Philippine Canadian Inquirer Issue #48

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CANADA’S FIRST AND ONLY NATIONWIDE FILIPINO-CANADIAN NEWSPAPER VOL. 1 NO. 48

JANUARY 25, 2013

WHAT’S INSIDE

Jason Kenney, Jonathan Kaiman battle it out on The Guardian

RAFFY LERMA

The battle started after a British paper published a piece written by Kaiman entitled “Maple leaf ragged: what ails Canada?” (On page 19)

SERENO TAKES CHARGE. Justices of the Supreme Court take positions in the hearing of the first oral arguments on cybercrime law presided over by Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno (center). Flanking the Chief Justices are Justices Antonio Carpio and Tereista Leonardo de Castro. Justices Bienvenido Reyes and Marivic Leonen make their entrance.

Senate rejects Enrile bid to quit Move described ‘masterstroke’ BY CATHY C. YAMSUAN Philippine Daily Inquirer IT WAS described as a brilliant stroke by a wily politician to redeem himself in the face of what he called a campaign by his enemies and critics to portray him as a “liar” and “traitor” and cast the Senate “under a dark cloud of suspicion as a house of thieves.” Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile yesterday offered to step aside for his staunch critics—Senators Miriam DefensorSantiago, Antonio Trillanes IV and Alan Peter and his sister Pia Cayetano—to take over his post and secured a rousing vote of confidence in the process to retain his post. Eleven senators—Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada, Majority Leader Tito Sotto, Assistant Majority Leader Gregorio Honasan, Franklin Drilon, Francis Escudero, Teofisto Guingona III, Panfilo Lacson, Lito Lapid, Loren Legarda, Ralph Recto and Ramon Revilla Jr.—rejected Enrile’s motion to declare his post vacant. The number was enough to overturn the yes votes of Senators Aquilino Pimentel III, Trillanes and Enrile, himself as movant. Senators Joker Arroyo and Ferdinand Marcos Jr. abstained. Political analyst Clarita Carlos called Enrile’s move a “masterstroke” and another commentator described it as an attempt to lift the sagging Senate candidacy of his son, Rep. Jack Enrile.

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Santiago and the Cayetano siblings were not in the session hall when Enrile delivered his privilege speech lashing at his critics on his distribution of the “maintenance and other operating expenditures,” or MOOE, just before Christmas, which a senator described in an exclusive INQUIRER report as “unconscionable.” Santiago, who has called on Enrile to account for his role as martial law administrator in the Ferdinand Marcos dictatorship, was on sick leave; Alan Peter Cayetano was in Cebu while his sister Pia was abroad, according to her staff. Trillanes hours earlier confidently told Senate reporters that the move to oust Enrile would take place within the nine remaining session days. Asked why it was necessary to remove Enrile, Trillanes said, “because we can,” adding that the group that would take over More on page 3 PHILIPPINE CANADIAN

Filipino-Canadian in Focus: Joe Damasco His story shares a common thread with all other immigrants to Canada. (On page 26)

Caramoan Island: Hidden Paradise Previously unknown to locals, Caramoan took center stage when it became the setting for Survivor: Philippines. (On page 45)

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