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Two Pinoy greats, both art-ists in their own right, are currently being honoured and celebrated in the city of Toronto for their body of work in their respective crafts through film screen-ings and exhibits.

The two are the late Na-tional Artist Lino Brocka whose classic film, "Insiang", is now part To-ronto Film Festival (TIFF) Restored Film festival that

started April 9 and ends April 26, 2016 at the new TIFF Bell Lightbox facility and, 93-year old legendary "mambabatok" (a term to describe a traditional way of body tattooing in Kalinga province, Philippines). Whang-Od, whose works are part of an exhibit at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) titled "Tattoo, Ritu-al, Identity, Obsession and

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AFP troopers pursue

Abu Sayaff, 18 soldiers

dead - PAGE 3

Kidapawan farmers

battle police, 2 killed - PAGE 7

Roach :“There won’t be

another Pacquiao” - PG 3

NEWSFEATURE (A special reprint from the Philippine Daily Express on Corregidor May 6, 1983)

JAPAN’S ‘FASCINATION’ WITH CORREGIDOR By Tenny F. Soriano

Long before the war clouds of World War II started gathering in the east, Japan had shown special interest in a beautiful little island at Manila bay.


APRIL 9, 2016: A YEARLY REMEMBRANCE OF THE BATTLES OF BATAAN, COR-REGIDOR AND THE INFAMOUS DEATH MARCH

The road to Malacanang…May 9, the day of reckoning. Who will lead the 100 mil-lion Filipinos in the next six years?

Will it be the popular (or dreaded by criminals) Da-vao city mayor Rodrigo “Digong” Duterte or the adoptive daughter of the late Fernando Poe Jr., Grace

Poe Llamanzares, viewed by some as unqualified bet due to her questioned citi-zenship and residency or Vice president Jejomar “Jojo” Binay who is reeling from numerous charges of corruption and unexplained wealth or former secretary of local government Mar Roxas, of the wealthy Ara-neta clan who suffers from

an image problem of not connected to the masses or the loquacious but highly intelligent Miriam Defensor Santiago, now on her sec-ond shot at the presidency but has a health problem that hampers her campaign.

Take your pick but whoever gets the people’s nod will definitely face unimagina-

ble or seemingly insur-mountable host of challeng-es that range from the dec-ades long Mindanao prob-lem (or how to finally pass into law the Bangsa Moro Basic law or any alternative solutions), the growing drug problem, criminality, traffic mess, the China-West Philippine sea claim and most of all, graft and cor-

ruption at all levels of socie-ty.

And so on the May 9, 2016 General Elections, we shall wait with bated breath whether the automated elections will be glitch-free. And most of all, will it be fair, clean and honest… free of violence and irregulari-


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First Love, First "Apo" Riley Teresa-Castro, made a hasty entrance to this topsy-turvy world, a believer, perhaps to the saying. "the early bird catches the worm". or maybe, eager to bask in the sunshine and warmth of her mother, Cassandra Castro, daughter to Teresa Torralba and stepdad, Mon Torralba and in the embrace of Joey Castro, son to Dr. Jose Castro Sr. and Librada Reyes Castro.

Yes, Riley came a little bit too early, too close for comfort, but made a remarkable progress as the days and weeks went by to become that healthy and normal child. She is a story of survival, determination ready to face the rough and tumble that is called LIFE.

At her baptism on Easter Sunday, March 27, at St. Patrick’s church in Toronto and at the reception at the Kalayaan Centre in Mississauga, her debut to the world was filled with laughter, a reunion and fusion of families and most of all, music simply because a side of his family are compleat musicians starting with the "Lolo" (prefers to be called “Papa”) Mon Torralba, whose composition of the iconic Hotdog ditty, “Pers Lab," could have been unwittingly composed in anticipa-tion of the first such lovely "Apo", RILEY.

Ninong Carlos, Papa, Lola, Mama, officiating priest, Mom & Dad.

Riley's mom Cassandra shows her deftness with the guitar, sharing a number with Ninong Tristan Torralba

Uncles and Aunts (L-R Front) Carlos, Cole, Presley, Cheska, Chloe, Jade & Kaitlin Mendoza, (Back) Mark & Myles with Damian

With Ninangs & Ninongs: Jane, Cindy, Carlos & Tristan. Not in photo: Michael & Rashida

My Lolo Sgt Philip and Lola Lovely’s offsprings, Kaitlin, Presley and Bryce belted out Beyonce’s Love on Top & Bruno Mars’ Treasure.

Texas relatives L-R Mon, Joey Riley, Cassie, Ninang Jane, Mamita Marlene and Lolo Vit.

Photos by Joel Bautista, Romy Marquez &Tony Mendoza

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Army chief Lt. Gen. Eduardo Ano, Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin and AFP chief Gen. Hernando Iriberri visit one of the wounded soldiers at a military hospital in Zamboanga City yesterday. ROEL PAREÑO

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines – At least 18 soldiers and five Abu Sayyaf members, including a Moroccan terror-ist, were killed in a battle that grew so close since Friday (April 8) it included hand-to-hand combat at a village in Tipo-Tipo town, Basilan province, a military spokesman confirmed.

Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) spokesman Major Filemon Tan Jr. said that some soldiers were beheaded, but he declined to give the exact numbers as ground forces continue to validate the allegation. He noted, though, that the clash wounded 56 soldiers and 20 Abu Sayyaf mem-bers.

The battle erupted after 120 Abu Say-yaf terrorists ambushed troops sent for an offensive at Sitio Bayoko in Ba-rangay Baguindan, he added. The gun-fight lasted 10 hours.

“Naunahan sila,” Tan said, explaining that the terrorists initially had the up-per ground and were using high-powered weapons and explosives to stop the troops whose mission was to capture Abu Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon.

The first volley, he reported, immedi-ately left several soldiers dead.

Armed Forces chief of staff Gen. Her-nando Iriberri confirmed that Moroc-can bomb expert Mohammad Khattab and Ubaida Hapilon, son of the Sayyaf leader, were among those killed.

Khattab is an Islamic jihadist who was unifying the Abu Sayyaf with interna-tional terrorist groups. His companion, Malaysian jihadist Mohammad Najib Hussein alias Abu Anas, was killed by the military last Dec. 15.

The military has yet to officially re-lease the names of the fatalities pend-ing notification of their next of kin. Tan said they were from the 44th Infantry battalion, 4th Special Forces battalion and 4th Cavalry troops.

Although craters were seen on the ground, he explained that these were not caused by land mines but by mor-tars and M203 rounds fired by the Say-yaf fighters led by Isnilon Hapilon and Furuji Indama.

“But the troops managed to retaliate and repel the Abu Sayyaf militants from seizing the momentum,” Tan said.

He added that military operations con-

tinue as the terrorist groups withdrew

and splintered into smaller factions to

evade pursuing troops. – With Jaime

Laude. THE PHILIPPINE STAR ⦿

Duterte, Bongbong surge to top – SWS By Helen Flores

Presidential aspirant Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and vice presidential bet Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. have surged to the number one spot in the latest quarterly Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey. File photos

MANILA, Philippines - Five weeks be-fore the May elections, presidential aspirant Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and vice presidential bet Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. have surged to the number one spot in the latest quarterly Social Weather Sta-tions (SWS) survey.

Duterte grabbed the lead from former frontrunner Sen. Grace Poe in the presidential race, the pollster said.

Results of the SWS first quarter survey conducted from March 30 to April 2 showed that 27 percent of respond-ents preferred the tough-talking Duterte.

Duterte’s rating was four points up from the 23 percent he obtained in the March 8 to 11 poll.

Poe, United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) candidate Vice President Jejomar Bi-nay and Liberal Party (LP) standard bearer Manuel Roxas II are statistically tied for second place, with scores of 23 percent, 20 percent and 18 percent, respectively.

Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago’s rating remained steady at three percent.

Poe’s rating went down six points from 29 percent.

Binay’s score also dropped two points from 22 percent.

Roxas lost a point from 19 percent in the previous survey.

The survey used face-to-face inter-views with 1,500 adults nationwide – 1,377 or 92 percent of them registered voters.

It has sampling error margins of plus or minus three percentage points.

Results of the latest SWS survey were published in BusinessWorld yesterday.

Bongbong takes solo lead Marcos, runningmate of Santiago, took the solo lead in the vice presidential race, garnering 26 percent from 25 percent in the previous survey. Sen. Francis Escudero, who is running with Poe, and LP bet Camarines Sur Rep. Leni Robredo are statistically tied for second spot with 21 percent and 19 percent, respectively. Escudero lost seven points from 28


Standard founder Rod Reyes, 80 by The Standard

FORMER two-time press secretary Rodolfo T. Reyes, the first publisher and editor-in-chief of the Manila Stand-ard, passed away early last (April 14)

night at the Asian Hospital in Muntinlupa City. He was 80.

A top journalist and news executive for almost 50 years, Reyes started his ca-reer in the pre-martial law Manila Times and served in various capacities in several newspapers before he put up the Manila Standard in 1987. He is best known for an expose on her-oin addicts in 1961, for which he was acclaimed Journalist of the Year. Reyes was also chosen one of Ten Outstand-ing Young Men and received a Presi-dential Award from President Carlos Garcia and a Nieman Fellowship from Harvard University.

He served former Presidents Fidel V. Ramos and Joseph Estrada as press secretary and was also appointed de facto ambassador to Taiwan.

Reyes is survived by his wife Vivina, children Theresa Alvarez and Jun Jun and six grandchildren. ⦿

Rodolfo T. Reyes

Roach: There won’t be another Pacquiao By Roy Luarca

18 soldiers, 5 Abus killed in Basilan clashes By Roel Pareño

HOLLYWOOD—The lights are on as health buffs exercise and boxers train at Wild Card Gym on Monday night.

Life goes on at the sweatshop here where Manny Pacquiao honed his skills, under the guidance of Freddie Roach, to reach boxing’s pinnacle of success.

But Roach knows that with Pacquiao’s retirement, the hustle and bustle at his gym will ease soon.

The seven-time Trainer of the Year swears he wouldn’t have reached the top had Pacquiao, accompanied by his late manager Rod Nazario, not


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The “Spare Tire” Lost in the heat of the Phil-ippine presidential elec-tions is the contest for the supporting role or that of the vice presidency.

Long regarded as a “spare tire” the vice president or veep and VP for short is more often than not , rele-gated to unimportant roles or positions for “political expediency” usually in situ-ations when he is not a par-ty mate of the elected pres-ident.

In pre-martial law era when the president can run for re-election, the VP is viewed with “suspicion” on the assumption that he is always coveting the next higher position.

This explains perhaps why some Philippine presidents appointed their VEEPs as secretary of foreign affairs because the cabinet post requires frequent trips abroad. This way, he won’t have time going around the country to lay the ground-work for his “eventual” campaign for presidency. Or he is appointed to a very irrelevant position where he gets zero exposure or publicity.

Such moves destroy his worth as a potential “presidentiable” and di-minish his winning strength or “winnability”.

A case in point was the late Emmanuel Pelaez who was elected vice president in 1961 as running mate of President Diosdado Macapagal. He was ap-pointed as foreign affairs secretary but resigned the position two years later in

1963 after a dispute with Macapagal.

With Pelaez out, Macapagal of course became his par-ty’s official candidate for president. Pelaez, mean-while jumped to another political party in 1965 where he contested the presidential nominations against then senator Mar-cos but lost due to a widely known alleged violation of a “gentlemen’s agreement” by the latter in the national convention.

Being a decent man, Pelaez relied on Marcos’ word who was by then a very crafty and shrewd backroom operator.

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Under Philippine Constitu-tion, the vice president should be an elected offi-cial unlike in the United States, where the winning presidential candidate car-ries his teammate to victo-ry.

But how important is the position? The phrase “a heartbeat away from the presidency” best describes the position of VP.

At anytime when a presi-dent is unable to perform his duties, or incapacitated, or God forbid dies, the vice president takes over either temporarily or in the case of death, becomes the suc-cessor.

In next month’s May 9, 2016 presidential election, there are at leastsix candi-dates gunning for the sec-ond highest post of the land namely Senators Fer-dinand “Bongbong” Mar-cos, the namesake and son

of the former dictator; Francis “Chiz “Escudero , son of the elder Marcos’ agriculture minister Salva-dor Escudero; congress-woman Leni Robredo, wid-ow of Jesse Robredo, the highly regarded secretary of local government of President Aquino known for his integrity who per-ished in a plane crash; Sen-ators Peter Alan Cayetano; Gregorio “Gringo “ Ho-nasan, ex military man and EDSA hero and Sonny Tril-lanes, also a former mili-tary man.

Any of them can ascend to the presidency either by fate or election as in the cases of then vice president Elpidio Quirino who suc-ceeded President Manuel Roxas who died in April 15,1948

or Carlos P.Garcia who was installed to Malacanang palace ( official residence of Philippine presidents) with the death of President Ramon Magsaysay in an aircraft tragedy in Mt. Ma-nungal,Cebu on March 17,1957.

But Gloria Macapagal Ar-royo took a different route as the 14th president of the Republic in 2001 when President Joseph Estrada was impeached and ousted in a corruption scandal now known as EDSA II. Es-trada was jailed on plunder charges but was pardoned later by Arroyo.

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“TEKA-TEKA “PRESIDENT? Senator Juan Ponce Enrile might be right after all in


ties?

This is our best shot to show all and sundry that indeed, we are still the best democracy in Southeast Asia despite frailties and difficulties.

The 2016 General Elections will be the 16th Presidential Elections since 1935.

It will also see the election of a Vice President, six of whom candidates are contesting the 2nd plum position of the land.

They are senators Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Francis “Chiz” Escudero, Peter Alan Cayetano, Antonio”Sonny Trillanes, Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan and the lone woman candidate, Rep. Leni Robredo.

Also at stake are 12 senate seats (senators are elected al-ternately in batches of 12 with staggering terms) for a to-tal 24 ;297 slots in the lower house (congressmen or rep-resentatives; all governors and vice governors and 772 seats in provincial boards for all the 81 provinces of the Philippines; all mayors and vice mayors for 145 cities and 1,489 municipalities of the Philippines; all members of city councils and 11,924 seats on municipal councils in the Philippines; governor, vice-governor for the Autono-mous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).

There are at least a total of 55 million registered voters with 1.38 million based overseas or the so-called Absen-tee Voters.

The absentee voters have started casting their votes since April 9-and will last up to May 9. Please get in touch with your consulates or embassy on details of the absentee voting.

VOTE WISELY!

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It was fast and furious, bodily transmogrifying and back-breaking and emotionally gripping but a soul-uplifting tour of a lifetime as well, for this “forced-to-retire at 62” person for probably the last sight, smell, taste and breathe the winds, waters and soils of our country in its archipelagic entirety before we can no longer put up with such chal-lenge physically.

By land, by air and by sea, we have travelled and visited 32 of the Philippines’ 81 provinc-es in 51 days in a Special Pro-ject we were contracted to do which started February 19.

What a historical and memo-rable summer treat for this senior citizen (who availed of the SC discounts in transporta-tion, hotels and restaurant-hopping to the max!). We have done this kind of sortie in our younger and adventurous days when we were with the then National Media Produc-tion Center GTV 4 in the early 70s which held a grand reun-ion for former employees last February 28 (40 years after!) and was featured in the pages of this publication.

All we can say is: we love this country more than ever with all the social, economic and political problems that contin-uously inundate it that has become part of our way of life and forged the resiliency of the Filipino just like the coping mechanism we developed for ourselves in the catastrophic natural calamities we sur-vived and still struggle with

gusto if not masochistic irony. It’s really more fun in the Phil-ippines when you see up close and personal the breathtaking vistas of fields, mountains, sea and sky and meet your coun-trymen as diverse but as unique as our more than 7,000 islands making up Luzon, Visa-yas and Mindanao.

Great and marvelous changes have indeed transformed our many cities in all the regions that comprise our country

now. Urbanization may have altered some familiar land-scapes but the rest of the ar-chipelago has retained the old bucolic charm of rural Philip-pines. Travelling by land in Luzon, you are surprised by expressways and concrete road networks. In the Visayas, you are thrilled by magnificent bridges that span major is-lands. In Mindanao, you are amazed by the wide highways that ribbon the entire island connecting provinces that

make up the southern frontier of the country. Great! But in all the cities that we’ve been through, ugh, the nightmarish traffic not unlike that of our Metro Manila every day expe-rience, well, drag us down to the reality of change and ur-ban development. Except Ba-colod City, where driving through its streets is so cool and relaxing. That should be the reason why people there are always smiling and stress-less.

During the travel period, we were exhausted by the suffo-cating heat and the reality of El Nino cannot be ignored and taken for granted. Many fields and upland farms lay supplicant to the miracles of rainfalls, an abnormal low-pressure area (LPA) or the cloud seeding technology. Add to the heat wave and the curse of climate change at this time is the perverse rising tempo of the noise and the heightened drama of politics.

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We’ve been to Kidapawan in North Cotabato for a day in the Mindanao leg of our Pro-ject last March. We cannot help but feel sad and affect-ed because weeks after we

left, two disasters, one natural and the other man-initiated struck this quiet but slowly and deliberately devel-oping province.

The first was the forest fire that razed Mount Apo which endangered the Philip-pine Eagle breeding and nest-ing site in the country’s high-est mountain. Most tragic was the encounter between farm-ers and the Philippine Nation-al Police (PNP) crowd disper-sal team in the Cotabato-Davao Highway in Kidapawan City where two farmers died and scores of protesters and PNP personnel were wounded in the clash.

According to news reports we have followed while in Roxas City, in Capiz, violence in Kidapawan erupted when the police crowd dispersal team moved in to clear the highway where about 6,000 protesting farmers gathered there to press their demand for rice and drought-resistant seeds for their El Nino-aggravated sufferings. Rocks were hurled and heavy volume of gunfires were heard during the con-frontation that resulted to the bloody melee as reported.

(Continued on page 7) The charm of Marinduque. PHOTO BY D.FRANCO

The author in Calapan, Mindoro

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Brocka's "Insiang" made history as the first Filipino film to be screened at the prestigious Cannes Film festival. It has been fully restored and joined other great films that include Frankenheimer's The Man-churian Candidate (1962) and Otto Premingger's Bun-ny Lake Is Missing (1965).

Whang-Od,is the oldest and the last original "mambababatok" or handtap tattoo artist known as Apo Whang-Od and hails from a tribe in Kalinga

The exhibit showcases "the visual history of body art and markings, along with prints, posters, ancient tools and commissioned tattooed silicone body re-

productions inked by some of the most respected tat-tooists in the world", a press statement from the ROM said.

There is a move to declare Apo Whang-Od as "Pambansang Alagad ng Sining" or as a National Art-ist for her role in preserv-ing the dying art of tradi-tional and cultural tattoo.

Countries represented in the exhibit, which came from a previous showing in Paris, France and travelled to Toronto include Tintin of France, Horiyoshi II of Ja-pan, Fili Leu of Switzerland, Paul Booth of USA, Chime of Polynesia and Yann Black of Montreal.

The show runs from April 9 to September 5. ⦿


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TIFF features a digitally restored 1978 Filipino movie, INSIANG, por-trayed by actress Hilda Koronel and directed by Philippine National Artist for Film, Lino Brocka,

percent in the previous poll. Robredo’s score dropped by three points from 22 percent. Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano, who is running with Duterte, gained a point from 12 per-cent to 13 percent. Binay’s runningmate, Sen. Gregorio Honasan, was tied with independent candidate Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV with five percent each.

Duterte camp elated

The camp of Duterte said it was elated with the results of the latest SWS presidential survey but maintained it can-not be complacent. “While we are elated with the results of the recent surveys, we still believe the final arbi-ter of who will be elected as president is the people... that will be known on election day,” Maribojoc Mayor Jun Evasco, Duterte’s campaign manager, said. “We cannot celebrate yet until the May 9 election is over. It is not over until it’s over,” Evas-co added. He asked the mayor’s sup-porters to double their efforts with less than a month before the elections. “We urge our followers to continue to work harder and make sure their support and

the results of the surveys are translated into votes,” Evasco said.

Binay unfazed

Binay’s camp, meanwhile, re-mained unfazed as it shrugged off the results of the latest SWS survey showing Duterte and Poe as the top contenders for president. “A closer reading of the SWS survey shows downward movements for both Mayor Duterte and Senator Poe,” UNA campaign spokesman Rico Quicho said. Quicho said the numbers of Duterte and Poe actually dropped and that of Binay increased, compared with the SWS poll conducted on March 30. In the previous survey, Duter-te scored 31 percent while Poe obtained 34 percent. Bi-nay’s rating went up by three points from 17 percent, while Roxas’ score increased by a single point. “Vice President Binay is grate-ful for the results of the sur-vey. Despite the attacks hurled against the Vice Presi-dent, his steady rise shows the strength of his core support-ers,” said Quicho. “He will work harder together with our various support groups as election day nears,” he added.

Poe, Chiz reassess strategy

Poe and Escudero will adjust their campaign strategy after they both fell to second place in the latest SWS survey. Escudero said the survey re-sults served as a challenge to step up their campaign. Escudero said he and Poe would reach out to more peo-ple and explain their platform. Poe’s spokesman Valenzuela Mayor Rex Gatchalian said the survey results would guide their team as they plan their next moves.

Robredo worried

Robredo said she was worried over the results of the latest SWS survey that showed Mar-cos topping the poll. “I’m worried. Even if he’s not at the top, even if he’s in the fourth or fifth places in the survey, I’m still worried be-cause there are still many who believe he deserves to be elected, considering he has yet to atone for their sins in the past,” Robredo told reporters. Robredo was referring to the alleged hidden wealth accu-mulated by the Marcoses and the atrocities during martial law. – With Perseus Echemi-nada, Robertzon Ramirez, Janvic Mateo, Christina Men-

dez, Paolo Romero ⦿


Duterte, Bongbong surge...

PH launches first microsatel-lite "Diwata-1" into space Don Tagala, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - The Philippines took a giant leap for science and technol-ogy on Tuesday night.

At 11:05 p.m. eastern stand-ard time in Cape Canaveral, the Philippines’ first ever microsatellite – "Diwata-1"-- was launched into space aboard Cygnus spacecraft.

Diwata-1 is part of the pay-load of Orbital ATK commer-cial resupply services flight to the International Space Station where it will be housed in the Japanese ex-periment module "Kibo".

Malacanang said potential uses of Diawata-1 include

"improved weather detection and forecasts; disaster risk management; detecting agri-cultural growth patterns; and the monitoring of forest cov-er, mining, protection of cul-tural and historical sites, and the territorial borders of the Philippines."

Implemented by the Univer-sity of the Philippines-Diliman and Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Philmicrosat pro-gram, Diwata-1 was assem-bled by nine young Filipino engineers stationed at Toho-ku and Hokkaido universi-ties.

Diwata-1 carries four special

cameras that would take high resolution images from space of Philippine weather pat-terns, agricultural productivi-ties, as well as land and wa-ter images.

For about 20 months in orbit, Diwata-1 will send images of the Philippines twice daily.

It will be received by the UP Diliman Micro Satellite Re-search and Instructional Fa-cility.

Philippine embassy officials said Diwata-1 would provide scientific data and infor-mation needed to formulate policies relating to disaster mitigation, agricultural productivity and manage-ment of land and water re-sources.

"As a country, we should re-ally emphasize science and technology. I salute our Fili-pinos who trained in Japan and developed all these. We have the capability. We have the brain power to do it. We need to advance in science and technology because this is the only way that will equalize us with other coun-tries, big countries," said for-mer Philippine ambassador to the United Nations, Libran Cabatulan.⦿

Atlas V, carrying the first Filipino-assembled microsatellite, DIWATA, rockets into space from Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Screenshot from NASA footage)

2 dead, many wounded as police disperse Philippine farmers By ASSOCIATED PRESS

KIDAPAWAN, Philippines (AP) — Police clashed with farmers blocking a highway to demand government relief in the drought-stricken southern Philippines on Friday, leaving at least two demonstrators dead and dozens in-jured, including at least 23 officers, officials said. Police moved in to disperse about 6,000 farmers and their supporters who were demonstrating for the fourth straight day in Kidapawan, the capital of Cotabato prov-ince, when scuffles and gunfire broke out, police and Co-tabato Gov. Emmylou Mendoza said. Mendoza said two protesters were killed and a journalist at the site counted 13 injured demonstrators. Provincial police chief Alexander Tagum said at least 23 police offic-ers also were hurt. ⦿

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Michael Levitt, Member of Parliament for York Centre

Politics have stoked the fire of discontent as the Aquino administration blamed communists for instigating the farmers while cause-oriented groups charged the PNP and the govern-ment for the killing of Kidapawan protesters. The last we learned from the grapevine was that the sup-posed national government through the departments of agriculture and the social welfare and development (DA and DSWD) have long released El-Nino mitigation assistance for the farmers but withheld by the local government. Local poli-tics, araguy (ouch).

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Just on-site and physical area observation here. In the many areas we have covered, particularly Sa-mar, Leyte, Cebu, Palawan and Mindanao, the Duterte bandwagon is on fast-track if posters and welcome banners and streamers are gauge for the popularity of the Man from Davao.

We were still on the road when the two presidential debates were held and we cannot help but notice peo-ple from all walks of life, urban and rural, have in-tently watched and listened to the aspirants take turn to make themselves clear. And unclear.

We arrived in imperial Ma-nila in the conclusion of the

Project to find Duterte grabbing the top spot in both the SWS and Pulse Asia surveys after we land-ed. We followed the social media trends and saw the crowds that swell and scat-ter depending on the presi-dential supporter-bloggers who post their respective documentations of their favorite’s sorties all over the country. And we are convinced. Filipinos all over the archipelago hoped, wanted and prayed for real change in this country of ours. Even our OFWs have become vigilant and involved.

Our only prayer is that may change now sweep our is-lands and that every Filipi-no should now hold his vot-ing power not only as a right but as guarded mira-cle that would transform our Philippines to what we

as a people ask from God and truly deserve from our leaders.

We have a rich and abun-dant country. We have a patient and resilient peo-ple. We have to take charge of our destiny. We have to vote rightly.

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We shall be writing more of our Philippines and our people drawn from our tour of the islands in the future columns. The beach-es are still inviting and the waves are gently lulling. We can tell you more where and what to be, what to taste and what to see in the next issues if ev-er the waves from home beckon you to return. Mabuhay and Daghang Salamat!


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Refreshing tropical fruit stand in Bacolod city. PHOTO BY D.Franco

describing President Noynoy Aquino as a “Three-day President”.

Enrile slammed the presi-dent’s slow action on “pressing matters”, such as the recent violent dispersal of farmers in Kidapawan, North Cotabato where 3 died and scores wounded.

He noted the President al-ways dragged his feet in reacting to important mat-ters.

“My God! They are sleep-ing, 3 days in Mamasapano, 3 days in Yolanda. It took them 3 days before they can act on the matter,” said the senior senator.

Critics says Aquino and his administration should be called as “TEKA-TEKA” (wait,wait) for their slow responses in solving problems like the recent Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA III) 5-hour brownout that left 80 flights cancelled and thou-sands of passengers strand-ed , the MRT breakdowns, Basilan massacre of 18 sol-diers at the hand of Abu Sayaff among others.

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TRANSITIONS: My former editor in chief at the Manila Standard, Rod T. Reyes, wrote 30 April 14 in Ma-nila. He was 80.

RTR as we call him was a

veteran journalist, broad-cast executive and two time press secretary to Presi-dents Fidel V. Ramos and Joseph Estrada.

He became a journalism legend when, as a junior reporter with the Manila Times, infiltrated a heroin drug den in Malabon, posed as a junkie and exposed the underworld ring.

For that, he won numerous awards including the pres-tigious Ten Outstanding Young Man of the Philip-pines (TOYM) awards.

His exploit was portrayed into two movies one of which was Gil Portes’ “Sa Piling ng mga Sugapa,” star-ring Mat Ranillo III as Reyes and Chanda Romero.

When then new president Cory Aquino shut down the Philippines Daily Express leaving many of us unem-ployed, Rod Reyes founded the Manila Standard. He took me in and other job-less journalists.

Reyes also served as TV executive with GMA-Channel 7, ABS-CBN and MBS-4 or known as Chan-nel 4 during the Marcos era and was publisher of the iconic “Ginoo “magazine, TV Times and ventured in the restaurant business such as the famous Vine-yard and Vintage (known for oldies and goldies mu-sic ) that became popular in the 80s.

We salute you RTR!


COUNTERPOINT: The

Spare Tire:..

The Canada Child Benefit:

Working for You

For middle class families, and for families working hard to join the middle class, raising kids is expen-sive. Every parent makes sacrifices to give their chil-dren the best possible fu-ture. But for too many par-ents, there is not enough to sacrifice, and raising chil-dren becomes a burden ra-

ther than a blessing.

That should never be the case. Too many children grow up in poverty and go to school hungry, and it is something I cannot stand for, and something the gov-ernment is taking action on.

I’m proud that in its 2016 Budget, the government

introduced the Canada Child Benefit. It will provide families with a tax-free, in-come-tested benefit. This means that unlike the cur-rent benefit, which is taxa-ble, all the money received through the Canada Child Benefit can go to support-ing children.

This is money in the pock-ets of mom and dad; money that can go directly to pay-ing the rent, eating healthi-er food, and buying new clothes for back to school. With the Canada Child Ben-efit, nine out of ten Canadi-an families will receive higher monthly benefits, and hundreds of thousands of children will be lifted out of poverty.

The Canada Child Benefit is the most significant social policy innovation in a gen-eration and will help fami-lies more than any other social program since uni-versal health care.

The Canada Child Benefit will have a maximum bene-fit of up to $6,400 per child under the age of 6, and up to $5,400 per child aged 6 through 17. It puts more money back in your pocket. Over three million families will receive more benefits. Families benefiting from the CCB will see an average of almost $2,300 more per year – tax free.

Families with children un-der 18 will receive the ben-efit starting in July. The size

of each cheque will depend on your family, but 9 out of 10 families will get more help than they do under existing programs.

A single mom with one child under the age of 6 and earning $30,000 a year will receive an annual benefit of $6,400, tax-free. A family with two teenage children and earning $50,000 a year will receive a tax-free bene-fit of $8,100.

Our country has a long and proud history of big, bold, transformative public poli-cies—programs like univer-sal health care, Old Age Se-curity and the Canada Pen-sion Plan. Now we can proudly add the Canada Child Benefit to that list. ⦿

New Canadian moms: Cassandra with baby Riley Castro, Cheska with baby Damian Mendoza & Frida with baby Julia Clamucha.

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Japan’s “fascination” with the is-land is detailed in the book “Corregidor” by the brothers James and William Belote, who narrated the outward signs of such fascina-tion.

In August 1908, a certain Major Inouye of the Japanese general staff demanded from Maj. Gen. William Duvall, commander of the Philip-pine division, a blanket permission to inspect various American instal-lations including those in Corregi-dor.

Inouye based his demand on al-leged similar privileges granted to an American officer in Tokyo.

Duvall not only turned down the request; he also cabled Washing-ton, warning of a possible Japanese attack on the Philippines.

Unfortunately, Duvall’s warning was ignored by American President William Howard Taft.

But Inouye’s unusual request prompted Duvall to monitor his activities, succeeding in unmasking him as the chief of the intelligence section of the Japanese staff.

The intelligence activities of the Japanese in Corregidor assumed greater emphasis as the years passed. Japanese “fishing boats”

were often seen prowling the is-land’s three-mile limit, equipped with spotting telescopes and direc-tion-finding equipment.

*** With all the attention the “Rock” was getting, it seemed that Corregi-dor’s importance as a stronghold was not lost on the strategists in Tokyo. Yet ironically, according to the book, Corregidor’s qualities as a “keep” (a refuge where Philippine forces could hold out until rein-forcements from the United States arrived) kept the navy (which fa-vored Subic Bay) and the army at loggerheads for a time.

The army prevailed eventually and the rest is history.

Recalling the times before Corregi-dor received the Japanese “full at-tention,” the book’s authors said “the rock in all seasons has a more salubrious climate because of the offshore breeze making the island seven degrees cooler than Manila.”

The officers spent peacetime nights at the headquarters’ veranda, where they watched the automo-bile headlights on Dewey blvd. (now Roxas blvd.)

Later, when the war began, Correg-idor’s offshore breeze proved no match to the heat generated by the daily ration of artillery shells and bombs rained down by the Japa-nese on its 10,000 stubborn de-fenders. (NMPC) ⦿


JAPAN’S FASCINATION...

‘Kilig’ now an official

English word ‘Kilig’ has recently been added to Oxford Dictionary’s list of new words

The Filipino word for a surge of emotions for a special someone has no direct translation in the English language

Aside from kilig, teleserye was also included in the new words list

It’s that rush of emotions, that surge that makes your cheek burn as red when you see your crush or special someone. It’s kilig.

This beautiful Filipino word is very pronounced in the country’s ver-nacular but no English word per-fectly translates and encapsulates its essence.

But no worries for those who want to write love poems or odes in Eng-lish as the Oxford English Diction-ary has officially included kilig in its list of new words released this week.

Oxford Dictionary categorized kilig as both a noun and an adjective.

As a noun, it refers to “exhilaration

or elation caused by an exciting or romantic experience; an instance of this, a thrill.” While as an adjec-tive, it describes a person as “causing or expressing a rush of excitement or exhilaration; thrill-ing, enthralling, captivating.”

Other commonly used Filipino phrases that uses the word kilig was also cited as usage example of the new word. These include: “kilig to the bones (utterly thrilled or thrilling),” “kilig factor (an element which generates exhilaration, ex-citement, or a romantic thrill),” and “kilig moment (a thrillingly roman-tic moment).”

Aside from kilig, another common-ly used word in layman Filipino parlance was added to the English dictionary. It is the word teleserye, which usually pertains to a prime-time drama series on television.

Interesting, right? Now what Eng-lish sentences are you psyched to phrase using these new words? Patrick Dones/Kicker Daily News ⦿

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Bicol Canada picks new set of officers, Rafael Nebres re-elected President

The Bicol Canada Community Association (BCCA), at its gen-eral meeting on April 3, 2016, elected its new set of 21 offic-ers and directors for the 2016- 2017 term. The democratic process was held at the Our Lady of The Assumption Church Parish Hall, North York, Toronto under the elec-

toral supervision of Comelec officials Tony A. San Juan and Maria Luisa Canton.

Rafael "Paeng" Nebres, BCCA's longest- serving president and chairman of the board, has been unanimously reelected to an unprecedented 4th two-year term. Since taking the helm in 2010, Nebres continue

to lead the 6- province organi-zation, composed of Filipino Canadian Oragons from Bikol region's Albay, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Catanduanes, Masbate and Sorsogon. Paeng Nebres is the General Manager of Action Honda- Toronto.

Elected to serve a 2- year term

as Executive Officers and Members of the Board of Di-rectors are : Chairman & Presi-dent - Rafael Nebres, Vice President for Govt. Relations - Earl Francis Dacara, Vice Pres-ident for Membership & Public Relations -Ben Salcedo, Vice President for Sports & Youth Development- Noli Aquino, Secretary- Michele Adoptante, Asst. Secretary - Eliza Maesa ,Treasurer- Jose Gutierrez, Asst. Treasurer- Bobby Achacon, Auditor- Lar-ry Bercasio, Special Projects & Event Coordinators- Nestor Von Canton & Arlene Martirez and Directors : Jenifer Amo-ranto, Edison Bantayan, Claro Bombase, Estrella Carpenter, Isabel De Lima, Ronnie dela Gana, Eusebio "Boy" Ortega, Edgar Recon, Giget dela Torre, and Jeremiah Valledor.

After the Board Members' in-

formal swearing in, R. Nebres in his brief thank you speech, pledged also to serve with meaningful dedication and purposeful leadership towards achieving the BCCA's mission and mandate of "magkasararo at magka-iribahan" and hope-fully meeting the social & reli-gious aspirations of all Ontario resident- Bikolanos and Biko-lanas as well.

The 12 -year old association plans to hold its formal induc-tion of officers, continue with its monthly novenas, hold summer pot-luck picnic & park games, celebrate the an-nual Our Lady of the Penafran-cia feast day and enhance its membership drive. The former presidents of BCCA include Jess Cabrias, Bobby Achacon and Joseph Redoblado. (T. San Juan).

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Fiesta Filipina Dance Troupe is

THE FFDT BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Congratulations from Waves!

Tess Cusipag, a big sup-porter of FFDT was pre-sented with a plaque: “ In appreciation of your untiring effort and unend-ing fundraising & handling of Miss Manila Pageant which enabled the FFDT help pay for their build-ing. We are all very grate-ful. On the 50th Anniversary, April 9, 2016 at Pearson Convention Centre, Bramp-ton, Ontario”

The Kalayaan Cultural Community Centre (KCCC) recently held its induction at the KCCC building in Mississauga to officially start the two-year term of their Executive Board and Direc-tors. Consul Bolivar Bao did the honours of swearing in the following individuals:

The evening included performances by the world-renowned Culture Philippines of Ontario and Josie de Leon from the JDL School of Performing Arts. The evening was a time for celebration, comradery and appreciation for how far the Cen-tre has gone over the years.

The new Officers and Directors now turn their focus on the events planned by the Centre to continue its commitment to service the Filipino community and honour its vision of being a focal point for the celebration of Philippine culture and history.

KCCC plays host to a number of regular events such as bingo, rondalla, line dancing, Zumba, hot hula classes, social foxtrot, Argentine tango and more. It also holds bi-monthly dinner dances to raise funds for the Centre. The next such event will be held on Friday, May 6, 2016. Tickets are only $25.

On Sunday, May 15, 2016, KCCC will be having a Health and Medical Seminar from 2 – 5 pm. There are two topics of discussions for the day. The first is “Addressing Breast Cancer in the Fili-pino Community” which will be presented by Dr. Jory Simpson MS, Med, FRCSC. Dr. Simspon is a Breast Surgical Oncologist, General Surgeon and

Assistant Medical Director at the CIBC Breast Centre at St. Michael’s Hospital. The second top-ic is “Overcoming the Stigma of Mental Illness” which will be presented by Dr. Maselle Gaerlan Viery, BSc, MC DPsych DABDA FRCPC.

On Saturday, May 21, 2016, the annual KCCC Bowl-a-Thon will be held at Planet Bowl located at 5555 Eglinton Avenue West. Registrations begins at 9 am and bowling starts at 10 am sharp. The fee is $25 or more in pledges per per-son and includes lunch served at the Centre be-ginning at 12 noon.

Other events for the year include:

June 10, 2016 - Kalayaan Filipino Cultural Organ-ization (KFCO) Independence Day Gala

June 12, 2016 – KFCO Independence Day Picnic

July 8, 2016 – Bi-monthly Dinner and Dance

July 30 – 31, 2016 – Fiesta ng Kalayaan at Cele-

bration Square

August 20, 2016 – KCCC’s Annual Golf Tourna-ment

September 25, 2016 – KCCC Walk-a-Thon

October 29, 2016 – Halloween Dinner and Dance

December 31, 2016 – New Year’s Eve Ball

For information on KCCC and any of the events

scheduled there, please check their webpage at www.kalayaancentre.ca, their Facebook page

at www.facebook.com/kalayaan or you can call (905) 602-0923 or email at

[email protected]. (PR) ⦿

Kalaayan Cultural Community Centre (KCCC) Inducts Its New

Officers

Resty del Rosario—President; Gerry Rulloda—Executive Vice President; Mayette Balbastro—Vice President – Programs; Judy Montenegro—Secretary; Rene Samonte—Treasurer; Delfin Palileo—Auditor; Dr. Solon Guzman and Karen Pascual-Binaday—Press Relations Officers

Madoline Baluca, Chat Bautista, Lydia Bernardino, Luis Carbonell, Edgar Frondozo, Charity Roda Lim, Rodel Meier, Iluminada Montada, Dr. Romy Sina-jon, Nico Montenegro, and Reynaldo Tamayo—Directors

Special guest Consul Bolivar Bao cuts the cake with Kalayaan president Resty del Rosario.

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Winners, Bb Pilipinas 2016 coronation night These 6 ladies will represent the country in the international pageants this year

6 QUEENS. Miss Universe Philippines Maxine Medina with Kylie Verzosa, Joanna Eden, Jennifer Hammond, Nichole Manalo, and Nicole Cordoves after they are crowned at Binibining Pilipinas 2016. Photo by Alecs Ongcal/Rappler

MANILA, Philippines – The results are in and Maxine Medina is Miss Universe Philippines 2016. The winners were named at the pag-eant's coronation night Sunday, April 17, at the Smart Araneta Coli-seum.

They now carry the great responsi-bility of representing the country in the 6 upcoming competitions – Miss Universe, Miss International, Miss Intercontinental, Miss Globe, Miss Supranational, and Miss Grand In-ternational.

With great results from the 2015 queens, the pressure is on for these 6 ladies:

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Happy Andrada made waves as a featured Filipino fashion designer at the Fashion Art Toronto 2016 event titled, Dresscodes, held April 16 at the Daniels Spectrum—a new and hip cultural hub at Toronto downtown east neigh-bourhood.

The Happy Hour. Happy came out with Ninuno, a brand that reinvents nationalism. It is inspired by our rich Philip-pine heritage. Tribalism fused with contemporary cuts, textures and treatments. The conventional fabrics trans-form as they take on refreshing new forms. Using weaves from Benguet and T’boli tribe, Pina Abaca, Philippine Du-pioni, Abaca Silk, Pina Cotton, intertwined with Neoprene, Chiffon and Power Knit to form riveting pieces that tell a story. Happy Andrada brings a renewed appreciation to the runway. But most of all, her designs elicit the passion of interweaving Filipino pride, heritage and culture to-wards her final product. When the spotlights of interna-tional fashion romps focus on a Filipino, that sure makes us proud. And HAPPY!

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Kalinga tattoo artist’s work draws raves in Toronto museum By: Jhong de la Cruz Inquirer.net U.S Bureau / Alberta Correspondent

RED DEER, Alberta – A glimpse of this Kalinga wom-an’s wealth in tattoo art could be seen in the depths of her pensive look, captured in her now famous photo that caught the eyes of the Royal Ontario Museum organizers.

The image of the tattooed Apo Whang-od Oggay was a public favorite, according to Chris Darling, co-curator of the ex-hibit entitled “Tattoos: Ritual. Identity. Obsession. Art.” at the Royal Ontario Museum.

Darling said the image was selected among a number of images from the Tattoo exhib-it at the Musee Du Quai Branly in Paris, which ran from May to October in 2015.

“The ROM marketing depart-ment selected a number of images from the Paris show to use for publicity purposes. Based on surveys of the public [it] was a favorite, and we de-cided to use this as one of our main publicity and marketing images,” he said.

Master tattooist

Although the exhibit organiz-ers had used the image in an offsite event in January, they knew nothing about 98-year-old Apo Whang-od Oggay, un-til a visitor informed them that she was the master tattoo artist of the mountain village of Buscalan, Kalinga.

They were then directed to Apo Whang-od’s facebook

page that contained a mosaic of her work, articles and docu-mentaries showcasing the lone mambabatok of Buscalan, in Tinglayan town.

Interest in the 98-year old master tattoo artist grew be-cause she is the only one left of her kind in Kalinga, noted Darling. “She is one of the last master Kalinga tattooists and

she is also trying to preserve this tradition by teaching oth-er Kalingans how to tattoo,” he added.

Apart from the iconic image taken by Jake Verzosa in 2011, a video that captures her tat-tooing in Buscalan is also fea-tured in the exhibit along with


Apo Whang-od at home. LARS KRUTAK

Filipino fashion designer featured at Fashion Art Toronto 2016 event

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Getting ready for the biggest staging of Filipino fiesta in Toronto

The Taste of Manila Festival 2016

Courtesy call to the Philippine Embassy in Ottawa. (L-R) Consul General Eric Gerardo E. Tamayo, Philippine Ambassador to Canada—Petronila Garcia, TOM Media Director Teresa Torralba and TOM Chairman Rolly Mangante.

With MP for York Centre and a big TOM supporter, Michael Levitt

One of the Friends of Taste of Manila is Toronto lawyer Rafael Fabregas.(centre).

Mutya ng Maynila contestants getting ready for the May 29 pageant

Choreographer and pageant trainer, Jam Rodriguez of IPEN, gives modelling pointers to Mutya candidates during rehearsals. PHOTO BY WAVES.

Four Filipinos seek seats on April 19 Manitoba provincial election

FLOR MARCELINO, NDP, LOGAN

TED MARCELINO, NDP, TYNDALL

JON REYES, P.C., ST. NORBERT

AIDA CHAMPAGNE, LIBERAL, TYNDALL

She made history as the first woman of colour to be elect-ed to a provincial legislature. Served as Minister for 2 cabi-net positions, Flor is hopeful to win for a third term.

Running for the Liberals in the Filipino-vote rich Tyndall riding. The first-timer will try to unseat fellow kababayan – incumbent NDP MLA Ted Marcelino.

The youngest and the only second generation candidate is Jon Reyes who is running in St. Norbert for the Progressive Conservative Party.

He is seeking a second term in a riding with a large number of Filipino voters (42%) and being opposed by a kaba-bayan, Aida Champagne for the Liberals.

FILIPINO CANDIDATES IN MANITOBA PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS

Political battles in Manitoba are won or lost in Winnipeg where the majority of Manitoba’s Filipino community resides. Province-wide, Filipinos comprise the largest ethnic population.

The vote-rich city is therefore coveted by all political parties as they go into elec-tions.

The four Filipino candidates hope to follow the path started by the late Conrad Santos (who died just last February 29, 2016), the first to win office in Canada as an NDP MLA in 1981.

six others that show traditional tat-tooing in the Pacific region.

Darling said the exhibit will include an art installation outside the Royal Ontario Museum, which will feature large format photos of Kalinga wom-en.

Compelling art

“This exhibition traces tattoos across continents and over time, examining tattoo artists and the tattooed, and exploring the factors that have made tattooing an important cultural prac-tice, a compelling art form, and a worldwide modern phenomenon,” said an introduction to the exhibit.

The museum added two artifacts that also showcased traditional Ma ori tattooing in New Zealand.

Poupou, a carved ancestral panel from the Royal Ontario Museum An-thropology collection, is an impres-sive architecture from a Ma ori meet-ing house with carvings of tattooed ancestors and ancestral history, ac-cording to Darling.

Still from New Zealand, a land grant penned by a Ma ori chief using his tattoo is showcased. “Ma ori chiefs had full-face tattoos (moko) and could draw their facial tattoos accu-rately from memory and would use their moko as signatures on land grants and deeds,” Darling explained.

Tradition, culture

The tattoo exhibit, which started on April 2 and running until September 5, has received rave public reception so far, Darling said.

“Most visitors say that they did not know that tattoos and tattooing was such a diverse, fascinating and com-plicated topic, that it is much more than the current global phenomenon of body art,” he noted.

Meanwhile, an online petition to de-clare Apo Whang-od a National Artist of the Philippines had gathered some 11,000 shares in October last year. Sen. Miriam Santiago made a similar call in 2015 by passing a Senate reso-lution to nominate Apo Whang-od as a National Living Treasure.

Acknowledging that she may be the last mambabatok n the Cordilleras, Apo Whang-od has begun teaching her great niece the tattoo technique, accounts on her facebook page stat-ed.

The batok tradition of tattooing, said to date back one thousand years, em-ploys charcoal and water as ink. In her videos, Apo Whang-od can be seen using a stencil to mark the skin. Using a pomelo thorn attached to a wooden handle, she taps her designs cutaneously.

Batok designs were meant to en-hance the beauty of women in her tribe, while tattoos on men were symbols of power and prestige.⦿


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Vote EDU MANZANO for SENATOR Offer better opportunities for OFWs to return home

Senatorial candidate Edu Manzano today under-scored the need to create more and better opportuni-ties for overseas Filipino

workers (OFWs) so that they can be reunited with their families and find a de-cent job in the country.

Manzano, who is eyeing a Senate seat under the um-brella coalition Partido Gal-ing at Puso this coming May elections, said the govern-ment should work hard in attracting in-country in-vestments that could gener-ate enough jobs to keep our OFWs home.

“Ang Pilipino ay likas na masisipag. Bigyan lang na-tin ng tamang oportunidad. Tignan mo sa ibang bansa, ang ating mga OFW ay may-roon tatlo-tatlong trabaho. Kaya sila nandoon kasi ku-lang sa oportunidad dito sa bansa natin,” he said.

Manzano is running on a platform of improving qual-ity education for the youth and out-of-school youth, creating decent jobs espe-cially in agri-tourism, BPO and ICT industries, and providing better opportuni-ties and protection for Fili-

pino families.

While labor migration has its economic benefits, Man-zano also recognized its social costs, particularly among Filipino families which have to bear with broken marriages, drug or substance abuse, teenage pregnancy, among others.

“Kung ang bawat pamilyang Pilipino ay mayroong sapat at tamang oportunidad, ka-sabay na nito ang pagbag-sak ng krimen at unti-unting pagkawala ng problema sa droga,” he added.

The popular actor and TV host said he has high regard to many Filipino workers who are making all the sac-rifices so that they can send their children to good schools and provide better opportunities in life for their families.

“Nakalulungkot makita ang

paghihiwalay ng pamilya sa tuwing ang isang ama o ina na iiwan ang kanilang mga anak upang magtrabaho sa ibang bayan. Kung may-roong sapat na oportunidad dito, hindi na nila kailangang umalis pa,” he said.

OFWs should be given bet-ter choices of domestic em-ployment by creating con-ducive environment for business investments to flourish and promoting best ethical practices in local recruitment and employ-ment, he added.

To date, an estimated 10-12 million Filipinos have been separated from their chil-dren and families in ex-change of better income and opportunities in other countries, some of whom have even accepted riskier jobs or where they are vul-nerable to abuses. PR/AD

P A N A W A G AN MGA MAHAL NA KALAHING PILIPINO

Sa ika-siyam ng Mayo ng taong kasalukuyan, ay magaganap muli sa Pilipinas ang isang eleksyon- ang pagpili at pagboto sa mga taong nais mamuno at mamahala sa Republika ng Pilipinas.

Pagpili mula sa mga taong nagsasabi na kanilang isasa-ayos ang takbo ng bansa at kapakanan ng mamamayan sa sandaling sila ay palarin. Pangunahin dito ang posisyon sa pagka-pangulo ng Pilipinas at ilan lamang sa kanila ang maituturing na may kaalaman at kakayahan sa pagiging pangulo ng isang bansa. Subalit, ang sinasabing kakayahan at pagsasagawa ng tungkulin ay isang pakikipagsapalaran, walang kati-yakan.

Sa pagpili at pagboto ay ating bigyan ng masusing punto ang mahabang karanasan ng isang kandidato sa pagka-pangulo na nagsimulang maglingkod sa bayan mula sa pagiging punong-lungsod at ibinoto ng tao sa pagka-bise presidente ng bansang Pilipinas. Ang taong nakauun-awa ng tunay na kahulugan ng “kahirapan”. Kanyang nilabanan ang karalitaan at hinarap ang mga pagsubok hanggang maging isang tagumpay na tagapag-tanggol ng mga naapi. Sa “karapatang pantao” nakatuon ang kanyang pananaw at pagsasagawa ng tungkulin-kasama dito ang karapatan ng bawat tao na mabigyan ng pagkakataong umunlad sapagkat ang bansang may matagumpay na mga mamamayan ay may kapayapaan, kaunlaran at katatagan.

Ito ang kakayahan ni Jejomar “Jojo” Binay. Iboto natin siya bilang Pangulo ng Republika ng Pilipinas. Makatutulong tayo sa pagpili at pagboto sapagkat tayong nasa malayo ay natutong palawakin ang pananaw at ang kaunting kakayahan ay makatulong sa bansa ng lahi.

IBOTO SI JEJOMAR “JOJO” BINAY BILANG PANGULO NG BANSANG PILIPINAS Tumawag tayo at ipakiusap sa ating mga magulang , kapatid, kamag-anak at mga kaibigan sa Pilipinas at ipaalam sa kanila ang kahalagahan ng kanilang boto para kay Jejomar “Jojo” Binay- sa kanya, may pagasa ang kaunlaran.

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ATTENTION: OVERSEAS VOTERS (OV)

VOTING FOR THE MAY 9, 2016 PHILIPPINE ELECTIONS

The voting period for OV is 9 April 2016 to 9 May 2016.

Per Comelec, the default mode of voting for Canada is Postal Voting. This means all official ballots will be mailed through Canada Post to the address provided by Overseas Voters when they registered. Ballots will be mailed prior to 9 April 2016 until 22 April 2016.

After receiving their official ballots, Overseas Voters have until 5:00 AM of 9 May

2016 to return said ballots to the Consulate General by mail or by personal delivery in order for the votes to be counted. Ballots received after the specified time and date will no longer be includ-ed in the canvassing/counting.

For Overseas Voters who wish to personally deliver the envelopes containing their official ballots to the Consulate General, we will receive your envelopes from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM every

day, including Saturdays, Sundays and holidays dur-ing the voting period. The Consulate General will also be open from 5:00 PM of 8 May 2016 until 5:00 AM of 9 May 2016 to receive voters’ envelopes.

If you have changed your address since you regis-tered or last voted, you may wish to avail of Canada Post’s mail forwarding ser-vice so the election enve-lopes containing your official ballots may be forwarded to

your present address.

The Consulate General may also designate special enve-lope collection days in areas outside the PCG premises during the election period so voters may hand in their voting envelopes personally to PCG election personnel. The specific dates, times and venues will be an-nounced later.

Ballots received by the Con-sulate General will be cast and fed to the Vote Count-

ing Machines every Monday and Thursday at 9:00 AM from 11 April to 5 May 2016. Ballots received after 5 May but still within the voting pe-riod will be cast after 5:00 AM of 9 May 2016. The batch feeding process will be open to public viewing, subject to the safety regula-tions and limitations set forth by the Ontario Building Code.

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As he leaves Greece, Pope Francis takes 12 refugees with him By Elise Harris

Vatican City, (CAN/EWTN News).- After traveling to the Greek island of Lesbos, a pri-mary entry point for refugees seeking passage into Europe, Pope Francis decided to bring 12 of them on his plane back to the Vatican as an act of wel-come and solidarity.

“The Pope has desired to make a gesture of welcome regarding refugees, accompa-nying on his plane to Rome three families of refugees,” an April 16 communique from the Vatican read.

Coming from Syria, all of the families are Muslim and num-ber 12 people in total, includ-ing six children. Two of the families are from Damascus, and one is from Deir Azzor, which is now territory occu-pied ISIS. Their homes had been bombed.

According to the AFP news agency, an official of Greece's state refugee coordination agency said the families were all staying in the open camp of Kara Tepe on Lesbos, and were selected through a draw-ing.

The initiative was brought to fruition through negotiations between the Vatican Secretar-iat of State and the competent Greek and Italian authorities.

It was announced as Pope Francis prepared to leave Greek island of Lesbos, where he traveled April 16 for a day-trip along with the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople,

Bartholomew I; His Beatitude Ieronymos, Archbishop of Athens and all Greece, and Archbishop Fragkiskos Papa-manolis, OFM Cap, President of the Greek Bishops Confer-ence as a sign of concern and solidarity for migrants forced to flee their homelands due to war, violence, hunger and poverty.

Lesbos, along with its neigh-boring island Kos, has been one of the primary destina-tions for refugees, many of whom are fleeing war in Syri-an and Afghanistan, who trav-el to Turkey in order to make the perilous voyage across the Mediterranean to enter Eu-rope.

In 2015 alone more than 1.1 million migrants fleeing war and violence poured into Eu-rope, and the influx has con-tinued, perplexing E.U. leaders as to how to handle the crisis.

Francis’ visit to Lesbos falls barely one month after the E.U. struck a new deal with Turkey stipulating that all migrants and refugees who cross into Greece illegally by sea will be sent back to Tur-key once they have been reg-istered and their asylum claims processed.

In return, the E.U. agreed to take in thousands of Syrian refugees directly from Turkey, giving the country early visa-free travel and advancing talks regarding their E.U. membership negotiations.

According to the Vatican com-munique, all of the people the Pope took with him “were already in camps in Lesbos before the agreement be-tween the European Union and Turkey.”

The Vatican will take respon-sibility for both bringing in and maintaining the three families, though the initial hospitality will be provided by the Community of Sant’Egidio.

The Community of Sant’Egido told CNA about the refugees and their situation.

One married couple, Hasan and Nour, have a two-year-old son. They are engineers from the Damascus suburb of Al Zabadani. Continuous bom-bardment made it very risky to live there. They fled to Tur-key, where they took a boat to Lesbos.

Ramy and Suhila and their three children are from Deir ez-Zor, an eastern Syrian city conquered by the Islamic State group. They are both in their fifties. He is a teacher, while she is a dressmaker. Their home was destroyed. They arrived in Greece from Turkey in February 2016.

Osama and Wafa are from the part of Damascus called Za-malka. They have two chil-dren.

Their house was bombed. Wafa said that their youngest child wakes up every night. For a time the child had stopped talking.⦿

A Syrian refugee family prepares to board the papal plane from Lesbos to Rome with Pope Francis April 16, 2016. Credit: Marco Mancini/CNA

Making a Saint: The Canonization Process Saint, Blessed, Venerable, Servant of God. It can all get a little confusing if one doesn’t know what these titles mean or how they are applied. Hope-fully, by looking at the typical process a person goes through in order to be named a Saint, some of this confusion can be taken away.

Before jumping in, however, it is important to note two things:

First, the Catholic Church does not ‘make’ Saints. A person who has died is either in heav-en, on their way via purgatory, or they are in hell. It is Jesus Christ, not the Church, who determines where a person is. So when the Church “names” Saints, it is merely recognizing that the person is in heaven.

Second, there is not an oppo-site process. There is no pro-cess of naming those who are in hell. The Church truly be-lieves in the unfathomable mercy of Jesus Christ and holds out hope that all who turn to Him in their final hour, or even in their final second, may achieve salvation. There-fore, the Church has never, and will never, declare some-body to be in hell.

It is also helpful to know that this process is not set in stone, and is not dogma. It can be changed. In fact, it has been changed over the years. For instance, the infamous ‘devil’s advocate,’ a person assigned to make the case as to why a person should not be declared a Saint, was removed by Pope St. John Paul II. Thus, today the process is not the same pro-cess it was 100 years ago and may yet be different 100 years from now. Almost any stage of the process can be dispensed with by the pope for good rea-son and there are plenty of additional examples of this

historically.

So, finally, what are the steps to being recognized as a Saint?

Entering the Canonization Process

The first step is that the indi-vidual being considered for Sainthood has to have died. This may seem like an obvious step, but it is important. De-claring somebody a Saint is not simply saying they are a good person or that a lot of people like them, but rather that they are sharing in the glory of heaven with the Trini-ty. In order to do this, they must have died.

“Servant of God”

The second step is that people must consider that the partic-ular deceased person 1) pos-sessed what is known as “heroic virtue,” 2) is now in heaven, and 3) should be rec-ognized by the Church for the sake of the faithful here on earth. These people can peti-tion the bishop of the diocese in which the person lived to begin an investigation of the person and their life. The bish-op, or his representatives, compile all the person’s writ-ings along with as much testi-mony as they can gather on the person and writes a re-port. During this process the testimony gathered is not only from those who were fans of the person. For instance, Christopher Hitchens (a fa-mous critic of Mother Theresa and Christianity in general) was interviewed for the pro-cess for Blessed Mother The-resa of Calcutta. Once the bish-op has compiled all this infor-mation the person may be known by the title of “Servant of God.” This is currently where Cora Evans is in the process.


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The Durham Crossover bas-ketball team from Canada placed 5th in the SM-NBTC League National High School Championship held March 13-17 at the Mall of Asia Arena. The team com-peted against the best 22 high school basketball teams from over 700 high schools in the Philippines and Trail International School from Thailand, the other foreign guest team.

Players James Canlas, Mat-thew Daves and Phaul Per-alta were included in the All Star game while Mat-thew Daves was a finalist on the Slam Dunk contest. Phaul Peralta participated in the Skills Challenge.

James Canlas, Evyn Santia-go, Matthew Daves, Avan Nava and Robert Ocam-po has gained interest from college coaches from the Philippines like NU, San Beda College, St Benilde-De Lasalle, JRU and Ateneo.

Congratulations to Durham Crossover

basketball team!

Durham Crossover basketball team played ball with Philippine high school teams

Ridge Ablang, team captain of Durham Crossover basketball team carried the Canadian flag at the SM-NBTC League National High School championship recently held in Manila. INSET: Matthew Oligane, Alvin Florido, Andre Cruz and Rob Ocampo also participat-ed at the NBTC 3 on 3 high school championship.

knocked at Wild Card’s door in 2001.

Left-fist wonder Pacquiao did the mitts with Roach and, in-stantly, the latter felt he had found a rough diamond.

Their journey together started when Pacquiao stunned Lehlo Ledwaba to win the Interna-tional Boxing Federation su-per bantam crown on his US debut at MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

It will eventually take them to several world titles, making Pacquiao one of the greatest fighters ever and Roach the best trainer of his era.

Both have aged. Pacquiao is now 37 and Roach 56.

Pacquiao ended his illustrious ring career Saturday night when he beat Timothy Brad-ley by unanimous decision in their third fight at MGM Grand.

Now bothered by back (sciatic nerve) pains, Roach says he’s no longer keen on opening Wild Card’s doors to men claiming to be the next Pacquiao.

“I know for a fact that in our lifetime, we won’t live long enough to see another Manny Pacquiao,” said Roach. “Because nobody’s going to do what he did: [world] titles in eight weight divisions. It’s not going to happen.” ⦿


ROACH: There won’t be...

BACK IN MANILA. Filipino boxer and Congressman Manny Pacquiao poses with his family upon his arrival at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in suburban Pasay city, south of Manila, Phil-ippines, Thursday, April 14, 2016. Pacquiao beat American Timothy Bradley during their WBO welterweight title boxing match in Las Vegas. He is running for the senate in the elections next month. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

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Dreaming of a good sleep? But who really gets the right amount of zzzzs every day? Experts can’t stress enough the fact that lack of sleep can lead to serious health problems, such as heart disease, heart attack, diabetes, or obe-sity. It can affect one’s health, weight, mood, and even sex life. Something that may cause men to lose sleep is the fact that poor sleep is associated with lower testosterone levels (read: im-paired sex life).

Studies show that lack of sleep is asso-ciated with a rise in blood pressure and cholesterol, which are risk factors for heart disease and stroke.

Deprive yourself of sleep and your lep-tin (the hormone that makes you feel full) levels drop (and you start craving high-fat and high-calorie foods, and going through the nightmare of possi-bly gaining weight). This certainly is a weighty enough reason to get a good shuteye.

Haven’t you noticed that when you get less sleep, you’re more likely to be cranky? On the other hand, if you sleep well, you wake up in a better mood and with a clearer mind.

More sleep, less stress

Sleep more and you stress less. Lack of sleep causes high blood pressure (a risk factor for heart attack and stroke) and the production of stress hormones.

Getting enough sleep may reduce your risk for depression as sleep impacts many chemicals in the body, including serotonin. People lacking in serotonin are more likely to suffer from depres-sion (about.com).

Lack of sleep is also associated with a greater risk of injury or accidents. Of course, you’re aware of the fact that if you’re very tired and sleepy, you can get into any kind of accident. For in-stance, one in five car accidents in the US is caused by drowsy driving (www.webmd.com).

Sleep tip

Indeed, adequate sleep is a great part of a healthy lifestyle. It may even pre-vent cancer. Studies show that those who work the late shift have a higher risk of developing breast and colon

cancer (about.com). Exposure to night light reduces melatonin, the hormone that appears to protect against cancer as it suppresses the growth of tumors. Here’s a sleep tip from the experts: Be sure your bedroom is as dark as possi-ble, and avoid using electronic gadgets before going to bed so your body can produce the melatonin that it needs.

Now, having said all that, this was one event that didn’t make guests fall asleep. Last March 18, the Philippine Society of Sleep Medicine (PSSM) joined hands with the rest of the world to celebrate World Sleep Day which zeroed in on the theme “Good Sleep Is a Reachable Dream.”

PSSM is just one of many organizations around the world that advocate (and educate people on) the importance of good sleep, which may be a luxury to many people, what with today’s fast-paced lifestyle and blinding-speed technology.

“As we progress and evolve, we slowly forget the value of sleep in our daily life,” says PSSM. “Together with tech-nology and opportunities, we can turn night into day. Here we are, working on jobs that were not possible a decade ago. We have information at our finger-tips at any time of the day. We are con-nected to the people of the world. As a result, we stay awake longer than what our body allows us to. Remember, we should spend a third of our life in sleep. We need this time to repair our body and spending less time in it will lead to many consequences. Problem is, sleep varies. From people who cannot sleep, there are those who sleep too much while others experience odd behav-iours while asleep.”

Sleep matters

During the celebration of World Sleep Day 2016, the PSSM held its 10th annu-al symposium entitled “Sleep Matters: Discovering the Importance of Sleep” at the EMG Auditorium of the Lung Center of the Philippines. There were various workshops and lectures on many sleep-related concerns for adults — and even for children — that aroused the curiosity of symposium guests who were kept wide awake.

At the symposium, PSSM reiterated the important elements of good sleep: 1. duration or the sufficiency of sleep to become well rested and alert the fol-lowing day; 2. continuity, which means sleep time should be continuous and unbroken; and 3. depth, which means that sleep should be deep enough to be restorative or invigorating.

Quality sleep, so PSSM emphasized, is very crucial to one’s good health and quality of life. It is important for peo-ple’s day-to-day functioning, in both adults’ and children’s overall wellness and development.

PSSM also handed down the 10 Com-mandments of Sleep Hygiene, accord-ing to the World Association of Sleep Medicine (WASM): 1. Thou shalt have a fixed bedtime and waking-up time with no daytime sleeping in excess of 45 minutes. 2. Thou shalt avoid excessive alcohol intake four hours before bed-time. 3. Thou shalt avoid smoking be-fore bedtime. 4. Thou shalt avoid in-take of caffeine such as those in coffee, tea, most sodas, and chocolate six hours before bedtime. 5. Thou shalt avoid heavy, spicy foods or sweets four hours before bedtime, but a light snack is acceptable. 6. Thou shalt exercise regularly but not before bedtime. 7.

Thou shalt use comfortable bedding. 8. Thou shalt find comfortable tempera-ture when sleeping in a well-ventilated room. 9. Thou shalt block out distract-ing noise. 10. Thou shalt use as less light as possible and limit the use of the bed to just sleeping.

RX: Sleep medicine

Now comes sleep medicine or this group of specialists trained in treating sleep disorders. The group is com-posed mainly of pulmonologists, neu-rologists, ENT (eyes, nose, throat) spe-cialists, psychiatrists, and pediatricians who deal with the process of sleep. You may not know it or while you were probably sleeping, sleep medicine qui-etly arrived in the country in 1992. It is one of the youngest specialty fields in medicine around the world. It’s been around for more than two decades and yet, a lot of people and even doctors don’t know that such a specialty exists. Our ASEAN neighbors are just waking up to discover what sleep medicine is. In 2017, we’re playing host to the 4th ASEAN Sleep Medicine Congress. The event aims to foster research and col-laboration among ASEAN neighbor countries which share similar cultures and habits in this part of the world.

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Senior Building Ambassadors of Thorncliffe Neighbourhood Office (TNO). This is a diverse group of Senior leader volunteers from different buildings of Thorncliffe Park. They are the TNO's strength in building a stronger and safer community. With diversity in colour, religion, sexual orienta-tion, ethnicity, they are UNITED as ONE. Their differences will become a strong foundation of united community. A meeting was held on Saturday, March 12, 2016 at the TNO's #18 boardroom, facilitated by Alberto Rodil (far left wearing red shirt), Elder Person Consortium Senior Coordinator of TNO.

Emma Andrada stands tall as Mrs. Philippines PIDC 2016

Emma Andrada, Mrs. Philippines PIDC 2016 with her entourage, Norma Carpio, PIDC President, PIDC Officers and Council of Leaders

(LEFT) Arnold Papa cele-brated his 43rd birthday on April 3, 2016 in his new home in Oshawa. Shown in the picture togeth-er with him is his wife, Mer-cy Papa. The couple are blessed with 2 children, Bruce and Amber Papa. (St. Jamestown News Service, Romy Zetazate)

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The quintessential Filipino Canadian community amateur sports organization in Ontario, the North York Pinoy Athletic Association (NYPAA) cele-brated the onset of spring with a successful fundraising din-ner- dance fling. The parents volunteer - run group productively conducted its 2016 officers and directors induction event on April 9, 2016 at the Our Lady of The Assumption Parish Hall, North York, Toronto.

With more than 250 guests, members, players and sup-porters in attendance, they witnessed the oath-taking of the Association's new exec

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