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SEPTEMBER 10-16, 2020 Volume 31 - No. 36 • 14 Pages

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DATELINE Filipinos Jose Antonio Vargas, Melanie Perkins make Fortune’s new 40 Under 40 lists FROM THE AJPRESS NEWS TEAM ACROSS AMERICA

FILIPINO-American immigration activist and journalist Jose Antonio Vargas and Filipina-Australian entrepreneur Melanie Perkins landed on Fortune Magazine’s allnew expansive 40 Under 40 lists that were released Wednesday, September 2.

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the many calls to end social injustice and racial inequality that shaped this year, Fortune stepped away from its single list of 40 influential changemakers and presented 40 individuals in five categories of finance, technology, health care, government and politics, and media and entertainment.

“It’s been a year of monumental change,” the magazine wrote in its announcement.

“The coronavirus pandemic has touched every aspect of our lives—fundamentally altering the ways in which we work and socialize.”

Describing the individuals selected this

PH drug war killings worsened during COVID-19 lockdown — HRW

by RITCHEL

MENDIOLA AJPress

THE number of killings caused by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s anti-drug campaign worsened during the COVID-19 lockdown, New York-based Human Rights Watch said Wednesday, September 9.

The international watchdog found that 155 people were killed by the police from April to July 2020, which is 50% higher than the 103 deaths from December 2019 to March 2020.

“In total, since Duterte took office in June 2016, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has officially recognized 5,810 persons killed as of the end of July 2020,” the HRW said.

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by RITCHEL

MENDIOLA AJPress

CLOSED FOR THE HOLIDAYS. The Manila City government has put a public advisory on the closure of the Manila North and South Cemetery during the observance of All Saints’ and Souls’ Days from October 31, to November 3, 2020, as seen on this photo taken on Thursday, September 10. The move is to prevent the crowding and mass gathering of people amid the coronavirus disease pandemic.

PNA photo by Avito C. Dalan

ANN VARONA AJPress

FILIPINO American Noel Francisco, the former U.S. Solicitor General, was among the 20 people named in President Donald Trump’s list of possible Supreme Court additions this week.

Trump released the list, which also includes Senators Tom Cotton of Arkansas, Ted Cruz of Texas, and Josh Hawley of Missouri, in the event there is a vacancy should he be elected to a second term.

“Every one of these individuals will ensure equal justice, equal treatment and equal rights for citizens of every race, color, religion and creed,” Trump said at a press conference announcing the names on Wednesday, September 9. “Together we will defend

THE Phiippine Bureau of Corrections (BOC) on Thursday, September 10, approved U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton’s release order from detention.

The order was signed by BuCor chief Gerald Bantag.

After Pemberton is released, he will be transferred to the Bureau of Immigration (BI) for deportation.

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Gender-neutral terms ‘Filipinx,’ Filipina immigrant appointed director ‘Pinxy’ added to online dictionary of Nevada’s Office for New Americans

by AJPRESS

our righteous heritage and preserve our magnificent American way of life.”

Francisco, 51, was appointed the nation’s 48th solicitor general in 2017 and served in the Department of Justice (DOJ) until July of this year, when he returned to his former law firm, Jones Day, in Washington, D.C. A New York native, Francisco went on to receive his B.A. with honors from the University of Chicago and his J.D., with high honors, from the University of Chicago Law School.

“Mr. Francisco served as a law clerk to Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court of the United States and Judge J. Michael on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit,” read the list of possible Supreme Court additions.

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culine form Filipino or the feminine form Filipina.

“Pinxy,” pronounced pinksee, is used in place of the masculine form Pinoy or the feminine form Pinay, which are the informal versions of Filipino and Filipina.

Dictionary.com connected the historical usage of “Filipinx” and “Pinxy” to “Latinx,” a gender-neutral term that relates to people of Latin American origin or descent, especially those living in the United States.

According to the online dictionary, Spanish and other Romance languages have

by CHRISTINA

M. ORIEL

AJPress

WHEN Charina de Asis arrived from the Philippines to Las Vegas nearly a decade ago, she had questions about how to navigate the workforce and access essential services in her new home.

“When immigrants with a different background and skill set come, they wonder how to translate that to the United States u PAGE A2 economy,” de Asis told the Asian Journal. “That’s what I feared too — how to bring my professional experiences here.”

The 31-year-old Filipina immigrant recognized her advantage of being proficient in English and a college graduate, as well as having her immediate family as a support system. However, many new immigrants may not have the same resources and there are other factors, such as language barriers and fear of government, that prevent them from seeking help.

Today, de Asis is using her background and passion for public service to guide immigrants when they arrive in the Silver State.

In August, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak appointed her as Former U.S. Solicitor General Noel Francisco, who is of Filipino the director of the Office for New descent on his father’s side, became the first Asian American to Americans, which serves as a hold the position from 2017-2020. On Wednesday, September 9, central place for refugees and imPresident Donald Trump named Francisco among the 20 potential migrants — who make up 20% candidates for Supreme Court justice if there is a vacancy.

DICTIONARY.com recently announced that it has updated thousands of its entries as well as 650 new terms related to race and ethnic identity.

Of the new additions, five are related to the Philippines: “Filipina,” “Filipinx,” “Pinay,” “Pinoy,” and “Pinxy.”

“Filipinx,” pronounced filipineks or filipinks, is a gender-neutral noun or adjective that relates to natives or inhabitants of the Philippines. It is used in place of the mas-

Former Fil-Am US Solicitor General on Trump’s list of potential Supreme Court nominees

by RAE

PNA photo

Bureau of Corrections signs Pemberton release order

Breaking down systemic white supremacy and the rise of the alt-right

THE ethnic and racial makeup of the United States has, in the last few decades, become more diverse.

The increase in demographic diversity is partly due to immigration influxes, like the migration boom from Asia in the 1980s and 1990s.

But in a deeper sense, diversity thrives in a progressive environment. As the country began slowly reconfiguring systemic racism in the 20th century, it became more welcoming of people from all racial and ethnic backgrounds.

It’s become so that in 2008 when the first election of then-President Barack Obama

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U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton

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Former FBI special agent discusses the United States’ checkered past with white supremacy and the ways far-right views on race have infiltrated law enforcement

However, the organization pointed out that “PDEA’s figure of 5,810 killed only covers deaths in police anti-drug operations.”

“Thousands of other drug suspects have been killed by unidentified assailants, many of whom are believed to be plainclothes police officers or vigilantes operating in coordination with local authori-

Charina de Asis, director for the Nevada Governor’s Office for New Americans

of the state’s population — to navigate immigration policies, workforce development, starting a business, and other quality of life services.

“Charina has done a terrific job throughout her career helping those in need and advocating for what she believes in,” Sisolak said in a statement. “Our goals are aligned for the Office for New Americans, and I’m confident that in this position she will work to support our newest neighbors, help them navigate through challenging bureaucratic barriers, assist them in building new busi-

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ties,” it added.

In a report by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, more than 8,600 people were shown to have died in Duterte’s “drug war.”

Meanwhile, other human rights groups believed that the actual number could be three times higher than that.

“The Human Rights Council should once again tackle the issue of rights abuses in the Philippines when it convenes this month,” Carlos Conde, researcher of HRW Asian Division, said.

“The government is expected to continue to deny the allegations rather than offer a constructive response. But as the

government’s own statistics show, the atrocities in the drug war have worsened, even as the country suffers the worst in the region from the pandemic,” he added.

Since March 16, the Philippines have been under quarantine to prevent the further spread of COVID-19. The lockdown in Metro Manila has been relaxed into a general community quarantine until September 30.

Not gospel truth Malacañang, for its part, dismissed the report saying that HRW failed to show its methodology.

“Hindi ko naman po pupuwedeng tanggapin ang conclusion ng hindi ko nakikita iyong pag-aaral. Hindi ko po nakikita kung ano iyong hakbang na gi-

nawa nila para magkaroon ng conclusion (I cannot just accept the conclusion without seeing the study. I have not seen what steps were taken to arrive at that conclusion),” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said Thursday, September 10.

He also stressed that not everything the rights groups say is gospel truth.

“Ganyan talaga ang trabaho ng mga human rights groups.

Mag-ingay para iyong mga gobyerno eh pakinggan sila.

Pero hindi naman ibig sabihin na lahat ng sinasabi nila ay gospel truth (That’s how human rights groups work. They make noise so the government would listen to them. But it does not mean that everything they say is gospel truth),” Roque said. n

Gender-neutral terms ‘Filipinx,’ ‘Pinxy’ added...

PAGE A1 “gendered grammar,” classifying males and females by using words that end in -o and -a, respectively.

“The spellings Latinx or Chicanx are particularly embraced by groups that wish to include members whose gender identities are nonbinary,” it said.

“By respecting the gendered grammar of Spanish in our English use of these loanwords, biological sex and binary gender identity are imposed onto English discourse in ways that otherwise would not have occurred,” it added.

John Kelly, a senior editor at Dictionary.com, said that the work of a dictionary is more than just adding new words.

“It’s an ongoing effort to ensure that how we define words reflects changes in language — and life,” he said.

Other changes include the capitalization of Black in reference to people, which many news organizations have adopted, as the United States continues to tackle issues around race; replacing references of homosexual with “gay” and homosexuality with “gay sexual orientation”; and destigmatiz-

ing suicide and addiction by recognizing language preferred by mental health professionals, such as “die by suicide” or “end one’s life,” and addict with “person addicted to” or “a habitual user of.”

“Among our many new entries are thousands of deeper, dictionary-wide revisions that touch us on our most personal levels: how we talk about ourselves and our identities, from race to sexual orientation to mental health. Our revisions are putting people, in all their rich humanity, first, and we’re extremely proud of that,” Kelly added. (AJPress)

nesses, and create a welcoming environment in Nevada. I couldn’t think of a better person to help us achieve those goals than Ms. de Asis.”

Originally from Cebu, Philippines, de Asis migrated to Las Vegas in 2011, where her family had settled before her. She had earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in international relations from Ateneo de Manila University and Tallinn University of Technology in Estonia, respectively.

De Asis briefly lived in Washington, D.C., where she had a fellowship with a member of Congress. But she realized that she wanted more of “tangible results” in her career and moved back to Las Vegas to work with the state government, where she held positions within the Department of Public Safety and the Department of Veteran Services.

In March of this year, she saw a job listing and applied for a senior advisor role in the Office for New Americans, which had been created last fall after Senate Bill 538 was passed in the state legislature and subsequently signed by the governor. Sisolak called for the creation of this office to break down bureaucratic barriers, support immigrant-serving organizations, and let immigrants know they are welcome in Nevada, especially at a time when there is rhetoric that makes them feel otherwise.

“It wasn’t just a professional interest. It was a more personal level for me being an immigrant and using my skills and abilities to help other immigrants,” de Asis said. “I know how hard it is to move and feel your way and be successful in the United States.”

Less than six months into the job, she was promoted by the governor after the former director, Amaka Ozobia, left the role.

“As a director, I can voice out more on what I want this office to be, which is to be that middleman between government and our community-based organizations…[and] work together to help immigrants, whether they’ve been here for 20 years or if they arrived yesterday…I want the office to make it more commonplace that immigrants can thrive in Nevada,” de Asis said.

Though she is the only person in the office for now, she said she

Gov. Steve Sisolak in June 2019 signed the law creating the Office for New Americans, which promotes opportunities for immigrants, refugees and aspiring Americans to thrive in Nevada.

is working on licensing guides for immigrants who come with certain degrees and skills. Often times, the degrees or licenses can’t be converted so they have to shift to another position or settle for lower-wage jobs.

“Sometimes there’s trouble in trying to translate your skill sets here, whether you were a doctor, nurse, engineer or accountant in your home country. The question is, ‘How can we do it here?’” de Asis said. “So we’re working on licensing and pathway guides to help them scale that economic ladder in Nevada. COVID has shone a light that we need them and that there is an immigrant community willing to work but they sometimes don’t know how to get there.”

The office does not take someone’s legal status into consideration and is only in touch with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for updates like rule changes. (Undocumented immigrants comprise about 7% of the state’s population.)

“It’s not about status, it’s about the dignity of a person. People tend to forget that immigrants touch every corner of Nevada — every business and industry,” she added.

With the coronavirus pandemic still upending everyday life for Nevadans, communities of color have been disproportionately affected in terms of infection rates and hospitalization, and economically as major industries had been shut down or limited in operations.

Immigrants make up nearly 40% of workers in the state’s hotel and food services industry,

and nearly a third of those in the arts, entertainment, and recreation, according to the American Immigration Council. Nevada posted the highest unemployment rate in the nation in April at 28.2% following the first full month of non-essential business shutdowns.

Given that, among the current priorities for the office is assisting immigrants with the unemployment application and other relief options for those who did not qualify for stimulus checks under the federal government’s CARES Act, de Asis said.

The office, together with other agencies, is also working on inlanguage and culturally relevant messaging that will inform immigrant communities about the health and safety orders. In April, it released “Stay Home for Nevada” PSA in six languages, including in Tagalog.

The Philippines continues to be the second top country of origin for immigrants, and Filipinos are the largest Asian American and Pacific Islander group in Nevada.

De Asis hopes that representation in this office — which is physically located inside the Grant Sawyer State Office Building in Las Vegas — will help immigrants feel comfortable reaching out.

“There’s a myth in the Filipino and AAPI community that we don’t need help or that we’re fine. I want the Filipino community to know, especially in Nevada where we’re such a big part of the population, that they can engage with the office and have a voice because they have someone on their side to fight for issues,” she said. n

LAS VEGAS ASIAN JOURNAL • SEptEmbER 10-16, 2020

(702) 792-6678 • http://www.asianjournal.com QUESTION NO. 1

Karagdagang impormasyon sa Filipino (Tagalog) ay makikita rin sa website ng Lalawigan ng Clark Kagawaran ng Halalan sa: www.clarkcountynv.gov/vote STATE OF NEVADA - COUNTY OF CLARK

I, JOSEPH P. GLORIA, the duly appointed Registrar of Voters for the County of Clark, State of Nevada, do hereby certify that the General Election will be held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. The polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. on said date. A list of Election Day vote centers is also included in this notice.

WITNESS MY HAND and SEAL this 31st day of August 2020.

JOSEPH P. GLORIA Registrar of Voters

Goolsby, Judy & John Elem.

11175 W. Desert Inn Rd., LV 89135

Assembly Joint Resolution No. 5 of the 79th Session

Gray, R. Guild Elem.

2825 S. Torrey Pines Dr., LV 89146

Shall the Nevada Constitution be amended to: (1) remove provisions governing the election and duties of the Board of Regents and its control and management of the State University and require the Legislature to provide by law for the State University’s governance, control, and management and the reasonable protection of individual academic freedom at Nevada’s public higher education institutions; and (2) revise the administration of FHUWDLQ IHGHUDO ODQG JUDQW SURFHHGV GHGLFDWHG IRU WKH EHQH¿W RI FHUWDLQ departments of the State University?

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4150 S. Torrey Pines Dr., LV 89103

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5351 Hillsboro Ln., LV 89120

Hayes, Keith & Karen Elem.

9620 W. Twain Ave., LV 89147

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Heritage Park Senior Facility

300 S. Racetrack Rd., HEN 89015

Historic Fifth Street School

401 S. 4th St., LV 89101

Hollywood Recreation Ctr.

1650 S. Hollywood Blvd., LV 89142

Shall the Nevada Constitution be amended to: (1) remove an existing provision recognizing marriage as only between a male person and a female person and require the State of Nevada and its political subdivisions to recognize marriages of and issue marriage licenses to couples, regardless of gender; (2) require all legally valid marriages to be treated equally under the law; and (3) establish a right for religious organizations and clergy members to refuse to perform a marriage and provide that no person is entitled to make any claim against them for exercising that right?

Indian Springs Community Ctr.

715 W. Gretta Ln., Indian Springs 89018

Johnson, Walter Mid. Sch.

7701 Ducharme Ave., LV 89145

Keller, Duane Mid. Sch.

301 N. Fogg St., LV 89110

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Kesterson, Lorna Elem.

231 Bailey Island Dr., HEN 89074

QUESTION NO. 3

King, Martha Elem.

888 Adams Blvd., Boulder City 89005

Amendment to the Nevada Constitution

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2400 Atlantic St., LV 89104

Lake, Robert Elem.

2904 Meteoro St., LV 89169

Las Vegas Athletic Club - North

6050 N. Decatur Blvd., North LV 89031

Las Vegas Athletic Club - Northwest

1725 N. Rainbow, LV 89108

Las Vegas Strip Site at Pebble

8755 S. LV Blvd., LV 89123

Laughlin Library

2840 S. Needles Hwy., Laughlin 89028

Lawrence, Clifford J.H.S.

4410 S. Juliano Rd., LV 89147

Leavitt, Justice Myron Mid. Sch.

4701 Quadrel St., LV 89129

Lieburn, Howard Senior Ctr.

6230 Garwood Ave., LV 89107

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Filipinos Jose Antonio Vargas, Melanie Perkins...

PAGE A1 year, Daniel Bentley, senior editor at Fortune, said in a video that they “stood up for racial justice, they stood up for inequality, stood up against policy or took a stand to help with the coronavirus.”

Jose Antonio Vargas, Government and Politics Vargas was among leaders in the government and politics category for founding Define American, an organization aimed at shifting conversations around immigrants and identity in the U.S. through media and storytelling.

Having moved to the U.S from the Philippines at the age of 12 as an undocumented immigrant— an experience Vargas first wrote about in an essay for New York Times Magazine in 2011—Vargas went on to accomplish a string of accolades.

“The risk paid off,” wrote Fortune before highlighting Vargas’ Pulitzer Prize for his coverage on the Virginia Tech shooting, his Time magazine cover for his story on immigration, his autobiographical documentary film “Documented,” which aired on CNN, his Emmy-nominated special “White People” created for MTV, his 2018 memoir “Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen,” and his production of the hit Broadway show “What the Constitution Means to Me.” On Twitter, Vargas said that he was “honored” to be included in Fortune Magazine’s 40 under 40 list as an undocumented entrepreneur.

THE Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sent a letter out to state officials this week asking them to prepare to distribute a COVID-19 vaccine by November 1, two days before the presidential election.

“CDC urgently requests your assistance in expediting applications for these distribution facilities, and, if necessary, asks that you consider waiving requirements that would prevent these facilities from becoming fully operational by Nov. 1, 2020,” CDC Director Robert Redfield wrote to states in a letter obtained by news company McClatchy.

In three planning documents obtained by the New York Times, the CDC details how health officials should go about shipping, distributing, and handling two vaccine candidates labeled “Vaccine A” and “Vaccine B.” According to the guidelines, health care professionals and essential workers, including long term care facility (LTCF) residents and staff, would be prioritized.

They also ask states to identify critical populations such as those at increased risk for severe illness, persons over 65 years of age, those living in group settings, and those with limited access to vaccination services, to receive the first available doses of vaccine.

“The COVID-19 vaccine landscape is evolving and uncertain,

and these scenarios may evolve as more information is available,” reads one document, adding that the planners should assume that more vaccines would be available for distribution early 2021.

President Donald Trump has before suggested that a vaccine would be available by the end of this year through efforts of his “Operation Warp Speed,” an initiative the White House formed to accelerate obtaining a vaccine

by January.

During the Republican National Convention at the end of August, Trump said a vaccine would be ready “before the end of the year or maybe even sooner.”

Dr. Moncef Slaoui, former director of the CDC’s office of public health preparedness and current chief scientific advisor to Operation Warp Speed, told NPR’s All Things Considered on Thursday, September 3 that sending out the guidelines was the “right thing to do” in the event a vaccine does become available.

“It’s a matter of planning,” said Slaoui, adding that the operation has been performing “very well” and “even better” than he was hoping.

Slaoui added, however, that having a vaccine ready by October or November was “extremely unlikely” but not impossible.

“There is a very, very low chance that the trials that are running as we speak could read before the end of October, and

therefore there could be—if all other conditions required for an emergency use authorization are met and approved,” said Slaoui.

“I think it’s extremely unlikely but not impossible.”

He also confirmed that the two vaccines outlined in the guidelines were being developed by Pfizer and Moderna.

With safety being a major concern, Slaoui said vaccines would not be introduced before clinical trials were completed. Completion would include an assessment by a data safety monitoring board independent of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the U.S. government, and those involved in the operation.

Slaoui also said he understands the concerns surrounding the fact that the announced distribution date is just days before the national presidential election.

Skeptics worry that the push for a vaccine is fueled by the urge to get good news out right before election day.

“I get the point,” said Slaoui, adding that he learned about the letter sent to the states on the news.

The letter, he said, “is one that says we need to be prepared as of.”

“I do think there is a possibility that the clinical trials—albeit very low, as I said before, extremely low—but there is a possibility that the trials read out before the end of October,” said Slaoui. “It would be irresponsible not to be ready if that was the case.” n

Former Fil-Am US Solicitor General on Trump’s list...

PAGE A1 During former President George W. Bush’s presidential term, Francisco served as associate counsel of the president before serving as deputy assistant attorney general at the DOJ. In his private practice, Francisco brought a number of high profile cases before the Supreme Court including McDonnell v.

United States in which Francisco represented former Virginia governor Robert McDonnell, whose corruption case was overturned.

He also represented plaintiffs who challenged former President Obama’s efforts to uphold recess appointments, and plaintiffs who sought to allow employers to opt out of covering contraceptives in employee health plans if they had moral objections.

As solicitor general, Francisco personally argued 17 cases at the

Jose Antonio Vargas, Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist and immigration activist

Melanie Perkins, CEO and co-founder of Canva, an online graphic design and publishing tool

Melanie Perkins, Technology Among entrepreneurs listed in the technology category was Perkins who made headlines last year after becoming the third richest person in Australia under the age of 40 as the founder of Canva.

In 2016, Perkins was included in Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list.

Perkins’ passion for graphic design grew from a side job of teaching graphic design to students with traditional programs like Photoshop and InDesign, to eventually founding Canva, a free online design platform which Fortune described as a “viable competitor to the likes of Adobe.”

Even amidst the coronavirus pandemic, the Sydney-based company managed to close a $60 million funding round in June, and is now valued at $6 billion

and employing workers not only in Sydney, but in Beijing, China and Manila, Philippines.

Aside from the over 20 million global users who sign on to Canva’s platform each month, some 85% of Fortune 500 companies have signed up for the product.

With many classrooms now moving online due to the pandemic, the company has also dedicated free tools and creative resources for teachers that integrate with Google Classroom to help them better engage their students and foster their learning experiences.

“What’s more, Perkins has become one of Australia’s most successful tech entrepreneurs and one of the world’s youngest female tech unicorn founders,” PAGE A1 Fortune wrote. (Rae Ann Varona/ signaled the arrival of “post-raAJPress) cial America,” a theory that categorizes America as a race-blind country after the election of the first Black president. But as we know, the myth of post-racial America is just that: a myth. are fulfilled.

Over the last decade, the na“Nothing prevents the president from directly exercising tional conversation over syshis constitutional power to grant temic racism came to a head executive clemency at any time, with the high-profile murders of because it is a personal act of unarmed Black youth — Trayvon Martin in 2012 and Michael grace,” said Guevarra.

Pardoned for national interest Brown and Tamir Rice in 2014 Presidential Spokesperson — by law enforcement.

Police brutality and racial Harry Roque, meanwhile, said the president’s decision might profiling among law enforcehave been grounded on national ment aren’t new phenomena, but they’ve become renewed interest.

“Sa tingin ko naman, itong conversation topics in the wake desisyon nga ni rresidente — ito of the murders of George Floyd ay personal na opinyon ko dahil in May and Breonna Taylor in tinanong mo ang aking personal March.

The Asian Journal has covered na opinyon — ang pagbibigay ng pardon kay Pemberton ay kaba- the current conversation about hagi ng pagnanais ni rresidente racial injustice and the roles that na kapag mayroon na ngang other non-Black communities of vaccine na na-develop kung sa color play in perpetuating antiAmerica man ay makikinabang blackness in all industries and din ang Pilipinas (I think the public-facing entities, and the rresident’s decision — this is just crux of the issue lies in the ways a personal opinion because you in which systems of bureaucracy asked for my personal opinion are steeped in white nationalist —pardoning Pemberton is part sensibilities.

The problem is that the “postof the president’s desire to get a vaccine from America if they de- racial America” fallacy has made it more difficult for any traction velop one), he said Thursday.

Roque, who once served as to be made in the effort to stithe private legal counsel for fle existing white supremacist the Laude family, admitted that policies and practices which, he doesn’t have an issue with according to former FBI special Pemberton’s release if it meant agent Michael German, have exa solution to the country’s health isted since the founding of the U.S. crisis.

“One of the things we have “At sa akin po, bagamat tayo ay tumayong abogado ng pami- to understand is the influence lyang Laude, eh kung ang ibig of white supremacy in our socisabihin naman niyan ay lahat ng ety,” German said in a telebriefPilipino ay magkakaroon ng vac- ing hosted by Ethnic Media cine kung Amerikano ang maka- Services on Friday, Sept. 4. “We develop, wala akong problema were formed as a nation, as a dyan (To me, even if I were the white supremacist project. This Laude family’s former lawyer, if was European colonization of it means all Filipinos will have the so-called New World which access to the vaccine that Ameri- of course wasn’t new to the peocans would develop, I don’t have ple who live there and white supremacy was codified in law for a problem with that),” he said.

The spokesperson also insisted hundreds of years, and police ofthat Laude was not denied justice ficers enforcing those laws were since Pemberton was convcited enforcing white supremacy.”

Anecdotally, there’s undoubtand had to pay the Laude family edly been a rise in white nationP4.3 million in civil liabilities “Nakamit po ang katarungan. alism, and it’s not just in the Wala po tayong ibinayad kahit South. More and more white suano (We obtained justice. We premacy rallies are being held in didn’t have to pay for anything to areas like Los Angeles, Orange County and New York City. get it),” he said. n

Bureau of Corrections signs Pemberton release...

PAGE A1 “Surrender can happen today if the BI is ready. It can also happen tomorrow. There’s no pressure on us. We are treating it as a regular release,” said BuCor spokesperson Gabriel Chaglag.

On Wednesday, September 9, the BI announced that Pemberton will be deported out of the country after his release from detention.

Meanwhile, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said that”the date of Pemberton’s actual exit from the country depends on his flight arrangements, considering that he is a military personnel of the U.S.” Pemberton was granted an absolute pardon by President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, September 7.

Pemberton was convicted of homicide on December 1, 2015 for killing transgender Filipina Jennifer Laude in 2014. He was sentenced to six to 10 years imprisonment.

Duterte said that it was unfair to keep Pemberton detained, pointing out that it was not Pemberton’s fault that his good conduct time allowance (GCTA) was not recorded.

“You have not treated Pemberton fairly. So, i-release ko.

Pardon. Eh ang pardon, walang mga question ‘yan (So, I’ll release him. Pardon. There are no questions there),” the president said during his televised public address on Monday.

He added, “It is not the fault of Pemberton na hindi na nacompute because we should allow him, the good character presumption kasi wala namang nagreport na Marines na nagsabi na nagwawala siya (It is not the fault of Pemberton that his good conduct was not computed because we should allow him, the good character presumption of good character since the Marines did not report anything about him acting out).”

The Olongapo City Regional Trial Court on Sept. 1 ordered Pemberton’s release, saying that the convicted American service-

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man has completed the minimum of his sentence after serving a total of 2,142 days or over five years and eight months in prison as well as accumulating GCTA of 1,548 days or more than four years.

The order was signed by Presiding Judge Roline Ginez-Jabalde. However, Pemberton’s release was put on hold by the Bureau of Corrections (Bucor) following the motion for reconsideration filed by Laude’s family.

Duterte said he informed Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea and Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra about his decision before announcing it.

“So sabi ko kay Justice Secretary, Medialdea, pinatawag ko sila kanina, sabi ko it’s my decision to pardon. Correct me if I’m wrong but ito ang tingin ko sa kaso (So I told Justice Secretary, Medialdea, I called them over and said it’s my decision to pardon. Correct me if I’m wrong but this is my opinion about the case). We have not treated Pemberton fairly,” he said.

Duterte also clarified that he isn’t taking any sides.

“I am not favoring anybody — neither Pemberton, nor the family [of Laude],” he stressed.

On his own volition Guevarra, meanwhile, maintained that Duterte’s decision to grant absolute pardon to Pemberton was his ow.

“It appeared to me that it was upon his own volition,” he told ANC. “He must have been following this issue and then on his own, decided to grant the pardon to end it all.”

The justice secretary also noted that Duterte didn’t take the usual procedure in handing out his clemency, but assured his move was not illegal.

The usual procedure is for a convict to submit an application for pardon or parole to the Board of pardons and Parole. After evaluating, it will submit its findings to the DOJ, which will then endorse the recommendation to the President if the documents

Supreme Court, and represented Trump in major cases like the travel ban that barred individuals from numerous predominantly Muslim countries from entering the U.S., and the still pending effort to end the Deffered Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

Filipino heritage As the first Asian American to serve as solicitor general, Francisco has previously spoken about his Filipino heritage and of his father who immigrated to the U.S. from the Philippines and became a medical doctor.

During a DOJ Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month program in May 2018, Francisco shared in his remarks, how his late father, Nemesio Maharice Francisco, remained his biggest inspiration.

In sharing the story of how

his father left for the U.S. to attend medical school on the savings of family members in the Philippines, Noel Francisco said, “That’s, of course, where my story began.”

“We came here on the shoulders of immigrants who had the courage to cross oceans in search of a better life,” said Francisco.

In regards to his father’s influence on his interest in politics, Francisco shared how his father donated to President Ronald Reagan’s re-election campaign and received an auto-penned photograph of Reagan which his father was proud of.

“It was only many years later that I began to understand why,” said Francisco. “It was because he had come to understand that he was an American, and he was actively participating in our democratic process.” n

Breaking down systemic white supremacy...

The increased visibility of white nationalism and far-right radicalism in the last few years has manifested itself in blatant public displays: white supremacy rallies, the growth of online fringe communities and other movements that promote reverting the country back to a nation that largely puts its white citizens first.

“There is still no national strategy around far-right violence and white supremacy violence in the United States and I think is poorly understood partly because the federal government deprioritizes this work,” said German, who has 16 years of experience that includes going undercover while investigating white supremacist groups.

The FBI doesn’t currently track violence spurred from white supremacy, German said, which provides a startling conundrum within law enforcement on the local, state and federal levels.

Though white nationalism is bigger now than it was 10 years ago, the FBI still hasn’t developed a system to keep track of the number of victims who were killed by white supremacists.

In regards to the FBI terrorism watch list — a list of subjects of terrorism investigations with the FBI that police use as a resource to determine whether or not someone they encounter is a terrorist — a loophole exists in local law enforcement to allow white supremacists, specifically, off the hook.

Because of this closeness of white supremacists [to law enforcement], the FBI has devised a way to ensure that local officers don’t get in the way of white supremacist investigations.

Usually, local police are given the FBI terrorism watch list in case they come across a subject of a terrorism investigation, but the FBI shields white supremacists from the list because potentially, those local officers — who are likely friendly with white supremacist groups — may intervene in the FBI’s investigations. “[The FBI] tells the agents not to use the watch list that way and to instead use what’s called a silent hit in which, if a police officer pulled over a subject of a white supremacist investigation and searched that person through the terrorist watch list,

they would not get a positive response,” German said.

He continued, “A note would go to the agent who is working the case, but the police officer would not be alerted that this person is potentially dangerous.”

The reason for that is that, German noted, is because the FBI knows that local police may let that subject off the hook, saying “the reason why [the FBI] does this is because it doesn’t want [local] law enforcement searching for their white supremacist friends and then tip them off.”

German said that the “familiar relationship” between white supremacist groups and law enforcement holds strong today when “far right violence, at best, is ignored and at worst being lauded by government officials, including the president of the United States. These white supremacist beliefs manifest themselves in many ways, not least of which comes in the form of violence and deterioriation of public safety for communities of color.

German, however, noted that crime rates and homicides are lower than they were from the 1960s to the 1990s when civil unrest mounted due to civil rights, political unrest and growing resentment of the American public toward those in power.

But, at the same time, lower overall crime rates don’t always tell the full story, especially in a policing system that still racially profiles subjects, finds loopholes for other subjects and refuses to take accountability for these faults.

“So even though there are fewer homicides, law enforcement is solving fewer homicides, and that’s something I think needs a lot more inquiry [into],” German said. “And particularly when you look at those unsolved homicides, they tend to be against the very communities that are overpoliced as suspects of crime: black and brown communities, indigenous communities and all these other communities where the police are not as aggressive in actually investigating real crimes against those communities, but are more interested in pursuing them as suspects.” n

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Manila’s white beach

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IT will be nice to look at, but there are several issues being raised in connection with the ongoing creation of a “white beach” along Manila’s Baywalk: the cost and timing of the construction, and its sustainability.

As the government responds to the COVID-19 pandemic, the country keeps sinking deeper into debt. In this public health and economic crisis, can the country afford the P349million price tag for the Boracay in Manila project? Environment officials have said the project was conceptualized as part of the Manila Bay cleanup that began last year, and funding was appropriated in the 2020 budget, long before the coronavirus disease 2019 struck.

Officials are hoping that the 500-meter stretch of manmade white beach, with the water clean and safe enough for swimming, will serve as a model for bayfront communities around Manila Bay to undertake and maintain their own coastal cleanup and rehabilitation.

One concern is how long the area can serve as a model. Keeping the shoreline clean and the water quality safe for swimming will require sustained compliance with sewage and solid waste management regulations, not just along the bay but also all over Metro Manila, where most of the rivers and

tributaries wash out into the bay.

There are also concerns that the meter-high layer of “white sand” – actually crushed dolomite boulders shipped to Manila from Cebu – might simply be washed away in the next storm surge to hit the bay.

The Mines and Geosciences Bureau says Geotubes – a type of marine construction technology – will hold the crushed dolomite in place to prevent erosion into the sea. The MGB has also brushed aside a warning from the Department of Health, that the dolomite particles could pose health risks.

It can be risky, the MGB said, only if you inhale the particles. The bureau pointed out that dolomite is sourced from the sea and the crushed particles consist of calcium magnesium carbonate, which will contribute to “bay nourishment.”

The government has pointed out that crushed Philstar.com photo dolomite has also been used in creating manmade beaches in Cebu, Singapore and France. Environment officials have said they are prepared to With the project tentatively set to be opened by explain and defend the project before any forum. Sept. 19, they must also prepare for investigations

Editorial

The Fil-Am Perspective GEL SANTOS-RELOS WITH 47 years in government, what has Joe Biden, former vice president and senator and now presidential candidate, accomplished?

This is a timely moment to talk facts about what the candidates have really done to help the American people live a better, more just and equitable life in their years as government officials, accorded with public trust and power of the position they hold.

After all, the commitment to serve the American people, and not to be served, should be the bedrock of why a person runs for public office.

The headlines from the past days have further revealed why our country and our people are in chaos and are deeply divided; why more than 189,000 Americans have been killed by the coronavirus pandemic; why the gap between the rich and the poor has grown wider than ever; why the planet we will pass on to the next generations has been under continued threat; and why the fulfillment of the American dream as envisioned by the founding fathers has been elusive.

What we are going through right now is because of the failed leadership by the 45th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump. The reason why is not necessarily because he does not want to be a true leader and public servant in the very essence of the word. As Former President Barack Obama said during the

and possible indictments in case something goes wrong. (Philstar.com)

Decisions 2020: How Joe Biden has made our lives better, more just and equitable in his 47 years of service to the American people Democratic National Convention, “Donald Trump hasn’t grown into the job because he can’t.”

We have heard testaments from Trump’s own family who really know him. We have heard and read reactions from veterans themselves. Captain C.B. Sully Sullenberger, the pilot who saved peoples’ lives from the crash of the plane in the Hudson River in New York in 2009, encapsulated what is required of a leader to be a true public servant so poignantly.

Aside from being a retired Air Force fighter pilot, Sullenberger is a veteran who volunteered for military service during wartime just like his father, whose generation he proudly said, “saved the world from fascism.”

“For the first time in American history, a president has repeatedly shown utter and vulgar contempt and disrespect for those who have served and died serving our country.

While I am not surprised, I am disgusted by the current occupant of the Oval Office. He has repeatedly and consistently shown himself to be completely unfit for and to have no respect for the office he holds.

He took an oath of office that is similar to the one that each person takes who enters the U.S. Military. But he has completely failed to uphold his oath.

Now we know why. He has admitted that he cannot comprehend the concept of service above self.

Going back to Joe Biden. What has he done as a public servant

for 47 years?

Joe Biden, who had a stuttering problem as a child, overcame this barrier and enrolled at the University of Delaware, where he double-majored in history and political science. He then went to Syracuse University, where he earned his law degree.

Biden served as a public defender (defense attorney) for Wilmington, Delaware from 1968 to 1970, helping the accused who do not have representation protect their constitutional rights.

From 1970-1972, Joe was on the New Castle County Council in Delaware, and his most notable accomplishment was his “fight against a massive 10-lane highway project that threatened to pave over Wilmington’s neighborhoods and push back on the oil companies building refineries on the Delaware coast.”

Biden was elected Senator in 1972 at the age of 29, and became one of the youngest people ever elected to the United States Senate. Joe has served as Delaware’s longest-running senator, serving as Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary from 1987-1995, and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 2001-2003, and again on 2007-2009.

In 2008, President Barack Obama named Joe as his running mate, and was elected by the American people as the 47th Vice President of the United States. On January 20, 2009, he was sworn in to office and served for two terms after being re-elected with Obama in 2012.

As his life as an elected public servant was just beginning, Joe experienced a grave loss when his wife Neilia and daughter Naomi were killed, and sons Hunter and Beau were critically injured in an auto accident in 1972.

Joe’s eldest son Beau, who served the country as attorney general of Delaware and as a major in the Delaware Army National Guard, died in 2015 at the young age of 46 after battling brain cancer.

Joe’s life story reminds me of the story of Job in the bible. Job lost everything he had, became seriously ill, his wife left him — yet through these unimaginable losses, Job remained faithful to God. Joe Biden is a Christian, a Catholic to be more precise, like many of us Filipinos.

Like Job, Joe’s faith in God remained strong even when he could and did not understand why God would allow these tragedies and afflictions to happen in his life. In fact, it was Joe’s faith in God that strengthened him and gave him the resolve to use his losses to find his purpose in life.

God fulfilled His promise in Job’s life. He granted Job “beauty for ashes.” God blessed Job for his trust and faithfulness to God’s will, for doing the right thing even when the wrong things were happening in his life. By the same mercy and grace, God rewarded Joe with a new wife and life partner in Jill, and more opportunities and a bigger platform to serve God’s people through Joe’s life in public service.

Joe Biden has been serving God through his service to the American people.

Since the early 70s, Joe has been fighting for the mantra “government of the people, for the people, by the people” to be a reality in America.

As shared on his campaign site, Joe has been doing this since his “first calls for the public financing of campaigns in the early 1970s.

In the decades to come, he’ll continue to take action to restore and strengthen our democratic institutions, starting with protecting the right to vote.” Joe contended, “The United States Constitution says We the People. Not We the Donors.”

Biden helped in the efforts toward arms control for global peace and security.

“He led a delegation of senators to meet with Kremlin officials in Moscow to present U.S. conditions for the ratification of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks–SALT II. It is the beginning of his decades-long leadership on nuclear arms control and strategic security negotiations to keep the American people safe, prevent an unchecked nuclear arms race, and establish norms of international conduct. Later, as Vice President, he will be critical to Senate approval of the New START Treaty with Russia, which brings deployed strategic nuclear weapons by the two countries to the lowest level in history.”

“As Chairman or Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for 12 years, Senator Biden plays a pivotal role

in shaping U.S. foreign policy.

He is at the forefront of issues and legislation related to ending Apartheid, terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, post-Cold War Europe, the Middle East, and Southwest Asia.”

As a woman, I am most grateful for Joe in his fight on our behalf when he introduced the bill that addresses sexual assault and domestic violence in 1990, which was enacted into law as the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) in 1994 — “the landmark legislation that criminalizes violence against women, creates unprecedented resources for survivors of assault, and changes the national dialogue on domestic and sexual assault.”

Joe cares not just for this generation, but for the generations to come by introducing legislation to combat climate change.

“Joe calls for action to address climate change and protect the environment before it was a mainstream issue, introducing the Global Climate Protection Act. Later, as Chair of the Foreign Relations Committee, he organizes several hearings on climate change and rallies support on a number of non-binding resolutions on the issue, in an attempt to build momentum for action to address climate change.”

Biden has been working toward protecting the lives of the American people from the irresponsible and dangerous use of military-style weapons by civilians because of the influence of the powerful lobbyist National

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AAPI working families deserve better than Trump’s dangerous rhetoric, failing economy Commentary

GRACE VERGARA-MACTAL, SEIU AND GLORIA CAOILE, APALA Kung flu.

Chinese virus.

These aren’t hurtful taunts from schoolchildren overheard on the playground.

They’re the words of the sitting President of the United States of America -- and they have fanned the flames of bigotry against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders throughout the course of the pandemic.

This week, as we came together to mark Labor Day, the consequences of Donald Trump’s failed presidency are still being felt in AAPI working families across the country. Trump’s disastrous coronavirus response has inflamed existing racial inequalities and economic disparities in AAPI communities. Thanks to Trump, AAPIs are being disproportionately impacted by a historic recession

-- and scapegoated for a pandemic that his own administration has utterly failed to contain.

For months, AAPIs have been bearing the double burden of a cratering economy and Trump’s reckless attempts to stoke xenophobia against our community.

Since the coronavirus crisis began, nearly half of Asian American households have experienced a loss in employment income, compared to 43% of white households. Last week, the Labor Department revealed that the unemployment rate for Asian Americans in August was 10.7% -- over two points higher than the jobless rate for workers overall.

On top of that, AAPI-owned small businesses have been hit especially hard as a consequence of Trump’s failing economy and reckless rhetoric. Small businesses are the lifeblood of AAPI communities, and an important source of jobs for new immigrants. A quarter of restaurants and hotels in the United States are owned by Asian Americans, along with 17% of retail stores. In Nevada, AAPI small businesses were among the first to suffer the economic impacts of

the pandemic as unjustified fears of contracting the virus prompted customers to steer clear of Asianowned stores.

But while small business owners struggled to stay afloat and some even closed up shop permanently, the Trump administration’s Paycheck Protection Program shut out many entrepreneurs of color in favor of large corporations. In April, the Center for Responsible Lending found that 75% of Asianowned businesses “stand close to no chance of receiving a PPP loan through a mainstream bank or credit union.”

Meanwhile, approximately two million Asian Americans across the country are on the frontlines of the fight against the virus as essential workers. In Nevada alone, AAPIs make up 19% of health care workers — the highest share of the workforce. As essential workers, they are facing exposure to COVID every day and fighting to keep Nevadans safe. But even as AAPIs play a critical role in combating the coronavirus, a disastrous lack of planning and willful neglect under Trump has left them without adequate PPE or critical labor pro-

tections -- and in the crosshairs of the virus.

In particular, the pandemic has taken an outsize toll on Filipinos, who are well-represented in the health care sector and four times more likely to be nurses than any other group in the country. By the end of August, Filipinos tragically made up 30% of coronavirusrelated deaths among registered nurses in the United States. And many Filipino frontliners fighting the deadly virus at work are scared of bringing it home and infecting their loved ones.

With one in five AAPI seniors in Nevada living in multigenerational households with school-age children, social distancing can be close to impossible — and community spread is a serious concern. In Clark County alone, AAPIs make up 10% of the population but account for nearly 17% of coronavirus deaths.

To make matters worse, AAPIs are facing an alarming surge in anti-Asian sentiment and hate attacks. By the end of March, hate crimes against Asian Americans skyrocketed to approximately 100 per day on average. In Nevada,

AAPIs have become the target of verbal abuse and bigoted attacks, mirroring incidents in countless other states.

Despite this, Trump has doubled down on his reckless rhetoric, continuing to trot out racist terms like ‘kung flu’ and ‘Chinese virus’ to describe the coronavirus — even though experts have warned his language exacerbates anti-Asian sentiment.

It’s the same page out of Trump’s old playbook: he wants Americans pointing the finger at each other, in order to deflect blame from his own failures. But no matter what he says, Trump can’t distract from the truth: his ineffective pandemic response and failed leadership have cost AAPIs our lives and our livelihoods. We deserve better than the president’s dangerous rhetoric and devastating economic policies.

Nevada has long been ground zero for AAPI organizing. Since 2000, the Silver State has seen its AAPI population grow 167%. Today, we make up 10% of the electorate in this critical battleground state. Mobilizing the growing AAPI vote is key to ensuring Democratic

victories and building a better future for working families.

Now more than ever, AAPIs need leadership that will help our community build back better, and strive to bring Americans together--not tear us apart. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have a proven track record of standing shoulder-to-shoulder with us in the fight for fair wages, safe working conditions, and a voice on the job. With Joe and Kamala in the White House, AAPIs will have a seat at the table and strong allies in the fight to put power back in the hands of workers.

This fall, the AAPI community can go from being marginalized under Trump to delivering the margin of victory for Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and Democrats up and down the ballot. Together, we can help turn the page on this failed presidency once and for all.

*** Grace Vergara-Mactal is the Executive Director SEIU Local 1107, which represents over 9,000 nurses and other health care workers across Nevada.

Gloria Caoile is a founding member of the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA), where she currently serves as the Director of Civic Engagement in Nevada.

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11 more Filipinos contract COVID-19 abroad “Meanwhile, 11 new confirmed cases were also reported AJPress in the same regions & 5 new THE Philippine Department of fatalities in the Middle East. To Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Thurs- date, the total number of counday, September 10, recorded 11 tries and regions with confirmed new cases of the novel corona- cases among Filipinos is now at virus among overseas Filipinos, 75, with a new report from an bringing the total number of in- additional country in the Americas,” it added. fections to 10,162.

Overall by region, Europe It also logged 31 new recoveries, which raises the overall tally — which comprises 18 countries — has recorded 1,168 Filipino of recovered patients to 6,413.

Five new fatalities, meanwhile, cases, including 204 undergoing treatment, 869 recoveries and 95 brought the death toll to 768.

“Similar to yesterday’s figures, deaths.

The Middle East and Africa, the DFA reports an increase in the number of Filipinos abroad covering 27 countries, has rewho have recovered from CO- ported 7,002 cases; of which, VID-19, with 31 new recoveries 2,310 are undergoing treatment, in the Americas, Asia and the 487 deaths and 4,205 recoverPacific, and the Middle East,” the ies.

The Asia Pacific region, which DFA said.

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spans across 20 countries, has 1,189 cases, with 300 undergoing treatment, 881 recoveries, and eight deaths.

The Americas — covering 10 countries like the United States — have 803 reported cases, with 167 undergoing treatment, 458 recoveries, and 178 deaths.

“As DFA personnel in our Foreign Service Posts continues to report on the status of Filipinos abroad, the DFA assures the public its unceasing efforts in attending to the needs of our people and facilitating requests for repatriation, whenever possible,” the agency said.

Meanwhile in the Philippines, the total number of COVID-19 cases has jumped to 248,947, with 4,006 fatalities and 186,058 recoveries. n

Decisions 2020: How Joe Biden has made...

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“Joe takes on the National Rifle Association and wins—twice. In 1993, he secures the passage of the Brady background check bill, ushering the bill through conference and defeating an NRA-supported filibuster. And in 1994, he champions the passage of bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.”

As vice president, Joe Biden was President Barack Obama’s partner in governance, continuing on and leading “interagency efforts, and works with Congress in his fight to raise the living standards of middle-class Americans, reduce gun violence, address violence against women, and end cancer as we know it.”

When Obama led the country in our recovery from the deepest recession since the Great Depression, which eventually paved the way for the biggest continuous job growth Trump only benefited from, Biden worked hard with the president.

“President Obama turns to Joe to first help pass and then oversee the implementation of the Recovery Act—the biggest economic recovery plan in the history of the nation and our biggest and strongest commitment to clean energy.

The president’s plan prevents another Great Depression, creates and saves millions of jobs, and leads to 75 uninterrupted months of job growth by the end of the Administration, which has continued until today. And Joe did it all with less than 1% in waste, abuse

or fraud—the most efficient government program in our country’s history.”

Like Obama, Joe believed ALL Americans should have access to health care, not just a privileged few.

“President Obama and Joe secure the passage of the Affordable Care Act, which will have reduced the number of uninsured Americans by 20 million by the time they leave office and banned insurance companies from denying coverage due to pre-existing conditions.”

Joe believed that in this country, all men are created equal, even in choosing whom to love, and should therefore be accorded the same rights and protections provided for in the Constitution.

“Vice President Biden vocally supports marriage equality for LGBTQ individuals at a time when most political pundits said it wasn’t a good idea. He later shows the same leadership by expressing early support for the Equality Act.” He worked with President Obama to fight against gun violence.

“After 26 first-graders and educators are killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Joe leads an effort to take more than two dozen actions to make our schools and communities safer, including improving the gun background check system and narrowing the gun show loophole.”

He used his pain and grief when he lost his son to cancer to help other people fight against cancer.

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“In his final State of the Union address, President Obama asks Joe to head up a new national effort to end cancer as we know it—he ends up calling it his ‘Cancer Moonshot,’ with the goal of making a decade’s worth of advances in cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment in five years.”

THESE are but a few of his accomplishments. Indeed, Joe Biden has earned the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction — the nation’s highest civilian honor — given to him by President Barack Obama.

Yes, the 24/7 news cycle can be overwhelming. But it’s too important of an election to sit out if you have the privilege of being a voter in America.

To learn more about candidates running for office, visit their websites, revisit news articles, and watch videos of what candidates actually said and did to separate facts from misinformation. Their personal lives, responses to crises, judgment calls and their vision will help us get to know the candidates’ values and character better, and will lead us in our discernment on whom to vote for come this November. *** 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.

FACE MASKS DONATION. Marikina City Mayor Marcelino Teodoro (3rd from left) and other city officials receive the personal protective equipment (PPE) and hygiene kits from Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III (2nd from left) and Higher Education chair Prospero de Vera III (left), during the CODE team visit held at Marikina River Park in Marikina City on Thursday, September 10. The CODE team has been visiting local government units to monitor their coronavirus disease response.

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PH government recalls frequencies assigned to now franchise-less ABS-CBN

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MANILA — The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has ordered the recall of television and radio frequencies given to network giant ABS-CBN, as its franchise issue remains unresolved.

NTC said in a seven-page order signed by Commissioner Gamaliel Cordoba and Deputy Commissioners Edgardo Cabarios and Delilah Deles that without a Congressional franchise to operate, the commission is mandated to recall the frequencies.

The frequency recall covered all of ABS-CBN’s free television and radio broadcasts na- A man passes by the ABS-CBN compound in Quezon City. tionwide, including the widely Inquirer.net photo by Grig Montegrane known Channel 2 which has ing discussed. been attributed to the network, September 11.

“Consequentially, absent a But last July 10, lawmakers AM radio station DZMM and DWRR-FM, more known as valid legislative franchise, the re- from the House of Representacall of the frequencies assigned tives committee on legislative MOR 101.9.

“Indubitably, the denial of to Respondent is warranted,” it franchises including House officials acting as ex-officio memRespondent’s franchise renewal added.

After ABS-CBN’s franchise bers voted in favor of a resoluapplication by Congress, coupled with the denial of Respon- expired on May 4, NTC released tion that deprives the network of dent’s Petition by the Supreme a cease and desist order against a franchise.

Critics of the administration Court, lead to no other conclu- the network, ordering it to stop sion except that Respondent broadcasts due to an absence speculated that ABS-CBN’s had already lost the privilege of of a franchise. This was despite shutdown was brought about by installing, operating, and main- its assurance earlier this year, in its critical coverage of President taining radio broadcasting sta- front of Congress, that ABS-CBN Rodrigo Duterte, but the Chief tions in the country,” NTC said would still be allowed to operate Executive maintained that he in an order dated Wednesday, while the franchise issue is be- had nothing to do with it. n

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Journal Self-care in each sip: Pinay-founded Droplet enters the wellness industry with functional beverages age naturally sweetened with fruit for uncomplicated production and labeling regulation, and FIVE years ago, Celeste Perez longer shelf life,” Borlongan told launched, a design studio that the Asian Journal. has celebrity restaurateurs and In August 2019, Perez and hospitality groups among its cliBorlongan unveiled Dewdrop, a entele. line of sparkling functional bevThe downsides of a bustling erages that are enhanced with business for Perez, however, adaptogens and superfoods. were heart palpitations, being They don’t fit into the water or unable to sleep at night, and desoda categories, but rather can veloping poor eating habits. The be described as a health suppleeffects of burnout caught up to ment bottled in drinkable form. her as it eventually led to a hosAs they celebrated one year pital stay and having to wear a since launching, the company heart monitor. will be rebranded as “Droplet” “At the end of the day, what this September. we learned was that I was dealThe starting lineup features ing with stress. It’s funny bethree flavors, each embedded cause I’d always thought that bewith a targeted purpose, made ing stressed out means just take with whole fruit juices and no a rest,” the Los Angeles-based added flavorings.

Filipina American entrepreneur “Pretty Happy,” which has told the Asian Journal. “I didn’t passion fruit, cacao, vanilla realize that being under stress bean and rhodiola, boasts antifor years has such an effect on anxiety, energy boosting and you physically. We always think skin-hydrating effects. “Pretty Balanced,” flavored with white peach, lemon verbena, moringa and ashwagandha, is the go-to for a stress balancer and digestive aid. “Pretty Bright,” comprised of yuzu, ginger and reishi mushroom, is touted as a reset and mood enhancer.

“The entire idea behind Droplet was our own roots as Filipina Americans and our experiences with herbal medicine,” Perez said, citing growing up eating tinola, a chicken soup with green papaya and malunggay leaves (moringa) or salabat, a ginger tea to fight a sore throat and aid digestion. “There is no appropriation here. We are just shining a light on what it is that we’ve done and hoping that it uplifts our community also.”

Borlongan echoed, “There’s a plethora of published scientific studies on the anti-inflammatory — the most important Talia Jafarkhani, general manager; Michelle Nuccio, founding member; Celeste Perez, co-founder and CEO; Adrienne Borlongan, co-founder disease prevention — effects of and lead food scientist; and Connie Kuo, advisor.

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of stress as an emotional thing that you work through. But it turns out it’s not.”

This wake-up call led to seeking alternatives to manage stress through traditional herbal medicine, a slight rebellion as the daughter of two doctors. It was then Perez learned about adaptogens, non-toxic substances derived from plants that help one’s body adapt and regulate the natural ability to respond to stressors.

After finding the right supplements for her needs, such as reishi mushrooms (said to have immunity-boosting and fatiguefighting benefits) and ashwagandha (a medicinal herb said to reduce anxiety and stress), Perez noticed her heart palpitations dissipated, stress levels lowered, and energy sustained throughout the day without caffeine.

Though, the available adapto-

gen products on the market, she said, weren’t too palatable for long-term use.

“I’ve been in the food and beverage industry for far too long to just accept that something is going to taste bad even if it’s supposed to be medicinal,” Perez, who is also a certified holistic nutritionist, said.

Unable to chug the concoctions any longer, she called up her friend, Adrienne Borlongan, a fellow Filipina American who is a food scientist and the cofounder of artisanal ice cream shop Wanderlust Creamery. Together, they paired adaptogens with ingredients that would make for tasty, yet beneficial beverages. That afternoon yielded around 17 different flavors.

“Using my knowledge of food science and studies in food manufacturing, I helped [Celeste] narrow her ideas down to a simple, clear sparkling bever-

Droplet’s three flavors: Pretty Bright, Pretty Happy and Pretty Balanced.

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health advice for granted as ‘wives’ tales’ because it’s based anecdotally, but they’re actually legit.”

The added layer of being FilAm is showing how Filipino traditions and ingredients have these healing qualities and can be incorporated into modernday lifestyles.

“People used to come to my grandma when they were sick and she would make a drink out of gumamela, which is hibiscus, by mushing it up and making it into a tea,” Perez said. “I was like, ‘Dad, that’s what I’m doing.’ I’m carrying this legacy on.

Though my dad, who is a doctor, did in a very western way, I’m doing it in the way of our ancestors.”

The three photogenic 12ounce cans bear illustrations of a goddess-like figure surrounded by plants and the moon, designed by Bárbara Malagoli, a Brazilian artist based in London.

The colors, from peachy to lime green tones, are meant to play into the feminine and fertile, yet calming aesthetic, as a contrast to other energy, high-performance beverages on the mar-

ket. The overall branding highlights the all-women team, that in addition to the co-founders, includes general manager Talia Jafarkhani.

The “drop” in the brand’s name pays homage to Dalikamata, a clairvoyant and health goddess in Visayan pantheon, who was depicted with thousands of eyes on her body and whose tears would form morning dew drops. According to the legend, drinking the drops had healing effects, such as relieving eye problems.

“Honoring our heritage was something important to us as people growing in a space where there aren’t very many people of color growing businesses,” Perez said. “With the skin tone of each illustration, we wanted to represent all different types so with the ‘Pretty Happy’ can, for example, she’s brown like me and that’s something I have not really seen on the shelves.”

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Marichu Vera-Perez Maceda, 77

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RECOGNIZED as one of the matriarchs of the Philippine Movie Industry, Maria Azucena Vera-Perez Maceda–affectionately known as “Manay Ichu”– died Monday, September 7 at the age of 77.

In an official statement sent out to news outlets by the VeraPerez and Maceda families, the wife of the late statesman and senator Ernesto “Ernie” Maceda succumbed to cardio respiratory failure. She is survived by her five sons Emmanuel, Ernesto Jr., Erwin, Edmond and Edward.

Maceda’s nephew Rep. Christopher De Venecia–son of Maceda’s sister Gina De Venecia–paid tribute to his aunt on Facebook, writing, “Mami-miss kita nang tahasan Mama Tutu. Isang haligi ng industriya ng pelikulang Pilipino na nag-alaga at nag-aruga sa akin sa aking paglaki, hanggang sa aking pagtanda. Mahal na mahal ka namin. Rest in love, rest in power, and rest in peace Mama Tutu. Ngayo’y malaya ka na sa sakit at karamdaman.

Ipagpapatuloy namin ang iyong nasimulan at ang legacy ng Vera Perez family.”

Meanwhile, actor and Senate President Vicente Sotto 3rd also mourned Maceda’s passing through his Twitter account and said, “Our Beloved Manay Ichu will now rest at the bosom of the Lord our God. The movie industry will never be the same.

We owe her a lot. We love her deeply.”

Maceda grew up in the realm of show business with Jose VeraPerez, founder of Sampaguita

Pictures, for a father. The family company is a trailblazer in Filipino movie production and considered to be the country’s biggest and leading film outfit from the 1930s to the early 1980s. Under her watch, critically acclaimed movies such as “Dyesebel” (1979) and “Batch ’81” (1982) emerged, which today are firmly etched in Filipino pop culture.

Besides producing movies, Maceda was revered as an industry matriarch for she also helped establish film-related agencies such as the Movie Workers Welfare Foundation (Mowelfund), the Film Developmental Council of the Philippines, the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF), the Film Academy of the Philippines, the Philippine Motion Picture Producers Association (PMPPA), and the Experimental Cinema of the Philippines (ECP), among others. She further headed the International Film Festival Committee (IFFCOM) at one point in her very productive career.

In June 2018, FDCP led by its Chairman and The Sunday Times Magazine columninst Liza Diño honored Maceda in a momentous event titled “A Spotlight on Mothers of Philippine Cinema.”

In receiving her Ina ng Pelikulang Pilipino recognition, Maceda’s speech laid out the lessons she learned in the industry for others to benefit.

“Remember that aside from being an art form, this is basically a business, so you have to at least break even so you can recover your investment and produce the second film. Para que pa kayo magpo-produce ng bagong pelikula (kung) kayo lang ang nakakaintindi, wala na-

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mang manonood? Hindi na kayo makakagawa ng pangalawang pelikula, tandaan nyo yan. Never make a film solely to satisfy yourself. Make your film for a wide audience,” she declared.

More poignantly, she also bade both creatives and movie entrepreneurs that one must love the industry without expecting any in return.

“Love your craft and love the industry. Don’t expect anything back aside from your investment of course. Huwag mong asahang ibalik kaagad sa’yo ang ipinakita mong pagmamahal sapagkat balang araw babalik yan sa inyo tulad ng tinatamasa ko ngayon.”

A mass was held for Maceda on Monday evening, 6 p.m. at Arlington Chapel A, after which her remains was cremated immediately. Her ashes were inurned at the Sampaguita Chapel beginning Tuesday, September 8 at 1 p.m. until her family decides on their final plans.

Meanwhile, the Vera Perez and Maceda families request that in lieu of flowers for their beloved matriarch, donations may be made in her honor to MOWELFUND.

WHENEVER you choose a hit or iconic song from recent history, chances are, David Foster wrote or produced it or at least had something to do with it.

I tested myself as I stalked his song credits and got all wide-eyed as I found out that “I Will Always Love You,” “The Prayer,” “St. Elmo’s Fire” theme song, “Somewhere” and the list goes on were all from this musical genius. He also gave so many successful hits for Celine Dion, Chicago, Barbara Streisand, Whitney Houston, and more. But it’s even more bewildering to know that such a living legend is still active in the industry after all these decades.

Case in point was when I had to wake up extra early last Thursday, September 10, just to have a chat with the 16-time Grammy award winner. He was in his Los Angeles condominium where his wife Katharine McPhee set-up the Zoom account for him.

So cute.

David is promoting his new tell-all documentary “Off The Record” which is streaming now on Netflix. For sure, he really did not have to since his work and hits will last more than a lifetime but he was approached by Bell Media Studios and agreed to do so.

Being the perfectionist that he, David admitted he made some revisions to the documentary, “Me and my wife saw the initial edit and she said, ‘It’s really good but I still don’t know you.’ So we got the director and he came back in Los Angeles and we sat for six or eight more hours maybe and he really grilled me and that’s the juice that you will feel in the documentary.”

Since its debut, the younger generations are now getting to know the legend that is David and his impressive body of work.

He even had a five-year period, wherein he produced 25 albums, 18 were megahits with either platinum or gold status.

Though he is very proud of that achievement, the brilliant musician got disappointed that his failures as a music producer were not shown in the documentary.

“And my failures far exceed my successes.”

Some of these failures include his extensive work with the talented Renee Olstead. However, thing just did not fly. “There are days when I feel like I have not done anything but then I look at these (pertaining to his awards) and I’m reminded that, ‘Hey I’ve achieved something here.’”

In past interviews, Streisand and Peter Cetera would repeatedly imply how egoistic David is but would justify him and say he

is always right and knows what he wants to hear thus the creation of his magical hit songs.

With his knowledge and instinct on determining what songs would hit or flop, we asked about Filipino music’s standing in the global stage.

David is a known fan of Philippine talent. He believes that we lead the pack in this side of the world and that there is a chance for us to make it and break records like how BTS and Blackpink are doing. David even had a talent in mind as he recalls how fond he is of Charice which he invited to so many of his concerts.

“The talent is there in the Philippines most specially. There are so many great singers there and I have worked with one of them, Jake (Zyrus) who is amazing and what a great ride we had but it kind of got interrupted by some personal problems which got in the way.”

He even wishes that Jake would have been part of his documentary but he respects where Jake is at now in his life, “But he seems to be doing great now. Charice was an amazing, amazing singer.”

In addition to talks on success, there are a lot to pick up from the workaholic producer, most notable of which was, “If you’re not working Saturdays and Sundays somebody else well… Eat, drink, sleep, breathe it.”

Coleen delivers baby via water birth at home “UNMEDICATED water birth at home!”

Such was how actress Coleen Garcia-Crawford best described in an Instagram story today how she delivered her firstborn with singer-TV host Billy Crawford.

“There’s so much I wanna say, but for now, I just want to praise God for being so so good.

Thank you, Lord, for our beautiful Amari,” Coleen said, showing how she gave birth in an inflatable pool, with a birthing expert and Billy by her side.

“For a while there, towards the Coleen Garcia-Crawford gives birth to baby end, I was really regretting the Amari with husband Billy Crawford by her decision to skip the pain killers side.

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lol but I’m so happy I did it! No tearing thanks to the water.”

According to the actress, she was in a photo shoot with Billy when her water broke.

“So while I was taking this photo, I was setting up the tripod, camera, etc… My water was already breaking lol (but tuloy pa rin ang picture),” she narrated in her Instagram stories.

After four hours of active labor, Amari was born at 6:33 a.m. today, September 10.

“Billy, thanks for the massages and for being such a supportive husband! I appreciate you,” Coleen cajoled. (Philstar.com)

The award-winning producer’s new tell-all documentary ‘Off The Record’ is now available on Netflix.

Photo from Instagram/@davidfoster

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Health@Heart PhiliP S. Chua, MD, FaCS, FPCS AMIDST this killer pandemic of COVID-19, a positive frame of mind and a healthy attitude are good preventive weapons against the SARS-CoV2 virus, on top of good personal hygiene and behavior, wearing a mask, avoiding crowds, and doing social distancing.

The data, as of 4:38 PM, CST, on September 8, 2020: Global cases – 27,716.807, with 900,763 deaths; the Philippines – 241,987 cases, with 3196 deaths; and the U.S. – 6,511,537 cases, with 193,955 deaths.

These six states top the list: California, 743,737 cases, 13,815 deaths; Texas, 671,975 cases, 13, 857 deaths; Florida, 650, 092 cases, 11,919 deaths; New York, 473,078 cases, 33,100 deaths; Georgia, 285,630 cases, 6,070 deaths; and Illinois, 254,281 cases, 8,405 deaths.

Here are 14 habits, behaviors, and strategies for a healthy lifestyle to achieve and maintain good health and possible maximal longevity. This disciplined attitude and decorum help protect our DNA, therefore minimizing the risk for the development of major illnesses like high blood pressure, T2 diabetes, heart attack, stroke, Alzheimer’s, and even cancer.

As we stressed in the book, Let’s Stop “Killing” Our Children, the best timing in protecting the DNA starts in the womb and dieting begins in the crib, for the prevention of genetic defects and future illnesses and health problems.

1. Less Alcohol, More Tea Alcohol is the cause of more than one-third of all illnesses known to man, directly or indirectly, including some forms of cancer. The same is true with the deadly effects of tobacco, which kills 8 million people each year around the world. Tea, on the other hand, especially the green variety, is a well-known antioxidant that is good for the body, in more ways than one. Coffee is also a good antioxidant.

2. Less Meat, More Vegetables Red meat (pork, beef, etc), like the yellow yolk of the egg, is high in saturated fats and cholesterol. The medical literature

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3. Less Salt, More Vinegar We eat too much salt today.

And excess salt raises our blood pressure and causes our body to swell up, inside and outside, no matter how subtle or undetectable this may be. Low-salt diet, in general, is good for us.

Before putting the salt-shaker into action, taste the food first.

Chances are we do not need more salt. And easy on the salty condiments also. The impact of excess salt on our cardiovascular system is adverse, even if we are healthy. You can imagine what it does to those with high blood pressure and other cardiovascular diseases. Vinegar is a better alternative to salt, if the salt substitute (potassium) does not appeal to you. Vinegar also prevents spikes (the sudden rise and fluctuation) of blood insulin and glucose level after a meal, even among healthy people, and more so among diabetics. Vinegar itself, or as a salad dressing (oil and vinegar) or even in pickled vegetables, have been found to help in weight reduction, besides in diabetes control.

4. Less Sugar, More Fresh Fruit Low carbohydrate diet is in, for better health. Less sugar, less sweets (no soft drinks, minimal candies, ice cream, rice, bread, cakes, etc.) is better. This is medically proven. Most of our food and food products, which basically contain protein and vegetables, also have carbohydrates in them. So, eating meals with two only full tablespoons of rice, or even without rice, is healthier for us. The more carbs we eat, the greater the chances of gaining weight and developing diabetes. Fresh fruits provide fructose, the healthier form

of sugar, and also give us fiber, which is beneficial to our colon in the prevention of GI diseases, like cancers. Diabetics will have to consult with their physician/ dietician when adding fruits to their diabetic diet regimen.

5. Less Eating, More Chewing Most of us eat more than we should. My former mentor when I was in medical school, Dr. Fe Del Mundo, a greatly respective and renowned Filipina international icon in Pediatrics, who is now 94 and still practicing in her hospital in Quezon City, told me her “secret” for health and longevity: “Push yourself away from the table a little less than full.” This might sound overly simplistic or even impertinent, but she is right. Medical science has shown that people in general today eat more than what the body needs to stay healthy, and that eating less than what we consider “enough” is a better strategy to health. We really eat too much. This is why there are more than 300,000 diabetics in the Philippines and more than 18.2 million among Americans. Chewing the food well is a healthier habit than gobbling the food down in a hurry. And drinking a lot of water before each meal, or while eating, is also a great way to control our appetite and our weight.

6. Less Couch, More Exercise A couch potato “addict” holding the remote control, watching the television, munching on carbs is a most likely target for obesity, diabetes, hypertension, heart attack and stroke.

The human body was made to be physically active, for better performance and efficiency in the maintenance of good health and well-being. The more exercise we reasonably do daily, starting from our teenage years, the better is our health. This explains why athletes, in general, are well-conditioned, fit, and healthy, even when they reach their 80s and 90s, physically and emotionally.

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While the district has opted for distance learning for its students, all teachers and staff are required to wear face coverings while on school campuses.

District officials expressed their gratitude for the timely donations, as CCSD will distribute the personal protective equipment to schools throughout the district that are most in need. â&#x20AC;&#x153;While our students are learning remotely, we still need to ensure the health and safety of our Clark County School District team members,â&#x20AC;? said CCSD Superintendent Dr. Jesus Jara. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are grateful for this generous donation from SilverSummit Healthplan. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s partnerships with our local business community that will make an impact and help us navigate these challenging times.â&#x20AC;?

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Darren reiterates: ‘I’m straight’ KAPAMILYA singer Darren Espanto stressed that he is straight.

In his friend Kyle Echarri’s vlog, Darren was asked how he deals with bashers.

“How do I deal with those people? You know what, just don’t mind them. Kasi sa industriyang ginagawalan natin — Kyle, alam mo ‘yon — we’re always going to run into people like that, especially bashers. Kasama ‘yan sa mundo ng showbiz and all that.

I personally don’t mind them,” Darren said.

“I know na wala naman silang mas magandang ginagawa sa buhay kaysa sa akin... that’s pretty much it. Like, who cares about them?” Darren added.

When asked by Kyle what are the hate speech he received from bashers, Darren said his sexuality.

“Like a lot of people are like ‘bakla ‘yan kasi.’ Oh yeah, for real, ever since ‘The Voice Kids,’ when I started singing songs that are always for girls or like I have a high voice, in general. They always assume my sexual preference pretty much. But I’d like to let everyone know that I’m straight,” he declared.

“I’ve addressed this before but the thing is always parang wala na silang ibang mahanap. So kapag bored sila sasabihin nilang ‘Ah bakla ‘yan.’ So ‘yun.” (Philstar. Darren Espanto com) Photo from Instagram/@darrenespanto

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PAGE B1 West, the world’s largest gathering in the space where a start-up could meet investors and buyers and make other connections.

Leading up to the event, the company, still called Dewdrop, was nominated for a NEXTY award in the “Best New Readyto-Drink” beverage category.

Then, COVID-19 hit Southern California in the spring, and the expo was canceled altogether.

The company didn’t pause to wait for another live event or to take the normal route of starting at a regional store before going national. Instead, they took the approach of selling online and shipping directly to consumers across the United States. The cans come in packs, starting at $20 for three, per flavor, with free priority shipping.

Though 2020 hasn’t gone according to plan, the silver lining is that people have been scrolling on social media to shop, as an alternative to physically exploring inside a store.

With COVID-19 and stay-athome orders, individuals have been more interested in supporting their health and emotional well-being. As beverage companies incorporate functional ingredients into their offerings, such as adaptogens or probiotics, KPMG expects the global functional beverages market to reach $208.13 billion by 2024. Droplet seeks to have a stake in this space as an “oasis” for whatever someone is going through.

Another feat for Droplet came in August when it hit the shelves of all five Erewhon locations, an upscale health-food store in Southern California, which Perez said has been “the goal” because of its high standards and trendsetting. Throughout the month, the cans were selling out and had to be reordered.

“To be accepted into Erewhon is such an honor, especially where the consumers care about what they put into their bodies,” Perez said. “We’re on the shelf amongst the most healthy and beautiful drinks on the market.

It’s been validating because if the experts don’t love us, then how will other people figure it out and understand why this is valuable and important?”

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“QUEEN of All Media” Kris Aquino revealed that her muchawaited TV comeback will not happen anytime soon.

In her Instagram account, Kris said the show’s producer chose somebody else to host the show.

“My hoped for TV comeback isn’t happening, the producer chose somebody else he and his sales team felt was more viable,” Kris said.

“No sugarcoating from me, you’re getting the honest truth,” she added.

Kris also revealed that she had a scary month because people close to her son Bimby tested positive for novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

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people who had regular, close contact with Bimb and me all tested positive for COVID-19 middle of August,” Kris said.

“Bimb has asthma, and I have my autoimmune conditions. Yet we both tested negative, even though we had sustained contact and are high risk individuals,” she added.

Thankfully, Kris said, her eldest son Josh was in Tarlac when the exposure happened. Three of the four people close to them who tested COVID-19 positive have also recovered.

“I no longer wish to focus on what’s given, rather, I am so very grateful for the blessings, and YES, our health is the most pre- Kris Aquino Photo from Instagram/@krisaquino cious one.”

It was last month when Kris The actress, however, has deintroduced her TV5 show, “Love leted all her social media posts Life with Kris.” about the show.

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KAPAMILYA actress Julia Barretto revealed the reason why she loves being a Barretto.

In an interview with G3 San Diego of “#LiveWithG3” YouTube channel, Julia said that the best part of being a Barretto is being surrounded by beautiful women.

“Being surrounded by beautiful women. Ang gaganda nilang lahat! I love being a Barretto first of all, because of my grandfather.

Droplet co-founder and CEO Celeste Perez shows off a box oft the beverages, which are now That’s the best, best, best, best available at all five Erewhon locations in Southern California. part, is just having his blood, and Photo courtesy of Celeste Perez just being his granddaughter,” Self-care doesn’t end when a can is finished. As women of color in a space that has been co-opted by a certain level of privilege and whiteness — despite practices stemming from traditional Chinese medicine or Ayurveda, a medicine system with historical roots in the Indian subcontinent — Droplet is on a mission to also share stories and educate its audience about the benefits and traditions on its site and a forthcoming podcast that features wellness practitioners and functional medicine doctors.

“We also give back to our community by building activism into the brand. There is no pretending like we don’t have a stance on things, especially in this age where it’s important to us to have equality, diversity and leadership roles for people from all walks of life,” Perez said, adding that during the pandemic, the team worked with the Pilipino Workers Center to deliver care packages and food to seniors and families who have been financially affected and donated 3,000 cans to local food banks in LA. Droplet may just be getting started, but consumers can expect more products down the line.

“We’re not stopping with the beverages. We have this goal to become the modern Willy Wonka. We’re figuring out how to make yummy things healthier and also fun so people want to buy them,” Perez said.

“Pretty Balanced” features white peach, lemon verbena, moringa and ashwagandha.

“Pretty Bright” is made with yuzu, ginger and reishi mushroom.

Photos by Mithi Studio

Julia said.

“Having women that you can look up to who are just beautiful and wise,” she added.

Julia also said that the boys in their family are handsome and fun to be with.

“Even the guys in the family though, very very fun, you know, wise, handsome and fun,” she said.

For her, despite the controversies, family is everything.

“Family is just so important also to everybody. What’s not to love being a Barretto? I love it, but of course, number one is because Julia Barretto of my grandfather,” she said.

Photo from Instagram/@juliabaretto

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