21JUNE 2012

Madali ang maging tao, mahirap magpakatao.

Typewriter’s taleWith a wink and a smile, he would lead me

to his desk, where an old portable typewriter rested beside a rarely used PCU imposing itself on neatly stacked sheets of typewritten copy.

He would recount how he haggled to buy that typewriter in Germany; how it went jet-setting with him around the world, courtesy of his work as a journalist for scores, a PR man for decades, and an officer of the Philippine Na-tional Press Club (NPC) for 12 years.

Perchance, up to that time when his heart-beat ceased, Sanny pressed on the keys of his beloved typewriter. If I were there, he would have surely told me: “Bok, ang hindi lumingon sa pinanggalingan, kababasted lang.”

Laughter, antidote to aging Sanny’s pun would come without notice.

He cracked new and old jokes and played new and old pranks, when his mind and hands were free from pen and paper. Quid pro quo: Laugh at my jokes, I’ll laugh at yours.

In a postword in Shining through the Haze, a coffee table hardbound by MART DEL RO-SARIO that profiled Sanny’s colourful life and black-and-white works, multi-term Philippine National Press Club (NPC) president and for-mer Manila Bulletin editor TONY ANTONIO wrote: “(Sanny) is so accommodating that he even laughs at my corny jokes (especially when he had story for publication).”

Sanny is fun to be with. I recall him seeking for cover with palms clapped on ears each time TINO DAUZ bassed his poetic cover of Die Moritat von Mackie Messer (Mack the Knife).

And those times when Sanny coaxed JOE BUHAIN, FRED DELA ROSA, CRIS MARALIT, AL-ICE REYES, Ka Tino, BOY TOGONON, LITO MA-LINAO, LOUIE LOGARTA, and a busload of oth-

‘You are no longer there.’From page 13

ers to up the ante in poker games at the NPC staff room.

“Give alms to the poor,” he would say as he raked in his winnings, for the fun of it and for the fund of it -- to raise gas cash and late night Chow King snacks.

Fun and humour were Sanny’s antidote to aging. His deceiving young looks defied the laws of greying hair and a wrinkling facade.

How he appeared twentyish he tersely ex-plained: “You are no longer there (Wala ka na ruon)”, a line that became a by-quip among media colleagues. Loosely translated, it also meant ‘mind your own business, joke only’.

Keep your eyes openBesides poker, Sanny played a lot of

games -- badminton, billiards, basketball (from Matang Tubig village, he named his team Eyes Water), ping-pong, pekwa, etc. But few knew he was an undefeated Tondo boxer, gloves (no fights, no win, no loss) or no gloves (recent-ly rendered moot and academic).

If Sanny saw the stunning and controver-sial June 9 loss of MANNY PACQUIAO to TIM-OTHY BRADLEY, he would have been among the millions who shouted lutong makaw, while collecting his winnings.

He used to tell me: In boxing, as in media, huwag na huwag kang pipikit (never close your eyes). Something big might pass you by and you might pass out by and by.

Sharing what he was, what he hadWise words from a wise man who strove

and persevered to learn, at the tender age of 17 and newly wed, the ropes of his PR and press trade from years of hard serious work he had to do to provide for his growing family.

A lot of times I have been a Sanny-and-his-wife-MARY guest in their humble home at 13 Gold St., SSS Village, Marikina City, where visitors are treated like royalty.

All his blessings he attributed to God; his family’s all-out support to what he dreamt and aspired for, did and achieved; his good employers who counted as many as five at any one time; his good friends in and out of media; and ’no known enemies’ who inspired him to always be at his best.

Though born and raised in Barrio Obrero in Tondo -- known as Manila’s version of the Wild Wild West, Sanny shared what he was and what he had with his fellows, a work habit he indulged in in his meteoric rise as a prolific writer in the harsh arena of Philippine media.

Believe it or not, Sanny never went to col-lege. All he could do under the circumstances then -- and he bragged about it -- was to be a proud graduate of Torres High School.

In 2003 before I moved to Canada, I signed in Sanny with yahoo.com. He e-mailed me several times, but admitted when I visited him in 2008: “Bok, sa tutuo lang, typewriter muna ang gamit ko; tapos ipapa-type ko sa anak ko sa computer yung sulat para i-e-mail sa iyo.” At least, honest ako, he said.

Sanny’s honesty and being straightfor-ward took me off guard when on June 8, I got an e-mail missive from sannygalvez@yahoo.com -- the e-mail addie I made for him -- with the subject line saying SANNY GALVEZ -- RIP.

My thoughts ran wild, and I prayed it was one of his not-so-funny jokes. I hoped that the e-mail of Sanny, a poor pundit of satire, was one of those things that could be stuffed in the pages of an NPC Digest spoof issue.

It was not! Simple words from a simple man: ‘Sanny wrote 30’.

Whether it was written with a typewriter or a computer, that he would have to tell me when we meet again. Typewriter, huh?

Whatever, I expect his answer to be: We are no longer there!

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They can always almost face hardship with magnanimity and courage, danger with strength and agility, pain with patience and forbearance and emotional pressure with equanimity and erudition.

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The absence of a powerful emotional connection results in a gap between father and children over their growing-up years.

Although love and respect do not diminish, an emotional distance sets in.

The father and the child may be living in one house, just a room away.

But the emotional distance between them may get wide.

Their ideas may run parallel and never meet; their feeling for each other corroded and disconnected.

If his kind of father-child link is misconstrued, how much more is its effect on fathers who are products of separation or divorce.

A father’s inability to articulate his feelings of concern and love may also compound matters.

He usually wears a firm front, seemingly void of compassion and understanding, a myth and stereotype of sorts to establish an image as a disciplinarian and family head.

But deep within him is that soft part of his heart to reach out to his children.

However, his ineptness to give a comforting and compassionate touch may have considerable effects in strengthening his bond with the child.

The art of fathering is a

Dad’s ...From page 12

learning, unlearning and re-learning process.

Under a society built on different lifestyles and technology, a father is asked to learn new approaches, even to trample boundaries to open opportunities to what lies ahead for his family.

As a leader, he dares to open more windows to allow a child to grow within his/her phase.

Sometimes, what adults define as acceptable and correct might be the exact opposite for the children to bear gracefully.

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He needs to understand how they feel.

A father has to have ears for listening in a way children prefer to be heard with love and respect.

Respect for each child a unique being who speaks, thinks and acts in his own way is a must.

What goes perfectly right with older children may not work effectively with younger ones.

TO ALL FATHERS, HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!

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23JUNE 2012

Kapag apaw na ang takalan, kailangan kalusan.

MELCHOR GALEON, co-owner of Toronto’s FV Foods, Inc, a Filipino bakery and Asian cuisine specialist, holds the distinction of being the first Asian American Hall of Famer

from Canada.Galeon was inducted as one of 12 Hall

of Famers in ceremonies at the Hilton Hotel O’Hare, Rosemont, Illinois on May 12.

A Hall of Fame awardee in business, Galeon manages the company, established 11 years ago, with FLOR VENDIOLA.

The company supplies traditional Filipino desserts, breads, snacks, and authentic Filipino foods to over 150 stores in the Greater Toronto Area, Niagara Falls, Hamilton, Winnipeg, Windsor, and Montreal.

Galeon said he is determined to make FV Foods products be recognized by the diverse and muticultural mosaic that punctuates the Canadian people.

Other awardees included GERSHON ALCANTARA JR., information technology and as an outstanding veteran; ADELINE ACOSTA FAJARDO, community leadership; RICHARD FELICELDA, health care services; DAVID KO, Oriental medicine;

ELISA DAYAP LICUANAN, nursing; JAMES POLPIBOON, arts; NOEL RUBIO, medicine;

ORLANDO PINEDA SOCO, engineering; ERIC CHRISTOPHER TEE, community service and outstanding young achiever; AUGUSTO VELAYO, entreprenuership; and LUCITA ZAMORAS, business management.

Each Hall of Famer received a plaque and a medallion.

The Asian American Hall of Fame USA is the most prestigious award ceremony given as part of the annual celebration of the Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in Illinois.

It recognizes the many contributions and accomplishments of Asians in America and in Canada.

The event was graced by Illinois Secretary of State and guest speaker JESSE WHITE and Philippine Deputy Consul General ORIENTES CASTRO.

The Asian American Hall of Fame USA is sponsored by Chicago-based Fil-Am TV Show, a Sunday noon TV show over WOCH Ch 41, Comcast cable Ch 391, AT&T Ch 41, and RCN Ch.41 produced by GERRY ALCANTARA. PR

Galeon gets honours at Asian-American Hall of Fame USA

ESEARCH collaboration between the University of Toronto (UofT) and the Filipino Centre Toronto

(FCT) has gained momentum, as seniors’ groups in the Greater To-ronto Area and Ontario province have given their enthusiastic sup-port to the initiative.

UofT and FCT launched on April 21 its Filipino Elderly Well-be-ing Project (FEWP), and has cam-paigned for partnerships.

Since then, the FEWP has partnered with The Pillars, Filipino-Canadian Association, Filipino Parents Association, Filipino Se-niors of Mississauga, Brampton Fili-pino Seniors Club, and Markham Federation of Filipino Canadian

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Seniors.FEWP research team mem-

bers have been conducting re-search assistant training, con-ducting information sessions and

a questionnaire survey in May.Members of two seniors

groups have completed the sur-vey, and FEWP meetings with other participating organizations have been set up in June.

The survey would continue all summer until the end of August.

FEWP’s research team was at FCT’s Pistahan 2012 at the Na-than Philips Square on June 9 and 10. (Story on page 26)

Qualified Filipino seniors are invited to register and complete the survey at the Pistahan or they could visit FCT at 597 Parliament St. or call 416-928-9355.

They could also contact UofT’s ROLAND SINTOS COLOMA or FCT’s FRANK VILLANUEVA. PR

Senior-members of the Markham Federation of Filipino Canadian take a posterity pose with Filipino Elderly Well-being project research team members MARY SAN JUAN, MARGARET ELE and FRITZ PINO.

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BALITAANG PAMAYANANHANDOG NG MGA NANINIWALA SA GALING AT KAKAYAHAN NG PILIPINO

ILIPINO Centre Toronto’s (FCT) Pistahan sa Toronto has never failed to bring back memories of festive

town feasts back home.On June 9 and 10, Filipinos and Canadians of Philippine heritage milled freely at the Nathan Philips Square to have fun and to revel in FCT’s annual celebration of the June 12 Philippine Independence Day.

FCT publicist AIDA D’ ORAZIO said prizes and surprises went to Pistahan revelers in the first afternoon of the two-day festivity. Lucky winners of $100 each were ANGELIQUE, SAMANTHA, EMETERIO, BEN, DENISE and JAMIE.

D’Orazio said LEONARDO TAN of Scarborough won $300 in Forex’s exciting game, Kuwarta o Kahon (Cash or Box).

Philippine Consul General in Toronto JUNEVER MAHILUM-WEST delivered the Pistahan’s opening speech. She hailed FCT for its programs on Philippine culture and the arts as she rallied Filipinos in Toronto to fully support such programs.

As in the past, FCT staged its unique lechon (roasted pig)

F

parade and distribution of free lechon for everyone.

The FCT Singing Idol (SI) winners were were ELLE DELIZO, children category; JESSICA PASIA, teen category; and VIRGILIO VICENTE, adult category. Runners-up were JHEO NAVARRO, NICOLE

FCT marks 114th PHL Independence Day with Pistahan sa Toronto

President FRANK MARALAG and The Pillars seniors complete the survey for the Filipino Elderly Well-being Project of the Filipino Centre Toronto in partnership with the University of Toronto. Assisting the seniors are FRITZ PINO, ANGELA DEOCAMPO and VICKY GERRA at the Our Lady of Lourdes Church Parish Hall. PR/Related story on page 23

GARBANZOS and WILLIAM NAVARRO.

Designer-couturier-hairstylist TONY FURTO staged a fashion show. Body Shot models gave justice to the fashionable outfits they wore. Most liked were the long formal gowns and the

FCT FEWP project reels offPhilippine terno.

Daylong entertainment was provided by came from dance troupes and talented singers. ALMA RAMOS and ARNEL CABALLES co-hosted, as they did in three years past, the events.

FCT did another lechon bonanza. But the day’s highlight was the Santacruzan, participated in by Filipina beauties wearing gorgeous Philippine mestiza dress or terno, and parading under flowered arches.

Eight Ave Maria girls in white led the procession in honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary, as the Hermanas and Hermanos Mayor and the JULIE ALMARIA followed the holy icon at the procession’s tailend.

For many years, FCT has successfully marked Philippine Independence Day with traditional dances, songs, food, contests, parades and the Santacruzan.

Rain or shine, Filipinos have come together to share and have a great time. They have come to show how they missed home and town fiestas that, in a way, Pistahan helped them recall. PR

26 JUNE 2012Bago ka bumati ng sa uling ng iba, uling mo muna ang iyong pahirin.

BINIAZ

Biniaz crowned Ms. U Canada; Papasin places 4th RUA N C O U V E R resident and early favourite SAHAR BIN-

IAZ, 26, was crowned 2012 Miss Universe Can-ada at the conclusion of the pageant’s 10th anniversary in Toronto on May 19.

An honour gradu-ate in performing arts at the Stella Adler Academy in Los Ange-les, Sahar is a film and television actress.

She will represent Canada at the 2012 Miss Universe in mid-December.

Composing her court are ADWOA YAMOAH, MAJD SOUDI, KATIE STARKE and KESIAH PAPASIN, first to fourth runners-up, respectively.

The Miss Photogenic award went to ELA MINO. Biniaz won the Revlon Professional Best Hair.

V Miss Universe Canada 2012 SAHAR BINIAZ (left) smiles after being crowned. (Below) Miss Congeniality (from left, front row) JENNA TALACKOVA, KYLEE APERS, MARIA JULIA NAHRI and MARIA CECILIA NICOLAS share the title in a four-way tie. Behind them are the Top 5 (from left) KATIE STARKE, Biniaz, KESIAH PAPASIN, ADWOA YAMOAH and MADJ SOUDI. Besides Nicolas and Papasin, two more candidates of Filipino heritage joined the pageant -- SUZETTE HER-NANDEZ, in the Top 12 semifinalists, and CHRISTINE ADELA WHITE, in the Top 20.

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HE Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) has approved a $50,300 grant to the Mississauga Youth Athletics Association (MYAA), making it possible for the

association to continue its different programs for the community.

The grant, to be given over two years, would support an enhanced youth basketball program, a girls focused initiative, and a neighbourhood recreational program in three targetted communities in Mississauga.

It would also support the training and certification of volunteer coaches, purchase of equipment, and volunteer development.

MYAA chairperson CARMEN TOLENTINO OCAMPO said “the grant injected the needed funding for our community programs.”

MYAA has been carrying out outreach programs. But with OTF support, “we can do more for the community,” Ocampo said.

MYAA is a Mississauga, Ontario-based, youth athletic non-profit association dedi-cated to youth athletic programs and deve-lopment.

Since the start of April, more than 50 youngsters joined in the MYAA-initiated

Neighbourhood Recreational Basket-ball Program at the Floradale Public School and the ThornLodge Public School, both in Mississauga.

The Peel District School Board has designated the schools as “in-need” and lacked recreational activity for its students.

Principals SONI GILL and Mrs. C. GRANT expressed gladness that MYAA has chosen their schools for its community outreach programs.

”We are so grateful that our students will have this opportunity to learn and enjoy the activities provided,” both principals said.

Areas for targeted community programs are Roche Court, Hillcrest, Hurontario/Paisley and Dixie/Bloor.

Some 200 children are expected

OTF grants $50.3K to boost MYAA-Jaguars thrusts

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Young girls and boys enjoy the OTF-supported Neigh-bourhood Recreational Basketball Program. PR

to benefit from the OTF grant.The MYAA is currently managing a

Development League at the Gordon Secondary School, engaging 100 boys and girls part in 11 teams.

The OTF mandated enhanced basketball

program, is a five-week ten-session program with training and game components.

This is coordinated by volunteer coach RICKY DELAVINA.

Volunteer parents were trained to coach and actively participate during training and games.

The Girls Focused Program also started this spring with 27 participants from seven to 15 years old.

“We would like the girls to have their own league in the future,” said EDWIN YLAGAN, volunteer girls coach and trainer.

“We will continue to recruit young girls to participate. They have training at the T.L. Kennedy Secondary School on Tuesday evenings and at the G. Graydon Secondary School,” Ylagan said.

Other OTF-covered programs included volunteer development, seminar-workshops for fundraising, and continued coaching certifications.

A parent at Floradale Public School said: “Please extend our thanks to the Government of Ontario and the Trillium Foundation for this grant.”

“I am thankful, my kid will learn how to play basketball now and continue to become healthy and fit.” GEOPO DACANAY, PR

Volunteer Parents, trainers and leaders for the Neighborhood Recreational Program supported by an Ontario Trillium Foundation grant. PR

BALITAANG PAMAYANANHANDOG NG MGA NANINIWALA SA GALING AT KAKAYAHAN NG PILIPINO

27JUNE 2012

Ano man ang gawa at dali-dali ay hindi iigi ang pagkakayari.

Participants, guests and organizers take a breather during the PTAC/Kababay-an Centre confab for teachers.

Mogado bats for equity ...“I will certainly continue to advocate for

that in our board,” she added. Mogado serves Markham Area 2, Wards

4,5,7 and 8 in York Region.The teachers conference is an annual

program of the Philippine Teachers Associa-tion of Canada headed by TONY SAN JUAN, in cooperation with the Kababayan Commu-nity Centre Multicultural Services under FLOR DANDAL.

The conference, themed Career Trans-formation, Moving Forward, is offered free to internationally-trained professionals who are newcomer-immigrants, permanent residents, work-permit holders or citizens who are inter-ested in reconnecting and building a career as a teacher or educator in Canada. Photos: MOGI MOGADO

From page 1Senate Majority Floor Leader VICENTE SOT-

TO III moved to dispense the votes on Articles III and VII of the impeachment complaint.

The House prosecution submitted to the Senate on December 12, 2011 eight articles in its of impeachment complaint signed by 188 congressmen.

The prosecution panel trimmed it to three articles midway of the five-month impeach-ment trial that began on January 16.

One of these was Article 3 that alleged Corona’s failure to observe the stringent stan-dards of the Constitution and Article 7.

This was when Corona seemed to have failed to practice partiality by granting a tem-porary restraining order that allowed former President Arroyo and husband MIKE ARROYO to leave the country to escape impending

prosecution. The prosecution focused on Corona’s al-

leged 45 properties and dollar and peso bank deposits not reflected in his SALN.

The defense denied the allegation and showing documentary and testimonial evi-dences that Corona owned only five proper-ties reported in his SALN.

On May 21, Corona appeared in the im-peachment trial to deny a testimony of Om-budsman CONCHITA CARPIO-MORALES who reported that Corona had amassed US$10 million in 82 dollar accounts.

Corona said he had only four with US$2.4 million deposits. He also admitted to having P80 million in three bank accounts, ‘commin-gled funds’ of the Basa-Guidote Enterprises, his wife and daughter.

He even signed a waiver authorizing the court and state institutions to check all his bank records, including dollar deposits. PNA

GUILTYFrom page 6

28 JUNE 2012

‘Di lahat ng kagalingan ay may dalang katamisan. ‘Di lahat ng kapaitan ay tanda ng kasamaan.

Chuchi Punsalancelebrates62nd birthanniversary

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ists committed an unforgivable crime by using an inaccurate report to write an inaccurate story.

It was a case of a dumb leading two oth-er dumbs.

In a deeper perspective, the “Leviticus” controversy generated by Ampong and Ex-aminer.com and fanned and stoked by two other equally incompetent and irresponsible journalists should prompt an immediate ex-amination on how internet journalists should be held accountable.

Youtube.com is doing this. It has estab-lished a set of guidelines, which if violated could result in a “ban” from the site.

With just about anybody empowered to open blogsites and write anything, the world’s netizens should band together to ensure that the internet would remain a venue to ex-change great ideas rather than a garbage dump of misinformation spawning hatred and misunderstanding.

On-line ‘ukay-ukay’ ... From page 15

In a report in the Philippine Daily Inquir-er recently, Upper Dado barangay council member MARLO ESTELLA was quoted as say-ing that since Laminan was opened to public access during the Holy Week, thousands have visited the place.

The number of both local and foreign visitors easily reach a thousand on weekends and half that number on regular days.

The influx of visitors has been financially good for the barangay.

The toll fee collection of Barangay Dado has reportedly reached P20,000 per day be-cause of the bulk of people coming to visit Laminan. Habal-habal drivers are also having

a heyday ferrying the visitors.This writer hasn’t been to the place but I

would not be surprised if local entrepreneurs have also cashed in on the boom by selling food at the site, or would do it in the future if they haven’t done so yet.

Soft drinks, liquor and cigarettes among others are sold by locals in far Lake Venado in Mt. Apo during climbing season.

No reason the same cannot be done in Laminan, a lot easier to reach than Venado.

Tourism is undoubtedly good business, bringing in money for the barangay and pro-viding income for the community.

But it also has its pitfalls if not properly managed.

Yearly, following the regular climbing sea-son, tons of non-biodegradable garbage are hauled by volunteers from around Mt. Apo, the country’s highest peak and Cotabato’s most famous tourist destination.

These include plastic bottles, food wrap-pers and containers, and cellophane left be-hind by climbers.

The overwhelming amount of garbage discovered in the area in 2000 was among the reasons that led to the closure of Mt. Apo to climbers that year.

A post-climb assessment in 2004 after the climbing ban was lifted again showed the same problem of garbage in various areas around the major camp sites.

Clean-up climbs have become a regular activity at Mt. Apo and volunteers continue to be concerned with the amount of garbage they are able to haul down every year.

Only recently, a tree planting activity was conducted at the Laminan water reservoir by members of the Alpha Phi Omega fraternity, troops from the 7th Infantry Battalion and sev-eral other organizations.

Some 50 different kinds of fruit trees and

Laminan’s beauty From page 15

hardwood were reportedly planted in the area to promote environmental protection.

The move, supported by the local gov-ernment of Alamada and the provincial gov-ernment of North Cotabato, is laudable.

However, it should not be forgotten that the protection and preservation or natural wonders like Laminan goes beyond that.

Reports say that the provincial govern-ment has set a temporary closure of Laminan to visitors from June to August to allow for fur-ther development of the site.

This would be a good time to establish and set in place mechanisms that would ensure that the influx of visitors to Laminan would be properly managed so as to avoid problems similar to those experienced in Mt. Apo.

And if indeed, as United Idalemen Tribe Association of the Philippines president Bai RE-BECCA ALAMADA-BUAN said in her letter to the editor of the Mindanao Cross, Laminan is “considered consecrated and inviolable,” and where “tunong” or communication with unseen spirits was practiced, all the more is it imperative that its protection and preser-vation be made paramount in laying down plans for its development as a tourist destina-tion.

Doing so would be in harmony with the Idalemen’s ancestral respect for nature, which is what is expected from all of us in the first place as stewards of God’s creation.

It is sad but it is true. Man, while truly fasci-nated by the beauty of nature, is often times very irresponsible in his relationship with the rest of creation. Easily, in almost all cases, the basic tenets of dealing with nature is forgot-ten: take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints, kill nothing but time.

We can only hope and pray that this doesn’t happen in the case of Laminan.

29JUNE 2012Pulutin ang mabuti, ang masama ay iwaksi.

♦ FRANCIS ESCUDERO: ‘Di ko masasang-ayunan ang posisyon ng Chief Justice Corona. Ang binabawal ng Foreign Currency Deposit Unit law ay bangko, hindi depositor. (Guilty)

♦ JINGGOY ESTRADA: This tri-al is a historic redemption of our justice system. This same process failed for my own father. Today, I join the nation in healing the wounds inflicted by this trial. In my eyes he’s guilty. (Guilty)

♦ TEOFISTO GUINGONA III: Ang aking boto ay para sa kasa-graduhan ng saligang batas. We must renew our respect for sanctity of the Constitution. Ang nasasakdal na punong mahis-trado ng Korte Suprema ay hindi na po nararapat sa katungkulan. (Guilty)

♦ GREGORIO HONASAN: Since the trial began, I have been look-ing for a reason to acquit Corona based on compassion. This trial is not about personalities, emotion, partisan politics but whether the highest magistrate is fit for the job. I vote to ask Corona to step down. (Guilty)

♦ PANFILO LACSON: An error of judgment is unacceptable in this trial because it is final and ir-reversible. I find it hard to believe

Corona’s testimony, that he does not understand accounting. (Guilty)

♦ MANUELITO LAPID: Wala po akong dalang speech dito. Dedesisyunan ko ang chief jus-tice bilang isang high school graduate mula sa probinsya ng Pampanga. Awang-awa ako kay chief justice. Akala ko totoo ang sinasabi niya. Hindi pala. (Guilty)

♦ LOREN LEGARDA: Public officials earn public trust, which is not simply an administrative entitlement but earned through transparency. (Guilty).

♦ FERDINAND MARCOS JR.: Granting, therefore, that the Chief Justice violated the SALN law, this certainly does not rise to the level of an impeachable offense. We may be faulted for erring on the side of conservatism. But what we are doing is redefining the relationship between branches of government, and when such great affairs of state are uncer-tain, the resulting instability puts every Filipino’s future in limbo. This is an important, delicate, mo-mentous event and because of that we should tread very lightly. We must be very, very careful and very, very fair in making this decision because what we do to-day will reverberate throughout our social and political history af-

fecting generations beyond ours. (Not Guilty)

♦ SERGE OSMEÑA III: Justice must not be merely done but also seen to be done. We must tell people that justice is applied equally. (Guilty)

♦ FRANCIS PANGILINAN: Based on evidence, there was systematic concealment of Co-rona’s assets. Siya na po ang nagsabi na kung ang isang hu-wes ay nagsisinungaling ay hindi nararapat manatili sa pwesto. Sa kanya na po nanggaling ang hatol. (Guilty)

♦ AQUILINO PIMENTEL III: There is evidence on record that Corona did not declare millions of dollars. Arguments don’t per-suade me. (Guilty)

♦ RALPH RECTO: In an im-peachment complaint, length is not strength. The way evidence was produced left a bad taste in the mouth. (Guilty)

♦ RAMON REVILLA JR.: Coro-na has the responsibility to be the epitome of a public servant with the highest ethical standards. Ang panunungkulan ni chief jus-tice ay dapat walang bahid ni katiting dahil sa mandato ng kan-yang katungkulan, kahalagahan ng posisyon. (Guilty)

♦ VICENTE SOTTO III: I vote to convict Corona on Article II.

(Guilty) ♦ ANTONIO TRILLANES IV: A

conviction signifies that we have considerably raised the standards for a Chief Justice of our Supreme Court. He must not only possess vast legal knowledge and wis-dom necessary to interpret the law according to its spirit and intent. But, more importantly, he must have unquestionable moral integrity and strength of charac-ter to render him impervious to corruption and political pressure as he administers justice for our country and people. (Guilty)

♦ MANUEL VILLAR: Bagaman ako’y bumoto ng guilty, nanini-wala po ako na mabuting tao si Chief Justice Corona, subalit, sa Foreign Currency Deposit Act nagkamali siya dito at dapat pantay-pantay ang implementa-syon ng batas dito. (Guilty)

♦ JUAN PONCE ENRILE: If we agree with Chief Justice Corona that he is correct in not disclos-ing, can we expect SALNs to be more accurate and true? I don’t think so. I believe it is our duty to resolve the dilemma of the law. To render a just verdict is a sacred duty that I have taken on myself, that I have sworn to perform. With full trust that the Almighty will see us through, I vote to hold Chief Justice Corona guilty. PNA

Final vote: 20-3 ...From page 6

BALITAANG PAMAYANANHANDOG NG MGA NANINIWALA SA GALING AT KAKAYAHAN NG PILIPINO

KCC fundraising

Enjoying a recent KCC fundraising party are (sitting from left) PERLA MANUGUID, LEONE MANZANARES, DEEDETH PARAS, TITA BADILLA, (standing from left) TESS CANSINO, LINDA PRECLARO, BOY YUGO, JOE MANZANARES, DOMING BADILLA, LINDA YUGO, LINA RAPANAN and VIRGIE ONG. PR

Villamor HS reunion

Villamor High School alumni meet for a reunion at the KCC on May 19. The organizers are RELLY (standing, right) and INGGIE PARDINAS. PR

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REUBEN RALPH ANGELO (above, centre) is presented to the Christian world following his christening at a Brampton church on June 3. Reuben is the son of the late RALPH ‘Rap-Rap’ ACEPCION and PRECIOUS OBANA, co-mem-bers of rap group Da Barkadaz, a regular per-forming group at the Filipinos Making Waves Festival (FMWF). Above, proud granddad VER-GILIO OBANA and Precious, pose for poster-ity, and so do the godparents in right picture above. Reuben was also presented by grand-mom ELSA OBANA and grandparents RO-DOLFO and AMMELYN ACEPCION. Precious is the only female member of Da Barkadaz and is a volunteer production assistant at FMWF. Photos: libreto

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KENNETH KU in Team Toronto for Royal Visit(Left picture) KENNETH KU (right) of Toronto’s Sugar Peony keeps up with CARL HEINRICH, the famous Top Chef Canada TV show host, during the re-ception given in honour of England Royals PRINCE CHARLES and LADY CAMILLA, who visited Toronto end-May as part of Queen ELIZABETH II’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations. KU was part of Team Toronto who pre-pared the pastry and food served the Royal Couple in downtown To-ronto. PR

Founder AMOR GABORNO (5th from left) is welcomed in Nueva Ecija by fraternal brothers and sisters of the Gamma Epsilon/Gamma Lamb-da Epsilon Pi Chapter-Central Luzon State University in a reunion on April 27. From left are JOSH, JESSIE, JACKLYN, CAROL JEAN, JAYSON, HAROLD and REDENTOR. PR

Fraternal reunion

In Anilao, the students worked on the construction of a water system in Balu-nos village and did IT teaching and man-grove planting.

Another batch of 35 YEP students from Nanyang Technologi-cal University will ar-

Singaporean studes ...From page 8

nancial literacy trainings worldwide to reach OFWs and their respective families.

In these trainings, financial experts im-part better money management, as in budgeting, prudent spending, saving and investing.

Overseas Filipi-nos count 9.5 million to 12.5 million world-wide, some 11 per-cent of the Philippine population.

Saving hard-earned ...From page 16

rive in July to work on projects in Ajuy town.

YEP/OCS is sup-ported by the Singa-porean International Foundation, Singa-pore Polytechnic, Mercy Relief, Singa-pore Management University and NTU. PNA

As the fourth big-gest recipient of re-mittances in 2010, the Philippines obtained US$20.1 billion, or nine percent of the coun-try’s domestic output.

An American proverb states: Mon-ey talks, but all it ever says is goodbye.

OFWs should not let the opportunity of earning dollars fly from its nest.

Come, save and invest! PNA

Meloto urged overseas Filipinos to consider investing in the Philip-pines, particularly in agriculture.

Besides the expected high returns, investments would spur coun-tryside development and would lift up Philippine rural economies.

With business cash channeled into the country, the forecast that the Philippines could become the hub of Asia, possibly surpassing its more wealthy neighbours in the Far East and Asia, might yet happen.

“Panahon na natin (it is our time),” Meloto said with optimism.He noted the time when the Philippines needed honest leaders.

“We now have one,” he said.Meloto also called on everyone to put premium on honesty in the

Filipino DNA and make the Philippines be known as the land of the honest, the just and the prosperous.

He also cited the media for helping spread the word about GK, its work to build homes that would restore the dignity of poor and down-trodden, disaster-hit and conflict-affected communities.

LESLIE GATAN, Philippine Ambassador to Ottawa, cited the work of GK’s “thousands of volunteers ... aching to do their own bit of every-day heroism” to build nurtured and empowered communities.

In remarks during the summit, Gatan said GK “had created bridg-es between the rich and the poor, the corporate givers and thinkers in the academe to collectively build pockets of caring communities” in

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TAAS NOO, PILIPINO!INANG BAYAN,

IPAGMALAKI MO.

once poverty-stricken areas in the Philippines.It had transformed the lives of those who

received and those who gave, he said, add-ing that GK provided a template to conquer poverty, one Filipino village at a time; a de-velopment model that could be replicated in other countries.

Gatan urged summit participants “to spread the virus of caring and sharing” the GK had been invoking in an initiative to defeat Philippine, if not global, poverty.

Participants from all over the world came over to Toronto for the two-day GK summit.

They joined leading GK movement play-ers and volunteers to share ideas, learn from each other and dream and act together, all looking forward to a poverty-free Philippines.

In the last four years, GK summits were conducted in Sydney (2011), Singapore (2010), Boston (2009) and Manila (2008). libreto staff With TENNY SORIANO