‘I fought with my heart’: Alex Eala, rst Filipina to win Grand Slam
responding officers on the day of Quinto’s death.Becton said that the decision not to charge the officers came as a result of the autopsy report, which detailed that there was no damage to Quinto’s larynx or trachea. However, two independent medical examiners hired by Burris’ team ruled Angelo Quinto’s death as restraint aphyxia.Acoroner’s inquest jury ruled that Quinto’s death was caused by “excited Family mentalonofficerthreediedandfishing,someoneoldQuinto,remembermembersAngeloa30-year-Navyveteran,aswhoenjoyedscubadivingvideogames.QuintoonDec.26,2020,daysafterapolicereportedlyknelthisneckduringahealthepisode.PhotocourtesyofQuintofamily
And after dismissing girls world No. 3 Lucie Havlickova of the Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-4, on Saturday, September 10 here, Eala apologetically sought the indulgence of the on-court emcee so she could speak in Filipino.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday, September 12 issued
A letter from leaders for various policy, religious and labor groups urged Biden to retract the invitation to Marcos unless human rights issues are addressed, and until Marcos has complied with court orders, both in the Philippines and in the U.S., to fully compensate the victims of martial law.
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Executive Order No. 3 relaxing the mask mandate as recommended last week by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF), despite opposition from several medical groups and health experts due to the poor
Fil-Am Attorney General Rob Bonta to probe Navy vet’s death in police custody
PROTECTION. Health officials are encouraging people not to discard their face masks as these will continue to protect them from COVID-19 despite the improving public health situation in recent months.
In a policy paper submitted to UN member states, Human Rights Watch said that extrajudicial killings in the government’s “war on drugs” still continue. The UN Human Rights Council will hold its 51st session from September 12 to October 7 in Geneva, Switzerland. LucyMcKernan, Geneva director at HRW, stressed
MANILA — The United Nations Human Rights Council should recognize that the human rights crisis in the Philippines persists and adopt a strong resolution addressing the situation, a human rights organization said Monday, September 12.
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Loida Nicolas Lewis, National Chair of the U.S. Filipinos for Good Governance, points out that Marcos, who campaigned for “unity”
FLUSHING MEADOWS, New York — They came from almost everywhere to catch a glimpse of one of theirOneown.fan, who flew in from Los Angeles, scurried to purchase tickets to the U.S. Open Girls Singles final when she found out a fellow Filipino would battle for theForcrown.them, for her family, and for her country, Alex Eala put on a show.
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Her father, Gwynn Gabe, of Oakley, California, said his family has accepted her death but wants to give her a proper burial and memorial service. The family has a
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that continued UN scrutiny is “vitally important.” “UN member states should not be fooled by the baseless claims from the new Philippine government that the rights situation has suddenly improved,” McKernan said.
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The review of the public report on Quito’s death comes after the Quinto family’s lawyer, John Burris, and his office sent an email addressed to Bonta’s office on Wednesday, Sept. 7. The email was sent after Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton said that they would not file charges against the
CALIFORNIA Attorney General Rob Bonta will be looking into the death of 30-year-old Filipino American Navy veteran Angelo Quinto, who died in police custody inside his family’s home in 2020.
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“This victory is not only mine but ours,” she tearfully told the crowd after thanking her family, coaches, and fans.
SEVERAL groups within the Filipino American community are raising concerns regarding U.S. President Joe Biden’s invitation to Philippine President Ferdinand “Bong Bong” Marcos, Jr. for an official visit.
“Make no mistake. This visit will be a critical test of President Biden’s respect for the rule of law. There should be no official invitation unless Marcos repudiates Duterte’s murderous administration and stops the assaults on the Philippines’ constitutional democracy,” said John Cavanagh, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies.
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THE family of Alexis Gabe in Oakley, California, announced a $100,000 reward to anyone who can find her remains or has information leading to their location. Oakley police announced the reward again on Facebook.Alexis Gabe, 24, was killed by her boyfriend, Marshall Curtis Jones, sometime on Jan. 26. Jones was shot and killed in May near Seattle as he charged police officers with a knife as they were trying to arrest him forPolicemurder.and volunteers have searched extensively for Alexis’ body in Pioneer, Oakley and Antioch to no avail.
MANILA — Wearing a face mask is now optional outdoors and in areas that are wellventilated and not crowded.
US groups call on Marcos, Biden to uphold Filipino human rights
Alexandra Eala of the Philippines screams for joy as she defeated the Czech Republic’s Lucie Havlickova in straight sets, 6-2, 6-4 for the US Open junior girls singles crown on Saturday, September 10. The left-hander is the first Filipino to capture a grand slam junior singles crown. Eala became the highest-ranked player from the Philippines at #280 in the Women’s Tennis Association rankings in July 2022, eclipsing the record of Maricris Fernandez Gentz who was ranked #284 in 1999. Eala is currently ranked #297 in the WTA Tour.
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Jones allegedly killed Alexis for breaking up with him. Police said Jones got rid of Alexis’ car on the night of Jan. 26, and had evaded authorities since then.
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The OHCHR calculated in its report to the rights council that the death toll was at least 8,663. But human rights groups estimate the figure is possibly triple the number recorded in the UNThereport.text should also urge the government to halt the practice of red-tagging critics of the government, and the harassment of journalists and activists.
Alexis Gabe Home.”
HRW said the resolution should call on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to unequivocally
Anyone who wants to search for Alexis’ remains is asked to
report.Ben Nisenbaum, Burris’ legal partner, told KTVU that the charging decision was “outrageous.”“They’relooking at the trachea. But George Floyd‘s trachea was never broken,” Nisenbaum said. “The biggest strawman is that you need to
see damage to the throat or neck to have an asphyxiation case. But that’s just now [sic] how it works. Any competent investigator knows this.”
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It should also urge Marcos to release former lawmaker Leila de Lima, to name independent human rights experts to the Commission on Human Rights, and to facilitate the full participation of civil society organizations in the UN joint program.“UNmember states should make sure they don’t drop the ball on the Philippines and instead strengthen the Human Rights Council’s efforts to improve human rights in the country,” HRW’s McKernan said.
Neither Attorney General Bonta nor District Attorney Becton has released further comments on the matter. (Inquirer.net)
Police search of his home found a blood sample with Alexis’ DNA. He eventually fled to a suburb of Seattle where he was killed by police officers who were trying to arrest him. (Inquirer.net)
ART EXHIBIT. Two women (left) look at the paintings of portrait artist Eladio Santos during an art exhibit at the Main Event Center at SM Dasmariñas in Cavite on Monday, Sept. 12. Santos is a multi-awarded portrait artist who started painting cinema billboards in the late 70’s.
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sign up at the Gabes’ website at alexisgabe.com. Registration on the website is required to qualify for the reward. Anyone with tips on her disappearance can call 925-625-7009 or email AlexisTips@ci.oakley.ca.us with any information.
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end the “war on drugs,” and form a “truth commission” that will gather testimony from witnesses and victims and make recommendations for achieving justice and ensuring payment for reparations.Marcosearlier said he would continue the internationally condemned program “within the framework of the law.”
“Filipinos who suffered the most during the Duterte administration are looking to the Human Rights Council to help them achieve justice for themselves and their loved ones,” she added. g
monitoring mechanisms and continuing the UN Joint Program. The joint program was the UNHRC’s response in 2020 to the clamor to stop human rights violations linked to the government’s campaign against illegal drugs. It stopped short of an independent probe into the human rights situation that groups were calling for at the time.The resolution should also explicitly request continued reporting by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation in the country, the HRW said.
“The manner in which the Antioch officers engaged with Quinto was both lawful and objectively reasonable under the circumstances,” District Attorney Becton said in her
Gwynn Gabe and family members: Alexis Gabe’s father, Gwynn, said his family has accepted her death but wants to give her a proper burial and memorial service. Photo from screengrabbed from NBC News
delirium due to drug intoxication, psychiatric conditions, physical exertion and cardiac arrest.”
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There were a few welling eyes in the crowd as well.
“The biggest thing I notice in Rafa is how he fights till the end, how his thoughts are so clear. He’s so calm, but at the same time so fired up. I think I really tried to channel that energy during this whole week,” Eala said.
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After representing the Philippines in the Tokyo Olympics a few months after, the convenience of holding a Japanese passport prompted Yuka to adopt her father Masakasi Saso’s land of birth.
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Having regained momentum, Eala backed Havlickova into a 40-15 hole and converted championship points after the tournament second seed slapped a backhand low into the net.
“I think both of us were tired,” she later said during the press conference. “It’s normal in a final match. We’re not going to be fresh.”Eala strung five masterful games to take the first set against the Czech, but she had quite a battle in her hands in the second set after Havlickova took a 4-3 lead.“Ithink she did hold out really well, especially in the second set,” she said of her foe, who played a total of three matches on Friday.
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After the trophy presentation, the group came together and the Inquirer asked if anyone had a Philippine flag. Someone unfurled a huge one and Eala graciously posed with it and the crowd.“It’s very overwhelming right now. But I think this is a huge step for me personally as well. I’m super happy to represent my country and do something with a big platform, being able to inspire other younger people,”
“That’s also what I tried to show [to] people who look up to me, to think with a clear head and to not act irrationally.”
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Until Eala came into the picture and took the sacrifice to be away from family so that she could pursue her dream. This kind of dream.“Iwould say the biggest obstacle is probably being away from my family,” she said. “And many other things a lot of other tennis players go through.”
Eala’s victory follows a string of international successes for the country carved out with girl power.Golfer Yuka Saso touched that off with a victory in the US Open at Olympic Club in San Francisco in June 2021 where she was also followed by a horde of her countrymen. Saso became the first Filipino to win a golfing major for the Philippines.
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Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz contributed to the streak next when she won the country’s first Olympics gold medal, defeating her Chinese opponent to end
sheHearingsaid. Eala ask permission to speak in her native tongue certainly speaks of the patriotism in the 17-year-old, whose parents have sacrificed a lot to allow her to play the game at the highest levelHerpossible.mother, the former Rizza Maniego, was also an ex-national athlete, doing track and field for the“IPhilippines.alsosaidthat I fought with my heart for this trophy,” Eala said. “I did this not just for myself, I did it so that I could help Philippine tennis.”
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Things were looking up for Philippine tennis after that, before politics reared its ugly head and put the local federation in turmoil with power struggle the main fare.
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“But the key was to be surrounded by good people and people that I look up to—[to] guide me the right way,” she added.
But Eala went back a break up at 5-4 to get the chance to serve for the championship.
Pursuing her dream No Filipino before her made it past the semifinals of a Grand SlamFelixevent.Barrientos, the enigmatic baseliner who was the mainstay of numerous Davis Cup squads, made the Final Four of Wimbledon in 1985, only to run into a methodical Mexican machine in Eduardo Velez to lose, 7-6, 6-0. Velez would go on to win the crown against his countryman Leonardo Lavalle, 6-4, 6-4.
The Filipino crowd on the court whooped it up.
Channeling Nadal Eala flaunted a stronger game en route to becoming the first Filipino to win a Singles Grand Slam trophy. With steadier serves than the last time she was here, Eala also showed remarkable fitness as she battled both her opponent and the brutal New York summer heat.
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The country has never had anyone flaunt the talent worthy of the global stage since then.
“I just tried to focus on every point and visualize what I was going to do,” said the scholar of the Rafael Nadal Academy in Spain who idolizes the 22-time Grand Slam Spanish champion and channeled him all week.
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a staunch advocate of freedom of theOnpress.”Duterte’s policy of “redtagging peaceful labor workers and activists,” labor leaders in the U.S. are reiterating previous demands “to honor the human rights of all Filipinos and to observe the will of Filipino workers who have come together to demand dignity and respect.
Intensify vaccination Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go, chair of the Senate health and demography committee, said that while he believed that the government’s decision was based on “good science,” he advised the public not to be complacent.
Sen. Risa Hontiveros also expressed concern over the decision of Malacañang.
Marcos is scheduled to speak before the UN General Assembly on September 20, while Vice President Sara Duterte is slated to attend a special UN meeting on education the week of September 19. (AJPress)
booster vaccination coverage in the country and the continuing community transmission of COVID-19.Thepresidential directive, however, requires masking in indoor private or public establishments, crowded and poorly ventilated settings, and in all public transportation, adding that “not fully vaccinated individuals, senior citizens and immunocompromised are highly encouraged to wear their masks and physical distancing will be observed at all times.”
“What are the added benefits of taking off the masks? I still don’t understand, but we are taking a huge risk in relaxing the protocol. The question is, have we prepositioned medicine for COVID? If you get sick, will this medicine be given for free? These are questions that should be answered before we have a final decision on the mask policy,” Garin, a former health secretary, pointed out.
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“We have been at the forefront of advocating the relaxation of the mask mandate for the outdoors as long as these spaces are not crowded and there is good ventilation,” the group said in a statement.OCTA, however, urged the government to determine the conditions that will “trigger” reimposing the use of masks outdoors.Italso encouraged the public to participate in vaccination and booster“Maskprograms.orno mask, the vaccination programs need to be intensified as these are the most viable ways to protect our citizens from COVID-19,” said OCTA.
must be “held accountable for this promise by repudiating his predecessor’s undemocratic policies and his war on drugs that have torn families apart and destroyed thousands of lives.”
Lewis denounced Marcos’s decision not to cooperate with the International Criminal Court (ICC), which is investigating former President Duterte’s war on drugs. During Duterte’s six years in office, at least 6,252 people were killed and an estimated 30,000 more were victims of vigilante-style killings -- deadly consequences of Duterte’s war on drugs.
The order took effect immediately upon its publication in the Official Gazette also on Monday.Inthe EO, the president noted that neighboring countries in Southeast Asia and various governments across the world have liberalized their mask mandates “without significant increase in the number of COVID-19 cases.”
The independent COVID-19 monitor OCTA Research also supported the new policy relaxing the mask mandate.
She said the achievement of a wall of immunity, or 100 percent of the target population, was one of the conditions imposed by the president, but “since we’re 6 percent away from that, then it’s time.”“We’re doing this in stages, in phases, so that we can have feedback on whether or not these new policies are working, and how to make them more efficient so that hopefully by the end of the year we might be able to be voluntarily masked indoors as well,” she added.
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“We are happy to announce that we are 6 percent away from the wall of immunity, that is why we are emboldened [in relaxing the rule] on face masks,” Press Secretary Trixie Cruz Angeles said in a press briefing.
He said that as of Sept. 6, a total of 72 million Filipinos, or 93 percent of the target population, had been fully vaccinated, while 18 million individuals, or 23 percent of the target, already had their booster doses.
All departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the government, including state universities and colleges, government-owned and -controlled corporations and financial institutions, and local governments were directed “to render full assistance to and cooperation with the IATF for the effective and orderly implementation” of the EO.
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administration,” noted Brady Calma, president of the Asian Pacific America Labor Alliance (APALA). “Democracy and the rule of law are more fragile than we thought, and we must be vigilant in upholding them.”
Angeles said local governments would play a role in implementing the EO as they would determine, “with some discretion,” which outdoor setting would require the wearing of face masks.
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Some lawmakers have joined health professionals in opposing the easing of the mask policy. Iloilo Rep. Janette Garin on Monday described as “premature” the IATF’s recommendation to make the wearing of a face mask optional as it would send a “mixed signal” wherein the public might get the impression that COVID-19 booster shots were unnecessary.
On Monday, the Department of Health said that daily reported COVID-19 cases continued to decline for the fourth straight week.The seven-day average detected cases fell to 2,197, which was 10 percent lower than the previous week’s 2,449 average daily cases.
Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson released Executive Order No. 2245 making the use of masks in outdoor and open spaces in the provinceLacsonvoluntary.wasthe fourth local chief executive who issued the order following the province and city of Cebu as well as Iloilo province.The governor, however, stressed that the wearing of masks in indoor spaces, including hospitals and other medical facilities, would remain mandatory. g
Irene Natividad, co-chair of the Asian American Action Fund and President of the Global Summit of Women, noted the incarceration of former Sen. Leila De Lima. “Marcos must underscore his commitment to transparency and good governance by immediately releasing De Lima, who has been unjustly treated for criticizing Duterte’s war on drugs,” she said. “The new administration must also stop harassing Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa,
In the U.S. we are barely recovering from the recent attack on our freedoms by the previous
Of the 15,379 new cases confirmed by laboratory tests, 12 were in severe or critical condition which brought the current total severe and critical cases to 727 from 768 last week.
These include emergency procurements, indemnification for vaccine side effects, and special risk allowances for healthcare workers.
Marcos has also extended the state of calamity due to the pandemic for three more months, “but only for the purpose of preserving the benefits under it,” according to Angeles.
“The virus is not any less serious or dangerous just because we’ve decided that masks are optional. We should not be lulled into a false sense of safety,” Hontiveros said.“Let’s not forget that we have reopened most of the economy and can live our daily lives now partially thanks to the protection of masks,” she added.
For Kabataan Rep. Raoul Danniel Manuel, the Marcos administration seemed “overly confident” in making the use of a face mask optional in outdoor areas.“Policies like making masks optional in outdoor spaces arise when health experts and professionals take the back seat in national decision-making. Public officials should be the first to educate their constituents about COVID-19, rather than let the people be harmed by dangerously misguided policies,” he said.
The relaxed mask mandate was initiated by Cebu despite initial concerns from the national government.OnSunday, September 11 Negros Occidental adopted the optional use of face masks in outdoor settings.
4. The new booster shots don’t entirely prevent the chance of infection
natural antibody responses that create a natural immunity, according to the CDC as well as Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert.
“We don’t wait until we feel pain to go to the dentist, so why would you wait til you’re in the hospital to ask for a vaccine?” Park
3. Those who are immunocompromised and 60 years old or older should get boosted as soon as possible Dr. Maggie Park, public health officer of San Joaquin County’s Public Health Services, noted that those who are immunocompromised or 60 years or older — who are more likely than the average person to suffer more severe effects of coronavirus — should not wait to get the updated booster.
“The critical importance of getting a booster is not because you don’t want to get a mild case, but because you want to prevent a serious illness,” Chavez explained.
The updated Pfizer booster has been cleared for anyone 12 years and older, while Moderna’s new booster is available for those 18 andFollowingolder. the recommendations laid out by the CDC and the FDA, officials from the California Dept. of Public Health and community health leaders are preparing to vaccinate residents across the Golden State, which is expected to receive 1 million updated booster shots in the coming weeks.“The approval of an updated booster vaccine is great news as over the past two and a half years, Covid vaccines have been a tremendous tool that has literally saved millions of lives, help us protect us against the worst outcomes, and frankly, helped us move on as a community and as a state,” Dr. Gil Chavez, deputy director for the CDPH’s Center of Infectious Diseases, said in a press briefing held on Wednesday, Sept. 7.
“It’s always been a concern for us to make sure that our vaccine access is equitable, that everyone who needs access has access,” he said.
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As with the initial rollout of the booster in late 2021, you can “mix and match.” For example, if you received the initial full dose of Moderna, you may receive the Pfizer booster, Chavez said.
But that doesn’t mean individuals should forego plans to get the new booster shot, Park said.“People think COVID is over, but this virus isn’t going away just because we want it to. It’s evolving. It’s actually becoming more highly transmissible and getting smarter about evading our immunity, whether that’s natural immunity from prior infection or immunity from vaccination,” Park said, noting that the newer subvariants have been able to infect those who have been vaccinated because of the ever-adapting nature of viruses.
Recent CDC data found that those who have received one or two booster shots have a 0.024% chance of being hospitalized with COVID-19 complications — for individuals under 50 years old, that chance lowers to 0.014%.
Chavez added that those who completed the initial series of coronavirus vaccines — i.e. received the necessary two-dose round of either Pfizer or Moderna or the one-and-done Johnson & Johnson shot — are eligible for theButvaccine.as communities are learning to “live with the virus,” information about booster shots may be confusing. Here are five things to know about the updated coronavirus vaccines, according to California’s top health experts.
2. Individuals who received the previous booster are eligible for the new one
With the Moderna and PfizerBioNTech vaccines, individuals needed two shots administered weeks apart, and those who received the Johnson & Johnson shot only needed one dose.
But rather, they make the chances of hospitalization, the need for intensive care, and death far, far less likely.
Those who have been recently infected with coronavirus develop
Butsaid.she also noted that “COVID fatigue” and the general misconception that COVID-19 has gone away has led people to become careless about transmission and not think they need to update their immunity.
replace the old ones and access to them will be the same as previous vaccine rollouts
Chavez noted that the updated booster shots from Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech will replace the previous boosters, which will no longer be available.
1. The new boosters will
As previously reported in the Asian Journal, booster shots of vaccines offer smaller doses of immunity that are administered after receiving a full dose.
5. As with the flu, there may be the need for an annual booster shot for maximum protection
Chavez also noted that these updated boosters would make it far less likely to experience severe infections, reminding everyone that vaccines don’t completely prevent infection, but that they protect from the more severe causes of the disease.
Despite the hesitance to continue receiving vaccine boosters to protect against the coronavirus, doctors still maintain the importance of updating your immunity. As the virus continues to evolve, Chavez said that there’s a strong likelihood that COVID-19 boosters will provide necessary protection against serious illness for the foreseeable future.
He also noted that the updated booster will be available in primary care clinics, pharmacies and other providers that have previously offered the COVID-19 vaccine, and that they continue to be free of charge.
5 things to know about the Omicron-targeting COVID-19 booster
THIS month, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officially endorsed the new COVID-19 booster shots, which were updated to target both the original strain and the Omicron subvariants of the coronavirus.
The endorsement followed the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of the reformulations of the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines. In recent months, the omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants have been the primary source of infection across the U.S., prompting Moderna and Pfizer and BioNTech to update their vaccines to combat these new strains.
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others.Thestate visit to Singapore was equally fruitful, with members of the President’s economic team reaching out to Singaporean businessmen and members of the international business community to highlight that the best time to do business in the Philippines is now as the country has “opened its doors even wider for mutually beneficial investments” even as we “rebuild our economy and gun for rapid, broad-based growth in the next six years,” said Finance Secretary BenDescribingDiokno. the Philippines as Asia’s “fastest rising star,” the President said he intends to fully maximize trade and economic cooperation between the two nations. In 2021, Singapore was the Philippines’ highest investor, with companies investing in big-ticket projects in andPresident’scommentariesyear,OFWwasbutworkingFilipinoansixthforeigntheofandinnovation,infrastructure,telecommunications,start-upandrenewableenergyhealthcare.AccordingtotheDepartmentFinance,SingaporehasbeenPhilippines’topsourceofdirectinvestmentsandlargesttradingpartner.Withestimated200,000overseasworkerslivingandinSingapore,thistinyveryhighlydevelopednationthesecondlargestsourceofremittancesworldwidelasttotaling$2.20billion.OneoftheveryincisiveregardingthevisitstoIndonesiathenSingaporecamefrom
Following the visits to Indonesia and Singapore, other trips are being planned out, including short trips to the UN General Assembly in New York, a possible Japan state visit, the ASEAN meeting in Cambodia and visits to other nations that are important for the President’s economic and security agenda. (Philstar.com)
It was not a well-planned choreographed wedding. In showbiz lingo, much of it was ad lib or bahala na si Batman.
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Philippine STAR columnist and former NEDA head Gerry Sicat. In his column titled “BBM’s diplomatic offensive can also be
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December 24, 2022 God willing, Gigi and I will have been married 58 years. We met before turning 20. went steady for 3 years then decided to make the relationship permanent. We had both just turned 24, wth me a few weeks older.
We were scrimping, of course. I had to write a story and screenplay for our wedding funds and Gigi only had her monthly allowance from her parents.
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him as a third curse.
A limo was not an option. Raul Silos , who was my best man offered his Renault Gordini, no larger than a VW Beetle, but I
In our old age, the Lord may decide to send for me first. I have made sure she has no heavy debts to pay. There is no mortgage or car loan, no heavy medical bills and Gigi will have a modest nest egg and a small Social Security pension to last her remaining years. And the kids, for whom she was driver-confidant-cook-tutor and caregiver have promised to take care of her.
This was emphasized during the meeting between President Bongbong Marcos and President Joko Widodo of Indonesia. “We were cognizant of our roles as neighbors and partners in ASEAN. We all shared the view that in this time of uncertainty and geopolitical turmoil and
uncertainty, unity, mutual respect and the principle of sovereign equality should always prevail in our efforts to uphold peace and stability and an environment conducive to our national development,” PBBM said, noting that ASEAN should be the “lead agent” in bringing about the changes that they want to see in continuing the path towards peace.
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But when you have a lifetime partner like my wife money can never repay the Lord for His blessings.
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Presidential foreign trips increasingly important
Still overworked and underpaid
Therestories.”aremany things that we can learn from the experience of both countries that have both “developed a track record of consistent success in economic growth, in the midst of many global and regional crises that continually challenge all nations,” with both having become “strong magnets for the inflow of foreign capital into their countries in the last few decades,” said Gerry.
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But I can’t remember his name. He is lost in the garbage dump of history. Anyway, 9-11 is a reminder that one’s curse could be somebody else’s blessing.
Of all our neighbors in Southeast Asia, Indonesia perhaps is the nation with whom we share many similarities. Both are founding members of ASEAN (whose headquarters is in Jakarta), both are archipelagoes with thousands of islands and both have hundreds of local dialects or languages. As President Marcos noted, the two nations are close in terms of geography as well as in culture andFormalethnicity.diplomatic relations between Indonesia and the Philippines began in 1949, but the relationship goes “much further than that because we consider Indonesians not only a neighbor, not only a friend, but kin,” the President stressed. Indonesians are sometimes mistaken for Filipinos and vice versa because we look so much alike and, as a matter of fact, there are hundreds of words in the Bahasa Indonesia language that sound almost the same as Tagalog.Agreements on defense and security were also signed during the visit to Indonesia, with both governments renewing the commitment to stronger bilateral cooperation on trade, infrastructure, as well as border and maritime security, among
hailing nurses as “heroes” of the pandemic and promising to improve their plight, had pointed out the financial constraints currently faced by the government.Unlessnurses and other HCWs get decent
Happy birthday, Mrs. Mac, my love, my Blessing(s).***
a learning process,” he discussed the symbolic significance of the visits to the two nations that are “good examples of economic success
MY wife Gigi always causes eyebrows to rise whenever she gives her date of birth.
One thing that has become very clear is the importance of presidential visits in furthering
If our household was a government Gigi could take on all the functions of the Cabinet, from Secretary of Education to Social Welfare to Finance to Health even to Justice, Interior and Defense and Homeland Security, as well as the Supreme Court. Indeed, there there is a lot of truth in the saying that the funds one’s wife manages for the family would never be enough but for her uncanny ability to make ends meet.On
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As in much of the world outside the British Commonwealth, there has been a high interest among Filipinos in developments in the United Kingdom following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Aside from the global popularity and pervasiveness of British culture, including the availability of numerous materials on multimedia about the British royal family, there are strong people-to-people bonds between the Philippines and the UK.
For9-11. years that date was celebrated (or cursed) as the birthday of President Ferdinand Edralin Marcos. Then came the attack on New York’s Twin Towers and the Pentagon in Washington DC. These would supplant Pearl Harbor America”s Day of DuringInfamy.the incumbency of President Gloria Arroyo. an arrmy general gained notoriety as the Butcher for the disappearance and suspected extra-judicial killing of radicals. Because he was also born on 9-11, I added
THERE is no doubt that presidential trips are extremely important in this ever-changing global world. In the recent history of the Philippines, FVR had the most number of presidential foreign trips. One can argue that his foreign trips were significantly important and, I must admit, having joined several of them, that they yielded fairly good results.
But it was a nice wedding, otherwise.Ikeptcounting all the guests and the drinks to make sure we were within budget. Mercifully we had enough left for taxi fare and a small family reception at home.We had no honeymoon. I was back at work next business day.
At any rate, we made up for the scrimping on our 50th anniversary.We pulled out all the stops, including a designer gown for Gigi and a new tuxedo for me. The kids also hired a limousine.
One curse is bad enough, let alone two or three, but one blessing could make up for the badWhat’sfortune.important is the blessing (nay, BLESSINGS). To be blessed with a pretty college sweetheart and then be blessed some more with a wife willing to put up with a husband who was on the job virtually 24/7 as an advertising man, newsman-columnist, screenplay writer, TV producerdirector, and breadwinner of parents and siblings, and then be blessed even more with a life partner who was also a ofdriver-tutor-cook–disciplinarianmother-threeboysandonegirlandin
our old age to be blessed with a caregiver and nurse – what more can one ask for?
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PBBM’s recent trip to Indonesia and Singapore garnered an estimated $14.36 billion worth of potential business deals in the areas of renewable energy, e-commerce, technology, agriculture and others that could generate more jobs for Filipinos.
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compensation, however, the country will continue to see their exodus for greener pastures, not just in the UK but all over the world. And it is the Philippine health care system that will feel the pain. (Philstar.com)
The printed invitations were handed to the guests in the church. At the church entrance, Gigi’s parents met mine for the first time. We had the best man and the bridesmaid handle all the usual chores (cord, veil, etc).
She will at least be relieved and able to enjoy her blessings as I have enjoyed mine.
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nurses.During her recent visit to the Philippines, where she obtained a nursing degree at the University of Santo Tomas, Parsons had lamented the low pay received by Filipino nurses especially in private hospitals. The problem of overworked and underpaid healthcare workers has plagued health services even before the COVID-19 pandemic. HCWs are now seeking the help of the Department of Labor and Employment to address low pay and nonpayment of benefits in private hospitals, where the DOLE said monthly pay can be as low as P5,000 to P12,000 for a 10- to12-hour working day.Entry-level pay for workers in government hospitals is set at P30,000. But HCWs in these hospitals are also complaining of long delays in the payment of their hazard pay, One COVID Allowance Information System and health emergency allowance. President Marcos, while recently
God has been kind to us.
I have always believed in ASEAN centrality, especially with the regional bloc having emerged as a central player in the global stage not only because it has a huge population estimated at 680 million and a combined GDP of $3.2 trillion in 2019 – making it the fifth largest economy in the world – but due to the fact that it can play a pivotal role in promoting peace, particularly at a time of heightened tension in the Indo-Pacific region and the rest of the world.
foreign policy. While technology has given rise to apps that make virtual meetings possible, there is no replacing the impact of faceto-face meetings for leaders to discuss and thresh out issues of mutual benefit and concern. As Gerry pointed out, diplomacy can “foster closer relations along economic, political and cultural dimensions with other nations. When diplomacy works, it is easier to use it as a tool for nationalPresidentdevelopment.”Marcosis certainly cognizant of the importance of diplomacy and is keen to reach out to as many countries as possible. As he said, the foreign trips provide him an opportunity to exchange views with other
She borrowed the wedding dress of her younger SISTER, Lourdes, who had gotten marred to Lito Uy, A year earlier, also on December 24.
Parsons was the first person to administer the first globally recognized COVID-19 vaccine, the Pfizer-BioNTech jab, in December 2020. British officials said her presence at the awarding ceremony in Windsor was meant to show that “the UK is grateful to the 30,000 Filipino nurses working for our NHS.” That’s more than half of the 53,000 Filipinos currently residing in the UK. And there will likely be more, if opportunities open up; the UK is one of the top destinations for Filipino
leaders regarding global issues that impact security in the region.
Many Filipinos have received world-class education in British schools, among them President Marcos and his sons. And among the biggest Filipino ambassadors of goodwill in the UK are nurses and other health care workers. Only last July, Queen Elizabeth, assisted by then Prince Charles, had conferred the prestigious Gold Cross medal on the UK’s National Health Service, with Filipina nurse May Parsons among those present to receive the award at Windsor Castle.
had to find a driver, decorate the car myself, and deliver the car to Gigi’s dorm. My family and I had to take a cab to church.
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The health agency’s proposed 2023 budget under NEP is P301 billion. According to Vergeire, 65% of the fund or P195 billion is allocated to the Office of the Secretary, while 35% is allocated to the department’s attached agencies and corporations.
The NEP, which the executive branch submits the Congress, is the basis for the proposed national budget.
The budget department also removed the allocation for the cancer assistance fund.
MANILA — President Marcos has named a lawyer and former congressional chief of staff as new immigration commissioner.NormanGarcera Tansingco has been appointed commissioner of the Bureau of Immigration, Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles confirmed in a statement on Monday, September 12.
Asked by Rep. Edcel Lagman (Albay) if the amount proposed was sufficient, Vergeire responded: "Looking at how we’re having this declining number of cases, we think this would be sufficient based on the response that we’re having right now. But if we’re going to prepare to procure the new generation of vaccines, we might be needing additional funds.”Rep. Janette Garin (Iloilo), a former health secretary, pointed out that the budget for the prevention and control of communicable diseases such as COVID-19, tuberculosis,
"Unfortunately, when we looked at our NEP, the cancer assistance fund was not there. So we did our appeal to the DBM, but still we were not given that approval," Vergeire said."So now were are ask for help and appeal to the House of Representatives to bring back the cancer assistance fund worth P500 million to our budget line item," she added.
"I want to assure everyone that Fernando is in high spirits, but he has asked for some time to focus on his health and recovery," he said."We all have so many responsibilities and commitments in all aspects of our lives, but first and foremost, we should all prioritize our health and wellbeing," he added.
Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala added that the family is "fully supportive" of his brother's decision to take a leave.
Health workers have been holding protests criticizing the cuts in the budget of the health department and demanding the release of all COVID-19 benefits.
Cancer assistance fund
"We have submitted a total of P76 billion for us to be able to sustain the provision of these benefits and allowances to our healthcare workers. But we were only provided
"Let us all give Fernando the support he needs to focus on improving his health," he said.
by ED PAOLO SALTING ManilaTimes.net
At IMI, Zobel de Ayala was vice chairman of the board, president andHeCEO.was board chairman at ACEN Corp., vice chairman at BPI and a board member at Manila Water.News that Zobel de Ayala was stepping down was first revealed on August 15 in a disclosure by AyalaJaimeCorp.Augusto Zobel de Ayala confirmed the news on a Facebook post the same day, and explained
by ALEXIS ROMERO Philstar.com
The DBM also did not approve the DOH’s budget proposal of P76 billion for the benefits and allowances of healthcare workers.
The disclosures did not specify the health issues.
Under the National Expedition Program, P37 billion is allocated to public health emergency benefits and allowances for healthcare workers and non-HCWs. The budget comprises P19 billion programmed funds and P18 billion unprogrammed funds.
Vergeire said the proposed budgets of the majority of the DOH’s attached agencies and corporations have decreased. (Philstar.com)
MANILA — The Department of Budget and Management slashed the funds for COVID-19 response, benefits for healthcare workers, and support for cancer patients proposed by the Department of DuringHealth. a budget briefing at the House of Representatives on Monday, September 12, health officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said the agency proposed a budget of P95 billion for the government’s COVID-19 response for next year, but only P24.49 billion was approved in the National Expenditure Program for Fiscal Year 2023.
In separate disclosures on Monday, September 12, Ayala Land, Globe Telecom, Integrated Micro-Electronics Inc. (IMI), Ayala Corp., Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), ACEN Corp. and Manila Water announced that the 62-year-old Zobel de Ayala has resigned as a member of each of the listed companies' board of directors to focus on the health issues he is facing.
The Ayala companies announced in their disclosures that Zobel de Ayala's replacement will be elected by their boards in due time.
New immigration chief named
"If you look at the comparison of the 2022 budget vis-à-vis the 2023 proposed budget, there is a reduction of 71.21%," Garin said.
DOH budget cuts: COVID response, health worker bene ts, cancer assistance
A total of P5.84 billion was allocated for the procurement of commodities for the diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and control of infectiousVergeirediseases.explained the decrease was due to the removal of personal protective equipment and GeneXpert cartridges for COVID-19 "given the available supply, changes in COVID testing protocols, and decrease in the number of cases."
The agency also has arrears, or benefits owed to medical workers, worth P65 billion.
Zobel de Ayala was board chairman of AyalaLand before he handed in his resignation. At Globe Telecom, he was co-vice chairman of the board and sat on the Executive, Compensation and Remuneration Committee and Finance Committees.
Before working for the immigration bureau, Tansingco was Libanan’s chief of staff at the House of Representatives from July 1998 to June 2007, PTV reported. Libanan was representative of Eastern Samar’s lone district at the time.The new immigration chief is a certified public accountant and was admitted to the Philippine Bar in 1991.
around three months [worth] of this P76 billion that we need," Vergeire said.
HIV, and monkeypox was cut.
Jr., who was designated as the bureau’s officer-in-charge last month.According to an article posted on the website of staterun People’s Television (PTV), Tansingco worked at the bureau for nearly 10 years from July 2007 to January 2017 as chief of staff of former commissioner Marcelino Libanan, now the House minority leader and representative of 4Ps party-list. The new immigration chief was concurrent technical assistant for operations under
He replaced Rogelio Gevero
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Zobel de Ayala gives up all executive posts
the Office of the Commissioner and attorney III of the bureau’s special inquiry board.
Inadequate funding for health workers’ allowances
that his brother was taking a temporary medical leave to "focus on improving his health."
FERNANDO Zóbel de Ayala has quit all his executive positions in the Ayala group of companies.
– Social protection and human
In his keynote speech at the kick-off ceremony of the 8th Annual Public Policy Conference (APPC) on Tuesday, September 13, NEDA Secretary Arsenio Balisacan recognized that inadequate policies for social protection and human capital development remained a challenge that contributed to the worsening of poverty in the past two years under the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. “Theunprecedented scale of the health and economic crisis, coupled with policy response challenges, caused such an increase in our poverty incidence. Socioeconomic scarring in health and education –made worse by the poor’s limited access to adequate
of Justice headed by Marcos Jr. appointee, Secretary Jesus CrispinUnderRemulla.theproposed measure, all sequestered real and personal assets and properties previously under the PCGG and all records and documents on its operations are transferred to the Privatization Office of the Department of Finance.The bill also calls for a “physical inventory and complete accounting of the sequestered properties and assets” in coordination with the Commission on Audit headed by Marcos loyalist Jose Callida.
SEN. Maria Imelda Josefa "Imee" Marcos has pressed for the revival of the nutribun feeding program as a viable solution to undernutrition among children.
by BERNADETTE E. TAMAYO ManilaTimes.net
MANILA — The House of Representatives approved on second reading on Tuesday, September 13 the consolidated measure that will postpone the holding of barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) polls on Dec. 5 this year to the first week of December 2023, effectively extending the terms of the officials by another year.
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"We must restore the nutribun feeding program's place as a viable solution to undernutrition among children. It can't remain an intermittent and sporadic advocacy," Marcos said in a statement.
Dalipe said the Senate has likewise made a clear commitment that they would pass their counterpart measure to allow the postponement of the barangay elections.
for their Questionsposts.have also been raised on why lawmakers are so eager to please barangay officials, who are reportedly lobbying for another extension of their term.
Last August, 14 members of the House committee on suffrage and electoral reforms – with the exception of Kabataan party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel – voted to approve the postponement of the barangay and SK elections to 2023.The substitute bill will be sent to the House appropriations committee, headed by Rep. Zaldy Co of Ako Bicol party-list, for purposes of allocating funds for the political exercise, which has been postponed ostensibly to save funds to be used for the pandemic response. (Philstar.com)
OUTSTANDING PINOYS. Senators, led by Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri (8th from right, 2nd row), pose with the 2022 Metrobank Foundation 10 Outstanding Filipinos at the plenary hall on Tuesday, Sept. 13. The Senate adopted Resolution No. 106 authored by Senator Grace Poe, honoring the 10 awardees recognized by the foundation this year for their excellence in their respective fields.
healthcare as well as tools for remote learning– is expected to linger if it is not remedied. This is compounded by the poor’s vulnerability to environmental shocks and the lack of social protection that can cushion the impact of such shocks,” said Balisacan. Balisacan said the upcoming PDP 2023-2028 to be crafted by NEDA will holistically identify strategies that seek to address these inadequacies.
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“We’re moving in the same direction where we believe that it will be important to have at least one annual booster that contains the most important and latest available protection,” Chavez said.About 72% of all people in California are vaccinated with at least the first full dosage(s) of the
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She warned that the government's nutrition programs are "undernourished and will not withstand a looming global food crisis."
MANILA — A lawmaker has filed a measure seeking to abolish the Presidential Commission on Good Government, the government agency created in 1986 to reclaim ill-gotten wealth from the Marcos family and its cronies during the Martial Law regime.Infiling House Bill No. 4331, Rep. Benny Abante (Manila, 6th District) argued that the PCGG has “not produced significant accomplishment [and] has outgrown its usefulness.”
Marcos' personal initiative complements the government's nutrition programs to be bolstered with $178 million in recent funding from the World Bank (WB) to reverse child stunting.TheWB noted in its 2021 report that there have been "almost no improvements in the prevalence of undernutrition in the Philippines" in the past 30 years.Itadded that "the country is ranked fifth in the East Asia and Pacific Region with the highest prevalence of stunting and is among the 10 countries in the world with the highest number of stunted children."
Social protection, human capital development top priorities in PDP
Balisacan said addressing the socioeconomic inequities and improving access to opportunities as the economy grows, along a high-growth trajectory, is a key policy thrust that can allow the Philippines to meet its goals for the medium Organizedterm. bythe Philippine Institute for Development Studies, the APPC is the culminating activity of the Development Policy Research Month (DPRM) celebration held everyTheSeptember. DPRMhighlights the importance of policy research in crafting evidence-based plans, policies, and programs. (PNA)
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Dalipe said the Speaker supports the proposal because this would allow the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and local government units to better prepare for clean and orderly barangay polls, and give government ample time to apply corrective adjustments to the honoraria of poll workers.
The senator on Monday, September 12 said that the nutribun's popularity in the 1970's "still inspires the local feeding programs of incumbent and aspiring politicians."
Sen. Imee Marcos, chair of the committee on electoral reform, was expected to sponsor the bill on the floor Tuesday night but session remained suspended as of press time.
Sen. Imee Marcos eyes return of nutribun
The two other panels endorsing the postponement are the committees on local governments and finance, chaired by Senators JV Ejercito and Sonny Angara, respectively.Subsequent synchronized barangay and SK elections were also set on the first Monday of 2026 and every three years thereafter.Once passed into law, incumbent barangay and SK officials will retain their position on hold over capacity “unless sooner removed or suspended for cause.”
Should the measure pass, the functions of the PCGG will be passed to the Department
She said her office and all government workers involved will monitor the children's weight and state of health in the next 120 days.
"There's no more time to lose, if the next generations of Filipino children are to be healthy in body and mind, and ultimately productive as grownup citizens," Marcos said.
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She joined forces with the National Nutrition Council, which her father established in 1974, local government units, municipal offices of the Department of Social Welfare and Development and village health workers in reviving the program.Simultaneous pilot-testing of the nutribun feeding program took place Sunday in Rizal, Cebu, and Ilocos Norte, where 1,000 children ages 3 to 5 in each province received packs of the iconic bread made with squash, malunggay (moringa), and other locally available high-nutrient crops.
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Park mirrored Chavez’s sentiments and reminded Californians, who may be hesitant to get boosted, that vaccines and booster shots have always been a necessary precaution, especially as the weather starts to cool.
Three Senate committees have endorsed the postponement, contained in Senate Bill 1306, which was a consolidation of three measures calling for the same.
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on vulnerable segments of the population. “Inthenear term, we must protect the purchasing power of families, mitigate the socioeconomic scarring caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and reduce the vulnerability of the poor and marginalized sectors, all while ensuring sound macroeconomic fundamentals through efficient government processes,” he said.
House bill seeks PCGG abolition; functions transferred to DOJ
He added the PDP, which will flesh out the Marcos administration’s 8-point Socioeconomic Agenda, aims to reinvigorate poverty reduction and job creation by guiding the economy toward a high-growth path and develop a resilient, inclusive and prosperous society. Toachieve this, Balisacan said the PDP’s near-term goals will focus on improving areas related to social protection and human capital development, such as raising the purchasing power of Filipino families and reducing the harmful effects of Covid-19
“The majority of folks in the United States get a flu shot every year, and here we are in less than three years in the pandemic, and we’re already tired. So hopefully, we get to a point where the COVID shot is an annual thing like the flu shot. But in the meantime, we need to be patient and need to protect ourselves,” she said.
The nutribun feeding program was a project funded by the United States Agency for International Development during the administration of president Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr.The senator said that the success of the nutribun project "has hardly been matched by subsequent administrations."
But in its 2020 Annual Report, the PCGG reported the recovery of a total of P174.2 billion since its establishment in 1986 until December 31, 2020. In the same accomplishment report, PCGG said it has an estimated P99.678billion value of assets under litigation as of end of 2020.
“We need to pass this law ASAP because time is of the essence. The barangay and SK elections is just a few months away so we are hoping that we can approve this in the House on or before Oct. 1,” heThesaid. original October 2016 barangay and SK polls were postponed to October 2017. From there, it was postponed to May 2018, which was again reset to December 2022.
Marcos pressed for the revival of the nutribun feeding program on Sunday, September 11, her father's 105th birth anniversary.
MANILA capital development will the short to medium term under the upcoming Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 20232028, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA).
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“The abolition of the PCGG does not mean that the recovery of plundered wealth and its proper disposition will no longer be pursued,” Abante — a pastor — reasons in his explanatory note.
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U.S. Immigration Atty. Michael J. Gurfinkel refers to this as the “U.S. Navy episode.”
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Atty. Gur nkel answers more immigration questions from Kapamilya in San Diego, in the 3rd episode of Citizen Pinoy’s ‘Your Tanong, My Sagot’
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Leecome? andher agent went through the motions of submitting, anyway because they were firm believers that good stories will find a way to endure, and they needed to believe that the world would make space for a story like this, especially after the pandemic.
Heart Evangelista resolves to buy things that would last for a lifetime
The manuscript for the book had gone out for submission right before the pandemic hit in March 2020, and it went into auction at the height of the pandemic when everything began closing down.
MEET Sophia N. Lee, a Filipino author of books for kids and youngSimonadults. &Schuster (under its imprint Atheneum), one of the Big 5 publishers in the United States, released last week Lee’s latest book Holding On. It is the first Filipino picture book to be published by a major American publishing firm.
Meanwhile, Heart, in a previous vlog post in early September, admitted that she is going through some personal stuff in her life lately.
Born in Manila, Isabel “Pepper” Roxas is now based in New York as well. She has made a name as an illustrator of children’s books—she already did the art for nine titles published in the United States, including Filipino American Erin Entrada Kelly’s Newborn Medal-winning “Hello Universe” (soon to be a Netflix series).Submitting the manuscript was just the first hurdle. Lee quickly realized that there was just so much uncertainty going around when the book was acquired.
That makes the book’s publication a bit bittersweet for her.“My Mama Jessie passed away during that season – not due to COVID, but due to complications from her pre-existing conditions,” she recalled. “The manuscript actually sold on the day that she died. I’d like to think that that was her way of still looking out for me.”Mama Jessie immigrated to New York in the early 90s, a few years after her husband had passed. Leewas navigating the ways their relationship had changed from when she spent summers with her as a little girl to when she was older and she had already been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. She remembered the songs her Lola used to sing for her, it didn’t matter if it was from Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Basil Valdez, or Nora Aunor. “There is always singing in Lola’s house,” Lee writes in the book, reminiscing the summer days she spent visiting her Lola’s house in
Marilyn (left) and Maricar (right) ask their questions during the Citizen Pinoy “Your Tanong, My Sagot” in San Diego.
Gay (left) and Mark (right) get answers to their Immigration questions from Atty. Michael J. Gurfinkel.
Tarlac.“Many
Mark is on active duty in the Navy. His friends always ask him how they can bring a Filipina to the U.S. to marry, so he would like to know the process of petitioning someone on the K-1 or “Fiancée Visa.”Atty. Gurfinkel answers these questions in part three of “Your Ta nong, My Sagot,” with Kapamilya from San Diego. Watch this brandnew episode of “Citizen Pinoy” on Sunday, September 18 at 6:30 PM PT (9:30 PM ET thru select Cable/Satellite providers), right after TV Patrol Linggo. Citizen Pinoy is also available on iWantTFC. Viewers may download the free app. (Advertising Supplement)
“…That’s why when I pack sometimes, I just bring the basics,” she said. “If you have
ACTRESS, influencer/ fashionista and philanthropist Heart Evangelista recently revealed that she has slowed down in terms of her shopping forays in a YouTube vlog, as stated in an article on PEP.ph.
“I used to shop a lot. But I have a change of heart recently. I wqould really just spend on stuff that would sing to me ‘til I’m old and gray,” she said in her vlog.
Wishing herself to become a more independent and empowered woman, Heart also disclosed that she’s a lot more raw in her vlog posts on YouTube and hinted at her struggles.
so much stuff, you just bring so manyHeartclothes.”and husband Chiz have been in the rumor mills lately, with speculations of an impending separation. The rumors have been fueled by Heart’s removal of her married name Escudero from her Instagram handle last month. Eagle-eyed internet viewers also noticed that Heart was not wearing her wedding ring in one of her Instagram posts.
“We strongly condemn these actions and will take all legal steps to prevent the spread of false information. All Star Magic Workshops transactions are done through our official social media accounts and business emails. Be wary of people posing as official Star Magic Workshops’ coordinators, coaches teachers, directors and agents,” it added.
a green card holder friend, who gave birth in the Philippines and would like to bring her child to the U.S. She tried applying for a tour ist but was denied. What can she do?
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While the story pays homage to Filipino culture, traditions, food, and music, it also Also focuses on multicultural, intergenerational love. The book is for anyone who has ever cherished a grandparent, making it perfect for Grandparent’s Day, which the United States celebrates every SeptemberGrandparent’s11. Day started with a nine-year-old child writing President Richard Nixon asking for a day to celebrate and honor grandparents. It was founded as a holiday by President Jimmy Carter and was first celebrated in 1979 after obtaining great public support. The holiday has been celebrated annually to show the bond between grandparents and their grandchildren, and this is the heart of Lee’s book celebrating the love between Lola and her apo (grandchild).
I love what that signifies about us: that we’re always able to find the melody amidst the chaos of our days,” Lee said, recalling why music became the unifying theme for her book.
“I had been a sickly child, and in the summer, I would spend a few weeks to a month at my Lola Josefina’s house (we called her Mama Jessie) so I could be nursed back to health, in a sense,” she revealed. Thesickly kid wanted to be many things growing up: doctor, teacher, ballerina, ninja, spy, wizard, journalist, and lawyer. She likes to think she can still be all these things and more through writing. Leecame to the United States in 2016 for her MFA in Creative Writing for Children and Young Adults, which she received from The New School in New York City in “I’ve2018. been really lucky in that I’m able to stay and build a career here since then, writing books while also teaching creative writing,” she said.
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“I mean I do… you look at my closet and it’s excessive, extremely excessive. I guess I was going through a stage when I thought buying all of these would make you happy. But, really, it’s just taking photos, enjoying life,” sheAtexplained.thelatter part of her vlog, Heart had a piece of advice to her viewers: “If you were to invest on something, it should be something that you would love forever.”Shealso added advice when traveling – stick to the basics.
Recently, Star Magic, which had a series of shows in some U.S. cities, issued a warning to those interested in auditioning to become a part of its cast of stars. “We would like to warn the
Atty. Gurfinkel answers more immigration questions from...
Having it illustrated by someone of Filipino ancestry was important to Lee, especially because it was the first time that Simon & Schuster was investing in a Filipino story.
Sophia N. Lee, author
She’s releasing another picture book titled Lolo’s Sari-sari Store, illustrated by Filipino-American artist Christine Almeda – also with Simon & Schuster under Atheneum. “It’sinspired by the years that I spent helping out at my family’s village sari-sari store, and at my grand-aunt’s sari-sari store in Tarlac, but it’s also a testament to the global Filipino community and the way we build found families and communities wherever we go,” she shared.
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It is not the first time that Star Magic has been targeted by scammers who prey on unsuspecting people, demanding money for auditions. Back in October 2021, Star Magic issued a scam alert to the public about a person pretending to be a director and asking for reservation money to attend Star Magic workshops.
• Maricar, who is married to a U.S. Navy retiree, has a sister who is residing in London. Maricar wants to know how long it will take if she petitions her sister now.
She wanted someone who would understand and celebrate all that she loved about the Philippines through the art in the book. “Isabel was one of the names my editor sent me, and I was really glad about that. I was already a fan of her art and I had seen her work with so many big names in kid lit already, both in the Philippines and abroad,” she said. “I know the book is just so much better because of all the love and longing and pride for home that she put into it.”
“I’m not gonna lie. I’ve been going through, like, a lot of personal stuff in my mind,” she said.Even then, the businesswoman/ socialite said she is trying to remain positive and declared, “I’m still very, very grateful.”
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Writing the story became Lee’s way of holding on to the person that she knew her grandmother to be, especially after she lost herself to Alzheimer’s. She wrote the manuscript while she was in graduate school living with her grandmother Mama Jessie in New York.
Multiple questions bothered her mind. Would publishing carry on despite the pandemic? Would the world look the same once the book is released? Would she live through the pandemic to see this day
The wife of now Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero said that she will only invest in items that would last a lifetime, or even over a lifetime.
Also in that particular vlog, Heart paid her respects to women who have the ability to overcome any obstacles that come their way.
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Heart Evangelista is being selective in her shopping ways, and will only invest in items that will last for a lifetime or more. Photo from Instagram/@iamhearte
“I held in my hands certain proof that my dream had come true, that I had willed it into existence. It reaffirmed my conviction too that this was what I was meant to be doing,” Lee
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shared when asked about how it felt holding the book for the first time.Describing it further, she said it felt surreal and was “like breathing out after a long time holding your breath.”
public that there are people falsely claiming to be part of Star Magic Workshops and offering services such as go-sees and auditions. Star Magic workshops will not conduct any kind of audition that offers monetary compensation. We will not also ask for payment in joining auditions,” it said in an Instagram post on Monday, September 12.
“It feels good to be empowered and know that you can do things on your own no matter how hard certain situations in your company, in your workplace, or the people around you, or what weighs you down. At the end of the day, it’s really your inner strength and you being independent about what you want to do in life, and not rely on anyone that matters. That's where I'm at,” Heart stated.
“I feel like, you know, I love having luxury items for… just because I know it’s going to last me a lifetime or over a lifetime, whoever’s gonna get it afterwards,” she added.
Star Magic artist John Arcilla, who was surprised by the scam being perpetrated, posted a reply to the original post, asking people to be careful about being scammed by unscrupulous people.“Huh...? Grabe naman. Kaya nila yun? Whew. Ingat po sa mga scam. God bless everyone!,” Arcilla said in his reply post.
Lee grew up in the Philippines and the book was mostly inspired by the childhood summers she spent in the province with her paternal grandparents.
John Arcilla, a Star Magic talent, is asking people to be careful and wary of scammers. Star Magic recently issued a warning where it stated, among other things, that it never asks for money or compensation for people attending its workshops or those going to auditions. Photo from Instagram/@johnarcilla
Isabel Roxas
that’s where I’m at now. Just really appreciating all the small moments and Panda, Shuti (referring to her dogs), all the love that I feel.”
Heart also revealed a factor that’s important to her now, stating, “I’m also about sustainability lately. So that’s why I wanna buy stuff that I know I can use for a really long time. And eventually, if it doesn’t sing to me anymore, somebody else can use them. So, yeah, that’s what I’ve been you know, going through and learning, unlearning stuff as Furtherwell.”,Heart talked about her “excessive closet” and what it meant to her in the past.
“A book is such a quiet thing, starting out as a whisper in your mind until you convince yourself to commit the words to paper,” she explained. “But it’s also an act of faith – you write the story unsure if it’s going to sell or be appreciated by anyone other than yourself, and you keep committing to it until you see it through to the end of the publishing process.” Lee, who is also the author of Soaring Saturdays; What Things Mean (2014 Scholastic Asian Book Award grand prize winner); and Holding On is already looking forward to what’s next.
Scammers come in many forms, shapes and sizes.
“And I’m not gonna deny that I’ve been going through, like, some personal struggles… Like, I feel a lot of pressure in my life and, basically now, I am really in a search for just being happy,” sheShesaid.added: “It’s about the simplest things in life that are very important and that really make a person happy, and
Any rift between the power couple has been denied by people close to them, including Heart’s mom, Cecile Ongpauco, who recently said that she doesn’t know of any issue that has cropped between her daughter and son-in-law, and by GMA Network, where Heart is one of its major stars, which denied rumors that they were going to issue a statement with regard to the couple’s status.
“I feel really privileged knowing that Holding On is helping pave the way for more Filipino stories. I hope that it signals to readers everywhere that our stories matter too, that we are capable of being the heroes in our stories,” Lee told the Asian Journal. “I love that I’m able to show the world all that I love about the Philippines and our culture.”
Auctions happen when there is interest from multiple publishing houses. This means that the interested houses submitted competing offers and part of what was offered to Lee was the opportunity to have a say in who her illustrator would be.
As a Filipino living abroad, there was a constant yearning for home and she wanted to channel that.“Then it all clicked for me –how I was using Filipino music to hold on too,” she recalled. “It reminded me of every time I saw someone belting it out on karaoke back home – be it at a family reunion or a barkada night out, or outside of a grocery store in the mall, or even at one of those sidestreet karinderias.”
Heart also said that she will give updates on the “unfiltered version of my life, which I love.”
Filipinos, wherever they are, use music as a way to get by.
The picture book is about a young girl who visits her Lola in the Philippines every summer. Set in the Philippines, this story focuses on the relationship between a young Filipino girl and her Lola (the Filipino word for grandma). Asthestory progresses, Lola’s memory starts to fade. However, the story does not dwell in sadness, instead, the young girl uses music and community to help her Lola hold onto joy and love. It is illustrated by New Yorkbased Filipino illustrator Isabel Roxas.
She said: “We’re gonna change things up a bit. Not everything is dandy and beautiful. At the end of the day, I feel like it’s so important to always be authentic and really stay true to yourself whether people agree with you or not.”
The past few months have seen acres of land sell for millions in Las Vegas, including 10 acres just across the Strip from Resorts World Las Vegas acquired by the Siegel Group that will in probability be developed into a hotel/casino and entertainment arena, and 2.2 acres of land just across the from the Mandalay Bay Convention Center that sold for $12.8 million. The former has been called the last great piece of land available in the north end of the strip, while the latter is just walking distance away
Las Vegas is a unique place to be at, as many projects are in construction that will contribute their fair share of jobs and economic opportunities for those who are able to take Evenadvantage.withthecurrent slowdown in home sales, median home prices continue to be above level from past years and decades. In fact, through the years, median home prices have continued to improve, even when there are housing market crashes, as what happened in 2008.
I have been a Realtor for many decades now and have seen the growth of many Nevada communities. I consider Nevada as one of the best states to live in, especially as it has no state income tax and there are many other advantages to having a business in Nevada. With many residential and commercial developments in Las Vegas and neighboring communities, and many planned projects that will continue to add to the diversity to each city’s or town’s entertainment offerings, Nevada is truly is a good place to look for a home, an investment property or a piece of land where you may want to construct your dream home in or sell for a profit later.Some of my clients who have taken the plunge and purchased properties are now reaping the benefits of their good choices by setting up their place as Airbnb or as a rental property.
from the iconic “Welcome to Las Vegas” sign that attracts thousands of visitors every year.
Falling home prices in Southern Nevada a boon to home buyers
Certainly, property appreciation in Nevada, especially in hot markets like Las Vegas, is a given. And with the rapid development in the area, it is not a surprise that per square foot prices in different neighborhoods have skyrocketed in the past few decades.Ifyou are looking for property in Las Vegas or neighboring communities like Pahrump, Henderson or Boulder City, now is the time to take a look at what’s
A table from the Las Vegas Review-Journal shows the price drop of median sales prices of homes in Southern Nevada. From a high of $482,000 in May 2022, the current median sales price was pegged at $450,000 in August 2022, which is still substantially up from figures last year (2021).
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Russ Bateman and Realtor Fely Quitevis-Bateman strolled along Las Vegas Blvd. and saw developments going on that may keep the “buyer’s market” around due to massive job creation from these ongoing projects.
Now, house hunters have more of a bargaining chip with sellers as there are more choices in the real estate market. Unlike the last couple of years when buyers had to pull out all the stops or squeeze their budget to be able to participate, buyers now have the option of negotiating with a seller due to the slowdown in home sales.
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area and neighboring communities as those who may have been priced out before due to high home prices and bidding wars can again participate in the market.
Consider this: In 1940, the median home price in Nevada was at $20,700. The median price grew to $136,000 by 1980, and
A combination of factors are contributing to falling home sales, although industry experts say that Southern Nevada is still in the buyer’s market category.
was pegged at $142,000 in 2000. In 2010, the median price was at $143,651, right smack in the middle of the housing crash. About a decade later, there was a surge in home prices as the median home price was placed at around $345,000 in 2020.
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FOR the third consecutive month, home prices have fallen in Southern Nevada, including Las Vegas.
During the most frenzied time in the home buying arena, many properties were flooded with offers and more often than not sold far more from their original selling point. Builders put buyers on waiting lists and it was not uncommon for prices to be raised regularly. At times, lotteries were even put in place to determine who would be able to purchase a property.According to Realtors and industry experts, the price drop is actually good for the Las Vegas
It is a different story though when it comes to commercial properties in Las Vegas, particularly along theItStrip.isvery hard to find a piece of land that is not going to sell for a good amount. Everyone wants a piece of the pie, so to speak. Casino/ resort groups are continually improving their operations by buying when it suits them and offloading or closing properties when they become liabilities, and billionaires and venture capitalists want to stake their claim in Las Vegas before it becomes too expensive to enter the market.
From a median sales price high of $482,000 in May 2022, the median price of homes dropped to $450,000 in August 2022, which is a $15,000 drop from the previous month (July 2022), according to a report in the Las Vegas ReviewJournal. Despite the $32,000 drop from its highest point, home prices are still up substantially from about a year ago, with median home prices at the $375,000 range in August of 2021.
available in the market, especially when there’s a lull. Aside from the ability to look over many properties that may suit your needs, you don’t need to cater to all of the seller’s demands, unlike before.
Higher borrowing costs have contributed to the lull from home buyers as the average rates for a 30-year home loan have risen to 5.22% in August of 2022 (slightly
This has, in turn, allowed more inventory to flow into the market as house hunters have pulled back on home purchases, unlike in 2020 and 2021 when sellers were having multiple buyers having a bidding war on their properties.
lower than June’s 5.52%), but still above the 2.84% range in August of 2021, according to a report from Freddie Mac.
experiences their same pain and to bring justice for Danyelle.”
Chona Bussani (right, on podium), a newly naturalized citizen from the Philippines, speaking at a recent city event celebrating those who became United States citizens.
The three Philippine startups that made their pitches were: (1) PearlPay, an all Filipino-owned company founded in 2015 as an initiative to address the lack of digital infrastructure and accessibility in the countryside; (2) SurePlus, a social enterprise startup that empowers people to save more money and waste less, starting with surplus food, which they resell, repurpose and reallocate; and (3) Palamigan Co. – designs and manufactures the Brine Immersion Ice Machine technology, a shared ice and freezing facility opened in poor and rural communities. (PCGSF Release)
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In another development, Dynamico Space virtually welcomed a new group of Philippine startups under StartUp Village for a pitch session with Dynamico Space’s resident and guest mentors.
“We encourage community members to take advantage of the free resources available to them, including help paying the citizenship application fee. We also hope that newly naturalized citizens take this opportunity to exercise their right to vote, run for public office, and continue with their countless contributions to SanApplicantsFrancisco.”in San Francisco can get help covering the cost of the application through the city’s partnership with local nonprofit organization Mission Asset Fund. The City and County of San Francisco provides a 50% match through Mission Asset Fund, for applicants who live, work, or attend school in San Francisco. Applicants can use the 50% match to pay the filing fee for naturalization or other immigration benefits including Temporary Protected Status (TPS), U visas for crime victims, family petitions, or renewal of Deferred Action for Childhood ArrivalsFunded(DACA).by the City and local foundation partners, the San Francisco Pathways to Citizenship Initiative has held 64 free workshops across the city, provided legal screenings to over 16,000 immigrants, and saved applicants nearly $1.5 million in application fees. In 2017, the Initiative launched its Lawyers in the Library partnership with
High blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, cancer, Alzheimer’s…one by one, or any combination, as we get older.
Unhealthy foods Processed foods, especially ultra-processed foods are linked to increased risk for heart disease,
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On Saturday, September 24, 2022, San Francisco’s Office of Civic Engagement & Immigrant Affairs (OCEIA) and the San Francisco Pathways to Citizenship Initiative are hosting a free inperson, appointment-based workshop in order to help people apply for citizenship and access fee“Sinceassistance.theinception of the San Francisco Pathways to Citizenship Initiative in 2013, we have helped more than 10,000 people become U.S. citizens. From being able to vote, to earning a higher income, citizenship has a positive impact on our families, and San Francisco as a whole,” said Anni Chung, president and CEO of Self-Help for the Elderly, the Initiative’s lead organization. “This month, we are encouraging all eligible green card holders to take that step.”
“It was important to me to become a citizen because I always wanted to be able to vote and speak out about my political views. But because of my immigration status, I was afraid and unable to do so,” said Maricela Alvarez, a 35- yearold recently naturalized citizen. “I’ve waited 20 years for this day. I feel such a sense of relief and like this is a new opportunity to follow my“SFdreams.”Pathways has done something unique in San Francisco by making citizenship accessible to all eligible green card holders, regardless of their income,” said Richard Whipple, acting director of the Office of Civic Engagement & Immigrant Affairs
On Wednesday, September 14, Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-CA), Chair of the House Armed Services Personnel Subcommittee, introduced the Seaman Danyelle Luckey Military Medical Accountability Amendment Act of 2022 with Congressman Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11), who represents the family of Seaman Luckey in Congress.
Like Ponce de Leon, we all want to find the fountain of youth and extend our longevity. Since life is wonderful, despite all the challenges and tribulations on our good earth, it is but natural for man to desire for a life that is longer than our current life expectancy, which in the U.S. is currently 79.05 years, and 71.53 years in the youmust1513,forpromising.inExperimentalanprovidedrugwhetherareantibiotic.undesirabletermlongevityillnesses,againstskinthegreatlythewasNuilatewheredrugpotentialthatResearchersPhilippines.recentlyrecognizedthedrugRapamycinisaanti-agingdrug.Thiswasnamedaftertheislanditwasdiscoveredinthe1960s–EasterIsland,orRapa(thePolynesianequivalent).Itisolatedfrombacterialivinginislandsoilwhichwerefoundeffectiveinsuppressingimmunesystem,andmayslowaginginhumans,effectiveneurodegenerativeandextendthehealthyofsomeorganisms.Butitisalsoknownthatlong-useofRapamycinhaveside-effects,likeanyThequestionscientistsnowwonderingaboutisashortcourseofthisprescribedearlyinlifewouldanti-agingresultsoverentirelifetimeofhumans.laboratoryresultsanimalstudiesaresofarveryMockedforhisobsessivesearchthefountainofyouthsincePoncedeLeoninhisgravenowbesayingtous“Itoldso!”.
Philippine Consul General in San Francisco Neil Ferrer delivers his remarks, commending the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement between Dynamico Space and StartUp Village for Philippine startup ecosystem development on AugustPhoto31.courtesy of San Francisco PCG
If a food item has any single one of the following ingredients, it is an ultra-processed food: sugars, fats, and preservatives; additives designed to imitate natural unprocessed foods; flavor enhancers, colorings, and ingredients made through the synthesis of various unhealthy food constituents, like maltodextrin, high-fructose corn syrup, and hydrogenated fats. Hamburgers, hot dogs, sausages, bacon, and canned/bottled vegetables, meats and fruits are unhealthy processed foods.
the San Francisco Public Library to help applicants apply for citizenship through computerbased workshops. In 2018, it partnered with the San Francisco International Airport to allow employees and their families to apply for citizenship at the airport. SF Pathways also helps connect applicants with English as a Second Language (ESL) and citizenship classes through City College of San Francisco and other organizations.Applicants who are not available to attend the workshop can make an individual appointment with a partner organization at sfcitizenship.org, or leave a message on one of their multilingual hotlines:
Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA)
Yes, the COVID-19 booster vaccines and the flu shot may be administered at the same time, one in each arm, according to experts at the Georgetown University School of Medicine. In the United States, the flu season occurs in the fall and winter, with the peak in the period between December and February, but this could last till May.
into reports and digital assets in seconds with high accuracy; and (2) Lyon, which enables users to set up their own online learning spaces and create courses in Oliviaminutes.and Lyon were part of a group of Philippine startups that participated in Dynamico Space’s “pitch week” in July 2022.
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The Danyelle Luckey Act – named for U.S. Navy Sailor Danyelle Luckey, who died of sepsis aboard the USS Ronald Reagan in 2016 after the ship’s medical staff failed to diagnose and treat her appropriately – expands the rights of servicemembers and their families to file medical malpractice claims stemming from botched care and medical negligence onboard vessels large enough to have substantial medical capabilities, such as aircraft carriers and amphibious ships.
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Samples of ultra-processed foods include sodas (soft drinks), sweetened juices, sports and energy drinks, energy bars, powdered and instant soups, margarine, hamburgers, fries, mass-produced and packaged bread and baked goods made with hydrogenated fats, sugar, and additives, pre-prepared meals such as pizza, hot dogs, chicken nuggets, and fish sticks, infant formulas, meal replacement beverages, mass-produced ice cream, candies, sweetened yogurt, etc.Around 58 percent of American and more than 80 percent of Filipino diets are made up of unhealthy ultra-processed foods, causing metabolic syndromes (obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, joint diseases, thyroid problems, gut illnesses, etc.
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Protecting DNA As I have underscored in my 800-page home health guide on healthy lifestyle and preemptive and proactive disease prevention (Let’s Stop “Killing” Our Children, published by Xlibris, available at amazon.com and philipSchua.com), the best way to maximize health and longevity is by protecting the body’s DNA, starting from the womb and “dieting” to start in the crib, not when they are in grade school or later when their DNA has already been subjected to various insults to their Whenhealth.the DNA is damaged, weakness in our health results and various metabolic illnesses creep in gradually, until we get to our 40s and the signs and symptoms start.
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SAN FRANCISCO – Philippine Consul General in San Francisco Neil Ferrer on Wednesday, August 31 witnessed the virtual signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between San Francisco-based Filipino American venture Dynamico Space and Philippine startup incubator StartUp Village, to promote Philippine startup companies in Silicon Valley.Dynamico
As of last Tuesday, September 13, 2022, there were 87,002 cases of COVID-19 in the United States, with 569 deaths, and 32,291 in the hospital. Only 68 percent of the people are fully vaccinated, so there are still more than 100 million unvaccinated. This large number of potentially virus spreaders will keep COVID-19 with us much longer, if not permanently. It is, sadly, most unfortunate.
SAN FRANCISCO – In celebration of National Citizenship Month in September, San Francisco is encouraging eligible green card holders to take advantage of the free resources available to apply for citizenship at this critical time. California has the highest number of newly naturalized citizens in the country, and many of these new citizens will be voting in the midterm elections this November.
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The main objective of this column is to educate and inspire people live a healthier lifestyle to prevent illnesses and disabilities and achieve a happier and more productive life. Any diagnosis, recommendation or treatment in our article are general medical information and not intended to be applicable or appropriate for anyone. This column is not a substitute for your physician, who knows your condition well and who is your best ally when it comes to your health.
Their legislation expands on Rep. Speier’s Sergeant First Class Richard Stayskal Military Medical Accountability of 2019, much of which was included in the FY2020 National Defense Authorization Act and which established a medical malpractice claims process for military servicemembers who had previously been barred from seeking justice by the Feres doctrine, established in 1950 by a Supreme Court decision.
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PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. declared an extension of the state of calamity which former president Rodrigo Duterte initially proclaimed two years ago (in March 2020), in view of the rising cases of COVID-19 infections in the country. Press Trixie CruzAngeles said the state of calamity, which expired on Monday, September 12 was extended by about three months, “primarily to allow purchases and provide hazard allowances for healthcare workers.ThePhilippines “is among the Southeast Asian nations that has imposed the longest lockdowns around the world, causing economic recession in decades and deepened poverty, hunger, and unemployment.” In spite of the infection rate, the authorities seem to be in a hurry to end, instead of maintaining, the mitigating strategies (masking, distancing) against COVID-19 viruses, while extending the state of calamity. Lowering the guards now might spell spikes and waves of infections.
"I have spoken many times with the family of Seaman Danyelle Luckey, a strong, smart, and dedicated young woman who dreamed of serving her country, and whose dream ended on board the USS Ronald Reagan when she was killed by gross medical negligence, which could have been prevented by a simple regimen of antibiotics. The excruciating pain and crippling fear she endured
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colorectal cancer, and death (all-cause mortality), according to two new studies at the Tufts University, published in The British Medical Journal. Earlier research revealed that poor diet was associated with 20 percent (1 in 5) deaths worldwide, which could be prevented by a healthier diet. On the same issue, Italian scientists noted that people with the lowest quality diet and consuming the highest amount of ultra-processed food have an increased risk of both all-cause cardiovascular deaths.
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Though the Stayskal Act finally allowed servicemembers and their families to seek compensation for noncombat injuries incurred at military medical facilities, it did not cover medical care provided aboard ships’ clinics, operating rooms, or intensive care units.
(Rep. Speier’s Office Release)
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SF celebrates over 10K new citizens, and promotes fee assistance program Dynamico Space, Startup Village sign agreement to promote PH startups in Silicon Valley FAJ HOLIDAY T-SHIRT DESIGN CONTEST. Filipino Advocates for Justice recently launched its Holiday T-Shirt Design Contest/Fundraiser. Community artists are encouraged to submit their designs on the contest theme “Lib, Lap, Lub*: “It’s a Filipnx Thing! The only L’s we’re taking this thriving season” (*translated to Live, Laugh and Love), with a chance to win one of two $500 prizes. Designs can use 1 to 3 colors on a white or black background; supported files for entries include AI, EPS, PDF, PNG and JPG. Deadline to submit entries to the contest is on October 6, 2022, 11:59 PST. The two winning designs will be chosen and sold for the holidays to support FAJ’s Leadership Development Programs. For more information on the contest and the rules, visit filipinos4justice.org, or send an email to contest@filipinos4justice.org. To donate and support FAJ’s programs, visit https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/1408350. Screen capture images from internet
Flu shot lowers stroke
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Space CEO JR Calanoc and StartUp Village Director Carlo Calimon signed the MOA on behalf of their respective organizations.
green peas, lentils) are good plantbased protein. We do not need red meat to survive. Vegetarians are healthy people. And don’t worry about muscle weakness. Many of the powerful animals are herbivores (elephants, cows, horses, carabaos, rhinoceros, and many dinosaurs, with massive strength).Minus negative behavior and bad habits, a healthy lifestyle requires abstinence from tobacco, disciplined alcohol intake, a positive state of mind, and stress management. During this COVID-19 pandemic, part of our disciplined life strategy includes mitigating measures (masking, distancing, avoiding crowds where cases are high), and most importantly timely vaccination. At this juncture, the bivalent booster #3 or #4. This will greatly help protect our DNA too.
Under the mentorship program, the two Philippine startups will be trained by Dynamico Space’s resident mentors to make presentations that are more apt to potential investors in the U.S., and will be tasked to pitch in a “demo night” at the end of the program.
A clinical study recently showed that individuals who received the flu shot have 12 percent lower risk of a first stroke. The vaccine’s antiinflammatory effect is postulated to be the reason for this sidebenefit of the vaccine.
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The San Francisco Pathways to Citizenship Initiative was established in 2013 by the late Mayor Edwin M. Lee as a publicprivate partnership between local foundations and the City and County of San Francisco’s Office of Civic Engagement & Immigrant Affairs (OCEIA) to promote citizenship and civic participation among San Francisco’s naturalization-eligible immigrants. Connect with OCEIA via its website (www.sf.gov/oceia) or through Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. (SF OCEIA Release)
The Consulate has an ongoing public-private partnership with Dynamico Space to support Philippine as well as Filipino American startups in Silicon Valley, the global center for high technology andMeanwhile,innovation. StartUp Village assists Philippine startups build disruptive technologies that will lead to groundbreaking products, which ultimately create new industries. StartUp Village assists startups in developing their ideas and business concepts, incubates them by providing mentorships and trainings, and links them with potential investors.
The less red meat, the better for us. Fish and legumes (various color beans, chickpeas, peanuts,
“Six years ago in October, our hearts were ripped out and torn apart when our daughter Danyelle Ashely Luckey died from military medical malpractice on board the USS Ronald Reagan. Adding to our heartache, we were not allowed to pursue a claim for this maltreatment because ‘technically’ a medical treatment facility on the naval vessel is not legally considered a military medical treatment facility. That is wrong, and this legislation corrects that wrong and allows victims and their families to pursue a claim against the Navy when they have been mistreated on board a ship, defining a navy ship's medical facility as a military medical treatment facility for purposes of pursuing a claim,” the Luckey family said. “It is bad enough that we each day suffer the pain of her loss, and our beautiful daughter will never have the full life she deserved. We ask that this legislation be adopted in her memory so that other service members won't suffer the same wrong that she and we have suffered.”Foracopy of the bill text, go luckey-act-speier-337-xml-.pdf.06477AB13AD3B3A47D8BD47.9094-38768f6cf767/95E85FEC3files/3/5/3568d6c3-ea0a-488e-https://speier.house.gov/_cache/to
File photo from www.speier.house.gov in her final days are equaled only by the profound devastation and horrific suffering of her family. Her death was a travesty, equaled only by the travesty of justice denied to her loved ones simply because of where she died,” Rep. Speier said. “While the Danyelle Luckey Act cannot bring back the hope, promise, and purpose of Danyelle’s vibrant, young life, it can provide her family and other servicemembers like her with the right to seek compensation in cases of medical malpractice aboard large vessels. This is the very least we can do for the brave women and men willing to put their lives on the line for our freedoms, and I urge my colleagues in the House to quickly take up and pass this“Danyellelegislation.”Luckey selflessly and bravely signed up to serve her country, a decision that, due to flagrant medical malpractice aboard a Navy ship, cost her life. The pain the Luckey family has endured from the tragic loss of their daughter is unimaginable and exacerbated by the fact that a misinterpretation of the law has prevented them from billinwhomonwrongSpeieramjustice,” Rep. DeSaulnierpursuingsaid.“IproudtojoinCongresswomaninthefighttorightthisthroughnewlegislationbehalfoftheLuckeyfamilyIamhonoredtorepresentCongress.Wemustpassthistoensurenootherfamily
In his remarks, Consul General Ferrer said that MOA signing “seals the partnership between Dynamico Space and Startup Village, two like-minded organizations with a shared mission of developing highly innovative and globally competitive Philippine startup”Withcompanies.”thecombined efforts of Dynamico Space and StartUp Village, and with the support from the onecountry economic team of the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco and the Philippine Trade and Investment Center in Silicon Valley, I can say with certainty that the future of the Philippine startup ecosystem looks brighter than ever,” Consul General FerrerUndersaid.its startup mentorship program, Dynamico Space will train its chosen Philippine startups under StartUp Village to make presentations or pitches that are attuned to the preferences, expectations and values of American investors and venture capitalists.
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Following the MOA signing, Dynamico Space announced that it has selected two StartUp Village startups to join its two-month mentorship program: (1) Olivia, which transforms receipts and invoices
Philip S. Chua, MD, FACS, FPCS, a Cardiac Surgeon Emeritus based in Northwest Indiana and Las Vegas, Nevada, is an international medical lecturer/author, Health Advocate, newspaper columnist, and Chairman of the Filipino United Network-USA, a 501(c)3 humanitarian foundation in the United States. Websites: FUN8888.com, Today.SPSAtoday.com, and philipSchua.com; Email: scalpelpen@gmail.com.
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