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Shop 355, 3/F. 19 Des Voeux, Central, Hong Kong
Tel: 28156060 • 2815 4114 • Fax: 25459155
Email: [email protected]
Wanchai Branch:
Rm. 802, 8/F. On Hong Commercial Bldg., 145 Hennessy Rd.,
Wanchai, Hong Kong • Tel. 31101491-28504291-28151166
Fax : 31101499 • Emails: [email protected]
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POLO keeps ban on ex-driver’s agency
By Daisy CL Mandap
An attempt to process work
contracts by an employment
agency at the center of an
inquiry into alleged misdeeds
of former Labor Attache
Manuel Roldan and his driver
was again foiled by the
Philippine Overseas Labor
Office on Jan. 22.
Reports say Ruby, the
mother of the registered
owner of Magnificent Maid
Employment Agency and wife
of former POLO driver
Donald Retirado, tried to get
contracts accepted at the
POLO service windows on
that day, but was turned
down.
Angered by the rebuff, she
called in the police, but was
instead escorted out of the
Consulate premises.
It was not the first time that
the Retirados had tried to get
POLO to allow the agency to
process work contracts.
On Nov. 17 last year, the
agency’s registered owner,
Frances Retirado, wrote to
POLO’s officer in charge,
Ma.
Nena
German,
demanding
why
the
processing of the contracts it
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submitted two weeks earlier
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hinted of a lawsuit.
In response, German said
that based on an investigation
carried out by a fact-finding
committee of the Consulate,
Magnificent’s verification by
Roldan and subsequent
accreditation
by
the
Philippine
Overseas
Employment Administration
violated labor laws.
The recent development
came as German disclosed
that she had received no new
information about the case
against Roldan, despite
reports saying the Department
of Labor and Employment has
found “probable cause” after
an investigation.
Speaking at a community
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POLO keeps ban on Magnificent Employment Agency
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meeting on Jan. 25 at the
Consulate, German said she
only read about this bit of
news, but did not have any
direct knowledge about it.
Consul General Bernardita
Catalla who ordered the
inquiry on Roldan after
receiving a formal complaint,
said the same thing. She said
she was not aware of any
follow-up investigation being
carried out, and just read
about the reported DOLE
investigation.
But she said that since the
report issued by the factfinding committee that she
formed was just initial or
partial, she expected DOLE to
conduct its own independent
and full investigation.
In response, Cynthia Tellez
of the Coalition of Service
Providers
for
Ethnic
Minorities (CSPEM) which
initiated
the
complaint
against Roldan, said there
should be a full disclosure of
the DOLE investigation.
“We need an update also.
Kasi in fairness, talagang
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mabilis po ang investigation
kahit po sinasabi ninyo na
documentary lang siya. We
appreciate that. Yun nga
lang, from then until now,
parang ang tagal. Lumalabas
lang sa diyaryo, maganda po
sana dahil may pormal
naman kaming pinresent (na
reklamo), may pormal din
kaming matanggap (na
James International Placement Services
Unit 5, 2 nd Floor, PS Bank Building, 641 Boni
Avenue, Mandaluyong City, (From Boni Ave. at
EDSA, take a jeepney going to GABBYS. Get off
at PS Bank, on Boni Ave.) Tel: (02) 5849896 •
0915-2379877 (Dadong) • 0918-6252337 (Lyn)
James International Placement
Services (Pangasinan Branch)
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Urdaneta City, Pangasinan Tel. (75)
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sagot).”
German said she would
relay the concern to DOLE.
In the report issued at the
end of September last year,
the fact-finding committee
pointed out certain acts of
Roldan which may have
violated Philippine laws and
regulations, specifically those
pertaining to conflict of
interest rules on civil service.
This referred in particular
to his act of endorsing for
accreditation by the POEA the
agency owned by the
Retirados. In his defense,
Roldan claimed not knowing
about
Magnificent’s
ownership initially, but that
after he became aware of this,
he told Donald not to operate
it.
The PCG report also
disclosed that POLO under
Roldan had submitted a
tampered copy of Donald
Retirado’s
employment
contract, apparently in a bid to
deflect any accusations of
wrongdoing.
In addition, Roldan was
found to have caused the
accreditation of 90 additional
employment agencies in Hong
Kong, despite an already
saturated recruitment market.
The investigation was
launched on Aug. 26, in
response to a series of
complaints made against
Roldan by CSPEM.
A copy of the PCG report
had been sent to both
Secretary Baldoz and several
offices under the Department
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of Foreign Affairs, but there
has been no official word on
whether further investigation
has been taken as a result.
Apart from CSPEM, the
migrants
organization,
United Filipinos in Hong
Kong, has called on DOLE to
file charges against Roldan.
The Global Ministers
Association, a coalition of
religious leaders, also called
EMRY’s
for sanctions against Roldan,
accusing him of inaction in
the case of some two dozen
OFWs who were illegally
charged $21,000 each in
placement fee.
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Tel: 28156060 • 2815 4114 • Fax: 25459155
Email: [email protected]
Wanchai Branch:
Rm. 802, 8/F. On Hong Commercial Bldg., 145 Hennessy Rd.,
Wanchai, Hong Kong • Tel. 31101491-28504291-28151166
Fax : 31101499 • Emails: [email protected]
[email protected] • [email protected]
Visit our website: www.emrysemploymentagency.com
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Employers will get a
refund for cancelled
application.
Services Offered
1) Direct Hire Processing: Self-found helper/employer
HK$5,680.00
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Apat na taong nagtrabaho si Lydia sa isang mag-asawang Intsik
na may dalawang anak. Nang matapos ang ikalawang kontrata
ay nagpasiya siyang maghanap ng ibang amo. Hindi naman
naging problema nang magpaalam siya sa kanyang amo at
sabihin na hindi na siya pipirma ng panibagong kontrata.
Nangako rin ang amo na bibigyan siya ng magandang
rekomendasyon at release letter. Ang balak ni Lydia ay
maghanap ng amo na hindi Intsik dahil sa isip niya ay mahirap
pakisamahan ang mga ito at bugbog sa trabaho ang kanyang
katawan. Karamihan kasi sa kanyang mga kaibigan ay puti ang
mga amo at ayon sa mga ito, mas magaan ang kanilang trabaho
at mababait ang mga pinagsisilbihan. Ilang buwan bago
matapos ang kanyang kontrata ay naghanap na siya ng bagong
amo. Nakailan siyang interbyu bago pinili ang isang magasawang French sa Mid-Levels na may anak na isang taong
gulang. Maganda ang suweldong alok sa kanya at may sariling
kuwarto, di tulad sa dati niyang amo na kasama ang anak nito sa
tulugan. Wala rin siyang curfew at may sariling susi sa bahay,
hindi gaya ng dati na lagi siyang nagmamadaling umuwi kapag
day off dahil baka siya mapagsaraduhan ng bahay. Maayos na
nakapagsimula si Lydia at naging masaya naman siya sa
kanyang trabaho. Walang problema sa pagluluto dahil ang amo
niyang babae ang gumagawa nito, at ang pag-aalaga ng bata
lang at paglilinis sa bahay ang dapat niyang gawin. Makalipas
ang ilang buwan ay sinabi ng kanyang amo na siya ay
nagdadalantao. Nagulat si Lydia ngunit hindi siya nagpahalata.
Hindi niya kasi akalain na masusundan na agad ang alaga niya
dahil mahigit isang taon pa lang ito. Makalipas ang siyam na
buwan ay nanganak na ang kanyang amo, at lalong nadismaya
si Lydia dahil kambal ang bago niyang aalagaan. Tamad kasing
mag-alaga ang kanyang amo at kahit nasa bahay lang ito ay sa
kanya iniaasa ang mga anak nito. Nag-umpisa ang kalbaryo ni
Lydia nang umuwi na sa bahay ang kambal at ang bagong
panganak na amo niya. Sa araw-araw ay tatlong bata ang
inaasikaso niya mula pagpapaligo sa mga ito hanggang sa
pagpapakain kaya’t lupaypay ang kanyang katawan pagsapit
ng gabi. Hindi na nga siya nakakapanood ng mga paboritong
teleserye sa internet. Abot-abot ang daing at reklamo niya
kapag kahuntahan ang mga kaibigan tuwing day off niya. Sabi
nga ng isang kaibigan, iyan ang napala niya sa paghahangad
ng among puti. Si Lydia ay taga-Samar at may asawa’t tatlong
anak. –Jo Campos
Huling tawad
Matagal ding tiniis ni Inday, isang Ilongga, ang
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gabi ang kanyang curfew. Tuwing Linggo kasi ay nagpupunta
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Inday dahil mabait naman ang kanyang mga amo at dalawang
alaga. Kung minsan pa ay may dagdag na pakiusap ang amo
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niya at ang paghahanda pa ng almusal kapag day off niya.
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siya uuwi kapag araw ng Linggo. Napabulalas ng “Waaah!”
ang kanyang among babae at tumawad ito na alas-10 ng gabi na
lang. Lihim na natuwa naman si Inday dahil ang sabi ng isang
kaibigan sa kanya ay imungkahi niya na alas-11 ng gabi ang
gusto niya dahil tiyak na tatawad pa ang amo. Nagkasundo
naman sila at nang tanungin si Inday ng amo kung may hiling
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pa siya ay sinabi niya na sana’y makaalis siya kapag day off
nang hindi na magsisilbi pa ng almusal at gagawa ng iba pang
trabaho gaya ng paglilinis. Isang matunog na “Waaah!” na
naman ang bulalas ng among babae at natawa naman ang
among lalaki. Nagbiro ang mga ito na “are we going to do
bargaining again, Inday?” Kasunod nito ay sinabihan siya na
hindi na raw niya kailangang maglinis pa bago mag-day off
ngunit pabirong nagmakaawa ang amo na kahit hindi na niya
hintaying magising sila para pakainin ng almusal, basta ihanda
na lang daw niya ang pagkain nila sa mesa, at bahala na silang
magligpit pagkatapos. Masaya naman ang naging resulta ng
kanilang tawaran kaya’t maayos ding nagkasundo. Kapalit
naman ng pagiging mabait ng mga amo, pinagbuti ni Inday ang
kanyang mga gawain. Katwiran niya, bigayan lang naman ang
solusyon para maging maayos ang samahan sa pagitan nila ng
kanyang mga amo. –Jo Campos
OC
Sa interview pa lang ay sinabihan na si Ed na kailangang linisin
ang dalawang sasakyan ng amo araw-araw. Sa kanyang unang
araw sa trabaho ay tinuruan pa siya ng katulong sa kanilang
paraan ng paglilinis sa mga kotse. “In fairness, malinis ang
mga ito,” saad ng baguhan. Kasama sa package noong binili
nila ang bagong Toyota Alphard ang libreng regular na
pagpapa-wax o polish dito, tanda ng kung gaano ka “OC”
(obssessive compulsive) ang amo pagdating sa kalinisan. Hindi
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The SUN February 2015
By Daisy CL Mandap
Isang Pilipinang taga Apayao
ang inireklamo sa Konsulado
ng isang grupo ng mga kapwa
niya katulong dahil sa
pagbibigay ng mga pekeng
dokumento
para
sa
pagtatrabaho sa Canada,
kapalit ng bayad na mula
$10,900 hanggang $29,700.
Inaamin naman ni Ofelia
A. Felipe, na mahigit 20 taon
nang nagtatrabaho sa Hong
Kong, na peke ang mga
labour market opinion (LMO)
na ibinigay niya sa hindi
kukulangin
sa
limang
aplikante, pero hindi naman
daw galing iyon sa kanya.
Isa pa, “hindi ko sila nirecruit, kundi kusa silang
humingi ng tulong sa akin,”
sabi
ni
Felipe
nang
kapanayamin ng The SUN sa
telepono.
Sinabi niya na naengganyo
ang mga aplikante nang
malaman nilang ang bayaw
niyang Jamaican na taga
Canada na si Winston James
ay may kakilala na maaaring
tumulong para mabigyan sila
ng trabaho.
Pero maging ang kanyang
bayaw ay naloko daw ng
kakilala nitong Indian na
siyang nangako ng mga
trabaho, at kumuha ng pera
ng mga aplikante.
Kamakailan ay nagdala pa
ng sulat si Felipe sa
Konsulado mula sa sinasabi
niyang bayaw na si Winston
James, na nagsabing hindi
dapat tinutugis ang Pilipina
dahil wala daw itong
kasalanan.
Sinabi pa sa sulat ni James
na may 80 LMO ang binigay
ng Indian niyang kakilala
para ipamahagi sa mga
aplikante, pero nalaman
niyang peke ang lahat ng mga
ito
pagkatapos
nilang
makasingil.
Galit pang isinumbong ni
James ang mga aplikante,
dahil sinisiraan daw nila at
hinihiya ang hipag niyang si
Felipe.
Matapos basahin ni Vice
Consul Charles Macaspac ang
liham ay nasabi niyang
walang halaga iyon, dahil
talaga namang labag sa batas
ang ginawang pag-re-recruit
ni Felipe, lalo na at nasa Hong
Kong siya para magtrabaho
bilang domestic helper.
Nauna na rito ay nagbabala
ang Konsulado na huwag
maniniwala sa mga recruiter
na katulong, dahil isang
paglabag sa batas ang
kanilang ginagawa. Dapat ay
mga lisensyadong ahente lang
ang tumatanggap ng pera
kapalit
ng
pangakong
ipapasok sila ng trabaho, sa
Hong Kong man o sa ibang
bansa.
Pinakitaan ng isa sa mga
nagreklamo ang The SUN ng
isang kasulatan, kung saan
nangako si Felipe na ibabalik
ang pera ng limang aplikante,
na nagkakahalaga ng mula
$10,900 hanggang $28,000.
Bukod sa kanila, may
nagpaabot din ng sinumpaang
salaysay, na nagsasabing
kinolektahan din sila ni
Mag-ingat sa
trangkaso!
Nagpalabas ng babala ang mga awtoridad sa Hong Kong
dahil sa biglang pagtaas ng mga namamatay dahil sa
trangkaso.
Ayon sa pinakahuling balita, walo katao ang namatay sa
sakit noon lang Martes, Peb. 27.
Sa pangatlong linggo ng Enero, 31 ang naitalang
namatay, ang pinakamataas na bilang sa loob ng
nagdaang limang taon.
Kung magpapatuloy daw ang dami ng mga biktima,
malamang na mahigit 200 katao ang mamamatay dito
bago matapos ang panahon ng taglamig sa Abril.
Sa loob lang ng dalawang araw, noong Enero 25 at 26,
mahigit 200 katao ang napabalitang tinumba ng sakit.
Ayon kay Dr Dominic Tsang ng Hospital Authority,
malamang na magpatuloy ang dami ng mga namamatay
sa trangkaso mula anim hanggang 12 linggo.
Sinabi din niya na malamang na lumala pa ang pagkalat
ng sakit sa susunod na tatlong linggo.
Hindi daw kasi tama ang naging babala ng World
Health Organization kung anong klase ng trangkaso ang
tatama sa maraming tao sa kasalukuyang panahon, kaya
hindi naging ayon ang mga bakunang naihanda.
Karamihan sa mga namatay ay mga matatanda na may
ibang sakit, pero kasama ang pitong bata sa mahigit 100
katao na nangailangan ng mahigpit na pagbabantay at
pagsusuri.
Kabilang sa mga nasa delikadong kalagayan ang isang
dalawang taon na bata na nananatili sa ospital ayon sa
pinakahuling balita.
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Pilipina inireklamo dahil sa
pekeng trabaho sa Canada
Felipe ng malaking halaga.
Ayon kay Maybelle Pabrua na
nagtatrabaho sa Macau,
nagbayad siya ng $17,234.
Sabi naman ni Rosalie de la
Pena ng Kowloon, umabot sa
$29,700 ang binayaran niya
kay Felipe.
Sa unang lima katao na
pinangakuan ni Felipe ng
bayad, dalawa pa ang
diumano’y
hindi
nababayaran.
Sila
sina
Jocelyn Milla na nagsabing
nagbigay siya ng $28,000 kay
Felipe, at si Noemi Ruth
Kimmayong, na nagbayad ng
$19,000.
Sina de la Pena at Pabrua ay
pareho pa ding hindi daw
nababayaran. Sa kanyang
pirmadong salaysay, sinabi ni
de la Pena na pinangakuan
sila
ni
James
na
mangungutang para maibalik
ang kanilang pera, pero hindi
daw ito tumupad sa usapan.
Hinhiling
ng
mga
nagreklamo na makasuhan si
Felipe ng panloloko sa Hong
Kong at sa Pilipinas.
Sinumbong na daw nila ito sa
pulis, pero pinapirma lang
daw sila ng kasunduan nang
mangako si Felipe na
magbabayad.
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The SUN February 2015
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The SUN February 2015
PCG seeks Labour Dept’s help in recruitment case
By Daisy CL Mandap
The Consulate says it has
referred complaints of
apparent illegal recruitment
against
a
licensed
employment agency to the
Hong
Kong’s
Labour
Department.
The agency complained of
is Joyce Agency, registered
with Labour’s Employment
Agencies
Administration
(EAA), and whose listed
office is shop 216, Lik Sang
Plaza in Tsuen Wan.
Vice
Consul
Charles
Macaspac, who heads the
Consulate’s assistance to
nationals sections, said he
referred the five cases filed
with his office to labor officers
during a recent meeting.
He also called on others
who might have similar
complaints to go to the ATN
section so they could study
whether a similar referral
could be made.
The SUN tried to call Joyce
Agency owner Fe O. Cheung
at the mobile number given by
the applicants, but could not
get through. Neither she nor
her agency had a listed
telephone number.
One of the complainants
was Maribeth Sanchez, who
said she paid $20,000 to
Cheung in October 2013 after
she was reportedly told that an
employer was already waiting
for her in Canada.
Cheung reportedly did not
issue any receipt, although
Sanchez said she had
remittance slips showing at
least part of the money being
deposited
directly
into
Cheung’s bank account.
Sanchez said the money was
sent by her aunt in the
Philippines,
who
was
convinced to lend her money
for her Canada application.
But after paying the fee,
Sanchez said she was told to
“wait” each time she asked
Cheung about the job.
On Nov. 23 last year,
Sanchez said she again went
to Cheung’s office to follow
up, and was reportedly told
that she could be moved to
another agency in Canada,
but she needed to pay an extra
$45,000. She balked.
Two days later, Sanchez
said she returned to Cheung’s
Tsuen Wan office but found it
closed. She said she saw
“many people” waiting
outside, and they reportedly
told her they, too, had been
cheated by Cheung. Some
applied to go to Canada, but
there were others who paid for
friends or relatives applying
to work in Hong Kong.
Among those who claim to
have paid for a friend in the
Philippines is Maritess, who
said she did not get any
receipt for the $6,500
collected from her by Cheung
in August last year.
Maritess said she was
enticed to file her friend’s
application
with
Joyce
because of the many
“advertisements” she saw
posted in its office.
When she saw the agency’s
office shut in November, she
said she gathered the names
and contact numbers of her
fellow complainants. She
hopes to furnish the list to
authorities so they could use it
as evidence against Cheung.
Filipina helper held over live-out term
By Daisy CL Mandap
If your employment contract
states that you should live
with your employer, don’t
agree
to
a
live-out
arrangement, even if it might
cost you your job.
This was what a Filipina
domestic worker learned the
hard way after she was jailed
for lying to an immigration
officer about living out of her
employer’s home, contrary to
what is stated in her work
contract.
D.S.S. was accused of
making false representation,
despite pointing out she could
not have done it without her
employer’s consent. And that
in fact, it was her employer
who told her to live out and
stay in a boarding house.
It appears the employer,
surnamed Sia, has not been
similarly charged.
When she appeared in
Shatin court on Jan. 18,
D.S.S.’ bail was cancelled,
and she was told to appear
again on Feb. 25. She was
immediately moved to Tai
Lam prison where she
remains detained.
D.S.S. was questioned at
about 6:45am on June 5 last
year at an apartment on Tai
Yuen road in Wanchai, as she
was preparing to go to her
employer’s house in Celeste
Court in Happy Valley.
During the questioning,
D.S.S. admitted that she did
not live with her employer,
contrary to what was in her
contract.
Records show that D.S.S.
had applied to work with Sia
on Dec. 12, 2012, and the
same was approved on Jan. 9
the next year. In the contract,
it was stated that D.S.S. was
to live with the employer in
Happy Valley.
When her visa expired after
one year, D.S.S. left for Hong
Kong, and on her return, was
given permission to continue
working with Sia until Jan. 9
this year. She had already
finished the contract when
told to report to court to face
the charge.
The records also show that
when D.S.S. was interviewed
by Sia for the job, the Filipina
was told that she could not
stay at the employer’s
residence as there was already
a maid living there. Sia
reportedly offered to pay
$6,000 a month, which was
meant to cover her salary plus
accommodation expenses.
D.S.S. worked for Sia from
Monday to Saturday, 7:30 am
to 8:30pm, and lived in the
Wanchai boarding house
throughout.
Despite knowing that the
live-out arrangement violated
the contract that she signed,
D.S.S. did not inform
immigration about this when
she applied for an extension of
stay, one year after starting to
work for Sia.
The SUN February 2015
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10
The SUN February 2015
New site PCG’s hope for 20k new voters
By Vir B. Lumicao
Consulate officials have found
a new way to double the
number of newly registered
overseas voters: placing the
sign-up desk right in the lift
lobby of the diplomatic
mission at the United Centre
in Admiralty.
And going by the spike in
the number of people enlisting
daily for the presidential and
national elections in May
2016, the Consulate said it
should be able to meet its goal
of 20,000 new registrants by
the Oct. 31 deadline.
According to the overseas
voting registration team, a
total of 1,412 new voters had
signed up for this year, with
the new desk at the lift lobby
attracting 181 registrants on
that Sunday alone.
“Last Sunday, we had the
biggest number of registrants
here at 181,” OVR’s Jethro
Tull Dela Cruz said. “We also
registered 112 at PNB, so the
total was 293.” He said the
total figure was the biggest
daily tally figure so far.
The desk was initially
located in the cultural section
but as the Consulate stepped
up its listing effort, Vice
Consul Fatima Guzman
decided to move it next to the
passport section where many
Filipinos gather. However,
that location saw only a
moderate
increase
in
registrants, so after a week it
was moved to the lift lobby,
Dela Cruz said. Having the
desk in the public area also
appeared to add to the
overcrowding.
The move on Jan. 18 paid
off when 141 people
registered. That figure, plus
the 84 who listed up at the St.
Joseph’s Church mobile
OVR, brought the number of
registrants to more than 200
for the first time.
“Isang linggo pa lang kami,
mas maganda ang turnout
dito, kasi nag-umpisa kami ng
Sunday eh…sa isang araw
200 kaagad,” Dela Cruz said.
“Kung magtutuluy-tuloy iyon,
magkaroon man lang kami ng
60 a day, makakalapit kami sa
target na 20,000 sa Oct. 31.”
Thus far, the OVR that
began last Oct. 1 has reached
around 7,300, some 36.5
percent of the 20,000 target.
Dela Cruz said Worldwide
House is an ideal location for
the OVR because many
people go there, although
many of them are already
registered
voters.
For
example, out of 100 who
approach the desk, about 50
are already in the active list.
Guzman is coordinating
with BDO to use a space at the
bank for OVR on Feb. 1, said
Dela Cruz. “Inaasahan natin
na pagdating ng end of
January, aabot sa 1,600 iyan,
assuming an additional 200
listing up until then,” he said.
Amid the excitement
brought about by the record
figures, the OVR team finds
itself grappling with questions
over the Comelec ID cards.
De la Cruz said the
Consulate has written the
Commission on Elections to
ship the ID cards, to no avail.
But he assured voters those
IDs would arrive.
The SUN February 2015
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New labatt tells illegal fee victims to file complaints
By Vir B. Lumicao
New Labor Attache Nenita
Garcia has told Filipino
domestic workers to speak up
if they have been charged
illegal or excessive placement
fees by employment agencies.
Garcia said the victims
should make a formal
complaint to the Philippine
Overseas Labor Office so she
could endorse these to the
Philippine
Overseas
Employment Administration,
which regulates recruitment
agencies.
Garcia buckled down to
work on Jan. 8, but officially
assumed the post only 17 days
later. She took over from
former Labatt Manuel Roldan
who returned to the home
office at the end of September.
The new labor chief said
that there is a need for both
employers and helpers to be
educated on the labor laws of
Hong Kong. In addition,
employers should learn about
Filipino culture.
The 60-year-old Garcia,
who is in Hong Kong for her
first assignment as labor
attaché, told The SUN in an
interview that she came here
unaware of any problems at
her new post. She said Labor
Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz
did not brief her about the
problems that might be
awaiting her in Hong Kong
before she left Manila.
“Hindi naman po siya
nagsabi kung ano yung mga
problema sa Hong Kong.
Basta ang sabi lang niya
ipagpatuloy yung nasimulan
na, yung sa (reintegration of)
teachers, skills upgrading
para sa mga OFW para maupgrade naman ang kanilang
kaalaman para pag-uwi nila
sa Pilipinas ay mayroon
silang ibang trabaho na
kayang gawin,” Garcia said.
The new labor attaché, who
used to be the director of the
DOLE’s
financial
management services office,
said she had not heard about
Filipino domestic workers
being charged excessive fees
by recruitment agencies,
either here or in Hong Kong.
In at least one case reported
by The SUN, the helpers were
charged a total of $21,000 by
a Hong Kong agency, which
they needed to pay over seven
months
through
bank
accounts controlled by the
recruiter.
Under Philippine laws, all
Filipinos
deployed
as
domestic workers abroad are
not supposed to pay any
placement fee. But in Hong
Kong, a maximum fee of 10
percent of their first monthly
salary is allowed.
“Ang alam ko lang talaga
ay ang policy ng department
na no placement fee na
kailangan talagang ipatupad.
Kung merong nag-complain
then we will hear it. Then ii-endorse namin sa POEA kung
ano po ang gagawin nila,
kung isu--suspend ang license
o kakanselahin,”Garcia said.
The new labor chief hinted
at being given the impression
that what the Filipina workers
are asked to pay are personal
debts that they incurred before
coming to Hong Kong.
“Pero yung tungkol sa
lending, alam nyo ba ang
tungkol sa lending?” she said
when asked about instructions
she had been given by the
head office about the illegal
placement fees.
The SUN told her that the
workers often complain about
being escorted by their
recruiters here to a financing
company where they are
forced to sign up for loans that
they never get.
“Alam ko po bawal yun ... ie-endorse po namin sa POEA
yun. Basta magsasalita sila
eh, paano naman kami
tutulong kung hindi sila
magsasalita,” Garcia said.
“Iyon nga po, dapat siguro
ma-educate natin ang mga
employer and the worker.
Iyon siguro ang dapat nating
gawin, saka kailangan siguro
na malaman nila ang kultura
ng mga Pilipino,” she added.
Garcia said one of these
days she would pay Hong
Kong Commissioner of
Labour Donald Tong a
courtesy call, though she
wouldn’t be taking up any
labor issues with him just yet.
She noted that “para
naman maganda ang labor
laws nila, eh, madaling
intindihin. Kung susundin
lang talaga ay hindi tayo
magkakaproblema.”
Garcia, who has been in
public service for 31 years,
said her priority is to preside
over the transfer of POLO to
its new offices at Admiralty
Centre, a pet project of her
boss Baldoz. She expects
renovation works to be
completed on the 11th floor of
the office tower in time for a
mid-February move.
She said the budget for the
renovation of the 16th floor
has not yet been released, so
the next phase of the move
would be much later.
Asked why she was chosen
to head the Hong Kong office,
Garcia,
an
accounting
graduate from the former
Philippine
College
of
Commerce (now Polytechnic
University of the Philippines),
replied: “I think the secretary
picked me dahil alam niya na
nagde-develop
ako
ng
systems as part of my
department, saka ako po kasi,
very workaholic ako.”
Garcia said one of her main
tasks is to pursue the BalikManggagawa program for
teachers, a joint project
between the Department of
Education and DOLE; and
the skills upgrading of Hong
Kong OFWs.
The program for teachers
seeks to help teachers-turnedDHs return to the classroom
when they go home for good
by offering them free online
refresher
courses
and
certifying those who pass a
qualifying exam.
For the skills upgrading
program, helper graduates of
short courses offered by
DOLE and other institutions
will be tested and certified by
the Technical Education and
Skills Development Authority
(Tesda) so that they could get
jobs in Manila.
Labatt Garcia
“Gusto
ni
Secretary
(Baldoz) na mabigyan ng
assessment at mabigyan sila
ng NC2 ng Tesda. Ang alam
namin ay magpapadala sila
(Tesda) ng tao,” Garcia said.
“We have to promote decent
work and protect our workers,
iyon naman talaga ang ipinupush namin tuwing may
dialogue. Sana ang maibigay
natin sa kanila ay disenteng
trabaho na may dignidad,”
she said.
Garcia said she had been to
Kuwait and Qatar in the
Middle East to check on
POLO operations there, and
from what she has seen, the
Hong Kong post is operating
well because it has a system in
place, and seems to follow all
policy guidelines.
“As financial management
service head, umikot kami sa
posts, nag-a-assess kami ng
operations, tinitingnan kung
ano ang kailangan nila, yung
mga problema. Maganda po
Continued on Page 34
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The SUN February 2015
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naikuwento niya ito sa kaibigan na si Linda.
komunidad na magkaroon ng
talakayan tungkol sa mga
usaping bumabagabag sa
kanila.
Isinusog ang panukala sa
isang pulong sa Konsulado
noong
Enero
25,
na
ipinatawag para mailahad ng
mga opisyal ang inilinya
nilang mga programa para sa
mga darating na buwan.
Ayon
kay
Dolores
Balladares
ng
United
Filipinos in Hong Kong
(Unifil Migrante), bagamat
maganda na nalalaman ng
komunidad ang mga plano ng
Konsulado, dapat ding pagusapan ang mga isyu o
problema ng mga migrante.
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The SUN February 2015
anong usapin ang gusto
nilang talakayin sa mga
susunod pang pulong na
ipapatawag ng Konsulado.
Ayon naman kay Daisy CL
Mandap, editor ng The SUN,
dapat na gawin uling regular
ang talakayan, katulad noong
mga
nagdaang
taon.
Importante din daw na
malaman ng Konsulado kung
ano ang hinaing ng mga
Pilipino sa Hong Kong.
“We want this because this
is an opportunity for us to
really say what we want to
say. Hindi lang yung what the
Consulate wants us to hear,
what the Consulate thinks we
need. This is an opportunity
for the migrants to also give a
feedback on issues,” sabi niya.
Maging si Lenlen Mesina
ng Enrich Hong Kong ay
binigyang-diin
ang
importansya ng pagkakaroon
ng regular na konsultasyon.
Mahalaga daw ito para
maiparating ang tamang
impormasyon para sa mga
hindi
nagkaroon
ng
pagkakataon na pumunta sa
Konsulado.
“Kasi
naoobserbahan
namin na marami sa mga
nalulubog sa problema, ang
concern ay mis-information
talaga,” sabi ni Mesina
Ang isa pang ipinaabot ng
mga dumalo ay ang hindi
pag-iimbita ng Konsulado sa
ilang mga lider para sa ilang
mga pagpupulong, katulad
noong bumisita muli ang
Labor Undersecretary na si
Reydeluz Conferido.
“Nabalitaan ko lang sa
ilang kaibigan ang tungkol sa
meeting na ito. And actually
nung unang meeting din with
the labor ay wala din kaming
natanggap na invitation so
we’re not able to attend. Baka
puwedeng i-update na din ang
ating communications para
makadalo
yung
mga
organisasyon,”
sabi
ni
Balladares.
Ipinaliwanag naman ni
assistant labor attaché Ma.
Nena German kung bakit pili
lang ang naimbita sa
naturang pulong.
“We had a meeting with
association of placement
agencies and some Filcom
concerning dun sa assist 12
program ng DOLE sa Pinas.
So the Filcom selected are
those who will take up the
reintegration program of the
department,” sabi ni German.
Samantala,
inireklamo
naman ni Cynthia Tellez ng
Mission for Migrant Workers
ang mahabang panahon ng
paghihintay
para
sa
kumukuha
ng
bagong
pasaporte.
Malaking problema ito
diumano, lalo na doon sa mga
biglaang nawalan ng trabaho
dahil sila pinapayagang
kumuha ng bagong pasaporte
dito.
“Sa panahon na due na for
renewal ang passport mo,
pero
na-terminate
ang
contract mo, mag-aaply ka
pero dahil wala kang
employer, hindi puwedeng
bigyan ng passport kundi
travel document na lang,”
paliwanag ni Tellez.
Sinabi naman ni Catalla na
hindi dapat mangyari ito dahil
walang
kinalaman
ang
pagkuha ng bagong pasaporte
sa pagkaputol ng visa ng
isang manggagawa.
“Mag-apply ho kayo dito,
kapag
nagka-problema
tanungin niyo lang ako,” sabi
niya.
Ibinalita na rin ni Congen
Catalla ang bagong sistema sa
pagkuha ng appointment para
sa mga gustong mag-apply ng
pasaporte sa pamamagitan ng
email o pagtawag sa passport
section ng Konsulado upang
maiwasan na ang pabalikbalik ang aplikante.
Bagamat halos tatlong
buwan ang itinalaga ng
Konsulado na paghihintay,
sinabi ni Congen na maaring
i-follow up kung dumating na
ang bagong pasaporte ng mas
maaga.
“Advice po namin is for you
to check whether the passports
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Kasama sa mga dumalo ang mga lider ng iba’t ibang grupo ng mga Pilipino sa Hong Kong.
have been received by us mga
2-3 weeks before the
scheduled release date,” sabi
ni Congen.
Nabanggit din sa naturang
pagpupulong ang hangad ng
Konsulado na makagawa ng
iisang curriculum para sa post
arrival orientation seminar
(Paos).
Inanyayahan ni Congen
Catalla ang ilang lider na
nagsasagawa ng sariling Paos
para sa kanilang mga
miyembro na makipagugnayan sa Konsulado upang
maplanong mabuti ang mga
paksa na dapat kasama sa
seminar.
“Sana iisa lang ang
impormasyon
na
maibabahagi natin, para hindi
tayo nagiging hostage sa mga
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Kabilang sa mga programa
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Konsulado ang pagkakaroon
ng regular na seminar tungkol
sa
kalusugan,
sa
pakikipagtulungan
ng
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Kasama din dito ang taunang
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Park.
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The SUN February 2015
Sacking due to illness is discrimination, says EOC
If you are sick and are fired
from work because of this, you
can seek relief from the Equal
Opportunities Commission
(EOC).
This was the message sent
out by the EOC when it
recently conciliated a case
brought by a foreign domestic
worker who was sacked by her
employer shortly after being
diagnosed with ovarian
tumor.
According to the EOC’s
records,
the
worker
immediately informed her
employer after the diagnosis.
The helper continued to work
while waiting for surgery.
During this time, the
worker said her employer
started to nitpick on her
performance.
Around six months later,
and shortly before the helper’s
surgery,
the
employer
terminated
their
work
contract.
The maid turned to the
EOC for help, alleging that
the dismissal was because of
her disability.
The EOC settled the case
through a “fast track
conciliation”
after
the
employer agreed to give the
helper
compensation
amounting to about nine
months’ salary.
Under
the
Disability
Discrimination Ordinance, it
is unlawful to discriminate
against
an
employee
(including foreign domestic
workers) by dismissing him/
her on the ground of his/her
disability.
For any questions, people
who need help can call the
EOC hotline on 2511 8211 or
e-mail to the EOC at
[email protected] .
Complaints can also be
filed through a form on the
EOC website: http://www.eoc
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complaint.aspx.
On receipt of the complaint
form, the complainant will be
contacted by an EOC officer.
If they do not receive any
message after seven days,
complainants can call the
hotline as the message may
not have been received due to
technical failure.
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15
COMMUNITY
CARD HK sees
huge turnout in
livelihood seminar
‘
It was
observed that in
OFW businesses,
those closest to
them are often
the hardest to
communicate
with.
’
into, such as the proper use of
capital, cash flows and cost
control.
Participants learned that
one of the key challenges
facing OFWs is constant and
systematic communication
between them and their
“katuwangs” (associates) at
home. It was observed that in
OFW businesses, those closest
to them are often the hardest
to communicate with.
The seminar was capped by
a business planning workshop
where participants broke up
into groups, each challenged
to devise a business idea,
identify its uniqueness to an
identified market, and work
out a basic revenue-cost table.
Finally, the teams were asked
to list down what they thought
were the critical factors for
success and the risks.
CARD HK chairperson Rex
Aguado and treasurer and
board member, Yeng Baybay
handed out various awards:
the Makamasa Award for the
project that would contribute
the most to the community;
the Ambisyosa Award for the
most daring concept; and the
Maria Claro Award for the
clearest and most logical
presentation.
Encouraged
by
the
A business planning
workshop highlights the
course.
response, the training teams
in HK and Manila plan to
conduct
several
more
seminars before the year
ends.
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Around 90 people turned up
for CARD HK’s livelihood
seminar held on Jan. 25 at the
Bayanihan Centre in Kennedy
Town.
About a quarter of the
participants, or 25, had some
experience in “negosyo”
(business); some as direct
managers at some time or
other; while most were
“tagasubaybay” (supervisors)
from a distance, of mostly
family-owned businesses.
Most attendees expressed a
desire to eventually go back
home “for good”, and were
hoping to find business
opportunities.
The seminar featured tips
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Drive against sexual harassment spreads
said that they have a policy
statement on anti-sexual
harassment, which is a
marked improvement from
the 2013 figure of 53%.
In particular, the proportion
of primary schools with an
anti-sexual harassment policy
statement rose considerably
from 47% in 2013 to 86% in
2014, while an increase from
57% in 2013 to 90% in 2014
was seen for secondary
schools.
Of the schools with a policy
statement on anti-sexual
harassment, more than half
(59%) said they began
implementing such a policy in
2013 and 2014.
“We
are
strongly
encouraged by the results of
the survey, as enabling a
school environment that is
free from sexual harassment
has been one of our priority
work areas over the last few
years,” said Dr. John Tse
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Nasubukan na niya ang
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slimming pills at dieting na
nagkakahalaga ng mga ilang
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Ngunit
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at nang itinigil ay bumalik sa
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Nabanggit niya sa kaibigan
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1000 5 in 1 body essence lotion, gawa sa England. Ganito rind aw ng
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sa loob ng 4 na buwan at ayon kay Julieta, kitang-kita pa rin daw ang
kahanga-hangang epekto ng 5 in 1 lotion kay Nora. Makinis, maputi
at mahubong pa rin ang katawan nito hanggang ngayon.
Hindi na siya nagdalawang isip na bumili nito mula sa Aurora
Mart 2nd floor ng Worldwide House sa halagang HK$98 lamang.
Dalawang beses nga raw niya itong ipinapahid sa mukha at katawan.
After 2½ months nakita ni Julieta ang amazing result sa kanya ng
lotion. Nabawasan ang taba sa kaniyang baywang at hips, ang 28
inches waistline niya ay 26 inches na lang. Nawala ang mga pimples
at naalis ang fine lines sa mukha. Naging softer, smoother, much
whiter at younger-looking pa siya kaysa noon.
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The fund, through the
provision of matching grants
for donations made by
business
organiZations,
encourages welfare NGOs
and schools to launch more
after-school learning and
support programmes to
facilitate the whole-person
development of primary and
secondary students from
grassroots families.
The Government set up the
fund in 2005. With the
provision of matching grants,
the fund encourages business
corporations
to
make
donations and take part in
NGO-run social welfare
projects which seek to help
the disadvantaged and create
a caring society.
Since its inception, the fund
has approved $331 million in
applications submitted by 160
NGOs together with more
than 1,150 business partners
to implement 734 welfare
projects that have helped
more than one million
disadvantaged people.
1,400
jaywalkers
booked
A total of 1,399 summonses
were issued during a citywide
pedestrian safety campaign
from January 21 to 27.
Police issued 1,140
summonses for failing to
comply with a traffic light
signal, 114 summonses for
crossing the road within 15
metres of a footbridge or
pedestrian subway, and 60
summonses for general
jaywalking.
Police distributed 8,500
publicity leaflets at 241
locations across the city,
asking the public to comply
with road safety regulations.
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“Indeed, we are heartened
by the evident strengthening
in stakeholders’ awareness
level over the last few years on
effectively preventing and
dealing
with
sexual
harassment in schools,” Dr.
Tse said.
Nevertheless, he addedm
there remains room for
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A survey it conducted,
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OFWs given tour of
HKU campus
By Marites Palma
About 130 Filipino domestic
workers were given the
chance to “invade” the
University of Hong Kong, the
territory’s oldest academic
institution on Jan. 25, through
a tour organized by the HKUCedars project led by Dr. Mike
Manio.
But before the tour of the
Pokfulam campus began,
participants were made to
participate in a fitness session
conducted by John, a HKU
student doing his PhD in
reproductive biology, and a
designated “ambassador” for
the project.
Participants were led
through a facial exercise, said
to have been specially
designed
for
domestic
workers who are always under
stress.
Afterwards, they happily
walked around the main
campus
as
student
ambassadors explained to
them the history of every
building.
Along the way, they were
introduced to a statue of Sun
Yat-sen,
a revolutionary
Chinese leader, and the first
president and founding father
of the Republic of China.
They were also made to
observe how buildings built as
early as 1912 were beautifully
structured.
After the tour, the group
walked to the Jockey Club
Student Village III for lunch,
where they also had a chance
to know more about the
student ambassadors, who
shared their experiences at
the university.
When asked why they took
part in the program, the
ambassadors said they wanted
to learn more about the
Filipino culture, and also
because they were curious as
to why a lot of Filipinos prefer
to sit all over Central during
their holidays.
But turning seriously, they
said they wanted to help
empower domestic workers
and to stop the discrimination
against them.
Vice
Consul
Charles
Macaspac surprised everyone
when he came by after the
group sharing. He said he was
very thankful to the student
ambassadors and to Dr.
Manio who initiated the
project.
He
also
encouraged
everyone to join the HKUCedars-Pinoy project, which
is aimed at empowering
domestic workers, upgrading
their skills, and personality
Some of the 130 Filipino domestic workers given the chance to visit the University of Hong Kong, pose for souvenir photo.
development.
Janeth Floro, one of those
who attended the tour, said
she enjoyed the experience
very much and was grateful
that she was able to join.
But she observed that some
participants
wore
their
organization’s uniform, thus
alienating the others.
When asked about this, Dr.
Manio said the Pinoy project
was for everyone, and that like
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He also said that domestic
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Airport terminal
fee now part of air
tickets from PHL
Starting this month, the
Php550 airport terminal fee
charged from every departing
passenger in the Philippines
will be included in air tickets,
despite
widespread
opposition, especially from
overseas Filipino workers
exempted from the charge.
Among
those
who
condemned the new move
were militant domestic
workers in Hong Kong, who
took to the streets on Jan. 25
to air their displeasure.
According
to
United
Filipinos in Hong Kong’s
Eman
Villanueva,
the
terminal fee collection,
together with the pork funds
in the 2015, will likely be used
by the administration of
President Benigno S. Aquino
III in next year’s presidential
election.
The
protesters
who
marched around Central
district
also
opposed
corruption in the Philippines
through the pork barrel
system.
The government, through
the airport authorities, used to
collect
the
fee
from
passengers upon departure
from the airports.
But OFWs who are
exempted from paying the fee
along with the travel tax, only
had to show their overseas
Militant workers denounce the inclusion of the Php550 airport terminal fee into the cost of air tickets .
employer’s certificate upon
check-in to skip paying.
With the integration of the
terminal fee into the ticket
prices, OFWs are now told to
ask for a reimbursement at the
airport, a scheme which they
say is tedious, and robs them
of precious time to be with
their families.
In places like Hong Kong,
however, the airport terminal
fee has long been part of the
cost of air tickets, as no one is
exempted from paying it. DCLM
No more HK for
mom of sole fatality
in Papal visit
A group of Filipinas
represented the Mission for
Migrant Workers (MFMW) in
HerFunds’ Racewalk for Her
2015 in Tseung Kwan O last
Jan. 18. The MFMW
representatives came from
ATIS HK and CORALL HK as
well as residents of Bethune
House. They were grouped
into four — team relay,
individuals for senior and
junior categories (photo at
right) , and cheerers (above).
Cheerers filled the oval with
“Go, go, go, migrants!”
A longtime Filipina domestic
worker has said she is no
longer keen to return to Hong
Kong after the death of her
only child in a freak accident
in Tacloban City, shortly after
a mass said by Pope Francis
on Jan. 17.
Judy Padasas said during an
interview on her arrival in
Manila on Jan. 19 that her
only child, Kristel Mae
Padasas was the only reason
why she was working in Hong
Kong. Now that her daughter
was gone, there was no more
reason for her to continue
working abroad.
Judy had been working in
Hong Kong since 1991.
Kristel Mae, 27, was hit by
a steel scaffolding holding a
loud speaker that fell as
workers were dismantling a
stage set up for the outdoor
mass officiated by Pope
Francis earlier.
Kristel was a relief service
volunteer who had helped
victims of typhoon Yolanda
that devastated Tacloban in
2013. She had been working
in Samar as a volunteer for
the Catholic Relief Services
but decided to travel to
Tacloban to assist in the mass
said by the Pope.
Before working as a
Kristel Mae
volunteer,
Kristel
was
reportedly connected with the
human services department of
a BPO (business product
outsourcing) company.
According to Vice Consul
Charles Macaspac, Judy did
not seek help from the
Consulate before flying home
to Manila for the wake of her
daughter.
However,
Judy
was
reportedly assisted by her
employer who lives in Taipo,
in getting on the first
available flight to Manila.
The Padasas family lives in
Taguig City.
Her husband, Paulino,
earlier had a special audience
with Pope Francis, who
expressed sorrow over the
death of the young volunteer
worker. The pontiff also gave
Paulino three rosaries and two
medallions with the image of
the Sto. Niño as keepsakes.
Kristel was given full
honors by the top officials of
The SUN February 2015
Anda Hope marks 5th year, inducts officers
By Jo Campos
From Page 18
Metro Manila’s police force,
who accompanied Interior
Secretary Mar Roxas to her
wake. She was laid to rest at
the Heritage Park on Jan. 20,
with her coffin draped in the
Philippine flag. – DCLM
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Anda Hong Kong Overseas
Pilipino Endevor, (Anda
Hope) celebrated its fifth
founding anniversary with a
simple gathering at the
Bayanihan Kennedy Town
Center on Jan. 25. The
group’s new officers took their
oath at the event.
Anda Hope is a group of
OFWs who hail from Anda
town
in
Pangasinan. Currently, The
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Papal visit
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Members of Anda Hope and their officers pose for a souvenir photo.
group has 70 active members
who come from different
barangays across the town.
Lester Esquilona, the
group’s founding president
said, “We opted for a simple
gathering instead of a lavish
celebration so that we can
save our funds and focus on
the projects we plan for our
hometown.”
Esquilona added that over
the years, Anda Hope has
donated mono block chairs
and ceiling fans, and helped
construct a fence for day care
and primary schools in
different barangays in their
hometown.
This year, they plan to use
their funds to buy mono block
chairs for church groups.
Anda Hope’s new officers
are: Esquilona, president;
Myle Rullan, vice president;
Lorena Rullan, secretary;
Maila Caido, sub-secretary;
Cheryl Cacho-de Guzman,
treasurer; Marilyn Laguisma,
sub-treasurer;
Ladegrace
Caalim and Julia Cas,
auditors; Perla Flores and
Elenita Lacerna, business
managers; Alice Caido, PRO;
Esperanza Carretero, head
coordinator; Cristita Ordiales,
HK side coordinator; Lucy
Celeste,
Kowloon
coordinator; and Rosalie
Biocarles, N.T. coordinator.
Lucy Celeste- Kowloon
coordinator.
Caritas Medical Consultation
Program: Medical consultation & acupuncture service
for FDWs by a registered Chinese practitioner
Jan 31, (Saturday), 4-6pm.
Venue: G/F., 28A Fortress Hill Road, Hong Kong. Fee is
$10/ head
Note: Only medical consultation with prescription if
necessary. Enquiry: 2147-5988
IsaFed Winter Games
Feb. 1, 9:30am-4:00pm, Repulse Bay Promenade
Open to everyone, 180 medals to be awarded to winners
Contact: 5373 6298
A Mixer and Oath-taking
Feb. 5, 6:30-8:00, Orange Peel, D’Aguilar St., Lan Kwai
Fong.
Organizer: University of the Philippines Alumni
Association HK
One Billion Rising (Revolution) HK
Feb. 14, 2pm, Avenue of the Stars, Tsim Sha Tsui
Organizer: OBR Campaign
Contact: Dolo 9747 2986
Listen, Feel, Know
A fund-raising campaign for young cancer patient
Tiffany Halstrom
Feb. 17 and 18, 3pm-5pm, Cinta J Restaurant, 69 Jaffe
Road, Wanchai, HK. Organizer: Penny Salcedo
Entrance tickets @ $150 each.
Half of the proceeds will go to Tiffany’s treatment
Sinulog take two: The Filipino Catholic Group of St. Joseph’s Church held the famous Filipino festival, Sinulog, at the
church grounds on Jan. 25. It was the second time that the festival was staged by the group, through the inspiration of Fr
Jim McAuley (below), who served in Mindanao for 10 years and speaks Tagalog like a native. He got used to attending the
Sinulog when he was still in the Philippines and longed to have it in Hong Kong. The organizers say thay last year, only 36
church members took part in the dance ritual, but the attendance rose dramatically to 75 this year. Participants came from
the Sowers Charismatic community, Apotleship of Prayer, Legion of Mary and Filipino prayer group. – Marites Palma
Valentine Show at OP
Feb. 14, 8pm onwards, Orange Peel, D’ Aguilar St.,
Central. Guests pay $200 for 1 drink and show
Contact: Ela Lo at 9771 3655
Walk for a Cause
Feb. 20, 10 am onwards. Assembly: Lions’ Nature
Education Centre, Sai Kung.
Participation fee is $30 each, with free snacks. Funds
raised will go to Bethune House and charity projects in
the Philippines
Organizer: Fat Big Heart. Contact: Liezl 9585 9014
Financial Literacy Seminar
Feb. 21, 9am-4pm. Bayanihan Centre
Organized by: CARD OFW HK
Contact: Tess Mapa, 54238186
Simbayanan Kammpi Sportsfest 2015
Feb. 21, 9am-5pm. YMCA Sports Ground, Wu Kai Sha,
Ma On Shan.
Mass will take place at St. Francis Parish Church at 9am
Contact: Connie Padilla- 6238 1940/Thelma Belleza
9546 6498.
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The SUN February 2015
SPORTS
Sluggers slam HK rivals
By Vir B. Lumicao
Philippine Sluggers, fielding
four reserves at the last minute
and tactically switching
players, reasserted its
dominance in Hong Kong
women’s Grade C baseball on
Jan. 25.
The home team reversed an
early drubbing to beat guests
Fortissimo,
15x-12,
in
regulation.
Catcher Reyzelyn Fulo took
over pitching for the inning,
subbing for veteran pitcher
Don Gaborno who was off for
a softball league match, while
Lotis
Magaling
played
catcher.
At their turn to bat on the
Homantin diamond, the
Filipinas visibly missed the
absent mainstays, including
Ely Quimpo, as the WC
division leaders were held
scoreless, 0-4, by the visitors.
“Fortissimo blanked us in
the first inning not because
they were good but because
some of our players who are
also in softball had a league
match,” Sluggers president
Cecil Calsas told The SUN.
“There were only nine of us
playing. Naturally, I had to
call on our reserves and I am
glad they rose up to the
challenge and gave their
best,” Calsas said in a phone
interview.
Embarrassed by the firstinning setback, Sluggers
founder Calsas reshuffled the
players.
She herself had to play to
fill the void left by Quimpo,
Gaborno and her Fate A team
members Jesse Duque,
Romela Osabel and Rachel
Tago.
Then
at
Fortissimo’s
timeout, Calsas assigned
Magaling to pitch and put
back Fulo on the home plate.
She also reshuffled some
positions on the infield and
outfield.
In the second inning,
Fortissimo continued to fight
gamely from the plate, but the
Sluggers’ switch in pitchers
paid off when Magaling
struck out some of the visitors
or forced errors on them,
limiting their runs to four.
Returning to the plate, the
Filipinas tied the score at 8-8
when of its eight players
including reserves Megs
Simon, Xyza Groyon, Calsa
and Myla Someros, converted
Fortissimo players make a ceremonial bow to the Philippine Sluggers before their match on
Jan. 25 at Homantin Field..
hits into home runs while the
ninth,
Juliette
Polana,
finished with a run batted in.
The Hong Kong team
attempted to pull away in the
third inning but managed
only four runs to regain the
lead, 8-12.
The Filipinas, meanwhile,
carried their momentum into
the inning with Catherine
Liza, Simon, Fulo, Josephine
Vasol, Groyon, Magaling,
Calsa and Someros dashing
home as the division leaders
surged back ahead, 15-8.
Fortissimo tried to come
back in the fourth but made no
runs, as either Magaling
struck out its batters or those
who hit the ball did not go
beyond third base.
The visitors were saved
from further disappointment
when the Filipinas had to
drop the bat when the
regulation time of 120
minutes ran out.
Calsas commended the
Fate A goes
down fighting
By Vir B. Lumicao
Facing its toughest opponents
yet in the top league of Hong
Kong women’s softball, the
all-domestic worker team Fate
A fought bravely, but took its
second defeat of the season to
title contender Steel amid
costly blunders and shoddy
officiating at Tin Kwong
Road.
The Filipinas, newcomers
in the A division playing just
their fourth game on Jan. 25,
got a sampling of what lies
ahead in the league when
Steel, No. 2 last season,
opened the match with two
home runs by Kitty Kwong
and Yam Wai-yan.
At their turn on the plate,
Fate struck back courtesy of
successive runs by Ma. Eva
Mendez, Marge Occenola and
team captain Don Gaborno to
put the Pinays ahead 3-2, after
first to bat Joelle Galapin was
put out on the first base.
Gaborno set up that homerun spree with a powerful low
strike to outfield that the Steel
rightfielder chased up to the
fence. By the time the rivals
retrieved the ball, the
Filipinas had all bases loaded.
Then Steel fumbled on a
strike by Lyka Algonez to the
outfield that sent Mendez and
Occenola safely home.
Gaborno also dashed towards
home, but turned back just six
feet away from the plate and
barely avoided a tag by sliding
to third base.
Gaborno finally ran home
when the next batter, Romela
Osabel, hit another ball.
After that episode, Steel
came back with vengeance in
the second inning with a
rolling ball to the left field by
Lam Pui-kwan that allowed
Collette Leung to run home.
Then followed three runs in
succession by Lam, Kwong
and Yeung Man-wai after
Yeung blasted a rolling ball to
outfield that emptied the bases
as Filipinas scrambled to
recover the ball. At that point
Steel was up 6-4.
The second inning was
marred by a protest from the
Filipinas when the chief
umpire called an out on
Occenola, who was tagged
just a split-second after she
touched first base when she
hit a rolling ball to infield.
Fate A members and officials ham it up despite the loss. Just being in the A league is enough reward.
Fate coach Bernie Cabasal
and Hong Kong Football
Association observer Rusty
Russell protested the call, but
after a brief consultation
among the umpires, they were
overruled, drawing catcalls
from the Filipinos.
Cabasal protested a similar
call by the umpire in the
fourth but was again ruled out
by the official, drawing angry
reaction from the Fate dugout
and gallery.
At the break, Cabasal tried
to rouse his players by citing
their errors and challenged
them to get their act together
or pack up, but that seemed
insufficient to fire up the
Filipinas.
“Fate, anong nangyayari
sa inyo? Gumising kayo.
Kung ayaw nyo ay nagyon pa
lang sabihin nyo at titigil na
tayo,” Cabasal said at the
break.
Fate heeded Cabasal, but
the local women, averaging
28 years old and playing with
four Hong Kong national
team players on board,
showed why they were top
contenders.
Steel blanked the Filipinas
3-0 in the third inning, and
added a run in the fourth, 1-0,
for a 10-4 scorecard.
Fate looked to score more
runs in the fifth inning but
each attempt was foiled by
Steel, and so was their heroics
in the final inning. The team
found
consolation
in
Gaborno, one of the league’s
best pitchers who struck out
most Steel batters in the last
two innings.
After the game, the Hong
Kong players admitted the
Filipinas were strong.
“They performed well,
they’re
strong
and
aggressive,” Steel’s Iris Wong
told The SUN.
“I know they were just
promoted from Shek Kip Mei
(where the B league
tournament is held),” she
said.
Steel, fielding mostly lean
but mean players, missed just
a couple of Fate flyballs to
outfield, while putting out 13
Filipinas before they even got
to first base with eight catches
in six innings.
Their speed and agility
revealed their age advantage
and
constant
training,
compared with the mostly 30
and above Filipinas who
jokingly — but with irony and
a bit of sarcasm — admitted
they practiced mostly with
pots and saucers at home, and
only once a week on the field.
The Filipinas’ sister team,
Fate B, meanwhile, has
posted a 3-0 win-loss slate in
Shek Kip Mei. The newly
formed squad walloped their
latest opponents, local team
Joker, 11-2, on Jan. 18. The
team faces SCAA Amber next
on Feb.1 also in Shek Kip
Mei.
Game schedules
Feb. 1, 12:3opm – Fate B vs.
SCAA Amber at Shek Kip Mei
Feb. 15, 12:30pm — Fate A vs.
Phoenix A, Tin Kwong Rd
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Sluggers duels Smart for women’s basketball crown
By Vir B. Lumicao
A battle of hard-court
wizardry and wits between
Hong Kong’s top two Filipina
basketball teams will take
place on Feb. 1 at Southorn
Playground, when Sluggers
battles Smart for the title in
the FCBO AMMOS Ladies
Season
3
D-League
championship tournament.
With competition for
honors already tight when the
league started last Sept. 28,
the championship match is
expected to raise tensions as
Sluggers seeks to avenge its
humiliating 34-53 loss to
Smart on Oct. 5.
That
defeat,
which
underscored the pivotal roles
of Sluggers hotshots Ira
Streicher
and
Nikka
Francisco, came just a week
after the black-jerseyed team
ran down Unicorn in an 83-42
juggernaut powered by topscoring Streicher, Francisco
and Jho Marquez.
“Streicher played only twice
this season,” tournament
organizer Gil Pagunsan told
The SUN.
“Hopefully, (she’ll play
again) in the championship at
malaking advantage ang
height,” he added.
Sluggers cruised on in the
four-month league to outscore
Challengers 47-44 in the
semifinals on Jan. 18 while
Smart set up its finals berth
with a 68-60 drubbing of
Dribblers.
In the Feb. 1 opening game
at 1pm, Dribblers will fight
Challengers for the second
place
in
the
annual
tournament organized by
FCBO AMMOS, a splinter
group of the Filipino
Community
Basketball
Organization of Hong Kong.
The
Sluggers-Smart
showdown will start at 3pm
following a three-point
shootout featuring two players
from each of the nine teams
that participated in the
tournament.
“Play professionally and
with
sportsmanship,”
Pagunsan
exhorted
the
players in the organization’s
Facebook page, in the run-up
to the championship battle.
“Always remember that we
will have only one champion.
There will be a winner and
there will be a loser,” he
added. He said the loser
should accept defeat with
humility.
“But to the FCBO AMMOS
HK, all of you, teams and
players, are the champions,”
Pagunsan said.
The championship duel will
be officiated by league coorganizer Robin Batayola,
Alex Piccart, and Henri
Asuncion.
Pagunsan and Batayola will
officiate the battle for runnerup honors.
The
ladies’
league
basketball is sponsored by
Hong Kong-based architect
Rene Limbo, Vic G. Baltazar,
Utol Wan Chai, Trumpline
Agency, Mayet Santos, Andy
Abenes, Mer Pumicpic,
Batayola and Potz Camillar.
Pagunsan said he would
reveal the season’s Most
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awarding ceremonies after the
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BINAY WATCH
PHILIPPINE NEWS
Nation mourns as gov’t seeks
answers to massacre of police
Lapses in coordination
between the Philippine
National
Police-Special
Action Force (PNP-SAF) and
the military may have caused
the death of 44 members of
the elite police force and
injuries to 16 others,
including three civilians, in a
class with Moro rebels on
January 25.
President Benigno Aquino
III, in a public address
broadcast
on
national
television stations on January
28, said he knew about the
police operation that left 44
well-trained SAF members
dead in the hands of Moro
Islamic Liberation Front
(MILF) and Bangsamoro
Islamic Freedom Fighters
(BIFF) in Maguindanao.
Aquino declared a national
day of mourning for the slain
policemen. “... kung mayroon
nga pong depinisyon ang
bayani, sila na iyon: Silang
mga humarap sa panganib
upang pigilan ang banta sa
ating kaligtasan; silang mga
nasugatan; silang naghandog
ng buhay sa ngalan ng
kapayapaan,” he said.
Earlier reports said the SAF
operatives entered an MILFcontrolled
area
in
Mamasapano town last
Sunday while trying to arrest
Jemaah Islamiyah leader
Zulkifli bin Hir, also known
as Commander or Abu
Marwan,
whom
the
government said was most
likely killed during the clash.
In his public address,
Aquino said instructed SAF
Police Director Getulio
Napeñas to coordinate with
the concerned groups, but
lamented that the police had
“very minimum compliance.”
Interior Secretary Manuel
Roxas II earlier considered
the incident a “misencounter”
between the SAF and the
MILF.
Reports said 392 SAF
troopers were on their way to
arrest Abu Marwan, a
Malaysia terrorist, and bombmaking expert Abdulbasit
Usman who were both
connected
with
the
President Aquino addresses the nation.
Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom
Fighters (BIFF).
Aquino said Marwan and
Usman were not ordinary
criminals, noting that Usman
has at least eight outstanding
arrest warrants and about two
for Marwan. He said both
have long been eluding arrest,
as far back as 2002 when he
was still a congressman.
Marwan is one of Southeast
Asia’s most-wanted terror
suspects and has a $5 million
bounty on his head, courtesy
of the US government.
Earlier reports said Usman,
who is linked to the
international terror group
Jemaah Islamiah, was making
bombs for the BIFF, which
has been opposing the MILF’s
peace
deal
with
the
government.
The President narrated the
incident that preceded the
bloody encounter:
“Pasado alas-4 ng umaga
ng Linggo nang umabot ang
Special Action Force sa
kutang pinagtataguan nina
Marwan at Usman. Sa
nangyaring
engkuwentro,
diumano’y napatay ang
pangunahing target na si
Marwan. Nang marinig ang
putukan, nanlaban naman si
Usman at ang kanyang mga
kasamahan. May mga noncombatants na nakita sa mga
tirahan nina Marwan at
Usman; kinailangan talagang
dikitan sila ng ating mga
puwersa para maiwasang
madamay ang inosente.
Unang inatake ang bahay ni
Marwan; rumesponde naman
sina Usman at nawala ang
element of surprise na siyang
magpapahirap na matupad
ang kanilang misyon. Kaya
naman, minabuti ng SAF na
umatras
at
makipagrendezvous
sa
mga
kasamahan
nilang
nagbabantay ng kanilang
daraanan papalabas sa lugar
ng engkuwentro. Lumalabas
pong sa withdrawal na ito
nangyari
ang
pinakamadugong bahagi ng
sagupaan.”
He said a board of inquiry
had been organized to
investigate the incident.
“Gaya po ng marami, may
mga katanungan din ako ukol
sa insidente, kaya inaasahan
natin na mahahanap ng
binuong board of inquiry ang
katotohanan
ukol
sa
insidenteng ito,” he said.
Following the bloody clash
in Barangay Tukanalipao,
Mamasapano
town
in
Maguindanao, a number of
lawmakers have expressed
reservations on the draft
Bangsamoro Basic Law
(BBL), which will pave the
way for the creation of a
political entity in accordance
with the government’s peace
deal with the MILF.
The President, in his
televised address, said he
repeatedly
reminded
Napeñas, who had been
relieved of his post, about the
need to coordinate with
concerned authorities.
He said Napenas insisted on
operational security to ensure
that only those who are
involved will be informed.
“Gayunpaman, idiniin kong
kailangan pa ring ialerto ang
ibang mga sangay o ang
kanilang hepe; kailangan
nasa tamang oras ang abiso,
at
kumpleto
ang
impormasyon,
para
makapaghanda ng maayos,”
Aquino said.
The President said he also
has several questions in his
mind about possible lapses
that resulted in the deadly
clash.He said he wondered
why the battalion of the
Armed Forces of the
Philippines (AFP) assigned to
the area was informed of the
operation when the SAF
group was already at the
“jump-off”
point.
“Sa
madaling salita, dikit na sa
oras ng engkuwentro ang
abiso, at mahirap masabi
kung nagkaroon ng sapat na
panahon upang ihanda ang
ayuda kung kakailanganin,”
he said.
Tension remains high in
Mamasapano
town
in
Maguindanao, with the MILF
and the BIFF reportedly
beefing up forces in the area
in anticipation of a pursuit
operation by the government
forces.
Senate President Franklin
Drilon said the MILF
leadership could demonstrate
its sincerity in forging peace
with the government if it
could surrender to authorities
BIFF commander Basit
Usman and all those involved
in the Maguindanao firefight
with the SAF.
“This act of goodwill, if
demonstrated, will, without a
shadow of a doubt, prove the
MILF’s sincerity and support
to the government’s peace
and development program,”
Drilon said.
Junjun Binay
released but
loses chance to
dispute charges
The Senate Blue Ribbon
Subcommittee
arrested
Makati Mayor Jejomar Erwin
Binay Jr. last Jan. 29 for
contempt, but released him
from detention three hours
later.
“Since the order of arrest
has been satisfied, your
manifestation (not to answer
questions) is noted. You lose
your chance to give your side,
you are free to go,” said
Senator Aquilino Pimentel III
during the hearing.
This
punctuated
his
continued refusal to answer
questions from the panel
looking into allegations of
corruption against him, other
city officials and his father
Vice President Jejomar Binay.
But Pimentel said Binay’s
belief that the subcommittee
didn't have jurisdiction to
compel him to answer
questions related to the
inquiry was contrary to the
panel's position, and indicated
that it was time to elevate the
issue “to a referee” that would
decide which position was
according to law.
The senator then suspended
the session and set the next
hearing on February 12.
On the motion of Sen.
Antonio
Trillanes
IV,
Pimentel ordered Binay to be
brought to the session hall
from the office of the Senate
Sergenat-at-Arms where he
was holed up when he refused
to face the subcommittee.
Binay, incumbent city
administrator
Eleno
Mendoza, and former city
administrator Marjorie De
Veyra were brought to the hall
by the sergeant at arms.
Pimentel said the purpose
of the arrest fn the three was
to bring them to the session
hall to attend the hearing.
Lawyer Claro Certeza
opposed the order saying his
clients were unwilling to
come to the session hall.
Binay’s supporters at the
gallery howled when they saw
the mayor being brought to
the session.— With a report
from GMA News
Binay accused of getting P200M
kickback from Boy Scout deal
Vice President Jejomar Binay,
longtime president of the Boy
Scouts of the Philippines
(BSP), stands accused of
pocketing around P200
million in kickbacks from a
deal between the BSP and
Alphaland Corp. for the
development of a one-hectare
prime property in Makati
City.
This was the latest
accusation from former
Makati City Vice Mayor
Ernesto Mercado.
Alphaland Corp. , a real
estate development company,
is owned by businessman
Roberto Ongpin, a former
trade minister during the
Marcos regime.
Mercado said Ongpin
mortgaged the property on
Malugay Street and Ayala
Avenue Extension to the
state-run Development Bank
of the Philippines (DBP) in
2010 for P1.7 billion to
finance its development.
To date however, the BSP
has yet to get hold of its share
from the development of the
property to Alphaland Makati
Place, a residential and leisure
complex, Mercado said. The
complex consists of prime
properties The Residences,
The City Club and Makati
Place Mall.
The camp of the vice
president denied Mercado’s
allegations that Binay got
P200 million in commission
from the land deal. Lawyer
Rico
Quicho,
Binay’s
spokesman, said that the vice
president was “not personally
involved in the transaction
between Alphaland and the
BSP.”
Mercado promised to
present evidence on the
anomalous transaction when
the Senate blue ribbon
subcommittee
hearing
resumes its public hearings on
the anomalies involving
Binay. He said threats from
Alphaland president Mario
Oreta prompted him to expose
the anomalous transactions.
“I had no choice, but in
order to protect myself and the
BSP, I shall see to it that the
public is informed of what I
know about this,” he said.
The SUN February 2015
5.5M Filipino kids in child labor
Some 5.5 million Filipino
children are forced to work at
young ages, with more than
half of them trapped in the
“worst forms” of child labor in
environments considered as
hazardous.
In a forum on Ending the
Worst Forms of Child Labor
in the Philippines on January
28,
European
Union
Ambassador Guy Ledoux
said
that
while
the
government’s efforts to
eradicate child labor has been
encouraging, much remains
to be done.
“There is certainly a lot of
work and challenges ahead as
there are still 5.5 million
Filipino children engaged in
child labor, with 3 million of
them trapped in the worst
forms of labor,” Ledoux said.
“I note that there is now in
place
a
‘Convergence
Program against Child Labor’
which aims to create child
labor-free communities by
harmonizing the support
systems at the local level,” he
said.
According to a 2011 report
by the International Labor
Organization, as many as
three million children work in
environments
that
are
considered hazardous, and an
additional 2.5 million forced
to work in slightly better but
still substandard conditions.
Most child labor occurs in
the informal sector, with
about
60
percent
in
agriculture and domestic
service.
Although the law mandates
free education, many children
do not attend school because
the costs of books, uniforms,
meals, and transportation are
prohibitive for many families.
Some children have jobs
that place them in immediate
physical danger. These risks
include
exposure
to
potentially harmful chemicals
or sharp tools, and other
dangers that may be less
obvious but no less risky.
Children are often forced to
work long hours with few
breaks, which takes a toll on
their physical development.
Others are abused by their
employers, both physically
and
psychologically.
Although some companies
make use of both boys and
girls in their operations, boys
remain at higher risk of
becoming child laborers;
almost 67 percent of child
workers in the Philippines are
boys.
Hazardous work involving
children is most prevalent in
the Central Luzon, Bicol,
Northern Mindanao and
Western Visayan Island
regions.
Ledoux said EU continues
to support the government’s
poverty alleviation and justice
system
reform
efforts,
including a EU30-million
assistance for wider access to
universal health care system
including indigenous peoples
EU10 million for anticorruption agenda Access to
Justice Program.
P37M spent to hide poor from Pope
More than P37 million in
taxpayers’ money were spent
in the last five years for six
camping activities involving
5, 636 street dwellers in Metro
Manila, including those taken
to a prime resort in Batangas
province during the five-day
visit of Pope Francis in the
Philippines.
Social Welfare Secretary
Corazon Soliman appeared
before the Senate committee
on social justice on January 27
and tried to justify the
rounding off of some 100
families living along Roxas
boulevard in the cities of
Manila, Paranaque and Pasay
and brought them to an airconditioned
resort
in
Nasugbu, Batangas as part of
the preparation for the visit of
Pope Francis to the country.
The six-day event, which
was timed while Pope Francis
was in the Philippines, cost
P4,750,223. Soliman said it
was an “orientation” of the
families on the CCT.
“’Yung amin hong kausap
dito
ay
ang
Manila,
Parañaque, at Pasay dahil nais
kong ipaliwanag madam
chair na totoo na bilang
paghahanda sa pagdating ni
Pope Francis, ito pong mga
local na pamahalaan na ito ay
nagnais din na maging
maayos ang Roxas Boulevard,
mailagay sa maayos at ligtas
‘yung mga pamilyang nandun
po dahil alam nila na dadami
ang mga tao, maaari silang
ma-discriminate, maari din
po silang magamit ng
sindikato,” Soliman told the
committee
chaired
by
opposition Sen. Nancy Binay.
She said it was part of the
DSWD’s program geared
toward providing street
families activities involving
character-building
and
personal development.
Soliman said the DSWD
has been doing similar
activities since 2011, citing its
first activity in August 2011 at
the Manila Boys Town
complex in Marikina City
with 145 street children
participating. It cost the
DSWD P585,000.
The second was held in
December 2011 at Villa Diaz
Resort, with 127 street
children, costing P180,000.
The
families
were
registered as beneficiaries
under
the
modified
Conditional Cash Transfer
(CCT).
She explained that the
activity was part of the
“family camps for homeless
family” which was meant to
protect them from hazards
and exploitation. It was also a
chance, she said, to give
homeless families social
services while at the camp and
allow them to also experience
new things.
The other similar activities
were held in May 2012, under
the Pamilyang Pilipino
Tanging Yaman ng Lipunan
Family camp that involved
102 street families from
Manila, Paranaque City and
Pasay City.
SWS survey shows fewer hungry families
The number of Filipino
families that experienced
hunger was fewer by about
one million in the last three
months of 2014, according to
the latest survey of the Social
Weather Stations (SWS).
The survey conducted on
November 27 to December 1,
showed that 17.2 percent of
adult
respondents
(an
estimated
3.8
million
households)
said
they
experienced
involuntary
hunger at least once in the
fourth quarter of last year,
lower than the 22 percent
(about 4.8 million families)
recorded in the September
survey.
The survey, with 1,800
respondents through face-toface interviews, defined
“hunger” as involuntary
suffering as respondents were
asked on such experience due
to lack of food to eat. Survey
questions were directed at
household heads.
The 17.2 percent hunger
rate is comprised of the 13.2
percent (or an estimated 2.9
million
families)
who
experienced
“moderate”
hunger and 4.1 percent (an
estimated 888,000 families)
who experienced “severe”
hunger.
Moderate hunger refers to
those who experience having
nothing to eat “only once” or
“a few times” in the last three
months, while severe hunger
pertains to those who
experience it “often” or
“always” in the last three
months.
Last year’s average hunger
rate, however, was just 1.2
points lower than the 19.5
percent recorded in 2013.
But it was the lowest annual
result since 2007’s 17.9
percent, the SWS noted.
“Moderate” hunger fell by
4.4 points from 17.6 percent
(an estimated 3.8 million
families) in December, while
“severe” hunger dipped by a
nearly flat 0.3 of a point from
4.4
percent
(970,000
families), the survey said.
The few who did not state
frequency of hunger were
counted in the “moderate”
category, it said.
The country’s hunger rate
improved across geographic
areas, the SWS said. It said
biggest drops were recorded
in Metro Manila and balance
Luzon during the period.
It fell by 7.3 points in Metro
Manila to 14.7 percent from
22 percent, bringing the 2014
average in the capital to 16
percent, 7.5 percent below the
2013 average of 23.5 percent.
It was also the lowest recorded
since 2006’s 16 percent.
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NEWS BRIEFS
Share prices at record level
Philippine share prices broke the 7,700 level soon after the
fourth quarter gross domestic product (GDP) did not disappoint
market expectations.The main PSE index reached 7,714.24, up
53.06 points or 0.69 percent as of 10 a.m. on Jan. 29. AB
Capital Securities Inc. analyst Joyce Ramos told GMA News
Online: “We were waiting for GDP results in the fourth quarter
and depending on the result, it will dictate tempo of market later
in the day,” she said. The Philippine output rebounded sharply
to 6.1 percent in the fourth quarter last year, thanks to the
bounce of the agriculture sector and the accelerated government
spending.
Synchronizing polls set
Postponing the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) election scheduled
in February and synchronizing it with the barangay election in
October 2016 would generate savings of P900 million,
according to Commission on Elections (Comelec) outgoing
chairman Sixto Brillantes. “If we conduct these two elections,
we will be able to save the money – the reason we are pushing
for a postponement of SK,” he said. The Senate approved on
January 23 the bill synchronizing the SK and barangays
elections after Brillantes justified the poll body’s proposal for
the postponement of the SK balloting. Brillantes said that
proceeding with the SK polls would only interrupt preparations
for the local and national elections set in May 2016.
Erap beats disqualification case
Questions about the eligibility of Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada
to give the presidency a second try have surfaced following his
victory in the Supreme Court case seeking his disqualification.
The Supreme Court en banc on January 21 junked petitions
questioning the constitutional basis of Estrada’s candidacy in
the 2013 local polls as it recognized that the former president
was granted absolute clemency by then President Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo shortly after he was convicted of plunder by
the Sandiganbayan in 2007. Voting 11-3, the high court
dismissed the disqualification cases filed by lawyer Alicia-Risos
Vidal and former Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim, questioning the
validity of Estrada’s victory in the May 2013 elections. The
ruling, penned by Associate Justice Teresita Leonardo-de
Castro, upholds the Commission on Elections decision to
dismiss Vidal’s case against Estrada. The petitions argued that
Estrada should not have been allowed by the Comelec to run for
public office after having been convicted of plunder. Supreme
Court spokesperson Theodore Te said the high court’s ruling
last week pertained only to the disqualification case of Estrada
as Manila mayor, and not his eligibility to seek the presidency
again. Estrada ran in the 2010 presidential elections and placed
second to Benigno Aquino III. The question on Estrada’s
eligibility to run for office was raised in 2010 but the Supreme
Court dismissed it for being moot because Estrada did not win
anyway. Part of the condition for his pardon in 2007 was a
promise that Estrada would not seek public office again.
Jinggoy jail transfer sought
The Office of the Ombudsman is asserting that Senator Jinggoy
Estrada should be transferred to the Camp Bagong Diwa in
Taguig City. In a petition to the Supreme Court on January 27,
the Ombudsman said Sandiganbayan has abused its discretion
in denying its earlier motion for Estrada’s transfer. Estrada is
facing a non-bailable case of plunder and 11 counts of graft in
the Sandiganbayan Fifth Division for alleged misuse of his
Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) by funneling it
to funneled to inexistent or faked non-government
organizations (NGOs) linked to alleged PDAF scam
mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles. Senators Ramon “Bong”
Revilla Jr. and Juan Ponce Enrile are also facing similar charges
of plunder and graft.
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The SUN February 2015
Bagong proyekto
Nitong nakalipas na buwan ay
opisyal na isinahimpapawid
ang Sun Radio HK sa internet,
matapos ang mahigit na isang
taong test broadcast. Arawgabi, mapapakinggan natin
dito ang musikang Pilipino—
mula sa mga sinaunang
kundiman hanggang sa
pinakabagong katha ng mga
musikerong Pilipino.
At tuwing ikawalo ng gabi
hanggang ika-sampu, mula
Lunes hanggang Biyernes,
mapapakinggan ang “live” na
programang nagtatampok ng
pinaka-sariwang
balita,
matalinong diskusyon ng mga
isyung kinakaharap natin,
mga pagbati mula sa
tagapakinig,
mga
song
request at iba’t iba pa.
Habang nagagamay namin
ang broadcasting ay isa-isa
naming inilalatag ang iba pa
naming ideya para kagiliwan
mo ang pakikinig dito.
Halimbawa, naisip naming
pabasahin ng kanyang mga
tula ang associate editor ng
The SUN na si Vir Lumicao.
Hindi ninyo naitatanong, si
Kuya Vir ay isang makata na
nakapagpalimbag na ng ilang
aklat ng tula.
Hindi pa natapos ang
programa ay pinag-uusapan
na ng mga nakikinig ang
mabulaklak niyang salita, sa
pamamagitan ng Facebook
page ng Sun Radio HK. Dito
nabuo ang kanyang karakter
na Senyor C. Romatiko, na
sasagot sa mga liham ng mga
Ni Ate Kulit
tagapakinig na may problema
sa pag-ibig. Bakit daw may
“C” sa pangalan niya?
Malalaman mo ito kung
makikinig ka sa kanyang
segment tuwing Lunes.
Marami pa kaming ideya,
gaya ng pagsasadula ng
Buhay Pinay, na hango sa
tunay na buhay ng mga OFW
sa Hong Kong. May plano rin
kaming mga patimpalak para
tuklasin ang iba’t iba ninyong
talento.
At habang kumakalat ang
balita tungkol sa Pinoy na
radyong ito, dumarami na rin
ang nakikinig. Sa loob
lamang ng isang buwan,
parang napakalayo na ang
narating ng Sun Radio HK
simula nang buuin namin ito.
Saksi ang mga nauna
naming tagapakinig sa mga
kapalpakan
namin
sa
himpapawid, gaya ng mga
tunog ng static at usapan sa
kung ano ang ikakabit sa ano.
Wala kasing libro o manual
na sumasagot sa teknikal na
problema na aming natitisod.
Pero dito nagmumula ang
ligaya namin. The joy of
discovery, ika nga sa Inggles.
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free twice a month by
Leade Publishing Co. as a
service to OFWs.
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Waiting for justice
We spoke too soon. Just as we
thought victory was in the bag
for a group of OFWs fighting
an illegal placement fee case
against one of the most
entrenched
employment
agencies in the Philippines,
we got word that an appeal
was filed.
The complainants received
the notice of appeal late last
month, although it was filed
on Nov. 25, barely a week
after POEA ruled in their
favor.
Quite frankly, it did not
come as a surprise. The
agency, Findstaff, could not
have given up so easily after
42 years of an apparently
lucrative operation.
But repeated assurances
from one of the OFWs
following up the case in
Manila that no appeal had
been filed within the
prescribed time did perk up
our holiday spirit.
It turned out the agency did
not waste time asking POEA
to reconsider its decision, but
went directly to the Labor
Secretary with an appeal.
The grounds for the appeal
were as expected. Findstaff
reiterated it was its Hong
Kong
counterpart,
Satisfactory Employment,
which demanded $21,000
from their joint recruits.
The Manila agency also
pointed
out
that
the
complainants themselves said
it was Satisfactory that
collected the illegal fee, and
only remembered to drag
Findstaff into the fray in their
supplemental affidavits.
The OFW complainants,
who celebrated the Christmas
holidays with the happy
thought that they would soon
be getting the money that they
were forced to cough up, were
crushed.
It was not so much the long
wait ahead that bothered
them, but the thought that
they needed to have additional
resources, if they must press
their quest for justice.
The early part of their
campaign moved along
unexpectedly well, when they
What is
‘Section Juan’?
I thought answering the
question would be easier once
we’ve established ourselves as
an association. The truth is
(and I like to be as honest and
transparent as I possibly can
with these things), we’re still
far from being established,
though we already have 21
members
and
could
confidently say that we are
making a mark.
But being recognized as a
society was just the first step.
And I’m glad we took the first
step because without it, we
wouldn’t be “the pioneer peer
support group for Filipino
youths in Hong Kong”.
But here’s the Herculean
task (and answer) to that
simple question.
This
support
group
(association) stemmed from
the “bones of a fish” Ben
Bernardez, who is now
Section Juan’s documentations and publications head,
“cooked up” while I rattled in
the wind, cursing the vicious
cycle many of our Hong
Kong-raised youths have been
wired in.
It was after we had been
invited to the Philippine
Education Fair Ambassadors
in October 2011 (thanks to
Victor Bautista, one of the
former presidents of the now
decade-old University of the
Philippines
Alumni
Association HK Chapter) that
the sweet cookie of that reality
crumbled – “Oh em gee.
What’s after this? We DO
NOT have a support group for
our youths. At all.”
The pregnant silence made
us sink in our chairs. I didn’t
know what my peers were
thinking that time, but from
the way our brows furrowed
all at the same time, and from
the blank stares we gave each
other, I knew we were on the
same wavelength.
As soon as I recovered, the
first words that I managed to
utter were, “We must do
something”.
Little did I know then that
this “something” would take
us five years. But, borrowing
the words of Pope Francis in
his recent trip to be with the
survivors of Haiyan in Leyte:
“I am here to be with you. A
little bit late, I have to say, but
EDITOR’S
NOTE
By Daisy Catherine L . Mandap
got support from Senator
Alan Peter Cayetano. Faced
with a Senate resolution
calling for an urgent
investigation, POEA took no
time in letting the axe fall on
Findstaff.
But after the case was
elevated to DOLE, the
complainants
found
themselves on their own
again, save for the constant
presence of their church
leaders. They needed a lawyer
to help them, and fast. But,
they knew it would cost.
They turned to a lawyers’
group supposedly offering
free legal assistance, but were
told to just sit it out. It became
obvious then that they needed
money to get things to move
quickly.
Just when they thought they
were running out of options,
luck smiled at them again.
Through a referral, a top-
notch lawyer agreed to draft
posthaste their opposition to
the appeal, for free.
They were saved again, just
in the nick of time.
During this last consult, the
OFWs were told they could be
facing a long wait, since there
is so much at stake for the
losing party. The case could
move from DOLE to the
courts, where it could
languish for years.
On the other hand, they
could
be
offered
a
compromise they might find
hard to decline, given the long
wait that may still lie ahead.
The OFWs insisted they will
not compromise.
But that could mean,
scrounging for help again,
should the latest goodwill that
has been extended to them
dries up.
And so the waiting game
begins again.
MIGRANTS’ FORUM
By Jan Yumul
Jan is a Filipino
writer who grew up
and studied in
Hong Kong, before
obtaining
her
journalism degree
from the University
of Santo Tomas in
Manila. She is
currently
a
producer
and
programme
presenter at DBC
5, but previously
worked as a writer
for The SUN
I’m here.”
Of course, we’ve come as a
team.
A big credit should go to the
ever-patient Honey Cortes,
now the group’s finance
officer, who shared with us
how she started coping with
the education system in the
Philippines soon after she left
primary school in Hong Kong
(this was shortly after the
handover from Britain to
China).
One may notice that the
“fish” we drew could be
related to the biblical passage
about teaching a man to fish
“and you feed him for a
lifetime”. But lest we be
misconstrued, I would like to
say that our association is
apolitical and non-secular.
It was inspired by the
youths whom society had
forgotten, those who have lost
count of their mistakes and
still want to make a
difference, those who have
chosen to do good, to be good,
without being bound by
religious
morals
or
obligations, etc.
Continued next page
The SUN February 2015
Passion into
Business- Part 1
On Facebook, PP wrote
saying: I have P200k to do
business but I have no idea
what kind of business I should
go into. I have a place near
the municipal road. I really
need your help because I hate
to go abroad and be far away
from my family. I would really
appreciate if you could help
me or give advice. I have a lot
of interests, like running a
computer shop, dog breeding,
gym exercises, that I am
passionate about. But I don’t
know if these can be turned
into a profitable business.
Honestly
sometimes
I
compare myself to others. I
have a place and money to do
business but I am so jealous of
people who can run a business
but I can’t because I don’t
know what I should do. Then I
saw you on TV and
immediately idolized you. I
want to be a businessman like
you so help me to develop my
business skills.
Migrants’
Forum
lie in Hong Kong itself. There
aren’t enough storytellers
from our community as well.
Admittedly, Section Juan
has been met with various
challenges over the past few
months,
internally
and
externally.
But each time we officers
meet, amid our tight schedule
of juggling jobs, parenthood
and school, we create a
refreshing experience through
our
‘no-holds-barred’
exchanges.
We
are
enlightened by our differences
and ignited by our diversity,
so we stay.
But beyond that, we find
more reasons to hold on, more
than the ones we have for
letting go.
Because at the end of the
day, we Filipino youths
matter.
Our children matter. They
are worth each second of our
time. Our children and youth
need our support. Who else
will put a stop to the vicious
cycle of us not getting enough
opportunity in our adopted
home if we are not
encouraged to speak and take
action?
Allow me to end this piece
by sharing with you an
assessment by Jan Gube, our
logistics officer, who was
recently on a break from
completing his PhD in
Tasmania University in
Australia:
From Page 24
But I am also quick to say
that it is not only limited to
those things. Our group also
shares
opportunities with
those who have yet to discover
the world yonder, or explore
beyond what they have been
accustomed to.
Section Juan, without
having to parade the colours
of the Philippine flag, is to be
the “classroom” between
school and family.
We believe that being a
Filipino is international
enough as it is, like being
American, British, Spanish,
Canadian and what have you.
This is especially true in a
place like Hong Kong, which
prides itself as a melting pot
of international cultures, but
has
fallen
behind
in
acknowledging
the
contribution of its largest nonChinese population, the
Filipinos.
I have asked scholars,
historians, academes, veteran
journalists, writers, students,
teachers, long-time residents,
OFWs,
former
OFWs,
government officials, etc how
much they knew about
Filipinos and their history in
Hong Kong, and I did not get
clear answers.
But the fault does not only
My reply:
Many equate “passion” for
“interest.” Those two words
are very different. Passion
means something that you can
hardly control, and that you
will practically die if you do
not indulge in that particular
activity. Interest on the other
hand is just some liking or
wanting to learn about
something. It is unlikely that
you can have a passion for
many things.
Looking for a business in
relation to something that you
are interested in is almost the
same as looking for a business
in relation to what you are
passionate about. There are
three things that make a
business successful and
sustainable, namely, 1) the
demand or market for the
PERA MO,
PALAGUIN MO!
By Francisco J. Colayco
Si Francisco J. Colayco, Ph.D. ay mayakda ng tatlong librong pare-parehong
bestseller: Wealth Within Your Reach (2004
Book of the Year for Business and Economics
Awardee), Making Your Money Work, at Pera
Palaguin Workbook.at ng Money for Kids.
Para sa iba pang impormasyon tungkol sa
kaniyang mga itinuturo at adhikain, pumunta sa www.
colaycofoundation.com o magpadala ng e-mail sa
info@colaycofoundation. com. Maaring mabili ang mga libro
sa Shop 367 Worldwide Plaza 19, Des Voeux Road, Hong
Kong or in the Philippines, at National Bookstores,
PowerBooks, 0917-8537333, 02-6314446
product or service; 2) the
entrepreneur’s passion for the
producing the product or
service, and finally; 3) the
technology for producing the
same at a sustained quality
level and price. Determining
what business to start could be
initiated by any one of the
three. But all three must be
present for the business to
“I understand that we have
setbacks with regards to
engaging young people in our
cultural
development
activities.
Working with
young people requires a great
deal of patience. The reason is
fairly predictable: Hong
Kong’s
educational
environment has been set up
to inundate students with
assignments, projects, texts
and exams. When free time
avails itself, students would
rather choose to participate in
leisure activities than going to
cultural events, not to
mention the time they would
like to spend with family and
friends. If this observation is
correct, then our activities
may not be a priority of many
young people, which makes it
difficult for us to engage
them. This is not to say our
activities are meaningless. It
is just (that) we probably need
to work harder to show them
how important the activities
are to them.”
Given the challenges we
have faced so far, we plan to
do more outreach projects this
year and conduct more
surveys. In pursuit of these,
we
are
currently
in
negotiations with leaders in
far-flung areas like Lantau
Island, specifically in Mui Wo
and Discovery Bay, and
separately, the Lamma Island
community.
succeed. The fundamental
fact is that every business
must continually satisfy a
need or demand for a product
or service. Without this
demand or market, there can
be no business. The challenge
is to determine what need or
demand is there where you
live or operate in. There are
very rare exceptions when an
entrepreneur (like Steve Jobs)
creates a demand by his own
passion in creating demand.
Looking for a business
could start with your own
assessment of what it is that
you are passionate about and
finding out whether or not
this passion could result in
producing
products
or
services that many would be
willing
to
pay
for.
Alternatively, you could look
around your own community
and see what is it that the
people there need or demand
that are not available at the
price they can afford. If you
find such potential product,
ask yourself, if you have
sufficient interest to engage in
it, and whether you have
access to the technology and
skills needed to produce it.
Only then will capital
considerations come into play.
The situation of PP is
common to most people.
They assume that before one
can look for any business
possibility, they must first
have capital. I have always
believed that an entrepreneur
with a sound business idea
and plan will always be able to
raise the necessary capital.
Capital does not determine
what business to get into.
Rather, defining the business
determines the amount of
capital
Note too that developing
your business skill does not
happen overnight. It takes a
lot of study, analysis, patience
and experience. If you have
read my books, you will learn
that I went through very many
trials. Other people I write
about also went through so
many trials. You are not
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alone and it is best that you
are not jealous of others.
Instead develop yourself
through education so that
others will admire you
eventually. Use all your extra
time to develop yourself.
Anyone can do that. It just
takes a lot of discipline and
determination.
--One way to develop basic
business skills is to join our
seminars when you are in
Manila. Check out the
www.colaycofoundation.com
or email us at training@
colaycofoundation.com to get
the updated schedule of our
seminars and workshops. You
may also reach us at 6326373731/41.
If you are interested in
joining businesses together
with other similar-minded
Filipinos
(OFWs
and
relations),
visit
www.
kskcoop.com and learn the
many ways you can be part of
a business while you still do
not have the time to manage it
yourself. You can also attend
KsK Coop’s A.O.D (Admin
and Orientation Day) in Hong
Kong on the following dates:
February 19 - 22 and March
27 - 30. It will be held at the
Bayanihan Center, Kennedy
Town. For inquiries, please
email [email protected] or
[email protected] . You may
also call 632-6314446.
Stamps to mark Valentine’s Day
Hongkong Post will release a
set of special stamps and
associated philatelic products
to celebrate Valentine's Day.
First day covers are now on
sale for $1.20 each at all post
offices. A newly designed
mini-pane with different-
sized heart motifs in muted
color tones will be issued, and
a customized service will be
available for personalised
photos or messages to be
tagged to the stamps.
The stamps and the
associated philatelic products
Special stamps celebrating Valentine's Day .
will be displayed at the
General, Tsim Sha Tsui,
Tsuen Wan, Sha Tin Central,
and Tuen Mun Central Post
Offices. Advance orders for
servicing self-provided covers
will be accepted at all
philatelic offices.
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The SUN February 2015
FBC, nabuo sa
pagmamahal
sa kapwa
Ni Marites Palma
Pagmamahal sa larong
bowling at paghahangad ng
ikabubuti ng mga kababayang
kasambahay sa Hong Kong
ang nag-udyok kay Jenny
Gafate na bumuo ng isang
koponan noong Nob. 27,
2011.
Makalipas ang tatlong taon,
natutupad na ni Gafate ang
dalawang
pangunahing
layuning
iyan
sa
pamamagitan ng Filipino
Bowling
Club,
isang
koponang binubuo ng 127
residente, kasambahay at
driver na Pinoy dito sa Hong
Kong.
May puso para sa kapwa,
ninais ni Gafate, isang
Davaoeña na matagal nang
kasambahay dito sa Hong
Kong, na mabigyan ng
kapaki-pakinabang
na
libangan ang mga kapwa
kasambahay na nakatambay
sa Chater Road tuwing araw
ng pahinga, upang ilayo sila
sa maling landas.
“Ang buhay ay parang
bowling, para marating ang
mga pangarap sa buhay para
sa pamilya at sarili ay
kailangang nasa tamang
daan, dapat diretso sa gitna,
huwag paliku-liko, huwag sa
kanal para mahagip lahat ang
bola,” sabi ni Gafate sa isang
pakikipanayam sa The SUN.
“Huwag maakit sa hindi
magandang bisyo gaya ng
pagsusugal at pag-inom nang
labis-labis sa mga karaoke bar
dito pagsapit ng araw ng
pahinga,” payo niya.
Sa mga sumapi sa FBC,
Ang mga nanalo sa isang patimpalak (itaas) at siJenny
Gafate (kanan).
may mga sinuwerte, tulad ng
isang Pinay na isinama ng
kanyang mga amo sa
Amerika. Dahil sa hilig sa
bowling ay nakipaglaro siya
sa grupo ng mga Amerikano,
at nakatagpo siya ng lalaking
nagmahal at nagpakasal sa
siya, naikuwento ni Gafate.
Kabilang sa layon ng FBC
ang tumulong sa mga
nangangailangan. Habang
umaani ng tagumpay at
tumitibay ang samahan ay
nagsasagawa ito ng mga
proyektong
tulong
sa
mahihirap sa kanayunan sa
ating bansa.
Nakapagdaos ang FBC ng
mga charity tournament at
ang perang nalikom ay
itinulong sa mga mag-aaral
na elementarya sa isang liblib
na bayan sa Mindanao.
Nagsagawa rin ito ng isang
feeding program para sa mga
bata sa day care center sa
nasabing lugar.
Ngayong namang Buwan
ng mga Puso, magdaraos
naman ang FBC ng isang
torneo para makalikom ng
pampondo sa proyektong
makakatulong
sa
mga
katutubong Ita sa Pampanga.
Si Remegio Mercado, ang
pangulo ng FBC, ay nasa
Pilipinas
ngayon
at
naghahanap ng pagbibigyan
nila ng malilikom mula sa
kanilang
4th
Charity
tournament sa Peb. 22. May
tema itong “Strike for the
Kids” at gaganapin ito sa
Dragon Bowling Lanes sa Oi
Man Centre, Homantin.
Sinabi ni Gafate na itinaon
nila sa Pebrero ang torneo
para maipakita ang tunay na
diwa ng pagmamahal sa
kapwa. Nanawagan siya sa
mga kapwa-Pilipino sa Hong
Kong na suportahan ang mga
batang hikahos sa buhay sa
Pampanga. “Makakatulong
ka
na
sa
kapwa,
makakapaglibang ka pa,”
aniya.
Ayon kay Gafate, pinaguusapan din ng grupo ang
tungkol sa isang imbitasyon
mula sa Filipino Bowling
Club ng Singapore para sa
Asean Filipino Bowlers
Friendship Game sa Mayo.
Umaasa si Gafate na
makahingi ang grupo ng
suporta mula sa Konsulado at
One of the biggest gatherings of the group happened in a cruise ship.
Continued on Page 28
The SUN February 2015
Tai Hang: Ang pagtatagpo ng sinauna at
modernong kultura
Nakamamangha ang mabilis
na modernisasyon ng Hong
Kong.
Mula sa pagiging isang
maliit na siyudad na
napalilibutan ng tubig, ang
lupain nito ay lumawak nang
husto sa pag-usad ng mga
taon dahil sa pagsakop sa
dating dagat, at ngayon ay
napapalibutan ng matatayog
na gusali na tila humahalik sa
mga ulap.
Nguni’t
sa
ating
pamamasyal sa mga suluksulok ng lungsod, makikita pa
rin natin ang ilang lugar na
makasaysayan
at
nagdaragdag-kaalaman
tungkol sa dating buhay dito
sa Hong Kong.
Ang isang halimbawa ng
lumang kultura na nakaligtas
sa modernisasyon ng siyudad
ay matutunghayan sa Tai
Hang.
Sa bungad pa lamang ng
Tung Lo Wan Road at Wun
Sha Road ay makikita na ang
magarang templo sa ginta ng
sanga-sangang mga daan.
Ang templong ito ay ang Lin
Fa Kung, na ang kahulugan
sa Ingles ay “Palace of Lotus
Flower”.
Ang Lin Fa Kung ay
idineklara ng Antiquities
Advisory Committee ng Hong
Kong noong 1986 na isang
bantayog at natatangi ang
arkitektura. Ito ay isang
templo
ng
Buddhist
“bodhisattva” na si Kwun
Yum (Goddess of Mercy), na
sinasamba at dinadasalan ng
sinumang gustong humiling
ng kaligtasan, awa, o
kababaang loob.
Ayon sa alamat, si Kwun
Yum
ay
nakikitang
nakaluklok sa isang malaking
baton na napapaligiran ng
mga bulaklak ng lotus habang
nag-aaral ng pagtuturo. Ang
malaking bato na ito na
tinaguriang “Lotus Rock” ay
matatagpuan sa itaas ng altar
ng templong ito.
Pinaniniwalaan din na ang
mga tumakas mula sa
Silangan ng Tsina noong
panahon
ng
Taiping
Rebellion ay nanirahan sa Tai
Hang, at dito nila itinayo ang
templo ni Kwun Yum nang
pagpalain niya ang mga
naninirahan dito.
Ang templo ng Lin Ka
Fung ay itinayo noong1863 sa
gilid ng bundok, at nakaharap
sa dagat sa gawing kanluran.
Sinasabi na noong unang
panahon, tuwing “high tide”,
ay makikita na umaagos ang
Ni Jo Campos
Ang templong Lin Fa Kung o “Palace of Lotus Flower”.
Dumarami ang mga kainan sa paligid, mula sa mamahalin
hanggang sa pinakamura ang singil sa pagkain.
Ang mga offerings para sa mga diyos.
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DIY TRAVEL
tubig mula sa mga arko ng
templo na mistulang isang
bulaklak ng lotus na
nakalutang sa tubig. Subalit
hindi na ito nangyayari
ngayon dahil ang templo ay
napapalibutan
na
ng
matatayog na gusali.
Sa loob ng templo ay
matatagpuan ang mga labi ng
mga kagamitan na itinayo at
ginawa 200 taon na ang
nakalilipas, tulad ng isang
tansong kampana (1865).
Ang mataas na kisame ng
templo ay may anim na sulok
na napapalamutian ng mga
nililok na disenyo, at sa gitna
ay may malaking larawan ng
isang dragon. Ang dragon na
ito ay pinaglaanan din ng
malaking
taunang
pagdiriwang sa Tai Hang na
ginaganap ng tatlong araw
simula sa bisperas ng MidAutumn Festival.
Tampok sa pagdiriwang
ang Fire Dragon Dance, isang
parada ng daan-daang tao na
may
dala-dalang
isang
mahabang dragon. Ang 67
metrong haba ng dragon ay
gawa sa yantok, lubid na
abaka at uhay ng palay. Ito ay
tinutusukan ng libu-libong
umaapoy na insenso at dala
ng halos 100 katao sa parada.
Kasabay nito ang parada ng
makukululay na parol na may
ilaw at dala-dala ng mga
batang may magagarang
kasuotang Tsino, at tumatagal
nang ilang oras sa pag-ikot sa
mga kalye ng Tai Hang.
Ang ritwal at pagdiriwang
na ito, ayon sa isang alamat,
ay isinasagawa taun-taon may
isang
siglo
na
ang
nakararaan. Ayon sa alamat,
isang malakas na bagyo at
salot ang dinanas ng mga
naninirahan sa nayon ng Tai
Hang. Upang itaboy ang salot
na ito ay gumawa ang mga
mamamayan
ng
isang
malaking dragon na may
umaapoy na katawan. Sa
kalaunan ay naging tradisyon
na ito ng mga Intsik sa Hong
Kong at ginaganap ang
pagdiriwang taun-taon.
Sa gilid ng templo ng Lin
Fa Kung ay may isang maliit
at malilim na parke kung saan
maaring
maupo
at
magpahinga kasama ang mga
kaibigan. Dito matatagpuan
ang mga ilang mga pagodang
Intsik
na
nagsisilbing
silungan at pahingahan ng
Continued on Page 28
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The SUN February 2015
PEOPLE
New PAHK head vows to
reach out to more people
By Daisy CL Mandap
Xyza Cruz Bacani
Xyza gets NYU
photography
scholarship
The darling of Hong Kong’s
photographers’ circle has
scored
another
major
triumph.
Xyza Cruz Bacani, the
Filipina domestic helper who
sneaks out at night to take
dramatic shots of Hong Kong
after dark, has been named
one of the scholars of the
prestigious
Magnum
Foundation, and will study at
the Tisch School of the Arts at
New York University.
Xyza, 28, first gained
recognition when she was
written about in the highly
regarded New York Times for
her edgy shots. She has since
exhibited across Hong Kong,
including the Philippine
Reaching out to more groups
in Hong Kong was the pledge
made by the new chairman of
the Philippine Association of
Hong Kong as he and the
other members of his board of
directors took their oath of
office at the Consulate on Jan.
15.
Gilbert
Legaspi,
an
engineer with Gammon
Construction, also undertook
to help Consul General
Bernardita Catalla in working
for better trade relations
between the Philippines and
Hong Kong.
In her speech, Congen
Catalla laid down her own
plans for the year, foremost of
Consul General Bernardita
Catalla has hit back at
comments
posted
on
Facebook by a former barrister
who was highly critical of the
way the diplomat handled the
investigation of a case against
former labor attaché Manuel
Roldan and his driver.
In a rant, the critic called on
the Congen to resign, saying
she brought disrepute to her
position
by
being
a
“palengkera” who couldn’t
keep her mouth shut.
Speaking publicly for the
event, set for June 9, is said to
be aimed at giving Filipinos a
“better appreciation of who
we are as a people,” she said.
PAHK officers capped the
event by turning over
donations
to
two
beneficiaries: the Bethune
House Migrant Women’s
Refuge, which received
$15,000; and the Bayanihan
Trust, which got $30,000.
The other officers of the
PAHK Board of Director for
2015 are: Byan Ang of
Philippine Airlines, vice
chairman; Kathy de Guzman
of Philippine National Bank,
secretary; Anne Suaverdez of
PLDT
HK,
assistant
secretary; Rosabelle Woolf of
AFreight, treasurer; Gary
Flores of Bank of the
Philippine Islands, assistant
treasurer; Fred Valencia of
Metrobank, auditor; Arnold
Grospe
of
Friends
International
and
Tom
Magno of PAL, press
relations officers.
The members of the
membership committee are:
Edith Gomez of PLDT HK
and Bennet Sto. Domingo.
Those in the events
committee are Babes Mercado
of Metrobank and Tessa
Suarez of Prime Credit.
Heading the business
development committee is
Yanyan Boyce of Peya Travel
while Tesha Bancod of Ayala
Land HK leads the sports
committee
Consulate General, where she
lectured to an audience made
up mostly of fellow domestic
workers.
But though she does not
hide her day job, Xyza has
told The SUN in a previous
interview that she wants to be
known more for her love of
photography.
Shortly after winning the
Magnum scholarship, she
said “all dreams are valid”.
All that one has to do is work
hard, and retain passion for
what one wants to do in life.
With her recent victories,
she could very well add, your
passion could reap you rich
rewards. - DCLM
The new officers of the Philippine Association of Hong Kong take their oath before Consul General Bernardita Catalla
Congen hits back at FB critic
By Daisy CL Mandap
which is to revive the
Philippine
Chamber
of
Commerce in Hong Kong.
“The PCG (Philippine
Consulate General) will rely
on you on this because you are
the linkages here in HK,”
Catalla told the PAHK
officers
and
members
gathered for the event.
Catalla also announced
future activities, like bringing
back the Madrigal Singers to
Hong Kong, after their wellreceived performance here
last year.
Another project is to bring
the annual diplomatic cocktail
reception for Philippine
Independence Day to the
University of Hong Kong so
more people could attend. The
first time on the issue on Jan
15 at the induction of the new
officers of the Philippine
Association of Hong Kong,
Congen Catalla said she did
not want to dignify the
accusation of the critic, who
uses the name “AIAS HK” on
the social media site.
“Kung may narinig kayo na
ako ay sinisiraan…I’m sure
hindi naman kayo naniniwala
dyan…I don’t want to
elaborate, and I don’t want to
dignify what that person said,
but whatever she said,
walang katotohanan..Basta
trabaho lang tayo”.
At a later meeting held at
the Consulate on Jan. 25,
Congen Catalla again hit out
at the disgruntled critic.
“Hindi po ako nagsasalita
kahit kanino, hindi ako
nagkukuwento kahit kanino.
Wala akong FB pero
dumating sa akin na may mga
taong nagsasabing ngakngak
ako ng ngakngak, palengkera
ako. Hindi ko ho pinansin
yun. I don’t want to dignify
such allegations by a certain
person. Ayoko nang idescribe kung anong klaseng
tao siya…”
Congen Catalla said she has
never spoken publicly about
the case, and has not even
followed up with the
departments concerned on
what they intended to do with
the report.
But she was adamant she
did what she had to do after
receiving a formal request for
an investigation into the case.
In the report, former Labatt
Roldan was found to have
allowed his then driver,
Donald Retirado, to set up an
employment agency while
employed by the Department
of Labor and Employment, in
violation of civil service law
on conflict of interest.
The fact-finding committee
also noted an obvious
tampering of Retirado’s
contract, in an apparent
attempt to show he was no
longer under DOLE’s employ
when his agency was given
accreditation by Roldan.
Blasting at the committee
report and The SUN’s article
on it, the FB critic hinted that
a big lawsuit for defamation
could be brought by Retirado
against Congen, this writer,
acting labor attaché Marnie
German and Adrielle Panares
of the Coalition of Service
Providers
for
Ethnic
Minorities, which initiated
the complaint.
The former barrister also
mistakenly asserted that
Retirado could call the police
for help in fighting his case.
Retirado,
apparently
emboldened by the advice,
sought to get Congen and
three other people, including
this writer, to apologize and
resign over the committee
report and the subsequent
publicity that it got, but was
ignored.
As Congen wryly noted at
the community meeting, “Ako
ho nandito pa rin ako,
nandito pa si Atty Mandap,
nandito pa si Atty Marnie,
nagta-trabaho, at wala pa ho
kaming natatanggap na
summons mula sa korte.
Walang warrant of arrest at
walang notice of a case
against us”.
The SUN February 2015
FBC, nabuo sa pagmamahal sa kapwa
sa mga Pilipino rito upang
makadalo sila sa nasabing
torneo.
Maraming OFW ang naakit
ng FBC dahil umano hindi
mabigat sa bulsa ang pagsapi
rito.
Mayroong
buwanang
bayarin na $20 bawat kasapi.
Ang nalilikom na pera ay
iniipon para sa mga gastusin
ng grupo at pinagkukunan ng
kaunting tulong kapag may
miyembrong namatayan.
Noong bagong-tatag pa
lamang ang FBC ay mayroon
itong tinatawag na monthly
tournament fun games bilang
pagdiriwang sa kaarawan ng
mga kasapi sa bawat buwan at
upang mahasa sila sa
paglalaro ng bowling. Ang
palaro ay ginaganap sa South
China Athletic Association sa
Happy Valley sa Causeway
Bay.
Bagamat
hindi
sila
magaling sa bowling sa
umpisa, dahil sa mga
buwanang torneo naging ay
naging bihasa sila sa larong
ito
hanggang
sa
nakikipaglaban na sila sa mga
iba pang grupo ng mga
naglalaro ng bowling kagaya
ng SCAA at Square and
Compass Club Hong Kong.
Namunga ng mabuti ang
tiyaga at disiplina sa
paglalaro ng grupo dahil sa
loob ng tatlong taon simula
nang itatag ito, ang FBC ay
umani
ng
maraming
karangalan.
Naging kampeon ang FBC
sa ginanap na Filipino Club
Intercolor
Fun
Bowl
tournament noong Abril 18,
2012, kung saan sila rin ang
tinanghal na “The Strike
Worth Team” at “The
Turkeymaster”.
Noong nakaraang Set. 20
ay muling nanalo ng ilang
medalya at parangal ang FBC
sa Square and Compass Club
2nd
Charity
Bowling
Tournament sa Dragon
Bowling Lanes.
Nakipagtagisan ng husay
ang mga manlalaro ng FBC
sa pinakasikat na bowler sa
buong mundo at alamat sa
palakasang Pinoy, si Paeng
Nepomuceno, na panauhing
pandangal sa palaro.
Ang FBC Bowling Buddies
ay nagkampeon sa category A
kung saan ang limang
manlalaro ng koponan ang
nagtala
ng
pinagsamasamang score na 1,500, o
perfect score na 300 bawat isa.
Si Gafate ang nakakuha ng
“The Most Strikes – Women”
at
nasungkit
din
ng
kababaihang
FBC
ang
“Second Game Score Frame
Award”.
Samantala, nakamit naman
ng FBC The Achievers ang
kampeonato sa category B.
Sinabi ni Gafate na hindi
nila inasahan ang maging
kampeon at naglaro lang sila
diumano
nang
walang
layuning mapanalunan ang
korona dahil alam nilang
magagaling ang mga kalaban.
Ilan din sa mga miyembro
nila na nakauwi sa Pilipinas
nitong
nakalipas
na
Disyembre ang nagkaroon ng
pagkakataong maglaro sa
Overseas Filipino Workers
Bowling Tournament na
ginanap noong Dis. 27-28 sa
SM North Edsa.
Ang torneong iyon na
inorganisa nga mga OFW sa
Gitnang Silangan ay may
registration fee na Php15,000,
at may premyong Php200,000
para sa kampeon.
Ngayon pa lang ay
pinaghahandaan na rin ng iba
pang miyembro ng FBC ang
nasabing OFW tournament
na
ginaganap
tuwing
ikalawang
taon.
Nakikipaglaro naman ang iba
sa
Inter-Consulate
Tournament tuwing Huwebes
ng gabi sa SCAA Bowling
Lanes.
Sa gitna ng mga nakamit
nang tagumpay ng FBC,
inaasahan ni Gafate na
marami pang matutulungan
ang FBC sa pamamagitan ng
charity tournaments. Umaasa
rin siyang marami pang
Pilipino sa Hong Kong na
nakikiisa sa layunin ng grupo
ang sasapi sa grupo.
Ayon kay Gafate, bukas ang
FBC sa lahat ng interesado sa
bowling. Kailangan lang
nilang makipag-ugnayan sa
kanya
sa
numerong
94017151.
Pagtatagpo ng sinauna at moderno
Ni Jo Campos
mga namamasyal doon. Sa
gilid ng liwasan ay may gamit
pang-ehersisyo para sa mga
matatanda at mga upuan.
Ilang metro mula sa
makasaysayang templo ay
bubulaga sa iyo ang tanawin
na kakaiba. Ito umano ang
bagong SoHo ng Hong Kong
dahil walang tigil ang
pagsulpot dito ng mga bagong
kainan, kapihan at mga
modernong bar sa bawa’t
kanto at iskinita ng makikipot
na kalsada.
Mula sa Wun Sha Street,
makikita ang hanay ng mga
Insik na pagamutan at
gayundin ang mga tindahan
ng gamot, kainan at kapihan.
Sa mga panulukan ng mga
kalye ay mayroong iba’tibang kainan at tambayan.
Mga pagkaing nagmula sa
Vietnam, Thailand at Hapon
gaya ng ramen, sushi o
tempura at yakiniku ang
inihahain ng mga kainan dito.
Maraming mapagpipilian
ayon sa panlasa at gusto. May
mga dai pai dong o mga lokal
na kainan at mga noodle
house na nagsisilbi ng
paborito ng marami, ang ngau
lam mein, na parang mami sa
Pilipinas na may sangkap na
pinalambot na baka.
Mayroon ding mga pizza at
iba pang pagkaing Italyano
rito. Sa isang kanto naman ay
may tindahan ng sorbetes na
pinipilahan. Kung minsan ay
umaabot sa dalawang kanto
ang haba ng pila ng mga
gustong
makatikim
ng
natatanging sorbetes na ito.
Ang modernong paggawa
ng sorbetes sa loob ng isang
minuto lamang gamit ang
liquid
nitrogen
ang
ikinamamangha ng mga
parokyano nito. Lalo silang
nalilito
sa
dami
ng
pagpipiliang klase ng sorbetes
dito.
Ang Hello Kitty Secret
Garden Café ay puno ng mga
kabataang nakatambay na ang
paboritong pampalipas oras
ay ang pagse-selfie, o kaya ay
ang paglitrato sa mga taong
dumaraan.
Sa di kalayuan ay
mapapansin ang maraming
talyer o pagawaan ng mga
sasakyan, lalo na sa kalsada
ng Brown o Ormsby. Kahilera
nila ang tindahan ng libolibong piyesa para sa
sasakyan at kung ano-ano
pang samu’t saring gamit na
pawang
nakaaaliw
pagmasdan. Ang amoy ng
gasolina at grasa ay tila
humahalo sa halimuyak ng
mga pagkain. Ito marahil ang
naiibang katangian ng lugar
na ito.
Pagkagat ng dilim ay lalong
dumarami ang mga tao sa
paligid dahil sa paglabas ng
mga mesa at upuan, hudyat
para maging isang mistulang
malaking kainan ang lugar.
Ang mga presyo ng
pagkain ay ayon sa klase ng
kainan, pero karaniwan ay
abot kaya, mula $80
hanggang $100 bawat putahe.
Mistulang piyesta ang hitsura
ng kapaligiran, at makikita
ang mga tao mula sa iba’tibang lahi na naghahalubilo
dito.
Ngunit kapansin-pansin
din na sa kabila ng mga
modernong konsepto ng mga
kainan at tindahan sa paligid,
ang
mga
gusaling
kinatitirikan ng mga ito ay
halatang may ilang dekada
nang nakatayo.
Ang mga mababang gusali
ay tanda ng isang nakalipas
na panahon na patuloy na
nabubuhay
dahil
sa
pagtutulungan ng mga taong
naniniwala na dapat bigyang
halaga ang nakaraan, habang
patuloy
na
umuusad
pasulong.
Dito sa lugar na ito ng Tai
Hang, nabubusog hindi lang
ang tiyan, kundi pati ang isip
dahil sa mga dagdag na
kaalaman
tungkol
sa
kasaysayan ng Hong Kong.
Ang Tai Hang ay nasa
pagitan ng Tin Hau at
Causeway Bay.
Mas
magiging kaaliw-aliw ang
pagpunta rito kung sasakay
ng tram mula sa Central o
Kennedy Town.
Bumaba sa tram stop
malapit sa Central Library at
Victoria Park, tumawid at
bagtasin ang maliit na kalye
ng Fire Dragon Path sa gilid
ng Causeway Bay Sports
Ground.
Sa dulo nito ay ang Tung
Lo Wan Road. Tumawid sa
kalye at doon sa kabila ay
makikita ang Lily Street, at sa
dulo nito ay naroon ang Lin
Ka Fung Temple.
Matapos bisitahin ang
parke at templo, lumakad
papunta sa Wun Sha Road, at
samantalahin
ang
pagkakataon na silipin ang
mga sanga-sangang kalye ng
Ormsby, Brown, King,
Warren, at School, kung saan
makikita ang maraming
kainan.
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LEA SALONGA IN CONCERT
The Philippines’ pride, Lea Salonga, together with her
brother, Gerard Salonga, will hold two concerts on Feb. 1
(Sunday) at the Tsuen Wan Town Hall Auditorium.
The first concert will be at 3:00pm, the second at 4:45pm
Tickets are at $50 and $100 each. Bulk ticket orders of no
less than 100 tickets for the 4:45 pm concert are available.
Contact: Karin Cho, assistant marketing manager of the
Hong Kong Philharmonic Society Limited at e-mail:
[email protected].
Sayaw Festival: A Dance Competition
Feb. 22. A joint project of the Philippine Consulate General
and Department of Tourism
All Filipino community organizations are invited to join the
competition. Rules: (1) must be a festival or cultural dance;
(2) 15-20 performers; and (3) dance must not be longer than
5 minutes
Contact: Cultural Section, 2823 8536
Caritas Saturday Chinese Lessons
Course : Saturday Occupational Cantonese for FDWs
(Not only Cantonese, but the Chinese courtesy, culture &
taboos in speaking Cantonese are also highlighted).
Period: Jan 31- Mar 28 (8 Saturdays)
Time: 10:30 – 12:30a.m.
Venue: Caritas Fortress Hill Centre, G/F., 28A Fortress Hill
Road, Hong Kong.
Target: 15 foreign domestic workers
Fee : $150 / head
Content:
• Chinese courtesy
• Festival culture, greetings & taboos
• Communication with Chinese employers
• Handling employer’s complaints
• Dealing with working problems
• Making request & reporting duties
• Asking for assistance
Enquiry : 2147-5988
Wanted: Women’s baseball players
The Philippine Sluggers team is accepting applications for
try-outs. Those who are interested may call Cecil at 6385
8948 or Eli at 96870540.
Cultural dancers wanted: The Knights of Rizal is looking
for more Filipino groups for its cultural dance and song
presentations in the Philippine booth at the annual Flower
Show at Victoria Park in Causeway Bay. Selected groups
will also be asked to perform at the cultural presentation of
the Knights of Rizal on the main stage of the Flower Show.
Those interested may contact organizing committee
members: Pieter Nootenboom, at 6299-7888; Aida
Rebutiaco Villanueva, 6235-5486; or Merle M.
Nootenboom at 6299-8887
The Philippine Cultural Art Dance Ensemble (PCADE)
Tinikling Chapter is looking for male/female dancers for
modern and cultural dances. No age limit. Contact Marie
Velarde at 9770 1899 or Mayette at 9171 3421.
Calling all OFWs from Aringay, La Union
The Aringay Overseas Workers Association, a newly
formed organization, is inviting you to join the group, and
get to know your town mates. Those interested, please call
Shane at 54498080
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CelebriFOOD
TRIP
The activist cook
By Jo Campos
Standing a head taller
than most people around
her, and with a full and
forceful voice, she
commands
authority
whenever she speaks from
the frontline of the promigrant protests she
usually joins. She is also
known for her firm
resolve, as shown by her
record of being the first in
line for the overseas
voting for Filipinos in
Hong Kong for four
straight years.
She is Rowena de la
Cruz, the current vicechairperson of GabrielaHong Kong and secretary-
general of Bayan-Hong Kong
and Macau chapters.
What may not be as obvious
about Rowena is that she is
passionate about cooking, and
good food. But although she
came from a family of good
cooks, Rowena was at first not
keen on learning how to cook.
She did have an early start
in the kitchen, though, as a
helper to her father who was
so meticulous about cooking
he insisted on vegetables
being cut or sliced a certain
way.
“I remember my father
would scold me when I did
not slice or cut the vegetables
to his standard.” Rowena
says, recalling her early days
back home.
Rowena’s father is a trueblue Capampangan who lived
up to his native province’s
reputation
for
culinary
excellence. He was often hired
to cook for banquets or fiestas
in barrios around San Pablo
City where the de la Cruz
family resides. To do this, he
would sometimes spend a few
days off work as he would be
in charge of the food
preparation, from butchering
a pig or cow, down to
preparing and cooking all the
dishes for the feast.
Rowena’s mother, who is a
native of San Pablo City , is no
stranger to cooking either,
though her specialization is
desserts and merienda fares
like native rice cakes. She is
Rowena de la Cruz, as the vice-chairperson
of Gabriela-Hong Kong and secretarygeneral of Bayan-Hong Kong and Macau
chapters (above) and as an ordinary foodlover (right).
particularly known for her homemade
espasol and pakumbo, nilupak and native
delicacies.
Continued on Page 36
Ginataang tulingan
Ingredients:
Tulingan or Tuna
Coconut milk
Garlic
Shallots
Black pepper
Salt
Green mustard
Pork belly
Red and green chilies
Vinegar or kamias
Preparation and cooking:
1. Remove the gills and innards of fish, then wash
thoroughly under running water to remove blood from the
fish.
2. Break and twist the tail. Pull to remove tail completely.
3. Slice the fish vertically on each side and sprinkle a
generous amount of salt. Using the palm of your hand,
press firmly to flatten the fish. This process will ensure
that the fish will be cooked evenly and the ingredients will
be absorbed.
4. Peel and crush garlic, peel and slice shallots and ginger.
5. Wash and cut green mustard.
6. Slice pork belly in thin strips.
7. In a pan, lay pork belly at the bottom, add half of the
crushed garlic, ginger, shallots and kamias (if available)
or use vinegar.
8. Arrange fish side by side and sprinkle some salt and
pepper.
9. Add the remaining condiments and pour water enough
to cover the fish.
10. Bring to a boil and reduce heat.
11. Leave to simmer for 30 minutes until the liquid is
reduced.
12. Add coconut milk and chilies.
13. Continue to simmer till the coconut milk thickens and
the fat from the pork and coconut milk are well blended.
14. Add green mustard and simmer till cooked.
Kulawo
Ingredients:
1 pc Eggplant
1 pc Onion
1 Large Tomato
1 Siling Labuyo
Procedure:
1. Roast the eggplant over fire until cooked.
2. “Burn” grated coconut in hot coal, then squeez it
to produce a creamy coconut milk.
3. Boil the coconut milk with vinegar to serve as
sauce or dressing for the grilled eggplant.
4. Combined with sliced onions, tomatoes and
chili.
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Feb. 10 is judgment day in Erwiana abuse case
By Vir B. Lumicao
A District Court judge has set
Feb. 10 as judgment day in the
case of abuse filed against the
former
employer
of
Indonesian domestic worker
Erwiana Sulistyaningsih.
Judge Amanda Woodcock
set the date of verdict after
accepting closing submissions
from both the prosecution and
defense on 20 charges of
physical abuse and nonpayment of wages and
statutory holidays against
Hong Kong housewife Law
Wan-tung.
Courtroom No. 25 was
packed as journalists and
supporters of Sulistyaningsih
competed for space at the
resumption of the hearing on
Jan. 20 following a sixworking-day recess to give the
two sides time to prepare their
final submissions.
Law, 44, has pleaded not
guilty to the charges of
inflicting grievous bodily
harm on Sulistyaningsih, and
for ill-treating two previous
Indonesian maids, Tutik
Lestari
Ningsih
and
Nurhasanah.
In summing up, prosecutor
Louisa Lai said it was hard to
determine when the injuries
were inflicted, but said it
could be concluded that
Sulistyaningsih was enslaved
by Law.
“The defendant was never
satisfied with her work. The
question was why did it take
seven months for her to send
her away? This certainly
defies common sense. The
only explanation was that
Erwiana was treated like a
slave, an unpaid slave,” Lai
said.
Lai
assessed
Sulistyaningsih’s evidence,
saying the maid was a
“reliable witness”, as opposed
to the defense claim that her
evidence was “unsatisfactory
and exaggerated”.
Lai cited corroborative
evidence given by medical
experts and doctors who
examined
and
treated
Sulistyaningsih’s
wounds
after she was sent home by
Law to Indonesia, as well as
evidence made by two
previous Indonesian maids
who worked for the same
employer.
“The medical experts who
examined Erwiana said her
wounds could not have been
self-inflicted,” said Lai,
adding that evidence on the
assaults inflicted Law “is not
limited to the charged acts but
other uncharged acts.”
The lawyer cited in her final
submission Sulistyaningsih’s
claim that since the first
assault, “the abuses took place
nearly on a daily basis”.
Defense counsel Graham
Harris QC said “the evidence
of Erwiana is unsatisfactory...
so exaggerated as to impact
on its truth”.
“Your honor, we call for a
fair
and
impartial
consideration of Erwiana’s
evidence because of the
discrepancies
and
inconsistencies
in
her
evidence,” he pleaded.
Harris, who at the start of
the hearings insinuated some
unnamed
people
were
financing Sulistyaningsih’s
decision to take Law to court,
also suggested that some
outsiders with an agenda were
manipulating the maid.
“It is our suggestion that
there could be an agenda
behind this case,” said Harris,
as he urged the court to be “on
guard to protect against
hidden agendas.”
During the hearings that
began on Dec. 5, the court
heard allegations of torture,
grave threats, detention and
non-payment of wages, from
Sulistyaningsih.
The prosecution said its
witnesses, including medical
experts, corroborated the
allegations of physical abuse
made by the Indonesian
woman.
But the defense countered
that the medical opinions,
“view(ed) with an open mind
and in a balanced way,” could
even be supportive of the
defense case.
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Harris’ submission said
medical doctors explained the
marks and wounds on
Salustyaningsih’s exposed
hands and feet “were from
dermatitis, probably with
secondary infection” and the
dark colors around her eyes
could be due to insufficient
sleep.
After listening to the final
arguments for the whole
morning,
Woodcock
adjourned the hearing until
Feb. 10 for the verdict.
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Buhay Pinay
From Page 4
naman palautos ang mga ito ngunit halos linggo-linggo silang
nagbibigay ng mga gamit panlinis noong una. Paglaon ay
talagang itinuturo pa nila kung saang parte may dumi o mantsa
sa loob ng sasakyan. Ayaw din ng lalaking amo na may mga
iniiwang gamit doon kaya kailangang maghabilin pa sa drayber
kung may gustong iwan sa kotse ang mga anak. Ang tissue box
ay dapat nasa tamang pwesto at ang plastic carpet ay kailangang
nakasentro sa kinalalagyan. Hindi alintana ni Ed ang lahat ng
iyon dahil mababait naman ang mga amo. Maalalahanin sila
pagdating sa pagkain, marunong naman silang gumawad ng
papuri at hindi rin madamot magpasalamat. Ang medyo
ikinakapikon ng Pinoy ay ang madalas na pagpupunas ng amo
sa loob ng kotse gamit ang tissue. “Halos gusto ko nang iabot
ang ginagamit kong punas ng sasakyan,” may panggigigil na
sabi ni Ed. - Ramon Dizon Jr.
OC din
Sa tatlong A4 na papel isinulat ng amo ang magiging trabaho ni
Marcy bilang bagong salta. Naka-detalye sa listahan kung ano,
paano, kailan, at gaano kalimit gawin ang isang trabaho.
Halimbawa, sa paglilinis sa kulungan ng pusa ay nakasaad na
dapat itagilid ito bago i-vacuum ang ilalim, sa ganitong oras, at
tuwing makalawa. Kaya tuloy ang simpleng gawaing bahay ay
nagiging tila kumplikado. Hindi natinag ang Pinay, taglay na
rin ng karanasan dito sa pangangamuhan bago tumigil ng isang
dekada. Hindi lang niya ginampanan ng maayos ang tungkulin,
ibinahagi din ni Marcy ng nalalaman sa pag-aalaga para sa amo
na may apat na buwang anak na lalaki. Payo niya ay pabayaan
ang sanggol na magkaroon ng sariling oras. Tugon ng amo ay
wala pang isip ang bata. May listahan din kasi ito para sa
tamang oras daw ng pagtulog, paggising at pagdede ng anak.
Upang mapatulog, binabalot nito ng lampin ang sanggol pati
mga braso upang hindi makagulapay hanggang mapagod sa
kaiiyak. Iyak din ang bati ng munting nilalang kapag
ginigising sa masarap na pagkakahimbing. Iyak kapag gutom
ngunit wala pa sa oras ng pagdede. Minsa’y umaabot sa
dalawang oras ng kaiiyak at hinihiyawan na ito ng ina ng
masasamang salita. Napapailing na lang si Marcy, lalo na
nang sumangguni pa ang amo sa isang child psychiatrist dahil
sa pagkaiyakin ng bata. Ganumpaman, pursigido pa rin ang
ina sa ginawang schedule para sa anak kaya wala ring
pagbabago sa sitwasyon nila. - Ramon Dizon Jr.
Goodbye, Russia
Tuwang-tuwa si Emily nang isama siya sa Russia ng
pamilyang pinagsisilbihan niya sa Phuket, Thailand. Laking
pasasalamat niya niya dahil narating niya ang isang lugar na
pinapapangarap lang ng maraming mga Pilipino, at wala
siyang ginastos ni isang kusing. Alam niya kasi na kung
dumaan siya sa ahensya ay kakailanganin niyang magpaluwal
ng malaking halaga. Pero noong nandoon na siya ay binalot
siya ng malaking lungkot. Wala siyang kakilala at nakikitang
kapwa niya Pilipino doon. Sobrang lamig pa dahil sa may
bandang Siberia na sila nakatira. Ang hirap ding lumibot dahil
panay salitang Russian ang mga nakasulat sa paligid. Minsan
ay lumabas siya para bumili ng sabong pampaligo. Nahirapan
siyang hanapin ang mall dahil lahat ng direksyon ay nakasulat
sa Russian. Pagdating niya sa tindahan ay ganoon pa rin ang
problema, lahat ng etiketa sa mga bilihin ay Russian ang
lenggwahe. Hindi niya tuloy alam kung ano ang kanyang
binibili, at nagtiyaga na lang siya sa pag-amoy sa laman ng
bote. Nang ipakita niya sa amo ito ay nalaman niyang
shampoo ang nabili niya at hindi body wash. Dahil dito ay ang
kanyang employer na lang ang bumibili ng lahat ng gamit
niya. Noon niya naisip na mas maganda pa rin pala ang
magtrabaho sa Phuket dahil marami siyang nakakasamang
mga kaibigan tuwing araw ng pahinga, at nabibili niya ang
lahat ng nais niya dahil may nakasulat na English sa mga
etiketa. Nagtiyaga siya ng Russia ng isang taon, kahit lagi
siyang umiiyak at parang mababaliw sa lungkot dahil ni wala
siyang makausap doon. Nang pagbakasyunin siya sa Pilipinas
ay hindi na siya bumalik sa Russia, bagkus ay naghanap ng
bagong amo sa Phuket. Sabi niya, hindi maganda ang
ekonomiya ng Russia sa kasalukuyan, at mas mataas pa ang
halaga ng Thai baht sa Russian rouble, kaya bumaba din ang
kanyang kita. Marami ding mga foreigner sa Phuket na mataas
magpasweldo. Ngayon na balik Phuket siya ay masaya na
naman siya, lalo at mababait din ang kanyang mga bagong
employer, kasama niyang muli ang mga kaibigan, at may
sariling tirahan. Kaya ang payo niya sa mga gustong lumipat
sa Russia ay mag-isip isip muna dahil hindi paraiso ang buhay
doon, lalo na kung sa liblib na lugar ka mapupunta. Malayo ka
na nga sa iyong pamilya, dapat lang na magkaroon ka man
lang ng mga kaibigan na makakasama kapag ikaw ay
nalulungkot. Si Evelyn ay tubong Pangasinan, dalaga, at 35
taong gulang. – Marites Palma
Ayaw sa aso
Maglilimang taon na ang alaga ni Beth at papasok na sa
paaralan maghapon, kaya dapat ay maluwag na ang trabaho ni
Beth. Ang kaso ay kumuha ng aalagaang aso ang mga amo
dahil gusto gusto ng kanilang anak na magkaroon nito. Aso
ang palagi nitong hinihiling na regalo tuwing sasapit ang
kanyang kaarawan. Sa darating na Abril ay kaarawang muli ng
bata, kaya nagpasya ang mag-asawa na bumili agad ng aso
pagdating nila mula sa mahabang bakasyon. Laking lungkot
naman ni Beth dahil ayaw na ayaw niya sa ako. Nong bata pa
kasi siya ay limang beses siyang kinagat ng mga aso. Bukod
dito, ayaw na ayaw niya ang amoy ng aso, mga balahibo nito, at
lalong lalo na ang tae at ihi nito. Pero wala siyang magawa
dahil kasama na ito sa kanyang trabaho ngayon. Ang mas
masaklap lang, hindi pa naturuan ang aso kaya kung saan-saan
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na rin itong nasanay. Medyo mas mabigat na nga lang ang
kanyang trabaho ngayon. Kailangang mas maaga ang kanyang
gising dahil 6:45 ng umaga umaalis ang amo at alaga niya, at
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niyang ilabas ang aso para hindi ito makaihi o makatae sa loob
ng bahay. Dahil sa kanyang pangungunsumi ay naisip niya na
ito siguro ang hudyat na kailangan na siyang umuwi
pagkatapos ng kanyang pangatlong kontrata. Sa ngayon ay
pinipilit na lang niyang maging masaya at magiliw sa bagong
alaga. Si Beth ay limang taon ng naninilbihan sa isang
pamilyang Briton sa Clear Water Bay, 39 taong gulang at
tubong Isabela. – Marites Palma
Overstay
Nawala sa isip ni Lyn na hanggang Pebrero lang ang kanyang
pasaporte kaya nang aksidenteng makita niya ito ay
nanginginig siya sa sobrang pagkataranta. Sa mismong araw
na iyon kasi ay paso na ang kanyang visa. Agad siyang
pumunta sa Konsulado para mag-renew at kasabay nito ay
tinatakan din ng isang taon na palugit ang kanyang pasaporte
para mabigyan siya ng visa ng immigration hanggang sa
pagtatapos ng kanyang kontrata sa Mayo. Maaga siyang
pumila sa Yuen Long Immigration kinabukasan para makaabot
sa quota pero hindi din siya naasikaso doon. Overstay na daw
kasi siya kaya kailangan niyang pumunta mismo sa main
office. Tumuloy siya sa Wanchai pero hindi na rin siya umabot
sa quota kaya lalong nadagdagan ang kanyang kaba dahil
dalawang araw nang paso ang visa niya. Ika-anim pa lang ng
umaga kinabukasan ay nasa pila na siya kaya naman pang-23
ang tag na nakuha niya. Gayunpaman, balisa pa rin siya
habang naghihintay dahil lumipas na ang takdang oras na
nakalagay sa hawak niyang tag pero hindi pa rin natatawag ang
kanyang pangalan. Para namang nananadya ang mga kasama
niyang naghihintay dahil sari-sari ang opinyon ng mga ito. May
nagsabi na iinterbyuhin muna siya ng officer bago malalaman
kung mabibigyan siya ng visa, samantalang ang isa naman ay
sinabing kailangan niyang magbayad ng dalawang uri ng visa.
Pero ang pinamasaklap ay ang isa pang katabi dahil daig pa ang
immigration officer kung sitahin si Lyn sa pagiging pabaya.
Lampas ala-una na nang marinig niyang tawagin ang pangalan
mula sa payment counter. Laking pasalamat niya dahil hindi
nangyari ang mga haka-haka ng mga kasama niyang
naghihintay. Pagkatapos marinig ang kanyang paliwanag ay
binigyan pa rin siya ng visa. Si Lyn ay 14 na taon na dito sa
HK.—-Gina N. Ordona
Salbaheng bata
Mababait ang mag-asawang pulis na amo ni Clara pero laking
problema niya kung paano pakisamahan ang walong taong
gulang na alaga. Bukod kasi sa matigas ang ulo nito ay lagi pa
siyang sinusuntok at kinakalmot. Panay lang ang ilag ni Clara
pero madalas ay napupuruhan din siya ng bata. Ilang beses nang
napansin ng amo ang kanyang mga pasa sa braso at sa tuwina
ay humihingi ito ng dispensa sa kagagawan ng anak.
Pinagsasabihan naman daw nito ang bata pero wala ring
nangyayari. Kung minsan kapag nag-aalburoto ang bata ay
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tinatakot ni Clara na tatawag ng pulis pero hindi naman daw ito
natatakot dahil pulis ang mga magulang. Hindi na matagalan ni
Clara ang sitwasyon kaya balak na niyang magbigay ng isang
buwan na pasabi. Ngunit hindi pa man siya nakakakuha ng
lakas ng loob ay naunahan na siya ng amo. Nakita daw kasi nila
mula sa camera sa loob ng bahay na may hawak na kutsilyo ang
bata at dinuduro si Clara. Mas mabuti na daw na bumaba na
lang siya dahil baka may masama pang mangyari sa kanya.
Nakahinga ng maluwag si Clara lalo na nang sabihin ng
kanyang amo na tutulungan siyang makahanap ng panibagong
amo. Si Clara ay 5 taon na dito sa Hong Kong. —-Gina N.
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Scalded DH flies home after winning compensation
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The information came from
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Migrant Women’s Refuge,
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Barely a month after
spending 20 days in hospital
for her injuries, her employer
terminated her contract
allegedly because she was
unable to perform her duties
well.
“My employer blamed me
for the accident. He said I was
careless and was always
making mistakes,” Dalisay
told The SUN in an earlier
interview at Bethune House in
Sheung Wan.
A hospital doctor who
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Sobbing motorbike
meddler fined $1,000
By Vir B. Lumicao
A Filipino resident who was
sobbing loudly during his
sentencing for tampering with
a motorcycle on Jan. 16 has
avoided a jail sentence but was
fined $1,000 on.
Christopher Moya, a 40year-old casual waiter and
salesman, was convicted on
Jan 2 of tampering with a
parked motorbike in Central
last July.
He had been crying
unabashedly even before
Deputy Magistrate Winston
Leung Wing-chung appeared
in court, and had to be
pacified by his mother and
another relative.
Moya stopped when he
realized the magistrate would
not send him to jail.
The defense lawyer said the
probation officer’s report had
no adverse recommendation
for the convict, and that a
medical report showed Moya
had suffered from memory
loss.
The defense counsel said
the man was also reported to
be talking in his sleep.
Leung asked the defense
counsel if there were any
other problems, as he noticed
Moya was “too emotional”
when he came to court.
The magistrate said there
was a clear evidence of
tampering in the case, but the
convict showed remorse for
his action, so he was not
imposing
a
custodial
sentence.
“Considering your financial
situation, I fine you $1,000,”
the magistrate said.
He said half of that amount
would be taken from the $500
bail that Moya had earlier put
up for his temporary liberty.
Moya was arrested at dawn
on July 21 after he tried to
open the disk lock of the front
wheel of a motorcycle that its
owner, a certain Mr. Lai, had
parked at Queens Road.
Failing to open the lock, he
left and returned about five
minutes later with a bunch of
keys that he used in an
attempt to start the vehicle’s
engine.
New labatt tells illegal fee
victims to file complaints
From Page 11
naman dito eh, may system po
ang Hong Kong compared
with other Middle East
countries,” Garcia said.
In the Middle East, shelters
run by the POLOs are too
crowded and repatriating
workers is very difficult, she
said. “Mas mahirap pang
magpauwi roon dahil marami
pang inaasikasong papel. Di
ba maraming takas? Alam
ninyo ang runaway doon,
gabi-gabi”.
Garcia’s wish is to gain ISO
certification for POLO “kahit
na service lang”, as she
pledged to deliver what is
expected of the unit.
In the meantime, she is still
getting to know Hong Kong,
which she says is a “nice
place”. “OK naman dito kaya
lang malamig ngayon, medyo
naninibago ako sa lamig.
Mahirap tandaan ang mga
streets. Walang time na
maglibot, kapag weekend
lang siguro kung walang
trabaho. Hanggang doon
lang sa bahay at sa office.
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Verdict on case of finger-cutting known Feb. 12
By Vir B. Lumicao
A District Court judge will
announce on Feb. 12 his
verdict on the case of a Hong
Kong woman accused of
chopping the ring finger of
her Indonesian maid nearly a
year ago.
Judge Gary Lam made the
announcement at the end of a
two-hour hearing on Jan. 27
of the case of wounding with
intent against Ngan Suk-wai,
39, a resident of Pokfulam
Gardens and manager of a
dental clinic.
Before the announcement,
defense counsel Adonis
Cheung
Kam-wing
vigorously defended the
accused in his lengthy final
summation, insisting that the
maid, Anis Andriyani, must
have cut her own left ring
finger, but laid the blame on
Ngan.
He said the maid could have
done the cutting, which
almost severed her finger, in
order to have a reason to
terminate her contract with
Ngan just six days after she
began working for the family
on Feb. 19 last year.
Andriyani sat quietly beside
supporters in the courtroom
gallery just a few feet away
from the accused’s husband
and daughter as the defense
lawyer demonstrated with his
hands to explain to the court
his own view of what
transpired on Feb. 24 last
year.
The defendant also listened
intently from the dock as her
lawyer took up about an hour
discussing in Cantonese his
closing argument.
Only four members of the
press covered the last hearing
as it was held in Cantonese,
unlike that against the
employer
of
Erwiana
Sulistyaningsih, who was also
accused of abuse.
Prosecutor Ivan Cheung
said in his closing arguments
earlier that there were no
indications the wound of
Andriyani was self-inflicted,
as attested to by doctors who
treated her at Queen Mary
Hospital after the wounding.
The prosecutor said that
despite inconsistencies in
Andriyani’s evidence as
regards the timing of the
finger-cutting incident, they
do
not
weaken
the
prosecution’s case against the
defendant.
But Adonis Cheung fiercely
argued the innocence of his
client, saying that Ngan had
no violent tendencies and no
criminal record, and instead,
has a good work record.
He
also
disputed
Andriyani’s version of the
wounding, saying police
investigators called in after
the incident on Feb. 24 found
no traces of blood on the
kitchen sink.
Neither were there traces of
blood on the kitchen floor to
suggest a struggle between
Ngan and Andriyani, Cheung
said.
Cheung said there was no
reason for the employer to
hurt Andriyani just because
she tried to wave off Ngan’s
barking dog with a broom.
The defense counsel had
earlier challenged a report by
Dr. Lam Wai-kwok, a senior
forensic pathologist who
concluded that Andriyani’s
wound was not self-inflicted.
In his report, Dr. Lam said
the injury was not selfinflicted and “consistent with
Pinoy’s new bid to stall
hearing irks High Court judge
By Vir B. Lumicao
A former driver convicted of
immigration offenses got his
wish for an adjournment of
the hearing of his leave to
appeal against his conviction
and sentence, but not before
getting a mouthful from a
High Court judge.
Niel B. Brigildo appeared
on Jan. 14 without a lawyer
before Judge Remedios
D’Almada, who was to hear
his application for leave to
appeal.
But instead of pursuing his
application, he asked for an
adjournment for a second
time.
Brigildo was convicted in
2013 after pleading guilty to
making a false representation
to immigration officers.
He was caught using a
passport
that
bore
a
misspelled middle name, and
a date and place of birth that
were different from those in
his old passport.
“You made the application
before Nov. 7 and now you
come without a lawyer. Do
you want to carry on with the
hearing?” the judge said.
“I want to adjourn because I
don’t have legal knowledge,”
the applicant said.
“We do not expect you to
have legal knowledge, how do
we expect you to have legal
knowledge? When are you
looking to have a lawyer?” the
judge said.
Brigildo said he did not
know there was a scheduled
hearing on Jan. 14 as he
received the notice only on
Jan. 5 from Legal Aid.
The judge said this may be
because
Brigildo
had
apparently no fixed address.
“Even in your letter you
don’t have an address,”
D’Almada said.
“I don’t have money so I
stay with my friends,” the
applicant said.
“Without a correspondence
address how can they find
you?,” the judge shot back.
“You said you have friends to
stay with, you can ask them to
send to their addresses. Or it
is that you want to stay on in
Hong Kong so you keep on
stalling?”
The prosecution then said it
had received new information
that Brigildo had applied for
torture claim.
In the end, the judge
adjourned the hearing to
March 13 but reminded
Brigildo it was his duty to give
his case priority and file all
the documents.
“I will not accept any more
excuses,” she said. “If the
appeal will go on again and
you have no lawyer, you
yourself will have to represent
yourself.”
D’Almada demanded that
Brigildo file his written
submission 12 days before
March 13.
“Remember that you
pleaded guilty in the
magistracies. What you’re
trying to do is to tell me now
you’re not guilty,” she said.
having been inflicted by a
chopper such as the one
seized by the police from the
kitchen
of
(Ngan’s)
premises.”
The pathologist took the
witness stand on Jan. 26 and
said
there
were
two
possibilities why it was only
the ring finger of the maid
that was cut, but did not go
further.
He also said that based on
medical experience, persons
with suicidal tendencies
would cut their wrist, but not a
finger.
He said in some cases,
people who want to avoid
military draft would maim
themselves.
On the first day of the
hearing on Jan. 19, Ngan
pleaded not guilty to the
charge. She repeated her
denial of the accusation
during cross-examination as
she took the witness stand on
Jan. 26.
The case, initially heard at
Eastern Court, was moved to
the District Court after an
almost year-long hiatus as
both prosecution and defense
panels prepared for their court
battle.
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The SUN February 2015
The activist cook
From Page 30
Inevitably, her exposure to
good cooking, and possibly
her culinary genes, spurred
Rowena to whip up dishes
when she began working for a
Filipino couple in Hong Kong
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like the overseas voting
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reserves for helping achieve
the victory.
“About 70 percent of our
players are reserves, those just
seat on the bench waiting to
be called to substitute when
the regulars are sidelined. We
gave them the chance to show
their best and they did so,”
Calsas said.
“We would have certainly
scored over 20 had we been
given time to bat.”
The Sluggers, now with a 30 win loss record this season,
will next meet local team
Zephyr on a yet undisclosed
date.
The Filipinas walloped
Hong Kong squad Yarakuta
20x-2 in Sluggers’ first match
of the season on Sept. 28 last
year,
then
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game.
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warnings
and
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summonses were issued to
pedestrians failing to comply
with road safety regulations
during
the
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January 27.
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John Lloyd,
Kapamilya pa rin
Muling
pumirma
ng
panibagong kontrata si John
Lloyd Cruz sa ABS CBN
noong January 22.
Bagama’t tuloy-tuloy pa
ang sitcom na “Home Sweetie
Home”
na
kanyang
kinabibilangan, natapos na
dating kontrata ni John Lloyd
noon pang October, 2014.
Tatlong taon ang bagong
kontratang pinirmahan ni
John Lloyd, kung saan
nakasaad dito ang paggawa
niya ng mga pelikula at TV
shows.
Ang aktor ay isang
homegrown
talent
ng
network. Nagsimula siyang
lumabas sa TV noong late
1990s, hanggang sa sumikat
siyang husto dahil sa mahusay
niyang pagganap, pati sa
pelikula. Naging box office
hits ang mga pelikulang
pinagtambalan nila ni Bea
Alonzo, ni Toni Gonzaga at
ni Sarah Geronimo.
Ang mga big bosses ng
network na dumalo sa
contract signing ay sina
Mariole Alberto (Star Magic
executive), Malou Santos
(Star Cinema managing
director), Cory Vidanes ( ABS
CBN channel head) at Charo
Santos- Concio (ABS CBN
president).
Nang tanungin kung may
balak
na
rin
silang
magpakasal ng kanyang
girlfriend na si Angelica
Panganiban, ang sagot niya:
“Alam mo, baliw kami
pareho. Sino ba naman ang
hindi gustong lumagay sa
tahimik, hindi ba? Pero kung
ang paglagay sa tahimik ang
ihahalintulad mo sa kasal
agad, eh maraming paraan
para malagay sa tahimik. At
this point, kakapirma lang
natin ng kontrata. I’d like to
show my bosses na nasa top
priority natin ang trabaho.
Gusto natin na ma-achieve
ang content ng kontrata,
maka-deliver
tayo
sa
pinirmahan
natin,
sa
commitment
natin
sa
network. Medyo matagal na
din tayo sa industriya at
bibihira na ‘yung mabigyan
ng ganitong klaseng tiwala
from the network. I guess ang
kasunod noon, we have to
prioritize ‘yung opportunity
na ibibinibigay sa iyo, ang
laki ng tiwalang ibinibigay sa
iyo,” ang dagdag pa niya.
kanilang
kasama.
Tila
maswerte rin si Angelica
ngayon dahil masaya pareho
ang kanyang love life at
career. Dalawang beses na
siyang nanalo ng best actress
award para pelikulang “That
Thing Called Tadhana”, isa
sa Cinema One Originals, at
sa Gawad Tanglaw Awards
kung saan ay naka-tie niya si
Nora Aunor.
John Lloyd Cruz
Bagama’t napi-pressure daw
siya dahil tumatanda na siya
(mag-32 na siya sa taong ito),
at kahit gusto na niyang magasawa ay hindi pa pwede dahil
prayoridad pa rin niya ang
kanyang trabaho.
Samantala, ang kanyang
nobyang si Angelica ay tila
handang-handa na kung
sakaling yayain daw siyang
magpakasal ni John Lloyd.
Isa lang daw ang hiling niya
sa aktor na kung magpopropose daw ito ay ayaw niya
ng maraming tao, at ayaw
niyang gawin itong malaking
event na may fireworks pa.
Mas gusto daw niyang
gawing pribado ito na kahit
pamilya na lang nila ang
BB, ROBIN AT ROMMEL,
MAY BAGONG SITCOM
Pinag-uusapan
ang
pagbabalik ng dating aktor na
si Rustom Padilla, na ngayon
ay mas kilala na sa bago
niyang
pangalang
BB
Gandanghari. Bida siya,
kasama ang mga kapatid
niyang sina Robin Padilla at
Rommel Padilla (ama ng sikat
na young actor na si Daniel
Padilla) sa sitcom na “2 ½
Daddies” ng TV5.
Mas maganda na daw
ngayon ang relasyon ng
magkakapatid dahil tanggap
na nila ang pagiging
transgender ni BB, lalo na si
Robin, na matagal din siyang
hindi kinausap nang aminin
nito sa publiko na siya ay
Ang Padilla brothers ang bida sa bagong TV5 sitcom.
bakla. Marami raw natutuhan
si Robin kay BB mula nang
muli silang magkalapit na
magkakapatid. Wala na rin
silang ilangan ngayon at
nabibiro na nila ng husto si
BB.
Nagpahayag
din
ng
paghanga si Robin sa kapatid
nang malaman na nagkaroon
na ng closure ito sa dating
asawa niyang si Carmina
Villaruel. Mas tunay na lalaki
pa raw ito kaysa sa kanya,
dahil naging maayos ang
pakikipaghiwalay
niya
samantalang
siya
ay
maraming nakarelasyon na
hindi man lang niya nakausap
ng maayos bago hiniwalayan.
Isa sa mga ito si Vina
Morales, na kung hindi pa
raw sila naging magkapareha
sa “Bonifacio” ay hindi pa sila
magkakausap ng maayos.
Hanga rin si Robin sa
napakahusay na pag-arte ni
BB kahit daw sa mga action
scenes nito. Ayon kay BB,
nakatulong ang pag-aaral
niya noon ng martial arts, na
nagamit pa niya noong huli
silang
magkasamang
magkakapatid sa pelikulang
“Mistah”, 20 years ago.
Masaya na rin si BB sa
magandang samahan nilang
magkakapatid ngayon kahit
may mga bagay pa rin siyang
hindi masabi sa kanila, gaya
ng kanyang love life. Parang
hindi pa rin daw sila handa na
tanggpin ang kanyang love
life, pero wala naman daw
silang magagawa kung
talagang mai-in love siya
dahil tao lang siya na
marunong magmahal.
Dophy
Nora Aunor
Makakasama rin nila sa 2
½ Daddies sina Alice Dixson,
Celia Rodriguez, Dennis
Padilla, Francine Prieto,
Albert Bruno at Baby Rania,
(anak ni RJ Padilla, at apo ni
Rommel).
at
pinakamatagal
na
nakarelasyon ni Dolphy.
Binalak diumano niya itong
pakasalan pero hindi natuloy
dahil sa naging problema sa
annulment ng kasal ni Zsa
Zsa sa dating asawa na ama
ng kanyang panganay na
anak na si Karylle.
Ang malaking bahay na
ipinatayo nila ni Dolphy sa
Marina sa Pasay City at nasa
pangalan ni ZsaZsa ay hindi
pa daw ibebenta, kahit may
sarili na ring tirahan ang
kanilang mga anak, dahil sa
maraming alaalang idinulot
nito sa kanilang buhay.
Ayon kay Eric, taliwas sa
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malaking kayamanan ang
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malaki ang nagastos ng
kanilang pamilya dahil sa
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Umabot daw sa Php 12milyon
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Balak din ng magkakapatid
na Quizon na magpatayo ng
museo para maipakita ang
mga kagamitang naiwanan
ng Comedy King sa publiko.
Kasalukuyan daw inaayos ang
katalogo nito ng production
designer na si Joey Luna. Pero
ang pagpapatakbo ng Dolphy
Foundation ay inihinto na
muna nila.
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hectare), Balagtas, Bulacan,
(2 lote), at iba pang ari-arian
sa Sta, Maria, Laguna,
Antipolo,
Rizal,
at
Novaliches, Quezon City.
Ang iba pang natitirang ariarian ng kanilang ama ay
hindi ipagbibili, ayon kay Eric
Quizon, na tumatayong
administrator
para
sa
kanilang pamilya.
Ang
bidding
ay
magsisimula ng ala-una ng
hapon sa January 31, at
gaganapin sa Dolphy Theatre
sa ABS CBN. Ang malilikom
na pera ay paghahati-hatian
sa mga naulilang kapatid ni
Dolphy at sa mga anak niya,
na sa bilang ni Eric ay
umaabot ng 18, kasama na
rito ang dalawang anak niya
kay Zsa Zsa Padilla na sina
Zia at Nicole. Pantay-pantay
raw ang magiging hatian sa
kanilang magkakapatid, na
ayon sa kagustuhan ng
kanilang
ama.
Walang
pinakasalan kahit isa si
Dolphy sa mga ina ng
kanyang 18 anak.
Si Zsa Zsa ang pinakahuli,
NORA PINAGBANTAAN
ANG BUHAY
Nakakatanggap daw ng
mga pagbabanta sa kanyang
buhay ang aktres na si Nora
Aunor. Hindi raw niya
binubura ang mga nilalaman
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sa mga problema. Iwasan ang
mga pagkain na maaring
makasira sa sikmura at huwag
ipagwalang bahala ang
anumang
karamdaman.
Uminom ng maraming tubig
at kumain ng maraming
gulay.
umasa sa iba paminsanminsan pero huwag hayaang
masanay
upang
hindi KABAYO. Isinilang noong
mawalan ng tiwala ang ibang 1930/42/54/66/78/90
Kung hahayan na mamayani
tao sa yong kakayahan.
Ni Ate Johna
ang tensyon, mahihirapan
.
kang kontrolin ang sitwasyon.
Maganda ang matatanggap na
DRAGON Isinilang noong
balita tungkol sa hanap-buhay.
1928/40/52/64/76/88
Masusubukan ang iyong Matatapos nang maayos at
pasensiya dahil sa pagiging walang
balakid
ang
TIGRE Isinilang noong 1926/
agresibo
ng
mga
anak.
nasimulang
mga
gawain.
DAGA. Isinilang noong 1924/ 38/50/62/74/86 at 98
36/48/60/72/84/96
Maaliwalas ang sitwasyon sa Subukang
lutasin
ang Iwasang makipag-date sa
Bigyang saysay ang sariling trabaho kaya maari nang sitwasyon sa mahinahong isang bagong kakilala dahil
pasya kaysa sa opinyon ng iba. isakatuparan ang mga paraan upang hindi lumala malamang na hindi ka
Mapapatunayan na totoo ang proyekto na nakahanay. May ang sitwasyon. Kung iniisip sisiputin. Marami ang
hinala mo laban sa isang tao asensong naghihintay sa mga na mag-umpisa ng sariling maiinggit dahil sa suwerteng
na malapit sa iyo. Iwasan ang masisipag. Ipagpatuloy ang negosyo, mas maiging tinatamasa sa negosyo.
pagkain ng karne ng baka magandang nasimulan para sa mamuhunan
sa
travel
para hindi lumala ang tiyak na tagumpay. Kung may business. Nakatakda ring
problema sa kalusugan. sariling negosyo, asahan na magkakaroon ng kulay ang KAMBING. Isinilang noong
Tuklasin ang makabagong maganda ang pasok ng pera. buhay pag-ibig.
1919/31/43/55/67/79 at 91
paraan ng pagluto mga gulay Mag-ingat sa matutulis na
Mag-ingat sa pagkain lalo na
at
prutas.
Maraming bagay upang maiwasan ang
iyong mahirap tunawin.
magagandang pakinabang na aksidente.
Alagaan ang kalusugan upang
AHAS Isinilang noong 1929/
mararanasan sa trabaho at
maiwasan ang mas malalang
41/53/65/77/89
maganda ang pasok ng pera.
Iwasan ang masakit na biruan problema. Huwag magupang hindi makasugat ng atubiling lumapit sa mga
KUNEHO Isinilang noong
1927/39/51/63/75/87
damdamin nang hindi kaibigan upang humingi ng
BAKA. Isinilang noong 1925/ Samantalahin ang bawat sinasadya. May pagkakataon tulong na malutas ang
37/49/61/73/85/97
pagkakataon na makihalubilo na makagawa ng isang hinaharap na suliranin.
Sa larangan ng trabaho o sa ibang tao dahil maaring gawaing kapaki-pakinabang Iwasan ang magalit na siyang
negosyo,
marami
ang maging tulay ito na makilala sa pamilya at sarili. ikatataas
ng
presyon.
kokontra sa iyong mga plano, ang pag-ibig na hinahanap, o Mapapansin ang iyong Patatagin ang posisyon sa
at
nanganganib
na pag-asenso sa negosyo o kakaibang diterminasyon para trabaho sa pamamagitan ng
magkaroon ng hidwaan sa trabaho. Mag-ingat sa mga makamit ang magandang sipag at tiyaga upang
malapit na katiwala. Daanin taong hindi masyadong resulta sa trabaho. Mag-ingat mabigyan ng pagkakataon na
sa lamig ng ulo ang pagharap kasundo. Hindi masama na sa pagkain ng lamang dagat. gumawa ng importanteng
proyekto.
UNGGOY. Isinilang noong
1920/32/44/56/68/80/92
Ituring na ginto ang panahon
kaya dapat kumilos kaagad
para maisakatuparan ang
magandang iniisip. May mga
bagay na dapat isaayos pero
malaking
balakid
ang
kakulangan ng pera, kaya
ngayon palang ay mag-ipon
na. Huwag magpadala sa
silakbo ng damdamin at
huwag ibunton ang galit sa
iyong mga anak. Iwasan ang
malasing.
TANDANG. Isinilang noong
1921/33/45/57/69/81/93
May gusto kang tapusin na
proyekto pero kailangan
munang tawirin ang ilang
balakid para tuloy-tuloy ang
pag-usad. Dapat na maging
maingat at listo sa mga
nagaganap sa iyong paligid
upang hindi maging biktima.
Asikasuhin lang nang mabuti
ang trabaho dahil ang
gantimpala ay makamit sa
huki. Hindi maiiwasan na
mapuyat kaya kumain ng
maraming prutas at uminom
ng food supplement para
magkaroon ng resistensya.
ASO. Isinilang noong 1922/
34/46/58/70/82/94
Kung kasalukuyang nasa
isang relasyon, sikapin na
payabungin ito para umusad
at humantong sa mas kaigaigayang sitwasyon. Huwag
palampasin
ang
mga
pagkakataon na makihalubilo
para dumami ang mga
bagong kakilala. Maari itong
magamit para sa mga iyong
ikauunlad. Maraming mga
proyekto ang ipagkakatiwala
sa iyo kaya samantalahin ang
pagkakataon na patunayan
ang kakayahan, at pagaralang mabuti kung papaano
makakatulong.
BABOY. Isinilang noong
1923/35/47/59/71/83/95
Habaan ang pasensiya lalo na
sa pakikitungo sa kasintahan
upang maiwasan ang hindi
pagkakaunawaan.
Kung
kinakailangan ay kumapit sa
patalim upang hindi tuluyang
lumubog sa lusak ng lungkot
at kapahamakan. Maraming
problema na mararanasan
pero huwag mag-alala dahil
magandang paraan ito upang
ihanda ang iyong sarili sa mas
magandang oportunidad.