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DATELINE Bay Area Fil-Am family in search of donor for baby with leukemia FROM THE AJPRESS NEWS TEAM ACROSS AMERICA
A BAY Area Filipino American family is in need of a bone marrow or stem cell donor for their 9-month-old infant. The baby, AJ, has been diagnosed with an extremely rare form of leukemia. Doctors say that for a full cure, he would need a donor. “AJ has finished his first round of chemotherapy,” said Eric, AJ’s father. “We are waiting for his body to recover from the treatment before the next round begins. We’ve been told that subsequent rounds of chemotherapy only get harder.” Siblings would be the best donor match, but AJ is an only child. Extended family members have offered to step up, but they are no more likely to match than a stranger, according to the Asian American Donor Program.
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Several Fil-Am candidates triumph in local NorCal races Bonta, Manalo, Sylvester among winners
by JOSEPH
L. PERALTA
AJPress
INCUMBENTS Rob Bonta, Juslyn Manalo, Glenn Sylvester, Christopher Cabaldon, Rozzana VerderAliga and Malia Vella were among a number of Filipino American bets in Northern California who won their respective races in the November 3 general
election, according to initial results posted on different county websites. Bonta, state assemblymember for California’s Assembly District 18, handily won his race against Stephen Slauson, capturing 89,724 votes, or 88.07% of total votes cast. This is the fourth time that Bonta has been overwhelmingly re-elected to represent the
As precincts still report, Filipino American candidates battle in key local, state races
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2020 election results for California’s ballot measures IN additional to the top of the ticket presidential race and local offices, California voters cast their votes for a dozen propositions during the 2020 election. Here’s how the 12 measures faired on Election Day, November 3. Prop 14 — Stem Cell Research Institute Bond Initiative (YES) This ballot measure would send $5.5 billion in general obligation bonds for the state’s stem cell research institute, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM). The increased funds to the CIRM — which would come from investors who would be reimbursed over the next 30 years through taxpayers — would expand research capacity and allocate $1.5 billion for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, stroke, epilepsy and other neurological and nervous system illnesses. The CIRM was established in 2004 as the first-of-its-kind state-sanctioned stem cell agency and was issued $3 billion in bonds. By October 2019, the CIRM had $132 million remaining and earlier in July 2019, the CIRM had seized applications for new projects because funds were drying up. Supporters — including the CIRM, Gov. Gavin Newsom and the University of California Board of Regents (UC labs and hospitals are a primary beneficiary of the CIRM) — maintain that stem cell research has led to increased understanding of diseases that affect millions of
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district, garnering more than 85% of the votes in each election cycle. “Deeply honored & thankful to be re-elected to the CA State Assembly & to have the opportunity to continue to serve the most woke, engaged, enlightened, & justice-oriented District in the State,” Bonta wrote u PAGE A2
Queer Fil-Ams make strides in electoral politics, reporting historic outcomes in era of diverse leadership by KLARIZE
MEDENILLA AJPress
SANTA CLAUS GALORE. Three Santa Clauses, the Nativity scene, and a couple of other Christmas characters welcome shoppers of a store selling Christmas decors on Lacson Avenue in Manila on Wednesday, November 4. Several businesses have been allowed to reopen to slowly recover from the adverse economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic. PNA photo by Jess M. Escaros Jr.
THOUGH all eyes are on the contentious presidential race that continues to be too close to call, several statewide and local races have already been officially counted, giving voters a clearer picture of how diverse candidates fared in one of the most crucial elections in American history. As of press time, results in many precincts across the country have not been called due to expected delays in counting ballots, but some races involving Filipino American candidates have been counted. As reported in the Asian Journal last week, a record number of Filipino American candidates ran for office
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PH among APAC countries flagged Palace: No major change in PHfor rising coronavirus outbreaks US ties regardless of poll results by RITCHEL
MENDIOLA AJPress
THE Philippines is among the countries in the Asia-Pacific region where COVID-19 infections continued to grow throughout the pandemic, according to a recent report. This finding was part of an analysis of the COVID-19 trend in the APAC region by German market and consumer data company
Statista. “While Thailand and South Korea have been successful at flattening the curve of coronavirus infections, other countries in the APAC region are still battling growing or returning outbreaks,” Statista said Monday, November 2. It noted that Japan is currently battling growing infection numbers. “Japan was the country most affected by u PAGE A3
Typhoon Goni deaths climb to 25 by RITCHEL
MENDIOLA AJPress
THE fatalities caused by Super Typhoon Goni (local name: Rolly) have risen to 25, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Wednesday, November 4. The breakdown of casualties were: 21 from Bicol, three from Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon) and one from Mimaropa (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan). PNP Chief Gen. Camilo Cascolan also said 43 persons sustained injuries, 39 of which were from Bicol, and four from Calabarzon. He added that two people are In the aftermath of Typhoon “Rolly” in Bacacay town, Albay province, electrical poles were missing in Calabarzon, one in Midestroyed which caused roads to close on Monday, November 2. Inquirer.net photo by Mark Arvic Esplana maropa, and three in Bicol.
Meanwhile, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported that a total of 2,083,222 individuals or 532,794 families were devastated by Rolly in Regions II, III, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, Bicol, and the National Capital Region. Of the figure, 142,475 families or 517,172 people are being assisted in evacuation centers. Response Malacañang said it sees no problem in realigning a portion of the proposed budget for the anticommunist task force to aid areas battered by Rolly as it is “within mandate” of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict’s (NTF-ELCAC). “I think that’s the objective of
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by RITCHEL
MENDIOLA AJPress
PHILIPPINE-U.S. bilateral relations will not see any major changes regardless of who wins the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Malacañang said on Wednesday, November 4. “You see the (U.S.) State Department ensures continuity as far as U.S. foreign policy is concerned. So we don’t expect any major changes in bilateral relations between the Philippines and the United States,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque told CNN Philippines’ The Source. He acknowledged the friendship between President Rodrigo Duterte and U.S. President Don-
ald Trump, but expressed confidence that Duterte can foster friendly relations with Democratic challenger Joe Biden. “Of course, there is an issue of personal relations but I think given time the President can establish equally warm personal relations with whoever wins this election even [if] it’s not President Trump,” Roque said. “And even if there is a new President, I am not saying that there will be, but in case there is a new President in the United States in the person of Senator Biden, I am confident that the President can also develop a close personal friendship with Mr. Biden. May the best man win u PAGE A4