move on andhelp build an entertainment culturethat is truly audience-sensitive andparticularly looking out for thewelfare of our young Villareal said ina statement

MTRCB earlier said in the originalsuspension ruling that the showviolated a law against immoral andindecent broadcasts that run counterto Filipino valuesinvoking herbrothers being in power when shemade a veiled threat Wala na siyangibang masabi Sabi niya Bakanakalimutan mo may three years paang brother ko Yap said a

Court says Willie Revillameinsensitive upholds showsuspension

Julia Barretto the winsome 16-year old daughter of Marjorie Barrettowho is fast making a name for herselfin the show business industry as ldquoTheMost Beautiful Barrettordquo continues tocapture hearts including that of teenstar Julian Estrada - her co-star in arecent special episode of ABS-CBNrsquosaward-winning fantasy-dramaanthology ldquoWansapanataymrdquo

Estrada who like Barretto is ascion of an established showbiz familythat includes actor turned presidentJoseph ldquoEraprdquo Estrada has nowadmitted to wooing his fellow StarMagic 2013 member in a recentinterview on ldquoKris TVrdquo ndash a far cry froman earlier statement

ldquoHindi naman po ligaw (But)things are doing pretty well (betweenthe two of us) rdquo he was quoted assaying prior

Ironically the 15-year-old spilledthe truth about courting the young

actress when he was being grilled byhis own father actor turned senatorJinggoy Estrada during their guestappearance on ldquoKris TVrdquo Monday

ldquoNililigawan mo bardquo The senatorasked his son who went on to blurt acurt ldquoYeahrdquo

When asked if he thinks he is onhis way to winning Julia over theyoung Estrada meekly retortedldquoSanardquo

The older Estrada went on todispense seeming sage advice tellinghis son to give the star of theupcoming series ldquoCofradiardquo gifts likeflowers fruits and chocolates

He went on to praise Julia as withthe rest of the Barrettos for theirbeauty

ldquoMaganda talaga rsquoyung mgaBarretto sistersrdquo said he referring tothe controversial siblings GretchenClaudine and Marjorie Juliarsquos mother

Julian and Julia Fromreel to real

Julian Estrada and Julia Barretto

TV5 statement onMr Willie Revillamersquosresignation

Willie Revillame

So it has finally been confirmedthe rumor that Willie Revillame isresigning from TV5 and that his showldquoWowowillierdquo will end when his contractwith the network expires on Oct 15

The persistent hearsay was thatWillie is resigning because he wasasking for a P90 million talent fee permonth which the Kapatid networkrejected according to a source

Williersquos camp denied the rumorsaying at first that while itrsquos true hiscontract with TV5 is expiring in Octoberthere was no negotiation going on yetabout the possible renewal of suchcontract much less about any amountfor the hostrsquos monthly talent fee

Willie has his options on whether tocontinue with the show or take hismuch-needed vacation He has favoredthe latter

To this TV5 has issued this shortstatement

ldquoWe respect the decision of MrWillie Revillame to retire upon theexpiry of his contract with TV5 We wishhim well in his new pursuitsrdquo a

May 201318 The North American Filipino Star

Showbiz Gossip Continued from p17

Maja Salvador said she is at a lossfor words when met with greetings onher relationship with Gerald Andersonwhich the actor recently confirmed

At the sidelines of the filming of herupcoming big-screen project with SenJinggoy Estrada on Wednesday the24-year-old actress was asked for herreaction to her boyfriend going publicwith their relationship

Marami ang nagsasabi na angganda ko raw ang suwerte ko raw Diko alam paano sasagutin yun eSalvador was quoted as saying byentertainment news site PhilippineEntertainment Portal

Siguro sobrang blessed ko langna ganun ako ka-importante sa buhayniya talaga she said referring toAnderson

The 24-year-old actor admitted the

real score between him and Salvadorin the June 2013 issue of entertainmentmagazine StarStudio

Last Sunday Anderson said thedecision to admit his romantic ties withSalvador was for everybodys peace ofmind citing the endless speculationsabout their relationship

Anderson and Salvadorsrelationship however came at the costof the actress friendship with her InaKapatid Anak co-star and erstwhilebest friend Kim Chiu

Chiu is the former girlfriend ofAnderson The two broke up in 2010

In an earlier interview an emotionalChiu said she has already forgivenAnderson and Salvador but added itis difficult to forget what they did toyou a

Maja Salvador reacts to GeraldAndersonrsquos confession

Gerald Anderson and Maja Salvador

The lady of laughs Ai Ai delasAlas feels so much better now daysafter her personal conflict with short-lived husband Jed Salang came to ahead

Ai Ai said she never realized howmuch love she enjoys from everyone ndashher family her friends in and out of thebusiness her fans and even those whoare just looking ndash until this thinghappened to her

ldquoIrsquom overwhelmed by the love andsupport of everybody I am verythankful Sobrang pasasalamat kotalaga sa Diyos at sa lahat-lahat ngmga mababait na mga anak ko mgakaibigan ko at mga taong nagmamahalsa akin kahit hindi naman nila akomasyadong nakakasama o nakikita

Wala na akong mahihiling paNapakasuwerte ko pa rinrdquo she saidAi Ai told us everything is clear with hernow ldquoHindi ko akalain na mangyayarisa buhay ko ang ganorsquon nanapapanood ko lang sa TV Pero atleast okay na ako Nakalaya na rin akobago pa mangyari sa akin ang mgabagay na ikakahiya ko pa balangarawrdquo she said

Ai Ai likened her life to a plot of anABS-CBN soap opera She saidldquorsquoyung tipong isang medyonakakabatang lalaki na pumatol saisang medyo may edad na babae namay pera Pero meron talaga siyangpamilya at sinabihan niya na sandalilang ito at kailangan lang niya gawinpara na din sa kanyang mag-inaGanun ang eksaktong nangyari saakinrdquoAnd what didnrsquot kill her made herstronger Ai Ai said ldquoNow I really thankGod for waking me up just in timeMasakit pero ganun talagaNaghangad kasi ako na mahalin ngisang lalaki mapakasalan Siguro hinditalaga rsquoyun ang buhay na para sa akinMarami namang masyadong blessingna ibinibigay si God Ang mga anak kosobrang mahal ako Nahihiya nga akosa kanila at nagpapasalamat nanaiintindihan nila ang Mommy nila Silaang tunay kong kayamananrdquo a

Ai Ai Delas Alas is much betternow

Comedienne Ai Ai delas Alas hasfiled a formal complaint against herhusband of 29 days businessmanJed Salang

According to a report ofentertainment website Pepphpublished on Wednesday delas Alascharged Salang of violating theRepublic Act 9262 or the act definingviolence against women and childrenbefore the Quezon City Regional Trial

Court on FridayThis is in addition to the

protection order she sought againsther husband so he could no longercome near her by 100 to 500 meters

Citing a source allegedly close tothe comedienne Pepph said delasAlas detailed in her petition howSalang physically abused her lastMay 2

The source added delas Alas alsoconsulted with a psychologist whotold her that she is in a ldquostate ofdepressionrdquo and is suffering from anldquoacute post-traumatic-stressdisorderrdquo

Two weeks ago delas Alas brokedown on The Buzz as she confirmedher breakup from Salang

In an interview with The Buzzhost Boy Abunda delas Alasadmitted that she was physically

Ai Ai delas Alas with her husband JedSalang (file photo)

Ai Ai files raps vs husband JedSalang

abused by Salang which led to herdecision to leave him last May 2

She also tearfully said shebelieves Salang never loved her

Delas Alas and Salang weremarried in Las Vegas last April 3

It takes two to do the show bizbreakup cha-cha

Did Jed Salang really do all thoseawful awful things andhellip isnrsquot hegoing to defend himself Just youwait

In the aftermath of Ai-Ai de lasAlasrsquo spectacular meltdown on ldquoTheBuzzrdquo last Sunday over a turbulentseparation from her husband of lessthan a month movie reporters havebeen hunting down Salang abusinessman

Did he really beat up the 48-year-old actress routinely Is he agambling addict as they say Is it

true that he received a monthlyallowance of P40000 from De lasAlas Did he use her money to buyexpensive gifts for another personAwful awful talk (Meanwhile has hereturned the ldquodream carrdquo that shegave him for their first ldquomonthsaryrdquo)

Several show biz scribes havegone to Salangrsquos workplace inAlabang others to his reportedcurrent address A few claim to havetalked to Salang but say he declinedto comment on the whole sordidaffair

When De las Alas claimed onnationwide TV that she had broken upwith Salang on May 2 after repeatedincidents of physical abuse her fanswent up in arms as if on cue Theywasted no time in flooding SalangrsquosInstagram account with vitriolprompting him to close it onMondaymdashhis only link to socialnetworking a

May 2013 19The North American Filipino Star

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Words cannot express howdelighted Lovi Poe is about her sisterGrace Poe-Llamanzares ranking No 1in the May 13 senatorial race Shefinds it hard to believe that she nowhas a big sister who is a senator and isjust a phone call away

Lovi during her contract signingwith GMA-7 last May 17 shared thatshe has gotten to know her elder sisterwell during the campaign season

ldquoIrsquom so proud of her When we hadlunch I met her son daughter and herhusband They are all wonderfulpeople talaga Lahat sila mababait SiAte Grace shersquos very humble shersquosvery smart Talagang I look up to herKung baga isa siyang magandanghalimbawardquo she sharedShe added that if she is proud shecould just imagine how prouder theirfather the late Fernando Poe Jr Kingof Philippine Cinema would havebeen

ldquoIrsquom sure si Papa kung anongnararamdaman ko kay Ate Grace masgrabe pa siya and Irsquom sureipagpapatuloy niya ang gusto niPapahellip I just really feel so proudespecially with what happened nanag-number one siya Siya na mismonagsabi that she didnrsquot expect thatrdquoLovi expressed that she will be asupportive sister and intimated thatSen Grace would be having lunchwith her to discuss her plans inpolitics She said that she would helpin her own capacity as an actress butwonrsquot be ldquovisible politicallyrdquo

ldquoI donrsquot want to venture into

politics kasi itrsquos not my turf talagaLetrsquos leave it to the experts sabi nganilardquo quipped Lovi

These days Lovi is more focusedon giving her all in the projects that theKapuso network entrusts her Shebelieves she has the talent and wantsto prove that she is worthy of herthree-year contract Her love life toocould take a backseat to her new stateof mind which is workldquoIrsquom not dating now I just want to

focus talaga on work Ito rsquoyungpromise ko sa sarili ko na masfocused ako now Irsquom already 24 yearsold at ibang Lovi na ito Mas mature nakasi medyo before I want to enjoywhile working of course but now masfocused nardquo

Itrsquos been almost two months sinceLovi took a break from the Kapusonetwork Now she is excited to goback to work and see her colleagueswhom she misses a lot She also looks

forward to the teleseryes she wouldget and the leading men shersquod beworking with As an actress she israring to do more challenging roles inthe near future

By the way Lovi is in theupcoming movie of Joel Lamanganentitled ldquoLihisrdquo with Jake Cuenca andJoem Bascon among others a

Lovi proud sister to Sen Grace Poe

Lovi Poe (Left) and Sen Grace Poe-Llamanzares

For the first time HeartEvangelista revealed the real reasonwhy she and Jericho Rosales whomshe considers her ldquogreatest loverdquobroke up in 2008

In an sit-down interview with Yesmagazine for its May 2013 issueEvangelista said her parents madeher believe that Rosales cheated onher with Malaysian actress CarmenSoo

At that time Evangelista justreconciled with her parents after nottalking to them for three yearsbecause she fought for herrelationship with Rosales

Evangelista said her parents didnot approve of the Kapamilya actorbecause he already had a child froma previous relationship

ldquoI didnrsquot see them for three yearsat that time and I missed them somuch And I was also going though alot I was struggling with life I wasconfused Although I was happy itwas hard to be happy in one areaand everything else seems like itrsquosfalling apart But the moment I gotback with them naging okay kamirdquoshe said

Rosales was then in Malaysiawith Soo for the ABS-CBN seriesldquoKahit Isang Saglitrdquo whileEvangelista was in Dubai for her ownshow in GMA-7

ldquoWhen they said that he wascheating on me with Carmen Soo Ireally did think that he was I reallythought that he cheated on me Ireally did And that was because theytold me that he was and I wasconvincedrdquo she said

Evangelista shared there waseven a time when Rosales went tosee her in her condominium unit sohe could explain himself but theynever saw each other

ldquoMy mom didnrsquot tell me that hewas waiting for me downstairs in mycondo for five hours She didnrsquot say

anything so I didnrsquot hear from himrdquoshe said

The 27-year-old actress said shejust learned in due course thatRosales did not really cheat on her

ldquoOf course they are yourparentsmdashwhen they tell yousomething over and over you start tohave fears You start to doubt certainsituations And thatrsquos what happenedto me beforerdquo she said

Through time Evangelistaunderstood that her mom was justscared to lose her

ldquoShe was trying to let me go She

was really trying her best to not getherself involved with my pastrelationships It was always like thatShe would try But in the endeverything that she kept inside wouldjust blow up and it would just affectme so much and also therelationship that I was inrdquo she said

Evangelista recently madeheadlines anew after she foundherself in another collision coursewith her parents who lambasted hercurrent boyfriend Senator FrancisChiz Escudero

Both Evangelista and Escuderohowever have stood firm that theyare not breaking up amid all theissues surrounding their relationship

Why Heart and Jericho really broke up Jericho has found lsquoThe Onersquo

Early photo of Heart amp JerichoNot meant to be Former lovers Heartand Jericho Rosales

May 201320 The North American Filipino Star

Itrsquos tough fighting the worldrsquossecond biggest economic power andmost populous country But whenanother economic heavyweight joinsthe fight against you they couldtrounce you very badly And to makethe situation worse the two adversariesare the giant Peoplersquos Republic ofChina (PRC) and the Lilliputian buteconomically rich Republic of China(ROC) which is more commonly knownas Taiwan With the Philippines upagainst the two Chinas her options are

limited

Over the past several years Chinaincreased her defense budget todouble-digit increments In the case ofTaiwan the United States provided herwith firepower to defend herself fromChina whose ultimate goal is to takeover Taiwan and complete theunification of the two Chinas under onegovernment

But the US has nothing to do with thatAlthough the US recognizes the PRCunder a ldquoOne China Policyrdquo she madeit known that Taiwan would bedefended should China decide toinvade Taiwan

The Philippines followed suit andadopted a ldquoOne China Policyrdquo too thussevering her diplomatic relationshipwith Taiwan However the influentialcommunity of Chinese expatriates andrefugees in the Philippines identifythemselves with Chiang Kai-shek andhis Kuomintang Party who fled toTaiwan in 1949 after they were defeatedby Mao Zedong and his CommunistParty in a bloody Civil War

To continue their ldquofriendshiprdquo thePhilippines and Taiwan established twooffices to serve as conduit between thetwo governments The Philippinegovernment opened the ManilaEconomic and Cultural Office (MECO)in Taipei and Taiwan opened the TaipeiEconomic and Cultural Office (TECO) inManila Indeed the relationshipbetween the Philippines and Taiwancouldnrsquot have been betterhellip until lastMay 9 when an incident in disputedwaters ended in the death of aTaiwanese fisherman

Fishing boat incidentRelatives of fisherman killed by thePhilippine Coast Guard

According to Philippine Coast Guard(PCG) account two Taiwanese fishing

boats were sighted in the Balintangchannel just north of Luzon which isPhilippine territory and not claimed byTaiwan or any other country In whatappeared to be illegal fishing the PCGvessel approached the fishing boatsbut one of them tried to ram the PCGvessel The PCG fired at the chargingfishing boat to disable it The fishingboat was disabled howeverunbeknown to the PCG crew a 65-yearold Taiwanese fisherman was hit Thena ldquobig white shiprdquo came to view and the

PCG vessel took off (Source The DailyTribune)

The incident created a crescendo ofevents leading to violence againstOverseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) inTaiwan MECO Chairman AmadeoPerez reported that an OFW wasattacked with a baseball bat by anangry mob in Kaohsiung City TaiwanOther attacks on OFWs were reportedldquoThe situation in Taiwan now is verytenserdquo said PerezIn an attempt to placate TaiwanPresident Benigno Aquino IIIapologized for the death of the

Taiwanese fisherman but the Taiwanesegovernment uncharacteristicallyrejected it as ldquoinsincererdquo

And to make matters worse theTaiwanese government banned theentry of OFWs The Philippinegovernment is preparing evacuationplans should the need to bring theOFWs home arises The Taiwanesegovernment also issued an advisory toher citizens not to visit the Philippines

Enter the bullyEmperor Xi Jinping (Credit TheEconomist)

Meanwhile a Chinese foreign ministryspokesman said ldquoWe strongly

condemn the barbaric shooting andkilling of the Taiwanese fishermandemanding that the Philippines shouldinvestigate the case and furnish thedetails as soon as possible We aredeeply grieved about the death of theTaiwanese compatriot and have sentcondolences to his familyrdquo With Chinaopenly siding with Taiwan it makes onewonder if China was taking advantageof the incident to drive a wedgebetween the two allies of the UnitedStates Indeed China has been tryingvery hard to neutralize the UnitedStatesrsquo military presence in the WesternPacific particularly in the South andEast China Seas

In August 2012 China tricked thePhilippines into ending the standoff atthe Scarborough Shoal (PanatagShoal) by agreeing to a withdrawal ofthe two countriesrsquo naval vessels fromthe area As soon as the Philippineswithdrew her Coast Guard vesselsChina cordoned off the only opening tothe shoal while several Chinese shipsstayed Since then China has de factopossession of the shoal which is about124 miles from Luzon and within thePhilippinesrsquo 200-mile ExclusiveEconomic Zone (EEZ)

Ryukyu archipelagoRyukyu Islands

Recently two events happened that putChinese expansionism into thegeopolitical equation First itquestioned Japanrsquos ownership of theRyukyu archipelago which includesOkinawa where the US maintains 18army navy air force and marine bases

China claims that the Ryukyus wereonce a Chinese vassal state during theMing and Qing dynasties therefore theisland chain should be returned toChina

With this new ldquoterritorial disputerdquoJapanrsquos ongoing dispute with Chinaover ownership of the Senkaku Islandstakes different dimension Someexperts are saying that China is usingthe Ryukyu issue as a bargaining chipto her claim over the Senkakus a groupof five uninhabited islands and isletswedged between Okinawa and Taiwan

When Japan and Taiwan recentlysigned a joint fishing agreement aroundthe Senkakus China became furiousAnd right after that the ownership of theRyukyus came into play

Ayungin Shoal

China also opened another potentialarea of dispute ndash right inside Philippineterritory A few days ago severalChinese ships were sighted near theAyungin Shoal in the Kalayaan town inthe province of Palawan

Last May 10 a Department of ForeignAffairs (DFA) spokesperson said thatAyungin Shoal is within the PhilippinesrsquoEEZ He said that the entry of foreignfishing vessels in an EEZ is a violationof the United Nations Convention of theLaw of the Sea (UNCLOS) China andthe Philippines are signatories toUNCLOS DFA filed a protest letter withthe Chinese Embassy in Manila on theprovocative presence of two Chinesemaritime surveillance shipsand onewarship around Ayungin Shoal(Source The Philippine Star)

Taiping Island

Taiwan also has a piece of the actionamong six nations involved in territorialdisputes in the Spratly archipelagoRecently Taiwan announced plans toexpand a pier in Taiping Island thelargest island in the Spratlys Byexpanding the pier in the fortified islandit would allow port calls by Taiwanrsquos2000-ton frigates The island hasalready a 3800-foot runway whichTaiwan built in 2006 (Source NewStraits Times)

During the 115th anniversarycelebration of the Philippine Navy lastMay 21 Aquino declared ldquoOurmessage to the world is clear what isours is ours and we will repel any andall attempts to claim what is ours anddefend ourselves against any form ofaggression especially within ourbackyardrdquoIt seems that itrsquos going to bea battle between David vs two Goliaths(PerryDiazgmailcom)

David vs Two Goliaths

Anti-Filipino rally in Taiwan

Relatives of killed Taiwanese fisherman

ldquoEmperorrdquo Xi Jinping (Credit The Economist)

Ryukyu Islands

May 2013 21The North American Filipino Star

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Embracing theObscureBy David White

This past weekend in Sonoma CountyCalifornia 17 vintners gathered for a winetasting they dubbed The 7 PercentSolution

As the organizers explained roughly 93percent of Northern California vineyardacreage is planted to eight major grapevarietals The remaining 7 percent is hometo numerous lesser-known varietals[which] are finding anchor with a small butgrowing number of winemakers

The event enabled consumers to explorethe wines being produced by Californiasrevolutionary vintners -- those willing toembrace the states vast and varied climateby avoiding popular grapes and bottlingthe obscure Whether theyre producingunusual varietals or exploring unheraldedregions these winemakers are worthcelebrating

That certain regions of California might bebetter suited to say Albarino thanChardonnay makes sense Across theglobe commercial wine is produced from a

whopping 1368 different grape varieties Itdefies logic to assume that grapes native tocentral France will thrive in all the worldsnew vineyards

This topic was explored at this years DrinkLocal Wine conference by Joseph FiolaPhD a University of Maryland professorwho has spent over 25 years researchingand teaching about experimentalviticulture

During his lecture Fiola spent a great dealof time praising the Old World for itscommitment to growing varieties that areadapted to local growing conditions

Local varieties have been growing inthose areas for hundreds maybethousands of years he explainedYear in year out they get ripe Year inyear out winemakers can controlproduction Those areas know how togrow the grapes they know how tomake good wine And its the localgrapes that are the best [Winemakers]arent going to grow CabernetSauvignon all over Italy becausepeople know the name

Fiola went on to compare southernItalys climate to southern MarylandsYet he acknowledged the temptation tofocus on well-known varieties

Trying to convince a Maryland winerythat has to worry about marketing topeople who can barely pronounceChardonnay to sell Nero dAvolaNegroamaro Sagrantino he askednaming three esoteric varieties fromItaly That presents a challenge heconceded

Europe has an advantage of courseThe continent has been producingwine for thousands of years so vintnersthere understand which grapes dobest In France for examplewinemakers in Burgundy know to focus

on Pinot Noir and Chardonnay Just asGerman vintners recognize thatRiesling thrives in the countrys Moselregion Spanish vintners recognize thatAlbarino thrives in Galicia

Wine production in the United States isstill in its infancy But winemakers knowthat American consumers enjoyCabernet Sauvignon ChardonnayMerlot Pinot Noir and SauvignonBlanc so thats what most produceOnly the most courageous vintnerswould eschew these varieties

One of these courageous vintners isMatthew Rorick of Forlorn Hope whopoured at this weekends tasting inSonoma Since 2005 he has beenproducing rare creatures fromappellations unknown and varietiesuncommon

His rare creatures are truly unusualHe produces delightful reds fromSangiovese and Barbera two Italiangrapes that few California winemakers

take seriously He produces a deliciousVerdelho a white wine thats typicallyassociated with Portugal He producesthe nations only 100-percent StLaurent a thought-provoking highlyaromatic red thats almost impossibleto find outside Austria and the CzechRepublic Each year he crafts morethan a dozen different wines -- andvirtually all are produced in lots offewer than 2500 bottles

The fact that 17 vintners like Rorickwere able to fill a room this pastweekend is a testament to the fact thatan increasing number of winemakersare willing to take risks And perhapsmore importantly Americanconsumers are growing morecomfortable exploring the unknown

David White a wine writer is the founderand editor of Terroiristcom His columnsare housed at Palate Press The OnlineWine Magazine

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Minister FlahertyHighlights EconomicAction Plan 2013rsquosStrong Support forCharitableOrganizations

The Honourable Jim Flaherty Ministerof Finance today urged Canadians totake advantage of the HarperGovernmentrsquos new First-Time DonorrsquosSuper Credit and donate to acharitable organization

Speaking at Lutherwood a not-for-profit health and social serviceorganization serving the WaterlooRegion and Wellington CountyMinister Flaherty said ldquoThroughout ournationrsquos history Canadians haveworked together to serve others andhave made Canada a better place inthe process Our Government wants tosee that noble tradition continuewhich is why Economic Action Plan2013 builds on previous actions by ourGovernment to support families andcommunities and the quality of life forhard-working Canadiansrdquo

These initiatives include the RegisteredDisability Savings Plan the FamilyCaregiver Tax Credit and the EnablingAccessibility Fund which supports thecapital costs of construction andrenovations to improve physicalaccessibility for persons withdisabilities

Minister Flaherty stated ldquoThe newFirst-Time Donorrsquos Super Credit willsignificantly enhance theattractiveness of donating to a charityfor young and new Canadians who arein a position to make donations for thefirst time By helping to rejuvenate andexpand the charitable sectorrsquos donorbase this important initiative will havean immediate impact in supporting thecharitable sectorrdquo

The credit will apply on cash donationsof up to $1000 claimed in any onetaxation year from 2013 to 2017 It willincrease the value of the existingCharitable Donations Tax Credit by 25percentage points if neither thetaxpayer nor their spouse has claimedthe credit since 2007

Kitchener-Waterloo MP Peter Braid achampion for such worthy causesadded ldquoCanadians are some of themost generous people in the worldwhen it comes to giving time andmoney to charity and our Governmentis committed to supporting that spiritrdquo

ldquoThe Super Credit is a very positivestep for charities wanting to engagenew donors We are excited by thepossibilities and eager to continueworking with the federal government toexplore innovative ways to expandcharitable giving by all Canadiansrdquosaid Marcel Lauziegravere President andCEO of Imagine Canada

___________________________________For further information media may

contact

Kathleen PerchalukPress SecretaryOffice of the Minister of Finance613-996-7861

Jack AubryMedia RelationsDepartment of Finance613-996-8080

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Treasury Board PresidentAnnounces MajorInitiative toward a High-Performing Public Service

For immediate release

May 28 2013

Ottawa ndash The Honourable TonyClement President of the TreasuryBoard today announced a newmandatory system for trackingemployee performance aimed atboosting productivity and ensuringCanadians receive modern effectiveand efficient public service

ldquoHard-working Canadians look to us toprovide high quality affordableservice The Governmentrsquos newperformance management regime willensure that we are employing thepublic service to its fullest potentialrdquosaid Minister Clement ldquoComplacencyand the status quo are not an optionExcellence must be the benchmarkCanadians deserve no lessrdquo

The new Directive on PerformanceManagement introduces for the firsttime a government-wide system fortracking employee performance Thegoal is three-fold

To recognize and reward excellentperformance

Work with all employees to maximizeperformance and

To deal decisively with unsatisfactoryperformance

ldquoPerformance management is aboutensuring good workers have anopportunity to become great workersand dealing effectively with poorperformersrdquo said Minister ClementldquoEither poor performers improve andbecome productive employees or wewill let them gordquo

The Directive which comes into effectin April 2014 includes a number ofstandardized measures for trackingperformance These measuresinclude establishing annualperformance objectives for allemployees mid-year evaluationsannual written performanceassessments and an action plan forimproving performance with clearestablished time-lines as well as stepsto be taken if performance does notimprove These steps could include

demotion or termination Processeswill ensure that employees are treatedfairly

ldquoDoing things the way they havealways been done is no longer goodenough if we want to build a 21stcentury public servicerdquo said MinisterClement ldquoWe owe it to Canadians andwe owe it to the vast majority ofcommitted hard-working publicservants to make sure everyone ispulling their weightrdquo

For more information please consultthe Directive on PerformanceManagement and visit thePerformance Management website

mdash 30 mdash

For more information see the Directiveon Performance Managementbackgrounder or contact

Matthew ConwayPress SecretaryOffice of the President of the TreasuryBoard and Minister responsible forFedNor613-957-2666

Media RelationsTreasury Board of Canada Secretariat613-957-2640

If there is a discrepancy between anyprinted version and the electronicversion of this news release theelectronic version will prevail

TTY (telecommunications device forthe hearing impaired) ndash 613-957-9090

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Backgrounder - Directive onPerformance Management

The Government of Canada isimplementing a new employeeperformance management program tofoster excellence in service delivery toCanadians and improve productivity

This Directive will introduce for the firsttime a systemic mandatoryperformance assessment for all corepublic sector employees Rigorousperformance management is a bestpractice and an essential element of amodern public service

The new Directive on PerformanceManagement applies to federalemployees in the core publicadministration See footnote 1 and willcome into effect on April 1 2014

The approach to implementingPerformance Management is system-wide and will support deputy headsmanagers and employees in achievingand sustaining a culture of highperformance in the public sector

Highlights

The Directive calls for consistency inhow employee performance ismanaged and how employeesrsquo skillsare developed across the federal

public service

Each federal organization will establishan employee performancemanagement program that includesrequirements such as

Mandatory annual performancemanagement objectives for allemployees including commitmentsperformance objectives and expectedbehaviours and learning ordevelopment plans

Mid-year evaluations of eachemployee

Annual written employee performanceassessments at the end of each fiscalyear

An action plan to support and guideemployees to improve performancewithin clear timelines and

Mandatory attestation by deputyheads that an employee hassuccessfully completed the probationperiod

Requirements for performanceagreements are already in place forpublic service executives and non-unionized employees With the newDirective performance agreements willbe mandatory for all

To support managers and supervisorsin adopting the new Directivemandatory training will be providedEach department will have acommittee made up of senior officialsto coach managers through theprocess Managers will also besupported with additional labourrelations advice and a Labour andEmployment Law Centre of Expertiseis also being created by the TreasuryBoard Secretariat to deal specificallywith employment law and litigation

The Values and Ethics Code for thePublic Sector that came into force inApril 2012 underpins the objectives ofthe new Directive

The Office of the Chief HumanResources Officer is responsible formonitoring departmentsrsquo compliancewith the directive and conductingreviews to evaluate its impact

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others may be learned but hewho understands himself is

more intelligentHe who controls others may be

powerful but he who hasmastered himself is

mightier still

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Cultural Centre launchedMontreacuteal May 28 2013 ndash At a specialmeeting held last Thursday the Cocircte-des-NeigesmdashNotre-Dame-de-Gracircce (CDNmdashNDG) Borough Council awarded a contractto build the new Notre-Dame-de-GracircceCultural Centre The $1540010710contract was won by the Geyser Group inc

The Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce Cultural Centrewill house a new Benny Library and also amulti-purpose hall to accommodate culturalexhibitions and a wide variety ofperformances The ecologically-friendlybuilding meeting LEED certificationstandards will be prominently located at theintersection of avenue de Monkland andavenue Benny across from the NDG SportsCentre

Construction will begin in the next fewweeks and be completed at the end of2014 Originally planned for 2012 theproject had to be modified in order to meetthe Boroughrsquos self-imposed budgetconstraints Construction of the Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce Cultural Centre representsa $236 million investment for which theBorough is depending in particular on thejoint financial support of the ministegravere de laCulture et des Communications du Queacutebecand the Ville de Montreacuteal

ICAO headquarters toremain in Montreal

MONTREAL May 27 2013 - The Ministerof Foreign Affairs the Honourable John

Baird the Minister of InternationalRelations La Francophonie and ExternalTrade and Minister responsible for theMontreacuteal region Mr Jean Francois Liseacuteeand the Mayor of Montreacuteal Mr MichaelApplebaum would like to invite members ofthe media to a press conference for thesigning of the renewal agreement with theInternational Civil Aviation Organization(ICAO) in Montreacuteal

Date Monday May 27th 2013Heure 5 pmLieu Terrace of City Hall

275 Notre-Dame EstMetro Champ-de-Mars

Come join celebrate thePhilippine IndependenceDay Celebration on June 12 1000AM at theFAMAS CentreThe Philippine Declaration of Independencesimultaneously marked the end of thePhilippine Revolution and the PhilippineIslandsrsquo assertion to sovereignty andindependence from Spanish colonial ruleHowever neither Spain nor Americarecognized such a stake to independentnationhood and on December 10 1898the Spanish government ceded thePhilippines to the United States in the Treatyof Paris for the price of US $2 millionmarking the end of the Spanish-AmericanWar1

A short two months later on February 41899 armed conflict erupted betweenPhilippine revolutionary forces and USmilitary occupants in Manila By June 2

1899 the First Philippine Republic officiallydeclared war against the US that lasteduntil July 4 1902 Approximately 20000soldiers were killed in action while thecivilian death toll reached an estimated half-million persons Though the war officiallyended in the summer of 1899 guerillafreedom fighters continued to challengeUS occupation for several more years

It was not until July 4 1946 nearly fiftyyears later that the United States formallyrecognized full Philippine independentnationhood with the enactment of the Treatyof Manila On a rainy day in Manilarsquos LunetaPark 400000 onlookers cheered as theAmerican flag was lowered and thePhilippine flag was raised in its placeSenator Millard Tydings of Marylandreported that the day was ldquoone of the mostunprecedented most idealistic and mostfar-reaching events in all recorded historyrdquo3

July 4 was officially recognized as theNational Day until August 4 1964 whenPresident Diosdado Macapagal signed theMalacanang Republic Act No 4166 thateffectively made June 12mdashthe day thatGeneral Emilio Aguinaldo and hisrevolutionary peers had originally claimedas the Nationrsquos Daymdashthe countryrsquos officialIndependence Day

Today Filipinos around the world fromSaudi Arabia to Los Angeles Californiacontinue to celebrate PhilippineIndependence Day on June 12 In AmericaFilipino Americans otherwise known asFilAms use this day to commemorate thePhilippinesrsquo independence from colonialrule celebrate Filipino heritage-pride

preserve cultural roots promote culturalawareness and bring FilAm communitiestogether4

The largest Philippine Independence Daycelebration takes place annually in NewYork City on Madison Avenue between 23rdand 38th street on the first Sunday of JuneAn estimated 100000 people turn out totake part in various events and to march ina parade that represents FilAms and the7000 plus island clusters that constitute thePhilippine archipelago FilAms proudlydonned outfits representative of theirregional origins academic affiliationsprofessions favored sports team andmore5

In Washington DC the PhilippineEmbassy and Filipino AmericanOrganization host an Independence DayGala commemorative festivals and othercultural activities

In Montreal we commemorate thePhilippine Independence by a Flag RaisingCeremony at the FAMAS Centre every June12 every year

Come and celebrate with us and meet andgreet our kababayans and public officialsLight refreshments are served

Cheers

From the FAMAS Executive Board

Al Boy AbdonPublic Relations Officer - FAMASalabdonvideotronca

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by W G QuiambaoDue to the limitation of time and

space this article should not beconsidered complete Thanks to thecontributions of Pastor Orlan RacachoBert Abiera Lina Fernandez JakeMaguigad and Zenaida Kharroubi for thisbrief history of FAMAS Likewise I believethat I should also thank all FAMASpresidents and their directors for theirvolunteerism and personal sacrifices

The Filipino Association ofMontreal and Suburbs (FAMAS) the oldestand biggest association in Quebec that iscelebrating its fifty years has come a longway since its founding in 1963 TheFilipinos who were with us since its infancyand still with us have witnessed itsevolution into a progressive andrecognized organization it is today by thefederal provincial and especially by themunicipal governments

The primary goal of FAMAS whenit was founded was for Filipinos in Montrealand suburbs to get to know each other andto make sure their separation away fromthe families they left behind in thePhilippines would be much lessunbearable In the early days the numberof Filipinos was comparatively small about330 Many of them were professionalsnamely doctors nurses architects andengineers

The Philippine Association ofMontreal and suburbs now known asFAMAS had limited activities which weremainly social events due to lack ofcreativeness incentives and civicconsciousness to project a realisticcommunity involvement said OrlanRacacho former FAMAS president andnow a pastor Leadership skills andpassion for cultural programs werebasically lacking in its platform

FAMAS then was not ascommunity oriented as it is today In factthe money left by each president after hisor her tenure was spent more forsocializing than anything else Even theFAMAS election was so simple that it wasdone by mere raising of hands by thevoters Sometimes the election was heldat Angrignon Park in La Salle It was also inany of those places that a small group ofFilipinos usually had their occasionalpicnics for camaraderie and only a handfulwas keen on running for office moreparticularly the presidency

In the early 70s the communitysaw the changing times in terms of the theeconomy and in the ever-growing numberof Filipinos in Montreal and suburbs

The FAMAS officers decided toaim higher but were confronted with muchbigger challenges It dawned on them thatFAMAS should be community oriented if itwas to be relevant To accomplish thisgoal essential services to the communityhad to be provided FAMAS officersconsisted of volunteers who had to workhard not only to recruit members and raisefunds but also to develop projects Thebiggest source for FAMAS then and nowhas been the Miss Philippines andMunting Bb Pilipinas conceptualized byNorma Flores-Vohra during the terms ofAlvin Veloso Angie Ogerio and BertAbiera respectively In 1978 NormaVillarose started the building fund in theamount of $500 unlike the previousFAMAS presidents who usually spentleftover funds after their term on picnics orany other social activities because at thattime FAMAS had no specific projectTherefore it was during this time whenmassive fund raising was dedicated to thecommunity center building fund EveryFAMAS president began to work harder inorder to turn over an amount to thebuilding fund In 1986-1987 during the

term of Bert Abiera a committee led byOgerio was formed to adopt a `copy cat`fund raising idea used in the Philippinesthe Munting Bb Pilipinas which was ahuge success It raised more than $20000

I made a handsome turn overwhich rapidly grewrdquo said Abiera ldquoWhenMarlene Birao-Schacter took over FAMAShad the sufficient amount to make a downpayment for a duplex on Van Horne Avewith the approval of the officers and theBoard of Trustees They utilized theservices of Nemia Saldua a realtor whowas a member of the Board of TrusteesThe mortgage was signed by Birao-Schacter and Bartolome Javier whorepresented the Board of Trustees

Years later it was decided toconvert the duplex into a communitycenter where the services that theassociation wanted to provide to thecommunity could be served but it wasdifficult since zoning bylaws got in the wayWhen James de la Paz became theFAMAS president he assiduously lobbiedthe City Hall of Montreal to grant FAMAS arezoning permit The neighbours howeverwere opposed to the idea of converting theduplex into a community center becauseof the noise and disturbance it might bringto the quiet neighbourhood Despite therezoning snag de la Paz`s request wasgranted within a year With the help ofvolunteers the duplex was renovated inthe late 90s and worthy activities likeHeritage classes were introducedthereafter

In addition to the successfulconversion of the duplex to become acenter de la Paz made a bold andcontroversial decision He called anassembly to present his proposal to paythe mortgage of FAMAS in full since it hadenough money for that purpose Hebelieved that payment of the mortgagebalance would save money by avoidingthe exorbitant and growing mortgageinterest rates

ldquoSome members of the executiveboard tried to sue me but they couldnrsquot doanythingrdquo recalled de la Paz ldquoMy lawyersaid that I didn`t pocket the money A fewyears later those who were against myidea appreciated what I did If I did not paythe mortgage FAMAS would still be indebtrdquo

In spite of the criticism hurledagainst de la Paz by those who havepersonal issues with him FAMAS hadsubstantially benefitted from his politicalconnections that he shrewdly cultivatedwhen he was the FAMAS presidentArguably he paved the way for the Filipinocommunity to be more visible in themainstream politics when he was FAMASpresident He said ldquoPoliticians used to sayThe Jews Italians Chinese etc It wasfrustrating for Filipinos because they weresystematically relegated to lsquoothersrsquo Theydidnt have any identity until de la Pa cameinto the local political scene Nowpoliticians from municipal provincial andfederal levels recognize the existence notonly of FAMAS but also the entireburgeoning Filipino community

FAMAS made more changes inthe 90s For example it amended theConstitution and Bylaws to allow thepresident to serve for two years rather thanjust one year The Executive Board at thetime was convinced that one year was tooshort for any president particularly a goodone to accomplish the goals of theassociation For reasons of their ownmany community members came out ofthe woodwork and became more andmore interested in becoming president orat least to be an officer FAMAS electionshave become one of the most talked aboutand anticipated events in the communityparticularly in the summertime Like the

Independence Day and the Pista saNayon the election day has always beenan event for many Filipinos to meet friendsthey have not seen for a while

In 2009 the leadership of AuOsdon who has a background inmanagement was put to the test afterwinning the presidency of FAMAS Despiteher detractors`criticismrsquo or perhapsbecause of it she managed to keep theaffairs of FAMAS in order When she tookover in 2009 a Special Audit Committeewas established in order to review theincomplete financial records submitted bythe previous administration Thecommittee composed of Hal SoteroRoger Sandoval Cely Dagsaan and PeterFernandez found out that it would beimpossible because most transactionswere made in cash and not properlyrecorded FAMAS received a bill in 2007--2008 which was paid She also broughtback the trust and respect of thecommunity for FAMAS which for a whilewere lost because of the smokingdrinking and even installation of a camerain the toilet The regular activities like theBb Pilipinas Bb Munting PilipinasHeritage and French classes still continueMiss Teen FAMAS and the fledgling ProjectPagsibol are doing well Somerenovations in the building were also madewith the help of Alex Sy FAMAS vicepresident and an engineer by professionwhich included the new main entrancedoor with electronic push button openerlocated in the office a new entranceFrench door in the main lobby near thestairs going up the office installation of awindow near the entrance door removal ofthe old closet to make the office biggerremoval of the partition of the conferenceroom and living room to make the spacebigger and putting new floor tiles in theconference room

Giving due recognition to de laPaz and Osdon is not meant to diminishthe other presidents before or after themwho made valuable contributions to thestatus of FAMAS as a communityorganization All past presidents ofFAMAS without exception had given uptheir time and made personal sacrifices inorder to do their job It can be statedwithout any doubt that no one has amonopoly of accomplishments for therehave been other past presidents who triedto do what they thought was good for thecommunity Some of the past presidentscontributions are Lee Sanga (deceased)introduced Heritage classes JoseBustamante converted the duplex garageinto a classroom Carlos P Reyes(deceased) started the installation of aflagpole Alberto Floresca (deceased)brought the idea of constructing thebalcony Claro Bermudez celebrated theIndependence Day jointly with FCAWIFlor Rillo constructed the patio CarmelitaSideco (deceased) must be mentioned forbeing the first female FAMAS presidentwhose contributions are not visible but herinfluence over those who worked with herare still felt Norma Casaclang-Villarosa(deceased) was known to be the first oneto put aside some funds for the purpose ofacquiring a community center Dr BartJavier together with Marlene Birao-Schacter were the signatories to the deedof sale of the FAMAS building There mayhave been accomplishments of somepresidents but have not been includedabove but it is hoped that their place inFAMAS history is an acknowledgement oftheir volunteerism to the community

But the saying that ldquoYou can`tplease everybodyrdquo still holds true After theelection in 2011 Osdon and COMELECchairman Budz Sarmiento were accusedof conniving with each other to beat CesarManuel presidential candidate for

Samahang Makabayan ldquoThe accusation is untrue said

Sarmiento The candidates of the SMwere given the Rules and Regulations toread If they have any objection then theyshould have discussed it with theCOMELEC Instead they signed theCertificatres of Candidacy After theelection they were also given a chance toappeal But they ignored it What I findinappropriate are the things they didprotesting in front of the center for a fewdays freezing FAMAS accouint illegallyinducting their officers etc

FAMAS had and still has its upsand down As noted below even duringthe beginning there had been a short-livedfeud between the east side and the westside resulting in two associations onecalled Philippine Association of Montreal(PAM) and the other the Filipino Aociationof the Province of Quebec (FAPQ) Itcannot be denied that bickering anddifferences among differeent factions havebeen a constant threat to the solidarityamong Filipinos Nevertheless they arealways there fior each other in time ofneed It is like a big family After all othercultural associations have had their ownproblems too

List of FAMAS presidents 1963-1964 - Vicente Sison 1964-1965 - DrB Oteysa finished the term of EmilAssistores 1965-1966 - Dr Ben deGuzman 1966-1967 - R Mendoza finishedthe term started by Carlos Borromeo1967-1968 Dr Diego Rosales gave up infavor of John Alvarado In 1967 a crisisoccured that led to the formation of twoasociations John Alvarado continued hisjob as president of Philippine Associationof Montreal (PAM) while Orlan Racachobecame president of a new associationcalled Filipino Association of the Provnceof Quebec In 1968-1969 George Pobletebecame president of PAM and Dr DeoEsguerra was at the helm of FAPQ In1969 according to Jake Maguigadsarticle FAMAS made the maidenappearance with Dr Nap Magadia andlater T Patrio as president while the nameof Andy Palomar was recorded by BertAbiera as the president during the periodof 1969-1970 Abiera also provided thenames of other past presidents namely1970-1971 Simeon Orejudos 1971-1972Alvin Veloso 1972-1973 Roberto Bernas 1973-1974 Carmelita Sideco 1974-1975Orlan Racacho 1975-1976 DominadorRosales 1976-1977 Dr Bartolome Javier1977-1978 Henry Casuga 1978-1979Norma Villarosa 1979-1980 Dr EdilbertoPelausa 1980-1981 Liwanag Sanga 1981-1982 - Angelita Ogerio 1982-1983Salvador Cagugao 1983-1984 NemiaSaldua 1984-1985 Dr GenovevaSantander 1985-1986 Julita Parado 1986-1987 Alberto Abiera 1987-1988 AuroraOsdon 1988-1989 Marlene Birao-Schacter 1989-1990 Mario Umali 1990-1991 Erlinda Baltazar 1991-1992 LimeoCollao 1992-1993 Dick Dahiroc 1993-1994 Malrlene Birao-Schacter 1994-1995Emma Resurreccion 1995-1997 James dela Paz (two consecutive terms) 1997-1998Ricardo Cosico 1998-1999 JoseBustamante

The change in the terms ofpresidents began in 1999-2001 with CarlosP Reyes 2001-2003 Venancio Parial 2003-2005 Santiago Tino 2005-2007 AlbertoFloresca 2007-2008 2008 - ClaroBermjudez who had to leave for a jobopporuntiy in South Africa and appointedFlor Rillo to replace him for the remainderof his term until August 2009 AuroraOsdon 2009-2013 (two consecutive terms)

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202 Lacolle

Napierville

StChrysostome St EdouardSt Remi

15

Fresh Pork Belly with skin

Mon Tue Wed 800 am - 500 pmThu Fri 800 am - 600 pmSaturday 800 am - 500 pmSunday Closed

Home smoked meat

BUSINESS HOURS

89

Ground PorkSpecial 229lb

Philippine Cuisineand

Favorite FoodCompiled by Zenaida Ferry Kharroubi

Fresh Pork Leg

Over 20 lbs 409 lb

lb

Bone-in shoulder chops219 lb

12 kilo pork bellygarlic powdersalt and pepper

For the filling

1 small bundle large spring onionschopped1 stalk lemon grass chopped1 small bundle chives chopped3-4 cloves garlic choppedblack pepper powderchili flakessalt

For the baste

3 tablespoon oil1 tablespoon soy sauce

Balamban Liempo - Cooking procedure

Make an incision in the middle of thepork belly to form a pocket for thefillings Rub the pork belly with garlicpowder salt and pepper let stand inthe refrigerator and marinate for a least1 hour or more Mix and blend all thefilling ingredients and put it inside thebelly pocket keep aside Preheat ovento 300degF to 350degF using the top andbottom heating element In a roastingpan with the same size with the porkbelly place the pork belly with the skinon top Drizzle the pork belly skin withsoy sauce and rub to evenly coat

Balamban Liempo - Grill

Place the roasting pan in the pre-heated oven and roast for 1 to 112hours Occasionally brush the skinwith the oil and soy sauce bastemixture Adjust lower the temperatureif the skin is drying or cooking too fastNow remove the pork belly from thebaking pan and place in the middle ofthe oven in a rack continue to roast foranother 20 to 30 minutes Increase theoven temperature to 400degF to 450degFduring the last 10 to 15 minutes ofcooking or until reddish in color and theskin should be crisp at this stageRemove from oven and cover theroasting pan with aluminium foil and letrest for 10 to 15 minutes Cut intoserving pieces and serve with yourchoice pinakurat vinegar dippingsauce

Pork Belly RoastBalamban liempo style

roasting the pork belly is roasted whileit is in the roasting pan I used glassThis will allow the juices together withthe aromatics cook the meatremember you have to use top andbottom grill of the oven Halfway thepork belly is removed from the panand let grill on the middle of the ovenYou can also use yoursquore turbo broilerif you have one again just be mindfulof your temperatures and timings Ifyou have an oven with rotisserie thenwe would not have to do the abovecomplicated roasting method

Balamban Liempo - Ingrdients

Balamban Liempo as the nameoriginated in Balamban one of thetowns located along the western coastof Cebu Several entrepreneurs havebrought the Balamban Liempo outsideof Balamban and has become one ofthe must eat food when you are inCebu City

Balamban Liempo - Chopped

The pork belly has to be roasted in 2procedures During the first half of

Pinakbet (VegetableStew)

ngredients14 kilo pork with fat (cut into very small

pieces)3 tablespoons oil1 12 cup water

I 2 medium size Ampalaya (cut into 8pieces each)

2 medium size eggplants (cut into 8pieces each)

1 small size kalabasaabout6-10 pieces okra (halved)6 pieces tomatoes (quartered)1 small garlic head (minced)2 small onions (diced)1 small ginger (sliced)4 tablespoons bagoong isdaPinch of pepper

Procedure

In a pan fry pork until lightly crispy setaside

Saute garlic onion tomatoes and gingerin the pork fat and mix in pork

In a pot boil water with bagoongAdd in the pork and spicesAdd all the vegetables and cookServe hot

Pinakbet is a very typical andpopular dish among Filipinos in theIlocos provinces but also adopted byother groups in Luzon except thatthere is a slight difference in theingredients

Tilapia with blackbean sauce

Tilapia with Salted Black BeansIngredients

1 large tilapia sliced crosswise(steak cut)

14 cup canned tausi (salted blackbeans) ndash discard the water

12 cup chopped flat leaf parsley1 medium yellow onion diced2 teaspoon minced garlic1 12 tablespoons oyster sauce1 tablespoon soy sauce1 teaspoon cornstarch diluted in 12

cup watercooking oilSalt and pepper to taste

Cooking Procedure

Rub salt and pepper all over thesliced tilapia Let it stand for 10 minutes

Heat 1 cup of cooking oil in a fryingpan

Pan-fry the sliced tilapia in mediumheat for about 5 minutes per side or untilthe color turns medium brown Removethe fried tilapia and place in a plate linedwith paper towel

In a clean cooking pan heat about 2tablespoons of cooking oil

Saute the garlic and onionWhen the onion softensadd the

parsley and salted black beansPut the fried tilapia in the pan Add

the soy sauce oyster sauce andcornstarch diluted in water Stir gently andlet boil Cover and simmer for 10 to 15minutes

Add pepper to taste Note you canadd more water to make it taste less salty

Transfer to a serving bowlServe share and enjoy

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Call 514-341-7477

May 201316

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The North American Filipino Star

FILIPINO STARS H O W B I Z G O S S I PlsquoAnnalizarsquo wants to directsomeday

She may be just 10 years old andher show-biz career just starting totake off but child star AndreaBrillantes can already see herselfworking behind the camera whenbeing in front of it has lost its appeal

ldquoI enjoy taking photos and mymom tells me they look nicerdquo shesaid ldquoI want to become a director awriter or a photographer when I growolder I want to be behind the scenesrdquoBrillantes told a small group ofreporters at a recent media gatheringfor ABS-CBNrsquos remake of the popular1980s television drama ldquoAnnalizardquowhere she plays the title role

The late Julie Vega was theoriginal Annaliza

For her dream first photo shootBrillantes said she wanted her subjectto be her idol Kim Chiu Her directorialdebut on the other hand will mostlikely have ldquoAnnalizardquo costar ZanjoeMarudo (who plays her father Guido)as lead actor she added

Prior to this big break Brillantesoften played the role of a teleseryersquosstar as a child She was the youngAndi Eigenmann in ldquoKahit PusorsquoyMasugatanrdquo Jessy Mendiola inldquoPrecious Heart Romances Paraisordquoand Kim Chiu in ldquoIna Kapatid Anakrdquo

ldquoIrsquom very thankful and happy thatI was chosen to play Annalizabecause itrsquos my dream to star in myown showrdquo she said Brillantes saidshe googled Vega on the Internet toknow more about her learning abouther birthday and death

Looking sweet and adorable in apink dress Brillantes was refreshingly

self-assured when asked if shebelieved she could carry a televisionshow on her own

But the precocious youngsterclammed up when the subject ofcompetition with other ABS-CBN childstars such as Xyriel Manabat wasbrought up ldquoI donrsquot knowrdquo shemurmured ldquoMas matanda po akordquoshe offered drawing laughter fromthe crowd

Currently a Grade 4 student inAmbassador School for ChildrenBrillantes said she might resort tohome-schooling next academic yearbecause of her increasingly heavyschedule

Do her schoolmates and friendsknow that shersquos an actor ldquoYestheyrsquore happy and proud of meSometimes they approach me forphoto opsrdquo she said

Brillantes who joined the kiddiegag show ldquoGoinrsquo Bulilitsrdquo in 2010proudly announced she was able tobuy herself a cell phone and an iPadfrom her earnings ldquoSomeday I wantto have a nice bedroomrdquo she said

Business unit head Ruel Bayanisaid their version of ldquoAnnalizardquo wouldbe generally faithful to the originalseries ldquoBut to make it relevant todaywe incorporated different socialissues we encounter nowrdquo Bayanisaid

Directed by Theodore Boboroland Cathy Camarillo ldquoAnnalizardquo startsairing Monday before ldquoTV Patrolrdquo a

After his sold-out birthdayconcert at the Smart-AranetaColiseum Kapamilya teensensation Daniel Padilla continuesto sweep off the feet of his fans withhis sophomore album under StarRecords titled ldquoDJPrdquo

Daniel Padilla ReleasesSophomore Album DJP

Following the success of hisdouble platinum self-titled albumldquoDJPrdquo features 10 tracks includingDanielrsquos carrier single ldquoKamustaKardquo ldquoKung San Ka MasayardquoldquoSabay Natinrdquo ldquoPanalanginrdquoldquoBinibinirdquo ldquoNaaalalardquo ldquoKisapmatardquoldquoIpagpatawad Mordquo ldquoSisikat DinAkordquo and the acoustic version ofHimig Handog P-Pop Love Songfinalist ldquoNasa Iyo Na Ang Lahatrdquo

The album also carries thebonus track ldquoDiskarterdquo DanielrsquosldquoDJPrdquo album is already available onall record bars nationwide for onlyP250 The digital tracks of thealbum can also be downloaded viawwwmymusicstorecomph andiTunes

For more information visit StarRecordsrsquo Facebook fanpage atwwwfacebookcomstarrecordsphilor follow starrecordsph onTwitter a

Daniel Padilla ReleasesSophomore Album DJP

Daniel Padilla had his fans shrieking onASAP Sunday as he channeled hisinner Mr Suave while performing theParokya ni Edgar hit along with threeother Padillas RJ Matthew and JC

Rising teleserye princess Andrea Brillantes suddenly burst into tears while walkingon center stage when her first teleserye starrer Annaliza was introduced toadvertisers at the recently held ABS-CBN trade event at the NBC Tent in Taguig Theten-year old young actress wasnrsquot able to contain her emotions any longer whenshe realized that she is actually living her long-time dream of playing lead in a TVseries

May 2013 17The North American Filipino Star

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We process meat using Halal method

Our slaughterhouse is very clean and our prices are reasonable

Reserve your mutton from Aid Al Adha bull Sariwa malinis

The Court of Appeals (CA) ruledin favor of the Movie and TelevisionReview and Classification Board(MTRCB) that suspended TV5snoontime game show Willing Willie in2011 over an obscene segment

Associated Justice ManuelBarrios of the appellate courts 2ndDivision said in an 11-page decisionissued late Thursday that thecontested episode that showed ayoung boy dancing in a raunchymanner while crying was enoughmaterial for MTRCB to suspend thepopular show for one month

A review of the recording of thatsegment shows a 6-year old boygyrating like a macho dancer whilebeing cajoled and goaded by theshows host and the audience iscommonly perceived as transpiringonly in night clubs and othershadowy establishments thedecision stated

The court also called the showhost Willie Revillame insensitive inencouraging the boy to continue withthe performance in exchange for amonetary reward

While money has great utilityand is beneficial in these times ofwant it must never be used asjustification to sacrifice good moralsdecency self respect and thepsychological well-being of itscitizens especially the young itadded

MTRCB Chairman EugenioVillareal welcomed the courtsdecision on Thursday night sayinghe hopes the ruling be instructive tothe television industryEntertainment ( Article MRec )pagematch 1 sectionmatch 1

May this allow the televisionindustry especially those moredirectly concerned to move on andhelp build an entertainment culturethat is truly audience-sensitive andparticularly looking out for thewelfare of our young Villareal said ina statement

MTRCB earlier said in the originalsuspension ruling that the showviolated a law against immoral andindecent broadcasts that run counterto Filipino valuesinvoking herbrothers being in power when shemade a veiled threat Wala na siyangibang masabi Sabi niya Bakanakalimutan mo may three years paang brother ko Yap said a

Court says Willie Revillameinsensitive upholds showsuspension

Julia Barretto the winsome 16-year old daughter of Marjorie Barrettowho is fast making a name for herselfin the show business industry as ldquoTheMost Beautiful Barrettordquo continues tocapture hearts including that of teenstar Julian Estrada - her co-star in arecent special episode of ABS-CBNrsquosaward-winning fantasy-dramaanthology ldquoWansapanataymrdquo

Estrada who like Barretto is ascion of an established showbiz familythat includes actor turned presidentJoseph ldquoEraprdquo Estrada has nowadmitted to wooing his fellow StarMagic 2013 member in a recentinterview on ldquoKris TVrdquo ndash a far cry froman earlier statement

ldquoHindi naman po ligaw (But)things are doing pretty well (betweenthe two of us) rdquo he was quoted assaying prior

Ironically the 15-year-old spilledthe truth about courting the young

actress when he was being grilled byhis own father actor turned senatorJinggoy Estrada during their guestappearance on ldquoKris TVrdquo Monday

ldquoNililigawan mo bardquo The senatorasked his son who went on to blurt acurt ldquoYeahrdquo

When asked if he thinks he is onhis way to winning Julia over theyoung Estrada meekly retortedldquoSanardquo

The older Estrada went on todispense seeming sage advice tellinghis son to give the star of theupcoming series ldquoCofradiardquo gifts likeflowers fruits and chocolates

He went on to praise Julia as withthe rest of the Barrettos for theirbeauty

ldquoMaganda talaga rsquoyung mgaBarretto sistersrdquo said he referring tothe controversial siblings GretchenClaudine and Marjorie Juliarsquos mother

Julian and Julia Fromreel to real

Julian Estrada and Julia Barretto

TV5 statement onMr Willie Revillamersquosresignation

Willie Revillame

So it has finally been confirmedthe rumor that Willie Revillame isresigning from TV5 and that his showldquoWowowillierdquo will end when his contractwith the network expires on Oct 15

The persistent hearsay was thatWillie is resigning because he wasasking for a P90 million talent fee permonth which the Kapatid networkrejected according to a source

Williersquos camp denied the rumorsaying at first that while itrsquos true hiscontract with TV5 is expiring in Octoberthere was no negotiation going on yetabout the possible renewal of suchcontract much less about any amountfor the hostrsquos monthly talent fee

Willie has his options on whether tocontinue with the show or take hismuch-needed vacation He has favoredthe latter

To this TV5 has issued this shortstatement

ldquoWe respect the decision of MrWillie Revillame to retire upon theexpiry of his contract with TV5 We wishhim well in his new pursuitsrdquo a

May 201318 The North American Filipino Star

Showbiz Gossip Continued from p17

Maja Salvador said she is at a lossfor words when met with greetings onher relationship with Gerald Andersonwhich the actor recently confirmed

At the sidelines of the filming of herupcoming big-screen project with SenJinggoy Estrada on Wednesday the24-year-old actress was asked for herreaction to her boyfriend going publicwith their relationship

Marami ang nagsasabi na angganda ko raw ang suwerte ko raw Diko alam paano sasagutin yun eSalvador was quoted as saying byentertainment news site PhilippineEntertainment Portal

Siguro sobrang blessed ko langna ganun ako ka-importante sa buhayniya talaga she said referring toAnderson

The 24-year-old actor admitted the

real score between him and Salvadorin the June 2013 issue of entertainmentmagazine StarStudio

Last Sunday Anderson said thedecision to admit his romantic ties withSalvador was for everybodys peace ofmind citing the endless speculationsabout their relationship

Anderson and Salvadorsrelationship however came at the costof the actress friendship with her InaKapatid Anak co-star and erstwhilebest friend Kim Chiu

Chiu is the former girlfriend ofAnderson The two broke up in 2010

In an earlier interview an emotionalChiu said she has already forgivenAnderson and Salvador but added itis difficult to forget what they did toyou a

Maja Salvador reacts to GeraldAndersonrsquos confession

Gerald Anderson and Maja Salvador

The lady of laughs Ai Ai delasAlas feels so much better now daysafter her personal conflict with short-lived husband Jed Salang came to ahead

Ai Ai said she never realized howmuch love she enjoys from everyone ndashher family her friends in and out of thebusiness her fans and even those whoare just looking ndash until this thinghappened to her

ldquoIrsquom overwhelmed by the love andsupport of everybody I am verythankful Sobrang pasasalamat kotalaga sa Diyos at sa lahat-lahat ngmga mababait na mga anak ko mgakaibigan ko at mga taong nagmamahalsa akin kahit hindi naman nila akomasyadong nakakasama o nakikita

Wala na akong mahihiling paNapakasuwerte ko pa rinrdquo she saidAi Ai told us everything is clear with hernow ldquoHindi ko akalain na mangyayarisa buhay ko ang ganorsquon nanapapanood ko lang sa TV Pero atleast okay na ako Nakalaya na rin akobago pa mangyari sa akin ang mgabagay na ikakahiya ko pa balangarawrdquo she said

Ai Ai likened her life to a plot of anABS-CBN soap opera She saidldquorsquoyung tipong isang medyonakakabatang lalaki na pumatol saisang medyo may edad na babae namay pera Pero meron talaga siyangpamilya at sinabihan niya na sandalilang ito at kailangan lang niya gawinpara na din sa kanyang mag-inaGanun ang eksaktong nangyari saakinrdquoAnd what didnrsquot kill her made herstronger Ai Ai said ldquoNow I really thankGod for waking me up just in timeMasakit pero ganun talagaNaghangad kasi ako na mahalin ngisang lalaki mapakasalan Siguro hinditalaga rsquoyun ang buhay na para sa akinMarami namang masyadong blessingna ibinibigay si God Ang mga anak kosobrang mahal ako Nahihiya nga akosa kanila at nagpapasalamat nanaiintindihan nila ang Mommy nila Silaang tunay kong kayamananrdquo a

Ai Ai Delas Alas is much betternow

Comedienne Ai Ai delas Alas hasfiled a formal complaint against herhusband of 29 days businessmanJed Salang

According to a report ofentertainment website Pepphpublished on Wednesday delas Alascharged Salang of violating theRepublic Act 9262 or the act definingviolence against women and childrenbefore the Quezon City Regional Trial

Court on FridayThis is in addition to the

protection order she sought againsther husband so he could no longercome near her by 100 to 500 meters

Citing a source allegedly close tothe comedienne Pepph said delasAlas detailed in her petition howSalang physically abused her lastMay 2

The source added delas Alas alsoconsulted with a psychologist whotold her that she is in a ldquostate ofdepressionrdquo and is suffering from anldquoacute post-traumatic-stressdisorderrdquo

Two weeks ago delas Alas brokedown on The Buzz as she confirmedher breakup from Salang

In an interview with The Buzzhost Boy Abunda delas Alasadmitted that she was physically

Ai Ai delas Alas with her husband JedSalang (file photo)

Ai Ai files raps vs husband JedSalang

abused by Salang which led to herdecision to leave him last May 2

She also tearfully said shebelieves Salang never loved her

Delas Alas and Salang weremarried in Las Vegas last April 3

It takes two to do the show bizbreakup cha-cha

Did Jed Salang really do all thoseawful awful things andhellip isnrsquot hegoing to defend himself Just youwait

In the aftermath of Ai-Ai de lasAlasrsquo spectacular meltdown on ldquoTheBuzzrdquo last Sunday over a turbulentseparation from her husband of lessthan a month movie reporters havebeen hunting down Salang abusinessman

Did he really beat up the 48-year-old actress routinely Is he agambling addict as they say Is it

true that he received a monthlyallowance of P40000 from De lasAlas Did he use her money to buyexpensive gifts for another personAwful awful talk (Meanwhile has hereturned the ldquodream carrdquo that shegave him for their first ldquomonthsaryrdquo)

Several show biz scribes havegone to Salangrsquos workplace inAlabang others to his reportedcurrent address A few claim to havetalked to Salang but say he declinedto comment on the whole sordidaffair

When De las Alas claimed onnationwide TV that she had broken upwith Salang on May 2 after repeatedincidents of physical abuse her fanswent up in arms as if on cue Theywasted no time in flooding SalangrsquosInstagram account with vitriolprompting him to close it onMondaymdashhis only link to socialnetworking a

May 2013 19The North American Filipino Star

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Words cannot express howdelighted Lovi Poe is about her sisterGrace Poe-Llamanzares ranking No 1in the May 13 senatorial race Shefinds it hard to believe that she nowhas a big sister who is a senator and isjust a phone call away

Lovi during her contract signingwith GMA-7 last May 17 shared thatshe has gotten to know her elder sisterwell during the campaign season

ldquoIrsquom so proud of her When we hadlunch I met her son daughter and herhusband They are all wonderfulpeople talaga Lahat sila mababait SiAte Grace shersquos very humble shersquosvery smart Talagang I look up to herKung baga isa siyang magandanghalimbawardquo she sharedShe added that if she is proud shecould just imagine how prouder theirfather the late Fernando Poe Jr Kingof Philippine Cinema would havebeen

ldquoIrsquom sure si Papa kung anongnararamdaman ko kay Ate Grace masgrabe pa siya and Irsquom sureipagpapatuloy niya ang gusto niPapahellip I just really feel so proudespecially with what happened nanag-number one siya Siya na mismonagsabi that she didnrsquot expect thatrdquoLovi expressed that she will be asupportive sister and intimated thatSen Grace would be having lunchwith her to discuss her plans inpolitics She said that she would helpin her own capacity as an actress butwonrsquot be ldquovisible politicallyrdquo

ldquoI donrsquot want to venture into

politics kasi itrsquos not my turf talagaLetrsquos leave it to the experts sabi nganilardquo quipped Lovi

These days Lovi is more focusedon giving her all in the projects that theKapuso network entrusts her Shebelieves she has the talent and wantsto prove that she is worthy of herthree-year contract Her love life toocould take a backseat to her new stateof mind which is workldquoIrsquom not dating now I just want to

focus talaga on work Ito rsquoyungpromise ko sa sarili ko na masfocused ako now Irsquom already 24 yearsold at ibang Lovi na ito Mas mature nakasi medyo before I want to enjoywhile working of course but now masfocused nardquo

Itrsquos been almost two months sinceLovi took a break from the Kapusonetwork Now she is excited to goback to work and see her colleagueswhom she misses a lot She also looks

forward to the teleseryes she wouldget and the leading men shersquod beworking with As an actress she israring to do more challenging roles inthe near future

By the way Lovi is in theupcoming movie of Joel Lamanganentitled ldquoLihisrdquo with Jake Cuenca andJoem Bascon among others a

Lovi proud sister to Sen Grace Poe

Lovi Poe (Left) and Sen Grace Poe-Llamanzares

For the first time HeartEvangelista revealed the real reasonwhy she and Jericho Rosales whomshe considers her ldquogreatest loverdquobroke up in 2008

In an sit-down interview with Yesmagazine for its May 2013 issueEvangelista said her parents madeher believe that Rosales cheated onher with Malaysian actress CarmenSoo

At that time Evangelista justreconciled with her parents after nottalking to them for three yearsbecause she fought for herrelationship with Rosales

Evangelista said her parents didnot approve of the Kapamilya actorbecause he already had a child froma previous relationship

ldquoI didnrsquot see them for three yearsat that time and I missed them somuch And I was also going though alot I was struggling with life I wasconfused Although I was happy itwas hard to be happy in one areaand everything else seems like itrsquosfalling apart But the moment I gotback with them naging okay kamirdquoshe said

Rosales was then in Malaysiawith Soo for the ABS-CBN seriesldquoKahit Isang Saglitrdquo whileEvangelista was in Dubai for her ownshow in GMA-7

ldquoWhen they said that he wascheating on me with Carmen Soo Ireally did think that he was I reallythought that he cheated on me Ireally did And that was because theytold me that he was and I wasconvincedrdquo she said

Evangelista shared there waseven a time when Rosales went tosee her in her condominium unit sohe could explain himself but theynever saw each other

ldquoMy mom didnrsquot tell me that hewas waiting for me downstairs in mycondo for five hours She didnrsquot say

anything so I didnrsquot hear from himrdquoshe said

The 27-year-old actress said shejust learned in due course thatRosales did not really cheat on her

ldquoOf course they are yourparentsmdashwhen they tell yousomething over and over you start tohave fears You start to doubt certainsituations And thatrsquos what happenedto me beforerdquo she said

Through time Evangelistaunderstood that her mom was justscared to lose her

ldquoShe was trying to let me go She

was really trying her best to not getherself involved with my pastrelationships It was always like thatShe would try But in the endeverything that she kept inside wouldjust blow up and it would just affectme so much and also therelationship that I was inrdquo she said

Evangelista recently madeheadlines anew after she foundherself in another collision coursewith her parents who lambasted hercurrent boyfriend Senator FrancisChiz Escudero

Both Evangelista and Escuderohowever have stood firm that theyare not breaking up amid all theissues surrounding their relationship

Why Heart and Jericho really broke up Jericho has found lsquoThe Onersquo

Early photo of Heart amp JerichoNot meant to be Former lovers Heartand Jericho Rosales

May 201320 The North American Filipino Star

Itrsquos tough fighting the worldrsquossecond biggest economic power andmost populous country But whenanother economic heavyweight joinsthe fight against you they couldtrounce you very badly And to makethe situation worse the two adversariesare the giant Peoplersquos Republic ofChina (PRC) and the Lilliputian buteconomically rich Republic of China(ROC) which is more commonly knownas Taiwan With the Philippines upagainst the two Chinas her options are

limited

Over the past several years Chinaincreased her defense budget todouble-digit increments In the case ofTaiwan the United States provided herwith firepower to defend herself fromChina whose ultimate goal is to takeover Taiwan and complete theunification of the two Chinas under onegovernment

But the US has nothing to do with thatAlthough the US recognizes the PRCunder a ldquoOne China Policyrdquo she madeit known that Taiwan would bedefended should China decide toinvade Taiwan

The Philippines followed suit andadopted a ldquoOne China Policyrdquo too thussevering her diplomatic relationshipwith Taiwan However the influentialcommunity of Chinese expatriates andrefugees in the Philippines identifythemselves with Chiang Kai-shek andhis Kuomintang Party who fled toTaiwan in 1949 after they were defeatedby Mao Zedong and his CommunistParty in a bloody Civil War

To continue their ldquofriendshiprdquo thePhilippines and Taiwan established twooffices to serve as conduit between thetwo governments The Philippinegovernment opened the ManilaEconomic and Cultural Office (MECO)in Taipei and Taiwan opened the TaipeiEconomic and Cultural Office (TECO) inManila Indeed the relationshipbetween the Philippines and Taiwancouldnrsquot have been betterhellip until lastMay 9 when an incident in disputedwaters ended in the death of aTaiwanese fisherman

Fishing boat incidentRelatives of fisherman killed by thePhilippine Coast Guard

According to Philippine Coast Guard(PCG) account two Taiwanese fishing

boats were sighted in the Balintangchannel just north of Luzon which isPhilippine territory and not claimed byTaiwan or any other country In whatappeared to be illegal fishing the PCGvessel approached the fishing boatsbut one of them tried to ram the PCGvessel The PCG fired at the chargingfishing boat to disable it The fishingboat was disabled howeverunbeknown to the PCG crew a 65-yearold Taiwanese fisherman was hit Thena ldquobig white shiprdquo came to view and the

PCG vessel took off (Source The DailyTribune)

The incident created a crescendo ofevents leading to violence againstOverseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) inTaiwan MECO Chairman AmadeoPerez reported that an OFW wasattacked with a baseball bat by anangry mob in Kaohsiung City TaiwanOther attacks on OFWs were reportedldquoThe situation in Taiwan now is verytenserdquo said PerezIn an attempt to placate TaiwanPresident Benigno Aquino IIIapologized for the death of the

Taiwanese fisherman but the Taiwanesegovernment uncharacteristicallyrejected it as ldquoinsincererdquo

And to make matters worse theTaiwanese government banned theentry of OFWs The Philippinegovernment is preparing evacuationplans should the need to bring theOFWs home arises The Taiwanesegovernment also issued an advisory toher citizens not to visit the Philippines

Enter the bullyEmperor Xi Jinping (Credit TheEconomist)

Meanwhile a Chinese foreign ministryspokesman said ldquoWe strongly

condemn the barbaric shooting andkilling of the Taiwanese fishermandemanding that the Philippines shouldinvestigate the case and furnish thedetails as soon as possible We aredeeply grieved about the death of theTaiwanese compatriot and have sentcondolences to his familyrdquo With Chinaopenly siding with Taiwan it makes onewonder if China was taking advantageof the incident to drive a wedgebetween the two allies of the UnitedStates Indeed China has been tryingvery hard to neutralize the UnitedStatesrsquo military presence in the WesternPacific particularly in the South andEast China Seas

In August 2012 China tricked thePhilippines into ending the standoff atthe Scarborough Shoal (PanatagShoal) by agreeing to a withdrawal ofthe two countriesrsquo naval vessels fromthe area As soon as the Philippineswithdrew her Coast Guard vesselsChina cordoned off the only opening tothe shoal while several Chinese shipsstayed Since then China has de factopossession of the shoal which is about124 miles from Luzon and within thePhilippinesrsquo 200-mile ExclusiveEconomic Zone (EEZ)

Ryukyu archipelagoRyukyu Islands

Recently two events happened that putChinese expansionism into thegeopolitical equation First itquestioned Japanrsquos ownership of theRyukyu archipelago which includesOkinawa where the US maintains 18army navy air force and marine bases

China claims that the Ryukyus wereonce a Chinese vassal state during theMing and Qing dynasties therefore theisland chain should be returned toChina

With this new ldquoterritorial disputerdquoJapanrsquos ongoing dispute with Chinaover ownership of the Senkaku Islandstakes different dimension Someexperts are saying that China is usingthe Ryukyu issue as a bargaining chipto her claim over the Senkakus a groupof five uninhabited islands and isletswedged between Okinawa and Taiwan

When Japan and Taiwan recentlysigned a joint fishing agreement aroundthe Senkakus China became furiousAnd right after that the ownership of theRyukyus came into play

Ayungin Shoal

China also opened another potentialarea of dispute ndash right inside Philippineterritory A few days ago severalChinese ships were sighted near theAyungin Shoal in the Kalayaan town inthe province of Palawan

Last May 10 a Department of ForeignAffairs (DFA) spokesperson said thatAyungin Shoal is within the PhilippinesrsquoEEZ He said that the entry of foreignfishing vessels in an EEZ is a violationof the United Nations Convention of theLaw of the Sea (UNCLOS) China andthe Philippines are signatories toUNCLOS DFA filed a protest letter withthe Chinese Embassy in Manila on theprovocative presence of two Chinesemaritime surveillance shipsand onewarship around Ayungin Shoal(Source The Philippine Star)

Taiping Island

Taiwan also has a piece of the actionamong six nations involved in territorialdisputes in the Spratly archipelagoRecently Taiwan announced plans toexpand a pier in Taiping Island thelargest island in the Spratlys Byexpanding the pier in the fortified islandit would allow port calls by Taiwanrsquos2000-ton frigates The island hasalready a 3800-foot runway whichTaiwan built in 2006 (Source NewStraits Times)

During the 115th anniversarycelebration of the Philippine Navy lastMay 21 Aquino declared ldquoOurmessage to the world is clear what isours is ours and we will repel any andall attempts to claim what is ours anddefend ourselves against any form ofaggression especially within ourbackyardrdquoIt seems that itrsquos going to bea battle between David vs two Goliaths(PerryDiazgmailcom)

David vs Two Goliaths

Anti-Filipino rally in Taiwan

Relatives of killed Taiwanese fisherman

ldquoEmperorrdquo Xi Jinping (Credit The Economist)

Ryukyu Islands

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Embracing theObscureBy David White

This past weekend in Sonoma CountyCalifornia 17 vintners gathered for a winetasting they dubbed The 7 PercentSolution

As the organizers explained roughly 93percent of Northern California vineyardacreage is planted to eight major grapevarietals The remaining 7 percent is hometo numerous lesser-known varietals[which] are finding anchor with a small butgrowing number of winemakers

The event enabled consumers to explorethe wines being produced by Californiasrevolutionary vintners -- those willing toembrace the states vast and varied climateby avoiding popular grapes and bottlingthe obscure Whether theyre producingunusual varietals or exploring unheraldedregions these winemakers are worthcelebrating

That certain regions of California might bebetter suited to say Albarino thanChardonnay makes sense Across theglobe commercial wine is produced from a

whopping 1368 different grape varieties Itdefies logic to assume that grapes native tocentral France will thrive in all the worldsnew vineyards

This topic was explored at this years DrinkLocal Wine conference by Joseph FiolaPhD a University of Maryland professorwho has spent over 25 years researchingand teaching about experimentalviticulture

During his lecture Fiola spent a great dealof time praising the Old World for itscommitment to growing varieties that areadapted to local growing conditions

Local varieties have been growing inthose areas for hundreds maybethousands of years he explainedYear in year out they get ripe Year inyear out winemakers can controlproduction Those areas know how togrow the grapes they know how tomake good wine And its the localgrapes that are the best [Winemakers]arent going to grow CabernetSauvignon all over Italy becausepeople know the name

Fiola went on to compare southernItalys climate to southern MarylandsYet he acknowledged the temptation tofocus on well-known varieties

Trying to convince a Maryland winerythat has to worry about marketing topeople who can barely pronounceChardonnay to sell Nero dAvolaNegroamaro Sagrantino he askednaming three esoteric varieties fromItaly That presents a challenge heconceded

Europe has an advantage of courseThe continent has been producingwine for thousands of years so vintnersthere understand which grapes dobest In France for examplewinemakers in Burgundy know to focus

on Pinot Noir and Chardonnay Just asGerman vintners recognize thatRiesling thrives in the countrys Moselregion Spanish vintners recognize thatAlbarino thrives in Galicia

Wine production in the United States isstill in its infancy But winemakers knowthat American consumers enjoyCabernet Sauvignon ChardonnayMerlot Pinot Noir and SauvignonBlanc so thats what most produceOnly the most courageous vintnerswould eschew these varieties

One of these courageous vintners isMatthew Rorick of Forlorn Hope whopoured at this weekends tasting inSonoma Since 2005 he has beenproducing rare creatures fromappellations unknown and varietiesuncommon

His rare creatures are truly unusualHe produces delightful reds fromSangiovese and Barbera two Italiangrapes that few California winemakers

take seriously He produces a deliciousVerdelho a white wine thats typicallyassociated with Portugal He producesthe nations only 100-percent StLaurent a thought-provoking highlyaromatic red thats almost impossibleto find outside Austria and the CzechRepublic Each year he crafts morethan a dozen different wines -- andvirtually all are produced in lots offewer than 2500 bottles

The fact that 17 vintners like Rorickwere able to fill a room this pastweekend is a testament to the fact thatan increasing number of winemakersare willing to take risks And perhapsmore importantly Americanconsumers are growing morecomfortable exploring the unknown

David White a wine writer is the founderand editor of Terroiristcom His columnsare housed at Palate Press The OnlineWine Magazine

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Minister FlahertyHighlights EconomicAction Plan 2013rsquosStrong Support forCharitableOrganizations

The Honourable Jim Flaherty Ministerof Finance today urged Canadians totake advantage of the HarperGovernmentrsquos new First-Time DonorrsquosSuper Credit and donate to acharitable organization

Speaking at Lutherwood a not-for-profit health and social serviceorganization serving the WaterlooRegion and Wellington CountyMinister Flaherty said ldquoThroughout ournationrsquos history Canadians haveworked together to serve others andhave made Canada a better place inthe process Our Government wants tosee that noble tradition continuewhich is why Economic Action Plan2013 builds on previous actions by ourGovernment to support families andcommunities and the quality of life forhard-working Canadiansrdquo

These initiatives include the RegisteredDisability Savings Plan the FamilyCaregiver Tax Credit and the EnablingAccessibility Fund which supports thecapital costs of construction andrenovations to improve physicalaccessibility for persons withdisabilities

Minister Flaherty stated ldquoThe newFirst-Time Donorrsquos Super Credit willsignificantly enhance theattractiveness of donating to a charityfor young and new Canadians who arein a position to make donations for thefirst time By helping to rejuvenate andexpand the charitable sectorrsquos donorbase this important initiative will havean immediate impact in supporting thecharitable sectorrdquo

The credit will apply on cash donationsof up to $1000 claimed in any onetaxation year from 2013 to 2017 It willincrease the value of the existingCharitable Donations Tax Credit by 25percentage points if neither thetaxpayer nor their spouse has claimedthe credit since 2007

Kitchener-Waterloo MP Peter Braid achampion for such worthy causesadded ldquoCanadians are some of themost generous people in the worldwhen it comes to giving time andmoney to charity and our Governmentis committed to supporting that spiritrdquo

ldquoThe Super Credit is a very positivestep for charities wanting to engagenew donors We are excited by thepossibilities and eager to continueworking with the federal government toexplore innovative ways to expandcharitable giving by all Canadiansrdquosaid Marcel Lauziegravere President andCEO of Imagine Canada

___________________________________For further information media may

contact

Kathleen PerchalukPress SecretaryOffice of the Minister of Finance613-996-7861

Jack AubryMedia RelationsDepartment of Finance613-996-8080

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Treasury Board PresidentAnnounces MajorInitiative toward a High-Performing Public Service

For immediate release

May 28 2013

Ottawa ndash The Honourable TonyClement President of the TreasuryBoard today announced a newmandatory system for trackingemployee performance aimed atboosting productivity and ensuringCanadians receive modern effectiveand efficient public service

ldquoHard-working Canadians look to us toprovide high quality affordableservice The Governmentrsquos newperformance management regime willensure that we are employing thepublic service to its fullest potentialrdquosaid Minister Clement ldquoComplacencyand the status quo are not an optionExcellence must be the benchmarkCanadians deserve no lessrdquo

The new Directive on PerformanceManagement introduces for the firsttime a government-wide system fortracking employee performance Thegoal is three-fold

To recognize and reward excellentperformance

Work with all employees to maximizeperformance and

To deal decisively with unsatisfactoryperformance

ldquoPerformance management is aboutensuring good workers have anopportunity to become great workersand dealing effectively with poorperformersrdquo said Minister ClementldquoEither poor performers improve andbecome productive employees or wewill let them gordquo

The Directive which comes into effectin April 2014 includes a number ofstandardized measures for trackingperformance These measuresinclude establishing annualperformance objectives for allemployees mid-year evaluationsannual written performanceassessments and an action plan forimproving performance with clearestablished time-lines as well as stepsto be taken if performance does notimprove These steps could include

demotion or termination Processeswill ensure that employees are treatedfairly

ldquoDoing things the way they havealways been done is no longer goodenough if we want to build a 21stcentury public servicerdquo said MinisterClement ldquoWe owe it to Canadians andwe owe it to the vast majority ofcommitted hard-working publicservants to make sure everyone ispulling their weightrdquo

For more information please consultthe Directive on PerformanceManagement and visit thePerformance Management website

mdash 30 mdash

For more information see the Directiveon Performance Managementbackgrounder or contact

Matthew ConwayPress SecretaryOffice of the President of the TreasuryBoard and Minister responsible forFedNor613-957-2666

Media RelationsTreasury Board of Canada Secretariat613-957-2640

If there is a discrepancy between anyprinted version and the electronicversion of this news release theelectronic version will prevail

TTY (telecommunications device forthe hearing impaired) ndash 613-957-9090

Follow us on Twitter TBS_Canada

Backgrounder - Directive onPerformance Management

The Government of Canada isimplementing a new employeeperformance management program tofoster excellence in service delivery toCanadians and improve productivity

This Directive will introduce for the firsttime a systemic mandatoryperformance assessment for all corepublic sector employees Rigorousperformance management is a bestpractice and an essential element of amodern public service

The new Directive on PerformanceManagement applies to federalemployees in the core publicadministration See footnote 1 and willcome into effect on April 1 2014

The approach to implementingPerformance Management is system-wide and will support deputy headsmanagers and employees in achievingand sustaining a culture of highperformance in the public sector

Highlights

The Directive calls for consistency inhow employee performance ismanaged and how employeesrsquo skillsare developed across the federal

public service

Each federal organization will establishan employee performancemanagement program that includesrequirements such as

Mandatory annual performancemanagement objectives for allemployees including commitmentsperformance objectives and expectedbehaviours and learning ordevelopment plans

Mid-year evaluations of eachemployee

Annual written employee performanceassessments at the end of each fiscalyear

An action plan to support and guideemployees to improve performancewithin clear timelines and

Mandatory attestation by deputyheads that an employee hassuccessfully completed the probationperiod

Requirements for performanceagreements are already in place forpublic service executives and non-unionized employees With the newDirective performance agreements willbe mandatory for all

To support managers and supervisorsin adopting the new Directivemandatory training will be providedEach department will have acommittee made up of senior officialsto coach managers through theprocess Managers will also besupported with additional labourrelations advice and a Labour andEmployment Law Centre of Expertiseis also being created by the TreasuryBoard Secretariat to deal specificallywith employment law and litigation

The Values and Ethics Code for thePublic Sector that came into force inApril 2012 underpins the objectives ofthe new Directive

The Office of the Chief HumanResources Officer is responsible formonitoring departmentsrsquo compliancewith the directive and conductingreviews to evaluate its impact

Know ThyselfHe who knows much about

others may be learned but hewho understands himself is

more intelligentHe who controls others may be

powerful but he who hasmastered himself is

mightier still

A journey of a thousand milesmust begin with a single step

Lao Tzu

By viewing the old we learn the new

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Cultural Centre launchedMontreacuteal May 28 2013 ndash At a specialmeeting held last Thursday the Cocircte-des-NeigesmdashNotre-Dame-de-Gracircce (CDNmdashNDG) Borough Council awarded a contractto build the new Notre-Dame-de-GracircceCultural Centre The $1540010710contract was won by the Geyser Group inc

The Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce Cultural Centrewill house a new Benny Library and also amulti-purpose hall to accommodate culturalexhibitions and a wide variety ofperformances The ecologically-friendlybuilding meeting LEED certificationstandards will be prominently located at theintersection of avenue de Monkland andavenue Benny across from the NDG SportsCentre

Construction will begin in the next fewweeks and be completed at the end of2014 Originally planned for 2012 theproject had to be modified in order to meetthe Boroughrsquos self-imposed budgetconstraints Construction of the Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce Cultural Centre representsa $236 million investment for which theBorough is depending in particular on thejoint financial support of the ministegravere de laCulture et des Communications du Queacutebecand the Ville de Montreacuteal

ICAO headquarters toremain in Montreal

MONTREAL May 27 2013 - The Ministerof Foreign Affairs the Honourable John

Baird the Minister of InternationalRelations La Francophonie and ExternalTrade and Minister responsible for theMontreacuteal region Mr Jean Francois Liseacuteeand the Mayor of Montreacuteal Mr MichaelApplebaum would like to invite members ofthe media to a press conference for thesigning of the renewal agreement with theInternational Civil Aviation Organization(ICAO) in Montreacuteal

Date Monday May 27th 2013Heure 5 pmLieu Terrace of City Hall

275 Notre-Dame EstMetro Champ-de-Mars

Come join celebrate thePhilippine IndependenceDay Celebration on June 12 1000AM at theFAMAS CentreThe Philippine Declaration of Independencesimultaneously marked the end of thePhilippine Revolution and the PhilippineIslandsrsquo assertion to sovereignty andindependence from Spanish colonial ruleHowever neither Spain nor Americarecognized such a stake to independentnationhood and on December 10 1898the Spanish government ceded thePhilippines to the United States in the Treatyof Paris for the price of US $2 millionmarking the end of the Spanish-AmericanWar1

A short two months later on February 41899 armed conflict erupted betweenPhilippine revolutionary forces and USmilitary occupants in Manila By June 2

1899 the First Philippine Republic officiallydeclared war against the US that lasteduntil July 4 1902 Approximately 20000soldiers were killed in action while thecivilian death toll reached an estimated half-million persons Though the war officiallyended in the summer of 1899 guerillafreedom fighters continued to challengeUS occupation for several more years

It was not until July 4 1946 nearly fiftyyears later that the United States formallyrecognized full Philippine independentnationhood with the enactment of the Treatyof Manila On a rainy day in Manilarsquos LunetaPark 400000 onlookers cheered as theAmerican flag was lowered and thePhilippine flag was raised in its placeSenator Millard Tydings of Marylandreported that the day was ldquoone of the mostunprecedented most idealistic and mostfar-reaching events in all recorded historyrdquo3

July 4 was officially recognized as theNational Day until August 4 1964 whenPresident Diosdado Macapagal signed theMalacanang Republic Act No 4166 thateffectively made June 12mdashthe day thatGeneral Emilio Aguinaldo and hisrevolutionary peers had originally claimedas the Nationrsquos Daymdashthe countryrsquos officialIndependence Day

Today Filipinos around the world fromSaudi Arabia to Los Angeles Californiacontinue to celebrate PhilippineIndependence Day on June 12 In AmericaFilipino Americans otherwise known asFilAms use this day to commemorate thePhilippinesrsquo independence from colonialrule celebrate Filipino heritage-pride

preserve cultural roots promote culturalawareness and bring FilAm communitiestogether4

The largest Philippine Independence Daycelebration takes place annually in NewYork City on Madison Avenue between 23rdand 38th street on the first Sunday of JuneAn estimated 100000 people turn out totake part in various events and to march ina parade that represents FilAms and the7000 plus island clusters that constitute thePhilippine archipelago FilAms proudlydonned outfits representative of theirregional origins academic affiliationsprofessions favored sports team andmore5

In Washington DC the PhilippineEmbassy and Filipino AmericanOrganization host an Independence DayGala commemorative festivals and othercultural activities

In Montreal we commemorate thePhilippine Independence by a Flag RaisingCeremony at the FAMAS Centre every June12 every year

Come and celebrate with us and meet andgreet our kababayans and public officialsLight refreshments are served

Cheers

From the FAMAS Executive Board

Al Boy AbdonPublic Relations Officer - FAMASalabdonvideotronca

May 201324

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by W G QuiambaoDue to the limitation of time and

space this article should not beconsidered complete Thanks to thecontributions of Pastor Orlan RacachoBert Abiera Lina Fernandez JakeMaguigad and Zenaida Kharroubi for thisbrief history of FAMAS Likewise I believethat I should also thank all FAMASpresidents and their directors for theirvolunteerism and personal sacrifices

The Filipino Association ofMontreal and Suburbs (FAMAS) the oldestand biggest association in Quebec that iscelebrating its fifty years has come a longway since its founding in 1963 TheFilipinos who were with us since its infancyand still with us have witnessed itsevolution into a progressive andrecognized organization it is today by thefederal provincial and especially by themunicipal governments

The primary goal of FAMAS whenit was founded was for Filipinos in Montrealand suburbs to get to know each other andto make sure their separation away fromthe families they left behind in thePhilippines would be much lessunbearable In the early days the numberof Filipinos was comparatively small about330 Many of them were professionalsnamely doctors nurses architects andengineers

The Philippine Association ofMontreal and suburbs now known asFAMAS had limited activities which weremainly social events due to lack ofcreativeness incentives and civicconsciousness to project a realisticcommunity involvement said OrlanRacacho former FAMAS president andnow a pastor Leadership skills andpassion for cultural programs werebasically lacking in its platform

FAMAS then was not ascommunity oriented as it is today In factthe money left by each president after hisor her tenure was spent more forsocializing than anything else Even theFAMAS election was so simple that it wasdone by mere raising of hands by thevoters Sometimes the election was heldat Angrignon Park in La Salle It was also inany of those places that a small group ofFilipinos usually had their occasionalpicnics for camaraderie and only a handfulwas keen on running for office moreparticularly the presidency

In the early 70s the communitysaw the changing times in terms of the theeconomy and in the ever-growing numberof Filipinos in Montreal and suburbs

The FAMAS officers decided toaim higher but were confronted with muchbigger challenges It dawned on them thatFAMAS should be community oriented if itwas to be relevant To accomplish thisgoal essential services to the communityhad to be provided FAMAS officersconsisted of volunteers who had to workhard not only to recruit members and raisefunds but also to develop projects Thebiggest source for FAMAS then and nowhas been the Miss Philippines andMunting Bb Pilipinas conceptualized byNorma Flores-Vohra during the terms ofAlvin Veloso Angie Ogerio and BertAbiera respectively In 1978 NormaVillarose started the building fund in theamount of $500 unlike the previousFAMAS presidents who usually spentleftover funds after their term on picnics orany other social activities because at thattime FAMAS had no specific projectTherefore it was during this time whenmassive fund raising was dedicated to thecommunity center building fund EveryFAMAS president began to work harder inorder to turn over an amount to thebuilding fund In 1986-1987 during the

term of Bert Abiera a committee led byOgerio was formed to adopt a `copy cat`fund raising idea used in the Philippinesthe Munting Bb Pilipinas which was ahuge success It raised more than $20000

I made a handsome turn overwhich rapidly grewrdquo said Abiera ldquoWhenMarlene Birao-Schacter took over FAMAShad the sufficient amount to make a downpayment for a duplex on Van Horne Avewith the approval of the officers and theBoard of Trustees They utilized theservices of Nemia Saldua a realtor whowas a member of the Board of TrusteesThe mortgage was signed by Birao-Schacter and Bartolome Javier whorepresented the Board of Trustees

Years later it was decided toconvert the duplex into a communitycenter where the services that theassociation wanted to provide to thecommunity could be served but it wasdifficult since zoning bylaws got in the wayWhen James de la Paz became theFAMAS president he assiduously lobbiedthe City Hall of Montreal to grant FAMAS arezoning permit The neighbours howeverwere opposed to the idea of converting theduplex into a community center becauseof the noise and disturbance it might bringto the quiet neighbourhood Despite therezoning snag de la Paz`s request wasgranted within a year With the help ofvolunteers the duplex was renovated inthe late 90s and worthy activities likeHeritage classes were introducedthereafter

In addition to the successfulconversion of the duplex to become acenter de la Paz made a bold andcontroversial decision He called anassembly to present his proposal to paythe mortgage of FAMAS in full since it hadenough money for that purpose Hebelieved that payment of the mortgagebalance would save money by avoidingthe exorbitant and growing mortgageinterest rates

ldquoSome members of the executiveboard tried to sue me but they couldnrsquot doanythingrdquo recalled de la Paz ldquoMy lawyersaid that I didn`t pocket the money A fewyears later those who were against myidea appreciated what I did If I did not paythe mortgage FAMAS would still be indebtrdquo

In spite of the criticism hurledagainst de la Paz by those who havepersonal issues with him FAMAS hadsubstantially benefitted from his politicalconnections that he shrewdly cultivatedwhen he was the FAMAS presidentArguably he paved the way for the Filipinocommunity to be more visible in themainstream politics when he was FAMASpresident He said ldquoPoliticians used to sayThe Jews Italians Chinese etc It wasfrustrating for Filipinos because they weresystematically relegated to lsquoothersrsquo Theydidnt have any identity until de la Pa cameinto the local political scene Nowpoliticians from municipal provincial andfederal levels recognize the existence notonly of FAMAS but also the entireburgeoning Filipino community

FAMAS made more changes inthe 90s For example it amended theConstitution and Bylaws to allow thepresident to serve for two years rather thanjust one year The Executive Board at thetime was convinced that one year was tooshort for any president particularly a goodone to accomplish the goals of theassociation For reasons of their ownmany community members came out ofthe woodwork and became more andmore interested in becoming president orat least to be an officer FAMAS electionshave become one of the most talked aboutand anticipated events in the communityparticularly in the summertime Like the

Independence Day and the Pista saNayon the election day has always beenan event for many Filipinos to meet friendsthey have not seen for a while

In 2009 the leadership of AuOsdon who has a background inmanagement was put to the test afterwinning the presidency of FAMAS Despiteher detractors`criticismrsquo or perhapsbecause of it she managed to keep theaffairs of FAMAS in order When she tookover in 2009 a Special Audit Committeewas established in order to review theincomplete financial records submitted bythe previous administration Thecommittee composed of Hal SoteroRoger Sandoval Cely Dagsaan and PeterFernandez found out that it would beimpossible because most transactionswere made in cash and not properlyrecorded FAMAS received a bill in 2007--2008 which was paid She also broughtback the trust and respect of thecommunity for FAMAS which for a whilewere lost because of the smokingdrinking and even installation of a camerain the toilet The regular activities like theBb Pilipinas Bb Munting PilipinasHeritage and French classes still continueMiss Teen FAMAS and the fledgling ProjectPagsibol are doing well Somerenovations in the building were also madewith the help of Alex Sy FAMAS vicepresident and an engineer by professionwhich included the new main entrancedoor with electronic push button openerlocated in the office a new entranceFrench door in the main lobby near thestairs going up the office installation of awindow near the entrance door removal ofthe old closet to make the office biggerremoval of the partition of the conferenceroom and living room to make the spacebigger and putting new floor tiles in theconference room

Giving due recognition to de laPaz and Osdon is not meant to diminishthe other presidents before or after themwho made valuable contributions to thestatus of FAMAS as a communityorganization All past presidents ofFAMAS without exception had given uptheir time and made personal sacrifices inorder to do their job It can be statedwithout any doubt that no one has amonopoly of accomplishments for therehave been other past presidents who triedto do what they thought was good for thecommunity Some of the past presidentscontributions are Lee Sanga (deceased)introduced Heritage classes JoseBustamante converted the duplex garageinto a classroom Carlos P Reyes(deceased) started the installation of aflagpole Alberto Floresca (deceased)brought the idea of constructing thebalcony Claro Bermudez celebrated theIndependence Day jointly with FCAWIFlor Rillo constructed the patio CarmelitaSideco (deceased) must be mentioned forbeing the first female FAMAS presidentwhose contributions are not visible but herinfluence over those who worked with herare still felt Norma Casaclang-Villarosa(deceased) was known to be the first oneto put aside some funds for the purpose ofacquiring a community center Dr BartJavier together with Marlene Birao-Schacter were the signatories to the deedof sale of the FAMAS building There mayhave been accomplishments of somepresidents but have not been includedabove but it is hoped that their place inFAMAS history is an acknowledgement oftheir volunteerism to the community

But the saying that ldquoYou can`tplease everybodyrdquo still holds true After theelection in 2011 Osdon and COMELECchairman Budz Sarmiento were accusedof conniving with each other to beat CesarManuel presidential candidate for

Samahang Makabayan ldquoThe accusation is untrue said

Sarmiento The candidates of the SMwere given the Rules and Regulations toread If they have any objection then theyshould have discussed it with theCOMELEC Instead they signed theCertificatres of Candidacy After theelection they were also given a chance toappeal But they ignored it What I findinappropriate are the things they didprotesting in front of the center for a fewdays freezing FAMAS accouint illegallyinducting their officers etc

FAMAS had and still has its upsand down As noted below even duringthe beginning there had been a short-livedfeud between the east side and the westside resulting in two associations onecalled Philippine Association of Montreal(PAM) and the other the Filipino Aociationof the Province of Quebec (FAPQ) Itcannot be denied that bickering anddifferences among differeent factions havebeen a constant threat to the solidarityamong Filipinos Nevertheless they arealways there fior each other in time ofneed It is like a big family After all othercultural associations have had their ownproblems too

List of FAMAS presidents 1963-1964 - Vicente Sison 1964-1965 - DrB Oteysa finished the term of EmilAssistores 1965-1966 - Dr Ben deGuzman 1966-1967 - R Mendoza finishedthe term started by Carlos Borromeo1967-1968 Dr Diego Rosales gave up infavor of John Alvarado In 1967 a crisisoccured that led to the formation of twoasociations John Alvarado continued hisjob as president of Philippine Associationof Montreal (PAM) while Orlan Racachobecame president of a new associationcalled Filipino Association of the Provnceof Quebec In 1968-1969 George Pobletebecame president of PAM and Dr DeoEsguerra was at the helm of FAPQ In1969 according to Jake Maguigadsarticle FAMAS made the maidenappearance with Dr Nap Magadia andlater T Patrio as president while the nameof Andy Palomar was recorded by BertAbiera as the president during the periodof 1969-1970 Abiera also provided thenames of other past presidents namely1970-1971 Simeon Orejudos 1971-1972Alvin Veloso 1972-1973 Roberto Bernas 1973-1974 Carmelita Sideco 1974-1975Orlan Racacho 1975-1976 DominadorRosales 1976-1977 Dr Bartolome Javier1977-1978 Henry Casuga 1978-1979Norma Villarosa 1979-1980 Dr EdilbertoPelausa 1980-1981 Liwanag Sanga 1981-1982 - Angelita Ogerio 1982-1983Salvador Cagugao 1983-1984 NemiaSaldua 1984-1985 Dr GenovevaSantander 1985-1986 Julita Parado 1986-1987 Alberto Abiera 1987-1988 AuroraOsdon 1988-1989 Marlene Birao-Schacter 1989-1990 Mario Umali 1990-1991 Erlinda Baltazar 1991-1992 LimeoCollao 1992-1993 Dick Dahiroc 1993-1994 Malrlene Birao-Schacter 1994-1995Emma Resurreccion 1995-1997 James dela Paz (two consecutive terms) 1997-1998Ricardo Cosico 1998-1999 JoseBustamante

The change in the terms ofpresidents began in 1999-2001 with CarlosP Reyes 2001-2003 Venancio Parial 2003-2005 Santiago Tino 2005-2007 AlbertoFloresca 2007-2008 2008 - ClaroBermjudez who had to leave for a jobopporuntiy in South Africa and appointedFlor Rillo to replace him for the remainderof his term until August 2009 AuroraOsdon 2009-2013 (two consecutive terms)

FAMAS in a capsule

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Pork loinApproximately

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379lb 449lb

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Frozen pork blood

Fresh liver

Pork skin

GoatAvailable on order

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Fresh Pork Belly with skin

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Ground PorkSpecial 229lb

Philippine Cuisineand

Favorite FoodCompiled by Zenaida Ferry Kharroubi

Fresh Pork Leg

Over 20 lbs 409 lb

lb

Bone-in shoulder chops219 lb

12 kilo pork bellygarlic powdersalt and pepper

For the filling

1 small bundle large spring onionschopped1 stalk lemon grass chopped1 small bundle chives chopped3-4 cloves garlic choppedblack pepper powderchili flakessalt

For the baste

3 tablespoon oil1 tablespoon soy sauce

Balamban Liempo - Cooking procedure

Make an incision in the middle of thepork belly to form a pocket for thefillings Rub the pork belly with garlicpowder salt and pepper let stand inthe refrigerator and marinate for a least1 hour or more Mix and blend all thefilling ingredients and put it inside thebelly pocket keep aside Preheat ovento 300degF to 350degF using the top andbottom heating element In a roastingpan with the same size with the porkbelly place the pork belly with the skinon top Drizzle the pork belly skin withsoy sauce and rub to evenly coat

Balamban Liempo - Grill

Place the roasting pan in the pre-heated oven and roast for 1 to 112hours Occasionally brush the skinwith the oil and soy sauce bastemixture Adjust lower the temperatureif the skin is drying or cooking too fastNow remove the pork belly from thebaking pan and place in the middle ofthe oven in a rack continue to roast foranother 20 to 30 minutes Increase theoven temperature to 400degF to 450degFduring the last 10 to 15 minutes ofcooking or until reddish in color and theskin should be crisp at this stageRemove from oven and cover theroasting pan with aluminium foil and letrest for 10 to 15 minutes Cut intoserving pieces and serve with yourchoice pinakurat vinegar dippingsauce

Pork Belly RoastBalamban liempo style

roasting the pork belly is roasted whileit is in the roasting pan I used glassThis will allow the juices together withthe aromatics cook the meatremember you have to use top andbottom grill of the oven Halfway thepork belly is removed from the panand let grill on the middle of the ovenYou can also use yoursquore turbo broilerif you have one again just be mindfulof your temperatures and timings Ifyou have an oven with rotisserie thenwe would not have to do the abovecomplicated roasting method

Balamban Liempo - Ingrdients

Balamban Liempo as the nameoriginated in Balamban one of thetowns located along the western coastof Cebu Several entrepreneurs havebrought the Balamban Liempo outsideof Balamban and has become one ofthe must eat food when you are inCebu City

Balamban Liempo - Chopped

The pork belly has to be roasted in 2procedures During the first half of

Pinakbet (VegetableStew)

ngredients14 kilo pork with fat (cut into very small

pieces)3 tablespoons oil1 12 cup water

I 2 medium size Ampalaya (cut into 8pieces each)

2 medium size eggplants (cut into 8pieces each)

1 small size kalabasaabout6-10 pieces okra (halved)6 pieces tomatoes (quartered)1 small garlic head (minced)2 small onions (diced)1 small ginger (sliced)4 tablespoons bagoong isdaPinch of pepper

Procedure

In a pan fry pork until lightly crispy setaside

Saute garlic onion tomatoes and gingerin the pork fat and mix in pork

In a pot boil water with bagoongAdd in the pork and spicesAdd all the vegetables and cookServe hot

Pinakbet is a very typical andpopular dish among Filipinos in theIlocos provinces but also adopted byother groups in Luzon except thatthere is a slight difference in theingredients

Tilapia with blackbean sauce

Tilapia with Salted Black BeansIngredients

1 large tilapia sliced crosswise(steak cut)

14 cup canned tausi (salted blackbeans) ndash discard the water

12 cup chopped flat leaf parsley1 medium yellow onion diced2 teaspoon minced garlic1 12 tablespoons oyster sauce1 tablespoon soy sauce1 teaspoon cornstarch diluted in 12

cup watercooking oilSalt and pepper to taste

Cooking Procedure

Rub salt and pepper all over thesliced tilapia Let it stand for 10 minutes

Heat 1 cup of cooking oil in a fryingpan

Pan-fry the sliced tilapia in mediumheat for about 5 minutes per side or untilthe color turns medium brown Removethe fried tilapia and place in a plate linedwith paper towel

In a clean cooking pan heat about 2tablespoons of cooking oil

Saute the garlic and onionWhen the onion softensadd the

parsley and salted black beansPut the fried tilapia in the pan Add

the soy sauce oyster sauce andcornstarch diluted in water Stir gently andlet boil Cover and simmer for 10 to 15minutes

Add pepper to taste Note you canadd more water to make it taste less salty

Transfer to a serving bowlServe share and enjoy

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50th Anniversary GalaSaturday June 15 2013

Call 514-341-7477

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FILIPINO STARS H O W B I Z G O S S I PlsquoAnnalizarsquo wants to directsomeday

She may be just 10 years old andher show-biz career just starting totake off but child star AndreaBrillantes can already see herselfworking behind the camera whenbeing in front of it has lost its appeal

ldquoI enjoy taking photos and mymom tells me they look nicerdquo shesaid ldquoI want to become a director awriter or a photographer when I growolder I want to be behind the scenesrdquoBrillantes told a small group ofreporters at a recent media gatheringfor ABS-CBNrsquos remake of the popular1980s television drama ldquoAnnalizardquowhere she plays the title role

The late Julie Vega was theoriginal Annaliza

For her dream first photo shootBrillantes said she wanted her subjectto be her idol Kim Chiu Her directorialdebut on the other hand will mostlikely have ldquoAnnalizardquo costar ZanjoeMarudo (who plays her father Guido)as lead actor she added

Prior to this big break Brillantesoften played the role of a teleseryersquosstar as a child She was the youngAndi Eigenmann in ldquoKahit PusorsquoyMasugatanrdquo Jessy Mendiola inldquoPrecious Heart Romances Paraisordquoand Kim Chiu in ldquoIna Kapatid Anakrdquo

ldquoIrsquom very thankful and happy thatI was chosen to play Annalizabecause itrsquos my dream to star in myown showrdquo she said Brillantes saidshe googled Vega on the Internet toknow more about her learning abouther birthday and death

Looking sweet and adorable in apink dress Brillantes was refreshingly

self-assured when asked if shebelieved she could carry a televisionshow on her own

But the precocious youngsterclammed up when the subject ofcompetition with other ABS-CBN childstars such as Xyriel Manabat wasbrought up ldquoI donrsquot knowrdquo shemurmured ldquoMas matanda po akordquoshe offered drawing laughter fromthe crowd

Currently a Grade 4 student inAmbassador School for ChildrenBrillantes said she might resort tohome-schooling next academic yearbecause of her increasingly heavyschedule

Do her schoolmates and friendsknow that shersquos an actor ldquoYestheyrsquore happy and proud of meSometimes they approach me forphoto opsrdquo she said

Brillantes who joined the kiddiegag show ldquoGoinrsquo Bulilitsrdquo in 2010proudly announced she was able tobuy herself a cell phone and an iPadfrom her earnings ldquoSomeday I wantto have a nice bedroomrdquo she said

Business unit head Ruel Bayanisaid their version of ldquoAnnalizardquo wouldbe generally faithful to the originalseries ldquoBut to make it relevant todaywe incorporated different socialissues we encounter nowrdquo Bayanisaid

Directed by Theodore Boboroland Cathy Camarillo ldquoAnnalizardquo startsairing Monday before ldquoTV Patrolrdquo a

After his sold-out birthdayconcert at the Smart-AranetaColiseum Kapamilya teensensation Daniel Padilla continuesto sweep off the feet of his fans withhis sophomore album under StarRecords titled ldquoDJPrdquo

Daniel Padilla ReleasesSophomore Album DJP

Following the success of hisdouble platinum self-titled albumldquoDJPrdquo features 10 tracks includingDanielrsquos carrier single ldquoKamustaKardquo ldquoKung San Ka MasayardquoldquoSabay Natinrdquo ldquoPanalanginrdquoldquoBinibinirdquo ldquoNaaalalardquo ldquoKisapmatardquoldquoIpagpatawad Mordquo ldquoSisikat DinAkordquo and the acoustic version ofHimig Handog P-Pop Love Songfinalist ldquoNasa Iyo Na Ang Lahatrdquo

The album also carries thebonus track ldquoDiskarterdquo DanielrsquosldquoDJPrdquo album is already available onall record bars nationwide for onlyP250 The digital tracks of thealbum can also be downloaded viawwwmymusicstorecomph andiTunes

For more information visit StarRecordsrsquo Facebook fanpage atwwwfacebookcomstarrecordsphilor follow starrecordsph onTwitter a

Daniel Padilla ReleasesSophomore Album DJP

Daniel Padilla had his fans shrieking onASAP Sunday as he channeled hisinner Mr Suave while performing theParokya ni Edgar hit along with threeother Padillas RJ Matthew and JC

Rising teleserye princess Andrea Brillantes suddenly burst into tears while walkingon center stage when her first teleserye starrer Annaliza was introduced toadvertisers at the recently held ABS-CBN trade event at the NBC Tent in Taguig Theten-year old young actress wasnrsquot able to contain her emotions any longer whenshe realized that she is actually living her long-time dream of playing lead in a TVseries

May 2013 17The North American Filipino Star

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We process meat using Halal method

Our slaughterhouse is very clean and our prices are reasonable

Reserve your mutton from Aid Al Adha bull Sariwa malinis

The Court of Appeals (CA) ruledin favor of the Movie and TelevisionReview and Classification Board(MTRCB) that suspended TV5snoontime game show Willing Willie in2011 over an obscene segment

Associated Justice ManuelBarrios of the appellate courts 2ndDivision said in an 11-page decisionissued late Thursday that thecontested episode that showed ayoung boy dancing in a raunchymanner while crying was enoughmaterial for MTRCB to suspend thepopular show for one month

A review of the recording of thatsegment shows a 6-year old boygyrating like a macho dancer whilebeing cajoled and goaded by theshows host and the audience iscommonly perceived as transpiringonly in night clubs and othershadowy establishments thedecision stated

The court also called the showhost Willie Revillame insensitive inencouraging the boy to continue withthe performance in exchange for amonetary reward

While money has great utilityand is beneficial in these times ofwant it must never be used asjustification to sacrifice good moralsdecency self respect and thepsychological well-being of itscitizens especially the young itadded

MTRCB Chairman EugenioVillareal welcomed the courtsdecision on Thursday night sayinghe hopes the ruling be instructive tothe television industryEntertainment ( Article MRec )pagematch 1 sectionmatch 1

May this allow the televisionindustry especially those moredirectly concerned to move on andhelp build an entertainment culturethat is truly audience-sensitive andparticularly looking out for thewelfare of our young Villareal said ina statement

MTRCB earlier said in the originalsuspension ruling that the showviolated a law against immoral andindecent broadcasts that run counterto Filipino valuesinvoking herbrothers being in power when shemade a veiled threat Wala na siyangibang masabi Sabi niya Bakanakalimutan mo may three years paang brother ko Yap said a

Court says Willie Revillameinsensitive upholds showsuspension

Julia Barretto the winsome 16-year old daughter of Marjorie Barrettowho is fast making a name for herselfin the show business industry as ldquoTheMost Beautiful Barrettordquo continues tocapture hearts including that of teenstar Julian Estrada - her co-star in arecent special episode of ABS-CBNrsquosaward-winning fantasy-dramaanthology ldquoWansapanataymrdquo

Estrada who like Barretto is ascion of an established showbiz familythat includes actor turned presidentJoseph ldquoEraprdquo Estrada has nowadmitted to wooing his fellow StarMagic 2013 member in a recentinterview on ldquoKris TVrdquo ndash a far cry froman earlier statement

ldquoHindi naman po ligaw (But)things are doing pretty well (betweenthe two of us) rdquo he was quoted assaying prior

Ironically the 15-year-old spilledthe truth about courting the young

actress when he was being grilled byhis own father actor turned senatorJinggoy Estrada during their guestappearance on ldquoKris TVrdquo Monday

ldquoNililigawan mo bardquo The senatorasked his son who went on to blurt acurt ldquoYeahrdquo

When asked if he thinks he is onhis way to winning Julia over theyoung Estrada meekly retortedldquoSanardquo

The older Estrada went on todispense seeming sage advice tellinghis son to give the star of theupcoming series ldquoCofradiardquo gifts likeflowers fruits and chocolates

He went on to praise Julia as withthe rest of the Barrettos for theirbeauty

ldquoMaganda talaga rsquoyung mgaBarretto sistersrdquo said he referring tothe controversial siblings GretchenClaudine and Marjorie Juliarsquos mother

Julian and Julia Fromreel to real

Julian Estrada and Julia Barretto

TV5 statement onMr Willie Revillamersquosresignation

Willie Revillame

So it has finally been confirmedthe rumor that Willie Revillame isresigning from TV5 and that his showldquoWowowillierdquo will end when his contractwith the network expires on Oct 15

The persistent hearsay was thatWillie is resigning because he wasasking for a P90 million talent fee permonth which the Kapatid networkrejected according to a source

Williersquos camp denied the rumorsaying at first that while itrsquos true hiscontract with TV5 is expiring in Octoberthere was no negotiation going on yetabout the possible renewal of suchcontract much less about any amountfor the hostrsquos monthly talent fee

Willie has his options on whether tocontinue with the show or take hismuch-needed vacation He has favoredthe latter

To this TV5 has issued this shortstatement

ldquoWe respect the decision of MrWillie Revillame to retire upon theexpiry of his contract with TV5 We wishhim well in his new pursuitsrdquo a

May 201318 The North American Filipino Star

Showbiz Gossip Continued from p17

Maja Salvador said she is at a lossfor words when met with greetings onher relationship with Gerald Andersonwhich the actor recently confirmed

At the sidelines of the filming of herupcoming big-screen project with SenJinggoy Estrada on Wednesday the24-year-old actress was asked for herreaction to her boyfriend going publicwith their relationship

Marami ang nagsasabi na angganda ko raw ang suwerte ko raw Diko alam paano sasagutin yun eSalvador was quoted as saying byentertainment news site PhilippineEntertainment Portal

Siguro sobrang blessed ko langna ganun ako ka-importante sa buhayniya talaga she said referring toAnderson

The 24-year-old actor admitted the

real score between him and Salvadorin the June 2013 issue of entertainmentmagazine StarStudio

Last Sunday Anderson said thedecision to admit his romantic ties withSalvador was for everybodys peace ofmind citing the endless speculationsabout their relationship

Anderson and Salvadorsrelationship however came at the costof the actress friendship with her InaKapatid Anak co-star and erstwhilebest friend Kim Chiu

Chiu is the former girlfriend ofAnderson The two broke up in 2010

In an earlier interview an emotionalChiu said she has already forgivenAnderson and Salvador but added itis difficult to forget what they did toyou a

Maja Salvador reacts to GeraldAndersonrsquos confession

Gerald Anderson and Maja Salvador

The lady of laughs Ai Ai delasAlas feels so much better now daysafter her personal conflict with short-lived husband Jed Salang came to ahead

Ai Ai said she never realized howmuch love she enjoys from everyone ndashher family her friends in and out of thebusiness her fans and even those whoare just looking ndash until this thinghappened to her

ldquoIrsquom overwhelmed by the love andsupport of everybody I am verythankful Sobrang pasasalamat kotalaga sa Diyos at sa lahat-lahat ngmga mababait na mga anak ko mgakaibigan ko at mga taong nagmamahalsa akin kahit hindi naman nila akomasyadong nakakasama o nakikita

Wala na akong mahihiling paNapakasuwerte ko pa rinrdquo she saidAi Ai told us everything is clear with hernow ldquoHindi ko akalain na mangyayarisa buhay ko ang ganorsquon nanapapanood ko lang sa TV Pero atleast okay na ako Nakalaya na rin akobago pa mangyari sa akin ang mgabagay na ikakahiya ko pa balangarawrdquo she said

Ai Ai likened her life to a plot of anABS-CBN soap opera She saidldquorsquoyung tipong isang medyonakakabatang lalaki na pumatol saisang medyo may edad na babae namay pera Pero meron talaga siyangpamilya at sinabihan niya na sandalilang ito at kailangan lang niya gawinpara na din sa kanyang mag-inaGanun ang eksaktong nangyari saakinrdquoAnd what didnrsquot kill her made herstronger Ai Ai said ldquoNow I really thankGod for waking me up just in timeMasakit pero ganun talagaNaghangad kasi ako na mahalin ngisang lalaki mapakasalan Siguro hinditalaga rsquoyun ang buhay na para sa akinMarami namang masyadong blessingna ibinibigay si God Ang mga anak kosobrang mahal ako Nahihiya nga akosa kanila at nagpapasalamat nanaiintindihan nila ang Mommy nila Silaang tunay kong kayamananrdquo a

Ai Ai Delas Alas is much betternow

Comedienne Ai Ai delas Alas hasfiled a formal complaint against herhusband of 29 days businessmanJed Salang

According to a report ofentertainment website Pepphpublished on Wednesday delas Alascharged Salang of violating theRepublic Act 9262 or the act definingviolence against women and childrenbefore the Quezon City Regional Trial

Court on FridayThis is in addition to the

protection order she sought againsther husband so he could no longercome near her by 100 to 500 meters

Citing a source allegedly close tothe comedienne Pepph said delasAlas detailed in her petition howSalang physically abused her lastMay 2

The source added delas Alas alsoconsulted with a psychologist whotold her that she is in a ldquostate ofdepressionrdquo and is suffering from anldquoacute post-traumatic-stressdisorderrdquo

Two weeks ago delas Alas brokedown on The Buzz as she confirmedher breakup from Salang

In an interview with The Buzzhost Boy Abunda delas Alasadmitted that she was physically

Ai Ai delas Alas with her husband JedSalang (file photo)

Ai Ai files raps vs husband JedSalang

abused by Salang which led to herdecision to leave him last May 2

She also tearfully said shebelieves Salang never loved her

Delas Alas and Salang weremarried in Las Vegas last April 3

It takes two to do the show bizbreakup cha-cha

Did Jed Salang really do all thoseawful awful things andhellip isnrsquot hegoing to defend himself Just youwait

In the aftermath of Ai-Ai de lasAlasrsquo spectacular meltdown on ldquoTheBuzzrdquo last Sunday over a turbulentseparation from her husband of lessthan a month movie reporters havebeen hunting down Salang abusinessman

Did he really beat up the 48-year-old actress routinely Is he agambling addict as they say Is it

true that he received a monthlyallowance of P40000 from De lasAlas Did he use her money to buyexpensive gifts for another personAwful awful talk (Meanwhile has hereturned the ldquodream carrdquo that shegave him for their first ldquomonthsaryrdquo)

Several show biz scribes havegone to Salangrsquos workplace inAlabang others to his reportedcurrent address A few claim to havetalked to Salang but say he declinedto comment on the whole sordidaffair

When De las Alas claimed onnationwide TV that she had broken upwith Salang on May 2 after repeatedincidents of physical abuse her fanswent up in arms as if on cue Theywasted no time in flooding SalangrsquosInstagram account with vitriolprompting him to close it onMondaymdashhis only link to socialnetworking a

May 2013 19The North American Filipino Star

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Words cannot express howdelighted Lovi Poe is about her sisterGrace Poe-Llamanzares ranking No 1in the May 13 senatorial race Shefinds it hard to believe that she nowhas a big sister who is a senator and isjust a phone call away

Lovi during her contract signingwith GMA-7 last May 17 shared thatshe has gotten to know her elder sisterwell during the campaign season

ldquoIrsquom so proud of her When we hadlunch I met her son daughter and herhusband They are all wonderfulpeople talaga Lahat sila mababait SiAte Grace shersquos very humble shersquosvery smart Talagang I look up to herKung baga isa siyang magandanghalimbawardquo she sharedShe added that if she is proud shecould just imagine how prouder theirfather the late Fernando Poe Jr Kingof Philippine Cinema would havebeen

ldquoIrsquom sure si Papa kung anongnararamdaman ko kay Ate Grace masgrabe pa siya and Irsquom sureipagpapatuloy niya ang gusto niPapahellip I just really feel so proudespecially with what happened nanag-number one siya Siya na mismonagsabi that she didnrsquot expect thatrdquoLovi expressed that she will be asupportive sister and intimated thatSen Grace would be having lunchwith her to discuss her plans inpolitics She said that she would helpin her own capacity as an actress butwonrsquot be ldquovisible politicallyrdquo

ldquoI donrsquot want to venture into

politics kasi itrsquos not my turf talagaLetrsquos leave it to the experts sabi nganilardquo quipped Lovi

These days Lovi is more focusedon giving her all in the projects that theKapuso network entrusts her Shebelieves she has the talent and wantsto prove that she is worthy of herthree-year contract Her love life toocould take a backseat to her new stateof mind which is workldquoIrsquom not dating now I just want to

focus talaga on work Ito rsquoyungpromise ko sa sarili ko na masfocused ako now Irsquom already 24 yearsold at ibang Lovi na ito Mas mature nakasi medyo before I want to enjoywhile working of course but now masfocused nardquo

Itrsquos been almost two months sinceLovi took a break from the Kapusonetwork Now she is excited to goback to work and see her colleagueswhom she misses a lot She also looks

forward to the teleseryes she wouldget and the leading men shersquod beworking with As an actress she israring to do more challenging roles inthe near future

By the way Lovi is in theupcoming movie of Joel Lamanganentitled ldquoLihisrdquo with Jake Cuenca andJoem Bascon among others a

Lovi proud sister to Sen Grace Poe

Lovi Poe (Left) and Sen Grace Poe-Llamanzares

For the first time HeartEvangelista revealed the real reasonwhy she and Jericho Rosales whomshe considers her ldquogreatest loverdquobroke up in 2008

In an sit-down interview with Yesmagazine for its May 2013 issueEvangelista said her parents madeher believe that Rosales cheated onher with Malaysian actress CarmenSoo

At that time Evangelista justreconciled with her parents after nottalking to them for three yearsbecause she fought for herrelationship with Rosales

Evangelista said her parents didnot approve of the Kapamilya actorbecause he already had a child froma previous relationship

ldquoI didnrsquot see them for three yearsat that time and I missed them somuch And I was also going though alot I was struggling with life I wasconfused Although I was happy itwas hard to be happy in one areaand everything else seems like itrsquosfalling apart But the moment I gotback with them naging okay kamirdquoshe said

Rosales was then in Malaysiawith Soo for the ABS-CBN seriesldquoKahit Isang Saglitrdquo whileEvangelista was in Dubai for her ownshow in GMA-7

ldquoWhen they said that he wascheating on me with Carmen Soo Ireally did think that he was I reallythought that he cheated on me Ireally did And that was because theytold me that he was and I wasconvincedrdquo she said

Evangelista shared there waseven a time when Rosales went tosee her in her condominium unit sohe could explain himself but theynever saw each other

ldquoMy mom didnrsquot tell me that hewas waiting for me downstairs in mycondo for five hours She didnrsquot say

anything so I didnrsquot hear from himrdquoshe said

The 27-year-old actress said shejust learned in due course thatRosales did not really cheat on her

ldquoOf course they are yourparentsmdashwhen they tell yousomething over and over you start tohave fears You start to doubt certainsituations And thatrsquos what happenedto me beforerdquo she said

Through time Evangelistaunderstood that her mom was justscared to lose her

ldquoShe was trying to let me go She

was really trying her best to not getherself involved with my pastrelationships It was always like thatShe would try But in the endeverything that she kept inside wouldjust blow up and it would just affectme so much and also therelationship that I was inrdquo she said

Evangelista recently madeheadlines anew after she foundherself in another collision coursewith her parents who lambasted hercurrent boyfriend Senator FrancisChiz Escudero

Both Evangelista and Escuderohowever have stood firm that theyare not breaking up amid all theissues surrounding their relationship

Why Heart and Jericho really broke up Jericho has found lsquoThe Onersquo

Early photo of Heart amp JerichoNot meant to be Former lovers Heartand Jericho Rosales

May 201320 The North American Filipino Star

Itrsquos tough fighting the worldrsquossecond biggest economic power andmost populous country But whenanother economic heavyweight joinsthe fight against you they couldtrounce you very badly And to makethe situation worse the two adversariesare the giant Peoplersquos Republic ofChina (PRC) and the Lilliputian buteconomically rich Republic of China(ROC) which is more commonly knownas Taiwan With the Philippines upagainst the two Chinas her options are

limited

Over the past several years Chinaincreased her defense budget todouble-digit increments In the case ofTaiwan the United States provided herwith firepower to defend herself fromChina whose ultimate goal is to takeover Taiwan and complete theunification of the two Chinas under onegovernment

But the US has nothing to do with thatAlthough the US recognizes the PRCunder a ldquoOne China Policyrdquo she madeit known that Taiwan would bedefended should China decide toinvade Taiwan

The Philippines followed suit andadopted a ldquoOne China Policyrdquo too thussevering her diplomatic relationshipwith Taiwan However the influentialcommunity of Chinese expatriates andrefugees in the Philippines identifythemselves with Chiang Kai-shek andhis Kuomintang Party who fled toTaiwan in 1949 after they were defeatedby Mao Zedong and his CommunistParty in a bloody Civil War

To continue their ldquofriendshiprdquo thePhilippines and Taiwan established twooffices to serve as conduit between thetwo governments The Philippinegovernment opened the ManilaEconomic and Cultural Office (MECO)in Taipei and Taiwan opened the TaipeiEconomic and Cultural Office (TECO) inManila Indeed the relationshipbetween the Philippines and Taiwancouldnrsquot have been betterhellip until lastMay 9 when an incident in disputedwaters ended in the death of aTaiwanese fisherman

Fishing boat incidentRelatives of fisherman killed by thePhilippine Coast Guard

According to Philippine Coast Guard(PCG) account two Taiwanese fishing

boats were sighted in the Balintangchannel just north of Luzon which isPhilippine territory and not claimed byTaiwan or any other country In whatappeared to be illegal fishing the PCGvessel approached the fishing boatsbut one of them tried to ram the PCGvessel The PCG fired at the chargingfishing boat to disable it The fishingboat was disabled howeverunbeknown to the PCG crew a 65-yearold Taiwanese fisherman was hit Thena ldquobig white shiprdquo came to view and the

PCG vessel took off (Source The DailyTribune)

The incident created a crescendo ofevents leading to violence againstOverseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) inTaiwan MECO Chairman AmadeoPerez reported that an OFW wasattacked with a baseball bat by anangry mob in Kaohsiung City TaiwanOther attacks on OFWs were reportedldquoThe situation in Taiwan now is verytenserdquo said PerezIn an attempt to placate TaiwanPresident Benigno Aquino IIIapologized for the death of the

Taiwanese fisherman but the Taiwanesegovernment uncharacteristicallyrejected it as ldquoinsincererdquo

And to make matters worse theTaiwanese government banned theentry of OFWs The Philippinegovernment is preparing evacuationplans should the need to bring theOFWs home arises The Taiwanesegovernment also issued an advisory toher citizens not to visit the Philippines

Enter the bullyEmperor Xi Jinping (Credit TheEconomist)

Meanwhile a Chinese foreign ministryspokesman said ldquoWe strongly

condemn the barbaric shooting andkilling of the Taiwanese fishermandemanding that the Philippines shouldinvestigate the case and furnish thedetails as soon as possible We aredeeply grieved about the death of theTaiwanese compatriot and have sentcondolences to his familyrdquo With Chinaopenly siding with Taiwan it makes onewonder if China was taking advantageof the incident to drive a wedgebetween the two allies of the UnitedStates Indeed China has been tryingvery hard to neutralize the UnitedStatesrsquo military presence in the WesternPacific particularly in the South andEast China Seas

In August 2012 China tricked thePhilippines into ending the standoff atthe Scarborough Shoal (PanatagShoal) by agreeing to a withdrawal ofthe two countriesrsquo naval vessels fromthe area As soon as the Philippineswithdrew her Coast Guard vesselsChina cordoned off the only opening tothe shoal while several Chinese shipsstayed Since then China has de factopossession of the shoal which is about124 miles from Luzon and within thePhilippinesrsquo 200-mile ExclusiveEconomic Zone (EEZ)

Ryukyu archipelagoRyukyu Islands

Recently two events happened that putChinese expansionism into thegeopolitical equation First itquestioned Japanrsquos ownership of theRyukyu archipelago which includesOkinawa where the US maintains 18army navy air force and marine bases

China claims that the Ryukyus wereonce a Chinese vassal state during theMing and Qing dynasties therefore theisland chain should be returned toChina

With this new ldquoterritorial disputerdquoJapanrsquos ongoing dispute with Chinaover ownership of the Senkaku Islandstakes different dimension Someexperts are saying that China is usingthe Ryukyu issue as a bargaining chipto her claim over the Senkakus a groupof five uninhabited islands and isletswedged between Okinawa and Taiwan

When Japan and Taiwan recentlysigned a joint fishing agreement aroundthe Senkakus China became furiousAnd right after that the ownership of theRyukyus came into play

Ayungin Shoal

China also opened another potentialarea of dispute ndash right inside Philippineterritory A few days ago severalChinese ships were sighted near theAyungin Shoal in the Kalayaan town inthe province of Palawan

Last May 10 a Department of ForeignAffairs (DFA) spokesperson said thatAyungin Shoal is within the PhilippinesrsquoEEZ He said that the entry of foreignfishing vessels in an EEZ is a violationof the United Nations Convention of theLaw of the Sea (UNCLOS) China andthe Philippines are signatories toUNCLOS DFA filed a protest letter withthe Chinese Embassy in Manila on theprovocative presence of two Chinesemaritime surveillance shipsand onewarship around Ayungin Shoal(Source The Philippine Star)

Taiping Island

Taiwan also has a piece of the actionamong six nations involved in territorialdisputes in the Spratly archipelagoRecently Taiwan announced plans toexpand a pier in Taiping Island thelargest island in the Spratlys Byexpanding the pier in the fortified islandit would allow port calls by Taiwanrsquos2000-ton frigates The island hasalready a 3800-foot runway whichTaiwan built in 2006 (Source NewStraits Times)

During the 115th anniversarycelebration of the Philippine Navy lastMay 21 Aquino declared ldquoOurmessage to the world is clear what isours is ours and we will repel any andall attempts to claim what is ours anddefend ourselves against any form ofaggression especially within ourbackyardrdquoIt seems that itrsquos going to bea battle between David vs two Goliaths(PerryDiazgmailcom)

David vs Two Goliaths

Anti-Filipino rally in Taiwan

Relatives of killed Taiwanese fisherman

ldquoEmperorrdquo Xi Jinping (Credit The Economist)

Ryukyu Islands

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Embracing theObscureBy David White

This past weekend in Sonoma CountyCalifornia 17 vintners gathered for a winetasting they dubbed The 7 PercentSolution

As the organizers explained roughly 93percent of Northern California vineyardacreage is planted to eight major grapevarietals The remaining 7 percent is hometo numerous lesser-known varietals[which] are finding anchor with a small butgrowing number of winemakers

The event enabled consumers to explorethe wines being produced by Californiasrevolutionary vintners -- those willing toembrace the states vast and varied climateby avoiding popular grapes and bottlingthe obscure Whether theyre producingunusual varietals or exploring unheraldedregions these winemakers are worthcelebrating

That certain regions of California might bebetter suited to say Albarino thanChardonnay makes sense Across theglobe commercial wine is produced from a

whopping 1368 different grape varieties Itdefies logic to assume that grapes native tocentral France will thrive in all the worldsnew vineyards

This topic was explored at this years DrinkLocal Wine conference by Joseph FiolaPhD a University of Maryland professorwho has spent over 25 years researchingand teaching about experimentalviticulture

During his lecture Fiola spent a great dealof time praising the Old World for itscommitment to growing varieties that areadapted to local growing conditions

Local varieties have been growing inthose areas for hundreds maybethousands of years he explainedYear in year out they get ripe Year inyear out winemakers can controlproduction Those areas know how togrow the grapes they know how tomake good wine And its the localgrapes that are the best [Winemakers]arent going to grow CabernetSauvignon all over Italy becausepeople know the name

Fiola went on to compare southernItalys climate to southern MarylandsYet he acknowledged the temptation tofocus on well-known varieties

Trying to convince a Maryland winerythat has to worry about marketing topeople who can barely pronounceChardonnay to sell Nero dAvolaNegroamaro Sagrantino he askednaming three esoteric varieties fromItaly That presents a challenge heconceded

Europe has an advantage of courseThe continent has been producingwine for thousands of years so vintnersthere understand which grapes dobest In France for examplewinemakers in Burgundy know to focus

on Pinot Noir and Chardonnay Just asGerman vintners recognize thatRiesling thrives in the countrys Moselregion Spanish vintners recognize thatAlbarino thrives in Galicia

Wine production in the United States isstill in its infancy But winemakers knowthat American consumers enjoyCabernet Sauvignon ChardonnayMerlot Pinot Noir and SauvignonBlanc so thats what most produceOnly the most courageous vintnerswould eschew these varieties

One of these courageous vintners isMatthew Rorick of Forlorn Hope whopoured at this weekends tasting inSonoma Since 2005 he has beenproducing rare creatures fromappellations unknown and varietiesuncommon

His rare creatures are truly unusualHe produces delightful reds fromSangiovese and Barbera two Italiangrapes that few California winemakers

take seriously He produces a deliciousVerdelho a white wine thats typicallyassociated with Portugal He producesthe nations only 100-percent StLaurent a thought-provoking highlyaromatic red thats almost impossibleto find outside Austria and the CzechRepublic Each year he crafts morethan a dozen different wines -- andvirtually all are produced in lots offewer than 2500 bottles

The fact that 17 vintners like Rorickwere able to fill a room this pastweekend is a testament to the fact thatan increasing number of winemakersare willing to take risks And perhapsmore importantly Americanconsumers are growing morecomfortable exploring the unknown

David White a wine writer is the founderand editor of Terroiristcom His columnsare housed at Palate Press The OnlineWine Magazine

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Minister FlahertyHighlights EconomicAction Plan 2013rsquosStrong Support forCharitableOrganizations

The Honourable Jim Flaherty Ministerof Finance today urged Canadians totake advantage of the HarperGovernmentrsquos new First-Time DonorrsquosSuper Credit and donate to acharitable organization

Speaking at Lutherwood a not-for-profit health and social serviceorganization serving the WaterlooRegion and Wellington CountyMinister Flaherty said ldquoThroughout ournationrsquos history Canadians haveworked together to serve others andhave made Canada a better place inthe process Our Government wants tosee that noble tradition continuewhich is why Economic Action Plan2013 builds on previous actions by ourGovernment to support families andcommunities and the quality of life forhard-working Canadiansrdquo

These initiatives include the RegisteredDisability Savings Plan the FamilyCaregiver Tax Credit and the EnablingAccessibility Fund which supports thecapital costs of construction andrenovations to improve physicalaccessibility for persons withdisabilities

Minister Flaherty stated ldquoThe newFirst-Time Donorrsquos Super Credit willsignificantly enhance theattractiveness of donating to a charityfor young and new Canadians who arein a position to make donations for thefirst time By helping to rejuvenate andexpand the charitable sectorrsquos donorbase this important initiative will havean immediate impact in supporting thecharitable sectorrdquo

The credit will apply on cash donationsof up to $1000 claimed in any onetaxation year from 2013 to 2017 It willincrease the value of the existingCharitable Donations Tax Credit by 25percentage points if neither thetaxpayer nor their spouse has claimedthe credit since 2007

Kitchener-Waterloo MP Peter Braid achampion for such worthy causesadded ldquoCanadians are some of themost generous people in the worldwhen it comes to giving time andmoney to charity and our Governmentis committed to supporting that spiritrdquo

ldquoThe Super Credit is a very positivestep for charities wanting to engagenew donors We are excited by thepossibilities and eager to continueworking with the federal government toexplore innovative ways to expandcharitable giving by all Canadiansrdquosaid Marcel Lauziegravere President andCEO of Imagine Canada

___________________________________For further information media may

contact

Kathleen PerchalukPress SecretaryOffice of the Minister of Finance613-996-7861

Jack AubryMedia RelationsDepartment of Finance613-996-8080

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Treasury Board PresidentAnnounces MajorInitiative toward a High-Performing Public Service

For immediate release

May 28 2013

Ottawa ndash The Honourable TonyClement President of the TreasuryBoard today announced a newmandatory system for trackingemployee performance aimed atboosting productivity and ensuringCanadians receive modern effectiveand efficient public service

ldquoHard-working Canadians look to us toprovide high quality affordableservice The Governmentrsquos newperformance management regime willensure that we are employing thepublic service to its fullest potentialrdquosaid Minister Clement ldquoComplacencyand the status quo are not an optionExcellence must be the benchmarkCanadians deserve no lessrdquo

The new Directive on PerformanceManagement introduces for the firsttime a government-wide system fortracking employee performance Thegoal is three-fold

To recognize and reward excellentperformance

Work with all employees to maximizeperformance and

To deal decisively with unsatisfactoryperformance

ldquoPerformance management is aboutensuring good workers have anopportunity to become great workersand dealing effectively with poorperformersrdquo said Minister ClementldquoEither poor performers improve andbecome productive employees or wewill let them gordquo

The Directive which comes into effectin April 2014 includes a number ofstandardized measures for trackingperformance These measuresinclude establishing annualperformance objectives for allemployees mid-year evaluationsannual written performanceassessments and an action plan forimproving performance with clearestablished time-lines as well as stepsto be taken if performance does notimprove These steps could include

demotion or termination Processeswill ensure that employees are treatedfairly

ldquoDoing things the way they havealways been done is no longer goodenough if we want to build a 21stcentury public servicerdquo said MinisterClement ldquoWe owe it to Canadians andwe owe it to the vast majority ofcommitted hard-working publicservants to make sure everyone ispulling their weightrdquo

For more information please consultthe Directive on PerformanceManagement and visit thePerformance Management website

mdash 30 mdash

For more information see the Directiveon Performance Managementbackgrounder or contact

Matthew ConwayPress SecretaryOffice of the President of the TreasuryBoard and Minister responsible forFedNor613-957-2666

Media RelationsTreasury Board of Canada Secretariat613-957-2640

If there is a discrepancy between anyprinted version and the electronicversion of this news release theelectronic version will prevail

TTY (telecommunications device forthe hearing impaired) ndash 613-957-9090

Follow us on Twitter TBS_Canada

Backgrounder - Directive onPerformance Management

The Government of Canada isimplementing a new employeeperformance management program tofoster excellence in service delivery toCanadians and improve productivity

This Directive will introduce for the firsttime a systemic mandatoryperformance assessment for all corepublic sector employees Rigorousperformance management is a bestpractice and an essential element of amodern public service

The new Directive on PerformanceManagement applies to federalemployees in the core publicadministration See footnote 1 and willcome into effect on April 1 2014

The approach to implementingPerformance Management is system-wide and will support deputy headsmanagers and employees in achievingand sustaining a culture of highperformance in the public sector

Highlights

The Directive calls for consistency inhow employee performance ismanaged and how employeesrsquo skillsare developed across the federal

public service

Each federal organization will establishan employee performancemanagement program that includesrequirements such as

Mandatory annual performancemanagement objectives for allemployees including commitmentsperformance objectives and expectedbehaviours and learning ordevelopment plans

Mid-year evaluations of eachemployee

Annual written employee performanceassessments at the end of each fiscalyear

An action plan to support and guideemployees to improve performancewithin clear timelines and

Mandatory attestation by deputyheads that an employee hassuccessfully completed the probationperiod

Requirements for performanceagreements are already in place forpublic service executives and non-unionized employees With the newDirective performance agreements willbe mandatory for all

To support managers and supervisorsin adopting the new Directivemandatory training will be providedEach department will have acommittee made up of senior officialsto coach managers through theprocess Managers will also besupported with additional labourrelations advice and a Labour andEmployment Law Centre of Expertiseis also being created by the TreasuryBoard Secretariat to deal specificallywith employment law and litigation

The Values and Ethics Code for thePublic Sector that came into force inApril 2012 underpins the objectives ofthe new Directive

The Office of the Chief HumanResources Officer is responsible formonitoring departmentsrsquo compliancewith the directive and conductingreviews to evaluate its impact

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Cultural Centre launchedMontreacuteal May 28 2013 ndash At a specialmeeting held last Thursday the Cocircte-des-NeigesmdashNotre-Dame-de-Gracircce (CDNmdashNDG) Borough Council awarded a contractto build the new Notre-Dame-de-GracircceCultural Centre The $1540010710contract was won by the Geyser Group inc

The Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce Cultural Centrewill house a new Benny Library and also amulti-purpose hall to accommodate culturalexhibitions and a wide variety ofperformances The ecologically-friendlybuilding meeting LEED certificationstandards will be prominently located at theintersection of avenue de Monkland andavenue Benny across from the NDG SportsCentre

Construction will begin in the next fewweeks and be completed at the end of2014 Originally planned for 2012 theproject had to be modified in order to meetthe Boroughrsquos self-imposed budgetconstraints Construction of the Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce Cultural Centre representsa $236 million investment for which theBorough is depending in particular on thejoint financial support of the ministegravere de laCulture et des Communications du Queacutebecand the Ville de Montreacuteal

ICAO headquarters toremain in Montreal

MONTREAL May 27 2013 - The Ministerof Foreign Affairs the Honourable John

Baird the Minister of InternationalRelations La Francophonie and ExternalTrade and Minister responsible for theMontreacuteal region Mr Jean Francois Liseacuteeand the Mayor of Montreacuteal Mr MichaelApplebaum would like to invite members ofthe media to a press conference for thesigning of the renewal agreement with theInternational Civil Aviation Organization(ICAO) in Montreacuteal

Date Monday May 27th 2013Heure 5 pmLieu Terrace of City Hall

275 Notre-Dame EstMetro Champ-de-Mars

Come join celebrate thePhilippine IndependenceDay Celebration on June 12 1000AM at theFAMAS CentreThe Philippine Declaration of Independencesimultaneously marked the end of thePhilippine Revolution and the PhilippineIslandsrsquo assertion to sovereignty andindependence from Spanish colonial ruleHowever neither Spain nor Americarecognized such a stake to independentnationhood and on December 10 1898the Spanish government ceded thePhilippines to the United States in the Treatyof Paris for the price of US $2 millionmarking the end of the Spanish-AmericanWar1

A short two months later on February 41899 armed conflict erupted betweenPhilippine revolutionary forces and USmilitary occupants in Manila By June 2

1899 the First Philippine Republic officiallydeclared war against the US that lasteduntil July 4 1902 Approximately 20000soldiers were killed in action while thecivilian death toll reached an estimated half-million persons Though the war officiallyended in the summer of 1899 guerillafreedom fighters continued to challengeUS occupation for several more years

It was not until July 4 1946 nearly fiftyyears later that the United States formallyrecognized full Philippine independentnationhood with the enactment of the Treatyof Manila On a rainy day in Manilarsquos LunetaPark 400000 onlookers cheered as theAmerican flag was lowered and thePhilippine flag was raised in its placeSenator Millard Tydings of Marylandreported that the day was ldquoone of the mostunprecedented most idealistic and mostfar-reaching events in all recorded historyrdquo3

July 4 was officially recognized as theNational Day until August 4 1964 whenPresident Diosdado Macapagal signed theMalacanang Republic Act No 4166 thateffectively made June 12mdashthe day thatGeneral Emilio Aguinaldo and hisrevolutionary peers had originally claimedas the Nationrsquos Daymdashthe countryrsquos officialIndependence Day

Today Filipinos around the world fromSaudi Arabia to Los Angeles Californiacontinue to celebrate PhilippineIndependence Day on June 12 In AmericaFilipino Americans otherwise known asFilAms use this day to commemorate thePhilippinesrsquo independence from colonialrule celebrate Filipino heritage-pride

preserve cultural roots promote culturalawareness and bring FilAm communitiestogether4

The largest Philippine Independence Daycelebration takes place annually in NewYork City on Madison Avenue between 23rdand 38th street on the first Sunday of JuneAn estimated 100000 people turn out totake part in various events and to march ina parade that represents FilAms and the7000 plus island clusters that constitute thePhilippine archipelago FilAms proudlydonned outfits representative of theirregional origins academic affiliationsprofessions favored sports team andmore5

In Washington DC the PhilippineEmbassy and Filipino AmericanOrganization host an Independence DayGala commemorative festivals and othercultural activities

In Montreal we commemorate thePhilippine Independence by a Flag RaisingCeremony at the FAMAS Centre every June12 every year

Come and celebrate with us and meet andgreet our kababayans and public officialsLight refreshments are served

Cheers

From the FAMAS Executive Board

Al Boy AbdonPublic Relations Officer - FAMASalabdonvideotronca

May 201324

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Fresh Pork Leg

Over 20 lbs 409 lb

lb

Bone-in shoulder chops219 lb

12 kilo pork bellygarlic powdersalt and pepper

For the filling

1 small bundle large spring onionschopped1 stalk lemon grass chopped1 small bundle chives chopped3-4 cloves garlic choppedblack pepper powderchili flakessalt

For the baste

3 tablespoon oil1 tablespoon soy sauce

Balamban Liempo - Cooking procedure

Make an incision in the middle of thepork belly to form a pocket for thefillings Rub the pork belly with garlicpowder salt and pepper let stand inthe refrigerator and marinate for a least1 hour or more Mix and blend all thefilling ingredients and put it inside thebelly pocket keep aside Preheat ovento 300degF to 350degF using the top andbottom heating element In a roastingpan with the same size with the porkbelly place the pork belly with the skinon top Drizzle the pork belly skin withsoy sauce and rub to evenly coat

Balamban Liempo - Grill

Place the roasting pan in the pre-heated oven and roast for 1 to 112hours Occasionally brush the skinwith the oil and soy sauce bastemixture Adjust lower the temperatureif the skin is drying or cooking too fastNow remove the pork belly from thebaking pan and place in the middle ofthe oven in a rack continue to roast foranother 20 to 30 minutes Increase theoven temperature to 400degF to 450degFduring the last 10 to 15 minutes ofcooking or until reddish in color and theskin should be crisp at this stageRemove from oven and cover theroasting pan with aluminium foil and letrest for 10 to 15 minutes Cut intoserving pieces and serve with yourchoice pinakurat vinegar dippingsauce

Pork Belly RoastBalamban liempo style

roasting the pork belly is roasted whileit is in the roasting pan I used glassThis will allow the juices together withthe aromatics cook the meatremember you have to use top andbottom grill of the oven Halfway thepork belly is removed from the panand let grill on the middle of the ovenYou can also use yoursquore turbo broilerif you have one again just be mindfulof your temperatures and timings Ifyou have an oven with rotisserie thenwe would not have to do the abovecomplicated roasting method

Balamban Liempo - Ingrdients

Balamban Liempo as the nameoriginated in Balamban one of thetowns located along the western coastof Cebu Several entrepreneurs havebrought the Balamban Liempo outsideof Balamban and has become one ofthe must eat food when you are inCebu City

Balamban Liempo - Chopped

The pork belly has to be roasted in 2procedures During the first half of

Pinakbet (VegetableStew)

ngredients14 kilo pork with fat (cut into very small

pieces)3 tablespoons oil1 12 cup water

I 2 medium size Ampalaya (cut into 8pieces each)

2 medium size eggplants (cut into 8pieces each)

1 small size kalabasaabout6-10 pieces okra (halved)6 pieces tomatoes (quartered)1 small garlic head (minced)2 small onions (diced)1 small ginger (sliced)4 tablespoons bagoong isdaPinch of pepper

Procedure

In a pan fry pork until lightly crispy setaside

Saute garlic onion tomatoes and gingerin the pork fat and mix in pork

In a pot boil water with bagoongAdd in the pork and spicesAdd all the vegetables and cookServe hot

Pinakbet is a very typical andpopular dish among Filipinos in theIlocos provinces but also adopted byother groups in Luzon except thatthere is a slight difference in theingredients

Tilapia with blackbean sauce

Tilapia with Salted Black BeansIngredients

1 large tilapia sliced crosswise(steak cut)

14 cup canned tausi (salted blackbeans) ndash discard the water

12 cup chopped flat leaf parsley1 medium yellow onion diced2 teaspoon minced garlic1 12 tablespoons oyster sauce1 tablespoon soy sauce1 teaspoon cornstarch diluted in 12

cup watercooking oilSalt and pepper to taste

Cooking Procedure

Rub salt and pepper all over thesliced tilapia Let it stand for 10 minutes

Heat 1 cup of cooking oil in a fryingpan

Pan-fry the sliced tilapia in mediumheat for about 5 minutes per side or untilthe color turns medium brown Removethe fried tilapia and place in a plate linedwith paper towel

In a clean cooking pan heat about 2tablespoons of cooking oil

Saute the garlic and onionWhen the onion softensadd the

parsley and salted black beansPut the fried tilapia in the pan Add

the soy sauce oyster sauce andcornstarch diluted in water Stir gently andlet boil Cover and simmer for 10 to 15minutes

Add pepper to taste Note you canadd more water to make it taste less salty

Transfer to a serving bowlServe share and enjoy

ReminderFAMAS

50th Anniversary GalaSaturday June 15 2013

Call 514-341-7477

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FILIPINO STARS H O W B I Z G O S S I PlsquoAnnalizarsquo wants to directsomeday

She may be just 10 years old andher show-biz career just starting totake off but child star AndreaBrillantes can already see herselfworking behind the camera whenbeing in front of it has lost its appeal

ldquoI enjoy taking photos and mymom tells me they look nicerdquo shesaid ldquoI want to become a director awriter or a photographer when I growolder I want to be behind the scenesrdquoBrillantes told a small group ofreporters at a recent media gatheringfor ABS-CBNrsquos remake of the popular1980s television drama ldquoAnnalizardquowhere she plays the title role

The late Julie Vega was theoriginal Annaliza

For her dream first photo shootBrillantes said she wanted her subjectto be her idol Kim Chiu Her directorialdebut on the other hand will mostlikely have ldquoAnnalizardquo costar ZanjoeMarudo (who plays her father Guido)as lead actor she added

Prior to this big break Brillantesoften played the role of a teleseryersquosstar as a child She was the youngAndi Eigenmann in ldquoKahit PusorsquoyMasugatanrdquo Jessy Mendiola inldquoPrecious Heart Romances Paraisordquoand Kim Chiu in ldquoIna Kapatid Anakrdquo

ldquoIrsquom very thankful and happy thatI was chosen to play Annalizabecause itrsquos my dream to star in myown showrdquo she said Brillantes saidshe googled Vega on the Internet toknow more about her learning abouther birthday and death

Looking sweet and adorable in apink dress Brillantes was refreshingly

self-assured when asked if shebelieved she could carry a televisionshow on her own

But the precocious youngsterclammed up when the subject ofcompetition with other ABS-CBN childstars such as Xyriel Manabat wasbrought up ldquoI donrsquot knowrdquo shemurmured ldquoMas matanda po akordquoshe offered drawing laughter fromthe crowd

Currently a Grade 4 student inAmbassador School for ChildrenBrillantes said she might resort tohome-schooling next academic yearbecause of her increasingly heavyschedule

Do her schoolmates and friendsknow that shersquos an actor ldquoYestheyrsquore happy and proud of meSometimes they approach me forphoto opsrdquo she said

Brillantes who joined the kiddiegag show ldquoGoinrsquo Bulilitsrdquo in 2010proudly announced she was able tobuy herself a cell phone and an iPadfrom her earnings ldquoSomeday I wantto have a nice bedroomrdquo she said

Business unit head Ruel Bayanisaid their version of ldquoAnnalizardquo wouldbe generally faithful to the originalseries ldquoBut to make it relevant todaywe incorporated different socialissues we encounter nowrdquo Bayanisaid

Directed by Theodore Boboroland Cathy Camarillo ldquoAnnalizardquo startsairing Monday before ldquoTV Patrolrdquo a

After his sold-out birthdayconcert at the Smart-AranetaColiseum Kapamilya teensensation Daniel Padilla continuesto sweep off the feet of his fans withhis sophomore album under StarRecords titled ldquoDJPrdquo

Daniel Padilla ReleasesSophomore Album DJP

Following the success of hisdouble platinum self-titled albumldquoDJPrdquo features 10 tracks includingDanielrsquos carrier single ldquoKamustaKardquo ldquoKung San Ka MasayardquoldquoSabay Natinrdquo ldquoPanalanginrdquoldquoBinibinirdquo ldquoNaaalalardquo ldquoKisapmatardquoldquoIpagpatawad Mordquo ldquoSisikat DinAkordquo and the acoustic version ofHimig Handog P-Pop Love Songfinalist ldquoNasa Iyo Na Ang Lahatrdquo

The album also carries thebonus track ldquoDiskarterdquo DanielrsquosldquoDJPrdquo album is already available onall record bars nationwide for onlyP250 The digital tracks of thealbum can also be downloaded viawwwmymusicstorecomph andiTunes

For more information visit StarRecordsrsquo Facebook fanpage atwwwfacebookcomstarrecordsphilor follow starrecordsph onTwitter a

Daniel Padilla ReleasesSophomore Album DJP

Daniel Padilla had his fans shrieking onASAP Sunday as he channeled hisinner Mr Suave while performing theParokya ni Edgar hit along with threeother Padillas RJ Matthew and JC

Rising teleserye princess Andrea Brillantes suddenly burst into tears while walkingon center stage when her first teleserye starrer Annaliza was introduced toadvertisers at the recently held ABS-CBN trade event at the NBC Tent in Taguig Theten-year old young actress wasnrsquot able to contain her emotions any longer whenshe realized that she is actually living her long-time dream of playing lead in a TVseries

May 2013 17The North American Filipino Star

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Our slaughterhouse is very clean and our prices are reasonable

Reserve your mutton from Aid Al Adha bull Sariwa malinis

The Court of Appeals (CA) ruledin favor of the Movie and TelevisionReview and Classification Board(MTRCB) that suspended TV5snoontime game show Willing Willie in2011 over an obscene segment

Associated Justice ManuelBarrios of the appellate courts 2ndDivision said in an 11-page decisionissued late Thursday that thecontested episode that showed ayoung boy dancing in a raunchymanner while crying was enoughmaterial for MTRCB to suspend thepopular show for one month

A review of the recording of thatsegment shows a 6-year old boygyrating like a macho dancer whilebeing cajoled and goaded by theshows host and the audience iscommonly perceived as transpiringonly in night clubs and othershadowy establishments thedecision stated

The court also called the showhost Willie Revillame insensitive inencouraging the boy to continue withthe performance in exchange for amonetary reward

While money has great utilityand is beneficial in these times ofwant it must never be used asjustification to sacrifice good moralsdecency self respect and thepsychological well-being of itscitizens especially the young itadded

MTRCB Chairman EugenioVillareal welcomed the courtsdecision on Thursday night sayinghe hopes the ruling be instructive tothe television industryEntertainment ( Article MRec )pagematch 1 sectionmatch 1

May this allow the televisionindustry especially those moredirectly concerned to move on andhelp build an entertainment culturethat is truly audience-sensitive andparticularly looking out for thewelfare of our young Villareal said ina statement

MTRCB earlier said in the originalsuspension ruling that the showviolated a law against immoral andindecent broadcasts that run counterto Filipino valuesinvoking herbrothers being in power when shemade a veiled threat Wala na siyangibang masabi Sabi niya Bakanakalimutan mo may three years paang brother ko Yap said a

Court says Willie Revillameinsensitive upholds showsuspension

Julia Barretto the winsome 16-year old daughter of Marjorie Barrettowho is fast making a name for herselfin the show business industry as ldquoTheMost Beautiful Barrettordquo continues tocapture hearts including that of teenstar Julian Estrada - her co-star in arecent special episode of ABS-CBNrsquosaward-winning fantasy-dramaanthology ldquoWansapanataymrdquo

Estrada who like Barretto is ascion of an established showbiz familythat includes actor turned presidentJoseph ldquoEraprdquo Estrada has nowadmitted to wooing his fellow StarMagic 2013 member in a recentinterview on ldquoKris TVrdquo ndash a far cry froman earlier statement

ldquoHindi naman po ligaw (But)things are doing pretty well (betweenthe two of us) rdquo he was quoted assaying prior

Ironically the 15-year-old spilledthe truth about courting the young

actress when he was being grilled byhis own father actor turned senatorJinggoy Estrada during their guestappearance on ldquoKris TVrdquo Monday

ldquoNililigawan mo bardquo The senatorasked his son who went on to blurt acurt ldquoYeahrdquo

When asked if he thinks he is onhis way to winning Julia over theyoung Estrada meekly retortedldquoSanardquo

The older Estrada went on todispense seeming sage advice tellinghis son to give the star of theupcoming series ldquoCofradiardquo gifts likeflowers fruits and chocolates

He went on to praise Julia as withthe rest of the Barrettos for theirbeauty

ldquoMaganda talaga rsquoyung mgaBarretto sistersrdquo said he referring tothe controversial siblings GretchenClaudine and Marjorie Juliarsquos mother

Julian and Julia Fromreel to real

Julian Estrada and Julia Barretto

TV5 statement onMr Willie Revillamersquosresignation

Willie Revillame

So it has finally been confirmedthe rumor that Willie Revillame isresigning from TV5 and that his showldquoWowowillierdquo will end when his contractwith the network expires on Oct 15

The persistent hearsay was thatWillie is resigning because he wasasking for a P90 million talent fee permonth which the Kapatid networkrejected according to a source

Williersquos camp denied the rumorsaying at first that while itrsquos true hiscontract with TV5 is expiring in Octoberthere was no negotiation going on yetabout the possible renewal of suchcontract much less about any amountfor the hostrsquos monthly talent fee

Willie has his options on whether tocontinue with the show or take hismuch-needed vacation He has favoredthe latter

To this TV5 has issued this shortstatement

ldquoWe respect the decision of MrWillie Revillame to retire upon theexpiry of his contract with TV5 We wishhim well in his new pursuitsrdquo a

May 201318 The North American Filipino Star

Showbiz Gossip Continued from p17

Maja Salvador said she is at a lossfor words when met with greetings onher relationship with Gerald Andersonwhich the actor recently confirmed

At the sidelines of the filming of herupcoming big-screen project with SenJinggoy Estrada on Wednesday the24-year-old actress was asked for herreaction to her boyfriend going publicwith their relationship

Marami ang nagsasabi na angganda ko raw ang suwerte ko raw Diko alam paano sasagutin yun eSalvador was quoted as saying byentertainment news site PhilippineEntertainment Portal

Siguro sobrang blessed ko langna ganun ako ka-importante sa buhayniya talaga she said referring toAnderson

The 24-year-old actor admitted the

real score between him and Salvadorin the June 2013 issue of entertainmentmagazine StarStudio

Last Sunday Anderson said thedecision to admit his romantic ties withSalvador was for everybodys peace ofmind citing the endless speculationsabout their relationship

Anderson and Salvadorsrelationship however came at the costof the actress friendship with her InaKapatid Anak co-star and erstwhilebest friend Kim Chiu

Chiu is the former girlfriend ofAnderson The two broke up in 2010

In an earlier interview an emotionalChiu said she has already forgivenAnderson and Salvador but added itis difficult to forget what they did toyou a

Maja Salvador reacts to GeraldAndersonrsquos confession

Gerald Anderson and Maja Salvador

The lady of laughs Ai Ai delasAlas feels so much better now daysafter her personal conflict with short-lived husband Jed Salang came to ahead

Ai Ai said she never realized howmuch love she enjoys from everyone ndashher family her friends in and out of thebusiness her fans and even those whoare just looking ndash until this thinghappened to her

ldquoIrsquom overwhelmed by the love andsupport of everybody I am verythankful Sobrang pasasalamat kotalaga sa Diyos at sa lahat-lahat ngmga mababait na mga anak ko mgakaibigan ko at mga taong nagmamahalsa akin kahit hindi naman nila akomasyadong nakakasama o nakikita

Wala na akong mahihiling paNapakasuwerte ko pa rinrdquo she saidAi Ai told us everything is clear with hernow ldquoHindi ko akalain na mangyayarisa buhay ko ang ganorsquon nanapapanood ko lang sa TV Pero atleast okay na ako Nakalaya na rin akobago pa mangyari sa akin ang mgabagay na ikakahiya ko pa balangarawrdquo she said

Ai Ai likened her life to a plot of anABS-CBN soap opera She saidldquorsquoyung tipong isang medyonakakabatang lalaki na pumatol saisang medyo may edad na babae namay pera Pero meron talaga siyangpamilya at sinabihan niya na sandalilang ito at kailangan lang niya gawinpara na din sa kanyang mag-inaGanun ang eksaktong nangyari saakinrdquoAnd what didnrsquot kill her made herstronger Ai Ai said ldquoNow I really thankGod for waking me up just in timeMasakit pero ganun talagaNaghangad kasi ako na mahalin ngisang lalaki mapakasalan Siguro hinditalaga rsquoyun ang buhay na para sa akinMarami namang masyadong blessingna ibinibigay si God Ang mga anak kosobrang mahal ako Nahihiya nga akosa kanila at nagpapasalamat nanaiintindihan nila ang Mommy nila Silaang tunay kong kayamananrdquo a

Ai Ai Delas Alas is much betternow

Comedienne Ai Ai delas Alas hasfiled a formal complaint against herhusband of 29 days businessmanJed Salang

According to a report ofentertainment website Pepphpublished on Wednesday delas Alascharged Salang of violating theRepublic Act 9262 or the act definingviolence against women and childrenbefore the Quezon City Regional Trial

Court on FridayThis is in addition to the

protection order she sought againsther husband so he could no longercome near her by 100 to 500 meters

Citing a source allegedly close tothe comedienne Pepph said delasAlas detailed in her petition howSalang physically abused her lastMay 2

The source added delas Alas alsoconsulted with a psychologist whotold her that she is in a ldquostate ofdepressionrdquo and is suffering from anldquoacute post-traumatic-stressdisorderrdquo

Two weeks ago delas Alas brokedown on The Buzz as she confirmedher breakup from Salang

In an interview with The Buzzhost Boy Abunda delas Alasadmitted that she was physically

Ai Ai delas Alas with her husband JedSalang (file photo)

Ai Ai files raps vs husband JedSalang

abused by Salang which led to herdecision to leave him last May 2

She also tearfully said shebelieves Salang never loved her

Delas Alas and Salang weremarried in Las Vegas last April 3

It takes two to do the show bizbreakup cha-cha

Did Jed Salang really do all thoseawful awful things andhellip isnrsquot hegoing to defend himself Just youwait

In the aftermath of Ai-Ai de lasAlasrsquo spectacular meltdown on ldquoTheBuzzrdquo last Sunday over a turbulentseparation from her husband of lessthan a month movie reporters havebeen hunting down Salang abusinessman

Did he really beat up the 48-year-old actress routinely Is he agambling addict as they say Is it

true that he received a monthlyallowance of P40000 from De lasAlas Did he use her money to buyexpensive gifts for another personAwful awful talk (Meanwhile has hereturned the ldquodream carrdquo that shegave him for their first ldquomonthsaryrdquo)

Several show biz scribes havegone to Salangrsquos workplace inAlabang others to his reportedcurrent address A few claim to havetalked to Salang but say he declinedto comment on the whole sordidaffair

When De las Alas claimed onnationwide TV that she had broken upwith Salang on May 2 after repeatedincidents of physical abuse her fanswent up in arms as if on cue Theywasted no time in flooding SalangrsquosInstagram account with vitriolprompting him to close it onMondaymdashhis only link to socialnetworking a

May 2013 19The North American Filipino Star

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Words cannot express howdelighted Lovi Poe is about her sisterGrace Poe-Llamanzares ranking No 1in the May 13 senatorial race Shefinds it hard to believe that she nowhas a big sister who is a senator and isjust a phone call away

Lovi during her contract signingwith GMA-7 last May 17 shared thatshe has gotten to know her elder sisterwell during the campaign season

ldquoIrsquom so proud of her When we hadlunch I met her son daughter and herhusband They are all wonderfulpeople talaga Lahat sila mababait SiAte Grace shersquos very humble shersquosvery smart Talagang I look up to herKung baga isa siyang magandanghalimbawardquo she sharedShe added that if she is proud shecould just imagine how prouder theirfather the late Fernando Poe Jr Kingof Philippine Cinema would havebeen

ldquoIrsquom sure si Papa kung anongnararamdaman ko kay Ate Grace masgrabe pa siya and Irsquom sureipagpapatuloy niya ang gusto niPapahellip I just really feel so proudespecially with what happened nanag-number one siya Siya na mismonagsabi that she didnrsquot expect thatrdquoLovi expressed that she will be asupportive sister and intimated thatSen Grace would be having lunchwith her to discuss her plans inpolitics She said that she would helpin her own capacity as an actress butwonrsquot be ldquovisible politicallyrdquo

ldquoI donrsquot want to venture into

politics kasi itrsquos not my turf talagaLetrsquos leave it to the experts sabi nganilardquo quipped Lovi

These days Lovi is more focusedon giving her all in the projects that theKapuso network entrusts her Shebelieves she has the talent and wantsto prove that she is worthy of herthree-year contract Her love life toocould take a backseat to her new stateof mind which is workldquoIrsquom not dating now I just want to

focus talaga on work Ito rsquoyungpromise ko sa sarili ko na masfocused ako now Irsquom already 24 yearsold at ibang Lovi na ito Mas mature nakasi medyo before I want to enjoywhile working of course but now masfocused nardquo

Itrsquos been almost two months sinceLovi took a break from the Kapusonetwork Now she is excited to goback to work and see her colleagueswhom she misses a lot She also looks

forward to the teleseryes she wouldget and the leading men shersquod beworking with As an actress she israring to do more challenging roles inthe near future

By the way Lovi is in theupcoming movie of Joel Lamanganentitled ldquoLihisrdquo with Jake Cuenca andJoem Bascon among others a

Lovi proud sister to Sen Grace Poe

Lovi Poe (Left) and Sen Grace Poe-Llamanzares

For the first time HeartEvangelista revealed the real reasonwhy she and Jericho Rosales whomshe considers her ldquogreatest loverdquobroke up in 2008

In an sit-down interview with Yesmagazine for its May 2013 issueEvangelista said her parents madeher believe that Rosales cheated onher with Malaysian actress CarmenSoo

At that time Evangelista justreconciled with her parents after nottalking to them for three yearsbecause she fought for herrelationship with Rosales

Evangelista said her parents didnot approve of the Kapamilya actorbecause he already had a child froma previous relationship

ldquoI didnrsquot see them for three yearsat that time and I missed them somuch And I was also going though alot I was struggling with life I wasconfused Although I was happy itwas hard to be happy in one areaand everything else seems like itrsquosfalling apart But the moment I gotback with them naging okay kamirdquoshe said

Rosales was then in Malaysiawith Soo for the ABS-CBN seriesldquoKahit Isang Saglitrdquo whileEvangelista was in Dubai for her ownshow in GMA-7

ldquoWhen they said that he wascheating on me with Carmen Soo Ireally did think that he was I reallythought that he cheated on me Ireally did And that was because theytold me that he was and I wasconvincedrdquo she said

Evangelista shared there waseven a time when Rosales went tosee her in her condominium unit sohe could explain himself but theynever saw each other

ldquoMy mom didnrsquot tell me that hewas waiting for me downstairs in mycondo for five hours She didnrsquot say

anything so I didnrsquot hear from himrdquoshe said

The 27-year-old actress said shejust learned in due course thatRosales did not really cheat on her

ldquoOf course they are yourparentsmdashwhen they tell yousomething over and over you start tohave fears You start to doubt certainsituations And thatrsquos what happenedto me beforerdquo she said

Through time Evangelistaunderstood that her mom was justscared to lose her

ldquoShe was trying to let me go She

was really trying her best to not getherself involved with my pastrelationships It was always like thatShe would try But in the endeverything that she kept inside wouldjust blow up and it would just affectme so much and also therelationship that I was inrdquo she said

Evangelista recently madeheadlines anew after she foundherself in another collision coursewith her parents who lambasted hercurrent boyfriend Senator FrancisChiz Escudero

Both Evangelista and Escuderohowever have stood firm that theyare not breaking up amid all theissues surrounding their relationship

Why Heart and Jericho really broke up Jericho has found lsquoThe Onersquo

Early photo of Heart amp JerichoNot meant to be Former lovers Heartand Jericho Rosales

May 201320 The North American Filipino Star

Itrsquos tough fighting the worldrsquossecond biggest economic power andmost populous country But whenanother economic heavyweight joinsthe fight against you they couldtrounce you very badly And to makethe situation worse the two adversariesare the giant Peoplersquos Republic ofChina (PRC) and the Lilliputian buteconomically rich Republic of China(ROC) which is more commonly knownas Taiwan With the Philippines upagainst the two Chinas her options are

limited

Over the past several years Chinaincreased her defense budget todouble-digit increments In the case ofTaiwan the United States provided herwith firepower to defend herself fromChina whose ultimate goal is to takeover Taiwan and complete theunification of the two Chinas under onegovernment

But the US has nothing to do with thatAlthough the US recognizes the PRCunder a ldquoOne China Policyrdquo she madeit known that Taiwan would bedefended should China decide toinvade Taiwan

The Philippines followed suit andadopted a ldquoOne China Policyrdquo too thussevering her diplomatic relationshipwith Taiwan However the influentialcommunity of Chinese expatriates andrefugees in the Philippines identifythemselves with Chiang Kai-shek andhis Kuomintang Party who fled toTaiwan in 1949 after they were defeatedby Mao Zedong and his CommunistParty in a bloody Civil War

To continue their ldquofriendshiprdquo thePhilippines and Taiwan established twooffices to serve as conduit between thetwo governments The Philippinegovernment opened the ManilaEconomic and Cultural Office (MECO)in Taipei and Taiwan opened the TaipeiEconomic and Cultural Office (TECO) inManila Indeed the relationshipbetween the Philippines and Taiwancouldnrsquot have been betterhellip until lastMay 9 when an incident in disputedwaters ended in the death of aTaiwanese fisherman

Fishing boat incidentRelatives of fisherman killed by thePhilippine Coast Guard

According to Philippine Coast Guard(PCG) account two Taiwanese fishing

boats were sighted in the Balintangchannel just north of Luzon which isPhilippine territory and not claimed byTaiwan or any other country In whatappeared to be illegal fishing the PCGvessel approached the fishing boatsbut one of them tried to ram the PCGvessel The PCG fired at the chargingfishing boat to disable it The fishingboat was disabled howeverunbeknown to the PCG crew a 65-yearold Taiwanese fisherman was hit Thena ldquobig white shiprdquo came to view and the

PCG vessel took off (Source The DailyTribune)

The incident created a crescendo ofevents leading to violence againstOverseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) inTaiwan MECO Chairman AmadeoPerez reported that an OFW wasattacked with a baseball bat by anangry mob in Kaohsiung City TaiwanOther attacks on OFWs were reportedldquoThe situation in Taiwan now is verytenserdquo said PerezIn an attempt to placate TaiwanPresident Benigno Aquino IIIapologized for the death of the

Taiwanese fisherman but the Taiwanesegovernment uncharacteristicallyrejected it as ldquoinsincererdquo

And to make matters worse theTaiwanese government banned theentry of OFWs The Philippinegovernment is preparing evacuationplans should the need to bring theOFWs home arises The Taiwanesegovernment also issued an advisory toher citizens not to visit the Philippines

Enter the bullyEmperor Xi Jinping (Credit TheEconomist)

Meanwhile a Chinese foreign ministryspokesman said ldquoWe strongly

condemn the barbaric shooting andkilling of the Taiwanese fishermandemanding that the Philippines shouldinvestigate the case and furnish thedetails as soon as possible We aredeeply grieved about the death of theTaiwanese compatriot and have sentcondolences to his familyrdquo With Chinaopenly siding with Taiwan it makes onewonder if China was taking advantageof the incident to drive a wedgebetween the two allies of the UnitedStates Indeed China has been tryingvery hard to neutralize the UnitedStatesrsquo military presence in the WesternPacific particularly in the South andEast China Seas

In August 2012 China tricked thePhilippines into ending the standoff atthe Scarborough Shoal (PanatagShoal) by agreeing to a withdrawal ofthe two countriesrsquo naval vessels fromthe area As soon as the Philippineswithdrew her Coast Guard vesselsChina cordoned off the only opening tothe shoal while several Chinese shipsstayed Since then China has de factopossession of the shoal which is about124 miles from Luzon and within thePhilippinesrsquo 200-mile ExclusiveEconomic Zone (EEZ)

Ryukyu archipelagoRyukyu Islands

Recently two events happened that putChinese expansionism into thegeopolitical equation First itquestioned Japanrsquos ownership of theRyukyu archipelago which includesOkinawa where the US maintains 18army navy air force and marine bases

China claims that the Ryukyus wereonce a Chinese vassal state during theMing and Qing dynasties therefore theisland chain should be returned toChina

With this new ldquoterritorial disputerdquoJapanrsquos ongoing dispute with Chinaover ownership of the Senkaku Islandstakes different dimension Someexperts are saying that China is usingthe Ryukyu issue as a bargaining chipto her claim over the Senkakus a groupof five uninhabited islands and isletswedged between Okinawa and Taiwan

When Japan and Taiwan recentlysigned a joint fishing agreement aroundthe Senkakus China became furiousAnd right after that the ownership of theRyukyus came into play

Ayungin Shoal

China also opened another potentialarea of dispute ndash right inside Philippineterritory A few days ago severalChinese ships were sighted near theAyungin Shoal in the Kalayaan town inthe province of Palawan

Last May 10 a Department of ForeignAffairs (DFA) spokesperson said thatAyungin Shoal is within the PhilippinesrsquoEEZ He said that the entry of foreignfishing vessels in an EEZ is a violationof the United Nations Convention of theLaw of the Sea (UNCLOS) China andthe Philippines are signatories toUNCLOS DFA filed a protest letter withthe Chinese Embassy in Manila on theprovocative presence of two Chinesemaritime surveillance shipsand onewarship around Ayungin Shoal(Source The Philippine Star)

Taiping Island

Taiwan also has a piece of the actionamong six nations involved in territorialdisputes in the Spratly archipelagoRecently Taiwan announced plans toexpand a pier in Taiping Island thelargest island in the Spratlys Byexpanding the pier in the fortified islandit would allow port calls by Taiwanrsquos2000-ton frigates The island hasalready a 3800-foot runway whichTaiwan built in 2006 (Source NewStraits Times)

During the 115th anniversarycelebration of the Philippine Navy lastMay 21 Aquino declared ldquoOurmessage to the world is clear what isours is ours and we will repel any andall attempts to claim what is ours anddefend ourselves against any form ofaggression especially within ourbackyardrdquoIt seems that itrsquos going to bea battle between David vs two Goliaths(PerryDiazgmailcom)

David vs Two Goliaths

Anti-Filipino rally in Taiwan

Relatives of killed Taiwanese fisherman

ldquoEmperorrdquo Xi Jinping (Credit The Economist)

Ryukyu Islands

May 2013 21The North American Filipino Star

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Embracing theObscureBy David White

This past weekend in Sonoma CountyCalifornia 17 vintners gathered for a winetasting they dubbed The 7 PercentSolution

As the organizers explained roughly 93percent of Northern California vineyardacreage is planted to eight major grapevarietals The remaining 7 percent is hometo numerous lesser-known varietals[which] are finding anchor with a small butgrowing number of winemakers

The event enabled consumers to explorethe wines being produced by Californiasrevolutionary vintners -- those willing toembrace the states vast and varied climateby avoiding popular grapes and bottlingthe obscure Whether theyre producingunusual varietals or exploring unheraldedregions these winemakers are worthcelebrating

That certain regions of California might bebetter suited to say Albarino thanChardonnay makes sense Across theglobe commercial wine is produced from a

whopping 1368 different grape varieties Itdefies logic to assume that grapes native tocentral France will thrive in all the worldsnew vineyards

This topic was explored at this years DrinkLocal Wine conference by Joseph FiolaPhD a University of Maryland professorwho has spent over 25 years researchingand teaching about experimentalviticulture

During his lecture Fiola spent a great dealof time praising the Old World for itscommitment to growing varieties that areadapted to local growing conditions

Local varieties have been growing inthose areas for hundreds maybethousands of years he explainedYear in year out they get ripe Year inyear out winemakers can controlproduction Those areas know how togrow the grapes they know how tomake good wine And its the localgrapes that are the best [Winemakers]arent going to grow CabernetSauvignon all over Italy becausepeople know the name

Fiola went on to compare southernItalys climate to southern MarylandsYet he acknowledged the temptation tofocus on well-known varieties

Trying to convince a Maryland winerythat has to worry about marketing topeople who can barely pronounceChardonnay to sell Nero dAvolaNegroamaro Sagrantino he askednaming three esoteric varieties fromItaly That presents a challenge heconceded

Europe has an advantage of courseThe continent has been producingwine for thousands of years so vintnersthere understand which grapes dobest In France for examplewinemakers in Burgundy know to focus

on Pinot Noir and Chardonnay Just asGerman vintners recognize thatRiesling thrives in the countrys Moselregion Spanish vintners recognize thatAlbarino thrives in Galicia

Wine production in the United States isstill in its infancy But winemakers knowthat American consumers enjoyCabernet Sauvignon ChardonnayMerlot Pinot Noir and SauvignonBlanc so thats what most produceOnly the most courageous vintnerswould eschew these varieties

One of these courageous vintners isMatthew Rorick of Forlorn Hope whopoured at this weekends tasting inSonoma Since 2005 he has beenproducing rare creatures fromappellations unknown and varietiesuncommon

His rare creatures are truly unusualHe produces delightful reds fromSangiovese and Barbera two Italiangrapes that few California winemakers

take seriously He produces a deliciousVerdelho a white wine thats typicallyassociated with Portugal He producesthe nations only 100-percent StLaurent a thought-provoking highlyaromatic red thats almost impossibleto find outside Austria and the CzechRepublic Each year he crafts morethan a dozen different wines -- andvirtually all are produced in lots offewer than 2500 bottles

The fact that 17 vintners like Rorickwere able to fill a room this pastweekend is a testament to the fact thatan increasing number of winemakersare willing to take risks And perhapsmore importantly Americanconsumers are growing morecomfortable exploring the unknown

David White a wine writer is the founderand editor of Terroiristcom His columnsare housed at Palate Press The OnlineWine Magazine

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Minister FlahertyHighlights EconomicAction Plan 2013rsquosStrong Support forCharitableOrganizations

The Honourable Jim Flaherty Ministerof Finance today urged Canadians totake advantage of the HarperGovernmentrsquos new First-Time DonorrsquosSuper Credit and donate to acharitable organization

Speaking at Lutherwood a not-for-profit health and social serviceorganization serving the WaterlooRegion and Wellington CountyMinister Flaherty said ldquoThroughout ournationrsquos history Canadians haveworked together to serve others andhave made Canada a better place inthe process Our Government wants tosee that noble tradition continuewhich is why Economic Action Plan2013 builds on previous actions by ourGovernment to support families andcommunities and the quality of life forhard-working Canadiansrdquo

These initiatives include the RegisteredDisability Savings Plan the FamilyCaregiver Tax Credit and the EnablingAccessibility Fund which supports thecapital costs of construction andrenovations to improve physicalaccessibility for persons withdisabilities

Minister Flaherty stated ldquoThe newFirst-Time Donorrsquos Super Credit willsignificantly enhance theattractiveness of donating to a charityfor young and new Canadians who arein a position to make donations for thefirst time By helping to rejuvenate andexpand the charitable sectorrsquos donorbase this important initiative will havean immediate impact in supporting thecharitable sectorrdquo

The credit will apply on cash donationsof up to $1000 claimed in any onetaxation year from 2013 to 2017 It willincrease the value of the existingCharitable Donations Tax Credit by 25percentage points if neither thetaxpayer nor their spouse has claimedthe credit since 2007

Kitchener-Waterloo MP Peter Braid achampion for such worthy causesadded ldquoCanadians are some of themost generous people in the worldwhen it comes to giving time andmoney to charity and our Governmentis committed to supporting that spiritrdquo

ldquoThe Super Credit is a very positivestep for charities wanting to engagenew donors We are excited by thepossibilities and eager to continueworking with the federal government toexplore innovative ways to expandcharitable giving by all Canadiansrdquosaid Marcel Lauziegravere President andCEO of Imagine Canada

___________________________________For further information media may

contact

Kathleen PerchalukPress SecretaryOffice of the Minister of Finance613-996-7861

Jack AubryMedia RelationsDepartment of Finance613-996-8080

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Treasury Board PresidentAnnounces MajorInitiative toward a High-Performing Public Service

For immediate release

May 28 2013

Ottawa ndash The Honourable TonyClement President of the TreasuryBoard today announced a newmandatory system for trackingemployee performance aimed atboosting productivity and ensuringCanadians receive modern effectiveand efficient public service

ldquoHard-working Canadians look to us toprovide high quality affordableservice The Governmentrsquos newperformance management regime willensure that we are employing thepublic service to its fullest potentialrdquosaid Minister Clement ldquoComplacencyand the status quo are not an optionExcellence must be the benchmarkCanadians deserve no lessrdquo

The new Directive on PerformanceManagement introduces for the firsttime a government-wide system fortracking employee performance Thegoal is three-fold

To recognize and reward excellentperformance

Work with all employees to maximizeperformance and

To deal decisively with unsatisfactoryperformance

ldquoPerformance management is aboutensuring good workers have anopportunity to become great workersand dealing effectively with poorperformersrdquo said Minister ClementldquoEither poor performers improve andbecome productive employees or wewill let them gordquo

The Directive which comes into effectin April 2014 includes a number ofstandardized measures for trackingperformance These measuresinclude establishing annualperformance objectives for allemployees mid-year evaluationsannual written performanceassessments and an action plan forimproving performance with clearestablished time-lines as well as stepsto be taken if performance does notimprove These steps could include

demotion or termination Processeswill ensure that employees are treatedfairly

ldquoDoing things the way they havealways been done is no longer goodenough if we want to build a 21stcentury public servicerdquo said MinisterClement ldquoWe owe it to Canadians andwe owe it to the vast majority ofcommitted hard-working publicservants to make sure everyone ispulling their weightrdquo

For more information please consultthe Directive on PerformanceManagement and visit thePerformance Management website

mdash 30 mdash

For more information see the Directiveon Performance Managementbackgrounder or contact

Matthew ConwayPress SecretaryOffice of the President of the TreasuryBoard and Minister responsible forFedNor613-957-2666

Media RelationsTreasury Board of Canada Secretariat613-957-2640

If there is a discrepancy between anyprinted version and the electronicversion of this news release theelectronic version will prevail

TTY (telecommunications device forthe hearing impaired) ndash 613-957-9090

Follow us on Twitter TBS_Canada

Backgrounder - Directive onPerformance Management

The Government of Canada isimplementing a new employeeperformance management program tofoster excellence in service delivery toCanadians and improve productivity

This Directive will introduce for the firsttime a systemic mandatoryperformance assessment for all corepublic sector employees Rigorousperformance management is a bestpractice and an essential element of amodern public service

The new Directive on PerformanceManagement applies to federalemployees in the core publicadministration See footnote 1 and willcome into effect on April 1 2014

The approach to implementingPerformance Management is system-wide and will support deputy headsmanagers and employees in achievingand sustaining a culture of highperformance in the public sector

Highlights

The Directive calls for consistency inhow employee performance ismanaged and how employeesrsquo skillsare developed across the federal

public service

Each federal organization will establishan employee performancemanagement program that includesrequirements such as

Mandatory annual performancemanagement objectives for allemployees including commitmentsperformance objectives and expectedbehaviours and learning ordevelopment plans

Mid-year evaluations of eachemployee

Annual written employee performanceassessments at the end of each fiscalyear

An action plan to support and guideemployees to improve performancewithin clear timelines and

Mandatory attestation by deputyheads that an employee hassuccessfully completed the probationperiod

Requirements for performanceagreements are already in place forpublic service executives and non-unionized employees With the newDirective performance agreements willbe mandatory for all

To support managers and supervisorsin adopting the new Directivemandatory training will be providedEach department will have acommittee made up of senior officialsto coach managers through theprocess Managers will also besupported with additional labourrelations advice and a Labour andEmployment Law Centre of Expertiseis also being created by the TreasuryBoard Secretariat to deal specificallywith employment law and litigation

The Values and Ethics Code for thePublic Sector that came into force inApril 2012 underpins the objectives ofthe new Directive

The Office of the Chief HumanResources Officer is responsible formonitoring departmentsrsquo compliancewith the directive and conductingreviews to evaluate its impact

Know ThyselfHe who knows much about

others may be learned but hewho understands himself is

more intelligentHe who controls others may be

powerful but he who hasmastered himself is

mightier still

A journey of a thousand milesmust begin with a single step

Lao Tzu

By viewing the old we learn the new

Chinese Proverb

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Sale prices valid fromMay 29 to June 5 2013

Ligo sardines - 3 $200

Ox tail - $450 lb

Max Candy $129 each Lychee in cane - $149 each

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Shanghai bok choy 79cent

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Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce

Cultural Centre launchedMontreacuteal May 28 2013 ndash At a specialmeeting held last Thursday the Cocircte-des-NeigesmdashNotre-Dame-de-Gracircce (CDNmdashNDG) Borough Council awarded a contractto build the new Notre-Dame-de-GracircceCultural Centre The $1540010710contract was won by the Geyser Group inc

The Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce Cultural Centrewill house a new Benny Library and also amulti-purpose hall to accommodate culturalexhibitions and a wide variety ofperformances The ecologically-friendlybuilding meeting LEED certificationstandards will be prominently located at theintersection of avenue de Monkland andavenue Benny across from the NDG SportsCentre

Construction will begin in the next fewweeks and be completed at the end of2014 Originally planned for 2012 theproject had to be modified in order to meetthe Boroughrsquos self-imposed budgetconstraints Construction of the Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce Cultural Centre representsa $236 million investment for which theBorough is depending in particular on thejoint financial support of the ministegravere de laCulture et des Communications du Queacutebecand the Ville de Montreacuteal

ICAO headquarters toremain in Montreal

MONTREAL May 27 2013 - The Ministerof Foreign Affairs the Honourable John

Baird the Minister of InternationalRelations La Francophonie and ExternalTrade and Minister responsible for theMontreacuteal region Mr Jean Francois Liseacuteeand the Mayor of Montreacuteal Mr MichaelApplebaum would like to invite members ofthe media to a press conference for thesigning of the renewal agreement with theInternational Civil Aviation Organization(ICAO) in Montreacuteal

Date Monday May 27th 2013Heure 5 pmLieu Terrace of City Hall

275 Notre-Dame EstMetro Champ-de-Mars

Come join celebrate thePhilippine IndependenceDay Celebration on June 12 1000AM at theFAMAS CentreThe Philippine Declaration of Independencesimultaneously marked the end of thePhilippine Revolution and the PhilippineIslandsrsquo assertion to sovereignty andindependence from Spanish colonial ruleHowever neither Spain nor Americarecognized such a stake to independentnationhood and on December 10 1898the Spanish government ceded thePhilippines to the United States in the Treatyof Paris for the price of US $2 millionmarking the end of the Spanish-AmericanWar1

A short two months later on February 41899 armed conflict erupted betweenPhilippine revolutionary forces and USmilitary occupants in Manila By June 2

1899 the First Philippine Republic officiallydeclared war against the US that lasteduntil July 4 1902 Approximately 20000soldiers were killed in action while thecivilian death toll reached an estimated half-million persons Though the war officiallyended in the summer of 1899 guerillafreedom fighters continued to challengeUS occupation for several more years

It was not until July 4 1946 nearly fiftyyears later that the United States formallyrecognized full Philippine independentnationhood with the enactment of the Treatyof Manila On a rainy day in Manilarsquos LunetaPark 400000 onlookers cheered as theAmerican flag was lowered and thePhilippine flag was raised in its placeSenator Millard Tydings of Marylandreported that the day was ldquoone of the mostunprecedented most idealistic and mostfar-reaching events in all recorded historyrdquo3

July 4 was officially recognized as theNational Day until August 4 1964 whenPresident Diosdado Macapagal signed theMalacanang Republic Act No 4166 thateffectively made June 12mdashthe day thatGeneral Emilio Aguinaldo and hisrevolutionary peers had originally claimedas the Nationrsquos Daymdashthe countryrsquos officialIndependence Day

Today Filipinos around the world fromSaudi Arabia to Los Angeles Californiacontinue to celebrate PhilippineIndependence Day on June 12 In AmericaFilipino Americans otherwise known asFilAms use this day to commemorate thePhilippinesrsquo independence from colonialrule celebrate Filipino heritage-pride

preserve cultural roots promote culturalawareness and bring FilAm communitiestogether4

The largest Philippine Independence Daycelebration takes place annually in NewYork City on Madison Avenue between 23rdand 38th street on the first Sunday of JuneAn estimated 100000 people turn out totake part in various events and to march ina parade that represents FilAms and the7000 plus island clusters that constitute thePhilippine archipelago FilAms proudlydonned outfits representative of theirregional origins academic affiliationsprofessions favored sports team andmore5

In Washington DC the PhilippineEmbassy and Filipino AmericanOrganization host an Independence DayGala commemorative festivals and othercultural activities

In Montreal we commemorate thePhilippine Independence by a Flag RaisingCeremony at the FAMAS Centre every June12 every year

Come and celebrate with us and meet andgreet our kababayans and public officialsLight refreshments are served

Cheers

From the FAMAS Executive Board

Al Boy AbdonPublic Relations Officer - FAMASalabdonvideotronca

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FILIPINO STARS H O W B I Z G O S S I PlsquoAnnalizarsquo wants to directsomeday

She may be just 10 years old andher show-biz career just starting totake off but child star AndreaBrillantes can already see herselfworking behind the camera whenbeing in front of it has lost its appeal

ldquoI enjoy taking photos and mymom tells me they look nicerdquo shesaid ldquoI want to become a director awriter or a photographer when I growolder I want to be behind the scenesrdquoBrillantes told a small group ofreporters at a recent media gatheringfor ABS-CBNrsquos remake of the popular1980s television drama ldquoAnnalizardquowhere she plays the title role

The late Julie Vega was theoriginal Annaliza

For her dream first photo shootBrillantes said she wanted her subjectto be her idol Kim Chiu Her directorialdebut on the other hand will mostlikely have ldquoAnnalizardquo costar ZanjoeMarudo (who plays her father Guido)as lead actor she added

Prior to this big break Brillantesoften played the role of a teleseryersquosstar as a child She was the youngAndi Eigenmann in ldquoKahit PusorsquoyMasugatanrdquo Jessy Mendiola inldquoPrecious Heart Romances Paraisordquoand Kim Chiu in ldquoIna Kapatid Anakrdquo

ldquoIrsquom very thankful and happy thatI was chosen to play Annalizabecause itrsquos my dream to star in myown showrdquo she said Brillantes saidshe googled Vega on the Internet toknow more about her learning abouther birthday and death

Looking sweet and adorable in apink dress Brillantes was refreshingly

self-assured when asked if shebelieved she could carry a televisionshow on her own

But the precocious youngsterclammed up when the subject ofcompetition with other ABS-CBN childstars such as Xyriel Manabat wasbrought up ldquoI donrsquot knowrdquo shemurmured ldquoMas matanda po akordquoshe offered drawing laughter fromthe crowd

Currently a Grade 4 student inAmbassador School for ChildrenBrillantes said she might resort tohome-schooling next academic yearbecause of her increasingly heavyschedule

Do her schoolmates and friendsknow that shersquos an actor ldquoYestheyrsquore happy and proud of meSometimes they approach me forphoto opsrdquo she said

Brillantes who joined the kiddiegag show ldquoGoinrsquo Bulilitsrdquo in 2010proudly announced she was able tobuy herself a cell phone and an iPadfrom her earnings ldquoSomeday I wantto have a nice bedroomrdquo she said

Business unit head Ruel Bayanisaid their version of ldquoAnnalizardquo wouldbe generally faithful to the originalseries ldquoBut to make it relevant todaywe incorporated different socialissues we encounter nowrdquo Bayanisaid

Directed by Theodore Boboroland Cathy Camarillo ldquoAnnalizardquo startsairing Monday before ldquoTV Patrolrdquo a

After his sold-out birthdayconcert at the Smart-AranetaColiseum Kapamilya teensensation Daniel Padilla continuesto sweep off the feet of his fans withhis sophomore album under StarRecords titled ldquoDJPrdquo

Daniel Padilla ReleasesSophomore Album DJP

Following the success of hisdouble platinum self-titled albumldquoDJPrdquo features 10 tracks includingDanielrsquos carrier single ldquoKamustaKardquo ldquoKung San Ka MasayardquoldquoSabay Natinrdquo ldquoPanalanginrdquoldquoBinibinirdquo ldquoNaaalalardquo ldquoKisapmatardquoldquoIpagpatawad Mordquo ldquoSisikat DinAkordquo and the acoustic version ofHimig Handog P-Pop Love Songfinalist ldquoNasa Iyo Na Ang Lahatrdquo

The album also carries thebonus track ldquoDiskarterdquo DanielrsquosldquoDJPrdquo album is already available onall record bars nationwide for onlyP250 The digital tracks of thealbum can also be downloaded viawwwmymusicstorecomph andiTunes

For more information visit StarRecordsrsquo Facebook fanpage atwwwfacebookcomstarrecordsphilor follow starrecordsph onTwitter a

Daniel Padilla ReleasesSophomore Album DJP

Daniel Padilla had his fans shrieking onASAP Sunday as he channeled hisinner Mr Suave while performing theParokya ni Edgar hit along with threeother Padillas RJ Matthew and JC

Rising teleserye princess Andrea Brillantes suddenly burst into tears while walkingon center stage when her first teleserye starrer Annaliza was introduced toadvertisers at the recently held ABS-CBN trade event at the NBC Tent in Taguig Theten-year old young actress wasnrsquot able to contain her emotions any longer whenshe realized that she is actually living her long-time dream of playing lead in a TVseries

May 2013 17The North American Filipino Star

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The Court of Appeals (CA) ruledin favor of the Movie and TelevisionReview and Classification Board(MTRCB) that suspended TV5snoontime game show Willing Willie in2011 over an obscene segment

Associated Justice ManuelBarrios of the appellate courts 2ndDivision said in an 11-page decisionissued late Thursday that thecontested episode that showed ayoung boy dancing in a raunchymanner while crying was enoughmaterial for MTRCB to suspend thepopular show for one month

A review of the recording of thatsegment shows a 6-year old boygyrating like a macho dancer whilebeing cajoled and goaded by theshows host and the audience iscommonly perceived as transpiringonly in night clubs and othershadowy establishments thedecision stated

The court also called the showhost Willie Revillame insensitive inencouraging the boy to continue withthe performance in exchange for amonetary reward

While money has great utilityand is beneficial in these times ofwant it must never be used asjustification to sacrifice good moralsdecency self respect and thepsychological well-being of itscitizens especially the young itadded

MTRCB Chairman EugenioVillareal welcomed the courtsdecision on Thursday night sayinghe hopes the ruling be instructive tothe television industryEntertainment ( Article MRec )pagematch 1 sectionmatch 1

May this allow the televisionindustry especially those moredirectly concerned to move on andhelp build an entertainment culturethat is truly audience-sensitive andparticularly looking out for thewelfare of our young Villareal said ina statement

MTRCB earlier said in the originalsuspension ruling that the showviolated a law against immoral andindecent broadcasts that run counterto Filipino valuesinvoking herbrothers being in power when shemade a veiled threat Wala na siyangibang masabi Sabi niya Bakanakalimutan mo may three years paang brother ko Yap said a

Court says Willie Revillameinsensitive upholds showsuspension

Julia Barretto the winsome 16-year old daughter of Marjorie Barrettowho is fast making a name for herselfin the show business industry as ldquoTheMost Beautiful Barrettordquo continues tocapture hearts including that of teenstar Julian Estrada - her co-star in arecent special episode of ABS-CBNrsquosaward-winning fantasy-dramaanthology ldquoWansapanataymrdquo

Estrada who like Barretto is ascion of an established showbiz familythat includes actor turned presidentJoseph ldquoEraprdquo Estrada has nowadmitted to wooing his fellow StarMagic 2013 member in a recentinterview on ldquoKris TVrdquo ndash a far cry froman earlier statement

ldquoHindi naman po ligaw (But)things are doing pretty well (betweenthe two of us) rdquo he was quoted assaying prior

Ironically the 15-year-old spilledthe truth about courting the young

actress when he was being grilled byhis own father actor turned senatorJinggoy Estrada during their guestappearance on ldquoKris TVrdquo Monday

ldquoNililigawan mo bardquo The senatorasked his son who went on to blurt acurt ldquoYeahrdquo

When asked if he thinks he is onhis way to winning Julia over theyoung Estrada meekly retortedldquoSanardquo

The older Estrada went on todispense seeming sage advice tellinghis son to give the star of theupcoming series ldquoCofradiardquo gifts likeflowers fruits and chocolates

He went on to praise Julia as withthe rest of the Barrettos for theirbeauty

ldquoMaganda talaga rsquoyung mgaBarretto sistersrdquo said he referring tothe controversial siblings GretchenClaudine and Marjorie Juliarsquos mother

Julian and Julia Fromreel to real

Julian Estrada and Julia Barretto

TV5 statement onMr Willie Revillamersquosresignation

Willie Revillame

So it has finally been confirmedthe rumor that Willie Revillame isresigning from TV5 and that his showldquoWowowillierdquo will end when his contractwith the network expires on Oct 15

The persistent hearsay was thatWillie is resigning because he wasasking for a P90 million talent fee permonth which the Kapatid networkrejected according to a source

Williersquos camp denied the rumorsaying at first that while itrsquos true hiscontract with TV5 is expiring in Octoberthere was no negotiation going on yetabout the possible renewal of suchcontract much less about any amountfor the hostrsquos monthly talent fee

Willie has his options on whether tocontinue with the show or take hismuch-needed vacation He has favoredthe latter

To this TV5 has issued this shortstatement

ldquoWe respect the decision of MrWillie Revillame to retire upon theexpiry of his contract with TV5 We wishhim well in his new pursuitsrdquo a

May 201318 The North American Filipino Star

Showbiz Gossip Continued from p17

Maja Salvador said she is at a lossfor words when met with greetings onher relationship with Gerald Andersonwhich the actor recently confirmed

At the sidelines of the filming of herupcoming big-screen project with SenJinggoy Estrada on Wednesday the24-year-old actress was asked for herreaction to her boyfriend going publicwith their relationship

Marami ang nagsasabi na angganda ko raw ang suwerte ko raw Diko alam paano sasagutin yun eSalvador was quoted as saying byentertainment news site PhilippineEntertainment Portal

Siguro sobrang blessed ko langna ganun ako ka-importante sa buhayniya talaga she said referring toAnderson

The 24-year-old actor admitted the

real score between him and Salvadorin the June 2013 issue of entertainmentmagazine StarStudio

Last Sunday Anderson said thedecision to admit his romantic ties withSalvador was for everybodys peace ofmind citing the endless speculationsabout their relationship

Anderson and Salvadorsrelationship however came at the costof the actress friendship with her InaKapatid Anak co-star and erstwhilebest friend Kim Chiu

Chiu is the former girlfriend ofAnderson The two broke up in 2010

In an earlier interview an emotionalChiu said she has already forgivenAnderson and Salvador but added itis difficult to forget what they did toyou a

Maja Salvador reacts to GeraldAndersonrsquos confession

Gerald Anderson and Maja Salvador

The lady of laughs Ai Ai delasAlas feels so much better now daysafter her personal conflict with short-lived husband Jed Salang came to ahead

Ai Ai said she never realized howmuch love she enjoys from everyone ndashher family her friends in and out of thebusiness her fans and even those whoare just looking ndash until this thinghappened to her

ldquoIrsquom overwhelmed by the love andsupport of everybody I am verythankful Sobrang pasasalamat kotalaga sa Diyos at sa lahat-lahat ngmga mababait na mga anak ko mgakaibigan ko at mga taong nagmamahalsa akin kahit hindi naman nila akomasyadong nakakasama o nakikita

Wala na akong mahihiling paNapakasuwerte ko pa rinrdquo she saidAi Ai told us everything is clear with hernow ldquoHindi ko akalain na mangyayarisa buhay ko ang ganorsquon nanapapanood ko lang sa TV Pero atleast okay na ako Nakalaya na rin akobago pa mangyari sa akin ang mgabagay na ikakahiya ko pa balangarawrdquo she said

Ai Ai likened her life to a plot of anABS-CBN soap opera She saidldquorsquoyung tipong isang medyonakakabatang lalaki na pumatol saisang medyo may edad na babae namay pera Pero meron talaga siyangpamilya at sinabihan niya na sandalilang ito at kailangan lang niya gawinpara na din sa kanyang mag-inaGanun ang eksaktong nangyari saakinrdquoAnd what didnrsquot kill her made herstronger Ai Ai said ldquoNow I really thankGod for waking me up just in timeMasakit pero ganun talagaNaghangad kasi ako na mahalin ngisang lalaki mapakasalan Siguro hinditalaga rsquoyun ang buhay na para sa akinMarami namang masyadong blessingna ibinibigay si God Ang mga anak kosobrang mahal ako Nahihiya nga akosa kanila at nagpapasalamat nanaiintindihan nila ang Mommy nila Silaang tunay kong kayamananrdquo a

Ai Ai Delas Alas is much betternow

Comedienne Ai Ai delas Alas hasfiled a formal complaint against herhusband of 29 days businessmanJed Salang

According to a report ofentertainment website Pepphpublished on Wednesday delas Alascharged Salang of violating theRepublic Act 9262 or the act definingviolence against women and childrenbefore the Quezon City Regional Trial

Court on FridayThis is in addition to the

protection order she sought againsther husband so he could no longercome near her by 100 to 500 meters

Citing a source allegedly close tothe comedienne Pepph said delasAlas detailed in her petition howSalang physically abused her lastMay 2

The source added delas Alas alsoconsulted with a psychologist whotold her that she is in a ldquostate ofdepressionrdquo and is suffering from anldquoacute post-traumatic-stressdisorderrdquo

Two weeks ago delas Alas brokedown on The Buzz as she confirmedher breakup from Salang

In an interview with The Buzzhost Boy Abunda delas Alasadmitted that she was physically

Ai Ai delas Alas with her husband JedSalang (file photo)

Ai Ai files raps vs husband JedSalang

abused by Salang which led to herdecision to leave him last May 2

She also tearfully said shebelieves Salang never loved her

Delas Alas and Salang weremarried in Las Vegas last April 3

It takes two to do the show bizbreakup cha-cha

Did Jed Salang really do all thoseawful awful things andhellip isnrsquot hegoing to defend himself Just youwait

In the aftermath of Ai-Ai de lasAlasrsquo spectacular meltdown on ldquoTheBuzzrdquo last Sunday over a turbulentseparation from her husband of lessthan a month movie reporters havebeen hunting down Salang abusinessman

Did he really beat up the 48-year-old actress routinely Is he agambling addict as they say Is it

true that he received a monthlyallowance of P40000 from De lasAlas Did he use her money to buyexpensive gifts for another personAwful awful talk (Meanwhile has hereturned the ldquodream carrdquo that shegave him for their first ldquomonthsaryrdquo)

Several show biz scribes havegone to Salangrsquos workplace inAlabang others to his reportedcurrent address A few claim to havetalked to Salang but say he declinedto comment on the whole sordidaffair

When De las Alas claimed onnationwide TV that she had broken upwith Salang on May 2 after repeatedincidents of physical abuse her fanswent up in arms as if on cue Theywasted no time in flooding SalangrsquosInstagram account with vitriolprompting him to close it onMondaymdashhis only link to socialnetworking a

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Words cannot express howdelighted Lovi Poe is about her sisterGrace Poe-Llamanzares ranking No 1in the May 13 senatorial race Shefinds it hard to believe that she nowhas a big sister who is a senator and isjust a phone call away

Lovi during her contract signingwith GMA-7 last May 17 shared thatshe has gotten to know her elder sisterwell during the campaign season

ldquoIrsquom so proud of her When we hadlunch I met her son daughter and herhusband They are all wonderfulpeople talaga Lahat sila mababait SiAte Grace shersquos very humble shersquosvery smart Talagang I look up to herKung baga isa siyang magandanghalimbawardquo she sharedShe added that if she is proud shecould just imagine how prouder theirfather the late Fernando Poe Jr Kingof Philippine Cinema would havebeen

ldquoIrsquom sure si Papa kung anongnararamdaman ko kay Ate Grace masgrabe pa siya and Irsquom sureipagpapatuloy niya ang gusto niPapahellip I just really feel so proudespecially with what happened nanag-number one siya Siya na mismonagsabi that she didnrsquot expect thatrdquoLovi expressed that she will be asupportive sister and intimated thatSen Grace would be having lunchwith her to discuss her plans inpolitics She said that she would helpin her own capacity as an actress butwonrsquot be ldquovisible politicallyrdquo

ldquoI donrsquot want to venture into

politics kasi itrsquos not my turf talagaLetrsquos leave it to the experts sabi nganilardquo quipped Lovi

These days Lovi is more focusedon giving her all in the projects that theKapuso network entrusts her Shebelieves she has the talent and wantsto prove that she is worthy of herthree-year contract Her love life toocould take a backseat to her new stateof mind which is workldquoIrsquom not dating now I just want to

focus talaga on work Ito rsquoyungpromise ko sa sarili ko na masfocused ako now Irsquom already 24 yearsold at ibang Lovi na ito Mas mature nakasi medyo before I want to enjoywhile working of course but now masfocused nardquo

Itrsquos been almost two months sinceLovi took a break from the Kapusonetwork Now she is excited to goback to work and see her colleagueswhom she misses a lot She also looks

forward to the teleseryes she wouldget and the leading men shersquod beworking with As an actress she israring to do more challenging roles inthe near future

By the way Lovi is in theupcoming movie of Joel Lamanganentitled ldquoLihisrdquo with Jake Cuenca andJoem Bascon among others a

Lovi proud sister to Sen Grace Poe

Lovi Poe (Left) and Sen Grace Poe-Llamanzares

For the first time HeartEvangelista revealed the real reasonwhy she and Jericho Rosales whomshe considers her ldquogreatest loverdquobroke up in 2008

In an sit-down interview with Yesmagazine for its May 2013 issueEvangelista said her parents madeher believe that Rosales cheated onher with Malaysian actress CarmenSoo

At that time Evangelista justreconciled with her parents after nottalking to them for three yearsbecause she fought for herrelationship with Rosales

Evangelista said her parents didnot approve of the Kapamilya actorbecause he already had a child froma previous relationship

ldquoI didnrsquot see them for three yearsat that time and I missed them somuch And I was also going though alot I was struggling with life I wasconfused Although I was happy itwas hard to be happy in one areaand everything else seems like itrsquosfalling apart But the moment I gotback with them naging okay kamirdquoshe said

Rosales was then in Malaysiawith Soo for the ABS-CBN seriesldquoKahit Isang Saglitrdquo whileEvangelista was in Dubai for her ownshow in GMA-7

ldquoWhen they said that he wascheating on me with Carmen Soo Ireally did think that he was I reallythought that he cheated on me Ireally did And that was because theytold me that he was and I wasconvincedrdquo she said

Evangelista shared there waseven a time when Rosales went tosee her in her condominium unit sohe could explain himself but theynever saw each other

ldquoMy mom didnrsquot tell me that hewas waiting for me downstairs in mycondo for five hours She didnrsquot say

anything so I didnrsquot hear from himrdquoshe said

The 27-year-old actress said shejust learned in due course thatRosales did not really cheat on her

ldquoOf course they are yourparentsmdashwhen they tell yousomething over and over you start tohave fears You start to doubt certainsituations And thatrsquos what happenedto me beforerdquo she said

Through time Evangelistaunderstood that her mom was justscared to lose her

ldquoShe was trying to let me go She

was really trying her best to not getherself involved with my pastrelationships It was always like thatShe would try But in the endeverything that she kept inside wouldjust blow up and it would just affectme so much and also therelationship that I was inrdquo she said

Evangelista recently madeheadlines anew after she foundherself in another collision coursewith her parents who lambasted hercurrent boyfriend Senator FrancisChiz Escudero

Both Evangelista and Escuderohowever have stood firm that theyare not breaking up amid all theissues surrounding their relationship

Why Heart and Jericho really broke up Jericho has found lsquoThe Onersquo

Early photo of Heart amp JerichoNot meant to be Former lovers Heartand Jericho Rosales

May 201320 The North American Filipino Star

Itrsquos tough fighting the worldrsquossecond biggest economic power andmost populous country But whenanother economic heavyweight joinsthe fight against you they couldtrounce you very badly And to makethe situation worse the two adversariesare the giant Peoplersquos Republic ofChina (PRC) and the Lilliputian buteconomically rich Republic of China(ROC) which is more commonly knownas Taiwan With the Philippines upagainst the two Chinas her options are

limited

Over the past several years Chinaincreased her defense budget todouble-digit increments In the case ofTaiwan the United States provided herwith firepower to defend herself fromChina whose ultimate goal is to takeover Taiwan and complete theunification of the two Chinas under onegovernment

But the US has nothing to do with thatAlthough the US recognizes the PRCunder a ldquoOne China Policyrdquo she madeit known that Taiwan would bedefended should China decide toinvade Taiwan

The Philippines followed suit andadopted a ldquoOne China Policyrdquo too thussevering her diplomatic relationshipwith Taiwan However the influentialcommunity of Chinese expatriates andrefugees in the Philippines identifythemselves with Chiang Kai-shek andhis Kuomintang Party who fled toTaiwan in 1949 after they were defeatedby Mao Zedong and his CommunistParty in a bloody Civil War

To continue their ldquofriendshiprdquo thePhilippines and Taiwan established twooffices to serve as conduit between thetwo governments The Philippinegovernment opened the ManilaEconomic and Cultural Office (MECO)in Taipei and Taiwan opened the TaipeiEconomic and Cultural Office (TECO) inManila Indeed the relationshipbetween the Philippines and Taiwancouldnrsquot have been betterhellip until lastMay 9 when an incident in disputedwaters ended in the death of aTaiwanese fisherman

Fishing boat incidentRelatives of fisherman killed by thePhilippine Coast Guard

According to Philippine Coast Guard(PCG) account two Taiwanese fishing

boats were sighted in the Balintangchannel just north of Luzon which isPhilippine territory and not claimed byTaiwan or any other country In whatappeared to be illegal fishing the PCGvessel approached the fishing boatsbut one of them tried to ram the PCGvessel The PCG fired at the chargingfishing boat to disable it The fishingboat was disabled howeverunbeknown to the PCG crew a 65-yearold Taiwanese fisherman was hit Thena ldquobig white shiprdquo came to view and the

PCG vessel took off (Source The DailyTribune)

The incident created a crescendo ofevents leading to violence againstOverseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) inTaiwan MECO Chairman AmadeoPerez reported that an OFW wasattacked with a baseball bat by anangry mob in Kaohsiung City TaiwanOther attacks on OFWs were reportedldquoThe situation in Taiwan now is verytenserdquo said PerezIn an attempt to placate TaiwanPresident Benigno Aquino IIIapologized for the death of the

Taiwanese fisherman but the Taiwanesegovernment uncharacteristicallyrejected it as ldquoinsincererdquo

And to make matters worse theTaiwanese government banned theentry of OFWs The Philippinegovernment is preparing evacuationplans should the need to bring theOFWs home arises The Taiwanesegovernment also issued an advisory toher citizens not to visit the Philippines

Enter the bullyEmperor Xi Jinping (Credit TheEconomist)

Meanwhile a Chinese foreign ministryspokesman said ldquoWe strongly

condemn the barbaric shooting andkilling of the Taiwanese fishermandemanding that the Philippines shouldinvestigate the case and furnish thedetails as soon as possible We aredeeply grieved about the death of theTaiwanese compatriot and have sentcondolences to his familyrdquo With Chinaopenly siding with Taiwan it makes onewonder if China was taking advantageof the incident to drive a wedgebetween the two allies of the UnitedStates Indeed China has been tryingvery hard to neutralize the UnitedStatesrsquo military presence in the WesternPacific particularly in the South andEast China Seas

In August 2012 China tricked thePhilippines into ending the standoff atthe Scarborough Shoal (PanatagShoal) by agreeing to a withdrawal ofthe two countriesrsquo naval vessels fromthe area As soon as the Philippineswithdrew her Coast Guard vesselsChina cordoned off the only opening tothe shoal while several Chinese shipsstayed Since then China has de factopossession of the shoal which is about124 miles from Luzon and within thePhilippinesrsquo 200-mile ExclusiveEconomic Zone (EEZ)

Ryukyu archipelagoRyukyu Islands

Recently two events happened that putChinese expansionism into thegeopolitical equation First itquestioned Japanrsquos ownership of theRyukyu archipelago which includesOkinawa where the US maintains 18army navy air force and marine bases

China claims that the Ryukyus wereonce a Chinese vassal state during theMing and Qing dynasties therefore theisland chain should be returned toChina

With this new ldquoterritorial disputerdquoJapanrsquos ongoing dispute with Chinaover ownership of the Senkaku Islandstakes different dimension Someexperts are saying that China is usingthe Ryukyu issue as a bargaining chipto her claim over the Senkakus a groupof five uninhabited islands and isletswedged between Okinawa and Taiwan

When Japan and Taiwan recentlysigned a joint fishing agreement aroundthe Senkakus China became furiousAnd right after that the ownership of theRyukyus came into play

Ayungin Shoal

China also opened another potentialarea of dispute ndash right inside Philippineterritory A few days ago severalChinese ships were sighted near theAyungin Shoal in the Kalayaan town inthe province of Palawan

Last May 10 a Department of ForeignAffairs (DFA) spokesperson said thatAyungin Shoal is within the PhilippinesrsquoEEZ He said that the entry of foreignfishing vessels in an EEZ is a violationof the United Nations Convention of theLaw of the Sea (UNCLOS) China andthe Philippines are signatories toUNCLOS DFA filed a protest letter withthe Chinese Embassy in Manila on theprovocative presence of two Chinesemaritime surveillance shipsand onewarship around Ayungin Shoal(Source The Philippine Star)

Taiping Island

Taiwan also has a piece of the actionamong six nations involved in territorialdisputes in the Spratly archipelagoRecently Taiwan announced plans toexpand a pier in Taiping Island thelargest island in the Spratlys Byexpanding the pier in the fortified islandit would allow port calls by Taiwanrsquos2000-ton frigates The island hasalready a 3800-foot runway whichTaiwan built in 2006 (Source NewStraits Times)

During the 115th anniversarycelebration of the Philippine Navy lastMay 21 Aquino declared ldquoOurmessage to the world is clear what isours is ours and we will repel any andall attempts to claim what is ours anddefend ourselves against any form ofaggression especially within ourbackyardrdquoIt seems that itrsquos going to bea battle between David vs two Goliaths(PerryDiazgmailcom)

David vs Two Goliaths

Anti-Filipino rally in Taiwan

Relatives of killed Taiwanese fisherman

ldquoEmperorrdquo Xi Jinping (Credit The Economist)

Ryukyu Islands

May 2013 21The North American Filipino Star

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Embracing theObscureBy David White

This past weekend in Sonoma CountyCalifornia 17 vintners gathered for a winetasting they dubbed The 7 PercentSolution

As the organizers explained roughly 93percent of Northern California vineyardacreage is planted to eight major grapevarietals The remaining 7 percent is hometo numerous lesser-known varietals[which] are finding anchor with a small butgrowing number of winemakers

The event enabled consumers to explorethe wines being produced by Californiasrevolutionary vintners -- those willing toembrace the states vast and varied climateby avoiding popular grapes and bottlingthe obscure Whether theyre producingunusual varietals or exploring unheraldedregions these winemakers are worthcelebrating

That certain regions of California might bebetter suited to say Albarino thanChardonnay makes sense Across theglobe commercial wine is produced from a

whopping 1368 different grape varieties Itdefies logic to assume that grapes native tocentral France will thrive in all the worldsnew vineyards

This topic was explored at this years DrinkLocal Wine conference by Joseph FiolaPhD a University of Maryland professorwho has spent over 25 years researchingand teaching about experimentalviticulture

During his lecture Fiola spent a great dealof time praising the Old World for itscommitment to growing varieties that areadapted to local growing conditions

Local varieties have been growing inthose areas for hundreds maybethousands of years he explainedYear in year out they get ripe Year inyear out winemakers can controlproduction Those areas know how togrow the grapes they know how tomake good wine And its the localgrapes that are the best [Winemakers]arent going to grow CabernetSauvignon all over Italy becausepeople know the name

Fiola went on to compare southernItalys climate to southern MarylandsYet he acknowledged the temptation tofocus on well-known varieties

Trying to convince a Maryland winerythat has to worry about marketing topeople who can barely pronounceChardonnay to sell Nero dAvolaNegroamaro Sagrantino he askednaming three esoteric varieties fromItaly That presents a challenge heconceded

Europe has an advantage of courseThe continent has been producingwine for thousands of years so vintnersthere understand which grapes dobest In France for examplewinemakers in Burgundy know to focus

on Pinot Noir and Chardonnay Just asGerman vintners recognize thatRiesling thrives in the countrys Moselregion Spanish vintners recognize thatAlbarino thrives in Galicia

Wine production in the United States isstill in its infancy But winemakers knowthat American consumers enjoyCabernet Sauvignon ChardonnayMerlot Pinot Noir and SauvignonBlanc so thats what most produceOnly the most courageous vintnerswould eschew these varieties

One of these courageous vintners isMatthew Rorick of Forlorn Hope whopoured at this weekends tasting inSonoma Since 2005 he has beenproducing rare creatures fromappellations unknown and varietiesuncommon

His rare creatures are truly unusualHe produces delightful reds fromSangiovese and Barbera two Italiangrapes that few California winemakers

take seriously He produces a deliciousVerdelho a white wine thats typicallyassociated with Portugal He producesthe nations only 100-percent StLaurent a thought-provoking highlyaromatic red thats almost impossibleto find outside Austria and the CzechRepublic Each year he crafts morethan a dozen different wines -- andvirtually all are produced in lots offewer than 2500 bottles

The fact that 17 vintners like Rorickwere able to fill a room this pastweekend is a testament to the fact thatan increasing number of winemakersare willing to take risks And perhapsmore importantly Americanconsumers are growing morecomfortable exploring the unknown

David White a wine writer is the founderand editor of Terroiristcom His columnsare housed at Palate Press The OnlineWine Magazine

APRIL 201322 The North American Filipino Star

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Minister FlahertyHighlights EconomicAction Plan 2013rsquosStrong Support forCharitableOrganizations

The Honourable Jim Flaherty Ministerof Finance today urged Canadians totake advantage of the HarperGovernmentrsquos new First-Time DonorrsquosSuper Credit and donate to acharitable organization

Speaking at Lutherwood a not-for-profit health and social serviceorganization serving the WaterlooRegion and Wellington CountyMinister Flaherty said ldquoThroughout ournationrsquos history Canadians haveworked together to serve others andhave made Canada a better place inthe process Our Government wants tosee that noble tradition continuewhich is why Economic Action Plan2013 builds on previous actions by ourGovernment to support families andcommunities and the quality of life forhard-working Canadiansrdquo

These initiatives include the RegisteredDisability Savings Plan the FamilyCaregiver Tax Credit and the EnablingAccessibility Fund which supports thecapital costs of construction andrenovations to improve physicalaccessibility for persons withdisabilities

Minister Flaherty stated ldquoThe newFirst-Time Donorrsquos Super Credit willsignificantly enhance theattractiveness of donating to a charityfor young and new Canadians who arein a position to make donations for thefirst time By helping to rejuvenate andexpand the charitable sectorrsquos donorbase this important initiative will havean immediate impact in supporting thecharitable sectorrdquo

The credit will apply on cash donationsof up to $1000 claimed in any onetaxation year from 2013 to 2017 It willincrease the value of the existingCharitable Donations Tax Credit by 25percentage points if neither thetaxpayer nor their spouse has claimedthe credit since 2007

Kitchener-Waterloo MP Peter Braid achampion for such worthy causesadded ldquoCanadians are some of themost generous people in the worldwhen it comes to giving time andmoney to charity and our Governmentis committed to supporting that spiritrdquo

ldquoThe Super Credit is a very positivestep for charities wanting to engagenew donors We are excited by thepossibilities and eager to continueworking with the federal government toexplore innovative ways to expandcharitable giving by all Canadiansrdquosaid Marcel Lauziegravere President andCEO of Imagine Canada

___________________________________For further information media may

contact

Kathleen PerchalukPress SecretaryOffice of the Minister of Finance613-996-7861

Jack AubryMedia RelationsDepartment of Finance613-996-8080

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Treasury Board PresidentAnnounces MajorInitiative toward a High-Performing Public Service

For immediate release

May 28 2013

Ottawa ndash The Honourable TonyClement President of the TreasuryBoard today announced a newmandatory system for trackingemployee performance aimed atboosting productivity and ensuringCanadians receive modern effectiveand efficient public service

ldquoHard-working Canadians look to us toprovide high quality affordableservice The Governmentrsquos newperformance management regime willensure that we are employing thepublic service to its fullest potentialrdquosaid Minister Clement ldquoComplacencyand the status quo are not an optionExcellence must be the benchmarkCanadians deserve no lessrdquo

The new Directive on PerformanceManagement introduces for the firsttime a government-wide system fortracking employee performance Thegoal is three-fold

To recognize and reward excellentperformance

Work with all employees to maximizeperformance and

To deal decisively with unsatisfactoryperformance

ldquoPerformance management is aboutensuring good workers have anopportunity to become great workersand dealing effectively with poorperformersrdquo said Minister ClementldquoEither poor performers improve andbecome productive employees or wewill let them gordquo

The Directive which comes into effectin April 2014 includes a number ofstandardized measures for trackingperformance These measuresinclude establishing annualperformance objectives for allemployees mid-year evaluationsannual written performanceassessments and an action plan forimproving performance with clearestablished time-lines as well as stepsto be taken if performance does notimprove These steps could include

demotion or termination Processeswill ensure that employees are treatedfairly

ldquoDoing things the way they havealways been done is no longer goodenough if we want to build a 21stcentury public servicerdquo said MinisterClement ldquoWe owe it to Canadians andwe owe it to the vast majority ofcommitted hard-working publicservants to make sure everyone ispulling their weightrdquo

For more information please consultthe Directive on PerformanceManagement and visit thePerformance Management website

mdash 30 mdash

For more information see the Directiveon Performance Managementbackgrounder or contact

Matthew ConwayPress SecretaryOffice of the President of the TreasuryBoard and Minister responsible forFedNor613-957-2666

Media RelationsTreasury Board of Canada Secretariat613-957-2640

If there is a discrepancy between anyprinted version and the electronicversion of this news release theelectronic version will prevail

TTY (telecommunications device forthe hearing impaired) ndash 613-957-9090

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Backgrounder - Directive onPerformance Management

The Government of Canada isimplementing a new employeeperformance management program tofoster excellence in service delivery toCanadians and improve productivity

This Directive will introduce for the firsttime a systemic mandatoryperformance assessment for all corepublic sector employees Rigorousperformance management is a bestpractice and an essential element of amodern public service

The new Directive on PerformanceManagement applies to federalemployees in the core publicadministration See footnote 1 and willcome into effect on April 1 2014

The approach to implementingPerformance Management is system-wide and will support deputy headsmanagers and employees in achievingand sustaining a culture of highperformance in the public sector

Highlights

The Directive calls for consistency inhow employee performance ismanaged and how employeesrsquo skillsare developed across the federal

public service

Each federal organization will establishan employee performancemanagement program that includesrequirements such as

Mandatory annual performancemanagement objectives for allemployees including commitmentsperformance objectives and expectedbehaviours and learning ordevelopment plans

Mid-year evaluations of eachemployee

Annual written employee performanceassessments at the end of each fiscalyear

An action plan to support and guideemployees to improve performancewithin clear timelines and

Mandatory attestation by deputyheads that an employee hassuccessfully completed the probationperiod

Requirements for performanceagreements are already in place forpublic service executives and non-unionized employees With the newDirective performance agreements willbe mandatory for all

To support managers and supervisorsin adopting the new Directivemandatory training will be providedEach department will have acommittee made up of senior officialsto coach managers through theprocess Managers will also besupported with additional labourrelations advice and a Labour andEmployment Law Centre of Expertiseis also being created by the TreasuryBoard Secretariat to deal specificallywith employment law and litigation

The Values and Ethics Code for thePublic Sector that came into force inApril 2012 underpins the objectives ofthe new Directive

The Office of the Chief HumanResources Officer is responsible formonitoring departmentsrsquo compliancewith the directive and conductingreviews to evaluate its impact

Know ThyselfHe who knows much about

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more intelligentHe who controls others may be

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A journey of a thousand milesmust begin with a single step

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By viewing the old we learn the new

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Cultural Centre launchedMontreacuteal May 28 2013 ndash At a specialmeeting held last Thursday the Cocircte-des-NeigesmdashNotre-Dame-de-Gracircce (CDNmdashNDG) Borough Council awarded a contractto build the new Notre-Dame-de-GracircceCultural Centre The $1540010710contract was won by the Geyser Group inc

The Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce Cultural Centrewill house a new Benny Library and also amulti-purpose hall to accommodate culturalexhibitions and a wide variety ofperformances The ecologically-friendlybuilding meeting LEED certificationstandards will be prominently located at theintersection of avenue de Monkland andavenue Benny across from the NDG SportsCentre

Construction will begin in the next fewweeks and be completed at the end of2014 Originally planned for 2012 theproject had to be modified in order to meetthe Boroughrsquos self-imposed budgetconstraints Construction of the Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce Cultural Centre representsa $236 million investment for which theBorough is depending in particular on thejoint financial support of the ministegravere de laCulture et des Communications du Queacutebecand the Ville de Montreacuteal

ICAO headquarters toremain in Montreal

MONTREAL May 27 2013 - The Ministerof Foreign Affairs the Honourable John

Baird the Minister of InternationalRelations La Francophonie and ExternalTrade and Minister responsible for theMontreacuteal region Mr Jean Francois Liseacuteeand the Mayor of Montreacuteal Mr MichaelApplebaum would like to invite members ofthe media to a press conference for thesigning of the renewal agreement with theInternational Civil Aviation Organization(ICAO) in Montreacuteal

Date Monday May 27th 2013Heure 5 pmLieu Terrace of City Hall

275 Notre-Dame EstMetro Champ-de-Mars

Come join celebrate thePhilippine IndependenceDay Celebration on June 12 1000AM at theFAMAS CentreThe Philippine Declaration of Independencesimultaneously marked the end of thePhilippine Revolution and the PhilippineIslandsrsquo assertion to sovereignty andindependence from Spanish colonial ruleHowever neither Spain nor Americarecognized such a stake to independentnationhood and on December 10 1898the Spanish government ceded thePhilippines to the United States in the Treatyof Paris for the price of US $2 millionmarking the end of the Spanish-AmericanWar1

A short two months later on February 41899 armed conflict erupted betweenPhilippine revolutionary forces and USmilitary occupants in Manila By June 2

1899 the First Philippine Republic officiallydeclared war against the US that lasteduntil July 4 1902 Approximately 20000soldiers were killed in action while thecivilian death toll reached an estimated half-million persons Though the war officiallyended in the summer of 1899 guerillafreedom fighters continued to challengeUS occupation for several more years

It was not until July 4 1946 nearly fiftyyears later that the United States formallyrecognized full Philippine independentnationhood with the enactment of the Treatyof Manila On a rainy day in Manilarsquos LunetaPark 400000 onlookers cheered as theAmerican flag was lowered and thePhilippine flag was raised in its placeSenator Millard Tydings of Marylandreported that the day was ldquoone of the mostunprecedented most idealistic and mostfar-reaching events in all recorded historyrdquo3

July 4 was officially recognized as theNational Day until August 4 1964 whenPresident Diosdado Macapagal signed theMalacanang Republic Act No 4166 thateffectively made June 12mdashthe day thatGeneral Emilio Aguinaldo and hisrevolutionary peers had originally claimedas the Nationrsquos Daymdashthe countryrsquos officialIndependence Day

Today Filipinos around the world fromSaudi Arabia to Los Angeles Californiacontinue to celebrate PhilippineIndependence Day on June 12 In AmericaFilipino Americans otherwise known asFilAms use this day to commemorate thePhilippinesrsquo independence from colonialrule celebrate Filipino heritage-pride

preserve cultural roots promote culturalawareness and bring FilAm communitiestogether4

The largest Philippine Independence Daycelebration takes place annually in NewYork City on Madison Avenue between 23rdand 38th street on the first Sunday of JuneAn estimated 100000 people turn out totake part in various events and to march ina parade that represents FilAms and the7000 plus island clusters that constitute thePhilippine archipelago FilAms proudlydonned outfits representative of theirregional origins academic affiliationsprofessions favored sports team andmore5

In Washington DC the PhilippineEmbassy and Filipino AmericanOrganization host an Independence DayGala commemorative festivals and othercultural activities

In Montreal we commemorate thePhilippine Independence by a Flag RaisingCeremony at the FAMAS Centre every June12 every year

Come and celebrate with us and meet andgreet our kababayans and public officialsLight refreshments are served

Cheers

From the FAMAS Executive Board

Al Boy AbdonPublic Relations Officer - FAMASalabdonvideotronca

May 201324

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The Court of Appeals (CA) ruledin favor of the Movie and TelevisionReview and Classification Board(MTRCB) that suspended TV5snoontime game show Willing Willie in2011 over an obscene segment

Associated Justice ManuelBarrios of the appellate courts 2ndDivision said in an 11-page decisionissued late Thursday that thecontested episode that showed ayoung boy dancing in a raunchymanner while crying was enoughmaterial for MTRCB to suspend thepopular show for one month

A review of the recording of thatsegment shows a 6-year old boygyrating like a macho dancer whilebeing cajoled and goaded by theshows host and the audience iscommonly perceived as transpiringonly in night clubs and othershadowy establishments thedecision stated

The court also called the showhost Willie Revillame insensitive inencouraging the boy to continue withthe performance in exchange for amonetary reward

While money has great utilityand is beneficial in these times ofwant it must never be used asjustification to sacrifice good moralsdecency self respect and thepsychological well-being of itscitizens especially the young itadded

MTRCB Chairman EugenioVillareal welcomed the courtsdecision on Thursday night sayinghe hopes the ruling be instructive tothe television industryEntertainment ( Article MRec )pagematch 1 sectionmatch 1

May this allow the televisionindustry especially those moredirectly concerned to move on andhelp build an entertainment culturethat is truly audience-sensitive andparticularly looking out for thewelfare of our young Villareal said ina statement

MTRCB earlier said in the originalsuspension ruling that the showviolated a law against immoral andindecent broadcasts that run counterto Filipino valuesinvoking herbrothers being in power when shemade a veiled threat Wala na siyangibang masabi Sabi niya Bakanakalimutan mo may three years paang brother ko Yap said a

Court says Willie Revillameinsensitive upholds showsuspension

Julia Barretto the winsome 16-year old daughter of Marjorie Barrettowho is fast making a name for herselfin the show business industry as ldquoTheMost Beautiful Barrettordquo continues tocapture hearts including that of teenstar Julian Estrada - her co-star in arecent special episode of ABS-CBNrsquosaward-winning fantasy-dramaanthology ldquoWansapanataymrdquo

Estrada who like Barretto is ascion of an established showbiz familythat includes actor turned presidentJoseph ldquoEraprdquo Estrada has nowadmitted to wooing his fellow StarMagic 2013 member in a recentinterview on ldquoKris TVrdquo ndash a far cry froman earlier statement

ldquoHindi naman po ligaw (But)things are doing pretty well (betweenthe two of us) rdquo he was quoted assaying prior

Ironically the 15-year-old spilledthe truth about courting the young

actress when he was being grilled byhis own father actor turned senatorJinggoy Estrada during their guestappearance on ldquoKris TVrdquo Monday

ldquoNililigawan mo bardquo The senatorasked his son who went on to blurt acurt ldquoYeahrdquo

When asked if he thinks he is onhis way to winning Julia over theyoung Estrada meekly retortedldquoSanardquo

The older Estrada went on todispense seeming sage advice tellinghis son to give the star of theupcoming series ldquoCofradiardquo gifts likeflowers fruits and chocolates

He went on to praise Julia as withthe rest of the Barrettos for theirbeauty

ldquoMaganda talaga rsquoyung mgaBarretto sistersrdquo said he referring tothe controversial siblings GretchenClaudine and Marjorie Juliarsquos mother

Julian and Julia Fromreel to real

Julian Estrada and Julia Barretto

TV5 statement onMr Willie Revillamersquosresignation

Willie Revillame

So it has finally been confirmedthe rumor that Willie Revillame isresigning from TV5 and that his showldquoWowowillierdquo will end when his contractwith the network expires on Oct 15

The persistent hearsay was thatWillie is resigning because he wasasking for a P90 million talent fee permonth which the Kapatid networkrejected according to a source

Williersquos camp denied the rumorsaying at first that while itrsquos true hiscontract with TV5 is expiring in Octoberthere was no negotiation going on yetabout the possible renewal of suchcontract much less about any amountfor the hostrsquos monthly talent fee

Willie has his options on whether tocontinue with the show or take hismuch-needed vacation He has favoredthe latter

To this TV5 has issued this shortstatement

ldquoWe respect the decision of MrWillie Revillame to retire upon theexpiry of his contract with TV5 We wishhim well in his new pursuitsrdquo a

May 201318 The North American Filipino Star

Showbiz Gossip Continued from p17

Maja Salvador said she is at a lossfor words when met with greetings onher relationship with Gerald Andersonwhich the actor recently confirmed

At the sidelines of the filming of herupcoming big-screen project with SenJinggoy Estrada on Wednesday the24-year-old actress was asked for herreaction to her boyfriend going publicwith their relationship

Marami ang nagsasabi na angganda ko raw ang suwerte ko raw Diko alam paano sasagutin yun eSalvador was quoted as saying byentertainment news site PhilippineEntertainment Portal

Siguro sobrang blessed ko langna ganun ako ka-importante sa buhayniya talaga she said referring toAnderson

The 24-year-old actor admitted the

real score between him and Salvadorin the June 2013 issue of entertainmentmagazine StarStudio

Last Sunday Anderson said thedecision to admit his romantic ties withSalvador was for everybodys peace ofmind citing the endless speculationsabout their relationship

Anderson and Salvadorsrelationship however came at the costof the actress friendship with her InaKapatid Anak co-star and erstwhilebest friend Kim Chiu

Chiu is the former girlfriend ofAnderson The two broke up in 2010

In an earlier interview an emotionalChiu said she has already forgivenAnderson and Salvador but added itis difficult to forget what they did toyou a

Maja Salvador reacts to GeraldAndersonrsquos confession

Gerald Anderson and Maja Salvador

The lady of laughs Ai Ai delasAlas feels so much better now daysafter her personal conflict with short-lived husband Jed Salang came to ahead

Ai Ai said she never realized howmuch love she enjoys from everyone ndashher family her friends in and out of thebusiness her fans and even those whoare just looking ndash until this thinghappened to her

ldquoIrsquom overwhelmed by the love andsupport of everybody I am verythankful Sobrang pasasalamat kotalaga sa Diyos at sa lahat-lahat ngmga mababait na mga anak ko mgakaibigan ko at mga taong nagmamahalsa akin kahit hindi naman nila akomasyadong nakakasama o nakikita

Wala na akong mahihiling paNapakasuwerte ko pa rinrdquo she saidAi Ai told us everything is clear with hernow ldquoHindi ko akalain na mangyayarisa buhay ko ang ganorsquon nanapapanood ko lang sa TV Pero atleast okay na ako Nakalaya na rin akobago pa mangyari sa akin ang mgabagay na ikakahiya ko pa balangarawrdquo she said

Ai Ai likened her life to a plot of anABS-CBN soap opera She saidldquorsquoyung tipong isang medyonakakabatang lalaki na pumatol saisang medyo may edad na babae namay pera Pero meron talaga siyangpamilya at sinabihan niya na sandalilang ito at kailangan lang niya gawinpara na din sa kanyang mag-inaGanun ang eksaktong nangyari saakinrdquoAnd what didnrsquot kill her made herstronger Ai Ai said ldquoNow I really thankGod for waking me up just in timeMasakit pero ganun talagaNaghangad kasi ako na mahalin ngisang lalaki mapakasalan Siguro hinditalaga rsquoyun ang buhay na para sa akinMarami namang masyadong blessingna ibinibigay si God Ang mga anak kosobrang mahal ako Nahihiya nga akosa kanila at nagpapasalamat nanaiintindihan nila ang Mommy nila Silaang tunay kong kayamananrdquo a

Ai Ai Delas Alas is much betternow

Comedienne Ai Ai delas Alas hasfiled a formal complaint against herhusband of 29 days businessmanJed Salang

According to a report ofentertainment website Pepphpublished on Wednesday delas Alascharged Salang of violating theRepublic Act 9262 or the act definingviolence against women and childrenbefore the Quezon City Regional Trial

Court on FridayThis is in addition to the

protection order she sought againsther husband so he could no longercome near her by 100 to 500 meters

Citing a source allegedly close tothe comedienne Pepph said delasAlas detailed in her petition howSalang physically abused her lastMay 2

The source added delas Alas alsoconsulted with a psychologist whotold her that she is in a ldquostate ofdepressionrdquo and is suffering from anldquoacute post-traumatic-stressdisorderrdquo

Two weeks ago delas Alas brokedown on The Buzz as she confirmedher breakup from Salang

In an interview with The Buzzhost Boy Abunda delas Alasadmitted that she was physically

Ai Ai delas Alas with her husband JedSalang (file photo)

Ai Ai files raps vs husband JedSalang

abused by Salang which led to herdecision to leave him last May 2

She also tearfully said shebelieves Salang never loved her

Delas Alas and Salang weremarried in Las Vegas last April 3

It takes two to do the show bizbreakup cha-cha

Did Jed Salang really do all thoseawful awful things andhellip isnrsquot hegoing to defend himself Just youwait

In the aftermath of Ai-Ai de lasAlasrsquo spectacular meltdown on ldquoTheBuzzrdquo last Sunday over a turbulentseparation from her husband of lessthan a month movie reporters havebeen hunting down Salang abusinessman

Did he really beat up the 48-year-old actress routinely Is he agambling addict as they say Is it

true that he received a monthlyallowance of P40000 from De lasAlas Did he use her money to buyexpensive gifts for another personAwful awful talk (Meanwhile has hereturned the ldquodream carrdquo that shegave him for their first ldquomonthsaryrdquo)

Several show biz scribes havegone to Salangrsquos workplace inAlabang others to his reportedcurrent address A few claim to havetalked to Salang but say he declinedto comment on the whole sordidaffair

When De las Alas claimed onnationwide TV that she had broken upwith Salang on May 2 after repeatedincidents of physical abuse her fanswent up in arms as if on cue Theywasted no time in flooding SalangrsquosInstagram account with vitriolprompting him to close it onMondaymdashhis only link to socialnetworking a

May 2013 19The North American Filipino Star

wwwfilipinostarorg

Words cannot express howdelighted Lovi Poe is about her sisterGrace Poe-Llamanzares ranking No 1in the May 13 senatorial race Shefinds it hard to believe that she nowhas a big sister who is a senator and isjust a phone call away

Lovi during her contract signingwith GMA-7 last May 17 shared thatshe has gotten to know her elder sisterwell during the campaign season

ldquoIrsquom so proud of her When we hadlunch I met her son daughter and herhusband They are all wonderfulpeople talaga Lahat sila mababait SiAte Grace shersquos very humble shersquosvery smart Talagang I look up to herKung baga isa siyang magandanghalimbawardquo she sharedShe added that if she is proud shecould just imagine how prouder theirfather the late Fernando Poe Jr Kingof Philippine Cinema would havebeen

ldquoIrsquom sure si Papa kung anongnararamdaman ko kay Ate Grace masgrabe pa siya and Irsquom sureipagpapatuloy niya ang gusto niPapahellip I just really feel so proudespecially with what happened nanag-number one siya Siya na mismonagsabi that she didnrsquot expect thatrdquoLovi expressed that she will be asupportive sister and intimated thatSen Grace would be having lunchwith her to discuss her plans inpolitics She said that she would helpin her own capacity as an actress butwonrsquot be ldquovisible politicallyrdquo

ldquoI donrsquot want to venture into

politics kasi itrsquos not my turf talagaLetrsquos leave it to the experts sabi nganilardquo quipped Lovi

These days Lovi is more focusedon giving her all in the projects that theKapuso network entrusts her Shebelieves she has the talent and wantsto prove that she is worthy of herthree-year contract Her love life toocould take a backseat to her new stateof mind which is workldquoIrsquom not dating now I just want to

focus talaga on work Ito rsquoyungpromise ko sa sarili ko na masfocused ako now Irsquom already 24 yearsold at ibang Lovi na ito Mas mature nakasi medyo before I want to enjoywhile working of course but now masfocused nardquo

Itrsquos been almost two months sinceLovi took a break from the Kapusonetwork Now she is excited to goback to work and see her colleagueswhom she misses a lot She also looks

forward to the teleseryes she wouldget and the leading men shersquod beworking with As an actress she israring to do more challenging roles inthe near future

By the way Lovi is in theupcoming movie of Joel Lamanganentitled ldquoLihisrdquo with Jake Cuenca andJoem Bascon among others a

Lovi proud sister to Sen Grace Poe

Lovi Poe (Left) and Sen Grace Poe-Llamanzares

For the first time HeartEvangelista revealed the real reasonwhy she and Jericho Rosales whomshe considers her ldquogreatest loverdquobroke up in 2008

In an sit-down interview with Yesmagazine for its May 2013 issueEvangelista said her parents madeher believe that Rosales cheated onher with Malaysian actress CarmenSoo

At that time Evangelista justreconciled with her parents after nottalking to them for three yearsbecause she fought for herrelationship with Rosales

Evangelista said her parents didnot approve of the Kapamilya actorbecause he already had a child froma previous relationship

ldquoI didnrsquot see them for three yearsat that time and I missed them somuch And I was also going though alot I was struggling with life I wasconfused Although I was happy itwas hard to be happy in one areaand everything else seems like itrsquosfalling apart But the moment I gotback with them naging okay kamirdquoshe said

Rosales was then in Malaysiawith Soo for the ABS-CBN seriesldquoKahit Isang Saglitrdquo whileEvangelista was in Dubai for her ownshow in GMA-7

ldquoWhen they said that he wascheating on me with Carmen Soo Ireally did think that he was I reallythought that he cheated on me Ireally did And that was because theytold me that he was and I wasconvincedrdquo she said

Evangelista shared there waseven a time when Rosales went tosee her in her condominium unit sohe could explain himself but theynever saw each other

ldquoMy mom didnrsquot tell me that hewas waiting for me downstairs in mycondo for five hours She didnrsquot say

anything so I didnrsquot hear from himrdquoshe said

The 27-year-old actress said shejust learned in due course thatRosales did not really cheat on her

ldquoOf course they are yourparentsmdashwhen they tell yousomething over and over you start tohave fears You start to doubt certainsituations And thatrsquos what happenedto me beforerdquo she said

Through time Evangelistaunderstood that her mom was justscared to lose her

ldquoShe was trying to let me go She

was really trying her best to not getherself involved with my pastrelationships It was always like thatShe would try But in the endeverything that she kept inside wouldjust blow up and it would just affectme so much and also therelationship that I was inrdquo she said

Evangelista recently madeheadlines anew after she foundherself in another collision coursewith her parents who lambasted hercurrent boyfriend Senator FrancisChiz Escudero

Both Evangelista and Escuderohowever have stood firm that theyare not breaking up amid all theissues surrounding their relationship

Why Heart and Jericho really broke up Jericho has found lsquoThe Onersquo

Early photo of Heart amp JerichoNot meant to be Former lovers Heartand Jericho Rosales

May 201320 The North American Filipino Star

Itrsquos tough fighting the worldrsquossecond biggest economic power andmost populous country But whenanother economic heavyweight joinsthe fight against you they couldtrounce you very badly And to makethe situation worse the two adversariesare the giant Peoplersquos Republic ofChina (PRC) and the Lilliputian buteconomically rich Republic of China(ROC) which is more commonly knownas Taiwan With the Philippines upagainst the two Chinas her options are

limited

Over the past several years Chinaincreased her defense budget todouble-digit increments In the case ofTaiwan the United States provided herwith firepower to defend herself fromChina whose ultimate goal is to takeover Taiwan and complete theunification of the two Chinas under onegovernment

But the US has nothing to do with thatAlthough the US recognizes the PRCunder a ldquoOne China Policyrdquo she madeit known that Taiwan would bedefended should China decide toinvade Taiwan

The Philippines followed suit andadopted a ldquoOne China Policyrdquo too thussevering her diplomatic relationshipwith Taiwan However the influentialcommunity of Chinese expatriates andrefugees in the Philippines identifythemselves with Chiang Kai-shek andhis Kuomintang Party who fled toTaiwan in 1949 after they were defeatedby Mao Zedong and his CommunistParty in a bloody Civil War

To continue their ldquofriendshiprdquo thePhilippines and Taiwan established twooffices to serve as conduit between thetwo governments The Philippinegovernment opened the ManilaEconomic and Cultural Office (MECO)in Taipei and Taiwan opened the TaipeiEconomic and Cultural Office (TECO) inManila Indeed the relationshipbetween the Philippines and Taiwancouldnrsquot have been betterhellip until lastMay 9 when an incident in disputedwaters ended in the death of aTaiwanese fisherman

Fishing boat incidentRelatives of fisherman killed by thePhilippine Coast Guard

According to Philippine Coast Guard(PCG) account two Taiwanese fishing

boats were sighted in the Balintangchannel just north of Luzon which isPhilippine territory and not claimed byTaiwan or any other country In whatappeared to be illegal fishing the PCGvessel approached the fishing boatsbut one of them tried to ram the PCGvessel The PCG fired at the chargingfishing boat to disable it The fishingboat was disabled howeverunbeknown to the PCG crew a 65-yearold Taiwanese fisherman was hit Thena ldquobig white shiprdquo came to view and the

PCG vessel took off (Source The DailyTribune)

The incident created a crescendo ofevents leading to violence againstOverseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) inTaiwan MECO Chairman AmadeoPerez reported that an OFW wasattacked with a baseball bat by anangry mob in Kaohsiung City TaiwanOther attacks on OFWs were reportedldquoThe situation in Taiwan now is verytenserdquo said PerezIn an attempt to placate TaiwanPresident Benigno Aquino IIIapologized for the death of the

Taiwanese fisherman but the Taiwanesegovernment uncharacteristicallyrejected it as ldquoinsincererdquo

And to make matters worse theTaiwanese government banned theentry of OFWs The Philippinegovernment is preparing evacuationplans should the need to bring theOFWs home arises The Taiwanesegovernment also issued an advisory toher citizens not to visit the Philippines

Enter the bullyEmperor Xi Jinping (Credit TheEconomist)

Meanwhile a Chinese foreign ministryspokesman said ldquoWe strongly

condemn the barbaric shooting andkilling of the Taiwanese fishermandemanding that the Philippines shouldinvestigate the case and furnish thedetails as soon as possible We aredeeply grieved about the death of theTaiwanese compatriot and have sentcondolences to his familyrdquo With Chinaopenly siding with Taiwan it makes onewonder if China was taking advantageof the incident to drive a wedgebetween the two allies of the UnitedStates Indeed China has been tryingvery hard to neutralize the UnitedStatesrsquo military presence in the WesternPacific particularly in the South andEast China Seas

In August 2012 China tricked thePhilippines into ending the standoff atthe Scarborough Shoal (PanatagShoal) by agreeing to a withdrawal ofthe two countriesrsquo naval vessels fromthe area As soon as the Philippineswithdrew her Coast Guard vesselsChina cordoned off the only opening tothe shoal while several Chinese shipsstayed Since then China has de factopossession of the shoal which is about124 miles from Luzon and within thePhilippinesrsquo 200-mile ExclusiveEconomic Zone (EEZ)

Ryukyu archipelagoRyukyu Islands

Recently two events happened that putChinese expansionism into thegeopolitical equation First itquestioned Japanrsquos ownership of theRyukyu archipelago which includesOkinawa where the US maintains 18army navy air force and marine bases

China claims that the Ryukyus wereonce a Chinese vassal state during theMing and Qing dynasties therefore theisland chain should be returned toChina

With this new ldquoterritorial disputerdquoJapanrsquos ongoing dispute with Chinaover ownership of the Senkaku Islandstakes different dimension Someexperts are saying that China is usingthe Ryukyu issue as a bargaining chipto her claim over the Senkakus a groupof five uninhabited islands and isletswedged between Okinawa and Taiwan

When Japan and Taiwan recentlysigned a joint fishing agreement aroundthe Senkakus China became furiousAnd right after that the ownership of theRyukyus came into play

Ayungin Shoal

China also opened another potentialarea of dispute ndash right inside Philippineterritory A few days ago severalChinese ships were sighted near theAyungin Shoal in the Kalayaan town inthe province of Palawan

Last May 10 a Department of ForeignAffairs (DFA) spokesperson said thatAyungin Shoal is within the PhilippinesrsquoEEZ He said that the entry of foreignfishing vessels in an EEZ is a violationof the United Nations Convention of theLaw of the Sea (UNCLOS) China andthe Philippines are signatories toUNCLOS DFA filed a protest letter withthe Chinese Embassy in Manila on theprovocative presence of two Chinesemaritime surveillance shipsand onewarship around Ayungin Shoal(Source The Philippine Star)

Taiping Island

Taiwan also has a piece of the actionamong six nations involved in territorialdisputes in the Spratly archipelagoRecently Taiwan announced plans toexpand a pier in Taiping Island thelargest island in the Spratlys Byexpanding the pier in the fortified islandit would allow port calls by Taiwanrsquos2000-ton frigates The island hasalready a 3800-foot runway whichTaiwan built in 2006 (Source NewStraits Times)

During the 115th anniversarycelebration of the Philippine Navy lastMay 21 Aquino declared ldquoOurmessage to the world is clear what isours is ours and we will repel any andall attempts to claim what is ours anddefend ourselves against any form ofaggression especially within ourbackyardrdquoIt seems that itrsquos going to bea battle between David vs two Goliaths(PerryDiazgmailcom)

David vs Two Goliaths

Anti-Filipino rally in Taiwan

Relatives of killed Taiwanese fisherman

ldquoEmperorrdquo Xi Jinping (Credit The Economist)

Ryukyu Islands

May 2013 21The North American Filipino Star

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Embracing theObscureBy David White

This past weekend in Sonoma CountyCalifornia 17 vintners gathered for a winetasting they dubbed The 7 PercentSolution

As the organizers explained roughly 93percent of Northern California vineyardacreage is planted to eight major grapevarietals The remaining 7 percent is hometo numerous lesser-known varietals[which] are finding anchor with a small butgrowing number of winemakers

The event enabled consumers to explorethe wines being produced by Californiasrevolutionary vintners -- those willing toembrace the states vast and varied climateby avoiding popular grapes and bottlingthe obscure Whether theyre producingunusual varietals or exploring unheraldedregions these winemakers are worthcelebrating

That certain regions of California might bebetter suited to say Albarino thanChardonnay makes sense Across theglobe commercial wine is produced from a

whopping 1368 different grape varieties Itdefies logic to assume that grapes native tocentral France will thrive in all the worldsnew vineyards

This topic was explored at this years DrinkLocal Wine conference by Joseph FiolaPhD a University of Maryland professorwho has spent over 25 years researchingand teaching about experimentalviticulture

During his lecture Fiola spent a great dealof time praising the Old World for itscommitment to growing varieties that areadapted to local growing conditions

Local varieties have been growing inthose areas for hundreds maybethousands of years he explainedYear in year out they get ripe Year inyear out winemakers can controlproduction Those areas know how togrow the grapes they know how tomake good wine And its the localgrapes that are the best [Winemakers]arent going to grow CabernetSauvignon all over Italy becausepeople know the name

Fiola went on to compare southernItalys climate to southern MarylandsYet he acknowledged the temptation tofocus on well-known varieties

Trying to convince a Maryland winerythat has to worry about marketing topeople who can barely pronounceChardonnay to sell Nero dAvolaNegroamaro Sagrantino he askednaming three esoteric varieties fromItaly That presents a challenge heconceded

Europe has an advantage of courseThe continent has been producingwine for thousands of years so vintnersthere understand which grapes dobest In France for examplewinemakers in Burgundy know to focus

on Pinot Noir and Chardonnay Just asGerman vintners recognize thatRiesling thrives in the countrys Moselregion Spanish vintners recognize thatAlbarino thrives in Galicia

Wine production in the United States isstill in its infancy But winemakers knowthat American consumers enjoyCabernet Sauvignon ChardonnayMerlot Pinot Noir and SauvignonBlanc so thats what most produceOnly the most courageous vintnerswould eschew these varieties

One of these courageous vintners isMatthew Rorick of Forlorn Hope whopoured at this weekends tasting inSonoma Since 2005 he has beenproducing rare creatures fromappellations unknown and varietiesuncommon

His rare creatures are truly unusualHe produces delightful reds fromSangiovese and Barbera two Italiangrapes that few California winemakers

take seriously He produces a deliciousVerdelho a white wine thats typicallyassociated with Portugal He producesthe nations only 100-percent StLaurent a thought-provoking highlyaromatic red thats almost impossibleto find outside Austria and the CzechRepublic Each year he crafts morethan a dozen different wines -- andvirtually all are produced in lots offewer than 2500 bottles

The fact that 17 vintners like Rorickwere able to fill a room this pastweekend is a testament to the fact thatan increasing number of winemakersare willing to take risks And perhapsmore importantly Americanconsumers are growing morecomfortable exploring the unknown

David White a wine writer is the founderand editor of Terroiristcom His columnsare housed at Palate Press The OnlineWine Magazine

APRIL 201322 The North American Filipino Star

wwwfilipinostarorg

Minister FlahertyHighlights EconomicAction Plan 2013rsquosStrong Support forCharitableOrganizations

The Honourable Jim Flaherty Ministerof Finance today urged Canadians totake advantage of the HarperGovernmentrsquos new First-Time DonorrsquosSuper Credit and donate to acharitable organization

Speaking at Lutherwood a not-for-profit health and social serviceorganization serving the WaterlooRegion and Wellington CountyMinister Flaherty said ldquoThroughout ournationrsquos history Canadians haveworked together to serve others andhave made Canada a better place inthe process Our Government wants tosee that noble tradition continuewhich is why Economic Action Plan2013 builds on previous actions by ourGovernment to support families andcommunities and the quality of life forhard-working Canadiansrdquo

These initiatives include the RegisteredDisability Savings Plan the FamilyCaregiver Tax Credit and the EnablingAccessibility Fund which supports thecapital costs of construction andrenovations to improve physicalaccessibility for persons withdisabilities

Minister Flaherty stated ldquoThe newFirst-Time Donorrsquos Super Credit willsignificantly enhance theattractiveness of donating to a charityfor young and new Canadians who arein a position to make donations for thefirst time By helping to rejuvenate andexpand the charitable sectorrsquos donorbase this important initiative will havean immediate impact in supporting thecharitable sectorrdquo

The credit will apply on cash donationsof up to $1000 claimed in any onetaxation year from 2013 to 2017 It willincrease the value of the existingCharitable Donations Tax Credit by 25percentage points if neither thetaxpayer nor their spouse has claimedthe credit since 2007

Kitchener-Waterloo MP Peter Braid achampion for such worthy causesadded ldquoCanadians are some of themost generous people in the worldwhen it comes to giving time andmoney to charity and our Governmentis committed to supporting that spiritrdquo

ldquoThe Super Credit is a very positivestep for charities wanting to engagenew donors We are excited by thepossibilities and eager to continueworking with the federal government toexplore innovative ways to expandcharitable giving by all Canadiansrdquosaid Marcel Lauziegravere President andCEO of Imagine Canada

___________________________________For further information media may

contact

Kathleen PerchalukPress SecretaryOffice of the Minister of Finance613-996-7861

Jack AubryMedia RelationsDepartment of Finance613-996-8080

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Treasury Board PresidentAnnounces MajorInitiative toward a High-Performing Public Service

For immediate release

May 28 2013

Ottawa ndash The Honourable TonyClement President of the TreasuryBoard today announced a newmandatory system for trackingemployee performance aimed atboosting productivity and ensuringCanadians receive modern effectiveand efficient public service

ldquoHard-working Canadians look to us toprovide high quality affordableservice The Governmentrsquos newperformance management regime willensure that we are employing thepublic service to its fullest potentialrdquosaid Minister Clement ldquoComplacencyand the status quo are not an optionExcellence must be the benchmarkCanadians deserve no lessrdquo

The new Directive on PerformanceManagement introduces for the firsttime a government-wide system fortracking employee performance Thegoal is three-fold

To recognize and reward excellentperformance

Work with all employees to maximizeperformance and

To deal decisively with unsatisfactoryperformance

ldquoPerformance management is aboutensuring good workers have anopportunity to become great workersand dealing effectively with poorperformersrdquo said Minister ClementldquoEither poor performers improve andbecome productive employees or wewill let them gordquo

The Directive which comes into effectin April 2014 includes a number ofstandardized measures for trackingperformance These measuresinclude establishing annualperformance objectives for allemployees mid-year evaluationsannual written performanceassessments and an action plan forimproving performance with clearestablished time-lines as well as stepsto be taken if performance does notimprove These steps could include

demotion or termination Processeswill ensure that employees are treatedfairly

ldquoDoing things the way they havealways been done is no longer goodenough if we want to build a 21stcentury public servicerdquo said MinisterClement ldquoWe owe it to Canadians andwe owe it to the vast majority ofcommitted hard-working publicservants to make sure everyone ispulling their weightrdquo

For more information please consultthe Directive on PerformanceManagement and visit thePerformance Management website

mdash 30 mdash

For more information see the Directiveon Performance Managementbackgrounder or contact

Matthew ConwayPress SecretaryOffice of the President of the TreasuryBoard and Minister responsible forFedNor613-957-2666

Media RelationsTreasury Board of Canada Secretariat613-957-2640

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Backgrounder - Directive onPerformance Management

The Government of Canada isimplementing a new employeeperformance management program tofoster excellence in service delivery toCanadians and improve productivity

This Directive will introduce for the firsttime a systemic mandatoryperformance assessment for all corepublic sector employees Rigorousperformance management is a bestpractice and an essential element of amodern public service

The new Directive on PerformanceManagement applies to federalemployees in the core publicadministration See footnote 1 and willcome into effect on April 1 2014

The approach to implementingPerformance Management is system-wide and will support deputy headsmanagers and employees in achievingand sustaining a culture of highperformance in the public sector

Highlights

The Directive calls for consistency inhow employee performance ismanaged and how employeesrsquo skillsare developed across the federal

public service

Each federal organization will establishan employee performancemanagement program that includesrequirements such as

Mandatory annual performancemanagement objectives for allemployees including commitmentsperformance objectives and expectedbehaviours and learning ordevelopment plans

Mid-year evaluations of eachemployee

Annual written employee performanceassessments at the end of each fiscalyear

An action plan to support and guideemployees to improve performancewithin clear timelines and

Mandatory attestation by deputyheads that an employee hassuccessfully completed the probationperiod

Requirements for performanceagreements are already in place forpublic service executives and non-unionized employees With the newDirective performance agreements willbe mandatory for all

To support managers and supervisorsin adopting the new Directivemandatory training will be providedEach department will have acommittee made up of senior officialsto coach managers through theprocess Managers will also besupported with additional labourrelations advice and a Labour andEmployment Law Centre of Expertiseis also being created by the TreasuryBoard Secretariat to deal specificallywith employment law and litigation

The Values and Ethics Code for thePublic Sector that came into force inApril 2012 underpins the objectives ofthe new Directive

The Office of the Chief HumanResources Officer is responsible formonitoring departmentsrsquo compliancewith the directive and conductingreviews to evaluate its impact

Know ThyselfHe who knows much about

others may be learned but hewho understands himself is

more intelligentHe who controls others may be

powerful but he who hasmastered himself is

mightier still

A journey of a thousand milesmust begin with a single step

Lao Tzu

By viewing the old we learn the new

Chinese Proverb

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Cultural Centre launchedMontreacuteal May 28 2013 ndash At a specialmeeting held last Thursday the Cocircte-des-NeigesmdashNotre-Dame-de-Gracircce (CDNmdashNDG) Borough Council awarded a contractto build the new Notre-Dame-de-GracircceCultural Centre The $1540010710contract was won by the Geyser Group inc

The Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce Cultural Centrewill house a new Benny Library and also amulti-purpose hall to accommodate culturalexhibitions and a wide variety ofperformances The ecologically-friendlybuilding meeting LEED certificationstandards will be prominently located at theintersection of avenue de Monkland andavenue Benny across from the NDG SportsCentre

Construction will begin in the next fewweeks and be completed at the end of2014 Originally planned for 2012 theproject had to be modified in order to meetthe Boroughrsquos self-imposed budgetconstraints Construction of the Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce Cultural Centre representsa $236 million investment for which theBorough is depending in particular on thejoint financial support of the ministegravere de laCulture et des Communications du Queacutebecand the Ville de Montreacuteal

ICAO headquarters toremain in Montreal

MONTREAL May 27 2013 - The Ministerof Foreign Affairs the Honourable John

Baird the Minister of InternationalRelations La Francophonie and ExternalTrade and Minister responsible for theMontreacuteal region Mr Jean Francois Liseacuteeand the Mayor of Montreacuteal Mr MichaelApplebaum would like to invite members ofthe media to a press conference for thesigning of the renewal agreement with theInternational Civil Aviation Organization(ICAO) in Montreacuteal

Date Monday May 27th 2013Heure 5 pmLieu Terrace of City Hall

275 Notre-Dame EstMetro Champ-de-Mars

Come join celebrate thePhilippine IndependenceDay Celebration on June 12 1000AM at theFAMAS CentreThe Philippine Declaration of Independencesimultaneously marked the end of thePhilippine Revolution and the PhilippineIslandsrsquo assertion to sovereignty andindependence from Spanish colonial ruleHowever neither Spain nor Americarecognized such a stake to independentnationhood and on December 10 1898the Spanish government ceded thePhilippines to the United States in the Treatyof Paris for the price of US $2 millionmarking the end of the Spanish-AmericanWar1

A short two months later on February 41899 armed conflict erupted betweenPhilippine revolutionary forces and USmilitary occupants in Manila By June 2

1899 the First Philippine Republic officiallydeclared war against the US that lasteduntil July 4 1902 Approximately 20000soldiers were killed in action while thecivilian death toll reached an estimated half-million persons Though the war officiallyended in the summer of 1899 guerillafreedom fighters continued to challengeUS occupation for several more years

It was not until July 4 1946 nearly fiftyyears later that the United States formallyrecognized full Philippine independentnationhood with the enactment of the Treatyof Manila On a rainy day in Manilarsquos LunetaPark 400000 onlookers cheered as theAmerican flag was lowered and thePhilippine flag was raised in its placeSenator Millard Tydings of Marylandreported that the day was ldquoone of the mostunprecedented most idealistic and mostfar-reaching events in all recorded historyrdquo3

July 4 was officially recognized as theNational Day until August 4 1964 whenPresident Diosdado Macapagal signed theMalacanang Republic Act No 4166 thateffectively made June 12mdashthe day thatGeneral Emilio Aguinaldo and hisrevolutionary peers had originally claimedas the Nationrsquos Daymdashthe countryrsquos officialIndependence Day

Today Filipinos around the world fromSaudi Arabia to Los Angeles Californiacontinue to celebrate PhilippineIndependence Day on June 12 In AmericaFilipino Americans otherwise known asFilAms use this day to commemorate thePhilippinesrsquo independence from colonialrule celebrate Filipino heritage-pride

preserve cultural roots promote culturalawareness and bring FilAm communitiestogether4

The largest Philippine Independence Daycelebration takes place annually in NewYork City on Madison Avenue between 23rdand 38th street on the first Sunday of JuneAn estimated 100000 people turn out totake part in various events and to march ina parade that represents FilAms and the7000 plus island clusters that constitute thePhilippine archipelago FilAms proudlydonned outfits representative of theirregional origins academic affiliationsprofessions favored sports team andmore5

In Washington DC the PhilippineEmbassy and Filipino AmericanOrganization host an Independence DayGala commemorative festivals and othercultural activities

In Montreal we commemorate thePhilippine Independence by a Flag RaisingCeremony at the FAMAS Centre every June12 every year

Come and celebrate with us and meet andgreet our kababayans and public officialsLight refreshments are served

Cheers

From the FAMAS Executive Board

Al Boy AbdonPublic Relations Officer - FAMASalabdonvideotronca

May 201324

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Showbiz Gossip Continued from p17

Maja Salvador said she is at a lossfor words when met with greetings onher relationship with Gerald Andersonwhich the actor recently confirmed

At the sidelines of the filming of herupcoming big-screen project with SenJinggoy Estrada on Wednesday the24-year-old actress was asked for herreaction to her boyfriend going publicwith their relationship

Marami ang nagsasabi na angganda ko raw ang suwerte ko raw Diko alam paano sasagutin yun eSalvador was quoted as saying byentertainment news site PhilippineEntertainment Portal

Siguro sobrang blessed ko langna ganun ako ka-importante sa buhayniya talaga she said referring toAnderson

The 24-year-old actor admitted the

real score between him and Salvadorin the June 2013 issue of entertainmentmagazine StarStudio

Last Sunday Anderson said thedecision to admit his romantic ties withSalvador was for everybodys peace ofmind citing the endless speculationsabout their relationship

Anderson and Salvadorsrelationship however came at the costof the actress friendship with her InaKapatid Anak co-star and erstwhilebest friend Kim Chiu

Chiu is the former girlfriend ofAnderson The two broke up in 2010

In an earlier interview an emotionalChiu said she has already forgivenAnderson and Salvador but added itis difficult to forget what they did toyou a

Maja Salvador reacts to GeraldAndersonrsquos confession

Gerald Anderson and Maja Salvador

The lady of laughs Ai Ai delasAlas feels so much better now daysafter her personal conflict with short-lived husband Jed Salang came to ahead

Ai Ai said she never realized howmuch love she enjoys from everyone ndashher family her friends in and out of thebusiness her fans and even those whoare just looking ndash until this thinghappened to her

ldquoIrsquom overwhelmed by the love andsupport of everybody I am verythankful Sobrang pasasalamat kotalaga sa Diyos at sa lahat-lahat ngmga mababait na mga anak ko mgakaibigan ko at mga taong nagmamahalsa akin kahit hindi naman nila akomasyadong nakakasama o nakikita

Wala na akong mahihiling paNapakasuwerte ko pa rinrdquo she saidAi Ai told us everything is clear with hernow ldquoHindi ko akalain na mangyayarisa buhay ko ang ganorsquon nanapapanood ko lang sa TV Pero atleast okay na ako Nakalaya na rin akobago pa mangyari sa akin ang mgabagay na ikakahiya ko pa balangarawrdquo she said

Ai Ai likened her life to a plot of anABS-CBN soap opera She saidldquorsquoyung tipong isang medyonakakabatang lalaki na pumatol saisang medyo may edad na babae namay pera Pero meron talaga siyangpamilya at sinabihan niya na sandalilang ito at kailangan lang niya gawinpara na din sa kanyang mag-inaGanun ang eksaktong nangyari saakinrdquoAnd what didnrsquot kill her made herstronger Ai Ai said ldquoNow I really thankGod for waking me up just in timeMasakit pero ganun talagaNaghangad kasi ako na mahalin ngisang lalaki mapakasalan Siguro hinditalaga rsquoyun ang buhay na para sa akinMarami namang masyadong blessingna ibinibigay si God Ang mga anak kosobrang mahal ako Nahihiya nga akosa kanila at nagpapasalamat nanaiintindihan nila ang Mommy nila Silaang tunay kong kayamananrdquo a

Ai Ai Delas Alas is much betternow

Comedienne Ai Ai delas Alas hasfiled a formal complaint against herhusband of 29 days businessmanJed Salang

According to a report ofentertainment website Pepphpublished on Wednesday delas Alascharged Salang of violating theRepublic Act 9262 or the act definingviolence against women and childrenbefore the Quezon City Regional Trial

Court on FridayThis is in addition to the

protection order she sought againsther husband so he could no longercome near her by 100 to 500 meters

Citing a source allegedly close tothe comedienne Pepph said delasAlas detailed in her petition howSalang physically abused her lastMay 2

The source added delas Alas alsoconsulted with a psychologist whotold her that she is in a ldquostate ofdepressionrdquo and is suffering from anldquoacute post-traumatic-stressdisorderrdquo

Two weeks ago delas Alas brokedown on The Buzz as she confirmedher breakup from Salang

In an interview with The Buzzhost Boy Abunda delas Alasadmitted that she was physically

Ai Ai delas Alas with her husband JedSalang (file photo)

Ai Ai files raps vs husband JedSalang

abused by Salang which led to herdecision to leave him last May 2

She also tearfully said shebelieves Salang never loved her

Delas Alas and Salang weremarried in Las Vegas last April 3

It takes two to do the show bizbreakup cha-cha

Did Jed Salang really do all thoseawful awful things andhellip isnrsquot hegoing to defend himself Just youwait

In the aftermath of Ai-Ai de lasAlasrsquo spectacular meltdown on ldquoTheBuzzrdquo last Sunday over a turbulentseparation from her husband of lessthan a month movie reporters havebeen hunting down Salang abusinessman

Did he really beat up the 48-year-old actress routinely Is he agambling addict as they say Is it

true that he received a monthlyallowance of P40000 from De lasAlas Did he use her money to buyexpensive gifts for another personAwful awful talk (Meanwhile has hereturned the ldquodream carrdquo that shegave him for their first ldquomonthsaryrdquo)

Several show biz scribes havegone to Salangrsquos workplace inAlabang others to his reportedcurrent address A few claim to havetalked to Salang but say he declinedto comment on the whole sordidaffair

When De las Alas claimed onnationwide TV that she had broken upwith Salang on May 2 after repeatedincidents of physical abuse her fanswent up in arms as if on cue Theywasted no time in flooding SalangrsquosInstagram account with vitriolprompting him to close it onMondaymdashhis only link to socialnetworking a

May 2013 19The North American Filipino Star

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Words cannot express howdelighted Lovi Poe is about her sisterGrace Poe-Llamanzares ranking No 1in the May 13 senatorial race Shefinds it hard to believe that she nowhas a big sister who is a senator and isjust a phone call away

Lovi during her contract signingwith GMA-7 last May 17 shared thatshe has gotten to know her elder sisterwell during the campaign season

ldquoIrsquom so proud of her When we hadlunch I met her son daughter and herhusband They are all wonderfulpeople talaga Lahat sila mababait SiAte Grace shersquos very humble shersquosvery smart Talagang I look up to herKung baga isa siyang magandanghalimbawardquo she sharedShe added that if she is proud shecould just imagine how prouder theirfather the late Fernando Poe Jr Kingof Philippine Cinema would havebeen

ldquoIrsquom sure si Papa kung anongnararamdaman ko kay Ate Grace masgrabe pa siya and Irsquom sureipagpapatuloy niya ang gusto niPapahellip I just really feel so proudespecially with what happened nanag-number one siya Siya na mismonagsabi that she didnrsquot expect thatrdquoLovi expressed that she will be asupportive sister and intimated thatSen Grace would be having lunchwith her to discuss her plans inpolitics She said that she would helpin her own capacity as an actress butwonrsquot be ldquovisible politicallyrdquo

ldquoI donrsquot want to venture into

politics kasi itrsquos not my turf talagaLetrsquos leave it to the experts sabi nganilardquo quipped Lovi

These days Lovi is more focusedon giving her all in the projects that theKapuso network entrusts her Shebelieves she has the talent and wantsto prove that she is worthy of herthree-year contract Her love life toocould take a backseat to her new stateof mind which is workldquoIrsquom not dating now I just want to

focus talaga on work Ito rsquoyungpromise ko sa sarili ko na masfocused ako now Irsquom already 24 yearsold at ibang Lovi na ito Mas mature nakasi medyo before I want to enjoywhile working of course but now masfocused nardquo

Itrsquos been almost two months sinceLovi took a break from the Kapusonetwork Now she is excited to goback to work and see her colleagueswhom she misses a lot She also looks

forward to the teleseryes she wouldget and the leading men shersquod beworking with As an actress she israring to do more challenging roles inthe near future

By the way Lovi is in theupcoming movie of Joel Lamanganentitled ldquoLihisrdquo with Jake Cuenca andJoem Bascon among others a

Lovi proud sister to Sen Grace Poe

Lovi Poe (Left) and Sen Grace Poe-Llamanzares

For the first time HeartEvangelista revealed the real reasonwhy she and Jericho Rosales whomshe considers her ldquogreatest loverdquobroke up in 2008

In an sit-down interview with Yesmagazine for its May 2013 issueEvangelista said her parents madeher believe that Rosales cheated onher with Malaysian actress CarmenSoo

At that time Evangelista justreconciled with her parents after nottalking to them for three yearsbecause she fought for herrelationship with Rosales

Evangelista said her parents didnot approve of the Kapamilya actorbecause he already had a child froma previous relationship

ldquoI didnrsquot see them for three yearsat that time and I missed them somuch And I was also going though alot I was struggling with life I wasconfused Although I was happy itwas hard to be happy in one areaand everything else seems like itrsquosfalling apart But the moment I gotback with them naging okay kamirdquoshe said

Rosales was then in Malaysiawith Soo for the ABS-CBN seriesldquoKahit Isang Saglitrdquo whileEvangelista was in Dubai for her ownshow in GMA-7

ldquoWhen they said that he wascheating on me with Carmen Soo Ireally did think that he was I reallythought that he cheated on me Ireally did And that was because theytold me that he was and I wasconvincedrdquo she said

Evangelista shared there waseven a time when Rosales went tosee her in her condominium unit sohe could explain himself but theynever saw each other

ldquoMy mom didnrsquot tell me that hewas waiting for me downstairs in mycondo for five hours She didnrsquot say

anything so I didnrsquot hear from himrdquoshe said

The 27-year-old actress said shejust learned in due course thatRosales did not really cheat on her

ldquoOf course they are yourparentsmdashwhen they tell yousomething over and over you start tohave fears You start to doubt certainsituations And thatrsquos what happenedto me beforerdquo she said

Through time Evangelistaunderstood that her mom was justscared to lose her

ldquoShe was trying to let me go She

was really trying her best to not getherself involved with my pastrelationships It was always like thatShe would try But in the endeverything that she kept inside wouldjust blow up and it would just affectme so much and also therelationship that I was inrdquo she said

Evangelista recently madeheadlines anew after she foundherself in another collision coursewith her parents who lambasted hercurrent boyfriend Senator FrancisChiz Escudero

Both Evangelista and Escuderohowever have stood firm that theyare not breaking up amid all theissues surrounding their relationship

Why Heart and Jericho really broke up Jericho has found lsquoThe Onersquo

Early photo of Heart amp JerichoNot meant to be Former lovers Heartand Jericho Rosales

May 201320 The North American Filipino Star

Itrsquos tough fighting the worldrsquossecond biggest economic power andmost populous country But whenanother economic heavyweight joinsthe fight against you they couldtrounce you very badly And to makethe situation worse the two adversariesare the giant Peoplersquos Republic ofChina (PRC) and the Lilliputian buteconomically rich Republic of China(ROC) which is more commonly knownas Taiwan With the Philippines upagainst the two Chinas her options are

limited

Over the past several years Chinaincreased her defense budget todouble-digit increments In the case ofTaiwan the United States provided herwith firepower to defend herself fromChina whose ultimate goal is to takeover Taiwan and complete theunification of the two Chinas under onegovernment

But the US has nothing to do with thatAlthough the US recognizes the PRCunder a ldquoOne China Policyrdquo she madeit known that Taiwan would bedefended should China decide toinvade Taiwan

The Philippines followed suit andadopted a ldquoOne China Policyrdquo too thussevering her diplomatic relationshipwith Taiwan However the influentialcommunity of Chinese expatriates andrefugees in the Philippines identifythemselves with Chiang Kai-shek andhis Kuomintang Party who fled toTaiwan in 1949 after they were defeatedby Mao Zedong and his CommunistParty in a bloody Civil War

To continue their ldquofriendshiprdquo thePhilippines and Taiwan established twooffices to serve as conduit between thetwo governments The Philippinegovernment opened the ManilaEconomic and Cultural Office (MECO)in Taipei and Taiwan opened the TaipeiEconomic and Cultural Office (TECO) inManila Indeed the relationshipbetween the Philippines and Taiwancouldnrsquot have been betterhellip until lastMay 9 when an incident in disputedwaters ended in the death of aTaiwanese fisherman

Fishing boat incidentRelatives of fisherman killed by thePhilippine Coast Guard

According to Philippine Coast Guard(PCG) account two Taiwanese fishing

boats were sighted in the Balintangchannel just north of Luzon which isPhilippine territory and not claimed byTaiwan or any other country In whatappeared to be illegal fishing the PCGvessel approached the fishing boatsbut one of them tried to ram the PCGvessel The PCG fired at the chargingfishing boat to disable it The fishingboat was disabled howeverunbeknown to the PCG crew a 65-yearold Taiwanese fisherman was hit Thena ldquobig white shiprdquo came to view and the

PCG vessel took off (Source The DailyTribune)

The incident created a crescendo ofevents leading to violence againstOverseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) inTaiwan MECO Chairman AmadeoPerez reported that an OFW wasattacked with a baseball bat by anangry mob in Kaohsiung City TaiwanOther attacks on OFWs were reportedldquoThe situation in Taiwan now is verytenserdquo said PerezIn an attempt to placate TaiwanPresident Benigno Aquino IIIapologized for the death of the

Taiwanese fisherman but the Taiwanesegovernment uncharacteristicallyrejected it as ldquoinsincererdquo

And to make matters worse theTaiwanese government banned theentry of OFWs The Philippinegovernment is preparing evacuationplans should the need to bring theOFWs home arises The Taiwanesegovernment also issued an advisory toher citizens not to visit the Philippines

Enter the bullyEmperor Xi Jinping (Credit TheEconomist)

Meanwhile a Chinese foreign ministryspokesman said ldquoWe strongly

condemn the barbaric shooting andkilling of the Taiwanese fishermandemanding that the Philippines shouldinvestigate the case and furnish thedetails as soon as possible We aredeeply grieved about the death of theTaiwanese compatriot and have sentcondolences to his familyrdquo With Chinaopenly siding with Taiwan it makes onewonder if China was taking advantageof the incident to drive a wedgebetween the two allies of the UnitedStates Indeed China has been tryingvery hard to neutralize the UnitedStatesrsquo military presence in the WesternPacific particularly in the South andEast China Seas

In August 2012 China tricked thePhilippines into ending the standoff atthe Scarborough Shoal (PanatagShoal) by agreeing to a withdrawal ofthe two countriesrsquo naval vessels fromthe area As soon as the Philippineswithdrew her Coast Guard vesselsChina cordoned off the only opening tothe shoal while several Chinese shipsstayed Since then China has de factopossession of the shoal which is about124 miles from Luzon and within thePhilippinesrsquo 200-mile ExclusiveEconomic Zone (EEZ)

Ryukyu archipelagoRyukyu Islands

Recently two events happened that putChinese expansionism into thegeopolitical equation First itquestioned Japanrsquos ownership of theRyukyu archipelago which includesOkinawa where the US maintains 18army navy air force and marine bases

China claims that the Ryukyus wereonce a Chinese vassal state during theMing and Qing dynasties therefore theisland chain should be returned toChina

With this new ldquoterritorial disputerdquoJapanrsquos ongoing dispute with Chinaover ownership of the Senkaku Islandstakes different dimension Someexperts are saying that China is usingthe Ryukyu issue as a bargaining chipto her claim over the Senkakus a groupof five uninhabited islands and isletswedged between Okinawa and Taiwan

When Japan and Taiwan recentlysigned a joint fishing agreement aroundthe Senkakus China became furiousAnd right after that the ownership of theRyukyus came into play

Ayungin Shoal

China also opened another potentialarea of dispute ndash right inside Philippineterritory A few days ago severalChinese ships were sighted near theAyungin Shoal in the Kalayaan town inthe province of Palawan

Last May 10 a Department of ForeignAffairs (DFA) spokesperson said thatAyungin Shoal is within the PhilippinesrsquoEEZ He said that the entry of foreignfishing vessels in an EEZ is a violationof the United Nations Convention of theLaw of the Sea (UNCLOS) China andthe Philippines are signatories toUNCLOS DFA filed a protest letter withthe Chinese Embassy in Manila on theprovocative presence of two Chinesemaritime surveillance shipsand onewarship around Ayungin Shoal(Source The Philippine Star)

Taiping Island

Taiwan also has a piece of the actionamong six nations involved in territorialdisputes in the Spratly archipelagoRecently Taiwan announced plans toexpand a pier in Taiping Island thelargest island in the Spratlys Byexpanding the pier in the fortified islandit would allow port calls by Taiwanrsquos2000-ton frigates The island hasalready a 3800-foot runway whichTaiwan built in 2006 (Source NewStraits Times)

During the 115th anniversarycelebration of the Philippine Navy lastMay 21 Aquino declared ldquoOurmessage to the world is clear what isours is ours and we will repel any andall attempts to claim what is ours anddefend ourselves against any form ofaggression especially within ourbackyardrdquoIt seems that itrsquos going to bea battle between David vs two Goliaths(PerryDiazgmailcom)

David vs Two Goliaths

Anti-Filipino rally in Taiwan

Relatives of killed Taiwanese fisherman

ldquoEmperorrdquo Xi Jinping (Credit The Economist)

Ryukyu Islands

May 2013 21The North American Filipino Star

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Embracing theObscureBy David White

This past weekend in Sonoma CountyCalifornia 17 vintners gathered for a winetasting they dubbed The 7 PercentSolution

As the organizers explained roughly 93percent of Northern California vineyardacreage is planted to eight major grapevarietals The remaining 7 percent is hometo numerous lesser-known varietals[which] are finding anchor with a small butgrowing number of winemakers

The event enabled consumers to explorethe wines being produced by Californiasrevolutionary vintners -- those willing toembrace the states vast and varied climateby avoiding popular grapes and bottlingthe obscure Whether theyre producingunusual varietals or exploring unheraldedregions these winemakers are worthcelebrating

That certain regions of California might bebetter suited to say Albarino thanChardonnay makes sense Across theglobe commercial wine is produced from a

whopping 1368 different grape varieties Itdefies logic to assume that grapes native tocentral France will thrive in all the worldsnew vineyards

This topic was explored at this years DrinkLocal Wine conference by Joseph FiolaPhD a University of Maryland professorwho has spent over 25 years researchingand teaching about experimentalviticulture

During his lecture Fiola spent a great dealof time praising the Old World for itscommitment to growing varieties that areadapted to local growing conditions

Local varieties have been growing inthose areas for hundreds maybethousands of years he explainedYear in year out they get ripe Year inyear out winemakers can controlproduction Those areas know how togrow the grapes they know how tomake good wine And its the localgrapes that are the best [Winemakers]arent going to grow CabernetSauvignon all over Italy becausepeople know the name

Fiola went on to compare southernItalys climate to southern MarylandsYet he acknowledged the temptation tofocus on well-known varieties

Trying to convince a Maryland winerythat has to worry about marketing topeople who can barely pronounceChardonnay to sell Nero dAvolaNegroamaro Sagrantino he askednaming three esoteric varieties fromItaly That presents a challenge heconceded

Europe has an advantage of courseThe continent has been producingwine for thousands of years so vintnersthere understand which grapes dobest In France for examplewinemakers in Burgundy know to focus

on Pinot Noir and Chardonnay Just asGerman vintners recognize thatRiesling thrives in the countrys Moselregion Spanish vintners recognize thatAlbarino thrives in Galicia

Wine production in the United States isstill in its infancy But winemakers knowthat American consumers enjoyCabernet Sauvignon ChardonnayMerlot Pinot Noir and SauvignonBlanc so thats what most produceOnly the most courageous vintnerswould eschew these varieties

One of these courageous vintners isMatthew Rorick of Forlorn Hope whopoured at this weekends tasting inSonoma Since 2005 he has beenproducing rare creatures fromappellations unknown and varietiesuncommon

His rare creatures are truly unusualHe produces delightful reds fromSangiovese and Barbera two Italiangrapes that few California winemakers

take seriously He produces a deliciousVerdelho a white wine thats typicallyassociated with Portugal He producesthe nations only 100-percent StLaurent a thought-provoking highlyaromatic red thats almost impossibleto find outside Austria and the CzechRepublic Each year he crafts morethan a dozen different wines -- andvirtually all are produced in lots offewer than 2500 bottles

The fact that 17 vintners like Rorickwere able to fill a room this pastweekend is a testament to the fact thatan increasing number of winemakersare willing to take risks And perhapsmore importantly Americanconsumers are growing morecomfortable exploring the unknown

David White a wine writer is the founderand editor of Terroiristcom His columnsare housed at Palate Press The OnlineWine Magazine

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Minister FlahertyHighlights EconomicAction Plan 2013rsquosStrong Support forCharitableOrganizations

The Honourable Jim Flaherty Ministerof Finance today urged Canadians totake advantage of the HarperGovernmentrsquos new First-Time DonorrsquosSuper Credit and donate to acharitable organization

Speaking at Lutherwood a not-for-profit health and social serviceorganization serving the WaterlooRegion and Wellington CountyMinister Flaherty said ldquoThroughout ournationrsquos history Canadians haveworked together to serve others andhave made Canada a better place inthe process Our Government wants tosee that noble tradition continuewhich is why Economic Action Plan2013 builds on previous actions by ourGovernment to support families andcommunities and the quality of life forhard-working Canadiansrdquo

These initiatives include the RegisteredDisability Savings Plan the FamilyCaregiver Tax Credit and the EnablingAccessibility Fund which supports thecapital costs of construction andrenovations to improve physicalaccessibility for persons withdisabilities

Minister Flaherty stated ldquoThe newFirst-Time Donorrsquos Super Credit willsignificantly enhance theattractiveness of donating to a charityfor young and new Canadians who arein a position to make donations for thefirst time By helping to rejuvenate andexpand the charitable sectorrsquos donorbase this important initiative will havean immediate impact in supporting thecharitable sectorrdquo

The credit will apply on cash donationsof up to $1000 claimed in any onetaxation year from 2013 to 2017 It willincrease the value of the existingCharitable Donations Tax Credit by 25percentage points if neither thetaxpayer nor their spouse has claimedthe credit since 2007

Kitchener-Waterloo MP Peter Braid achampion for such worthy causesadded ldquoCanadians are some of themost generous people in the worldwhen it comes to giving time andmoney to charity and our Governmentis committed to supporting that spiritrdquo

ldquoThe Super Credit is a very positivestep for charities wanting to engagenew donors We are excited by thepossibilities and eager to continueworking with the federal government toexplore innovative ways to expandcharitable giving by all Canadiansrdquosaid Marcel Lauziegravere President andCEO of Imagine Canada

___________________________________For further information media may

contact

Kathleen PerchalukPress SecretaryOffice of the Minister of Finance613-996-7861

Jack AubryMedia RelationsDepartment of Finance613-996-8080

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Treasury Board PresidentAnnounces MajorInitiative toward a High-Performing Public Service

For immediate release

May 28 2013

Ottawa ndash The Honourable TonyClement President of the TreasuryBoard today announced a newmandatory system for trackingemployee performance aimed atboosting productivity and ensuringCanadians receive modern effectiveand efficient public service

ldquoHard-working Canadians look to us toprovide high quality affordableservice The Governmentrsquos newperformance management regime willensure that we are employing thepublic service to its fullest potentialrdquosaid Minister Clement ldquoComplacencyand the status quo are not an optionExcellence must be the benchmarkCanadians deserve no lessrdquo

The new Directive on PerformanceManagement introduces for the firsttime a government-wide system fortracking employee performance Thegoal is three-fold

To recognize and reward excellentperformance

Work with all employees to maximizeperformance and

To deal decisively with unsatisfactoryperformance

ldquoPerformance management is aboutensuring good workers have anopportunity to become great workersand dealing effectively with poorperformersrdquo said Minister ClementldquoEither poor performers improve andbecome productive employees or wewill let them gordquo

The Directive which comes into effectin April 2014 includes a number ofstandardized measures for trackingperformance These measuresinclude establishing annualperformance objectives for allemployees mid-year evaluationsannual written performanceassessments and an action plan forimproving performance with clearestablished time-lines as well as stepsto be taken if performance does notimprove These steps could include

demotion or termination Processeswill ensure that employees are treatedfairly

ldquoDoing things the way they havealways been done is no longer goodenough if we want to build a 21stcentury public servicerdquo said MinisterClement ldquoWe owe it to Canadians andwe owe it to the vast majority ofcommitted hard-working publicservants to make sure everyone ispulling their weightrdquo

For more information please consultthe Directive on PerformanceManagement and visit thePerformance Management website

mdash 30 mdash

For more information see the Directiveon Performance Managementbackgrounder or contact

Matthew ConwayPress SecretaryOffice of the President of the TreasuryBoard and Minister responsible forFedNor613-957-2666

Media RelationsTreasury Board of Canada Secretariat613-957-2640

If there is a discrepancy between anyprinted version and the electronicversion of this news release theelectronic version will prevail

TTY (telecommunications device forthe hearing impaired) ndash 613-957-9090

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Backgrounder - Directive onPerformance Management

The Government of Canada isimplementing a new employeeperformance management program tofoster excellence in service delivery toCanadians and improve productivity

This Directive will introduce for the firsttime a systemic mandatoryperformance assessment for all corepublic sector employees Rigorousperformance management is a bestpractice and an essential element of amodern public service

The new Directive on PerformanceManagement applies to federalemployees in the core publicadministration See footnote 1 and willcome into effect on April 1 2014

The approach to implementingPerformance Management is system-wide and will support deputy headsmanagers and employees in achievingand sustaining a culture of highperformance in the public sector

Highlights

The Directive calls for consistency inhow employee performance ismanaged and how employeesrsquo skillsare developed across the federal

public service

Each federal organization will establishan employee performancemanagement program that includesrequirements such as

Mandatory annual performancemanagement objectives for allemployees including commitmentsperformance objectives and expectedbehaviours and learning ordevelopment plans

Mid-year evaluations of eachemployee

Annual written employee performanceassessments at the end of each fiscalyear

An action plan to support and guideemployees to improve performancewithin clear timelines and

Mandatory attestation by deputyheads that an employee hassuccessfully completed the probationperiod

Requirements for performanceagreements are already in place forpublic service executives and non-unionized employees With the newDirective performance agreements willbe mandatory for all

To support managers and supervisorsin adopting the new Directivemandatory training will be providedEach department will have acommittee made up of senior officialsto coach managers through theprocess Managers will also besupported with additional labourrelations advice and a Labour andEmployment Law Centre of Expertiseis also being created by the TreasuryBoard Secretariat to deal specificallywith employment law and litigation

The Values and Ethics Code for thePublic Sector that came into force inApril 2012 underpins the objectives ofthe new Directive

The Office of the Chief HumanResources Officer is responsible formonitoring departmentsrsquo compliancewith the directive and conductingreviews to evaluate its impact

Know ThyselfHe who knows much about

others may be learned but hewho understands himself is

more intelligentHe who controls others may be

powerful but he who hasmastered himself is

mightier still

A journey of a thousand milesmust begin with a single step

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By viewing the old we learn the new

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Cultural Centre launchedMontreacuteal May 28 2013 ndash At a specialmeeting held last Thursday the Cocircte-des-NeigesmdashNotre-Dame-de-Gracircce (CDNmdashNDG) Borough Council awarded a contractto build the new Notre-Dame-de-GracircceCultural Centre The $1540010710contract was won by the Geyser Group inc

The Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce Cultural Centrewill house a new Benny Library and also amulti-purpose hall to accommodate culturalexhibitions and a wide variety ofperformances The ecologically-friendlybuilding meeting LEED certificationstandards will be prominently located at theintersection of avenue de Monkland andavenue Benny across from the NDG SportsCentre

Construction will begin in the next fewweeks and be completed at the end of2014 Originally planned for 2012 theproject had to be modified in order to meetthe Boroughrsquos self-imposed budgetconstraints Construction of the Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce Cultural Centre representsa $236 million investment for which theBorough is depending in particular on thejoint financial support of the ministegravere de laCulture et des Communications du Queacutebecand the Ville de Montreacuteal

ICAO headquarters toremain in Montreal

MONTREAL May 27 2013 - The Ministerof Foreign Affairs the Honourable John

Baird the Minister of InternationalRelations La Francophonie and ExternalTrade and Minister responsible for theMontreacuteal region Mr Jean Francois Liseacuteeand the Mayor of Montreacuteal Mr MichaelApplebaum would like to invite members ofthe media to a press conference for thesigning of the renewal agreement with theInternational Civil Aviation Organization(ICAO) in Montreacuteal

Date Monday May 27th 2013Heure 5 pmLieu Terrace of City Hall

275 Notre-Dame EstMetro Champ-de-Mars

Come join celebrate thePhilippine IndependenceDay Celebration on June 12 1000AM at theFAMAS CentreThe Philippine Declaration of Independencesimultaneously marked the end of thePhilippine Revolution and the PhilippineIslandsrsquo assertion to sovereignty andindependence from Spanish colonial ruleHowever neither Spain nor Americarecognized such a stake to independentnationhood and on December 10 1898the Spanish government ceded thePhilippines to the United States in the Treatyof Paris for the price of US $2 millionmarking the end of the Spanish-AmericanWar1

A short two months later on February 41899 armed conflict erupted betweenPhilippine revolutionary forces and USmilitary occupants in Manila By June 2

1899 the First Philippine Republic officiallydeclared war against the US that lasteduntil July 4 1902 Approximately 20000soldiers were killed in action while thecivilian death toll reached an estimated half-million persons Though the war officiallyended in the summer of 1899 guerillafreedom fighters continued to challengeUS occupation for several more years

It was not until July 4 1946 nearly fiftyyears later that the United States formallyrecognized full Philippine independentnationhood with the enactment of the Treatyof Manila On a rainy day in Manilarsquos LunetaPark 400000 onlookers cheered as theAmerican flag was lowered and thePhilippine flag was raised in its placeSenator Millard Tydings of Marylandreported that the day was ldquoone of the mostunprecedented most idealistic and mostfar-reaching events in all recorded historyrdquo3

July 4 was officially recognized as theNational Day until August 4 1964 whenPresident Diosdado Macapagal signed theMalacanang Republic Act No 4166 thateffectively made June 12mdashthe day thatGeneral Emilio Aguinaldo and hisrevolutionary peers had originally claimedas the Nationrsquos Daymdashthe countryrsquos officialIndependence Day

Today Filipinos around the world fromSaudi Arabia to Los Angeles Californiacontinue to celebrate PhilippineIndependence Day on June 12 In AmericaFilipino Americans otherwise known asFilAms use this day to commemorate thePhilippinesrsquo independence from colonialrule celebrate Filipino heritage-pride

preserve cultural roots promote culturalawareness and bring FilAm communitiestogether4

The largest Philippine Independence Daycelebration takes place annually in NewYork City on Madison Avenue between 23rdand 38th street on the first Sunday of JuneAn estimated 100000 people turn out totake part in various events and to march ina parade that represents FilAms and the7000 plus island clusters that constitute thePhilippine archipelago FilAms proudlydonned outfits representative of theirregional origins academic affiliationsprofessions favored sports team andmore5

In Washington DC the PhilippineEmbassy and Filipino AmericanOrganization host an Independence DayGala commemorative festivals and othercultural activities

In Montreal we commemorate thePhilippine Independence by a Flag RaisingCeremony at the FAMAS Centre every June12 every year

Come and celebrate with us and meet andgreet our kababayans and public officialsLight refreshments are served

Cheers

From the FAMAS Executive Board

Al Boy AbdonPublic Relations Officer - FAMASalabdonvideotronca

May 201324

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Words cannot express howdelighted Lovi Poe is about her sisterGrace Poe-Llamanzares ranking No 1in the May 13 senatorial race Shefinds it hard to believe that she nowhas a big sister who is a senator and isjust a phone call away

Lovi during her contract signingwith GMA-7 last May 17 shared thatshe has gotten to know her elder sisterwell during the campaign season

ldquoIrsquom so proud of her When we hadlunch I met her son daughter and herhusband They are all wonderfulpeople talaga Lahat sila mababait SiAte Grace shersquos very humble shersquosvery smart Talagang I look up to herKung baga isa siyang magandanghalimbawardquo she sharedShe added that if she is proud shecould just imagine how prouder theirfather the late Fernando Poe Jr Kingof Philippine Cinema would havebeen

ldquoIrsquom sure si Papa kung anongnararamdaman ko kay Ate Grace masgrabe pa siya and Irsquom sureipagpapatuloy niya ang gusto niPapahellip I just really feel so proudespecially with what happened nanag-number one siya Siya na mismonagsabi that she didnrsquot expect thatrdquoLovi expressed that she will be asupportive sister and intimated thatSen Grace would be having lunchwith her to discuss her plans inpolitics She said that she would helpin her own capacity as an actress butwonrsquot be ldquovisible politicallyrdquo

ldquoI donrsquot want to venture into

politics kasi itrsquos not my turf talagaLetrsquos leave it to the experts sabi nganilardquo quipped Lovi

These days Lovi is more focusedon giving her all in the projects that theKapuso network entrusts her Shebelieves she has the talent and wantsto prove that she is worthy of herthree-year contract Her love life toocould take a backseat to her new stateof mind which is workldquoIrsquom not dating now I just want to

focus talaga on work Ito rsquoyungpromise ko sa sarili ko na masfocused ako now Irsquom already 24 yearsold at ibang Lovi na ito Mas mature nakasi medyo before I want to enjoywhile working of course but now masfocused nardquo

Itrsquos been almost two months sinceLovi took a break from the Kapusonetwork Now she is excited to goback to work and see her colleagueswhom she misses a lot She also looks

forward to the teleseryes she wouldget and the leading men shersquod beworking with As an actress she israring to do more challenging roles inthe near future

By the way Lovi is in theupcoming movie of Joel Lamanganentitled ldquoLihisrdquo with Jake Cuenca andJoem Bascon among others a

Lovi proud sister to Sen Grace Poe

Lovi Poe (Left) and Sen Grace Poe-Llamanzares

For the first time HeartEvangelista revealed the real reasonwhy she and Jericho Rosales whomshe considers her ldquogreatest loverdquobroke up in 2008

In an sit-down interview with Yesmagazine for its May 2013 issueEvangelista said her parents madeher believe that Rosales cheated onher with Malaysian actress CarmenSoo

At that time Evangelista justreconciled with her parents after nottalking to them for three yearsbecause she fought for herrelationship with Rosales

Evangelista said her parents didnot approve of the Kapamilya actorbecause he already had a child froma previous relationship

ldquoI didnrsquot see them for three yearsat that time and I missed them somuch And I was also going though alot I was struggling with life I wasconfused Although I was happy itwas hard to be happy in one areaand everything else seems like itrsquosfalling apart But the moment I gotback with them naging okay kamirdquoshe said

Rosales was then in Malaysiawith Soo for the ABS-CBN seriesldquoKahit Isang Saglitrdquo whileEvangelista was in Dubai for her ownshow in GMA-7

ldquoWhen they said that he wascheating on me with Carmen Soo Ireally did think that he was I reallythought that he cheated on me Ireally did And that was because theytold me that he was and I wasconvincedrdquo she said

Evangelista shared there waseven a time when Rosales went tosee her in her condominium unit sohe could explain himself but theynever saw each other

ldquoMy mom didnrsquot tell me that hewas waiting for me downstairs in mycondo for five hours She didnrsquot say

anything so I didnrsquot hear from himrdquoshe said

The 27-year-old actress said shejust learned in due course thatRosales did not really cheat on her

ldquoOf course they are yourparentsmdashwhen they tell yousomething over and over you start tohave fears You start to doubt certainsituations And thatrsquos what happenedto me beforerdquo she said

Through time Evangelistaunderstood that her mom was justscared to lose her

ldquoShe was trying to let me go She

was really trying her best to not getherself involved with my pastrelationships It was always like thatShe would try But in the endeverything that she kept inside wouldjust blow up and it would just affectme so much and also therelationship that I was inrdquo she said

Evangelista recently madeheadlines anew after she foundherself in another collision coursewith her parents who lambasted hercurrent boyfriend Senator FrancisChiz Escudero

Both Evangelista and Escuderohowever have stood firm that theyare not breaking up amid all theissues surrounding their relationship

Why Heart and Jericho really broke up Jericho has found lsquoThe Onersquo

Early photo of Heart amp JerichoNot meant to be Former lovers Heartand Jericho Rosales

May 201320 The North American Filipino Star

Itrsquos tough fighting the worldrsquossecond biggest economic power andmost populous country But whenanother economic heavyweight joinsthe fight against you they couldtrounce you very badly And to makethe situation worse the two adversariesare the giant Peoplersquos Republic ofChina (PRC) and the Lilliputian buteconomically rich Republic of China(ROC) which is more commonly knownas Taiwan With the Philippines upagainst the two Chinas her options are

limited

Over the past several years Chinaincreased her defense budget todouble-digit increments In the case ofTaiwan the United States provided herwith firepower to defend herself fromChina whose ultimate goal is to takeover Taiwan and complete theunification of the two Chinas under onegovernment

But the US has nothing to do with thatAlthough the US recognizes the PRCunder a ldquoOne China Policyrdquo she madeit known that Taiwan would bedefended should China decide toinvade Taiwan

The Philippines followed suit andadopted a ldquoOne China Policyrdquo too thussevering her diplomatic relationshipwith Taiwan However the influentialcommunity of Chinese expatriates andrefugees in the Philippines identifythemselves with Chiang Kai-shek andhis Kuomintang Party who fled toTaiwan in 1949 after they were defeatedby Mao Zedong and his CommunistParty in a bloody Civil War

To continue their ldquofriendshiprdquo thePhilippines and Taiwan established twooffices to serve as conduit between thetwo governments The Philippinegovernment opened the ManilaEconomic and Cultural Office (MECO)in Taipei and Taiwan opened the TaipeiEconomic and Cultural Office (TECO) inManila Indeed the relationshipbetween the Philippines and Taiwancouldnrsquot have been betterhellip until lastMay 9 when an incident in disputedwaters ended in the death of aTaiwanese fisherman

Fishing boat incidentRelatives of fisherman killed by thePhilippine Coast Guard

According to Philippine Coast Guard(PCG) account two Taiwanese fishing

boats were sighted in the Balintangchannel just north of Luzon which isPhilippine territory and not claimed byTaiwan or any other country In whatappeared to be illegal fishing the PCGvessel approached the fishing boatsbut one of them tried to ram the PCGvessel The PCG fired at the chargingfishing boat to disable it The fishingboat was disabled howeverunbeknown to the PCG crew a 65-yearold Taiwanese fisherman was hit Thena ldquobig white shiprdquo came to view and the

PCG vessel took off (Source The DailyTribune)

The incident created a crescendo ofevents leading to violence againstOverseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) inTaiwan MECO Chairman AmadeoPerez reported that an OFW wasattacked with a baseball bat by anangry mob in Kaohsiung City TaiwanOther attacks on OFWs were reportedldquoThe situation in Taiwan now is verytenserdquo said PerezIn an attempt to placate TaiwanPresident Benigno Aquino IIIapologized for the death of the

Taiwanese fisherman but the Taiwanesegovernment uncharacteristicallyrejected it as ldquoinsincererdquo

And to make matters worse theTaiwanese government banned theentry of OFWs The Philippinegovernment is preparing evacuationplans should the need to bring theOFWs home arises The Taiwanesegovernment also issued an advisory toher citizens not to visit the Philippines

Enter the bullyEmperor Xi Jinping (Credit TheEconomist)

Meanwhile a Chinese foreign ministryspokesman said ldquoWe strongly

condemn the barbaric shooting andkilling of the Taiwanese fishermandemanding that the Philippines shouldinvestigate the case and furnish thedetails as soon as possible We aredeeply grieved about the death of theTaiwanese compatriot and have sentcondolences to his familyrdquo With Chinaopenly siding with Taiwan it makes onewonder if China was taking advantageof the incident to drive a wedgebetween the two allies of the UnitedStates Indeed China has been tryingvery hard to neutralize the UnitedStatesrsquo military presence in the WesternPacific particularly in the South andEast China Seas

In August 2012 China tricked thePhilippines into ending the standoff atthe Scarborough Shoal (PanatagShoal) by agreeing to a withdrawal ofthe two countriesrsquo naval vessels fromthe area As soon as the Philippineswithdrew her Coast Guard vesselsChina cordoned off the only opening tothe shoal while several Chinese shipsstayed Since then China has de factopossession of the shoal which is about124 miles from Luzon and within thePhilippinesrsquo 200-mile ExclusiveEconomic Zone (EEZ)

Ryukyu archipelagoRyukyu Islands

Recently two events happened that putChinese expansionism into thegeopolitical equation First itquestioned Japanrsquos ownership of theRyukyu archipelago which includesOkinawa where the US maintains 18army navy air force and marine bases

China claims that the Ryukyus wereonce a Chinese vassal state during theMing and Qing dynasties therefore theisland chain should be returned toChina

With this new ldquoterritorial disputerdquoJapanrsquos ongoing dispute with Chinaover ownership of the Senkaku Islandstakes different dimension Someexperts are saying that China is usingthe Ryukyu issue as a bargaining chipto her claim over the Senkakus a groupof five uninhabited islands and isletswedged between Okinawa and Taiwan

When Japan and Taiwan recentlysigned a joint fishing agreement aroundthe Senkakus China became furiousAnd right after that the ownership of theRyukyus came into play

Ayungin Shoal

China also opened another potentialarea of dispute ndash right inside Philippineterritory A few days ago severalChinese ships were sighted near theAyungin Shoal in the Kalayaan town inthe province of Palawan

Last May 10 a Department of ForeignAffairs (DFA) spokesperson said thatAyungin Shoal is within the PhilippinesrsquoEEZ He said that the entry of foreignfishing vessels in an EEZ is a violationof the United Nations Convention of theLaw of the Sea (UNCLOS) China andthe Philippines are signatories toUNCLOS DFA filed a protest letter withthe Chinese Embassy in Manila on theprovocative presence of two Chinesemaritime surveillance shipsand onewarship around Ayungin Shoal(Source The Philippine Star)

Taiping Island

Taiwan also has a piece of the actionamong six nations involved in territorialdisputes in the Spratly archipelagoRecently Taiwan announced plans toexpand a pier in Taiping Island thelargest island in the Spratlys Byexpanding the pier in the fortified islandit would allow port calls by Taiwanrsquos2000-ton frigates The island hasalready a 3800-foot runway whichTaiwan built in 2006 (Source NewStraits Times)

During the 115th anniversarycelebration of the Philippine Navy lastMay 21 Aquino declared ldquoOurmessage to the world is clear what isours is ours and we will repel any andall attempts to claim what is ours anddefend ourselves against any form ofaggression especially within ourbackyardrdquoIt seems that itrsquos going to bea battle between David vs two Goliaths(PerryDiazgmailcom)

David vs Two Goliaths

Anti-Filipino rally in Taiwan

Relatives of killed Taiwanese fisherman

ldquoEmperorrdquo Xi Jinping (Credit The Economist)

Ryukyu Islands

May 2013 21The North American Filipino Star

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Embracing theObscureBy David White

This past weekend in Sonoma CountyCalifornia 17 vintners gathered for a winetasting they dubbed The 7 PercentSolution

As the organizers explained roughly 93percent of Northern California vineyardacreage is planted to eight major grapevarietals The remaining 7 percent is hometo numerous lesser-known varietals[which] are finding anchor with a small butgrowing number of winemakers

The event enabled consumers to explorethe wines being produced by Californiasrevolutionary vintners -- those willing toembrace the states vast and varied climateby avoiding popular grapes and bottlingthe obscure Whether theyre producingunusual varietals or exploring unheraldedregions these winemakers are worthcelebrating

That certain regions of California might bebetter suited to say Albarino thanChardonnay makes sense Across theglobe commercial wine is produced from a

whopping 1368 different grape varieties Itdefies logic to assume that grapes native tocentral France will thrive in all the worldsnew vineyards

This topic was explored at this years DrinkLocal Wine conference by Joseph FiolaPhD a University of Maryland professorwho has spent over 25 years researchingand teaching about experimentalviticulture

During his lecture Fiola spent a great dealof time praising the Old World for itscommitment to growing varieties that areadapted to local growing conditions

Local varieties have been growing inthose areas for hundreds maybethousands of years he explainedYear in year out they get ripe Year inyear out winemakers can controlproduction Those areas know how togrow the grapes they know how tomake good wine And its the localgrapes that are the best [Winemakers]arent going to grow CabernetSauvignon all over Italy becausepeople know the name

Fiola went on to compare southernItalys climate to southern MarylandsYet he acknowledged the temptation tofocus on well-known varieties

Trying to convince a Maryland winerythat has to worry about marketing topeople who can barely pronounceChardonnay to sell Nero dAvolaNegroamaro Sagrantino he askednaming three esoteric varieties fromItaly That presents a challenge heconceded

Europe has an advantage of courseThe continent has been producingwine for thousands of years so vintnersthere understand which grapes dobest In France for examplewinemakers in Burgundy know to focus

on Pinot Noir and Chardonnay Just asGerman vintners recognize thatRiesling thrives in the countrys Moselregion Spanish vintners recognize thatAlbarino thrives in Galicia

Wine production in the United States isstill in its infancy But winemakers knowthat American consumers enjoyCabernet Sauvignon ChardonnayMerlot Pinot Noir and SauvignonBlanc so thats what most produceOnly the most courageous vintnerswould eschew these varieties

One of these courageous vintners isMatthew Rorick of Forlorn Hope whopoured at this weekends tasting inSonoma Since 2005 he has beenproducing rare creatures fromappellations unknown and varietiesuncommon

His rare creatures are truly unusualHe produces delightful reds fromSangiovese and Barbera two Italiangrapes that few California winemakers

take seriously He produces a deliciousVerdelho a white wine thats typicallyassociated with Portugal He producesthe nations only 100-percent StLaurent a thought-provoking highlyaromatic red thats almost impossibleto find outside Austria and the CzechRepublic Each year he crafts morethan a dozen different wines -- andvirtually all are produced in lots offewer than 2500 bottles

The fact that 17 vintners like Rorickwere able to fill a room this pastweekend is a testament to the fact thatan increasing number of winemakersare willing to take risks And perhapsmore importantly Americanconsumers are growing morecomfortable exploring the unknown

David White a wine writer is the founderand editor of Terroiristcom His columnsare housed at Palate Press The OnlineWine Magazine

APRIL 201322 The North American Filipino Star

wwwfilipinostarorg

Minister FlahertyHighlights EconomicAction Plan 2013rsquosStrong Support forCharitableOrganizations

The Honourable Jim Flaherty Ministerof Finance today urged Canadians totake advantage of the HarperGovernmentrsquos new First-Time DonorrsquosSuper Credit and donate to acharitable organization

Speaking at Lutherwood a not-for-profit health and social serviceorganization serving the WaterlooRegion and Wellington CountyMinister Flaherty said ldquoThroughout ournationrsquos history Canadians haveworked together to serve others andhave made Canada a better place inthe process Our Government wants tosee that noble tradition continuewhich is why Economic Action Plan2013 builds on previous actions by ourGovernment to support families andcommunities and the quality of life forhard-working Canadiansrdquo

These initiatives include the RegisteredDisability Savings Plan the FamilyCaregiver Tax Credit and the EnablingAccessibility Fund which supports thecapital costs of construction andrenovations to improve physicalaccessibility for persons withdisabilities

Minister Flaherty stated ldquoThe newFirst-Time Donorrsquos Super Credit willsignificantly enhance theattractiveness of donating to a charityfor young and new Canadians who arein a position to make donations for thefirst time By helping to rejuvenate andexpand the charitable sectorrsquos donorbase this important initiative will havean immediate impact in supporting thecharitable sectorrdquo

The credit will apply on cash donationsof up to $1000 claimed in any onetaxation year from 2013 to 2017 It willincrease the value of the existingCharitable Donations Tax Credit by 25percentage points if neither thetaxpayer nor their spouse has claimedthe credit since 2007

Kitchener-Waterloo MP Peter Braid achampion for such worthy causesadded ldquoCanadians are some of themost generous people in the worldwhen it comes to giving time andmoney to charity and our Governmentis committed to supporting that spiritrdquo

ldquoThe Super Credit is a very positivestep for charities wanting to engagenew donors We are excited by thepossibilities and eager to continueworking with the federal government toexplore innovative ways to expandcharitable giving by all Canadiansrdquosaid Marcel Lauziegravere President andCEO of Imagine Canada

___________________________________For further information media may

contact

Kathleen PerchalukPress SecretaryOffice of the Minister of Finance613-996-7861

Jack AubryMedia RelationsDepartment of Finance613-996-8080

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Treasury Board PresidentAnnounces MajorInitiative toward a High-Performing Public Service

For immediate release

May 28 2013

Ottawa ndash The Honourable TonyClement President of the TreasuryBoard today announced a newmandatory system for trackingemployee performance aimed atboosting productivity and ensuringCanadians receive modern effectiveand efficient public service

ldquoHard-working Canadians look to us toprovide high quality affordableservice The Governmentrsquos newperformance management regime willensure that we are employing thepublic service to its fullest potentialrdquosaid Minister Clement ldquoComplacencyand the status quo are not an optionExcellence must be the benchmarkCanadians deserve no lessrdquo

The new Directive on PerformanceManagement introduces for the firsttime a government-wide system fortracking employee performance Thegoal is three-fold

To recognize and reward excellentperformance

Work with all employees to maximizeperformance and

To deal decisively with unsatisfactoryperformance

ldquoPerformance management is aboutensuring good workers have anopportunity to become great workersand dealing effectively with poorperformersrdquo said Minister ClementldquoEither poor performers improve andbecome productive employees or wewill let them gordquo

The Directive which comes into effectin April 2014 includes a number ofstandardized measures for trackingperformance These measuresinclude establishing annualperformance objectives for allemployees mid-year evaluationsannual written performanceassessments and an action plan forimproving performance with clearestablished time-lines as well as stepsto be taken if performance does notimprove These steps could include

demotion or termination Processeswill ensure that employees are treatedfairly

ldquoDoing things the way they havealways been done is no longer goodenough if we want to build a 21stcentury public servicerdquo said MinisterClement ldquoWe owe it to Canadians andwe owe it to the vast majority ofcommitted hard-working publicservants to make sure everyone ispulling their weightrdquo

For more information please consultthe Directive on PerformanceManagement and visit thePerformance Management website

mdash 30 mdash

For more information see the Directiveon Performance Managementbackgrounder or contact

Matthew ConwayPress SecretaryOffice of the President of the TreasuryBoard and Minister responsible forFedNor613-957-2666

Media RelationsTreasury Board of Canada Secretariat613-957-2640

If there is a discrepancy between anyprinted version and the electronicversion of this news release theelectronic version will prevail

TTY (telecommunications device forthe hearing impaired) ndash 613-957-9090

Follow us on Twitter TBS_Canada

Backgrounder - Directive onPerformance Management

The Government of Canada isimplementing a new employeeperformance management program tofoster excellence in service delivery toCanadians and improve productivity

This Directive will introduce for the firsttime a systemic mandatoryperformance assessment for all corepublic sector employees Rigorousperformance management is a bestpractice and an essential element of amodern public service

The new Directive on PerformanceManagement applies to federalemployees in the core publicadministration See footnote 1 and willcome into effect on April 1 2014

The approach to implementingPerformance Management is system-wide and will support deputy headsmanagers and employees in achievingand sustaining a culture of highperformance in the public sector

Highlights

The Directive calls for consistency inhow employee performance ismanaged and how employeesrsquo skillsare developed across the federal

public service

Each federal organization will establishan employee performancemanagement program that includesrequirements such as

Mandatory annual performancemanagement objectives for allemployees including commitmentsperformance objectives and expectedbehaviours and learning ordevelopment plans

Mid-year evaluations of eachemployee

Annual written employee performanceassessments at the end of each fiscalyear

An action plan to support and guideemployees to improve performancewithin clear timelines and

Mandatory attestation by deputyheads that an employee hassuccessfully completed the probationperiod

Requirements for performanceagreements are already in place forpublic service executives and non-unionized employees With the newDirective performance agreements willbe mandatory for all

To support managers and supervisorsin adopting the new Directivemandatory training will be providedEach department will have acommittee made up of senior officialsto coach managers through theprocess Managers will also besupported with additional labourrelations advice and a Labour andEmployment Law Centre of Expertiseis also being created by the TreasuryBoard Secretariat to deal specificallywith employment law and litigation

The Values and Ethics Code for thePublic Sector that came into force inApril 2012 underpins the objectives ofthe new Directive

The Office of the Chief HumanResources Officer is responsible formonitoring departmentsrsquo compliancewith the directive and conductingreviews to evaluate its impact

Know ThyselfHe who knows much about

others may be learned but hewho understands himself is

more intelligentHe who controls others may be

powerful but he who hasmastered himself is

mightier still

A journey of a thousand milesmust begin with a single step

Lao Tzu

By viewing the old we learn the new

Chinese Proverb

The North American Filipino StarMay 2013 23The North American Filipino Star

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Cultural Centre launchedMontreacuteal May 28 2013 ndash At a specialmeeting held last Thursday the Cocircte-des-NeigesmdashNotre-Dame-de-Gracircce (CDNmdashNDG) Borough Council awarded a contractto build the new Notre-Dame-de-GracircceCultural Centre The $1540010710contract was won by the Geyser Group inc

The Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce Cultural Centrewill house a new Benny Library and also amulti-purpose hall to accommodate culturalexhibitions and a wide variety ofperformances The ecologically-friendlybuilding meeting LEED certificationstandards will be prominently located at theintersection of avenue de Monkland andavenue Benny across from the NDG SportsCentre

Construction will begin in the next fewweeks and be completed at the end of2014 Originally planned for 2012 theproject had to be modified in order to meetthe Boroughrsquos self-imposed budgetconstraints Construction of the Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce Cultural Centre representsa $236 million investment for which theBorough is depending in particular on thejoint financial support of the ministegravere de laCulture et des Communications du Queacutebecand the Ville de Montreacuteal

ICAO headquarters toremain in Montreal

MONTREAL May 27 2013 - The Ministerof Foreign Affairs the Honourable John

Baird the Minister of InternationalRelations La Francophonie and ExternalTrade and Minister responsible for theMontreacuteal region Mr Jean Francois Liseacuteeand the Mayor of Montreacuteal Mr MichaelApplebaum would like to invite members ofthe media to a press conference for thesigning of the renewal agreement with theInternational Civil Aviation Organization(ICAO) in Montreacuteal

Date Monday May 27th 2013Heure 5 pmLieu Terrace of City Hall

275 Notre-Dame EstMetro Champ-de-Mars

Come join celebrate thePhilippine IndependenceDay Celebration on June 12 1000AM at theFAMAS CentreThe Philippine Declaration of Independencesimultaneously marked the end of thePhilippine Revolution and the PhilippineIslandsrsquo assertion to sovereignty andindependence from Spanish colonial ruleHowever neither Spain nor Americarecognized such a stake to independentnationhood and on December 10 1898the Spanish government ceded thePhilippines to the United States in the Treatyof Paris for the price of US $2 millionmarking the end of the Spanish-AmericanWar1

A short two months later on February 41899 armed conflict erupted betweenPhilippine revolutionary forces and USmilitary occupants in Manila By June 2

1899 the First Philippine Republic officiallydeclared war against the US that lasteduntil July 4 1902 Approximately 20000soldiers were killed in action while thecivilian death toll reached an estimated half-million persons Though the war officiallyended in the summer of 1899 guerillafreedom fighters continued to challengeUS occupation for several more years

It was not until July 4 1946 nearly fiftyyears later that the United States formallyrecognized full Philippine independentnationhood with the enactment of the Treatyof Manila On a rainy day in Manilarsquos LunetaPark 400000 onlookers cheered as theAmerican flag was lowered and thePhilippine flag was raised in its placeSenator Millard Tydings of Marylandreported that the day was ldquoone of the mostunprecedented most idealistic and mostfar-reaching events in all recorded historyrdquo3

July 4 was officially recognized as theNational Day until August 4 1964 whenPresident Diosdado Macapagal signed theMalacanang Republic Act No 4166 thateffectively made June 12mdashthe day thatGeneral Emilio Aguinaldo and hisrevolutionary peers had originally claimedas the Nationrsquos Daymdashthe countryrsquos officialIndependence Day

Today Filipinos around the world fromSaudi Arabia to Los Angeles Californiacontinue to celebrate PhilippineIndependence Day on June 12 In AmericaFilipino Americans otherwise known asFilAms use this day to commemorate thePhilippinesrsquo independence from colonialrule celebrate Filipino heritage-pride

preserve cultural roots promote culturalawareness and bring FilAm communitiestogether4

The largest Philippine Independence Daycelebration takes place annually in NewYork City on Madison Avenue between 23rdand 38th street on the first Sunday of JuneAn estimated 100000 people turn out totake part in various events and to march ina parade that represents FilAms and the7000 plus island clusters that constitute thePhilippine archipelago FilAms proudlydonned outfits representative of theirregional origins academic affiliationsprofessions favored sports team andmore5

In Washington DC the PhilippineEmbassy and Filipino AmericanOrganization host an Independence DayGala commemorative festivals and othercultural activities

In Montreal we commemorate thePhilippine Independence by a Flag RaisingCeremony at the FAMAS Centre every June12 every year

Come and celebrate with us and meet andgreet our kababayans and public officialsLight refreshments are served

Cheers

From the FAMAS Executive Board

Al Boy AbdonPublic Relations Officer - FAMASalabdonvideotronca

May 201324

wwwfilipinostarorg

The North American Filipino Star

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Itrsquos tough fighting the worldrsquossecond biggest economic power andmost populous country But whenanother economic heavyweight joinsthe fight against you they couldtrounce you very badly And to makethe situation worse the two adversariesare the giant Peoplersquos Republic ofChina (PRC) and the Lilliputian buteconomically rich Republic of China(ROC) which is more commonly knownas Taiwan With the Philippines upagainst the two Chinas her options are

limited

Over the past several years Chinaincreased her defense budget todouble-digit increments In the case ofTaiwan the United States provided herwith firepower to defend herself fromChina whose ultimate goal is to takeover Taiwan and complete theunification of the two Chinas under onegovernment

But the US has nothing to do with thatAlthough the US recognizes the PRCunder a ldquoOne China Policyrdquo she madeit known that Taiwan would bedefended should China decide toinvade Taiwan

The Philippines followed suit andadopted a ldquoOne China Policyrdquo too thussevering her diplomatic relationshipwith Taiwan However the influentialcommunity of Chinese expatriates andrefugees in the Philippines identifythemselves with Chiang Kai-shek andhis Kuomintang Party who fled toTaiwan in 1949 after they were defeatedby Mao Zedong and his CommunistParty in a bloody Civil War

To continue their ldquofriendshiprdquo thePhilippines and Taiwan established twooffices to serve as conduit between thetwo governments The Philippinegovernment opened the ManilaEconomic and Cultural Office (MECO)in Taipei and Taiwan opened the TaipeiEconomic and Cultural Office (TECO) inManila Indeed the relationshipbetween the Philippines and Taiwancouldnrsquot have been betterhellip until lastMay 9 when an incident in disputedwaters ended in the death of aTaiwanese fisherman

Fishing boat incidentRelatives of fisherman killed by thePhilippine Coast Guard

According to Philippine Coast Guard(PCG) account two Taiwanese fishing

boats were sighted in the Balintangchannel just north of Luzon which isPhilippine territory and not claimed byTaiwan or any other country In whatappeared to be illegal fishing the PCGvessel approached the fishing boatsbut one of them tried to ram the PCGvessel The PCG fired at the chargingfishing boat to disable it The fishingboat was disabled howeverunbeknown to the PCG crew a 65-yearold Taiwanese fisherman was hit Thena ldquobig white shiprdquo came to view and the

PCG vessel took off (Source The DailyTribune)

The incident created a crescendo ofevents leading to violence againstOverseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) inTaiwan MECO Chairman AmadeoPerez reported that an OFW wasattacked with a baseball bat by anangry mob in Kaohsiung City TaiwanOther attacks on OFWs were reportedldquoThe situation in Taiwan now is verytenserdquo said PerezIn an attempt to placate TaiwanPresident Benigno Aquino IIIapologized for the death of the

Taiwanese fisherman but the Taiwanesegovernment uncharacteristicallyrejected it as ldquoinsincererdquo

And to make matters worse theTaiwanese government banned theentry of OFWs The Philippinegovernment is preparing evacuationplans should the need to bring theOFWs home arises The Taiwanesegovernment also issued an advisory toher citizens not to visit the Philippines

Enter the bullyEmperor Xi Jinping (Credit TheEconomist)

Meanwhile a Chinese foreign ministryspokesman said ldquoWe strongly

condemn the barbaric shooting andkilling of the Taiwanese fishermandemanding that the Philippines shouldinvestigate the case and furnish thedetails as soon as possible We aredeeply grieved about the death of theTaiwanese compatriot and have sentcondolences to his familyrdquo With Chinaopenly siding with Taiwan it makes onewonder if China was taking advantageof the incident to drive a wedgebetween the two allies of the UnitedStates Indeed China has been tryingvery hard to neutralize the UnitedStatesrsquo military presence in the WesternPacific particularly in the South andEast China Seas

In August 2012 China tricked thePhilippines into ending the standoff atthe Scarborough Shoal (PanatagShoal) by agreeing to a withdrawal ofthe two countriesrsquo naval vessels fromthe area As soon as the Philippineswithdrew her Coast Guard vesselsChina cordoned off the only opening tothe shoal while several Chinese shipsstayed Since then China has de factopossession of the shoal which is about124 miles from Luzon and within thePhilippinesrsquo 200-mile ExclusiveEconomic Zone (EEZ)

Ryukyu archipelagoRyukyu Islands

Recently two events happened that putChinese expansionism into thegeopolitical equation First itquestioned Japanrsquos ownership of theRyukyu archipelago which includesOkinawa where the US maintains 18army navy air force and marine bases

China claims that the Ryukyus wereonce a Chinese vassal state during theMing and Qing dynasties therefore theisland chain should be returned toChina

With this new ldquoterritorial disputerdquoJapanrsquos ongoing dispute with Chinaover ownership of the Senkaku Islandstakes different dimension Someexperts are saying that China is usingthe Ryukyu issue as a bargaining chipto her claim over the Senkakus a groupof five uninhabited islands and isletswedged between Okinawa and Taiwan

When Japan and Taiwan recentlysigned a joint fishing agreement aroundthe Senkakus China became furiousAnd right after that the ownership of theRyukyus came into play

Ayungin Shoal

China also opened another potentialarea of dispute ndash right inside Philippineterritory A few days ago severalChinese ships were sighted near theAyungin Shoal in the Kalayaan town inthe province of Palawan

Last May 10 a Department of ForeignAffairs (DFA) spokesperson said thatAyungin Shoal is within the PhilippinesrsquoEEZ He said that the entry of foreignfishing vessels in an EEZ is a violationof the United Nations Convention of theLaw of the Sea (UNCLOS) China andthe Philippines are signatories toUNCLOS DFA filed a protest letter withthe Chinese Embassy in Manila on theprovocative presence of two Chinesemaritime surveillance shipsand onewarship around Ayungin Shoal(Source The Philippine Star)

Taiping Island

Taiwan also has a piece of the actionamong six nations involved in territorialdisputes in the Spratly archipelagoRecently Taiwan announced plans toexpand a pier in Taiping Island thelargest island in the Spratlys Byexpanding the pier in the fortified islandit would allow port calls by Taiwanrsquos2000-ton frigates The island hasalready a 3800-foot runway whichTaiwan built in 2006 (Source NewStraits Times)

During the 115th anniversarycelebration of the Philippine Navy lastMay 21 Aquino declared ldquoOurmessage to the world is clear what isours is ours and we will repel any andall attempts to claim what is ours anddefend ourselves against any form ofaggression especially within ourbackyardrdquoIt seems that itrsquos going to bea battle between David vs two Goliaths(PerryDiazgmailcom)

David vs Two Goliaths

Anti-Filipino rally in Taiwan

Relatives of killed Taiwanese fisherman

ldquoEmperorrdquo Xi Jinping (Credit The Economist)

Ryukyu Islands

May 2013 21The North American Filipino Star

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Embracing theObscureBy David White

This past weekend in Sonoma CountyCalifornia 17 vintners gathered for a winetasting they dubbed The 7 PercentSolution

As the organizers explained roughly 93percent of Northern California vineyardacreage is planted to eight major grapevarietals The remaining 7 percent is hometo numerous lesser-known varietals[which] are finding anchor with a small butgrowing number of winemakers

The event enabled consumers to explorethe wines being produced by Californiasrevolutionary vintners -- those willing toembrace the states vast and varied climateby avoiding popular grapes and bottlingthe obscure Whether theyre producingunusual varietals or exploring unheraldedregions these winemakers are worthcelebrating

That certain regions of California might bebetter suited to say Albarino thanChardonnay makes sense Across theglobe commercial wine is produced from a

whopping 1368 different grape varieties Itdefies logic to assume that grapes native tocentral France will thrive in all the worldsnew vineyards

This topic was explored at this years DrinkLocal Wine conference by Joseph FiolaPhD a University of Maryland professorwho has spent over 25 years researchingand teaching about experimentalviticulture

During his lecture Fiola spent a great dealof time praising the Old World for itscommitment to growing varieties that areadapted to local growing conditions

Local varieties have been growing inthose areas for hundreds maybethousands of years he explainedYear in year out they get ripe Year inyear out winemakers can controlproduction Those areas know how togrow the grapes they know how tomake good wine And its the localgrapes that are the best [Winemakers]arent going to grow CabernetSauvignon all over Italy becausepeople know the name

Fiola went on to compare southernItalys climate to southern MarylandsYet he acknowledged the temptation tofocus on well-known varieties

Trying to convince a Maryland winerythat has to worry about marketing topeople who can barely pronounceChardonnay to sell Nero dAvolaNegroamaro Sagrantino he askednaming three esoteric varieties fromItaly That presents a challenge heconceded

Europe has an advantage of courseThe continent has been producingwine for thousands of years so vintnersthere understand which grapes dobest In France for examplewinemakers in Burgundy know to focus

on Pinot Noir and Chardonnay Just asGerman vintners recognize thatRiesling thrives in the countrys Moselregion Spanish vintners recognize thatAlbarino thrives in Galicia

Wine production in the United States isstill in its infancy But winemakers knowthat American consumers enjoyCabernet Sauvignon ChardonnayMerlot Pinot Noir and SauvignonBlanc so thats what most produceOnly the most courageous vintnerswould eschew these varieties

One of these courageous vintners isMatthew Rorick of Forlorn Hope whopoured at this weekends tasting inSonoma Since 2005 he has beenproducing rare creatures fromappellations unknown and varietiesuncommon

His rare creatures are truly unusualHe produces delightful reds fromSangiovese and Barbera two Italiangrapes that few California winemakers

take seriously He produces a deliciousVerdelho a white wine thats typicallyassociated with Portugal He producesthe nations only 100-percent StLaurent a thought-provoking highlyaromatic red thats almost impossibleto find outside Austria and the CzechRepublic Each year he crafts morethan a dozen different wines -- andvirtually all are produced in lots offewer than 2500 bottles

The fact that 17 vintners like Rorickwere able to fill a room this pastweekend is a testament to the fact thatan increasing number of winemakersare willing to take risks And perhapsmore importantly Americanconsumers are growing morecomfortable exploring the unknown

David White a wine writer is the founderand editor of Terroiristcom His columnsare housed at Palate Press The OnlineWine Magazine

APRIL 201322 The North American Filipino Star

wwwfilipinostarorg

Minister FlahertyHighlights EconomicAction Plan 2013rsquosStrong Support forCharitableOrganizations

The Honourable Jim Flaherty Ministerof Finance today urged Canadians totake advantage of the HarperGovernmentrsquos new First-Time DonorrsquosSuper Credit and donate to acharitable organization

Speaking at Lutherwood a not-for-profit health and social serviceorganization serving the WaterlooRegion and Wellington CountyMinister Flaherty said ldquoThroughout ournationrsquos history Canadians haveworked together to serve others andhave made Canada a better place inthe process Our Government wants tosee that noble tradition continuewhich is why Economic Action Plan2013 builds on previous actions by ourGovernment to support families andcommunities and the quality of life forhard-working Canadiansrdquo

These initiatives include the RegisteredDisability Savings Plan the FamilyCaregiver Tax Credit and the EnablingAccessibility Fund which supports thecapital costs of construction andrenovations to improve physicalaccessibility for persons withdisabilities

Minister Flaherty stated ldquoThe newFirst-Time Donorrsquos Super Credit willsignificantly enhance theattractiveness of donating to a charityfor young and new Canadians who arein a position to make donations for thefirst time By helping to rejuvenate andexpand the charitable sectorrsquos donorbase this important initiative will havean immediate impact in supporting thecharitable sectorrdquo

The credit will apply on cash donationsof up to $1000 claimed in any onetaxation year from 2013 to 2017 It willincrease the value of the existingCharitable Donations Tax Credit by 25percentage points if neither thetaxpayer nor their spouse has claimedthe credit since 2007

Kitchener-Waterloo MP Peter Braid achampion for such worthy causesadded ldquoCanadians are some of themost generous people in the worldwhen it comes to giving time andmoney to charity and our Governmentis committed to supporting that spiritrdquo

ldquoThe Super Credit is a very positivestep for charities wanting to engagenew donors We are excited by thepossibilities and eager to continueworking with the federal government toexplore innovative ways to expandcharitable giving by all Canadiansrdquosaid Marcel Lauziegravere President andCEO of Imagine Canada

___________________________________For further information media may

contact

Kathleen PerchalukPress SecretaryOffice of the Minister of Finance613-996-7861

Jack AubryMedia RelationsDepartment of Finance613-996-8080

To receive e-mail notification of allnews releases please register atwwwfingccascriptsregister-engasp

Treasury Board PresidentAnnounces MajorInitiative toward a High-Performing Public Service

For immediate release

May 28 2013

Ottawa ndash The Honourable TonyClement President of the TreasuryBoard today announced a newmandatory system for trackingemployee performance aimed atboosting productivity and ensuringCanadians receive modern effectiveand efficient public service

ldquoHard-working Canadians look to us toprovide high quality affordableservice The Governmentrsquos newperformance management regime willensure that we are employing thepublic service to its fullest potentialrdquosaid Minister Clement ldquoComplacencyand the status quo are not an optionExcellence must be the benchmarkCanadians deserve no lessrdquo

The new Directive on PerformanceManagement introduces for the firsttime a government-wide system fortracking employee performance Thegoal is three-fold

To recognize and reward excellentperformance

Work with all employees to maximizeperformance and

To deal decisively with unsatisfactoryperformance

ldquoPerformance management is aboutensuring good workers have anopportunity to become great workersand dealing effectively with poorperformersrdquo said Minister ClementldquoEither poor performers improve andbecome productive employees or wewill let them gordquo

The Directive which comes into effectin April 2014 includes a number ofstandardized measures for trackingperformance These measuresinclude establishing annualperformance objectives for allemployees mid-year evaluationsannual written performanceassessments and an action plan forimproving performance with clearestablished time-lines as well as stepsto be taken if performance does notimprove These steps could include

demotion or termination Processeswill ensure that employees are treatedfairly

ldquoDoing things the way they havealways been done is no longer goodenough if we want to build a 21stcentury public servicerdquo said MinisterClement ldquoWe owe it to Canadians andwe owe it to the vast majority ofcommitted hard-working publicservants to make sure everyone ispulling their weightrdquo

For more information please consultthe Directive on PerformanceManagement and visit thePerformance Management website

mdash 30 mdash

For more information see the Directiveon Performance Managementbackgrounder or contact

Matthew ConwayPress SecretaryOffice of the President of the TreasuryBoard and Minister responsible forFedNor613-957-2666

Media RelationsTreasury Board of Canada Secretariat613-957-2640

If there is a discrepancy between anyprinted version and the electronicversion of this news release theelectronic version will prevail

TTY (telecommunications device forthe hearing impaired) ndash 613-957-9090

Follow us on Twitter TBS_Canada

Backgrounder - Directive onPerformance Management

The Government of Canada isimplementing a new employeeperformance management program tofoster excellence in service delivery toCanadians and improve productivity

This Directive will introduce for the firsttime a systemic mandatoryperformance assessment for all corepublic sector employees Rigorousperformance management is a bestpractice and an essential element of amodern public service

The new Directive on PerformanceManagement applies to federalemployees in the core publicadministration See footnote 1 and willcome into effect on April 1 2014

The approach to implementingPerformance Management is system-wide and will support deputy headsmanagers and employees in achievingand sustaining a culture of highperformance in the public sector

Highlights

The Directive calls for consistency inhow employee performance ismanaged and how employeesrsquo skillsare developed across the federal

public service

Each federal organization will establishan employee performancemanagement program that includesrequirements such as

Mandatory annual performancemanagement objectives for allemployees including commitmentsperformance objectives and expectedbehaviours and learning ordevelopment plans

Mid-year evaluations of eachemployee

Annual written employee performanceassessments at the end of each fiscalyear

An action plan to support and guideemployees to improve performancewithin clear timelines and

Mandatory attestation by deputyheads that an employee hassuccessfully completed the probationperiod

Requirements for performanceagreements are already in place forpublic service executives and non-unionized employees With the newDirective performance agreements willbe mandatory for all

To support managers and supervisorsin adopting the new Directivemandatory training will be providedEach department will have acommittee made up of senior officialsto coach managers through theprocess Managers will also besupported with additional labourrelations advice and a Labour andEmployment Law Centre of Expertiseis also being created by the TreasuryBoard Secretariat to deal specificallywith employment law and litigation

The Values and Ethics Code for thePublic Sector that came into force inApril 2012 underpins the objectives ofthe new Directive

The Office of the Chief HumanResources Officer is responsible formonitoring departmentsrsquo compliancewith the directive and conductingreviews to evaluate its impact

Know ThyselfHe who knows much about

others may be learned but hewho understands himself is

more intelligentHe who controls others may be

powerful but he who hasmastered himself is

mightier still

A journey of a thousand milesmust begin with a single step

Lao Tzu

By viewing the old we learn the new

Chinese Proverb

The North American Filipino StarMay 2013 23The North American Filipino Star

wwwfilipinostarorg

6430 Victoria Avenue Montreal QCTelephone 514-733-7816

Sale prices valid fromMay 29 to June 5 2013

Ligo sardines - 3 $200

Ox tail - $450 lb

Max Candy $129 each Lychee in cane - $149 each

Silver Swan soy sauce - $159 bottle

Eggplant - $129 lb Chicken Wings $273 lb

Lingayen sauteed shrimp paste $499 jar

Sesame Oil - $119 162 mL $349 327 mL

Excellent Rice Stick - $129 each Frozen Anchovy - $249 eachOishi Sunday - 89cent each

Shanghai bok choy 79cent

Selecta Ice Cream - $899 each Diwa Canton noodles 225 g - $100 ea

Coffeemate 14 kg $599 each

Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce

Cultural Centre launchedMontreacuteal May 28 2013 ndash At a specialmeeting held last Thursday the Cocircte-des-NeigesmdashNotre-Dame-de-Gracircce (CDNmdashNDG) Borough Council awarded a contractto build the new Notre-Dame-de-GracircceCultural Centre The $1540010710contract was won by the Geyser Group inc

The Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce Cultural Centrewill house a new Benny Library and also amulti-purpose hall to accommodate culturalexhibitions and a wide variety ofperformances The ecologically-friendlybuilding meeting LEED certificationstandards will be prominently located at theintersection of avenue de Monkland andavenue Benny across from the NDG SportsCentre

Construction will begin in the next fewweeks and be completed at the end of2014 Originally planned for 2012 theproject had to be modified in order to meetthe Boroughrsquos self-imposed budgetconstraints Construction of the Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce Cultural Centre representsa $236 million investment for which theBorough is depending in particular on thejoint financial support of the ministegravere de laCulture et des Communications du Queacutebecand the Ville de Montreacuteal

ICAO headquarters toremain in Montreal

MONTREAL May 27 2013 - The Ministerof Foreign Affairs the Honourable John

Baird the Minister of InternationalRelations La Francophonie and ExternalTrade and Minister responsible for theMontreacuteal region Mr Jean Francois Liseacuteeand the Mayor of Montreacuteal Mr MichaelApplebaum would like to invite members ofthe media to a press conference for thesigning of the renewal agreement with theInternational Civil Aviation Organization(ICAO) in Montreacuteal

Date Monday May 27th 2013Heure 5 pmLieu Terrace of City Hall

275 Notre-Dame EstMetro Champ-de-Mars

Come join celebrate thePhilippine IndependenceDay Celebration on June 12 1000AM at theFAMAS CentreThe Philippine Declaration of Independencesimultaneously marked the end of thePhilippine Revolution and the PhilippineIslandsrsquo assertion to sovereignty andindependence from Spanish colonial ruleHowever neither Spain nor Americarecognized such a stake to independentnationhood and on December 10 1898the Spanish government ceded thePhilippines to the United States in the Treatyof Paris for the price of US $2 millionmarking the end of the Spanish-AmericanWar1

A short two months later on February 41899 armed conflict erupted betweenPhilippine revolutionary forces and USmilitary occupants in Manila By June 2

1899 the First Philippine Republic officiallydeclared war against the US that lasteduntil July 4 1902 Approximately 20000soldiers were killed in action while thecivilian death toll reached an estimated half-million persons Though the war officiallyended in the summer of 1899 guerillafreedom fighters continued to challengeUS occupation for several more years

It was not until July 4 1946 nearly fiftyyears later that the United States formallyrecognized full Philippine independentnationhood with the enactment of the Treatyof Manila On a rainy day in Manilarsquos LunetaPark 400000 onlookers cheered as theAmerican flag was lowered and thePhilippine flag was raised in its placeSenator Millard Tydings of Marylandreported that the day was ldquoone of the mostunprecedented most idealistic and mostfar-reaching events in all recorded historyrdquo3

July 4 was officially recognized as theNational Day until August 4 1964 whenPresident Diosdado Macapagal signed theMalacanang Republic Act No 4166 thateffectively made June 12mdashthe day thatGeneral Emilio Aguinaldo and hisrevolutionary peers had originally claimedas the Nationrsquos Daymdashthe countryrsquos officialIndependence Day

Today Filipinos around the world fromSaudi Arabia to Los Angeles Californiacontinue to celebrate PhilippineIndependence Day on June 12 In AmericaFilipino Americans otherwise known asFilAms use this day to commemorate thePhilippinesrsquo independence from colonialrule celebrate Filipino heritage-pride

preserve cultural roots promote culturalawareness and bring FilAm communitiestogether4

The largest Philippine Independence Daycelebration takes place annually in NewYork City on Madison Avenue between 23rdand 38th street on the first Sunday of JuneAn estimated 100000 people turn out totake part in various events and to march ina parade that represents FilAms and the7000 plus island clusters that constitute thePhilippine archipelago FilAms proudlydonned outfits representative of theirregional origins academic affiliationsprofessions favored sports team andmore5

In Washington DC the PhilippineEmbassy and Filipino AmericanOrganization host an Independence DayGala commemorative festivals and othercultural activities

In Montreal we commemorate thePhilippine Independence by a Flag RaisingCeremony at the FAMAS Centre every June12 every year

Come and celebrate with us and meet andgreet our kababayans and public officialsLight refreshments are served

Cheers

From the FAMAS Executive Board

Al Boy AbdonPublic Relations Officer - FAMASalabdonvideotronca

May 201324

wwwfilipinostarorg

The North American Filipino Star

Gilmore CollegeInternational

5320-A Queen Mary(between Coolbrookand Decarie)Montreal QC H3X 1T7514-485-7861wwwgilmorecollegecom

PABPSW GRADUATION October 7 2012 L-R seated Annabelle Alloso Ethel Tugna PSWinstructors Terry White Amy Manon-og Director General Zenaida Kharroubi PSW instructorsEdith Fedalizo Sophie Toledo and Lourdes Lubang Starnding Grace Calvo Vilma LagonillaMildlred Mendoza Giselle Arellano Marilou Hechanova Edison Taguba Annie Signey andJoesie Bingayen Not in photo PSW instructor Clarice Mackay

Educationraises the bar but

lowers the barriersto a rewarding

career

SNOWDON

CERTIFICATEPROGRAMS

COURSES ampSEMINARS

e Early Childhood Education Assistant

e Personal Support Worker (PABPSW Nursing Aide)

e Office Systems Technology

-Secretarial-Accounting

e Second LanguagesEnglishFrenchSpanishMandarinFilipino (Tagalog)

e Writing Workshope Practical Writing

Strategiese Cooperatives

Accounting Technician

All tuition fees are tax deductibleMedical Secretary

Daycare Worker

Gilmore College bldg

PABPSW Nursing Aide

May 2013 21The North American Filipino Star

wwwfilipinostarorg

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Embracing theObscureBy David White

This past weekend in Sonoma CountyCalifornia 17 vintners gathered for a winetasting they dubbed The 7 PercentSolution

As the organizers explained roughly 93percent of Northern California vineyardacreage is planted to eight major grapevarietals The remaining 7 percent is hometo numerous lesser-known varietals[which] are finding anchor with a small butgrowing number of winemakers

The event enabled consumers to explorethe wines being produced by Californiasrevolutionary vintners -- those willing toembrace the states vast and varied climateby avoiding popular grapes and bottlingthe obscure Whether theyre producingunusual varietals or exploring unheraldedregions these winemakers are worthcelebrating

That certain regions of California might bebetter suited to say Albarino thanChardonnay makes sense Across theglobe commercial wine is produced from a

whopping 1368 different grape varieties Itdefies logic to assume that grapes native tocentral France will thrive in all the worldsnew vineyards

This topic was explored at this years DrinkLocal Wine conference by Joseph FiolaPhD a University of Maryland professorwho has spent over 25 years researchingand teaching about experimentalviticulture

During his lecture Fiola spent a great dealof time praising the Old World for itscommitment to growing varieties that areadapted to local growing conditions

Local varieties have been growing inthose areas for hundreds maybethousands of years he explainedYear in year out they get ripe Year inyear out winemakers can controlproduction Those areas know how togrow the grapes they know how tomake good wine And its the localgrapes that are the best [Winemakers]arent going to grow CabernetSauvignon all over Italy becausepeople know the name

Fiola went on to compare southernItalys climate to southern MarylandsYet he acknowledged the temptation tofocus on well-known varieties

Trying to convince a Maryland winerythat has to worry about marketing topeople who can barely pronounceChardonnay to sell Nero dAvolaNegroamaro Sagrantino he askednaming three esoteric varieties fromItaly That presents a challenge heconceded

Europe has an advantage of courseThe continent has been producingwine for thousands of years so vintnersthere understand which grapes dobest In France for examplewinemakers in Burgundy know to focus

on Pinot Noir and Chardonnay Just asGerman vintners recognize thatRiesling thrives in the countrys Moselregion Spanish vintners recognize thatAlbarino thrives in Galicia

Wine production in the United States isstill in its infancy But winemakers knowthat American consumers enjoyCabernet Sauvignon ChardonnayMerlot Pinot Noir and SauvignonBlanc so thats what most produceOnly the most courageous vintnerswould eschew these varieties

One of these courageous vintners isMatthew Rorick of Forlorn Hope whopoured at this weekends tasting inSonoma Since 2005 he has beenproducing rare creatures fromappellations unknown and varietiesuncommon

His rare creatures are truly unusualHe produces delightful reds fromSangiovese and Barbera two Italiangrapes that few California winemakers

take seriously He produces a deliciousVerdelho a white wine thats typicallyassociated with Portugal He producesthe nations only 100-percent StLaurent a thought-provoking highlyaromatic red thats almost impossibleto find outside Austria and the CzechRepublic Each year he crafts morethan a dozen different wines -- andvirtually all are produced in lots offewer than 2500 bottles

The fact that 17 vintners like Rorickwere able to fill a room this pastweekend is a testament to the fact thatan increasing number of winemakersare willing to take risks And perhapsmore importantly Americanconsumers are growing morecomfortable exploring the unknown

David White a wine writer is the founderand editor of Terroiristcom His columnsare housed at Palate Press The OnlineWine Magazine

APRIL 201322 The North American Filipino Star

wwwfilipinostarorg

Minister FlahertyHighlights EconomicAction Plan 2013rsquosStrong Support forCharitableOrganizations

The Honourable Jim Flaherty Ministerof Finance today urged Canadians totake advantage of the HarperGovernmentrsquos new First-Time DonorrsquosSuper Credit and donate to acharitable organization

Speaking at Lutherwood a not-for-profit health and social serviceorganization serving the WaterlooRegion and Wellington CountyMinister Flaherty said ldquoThroughout ournationrsquos history Canadians haveworked together to serve others andhave made Canada a better place inthe process Our Government wants tosee that noble tradition continuewhich is why Economic Action Plan2013 builds on previous actions by ourGovernment to support families andcommunities and the quality of life forhard-working Canadiansrdquo

These initiatives include the RegisteredDisability Savings Plan the FamilyCaregiver Tax Credit and the EnablingAccessibility Fund which supports thecapital costs of construction andrenovations to improve physicalaccessibility for persons withdisabilities

Minister Flaherty stated ldquoThe newFirst-Time Donorrsquos Super Credit willsignificantly enhance theattractiveness of donating to a charityfor young and new Canadians who arein a position to make donations for thefirst time By helping to rejuvenate andexpand the charitable sectorrsquos donorbase this important initiative will havean immediate impact in supporting thecharitable sectorrdquo

The credit will apply on cash donationsof up to $1000 claimed in any onetaxation year from 2013 to 2017 It willincrease the value of the existingCharitable Donations Tax Credit by 25percentage points if neither thetaxpayer nor their spouse has claimedthe credit since 2007

Kitchener-Waterloo MP Peter Braid achampion for such worthy causesadded ldquoCanadians are some of themost generous people in the worldwhen it comes to giving time andmoney to charity and our Governmentis committed to supporting that spiritrdquo

ldquoThe Super Credit is a very positivestep for charities wanting to engagenew donors We are excited by thepossibilities and eager to continueworking with the federal government toexplore innovative ways to expandcharitable giving by all Canadiansrdquosaid Marcel Lauziegravere President andCEO of Imagine Canada

___________________________________For further information media may

contact

Kathleen PerchalukPress SecretaryOffice of the Minister of Finance613-996-7861

Jack AubryMedia RelationsDepartment of Finance613-996-8080

To receive e-mail notification of allnews releases please register atwwwfingccascriptsregister-engasp

Treasury Board PresidentAnnounces MajorInitiative toward a High-Performing Public Service

For immediate release

May 28 2013

Ottawa ndash The Honourable TonyClement President of the TreasuryBoard today announced a newmandatory system for trackingemployee performance aimed atboosting productivity and ensuringCanadians receive modern effectiveand efficient public service

ldquoHard-working Canadians look to us toprovide high quality affordableservice The Governmentrsquos newperformance management regime willensure that we are employing thepublic service to its fullest potentialrdquosaid Minister Clement ldquoComplacencyand the status quo are not an optionExcellence must be the benchmarkCanadians deserve no lessrdquo

The new Directive on PerformanceManagement introduces for the firsttime a government-wide system fortracking employee performance Thegoal is three-fold

To recognize and reward excellentperformance

Work with all employees to maximizeperformance and

To deal decisively with unsatisfactoryperformance

ldquoPerformance management is aboutensuring good workers have anopportunity to become great workersand dealing effectively with poorperformersrdquo said Minister ClementldquoEither poor performers improve andbecome productive employees or wewill let them gordquo

The Directive which comes into effectin April 2014 includes a number ofstandardized measures for trackingperformance These measuresinclude establishing annualperformance objectives for allemployees mid-year evaluationsannual written performanceassessments and an action plan forimproving performance with clearestablished time-lines as well as stepsto be taken if performance does notimprove These steps could include

demotion or termination Processeswill ensure that employees are treatedfairly

ldquoDoing things the way they havealways been done is no longer goodenough if we want to build a 21stcentury public servicerdquo said MinisterClement ldquoWe owe it to Canadians andwe owe it to the vast majority ofcommitted hard-working publicservants to make sure everyone ispulling their weightrdquo

For more information please consultthe Directive on PerformanceManagement and visit thePerformance Management website

mdash 30 mdash

For more information see the Directiveon Performance Managementbackgrounder or contact

Matthew ConwayPress SecretaryOffice of the President of the TreasuryBoard and Minister responsible forFedNor613-957-2666

Media RelationsTreasury Board of Canada Secretariat613-957-2640

If there is a discrepancy between anyprinted version and the electronicversion of this news release theelectronic version will prevail

TTY (telecommunications device forthe hearing impaired) ndash 613-957-9090

Follow us on Twitter TBS_Canada

Backgrounder - Directive onPerformance Management

The Government of Canada isimplementing a new employeeperformance management program tofoster excellence in service delivery toCanadians and improve productivity

This Directive will introduce for the firsttime a systemic mandatoryperformance assessment for all corepublic sector employees Rigorousperformance management is a bestpractice and an essential element of amodern public service

The new Directive on PerformanceManagement applies to federalemployees in the core publicadministration See footnote 1 and willcome into effect on April 1 2014

The approach to implementingPerformance Management is system-wide and will support deputy headsmanagers and employees in achievingand sustaining a culture of highperformance in the public sector

Highlights

The Directive calls for consistency inhow employee performance ismanaged and how employeesrsquo skillsare developed across the federal

public service

Each federal organization will establishan employee performancemanagement program that includesrequirements such as

Mandatory annual performancemanagement objectives for allemployees including commitmentsperformance objectives and expectedbehaviours and learning ordevelopment plans

Mid-year evaluations of eachemployee

Annual written employee performanceassessments at the end of each fiscalyear

An action plan to support and guideemployees to improve performancewithin clear timelines and

Mandatory attestation by deputyheads that an employee hassuccessfully completed the probationperiod

Requirements for performanceagreements are already in place forpublic service executives and non-unionized employees With the newDirective performance agreements willbe mandatory for all

To support managers and supervisorsin adopting the new Directivemandatory training will be providedEach department will have acommittee made up of senior officialsto coach managers through theprocess Managers will also besupported with additional labourrelations advice and a Labour andEmployment Law Centre of Expertiseis also being created by the TreasuryBoard Secretariat to deal specificallywith employment law and litigation

The Values and Ethics Code for thePublic Sector that came into force inApril 2012 underpins the objectives ofthe new Directive

The Office of the Chief HumanResources Officer is responsible formonitoring departmentsrsquo compliancewith the directive and conductingreviews to evaluate its impact

Know ThyselfHe who knows much about

others may be learned but hewho understands himself is

more intelligentHe who controls others may be

powerful but he who hasmastered himself is

mightier still

A journey of a thousand milesmust begin with a single step

Lao Tzu

By viewing the old we learn the new

Chinese Proverb

The North American Filipino StarMay 2013 23The North American Filipino Star

wwwfilipinostarorg

6430 Victoria Avenue Montreal QCTelephone 514-733-7816

Sale prices valid fromMay 29 to June 5 2013

Ligo sardines - 3 $200

Ox tail - $450 lb

Max Candy $129 each Lychee in cane - $149 each

Silver Swan soy sauce - $159 bottle

Eggplant - $129 lb Chicken Wings $273 lb

Lingayen sauteed shrimp paste $499 jar

Sesame Oil - $119 162 mL $349 327 mL

Excellent Rice Stick - $129 each Frozen Anchovy - $249 eachOishi Sunday - 89cent each

Shanghai bok choy 79cent

Selecta Ice Cream - $899 each Diwa Canton noodles 225 g - $100 ea

Coffeemate 14 kg $599 each

Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce

Cultural Centre launchedMontreacuteal May 28 2013 ndash At a specialmeeting held last Thursday the Cocircte-des-NeigesmdashNotre-Dame-de-Gracircce (CDNmdashNDG) Borough Council awarded a contractto build the new Notre-Dame-de-GracircceCultural Centre The $1540010710contract was won by the Geyser Group inc

The Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce Cultural Centrewill house a new Benny Library and also amulti-purpose hall to accommodate culturalexhibitions and a wide variety ofperformances The ecologically-friendlybuilding meeting LEED certificationstandards will be prominently located at theintersection of avenue de Monkland andavenue Benny across from the NDG SportsCentre

Construction will begin in the next fewweeks and be completed at the end of2014 Originally planned for 2012 theproject had to be modified in order to meetthe Boroughrsquos self-imposed budgetconstraints Construction of the Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce Cultural Centre representsa $236 million investment for which theBorough is depending in particular on thejoint financial support of the ministegravere de laCulture et des Communications du Queacutebecand the Ville de Montreacuteal

ICAO headquarters toremain in Montreal

MONTREAL May 27 2013 - The Ministerof Foreign Affairs the Honourable John

Baird the Minister of InternationalRelations La Francophonie and ExternalTrade and Minister responsible for theMontreacuteal region Mr Jean Francois Liseacuteeand the Mayor of Montreacuteal Mr MichaelApplebaum would like to invite members ofthe media to a press conference for thesigning of the renewal agreement with theInternational Civil Aviation Organization(ICAO) in Montreacuteal

Date Monday May 27th 2013Heure 5 pmLieu Terrace of City Hall

275 Notre-Dame EstMetro Champ-de-Mars

Come join celebrate thePhilippine IndependenceDay Celebration on June 12 1000AM at theFAMAS CentreThe Philippine Declaration of Independencesimultaneously marked the end of thePhilippine Revolution and the PhilippineIslandsrsquo assertion to sovereignty andindependence from Spanish colonial ruleHowever neither Spain nor Americarecognized such a stake to independentnationhood and on December 10 1898the Spanish government ceded thePhilippines to the United States in the Treatyof Paris for the price of US $2 millionmarking the end of the Spanish-AmericanWar1

A short two months later on February 41899 armed conflict erupted betweenPhilippine revolutionary forces and USmilitary occupants in Manila By June 2

1899 the First Philippine Republic officiallydeclared war against the US that lasteduntil July 4 1902 Approximately 20000soldiers were killed in action while thecivilian death toll reached an estimated half-million persons Though the war officiallyended in the summer of 1899 guerillafreedom fighters continued to challengeUS occupation for several more years

It was not until July 4 1946 nearly fiftyyears later that the United States formallyrecognized full Philippine independentnationhood with the enactment of the Treatyof Manila On a rainy day in Manilarsquos LunetaPark 400000 onlookers cheered as theAmerican flag was lowered and thePhilippine flag was raised in its placeSenator Millard Tydings of Marylandreported that the day was ldquoone of the mostunprecedented most idealistic and mostfar-reaching events in all recorded historyrdquo3

July 4 was officially recognized as theNational Day until August 4 1964 whenPresident Diosdado Macapagal signed theMalacanang Republic Act No 4166 thateffectively made June 12mdashthe day thatGeneral Emilio Aguinaldo and hisrevolutionary peers had originally claimedas the Nationrsquos Daymdashthe countryrsquos officialIndependence Day

Today Filipinos around the world fromSaudi Arabia to Los Angeles Californiacontinue to celebrate PhilippineIndependence Day on June 12 In AmericaFilipino Americans otherwise known asFilAms use this day to commemorate thePhilippinesrsquo independence from colonialrule celebrate Filipino heritage-pride

preserve cultural roots promote culturalawareness and bring FilAm communitiestogether4

The largest Philippine Independence Daycelebration takes place annually in NewYork City on Madison Avenue between 23rdand 38th street on the first Sunday of JuneAn estimated 100000 people turn out totake part in various events and to march ina parade that represents FilAms and the7000 plus island clusters that constitute thePhilippine archipelago FilAms proudlydonned outfits representative of theirregional origins academic affiliationsprofessions favored sports team andmore5

In Washington DC the PhilippineEmbassy and Filipino AmericanOrganization host an Independence DayGala commemorative festivals and othercultural activities

In Montreal we commemorate thePhilippine Independence by a Flag RaisingCeremony at the FAMAS Centre every June12 every year

Come and celebrate with us and meet andgreet our kababayans and public officialsLight refreshments are served

Cheers

From the FAMAS Executive Board

Al Boy AbdonPublic Relations Officer - FAMASalabdonvideotronca

May 201324

wwwfilipinostarorg

The North American Filipino Star

Gilmore CollegeInternational

5320-A Queen Mary(between Coolbrookand Decarie)Montreal QC H3X 1T7514-485-7861wwwgilmorecollegecom

PABPSW GRADUATION October 7 2012 L-R seated Annabelle Alloso Ethel Tugna PSWinstructors Terry White Amy Manon-og Director General Zenaida Kharroubi PSW instructorsEdith Fedalizo Sophie Toledo and Lourdes Lubang Starnding Grace Calvo Vilma LagonillaMildlred Mendoza Giselle Arellano Marilou Hechanova Edison Taguba Annie Signey andJoesie Bingayen Not in photo PSW instructor Clarice Mackay

Educationraises the bar but

lowers the barriersto a rewarding

career

SNOWDON

CERTIFICATEPROGRAMS

COURSES ampSEMINARS

e Early Childhood Education Assistant

e Personal Support Worker (PABPSW Nursing Aide)

e Office Systems Technology

-Secretarial-Accounting

e Second LanguagesEnglishFrenchSpanishMandarinFilipino (Tagalog)

e Writing Workshope Practical Writing

Strategiese Cooperatives

Accounting Technician

All tuition fees are tax deductibleMedical Secretary

Daycare Worker

Gilmore College bldg

PABPSW Nursing Aide

APRIL 201322 The North American Filipino Star

wwwfilipinostarorg

Minister FlahertyHighlights EconomicAction Plan 2013rsquosStrong Support forCharitableOrganizations

The Honourable Jim Flaherty Ministerof Finance today urged Canadians totake advantage of the HarperGovernmentrsquos new First-Time DonorrsquosSuper Credit and donate to acharitable organization

Speaking at Lutherwood a not-for-profit health and social serviceorganization serving the WaterlooRegion and Wellington CountyMinister Flaherty said ldquoThroughout ournationrsquos history Canadians haveworked together to serve others andhave made Canada a better place inthe process Our Government wants tosee that noble tradition continuewhich is why Economic Action Plan2013 builds on previous actions by ourGovernment to support families andcommunities and the quality of life forhard-working Canadiansrdquo

These initiatives include the RegisteredDisability Savings Plan the FamilyCaregiver Tax Credit and the EnablingAccessibility Fund which supports thecapital costs of construction andrenovations to improve physicalaccessibility for persons withdisabilities

Minister Flaherty stated ldquoThe newFirst-Time Donorrsquos Super Credit willsignificantly enhance theattractiveness of donating to a charityfor young and new Canadians who arein a position to make donations for thefirst time By helping to rejuvenate andexpand the charitable sectorrsquos donorbase this important initiative will havean immediate impact in supporting thecharitable sectorrdquo

The credit will apply on cash donationsof up to $1000 claimed in any onetaxation year from 2013 to 2017 It willincrease the value of the existingCharitable Donations Tax Credit by 25percentage points if neither thetaxpayer nor their spouse has claimedthe credit since 2007

Kitchener-Waterloo MP Peter Braid achampion for such worthy causesadded ldquoCanadians are some of themost generous people in the worldwhen it comes to giving time andmoney to charity and our Governmentis committed to supporting that spiritrdquo

ldquoThe Super Credit is a very positivestep for charities wanting to engagenew donors We are excited by thepossibilities and eager to continueworking with the federal government toexplore innovative ways to expandcharitable giving by all Canadiansrdquosaid Marcel Lauziegravere President andCEO of Imagine Canada

___________________________________For further information media may

contact

Kathleen PerchalukPress SecretaryOffice of the Minister of Finance613-996-7861

Jack AubryMedia RelationsDepartment of Finance613-996-8080

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Treasury Board PresidentAnnounces MajorInitiative toward a High-Performing Public Service

For immediate release

May 28 2013

Ottawa ndash The Honourable TonyClement President of the TreasuryBoard today announced a newmandatory system for trackingemployee performance aimed atboosting productivity and ensuringCanadians receive modern effectiveand efficient public service

ldquoHard-working Canadians look to us toprovide high quality affordableservice The Governmentrsquos newperformance management regime willensure that we are employing thepublic service to its fullest potentialrdquosaid Minister Clement ldquoComplacencyand the status quo are not an optionExcellence must be the benchmarkCanadians deserve no lessrdquo

The new Directive on PerformanceManagement introduces for the firsttime a government-wide system fortracking employee performance Thegoal is three-fold

To recognize and reward excellentperformance

Work with all employees to maximizeperformance and

To deal decisively with unsatisfactoryperformance

ldquoPerformance management is aboutensuring good workers have anopportunity to become great workersand dealing effectively with poorperformersrdquo said Minister ClementldquoEither poor performers improve andbecome productive employees or wewill let them gordquo

The Directive which comes into effectin April 2014 includes a number ofstandardized measures for trackingperformance These measuresinclude establishing annualperformance objectives for allemployees mid-year evaluationsannual written performanceassessments and an action plan forimproving performance with clearestablished time-lines as well as stepsto be taken if performance does notimprove These steps could include

demotion or termination Processeswill ensure that employees are treatedfairly

ldquoDoing things the way they havealways been done is no longer goodenough if we want to build a 21stcentury public servicerdquo said MinisterClement ldquoWe owe it to Canadians andwe owe it to the vast majority ofcommitted hard-working publicservants to make sure everyone ispulling their weightrdquo

For more information please consultthe Directive on PerformanceManagement and visit thePerformance Management website

mdash 30 mdash

For more information see the Directiveon Performance Managementbackgrounder or contact

Matthew ConwayPress SecretaryOffice of the President of the TreasuryBoard and Minister responsible forFedNor613-957-2666

Media RelationsTreasury Board of Canada Secretariat613-957-2640

If there is a discrepancy between anyprinted version and the electronicversion of this news release theelectronic version will prevail

TTY (telecommunications device forthe hearing impaired) ndash 613-957-9090

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Backgrounder - Directive onPerformance Management

The Government of Canada isimplementing a new employeeperformance management program tofoster excellence in service delivery toCanadians and improve productivity

This Directive will introduce for the firsttime a systemic mandatoryperformance assessment for all corepublic sector employees Rigorousperformance management is a bestpractice and an essential element of amodern public service

The new Directive on PerformanceManagement applies to federalemployees in the core publicadministration See footnote 1 and willcome into effect on April 1 2014

The approach to implementingPerformance Management is system-wide and will support deputy headsmanagers and employees in achievingand sustaining a culture of highperformance in the public sector

Highlights

The Directive calls for consistency inhow employee performance ismanaged and how employeesrsquo skillsare developed across the federal

public service

Each federal organization will establishan employee performancemanagement program that includesrequirements such as

Mandatory annual performancemanagement objectives for allemployees including commitmentsperformance objectives and expectedbehaviours and learning ordevelopment plans

Mid-year evaluations of eachemployee

Annual written employee performanceassessments at the end of each fiscalyear

An action plan to support and guideemployees to improve performancewithin clear timelines and

Mandatory attestation by deputyheads that an employee hassuccessfully completed the probationperiod

Requirements for performanceagreements are already in place forpublic service executives and non-unionized employees With the newDirective performance agreements willbe mandatory for all

To support managers and supervisorsin adopting the new Directivemandatory training will be providedEach department will have acommittee made up of senior officialsto coach managers through theprocess Managers will also besupported with additional labourrelations advice and a Labour andEmployment Law Centre of Expertiseis also being created by the TreasuryBoard Secretariat to deal specificallywith employment law and litigation

The Values and Ethics Code for thePublic Sector that came into force inApril 2012 underpins the objectives ofthe new Directive

The Office of the Chief HumanResources Officer is responsible formonitoring departmentsrsquo compliancewith the directive and conductingreviews to evaluate its impact

Know ThyselfHe who knows much about

others may be learned but hewho understands himself is

more intelligentHe who controls others may be

powerful but he who hasmastered himself is

mightier still

A journey of a thousand milesmust begin with a single step

Lao Tzu

By viewing the old we learn the new

Chinese Proverb

The North American Filipino StarMay 2013 23The North American Filipino Star

wwwfilipinostarorg

6430 Victoria Avenue Montreal QCTelephone 514-733-7816

Sale prices valid fromMay 29 to June 5 2013

Ligo sardines - 3 $200

Ox tail - $450 lb

Max Candy $129 each Lychee in cane - $149 each

Silver Swan soy sauce - $159 bottle

Eggplant - $129 lb Chicken Wings $273 lb

Lingayen sauteed shrimp paste $499 jar

Sesame Oil - $119 162 mL $349 327 mL

Excellent Rice Stick - $129 each Frozen Anchovy - $249 eachOishi Sunday - 89cent each

Shanghai bok choy 79cent

Selecta Ice Cream - $899 each Diwa Canton noodles 225 g - $100 ea

Coffeemate 14 kg $599 each

Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce

Cultural Centre launchedMontreacuteal May 28 2013 ndash At a specialmeeting held last Thursday the Cocircte-des-NeigesmdashNotre-Dame-de-Gracircce (CDNmdashNDG) Borough Council awarded a contractto build the new Notre-Dame-de-GracircceCultural Centre The $1540010710contract was won by the Geyser Group inc

The Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce Cultural Centrewill house a new Benny Library and also amulti-purpose hall to accommodate culturalexhibitions and a wide variety ofperformances The ecologically-friendlybuilding meeting LEED certificationstandards will be prominently located at theintersection of avenue de Monkland andavenue Benny across from the NDG SportsCentre

Construction will begin in the next fewweeks and be completed at the end of2014 Originally planned for 2012 theproject had to be modified in order to meetthe Boroughrsquos self-imposed budgetconstraints Construction of the Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce Cultural Centre representsa $236 million investment for which theBorough is depending in particular on thejoint financial support of the ministegravere de laCulture et des Communications du Queacutebecand the Ville de Montreacuteal

ICAO headquarters toremain in Montreal

MONTREAL May 27 2013 - The Ministerof Foreign Affairs the Honourable John

Baird the Minister of InternationalRelations La Francophonie and ExternalTrade and Minister responsible for theMontreacuteal region Mr Jean Francois Liseacuteeand the Mayor of Montreacuteal Mr MichaelApplebaum would like to invite members ofthe media to a press conference for thesigning of the renewal agreement with theInternational Civil Aviation Organization(ICAO) in Montreacuteal

Date Monday May 27th 2013Heure 5 pmLieu Terrace of City Hall

275 Notre-Dame EstMetro Champ-de-Mars

Come join celebrate thePhilippine IndependenceDay Celebration on June 12 1000AM at theFAMAS CentreThe Philippine Declaration of Independencesimultaneously marked the end of thePhilippine Revolution and the PhilippineIslandsrsquo assertion to sovereignty andindependence from Spanish colonial ruleHowever neither Spain nor Americarecognized such a stake to independentnationhood and on December 10 1898the Spanish government ceded thePhilippines to the United States in the Treatyof Paris for the price of US $2 millionmarking the end of the Spanish-AmericanWar1

A short two months later on February 41899 armed conflict erupted betweenPhilippine revolutionary forces and USmilitary occupants in Manila By June 2

1899 the First Philippine Republic officiallydeclared war against the US that lasteduntil July 4 1902 Approximately 20000soldiers were killed in action while thecivilian death toll reached an estimated half-million persons Though the war officiallyended in the summer of 1899 guerillafreedom fighters continued to challengeUS occupation for several more years

It was not until July 4 1946 nearly fiftyyears later that the United States formallyrecognized full Philippine independentnationhood with the enactment of the Treatyof Manila On a rainy day in Manilarsquos LunetaPark 400000 onlookers cheered as theAmerican flag was lowered and thePhilippine flag was raised in its placeSenator Millard Tydings of Marylandreported that the day was ldquoone of the mostunprecedented most idealistic and mostfar-reaching events in all recorded historyrdquo3

July 4 was officially recognized as theNational Day until August 4 1964 whenPresident Diosdado Macapagal signed theMalacanang Republic Act No 4166 thateffectively made June 12mdashthe day thatGeneral Emilio Aguinaldo and hisrevolutionary peers had originally claimedas the Nationrsquos Daymdashthe countryrsquos officialIndependence Day

Today Filipinos around the world fromSaudi Arabia to Los Angeles Californiacontinue to celebrate PhilippineIndependence Day on June 12 In AmericaFilipino Americans otherwise known asFilAms use this day to commemorate thePhilippinesrsquo independence from colonialrule celebrate Filipino heritage-pride

preserve cultural roots promote culturalawareness and bring FilAm communitiestogether4

The largest Philippine Independence Daycelebration takes place annually in NewYork City on Madison Avenue between 23rdand 38th street on the first Sunday of JuneAn estimated 100000 people turn out totake part in various events and to march ina parade that represents FilAms and the7000 plus island clusters that constitute thePhilippine archipelago FilAms proudlydonned outfits representative of theirregional origins academic affiliationsprofessions favored sports team andmore5

In Washington DC the PhilippineEmbassy and Filipino AmericanOrganization host an Independence DayGala commemorative festivals and othercultural activities

In Montreal we commemorate thePhilippine Independence by a Flag RaisingCeremony at the FAMAS Centre every June12 every year

Come and celebrate with us and meet andgreet our kababayans and public officialsLight refreshments are served

Cheers

From the FAMAS Executive Board

Al Boy AbdonPublic Relations Officer - FAMASalabdonvideotronca

May 201324

wwwfilipinostarorg

The North American Filipino Star

Gilmore CollegeInternational

5320-A Queen Mary(between Coolbrookand Decarie)Montreal QC H3X 1T7514-485-7861wwwgilmorecollegecom

PABPSW GRADUATION October 7 2012 L-R seated Annabelle Alloso Ethel Tugna PSWinstructors Terry White Amy Manon-og Director General Zenaida Kharroubi PSW instructorsEdith Fedalizo Sophie Toledo and Lourdes Lubang Starnding Grace Calvo Vilma LagonillaMildlred Mendoza Giselle Arellano Marilou Hechanova Edison Taguba Annie Signey andJoesie Bingayen Not in photo PSW instructor Clarice Mackay

Educationraises the bar but

lowers the barriersto a rewarding

career

SNOWDON

CERTIFICATEPROGRAMS

COURSES ampSEMINARS

e Early Childhood Education Assistant

e Personal Support Worker (PABPSW Nursing Aide)

e Office Systems Technology

-Secretarial-Accounting

e Second LanguagesEnglishFrenchSpanishMandarinFilipino (Tagalog)

e Writing Workshope Practical Writing

Strategiese Cooperatives

Accounting Technician

All tuition fees are tax deductibleMedical Secretary

Daycare Worker

Gilmore College bldg

PABPSW Nursing Aide

The North American Filipino StarMay 2013 23The North American Filipino Star

wwwfilipinostarorg

6430 Victoria Avenue Montreal QCTelephone 514-733-7816

Sale prices valid fromMay 29 to June 5 2013

Ligo sardines - 3 $200

Ox tail - $450 lb

Max Candy $129 each Lychee in cane - $149 each

Silver Swan soy sauce - $159 bottle

Eggplant - $129 lb Chicken Wings $273 lb

Lingayen sauteed shrimp paste $499 jar

Sesame Oil - $119 162 mL $349 327 mL

Excellent Rice Stick - $129 each Frozen Anchovy - $249 eachOishi Sunday - 89cent each

Shanghai bok choy 79cent

Selecta Ice Cream - $899 each Diwa Canton noodles 225 g - $100 ea

Coffeemate 14 kg $599 each

Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce

Cultural Centre launchedMontreacuteal May 28 2013 ndash At a specialmeeting held last Thursday the Cocircte-des-NeigesmdashNotre-Dame-de-Gracircce (CDNmdashNDG) Borough Council awarded a contractto build the new Notre-Dame-de-GracircceCultural Centre The $1540010710contract was won by the Geyser Group inc

The Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce Cultural Centrewill house a new Benny Library and also amulti-purpose hall to accommodate culturalexhibitions and a wide variety ofperformances The ecologically-friendlybuilding meeting LEED certificationstandards will be prominently located at theintersection of avenue de Monkland andavenue Benny across from the NDG SportsCentre

Construction will begin in the next fewweeks and be completed at the end of2014 Originally planned for 2012 theproject had to be modified in order to meetthe Boroughrsquos self-imposed budgetconstraints Construction of the Notre-Dame-de-Gracircce Cultural Centre representsa $236 million investment for which theBorough is depending in particular on thejoint financial support of the ministegravere de laCulture et des Communications du Queacutebecand the Ville de Montreacuteal

ICAO headquarters toremain in Montreal

MONTREAL May 27 2013 - The Ministerof Foreign Affairs the Honourable John

Baird the Minister of InternationalRelations La Francophonie and ExternalTrade and Minister responsible for theMontreacuteal region Mr Jean Francois Liseacuteeand the Mayor of Montreacuteal Mr MichaelApplebaum would like to invite members ofthe media to a press conference for thesigning of the renewal agreement with theInternational Civil Aviation Organization(ICAO) in Montreacuteal

Date Monday May 27th 2013Heure 5 pmLieu Terrace of City Hall

275 Notre-Dame EstMetro Champ-de-Mars

Come join celebrate thePhilippine IndependenceDay Celebration on June 12 1000AM at theFAMAS CentreThe Philippine Declaration of Independencesimultaneously marked the end of thePhilippine Revolution and the PhilippineIslandsrsquo assertion to sovereignty andindependence from Spanish colonial ruleHowever neither Spain nor Americarecognized such a stake to independentnationhood and on December 10 1898the Spanish government ceded thePhilippines to the United States in the Treatyof Paris for the price of US $2 millionmarking the end of the Spanish-AmericanWar1

A short two months later on February 41899 armed conflict erupted betweenPhilippine revolutionary forces and USmilitary occupants in Manila By June 2

1899 the First Philippine Republic officiallydeclared war against the US that lasteduntil July 4 1902 Approximately 20000soldiers were killed in action while thecivilian death toll reached an estimated half-million persons Though the war officiallyended in the summer of 1899 guerillafreedom fighters continued to challengeUS occupation for several more years

It was not until July 4 1946 nearly fiftyyears later that the United States formallyrecognized full Philippine independentnationhood with the enactment of the Treatyof Manila On a rainy day in Manilarsquos LunetaPark 400000 onlookers cheered as theAmerican flag was lowered and thePhilippine flag was raised in its placeSenator Millard Tydings of Marylandreported that the day was ldquoone of the mostunprecedented most idealistic and mostfar-reaching events in all recorded historyrdquo3

July 4 was officially recognized as theNational Day until August 4 1964 whenPresident Diosdado Macapagal signed theMalacanang Republic Act No 4166 thateffectively made June 12mdashthe day thatGeneral Emilio Aguinaldo and hisrevolutionary peers had originally claimedas the Nationrsquos Daymdashthe countryrsquos officialIndependence Day

Today Filipinos around the world fromSaudi Arabia to Los Angeles Californiacontinue to celebrate PhilippineIndependence Day on June 12 In AmericaFilipino Americans otherwise known asFilAms use this day to commemorate thePhilippinesrsquo independence from colonialrule celebrate Filipino heritage-pride

preserve cultural roots promote culturalawareness and bring FilAm communitiestogether4

The largest Philippine Independence Daycelebration takes place annually in NewYork City on Madison Avenue between 23rdand 38th street on the first Sunday of JuneAn estimated 100000 people turn out totake part in various events and to march ina parade that represents FilAms and the7000 plus island clusters that constitute thePhilippine archipelago FilAms proudlydonned outfits representative of theirregional origins academic affiliationsprofessions favored sports team andmore5

In Washington DC the PhilippineEmbassy and Filipino AmericanOrganization host an Independence DayGala commemorative festivals and othercultural activities

In Montreal we commemorate thePhilippine Independence by a Flag RaisingCeremony at the FAMAS Centre every June12 every year

Come and celebrate with us and meet andgreet our kababayans and public officialsLight refreshments are served

Cheers

From the FAMAS Executive Board

Al Boy AbdonPublic Relations Officer - FAMASalabdonvideotronca

May 201324

wwwfilipinostarorg

The North American Filipino Star

Gilmore CollegeInternational

5320-A Queen Mary(between Coolbrookand Decarie)Montreal QC H3X 1T7514-485-7861wwwgilmorecollegecom

PABPSW GRADUATION October 7 2012 L-R seated Annabelle Alloso Ethel Tugna PSWinstructors Terry White Amy Manon-og Director General Zenaida Kharroubi PSW instructorsEdith Fedalizo Sophie Toledo and Lourdes Lubang Starnding Grace Calvo Vilma LagonillaMildlred Mendoza Giselle Arellano Marilou Hechanova Edison Taguba Annie Signey andJoesie Bingayen Not in photo PSW instructor Clarice Mackay

Educationraises the bar but

lowers the barriersto a rewarding

career

SNOWDON

CERTIFICATEPROGRAMS

COURSES ampSEMINARS

e Early Childhood Education Assistant

e Personal Support Worker (PABPSW Nursing Aide)

e Office Systems Technology

-Secretarial-Accounting

e Second LanguagesEnglishFrenchSpanishMandarinFilipino (Tagalog)

e Writing Workshope Practical Writing

Strategiese Cooperatives

Accounting Technician

All tuition fees are tax deductibleMedical Secretary

Daycare Worker

Gilmore College bldg

PABPSW Nursing Aide

May 201324

wwwfilipinostarorg

The North American Filipino Star

Gilmore CollegeInternational

5320-A Queen Mary(between Coolbrookand Decarie)Montreal QC H3X 1T7514-485-7861wwwgilmorecollegecom

PABPSW GRADUATION October 7 2012 L-R seated Annabelle Alloso Ethel Tugna PSWinstructors Terry White Amy Manon-og Director General Zenaida Kharroubi PSW instructorsEdith Fedalizo Sophie Toledo and Lourdes Lubang Starnding Grace Calvo Vilma LagonillaMildlred Mendoza Giselle Arellano Marilou Hechanova Edison Taguba Annie Signey andJoesie Bingayen Not in photo PSW instructor Clarice Mackay

Educationraises the bar but

lowers the barriersto a rewarding

career

SNOWDON

CERTIFICATEPROGRAMS

COURSES ampSEMINARS

e Early Childhood Education Assistant

e Personal Support Worker (PABPSW Nursing Aide)

e Office Systems Technology

-Secretarial-Accounting

e Second LanguagesEnglishFrenchSpanishMandarinFilipino (Tagalog)

e Writing Workshope Practical Writing

Strategiese Cooperatives

Accounting Technician

All tuition fees are tax deductibleMedical Secretary

Daycare Worker

Gilmore College bldg

PABPSW Nursing Aide