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DATELINE A year into Paula del Mundo’s mysterious disappearance, her family is desperate for answers FROM THE AJPRESS NEWS TEAM ACROSS AMERICA

A FILIPINO American transgender nursing assistant has been missing for almost a year, and while her family is terribly desperate about the slow process of the search, they remain hopeful that they will be able to be reunited with her someday.

Paula del Mundo, 59, went missing on September 14, 2019 at the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport where she was on a layover en route to Mexico for vacation. She never made it to her connecting flight to Cozumel and hasn’t been heard from since.

“We miss her so much and too worried about her safety. It is so sad that we have not received any updates and developments regarding her reported loss,” Paula’s sister Yolanda told the Asian Journal.

An intensive search was initiated by CUE (Community United Effort) Center for Missing Persons last July 25 to 26, 2020. CUE is a nonprofit volunteer organization dedicated

BuCor suspends release of convicted US Marine in killing of transgender Filipina

by RITCHEL

MENDIOLA AJPress

THE early release of convicted U.S. Marine Joseph Scott Pemberton was put on hold on Thursday, September 3 following a motion for reconsideration filed by the victim’s family.

The American serviceman was convicted of homicide on December 1, 2015, for killing transgender Jennifer Laude in 2014. He was sentenced to up

to 10 years imprisonment.

The Bureau of Corrections (Bucor) revealed on Thursday, September 3, that Laude’s family has asked the court to direct Pemberton to complete his sentence.

“BuCor respects the court processes and will wait for the resolution of the filed motion for reconsideration,” BuCor spokesperson Gabriel Chaclag said.

by RITCHEL

MENDIOLA AJPress

Part of Route 35 in Daly City to be named after local Filipina American leader

A PORTION of California State Highway 35 in Daly City will be named after Filipina American activist and community leader Alice Pena Bulos according to a resolution passed in the state Legislature on Friday, August 28.

The resolution, ACR 165, was authored and introduced by Assemblymember Phil Ting (D-San Francisco), and it designated the stretch of Route 35 that covers the wellknown Skyline Boulevard as the “Alice Pena Bulos Memorial Highway.”

“We see the influence of Alice Pena Bulos throughout our communities, as well as in elected local and state government leadership,” Ting said in a press release. “That’s why she’s considered the Godmother of Filipino American politics and empowerment. It’s

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The route known as Skyline Boulevard will bear the name of community leader and activist Alice Pena Bulos

“The normal release process is on hold. Pemberton remains under custody of BuCor at its extension facility in Camp Aguinaldo (in Quezon City),” he added.

On Tuesday, September 1, the Olongapo City Regional Trial Court ordered Pemberton’s release, saying the that convicted American serviceman has served the minimum of his sentence for killing

SNACK DELIVERY. A vendor pushes his bike loaded with plastic bags containing snacks along the ascending portion of Panay Avenue in Quezon City on Thursday, September 3. With most of the public transport suspended, people have started using alternative modes of transport, such as bikes and e-scooters, to go to their destinations.

PNA photo by Joey O. Razon

A MEASURE seeking to declare September 11 as a special non-working holiday in Ilocos Norte to commemorate the birth anniversary of former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, has been approved on its 3rd and final reading by the House of Representatives.

HB 7137, authored by Ilocos Norte 1st District Rep. Ria Fariñas, Ilocos Norte 2nd District Rep. Angelo Marcos Barba, and Probinsyano Ako Rep. Rudys Caesar Fariñas, garnered 197 affirmative votes, nine negative, and one abstention on Wednesday, September 2.

The bill was endorsed by the committee on Local Government as a consolidation of Barba’s HB 2218 and the Farinas siblings’ HB 4595.

According to Barba, HB 2218 is a salute to “a brilliant man whose vision for the country remains unparalleled.”

“His extraordinary display of leadership and incomparable brilliance serves as an inspiration to his fellow Ilocanos. He is a man of vision, action and wisdom,” he said in the explanatory note.

Palace distances itself Malacañang, for its part, said it will let the Congress decide the proposed measure’s fate.

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PH to continue projects involving a Chinese firm under US sanctions

by RITCHEL

MENDIOLA AJPress

MALACAÑANG on Wednesday, September 2, said the government will honor the projects involving Chinese investors as it is “satisfied” with an arbitral decision upholding the country’s sovereign rights over the West Philippine Sea. “We will respect the contracts that we entered into with Chinese companies,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque told CNN Philippines.

“There is already a decision that the Phil-

ippines has sovereign rights where they built the artificial islands and that means whoever built those artificial islands had no legal basis to do so. We are satisfied with that decision,” he added.

The spokesman also said that for as long as the Hague ruling stands, the country can proceed forward on matters that it can push like trade and investments.

Earlier, the Palace announced that all China-backed projects will proceed despite the United States blacklisting 24 state-owned Chinese firms including subsidiaries of the

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Philippine Senator Panfilo Lacson

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Philippine Airlines named among safest airlines for travelers during COVID-19 Palace sees wisdom in Lacson’s

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ANN VARONA AJPress

PHILIPPINE Airlines (PAL) has been named among the world’s top 10 safest airlines during the current coronavirus pandemic, according to a newly released database that looks at COVID-19 traveler health and safety protocols.

Of the over 150 airlines evaluated by Safe Travel Barometer, PAL was listed as the ninth safest for both travelers as of Friday, August 28, with a “Safe Travel Score” of 4.2 out of 5, a score held also by Hawaiian Airlines, Airasia Malaysia, and China Airlines.

At number one was Germany’s Photo courtesy of Philippine Airlines Lufthansa, which received a

score of 4.5. At the end of the list was Saudi Arabia’s Nesma Airlines with a score of 1.

Cebu Pacific, another Philippine airline company on the comprehensive list, received a score of 3.2.

According to Safe Travel Barometer, the travel scores are based on an independent audit of over 20 factors related to air travel, including pre-boarding, boarding, and onboard experiences.

In addition to an overall safe travel score, the database provides information on whether airlines provide other protective measures like hand sanitizer, thermal screening, and face masks, or require a health decla-

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‘designated survivor’ bill

by RITCHEL

MENDIOLA AJPress

MALACAÑANG on Wednesday, September 2, admitted that there is wisdom behind Senator Panfilo Lacson’s bill authorizing “designated survivors,” should the top four leaders of the Philippine government perish in any occasion wherein they’re all present.

“Well, you know, I think it’s based on a TV series ‘Designated Survivor.’ And while the series is based on fiction where everyone in government explodes away because of a terrorist attack during the State of the Nation Address, there is that scenario that

should be addressed,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in an interview with CNN Philippines’ The Source.

“We have a clear line of succession all the way down to the House speaker, but what happens in fact if similar to what happened in the TV series where everyone perishes? Perhaps there is definitely wisdom in the bill filed by Senator Lacson,” he added.

Under Lacson’s Senate Bill 982 that was filed last year, the most senior senator, most senior House representative, and Cabinet member designated by the President shall assume the

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Laude on October 11, 2014.

According to the court, Pemberton has served a total of 2,142 days or over five years and eight months in prison. He has also accumulated a good conduct time allowance (GCTA) of 1,548 days or more than four years.

GCTA is a sentence reduction provision given to inmates who have shown good conduct during their jail sentence.

“Accused Pemberton has a total accumulated time served with entitled of GCTA of 10 years, one month and 10 days which is more than the 10-year maximum penalty imposed by this court and affirmed by the Court of Appeals (CA),” the court said.

“Thus he is now entitled to be released for he had already served the ten (10) year maximum of his penalty,” it added.

The order was signed by Presiding Judge Roline Ginez-Jabalde.

The Department of Justice (DOJ), for its part, said the motion for reconsideration has to be resolved first before Pemberton can be released.

“The BuCor cannot preempt court action on the MR by prematurely releasing Pemberton,” Justice Undersecretary Markk

This undated file photo shows U,S, Marine Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton.

Photo courtesy of Olongapo City Police

Perete noted.

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, who once served as the private legal counsel for the Laude family, slammed the order.

“Laude’s death personifies the death of Philippine sovereignty and the light penalty imposed on Pemberton proves that despite the President’s independent foreign policy, that Americans continue to have the status of conquering colonials in our country,” Roque stressed.

Roque also said the order was an act of “judicial overreach.”

“It turns out na ang desisyon po ng hukuman ay labag po o (that the court’s decision is a violation of or) contrary to the recommendation made by the Bureau of Corrections,” he said.

“So ang ginawa po ni judge na siya na ang nag-desisyon kung paano siya bibigyan ng (the judge’s action deciding on giving) credit for good conduct is an instance of judicial overreach),” he added.

Philippine Airlines named among safest airlines...

PAGE A1 ration form.

PAL requires flyers to take a thermal screening, and asks passengers to bring their own hand sanitizer and face masks. No information on health declaration form requirements was provided on the database.

The database also provides information on other travel categories like airports, but does not assign travel scores.

Mactan-Cebu International Airport in Cebu, Philippines, for example, provides hand sanitizer and requires passengers to go through thermal screenings and to bring their own face masks.

“The fundamental premise of Safe Travel Score is to benchmark travel brands’ initiatives to reduce traveller anxiety,” explained Virenda Jain, co-founder and chief executive officer of Safe Travel. “Our independent

rating centered on traveler health and safety measures establishes a baseline for travel brands, while equally offering travelers a glimpse into what they can expect in their journeys.”

Philippine Airlines safety protocols While travel to and from the Philippines has remained closed to most foreign travelers due to the COVID-19 pandemic, PAL has continued to provide regular flights between the Philippines and the U.S. subject to changes.

As of August 15, domestic and international passengers of PAL are required to bring their own face shields, in addition to face masks, to be worn throughout their flights and inside airports.

According to the airline company, face shields must be of “good quality — clear and sturdy with a snug fit that covers the entire face.”

Face masks of any kind, including “do-it-yourself masks,” are sufficient, however, stricter guidelines are put in place for certain destinations.

Travelers flying to and from Hawaii, for example, are required to wear surgical masks while those flying to and from Auckland, New Zealand, are required to wear medical-grade masks like surgical masks or N95 respirators.

Failure to bring a mask or face shield will mean being turned away from their flights. Infants up to 2 years old are exempt from the mask and face shield requirements.

Travelers are also asked to bring their own hand sanitizers and are allowed to bring up to 10 pieces of 100mL hand sanitizers with a maximum content of 70% alcohol as part of their carry-on. n

MEGA CONTACT TRACING CENTER. Valenzuela Mayor Rex Gatchalian (center, in barong) shows Chief Implementer of the country’s National Policy Against COVID-19, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. (left, in blue polo shirt) how their contact tracing system works, at the Social Hall of the Valenzuela City Hall on Tuesday, September 1. The city implements a “contactless” system that enables contact tracers to attend to emails on all incoming and outgoing requests and queries and call those possibly exposed to the virus. PNA photo by Robert Oswald P. Alfiler

Palace sees wisdom in Lacson’s ‘designated...

PAGE A1 powers and duties of the Office of the President until the following election, in case all other successors indicated in the Constitution dies or become permanently disabled.

Lacson on Monday, August 31, urged his colleagues to pass the measure.

“To avert a potential constitutional crisis and leadership vacuum, the process to pass a ‘designated survivor’ measure guaranteeing the continuity and stability of operations in government should be started immedi-

ately,” he said in a statement.

“Because of the failure of Congress to pass the necessary legislation in extending the line of succession beyond the Speaker of the House of Representatives, a constitutional crisis is possible if all 4 top elected officials, God forbid, die in one event such as the State of the Nation Address due to a terrorist attack in the Batasang Pambansa, or any occasion where the president and all three officials in the line of constitutional succession are present,” he added.

Roque, however, noted that

Lacson now needs to “find a counterpart measure in the House because the author in the House has withdrawn her authorship of the bill.”

On Sunday, August 30, Quezon City 2nd District Rep. Precious Hipolito-Castelo withdrew House Bill 4062, which she filed in August 2019.

She said the bill’s withdrawal was meant to dispel any notion that she was ignoring the line of succession to the presidency, which includes the Vice President, the Senate President, and the House Speaker. n

PH to continue projects involving a Chinese...

PAGE A1 state-owned China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), which bagged Cavite’s Sangley Point International Airport project.

“The president declared last night that the Americans can blacklist Chinese companies in their territories in America and maybe in their military bases under their jurisdiction. But what the president said was clear: He will not follow the directives of Americans because we are a free and independent nation and we need those investments from China,” Roque said in a mix of Filipino and English on Tuesday, Sept. 1.

“We are not a vassal state of any foreign power,” he added.

Roque also confirmed that the Sangley project will proceed as planned.

“So Sangley [project] and all other projects, regardless of which Chinese contractor is involved, will continue because the national interest is to ensure the flagship projects under Build, Build, Build will be finished,” he

said.

The Chinese Embassy in Manila, for its part, welcomed the Philippines’ decision to move forward with the projects.

“We have taken note of the statement made by the Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque that President Duterte charted an independent foreign policy course that puts the national interest at the core,” said Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian.

“And that the national interest of the Philippines is to ensure the completion of the flagship projects under the Build, Build, Build program,” he added.

Xilian also maintained that the cooperation between President Xi’s Belt and Road initiative and Duterte’s Build, Build, Build program has achieved “fruitful results.”

“I believe that any attempt to undermine the normal economic cooperation between China and the Philippines will never succeed,” he said.

Locsin backpedals Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. recanted his

earlier statement to terminate local contracts with any Chinese companies that have been sanctioned by the U.S. “President is right: A sovereign choice. Also, if we break a contract, we get sued abroad,” he said Wednesday, following the Palace’s announcement.

Locsin on Friday, August 28, said local contracts with any Chinese companies involved in island-building activities in the West Philippine Sea should be rescinded.

“If I find that any of those companies are doing business with us then I would strongly recommend terminating the relationship with that company,” he said in an interview over CNN Philippines.

“If they were in any way involved in the reclamation, then it becomes consistent on our part to terminate any contract with them. Of course, since the contract was already entered into, they could sue us back... I’m very careful about validating anything China does by inaction,” he added. n

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PAGE A1 “Rerespetuhin po ng Presidente kung ano po ang magiging desisyon ng mga policy-maker sa Kongreso (The President will respect whatever the decision of Congress’ policy-makers would be),” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said on Thursday, September 3.

“Iyan naman po ay katungkulan ng Kongreso. Rerespetuhin po kung ano ang magiging desisyon ng Kongreso (That’s the Congress’ job. We will respect whatever Congress’ decision would be),” he added.

In 2017, President Rodrigo Duterte signed Proclamation 310 which declared Sept. 11 as a special non-working day in Ilocos Norte to mark Marcos’ birth anniversary.

The proclamation stated that the Ilocano community would be given the opportunity to commemorate “his life and contributions to national development as a World War II veteran, distinguished legislator, and former president.”

Marcos, the 10th President of the Republic of the Philippines, was born on September 11, 1917 in Sarrat, Ilocos Norte.

Various groups protest Lawmakers and various progressive groups expressed dismay over the approval of HB 7137.

Albay 1st District Representative Edcel Lagman, one of the nine legislators who voted in the negative, said Marcos does not deserve a holiday commemorating him.

“In the same manner that the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos is not truly entitled to be buried in the Libingan ng mga Bayani because of the gross repressions and corruption during the Marcos martial law regime, he does not also deserve a ‘President Ferdinand Edralin Marcos Day’ as proposed in House Bill No. 7137,” he said.

“The birthday of the one who

has arrogated and abused power, defiled human rights, and betrayed the people’s trust must not be celebrated by a legislated holiday,” Lagman added.

Bayan Muna Rep. Eufemia Cullamat also voted no to the proposed measure.

“Anong klaseng pagiisip nito na dapat kailangan pagdiwang ang isang magnanakaw ng kaban ng bayan at mamamatay tao? Ito ay napakalaking kalapastangan ng ating kasaysayan (What kind of thinking is this that calls for the celebration of a plunderer of the country’s coffers and a killer?

This is a big desecration of our history),” she said.

“Hindi nito nirerespeto ang hatol ng kasaysayan at ang mga biktima ng Martial Law ni Marcos. Hindi kailanman makakalimutan ng taongbayan ang ginawang kahayupan at kalapastangan ng panahon ni Marcos (This disrespects history’s judgment and the victims of Marcos’ Martial Law. The people will never forget the atrocities and abuses of the Marcos regime),” Cullamat added.

Bayan Muna Rep. Ferdinand Gaite, for his part, stressed that the proposed bill was an injustice to Marcos’ victims.

“Isang malaking injustice ito sa mga pinaslang, ikinulong, mga human rights victims noong panahon ng diktadurya na ngayon ay parang nakalimutan na sa kasaysayan (This is a big injustice to those who were killed, detained, and those who became human-rights victims during the time of the dictatorship that we are now seemingly forgetting),” he said.

Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate, meanwhile, urged the public to oppose this historical revisionism.

“Huwag nating hayaan itong itinutulak na rebisyonismo na gustong pabanguhin ang pangalan ng mga Marcos (Let us not allow this revision they are pushing just to change the image of

the Marcoses),” he said.

“Naitala na sa kasaysayan na si Marcos ay hindi bayani, siya ay diktador, siya ay mandarambong, siya ay mamamatay-tao at hindi ito mabubura lamang sa pamamagitan ng ganitong paglalabas ng isang batas na i-celebrate ang kanyang birthday as Marcos Day kahit sabihin natin na sa isang probinsya lang yan (It was written in history that Marcos is no hero, he’s a dictator, he’s a plunderer, he’s a murderer and this can’t be easily erased merely by issuing a law that will celebrate his birthday as Marcos Day, even if we say it is just in the province),” Zarate added.

Karapatan and Kabataan Partylist likewise slammed the bill.

“The bill seeks to deodorize the image of a murderer, a plunderer and a criminal. It is a grave disgrace to the memory of martial law victims and survivors, who have been violated many times over by the Marcos dictatorship,” said Karapatan Secretary-General Cristina Palabay in a statement.

Meanwhile, Kabataan Partylist said: “Tila nakalimutan na ng [197] na kongresistang pumanig sa panukalang batas na ito ang daang-daang tao na pinatay, inaresto, pinahirapan, at naging desaparecidos noong panahon ng Martial Law (It seems like the [197] legislators who sided with this bill have forgotten the hundreds of people who were murdered, arrested, tortured, and who became desaparecidos during Martial Law).”

“Walang pagsidlan ang galit ng mga kabataan sa pagsampal ng ating Kongreso sa alaala ng mga mamamayang nasawi noong panahon ng pamamasista ng diktadurang Marcos; mga kabataang makabayan na nagbuwis ng buhay (The youth is boiling with anger at Congress for dishonoring the memory of our countrymen who died during the Marcos dictatorship; patriotic youth who lost their lives),” it added. n

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4351 N. Lamont St., LV 89115

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155 E. Paradise Hills Dr., HEN 89002

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200 N. 28th St., LV 89101

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2000 S. Sloan Ln., LV 89142

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2400 Cozy Hill Cir., HEN 89052

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1340 E. State Hwy. 168, Moapa 89025

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1 Lincoln St., Moapa NV 89025

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320 N. Moapa Valley Blvd., Overton 89040

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1870 N. Lamont St., LV 89115

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491 N. Lamb Blvd., LV 89110

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9107 Del Webb Blvd., LV 89134

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7929 W. Mountains Edge Pkwy., LV 89178

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1250 S. Nellis Blvd., LV 89104

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1450 Radwick Dr., LV 89110

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8455 O'Hare Rd., LV 89143

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4775 Mcleod Dr., LV 89121

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3200 Ferndale St., LV 89121

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1625 W. Carey Ave., North LV 89032

Rainbow Library

3150 N. Buffalo Dr., LV 89128

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1900 Searles Ave., LV 89101

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2501 Winwood St., LV 89108

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600 S. Grand Central Pkwy., LV 89106

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9600 W. Sahara Ave., LV 89117

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1420 E. Pearl Ave., Sandy Valley 89019

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8101 N. Torrey Pines Dr., LV 89131

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8680 W. Hammer Ln., LV 89149

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6930 Arroyo Crossing Pkwy., LV 89113

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4525 Jimmy Durante Blvd., LV 89122

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2500 N. Hollywood Blvd., LV 89156

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10377 Rancho Destino Rd., LV 89183

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4100 Blue Diamond Rd., LV 89139

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900 Arizona St., Boulder City 89005

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3528 S. Maryland Pkwy., LV 89169

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7431 Egan Crest Dr., LV 89166

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2505 N. Bruce St., North LV 89030

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307 Cannes St., HEN 89015

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200 W. Virgin St., Bunkerville 89007

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355 W. Van Wagenen St., HEN 89015

Cadwallader, Ralph L. Mid. Sch.

7775 Elkhorn Rd., LV 89131

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3930 Cambridge St., LV 89119

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5450 Redwood St., LV 89118

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7808 S. Torrey Pines Dr., LV 89139

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8625 Spencer St., LV 89123

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4622 W. Desert Inn Rd., LV 89102

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11420 Placid St., LV 89183

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7881 W. Tropical Pkwy., LV 89149

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200 Michael Wendell Way, Searchlight 89046

Clark County Building Department

4701 W. Russell Rd., LV, Nevada 89118

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3465 Englestad St., North LV 89032

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1301 Whipple Ave., Logandale 89021

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5050 Brent Ln., LV 89131

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2100 Bonnie Ln., LV 89156

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9711 S. Eastern Ave., #H4, LV 89183

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3810 Shadow Peak Dr., LV 89129

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550 Dave Wood Cir., HEN 89011

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1001 Coronado Center Dr., HEN 89052

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251 W. Boston Ave., LV 89102

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280 Clark Dr., HEN 89074

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2450 Hampton Rd., HEN 89052

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1900 W. Deer Springs Way, North LV 89084

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2020 W. Horizon Ridge Pkwy., HEN 89012

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640 E. Deer Springs Way, North LV 89084

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1350 Flat Top Mesa Dr., Mesquite, NV 89034

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1900 S. Lisa Ln., LV 89117

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3500 W. Gilmore Ave., North LV 89032

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8275 Spring Mountain Rd., LV 89117

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5800 W. Pyle Ave., LV 89141

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6600 W. Erie Ave., LV 89141

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9400 W. Gilmore Ave., LV 89129

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10360 Sun City Blvd., LV 89134

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6510 Buckskin Ave., LV 89108

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1960 Ferrell St., LV 89106

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215 Antelope Ridge Dr., LV 89138

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1940 Chickasaw Dr., HEN 89002

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4000 El Parque Ave., LV 89102

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1930 J St., LV 89106

Veterans Memorial Leisure Ctr.

101 N. Pavilion Center Dr., LV 89144

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1650 S. Pavilion Center Dr., LV 89135

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3075 N. Walnut Rd., LV 89115

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2200 Reunion Dr., HEN 89052

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5712 Missouri Ave., LV 89122

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9525 W. Maule Ave., LV 89148

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450 E. Eldorado Ln., LV 89123

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9905 W. Mesa Vista Ave., LV 89148

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1030 J St, LV 89106 3130 Mcleod Dr., LV 89121

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6635 Cougar Ave., LV 89139

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8601 S. Grand Canyon Dr., LV 89178

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4027 W. Washburn Rd., North LV 89031

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3235 E. Hacienda Ave., LV 89120

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3875 E. Harmon Ave., LV 89121

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1300 W. Sunset Rd., HEN 89014

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701 Skyline Rd., HEN 89002

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Acclaimed Fil-Am restaurant Ma’am Sir has closed

by Christina

M. Oriel

AJPress

GARDEN ACCESSORIES. A woman chooses from the figurines for a garden displayed on the sidewalk along Dapitan Street in Quezon City on Wednesday, September 2. Also on display are wooden baskets, picture frames and flower pots, among others. PNA photo by Joseph Razon

A year into Paula del Mundo’s mysterious...

PAGE A1 to rescuing and finding missing persons across the United States.

Funded by donations, the search assigned for Paula was composed of a 12-man search team from various parts of Texas. They used various search gadgets and had K9 dogs, motorized boats, and drones.

The youngest sister, Lolita, who worked with Paula at the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital in Tampa, represented the family and flew to Texas to meet the group. With no traces or remains found, the search team decided to undertake another follow-up search scheduled this October.

To saturate publicity of Paula’s loss, production of weatherproof posters will be placed in strategic locations both in Fort Worth and Dallas with the benevolent support of CUE to handle this undertaking, Yolanda shared.

Malaya Movement, a human rights activist group in Texas through the initiative of Fil-Am Sarah Jalandoon, has put up a memorial landmark with plastic flowers and a laminated missing person poster where Paula was last spotted by an airport surveillance camera.

According to Yolanda, through the persistent action of Caiti Le Ward, the caseworker assigned

by Malaya Movement, they were able to track down the exact spot where Paula was last seen.

Prior to the lockdown last March, a follow-up search by the family, represented by Paula’s siblings, Leonor a retired nurse from California, and Yolanda from New York was planned.

However, due to the rising cases of COVID-19 in Texas, they cancelled their trip and instead, the family hired a private investigator to continue the search.

After more than two months of no progress, the family decided to call it off.

“Later, we found out, we were scammed and demanded a full refund of the one time upfront $5,000 demanded from us for the investigation services,” Yolanda said.

Mysterious disappearance Paula’s sisters consider her as a force to be reckoned with, a strong and driven individual who always puts her family first.

Which is why they know that she had no plan or intention of going away from them.

At DFW, Paula reportedly had changed her mind about the vacation. She texted her sister in Florida, saying that she was abandoning her travel plans and asked her to purchase a return ticket to Tampa.

“She even relayed her last messages to my youngest sister Lolita, for her to get her return ticket back to Tampa. However, when my sister was about to confirm, Paula could no longer be contacted. It was tough because we feel she does not deserve to vanish and leave her family worrying for her,” Yolanda told the Asian Journal. “It was supposed to be a scheduled vacation treat to be in Cozumel, Mexico where all her travel and accommodation expenses [were] already taken care of.”

For them, it was typical for Paula to make her own arrangements since she is organized and systematic in all her travels, including her last two vacation trips to the Dominican Republic.

“And the thought that she was lost in Texas than in any other state was already terrifying for us to take. She was supposed to be only passing through, in transit.

DFW Airport was only her jumpoff point to Mexico,” Yolanda said.

Hate crimes against transgender women of color were reportedly on the rise in Texas, according to the local media that talked about a string of transgender attacks in the Dallas area last year.

Airport cameras caught Paula aimlessly walking through the huge DFW airport premises. She was not carrying any luggage, although the sisters know she had a yellow Nautica trolley bag.

Paula del Mundo, a Fil-Am transgender nursing assistant, remains missing a year after being last spotted at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport where she was on a layover en route to Mexico for a vacation.

Photo courtesy of the del Mundo family

LOS ANGELES has lost one of its beloved modern Filipino American restaurants with the closure of Ma’am Sir along Sunset Boulevard, its chef and owner Charles Olalia announced on Friday, August 28.

Olalia took to Instagram to share the fate of his restaurant, which had occupied a 1,800square-foot space in the Silver Lake neighborhood since June 2018.

“It all started with a wish. I wished for a place where Lucas can run and play, a place where people can come and enjoy Filipino cuisine, and an overall beautiful restaurant for the community to gather. Ma’am sir fulfilled that for me and so much more. Ma’am sir was my home. God listened to my prayers and blessed us with this place,” the post said.

The chef, who is originally from Pampanga, Philippines, was set to pursue a medical career but came to the United States in 2005 and ended up enrolling in a culinary program.

Trained in French cuisine and fine dining, Olalia’s experiences include The French Laundry, Patina (where he spent four years rising up from sous chef to chef de cuisine then to executive chef), and mar’sel at Terranea Resort.

In 2015, he began hosting popup, family-style dinners under the name A’postrophe where he had the chance to cook dishes he grew up eating. That led to Rice Bar, a seven-seat, 275-squarefoot space in Downtown LA that received numerous recognitions, including a spot on late food critic Jonathan Gold’s 101 Best Restaurants list. (Rice Bar eventually closed in 2019 as Olalia wanted

The exterior of Ma’am Sir along Sunset Boulevard in LA’s Silver Lake neighborhood AJPress file photo by Christina M. Oriel

to focus more on the Silver Lake restaurant).

“This was my way of staking a claim in my own heritage and making it available to people the way I see it,” he told the Asian Journal in a previous interview.

In June 2018, he opened the doors of Ma’am Sir, which featured a menu that had instant favorites like the sea urchin lumpia to the Happy Birthday Chicken.

It became a gathering place for the community to share familystyle meals or meet up for a drink as the cocktail menu featured Filipino flavors and spirits. The spot early on earned its place on the Los Angeles Times’ “101

Restaurants We Love” and GQ’s “Best New Restaurants in America.”

As Ma’am Sir may be one of the latest restaurant casualties in LA, Olalia remained hopeful that he will welcome diners again in the future in another form.

“There will come a time when I can welcome you again,” he wrote, adding “As generic as it sounds, I may have closed this chapter, but I gained family in you all.”

He told the Asian Journal in 2018, “Every time I open a restaurant, I always want to create a community. I’d love for people to make us part of their lives.” n

Known as a mother figure, 62-year-old Filipina dies of COVID-19 in Southern California

by AJPress

Photo taken during Paula’s visit to New York where she celebrated her 58th birthday in June 2018. Seated, from left: Susan, Paula, Leonor; standing from left: Lilia and Lolita.

Photo courtesy of the del Mundo family

Fond memories Paula is the ninth among a dozen siblings, two of whom have passed away.

Leonor and Erlinda are based in California, Lilia and Lolita live in Florida and Yolanda is from New York. Susan is in Manila, along with their eldest sister and two older brothers.

“She is my most favorite, special, and loved amongst my siblings,” Susan told the Asian Journal.

A former Tourism Attache in the Department of Tourism New York office, Susan took care of Paula when she was sick, gave her medication and was by her side until she felt better.

“I had to take Paula with me when I was posted in London and spent one-year with me. She was hardworking, [had] never been late or absent (except when sick), and most liked by her colleagues at the travel agency in London,” she shared.

“My regret, Paula never joined me in my trips [through] Europe, only a weekend [in] England’s countryside, as she refused to take off days from work. Very hardworking and prudent in spending for herself. Now that Paula is missing, I’m praying for her safety and God’s protection wherever she maybe,” Susan added.

Lilia, the nurse practitioner from Lake City, Florida, said that when she and her son first arrived in the States, they stayed with their sister Leonor in California.

Although a doctor in Manila, Lilia took up nursing and while she was preoccupied with her Board review, Paula would always bring food for them to share at night and treated them to the movies.

Lolita was the one who helped Paula the most to settle in Florida.

“For Paula, it was a long-cherished freedom, to live independently. Paula was able to get her apartment adjacent to her workplace. It was Lolita who encouraged her to apply in the same hospital she was working,”

Yolanda shared. “Since both of them have different shifts in the hospital, Paula would make it a point to bring food that she cooked for Lolita as Lolita, a single mother with 4 kids hardly has time to prepare her food.”

Married to a U.S. citizen, Leonor, the sister from California, was 24 years old when she left Manila in December 1980.

On the day of her departure for the United States, and after bidding goodbye to everyone, Leonor realized that Paula was nowhere to be found. She found her in her room, alone and crying. Paula told her, “Ate Len, please don’t forget to sponsor me to come to America.”

She made a vow to petition all her siblings to join her in her new home. She made true to her promise and Paula was the first to be petitioned.

At the age of 48, Paula came to America and stayed with Len in California for seven years. Len also sponsored Paula’s nursing assistant studies and was immediately hired as a caregiver because she finished at the top of her class. Paula’s fluency in Nippongo was an asset she used in conversing with senior Japanese wives who hardly could speak English.

The siblings regularly communicate and discuss their plans of action for Paula. They have tried all possible ways they could think of, even through, spiritual and psychic means.

“We never lose hope. We never cease praying. We regularly pray the holy rosary as a family both in the U.S. and Manila with our special intention that she may be found safe. We continue to believe that one day a miracle is bound to happen,” Yolanda said.

For now, they continue to wait.

“Every cloud has a silver lining.

There is always light at the end of the tunnel. And as our family tirelessly pray, whatever the consequences will be, may justice be served for trans Fil-Ams like Paula whose only wish is to reach her American dream,” Yolanda said.

(Momar G. Visaya/AJPress)

FONDLY called “Mama Teng,” Maria Teresa Banson was revered as a mother figure to students and colleagues.

Before migrating to Southern California in April 2005, she taught computer science and other subjects at St. Paul University, Iloilo City, Philippines.

“Mama extended her motherly figure to her students at St Paul.

She would guide and inspire her advisory class and was one of the go-to teachers,” her daughter Aileen Banson told the Asian Journal.

The older Banson was known for being talkative, yet inquisitive, which was why students sought her for advice.

“She would ask questions and let you feel that she is present and listening. Her contagious smile was what made her approachable and [not] intimidating and her aura made you comfortable around her,” Aileen added.

When she arrived in her new home, Banson found employment as a secretary at an immigration law firm. She then moved to Hubert Humphrey Comprehensive Health Center, a primary and urgent care center operated

by Los Angeles County, where she was employed as a clerk for almost 12 years. There, she was known for sharing food with her co-workers.

Banson — who had survived a stroke 20 years ago and was hypertensive and borderline diabetic — began showing symptoms on June 2 and tested positive for COVID-19 four days later.

She was admitted to the hospital on June 10 and was moved to the intensive care unit by the 16th, during which she was sedated for 11 days until her death on

Maria Teresa Banson (January 25, 1958 — June 27, 2020)

June 27. She was 62 years old.

Banson lived in Huntington Park, California with Rolando Banson, her husband of 40 years.

She is survived by two brothers, Danilo Baltazar and Mario Baltazar; her four children, Aileen Banson, Kim Roland Banson, Jule Bryan Banson and Ken Philip Banson; and one grandchild.

“One of her most prized possessions was her Toyota Camry hybrid car that she loved driving around but funnily enough never took to the freeway because she was afraid of freeways. She acted as the ‘GPS’ to my dad whenever they had long drives and my dad would sometimes tease her that that was one of her ways of dominating him,” Aileen said.

Her children remember Ban-

Photo courtesy of Aileen Banson

son for being thoughtful by always checking in through a text or phone call. When they got together as a family, she would come bearing fruits and make sure they were well fed.

Outside of work, Banson loved to travel with her best friend, Mary Therese Valdevieso, who was also a teacher at St. Paul.

The two would visit their former students across the U.S. “She had planned a lot more travels and it is unfortunate that these plans will not materialize anymore. But it is somehow comforting to think that she embarked on her ultimate travel — to heaven,” Aileen said.

Her family plans to put her to rest in the Philippines when it is safe to travel. n

Part of Route 35 in Daly City to be named after...

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A prominent community leader of the 20th century, Bulos was born on March 31, 1930 in the Philippines, where she earned degrees at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila. She then became a professor of sociology and department chair, and in 1972, she migrated to Northern California where, for four decades, she would empower the Filipino American community with her activism.

She inspired and became the spiritual leader for generations of Filipino American leaders like Daly City Councilmember Ray Buenaventura, who told Inquirer.net that “Alice Bulos meant the world to me. We formed a special relationship from the moment we met. She is like family to me, my mentor, confidant, mother, advisor, conscience and critic. I loved her dearly and wanted to do something to make sure her name will be memorialized forever.”

As an advocate for Filipino American representation in public office, Bulos’ local im-

Community leader “Tita” Alice Bulos

pact evolved into nationwide recognition. In the 1990s, thenPresident Bill Clinton appointed Bulos to the National Council on Aging, making her the first FilAm appointed by a sitting president to serve a federal post.

Bulos has also served on the Filipino American Caucus for the California Democratic Party, the National Filipino Women’s Network and the National Asian Pacific Democratic Council, making her a formidable figure

in the progressive wing of FilAm politics.

Bulos passed away in 2016 at 86 years old, but her reputation as the loving “Tita Alice” remains among Filipino American leaders in California, including members of the Filipino American Democratic Club of San Mateo County which credits Bulos for encouraging Filipino Americans to run for office.

“Throughout her life, Tita Alice was committed to opening doors for young Fil-Ams who wanted to enter public service and politics but did not see themselves represented in those places of power,” the club wrote in a statement. “Tita Alice has left an everlasting mark in commuters all over California and especially here in the Bay Area where she called home. While she is no longer with us, her memory lives on in her family and the numerous friends, supporters and pupils she inspired over her decades of service.”

The Alice Pena Bulos Memorial Highway signposts are set to be installed next year. (Klarize Medenilla/AJPress)

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A chance for PhilHealth reforms A YEAR and another corruption scandal ago, Ricardo Morales was appointed president and chief executive officer of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. The retired Army brigadier general was moved from the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System to PhilHealth amid reports that the state insurer had paid for kidney treatments of dead patients at the Wellmed Dialysis Center.

The National Bureau of Investigation has filed criminal charges for corruption and fraud against 21 PhilHealth accreditation officials over the “ghost” dialysis claims. Roy Ferrer lost his post as PhilHealth president and CEO. Now Morales himself is out of the post and has been recommended for criminal indictment by the Senate committee of the whole, which includes all members of the chamber, in connection with new PhilHealth anomalies. Resigned and incumbent PhilHealth officials have said a syndicate or “mafia” is behind the continuing anomalies in the agency.

This is the challenge now facing Dante Gierran, a lawyer and accountant who once headed the NBI, and is now tasked to undertake the cleansing in PhilHealth that was assigned to Morales. The challenge is daunting.

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Morales, who is battling cancer and wished Gierran good health in the top PhilHealth post, has said it would take about three years and an external management team to clean up the agency. Morales says PhilHealth is “not configured” for clean and efficient management.

He points to hospitals, working in collusion with PhilHealth insiders, for the rot in the agency.

Gierran is assuming the PhilHealth post amid high expectations that he can carry out the long overdue honest-to-goodness housecleaning. The problem is complicated by the disclosure of Rodolfo del Rosario Jr., who resigned as PhilHealth senior vice president for the legal sector, that the regional directors of the agency who have been tagged in the scandal have political backers.

Gierran will have to navigate this minefield as he implements structural reforms that will plug opportunities for stealing PhilHealth funds while at the same time identifying, prosecuting and penalizing those behind the anomalous activities.

In this pandemic, it is a national tragedy that one of the most critical agencies in the COVID response is mired in a corruption scandal. The agency badly needs to regain public confidence. A new chief should pave the way for the long overdue overhaul of PhilHealth. (Philstar.com)

Editorial

The Fil-Am Perspective GEL SANTOS-RELOS DOOMSDAY in America is what President Donald Trump has been scaring people about in his campaign. He warns that if his opponent, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, wins in November, then people will not be safe with all the chaos, violence, and killing happening in the country.

He claims only he can fix this and bring law and order back in America.

No self-respecting and thinking Republican, Democrat, or Independent will choose to be blind to the truth because the fact is: all that he is warning voters about is already happening under his watch, in Trump’s America.

Trump purposely fans the flame of hate, mistrust, and division in America. He emboldens racists, white supremacists and right-wing extremists. This is his own doing. His words, actions and policies have been inciting the chaos, violence and carnage we are now experiencing.

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Law and order president? The chaos and violence Trump wants you to be fearful and hateful of is happening now under his watch because of his failed leadership, especially in handling the coronavirus pandemic, he uses the tactic that got him elected in 2016: stoking racial and cultural divide. He is desperate to be re-elected to buy time and escape all the lawsuits waiting to be filed against him for all the crimes and transgressions he has committed against the Constitution and the American people.

The violence, looting, and destruction we now see are perpetrated NOT by the peaceful Black Lives Matter Movement protesters rallying against racism and racial injustice in America, but by opportunists, anarchists, right-wing extremists and white supremacists, some of them coming from other states and cities. This is tactically done so Trump can blame protesters and the Democrats, and cast himself as the “savior” and the “hero” for the crises he and his administration have created.

Trump has been using people as pawns and props for his fabricated narrative to appeal to his base and to convince those who are still undecided

to vote for him, using lies, fearmongering and doomsday scenarios.

The violence and crimes happening in America are not mainly perpetrated by peaceful protesters, Black Lives Matter activists, Antifa, immigrants and Democrats as alleged by Trump — the so-called “bad guys” in his playbook that he loves to blame and demonize.

Here is the truth about the issue from Anti-Defamation League (ADL). ADL is a leading anti-hate organization that was founded in 1913 in response to an escalating climate of antiSemitism and bigotry, and its timeless mission is to protect the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment for all.

The facts from the ADL’s annual Murder and Extremism report that Trump does not really want you to know: “Of the 42 extremist-related murders in the U.S. last year, 38 were committed by individuals subscribing to various far-right ideologies, including white supremacy.

ADL ranked 2019 as the sixth-deadliest year on record

for extremist-related violence since 1970.

A total of 17 separate incidents were counted last year.

The deadliest, by far, was the August white supremacist shooting spree at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, which left 22 people dead and at least 24 more wounded. Including the El Paso attack, white supremacists were behind 81 percent of the domestic extremist-related murders in 2019.

Right-wing extremists were responsible for 90 percent of such murders in 2019 and for 330 deaths over the course of the last decade, accounting for 76 percent of all domestic extremist-related murders in that time.

“Over the last decade, rightwing extremists have been responsible for more than 75 percent of extremist-related murders in this country,” said ADL CEO Jonathan A. Greenblatt. “This should no longer come as a shock to anyone.

Lawmakers, law enforcement and the public need to recognize the grave and dangerous threat posed by violent white supremacy. We cannot begin

This Labor Day, honor workers not just with words, but with action Remarks

CONGRESSWOMAN DINA TITUS (NV-01) “LABOR Day is a time to celebrate the industriousness, talent, and perseverance of the American workforce. This year, we have seen these qualities on display more than ever. Our frontline workers have donned scrubs and saved lives. Some of them have put on gloves and bagged groceries. Others have equipped themselves with masks to deliver vital medications or turned on computers to teach our students from a distance.

Personally, I believe those of us in public service should do more than praise them.

We have to make sure our frontline workers are finally paid what they are worth. That is why House Democrats voted back in May to pass the Heroes Act to provide premium pay to frontline employees; send a new round of direct payments to Americans; and ensure that teachers, paramedics, and firefighters do not lose their jobs due to budget cuts. Our bill would also extend the $600 per week federal unemployment assistance, expand rent aid, and make the investments we need in testing and tracing to get this virus under control.

Unfortunately, President Trump continues to block this critical legislation while the virus spreads and more families struggle to make ends meet. That is the kind of approach you get from someone who does not understand what it is like to worry about

whether you have enough in your bank account to pay rent or put food on the table.

Nevadans deserve better.

This pandemic has revealed some longlasting inequities in our society that must be reversed. Data shows that communities of color, including the Asian population, have experienced a higher than average infection and death rate from COVID-19. And due to an increase of anti-Asian rhetoric, particularly from the President with his use of terms like ‘Chinese virus,’ ‘Wuhan virus,’ and ‘Kung-flu,’ Asian Americans have been targeted by xenophobic attacks. That’s why I cosponsored Rep. Grace Meng’s resolution to denounce these attacks, and I’ll continue to stand alongside all working families and advocate for a living wage and good benefits. Of course, we still have more work to do to guarantee on-the-job safety and ban discrimination in the workplace. If the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed anything, it is that quality, affordable health care should not be a luxury.

Unlike some of our neighbors, we are lucky to live in a state that recognizes the importance of organized labor. Nevadans understand that the middle-class built this country and unions built the middle-class.

Everyone benefits when workers are treated with dignity and respect. A union is a tide that lifts all boats. Organizations like the SEIU, AFL-CIO, Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, Philippine Nurses Association of Nevada, and Culinary Union support the workforce that makes our community what it is.

This Labor Day, let us honor workers not just with words, but with action. Frontline employees have done so much for all of us

over these last several months and it’s time that we step up for them. We must also ensure that those who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own have a job to return to and a lifeline while they are unemployed. Anything less would be a disservice to those who have sacrificed so much for Southern Nevada.

Las Vegas is a resilient city. We’ve proven that before and we’ll prove it once again.

Thanks to our dedicated and diverse workforce, I know that if we can come together, we can build back even better than before.” *** Serving the First Congressional District of Nevada, Congresswoman Dina Titus has built a strong record of achievement as both an educator and a public servant. As a professor, Dr. Titus taught American and Nevada government classes from 1979 through June 2011 at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where she has professor emeritus status. A noted non-fiction writer, she is internationally known for her expertise in the history and policies related to nuclear power, weaponry, and waste as well as for her knowledge of the popular lore of “Atomic Culture.”

to defeat this deadly form of hatred if we fail to even recognize it.”

The past five years (20152019) include four of the deadliest years on record for extremist murders. Last year, the number of extremist-related fatalities in the U.S. declined slightly from the previous year, dropping from 53 fatalities in 2018 to 43 in 2019. But last year’s total was still higher than 2017, when 41 deaths were recorded.

For the eighth year in a row, firearms were the weapon of choice for domestic extremists. Guns were involved in 86 percent of last year’s fatalities.

In the past 10 years, 315 of the 435 people (72 percent) killed in the U.S. by extremists were shot to death. The increase in extremist-related shooting sprees in recent years is of particular concern.

These are the people Trump referred to as “very fine people” after one woman, 32-yearold Heather Heyer, was killed by a white supremacist while she protested at a rally of altright groups, who were defending the white supremacists

and neo-Nazis in August 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia.

These “very fine people” in Trump’s playbook were neoNazis who staged a torchlight parade, unabashedly chanting anti-Semitic slogans, and roughed up students locked in arms around a statue of Thomas Jefferson. When the violence escalated and became fatal, Trump immediately blamed the “alt-left,” the Antifa, and defended the neo-Nazis.

In May of this year, Black American George Floyd was arrested and killed by a white Minneapolis police officer who knelt on his neck for eight minutes as he was handcuffed and faced down pleading for his life, saying “I can’t breathe.”

In the wake of this brutal murder, Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement protesters rallied in Minneapolis (and in other parts of the country and the world) to fight against racial injustice. Chaos, looting and violence perpetrated by anarchists, opportunists followed. Trump and his administration were quick to blame antifa without bases in fact.

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Celebrating Labor Day and a call to action THIS Labor Day fessional and is unlike what we technical occuCommentary have experienced pations such as in our lifetimes. nurses and engiWhile the Covidneers 19 pandemic has GLORIA T. CAOILE On this Labor eliminated our DIRECTOR OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT Day, we need time-honored tra- ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LABOR ALLIANCE NV to celebrate our dition of parades victories and acand picnics, it has complishments. not dissuaded Asian Pacific Ameri- More importantly, we need to excan workers from celebrating La- press our gratitude to the countless bor Day and reflecting on what still essential workers who are risking needs to be done. their lives to keep us safe. A vast In the late nineteenth and early majority of the healthcare workers twentieth centuries, Asian Pa- in hospitals and care facilities in cific Americans were relegated to the Las Vegas area are APA workthe lowest paying jobs and worst ers. They are our heroes. working conditions. They worked This pandemic is underscoring in agriculture, railroad construc- the inequalities in our social and tion, mining, manufacturing, tak- economic structure. Many APA ing jobs that no one else wanted. workers in the hospitality indusDespite legal and political barriers, try have lost their jobs and health racial animosity, and the disregard insurance. Being a union member of the larger labor movement, our may provide some protection in seearly pioneers persevered in their niority, but the economic collapse fight to improve their working con- brought about by hotel and casino ditions. closures has devastated families.

Times have changed. With the We need to act and support leadpassage of the Civil Rights Act pro- ers who are committed to putting hibiting racially segregated labor an end to this health and economic unions, changes in immigration crisis! laws, and multiplicity of language Whether or not you belong to and technical skills, APA union a union, you need to vote. Elecmembership rapidly increased. tion Day is Tuesday, November 3, Workers in the garment, restau- 2020. rant, hotel services were unionSo much is at stake this election ized. So were the more educated so please do not take it for granted. who secured employment in pro- Please vote. ■

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Antifa is not a single group with a clear organizational structure or leader. It is a decentralized network of activists who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t coordinate. Antifa is a monicker for these people whose common goal is opposing anything that they think is racist or fascist. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Experts who have studied antifa say there is no evidence that the fringe, amorphous group is driving nationwide protests, and Trump hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t cited anything specific as he accused them of doing so,â&#x20AC;? the Washington Post reported.

But according to the Post, even as the protests have been overwhelmingly peaceful in recent days, Trump and Barr have made a concerted effort to implicate antifa involvement in them.

The Trump administrationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own intelligence reports reveal that â&#x20AC;&#x153;most of the violence appears to have been driven by opportunists.â&#x20AC;? A separate DHS document dated June 17 stated, â&#x20AC;&#x153;anarchist and anti-government extremists pose the most significant threat of targeted low-level, protest-related assaults against law enforcement.â&#x20AC;? The document did not mention antifa by name and the documentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s definition of â&#x20AC;&#x153;anarchist extremistâ&#x20AC;? appears to exclude the group, the Post further reported. Did Trump tell you about this?

The president also did not differentiate the Black Lives Matter (BLM)â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s peaceful protesters from anarchists who infiltrated the rallies, and did not acknowledge what BLM was fighting against â&#x20AC;&#x201D; racial injustice and police brutality. Trumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s malicious attempt to tie antifa with peaceful protesters is an assault to peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s constitutional right of peaceful assembly to a voice out their legitimate grievance in a democracy.

So who is behind this misinformation about antifa? Twitter has shut down multiple accounts that it says were operated by a white supremacist group posing as liberal groups encouraging violence. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This account violated our platform manipulation and spam policy, specifically the creation of fake accounts. We took action after the account sent a Tweet inciting violence and broke the Twitter Rulesâ&#x20AC;? the company said, as reported by CBS News.

Twitter said the white su-

premacist group Identity Evropa used one fake account, @Antifa_US, with the intent to call for violence in majority white suburbs, maliciously using the name of the Black Lives Matter movement. Did Trump tell you about this?

Yet despite all of this, Trump even wanted to declare antifa as a domestic terrorist group. Have you ever heard the president denounce white supremacists, right extremists and vigilantes subscribing to far-right ideologies for the violence and deaths they have perpetrated despite all the facts? Did he ever call for the right extremists, and white supremacists to be declared as â&#x20AC;&#x153;domestic terrorists?â&#x20AC;? No. He even defends them.

And what about the supposed peaceful protests against the white police officer who shot an unarmed black man seven times at the back, witnessed by his kids in the car in Kenosha, Wisconsin on August 23?

The New York Post reported that of the 175 arrested during protests, a total of 105 were not from the city. They came from 44 different cities, including 17-year old Kyle Rittenhouse, the teen accused of shooting dead two men and seriously injuring a third with an assault rifle.

The teenage shooter, along with his mother, had also allegedly crossed state lines and was arrested in his home in Illinois.

What were they doing in Kenosha, Wisconsin armed with military-style weapons? The report said police seized more than 20 firearms during the protests, leading to numerous charges for carrying concealed weapons. And did you see the video of the police ignoring this teen as he walked around with his weapon amid the chaos?

And what did Trump do? He defended the teen, who we now know is a Trump supporter.

He attended a Trump rally in Iowa, seating in the front row.

This kid is not old enough to vote, smoke nor drink but was already in possession of an assault weapon that has killed innocent people.

When Trump was asked if he would condemn â&#x20AC;&#x153;the actions of vigilantes like the teen Kyle Rittenhouse,â&#x20AC;? he ignored the question and claimed Rittenhouse â&#x20AC;&#x153;probably wouldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been killedâ&#x20AC;? if he had acted differently, BuzzFeed reported.

Rittenhouse idolized the police and posted pictures of him on social media posing with guns, in support of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Blue Lives Matter.â&#x20AC;? How ironic that he chose to turn an otherwise peaceful protest to tragedy with his knee-jerk vigilante approach to discord.

The president refused to condemn the actions of vigilantes like Rittenhouse even after denouncing the shooting of a right-wing demonstrator in a pro-Trump rally in Portland on Monday, August 31.

This prompted Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden to challenge Trump in a statement: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The deadly violence we saw overnight in Portland is unacceptable. I condemn this violence unequivocally. I condemn violence of every kind by anyone, whether on the left or the right. And I challenge Donald Trump to do the same.â&#x20AC;?

Throughout the Republican National Convention, Trump has been branding and selling himself to be the president who will bring back law and order in the United States. He failed to do it as president now, why should we believe he can solve this crisis when re-elected?

Trump accused the Democrats of spreading hate, when in fact, his rhetoric of hate, prejudice and divisiveness against people of color, immigrants, Muslims and his political opponents is the one that has led to the surge of hate crimes in the United States.

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler nailed it when he said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s you who have created the hate and the division. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s you who have not found a way to say the names of Black people killed by police officers even as people in law enforcement have. And itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s you who claimed that White supremacists are good people.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Your campaign of fear is as anti-democratic as anything youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done to create hate and vitriol in our beautiful country.â&#x20AC;? *** Gel Santos Relos has been in news, talk, public service and educational broadcasting since 1989 with ABS-CBN and is now serving the Filipino audience using different platforms, including digital broadcasting, and print, and is working on a new public service program for the community. You may contact her through email at gelrelos@icloud.com, or send her a message via Facebook at Facebook.com/Gel.Santos.Relos.

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PH nurses lowest paid in Southeast Asia

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A RECENT study by an information aggregator revealed that Filipino nurses receive the lowest salary compared to their Southeast Asian peers. iPrice Group recorded the salaries of mid-level front-liners in seven countries within Southeast Asia via Economic Research Institute-powered company Salary Expert, and found that experienced Filipino nurses only earn around P40,381 ($807.62) per month, while their Southeast Asian neighbors earn at least P62,000 ($1,240).

Nurses in Vietnam, the next lowest paid nurses in Southeast Asia, receive a salary of P62,200 ($1,240) monthly.

Highest paid nurses in the regions are from Singapore, surpassing their peers by 486% as they earn around P236,400 ($4,720) per month. This is followed by nurses in Malaysia, who earn around P97,000 ($1,940).

Nurses in Thailand with the same credentials earn about P83,000 ($1,660) per month while nurses in Indonesia take home P79,000 ($1,580).

Other Filipino front-liners The study, which measured the wage gaps among the ASEAN countries and analyzed earnings vis-a-vis the rise of online spending, also found that Filipino medical technology workers earn around P29,444 ($588.88) monthly, which is lower than the P57,000 ($1,140) salary of their

peers in Vietnam.

Med tech workers in Malaysia earn 178% more than their Filipino counterparts at P82,000 ($1,640) monthly, while med tech workers in Singapore receive a monthly salary of P210,000 ($4,200).

On the other hand, Filipino front-liners in other fields like supermarket clerks, delivery truck drivers, warehouse workers and security guards earn more than Vietnamese employees.

Filipino truck drivers, for instance, earn about P23,300 ($460) monthly while Vietnamese drivers receive P17,000 ($340).

Local supermarket clerks earn about P13,300 ($266) monthly, higher than the P10,000 ($200) in Vietnam.

Filipino warehouse employees earn 54% more than their peers in Vietnam. Likewise, local Security guards earn 34% more than their Vietnamese peers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;However, this does not put these Filipino employees at a comfortable spot. Again, looking at countries with similar costs of living, non-healthcare Filipino front-liners still donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t earn as much,â&#x20AC;? iPrice noted.

The group pointed out that Malaysian supermarket stock clerks earn 174% more than Filipino stock clerks, while Thai and Indonesian delivery truck helpers both earn about 107 percent more than Filipino delivery helpers.

The data aggregator concluded that local front-liners are barely making ends meet while risking their lives, citing data from the

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Salary raise MalacaĂąang, for its part, recognized the need to raise the salary of public hospital nurses and other healthcare workers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pagdating po sa mga nurses sa gobyerno, ang solusyon po diyan ay siguro baguhin ang classification ng nurses sa salary standardization law (SSL) nang mailagay ang mga frontliners natin sa mas mataas na salary grade (When it comes to Filipino nurses, the solution there is to change the classification of nurses in the SSL so our frontliners can be placed under a higher salary grade),â&#x20AC;?Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said on Thursday, September 3.

He also urged private hospitals to raise the salary of their nurses to keep them from seeking employment abroad. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ngayon pong maraming nurses na gustong umalis, siguro naman iyong mga pribadong ospital magbibigay rin nang mas mataas na sahod para engganyuhin na manatili sa Pilipinas ang mga nurses (Now that there are many nurses who want to work abroad, perhaps private hospitals will also give a higher income to entice nurses to stay in the Philippines),â&#x20AC;? Roque said.

39 Filipinos missing as Japan coast guard hunts for missing cargo ship TOKYO, Japan â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A cargo vessel with at least 43 foreign crew members went missing while transiting the East China Sea on Wednesday, September 2, the Japanese coast guard said.

The crew reportedly includes 39 Filipinos, two New Zealanders, an Australian and a Singaporean.

Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary Ed MeĂąez said the DFA is checking with its posts in Japan to confirm the report.

Japanese local media also said the ship was carrying 5,800 cows.

Japanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coast guard said Wednesday one person was found during a search for a cargo ship with 43 people on board after receiving a distress call from the

East China Sea during a typhoon.

An alarm signal was received in the early hours from a vessel around 185 kilometres (115 miles) west of Japanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Amami Oshima island, the coast guard said.

It said it believed the call for help had been sent by a ship called Gulf Livestock 1, on its way to the Chinese port of Tangshan from Napier in New Zealand. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were informed by the defence ministry that a person wearing a life jacket was foundâ&#x20AC;? in the sea where the ship went missing, a coast guard official told AFP. The person, whose identity and condition is unclear, was found by a patrol plane sent by the defence ministry.

A rubber boat was also spotted from the plane, but the coast guard official said they have not confirmed if it belonged to the ship.

Four coast guard vessels and several planes were involved in the search-and-rescue operation.

One of the vessels arrived in the area more than 10 hours from the distress call and three were still heading there in stormy conditions.

The coast guard said it had not detected any additional signals.

The distress call came as strong winds and heavy rain lashed the area overnight with the passage of Typhoon Maysak. (Philstar. com with reports from Agence France-Presse)

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For Filipina American rapper ruby Ibarra, 2020 was slated to be more of this balancing act as in the past few years — juggling live performances after work and on the weekends, while fine-tuning her sophomore album.

Before CoVID-19 hit California, the 29-year-old did two soldout shows at the Getty Center in Los Angeles in February and performed at the Sacramento Kings’ Filipino Heritage Night in early March.

Now, her performances have been strictly virtual. And the pandemic has put an emphasis on her 9-5 job as a scientist at a biotech company in the Bay Area, where she’s been involved in the quality control of CoVID19 test kits and research around a vaccine.

“When the pandemic was more visible, we shifted gears at work to make sure all hands were on the table and we could help in any way possible. Early on, we started with test kits,” Ibarra said

By day, Ruby Ibarra is a scientist at a biotech company in the Bay Area. Currently, her work revolves around COVID-19 tests and development of a vaccine.

Photo courtesy of Ruby Ibarra

during a recent Zoom interview with the Asian Journal. “Since then, we’ve just been continuing to run tests on a daily basis, more so for research. With the pandemic still being very real, my company is focusing on work towards the development of a vaccine.”

As of the beginning of September, the United States has reported more than 6 million positive cases and over 185,000 deaths.

California alone bears the most cases out of any state with more than 707,000 cases and 13,018 fatalities, according to the state’s Department of Public Health.

Ibarra added, “The ultimate goal is to ramp up testing, specifically in this country, and to By night, Ibarra, 29, is a performer who raps help with the research in any way through her perspective as a Filipina American. toward a vaccine so that we can Photo by Donna Ibarra gain a sense of normalcy again.”

Ibarra, who was born in Tacloban, Philippines, moved to San Lorenzo, California at four years old. As she’s shared in a previous interview with the Asian Journal, albums by Filipino rapper Francis Magalona and American artists Tupac, Lauryn Hill and the Wu-Tang Clan were on heavy rotation at an early age, which kickstarted her love for hip-hop.

With threads like colorism — the culture of skin tone discrimination in the Philippines — to unifying Filipinos found in FrancisM’s music, she would continue those conversations two decades later from the lens of a Filipina American millennial raised in the Bay Area through her debut album, “Circa91,” released in october 2017. Throughout the 18track album, Ibarra shifts from PAGE B3

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FILIPINo talents across the diaspora have graced the stage of NBC’s America’s Got Talent (AGT). Marcelito Pomoy wowed the judges and the audience for AGT: The Champions last season and Angelica Hale made history as the first contestant to earn Golden Buzzer wins in the two seasons she joined. The all-male hip-hop dance group called Junior New System also made it to the semifinals of the show.

For Season 15, fans are earnestly looking at The Spyros Bros, who have mastered the art of incredible and elaborate diabolo (Chinese yoyo) tricks. Merriam Webster describes the diabolo as “an hourglass-shaped top that is balanced and spun on a string stretched between the tips of two sticks.”

The duo, composed of FilipinoAmerican brothers Marco Angelo and Marc Albert, are all set for the show’s semis this week.

“We have more insane tricks we haven’t shown yet and a secret danger element to reveal. We don’t want to spoil, but it’s once again something that AGT has never seen before,” Marc told the Asian Journal.

Equally excited, Marco promised that they are going to step up their game and they plan to keep the surprise and the wow factor going.

“That’s the hardest part. We need to find new, fresh tricks the audience and judges have not seen,” he said. “The semifinals is where the men are separated from the boys.”

The brothers delivered a riveting and captivating audition piece which was aired last June 16.They combined various elements of juggling, dancing and acrobatics to produce a great performance, one that opened the door for them in the NBC reality show competition PAGE B5

Win or lose, the brothers have won the hearts of millions of kababayans worldwide, and for that, they are thankful. Their message to fans: No matter what hardship you are going through, you will be able to achieve anything as long as you put your mind and body to it. Hard work, passion and your belief in God will get you anywhere you want.

Marco told the Asian Journal that waiting for the verdict during the quarterfinals was harder than their performance. “Being picked for the Dunkin’ Save and not knowing whether you’ll be voted in or save by the judges is equally nerve wracking. It could mean the end of the road for us. That our dream is over. The thought alone is real scary,” he said.

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MOSt everyone, it seems, became a “plantita” or “plantito” in this time of the COViD-19 pandemic, pouring out their energy to tending plants and growing gardens, some for recreation and some for sustenance. actress-tV host Jolina Magdangal is one such person into that hobby now.

Magdangal has found planting and gardening so absorbing that she has also engaged her family in growing plants. On her instagram page yesterday, Sept.

1, Magdangal showed a photo of a plant she had just re-potted, along with other moments of her

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planting, even with family.

“My very first re-pot,” she said, holding up a bus-shaped plant container bearing the little leaves of the plant.

She’s hoping she has a green thumb to make the plant grow.

She also said she has discovered that planting can be a peaceful and relaxing exercise, especially when she gets to be joined by her children in her hobby. Her daughter Vika even says good night to the plants, she shared. although her plants get her occupied, Magdangal still feels despair for what happened to abS-Cbn and her co-workers and friends in the network. She

said she feels she’s still “in denial” even as she recalled the day that Kapamilya workers were retrenched. On aug. 31, most workers of abS-Cbn have left their offices.

“Mabigat talaga puso ko, para sa lahat ng apektdo,” she lamented. “Kaya habang nag aalaga kami ng plants, sinasabayan din namin ng dasal para sa lahat ng kailangan ng dasal bukod pa sa araw araw naming pagdadasal.”

(My heart really feels heavy for everyone affected. So while we take care of the plants, we accompany it with prayers for everyone who needs prayers, aside from our daily prayers.)

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SebaStian Reid, born and raised in Manila, is the youngest child of award-winning actress Hilda Koronel. He is the man behind Sébre Studio.

Reid went to Xavier School in San Juan and moved to the South bay in California at the age of 14.

He earned a bachelor’s degree in Game art from Full Sail University in 2019 and plans to take further studies in the future. “i’ve been drawing since i can remember and i’ve been an avid gamer since 5 years old,” he shared. “i’ve always been inspired by Japanese pop culture Sebastian Reid with his wife, Heidi Faith and his mom, award-winning actress Hilda Koronel like manga, anime, and heavily influenced by paranormal horror and various mythologies and folklore.”

He intends to use his startup and raise funds so he can become more efficient in serving newcomers with big ideas. Right now, he takes on clients that come his way for promotion or small fees in exchange, but expansion to a larger audience and business model is the plan. He is hoping to use the funds toward equipment, software licenses, and auxiliary education, among others. “the idea behind the business is for me to be able to take on part-time client-based freelance art services focused for creatives who are starting out in the industry,” he shared. “i don’t plan to Photos from Instagram/@mariajolina_ig take on the industry competition

by accepting all clients, but i will do my best to help the ideas that i can stand behind.” being an artist and having experience in the game production pipeline, Reid realized that a lot of indie developers or creators struggle to find help. Most of them, like him, are most likely jacks of all trades. as an illustrator and game creator, Reid hopes to learn from the stuff he creates which is why he maintains a blog (journal) to take notes of the things he liked or disliked in a game he made.

He also wants to be transparent with his process and he would like to teach his clients and visitors to accept their form of art and roll with it and nurture it. “i struggled to see that my work does not look like other’s simply because i’m me and i’m different. it didn’t mean that my art was “bad”,” he said.

Looking forward, he hopes to be able to gain enough traction which he can use to mentor people who feel stuck or lost. “i have been an artist since i was 3 years old and a gamer since 5 (PS1), so it really takes time. i’m not the best in the field, especially since i stopped drawing for 7 years, but within the

last year, i have had to re-learn a lot of fundamentals and concepts to elevate myself back to being artistically active,” he said. “the key is to really find peace and fulfillment in the process of creating, not to focus on the end results.”

He also dabbles on web design as he worked on his own homepage to cater to viewers who are new to his site. He hopes to be able to attract scouters and possible clients. the young man has a multiple dreams: to become a creator, illustrator, video game developer, 3D artist and printer, voice actor and mentor. but life is a learning process and he knows he has so much more to learn and that is why he is keeping his options open as far as learning more things go. in the end, he hopes to eventually help others along the way. “i know, i’m a big dreamer. but i know that if i keep seeking, i will eventually arrive at fulfilling my dreams. they’re all connected at one point or another,” he said. in the end, he hopes that his website can create a community of creators and learners and be able to assist the seekers and become a mentor to dreamers.

angel admits being cheated on before anGeL Locsin gave words of wisdom to women who have had to deal with infidelity. the actress and activist opened up on how she dealt with her experience of an unfaithful partner in writer G3 San Diego’s vlog on Monday, aug. 31, as reported by inquirer bandera on Wednesday, September 2.

However, she declined to name who this partner was.

San Diego broached the topic of cheating while discussing the teleserye “the Legal Wife,” where Locsin’s character Monica struggles in her marriage because of a third party.

When asked how someone could cheat on someone as beautiful and sexy as the actress, Locsin replied, “Wala naman sa itsura ‘yun. Karamihan ng mga kababaihan, kapag naloloko, sinisisi ‘yung sarili… Pero mali ‘yun eh.” (it has nothing to do with looks.

Many women, when they are cheated on, blame themselves… but that’s wrong.)

“Kailangan ma-realize ng mga kababaihan na ang ganung gawain, hindi mo fault ‘yun. Hindi mo fault na masama ang ugali ng isa. Hindi mo fault kung walang loyalty ‘yung isa,” she stressed.

(Women need to realize that that behavior is not your fault. it isn’t your fault if the other [person] has a bad attitude. it’s not your fault if they don’t have loyalty.)

She explained, “totoo na sa isang problema, dalawang tao ‘yung involved pero sa kasalanan, isa na lang ‘yun eh. ‘Pag mali, mali pa rin ‘yun kasi.” (it’s true that in a problem, two people are involved, but the wrongdoing, that’s only one person. When it’s wrong, that is

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still wrong.)

“Maraming babae ang nabubulag na ‘ah baka kasi ganito, kasalanan ko kaya ako naloko.’

Pero hindi, kapag manloloko, manloloko talaga.”

(Many women get blinded and say “Maybe it’s like this, it’s my fault i was cheated on.” but no, a cheater is a cheater.)

She admitted that the pain helped her in her craft and that she won an acting award because of it.

Locsin added that the difficult experience gets washed away by finding the right person. For her, it is fiance neil arce.

She said, “Kapag nahanap mo ‘yung tao na para talaga sa ‘yo, mare-realize mo na how petty ‘yung mga pinagdaanan mo, ‘yung mga iniyak mo.”

(When you find the person who is meant for you, you will realize that what you went through and what you cried about was so petty.) (Niña V. Guno/Inquirer.net)

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Music has always been a passion, but another field that piqued her curiosity and fascination as a child were the sciences. Young Ibarra would read encyclopedias and science books for fun.

“I’ve always been such a big nerd when it came to reading books and learning new facts…

I’d be the one to read the dictionary. I think that’s why I fell in love with words in the first place,” Ibarra said, adding that a childhood dream was to be a pediatrician. “I gravitated towards science because, to me, it ultimately explained how the world works.”

She went on to study biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of California, Davis because in a first-generation immigrant household, “education and finding a stable job” were ingrained early on.

“If music was not a viable career for me, I’d have this backup plan in the sciences so I ended up working for this biotechnology company straight out of college,” said Ibarra, whose work has revolved around molecular diagnostics.

Going seven months into the pandemic, the public is aware of coronavirus-related symptoms, from difficulty breathing to loss of taste, and safety measures like maintaining six feet from others and wearing a mask. However, there is still a lot of uncertainty around the disease and its longterm effects.

“There’s still a lot of things that we don’t know about this disease, but again, it comes with time and research,” Ibarra said. “But what gives me hope and optimism is that there is a lot of work being done, not just by my own company, but multiple labs and companies across the world.”

These days when she arrives home from work, she heads straight for the shower — not because she has to get ready for a night gig, but because she’s been taking extra precautions to keep herself and her fiancé safe, especially after working alongside co-workers.

Knowing how serious COVID-19 is, and how it has been affecting essential workers and her own Filipino American community, Ibarra is not shy about calling out folks who aren’t following the guidelines and has

Pre-pandemic, Ibarra would perform after work or on weekends. Now, her performances are virtual.

Photo by Tojo Andrianarivo

By the end of the year, Ibarra hopes to release her sophomore album, as a follow-up to her acclaimed “Circa91.” Photo by Donna Ibarra

been vocal about the reopening of certain industries.

“It’s not lost on me that when I look on social media or turn on the news, we see people, around [my] age or generation, more dismissive towards the pandemic. We have been where we are since March as long as we don’t have a vaccine or clear research so I’d like to remind people to really trust the science,” she said.

Though Ibarra had some live performances scheduled for this year, the bright sides of staying at home are being able to rest and spending time with family.

She is hopeful that her second album will be released by the end of the year, as well as “7,000 Miles,” a documentary documenting her 2019 trip to the Philippines with her band, The Balikbayans.

Ibarra said that the album will have similar themes as heard on “Circa91” but will showcase her maturity as an individual and artist and weave in current events, such as the push for racial justice. Her latest song, “A Thousand Cuts,” to accompany Fil-Am filmmaker Ramona Diaz’s documentary of the same title parallels her use of music with veteran journalist Maria Ressa’s fight for press freedom.

“If anything, it will allow me to explore other parts of my identity as well. But I am definitely going to continue, to push Filipino culture forward. When it comes down to it, my music will always be a reflection of my experiences and who I am as a person, so I don’t want to ever escape from my music being Filipino,” she said.

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Health@Heart PhiliP S. Chua, MD, FaCS, FPCS WATER is life. Without it, there would be no life on Planet Earth.

The normal lean adult body is made up of about 70% water (50% intracellular, 15% interstitial, and 5% in the blood plasma) and only 30% solid mass. This is an amazing fact which many of us don’t realize.

Drinking at least 8 glasses of water a day benefits us in more ways than one. Adequate water intake helps us look and feel better by maintaining our blood in perfect liquid form to carry oxygen and nutrients to the cells, regulating our body temperature, assisting our kidneys eliminate harmful wastes and elements, lubricating our joints, revitalizing our dull skin and keeping our weight in check, to list some of the benefits.

Our daily normal physiologic fluid loss (without exercise, illness, etc.) is as follows: Infants (2-10 kg), 300-800cc; Children (10-40 kg), 840-1500 cc; and Adults (60 kg), 1800-2100cc. The minimum 8-glasses-a-day (250cc per glass) recommendation for an adult barely equals the daily fluid loss. On the average, therefore, the replacement should actually be about 10% more than the daily fluid loss.

Since the human thirst mechanism is not very reliable (most often thirst is mistaken by our brain for hunger), drinking at least 8 glasses a day is a good rule to follow, whether one feels thirsty or not. In most instances, dehydration has already taken place before the person feels thirsty. Don’t wait for dryness of the mouth, nasal passages, eyes, and any of those symptoms listed above before drinking water. It is best to pre-empt thirst.

If we don’t drink enough water, a host of problems, in varying proportional degrees, can occur, like fatigue, headaches, irritability, mental dullness, sagging skin, retention of toxic wastes in our body, weight gain, kidney stone formation and urinary tract infection. If dehydration is severe, shock and death could ensue.

The best fluid to satisfy our thirst is properly filtered water.

Not cola drinks, coffee or alcoholic beverages, all of which cause us to urinate and further lose

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Liquid candy vs water more fluids, not to mention their adverse side-effects on the heart, kidneys and liver. Nothing is better than the old fashioned clean, fresh, sparkling filtered water.

Where more water is needed There are many situations where the 8-glasses-a-day recommendation will not be enough.

These include the following: • Exercising – where one loses a lot of fluids through breathing, perspiration and urination. The rule of thumb is to replace every pound lost with 2 glasses, or four glasses for every 1,000 calories burned off.

• Dieting – water suppresses the appetite (by filling the stomach and “fooling” the brain) and also speeds up body fat metabolism and water elimination through the urine, leading to weight loss.

• Traveling – the atmosphere on board airplanes is very dry, causing dehydration, hence more fluid intake is recommended. A glass of water for every hour of flight is the minimum replacement recommended.

• High altitudes – the very low humidity and the natural body adaptation (deeper, heavier and more frequent breathing) among mountain climbers, hikers, skiers, etc. lead to more body fluid losses, and require more than 8 glasses a day to replace.

• Pregnancy – the blood volume of a pregnant woman increases, so she needs more water to maintain the proper fluidity for blood to circulate normally and with ease. For an individualized advice, please discuss this with your obstetrician.

• Nursing – at least four more glasses of water a day, on top of the 8, is needed by nursing mothers to help ensure adequate milk supply.

• Illness – any ailment, like infection or diarrhea, etc., speeds up body water depletion, and so added water intake is needed.

• Age: Older people, and infants and babies, are at a higher and easier risk of dehydration, from almost any cause, so they require more water intake than normal adults.

Facts and trivia 1. Seventy-five percent of Americans are chronically dehydrated. We don’t have statistics for the Philippines, but I suspect the incidence could be the same.

2. At 37%, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is often mistaken for hunger. This leads

to overeating and weight gain.

Drinking a tall of glass of water before each meal will help one lose weight.

3. Even MILD dehydration will slow down one’s metabolism as much as much as 3%. Male potency and female lubrication are reduced by dehydration.

4. One glass of water shut down midnight hunger pangs for almost 100% of dieters, as reported in a University of Washington study.

5. Lack of water is the number one trigger of daytime fatigue.

6. Preliminary research indicates that 8-10 glasses of water a day could significantly ease back and joint pain for up to 80% of sufferers.

7. A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy shortterm memory trouble with basic math, and difficulty focusing on the computer screen or a printed page.

8. Drinking at least 5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk of colon cancer by 45%, plus it can slash the risk of breast cancer by 79%, and one is 50% less likely to develop bladder cancer.

Soft drinks: toxic!

Countless of millions of people around the globe are still drinking soft drinks (liquid candy), cola or uncola, diet or regular, caffeinated or decaf, all of which are toxic to the body. Consuming soft drinks increases the risk for the development of Metabolic Syndrome, even among children, which is a group of medical conditions that includes high blood pressure, high blood sugar, excess body fat around the waist, and high cholesterol and triglycerides levels. All these increase the risk for (one factor why we have tons of) diabetes, heart disease and stroke. It is best for children and adults to stay away from soft drinks of any kind.

The following interesting pieces of information are worth knowing: • In many parts of the United States the highway patrol carries two gallons of cola drinks in the truck to remove blood from the highway after a car accident.

• The phosphoric and citric acid in it removes stains from vitreous China, cleans toilet bowls, and also unclog blocked sink drains.

• It removes rust from bumpers: rub area with a crumpledup piece of Reynolds Wrap aluminum foil dipped in cola drink.

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WGU to grant $1 million in online access scholarships to close the digital divide learning gap Global “McDelivery Night In” includes “Staying In” clothing line dropping on September 19

LAS VEGAS – Western Governors University (WGU), an online nonprofit university, will grant high-speed internet access and provide devices to new and current WGU students who need and can’t afford them through its Online Access Scholarship program.

The scholarship program is part of a broader WGU initiative aimed at working with policy makers and private industry to close the digital divide by providing more Americans access to reliable internet in their homes.

“Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Nevada has one of the highest unemployment rates and the Las Vegas metro was hit harder than most of the country, which has highlighted the importance of reliable digital access for many aspects of life from telehealth to education, among other areas,” said WGU Regional Vice President Rick Benbow. “With so many residents now unemployed, this has forced many to eliminate WiFi from their household budgets, making it impossible to study and learn online at a time when adding new skills is more important than ever. It’s also at a time when many students’ children need to participate in remote education as well.

This program, which will enable these students and their families

to study and learn from the safety of their homes, is one of the ways we are removing the barriers to learning opportunities.”

According to the Federal Communications Commission, approximately 7.3 percent of Nevada residents lack broadband access, compared to 6.5 percent of residents across the nation and many more are unable to afford broadband service. In one of Nevada’s 17 counties (5.9 percent of Nevada’s counties), at least half of all county residents lack broadband access Covid-19 has compounded the problem — creating economic hardships for millions of Americans while also making online access more important than ever.

The pandemic has driven double digit growth for broadband in the span of a couple of weeks. A recent report by OpenVault found that average broadband consumption at the end of the first quarter in 2020 rose to 402.5GB per user, an increase of 47 percent compared to the first quarter of 2019’s average of 273.5 GB. For those whose jobs have been impacted by the pandemic, returning to school to prepare for new career opportunities is critical. However, the loss of income may make it impossible to pay for

broadband services students need to return to school. WGU’s Online Access Scholarship will support this need by allowing students to learn from the safety of their homes.

WGU is attacking the digital divide problem on several fronts beyond the Online Access Scholarship. These include a partnership with the National Governors Association to identify problems, resources and solutions; advocating for policies that improve and expand the nation’s digital infrastructure; and coalition-building efforts that will help raise awareness of broadband inequities.

“The digital divide learning gap is a major issue, and WGU is committed to removing this barrier for many students with longterm and short-term solutions. We are providing scholarships while also advocating for a nationwide infrastructure plan that will make broadband available to every American, regardless of income or geography,” said WGU President Scott Pulsipher. “We invite likeminded partners from education and non-education sectors alike to join us in the effort.”

More information on WGU’s Online Access Scholarship is available at www.wgu.edu/access and by calling (385) 428-3125.

Anne, Erwan’s baby Dahlia turns 6 months old: ‘Lifetime of smiles in half a year’

ANNE Curtis and Erwan Heussaff on Wednesday, September 2, once again shared new photos of their daughter Dahlia Amelie as she turned six months old.

“A lifetime of smiles in half a year,” the celebrity chef wrote in an Instagram post as he shared adorable snaps of his little girl.

The “It’s Showtime” host, in her own Instagram post, shared photos of Dahlia beside a red, white, yellow and pink floral arrangement.

Anne said she couldn’t help having “mixed emotions” as her daughter turned six months old.

“Mixed emotions of excitement to seeing her grow and experiencing all her milestones BUT also wanting to keep her as my little baby,” Curtis said.

“I feel like it was just yesterday that I gave birth and held this sweet little girl in my arms for the first time… and just like that, half a year has gone by,” she added. “I guess, now I understand when mums and dads say ‘you’ll always be my little baby’ – because that’s what she’ll always be to me. My little Dahlia Amélie.”

Dahlia is Anne and Erwan’s first child, who was born on March 2 of this year in Australia.

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PAGE B1 and earned for them a standing ovation from the judges.

“We pulled it off. We’re excited and exhilarated,” Marc said after the performance.

“We worked 4 to 8 hours a day just to get to this point. This was not an audition to us, this was our grand finals. Diabolo is our life and passion, we’ve done it our whole lives and it has changed our whole lives,” Marco added.

The brothers told us that they prepared for their audition piece for two months and practiced every single day, whether it is in the dark, it is windy or in the rain, or even on uncomfortable ground.

They had to work extra hard for the live quarter-final rounds which started a couple of weeks ago. This time, they delivered another epic performance, more than enough for the judges to swoon and express a little fear for their own safety at the same time.

“The joy and enthusiasm you bring to the show is special,” said actress Sofia Vergara, who shielded her face a couple of times. “I’ve never seen a diabolo in my life until I met you guys and it gives me fear, I feel like you will break my teeth or something bad is going to happen.”

“It was quite incredible,” echoed fellow judge Heidi Klum who said she loved how the brothers were able to maximize the space at Universal. Except when that space was the “space right in our face,” she remarked.

“You are precision, you make diabolo look so easy and you make judging look so dangerous,” said Howie Mandel.

Finding an opening, Marc was able to give out a piece of trivia after their performance. Host Terry Crews mentioned Klum’s comment that the diabolo was not like a yoyo which was attached to a string.

“It is a giant yoyo that flies. Fun fact: the small yoyo was invented by a Filipino and we’re Filipino.

His name is Pedro Flores and that’s how it all ties in,” he said.

Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson drove some of his viewers to the brothers’ performance which was uploaded on YouTube, as evidenced by the comment section.

“Last night, the Democrats’ convention lost in the ratings to a variety show called “America’s Got Talent.” A pair of jugglers from the Philippines wearing glow-in-the-dark headbands did a yo-yo demonstration. That outrated “Doctor” Jill Biden. By a lot,” he said.

Road to Fame Born and raised in Queens, New York, Marco and Marc lived with their family in Floral Park.

The brothers were around 8 to 10 years old when the diabolo piqued their interest and curiosity.

They first tried it at the China Pavilion of Epcot Center and found it so unique and fun to play with.

They were amazed that unlike the yoyo, the diabolo is not attached to the string and it can be thrown into various places like onto the sticks, in the air, juggling multiple diabolos and doing athletic moves with it.

They moved back to the Philippines in 2012 and continued mastering the craft.

They settled in Santa Rosa, Nueva Ecija, the hometown of their parents Alberto and Maritess Betito, and went to Holy Cross College for high school and Wesleyan University for college. Marc took up Electronics Communications Engineering and Marco studied Fine Arts.

“We wanted to learn about our culture, language and family heritage,” Marco said, adding that he remembers how hot it was in Cabanatuan City and calls it “possibly the hottest city in the Philippines.”

“New York is filled with so much diverse culture but it felt like we didn’t know much about our own besides the lumpia and tinikling,” Marc said.

Marco turned 26 on August 29, and shares his birthday with his idol Michael Jackson. On the same day seven years ago, he won a talent show in the Philippines called “Talentadong Pinoy” with a Michael Jackson tribute performance.

The brothers joined PINASikat on the noontime show Showtime, another talent search in the Philippines, in 2015 and won.

From then on, they set their sights higher and wished to perform their act internationally and put AGT on their radar. It wasn’t an easy route though.

Marco was born with Language Processing Disability and grew up with ADD but with enough family support and his own strength and determination, he was able to overcome such adversity.

He shared that he dreamt of joining AGT when he was only 14 years old.

“It was always our dream to join AGT,” Marc, who is two years younger than Marco, echoed. “The actual question was when were we ready. We wanted to join because we wanted to show the world our talent & share our story of how we overcame hardships in our life.”

Early this year, auditioning in front of the judges became an actual dream come true for them.

This happened last March at the Pasadena Convention Center.

Among the words they used to describe the experience: “super exciting but also nerve wracking” and “cool and really fun experience.”

What people see on television is a four to five minute performance and not the ton of hard work poured into it. The brothers adhere to a process in order to craft each performance.

“It takes countless hours of rehearsals and endless thinking and brainstorming. We have to choreograph our own moves, edit our own music, and watch film as well,” Marc shared. “The process is gruesome. Hard physical work for at least 4 hours a day. It takes several weeks to perfect each performance.”

Simplified further, it’s like the famous response to the question “How do you get to Carnegie Hall?” Practice, practice, practice.

“It involves a lot of blood, sweat and tears. We have to battle minor cuts and sprains. We had sleepless nights thinking of the routine and how to improve it,” Marco said.

The AGT Experience For their live quarterfinals performance at the Universal Studios Hollywood last August 18, the brothers knew they had to show something different from their audition piece.

And just like every performance they do, they have to conquer their nerves first.

“Everybody gets nervous, even the professionals,” Marco shared.

“Question is how do you manage it. We have a warm up routine that we use which involves physical, mental and the spiritual.”

“Right before we perform, we always pray to God. Praying to God calms the nerves and helps us focus before our performance,” Marc said.

But for them, waiting for the verdict was more nerve wracking than the actual performance even if they delivered a standing-ovation-worthy act.

“We didn’t want to go home.

But when they finally called our name, we felt super relieved and happy,” Marc said.

Asked if they have a favorite judge, Marc picked Simon Cowell.

“Whatever he says is validation.

After this season of AGT, the brothers plan to travel and entertain people all around the world, and possibly pursue their respective masters degrees.

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The judges are really friendly and down to earth. After the performance they are always interested in interacting with us,” he said.

Cowell also serves as an executive producer in the show.

For Marco, “All of them. But Howie and Simon are very important to be there to judge us.

They’ve been on the show for the longest time and they are the validation for the entertainment value we bring to the show.”

There is no secret to the success that they are enjoying now. In fact, it can be summed up in two words: hard work.

Spyros Bros is a testament to how focusing on one’s passion and mixing it with hard work and perseverance could open a lot of doors.

Marc and Marco are thankful to their fans, particularly the Filipinos in the diaspora who have been supporting them. Win or lose, they have earned the love and adulation of their followers.

“We are here to represent our culture and raise our flag. We are here to share our story of overcoming bullying and that we can all achieve great things no matter what, through hard work and believing in God,” Marc said.

“Their support and votes inspires and motivates us more,” Marco added. “To the youth, we hope we can inspire them to find their God given talents and pursue them. Despite the hardship of life, we hope we can still bring pride and joy to our people.”

(America’s Got Talent airs Tuesday and Wednesday nights at 8 p.m. ET/PT on NBC.)

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Thousands of children benefit from RHMC programs in 2019 Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Las Vegas releases 2019 Impact Report

LAS VEGAS — hanks to the support and generosity of donors, the Ronald McDonald House served 306 families for a total of 2,953 nights in 2019, saving families $391,627 in lodging costs.

Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) of Greater Las Vegas released its 2019 Impact Report, highlighting the impact donors had on RMHC’s mission to improve the health, education, and well-being of children in the community.

The Ronald McDonald House, the organization’s cornerstone program, served 658 guests in 2019, including Joey and Christopher, who stayed at the House for three months after giving birth to baby Jasmine at 27 weeks. “We had nowhere to go,” said Joey. “If it hadn’t been for the House, we would have been spending eight hours, every day, driving to and from our home in Ely to see our baby and receive treatment.”

More than 78 cents of every dollar donated to the organization, in 2019, directly helped families.

Other highlights include: • More than 18,000 moms, dads, and other family members visited the Ronald McDonald Family Room steps away from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Sunrise Children’s Hospital.

• The Ronald McDonald Care Mobile provided dental treatment to 1,081 children across the state.

The mobile dental unit is operated in partnership with Nevada Health Centers.

• More than 38,000 healthy sack lunches in brightly decorated bags were prepared and delivered to families at Sunrise Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center, and Summerlin Hospital as part of the Lunch Is On Us! program.

• RMHC Las Vegas, along with McDonalds and other community partners, awarded $141,250 in scholarships to 133 high school graduates and returning college students in Spring 2020. Since 1999, RMHC has awarded more than $4.4M in scholarships to eligible students.

Since opening in 1998, the Ronald McDonald House has

served 5,154 families for a total of 63,822 nights. Sixty-two percent of families who stay at the House come from low-to-moderate income households.

To view the full 2019 Impact Report, head to www.rmhlv. org.

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