Filipino Star - November 2010 Issue

Vol. XXVIII, No 11 November 2010 

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FAMAS denies proposing ban on adulterers 

By Budz Sarmiento 

MONTREAL, Quebec - In an 

article that has infuriated the Filipino 

Association of Montreal and Suburbs 

(FAMAS) Executive Board and the 

FAMAS Constitution and Bylaws 

Committee (FCBL), F. C. Magallanes, 

the publisher and editor-in-chief of the 

Filipino Forum, erroneously and 

maliciously reported that FAMAS would 

ban adulterers from its membership. 

According to Ms. Aurora Osdon, 

president of FAMAS, and Mr. Leandro 

Tolentino, chairman of FCBL 

Committee, the article, which appeared 

in the September 16-October 15, 2010 

edition of said newspaper and titled 

“FAMAS PROPOSES BAN ON 

ADULTERERS”, is rife with the kind of 

falsehood and misinformation that its 

See Page 4 FAMAS denies 

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(AP) Manny Pacquiao more than 

made up with speed what he lacked in size. 

Giving away both pounds and 

inches, boxing's little superstar turned 

Antonio Margarito into a bloody and nearly 

blind fighter with a dizzying array of 

punches Saturday night in a lopsided 

decision victory that wasn't close from the 

opening rounds on. 

In a spectacular performance 

before a delighted crowd of 41,734 at 

Cowboys Stadium, Pacquiao cemented his 

claim to being the best fighter in the world 

by dominating the bigger but slower 

Margarito almost from the opening bell. 

Pacquiao won round after round, opening a 

cut on Margarito's cheek, closing his right 

eye, and turning his face into a bloody 

mess. 

The punches came quickly, and 

they came often. Margarito was plenty 

game as he tried to stalk Pacquiao around 

Pacquiao would land a four- or five-punch 

combination that snapped his head back 

and stopped him in his tracks. 

The beating was so thorough that 

the congressman from the Philippines 

turned to referee Laurence Cole several 

times in the 11th round, imploring him to 

stop the fight. It went on, though, even 

though Margarito had no chance to win. 

"I can't believe that I beat 

someone this big and this strong," 

Pacquiao said. "It's hard. I really do my best 

to win the fight." 

Pacquiao moved up in weight yet 

again to take on Margarito, a natural 

welterweight with a reputation for 

ruggedness in the ring. And rugged he 

was, though he took a beating all night 

long at the hands of a faster and seemingly 

more powerful opponent. 

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2 The North American Filipino Star 

Guest Editorial 

And he calls himself editor-in-chief 

As the leader of any journalistic 

organization, the editor-in-chief is 

depended upon for guidance. A 

person in this position is expected to 

set a good example for the rest of the 

group. He is depended upon to guide 

his staff with integrity and impart them 

with high journalistic standards. 

That is where F. C. Magallanes, 

the editor-in-chief of the Filipino Forum, 

has failed quite miserably. He has been 

found guilty by the Quebec Press 

Council for irresponsibility in 

journalism and for breach of the 

journalistic code of ethics. For many 

other editors-in-chief who went though 

similar regrettable lapse in judgment, 

that experience should be enough 

wake-up call for them to change their 

ways for the better. Unfortunately, it 

does not have that kind of positive 

effect on Magallanes. He refuses to 

learn from the lessons the Press 

Council has tried to impress on his 

mind on several occasions. If anything, 

he has gotten worse and more 

irresponsible than ever. In our opinion, 

only a person with troubled mind 

would allow that to happen without 

even a tittle of remorse. 

As an editor-in-chief, Magallanes 

is supposed to be the vanguard and 

herald of truth, not the first one to tell 

outright lies and malign innocent 

people or entities in the process. With 

Magallanes, it is the other way around 

as editions upon editions of his own 

publication will bear witness to that 

assumption. We do not just make this 

up to make him look bad. He does not 

need us to do that; he has been doing 

it to himself, and all by himself. 

In his latest editorial (September 

16-October 15, 2010, Filipino Forum) 

devoted to Mrs. Zenaida F. Kharroubi, 

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he asked, “Whatever happened to 

responsibility in journalism?” We 

wonder why he has directed that 

question to Mrs. Kharroubi and not to 

himself who should know all the 

answers to that question already since 

he is the one devoid of any sense of 

responsibility in journalism. Not only 

that, he even lectures us on a particular 

rule of journalism. He wrote, “First rule 

of journalism: get your facts straight.” 

That is the height of hypocrisy since he 

has always been the one who does not 

get his facts straight. One 

incontrovertible evidence that he does 

not follow what he preaches is right 

there in his article titled “FAMAS 

proposes ban on adulterers” 

appearing on the front page of the 

aforementioned edition of the Filipino 

Forum. The Filipino Association of 

Montreal and Suburbs (FAMAS) has 

never considered such a preposterous 

proposal. 

He has failed to ensure that the 

content of his article is accurate, fair 

and complete. He has also failed to 

edit a Page 1 story that his article on 

FAMAS alleged proposal is before 

publication and other stories as 

needed. He has failed to review 

feedback or evaluations of that 

particular article and other content and 

take steps to avoid future mistakes, 

and holds stories that are not ready for 

publication. 

And he calls himself editor-inchief. 

If someone else outside of his 

family or small circle of friends owned 

the Filipino Forum, F. C. Magallanes 

would never have been its editor-inchief, 

not even a delivery boy. 

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Shinette Salcedo-Khoury was 

once hailed by Fred Magallanes “the 

next valued honorary consul.” She did 

not pay attention to the warning of 

friends who said: “The very people 

who want you there will be the very 

people who will bring you down.” It 

was only when Magallanes began 

calling her ineligible FAMAS director 

that she had a grasp of what her 

friends were getting at. 

In June 2007, a letter of 

recommendation with a petition of over 

2,000 signatures recommending 

Salcedo-Khoury as honorary consul 

was submitted to Ambassador Jose 

Brillantes, then Philippine Ambassador 

to Canada. For months, she graced the 

pages of the Filipino Forum, 

sometimes in the headline – “Shinette 

to be named consul”, other times 

hailed as an active community leader. 

The favored honorary-consul-to-be 

was put on a pedestal, and lavished 

with praise and impressive credentials. 

Call her naive, call her stupid 

and call her idealistic, Salcedo-Khoury 

simply went about her ways according 

to what her mind, her heart, her better 

judgment and what the answer to her 

prayers would guide her to regardless 

of what others would suggest or expect 

of her. She has not changed. She will 

be the same person once valued to be 

the next honorary consul. 

Unfortunately, Salcedo- 

Khoury's appointment did not 

materialize. Her failed appointment 

was due to misfortune of being backed 

up by Magallanes who eventually 

brought her down. Unknown to her, 

Magallanes’ endorsement was a kiss of 

death. And when it became obvious 

that Ambassador Brillantes would not 

appoint an honorary consul in 

Montreal, Julita Parado asked her to 

run for the directorship of FAMAS to 

serve the community. It took about six 

months for her to accept the offer. After 

winning the election, Magallanes 

began calling her ineligible vice 

president of FAMAS. The truth was that 

she met all the requirements to run. 

Magallanes made an issue of Salcedo- 

Khoury’s failure to pay her 

membership fee in 2007 because all 

the candidates he supported lost the 

election. 

nOVEMBER 2010 

F. C. Magallanes: a serial character assassin 

Shinette Salcedo-Khoury is one of his latest victims 

By Bernardo “Budz” Sarmiento 

5450 chemin de la Cote des Neiges 

Suite 511 

Montreal, Quebec H3T 1Y6 

Al Abdon 

Jerry Estrada 

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Advertising Representative 

When Salcedo-Khoury , who 

was once valued future honorary 

consul, became an ineligible vice 

president of FAMAS, she found out 

Magallanes’ real character. Magallanes 

has a pattern of building up people he 

wants, then destroying them if they 

refused to be manipulated or 

controlled by him and his toadies. 

Magallanes is a serial character 

assassin. 

In 2001, Magallanes endorsed 

and promoted Benny Parial who he 

wrote was the most qualified among 

the FAMAS presidential candidates 

that included Jay Jay Villanueva, Ding 

Castillo and Mel Domingo. But when 

Parial refused to be manipulated by 

Magallanes, troubles began for Parial. 

Magallanes wrote that FAMAS was 

impoverished because Parial used the 

money of FAMAS to hire a lawyer when 

a case was filed against San Tino. 

Magallanes' next victim was Tino who 

ran for presidency in 2005. In the 

beginning, Tino was Magallanes' 

“Flavor of the Month.” He even 

dismissed the propaganda that Tino 

was just an orderly. But when Tino 

refused to be controlled by 

Magallanes, Tino was in trouble. 

Magallanes mercilessly attacked Tino. 

In the wake of his attack against Tino, 

Magallanes was banned from the 

Center. Magallanes then called Tino 

bigot and fascist. He even wrote a story 

on the front page of the Filipino Forum 

that Tino was handcuffed by the police 

for slapping his girlfriend. 

In 2007, Magallanes wrote that 

Albert Floresca, who won the FAMAS 

election for presidency, got off to a 

good start and was on his way to 

achieve something great. But after a 

year, he started writing negative stories 

about Floresca. He said that the July 

2005 Pista sa Nayon was the least 

attended in its five-year history. In the 

January-February issue of the Filipino 

Forum, he wrote that Flor Rillo would 

run for FAMAS president. It was 

obvious he was favoring Rillo. Glowing 

rave reviews kept coming from 

Magallanes’ pen. He even wrote "Chris 

Bautista is a possible candidate but he 

lacks the support of Samahang 

See Page 4 - Character Assassin 

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From Page 1 FAMAS denies 

author has gained notoriety from. 

Osdon, in a tearful reflection during the 

FCBL meeting on October 23, 2010, 

vigorously denied that her organization 

had proposed banning adulterers from 

its membership. Tolentino, for his part, 

not only concurred with Osdon but also 

emphatically repudiated that banning 

adultery was ever discussed in any 

committee meeting, and vehemently 

denounced all the outright lies that 

Magallanes wrote in his article. 

Tolentino, a graduate of the University 

of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon 

City and known in the Filipino 

community for his composure, could 

not hide his indignation over 

Magallanes’ unfounded and unfair 

characterization of the former and the 

former’s committee. Tolentino 

declared, “I cannot take Magallanes’ 

transgression lying down. I will tell 

him in the strongest terms possible 

that he does not have the right to 

malign me and my committee, 

particularly by telling lies.” 

Ms. Alicia Loyola-Bustamante, 

commenting on Magallanes’ assertion 

that she was appointed by Tolentino as 

chairperson of the committee to 

exclude adulterers from the 

association, said, “Nothing can be 

farther from the truth. No such 

appointment was made since no such 

committee was created, let alone 

discussion on banning adultery ever 

took place.” Visibly trembling with 

emotion and tears starting to well down 

her eyes, she added, “My hunch was 

right that he would give us problem; he 

should not have been allowed to be in 

our meeting in the first place. I warned 

you that he was shameless and evil, 

but you would not listen.” In hindsight, 

the entire FCBL Committee agreed with 

Bustamante and rued the day they 

allowed him to take photos during that 

particular meeting. 

Even Ms. Marlene Birao- 

Schachter and Mr. Denie Guloy, known 

friends and close associates of 

Magallanes, would not conceal their 

displeasure with Magallanes’ action 

and the lies he had published in his 

newspaper. When asked if they would 

sign the open letter of protest Tolentino 

would write to Magallanes, they said, 

“Yes, we will, definitely! What 

Magallanes did is wrong.” 

Mr. Felix Salazar, an FCBL 

Committee member and the source 

who, Magallanes claimed, supplied all 

the information through a phone 

interview, denied that he ever 

discussed adultery and adulterers with 

Magallanes. Salazar promised that he, 

too, would sign the protest letter being 

drafted by Tolentino. The FAMAS 

Executive Board, through its president, 

intends to write similar letter to 

Magallanes. 

It will be remembered that 

Magallanes was found guilty of 

breaching the journalistic code of 

ethics. He was also reprimanded by the 

Quebec Press Council on several 

occasions for irresponsible and 

malicious reporting. 

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From Page 2 Character assassin 

Makabayan.” But when Rillo refused to 

comply with Magallanes' unsolicited 

suggestions, he was attacked by 

Magallanes who wrote about Rillos' 

marital affair. 

The bottom line is that 

Magallanes is a cancer of society. 

According to the Webster dictionary, 

cancer is something evil and malignant 

that spreads destructively. On the other 

hand, Family Binders (Readers' Digest) 

defines cancer as malignancy, plague, 

rot. For example, in the 1920s, the 

cancer of Hitlerism was widespread in 

Germany. In Montreal, the cancer of 

Magallanesism has been wreaking 

havoc in the community, like tsunami, 

for many years. The cancer of 

Magallanesism has to be “surgically” 

removed before it can metastasize. 

From Page 1 Pacquiao 

"There was no way I was gong to 

quit. I'm a Mexican, we fight until the end," 

Margarito said. 

Pacquiao won every round on one 

scorecard, 120-108, and was ahead 119- 

109 and 118-110 on the other two. The 

Associated Press had it a 120-108 shutout. 

"We didn't lose a round," said 

Pacquiao's trainer, Freddie Roach. "I wish 

they would have stopped the fight." 

That almost happened, but Cole 

allowed it to go on even as Margarito kept 

taking a beating. There wasn't any way 

Margarito was going to win the fight, but he 

could still see out of one eye and wanted to 

continue. 

"I told the referee, `Look at his 

eyes, look at his cuts,"' Pacquiao said. "I did 

not want to damage him permanently. 

That's not what boxing is about." 

Ringside punch stats reflected 

Pacquiao's dominance, showing him 

landing 474 punches to 229 for Margarito. 

But it wasn't just the sheer volume of 

punches, but the power in which they came 

at almost every angle. 

Roach predicted before the fight 

that Pacquiao would carve Margarito apart 

because he was simply much too quick for 

his opponent. He did just that, starting from 

the first round when he landed an early 

flurry up the middle that seemed to set the 

tone for the fight. 

It wasn't entirely easy, though. 

Pacquiao said Margarito hurt him in the 

middle rounds with shots to the head and 

the body, though he was unable to land 

more than one of two punches at a time. 

When he did manage to land, more often 

than not Pacquiao was there to fire right 

back with volleys of his own that found their 

mark almost every time. 

"Manny is the best fighter in the 

world," said Margarito's trainer, Robert 

Garcia. "He is just too fast - very, very 

quick." 

While there was no controversy in 

the ring, there was a dispute in the dressing 

room before the fight when a member of 

Pacquiao's camp saw a weight-loss 

supplement in Margarito's gear and 

demanded his blood be tested immediately 

for possible banned substances. Texas 

boxing officials ruled that would not be 

necessary, and the fight went on. 

Roach also made sure he was in 

the dressing room to watch the hands of 

Margarito, who is still banned in California 

for a hand wrapping scandal, get wrapped. 

But it was Margarito's corner who 

demanded Roach also rewrap his fighter's 

hands in a display of gamemanship. 

Once the fight started it didn't 

See Page 14 Pacquiao 


OPEN LETTER TO MAGALLANES 

November 1, 2010 

Mr. F. C. Magallanes 

Publisher 

The Filipino Forum 

1165 Saint-Aubin 

Ville Saint Laurent, Quebec H4R 1T3 

Dear Mr. Magallanes: 

The FAMAS Constitution and Bylaws 

Committee 2009-2011 (FCBL) agreed 

unanimously to address your 

irresponsible and malicious actions 

regarding the following concerns: a) the 

article you wrote in The Filipino Forum 

stating on “FAMAS PROPOSES BAN ON 

ADULTERERS”; and b) the distasteful 

placing of said edition at the back page 

of the souvenir program of the 

Federation of the Filipino-Canadian 

Associations of Quebec (FFCAQ). 

A. The irresponsible content of 

“FAMAS PROPOSES BAN ON 

ADULTERERS” (The Filipino Forum, 

September-October 2010, page 4). 

1. There was no discussion on the 

table regarding the issues on adultery or 

adulterers. We abide by the principle of 

respect and privacy among individuals, 

even more so with the FAMAS 

membership; 

2. You requested to take pictures 

of FCBL Committee meeting on August 

28, 2010. Mrs. Pat Magallanes and you 

were graciously welcomed by all the 

Committee members present. However, 

in your and your wife’s presence, neither 

did you signify the intention to observe in 

the discussion nor did you comment or 

put on the table lingering issues in your 



Proof that it's so easy to doctor a photo that even a computer illiterate can do it. 

minds. Instead, you and your wife stayed 

there for a short time and did not raise 

any interest in clarifying or verifying 

these concerns or issues that could 

generate interest to the FAMAS 

membership; but shockingly after that, 

you have vilified and/or negatively 

commented through your publication 

the goings-on in the discussion --- that 

which the bases had not happened on 

the FCBL table. Thus, the following 

never happened: 

a. “FCBL has approved a proposal 

banning adulterers from the association 

membership.” (paragraph 1) 

b. “An overwhelming majority of 

FCBL members said removing 

adulterers from the rolls of FAMAS was 

constitutional.” (paragraph 2) 

c. “Shinette Salcedo- 

Khoury…said ‘I think it is not against the 

Constitution.’. She did not specify 

whether she was talking about the 

constitution of FAMAS…” (Paragraph 3). 

d. “Bernardo Sarmiento concurred 

with Mrs. Salcedo-Khoury.” (Paragraph 

4). 

3. You have expressed biases or 

misinterpreted the following issues or 

concerns based on your side interviews 

with the following persons: 

a. Mr. Felix Salazar denied that 

your telephone interview with him was 

discussion on adultery. He has 

specifically told us on the table that he is 

not a dissenter on the processes, but he 

is the person who is concerned on 

human rights issues and right to privacy. 

In this regard, either you misinterpreted 

Mr. Salazar’s “expressed fears” 

(paragraph 8) or you would like to 

highlight that Mr. Salazar broke the code 

See Page 14 Open Letter

nOVEMBER 2010 The North American Filipino Star 

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While many Filipinos’ blood 

simmered when they read the 

malicious articles shameless 

Frauderico C. Magallanes published in 

the September 16-October 15, 2010 

Edition of his Filipino Forum, I simply 

shrugged it off as yet another offshoot 

of his patented inanity and 

impertinence. His front-page article, 

bearing a screaming and uppercased 

headline “FAMAS PROPOSES BAN 

ON ADULTERERS,” contains nothing 

but utter lies, something that he says 

and writes quite instinctively. 

Frauderico is probative that the 

saying “Nobody is perfect” is not 

always true as he is a perfect liar. He is 

someone who can lie with 

consummate ease. Propensity for lying 

is what Fraud, a Narcissistic 

Personality Disorder (NPD) sufferer, 

always has. Obviously, his NPD has 

gotten worse, and his family might 

have to take him to the Douglas Mental 

Hospital in Verdun for lobotomy much 

sooner than many people he has 

sadistically maligned have been 

praying for. 

As an FCBL Committee 

member with a perfect record of 

attendance in said committee’s 

meetings prior to the publication of 

said article, I can categorically say that 

the Committee never considered, let 

alone proposed, banning adulterers – 

or anyone else with morality problem, 

for that matter – from membership in 

the Filipino Association of Montreal 

and Suburbs (FAMAS). We, as a 

group, will never uphold such a 

ludicrous idea no matter how much 

we, either individually or collectively, 

disapprove of adultery. 

FIRST RULE OF JOURNALISM: 

GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT – 

Is it not peculiar and hypocritical of 

someone who does not always get his 

facts straight to lecture me to get my 

facts straight? And guess who is 

audacious enough to do that? 

Frauderico C. Magallanes! Who else? 

He wrote, in reference to my 

unfavorable comment about the photo 

that appeared on the front page of his 

tabloid, “First rule of journalism: get 

Any Which Way 

Bernardo “Budz” Sarmiento 

Magallanes makes his name more apt by 

changing it from Fred to Fraud 

your facts straight.” He added, “He 

doesn’t even know that you can’t bring 

your own camera to take pictures 

inside Malacañang Palace. Only 

palace photographers are allowed to 

do that.” Maybe, but he didn’t say that 

one could buy any photo he liked from 

any of those photographers at the right 

price, and then doctor it with a 

computer. I believe one could. Sa 

Manila pa! 

Apparently, he is too dumb to 

realize that I only expressed an opinion 

regarding the photo purportedly taken 

at Malacanang Palace during the 

inauguration of President Noynoy 

Aquino last July, and printed on the 

front page of the August 16-September 

15, 2010 issue of the Filipino Forum. 

Since it was merely an expression of 

personal opinion and not a news item, 

there was no need to gather facts since 

a mere ocular inspection of said photo 

was enough to opine on it. 

One unassailable proof of his 

hypocrisy is the article he wrote about 

Ms. Shinette Salcedo Khoury – 

“Shinette to be named Consul” in the 

July 2007 issue of the Filipino Forum. 

Frauderico wrote in that article that 

Khoury was appointed Honorary 

Consul despite the fact that no such 

appointment was made yet at the time. 

He jumped the gun – as he is wont to 

do - and reported an event that had not 

materialized yet. And then he has the 

gall to tell me to get my facts straight. 

Tsk, Fraud, you are dreadfully 

irredeemable! 

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO 

RESPONSIBILITY IN 

JOURNALISM? – That’s the 

question Frauderico had the temerity 

to ask Mrs. Zeny Kharroubi, the 

publisher and chief editor of this 

newspaper, in his most recent editorial 

(Page 6, September 16-October 15, 

2010 Edition, Filipino Forum) 

suggesting that Mrs. Kharroubi was an 

irresponsible journalist. He 

conveniently forgot, as he often does, 

that it was he, and never she, whom 

the Quebec Press Council 

reprimanded several times for, what 

else but, irresponsibility in journalism. 


And it was he, not she, who was found 

guilty of breach of journalistic code of 

ethics. It reminds me of dumping that 

Fraud, an NPD-afflicted person, always 

resorts to when criticized. 

Magallanes asking Mrs. 

Kharroubi whatever happened to 

responsibility in journalism is like 

Judas Iscariot asking St. Peter 

whatever happened to loyalty to Jesus 

Christ. 

The outright lies and half-truths 

contained in the two articles that he 

wasted time for just to spite me are 

very typical of someone afflicted with 

NPD. However, I must admit that he got 

my blood pressure rise when he lied 

that my daughter flung rocks onto my 

car during my romantic adventurism 

years ago. She never – in fact, none of 

my children – did such a thing to me 

despite their resentment towards me 

for my peccadillo. Yes, they were 

understandably angry with me for what 

I did to their mother like most children 

would in similar circumstances, but 

they were too disciplined, too wellbrought 

up and too decent to damage 

their father’s properties or belongings. 

Patria Magallanes’ family is not 

without sin. She has a brother, let’s call 

him Mr. T, who was similarly situated as 

I was. Mr. T. was seeing another 

woman, who was also a caregiver, 

while still married to DR, a registered 

nurse. Mr. T. and the same caregiver 

are still together. He’s now divorced 

like I am with three children by his 

former wife DR. I won’t mention their 

full names, even though I can, out of 

respect to their children and concern 

for those children’s welfare. 

I also considered writing about 

Patria’s own alleged affair, particularly 

while Fraud was still languishing in the 

Philippines and his wife was alone 

here, but I decided to save it for later in 

case Fraud invented and publishes 

another salacious story about me. If he 

doesn’t, I don’t. It’s his call. 

MAGALLANES, WEASELS AND 

OTHER VERMIN – Admittedly, I 

never really gave it serious thought that 

Frauderico would actually stoop that 

low to bring both my daughter and my 

ex-wife into the mix. I guess I have 

forgotten that he is an NDP sufferer 

and therefore quite capable to do 

things without shame, without guilt and 

without empathy. But now that he has 

involved them, nobody can blame me 

if I even the score. I will even follow him 

under the rocks – the natural habitat of 

Magallanes, the weasels and other 

vermin – to shove it to him. 

In his article titled “BS: not an 

abbreviation for Boy Scout” (Page 26, 

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gratuitously found “it offensive when 

he (referring to me) wants to appear to 

be a man who is above sexual 

shenanigans while attacking a certain 

JT – which could stand for Jerry Tugas 

– as a Lothario, a man who makes love 

to many women.” Obviously, Fraud 

was referring to that particular portion 

of the September 2010 Edition of my 

Any Which Way column titled “Illicit 

Affairs: Sign of the Times.” 

In that piece, I only mentioned 

that there were inappropriate 

relationships going on in our 

community. I didn’t mention any name, 

just that particular initial. Still, I didn’t 

attack or denigrate JT who could be 

anyone in our community. That “JT” is 

also Jerry Tugas’ initial is purely 

coincidental. I didn’t mention anyone’s 

name in my article, but Frauderico did 

mention Jerry Tugas’ name in his. It 

could also be for Juan Tamad. And 

yes, Justin Timberlake! It cannot be 

Jun Timbol or my fellow Mapua 

alumnus Joji Tapia. I personally know 

Joji to be a decent and religious guy 

and faithful husband. In any case, I 

simply stated the facts about the 

original JT’s philandering ways. No 

more, no less. Nowhere in that spiel 

did I make myself appear that I was 

morally superior to JT or the others. 

But we all know Fraud; he always 

wants to put his perceived enemies in 

the worst light possible. 

WHAT IF PATRIA’S WORSE 

HALF’S NAME WERE NOT FRED 

– Hey, Fraud, I have a question: Which 

do you think is more embarrassing, 

denigrating and painful – husband 

cheating on his wife or wife cheating 

on her husband? How about making it 

your next editorial? If you have any 

clue what’s going on around you, you 

can write a limpid editorial on that 

subject. If you don’t, then you are a 

bigger dolt than I thought. 

Just for curiosity, do you think 

your wife Patria would stick with you if 

your name weren’t Fred? She seems to 

love that name very much, doesn’t 

she? By the way, I took the liberty of 

tweaking your name a little bit. I 

honestly thought that “Fraud” fits you 

more than “Fred” does. The problem 

with this alteration is, Pat might not like 

it and might start to find another Fred, 

if she hasn’t already found one, and 

then she would ask you for divorce. 

And should it happen, you would 

surely blame me, or worse still, dump 

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Dear EarthTalk: Merino wool 

undergarments tout themselves as being 

kinder to the environment than other wools 

or synthetics. How is this so? 

-- Stella Cooley, Bangor, ME 

Since the 1970s, professional 

athletes and weekend warriors alike have 

sworn by base layers made out of synthetic 

“fibers” that would let sweat-based 

moisture escape, dry fast and be easy to 

care for. But such garments don’t come 

without trade-offs: They tend to get stinky 

when mixed with bodily odors and, like so 

many modern technological marvels, are 

derived from petroleum. Merino woolbased 

garments function just as well or 

better—and without the olfactory stigma or 

carbon footprint increase. 

The soft and pliable cousin to the 

traditional wool our grandparents wore, 

Merino wool is revolutionizing outdoor wear 

while helping manufacturers and 

consumers lower their impact on the 

environment. This natural fiber, derived 

from Merino sheep in New Zealand, is soft 

on the skin, wicks sweat effectively, dries 

out quickly, is naturally odor-resistant—and 

is machine-washable to boot. And since 

Merino can be easily spun into different 

weights, it is used in a wide variety of 

clothing types (underwear, shirts, coats) 

making it a natural choice for layering. 

Some of the leaders in the Merino 

underwear revolution include Ibex Outdoor 

Clothing, SmartWool and Patagonia, each 

which sources its wool through Zque, a 

New Zealand-based certification for Merino 

producers that adheres to a strict set of 

sustainability and ethical treatment 

standards. Qualifying ranches must feed 

their sheep natural grass and spring water 

and maintain a low “head-to-hectare” ratio. 

Upwards of 170 New Zealand Merino 

ranches have been certified accordingly by 

Zque as “ethical wool” producers. 

Unhappy with synthetic base 

layers that made him “sweat like a gorilla,” 

cross-country skiing enthusiast John 

Fernsell teamed up with sheep farmer and 

mountaineer Peter Helmetag to start Ibex in 

1997. “Everything looked the same and 

didn’t work,” says Fernsell. “It was all either 

Gore-Tex or polyester fleece.” The duo set 

out to find a better choice. With its inherent 

functionality, style, comfort and 

sustainability, Merino emerged the victor. 

Today Ibex sells several different cuts of 

Merino wool undergarments, including a 

line of underwear for men and women, long 

johns for men and women, and boxers for 

men. 

SmartWool, better known for its 

Merino socks, also makes highly regarded 

Merino undergarments, such as the mens’ 

Microweight Boxer Brief and three long 

johns for men and women of varying 

weights. Patagonia also sells a full line of 

Merino under- and outerwear. Additionally, 

many more companies have jumped on the 

Merino bandwagon, so consumers 

interested in trying it out now have more 

styles and varieties than ever to choose 

from. These products are available directly 

from the manufacturers’ websites or 

through outdoor retailers including REI. 

While Merino undergarments have 

a lot going for them, they are still expensive 

compared to the alternatives. But Merino 

converts insist that the rugged material 

lasts much longer than synthetic or cotton 


Merino wool, derived from Merino sheep in New Zealand and produced under a strict set of sustainability and 

ethical treatment standards, is revolutionizing outdoor wear while helping manufacturers and consumers lower 

their impact on the environment.” (Rae Allen, courtesy Flickr.) 

clothing without sacrificing comfort, style 

or fit. Scratchy old wool has come a long 

way indeed. 

CONTACTS: Ibex Outdoor 

Clothing, www.ibexwear.com; Patagonia, 

www.patagonia.com; SmartWool, 

www.smartwool.com; Zque, 

www.zque.co.nz; REI, www.rei.com. 

Dear EarthTalk: What is the U.S. 

military doing to reduce its carbon footprint 

and generally green its operations? 

-- Anthony Gomez, New York, NY 

As the world’s largest polluter, the 

U.S. military has its work cut out for it when 

it comes to greening its operations. 

According to the nonprofit watchdog 

group, Project Censored, American forces 

generate some 750,000 tons of toxic waste 

annually—more than the five largest U.S. 

chemical companies combined. Although 

this pollution occurs globally on U.S. bases 

in dozens of countries, there are tens of 

thousands of toxic “hot spots” on some 

8,500 military properties right here on 

America soil. 

“Not only is the military emitting 

toxic material directly into the air and 

water,” reports Project Censored, “it’s 

poisoning the land of nearby communities, 

resulting in increased rates of cancer, 

kidney disease, increasing birth defects, 

low birth weight and miscarriage.” The 

non-profit Military Toxics Project is working 

with the U.S. government to identify 

problem sites and educate neighbors 

about the risks. 

Meanwhile, the U.S. military manages 25 

million acres of land that provides habitat 

for some 300 threatened or endangered 

species. The military has harmed 

endangered animal populations by bomb 

tests (and been sued for it), reports Project 

Censored, and military testing of lowfrequency 

underwater sonar technology 


has been implicated in the stranding 

deaths of whales worldwide. Despite being 

linked to such problems, the U.S. 

Department of Defense (DoD) has 

repeatedly sought exemptions from 

Congress for compliance with federal laws 

including the Migratory Bird Treaties Act, 

American forces generate some 750,000 tons of toxic waste annually - more than the five largest U.S. chemical 

companies combined. Although this pollution occurs globally in dozens of countries, there are tens of thousands of toxic 

“hot spots” on some 8,500 military properties right here on America (Photodisc) 

the Wildlife Act, the Endangered Species 

Act, the Clean Air Act and the National 

Environmental Policy Act. 

It’s unclear whether the U.S. 

military is taking heed of criticisms in 

regard to pollution and endangered 

species management, but it is undoubtedly 

concerned about climate change, as its 

effects on the environment could lead to 

unprecedented natural resource wars and 

mass migrations of people. And reducing 

our reliance on potentially hostile foreign 

oil sources is a short term national security 

imperative as well. A recent Obama 

administration directive calls for the DoD to 

draw 20 percent of its power from 

renewable sources by 2020. Nikihl Sonnad 

of the GreenFuelSpot website reports that 

the Army and Air Force are planning to 

include solar arrays on several bases in 

sunny western states. The Air Force is also 

building the nation’s largest biomass 

energy plants in Florida and Georgia, and 

the Navy is building three large geothermal 

energy plants and funding research into 

extracting energy from ocean waves. 

Some of the military’s R&D into renewables 

is for battlefield applications. Outfitting 

troops with the capability to produce their 

own on-site power from solar and wind 

sources not only makes sourcing oil less of 

a necessity but also should serve to reduce 

casualties from fuel transport operations. 

Over 1,000 American troops have lost their 

lives delivering fuel in the past few years 

alone (in part because enemy combatants 

often use fuel trucks as attack targets), 

says Sonnad. 

Elisabeth Rosenthal reports in 


The New York Times that “there is great 

hope that some of the renewable energy 

technology being developed for battle will 

double back and play a role in civilian life.” 

She adds that the armed forces have 

enough purchasing power to create 

genuine markets in the non-military world. 

CONTACTS: Project Censored, 

www.projectcensored.org; U.S. DoD, 

www.defense.gov; Military Toxics Project, 

www.stopmilitarytoxics.org/about.html; 

GreenFuelSpot, www.greenfuelspot.com. 

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From Page 5 Any Which Way 

on me, wouldn’t you? You know, Fraud, 

you’re becoming too predictable 

already. 

ANOTHER RED HERRING FROM 

FRAUD — Fraud had no comments 

about my story that the Ogerio sisters 

had committed fraud, and des Parado 

had no transparency. Instead, he 

retaliated by publicizing my personal 

life. That’s what journalists call a “red 

herring,” something that draws 

attention away from the central issue. 

Although Fraud’s spiteful revelation of 

my infidelity came like a dark cloud 

hanging over me at the outset, I was still 

able to see a silver lining behind it. In 

fact, I now consider it a blessing in 

disguise. So instead of fuming, I am 

now thanking him for it because he has 

put me – inadvertently (or stupidly?), I 

am sure – in a better position to expose 

his hypocrisy and to disclose without 

any qualm that members of his family 

are not what he makes them out to be. 

TRUE FILIPINO CRAB – That’s the new 

title Fraud has given me in addition to 

“King of Comedy.” He wrote: “He’s a 

true Filipino crab who’s out to pull the 

Magallaneses down, denigrating them 

rather than letting them get ahead. 

That’s ill will at another’s good fortune.” 

[Page 28, September 16-October15, 

2010 Edition, Filipino Forum] 

Good fortune? What good 

fortune? No matter how much I cudgel 

my brains, I cannot think of any good 

fortune that Fraud has ever had except, 

perhaps, being married to a woman 

who is willing to support a lazy bum and 

freeloader. Hoping that they knew, I 

asked many Filipinos in Montreal what 

good fortune Magallanes had. 

Unfortunately, they couldn’t cite any 

either. At any rate, is it good fortune to 

be booted out of the College of Law of 

the University of the Philippines after 

just one semester for not meeting the 

minimum grade requirement? Is it good 

fortune to be evicted from his apartment 

several times for his inability to pay his 

rent? Is it good fortune to resort to 

outright lying if only to pass himself up 

as a person of many impressive 

achievements? Is it good fortune not 

only to be reprimanded several times 

by the Quebec Press Council for 

irresponsibility in journalism but also 

found guilty of breach of journalistic 

code of ethics? Is it good fortune to 

have a son, Paul Magallanes, who was 

reportedly fired from his job for 

allegedly stealing the money and other 

belongings of the patients under his 

care? 

Listen, Fraud, you don’t need 

me to pull the Magallanes down. You 

have been doing that all along all by 


yourself. But in spite of all that, you 

called me gaffe-prone. What 

Narcissistic Personally Disorder can do 

to a guy! I beg you, Fraud, go see a 

psychiatrist. It’s for your, and for your 

family’s, own good. 

In point of fact, Frauderico C. 

Magallanes is the true and ultimate 

Filipino crab. Here’s a partial list of 

people he tried – or still desperately 

trying – to pull down, but to no avail: 

James de la Paz, Salvador Cabugao, 

Zenaida F. Kharroubi, Aurora Osdon, 

Shinette Salcedo-Khoury, Alice Loyola- 

Bustamante, Myrna Maranan- 

Francisco, Reuben T. Santos, Alberto 

Baens Santos, Alberto Floresca, Benny 

Parial, Flor Rillo, Santiago Tino, this 

writer and, lately, Leandro Tolentino. 

THERE’S NOTHING LIKE IT – 

That’s how Fraud conceitedly 

described his Filipino Forum on the 

back cover of the souvenir program for 

the 30th Anniversary and Debutants’ 

Ball of Ogerio’s Federation held last 

October 16. Come to think of it, he’s 

right. There’s really nothing like the 

Filipino Forum. Tell me, what other 

Filipino newspaper in the province not 

only was reprimanded by the Quebec 

Press Council several times for 

irresponsibility in journalism but was 

also found guilty of breaching the 

journalistic code of ethics? What other 

Filipino newspaper in the province has 

a pathological liar for its editor-in-chief? 

What other Filipino newspaper in the 

province whose editor-in-chief is so 

asinine to have the latest issue of his 

publication carrying the blaring 

headline in uppercase “FAMAS 

PROPOSES BAN ON ADULTERERS” 

printed on the back cover of a souvenir 

program that was supposed to be a 

classy lifetime memento which those 

pretty young women would remember 

their formal introduction to society by? 

Frauderico Crass Magallanes 

heartlessly robbed those lasses and 

their respective families of their 

otherwise joyful and unforgettable 

evening by placing his inappropriate 

and vulgar advertisement on the back 

cover of the souvenir program. And 

worse yet, the Ogerio Federation 

condoned such poorly thought of idea. 

I guess birds of the same feather crass 

together. 

The Filipino Forum is indeed a 

league of its own. The Filipino Forum: 

there’s nothing like it! 

PARADO SHOULD HAVE BEEN 

GIVEN THE BULISIK AWARD 

INSTEAD – Ogerio Federation has 

substantially cheapened the Maharlika 

Award by giving it to Julita des Parado, 

a person with a checkered past and 

who lost whatever little nobility she had 

for having been found guilty of unfair 

business practices by a consumers’ 

protection agency. Has anyone ever 

wondered why she hasn’t been actively 

and openly selling airline tickets 

anymore lately? Well, wonder no more. 

Her license to sell was revoked for 

illegal practices. If I were a previous 

recipient of the Maharlika Award, I 

would immediately return the honor in 

protest, similar to what several pro-life 

members of the Order of Canada did 

several years ago when the Order 

honored Dr. Morgentaler, an abortionist, 

with a membership to the said 

prestigious organization. 

In anticipation of readers 

asking what “bulisik” is, here’s a 

concise explanation: In the ancient 

class system in the Tagalog Society, 

people were ranked as follows: 

maginoo, timawa, maharlika, and alipin. 

There are two kinds of alipin, namely 

aliping namamahay and alipin sa 

gigilid. A sa gigilid of an aliping 

namamahay was called bulisik, which 

meant vile and contemptible. There is 

only one class lower than bulisik, and 

that was called bulislis, which meant 

“lifted skirt.” 

Now that you know, isn’t Bulisik 

Award much more fitting for Julita des 

Parado than the Maharlika Award? If 

there isn’t any such award yet, the 

Ogerio Federation should create one. 

And I respectfully nominate des Parado 

to be its first ever recipient. 

Speaking of the Maharlika 

Award 2010, if you would take into 

account the president of the 

organization that sponsored it, and who 

composed the panel of judges, you 

would readily say that it was a big farce. 

In Tagalog, “lutong macaw.” 

The president of the Federation 

of Filipino Canadian Associations of 

Quebec, Inc. (FFCAQ) is Angelita 

Ogerio, the rumored “wife” of des 

Parado. And reportedly, among the 

judges were Frauderico C. Magallanes, 

Riza Esmeralda and Svetlana Suarez, 

all known to be close to des Parado. 

You do the math. 

ONE-LINER FROM REUBEN T. SANTOS - " Take 

your pick, people, who would you rather 

believe: F. C. Magallanes, a well-known 

community liar and favorite butt of jokes 

since the 70's or Mrs. Zeny Kharroubi and Mr. 

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MAHARLIKA and the ancient class system 

Compiled by Budz Sarmiento (with 

permission from the author Paul Morrow, 

www.pilipino-express.com) 

We don’t hear the word 

MAHARLIKA very much anymore. Its origin 

goes all the way back to the ancient 

language of India called Sanskrit, from the 

word, maharddhika, meaning, "a man of 

wealth, knowledge or ability." Today it is 

generally accepted to mean "nobility or 

aristocracy." The venerable Tagalog 

dictionary of Leo James English gives us 

this example: Ang mga harì at prinsipe ay 

kabilang sa mga maharlikâ. [Kings and 

princes belong to the nobility.] 

That’s the modern definition, but 

back in the days when there really was a 

maharlika class in the Philippines, it was 

actually a lower class of nobility that served 

the datus, or chiefs, in times of war. The 

maharlikas belonged to the “kings and 

princes” and not the other way around. 

MARCOS’ MAHARLIKA 

We can thank former dictator 

Ferdinand Marcos, mainly, for our 

misunderstanding of this word today. 

“Maharlika culture” was his propaganda 

tool for promoting nationalism during the 

days of the “New Society.” The word 

became very fashionable and was used in 

naming streets, buildings, banquet halls, 

villages and cult0ural groups. Marcos 

named a highway, a broadcast company 

and the reception area of Malacañang 

Palace, Maharlika. He even toyed with the 

idea of renaming the whole country as 

Maharlika. 

Marcos’ fascination with the term 

apparently began in World War II when he 

claimed to have commanded a guerrilla 

force of over 8000 men that he called the 

Maharlika unit. His claims were proved 

false in 1985. 

It’s ironic that Marcos’ first use of 

the word maharlika was quite appropriate 

because he only used it to name a group of 

soldiers (albeit fictitious soldiers) rather 

than an entire aristocracy or country. 

The maharlikas were just one rank 

in the ancient class system of the Tagalogs, 

which was a little more convoluted than our 

Western idea of aristocrats and 

commoners. This class system was the 

norm in other parts of the Philippines, too, 

though the names of the classes varied 

slightly. 

MAGINOO – During the precolonial 

era, the maginoo class was the top 

of Tagalog society. Men and women of this 

class were generally referred to with the 

respectful title of Ginoo. Individually, the 

terms, Gat, meaning Lord, or Dayang, 

meaning Lady, preceded names as in, Gat 

Buka (now a town in Bulakan) and Dayang 

Angkatan who was mentioned in the 

Laguna Copperplate Inscription. 

A PANGINOON was an especially 

wealthy maginoo who owned much 

property and valuable land. A panginoon 

was addressed with the shortened 

honorific, poon, which could be translated 

into English as milord or milady. Aba poon 

meant, “Greetings, milord/milady” and Oo, 

poon meant, “Yes, sir/ma’am.” Poon 

survives to this day as the term of respect, 

po. 

A DATU, or CHIEF, was a maginoo 

who had followers and who ruled beyond 

his immediate household, over whole 

communities. This term was used in the 

Visayas as well as Luzon. A datu with 

power over a large area held the title 

LAKAN or RAJAH, a Hindu word brought 

from Malaysia. When the Spaniards arrived 

in the Manila area in 1570, there was a 

Banaw Lakan Dula in Tondo and an Ache 

Rajah (Ladyang) Matanda in Manila. 

TIMAWA – The timawa class were 

free commoners of Luzon and the Visayas 

who could own their own land and who did 

not have to pay a regular tribute to a 

maginoo, though they would, from time to 

time, be obliged to work on a datu’s land 

and help in community projects and 

events. They were free to change their 

allegiance to another datu if they married 

into another community or if they decided 

to move. 

MAHARLIKA – Members of the 

Tagalog warrior class known as maharlika 

had the same rights and responsibilities as 

the timawa, but in times of war they were 

bound to serve their datu in battle. They 

had to arm themselves at their own 

expense, but they did get to keep the loot 

they won – or stole, depending on which 

side of the transaction you want to look at. 

Although they were partly related to the 

nobility, the maharlikas were technically 

less free than the timawas because they 

could not leave a datu’s service without first 

hosting a large public feast and paying the 

datu between 6 and 18 pesos in gold – a 

large sum in those days. 

ALIPIN – Today, the word alipin (or 

oripun in the Visayas) means slave and 

that’s how the Spaniards translated it, too, 

but the alipins were not really slaves in the 

Western sense of the word. They were not 

bought and sold in markets with chains 

around their necks. A better description 

would be to call them debtors. They could 

be born alipins, inheriting their parents’ 

debt, and their obligations could be 

transferred from one master to another. 

However, it was also possible for them to 

buy their own freedom. A person in 

extreme poverty might even want to 

become an alipin voluntarily – preferably to 

relatives who saw this as a form of 

assistance rather than punishment. 

There were two kinds of alipins: 

ALIPING NAMAMAHAY – or a 

house-holding alipin, could hardly be 

called a slave at all. He was more like what 

we call a serf in English. A namamahay was 

usually an alipin who had received a piece 

of land from his maginoo master. In return, 

he was required to hand over a portion of 

what the land produced as a tribute and to 

occasionally work on his master’s land. 

ALIPIN SA GIGILID – The people 

near the bottom of society were known by 

the scornful term, alipin sa gigilid. In precolonial 

times the gilid was the area behind 

and below the house where the toilet was 

located. These alipins were single men and 

women who worked in their master’s 

homes, tending the gilid, among other 

chores. They were completely dependent 

for food and shelter, but if they could make 

some money on the side, they were 

allowed to keep some of it, and if they 

managed to save enough, they could buy 

their way up to namamahay or even timawa 

status. If a man wanted to get married, his 

master would usually set him up as an 

aliping namamahay with his own home and 

a patch of land, though this was rarely 

done for women. 

The people who bore the greatest 

stigma in society were the alipins who were 

indebted to other alipins. A sa gigilid of an 

aliping namamahay was called a BULISIK, 

which meant vile and contemptible. Even 

lower was the bulislis who was a sa gigilid 

indebted to another sa gigilid. The vulgar 

name meant that these alipins were so 

vulnerable that it was like their genitals 

were exposed. In modern terms we might 

say they “had their pants down,” though 

bulislis really means, “lifted skirt.” 

The only people lower than the 

bulislis were slaves who were brought from 

other communities or who were captured in 

war. They were considered non-persons 

until they were accepted into the 

community. Once accepted, they had the 

same rights as other alipins. 



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pahayagan ng mga Filipino rito sa 

Montreal at karatig-lungsod, 

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kapulungan at pagkakaisa ng 

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Common mistakes 

and confusing 

words in English 

By Budz Sarmiento 

tract vs. track 

tract is an unmeasured expanse of 

land or water, or a measured area, 

especially of land 

track is a path or road, especially one 

made by the continual passing of 

people or animals or one specially 

created for some purpose 

In the October 2010 edition of my Any 

Which Way column, I wrote “… some 

community leaders had bought big 

houses and vast track of land in the 

Philippines ….” The “track” there was 

supposed to be “tract.” 

convince vs. persuade 

Contrary to common belief and use, 

there is a subtle and important 

distinction between the two. 

We are convinced by evidence or 

arguments made to the intellect 

We are persuaded by appeals made 

to the will, moral sense or emotions. 

'Convince' suggests intellectual 

reasoning while 'persuade' suggests 

emotional reasoning. 

I’d also add a further subtle distinction 

that we are convinced to think 

something; persuaded to think and do 

something. 

The implication of this for marketing is 

significant. I couldn’t care less if you 

were convinced that my idea is better 

than the other guy’s idea if I haven’t 

also persuaded you to do something 

about it – buy it, support it, donate to 

it, tell your friends about it. 

Usage Note: According to a traditional 

rule, one persuades someone to act 

but convinces someone of the truth of a 

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2010 Camcorder’s 

Buyer’s Guide 

Christmas is just around the 

corner and we can’t wait to get these 

gadget and toys for men items! 

Camcorders are becoming ever popular 

as one in the shopping list orders. But 

the big question is, what model shall I 

buy? In the beginning of 2005 we have 

seen the rise of new tapeless 

camcorders on the market using 

memory cards or sticks as we call it and 

able to record in high definition. This 

year more features were added such as 

mp3 players and powerful digital zoom. 

This makes your choice more 

complicated. According to Videomaker 

magazine there are four basic classes of 

camcorders. They are Flip-Style, Basic 

High Definition (HD), Standard Definition 

(SD) and Premium High Definition. 

Flip-Style: 

This is an entry-level camcorder, 

in all senses of the word. A Flip-style 

camcorder comes in a MP3 player-like 

package with a digital zoom lens, one 

on/off Record button, a basic audio 

microphone, and the ability to record to 

internal and/or external flash memory. 

The videos are usually downloaded 

using a built-in USB that plugs into your 

computer. From there, you can burn 

them to DVD or post them directly to 

YouTube. At around $200 or less, Flipstyle 

camcorders are fine for fun shots, 

but not for serious videography. 

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Standard Definition: 

When most people think of 

consumer camcorders, they think of 

SD camcorders. These units have flipout 

LCD screens and/or eyepiece 

viewfinders, optical zoom lenses and 

better quality microphones, and as few 

or as many customizable features as 

you are willing to pay for. Recording 

can be done to internal/removable flash 

memory or internal hard drives. 

Depending on the quality you are 

willing to pay for, the final result can be 

very impressive. Prices for SD 

camcorders start under $300, and go 

up a few hundred dollars from there. 

Before you buy an SD 

camcorder, however, ask yourself one 

question: Are you going to buy a new 

SDTV in the near future? Or will your 

next TV and every TV after it be HD? If 

its HD, then it doesn't make sense to 

buy an SD camcorder when the world 

is moving to wider screen, higher 

resolution HD video - no matter how 

good the price. 

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Basic High Definition: 

This is the basic HD entry-level 

product camcorder for anyone who like 

their video a bit better. I mean a 

camcorder that handles all basic 

functions automatically; such as white 

balance, focusing and audio. 

Such models cost less than 

premium HD camcorders - from $800 

up to about $1,000 - and often come in 

lightweight plastic cases that need to be 

handled with care. But for the money, you 

can usually count on getting an HD 

camcorder that shoots excellent images, 

offers optical zoom (a must, since digital 

zoom makes your video look grainy) and 

can be used to create prosumer-quality 

videos when used with a computer-based 

editing system. Depending on what you 

buy, basic HD camcorders can record to 

tape, optical disks and removable flash 

memory. 

If you are relatively new to 

shooting video, I suggest you buy with a 

quality basic HD camcorder that does 

much of the thinking for you. Experiment 

and play around with this camera to 

practice and learn the features before you 

move up to the next level. Some models 

offer hybrid SD/HD format to give more 

versatility such as the Panasonic 

HDCCH20K. 

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Premium High Definition: 

Premium HD camcorders are 

expensive but are worth the money. These 

units allow you to have manual control of 

your settings, offer extra shooting features 

and use multiple CCD/CMOS image 

sensors (professional video cameras use 3 

CCD) to capture better-quality video. By 

offering this degree of versatility, premium 

HD camcorders give the shooter real 

control in selecting light levels and 



shooting styles. 

Premium HD camcorders can 

be used by beginners, thanks to their 

automatic features. However, the 

versatility and performance these units 

offer comes with a suitable price tag; 

just as a BMW costs more than a 

Chevrolet. Expect to pay around $1,000 

or more for one of these units. 

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What Should I Buy? 

The trick to buying the right 

camcorder begins by deciding what 

you want to use it for. Do you want 

videos that offer high quality visuals, a 

variety of shots (wide angle, close up, 

zoom) and steady images? Then a 

basic HD camcorder is a good choice: 

It is difficult to hold a Flip-style camera 

rock steady. 

On the other hand, do you 

value portability and ease of use above 

all else? If so, then a Flip-style 

camcorder might be right for you; 

especially if you want a camcorder that 

can be carried in your coat pocket or 

purse for immediate use and 

uploading. 

Once you know what you want, 

shop around for the best mix of 

features and price. Remember that 

nobody ever regretted spending 

money on quality, but many have 

wished that they hadn't sacrificed it to 

save a buck. Like a musical instrument, 

a camcorder is a creative tool that must 

be capable of meeting your 

requirements while also fitting your 

style and level of skills. This comes 

right down to how well the camera fits 

in your hand and how much you enjoy 

using it. 

One last piece of advice: Brand 

names count when it comes to 

camcorders. Buy from a manufacturer 

you trust, after reading reviews and 


trying out many makes and models. 

After all, this camcorder is your chief 

creative tool: It has to be just right for 

you! 

Happy shooting! 

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statement or proposition: By convincing 

me that no good could come of staying, 

he persuaded me to leave. If the 

distinction is accepted, then convince 

should not be used with an infinitive: He 

persuaded (not convinced) me to go. In 

an earlier survey, a majority of the Usage 

Panel held that this distinction should be 

maintained, but the use of convince with 

an infinitive has become increasingly 

common even among reputable writers, 

and it is unlikely that this stricture can be 

maintained for much longer 

reciprocate vs. retaliate 

Both those terms denote giving back 

something for something. However, 

“reciprocate” has positive connotation, 

“retaliate” has negative one. 

When someone gives you a gift on your 

birthday, you reciprocate by giving her a 

gift on hers. But when a person said 

something nasty about you, especially 

behind your back, you retaliate by giving 

her a tongue-lashing. 

stingy vs. frugal 

According to dictionary.com, frugal 

means "economical in use or expenditure; 

prudent saving or sparing; not wasteful". 

Stingy, on the other hand, is defined as 

"reluctant to give or spend; not generous; 

penurious". 

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wisdom to allocate the money you have, 

whereas stingy means being so tightfisted 

with your money that you're not willing to 

help others out. 

There are two types of people out there in 

the world (among others). There are those 

who are generous, giving people who don't 

have much money to pass around, but are 

willing to assist in whatever way they can 

afford. Then there are people who may or 

may not have money, but these people are 

cold hearted and self absorbed. The 

thought of taking away from themselves to 

give to others is simply more than they can 

bear. 

The former are frugal, the latter stingy. 

Frugality is a virtue, stinginess a vice. 

slander vs. libel 

Both slander and libel are defamation of 

character. However, slander is used when 

the defamation of character is spoken. This 

can be person to person or a person 

speaking to many people. 

Libel, on the other hand, is the defamation 

of an individual's or an entity's character 

which is published in a written medium, 

such as a newspaper. However, any written 

communication can be libelous as long as 

it's transmitted to a third party. 

Now, most courts consider defamation of 

character made during a radio or television 

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Philippines in top 3 of BBC World Challenge 

The Philippines’ entry to the BBC 

World Challenge 2010 – an indigenous 

hydraulic ram pump – has been voted 

as one of the top three projects among 

12 finalists worldwide. 

Auke Idzenga, the founder and 

executive director of the Negrosbased 

Alternative Indigenous 

Development Foundation, Inc. (AIDFI), 

broke the news in an email to the 

Manila Bulletin, disclosing that the 

Philippine invention received over 

167,000 votes from all over the world 

to earn a spot in the top three projects. 

“We thank all the people who cast 

their vote for AIDFI, the only Philippine 

entry in the Challenge and the support 


given during the campaign,” Idzenga 

wrote. 

The awarding ceremony for the 

winner and two runners-up of the BBC 

World Challenge 2010 will be held in 

Amsterdam on November 29. 

The awards ceremony will be 

broadcast on December 4 on BBC 

World News and announced on the 

website on the same day and profiled 

in Newsweek magazine in the 

December 21 issue which will be on 

sale starting December 14, 2010. 

The hydraulic ram pump project, 

called “The Only Way is Up,” does not 

use fuel to spur it into action but uses 

instead the kinetic energy of the river. 

Custom-made from door hinges, car 

tires, pipes, and steel, the AIDFI pump 

model which was invented by Idzenga 

could raise 20 to 40 liters of water 

directly to elevated communities. The 

pump can last up to three years if 

properly maintained. 

The pump, according to Idzenga, 

has already supplied water to about 

170 villages, giving relief to some 

50,000 beneficiaries all over the 

country. 

A Dutchman who has made 

Negros Occidental his home for 25 

years now, Idzenga, 42, said he 

invented the pump out of necessity 

seeing that the province lacked water 

supply. 

“Before we introduced the pump, 

people in our community were only 

getting 20 to 40 liters of water. Now, 

they receive about 500 to 1,000 liters a 

day,” Idzenga told Manila Bulletin in an 

earlier interview. 

While the hydraulic ram pump 

already existed in the 1700’s, Idzenga 

explains their model was cheaper by 

P300 to P500 compared to 

commercial brands which cost about 

25,000 euros, but still works as 

efficient. 

“Our models are much sexier 

looking,” Idzenga said, comparing his 

invention to the bulky types of 

imported pumps. “It is also made from 

local materials so communities will be 

able to maintain it,” he added. 

Idzenga’s invention earlier won an 

Ashden award for Sustainable Energy 

in London. Since then, AIDFI has 

received inquiries on the application of 

their technology for irrigation in other 

countries like Afghanistan, Cambodia, 

and Columbia. 

Asked why he chose to help the 

local provincial communities and 

represent the Philippines, Idezenga 

cited the determination and passion of 

Filipinos which he admired. 

“Puti ang panit pero corazon ang 

puso (I have a white skin, but I have 

Pilipino heart),” Idzenga said in Ilongo, 

the native dialect he has learned to 

adopt very well. 

“We are on the top of the world in 

this kind of low-cost technologies. Let 

us show the world what the Filipinos 

can do,” Idzenga said. a 

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From Page 4 Open Letter 

of ethics among FCBL Committee 

membership when he stated: “They 

always make me feel I’m breaking a 

wedding promise to stick together for 

better or worse, for richer or poorer. But 

I can’t see how an association in a free 

country can possibly outlaw them.” 

(Paragraph 9). 

b. Ms. Marlene Birao-Schachter 

“asked whether the proposal was meant 

only for FAMAS Officers” (Paragraph 11). 

“The chair said it applied to all FAMAS 

members” (lone Paragraph 12 -sic). 

Either Ms. Birao-Schachter or you 

misinterpreted it as adultery issue, when 

in fact we were talking at another time 

the integrity of FAMAS members in filing 

candidacy to the FAMAS Nominating 

Committee/Committee on Elections. 

On this instance, we have to clarify that 

the issue is on filing of candidacy (where 

some personal information are divulged, 

like marital status. 

4. Policies, procedures and glossary of 

FCBL terms, as an offshoot of the review 

of the FCBL, were to be recommended 

by the FCBL Committee members to the 

Executive Board. In light of this, it was 

delegated not only to Mrs. Alice 

Bustamante, solely, but to the team of 

Ms. Bustamante that included Mrs. 

Maggie Calcetas and Mr. Bernardo 

Sarmiento. Thus, your statement on 

paragraphs 6 and 14 are erroneous and 

insulting to Mrs. Bustamante. In 

addition, the Chairperson did not 

appoint Mrs. Bustamante “as chairman 

of the committee to exclude adulterers 

from the association.” Again we 

reiterate, neither committee ever existed 

nor an appointment had ever happened. 

5. You claimed that “overwhelming 

majority of FCBL members said 

removing adulterers from rolls of FAMAS 

is constitutional.” Then in paragraph 13, 

you have stated that “other FCBL 

members---Birao-Schachter, Maggie 

Calcetas, Denie Guloy, and Paz Guloy— 

offered no opinion on the adultery ban.“ 

These are two contradicting statements, 

which have both fallacies, if we abide by 

the traditional concise reporting (in 

journalism). If the four (4) you had 

mentioned offered no opinions; and then 

you claimed Mr. Salazar is a dissenter, 

then that makes five (5) people already 

having no action on issues of adultery. 

The FAMAS representative (Shinette 

Khoury, replacing Ms. Aurora Osdon at 

that time) has no vote and the 

Chairperson (Leandro Tolentino) votes 

only in cases of tie. Ms. Erlinda Baltazar 

was on leave at that time. That left, in 

your mind, Ms. Melle Lugod, Ms. Alice 

Bustamante and Mr. Bernardo Sarmiento 

to support this issue. Therefore, there 

were only three as opposed to five that 

could overwhelmingly sway a majority in 

the committee. We would then request 

your reflection on this: where is the 

overwhelming majority if this has really 

happened? Or were you just trying to 

pin down particularly two of these three 

people because you begrudged them? 

6. On paragraph 5, regarding 

observer Mr. Willie Quiambao’s views: it 

was clearly a misinterpretation on your 

part, as Mr. Quiambao emphatically said 

that the legitimacy issues discussed 

were regarding the right to privacy of the 

individuals. His examples mentioned on 

his proposed revision (submitted prior to 

this said meeting) were not pertaining to 

FAMAS but rather to another 

organization. This resolution of 

“legitimacy issues” was just a statement 

of precaution by him as a concerned 

member who was there to inform and 

enlighten FCBL Committee members. 

7. Mrs. Pat Magallanes’ 

statements on paragraphs 15, 16, 17, 

and 20 were solely her opinions, based 

on erroneous facts. She seemingly 

lacked the objectivity in providing her 

statements to you, which you readily 

printed as opposed to consulting any 

FCBL Committee member regarding the 

matter. She also didn’t bother to consult 

any of the FCBL Committee, but she 

gave an outright subjective conclusion. 

This is risky to your newspaper, because 

she is one of your publishers; and this 

may reflect on how your publishers may 

rush to irresponsible conclusions 

without regard to clarifying issues. We 

stand in the FCBL Committee that we do 

not propose anything that “control 

personal relations, and is discriminatory” 

as she claimed in your article. 

B. The malicious placing of The 

Filipino Forum’s advertisement on the 

outside back cover of FFCAQ Souvenir 

program 

1. There seemed to be a malicious 

intent to put the said edition of The 

Filipino Forum in back page of the 

souvenir program under the pretext of 

advertising your newspaper. The 

members of the FCBL Committee have 

unanimously agreed that it is 

inappropriate and distasteful, and think 

that your action was deliberate to malign 

FAMAS. 

2. It also appeared that there was 

collusion between FFCAQ and The 

Filipino Forum on the printing of this 

edition where FAMAS was obviously 

maligned. It couldn’t possibly be an 

oversight on your part, for you always 

prided yourself on competence and 

efficiency. Your vulgar poorly-thought of 

idea may have an adverse influence on 

any future collaboration between FAMAS 

and FFCAQ. Thus, we perceive this as a 

malicious action that creates disunity 

among the Filipino community, and 

specifically, bannered under a federation 

that claims unity among organizations. 

We, the members of the FCBL 

Committee, strongly advise you to 

review your newspaper’s policies 

thoroughly regarding its contents. We 

further suggest that you validate or verify 

your sources of information, refrain from 

biases, and abide by the rules of 

responsible journalism. You have 

sensationalized issues that were not 

even put on the agenda of the FCBL 

meetings. Your editorial page stated: 

“Whatever happened to responsibility in 

journalism?” On this premise of yours, 

we ask for your immediate action to 

rectify or retract the contents of your 

article; and act accordingly based on 

standard ethical views. 

We remain. 

The FCBL Committee 2009-2011 

Leandro Tolentino, Chairman 

Aurora Osdon, FAMAS President 

Erlinda Baltazar, Member 

Alice Loyola-Bustamante, Member 

Magdalena Belleza-Calcetas, Member 

Carmelita Lugod, Member 

Bernardo Sarmiento, Member 



From Page 4 Pacquiao 

matter. Pacquiao landed some big left 

hands early, cutting Margarito beneath the 

right eye and causing it to swell. By the 

middle of the fight he couldn't see out of 

that eye and his left eye began closing, too. 

The fight was for the WBC 154pound 

title even though the contract weight 

was 150 pounds. Margarito weighed 150 at 

Friday's weigh-in, but was 165 on the 

unofficial HBO scale before the fight while 

Pacquiao, who had been 144.6, was 148 

pounds. 

Pacquiao also gave away 4½ 

inches in height and was at a six-inch reach 

disadvantage, but that didn't matter either. 

Pacquiao earned a guaranteed 

$15 million, though he is likely to make 

millions more on his cut of the television 

revenues. He planned to give a concert at 

Lake Tahoe on Tuesday and then return to 

his political duties in the Philippines. 

"I have another job after this," 

Pacquiao said. "I'm going back to the 

Philippines to do my other job and be a 

public servant." 

UN poisons its human 

rights mission 

Irwin Cotler 

From: The Australian 

October 04, 2010 

THE UN Human Rights Council is the 

mandated UN body responsible for the promotion 

and protection of international human rights. 

It was intended to improve on its 

discredited predecessor, the UN Human Rights 

Commission, which former UN secretary-general 

Kofi Annan critiqued for its "politicised" and 

"biased" decision-making, but it appears to have 

inherited and compounded the flaws of its 

predecessor. 

The election of Libya -- one of the 

world's worst human rights violators -- to the UN 

Human Rights Council as it commences its new 

session is an affront to the case and cause of 

human rights. Libya's Gaddafi regime is notorious 

for its systematic and widespread violations of 

human rights, including its patterns of arbitrary 

arrest and detention, torture and persecution of 

minorities, let alone the 1998 bombing of Pan-Am 

flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. 

Indeed, what is most disturbing is that 

an overwhelming majority of UN member states 

elected Libya to the council notwithstanding its 

international criminality, such that a global 

coalition of 27 non-governmental human rights 

groups -- joined by victims of Libyan human rights 

violations -- has now launched a campaign to 

remove Muammar Gaddafi's Libya from the 

council. 

This is but the latest in a series of 

breaches by the UN Human Rights Council of its 

mandate to protect the victims of human rights 

violations and hold the violators to account. 

Indeed, the council has turned its mandate on its 

head. 

First, the council has turned a blind eye 

to the world's most serious human rights violators, 

failing to adopt any resolution or investigative 

mandate for such human rights violator countries 

as China, Cuba, Libya, North Korea, Russia or Iran, 

to name but a few -- all being listed on Freedom 

House's list of the 20 worst human rights abusers. 

While the UN General Assembly calls for countries 

to be elected to the council based on their human 

rights records, 24 out of 47 present members (51 

per cent) fail to meet fundamental standards of 

democracy and human rights. 

Second, according to the recent 2010 

UN Watch Report and Scorecard, 18 out of the 30 

key council resolutions that were adopted were 

prejudicial and counterproductive. These included 

resolutions praising Sudan for its "progress"; 


defining any discussion of terrorism committed in 

the name of Islam as a form of "defamation" and 

"racism"; commending Sri Lanka after it killed an 

estimated 20,000 civilians; and refusing to hold 

Hamas terrorism accountable. 

Third, since its 2006 creation, 80 per 

cent of the council's resolutions have singled out 

one member state -- Israel -- for differential and 

discriminatory treatment, thereby breaching the 

UN charter's foundational principle of "equality for 

all nations, large and small". Moreover, while the 

council has selectively singled out one member 

state, it continues to grant the major violators 

exculpatory immunity. 

Fourth, in an appalling breach of its own 

principles and procedures, the UN Human Rights 

Council has institutionalised a permanent agenda 

item indicting one member state -- agenda item No 

7, which speaks of "Israeli human rights violations 

in the occupied Palestinian territories" -- while 

agenda item No 8 speaks of "human rights 

violations in the rest of the world". Here is an Alice 

in Wonderland situation where the conviction is 

secured before the hearing begins. 

This not only galvanises the ongoing 

delegitimisation, if not the demonisation, of a 

member state of the UN, but it provides aid and 

comfort to those, such as Iranian President 

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who envisage "a world 

without Israel", as well as those who seek to target 

and criminalise Israel alone as "the Jew among the 

nations". 

What, then, can be done in light of 

these assaults on the UN charter and the mandate 

of the Human Rights Council? 

Australia, not unlike my country, 

Canada, has made important contributions to the 

UN for more than 60 years, including in the areas 

of international peace and security, human rights, 

development assistance and social, economic and 

environmental affairs. In particular, Australia has 

been a strong advocate of the human rights 

mandate of the council, and while not at prersent a 

member of the council, participates actively in its 

discussions. 

Accordingly, Australia, in conjunction 

with Canada, the US and others of the community 

of democracies, should seek to promote and 

implement an eight-point action plan outlined by 

UN Watch as follows: 

-Hold the worst violators to account: 

seek accountability from the world's most serious 

violators by introducing country-specific 

resolutions, and convene special sessions to 

address urgent situations of gross human rights 

violations. 

-Vigorously protect freedom of speech: 

defend freedom of speech and oppose the 

campaign of the Organisation of the Islamic 

Conference to silence any discussion of terrorism 

or women's rights by characterising it as a form of 

"defamation" and "racism". 

-End discriminatory and unequal 

treatment of Israel: combat the council's obsessive 

adoption of one-sided and biased resolutions 

against a member state, and seek to remove the 

permanent agenda item No 7 that institutionalises 

such discriminatory treatment. 

-Defend the rights of NGOs: vigorously 

defend human rights NGOs at the council, and 

preserve their historic role as independent voices 

that can hold governments to account. 

-Oppose the election of violators to the council: 

encourage countries with the strongest human 

rights record to stand for election to the council in 

their respective regional groups. 

-Encourage positive work of the UN High 

Commissioner for Human Rights: defend the 

positive and independent work of the 

commissioner against escalating attempts to 

control her activities and agenda. 

-Protect special rapporteurs: defend the council's 

independent rights monitors from efforts to 

intimidate them or influence their work. 

-Strengthen the universal periodic review through 

fair and informed questioning of every country 

reviewed. 

The tragedy in all this is that a UN body, 

established for the protection of human rights, has 

become a human rights violator. In particular, 

these violations now take place under the 

protective cover of the UN, invoking the imprimatur 

of international law and marching human rights. It 

is not only one state that is under assault, or the 

leading human rights violators who enjoy 

exculpatory immunity. The bell is tolling for the 

council and the cause of human rights. The time 

has come to sound the alarm and return the 

council to its founding principles and ideals. 

Irwin Cotler is a member of parliament 

and a former minister of justice and attorneygeneral 

of Canada. An emeritus professor of law at 

McGill University and board member of UN Watch, 

he delivered the Gandel Oration in Australia in 

July. 

Yours truly, 

Howard Liebman 

Chief of Staff to the Hon. Irwin Cotler, PC, OC, MP 

Mount Royal/Mont-Royal


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Ingredients: 

1 whole dalag (mudfish), about 1 kg., 

scaled, gutted and scrubbed well to 

remove the slime, and cut to serving size 

pieces 

1 bunch of pechay (local Chinese 

cabbage) or a combination of pechay 

and repolyo (white cabbage) 

1 large onion, finely sliced 

1 tomato (optional, I added the tomato 

for color, basically), diced 

1 thumb-sized piece of ginger, peeled 

and thinly sliced 

3 cloves of garlic, crushed and peeled 

1 tsp. (or more) of whole black 

peppercorns 

3 to 4 tbsps. of vegetable cooking oil 

patis (fish sauce), to taste 

For the miso sauce: 

Philippine Cuisine 

Pesang dalag (mudfish in light 

soup) with miso sauce 

Add the miso and stir. The mixture will 

appear much too dry at this point. 

about a cup of yellow miso (available in 

vegetable stalls in wet markets; also 

available in most supermarkets) 

1 onion 

1 tomato 

3 cloves of garlic 

2 tbsps. of vegetable cooking oil 

patis, to taste 

Saute the onion, garlic, ginger and 

tomato, if using. Cook, stirring, until the 

vegetables soften a little. 

Add the fish. Pour in enough water to 

cover. Add peppercorns. Bring to the 

boil. Remove the froth (scum) that forms 

on the surface as it will make the soup 

cloudy. 

Prepare the pechay. Wash, cut off the 

root ends and, if rather large, cut right 

across the middle. 

Add the pechay to the pot, pushing the 

leaves down. Season with patis to taste. 

Continue boiling for a minute then cover 

the pot and turn off the heat. Both the 

fish and greens will continue cooking in 

the residual heat. I find this the best way 

not to overcook them. 

While the fish finishes cooking in the 

residual heat, prepare the miso sauce. 

Finely slice an onion, chop a tomato and 

three cloves of garlic. 

Heat about two tablespoonfuls of 

vegetable oil and saute the garlic, onion 

and tomato until they start to soften. 

Take some of the broth from the pesa 

and pour into the miso mixture little by 

little, no more than a few tablespoonfuls 

at a time, until the mixture is of the 

desired consistency. Some people like 

the sauce to be almost soupy; others 

prefer it thick. When the consistency of 

the miso sauce is just right, add patis to 

taste. 

Serve the pesang dalag with the miso 

sauce on the side. 

Torta (Crab Omelette) 

Ingredients 

alimango or alimasag (crabs) 

eggs 

onion celery or green onions or both (if 

you have kinchay, use it) 

salt 

white pepper 

garlic (extra garlic for frying) 

oil for deep frying 

Cooking Instructions for (Crab Torta) 

Boil crabs until red. Take meat out of crab 

including the "alige" if present. Save as 

much as much meat as you can. Make 

sure not to include 'bones' in the meat that 

you collect. Set meat aside and also save 

the shell. 

Slice celery and onion. Set aside. 

Whip eggs. As to the number of eggs, it 

depends on how much crab 

meat/vegetable mixture you have. 

Mix crab meat, "alige", onion, celery or 

green onions (note: I like celery better in 

this dish, it gives it a little bit of flavor, 

kinchay or cilantro is also good to use 

here), a little bit of garlic, salt and pepper 

to taste - like making an omelet. Mixture 

has to have a consistency that the 

ingredients don't fall apart or run. 

Stuff crab shell with the 

crab/egg/vegetable mixture. 

Heat oil in pan (a wok works best here), 

add garlic. Once the garlic is brown, fry 

crab. You probably need to deep fry so 

heat a lot of oil. This is very quick actually. 

When the crab meat mixture turns brown, 

take the crab out of oil and drain (paper 

towel works best). 

Beef Tapa 


Estimated preparation & cooking time: 30 

minutes 

Ingredients: 

1/2 kilo lean beef, thinly sliced 

*/2 cup fish sauce (patis) 

*1/4 cup refined sugar 

*3 teaspoons salt 

*1 head garlic, crushed and minced 

*1 teaspoon ground pepper 

*1/2 cup cooking oil 

Cooking Instructions: 

*Mix all ingredients in a mixing bowl 

*Marinate for at least an hour or keep in the 

refrigerator overnight. 

*In a large wok, heat cooking oil. 

*Fry the marinated beef for 15 minutes or 

until golden brown. 

*Serve hot with steamed rice or fried rice. 

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Verdict on Philippines' 'trial of the 

century' seen within Aquino's term 

A verdict on the massacre in 

Maguindanao, in the southern 

Philippines, should be reached within 

President Benigno Aquino III's term 

because delay will ultimately lead to a 

denial of justice, Justice Secretary 

Leila de Lima said. 

"I think saying that the trial might 

drag for 10 years is too much. That is 

not acceptable ... That would be a case 

of justice delayed, justice denied. We 

should finish (the trial) within this 

current administration. That's why we 

(in the prosecution) are giving our best 

effort and zeal," De Lima told reporters. 

Families of the 57 massacre 

victims, as well as media organizations 

and human rights groups, have 

lamented the snail-paced progress of 

the so-called "trial of the century." 

Sigfrid Fortun, legal counsel of the 

primary suspect Andal Ampatuan Jr., 

was quoted to have said that the trial 

might drag for over 10 years "if (it is) 

not properly managed." 

De Lima acknowledged that the 

"perceived delays" were among the 

problems in the trial given "the gravity 

of the offense" as well as the purported 

"capacity, resources and status of the 

accused." 

She also admitted that there were 

"loopholes, gaps (and) weaknesses" in 

how the trial was being prosecuted, 

but issued an assurance that these 

were being addressed. 

2 trial days a week 

In fact, De Lima said, a case 

management conference was held on 

Tuesday among Judge Jocelyn Solis 

Reyes, the prosecution and the 

defense to address the sluggish pace 

of the trial. 

She said it had been agreed that 

there would now be two trial days 

weekly, with at least two witnesses 

presented per trial day. 

"These were among the 

agreements reached during that case 

management meeting ... We are just 

waiting for the confirmatory order from 

the judge," De Lima said. 

The trial opened in September with 

nearly 200 accused and more than 500 

witnesses. 

De Lima also said she had a 

"heart-to-heart" talk with the public 

prosecutors after their colleague, 

Senior State Prosecutor Leo Dacera III, 

died suddenly of cardiac arrest early 

this month. 

More focused, aggressive 

She expressed confidence in the 

capabilities of the state lawyers led by 

Senior Deputy State Prosecutor 

Richard Anthony Fadullon and Senior 

State Prosecutor Juan Pedro Navera, 

but said she had ordered them to be 

"more focused and more aggressive" 

during the trial. 

"They should always object and 

block dilatory moves on the part of the 

defense," she said. 

Priority 

De Lima said she had begun 

limiting the Ampatuan prosecutors' 

caseloads but could not guarantee 

that they would be working exclusively 

on the massacre trial. 

"They said they can handle other 

cases although they are prioritizing the 

Ampatuan trial. This is a very important 

trial. This is the trial of the century," she 

said.a 

Remittances increase 7.8% 

in 9 months 

Remittances sent home by 

Filipinos abroad rose at the fastest 

pace in nine months as the global 

recovery supported demand for 

Filipino sailors, engineers and 

carpenters, spurring gains in the 

nation’s currency. 

The funds increased 10.6 percent 

from a year earlier to $1.6 billion in 

September, the central bank said 

Monday. 

Remittances grew 7.8 percent to 

$13.8 billion in the January-to- 

September period, nearing the central 

bank’s 8-percent target for the whole 

year—to $18.6 billion from $17.3 billion 

last year. 

The World Bank expects this 

year’s remittances to be even higher at 

$21 billion. 

Rising remittances, exports and 

investment in the $160-billion 

economy have boosted the peso, 

prompting policy makers to implement 

measures to slow the currency’s 

advance. 

The Bangko Sentral last month 

eased the rules on foreign-exchange 

outflows, and Finance Secretary Cesar 

Purisima said last week the 

government might pay some of its 

foreign debt ahead of schedule and 

increase local borrowing next year. 

“There’s still room for growth in 

remittances” going into the fourth 

quarter when spending peaked, 

Jonathan Ravelas, a strategist at 

Banco de Oro Unibank Inc., said 

before the report. 

The peso’s decline this month “is a 

long- overdue correction” and the 

currency would continue its advance 

until next year as the dollar remained 

weak, he said. 

The Philippines’ foreign exchange 

reserves rose to a record $56.8 billion 

in October. The peso reached 42.47 to 

the dollar on Nov. 4, the strongest level 

since May 2008. 

“The double-digit growth 

registered for [September] was the 

highest during the year,” Bangko 

Sentral Governor Amando Tetangco Jr. 

said. 

Remittances from both sea-based 

and land-based workers increased by 

11.4 percent and 6.9 percent, 

respectively. 

Tetangco said the continued 

preference for the skills of Filipino 

workers combined with the expanding 

international remittance transfer 

networks of bank and non-bank 

channels explained the steady flow of 

remittances into the country. a 


For the second time in as many 

foreign trips, President Benigno 

Aquino III lashed out at the 

Philippine press, telling Filipinos 

working in Japan they probably 

“do not get all the news” because 

of the Philippine media’s heavy 

emphasis on negative reporting. 

“What happens is that to get 

the attention of more people, they 

tend to keep on scratching tiny 

scrapes,” the President said in a 

speech to the Filipino community 

in Yokohama Sunday night. 

“It is natural for anybody to lose 

his drive to work if [the] only stories 

of our failure are reported.” 

But Mr. Aquino assured the 

Yokohama-based Filipinos that 

their families in the Philippines 

were “in good hands.” 

“What we want to convey is 

simple,” he said. “Good things are 

happening to our country left and 

right. We are not failing the 

Filipinos. You are still my boss.” 

The President kept up his 

attacks on the Philippine press 

Monday afternoon on his return, 

saying he was expecting more bad 

news even though he had reported 

drumming up $5.45 billion in new 

investment commitments from 

Japan. 

“Here I am today reporting on 

what we have achieved from our 

trip to Japan, and I believe 

tomorrow we will read again more 

criticisms against us, but that’s 

okay,” he said. 

Of the $5.45 billion in new 

investment commitments, $2.85 

billion were in the pipeline, 

including $2.6 billion from 



Aquino grumbles against media’s 

negative reporting 

Marubeni Corp. for the expansion 

of the Sual, Calaca and Pagbilao 

power plants; $133 million from 

Toshiba Corp. to expand its 

electronics factory; and $122 

million from Itochu Corp. to 

develop 11,000 hectares of 

sugarcane in Isabela to produce 

bio-ethanol, Mr. Aquino said. 

The remaining $2.6 billion in 

pledges were in the final stages of 

negotiation, and those included an 

unsolicited bid for the Metro Rail 

Transit Line-7; Light Rail Transit 2’s 

East and West expansion project; a 

digital TV system and equipment; 

and a liquefied natural gas project. 

Mr. Aquino shrugged off a 

recent Pulse Asia survey showing a 

9-percent drop in his approval 

rating and a 5-percent decline in 

his trust rating. The Aug. 23 

hostage fiasco that left eight 

Chinese tourists dead might have 

contributed to it, he said. 

Pulse Asia’s October survey 

showed 79 percent of Filipinos still 

approved of his performance, while 

80 percent still trusted him. 

In July 2010, although Mr. 

Aquino had already been 

proclaimed, the survey 

respondents were asked to rate his 

performance during his last three 

months in the Senate. 

“Rated as a senator, President 

Aquino scored an overall approval 

rating of 88 percent and an overall 

trust rating of 85 percent,” Pulse 

Asia said. 

During his official visit to 

Vietnam in October, the President 

criticized “a Manila-based 

newspaper of minor circulation” for 

quoting a Catholic bishop as 

saying he might fail to complete his 

six-year term as a result of his poor 

management skills and his reliance 

on unsound legal advice from his 

trusted lieutenants. a 

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No ‘wow’ factor in tourism’s 

new slogan 

One of the snide remarks on 

the Department of Tourism’s new 

campaign slogan came from Sen. 

Miriam Defensor-Santiago, who 

told reporters Wednesday that she 

thought the new brand “is just 

ignorant, and ignorance is boring.” 

Santiago had misgivings about 

the brand not being in English, 

considering that the target was 

foreign tourists. 

She also saw very little 

creativity in the phrase. “Let’s think 

of something else. Let’s start some 

neurons in our brains working. 

[The tourism officials’] neurons are 

not working. They’re not on full 

eight cylinders ... [just] two 

cylinders,” she said, adding: 

“We have to find our niche 

because we have many 

competitors in Southeast Asia. We 

cannot just have ‘a beautiful 

country’ because everyone says 

that.” 

Sen. Loren Legarda also 

expressed disagreement with the 

replacement of the 8-year-old 

brand “WOW Philippines.” 

“We fix what doesn’t need 

fixing. We always think that what 

the past administration did was 

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wrong,” she noted. 

Said Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri in 

a privilege speech: “Change is 

good. No problem. But if we’re 

going to change the slogan, let’s 

come up with a more 

understandable slogan throughout 

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More snags 

“Pilipinas Kay Ganda” has hit a 

few more snags. 

A day after the “so beautiful” 

brand was launched, the DoT was 

forced to ditch its freshly 

overhauled website after receiving 

urgent notices from concerned 

citizens on Twitter that a porn site 

had been using a “very similar” 

name. 

“We’re very thankful with the 

vigilance of our citizenry, especially 

online,” Tourism Undersecretary 

Vicente Romano III told the Inquirer 

Wednesday in an e-mail. 

“Their pointing out of some 

important issues keeps us on our 

toes and helps us to respond 

quickly and correct errors,” he 

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said. 

Romano, who is in charge of 

tourism planning and promotions, 

said the search was continuing for 

an appropriate name to connect 

Internet users to the “Pilipinas Kay 

Ganda” campaign. 

“The problem is many of the 

tourism-related names are already 

taken,” he said. 

He also said the short-lived 

website was not yet the “fullfeatured 

website” that the tourism 

department was planning as part of 

its digital strategy to promote the 

new brand, which has drawn 

widespread flak. 

Typos, etc. 

Apart from the slogan and the 

website’s name, the contents of the 

site were also not spared criticism, 

mostly because of the typos and 

grammatical errors in some pages. 

Agence France-Presse quoted 

Evelyn Macayayong of the tourism 

department as saying that “the 

write-ups were not thoroughly 

edited.” 

“There were errors, and there 

are even allegations of plagiarism, 

that we copied from other 

websites,” Macayayong said. 

Still, she defended the new 

slogan. “It raises awareness. It 

inculcates pride in our identity,” she 

said. 

Romano said the tourism 

department would “just review 

every page and correct errors 

before we republish, hopefully in 

three to four weeks.” 

He said that the short-lived 

website was “just a facelift of the 

current website” and “really just an 

interim site,” and that the 

development of a permanent one 

had yet to be bid out. 

Romano promised that the new 

site, when launched early next year, 

would have a fresh “look and feel.” 

“[It will be] with polished copies 

and write-ups, with full features, and 

all the bells and whistles,” he said. 

‘WOW’ man 

If there’s someone truly 

unhappy with “Pilipinas Kay 

Ganda,” it’s former Sen. Richard 

Gordon who conceived of “WOW 

Philippines” during his stint as 

tourism secretary. 

In a phone interview 

Wednesday with the Inquirer, 

Gordon said the new brand would 

create a problem in terms of selling 

the idea to foreign tourists. 

“You have to sell the language 

first, but it takes time and the 

budget is limited,” he said. 

Gordon lamented “the lack of 

sense of continuity” in the country. 

“We have little money and we 

don’t let our branding grow,” he 

said. “I am not saying that ‘WOW 

Philippines’ is the best because I 

made it ... but simply because it 

gained attraction in spite of limited 

resources.” 

Gordon said that while 

packaging something with a long 

name like the Philippines was a 

challenge, “WOW” provided a 

nickname for the country that 

helped to communicate the 

message quickly. 

“WOW” officially stood for 

“Wealth of Wonders,” but it also 

meant “Warm over Winter” to 

endorse the Philippines’ sparkling 

beaches, “Walk our Walls” to 

promote Intramuros in Manila, or 

“Watch our Whales” to market 

Donsol in Sorsogon, which is 

known for the butanding (whale 

sharks). 

Revitalizing interest 

Gordon said that instead of 

dropping the “WOW” brand, the 

new tourism administration should 

have focused on how to revitalize 

interest in Philippine destinations 

following the typhoons that ravaged 

parts of the country and the August 

hostage crisis. 

He also said using the 

vernacular in the slogan was a 

good way of enticing Filipinos 

abroad to explore and rediscover 

the country, but not foreigners. 

Senator Santiago agreed that 

“WOW Philippines” was better. 

“It wasn’t exactly exceptional as 

an advertising tagline, but it was 

acceptable,” she said. “Nobody 

thought of a foreign tourist saying 

‘wow’ when he came to the 

Philippines.” a

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FILIPINO STAR 

S H O W B I Z G O S S I P 

Nonoy admits 'spending some 

time'’ with Liz Uy 

Putting a stop to all speculations 

about his love life, President Benigno 

“Noynoy” Aquino III admitted that he is 

dating his stylist Liz Uy. 

“We have been spending some 

time together as our schedules will 

permit, but at this point in time that is 

the extent…” the chief executive said 

in an interview aired on “Saksi,” Nov. 

12. 

A day before his admission, his 

eldest sister Ballsy Aquino-Cruz 

confirmed that P-Noy and Liz have 

been going out though they are not 

exclusively dating. Host Boy Abunda, 

one of the Aquino family’s closest 

friends, also affirmed on “SNN” that 

“they [Pres. Aquino and Liz] are 

getting to know each other.” 

PNoy, the country’s first bachelor 

president, and Liz, who also happens 

to be the stylist and close pal of his 

youngest sister Kris Aquino, have 

been spotted several times together 

for a few weeks now, sparking rumors 

that they are sharing more than a 

client-stylist relationship. 

Liz, 28, has maintained her “no 

comment” stance on the controversy, 

as she continues to evade questions 

pertaining to rumors linking her to the 

president. She did, however, laughed 

off talks that she is already engaged to 

PNoy, 50, through a few posts on her 

Twitter account. 

Rumor has it that the ex-girlfriend 

of actor John Lloyd Cruz will soon be 

PNoy’s first lady. And should a 

marriage ensue, it is said that their 

wedding might take place next year, 

on the same date that his parents — 

former senator Ninoy Aquino and 

former president Cory Aquino — tied 

the knot: Oct. 11. 

Albeit the president already made 

his admission, he refused to give more 

details about him and Liz. He 

intimated that he is still in the process 


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of “recovering from a recent 

engagement,” perhaps referring to 

his supposed break-up with 

Valenzuela councilor and now 

“Willing Willie” co-host Shalani 

Soledad. The two went steady for two 

years. 

Sam Milby 

While he and international singer 

Marié Digby still communicate with 

each other, Sam Milby said they have 

decided to remain just friends and will 

no longer bring their relationship to 

the next level. 

“Ang hirap lang talaga kasi unang-una 

‘yung schedules namin. At pangalawa 

for me it’s different pag magkakilala 

kayo in person tapos na-in love. Tapos 

nagkahiwalay. Parang naging long 

distance. Pero ito, nagsimula kami sa 

malayo. Nagsimula kami sa Twitter. 

Nagtu-tweet kami,” the singer-actor 

said in a recent interview. 

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“And there’s too many things…” 

P-Noy added. 

The president is currently in 

Japan for the Asia-Pacific Economic 

Cooperation forum. He is set to return 

to the country on Nov. 15. a 

Sam calls off courtship with 

Marié, talks about 'cheating' exes 

he and Marié met was when she 

watched his concert in Japan recently. 

The actor stressed they did not go on 

a date after the show, and that it was 

only the fifth time they've seen each 

other personally. 

Sam said he likes the singer's 

trustworthiness. Asked if he had exgirlfriends 

who were unfaithful to him, 

he said that he had his suspicions but 

these were never confirmed. 

“Parang I can’t say that I’m sure 

about it pero may duda ako. May gut 

feeling na may something. Never ko 

naman nalaman kung totoo o hindi. 

But very strong feeling,” Sam said. 

The actor said that though he 

enjoys being single, he is ready for a 

commitment anytime. 

“Hindi ‘yun ‘yung isang bagay na 

pipilitin. It just happens. Wala akong 

dine-date. I’m just waiting, I guess. 

Kung mangyayari siya, mangyayari 

siya. Hindi ako ‘yung type na 

kailangan ng relasyon, ‘yung 

dependent sa relasyon. Okay naman 

ako kahit single ako,” said he. a 

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Venus Raj rattled by 

opportunities coming her way 

Venus Raj 

After admitting that she has been 

receiving overtures from the country’s 

three biggest networks, Miss Universe 

2010 fourth runner-up Venus Raj now 

claims she is a bit uncomfortable with 

the attention she’s been getting. 

During a recent press gathering 

for her newest product endorsement, 

the beauty queen shared, "Actually, 

ang dami-dami kong gustong gawin. 

Parang sa sobrang dami po, hindi ko 

na po alam kung ano uunahin ko." 

Raj said she is still undecided 

about a specific career path even as 

she disclosed that she still has to 

honor her year-long contract with 

Binibining Pilipinas Charities 

Incorporated. 

Then again, Raj eagerly declared 

that she’d probably start with hosting 

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“Well, ang hosting po kasi, 

maganda siya kasi light lang. Parang 

napapakita mo kung anong 

personality meron ka. Yung acting, 

something na challenging, e,” she 

explained. 

“Bibigyan ka ng role na hindi 

naman ikaw 'yon. Pero it's something 

challenging na kaya ko din palang 

maging ibang tao. Pero hindi ko alam 

kung kaya ko siya. Pero feeling ko, 

kakayanin ko siya!" 

Rumored to have been mulled 

over as a possible co-host on the hit 

primetime show of controversial 

comedian Willie Revillame on TV5, Raj 

said she already let go of the notion 

after seeing Valenzuela Councilor 

Shalani Soledad being introduced as 

a host on the show recently. 

“’Nung napanood ko, 'Ay, siguro 

yun na yung bagong host nila!' So, 

okay na din po ako. At least, may final 

decision na," said she. 

Raj is also aware of the pitfalls of 

showbiz. 

"Dati akala ko pag lumabas na 

news about sa isang artista, totoo. So, 

maniniwala ako. So, si ganito, ganito, 

ganyan. 

"Pero ngayon na alam ko na yung 

about show business—hindi pala 

lahat ng news na lumalabas totoo." 

But she is confident that she won’t 

succumb to any of it. 

"As long as alam mong hindi mo 

ginawa, or alam mo kung ano 

ginagawa mo talaga, hindi mo 

kailangang magpaapekto." a 


No gag order yet vs Kris 

Kris Aquino 

The Makati Regional Trial Court 

Branch 140 on Friday morning did not 

issue a gag order against TV hostactress 

Kris Aquino after her husband, 

star cager James Yap, filed a motion to 

request the issuance of the same. 

Yap’s legal counsel, lawyer Lorna 

Kapunan, on Wednesday lamented that 

Aquino has been using the media to 

voice out her concerns with regard to 

Yap. She pointed out that this practice is 

unfair for her client since Yap doesn’t 

have the same access to media as 

Aquino. 

At the Friday hearing, Yap's lawyer, 

Atty. Lino Kapunan, admitted that the 

judge handling the petition pointed out 

that Aquino was not the only one giving 

her comments to the media about the 

annulment case. 

The judge also raised the issue 

wherein Atty. Lorna Kapunan also 

discussed the merits of the case during 

her interviews with TV networks GMA-7 

and TV-5. 

Aquino's lawyers were not present at 

the hearing but earlier advised the judge 

that they have a prior engagement. 

Aquino's camp also asked the court 

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According to Atty. Lino Kapunan, if a 

gag order is given, Aquino is banned 

from voicing out her concerns over the 

case in any form of media including 

social media like Facebook or Twitter. 

If a gag order is given, both parties 

are banned from speaking about the 

case. The media can report it but the 

parties are banned from commenting on 

anything about it. 

According to Legal- 

Explanations.com, a gag order is the 

order issued by a judge prohibiting the 

attorney and parties involved in a legal 

procedure to disclose or discuss the 

matter involved in the case to the public, 

when the judge is of the opinion that 

such an action may prejudice or 

influence the outcome of the trial. 

On Wednesday, when sought for 

comment about the gag order, the 

Queen of All Media countered: “Alam mo 

kasi mahirap awayin ang taong 

binabayaran ng ex mo. I mean, anything 

I say will be misinterpreted.” 

Aquino shared that she and Yap 

already had a conversation where they 

mutually agreed not to talk about each 

other in public anymore. She added that 

if the court issues a gag order, it will be 

their 3-year-old son, baby James, who 

will benefit from it. 

“Kung ano, ano naman ang ibinato 

na ng kampo ni James, wala akong 

magagawa. So ngayon kung feeling nila 

sila ang natatamaan, good. It’s a 

blessing for Bimby. Because ultimately 

ang kailangang protektahan ‘yong 

feelings ng anak ko,” Aquino said.’ a 

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Montreal rolls out new car tax 

The city of Montreal is introducing a 

new tax on all vehicles which mayor Gérald 

Tremblay says will go towards improving public 

transit. 

"It's a lot of money. Where do we get 

the funds to do that? Property taxes? As a 

result... we need to diversify sources of 

revenue," said Tremblay 

Starting next year, every time 

Montrealers go to renew their vehicle 

registration they'll pay more, but Tremblay still 

hasn't decided how much more. That amount 

will be disclosed when the city releases its 2011 

budget in December. 

New tax on vehicles will help to 

reduce congestion, says Montreal mayor 

Gérald Tremblay. (CBC) Although it may 

appear contradictory to have drivers pay for 

better bus, metro and train service, Tremblay 

insists car owners will also benefit from 

improved public transit. 

"It's going to be a win-win situation, 

not only for the people that use public transit, 

but also for the motorists; less idling, less waste 

of time," he said. 

"It's not fair. It's abuse," said car 

owner Julien Perron who is skeptical the new 

tax will improve driving conditions in the city. 

"That never happens....Money goes 

like that and we don't know what happens, but 

we have bad roads, always traffic, always jam," 

he said. 

Demerged cities want in 

Bill 22, adopted last year in the 

national assembly, gives the city the power to 

impose the vehicle tax and Montreal's 15 

demerged cities want in on the action. They've 

written to the province asking for the right to 

impose the same increase as Montreal. 

"We feel it's logical for the entire 

agglomeration to have this power, we also feel 

it's only fair," said Peter Trent, speaking on 

behalf of the demerged cities on the island. 

"We all have to contribute and 

especially car owners and drivers....because 

they have the most to gain from improving 

public transit," said Trent. Demerged cities 

should have the same taxation powers as 

Montreal, says Westmount mayor Peter Trent. 

(CBC) "If we wish to get rid of gridlock, if we 

wish to not keep on adding concrete highways 

everywhere. The only way to do it is by public 

transit." 

But CAA Quebec wants to remind 

officials surcharge on their license, which goes 

toward funding public transit as well as an 

additional tax of three cents per litre of gas. 



The Filipino Nurses Association 

of Quebec (FNAQ) held their 33rd 

General Assembly and Educational Day 

on Oct.ober 24, 2010. at the CRC 

Bulding on 6767 Cote des Neiges in 

Montreal. The theme of the event was: 

“Building Bridges: Empowering Nurses 

in Achieving Personal and Professional 

Success. Both guest speakers, Amy 

Manon-og and Mme. Lucie Tremblay, 


FNAQ’s Educational Day a huge success 

By Sophie Toledo 

were very inspiring. 

A big applause to Dindo Miras 

and Fruan Tabamo as well as the 

Educational Committee and the 

Executive Board for their hard work. 

FNAQ wishes to thank the 

sponsors and the people who attended 

the event. Gilmore College International 

students were among the active 

participants. 

from left: Myrna Francisco, Vice-Pres.ident, Mme. Lucie Tremblay, Director of Nursing, 

Maimonides CHSLD, lecturer; Eugenia Magalit, President, Amelia Manon-og, Lecturer, Gilmore 

College instructor and Magdalena Calcetas, FNAQ Founder.


21 

Claudine Barretto wants 

separation rumors to cease 

Claudine Barretto 

Apparently distressed with the 

never-ending rumors alleging that 

she and husband Raymart 

Santiago have ended up in 

Splitsville, Claudine Barretto pleads 

with gossips to stop the chinwag. 

“Makikiusap ako, kapag wala 

pa ho kayong nakikitang annulment 

papers na nakasulat ‘yung mga 

pangalan namin ni Raymart, ‘wag 

po tayong mag-speculate. Kasi 

may mga anak rin ho kami,” said 

the actress in an interview aired on 

“24 Oras,” Nov. 12. 

Claudine, as she has said in 

previous interviews, maintained that 

her marriage with Raymart remains 

strong in spite of the intrigues, with 

the help of prayers, as well as 

support from their friends and fans. 

However, she can't help but feel 

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peeved about the rumors, 

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tsismis] and hindi pa rin tumitigil…” 

“Soon siguro masasagot ko 

lahat-lahat, isa-isa,” Claudine 

added. 

Since July of this year, rumors 

have been hounding the couple, 

the biggest of which was last 

September, when Claudine was 

alleged to have had an affair with 

actor Derek Ramsay’s best friend, 

businessman Martin Castro. 

Meanwhile, Claudine reportedly 

does not want to shoot back at 

elder sister Gretchen, who recently 

made intriguing statements---“no 

comment” and “ayaw ko kasing 

magsinungaling”---when asked for 

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According to a tab article, a 

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respects Gretchen — in spite of 

their supposed falling out — and 

does not see the need to meet her 

sister head-on because she and 

Raymart are “okay.” 

Claudine, however, made this 

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Without giving away names or 

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Nora Aunor waiting for best 

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Nora Aunor 

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For one, “Kuya Germs” said, 

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22 


Pacquiao: “I didn’t want to damage him permanently” 

This latest victory of Manny Pacquiao 

probably had the most drama of all 

Pacquiao fights. 

Excitement and curiosity went a 

notch higher when Pacquiao, 

considered by many as being 

dangerously too small for a junior 

middleweight fighter, came in at 144.6 

pounds during the official weigh-in. 

Come fight night, HBO came up 

with its unofficial weigh-in that saw 

Pacquiao tallying 148 pounds 

compared with the Mexican Antonio 

Margarito’s 165 pounds. 

The disparity created concerns for 

those who had followed boxing for the 

longest time as memories of the late 

Arturo Gatti’s tragic bout opposite Joey 

Gamache were relived. 

In their 2000 battle at the Madison 

Square Garden, Gatti, at 160 during 

fight night, outweighed Gamache for 

over 12 pounds. Gatti made use of the 

huge discrepancy in weight in 

pummeling and knocking out Gamache 

in two short but brutal rounds. 

Gamache ended up braindamaged, 

and that led him to file 

several lawsuits and financial claims. 

As it turned out, that incident all the 

more made Pacquiao truly a special 

little big man, who beat all his physically 

much bigger and physically stronger 

champions. 

***** 

Pacquiao’s genes came from her, 

but not even that biological fact could 

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and limb inside the ring. 

Present for the first time in his 

iconic son’s bout, Dionisia eventually 

fainted and had an anxiety attack 

despite Pacquiao’s seemingly easy win 

against Margarito. 

Pacquiao waves the national flag after 

the fight. 

Promoter Bob Arum said it was a 

typical fainting, but it would be 

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would affect Dionisia’s decision about 

seeing the future of his son as a prized 

fighter. Mommy D, as she is fondly 

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desire of seeing Pacquiao retire for 

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Floyd Mayweather Jr.? 

***** 

Arum has admitted he may now 

look at other non-Top Rank fighters in 

trying to chart Pacquiao’s next ring 

plan. 

“I ran out of my guys. [Manny] beat 

all my guys,” said Arum. 

Pacquiao has beaten the best 

fighters that Top Rank could offer under 

its stable, from Erik Morales to Miguel 

Cotto and now, Margarito. 

Arum and his rival promoter and 

former fighter Oscar De La Hoya have 

been at odds over Pacquiao and the 

promotions that they both sell to cable 

giant HBO. Arum is Pacquiao’s main 

promoter, with De La Hoya having a 

minor share in Pacquiao’s fights owing 

to their bitter contractual dispute. 

Despite their bitterness towards 

each other, Arum and De La Hoya may 

soon find themselves dealing with each 

other as Pacquiao’s deserving foes are 

under De La Hoya’s Golden Boy 

Promotions. 

Among those being considered by 

Arum—assuming, of course, that 

Mayweather insists on his ridiculous 

demands—are Shane Mosley and 

Pacquiao’s bitter Mexican rival Juan 

Manuel Marquez. 

***** 

Margarito failed to attend the postfight 

press conference as he was 

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immediately brought to hospital for 

precautions. But many believe 

Margarito’s corner put the Mexican’s 

health and even life in danger when no 

one among them, specifically lead 

trainer Robert Garcia, did anything to 

prevent the carnage that was 

happening. 

Several times in the 11th round, 

Pacquiao looked at referee Laurence 

Cole as if to say there had to be an act 

of compassion around the time. 

“I didn’t want to hurt him because 

boxing is not all about killing each 

other,” Pacquiao told broadcaster Mario 

Lopez during the post-fight interview. 

Famed trainer Freddie Roach 

agreed. 

“I wish they would have stopped 

the fight,” he said. 

***** 

Once again, Pacquiao has proven 

his worth as a true global superstar 

following the huge media coverage that 

was given the Filipino’s latest 

accomplishment. 

The Americans were well 

represented with the Los Angeles 

Times tandem of Lance Pugmire and 

Bill Dwyre, the Associated Press’ Tim 

Dahlberg, The New York Times’ Greg 

Bishop, and ESPN’s Dan Rafael. 

The win also created a huge buzz 

from mediamen in Australia, Canada, 

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